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Pakistan-born Chicago businessman

Tahawwur Rana was Thursday sentenced


to 14 years in jail followed by fve years of
supervised release for providing support to
Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Tai-
ba (LeT) that staged the 2008 Mumbai terror
attacks.
Although Rana, a boyhood friend of LeT op-
erative David Coleman Headley, was acquit-
ted of supporting the Mumbai attacks, pros-
ecutors had sought the maximum 30-year
sentence for his role in the aborted plot to at-
tack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for
publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.
Ranas lawyers, downplaying his role in the
Danish scheme, sought a lighter sentence
of no more than nine years, citing his poor
health.
They argued Rana was kept in the dark
about much of the plot.
Headley, they said, was a master manipula-
tor who fooled Rana into supporting his ter-
ror activities.
They also said 52-year-old Rana is a kind,
compassionate family man with no prior
history of violence and no criminal record
and so should get no more than 10 years
prison time.
But in new evidence submitted before the
hearing, prosecutors sought to undercut the
depiction of Rana as a dupe by presenting
a telephone intercept of Ranas wife, say-
ing that her husband and Headley were just
alike and were both immersed in Islamic ex-
tremism.
Headley, son of a Pakistani father and an
American mother, who changed his given
name of Dawood Gilani to scout targets in
Mumbai without arousing suspicion, pleaded
guilty in both the Mumbai and Danish terror-
ism plots, and was the star prosecution wit-
ness at Ranas trial.
Headley would be sentenced a week later
Jan 24.
A Chicago jury convicted Rana in June 2011
on charges of providing Headley cover as
an employee of his immigration business to
scout targets in Mumbai and the newspaper
offce in Copenhagen.
In court flings this week, federal prosecutors
described the alleged Danish plot involv-
ing beheading newspaper employees and
depositing their heads onto Copenhagen
streets as murder on a grand, horrifc scale.
Prosecutors said Rana, who lived in Chica-
go and owned a Northwest Side immigration
and travel service, operated the business as
a front for funnelling terrorist money over-
seas.
Mumbai terror suspect Tahawwur Rana gets 14 years jail
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Postal Reg. No. PB/JL-047/2013-15
Special
Edition for the Tri-City
Chandigarh-Panchkula-Mohali
SUNDAY 20 JANUARY 2013
National 4 | Campus 6 | International 14 I Celebrity 16 | Leisure 18 | Economy 20 | Sports 22
Third Front is zero... it will
never be formed. There are
over a dozen leaders who all
want to be prime ministers.
The third front will not
happen, it will never happen,
Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Armstrong says cancer
made him want to win
at all cost
Snoop Doggs Hot
Concert
Snowfall in Himachal
Makes Tourists Happy
6 to 9
Housewife Fine
Qadri : Pope or Padre
Rehman Malik Pakistans Interior Minister has compared Tahir-ul-Qadri to the Pope while ridiculing him for
wearing a similar headgear, earning the wrath of the countrys Christians who demanded an apology from him
for his provocative remarks.
The Pope has a larger hat, Tahir-ul-Qadris hat is smaller. Please ask him why hes acting like a semi-Pope,
Malik told reporters . On another occasion, Malik said Qadris clothes made him look like a Jewish padre.
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CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
OPINION
Lance Armstrong had it all fgured out. Ar-
guably the most glamorous and accom-
plished sportsman of the decade gone by,
his life symbolized the zenith of sporting
achievement. A seven-time winner of the
Tour De France cycling event and an in-
spirational cancer survivor, Lance came
to acquire a super human stature.
The US anti-doping authorities had other
plans, after a relentless and sustained
pursuit lasting two years they pieced to-
gether evidence of his complicity in scien-
tifc doping. The denial by Armstrong and
his backers was equally vehement. His
foundation Livestrong, fans and family
were quick to point out the investigations
as unfair and petty in character. Whatever
hopes existed in innocence of Lance lay
in tatters post his admission of guilt in a
landmark interview with Oprah. He ad-
mitted to blood doping, growth hormones
usage, steroids and blood transfusions
amongst other things to boost his per-
formance. By his own admission he took
these measures to level the playing feld
with other athletes, but in the process he
forgot the cardinal principle of sports, play
it fair.
The concept and methodology for scien-
tifc doping was earlier the preserve of
national sports bodies vying for a game
of one upmanship in international meets.
At peak during the cold war, its incidence
was thought to have reduced owing to
stronger anti-doping bodies and mea-
sures. However the case of Lance Arm-
strong indicates a shift away from the
systemic doping to one undertaken by pri-
vate bodies and individuals. Millions of his
fans are heartbroken but Lance continues
to be a role model, only now of what not to
be, earlier he symbolized what to be!
Jaipur Chintan
Shivir
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi publicly ac-
knowledged that traditional stronghold states
of the party are under challenge from rival
political parties. Her speech touched upon
the Indo-Pak dialogue and called for setting
ground rules of our engagement. She also
called to prevent the disillusionment of the
middle class from the government. On the
face of it the speech was not a fery address
to rouse the cadres but a course correction
commentary on the state of affairs. Deep
within the bowels of Congress machinery
there is increasing concern over the per-
formance of pet initiatives of the leadership
team in cabinet.
The three topics that saw Mrs. Gandhi offer
her comments constitute the nub of the po-
litical troubles for Congress. The UPA-II be-
came a reality only because of the unstinting
support offered by the urban middle class,
traditional vote banks and increasingly resil-
ient Indian image on the global stage. UPA-II
has foundered on all the three counts and
has not undertaken course corrections to
boot. Infation, corruption and weak Pakistan
policy have defated the optimism shared by
the nation as recently as a couple of years
ago.
Jaipur chintan shivir on the back of Sura-
jkund baithak signifes that elections are im-
minent in the view of the government and
there is a growing realization that factors
that led to a repeat win are not that effec-
tive any more. 2004 saw an India seeking to
reinvent itself by voting the alternative, 2014
may witness a similar phenomenon if the
government fails to address the concerns of
stakeholders.
Lance at a Glance
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Chautala arrests changes contours of Haryana politics
The conviction and arrest of its two most
senior leaders, including former chief
minister Om Prakash Chautala, on brib-
ery charges, has changed the contours of
Haryanas politics and given some relief
to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Haryanas main opposition Indian Na-
tional Lok Dal (INLD) will fnd it tough to
remain in political contention in the state
in the absence of its party president and
his elder son Ajay Chautala, arrested in
the JBT (junior basic trained) teachers
recruitment scam and convicted by a
Delhi court.
Chautala senior, 78, son of Haryana polit-
ical strongman and former deputy prime
minister Devi Lal, had been active in re-
cent months in attacking the Hooda-led
Congress government in the state, es-
pecially on issues of corruption and law-
lessness. With their conviction in a cor-
ruption case, the INLD will fnd it diffcult
to sustain this.
With the father-son duo in Delhis Tihar
Jail and awaiting punishment, the INLD,
which was in election mode, will fnd it
diffcult to maintain the political credibil-
ity of the party in the eyes of its support-
ers and people of the state.
Chautalas younger son Abhey Chautala,
who got controversially elected as the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) presi-
dent, has been left to lead and steer the
party in the present political crisis. He
has blamed the whole case on political
vendetta.
Legally speaking, Chautala, who heads
the opposition in the Haryana assembly,
cannot even contest the next election
(under the Representation of the People
Act) until he gets the CBI courts order re-
versed by a higher court. That is not go-
ing to be easy.
The CBI court will pronounce the punish-
ment for the conviction Jan 22.
Questions are being raised in political
quarters about the INLDs ability to main-
tain a momentum without the former chief
minister and his elder son on the scene.
The misery for the Chautala family and
the INLD has put the ruling Congress and
the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) in an
upbeat mood.
The Hooda government, which has bat-
tled scams and controversies includ-
ing the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal, the
Gopal Kanda episode, Jat agitations for
reservation, series of rapes, attacks on
Dalits and rising incidents of crime, has
suddenly been rejuvenated by the arrest
of the Chautalas.
Hooda and his ministers came out in
full strength Wednesday to pin Chautala
down for his wrongdoings.
The latest developments have given a lot
of hope to the recent political alliance of
the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) and
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The HJC, led by former chief minister
Bhajan Lals son Kuldip Bishnoi, is trying
to project itself as the main contender to
take on the Congress at a time when the
INLD has hit a low. The INLD used to be a
part of the National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) till four years back. But the BJP,
which leads the NDA, has now joined
hands with the HJC in Haryana.
Chautala, his son and 53 others were
convicted and arrested in the teachers
recruitment scam Wednesday.
The big names from the corporate world
gave it a miss, there were no fresh concrete
business proposals, and the chief minister
spent the major part of her speech attack-
ing her favourite whipping boys - the central
government, the media and the opposi-
tion. This sums up the inaugural session of
Mamata Banerjees investment summit that
was devoid of the sound bytes that entre-
preneurs and an industry-hungry state like
West Bengal were waiting to hear.
To top it all, the opening programme of the
second edition of Bengal Leads in this in-
dustrial-port town of East Midnapore district
ended Tuesday with the rare sight of indus-
trialists (Dhunseri Petrochem and Tea chair-
man C K Dhanuka and RP-Sanjiv Goenka
chief Sanjiv Goenka) and politicians singing
in chorus a slightly modifed version of an
evergreen Tagore song Jodi tomar (tor in
original) daak sune keu Na ase tobe ekla
cholo re (If no one responds to your call,
then go your own way alone). They also
sang a popular Hindi number, before con-
cluding with the national anthem.
The opposition, however, was quick to seize
on the song to take a dig at the chief min-
ister. She had put up so many of her pic-
tures, posters, made lavish arrangements.
But nobody turned up. While she kept on
calling the investors at the inauguration,
nobody was there. In the end, she had to
sing in chorus Ekla cholo re, quipped Sur-
jya Kanta Mishra of the Communist Party of
India-Marxist in Kolkata.
The absence of the countrys leading in-
dustrialists and heads of prominent busi-
ness chambers looked all the more glar-
ing as Banerjees investment meet comes
close on the heels of its Gujarat counterpart
Vibrant Gujarat that saw the presence of
all the big players from the industrial world
as well as a clutch of potential foreign in-
vestors. Having roped in the likes of Ratan
Tata, Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil, Adi
Godrej, as also a virtual Whos Who from
the business community, it was easy for
the western states chief minister Narendra
Modi to showcase his province.
Banerjee did hand out land allotment let-
ters to 12 industrial units and clearances
for using land in excess of the Land Ceiling
Act to 27 companies. But it paled into insig-
nifcance compared to the Rs 65,000 crore
worth concrete investment proposals which
marked Vibrant Gujarat.
The West Bengal chief minister sought in-
vestment not only in heavy industries and
information and technology, but also in the
infrastructure sector - roads, education,
health and transport - mostly in the public-
private-partnership model. She informed
the industrialists that there were plans to
set up cold storages and agricultural mar-
kets in all the blocks, and polytechnic col-
leges in each sub-division, and land has
been identifed for 44 industrial clusters
across the state.
The chief minister also asked the corporates
to take her e-mail id and mail her directly in
case they had problems. I will personally
do the needful to solve the problem.
Though she reiterated her governments
hands-off policy on land acquisition that
leaves it to the individual entrepreneurs
to acquire land for their projects, Baner-
jee promised to give all clearances within
a seven days to projects once they are
through with getting the land.
But she spent most of her time in attack-
ing the central government for not giving a
three-year moratorium to her debt-ridden
government for paying the interest on cen-
tral government loans. We did not take the
loans. These were left for us by the former
Left Front regime. We are not asking for any
undue advantage. We are only asking for
debt restructuring, Banerjee bemoaned.
Assailing the opposition CPI-M, she said for
34 years, the Left front (led by the CPI-M)
had fnished the industrial prospects of
the state, which had to cope with regular
shutdowns. road blockades and strikes.
Some media groups based in Bengal sing
paeans about Gujarat. Theyve been con-
stantly comparing our state with Gujarat
and doing negative publicity... They (me-
dia) dont love us. They dont want us as I
am not from a family with a golden spoon,
she said.
EDITORIAL DESK
Mamatas business meet: Songs, politics overshadow economics
LOUD & CLEAR
By S.K. Sinha
By Manu Sharma
Master of lies and denials
We have not yet forgotten that the Pakistan did not recognize their soldiers in disguise who
got killed in the Kargil episode or the denial that Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani National
and now the latest that the Pakistani army committed a barbaric act on an Indian soldier.
Every time they probably forget that they can never defeat India in a war. It is not a cricket
match. The Indian army is stung and the sting is deep enough to bring out the strongest
reactions. At a time when there own government is in dire states and the Prime minister
is accused of corruption, the religious bodies are up in arms against the government, they
should better set their own house in order. The statements given by the ministers have
only added substance to their lies. It is high time that we as a nation should despise their
designs and device means and methods to shut them once and for all. We are self reliant
enough that we can do anything without any links with a dangerously untrue neighbour .
We are a secular nation which was born at the same time but with our efforts we are what
we are today. We as a country have all the capabilities to ward of any intrusions whatsoever
and it is appreciable that our worthy general minced no words when he said we reserve
our right to retaliate Well said sir , we are proud of our forces .
JAI HIND
3
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 COVER STORY
In a cabinet meeting presided over by the
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it was de-
cided to partially decontrol pricing of diesel,
giving the state-run oil marketing companies
to make small corrections in pricing from
time-to-time.
In a related decision on Indias petroleum
sector, it was also decided to raise the annu-
al allocation of subsidised cooking gas from
six to nine cylinders per household.
The government had earlier limited the num-
ber of subsidised cylinders to six per annum.
State-run transport fuel retailers have been
allowed to revise diesel prices marginally
and periodically without prior government
consent.
The decisions on diesel and cooking gas
take immediate effect, offcials said.
Oil marketing companies have been
given the freedom to make small correc-
tions from time-to-time, Finance Minister
P.Chidambaram said, even as offcials said
the oil marketing companies could revise
prices by an amount less than Rs.1 per litre
at one go.
The move comes nearly three years after
petrol prices were similarly freed in June
2010 and ahead of the Congress Partys in-
trospection meeting (Chintan Shivir) and the
annual session in Jaipur, Jan 17-19, 2012.
A day after the government allowed state-
run companies to raise diesel prices peri-
odically, the price of diesel was Friday hiked
by 45 paise per litre excluding state levies,
whereas petrol price was cut on an average
by 25 paise per litre.
The decision to raise diesel price came late
Thursday night and is applicable from mid-
night Jan 17, 2013.
The oil marketing companies (OMCs) were
able to hike the price of the transport sensi-
tive fuel after the Cabinet Committee on Po-
litical Affairs (CCPA) at a meeting presided
over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Thursday gave the nod for a partial deregu-
lation of the fuel.
In the national capital, diesel price stood
at Rs.47.65 per litre from Rs.47.15 per li-
tre a day ago. In Mumbai, the price stood
at Rs.53.71, in Kolkata at Rs.51.51 and in
Chennai at Rs.50.68 per litre respectively.
Meanwhile, petrol price in New Delhi, stood
at Rs.67.26 per litre, in Mumbai, the price
was Rs.74.00, in Kolkata Rs.74.72 and in
Chennai at Rs.70.26 per litre.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veer-
appa Moily Thursday said the cabinet in a
meeting decided to allow the OMCs to fx
their own diesel prices. The move is expect-
ed to lessen the governments subsidies bill
and rein in the fscal defcit.
DMK president M. Karunanidhi Friday con-
demned the central government decision to
allow oil marketing companies to hike fuel
prices by 50 paise per month and said it
would hit the poor and middle classes.
Even allowing the oil companies to hike the
diesel prices to a small extent is a wrong de-
cision, Karunanidhi whose party is a major
constituent of the central government, said
in a statement issued here.
He said the hike in diesel prices would have
a cascading effect on the prices of other
products with the poor and middle classes
unable to bear the additional burden.
Urging New Delhi to reconsider its decision,
he said only in September had the price of
diesel been hiked by Rs.5.63 per litre.
Referring to the recommendation of a par-
liamentary committee to increase the num-
ber of subsidised rate cooking gas cylinders
to 12 per year, Karunanidhi said the central
government should bear the burden and
provide one cylinder per month at a subsi-
dised rate.
A benchmark index for Indian equities mar-
kets hit a fresh two-year high rising less than
half a percent Friday, a day after the govern-
ment authorised state-owned oil marketing
companies (OMCs) to raise diesel prices.
There was healthy buying for the second
consecutive day in oil and gas and public
sector undertakings (PSUs), which includes
all three state-owned OMCs.
The BSE Sensex, which opened at 20,038.67
points, closed at 20,039.04 points -- up
75.01 points or 0.38 percent from its previ-
ous close at 19,964.03 points.
The Sensex touched an intra-day high of
20,126.55 points and a low of 1,9990.62
points.
The midcap index was up 30.76 points,
while the smallcap index was higher by
9.05 points.
The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the
National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed
25.20 points or 0.42 percent up at 6,064.40
points.
Major indices like oil and gas and public
sector undertakings (PSU) were the main
gainers Friday, with oil and gas index being
higher by 287.24 points, followed by PSU
index, up 211.63 points, and power index,
up 28.37 points.
The scrips of the three OMCs -- Indian Oil,
Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petro-
leum rallied. Indian oil went up 10.46 per-
cent in the days trade at Rs.348.95, while
that of Bharat Petroleum gained 9.64 per-
cent at Rs.434.05. Hindustan Petroleum
rose 4.99 percent at Rs.362.85.
Among the losers, the automobile index
was down 83.28 points, while the metal in-
dex fell 65.73 points. The consumer dura-
bles index ended 45.49 points lower.
But other political parties notably the main
opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
Trinamool Congress and the Left parties, did
not take kindly to the move saying, that the
diesel prices had a bearing on the overall in-
fation of most commodities.
Reacting on the governments decision BJP
spokesman Prakash Javadekar termed it
atrocious saying it would have a cascad-
ing effect on the prices of other commodi-
ties.
First they raised rail fares and now diesel.
This is atrocious, Javadekar said.
Diesel goes into the prices of all essential
commodities. Whether it is food grains, veg-
etables, fruits, diesel becomes a component
when price escalation takes place, West
Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said.
Petroleum ministry offcials said the move
was necessitated by the fact that oil mar-
keting companies had accumulated losses
worth Rs.52,711 crore from April-Septem-
ber, 2012 (Rs.9.60 per litre in the present
scenario by selling diesel at below cost).
The OMCs had incurred under recoveries of
about Rs.81,192 crore for the 2011-12 and
Rs.34,706 crore in 2010-11.
The last time diesel prices were hiked was
in September 2012, when it was increased
by Rs.5.63 a litre, the sharpest ever rise.
According to ministry offcials, OMCs could
revise prices by an amount less than Rs.1
per litre at one go.
The move comes nearly three years after
petrol prices were similarly freed in June
2010.
Ministry offcials said the move to deregulate
diesel prices was necessitated by the fact
that oil marketing companies had accumu-
lated losses of Rs.52,711 crore from April-
September, 2012 (Rs.9.60 per litre in the
present scenario by selling diesel at below
cost).
The OMCs had incurred under-recoveries of
about Rs.81,192 crore for the 2011-12 and
Rs.34,706 crore in 2010-11.
Diesel prices were last hiked in September
2012, when it was increased by Rs.5.63 a
litre, the sharpest ever rise.
The hike in diesel prices is expected to affect
a wide gamut of transportation ranging from
locomotives to heavy duty trucks.
Meanwhile the scrips of the three OMCs --
Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan
Petroleum -- rallied at the Bombay Stock Ex-
change (BSE).
Indian Oil scrip grew by 11.11 percent in
intra-day trade at Rs.351.00, while that of
Bharat Petroleum increased by 9.56 percent
at Rs.433.75 and Hindustan Petroleum, up
8.81 percent at Rs.376.05.
Diesel up by 45 paise, petrol
down by 25 paise
Rethink diesel
prices
decision,
Karunanidhi tells
government
Sensex at two-year high on partial deregulation of
diesel prices
Six to nine cylinders per
household
Photo by : Ruby
4
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 NATIONAL NEWS
Women constables in all train
coaches not possible: Minister
Exiled Tibetans still hope to
return home
Power cuts hit 61 percent Indian
frms: FICCI
Tamil Nadu
celebrates
Pongal
Demand for
separate
statehood to
Greater
Hyderabad
Dharamsala
Though living in exile in India for over half a
century, the longing to see their homeland
has not waned among the Tibetan residents
in this north Indian hill town.
I still desire to set foot on the soil I left long
back, said Lamtso, an octogenarian woman
living here since the 1960s.
Lamtso has been living in the quaint town
with the snow-clad Dhauladhar ranges in the
backdrop along with her family since Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived here
in the early 1960s after feeing the Chinese
army crackdown in Tibet.
I was born in a small village in northeastern
Tibet. I miss the vast grasslands, the snowy
mountains and my pastoral community, an
emotional Lamtso told IANS at the Tsug-
lagkhang Temple in McLeodganj, above
Dharamsala, where she is a regular at morn-
ing prayers.
