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Vol. 1 No: 164

IN BRIEFIN BRIEFBangladesh opposition

members sued over violent protest

DHAKA: At least four peo-

ple were killed and 600 s uf-

fered injuries after former

prime minister Khaleda Zia's

18-party alliance supporters

and their ruling party rivals

and policemen fought pitched

battles in Dhaka and else-

where Sunday. "Two hundred

to 250 opposition activists

with contd on page 2

2G case accusedmove SC on specialbench orders

NEW DELHI: Swan

Telecom promoter Shahid

Usman Balwa and the other

accused moved the Supreme

Court against the order of its

bench which had stayed pro-

ceedings on all petitions

relating to the 2G spectrum

case before the Delhi High

Court. They sought staying of

the contd on page 2

Coal Ministryapproves Master planto deal with mine firesNEW DELHI: The Coal

Ministry has approved a

Master Plan to deal with fire

in Jharia and Ranigunj coal

mines. The Master Plan willalso focus attention on subsi-

dence and rehabilitation in

the lease hold areas of the

Bharat Coking Coalfields

Limited, BCCL. The

Ranigunj contd on page 2

Sensex falls by22.55 pts

MUMBAI, DEC 11: The

benchmark Index of the

Bombay Stock Exchange

(BSE) today fell by 22.55

points at 19,387.14 following

selling pressure from local

operators amid mixed trend

in Asian Markets. The Nifty

of the National Stock

Exchange (NSE) declined by

10.10 points at 5898.80

points contd on page 2

5 killed, 4 injured inDoda Road Mishap

JAMMU,DEC 11: Five per-

sons were killed and four oth-

ers were injured Tuesday

when a vehicle skidded off

the road and rolled into a

gorge in Doda district of

Jammu and Kashmir.

A Tavera on its way from

Kishtwar to Doda district

skidded off the road and

rolled into a deep gorge at

Singhora area, police said.

Five persons died and four

others were injured in the

mishap, ontd on page 2

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AFTER ARREST

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PARLIAMENT, SAYS HAZARE

INDIAN AIR FORCE GETS

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RUSSIA

NEWDELHI: The issue of inter-

national supermarket chain Wal-

Mart lobbying in the US to open

the way for FDI in retail in India

rocked both houses of parliament

as the opposition across the politi-

cal divide sought a probe into the

matter. With proceedings in

Parliament being disrupted, Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh and

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi

Tuesday discussed ways to resolve

the logjam over Walmart lobbyingand quota in promotions issues.

Lashing out against the Congress-

led UPA government, the BJP

wanted question hour to be sus-

pended to discuss Wal-Mart

reportedly spending Rs.125 crore

on lobbying activities in the US,

including on issues related to

enhanced market access for

investment in India. BJP MP

Yashwant Sinha raised the issue in

the Lok Sabha, saying "it was a

matter of shame".

"There should be a time-bound

judicial probe," Sinha said. Headded that the probe's disclosures

should be made public and that the

BJP would continue raising the

issue in parliament.

While question hour was lost to

protests of lobbying by Wal-Mart,

Samajwadi Party members started

shouting slogans against the con-

stitution amendment bill for quota

in promotions as Minister of

Personnel V. Narayanasamy tried

to take it up for discussion.

The house was first adjourned till

3 p.m., and then till 4 p.m. as

Samajwadi members trooped near the chairman's podium, shouting

slogans.

The Samajwadi Party has been

against the bill which seeks to pro-

vide reservation in promotions in

government jobs for the

Scheduled Castes and the

Scheduled Tribes.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the

CPI-M, CPI, Trinmool Congress,

Samajwadi Party (SP), AIADMK,

Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Rashtriya

Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-

United (JD-U) also demanded a

time-bound probe to clear the air over the issue. Parliamentary

Affairs contd on page 2

Wal-Mart lobbying, Quota bill rocks Parliament

JAMNAGAR (GUJARAT):

Congress general secretary Rahul

Gandhi is finally campaigning in

Gujarat on the last day of campaigning

for the first phase of elections. This

comes shortly after Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh and Congress presi-

dent Sonia Gandhi both campaigned

there.

Congress general secretary Rahul

Gandhi on Tuesday challenged Gujarat

government's claims on development

and said that 'Gujarat shining' slogan

won't work this time.

Gandhi also criticized the Gujarat

government for neglecting important

issues such as availability of water and

jobs. "Gujarat is shining but here you

get water for 25 minutes every third

day and 10 lakh youth are jobless,"

Gandhi said in this town, about 300 km

from the state's main city Ahmedabad.

Addressing a poll rally in Jamnagar,

Rahul said when he thinks about poli-

tics he thinks about Gandhiji and feels

the power of Gandhi is with him.

"Many people think Gandhi's thoughts

are outdated but I would like to say

why I consider him my guru.

Sometime we have to make rules in

order to adhere to principles," he said.

"Gujarat does not have a Lokayukta.

RTI (Right to Information) applica-

tions are not contd on page 2

'Govt open to probe on Wal-Mart'

Modi doesn't listen to aam aadmi: Rahul Gandhi

Gujarat shining slogan far from reality: Anand SharmaAHMEDABAD: Union Commerce and

Industry Minister Anand Sharma on

Tuesday hit out at the Narendra Modi

government in Gujarat ahead of the first

phase of polling on December 13

(Thursday). Speaking at a press confer-

ence, Sharma said the Gujarat shining

slogan was from reality. He accused the

state government of diverting funds given

under Central schemes and not utilising

them properly. Using statistics to bull-

doze Modi's claim of development in the

state, the minister contd on page 2

NEW DELHI: The govern-

ment Tuesday said it will

make efforts to persuade the

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

to issue visas to Indians

working there with insuffi-

cient documents and facing

threat of deportation from the

Gulf country.

Responding to concerns

of Telugu Desam Party mem-

ber C.M. Ramesh and some

others in the Rajya Sabha

about Indian workers who

would have to leave the

UAE, Overseas Indian

Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi

said he had urged the civil

aviation ministry to make

necessary arrangements to

fly them back.

The assurance was given

by Overseas Affairs Minister

Vayalar Ravi after members

voiced concern over an order

issued by UAE government

to 18,000 Indian workers to

leave the country in three

months or face jail term.

"The report has come to us

only two days ago. We have

asked our Embassy in UAE

to take up the matter. The

External Affairs Ministry has

also been asked to raise the

issue with UAE. We have

asked the Civil Aviation

Ministry to arrange for flights

for return of the workers,"

Ravi said.

He said, "Our report is

that they (UAE) are search-

ing for such persons who

don't have valid documents

and visa. We are persuading

the UAE government to grant

them visa...To allow them to

work with their employers

also." The members urged

the Overseas Affairs Ministry

to take up the cause of such

workers and press upon the

UAE authorities not to deport

them. contd on page 2

WASHINGTON, DEC 11:

It might be hard to visualize

or believe in today's messy,

gridlocked, turmoil-ridden

subcontinent, but the US

intelligence community in a

new report released on

Monday says by 2030, a

surging India, along with

decelerating China, will

straddle global commerce

and dominate the world econ-

omy amid the gradual decline

of the west.

They won't be doing it in

tandem. China has powered

ahead, but India's turn will

come after 2015 even as

China's fortunes start reced-

ing. But by 2030, Asia,

fueled by India as much as

China, "will be well on its

way to returning to being the

world's powerhouse, just as it

was before 1500," says

"Global Trends 2030:

Alternative Worlds," a report

issued by the US National

Intelligence Council, the

brains' trust of the US intelli-

gence community. Pakistan

will be a no-show and may

not even exist. The report

shows that India will surge

ahead after 2020 even as

China begins to wane or

decelerate, mainly on

account contd on page 2

NEW DELHI: BJP leader

Shanta Kumar Tuesday

pleaded i n t he Rajya Sabha

the case of Capt. Saurabh

Kalia, who with five other

soldiers suffered gruesome

torture by Pakistan during

the 1999 Kargil conflict.

Their mutilated bodies were

later handed over to the

Indian Army.

The BJP national vice-

president in a special men-

tion in the Rajya Sabhasought justice for the par-

ents of Capt. Saurbah Kalia,

who live in Himachal

Pradesh's Palampur town.

Shabta Kumar said Capt.

Saurbah's father N.K. Kalia,

who retired as a senior sci-

entist from the Council of

Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR), had

moved the Supreme Court

seeking direction to the cen-

tral government to take up

the case of his son's torture

in the International Court of

Justice in The Hague.

Shanta Kumar, who is

also from Palampur, said

Capt. Saurabh of the 4 Jat

Regiment was on a patrol in

Kaksar sector of Jammu and

Kashmir in May 1999 when

he and five other soldiers

were taken hostage by

Pakistani troops.

"For over 13 years, the

family of Capt. Saurabh

Kalia has been raising the

issue at various national andinternational fora so that

Pakistan could be punished

for heinous crimes with war

prisoners. Sadly, the family

has failed to get justice so

far. It's a case of violation of

the Geneva Convention,"

Shanta Kumar added.

"The family got assur-

ances from the government

of India and the chief of

army staff, but there is little

hope of getting justice," he

added. The BJP leader said

the contd on page 2

Plight of Indian workers to betaken with UAE: Vayalar Ravi

India to outpace China by 2030:US intelligence report

SRINAGAR,DEC 11: The

month-long dry spell in

Srinagar ended today as the

Valley received fresh snow-

fall and rains even the tem-

perature dipped to a bone-

chilling minus 12.4 degrees

Celsius in Leh town. Leh

town recorded its lowest tem-

perature of the season with

the temperature dipping to

minus 12.4 degrees. People

remained indoors in the town

to avoid frostbite. All hydro-

electric power generatingunits in Ladakh region have

been shut because water in all

reservoirs of these power

projects has frozen.Diesel

generating sets have been

pressed into service to pro-

vide electricity to the resi-

dents in Leh town and other

places of the region.

Fresh snowfall was wit-

nessed at north Kashmir Ski

resort of Gulmarg, Razdan

Pass in Bandipora district and

Shopian in south Kashmir, a

MET official said.

Rainfall was witnessed in

Srinagar, the summer capital

of Jammu and Kashmir,

Anantnag district of south

Kashmir, including Jawahar

Tunnel area-- the gateway to

the Valley.

The downpour in the

plains has ended nearly a

month-long dry spell.

Although a slight drizzle

was witnessed on the last day

of November, it lasted for

just a couple of hours.

However, the Srinagar-

Jammu National Highway --

the only road link between

Kashmir and rest of the coun-

try -- was open to vehicular

traffic, a spokesman of the

traffic department said.

The weatherman has fore-

cast snow and rains across

the Valley over the next 24

hours.

In the Valley, the mini-

mum temperature today was

minus 1.7 in Srinagar, minus

2.2 in Pahalgam, minus 7.5 in

Gulmarg and minus 7.8 in

Kargil town of Ladakh

region. contd on page 2

Fresh snow, rains lash Kashmir valleyLeh freezes at minus 12.4 dc Div Com for mini-

mum disruption of services in case of

heavy snowfall

SRINAGAR, DEC 11:

Divisional Commissioner,

Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan

Samoon has enjoined upon

all Deputy Commissioners,

Heads of Departments and

District Senior

Superintendents of Police

in view of the possibility of

moderate to heavy snowfallover hilly areas and light to

moderate snowfall at many

places in the Kashmir divi-

sion from December 12 to

December 18, 2012, to acti-

vate their men and machin-

ery so as to ensure mini-

mum disruption of services

in the Valley.

Kargil martyr case: BJPseeks justice for family

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Wal-Mart....Minister Kamal Nath said the government was

open to a probe. "We have no hesitation in having

an inquiry in this and money spent in India. We

are open for a discussion and this is a matter of

concern for the government," he told both houses

of parliament. The Congress criticised the BJP

and asked it to come up with proof.

"If the BJP or anybody else has any evidence, it

should have been made public. Those allegations

should have been verified," Information and

Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told

reporters outside parliament.

"Merely because a report gets published some-

where and it serves your political purpose, it

dovetails into your larger agenda because you've

lost the FDI vote in both the houses. That does not

mean that you translate conjuncture into innuen-

do and extrapolate innuendo into allegations," he

said.

As soon as both houses met, BJPmembers start-

ed shouting slogans, demanding suspension of the

question hour and asking the government to clar-

ify how much money Wal-Mart spent on lobbying

in India. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar asked

members to allow the house to function and said

she would give them a chance to raise the issue

during the day. But this did not pacify the BJP and

its members continued the uproar, forcing the

speaker to suspend the house till 12 noon and

later till 2 p.m. Similar scenes were witnessed in

the Rajya Sabha, leading to suspension of the pro-

ceedings in the upper house for 30 minutes.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari proposed to

reschedule question hour or "dispense with it

entirely" because of frequent disruptions.

The BJP parliamentary board met Tuesday morn-

ing and decided to take up the matter aggressive-

ly. Soon after Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were

adjourned, senior UPA leaders, who are members

of the Congress Core Group, gathered at the

Prime Minister's Office in Parliament House and

are understood to have been briefed by the

Parliamentary Affairs Minister. The two Houses

were adjourned over Opposition uproar over

reports that the US retail giant Walmart had

employed a firm to lobby its case in India.

Kargil martyr....

family should be provided justice without

further delay. The elderly parents of Capt.

Saurabh have moved the Supreme Court, which

has listed the matter for hearing Dec 14.

Fresh snow....

Gulmarg was the coldest place at minus 7.5

degrees Celsius, followed by south Kashmir

resort of Pahalgam at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius.

The minimum temperature recorded in

Srinagar city last night was minus 1.7 degrees

Celsius.

Plight of Indian...

The government was also urged to make

arrangements for bringing such workers back

home safely so that they are not harassed at the

hands of UAE authorities. Raising the matter dur-

ing Zero Hour, C M Ramesh (TDP) said most of

the workers were from Andhra Pradesh and their

employers had already taken away their passports

and making them work even after end of their

contract and expiry of visa.

He alleged that that such workers were not

paid salaries timely and payments were paid only

once in six months. The TDP member said since

such workers were left at the mercy of their

employers and the UAE authorities, the Indian

government must intervene to save them.

"UAE government is asking only Indians to

leave while workers from other countries are con-

tinuing. Government of India should immediately

take up with the UAE and make necessary

arrangements for their safe return," he said.

Venkaiah Naidu (BJP) supported the TDP

member and said the government should take

note of the concern and come to the rescue of hap-

less workers. Earlier, Deputy Chairman P J

Kurien said the issue concerned Indian workers

from all states and was not just an issue of one

state and government must take note.

India to outpace....

of demographic changes which will see China

aging before India. "As the world's largest eco-

nomic power, China is expected to remain ahead

of India, but the gap could begin to close by 2030.

India's rate of economic growth is likely to rise

while China's slows," the report says, adding, "In

2030 India could be the rising economic power-

house that China is seen to be today. China's cur-

rent economic growth rate -- 8 to 10 percent --

will probably be a distant memory."

