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CMYK No rum time for liquor commercials By Bhaskar Roy TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Generals will no longer exchange drinks across barbed-wire fences during a commercial break on television. Nor will the fetching woman’s black top keep getting low- er with every sip of ‘apple juice’. The Indian Broadcasting Federa- tion’s subcommittee on surrogate ads has not only found both violative of the advertising code, it has now decreed that all liquor manufactur- ers must get their commercials cleared beforehand. They have to be approved at, both, at the story-board stage, and after production. On April 3, the subcommittee took up 18 surrogate ads accused of pro- moting liquor through the fig-leaf of apple juice, etc. Its members, representing the ma- jor television channels, felt that since they were held responsible for the ads aired, they should be satis- fied that these conformed to regula- tions. The IBF recommendations are considered binding on advertisers and channels. Any failure to comply could invite harsh action from the government under the Cable Televi- sion Network (Regulation) Act. ‘‘We must ensure that the prod- ucts ostensibly advertised are gen- uine and available in substantial quantities across established distri- bution networks,’’ the minuted records of the meeting said. They pointed out that TV com- mercials should not promote alco- hol, directly or indirectly. The IBF has directed major liquor companies like Seagram and Jagjit to provide it with authentic data about manufacturing facilities, launch date, distribution networks and category registration of the products allegedly being advertised. The subcommittee has disap- proved of the ‘Aristocrat Premium Apple Juice’ ad in which the steady lowering of a woman’s top is accom- panied by the voice-over, ‘‘Kuchh bhi ho sakta hai (Anything is possible).’’ While clearing the ‘Bacardi blast for CD and music cassettes’ ad, the IBF has demanded from the manu- facturers of ‘Gilbey’s Green label Pure Aqua’ details of the product. Among the ads the IBF wants re- moved are: Bagpiper Hero showing clips from the film Hero, Bagpiper Soda- featuring actor Akshay Ku- mar, Haywards 5000, Imperial Blue, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff Breakout Zone. Jagmohan’s quest: Culture minister Jagmohan on Tuesday chaired a high-powered meeting to under- take excavations in different sites con- nected with the mythical river Saraswati. P11 Bhojshala order: Thousands of devotees offered prayers at the temple inside the Bhojshala complex on Tuesday. The devotees entered the temple’s premises with offerings for the first time on a Tuesday since 1997. P11 Blackwill’s comments: US am- bassador Robert Blackwill’s argu- ments, defending the legality of US invasion on Iraq without specific UN authorisation, are contradictory to the assurances provided by Wash- ington to the Security Council. P12 NEWS DIGEST After a war, a hero is just a man with one leg. — Anonymous Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Book your Classifieds 24 hours service: “51-666-888” Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” The ATM of information The Largest Classifieds Site YOU SAID IT by Laxman Luckily I didn’t take off, Sir. The moment I sat in the cockpit it crashed! Y esterday’ s results : Do you think the Indian Air Force should ground its MiG fleet to avoid more casualties? Today’s question: Should doping in Indian sports invite a life ban? Cast your vote on www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 indiatimes.com POLL No 16% Yes 84% • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. 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Post-conflict Iraq would be run by an “interim authority, which will serve until a per- manent government is cho- sen by the people of Iraq,” President Bush declared at a symbolically significant summit with Prime Minister Blair in conflict-scarred Northern Ireland. Addressing a key, deeply controversial issue, both leaders promised the United Nations would play a “vital role in the reconstruction of Iraq”, including what Bush described as the task of “helping to stand up an inter- im authority”. Using folksy language and the sort of read-my-lips rhet- oric of his father, Bush said: “Iraqis are plenty capable of running Iraq and that is pre- cisely what is going to hap- pen”. Commentators said the breadth of the US-UK vision was immense, with the po- tential to create the second functioning democratic enti- ty in West Asia, after Israel. Cynics said it was colonisa- tion by another name. Blair said it was a “false choice” if the “new Iraq that will emerge (is) run either by us or the UN ... It will be run by the Iraqi people”. In a significant lowering of hopes the UN would be called upon actually to run affairs in post-Saddam Iraq, Blair said he saw no need to “go back into the wrangles of the second resolution”. US tanks operate on a bridge over the River Tigris in Baghdad on Tuesday. US forces blasted government targets in central Baghdad. Three journalists killed as US forces bombard hotel By Chidanand Rajghatta & Agencies Washington/Baghdad: Journal- ists came in the line of fire in Baghdad even as the fate of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein hung in the air after US forces dropped four massive bombs on a residential compound where he was said to be meeting aides. A Reuters’ cameraman, Ukran- ian national Taras Protsyuk and Spanish TV network Telecinco’s cameraman Jose Couso, were killed and five other journalists wounded after American jets strafed the Palestine Hotel, the last refuge for the media in Baghdad, claiming Iraqi snipers were using it as cover to fire on US forces. Doordarshan correspondent Satish Jacob and his cameraman Syed Nooh Nizami had a narrow escape when the hotel was hit. In a separate incident, a camera- man for the Al-Jazeera network, Jordanian national Tarek Ayouba, was killed in a missile attack on its office by US forces. It was not clear why US forces targeted the net- work’s office but a Al-Jazeera re- porter said the attack was aimed at shutting out the network from re- porting US war crimes. Abu Dhabi television also re- ported that its offices were hit. US officials expressed regret at the deaths but maintained Bagh- dad was a war zone and the media had been warned about it. The bigger mystery of the day of Saddam’s fate remained unre- solved more than 12 hours after US warplanes dropped four 2000lbs JDAMS on a house adjoining a restaurant where its intelligence sources had indicated the Iraqi leader was meeting with two sons and his war council. The bunker-busters blasted 60 feet deep craters and killed at least 14 people, but there was no word of Saddam’s fate. Intelligence ana- lysts wondered if the Iraqi leader had got away because most places he uses for meeting are said to have deep underground bunkers with tunnels connected to other places. ‘‘I don’t know whether he sur- vived,’’ US President Bush said at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Northern Ireland. ‘‘The only thing I know is that he’s losing power.’’ According to accounts in Wash- ington, the second direct US strike aimed at killing Saddam (or ‘‘de- capitating the Iraqi leadership’’ in Washingtonese) was based on hu- man and technical intelligence de- veloped by the CIA that indicated Saddam, his son Qusay and other top members of the regime were meeting at a residential compound in the Al Mansour suburb. The question is if the US could extract such intelligence and home in on Saddam, why it had to put Iraq through such a bloody war. Reuters Baghdad burns, Saddam missing The money behind the mask By Byas Anand TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: SARS is giving the country’s specialised surgical mask-makers big business — and sleepless nights. Manufacturers in Delhi alone say they have got or- ders for over 30 million respiratory masks. Work is on at a frenetic pace to meet domestic and interna- tional demand for what every cau- tiously dressed person is wearing. ‘‘We now have to work overtime. The orders need to be delivered im- mediately to airports in India and clients in South-east Asia,’’ says Sandeep Jain of Delhi-based AR Enterprises, a surgical equip- ment exporter. The demand is for highly specialised masks, which have a bacteria-filtering efficiency of 99.5 per cent. These are three-layered face masks with a clip on the nose — and made according to N95 specifi- cations issued by the US health au- thorities. Basic cloth or paper masks are ineffective in filtering the SARS virus. What’s helping Indian manufac- turers is an absolute global short- age. Australian companies have been left with practically no stocks. American firms are still trying to satisfy the bottomless demand from Hong Kong and China. ‘‘Top-quality masks are the most difficult objects to find in Hong Kong,’’ says Gautam Saxena, an investment banker who was there recently. Indian manufacturers are com- peting on price. Made-in-India masks are moved by manufactur- ers at Rs 3 per piece, their US coun- terparts cost Rs 20. “Most of the Comment: In Battlefield Iraq, per- haps the worst casualty is truth it- self in the blitzkrieg of propagan- da. This makes a mockery of the al- lied campaign and compounds the tragedy of the non-combatant vic- tims of the invasion. Edit page: ‘Embedded vs Embattled’ Cockroaches spreading killer flu: P13 THE LAST STAND US, UK TROOPS IRAQI CIVILIANS 1282 Toll Source: Reuters and news reports 121 DAY 20 DAY 20 FACT OR FICTION? FOUND: US said Monday early tests show chemical agents at a military facility in Hindiyah near Karbala NOT FOUND: Secondary tests Tuesday didn’t show chemical agents ELUSIVE BASRA UK: Troops are in control of Basra... but few days yet to cement the town WAR TALK US: A leadership target was hit hard Iraq: US forces are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks www.timesofindia.com New Delhi, Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Capital 44 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 India No train or bus, but hearts cross Wagah border by post International Winona Ryder, first pinch then auction Page 13 Hooper not to play against the Aussies Times Sport Page 12 Page 21 * 36 pages with Ascent + 8 pages of Delhi Times OID K TOID90403/CR1/01/K/1 OID TOID90403/CR1/01/Y/1 OID M TOID90403/CR1/01/M/1 OID C TOID90403/CR1/01/C/1 Ajit Ninan I’m sorry, says Mandira (With reference to the Delhi Times story dated April 3) I would like to clarify that I have only called my dogs by those names out of affection. I belong to the Sikh community and am proud to be a Sikh. The purpose to call my dogs with those names was by no means to hurt the reli- gious sentiments of my commu- nity or my husband’s community. I would like to apologise if I have inadvertently hurt anyone and would never ever refer to my dogs with those names again. Their names henceforth will be only be Ruger and Buster. Please do not take this any further for I regret to have done it and would never ever do this again. Thank you. Mandira Bedi SARS suspected The first suspected case of SARS was detected at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday. International Airport in Hy- derabad o
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CMYK
No rum time for liquor commercialsBy Bhaskar Roy
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Generals will no longerexchange drinks across barbed-wirefences during a commercial breakon television. Nor will the fetchingwoman’s black top keep getting low-er with every sip of ‘apple juice’.
The Indian Broadcasting Federa-tion’s subcommittee on surrogateads has not only found both violativeof the advertising code, it has nowdecreed that all liquor manufactur-ers must get their commercialscleared beforehand. They have to beapproved at, both, at the story-boardstage, and after production.
On April 3, the subcommittee tookup 18 surrogate ads accused of pro-moting liquor through the fig-leaf ofapple juice, etc.
Its members, representing the ma-jor television channels, felt thatsince they were held responsible forthe ads aired, they should be satis-fied that these conformed to regula-tions. The IBF recommendations are
considered binding on advertisersand channels. Any failure to complycould invite harsh action from thegovernment under the Cable Televi-sion Network (Regulation) Act.
‘‘We must ensure that the prod-ucts ostensibly advertised are gen-uine and available in substantialquantities across established distri-bution networks,’’ the minutedrecords of the meeting said.
They pointed out that TV com-mercials should not promote alco-hol, directly or indirectly.
The IBF has directed major liquorcompanies like Seagram and Jagjitto provide it with authentic dataabout manufacturing facilities,launch date, distribution networksand category registration of theproducts allegedly being advertised.
The subcommittee has disap-proved of the ‘Aristocrat PremiumApple Juice’ ad in which the steadylowering of a woman’s top is accom-panied by the voice-over, ‘‘Kuchh bhiho sakta hai (Anything is possible).’’
While clearing the ‘Bacardi blastfor CD and music cassettes’ ad, theIBF has demanded from the manu-facturers of ‘Gilbey’s Green labelPure Aqua’ details of the product.
Among the ads the IBF wants re-moved are: Bagpiper Hero showingclips from the film Hero, BagpiperSoda- featuring actor Akshay Ku-mar, Haywards 5000, Imperial Blue,Johnnie Walker and SmirnoffBreakout Zone.
Jagmohan’s quest: Culture minister Jagmohanon Tuesday chaireda high-poweredmeeting to under-take excavations indifferent sites con-nected with themythical riverSaraswati. P11
Bhojshala order: Thousands ofdevotees offered prayers at the temple inside the Bhojshala complexon Tuesday. The devotees enteredthe temple’s premises with offeringsfor the first time on a Tuesday since 1997. P11
Blackwill’s comments: US am-bassador Robert Blackwill’s argu-ments, defending the legality of USinvasion on Iraq without specific UNauthorisation, are contradictory tothe assurances provided by Wash-ington to the Security Council. P12
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By Rashmee Z AhmedTIMES NEWS NETWORK
London: In a dramatic un-veiling of a roadmap for theWest Asia region as a whole,the US and Britain have pub-licly pledged Iraq’s destiny asthe first of more than 20Arab dictatorships or monar-chies to “run its own affairs”.
Post-conflict Iraq would berun by an “interim authority,which will serve until a per-manent government is cho-sen by the people of Iraq,”President Bush declared at asymbolically significantsummit with Prime MinisterBlair in conflict-scarredNorthern Ireland.
Addressing a key, deeplycontroversial issue, bothleaders promised the UnitedNations would play a “vitalrole in the reconstruction ofIraq”, including what Bushdescribed as the task of“helping to stand up an inter-im authority”.
Using folksy language andthe sort of read-my-lips rhet-oric of his father, Bush said:“Iraqis are plenty capable ofrunning Iraq and that is pre-cisely what is going to hap-pen”.
Commentators said thebreadth of the US-UK visionwas immense, with the po-tential to create the secondfunctioning democratic enti-ty in West Asia, after Israel.Cynics said it was colonisa-tion by another name.
Blair said it was a “falsechoice” if the “new Iraq thatwill emerge (is) run either byus or the UN ... It will be runby the Iraqi people”.
In a significant lowering ofhopes the UN would be calledupon actually to run affairsin post-Saddam Iraq, Blairsaid he saw no need to “goback into the wrangles of thesecond resolution”.
US tanks operate on a bridge over the River Tigris in Baghdad on Tuesday. US forces blasted government targets in central Baghdad.
Three journalists killed asUS forces bombard hotelBy Chidanand Rajghatta & Agencies
Washington/Baghdad: Journal-ists came in the line of fire inBaghdad even as the fate of Iraqileader Saddam Hussein hung inthe air after US forces dropped fourmassive bombs on a residentialcompound where he was said to bemeeting aides.
A Reuters’ cameraman, Ukran-ian national Taras Protsyuk andSpanish TV network Telecinco’scameraman Jose Couso, werekilled and five other journalistswounded after American jetsstrafed the Palestine Hotel, the lastrefuge for the media in Baghdad,claiming Iraqi snipers were usingit as cover to fire on US forces.
Doordarshan correspondentSatish Jacob and his cameramanSyed Nooh Nizami had a narrowescape when the hotel was hit.
In a separate incident, a camera-man for the Al-Jazeera network,Jordanian national Tarek Ayouba,was killed in a missile attack on itsoffice by US forces. It was not clearwhy US forces targeted the net-work’s office but a Al-Jazeera re-porter said the attack was aimed atshutting out the network from re-porting US war crimes.
Abu Dhabi television also re-ported that its offices were hit.
US officials expressed regret atthe deaths but maintained Bagh-dad was a war zone and the mediahad been warned about it.
The bigger mystery of the day ofSaddam’s fate remained unre-solved more than 12 hours after USwarplanes dropped four 2000lbs
JDAMS on a house adjoining arestaurant where its intelligencesources had indicated the Iraqileader was meeting with two sonsand his war council.
The bunker-busters blasted 60feet deep craters and killed at least14 people, but there was no word ofSaddam’s fate. Intelligence ana-lysts wondered if the Iraqi leaderhad got away because most placeshe uses for meeting are said to havedeep underground bunkers withtunnels connected to other places.
‘‘I don’t know whether he sur-vived,’’ US President Bush said at ajoint news conference with BritishPrime Minister Tony Blair inNorthern Ireland. ‘‘The only thingI know is that he’s losing power.’’
According to accounts in Wash-ington, the second direct US strikeaimed at killing Saddam (or ‘‘de-capitating the Iraqi leadership’’ inWashingtonese) was based on hu-man and technical intelligence de-veloped by the CIA that indicatedSaddam, his son Qusay and othertop members of the regime weremeeting at a residential compoundin the Al Mansour suburb.
The question is if the US couldextract such intelligence and homein on Saddam, why it had to putIraq through such a bloody war.
Reuters
Baghdad burns, Saddam missing
The money behind the maskBy Byas Anand
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: SARS is giving thecountry’s specialised surgicalmask-makers big business — andsleepless nights. Manufacturers inDelhi alone say they have got or-ders for over 30 million respiratorymasks. Work is on at a freneticpace to meet domestic and interna-tional demand for what every cau-tiously dressed person is wearing.
‘‘We now have to work overtime.The orders need to be delivered im-mediately to airports in India andclients in South-east Asia,’’ saysSandeep Jain of Delhi-based AR Enterprises, a surgical equip-ment exporter.
The demand is for highly specialised masks, which have a bacteria-filtering efficiency of99.5 per cent.
These are three-layered facemasks with a clip on the nose —and made according to N95 specifi-cations issued by the US health au-thorities. Basic cloth or paper
masks are ineffective in filteringthe SARS virus.
What’s helping Indian manufac-turers is an absolute global short-age. Australian companies havebeen left with practically no stocks.American firms are still trying tosatisfy the bottomless demandfrom Hong Kong and China.
‘‘Top-quality masks are the mostdifficult objects to find in HongKong,’’ says Gautam Saxena, an investment banker who was there recently.
Indian manufacturers are com-peting on price. Made-in-Indiamasks are moved by manufactur-ers at Rs 3 per piece, their US coun-terparts cost Rs 20. “Most of the
Comment: In Battlefield Iraq, per-haps the worst casualty is truth it-self in the blitzkrieg of propagan-da. This makes a mockery of the al-lied campaign and compounds thetragedy of the non-combatant vic-tims of the invasion.
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New Delhi: This is not about Tejta,the 20-year-old who consumed sulphas(pesticide) with her driver and chosenever to return home after her tuitionclass last Saturday. This is about howand why young lives should not besnuffed out. About the perils and pit-falls of newage parenting. Aboutdaughters and sons and the Venus-Mars divide.
Truly, are daughters from Venusand sons from Mars? Does parentingkowtow a whole new rule book when itcomes to bringing up the girlchild? Isstaying out late, boyfriends and lowcut tops responsible for that extra anx-iety in an age when headlines screamabout rape and underage sex. Weasked a diverse section of parents anddaughters and came up with a chaoticpicture of freedom and control in apost-modern world.
On the one hand, we had young Pra-jakta Sharma, a Class 9 student ofModern School, complaining: ‘‘Mybrother, who is two years younger, getsaway with just about anything. He caneven laugh about his girlfriends be-fore my parents and get away with it.But when it comes to me, I feel I’mwired to my family. I am not supposedto switch off my cell even for a minute.My parents call me every half hour.When the bill comes, they scrutiniseevery call. Thank God, there is norecord for messages!’’
Prajakta’s lament was echoed byseveral 16-17-somethings. Like Avni
(Bal Bharti Public School) who rantedagainst the ‘strict rules’ at home andDrishti (Delhi University) who could-n’t remember the last time she was ‘al-lowed’ to go out for a late night movieor Shauni Sinha (IP College) who wasforced to drop out from a college carpool when her parents found therewere two boys in it too.
‘‘There is an unspoken rule evenabout dressing in our family,’’ says Dr-ishti. ‘‘If a friend turns up wearing aspaghetti top, my parents give us a lec-ture about how girls should coverthemselves up. Indecent dressing in-vites unwarranted attention, theysay... I feel so embarrassed. God! it’sonly clothes!’’
For Avni, late night parties are a bigNo-No ‘‘even though my cousin broth-ers may come back at midnight.’’
Of course, we did have girls whowere proud of their bindaas parents,but they were outnumbered by thosewho cried ‘Freedom!’
On the other hand, there were themoms and dads: newage and not-so-confused about the thin red line be-tween freedom and control. There wasRaj Chauhan, a businessman who feltthat ‘liberalism’ was the only work-able ‘ism’ for his two daughters. ‘‘Theycan sleep over at their friend’s place,go out on dates or party till late, aslong as they keep us informed. Wetrust them and we know they won’tmisuse the freedom we give them,’’ hesays.
For Suhangna Anand, her 16-year-old daughter is like a friend. ‘‘We have
put no restrictions on her. She can goout with friends, boys and girls, andreturn when she wants. I don’t mindeven if she stays over at a boyfriend’shouse but yes, I should know the fam-ily well enough. Even her boyfriendcomes over and they sit alone in herroom for hours. No big deal. We haveinstilled certain values in her and areconfident she will never do anythingthat will makes us feel ashamed,’’ shesaid.
Alka Lakhotia follows a pragmaticguide for bringing up her two daugh-ters. ‘‘I don’t say no to many things —eating out, going out with boys — be-cause I want to keep that Final No forthe big things — late night dates — be-cause then I’m sure they will listen tome, ‘’ she says.
So what do we have here? A newageparenting credo where conservatismstruggles with liberalism. And, some-where between them lies the delicatebalance. As Nafisa Ali, activist, ex-plains: ‘‘I have three children — twodaughters, (22 and 16), and a 14-year-old son. I have brought up all three inexactly the same way. The sameground rules apply to all three. And Ihave given them the same beliefs andawareness. In India, we allow boys todo whatever they want but protect thegirl child. This is an immature reac-tion. There should be no separaterules.’’
Should there? Surely not in an agewhen the Mars and Venus divide isgetting less gender-specific.
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Times celebrity contest held in Karol Bagh’s LibertyCinema on Tuesday. ‘‘This was my third attempt at thecontest and I am glad that I kept trying to win thebumper prize,’’ he said.
‘‘The Times of India is a very colourful newspaperand its appearance appeals to the designer in me,’’ saidfashion designer Jattinn Kochher, who was the celebri-ty for the event.
Ashok Bhutani, a retired person from Kalkaji whowon the Nike gift voucher, was all praise for the TOI’sall-colour edition. ‘‘Colour elements make a newspapermore lively and interesting,’’ he said.
Ashmita Laskar, Abhinav Gupta, Farhan Khan andAryan Vatson were the other recipients of the giftvouchers.
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Property dealer shot atin Barwala
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New Delhi: Three personsshot at a property dealer,Shankar, in Barwala, north-west Delhi, on Tuesdaymorning. Shankar, the policesaid, received an injury onhis shoulder and stomachand was unfit to make a state-ment.
Deputy commissioner ofpolice (northwest) SanjaySingh said, ‘‘It seems that theassailants had some enmitywith the victim who is a resi-dent of Barwala village.’’
According to him, the po-lice cannot begin an investi-gation till the victim gives astatement. ‘‘The only infor-mation we have is that the as-sailants came in a TataSumo,’’ Singh said.
Shankar was going to theplace where he breeds fish.‘‘The pond is in the samearea where he lives,’’ Singhsaid. At 10.30 am, the victim’scar was intercepted by the as-sailants. Three people got outof their car and dragged outShankar. When he tried torun away, the accused shot athim twice and then escaped.
A local resident sawShankar lying unconsciousand called the police, whotook him to a hospital.
Khattar arrested from hospitalTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: After remaining elu-sive for 11 days, Dharambir Khattar,the alleged middleman who used tostrike deals on behalf of senior Del-hi Development Authority (DDA) of-ficials, was arrested on Tuesday.
The Central Bureau of Investiga-tion (CBI) arrested Khattar from aprivate hospital in Panchsheel Parkfew hours after he had moved an an-ticipatory bail application before acity court.
Khattar had got himself admittedto Max Healthcare hospital. He wasmissing since April 27, the day CBIraided his office in Jangpura.
A CBI official said: ‘‘We had
mounted surveillance on him andhis family members. A watch waskept at his residence in Gurgaon aswell as the office in Jangpura. Hiscell phone was also under surveil-lance.’’
Khattar will be produced before as p e c i a lcourt onWednesday.He is the
central figure in DDAgate landscam in which Sharma along withthree other DDA officials acceptedbribes running into lakhs of rupeesfor extending favours to a construc-tion company, a hotel and a privateeducational institution.
Khattar also has four plush guest
houses, two farmhouses in Gurgaonand untold wealth. A CBI officialsaid that some of his properties areyet to be traced. He is an accused inthree cases which have been regis-tered by the CBI.
In the first case, CBI alleged thatKhattar had helped former DDAvice-chairman Subhash Sharmastrike a deal with DLF officials.Sharma had allegedly allowed thecompany to increase the floor arearatio for a building being construct-ed at Jhandewalan.
The second case against Khattaris in connection with another dealwhich the he had struck betweenSharma and Modern Public School.The third case was registered after
the CBI learnt that Sharma andKhattar had allegedly acceptedmoney from M/s APY Hoteliers forpermitting them to run an unautho-rised lift in a building in PaschimVihar.
While the CBI had managed to ar-rest most of the accused, Khattarhad escaped the investigatingagency’s net. Finally on Monday thespecial court of additional sessionsjudge Prem Kumar issued a non-bailable warrant against him.
But on Tuesday Khattar movedan anticipatory bail application. Heclaimed the CBI had flouted therules of jurisprudence and that themedia had already convicted him byprinting his links in the recent DDA
Sharma tried to reinstate suspended officialsBy Rahul Chhabra
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The kingpin ofDDAgate, former Delhi De-velopment Authority vice-chairman Subhash Sharma,was arrested when he wasabout to reinstate some offi-cials who had been suspend-ed on corruption charges.
Sharma had drafted a pro-posal to reinstate about 71suspended officials. The of-ficials were of differentranks and had been undersuspension for two to sevenyears.
The move, said DDAsources, was aimed at offer-ing relief to some tainted of-ficials who were allegedly
close to him and were in-volved in land scams.
According to the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI), one of Sharma’s asso-ciate, Ashok Kapoor, was
also under suspension.Kapoor, who had been thepersonal secretary to DDA’sformer V-C P K Ghosh, wassuspended in 2000 after Rs20 lakh were recovered from
his residence.Kapoor worked as a con-
duit for Sharma and collect-ed bribes on his behalf. Healso delivered official docu-ments for a payment, ac-cording to the corruptioncase FIR registered by CBI.
DDA insiders said duringhis 40-day stint in DDA,Sharma started building acase to re-instate suspendedofficials. ‘‘The logic behindthe move was that sinceDDA was paying a part ofmonthly salary to suspend-ed officials, it would be ben-eficial to reinstate them andextract work from them,’’said a source.
Some suspended DDA of-ficials are getting almost 70
per cent of their salaries. Asper DDA rules, a suspendedofficial’s monthly reim-bursement keeps rising ifthe inquiry against him getsprolonged.
Sources said there wereinstances of suspendedDDA officials running li-aisoning agencies offeringservices like early allotmentof flats and hassle-free con-version. They were operat-ing from kiosks close toDDA headquarters.
‘‘There was a time whensuspended officials’ entryinto DDA headquarters atVikas Sadan was restrictedto curb their illegal activi-ties,’’ said a DDA official.
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authoritygot a new vice-chairman,Anil Baijal, on Tuesday. A1969 batch IAS official,
Baijal said he wouldtry to bring about a noticeable change inDDA’s work culture, introduce transparencyand ensure quick services to people. Hewas an additional secretary in the ministryof information andbroadcasting before joining the DDA.
Baijal is DDA V-C
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Haryana cancels Class 8, 10 papersTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Faridabad: The HaryanaSchool Education Board hascancelled the annual exami-nations of Class 8 and 10 fol-lowing reports of questionspapers getting leaked andmass copying.
This unprecedented stepwas taken following leakageof Class 8 mathematics ques-tion paper at Charkhi Dadriand Class 10 social studiesquestion papers in Rohtak.
There were also reports of
organised copying across thestate, including Bahin villagein this district. Resistance toorganised copying also led toviolence at some places. Aninquiry is being conductedinto the incident.
The new examinationschedule for the board exam-inations of Class 8 and 10 willsoon be announced. Thistime, the question paperswill be supplied directly fromthe board headquarters atBhiwani.
One held for killing manTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A labourer was killed when an auto hit him onMathura Road near Nizamuddin on Monday. According tothe police, the victim was identified as Chotu Ram, agedabout 25 years.
The police said the mishap occurred when Chotu Ram wascrossing the road at about 1 am and was hit by the vehicle. Hewas taken to the All India Institute of Medical Scienceswhere he was declared dead.
The police have arrested the auto driver, Ram Kishore, andregistered a case.
Man kills selfTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A 42-year-oldman committed suicide byshooting himself in east Del-hi on Tuesday. According tothe police, Baljeet Singhkilled himself with his li-censed rifle at his KrishnaNagar house.
He is survived by his wife,two sons aged 18 and 11 and adaughter aged 14.
The deceased left a suicidenote addressed to his eldestson. Singh wrote that he com-mitted suicide due to a finan-cial crisis.
He used to repair watchesfrom his home.
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41 artists celebrate colourTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: ‘‘Colour anywhere is de-lightful,’’ says M F Hussain on the eve ofThe Times of India’s ‘A Celebration ofColour’, an art exhibition, that openstoday at the Vadhera Art Gallery. Hus-sain’s acrylic on canvas was createdspecially for the exhibit that brings to-gether 41 of the country’s leadingartists.
‘‘This is an exclusive collection ofpaintings. It is a get together of artists,each one celebrating colour,’’ says Hus-sain, ‘‘Modern art gives no message. Itis an abstract coming together of colourand different elements. That is what mypainting is about.’’
Hussain’s opinion of the new all-colour Times of India is very positive.He equates it to eating a meal that isalso visually pleasing. ‘‘When a meal isaesthetically presented, you look for-ward to eating it and it is a delight to allthe senses. Similarly, the first thing younotice in a newspaper is how it grabsyou visually. Only then are you drawnin to read it. To see colour on all thepages of the newspaper is delightful.’’
