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Rick Gladstone T he Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has be- headed Steven J Sot- loff, the second American executed by the Islamic mili- tant group, and posted a vid- eo of it on the internet, the SITE Intelligence Group, a research organization that tracks jihadist web postings, said Tuesday. The execution of Sotloff, 31, came despite pleas from his mother aimed directly at ISIS’s top leader seeking mercy for her son, a free- lance journalist who was captured in northern Syria a year ago. Word of Sotloff ’s behead- ing came two weeks after James Foley, 45, another American journalist, was beheaded by ISIS, which warned that Sotloff would be the next to die. The videotaped behead- ings and threats by ISIS have helped rocket the group’s as- cendance into a top crisis for the Obama administration and its western allies. Josh Earnest, a White House spokesman, said he could not immediately con- firm the authenticity of the video showing Sotloff ’s kill- ing. “It is something that will be analysed very care- fully by the US government and our intelligence offi- cials to determine its au- thenticity,” he told reporters in Washington. Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said that American intelli- gence agencies would “work as quickly as possible” to de- termine whether the video was authentic. She said the US would be “sickened” by confirmation of Sotloff ’s beheading. In the video, Sotloff desc- ribes himself as “paying the price” for the Obama admin- istration’s decision to strike ISIS targets in Iraq. The same masked fighter with British- accented English who ap- peared in the video of Foley’s beheading also appears be- side Sotloff, asserting, “I’m back, Obama, and I’m back because of your arrogant for- eign policy.” NYT NEWS SERVICE After Foley, ISIS beheads another US journalist Video Shows Execution Of Steven Sotloff ‘I’M BACK’: The same masked man seen in the Foley video appears in the new one (grab above) ISIS: Briton next, P 22 INDIA CRUSH ENGLAND After humbling Test loss, India humiliate England in ODIs, take unbeatable 3-0 lead in series with a massive 9-wkt victory at Edgbaston Ajinkya Rahane hits maiden ODI ton as he and Shikhar Dhawan (97 n.o.) post India’s first century opening stand (183) on this English tour It is India’s first series win in England in 24 years. Team now has 8 straight victories in England (having won 5 Champions Trophy games), its longest winning streak in a country M S Dhoni becomes India’s most successful ODI captain with 91 wins, overtaking Azharuddin’s tally of 90 victories Rahane >> Dhoni >> BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 PAGES 44 | CAPITAL | PRICE `4.50; `7.00 WITH ET OR `8.50 WITH NAVBHARAT TIMES INCLUSIVE OF DELHI TIMES | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | EPAPER. TIMESOFINDIA.COM Justice H L Dattu to be next CJI Justice H L Dattu is set to become the next Chief Justice of India. Sources told TOI that the PMO had forwarded the file to the President for approval. CJI R M Lodha retires on Septem- ber 27 after which Justice Dattu will have a tenure of more than a year till December 2015. P 7 Red tape in green nods out, says Javadekar: Within hours of PM Modi woo- ing Japanese in- vestors with a red carpet, envi- ronment minister Prakash Javade- kar said the MoEF had made green clearances trans- parent by switching to a “cleaner, speedier” online system. “We are taking decisions based on pol- icies and merit. We don’t know who owns the project. What is the merit of the case, the project — we are deciding on that ba- sis,” he said. P 14 Delhiites can now supply power to grid: Delhi took a huge leap in renewable energy generation on Tuesday as power watchdog DERC announced reg- ulations allowing residents to generate solar power at home and offset their electricity bills by supplying this energy to the grid. The rules are expected to be enforced within a week. P 2 Venkateswaran, former foreign secy, dead: Former foreign secretary A P Venka- teswaran died in Bangalore on Tuesday. He was 84. Venka- teswaran resigned in 1987 after he was snubbed by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at a press conference for