According to the report, the total size of the

Chinese working-age population will peak in

2016 and decline from 994 million to about 961

million in 2030. In contrast, India's working-age

population is unlikely to peak until about 2050. In

terms of timeline, India's demographic window of

opportunity is between 2015 to 2050, whereas

China's is 1990 to 2025. In contrast, the US

fecundity was at its best between 1970 to 2015,

presaging the country's gradual decline. India's

median age, currently at 26, will be 32 by 2030,

still the lowest among the top ten economies in

the world. The report forecasts that sometime

after 2030, India, not China will have the world's

largest middle-class consumption, bigger than US

and EU combined. But both China and India, it

says, faces the prospect of being trapped in mid-

dle-income status, with their per capita income

not continuing to increase to the level of the

world's advanced economies unless they resolve

their resource constraints (mainly water, energy,

food) andinvest more in science and technology

to continue to move their economy up the value

chain.

Indeed, the India-China economic journey is

not without hurdles or pitfalls, especially with

regards to the global scrap for resources and the

effects of climate change. But if they surmount

the difficulties and things pan out well, India and

China will dominate a world in 2030 that will

largely be "middle-class, not poor, which has

been the condition of most people throughout

human history."

Modi doesn't....

accepted. Because the voice of the people is

not heard here," he said. "Gandhiji had said we

should listen to the opinion of all people. Look at

the UPAGovernment and its programmes and tell

me of one which has taken away the voice of the

people," he added. Recalling a childhood political

story, Rahul narrated an incident when Jawaharlal

Nehru was lodged in jail, and how Gandhiji

would sleep on the floor to show solidarity with

Nehru. "Today, if Gandhiji was alive he would

have exhorted the people to fight for their rights."

Without naming Chief Minister Narendra Modi,

Rahul alleged that the weaker sections are not

given their due in Gujarat now. Hitting out at the

Chief Minister, Rahul Gandhi said, "He is

engrossed in his own ambitions."

"A real politician makes your dreams his own

dreams. Your CM doesn't want to listen to your

dreams…In this state only one voice is heard,

your voice is not heard at all," he alleged.

Rahul also stressed that one man cannot run

Gujarat. "At a time when Gujarat is grappling

with serious water shortage, the state government

claims the state is shining," he added. After

Jamnagar, Gandhi will head to Amreli and

Ahmedabad to address public rallies. Gujarat

goes to polls Dec 13 and 17. The results will be

out Dec 20. Campaigning for the first phase of the

elections closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Gujarat shining....

said 32% people still live below poverty line in

Gujarat. "This is the maximum percentage in any

state in the country." The literacy rate in Gujarat

was just 71%, compared to Kerala at 92% and

even Manipur at 73%. Sharma noted. He said

26% of the children in Gujarat drop out of school

midway. The minister said education is being pri-

vatised and turned into a business in Gujarat.

Gujarat also tops the country in infant mortality

rate, which is at a whopping 44%. Is this the

achievement of the Modi government, he asked.

Sharma said "the Chief Minister must answer

why Gujarat is lagging behind on so many social

and health indicators, while he claims of develop-

ment in the state".

Bangladesh opposition ....

acting secretary general of Bangladesh

Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam

Alamgir were sued in the first case," a police offi-

cial said. In the second case, "200 to 300 opposi-

tion men with Mirza Abbas, a standing committee

member of BNP, were sued", he said. After the

end of the eight-hour blockade of Sunday,

Alamgir denied responsibility for the violence.

The BNP, however, has unveiled large-scale

protest plans including the road blockade to force

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government to

meet its demand, mainly the restoration of a non-

party caretaker government to hold next general

elections slated for early 2014.

2G case ....

April 11, 2011 and November 9, 2012 orders of a

special bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi

which had directed that no court other than the

apex court shall entertain any application relating

to the case.

Coal Ministry ....

Coalfields, RCF, under the Eastern Coalfields

Limited, ECL, will also be covered under this

Master Plan. Minister of State for Coal Pratik

rakashbapu Patil gave this information in a writ-

ten reply in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.The imple-

mentation of the Master Plan is in progress, he

said.

Sensex falls ....

from its last close. The Sensex registered the day's

high and low at 19,612.18 and 19,285.29 points

respectively. The Nifty registered the day's high

and low at 5,965.15 and 5,865.45 points respec-

tively.

5 killed, 4 injured...

they said, adding, the injured have been hospi-

talised.

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India, Ukraine inkdefence cooperation

agreement

NEW DELHI: Strengthening their military

ties, India and Ukraine have signed a frame-

work agreement to further expand their

defence cooperation.

The agreement was signed after compre-

hensive talks between Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh and visiting Ukrainian

President Viktor Yanukovych in New Delhi

on Monday.

In a statement, the Prime Minister also said

that the two countries were already undertak-

ing a number of defence cooperation projects

and the latest defence cooperation agreement

establishes a new framework for expending

this cooperation.

In 2009, the two countries had signed a

deal for upgrading 100 AN-32 aircraft of

Indian Air Force of which 25 have already

been upgraded in Ukraine while the rest

would be modernised at IAF facilities in

Kanpur.

The country is now among the top 10

defence manufacturers in the world with an

industry producing tanks and planes.

Interestingly, Indian naval pilots training

for taking off from Russian-built aircraft car-

rier Admiral Gorshkov are also supposed to

train in Ukraine at its shore-based take off and

landing facility.

In the recent past, Ukraine had also offeredto co-develop a transport aircraft with Indian

firms which could be used for export purpos-

es also.

During the Soviet era, facilities to develop

transport aircraft were based in Ukraine and

they have been maintained even after its

break-up from the erstwhile USSR.

No fencing along India-Myanmar border

NEW DELHI: India shares a 1,631 km bor-

der with Myanmar, and sanction has been

given to fence a 10-km stretch in Moreh area

in Manipur, the government said Tuesday.

Minister of State for Home M. Ramachandran

said Mizoram accounted for 511 km of the

border with Myanmar followed by Arunachal

Pradesh (506 km), Manipur (400 km) and

Nagaland (213 km). He said that presently

border fencing along a 10-km stretch between

border pillars 79 and 81 in Moreh area had been sanctioned. The India-Myanmar border

was manned by Assam Rifles.

Paramilitary forces for Mahakumbh

NEW DELHI: Central paramilitary forces

will be deployed in January and February for

the 2013 Mahakumbh Mela in Allahabad, the

government announced Tuesday. Minister of

State for Home M. Ramachandran told the

Lok Sabha that the Uttar Pradesh government

was making security arrangements for the

Mahakumbh that draws millions of people.

On the request of the state government, he

said, central armed police forces had been

ordered to be deployed in Allahabad. "These

forces shall be deployed in two phases, some

with effect from January 2013 and some in

February 2013."

BEL, IAI ink pact onLRSAM defence systemBANGALORE: Public sector enterprise

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed a

MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)

for cooperation on future Long Range Surface

to Air Missile (LRSAM) Ship-Defence

Systems. The MoU lays out framework for

BEL-IAI cooperation, under which BEL will

function as the lead integrator and produce

major sub-systems. IAI will continue to act as

the design authority and produce sub-systems

as main sub-contractor of BEL.

H N Ramakrishna, Director Marketing of

BEL, said: "We see IAI as a strategic partner

with a wide range of potential joint activities.

This MoU demonstrates that BELand IAI can

work closely together on the most sophisticat-

ed and advanced programmes, for the mutual

benefit of both companies."

"We will continue to operate under the

active support and guidance of the DRDO

(Defence Research and Development

Organisation)", he added. Joseph Weiss,

President and CEO of IAI, said the MoU is a

significant step forward in IAI's joint work

with India. "Partnership with BELwill further

enhance IAI's ability to provide high quality

solutions and service to Indian defence servic-

es, best supporting the needs of India. BEL is

a strategic partner for IAI, and we hope this

cooperation will expand to other areas of

mutual interest", he said. For several years

IAI has been engaged in joint development

programmes with DRDO and Indian defence

industries for the Indian Navy and Indian Air

Force, including joint manufacturing of sub-

systems.

MOSCOW : Russia's MiG

Corporation has delivered the

first three upgraded MiG-29

fighter jets to the Indian Air

Force (IAF).

The refurbished fighter

jets were transported to India

by An-124 transport aircraft,

the company announced on

Monday.

"The modernisation sig-

nificantly extends the range

of tasks performed by MiG-

29. The upgraded aircraft,

along with increased capabil-

ity to fight air targets, also

acquire the ability to strike

moving targets on the ground

and stationary targets with

precision weapons by day

and night and in any weather

conditions," the aircraft man-

ufacturer said.

The modernised MiG

fighters are featuring

advanced avionics, new

multi-functional Zhuk-M

radars, revamped engines and

new weapon control systems,

which would enhance their

service life by up to 40 years.

The fighters are also being

equipped with air-to-air refu-

elling capability to increase

flying time.

The first modernised

MiG-29UPG made its maid-

en flight on February 4, 2011.

India had awarded a con-

tract worth USD 964 million

to MiG in 2008 to upgrade

the IAF's entire fleet of over

60 MiG-29 fighters.

The contract entailed

upgrading the warplane from

an interceptor and air superi-

ority aircraft to a fighter-

bomber capable of striking

mobile and stationary targets

on the ground and at sea with

high-precision weapons

under all weather conditions.

"The aircraft delivery,

upgraded in Russia - is the

first step in the contract exe-

cution for the modernisation

of a large fleet of the Indian

Air Force MiG-29s. We are

getting ready for the second

phase of work, which pro-

vides modernisation of fight-

ers in India in close coopera-

tion with the Indian indus-

try," General Director of JSC

RAC MiG, Sergei Korotkov,

said. While MiG will

upgrade six MiG 29s, the

remaining aircraft will be

modernised by Hindustan

Aeronautics Ltd in India.

Indian air force gets upgradedMiG-29 from Russia JAMMU, DEC 11: A meeting of

Public Undertakings Committee

(PUC) of Jammu and Kashmir

Legislative Assembly was held under

the Chairmanship of MLA Mr. Abdul

Majid Wani, here today.

Threadbare discussion was held

on CAG's audit report for the year

2010-11 pertaining to Jammu and

Kashmir Project Construction

Corporation (JKPCC) regarding

Ganpat Bridge at Doda. It was

observed that there are delaying tech-

niques adopted by the officers and

engineers of JKPCC and the panel

unanimously decided that the

Committee will recommend that the

disciplinary action both under civil as

well as criminal proceedings should

be taken against earring officials.

Legislators, Dr. Bashir Ahmad

Shah (Veeri), Syeed Aga Razvi, Prof.

Chaman Lal Gupta, Mr. Jugal

Kishore, Advocate Abdul Haq, Mr.

Mohammad Irfan Shah, Mr. Charanjit

Singh, Mr. Ashok Kumar and Ch.

Zulfikar Ali gave their valuable sug-

gestions for taking speedy execution

of Ganpat Bridge project.

While discussing on observations

contained in the CAG's Audit Report,

Dr. Veeri asked the JKPCC authori-

ties to remain vigilant that such inci-

dents should not be occurred to other

ongoing projects of the State taken in

hand by the Corporation in future. He

advised them to ensure all technical

knowhow before taking any project

for execution.

Detailed deliberation was also

held on under execution of Assembly

Complex. The panel took serious note

of the collapse of existing Assembly

building and sloth and inaction of the

authorities in undertaking the precau-

tionary measures to save the heritage

building.

The Committee directed the

Managing Director, JKPCC Mr. M.

M. Gupta to furnish detailed status

report on the project and submit the

same to the Assembly Secretariat for

scrutiny of the Committee Members

within a week's time.

PUC for stern action against defaultersof Ganpat Bridge Doda

JAMMU, DEC 11: In an attempt to fur-

ther improve the health services in the

Government institutions, the

Government will launch dialysis facili-

ties in Government hospitals, Gandhi

Nagar and Sarwal soon. Initially these

facilities will be available in these two

premier institutions and gradually will

be extended in the district hospitals.

This was revealed by the Minister for

Health & Family Welfare, Mr. Sham Lal

Sharma at a meeting of officers held in

Gandhi Nagar hospital which was con-

vened to review the functioning of

health department, here today.

Stressing the need for close coordi-

nation between various wings of the

department for achieving the better

results, the Minister asked the officers to

work hard to further improve the health

services in the health institutions. He

directed for implementation of all flag-ship programmes of Central

Government so that benefits of these

schemes percolate down to the needy.

He also called for strengthening the

monitoring mechanism to ensure

accountability and transparency in the

functioning. While reviewing the over-

all health scenario of health in Jammu

division, the Minister directed the Chief

Medical Officers to give priority to the

implementation of School Health

Programme (SHP) and provide com-

plete health checkup and treatment to

the school children with special focus on

eyes and dental checkups. He said

Government of India has launched this

scheme especially for the students so

that all serious ailments are detected at

the primary stage, adding that doctors

should undertake the exercise with

utmost care to achieve the objective of

the scheme.

In order to promote the girl child, theMinister directed for strict implementa-

tion of PNDT Act across the State. He

directed the Chief Medical Officers to

keep a close vigil on the activities of

Ultrasound Clinics to ensure a check on

the illegal sex determination. He asked

for conducing frequent inspections of all

such establishments to implement the

Act. He also stressed for activating the

Mobile Medical Units in the rural areas

to create mass awareness about various

diseases and their preventive measures.

To overcome the paucity of blood,

the Minister said that blood banks at the

district level will be made fully func-

tional so that adequate blood can be

stored to meet the emergencies. He

directed the CMOs to hold frequent

blood donation camps with the active

involvement of various organizations

and educational institutions to arrange

sufficient quantity of blood to save the

precious lives. He asked the CMOs tomaintain close coordination with the

Red Cross authorities to meet the emer-

gencies with regard to meet the blood

requirements. While reviewing the

progress of Rashtriya Swastha Bima

Yojana (RSBY), the Minister directed

the Director Family Welfare to speed up

the process and implement this presti-

gious scheme in the ten designated dis-

tricts in the second phase. He also

reviewed the progress of scheme in

Jammu and Srinagar districts where the

scheme was initially launched.

In order to achieve the objective of

Red Ribbon Train which is scheduled to

come to Jammu in the first week of

January next year, the Minister directed

the Project Director AIDS Control

Society to chalk out the strategy and

make all necessary arrangements well in

advance. He directed for involvement of

educational institutions, social organiza-

tions, and other stakeholders to make theevent a success.

Earlier, the Commissioner/Secretary

Health & Medical Education Mr.

M.K.Dwivedi took a separate meeting

with the officers and obtained the feed-

back of all health institutions located

across the Jammu division. He briefed

the Minister about the initiatives taken

to improve the overall scenario to

improve the situation. Among those

present on the occasion included,

Director Indian System of Medicines,

Dr. Abdul Kabir, Commissioner Food

Safety and Controller Drugs & Food

Control Organization, Mr. Satish Gupta,

Mission Director, NRHM, Dr. Yashpal

Sharma, Director Family Welfare, Dr.

Kuldeep Kesar, Project Director, J&K

AIDS Control Society, Dr. Rakesh

Khajuria, Directors Health Services,

Kashmir/Jammu, Dr. Saleem-ur-

Rehman, Dr. Madhu Khullar, CMOs,

Medical Superintendents and other offi-cers of health department.

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CM expresses grief over Dodaroad accident

JAMMU, DEC 11: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has

expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a road accident

in Doda. He has also conveyed his sympathies to the

bereaved family and prayed for early recovery of the injured.

Chief Minister directed the district administration to pro-

vide all required medicare facilities to the injured.

