DETAILS ON PAGE 11 SHE SAID 'NO'southasiandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/part_12.pdf · Jiah...

MidWeek 1MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY

TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013

CIRCULATED THROUGH : TORONTO, MARKHAM, SCARBOROUGH, RICHMOND HILL, VAUGHAN, WOODBRIDGE, ETOBICOKE, NORTH YORK, MALTON, REXDALE, BRAMPTON, MISSISSAUGA, OAKVILLE, HAMILTON, MILTON, STONEY CREEK, BURLINGTON

SHE SAID 'NO'

GINNI SETHI ANNOUNCED AS RBC TOP 25

CANADIAN IMMIGRANT AWARD WINNER

CONTD. ON PAGE 7

On the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants today ambushed an Army convoykilling eight soldiers and injuring 19 others near Hyderpora area on the outskirts of the city. The attack, the second in threedays and the deadliest so far this year, was claimed to have been carried out by pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen but securityestablishment believe that it was handiwork of banned Lashker-e-Taiba terror outfit. Who runs Hizbul Mujahideen ?

DETAILS ON PAGE 11

CONTD. ON PAGE 5

WHO IS BEHIND ATTACK IN KASHMIR?

Ginni Sethi, President of Grand Victorian Convention Centre &Radisson Plaza Mississauga (one-of-a-kind hotel in Mississauga),and Chairperson at Black Diamond Entertainments was honored with

the prestigious RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award on Thurs, June 20, 2013at 1 King West, Toronto ON.Over 600 nominations were received in just two months, from which 75finalists were shortlisted by a panel of judges comprised of past win-ners and dignitaries. More than 30,000 votes were cast online, thehighest number received in the award’s history.NBA All-Star and philanthropist Steve Nash, dancer and choreographer Wen WeiWang, physician and activist Izzeldin Abuelaish and other community leadersfrom across Canada are among the winners of the fifth annual 2013 RBC Top 25Canadian Immigrant awards, presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.

Ginni Sethi receiving RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award from (left toright) Canadian Immigrant's Gautam Sharma, RBC's Jennifer Tory alongwith Marc Comeau, Vice President, Sales, Services & Marketing, GM &representative from Jason Kenney's office

EX ITALIAN PRIME MINISTERFOUND GUILTY OF PAYING A

TEENAGER FOR SEX

BERLUSCONI FOUND GUILTY OF PAYING A TEENAGER FOR SEXAGE OF CONSENT IS 14 IN ITALY BUT IT'S ILLEGAL TO PAYANYONE UNDER 18 FOR SEXHE WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AND ALIFETIME BAN FROM POLITICSBUT HE MAY NEVER SERVE ANY JAIL TIME IF HE GETSVERDICT OVERTURNED ON APPEALEX-PREMIER RECENTLY FOUND GUILTY OF TAX FRAUDWHICH HIS LAWYERS ARE APPEALING

Italy's former prime ministerSilvio Berlusconi wassentenced to seven years in

jail for sex and corruption offencesyesterday - but doubts wereimmediately raised about whetherhe will ever spend a day behindbars. A court in Milan ruled thebillionaire politician, 76, had sexwith underage prostitute 'Ruby theHeartstealer' at his bunga bungaparties while in office and used hispower to cover it up.

In a now infamous phone call,the ex-premier freed the formerexotic dancer - real name KarimaEl Mahroug - from police custody

by claiming she was the niece ofdeposed Egyptian presidentHosni Mubarak. The ruling is notfinal until he has exhauste d twolevels of appeal, and even then hemay not see the inside of a cellbecause of the country's lenientlaws for sentencing over-70s.

Berlusconi has been broughtto trial some 30 times, althoughvery rarely convicted. Lastmonth an appeals court uphelda sentence against him for taxfraud, leaving him one moreappeal at the end of this year.

Bombing of AIR INDIAMOST HORRIFIC ACT OF

TERRORISM: HARPER

‘ PAKISTANI TV ACTRESS, 18, CRITICALLYINJURED AFTER ATTACKER HURLS ACID INHER FACE AS SHE SLEPT

A Pakistani teenageactress is in a criticalcondition in hospital

after a man threw acid in herface while she was asleep ather family home. Bushra Waiz,18, was attacked in the earlyhours of Saturday morning, herbrother said. Her family said a

man had proposed to MsWaiz and hurled acid at herwhen she turned him down.The family was asleep in theircourtyard in the city ofNowshera, in KhyberPakhtunkhwa province, when theman attacked Ms Waiz at about3am.Akhtar Waiz told CNN that hissister suffered burns to the right ofher face and her right leg, arm andeye. Ms Waiz, also known asShazia Aziz, is a stage andtelevision actress and singer.She is being treated at aPeshawar hospital. Hermother and brother alsosustained minor injuriestrying to protect her, reportsPakistan Today.Last year, 150 acid attackswere recorded in Pakistan,with 17 per cent of thoselinked to marriage proposals,reports Dawn.com.

BUSHRA WAIZ, 18, WASATTACKED IN THE EARLYHOURS OF SATURDAYMORNING

HER FAMILY SAYS MANTHREW ACID AT HERWHEN SHE TURNEDDOWN PROPOSAL

CONTD. ON PAGE 8

Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement todayto mark National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism:"On June 23, 1985, Canadians experienced the most horrific act ofterrorism in our history when a bomb on Air India Flight 182 killed all329 passengers and crew members aboard, 280 of them Canadians."

2 MidWeek MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY




page 3 COURT REJECTS SOORAJPANCHOLI'S BAIL PLEA INJIAH KHAN SUICIDE CASE

AJAB PREM KI GAJAB KAHANI

Ex-flames Ranbir Kapoorand Deepika Padukoneare in demand as Yeh

Jawaani Hai Deewani continuesto break box office records. Therumour mills are alreadysuggesting that Ranbir andDeepika could be pairing up forImtiaz Ali's next film.Deepika told NDTV that she islooking forward to work withRanbir again and would waitfor the offer. "I would love tobe a part of the film but I

James Gandolfini had friedfood, eight alcoholic drinksbefore heart attackJames Gandolfini consumed a large fried meal containingaround 2,730 calories, before washing it down with at leasteight alcoholic drinks, just hours before he succumbed to a

fatal heart attack. The late Sopranos star also ordered back-to-back portions of fried prawns with mayonnaise chilli sauceand a large por tion of foie gras for his last meal with his 13-year-old son, Michael, the Mirror repor ted. He also downedfour shots of rum, two pina coladas and two beers.A source at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel's outdoor restau-rant said that nearly everything that the actor ordered wasfried. Michael found James collapsed in their hotel room,just three hours after the father-son duo had their meal onWednesday night. Registered nutritionist Dr Carina Norrissaid that the meal would have added up to around 2,730 calo-ries and the average amount that is needed by a man is about2,500 for the whole day.

Jackson was totallysleep-deprived,says expert

Michael Jackson's inability to learn new dance movesand remember the lyrics to his songs were symptomsthat the singer was totally sleep deprived by the timeof his death, a sleep expert has told a jury. CharlesCzeisler said yesterday that reports by workers onJackson's ill-fatedcomeback concerts that the entertainer was losingweight, exhibiting signs of paranoia and his conditionseemed to be deteriorating were consistent withsomeone who hadn't gotten any real sleep in a longtime. The sleep deprivation was likely caused byJackson's use of the anesthetic propofol, which Czeislersaid would put the singer in a drug-induced coma and notmeet his body's need for actual sleep. Studies showed thatsimilar levels of sleep deprivation resulted in the deaths oflaboratory animals and would likely cause the death of ahuman, he said. The extreme nature of Jackson's sleepdeprivation would have shortened the singer's life unlesshe received appropriate treatment, Czeisler said. Withproper treatment, Jackson could have continued totour and perform for many years, he testified. Czeislerrelied heavily on summaries of testimony provided bya plaintiff's lawyer and emails from choreographersand others working on Jackson's "This Is It" tour toform his opinion. The testimony detailed Jackson'smissed rehearsals and reports that he was picking updance moves slowly, as well as that he requested ateleprompter to display lyrics to his songs. "Themeticulous detailing of his deterioration here wasboth profound and sad," Czeisler said. The Harvardprofessor and sleep researcher is testifying as a sleepexpert in a lawsuit filed by the singer's mother againstconcert promoter AEG Live LLC.On cross-examination by AEG defence attorneyKathryn Cahan, the researcher acknowledged that hehadn't reviewed actual testimony from the case,including statements from AEG executives that theythought the singer appeared fine and had stellarrehearsals before his death. Czeisler, who is beingpaid USD 950 an hour for his work on the case, saidhe reached his opinion after reviewing depositiontranscripts, medical records and other evidence shownto jurors during Katherine Jackson's eight-week trialagainst AEG.

The roar of water still haunts me:Harbhajan Singh

After facing a 72-hour ordeal in rain-shattered Uttarakhand,Harbhajan Singh finally reached home in Jalandhar at 3.30am onThursday. The 32-year-old cricketer says he had been planning thepilgrimage for years, and neither he or his family and friends (theywent in a group of 12) knew whattragedy awaited them on their way to Hemkund Sahib gurudwara inthe state’s Chamoli district. “We reached Joshimath on June 15, andwere supposed to start the yatra the next day. But it started pouringheavily, so we were asked to postpone it by a day or so ... butunfortunately, the rain did not stop. It became worse. The roadswere shattered, bridges were broken. There was no where to go dueto landslides. We were stuck and all we could do is to pray and waitfor things to clear,” says Bhajji. The off-spinner took shelter at theIndo-Tibetan Border Police camp at Joshimath for four days. “I regretthat my journey remained incomplete, but can’t thank God enoughfor saving our lives. My heart goes out to all those who are sufferingfrom this tragedy ... it’s sad and unbelievable, something which wasnever seen or heard before. The roar of water still haunts me ...Icould not gather the strength to see the massive floods but the

noise was such that it did not let us sleep,” says Singh, praising thejawans and Uttarakhand government for doing their bit.However, Bhajji’s resolve is not shaken. “It (pilgrimage) could nothappen this time but when God calls me back, I will surely go there.”

Court rejects SoorajPancholi's bail plea inJiah Khan suicide case

A sessions court, on Friday, rejected the bail application ofSuraj Pancholi who has been arrested for abetment of actressJiah Khan’s suicide. The court rejected Pancholi’s bail plea

contending that the investigation into the case was at a crucialstage where the prosecution was inclined to invoke some morecharges depending on the report of handwriting experts. Theprosecution said they were expecting the report at the earliest andon the basis of it would proceed to investigate further. They hadalso contended that the police had collected call data records ofcalls and messages exchanged between the two, which also goagainst Pancholi. Pancholi was arrested on June 10 after being bookedunder IPC section 306 for allegedly abetting Khan’s suicide, a weekafter she ended her life at her Juhu home.The police arrested him on the basis of the six-page letter allegedlywritten by the actress accusing him of abuse and also alleging thatshe had to abort their child. Pancholi had, in his bail plea, allegedthat he has been falsely implicated. The application stated that a six-page letter could not have been written before Khan committedsuicide.Advocate for Pancholi, CK Talekar, contested the claim on the noteand argued, "It is highly suspicious that the letter was found by thesister of the deceased four days later while the police had initiallysaid they did not find any suicide note". On Friday, Jia’s motherRabia Khan also filed an intervention application and contested thebail application filed by Suraj.

haven't heard from them. Idont know what ishappening," the actress said."I can't pick up the phone andcall them. I would rather wantthem to believe that I'm fit forthe part and pick up thephone and tell methemselves."But where does this leaveRanbir's rumoured currentgirlfriend Katrina Kaif?Reports suggest that Deepikais not the only one waiting by

the phone. Katrina, we hear,is also keen on bagging therole opposite Ranbir.As for Ranbir, he's making novisible effort to recreate hisAjab Prem Ki Gazab Kahaaniwith Katrina on-screen.However, that may be no skinoff Kat's nose. Since their lastouting in 2010's Raajneeti,Katrina has been spoilt forchoice with a string of filmsopposite high-profile heroes -Shah Rukh Khan, Salman

Khan, Hrithik Roshan and,coming up, Aamir Khan.Nor is Ranbir the only fishDeepika has to fry. She has amajor movie opposite amegawatt star out soon,Chennai Express with ShahRukh Khan.So if that role opposite Ranbirreally does cause a Kat-fight,it's safe to say it won't bebecause the two actresses arein any way starved for goodwork.

Rihanna disappointsFANSPop star Rihanna left her fansupset after she reportedly turnedup late by two hours for a gig inBirmingham. Her fans are said tohave accused her of drugs. Thesinger was said to be partyingwith actress-model CaraDelevingne. "60 pounds a ticketand @rihanna turns up late,druggie b***h." a fan posted ona social networking site, reportsdailystar.co.uk.Another disappointed fan MariaNichol posted: "Wild on drugs."

I don’t tweet every moment ofmy life: John AbrahamJohn Abraham may have joined the social networking bandwagon lately,but he still isn’t ready to share every moment of his life online. “I am stillvery shy when it comes to the social media. I don’t tweet every momentof my life. Also, I believe that if you can learn to use social mediaresponsibly, only then you should use it, otherwise not,” says the 40-year-old actor. However, the one thing that is here to stay, is his two-day-old website —www.johnabraham.com — that has everything from hisfilms, bikes, journals and even some unseen childhood shots of the actor.

Another Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor film? But what about Katrina Kaif?



page 4 RACE AGAINSTRACISM SEESRECORD NUMBERS

Race Against

Racism sees

record numbers

Members of the community wereseen at Race Against Racism inMississauga on June 15, 2013An annual event

organised by theDiversity Relations

Unit of Peel RegionalPolice, Race AgainstRacism, ran another year onJune 15, making thetradition 13 years old withhighest turnout so far."We invite people from alldifferent communities tocome out together andcelebrate the day with uswhere we can get anopportunity to interact or toknow the community with

whom we are residing withand to learn about eachother's culture," saidconstable LovejeetBainswho was the coordinator ofthe event.The event saw a turnout of2000 people mostly peoplefrom various South Asiancommunities along withBlacks, Europeans,Vietnamese and Chinese. Italso saw Peel Police ChiefJennifer Evans, MississaugaMayor Hazel McCallion, MPWladyslawLizon, MPP

DipikaDamerla, CouncillorRon Starr and Senator VictorOh.The event revolves around a5 k.m. race which is optionalfor people to take part in.While some people run formedals, others participatefor fun."It is the race or a fun run orwalk or jog or stroller roll(depending on people), theybring their children and putthem in strollers and runwith it and yes some peoplerun it for competition and

that we have prizes for allcategories," said Bains.There were about 600people who took part in therace this year. The racecosts $10 for peoplebetween the ages of 18 and60 while others pay $5 each.Bains said proceeds fromthis race go to a diversityscholarship fund put inplace by Peel Police.

The runners receive theirprizes by Peel Police invarious categories such assenior male and female,youth male and female,adult male and female,children male and femaleand stroller roll male andfemale.Apart from the race itself,people find informationabout various public basedagencies which Bains addis particularly important fornew immigrants."(Agencies) for examplePunjabi community, healthservices, Afghan Womanorganization, Mississaugafamily fitness, and newcomer center of peel andthen we have lots of otherorganizations. Theydisplay their booth andthey give out informationabout their services whichis very helpful for thenewcomers," said Bains.The event also had a PeelPolice recruiting booth anda Canadian Forces booth.Bains said the event is afun filled day for everyonein the community as it's afree event with food andentertainment."It's an opportunity tointeract with each otherand develop somenetworking andentertainment and thefood," added Bains.The event served a widerange of ethnic food likesamosas, jerk chicken,Chinese noodles,Vietnamese food, springrolls, and halal food."We (used) separateutensils to cook the halalfood, separate grills, andseparate people who werecooking the halal and it

was served separately sothat it was not mixed with,and it was clearly labeled sothat the Muslim community(was accommodated)," saidBains urging inclusivenessof all cultures is important.Entertainment for theafternoon was multicultural.It included Irish dancers,Chinese martial artsperformance, Vietnamesedancers and BhangdaPeople who take part in therace qualify for a raffle drawsaid Bains. There wereabout 40 prizes given outwhich were donated by thecommunity.The diversity scholarshipfund also receiveddonations from thecommunity andapproximately $5000 wasraised due to this event.Donations came from DixieGurudwars,MaltonGurudwara, HinduSabha City of Brampton,United Steel workers andCentury 21 realty.When asked why the eventis called race against racismBains explained it isimportant for themulticultural community toknow that Peel Policeadvertises to the communityagainst racism. "We are against racism andwe invite the community tojoin us for this cause. That'swhy we get togetherbecause we host this eventand that's why we named itrace against racism," hesaid.Bains said this annual eventhas grown over the years.Initially it used to take placein Brampton but now ittakes place in Mississaugabecause of a better venue.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013 breaking news

Ex Italian PrimeMinister foundguilty of paying ateenager for sex

Contd. from Page 1If that verdict also goes

against him, the originalsentence of four years in jailand a five-year bar fromholding public office wouldtake effect, essentially endinghis political career.