reportedly issu- ing contradictory statements on his visit to Pakistan. P 19 Power outage hits Mumbai all day: Large parts of south and central Mumbai, including busi- ness districts, went without electricity all of Tuesday from 9.45am as a private power utility tripped due to a glitch. Supply was expected to be restored on- ly by night. P 12 Radars to save elephants on tracks? After flyovers and un- derpasses, Supreme Court on Wednesday suggested deploying defence radars to prevent ele- phant deaths on rail tracks. P 13 Proposal to move Prophet’s tomb: A controversial proposal by a leading Saudi academic, published in the presidency’s journal, has sought to destroy the tomb of Prophet Muhammad and remove his body to an anon- ymous grave. P 22 CONTRA PUNT O Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often MARK TWAIN WEATHER Max 34.3°C (0)/Min 26.3°C (0) Moonrise: Wednesday – 1.40pm Moonset: Thursday – 12.40am Sunset: Wednesday — 6.41pm Sunrise: Thursday — 6.01am Generally cloudy sky, light rain. Maximum & min temperature on Wednesday will be around 31°C & 25°C. Maximum humidity on Tuesday was 88%and minimum 56%. NEWS DIGEST Shrabonti.Bagchi @timesgroup.com Bangalore: A UK tabloid ca- lled sprinter Usain Bolt “the coolest person on the planet”, giving nine reasons to justify its claim. Watching Bolt cre- ate his trademark “bolting” or “To Di World” pose at a Bangalore hotel, the audience needed no convincing. In town for a day to pro- mote a brand campaign — playing a cricket match as well — Bolt was firm in say- ing that his 100-metre world record was “pretty much out of reach” for others. But there were quite a few run- ners who could challenge him if not beat him. “Track and field is a weird sport. It’s all about fo- cus and mental capacity. It’s hard to pick any one person, but my coach thinks Justin Gatlin is good. Then there are Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake... so many guys are coming up. But I am not go- ing to let anybody beat me,” he thundered. Bolt showed he is a hero fit for the digital age. He made chicken nuggets hip by eating thousands of them at the Beijing Olympics, creat- ed an internet meme around a gesture, and even slowed down in an Olympic race to celebrate his awesomeness. That 9.69-second clip has been watched by millions. He may claim interviews stress him out, but Bolt clear- ly has the next day’s head- lines in mind. Asked by TOI if he would like to race against a fast car or a cheetah, he grinned: “A cheetah would be cooler. I can see the headlines, ‘Usain Bolt beats cheetah’.” My 100m record out of reach: Bolt Sprint champion Usain Bolt strikes his trademark pose with cricketer Yuvraj Singh during a friendly cricket match in Bangalore on Tuesday PTI EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: P 28 Vimal.Joshi@timesgroup.com Gurgaon: Dealing a blow to builders who don’t fulfil pro- mises, the Supreme Court has asked a developer in Gurgaon to refund residents Rs 33.38 crore – 70% of the maintenance fees collected since 2002 – for failing to pro- vide amenities promised at the time of purchase. A bench of Justices V Go- pala Gowda and Adarsh Ku- mar Goel on Friday upheld a March 19 ruling of the Nati- onal Consumer Disputes Red- ressal Commission directing the developers of Ambience Lagoon Apartments to refund 70% of the total maintenance money collected over 11 years to 345 flat owners for failing to offer services commensurate with the fee charged. There are 15 blocks in Ambience Lagoon, located behind Ambience Mall on NH8. At the time of allot- ment of flats, buyers were promised one lift for every 10 flats. But in most blocks, on- ly two lifts were provided in- stead of the four promised. In November 2004, 66 resi- dents moved court against Raj Singh Gehlot and his company, Ambience Pvt Ltd, for poor maintenance of lifts. SC orders builder to repay ` 33cr maintenance fee BOOST FOR RESIDENTS ➤ Ambience Lagoon had promised 1 lift for every 10 flats ➤ But in most blocks, only half the promised lifts were provided to residents ➤ In Nov 2004, 66 residents moved court against developer for poor maintenance of lifts ➤ Depending on size of flat, each resident will now get back Rs 6 lakh-15 lakh ‘No repairs for 11 