GCW Gandhi Nagar observesHuman Rights Day

JAMMU, DEC 11: Literary Club of GCW, Gandhi Nagar

under the aegis of Centre for Peace Education observed

World Human Rights Day by holding an interactive session

to commemorate the 64th Anniversary of adoption of univer-

sal declaration of Human Rights by United Nations on

December 10, 1948. On this occasion Dr. Kiran Bakshi

Principal of the College was the Chief Guest.

The programme began by Key note address of Prof.

Neelu Gupta, Convenor of the Literary Club in which she

highlighted the need of celebrating this day as a mark of trib-

ute to provide respect to humanity and kindness to all the

beings. Dr. Kiran Bakshi in her address exhorted the need of

knowing the constitutional safe guards of human rights by

every student of the college which guarantee dignity and

honour to all the human beings residing on the earth. This

would bring a cultural hormony, remove racial and class dis-

parity and dispel the misunderstanding and bias from the

human mind across the globe.

Around 20 students of the College deliberated on this

issue and put forth their views on the violations that weretaking place in the different parts of the world. They laid spe-

cial emphasis on the reduction of child labour at least in the

educational institution. Prof. Ashaq Malik, Coordinator of

the Peace Education also shared his views and gave a mes-

sage that peace education would only minimize the viola-

tions and sufferings of the entire human race.

Prof. Vishal Sharma presented vote of thanks and Ms.

Jasleen conducted the proceeding of the programme.

LA Panel discusses Ethics RulesJAMMU, DEC 11: A meeting of Committee on Ethics (EC)

of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held under

the Chairmanship of MLA Advocate Abdul Haq, here today.

The Committee with its Members Mr. Mohammad Khalil

Bandh, Mr. Jagdish Raj Sapolia, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, Mr.

Bharat Bushan, Mr. Durga Dass, Mr. Krishen Chander and

Mr. Baldev Raj Sharma deliberated on Ethics Rules present-

ly in vogue. The panel gave their valuable suggestions for

further improvement in making these rules viable.

The Committee decided that it will visit Delhi, Andhra

Pardesh and Karnatka for study tour to learn their ethics rules

so that necessary amendments to be made in Ethics Rules.The Committee decided that a proposal be moved to the

Speaker Assembly also to grant permission of study tour to

some democratic country of the world to study the knowhow

of their parliament. The panel asked the Committee members

to submit their suggestions in writing so that their valuable

recommendations can be incorporated in present ethics rules

in vogue. Senior officers of Assembly Secretariat present in

the meeting.

Mir takes stock of food grainsin the Valley

SRINAGAR, DEC 11: Food grains which include 39,000

metric tons of rice and 8500 metric tons of wheat are avail-

able in the godowns of the Valley besides 3000 metric tons

of sugar and 280,000 number of LPG cylinders.

This information was given at an officers meeting here

today, presided over by Minister for Agriculture, Mr.

Ghulam Hassan Mir, convened to review the stock and sup-

ply position of food grains in the Valley.

The Minister was further informed that food grains for

remote areas sufficient for three months have been kept read-

ily available in various areas of the region. The Minister on

this occasion impressed upon the District Development

Commissioners of all the districts to get the damaged trans-

formers repaired so that adequate power supply is main-

tained to all the areas of the Valley. Mr. Mir directed the offi-

cers to streamline the supply of LPG, Kerosene oil and other

essentials for the people during winter season. He also asked

concerned officers to keep snow cutter machines ready for

facing any challenge of sudden snowfall.

1st death anniversary of latePeer Yasin observed

JAMMU, DEC 11: The first death anniversary of Late Peer

Mohammad Yasin Shah Sahab of Darbagh Harwan was

observed today which was attended by scholars, religious

preachers and people from all across the Valley.

Speakers on the occasion threw light on the contribution

of late Peer Sahab and hailed his effects in spiriting religious

knowledge among the people.

State Secretary CPI (M) and MLA Kulgam Mr. M. Y.

Tarigami and MLC Dr. Bashir Ahmad Shah (Veeri) have also

paid tributes to Late Peer Sahab.

PHQ condoles Maqsood's demiseJAMMU, DEC 11: To mourn the demise of. Sajad Ahmed

Maqsood, Prosecuting Officer, a condolence meeting was

held at Police Headquarters (PHQ) here today. The meeting

was chaired by Deputy Director Prosecution (PHQ) and was

attended by various officers and other staff members of the

Persecution Wing.

Speaking on the occasion, the speakers described the late

Maqsood as an upright and dedicated officer, whose death is

a big loss to the Organization in general and the Prosecution

Wing in particular. They expressed condolence with the

bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed

soul.

JAMMU, DEC 11: Minister

for Consumer Affairs and

Public Distribution,

Transport, Mr. Qamar Ali

Akhoon today inspected the

godowns of Food

Corporation of India (FCI)

and CA&PDs at Warehouse

(Bikram Chowk) and Chatha

and took stock of the status

of availability of ration and

its quality being stored in

these godowns for further

distribution in various dis-

tricts including remote and

far flung areas of the Jammu

division.

The Minister was

informed that adequate

quantity of food grains and

essential commodities is

being supplied to the people

with sufficient availability

and stocking of these vital

services in the sale outlets

and godowns of CAPD and

FCI by the concerned

authorities.

During the day long visit

of these godowns, the

Minister inspected the quali-

ty of wheat, rice and sugar

and instructed the Director

CAPD, Mr. Parvez Malik,

who accompanied the

Minister during the inspec-

tion, to personally check the

quality of ration being

received from Food

Corporation of India (FCI).

The Minister directed the

concerned officers to ensure

adequate availability of

wheat, rice, sugar and other

essential commodities in all

parts of Jammu division for

the convenience of the peo-

ple. He also impressed upon

the officers to personally

monitor the ration supply to

far-flung and remote areas of

Jammu division so that the

people living in these areas

get hassle free ration supply.

To bring transparency

and accountability in the

public distrib ution, the

Minister directed the func-

tionaries of the CA&PDs

department to visit the field

areas and enquire about the

proper distribution of r ation

besides ensurin g that the

benefits could reach to the

deserving people. He further

said that government is

keenly interested to make

the CA&PDs system more

effective in the state.

On the occasion, the

Minister was informed that

presently 13360 quintals of

rice, 425 quintals of wheat

and 743 quintals of sugar is

available in the Godowns of

CA&PD at Ware House

(Bikram Chowk) and Chatha

at present.

KISHTWAR, DEC 11:

Chalant Cultural Forum,

Kishtwar organized a cultural

programme "Sham-e-

Jaanbaz" in memory of the

legendry Kashmiri poet and

singer of Kishtwar Late

Ghulam Nabi Doolwal

(Janbaaz Kishtwari). The pro-

gramme was organized in col-

laboration with National

Hydro Electric Power

Corporation (NHPC)

Kishtwar at the Multipurpose

Auditorium Govt Degree

College Kishtwar yesterday.

MLA Kishtwar Mr. Sajjad

Ahmed Kichloo was the chief

guest while Mr. Ravinder

Bhat GM NHPC Kishtwar

was the guest on honour on

the occasion besides Mr.

Nissar Hussain Doolwal and

other dignitaries attended the

programme.

MLA Kishtwar Mr.

Kichloo said that Janbaaz

Kishtwari would remain a leg-

end in Kashmiri Music and

culture who has brought the

essence of Chalant style

music to Kashmir from hills

and valleys of Chenab region .

Mr. Kichloo said Late

Doolwal was himself an out-

standing poet and it goes to

his credit that he sang the

songs of almost all poets from

valley and brought the fresh-

ness of the poetry of many

poets of the erstwhile Doda

district to Kashmir and made

them known all over.

Various singers participat-

ed in the programme and

enthralled the audience with

the songs of late Janbaaz

Kishtwari. Those who partici-

pated in the programme

include Mr. Asad Anjum,

Miss Shazia Bashir, Mr.

Showqat Ahmed, Mr. Ghulam

Mohd. Lone, Mr. Touseef

Nissar Doolwal, Mr. Adnan

Nabi Doolwal, Mr. Ashok

Kumar and Mr. Sanjay

Sharma. Late Ghulam Nabi

Doolwal who enthralled

entire state with style of music

popularized Chalant with his

beautiful and progressive

poetry. From Dool he came to

settle down in Kishtwar Town

and his mazaar lies in the cor-

ner of the compound of his

house.

Malik pays 3-day visitof remote areas, listen

problems of peopleREASI, DEC 11: To redress

the problems of people of

hilly and far off areas, theMinister for Higher

Education, Labour &

Employment, Mr. Abdul Gani

Malik paid a 3-day visit of

remote areas of district Reasi

today. During first day of his

tour the Minister for Higher

Education convened a public

grievances camp at Kanthi in

block Arnas of district Reasi.

After going through the

problems being faced by the

locals, Mr. Malik said that

various development pro-

grammes and Employment

schemes have already been

launched by the government

for the benefit of the people.

He stressed upon the public in

general and labour communi-

ty in particular to come for-

ward to avail the benefits of these welfare scheme.

Addressing a well attended

public grievances camp at vil-

lage Kanthi, Mr. Malik said

that coalition Government is

making every effort to eradi-

cate poverty from every nook

and corner of the State, adding

several schemes have been

launched to upgrade the

socio-economic condition of

the people especially those

living inaccessible areas of

the state. During his visit, the

Minister reviewed the status

of construction work of steel

girder bridge over Suuch

Nallaha being constructed by

the PWD department and

asked the officers to gear up

the tempo of work for its

timely completion. He dis-

closed in the camp that the

work of a largest Micro hydro

Power Project of 45 MW on

Hans Nallaha at village

Nandolli in the district is

going to start soon which

would redress the power

shortage besides providing

employment opportunity to

the unemployed local of the

area.

"Sham-e-Jaanbaz" organized in Kishtwar

Akhoon inspects CA&PD, FCI godowns

Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Transport, Qam ar Ali Akhoon inspect ing thegodowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and CA&PDs at Warehouse ,Bikram Chowk.

MLA Kishtwar , Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo lightening up the traditional lamp at a cultural programme "Sham-e-Jaanbaz" organised by Chalant Cultural Forum in collaboration with NHPC at Govt Degree College Kishtwar.

KATHUADEC 11: Minister of State

for Cooperatives, Finance and

Planning Dr Manohar Lal Sharmasaid coalition government is striving

hard to make far off kandi and hilly

areas accessible with roads and other

basic amenities to ensure their growth

at par with other areas of the state.

He said this while addressing a Public

Grievance Camp at PWD Rest House

in Billawar.

The deputations lead by Panches

and Sarpanches of different panchay-

ats apprised the minister about their

problems and demands.

Sarpanch Koug Tara Chand Gupta

highlighted the demand of feeder as

the inhabitant's complaint about low

voltage in the area. The other

demands includes more funds for

Koug Water Scheme, 4 hand pumps,

demand of edging work on Koug

road, pending NREGA payments. Najote Sarpanch Chandu Ram

demanded commencement of Bather-

Najote road work. Sarpanch Dhralta

panchayat demanded repair of

Maangad- Middle School Dharalata

Road as the road is under depilated

condition. He also demanded com-

mencement of road work on Baba

Kailu Road dilapidated NABARD.

Other demand includes shortage of

school staff and low voltage. He

demanded 20 electric poles for

Lakhri.

Dungada Sarpanch put forth the

demand to make Dungada a model

village. Aglidhar Sarpanch apprised

the minister about water problem in

the area.

A local deputation projected the

demand of Attendant Shed andToilets in the complex of Sub District

Hospital Billawar.

Kishanpur Sarpanch Dr Narinder

Vaid demanded early completion of

Billawar - Katli Road. He also

demanded early disposal of compen-

sation in lieu of land acquired under

bus stand. Sarpanch Bhaddu demand-

ed funds for Niabat building.

Dr Manohar Lal Sharma gave a

patient hearing to the demands and

problems projected by the representa-

tives. Responding to the demands Dr

Sharma said the people cooperation is

important to achieve desired results

of development. He said people

should take maximum benefits of

state and centrally sponsored schemes

to uplift their economic and social

status. He assured the people thattheir demands will be redressed on

priority basis.

He assured that work on Niabat

Bulding at Bhaddu will commence

soon. He passed instructions to BDO

Billawar to immediately release the

pending NREGA wages of the peo-

ple. He directed the SDM Billawar to

identify land for proposed Mini Bus

Stand at Billawar. He further directed

the SDM Billawar to dispose of the

hailstorm compensation cases at the

earliest.

Dr Sharma also directed DDC

Kathua Ms Zahdia Parveen Khan to

review the progress of roads under

NABARD and PMGSY.

Manohar convenes Public Grievance Camp at Billawar

JAMMU, DEC 11: The

Committee on Assurances of

Jammu and Kashmir

Legislative Assembly headed

by Mr. Nazir Ahmed Gurezi

today directed the Power

Development department

(PDD) authorities to fulfil all

government assurances given

on the floor of the House from

time to time.

The Committee, which

met here discussed and

reviewed the overall working

of the PDD, besides

Government assurances per-

taining to their department.

Legislators, Mr. Mushtaq

Ahmed Shah and Mr. Ashok

Kumar stressed upon the con-

cerned to gear up their field

functionaries and speed up the

pace of work on all macro and

micro power projects under

execution in the State.

The Committee took seri-

ous note on slow pace of

establishment of Receiving

Station (RS) at Chanderkote

in Ramban district and direct-

ed the Chief Engineer M&RE

Jammu to furnish a status

report to the Committee for

scrutiny.

Discussing the ongoing

Power Projects in Tral

Constituency, it was informed

that Receiving Station

Marhama will be commis-

sioned in March, 2013.

Discussions were held on

budget allocation under power

sector of Tehsil Gurez. The

Committee suggested appro-

priate allocation of budget

under power sector for Tehsil

Gurez.

Earlier, Principle

Secretary, PDD, Mr. B. R.

Sharma briefed the

Committee about the achieve-

ments of the departments.

Managing Director, J&K

Power Development

Corporation (PDC), Mr.

Basharat Ahmad Dhar,

Development Commissioner

Power , Mr. Ajay Gupta, CE,

General wing Jammu Mr. C.

Dorjay, CE, General wing,

Kashmir Malik Mansoor

Villayat, officers and

Engineers of PDD besides

senior officers of Assembly

Secretariat attended the meet-

ing.

JAMMU, DEC 11: Minister

for Revenue, Relief andRehabilitation, Raman Bhalla,

on Tuesday convened a public

grievances camp at Upper

Lower Gaddigarh and

launched Rs. 15 lakh develop-

ment works including upgra-

dation of Upper Gaddigarh-

Azad Nagar link road besides

lanes and drains in the area.

The Minister, while

addressing a large gathering,

appealed the people to extend

complete cooperation to the

government agencies for

smooth and speedy execution

of development projects being

done under different schemes.

"People's cooperation is a

vital component in effective

implementation of develop-

ment projects", he main-

tained. He asked the execut-

ing agency to complete all the

projects within stipulated time

frame adding that people of

the area have faced lot of

hardships due to Kaccha link

road and lack of proper lanes

and drains. The Minister

called upon the people not to

extend their ramps and houses

on the land of lanes and roads

which creates hindrances for

the executing agencies in

smooth execution of their respective works. Bhalla said

that Government is complete-

ly abreast with the problems

of Azad Nagar's people and is

making all out efforts to miti-

gate the same in a phased

manner. He asked the officers

to personally monitor the

quality of works.