The latest rulingfollowed a two-year trial inwhich the court heardtitillating details of a 'ring ofprostitution' centred atBerlusconi's mansionoutside Milan.

At the time of the bungabunga parties, in 2010, Rubywas 17, a year under the legalage for prostitution in Italy.

Berlusconi alwaysclaimed the soirees were'elegant dinners' with anatmosphere of 'good cheer'.

But this version ofevents contrasted wildly withthat of the prosecutors, whosaid Ruby was 'part of aprostitution system set upfor the personal sexualsatisfaction of thedefendant'.

MANMOHAN, SONIA VOW TO FIGHT TERRORPrime Minister Manmohan

Singh and the UPAchairperson Sonia

Gandhi paid tributes to theeight army personnel killed inMonday's attack by militantsand said that the country wasunited to wipe out theseparatist insurgency in Jammuand Kashmir.Dr Singh and Ms Gandhi,accompanied by the AICCGeneral Secretary in-chargeJammu and Kashmir AmbikaSoni and the Union Minister ofHealth Ghulam Nabi Azad,reached Kishtwar township inthe high altitude Chenab valleyof Jammu on Tuesday to begintheir two-day tour.The Congress leaders met withrepresentatives of thousandsof families whose houses hadsuffered damage in a majorearth quake last month. Theyalso laid foundation stone ofthe 850-mw Rattle powerproject on Chenab river.Addressing a public meeting atChowgan stadium of Kishtwar,Ms Gandhi and Dr Singh, paidtributes to the soldiers whodied in a militant attack atHyderpora near Srinagar onMonday.Both the leaders vowed to fightout the cult of violence and

terror with strong will andresolution of the country. Ms.Gandhi also appreciated theservices and sacrifices of theArmy in the massive relief andrescue operations inUttarakhand.Chief Minister Omar Abdullahand Mr Azad, who is a residentof the same region, also paidtributes to the soldiers killed inSrinagar. They thanked theCentre for its liberal financialsupport for the development ofthe State.The Prime Minister's entouragehave left for Srinagar where aseries of meetings has beenscheduled at Sher-e-KashmirInternational ConventionCentre.Most of the separatist groupshave called for shutdown on

the occasion of the PrimeMinister's visit in Kashmirvalley. Most of the businessestablishments remaindedclosed and the civilianpassenger traffic was off theroad, but a section of thebusiness and traffic wasoperating in Srinagar and otherplaces. Authorities have put upextensive securityarrangements. Pedestrians andmotorists were frisked at manybarriers. Concertina wires havebeen laid on roads and aroundthe bunkers of the securityforces. This correspondentwitnessed a curfew likesituation in most parts of theCapital city as police were notpermitting any civilianmovement in the downtownareas.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, centre, and J&K ChiefMinister Omar Abdullah wave to the crowd during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the850 MW Rattle hydro power project in Kishtwar district of Jammu

Search and res-cue operationsend in KedarnathRain and fog delayed rescueoperations on Tuesday inUttarakhand where the deathtoll in the calamity rose to 807with 127 more bodiesrecovered from Kedarnatheven as security forces beganthe process of crematingcorpses in the shrine premises.

Fresh incidents of landslipswere also reported from Tehridistrict in which a woman and achild were killed.

Foggy and overcastconditions in Dehradun delayedtake off by choppers atSahasradhara helipad and JollyGrant Airport but air rescueoperations to evacuate around9000 people have now resumedwith improvement in theweather.

Official sources that 127more bodies were recoveredsince yesterday from Kedarnatharea, taking the death toll to 807.

Search and rescueoperations in Kedarnath andsurrounding areas are overfor all practical purposes,officials said in Son Prayagon Tuesday.



Published By

Asian World Today Inc.1310, Midway Blvd, Unit # 31, Mississauga Ontario L5T 2K5

Direct Line - 647-272-8182Tel: 905-670-3687 Fax: 905-670-5344

E-mail : For Advertising

[email protected]

YUDHVIR JASWALYUDHVIR JASWALYUDHVIR JASWALYUDHVIR JASWALYUDHVIR JASWALCHIEF EDITOR & CEO

647-272-8182647-272-8182647-272-8182647-272-8182647-272-8182yudhvir@southasiandaily.com

All Rights Reserved. No material herein or portions thereof may be printed without the written consent of thepublisher. DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: DISCLAIMER: Asian World Today Inc. assumes all advertisers to be reliable and responsible for anyand all liability from their claims. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement he may see unfitfor publication. The opinions expressed in Midweek may not be those of the publisher.

ANUVEER PARMARANUVEER PARMARANUVEER PARMARANUVEER PARMARANUVEER PARMARCORPORATE AND PROJECT COORDINATION

Published By

Asian World Today Inc.1310, Midway Blvd, Unit # 31, Mississauga Ontario L5T 2K5

Direct Line - 647-272-8182Tel: 905-670-3687 Fax: 905-670-5344

E-mail : For Advertising

[email protected]

Newspaper

MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLYPublished in English every Tuesday

Radio

SOUTHASIAN PULSE Mon to Fri - 2 Hours, 2 to 4 PM on AM 530

Television

SOUTHASIAN 360 DEGREESOn FILMYChannel Right Across North America

Canada - (Rogers - Channel-830, Bell fibe TVChannel-798 ),

USA - DirecTV - Channel 2008Timings- Friday6-7 PM,Sun -1-2 PMWed - 6:30-

7:30PM-EST

Online

WWW.SOUTHASIANDAILY.COMONLY News Portal for Southasian-Canadians

Cricket

CANADIAN PROFESSIONALCRICKET (CPC)

6th AnnualCPC Inter-City Cricket Cup Starting June 2013

6 Months of Non-stop cricket action

Events

6th AnnualMidweek Southasian Awards

2013

ANJANA RAI ANJANA RAI ANJANA RAI ANJANA RAI ANJANA RAI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

MidWeek

HARJINDER SINGHHARJINDER SINGHHARJINDER SINGHHARJINDER SINGHHARJINDER SINGHMARKETING GENERAL MANAGER

NISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

SUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMAGRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

BASHIR NASIRBASHIR NASIRBASHIR NASIRBASHIR NASIRBASHIR NASIRPHOTOGRAPHERS

THAPLIYAL & RAI LAWTHAPLIYAL & RAI LAWTHAPLIYAL & RAI LAWTHAPLIYAL & RAI LAWTHAPLIYAL & RAI LAWOFFICEOFFICEOFFICEOFFICEOFFICE

LEGAL ADVISOR

SUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMASUNIL VERMAINDIA MARKETING

YADWINDER SINGHYADWINDER SINGHYADWINDER SINGHYADWINDER SINGHYADWINDER SINGHAUSTRALIA DIVISON

NISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNNISHAN SHAWNMARKETING EXECUTIVESARABJIT SEMBHISARABJIT SEMBHISARABJIT SEMBHISARABJIT SEMBHISARABJIT SEMBHI

MARKETING SUPPORTDR. PUSHPINDER BRARDR. PUSHPINDER BRARDR. PUSHPINDER BRARDR. PUSHPINDER BRARDR. PUSHPINDER BRAR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

RAJNISH VERMARAJNISH VERMARAJNISH VERMARAJNISH VERMARAJNISH VERMAGRAPHICS DEPARTMENT

ALI - NICE PHOTOGRAPHYALI - NICE PHOTOGRAPHYALI - NICE PHOTOGRAPHYALI - NICE PHOTOGRAPHYALI - NICE PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHERS

communitycommunityMP SANDHU OFSURREY NORTH CALLSFOR PUNJABIHERITAGE MONTH INCANADA I P7

Indian origin Husbandguilty for killing his wife

M AT R I M O N I A LJat Sikh Parents seek asuitable match for their

daughter, 25 years of age,5'2 inches tall, Canadiancitizen, family oriented.

Well versed in both cultures,works as a registered nurse

at a reputed Torontohospital. The boy has to be a

Canadian citizen or apermanent resident. Well

educated with a reliable job.Please email a recentpicture and bio data to

[email protected] CALL 416 985 7107

MATR IMONIALRamgariah Sikh girl

On student visa in Toronto

Age 27

Bachelor of Commerce

graduate from Delhi Univer-

sity

Diploma in tours and travel.

Needs a Canadian boy

Contact number:

4164553033

4167483033

R E Q U I R E DMARKETING

EXECUTIVE, RADIO

HOST, OWN VEHICLE

NECESSARY

REQUIRED WRITER

AND EDITOR

Interested candidates

Please contact [email protected]

Mississauga Puts itsTransit Priorities on the

Table - MetrolinxInvestment Strategy

This week, City Council discussed Mississauga's transitpriorities in response to the Metrolinx Investment Strategyadopted by the Metrolinx Board of Directors and sent to theprovince for comment. "Metrolinx indicated furtherdiscussion will take place with municipalities as well as withthe public on the recommendations for funding, policy andoperations," said Mayor Hazel McCallion. "We will be atthat table and are ready to move ahead with Mississauga'sprojects. Transit is for everybody - it is a regional issue. Weneed it for the environment, economy and well-being of allour residents and businesses. The ball is now in theprovince's court. I look forward to hearing more on theprovince's public consultation process so we can all moveahead on this critical issue." According to a corporate reportpresented to Council, Mississauga-related projects includedin the proposed Metrolinx Next Wave of transportationimprovements are:o Hurontario-Main Light Rail Transit (LRT),o Dundas Street Bus Rapid Transit (BRT),o GO Rail Expansion and GO Lakeshore Express Rail Service- Phase 1 (including electrification), ando electrification of the Union-Pearson Express"Transportation improvements are critical for the futureprosperity of the City of Mississauga and they arefundamental to an integrated regional system," said citymanager and CAO Janice Baker. "Sustainable, long-termtransportation funding tools are needed to maintain theeconomic competitiveness for the Greater Toronto andHamilton Area (GTHA). City staff is engaged and willcontinue to work with Metrolinx and the province once theyindicate the next steps in the process."

A British Columbia Supreme court sentenced anIndian man for life for stabbing his wife to deathin 2011 at her workplace in Surrey, B.C. "Women

in Canada, and indeed in any civilised society, are equalpersons to be accorded the full protections of the lawand have the corresponding rights and privileges,including the complete liberty to make their ownchoices as human beings in accordance with thefreedoms available to all," Vancouver Desi quotedjudge Miriam Maisonville as saying in her ruling. 28-year-old Manmeet Singh has no chance of parole for16 years as he was charged with second degree murderin the death of his 24-year-old wife RavinderBhanguat a Punjabi newspaper office. The couple had split afew months before the incident said reports. On July28, 2011 Singh had walked into Sach Di Awaazan Indo-Canadian weekly newspaper where Bhangu workedas an administrative assistant thrice a week andstabbed her reported One India. Singh walked towardsBhangu's desk armed with a hatchet and two knivesand struck her twice in the head with the hatchetreported One India. He then pulled out one of hisknives and stabbed her about 30 times reported OneIndia. Police said by the time officers arrived at theSash Di Awaaz newsroom she was already dead saidreports. A man who tried to defend the woman from

Ravinder Bhangu memorialCour tesy: RanvinderBhangu Memorial

Page on Facebook

RavinderBhangu, died in 2011 inSurrey, B.C.

Cour tesy: RavinderBhangu MemorialPage on Facebook

her attacker was injured reported Canadian Press. "The accused told themembers of the office that (Ravinder) Bhangu was his wife ... and she cheatedon him," said Crown prosecutor Christopher McPherson at Singh's sentencinghearing in Supreme Court in New Westminster reported One India. "The blowscaused cracks to her skull," McPherson said. Bhangu raised her arms to defendherself and two of her co-workers tried to get between Singh and his wife.

"The blows caused cracks to her skull," McPherson said. Thewoman raised her arms while trying to defend herself and twocoworkers tried to get in between the attacker and his wife reportedOne India. Singh told her colleagues while attacking the wife thatshe had cheated on him reported Two Circles. As Singh stood byhis dying wife, he asked a bystander to call 911 and told the operatorhe had killed his wife reported One India. The couple had fallen inlove in 2008 in India and got married. Singh had then moved toSurrey and sponsored his wife in 2009 said reports.

Food For The Poor Canada partners with Canadiansto build and revitalize schools in JamaicaToronto, Ontario - Food For ThePoor Canada is pleased toannounce a partnership withMaple Leaf Sports andEntertainment (MLSE) andHelping Hands JamaicaFoundation, to promoteeducation in Jamaica.

With generous donationsfrom the staff at Maple LeafSports and Entertainment and thepartnership of Helping HandsJamaica Foundation, 50Canadians will travel to Jamaicaat the end of June, to work onthe building of the ArlingtonBasic School for children ages 3to 6 years old and therevitalization of FullerswoodPrimary School, for children ages6 to 12, in the parish of St.Elizabeth.

This initiative is part of theJamaica 50 Schools Project,started in 2012, to celebrateJamaica's 50th anniversary ofindependence. This will be the15th school opened in the lastyear by Food For The Poor aspart of "Jamaica 50".

Samantha Mahfood,Executive Director, Food For ThePoor Canada, says theinvolvement of Helping HandsJamaica Foundation and MapleLeaf Sports and Entertainment isan amazing gift for the schooland its children. "It isinspirational that the staff ofMLSE should be moved tosupport a cause thousands of

miles from their community," shesaid. "Every day FFPC isbuilding new partnerships withCanadians. Canada and theCaribbean have a long andimportant history and we areproud to be part of thiscontinuum."

The new Arlington BasicSchool will facilitate about 40students; it will include threenew classrooms, an office/sickbay, playground, and kitchenfacility, along with bathrooms forboth students and teachers.

According to Ms. TaneshaWright, Principal, ArlingtonBasic School, "the donation of anew school building withadequate classroom space,bathrooms and kitchen facilitieswill make a positive impact onteachers, students, parents andthe community in general. "

The Fullerswood PrimarySchool was built in 1968 andfacilitates 146 students; itsrevitalization will include theconstruction of a sanitationstructure to facilitate flushtoilets, new partitioning forclassrooms and a recreationfacility.

Maple Leaf Sports &Entertainment (MLSE) is one ofthe world's premier sports andentertainment companies thatowns the Toronto Maple Leafs(NHL), the Toronto Raptors(NBA), the Toronto Marlies(AHL), Toronto FC (MLS), Air

Canada Centre, Maple LeafSquare and three digital channels- Leafs TV, NBA TV Canada andGOL TV Canada.

MLSE has also invested infour of Toronto's sports facilities- Ricoh Coliseum, home of theMarlies, BMO Field, home ofToronto FC, Lamport Stadium,and the MasterCard Centre forHockey Excellence, the practicefacility for the Maple Leafs andMarlies. MLSE operates andmanages events at RicohColiseum and BMO Field.

Helping Hands JamaicaFoundation is a Canadianorganization whose mission is toimprove the lives of the nextgeneration of Jamaicans bycreating a world-class educationsystem through investment ininfrastructure, resource materialsand expertise. Helping HandsJamaica Foundation is driven bya group of successful Jamaican/Canadians who are determinedto give back and help supportJamaica.

Arlington Basic School isthe fifth early childhood schoolthat Helping Hands will buildwith Food For The Poor.

Food For The Poor Canadaprovides sustainabledevelopment and aid for thosein need in Haiti and Jamaica. Ourcurrent focus is on educationand health. Food For The PoorCanada is an affiliated agency toFood For The Poor Inc. (US) the

largest international relief anddevelopment agency in the US,FFP Jamaica, FFP Haiti and FFPGuyana - all three sister agenciesare the largest charities in thecountries they serve.

Food For the Poor Canadais under the patronage of G.Raymond Chang, one ofCanada's and the Caribbean'smost respected business leaders.

A man was killed on Sundayafternoon in Abbotsford, B.C.was identified as a 25-year-oldSouth Asian, Harpreet Chahal."Witnesses indicated thatshots were fired from a sus-pect vehic le into a darkcoloured sedan. WhenAbbotsford Police Depar tmentPatrol Division officers arrivedthey located a South Asian manin his 20's seriously injuredand suffering from apparentgunshot wounds," said a re-lease by Abbotsford Police.The man was taken to the hos-pital by the authorities andaround 6 P.M. he succumbedto his injuries and was pro-nounced dead.The investigation is now be-ing assumed by the Integrated Ho-micide Investigation Team (IHIT)said the release.The shooting occurred on EmersonStreet and South Fraser whenChahal was sitting in a BlackMercedes reported Global News."This shooting occurred in a verypublic area where innocent peoplecould have easily become victims.We are urging anyone with informa-tion to come forward and speak withinvestigators," said Sgt. JenniferPound as repor ted by GlobalNews. Pound confirmed thatChahal was known to police andthe drive-by shootout was gangrelated said reports.