McLeodganj is the headquarters of the Ti-
betian government-in-exile. Over 100,000
Tibetans have been living in exile in India.
Another octogenarian, Dechen, who quit Ti-
bet in the early 1960s, told IANS: Before I
die, I want to return to my frst home.
She said through an interpreter: Every ex-
iled Tibetan has hopes of returning to the
homeland one day. I owe my gratitude to In-
dia, where I have lived most of my adult life.
With fond memories of her homeland, the
86-year-old has raised a new generation in
exile and wants it too to return to Tibet.
We have struggled to enable our children
and grandchildren get the best education in
India. Now they have to return to serve their
own people, she said.
However, the Tibetans born and brought up
in India are more hopeful than the older gen-
eration.
Tibetans in Tibet must see the ray of free-
dom sooner rather than later. The rising
number of self-immolation incidents (in Ti-
bet) shows the extent of their suffering, said
Lobsang Wangyal, producer-director of the
popular Miss Tibet beauty pageant.
The fery protests show that Tibetans would
rather die than live under such unbearable
circumstances, he told IANS.
For Lobsang Sangay, the frst democrati-
cally elected prime minister of the Tibetan
government-in-exile, returning to a home he
has never seen is his dream.
New Delhi
An estimated 61 percent of Indian frms suf-
fer above 10 percent shortfall in production
due to power cuts, industry lobby FICCI said
here.
The fnding emerged from a survey by the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Com-
merce and Industry and Bureau of Research
on Industry and Economic Fundamentals
(BRIEF), titled Lack Of Affordable and Qual-
ity Power: Shackling Indias Growth Story.
The survey, done
over the last
three months,
covered 650
large, medium
and small indus-
tries in 20 states
across the coun-
try.
Only three per-
cent of the total
sample were government-run units and two
percent multinationals.
The study found no segment of industry
pan-India safe from the negative impact of
power losses and outages.
Overall, 32 percent of industrial units across
India face power shortage of over 10 hours
a week. Thirteen percent of frms suffer two-
fve percent shortfall in production, 12 per-
cent suffer 6-10 percent and only 14 percent,
mainly in Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharash-
tra, suffer less than two percent production
Chennai
Tamil Nadu celebrated the harvest festival
Pongal with thanks being offered to the sun,
rain and farm animals on the frst day of
Tamil month Thai.
Across the state, people rose early, wore
new clothes and offered special prayers at
temples.
At homes, children beating a small drum
shouted Pongolo Pongal when milk started
boiling over at the auspicious time. The ritu-
al is part of preparing Chakarai Pongal, the
special dish cooked as part of festivities.
When the milk boils over, other ingredients
- rice, jaggery, Bengal gram - are added to
the milk and fnally ghee-fried cashews, al-
monds and cardamom.
The vessel in which the dish is cooked -- a
mud pot in earlier days and stainless steel
pots now -- is decorated with ginger, turmer-
ic, a piece of sugarcane and banana tied at
the neck.
Pongal festivities take place over four days,
the frst day being Bhogi, which was Sun-
day, when people burn old clothes, mats and
other items, and homes are painted afresh
to mark a new beginning.
The second day is the main Pongal festi-
val, celebrated on the frst day of the Tamil
month Thai.
The third day is Mattu Pongal when bulls
and cows are bathed and their horns painted
and worshipped as they play an important
role in farms.
Women feed birds with coloured rice and
pray for the welfare of their brothers.
In some parts of the state, jallikattu - a bull-
taming sport, also seen as a celebration of
masculinity, though banned these days over
concerns about the rights of animals - is
held.
The fourth day is the Kannum Pongal - the
day to go out and meet relatives and friends.
Hyderabad
Giving a new twist to the Telangana issue,
two Andhra Pradesh ministers from Hy-
derabad demanded separate statehood to
Greater Hyderabad.
State Labour Minister Danam Nagender and
Backward Classes Welfare Minister Mukesh
Goud in the N. Kiran Kumar Reddy led Con-
gress government told reporters that the
central government should also take their
views into consideration.
Opposing the idea of union territory status
to Greater Hyderabad, Nagender said they
would not agree to any such setup.
We dont want a rule, where there will be
no public representatives. We want Greater
Goud said Hyderabad had a special char-
acter as people from all regions of the state
were settled here for decades. We have
conveyed to the centre that we are not being
consulted while taking a decision on Telan-
gana issue, he added.
The two ministers clarifed that they had
nothing to do with either those demanding
separate statehood to Telangana or those
opposing division of the state.
Hyderabad is one of the 10 districts of Telan-
gana, the region which was merged with
then Andhra State in 1956 to form Andhra
Pradesh.
Pro-Telangana groups are demanding
Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capi-
tal. The centre, which is likely to take a deci-
sion on the issue by month-end, is reportedly
considering a proposal to make Hyderabad
a joint capital of two states for 10 years.
losses, assuming that the frms do not rely
on power back-up to ensure continuous pro-
duction, the report said.
Revenue losses owing to power cuts range
between less than Rs.1,000 to above
Rs.40,000. Even small and medium frms
incur losses above Rs.40,000.
The survey reveals that companies in Gu-
jarat incur low losses as power shortages
are negligible in the state. Companies in Kar-
nataka are in the IT-enabled services sector,
which being less power intensive suffer less
production short-
fall as compared to
electricity intensive
sectors like iron and
steel and aluminium.
The survey found
that Maharashtra,
which, like Gujarat,
has a mix of both
IT and manufactur-
ing companies, does not suffer as acutely
by power shortages as some of the other
states.
Among the surveys recommendations for
providing affordable and quality power to
industrial consumers are increasing capac-
ity of installed sources, implementing smart
grids, operationalising open access for con-
sumers, thus allowing them to choose their
distributors .
The FICCI-BRIEF report also recommends
stricter laws and penalties for theft and un-
sanctioned use of electricity.
Chandigarh
Union Railways Minister Pawan Kumar
Bansal said it was not possible to assign
women constables in all the 51,000 train
coaches in the country amid rising concerns
for their safety in public transport.
Talking to media here after fagging off a new
Shatabdi Express train between Chandigarh
and New Delhi, Bansal said: It would not
be possible to provide women constables in
each of the 51,000 coaches that the Indian
Railways runs.
Steps have been taken to sensitise the
male constabulary regarding this very im-
portant aspect (of women safety) and also
to ensure that no male passenger boards
the compartments reserved exclusively for
ladies. Wherever possible we shall also be
deploying women constables in the trains,
Bansal said.
Justifying the recently announced hike in
railway fares, Bansal said that the major
share of the Rs.1,200-crore additional rev-
enue which is likely to be collected by March
31, 2013, would be spent on the security
and safety of the trains.
A part of this revenue would be spent for
a special cleanliness drive under which 100
railway stations, including Chandigarh, have
been shortlisted, he said.
Chandigarh, which has a population of over
one million, is 250 km from the national capi-
tal.
There has been demands of stepping up
security in public transport due to rising
incidents of crime against women, includ-
ing the Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape in which a
23-year-old para-medical student was bru-
tally assaulted in a moving bus, who later
succumbed to her injuries, sparking a na-
tionwide outrage.
This is our dream, aspiration and struggle,
Sangay told IANS.
The 43-year-old took over the reins of the
government-in-exile in August 2011 from
74-year-old monk and scholar Samdhong
Rinpoche, who held the post for 10 years
but was overshadowed by the Dalai Lama.
With the Dalai Lama stepping down from
diplomacy and politics, the prime ministers
post has acquired added stature.
After the spiritual leader handed over the
reins of government to the elected leader-
ship, everybody was apprehensive about
the Tibetan movement being carried forward
without the Dalai Lama at the helm.
But now, we are proud to say that with his
blessing, the Tibetan movement is as strong
as it ever was, he said.
Acknowledging the hard work of the elder
generation, he said the foundation of the Ti-
betan movement is very strong.
It has sent a clear message to the Chinese
who were wrongly thinking that the move-
ment will die a slow death after the Dalai
Lama, he said.
For a peaceful resolution of the Tibetan is-
sue, Sangay is treading the Dalai Lamas
middle path policy that seeks genuine au-
tonomy within China.
Democracy and non-violence are two key
principles we will never compromise, he
said.
But he also believes in dialogue. We are
willing to negotiate with China anytime, any-
where.
Even the Dalai Lama, who escaped from
Tibet in 1959, pins his hopes on returning
home.
I remain optimistic that I will be able to return
to Tibet. China is in the process of changing.
Besides, Im not seeking separation from
China, he wrote on his website.
(IANS)
5
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 NATIONAL NEWS
Shimla
With a picturesque blanket of white
covering much of the landscape
and a weekend beckoning, tour-
ists poured into Himachal Pradesh
towns such as Manali, Dalhousie
and Shimla Friday.
The snow continued for day two
Friday and would stay for the next
four to fve days, the weather offce
said. So tourists had the next week
as well, much to the delight of those
in the hospitality business.
Shimla, the resort destination
known for the imperial grandeur of
buildings that were once institutions
of power when it was the summer
capital of British India, received 25
cm snow and 43.8 mm rain.
The town recorded a low of 0.1
degrees Celsius, while its nearby
places like Kufri, Fagu, Chail and
Narkanda experienced moderate to
heavy snowfall, a Met department
offcial said.
Manali, which saw a low of one de-
gree below freezing point, received
51 cm snow, while its nearby hills
like the Solang ski slopes, Gulaba
and the Rohtang Pass (52 km from
Manali) have been experiencing
heavy snow.
The higher reaches of
Lahaul and Spiti, Kinn-
aur, Kullu, Sirmaur, Man-
di, Shimla and Chamba
districts have been ex-
periencing moderate to
heavy snowfall since
Thursday, while mid and
lower hills lashed with
rain, the offcial said.
Kalpa, some 250 km
from the state capital,
in Kinnaur district, and
higher reaches of Dal-
housie in Chamba dis-
trict have also experi-
enced snowfall.
Kalpa, the highest in the
state, saw 95.2 cm snow.
As news of the snowfall fashed in the
plains, tourists from the plains focked
to the state.
We really enjoyed hurling snowballs
at each other, said Shruti Gupta, a
tourist from Delhi who was in Shimla
along with her parents.
Seeing the trend of arrival of tourists
this (Friday) morning, we are hopeful
of a good arrival of tourists in the next
couple of days, Manali District Tour-
ism Offcer Balbir Thakur told IANS.
New Delhi
Rashtrapati Bhavan, the imposing
presidential palace spread over
130 hectares in the heart of this
capital city, has become a more
accessible place for tourists and
common people of India. Pranab
Mukherjee, who became the 13th
President of India on July 25th last
year, said his mission was to make
the place as open as possible to
people, including children.
All one needs to do is to log on to
the internet and make an advance
booking for any of the three days it
is open to the public every week-
end.
Previously, one had to physically
go to Rashtrapati Bhavan to make
against Jindal, his frm Jindal Steel
and Power Ltd. (JSPL) and its vari-
ous offcials were ex-facie fimsy.
The judge said: The present appli-
cation under section 156 (3) of the
CrPC as well as the complaint are
dismissed.
Zee News Ltd. in its plea had alleged
that Jindal had called the NBSA
Chairman J.S. Verma, a former chief
justice of India and tried to infuence
him in connection with the hearing of
New Delhi
A Delhi court dismissed the plea of
Zee News Ltd. seeking a direction to
the CBI to lodge an FIR against Con-
gress MP Naveen Jindal for allegedly
trying to infuence the hearing before
the News Broadcasting Standards
Authority (NBSA) in connection with
an alleged extortion bid case.
The court said that points raised for
direction to the Central Bureau of In-
vestigation to investigate the matter
He said vehicular traffc on the
Chandigarh-Manali highway had
been disrupted between Kullu and
Manali.
Work is on to reopen the Chandi-
garh-Manali highway near Patli-
kuhl.
The Met departments forecast said
western disturbances - storm sys-
tems originating in the Caspian Sea
and moving across the Afghanistan-
Pakistan region - would remain ac-
tive till Saturday.
around the premises.
The interiors were a revelation.
The grand British-style decor and
the furniture have been spruced up
in a mega restoration drive to bring
Rashtrapati Bhavan back to its
original glory. The main library is
the focus of the restoration drive.
Nearly 24,000 books and manu-
scripts are in queue for digitisation
- 4,000 having been archived dur-
ing the tenure of president A.P.J
Abdul Kalam.
President Mukherjee is taking per-
sonal interest in bringing a sem-
blance of order to the library. Dr
Kalam had initiated many good
projects and created infrastruc-
ture. I am ensuring that they are
utilised. The Rashtrapati Bhavan
auditorium which he inaugurated
in 2007 is being used regularly,
Mukherjee said while interacting
with the media.
The decision to build the 340-room
mansion - the erstwhile residence
of the British viceroy - was taken
in 1911 when the British decided
to shift their capital from Kolkata to
New Delhi. Designed by Edward
Landseer Lutyens, it took 17 years
to build the abode at a cost then
of Rs. 1.28 crore (nearly 13 million
rupees).
a booking. The new system
has seen footfalls spiral from
500 over three days on an
average last year to nearly
1,600 over the same period,
with a cap of 700 visitors per
day, an offcial said..
A media tour through Rash-
trapati Bhavan threw up in-
teresting sights of groups
of foreign tourists being
escorted by young scholar-
guides through the Durbar
Hall, the Marble Hall, the
south and north drawing
rooms, the museum, library
and banquet hall.
Explaining the growing popularity of
the presidents abode on the capi-
tals sight-seeing map, the offcial
said: We have been receiving online
reservations from around the world.
We have thrown open new galleries
and the front entrance of Rashtrapati
Bhavan. The sale of souvenirs at the
memento shop has increased, along
with brisk sale of tea at a kiosk we
have set up on the premises to cater
to the visitors.
For the media on Tuesday, it was a
landmark tour. For the frst time, the
media has been allowed inside Rash-
trapati Bhavan other than the desig-
nated areas, the offcial said. Visitors
have a choice of two guided tours
Court dismisses Zee News plea in extortion case
Kolkata
Sankaracharya of Puri Swa-
mi Nischalananda Saraswati
blamed the government for
its weak image in dealing with
killing of two Indian soldiers
by Pakistan army and dubbed
western infuence as a factor
for increasing rape incidents.
Replying to queries from media
persons, the Sankaracharya
termed as barbaric the killing
and mutilation of the two sol-
diers near the Line of Control.
It is against all human values.
It is barbaric, the religious
leader said here.
However he said Pakistan can
do such acts without having to
think even twice as the image
of the Indian government and
the country was weak in tack-
ling incidents of this nature.
The Sankarcharya also said
increasing western infuence
manifested in the profusion of
high-society club culture, in
flms and the in take of drugs
had overshadowed traditional
principles and old values.
He said western infuences had
gone up post-independence.
When we were not indepen-
dent, we nursed our values
and cultures. But in the last 65
years, there has been a great
erosion of values and princi-
ples. We have to change this.
Referring to the Delhi gang-
rape, he said: Such incidents
take place when the thin line of
value system is overshot in the
ruse of development.
Kolkata
Left trade unions Thursday came
down heavily on the United Pro-
gressive Alliance governments
decision allowing state-run oil
marketing companies to revise
diesel prices, saying the step
would lead to high infation.
The central governmments deci-
sion will have dangerous conse-
quences. It will heighten infation,
All India Trade Union Congress
(AITUC) general secretary Guru-
das Dasgupta said here.
Terming the step as the biggest
anti-people decision of the UPA
government, he said: In a few
days, diesel prices will be up by
Rs.5 to Rs.6. There will also be a
spiralling effect on food infation.
Tapan Sen, general secretary of
the Communist Party of India-
Marxist-affliated Centre of Indian
Trade Union (CITU), said the deci-
sion will add fresh fuel to the fre of
infation.
Public transport and goods trans-
port will be dearer and the centre
is actually trying to do away with
the public transport system.
In a reformist move, the central
government Thursday allowed
state-run transport fuel retailers
to revise diesel prices marginally
and periodically without prior gov-
ernment consent.
Lucknow
A man was killed and more than
a dozen people were injured in
a clash between members of
the Shia and Sunni sects here,
police said.
Several rounds of gunshots and
arson were also reported from
the old part of the Uttar Pradesh
capital, they said.
There was simmering tension
between the two Muslim sects
for the last one week and it
spilled onto the streets, they
said.
The violence broke out near
Deputy Saheb Ka Imambara in
Wazirganj area after a religious
congregation at a mosque was
attacked, leading to several
rounds of fring and stone pelt-
ing, a senior district police off-
cial told IANS.
Police rushed to the spot and
chased away the rioters.
The dead man was identifed as
Shanu. He died due to gunshot
wounds, police said.
The injured have been admitted
to various medical facilities.
Additional Director General of
Police (Law and Order) Arun
Kumar told IANS that the situa-
tion was brought under control
immediately.
New Delhi
The union cabinet Thursday
decided to recommend presi-
dents rule in Jharkhand, where
no party has staked claim to
form the government after Arjun
Munda resigned as chief min-
ister following the Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha withdrawing sup-
port, an offcial source said.
The cabinet has decided to
recommend imposition of presi-
dents rule in Jharkhand, the
source told IANS.
The cabinet took the decision
on the recommendation of Gov-
ernor Syed Ahmed, the source
said, adding the governor fa-
voured imposing presidents
rule while keeping the assem-
bly in suspended animation.
The source said that the cabi-
net decided to accept the gov-
ernors recommendation and
refer the matter to the president
for approval.
The JMM withdrew support
to the Munda-led Bharatiya
Janata Party-led coalition gov-
ernment Jan 7, following which
Munda had sought the assem-
blys dissolution.
Congress and Rashtriya Jana-
ta Dal (RJD) delegations had,
however, separately met the
governor and requested not to
accept Mundas recommenda-
tion.
(IANS)
a matter pending before NBSA.
The court rejecting the contentions
of channel said: Adverting to the
instant case, frst thing frst, in the
proceedings that occurred before
the NBSA vide item number 7 on Oct
31, 2012, there is no iota of mention
about the alleged incident of accused
number one (Jindal) approaching or
attempting to approach the chairman
of NBSA.
(IANS)
Sankaracharya
blames western
infuence for
rapes
One killed in
sectarian clash
in Lucknow
Snowfall in Himachal Makes Tourists Happy
Rashtrapati Bhavan is open to public
Diesel decontrol
will lead to high
infation: Left
trade unions
Cabinet
recommends
Presidents rule
in Jharkhand
6
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 CAMPUS CONNECT
William Shakespeare goes colourfully desi
Cam Glam
Interesting career: Career Counsellor
What happens when a
young student is unable to
decide a course of career
for himself? He may be
interested in different felds
but may not be sure as to
what is his true calling. At
such times, the need for a
career counsellor arises.
The primary job of a career
counsellor is to assess
the intelligence level, IQ,
EQ, likes and dislikes of a
student and then suggest
the best career option
for him. Also, counsellors
can organise workshops
at schools and colleges
to help the students in
taking the most important
decision of their lives.
The Fine Print:
A counsellor has to have
good knowledge of psychology because
his primary job is to understand the
psyche of the student.
Counsellors conduct psychometric tests
to determine the IQ of the student.
In depth talks and discussions with the
students and their parents to understand
the background, the mindset and overall
personality of the student are necessary.
Counsellors may have to counsel
students in case they are bent on a
certain choice which is not very lucrative.
What to Do:
It is very important to have a sound base
of Psychology to become a Counsellor
because it is the frst duty of a counsellor
to understand the students mind. So
one should take up humanities in class
11 and study Psychology as a subject
extensively. Graduation in Psychology
By Madhusree
Chatterjee
Literature, clashing
cultures and global
performance genres
merge quaintly on
the Indian stage,
riding on legendary
16th century
playwright William
Shakespeares works
at the National School
of Dramas annual
theatre fest here. The fortnight-long 15th
edition of the Bharat Rangmahotsav will end
today.
The annual showcase of the countrys premier
drama school turned its spotlight on inter-
cultural Shakespeare this time, with a cache of
six productions from across the world. These
are a Hindi version of Twelfth Night; The
Tempest; a Bengali Macbeth; a retelling of
Othello in Malayalam; Julius Ceaser in
Assamese by Guwahatis Seagull Theatre
group etc,.
Theatre critics said the festival refected the
globalization of a trend that began nearly
300 years ago in India when the British rulers
brought Shakespeares plays to these shores
to entertain the white crew of the erstwhile
East India Company. Today, Shakespeare has
become part of the Indian heritage. His works
now spawn cross-cultural innovations.
Yamadoothu - After the death of Othello - a
bilingual adaptation of Othello in Malayalam
and Hindi by B. Abhimanyu dramatises the 30
minutes between the death of the body and the
death of mind. The play runs for 73 minutes.
Before making the performance text, we had a
clear cut idea about death - and the difference
between body death and mind death. It gives
us a certain language to perform. All things
appear dreamy, Thrissur-based Abhimanyu
told IANS.
The young
director has used
spiritual symbols
like fowers, milk,
blood and corn
stalk to sow the
seeds of doubt in
Othellos mind in a
stylised theatrical
language.