The exhibition will also featureworks by Anjolie Ela Menon, Manu andMadhvi Parekh, Rameshwar Brootaand Vasundhara Tewari, Manjit Bawaand Kishen Khanna. A Celebration ofColour will be on display till May 10.
Training the handicapped: In an attempt to encourage inte-grating physically challenged students into mainstream educa-tion, the Rotary Club of Delhi (south suburban) has started a vo-cational training centre at Balvantary Mehta Vidya Bhawan,Greater Kailash-II. About 35 per cent of students in this schoolare physically challenged. The centre will provide training in print-ing technology, computer graphic designing and other processesrelating to offset and screen printing.TNN
HC denies bail pleain Shivani trial
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Delhi highcourt on Tuesday declined togive interim bail to seniorHaryana IPS officer, R KSharma, who is facing trialin the Shivani Bhatnagarmurder case. The court re-fused bail on the grounds ofSharma’s pre-arrest conduct.
Justice R C Chopraheld:‘‘Considering the factsand circumstances of thecase and the petitioner’s con-duct, the court is not inclinedto give bail.’’
Holding the offence, al-legedly committed by Shar-ma, as ‘‘serious,’’ the courtsaid it could not be ruled outthat the accused ‘‘might ab-scond and flee from justice,’’if released on bail.
Sharma had sought three
weeks interim bail to attendthe wedding of his daughteron April 20.
Although the lower courthad granted five days releaseon parole, Sharma had re-quested more time on bailclaiming he had to arrangemoney and also perform ritu-als. He said he was ready toaccept any condition im-posed by the court.
Prosecution had opposedSharma’s bail plea contend-ing that Sharma wasuntrace-able for 52 days before the po-lice arrested him.
Dismissing Sharma’s plea,the court said the list of func-tions given by him in connec-tion with his daughter’s mar-riage was too long and thathis presence was not re-quired at all the functions.
Sushil denies rolein tandoor case
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Sushil Sharma,prime accused in the NainaSahni murder case, deniedmurdering his wife eightyears ago. While giving hisstatement before additionaldistrict judge G P Thareja,Sharma said he never livedwith Naina Sahni.
The police have accusedSharma of murdering NainaSahni at their rented housein Gole Market area. He al-legedly dumped her body atthe tandoor in the kitchen ofBagia restaurant in AshokYatri Niwas on July 3, 1996.
The police have stated thatco-accused Keshav Kumaraided Sharma in the crime.
Assistant commissioner ofpolice (New Delhi) NiranjanSingh, the investigating offi-
cer on the case stated that thepolice had seized Sharma’sambassador car from MalchaMarg.
The police had further al-leged that Sharma had aban-doned the car at MalchaMarg and a call was latermade to the police controlroom to remove it. The policehad further claimed thatstrands of hair were recov-ered from this car. The hairreportedly belonged to thevictim.
Sharma, in his submis-sion, said the police took thecar from his residence. Healso said that the wristwatch,recovered from the car wasallegedly planted by the po-lice. Sharma said the watchwas taken from his house it-self.
The Times of India’s exhibition entitled ‘ A celebration of Colour’ at the Vadhera Art Gallery from April 9- May 10. The exhibition features paintings by 41 of India’sleading artists.
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CPCB asks 4firms to stoppolluting Yamuna canal
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New Delhi: The Central Pol-lution Control Board (CPCB)has asked four industries tostop discharging waste waterinto the western Yamunacanal and halt all effluent-generating operations tillthey can come up with a ‘zerodischarge’ arrangement.
CPCB has been trying toget a grip on the fight be-tween Haryana and Delhi oncontaminated water flowingthrough this canal. Two ofthe Capital’s water treatmentplants have had to close downon several times in the pastfew months, hitting supply totwo-fifths of the city. Eachtime, the water was found tobe laced with ammonia andtoxic industrial waste.
According to CPCB, indus-tries in Yamuna Nagar werelargely responsible for thedegradation of water quality.Several directions were is-sued to stop the menace.When nothing moved, CPCBonce again inspected the pol-lution sources at Yamuna Na-gar and found four culprits:Haryana Distillery,Saraswati Sugar Mill, Bal-larpur Paper Mill and BharatStarch Industries.
Four days ago it sent spe-cific directions to theseforms. They are supposed toreport back to CPCB within15 days.
Delhi’s Jal Board has had acontinuing problem over thepast few months. I has beenforced to shut water treat-ment plants in west Delhi’sHaiderpur and Nangloi onnumerous occasions.
In mid-February, CPCB di-rected the Haryana State Pol-lution Control Board to en-sure industries did not dis-charge any effluent into thecanal during the non-mon-soon months. On February21, CPCB asked the stateboard and irrigation depart-ment to act against pollutingindustries. On April 3, aCPCB team found raw waterwas still being polluted.
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HC fines man for filing flimsypetition
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New Delhi: The Delhi highcourt on Tuesday asked a re-tired professor to pay up forfiling a flimsy petition in thecourt. In his petition, the pe-titioner, Tulsi Narain Prasad,had claimed that a mosquelocated in Palam is the onlyBabri Masjid and that thegovernment of India shoulddeclare it as a heritage mon-ument.
The bench comprisingChief Justice B C Patel andJustice B D Ahmed saidPrasad’s petition is an abuseof law and it directed the pe-titioner to pay a fine of Rs2,500 to the Union of India.
Claiming to be an expert inIndian history and culture,Prasad said the mosque inPalam was constructed in1526 AD by MohammadBabar. In his petition, heasked the court to direct thegovernment to issue a notifi-cation declaring it the BabriMosque.
Rejecting the petition, thebench said it is clear that amosque was constructed inPalam. In 1982, the Uniongovernment of India had de-clared it a monument. Themap of the area where themosque is located and thelimits of protection were also
Rich boys in autolifting racketTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The south dis-trict police arrested five au-tolifters, three of whom arefrom affluent families.Among them was a DoonSchool alumnus. The otherone is an engineering stu-dent and a model.
According to police, the ac-cused are members of an in-ter-state gang of auto lifters,who were sending the stolenvehicles to Jammu and Kash-mir. One of the accused isKashmir-based, who was re-ceived the stolen vehicles.The police is ascertaining histerrorist links. It is claimedthat 152 cases have been
solved with the arrests.Three cars have been recov-ered so far.
Deputy commissioner ofpolice (south), P Kamaraj,said: ‘‘The police arrested
Vikas, Jogesh, Praveen Sang-wan, Manu Sharma andAshique Hussain from Kalin-di Kunj while they were in astolen Maruti Zen car.’’
About the profile of the ac-
cused, the DCP said Praveenis from a very affluent familyin Sonepat, Haryana.‘‘Praveen took up the crimeto repay a loan of Rs 2 lakhwhich he had borrowed fromone of his acquaintances,’’Kamaraj said.
The other accused, Jogesh,was a student at DoonSchool. It was during his vis-its to Tihar Jail to meet hisuncle that he met Vikas, forwhom he arranged an advo-cate and money to get himbailed out.
The third accused, ManuSharma’s house in Mayur Vi-har was normally the meet-ing point for the gang beforethey committed their crimes.
PUC check an eyewash, says CSETIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The exercise ofgetting a pollution undercontrol (PUC) certificateevery three months is ‘‘noth-ing but public harassmentthat will not lead to any im-provement in the city’s air’’.Terming the vehicular emis-sion testing system a cha-rade, the Centre for Scienceand Environment (CSE) onTuesday released a reportthat slammed the ‘‘ineffectu-al’’ policy of the government.
‘‘Under the current sys-tem, only the carbon monox-ide emission in petrol vehi-
cles and smoke density indiesel automobiles arechecked. Other extremelyharmful emissions like par-ticulate matter, benzene andhydrocarbons are notchecked,’’ said Anumita Roy-chowdhury, co-ordinator ofCSE’s air pollution controlunit.
She alleged the tests con-ducted for the few parame-ters were such that they helpvehicles easily meet normsand get a PUC certificate. ‘‘Inpetrol vehicles, the testingpipes are not properly insert-ed in the exhaust pipes to
record lower levels of emis-sion. In diesel vehicles, theaccelerator is not pressed tofull throttle.’’
Not surprisingly, very fewvehicles fail the test. ‘‘Weanalysed data from 13 PUCstations between June andAugust, 2002. The averagefailure rate was less than 10per cent. While 13 per centpetrol cars and two-wheelersfailed, less than one per centtrucks failed and the entiresample of diesel buses hadpassed. The commercialdiesel fleet was the cleanestaccording to the PUC tests,’’
the CSE study states.Conducted by internation-
al experts, the study, called ‘APlan for Progress’, recom-mends adopting stricternorms for both emission lev-els and testing procedures.The model proposed includeda five-stage testing procedurethat completely eliminatedany contact between the driv-er and the tester and henceeliminated any scope for cor-ruption, said Roychowdhury.
Each inspection system ofthe new model will cost up toRs 1.5 crore. ‘‘Though thetesting charge will increase,
Voluntary groupsready to sponsorventilator
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: V N Singh’shopes of seeing his homeagain may finally be com-ing true. Plagued with anuncurable motor neurondisease which is eatingaway at his muscles, Singhwas admitted to the inten-sive care unit of the Saf-darjung hospital two yearsago. He was breathingwith the help of a ventila-tor.
The only way that Singhcould go home was ifsomebody could sponsor aventilator. And a day afterThe Times of India pub-lished an article statingSingh’s condition, the hos-pital has already got ahandful of offers from vol-untary groups to sponsorthe equipment. Head ofanaesthesia Dr Anoop Raj
Gogia said two groupshave already approachedhim. ‘‘One of them hassent a ventilator the hospi-tal. We have taken it on atrial basis to examine if itis fit for domiciliary(home) use,’’ Gogia said.
The doctors will maketheir decision in a day ortwo and discharge Singh.
For the 50-year-old sub-inspector with the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI), who loves to readbooks on philosophy, theworld now seems to be abrighter place. Doctors inthe ICU said Singh washappy to have finallyfound assistance.
‘‘Singh is reconciled tohis fate. But he wants todie in peace at home,’’ doc-tors added. Singh’s familyhas reasons to celebratetoo. Singh’s three sons had
TIMES CARES
Praveen (25)● Son of an influ-ential advocate ● Holds a diplo-ma in electronicsand communica-tion engineering● Worked as amodel for sixmonths in 2001
Jogesh (24)● Student ofDoon School,Dehradun● A graduatefrom Delhi University ● Was earlier in-volved in a caseof snatching
Manu (28)● Son of an engineer of Bhel,Hardwar● Owns a housein Mayur Vihar● Has been in-volved in casesof rape and kidnapping
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Maya’s Govtgoes out of itsway to depriveDalit of land
By Rakesh BhatnagarTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The SupremeCourt has criticised the UttarPradesh government for act-ing against the legitimaterights of landless scheduledcaste and scheduled tribepeople in the state.
While upholding the rightto own village land by a land-less labourer belonging to thedeprived class, the court ex-pressed ‘‘surprise’’at the factthat the state governmentand its revenue officials hadchallenged the labourer’s en-titlement before the highcourt.
‘‘It seems to be a clear caseof non-application of mindon the part of authoritiesconcerned... who are sup-posed to effectuate the socio-economic objective of thelegislation’’, said a Bench,comprising Justices K G Bal-akrishnan and P Venkatara-man Reddi.
About five years ago,Manohar petitioned the apexcourt against an AllahabadHigh Court verdict, depriv-ing him of 2.45 acre of ‘‘gaonsabha’’ land that he had beencultivating for about 15years.
The sub-divisional officerhad allotted him the land un-der the provisions of the UPZamidari Abolition and LandReforms Act. Section 122 B(4F) of the Act says a landlessSC/ST person was entitled topossession of the land if hewas continuously in its pos-session prior to June 30, 1975.
The state government,however, challenged the allot-ment and got it cancelled.
16 states set June 1 deadline for VATTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: As many as 16states on Tuesday set a freshdeadline for introducing thevalue-added tax (VAT)regime from June 1.
However, a dozen otherstates opted out indefinitelyfrom switching over to thenew system of taxation,mainly because of politicalreasons.
The decision on the newdeadline came in a meetingof state finance ministers inNew Delhi.
The states which are will-ing are: Maharashtra, Gu-jarat, West Bengal, MadhyaPradesh, Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,Kerala, Haryana, Assam,Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand,Tripura, Meghalaya andGoa.
West Bengal finance min-ister Ashim Dasgupta, who
is the convenor of the em-powered committee of statefinance ministers, told re-porters that the other statesare also expected to follow,but they have not agreed tothe June 1 deadline.
Among the various rea-sons cited are the electionslater this year. J&K andsome states in the North-East, he said, faced specialproblems in implementingVAT.
The state finance minis-ters met even as tradersfrom all over assembled inthe capital to protest againstVAT and the Centre ap-peared to be distancing it-self from the implementa-tion of this state-level tax re-form.
The BJP, which counts thetrading class among its coreconstituencies, set up a five-man panel, obviously aimedat blocking the tax.
Baby, 3 kg, born to Satyabhama, 65 yrs, in RaipurBy Law Kumar Mishra TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Raipur: Satyabhama, 65,wife of a retired schoolteacher, KrishnachandraMahapatra of Nayagarh inOrissa, delivered a malechild weighing 3 kg, at a lo-cal private nursing home at8.40 a.m. on Tuesday. Boththe mother and the babyare well, said Dr Suresh
Kumar Agarwal, whoheads the nursing home.
This overtakes the worldrecord of the Italianwoman who was deliveredof a child at 62. In India, theprevious record-holder wasa ‘young’ 58-year-old fromMumbai.
Satyabhama’s baby wasdelivered by caesarean sec-
tion. This is the couple’sfirst child, and the newmother told Times NewsNetwork that she was ‘‘elat-ed. At long last, happinesshas come into my life’’.
She had been hospitalisedfor the last three months, un-dergoing regular check upsand hormonal boosters of oe-strogen and progesterone.The child was born out of anembryo from her 26-year-old
niece, Veenarani Mahapatra,impregnated by her husbandSomnath.
The hospital authoritieshad earlier discouraged thecouple from having a baby atsuch an old age. But they hadrefused to forgo this lastchance. They had been mar-ried for the last 50 years.
Satyabhama is also able tobreastfeed her child, com-pleting her maternal happi-
ness.Satyabhama said that she
had taken the precaution ofgiving proof of her pregnan-cy to her relatives and localvillagers before being admit-ted to to the nursing home.This was to avoid later suspi-cion later that she was re-turning home with a child‘‘lifted from the hospital’’,everyone would be scepticalof motherhood at 65.
Sorabjee on Pota: Attorney General Soli J Sorabjee onTuesday told the Supreme Court that a person arrested un-der Pota could seek bail even before completing a year injail. He refuted the charge that Pota did not have adequatesafeguards against its misuse. TNN
Sanjay Sekhri
IS THIS FOR REAL? Traders at a rally in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Tranquility intimes of war
By Swati ChopraTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: As a paramedicin the US Army during theKorean War, Seattle-bornRobert Jackson spent theconcluding years of his ado-lescence faced with deathand suffering. Now, 50 yearslater, he clears his throat at apublic gathering in New Del-hi, to speak about wagingpeace in times of war.
In the interval between Ko-rea and Gulf War II, theyoung soldier has metamor-phosed into a much respect-ed Buddhist master: AjahnSumedho.
‘‘War technology has ad-vanced so much, you can killsomeone impersonally, with-out seeing the face of whoyou are killing, said Sumed-ho, who now teaches the Thaitradition of Theravada Bud-dhism at the Amaravati Bud-dhist Monastery near Lon-don, England.
‘‘The reason we are ap-palled by the brutality of waris because our true nature ispeace. He was speaking at atalk, War and Peace, organ-ised by the Ahimsa Trust andFull Circle.
Ajahn Sumedho is trainedin the tradition of simpleawareness and contempla-tion that was popularisedaround the world by hisguru, the late Ajahn Chah.Meditation, rather than ritu-als or chanting, is central tothe tradition, and Sumedhopointed to the practice ofmeditation as being essentialto recognising the ‘‘place ofpeace in our lives’’.
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Another SP tapehaunts Maya
TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI
Lucknow: In a fresh salvoapparently aimed at creatinga wedge between theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and the Bahujan SamajParty (BSP), the SamajwadiParty (SP) on Tuesday re-leased a compact disc inwhich Uttar Pradesh chiefminister Mayawati allegedlyasks her party leaders to stopworshipping gods and donatemoney for her birthday.
The CD, handed over togovernor Vishnu Kant Shas-tri by leader of the Opposi-tion Azam Khan and later re-leased at a press conference,reportedly shows Mayawatitelling her party workers notto worship gods. ‘‘Do not of-fer prasad to gods... Do youknow what happens toprasad?... Dogs eat them.’’
According to the 20-minuteCD, Mayawati reportedlysays, ‘‘Manuwadis were mis-leading poor Dalits. You havekept fast... Taken bath on re-ligious occasions and havebeen told that there are over25,000 gods. Have you seenthem (gods). Do not believemanuvadis. Work hard,’’ shesaid.
Accusing Mayawati of‘‘sacrilege’’, Khan asked theCentre to immediately dis-miss the Mayawati govern-ment and arrest her underthe Pota on the charge of ‘‘in-citing religious hatred’’.
This is the second CD re-leased by the SP in just over amonth. On March 3, the partyhad handed over to the gover-nor a CD in which Mayawatiallegedly asked BSP MLAsand MPs to donate a part oftheir development funds tothe party coffers, kicking offa political storm.
The SP charged the CM oftaking the state to the brinkof a ‘‘civil war’’, fomentingcommunal trouble and en-couraging corruption. Theparty also gave an indicationthat a third tape was on itsway.
Khan said if the CM coulduse ‘‘this language’’ for Hin-du deities, she could do so forthe deities of other religions.
Referring to the first CD re-leased on March 3, Khan saidhe had hoped that Mayawatiwould learn a lesson and de-sist from asking for money.But as was evident from thesecond CD, she had notmended her ways, he said.
Letters bridge differencesacross Indo-Pak borderWagah (Indo-Pak border): There may be no train, orfor that matter bus, from Pakistan, but there are lots ofposts coming in every day.
Despite the bitter relations the two countries share,the four-decade-old tradition of exchanging post contin-ues at the Indo-Pak joint checkpost of Wagah till date.
Senior superintendent of posts V K Mahendru saidpost was exchanged on the border every day, except Sun-day, in the presence of sorting associates of the RailwayMail Service, who hand over and take packages fromtheir Pakistani counterparts.
Mahendru said they received sealed postal bags fromthe office of foreign exchange in Delhi, which are for-warded to Pakistani authorities. In a similar fashion,sealed postal bags are received from the Pakistani au-thorities and sent to the Delhi office.TNN
New Delhi isWorld BookCapital — 2003
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: India hasbeaten stiff competitionto win the title of ‘WorldBook Capital — 2003’ forNew Delhi from the Un-esco, the InternationalPublishers Associationand other internationalagencies.
New Delhi is the thirdcity to be chosen afterMadrid and Alexandria.
HRD minister MMJoshi said the occasionmust be used to show-case Indian writing andliterature abroad.
He, however, lament-ed the dearth of goodquality children’s litera-ture. Children’s readinghabits have been furtherdiscouraged by publish-ers of keys and guidebooks, Joshi told thepublishers gathered atthe National Commit-tee’s first meeting.
The National BookTrust will be the nodalagency.
Sri Sri Ravishankar visitsLebanon, speaks on peace
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Beirut: Sri Sri Ravis-hankar recently visitedLebanon. In his maidentwo-day visit, He conferredwith social activists and re-ligious leaders on rebuild-ing and peace processes inthe Middle East.
He was given a warmwelcome by hundreds ofenthusiastic volunteers inLebanon, where Art of Liv-ing has been a uniting fac-tor for Muslims, Christiansand Druze. Upon his ar-rival, Sri Sri was greeted bythe Shiite Sheikh Sayyid
Hani Fahs and they dis-cussed the current situa-tion in Iraq.
He expressed his deepfelt gratitude that, in thesetroubled times, Lebanon isblessed by the arrival of theforemost spiritual leaderfrom India.
His Clemency, the GrandMufti of the Lebanese Re-public, Mohamed Qabbani,appreciated Sri Sri’s effortsand lauded his techniquesand teachings that reduceanger and create a sense ofwell-being. He quoted manyverses of the holy Quran insupport of his statements.
Sri Sri gave a call to focuson a common goal ratherthan the differences and torebuild the bridges of peaceand harmony.
His Beatitude Mar Nas-rallah Boutros CardinalSfeir Maronite Patriarch ofAntioch and all the Eastwelcomed Sri Sri Ravis-hankar at his palace.
The day ended with SriSri addressing hundreds atthe UNESCO Palace, wherehe conducted a meditationand answered questions.
On conclusion of hisLebanon visit, Sri Sri leftfor Germany.
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Row over, Hindus throng BhojshalaBy Suchandana GuptaTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal:A day after the Ar-chaeological Survey of In-dia(ASI) ordered opening ofthe disputed Bhojshalashrine for Hindus everyTuesday, thousands of devo-tees, including members ofHindu Jagran Manch, of-fered prayers at the templeinside the complex on Tues-day.
The devotees went intothe Bhojshala premises car-rying offerings of flowersand rice as the doors wereopened for the first time ona Tuesday since the statehad imposed a ban on entryof Hindus in 1997.
An order issued by the di-rector-general of the ASI,Gauri Chatterjee, on Mon-day, asked the MadhyaPradesh state governmentto open Bhojshala for Hindudevotees every Tuesday. Thedoors were unlocked at 8.30am as armed policemenstood on guard outside theshrine.
According to SanjayDubey, district collector ofDhar, the situation was com-pletely under control. In-spector-general of police(Indore range), V M Kanwarsaid that more than 5,000Hindus had visited the Bho-jshala premises by 4 pm. At11.30 am, members of theHindu Jagran Manch,which has been pressuring
the state to allow Hindus in,visited the shrine.
Speaking to TNN, DharHindu Jagran Manch presi-dent Radheshyam Yadavsaid, ‘‘The administrationunlocked the doors thismorning. Till last night, theadministration had kept thenews under wraps. We knewfrom television news thatthe orders had been issuedby the ASI but we were notsure the state was actuallygoing to execute it.’’
Chatterjee’s letter to thestate government said, ‘‘TheHindu community shall bepermitted access to the
premises free of chargeevery Tuesday from sunriseto sunset — the normal timefixed for opening and clo-sure of the protected monu-ment. On that day, the visi-tor could take a flower ortwo and a few grains ofrice’’.
It further added that ‘‘theHindu community shall bepermitted access to thepremises to hold traditionalceremonies on occasion ofVasant Panchmi everyyear’’. The Muslim commu-nity, as usual, will be per-mitted to enter the premisesand offer namaz every Fri-
day between 1 and 3 pm.The order also states that
the ‘‘premises shall be opento tourists on all otherdays’’.
Meanwhile, MadhyaPradesh chief ministerDigvijay Singh said on Tues-day the ASI’s move to senddirect orders to the stategovernment on the openingof Bhojshala had onlyproved his point.
‘‘I had all along main-tained that instead of writ-ing letter to me, the Centreor the ASI should give directorders on its opening,’’Singh said.
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Hindus offer prayers at the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, onTuesday, a day after the ASI opened the doors of the shrine.
Jagmohan looks to unearth ‘lost civilisation’By Akshaya Mukul
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The burden of historysits lightly on culture minister Jag-mohan who, like the 16th centurySpanish slaver, Cabeza de Vaca, is insearch of a lost civilisation.
Incidentally, de Vaca ended up being himself enslaved by Indians.
Jagmohan on Tuesday chaired ahigh-powered meeting to undertakeexcavations in different sites con-nected with it, beginning from AdiBadri in Harayana to Dholavira inGujarat.
A separate directorate has been setup in the culture ministry exclusive-ly for this purpose and the projecthas been named, ‘Travels Around aLost Civilisation and Lost Cities.’ R SBist of the Archaeological Survey ofIndia, credited with discovering
Dholavira, has been made project di-rector.
There are two factors behind Jag-mohan’s Saraswati drive. One, he be-lieves a civilisation of ‘‘fine Indianminds’’ existed on the banks of the‘‘mighty river’’.
Though contentious, he acceptsarchaeologist B B Lal’s theory thatthis Harappan-era ‘Saraswati’ is thesame as the one mentioned in theRig Veda.
With the Indus script yet to be de-ciphered, Jagmohan is convincedthat the pre-Aryan civilisation washighly advanced and Hindu. ‘‘I amdetermined to discover the lost civil-isation and its hundreds of cities’’Jagmohan told TNN.
‘‘The project would be a symbol ofthe new conception that has beenevolved to integrate elements of cul-ture, tourism, environment and de-
centralised civic life.’’But historians feel facts would
disappoint the minister if exca-vation is done professionally.Suraj Bhan, who worked at Harap-pan sites in Harayana, says: ‘‘Exca-vation to locate the Saraswati and acivilisation along its course is notabout Indian heritage but theheritage of the government’s saffronvision.’’
He says Adi Badri is a new pilgrimcentre which came up during the ear-ly medieval period.
‘‘Moreover, several small streamsin the early mediaeval period werecalled Saraswati.
“The Saraswati, Jagmohan is look-ing for, was not a big river. The onlyreference for it is in the Puranas,which says that it dried in sandzones. The idea behind the presentexcavation is to revive Brahminism,’’
he contends.If the excavation proceeds on ex-
pected lines, Jagmohan plans to con-vert nearby sites into cultural clus-ters which will exhibit dug-up arti-facts and have green areas to attracttourists— a kind of weekend get-away.
To begin with, excavation would betaken up in eight places: Adi Badri-Kapal Mochan-Rin Mochan,Saraswati Park-Kurukshetra, Ban-wali, Rakhigarhi, Sirsa, Kalibangan,Hanumangarh and Dholavira.
‘‘Land for excavation is availablein these places,’’ Jagmohan said. Un-like Bhan, Irfan Habib of AligarhMuslim University is more cautious.He feels that something good maycome out of the exercise.
However, he has no confidence inthe ASI. ‘‘They lack archaeologicalrigour,’’ he says.
•Feb 13: Jagmohanasks for state’s view-point on the entry ofHindus into the mosque
•Feb 17: Digvijay callsfor a meeting
•Feb 19: Hindu JagranManch activists attemptto storm the Bhojshala,demanding an end tothe ban on entry of Hindus into theSaraswati temple
•Feb 22: Hindus be allowed access to temple for 2 hours everyTuesday and on BasantPanchami; Allow Muslims to offer namazevery Friday for 2 hours,recommends MP Govt
•Feb 28: Centre asksMP Govt to permit Hindus to enter theBhojshala premisesevery Tuesday
•Mar 7: MP Govt rejects the formula
•Mar 18: Digvijay attacks Centre for notissuing an ‘order’ on access to Bhojshala
•Mar 19: Centre saysASI stand is clear. It isfor MP Govt to act
•Mar 26: Digvijay writesto ASI asking it issue direct orders
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EC partially relents on MP orderNew Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has re-lented partially on its earlier severity regarding the mass er-rors found in preparing and rectifying the voters’ list in Mad-hya Pradesh.
It has now rescinded its last month’s order to take discipli-nary action against the district collectors of Damoh, Dindori,Jabalpur, Katni and Narsinhpur, following an ‘‘uncondition-al apology’’ from these officers. They have all been warned tobe careful in future. TNN
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Govt deploreswar, finally
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: After severalrounds of discussion, thegovernment and the Opposi-tion on Tuesday eventuallyagreed on the text of a jointresolution opposing the US-led invasion of Iraq. The text— which was subsequentlypassed unanimously by theLok Sabha — did condemnthe US-led aggression, as de-manded by the Opposition,but the resolution was pre-pared in Hindi using theword ‘ninda’.
As part of the compromisehammered out between thegovernment and the Opposi-tion over three meetings inLok Sabha Speaker ManoharJoshi’s chamber, the resolu-tion was deliberately nottranslated in English.
It was thus left to the twosides to interpret the wordninda as it suited them.
While the government insist-ed the word meant ‘deplore’,the Opposition maintainedthat it translated as ‘‘con-demn’’.
Besides condemning theUS action, the resolution dis-agreed with its objective ofeffecting‘‘regime change’’ inIraq and expressed full sym-pathy with the suffering peo-ple of that country. The reso-lution took note of the factthat the war was not sanc-tioned by the UN and calledfor an immediate cessation ofhositilies and withdrawal ofthe invading forces.
The Opposition and thegovernment had remainedlocked in combat on Mondayas the two sides were unableto agree on the language ofthe joint resolution. Parlia-ment had to be adjournedseveral times to enable themto sort out their differences.
Improving trade with Singapore TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: India and Sin-gapore have agreed to opennegotiations on an agree-ment for economic coopera-tion. A declaration of in-tent was signed on the occa-sion of the two-day visit ofSingapore Prime MinisterGoh Chok Tong, which be-gan on Tuesday.
The agreement, which isproposed to be concluded in12-18 months and is calledthe Comprehensive Eco-nomic Cooperation Agree-ment (CECA), will include afree trade agreement, anagreement on investmentpromotion, protection andcooperation, a revisedavoidance of double taxa-tion agreement, a more lib-eral air services agreementand an open skies agree-ment for charter flight.
The agreement will alsofacilitate setting up of anIndia- Singapore fund witha target of $1 billion to ad-dress investment opportu-nities in India and a secondIndia Centre in Singaporeand Tourism Cooperation.
The two countries alsosigned an MoU for collabo-ration in extending techni-cal assistance to Cambodia,Laos, Myanmar and Viet-nam as part of the supportto Asean’s new members.