yrs’, P 6 Swati.Deshpande @timesgroup.com Mumbai: Former attorney- general Goolam Essaji Va- hanvati, the first Muslim to become the country’s top law officer, died at a hos- pital here on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest at his Colaba residence. He was 65. Vahanvati had the long- est run as a top law officer, first in Maharashtra and then at the Centre. In 2009, he was appointed attorney- general, battling several dif- ficult cases for the UPA. Vahanvati is survived by his wife, son and daughter. P9 Vahanvati, AG during UPA-2 tenure, dead TIMES NEWS NETWORK A day after he wound up a summit with Shinzo Abe, PM Narendra Mo- di spent Tuesday winning hearts and minds in Japan. A consummate politic- ian, Modi displayed his skills both at the drums and flute, apart from bonding with the oldest living associate of Ne- taji Subhas Chandra Bose. In between, he took a swipe at his detractors back in India about his decision to gift a copy of the Gita to the Japa- nese emperor before adding, “If I am not there, how will they earn their livelihood?” It was a day when Modi made great copy, and was clearly pleased at doing so. Speaking to the Indian community in Tokyo, Modi delighted his audience with the wry comment, “We’ve had devaluation. We used to play with snakes, now we play with the mouse. When we move a mouse, the whole world moves.” Simultaneously, the PM told the Japanese business community that a “red car- pet, not red tape” awaits them in India. “You please come, manufacture and make in In- dia... we will ensure you have whatever you need,” he said, delivering the keynote ad- dress at the Tokyo Stock Ex- change. “Just as India is fo- cusing on Look East policy, we expect a Look at India poli- cy from Japan,” Modi said to an audience of about 2,000. Sticking to his alliterative catch phrases, Modi devised a new one for the Japanese. India, he said, epitomized the 3Ds — “democracy, demogra- phy and demand”. At a performance by Ja- panese percussionists, Modi surprised them by jumping in to play the drums himself, enjoying the ‘jugalbandi’. Says Critics Earn Living By Knocking Him DRUMMING UP SUPPORT We’ve had a devaluation. We (Indians) used to play with snakes now we play with the mouse. When we move a mouse, the whole world moves I am happy Japan trusted us (and removed curbs on six companies). Trust is a chemical that forms deeper bonds of friendship than Fevicol I brought the Gita as a gift. I don’t know what will be the reaction back home... there will be a television debate... All my secular friends will say, ‘Don’t know what Modi thinks of himself’ Could you (Indians in Japan) try to motivate five Japanese families to visit India as tourists? If they come, will tea sellers not be able to sell more tea? Do you not want chaiwalas to sell their chai? PM Narendra Modi plays a traditional Taiko drum during the inauguration of a tech and culture academy in Tokyo on Tuesday Modi promises Japan Inc ‘red carpet, not red tape’ Fevicol bond, P 11 China to invest $5bn in IT parks in Maha, Guj, P 23 Photo: PTI Dhananjay.Mahapatra @timesgroup.com New Delhi: Pressure on CBI chief Ranjit Sinha to disen- gage himself from investiga- tion into the 2G spectrum scam moved several notches up with activist-advocate Prashant Bhushan on Tues- day revealing what he clai- med were details of a series of meetings between Sinha and top executives of R-ADAG, an accused company in the case. “Following my applica- tion seeking distancing of the CBI director from the in- vestigations and prosecu- tion of 2G scam related cases ... We have received a copy of the visitors’ register of the CBI director’s residence and what it shows is very dis- turbing,” Bhushan said. Most of what was said by Bhushan, who had accused Sinha of seeking to dilute the case against R-ADAG, had been reported by a newspa- per. It alleged that two top Re- liance ADAG executives clocked nearly 50 visits to Sin- ha’s residence in the last year. CBI chief met 2G accused: Petitioner VISITOR TROUBLE ➤ Petitioner CPIL alleges in SC that CBI chief Ranjit Sinha held meetings with execs of R-ADAG, accused in the 2G scam. Some 50 visits alleged in past year ➤ Says visitors’ register at Sinha’s residence disturbing ➤ CBI rubbishes claims as ‘baseless, malicious’ SC seeks register, P 19 Dhananjay.Mahapatra @timesgroup.