The Minister said that a

comprehensive plan has been

formulated for upgradation

and expansion of Jammu

Airport to provide all infra-

structural facilities to the pas-

sengers. He assured that the

Government would take every

step for proper rehabilitation

of those whose land has been

acquired for the expansion

project, which include car

parking, widening of road,

extension of runway, con-

struction of terminal building

and residential complex of

airport employees and securi-

ty personnel.

Bhalla said that unprece-

dented development has been

witnessed across the State

under PHE, ERA, PDD,

R&B, health, Irrigation, flood

control and education sectors.

He said many new projects

were in pipeline to upgradethe living standards of the

people. He asked the execut-

ing agencies to make opti-

mum use of funds and com-

plete the projects in a time

bound manner. He urged the

people to personally monitor

the developmental works

being executed in their

respective areas.

Earlier, the Minister visit-

ed Nanak Nagar Sector-7 and

kick started mecademisation

work of link road and internal

links, for which Government

has earmarked Rs. 4.50 lakh.

Later, Bhalla convened a

meeting of I&FC and R&B

officers at Civil Secretariat

which was attended by Chief

Engineer R&B Tehseen

Mustafa, Chief Engineer

I&FC K K Gupta, Executive

Engineer D K Rampaul

besides other senior officers.

The Minister said

Government is planning to

construct alternate road on the

left side of Ranbir canal from

Jeevan Nagar to Maralian vil-

lage so that regular and jam-

free traffic road could be pro-

vided to the people.

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BY: SANJAY GUPTA

With the appointment of Rahul

Gandhi as the head of

Congress coordination com-

mittee which has been assigned to formu-

late strategy for the next general elections,

the party has made it clear that he is the

second in command in its organization.

Meanwhile, it is also clear that the

Congress has begun its preparations for

next general elections. Soon after Rahul

Gandhi was appointed the head of

Congress coordination committee, the

Samajwadi Party announced the names of

its 55 Lok Sabha candidates posing a chal-

lenge to both the major political parties-

the Congress and the BJP respectively.

However, the Congress, which is head-

ing the UPAgovernment at the Centre, has

denied about any possibility of mid-term

polls adding that the government will com-

plete its full term. Though the present

political scenario in the country indicates

that snap-poll is likely to be held any time

next year. After the split of Trinamool

Congress with the UPA government, the

Centre is however, surviving with the sup-

port of the SPand the BSP. Given this sit-

uation, the chances of early Lok Sabha

polls cannot be ruled out. The UPA gov-

ernment at the Centre is technically in

minority after the withdrawal of supportfrom Trinamool.

In its recently concluded dialogue ses-

sion at Surajkund, the party advised the

Centre to fulfill promises of its manifesto

at the earliest and adopt a policy which

could offer a relief to the common people.

It seems that the Congress has realized the

fact that its government in its second

innings could not rise up to the expecta-

tions of the 'common man'. The party has

also felt that the government's decision to

cap the number of subsidised LPG cylin-

ders has given a heavy blow to the people.

In the dialogue session, Defence Minister

AK Antony expressed his displeasure over

this issue. He contended that the Congress

has always pursued a policy which is con-

sidered liberal and inclined towards left

from centre. Why do the party's policies go

awry showing a rightist attitude? Though,

Sonia Gandhi rejected any possibility of

early elections, the developments likeRahul Gandhi acquiring a centre-stage in

party's poll management and decline in

popularity of the government in the eyes of

the people are fueling the speculations of

early polls. Until now, it has been Sonia

Gandhi who took care of poll management

of the party. However, responsibility

recently assigned to Rahul Gandhi does

not seem to be new to him as he has been

leading the party campaigns in the various

elections for the past 2-3 years. It is quite

natural for the Congress to believe, as the

other parties do, its performance in the

2014 general elections will be as per its

expectations, however, present political

scenario seems to be against the ruling

party.

As far as the enhanced role of Rahul

Gandhi in the party is concerned, the

Congress is expecting him to do miracles

and this kind of expectation from him is

quite natural. Rahul is young and he is full

of enthusiasm. But his recent failure in

ensuring victory of the Congress especial-

ly in UP assembly polls held in March this

year, puts a question mark on his leader-

ship capabilities and ability to assess the

ground realities of states.

It is difficult to assess the administra-

tive capabilities of Rahul Gandhi as he has

not yet taken any post in the government.

Prior to recent Cabinet reshuffle, it was

speculated that he would be inducted in the

government to give the UPA government a

new edge, but it didn't happen. One canraise so many questions on the abilities of

Rahul Gandhi, but the fact should not be

overlooked that he has been able to keep

the Congress united despite all odds and he

remains the only hope of the party in the

present gloomy scenario. Even the tallest

and mightiest leaders of the Congress find

indispensability of Rahul leadership for the

party's growth. Undoubtedly Rahul owes

responsibility to lead the party successful-

ly in the coming elections and this will

happen only if the Centre reassures the

people to provide a clean, sensitive and

responsive administration.

Rahul Gandhi being the head of the

coordination committee on poll prepara-

tions of the Congress, the party has also

formed three sub-committees in the wake

of 2014 general elections. Moreover, the

party is also going to send its observers to

know the political ground realities in dif-

ferent states. It is most likely that theCongress would announce its Lok Sabha

candidates by March next year.

It is seen that national parties lag

behind the regional parties in announcing

the names of party candidates because the

chances for any sort of dissent in a region-

al party are quite rare. On the contrary,

announcing the names of their party candi-

dates always seems to be a tough exercise

for the Congress and the BJP. The

Congress must realize the fact that its can-

didates get comparatively lesser time to

work among electors in their respective

constituencies owing to delay in

announcement of candidates. It is impor-

tant to see whether the situation improves

after the appointment of Rahul Gandhi as

the head of party's coordination committee

on poll campaign strategy. Though, the

umbrella of Gandhi family is the biggest

strength to the party and there is no dissent

over the leadership of Gandhi family. The

fact cannot be ignored that no other party

is as much blighted by internal factional-

ism as the state units of the Congress are.

There are many senior leaders in the state

units of the Congress who have intense

dislike for each-other. if the party's central

leadership takes a final call in nominating

party candidates, the decision fails to gain

support at ground level. In past years, this

is the main factor behind sharp decline in

the mass support of the Congress. The BJP

too faces a similar situation. On the con-

trary, the regional parties are largely safefrom such factionalism despite the fact that

most of them are being run as a private

enterprise. As far as the Congress Party is

concerned, its history is over hundred

years old. But the party is still fully

dependent on the leadership of Gandhi

family to win elections which suggests that

the party is far away from internal democ-

racy. Factionalism in the state Congress

units put a question mark on the capabili-

ties of the Congress leadership. It also

underlines the need for establishing inter-

nal democracy within the party in true

sense and Rahul Gandhi owes a responsi-

bility to take certain specific measures in

this direction. It is quite strange that Rahul

Gandhi always seems to be very active for

internal democracy in his party, but no

affirmative result of his efforts has come to

the fore. It is yet to see how he succeeds in

keeping the senior party leaders together.

No doubt, if he succeeds in doing so, it will be a feather in his cap and the Congress too

will be able to handle the challenges which

are presently threatening it now and then.

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STATE WATCH

Daunting challenges ahead of Rahul

REWARI (HAR): A

Mahapanchayat, attended by

farmers of 21 villages affect-

ed by land acquisition in the

district, threatened to re-

launch their stir if Haryana

government failed to find an

amicable solution to the row

this month.

The state government had

acquired over 3,500 acres

land in various villages in

this district for a multi-model

logistic hub. Later, after a

prolonged stir by the farmers

in July, the move was sus-

pended.

The meeting, which was

held on Sunday under

Bhoomi Adhigrahan Virodhi

Sangharsh Samiti at Asalwas

village, has threatened to re-

launch the stir next month.

The farmers expressed

dissatisfaction over "lack-

adaisical" approach of the

government, saying despite

an assurance by Chief

Minister Bhupinder Singh

Hooda to its delegation on

July 25 that land acquisition

would be suspended, nothing

has been done so far.

Rakesh Tikait, national

president of Bharatiya Kisan

Union (BKU) was the main

speaker at the

Mahapanchayat, while Daya

Ram, a former sarpanch of

Bagthala village, presided

over its proceedings.

In his address, Tikait said,

"When the land belonged to

the farmers, it could not be

acquired by the government

against their wishes for any

project." "When farmers

throughout the country were

at the war path against such

acquisitions, it was a ripe

time for the government to

enact the proposed land

acquisition bill," he said.

A large number of farmers

from Asalwas, Patuhera,

Kheda Murar, Banipur,

Mangleshwar, Deeodhayee,

Garhi, Bolni, Bagthala,

Kasaula, Kasauli, Bakhapur,

Lodhana, took part in the

Mahapanchayat.

The state government has

already constituted a joint

committee, comprising of

government representatives

and some members from the

farmers' organisations, to

find a solution to the issue.

HARYANAMahapanchayat threatens another stir over land acquisition

ASHOK V. DESAI

The budget season is here again. The

finance minister is in the ministry for

the third time. His earlier ventures

were not covered with glory, but there is

always hope that the longer he holds the

post, the less error-prone he will become.

The times are difficult: the growth rate is

plummeting, the balance of payments is

deeply in deficit, and the fiscal deficit as a

proportion of GDP in April-September was

the highest in at least six years. P.

Chidambaram also has a new chief econom-

ic advisor, Raghuram Rajan, one of the best

he could get, though the ministry website

continues to show Kaushik Basu in that

post. The mid-term survey, which is sup-

posed to review April-September perform-

ance, is still to come out. So we do not have

the ministry's view of how the economy is

doing. But we do have an unusual paper

from the ministry on the global economic sit-

uation and its implications for India. Kanika

Bhatnagar is obviously a maverick, for she

gives us a shock right at the outset: she

begins with the following quotation from

Tolstoy's War and Peace: "At the approach of

danger there are always two voices that

speak with equal force in the heart of man:

one very reasonably tells the man to consid-

er the nature of the danger and the means of avoiding it; the other even more reasonably

says that it is too painful and harassing to

think of the danger, since it is not in a man's

power to provide for everything and escape

from the general march of events; and that it

is therefore better to turn aside from the

painful subject till it has come, and to think of

what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally

yields to the first voice, in society to the sec-

ond." Quite apart from its relevance, what

beautiful language! How unusual for a

finance ministry paper! But then, Kanika was

just a summer intern, and is probably think-

ing of something or someone pleasant under

some tree by a university canteen.

Kanika began by quoting José Manuel

Barroso, president of the European

Commission, who reacted indignantly to a

reporter's question at the last G20 summit:

"Frankly, we are not here to receive lessons

in terms of democracy or in terms of how to

handle the economy. This crisis was not orig-inated in Europe… seeing as you mention

North America, this crisis originated in North

America and much of our financial sector

was contaminated by, how can I put it,

unorthodox practices, from some sectors of

the financial market." In other words, the cri-

sis was none of Europe's fault, but was due

to infection by American toxins. Kanika

proved, to my satisfaction at least, that

Barroso was plain wrong.

Kanika began the story with the Lehman

Brothers crisis of 2008. Just before it hap-

pened, the value of American mortgage-

backed securities was $6.5 trillion - even big-

ger than the corporate bond market ($5.4 tril-

lion) and the government bond market ($4.3

trillion). When lenders lose confidence and

begin to withdraw loans to asset-based secu-

rity holders, holders sell the securities, the

issuers of the securities start selling the

assets, asset prices crash, and the entire

chain of borrowers and lenders goes bank-

rupt. That is the essence of a credit crisis.

Kanika pointed out that European banks had

considerable exposure to American asset-

backed securities and hence shared in the

losses. Not that they needed America to get

them into trouble; Europe had its own ABS

market worth 2 trillion euros. But European

banks had to hold cash reserves of 4-8 per

cent against mortgage loans, while American

banks did not. As a result, American loans

were seen to be more risky and carried high-

er interest rates. That is what made American ABSs more attractive. But actually, American

banks' loans were indirectly guaranteed by

the US government and were less risky.

The European sovereign debt crisis was

also linked to the fall in asset prices, espe-

cially property prices, resulting from the

European banks' problems, but came a bit

later, in 2009. On 16 October, Georgieu

Papandreou, Greek prime minister, gave out

a figure of 12.7 per cent of GDP for Greek fis-

cal deficit; the European statistical office

found in January 2010 that Greece had been

falsifying budget figures. That led to a col-

lapse in confidence, and blocked Greece's

access to the financial markets. Lenders and

credit rating agencies began to look anew at

the finances of other European countries;

interest rates on their debt began to go up,

and one by one, Spain, Portugal and Italy

were downgraded. These European coun-

tries did not all have high debt-GDP ratios;

but they were more vulnerable because theylacked a policy instrument, namely currency

issue, that countries outside the European

Union had. Even with a single currency, bal-

ance of payments adjustment could have

taken place in Europe if relative wages had

fallen in the southern countries. But

Germany is extremely allergic to inflation; it

kept wage increases close to productivity

increases and kept real wages constant.

Other European countries simply could not

compete with it.

The troubles in the US and the EU had an

impact on India: its export growth slowed

down rapidly. But the impact was "moderat-

ed", to use the Reserve Bank's favourite

word, by a rise in inflows of foreign direct

investment: as investment prospects in the

Western world deteriorated, capital started

moving to India, which was still showing

respectable growth. When FDI inflows slack-

ened, the Reserve Bank, always reluctant to

spend foreign exchange reserves, let the

Rupee depreciate massively. Kanika con-

cluded that India is highly vulnerable to glob-

al storms. She did not go into policy meas-

ures required to meet those storms. The

exchange rate is the only one the govern-

ment has been using; so the Rupee will con-

tinue to go down. But expectations of Rupee

depreciation discourage capital inflows; they

are likely to slacken. The only policy instru-

ment available to the government to prepare

for the gathering storm is fiscal balance. If he

has the country's interests at heart, P.Chidambaram should bring down the fiscal

deficit drastically in the next budget. It is

unlikely that he would do so by reducing

growth of expenditure; the Congress is a

spendthrift party, and the looming general

election will tempt it even more. If he cannot

discipline his party, the only option left to him

is higher taxes. He may well calculate that

only 35 or 40 million people pay income tax.

They are insignificant as electors; he may be

tempted to raise income tax. Or he may con-

sult one of his fiscal advisors, and may get

ideas for some new taxes. New taxes do not

generally yield much; they require new

administrative arrangements, which take

time to build up. But meanwhile, they make

taxpayers' lives miserable. Let us see which

of Tolstoy's two ways Chidambaram choos-

es: whether he turns aside from the painful

subject and does what is pleasurable, name-

ly run another huge deficit, or whether he

faces the danger squarely and acts to avoidor at least alleviate it. There is also a third

way, one that his predecessor usually took,

namely do nothing and trust god.

LUDHIANA: Leading indus-

trialist & President of

Ramgarhia Educational

Council and Lalit Kala

Akademi Ranjodh Singh pre-

sented the very first copy of

his book 'Nankana Sahib and

Sikh Shrines in Pakistan' to the

Prime Minister Dr.

Manmohan Singh during the

visit of Punjab Agriculture

University.

