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Pakistani troops violate ceasefire for ninth time in four days
JAMMU: Pakistani army pounded civilian areas along LoC by violating ceasefire for the ninth time in four days on Thursday resulting in injuries to four people, prompting retaliation from Indian troops. Police said Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on forward Indian posts including civilian areas along LoC in Najwal-Pargwal belt of Jammu district around 12.30pm. In the firing on civilian areas, four people including three children were injured in Najwal border hamlet, they said. They have been identified as Nisha Devi (45), Rama Kumari (12), Usha Devi (14) and Surjeet Kumar (10) all children of a Sham Lal. They have been shifted to GMC Hospital for treatment, they said. Congress MP Madan Lal Shama, who along with diviR S Pura border belt of Jammu district at 0930 hours today," a BSF officer said. BSF troops guarding the borderline took positions and challenged them near Kharkola BoP, the officer said, adding during this period, Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the forward area. Troops also retaliated resulting in exchanges, which are still going on when last reports came in. Pakistani troops have been repeatedly violating the ceasefire. On October 16, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire thrice in Kamalkote forward area of Uri belt, Krishnagati and Bhimbhergali subsectors of Poonch district and Mangu Chak and Khatav Border Out posts along international border in Samba district. Lance Naik MF Khan of 15 Bihar 8Contd p2

Thirty million people are slaves, half in India, survey says

LONDON: Some 30 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, a global index on modern slavery showed on Thursday. Almost half are in India, where slavery ranges from bonded labour in quarries and kilns to commercial sex exploitation, although the scourge exists in all 162 countries surveyed by Walk Free, an Australian-based rights group. Its estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour. "Today some people are still being born into hereditary slavery, a staggering but harsh reality, particularly in parts of West Africa and South Asia," the report said. "Other victims are captured or kidnapped before being

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Bhaderwah has fresh tremors

BHADERWAH, OCT 17: A low-intensity earthquake today jolted Doda and Bhaderwah belts of Jammu and Kashmir. The quake, measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale, hit the areas around 5.40 AM today, MeT officials said. The epicentre of the quake was 40 kms southwest of Bhaderwah area. No immediate report of any casualty 8Contd p2

Rama Kumari, 12, is carried by volunteers to a hospital after she was wounded in Pakistani firing in Jammu.
sional commissioner Jammu, Shant Manu and senior police officers, visited GMC hospital to inquire about the injured, said, "enough is enough India should give a befitting reply to Pakistan." BJP activists led by its legislature party leader Ashok Khajuria held protest demonstration and burnt Pakistan flag in protest against Pakistan firing in civilian areas of Jammu. "Give Pakistan a befitting reply. They are attacking us every time," Khajuria said. This is the ninth ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in the past four days. Earlier in the day, Pakistan violated ceasefire. "There was suspected movement of some persons along the international border close to Kharkola border out post in

sold or kept for exploitation, whether through 'marriage', unpaid labour on fishing boats, or as domestic workers. Others are tricked and lured into situations they cannot escape, with false promises of a good job or an education." The Global Slavery Index 2013 defines slavery as the possession or control of people to deny freedom and exploit them for profit or sex, usually through violence, coercion or deception. The

definition includes indentured servitude, forced marriage and the abduction of children to serve in wars. According to the index, 10 countries alone account for three quarters of the world's slaves. After India, China has the most with 2.9 million, followed by Pakistan (2.1 million), Nigeria (701,000), Ethiopia (651,000), Russia (516,000), Thailand (473,000), Democratic Republic 8Contd p2

Sonia was in tears as she could not vote on food bill: Rahul
SHAHDOL, MP: Hardselling UPA's 'game changer' Food Security Act, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reached out to the 'aam admi' and tribals recalling that Sonia Gandhi was in tears as she failed to cast her vote in Lok Sabha when her pet project was being passed in August. "I will not go until the bill is passed 8Contd p2

NPP pays rich tributes to Jammu Martyrs of 1966

Uma praises Modi, says coun- BJP would form the next Govt.in J&K : Vibodh try will be safe in his hands
BHOPAL: Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday said here that the country would be safe in the hands of Narendra Modi, the party's prime ministerial candidate. "Narendra Modi is India's future and it will be safe and secure in his hands," the BJP vice-president said. Talking to media at her house, she said Modi was declared BJP's candidate for the top post in view of his growing popularity in the JAMMU: State Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party Vibodh Gupta on Thursday said BJP will formed the next government in Jammu and Kashmir as Congress and National Conference Coalition government failed on all fronts and lost its morality in all the three regions of the State. Vibodh said inspite of successful Panchayat election government has not empowered the Panchayat which proved into disastrous for rural areas. He said without the implementation of 73rd state and held Congress responsible for ignorance of Panchyats in the State. He said, had Congress shown sincerity, 73rd amendment in the State. He said all sections of the society and all the three regions of State are fed up with Congress-NC government and said that the coalition government is on life saving ventilators and could collapse at any moment. Making scathing attack on State government Vibodh said Congress and NC plundered the State with all 8Contd p2

Lalu and 26 others convicted in fodder scam file appeal with high court
RANCHI: Counsel of jailed former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief, Lalu Prasad and 26 others convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam filed separate appeals in Jharkhand high court on Thursday challenging the judgment of special CBI court. Some of the petitioners including Prasad and former RJD MLA RK Rana also filed bail petition along with the appeal. Prasad is currently serving a jail term of five years at the Birsa Munda Central jail after being convicted on October 3. For reasons best known to two other VIP convicts, sitting JD(U) MP Jagdish Sharma and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Prasad have not yet filed an appeal with the court. Appearing before the court of Justice RR Prasad, senior advocate and former advocate general Anil Sinha made a special mention of the appeal but the court refused to take 8Contd p2

JAMMU: Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party & Member of National Integration Council, Shri Harsh Dev Singh, MLA, Chairman-JKNPP and hundreds of NPP activists paid heavy tributes to the Student Martyrs who were killed by Police bullets inside GGM Science College on 17th & 18th October, 1966 during the Congress rule. The Students Congress led by Bhim Singh was demanding establishment of Jammu University, Technical Colleges, Ayurvedic College

and upgrading the status of agricultural graduates at par with MBBS and Engineering graduates. The students had launched a movement under the leadership of Bhim Singh. Three students were killed namely Brij Mohan, Subhash Chandra, Gulshan Handa inside GGM Science premises whereas one student leader S. Gurcharan Singh was killed on 18th October, 1966 in Kanak Mandi, Jammu while the students procession was marching through the Jammu streets.

country. Congress was passing through a phase of "frustration and despair", she said. She pooh-poohed Congress vice 8Contd p2

amendment, empowerment of Panchayat is just a mockery with the elected representative and the people of the

Cyclone Phailin has damaged 5,825 schools in Odisha

NEW DELHI: As per the preliminary damage report with the department of school and mass education, Odisha, Cyclone Phailin has damaged as many as 5,825 educational institutions, causing damage of over Rs 250 crore. As many as 4,685 elementary schools have been damaged; 1,135 high schools and five teacher-training institutions. All the elementary schools 'pucca' buildings had been constructed with funds from the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 8Contd p2

Centre tells Jharkhand to stop using commercial packaged food to treat malnutrition
NEW DELHI: The ministry of women and child development, in a strongly-worded letter, has asked the Jharkhand department of social welfare to stop using anganwadis and ICDS to experiment with using commercially manufactured Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to treat children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The ministry has sought an explanation from the Jharkhand government in the matter. WCD ministry was reacting to a report in the Times of India about the Jharkhand social welfare department issuing tender inviting bids from food manufacturers for packaged RUTF to be given to children afflicted by SAM. Commercial RUTF is energy dense food which is a mixture of protein, carbohydrate and fats or oils, fortified with vitamins and minerals where the ingredients are usually produced by grinding all the ingredients together into a paste. Joint secretary of the central WCD 8Contd p2

MADANI'S ATTACK ON CONGRESS: A NEW TONE FOR 2014 ELECTIONS?

HINDSIGHT
ROHIT SINGH RANA The speech of Jamiat-e Ulema-e Hind chief at Jaipur has punctured the secular balloon of Congress and perhaps drawn new lines of debate preceding the Lok Sabha elections 2014. As he attacked Congress for raising the bogey of Modi to frighten Muslims, the Grand old party spokespersons are mum on the issue. Though Madani retracted from his statement, which he will do for the time being but never disown, he willingly set the ball rolling with Congress and Samajwadi Party not knowing how to play with it on the political front. The likes of Sibal, Digvijay and other mike savvy, loose cannons are still wondering what to say in response to Madani's broadside. This time the attack on the oldest political party came from unusual source. Madani was warm to Congress and when Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, a Gujarati praised the developmental model of Modi, he was vehemently attacked by Madani and eventually forced to quit from the post of Vice Chancellor of Darul Aloom, Deoband. The same Madani has castigated Congress for raising the Modi fears among Muslim community. Seen in other angle, the statement means that one of the most influential minority leaders has seen through the Congress design to polarize Muslim votes against Modi. Interestingly, efforts of Gujarat Chief Minister and PM candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to reach out to the Muslims in a big way have unnerved the Congress. The Madani barb has added to its worries. Telling Muslims not to fear Modi unnecessarily means something is being worked behind the scene. It seems a well loaded statement which may in future reap fruits for Modi's Muslim outreach efforts. Leaving the regional parties wondering, Madani was candid in saying that they too have played with the sentiments of Muslims. An obvious reference to the Samajwadi Party for playing a brazen Muslim card which Madani sees a ploy to grab minority votes especially in the aftermath of Muzaffarnagar riots. It is a sorry state of affairs as the Grand Old Party is getting increasingly nervous of Modi's phenomenal acceptability with young people and now his wooing of Muslims slowly but surely, appears creating an undercurrent if not in his favour but definitely against the Congress. Exciting things are bound to happen with this trend, if it continues. In absence of Muslims voting against Congress would mean a division of their votes which may favour Modi. And if the minority votes him in a big way at the appeal of influential leaders like Madani and his Muslim outreach getting a positive response then Modi's bus can reach New Delhi before scheduled arrival time. The Jamait-e Ulema-e Hind chief has in a subtle way created a debate in the country regarding secularism being sole property of Congress and its allies. All others are either second grade seculars or doing it for a special purpose. Only Congress does it with conviction. In a big trouble the Congress led UPA is in a fix how to deal with the situation. With Rahul already proving less than a match for Modi, there are silent efforts to pitch in Priyanka instead. After all somebody in the dynasty has to come out to save the sinking ship. A pathetic condition for Congress, whose Vice President Rahul Gandhi attacks BSP Supremo Mayawati for not allowing leaders among Dalits to grow, has to go to the Family for presenting a new and more 'charismatic' election campaigner. Long live 10 Janpath, the only source of secularism and supreme leaders.

Forget sweets it is only bullets now!

Pakistan has done it again. In fact one thing is consistent about Pakistan which we Indians must always try to remember. Their enmity against India is constant. And that will never stop. Come what may, Pakistan is on a course of hate India syndrome, unfortunately we gullible, chicken hearted Indians always ignore this consistent part of Pakistani perfidy. Islamabad has opened up its guns against the Indian posts all along the LoC. Incredibly as we were waiting for some sweets packets from Pakistanis along the line of control they gave us a heavy barrage of bullets instead on Eid. They think that the best way to celebrate festival is to harass India and if some of its soldiers fall down it means an even happier Eid. Unfortunately where our western neighbour is clear about its policy against India, New Delhi always nurses grandiose dreams about Indo Pak bonhomie and friendship. Our leaders go five steps ahead to meet the Paki leaders only to get beheadings, infiltration, terror attacks, and continuous cease fire violations in return. This is nothing but display of timidity on our part. Had we rebutted the Pakis on time they would not have resorted to such brazen show of deceit. How sad, the political class of the country has made a proud nation of 1.25 billion people the punching bag for Pakistan and China. RANASAHIB

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Nepal 259,000 27.5 million 6 Moldova 33,000 3.6 million 7 Benin 80,000 10.1 million 8 Ivory Coast 157,000 19.8 million 9 Gambia 14,000 1.8 million 10 Gabon 14,000 1.6 million Source: Global Slavery Index 2013, Walk Free. issued strict orders to Unicef too in 2009 regarding procurement and supply of RUTF as it "clearly contravened the policies of the Government of India and was contrary to existing legal and regulatory framework". The tender document of the Jharkhand social welfare department claimed that the Union health ministry's along with Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) had recommended community based therapeutic feeding programme as part of a holistic approach to SAM. "The community based approach aims at provision of energy dense fortified RUTF which is nutritionally adequate for the child with SAM," stated the tender document. However, Dr S Katyayan, a paediatrician and member of the Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (JSCPCR) wrote to Mridula Sinha on September 19 that the IAP statement on treatment for SAM clearly stated that there was no robust comparative data documenting the benefits of this formulation (RUTF) over locally produced analogous medical nutrition therapy or augmented home foods," ie food from the family pot. Dr Katyayan also pointed out that the Food Security Act 2013 did not give any scope for the use of RUTF at anganwadi centres or for the distribution or promotion of any other kind of food except hot cooked meals and therapeutic home remedies. She added that science also did not show any benefit from using commercial RUTF as revealed by a recent Cochrane review which looked at numerous studies on RUTF and concluded that there was little evidence that RUTF was any better than standard diet in treating SAM. "The current thinking that a centrally produced and processed RUTF should supplant the locally prepared indigenous foods in treatment of SAM ignores the multiple causes of malnutrition and destroys the diversity of potential solutions based on locally available foods. Many locally produced/producible foods that are culturally acceptable and relatively low cost have been used for SAM in India for many decades by reliable academic and medical institutions, as well as by nongovernmental groups but these foods have been completely ignored," stated a paper written by the Working Group for Children Under Six, comprising nutritionists, paediatricians and public health experts. 8.15pm. She was later admitted in AIIMS in New Delhi and discharged after spending five hours in the hospital. The bill seeks to provide cheap foodgrains to 82 crore people in the country, ushering in the biggest programme in the world to fight hunger. Taking a dig at the BJP-led NDA for its 2004 India Shining campaign and its development model, Rahul said, "While they talk about development and shining India on the one hand, they ask from where will the money come when we talk about food and land acquisition measures." Rahul said that the Congress president was not willing to leave Parliament before casting her vote even though parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath had assured her that the bill would be passed as sufficient number of members were for it. Striking an emotional chord, he said that her mother was determined to bring the measure as she wanted to wipe the tears of lakhs of mothers seeing their hungry children crying but in contrast, the opposition talks about shining roads and hotels. "This is because we understand your hunger....," he said. In a show of unity, all top Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders, including Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, were present on the dais with the Congress vice president. Asserting that he wants to begin a "new kind of politics", Rahul told the rally that he wants common men and tribals to enter Parliament and Aasemblies while the opposition wants that these doors remain closed to them. "I see one lacuna in the whole of India with regard to tribals. Your number is less in Parliament and assemblies. We have to change in the coming time. As long as the voice of tribals is not heard in Parliament and assemblies, their problems will not be solved," he said. Reaching out to the youth, he said that the next government in Madhya Pradesh will be formed by Congress and it will be a government of the youth. "We will bring the maximum possible number of young people forward. We have to change Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh is stuck up as far as development is concerned," Rahul said. Debunking NDA's development plank, he said that while only 2650km of roads were constructed during the NDA regime, 9517 kms of roads were laid during five years of UPA. He also took a dig at Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over his power gen-

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eration claims, saying that he has only talked about it at four places while not a single megawatt of power has so far been generated there.