A young SouthAsian shot andkilled in B.C.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013 c o m m u n i t y

HIRING AZ AND DZ DRIVERS- LOCAL CITY WORK AND ALSO LONG HAUL AVAILABLE

- PAID $18 AN HOUR + HST

- WORK IS GAURANTEED

- DRIVERS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 1 YEAR EXPERIENCE

CONTACT:5 Melanie Drive, Brampton, ON, L6T 4K8

Call Raj or Jas Aujla905 - 781 - 1213416 - 271 - 4143

email: [email protected]

MP Sandhu of Surrey Northcalls for Punjabi HeritageMonth in Canada

MP JasbirSandhu of Surrey North (on the left) with NDP leader TomMulcair (on the right) on Vaisakhi Day Parade 2013Cour tesy: jasbirsandhu.ndp.ca

SURREY- New Democrat MP JasbirSandhu (Surrey North)is pleased to announce that the NDP has tabled a PrivateMembers' Bill on Tuesday, May 29, calling for the annualdesignation of April as Punjabi Heritage Month in Canada.The request comes after Sandhu spearheaded consultationswith heritage, arts, and cultural leaders from Surrey and theLower Mainland. Across Canada, the NDP completed thelargest and most successful nationwide consultations withthe Punjabi community in the Party's history. "We initiatedthis campaign at the request of the Leader of the OfficialOpposition and Canada's NDP, Tom Mulcair" saidJasbirSandhu. "I was honoured to be able to connect withcommunity members and organizations during the consultationprocess". Throughout the consultations, the recognition of thePunjabi community's contributions and history in Canada wasa constant theme of discussion. Punjabis have lived in Canadafor over a hundred years, helping to shape a shared history,grow the Canadian economy and strengthen Canadiansociety. "My hope is that Punjabi Heritage Month bothrecognizes the contributions of, and leads to greater supportfor, Punjabi arts, culture, and history both in my riding ofSurrey North and throughout Canada", said Sandhu. "I lookforward to sharing this art, culture, and heritage withCanadians from coast to coast. Punjabiyan Dee Peh-chaan,Canada Dee Shaan". Members of the community can supportthis initiative by visiting www.PunjabiHeritageMonth.ca andsigning the online petition.

End of the telegraph Era in IndiaA rapid and dependable system of communication is the back bone of

the civilizations. It is the speed with which the news iscommunicated to fellow members of the tribe or the area which

will ascertain the response. In case of a natural calamity the reliefoperations should come quick and in enough quantity. In case of warthe nation's ability to fight or resist the invasion will depend on howrapidthe mobilization can be. On personnel level the family news ofbirth or death has to be conveyed as soon as possible. Through ageshumans have tried variousmeans to achieve this from the Greek footrunners, to horseback dispatch, smoke alarms, pigeon couriers and manymore. In 19 th century a breakthrough in the form of electric/ radio transmissionthrough designated path maybe electric cables was discovered. Thisinvention single handily eliminated the factors of unexpected delay andincreased reliability. The possibility of the agents' man or animal being waylaid or coming under hostile attack and letters lost or falling into to enemyhands waseradicated. Progresson this innovation made it possible thatwithina matter of minutes the communiquéwill reach almost any place in theworld.This means an incident taking place in America is conveyed to India ina few moments. The sad news is after nearly twocenturies years of dedicatedservice the India Telegraph is about to retire. The management BSNL saysit is not financially viable to continue the service. From its inception thecable has had a long and epic journey. It is a unique service which helped thegovernments, corporates, and common man alike. So strong was it impactthat it silently it contributed to a big change in the course of human history.The last telegram is proposed to be sent in India on July 14 2013. This is 144years after the famous Samuel Morse who using his Morse code sent hisfirst telegram in Washington US. On the first Indian front it was introducedin 1850 by William O' Shaughnessy a British doctor and inventor who useda different code. The firstcable was sent from Calcutta to the diamondharbour. It is of interest to note that in 1854 the first long distance line waslaid between Calcutta and Agra. Historically the telegram played a vital role;in 1857 The Indian war of independence. The East India Company used the

network for better communication and coordination. It is said that in theAmerican Civil War President Abraham Lincoln was a regular visitor at thetelegraph office. In the WW1 the telegram sent by the German foreignminister, popularly called the Zimmerman telegram was one of the mainreason for the US entry into the war. On personnel level almost everyone hasan experience of receiving or sending telegrams. Printed messages like "youhave been selected for so and so position please come for the interview onthe followingdate"was common and often brought a smile on the face. It isunfortunate that the telegram got a negative image as it wascommonly usedto convey sad news of disease and death. Considering the urgent nature ofthe message a man who delivers the message was taken seriously. In the agewhen computers, emails and satellite did not exist and the service providedby the Graham Bell's telephone was still in its infancy the wire was the besttool available to fulfill the need for fast and efficient communication. It waseconomical so was easily affordable by the populace and was fast. Ascompared to the traditional letter which would take weeks to reach thedestination. During these days a couple of annas could send an urgentmessage to anyone around the globe. It is said that in the mid 80'sthere were close to 45,000 offices spread all over India. These officessent nearly 60 million messages a day. At that time the industryemployed 12,500 people. Today the number has declined to about 75offices and 998 workers. Mostly it is the government who still sends thesedispatches. The main reason for the loss of offices is due to decline in peopleusing this serviceleading to decrease in business. Thus the BSNL is losingmillion in continuing to run this venture. The irony of the decision by theBSNL and the government of India is that people in far flung areaswill be hithard by this. Many of these citizens have no cell phone or access to email ofcomputers. They will be cut off from the rest of the world. The other importantthing is that India is taking lead in shutting the system for ever. Severalcountries around the world including Russia, China, Canada, Germany,Switzerland, and Mexico still provide full telegraph services.

Submitted by Pushproop Brar

GINNI SETHI

ANNOUNCED AS RBC

TOP 25 CANADIAN

IMMIGRANT AWARD

WINNER

CONTD. FROM PAGE 1The awards celebrate theinspir ing stor ies andachievements of immi-grants to Canada.When asked by CanadianImmigrant Magazine, whatadvice she would give newimmigrants, “To all newimmigrants, my advicewould be to bel ieve inthemselves and put all ef-for ts wholehear tedly inwhat they do. Maybe suc-cess will not come over-night, but gradually theywill carve a space for them-selves. Be optimistic andopen,this country has a lotto offer everybody.”Ginni Sethi is an estab-lished business woman.President of Grand Victo-rian Convention Centre &Radisson PlazaMississauga, and Chair-person at Black DiamondEnter tainments, Ginni is asuccessful business per-son who is making thecommunity proud. She hasbeen honored with the AWICWomen of Dist inct ion“Helping Hand” Award in201 2. She received theMidweek South Asian Business person of the Year 2012 at 5thAnnual CIBC Midweek South Asian Award as well as thereceipients for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubi-lee Medal from the Governor General of Canada. She is the co-founder and char ter member of an organization of dynamicWomen Entrepreneurs called WEP that recently received theIndo Canada Chamber of Commerce “Member of the Year”Award 2013 and recently, she has been awarded the presti-gious RBC Top 25 Immigrant Award 2013. She also receivedrecognition by the community through the South Asian CanadaDay Award.She donates generously for many social causes and funds theeducation of many young girls in India. She is also an activemember with many other organizations such as, Lions Club,CNIB and serves as a Patron for AWIC – A Womens Commu-nity Services Organization. Her philanthropic endeavours in-clude presenting a significant sum as a charity to the WilliamOsler Health Centre through Sethi Foundation. She has alsosuppor ted various other charities such as Salvation Army ‘ToyMountain’ campaign, CNIB, Sick Kids Foundation, BAPS, Cen-tennial foundation, Pakistan Ear thquake Relief, along with sev-eral other chosen charities in Canada and India.On receiving this honour, Mrs. Sethi gave the following re-marks “A huge thankyou to all of you. I am completely humbledby your suppor t to make me one of the RBC Top 25 Immigrantsthis year. It couldn’t have been done without you all. This rec-ognition is great but greater is the strength of my family andfriends whose effor ts made it possible. It was very competi-tive with a lot of wor thy nominations. Feel truly humbled andprivileged at the same moment. Thanks once again!!!”


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013opinion

Amid the ongoing global economic uncertainly, locally elected officials- whether from rural towns or big cities - have important roles tocreate the right environment for jobs, growth, and opportunity.In the City of Brampton, we have identified three key areas, amongothers, to help residents reach higher and achieve success. Theseinclude: breaking gridlock and investing in public transit; elevatingthe quality of life for people by properly planning and zoning land forimportant developments; and marketing the city to the world byattracting foreign-direct investments.Investing in TransitFor cities, having a modern, creative, and competitive economyrequires world-class transit. Entrepreneurs demand that people,goods, and services move uninterrupted across municipal boundaries.Traffic jams don't create jobs; they cause headaches, missed deadlines,and delayed shipments. It's unacceptable to bothcustomers and taxpayers.As a community of drivers and commuters, Bramptonis making important road improvements and alsoexpanding public transit. More people out of cars andriding transit means more companies easily moving theirgoods and services along major highways and throughbusy intersections.In November, the city opened the new BramptonGateway Terminal and strengthened its public transitnetwork with the launch of ZumSteeles, an importantexpansion of the existing bus rapid transit system. Overthe next three years, Brampton's bus rapid transitcorridor will further expand by connecting businesses,workers, students, GO train riders, families, andresidents, from every corner of the city. Brampton's also moving forwardwith Metrolinx, about laying the foundation for the proposedHurontario-Main Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, with Mississauga.It's an opportunity for people from as far south as Port Credit inMississauga, to head north into Brampton and take in a renownedperformance at the Rose Theatre; dine out with friends; skate withfamily at Gage Park; Zumover to the Bramalea City Centre to shop;and get to work on time.Transit routes like this can lead to exciting new economicdevelopments and employment opportunities. Mindful of this, thecity knows it's important to ensure the planning of these routespreserves the charm and heritage of historic neighbourhoods. Theremust also be a fair, responsible, and realistic plan of actionto pay fornew transit. And when alllevels of government work together

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: HELPING RESIDENTS REACH HIGHER

CONTD. FROM PAGE 1"Today, we pay tribute to the memory of victims of this atrocity, andto those who have lost their lives in other acts of terrorism, includingduring the September 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S., and, recently, the BostonMarathon bombings and the terror attack in Woolwich, London."On this day, we also stand in solidarity with all families affected by terror-ist acts, and honour the memory of civilians, soldiers, diplomats, interna-tional aid workers and journalists targeted by these hateful crimes."As we mark the National Day of Remembrance for victims of Terrorism,we are reminded that acts of terrorism continue to plague many regions inthe world and constitute a serious threat both to democracy and funda-mental rights and values."Our Government has taken numerous steps in the fight against terrorism.Canadahas been in the forefront in combating terrorism abroad, mostnotably in Afghanistan where Canadian soldiers and diplomats continue toserve to prevent that country from again becoming a base for terrorism. Athome, in 2011, we launched the Kanishka Project, a five-year nationalresearch undertaking to develop the information we need to frustrate ter-rorist conspiracies and keep Canadians safe. As well, Canada's Counter-terrorism Strategy - Building Resilience Against Terrorism - adopted lastyear, sets out Canada's approach to tackling this global and domesticthreat. Most recently, we passed the Combating Terrorism Act (Bill S-7)which will help disrupt plans and preparations for terrorist attacks and toinvestigate past acts of terrorism. Just last week, our government passedBill S-9, which will allow Canada to take measures, as part of its commit-ments under international agreements, to prevent nuclear terrorism."The elimination of terrorism continues to be at the forefront of ourgovernment's priorities. The numerous memorials built in Canada andaround the world to honour the innocent lives lost through such acts serveas a reminder of the need for continued vigilance. We stand together withour friends and allies in our determination to rid the world of this scourge."On June 23 June 2010 PM Harper spoke at the Commemoration Ceremonyfor Air India Flight 182"Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, friends and families, thankyou for being here this evening.A quarter century has gone by since the terrible event for which we aregathered today, namely the destruction of Air India Flight 182, which killed329 people, most of them Canadians.The destruction of Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985 was, and remains,the single worst act of terrorism in Canadian history. It cost the lives of 329men, women and children. They perished that day, when a bomb plantedin the hold of their aircraft exploded. Meanwhile, a similar bomb intendedfor another Air India flight, detonated at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing twobaggage handlers.Around the world, it was a dreadful day.Let us picture it once more. Most of those on Flight 182 were our fellowcitizens, Canadians going to India for business or pleasure or family re-unions. Eighty-two of those aboard were children, no doubt to be receivedand shown off with happy pride. Activities familiar to all of us, then, ajourney begun with excitement and hopeful expectations.But, that day the innocence, the pleasure, the anticipation, all of it wassnuffed out by an act of grotesque violence and malevolence. And you whoare left, you were handed this heartbreaking loss, the burden of which it isall but impossible to calculate, severed bonds that still ache with theburning sadness of love remembered in empty silence.This was evil, perpetrated by cowards, despicable, senseless and vi-cious. I will make no attempt to make any sense of it. Nor will I speak ofroads to healing. Some wounds are too deep to be healed even by theremedy of time. What I can tell you is this.Your pain is our pain. As you grieve, so we grieve. And, as the years have

deepened your grief, so has the understanding of our country grown. Canadi-ans who sadly did not at first accept that this outrage was made in Canada,accept it now. Let me just speak directly to this perception. For, it is wrong,and it must be laid to rest. This was not an act of foreign violence.Canadians now understand that this atrocity was conceived in Canada, ex-ecuted in Canada, by Canadian citizens, and its victims were themselvesmostly citizens of Canada. We wish this realization had gained commonacceptance earlier.However, it is this understanding which guides the actions of our Govern-ment today. So, we have encouraged the building of more memorials such asthe original one in Ireland that I had the honour of visiting in 2005, and this onehere in Toronto.It is why the Government of Canada made June 23rd the National Day ofRemembrance for Victims of Terrorism. And it is why four years ago, in oneof the very first acts of our new government, we appointed retired JusticeJohn Major to scrutinize without limit the investigation of the bombing of AirIndia Flight 182.I come now to a difficult place. Commissioner Major reported on the firstphase of his inquiry, in December 2007. In it, he recorded many personalstories, some that I have heard first-hand from families of victims. I foundtheir words deeply moving.Six days ago, Commissioner Major issued his second report. It is, finally, athorough examination of events, and deeply disturbing. For although Com-missioner Major's report runs to 3,000 pages, although it summarizes thetestimony of hundreds of witnesses, although it shines a light on institutionalprocesses that Commissioner Major referred to in some cases as a 'dys-functional focus on self justification,' and in others as 'slow, intermittent, andacrimonious,' it can still be reduced to a few words: this should not havehappened.This should not have happened. And 329 people should not have perished inthe sky that day in June, south of Ireland.It is not enough to say that the system failed. It did of course. But, this is tosanitize with words a succession of woeful inadequacies that CommissionerMajor calls "a cascading series of errors."No. that is not enough.Commissioner Major delivered a damning indictment of many things thatoccurred before and after the fact. Things, ladies and gentlemen, that thisGovernment of Canada cannot defend, has no wish to defend.And, Commissioner Major finds that, to make matters worse, the families ofthe victims were for years after treated with scant respect or considerationby agencies of the Government of Canada.These are things for which honour and duty require that the Government of

Canada, the government that called this inquiry, now apologize.I stand before you therefore, to offer on behalf of the Government ofCanada, and all Canadians, an apology for the institutional failings of 25years ago and the treatment of the victims` families thereafter.The protection of its citizens is the first obligation of government.The mere fact of the destruction of Air India Flight 182, is the primaryevidence that something went very, very wrong. For that, we are sorry.For that, and also for the years during which your legitimate need foranswers and indeed, for empathy, were treated with administrative dis-dain.Ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Major has made many importantrecommendations. We are in the course of reviewing them and havealready begun the vital work of improving safety and security at ourairports. It is a matter of the utmost importance to our government thatsuch a thing never happens again.Sadly, we have no way of knowing when, if, or how, we may once morebe attacked, or by whom. We know only that terrorism is an enemy witha thousand faces, and a hatred that festers in the darkest spots of thehuman mind. And we fear that when we invite from around the world,those who share our aspirations for a better life, others also come, thosewho see in our Canada, not new bridges to a hopeful future but onlyanother chance to travel the old roads to the blood-feuds of the past.And let me address, as the families have asked me to do, my fellowpolitical leaders of every stripe: it is incumbent upon us all, not toreach out to, but rather to marginalize, to carefully and systematicallymarginalize, those extremists who seek to import the battles of India'spast here and then to export them back to that great and forward-looking nation. We must have none of it. Just as we must continue thestruggle against destroyers and murderers of all kinds. And it will,with energy and urgency. Whatever the threat, we must anticipate it.Wherever it comes from, we must be ready for it. Whoever would liftup a perverse ideology by casting down the innocent, we must learnhow to thwart them.The greatest legacy we can leave to your loved ones is to make the skiessafe for travel.Let me say that again: the finest memorial we can build to your lovedones is to prevent another Flight 182. This is our duty to you, and toall Canadians. I want to thank the victims' families for inviting mehere today.Thank you very much.God bless you all.And God keep our land glorious and free".