Addressing a CII-FICCIluncheon, Prime MinisterGoh hoped CECA would becompleted early. On India’srole as a IT superpower, hesaid Singapore’s open andaccommodating policies
had facilitated Indian ITcompanies. Goh said a sys-tem should be evolved to en-sure that talent, especiallyIT talent, stayed withinAsia and was not lost to oth-er countries like the US.
A clash of two eras in CongressTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A crisis is brew-ing in the Congress, with twoveterans of the Indira Gand-hi era locking horns with twocurrent favourites of 10, Jan-path.
Veterans K Karunakaranof Kerala and V C Shukla ofChhattisgarh are on thewarpath, with the party lead-ership firmly backing theirdetractors and chief minis-ters A K Anthony and AjitJogi.
Shukla is reported to havebuilt bridges with the Na-tionalist Congress Party(NCP) and is on the verge of
quitting. As if in anticipa-tion, the NCP’s Chhattisgarhunit was dissolved on Tues-day.
Karunakaran has put up acandidate to contest againstSonia Gandhi’s choice in theRajya Sabha polls in Keralanext Monday.
Already, the crisis has ledto the resignation ofKarunakaran’s son and Ker-ala MP K Muraleedharanfrom the state Congresschief ’s post. Muraleedharanis expected to meet Sonia onWednesday to make amendswith the leadership.
But Karunakaran has not
shown any signs of relentingand the leadership is notready to give in to his‘‘brinkmanship’’. The leader-ship did not even send anemissary to sort out the issueand has threatened discipli-nary action against theMLAs if they violate thewhip and vote forKarunakaran’s candidate.
The crises in Kerala andChhattisgarh have a fewthings in common — the oldguard has been Indira loyal-ists, closely associated withthe Emergency and accusedof being party to its excesses.Both represent the upper
caste conservative face of theparty in their respectivestates.
Though the party does notseem to be overtly worriedabout Shukla quitting, it iswary about the fallout ofKarunakaran’s belligerence.The BJP has not opened itsaccount in Kerala yet and theupper caste Nair community,that Karunakaran belongs to,could become a natural allyof the BJP.
Yet, the Congress leader-ship has so far been firm inhandling the octogenarian,whose single-point agenda isto dislodge Anthony.
No word on SARS suspectTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The BMC’s Kas-turba Hospital for Infec-tious Diseases is still notable to confirm whetherAmerican photographerRebecca Raleigh is suffer-ing from Severe Acute Res-piratory Syndrome (SARS)or not.
State health ministerDigvijay Khanvilkar said,‘‘We will be able to know ifit is a case of SARS only bytomorrow.’’
The 23-year-old patient’sfever has come down.Doctors suspect Raleighcould be suffering from anordinary ailment such asbacterial pharyngitis.
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Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong received a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday after his arrival in New Delhi on a two-day visit.
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Cruz sues magazine:Spanish actress Penelope
Cruz is suingan Australianmagazine fordefamationover an arti-cle it pub-lished, herlawyers saidTuesday.
Lawyers for Cruz, 28, fileddefamation proceedingsagainst New Idea in the NewSouth Wales Supreme Courtand the case would appearbefore the court on May 30.The action relates to a storythe magazine publishedabout her relationship withactor Tom Cruise. AP
Millionaire guilty: ABritish army major was foundguilty on Monday of an elab-orate swindle to win the jack-pot on the worldwide hit TVquiz show Who Wants to bea Millionaire? Major CharlesIngram and his wife Dianahatched a plot with collegelecturer Tecwen Whittock tocon their way to the $1.58million top prize in front of TVcameras by using a series ofcoughs to indicate the correct answers. TheIngrams were fined about $23,500 each andgiven 18-month jail terms, suspended for twoyears. Whittock was fined $15,500 and givena 12-month suspended jail sentence. Reuters
DeVito in league with Cruise: Holly-wood star Danny DeVito confirmed Tuesdayhe is working on a secret project with col-league Tom Cruise. Cruise is in NewZealand’s Taranaki province filming the $100million movie Last Samurai, but DeVito de-clined to reveal details of their joint project.“I’m working on a project with Tom, but Ican’t say what it is yet,” he said. Rumourshave been rife that another Hollywood movieis just around the corner for Taranaki. Therehas been talk about Cruise planning to film anadaptation of W G Wells’ novel, The War ofthe Worlds, but DeVito would not confirm ifthat was the project he and Cruise wereworking on. AFP
Zeta-Jones tops revenge poll: Holly-wood darling Catherine Zeta-Jones fell foul of
fellow Britons on Monday,topping a poll of whichcelebrities most deservedtheir comeuppance. Stillawaiting the verdict of a HighCourt privacy battle, Zeta-Jones and husband MichaelDouglas jointly received near-ly a quarter of the votes in a
poll to promote a new revenge video gameVexx. “The sickly smell of success is enoughmotivation to commit revenge on many of to-day’s celebrities,” Vexx’s makers, Acclaim En-tertainment said. “Who offended the publicthe most, and which celebrity’s smugnessand self-obsessive behaviour really got onpeople’s nerves?” it added. After Zeta-Jonesand Douglas with 22 percent of the 500 votescame quiz show host Chris Tarrant with 16percent. Reuters
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman is keen to play HeidiFleiss, the notorious Hollywood madam, in Pay The Girl.Her managers, however, feel acting in a low budget filmwill hurt her reputation.
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Winona wants to sellclothes she stoleBeverly Hills: Actress Winona Ryder wantsto hold a charity auction to sell the $5,500worth of clothes and accessories that shestole from a posh department store but ajudge is reluctant to buy into the plan.
Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge EldenFox on Monday praised the actress for com-pleting the community service part of herthree-year-probation ahead of schedule butsparred with her lawyer, Mark Geragos, overwhether she could dispose of the merchan-dise by holding a charity auction.
Ryder, sentenced on December 6, 2002 forshoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue, had topay $10,000 in fines and restitution and be-came owner of the property.
Fox said he was not keen on the idea of acelebrity auction to dispose of the merchan-dise because as he told Geragos: “Your clientshould not benefit” from her crime. But hepostponed making a final ruling.
Geragos told the judge it was “ironic” thatthe court would turn down such a money-making opportunity in the face of the countycourt system’s steep budget problems. “Itseems awful silly to take thousands of dollarsof merchandise and burn it in a bonfire,”Geragos said. Reuters
Cockroaches spreading killer fluHong Kong: A deadly respirato-ry virus has spread to two moreparts of Hong Kong, and a tophealth official warned Tuesdaythat cockroaches might bespreading the disease.
Two more deaths and 45 newinfections were reported here, asDeputy Director of Health LeungPak-yin said cockroaches mighthave carried infected waste fromsewage pipes into apartments ina huge housing complex whichhas had a quarter of the city’s 928infections.
At least three more people diedin Beijing from SARS than offi-cially reported, doctors in theChinese capital said on Tuesday,as fears spread and hospitals dis-closed suspected cases not previ-ously revealed. Reuters
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A nurse checks the temperature of a child at Bangkok’s internationalairport on Tuesday. In Singapore, the military has been called in tohelp health authorities fight the killer flu.
Scientists find new fusionmethod to generate powerPhiladelphia: With a blast of X-rays compressing a capsule ofhydrogen to conditions ap-proaching those at the centre ofthe Sun, scientists from SandiaNational Laboratories reportedMonday that they had achievedthermonuclear fusion, inessence detonating a tiny hydro-gen bomb.
Such controlled explosionswould not be large enough to bedangerous and might offer an al-ternative way of generating elec-tricity by harnessing fusion, theprocess that powers the Sun. Fu-sion combines hydrogen atomsinto helium, producing bountifulenergy as a byproduct.
“It’s the first observation of fu-sion for a pulsed power source,”
said Dr Ramon J Leeper, manag-er of the target physics depart-ment at Sandia, in Albuquerque,who presented the findings at ameeting of the American Physi-cal Society here.
Fusion power would be saferthan fission, the current methodused in nuclear power plants, be-cause fusion does not producelong-lived radioactive waste.
Most fusion efforts have triedto use magnetic fields to com-press hydrogen to temperatureshot enough for fusion to occurcontinuously, as it does in theSun.
But sustaining a dense hotcloud of hydrogen gas hasproved trickier than scientiststhought when they started fusion
experiments 50 years ago.Even proponents say decades
of research and expensive reac-tors are needed before a commer-cial power plant is possible. DrJeff Quintenz, director of thePulsed Power Sciences Center atSandia, likened the approach toburning coal in a furnace.
The Sandia experiments, bycomparison, could lead to some-thing more like an internal com-bustion engine, in which poweris generated through a series ofexplosions. “Squirt in a little bitof fuel, explode it,” Dr Quintenzsaid. “Squirt in a little bit of fuel,explode it.” That approach ispotentially simpler, eliminatingthe need to confine hot hydrogengas. NYT News Service
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The Times of India, New Delhi14 Wednesday, April 9, 2003 GULF WAR II
RECRUITMENT
Iraq TV off airIraq’s domestic state televisionwent off the air in Baghdad onTuesday as the US forces advancedinto the heart of the capital. USmilitary indicated that they hadtargeted television transmitters inthe Iraqi capital. Local state-runBaghdad Radio also went off theair but after a 20-minute blackout itreturned.
‘‘Warthog’’ goes down A coalition A-10 ‘‘warthog’’ war-plane went down near Baghdadearly on Tuesday, the US CentralCommand said. The pilot ejectedsafely from the aircraft and was re-covered by coalition ground forcesnear the airport. The pilot was re-ported to be in good condition. Nofurther information was available.
Denial from Arab TVThree major Arab television net-works rejected on Tuesday sugges-tions that they were reporting thatSaddam Hussein had been killed inUS air strikes. Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, Dubai-based Al Arabiyaand Abu Dhabi television all de-nied a rumour cited by traders asmoving Western financial marketsthat alleged Jazeera or anotherArab television network had re-ported Saddam’s death.
US troops close to HillaUS forces advanced to the north-western edge of Hilla on Tuesday,using planes, tanks and artillery toattack Iraqis firing rocket-pro-pelled grenades and automatic ri-fles. The fighting was sporadic, butintense at times, and lasted most ofthe day.
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Invading US troops carved a graffitti on a table in Saddam Hussein’s palace inBaghdad on Monday.
Guess who came to dinner last nightAre Iraqi fighters terrorists?By Siddharth Varadarajan
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Can the irregu-lar Iraqi fighters who launchsuicide attacks on the US andBritish armies be called ter-rorists because they are notwearing uniforms? Pentagoncommanders say they canand US President Bush hasthreatened to put the Iraqileadership on trial for warcrimes for instigating thisform of resistance.
However, the Pentagon hasacknowledged that US spe-cial forces inside Iraq havebeen fighting out of uniformto ‘‘help blend in with the lo-cal population’’. And UStroops in Afghanistan havebeen operating in civilianclothes for more than a yearwithout anyone in Washing-ton remembering to invokethe Geneva Conventions.
This, despite the fact thatthe US tactic has createdproblems for aid workers aswell as international peace-keepers. On February 19,2003, the Christian ScienceMonitor’s correspondent in
Kabul reported an incidentin which Dutch soldiers sur-rounded a Toyota pick-up fullof heavily armed men, wear-ing civilian clothes andbushy beards. The menturned out to be US soldiers.Last January, the Guardianpublished an article by twovolunteers from Medecins
Sans Frontieres who com-plained that the US policy ofoperating out-of-uniform ledmany Afghans to suspect aidworkers were actually sol-diers.
Unmindful of this doublestandard, the Pentagon saysIraqi fighters found operat-ing in civilian clothes would
be deemed illegal combat-ants or terrorists rather thanPOWs and could be incarcer-ated at the US naval base atGuantanamo, Cuba.
Several hundred Iraqicivilians have already beenarrested by the US andBritish occupying forces onsuspicion of being membersof the Saddam Fidayeen.CNN on Saturday showedfootage of the British 1stFusiliers brutally arrestingIraqi civilians from theirhomes near Basra, forcingthem to squat in the open sunwith canvas — and even plas-tic bags — tied around theirheads.
The right of a people to re-sist foreign occupation ontheir own territory is consid-ered almost absolute in inter-national law. Indeed, at-tempts by the US and Israelto brand armed action by ir-regular forces against an oc-cupying power as terrorismin the ongoing UN negotia-tions over an InternationalConvention on Terrorismhave proved unsuccessful sofar.
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Uniform debate• US says Iraqi fighters in civilian clothes will be
labelled terrorists and can be sent to Cuba• But Geneva Conventions debar
such a move • Even US special forces are
operating in Iraq out of uniform
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The Times of India, New Delhi Wednesday, April 9, 2003 15GULF WAR II
Traffic jam holds upMarines in BaghdadNear Baghdad: The finalUS Marines advance intoBaghdad got caught in atraffic jam on Tuesday, asthousands of armoured ve-hicles and Humvees pouredinto the capital for a show-down with Saddam Hus-sein’s troops.
Along eastern routes intothe city, convoys of Am-phibious Assault Vehicles,Abrams tanks, and Ar-moured Personnel Carriersstruck logjams in thesub-urbs and on canal bridges.
Medic Tony Garcia, chiefof a Shock Trauma Pla-toon, said the unanticipat-ed rush hour had playedhavoc with access to, andthe evacuation of, casual-ties wounded in overnightfighting.
‘‘The massive amount oftroops attempting to crossthe bridges is slowingeverything down,’’ he said.‘‘We know of three USmarines and two reporterswho were killed and theirbodies could not be re-trieved due to the logjam.
Garcia said further re-ports indicated that therewere hundreds of deadalong the route out of Bagh-dad between the centre ofthe city and the logjams.
‘‘This could easily take aday to clear,’’ Garcia said.
Many of the vehicles inthe convoy bore person-alised markings including:‘‘Spring break in Iraq2003’’, ‘‘Baghdad or Bust’’,‘‘Peace Keeper’’, a gun tur-ret dubbed ‘‘The Hole inOne’’ and a play on a TVshow title, ‘‘Survivor Iraq’’.There were also the lesstasteful, like: ‘‘The Sadam-
iser’’, ‘‘Weapon of mass De-struction’’, ‘‘The Big Bang’’and ‘‘Hell’s Stallion’’.
In the city, meanwhile,throughout the day, rescueworkers dug through therubble to recover bodies aday after an air strikeaimed at members of theIraqi leadership hit a well-to-do neighborhood. Thetoll in the al-Mansourneighborhood could reachas high as 14.
Most Baghdad residentswere hunkered down intheir homes. For the first
time since the war began,residents in the capitalcould see, rather than justhear, allied aircraft. Northof the city, traffic built upas thousands of people fledthe fighting in all sorts ofvehicles - buses, trucks,minibuses and pickuptrucks - laden with food,clothes, mattresses, blan-kets and kitchen utensils.
Some cars sagged underthe weight. Others were sobattered they broke downon the road, worsening thecongestion. Agencies
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US Marines take position while securing a main road leading into Baghdad on Tuesday.
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US blames Saddamfor scribes’ deathDoha: The US war com-mand blamed the Saddamregime for the death of jour-nalists and said the mediahad been warned of thedangers of covering thewar. ‘‘There’s certainly awarning that Baghdad is adangerous location for any-one that is present in there,and that the regime contin-ues to put them at deliber-ate risk,’’ Brigadier GeneralVincent Brooks said.
The Pentagon blamed thedeaths of the journalists inBaghdad on the Iraqi gov-ernment, saying it kept put-ting civilians at risk.
‘‘We don’t target journal-
ists. But as we have seen re-peatedly the Iraqi regimehas put civilians at risk,’’said Pentagon spokesmanBryan Whitman.
The media watchdoggroup Reporters withoutBorders (RSF) condemnedthe deaths of journalistsand said it would demandanswers from Washington.
‘‘We are appalled by thesefigures and infuriated bythe attitude of the Ameri-can army, whose behaviorhas continued to deterioratewith respect to journalists,especially those not embed-ded since the start of thiswar,’’ the group told AFP.
Britain puts a tribal leader in charge of BasraKuwait: The British army said onTuesday it had appointed a tribalchief to provide civilian leadershipof Iraq’s southern Basra provincenow that forces loyal to PresidentSaddam Hussein had been ousted.
Army spokesman Colonel ChrisVernon added at a news conferencein Kuwait that Britain wanted tohand authority on law and order towhatever remained of the policeonce UK troops completely stabilised
the security situation in and aroundBasra city.
‘‘This is not a former Yugoslavia.This is not an Afghanistan. Basicallywhat we see in the Basra province isa broadly functioning civil infra-structure,’’ he said, speaking a day af-ter British forces entered the heart ofIraq’s second largest city.
‘‘We have been approached by a lo-cal tribal leader, a sheikh, I’m not go-ing to name him at this stage, and lo-
cal divisional commanders met himlast night,’’ Vernon said. ‘‘He willform, at present, the leadership with-in the Basra province and we haveasked him to form a commitee fromthe local community’’.
‘‘We have ascertained that he is worthwhile, credible and has au-thority in the local area particularlywith the tribal chiefs. He will nowform his own committee. Who hewishes to come onto that is entirely
up to him and we will take him at hisword’’.
Vernon said looting was continu-ing in the city of 1.5 million andBritish troops were in the final stagesof making the city secure. ‘‘We’re atthe moment still just trying to ce-ment the security situation and thenwe will turn our attention to the law-and-order issue. We are trying toutilise what is left of the policeforce,’’ he said.Reuters
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A US tank moves his gun turret towards a hotel filled with journalists before firing from abridge in Baghdad on Tuesday. The Palestine Hotel was hit after US troops said sniperswere shooting at them from the building.
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Tareq Ayub, Al-Jazeeracorrespondent, died in a missile strike on thestation’s Baghdad offices
Terry Lloyd, ITN correspondent, killed infriendly fire near Basra.
Paul Moran, ABC cameraman,killed in a suicide bombing
Christian Liebig from Germany weekly Focus,and Julio Anguita Parradofrom El Mundo are killed ina Iraqi missile attack
A Reuters cameraman and aTelecinco journalist died andthree others were injured inan US attack on a Baghdadhotel, where they were staying
Kaveh Golestan, BBCcameraman, dies whenhe steps out of his caronto a landmine in Kifri,northern Iraq
David Bloom from NBC dies near BaghdadKamaran AbdurazaqMuhamed, translator forBBC, dies in friendly fire
MEDIA TOLL12 journalistsin 20 days
Michael Kelly of WashingtonPost died when his Humveevehicle plunges into a canalwhile evading Iraqi fire nearBaghdad’s main airport
Gaby Rado ITV reporter,dies after falling from theroof of the Abu Sanaa hotel in Sulaymaniya, in northern Iraq
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
One-party government is very good but, if need be,we can work with others.
— Atal Behari Vajpayee
By Rashme Sehgal
As the US-Iraq war heads towards a denoue-ment, one of its recurring images is going tobe that of Baghdad ignited by an unholyshade of techno-green as hundreds of cruisemissiles exploded in the nerve centre of thisdesert country. History’s first televised warhas created a series of grizzly images offormidable air and fire power which has notmanaged easily to cow down either the Iraqipeople or president Saddam Hussein.
The American army, used to quickvictories in the past including the Kosovowar, was taken aback by the ferocity ofthe Iraqi defence. They were even moresurprised at Saddam Hussein’s suddenappearance on the streets of Baghdad wherea crowd of Iraqis gathered around himshaking and kissing his hands.
The second Gulf War can hardly bedescribed as the mother of all battles simplybecause the armed contest was unequal fromday one. But where the Iraqis have succeededin outmanoeuvring the Americans has beenin the ‘battle of winning the hearts andminds of the public’. Underdogs from dayone, the Iraqis learnt their lessons well fromthe first Gulf War in which their televisionstation was destroyed withinthe first few hours of battle.
Determined not to repeatthis mistake, the informa-tion ministry was sufficient-ly prepared this time aroundto continue telecasts despitethe most devastating appli-cations of air power wit-nessed this century. Informa-tion minister MohammedSahaf has kept up a tiradeagainst the coalition forcescalling them everythingfrom ‘mercenaries’ to ‘columns of coloni-sers’. Both the coalition forces and theSaddam government have pulled out all thestops to win the propaganda war. News hasemerged as the ultimate weapon of war andboth sides crafted detailed strategies on howto influence eyeballs around the globe.
Before the war started, the Pentagon wasconfident that a phalanx of embeddedjournalists would be around to record howthe US army smashed the Saddam regimeto smithereens. Permission was, therefore,granted to more than 2,500 journalists, fromacross the globe, to cover every possiblenuance of this war. Of these, 500 were em-bedded correspondents allowed to live withthe troops and cover the war from their per-spective. But since most of these embeddedjournalists are from the US, they are cover-ing the war largely for US networks includ-ing CNN, NBC, Fox News and CBS. This hascreated a Catch 22 situation with these net-works often finding it difficult to draw a linebetween patriotism and objective reporting.
The US networks announced a popularuprising in Basra even as coalition troopswere fighting to occupy the town. Thecapture of Iraq’s strategic fort of UmmQasar was announced nine times over. One
minute Sahaf had announced that thegovernment of Hussein would triumph; thenext minute president Bush’s spokespersonwas assuring the world that the coalitionforces were cruising to victory.
There were accusations and counter-accusations. One day there was a rumourthat Iraq’s deputy prime minister Tariq Azizhad been killed, the next day he appeared onIraqi television giving an interview in hisusual bustling and aggressive style. One day,we were informed that Saddam’s cabinetmembers had defected, the next day Iraqi TVwas zeroing in on their smiling faces. Theseconflicting reports had French president Jac-ques Chirac shrug his shoulders in dismayand insist the French roll out an alternativeto this dominant Anglo/US perspective.
Mr Chirac has not learnt a day too soonthe importance of images serving as force-multipliers. Arab channels learnt this lessonwell during the war in Afghanistan withAl Jazeera emerging as the mouthpieceof Osama bin Laden.
Today, Al Jazeera has been joined by aslew of Arab channels which are presentlyfeeding information to large parts of theworld. Many of these channels are shown
via Arabsat which has afootprint over south-westIndia, especially Gujarat,Maharashtra, Kerala and inJ&K in the north. Gulf War Iwas also shown via the samesatellite and, during the lastdecade, these Arab channelshave continued to strength-en their presence, espe-cially in India. WorldwideAl Jazeera is beaming to anaudience of over 50 million.
Indian Muslims may notbe reacting openly to the war but, liketheir counterparts abroad, they are depend-ing on non-American broadcasters to pro-vide a different perspective. It was Al Jazeerawhich first telecast interviews with five cap-tured American soldiers. Again Al Jazeerashowed uniformed corpses of US soldierslying on the floor. It was the Lebanese,Egyptian and Qatar channels that showedfootage of the after-effects of the bombingof the Al Shaab market in Baghdad whichleft several civilians dead and many morewounded. The American may claim thatthis was a result of a malfunctioningIraqi missile but the average Iraqi blamesAmerica for the tragedy.
Again it was Al Jazeera which highlightedhow the killing of two American marines inNasiriya saw the Americans retaliate byattacking civilian areas with cluster bombskilling 10 and wounding 200.
The success of this media warfare can begauged from the fact that waves of anti-warprotests have erupted around the globe. TheAmerican talk of reconstruction soundshollow to the ears of thousands of Iraqisand others across the world who have seenAmerica’s unbridled pursuit of power takean unacceptably high human toll.
Embedded vs EmbattledArab Media Gives Lie to US Claims
Unilateral BJPA fortnight ago, the NDA held a joint rally in theCapital to ‘celebrate’ the completion of five years inoffice. In a statement issued on the occasion, BJPpresident Venkaiah Naidu spoke stirringly of how thealliance had emerged “as the embodiment of the truefederal spirit of the Indian Union”. However, since thenthe spirit of celebration seems to have given way tomoments of doubt. At least as far as the BJP isconcerned. Reports appearing in a section of the medialast week suggested that the party does not fancyfighting the next general election, unlike the last one,on a common NDA manifesto. Instead, it wants, onceagain, to have its own separate manifesto. Whilegeneral secretary Pramod Mahajan later clarified thata final decision in this regard had not been taken, hedidn’t deny that the party was contemplating the ideaseriously. Over the weekend, prime minister Vajpayee— seen by many to be the “glue” that binds the NDAtogether — added fuel to the fire by suggesting that hewould much prefer leading a single-party governmentto an unwieldy coalition. Coming in the wake of theearlier report, it was yet another sign of the party’sgrowing unease with coalition politics.
The reasons are obvious. Following the triumph ofModitva in Gujarat, there is now near unanimity in theBJP that the only way it can do well in the next electionis by re-embracing hardline Hindutva. And since thatcannot be done within the ambit of a common NDAmanifesto, the party has no choice but to go it alone.Implicit in this is of course the rejection of the NDA’srecord of governance as an electoral plank. But it’s alsosymptomatic of a major shift in the balance of powerwithin the NDA. The BJP clearly believes that unlike inthe past, it’s now the allies who need the party ratherthan the other way round. The craven manner in whichthe coalition partners have, post-Gujarat, reacted to theBJP’s hardening stand on a number of core Hindutvaissues would seem, at one level, to bear out this assess-ment. But there is one problem that the BJP simply can-not wish away. Notwithstanding Atalji’s hopes, there isno way the party can form a government on its own inthe foreseeable future. In its own best interests there-fore, the BJP ought to keep in mind its long years ofpolitical isolation and not confuse the allies’ short-termpolitical compulsions for long-term strategic choices.
Faith AccompliFor all George Bush’s attempts to fight SaddamHussein in the name of God, few among the faithfulseem willing to buy the presidential line. Far from it,there is a conscious move among the believers not toproject the US-led aggression against Iraq as a conflictbetween Christianity and Islam. Saddam’s transforma-tion from secular leader to rabble-rousing jehadi isperhaps understandable given the circumstances. Moresurprising are Mr Bush’s evangelical speeches, whichhave come under fire from a range of Europeanpoliticians. The German president, French prime mini-ster and Belgian foreign minister, among others, arereported to have joined religious leaders in expressingconcern about the overt employment of religion inMr Bush’s addresses. Some commentators have goneas far as dubbing this ‘‘Christian fundamentalism’’,and a few have even compared them to the Islamicfundamentalism of Osama bin Laden. Yet, if, despitethe protagonists donning opposing religious colours,Gulf War II has failed to fit Huntington’s ‘Clash ofCivilisations’ theory, it is thanks to the church speak-ing out against the war. Indeed, it is this rare forth-rightness — and notable for that very reason — that hasto a large extent prevented the war from acquiring theby-now familiar Christianity vs Islam dimensions.
At the very outset, Pope John Paul II took a standagainst the war, in sharp contrast to the Vatican’ssilence against Nazi atrocities during World War II.The rationale back then was that neutrality wasessential for the Vatican to safeguard its territory andinterests. Earlier, the Vatican did not protest againstthe depredations of Mussolini; on the contrary itsigned an agreement with the dictator to secureautonomous status for the Vatican. This time around,not just the Pope but the Anglican church too has beenexplicit in its opposition to the war. The Archbishop ofCanterbury shared a platform with his Catholiccounterpart in England to take a joint stand against thewar and the Scottish Church has also denouncedthe war. In Germany, home of Protestantism, thegovernment itself is opposed to the war as are theNordic countries where the majority are Lutherans.Christianity’s oldest shrine, the Church of Nativity inBethlehem, believed to be the birthplace of Christ, hasalso struck a blow for peace by barring president Bushand Tony Blair from ever entering the place. These areindeed heartening developments, at least in so far asthey prevent conflicts between states from turninginto a clash between cultures and peoples.
Death Futures‘‘But thousands die, without a this or that/ Die, andendow a College, — or a cat”, wrote Alexander Pope.There are legacies galore left by the wealthy, the eccen-tric and the principled, when they die. P G Wodehousehad a story in which a character persuaded to havehigh accident insurance, for friends’ benefit, led anaccident-free life, and hopes turned into dupes. Puntersin the London stock market differ from the happyinheritors above. They have sought an escape from aplummeting stock market, and turned profitably togambling on the lives of the terminally ill, as theyawait the end, in hospices, sanatoriums and special in-stitutions. The new market, in what are termed ‘deathfutures’ revolves around buying the rights to the lifeinsurance policies of ailing people whose doctors givethem only a few months or years to live. Critics mightcavil at death futures, deploring them as the ultimate inunethical investment. But quite unfazed, the tradersjustify the macabre forward trading as a win-winsituation. The patients in their lonely last lap get alump sum to enjoy what remains of their life. If thepatient dies, the punters can credit the entire insurancepay-out to their bank accounts. “When other invest-ments are languishing, it is an excellent opportunityfor professional traders,” say financial experts, ignor-ing the moral issues involved. As Rhett Butler says inGone With The Wind, “What most people don’t realise isthat there is just as much money to be made out of awreckage of a civilisation, as there is from the up-build-ing of a new one.” In the US, launch of death futurestriggered a row, following complaints that patients hadbeen ripped off. But over the past 15 years, the industryhas thrived and crossed over to Europe where bigfirms allegedly employed sympathetic elderly womento strike favourable deals. With increasing numbers ofthe terminally ill, death futures have bright prospects.
The recent massacre of 24 Kashmiri Panditsat Nadimarg has pushed the five-month-oldcoalition government in Srinagar onthe back foot, with critics accusing it ofgoing soft on militancy. But chief ministerMufti Mohammed Sayeed tellsHumra Qureishi that his governmentwill not be deterred from reachingout to the people:
Who do you think is behind the massacre of24 innocent Kashmiri Pandits at Nadimarg?
It’s obvious who is behind the tragedy.There are people both here and across theborder who have a vested interest in notletting normalcy return to the state. Theywant to derail and destabilise whateverthe government has been doing in thelast few months.So will the massacre change yourgovernment’s policy?