According to Ranjodh,

"The valuable book comprises

a vivid description of

Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib,

Gurdwara Sri Baal Lila Sahib

and other Sikh Shrines related

to the life of Sri Guru Nanak

Dev Ji. This book is written in

three languages English, Hindi

and Punjabi. It is dotted with

illustrative pictures of the con-

cerned shrines. This book will

serve as a strong link for the

whole Sikh community, creat-

ing awareness among them

about the rich Sikh religious

heritage in Pakistan."

Among others present on

the occasion included Pawan

Dewan, President DCC (U),

Gurmeet Singh Kular,

Rajender Gupta, J.R Singal,

Gurdeep Ahluwalia, D.L

Sharma, Sanjay Gupta, K.N.S

Kang, Sanjeev Pahwa &

others.

PUNJABFirst copy of 'Nankana Sahib and Sikh

Shrines in Pak' presented to PM

UTTAR PRADESH Kalyan Singh likely to

be re-inducted into BJPLUCKNOW: Former

Uttar Pradesh Chief

Minister Kalyan Singh

is likely to make

comeback to the par-

ent BJP on December

25, the birthday of for-

mer Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The BJP will take final

decision soon in this regard.

Sources said that formal announcement on the

Kalyan's homecoming into BJP would be made on

December 25.

Kalyan Singh along with family members on

Saturday attended the wedding ceremony of former

BJP president Rajnath Singh's son creating abuzz in

the political corridor about the merger of RKP with

BJP.

Sources say that BJP core committee will discuss

Kalyan's re-induction into the party soon. The com-

mittee will also try to resolve political crisis in

Karnataka arising out of former Chief Minister BS

Yeddurappa's split with party. State BJP president

Laxmikant Vajpayee is taking keen interest in

Kalyan's comeback into the party.

KOLKATA: Treasury bench

MLAs and Opposition MLAs

exchanged blows in the West

Bengal Assembly twice Tuesday,

first after the Opposition leader

claimed his adjournment motion

on chit funds had been severely

edited by the Speaker and again

after the Speaker announced the

suspension of three Left MLAs.

The three suspended Left

MLAs are Amjad Hussain,

Najimul Haq and Sushanta Besra.

One CPM MLA Gaurango

Chattopadhyay was rushed to

hospital because of injury.

Trouble started in the first half of

the Assembly session when the

Opposition's adjournment motion

on chit funds was admitted but a

discussion was not allowed.

When Opposition leader Surjo

Kanto Mishra rose to read the

motion, he said that the

Opposition's motion had been

severely edited and that the

Opposition was not being

allowed to speak.

At this, the Left MLAs rushed

to the well of the House and

began protesting. Treasury MLAs

claim there were attempts to

attack the Speaker. The Speaker

left the House but the clash con-

tinued in the well for some time.

The Opposition MLAs then

walked out. When the House

reconvened, Trinamool's

Parliamentary Affairs Ninister

Partha Chatterjee protested the

behaviour of the Left MLAs.

The Speaker then announced

that three Left MLAs were being

suspended. The Left MLAs once

again rushed to the well of the

House. So did the Trinamool

MLAs; one of them even pulled

the hair of Left woman MLA

Debolina Hembrom so badly, that

she fell down. After that, a physi-

cal fight ensued in the House.

The Congress MLAs and Left

MLAs have walked out of the

House.

MADHYA PRADESH MP Assembly approves pension largesse for members

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed a bill entitling MLAs to claim pension of Rs

15,000 per month even if they remain member of the House for a single day. Moving the bill in the

Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra said that after the passage of the amended

bill, the benefit of pension will be extended to any MLA who has remained the member of the House

even for a day. Earlier, MLAs who have completed minimum five-year term were eligible for such enti-

tlement. The House also passed the 'Advocate Welfare Fund Amendment Bill' with a voice vote.

SHIMLA: Tourist spots near Shimla and Manali on Tuesday

morning saw mild spells of snowfall that intensified cold wave

conditions in Himachal Pradesh, a weather official said in

Shimla. Tourist spots near Shimla, like honeymooner's paradise

Kufri, Fagu and Narkanda experienced snowfall, triggering a

rush of tourists in Shimla. Likewise, the Solang ski slopes, locat-

ed just 13 km uphill from Manali, saw snow turning the hill sta-

tion more picturesque. But the popular tourist destinations of

Shimla and Manali experienced only snowflakes, which melted

soon. Amet official said there were reports of moderate snowfall

in higher reaches of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Shimla

and Chamba districts. Lower areas of the state including

Dharamsala, Palampur, Solan, Nahan, Chamba and Mandi

received moderate rain, bringing the temperature down consider-

ably. The snow in Shimla has brought smiles to the faces of the

hotel owners. "This weekend we are likely to see spike in foot-

fall of tourists in Shimla and nearby destinations," said

DP.Bhatia, General Manager of Clarke's Hotel. The temperature

plummeted in the state with Shimla recording a minimum tem-

perature of 3.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, down from

Monday's 4.3 degrees Celsius. The night temperature in

Keylong, the state's coldest place, was 2.9 degrees Celsius below

the freezing point.Kalpa saw a low of minus 1.2 degrees, while

the temperature was two degrees in Manali. "There are chances

of heavy rain and snowfall in middle and high hills across the

state Dec 13 and 14," an official at the meteorological office said.

BIHAR Bihar gets Web Ratna

award for publicgrievance website

PATNA: Bihar's public

grievance redressal website

has received the Silver Icon

Web Ratna Award 2012, an

official said in Bihar. Union

Minister of Communications

and Information Technology

Kapil Sibbal presented the

award to S Siddharth, Bihar's

secretary of urban develop-

ment and public grievances,

in New Delhi on Monday.

State IT department offi-

cials said the public griev-

ance redressal website --

http://bpgrs.in has been

developed by the state gov-

ernment as an e-governance

initiative and has various fea-

tures for quick and transpar-

ent disposal of complaints.

The complainant is also inti-

mated on his/her e-mail

about the action taken, the

officials said.

West Bengal Left, Trinamool Congress MLAs scuffle in Bengal Assembly

Himachal PradeshSnow in nearby hills of Shimla,Manali triggers rush of tourists

A RETURN OF BAD TIMES

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An ecosystem is a community

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On the land there are terrestrial

ecosystems such as forests, grasslands

or rainforests; and in the water there

are freshwater and marine ecosystems

such as lakes and, say, coral reef.

Rainforest biome is very complex.

It includes a myriad ofdifferent

species of plants and animals that are

all adapted to rain, and lots of it.There are different levels of plantsin

the rainforests. The highest are the tall

trees that often, particularly in tropi-

cal rainforests, form a closed canopy.

On the next level are vines, orchids

and epiphytes that grow high up in

trees to reach more sunlight. Lower

down are tree ferns and similar short

trees, and next there is the forest floor

- dark but far from lifeless.

Animal life is also complex.

Insects are deeming in what is very

favourable conditions for them. Frogs

and reptiles thrive. Bird life is noisy

and colourful with many species of

parrots and cockatoos. Since birds

live mostly in the rainforest canopy,

rainforest snakes are often tree

snakes. Many mammals also live up

in trees, whether they are herbivoresor carnivores. And rivers and water-

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Aurobindo Ghose

Born: August 15, 1872

Died: December 5, 1950

Achievements: He was a free-

dom fighter, poet, scholar, yogi

and philosopher. Worked

towards the cause of India's

freedom, and for further evolu-

tion of life on earth.

Aurobindo Ghose was a

multifaceted person. He was a

freedom fighter, poet, scholar,

yogi and philosopher. He spent

his life working towards the

cause of India's freedom, and

for further evolution of life on

earth.

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was

born on August 15, 1872 at

Calcutta. His father was

Krishnadhan and his mother

was Swamalata. Aurobindo

Ghose had an impressive line-

age. Raj Narayan Bose, an

acknowledged leader in Bengali

literature, and the grandfather

of Indian nationalism was Sri

Aurobindo's maternal grandfa-

ther. Aurobindo Ghosh owes

not only his rich spiritual

nature, but even his very superi-

or literary capacity, to his moth-

er's line. His father was an M.D.

from England.

When Sri Aurobindo was

five years old, he was sent to

Loretto Convent School at

Darjeeling. Two years later in

1879, Aurobindo Ghose, was

sent to England along with his

brothers for higher studies.

Aurobindo completed his

schooling from St. Paul's in

London. In 1890, at the age of

eighteen, Sri Aurobindo got

admission into Cambridge.

Here, he distinguished himself

as a student of European clas-

sics. To comply with the wish of

his father, Sri Aurobindo Ghose

also applied for the ICS while at

Cambridge. He passed the

Indian Civil Service

Examination with great credit in

1890. He, however, failed to

stand the required test in horse-

manship and hence was not

allowed to enter the Covenantal

Service of the Indian

Government.

In 1893, Aurobindo Ghose,

returned to India, and became

the Vice-principal of the State

college in Baroda. He drew a

salary of Rs.750/-. He was held

in great respect by the Maharaja

of Baroda. Aurobindo was an

accomplished scholar in Greek

and Latin. From 1893 to 1906

he extensively studied Sanskrit,

Bengali literature, Philosophy

and Political Science.

In 1906, in the wake of par-

tition of Bengal, resigned his

job and joined the Bengal

National College on a salary of

Rs.150/-. He plunged headlong

into the revolutionary move-

ment. Aurobindo Ghose played

a leading role in India's freedom

struggle from 1908. Sri

Aurobindo Ghosh was one of

the pioneers of political awak-

ening in India. He edited the

English daily Bande Mataram

and wrote fearless and pointed

editorials. He openly advocated

the boycott of British goods,

British courts and everything

British. He asked the people to

prepare themselves for passive

resistance.

The famous Alipore Bomb

Case proved to be a turning

point in Sri Aurobindo Ghosh's

life. For a year Aurobindo was

an undertrial prisoner in solitary

confinement in the Alipore

Central Jail. It was in a dingy

cell of the Alipore Jail that he

dreamt the dream of his future

life, the divine mission ordained

for him by God. He utilized this

period of incarceration for an

intense study and practice of the

teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.

Chittaranjan Das defended Sri

Aurobindo, who was acquitted

after a memorable trial.

During his time in prison,

Aurobindo Ghosh, had devel-

oped interest in yoga and medi-

tation. After his release he start-

ed practicing pranayama and

meditation. Sri Aurobindo

Ghose migrated from Calcutta

to Pondicherry in 1910. At

Pondicherry, he stayed at a

friend's place. At first, he lived

there with four or five compan-

ions. Gradually the number of

members increased and an

Ashram was founded.

In 1914 after four years of

concentrated yoga at

Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo

launched Arya, a 64 page

monthly review. For the next six

and a half years this became the

vehicle for most of his most

important writings, which

appeared in serialised form.

These included Essays on The

Gita, The Secret of The Veda,

Hymns to the Mystic Fire, The

Upanishads, The Foundations

of Indian Culture, War and Self-

determination, The Human

Cycle, The Ideal of Human

Unity, and The Future Poetry. In

1926, Sri Aurobindo Ghose

retired from public life.

Sri Aurobindo's philosophy

is based on facts, experience

and personal realisations and on

having the vision of a seer or

Rishi. Aurobindo's spirituality

was inseparably united with

reason. The goal of Sri

Aurobindo was not merely the

liberation of the individual from

the chain that fetters him and

realization of the self, but to

work out the will of the Divine

in the world, to effect a spiritual

transformation and to bring

down the divine nature and a

divine life into the mental, vital

and physical nature and life of

humanity.

Sri Aurobindo passed away

on December 5, 1950 at

Pondicherry at the age of 78.

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Emergents

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FUN TIME

The Nut Collectors

Six squirrels began to gather

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or even use a sewing

machine

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marker

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NATIONALSTUDENT AGE


NEW DELHI: The time has

come to dismiss parliament,

anti-corruption crusader Anna

Hazare said Tuesday while

announcing a nationwide tour

against the United Progressive

Alliance (UPA) government and

graft. "I will start nationwide

tour against government and

corruption from Jan 30 from

Patna district of Bihar," Hazare

told reporters here. "Our move-

ment against corruption will

continue for the next 25 years,"

he said. "I am waiting for 2014

elections, if Jan Lokpal does not

come in parliament, I will go for

another agitation," Hazare said.

Defending his flip flop on

Arvind Kejriwal, activist Anna

Hazare said he had to change his

views on his former aide as

times changed and felt that there

will be "more trouble" if he

explains the reason.

"It is because of the times. I

will tell the reason for this

change when the time comes...If

I say the reason, it will create

more trouble," Hazare told

reporters here.

He was responding to ques-

tions on his frequent change of

stand on Kejriwal and his Aam

Aadmi Party (AAP). Hazare had

earlier said he will support

Kejriwal and honest candidates

from his party but had last week

said his for-

mer aide had

b e c o m e

"greedy" for

power and

he would not

even vote

for them.

When point-

ed out that

K e j r i w a l

feels that

Hazare will return when he

knows that he is on right path,

he shot back, "He is dreaming.

What can I say on that?"

He said he never had the

intention to enter politics and he

does not want to say more on

Kejriwal. "I have never told

anybody to vote for this person

or that party. If I had belief in

politics, I would have s tood for

elections much earlier," he said.

Announcing his future plans,

he said he will go on another

agitation if a strong Lokpal Bill

is not passed in Parliament.

"I am studying the Bill in

Rajya Sabha. If it is not strong,

we will organise another move-

ment before 2014 elections," he

said.

Talking about his proposed

nation-wide tour which will

start from Pune on January 30

next year, Hazare said he has to

awaken people as Parliament

was not upholding Constitution.

"This Lok Sabha is not

upholding the Constitution. We

will have to awaken people. The

divide between poor and rich is

widening. The time has come to

dissolve this Lok Sabha," he

said.

Talking about his proposed

nation-wide tour which will

start from Pune on January 30

next year, Hazare said he has to

awaken people as Parliament

was not upholding Constitution.

"This Lok Sabha is not

upholding the Constitution. We

will have to awaken people. The

divide between poor and rich is

widening. The time has come to

dissolve this Lok Sabha," he

said.

He said new office of his

movement will be inaugurated

on January 12, the birth anniver-

sary of Swami Vivekanda, in

Ralegan Siddhi where he will

try to gather around 1,000

youths, who will take a pledge

that they will work for bringing

change in the country. On the

same day, he will call 1,000

youths across the nation and

take oath to convene the move-

ment till the end. Hazare's tour

will be in order to awaken the

people against the government

and erupting corruption.

Right time to dismiss parliament, says HazareNEW DELHI: India will demand

handing over of Lashkar-e-Taiba

founder and 26/11 Mumbai terror

attack mastermind Hafeez Saeed

during the visit of Pakistan's

Interior Minister Rehman Malik

this week.

Union Home Minister

Sushilkumar Shinde said that he

had raised the issue of Saeed mov-

ing freely in Pakistan with Malik,

when they met in Maldives on the

sidelines of a SAARC inter-minis-

terial conference in September, and

that he should be handed over to

India.

"I am quite sure that when he

will come here, I will discuss with

him this issue," Shinde said.

Malik is expected to come to

India on a three-day visit from

Friday. India and Pakistan are like-

ly to operationalise the liberalised

visa agreement during his visit.

Shinde said India will also seek

voice samples of the handlers of the

terrorists who carried out the

Mumbai terror attack in 2008 that

killed 166 people.