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Pak targets...
Regiment was killed on October 15 when Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian forward posts in Hamirpur-Balakote subsector in Poonch district. The same day, Pakistani army had shelled mortars and fired from small arms in forward areas along LoC in Hamirpur and Bhimbher Gali subsectors of Poonch district. On October 14, BSF Constable M Basu was injured when Pakistani troops resorted to firing on Katav border outpost along the international border in Samba district. In Islamabad, a military source claimed that a Pakistan Rangers' jawan was killed in firing by BSF troops along the LoC. The incident took place in Chaprar sector. "Firing was carried out by BSF post Kharkola," the source claimed.

Uma praises...
-president Rahul Gandhi's speech in tribal-dominated Shahdol district where he invited the tribals to visit Lok Sabha. Bharti said that Rahul, who visited Ratangarh in Datia district to meet the victims of recent stampede, should also have visited Uttarakhand after it was devastated by heavy rains. The BJP leader said she would seek permission from the Election Commission afresh to visit Ratangarh, as she wanted to pay a visit to the deity, and did not have any political agenda there. When asked how many seats the ruling BJP would win in Madhya Pradesh in the November 25 Assembly elections, Bharti said the party would cross 150-mark. Congress, out of power in the state, would now begin to disintegrate, she said.

Lalu and 26 ...

it up saying that it was not filed through proper process. The appeal petition was then filed with the registrar office from where it was allotted a number 795/13. Court of Prasad which usually takes up criminal appeal petition on Fridays is now likely to decide on the matter if the case would be heard on the same date or thorough regular process. "The case one mentioned depends upon the respective Court's discretion whether to take it up for hearing the same day or in regular course," said one of the advocates in the court. Sources in the judiciary said that the appeal petition seeks quashing of the judgement of subordinate court on technical grounds as well as on the pretext that Lalu was framed in the case by conspirators of fodder scam. The appeal petition says that trial and accounts of witnesses of the respondents recorded under section 313 of the CrPc in the subordinate court was erroneous. It has categorically denied role of Lalu in conspiring in the fodder scam and also alleged that the CBI failed to prove Lalu through any evidence that Lalu was a part of the conspiracy. "CBI has produced no evidence to prove that my client (Lalu) was aware of the fraudulent withdrawals in 1992," the petition reads, further stressing that as soon as he was apprised of the fraudulent withdrawals by the animal husbandry department in 1996 an immediate inquiry was ordered. Sources said that it was only after Lalu ordering an inquiry that he was framed by the conspirators in the scam and is now serving a term in the jail. CBI special court of PK Singh convicted Prasad and 45 others in RC20A/96 case, considered the mother of all five conspiracy cases in the Fodder scam. While a final judgement in the case of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.68 crore from Chaibasa treasury was passed on September 30, 2013 the Special CBI court convicting all 45 accused, eight convicts sentenced for less than three years term were released on bail the same day. The court announced sentence for Lalu, Mishra and 37 others on October 3. Lalu and Mishra have been awarded rigorous imprisonment of five and four years respectively. Lalu's counsel failed to challenge the judgement immediately in wake of the Durga Puja vacations in the court.

Thirty million...
of Congo (462,000), Myanmar (384,000) and Bangladesh (343,000). The index also ranks nations by prevalence of slavery per head of population. By this measure, Mauritania is worst, with almost 4 percent of its 3.8 million people enslaved. Estimates by other organisations put the level at up to 20 percent. Chattel slavery is common in Mauritania, meaning that slave status is passed down through generations. "Owners" buy, sell, rent out or give away their slaves as gifts. After Mauritania, slavery is most prevalent by population in Haiti, where a system of child labour known as "restavek" encourages poor families to send their children to wealthier acquaintances, where many end up exploited and abused. Pakistan, India, Nepal, Moldova, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia and Gabon have the next highest prevalence rates. At the other end of the scale, Iceland has the lowest estimated prevalence with fewer than 100 slaves. Next best are Ireland, Britain, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Finland and Denmark, although researchers said slave numbers in such wealthy countries were higher than previously thought. "They've been allocating resources against this crime according to the tiny handful of cases that they've been aware of," said Kevin Bales, lead researcher and a professor at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at Hull University. "Our estimates are telling them that the numbers of people in slavery - whether it's in Great Britain or Finland or wherever - in these richer countries actually tends to be about six to 10 times higher than they think it is." Walk Free CEO Nick Grono said the annual index would serve as an important baseline for governments and activists in the anti-slavery fight. "This kind of data hasn't been out there before," he said. "It's a multi-year effort, and next year we'll have a much better picture of where slavery is and what changes there are. If you can't measure it, you can't devise policy to address it." Countries with highest absolute numbers of slaves Country Estimated slaves India 13.9 million China 2.9 million Pakistan 2.1 million Nigeria 701,000 Ethiopia 651,000 Russia 516,000 Thailand 473,000 D.R. Congo 462,000 Myanmar 384,000 Bangladesh 343,000 Ranking by prevalence of modern slavery per head of population Rank Country Estimated slaves Population 1 Mauritania 151,000 3.8 million 2 Haiti 209,000 10.2 million 3 Pakistan 2.1 million 179.2 million 4 India 13.9 million 1.2 billion 5

Cyclone Phailin...
after 2001. While one batch of schools lost out to Phailin, another about 5,000 protected the lakhs evacuated from coastal regions. Dasarath Satapathy, additional secretary in the department of school and mass education said that about 11,000 teachers were called in to man the free kitchens. "Our teachers have done a lot helping with the free kitchens and evacuation. They had been asked by the district headquarters to be ready," he says.

BJP would...
limits and now the time has come to pull out this corrupt and failed government form the state and said that the BJP would definitely get a chance to form the next government in the State as the people of the Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh has understood the importance of BJP, he added. He alleged that the prevailing chaos, red tape functioning, mis-governance, rampant corruption, lack of accountability, ignorance of Youth and fractured work culture had adversely affected the functioning of the government with its credibility being at the lowest ebb. Vibodh said that the Coalition government has lost its moral right to continue in office in view of its multiple failures and rampant corruption. He said that NCCongress had failed to fulfil any of its election slogans much to the chagrin and disappointment not only of general public but also the coalition workers. He urged upon the people to unite and strengthen BJP for ultimate good of all sections of society and all the regions of the State. He accused the NC-Congress government of playing communal card and deliberately creating communal tension to divert its total failure.

Bhaderwah has ...

or injury was reported from anywhere, the officials said. Since May this year, Bhaderwah and its adjoining areas have felt 49 tremors.

India, Russia pact to extend BrahMos missile partnership

NEW DELHI: India and Russia are expected to sign a pact during Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs visit there to extend their partnership indefinitely for producing the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. A proposal in this regard was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security in its meeting today headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources said here. The Prime Minister will embark on a two-day visit to Russia on October 20 after which he will go to China. New Delhi and Moscow had agreed for a 15-year partnership when the agreement was signed in 1998 and then extended it up to February 2014 earlier this year. With this new pact, the two

Sonia was...
(despite being taken ill in Parliament). I have fought this battle for years. I will not go without pushing the button (casting the vote)," Rahul quoted the Congress chief as having said on that day. The Congress vice president said that he, being the son, was then feeling very angry that his mother was not going to a doctor despite being sick and was instead insisting on staying in the House. He recalled that as Sonia finally agreed to leave Parliament and visit a doctor ahead of the voting, she was in tears. "When I asked her what is this, she said Rahul I had fought for this bill. I wanted to push the button (cast the vote) but could not do so," he said, addressing a public meeting in the poll-bound state. After much delay and uncertainty, the Food Security Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on August 26. Gandhi, who is the main force behind the measure, could not participate in the voting as she had taken ill and had to leave the House at around

Centre tells ...

ministry, Dr Shreeranjan, in his letter dated September 26, 2013 to Mridula Sinha, principal secretary of the Jharkhand social welfare department, stated: "RUTF are special foods which are neither covered under drug laws nor under food laws. The efficacy of RUTF is not certified in many instances unless taken as approved formulations by the ministry of health and family welfare. Besides giving calorie dense food in RUTF, there are linked safety issues." The letter further stated: "It appears that issue of tender for commercial manufactures for RUTF is an indication of not processing the matter with due diligence caution and non-involvement of key institutions and ministries such as National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and clearance of health ministry." It also pointed out that India had

countries will continue to have partnership in this venture as long as they want. The BrahMos, jointly developed by India and Russia, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The missile can cruise at a maximum speed of 2.8 Mach (or 2.8 times the speed of sound). India is readying several versions of the missile which

includes land attack, anti-ship and submarine-launched versions. India and Russia had recently also agreed to develop a hypersonic version of the cruise missile. India has plans of deploying the BrahMos on its frontline fighter aircraft Su-30MKI in next few years and trials are expected to be carried out by early next year.

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REASI, OCT 17: One person critically injured in an accident at Mahore was today airlifted to Government Medical College Jammu. Identified as Mohd Muqeem S/O Ghulam Mohd R/O Dubri, Mahore, aged 35 who received serious head injury, thoracic trauma and left renal injury after an accidental fall. Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Dr Shahid Iqbal, immediately requisitioned an Airforce helicopter from Jammu which airlifted the patient from Mahore to Jammu. The condition of patient remained critical. This is third such incident in a month. SDM Mahore Ashwani Kumar Sharma coordinated the operation while Assitant Commissioner Central Dr Shabir Keen arranged all facilities at Jammu to save the life of critically injured.

Constructions demolished at disputed NHPC land, FIR registered

DC suspends JE for land encroachment, illegal construction

REASI, OCT 17: Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, has placed one JE of Public Works Department under suspension and attached with office of Chief Planning Officer for encroachment on state land and raising illegal construction during night hours. An FIR has also been lodged in the matter. Naib-Tehsildar Reasi upon receipt of information past midnight rushed to spot and noticed construction on war footing in Khasra Number 1155 near district hospital where construction has been banned by an order of deputy commissioner since June 2013. Assisted by police party the material was seized and construction demolished. On the directions of Deputy Commissioner FIR No 143/2013 u/s 154 was lodged at Reasi Police Station by Tehsildar against the JE and others involved in encroachment and illegal construction. Pawan Kumar, JE, PWD Katra Sub-Division was later placed under suspension with immediate effect and further action initiated under Civil Services Rules Meanwhile, as per the orders issued by deputy commissioner last night a team comprising DySP Headquarter J D Slathia, Tehsildar R K Ananad, Naib Tehsildars Rajesh Baru and Prithvi Singh along with field officials and police party demolished the illegal construction at in Kh No. 240, 241 situated at Village Sailanjan where clash between two groups erupted yesterday leaving 9 persons injured and 2 FIRs registered in the matter. Show cause notice has also been issued to authorities of NHPC Salal for abandoning the land acquired in 1984 which has now become a dispute between some groups of people. ACR Tilak Raj Sharma has also initiated the Magisterial Enquiry into land dispute at Sailanjan and issued notices for appearances. Revenue and Police officials have also been summoned for investigation. A notice has also been issued to general public for deposing before the magisterial inquiry for investigation into clash between rival groups followed by violation of Section 144 imposed prohibiting forcible closure of markets and unlawful assembly in public premises including district hospital where some youth were beaten by protestors.Police are also investigating into violation of Section 144 order issued by District Magistrate and an FIR is likely to be registered. Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and SSP Sharief Chouhan accompanied by other officer toured to various areas and also held review meeting to assess security situation. A number of social and political organizations today met the deputy commissioner and appreciated the bold action of district administration to resolve the matter which had turned into a politico-religious issue. They expressed satisfaction about timely action and thanked the authorities for swift intervention, assuring to maintain peace in the region.

1 critically injured in Rd Slathia pays tributes accident, airlifted to Jammu Hav Tara Chand
JAMMU, OCT 17: Former Minister, Senior Vice President and MLA Vijaypur Surjit Singh Slathia Paid Rich Tributes on the Tenth Martyr's Day of Shaheed Hav. Tara Chand Lakhotra observed at his native village Khour Slarian ,Ramgarh who pays the homage to shaheed Tara Chand Lakhotra alongwith Romesh Motton Senior National Conference leader. Shaheed Hav. Tara Chand Lakhotra laid his life for his country on 1710-2003 during Operation Prakram at Kalali, Nowshera Sector J&K. He served in 4 JAK.RIF. Amongst others during the function Relatives of Tara Chand Lakhotra, Sarpanches Darshan Singh, Mohan Singh Bhatti etc. were presents. During the function the committee of shaheed Tara chand lakhotra submitted a Charter of demands to MLA. Slathia assured them for redressal of their demands at the earliest.

Rana condoles demise of Dr Rissam

JAMMU, OCT 17: Provincial President Devender Singh Rana on Thursday expressed profound grief over the demise of the demise of Padamshri Dr Harbajan Singh Risam, senior Interventional Cardiologist and Director Max Hospital Delhi. Describing his death as a great loss to the country in general the State of Jammu and Kashmir in particular, the Provincial President said Dr Rissam created a niche for himself because of his commitment to the ailing people. He said the passing away of Dr Rissam has created a void in the medical fraternity which is hard to fill. He conveyed his sympathy to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.