Explaining one
possible reason
why Shakespeare
may be easily adapted across the world, Paddy
Haytor, founder of French repertory company
Footsbarn Theatre, said: It is believed that
most of Shakespeares plays were collated
into a compendium of texts after his death as a
result of which the texts were improvised many
times.
Last year, Londons Globe Theatre had
commissioned Mumbai-based The Company
Theatre to produce Piya Bahuroopiya, an
Indian adaptation of Twelfth Night for the
Globe to Globe Shakespeare festival to
coincide with the London Olympics.
It renders itself to any language. But we were
meant to stay with the rules of Shakespeare
when we staged the play. But it has changed
after we moved out of the Globe Theatre.
We have restructured on the foor, allowing it
to grow organically, director Atul Kumar told
IANS. We read the original Shakespeare and
threw it out of the window. We all knew what
the essentials of the play were - and then we
started exploring the play in our way, Kumar
said.
Numerous adapations have appeared on
stage in the last 100 years.
James Shapiro, a well-known Shakespeare
scholar from the US says: Shakespeare is the
only playwright in the English-speaking world
whom no one has to pay for staging plays.
Shakespeare is for everybody.....
or with Psychology honours should
follow with a Masters degree in the same
with specialization in Guidance and
Counselling. A post graduate diploma
in Guidance and Counselling is also a
good option.
What to expect:
Counsellors are well paid as they can
either be self employed or can be hired
by schools and colleges. Many training
institutes hire counsellors to encourage
students to take up a particular course
of study. A senior level Counsellor may
earn up to 2 lakh a month.
How to Prepare:
Start by taking keen interest in
Psychology and reading extensively
about various career options available.
Start interacting with people and
improve your observation skills. Most of
all become a good listener. All the best!
Vageesha Bahel,
UCNS
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 7
CAMPUS
Hyderabad literary fest begins
PETA to push its cause
at Goa fest
Hyderabad
The third edition of the Hyderabad Liter-
ary Festival (HLF) began here Friday with
the participation of over 100 writers, artists,
scholars, publishers from India and abroad.
The three-day multilingual event being held
at Moulana Azad National Urdu University
(MANUU) will focus on writing in Indian lan-
guages.
There will be conver-
sation with authors,
reading, panel dis-
cussions, workshops,
book launches, cul-
tural programmes and
events for college and
school students.
Panel discussions on
topics like translation
as recovery, writings
about Hyderabad, and endangered lan-
guages and cultural traditions will be held.
Anita Nair, Amita Desai, Sekhar Kammula,
Shankar Melkote and Nukhban Langah are
amongst the literary fgures attending the
festival.
France is the invited guest nation at the event
with participation of French writers and cul-
tural artists. It will feature Indo-French col-
laborative work.
Telugu will be Indian language in focus with
eminent Telugu writers addressing special
sessions. Starting this edition, HLF will focus
on one Indian language every year.
Inaugurating the festival, Andhra Pradesh
Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan hoped that it
would help re-ignite the reading habit.
He noted that the literature has lost some
of its sheen due to complete shift in reading
and writing habits because of technological
advancements.
We dont even write letters these days as
we simply send messages through our mo-
bile phones. This
is one of the per-
ils of technology.
While we have to
move forward with
times, we should
not forget our tra-
ditions and cul-
ture, he said.
The governor also
regretted that stu-
dents were con-
centrating on optional subjects while ignor-
ing the languages.
Even students who opt for foreign languag-
es, do so only to score marks rather than
learning them, he said.
While underlining the need for more power-
ful writers, Narasimhan cautioned that emo-
tions should not overtake reasoning.
Well-known poet and Jnanapith awardee
Sitakant Mahapatra delivered the key-note
address.
MAANU Vice-Chancellor Mohammed Miyan
and Chandana Khan, secretary, tourism and
culture, government of Andhra Pradesh also
spoke
Panaji
Farhan Akhtars six-pack abs, his dimpled
smile and his crooning may not be the only
things to be discussed at Indiafest 2013, one
of the biggest pan-India inter-collegiate fes-
tivals, set to begin Friday at Goas popular
Baga beach.
Animal rights activists claim that the two-day
festival in which 50,000 college students are
expected to participate would be the ideal
place to pitch for the ethical treatment of ani-
mals.
Nokia Indiafest is the perfect place to get
young people involved in one of the most
critical issues of our time: Animal rights,
says Neha Singh, youth outreach advisor
with People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani-
mals (PETA).
PETA would also hold numerous contests
and even dispense literature on a number
of topical animal rights issues. Signatures
would be collected for petitions to be sent to
the central government on the rights of ani-
mals, Neha Singh said.
Two petitions to be circulated at the festival
relate to the demand for a ban on cosmetics
that use animal parts, and the prevention of
testing of household products on animals.
Currently, the union ministry of health and
family welfare is already weighing its options
on the issue. PETA hopes that some vigor-
ous lobbying will help tilt the scales in favour
of animals.
The second petition urges the government
to pass an updated draft of the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, which includes
a substantial increase in fnes as well as
possible imprisonment for convicted abus-
ers, Singh said, adding that current fnes of
Rs.10 to Rs.50 have remained unchanged
for over half a century, and the sums are too
miniscule to have any deterrent value.
Once people learn about the benefts of go-
ing vegan, about what happens to animals in
laboratories and of the importance of sterilis-
ing dogs and cats, they are much more like-
ly to help alleviate animal suffering, Singh
said.
Among the top bands and musicians set to
perform at the fest are: Jalebee Cartel, Ra-
ghu Dixit Project, Shaair and Funk. Farhan
Akhtar, who will be crooning live after a gap
of two years, is likely to be the festivals big-
gest crowd-puller.
What are your views about the beheading
of the Indian Soldier on the LOC ?
Vageesha Bahel,
UCNS
Gurpreet Singh
Whatever has happened is very
unfortunate. The fact that the Paki-
stani Army has retained the head
of an Indian soldier is very degrad-
ing. In our culture, it is believed that
unless the whole body is cremated
the soul does not attain satisfac-
tion. As such, keeping a part of the
slain soldiers body is not only gory
but also outrageous.
Kamal Jeet Singh
The whole country is outraged by
the action at the LOC. The govern-
ment must take strict action. All
peace talks with Pakistan should
be called off. The Pakistan gov-
ernment has to realize that such a
thing is just not acceptable. How
dare they do this to our brave sol-
diers?
Bhawandeep Sekhon
Very sad and degrading incident
has taken place at the LOC. How
can the Pakistani army break the
rules of the cease fre? It is shame-
ful on their part. Does this mean
that they want war? Or is it just the
whimsical action of a few soldiers?
In both cases it cannot be denied
that Pakistan is at fault and needs
to be punished.
Satwinder Kaur
The entire country wants to take re-
venge on the Pakistan army but do
we realize that an eye for an eye
will make the whole world blind.
If we go about doing exactly what
they did, it will result in a war like
situation. It will result in useless kill-
ings of many soldiers on both sides
and who knows how much both
countries will have to suffer.
Paras Gambhir
The action of Pakistani army is
very wrong indeed. They have en-
tered Indian boundary and killed
our soldiers. Are they crazy? Have
they no respect for peace treaties?
How can they go about killing our
soldiers brutally? And why is the
Pakistani government so silent? All
these questions have left me baf-
fed.
Sudhir Mehra
I fnd it impractical that the Pakistani
army has kept the head of an In-
dian soldier. Are we living in an age
where barbarism is so dominant?
Do the Indian authorities have no
power? Can they not even obtain
the slain soldiers head? Why are
the authorities adopting so mea-
sured and so weak a stance?
SPEAK OUT
IMD launches
mobile
application for
weather updates
Facebook
launches new
search tool
Graphene device
detects narcotics
in a jiffy
New headphones
for deep,
refreshing sleep
Bangalore
Russia will launch a robotic lunar station in
2015, a top offcial said.
Federal space agency Roscosmos chief
Vladimir Popovkin said the Luna-Glob will lift
off from the Vostochny space port in Rus-
sias far east after several test launches.
Luna-Glob is the frst of four missions
planned before the creation of a fully robotic
lunar base scheduled for after 2015. The or-
biter will have a payload of 120 kg, includ-
ing equipment for astrophysics experiments,
dust monitors, and plasma sensors to study
ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
The moon exploration project is part of the
federal space programme dating back to
the late 1990s. It was put on hold due to f-
nancial restrictions and resurrected several
New Delhi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD)
launched a mobile application Indian-
Weather for android based smart phones
and tabs to provide latest weather informa-
tion to users.
The service was launched by Science and
Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on
IMDs 138th Foundation Day.
The application can be freely downloaded
through google play available on the home
screen of android-based smart phones and
tabs.
I would urge IMD to make further efforts for
more precise prediction, particularly for se-
vere weather phenomenon. We should also
provide location and user specifc forecast in
different time scales, he said.
Speaking about the application, Rahul Saxe-
na, an IMD scientist in charge of the project,
said: IMD wants to tap the reach of smart
phones to provide the latest weather infor-
mation and other value added services.
The location specifc weather forecast would
be available to the public at the touch of an
icon. With this service, IMDs forecast of ma-
jor cities of the country around four metros
for next four days along with updated current
weather observations would be available to
the millions of mobile users across the coun-
try in the initial phase.
During next 8-10 months, we intend not
only to expand the domain of the products
by including weather bulletins and alerts for
signifcant events, agromet advisories and
weather related health updates to the pub-
lic on the smart phones but also for other
phones across platforms, he said.
London
A headband with built-in earphones could
lull you to deep sleep, without even waking
a partner sleeping by your side.
Existing versions are wired with a phone, but
a wireless version, slated to go on sale in
April, has just won a prestigious award at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Being able to sleep soundly is crucial to feel-
ing well overall, and SleepPhones help by
playing relaxing audio, drowning out noise,
and establishing a positive bedtime routine,
says Wei-Shin Lai, one of the inventors of
the headphones.
The frm began selling the product in 2007,
when Lai was working as a doctor.
In 2007, I had trouble falling back to sleep
after patient phone calls late at night as a
family doctor. My husband suggested that I
listen to something to take my mind off of
patient concerns, says Lai, the Daily Mail
reports.
Since I didnt want to disturb my husband
while he slept, I needed headphones or ear
buds I could wear in bed. But there was noth-
ing comfortable in the market so I came up
with stuffng speakers inside a headband,
adds Lai.
Theres a version of our product for sports,
a version for sleep, and now a wireless ver-
sion that eliminates cords entirely by playing
back media from any Bluetooth-enabled de-
vice, concludes Lai.
Washington
Social media giant Facebook has unveiled a
new tool -- Graph Search -- to enable users
in conducting targeted searches for people,
places, photos and interests on the site.
You should theoretically be able to ask
Facebook Who are my friends who live in
San Francisco? and Graph Search should
be able to return an answer to you, Face-
book founder Mark Zuckerberg told report-
ers.
Facebooks Graph Search photo component
is the frst of its kind for the California- based
tech company.
Photos will be surfaced based on the query,
and then based on the number of likes and
comments, said Lars Rasmussen, Face-
books director of engineering. For exam-
ple, you can look up photos of friends taken
in Paris, or even photos of friends taken in
national parks, he said.
And using natural language search terms
such as friends who like college football,
Graph Search is also able to comb through
the billions of Likes to curate results, a tool
that advertisers might fnd useful, experts
said.
You can only search for content that has
been shared with you, Zuckerberg said,
adding that a message will appear on users
Newsfeeds to remind them to review their
privacy settings before the product begins to
roll out this week.
London
A new graphene-based device can pinpoint
the presence of the tiniest amounts of per-
formance enhancing drugs and steroids,
rapidly and accurately, in athletes blood
samples.
Graphene, isolated for the frst time by Man-
chester scientists in 2004, lies at the heart of
the new device. It has the potential to revo-
lutionise diverse applications from smart-
phones and ultra-fast broadband to drug
delivery and computer chips.
The breakthrough can see one molecule
though a simple optical system and can
analyse its components within minutes, or
even detect infectious viruses. This involves
plasmonics - the study of vibrations of elec-
trons in different materials, the journal Na-
ture Materials reports.
Scientists from the Universities of Manches-
ter and Aix-Marseille (France), who are be-
hind the breakthrough, said the device could
also be used at airports or sensitive loca-
tions to prevent concealment of explosives
by terrorists or traffckers from smuggling
drugs.
Researchers, lead by Sasha Grigorenko
from the Manchester School of Physics and
Astronomy, suggested a new type of sens-
ing devices, which show extremely high
response to an attachment of just one rela-
tively small molecule.
Grigorenko said: The whole idea of this de-
vice is to see single molecules, and really
see them, under a simple optical system,
say a microscope.
Washington
NASA scientists have ruled out the possi-
bility of asteroid Apophis hitting the earth in
2036, based on information obtained by its
telescopes in 2011 and 2012 and other new
data.
Data discovered during a search of old as-
tronomical images provided additional in-
formation required to rule out the 2029 im-
pact scenario, but a remote possibility of
one in 2036 remained, according to a Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) statement.
Discovered in 2004, the asteroid - as big as
three-and-a-half soccer felds - caught the
immediate attention of space scientists and
the media when initial calculations of its orbit
indicated a 2.7 percent possibility of an earth
impact during a close fyby in 2029.
With new data provided by the Magdalena
Ridge (New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology) and the Pan-STARRS (Univer-
sity of Hawaii) optical observatories along
with very recent data from the Goldstone
Solar System Radar, we have effectively
ruled out the possibility of an earth impact by
Apophis in 2036, said Don Yeomans, man-
ager of NASAs Near-Earth Object Program
Offce at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasade-
na, California.
The impact odds as they stand now are less
than one in a million, which makes us com-
fortable saying we can effectively rule out an
earth impact in 2036. Our interest in asteroid
Apophis will essentially be scientifc, added
Yeomans.
On April 13, 2036, a fyby of Apophis will be-
come the closest fyby of an asteroid of its
size when it comes no closer than 31,300
km to the earths surface.
But much sooner a closer approach by a
lesser-known asteroid is going to occur in
the middle of next month when a 40-metre
asteroid, 2012 DA14, fies safely past the
earths surface at about 17,200 miles, Yeo-
mans said.
With new telescopes coming online, the up-
grade of existing telescopes and the contin-
ued refnement of our orbital determination
process, theres never a dull moment work-
ing on near-earth objects, added Yeomans.
NASA detects and tracks asteroids and
comets passing close to earth using ground
and space-based telescopes.
years later.
Initially scheduled for launch in 2012, the
mission has been postponed twice, frst to
2010 and then to 2014.
This past August Roscosmos announced
a 10-million ruble ($300,000) tender to de-
velop a blueprint of a heavy rocket carrier
that would be capable of carrying manned
spacecraft to the moon. The project is to be
completed by May 31, 2013.
Popovkin previously said the countrys
planned manned spacecraft capable of
fights to the moon will not fy until 2018.
Russias space programme suffered a slew
of setbacks in recent years, most of them
blamed on faulty hardware.
The most recent mishap took place last De-
cember, when a botched launch of the Ya-
mal-402 telecoms satellite led to the deple-
tion of its fuel supply, shortening its orbit
lifetime.
In November 2011, Russia launched the
Phobos-Grunt probe, its most ambitious
planetary mission in decades, designed to
bring back rock and soil samples from the
Martian moon Phobos.
However, the probe got stuck in Earths orbit
after its engines failed to put it on course for
the Red Planet.
The doomed probe crashed in the Pacifc
Ocean last January after two months in orbit.
The setbacks resulted in a reshuffe at the
Federal Space Agency in 2011.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who
oversees defence and space industries, an-
nounced late last year a switch to a holding-
based model for the industry, which he said
would be implemented by March.
Russia to launch lunar mission in
2015
Asteroid Apophis wont hit Earth in
2036: NASA
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POLITICS
Agartala
Ahead of assembly elections in Tripura, the
Congress received a jolt with 32 tribal lead-
ers quitting Wednesday and felding their
own candidates.
The partys tribal department chairman
Phani Bhusan Bhowmik and general sec-
retary Debabrata Koloi were among the 32
who sent their resignations to Congress
president Sonia Gandhi.
The dissident tribal Congress leaders have
felded candidates in 21 assembly seg-
ments, including 18 seats reserved for trib-
als.
Last week, Congress general secretary Os-
car Fernandes announced the nomination of
48 candidates for the states 60-member as-
sembly. Eleven seats were allocated to long-
time ally INPT.
Of the 60 seats in Tripura, 20 are reserved
for tribals and 10 for Dalits. Of the 30 re-
served seats, the Congress-INPT alliance
had won only one seat in 2008.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders and workers
in 15 places in Tripura continued their revolt
demanding changes in nominations for as-
sembly elections.
Tripura Congress president Sudip Roy Bar-
man said the nominations would not be
changed.
Meanwhile, despite the bickering between
the Trinamool Congress and the Congress
in West Bengal, the former will support the
latter in the ensuing elections.
We will not feld candidates against the
Congress. We dont want to split the non-
Left votes, Trinamool Congress state chair-
man Arun Chandra Bhowmik told IANS.
Tripura, the countrys lone Left-ruled state, is
set for polling Feb 14. Meghalaya and Naga-
land will go to the polls Feb 23. Results in all
three states will be announced Feb 28.
The assemblies in Meghalaya, Tripura and
Nagaland have 60 seats each.
Tripura Congress
jolted as 32
leaders quit
Chautalas conviction deterrent for
favouritism: Shanta Kumar
Trinamools Arabul held for attack
on CPI-Ms Rezzak
Kamal Sharma elected new Punjab
BJP chief
Where is space
for non-violence,
asks JKLF
Shimla
BJP vice-president Shanta Kumar Thursday
said the conviction of former Haryana chief
minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son
Ajay Chautala would act as a deterrent for
favouritism.
This would act as a deterrent for nepotism
in recruitment by political leaders in the
country, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
leader said in a statement here.
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leaders
Kolkata
Former Trinamool Congress legislator Ara-
bul Islam was Thursday arrested for alleg-
edly leading attacks against CPI-M leader
Abdur Rezzak Mollah and other Marxist ac-
tivists, police said. A court sent him to fve
days police custody.
We have fled a case against Islam under
several non-bailable offences and he has
been remanded to fve days police custody
by the court, South 24 Parganas police su-
perintendent Pravin Tripathi told IANS.
Communists fred the bullets and the one to
get arrested is me. I do not know if there will
be peace in Bhangar. It all depends upon my
supporters, Islam an infuential leader from
Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, said
following his arrest.
Mollah, a former minister and a senior legis-
lator, was severely beaten up by Trinamool
workers led by Islam Jan 6 when he went
to Bamanghata area in the district where a
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)
offce had been damaged.
The veteran Marxist is still in hospital with
Kamal Sharma, a hardcore Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh (RSS) activist, was elected
the president of the Punjab unit of the BJP.
He took over from Ashwani Sharma who
completed a three-year term.
BJP central election observer and former
MP Ram Nath Kovind and state election of-
fcer Vinod Sharma declared Kamal Sharma
elected unopposed in the presence partys
national vice-president Shanta Kumar and
general secretary JP Nadda. BJP legislative
party leader Bhagat Chunni Lal And national
executive member Manoranjan Kalia were
also present on this occasion.
Kamal (44), political adviser to Chief Minis-
ter Parkash Singh Badal , started his career
with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,
the student wing of the RSS, in 1985. He
was made the media advisor to the Madhya
Pradesh chief minister and took charge as
the political advisor to Badal in June 2012.
Addressing a gathering after his election, he
said: As a new president, my target is 2014
Lok Sabha elections. I will work hard to en-
sure the win of BJP-SAD nominees in all 13
parliamentary seats in the state.
Kamal, hails from Ferozepur, denied any
groupism in the partys state unit. There
may be differences of opinion on an issue
but the party is united, he said. He also said
that he will now quit as political adviser to
the chief minister.
The thirteen members unanimously elected
for BJP National Council from Punjab in-
cluded Balramji Dass Tandon, Laxmi Kanta
Chawla, Brij Lal Rinwa, Rajinder Bhandari,
Swarna Ram, Avtar Singh Sikri, Baldev Raj
Chawla, Som Parkash, Gurcharan Kaur,
Narrotam Dev Ratti, Virender Kaur Thandi,
Vijay Sampla and Manjit Singh Rai.
were convicted by a Central Bureau of Inves-
tigation (CBI) court in New Delhi Wednesday
and were taken into police custody in a re-
cruitment scam involving JBT (junior basic
training) teachers.
Shanta Kumar, a former Himachal Pradesh
chief minister, however, expressed sympa-
thy for elderly Chautala.
An elderly leader like Chautala going to jail
at this age is unfortunate. It leads to natural
sympathy for him. I have close relations with
him. I am also pained to read this news, he
said.
He, however, said the favoritism in jobs by
the political leaders was on the rise and the
common man had lost faith in the political
system.
Hailing the judiciary and appreciating the
witnesses for taking the case to its logical
conclusion, he said: The decision may have
come after a delay but has come rightly.