He also expressed optimism

about a breakthrough on the

National Counter Terrorism Centre,

saying he has been talking to chief

ministers on the issue. The govern-

ment had deferred the operationali-

sation of NCTC, a project initiated

by Shinde's predecess or P.

Chidambaram, following protests

from some chief ministers. Asked

about his reported remarks in

Gujarat suggesting that Intelligence

Bureau's new chief Syed Asif

Ibrahim was appointed to the post

because he was f rom the minority

community, Shinde said Ibrahim is

an able person. "I only said that he

is from minority community. That's

all," he sought to clarify.

India to ask Pak tohand over Hafiz Saeed

CBI questions UPpvt firm in NRHMirregularitiesNEW DELHI : Central

Bureau of Investigation,

CBI has recently questioned

executives of a private firm

in connection with alleged

irregularities in the supply

of mobile medical units for

providing medical facilities

in some districts of Uttar

Pradesh under the National

Rural Health Mission,

NRHM.

CBI sources said that

two private firms and a UP-

based NGO are being

probed for their all eged role

in grabbing the contract

worth around 40 crore

rupees which caused an

approximate loss of over 20

crore rupees to the excheq-

uer.CBI sources said that

representatives of the pri-

vate firm were questioned at

CBI headquarters in Delhi

recently in connection with

the scam. The scheme was

launched last year under the

public- privat e partner ship

model to provide medical

help to rural people in 133

blocks spread over 15 dis-

tricts which were difficult to

reach or affected by

Maoists.

Under the NRHM, a

budget of 42.68 crore

rupees was approved by the

Centre for the project for

providing facilities includ-

ing mother and child health-

care, immunization pro-

gramme besides other serv-

ices which are available at

Primary Health Centre.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat

Chief Minister NarendraModi launched a sharp attack

on Congress alleging its

"votebank politics has

destroyed" the country and

the party had no agenda for

the assembly elections.

The BJP stalwart also tar-

geted Congress chief Sonia

Gandhi and Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh as cam-

paigning for first phase of

polling on December 13

reached its final stage.

"Mr Prime Minister,

Soniaji and friends from

Congress due to your vote-

bank politics the country has

been destroyed", Modi said.

Apparently replying to

Gandhi's comments at a poll

rally at Dakor town earlier in

the day, Modi said Congresswas not a "service (sewa)-

oriented party", as claimed

by her, but a "mewa-bhawik"

(benefit seeking party)

party."Addressing people across

53 places simultaneously

through 3D holographic pro-

jection technology, he said

"caste and votebank politics

of Congress has destroyed

the country."

"Congress has no agenda

for this election," Modi

charged. "It seems Sonia

Gandhiji was reading a

speech prepared for the 2007

election instead of 2012 elec-

tion. She said there are 57

dark zones (talukas) in

Gujarat. But she is unaware

that my government has lift-

ed them (talukas) out of dark

zones."

"Dark zones" are the

talukas where electricity con-

nection is not given to anybody to draw underground

water as water level has

receded.

M o d i

once againtargeted the

P r i m e

M i n i s t e r .

"The Prime

Minister has

not been

able to rise

above the

politics of

votebank,"

he said, hitting back at PM's

remarks that time has come

to "liberate" Gujarat from

divisive politics.

"I thought being the

Prime Minister of the country

he would treat all the states

equally. But hearing him

speak a language of minority

and majority would hurt any

Gujarati," Modi said, adding

six core Gujaratis live like afamily.

Modi said there was "con-

tradiction" between the state-

ments of the Prime Minister

and the Congress chief.

"Sonia Madam says there is

no development...While PM

says development has taken

place but from funding of

Delhi."

Modi accused the

Congress of spreading lies

and defaming Gujarat

besides putting obstacles in

the BJP-ruled state's develop-ment path.

"They (Congress) are

always putting obstacles in

Gujarat's development path,

trying to defame it...Andspreading lies," the Chief

Minister said.

Modi said the main

Opposition party was not

familiar with the state's histo-

ry and geography, and it was

treating Gujarat as an arena

of "election tourism".

"I think Sonia Madam is

not familiar with the history

and geography of the nation

and Gujarat," the BJP leader

said in reference to some of

the remarks made by the

Congress chief in her election

speeches.

Rahul also attacked the

BJP government in the state

saying, "This is very good

marketing by them saying

Gujarat is shining. Gujarat

does not get water, there ismassive unemployment in

the state, but Gujarat is

shining."

Modi targets Sonia, Congress' 'votebank politics'

NEW DELHI: TheSupreme Court restored a

government rule requiring

apex court and high court

judges to keep the home and

external affairs ministries in

the loop when travelling

abroad, even on private vis-

its.

The apex court stayed a

Delhi High Court order

which quashed the provi-

sion of a government circu-

lar that sought information

from foreign-bound judges

on boarding, lodging,

whether accompanied by

spouse, duration of visit, the

organisation that had

extended the invitation, pur-

pose of visi t and the cos t of

tour.

The apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas

Kabir, Justice S.S. Nijjar

and Justice J. Chelameswar

suspended the operation of

the high court's May 25

order by which it quashed

the para 10 of the govern-

ment's circular on the issue.

The high court held that the

seeking of information low-

ered the dignity of the con-

stitutional posts held by the

judges of the Supreme

Court and high courts.

According to the circu-

lar, the information sought

from the judges was to be

routed to the law and justice

ministry through the Chief

Justice of India and chief

justices of high courts.

Judges have to givedetails of foreign trips: SC

MUMBAI: MIAL has

already served two notices to

Kingfisher demanding clear-

ance of dues totalling Rs.53

crore. "Until the long-pending

dues are cleared, we shall not

let them fly these aircraft,

which are in our control," an

official said on the condition

of anonymity. The dues per-

tain to parking charges, navi-

gation and other services

offered by MIAL in the nor-

mal course of airlines opera-

tions. The details of the type of

aircraft that have been seized

were not immediately avail-

able. Owned by liquor-king

and MP Vijay Mallya, KFA

has been grounded since Oct 1

due to financial and labour

problems. Later that month, its

flying licence was also sus-

pended by the Directorate

General of Civil Aviation.

In view of the resource

crunch, KFAhas failed to clear

its airport dues for the past few

months. MIAL has sent at

least two notices with specific

deadlines to clear the dues,

specifying that it would not

permit KFAaircraft to operate

from Mumbai airport other-

wise, the official said.

"Since they have not

responded to the dues notice,

we have taken control of their

aircraft. They will not be per-

mitted to fly till the full dues

are cleared," he said.

He said the huge space

occupied by KFA aircraft

could have been better and

productively utilised, especial-

ly since Mumbai airport was

severely short of open space.

Discussions are already

under way with other private

carriers to allocate them the

space but a final decision on

the matter is pending till KFA

clears the dues.

KFA problems escalated

with the Oct 1 strike call by a

section of its pilots and aircraft

maintenance engineers over

non-payment of salaries and

other dues since March.

The strike was called off

Oct 24 after KFA agreed to

clear all the pending dues in a

phased manner.

According to estimates,

KFA has accumulated losses

of over Rs.10,000 crore since

May 2005.

A consortium of 17

lenders, led by the State Bank

of India, had set a deadline of

Nov 30 for KFAto organise a

minimum Rs.5,000 crore

working capital before its plea

for additional working capital

loans could be considered.

PANAJI: "The tax collec-

tion for his office for the cur-

rent fiscal would fall woeful-

ly short of the target, thanks

to the mining imbroglio,"

Commissioner of Customs

and Central Excise D.P.C.

Rao said.

"Thirty-five percent of

the service tax we used to

collect was through mining.

We used to recover Rs.500

crore per month from service

tax, but none of that is com-

ing in now," Rao said.

Mining has been banned

in Goa for over two months

now, after the Supreme

Court, hearing a petition

filed by activist lawyer

Prashant Bhushan,

announced a probe by a cen-

tral empowered committee.

The petition follows the

revelation of a Rs.35,000

crore illegal controversy

exposed by a judicial com-

mission headed by Justice

M.B. Shah, who has said that

top mining companies,

politicians as well as bureau-

crats were beneficiaries of

the scandal.

Rao however said that he

is worried that the collection

of central taxes this year,

may fall woefully short of

the targeted collection.

"If the mining continues

to be banned, we could lose

as much as Rs.2,500 crore,"

Rao said.

The annual take away of

the Customs and Central

Excise from Goa is Rs.7,000

crore which includes service

tax and customs duty, among

others.

Mumbai airport authorities seize Kingfisher planes

Goa mining ban to causecentral taxes to drop

NEW DELHI: Two days

ahead of the eleventh

anniversary of Parliament

terror attack, BJP Tuesday

demanded that convict Afzal

Guru be hanged on

December 13 itself to pay the

best homage to martyrs of the

2001 strike.

"If the government hangs

Afzal Guru on December 13

itself, there cannot be any-

thing better to pay homage to

the martyrs of the December

13 attack on Parliament... It

should hang the attacker of

Parliament during the session

of the House," BJP

spokesperson Shahnawaz

Hussain told reporters here.

He was replying to a ques-

tion on Guru whose mercy

petition is pending with the

government.

"BJP demands that the

government should not con-

sider vote or election politics

and it should not even think

that someone will raise the

issue in Parliament if he is

hanged," Hussain said.

Home Minister

Sushilkumar Shinde had yes-

terday said that files pertain-

ing to mercy pleas of

Parliament attack case con-

vict Afzal Guru and six oth-

ers will be looked into after

the ongoing Winter Session

of Parliament. Guru was sen-

tenced to death for the 2001

Parliament attack in which

nine people, including securi-

ty force personnel, were

killed and 16 were injured.

Hang Afzal Guru onDec 13, demands BJP

NEWDELHI: Finding itself

in a "complex" situation, the

Congress is doing a fine bal-

ancing act in trying to resolve

the Rajya Sabha deadlock

over the bill on reservations

for the Scheduled Castes and

the Scheduled Tribes in job

promotions and says it hopes

for a positive result.

"It (resolving the deadlock)

is a complex issue, but we are

committed to the cause of

social justice," Congress

spokesperson P.C. Chacko

said.

Both the Samajwadi Party

(SP) and the Bahujan Samaj

Party (BSP), which "helped"

the government win the FDI in

retail vote in parliament last

week, have diametrically

opposite stands on the bill.

The bill is possibly the next

acid test for the government

with the SP opposed to it and

the BSPfor it.

Since it is a constitution

amendment bill, it would

require a two-thirds majority -

which the Congress-led

United Progressive Alliance

does not have either in the Lok

Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. It

would thus need all the sup-

port it can muster.

Government sources said they

were talking to the SP to con-

vince it.

"The two parties offer us

issue-based support. We hope

to resolve the issue," said a

Congress MP in the upper

house while expressing the

hope that the party would be

able to bring the SPon board.

He said the two parties may

have different views on the

bill but that does not mean a

solution cannot be found.

The SP is, however, deter-

mined to continue with its

protest on the bill and not to

let it get passed.

"We will oppose it and ask

the government to remove dis-

puted issues from the list of

business to let the house func-

tion," SP leader Naresh

Agarwal said.

"This is dividing society.

The general, the backwards,

all other classes will be affect-

ed with this reservation. How

can you benefit one by taking

away rights of others," he

asked.

The Rajya Sabha has seen

several adjournments this ses-

sion over differences on the

bill.

BSP chief Mayawati has

accused the BJPof stalling the

Rajya Sabha because it did not

want the bill to be passed.

"Today (Monday) this bill

was to come. But it's sad that

to stop this bill, the BJP and

company raised the FDI lob-

bying issue," Mayawati said.

BJP leader Ravi Shankar

Prasad said his party was all

for social justice but within

constitutional parameters. "All

classes of society, whether it is

SC, backward classes, or

minorities, should come into

the mainstream," BJP leader

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

The bill was listed in the

Rajya Sabha and was to be

taken up Monday. Now, it will

have to be rescheduled.

HYDERABAD: Andhra

Pradesh High Court today

stayed a provisional order of

Enforcement Directorate

attaching 822 crore rupee

deposit belonging to

Mahindra Satyam in a

money laundering case

involving former Satyam

Chairman B Ramalinga

Raju and others.

J us ti ce P V Sanj ay

Kumar also stayed the

notice issued by the adjudi-

cating authority to Mahindra

Satyam ,Satyam Computer

Services Ltd, asking compa-

ny officials to appear before

it with regard to the case.

The Enforcement

Directorate had on October

18th issued a provisional

attachment order of the

company's fixed deposits of

822 crore rupee in the

money laundering case

related to the previous

management.

Money laundering case:AP HC stays ED order

attaching Rs 822cr deposit

Congress does balancing act over job quota bill

CHENNAI:The Tamil Nadu

state energy Regulatory

Commission (TNERC) has

invited comments and sug-

gestions from stakeholders on

its consultative paper on

issues related to the govern-

ment's solar energy policy.

The Tamil Nadu Energy

Regulatory Commission

(TNERC) has called for the

comments/suggestions by

Dec 28 on issues like solar

purchase obligation, net

metering, renewable energy

certificate (REC) for solar

power generators, banking of

solar power, transmission and

wheeling charges, cross sub-

sidy surcharge, reactive

power charges, adjustment of

generated power for captive

use and others.

According to TNERC, the

consultative paper is necessi-

tated as the state government

has come out with Tamil

Nadu Solar Energy Policy

2012 and also directed it to

take necessary action on it

under Section 108 of

Electricity Act 2003.

The consultative paper is a

prelude to TNERC's order on

issues mentioned in the state's

solar energy policy, the regu-

lator said. As per the policy,

the state would make it com-

pulsory for high tension

power consumers like special

economic zones (SEZ), indus-

tries, IT parks, telecom tow-

ers, colleges and residential

schools and buildings with

built up area of 20,000 square

metre or more to purchase six

percent solar power from

January 2014.

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ECONOMY

NEW DELHI, DEC 11: Bank of

America Merrill Lynch sees the

Indian economy facing five litmus

tests over the next week. These

include the Index of Industrial

Production (IIP) data, monthly

inflation, key bills in Parliament,

US QE III and the Reserve Bank

of India's monetary policy review.

Key economic indicators and

the political consensus on reforms

will together decide the future

course of the economy. Here is a

look at the bank's outlook for

these.

October IIP: Indranil Sen

Gupta, India Economist at DSP

Merrill Lynch in his report has

said that the IIP for the month of

October is likely to jump to 5%

after contacting last month. The

view is based on the assumptions

that industrial production picks up

before Diwali. Also the core

industries growth rose to 6.5%

from 0.4% in October fuelled by a

20% jump in refinery production

on base effects. Finally, the HSBC

Markit manufacturing PMI has

climbed to 53.7 in November from

52.9 last month.

Federal Reserve QE III: The

bank doesn't see the third round of

quantitative easing (expected on

December 12) to fuel domestic

inflation. "Agro markets, like edi-

ble oils, raw cotton and sugar, in

which Indian and global prices are

integrated, are now reasonably

comfortable. It is for this reason

we have been arguing that QEIII

will not prove as inflationary for

India as QEI and QEII," the report

says.

However it acknowledges that

oil prices continue to be a risk fac-

tor.

November inflation: BoFA-ML

sees inflation 'peaking off'. The

bank expects the November infla-

tion to have risen to 7.5%. This is

in line with its call that inflation

would top off at 7.5-8% by

December to 7-7.5% levels in the

first half of 2013. It will likely

pierce 7.5% in the second half of

2013 on oil and power price hikes.