By Susan FennellMayor of Brampton

toaddress such municipal priorities, Canada is better positioned forsuccess.Over the next two decades, Peel Region will need to accommodate over300,000 people and approximately 150,000 jobs. Nearly a quarter of thisgrowth is expected to live in the area immediately surrounding theHurontario-Main corridor.A local vision for public transit that elevates quality of life - and economicdiversity - must be realized. However, it is also important that we continueto advocate for secure, sustainable, and predictable funding as part ofthe upcoming long-term infrastructure plan by the federal government.The Federation of Canadian Municipalities' #CutMyCommutecampaign,for example, has provided important dialogue on ways to break trafficgridlock and help people, goods, and services more freely.Elevating Quality of Life

A robust network of modern and efficient public transitalso runs parallel with Brampton's Southwest QuadrantRenewal Plan. It's a major investment in theredevelopment of the city's downtown core.It's contributing to our local economy both in the shortand the long term. This redevelopment plan will see newjob-creating opportunities in the downtown retailindustry. And, just as important, it will providecommunity space for residents to use and enjoy right inthe heart of the city.First-rate transit; welcoming neighbourhoods;community centres; libraries; and park paths; all embodythe character of a healthy and thriving city. Packagedtogether, these are marketable assets that help localgovernments recruit professionals from the creative

economy to do business with us - whether it's an existing company ornew arrival.When a new head office relocates oropens up, the corporate leadershipwants a seamless transition for its employees. It's not just a new homefor the company. In many cases, your town or city becomes a new homefor employees and their families.Canon Canada recently announced Brampton would be home to itsnew, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters. Securing a globallyrenowned company, that will employ 550 workers, doesn't happen bychance. Council led by planning and zoning land for business use,purposely laying the foundation to attract corporate head offices. Theannouncement is proof that the plan is working.Canon will join the likes of other major corporations - from Air Canada(currently under construction and scheduled to open next year), to

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (whose groundbreakingrobotictechnologies are helping Canadian astronauts like Chris Hadfield,reach new heights).Attracting Foreign Direct-InvestmentsNot only do local leaders need to market their communities at home,but they also have an important role in marketing them abroad.I recently joined other mayors andlocal officials on trade missions inChinaand India. We chose these countries because they providegrowing markets for local companies to sell their products andservices.A delegation of Chinese investors from Xiangtan is already schedulingan economic development mission to Brampton this year. This is adirect result of the trade mission to China. In Brampton, to maintainrelations and work toward opportunities with investors like these, weare forming the Brampton Chinese Business Association, so we remainconnected to the world's fastest-growing economy.No sooner did we return from China, than we were departing forIndia. Brampton's South Asian community provides a strongfoundation that can be leveraged in India to help promote investmentopportunities, which translates into jobs for residents.The federal government has an ambitious agenda to strengthenrelations with India.Prime Minister Harper and Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh areworking toward tripling business betweenthetwo countries from $5 billion to $15 billion over the next two years.As municipal leaders, we can't let these opportunities pass us by. Onbehalf of Bramptonians, three memoranda of understanding (MoU)were signed with business organizations committed to economicopportunities and innovation. Brampton's MoU with the SmallandMedium Business Development Chamber of India (SMEChamber), for example, is particularly important because more than 80percent of businesses in Brampton are small and medium sized. India'sSME Chamber has partnered with the Brampton EconomicDevelopment Office to promote Brampton's interests among investorsfrom India. The MoUidentifies opportunities for joint businessventures, research and development partnerships, and knowledgeexchange, among so many others.Know Your Assets and StrengthsWhether you represent a rural town or growing city, every communityhas incredible assets and strengths.As municipal leaders, we live, breathe, and see these assets each day.We're well positioned to show businesses at home and abroad whythey need to come to our communities to live, invest, start a business,expand service offerings, and succeed.

Bombing of AIR INDIA MOST HORRIFIC

ACT OF TERRORISM: HARPER



canada EXPENSIVE TO LIVE,EASY TO SPEND,STRUGGLE TO SAVEIP10

Prime Minister and Trudeau almost equally popular: new poll31 per cent of people favouredPrime Minister Stephen Harperand 30 per cent supported theLiberal leader Justin Trudeau asCanada's next Prime Ministerreported a Harris Decima Poll."Mr. Harper (31%) and Mr. Trudeau(30%) are neck and neck on thequestion of who would make thebest prime minister," Harris-Decima said as reported by theNational Post."A further 15% feel Mr. Mulcairwould make the best primeminister."NDP leader Tom Mulcair is farbehind in the race despite his closingof spring sitting of Parliament as theofficial opposition."There's no question that the firsttwo years of consolidation after theorange wave of 2011 have nowprepared us to look at Canadiansand say that we're thegovernment in waiting," a Mulcairsaid last week as the House of

Commons broke for the three-monthsummer recess."This was a pivotal session for theNDP as official Opposition."Poll was conducted between June13 and 16 at the end of House ofCommons sitting with over 1,000respondents detailing range ofleadership attributes.56% of respondents said they had afavourable impression of Trudeauwhile 39% said the same of Harperand another 37% favoured Mulcair.Harris-Decima had conducted thesame poll in April and found thatMulcair's popularity ratings fellby five points during the lastweeks of Question Periodsessions where he was grillingConservatives on the Senateexpense scandal said reports.Harper's favourability numbersbarely changed between April andmid-June, scandal notwithstanding,and Trudeau's numbers also stayedstable said reports.

40 per cent of respondents feltHarper was most capable whenit comes to economic matterswhile Trudeau came at 21 per centand Mulcair at 14 reported CBCNews.Respondents believed Harperhas best judgment with 29 percent, while 23 per cent thoughtthat about Trudeau and 19 percent of Mulcair said reports.When asked which leader"shared your values" 31 per centchose Trudeau, 26 per cent choseHarper and 16 per cent pickedMulcair said reports.When asked "who cares mostabout people like you,"respondents picked Trudeau at31 per cent, Harper at 21 andMulcair at 19.Seven years into the job, Harperled when it came to experiencewith 47 per cent choosing himwhile Trudeau and Mulcair tiedat 16 per cent each.

FASTER REMOVAL OFFOREIGN CRIMINALS ACT

BECOMES LAWPROTECTING THE SAFETY AND

SECURITY OF CANADIAN FAMILIES

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister JasonKenney welcomed the final passage and Royal Assent of TheFaster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, which speeds upthe removal of dangerous foreign criminals from Canada."This new law will keep Canadians safer by ending endlessappeals and loopholes that were being used by dangerousforeign criminals to delay their depor tation, during which timemany committed more crimes," said Minister Kenney. "Cana-dians can now feel more confident in the integrity of our immi-gration system because violent criminals and fraudsters willbe kept out while genuine visitors are welcome."The Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, strengthens theintegrity of Canada's immigration system by amending theImmigration and Refugee Protection Act to:" Make it easier for the Government to remove dan-gerous foreign criminals from Canada;" Make it harder for those who may pose a risk toCanada to enter our country in the first place; and" Remove unnecessary barriers for genuine visitorswho want to come to Canada.The Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act has receivedwidespread acclaim, including suppor t from the CanadianAssociation of Police Chiefs, the Canadian Police Associa-tion, Victims of Violence and Immigrants for Canada, amongmany others.The Government is delivering on its commitment to depor tdangerous foreign criminals faster by limiting their access tothe Immigration and Refugee Board's Immigration Appeal Di-vision (IAD). This will reduce the amount of time cer tain crimi-nals may remain in Canada by up to 18 months, preventingthem from committing more crimes against innocent, law-abiding Canadians.Another change in the legislation ensures that foreign nation-als who are inadmissible on the most serious grounds - secu-rity, human or international rights violations, or organized crimi-nality - are no longer able to delay their removal by applyingfor a program that is meant for cases deserving of humanitar-ian and compassionate consideration. This change is consis-tent with the government's no safe haven policy.Other changes to protect the safety and security of Canadiansinclude a new Ministerial authority to refuse temporary entryin exceptional cases, and increased penalties for those whotry to cheat the system.The legislation also facilitates the temporary entry of low-riskindividuals who would have previously been refused entrybecause one of their family members was deemed inadmis-sible for non-security reasons, such as health."Canadians are generous and welcoming people, but they haveno tolerance for criminals and fraudsters abusing our gener-osity," said Minister Kenney. "We want an immigration sys-tem that is open to genuine visitors, while at the same timeprevents the entry of foreign criminals and denies them theability to endlessly abuse our generosity."

Calgary faces flood after-mathAbout 65,000 Calgarians werepermitted to head back home onMonday after disastrousflooding hit the regionand wereasked to do a re-assessment oftheir homes.

"We ask that residents ofsingle family homes self-assessthe condition of their propertyand follow the safetyprecautions provided," said thecity in a release.

"Residents of multi-familydwellings are to connect withtheir property manager prior toreturning home. We willcontinue to update thoseaffected by the evacuation orderthroughout the day."

Re-entry informationRe-entry information

centres have been establishedfor residents who have beenapproved to safely return home.

Residents are asked to visitone of the re-entry informationcentres PRIOR to accessing theirresidence for importantinformation that will supportthem in self-assessing their homeand provide guidance on nextsteps.

Once check-in and re-entryinformation has been receivedfrom one of the centres, residentsmay proceed to their residence.

If the road and sidewalk tohome is dry, residents mayproceed to enter their home.

If there is no flood watervisible upon entry, residents areasked to inspect their basementfor water.

If there is water in thebasement above electricaloutlets, leave your homeimmediately and advise yourcommunity re-entry informationcentre. If there is no water in thebasement or if water is belowelectrical outlets, residents mayproceed with their self-assessment as directed by re-entry information centres.

Self-assessment will includeidentification of critical servicesstill required. If a need isidentified, residents should postan 8.5" x 11" notice in theirwindow with bold writingidentifying the need. One pieceof paper should be used per item.Writing should be large and boldenough so that it can be clearlyseen from the street.

Premier announcesimmediate action to supportrebuilding Alberta

To ensure areas mostaffected by the recent andunprecedented flooding havethe support and tools they needto rebuild, Premier Alison

Redford has appointed threeAssociate Ministers of RegionalRecovery and Reconstruction.They are:

" Hon. Greg Weadick forSouth East Region

" Hon. Kyle Fawcett forSouth West

" Hon. Rick Fraser forHigh River

These three ministers will beon the ground every day in theirregions of responsibility.

"This disaster is entirelyunique in its speed, its scale andits scope in the number ofpeople and communities that itimpacted. Our government fullyrecognizes that," said Redford."That's why, to date, we havebrought together all provincialresources to respond to thisdisaster through the AlbertaEmergency ManagementAgency. And today, we begin torebuild."

Robin Campbell, minister ofAboriginal Relations, willcontinue to oversee FirstNations recovery, and Don Scott,from Fort McMurray, willcontinue to oversee the recoveryin that community from floodingearlier in June.

"My fellow ministers andMLAs from Calgary will continueto lead recovery efforts in theCity of Calgary, working inlockstep with city officials," saidRedford. In addition, thegovernment is holding anemergency Treasury Boardmeeting on June 23 andestablishing a detailed plan forhow to deploy short- and long-term resources. This will involveimmediate action in three areas:

Financial assistance forAlberta families and

communities with uninsurabledamage.

Support for short-term andlong-term infrastructure needs inaffected communities.

Prosecution of businessesor individuals who illegally pricegouge or commit other types ofconsumer fraud to takeadvantage of flood victims.

"My message today is thatyour government is mobilizingand will do what's necessary toget the job done. As I've visitedcommunities in the last few days,I've never been more convincedof the strength and resiliency ofAlbertans. We are up to task. Wewill rebuild together. And ourcommunities will be strongerthan ever before," said Redford.

Our government waselected to keep building Alberta,to live within its means and tofight to open new markets forAlberta's resources. We willcontinue to deliver theresponsible change Albertansvoted for.

PM visits flood affectedregions of Alberta

Prime Minister StephenHarper traveled to Calgary to seefirst-hand the impact of thefloods that are affectingcommunities across Southernand Central Alberta. He wasaccompanied by Alison Redford,Premier of Alberta, andNaheedNenshi, Mayor ofCalgary. "The people of Centraland Southern Alberta areshowing tremendous strength,courage and resolve in theirreaction to the devastatingfloods in the Alberta regions,"said Prime Minister Harper. "Thefederal government is takingswift action to help municipaland provincial authorities meet

the needs of those affected.Members of the RCMP and theCanadian Armed Forces arealready on the ground helpingwith search and rescue,evacuation and other logisticsand our Government standsready to provide all the supportrequired."

The Prime Minister alsosaluted the amazingcooperation, teamwork andhumanity being displayedduring these very difficultcircumstances.

The Canadian ArmedForces (CAF) are supportingthe flood operations withapproximately 1,300 troops,eight helicopters, a militaryairplane, trucks and othervehicles to assist withevacuation, search and rescueand logistical efforts. LocalRCMP detachments have alsobeen providing support tothose affected by the flooding.

The Prime Minister alsoannounced that the DisasterFinancial AssistanceArrangements (DFAA) isavailable to provide financialsupport to the Province of Albertafor eligible costs. The DFAA is afinancial mechanism throughwhich the Government of Canadahelps provincial and territorialgovernments respond and recoverfrom natural disasters.

"Laureen and I would also liketo offer our deepest condolencesto the families of the victims whohave lost their lives in these floods,and also our hope for a quickrecovery for anyone who isinjured. Our thoughts andprayers are with you during thisdifficult time," said the PrimeMinister.

CALGARY FLOOD Courtesy: City of Calgary


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013c a n a d a

THE GEN Y REALITYEXPENSIVE TO LIVE, EASY TOSPEND, STRUGGLE TO SAVE

‘TD RESEARCH FINDS HIGH COST OF EDUCATION,LOWER SALARIES AND HIGH DEBT LOAD BIGGESTBARRIERS TO SAVING FOR 20-SOMETHINGSTODAY COMPARED TO 40 YEARS AGO

According to new research from TD Canada Trust, more than athird of Gen Y (34%) admit they find it an almost impossiblestruggle to save. Young people today face fiscal challengesthat older generations did not have to worry about, like work-ing to pay off high student debts in tandem with managingspending on lower salaries.Still, the principles of budgeting, saving and spending remaintrue no matter the financial reality, according to Raymond Chun,a senior vice president at TD Canada Trust. Diligence, auto-mation and realistic goals are essential to making saving moneya habit.The research, which surveyed Boomers and Gen Y on theirability to save in their 20s, found that today's youth appear tobe more affected by common obstacles to saving than previ-ous generations:" Paying for education costs (44% of Gen Y versus18% of Boomers)" Salaries too low to cover living expenses (39% ofGen Y versus 30% of Boomers)" Debts from credit cards, loans and lines of credit(38% of Gen Y versus 26% of Boomers)" The temptation to shop beyond their means (36% ofGen Y versus 16% of Boomers)"There is no question that the job market is tighter, universitycosts higher and salary growth lower for young people today,"said Chun. "With planning and discipline, young Canadianscan lay the foundation for a solid financial future by diligentlytracking their cash flow and creating a plan for saving andspending."As a general rule, individuals should aim to set aside three tosix months' wor th of essential expenses in an emergency fund.While this is not easily done for young people star ting outtoday, the most impor tant thing is to star t a savings habitearly, regardless of how much can be set aside at the begin-ning. "It is tough for young people to balance all of their finan-cial obligations as they enter adulthood, but this is preciselywhy it's impor tant to be committed to saving even just a littleeach week - every dollar counts," said Chun. "Savings pro-vides some freedom if a great oppor tunity like a new job over-seas comes up, or as a financial cushion in the event of some-thing like temporary job loss."

VIA RAIL SUSPECT BELIEVESKILLING IS JUSTIFIABLE

Accused of Via rail terrorearlier this year,ChihebEsseghaier said

it was alright to kill if there wasjustification in a 45 minuteinterview at the Toronto WestDetention Centre reported theStar. He said he believes Islamallows for killing if there is ajustification."If there is a right to kill, you kill,"he said as reported by the Star.30-year-old Esseghaier fromMontreal was accused ofderailing a VIA passenger trainin April that ran between Torontoand New York. The alleged attackwas labelled as Canada's first "AlQaeda-sponsored" by thepolice, said reports.During the interview, Esseghaiercondemned Canada's militaryinvolvement in Afghanistanlabelling it is deadly and wrongform of "colonization" reportedCBC News."I want that in Afghanistan theywill not suffer again fromcolonization - NATOcolonization. Those who do

colonize, they know very wellthat they are wrong," he toldCBC News.The accused was studying forhis PhD at the Université deSherbrooke. He came from hisnative country Tunisia in 2008said reports."I can enjoy my life in Canada, Icould be finishing my PhD,searching for a job to be aprofessor and be teaching, I cando all of that and close my earsand eyes from the suffering of

my brothers and sisters inAfghanistan. I can do that. Butif I do that, I would be a selfishperson," he said as reported theStar.He criticised Raed Jaser, whowas also accused of Via railterror plot for hiring a lawyerunlike himself reported CBCNews. He repeatedly asked to bejudged by the Qur'an and not bythe Criminal Code."I was disappointed when I heardthis, because Jaser is a Muslim

and as far as I know he believesin the Qur'an. I don't understandwhy he chose another reference(defence) than the Qur'an," hetold CBC News.