No, I’m committed to fulfilling thepromises we made, the foremost of whichwas to restore peace and dignity to people’slives. As the prime minister himself saidin his August 15 speech, “mistakes havebeen committed in Kashmir” and there isa need to rectify them.You’ve put a lot of emphasis on the dialogueprocess, but has anyheadway been made?
I believe there issimply no alterna-tive to dialogue sincethe culture of gunshas not taken usanywhere. But Idon’t understandwhy there’s so muchof criticism of it...Whether one looksat the talks takingplace in the north-east today or theearlier accord bet-ween Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Abdullahin Kashmir, there’s simply no substitutefor dialogue.Would you agree that the average Kashmiritoday is wary of the motives of politiciansfrom Pakistan, the US and India?
Pakistan’s role is well known. It has beeninterfering in Kashmir since 1947 but hasnot been very successful because the peopledid not support its moves. Only since 1987has Pakistan been able to get some responsebecause the people felt totally cheated and letdown by the rigged 1987 elections.
As far as Indian politicians are concerned,they do want normalcy to return and alsorealise that this is the best opportunityto put the peace process back on track.I think prime minister Vajpayee is parti-cularly keen that problems get sorted outand he has been making efforts in thatdirection. As for the US, we cannot reallyapproach it with a begging bowl. Americakya karega?But isn’t there opposition to your ‘soft’ policiesfrom within the Central government?
What do you mean by ‘soft’ policies?
I’m just implementing the promises wemade and ensuring that there are nohuman rights violations, including custodialdeaths. Then there are questions of goodgovernment and socio-economic develop-ment... Why should the Centre interferein any of this, for it too wants peace in thatpart of the country?In recent months, there’ve been allegations ofinnocent Kashmiri students being arrestedand charged in states like UP, Uttaranchal andeven Maharashtra. Many believe that you’vedone little to help them.
We are looking into those cases; in fact,Mehbooba herself has been following thesecases and has even met the (Union) homeminister in this connection. I’m aware of thekind of harassment and humiliation someKashmiris are facing outside the state.We have launched a special helpline inDelhi, where a senior police officer hasbeen given the task of looking into anycomplaints. I have openly talked at meetingsabout the dangers of looking at all IndianMuslims with suspicion. I have citedinstance after instance of the loyalty ofIndian Muslims and yet I fear that somepolarisation is indeed taking place.In your election manifesto, you’d promised
a disbanding ofthe dreaded SpecialTask Force. Butrather than doingthat, haven’t yousimply renamed it?
Not at all. Thestate police is todaylooking after mostof the securityand the STF, whichwas largely madeup of surrenderedmilitants, has beentotally disbanded.The Centre has ap-
pointed yet another interlocutor — N N Vohra— after the two previous ones — K C Pantand Arun Jaitley — failed completely intheir missions. Is Mr Vohra going to beany more successful?
I don’t think the appointment of Mr Vohrais inconsequential. I’d like to believe thatthe Centre is serious about a dialogue andthe situation is just ripe for it.Critics say that your government hasfailed to bring about transparency in itsfunctioning, particularly when it comesto detentions...
I disagree that there is no transparency.In fact, I have issued orders to the statepolice and security forces that within24 hours of detaining a person his familymust be informed about it, with all thedetails. There’s been a lot of change, butsome people have refused to give credit for it.Recently, there have been some much-publi-cised Bollywood shootings in the Valley.But overall, there has been little progress inthe setting up of new industries.
Sab ho raha hai. There are lots of thingsin the pipeline. Give us some more timeand you’ll see the results.
Mufti’s Message
I’m not being ‘soft’ onmilitancy. I’m justimplementing thepromises we madeand ensuring thatthere are no humanrights violations. Whyshould the Centreinterfere in any of this?
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Shock & RevulsionWhat sets the US adventure in Iraq apart isthat the fig leaf of justification is gossamerthin. In one form or the other, the TenCommandments govern civilised discourse.Though we might breach one or the otherevery day, the hypocrisy of subscribing tothem keeps us from reverting to a state oflawlessness. What the Americans havedone is to assert that there are no command-ments in international relations. That iswhy the shock and revulsion. Hobbesiancynicism should not blind us to theconsequences of this crusade for hegemony,and the possible fact that the world is notwilling to accept the US as the ‘Leviathan’.— Deb Mukharji, New Delhi
Credibility LostIt is surprising that the US has written off a$1 billion loan to Pakistan in appreciationfor the latter’s support to the war againstterrorism. This can also be seen as aconcession for Pakistan’s cross-borderterrorism in Kashmir. The US has also hadthe audacity to tell India not to even thinkof waging a war with Pakistan. It’s time theUS sheds its Big Brother attitude andbehaves like any other country. Otherwise,
it will soon lose all credibility in spite ofits military and economic might.— Gouraswamy Krishna Murthy, Bangalore
Prepare for SARSApropos of ‘SARS: Well Prepared — Sickof it All’ (Times Samvad, Apr 5), Dr ChandWattal makes the deadly SARS seem likean ordinary disease. I think Dr Wattalis being overly optimistic, considering thatSARS has caused a worldwide alarm andcountries with better infrastructurethan ours are struggling to bring it undercontrol. The attitude of ‘crossing thebridge when it comes’ is dangerous at atime when the government should begetting its act together.— Anupam Mullick, Bhopal
Sudarshan KriyaThis is with reference to ‘Balance Body &Mind with Sudarshan Kriya’ (The SpeakingTree, Apr 8). Sudarshan kriya, as describedin the article, is a process taught by Sri SriRavi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation(AOL) through the Vyakti Vikas Kendra inIndia and is copyrighted. The articleshould have mentioned this.— Ramesh Raman, Vyakti Vikas Kendra,Mumbai
The article did mention this but thereference to AOL was inadvertently left out.The error is regretted. — Edit page editor
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Prayer for Protection OM,
We meditate upon theglorious splendour
Of the Vivifier divine.May he himself
illumine our minds.OM.
Gayatri Mantra✥
To the BuddhaI go for refuge.To the Norm
I go for refuge,To the Order
I go for refuge.Khuddaka Patha
✥
In the name of God,the Beneficent,the Merciful.
Praise be to God,Lord of the Worlds,
Owner of theDay of Judgment.
Thee alone we worship;Thee alone weask for help.Show us the
straight path:The path of those whom
Thou hast favoured;nor of those who earn
Thine anger nor ofthose who go astray.
Qur’an 1,The Fatihah
✥
He is the Sole SupremeBeing; of eternal
manifestation; Creator,Immanent Reality;
Without fear, withoutrancour; timeless form;
unincarnated;self-existent; realised
by the grace of theHoly Preceptor.
Adi Granth,Mul Mantra
✥
Grant, O God,Thy Protection;
And in protection,strength;
And in strength,understanding;
And in understanding,knowledge;
And in knowledge, theknowledge of justice;And in the knowledge
of justice, the love of it;And in that love, the
love of all existences;And in the love of
all existences,the love of God.
God and all goodness.The Book of Druidry,
Ross Nichols
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The Times of India, New Delhi16 Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Lady of PromiseBy K R Narayanaswamy
It was a drowsy afternoonin late October when I waswoken from my siesta andtold that a lady had called.It wasn’t the hour forcalling. The caller, I saidto myself as I changedinto something respectable,must be one of thoseforeigners unfamiliar withthe campus mores andmodes. (I was in those daysteaching at the NationalDefence Academy, Pune.) Iwas right and wrong. Rightabout her being a foreignerto the campus but wrong atthe same time, for she couldeasily be one of us.
Slim and shapely, ele-gantly dressed, she spokewith ease and insouciance.She began by apologisingfor calling at such anunearthly hour but ‘‘Isuppose,’’ she said, ‘‘thereare occasions when onecould dispense with theobservance of social punc-tilios.’’ I nodded in agree-
ment, wondering what sortof a compelling occasionhad sent her to me. Shedidn’t keep me guessingfor long.
She said she had spentthe best part of a decadewriting a novel, which shewas hoping to publish her-self. No Indian publisherwould touch her manu-script with a barge pole.‘‘You see,’’ she said, ‘‘itisn’t run-of-the-mill stuff.My theme as well asmy treatment are bothunconventional.’’
I was impressed. Herewas an authentic writer,impecunious but proud. Awriter of integrity, and yetwithout a trace of hauteur.I decided to put my moneyon her book — a modest 10rupees. But when I ran myeye down the list of patronsthe lady showed me andlooked at the names ofpeople, my neighbours, andthe amounts shown againstthem, I felt ashamed of myniggardliness. I increased
my contribution five-fold.The lady accepted withdue gratitude and saidshe would send me anautographed copy of thenovel within six months. Ifollowed her to the waitingtaxi, and as she loweredherself into her seat, shesaid, ‘‘By the way, youhaven’t asked me aboutthe title of the novel. I callit Promise.’’
It was almost a yearbefore we recalled thelady and her promise. Thepromised volume neverarrived. We knew we hadbeen taken for a ride andwe didn’t mind overmuch.But what we did mind wasthe guffaws with whichFather Ignatius, head of thecampus school for boys,kept reminding us of itfor months afterwards. Thereverend father was theonly one on campus whohad shown the lady thedoor. Chesterton, I’m sure,will have something illumi-nating to say about that.
War is not real. It is causedby ignorance of our truenature, which is peace. Torealise this, it is important tomeditate. Meditation bringsone into an awakenedstate where one is able toget in touch with the stillpoint within. Doing thismight seem unimportantfrom the society’s pers-pective, which lays greatemphasis on winning warsand making money.
To the unawakened mind,life seems like a reiterationof problems. This is becauseit sees problems as beingcaused by external condi-tions. The US might seeSaddam Hussein as the rootof all problems, and viceversa. This is because themind is caught in the trap ofright versus wrong, goodversus evil. The US might saythat Iraq must be like thisonly, anything else is unac-ceptable. This happens whenone does notrealise that thereality and kar-ma of the presentmoment is not theideal. It just is.
M e d i t a t i o nopens us to thepresent. We learnto operate froman intuitive wis-dom rather thanan intelligencethat insists onexamining external objects.We gloss over our true natureby identifying with this andthat. By forming immutableideals, we use them todespise ourselves. The rea-son people have problemswith themselves is becausethey aren’t what they thinkthey should be. Life can beonly what it is at that point.Yet so much of our energiesare spent forming goals orruing past failures. Beingphysically in the presentbut not being open to itcreates suffering.
What do we mean by‘peace’? If we are unawareof our true nature, peacecan become boring. So manytimes, peace is available to usbut we ignore it, preferringto excite ourselves with TVor shopping or somethingelse. Don’t take this to meanthat the Buddha was a criticof the world. He just wantedus to live in it mindfully, torecognise its reality.
The mind is conditioned tobe forever caught in doubtand uncertainty, so much sothat it resists giving them upin meditation. The fear is oflosing control; it is what wecall ‘the dark night of thesoul’. It is the point when thesense of being secure inideals, conventions anddogmas needs to be dropped.This is a stage of growthand needs to be recognisedas such.
As we begin to trustintuitively, we learn to let go.Letting go of grasping leadsto an insight into our truenature, peace. That bringsthe realisation that war issomething we create. Even ifsomeone is persecuting us,by examining the situation,we realise that it is our ownmind that creates the feelingof suffering.
When I began meditating,I would try to control mythoughts and get rid of the
ones that seemed‘bad’. The more Iresisted and triedto get rid of them,the more powerthey seemed tohave. The statesthat I was tryingto ‘get over’ emer-ged even moreforcefully duringmeditation. ThenI realised thatI wasn’t being
asked to destroy, only tosee. The more I received myanger without reacting toit, the more it ceased. Andwhen anger ceases, whatremains? Peace.
Consciousness is not a cul-turally conditioned pheno-menon. It begins at birth andis experienced through ourbodies. When we are born,we don’t see ourselves asBuddhist/Christian, male/female, and so on. We acquireperceptions of ourselveslater. If we judge anotherculture, it is through valuesof our own culture, whichare relative. Consciousness iswhat remains when thereare no attachments of anykind. Consciousness is notcultural, it is the point wherewe all merge. That is the onlyway out of this crisis.
(Ajahn Sumedho is abbotof the Amaravati BuddhistMonastery, England. He spokewith Swati Chopra)
Waging Peace WithAn Awakened Mind
By Ajahn Sumedho
http://spirituality.indiatimes.com
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No text please,we’re American!Samuel Morse would be proud. The
form of communication he pio-neered, the telegram, may have gone
the way of the horse-drawn carriage, butit lives on through that most modernmeans of keeping in touch: The text mes-sage. Every day more than a billion mes-sages are zapped from one mobile phoneto another. Like telegrams, the length ofmessages is strictly limited. Some phoneseven announce the arrival of a new mes-sage with three short beeps, two longones, and three short onesMorse code forSMS, the name of the most widely usedform of text messaging.
But although texting has become com-monplace in Europe and Asia, it hasfailed to take off in Morse’s homeland,America. Globally, the average number ofmessages sent or received each month bya mobile subscriber is now around 30, orone message per day. Each message costsan average of $0.10 to send. In some partsof Asia, such as Singapore and the Philip-pines, where large numbers of free mes-sages are thrown in with monthly pricingplans, the number of messages sent persubscriber per month is as high as 200.But the figure for America is just overseven, according to the Cellular Telecom-munications Internet Association, an in-dustry body. Why is such a high-tech na-tion eschewing texting?
The short answer is that, in America,talk is cheap. Because local calls on landlines are usually free, wireless operatorshave to offer big bundles of minutesup to5,000 minutes per monthas part of theirmonthly pricing plans to persuade sub-scribers to use mobile phones instead.Texting first took off in other parts of theworld among cost-conscious teenagerswho found that it was cheaper to text thanto call, notes Jessica Sandin, an analyst atBaskerville. But in America, you mightas well make a voice call.
Free local calls also make logging on tothe internet, for hours at a time, and us-ing PC-to-PC instant messaging (IM) thepreferred mode of electronic chat amongAmerican teenagers. Although IM usersare shackled to their computers, IM hasthe advantage over mobile texting thateach message is free.
American telecoms regulations, whichencouraged different mobile operators tochoose different, incompatible technolo-gies are also responsible for the dearth oftexting. Only last year did the largestAmerican operators agree to pass textmessages between their networks, anagreement still only patchily implement-ed. In addition, not all handsets sold inAmerica support two-way texting: Manyolder models allow only incoming mes-sages. The Economist
THE WORLD OF SMS
The Times of India, New Delhi, Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Audi on a rollFirst locally producedluxury Audi A4 car willbe introduced in Chinafrom April 21, targetedat the middle segmentof the population
Chinese life styleAs living standards increase,the Chinese are going in fortop-quality products andservices. Like, colourfulmasks with diamonds aregaining popularity
NTT’s new phonesNTT DoCoMo has unveiled505i series cellphones withcamera, infrared port and external memory. NTT willlaunch these with advancedapplications in Japan in May
Rupee Value US $: 47.90 UK £: 74.55 Euro: 51.15 S Fr: 35.40 Yen (100): 41.20 A $: 29.55 NZ $: 26.70 S $: 27.70 Saudi Riyal 13.15 UAE Dirham 13.55 Thai Baht(100) 113.50 Selling rate: Currency notesSource: SBI, Mumbai
Essar offers Cairn 35% inRajasthan block: Coun-try’s second largest privatesector oil firm Essar Oil Ltdhas offered Scottish explorerCairn Energy Plc upto 35 percent stake in its Rajasthan oilblock. EOL presently has 75per cent stake in the Bikaner-Nagaur basin block. Polish Oiland Gas Company has the remaining 25 per cent. Cairnhas 100 per cent stake in anadjacent RJ-ON-90/1 block inRajasthan - the site of recent20 million tonnes of oil findand the previous Saraswatidiscovery.
246 airlines allowed tooperate in India: The Cen-tre has permitted around 246private and foreign airlines(non-scheduled) to undertakepassenger and cargo opera-tions in India. In addition, 19scheduled foreign airlineswere also given the go aheadby the DGCA to fly in the Indi-an air space, minister of statefor civil aviation Sripad YessoNaik said in the Rajya Sabha.A 3-member panel has beenset up to examine the issue ofroute rationalisation betweenAir-India and Indian Airlines.
Former PMO bureaucratjoins VLCC: Abhay Sinha, aformer bureaucrat from thePrime Minister’s Office, hasjoined health and beautychain VLCC (VandanaLuthra’s Curls and Curves) asexecutive director. Sinha willfocus on organisational development with special emphasis on finance.
Construction productmakers form body: SK So-many, managing director ofSPL Ltd, has been elected thefirst president of Confedera-tion of Construction Productsand Services (CCPS), promot-ed by leading manufacturersof construction products.CCPS will help the govern-ment in implementing regula-
tory and fiscal policies for thesector, achieve productsstandardisation, developcomprehensive market dataon construction activity, im-prove the quality of workman-ship and reduce wastage inthe construction process.
SIAM for simultaneousVAT implementation: TheSociety of Indian Automobilemanufacturers (SIAM) haswelcomed the proposedmove towards implementa-tion of VAT in all states. How-ever, it cautioned that unlessVAT is implemented simulta-neously throughout the coun-try, it would lead to seriousmarket distortions. “The auto-mobile industry has identifieda few areas of concern liketransitional provisions, defini-tion and rate of tax on inputs,refund mechanism and exist-ing incentives, which need tobe addressed,” SIAM presi-dent R Seshasayee said.
M&M appoints COOs forauto, tractor businesses:Mahindra and Mahindra Ltdhas appointed Pawan Goenkaas the chief operating officerfor its automotive business.He has led a number of keyproduct development initia-tives, including the launch of
Scorpio in June 2002. In addi-tion, Biswambhar Mishra hasbeen appointed COO ofM&M’s farm equipment busi-ness. Mishra joined M&M Ltdin 1999 and was later madehead of sales and marketingfor the farm equipment sector.
JCB to develop Indianunit as global hub: JCBIndia, a wholly owned sub-sidiary of JCB Worldwide, oneof the world’s top five con-struction equipment manufac-turing companies, would bedeveloped as one of the pro-duction hubs for the group.CMD of JCB Worldwide SirAnthony Bamford, who is visiting India, said that JCB,which was exporting new materials and componentsfrom India for worldwide use,would soon start exportingcomplete products from hereto make one of the produc-tion hubs in this part of world.
Maiden dividend by UTI’sMaster Value fund: UTIMutual Fund has announceda maiden dividend of 10 percent (Rs 1 per unit) under itsMaster Value fund. Thescheme became an openended scheme from February17 and the NAV as on April 4was Rs 17.44 per unit.
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Diller aims to keep VUEstake for now: Mediamoghul Barry Diller has saidhe aims to keep his 1.5 percent stake in Vivendi Univer-sal’s U.S. entertainmentgroup, despite the opportuni-ty to sell it to debt-ladenVivendi next month for $275million. Diller personally holdsthe stake in Vivendi Universal
Entertainment — or VUE, thefilm, TV and theme park divisions of Vivendi — byvirtue of the 2002 sale of USANetwork television propertiesto Vivendi. Under that agree-ment, Diller can put, or sellback, the stake to Vivendi as of May 7, for a minimum of $275 million.
LSE names outsider aschairman: The LondonStock Exchange, Europe’sbiggest share market, nameda little-known former oil exec-utive as its next chairman onTuesday to help meet its goalof further international expan-sion. Chris Gibson-Smith is totake over from Don Cruick-shank, who is due to retire
from the LSE in July after abusy three years trying to re-build the exchange’s strategyafter its aborted merger withGermany’s Deutsche Boersein 2000. Gibson-Smith is cur-rently chairman of Britain’s airtraffic controller, National AirTraffic Services, a position hetook on after being a manag-ing director of BP Plc.
Intel, VIA settle series ofpatent lawsuits: Chipmak-ers Intel Corp and VIA Tech-nologies Inc said they havesettled a series of patent infringement lawsuits. Theagreement, whose financialterms were not disclosed, resolves 11 pending cases infive countries involving 27
patents. Both companieshave entered into a 10-yearcross-licensing agreementunder the deal. Intel will receive royalties on some ofthe licensing and has agreedto temporarily refrain from asserting its patents in other cases.
INTERNATIONAL
Today’s question:Will SARS take an economic
toll on India?
• The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of
the general public.
Yesterday’s results: Can cellularservices companies financiallysurvive all the price-cutting?
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Sun unveils entry-levelservers: Scott McNealy of Sun
Microsystems is making inroads into mid-end server
segment. Sun has launchedentry-level servers, Sun
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Iraqi-born British business-man Nadhmi Auchi outsideBow Street Magistrate’sCourt in London on Tuesday.Auchi faces extradition toFrance on charges of a hugecorruption trial surroundingFrench oil giant Elf.
Tata group telecom Cos in pactMumbai: Four Tata Group telecom compa-nies, including Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd(VSNL), Tata Internet Services Ltd (TISL)and Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL), have joint-ly formed an initiative — Telecom EnterpriseBusiness Unit (Tebu), to provide integratedservices to corporate customers and min-imise cost of their offerings.
‘‘Tebu will offer services including inter-national leaseline circuits, Internet servicesand data and voice services initially to over400 corporate customers in India,’’ TTSLmanaging director, S Ramakrishnan said onTuesday.
This is a marketing and sales initiative, in-
tegrating the services and not an effort to-wards merging the companies, he said. Tebu,comprising 100 professionals drawn from thegroup telecom companies, would operate outof Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, whichwould be later extended to Hyderabad andChennai.
Tebu would help the companies addressthe Rs 34,250 crore telecom sector, offer serv-ices under the Tata Indicom brand and in-crease revenues of group companies by aminimum of Rs 500 crore, he said.Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd is thefourth group company, participating in theinitiative. PTI
Legal booster forpharma Cos soon
By Jayanta GhoshTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The governmentis replacing antiquated lawsfor developing and market-ing new drugs. Eager tospeed up drug discovery, thegovernment is totally re-vamping parts of the Drugsand Cosmetics Act, 1945.
According to sources, thefocus is on guidelines for ap-proving a new moleculedrug, and equating patentedgenerics with global stan-dards. ‘‘This will bring trans-parency in the approvalprocess and cut delay in ap-
provals, which adversely af-fect the drug discoveryprocess,’’ says a senior offi-cial of a pharma firm.
The health ministry hasprepared the first draft of thenew set of rules, chartingvarious data and informa-tion required for submissionafter pre-clinical and clinicaltrials. It has also asked phar-ma industry to put forwardinputs.
The pharma industry hasfour demands. One, makedosage trials on Indiansmandatory for MNC pharmafirms bringing in genericdrugs. At present, this is notso. A typical dosage trial
takes 6-9 months and re-quires around 1,000 patients.‘‘If Indian companies are re-quired to do such trials whilelaunching drugs in the West,why shouldn’t MNCs do ithere?,’’ an official said.
Second, a shorter time-frame to approve the threestages of clinical trials. ‘‘Itshould be 30 days for approv-ing phase I trial data, 60 daysfor phase II and 90 days forphase III, as is done in theUS,’’ another official said.This, companies argue, willcut in delays in drug develop-ment and resultant revenuelosses.
Third, make it obligatoryfor each hospital conductingtrials to have a ethics com-mittee, doing away with thepresent arbitrary system.While guidelines are neededto ensure ethical trials on pa-tients, the committee needsto have outside representa-tion from institutes and com-panies.
Finally, protection of datagenerated in India for fouryears, starting from the dateof marketing approval of adrug. The data primarilycontains information regard-ing dosage, toxicology andpharmacology.
Government sources saidthe next step would be refer-ring this draft to Drug Tech-nical Advisory Board for in-corporating modificationssuggested by it and then, in-corporation of industry in-puts to make the guidelinesmore focussed and specific. Apublic debate with the stake-holders will also be organ-ised before releasing the finaldraft.
Deep divisions over CAS pricing TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Broadcasters and ca-ble operators are divided overthe maximum price band forfree-to-air channels. A final deci-sion was not taken in the I&Bministry’s Conditional AccessSystem (CAS) task force meetingon Tuesday.
The task force is likely to rec-ommend Rs 71.30 plus taxes asbasic tier cable price for receiv-ing 30 free-to-air channels. Withentertainment and service tax,your monthly cable bill will bearound Rs 99.
While cable operators are de-manding the free-to-air channelpricing to be around Rs 180, somebroadcasters feel that it should
be under Rs 50.Zee-Turner bouquet has al-
ready announced that its 14-channel pay-channel bouquetwill be priced at Rs 55.
Once CAS comes into play,consumers will have the optionto pick, watch and pay for indi-vidual channels from differentbouquets.
However, the cable TV indus-try expects consumers to pickone or two bouquets, along withthe free-to-air channels (like DD,Aaj Tak, MTV, BBC).
There’s another cost for con-sumers — a set-top box to receivepay channels costs between Rs3,000 (analog) and Rs 6,000 (digi-tal). Industry representativessaid CAS will compete with Di-
rect to home TV option to con-sumers.
Market sources said that Sony,Star, ESPN-Star Sports and ModiEntertainment Network areworking towards a super bou-quet of channels.
Sources added that broadcast-ers are planning to combine allmovie channels or sports chan-nel in one pack.
For example in a combinedpack Set Max, HBO, Star Movies,AXN, Star World will be priced atRs 50. If the consumer wants topick one individual channel, it islikely to be priced at Rs 35.
Task force member said theworksheet of the broadcasters(Star, Sony, MEN) got leaked inthe Tuesday’s task force meet.
There was also heated discus-sion between rival broadcasters.
Task force representative whohad a glimpse at the worksheetsaid the combined sports chan-nel pack of ESPN, Star Sports,Ten will be priced at Rs 60. StarPlus and Sony entertainmentchannel is priced at Rs 35. Broad-casters are not willing to com-ment on the post CAS pricing.
Currently, Star (14 channels),Sony’s One Alliance (7 channels),ESPN-Star Sports and Modi Net-works are operating as individ-ual bouquet.
Fearing that viewership willdecline, there is a move by somebroadcasters to postpone CASimplementation by one year,from its deadline of July 14.
AFP
TRADE TALKS: Singapore minister of trade and industry George Yeo Yong Boon (L) with ArunJaitley, minister for Commerce and Industry. Tong said Singapore could serve as a bridge be-tween Asian giants India and China.
IRCTC plans tostart budget hotels
By Chandrika MagoTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: At a time whengovernment policy on disin-vestment has forced ITDC toshed much of its hotel busi-ness, another governmentcorporation is eyeing a pieceof the very same business.
Plans have yet to be firmedup but the Indian RailwayCatering and Tourism Corpo-ration (IRCTC) is looking tostart its innings with half adozen budget hotels nearrailway stations, take overand clean up the two Rail Ya-tri Niwas set-ups and evenrun the railway heritage ho-tels in Ranchi and Puri.
This fledgling corporationhas done preliminary workon selecting sites for budgethotels in Chandigarh,Bhopal, Mumbai, Pune, Se-cunderabad and Bangalore.Its consultants, Pannell KerrForster, have given their as-sessment and the Railwaysnow have to look at earmark-ing land, setting terms andconditions.
IRCTC is negotiating leaserental charges with the Rail-ways. Corporation MD MN
Chopra says they are lookingon this as ‘‘a passengeramenity’’, a move to eventu-ally give train passengers apackage deal of internetbooking for tickets as well asaccommodation. Big playerssuch as the Taj and theOberoi groups as well as localhoteliers have shown an in-terest in such hotels, he adds.
These are being conceivedas clean, comfortable, no-frills hotels near railway sta-tions something which wouldgive them an obvious loca-tional advantage.
An average of 400 beds areplanned, from beds in dormi-tories to single and double-rooms. There would be noroom service, just commonmulti-cuisine catering. Rail-way passengers would havethe preference in accommo-dation but others could be al-lowed to stay as well for ahigher charge to tide overpossible occupancy prob-lems. IRCTC has plans totake overthe heritage hotelsin Ranchi and Puri, owned bythe Railways. IRCTC will betaking over the Rail Yatri Ni-was set-ups at the New Delhiand Howrah stations.
Nasscom to focuson visa issues
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Nasscom will set up an inter-national policy working group for drivingpolicy initiatives in areas such as WTO, tax-ation, labour laws and visa and work permitissues.
On visa-related issues, newly appointedNasscom president Som Mittal said that thesoftware body was already working closelywith the ministry of external affairs, em-bassies in India and consulates abroad toclarify on visa technicalities.
He added that Nasscom’s focus on meet-ing these immediate challenges would bethrough engaging global and local policymakers and educating them about India’scompetitiveness and existing contributionto their exchequers, besides garnering sup-port from customers and increasing aware-ness among member companies.
Nasscom president Kiran Karnik said In-dia’s software and services exports for the2002-03 fiscal would be lower than the pro-jected growth rate of 30 per cent due to animpact of 3-5 per cent on the growth rate,considering a 5 per cent appreciation of therupee.
‘‘It has been a good year, we are on trackin terms of the work that was given, but ru-pee appreciation over the last one year is go-ing to dent the software and services ex-ports,’’ he said.
In 2001-02, the Indian IT industry raked ina revenue of Rs 48,000 crore. Out of this, ex-ports were Rs 36,500 crore, showing agrowth of 29 per cent.
Nasscom would also constitute a domes-tic policy group to focus on issues regardingservice taxes, the Data Protection Act andthe Indian Copyright Act, said Mittal, chair-man of Digital Globalsoft, who took overfrom former chairman Arun Kumar.
HLL buys 4 Amalgam unitsBy Rajesh Chandramouli
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: India’s largest con-sumer durable company, Hin-dustan Lever Ltd., has ac-quired four factories ofAmalgam Foods Ltd.