The INLD chief and his son Ajay are Hary-
ana legislators. The court also convicted
53 others for the illegal recruitment of over
3,000 JBT teachers.
The court will pronounce the sentence Jan
22.
multiple injuries, including a lumber bone
fracture. The attack caused a political up-
roar, with the civil society expressing con-
cern over the law and order situation.
The disturbances stretched to Jan 8 when
a number of political activists were injured
in fring and clashes between the Trinamool
and CPI-M.
Governor M.K. Narayanan had said: This is
not a good political culture. I think some sort
of goondaism is going on here.
The CPI-M called Islams arrest belated
while Trinamool activists took out a protest
rally.
CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat,
who called on Mollah at the hospital Thurs-
day, demanded that the law should take its
full course to ensure justice.
We have been demanding for nearly two
weeks that those responsible for the attack
on Mollah should be arrested. Today one of
the main persons has been arrested. This is
only the frst step, a beginning, he said.
We want the law to take its full course. Jus-
tice should be done. We will see if it (the ar-
rest) is being followed up, he said.
Former CPI-M MP Sujon Chakraborty, now
secretary of the partys South 24 Parganas
district, said the government should have
taken action against Islam earlier.
We had to fght. All over the state people
were disturbed. But if Arabul is released af-
ter two-three days, then we have to say this
is only an eyewash, he said.
Congress leader O.P. Mishra welcomed the
police action but hoped the arrest was gen-
uine and not a mere eyewash.
Enraged after the arrest, Trinamool activ-
ists hit the streets at Bhangor in the district
where shops downed shutters. Additional
police forces were rushed to prevent vio-
lence.
Srinagar
The shrinking space for non-violent resis-
tance risks youths to take to violence to re-
solve political disputes, JKLF chief Muham-
mad Yasin Malik said.
Addressing the media here, Malik said: In
2008 the youths (in the Kashmir Valley) took
a conscious and collective decision in favour
of transition from a violent to a non-violent
one.
In spite of this, 72 non-violent protesters
were killed in 2008 and 124 in 2010.
The youth is now faced with the dilemma
whether the decision favouring non-violent
transition was the right one. There is a risk
that they (youth) might resort to violence in
the future, he said.
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
leader said friendship between India and
Pakistan had always been punctuated by
tensions.
We are not against business and other
types of relations between the two countries,
but unless the root cause is addressed, the
tensions will continue.
Malik said the JKLF had announced the
ceasefre in 1994 after assurances from the
US and the Indian civil society that a space
would be provided to non-violent struggle.
Instead of providing us a space, we are now
receiving sentences from courts handing
down life imprisonment and death penalties
to freedom fghters, he said.
Malik quoted the example of a resident of
south Kashmirs Tral town who is undergo-
ing life sentence with two others because
two rifes were seized from them.
Malik said he will stage a peaceful sit-in in
New Delhi as part of the JKLF campaign
against life imprisonment and death sen-
tences to people engaged in the separatist
struggle.
UCNS
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SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 POLITICS
Nitin Gadkari, BJP
President:
Fly ash contains potash
and if it is mixed with
algae powder, it can be
cheap substitute to costly
chemical fertilizers used
by farmers,
Kamal Farooqi of the
Samajwadi Party :
I dont know why the
government is playing
such games. The oil
companies which are al-
ready having fun of it will
earn proft at the cost of
the poor.
Manish Tewari, infor-
mation and broadcast-
ing minister:
Talks with Pakistan are
possible only after Paki-
stan acts against those
responsible for the bar-
baric act,
Mayawati, Head of BSP:
They have increased die-
sel prices and rail fares; it
is clear that they are not
with aam admi. My advice
to the Congress is that
they should take up these
matters at the Chintan
Shivir, otherwise people
will give them a reply in
the general elections.
DMK chief
M. Karunanidhi :
Allowing state-owned
oil companies to in-
crease diesel prices
even by a small quan-
tum is a wrong decision
J. Jayalalitha, Chief
minister of Tamil Nadu:
Now, for the sixth time
the AIADMK is in pow-
er in Tamil Nadu and
working to make it the
number one state in the
country,
Kolkata
Assailing the UPA government
for setting in motion the decon-
trol process of diesel prices, the
CPI-M said the step would have a
cascading effect on the prices of
essentials thereby increasing the
burden on the common man.
Speaking to media persons on
the sidelines of the Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)s
central committee meeting here,
party politburo member Sitaram
Yechury said the decision was
Ranchi
The cabinets decision to rec-
ommend presidents rule in
Jharkhand and keep the state
assembly in suspended anima-
tion invited sharp criticsism from
the BJP and other parties.
The 28-month Bharatiya Janata
Party-led Arjun Munda govern-
ment fell Jan 8 after Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew
support from it. On Jan 8 Munda
cabinet recommended dissolu-
tion of the assembly.
Kolkata
The Feb 14 assembly elections
in Tripura and the countrys po-
litical scenario in general would
be on the agenda of the three-
day central committee meeting
of the Communist Party of India
- Marxist (CPI-M) beginning here
Thursday.
The polls in Tripura are crucial
for the CPI-M, as this is the only
state in the country where it is in
power, as the main constituent of
the Left Front.
aimed at increasing the super-
proft of the oil companies.
He dubbed the decision a non-
economic one, saying the gov-
ernment imported crude diesel,
while the price of the refned oil
would go up.
This will have a cascading ef-
fect on the price of essentials. It
will increase the burden on the
common man, he said, reacting
to the government allowing state-
run oil marketing companies to
revise diesel prices from time to
The BJP announced to hit the
roads against the union cabinet
decision not to dissolve the state
assembly.
The union cabinet took the deci-
sion on the recommendation of
Governor Syed Ahmed. The gov-
ernor favoured imposing presi-
dents rule while keeping the as-
sembly in suspended animation.
We condemn the governors
report and union cabinets de-
cision not to dissolve the state
assembly. Today (Thursday) we
The party lost in its other strong-
holds, West Bengal and Kerala,
in 2011, thus slipping from its
earlier prominent position in na-
tional politics.
The defeat in West Bengal to the
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool
Congress-Congress alliance
was particularly strong blow for
the CPI-M, which had been in
power in the state for 34 years
at a stretch.
At the meeting beginning Thurs-
day, the central committee would
time in line with global crude oil
prices.
He said to contain public anger,
the UPA government has given a
sop by increasing the number of
subsidised cooking gas cylinders
per household to nine from six a
year.
Terming the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government as
insensitive to the sufferings of
the people, Yechury said it only
protected the interests of the in-
ternational fnancial capital and
are holding demonstration and
Friday we will court arrest during
protest, Raghubar Das of BJP
told IANS.
The state cabinet decision to
dissolve the state assembly
should have been accepted, he
said.
The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-
Prajatantrik (JVM-P) has blamed
Congress for not dissolving the
assembly.
We will take up the issue among
people of the state. The state as-
fnalise the partys campaign
programmes and take stock of
recent political developments in
West Bengal, where the party
has come under attack from rul-
ing Trinamool Congress activ-
ists, CPI-M sources said.
Veteran CPI-M leader and former
state minister Abdur Rezak Mol-
lah was seriously injured when
he was beaten up by Trinamool
activists led by former legislator
Arabul Islam.
The party leaders would deliber-
the big business. It is committed
to the neo-liberal economic poli-
cies.
The CPI-M central committee
was discussing the anti-people
policies of the UPA dispensation,
he said, adding it would take the
issues before the masses.
Early March, four jathas will orig-
inate from four parts of the coun-
try. They will culminate in Delhi
where a big rally will be held on
March 17 at the Ramlila Maidan.
sembly should have been dis-
solved to give chance to people
to express their fresh mandate,
Pradeep Yadav of the JVM-P
said.
The JMM has welcomed the de-
cision not to dissolve the state
assembly. We welcome the
union cabinet decision. The two
years of term is left in the current
assembly. Parties should try to
form alternative government and
not impose election on people,
ate on the progress of its ongo-
ing signature campaign across
the nation, with the demand for
an effective Food Security Act.
The central committee would f-
nalise the routes and itinerary of
four jathas to be taken out from
eastern, western, northern and
southern parts of the country to
highlight some of the partys de-
mands.
The jathas would culminate in
Delhi, with a public meeting at
the Ram Lila Maidan.
Jairam Ramesh,
Minister of Rural
Development:
Diesel subsidy is a per-
verse subsidy; were
a responsible govern-
ment, the hike was
needed.
UPA move on diesel will have cascading effect on prices: CPI-M
BJP protests non-dissolution of Jharkhand assembly
CPI-M central committee to meet, ahead of Tripura polls
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March in Kolkata to protest veteran theatre personalitys harassment
Kolkata
Theatre personalities and intellectuals
held a rally in the city in protest against
alleged harassment of veteran theatre
director Benu Chattopadhay for purport-
edly using the pet slogan of the ruling
Trinamool Congress- Ma, Mati Manush,
in a play.
Several intellectuals including Chatto-
padhyay himself and actor Badshah Moi-
tra walked along in protest.
I and my team were harassed by Trin-
amool Congress supporters for using the
words Ma, Maati in my play. The play has
been enacted several times before and it
has nothing to do with the Trinamools
Slogan of Ma Maati Manush (Mother,
land, people), said Chattopadhyay dur-
ing the protest march.
With each passing day the growing in-
tolerance of the government is coming to
the fore. Has the Trinamool got a copy-
right on Maa Mati Manush? On what
ground could they harass a veteran like
Chattopadhyay, Moitra said.
The dialogues appear in the play Setu-
bandhan, written by Ajitesh Bandopad-
hyay and directed by Chattopadhyay
which was staged earlier this week at the
Assam Bangla Natya Utsav at Nripen-
dranarayan Institute in Dinahata in Cooch
Behar district.
Afterwards, several Trinamool supporters
threatened and harassed Chattopadhyay
and his team compelling him to apolo-
gise.
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Set in the backdrop of GB Road (Delhis red
light district) this is a book on Delhis red light
area. Mayank Austen Soof, author of the
popular The Delhi Walla blog and HT col-
umnist has written a mesmerizing, readable
book after his three-year-long research to
get an insight to the life of sex workers who
live and work in the brothels of the Indian
capitals well-known GB Road. Prostitution
is a word from which every person is famil-
iar. We just imagine a bold woman with a lot
of makeup, wearing sexy attire and waiting
for her customer at the corner of the street.
We always see the bold and glamorous role
of prostitutes in our Hindi cinema but there is
a dark and steamy side as well.
The whole story revolves around Sushma
who is expected in her late forties. Sushma
is among many women, men and children
living and working in brothel number 300
on Garstin Bastion Road, known as G.B.
Road, These prostitutes are being sold
to brothel owners as young women, and
charge 100 to 200 rupees for sex. But Soof
Author of four alternative guide-
books to Delhi, Mayank Austen
Soof spends his time in book-
shops and by lanes, observ-
ing every corner of the city. He
is best known for his website
and blog, The Delhi Walla in
which he details Delhis lives
and love. The author tells the
reason behind the creation of
this inspiring tale I wrote this
book because I wanted to un-
derstand the world of GB Road,
to make a sense of it and that
could have done only by writing
about it. Thats how the book en-
tered this world. I initially found
GB Road very mysterious. Its
such an extraordinary place, but
each time Im in Brothel no. 300,
everything seems so ordinary.
The fact that you make money
by pretending to make love to
men- as a person growing up in
a middle-class household, it is
such a strange thing to me, but
here to most women I met, it is
just work.
Makers of highly popular derisive love tale
Pyaar Ka Punchnama, writer-lyricist Luv
Ranjan is back with a movie that is a com-
pletely opposite. Akaash Vani is a passion-
ate love story, and
its album refects the
same spirit. Composer
Hitesh Sonik and Luv
Ranjan have worked
together on this al-
bum comprising of fve
original tracks.. People
may remember Hitesh
sonic performance at
MTV Unplugged this
season which was
pretty good.
Lets take a look at the
music of this movie.
Pad gaye ji :
Starting off with a typi-
cally melodious track
Pad gaye ji which is
sung well by Sunidhi
Chauhan and K.K .
While the lyrics are
modern, this slow rock
composition adds to
the romance and dra-
ma of the track. Suni-
dhi Chauhans magical and peaceful voice
takes the song to a new level .The Combina-
tion of various sounds give the album an ad-
dictive opener and over all it is was a good
hear
Crazy lover : Crazy Lover sung by Vishal
Dadlani and Sunidhi Chauhan is addictive,
and still its not what you call come n go
.Both of them add their energy to this crazy
track with usual but modern tune. This song
is a treat to the ears and makes turmoil of
earsplitting happening on dancing foors.
Vishal Dadlani rocks this track with some of
the most insane lyrics
Bas main aur tu : Bas Mein aur Tu sung by
Nikhil DSouza has a fair slow gloomy melo-
dy in it. Due to its high
romantic share it will
make you sit back,
close your eyes and
enjoy this dreamy
tune. This dreamy
romantic song with
pleasant lyrics and
Nikhil Dsouzas faw-
less voice is a must
download. It comes
in reprise version too.
Rumani : Rumani
sung by Shalmali
Kholgade and Thom-
san Andrews is a
naughty, fun-loving
mockery track based
on the leads Akaash
& Vani. Smart music
arrangement com-
bined with good sing-
ing makes it a feel
good, foot tapping
number. Overall this
track sounds mushy,
young and full of love.
Tera mera naam : A nice tune sung by
Shafqat Amanat Ali is a journey through
heartbreak in the 21st century. he sounds
beautifully restrained and the lyrics are soft
enough.All those suffering from heartbreak
should be careful of this one.
Overall Akaash Vani presents a mixture of
love songs with fresh voices. All I Say is Go
for It.
Cast: Arjun Rampal, Chitrangada Singh,
Deepti Naval
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Genre: Romance,Crime
Expectations of audience are usually high
when it comes to watching a Sudhir Mishra
flm. The talented flmmaker Sudhir Mishra,
man behind some extremely glorifed flms
from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron , Hazaaron
Khwaishein Aisi to the enjoyable Cham-
eli proves his determination, yet again with
Inkaar but it comes nowhere close to his
other flms. Inkaar deals with the theme of
sexual harassment at work in the most re-
alistic way. But inside the flm is also a love
story spoiled by corporate ambitions. And
the two plots are so effortlessly incorporated
in the flm that you kind of lose interest and
also the main subject in its larger picture.
Synopsis
Rahul Verma (Arjun Rampal) and Maya Lu-
thra (Chitrangada Singh) work at an adver-
tising agency. Things take a dramatic turn
when Maya fles a case of sexual harass-
ment against her boss, Rahul. The commit-
tee needs to look into the complaint and fnd
out the truth. Social activist Mrs. Kamdar
(Dipti Naval) is introduced in to study the
case as Rahul and Maya give accounts of
their mutual association over the years, jus-
tifying their individual point. Is Rahul Verma
really guilty of sexual harassment? Or is it
ambitious Maya Luthra imagining things for
her ease? The flm starts
directly from the sexual ha-
rassment case and goes
in fashback to express the
story behind it .Thereby
the audience is only aware
about the case as the judge
understands it through her
image. The flm is shot in a
consciousness mode with
the camera moving swiftly
from the conference room
to the memory of the pro-
tagonists. At times, a single
scene is played on the screen no. of time to
denote the differences in the perspective of
the ones describing it.
Analysis:
Mishra gives a witty ironic shade to the
marketing agency backdrop of the flm. The
length could be a drawback, especially since
the central confict takes a little too long to
surface. Among his top most performances
in movies like Rock On and Rajneeti. Ra-
hul Varma played by Arjun, comes across
as sensitive, arrogant and sexist. he has
played the big shot ad world honcho pret-
ty well with a bit of a secrecy .Chitrangda
Singh not only looks ravishing like always,
she has justifed her substantial role with
a convincing act. Shes naturally gorgeous
and Maya benefts from it. But strangely,
there is very less of Mayas personal life,
a lot more of Rahuls background with his
aggressive father (Kanwaljeet). A mention
of the supporting cast is imperative. It was
good to see Deepti Naval in a mainstream
commercial flm after ages. Both good look-
ing actors have commendable performance
and sizzling chemistry. You defnitely wont
ignore this movie packed with stellar perfor-
mances. But yes the hasty end may ruin the
climax of the movie.
Final Verdict: After creating cinematic bril-
liance like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, Inkaar on a whole
doesnt leave a long lasting impact.
fnds their unconventional lives interesting in
some way. These women are normal like us;
they laugh, cook, pray and even fall in love.
Soof gives readers a glance about the life-
style of the sex workers who are trapped in
this swamp and dreams of escaping this hell.
But in the end, deep in their hearts, they all
are aware of this fact . Once you get into this
evil world, there is no easy escape.Apart
from Soofs conversation with the ladies and
owners, what is signifcant about the book is
the fact that the author has taken into note
all those who play a major part in shaping
the character of the sex-workers. Some of
them even feel ashamed of what their moth-
ers and aunts do, and hope for a life away
from the humiliating world of brothels. Lastly
Soofs simple language and representation
of the life of brothels has depicted the story
of these ordinary lives extraordinary.
The readers may experience slight diffculty
in fnding this book in any bookstore. But you
can easily order it online for just 300 bucks
if you want to explore the unusual life of sex
workers.
- by Mayank Austen Soof
Nobody Can Love You More Sneak Peek: Inkaar (U/A)
The soundtrack with fresh favor
and soothing music
A rousing tale of sex workers in G.B Road
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12
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
SPECIAL
Pakistan-born Canadian cleric Tahirul Qadri,
who shook the Pakistan government with
his three-day siege of the capital demand-
ing dissolution of parliament, left for Lahore
after signing an agreement with the govern-
ment on the timing of the general elections.
He left behind thousands of cheering sup-
porters who congratulated him for a suc-
cessful anti-corruption campaign, a media
report said Friday.
Qadri, the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran (TMQ)
leader, was protesting in the capital since
Tuesday having begun his long march from
Lahore Sunday, Geo News reported.
Addressing the participants of the sit-in, fol-
The Uttar Pradesh capital may be hundreds
of miles away from Islamabad but the two
cities have a connect of sorts in the fery
cleric Tahirul Qadri.
The 61-year-old former professor of interna-
tional constitutional law does not only trace
his ancestral roots to Lucknow but also vis-
ited the city in March last year.
That is when he interacted with old-timers
and visited many an educational institution.
His father had studied in Lucknow in 1929
and had lived here for more than a decade.
His father studied at the Tibia College and at
the King Georges Medical College.
Qadri is now rallying thousands in the Paki-
stani capital demanding the ouster of the
government.
While in Lucknow, Qadri freely interacted
with veterans of the old city and visited many
places like the Farangi Mahal, Nakkhas,
Chowk and Jhawai Tola where his father is
believed to have stayed.
Qadris visit to Lucknow was part of his four-
week Indian tour. He met several eminent
Muslim scholars of Lucknow and underlined
that terrorism has no place in Islam.
Imam Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Ma-
hali, the Imam of Aishbagh Idgah, whose
house Qadri visited, told IANS that the cleric
was clear about two things: Islam never had
anything to do with terrorism and, secondly,
that India and Pakistan should cut their mili-
tary budgets and instead spend it on public
welfare.
We were mighty impressed by his peace
overtures. But more than that we are happy
that the Qadri saheb was very clear that Is-
lam and terror were two separate things and
Islam never allowed killings of innocent peo-
ple, Khalid Rashid said.
Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh
Friday visited the family of Lance Naik Sud-
hakar Singh, who was brutally killed by Paki-
stani troops in Jammu and Kashmir Jan 8,
and assured them of fnancial help besides
a job to a family member.
Regarding the situation in the Line of Control
(Loc), he said things are under control.
The family will get a sum of Rs.42 lakh and
other facilities. I have also handed over to
soldiers father a letter of employment to
any member in the family. They are part of
our extended family and we will take care of
them, he said.
The army chief visited the soldiers village in
Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh along with
senior army commanders.
He also appealed to media not to politicise
the killing of Indian soldiers.
About situation on the Line of Control (LoC),
Gen. Singh said: Things are under control
on LoC and Indian Army is very profession-
al. We are handling it in a beftting manner.
He denied answering a question on foreign
level talks sought by Pakistan, saying it is
being dealt at political level.
Gen. Singh Wednesday visited the house of
Lance Naik Hemraj, who was decapitated by
Pakistani troops.
He has called the killing of both soldiers a
gruesome and an unpardonable act.
Remembering him as one who relished the
Avadhi cuisine and loved talking endlessly
on the similarities between Pakistan and
India, he says it was heartening to note that
Qadri was still talking peace -- and become
the rallying point of change in neighbouring
Pakistan.
The cleric, the Imam said, was fkarmand
(worried) about developments in Pakistan
and was particularly critical of the funda-
mental forces which had wrongly interpreted
Islam for their own gains.
He was worried about the fuid situation in
Pakistan and was yearning for a change,
the Imam added.
The United States has said it favours a di-
alogue between India and Pakistan as the
right way to resolve tensions over the kill-
ing of two Indian soldiers along the Line of
Control in Kashmir.