One killed in road accident, another died mysteriously

JAMMU OCT 17: One person was injured in a road accident while crossing the road at Trikutanagar. Report said that one Ajay Kumr son of Sardari Lal resident of Nai Basti on Thursday was hit by a vehicle bearing No: JK02AU-4060 while crossing the road at Trikutanagar. The driver after hitting the pedestrian fled from the spot but people present there noted down the registration number of the vehicle and informed the police. Police reached the spot but till then victim succumbed. Police immediately sound alert to all police nakas and nabbed the driver after some distance. He was identified as Anil Sharma son of Sham Lal. Police got conducted postmortem of the body and handed over to the family. A case has been registered and further proceedings in the case have been initiated. Meanwhile another 15 years youth Gulshan Kumar son of Girdhari Lal, resident of village Dhan Jasdhar in Kathua district went to cut woods along Talen Nalla near his house. He did not turn up home till late in the evening, his family members worried and started his search. At the same some ladies from the locally went to fetch water from spring and saw the youth lying unconscious near the spring. They immediately informed other people in the village who rushed there and found him lying dead. They informed police who reached there and arranged his postmortem on the spot and handed over to the family. The deceased was bearing head injury. It was suspected that he was slipped while carrying a big piece of wood causing head injuries and instant death. Anyhow police registered a suspicious death case and started investigation into the matter

GGF remembers Didi Nirmala Deshpande on her birth anniversary

JAMMU, OCT 17: Padmashri S.P.Varma Vice-President Gandhi Global Family & his close associates paid floral tributes to PadmaVibushan Dr Nirmala Deshpande in all faith prayer organized by Gandhi Global Family New Delhi Chapter at Nazafgard, New Delhi where a health camp for two days is also inaugurated by Padmashri S P Varma. The health camp is organised by GGF Delhi Team under the leadership of Shri Ashok Kapoor, Chairperson GGF Delhi Chapter. Speaking on the occasions Padmashri Varma said, " Didi shall be remembered for internationalizing Gandhi-Vinoba ideology amongst the general public. Even after her death in 2008, she remains a guiding force for all of us." While recalling his first meeting with Didi at Jammu in Kashmiri migrant camp during early 1990, he said, " We worked together on several public oriented projects on voluntary basis in these 18 years. She served the people of J&K during the turmoil period." PadmaShri Varma considered between both the neighboring countries in South Asia. She took leading role at various occasions in initiating track II diplomacy. Being a true Gandhian she was respected all over the world & particularly in South Asia. He stressed, "People like her never die, their ideology always remain in the heart & mind of the people irrespective of their nationality, class, position & gender." Even today her works remained inspirational in solidifying the global initiative towards humanity. He also appeals her followers to continue with the same spirit & zeal driven by Didi & to work together in harmony to spread her message around the world for strengthening peace, growth & prosperity. Others prominent dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr Veena Behan, Shri Ashok Kapoor, Dr Rajkumar Tyagi, Shri Vijay Sharma, Shri Dalip Swan, Ankush Varma, Ajay Saini & the local organiser Shri Rakesh Kumar.

Passport Adalat on Oct 19

JAMMU, OCT 17: A Passport Adalat is scheduled to be held on Saturday, the 19th October, 2013 to clear the Old Legacy files of 2011 and 2012, whose Police Verification Reports had so far been awaited, but, now have been received. Such applicants are invited to visit this Office along with a Computer generated ARN Sheet's printout as well as their original documents, including receipt of their pending files. Subject to the genuineness of the documents, their Passport applications shall be processed without charging any fee. It is pertinent to mention that the files already closed shall not be re-opened during this Adalat

Youth attacked, hospitalized

JAMMU OCT 17 : A youth was attacked with sharp edged weapons by two another youth in Digiana area and was admitted in GMC with grievous injuries.Report said that 19 years Rahul Choudhary son of Tara Choudhary resident of Nai Basti on Thursday evening was walking in Digiana area when two youth Anshu and Rohit intercepted and scuffled with him and soon they attacked him with sharp edged weapons. They inflicted several injuries on his legs and then fled from the scene. The matter was reported to the police by the people and shifted the injured youth the hospital. Police on reaching there, recorded statement of the injured youth. He told police that attackers were his former classmates and they often indulge in altercations with him on one pretext or the other and today they came face to face and finding him alone they attack him. Police registered a case and started hunt of the accused.

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Theatre workshop on Dandaras concluded Cong youth hold protest against Osama's poster in Kashmir
tance of preservation of these dying folk art forms. He also discussed the problems being faced by the folk artist who are actually performing these art forms in rural area. Abhishek Bharti, Director of this workshop shared the view that how we can make popular and attractive these Folk Dances among the young artists and common mass. The main concentration was given to share knowledge and valuable experiences of experts to upcoming generations. Our youth must know about rich culture heritage of Dogras and only our youngsters can make efforts to popularize these Dogra art forms. Bharti said we must impart knowledge of our traditions and rituals to young generations. It is a need of time that young generation must adopt these traditional folk art forms in their daily life and popularize them. Rakesh Dogra and Garu Ram has delivered guest lectures on "Dandaras" . Students of Jyoti Parihar Public High School, Rajpura Mangotrian attended this workshop and were among the performing artists. Our chief guest Dr. Karan ISS stressed on the importance of these folk art forms in our life and said we must preserve our traditional folk forms. This workshop was joint efforts of young artist and auidance was also shared by Finanacial assistance to organize this workshop was given by J &K academy of art cultur and languages , Jammu and Satish Dubey , President NNKCSJ thank Sectary Cultural Academy for releasing financial assistance to our Cultural Society .

Woman among two died mysteriously

JAMMU, OCT 17: Today a protest demonstration was held under the leadership of Congress youth leader & INTUC state secy Sumeet Magotra in which he criticised the mischievous elements for raising anti national slogans and posters of Osama bin Laden in Kashmir region on the occasion of EID. He said that these elements have the support of separatists leader and these leaders work on the instructions given to them by the bosses living in Pakistan. Magotra also added that few days ago Omar Abdullah gave the cheap statement regarding the accession of J&K state with India and abolishment of AFSPA Act from the state. He questioned that why he has time for such statements instead of taking action against such elements who try to disturb the brotherhood of the society and in reverse he take action against the state employees who try to raise their genuine demands by peaceful protests and even serious actions are taken against them for doing so. JAMMU, OCT 17: A woman among two died mysteriously in different areas of Jammu city. Police after postmortem handed over the bodies to respective families. Report said one Mukhtiar Bibi wife of Rashid Mohd resident of Nagrota on Wednesday night consumed some poisonous substance at her residence and was shifted to GMC. She died during treatment on Thursday. Another person Madan Lal son of Hukam Chand resident of Mandleek nagar Paloura on Thursday was found unconscious at his residence and shifted to GMC where doctors declared him as brought dead. Police has initiated inquest proceedings in both the cases.

JAMMU, OCT 17: A month long Dogri Folk Dance workshop on "Dandars" concluded here at Studio Ranglok , Bakshi Nagar here. This workshop was organiesd by Natraj Natya Kunj , Cultural Society and J&K Academy of Art Culture and Languages provided financial assistance for this workshop, press statement said today. Abhishek Bharti directed the workshop and it was assisted by Aaditya Bharti. Veteran social activist Dr. Karan ISS was Chief Guest on the occasion and Mr

P. L. Parihar and Er. Vijay Kumar were Guest of Honor. Dandaras is performed in Lok Natya "Haran" which is a part of rich Dogra Cultural Heritage. This dance form includes pair of partners holding sticks in their hands and performs rythmicaly on the beats of Dhol, speacilly designed for Dandaras. During this workshop guidance regarding "Dandaras" was given to budding artist by Kumar A 'Bharti'. Dr. Sudhir Mahajan shared the views on the impor-

NSF activists remember sacrifice of 1966 'Martyrs'

JAMMU, OCT 17: National Secular Forum (NSF) activists in large number paid rich tributes to the student 'martyrs' at Shaheedi Sthal, GGM Science College and raised slogans in favour of martyr students included 'Amar Rahe- Amar Rahe, Hamare Shaheed Amar Rahe.' Bharat Mata ki jai-VandeMatram.' They paid floral tributes to them, who lost their lives in police firing during an agitation in 1966. They also mourned for a minute in their memory on the occasion. Dr Vikas Sharma chief guest and Sukhdev Singh its president was present on the occasion. Sharma said that these martyrs will always remain in our hearts as a biggest source of encouragement and these martyrs raising their voice against the discrimination with Jammu region and laid their lives for the sake of Jammu people Sukhdev Singh and other took oath that they will not let everyone to categorize with Jammu region and if some one dares to do that they would be geared up to scarifies their lives and will continue to follow the path made by these martyrs. He also praised the gallantry of martyrs who died for the right of students. He added in his address that we should gain knowledge of a lot from them. Rishikesh Raina its district president urged the student community to remain vigilant and be ready for sacrifices for the nationalistic cause to end the sufferings of student community of Jammu division. Among those who were present in the occasion Ravi Choudhary, Jagmohan, Hari Kumar, Nawab, and others.

Jugal reached Pargwal, condemn Pak firing

JAMMU, OCT 17: On receiving the information that about half a dozen people of village Najwal in Pargwal sector have been injured by Pakistan's unprovoked firing, BJP State President Jugal Kishore Sharma, alongwith other leaders of the party, rushed to Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Pargwal to inquire of the condition of these innocent people who became target of the Pakistani firing. A total of five people, including women and children were injured while working in fields. Even mortar shells also reached their houses causing terror in the entire area. Jugal Kishore Sharma interacted with the injured people as also discussed about their injuries and treatment with the concerned doctors. Later, he also assisted the PHC in shifting the three critically injured people to Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital, Jammu, for better treatment. Jugal Kishore Sharma, while condemning the across the border firing and expressing sympathies with the innocents who got injured, said that it has become a regular feature of our neighbour country and the Congress-led UPA government at the centre is not taking any serious note of it as a result of which Pakistan army is repeatedly violating cease fire. He said that it is not the first incident. During the past few months, Pakistan has indulged in infiltration and firing in other parts of Jammu, wherein a large number of innocent civilians, policemen and army personnels were killed. Jugal Kishore Sharma said that the UPA should shed its weak kneed policy towards Pakistan and convey it in clear words that no more violation will be tolerated. He also asked the State government to provide best treatment to the injured people and bear the whole expenses of their treatment besides adequate financial relief to the injured ones. Jugal was accompanied by BJP leaders including Anil Gupta, Kuldeep Sharma, Daljit Singh, Bawa Parshottam, Pawan Gupta, Vinod Bhagat, Sarpanch Bhupinder Singh and Shamsher Singh.

Successive Govt fails to uplift Pahari Community: PSSF

POONCH, OCT 17: Today a meeting of Pahari Students Samaj Front (PSSF) was held at Poonch in which student's fraternity lambasted the ruling government for its failure to work for the welfare of Pahari Community. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Zeshan Haider Sate Spokesman PSSF. Whereas Qazi Asad ur Rehman District President Poonch PSSF presided over the meeting. While speaking on the occasion Asad stated that Pahari Community has been be fooled by every successive government from last two decades as their long pending demand Schedule Tribe Status has not been fulfilled yet. He appealed to the students to fight unitedly for their Rights Guaranteed under Constitution of India. Meanwhile Interacting with the students Haider exhorted on the Union Government for playing with the sentiments of Pahari Community knowing the fact that a Cabinet decision was passed on 8-81989 vide no.159 in the favor of downtrodden Pahari Community for the grant of Schedule Tribe Status. He further said every successive Government, Governor's and even interlocutors have pleaded the genuine demand of Schedule Tribe Status to Paharis, but it's very unfortunate on the part of Government that yet the long pending demand Schedule Tribe Status to Nationalist Pahari Community is being neglected by the State and Central Government. He further said ruling coalition government of State has let no stone unturned to vanish the identity of the historic Pahari Community and extent of discrimination is that Pahari and Gojri Research Centers which were approved by the University Council in the year 2008 are not established yet,He said NC and Congress are mother of Terrorism, Corruption and murderer of democratic institutions. He said we will not let anyone to play with our Rights Guaranteed Under Indian Constitution. He appealed the Students to stand Shoulder to Shoulder against the Divide and Rule Policy of Ruling Government and fight in the interest of Right Equality and Justice. Others who spoke on the occasion include Ajit V e r m a , A b i d Kirmani,Mukhtar H u s s a i n , M a j i d K h a w a j a , R a h i l Ali,Manan,Yawar Abbass and others.

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Advani rewrites history, reaches quarters of Indian Open Duleep trophy finals: First days play called off
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: Pankaj Advani lived up to his billing as Indias top cueist as he entered the Indian Open snooker tournament quarterfinals by overcoming stiff resistance from Stuart Bingham in his last-16 stage match in New Delhi on Thursday. Being made to play a 10 a.m. match after a long and intense one the previous night, Indias highest-ranked snooker professional lived up to his reputation of overcoming adversity, closing out a worthy opponent 4-3 in the decider of the best-of-seven pre-quarterfinal. Battling and getting the better of World No.11 Mark Allens challenge till 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Advani went on to say, As a professional, if you are asked to wake up and play at four in the morning, you have to do it!. While Indias other cueist Aditya Mehta got almost a day to recover, Advani, an eight-time world champion, had to be back on the table in seemed to be the final blow. Instead, Advani sprung out of his seat to capitalise on the mistake, knowing well that this was possibly his only chance to seize a win. The world champion enthralled his fans with a courageous and well-crafted 86 to stamp his authority and be the first and only Indian to enter the quarterfinals of a ranking event not once but twice. It is now left to be seen if Mehta can match the mighty performance of his Indian counterpart as he will be tested by the formidable Mark Williams in the other prequarter. Mehta has never made it to the quarters of a ranking event. The winner of the encounter will face Advani in the quarterfinal round this evening. Result: Pankaj Advani (70) defeated Stuart Bingham (8) 4-3: 99(53)-26, 1-117(117), 80(67)-15, 69(53)-16, 1172(72), 8-119(119), 86(86)30.