Citizenship, Immigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney announced thatCitizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)

launched online consultations for public input onimmigration levels and mix today.In addition, Parliamentary Secretary Rick Dykstra isbeginning a series of cross-country consultations withstakeholders today, starting in Mississauga ."Since 2006, the Government of Canada has welcomedthe highest sustained levels of immigration in Canadianhistory," said Minister Kenney. "Given the importance ofimmigration to our economic growth and long-termprosperity, we are especially keen to hear the views ofCanadians as we prepare for the years ahead."The government welcomes stakeholder and publicfeedback on the appropriate level of immigration forCanada and the most suitable mix among economic,family, and refugee and humanitarian classes.Participants will also be asked for their views on theincreasing role of economic immigration in supportingCanada 's future prosperity and the government's movetoward a faster and more flexible immigration system.In planning for the total number of people to admit as

new permanent residents each year, the government mustnot only balance its immigration objectives, but alsoconsider broader government commitments, input fromprovinces and territories, and current and futureeconomic conditions. In addition, the government musttake into account CIC's operational ability to processapplications in a timely manner, as well as the capacity ofCanadian communities to welcome newcomers.These consultations present an opportunity to raisegreater public awareness of the difficult decisionsinvolved in managing a global immigration system. Thereare competing visions and diverging goals for the futureof the immigration program. Engaging stakeholders andthe broader public is key to CIC's development of anoverall strategy for Canada moving forward.Invited stakeholders represent a variety of perspectives,including those of employers, labour, academia, learninginstitutions, professional organizations, businessorganizations, regulatory bodies, municipalities,Aboriginal groups, settlement provider organizationsand ethnocultural organizations.The online consultations are open for input until August31, 2013.

CIC consulting Canadians on

immigration levels and mix

‘I PREFER TO PASS ALLMY LIFE IN JAIL RATHERTHAN BE JUDGED BYLAWS MADE BYHUMANS," REPORTEDCBC NEWS.HE WAS ASKED ABOUTHIS WELLBEINGREPORTED STAR."I AM FINE. I THANK GODTHAT I DON'T FEEL THAT IAM IN A HORRIBLESITUATION. I HAVE THEOPPORTUNITY TO PRAY. ITOOK FOOD EVERYDAY.SOMETIMES I SHOWER. IDON'T FEEL THAT THEREIS A PROBLEM," HE SAID.



indiaindiaindiaindia SALMAN KHAN TOFACE TRIAL IN 2002HIT-AND-RUN CASEIP12

Death Toll rises to

eight, 10 injured

Less than 24 hoursbefore Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and

Congress Present SoniaGandhi were to land inKashmir for a muchpublicised visit, militantsambushed an army convoyon the outskirts of Srinagar,killing eight soldiers andinjuring many others in thedeadliest such attack innearly five years.The twin attacks onMonday - the same militantsalso attacked a CRPFinstallation while fleeingfrom the site of the firstambush -- cast a shadow onthe high profile visits as

they took place just daysafter a similar strike thatkilled two policemen in theheart of Srinagar at theweekend. Pakistan-basedgroup Hizbul Mujahideenclaimed responsibility forMonday's attacks, which tookplace in the Hyderpora bypassarea on the Airport-Lal Chowkroad. The last major attack -- onJuly 19, 2008 at Narbal on thesame highway -- killed around22 soldiersThe Prime Minister's Officesaid the visit would go aheadas scheduled despite theattacks, which appeared aimedat shredding an image ofrelative calm in the state.

The attack took place late in the afternoon when an unspecifiednumber of militants ambushed the last vehicle of a RashtriyaRifles convoy that was on way from nor th Kashmir. Several

soldiers were injured in the firing and grenade attack, and as theambush attracted attention from the rest of the convoy and nearbypolice personnel, the militants fled through a narrow lane into anot-so-congested uptown Srinagar where they fired at CRPF andpolice personnel manning a check-post, injuring two, one of them,a CFPF sub inspector, critically."One CRPF personnel has been injured in the militant firing nearour Rambagh camp," inspector general of CRPF Y S Yadav wasquoted by the Press Trust of India as saying. The militants, be-lieved to be two in number and riding a motorcycle, then escapedin a waiting black Santro car, police said.At the site of the ambush, the road was drenched in blood, withbelongings of the soldiers, notably water bottles and rucksacks,strewn around the ambushed truck. Staffers of a business con-cern who provided water to the injured said most of the soldierswere profusely bleeding.A person, who identified himself as Baliguddin and claimed to bea spokesperson of the Hizbul Mujahideen, called up a local newsagency and said his group had formed several squads to carryout similar attacks in the future.Although militant attacks during VVIP visits are not rare, Monday'sambush was the first major militant action after Parliament at-tack convict Afzal Guru was hanged last February. Af ter Guru'shanging, militant attacks have risen, marking a depar ture in thegeneral t rend of decl ining mil i tant violence in the precedingmonths.Hizbul Mujahideen founded by Ahsan Dar in 1989, is a Kashmirimilitant group designated as a terrorist organization by India[1]and European Union[2] active in the Indian state of Jammu andKashmir since 1989. The current leader of the group is a Kashmiriknown under the alias of Sayeed Salahudeen.Sayeed Salahudeen is at present located in Pakistan. The mediaof ten repor ts his whereabouts in Azad Kashmir or in Nor thern

WE ARE FIGHTING PAKISTAN'S WAR IN KASHMIRAND IF IT WITHDRAWS ITS SUPPORT, THE WARWOULD BE FOUGHT INSIDE PAKISTAN”

-SAYEED SALAHUDEEN (LEADER OF HIZBULMUJAHIDEEN)[3]‘

In June 2012 in an interview, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief SayeedSalahuddin accepted that Pakistan had been backing Hizb-ul-Mujahideen for fight in Kashmir. He had declared to star t attackingPakistan if Pakistan stopped backing jihadis in Jammu and Kashmirwho, he claimed, were fighting Pakistan's war.

Punjab. The Indian government has time and again requested thePakistani government for the extradition of Sayeed Salahudeen.[However in recent times a well known news agency conductedan interview with the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, where the leaderclaimed that the government of Pakistan would never hand himover to the Indian authorities.Although Sayeed Salahudeen is a citizen of Azad Kashmir, he isknown to have resided in towns located around impor tant citieslike Karachi and Peshawar, sources claim that this pattern isfollowed for two main reasons,1. Many sources claim that Hizbul Mujahideen leader main-tains continuous contact with the Intelligence agency of Pakistan,ISI. These towns are used as meeting places where impor tantinformation regarding Kashmir switches hands along with fund-ing required to conduct militant training camps.2. Although the Indian parliament has not sanctioned co-ver t operations across the LOC, the constant fear of a cover t raidby the Indian Special Forces, deters Sayeed Salahudeen fromentering Pakistan Occupied Kashmir frequently.

26/11 accused Headleyrefuses to cooperatewith India's demandsNEW DELHI: India's plans to get "limited custody" of Lashkeroperative David Coleman Headley have received a setback withthe 26/11 accused conveying his reluctance to either traveltemporarily to India or even record a statement in the US beforean Indian magistrate. The latest inputs regarding Headley'srefusal to cooperate with India's request for his "temporary"custody were shared by the US with the authorities here duringthe Indo-US strategic dialogue on Monday. However, the moveto get Headley aide and co-accused in the 26/11 case, TahawwurHussain Rana, seem to be on course with the US indicatingthat it would facilitate his testimony in the NIA case regardingthe larger 26/11 conspiracy. During his recent visit to the USfor the Indo-US homeland security dialogue, Union homeminister Sushilkumar Shinde had requested the Americans tofacilitate India's bid for "temporary and limited" custody ofHeadley. This, he had underlined, would enable him to testifyin the Indian courts and help bring the NIA's 26/11 case to itslogical conclusion. The US response was somewhat mixed,but a ray of hope emerged after its law officers promised tofavourably address the request. Though NIA was in 2010allowed to interview Headley in custody in Chicago, hisobjection to an Indian magistrate's presence during therecording of his statement ensured that it was not admissiblein the Indian courts. Subsequently, Headley entered into a pleabargain with the US authorities. The plea bargain deal restrainsthe US from being extradited to a foreign nation. Headley wasfinally sentenced by the US courts in January 2013, to 35 yearsin prison. He was convicted on several counts, including theone relating to 26/11 conspiracy. Headley had earlier confessedthat he scouted targets for the 26/11 attacks, including theiconic Taj Hotel, as well as for other LeT terror missions againstIndia.

Cong suffering from'Modi phobia': BJPLUDHIANA: BJP today said Congress is suffering from "Modiphobia" and should introspect on its own actions beforecalling others "communal". "The success and tremendousresponse to Modi's rally at Madhopur, Pathankot, yesterdayappears to have aggravated Modi phobia the Congress partyis badly suffering from," Punjab BJP Chief Kanwal Sharmasaid. He alleged that Congress had divided the country forvote bank into various groups on the basis of caste, creed,religion and sects. "Why have Congress leaders convenientlyforgotten the remarks of their leader, justifying 1984 anti-Sikhviolence that when a big tree fell, tremors do occur," he said.

UNCLAIMED BAGTRIGGERS BOMBSCARE IN SRINAGARSRINAGAR: An unattended bag outside the headquarters ofArmy's 15 Corps here led to a bomb scare, resulting in a massivetraffic jam on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Monday.A bag was found unattended near the main gate of Corpsheadquarters in the morning by the Army personnel posted onduty there, official sources said. They said a bomb disposalsquad was called in to check the bag, which was later found tobe containing clothes. The incident had led to a security alarmas Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is arriving on a two-dayvisit to the state on Tuesday. While the bomb disposal squadwas on job, the traffic authorities diverted all the traffic throughBy Pass road, resulting in massive traffic jams en route.Normal traffic movement was restored in the area half an hourlater.

14 Americans airliftedfrom Himachal valley

SHIMLA: Airlifting of stranded tourists and locals from highaltitude areas of rain-ravaged Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradeshbegan Monday after some delay owing to bad weather in themorning, officials said. Fourteen Americans were evacuated inthe first sortie. Fourteen US nationals, who were stranded in thepicturesque Sangla Valley that has been cut off from the rest ofthe state since June 16, were airlifted, some 120 km from statecapital, RK Bhardwaj, who is assisting the rescue operations inSangla, told IANS. He said Sangla still has 44 tourists and theywould be evacuated by Monday evening. Sangla is some 275km from here. Officials said around 40-50 tourists are stranded inPooh and sorties are continuing to airlift them as early aspossible. "Except at Sangla and Pooh, there is no stranded touristanywhere in the district," an official said. The Indian Air Force(IAF) has deployed two choppers, while the state deployed onefor rescuing both locals and tourists. Around 150 tourists andlocals were evacuated from variosus places, including Pooh andNako Sunday.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013i n d i a

If I open my mouth, many BJP leaderswill be in trouble, Nitish Kumar says

PATNA: In a veiled threat to BJP leaders on the offensive againsthim after JD(U) parted ways with the NDA partner, Bihar chiefminister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that if he opened his mouthmany of them would be in trouble. "If I open my mouth a lot ofpeople will be in trouble," Nitish Kumar told reporters on the sidelinesof a programme here. BJP president Rajnath Singh, who addressed aparty rally here on Sunday, had trashed JD(U)'s allegations thatNarendra Modi was an autocratic and divisive leader.He had attacked JD(U) for 'suddenly' finding fault with the Gujaratchief minister and his leadership after being part of the alliance for17 years. The BJP president had also questioned Nitish Kumar'sgrowing proximity to the Congress. Singh's predecessor Nitin Gadkari

Salman Khan to face trial in2002 hit-and-run case

Rahul Gandhi visitsflood-hit Uttarakhand

Friends have to benurtured: Uddhavtells BJPMUMBAI: With NDA being reduced to a three-par ty allianceafter JD(U)'s exit, Shiv Sena on Monday asked BJP to explain itsplans to bring in new allies, saying "friends don't grow liketrees". "Friends don't grow like trees, they have to be nur tured.How does one get friends if one chops off the branches of thetree which till now provided fruits, flowers and shade," ShivSena chief Uddhav Thackeray said in an editorial in par ty mouth-piece 'Saamana'. "After JD(U) exited NDA, BJP and Shiv Senaare left. The Akali Dal's strength has never gone above four orfive MPs," Uddhav, whose par ty is the BJP's oldest ally, said,voicing concern over the dwindling strength of the alliance."Once, there were 25 to 30 par ties in NDA. Now, hardly threeremain. Earlier, even the hall in Advani's home was not enoughto hold its meetings. Now, a table and four chairs are enough,"he said."The post of NDA convenor is vacant. But what work is left forthe convenor, other than calling two par ties for tea?" Uddhav,who was repor tedly offered the post of the NDA convenor by theBJP, said. The post was vacated by JD(U) president SharadYadav when his par ty quit the alliance.Uddhav said the names of BJP's "new friends" at the nationallevel should be announced if the NDA were to get a majority inthe Lok Sabha polls. "Narendra Modi has been given the re-sponsibility of Lok Sabha polls. But is it possible for BJP todefeat Congress on its own? If not, then it should be announcedwho are BJP's new friends at the national level," he said. "InMaharashtra, there is Shiv Sena and would be with BJP on theissue of Hindutva. But who else is there in othere states? WillMamata go with BJP in West Bengal? Will Naveen Patnaik re-join the NDA fold? Will Yeddyurappa be appeased? Will JaganReddy go with BJP? Which "Dravida" par ties in south are withus?"Jayalalitha is friends with Modi but will she join NDA? If an-swers to such questions come in time, only then the number offriends will increase and lead to a majority (for NDA) in the LokSabha," Uddhav said. "Advani has asked if BJP has the ability todefeat Congress on its own. That is why his advise that BJPshould have new friends is impor tant," he added.

has accused Nitish Kumar of playing vote bank politics to fulfil hisprime ministerial ambitions. Former deputy chief minister Sushil KumarModi, former NDA convenor Nandkishore Yadav, Rajiv Pratap SinghRudy, Shahnawaz Hussain, Ravishankar Prasad, CP Thakur and stateBJP president Mangal Pandey have been firing verbal salvos atNitish Kumar after the parting of ways. The acrimony widened somuch that workers of JD(U) and BJP clashed on the streets of Patnaduring the Bihar bandh on June 18. BJP MLAs had unleashed averbal attack on the Bihar chief minister during the confidence vote.After JD(U) snapped ties with BJP on June 16, Nitish Kumar hadsaid political issues would be answered politically and advisedleaders of both parties not to point fingers at each other.

A Mumbai court on Mondayruled that actor Salman Khan willbe tried for a 2002 hit-and-runcase.

The sessions court rejectedKhan's appeal that there wasn'tevidence against him to merit atrial. The actor will be tried forculpable homicide not amountingto murder and has been given amonth's time to appear before thecourt.

The actor had allegedlyrammed his car into a bakery insuburban Bandra on September28, 2002, killing one person andinjuring four others who weresleeping on the pavement.

Advancing his argumentagainst invoking the gravecharge of 'culpable homicide notamounting to murder' (section304 part II IPC), Ashok Mundargihad pleaded that the magistrate'sorder was "erroneous, bad in lawand contrary to evidence onrecord." The magistrate, he

contended, had failed toappreciate that the actor hadneither the intention (to killpeople) nor the knowledge thathis rash and negligent drivingwould kill a person and causeinjury to four others.

The offence under thissection attracts a ten-year jailterm and is triable by a sessionscourt.

Salman was earlier tried bya magistrate under lesser chargeof causing death by negligence(Section 304A of IPC), thatprovides for a maximumpunishment of two years in jail.

However, in a twist to thecase, the metropolitanmagistrate, after examining 17witnesses, had brought forth themore serious charge of culpablehomicide against the 47-year-oldsuperstar and transferred it to asessions court for re-trial.