According to the report agri-cultural inflation is stabilizing

with the late revival of rains mod-

erating the impact of the autumn

kharif drought. "Given sufficient

water in the north-western dams

that irrigate wheat, winter rabi

cropping is expectedly picking up

after a late start due to the delayed

kharif," the report adds.

However, appreciation impact

in pulling down October inflation

will reverse as the rupee has

depreciated around 3-5%. "A 10%

depreciation impacts inflation

about 100bps over the medium

term," the report says.

RBI monetary policy review:

The bank expects the RBI to cut

CRR by 25 basis points on

December 18 to pull down lending

rates to support growth. "We arecertainly relieved to find that the

RBI has finally decided to resume

OMO to ease liquidity. That said,

we appreciate that Governor

Subbarao may not want to take

chances with the RBI's inflation

fighting image by cutting rates at

7.5% inflation."

"It is for this reason we expect

the RBI to resume cutting rates

only from January - 75bps till July

- once inflation peaks off. In any

case, RBI rate cuts will not trans-

mit into lending rate cuts unless

the liquidity situation improves,"

the report adds.

Parliament Winter session and

impact on rupee: Post the govern-

ment gaining approval for FDI in

multi-brand retail the bank hopes

that government will be able to push through key reform bills. The

political mercury is bound to rise

as the 2014 general elections

approach, the bank states.

"Narayanasamy, minister of

state in the Prime Minister's

Office, has told the media that the

government will push for banking

and companies law amendments,

raising FDI in insurance and intro-

ducing it in pensionschemes. In

case of insurance, media reports

suggest that it may introduce an

additional FII investment window

of 23% of equity instead of hiking

the FDI cap to 49% from 26% to

develop a political consensus," the

report says.

An RBI intervention to buy

foreign exchange ast 52 levels of

rupee versus the dollar is possible.The bank's foreign exchange

strategists see the rupee at 53 lev-

els by March 2013.

Indian economy facing five litmus tests over the next week: Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

BAMAKO: Mali's prime

minister Cheick Modibo

Diarra resigned on state tele-

vision in a broadcast on

Tuesday, hours after soldiers

who led a recent coup burst

into his home and arrested

him.

Cheik Modibo Diarra

appeared somber in his

national address, saying:

"Our country is living

through a period of crisis.

Men and women who are

worried about the future of

our nation are hoping for

peace.

"It's for this reason that I,

Cheik Modibo Diarra, am

resigning along with my

entire government on this

day, Tuesday, 11 December,

2012. I apologise before the

entire population of Mali."

A police officer and an

intelligence official con-

firmed that the 60-year-old

Diarra had been arrested at

his private residence

on Monday by soldiers

loyal to Captain Amadou

Haya Sanogo, the leader of

the country's recent coup.

Diarra was getting ready

to leave the country for Paris

and the plane that was due to

take him was already taxiing

at the airport. It's unclear if

the trip to France was

planned, or if Diarra had got-

ten wind of the pending arrest

and was trying to flee.

Yerewoloton is a violent

citizen's movement, which is

believed to be backed by the

junta. In May, they broke

through the security cordon

at the presidential palace.

Diarra, an astrophysicist

who previously led one of

Nasa's Mars exploration pro-

grams, was initially seen as

in step with Sanogo. Critics

lambasted him for frequently

driving to the Kati barracks

to see the coup leader, appar-

ently to seek his advice long

after Sanogo was supposed to

have handed power to civil-

ians. In recent weeks though,

Diarra has appeared to be

taking stances that some-

times conflict with Sanogo.

Experts on Mali have

voiced skepticism over the

military intervention, specifi-

cally because the plan initial-

ly put forward by the African

Union gives a central role to

the Malian military, which is

still in the hands of Sanogo.

African diplomats who were

involved in the negotiations

with Sanogo earlier this year,

leading to the creation of

Diarra's transitional govern-

ment, say the coup leader

does not want foreign forces

on Malian soil because it

would dilute his power.

Mali's PM Cheick ModiboDiarra quits after arrest

NEW DELHI: A top UN

official on Monday claimed

that some Taliban leaders,

who issued fatwa against

girls' education during their

rule in Afghanistan, have

themselves sent their female

children to schools run with

the support of the interna-

tional body.

Louis-Georges Arsenault,

who was UNICEF

Representative in

Afghanistan from 1998 to

2001, also claimed that

Taliban issued fatwa against

girls' education during their

regime (1996 to 2011) as the

group feared that "move-

ment" of women and girls on

the streets would "distract the

focus" of their fighters from

their "task ahead".

Arsenault, who took over

as UNICEF India

Representative a couple of

months ago, made these

remarks this while address-

ing the National Consultation

on Education in Areas

Affected by Civil Strife here.

During their rule, Taliban

issued Fatwa against girls'

education and declared that

there will be no girl educa-

tion in the country, Arsenault

said.

He said top Taliban offi-

cials had "openly" told UN

officials who were talking to

them at that point of time that

the fatwa was issued because

they needed their troops to

focus the task ahead and not

be distracted by the move-

ment of women and girls.

Despite the diktat, there

were NGOs, community

leaders and teachers who

were in hiding providing

some kind of education to the

children in some parts of the

country.

The UNICEF went about

quietly without attracting

media attention in working

on school education in col-

laboration with these seg-

ments of population and tak-

ing expertise from

Government officials and

academicians.

"Some of the Taliban

fighters were sending their

girls in schools any way,"

said Arsenault, who is credit-

ed with managing one of

UNICEF's largest humanitar-

ian operations, including the

coordination of relief and

rehabilitation services to over

250,000 women, children

and men displaced by Afghan

conflict.

According to the

UNICEF, Arsenault, despite

the Taliban's edicts against

girls' education, initiated sev-

eral projects to arrange pri-

vate schooling for them.

Taliban leaders send their girl children to school: UN

KATHMANDU: Ne pa l' s

Supreme Court has issued a

show cause

notice to

President

Dr Ram

Baran Yadav and

the office of thePresident on the

issue of the

Kishori Mahatao

applying for the

post of Prime

Minister. A single bench of

Chief justice Khil Raj Regmi

yesterday has sought an

explanation as to why the

deadline for the

political parties to

seek a consensual

candidate for

Prime Minister

had been extend-ed when Mahatao

had filed his can-

didacy as sought

by the head of the

State. The order

was issued in response to a

writ petition filed by Kishori

Mahatao .

The bench has asked the

defendants, President Yadav,

Office of the President ,

Prime minister and the office

of the Prime Minister to file

their reply by fifteen days.

Mahatao a leader of Lokkalyankari Janata Dal

had filed a writ petition in the

Apex court on Friday stating

that despite his nomination

filed at the President's office

for the Prime Minister's post

the authorities had not taken

it forward. Stating that the

presidential call for forma-

tion of a consensus govern-

ment did not specify the

nature of the political parties

whether or not they needed to

be represented in the dis-

solved ConstituentAssembly, he filed his candi-

dacy for the post prime min-

ister on 29th of last month.

He also claimed that he had

the support of twelve parties

registered with the Election

Commission.

DHAKA: In Bangladesh, a country-

wide daylong nationwide strike called

by the BNP-led 18-party opposition

alliance is underway marked by some

stray incidents of violence in capital

Dhaka and other parts of the country.

Opposition activists managed to torch a

few vehicles and vandalized some more

in addition to setting of crude cocktail

bombs in different parts of Dhaka city.

Most of the shops and business estab-

lishments and schools remained closed

and traffic on the roads in Dhaka city

was minimal. Thousands of police men

in riot gear have been deployed in key

locations of the city to prevent any

untoward incidents during the hartal

hours. The BNP led opposition alliance

is enforcing the strike in protest against

the government's action against the

eight hour road blockade protest pro-

gramme on Sunday and to press for its

demand for the restoration of caretaker

government system for the conduct of

general elections due next year.

According to reports, more than twenty

vehicles were vandalized last evening

in pre hartal violence while the police

arrested BNP's Acting Secretary

General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

in cases related to the violence during

the party's countrywide road blockade

protest on Sunday. Thirty eight cases

have been filed against several hun-

dreds of leaders and activists of the

opposition in relation to the violence on

Sunday during which three people were

killed and more than fifty vehicles van-

dalized.

Meanwhile US Assistant Secretary

of State for South and Central Asian

Affairs Robert O Blake today said that

urged the two major political parties of

Bangladesh-the Awami league and

Bangladesh Nationalist Party to resolve

their differences peacefully through

dialogue. Addressing a press confer-

ence in Dhaka today at the end of his

three day tour to Bangladesh, Mr. Blake

voiced deep concern over the deepen-

ing cycle of violence during hartals and

strongly condemned the recent violence

and killing of three people that took

place during Sunday's violence.

Death toll in Philippines typhoon mounts above 700MANILA: In a very bad stroke of fate in Philippines, the death toll

from the strongest typhoon to hit this year has climbed above 700

with hundreds more missing. The civil defence office today said

Typhoon Bopha, which unleashed floods and landslides across the

main southern island of Mindanao on December 4, has killed at least

714 people and obliterated entire communities.

It said nearly 115,000 houses were destroyed and more than

116,000 people remain in crowded government shelters. Officials said

a total of 890 people, including 313 deep-sea fishermen, remain miss-

ing. Meanwhile, the United Nations launched a 65 million US dollar

global aid appeal for the victims of the typhoon, the deadliest natural

disaster in the Philippines since Tropical Storm Washi killed 1,200

people on Mindanao's north coast last year.

SC notice to Nepal Prez on Mahatao candidacy

Dhaka hit by Opposition alliance strike;US SouthAsia Secy urges dialogue between parties

Sri Lankans protest rulingagainst Chief Justice

COLOMBO: Hundreds of Sri Lankans have hit the

streets to protest against a parliamentary committee that

ruled the country's Chief Justice is unfit to hold office

because of unexplained wealth and misuse of power.

Opposition lawmakers, lawyers and rights activists

joined the protest in the capital Colombo today,

demanding that the government halt an impeachment

process against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.

The committee said Saturday that it investigated five of

the 14 charges against Bandaranayake and concluded

that she was guilty of three of them.

$300 millionADB loan toChhattisgarhNEW DELHI, DEC 11:

Asian Development Bank

would provide $300 million

loan to the Chhattisgarh gov-

ernment for overhauling over

900 kilometres of roads in the

state by 2017.

"... will provide $300 mil-

lion to overhaul more than

900 kilometres of roads in

India's Chhattisgarh state,

bringing better access to mar-

kets, businesses, social serv-

ices and education for rural

residents," ADB said in a

statement today.

The project would include

works such as expanding

roads for two-laning, build-

ing new sections, construc-

tion and strengthening of cul-

verts and brigdes.

"The project supports

Chhattisgarh's priority invest-

ment program to improve

more than 8,800 kilometres

of state roads. Once the proj-

ect is completed in December

2017, ADB will have

financed upgrades to nearly

2,200 kilometres of the net-

work." The Chhattisgarh

government would also pro-

vide more than $128 million,

for a total project investment

cost of $428.1 million.

"More than 40 per cent of

Chhattisgarh's 21 million res-

idents live below the poverty

line. Low quality roads are

undermining the benefits of

the state's rich mineral and

coal deposits, holding back

new economic opportunities

and access to social ameni-

ties, especially for minority

groups," ADB Director

General for South Asia

Development Juan Miranda

said.

NEW DELHI, DEC 11:

The finance ministry is look-

ing to shave off nearly 5 per

cent or around Rs 70,000

crore from its budgeted

expenditure for the year by

insisting that government

departments release funds

only after accounting for

money released earlier and

ensuring that they do not

bunch spending in the last

quarter.

The success of the twin

moves would be a bonanza

for the cash-strapped gov-

ernment and cushion the

impact of higher than bud-

geted subsidy bill.

Government officials said

North Block is s till banking

on Rs 30,000 crore from dis-

investment in public sector

companies and another Rs

40,000 crore from sale of

telecom spectrum as well as

the budgeted tax receipts,

leaving it with only the sub-

sidy gap to fill. The govern-

ment has already been

forced to revise itsfiscal

deficit target from 5.1 per

cent of GDP to 5.3 per cent

in the wake of a high subsidy

bill. An analysis of spending

pattern of government

departments had revealed

that they went about releas-

ing funds - especially grants

- without getting utilization

certificates or receipts for

what had been "spent".

"There are cases where

utilization certificates have

not been received for five

years, which is a clear viola-

tion of the rules. This year

we are insisting on it," said a

source. As a result of this,

departments have been told

that in the absence of utiliza-

tion certificates, they would

have to give up spending

made for the current fiscal.

For instance, if utilization

certificate for Rs 50 crore

for previous years has not

been received, the finance

ministry is threatening to

deduct it from, say, the Rs

500 crore allocated this year.

In fact some departments

like science and technology

have protested against the

move, while the health min-

istry and the department of

higher education are said to

be among those which will

have to take a haircut in this

year's allocation.

Simultaneously, govern-

ment departments have been

told that there is no way that

they will be allowed to

spend more than 33 per cent

of the allocation during the

January-March quarter.

In any case, life would be

difficult for them as the

finance ministry is asking

tough questions before

releasing money. Besides,

the 33 per cent limit would

apply on the reduced alloca-

tion, which is after factoring

in the impact of missing uti-

lization certificates. Sources

said during April-October

several ministries such as

food and civil supplies,

petroleum and corporat e

affairs had not even spent up

to 7 per cent of the plan

spending allocated to them

for the year.

Finance Ministry looks at 70,000 crore bonanzaNEW DELHI, DEC 11:The

Union food ministry is likely

to move a proposal to the

Cabinet this week for export-

ing additional 2.5 million

tonne wheat from the bulging

government stocks of 40 mil-

lion tonne. The proposal has

the backing of other min-

istries such as agriculture,

commerce and finance.

"The government has

already approved 2 million

tonne, out of which shipment

of 1.8 million tonne has been

contracted. Since August this

year, we have exported wheat

in small tranches, fetching

prices in the range of $296.68

per tonne to $322.13," said a

senior food ministry official.

Looking at better realisa-

tion in exporting wheat in

small tranches, the govern-

ment will again divide 2.5

million tonne in tranches.

"Global prices are moving

up due to dwindling global

supply. While US wheat is

fetching $370 a tonne, India

grains are commanding

$325-330 a tonne. It may rise

after speculation about dwin-

dling Black Sea supplies and

the prospect of export curbs

in Ukraine," the official said.

Global prices are likely to

remain firm in the next few

months. Huge domestic

reserves and diminishing

global supply from the

drought-hit Black Sea coun-

tries of Russia, Ukraine and

Kazakhstan will help India to

be a stable supplier. India

exports wheat to Bangladesh,

South Korea, Thailand,

Vietnam, Indonesia, Yemen,

and Oman. The Commission

for Agricultural Costs and

Prices, which advises the

government on agri-price

policy, too has recommended

liquidation of excess wheat

stock.

Govt may export additional2.5 mn tonne wheat

JAKARTA DEC 11: The first meet-

ing of the India-Indonesia Joint

Technical Committee on Fisheries

Cooperation was held here.

The Indian delegation was led by

Tarun Shridhar, joint secretary,

department of animal husbandry,

dairying and fisheries, according to

the Indian embassy in Jakarta.