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Wimbledon champion Murray receives royal honour
LONDON: After winning two grand slams and an Olympic gold medal, Andy Murray has been given the royal seal of approval. Murray received his Officer of the Order of the British Empire medal by Prince William on Tuesday, having been awarded the honour in Queen Elizabeth IIs New Years honours list following his victories at the U.S. Open and London Olympics in 2012. The Scot, who also won Wimbledon three months ago, nearly didnt make it to the ceremony, though. Murray attended the ceremony with his girlfriend and parents.

less than 12 hours against one of the toughest competitors in the fray, the World No. 8 Essex cueist. This win makes Advani the only Indian to reach the quarterfinal of a ranking event again. He brought India on to the global map of snooker by storming into the quarterfinals of the Welsh Open earlier this year. Advani has repeated the feat today in the Indian Open, making him the Indian to watch out for. Advani started well with a break of 53 to capture the first frame convincingly.

Bingham, the dangerous customer that he is, responded with a fluent 110 break levelling the match 1-1. The Indian pulled back the next two frames with 67 and 53 breaks, being only one frame away from rewriting snooker history. But that wasnt meant to happen in a hurry. Bingham rose to the occasion of impending defeat to enforce the decider with big breaks of 72 and 119. In the decider, with momentum in Binghams favour, Advani was not the favourite. The Indians opponent broke down after a 30 break which

KOCHI, OCTOBER 17: The first day proceedings of the Duleep Trophy final between North Zone and South Zone was called off without a ball being bowled due to heavy outfield which was not conducive for competitive cricket. Umpires Suresh Shastri and Sanjay Hazare decided to call off days play after their post-

lunch inspection in which they found that lot of wet areas are there in the outfield. With the sun not shining brightly, there was no chance of the outfield drying up which led to them calling off proceedings on the day. The weather has been inclement in Kochi over past one week which lead to North winning their semi

final against East by virtue of spin of coin with only two full days of play possible. Since the match is being televised live, it is not possible for BCCI to shift the venue due to logistical difficulties pertaining to live coverage. Even South Zone, who played both their matches at the Chepauk won rain-interrupted games.

Ronaldinho on track for Club World Cup

HIL to have mini auction next month

Vijender dominates World Championship opener despite illness

ALMATY (KAZAKHSTAN), OCTOBER 17: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh (75 kg) gave a dominating performance despite being down with viral fever to thrash Swedens Hampus Henriksson in his opening bout and enter the second round of the World Championships in Almaty on Thursday. Vijender, who was the first Indian boxer to win a medal at the megaevent (a bronze in the 2009 edition), out-punched his rival 3-0 to make the last 32 to round off a third successive winning day for India. The individual scoreline read 30-27 30-26 30-26 in favour of Vijender, who is aiming to make a strong comeback after being embroiled in a drug scandal, which denied him several weeks of training earlier this year. I am down with fever, cold and cough ever since I landed here but somehow managed to pull myself today. I am glad that I won but its just the start, Vijender told PTI after his bout. I have been on medication for the last two days. Before todays bout my coaches told me that I should not feel weak mentally no matter how I was

RIO DE JANEIRO, OCTOBER 17: Atletico Mineiro veteran Ronaldinho is expected to resume running next week, raising hopes that the injured star will be fit for the FIFA Club World Cup in December. The two-time FIFA World Player of the Year ruptured the adductor muscle in his left groin while training with the Brazilian side late last month. Atletico Mineiro team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said the 33-year-old was responding positively to intense physiotherapy, reports Xinhua. Ronaldinho has improved significantly. He is practically free of pain and has already begun light work to strengthen the muscle. The expectation is that next week he will begin running,

which doesnt mean that he is ready, Lasmar said. The Club World Cup, featuring each of FIFAs six continental club champions plus the host nations league winners, will be played in Morocco from December 11-21. Atletico Mineiro, who earned the right to play in the tournament by winning the Copa Libertadores final in July, are favourites to meet European champions Bayern Munich in the final. Lasmar admitted Ronaldinhos focus was to be fit in time for the competition. He still has a long recovery process ahead but so far everything is as good as we could have imagined. We are confident that he is going to be available for the Club World Cup.

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: The Hero Hockey India League (HIL) will conduct a mini players auction (closed bid) featuring over 150 players from around the world here on November 18, nearly two months ahead of the second season of the franchisebased event. Hockey India Secretary General and Hero Hockey India League Chairman Dr. Narinder Batra said the auction would give the franchisees a chance to buy new players to replace permanent withdrawals and complete their squads for the coming season. The base prices for the players would vary from $2,600 to $25,000. With the inclusion of a new team in HIL 2014, we can expect more spectacular hockey this time, Dr. Batra said. The second season will be an exciting opportunity for the young and coming talent to leave its mark on this tournament. We are sure Hero HIL 2014 will build on the

massive landmark that the inaugural edition was, he added. Nearly 154 players from India and overseas have made themselves available for the auction. In the inaugural season, 70 top domestic players including the Indian players as well as 50 international players, played for the five teams. Of the 120 players, who played in the inaugural Hero Hockey India League, 60 were Olympians. The list includes winners of the prestigious FIH Player of the Year Award, including Jamie Dwyer (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011), Teun de Nooijer (2003, 2005, 2006) and Moritz Fuerste (2012). Seven of the top 10 FIH rated players competed in the HIL. The inaugural season, won by the Ranchi Rhinos, was telecast in 146 countries. The second edition of the league will be played from January 23 next year with the final scheduled for February 23.

feeling physically. So, I just went in with a positive mindset and pulled off the win, he said. National coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu also praised the boxers performance. Vijender gave an exceptional performance against a very tough boxer. The other guy was very aggressive but Vijender caught him with some good uppercuts, that broke him. Later, Viju

connected some deft left hooks, Sandhu said. Vijender has a tough bout next up as he will be facing European champion and world number seven Jason Quigley of Ireland. The 22-yearold Quigley is seeded fifth here and the duo will square off on Saturday. Lets hope that I recover substantially by then and see how it goes, said Vijender.

I am very honest, was unfairly attacked: BCCI president Srinivasan

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: His integrity might have been questioned several times ever since the IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out but BCCI president N. Srinivasan says he is a very honest man, who was unfairly attacked at the peak of the controversy that shook Indian cricket. Mr. Srinivasan, who was recently given the go ahead to take charge as BCCI President by the Supreme Court, insisted that he was targetted by the media for no good reason. I am honest, very honest. And, I think my character has been seen in the last few months, said the Tamil Nadu strongman in an interview to ESPNCricinfo. Mr. Srinivasans name was dragged into the scandal when his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested for alleged betting in the IPL. Mr. Meiyappan has since been charge-sheeted in the case. Asked how he reacted when the Supreme Court allowed him to take charge, he said, I was pleased. People who have known me for a long time will believe what I say, in the sense that I am a person who was focussed on what to do next. I dont carry any grudges or have any such feelings at all. Thats how I am. People who have known me for years will attest to it. I will just move on. This happened, okay, fine, I dealt with it, I am glad, I am back, I go on, he added. When questioned on the issue of propriety and the public opinion, Mr. Srinivasan remained defiant. See, I cant do anything about that (public opinion). It doesnt affect me. It doesnt affect me because when I

am not in BCCI, I will not merit one line in any newspaper, so why must I worry about the 20 lines now? he asked. Mr. Srinivasan reiterated that he never interfered in the functioning of the BCCI probe panel, which was later deemed illegal by the Bombay High Court, to investigate the IPL scandal.

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almost 100 per cent shares in Aircel, while the rules permits a maximum of 74 per cent. There was a huge variation in the sale of shares. Seventy four per cent was sold for around Rs 4,000 crore and the rest went for a pittance of Rs 30 crore in same period. The 2012 Budget Session of Parliament came to a standstill on revelations about the complicity of Mr Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal. But Mr Chacko, who jumped on a tainted retired auditors dilly dallying utterances (a planted one), kept his eyes, ears and mouth shut. Mr Manmohan Singh, a mute spectator in the 2G scam, became a laughing stock, when he offered to appear before the Public Accounts Committee, while remaining silent over appearing before the JPC. Raja and Mr Chidambaram may have fooled the Prime Minister in the allocation of 2G licences, but that is no excuse for the Prime Ministers conduct. The irony is the dissent notes of the Opposition MPs would also go through the editing process by the JPC Chairman. And these edited dissent notes will also be kept as attached with the majority MPs report. And what will happen to this politically cooked-up report? There will be chaos when it comes to Parliament and as usual, the House will adjourn. No debate will take place. That is what the perpetrators of the 2G Spectrum scam want. The pertinent question is: Should cases related to corruption be decided on voting along political lines? The JPC probe in the 2G issue exposes the pitfalls and uselessness of a parliamentary probe, where ultimately every decision is taken on blind political affiliation. The silver lining has been the Supreme Courts intervention to monitor the CBI probe. Credit goes to Mr Swamy and Mr Prashant Bhushan. At least Raja and some bribe-givers were caught. The Special Court was set up to hear the case on a daily basis. Hopefully, the judgement will come by mid-2014. Meanwhile, what of the others who have escaped? Answer: Let us leave it to the peoples court, which will give its verdict by May 2014.

EDITORIAL
TACKLING CHILD MARRIAGES
India's decision to back out of co-sponsoring a United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on eliminating child marriages, will be read as its lack of commitment to the cause. Indian officials have been defending the move on the ground that the resolution did not specify the cut-off age and used the term early marriage, which is open to interpretation and thus problematic. They were also worried over the strong language used in the resolution that called child marriages a violation of human rights'. The first is a technicality that need not have really bothered New Delhi, since it would not have impacted the situation in the country. We have the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, that holds the legal age of marriage at 18 years. Besides, other countries who adopt the resolution too would be free to have a cutoff age that defines early marriage'. The resolution does make it at least morally binding, if not legally mandatory, on countries to tackle the social evil of child marriages. The second fear has no basis, because the language used was already part of the resolution which India had backed days ago. By not co-sponsoring a resolution which it had strongly supported, India has lost moral advantage. The primary reason why it did not co-sponsor the resolution is because the Indian officials believed it would burden the country with an obligation that it is ill-equipped to handle. The move would have perhaps prompted some countries to question the moral right of India to co-sponsor a resolution on a subject where the country has performed less than well. Whatever the fears may have been, the fact is that we have a worrisome record in tackling child marriages. India has the world's 14th highest rate of child marriages (47 per cent), behind countries such as Bangladesh (66 per cent) and Niger (75 per cent). The country is also said to have the largest number of child brides an estimated one-third of the global total. Although the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act provides for stringent jail terms to parents and others complicit in child marriages, the fear of the law has apparently not set in enough. The convictions have been few if at all for a variety of reasons, ranging from lethargy of the investigating officers to lack of evidence that would stand legal scrutiny. Let alone convictions, even arrests have been rare. According to a report, fewer than 400 persons have been held under the law since 2012, although child marriages are rampant across the country. The situation is made worse by the fact that many instances of child marriages either don't get reported or are blatantly defended on religious and social grounds by influential leaders. The recent move by some clerics in Kerala to have the legal age for Muslim girls to marry lowered to 16 years, is a case in point.

FIRST THE SCAM, THEN THE SHAM

J Gopikrishnan
As expected, the Congress-dominated Joint Parliamentary Committee has given a report on the 2G Spectrum scam that clears Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Finance P Chidambaram, and puts all the blame on former Minister of Communication and Information Technology A Raja. This dubious report, prepared without summoning the trio by the JPC headed by PC Chacko, is among the darkest chapters in Indias parliamentary system. The Congress has once again shown its arrogance and disrespect to Parliament by achieving its dubious designs through a majority of votes, with the help of its bargainable and perennial supporters like the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. Mr Chacko had no qualm in accepting the Congress spokespersons post during his stint as JPC Chairman. His role and job was to provide an escape route to the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. But the worst was the performance of the two JD(U) Members of Parliament in the JPC. They were absent during the final voting to adopt the report. These MPs had a few months back rejected the findings of Mr Chacko-led JPC and signed on a memorandum along with BJP members of the panel for the dismissal of Mr Chacko. One of them, Mr Sharad Yadav, had been vocal in Parliament for the past five years on the 2G Spectrum scam. Due to his partys new political line, he and his party colleague had to play the abstaining drama, facilitating the Congress to get a walkover. The scam basically happened during Rajas period. But the Congress cleverly argued for a probed into telecom deals from 2000 in a bid to catch the BJP off guard. Then it further went back to the period from 1997. This has been the Congresss strategy when it has been hit by scams. The same strategy was adopted in the coal block allocation irregularity; the party-led Government

The JPC probe in the 2G Spectrum scam exposes the pitfalls and uselessness of a parliamentary probe, where ultimately every decision is taken on blind political affiliation. Majority voting cannot decide issues that relate to corruption
extended the probe to 1994. The saddest part is that the JPC had been used as a tool to bully then Comptroller and Auditor-General Vinod Rai. The Congress was showing its wrath on him for exposing its Governments corruption. Mr Rai was summoned five times and literally ragged by members of the Congress. All anger on Mr Rai was over the calculation of the huge presumptive loss ranging from Rs 45,000 crore to Rs 1.76 lakh crore. The CAGs findings were ratified by the Supreme Court in several orders and judgements, including in the cancellation of tainted 122 licences. The Department of Telecommu- nications, which parroted now Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibals infamous zero loss theory, thought nothing of writing to the JPC about the alleged Rs 42,000 crore loss during the NDA regime. The JPC was used as a tool promote this fictitious calculation in a bid to indict former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After all, the theory of loss of more than Rs 42,000 crore is a laughable one. In those days, a mobile phone user had to pay a monthly rental charge of Rs 500. That means, Rs 6000 were paid annually for holding a mobile phone. In 1999, considering worldwide practices, the Government decided to waive this fee. After 13 years Mr Sibal says this decision led to a huge loss. The Congress-dominated JPC wants us to believe the tainted Telecom Department, but not the findings of the CAG. Moreover, Mr Vajpayees name was added in the list of witnesses to be summoned. These attempts were nothing but part of the dirty tricks department of the Congress. Mr Chacko now says that Mr Vajpayees name was inadvertently figured in the list. What an explanation! When Opposition MPs demanded the summoning of Mr Chidambaram, it the JPC went for a vote, knowing it had a majority. According to the judgement of the 2G Special Court, Mr Chidambaram and Raja were party to two decisions. First, fixing the price of the spectrum at dirt cheap price, and second, offloading of shares of tainted companies to multinationals at exorbitant prices. Raja became an accused primarily for these two reasons. However, the courts said later that petitioner Subramanian Swamy did not prove the criminality of Mr Chidambaram. Is it the duty of Mr Swamy to find the criminality of Mr Chidambaram? Anyway, the courts did not ask the Central Bureau of Investigation to treat Mr Chidambaram like Raja. Whatever the fans and cronies of Mr Chidambaram argue, the fact is that he is politically, administratively and morally responsible for the sins charged on Raja. The JPC did not touch the subject of the Aircel-Maxis scam, which is an open and shut case for fixing the fate of Mr Chidambaram and Mr Dayanidhi Maran. This dubious deal was approved by Mr Chidambaram, by violating all norms. The deal, worth more than Rs 4,000 crore, had no mandatory Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approval. Maxis acquired