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to shed its nearly 60-year-old rule to allow death row con- victs another chance to argue in open court and plead for life, further narrowing down the possibility of the applica- tion of death penalty. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha, by 4-1 majority, decided in fa- vour of giving condemned prisoners another chance to seek life term by ruling that petitions seeking review of judgments upholding capital punishment would hence- forth be heard in open court. Till now, all review pet- itions were considered in chamber by the judges with- out taking assistance from petitioners’ lawyers. Now, the court said the rule would be diluted to allow open court hearing for such petitions against SC judgments con- firming death sentence by a three-judge bench. Death row convicts get one final open hearing We feel that when a convict who has suffered the sentence of death... files a review petition, the necessity of oral hearing in such a petition becomes an integral part of ‘reasonable procedure’ —SC Bench Oral hearing, P 12 DurgeshNandan.Jha @timesgroup.com New Delhi: Finance and defence minister Arun Jait- ley on Tuesday underwent gastric bypass surgery for diabetes management at a private hospital here. Doc- tors said it was a plan- ned surgery, and the 61- year-old BJP leader was re- covering well. PM Narendra Modi, who is in Japan on a five-day visit, called in the evening to enquire about his health, hospital sources said. Sources said Jaitley, who has been suffering from uncontrolled diabetes for nearly a decade, was ad- mitted to Max Hospital, Sa- ket around 6pm on Monday. He underwent a series of routine blood and cardiac investigations before the surgery, which was done la- proscopically, a minimally invasive technique. The surgery involves sta- pling the stomach to create a small pouch so that a small amount of food helps satiate the appetite. This pouch is connected to the small intes- tine to lower fat absorption. Dr Pradeep K Chowbey, who operated on Jaitley, said the surgery was for weight reduction and mini- mally invasive. “It will help him control appetite and lower his weight from the existing 117 kg,” he said. FM Jaitley undergoes weight loss surgery ‘Best option’, P 13 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: Expectations that the Narendra Modi-led gov- ernment will help reverse the economic slowdown and perk up investments, which in turn could boost corpo- rate earnings, powered the sensex past the 27,000 mark for the first time in its histo- ry on Tuesday. The market buoyancy came on the back of data that showed surplus balance of payments for the third quar- ter on the trot, to go with en- couraging 5.7% growth in GDP for the quarter ended June — the highest in the last nine quarters — announced on Friday. Since Modi was an- nounced as BJP’s PM candi- date last September, the in- dex has risen by about 7,000 points. It has added about 2,300 points since he took of- fice in end-May this year. On Tuesday, the sensex closed 152 points higher at 27,019, while the Nifty closed 55 points up at 8,083, both new closing highs. Feel-good factor, strong data push sensex past 27,000-mark FULL COVERAGE: P 23 Marcus.Mergulhao @timesgroup.com Panaji: FC Goa has pulled off a coup by hiring Brazilian football legend Zico to be the team’s marquee manager for the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. Zico, who played in three World Cups and coached Ja- pan, signed on the dotted line on Tuesday. FC Goa turned to 61-year- old Zico, often called ‘White Pele’ in his playing days, after failing to rope in Steve Clarke, the former assistant to Jose Mourinho at Chelsea. The deal is likely to be made public later this week. P 25 ISL: Brazilian great Zico to manage Goa
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Rick Gladstone
The Islamic State of Iraqand Syria (ISIS) has be-headed Steven J Sot-
loff, the second Americanexecuted by the Islamic mili-tant group, and posted a vid-eo of it on the internet, theSITE Intelligence Group, aresearch organization thattracks jihadist web postings,said Tuesday.