Salman's lawyer also filedwritten submissions on the

appeal and made oral arguments.Hit-and-run timelineSeptember 28, 2002: Salman

Khan allegedly rams his car intoa bakery in suburban Bandra andruns over people sleeping on thepavement, killing one andinjuring four

October 6, 2003: Local courtframes 10 charges against Khan,who pleads not guilty

September 22, 2005: Trialagainst Khan begins

March, 2006: 24 of the 39prosecution witnesses to theincident not served summons,while others fail to turn up,leaving just one witness totestify

May, 2010: A chemicalanalyst tells a court that Salmanwas under the influence ofalcohol at the time of theaccident. The test finds 62 mg ofalcohol in his blood

Oct 8, 2012: Court rejectsKhan’s application to sell the car

he was driving during theincident

January, 2013: Salmancharged with ‘culpable homicidenot amounting to murder’ in acourt of metropolitan magistrateand case referred to the sessionscourt

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited Uttarakhandtoday to monitor the relief work being done by the par ty in thestate.Rahul, along with par ty chief Sonia Gandhi earlier today flaggedoff a convoy of trucks carrying relief material to the flood-hitstate.Opposition par ties, mainly BJP, had questioned Rahul's ab-sence at the time of the calamity and Congress spokesper-sons have had to face tough questions during the par ty's regu-lar press briefings on the issue.Congress had, however, brushed aside the criticism, sayingwhat is impor tant at this hour is the work being done for reliefand rescue.Minister of Road Transpor t and Highways Oscar Fernandestoday said, "We are working (for relief and rescue) under his(Rahul's) inspiration and Sonia Gandhi's leadership."He was talking to repor ters after the convoy of trucks left fromthe AICC headquar ters here. Besides the Gandhis, leaderspresent on the occasion included Finance Minister PChidambaram, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, politicalsecretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel, AICC GeneralSecretaries Ambika Soni and Ajay Maken.AICC treasurer Motilal Vora and Soni had yesterday visitedUttarakhand to oversee relief operations and coordinate withstate Congress units. Congress has set up a control room atDehradun to accelerate the relief work. AICC Secretary SanjayKapoor and the par ty's wing Seva Dal's chief Mahendra Joshihave already been sent to Dehradun to monitor the work.

Army convoyattacked in Srinagar,soldier killedOne soldier was killed and six others were wounded in anattack on an Army convoy in Srinagar on Tuesday on the eve ofa visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the army said.The soldiers were attacked when militants opened fire on theirconvoy on the outskir ts of Srinagar, army spokesman ColonelBrijesh Pandey told AFP. The ambush at Hyderpora bypass leftthree jawans with injuries.The convoy was fired from both sides of the Srinagar-Uri high-way near Classic Hospital. Militants fired over a dozen roundsand then fled in a car with tinted glasses, repor ted PTI quotingunnamed police officials. An abandoned motorcycle, possiblyused by the ultras, has been recovered.Army troops immediately cordoned off the area and a mas-sive hunt has been launched to nab the militants involved inthe attack, police saidSecurity forces had intensified their patrols in Srinagar onMonday ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-dayvisit star ting on Tuesday. Police detained scores of separatistactivists, frisked residents and searched cars as par t of secu-rity measures.On Saturday, militants shot and killed two policemen inSrinagar.

INDIA'S CONCERNS OVER TALKS WITHTALIBAN WON'T BE OVERLOOKED:

The US today assured India that its concerns over Talibaninsurgents gaining legitimacy without severing their terrorlinks will neither be "overlooked or undermined" during thetalks with the Islamic fundamentalist group.This emerged after the 4th round of Indo-US StrategicDialogue here that was co-chaired by External AffairsMinister Salman Khurshid and his American counterpar tJohn Kerry and covered key strategic issues of security,defence, nuclear cooperation and trade ties.Khurshid, at a joint presser with Kerry, said "this (proposedtalks with Taliban) is an experiment that is being done inorder to find an alternative for sustainable peace in Afghani-stan. One cannot disagree with the issues or dimensions oraspects which are of concern to us. I must say with grati-tude that the Secretary of State himself earmarked that andsaid that as they proceed, they will ensure that none of theconcerns of India are overlooked or undermined."That is a good way of working closely together. It is verycear what the objective is and how far that objective ispossible, only time will tell. But with caution and care beingapproched as an objective, I think it is something thatnobody will have a problem with".

Kerry on Monday promised to respect India's concerns over anascent dialogue with the Taliban, vowing never to accept a rolefor Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan



worldOne million Brazilian nationals hit thestreets with issues ranging from bus faresto the world cup

From November,Indians to pay Rs 2.7lakh bond for UK visaIP14

Italian workers marchto Rome with onesimple demand: jobs

Protestors on streets of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil as they rage against increasing transport costs Cour tesy: AJStream/Flickr Commons

Singapore and Malaysiachoke as forest fire

rages on

About a million people havemarched the streets of Brazilover the past weekprotesting against the worldcup, bus fare hikes, lack ofinfrastructure andgovernment apathy towardssocial programmes.The Fifa ConfederationsCup, a dry run for the WorldCup in 2014, has been theeye of the storm asprotestors continued toburn tires and raise bannersagainst PresidentDilmaRousseff. Thedemonstrations kicked off

last week when the SouthAmerican governmentdeclared a 7% hike in busfares. Tensions however,had already been simmeringas the Brazilian governmenthad gone back on itspromises on the source ofthe funding of the soccerworld cup revelry. Brazilwhen won the bid to hostthe 2014 soccer world cup,that returned to SouthAmerica after 28 years, hadpledged that it wouldoutsource major stadiumbuilding operations and

connected infrastructureactivities to privatecompanies so the commonman did not have to bear theexpense of the event. Butthese contracts found notakers as the high prices setby the government failed toattract investors and theexpense was forced onto theexchequer. Analysts havesaid that almost 80-90% ofthe expected $10 billionexpense had been takenfrom the public purse whichhad led to price hikesincluding bus fare. Rousseff

later rolled back the hikesand said immediate actionwould be taken towardsaddressing the protestorsconcerns. But this has notquelled the demonstrationsas more people are nowgetting involved in theprocess. Various groupshave asked the world cup bemoved out of the countryand resources be directedtowards a failing educationsystem and alleviatingpoverty levels in thecountry.

Contd. on Pg.14

Thousands of workers belonging to different unions marchedin Rome on Saturday to protest the lack of steps taken by theItalian government against unemployment numbers that havetouched record highs. The demonstrators, who were made upof three different workers unions, took to the streets to protestEnrico Letta's two-month-old government. Letta had, in hiselection manifesto, vowed to initiate schemes to promoteemployment but has failed to pass any resolution so far. Theprimarily left-leaning unions have been complaining thataccording to surveys two in five persons under the age of 24is now unemployed in the country, while one in 10 of the totalpopulation is without a job. Letta has been elected with thehelp of a coalition that is made up of former PM SilvioBerlusconi's right leaning party and former PM Mario Monti'scentrists. Political observers however believe that the 46-year-old has been unable hamstrung by the various parties pullingin different directions to keep any new law in line with theirpersonal agenda. The lack of action caused by the politicaldeadlock has frustrated the protestors. "We can't accept thesecontinuous promises that aren't translated into decisions thatgive a change of direction," said Susanna Camusso, leader ofthe country's largest union CGIL, to the press.Luigi Angeletti, president of another union UIL, demandedurgent measures. "In a country where the main concern isbetting on how long the government will last, the message isthat there is no more time for promises and announcements,"he told The Observer. Letta is working on legislation that willoffer tax breaks and other financial packages to companiesthat will hire Italian nationals under the age of 30. But this willfurther put strain on an economy that is struggling to get ahandle on the debt that is 127% of the national GDP.

Malaysia declared an environmental emergency as the smogthat had enveloped Singapore moved to set pollution levelsto a record 16-year high. Malaysian Prime Minister NajibRazakdeclared emergency in Muar and Ledang and shut schoolsand several offices to save the citizens from the harmful effectof the smoke from the forest fire that has been raging in Sumatra."There should be no outdoor activities and people must stayindoors until further notice in these areas," said G Palanivelthe environment minister in a statement. Singapore andMalaysia have been at loggerheads with Indonesia for beingunable to get a grip on the inferno. Contd. on Pg.14


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013w o r l d

SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA CHOKEAS FOREST FIRE RAGES ON

One million Brazilian nationals hit thestreets with issues ranging from busfares to the world cup

Demonstrators gather in the Praca da Se as part of protests against poor public services, policeviolence and government corruption Courtesy: AJStream/Flickr Commons

Contd. from Pg. 13Brazil may not be able togive into the demands ofthe people and rejectingthe hosting duties. Fifa

president SeppBlatter hasbeen quoted in differentnews outlets saying anymove by the country toshirk its responsibilities

would attract steepfines and sanctionswhich would putfurther strain on theeconomy.

Contd. from Pg.13Indonesia however, hasmaintained that the fireswere an isolated incidentand have been broughtunder control. Itsneighbouring nationscontinued slamming thecountry as pollution levelscrossed critical levels.Indonesia has alsocountered that the forestfires in Sumatra are a resultof poor environmentalpractice by a Singaporebased company called AsiaPacific ResourcesInternational Ltd (APRIL).The company however

shrugged away allblame. "While therehave been a smallnumber of fires withinAPRIL's concessionsover the past threeweeks, all of those fireswere spread from firesthat began outside ourconcessions, and allwere quicklyextinguished by our firefighting teams," astatement released byAPRIL said. Sime DarbyPlanation that owns landnear APRIL too releaseda note right trying toabsolve itself of blame.

Sime "Darby Plantationwould like to stress thatthere are no fires in any ofour operating areas inIndonesia," the companysaid. Greenpeaceinternational that has beenstudying the fire throughdata supplied by NASA hassaid that land plotsoccupied by companies fromMalaysia, Singapore andIndonesia may yet be thesource of the fire and hasasked companies to checkwith suppliers if they maybe burning land to aid in theprocess of palm oilextraction.

From November, Indians to payRs 2.7 lakh bond for UK visaLONDON: Planning to visit UK post November?Get ready to deposit a hefty cash bond. India isamong the six nations that will have to pay £3,000as fee from November 2013 to enter Britain,according to plans finalised by the British homeoffice in a fresh crackdown on immigration abuse.The scheme will be applicable to visitors fromIndia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeriaand Ghana. The fee of Rs 2.7 lakhs (at the presentexchange rate of Rs 90 for a pound) will be overand above all visa costs. The UK's Immigration &Asylum Act gives the government the right toforce such a financial security from temporary migrants, which would be forfeited if they fail to leaveafter the expiry of their visa. Home secretary Theresa May says this is the next step in making sure"our immigration system is more selective, bringing down net migration from the hundreds ofthousands to the tens of thousands, while still welcoming the brightest and the best to Britain."She also confirmed that in the long run, the UK will formally introduce a system of bonds thatdeter overstaying and "recover costs if a foreign national has used public services." MP KeithVaz had earlier shot down the planned scheme warning that such bonds will 'antagonisesettled communities in Britain and enrage our allies such as India'. The number of Indiansreceiving visas to travel to the UK, either to work or study fell by nearly 20% between 2011and 2012. Asian nationals accounted for 273,927 (54%) of the 507,701 visas issued in 2012,with India and China each accounting for 15% of the total. The Home Office has already cutthe number of migrants coming to Britain to its lowest level in over a decade.



KRRISH 3 TO HIT

SCREENS WITH

CHENNAI EXPRESS

Never spoke about surrogacy: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan will hit the silver screenstogether with the release of Chennai Express. But Hrithik won’tbe seen in the film. Instead, the trailer of the actor’s upcoming

superhero film, Krrish 3, will be launched with the Rohit Shettydirectorial on August 8.“That’s the plan. I’m going to talk to Shah Rukh or UTV about it,”confirms Krrish 3 director-producer Rakesh Roshan. “Launchingthe trailer with a big film guarantees you many eyeballs.”

MILKHA SINGH DEMANDS A SCREENING

LOOTERA MOVIE PROMOTION

INDIA THE CHAMPIONOF CHAMPIONS

Champions Trophy2013

Pinch yourself again and again. This match was completely outof the realms of reality. After the ICC - who hadn't considered itfit to have a reserve day for the final - added 75 minutes to the rainy day to

accommodate 20 overs in the final, both sides panicked in the compressed envi-ronment; Ravi Bopara was the bowling demon for England; India defended 129with slip, gully and silly point for spinners; Ishant Sharma, the most expensivebowler, was the first to bowl out and took two crucial wickets in his last over; andMS Dhoni led superbly to become the first captain in the world to have won all ICCtrophies. The only aspects of this game remotely real were the effectiveness of RAshwin and Ravindra Jadeja, and the early fluency of Shikhar Dhawan and JonathanTrott. Around them, everything went topsy-turvy. The pitch turned square, despiteall his efficiency Jadeja didn't attempt a crucial run-out, the third umpire seemed tomake a big dubious call with Ian Bell's stumping, but then againthere was Dhoni making a super- lative call under pressure.You can spend hours debating it, and wonder how itworked. On this turner, Ishant had been theeasiest bowler to hit.

INDIA 129 FOR 7 (KOHLI 43, JADEJA 33*,BOPARA 3-20) BEAT ENGLAND 124 FOR 8 (MORGAN

30, ASHWIN 2-15, JADEJA 2-24) BY 4 RUNS

hold nerve to sink England in rainyfinal, win Champions Trophy

Ishant Sharma's over, the 18th,turned the game on its head

CONTD. ON PAGE 23

Responding to the sex-determination test allegationlevelled by an NGO against him,actor Shah Rukh Khan, in anemail, informed the civic bodythat he had not given anystatement on surrogacy. VarshaDeshpande, from NGO Lek LadkiAbhiyaan, had asked the civicauthorities to book Khan, hiswife Gauri, Dr Firuza Parikh andthe trustees of Jaslok Hospital,where the surrogacy procedurehad allegedly taken place.

"The complaint was filed onthe basis of news reports whichclaimed that the couple hadcommissioned a surrogatemother and the unborn child is aboy. Now that he has deniedgiving any such statement in themedia, we are looking for thedoctor who may have leaked outthe information," said a seniorhealth official. Meanwhile, thehospital authorities have served alegal notice to the activist. Actingon the complaint, health officialsfrom the civic body had visited thehospital at Peddar Road to check

if the administration or the doctorshad any role to play in theincident. "We have served alegal notice to Deshpande formaligning the image of thehospital and of Dr FiruzaParikh, director of the IVFCentre, by making falsestatements regarding surrogacyand the sex-determination test

allegedly conducted at thebehest of Khan," said a hospitalspokesperson. He said thatneither the hospital nor Dr Parikhare involved in the case asalleged. The hospital hasdemanded an unconditionalapology from Deshpande.

Deshpande, said, "I havenot received any legal notice."

However, the state’s IndianRadiological and ImagingAssociations (IRIA) is upsetwith the state health department." I do not accept that in the past5 to 6 days, the BMC could notfind the doctor who conductedthe sonography and surrogacyon the said patient," said DrJignesh Thakker from IRIA.

Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s next, Bhaag MilkhaBhaag (BMB), which is based on the life of iconic sprinterMilkha Singh, has already created a buzz after the launch of its

trailer and music videos. And now, we’ve learnt that recently theathlete requested the makers to show himthe film prior to it going to the Censor Board for certification.A source close to the movie’s team reveals, “Milkha Singh wascooperative enough to share his ideas, thoughts and experienceswith the director (Rakeysh) from his life. So the director wanted todo something for him in return. Rakeysh planned a special screen-ing of BMB for Singh and his entire family in Delhi.”The screening of the movie was done before it went to the CensorBoard so that Singh could watch the original version of the director’swork. The source says, “Since the film is very close to Singh’sheart, he didn’t want to miss out on anything. He wanted to see itjust the way it was originally made.”The source adds that the runner was teary-eyed as he relived everymoment of his life through the film. When contacted, the officialspokesperson of the movie confirms his development saying, “Wehad a special screening in Delhi. It was almost like a red carpet

with Milkha Singh and his entire family in attendance.” A few daysago, the athlete had also launched the trailer of the film.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013 b o l l y w o o d

2 Aashiqui 2 Sunn Raha Hai

3 Ek Thi Daayan Yaaram

4 I Love New Year Aaja Meri Jaan

5 Ek Thi Daayan Kaali Kaali

6 Aashiqui 2 Chahun Main Ya Naa

7 I Love New Year Judaai Unplugged

8 Shootout At Wadala Babli Badmaash Hai

9 Nautanki Saala Mera Mann Kehne Laga

10 Shootout At Wadala Yeh Junoon

top

10

MOVIE COLLECTIONS

HIT OR FLOP MIDWEEKHIMMATWALA FLOP

AATMA AVERAGE

MERE DAD KI MARUTI BELOW AVERAGE

JOLLY L.L.B. HIT

UpcomingBOLLYWOOD Movies

SONGFILM

songs TUM HI HO

Film:Aashiqui 21

BHAAG MILKHA BHAAGRELEASE DATE: 12-Jul-2013

STARING: Farhan Akhtar,

Sonam Kapoor

DIRECTOR(S): Rakesh Omprakash

Mehra

PRODUCER: Rakyesh Om

Prakash Mehra Productions

MUSIC: Himesh Reshammiya

WRITER: Susi Ganeshan

LOOTERARELEASE DATE: 05-Jul-2013

STARING: Ranveer Singh,

Sonakshi Sinha

DIRECTOR(S): Vikramaditya Motwane

PRODUCER: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha

Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl,

Vikramaditya Motwane

MUSIC: Amit Trivedi

SHORTCUT ROMEORELEASE DATE: 21-Jun-2013

STARING: Sahil Khan, Nigar Khan,

Monalisa

DIRECTOR(S): Kumar Jaywant

PRODUCER: Dilshad Shama

MUSIC: Shankar Mahadevan,

Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa

FUKREYRELEASE DATE: 14-Jun-2013

STARING: Pulkit Samrat, Manjot

Singh, Ali Fazal, Richa Chadda, Priya

Anand, Vishakha Singh

DIRECTOR(S): Mrighdeep Singh Lamba

PRODUCER: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh

Sidhwani

MUSIC: Ram Sampath

Movie Review

ONCE UPON A TIME INMUMBAI 2RELEASE DATE: 08-Aug-2013

STARING: Kareen Kapoor,

Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Vidya

Balan

DIRECTOR(S): Milan Luthria

PRODUCER: Ekta Kapoor

FAUJ MEIN MAUJRELEASE DATE: 09-Aug-2013

STARING: Mallika Sherawat,

Rajpal Yadav, Zakir Hussain

DIRECTOR(S): Murli Nagavalli

PRODUCER: Ravi Walia

MUSIC: Pritam Chakrabor ty

SONAM AND DHANUSHSHINE IN 'RAANJHANAA'

What! Priyanka is'happy' about leaked

second single

Cast: Dhanush,

Sonam Kapoor,

Abhay Deol, Swara

Bhaskara,

Mohammed

Zeeshan Ayyub

Director: Aanand L.