We favour dialogue between India and
Pakistan on this issue in any and all chan-
nels that both governments consider ap-
propriate, State Department spokesperson
Victoria Nuland told reporters Wednesday in
response to a question.
Thats the right way to work through this,
she added.
Nuland said US was concerned about the
violence along the LoC, but was encouraged
that the two countries had recommitted to a
dialogue to calm the situation.
We are concerned about the spate of vio-
lence along the Line of Control, she said.
We are encouraged, though, that senior
levels in the Indian and Pakistani Govern-
ment have been talking directly about how
to calm the situation and how to address the
concerns.
We were happy, just in the last 24 hours, to
see both governments recommit to dialogue
as the right way forward on this, and thats
what we support,Nuland said.
lowing the signature of Prime Minister Raja
Parvez Ashraf on what was termed as the
Islamabad Long March Declaration, Qadri
said: The march that started Sunday and
continued till today had become a great
model for the world to see.
The agreement could be reached after a
10-member committee, formed by Ashraf
and headed by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain,
leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid
(PML-Q), held negotiations with Tahirul Qa-
dri to end the sit-in.
According to the declaration, the National
Assembly shall be dissolved at any time be-
fore March 16, 2013 (due date), so that elec-
tions may take place within 90 days. One
month will be given for scrutiny of nomina-
tion papers for the purpose of pre-clearance
of the candidates under article 62 and 63 of
the constitution.
It was also agreed upon that the focus will
be on the enforcement of electoral reforms
prior to the upcoming general elections.
According to sources, Qadri came down from
his bulletproof cabin following an agreement
with the government late Thursday, climbed
into his his sleek black SUV and headed to-
wards Lahore leaving thousands of his fol-
lowers behind celebrating the victory.
I congratulate you. Today is the day of vic-
tory for the people of Pakistan. You should
go home as peacefully as you came here,
Qadri told participants after signing the deal
with the prime minister.
Qadris supporters danced and cheered in a
carnival-style atmosphere despite the chilly
winter night, before packing their bags, col-
lecting their mattresses and blankets and
getting into their vehicles.
Triumphant Qadri leaves for
Lahore
Pakistans Qadri has deep
Lucknow roots
Things under control in LoC:
Army chief
US favours India-Pakistan
dialogue to calm LoC
What do we see today. We see three incidents
across the LoC. We see war-mongering which
puts the last 60 years actively back into our
memory. War-mongering coming in from the
other side of the border which is, I thought,
the thing of yesteryears, thing that we had put
behind us,
Hina Rabbani Khar
13
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
SPECIAL
Fear has gripped village council members
across the Kashmir Valley in the wake of the
killing of one and a murderous attack on an-
other elected village representative in Jam-
mu and Kashmir. The army has now started
night patrolling in areas where militants are
believed to operate.
The night patrolling is meant to dominate
such areas and give a sense of security to
the panches and sarpanches, a senior po-
lice offcer said.
Director General of Police Ashok Prasad
said the government was even considering
providing security cover to elected village
representatives in specifc cases.
The attacks come at a time when relations
between India and Pakistan have been
strained since the Jan 6 killing of a Pakistani
soldier allegedly in fring by Indian troops.
Two days later, Pakistani soldiers brutally
killed two Indian soldiers, beheading one of
them, near the Line of Control (LoC).
After the panchayat elections in 2011, which
were held in the state after a gap of 30
years, the elected village council members
have been receiving threats through posters
and statements from militants, asking them
to resign from their posts.
Last year, Syed Salahuddin, chief of militant
outft Hizbul Mujahideen, said that as long
as India continues to project elections as
proof of the peoples participation in democ-
racy in the state, militants will target the vil-
lage council members. He later retracted his
statement.
The intelligence agencies, both state and
central, believe the recent ceasefre viola-
tions by Pakistan troops on the LoC is di-
rectly related to the targeting of panchayat
members by the militants in the hinterland.
After all, both the (Pakistan) army and the
militants have the same masters across the
LoC, said a senior intelligence offcial here.
This perhaps is the reason that only after
two successive attacks on village council
members in north Kashmirs Sopore sub-
division widespread panic triggered among
them across the Valley.
Over 50 village representatives have so far
publicly announced their resignations, dis-
playing their identity cards before the media
in Srinagar. The panches and sarpanches
say that unless militants announce that they
have pardoned them it might not be possible
for them to return to their villages.
More than 38,000 village council members
were elected in 2011 and providing security
to each one of them is not administratively
possible for the National Conference-Con-
gress coalition government headed by Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah.
The recent attacks on a sarpanch and a
panch in Sopore forced Abdullah to rush to
Srinagar from Jammu, where he discussed
the law and order scenario with top offcers
of the army, paramilitary, state police and
state and central intelligence agencies.
In a nutshell, for thousands of those living
close to the LoC and the international border
in Jammu and Kashmir, and also those living
in the hinterland, war and peace on the LoC
has a direct bearing on their lives.
The CPI-M Thursday urged the Indian gov-
ernment not to call off the peace process
with Pakistan despite the brutal killing of two
Indian soldiers.
But it underlined that India should take a
frm stand and convey to the Pakistan au-
thorities that such attacks are unacceptable
and cannot be tolerated.
At the same time, New Delhi must ensure
that the dialogue process with Pakistan con-
tinues.
There should be no curbs on the people to
people relations being developed between
the two countries, the party said in a state-
ment after the frst days meeting of its Cen-
tral Committee.
The CPI-M voiced deep concern over the
rising tensions on the Line of Control (LoC),
which divides Jammu and Kashmir between
India and Pakistan.
The party denounced the Jan 8 killing of two
Indian soldiers and the beheading of one of
them.
The party said the 2003 ceasefre adopt-
ed on the LoC had served the purpose of
maintaining a relatively peaceful border all
these years and the deterioration of the situ-
ation should be checked.
For this, high level talks should be held with
the government of Pakistan to ensure that
such violations of the ceasefre do not recur.
Welcoming the positive statements coming
from Pakistan for talks to de-escalate ten-
sions along the border, External Affairs Min-
ister Salman Khurshid Friday said the recent
incidents wont affect the peace process be-
tween the two countries.
There is a positive content in the statement
that has come from Pakistan foreign minis-
ter and high commissioner to India. It is wel-
come and it should be getting an appropri-
ate response from our side, Khurshid told
reporters here.
He said the matter will come up for discus-
sion at the three-day Congress Chintan Shi-
vir here.
Peace process is not going to be under-
mined by these incidents. We hope that we
will fnd a resolution to all these matters and
we have treated the whole issue with great
care and the closest attention possible,
Khurshid said.
Peace process is something in which we
have invested a lot...and it was done be-
cause it is strategically and tactically impor-
tant for Indias role in the world, he said.
On the talks offer by Pakistan, Khurshid said:
We are trying to work on it and the prime
minister has been trying to ensure things
remain in control and our concerns are ad-
dressed and situation doesnt deteriorate. All
these things have to be kept in mind.
Khurshid had Thursday declined to commit
himself to accepting Pakistan Foreign Min-
ister Hina Rabbani Khars offer for bilateral
talks, saying that India cannot move forward
for talks just on the basis of one statement.
Ties between the two neighbours have been
strained ever since the Jan 6 killing of a
Pakistani soldier allegedly in fring by Indian
troops.
Two days later, Pakistani soldiers brutally
killed two Indian soldiers, including behead-
ing one of them, near the LoC.
Fear in the valley as
security intensifed
Dont end peace process with
Pakistan: CPI-M
LoC incidents wont affect peace
process: Khurshid
14
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 INTERNATIONAL
India, China to deepen mutual trust
India contributes
$ 1 mn to UN
Women
Russia launches
three military
satellites
Breastfeeding
slashes ovarian
cancer risk
Two killed as
chopper rams into
crane in London
Blast rocks Kabul,
several killed
Washington
rejects report of
chemical attack
in Syria
Beijing
Despite their border row, India and China
are looking to deepen mutual trust and the
bilateral relationship, a Chinese daily said.
China Daily also quoted a Chinese military
leader as saying that Beijing was commit-
ted to promoting the strategic partnership...
with India.
The daily referred to the meeting this week
in Beijing between Indian Defence Secretary
Shashi Kant Sharma and Xu Qiliang, vice-
chairman of the Central Military Commis-
sion.
It quoted Xu as saying that China attached
great importance to developing military ties
with India and hoped to increase mutual
strategic trust.
It added that State Councillor Dai Bingguo
had delivered a letter from new Communist
Party chief Xi Jinping to Indian Prime Minis-
ter Manmohan Singh, stating that India and
China could grow together.
Chinas latest interpretation of Sino-Indian
ties, which is full of goodwill, has drawn much
media attention in India, the daily said.
It added: All these are positive signals that
the two neighbours are now looking to deep-
en mutual trust and the bilateral relationship,
United Nations
India has contributed one million dollars to
the core voluntary budget of UN Women
(United Nations Entity for Gender Equality
and the Empowerment of Women) for the
2012-13 fnancial year.
Indias Permanent Representative to the
UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, handed over a
cheque for the amount to Dr Michele Bache-
let, Under Secretary General and Executive
Director of UN Women.
This contribution constitutes the third instal-
ment of Indias multi-year pledge to provide
fve million dollars as core predictable fund-
ing to UN Womens resources, and takes
its existing contribution to $ 3 million to UN
Women, so far, according to a media release
from Indias UN mission.
On this occasion, Puri also reaffrmed Indias
steadfast commitment to the goals of gen-
der equality, the empowerment of women
and gender mainstreaming enshrined in the
mandate of UN Women.
India is one of the founding members of the
executive board of the UN Women, and is
presently serving on the UN Women Execu-
tive Board.
United Nations
Russia has launched three Cosmos series
military-purpose satellites, the Aerospace
Defense Forces said.
A Rokot launch vehicle carrying the satel-
lites successfully lifted off from the Plesetsk
Space Centre in northern Russia, marking
the frst space launch in 2013.
The Rokot carrier rocket with three military
satellites was successfully launched at 8.25
p.m. Moscow time, spokesman Col. Alexei
Zolotukhin said.
The blastoff had initially been scheduled for
Dec 8, but was postponed due to malfunc-
tions in the Briz-KM booster.
The light-class Rokot launch vehicle is a
modifed version of the Russian RS-18 (SS-
19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile.
It uses the two original lower stages of the
ICBM, in conjunction with an upper-stage
block containing the Breeze-KM booster and
space-bound payloads.
According to the Russian defence ministry,
a total of 16 Rokot launches have been car-
ried out from the Plesetsk site since the frst
launch May 16, 2000.
However, Rokot launches have been sus-
pended for about 18 months after the ve-
hicle failed to put the Geo-IK-2 military satel-
lite into the designated orbit Feb 1, 2011.
In the frst launch of Rokot in more than a
year, a rocket with a Cosmos class military
satellite and three civilian satellites on board
blasted off July 28, 2012.
London
Breastfeeding wallops ovarian cancer into
submission, slashing the mothers risk of the
disease by nearly two-thirds, says a fnding.
Ovarian cancer is known as the silent killer
because symptoms for many sufferers, such
as feeling bloated, are non-specifc and re-
mains undiagnosed until the fairly advanced
stages.
Australian researchers conducted a study in-
volving 493 women diagnosed with ovarian
cancer and compared them with 472 healthy
volunteers of similar age. Each was asked
how many children they had and for how
long they breastfed each one, the American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports.
The results showed those who breastfed a
child for at least 13 months were 63 percent
less likely to develop a tumour than those
who did so for less than seven months, ac-
cording to the Daily Mail.
Mothers who had three children and breast-
fed for a total of 31 months or more were
found to cut their chances of ovarian tu-
mours by 91 percent. This was compared to
those feeding naturally for a total of under
10 months.
More than 6,000 patients in the UK are di-
agnosed with ovarian cancer annually, and
the illness accounts for about fve per cent
of cancer deaths in women.
Breastfeeding is thought to help as it delays
ovulation, when eggs are released and the
ovaries are exposed to high levels of oestro-
gen-rich fuid. Some researchers believe a
higher number of ovulations raises the risk
of mutant cells forming, which can trigger
the disease.
London
At least two people were killed and as many
injured when a helicopter crashed into a
crane on top of a building in London.
The helicopter crashed into rush-hour traffc
after bursting into fames when it smashed
into the crane.
The London Fire Brigade said it had received
multiple calls of the disaster in Vauxhall.
The chopper hit the structure by the St.
George Wharf Tower development in Vaux-
hall, an inner city area, at 8 a.m. Then it
turned into a freball and spiralled into the
ground, said onlookers.
According to London radio station LBC, the
driver of the crane was late for work - other-
wise he would have been in the crane at the
time of the crash.
Two people died at the scene and two had
been taken to hospital, said Metropolitan
Police.
A pall of smoke could be seen near the
Thames river at the scene, which is close to
the MI6 building and an under construction
new American embassy.
Government sources, however, said the
crash has nothing to do with nearby MI6.
Reports say there was one person in the
helicopter - believed to be an Augusta 109
- and that cars were damaged on the road.
Other cars were seen on fre.
London
A powerful blast rocked Afghan capital Ka-
bul leaving over a dozen people dead and
injured, cited witnesses.
I have seen four people dead and at least
eight others injured lying on the ground, a
witness at the site who declined to be identi-
fed said.
A Xinhua reporter at the blast site also saw
at least fve dead bodies and several injured
who were taken to hospital.
The blast occurred close to a compound of
intelligence agency and the interior ministry
building.
The bomb targeted a government depart-
ment in Kabuls New City, a crowded busi-
ness centre, an offcial said requesting ano-
nymity.
Interior Ministrys spokesperson Sediq
Sediqi confrmed the incident but said it was
too early to provide details.
In a separate incident, a Taliban commander
was killed in the countrys Uruzgan province
as security forces raided a militant hideout,
an offcial said.
The commanders death is a major setback
to the Taliban militants, a police spokesper-
son said, adding that the militant was active
in Chora district and adjoin areas. The prov-
ince is 370 km from capital city of Kabul.
Acting upon intelligence report, the secu-
rity forces stormed a house in Chora district
where commander Mullah Zainullah was
present and killed him on the spot, spokes-
person Farid Ayel said.
Washington
The White House has downplayed media
speculations that chemical weapons had
been used by President Bashar al-Assads
regime against the Syrian rebels.
According to a recent report in the Foreign
Policy magazine, a secret American inves-
tigation revealed that Assad forces used a
poisonous gas against the rebels in Homs
city Dec 23, 2012.
The reporting we have seen from media
sources regarding alleged chemical weap-
ons incidents in Syria has not been consis-
tent with what we believe to be true about
the Syrian chemical weapons programme,
White House National Security Council
spokesperson Tommy Vietor said in a state-
ment.
The offcial reiterated, though, that Assads
government would be still held responsible
for any potential chemical attack against the
Syrian opposition forces or failure to ensure
security of its stockpile of chemical weap-
ons.
If the Assad regime makes the tragic mis-
take of using chemical weapons, or fails to
meet its obligation to secure them, the re-
gime will be held accountable, Vietor said.
The CIA says Syria has had a chemical
weapons program for years and that the
weapons can be delivered by aircraft, bal-
listic missile, and artillery rockets.
At least 60,000 people have been killed in
Syrias confict since March 2011, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
has said, citing new analysis released by the
UN early January.
which will contribute to regional peace and
development.
As two big countries with a rising clout in
global and regional platforms, how Beijing
and New Delhi interact with each other al-
ways attracts wide attention.
Some in the world arena tend to deem the
two most populous countries in the world as
potential rivals.
Their unsettled border issue, skirmishes
over trade and lack of mutual understanding
keep each other apart from time to time, it
said.
It said the past 10 years had seen the bilat-
eral trade volume rise from about $3 billion
to $80 billion. China is now Indias biggest
trading partner, while India is Chinas big-
gest trading partner in South Asia.
The two countries are working to increase
bilateral trade to $100 billion in 2015.
Obviously, cooperation in trade has be-
come the cornerstone of Sino-Indian ties,
the China Daily said.
Beijing and New Delhi have every reason
to continue to build on the current desirable
momentum, as it will help deepen mutual
trust and lay a solid foundation for solving
other thorny issues between them.
15
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
INTERNATIONAL
Panetta vows to
rescue US
hostages in
Algeria
Obamas defence
secretary
nominee to face
Senate Jan 31
UAE holds talks
with Egypt, South
Korea
Australian fnds
5.5-kg gold nugget
India, Bangladesh
discuss greater
rail cooperation
Man who
vandalised
Picasso art ruled
fight risk
31 killed in blasts, attacks in Iraq
Briton,
Norwegian killed
in attack on
Algeria oil feld
Washington
The US Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta,
has pledged to take all necessary steps
to rescue American hostages taken by ter-
rorists who took over a natural gas plant in
Algeria.
I want to assure the American people that
the United States will take all necessary and
proper steps that are required to deal with
this situation, Panetta was quoted by the
American Forces Press Service as telling
the US reporters travelling with him on his
current visit to Rome.
The US defense chief arrived in Rome on a
six-day trip to Europe to visit defense coun-
terparts and troops.
He said the US strongly condemns these
kinds of terrorist acts. It is a very serious
matter when Americans are taken hostage,
along with others.
Panetta said he did not know how many
Americans were being held by the terrorists,
but noted that the US and British authorities
-- the natural gas complex is partly owned by
British Petroleum -- are in close consultation
with their Algerian counterparts to learn as
much as possible.
Panetta said he was not sure whether there
was a link between the terrorist attack in
Algeria and the French military operation
in Mali, where France launched air strikes
against militants that he identifed as af-
fliated with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb
(AQIM).
Stating that he had spoken with European
government and defense leaders in Portu-
gal, Spain and Italy about the situation in
Mali, Panetta said: I believe that there is a
consensus that France took the right step
here to ... deter AQIM from taking even fur-
ther action there.
He noted that European defense ministers
would hold a meeting to discuss ongoing as-
sistance in Mali.
Baghdad
At least 31 people were killed and more than
250 others wounded in bombings and shoot-
ings across Iraq, Xinhua reported.
The frst attack took place in Kirkuk, 250 km
north of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber
drove his explosives-laden truck into a com-
pound housing offces affliated to the Kurd-
istan Democratic Party (KDP).
The huge
expl osi on
dest r oyed
parts of the
compound
b u i l d i n g s
and set fre
to several
nearby ve-
hicles.
A n o t h e r
blast took
place when
a bomb
planted on a
car parked
in al-Tarbi-
yah area in
Kirkuk went off near the convoy of a KDP
offcial who was coming to visit the scene of
the frst blast.
A total of 16 people were killed and 190
wounded by the two blasts, Kirkuk governor
Najm al-Din Omer said.
Another car bomb exploded near the offce
of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),
a Kurdish party headed by Iraqi President
Jalal Talabani, in Tuz-Khurmato, 200 km
north of Baghdad.
Five people were killed and 40 others
wounded.
The cities of Kirkuk and Tuz-Khurmato are
part of disputed areas claimed both by the
semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan and
Baghdad central government.
Three policemen were killed in Baghdad in
the early morning hours, when gunmen at-
tacked their vehicle in al-Shaab district.
In a separate incident, unidentifed gunmen
broke into a house in al-Washash district in
western Bagh-
dad and shot
dead two wom-
en.
Meanwhile, six
soldiers and
fve civilians
were wounded
in three road-
side bomb ex-
plosions in and
near Baghdad
during the day.
A roadside
bomb went off
near a convoy
of vehicles car-
rying mourners of Sunni MP Eifan al-Issawi,
who was killed a day before in a suicide
bombing in Fallujah.
Gunmen also shot dead two civilians near
Dujail, 60 km north of the capital.
Explosions of two sticky bombs attached
to two vehicles near Tikrit, 170 km north of
Baghdad, left two people dead and nine oth-
ers wounded, including six soldiers.
A soldier was died from a sniper shot at an
Iraqi army checkpoint in Tikrit, the capital of
the predominantly Sunni province of Salahu-
din.
Algiers
A Briton and a Norwegian were killed in an
attack targeting an oil facility in Algerias
central province of Illizi, the offcial APS
news agency reported.
The Norwegian national, who was the frst
victim in the attack, worked with British Pe-
troleum (BP), Xinhua reported citing Nor-
ways Bergens Tidende newspaper.
An armed group affliated to Al Qaeda
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The armed group, Al Mouwaqiin Bi Dam (or
the Signatories by Blood), claimed the de-
tention of 41 foreign workers in the oil facil-
ity operated by BP and Algerian Sonatrach.
The foreign workers include American,
French, British and Japanese nationals.
It said the operation was in response to Alge-
rias decision to open its airspace to French
warplanes to fght extremist groups in Mali.
The Ennahar TV channel quoted a security
source as saying that the militants required
the release of their mates detained in Alge-
rian prisons to swap the hostages.
The attack began by targeting a bus carry-
ing the foreign workers which was leaving
the oil facility toward the airport of In Ame-
nas, the ministry statement said.