MK Sharma, V-C, HLL,confirmed the acquisition ofthe four factories. ‘‘We haveacquired two factories inKerala, one in AndhraPradesh and one in Maha-rashtra owned by AmalgamFoods,’’ Sharma said without
disclosing the consideration.Sources familiar with the
transaction said that HLLhas paid slightly more thanRs 40 crore and that thetransaction was signed dur-ing the last week of March.
Amalgam and Pataks’ ofthe UK (world’s largest eth-nic Indian food makers) hadentered into an agreement inApril 2000, wherein the UKgroup would acquire Amal-gam thereby signaling a for-ay into the Indian seafood
market. Even in this transac-tion, Hindustan Lever hadevinced interest but was un-successful.
However, with talks be-tween Pataks and Amalgamhitting a blank the deal fellthrough. Subsequently, HLLtook four factories of Amal-gam during August 2000 on‘wet lease’.After workingwith Amalgam for more thantwo years, HLL has now for-mally acquired the Kochi-based group.
TDSAT rejects Govt’s pleaNew Delhi: Telecom dispute tribunal TDSAT has re-jected government’s stand of not sharing certain docu-ments with cellular firms, who are fighting TelecomCommission’s decision to allow fixed phone serviceproviders to offer WLL-M services. It has directed thatthe documents be placed before the tribunal, saying thatthe government should keep a neutral stand.
The government is considering moving the SupremeCourt against TDSAT’s order. Communications ministerArun Shourie said, ‘‘a considered opinion will be formedafter consultations with the law minister, Solicitor Gen-eral and DoT.’’ He added that government had reserva-tion of showing internal notings to business rivals. TNN
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SAB eyes stakein SWC arm
By Baiju KaleshTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: South AfricanBreweries, the third largestglobal beer manufacturer, isin advanced stages of enter-ing into a joint venture withthe Chhabrias of Shaw Wal-lace & Co (SWC) to acquireup to a 50 per cent stake inthe latter’s beer business.
Sources said the deal maybe concluded soon.
A South African Breweriesofficial, who did not want tobe named, confirmed thetalks with Shaw Wallacewere in the final stages. ‘‘Wemay settle on a 50 per centstake, since Shaw Wallace isaverse to ceding manage-ment control,’’ he added.
The Shaw Wallacespokesperson declined tocomment on the develop-ment. The company is beingadvised on the deal by McK-insey, while South AfricanBreweries has employed theservices of Strategic Capital.
Shaw Wallace has a 28 percent share of the domesticbeer market. It is a leader inthe ‘strong beer’ segmentwith its Haywards 5000 brandalone accounting for about 30per cent of that market.
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ABB 307.10, 310, 308.90309, 310, 307, 309.45
Abbott (I) 284, 284.90, 279.05,281.40ACC 143, 144.90, 141.50, 144
142.95, 144.90, 141.15, 143.95 Adani Export 123.25, 123.50, 122.55,122.70
123, 123.65, 122.60, 122.60 Adlabs Films 43.35, 45, 43.20, 44.40
45.50, 45.50, 42.30, 44.40 Alstom Proj. 54.75, 56.50, 54.10,55.95
54.75, 56.80, 53.70, 56.10 Andhra Bank 30.70, 32.40, 29.80,31.65
30.50, 32.45, 29.80, 31.70 Apollo Hosp. 100, 98.60, 98.85
99.50, 99.95, 98.50, 98.90 Apollo Tyres 128.25, 128.80, 126.15,126.80
129.70, 129.70, 126.50, 126.70 Arvind Mills 22.10, 22.90, 21.40,22.35
21.85, 22.80, 21.35, 22.35 Ashok Leylan 104.05, 105, 99.70,100.35
104.55, 105, 100.15, 100.95 Asian Paints 332.95, 333.30, 327.25,328.90
330, 337, 326, 327.25 Aurobindo Ph 226, 230, 229.30
228, 231, 227.55, 228.40 Aventis Phar 260, 255, 255.75
258, 259, 254, 254.85 Aztec Soft. 18.50, 18.60, 17.80,18.05
18.50, 18.60, 17.75, 17.95 Bajaj Auto 509.50, 518, 505.15,515.75
505.10, 520, 505, 515.75 Balaji Tele. 70, 67.50, 67.85
69, 69.50, 67.20, 68 Ballarpur In 38.70, 39.50, 38, 38.25
38.50, 39.45, 38, 38.30 Bank of Baro 93.80, 95, 90.10, 93.80
93.80, 95.10, 91.90, 93.90 Bank of Ind. 42, 43.25, 40.55, 42.30
42.10, 43.40, 40.50, 42.35 BASF 96.60, 98.50, 97.80
97.65, 98.70, 97.10, 97.50 Bata (I) 28.20, 28.80, 28.60
28.25, 28.85, 28.25, 28.60 Bayer Cropsc 135.05, 142.35
137.15, 137.95, 136.05, 136.35 Bh.Earth Mov 69.70, 72, 68.05, 69.55
70, 72.45, 68.30, 69.95 Bharat Elect 202, 211.10, 200.25,207.90
200.05, 211.30, 200, 208.05 Bharat Forge 257.50, 263.90, 257,259.85
260, 263.45, 257.55, 259.50 Bharti TeleV 32.50, 32.80, 31.40,32.55
32.75, 32.75, 31.40, 32.30 BHEL 230.50, 234, 228.15, 230.25
231, 234, 228, 230.05 Bombay Dyein 45.65, 46.60, 45.90
45.65, 46.50, 45.65, 46.10 BPCL 234, 238.25, 231, 235
234, 238.25, 230.10, 235.70 Britannia 517, 525, 510, 512.85
510, 524, 508.30, 514.25 BSES 222, 218.25, 220
220, 220.85, 217.05, 220.20 Cadila Healt 125, 125.40, 124,
125.30125, 126.70, 124.45, 126.20
Castrol (I) 190.25, 191.95, 189.75,190.05
195, 195, 190.05, 190.60 Century Enka 88, 90.80, 89.90
87.60, 91, 87.60, 90.15 Century Text 48.50, 47.70, 48
48, 48.60, 47.80, 48 Chambal Fert 14.40, 14.70, 14.15,14.25
14.10, 14.65, 14.10, 14.30 Chennai Pet. 31.20, 31.85, 31.10,31.60
30.25, 31.90, 27, 31.45 Cipla 800, 715, 720.20
730.25, 737, 715, 719.25 CMC 522, 543, 512.10, 519.50
519, 543.40, 512.25, 518.05 Colgate 123, 123.60, 121.15, 123.05
122.50, 123.35, 121.50, 123 Container Co 231, 228.05, 229.60
230, 231.85, 228, 229.95 Corpn. Bank 147, 151.50, 143.95,149.45
144, 151.50, 143.25, 150.45 Crompton Gr. 58.90, 62.20, 58, 61.10
59, 62.40, 58.20, 61.30 Cummins (I) 54.30, 53.15, 53.90
54.85, 54.90, 51.60, 53.55 D-Link (I) 51.50, 50.40, 50.65
48.70, 51.50, 48.70, 50.70 Dabur (I) 39, 40, 39.50
40, 40, 39.25, 39.50 Digital Glob 618, 599.50, 601.40
610, 611.70, 599.50, 601.55 Dr.Reddy’s 923.55, 928.95, 907.10,915.20
921, 927.65, 907.10, 917.65 Dredging Cor 242.50, 247.80,240.10, 244.40e-Serve Intl 469, 474.30, 468,470.95
472.90, 474.95, 470.05, 470.55 EIH 162.10, 185, 161, 173.75
163.80, 189, 160, 166.60 Engineers (I 261, 262, 255, 258.95
252, 262.45, 251, 259.85 Escorts 38.10, 38.45, 37.20, 37.30
38, 38.50, 37.10, 37.50 Essel Propac 146, 148.35, 145,146.60
144.05, 148.50, 144.05, 146.85 Exide Inds. 77.05, 77, 77.60
80, 80, 77.75, 77.85 Federal Bank 104.65, 105.55,100.35, 101.50
106, 106.40, 100.50, 102.10 Finolex Cabl 84.20, 88.65, 84, 87.80
84, 90.75, 84, 87.45 Finolex Inds 32.75, 34.50, 34.15
33.60, 34.55, 33.60, 34.35 Gail (I) 77.90, 78, 76.55, 77.50
77.60, 78, 77.05, 77.50 GE Shipping 38.70, 40.80, 39.90
38.90, 40.80, 38.55, 40 Geometric So 501.45, 502, 475.20,478.15
495, 495, 475.60, 479.15 German Remed 217.80, 218, 217.95
210.05, 215, 210.05, 214.65 Gillette (I) 290.85, 286.15, 290
289.95, 290, 285, 288.65 GlaxoSmith.C 224, 224.75, 220.15,222.80
224, 225, 222.10, 223.55 GlaxoSmith.P 311, 308, 309.20
309, 310.95, 307.10, 309.10 GNFC 29.35, 29.50, 29, 29.25
29.25, 29.50, 29.15, 29.45 Grasim Inds. 336.50, 341.45, 336,338.65
333.50, 340.95, 333.50, 338.60 GSFC 18.05, 18.20, 17.10, 17.60
18, 18, 17.30, 17.55 GTL 66, 69.70, 64.15, 66.80
66.20, 69.80, 64.10, 66.85 Guj.Amb.Cem. 166, 167, 164.55,165.15
165.10, 169, 164.60, 165.20 Guj.Gas Co. 398.50, 401.50, 398,400.40
401, 402, 390, 398.35 Guj.Mineral 83, 82.05, 83.80
82, 84, 81.90, 83.70 HCL Infosys. 85, 82.55, 83.05
84.10, 84.45, 82.80, 83.15 HCL Techno. 175.10, 176.90, 167.70,168.70
173, 177, 167.65, 169.10 HDFC 339, 342.75, 336.15, 339.75
338.60, 342, 338, 340.40 HDFC Bank 244, 247, 238, 240
247.90, 247.90, 238, 239.65 Hero Honda 195.45, 186, 188.80
195, 195.75, 186.20, 188.70 Hexaware Tec 121.40, 122.85,117.20, 117.75
119.90, 122.80, 117.15, 118.05 Him.Fut.Comm 18.80, 21.25, 17.80,20.15
18.45, 21.30, 17.75, 20.05 Hind Lever C 166, 168, 165.25,165.65
167.75, 167.80, 164.85, 165.50 Hind.Oil Exp 18, 17.25, 17.55
17.50, 17.90, 17.25, 17.50 Hind.Zinc 15.25, 16, 15.75Hindalco 558, 590, 580.35
556, 590, 556, 585.50 Hinduja TMT 178.80, 179.15, 171,171.55
178, 178, 171, 171.85 HLL 152.95, 146.80, 147.80
150.10, 152.45, 146.75, 147.90 HMT 16.65, 16.05, 16.30
16.55, 16.55, 16, 16.10 HPCL 306, 314.95, 305.55, 311.65
307, 315, 305.50, 312.25 Hughes Soft. 212, 215.90, 208.25,209.05
210.35, 215.90, 208, 209.70 IBP 215.05, 212.25, 213.85
221.20, 222, 209, 213.95 ICI (I) 115, 117.40, 114.15, 117.20
115, 117.85, 115, 117.15 ICICI Bank 137.60, 138.70, 136.30,136.75
138.50, 139, 136.25, 136.95 IDBI 17.65, 18.90, 17.45, 18.65
18.05, 18.90, 17.50, 18.60 IDBI Bank 23.40, 23.70, 23.20, 23.50
23.35, 23.75, 23.15, 23.55 India Cement 14.70, 14.10, 14.25
14.40, 14.50, 14, 14.30 Indian Alumi 120, 121.50, 120
119.30, 119.50, 119.30, 119.50 Indian Hotel 181.10, 187, 185.30
187.90, 187.90, 184, 185.50 Indian Oil C 240, 241.15, 241
244, 244, 240, 240.50 Indian Ov.Bk 19.20, 20.75, 19.10,20.45
19.10, 20.75, 19, 20.45 Indian Rayon 82, 82.50, 79.25, 79.55
82, 82, 79.55, 79.70 Infosys Tech 4375, 4215, 4226.75
4341.30, 4341.30, 4213.25,4232.50 Infotech En. 114, 115.90, 111.55,112
115.30, 115.65, 105, 111.95 Ingersoll R 209, 204, 205
206.70, 208, 204, 205.45
IPCL 86.60, 91.45, 85.95, 90.4086.90, 91.50, 85.75, 90.45
ITC 645.05, 669, 642.75, 661.15658, 667.40, 650, 661.45
ITI 16.90, 17.90, 17.5016.90, 18, 16.90, 17.35
J&K Bank 124, 131.05, 129.20125.90, 131.30, 125, 128.95
Jaiprakash I 30.50, 29.65, 29.9530.20, 30.35, 29.75, 30
JB Chemical 162.25, 164.60, 160.50,160.60
162.50, 164.50, 160, 160.45 Jindal Steel 366, 374.75, 360.10,370.55
364.95, 374.95, 361.50, 370.95 Kochi Refin. 45.40, 45.50, 44.60,44.90
45.10, 45.50, 43.90, 44.95 Kotak Mah.Bk 161, 151.25, 151.90
158.55, 160.20, 151.15, 152.65 L&T 189, 194.20, 187.50, 191.60
189.70, 194.35, 187.55, 191.65 LIC Hsg.Fin. 70.50, 71.85, 70.85
71, 71.95, 70.50, 71 LML 29.35, 29.90, 27.85, 28.55
29.75, 30, 27.90, 28.40 Lupin 144.05, 152.45, 142.50,149.40
144, 152.40, 142.25, 149.20 M&M 109, 109.40, 106.70, 108.95
108.50, 109.30, 106.60, 109 Marico Inds 158, 156.85, 160
161, 164.85, 158, 158.95 Mascot Systm 111, 104.90, 105.50
110, 111, 105.05, 106.25 Mastek 575, 556.90, 559.60
568.90, 569.90, 556.60, 559.30 Mastershare 10.65, 10.70, 10.60,10.65
10.65, 10.65, 10.60, 10.65 Max (I) 72, 72.85, 71.50, 71.90
72.10, 72.45, 71, 72 Mcdowell Co. 36.50, 37, 36.25, 36.90
36.30, 37.10, 36.25, 36.95 Merck 237, 238, 235.60, 237.70
240, 240, 234, 237.35 MIRC Electr. 365, 353, 364.95
366.85, 366.85, 350.10, 364.90 Moser-Baer 263.75, 264.50, 253.35,256.10
265, 269, 253.25, 257.05 Mphasis BFL 601, 630, 611.25
636, 636, 600, 608.90 MRF 892, 891.25
905, 905, 894.10, 895 MTNL 94.20, 100, 97.50
100, 100, 96.55, 97.40 Mukta Arts 49.60, 47, 47.15
48.65, 49.05, 46.95, 47.15 National Alu 84, 85.75, 83.60, 85.55
85, 85.70, 83.50, 85.35 Nestle (I) 530.80, 534.80, 523.50,523.80
525.15, 529.40, 525, 525.90 Neyveli Lign 28.25, 29.70, 28.20,29.50
28.50, 29.70, 28.05, 29.40 Nicholas Pir 212, 212.15, 210.20
211.80, 215.75, 210.05, 210.85 NIIT 115, 116.45, 112, 112.95
115.40, 115.45, 112.05, 112.80 Nirma 228, 229, 228.15
231.90, 231.90, 228, 228.35 Novartis (I) 221, 222.50, 220.65,221.95
220.50, 223.50, 220.50, 222.05 ONGC 369, 369.90, 362.50, 363
364.60, 369.30, 362.30, 363.55 Oriental Bnk 80.25, 82.40, 78.75,80.45
80.50, 82.40, 78.70, 80.60 P&G Hygiene 377, 386, 380Padmalaya Te 62.50, 63.40, 60.85,61
61.60, 62.95, 60.50, 61 Pentamedia G 10.15, 10.35, 9.50,9.70
10, 10.35, 9.45, 9.65 Pfizer 322.95, 305, 307.45
320, 320, 303, 306.30 Philips (I) 92.10, 93.50, 93.45Pidilite Ind 219, 226.90, 225.25
221.05, 226, 220, 222.90 Polaris Soft 137, 132.10, 132.50
136, 136.40, 132.10, 132.60 Pun.Tractors 124.95, 125.50, 124,124.65
124.25, 125.85, 124, 124.70 Ranbaxy Lab. 650.15, 657.90, 645,655.10
659, 659, 640.25, 654.15 Raymond 93, 92.30, 93
93.15, 93.15, 91.65, 93 RCF 15, 16.70, 14.65, 16.30
15.05, 16.65, 14.65, 16.35 Rel Capital 54.50, 53.50, 53.70
54.20, 54.25, 53.40, 53.75 Reliance Ind 302, 294.60, 296.30
298, 298.80, 294.50, 296.15 Rolta (I) 66.45, 66.75, 64.40, 64.70
65.25, 66.80, 64.30, 64.85 SAIL 10.05, 10.10, 9.70, 9.80
11, 11, 9.70, 9.80 Satyam Comp 192.90, 193, 185.25,185.95
181, 190.30, 181, 186 Saw Pipes 77.90, 81.90, 77, 80.85
72.20, 82, 72.20, 80.70 SBI 287, 283.15, 284.45
286.40, 286.50, 283.25, 284.40 Shipp.Corpn. 59.30, 60.70, 57.50, 60
58.95, 60.65, 57.50, 59.90 Shyam Teleco 38.10, 39.20, 36.50,37.20
37.80, 39.35, 36.50, 37.25 Siemens 296.15, 298, 292.75,292.95
295, 297, 292, 292.90 Silverline T 7.30, 7.90, 7.15, 7.20SKF Bearing 43.80, 44.50, 43.50,43.60
44, 44.50, 43.60, 43.75 Sonata Soft. 14.35, 14.55, 14.10,14.30
14.30, 14.65, 14.10, 14.25 SPICE 31.80, 31.82, 31.50, 31.65SSI 70.45, 67.10, 67.55
70, 70, 66, 67.45 STC India 96.25, 99.55, 94.25, 96.70
96.95, 100, 92.60, 97.70 Sterl.Biotec 44, 39.80, 40.15
41.50, 41.50, 39.90, 40.10 Sterl.Optica 36.80, 37.75, 35, 35.50
36, 37.60, 35.10, 35.55 Sun Pharma. 281.95, 277, 279.90
280, 285, 276.10, 280.35 Syndicate Bn 20.60, 22.70, 20.15,22.40
20.60, 22.65, 20.20, 22.30 Syngenta (I) 122, 123.40, 122.75Tata Chem 70, 70.45, 68.25, 68.45
70.30, 70.60, 68.25, 68.60 Tata Elxsi 76, 74, 74.20
75.70, 75.70, 73.70, 74.40 Tata Power 119.05, 120.20, 117.65,118.95
119.90, 120.25, 117.30, 118.95 Tata Tea 194.25, 194.35, 191, 192
193.20, 194.80, 191.15, 192 Tata Telcom 95.50,103.40, 93.50, 102.45
95.50, 103.80, 93,102.35 TELCO 166.90, 167.95,163.50, 163.85
167.25, 167.25,163.25, 163.85 Thermax 145, 143.05,144.10
145.45, 146.50,142.65, 143.65 Thomas Cook 202,203.85, 200, 200.25
205, 205, 200,201.40 TISCO 144, 141.55,141.85
136.15, 143.90,136.15, 141.95 Titan Inds. 56.05,57.95, 55, 55.40
55.15, 57.30, 55,55.30 TN Newsprint 41.50,42.30, 41.30, 42
42, 42.75, 41.15,41.80 TN Petro 20.40, 21.15, 20.20, 20.85
20.50, 21.10, 20.05, 21 Torrent Phar 175, 176, 172, 174
174.20, 176.25, 171.50, 172.15 Trent 154.95, 155, 153, 153.60
152, 155, 152, 152.55 TVS Electron 64.35, 64.50, 62, 62.75
64, 65, 62.50, 62.75 TVS Motor Co 410, 416, 407.50,410.05
418, 418, 410, 411.80 United Phosp 140.95, 133.60, 137
142, 142, 133.50, 135.85 UTI Bank 42.45, 43.55, 42.30, 43.40
43.05, 43.50, 42, 43.25 Videocon Int 24.70, 25, 24.15, 24.25
24.45, 24.90, 24.05, 24.20 Vijaya Bank 17.80, 17.90, 17.20,17.55
17.75, 17.85, 17.10, 17.55 Visual Soft 161.95, 154.75, 155.30
159.90, 159.90, 154.60, 155.60 VSNL 77.70, 76.30, 76.75
77.50, 77.50, 75.05, 76.75 Whirlpool 19.70, 17, 17.60
17.90, 18, 17.60, 17.75 Wipro 1300.25, 1248, 1251.45
1288.80, 1288.80, 1248.15,1253.50 Wockhardt 383.50, 384.15, 375,380.25
381, 385, 376, 379.05 Zee Telefilm 74.55, 75.85, 71.75, 72
74, 75.90, 71.75, 72.15 Zensar Tech. 77.95, 76, 76.95
78.75, 78.75, 76.15, 76.90
B1 - GROUP
33M India 248.50, 260
256, 257, 254.10, 255.80
AA Sarabhai 3.70, 3.85, 3.70Aarti Drugs 27.10Aarti Inds. 57.05, 60
59.85, 63, 59.55, 60 Aban Loyd 148.40, 157.30, 146.90,156.25
147, 158, 145.40, 154.10 ABC Bearings 6, 6.05ABG Heavy In 11.10, 11.35, 10.65,10.80Abhishek Ind 6.45, 6.70
6.45, 6.75, 6.40, 6.50 Adam Comsof 6.05, 5Addi Inds. 17Advani Oerli 31.65, 32.70
31.75, 32, 31.65, 32 Advik Lab. 27.80
Aegis Logis. 7.80, 8, 7.907.95, 7.95, 7.80, 7.80
AFT Inds. 57, 59.50, 56.20, 58.85Aftek Infosy 200, 186.15, 187.20
196.70, 199.20, 165.90, 188.65 Agro Dutch I 10.90, 11, 10.60, 10.80
10, 10.90, 10, 10.80 Agro Tech Fd 27.95, 27.60, 28.15
27.70, 27.75, 27.70, 27.75 Ahmed.Elect. 47.15, 47, 48.10
47.95, 48.20, 47.50, 48.10 Ahmednagar F 18, 18.05, 17.10,17.35
17.40, 18.30, 17.40, 18.30 Ajanta Pharm 27, 27.55, 26.70, 27.50
26.75, 27.50, 26.60, 27 Aksh Optifib 16.50, 16.65, 16, 16.10
16.35, 16.90, 16.05, 16.15 Albert David 23.50, 24.15, 24Albright & W 175Alembic 161, 163.80, 152.20, 155.75
160, 164, 154.05, 155.90 Alfa Laval 240
240, 240, 240, 240 Alkyl Amines 18.40, 19.05, 19Allahabad Bk 15.40, 15.80, 15, 15.50
15.50, 15.75, 14.85, 15.50 Alok Inds. 11.05, 11.15, 10.25, 11.05
10.90, 11.10, 10.25, 11 Alps Inds. 19.50, 19.50, 19.50, 19.50 Alstom 26, 26.15, 25.90, 26Amara Raja B 55.90, 53.75, 54.30
52.60, 55, 52.60, 54.55 Ambica Agarb 44.95, 39.10, 40.35Ambuja Cem.R 3.05, 3.10, 3
3.05, 3.10, 3.05, 3.05 Amex Info. 16, 16.40, 15.05, 15.15Amforge Inds 19.25, 19, 19.25Amrutanjan 67, 64.25, 66Amtek 45, 46.15, 44.05, 45.55Amtek Auto 192.45, 194.50, 191.10,193.80Andrew Yule 14.10, 15.80, 14.85Ankur Drugs 6.40, 6.20Ansal Prop. 10.50, 11, 10.30AP Paper 39.55, 40.95Apcotex Lat. 26.85, 25.80, 26.35
25.35, 26.75, 25.35, 26.75 Aplab 19.95, 20, 19Aptech 33.45, 34, 33.15, 33.85
33.90, 34, 33.15, 33.70 Archies 54, 53.05, 55.90
55.05, 55.90, 53.50, 55.70 Arvind Rem. 5, 4.55
4.80, 4.80, 4.35, 4.65 Asahi (I) Gl 39.25, 39.90, 38.20,39.60
39, 39, 39, 39 Ashima 16.35, 12.30, 13.50
12.25, 12.85, 12.25, 12.85 Ashok Ley.Fn 49.25, 49, 49.75
48, 49.90, 48, 49.10 Asian Elect. 20.60, 21, 20.50, 20.70
20.10, 20.50, 20, 20.20 Asian Hotels 74.80, 75.10, 75.05
74.10, 79.85, 74.10, 75 Assam Co. 11.10, 11.75, 11Astrazen.Ph. 345
345, 345, 344, 344.05 Atcom Techno 12.45, 13.45, 12.25,12.80
13.10, 13.25, 12.50, 12.80 Atlas Copco 272.10, 282, 272,275.35Atlas Cycles 67.80, 67.80, 65.35,66.35 Atul 30.55, 32.25, 30.50, 31.40
33.55, 33.55, 30.40, 31.15 Auto Axles 82.95, 83, 80Avanti Feeds 22.50Avery (I) 16.55, 16.50Avon Organic 30.75, 33.30, 32.85
BBajaj Auto F 48.10
48.75, 48.75, 48.10, 48.60 Bajaj Elec. 22.45, 21.95Bajaj Hindus 71.50, 65.50, 66.15
65.85, 65.85, 65.85, 65.85 Bajaj Tempo 95, 102, 100Bal Pharma 18.10, 18.60, 18Bal.Law.Vanl 11.50, 12.50, 11.75Balaji Dist. 6, 6.65, 6.40
6.25, 6.65, 6, 6.40 Balkrish Ind 46.10, 47.50, 46.70Balmer Law.I 49.30, 51, 50.30Balmer Lawri 81.10, 84.90, 82.50
84, 84.30, 82.60, 83 Balrampur Ch 109
99, 109.50, 99, 109.15 Banco Prod. 46.50, 46, 46.65Bank of Punj 15.85, 16.75, 15.60,16.70
15.65, 16.75, 15.50, 16.45 Bank of Raj. 15.90, 16.20, 15.50,16.10
16.20, 16.20, 15.50, 16.05 Bayer (I) 930, 935, 925Bayer ABS 66, 67.85, 67.75
66, 68, 66, 67.25 Bayer Diagno 214, 197, 199.70Berger Paint 68.25
70, 70.80, 70, 70.20 BF Utilities 7.40, 7.50, 7.35Bhansali Eng 6.25Bharat Bijle 160, 170, 168.25Bharat Hotel 27.20, 27.40, 27.20,27.40 Bhartiya Int 22.95, 22, 22.70
22.50, 22.50, 21.50, 21.50 Bhushan Stl. 31.90, 29.25, 30.35BI 67, 61.30Bihar Caustc 11.20, 11.90, 11.40Binani Inds. 14.05, 14.25, 13.55,14.10Birla Corp. 14.05, 13.90, 14.25
14.50, 14.50, 13.85, 13.90 Birla Eric. 9.75, 10.15, 9.95
10.30, 10.40, 9.90, 10.05 Birla Glob.F 11.90, 11.30, 12Birla Yamaha 14, 14.20, 13.80, 13.90BITS 0.60, 0.45, 0.55BLB 3.65, 3.70, 3.20, 3.35 Blow Plast 10.65, 10.75, 10, 10.70Blue Dart Ex 54.60, 54.75, 54.20,54.60
54.65, 54.95, 54.25, 54.65 Blue Star 87, 88.60, 85.65, 88.10
88.75, 89, 87.75, 88.60 Blue Star In 121.15, 123.50, 118,118.95
122, 122.80, 118.20, 119.40 BOC 24.35, 24.90, 24.05, 24.75
24.25, 24.85, 24, 24.65 Bombay Burma 37.30, 37.50Bongaigaon R 17.05, 17.70, 17,17.25
17.75, 17.75, 17, 17.45 BPL 28.85, 28.15
28.20, 28.80, 28, 28.20 BPL Engg. 4.15, 4.30
4.10, 4.40, 4.10, 4.30 BSEL Inform. 10, 11.45
12.35, 12.40, 11.50, 11.95 BSL 23, 22.15
21.05, 21.80, 21.05, 21.50 Burrough Wel 238.90, 239.50, 236,237.70
CCamlin 50.50, 53.10, 51Camph.& All 22.95, 22.90, 23.10Canara Bank 82.40, 84.85, 80.25,84.35
81.95, 84.45, 80.10, 83.85 Canfin Homes 29.95, 29.05, 29.85
30, 30.20, 29.05, 29.95 Caprihans(I) 12.55, 12.75, 12.25,12.70Carborundum 110.10, 111
110.95, 111, 110, 110.30 Carrier Air. 87.15CCL Products 18.45, 18.90, 17.90,18.70Ceat 27.50, 27, 27.25
27.35, 27.50, 27.05, 27.30 Centur. Bank 9.70, 9.90, 9.60, 9.75
9.80, 9.85, 9.55, 9.80 Cerebra Inte 5.60, 6, 5.95CESC 17.10, 17.45, 17, 17.05
18.70, 18.70, 16.90, 17.05 CG Igarshi M 41, 41, 36, 36 Chemfab Alk. 20.10, 20.90Chemplast Sa 28, 27.10, 27.60
27.10, 28.85, 27.10, 27.70 Chettinad Ce 40.40Cheviot Co. 38, 46.50, 46.05Chola.Inv&Fi 38.75, 38.50, 38.90
38, 39.20, 38, 39.05 Chowgule Stm 3.80, 3.25Ciba Sp.Chem 103, 108.25, 104.55Cinevistaas 24.35, 25.20, 24, 24.30
25, 25, 24.05, 24.50 City Union B 40, 40.30, 39.10, 40.20
41.20, 41.50, 38.10, 39.95 Clariant (I) 129.20, 128, 132
128, 131, 128, 130 Classic Diam 36.50, 39, 36.25, 37.30Coates (I) 111, 110
110, 110, 110, 110 Cochin Minrl 11.40, 11.80, 11, 11.15Color Chips 5.60, 5.90, 5.30, 5.40
5.60, 5.85, 5.35, 5.45 Colour Chem 224, 229.50, 223,227.15
226, 229.60, 222.30, 226.80 Compucom Sof 19.25, 17.60Compudyne Wi 15.85, 16.20, 15.40
15.55, 17, 15.30, 15.70 Computech In 5.55, 5.65, 5.35, 5.50
5.90, 6, 5.40, 5.60 Cont.Const. 8.25, 8.70, 8.60Control Prnt 22.10, 20.10Core Health. 3.75, 3.90
3.70, 4.05, 3.70, 3.95 Corom. Fert. 65, 65.65, 65, 65.65 Cosmo Ferr. 8.10, 7.95, 8.40Cosmo Films 62.50, 64.50, 62, 62.30
64.50, 64.50, 61.85, 62.20 Creative Eye 10.55, 10.40, 10.50
11.20, 11.20, 10.20, 10.35 Crest Comm. 27.30, 27.65, 26.60,
26.9526.75, 27.90, 26.75, 27.05
CRISIL 256, 269.95, 255.25, 260 Cybertech Sy 9.20, 8.65
9.10, 9.25, 8.65, 8.85
DDaewoo Motor 1.50, 1.45, 1.60Dalmia Cemen 134
134.30, 134.60, 134.30, 134.55 Danlaw Tech. 23.50, 25.50Datapro Inf. 0.80, 0.70, 0.75DCM 6.10, 6.05, 6.55
6.05, 6.95, 6.05, 6.95 DCM Shr.Con 56.50, 56, 56.10
56.50, 57.80, 56.50, 57.05 DCW 10.60, 11, 10.25, 10.30
11.40, 11.40, 10.50, 10.55 Deccan Cem. 33.40, 33.30, 34.40Deepak Fert. 19.20, 19.40, 19.10,19.35
19.30, 19.35, 19, 19.25 Deepak Nitr. 40.10, 42, 39.65Dena Bank 14.30, 15.30, 14.15, 15
14.60, 15.25, 14.20, 14.95 Denso (I) 23.90, 24, 23.30, 23.95Dewan H.Fin. 18.25
18, 18, 17.75, 18 DFM Foods 10.50, 9.75DGP Windsor 3.40, 3.75, 3.50
3.80, 3.80, 3.80, 3.80 Dhampur Sugr 9.50, 10.10, 9.70
9.45, 10.50, 9.40, 9.65 Dhanalak.Bnk 18.50, 19.50, 19.05Dharamsi Mor 5.30, 6, 5.95Dhunseri Tea 13, 13.05Divi’s Lab 235.25, 261, 235, 249.05
235, 260.80, 235, 250.50 Dolphin Off. 12, 11.40, 12DSJ Comm. 0.55, 0.45
0.50, 0.50, 0.45, 0.50 Duphar-Inter 117.25, 119, 117.20
EEicher 27.95, 29.25, 27.30, 29.20
29.25, 29.25, 26.80, 28.10 Eicher Motor 80.90, 82, 80, 81.10
81, 82.15, 80, 81.10 EID Parry 78.25, 82.95
78.55, 80, 78.55, 79.50 EIH Asso.Hot 10.40, 10Eimco Elecon 41.35
44, 44, 41.20, 41.55 Elder Pharma 30.05, 30.50, 30, 30.30
31.45, 31.45, 30.05, 30.20 Elecon Engg. 8.45, 8.40Elect.Kelvin 8.20, 8.30, 7.95, 8.05Electro.Cast 227, 230, 225.30,227.50
226.05, 229.50, 226.05, 228 Elgi Equip 18, 19.10, 19
18.60, 19, 18.30, 18.95 Elgitread (I 164, 165, 160, 161
155, 156.05, 155, 156 Emco 29, 28.05, 28.40Encore Soft 9.95, 10, 9.55, 9.90Eonour Tech. 4.40, 4.80, 4.10Epic Enzymes 5.70, 6.15, 6.10Esab (I) 33.55, 32.75, 33
33, 33.45, 32.65, 32.95 ESI 15.15
14.65, 15.20, 14.55, 14.80 Eskay K’N’It 3, 2.80Essar Oil 4.15, 4.25, 4.10, 4.15 Essar Ship. 5.55, 5.65, 5.40, 5.60Essar Steel 7.80, 8, 7.70, 7.90
7.70, 7.95, 7.70, 7.90 ETC Networks 47.10, 48, 45.10,45.60Eternit Ever 28, 29, 28
28.90, 28.90, 28.90, 28.90 Eurotex Inds 8.85Eveready Ind 11.80, 11.75, 12.10
11.90, 12.10, 11.65, 12.05 Excel Inds. 71, 71.75, 70, 70.70
71, 71.70, 70.10, 70.30
FFAG Bearings 54.70, 55, 53.90, 54
54, 54.25, 53.40, 53.40 FCGL Inds. 1.85FCI OEN Con. 81.40, 82
80, 80.75, 80, 80.75 FCL Techno. 19.55FDC 26.50, 29.25, 28.45
26.20, 28.60, 26.20, 28.30 Fert.&Chem-T 24.10, 25.50
25.05, 25.90, 24.25, 25.45 Finan.Techno 16, 14.50, 14.75First Leasin 17.40, 17.90
17.80, 18.10, 17.60, 18 Flat Product 34.40, 35, 34, 34.80Flex Enginer 8.50, 7.50, 8.25
9.20, 9.20, 8.10, 8.20 Flex Foods 6Flex Inds. 17.45, 17.75