Rai

Rating: * * * *

This enormously-enrichingfilm about the pain of lovehas four heroes: Dhanush,

Sonam Kapoor, A R Rahman's musicand the city of Varanasi. Notnecessarily in that order. But then'orderly conduct' is hardly a given ina film about raging unrequited love.He loves her to death. Cross his heartand hope to die. And it's theirwedding day. But they're not gettingmarried to one another. As he returnsexhausted from messing up hermarriage to another man, theslumbering band-baaja wallahs at hisown wedding hasten awake andbegin playing a wedding songwearily. It's a brilliant defiant momentdefining the contradictions andsavage ironies of romanticassociations. Raanjhanaa tells us, itis not so cool to fall in love. Unlessyou're ready to slither on the groundfor love, if the need arises. Everwondered why we FALL and not risein love? Just looking at Aanand Rai'sunforgettable dazzling and non-derivative take on unrequited loveset amidst the bustling river-bankpolitics of Varanasi, we know all overagain that love can kill your spirit,soul, selfesteem and finally your

physical presence as well. Towardsthe end when the film's obsessiveMajnu has lost everything, thereis one of the many powerfully-written scenes where the very-talented Swara Bhaskara playinga loud aggressively besottedsuitor-in-waiting tells her on-

screen Soutan, `That isn't my mandying inside. My man would neverbe spitting blood. ` Angry,aggressive, passionate,temperamental, moody and quitesimply majestic Raanjhanaa is anopulent epic seductive raging andrippling ode to love. The script

(written by Himanshu Sharma)journeys from the lover-boyKundan's childhood when hefirst sees his object of adorationdoing her namaaz, and followshim to adulthood, much in thesame way as he follows Zoyaaround with.

Priyanka Chopra'ssecond single,

'Exotic', from heralbum 'In My City'

has leakedonline, but theactress is not

complaining

"Okay! So my newsingle 'Exotic' hasbeen leaked! I shouldbe angry, but I'mactually quiterelieved and happy toshare it with you all,"tweeted the 30-year-old. American rapperand songwriter Pitbull hascollaborated with the Bollywoodactress for her second number,which is catchy and, a few Hindilyrics add a bit of a 'desi' flavourto it as well. Priyanka, whorecently lost her father, says the"official version is out any minutenow.... wait for it". "And as

always, let me know what youguys think," added the Nationalaward winning actress, who madeher international singing debutwith the song 'In my city' in 2012.Her first song featured guestvocals from Will.i.am and 130,000copies of it are said to have beensold in India.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013e n t e r t a i n m e n t

AMISHA PATEL KI DHUKH-BARIYAADEIN: SLAMS SUBHASH GHAIFOR HER ILLS, SHOCK EVERYONE

Of late Amisha Patel has been displaying an exceptionallyagreessive and defensive stance in her press interviews.But what happened during a radio interview on Tuesday to

promote her new film Shortcut Romeo left her co-star Neil NitinMukesh stumped and also caused considerable offense to SubhashGhai. During the course of the chat on radio, Amisha spoke abouthow she was ousted from Subhash Ghai's 2001 film Yaadein featuringHrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor, due to filmy politics.Amisha didn't stop there. She went on to express relief and happinessat her alleged ouster, considering how the film finally turned out. Theremark immediately triggered off a chain of offended sensibilities.Says a member of the team that accompanied the actors, `WhenAmisha said this we were were all shocked. Neil didn't know where tolook. His whole face went red.

Nargis Fakhri's Candid

CONFESSIONSIn a freewheeling interview Nargis Fakhri talks about her tryst with B-Town, handlingmedia speculation and living it up in Mumbai

Whether it's acting or life, actorNargis Fakhri believes in beingadventurous. The Rockstar actorwho has three films on the anvilsays that insecurity has neverbeen an issue for her.`A person's true age is reflectedby his thoughts and not by hisyears, `says Nargis, who startedher Bollywood journey rather latein life. In a free-wheeling interviewwith CS, she talks about her trystwith B-Town, handling mediaspeculation and living it up inMumbai: Journey so far....I have always prided myself forbeing a flexible and adaptableperson who loves new challenges.Through this experience so far, Ihave been able to immerse myselfin the Indian culture, learn andimprove my Hindi, learn danceand express myself in adifferent type of art form.It has also been afantastic opportunityto meet and workwith so manyn e w

people. Every day is a newlesson. The day this gets boring,I will start looking for a newadventure. Taking it in stride . Asfor criticism and praise, I feel thatboth are of equal value. Withcriticism, I know whichskills to improve on,and with praise I knowwhich skill sets tohighlight. It took awhile to get used toboth; some peoplecan be verygenerous andsome peoplecan beunnecessarilynasty. Thekey is

to have a sensible filter. You haveto be able to accept and laugho f f the good and the

bad.

Ouch! Any vanity issues,Anushka?

Apparently, the actress locked herselfinside her van after seeing extra with

similar make-up“Now, we have all heard about actressesapparently clashing with each over bagging filmsand preferred co-stars. Insiders say that AnushkaSharma recently threw a tantrum on the sets of an adfilm for a skin care brand. While at the location inMumbai, Anushka apparently spotted an extra sportinga similar hairstyle and make- up as her. A source fromthe sets says, `Anushka is a very sorted actress.But that day turned out to be a bit different. Shewas very miffed and went back to her vanity vanand refused to return for the shoot until the othergirl's look was changed.` It was only after theextra's hair and make-up were altered thatAnushka finally agreed to resume shooting.Anushka's spokesperson vehemently denies thebuzz. `There is not an iota of truth in this,` shestates.

Huma chose action over emotional drama in 'D-Day'Actress Huma Quereshi says she was given a choice between two roles in "D-Day" - one was an action-oriented part, and the other high on drama. She chose the one involving stunts. The film is directed byNikhil Advani. "Nikhil gave me choice and said one is going to be a emotional role and the other one isan action part. I said, of course, I want to do the action part," Huma told. "I am really thankful that hethought I could do it. If you get a choice (of a role), anybody would feel good about it," he added. Huma,seen in films like "Gangs Of Wasseypur", "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana" and "Ek Thi Daayan", saidit was fun to be training under Hollywood stunt experts Tom Struthers and John Street of "Inception"and "The Dark Knight Rises" fame.

Vidya wants to do more films with

Vivacious actress Vidya Balantoday expressed her desire to actin more and more films withEmraan Hashmi, her co-star inthe upcoming film 'Ghanchakkar'"It was exciting to work with

Emraan and complete the film(Ghanchakkar) and I hope

there will be people whowant to cast us

together in manyfilms. I hope thefilm's directorRajkumar Gupta

capitalises on myon-screen chemistry

with Emraan andmakes another film with

him, " she told reporters atthe promotion of the film here.

Vidya said she did not evenexpect to act with Emraan againso soon after 'The Dirty Picture'."Ghanchakkar is a new kind offilm and we both play differentroles. I had great time with Emraanwhile doing the film. He is a fantasticactor." She said Emraan haschanged altogether while playingthe crazy character. "He istalking, smiling and laughing a

Emraan Hashmilot now because of the of thekind of film we have workedtogether in. It is a mad, mad (and)crazy film." The Bollywood divaplays Neetu Athray aka MrsGhanchakkar who is described asa woman with a sweet demeanourwith a firebrand Punjabantrapped inside. Asked to pickbetween the roles Vidya playedin 'The Dirty Picture' and'Ghanchakkar', Emraan said boththe characters needed her toshed inhibitions and grow as anartiste. Vidya, however, lookedgreat and did a great job in DirtyPicture, Emraan said, adding, theactress also played her character inGhanchakkar perfectly. Reacting toNepal-based writer DhirendraKumar sending legal notice to'Ghanchakkar' producer allegingplagiarism, Rajkumar said it is"utter nonsense" and no truthin it. "I think the industry needsto slap a case against those whoclaim that the story belongs tothem. In fact, the story waswritten by Pervez Sheikh as earlyas 2008, " he said. 'Ghanchakkar'is slated for release on June 28.

Sooraj Pancholi's ex-girl-friend gives him clean chit:He can never hit a girlJanvi Taurakhia, SoorajPancholi's former girlfriend,says she never encounteredthe violent abusive man whostands accused of abettingactress Jiah Khan's suicide.She has said Sooraj is the mostgentle and soft-hearted personshe has known. Sooraj, son ofBollywood actor-couple AdityaPancholi and Zarina Wahab, isin judicial custody till June 27and lodged at the Arthur RoadCentral Jail. Jiah committedsuicide June 3. After a five-page letter by Jiah wasrecovered and handed over tothe police, Sooraj was arrestedJune 10 on grounds that it was"incriminating" evidenceagainst him as she had blamedhim for various problems shefaced during her lifetime. Bailwas denied to the 22-year-old on June 21.For Janvi, who dated him forfive years, "it's like readingand hearing about anotherperson altogether". "Of course,my heart goes out to Jiah'sfamily. But I couldn't believethey were talking about Sooraj!

This Sooraj who is supposedto have done these awfulthings to that poor girl is notthe Sooraj I know, " saidJanvi. "My Sooraj isincapable of violenceagainst anyone. He hatesany kind of confrontation.Whenever we fought, I wasthe one who was moreaggressive. He wouldquietly leave the room. Ifhe's angry or upset, he likesto be on his own to work hisway out of the problem, "she added.Although they broke up,Janvi says she is still bestof friends with Suraj eventoday. "And not just Sooraj.I am very fond of Aditya uncleand Zarina aunty. They are likefamily to me and my mother, "she said.


TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013 b o l l y w o o d

Salman,not Ranbir

will joinKatrina

Kiran Rao toadapt a bookfor her next

film

Sanjay Dutt writes a letter towife everyday

Alia Bhatt not doingfilm with Dhanush

Salman Khan will apparentlybe performing in Chicagoalong with Katrina Kaif,Ranveer Singh and SonakshiSinha at a 100 years of Indiancinema concert. The showwill be choreographed byPrabhu Deva. The event willbe held from August 30 toSeptember 1 which will alsohave a music concert with B-Town singers. Sallu lastperformed in the US at aconcert seven years ago. Thenews of Salman and Katrinaperforming live in Chicagocomes in the wake of lastweek's reports that stated thetwo could perhaps do anitem number together for anupcoming Saawan Kumarfilm.

The postman has beenknocking on the gates ofImperial Heights, Pali Hill,

Nargis Dutt Road, veryfrequently these days. He hasmail for the 11th floor resident,Maanayata Dutt. Since Sanjay'sincarceration on May 16, he iscurrently lodged at theYerawada prison in Pune. Theactor has been writing a letter aday to his wife. And, Maanayatahas been replying to her husband

‘ SANJAY AND MAANA WRITE LETTERS TOEACH OTHER EVERYDAY

every single day. The letters aresent by regular post services, asis the practice. Maanayata hasalso visited Sanju in prison. Oursource says, "She went alonewithout the kids and it was a

very emotional meeting." Besidesexchanging notes on their kidsand routine home affairs, Maanahas also been keeping Sanjuabreast of the work being doneby their home banner.

Producers feel kissing scenes aremy lucky streak: Emraan HashmiEmraan Hashmi, known for being reticent, showed a different facet of his personality as he was athis gregarious best during his recent visit to Ahmedabad. Blame it on the monsoon or the trademarklip smacking food, the city seemed to have inspired the 'serial kisser' to be at his wittiest best! Theactor, who was in the city for the promotion of 'Ghanchakkar', spoke at length with TOI whilesavouring a bowl of fresh fruits and sipping cold coffee. Excerpts from the interview:

Considering you came toAhmedabad four times lastyear, do you think the city isyour second home?It feels good being inAhmedabad. I just realised thatI'm here every two months —which also proves that I havetoo many releases in a year. Asmuch as I want to eat here, allthe time I have come here, Ihave been on a diet. I want tospend some quality time hereand gorge on local cuisine. Ihave sampled the famousGujarati thali at a friend's placein Mumbai. I simple love the 'gudwali sweet dal'.You recently mentioned you have reached a saturation point with your dark and intense roles. So,are you now in a mood to experiment?My intense characters have been successful, and now I want to make the audience laugh.Ghanchakkar is a funny situational comedy — a combination of all the characters will make youjump on the seats in the theatre.Comedy is the flavour of the season, are you trying it just because it is an easy success formula?I am not doing comedy because the genre is successful. If that was the case, I would have done arun of the mill comedy film. I set my own trends. I like to give something new and different to myaudiences. I want to do the kind of comedy that has been missing till now.During your initial career days, you always mentioned that your films are successful because ofyour kissing scenes, is it true?(Laughs) I have kissed in almost all the films, except in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai. I'm not sureif my kissing on screen has anything to do with the success of a film, but producers make sure toput a kissing scene or two. They feel my kissing scenes are my lucky streak.You are one of the top stars in the industry with a particular image, don't you feel you are takinga risky decision by trying comedy at this point of your career?I don't know the definition of a star, I am just an actor. I prefer doing hard work as I feel luck can't domuch in absence of hard work. I am a lazy person —when I entered into this industry, I thought itwas a cakewalk, but I have realised it needs a lot of patience and hard work.Are you looking at reinventing yourself as an actor?With every film you need to reinvent yourself. Sometimes you have to change according to the filmand sometimes films/characters change according to you and sometimes you just go with the flow.You constantly reinvent as a person. However, trade analysts don't want me to change. Everyonewants to be safe in this industry and whatever works the best, they want to keep or use it as it is. IfI didn't want to change, I don't think I would have done films like Shanghai or The Dirty Picture.Like most biggies of Bollywood, do have plans to eventually start your own production house?I will get into production gradually. I want to complete my commitments as an actor. Having a namein the credit list of a film as a producer is no big deal, but setting up a production house is a big task.You require lot of money and time to invest, and I am not ready for it.You have immense female fan following, how does it feel?It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These aremajor perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful. It took me a lot of time tobe where I am today. I love the female adulation and I am here to enjoy everything.

Jiah Khan's tragic suicideINSPIRES FILMMAKERThe film that tells the story of three aspiring actresseswho come to Mumbai to make a career in the movies,has actors like Hazel Keech, Sandeepa Dhar, ShwetaBharadwaj, Rajpal Yadav and Manoj Joshi among othersplaying key roles.Debutant director Rikshhit Matta says, "The mediareports surrounding the sad death of Jiah Khan, theheartbreak and the subsequent loss moved me. Successin Bollywood is elusive and there are a lot of pitfalls.My film is a sincere attempt to expose the underbelly ofthe film fraternity." Matta adds, "One of the charactersis similar to Jiah Khan and the ups and down she wentthrough in her career and life."Producer Shabana Hashmi says, "We want to bringforth the dark side of the glamour world. Even for ourfuture projects, we want to take up subjects with amessage that bring about an awareness in society."

There were rumours that youare floating a production houseto support indie films.We already have a productionhouse and have been doingfairly unconventional work. Iwould like to use the goodwilland faith that people have inme to extend my support toexceptional films. Just lendingyour name is not good enough.You need to give your time andenergy and effort and helpcreate the kind of buzz that isneeded. Indie films fight againstthe big package of gloss andglamour and big budget. And italways helps if a well-knownface is there to promote it.You are working on a script...will it be similar to Dhobi Ghat?It will be a larger canvas thanDhobi Ghat for sure. I want tochallenge myself as a writer. Infact, I was discussing the ideawith Anand Gandhi (director ofShip of Theseus) and maybe Iwould be collaborating withhim. We haven't yet drawn up aformal contract but it would benice to have one more personto bounce off ideas with.Would you want to make atypical masala Bollywood film?I don't know if I am capable ofmaking a masala film. Or maybeI am, but it doesn't excite me. Ihave no problems watching afilm with romance, song anddance. But I don't think I wouldlike to make a film like that.Everyone's definitions arebroad. One can easily make amore mainstream film that isn'tjust rubbish. But there arecertain subjects that interest meand I am drawn to them. By andlarge I have been drawn toserious and practical subjects.Would you ever adapt a book?In fact, I have been readingsomething which I might endup optioning. This particularbook will make for a moodyatmospheric film. It is writtenby a contemporary Indianauthor. There is so much goingon in the character's headthat sometimes it getsdifficult to match that incinema, unless you gocompletely surreal.