EXPOSING THE FARCE IN SECULARISMS NAME

Gautam Mukherjee
Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind chief Mahmood Madani, accusing the Congress, in the main, of trying to scare Muslims, has performed a signal act of truthfulness and courage. Mr Madani says Congress, and others like the Samajwadi Party, are trying to create a spurious Narendra Modi bogey. After all, there have been many more pogroms and riots involving Muslims and other minorities, including Sikhs, in Congress-ruled states over the years. But throughout, the Congress has proved unable to protect the very minorities it has extracted its votes from. The Congress may prefer to be blas about this, but the Muslims of India may have had enough of being duped. For it is not every day that a senior and respected voice from the Indian Muslim community speaks up like this, without prevarication, and in crystal clear terms. The same Mr Madani had earlier taken issue with the then Deoband Chief, Maulana Ghulam Vastanvi, leading to the latters ouster, in February 2013. Vastanvi had done no more than make a similar proModi remark. So, Mr Madani's dramatic and pointed turn-around and change of stance now may have been occasioned by the anguish and disgust generated by the recent highly political Muzaffarnagar riots. He could well be raising his influential voice to express the anger of the Muslim rank and file against the insincerity and manipulacould even end up in the NDA post-election. Combined with Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawars recent remark about how no political party should be regarded as an untouchable in a democratic polity, the old sureties seem to be under strain. The childrens mid-day meal scheme kills children around the country. The Public Distribution System distributes food and grain mostly to the commercial markets rather than the intended recipients. The fact that youth form the bulk of the electorate this time, will mean that the old formulaic politics will be automatically challenged both in the urban and the rural areas. The aspiration of the young for a decisive leadership that can deliver growth and development is what is attracting millions to Mr Modi. The youth prefer the 64-year old Mr Modis dynamism and energy to the younger but uninspiring Congress vice president, Mr Rahul Gandhi, and his party of old war horses and largely untested dynastic yuppies. The Indian people may be maturing in ways not too comfortable for its largely aged political leadership which is unable and unwilling to grasp new realities. It is no good for them to dwell on poverty and victimhood when the relentless glare of media exposes their own opulent lifestyles and high-flying ways. These very people who claim to feel for the and minorities, live protected, sanitised and deodorised lives far removed from all their professed concerns. Many are indeed far more comfortable when they can get away abroad to enjoy their wealth out of sight. The voting peasant and the slumdweller know this, perhaps they always have. But now, being young and aspirational, they will not tolerate blatant nonperformance, given an alternative. And the corruption on top of the hypocrisy is hard to bear when coupled with the chimera of aam aadmi sloganeering, the political content of which is a confection made of many self-serving fantasies, none of which has anything to do with the actual common man! The Mufti Mukarram of Fatehpuri Mosque in the Capital, commenting further on Mr Madanis remarks, says the fabric of secularism is strong enough now to persuade a Modi to moderate his stance if he wins. This had to be done by then fire-brand LK Advani when he became Deputy Prime Minister and Union Home Minister, and it will be the same for Mr Modi, should he become Prime Minister. Other pro-Modi Muslim voices such as journalist Shahid Siddiqui of the Urdu weekly, Nai Duniya, are also saying they have had enough of pretence politics with regard to Muslims. The community is the most backward and economically depressed in the country, says Mr Siddiqui behind Dalits, behind everyone. These confident and properly secular minority voices of India may have realised that it will take a Narendra Modi to help Muslims take their rightful places amongst the empowered and prosperous of this country. Besides, if the 175 million Muslims and 50 odd million of other minorities are truly brought into the mainstream, Pakistan may have to look elsewhere to export its terror.

CONGRESSS SCARECROW

It's not difficult to understand why Congress leaders are rattled by Maulana Mahmood Madani's warning that so-called secular parties can no longer get Muslim votes by invoking the fear of an individual. The Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind chief has said in direct language what many others have been hinting at for some time now: Stop scaring the Muslims by projecting Mr Narendra Modi as a demon who is out to devour them, and tell the minority community what you have done for their welfare. The Congress has been milking the Muslim community by creating and then playing on fears that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate spells doom for the Muslims of the country and must, therefore, be shut out. That strategy has worked to an extent but it's past the shelf-life now. Although Mr Madani did not endorse the Gujarat Chief Minister, his statement has led to predictable reactions from Congress leaders, who have questioned the Jamiat chief's sudden love for Mr Modi. Instead of condemning the Maulana, the Congress must introspect on his observations, which are rooted in reality. The party has done precious little for the minorities in its decades of rule since independence. Had it been otherwise, the Muslims would not be nurturing the grievance of being left out of the mainstream or not being empowered enough. The social indicators of the minority community are far from robust in most of the States that the Congress rules or for that matter other so-called secular parties do. Various Government panels have suggested a plethora of measures to uplift the community. Why would have all these been necessary if the secular' parties had truly addressed the needs of the Muslims? The fact is that such parties have used the Muslims as vote-banks by raising the bogey of communalism. But the community has begun to see through their game and is no longer willing to be taken for granted. An indication of this is Gujarat where, despite vile propaganda that the Congress has indulged in, a large number of Muslims have in recent months voted for the BJP led by Mr Modi. The Congress fears that Mr Madani's blunt call could upset its applecart in the coming Lok Sabha election where it hopes to secure the minority votes in crucial States such as Uttar Pradesh, though it also believes that the Maulana has limited appeal among the Muslim voters. Caught on the wrong foot, the Congress is now seeking to discredit the Maulana by slyly pointing out (without wanting to go on record) that the cleric and others of his ilk are trying to remain politically relevant in an election season. They have also indicated that Mr Madani's remarks are part of his displeasure with the Congress because the party seems to have nudged close to his rival, the Barelvi sect. The first accusation is amusing, since parties like the Congress (and the Samajwadi Party) have never hesitated to use Muslim clerics to achieve political goals. Instead of drawing inferences from alleged internal tussles within Muslim religious organisations, the Congress must look back at how it has exploited such differences to suit its goals. Besides, Mr Madani has made an extremely relevant observation that must not be seen merely from the prism of religion: Political parties must refrain from seeking negative votes and instead talk of deliverables. This is as valid for any other political party Left, Right or Centre as it is to the Congress.

OLD CERTAINTIES ARE SHIFTING GROUND. THE CONGRESS CANNOT BE SURE OF ITS SUPPORT BASE ANYMORE, NOT AMONGST THE VOTERS OR AMONGST THE REGIONAL PARTIES, AND CERTAINLY NOT AMONG THE MINORITIES EVEN
tion of the so-called secular parties. Timing his statement to the media, shortly before a slew of Assembly elections, Mr Madani probably intends to signal the restiveness of the Muslim about the traditional vote-bank politics. This could be a protest against the hoary tactics practised by parties like the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Janata Dal (United) and sundry others, some who The NCP is an uneasy and untrusted Congress ally in Maharashtra, and disenchanted with its role at the Centre. It may be looking to redefine the hidden code that tries to suggest that secular means Congress and communal means BJP. Other words of praise have come Mr Modis way from Ms J Jayalalithaa of Tamil Nadu, and Mr Chandrababu Naidu and Mr Jagan Reddy from Andhra Pradesh, who think highly of his development record and are keen on his even-handed leadership, and former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa of Karnataka. But the old certainties are definitely shifting ground. The Congress cannot be sure of its support base anymore, not amongst the voters or amongst the regional parties, nor of its supposed patent on secularism. The handling of cyclone Phailin, with over five lakh people efficiently evacuated in 48 hours, with just 23 known casualties so far, compared to over 10,000 dead in the last cyclone of 1999, is highly commendable. If Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, along with other leading lights of the socalled Third Front find they have too many generals and not enough soldiers, it may be just as well for the BJD to rejoin the NDA and play a stellar role at the Centre. And not everyone in the regional line-up that are comfortable at present, will fare equally well in the general election. Some will be affected by anti-incumbency, others like Lalu Prasad, by the new stringent anticriminal strictures. Their inter-related numbers will change. The equations between the possible Third Front constituents, therefore, are necessarily in flux. The Jamiat chief, is meanwhile, saying that Muslim Indians have every right to choose their new Government in 2014 freely, fairly and without pressure. Mr Madani says Muslims are not like batasha, designed to melt if a little water is poured on it. Meanwhile, every bit of Congress-sponsored welfarism, designed to deliver UPAIII, is failing because of rampant corruption.

READER SPACE

TIME FOR CHANGE

Dear Editor, The ensuing elections in J&K are a golden opportunity for the people of the state to dislodge the dynastic rulers from the echelons of power. During their regime, ample bloodshed of innocent people has taken place and none of the accused has been taken to task. We have witnessed many gory incidents during the rule. The record of human rights violation is very brazen, so to say. Other criminal acts are rampant across the region and perpetrators are not brought to book. The cries and the pleas of the anguished are falling on deaf ears. The voice of the opposition against the human rights violations is not listened and is suppressed. Nepotism, regionalism, favoritism has replaced fair selection in making government appointments. On the other side frequent strikes have spoiled the life of the common man. The dispensation has become so insensitive to the circumstances that people have lost the hope of any amelioration or improvement in their plight. The time has come when people have to make a decision and vote out such a dispensation which has amassed Himalayan wealth to suffice their seventy not seven generations. Hope a good sense will prevail upon the minds of the people to make the right decision. Yours faithfully, Ashiq Hussain Rathore

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Dear Editor, Incidents of manhandling of innocent persons have become a regular feature with political rulers of Uttar Pradesh (UP). After incident of beating of a chemist by security-guards of a heavyweight UP minister for non-availability of a medicine required for daughter-in-law of the minister, fresh incident is now reported from Etawah (UP) where a medical-physician was beaten and his car badly damaged by brother-in-law of president of the ruling party. It is quite evident that state-police may not have courage to book the guilty ones with efforts made to terrorize the victim in several ways for not coming ahead to even file a police-complaint. Present Chief Minister in Orissa has set an example by not allowing re-entry to any former minister in the state-cabinet even though charges against him are somehow not proved. But musclemen-based UP politics made state Chief Minister to ensure re-entry of Raja Bhaiyya in the state-cabinet. Charges against such super-powered politicians can practically be never proved because witnesses cannot speak against them out of fear. It is high time that the Centre should intervene for seeking independent reports from the state-Governor on prevailing lawlessness in the state. Yours faithfully, R L Kaith, Jammu.

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NATIONAL

Security beefed up for Modis Chennai visit

CHENNAI, OCTOBER 17: Police have thrown a tight security cover in the city for the visit of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday. More than 5,000 police personnel including from Armed Reserve wing have been deployed for the bandobust, police said. The Gujarat Chief Minister is delivering the 2013 Nani Palkhivala memorial lecture at the University of Madrass Centenary Auditorium and will also be releasing BJP leader Arun Shouries book Self-deception: India China policies. The police have sanitised the Madras University Centenary Hall and the entire campus to ensure pool proof security. Security has also been beefed up at the state unit BJP office where Mr. Modi would meet office bearers. Armed policemen have been deployed on high rise buildings, mostly government owned -- in the vicinity. Police have been checking vehicles in the city and have been conducting searches in lodges and hotels to rule out presence of antisocials and suspicious elements. Asked on security preparations, a top police official said everything has been done in accordance with the protocol for VVIPs with high

Centre to build godowns under MNREGA to roll out food law

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: To ensure success of its new food laws, government on Thursday allowed construction of intermediary godowns under employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA and has allocated Rs. 450 crore for creating 15 lakh tonne of storage capacity across the country by Marchend. The decision has been taken in view of slow progress in the construction of intermediary godowns by state governments at a time when the government is in a hurry to roll out the ambitious food law in all states ahead of the general elections next year. The Centre has decided to set up intermediary godowns, which are generally created at block level, for efficient and smooth distribution of foodgrains via PDS and check leakages. After toilets and anganwadi kendras, we have decided to construct intermediary godowns for storage of PDS foodgrains under the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters. The Schedule 1 of the MNREGA will be amended to include construction of intermediary

Police check two-wheelers as security was beefed up in Chennai as BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arrives on Friday.
security risk. The BJP has organised a reception for Mr. Modi at the Chennai Airport. Party workers from Chennai, Kanchi and Tiruvallur Districts are expected to welcome the Gujarat strongman. This is Mr. Modis second visit to Tamil Nadu in less than a month. On September 26, he addressed a public meeting in Tiruchirappalli.

godowns. The guidelines will be issued in this regard soon, he said. Addressing a joint press conference with Food Minister K.V. Thomas, Mr. Ramesh said: About Rs 450 crore will be spent this fiscal for construction of intermediary godowns with a capacity of 15 lakh tonnes foodgrains in states. The state governments are required to provide land, while the Centre will bear the entire construction cost. States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharasthra, Gujarat are

expected to benefit maximum, he said. Currently, foodgrain is distributed directly from FCI depots to ration shops, resulting in 25-30 per cent leakage and pilferage. Setting up of intermediary godowns will check this problem, Mr. Ramesh said. The construction of permanent structures like godowns and toilets has been taken under MNREGA as the rural job scheme has been blamed for doing only kuccha (temporary) work and not pucca (permanent) work, he added.