17.80, 18, 17, 17.55 Floatglass 18.10, 19.50
19.20, 19.50, 18.80, 19.50 Forbes Gokak 59.05, 62.50, 58.55,62.20Fortune Info 48, 51.25, 45.55, 49.75Foseco (I) 132.30, 138, 136.10
139, 139, 133.20, 134.85 Frontier Inf 4, 4.30, 3.95, 4.05Fulford (I) 58, 56.50, 56.75Futura Poly. 6, 6.65, 6.40
GGabriel (I) 71.50, 77, 76.75Gammon (I) 115.05, 121.70, 117.05
116, 119, 115, 117.35 Gandhi Sp.Tu 16.70, 16.90
Garden Silk 25.40, 26.10, 25.7526, 26.45, 25.85, 26.05
Garware Poly 31, 27.95, 28.35Garware Wall 20.50, 21, 20.80Gati 33.40, 31.50, 31.85Genesys Intl 43.25, 43.40, 39.50,40.80
43.20, 43.20, 38.20, 39.70 Geodesic Inf 86.70, 83, 86.80George Willi 66.50, 67, 65.65
65, 67.25, 65, 67 GIC Housing 12.25, 12
12.10, 12.15, 11.90, 12 Glenmark Pha 220
203, 225, 203, 217.80 Global Tr.Bk 15.40, 15.45, 14.75,15.15
15.50, 15.50, 14.55, 15.15 GMR Techno. 9.30, 9Goa Carbon 31.50, 30.85Godavri Fert 33.65, 34
34, 34, 33.75, 33.95 Godfrey Phil 309.95, 310, 302, 308 Godrej Cons. 110, 110.50, 109,110.45
110.60, 110.60, 108.60, 109.45 Godrej Inds. 15.35, 15.40, 15, 15.35
14.95, 15.60, 14.95, 15.50 Goetze (I) 20.50, 21.10, 20.40, 21
21, 21.20, 20.30, 21.10 Goldiam Int. 24.75, 25, 24.50, 24.70Goldstn.Tech 32.10, 32.15, 30.10,30.45
32.40, 32.80, 30, 30.30 Goldstn.Tele 10.10, 9.75, 9.80
9.75, 10.10, 9.55, 9.80 Gonter Peip 4.05Goodlass Ner 163.50, 158.20, 158.65
159.75, 160.90, 158.25, 160.90 Goodricke 24, 28.30, 25.10Goodyear (I) 24.60, 25.85, 24.50,25.60Grabal Al.Im 10.70, 12.15, 10.20,10.30Graphite Ind 29.50, 30.30, 29.40,29.65
31.80, 31.80, 29.55, 30 Grauer & Wei 17, 16.55Gravity (I) 5.70, 5.75, 5.60Greaves 11.40, 12, 11.75Grind Norton 103, 99, 101Gruh Finance 16.50, 16.40, 16.50GTC Inds. 5.15, 5.60, 5.10, 5.20
5.80, 5.80, 5.25, 5.40 GTN Textiles 24.45
23.10, 24.20, 23.10, 24.15 Gufic Bio Sc 26.80, 27.50, 25.60Guj.Alkalies 20.60, 21, 20.50, 20.85
21, 21, 20.30, 20.60 Guj.Amb.Exp. 9.50, 10, 9.45, 9.95
9.35, 9.90, 9.35, 9.90 Guj.Apollo E 53, 52, 52.45Guj.Flouroch 62.10, 64.25
66.45, 66.90, 65.50, 66.20 Guj.H.Chem 19.45, 19.90, 19.30,19.80
19.35, 19.80, 19.30, 19.65 Guj.Ind.Pow. 17.70, 18.10, 17.25,18.05
17.85, 18.20, 17.30, 18 Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.35, 3.45, 3.25, 3.30
3.35, 3.45, 3.20, 3.30 Gulf Oil Cor 43.25
HHarr.Malayal 10.25, 10.40, 10.20
9.95, 10.40, 9.95, 10.05 Hathway Bhaw 6.70, 6.95, 6.75Hatsun Agro 69.75Havell’s (I) 117, 115
118, 118, 110, 110.60 Hawkins Cook 22, 23.25, 23.20Hazoor Media 6, 6.25, 5.60, 5.80HBL Nife Pow 39.95, 40, 38.80, 39.15HEG 29, 27.75, 28.65
29.15, 29.15, 28.10, 28.50 Helios & Mat 16, 15.50, 15.90Henkel Spic 18.75, 19.90, 19.15Heritage Fds 43.05, 43.50, 43.40
43.30, 44.75, 43.30, 44 Hikal 98.05, 105.95, 100.15
103.40, 105, 100, 100.95 Himat. Seide 96.10, 102
101, 102, 101, 101.95 Hind.Constn. 63.50, 68.40, 68.35
66, 68.40, 64.25, 68.20 Hind.Inks&Re 264, 287, 263.05,277.65
262, 285.90, 262, 276.40 Hind.Motors 8.40, 8.45, 8.20, 8.25
8.40, 8.50, 8.20, 8.25 Hind.Org.Chm 15.75, 16.10, 15.45,16
16.40, 16.85, 15.45, 16 Hind.Power 30, 30.60, 28.75, 30.10Hind.Sanitar 40.85, 40.90, 40
40, 40.45, 39.85, 39.95 Hind.Spg &Wg 7.90, 7.50Hitachi Home 21, 22.50
21.35, 23, 21.35, 22.65 Honda SIEL P 129, 126
129.75, 129.75, 127, 127 Hotel Leela. 14.60, 14.35, 14.45
14.50, 14.50, 14.30, 14.40
Ii-flex Solu 918.90, 922, 905.10,910.80
920, 922, 907.15, 911.50 IFCI 4.55, 5.10, 4.30, 4.95
4.40, 5.10, 4.35, 5 IL&FS Invt.M 18.90, 16.70Ind.Swift 50, 48.35, 49.05Ind.Swift La 16.40, 15.30, 15.55
16, 16, 15.25, 15.35 India Foils 5, 5.95, 5, 5.05 India Gelat. 8.90, 10.35India Glycol 39.10, 39.40, 38.60, 39India Gypsum 19.70, 19.75, 18.25,18.55
15, 18.75, 15, 18.70 India Nippon 178, 180
178, 181, 178, 181 India Online 4.45, 3.85, 4.20India Polyfi 3.05, 3.25, 2.90, 3.10Indian Card 40, 37.75, 38.25
39, 39, 38, 38 Indian SeamM 9.50, 8.60Indo Gulf Fe 36.10, 36.75, 36, 36.50
36.30, 36.90, 36, 36.75 Indo Mat.Car 70, 66.25, 68Indo Nationl 326, 315.05
325, 341.90, 302.55, 313.55 Indo Rama Sy 30.50, 31.10, 30.25,30.50
30.90, 30.90, 30.10, 30.55 Indraprast.M 11.90, 12, 11.85
12, 12, 11.75, 11.75 Indus.Inv.Tr 17, 16Indusind Bnk 18.50, 19.50, 18.15,18.95
18.50, 19.25, 18.15, 19 ING Vysya Bk 250.05, 251, 248.50,248.70
253.60, 255, 248, 249.30 Insilco 14.05, 14.25, 14, 14.05Inter.Travel 26.50, 25.55, 25.60Invest.Trust 12.30, 13.15, 13Ion Exchange 20.05, 20, 21IP Rings 34.50, 37.50, 36IPCA Lab. 180, 185.50, 184.20
180, 185.50, 180, 183.90 Ispat Inds. 5.10, 5.20, 5.05, 5.15
5.15, 5.30, 5, 5.15 IT & T 16.55, 16.60, 15.90, 16
16.75, 16.75, 15.80, 16.05 ITC Hotels 49, 47
56.95, 56.95, 47.40, 47.60 IVP 18.05, 20.50, 18, 18.75IVRCL Infras 41, 43.95, 43.85
42, 44.10, 42, 43.95
JJagatjit Ind 22, 22.50, 22.40Jagsonpal Ph 85.25, 85
81, 84, 81, 84 Jai Corp 33.10, 33.50, 33.10Jain Irrig. 41, 41.70
40.50, 40.50, 40.50, 40.50 Jain Studios 14.20, 15.20, 14.20,14.40 Jaipan Inds. 10.30, 9.90, 10.30Jay Bh.Marut 24, 27, 24, 27 Jayant Agro 48.30, 49.90, 49.20
48, 48.25, 48, 48.25 Jaypee Hotel 9.80, 9.75Jayshree Tea 31, 31, 31, 31 JBF Inds. 11.90, 10.35, 11JCT 3.60, 3.65, 3.55, 3.60Jenson&Nicho 4.65, 4.95, 4.60, 4.90
5.20, 5.20, 4.50, 4.80 JIK Inds. 27.15, 23.80, 24.80
25.85, 26.50, 22.25, 24.10 Jindal Drill 127.60, 129.05, 129Jindal Iron 86.50, 93.60, 85.25, 92.60
86, 93.75, 85, 92.80 Jindal Photo 25.25, 24.50, 24.75
25.30, 25.30, 24.65, 24.80 Jindal Poly. 108.50, 108.50, 104,105.30 Jindal Strip 157.75, 164.30, 156.65,162.65
157, 163, 156.50, 161.80 JJ Exporters 26JK Corpn. 10.50, 10.60JK Inds. 24, 23.25, 23.50JK Synthetic 2.75, 2.70JMC Projects 16.50, 16.90, 16.05,16.35Jog Engg. 5.60, 6.10Jubilant Org 150.10, 150.90, 147.05,150.20
150.15, 151, 145.05, 147 Jupiter BioS 38.65, 39, 38Jyoti Struct 13.55, 13.25, 13.75
13, 14, 13, 13.75
KKaashyap Rad 1.15, 1.05Kabra Extr 31.05, 32
31.15, 31.15, 31.15, 31.15 Kajaria Cer 20.25, 21.80, 20, 21.75
20, 21.35, 17.60, 20.80 Kakatiya Cem 23
23, 24.75, 23, 24 Kale Consul. 30.50, 29, 29.50
30, 30.40, 29, 29.50 Kalpa.Power 34.50, 35, 34.50
34, 34, 34, 34 Kalyani Shrp 4, 4.30, 4.15
Kalyani Stel 13.85, 13.05, 13.45Karnatak Bnk 60.90, 61.30, 59.50,60.85
61.50, 61.50, 59.50, 60.70 Karur Vysya 182.50, 185.40, 181,184.60
182, 185.75, 180.50, 184.55 KDL Biotech 11.55, 12, 11.50, 11.65
11.50, 12.10, 11.50, 11.75 KEC Inter. 11.80, 12, 11.20, 11.45
11.90, 11.90, 11.25, 11.45 Kerala Ayurv 7.40, 7.50, 7.20, 7.40Kesoram Inds 27.50, 27.90, 27.75
27.70, 27.80, 27.50, 27.60 KG Denim 7.05Khandwala Se 6, 6.30
6.40, 6.40, 6.40, 6.40 Khoday (I) 10Kinetic Eng. 68.10Kinetic Moto 27.90, 28, 27, 27.10Kirloskar Br 96.10, 105, 104.05Kirloskar Oi 60, 58.45, 58.70
61.70, 61.70, 59, 59.05 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.50, 3.60, 3.45, 3.50
3.65, 3.65, 3.45, 3.50 KLG Systel 29, 30.05, 28.45, 28.60
30, 30.25, 28.50, 28.95 Kopran 23.85, 23.05, 23.50
23.80, 24.15, 23.25, 23.50 Kothari Prod 168.75, 168.65, 169.50
170.50, 172.50, 170, 170.45 KPIT Cum.Inf 167.45, 159, 159.70
168, 168, 159, 160.10 Krebs Bioche 88, 97.40, 95.10Krishna Life 1.35, 1.65, 1.50Krone Comm 54, 54.85, 53.75, 54.15KSB Pumps 62, 63.50, 61.20, 62.65
63.70, 63.70, 62, 62.60
LLakhani (I) 95.50, 93, 93.35Lakshmi Au.C 65.50
65.50, 66.70, 65, 66.30 Lakshmi Elec 27.55, 30.50, 30Lanco Inds. 8.70, 9.25, 9.05Landmarc Lei 13.25LCC Infotech 3.35, 3.50, 3.25, 3.45 LG Balkrish 70.50
72, 74.25, 72, 73.65 Liberty Shoe 51.15, 51.75, 51, 51.75 Lloyds Steel 2.05, 1.95, 2
2.05, 2.10, 2, 2.05 Logix Micro. 17.25, 14.05, 14.45Lumax Ind 25.75
26.45, 26.50, 26.45, 26.50 Lyka Labs 24, 25.30, 24.40
24.50, 25.50, 23.60, 24.20
MMaars Soft 11.10, 11.15, 10.25,10.55
11.05, 11.20, 10.30, 10.45 Macmillan (I 140, 142.85, 139,140.85
137.50, 142.95, 137.50, 140.65 Madhav Marb. 13.60, 13.25, 13.55Madhucon Prj 23.85Madras Alum 49.25Madras Cem. 3550, 3480, 3480.05
3520, 3600, 3520, 3550 Madras Fert. 8.05, 8.80, 8.05, 8.30 Madura Coats 39.60, 39.60, 39.30,39.30 Mah.Scooter 62.75, 63.50, 62.50, 63
61.25, 63, 61.25, 63 Mah.Seamless 143.25, 140.05,141.35
141, 142.75, 140, 142 Mahavir Spg. 63.05, 63, 64.30
63, 64.35, 63, 63.45 Mahind.Gesco 12.30, 13.25, 12.50
12.20, 12.95, 12.20, 12.55 Mahindra Ugi 8.90, 8.50
9, 9, 8.35, 8.40 Majestic Aut 29, 30.45, 27.10Malwa Cotton 23.50
22.65, 24, 22.65, 23 Man Inds.(I) 19.50, 20.40, 20.15Mangalam Cem 7.90, 9.30, 8.90
8.50, 8.85, 8.50, 8.85 Manglr.Chem 3.85, 3.40, 3.45Manugraph In 22.55Maral Overs 13.25, 13.20, 13.50
13.20, 13.50, 13.20, 13.45 Mascon Globl 9.65Matrix Lab. 296, 285, 285.35Matsush.Tele 4.15, 4.10, 4.45
4.40, 4.45, 4.30, 4.30 Matsushita L 31.50, 32Medicorp Tec 40.30
42, 42.50, 40.50, 40.75 Mega Corpn. 5.35, 5.45, 4.75Melstar Info 18.80, 17.35, 17.45
18.90, 18.90, 17.35, 17.40 Mercator Lin 24, 23.50, 23.80Metroche.Ind 17.50MICO 3750, 3800
3750, 3840, 3750, 3825 Mid-Day Mul. 13.95, 14.25, 13.50, 14
14.25, 14.25, 13.65, 13.95 Mindteck 18, 17.05Mirza Tanner 30.40, 29.50
30, 30, 29, 29.65 MM Forgings 85.10, 89Mobile Tele 4.25, 4.60Monalisa Inf 0.50, 0.60, 0.55Monnet Ispat 17.80, 18.80, 17.50,18.45Monsanto (I) 498.50, 490, 490.20
496.90, 497.75, 490.05, 494.90 Morarjee Goc 6.75
6.25, 7.15, 6.25, 6.65 Morepen Lab 16.50, 15.55, 15.65
15.95, 16.10, 15.50, 15.65 Morgan Stan 8.65, 8.75, 8.65
8.60, 8.75, 8.60, 8.70 Motherson SS 62.50, 62.75Moving Pictu 5.55Mro-Tek 14.15, 14.45, 14, 14.10
15.30, 15.30, 13.95, 14.05 MRPL 8.75, 9, 8.90
8.75, 9, 8.70, 8.90 Mukand 12.05, 12.50, 11.95, 12.40
12.50, 12.60, 12.05, 12.25 Mukand Engrs 9.50, 8.90, 9.10
8.75, 9.40, 8.75, 9.10 Munjal Auto 31.55, 32.90Munjal Showa 129, 128.05Mys.Cement 6.30, 7
6.85, 6.95, 6.20, 6.75
NNagar.Agrich 14.05, 14.15Nagar.Const. 38.50, 41, 39.65Nagar.Fertil 4.60, 4.75, 4.65
4.70, 4.75, 4.60, 4.65 Nahar Export 18.50, 18.70, 18.65
18.15, 18.70, 18.15, 18.70 Nahar Indl.E 11.50, 11.95, 11.20,11.40Nahar Intl. 4.85, 5.25, 4.55, 5
4.70, 5.85, 4.55, 5.30 Nahar Spg. 67.25, 68.20, 66.85,67.80
67.80, 68.30, 67, 67.30 Narmada C.Pe 12, 12.50, 11.75, 12
12.50, 13, 12.10, 12.35 Narmada Cem. 32.20, 25.95, 27.50Natco Pharma 30.50, 27.05, 29.20
30.65, 31, 29.20, 29.40 Nath Seeds 6.75, 6.40
6.85, 6.95, 6.50, 6.55 National Fer 33, 33.80National Per 495, 491National Ste 6.55, 6.75, 6.55
6.45, 6.90, 6.45, 6.70 Nava Bh.Ferr 40, 41, 39.50, 40.85 Navneet Pub. 117.90, 115
117, 118.50, 113.75, 114.65 NCL Inds. 4.25, 4.40Nelco 28, 27, 27.10
28.25, 28.25, 27.05, 27.40 Neuland Lab. 38.50, 39, 37.30, 37.50NHN Corpn. 8Nilkamal Pls 25.40, 24.10, 24.30
23.55, 24.85, 23.55, 24.15 Noble Explo. 5.55, 5.45, 5.95NOCIL 5.55, 5.75, 5.50, 5.55
5.55, 5.75, 5.50, 5.55 Noida Toll 7, 5.25
6.25, 6.50, 6.25, 6.50 Nova Petro. 44.90, 44.90, 42.60,43.80 Novopan Inds 28.85
32.50, 32.50, 32.50, 32.50 NRB Bearings 53.05, 64.45
63, 64.50, 62.50, 64.50 NRC 6.75, 6.85, 6, 6.20
7.10, 7.10, 6.20, 6.40 Nucleus Soft 76, 77, 74
75.55, 76.50, 73.80, 75.90
OOCL (I) 75.05, 75.65Odyssey Tech 9.40, 9.50, 9, 9.05Oil Country 6.45, 7.50, 7.20
6.95, 7.15, 6.95, 7.10 Omax Autos. 30, 28.80, 28.85
30, 30.30, 28.55, 29 Ondeo Nalco 344, 340Onward Techn 25.20, 26, 24.90,25.10
26.50, 26.50, 24.75, 25 Optel Teleco 5.10, 4.40, 4.50Opto Circuit 33, 33.60, 32.10, 32.50Orbit Multi 0.85Orchid Chem 68.80, 71.20, 70.35
69, 71.05, 68.50, 70.70 Orient Info. 37.50, 37.80, 35.30,35.60
38, 38, 34.55, 35.75 Orient Paper 15.75, 15.10, 15.15
15.40, 15.40, 14.95, 14.95 Oriental Con 14, 13.55, 14.25Oriental Hot 72.10
72.50, 72.50, 72.50, 72.50 Oswal Chem. 3.90, 4
4.50, 4.50, 3.95, 4 OTIS Elevato 320, 320, 320, 320
PPanacea Biot 28.45, 27
27, 27.50, 26.50, 26.60 Pantaloon Re 49.50, 49.75, 46.10,47.55
47.50, 47.90, 45.60, 47.10 Paper Prod. 115.50, 119, 116.25
119, 119, 117, 117.40 Paramount Co 6.25, 6.10, 6.40Parekh Plati 7.70, 7.75, 7.25
7.25, 7.50, 7.20, 7.20 Parry’s Conf 72Patspin (I) 9.75, 10
8.50, 10.15, 8.50, 10 PCS Inds. 17.20, 17.30, 16.60, 16.75Pennar Alum. 2.25, 2.05, 2.10Pentagon Glo 1.75, 2.05, 2Pentasoft Te 7.05, 7.20, 6.70, 6.95
7, 7.15, 6.70, 6.90 Pharmacia He 95
91.25, 94, 91.25, 94 PHIL Corpn. 4.90, 4.40, 4.80
5.30, 5.30, 4.40, 4.85 Philips Glas 13, 14Phillip Carb 16.25, 17.50, 16.25
15.90, 17.15, 15.80, 16.20 Phoenix Lamp 10.50, 10.70, 9.90,10.60Pioneer Embr 21.40, 22.40Plastiblend 34, 33.50PNB Gilts 22.75, 23.35, 23
23.40, 23.40, 22.85, 23 Polyplex 38.90, 39.75, 38, 39.25
38.45, 39.90, 38, 39.45 Porrits&Spen 61.85, 62Praj Ind. 42.50, 40.75
39.15, 42.70, 39.15, 41.60 Precision Wr 19.65
19.90, 19.90, 19.50, 19.75 Premier Auto 2.40, 3.05, 2.95Premier Inst 155, 153, 158
148, 159, 147, 154.40 Premier Tyre 5.50, 6.20Prism Cement 4.25, 4.35, 4.15, 4.25
4, 4.45, 4, 4.30 Pritish Nand 19.40, 18.65, 19
19.25, 19.70, 18.65, 19.20 Priyad.Cemen 8.05
8.05, 8.10, 8.05, 8.10 Prraneta Ind 11.85PSI Data Sys 54.90, 58, 54, 54.20
54, 58, 54, 54.50 PSL 43.10, 43.50, 43, 43.30
35.15, 44, 35.15, 43.30 Pudumjee Pul 18.50Pun.Alkali 9.60, 8.55, 8.80Pun.Chemical 76.20, 81.10, 78.50Pun.Communi. 41.10, 42.55, 41,41.40Pun.Nat.Bank 105.95, 114.10, 112.90
109, 113.90, 107.10, 112.95
RRain Calcing 8.75, 8.20, 8.35
7.25, 8.65, 7.25, 8.35 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 16.15, 17
16.20, 16.85, 16.20, 16.85 Rajesh Exp 57, 58.80
58, 58.30, 58, 58.30 Rajshree Sug 9.80
9.75, 9.90, 9.50, 9.90 Rallis India 58.50, 59.45, 58, 59.10
58, 59.80, 58, 59.45 Rama Newspri 3.35, 2.65, 2.70
3.05, 3.05, 2.60, 2.65 Ramco Inds. 140, 142.90, 137.05,142.80
131, 152, 131, 139.35 Ramco Systm 507, 482.10, 484
503.85, 503.85, 482, 485.05 Rane Brake 129.95, 128Rane Engine 84.50, 84.90, 83, 83 Rane Madras 33, 35.50
33, 34.50, 33, 34.30 Ravalgaon Su 1894, 1898, 1825Rayban Sun O 49.40, 48.40, 48.90Reg.Ceramic 20, 19.80, 20.50
20.10, 20.20, 20.10, 20.20 Rel.Ind.Infr 35.15, 36.75, 36.15Relaxo Footw 16.50, 15.60Revathi Equ. 107.95, 105, 106.70Rico Auto 101.55, 108.45, 101.50,105.50 RPG Cables 6.75, 7.40, 6.55, 6.95
6.70, 6.80, 6.45, 6.65 RPG Life Sci 26.75, 27.65, 26.05,27.50
27.60, 27.60, 26.50, 27.50 RPG Transmi. 4.75, 5.20
4.70, 4.90, 4.70, 4.75 RS Software 25.50, 23.60, 24.45
24.50, 24.80, 23.60, 24.35 Ruchi Soya 32.70, 31.45, 31.95
33.95, 33.95, 31.30, 31.90
SS Kumars Nat 3.60, 4.50, 4.25
3.35, 3.85, 3.25, 3.70 S.I.Bank 39.80, 40, 39.50, 39.90
39.65, 40.35, 39.20, 40 Sabero Org. 4.50, 4.55, 4.15, 4.50
3.60, 4.40, 3.60, 4.25 Saint-Gobain 9.35, 9Sakthi Sugar 5.50, 5.60
5.70, 5.70, 5.65, 5.65 Salora Int. 39.05, 41.55, 40.75
41, 42.75, 39.70, 40.60 Samkrg Pist. 28.15Samtel Color 20.45, 19.95
20, 20.50, 19.90, 19.95 Sandesh Ltd. 103, 103, 101.50,101.50 Sangam (I) 11.05Sanwaria Agr 13.50, 13.05, 13.35Saregama (I) 47.20, 48.55, 48.50
49.10, 49.10, 45.90, 48.55 Satnam Over. 18.30
18.50, 18.50, 18.50, 18.50 Satvah.Ispat 5.65, 5.35Saurash.Cem. 8.20, 8.25, 7.75Savita Chem. 50.60, 52, 51.90
50.05, 55, 50.05, 52.80 SBI Home Fin 7.10, 7.70, 7.10, 7.60 Schenec.Beck 46.50Search Chem. 9.50, 10.35, 10.15
10, 10, 10, 10 Sesa Goa 70, 79.10, 69, 77.10
69.50, 79.20, 69.50, 77.05 Sesha.Paper 31.60
31.30, 33.95, 31.30, 33.20 Sh.Cements 48.55, 49.50, 48.50,49.25
48.10, 50.10, 48.10, 50.05 Sh.Rama Mult 6.60, 7.40, 6.45, 6.75
7.50, 7.50, 6.60, 6.85 Shah Alloys 20.90, 19.70, 20.20Shamken Mult 7.20
6, 7, 6, 7 Shamken Spin 4.05Shanti Gear 75.50Sharyans Res 27.85Shasun Chem. 89.80, 94.45, 89,92.90
87.50, 94.75, 87.20, 93 Shaw Wallace 27.35, 33, 31.95Shirpur Gold 41.85, 39
40.75, 40.90, 40, 40.10 Shrenuj & Co 29.25, 29
29.05, 29.05, 29.05, 29.05 Shriram Inv 15, 15.05, 14.75, 15Shriram Tran 14.50, 14.60, 14.20,14.25
14.20, 14.60, 14.20, 14.40 Silicon Vall 59.70Siltap Che. 41.80, 41, 41.30
41.50, 41.90, 41.35, 41.40 Simbh.Sugar 7.85, 9Simplex Conc 38.40, 27, 29.45Sintex Inds. 32.10, 32
31.55, 32, 31.55, 31.75 Sirpur Paper 36.20, 33.90, 34.90
33.55, 34, 33.25, 33.45 Siyaram Silk 34.05, 35.75Skanska Ceme 190.10, 198, 186.50Snowcem (I) 19, 19.10, 18.40, 18.70
19, 19.45, 18.40, 18.70 Soffia Soft. 16.75, 15.80
17, 17.25, 15.80, 16.15 Softsol (I) 9.05, 9, 9.75Software Tec 11.10
11.75, 11.75, 11, 11.05 Solectron Ce 20, 19.50, 20Solvay Pharm 116Sona Koyo St 64.45, 66.75, 63.50, 66South.Herbal 5.15, 5.25Spel Semicon 2.40, 3.05SPIC 5.15, 5.40, 5.10, 5.15
5.25, 5.25, 5.10, 5.10 SPL 21.10, 21.10, 21.10, 21.10 SQL Star Int 5.60, 5.50, 5.75SREI Int.Fin 8
8.75, 9.45, 8.45, 8.60 SRF 22.80, 22.20, 22.55
22.25, 22.75, 22.20, 22.50 SRF Polymers 17.30, 21.95SRG Infotech 0.95, 0.80
0.90, 0.90, 0.80, 0.80 Sri Adhikari 53.50, 54.65, 52.50,53.20
53, 54.80, 52, 53.35 State Bnk Bi 567.95, 568, 556.50,565State Bnk My 478, 479.75, 479.30State Bnk Tr 460, 466, 455.10,464.55Std.Indust. 5, 4.60, 4.65
4.80, 5, 4.55, 4.65 Sterl.Inds. 161, 162, 160.65, 161.50Sterl.Tools 36.10, 35.25Stl.Strips W 9.40, 9.55Su-raj Diamn 12.25, 11.80, 11.95
12.25, 12.25, 11.60, 12 Suashish Dia 18.20, 18.65, 18.60Subex System 98.50, 107.90, 96.50,104.90Subros 28, 27.50Sulzer (I) 99.75, 108Sun Earth Ce 2.75, 2.95, 2.50, 2.65Sundaram Cla 184, 194.15, 184,193.60 Sundaram Fst 336, 332.50
337, 339, 335, 337 Sunflag Iron 4.85, 4.60, 4.80Super Spin. 56Supreme Inds 82.10, 83.50, 81,81.60
82.55, 84, 75.05, 79.55 Supreme Petr 7.95, 8.20, 7.75, 8.05
8.05, 8.05, 7.85, 8 Surana Tele 12.80, 13.45, 12.75, 13
13.25, 13.80, 13.25, 13.60 Surat Elec. 69.90, 69Surya Roshni 12.65, 12.25, 12.40
12.50, 12.50, 12.10, 12.40 Sutlej Inds. 41.45, 41.95, 41.45,41.95 Suven Pharma 119Swaraj Engin 182, 183, 182.75
183.80, 183.80, 183.80, 183.80 Swaraj Mazda 80, 81
80, 81.50, 79.75, 80.85
As on 07/04/2003Alliance Mutual Fund 95 (D) 26.79 27.33 26.7995 (G) 48.35 49.32 48.35Basic Inds.(D) 12.50 12.75 12.50Basic Inds.(G) 12.51 12.76 12.51Buy India (D) 4.35 4.44 4.35Buy India (G) 4.35 4.44 4.35Capital Tax Relief’96 56.02 56.58 56.02Cash Manager (G) 14.85 14.85 14.85Equity (D) 14.46 14.75 14.46Equity (G) 26.12 26.64 26.12Frontline Eq(D) 10.52 10.73 10.52Frontline Eq(G) 10.53 10.74 10.53G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.35 11.35 11.35G-Sec Long Term (G) 16.88 16.88 16.88G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.15 10.15 10.15G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.78 13.78 13.78Income (D) 10.88 10.88 10.88Income (G) 21.33 21.33 21.33Income 54EA (D) 10.89 10.89 10.89Income 54EA (G) 21.33 21.33 21.33Income 54EB (D) 10.90 10.90 10.90Income 54EB (G) 21.19 21.19 21.19Income Q’ly (D) 10.55 10.55 10.55Monthly Income (G) 16.84 16.84 16.84Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.31 10.31 10.31Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.39 10.39 10.39New Millennium (D) 3.93 4.01 3.93New Millennium (G) 3.94 4.02 3.94Short Term (D) 10.07 10.07 10.07Short Term (G) 10.72 10.72 10.72Benchmark Mutual Fund Nifty BeES 103.84 — —Nifty Junior BeES 136.39 — —Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Advantage (A) 24.12 24.36 24.12Advantage (B) 24.12 24.36 24.12Balanced (D) 9.09 9.18 9.09Balanced (G) 9.09 9.18 9.09Bond Plus (D) 10.46 10.46 10.46Bond Plus (G) 11.13 11.13 11.13Cash Plus (G) 16.30 16.30 16.30Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.80 10.80 10.80Dividend Yield Plus(D) 10.19 10.19 10.19Dividend Yield Plus(G) 10.19 10.19 10.19Equity 12.84 12.84 12.84FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.51 10.51 10.51FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.51 10.51 10.51FMP Long Term - A (D) 11.05 11.05 11.05FMP Long Term - A (G) 11.05 11.05 11.05FMP Long Term - E (G) 10.88 10.88 10.88FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.95 10.95 10.95FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.17 11.17 11.17FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.64 10.64 10.64Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.30 11.30 11.30Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.41 17.41 17.41Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 11.64 11.64 11.64Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.15 19.15 19.15Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.46 10.46 10.46Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.70 14.70 14.70IT A (D-Payout) 11.20 11.31 11.20IT A (D-Reinv) 11.20 11.31 11.20IT B (G) 13.03 13.16 13.03Income Plus (A-D) 10.56 10.56 10.56Income Plus (B-G) 26.03 26.03 26.03Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.10 26.10 26.10Income Plus Instnl. A(D) 26.10 26.10 26.10Index Fund (D) 10.58 10.63 10.58Index Fund(G) 10.58 10.63 10.58MIP A (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53MIP B (G-Payout) 13.39 13.39 13.39MIP C (G-Payout) 13.39 13.39 13.39MNC A (D-Payout) 22.21 22.43 22.21MNC A (D-Reinv) 22.21 22.43 22.21MNC B (G) 27.82 28.10 27.82Midcap (D) 9.90 10.00 9.90Midcap (G) 10.42 10.52 10.42Sweep Plan (G) 10.19 10.19 10.19Canbank Mutual Fund Cancigo 11.05 11.05 11.05Cancigo (G) 11.72 11.72 11.72Cangilt PGS (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48Cangilt PGS (G) 15.99 15.99 15.99Canincome (B) 10.26 10.26 10.26Canincome (I) 10.26 10.26 10.26Canincome(G) 10.56 10.56 10.56Canliquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Canliquid (G) 10.93 10.93 10.93Chola Mutual Fund FMP Q’ly (D) 10.01 10.01 9.96FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.63 10.63 10.63FMP Y’ly (D) 10.02 10.02 9.82Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly) 10.95 10.95 10.95Freedom Income (C) 17.31 17.31 17.31Freedom Income (R) 10.10 10.10 10.10Freedom Tech.(Cum) 8.50 8.67 8.50Freedom Tech.(Reg) 5.39 5.50 5.39Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.62 15.62 15.62Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.28 10.28 10.28Gilt Series (Cum) 13.14 13.40 13.01Gilt Series (Reg) 13.14 13.40 13.01Growth (Cum) 12.66 12.91 12.66Growth (Reg) 10.61 10.82 10.61Liquid Instl. Cum 10.08 10.08 10.08Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.68 10.68 10.68Lq. (Cum) 12.20 12.20 12.20Lq. (Reg) 11.31 11.31 11.31Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.80 11.80 11.80Triple Ace (B) 11.77 11.77 11.77Triple Ace (Cum) 21.18 21.18 21.18Triple Ace (Reg) 11.33 11.33 11.33Deutsche Mutual Fund Alpha Equity 9.72 9.87 9.72Insta Cash Plus 10.12 10.12 10.12Premier Bond (Reg) 10.02 10.02 9.97Premier Bond Instt. 10.03 10.03 10.03Short Maturity Fund 10.10 10.10 10.10DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.33 9.33 9.19Balanced (G) 10.43 10.43 10.27Bond (D) 11.75 11.75 11.75Bond (G) 21.24 21.24 21.24Bond Fund Inst. 10.21 10.21 10.21Equity 13.71 13.98 13.71Govt.Sec. (A-D) 12.73 12.73 12.72Govt.Sec. (A-G) 19.51 19.51 19.50