Officials from the Indian Council

of Agricultural Research, National

Fisheries Development Board and

Marine Product Export Development

Authority also took part in the discus-

sions. The Indonesian side was head-

ed by Gellwynn Jusuf, secretary gen-

eral, ministry of marine affairs and

fisheries. The two sides discussed in

details issues related to technical

aspects, investment, marketing,

research and development.

The next meeting of the commit-

tee will be held in October-November

next year in India.

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NEW DELHI: Ambati

Rayudu was on Tuesday

named as the replacement for

injured batsmanManoj

Tiwary in the Indian cricket

squad for the two Twenty20s

against England later this

month.

"Manoj Tiwary has been

ruled out of the AirtelT20

International Series against

England, on account of a side

strain. The All-India Senior

Selection Committee has

picked Ambati Rayudu as his

replacement in the Indian

team for the series," BCCI

Secretary Sanjay Jagdale

said.

The 27-year-old wicket-

keeper-batsman is currently

leading Baroda in the Ranji

Trophy.

A back injury will keep

Tiwary out of competitive

cricket for atleast a month

and half.

Tiwary suffered a muscle

tear and has left for a com-

prehensive rehabilitation pro-

gramme at the National

Cricket Academy in

Bangalore under physio Nitin

Patel.

The injury means that

Tiwary is unlikely to be con-

sidered for selection for the

Pakistan series as well as the

five-match ODIs against

England.

The Bengal skipper was

found writhing in pain while

batting in the first innings of

his team's Ranji Trophy

match against Saurashtra in

Rajkot.

India's two T20Is against

England are scheduled on

December 20 and 22 in Pune

and Mumbai respectively.

Rayudu replaces injured Tiwary for T20 series against England

Ambati Rayudu

NEW DELHI: The All India Football

Federation (AIFF) is all set to ban Mohun

Bagan for two years for walking off the

pitch after one of their key players got

injured during the violence-ridden I-League derby against East Bengal in

Kolkata.

"Sticking to the rules and going by reg-

ulations, they will be banned for this year

and the next two editions of the league," a

top AIFF official said.

"It is regulation enforceable going by

article 22, but the AIFF is yet to communi-

cate the decision," he added.

Despite Mohun Bagan's country-wide

fan following, the club is unlikely to get

away with it easily as the federation is in no

mood to set a precedent, which will attract

criticism from all quarters, particularly the

other clubs.

In the present scenario, it is just a matter

of time before the AIFF takes the final call.

The federation officials are said to have

consulted their lawyers to understand the

legal implications if they suspend the club

from the league.

The final decision will be taken by theAIFF's disciplinary committee that is likely

to meet President Praful Patel on Tuesday.

Salgaocar's secretary, Raj Gomez, said

that if Mohun Bagan gets a reprieve in this

case, the Goan club would also walk off the

field whenever they are trailing at the

break.

Even an East Bengal official is learnt to

have said something similar.

The Kolkata giants refused to take the

field in the second half citing 'security

fears' as the reason after their key player

Syed Rahim Nabi got injured after being hit

on the face by a stone that was hurled from

one of the club's stands.The star India play-

er underwent a surgery to set right two frac-

tured bones. He will be out of action for at

least six weeks.

I-League: AIFF allset to ban Mohun

Bagan for two years

NEWDELHI: The proposed

Indian Badminton League

(IBL) has received 18 expres-

sions of interest from corpo-

rates for its six franchises so

far and the organisers are

expecting 12-14 more initial

bids over the next 15 days.

A total of eight cities are in

the fray for the tournament to

be held from June 24 to July

11, 2013 and the organisers

will finally settle on six fran-

chises that get the best bids.

The eight cities in the race are

Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow,

Chennai, Hyderabad,

Bangalore, Pune and Nagpur.

The USD one million

league, the highest prize

money badminton tournament

in the world, will see the par-

ticipation of as many as 50

foreign and Indian players

including Chinese superstar

Lin Dan and world No.1 Lee

Chong Wei, who have been

approached by the event

organisers.

The auction of IBLplayers

is scheduled for March and

the league is approved by the

Badminton World Federation

and the Badminton Asia

Confederation, a release from

the organisers said.

So far, the Hyderabad

franchise has attracted the

maximum number of interest

from corporates, followed by

Bangalore and Mumbai.

The Badminton

Association of India (BAI)

has already written to most of

the national associations for

their NOCs, including the

top-12 leading badminton

nations like China, Korea,

Malaysia, Indonesia, France,

Germany and Denmark

among others.

BAI President Akhilesh

Das Gupta said, "Badminton

is the fastest growing sport in

India today and we hope IBL

will take our sport to the next

level."

Sporty Solutionz CEO

Ashish Chadha said, "We are

thrilled with the brilliant

response from India Inc and I

would like to thank each one

of them for supporting bad-

minton. We are confident that

the IBL will usher in a suc-

cessful business model for the

sport and take it to greater

heights." IBL governing

council member Pullela

Gopichand said, "The IBL

heralds a new era in Indian

badminton. It will provide a

great opportunity for our

players to play along with the

best players of the world and

learn from them..”

IBL receives overwhelming response from India Inc

KARACHI: Pakistan's

experienced all rounders,

Shahid Afridi and Abdul

Razzaq, have been omitted

for the forthcoming One-

day series against India

although the former has been retained for the two

T20 matches.

The Pakistani selectors

had a number of surprises in

store for the cricket commu-

nity when they announced

the squads for the series in

India. Pakistan tours India

from December 22 to play

five matches to mark the

first bilateral series between

the two countries since

2007.

"We have our eyes on

the 2015 World Cup and

other ICC events and we

have to start building for the

future that is why we have

recalled younger players,"

chief selector, Iqbal Qasim

said.

He made it clear that the

selection was done on merit

keeping in mind recent per-

formances and fitness of players.

He said young left-arm

spinner, Reza Hasan was

not considered for the tour

since he has a back injury.

The injury to Hasan has

opened the doors for rookie

spinner, Zulfiqar Baber who

has been impressive in the

recent first-class Presidents

Trophy and national T20

championship and has been

picked in both squads.

The selectors have also

included another rookie

pacer, Asad Ali for t he T20

matches while recalling

pacers Wahab Riaz,

Mohammad Irfan and

Anwar Ali and batsmen,

Ahmed Shahzad and Umar

Amin for the two series.

Teams:

Pakistan T20 squad:

Mohammad Hafeez (Capt), Nasir Jamsh ed, Kamran

Akmal, Umar Akmal, Umar

Amin, Shoaib Malik,

Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal,

Mohammad Irfan, Junaid

Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Umar

Gul, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar

Babar, Ahmad Shahzad.

ODI squad: Nasir

Jamshed, Mohammad

Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis

Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq

(Capt), Harris Sohail,

Kamran Akmal, Saeed

Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid

Khan, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar

Babar, Imran Farhat, Umar

Akmal, Anwar Ali.

Pakistan announces ODI, T20squad for India tour LONDON: World

champion Viswanathan

Anand played out an

exciting draw with

Hikaru Nakamura of the

United States in the

eighth and penultimate

round of the LondonChess Classic, on

Monday.

After a steady draw

with Judit Polgar of

Hungary in the previous

round, it was a nerve-

wracking game in

which fortunes fluctuat-

ed many a times and the

draw was probably a

good result from a

sporting point of view

as both Anand and

Nakamura missed many

opportunities.

On a day when tour-

nament leader Magnus

Carlsen of Norway had

a bye, Russian Vladimir

Kramnik capitalised on

his opportunities and

crushed Gawain Jones

of England. In other

games, English Michael

Adams of England

could not use his extra pawn to full use and

split the point with

Levon Aronian of

Armenia, while Polgar

scored her first victory

at the expense of Luke

McShane of England.

As things stand,

Carlsen remained on 17

points after his b ye and

Kramnik narrowed the

gap to remain within

striking distance on 15

points. Adams, on 12

point s, remain ed in

third spot, two points

ahead of Nakamura who

enjoys a two-point

advantage over Anand

on fifth spot.

Aronian is in sixth

followed by Polgar and

McShane while Gawain

Jones, with just three

draws, is at the bottom.

With just one roundto come, the stage is set

for a fitting finale with

Carlsen set to meet an

off-colour Anand while

Kramnik has a black

game against Adams in

the last round.

In the event of

Carlsen drawing with

Anand and should

Kramnik win, there will

be an Armaged don

game to determine the

winner of this year's

Classic.

A strange Najdorf

Sicilian led to a dynam-

ic balance, which even-

tually reached an

endgame where Anand

had two rooks and two

passed pawns agains t

Nakamur a's knight ,

bishop, rook and two

passed pawns.

The fortuneschanged hands many

times from here. From

what should have been a

draw, Nakamura found

himself in a dead-lost

posit ion and Anand

returned the favour by

first leading to a drawn

posit ion and furth er

erred to find himself

completely lost.

However, the drama

continued as Nakamura

could not find the pre-

cise manoeuvres and

Anand managed to cre-

ate a fortress. The game

was finally drawn.

Anand draws with Nakamura in London Chess Classic

BANGALORE: India pro-

duced an all-round perform-

ance to crush South Africa by

288 runs and enter the semi-

finals of the Twenty20 World

Cup for the Blind along with

arch-rival Pakistan.

Electing to bat after win-

ning the toss, India's top-

order batsmen, Ganesh

Bushara (80 off 31 balls),

Dunna Venkatesh (79 off 31)

and Hitesh Bhai Patel (72 off

26) did the bulk of scoring

for the hosts who notched up

a mammoth 355.

Chasing 356, all the South

African batsmen, barring

Lawrence Ruthven, failed to

reach double digits, as Indian

captain Shekar Naik (3 for

13) and vice-captain Ajay

Kumar Reddy (2 for 14) did

most of the damage with the

ball.

India will play Sri Lanka

in the second play-off on

Wednesday.

In another match,

Pakistan roared into semi-

finals in style, hammering

Nepal by 10 wickets at the

Aditya Global Sports

Ground. Pakistan will play

England in the first play-off

on Wednesday.

India, Pakistan enter T20 World Cup for Blind semis

DHAKA: Explosive batting from Marlon

Samuels lifted the World Twenty20 cham-

pions West Indies to an 18-run win over

Bangladesh in a high-

scoring match at

Sher-e-Bangla stadi-

um on Monday.

Samuels hit a 43-

ball 85 not out to

steer the champions

to 197-4 in their 20

overs. While there

was some blistering

hitting from the home

team's openers, they

only managed to reach

179-1 in reply. Samuels's strong perform-

ance peaked at the end of the West Indies

innings when he hit 29 runs in their final

over, which included three sixes and a

four. He narrowly escaped being caught

twice, with the catch missed both times by

wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim off pace-

man Ziaur Rahman. Rubel Hossain was

threatening at the outset as he dismissed

Chris Gayle in the third over for six and

then had Dwayne Smith (24) in his next.

Darren Bravo also batted impressively

for the West Indies, hitting two sixes and

five boundaries during his rapid 28-ball

41 before he was stumped by Rahim off

Sohag Gazi.

Kieron Pollard (15) and Lendl

Simmons (18 not out) added to Samuels's

big score, as the

tourists added 75

runs in the final

five overs.

Bangladesh 's

openers were

strong, with Tamim

Iqbal hitting a 61-

ball 88 and

M o h a m m a d

Mahmudullah mak-

ing 64. But the

West Indies' quality

spin bowling proved too much for them,

with Chris Gayle conceding just 18 runs

in his four overs and Samuels conceding

32.

Bangladesh notched up 17 runs in each

of the first and third overs. But following

Anamul Haque's dismissal for a 12-ball

22, the West Indies' spinners managed to

limit their score. Iqbal hit ten boundaries

and two sixes during his knock while

Mahmudullah notched up four sixes and

three fours.

The defeat came after Bangladesh

clinched the preceding five-match one-

day series 3-2 on Saturday.

West Indies beat Bangladesh by 18 runs inTwenty20 international

SUKHOTHAI (THAILAND): Jaded

after another day behind the wheels,

the ASEAN-India Car Rally partici-

pants were rejuvenated by a spectacular

light show blended with dance, music

and drama as they visited the Sukhothai

Historical Park during the second leg of

their Thailand sojourn here.

Organised by the Confederation of

Indian Industries (CII) and the Ministry

of External Affairs (MEA), the second

ASEAN-India car rally reached

Thailand after a warm send off from

Vientiane, the capital city of Laos.

The participants received similar

warmth at the Sukhothai Historical

Park here, where they were entertained

with an enthralling sound and light

show. A Buddha statue and the

temple ruins formed the back-

ground as the sound and light

show turned out to be a historical

adventure for the participants.

It was quite a show as the

ruins of the archaeological struc-

ture came alive by the splendid

show of lighting and a musical

performance by hundred artists,

who made it an evening to

remember for the 124 rally partic-

ipants. "It was specular. Bravo

Thailand. Angkor Vat and Wat

Phu were mesmerising but the

sound and light show here tonight

takes the cake," said Adventure

Overland co-owner and Team

India driver Tushar Agarwal.

The show depicted the history of

Sukhothai kingdom through a series of

scenes enacted by the performers.

Later, floating lanterns coupled with

some glittering fireworks adorned the

sky, it was a sight to remember.

After the show, the participants also

got a chance to light a few airborne

lanterns, which are also known as

Kongming lantern or Chinese lanterns.

"These sky lanterns are a way of

making a wish. It is considered auspi-

cious," said one of the Thai organisers.

The ASEAN-India car rally will

start its eight leg today when it will

enter Hpa-An, the capital of Kayin

State in Myanmar.

ASEAN Rally back in Thailand, spectacular welcome for drivers

New IBM chips to

use light to speedup Internet servicesLONDON: Tech giant IBM has

announced that it has developed a

chip that makes it easier to shuttle

data about via pulses of light instead

of using electrical signals.

IBM said it should offer a way to

move large amounts of information

between processors in computer

servers at higher speeds than at pres-

ent.

These provide computing power

and data used by apps and other net

services.

The team behind the develop-

ment said that using light, rather

than the flow of electrons, to trans-

mit data has two key advantages.

Firstly, the data can be sent fur-

ther distances between different

parts of a server centre without the

risk of losing information.Secondly,

data transfer speeds are faster as

light can be used to carry more

information at once through cables,

it added.

According to the report, the firm

will present the details of the devel-

opment at the International Electron

Devices Meeting in San Francisco

later.

NEW DELHI: By 2014,

there will be more cell

phone accounts than people

on Earth at the current

growth rate for that service,

the International

Telecommunications Union

says in a new report.

There are already more

than 100 countries where

the number of cell phone

accounts exceeds their pop-

ulation, according to the

ITU's "Measuring the

Information Society 2012".

The ITU expects the

number of cell phone

accounts to rise from 6 bil-

lion now to 7.3 billion in

2014, compared with a

global population of 7 bil-

lion. China was the first

country in the world to

exceed 1 billion people and

it will soon be followed by

India. Russia, with almost

250 million cell phone

accounts, has 1.8 times as

many cell phones as people,

and Brazil, with 240 million

accounts has 1.2 times as

many cell phones as people.

Of the 6 billion cell

phone accounts that current-

ly exist, 1.1 billion are

mobile-broadband, almost

twice the number of fixed-

broadband accounts.

World to have more mobileconnections than people by 2014

Marlon Samuels in action for West Indies

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