Mumbai gang rape: Photojournalist faints in court Dudley, Ambani seek meeting with PM on gas issue
MUMBAI: The 23-year-old photojournalist in the Mumbai gang-rape case on Thursday identified her assaulters and fainted inside the court during her four-hour deposition following which she was taken to a city hospital. "The rape survivor fainted during the deposition after which we stopped the proceedings and I requested the court that she be referred for medical help," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said .The victim, who was allegedly gangraped in the Shakti Mill compound here on August 22, was accompanied by her mother in the sessions court here during its in-camera proceedings. The young scribe stuck to her statement given to the police, narrated the entire incident and shared her ordeal in the court on the third day of the trial today, Nikam said.She also identified the porn clip shown to her by the accused during the sexual assault, he said.Nikam described the victim as "confident, articulate and narrative" and said she was "tense" during the deposition and at times requested for a small break. However, the four accused in the case remained "unfazed, remorseless and unmoved" during the proceedings, he said.In view of the incident, Principal Judge Shalini Phansalkar Joshi adjourned the trial till tomorrow.The journalist, who was interning with a English magazine here, was gang-raped by five persons, including a juvenile whose trial is separated, when she had gone to the deserted mill compound her male colleague on an assignment. The accused had tied up the victim's colleague with belts and allegedly raped her. The accused Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, Salim Ansari and Siraj Rehman have been charged with rape, conspiracy, common intention, unnatural sex and charges under Information Technology Act. The Mumbai crime branch had on September 19 filed a 600-page chargesheet against the four accused. An 18-yearold telephone operator was also allegedly gang-raped on July 31 by five men, three of whom are also allegedly involved in the gang rape case, police said. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: Facing multiple regulatory challenges, BP plc chief executive Bob Dudley and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani may meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday to seek clarity on gas policy. Mr. Dudleys third visit to India this year comes at a time when Petroleum Ministry, at the insistence of Finance Ministry, is seeking to deny his company and its partner RIL a new gas price for producing less natural gas than projected. This punishment is on top of USD 1.8 billion penalty that is already being imposed on them for the same crime. Also, the DGH is seeking to strip them off 8 gas discoveries holding 1.15 trillion cubic feet of reserves worth USD 14 billion from their eastern offshore KG-D6 block. Sources said Mr. Dudley on his way to attend a function with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar over the weekend, will make a night stop here. He and Mr. Ambani have sought meetings with Prime Minister as well as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday. They may also use the opportunity to see Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily. The duo will attend the third convocation of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University at Gandhinagar on October 19. Mr. Modi will be the chief guest at the function, they said. Mr. Ambani, who is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the University, has invited Mr. Dudley to the Convocation. This will be Mr. Dudleys third visit to India this year. His visit in February 2013 happened against the backdrop of a dispute with CAG over audit of spendings in RIL-BPs flagging KG-D6 gas block. In April, he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking market prices for natural gas as current sub-market rates were not drawing big investments. The government agreed to a revision in gas prices from April next year but BP and its partner RIL may not be a beneficiary. The Petroleum Ministry, at being coaxed by finance ministry, is moving Cabinet to deny RIL-BP the benefit of a new gas price that may be double of current USD 4.2 per mmBtu rate, until they make up for the shortfall during the last three years. RIL-BP blame geological complexities like sudden fall in pressure accompanied by sand and water ingress in wells for the production from D1&D3 fields in KGD6 dropping to 10 million standard cubic meters per day instead of rising to 80 mmscmd. The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) on the other hand blames the fall in production to RIL-BP not drilling committed number of wells. Also, DGH wants RIL-BP to give up 1,130 sq km of area KG-D6 are more than the 5,367 sq km area they had offered to relinquish as per contractual requirements. This area contains eight discoveries. BP holds 30 per cent interest in seven oil and gas blocks operated by RIL.

Mumbai police arrest Anjani Sinha

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 17: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police, on Thursday, arrested former Managing Director and Chief Executive of beleaguered National Spot Exchange (NSEL) Anjani Sinha. Before arresting him, he was interrogated by EOW for several hours; on Wednesday he had been interrogated at length by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Mr. Sinha was arrested for his role in the Rs 5,600 crore payment crisis at the NSEL which has affected 13,000 investors across the country, police said. This is the third arrest in the case; earlier the police had arrested Amit Mukherjee, a former assistant vicepresident of the exchange on October 9, while Jay Bahukhundi, another former assistant vice-president, was arrested the next day. The ED has registered `preliminary inquiry under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, suspecting large-scale money laundering in the spot exchange. Mr. Sinha and his wife Shalini, who is managing director of family-run firm SNP Designs, were questioned by both ED and EOW. Mr. Sinha, who filed an affidavit before a city court a few days ago, blamed the entire former senior management of NSEL, including himself. The affidavit said he suspected that some of the former senior management members might have entered into dealings with buying members for their personal benefit and demanded a judicial inquiry against them. He admitted to submitting wrong stock statement to NSEL the board and regulator Forward Market Commission, based on the report by the warehousing division. Taking the blame for not informing the board about increasing exposure and risk of widespread defaults, Mr. Sinha stated the management allowed the exchange to function and did not stop trading due to fear of widespread defaults.

SC directs CBI probe against Radia and others Plea for removal of NHRC chief
Supreme Court. However, the bench while reading out the order did not elaborate on the issues to be looked into by the agency. It noted the submission of the CBI which had found element of criminality involved in them.The bench referred one issue, which reportedly pertains to judiciary, to the Chief Justice of India to pass an appropriate order. It also referred another issue to Chief Vigilance Officer of Mines Department. The court directed the committee to scrutinise entire transcript of the tapped conversations and posted the matter for further directions on December 16. It also allowed the expansion of special team analysing the transcripts by including 10 more income tax sub-inspectors. Earlier, the bench had said scrutiny of the tapped conversations of Radia with business tycoon, politicians, bureaucrats and media persons has revealed that they were not restricted to 2G spectrum alone and throw light on different spheres. The apex court, which perused the confidential reports of the committee, had said the scrutiny of call details reflect issues concerning national security. The conversations were recorded as part of surveillance of Radias phone on a complaint to the Finance Minister on November 16, 2007 alleging that within a span of nine years she had built up a business empire worth Rs 300 crore. The government had recorded 180 days of Radias conversations first from August 20, 2008 onwards for 60 days and then from October 19 for another 60 days. Later, on May 11, 2009, her phone was again put on surveillance for another 60 days following a fresh order given on May 8. The apex court had ordered setting up of a team of investigators to examine the contents of the conversations.

Techie jumps to death from 10th floor of IT park in Taramani

CHENNAI: A 24-year-old software engineer jumped to her death from the 10th floor of a leading information technology park in Taramani, off Old Mahabalipuram Road, on Wednesday night, police said. The reason for her death is yet to be ascertained. Around 9pm, police said, the woman identified as S Reshma, an application developer in a company at the Ascendas IT park, was seen walking near the canteen on the 10th floor. A few people having dinner saw her moving towards the window. Later, they heard that a girl had fallen to the ground. Initially, it was thought she had slipped. But, after a check revealed that the girl had left behind her slippers, it was assumed that she had jumped. Officials at the IT park rushed her to a private hospital in Adyar, where she was declared 'brought dead'. Her body was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital for autopsy. Police, after preliminary inquiries, said Reshma, a native of Kerala, had been working in the company for the past few months and that she had been staying at a working women's hostel near Velachery, about 3km from her workplace. The Taramani police have registered a case.

Balakrishnan a serious issue

Two newborns, one named after Phailin

BHUBANESWAR: Their plights were identical and so was their joy. Two women, now on adjacent hospital beds, had struggled to find transport during labour to go to hospital on Saturday. Both had caesarean section operations in light powered by a generator. Coincidentally, it was the second delivery for both of them. Jhunu Gochhayat of Sikharchandi went into labour on Saturday morning, a week before the tentative date given by doctors. "My husband (Bhagirathi) called up the emergency ambulance but it did not come. Several auto-rickshaws refused as the rain and wind were strong. Finally one of them agreed," Jhunu said. "We were scared while going to the hospital in the afternoon. I saw branches of trees falling on the nearly deserted road. Because of waterlogging, the auto-rickhshaw took more than an hour to reach the hospital," she told TOI from her hospital bed. "I was unconscious when I reached the hospital. But my husband later told me that doctors advised immediate operation. Since there was no electricity, they struggled hard with the help of a generator," she said. Jhunu delivered a girl, her second daughter. Barsharani Pradhan of Darada village in Puri district had a tough time reaching hospital as well. "My family took me to Pipili hospital. Doctors there referred me to Capital Hospital. After multiple phone calls and a long wait, an ambulance came but travelling from Pipili to Bhubaneswar was scary," she said. Barsharani too had a caesarean. "When the cyclone was gaining strength, my difficulty in the labour room was mounting," she said. "But in the end, I am happy. Cyclone made my delivery more memorable. We have named our child Pralay (disaster)," she said. Pralay is her second son. Talking to each other from their hospital beds, the women find the height of their worries and happiness similar.

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: Observing that tapped telephonic conversations between Niira Radia, politicians and others prima facie revealed deep-rooted malice, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered CBI probe into six issues relating to corrupt practices being adopted for private gains. Prima facie, there is a deep rooted malice by private enterprises in connivance with the government officials

and Niira Radias conversations suggest that influential persons indulged in corrupt practices for private gains for extraneous purpose, a bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi said. On the basis of analysis of the telephonic conversations of Ms. Radia which was done by apex court-appointed committee, the bench directed the CBI to complete its probe within two months and asked it to file the report in the

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as a serious issue a plea seeking initiation of removal process of former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan from the post of NHRC Chairman for his alleged misbehaviour and purchase of benami properties. It is a serious issue, a bench comprising justices B.S. Chauhan and S.A. Bobde said while deciding to take a cautious approach in proceeding with the plea in the absence of a clear settled legal position on the subject and added it has to hear the parties before taking any decision. We dont want to decide in a hurry, the bench said after deliberating for a while under what circumstances reference can be made for initiation of removal process of NHRC chief for his alleged miscon-

duct and misbehaviour. It said there was a need to examine whether the proved misbehaviour has to be as a CJI or NHRC chief. We are in a dual role and as an inquiry officer can we ask government for reference, the bench observed and decided to give a detail hearing on the matter on October 30. At the outset, the bench asked can the alleged misconduct or misbehaviour as the judge be the ground for removal of NHRC chief. Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran said this office (NHRC Chief) is not the elongation of the office of judge and the nature and duty as NHRC chief is totally different. He said the issue has been gone through by the Ministry of Law and no evidence of misconduct has been found against him as NHRC chief.

BJP MLA Anand Singh nabbed at Bangalore airport SC notice to Centre on allowing news on private radio
B A N G A L O R E , OCTOBER 17: The CBI has finally managed to arrest former BJP Tourism Minister and party MLA from Vijayanagar, Anand Singh, who has been absconding since September 20. Mr. Anand, who was reportedly hiding in Singapore, was taken directly to the government-run Bowring Hospital after he was arrested at the immigration counter of the Bangalore International Airport early on Thursday. After the check-up he was brought to the CBI office on Bellary road. According to CBI sources, he will be produced in open court when it convenes for the post-lunch session. Mr. Anand, was earlier listed as a witness in the illegal NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking its direction to the government to allow private radio stations, including community radio, to broadcast news. Agreeing to hear the PIL filed by NGO Common Cause, a bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam raised questions on why the government had a problem in allowing private radio stations to broadcast news when it is already being permitted in television. You rightly mentioned that radio is accessible to everybody. There is no problem in case of TV channels, the bench said, asking the government to respond on why private radio stations be not allowed to broadcast news.

mining investigations. But in the course of the investigation, the CBI began to get evidence to show that his company Vaishnavi Minerals too had supplied illicit ore to two companies. When he was

summoned for questioning, Mr. Anand fled to Singapore from where he filed an anticipatory bail application. The CBI court rejected his application, turning him into a wanted person.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, pleaded that like television channels, radio stations be allowed to broadcast news as this medium is far more

accessible to people and radio stations can be set up without much investment. The bench after hearing his arguments issued notice to the Centre.

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TOKYO: Rescue workers were combing through piles of debris from mudslides that buried people and destroyed dozens of homes on a Japanese island, as officials acknowledged today that an evacuation could have saved lives. At least 18 deaths were confirmed from Typhoon Wipha and 45 people are missing, the government said. Hardest hit from the storm, which swept up Japan's eastern coast yesterday, was Izu Oshima island, about 120km south of Tokyo. Some 1,100 rescuers were searching through mountains of trees, wrecked homes and other debris, shouting in hopes of finding survivors. Residents and shop owners cleaned out the mud from their buildings. "There is concern that perhaps more lives could have been saved if there had been an evacuation. We have concluded this and must apologize," said Masafumi Kawashima, mayor of Izu Oshima. Katsunobu Kato, a government spokesman, told

Britain opens nuclear market to China Typhoon, mudslides kill 18 in Japan, 45 missing
BEIJING: Britain will allow Chinese companies to take majority stakes in nuclear power projects in the country, finance minister George Osbornesaid on Thursday. Osborne made the announcement during a visit to the Taishan atomic power station in southern China, the British government said in a release, at the end of a trip which saw a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on civil nuclear cooperation between the two countries. "Today is another demonstration of the next big step in the relationship between Britain and China -- the world's oldest civil nuclear power and the world's fastest growing civil nuclear power," Osborne said in the release. The document said initial Chinese stakes in nuclear power stations in Britain were likely to be minority shares, but added: "Over time stakes the release. The civil nuclear accord -- the first ever between the countries -- was signed on Tuesday in Beijing at a China-UK economic dialogue. Then, Osborne hailed it as heralding government support for "closer collaboration" between British and Chinese companies, adding: "I hope that this strategic agreement will form the foundation for specific areas of commercial cooperation." At the time he declined to discuss specific commercial deals and said discussions between the British government and EDF over the Hinkley Point reactor project were "ongoing". The MOU establishes a "strategic framework" for the two sides to work together in "investment, technology, construction and expertise", the British release Thursday said, with the latest announcement marking "the first step and signal by the UK Government" as part of the agreement. Britain's claim to be the world's oldest civil nuclear power derives from the opening of the first commercial nuclear power facility at Calder Hall in 1956. According to the British government release, China has 17 operating nuclear reactors with another 28 under construction. The MOU also ensures that British companies including Rolls Royce, International Nuclear Services (INS) and engineering enterprises such as Mott MacDonald can grab a share of China's nuclear programme, the release said. Osborne has announced that INS this week signed an MOU with Chinese Nuclear Power Engineering Co. that calls for sharing British skill in radioactive waste management, the release said.