The execution of Sotloff,31, came despite pleas fromhis mother aimed directly atISIS’s top leader seekingmercy for her son, a free-lance journalist who wascaptured in northern Syriaa year ago.
Word of Sotloff ’s behead-ing came two weeks afterJames Foley, 45, anotherAmerican journalist, wasbeheaded by ISIS, whichwarned that Sotloff wouldbe the next to die.
The videotaped behead-ings and threats by ISIS havehelped rocket the group’s as-cendance into a top crisis forthe Obama administrationand its western allies.
Josh Earnest, a WhiteHouse spokesman, said hecould not immediately con-firm the authenticity of thevideo showing Sotloff ’s kill-ing. “It is something that
will be analysed very care-fully by the US governmentand our intelligence offi-cials to determine its au-thenticity,” he told reportersin Washington.
Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman,said that American intelli-gence agencies would “workas quickly as possible” to de-termine whether the videowas authentic. She said theUS would be “sickened” by confirmation of Sotloff ’sbeheading.
In the video, Sotloff desc-ribes himself as “paying theprice” for the Obama admin-istration’s decision to strikeISIS targets in Iraq. The samemasked fighter with British-accented English who ap-peared in the video of Foley’sbeheading also appears be-side Sotloff, asserting, “I’mback, Obama, and I’m backbecause of your arrogant for-eign policy.” NYT NEWS SERVICE
After Foley, ISISbeheads another
US journalistVideo ShowsExecution Of
Steven Sotloff
‘I’M BACK’: The same masked manseen in the Foley video appears inthe new one (grab above)
�ISIS: Briton next, P 22
INDIACRUSHENGLAND
After humbling Test loss,India humiliate England in ODIs, take unbeatable 3-0 lead in series with a massive 9-wkt victory at Edgbaston
Ajinkya Rahane hits maidenODI ton as he and ShikharDhawan (97 n.o.) post India’sfirst century opening stand (183) on this English tour
It is India’s first series win in England in 24 years. Team now has 8straight victories in England (having won 5 Champions Trophy games), its longest winning streak in a country
M S Dhoni becomes India’s most successful ODI captain with 91 wins,overtaking Azharuddin’stally of 90 victoriesRahane >> Dhoni>>
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Justice H L Dattu to be next CJI
Justice H L Dattuis set to becomethe next ChiefJustice of India.Sources told TOIthat the PMO hadforwarded the
file to the President for approval.CJI R M Lodha retires on Septem-ber 27 after which Justice Dattuwill have a tenure of more than ayear till December 2015. P 7
Red tape in green nods out,says Javadekar: Within hours
of PM Modi woo-ing Japanese in-vestors with a redcarpet, envi-ronment ministerPrakash Javade-kar said the MoEF
had made green clearances trans-parent by switching to a “cleaner,speedier” online system. “We aretaking decisions based on pol-icies and merit. We don’t knowwho owns the project. What isthe merit of the case, the project— we are deciding on that ba-sis,” he said. P 14
Delhiites can now supplypower to grid: Delhi took ahuge leap in renewable energygeneration on Tuesday as powerwatchdog DERC announced reg-ulations allowing residents togenerate solar power at homeand offset their electricity billsby supplying this energy to thegrid. The rules are expected tobe enforced within a week. P 2
Venkateswaran, former foreign secy, dead: Formerforeign secretary A P Venka-teswaran died in Bangalore onTuesday. He was 84. Venka-teswaran resigned in 1987 afterhe was snubbed by then PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi at a pressconference for reportedly issu-ing contradictory statements onhis visit to Pakistan. P 19
Power outage hits Mumbaiall day: Large parts of south andcentral Mumbai, including busi-ness districts, went withoutelectricity all of Tuesday from9.45am as a private power utilitytripped due to a glitch. Supplywas expected to be restored on-ly by night. P 12
Radars to save elephants ontracks? After flyovers and un-derpasses, Supreme Court onWednesday suggested deployingdefence radars to prevent ele-phant deaths on rail tracks. P 13
Proposal to move Prophet’stomb: A controversial proposalby a leading Saudi academic,published in the presidency’sjournal, has sought to destroythe tomb of Prophet Muhammadand remove his body to an anon-ymous grave. P 22
C O N T R A P U N T O
Action speaks louder than wordsbut not nearly as often
MARK TWAIN
WEATHERMax 34.3°C (0)/Min 26.3°C (0)Moonrise: Wednesday – 1.40pmMoonset: Thursday – 12.40am
Sunset: Wednesday — 6.41pmSunrise: Thursday — 6.01am Generally cloudy sky, light rain. Maximum & min temperature on Wednesday will bearound 31°C & 25°C. Maximum humidity onTuesday was 88% and minimum 56%.