The ministry said that after the attack, the
terror group headed to the oil facility where
it seized an undetermined number of foreign
workers as hostages.
Washington
US President Barack Obamas nominee for
secretary of defense Chuck Hagel will have
his Senate confrmation hearing Jan 31, the
Senate Armed Services Committee said.
The announcement came after Hagels
meetings in the past days with key lawmak-
ers.
The former senator won over the support of
Charles Schumer, the No.3 Democrat in the
Senate, the report said.
Obama announced Jan 7 his decision to
pick Hagel to replace the retiring Leon Pa-
netta at the Pentagon.
Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War vet-
eran. He is believed to be a trusted ally of
Obama on issues including quick exit from
Afghanistan.
Abu Dhabi
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin
Zayed Al Nahyan met his counterparts from
Egypt and South Korea and discussed ways
to boost cooperation between the countries.
Sheikh Abdullah met Egypts Assistant
Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Ali el
Asheeri.
Mohammed Mahmoud Al Khaja, director of
the foreign ministers offce, Egyptian Am-
bassador to UAE Tamer Mansour and Egyp-
tian Consul General in UAE Sherif el Badawi
were also present during the talks.
Sheikh Abdullah also met South Korean
Foreign and Trade Minister Kim Sung-Hwan
and discussed ties between the two coun-
tries.
Jassim Mohammed Al Khalouf, director of
Asian Affairs at the ministry and South Ko-
rean Ambassador to UAE Kwon Tae-Kyun
were also present.
London
An amateur treasure hunter in Australia has
unearthed a gold nugget weighing 5.5 kg,
BBC reported Thursday.
The unidentifed man Wednesday used a
hand-held metal detector to fnd the nugget
60 cm underground near Ballarat town in
Victoria.
Its value has been estimated at $315,000.
Experts said gold has been prospected in
the area for decades, but no such discovery
had been made before.
A video of the Y-shaped nugget was posted
on YouTube by user TroyAurum.
He said the man who found it had said it
sounded like the bonnet of a car through
the headphones.
Abu Dhabi
The Indian and Bangladeshi railways con-
cluded three days of talks on the running of
the Maitree Express and streamlining inter-
country freight train operations, a statement
said.
Upgradation of railway infrastructure and
greater connectivity points to enhance
people-to-people contact between the two
South Asian countries was also part of the
discussion, the statement said.
The inter-ministerial bilateral meeting is
held alternately in Dhaka and New Delhi and
provides a forum for discussion of important
railway-related issues, the statement said.
Among the decisions taken at the meeting
were: need to expedite projects for open-
ing rail links between Akhaura (Bangladesh)
and Agartala (India), Chilahati (Bangladesh)
and Haldibari (India), Shahbazpur (Bangla-
desh) and Mahishashan (India) and Birol
(Bangladesh) and Radhikapur (India).
The feasibility of establishing a rail link be-
tween Feni (Bangladesh) and Belonia (In-
dia), would also be explored, offcials said.
A Working Group comprising offcials of both
countries has been formed to examine the
feasibility of increasing the frequency of the
Maitree Express and introducing the system
of return tickets, they said.
Washington
A US judge ruled that a man accused of
vandalising a priceless Picasso painting at
a Houston art museum should remain jailed
because he is a fight risk.
Uriel Landeros, a US citizen, fed to Mexico
after the incident. After surrendering to au-
thorities at the US-Mexico border last week,
he said he did not intend to destroy the
painting but that his actions were an act of
social and political defance.
State District Judge Vanessa Velasquez
agreed that Landeros, 22, charged with graf-
fti and criminal mischief felonies in the June
13 vandalism, posed a fight risk, according
to The Dallas Morning News.
He was reportedly seen on a museum sur-
veillance camera last June spray-painting
Pablo Picassos 1929 Woman in a Red
Armchair in a room at the Menil Collection
art musem and then running off. The act was
also captured by a bystander with a smart-
phone camera and later posted on YouTube.
The Menil, the museum which owns Picas-
sos Woman in a Red Armchair, said the
painting is priceless.
16
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 CELEB
Intimate scenes
have been shot
tastefully:
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Katie Holmes
planning TV
comeback?
Minogue is a
supportive
girlfriend
I fell in love with
music because of
Rahman: Madhan
Karky
Now catch Sunny
Leone in action!
TV requires too much hard work:
Salman Khan
Asha Bhosle was nervous while
shooting with Anupam Kher
Mumbai
Neil Nitin Mukesh has shared some in-
timate moments with co-star Monica
Dogra in his upcoming flm David and
says the scenes have been shot aes-
thetically.
They have been done very tastefully.
They are not at all vulgar. I have not done
any lovemaking scenes before this. But
here the script demanded it and I did it,
Neil told IANS in an interview.
Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, David is
an action thriller featuring Neil, Vinay
Virmani and southern actor Vikram in
prominent roles. The part featuring Neil
has been shot in in black and white.
When Bejoy told me that the scenes will
be in black and white, I really wanted to
be a part of it, he said.
Neil made his Bollywood debut with
Johnny Gaddaar in 2007. He was lat-
er seen in flms like Aa Dekhen Zara,
Jail and Lafangey Parindey. Most of
his flms didnt garner the expected suc-
cess but the actor has no regrets.
All my flms are interesting. Whether
they are successful on box offce is not
in my hands. I dont think they are bad
flms. The flms have been interesting
and I am happy about it, said Neil.
Meanwhile, the actor has a busy year
with flms like 3G, Ishqeria and Short-
cut Romeo, in his kitty.
Los Angeles
Actress Katie Holmes is apparently plan-
ning to make her comeback on the small
screen.
The 34-year-olds decision to work on TV
came after her Broadway play Dead Ac-
counts closed early due to poor ticket
sales, repoorts showbizspy.com.
According to American tabloid the Na-
tional Enquirer, the actress has told her
representatives that she wants her own
series based in New York, so that she
can be close to her daughter Suri, who
is enrolled in a private school in the city.
Shes huddling with TV honchos and
mulling several projects, including a de-
tective show, said a source.
Los Angeles
Kylie Minogue is a supportive girlfriend,
says the singers boyfriend Andres
Velencoso.
Velencoso admits Minogue is always by
his side in whatever he wants to pursue.
Valencoso, who is stepping into the feld
of acting after being a model believes it
is important for both partners to be sup-
portive to each other in a relationship.
Shes a pro. We support each other.
Thats just one of the things you do when
someones part of our life. Youre sup-
porting of everything, Hello magazine
quoted Velencoso as saying.
Chennai
Tamil lyricist Madhan Karky credits Os-
car-winning music composer A.R. Rah-
man for his love for music.
I fell in love with music because of
Rahmans compositions that Ive been
hearing over the years. He is the kind
of composer who supersedes his own
work with every new soundtrack. Pen-
ning songs for him is always a delightful
experience, Karky told reporters here.
He was speaking at the promotional
event of Kadal, written, produced and
directed by Mani Ratnam. Rahman has
composed the music for the flm.
Madhan, who has written two songs in
Kadal, said that the best part about
working with Ratnam is I was given the
freedom by Mani sir to be creative with
my lyrics.
Talking about one of the songs he
penned, Karky said: Im very happy that
Elay Keechaan is a runaway hit. The
song brings forth the celebration of fsh-
ermen after a big catch.
Coming out Feb 1, Kadal stars new-
comers Gautham Karthik and Thulasi
Nair in the lead. Other cast members
include Arvind Swamy, Arjun, Lakshmi
Manchu and Thambi Ramaiah. The
flms cinematography is by Rajiv Menon
and editing my Sreekar Prasad.
Mumbai
Canada-based adult movie star Sunny
Leone has been roped in for her frst ac-
tion movie Tina And Lolo.
Ready to go on the foors in May, the
movie will have rustic action with no
trace of Charlies Angels, clarifes the
flms director.
Devang Dholakia, the flms director who
earlier tried to make his mark with 3
Nights 4 Days, told IANS: Sunny really
liked the script, and once she is done
with her prior commitments, she will be
on board. Its an action flm and the rest
of the star cast shall be decided soon.
Its a complete rustic action flm. It will
be in-your-face. It will not be Charlies
Angels kind of an action. We will start
rolling from May 2013 and Sunny will
have to do some training before starting
the flm.
After watching Sunny in erotic thriller
Jism 2, Dholakia was keen to work with
her but in a movie that portrays the ac-
tress in a different light.
I saw Jism 2 and I really liked her work
in the flm but I didnt want to cast her in
a typical Sunny Leone kind of a flm. I
thought it would be fun to do something
different, he said.
Mumbai
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle admits
being little nervous when she started
shooting for her debut flm Mai, about
a woman who has been abandoned by
her only son, with veteran actor Anupam
Kher.
I was nervous while shooting with Anu-
pam Kher but then he made me feel
comfortable. Everyone was co-operating
with me, she told reporters at a promo-
tional event of the flm.
After facing the camera, the 79-year-old
concludes that both singing and acting
are challenging in their own ways.
I think singing is diffcult, as one has to
be expressive through their voice and
at the same time be in tune. But at the
same time acting is also diffcult as ac-
tors have to do physical tasks and emote
properly, she said.
Directed by Mahesh Kodiyal, Mai
shows the dilemma of a woman who is
abandoned by her children.
Her sister, Lata Mangeshkar, hasnt seen
the flm as yet, but Asha said that she is
happy that I have acted in the flm and
wishes me luck.
Mumbai
Bollywoods blockbuster star Salman
Khan loves his once a year brush with
the small screen thanks to reality show
Bigg Boss, but taking up a fction show
seems to cumbersome to him. Neverthe-
less, he admits that TV is a bigger me-
dium than flms.
Television is too much of hard work. Re-
ality shows are about one season, but
when you do a serial you are (can be)
stuck in it for many years. But I should
say the popularity of TV is a lot more
than Bollywood, Salman told IANS.
The kind of stuff that I want to do on
television, I am already doing that, add-
ed the 47-year-old.
He recently wrapped up the sixth season
of Bigg Boss. He has been associated
with the show as its host since the past
three seasons, and he is loving it!
Salman admits the show has been as
dicey for the host as it is for the contes-
tants, who were locked inside an iso-
lated house without any communication
with the outside world.
It is a dicey show to do for the host
himself. I ended up scolding (the con-
testants) sometimes and while scolding,
sometimes it became a little too much.
So this is the most dicey situation be-
cause (as a host), I fail to understand
whether to react or not, he said.
Salman had frst turned TV host for game
show - 10 Ka Dum.
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 17
CELEB
Snoop Doggs Hot Concert
Urvashi wins Bigg Boss 6
Film: Mumbai Mirror; Cast: Sachiin Joshi,
Gihani Khan, Vimla Raman, Prakash Raj,
and Mahesh Manjrekar: Director: Ankush
Bhatt; Rating: ***
If Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg was to
be merged with Anant Velankar in Govind
Nihalanis Ardh Satya, we would probably
get Abhijeet Patil in Mumbai Mirror.
Abhijeet, played by entrepreneur-actor
Sachiin Joshi, is the product of Mumbais
underbelly. He is a cop. But he could well be
on the other side of the law without skipping
a beat.
Like Om Puri in Ardh Satya, Joshis
character in its childhood watched his
sadistic father beat up his mother. Joshi
grows up churlish and somewhat amoral,
hating the world for what it allowed his father
to do to his mother. He cant bear to see a
woman being hit. Neither can we. But we still
have to.
There are seeds of a gripping cop thriller in
Mumbai Mirror. Brutal and brisk, the pace
is fairly frenetic. The editor cuts the material
sharply leaving little room for humbug except
those awful item songs by a bar dancer
(Gihani Khan), who seems to lead a dual
life as a sex worker and a siren, depending
on whether shes cavorting in a beer bar for
beer-bellied boors, or standing next to the
citys self-declared don Shetty (Prakash
Raj). In both the roles, the debutante actress
is, in one word, disastrous.
Breakneck as the narration happens to be, it
gives no room for the audience to understand
the nature of the relationship between the
sex worker and the suffering cop-hero who
rescues her from being beaten up and then
seems to be unsure of whether to love or
hate her. The other debutant actress Vimala
Raman plays a television journalist. There
are some well-executed action scenes
where Sachiin gets to do some exceedingly
audacious stunts.
In an initial stunt sequence, Sachiins
character hurts his back and spends the rest
of the movie in pain. Its a clever restorative
device, reminding us that flmy heroes can
be susceptible to human failings.
For those who like their heroes fatally fawed
and ferociously embittered, preferably in
khaki, this flm has enough thrills to offer
to keep one riveted for the two hours of
playing-time.
Sachiin, who made his debut in the
espionage thriller Azaan, is here a cop who
has to battle inner and outer demons with
fsts of fury. He gets ample support from an
interesting cast of actors including Mahesh
Manjrekar as a corrupt cop who comes to a
suitably sticky end.
Prakash Rajs rowdy act is getting repetitive.
Sudesh Berry as a corrupt cop with an overt
Bihari accent hams for effect. As for Aditya
Pancholi, he ends up being a pale shadow
of Rishi Kapoor in Agneepath remake.
Director Ankush Bhatt has a knack
for knocking off the lid of Mumbais
underbelly. This is a world of seedy cops,
cheesy middlemen, avaricious politicians,
unscrupulous bar girls , bribed cops and
fallen heroes.
Weve been there, done it all before. But the
sting remains all the same.
Mumbai Mirror
engaging cop
saga
Fans didnt attended American Rapper
Snoop Doggs concert just to listen to music
but to heat up the foor. No one was spared
by the energetic music of Snoop. Everyone
danced to their fullest.
Small screens popular vamp Urvashi Dhola-
kia was announced the winner of the sixth
season of controversial reality show Bigg
Boss, bagging the Rs.50 lakh award. Ce-
lebrity image consultant Imam Siddique
made his mark as the runner-up at the f-
nale, which saw a good dose of Bollywood.
Urvashi displayed a strong winning chance
ever since she entered the show. She was
appreciated for her upfront and honest at-
titude, was a smart player and always stood
up for the right.
Urvashi, best remembered as Komolika of
Kasautii Zindagii Kay, was in tears. She is
the third female winner of the show in row,
after Shweta Tiwari and Juhi Parmar, who
won the fourth and ffth seasons, respec-
tively.
The fnale, hosted by Dabangg hero
Salman Khan, had celebrities like Prabhud-
heva, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor
in attendance.
Prabhudheva, who had directed the super-
star in Wanted, appeared on the show
with choreographer-turned-director Remo
DSouza to promote their upcoming flm
ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance. The trio
shook a leg together on the music from
ABCD....
It was high on entertainment quotient with
Salmans spicy performance on popular
number Pandeyji seeti from his movie Da-
bangg 2.
My personal experience is that be the way
you are. You dont need to become someone
else or have a split personality. If you are ac-
cepted the way you are, then it is good, said
the mother of two teenage sons
Unlike previous seasons, the sixth season
of Bigg Boss promised to be Alag che
(different), by catering to a family audience.
Though it lived up to the promise to a con-
siderable extent, the show indeed saw some
ugly spats between Rajev Paul and Imam,
and Delnaaz and Urvashi.
This was the sign I was waiting for said
Dogg when the crowd went wild after his
third song in the row. I Love India, he added
The rapper also wore Indian Sherwani on
stage and danced to the beats of Indian
songs from old hits to current trendy songs,
Snoop Dogg totally showed off his desi In-
dian Style at the Concert which was a grand
hit.
CHANDIGARH
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SUDOKU 20-JAN-2013 Sudoku Solution 13-JAN-2013
1265 - The frst English parliament met in
Westminster Hall.
1801 - John Marshall was appointed chief
justice of the United States.
1839 - Chile defeated a confederation of Peru
and Bolivia in the Battle of Yungay.
1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded
to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control
in July 1997.
1885 - The roller coaster was patented by
L.A. Thompson.
1886 - The Mersey Railway Tunnel was of-
fcially opened by the Prince of Wales.
1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement
to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
1891 - James Hogg took offce as the frst
native-born governor of Texas.
1892 - The frst offcial basketball game was
played by students at the Springfeld, MA,
YMCA Training School.
1929 - The movie In Old Arizona was re-
leased. The flm was the frst full-length talk-
ing flm to be flmed outdoors.
1937 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt became
the frst U.S. President to be inaugurated on
January 20th. The 20th Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution offcially set the date for
the swearing in of the President and Vice
President.
1942 - Nazi offcials held the Wannsee con-
ference, during which they arrived at their
fnal solution that called for exterminating
Europes Jews.
1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons
of bombs on Berlin.
1952 - In Juarez, Mexico, Patricia McCor-
mick debuted as the frst professional wom-
an bullfghter from the United States.
W
hen a new dentist set up in town he
quickly acquired a reputation of being
the Painless dentist. However a local little
girl called Gemima disputed his claim.
Hes a fake! Gemima told her friends. Hes
not painless at all. When he stuck his fnger
in my mouth I bit him - and he screamed like
anyone else.
D
ad: Son, a wise person never replies to
a fools question, simply ignores it.
Son: Right dad, I went through the exami-
nation papers, ignored them and came out.
O
ne day, Little Tommy asked his Class
teacher, Teacher, why are the days
longer in the summer?
The teacher answered, Its because of the
heat. It makes everything expand.
T
eacher: What is the chemical formula for Water?
Little Johnny: Its H2O
Teacher: Good! Can you tell me the chemi-
cal formula for ice?
Little Johnny: Its H2O cubed
A
geography teacher entered the class
and the children greeted in chorus:
Good morning, sir.
T
he Teacher greeted them back saying,
Good morning, students. Now where
were we yesterday?
A back-bencher promptly answered, Right
here in this classroom, sir.
Q
: What has many keys but cant open
any doors?
A: A piano.
Q: Can a kangaroo jump higher than the
Empire State Building?
A: Yes, because the Empire State Building
cant jump!
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde
No one can make you feel inferior without
your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid
the consequences of avoiding reality.
Ayn Rand
A lie gets halfway around the world before
the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Sir Winston Churchill
Nothing in the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious
stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Against stupidity, the gods themselves con-
tend in vain.
Friedrich von Schiller
Some cause happiness wherever they go;
others, whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
He who has a why to live, can bear with
almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Good people do not need laws to tell them
to act responsibly, while bad people will fnd
a way around the laws.
Plato
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Yoda
Never interrupt your enemy when he is mak-
ing a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The signifcant problems we face cannot be
solved at the same level of thinking we were
at when we created them.
Albert Einstein
Education is a progressive discovery of our
own ignorance.
Will Durant
An eye for an eye only ends up making the
whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you
dont mind, it doesnt matter.
Mark Twain
You will be in mood to keep
aside all work, cares and
worries, and just abandon
yourself to the spirit of gai-
ety and joyful festivities.
You have earned yourself
a well deserving holiday, or
a reprieve from a hard tir-
ing work schedule, which
has given you satisfactory
results as far as your job
or fnancial position, is con-
cerned. You will make the most of the holidays
or vacations that you will take during this period
and spend all your time in the company of your
family, loved ones and friends
Business activities will thrive. You
are at your creative height and
work out plans, which will yield bet-
ter profts than usual. Your rivals
will be surprised and will look at
you with respect. Your reputation
will bring in offers of partnership,
which you may accept only after
you scrutinise the proposals in de-
tail. Some participation in a social
or community function is indicated
which will bring out the unknown
side of your personality and you
will gain high praise and respect for it. You may also
make some useful contacts, which can be helpful in ex-
panding your business activities. Household affairs will
be smooth and the expected problems do not surface at
all. Some visitors can be expected who will make for an
enjoyable and thrilling get-together.
You will be looking forward to
forthcoming festivals and holi-
days for which you may have
made some exciting plans.
Having achieved stability in
your work and career, and with
comfortable fnancial situation,
you will leave all your cares
and worries behind and get
into the mood to celebrate.
A happy and cheerful atmo-
sphere at home, combined with certain auspi-
cious event coming up in the family, keep you
in high spirit. Love and romance is strongly into
focus and you will make it a point to include
your mate or beloved in each and every activity
that you will participate in. Have a great time.
You will conclude most assignments
early this week in order to avail of
brief respite from a rather hectic
schedule. You will make exciting
plans for the forthcoming holidays
and include your family and friends
for joyful celebrations at your home.
The married and those in love will
share delightful moments that they
will long cherish. You are in no mood
to economise on spending on your-
self or in buying expensive gifts for loved ones. Today you
feel that you are in position to give presents, especially to
those that have always stood by you and encouraged you
in times of your emotional low. This is in no way a gesture
of repaying for the support you received, which in any case
was invaluable, but means to show your gratitude. You will
have a very happy and joyful celebration ahead.
The week begins on a positive note
with you receiving news of conclud-
ing a favourable contract. This new
venture assures a steady income
and without much hard work on your
part. This piece of news will make
you happy and you will plan a joyful
celebration in the family. You will be
busy making arrangements for out-
station guests you have invited for
a get-together you have organised
at your home. Youngsters, who have been romantically
involved with someone for over a long period, will now
introduce their friend to their family. This is ostensibly to
seek the permission of elders for their marriage in future.