in subsequent new power stations could be majority stakes." The announcement comes amid reports that China General Nuclear Power and French energy giant EDF have agreed a controversial deal to build a new atomic power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Osborne said his announcement was "an important potential part

of the government's plan for developing the next generation of nuclear power in Britain". "It means the potential of more investment and jobs in Britain, and lower long-term energy costs for consumers," he added. The Taishan facility is a joint venture between the Chinese firm and EDF, according to

Australia wildfires destroy Canada to grant honorary citizenship to Malala Yousafzai homes, darken Sydney's sky
SYDNEY: Hundreds of homes are feared to have been destroyed by intense wildfires that tore across southeastern Australia in ferocious wind conditions on Thursday, darkening Sydney's skies with smoke and ash, firefighters said. Five major blazes were burning across the state of New South Wales, fanned by high, erratic winds in unseasonably warm 34 degree Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) weather, as infernos in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney plunged the city into an eerie, ash-flecked darkness. "We are unclear yet as to how many properties have been lost, but it's expected by the time we finish counting, it will be at least in the hundreds," said NSW state Premier Barry O'Farrell. "It will take some days to see the end of these fires and I suspect if we get through that without the loss of life, we should thank God for miracles." In total, 95 fires were being tackled across the state with 34 out of control. NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said it had been a "very difficult and dangerous day" of "extraordinary fire behaviour", with blazes travelling vast distances due to the winds. "This is as bad as it gets, you're talking destructive, damaging, and people losing everything they own," he told reporters, adding that it could be weeks before the fires were fully under control. No fatalities have been reported so far, while just one firefighter has been injured, alhough Fitzsimmons deputy Rob Rogers told ABC television the fear was that people could be in the destroyed houses. "We will be counting the toll of this tomorrow and indeed days to come, as far as the real impact on this fire," he said. "We will be very lucky if we haven't lost at least a couple of hundred homes. The real fear, of course, is that there would be someone in them." Springwood man Joe Moore told Sky News his house had

reporters that his understanding is that proper warnings were issued regarding forecasts for torrential rains. The areas affected by the mudslides were indicated as hazardous zones on maps, he said, adding that the government was checking to see if there was any factual basis for complaints that an evacuation order should have been issued. More than 350 homes were damaged or destroyed, including 283 on Izu Oshima, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. The typhoon, was downgrad-

ed to a tropical storm last evening and churned offshore from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. More than 30 inches of rain fell on Izu Oshima during a 24-hour period ending last morning, the most since record-keeping began in 1991. Izu Oshima is the largest island in the Izu chain southwest of Tokyo. It has one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Mount Mihara, and is a major base for growing camellias. About 8,200 people live on the island, which is accessible by ferry from Tokyo.

OTTAWA: Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by theTaliban for campaigning for girls' education, will be granted honorary Canadian citizenship, theCanadian government announced on Wednesday. She will join an elite group of foreign honorees who include South Africa's Nelson Mandela and Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi. "Canada recognizes the courageous andinspiring example set by Malala

Yousafzai in risking her life promoting education for young women," the government said in a speech setting out its priorities for the next two years. "She faced down evil and oppression and now speaks boldly for those who are silenced." After receiving death threats from the Taliban for defying the Islamist militant group with her outspoken views on the right to education, Yousafzai was shot a year ago while on a school bus near her village in Swat in northwestern Pakistan.

been razed while an estimated 40 other homess had been lost in the village, though that figure could not be confirmed by officials. "It's about as bad a situation as we could ever have hoped for," he said. "It's one of those things, if you want to live up in the Blue Mountains it's a beautiful place to live, but it has the dangers of nature's ferocity like we had today." The blaze was believed to have started when a power line came down in strong winds, according to media reports. Sydney health authorities issued a respiratory alert after a blanket of smoke settled over the city, bathing familiar landmarks including the Opera House and Bondi Beach in an otherworldly amber hue and causing ash to rain from the skies. The blazes follow Australia's warmest 12 months on record, with the previous summer witnessing an unprecedented heatwave, as well as bushfires and floods.

Greenwald quits Guardian for eBay founder Omidyar's new media venture
provided by one-time U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that he was presented with a "once-in-acareer dream journalistic opportunity" that he could not pass up. He did not reveal any specifics of the new media venture but said details would be announced soon. Greenwald did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Two sources familiar with the new venture said the financial backer was Omidyar. It was not immediately clear if he was the only backer or if there were other partners. Omidyar could not immediately be reached for comment. Omidyar, who is chairman of the board at eBay Inc but is not involved in day-to-day operations at the company, has numerous philanthropic, business and political interests, mainly through an investment entity called the Omidyar Network. Forbes pegged the 46-yearold Omidyar's net worth at $8.5 billion. Among his ventures is Honolulu Civil Beat, a news website covering public affairs in Hawaii. Civil Beat aimed to create a new online journalism model with paid subscriptions and respectful comment threads, though it is unclear how successful it has been. Omidyar, a French-born Iranian-American, also founded the Democracy Fund to support "social entrepreneurs working to ensure that our political system is responsive to the public," according to its website.

WASHINGTON: Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on US electronic surveillance programs, is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, according to people familiar with the matter. Greenwald, who is based in Brazil and was among the first to report information

ECONOMY

India's days of 8% growth gone: Moody's Sensex hits 1-week low, down 132 points on profit booking in TCS, Infosys
MUMBAI: Erasing early gains, BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday lost 132 points to close at a fresh one week low as investors booked profits in bluechips led by TCS and Infosys after these IT majors posted smart quarterly numbers. After opening higher and rising to as much as 20,621.3, the 30-stock index failed to maintain the upward momentum and closed lower by 132.11 points or 0.64% at 20,415.51. This is Sensex's biggest single-day fall in this month. Similarly, the broader-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell by 43.20 points, or 0.71%, to 6,045.85. The SX40 index on ing in European markets as Chinese rating company downgraded the American government's debt, further influenced the sentiment. Out of the 30 BSE index components, 18 stocks declined and 11 gained, while one stock -- State Bank of India -- remained unchanged. Major Sensex losers were Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, Larsen and Toubro, Cipla,Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Dr Reddy's Lab and NTPC. Sectorally, the IT sector index suffered the most by losing 3.59%, followed by Teck index by 2.61%. Capital goods index lost 2.30% and auto index by 1.20%. MUMBAI: The Indian economy has bottomed out and the recovery is on the anvil although the days of 8 per cent growth are "gone", Moody's Analytics said on Thursday. "The economy is nearing the bottom of the current cycle and there is recovery in sight as investment should improve from the fourth quarter, as the government has been actively trying to restart stalled investment projects, both from the public and private sectors," senior economist at Moody's Analytics Glenn Levine said in a note on Thursday. "Yet the recovery will be modest, as weak business sentiment will take time to turn around. We expect fixed investment to grow 3.5 per cent in 2014 after being flat in 2013," he added. The arm of the global credit ratings agency Moody's also said: "The days of 8 per cent GDP growth are gone. We expect the Indian economy to hit its potential growth rate of 6.5 per cent by the second half of 2015." India's economy expanded by over 9 per cent in the three fiscal years before the global financial meltdown of 2008 and authorities have repeatedly maintained that the country has a potential to grow between 8-9 per cent. Moody's said that a combination of good luck and modestly better policies will drive a steady acceleration in economic activity, although the upturn will be patchy and difficult to see for six months or so. In 2008-09, the growth slipped to 6.7 per cent but picked up to 8.6 per cent in the following year and further rose to 9.3 per cent in 2010-11. Thereafter it started declining and slowed to a 10-year low of 5 per cent in the 2012-13 fiscal. Weak investment and consumer demand have slowed growth over the past three years, Levine said, adding that the economy is

the MCX Stock Exchange closed lower by 49.26 points at 12,179.29. Brokers said the selling pressure was confined to recent

gainers led by IT sector, which had surged on attractive quarter earnings. They said a mixed trend in the Asian region and lower open-

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited holds research council meeting

V I S A K H A PAT N A M : Innovation through a sustained process of research and development (R&D) is the only cutting edge tool for organizations to thrive, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) chairmancum-managing director AP Choudhary said. Participating in the first research council meeting for R&D at RINL, he stressed on the need to strengthen R&D activities considering the dynamic business environment. During the meeting, the research council discussed various issues, including strategic direction for R&D to be followed by RINL and also define its longterm priorities. council also aims to facilitate collaborative research in strategic areas where R&D would need expert support for achieving desired goals. The research council shall provide strategic directions for R&D and define its long-term priorities. The council would also facilitate collaborative research in strategic areas where R&D would need expert support for achieving desired goals. Launching the intranet portal for R&D during the meeting of the research council, Choudhary said that RINL has entered into a memorandum of understanding with McMaster University's faculty of engineering in Canada in order to utilize international R&D back-up. Congratulating the R&D and IT departments for designing the portal, he said it would serve as an information tool for RINL, and provide a forum for sharing initiatives, facilities, research output details and all other activities of the departments.

HCL Technologies Q1 net up 63.8% at Rs 1,416cr

NEW DELHI: HCL Technologies on Thursday reported a 63.8 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,416 crore for the first quarter ended September 30, 2013, on the back of growth in Europe and encouraging macro-economic trends. HCLhad posted a net profit of Rs 864 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing. Consolidated revenues grew by 31.2 per cent at Rs 7,961 crore in the JulySeptember quarter this fiscal against Rs 6,069 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.

nearing the bottom of the current cycle. The financial markets have recovered modestly since September as new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has lifted sentiment, he said, but added that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. The note is comforting as IMF last week had pegged GDP growth at 3.75 per cent citing weak demand from its earlier projection of 5.7 per cent. But the World Bank pegged it at 4.7 per cent on Wednesday. GDP growth slowed to a three-year low of 4.4 per cent in Q1. Rebutting IMF projection, finance minister P Chidambaram had said: "We do not share this pessimistic outlook." Moody's said, however, that the past three years have led investors and businesses to reassess the entire India story. Expectations of 8 per cent or better GDP growth have been "supplanted by a more realistic assessment" of 6-7 per cent, it added.

SpiceJet to introduce MaduraiDubai daily flight on November 22

CHENNAI: SpiceJet will launch a daily direct flight between Madurai and Dubai on November 22. The airline is offering an introductory one-way fare of Rs 6,999 (inclusive of all taxes) and a return fare of Rs 13,999 (inclusive of all taxes) on the MaduraiDubai route. Booking is open now. Flight SG 023 will leave Madurai at 11.35pm and flight SG 024 from Dubai will depart at 3.50am and reach Madurai at 9.45am. The airline will deploy a Boeing 737-800 (189-seater aircraft) on this route. Madurai is the fifth Indian destination to get connected with Dubai on the SpiceJet network. The airline is operating daily direct flights to Dubai from Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and Ahmedabad.

Coal crunch forces NTPC- Axis Bank Q2 Net up Simhadri to close one unit 21% to Rs 1,362 cr VISAKHAPATNAM: The down of unit 4, all the units
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has shut down unit 4 of its thermal power station at Simhadri due to coal shortage. In a release, NTPC, Simhadri said, "The station had to shut down unit 4 on Tuesday and the remaining units are being operated at technical minimal load. At present, the station is generating about 1050MW with the available coal stock and anticipated receipts. The generation is being regulated depending on the time of coal receipt." According to NTPCSimhadri, poor coal receipt throughout the month of October had impacted the functioning of the plant, with damages to the railway tracks in Odisha due to Cyclone Phailincausing further disruptions. Prior to the shutwere running at technically minimum level of 350MW as against the installed capacity of 500MW, the release said. With the tracks expected to be repaired by Wednesday, power generation would be regulated depending on further availability of coal. D u r i n g September, the s t a t i o n received about 7.39 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of coal as against requirement of around 10.5 lakh MT. NTPC-Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 2000MW (4 X 500MW) and is capable of generating 48 million units in a single day. The coal required for this generation level is about 35000 MT (28000MT of Indian coal and 7000MT imported coal) amounting to 10 rakes of coal per day. MUMBAI: Axis Bank today reported a 21.2 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 1,362.31 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013. The bank had a net profit of Rs 1,123.54 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal, A x i s B a n k said in a filing to the BSE. The total income of the lender increased to Rs 9,375.08 crore during the July-September quarter, from Rs 8,280.29 crore over the same period last year. Other incomes during the quarter rose to Rs 1,766.09 crore from Rs 1,593 crore in the same period a year ago. During the first half of 201314, the bank clocked nearly 18 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 2,771.24 crore, compared to Rs 2,277.06 crore in the same period last year. The bank reported a total income of Rs 18,434.20 crore in the first six months, compared to Rs 16,098.66 crore in the previous financial year. The bank's balance sheet improved by 16 per cent to R s 3,51,362.94 crore while its advances grew 17 per cent to Rs 2,01,303.16 crore at the end of September 2013. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) for the bank as per the Basel II norms was 16.35 per cent at the end of the second quarter. As on September 30, 2013, Gross NPAs and Net NPAs stood at 1.19 per cent and 0.37 per cent, respectively, as against 1.10 per cent and 0.33 per cent, as on September 2012. Shares of the bank was trading at Rs 1,093.85 per unit, up 1.16 per cent on the BSE.

HSBC shuts brokerage arm in India; around 300 lose jobs

MUMBAI: British financial giant HSBC on Thursday said it will be shutting its struggling retail brokerage and depository business in the country, five years after it entered the segment by pumping in over $290 million. Nearly 300 employees of the company stand to lose their jobs due to the decision, according to sources. "We are discontinuing its retail broking and retail depository services business here, operated under HSBC InvestDirect Securities," HSBC India said in a statement. "Impacted employees will be offered a fair and equitable severance pay in line with HSBC policy, and career transition services will be extended through a professional agency," the statement said. Following the winding down decision, the bank said there will no new client additions with immediate effect, while existing clients will be informed of a date of discontinuation and will continue to offer the services till the shutdown. HSBC India entered the retail brokerage business in May 2008 - only months ahead of the financial crisis by acquiring a 73.21 per cent stake in IL&FS Investsmart for $241.6 million. This was followed by an open offer, which took up the stake to over 93 per cent, taking total investment to $296.4 million. It had subsequently delisted the company. The move comes after a review of businesses as announced by the group chief executive in May 2011, it said. Brokerages have not been doing well for the last few years due to high volatility in the market and after competition squeezed commissions. HSBC was no different, according to people in the know. According to sources, nearly 300 staff members at its 30 branches will be impacted because of the move.