NEWS DIGEST
Bangalore: A UK tabloid ca-lled sprinter Usain Bolt “thecoolest person on the planet”,giving nine reasons to justifyits claim. Watching Bolt cre-ate his trademark “bolting”or “To Di World” pose at aBangalore hotel, the audienceneeded no convincing.
In town for a day to pro-mote a brand campaign —playing a cricket match aswell — Bolt was firm in say-ing that his 100-metre worldrecord was “pretty much outof reach” for others. Butthere were quite a few run-ners who could challengehim if not beat him.
“Track and field is aweird sport. It’s all about fo-cus and mental capacity. It’shard to pick any one person,
but my coach thinks JustinGatlin is good. Then thereare Tyson Gay and YohanBlake... so many guys are
coming up. But I am not go-ing to let anybody beat me,”he thundered.
Bolt showed he is a herofit for the digital age. Hemade chicken nuggets hip byeating thousands of them atthe Beijing Olympics, creat-ed an internet meme arounda gesture, and even sloweddown in an Olympic race tocelebrate his awesomeness.That 9.69-second clip hasbeen watched by millions.
He may claim interviewsstress him out, but Bolt clear-ly has the next day’s head-lines in mind.
Asked by TOI if he wouldlike to race against a fast caror a cheetah, he grinned: “Acheetah would be cooler. I cansee the headlines, ‘Usain Boltbeats cheetah’.”
My 100m record out of reach: Bolt
Sprint champion Usain Bolt strikes his trademark pose with cricketer Yuvraj Singh during a friendly cricket match in Bangalore on Tuesday
PTI
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: P 28
Gurgaon: Dealing a blow tobuilders who don’t fulfil pro-mises, the Supreme Courthas asked a developer inGurgaon to refund residentsRs 33.38 crore – 70% of themaintenance fees collectedsince 2002 – for failing to pro-vide amenities promised atthe time of purchase.
A bench of Justices V Go-pala Gowda and Adarsh Ku-mar Goel on Friday upheld aMarch 19 ruling of the Nati-onal Consumer Disputes Red-ressal Commission directingthe developers of AmbienceLagoon Apartments to refund70% of the total maintenancemoney collected over 11 yearsto 345 flat owners for failing to
offer services commensuratewith the fee charged.
There are 15 blocks inAmbience Lagoon, locatedbehind Ambience Mall onNH8. At the time of allot-ment of flats, buyers werepromised one lift for every 10flats. But in most blocks, on-
ly two lifts were provided in-stead of the four promised.
In November 2004, 66 resi-dents moved court againstRaj Singh Gehlot and hiscompany, Ambience Pvt Ltd,for poor maintenance of lifts.