Your family will be rather happy at your choice of partner
and also the decision that you wish to settle down.
After having worked hard and
also taking care of your domestic
responsibilities, you will now get
into mood to take time off to just
celebrate your success. Financial
stability and a secured career can
make it easier for you to indulge
in joyful merry-making with fam-
ily and friends. You will be sought
by most of your acquaintances
because of your positive and jo-
vial outlook on life and living. And
you are not going to refuse any-
one that wish to join in to participate. Of course your
mate or beloved being highly possessive would love
to have you exclusively for some evenings but you
will manage to sneak such moments of togetherness
despite being regularly in large gatherings.
In business your relationship with your
partner is on the verge of a break down
and sincere efforts will be required by
both of you to save it in the interest of
hitherto fourishing business. Your se-
niors seem to be particularly relying on
you for certain types of assignments for
which you have developed some exper-
tise. This may not fnd favour with your
colleagues but they also know that you
are able capable and devoted. Unex-
pected but pleasant news from a distant
place is indicated. With a steady ro-
mance, secure job and a healthy bank balance, you are feel-
ing comfortable and happy. You may think of some treat with
your loved one. Family atmosphere is free of tension and
everybody is willing to share in the work willingly. The elders
are in good health and mood to remember old times and the
youngsters will listen to them with awe and respect. You will
now have to be prepared for a festive occasion, which will
require a fair amount of money and advance preparations.
You will be very excited about
your forthcoming trip that you
have planned in the company
of your family and beloved. Your
work and fnancial position is
rather comfortable and you will
not spare any money in mak-
ing your travel and holidays
memorable for times to come.
Youngsters, who have been in
love for sometime now and are
eligible, will make plans for getting married. Their
family will be very pleased at their decision and
give their blessings. Everyone in the family will be
happy at the eventful that you have had and you
can now dreams for even more well future ahead.
Financial growth and prosperity is
assured to you during this week.
The employed will learn about
their forthcoming promotion and
elevation to position of eminence.
Your seniors holding a small get-
together will celebrate this news
at offce. Now is the time for joyful
celebrations. You will set aside all
work-related cares and anxieties
and indulge whole-heartedly in the
festivities coming up during this
week. And you have deserved this merriment having put
in lot of hard work and struggle to attain a stable position
and fnancial security. Your family will support you in every
activity and your mate or beloved will be rather proud of
you. Friends and admirers will seek you out and you will
graciously accept most invitations. Have a great time.
You will be in festive mood and
looking forward to joyful celebra-
tions in the company of family and
friends. Having achieved stability
in your job and business it is quite
natural now to enjoy the fruits of
success. Make no fresh fnancial
commitments now and just attend
to routine work. You may have to
put in some extra effort to com-
plete a certain assignment that
got held up due to technical rea-
sons. Now with all the necessary clearance you will
complete this particular assignment and retrieve the
money blocked in this venture. The married will patch
up their differences and have a great time during the
upcoming festivities. Youngsters can look forward to
exciting times with a little bit of fun and romance.
The week is replete with joyful cele-
brations. You will be able to conclude
most of your pending assignments
and will now make plans for holidays
in the company of family and friends.
Financially you will feel quite secure
and put in some money in savings.
This is not the right time to make
long term fnancial commitments, for
there will be indications of changes in
governmental policies in the near fu-
ture. The employed will have a busy
period ahead, and they may have to put in extra hours in
completing their current task. Family life is quite happy.
The married will resolve their differences that they are able
to do with the mediation from a parent or an elder in the
family. Youngsters planning to travel overseas for study or
training programme will be leaving this week.
You will conclude the year on a
very positive and proftable note.
The next few days you will be
busy at home organising family
get-together and re-arranging a
few things for a larger social
function towards the weekend.
Your personal life is very much
on an upward swing, and your
mate or beloved will plan some
exotic programme for your
much-earned indulgence. You will look back at the
year gone by with gratifcation despite a few knocks
that you may have received around the middle of
this year. Seniors will plan to set out on a pilgrimage
in the company of their family, which will be spiritu-
ally a very enlightening experience.
ARIES
Mar 21-Apr 19
LEO
Jul 23 - Aug. 22
VIRGO
Aug. 23 - Sep 22
CAPRICORN
Dec 22 - Jan 19
LIBRA
Sep 23 - Oct 22
AQUARIUS
Jan 20 - Feb. 18
SCORPIO
Oct 23 - Nov 21
PISCES
Feb 19 - Mar 20
SAGITTARIUS
Nov 22 - Dec 21
TAURUS
Apr 20 - May 20
GEMINI
May 21 - Jun 20
CANCER
Jun 21 - Jul 22

JOKES
19
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
KIDS
We cannot live without internet. The cy-
ber world is an incredible medium to keep
in touch youre your friends. It is easy,
suitable and cheap. But here the ques-
tion arises is it totally safe? There are
risks involved. The feature of the internet
includes some of the risks that have seri-
ous consequences. The most common
example as weve all heard from people
where their private photo is being used
by some strangers on social networking
sites.
These risky consequences can happen
to anybody, which is why it is important
for us to know what we are doing in this
cyber world is risky.
Do not respond to unwanted
e-mail(spam): If your inbox is messed
up with emails like-get rich soon and
win prizes, advertisements for adult
sites and spontaneous commercial email.
Then you might be in a big problem
Keep your identity safe online:
Make sure you know who is getting your
personal information online. Dont give
out personal information over the Internet
unless you know the person who youre
dealing with. As your personal informa-
tion can be used to steal your identity and
commit fraud.
Create secure password: One of
the important steps is to create and use
secure password. While choosing a pass-
word avoid obvious choices like date of
birth, full name or any other reference,
that someone can easily guess.try to use
random mixtures of letters and numbers.
Learn security and privacy set-
tings: Every internet browser has an
inbuilt tool that helps you to protect your
online information. One must take time
to learn these settings of their respective
internet browser so that they can control
the amount of personal information that
can be shared online.
Protect your private informa-
tion: Study and address the privacy and
security concerns on social networks.
Most of the sites allow you to control your
public and private information which is
better known as privacy settings. Adjust
your privacy settings so that your private
information is share with your known peo-
ple.
Never click on unknown links:
Dont try to click on any links that are em-
bedded in emails, type the URL into the
browser and start from there. Examine
the email carefully and do not click on any
email attachments unless you are sure of
senders identity.
Let someone know: Have a talk to
someone you trust if something makes
you feel uncomfortable online or try to
contact a helpline no.
Ramayana, the great Indian epic is now
available in Polish language by Janusz
Krzyzowski.Krzyzowski an Indologist in Po-
land has presented a comprehensive trans-
lation. The original was penned by Mahari-
shi Valmiki in Sanskrit.
Krzyzowski has been a prolifc writer on In-
dia since 15 years. He is the president of
India Poland Cultural Committee since its
inception in 2004.
He said,My main purpose was to translate
this epic into many chapters in a story format
so that laymen and particularly Polish chil-
dren could enjoy the book as well as they be
aware of the great Indian mythological tradi-
tion. A theatre group that presented a two-
hour show on the lines of Ramlila in Warsaw
won much praise. In May, the theatre group
will visit few cities in Poland to enact Ramlila
for Polish schoolchildren with the help of the
Embassy of India in Warsaw.
He (the translator) has done great justice
to promote India in his nation. He deserves
all our praise and we feel proud that such a
gem is with us in Poland, Indian ambassa-
dor Monika Mohta said.
His books on Ashoka and Tansen were well-
received along with books of Urdu masters
like Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib, Firaq Gorakh-
puri, Faiz Ahmad Faiz that he translated with
Surender Zahid, an Urdu poet in Warsaw.
Mosquitos are more attracted to the
color blue than any other color.
A Blue whales tongue weighs more
than an elephant.
Bible was written over a period of
1600 years.
A Octopus have three hearts.
250 people have fallen off the Lean-
ing Tower of Pisa.
Elephant teeth can weigh as much
as 9 pounds
Kids cooking mania : Disovering your
Inner Chef
Strange Facts You Didnt
Know ??
Keep yourself safe in cyber world
If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of
stones which would be heavier?
Toms mother has three children. One is
named April, one is named May. What is
the third one named?
I am as light as weather,yet the stron-
gest person is not able to hold me for
more than 2 minutes. What am I?

It lives without a body,hears without
ears, speaks without mouth and is born in
air. what am I?
What occurs once in every minute,
twice in every moment, yet never in a
thousand years?
Lymphatic- Sluggish/Lacking energy
Eg : The day has been a real lazyone
and I have felt lymphatic accordingly.
Amicable- Without argument or seri-
ous disagreement.
Eg : An Amicable agreement between
two frms
Incessant- Continuing without pause
or interruption.
Eg : The incessant noise kept him
awake.
Ardent- Enthusiastic or passionate.
Eg : He is an ardent sports fan.
Vituperative- Bitter and abusive.
Eg : The critics vituperative review was
needlessly harsh.
Adaptation of
Ramayana in Poland
Ingredients needed
Vanilla favored Custard powder - 2
tbsp
Milk -500 ml/ 2 1/2 cups
Sugar -50 grams or as required
Mixed fruits- anything of your choice
(Banana,apple,pineapple,papaya,
musk melon, chikoo/sapodilla, pome-
granate, pear, Kiwi, grapes(seedless),
strawberry etc). Do not add watermelon
as it oozes water.
Method
Mix 2 tbsp of Vanilla custard powder with 3 tbsp of warm milk and make a smooth
paste without any lumps. Your custard paste is ready.
Boil 2 1/2 cups of milk , add sugar to it.
Add the custard paste to the milk and cook stirring continuously until it becomes thick.
After it comes to room temperature, refrigerate it. It will become more thick when
cooled.
Cut fruits of your choice. You can use any seasonal fruits or mixed fruits.
Before serving, arrange the fruits in a bowl or cup and pour cold custard on top of it .
Serve Chilled.
Hatke kids ready to make
clean, safe and disabled-
friendly Mumbai
The children studying at the Society for
the Education of the Crippled (SEC) in
Santa Cruz, Agripada and Antop Hill look
forward every year to take part in the
2.4-km race in the Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon.This year around 32
children and 25 adults with physical and
multiple disabilities will take part in this
marathon which is to be held on January
20.
The Programme coordinator of SEC,
Manju Utamchandani,said This year,
the theme the children chose for the run
is Zara hatke, zara bachke, yeh hai
Mumbai meri jaan.This year, they will
be participating with the idea of celebrat-
ing the spirit of Mumbai. The message
is a cleaner, safer and disabled-friendly
Mumbai.
The children will be dressing up as dif-
ferent personalities like Bal Thackeray,
Ratan Tata and Sachin Tendulkar.They
will be holding photographs of the city
and placards carrying their ideas for a
better Mumbai.While some will partici-
pate in wheelchairs, others will walk or
run. Besides trying to empower these
children and create awareness about our
causeUtamchandani added
The man who does not read has no
advantage over the man who cannot
read.
Mark Twain
Nidhi Singh,
A n s w e r s
B o t h ; T o m ; B r e a t h ; E c h o ; L e t t e r M
Kolkata
Holding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
responsible for investors leaving West
Bengal and shifting to states like Gujarat,
the CPI-M ridiculed the investors sum-
mit being held by the regime, saying no
known industrialist has turned up.
Refering to the Banerjee led movement
in Hooghly districts Singur between 2006
and 2008 which forced automobile major
Tata Motors to relocate their proposed
small car Nano plant to Sanand in Gu-
jarat, CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra
said it has only benefted the western
state.
Banerjee, in her speech at the opening of
the Bengal Leads summit at East Mid-
napore districts Haldia, had taken strong
exception on comparison of her state with
Gujarat saying the western state enjoyed
geographical, demographical and fnan-
cial advantages over Bengal.
Attacking the erstwhile Left Front regime,
she said Bengal had to cope with regular
shutdowns and strikes while the Bharati-
ya Janata Party-governed state had no
such trouble.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist
(CPI-M) leader took the opportunity to
take a dig at her.
It is due to our chief minister that Gujarat
has an additional advantage. She drove
away the Nano Car factory from Singur
in the state to Sanand in Gujarat. Based
on the automobile factory, Gujarat has
drawn lot of other companies in the sec-
tor, said Mishra, leader of the opposition
in the state assembly.
However, he did not agree with Banerjee
keeping Gujarat ahead on the develop-
mental front.
When we were in power for 34 years, we
followed a development model that gave
utmost priority to human development.
Gujarat is behind us in some human de-
velopment aspects. There is severe mal-
nutrition among children in Gujarat, which
also ranks higher in the global hunger in-
dex, he said.
It for our chief minister, to choose one of
the two models, he said.
He also took pot shots at the government
for the absence of big names at the sum-
mit. I saw the opening on television. But
I did not see one leading industrialist from
outside the state. The chief minister kept
on calling investors. But none of them
had turned up.
Mishra also dismissed Banerjees asser-
tion that her regime has formed a land
bank from where entrepreneurs could get
land.
Congress also called the meet a failure
and mockery of an industrial summit.
It is unfortunate that the government has
failed to draw any big industrialist, said
state Congress leader Abdul Mannan.
Mumbai
Refning major Essar Oil declared a proft
after tax of Rs. 32 crore for the third quar-
ter of the current fscal versus a loss of
Rs.362 crore in the same period last year.
The companys gross revenues for the
quarter at Rs.25,909 crore, was up 86
percent over that of the third quarter of
2011-12 at Rs.13,897 crore.
Earnings before interest, tax, deprecia-
tion and amortisation (EBITDA) was up
8.4 times at Rs.1,242 crore compared to
Rs.148 crore in the corresponding quar-
ter of the last fscal.
Essar Oil, which is part of Britain-listed
Essar Energy Plc, reported a gross re-
fning margin of $9.75 per barrel, for the
October-December 2012 quarter, up 350
percent compared to $2.82 per barrel in
the same quarter of the previous fscal.
The company said it was a refection of
higher complexity benefts post-comple-
tion of expansion and optimization proj-
ects.
The refner had posted a gross refning
margin of $7.86 a barrel in the previous
quarter.
This is the frst quarter to show the full
impact of the capacity expansion of the
companys Vadinar refnery (Gujarat) to
20 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per an-
num). During the quarter, it processed
5.14 MMT of crude, up 83 percent over
the same quarter of 2012 fscal.
The refnerys production of valuable
middle and light distillates improved to
85 percent of the refnerys product slate
from 69 percent over the same period last
year.
New Delhi
Two and three wheeler major Bajaj Auto
reported a three percent growth in its net
proft for the third quarter of the current
fscal, which stood at Rs.819 crore as
against Rs.795 crore in the previous fs-
cal.
The auto major posted net sales growth
of fve percent at 1,127,741 units in the
third quarter as compared to 1,075,441
units in the like period of last fscal year.
According to the company, this was the
highest ever proft after tax and turnover
in the quarter under review.
Launch of new and different products
helped the company partially address the
slowdown in the domestic market. As a
result, the company recorded a growth
of seven percent in the domestic market,
higher than the industry growth of four
percent, said the company in a statement.
Washington
After a sharp slowdown pushing down its
projected growth to 5.4 percent in the fs-
cal year ending March 2013, the World
Bank expects India to grow at 6.4 percent
this year, rising to 7.3 percent by 2015.
The slowdown in India, South Asias larg-
est economy, also weakened growth in
the region to an estimated 5.4 percent
in 2012 (7.4 percent in 2011), said the
World Banks latest Global Economic
Prospects, issued Tuesday.
Regional GDP is projected to grow by 5.7
percent in the 2013 calendar year, and
by 6.4 percent and 6.7 percent in 2014
and 2015, respectively, driven by policy
reforms in India, stronger investment ac-
tivity, normal agricultural production, and
improvement in export demand.
However, growth in the region remains
vulnerable to an uncertain external en-
vironment and country-specifc factors,
the report said suggesting a resumption
of fnancial market tensions in the Euro
Area or protracted debt uncertainty in the
United States would affect the South Asia
region through both trade and fnancial
channels.
Moreover, greater volatility in interna-
tional fnancial markets could make it dif-
fcult for India to fnance its widening cur-
rent account defcit, it said.
These can be achieved, in particular,
through sustained efforts at fscal consoli-
dation over the medium term, maintaining
prudent macroeconomic policies, deep-
In the international market, Africa contin-
ues to do well with Nigeria recording its
highest ever retails in the month of De-
cember, 2012. In other international mar-
kets, demand remained subdued.
The company sold 687,351 units of mo-
torcycles in the domestic market with a
growth of seven percent compared to
642,395 units in the corresponding period
of last fscal year.
However, the companys motorcycle ex-
ports were decreased by two percent at
298,912 units from 304,354 units in the
like period of last fscal year.
In terms of commercial vehicles, like pas-
senger and goods three-wheeler carri-
ers, Bajaj Auto achieved a growth of 10
percent, which stood at 141,478 units as
against 128,692 units in the correspond-
ing period of 2011-12.
ening structural reforms to ease capacity
constraints, and improving the business
environment for the private sector.
After a strong decline during the second
quarter of 2012, industrial production in
South Asia has stabilised and is picking
up, with output rising at a 2.4 percent an-
nualised pace in the three months to Oc-
tober, the report said.
In India, industrial production surged 8.3
percent in October 2012 from a year ear-
lier and then fell 0.1 percent in November,
partly due to a difference in timing of the
Diwali festival across the years.
On a seasonally adjusted annualised
basis, Indias industrial output grew 2.1
percent in the three months to November
compared with the previous quarter.
The World Bank report also noted that four
years after the onset of the global fnan-
cial crisis, the worst appears to be over,
but the global economy remains fragile,
as high-income countries continue to suf-
fer from volatility and slow growth.
Despite slow growth in high-income
countries, prospects for the developing
world remain solid (albeit between 1 and
2 percentage points slower than in the
pre-crisis period).
The World Bank estimates global GDP
grew 2.3 percent in 2012. Growth is ex-
pected to remain broadly unchanged at
2.4 percent growth in 2013, before gradu-
ally strengthening to 3.1 percent in 2014
and 3.3 percent in 2015.
Lucknow
The Indian Institute of Management-Luc-
know signed a memorandum of under-
standing (MoU) with Power Grid Corpo-
ration of India for long-term collaboration
in various areas of business and organi-
sational development for the state-run
utility.
The areas identifed by the two sides
include management development pro-
grammes for senior and middle level
executives of in the areas of leadership
development, strategic management and
competency development.
Faculty for these programmes will be
from the Lucknow IIM, industry experts
and experts from abroad.
An innovative area of collaboration, an
IIM spokesperson said, would be jointly
exploring international assignments in
the area of capacity building, institution
development, training and development
programmes.
Rajendra Singh, executive director, hu-
man resources, signed the MoU on be-
half of the powergrid.
20
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
Mamata
responsible for
investors leaving
Bengal: CPI-M
Bajaj Autos third quarter net proft up
three percent
After slowdown, India set to grow:
World Bank
Essar Oil posts Q3
profts of Rs. 32
crore
Power Grid, IIM
Lucknow to
collaborate for
business
management
BUSINESS
21
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 BUSINESS
Tremendous demand for IT
services: Premji
New Delhi
With macro-economic factors stabilising
globally and the mood improving, there is a
lot of demand for IT services, Wipro chairman
Azim Premji.
When I talk to business leaders globally, the
overall mood appears to be improving. With
focus on productivity, there is a lot of demand
for IT services, if we are able to show value
to the customer, Premji told reporters after
his global software major reported better than
expected results for third quarter (Oct-Dec) of
this fscal.
Noting that the overall macro-economic fac-
tors were stabilising globally, Premji said the
US economy was showing improvement, as
evident from growing consumer demand and
improvement in employment data.
In IT business, we are seeing increase in in-
fuence of customer budgets by CXO (chief
executives) and our strategy is focused on
selling to them in addition to CIOs (chief in-
formation offcers), Premji said.
Admitting that this fscal (2012-13) had seen
a temporary slow down across geos (ge-
New Delhi
Delhi Metro felicitated eight volunteers for
their services in spreading civic sense among
commuters.
According to Metro offcials, they have identi-
fed around 600 volunteers across the capital
under the Metro Citizens Forum programme.
The volunteers, mostly professionals, edu-
cate commuters about manners while travel-
ling and standing on platforms.
I tell people about Metro rules, cleanliness
at station and standing in queue while wait-
ing for a train, Y.P. Vaid, 50, who works in an
advertising agency, told IANS.
Vaid, along with seven other volunteers, was
felicitated at Patel Chowk Metro Station by
Delhi Metro chief Mangu Singh.
I also guide the passengers not to stand at a
coachs gate while others are getting down or
boarding it, said Garg.
Some volunteers complained about people
behaving rudely with them.
Some times passengers pass comments
and ignore what I say...no one wants to stand
in queue while a train enters the platform,
said Rajesh Nanda, 35, another volunteer
who runs a business in central Delhi.
The Metro daily ferries nearly 1.8 million pas-
sengers and makes over 2,700 trips.
New Delhi
Japanese automobile major Honda said it
would launch every quarter new two-wheel-
ers that combine the convenience of scooters
with the mileage of motorcycles.