MISC Global survey shows MBA courses still a big draw

BANGALORE: Business schools worldwide have reported an massive increase in the number of applications for MBA course received this year, says the 2013 application trends survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The survey covered admissions to 683 graduate management programmes from 328 Bschools. According to the survey, for this academic year, 50% of full time two-year MBA programmes have registered a surge in number of applications as compared to 43% last year. As many as 52% of fulltime programmes in the US reported an increase in applications for the 2013-2014 class, a 20 % rise over last year. Although there's an overall increase in applications, the scene in Asia-Pacific colleges is in sharp contrast to the US. More full-time programmes in the Asia-Pacific have reported a substantial decline in applications this year compared to 2012. Just 46 % of programmes in the region reported an increase in applications in 2013 compared with 79% in 2012. A Central and South Asia as well as in East and Southeast Asia. While applications from these regions account for 71% of the full-time two year courses, it is 59% for one-year MBA and 52 % for Master in Management programmes. Candidates from other world regions, such as Europe and Latin America, also account for a sizeable proportion of the applicant pool. Citizens of Middle Eastern countries represent 7% and 6%, respectively of the foreign candidate pool for fulltime two-year and full-time one-year MBA programmes, about twice the size of their representation in any of the specialized Master's programmes included in this report. Women and management The number of women applications has come down -121,413 applications, 36% of the total applicant pool. Only two programme types Master of accounting and Master's programme in IT -saw an increase in the percentage of women compared with 2012. While last year, 56% of applications for Master of Accounting programs were by women, this year it has surged to 59%. While only 40% of applications for Master's in IT were from women last year, the figure has gone up to 45% this year. Subject-wise analysis After many years of strong application volume, only 48% of Master of Finance programmes and 39% of Master of Accounting programmes reported increased or stable application volume. This contrasts sharply with 2012, when 68% of finance master's and 81% of accounting master's programmes recorded rising or stable application volumes. Moreover, it is for the first time in five years that a majority of these programmes (53% of finance and 60% of accounting) have reported declining application volume. However, Masters in Management is hugely popular, driven primarily by foreign applicants. Globally, 62 % of Master in Management programmes reported increased applications from foreign candidates in 2013 compared with 40 % of programmes that reported growth in domestic applications.

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14-year-old Indian boy wins Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award
NEWS: Udayan Rao Pawar, a 14-year-old photographer from India, is the grand title winner of the 2013 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award organised by UK's Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide. Udayan's photo - Mother's little headful - shows baby gharials taking a ride on a female ghariyal's back in the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh. Udayan used a Canon EOS 550D with 100400mm lens to capture the award-winning photograph.

Udayan Rao Pawars wildlife photograph of the year.

majority of full-time oneyear MBA programmes in the Asia-Pacific region (53%) continue to report increased volumes; however, this represents a slower rate of growth compared with 2012, when 77% of programmes reported growth. "Increased numbers of foreign candidates appear to be driving growth for US fulltime MBA programmes. The change in Asia-Pacific appears to be driven primarily by declining numbers of domestic applicants, who make up three-fourths (76%) of the applicant pool. Although a majority of pro-

grammes reported increased domestic application volume in 2013 (54%), it is much lower compared with 2012 results, when 75 % of programs reported increased domestic growth," says the report. When it comes to European applicant pool, only 38% of European full-time one-year MBA programmes witnessed an increase. It was 37% last year. Foreign students make their presence felt B-schools this year will host a more assorted list of students, with the biggest chunk walking in from countries in

Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan joins IIT, Madras board of directors

its board of directors. In a press release, IIT-Madras director Bhaskar Ramamurthi said, "Kris Gopalakrishnan represents a generation of engineer-scientists who have made India a global player in the software industry. His experience will be a valuable asset to the institute." Gopalakrishnan, who is executive vice-chairman of Infosys Technologies, joined IIT-Madras in 1975 and graduated four years later with an MSc in physics and MTech in computer science. "As an alumnus of IITMadras, I consider it a great honour to be invited to join the board of directors of this esteemed institute. This is an opportunity for me to support the institute's operations as a member of the board. It is important to raise the stature and standard of our education and research institutions and I look forward to contributing towards this," Gopalakrishnan has been quoted as saying in the release.

CAT 2013 starts, 180 Unrestricted e-delivery of appear on day 1 in Gujarat Children with special papers raises fear of leaks
MUMBAI: The University of Mumbai has opened itself to security breaches by giving exam centres electronic access to all papers irrespective of the examinations they are hosting, principals have said. The university is electronically delivering question papers to colleges for the ongoing science and arts exams. But, instead of being limited, the delivery is unrestricted. Because of the recent snafus in giving out hall tickets and in accommodating all examinees, the university is passing on the code for all question papers to all colleges. This, principals say, is a mistake. They fear that such an "open" system can cast suspicion on them in case of a paper leak. The varsity started e-delivery of question papers last year with the TYBCom exam. However, the delivery then was controlled. Principals got only the code for the question paper they were to hand out to the examinees at their centre. "This time, I can download any paper. Though my college is a centre for candidates of a particular specialiAHMEDABAD: The first day of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013, on Wednesday, saw close to 180 candidates from Gujarat taking the computer-based test. B-school aspirants faced the first hurdle to the 13 Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and other top institutes, at three test centres in Gujarat and 40 across the country. According to officials, the two testing centres in Ahmedabad - LJ Institute of Management Studies and Shanti Business School - saw 80 and 60 candidates appear for the test respectively, while Bhagwan Mahavir Education Foundation in Surat had around 40 candidates. Alok Shah, the academic head at Career Launcher, said that the test was slightly easier compared to last year's with more weightage for the reasoning section. "Both the sections were moderate in terms of difficulty," Shah said. CAT scores are key to getting a place in a good business school in India. Apart from the 13 IIMs, over 100 management schools will accept CAT 2013 scores. Palak Jha, who took the test on the first day, said, "There were no major surprises and the best part was that the test was glitch-free." Prometric, which conducts CAT, has confirmed that 4,066 candidates have appeared for the CAT 2013 across India. The next test will be on Friday, 18 October. The test will be conducted over a period of 20 days from 16 October to 11 November 2013. "The first day of CAT 2013 testing has ended smoothly. Throughout the testing period, we will continue to focus on providing candidates with the best possible testing experience," said Soumitra Roy, managing director, Prometric India. The total registration of CAT this year is 1.94 lakh against 2.14 lakh last year. Gujarat ranks at the 10th position in terms of CAT 2013 registration. According to information shared by CAT 2013 convener and IIM Indore professor Rohit Kapoor, CAT registrations from Gujarat have dropped to 6,898 from around 7,500 in 2012 and close to 6,900 in 2011.

CHENNAI: IIT-Madras on Thursday announced that Infosys co-founder and alumnus of the institute, Kris Gopalakrishnan, has joined

IIM-K concludes needs left out of class summer placements

sation in TYBA, I can download every question paper meant for arts students. This way, we can accommodate any student who comes to our centre. But this is not how exams are conducted," said a principal. The system works thus: every college has a login ID and a password. Once these are entered, a link with question papers of all the exams on that day, all patterns and subject choices gets listed. Colleges can click on the link and a .rar file gets downloaded. More than an hour before the examination, the varsity generates a password and sends it to the college so that the file can be opened. A word file lists all the question papers, their code, date and the exam time. Each question

paper is on a .pdf file. "But let's assume my centre has biotechnology students, the rar file will also contain papers for genetics, botany and other exams of that day. Why must I or any principal be given access to all the papers?" asked a principal. College heads noted that some institutes do not even have approved or full-time principals. This too increases the chances of a paper leak. In many cases, say college heads, IT department officials handle the downloading work; the security of the question paper thus may not be foolproof. "There have been multiple failures during this examination season. Another one is just not affordable," said another principal.

NEW DELHI: Over half the kids described by the government as "children with special needs" or CWSN are not in school. In response to an RTI filed by lawyer-activist Khagesh Jha, of the 20,759 CWSN identified across the dozen school districts, 11,463 are out-of-school. Northeast district is the worstperforming in this regard, with 1,820 CWSN out of school, followed by the south district with 1,543 children. But in the south district, CWSN in school- 1,929-outnumber those out of it; it's the highest number in Delhi. Interestingly, the figure of

11,463 has featured in Directorate of Education (DoE) orders before. Over June-July 2012, the DoE had conducted a survey to identify CWSN of school-going age in Delhi. The fact that a year and two "special admission drive[s]" later, the status appears unchanged is startling. The first drive was conducted from November 7 to December 12, 2012. As per the order announcing the second one, issued on July 25, 2013, "1,249 have been placed in government schools." The RTI data-from October 2013-does not reflect this.

BANGALORE: The summer placements for the 17th batch of the PGP of IIM Kozhikode saw an increase in number of roles offered by regular recruiters. The placement process concluded on October 15, 2013. "A 20% increase in the number of offers per company resulted in lesser number of companies participating in the summer placements as compared to last year for almost same batch strength of 366. Average stipend increased by 36% over previous year with Rs 2 lakhs as the highest domestic stipend amount," said a release from the institute.

CBSE launches counselling centre in Uttar Pradesh

BHOPAL: With a view to make quality education accessible to students, especially amongst the marginal rural areas, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched the first ever Career Counselling and Guidance Centre, in Lakhimpurkhiri, Uttar Pradesh recently. Inaugura ted by the minister of state for h u m a n resource development, Jitin Prasada, the centre seeks to provide students with proper guidance and counselling, while choosing subjects in class XI. The centre would be open to students of classes X and XII. "Class X and XII are the turning points in a student's academic journey. Being provided with the right academic guidance, at this time, will aid students not only in self-development but also enable them to contribute in the development and growth of the country," said MoS Pasanda. Children, not only from CBSE schools, but from all boards across the country would be welcome at the centre. The choice of subjects in the said classes has an essential impact on the career prospects of children. In such a scenario, CBSE feels that it is crucial for students to understand their forte, interests, knowledge and capability and only then make a subject choice. The board suggests that subjects should be chosen based on the evaluation provided by the Student's Global Aptitude Index (SGAI). The Career Counselling a n d G ui da nc e Centre also provides counselling for parents and teachers; the idea being to sensitize both sections towards the importance of career awareness and planning. The centre also aims at generating awareness regarding existing career opportunities and familiarising students with related relevant information. Availing career counselling and guidance at the centre is free of cost. However, one has to pay Rs 50 only for taking the SGAI test. The results of SGAI can be attained within a day of taking the assessment. Post the launch camps for awareness generation regarding the Centre are in the pipeline for CBSE. Six camps, from October to December, will be organized in various districts of Uttar Pradesh like Mitauli, Maigalganj, Hargaon, Mahauli, etc.

Jamia Millia Islamia adopts unique measures of empower students

NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia launched the innovative Communicative English Programme (CEP - third edition) and Self Enrichment Programme (SEP - Nikhar) recently for the students of the university, extending to them a life-changing opportunity. These two programmes - Communicative English Programme and Self Enrichment Programme have been started especially for those who represent socially and economically marginalised sections of our society who have had no formal training in the English Language and often get treated as "English outcasts". The Communicative English Programme, conceived by former vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung and Self Enrichment Programme, conceived by the current officiating VC S M Sajid, are envisioned to empower and integrate these students in the mainstream. The Communicative English Programme and Self Enrichment Programme, in its new avatar, not only addresses the linguistic needs of the students with respect to training in English language but also takes care of other life-skills which are imperative for students, as they are the ones who would be contributing to nation-building with sensitivity and awareness. Around 140 students have registered for this stand-alone

IIM Indore student TCS keeps FY15 campus hiring flat, rules out pay hike quits due to frustration
INDORE: A student of postgraduate programme (PGP) in management at Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-I) has left from the course out of frustration due to the dumping of his business model. Divyank Anand, a 2012 batch student and an IIT passout, has shot a letter to the director of the institute N Ravichandran with a copy to PGP Chiar SK Ghosh alleging that the institute has crushed his dream by rejecting the model, which attracted interest of investors from Harvard Business School and others. The letter said, "I requested the PGP chair to exempt me from Himalaya trip. He crushed my ideas and called them bullshit. I feel the institute is ransacked by few people who are following an authoritarian attitude. Placement committee is
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course independent of credit requirement at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The course focuses on intense interaction in English, both in formal and informal situations. It aims at enabling students to communicate effectively and appropriately in a variety of reallife situations. Through these courses, students would feel confident to interact in English, both in the classroom and outside it. In addition, skills, in respect of management, leadership, negotiation, creative thinking, decision-making, and managing demands from diverse interpersonal relationship would also be imparted to them. Jamia offers this programme to empower those who have got deprived of such an exposure. The university believes that with these inputs these students, who are the future of the country, will emerge as strong, confident young minds ready to brace the world.

made of bunch of affluent students who try to keep others away from progressing." Anand had recently registered for an online electronic gadget shop with the name www.geekykart.com, which the institute authorities had allegedly undermined. Frustrated over not recognizing his ideas, Anand wrote, "Is this the kind of institute you want to create ... serve the Americans by inviting global companies and crush homegrown ideas ... if you want to throw me out the institute you can." The PGP chair confirmed that an email from the student has been received but the final decision will be taken by the institute director. "We have received an email from Anand. The director will take up the issue and take his decision. I cannot comment over it," said SK Ghosh.

MUMBAI: India's largest software exporter TCS has said that it will keep its campus hiring target flat at 25,000 next fiscal and also ruled out pay revision for those joining next year. "We have started visiting the campuses and will go to all the institutions in which we went last year. Typically, the offers are made during a student's seventh semester which is on now and students will join after completion of their courses starting next July," TCS global HR head Ajoy Mukherjee told reporters.

However, the salary levels for the trainees joining in FY15 would be at the current Rs 3.15-3.25 lakh per annum level, he said, but declined to comment on lateral hiring for FY15. The company had hired 25,000 such trainees last fiscal and 43,000 in the fiscal before that. Mukherjee said given the market conditions and some of the proactive initiatives it has undertaken, the company is witnessing a surge in the joining ratio, which has moved up from 69% to 74%. Over 6,300 of the trainees have already joined, he said.

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