Govt.Sec. (B-D) 10.85 10.85 10.85Govt.Sec. (B-G) 13.87 13.87 13.87Liquidity (D) 12.41 12.41 12.41Liquidity (G) 14.73 14.73 14.73Opportunities 8.66 8.83 8.66Savings Plus 10.05 10.05 10.05Short Term 10.44 10.44 10.44Technology.Com 4.46 4.55 4.46Top 100 10.05 10.25 10.05Escorts Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 11.93 12.08 11.93Balanced (G) 13.19 13.35 13.19Gilt (D) 11.77 11.77 11.77Gilt (G) 12.87 12.87 12.87Growth (G) 12.38 12.57 12.38Growth (D) 11.33 11.50 11.33Income (D) 10.49 10.49 10.49Income (G) 18.20 18.20 18.20Income Bond (D) 9.55 9.55 9.55Income Bond (G) 11.31 11.31 11.31Opportunities (D) 10.65 10.65 10.65Opportunities (G) 12.28 12.28 12.28Tax (D) 10.08 10.08 —Tax (G) 10.08 10.08 —First India Mutual Fund Gilt 10.80 10.80 10.80Growth 10.31 10.52 10.31Income 10.78 10.78 10.78Income Fund (D) 10.32 10.32 10.32Liquid (D) 10.31 10.31 10.31Liquid (G) 10.80 10.80 10.80Short Term 10.42 10.42 10.42Short Term (D) 10.21 10.21 10.21Tax Gain 35.56 36.27 35.56Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Franklin Balanced(D) 10.23 10.38 10.23Franklin Balanced(G) 10.66 10.82 10.66Franklin Growth 5.59 5.70 5.59Franklin Index 7.88 7.95 7.88Franklin Index Tax 8.05 8.13 8.05T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.12 10.12 10.07T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.86 10.86 10.80T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.85 10.85 10.85T G Sec (D) 11.50 11.50 11.44T G Sec (G) 20.29 20.29 20.19T G Sec Tr (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48T G Sec Tr (G) 11.36 11.36 11.36T Income (D) 11.12 11.12 11.07T Income (G) 22.02 22.02 21.91T India Growth 12.99 13.25 12.99T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (G) 15.00 15.00 15.00T Liquid Plus 11.30 11.30 11.30T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Monthly Income (G) 13.41 13.41 13.34T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.38 10.38 10.33T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.29 10.29 10.23T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.21 10.21 10.16GIC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.35 10.56 10.25D’Mat 7.75 7.91 7.75Debt (G) 10.46 10.46 10.46Fortune 94 6.91 7.05 6.91G Plus II 10.27 10.48 10.17Gilt (G) 10.36 10.36 10.36Liquid (G) 10.74 10.74 10.74HDFC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.56 10.72 10.56Childrens Gift-Invst. 12.08 12.20 12.08Childrens Gift-Savings 12.87 12.99 12.87FRI-(L) 10.12 10.12 10.12FRI-(S) 10.13 10.13 10.13Gilt Long Term (D) 10.49 10.49 10.49Gilt Long Term (G) 13.88 13.88 13.88Gilt Short Term (D) 10.12 10.12 10.12Gilt Short Term (G) 11.60 11.60 11.60Growth 8.66 8.83 8.66Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 10.38 10.38 10.27Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 32.29 32.29 31.97Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 33.23 33.23 32.90Income (D) 10.78 10.78 10.78Income (G) 14.56 14.56 14.56Income Premium Plus (D) 10.78 10.78 10.78Income Premium Plus (G) 14.57 14.57 14.57Income-Premium (D) 10.78 10.78 10.78Income-Premium (G) 14.57 14.57 14.57Liquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Liquid (G) 12.04 12.04 12.04Liquid-Premium (D) 11.90 11.90 11.90Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.90 11.90 11.90Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.04 12.04 12.04Liquid-Premium(G) 12.04 12.04 12.04Short Term (D) 10.09 10.09 10.06Short Term (G) 10.92 10.92 10.90Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.78 10.09 —Short Term-Prem.(G) 10.93 10.92 —Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.78 10.09 —Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 10.93 10.92 —Tax 2000 (D) 11.13 11.35 11.13Tax 2000 (G) 13.74 14.02 13.74HSBC Mutual Fund Cash Fund 10.20 10.20 10.20Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 10.19 10.19Equity 10.69 10.90 10.69Equity - (D) 10.69 10.90 10.69Income-Invest. 10.39 10.39 10.39Income-Invest. (D) 10.16 10.16 10.16Income-Short 10.21 10.21 10.21Income-Short Term (D) 10.07 10.07 10.07Inst. Income Invst. (D) 10.40 10.40 10.40Inst. Income-Invst. 10.40 10.40 10.40Inst. Income-STP 10.21 10.21 10.21Inst.Income Short Term(D) 10.21 10.21 10.21ICICI Prudential Life Insurance L.Link Balancer 12.14 — —L.Link Maximiser(G) 11.34 — —L.Link Pension Balancer 11.20 — —L.Link Pension Max.(G) 11.07 — —L.Link Pension Protec.(I) 11.37 — —L.Link Protector (I) 12.70 — —L.Time Balancer 12.14 — —L.Time Maximiser (G) 11.34 — —L.Time Pension Balancer 11.20 — —L.Time Pension Max.(G) 11.07 — —L.Time Pension Prot.(I) 11.37 — —L.Time Protector (I) 12.70 — —IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 10.29 10.49 10.29Balanced (G) 10.19 10.38 10.19Benefit Debt (QD) 10.32 10.32 10.16Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 10.78 10.78 10.62Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.31 10.31 10.16
Benefit Fund Debt(G) 10.77 10.77 10.61Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 11.95 11.95 11.95Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.73 11.73 11.73Child (CB) 16.83 17.15 16.33Child (FG) 16.61 16.93 16.11Deposit-54 EA 15.07 15.07 15.07Deposit-54 EB 15.07 15.07 15.07Equity (D) 10.01 10.20 10.01Equity (G) 9.50 9.68 9.50Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.26 11.26 11.26Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.23 11.23 11.23Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.30 13.30 13.30Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.86 11.86 11.86Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.37 10.37 10.37Growth (D) 10.13 10.32 10.13Growth (G) 10.18 10.37 10.18Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.77 10.77 10.72Income (D-Q’ly) 10.74 10.74 10.68Income (G) 14.34 14.34 14.27Index 7.99 8.07 7.99M’ly Income(G) 11.22 11.22 11.17M’ly Income(MD) 10.44 10.44 10.38M’ly Income(QD) 10.44 10.44 10.39PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.02 10.42 9.83PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.02 10.42 9.83Short Term (D) 10.15 10.15 10.12Short Term (G) 10.77 10.77 10.74Tax Savings 14.49 14.78 14.49IL&FS Mutual Fund Bond (B) 10.63 10.63 10.63Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.94 10.94 10.94Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.57 11.57 11.57Bond (G) 15.95 15.95 15.95Bond Short Term (D) 10.26 10.26 10.26Bond Short Term (G) 10.96 10.96 10.96Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 10.96 10.96 10.96Bond-Institutional (G) 15.95 15.95 15.95E-Com (D) 2.71 2.76 2.71E-Com (G) 2.71 2.76 2.71Gilt Long Term (D) 11.47 11.47 11.47Gilt Long Term (G) 12.50 12.50 12.50Gilt Short Term (D) 11.09 11.09 11.09Gilt Short Term (G) 11.69 11.69 11.69Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.71 10.92 10.71Growth & Value (G) 11.97 12.21 11.97Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.48 9.67 9.48Index BSE Sensex 9.03 9.12 9.03Index Nifty 9.00 9.09 9.00Liquid Account Call 10.64 10.64 10.64Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Lq. A/c (G) 11.24 11.24 11.24ING Mutual Fund Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.51 6.61 6.51Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.51 6.61 6.51Capital Portfolio 10.88 10.88 10.88Gilt Portfolio 10.50 10.50 10.50Growth Portfolio (D) 5.84 5.96 5.84Growth Portfolio (G) 6.98 7.12 6.98Income Portfolio (G) 15.61 15.61 15.61Income Portfolio (I) 10.27 10.27 10.27Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.27 10.27 10.27Income Short Term 10.45 10.45 10.45Invst. Portfolio 8.86 9.04 8.86Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.75 10.75 10.75Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.82 12.82 12.82Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund K Bond Whole.(B) 10.57 10.57 10.57K-30 (D) 12.16 12.38 12.16K-30 (G) 12.15 12.37 12.15K-Balance 10.42 10.60 10.42K-Bond Depo(D) 10.90 10.90 10.90K-Bond Depo(G) 15.53 15.53 15.53K-Bond Institutional (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70K-Bond Institutional (G) 15.85 15.85 15.85K-Bond Short Term (D) 10.20 10.20 10.20K-Bond Short Term (G) 10.76 10.76 10.76K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly) 11.32 11.32 11.32K-Bond Whole(D) 10.71 10.71 10.71K-Bond Whole(G) 15.86 15.86 15.86K-Gilt Invst. (D) 10.90 10.90 10.90K-Gilt Invst. (G) 19.80 19.80 19.80K-Gilt Savings (D) 10.56 10.56 10.56K-Gilt Savings (G) 14.96 14.96 14.96K-Gilt Serial 03 (D) 10.38 10.38 10.38K-Gilt Serial 03 (G) 14.05 14.05 14.05K-Gilt Serial 05 (D) 11.28 11.28 11.28K-Gilt Serial 05 (G) 13.80 13.80 13.80K-Gilt Serial 07 (D) 12.26 12.26 12.26K-Gilt Serial 07 (G) 16.17 16.17 16.17K-Gilt Serial 11 (G) 14.97 14.97 14.97K-Gilt Serial 13 (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83K-Gilt Serial 13 (G) 16.09 16.09 16.09K-Gilt Serial 19 (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70K-Gilt Serial 19 (G) 15.54 15.54 15.54K-Liquid (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid (G) 12.10 12.10 12.10K-Liquid Instnl.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid Instnl.(G) 12.11 12.11 12.11K-MNC 7.33 7.46 7.33K-Tech 3.04 3.10 3.04LIC Mutual Fund Bond (D) 11.15 11.15 11.15Bond (G) 16.80 16.80 16.80Children’s Fund 11.47 11.47 11.47Dhanaraksha 89 11.06 11.17 10.72Dhanasahayog A 8.27 8.35 8.11Dhanasahayog B 8.27 8.35 8.11Dhanasahayog C 18.18 18.36 17.81Dhansmriddhi 2.34 2.36 2.34Equity Fund 6.03 6.03 6.03Govt.Sec. (D) 11.32 11.32 11.32Govt.Sec. (G) 16.15 16.15 16.15Index Nifty 9.61 9.71 9.61Index Sensex 9.63 9.73 9.63Index Sensex Adv. 9.65 9.75 9.65Liquid (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58Liquid (G) 10.75 10.75 10.75Tax 7.44 7.59 7.44Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.03 9.23 9.03Balanced (G) 9.77 9.99 9.77Child Care Gift 11.20 11.48 10.92Child Care Study 11.62 11.79 11.33Dynamic Plan 10.88 11.13 10.88FMCG (D) 6.90 7.06 6.90FMCG (G) 7.53 7.70 7.53FMP - D-Y’ly 10.86 10.86 10.64FMP - Half Y’ly 11.92 11.92 11.80FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.90 10.90 10.79FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.60 10.60 10.50FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.44 11.44 11.33FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.68 10.68 10.63
FMP - Q’ly (G) 11.93 11.93 11.87FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.77 11.77 11.71FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.62 10.62 10.56FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.52 10.52 10.47FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.74 11.74 11.68FMP - Y’ly 11.99 11.99 11.75FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.79 11.79 11.56FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.70 10.70 10.49FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.52 11.52 11.29FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.17 11.17 10.95FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.87 10.87 10.65FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.67 10.67 10.45FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.68 10.68 10.63FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.04 10.04 9.84FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.04 10.04 9.84FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.32 10.32 10.12Flexible Income 11.00 11.00 11.00Floating Rate 10.01 10.01 10.01Gilt Invst. (D) 11.90 11.90 11.90Gilt Invst. (G) 18.44 18.44 18.44Gilt Treasury (D) 10.86 10.86 10.86Gilt Treasury (G) 14.55 14.55 14.55Growth (D) 9.35 9.56 9.35Growth (G) 19.24 19.67 19.24Index 8.80 8.80 8.80Long Term 11.51 11.51 11.51MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.35 10.35 10.35MIP - Cum. 12.84 12.84 12.84MIP - Half Y’ly 10.39 10.39 10.39MIP - Q’ly 10.43 10.43 10.43Power 14.00 14.32 14.00Power (D) 11.23 11.48 11.23SPICE 32.17 32.17 32.17Short Term 11.27 11.27 11.27Short Term (D) 10.56 10.56 10.56Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.80 10.80 10.80Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.80 10.80 10.80Sweep 10.56 10.56 10.56Tax (D) 8.98 9.18 8.98Tax (G) 12.31 12.59 12.31Technology 2.87 2.93 2.87Reliance Mutual Fund Growth (D) 20.79 21.21 20.79Growth (G) 30.53 31.14 30.53Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.96 10.96 10.96Income (D-M’ly) 10.98 10.98 10.98Income (D-Y’ly) 10.74 10.74 10.74Income (G) 18.87 18.87 18.87Income Growth (B) 11.11 11.11 11.11Income Q’ly (D) 11.01 11.01 11.01Liquid - Cash (G) 10.74 10.74 10.74Liquid - Treasury (GG) 14.68 14.68 14.68Liquid Super Cash(G) 10.35 10.35 10.35Liquid Tresury (GB) 10.49 10.49 10.49Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.35 10.35 10.35Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.55 10.55 10.50Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.49 10.49 10.44Medium Term Fund(G) 13.30 13.30 13.24Short Term 10.19 10.19 10.19Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.12 10.12 10.12Vision 27.86 28.42 27.86Vision (D) 24.81 25.31 24.81SBI Mutual Fund Income Fund (B) 11.46 11.46 11.46MSFU Contra 10.53 10.71 10.53MSFU FMCG 5.58 5.68 5.58MSFU IT 5.52 5.62 5.52MSFU Pharma 8.28 8.42 8.28Magnum (G) 8.61 — —Magnum Balance 9.41 9.57 9.41Magnum Child’s Benefit 11.05 11.19 10.72Magnum Equity 8.12 8.26 8.12Magnum Gilt LT(D) 10.35 10.35 10.35Magnum Gilt LT(G) 14.71 14.71 14.71Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.14 10.14 10.14Magnum Gilt ST(G) 12.53 12.53 12.53Magnum Global 7.03 7.15 6.89Magnum IC (Cash) 13.57 13.57 13.57Magnum IC (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52Magnum Income (D) 10.37 10.37 10.37Magnum Income (G) 17.19 17.19 17.19Magnum Index 9.40 9.49 9.40Magnum Insta Cash S.Term 10.35 10.35 10.35Magnum M’ly In.(D-M’ly) 10.13 10.13 10.13Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.08 10.08 10.08Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 10.10 10.10 10.10Magnum M’ly In.(G) 11.90 11.90 11.90Magnum Mult. Plus 93 7.60 7.73 7.60Magnum Tax Gain 11.56 11.76 11.56Sundaram Mutual Fund Balanced (App) 10.47 10.63 10.47Balanced (D) 10.47 10.63 10.47Bond Saver (App) 19.95 19.95 19.95Bond Saver (B) 10.50 10.50 10.50Bond Saver (D) 10.77 10.77 10.77Gilt (App) 11.75 11.75 11.75Gilt (D) 10.25 10.25 10.25Growth 10.62 10.83 10.62Growth (G) 12.64 12.89 12.64Income Plus - App 10.80 10.80 10.80Income Plus - Div 10.56 10.56 10.56Money (App) 12.67 12.67 12.67Money (D) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.19 10.19 10.19Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.07 10.07 10.07Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt DAP (App) 11.03 11.03 11.03Select Debt DAP (HYD) 11.02 11.02 11.02Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.72 10.72 10.72Select Debt DAP (YD) 11.02 11.02 11.02Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.11 10.11 10.11Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.31 10.31 10.31Select Debt STAP (App) 10.47 10.47 10.47Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.47 10.47 10.47Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.27 10.27 10.27Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.47 10.47 10.47Select Focus 11.41 11.64 11.41Select Focus (G) 11.41 11.64 11.41Select Mid Cap 10.39 10.60 10.39Select Midcap (G) 10.39 10.60 10.39Tax Saver 8.84 8.84 8.84Sun F&C Mutual Fund Balanced (G) 6.85 6.95 6.85Bond (G) 18.63 18.63 18.63Bond (I) 10.92 10.92 10.92Emerging Tech.(G) 3.04 3.10 3.04FIS-Intl. Plan 10.32 10.32 10.32
FIS-Long Term 11.28 11.28 11.28FIS-Medium Term 10.76 10.76 10.76FIS-Short Term 10.61 10.61 10.61FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.05 — 9.97FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.85 — 10.77FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.57 10.57 10.48FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.06 — 9.96FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.69 — 10.58FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.61 — 10.50FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.63 — 10.31FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 10.89 — 10.56FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.68 — 10.36FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.34 — 10.03FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 10.94 — 10.61M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.21 10.21 10.21M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.14 10.14 10.14M’ly Income (G) 12.90 12.90 12.90MVB (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74MVB (G) 17.22 17.22 17.22MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00MVL (Dp) 10.86 10.86 10.86MVL (Np) 14.09 14.09 14.09Personal Tax Saver 43.94 43.94 43.94Resurgent (I) Equity 13.21 13.47 13.21Value (D) 8.52 8.69 8.52Value (G) 16.77 17.11 16.77Tata Mutual Fund Balanced 13.81 14.05 13.81Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 8.01 8.15 8.01Equity Opp.(Regular) 8.97 9.12 8.97Fixed Horizon Annual 1 (R 10.02 10.02 9.72Fixed Horizon Annual 1 Re 10.04 10.04 9.74Gilt Sec. (App) 19.88 19.88 19.88Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.63 12.63 12.63Gilt Short Muturity (A) 10.00 10.00 10.00Horizon Qtrly (I) App. 10.13 10.13 10.03Income (App) 20.00 20.00 19.90Income (D-App) 11.55 11.55 11.49Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.44 10.44 10.39Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.33 10.33 10.23Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.32 10.32 10.21Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.33 10.33 10.33Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.33 10.33 10.33Index Fund - Sensex 9.79 9.88 9.79Index Fund - Sensex 9.79 9.79 9.79Index Fund-Nifty A 9.77 9.87 9.77Index Fund-Nifty B 9.75 9.75 9.75Life Science & Tech. 8.44 8.58 8.44Liquid (App) 14.04 14.04 14.04Liquid (Reg) 11.11 11.11 11.11Liquid High Invest (A) 10.06 10.06 10.06M’ly Income 10.75 10.75 10.69Pure Equity 9.44 9.60 9.44Select Sector 7.67 7.81 7.67Short Term Bond (App) 10.57 10.57 10.57Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.55 10.55 10.55Tax Savfund 10.80 10.99 10.80Young Citizen’s 10.62 10.77 10.30Taurus Mutual Fund Bonanza Ex.(G) 10.32 10.50 10.29Discovery Stock 3.65 3.71 3.64Libra Bond (D) 11.04 11.04 11.01Libra Bond (G) 11.37 11.37 11.34Libra Gilt (D) 11.22 11.22 11.19Libra Gilt (G) 11.55 11.55 11.52Libra Tax Shield 8.33 8.33 8.33The Starshare 5.79 5.89 5.78UTI Mutual Fund Bond (G) 17.62 17.62 17.53Bond (I) 10.96 10.96 10.91Brand Value 7.74 7.74 7.59CCP 12.81 12.81 12.30CRTS 92.28 92.28 89.51Equity Tax Savings 10.64 10.64 10.53G-Sec (G) 16.34 16.34 16.34G-Sec (I) 10.90 10.90 10.90Grandmaster 93 9.09 9.09 8.91Index Select Eq. 13.17 13.43 13.17Mahila Unit Scheme 12.31 12.31 11.94Master Growth-1993 13.95 13.95 13.67Master Index 9.87 9.87 9.82Mastergain 92 9.61 9.61 9.42Masterplus 91 16.36 16.36 16.03Money Market (G) 17.00 17.00 17.00Money Market (In) 16.89 16.89 16.89Nifty Index 6.32 6.32 6.29PEF 12.45 12.70 12.45Petro 12.82 12.82 12.56Pharma & Healthcare 9.55 9.55 9.36RBP 1994 18.04 18.40 17.14Regular Income 10.24 10.24 10.19Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.43 10.43 10.38Service 13.69 13.69 13.42Software 7.37 7.37 7.22UGS 10000 9.92 10.12 9.92ULIP 12.55 12.55 12.36US 2002 5.81 5.81 5.72US 95 (G) 18.97 18.97 18.59US 95 (I) 11.98 11.98 11.74Variable Invt.(ILS) 10.01 10.13 10.01Zurich India Mutual Fund Capital Builder (D) 9.07 9.25 9.07Capital Builder (G) 10.60 10.81 10.60Equity (D) 12.97 13.23 12.97Equity (G) 23.74 24.21 23.74High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.68 11.68 11.68High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.42 11.42 11.42High Int. (D-Y’ly) 12.05 12.05 12.05High Int. (G) 21.36 21.36 21.36High Int. Stp (D) 10.46 10.46 10.46High Int. Stp (G) 11.01 11.01 11.01Liquidity - Call (Dd) 10.43 10.43 10.43Liquidity - Call (G) 10.63 10.63 10.63Liquidity - IP(D) 11.42 11.42 11.42Liquidity - IP(G) 13.17 13.17 13.17Liquidity - SP(D-W’ly) 10.63 10.63 10.63Liquidity - SP(G) 12.55 12.55 12.55Liquidity - Sp(D-D’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64Prudence (D) 14.60 14.89 14.60Prudence (G) 25.12 25.62 25.12Sovereign Gilt - IP(D) 11.15 11.15 11.15Sovereign Gilt - IP(G) 14.36 14.36 14.36Sovereign Gilt - PP(D) 11.24 11.24 11.24Sovereign Gilt - PP(G) 15.80 15.80 15.80Sovereign Gilt - SP(D) 10.95 10.95 10.95Sovereign Gilt - SP(G) 12.46 12.46 12.46Tax Saver (D) 15.80 16.12 15.80Tax Saver (G) 19.90 20.30 19.90Top 200 (D) 12.00 12.24 12.00Top 200 (G) 17.61 17.96 17.61International Funds (Last Traded) Franklin Intl. 9.94 9.94 9.89
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Sensex dips by 40 ptsMumbai: The Sensex snapped the five-session long winning streakand dropped by about 40 points at close as a result of a sharp slidein technology stocks on the stock exchange here on Tuesday due toprofit booking by operators as well as retail investors. Speculatorsand public investors were believed to have sold off a sizable chunkof their holdings in key IT stocks ahead of the announcement offourth quarter working results by major software companies likeMastek and Infosys Technologies within the next couple of days.The BSE benchmark 30-share index opened substantially lower at3205.92 and gradually moved downwards below 3200-level to end at3174.86 as against Monday’s close of 3215.24, netting a loss of 40.38points. The broad-based BSE-100 index also fell by 16.15 points to1573.95 from previous close of 1590.10. Commenting on the consis-tent upsurge in stocks in the last five sessions, brokers said Indianbourses have withstood adverse global situation arising out of thebreak-out of war in the Gulf and largely attributed the long rallyto continued net investments by FIIs.PTI
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Bracewell, Rixon in line: FormerNew Zealand off-spinner JohnBracewell is among the candidatesto become Sri Lanka’s new cricketcoach, but no final decision has beentaken, the chief of the cricket boardsaid on Tuesday. “We are talking toseveral people and that includesBracewell,” said Anura Tennakoon,chief executive of the Board of Con-trol for Cricket in Sri Lanka. Otherknown candidates include formerAustralian wicketkeeper Steve Rixon.Rixon, 49, coached the New Zealandteam from 1996 to 1999, then re-turned to Sydney for a second stintas coach of the New South Walesteam. AP
McGrath plans to play in finaltwo Tests: Paceman Glenn Mc-Grath plans to rejoin the Australianteam in the West Indies before the fi-nal two Tests of the four-Test series,the ACB said on Tuesday. McGrathreturned home last week from theWest Indies after his wife had beendiagnosed with a secondary cancerinfection in her hip. It was her secondbattle against cancer in six years.Jane McGrath is undergoing furthertreatment which is expected to leadto a full recovery. Subject to hiswife’s health, McGrath plans to flyback to the West Indies on April 21,the ACB said in a statement. AFP
King turns down Windiescoaching job: Australian BennettKing will continue in his role as Aus-tralian Cricket Academy head coachand not take up an offer to coach theWest Indies cricket team, the Aus-tralian Cricket Board said on Tues-day. King was keen to continue asacademy coach in Adelaide and hadadvised the West Indies CricketBoard (WICB) and the ACB of his de-cision, the ACB said in a statement.The West Indies coaching positionbecomes available on July 1 andKing advised the ACB that he hadspoken to the WICB about the posi-tion. King was angered and embar-rassed last week when the WICB an-nounced that the job was his and themedia had been informed. AFP
A tailor takes measurements onBangladeshi batsman Mehrab Hos-sain at Banghabandhu Stadium inDhaka on Tuesday. Bangladesh isto play a tri-nation tournamentagainst India and South Africa fromApril 11 in Dhaka.