SC orders builder to repay`̀33cr maintenance fee
BOOST FOR RESIDENTS
➤ Ambience Lagoon had promised 1 lift for every 10 flats
➤ But in most blocks, only half the promised lifts were provided to residents
➤ In Nov 2004, 66 residents moved court against developer for poor maintenance of lifts
➤ Depending on size of flat, each resident will now get back Rs 6 lakh-15 lakh
�‘No repairs for 11 yrs’, P 6
Mumbai: Former attorney-general Goolam Essaji Va-
hanvati, thefirst Muslimto become thecountry’s toplaw officer,died at a hos-pital here on
Tuesday after suffering amassive cardiac arrest at hisColaba residence. He was 65.
Vahanvati had the long-est run as a top law officer,first in Maharashtra andthen at the Centre. In 2009, hewas appointed attorney-general, battling several dif-ficult cases for the UPA.
Vahanvati is survived byhis wife, son and daughter.P9
Vahanvati, AGduring UPA-2tenure, dead
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Aday after he wound upa summit with ShinzoAbe, PM Narendra Mo-
di spent Tuesday winninghearts and minds in Japan.
A consummate politic-ian, Modi displayed his skillsboth at the drums and flute,apart from bonding with theoldest living associate of Ne-taji Subhas Chandra Bose. Inbetween, he took a swipe athis detractors back in Indiaabout his decision to gift a
copy of the Gita to the Japa-nese emperor before adding,“If I am not there, how willthey earn their livelihood?”It was a day when Modi madegreat copy, and was clearlypleased at doing so.
Speaking to the Indiancommunity in Tokyo, Modidelighted his audience withthe wry comment, “We’ve
had devaluation. We used toplay with snakes, now weplay with the mouse. Whenwe move a mouse, the wholeworld moves.”
Simultaneously, the PMtold the Japanese businesscommunity that a “red car-pet, not red tape” awaits themin India. “You please come,manufacture and make in In-
dia... we will ensure you havewhatever you need,” he said,delivering the keynote ad-dress at the Tokyo Stock Ex-change. “Just as India is fo-cusing on Look East policy,we expect a Look at India poli-cy from Japan,” Modi said toan audience of about 2,000.
Sticking to his alliterativecatch phrases, Modi devised
a new one for the Japanese.India, he said, epitomized the3Ds — “democracy, demogra-phy and demand”.
At a performance by Ja-panese percussionists, Modisurprised them by jumpingin to play the drums himself,enjoying the ‘jugalbandi’.
Says CriticsEarn Living ByKnocking Him
DRUMMING UP SUPPORTWe’ve had a devaluation. We (Indians) used to play with snakes
now we play with the mouse. When we move a mouse, the whole world movesI am happy Japan trusted us (and removed curbs on six companies). Trust is a chemical that forms deeper bonds of friendship than FevicolI brought the Gita as a gift. I don’t know what will be the reaction back home... there will be a television debate... All my secular friends will say, ‘Don’t know what Modi thinks of himself’Could you (Indians in Japan) try to motivate five Japanese families to visit India as tourists? If they come, will tea sellers not be able to sell more tea? Do you not want chaiwalas to sell their chai?
PM Narendra Modi plays a traditional Taiko drum during the inauguration of a tech and culture academy in Tokyo on Tuesday
Modi promises Japan Inc‘red carpet, not red tape’
�Fevicol bond, P 11
�China to invest $5bn inIT parks in Maha, Guj, P 23
Photo: PTI
New Delhi: Pressure on CBIchief Ranjit Sinha to disen-gage himself from investiga-tion into the 2G spectrumscam moved several notchesup with activist-advocatePrashant Bhushan on Tues-day revealing what he clai-med were details of a series ofmeetings between Sinha andtop executives of R-ADAG, anaccused company in the case.
“Following my applica-tion seeking distancing ofthe CBI director from the in-vestigations and prosecu-tion of 2G scam related cases... We have received a copy ofthe visitors’ register of theCBI director’s residence andwhat it shows is very dis-turbing,” Bhushan said.
Most of what was said byBhushan, who had accusedSinha of seeking to dilute thecase against R-ADAG, hadbeen reported by a newspa-per. It alleged that two top Re-liance ADAG executivesclocked nearly 50 visits to Sin-ha’s residence in the last year.