While the director denies havingsigned her on, he says he hadapproached Alia for the film.Anand says, "We approachedAlia Bhatt for the film, and I evennarrated the story to her. She wasvery excited, and liked her role.But, she didn't have the requireddates. We are planning to go onfloors with the project fromAugust 17, and Alia had freedates only for the first few

The latest buzz in the industry is that director KV Anand has roped in Bollywood actress AliaBhatt (who debuted with Student Of The Year) toplay the lead in his next, starring Dhanush in thelead.

months. She had othercommitments post that. So, wehaven't signed her on."The director tells us that he's inthe process of finalising the castand crew. "We are looking at afew names to play the lead. Wewill first lock the crew by thisweek, and an officialannouncement from theproduction side will be made,"he says.

WHY DIVYA DUTTACOULDN'T PLAY ANILKAPOOR’S WIFEDivya Dutta is on acareer high of late.

Having received criticalacclaim for her role in Gippi,she is awaiting the releaseof her other two biggies -Lootera & Bhaag MilkhaBhaag.Divya's presence in themovies of bigger league isnot going unnoticed.Last heard she was alsooffered to play AnilKapoor's wife in his serial24. Although humbled bythe offer, Divya could nottake it up due to her priorcommitments and looksforward to working with Anilin another project soon.

sports

ENGLAND ARCHITECTS OFOWN DOWNFALL

ENGLAND THREW THE GAME AWAY FROM A WINNING POSITION.

And so the wait goeson . England havenow lost in the final

o f f ive g loba l ODItournaments - three WorldCups and two ChampionsTrophies - and remain theonly side who were involvedin this event not to have wona global ODI competition.This result will hurt. It willhur t no t jus t because theycame so close, but becausethey will know that they were,to a l a rge ex ten t , thearch i tec t s o f the i r owndownfall.Wi th 16 ba l l s r emain ing ,England requ i red on ly 20more runs with six wickets inhand. They will never have abetter opportunity. But thenthey choked l ike aconsumptive goat wolfing abucket of marbles to lose fourwickets for three runs in 14ba l l s . Eng land a re in noposition to chuckle at SouthAfr ica ' s repu ta t ion as"chokers".There will be a temptation toblame umpiring decisions, theshortened nature of the gameand the absence of a coupleof key players for this defeat.It is true that some of thosefac tors migh t have beenre levant - Kevin Pie tersenmaking a century for Surreyeven as England wereco l laps ing p rov ided areminder, shou ld any berequired, of his value - butnone of them inf l ic ted thefatal blow.The truth of the matter is thatwhen the pressure was at itsgreatest, England crumbled.An o ld fa i l ing aga ins t thespinning bal l was exposedonce more as England looked,for a time, as if they were backin Colombo last October or inthe UAE groping in the darkagainst the turning ball.The batsmen wil l , as ever,bear the brunt of the criticism.Probably rightly so, too. Thebowlers had per formedadmirably to keep India to anunder -par to ta l wi th RaviBopara sus ta in ing h is f ineform in his latest incarnationas an in terna t ional p layer.James Anderson , whosefigures suffered for mis-fieldsand edges, was also excellent. Yet i t was tel l ing that the

eventual margin of defeat -five runs - was exactly thesame number o f runs tha tEngland gave away inoverthrows. Twice a failure toback-up adequa te ly waspunished, with Eoin Morganfailing to back-up an errantthrow from Tim Bresnan thatcost England four and thenMorgan throwing wide whenthe batsman was comfortablyhome and conceding anothers ing le . England a l soconceded four wides. You donot have to be a mathematicalgen ius to work ou t theavoidab le damage tha tcaused.There were o ther fac to rs .Jonathan Trot t ' s fa i lure tocling on to a catch offered byVirat Kohli, Trott's stumpingoff a leg s ide wide and anAsian-style pitch that offeredso much turn that India couldhardly believe their fortune.The Br i t i sh rea l ly a re ahospitable bunch.But perhaps the incident thatwill provoke most debate wasthe s tumping of Ian Be l l .Rep lays sugges ted Be l l ,dragging his back foot, wasunfortunate to be given out.Certainly Alastair Cook wasunimpressed with the verdicto f TV umpi re , BruceOxenford, stating: "I felt itwas a poor decision. Maybethe umpire saw it differently.It looked pretty clear that itwas in."But on ref lect ion, Englandmay recall that a close no-ballca l l went the i r way in thecrucia l match against NewZealand. Besides, Bell hadnever settled and was far fromcer ta in to lead England tovictory had he survived. It didnot look a good decision, butto p inpoint i t as a turningpoin t may be wishfu lth ink ing . I t was the f i f th -wicke t pa r tnersh ip tha tshould have led England tovictory and the Bell incidentis, largely, a red-herring. Thebest sides tend to encouragea "no excuses" culture.It is no coincidence that Indiawere the only unbeaten sidein the tournament. They werenot at their best for much ofth i s game bu t , a t keymoments , they he ld the i rnerve better than England. It

ICC MUST NEVERBETRAY FANS AGAIN

i s o f ten such fac to rs tha tdefine these games. They cou ld hard ly haveasked for more fami l ia rconditions, either. Cheered onby a fu l l house c rowdoverwhelmingly dominatedby the i r suppor te r s - "wedidn't have much support outthere," Cook said afterwards- their spinners gained sharpturn from the dry surface andexploited it very effectively.Still, it will frustrate England thatthey had earned themselves aposition from which they shouldhave won. India may haveproved themselves the bestteam in this competition, butEngland will know that theysquandered a wonderfulchance to take thiscompetition.Afterwards Cook admitted thatthe defeat represented his"lowest moment" in his careeras England captain so far.

"We were almost there," Cooksaid. "It was in our hands. Fromthe position we were in, youback yourself to win more timesthan you do to lose. We hadhigh hopes of achievingsomething really special. Wehad the opportunity. I t 's atough pill to swallow. Clearly,us as a batting unit, we'll belooking at ourselves going,what could we have donebetter?"But Cook also expressed hisfaith in his side and his pride intheir achievement in reachingthe final. Most of this squad,he said, will be involved whenthe next global ODI eventcomes around, in Australia andNew Zealand in 2015."The majority of the squad willbe pretty similar in 2015," Cooksaid. "There were six otherteams involved in thiscompetition that would have likedto be in the situation we were in atthe start of the day.

‘ THE RAIN FINALLY RELENTED AND THECHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL TOOK PLACE,BUT THE LACK OF A RESERVE DAY WAS ABETRAYAL OF THE FANS WHICH SHOULDNEVER HAPPEN AGAIN

So the ICC just got away with it. The rain relented, we had a finalto remember and the fans went home happy. That will be theofficial view. There may even be some pats on administrators'backs. But it only tells half the story.Yes, the rain relented, yes, we had a 20-over final to savourand, yes, India, the best team in the tournament won and theirsuppor ters celebrated long into the night.But the administrators should not get away with it. By staging afinal without a reserve day, they messed with the fans and gotlucky. The fans know it. They should never be allowed to do soagain.The official explanation is that there were only 17 days to stagethe tournament, that there was "no wriggle room" and that bilat-eral tours take precedence. Are fans really expected to takesuch an explanation seriously?You can praise the players for contesting a fluctuating final indifficult conditions. You can listen to people intellectualisingabout the amount of cricket played and how difficult it is tocram spare days into the schedule.You can retreat into comfor ting jokes about the essential awful-ness of the English summer and even speculate that globalwarming could make it more unbearable than ever. You canlisten to thousands of explanations about logistics, about whatis possible and what is not.None of that matters. Do not accept any explanation that youhear. The administrators need to understand that to stage thefinal of a major one-day tournament without a reserve day is aspurblind as it gets.If you do something you have to do it properly. If you tell spec-tators that a tournament is impor tant, and sell TV rights andtickets on that basis, there are basic standards you have tomeet to try to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion.We can all argue incessantly about the details: about how manysides should take par t, how the groups should be drawn up,whether to pre-determine semi-final venues for the countriesthat qualify, how to choose between sides that finish on equalpoints. We can argue about one white ball or two, about num-bers in circles, whether to allow runners, whether balls can bebounced in to the stumps, how many bouncers in an over.We can philosophise about whether the Champions Trophy re-ally matters and whether essentially we would be better with-out it. But not to have a reserve day in a final is nonsense.A final is what everyone has built up to for weeks. It justifieseverything that has gone before. It justifies the effor ts of theplayers and the dreams of the fans. Not to deliver this climaxturns the entire tournament into a failure.Shakespeare did not stop writing Hamlet after four Acts be-cause he had run out of time and he had to get on with TheMerry Wives of Windsor. The football World Cup in Brazil willnot end at the semi-final stage if the final is suspended becauseof a sudden cloudburst.

WITH 20 TO WIN FROM 16 BALLS AND SIX WICKETS IN HAND, ENGLAND CHOKED LIKE ACONSUMPTIVE GOAT WOLFING A BUCKET OF MARBLES



INDIA THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS BANGLADESH HOSTINGOF WORLD T20 IN DOUBT

The World T20 tournamentcould be moved fromBangladesh due to con-cerns at the country's lackof adequate faci l i t ies.ESPNcricinfo understandsthat Sri Lanka and SouthAfrica are potential alter-nat ive venues al thoughdiscussions have yet toreach the official stage.An ICC official inspectedthe stadiums recently andis understood to have beenunderwhelmed by the results. The situation is now scheduledto be discussed at the ICC's annual conference in London laterthis week with insiders suggesting that concerns are such thata decision to move the tournament is one of the options to bediscussed.The men's and women's World T20 is scheduled to be played infour venues in Bangladesh between March 16 and April 6 nextyear. The stadiums in Mirpur and Chittagong are deemed per-fectly acceptable for international cricket, but work on the fa-cilities at the stadium in Sylhet, which was built last year -remains incomplete, and construction at the new stadium inCox's Bazar, home of the world's longest natural sandy beach,is still underway.BCB president Nazmul Hassan has this week vented his frus-tration about the slowness of work on the two unfinishedgrounds. The latest phase of work in the Sylhet Stadium beganon June 7, and the BCB estimates that the four-storied pavilionwill be completed by the time the ICC inspection team returnsin September. There is a plan to host a couple of ODIs whenNew Zealand are touring in October.But the National Spor ts Council, the spor ts regulator inBangladesh and also the custodian of all spor ting venues, havesaid that it would only be ready by November and that outfielddrainage work will be delayed until after the World Twenty20s.As for the Cox's Bazar stadium, it is being built from scratch ona patch of land that was once a golf course.While Sri Lanka cricket chief executive Ashley de Silva indi-cated that there had been no contact as yet between his boardand the ICC, he did suggest that the country would be ready tohost the tournament if required, even though it would mean thatSri Lanka could end up hosting World Twenty20 twice in 18months. The most recent edition of the World Twenty20, whichended last October, was also held in Sri Lanka. "There hasbeen no communication between SLC and ICC on that topic," deSilva told ESPNcricinfo. "We have the facilities to host it, but Idon't know if it will crop up at the meeting this week."

WEST INDIES DROP SARWANFOR ODI TRI-SERIES

Batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been dropped from the WestIndies squad for the first half of the tri-series involving Indiaand Sri Lanka, which begins on June 28. Fast bowler JasonHolder was also left out of the 13-man squad that was named,on Saturday, for the Jamaica leg of the tournament. There wereno other changes made to the squad that played the ChampionsTrophy in England. Wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, who wassuspended for two ODIs for breaching the ICC Code of Conductwhen he claimed a catch off Misbah-ul-Haq during the ChampionsTrophy game against Pakistan, will be available to play. Sarwan had beenrecalled to the West Indies team after a contentious 18 months away fromthe game - during which he claimed to have been hurt "mentally andemotionally" by national team's coaching regime - for the limited-overs tour of Australia earlier this year. Since then, apart from acentury against Zimbabwe at home, he totalled 40 runs in sevenmatches. In the Champions Trophy, he scored 1 against Pakistanand 1 against India. West Indies failed to qualify for the ChampionsTrophy's semi-finals. They were off to a good start in the tourna-ment, beating Pakistan in a low-scoring thriller, but were thenbeaten by India and tied a rain-hit must-win game against SouthAfrica, as a result of which South Africa progressed to the knock-outs on net run rate. The teams play two games each in Jamaicain the tri-series, with West Indies scheduled to take on SriLanka at Sabina Park in the tournament opener on June 28,before playing India on June 30. The tournament then shifts toPor t of Spain.

Nazmul Hassan is frustrated by the slowprogress on Bangladesh's twounfinished stadiums.

Virat Kohli does his rendition of Gangnam Style, England v India, Champions Trophy final, Edgbaston, June 23, 2013

CONTD. FROM PAGE 17His three overs had gone for 27,and you asked yourself why hegot even the four th. That third hadbrought the target down to 48 off30 thanks to a six smoked cleanby Bopara. However, with threeovers left and 28 to get - UmeshYadav had two to go, Ashwin,Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar oneeach - Dhoni went to Ishant.Even if Yadav had been injured,Bhuvneshwar - three overs for 19- had one left. The only possibleexplanation for that choice couldbe that England would want to killoff the chase in ishant's over andthus take an undue risk.'Unfair to play a 20-over final foran ODI tournament' - DhoniDhoni's hunch, though, seemed tobe going bust after a pulled six

and two wides from either side ofthe stumps: 20 off 16 now. Whoknows how these things in biglimited-overs matches work withDhoni, but Ishant bowled a slowerball and Eoin Morgan mis-hit tomidwicket. It was a front-of-the-hand slower ball, pretty muchcommon fare in l imited-overscricket today, but Morgan didn'tpick it.The next ball seemed even moreinnocuous on the face of it. Shor tball, no sting, head high, pulleddown clean, but straight to thefielder at square leg. Roll that dis-missal back, though. And it is dif-ficult to figure out the logic here,but there was no midwicket forthat ball. That man inside the circlewas at square leg, next to theumpire. Ishant Sharma was

Dhoni's new Joginder.The bizarre events weren't quiteover. In the 19th over, Jadeja, al-most unplayable and wise so far,had a chance to run the divingStuar t Broad out but he chose notto try. Jadeja could be forgiven amoment after having bowled wellall through the tournament, afterhaving scored the pivotal 33 afterIndia had been 66 for 5, and afterhaving begun India's turnaroundwith the ball. That was India's lastmistake too.In the 20th, bowled by Ashwin,when Stuar t Broad hit a leg-sidefour, Dhoni brought everybody onthe off side asking the batsmanto clear it if he thought he wasgood enough. Broad wasn't on thisoccasion. Surpr is ingly Broaddidn't try to dominate the strike,

leaving Tredwell to get 10 off thelast three balls. The only wayEngland could have won was forBroad to hit two fours or a six, buttwo couples later the six off thelast ball was a bridge too far forthe lesser batsman on a turningpitch. The last ball was cue for anexpressive celebration - by hisstandards - for Dhoni who hasbeen through a tough time overthe last two years.India had won a thrilling final ofwhat has been a good tournament,but all was not right. This washardly the ideal match. The ICChad only tried to cover its back-side by stretching the match to8.30pm. This match should neverhave been played today after theamount of rain Edgbaston hadtaken, but there was no tomor-row. So we had a match that putboth the sides out of their com-for t zones. The Indian batsmenhad no rhythm going in and out,and England were playing essen-tially a T20 with three men whodon't make the T20 side. Remem-ber when the XIs were named atthe toss, this was a 50-overgame. In the f i rst exchange,though, India seemed to strugglemore. On the wrong side of thetoss, with two rain breaks in thefirst half of their innings, theycouldn't really have planned theirinnings, and soon found them-selves struggling when it cameto the run-rate. That broughtpanic, and Bopara was the ben-ef ic iary with the wickets ofDhawan, Suresh Raina and Dhoni- for his first duck in ODIs sinceOctober 2010. In the last sevenovers, though, Virat Kohli andJadeja brought India back with apunchy par tnership of 47 off 33.Kohli couldn't see India to the end,but Jadeja did, his knock includ-ing an inside-out six off JamesAnderson. For some reason, theEngland batsmen panicked in thechase too. Trott was fluent, butspin brought the turnaround.Jadeja began with a tight fifth over,and Ashwin got Trott stumped inthe next with a dipping offbreakoutside leg. Kohli, at backwardshor t leg, had begun to moveeven before Trott had had an op-por tunity to strike the ball, but theumpire either didn't notice it ordidn't consider the movementsignificant enough to call it a deadball. Had Trott connected and hadKohli caught it, scenes wouldhave been less savoury.



WORLDWIDE RELEASE

ON 28TH JUNE 2013

DETAILS ON PAGE 11 SHE SAID 'NO'southasiandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/part_12.pdf · Jiah...

Documents

Transcript of DETAILS ON PAGE 11 SHE SAID 'NO'southasiandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/part_12.pdf · Jiah...