Inaugurating a new technical centre at the
Manesar Industrial Modern Township, Honda
Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) presi-
dent Keita Muramatsu unveiled the upgrade
versions of its scooters Activa, Aviator and
Dio.
April to December 2012 was a year of rapid
strides when Honda bucked the market senti-
ments to grow at a phenomenal 37 percent.
2013 is a year when we will excite customers
with speed, said Muramatsu.
The Honda Eco Technology (HET) will spear-
head the companys global innovation, a
spokesperson said.
It combines an integrated system of DEBQ
(Design, Engineering, Purchasing and Quali-
ty) under one roof to create a globally optimal
operating system that advances local devel-
opment of higher quality product at low cost.
As India becomes the global innovation hub
for Honda, customers can look forward to
new products by Honda every quarter and
also faster delivery of some of our higher
demand models with the start of operations
of the third facility at Karnataka soon, Mura-
matsu said.
Honda is planning to open its third unit in
Bangalore by the 2014-15 fnancial year.
ographies) and
segments due to
macro-economic
conditions, the IT
czar said as cor-
porations lever-
age technology to
drive revenue and
productivity, his
company would
invest in aligning
its go-to-market
strategy growth
in line with its rev-
enue guidance.
In our key growth
markets like Bra-
zil, we are poised
for high growth
trajectory, helped by the $66-billion economic
stimulus and localisation effort underway in
that developing country, he said.
Echoing the general view that the Indian
economy had bottomed out, Premji, however,
put the onus of revival on the governments
fscal and policy impetus for growth this year.
Though we are positioned more strongly
than ever as a global player and partner of
choice, a lot will depend on how things would
play out globally and locally for a turnaround
in demand to fuel growth, Premji said.
Upbeat on sustaining growth, the company
said its fagship global IT services business
would grow in the range of $1,585-$1,625
million or sequentially 1.8 percent to $1.61
billion ($1,605 million) in fourth quarter (Jan-
March) of this fscal as per the International
Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS).
In a regulatory fling earlier, the company
said it posted net proft of Rs.1,716 crore
(Rs.17.16 billion) for the quarter under review
(Q3), registering 18 percent year-on-year
(YoY) and 6.5 percent sequentially.
Delhi Metro
felicitates
volunteers
Hondas new
two-wheelers
every quarter in
India
Index Starting Value Close Value Your Money Change Change in Money Total Sum in Hand
S&P CNX Nifty 5967 6064 10000 1.6% 163 10163
CNX Nifty Junior 12429 12437 10000 0.1% 7 10007
CNX 100 5906 5988 10000 1.4% 139 10139
CNX 200 3055 3095 10000 1.3% 129 10129
S&P CNX 500 4787 4844 10000 1.2% 119 10119
NIFTY Midcap 50 2395 2413 10000 0.7% 73 10073
CNX Midcap 8545 8591 10000 0.5% 55 10055
CNX Smallcap 3809 3784 10000 -0.7% -67 9933
CNX Auto 4909 4778 10000 -2.66% -266 9734
CNX Bank 12622 12680 10000 0.5% 46 10046
CNX Energy 8080 8711 10000 7.8% 781 10781
CNX Finance 5127 5153 10000 0.5% 51 10051
CNX FMCG 14597 14819 10000 1.5% 152 10152
CNX IT 6720 6799 10000 1.2% 117 10117
CNX Media 1826 1790 10000 -1.9% -194 9806
CNX Metal 2861 2825 10000 -1.3% -126 9874
CNX MNC 5736 5676 10000 -1.0% -105 9895
CNX Pharma 6061 5961 10000 -1.6% -165 9835
CNX PSU Bank 3773 3819 10000 1.2% 124 10124
CNX Realty 288 310 10000 7.86% 786 10786
CNX Consumption 2334 2322 10000 -0.5% -52 9948
CNX Commodities 2517 2595 10000 3.1% 309 10309
CNX Dividend Opportunities 1744 1781 10000 2.1% 213 10213
CNX Infrastructure 2554 2597 10000 1.7% 171 10171
CNX PSE 2972 3171 10000 6.7% 667 10667
CNX Service Sector 7340 7428 10000 1.2% 120 10120
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Best Performer 10786 CNX Realty
Worst Perfromer 9734 CNX Auto
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22
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
SPORTS
NGOs, corporates brace for Mumbai
Marathon
Toyota University cricket launched
Bolt not tired of
receiving awards
Russian Olympic
champion
gymnast retires
I want to coach in England: Guardiola
Mumbai
A 25-member contingent from Ion Founda-
tion, the Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) arm of water purifying frm Ion Ex-
change has entered into a partnership with
Mumbai-based NGO Muktangan to partici-
pate in the Mumbai Marathon.
This will be the 10th edition of the marathon.
Ion Exchange (India) Limited is a pioneer
in water treatment in India, and Muktangan
offers alternatives to orthodox educational
practices, seeking to set up a sustainable
model of quality education for poor sections
of society.
Ion Foundation teams run for the cause of
education will help in providing timely and
customised academic assistance, enabling
children to become independent and well-
informed citizens, said Rajesh Sharma, Di-
rector, Ion Foundation.
While some participants will hold placards
with messages supporting education, oth-
ers will carry umbrellas depicting the Ion Ex-
change product Zero B, a direct flter put on
water taps to purify tap water and make it ft
for drinking.
The 10th edition of the marathon is expected
to see the participation of over 40,000 peo-
ple, including corporate honchos like Anand
Mumbai
The frst Toyota University Cricket Champi-
onship (TUCC), supported by the ministry
of human resource development (HRD),
the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
and NDTV was launched here Thursday by
flmstar and brand ambassador Shah Rukh
Khan.
The campaign, Ab Humari Baari Hai is to
encourage cricket at the university level
thereby discovering, nurturing and promot-
ing cricket talent.
Addressing the audience, HRD Minister
M.M. Pallam Raju said: I am happy that the
ministry is a part of this great initiative. Sports
is an essential requirement in the process
of development. This will help identify talent
that can contribute to both the national and
international levels.
NDTV Chairperson Prannoy Roy said:
NDTV has always supported education and
sports through several very successful cam-
paigns.
Taking a big step forward, we are very
pleased to announce the Toyota University
Cricket Championship as a platform to nur-
Kingston
Jamaicas sportsman of the year 2012, Usain
Bolt, says he is not tired of receiving awards
since they are a refection of the hard work
he put into preparing for competition.
The only man to win successive sprint dou-
bles at the Olympic Games, Bolt was com-
menting after receiving the coveted RJR
Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year,
reports CMC.
Bolt, the 2012 IAAF Diamond League 100m
winner, won ahead of training partner Blake
while sprint sensation Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce was awarded the Sportswoman of the
Year title.
It makes you feel good because the hard
work has not gone in vain. So, for me, its al-
ways a pleasure winning all these awards.
Bolts 2012 awards includes the IAAF Male
Athlete of the Year, the Jamaica Athletics
Administrative Association Golden Cleats
Award, the AIPS Sportsman of the Year
award and the US Sports Academy Athlete
of the Year award.
One of the awards I really appreciated was
the one from Argentina because I actually
beat out Messi, so that was cool, said the
big Jamaican.
He was referring to a 2009 poll for the best
Caribbean and Latin American sportsman,
which he won ahead of the popular Argen-
tine footballer.
Moscow
Two time Russian Olympic gymnastics
champion Evgenia Kanaeva has retired, the
sports federation said.
Kanaeva will remain one of the seven vice
presidents of the federation, reports Xinhua.
Kanaeva has decided to fnish her sporting
career, the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnas-
tics Federation said in a statement.
Born in 1990 in a family of athletes, Kanae-
va is the only rhythmic gymnast to win two
Olympic gold medals.
She won her frst Olympic gold medal in Bei-
jing 2008 in the womens rhythmic individual
all-around fnal while her second Olympic
gold came in the 2012 London Olympics.
At the 2009 World Championship in Japan,
she became the frst rhythmic gymnast to
win all six gold medals.
The 22-year-old expressed her intention to
leave sports last month saying she probably
has fnished her career.
There was a choice between labour in
training or switching to another activity, she
said, adding she wanted to learn something
else besides the training process.
Madrid
Former FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola
has revealed that his ambition is to coach in
the English Premier League.
Guardiola is currently enjoying a years sab-
batical after leaving Barca following four
successful years during which he won three
Spanish Primera League titles, the Champi-
ons League on two occasions, the Copa del
Rey twice and two World Club Champion-
ships along with Spanish and European Su-
percups, reports Xinhua.
Mahindra and Anil Ambani. Bollywood stars
like Milind Soman and Rahul Bose are also
expected to participate.
Considered to be the richest marathon in
Asia, a special trophy has been instituted for
the winners. The top Indian male and female
fnishers will take home Rs. 4,50,000 each.
The run is supported by the Indian Navy, the
Government of Maharashtra and the Athlet-
ics Federation of India.
This year, the Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon will offer an enhanced prize purse
of USD 350,000, an increase equivalent of
USD 10,000 over what was on offer last
year.
The increase in prize money is towards the
Indian prize fund and will beneft the Indian
athletes in the full marathon.
The Full Marathon (42.197 km) has received
4,169 entries, a signifcant increase over last
years fgure of 2,775.
While there was huge demand for places in
the half-marathon, entries were restricted,
fnally closing at 12,742.
The Senior Citizens Run will have 1,396
participants, while the champions with dis-
ability will see participation from 218 people.
Around 20,000 people have registered for
the Dream Run.
ture young talent in the feld of cricket. We
look to everyone to support and boost uni-
versity cricket in India.
Sandeep Singh, DMD and COO, TKM said,
Toyota University Cricket Championship is
a special project for us and we are very glad
to encourage and promote university level
cricket in India.
Shah Rukh said he learnt everything through
sports and this in one of the fnest initiatives
and that he would do anything to promote it.
The TUCC is an extension of the Rohinton
Baria inter-university tournament and will
get underway this year.
The top eight teams from Rohinton Baria will
will play in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore
among other cities.
The participating teams for the 2013 Cham-
pionship have been selected from the four
zones. They are: Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh
Muslim University, Awadhesh Pratap Singh
University, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal
University, Mumbai University, Jiwaji Univer-
sity, University of Madras and Jain Univer-
sity.
His year out of the game has been surround-
ed with speculation over where he will coach
in the future and a week ago Guardiola add-
ed fuel to the fre by revealing he wanted
to return to work next season, although he
added he had not held talks with any clubs.
Bearing in mind Guardiolas impressive cur-
riculum and the wages he would be able to
command, it is clear there is only a select
band of clubs able to afford his wages. One
of those clubs was thought to be Bayern Mu-
nich, but in an interview on the website of
the English Football Association, Guardiola
stated his preference.
Ive always found English football very fas-
cinating, just for the environment, the crowd
and the supporters, said Guardiola, who
spent all of his playing career with FC Barce-
lona before moving to Italy where he played
for Brescia and Roma, before ending his
playing days with Al-Ahli and Mexican side,
Dorados.
As a player, I couldnt realise my dream to
play there (in England) but I hope in the fu-
ture, I have a challenge to be a coach or a
manager there and feel the experience of
all the coaches and players that have been
there.
It is unique, to play in that league. I want
to feel the supporters, the environment, the
media and the style of the players and ev-
erything, said Guardiola in an interview to
mark the 150th anniversary of the FA.
Guardiola pointed out that age, however,
would not be a problem for him.
I am still young, just 41, so I hope in the fu-
ture I could be able to train there and enjoy
that, he concluded.
The former Barca managers words will no
doubt kickstart speculation over his possible
destination. He has been linked with four
clubs in particular: Arsenal, Chelsea, Man-
chester City and Manchester United.
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013 23
SPORTS
Delhi Waveriders survive anxious moments to
register second win in a row
New Delhi
Delhi Waveriders survived an anxious last
few minutes to defeat Mumbai Magicians
2-1 and consolidate their lead at the top of
the inaugural Hero Hockey India League
with 10 points from two encounters.
The hosts, who had beaten Jaypee Punjab
Warriors in their tournament opener, domi-
nated the game against the Magicians for
the frst three quarters at the Major Dhyan-
Chand National Stadium but their profigacy
in front of the opposition goal almost came
back to haunt them in the dying minutes.
Despite a penalty corner conversion by
Rupinder Pal Singh (27) and a fne goal by
South African Lloyd Norris-Jones (48), the
Delhi Waveriders could have ended up drop-
ping three points had the upright not come to
their rescue in the last minute.
The Magicians had earned a penalty stroke
in the last minute after a Sandeep Singh
drag-fick hit a defender. However, the Mum-
bai captain could only hit the upright and the
ball was diverted outside to the relief of the
Delhi team and their supporters.
Sandeep had earlier scored the teams only
goal off a penalty corner in the 50th minute
and could have been the hero for his team,
which took the fght to their opposition in the
last quarter.
It was plain bad luck that we missed the
penalty stroke. We played well in the second
half and will take the positives into the next
game, said Sandeep.
Earlier, the hosts began their second outing
exactly from where they left in the opening
encounter going for an all out attack strat-
egy while their opponents were willing to sit
back and settle down.
The Waveriders got their frst opportunity to
take the lead in the 11th minute when Lorris-
Jones Llyod had to only manage a touch off
Akashdeep Singhs cross but the South Afri-
can misjudged the speed of the cross.
Norris was once again the culprit fve min-
utes later when he charged through the left
inside Mumbais striking circle but could not
beat the advancing P Sreejesh in a one-on-
one situation.
However, the constant pressure bore fruit
in the 27th minute when Gurwinder Singh
Chandi was brought down inside the striking
circle and penalty corner specialist Rupinder
Pal Singh gave his team the lead in the sec-
ond attempt.
Their New Zealand striker Simon Child could
have doubled their lead in the 38th minute
but the Kiwi mistimed his shot on empty goal
after Chandi had pulled the goalkeeper out
of position.
Norris Jones fnally managed to fnd the sec-
ond for Delhi with a close range shot in the
48th minute. A minute later Sandeep Singh
scored his opening goal of the tournament
on the Magicians second penalty corner to
set up a scintillating fnal quarter.
Mumbai Magicians coach Ric Charlesworth
said that their teams midfeld is bit weak
but still the players gave their best. Um-
pire gave a wrong decision in the frst cor-
ner, which cost us the match, he stated at
the post-match press conference. Skipper
Sandeep Singh said that despite of weak
midfeld, the Team played well. We played
well in this match and we were close to drew
it but umpires decision went against us, he
added.
AK Bansal, coach of Delhi Waveriders, said
that the Waveriders are playing extremely
well in these two matches, said: Our Team
has gelled well and the coordination is very
good, which resulted good passes. The only
area to concern is handling pressure after
conceding goals. We are working on that
and we will surely overcome this faw.
Bansal further added: Gaining full points
from these two victories have improved the
team spirit, and the team is mentally to take
on any challenge in the future. We are play-
ing modern hockey and its working really
well for.
The Hero Hockey India League is organised
by Hockey India with offcial sanction from
the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
The inaugural season is being played from
January 14 to February 10, 2013 in a home-
and-away format. The fve franchisee-based
teams, consisting of the top hockey players
from India and around the world, will com-
pete for the prestigious trophy. Hero Moto-
corp Ltd. is the Title Sponsor of the league
while Airtel is the Associate Sponsor. Star
Sports, who is the Broadcast Partner, will be
telecasting all matches live.
Sarwan returns
for Australia ODIs
World Superbike
India round
shifted to
November
Armstrong says
cancer made him
want to win at all
cost
Dharamsala set to host its frst
international cricket match
Antigua
The West Indies selectors have recalled ex-
perienced batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan for
next months limited overs tour of Australia.
The 32-year-old right hander has not played
for the West Indies in nearly 19 months ow-
ing to poor form and ftness, and a strained
relationship with regional authorities, CMC
reports.
He joins a 15-man squad that will be led by
Darren Sammy and which includes young
uncapped Barbadian seamer Jason Holder.
The tour runs from Jan 29 to Feb 13 and
comprises fve One-Day Internationals and
a single Twenty20.
Squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne
Bravo (vice captain), Darren Bravo, John-
son Charles, Narsingh Deonarine, Chris
Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Kieran Powell, Kemar
Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan,
Devon Thomas, Tino Best Jason Holder,
Sunil Narine.
New Delhi
The inaugural India round of the Superbike
World Championship (WSBK) has been
shifted from March to November, citing lack
of preparation time, world body for motor-
cycle racing FIM said.
The race, scheduled for March 8-10, will
now be the season fnale Nov 17 soon after
the Formula 1 Oct 25-27 round at the Buddh
International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida
near here.
The organisers, Jaypee Group, welcomed
the change on the WSBK calendar.
It is good that we now get to host the sea-
sons fnal race right after the Formula 1
round so the buzz will be very much there.
For the younger fans, a race in March could
have clashed with their annual exams, the
offcial told IANS.
The FIM statement said: The World Su-
perbike race in India has been moved from
the March 10 to Nov 17 owing to insuffcient
time to train the marshals and medical staff.
The changes were incorporated in the
WSBK calendar released Wednesday. The
2013 season begins in Phillip Island, Austra-
lia.
However, the visit of the FIM offcials to the
BIC later in the week will go on as planned.
The FIM representatives will be at the track
Jan 19, 20 and 21, to carry out the fnal ho-
mologation and deal with the relevant the
different aspects of the event, the statement
said.
Dharamsala
This picturesque Himalayan hill station,
which has lured hundreds of thousands of
Westerners since Tibetan spiritual leader
Dalai Lama settled here in 1960, is all set
witness its frst international cricket match
this month.
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Associa-
tion (HPCA) is leaving no stone unturned to
make the ffth and fnal ODI between India
and England Jan 27 at its new showpiece
venue, located at an altitude of 4,000 feet
above sea level, with the mighty snow-clad
Dhauladhar Ranges forming the backdrop, a
warm and welcoming affair.
The stadium, 250 km from state capital
Shimla, has a 21,600-seating capacity, be-
sides a world-class indoor stadium compris-
ing video analysis facilities for both bowlers
and players, a club lounge, restaurant, bar
and banquet hall.
He said the popularity of the venue soared
after the seven IPL matches in the past three
seasons.
We are going provide not only the players
but also the spectators with a world-class fa-
cility, Thakur, the force behind the Rs.100
crore stadium and ultra-luxurious residential
complex, said.
He said the HPCA has been working over-
time to get the stadium ready for the match.
For the players, the Pavilion residential
complex is almost ready. It has 32 huts made
of imported wood and 38 concrete rooms. A
world-class multi-gym is the new addition,
he added.
The Pavilion, overlooking the stadium, is
some three kilometres from the stadium.
However, the HPCA admits the spectators
might face problems in getting suitable ac-
commodation.
We have got some bookings but we are ad-
vising spectators to get bookings at nearby
destinations also like Palampur and Jwal-
amukhi, Mohit Sood, HPCAs press secre-
tary, said.
There is no fve-star hotel in the vicinity of
this small town. Even the airport at Gag-
gal, near here, has been shut for over fve
months now.
According to espncricinfo, the HPCA venue
is the frst in India to use winter rye grass
scattered around the outfeld, which pre-
vents the grass from dying when tempera-
tures fall below 10 degrees Celsius.
The stadium fgured frst on the international
cricket map in 2005 when it hosted a warm-
up tie between the touring Pakistan team
and the Indian Board Presidents XI.
Since then, the stadium has hosted 24
matches in the Ranji Trophy, apart from
hosting two ODIs between India Under 19
vs Australia Under 19 Sep 24 and 25, 2005.
Washington
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong said in
an interview with US talk show host Oprah
Winfrey that fghting off cancer made him try
to win at all cost even if it meant taking per-
formance enhancing drugs.
Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour
de France titles and banned for life as the
US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) released
a scathing report in October last year, con-
demning him to be the centre of a sophis-
ticated doping program while riding for the
US Postal Service Team and Discovery
Channel team between 1998-2005 in the
Tour de France, reports Xinhua.
In the report, Armstrong was accused by
about a dozen of former teammates of using
performance-enchancing drugs and pres-
suring his teammates to do so.
When Winfrey asked Armstrong in the in-
terview aired Thursday night whether these
accusations were true, he admitted to it and
said suffering from cancer had changed his
attitude.
I grew up as a fghter. Before my diagno-
sis, I was a competitor, but not so ferce, he
said. When diagnosed with testicular can-
cer in 1996 he was given only a 40 percent
chance of surviving. But survive he did, and
he returned to cycling with a vengeance.
After that, Armstrong said, he wanted to win
at all cost.
In fghting cancer, the ruthless attitude was
good, he said. But thats bad when he took
it out in racing.
I wasnt a bully before that, he said.
24
CHANDIGARH
SUNDAY 20 Jan 2013
Printer, Owner and Publisher: Manu Sharma, Editor: Manu Sharma, RNI Reg. No.: PUNMUL/2012/45041 Postal Reg. No. PB/JL-047/2013-15. Published at Central Town,
Jalandhar Printed at: Tej Mohan Nagar Jalandhar

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