CBI chief met 2Gaccused: Petitioner
VISITOR TROUBLE➤ Petitioner CPIL alleges in SC that CBI chief Ranjit Sinha held meetings with execs of R-ADAG, accused in the 2G scam. Some 50 visits alleged in past year
➤ Says visitors’ register atSinha’s residence disturbing
➤ CBI rubbishes claims as ‘baseless, malicious’
�SC seeks register, P 19
New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday decided toshed its nearly 60-year-oldrule to allow death row con-victs another chance to arguein open court and plead forlife, further narrowing downthe possibility of the applica-tion of death penalty.
Afive-judge bench headedby Chief Justice R M Lodha,by 4-1 majority, decided in fa-vour of giving condemnedprisoners another chance toseek life term by ruling thatpetitions seeking review ofjudgments upholding capitalpunishment would hence-forth be heard in open court.
Till now, all review pet-itions were considered inchamber by the judges with-
out taking assistance frompetitioners’ lawyers. Now, thecourt said the rule would bediluted to allow open courthearing for such petitionsagainst SC judgments con-firming death sentence by athree-judge bench.
Death row convicts getone final open hearing
We feel that when a convict
who has suffered the sentence of death... files a review petition, the necessity of oral hearing in such a petition becomes an integral part of ‘reasonable procedure’
—SC Bench
�Oral hearing, P 12
New Delhi: Finance anddefence minister Arun Jait-ley on Tuesday underwentgastric bypass surgery fordiabetes management at aprivate hospital here. Doc-tors said itwas a plan-ned surgery,and the 61-year-old BJPleader was re-coveringwell. PM Narendra Modi,who is in Japan on a five-dayvisit, called in the eveningto enquire about his health,hospital sources said.
Sources said Jaitley,who has been sufferingfrom uncontrolled diabetesfor nearly a decade, was ad-mitted to Max Hospital, Sa-ket around 6pm on Monday.He underwent a series ofroutine blood and cardiacinvestigations before thesurgery, which was done la-proscopically, a minimallyinvasive technique.
The surgery involves sta-pling the stomach to create asmall pouch so that a smallamount of food helps satiatethe appetite. This pouch isconnected to the small intes-tine to lower fat absorption.
Dr Pradeep K Chowbey,who operated on Jaitley,said the surgery was forweight reduction and mini-mally invasive. “It will helphim control appetite andlower his weight from theexisting 117 kg,” he said.
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Mumbai: Expectations thatthe Narendra Modi-led gov-ernment will help reversethe economic slowdown andperk up investments, whichin turn could boost corpo-rate earnings, powered thesensex past the 27,000 markfor the first time in its histo-ry on Tuesday.
The market buoyancycame on the back of data thatshowed surplus balance ofpayments for the third quar-ter on the trot, to go with en-
couraging 5.7% growth inGDP for the quarter endedJune — the highest in the lastnine quarters — announcedon Friday.
Since Modi was an-nounced as BJP’s PM candi-date last September, the in-dex has risen by about 7,000points. It has added about2,300 points since he took of-fice in end-May this year.
On Tuesday, the sensexclosed 152 points higher at27,019, while the Nifty closed55 points up at 8,083, bothnew closing highs.
Feel-good factor, strong datapush sensex past 27,000-mark
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Panaji: FC Goa has pulled offa coup by hiring Brazilianfootball legend Zico to be theteam’s marquee manager forthe inaugural season of theIndian Super League.
Zico, who played in threeWorld Cups and coached Ja-pan, signed on the dotted lineon Tuesday.
FC Goa turned to 61-year-old Zico, often called ‘WhitePele’ in his playing days, afterfailing to rope in Steve Clarke,the former assistant to JoseMourinho at Chelsea. Thedeal is likely to be made publiclater this week. P 25
ISL: Braziliangreat Zico tomanage Goa