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SPORTS DIGEST
We’ve got to stop this menace.So we’re pressing the
federations for strict action against the guilty
IOA secretary-general Randhir Singh
GOLFUS Masters, 2003
WinnerT Woods 6/4
E Els 8/1D Love III 12/1
P Mickelson 20/1J Furyk 25/1
P Harrington 25/1R Goosen 25/1C DiMarco 33/1
As per Ladbrokes.com
BETTING METER
One out, Pandora’sbox yet to open
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The doping controversyclaimed its first victim on Tuesdayas Laxman Singh, a bronze medal-list in rowing, was banned for life bythe Rowing Federation of India.
Randhir Singh, secretary-generalof the Indian Olympic Association,told reporters that the ban was in‘‘accordance with the InternationalRowing Federation rules, whichbans offenders for life’’.
Confirming the Times News Network reports on the doping issuehe said 13 medal winners were among 22 athletes who hadtested positive for performance-en-hancing substances during the Dec 13-22 National Games in Hyderabad last year.
Randhir Singh, who is also amember of the InternationalOlympic Committee’s anti-dopingcommission (WADA), revealed thatfive gold medalists, four silvermedalists and four bronze medalistswere among those athletes who hadtested positive for banned drugs ormasking agents.
‘‘We’ve got to stop this menace. Sowe’re pressing the federations forstrict action against the athletes,’’the IOA secretary-general saidadding that the athletes have beeninformed of the positive tests andwere given the option to get their Bsamples tested at an internationallaboratory.
‘‘Our rules are very clear. The ath-letes have to be given the opportuni-ty as per the codes laid down by theInternational Olympic Committeeand WADA. The repective federa-tions were also informed. And theywere asked whether the athletewould like to make an appeal and
get the second dope test done eitherhere on internationally.’’
However, he could not come upwith a firm answer as to whetherthe proposed tests abroad will be inconfirmity with the rules of IOA.
He added that the respective fed-erations will submit an action takenreport to the IOA by April 21. TheIOA’s medical commission will thenmeet on April 23 and reveal thenames of the tainted individualsathletes and the penalty they face.He said that the IOA would, ‘‘only beinvolved in taking the medals awayfrom the athletes, but the respectiveban has to imposed by the nationalfederations.’’ It may be recalled thatthe dope testing laboratary in NewDelhi was not accredited by the IOC.
Randhir informed that one of theweightlifters’ B sample was alsofound to be positive but declined to reveal the offender’sname.
C.P. Singh Deo, the Rowing Feder-ation of India secretary, who wasalso present at the press conference,said the RFI had discussed the issueat its executive meeting last monthand decided on the action in confir-mity with the rules of FISA, the international rowingfederation.
However, Deo falied to give a sat-isfactory explanation when asked asto whether the rules deign such a strict action for a first-timeoffence. Asked whether any actonwas taken againt the 19 athletes whohad tested positive during the Pun-jab Games, Randhir Singh said hewould come out with the detailssoon saying that he did not have therequisite information to answer tothe query.
THE DOPE TRAIL
Ajit Ninan
Pak trounce KenyaBy Shashank ShekharTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Sharjah: Forget the WorldCup. And forget the friendlyenvirons of the NairobiGymkhana.
This is Sharjah. This is Pak-istani territory.
While Pakistan had a miser-able World Cup in southernAfrica, Kenya surprised eventhemselves by going all theway to the semifinals. Howev-er, here in the four-nationSharjah Cup, while Pakistanseem to have gone fromstrength to strength, theKenyans have been broughtdown to earth as they lost alltheir matches — including theone on Tuesday, the finalleague game of the Cup.
The Kenyans were not ex-pected to make a fight of it af-ter Pakistan ran up a total of286 for eight when they battedfirst after winning the toss.And any pretensions of a con-test soon dissipated into airwhen the Kenyans were re-duced to 31 for four.
Old warhorse MauriceOdumbe delayed the inevitablewith a typically gutsy 54. Do-ing anything more was beyondhim.
In the end, Kenya couldmanage 143, exactly half ofwhat the Pakistanis had, a fairindication of the relativestrength of the two teams.Paceman Md Sami, bowlingaggressively, returned a richhaul of four for 25 in the bar-gain. Thus, it’ll be an upbeatand energetic Pakistan thatwill severely test Zimbabwe’sresolve in the final on Thurs-day.
Earlier, as a handful of Pak-istani supporters kept repeat-ing the famous chant JeevePakistan and some others beatthe dhol in celebration ofevery four and six, Pakistanchanged gears in the finalovers to bat Kenya out of thematch.
With the finalists alreadyspotted, this game was only anexercise in completing theschedule. Still, it gave theyoungsters in the new-lookPakistani team a fine opportu-nity to test the waters. And afew of them, especially ShoaibMalik, made the most of it.
It was Shoaib (76 off 58 balls)who provided the crucial finalthrust to the Pakistan inningsand made Kenya’s hopes ofcausing another dent in thecricketing hierarchy almostimpossible.
AP on top, more than 13medalists likely in list
By Indraneel DasTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: It’s all for money. Or soit seems. Andhra Pradesh’s cashincentive for each medal won by anathlete and the urge to reach thetop backfired, as nine out of 22 ath-letes who tested positive for thebanned substance at the Hyder-abad Games are reported to befrom the host state.
The overall dop-ing scandal, too,can be glimmerwith more medal-winners likely tofigure in the de-faulters’ list thanthe 13 claimed bythe IndianOlympics Associa-tion (IOA).
On the otherhand, the fiveChandigarh ath-letes, who also fig-ure in the list, hadno cash incentiveinvolved. The onlything they got was acup of tea at a felicitation function.One of them is a rower who hasbeen banned for life for a ‘first time’offence. Altogether there may beathletes from seven states in the list.
Among Andhra Pradesh’s nineathletes three are from athletics,three from boxing, one each from cy-cling, weightlifting and swimming.“The swimmer can be a multiplemedal winner,” sources revealed.
“Money is a possibility,” said
IOA secretary-general RandhirSingh said on Tuesday. “But we’llbe very strict this time.”
The AP government lured theathletes to compete from their statewith promised cash awards of Rs 3lakh for a gold medal, Rs 2 lakh fora silver and a lakh for a bronze.Swimmer Richa Mishra from Delhiaccumulated the maximum money
for her 13 individ-ual (seven gold,four silver, twobronze) and three(silver) teammedals. Thoughshe’s eligible to getRs 31 lakh for herindividual efforts,she’s yet receivethe windfall.What’s importantis that she is clean.
According tosources, theremight be morethan the 13 medal-ists (five gold, foursilver and fourbronze) announced
by the IOA. “The IOA might nothave considered the boxers and thevolleyball team,” said the source.The samples of the boxers were col-lected from semifinals onwardswhich means the pugilists were al-ready eligible for a bronze, ditto forvolleyball. Apart from the 13 sam-ples from the medalists, nine wererandomly collected. Out of that 12tested positive for steroids, whileothers for stimulants.
Guha corners Cricket Society AwardTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Noted cricket histo-rian, Ramachandra Guha’s ACorner of a Foreign Field hasbeen awarded the prestigiousCricket Society Book of theYear Award for 2002. Theaward, sponsored by the DailyTelegraph newspaper, was an-nounced on Monday in Lon-don and carries a prize ofPounds 2,000.
‘‘I am very pleased that abook on Indian cricket and soci-ety has won such recognition,’’said a delighted Guha, from hisresidence in Bangalore.
A Corner of a Foreign Fieldhad earned widespread ac-claim — both in India andabroad. The Wisden Cricket
Monthly called it ‘‘a fascinat-ing social history (which) isthe open sesame to many ques-tions’’. The Financial Timescalled it ‘‘excellent andground-breaking’’. The Econo-mist described it as ‘‘a fluentand entertaining history’’.
Several reviewers comparedit to CLRJ a m e s ’ sclassic, Be-yond a Boundary. The respect-ed Cricket Lore magazine ofLondon went so far as to saythat Guha’s work was ‘‘per-haps the most important bookon the relation between sportand a society yet written.’’
‘‘The reviewers have beenvery kind,’’ said a modest Guha.
‘‘But I believe no one can emu-late CLR James. Beyond aBoundary is a great book, a clas-sic. A Corner of a Foreign Fieldis my own book and should notbe compared to anything. It isnice to be spoken about in thesame breath though; it is verygratifying,’’ he added.
A Cornerof a For-eign Field
would, however, never havebeen written had Guha notbeen ‘‘obsessed’’ by the ex-traordinary figure of Pal-wankar Baloo. ‘‘He obsessedme, intrigued me, and, foryears on end, possessed me,’’explained Guha. ‘‘My book hasmany heroes as well as a few
villains. But its most heroicfigure is Baloo, whose largelyforgotten story it has been myprivilege to tell, or re-tell, inmy book. It was this search forBaloo that sparked off thisbook. He was an extraordinaryman. A great spin bowler whowas a public figure as well. Infact, he was cricket’s first pub-lic figure. He organised negoti-ations between MahatmaGandhi and Dr BabasahebAmbedkar. He was a role mod-el for the Dalits and fought fortheir rights. His was a storythat combined cricket, politics,culture and a social move-ment. It is sad that a man likehim has been forgotten in Ma-harashtra and India.’’
BOOK ON INDIAN CRICKET
Sehwag hopefulof a fine showChennai: Stand-in vice-captain Viren-der Sehwag on Tuesday admitted thenew job had put more responsibility onhis shoulders while expressing thehope that India would put up a fineshow in the Dhaka cricket triseries be-ginning on Friday.
The dashing opener, who has oftencome in for flak for throwing away hiswicket in a reckless manner, said themantle of vice-captaincy would “meanthat I will have to be more responsi-ble.” The Delhi batsman was also con-fident of the relatively young side win-ning the tournament which featuresSouth Africa besides hosts Bangldesh.
“The team has a good chance of win-ning the tournament,” the aggressivebatsman said.
On the failure of the team to win theWorld Cup, Sehwag said “the teamplayed well but we had a bad day in thefinal.” Earlier, Sehwag distributed tro-phies and certificates to the regionalwinners of a cricket tournament forschools in south India.Sehwag then left for Kolkata to join theother Indian squad members who willleave for Dhaka on Wednesday.PTI
Gauti’s off to Dhaka, ears and allBy Dinesh Chopra
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Guess, it’s all aboutGautam Gambhir’s over-sizedears. Yeah, the advice. The sug-gestions seem to be like a sum-mer sale for him — goingcheep-cheep. And he’s been lis-tening to all, punctuations in-cluded. ‘‘But eventually, I’ll lis-ten to my head and my heartand do what I do best,’’ said thebrand new India recruit beforehis departure to Kolkata onTuesday. Gambhir will fly outto the Bangladesh capital with the rest of the Indiasquad on Wednesday to play atri-series there.
‘‘The best part is that I’ve al-ways revered Sourav Gangulyand this isn’t because he’s thecaptain. I like the way he timesthe ball and seldom misses thegap. And I’m really excited toplay alongside him,’’ Gambhirtold Times News Network justabout managing to sheet hisgoosepimples.
‘‘I don’t know if I’m nervousbut I just want to see off thatfirst ball to kick-start my in-ternational cricket,’’ he says.You don’t need a CAT scan toascertain his mental state, be-hind that close cropped mop isa mind churning at rocketspeed envisioning that first
ball. And perhaps entertainingnegative thoughts too? ‘‘No,none. In fact, I’ve a reasonableidea about the bowling that’scoming my way. For instanceI’ve played Robin Peterson onthe ‘A’ tour to South Africa. Butfirst I need to break into theplaying eleven,’’ he says with a
vehemence that suddenly bub-bles beyond his shy exterior.
All of a sudden there’s abacklift, a batswing and a fol-lowthrough. Perfect, onethought. There he went prac-ticing another one standing ina hotel lobby. What’s happen-ing? ‘‘I’m consciously trying toplay straight. Being a left-han-der, bowlers keep angling theball across me and I just needto watch out for that one,’’Gambhir explains, shadow-practicing an on-drive. ‘‘Super-stitions? No, none. I like it niceand simple but yes I pray everyday and that’s about it. I’ll beplaying with a number 5 shirtas that was the only one avail-able. I wanted number 11 butMohammed Kaif ’s alreadybagged that,’’ says the secondyear Hindu College student.
For the moment, though, hisover-sized ears are desperateto catch their own success story. “Amen!” he says andmoves on.
5 gold: Athletics 4; Weightlifting 14 silver: Athletics 2, Weightlifting 2Bronze: Athletics 1; Swimming 1;Cycling 1; 1 rowingBoxing and volleyball: samplescollected from semifinals onwards(bronze medal assured)
Medal break-up
Athletics: 6 male 2 femaleWeightlifting: 5 male, 2 femaleBoxing: 3 maleCycling: 1 maleRowing: 1 maleSwimming: 1 maleVolleyball: 1 male
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Wednesday, April 9, 2003
All You Need Is CashNice comedy that the Jagger-starrerAll You Need Is Cash. The RollingStones face must have picked that linedonating Rs 25 lakh to CCI’s cricketacademy. Now a life member there, heyet again sung his way into our hearts
UEFA to ‘fix’ FergusonMan United’s Mr Fixit Alex Ferguson isbeing fixed. The European football’sgovernment UEFA are probing into his damning comments that the championship’s quarters were rigged.Will supercoach dribble past this one?
Thanks mateKenyan left-arm spinner is thankingDaniel Vettori. Yeah, it’s the usualclub-bonhomie of practitioners of thesame art. The Kiwi left-arm spinnerhad given some tips to the Kenyanthat helped him during the World Cup
Rower Laxman Singh banned for life in Hyderabad National Games doping fallout
Pakistan: M Hafeez c Otieno b Ongondo 36T Umar b Angara 17F Iqbal c Odumbe b C Obuya 23M-ul Haq c Patel b Tikolo 42Y Youhana b Tikolo 18 S Malik c C Obuya b Ongondo 76R Latif b Tikolo 38R Hasan c D Obuya b Odoyo 13M Sami not out 12D Kaneria not out 0Extras: (lb 2, w 7, nb 2) 11Total: (For 8 wkts, in 50 overs) 286
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-63, 3-102, 4-129,5-150, 6-222, 7-265, 8-280.Bowling: Odoyo 10-1-42-1, Ongondo 9-0-57-2, Angara 8-0-52-1, C Obuya 9-0-56-1,Odumbe 6-0-35-0, Tikolo 8-0-42-3.Kenya:K Otieno c Latif b Hasan 9D Obuya run out (Naved/Youhana) 10B Patel b Sami 0 S Tikolo c Latif b Sami 7 T Odoyo run out (Sami) 22 MO Odumbe c Latif b Malik 54HS Modi c Latif b Sami 27
CO Obuya lbw b Hafeez 0JK Kamande lbw b Gul 3PJ Ongondo not out 0JO Angara lbw b Sami 0Extras: (lb 1, w 5, nb 5) 11Total: (All out, in 31.4 overs) 143Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-18, 3-31, 4-31,5-84, 6-137, 7-138, 8-143, 9-143, 10-143.Bowling: Md Sami 6.4-0-25-4, Naved-ul-Hasan 6-1-32-1, Umar Gul 2-0-2-1, Dan-ish Kaneria 6-2-16-0, Shoaib Malik 8-1-42-1, Md Hafeez 3-1-4-1.
SCORE BOARD
Reuters
Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik hits a six against Kenya in the four-nation Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cupon Tuesday. Malik scored a blistering 76 off a total of 58 balls. He was adjudged the man of thematch for his effort.
AP
South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini is given an inoculation in-jection prior to the team’s departure from Johannesburg airportfor Bangladesh on Tuesday.
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Megha tumbles outBy Naoshirvan Vakil
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: What a differencea week can make. At the CCIITF Women’s Futures MeghaVakharia was basking in glo-ry having made it to the quar-terfinals, but she had no suchluck at the Mother’s Recipe$10,000 ITF Women’s Futurestennis tournament at theShivaji Park Gymkhana. Thesixth seed was given a jolt byyoung Indonesian Diana Ju-lianto, losing 6-7 (3),, 3-6 inthe very first round.
The Indonesian currentlyranked 680 on the WTA com-puter rankings was psychedup from the outset. Meghamade a fight of it in the firstset taking it to the tiebreakerbut she never got into thegroove even as Juliantosailed into the second round.
The 19-year-old hails fromBandong near Jakarta. She isranked No.4 in Indonesia. Ju-lainto meets Britain’s Natal-ie Neri in the pre-quarter-fi-nals. The day was not very
fruitful for the Indians asonly third seed Sai Jayalak-shmi, second-seeded RushmiChakravarthi, the finalist atthe CCI event, and LizaPereira advanced. Liza whoentered the main drawthrough the qualifying com-petition notched up a cred-itable 6-4, 7-6 (7) victory overthe higher-ranked BritonCarly Homewood.
The other Indians to fall onDay 2 were the Venkatramansisters, Archana and Arthi,while Isha Lakhani wasforced to concede her matchto Portugal’s Diana Costa af-ter just one game due to aback injury. Towering UzbekAkgul Amanmuradova, thewinner of the ITF Futures atCCI, breezed past Israel’sYael Glitzhendtein 6-1 6-3.
Results: Singles (first round): Sai Jay-alakshmi (Ind) beat Sonal Phadke (Ind) 6-16-2; Ludmila Rozsivalova (Cze) beat ArchanaVenkatraman (Ind) 7-5 5-7 6-1; Liza Pereira(Ind) beat Carly Homewood (GBR) 6-4 7-6(7); Chin-Bee Khoo (Mas) beat GeorgetteWright (USA) 6-4 6-4; Diana Julianto (Ina)beat Megha Vakharia (Ind) 7-6 (3) 6-3; Na-talie Neri (GBR) beat Arthi Venkatraman (Ind)6-2 6-3; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) beatYael Glitzhenstein (Isr) 6-1 6-3; Diana Costa(Por) beat Isha Lakhani (Ind) 1-0 retd; Rush-mi Chakravarthi (Ind) beat Ankita Bhambri(Ind) 6-1 7-5.
Salgaocar start favourites: Salgaocar hope to see them-selves through without Sunday, their top scorer with nine goals,on Wednesday. Their optimism is justified for they take on thebottom-placed Indian Telephone Industries as the Oil PSU 7thNational Foobtball League enters its decisive stage.Salgaocarcoach Savio Madeira was quite optimistic of a good show at theBangalore Football Stadium. He was confident that Salgaocarwould maintain their supremacy over the two relegation doomedBangalore teams, ITI and HASC. TNN
Hooper pullsout of seriesBridgetown: Former WestIndies skipper Carl Hooperhas pulled out of the four-Test series against Australiabeginning here on Thursdayafter he had “secondthoughts” about his partici-pation in the matches.
Chairman of selectors SirVivian Richards said Hooperhad told him on Tuesday thathe had reconsidered his deci-sion and would not be avail-able to play in the first Cableand Wireless Test againstAustralia.
Richards said he had pre-viously delayed announce-ment of the final squad forthe series as he was awaitinga response from Hooperabout his willingness to con-tinue playing for West Indiesand his availability.
Hooper had responded thathe would be willing to play inthe team and would be avail-able for the series and it wasonly then that he was namedas a member of the squad.
“Even though I am sur-prised by Carl’s change ofheart, I want to wish himwell in whatever he decidesto do from here on. While hehas not indicated that he hasretired I still want to thankhim for his service to theteam and West Indies crick-et,” the legendary cricketersaid in a statement releasedby the West Indies CricketBoard (WICB). PTI
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CAPITAL SPORTDelhi Police win: A goodbatting display by Anil Rana(84) and Sanjay Verma (88)enabled Delhi Police beatChand Khanna Club CricketClub by 5 wickets to enterthe quarter-finals of the OmNath Sood Memorial crickettournament.Brief scores: Chand KHanna 270/5 in40 overs (Sidharth Verma 65, PankajJoshi 105; Prem Verr Nagar 2/37) lost toDelhi Police (271/5 in 38.1 overs (AnilRana 84, Sanjay Veram 88) by 5 wickets.
Delhi wrestling: RohtasSingh (BSF) won the seniormen 55kg title beating Naren-der (Nangal Thagran Akhara)in teh final of the Delhi Ama-teur Wrestling Champi-onshiporganised by BSF.Results: Sr men greco roman 55kg: 1.
Rohtas, 2. Narender 3. Amarjeet Dabas;60kg: 1. Joginder, 2. Rakesh, 3. NarenderSingh; 66kg: 1. SukhramPal, 2. Roshan, 3.Parvinder; 74kg: 1. Sanjay Kumar, 2.Rakesh Kumar, 3. Pawan; 84kg: 1.Jagdish, 2. Rajesh Kumar, 3. SurenderSingh; 96kg: 1. Bansi Lal, 2. Rajesh Ku-mar, 3. Sahansar Pal; Junior men: 50kg:1. Suraj, 2 Surender, 3 Sandeep; 55kg: 1Ajay, 2 Abhijit, 3 Amit; freestyle 55kg: 1Pawan Kr, 2 Kuldeep, 3. Vikas; 60kg: 1.Joginder, 2. Prahlad Singh, 3. Ajay Kr;74kg: 1. Rakesh, 2. Jagmohan; 96kg: 1Nishant Rajput, 2. Shripal; +96kg: 1.Hawa Singh, 2. Raj Singh; Junior men50kg: 1 Surender, 2 Manoj Kr, 3 Som Dutt;84kg: 1 Dharmender Rathi, 2 Satyadev, 3Parvesh Kr; Senior women freestyle 51kg:1. Indu Sharma, 2. Monica; 55kg: 1 San-tosh, 2. Seema; 63kg: 1 Shikha, 2 Shalu.
Vikram shines: Vikram’s all-round performance (72 runs&2/15) helped Ganga Interna-tional School (Hiran Kudna)beat Salwan Public School by
10 runs in the Jain memorialu-13 cricket tournament.Brief scores: : Ganga InternationalSchool 176/7 in 30 overs (Vikram 72)beat Salwan Public School 166 all out in29 overs (Amit 40; Sagar 3/35, Verendar3/21) by 10 runs.Results of some other tournaments:Kolkata tour: BVCA of Delhi 197/9 in 35overs (Deep Chatterjee 67; S. Mukherjee55; Prateek Soni 2/26) lost to GBSDA 199/7in 34.3 overs ( Trigun Das 64 n.o; DeepChowdhury 3/35) by 3 wickets.GMCA cricket: BNPCA 210 all out in 40overs (Sahil Kher 104; Akshay Chowdhury4/34) beat GMCA 179 all out in 40 overs(Dinesh Kumar 35; Rahul Pandey 3/23) by31 runs.Reebok cricket, Touchtel: 145 in 22 overs:(Deepak Shaurya 55, Tapan Kumar 4/17,Amarjeet 2/32), b Business India 146/5 in23.3 overs: (Ravinder Gill 50, Supriyo DasGupta 33 n.o).Dr Hedgewar cricket tournament: SalwanBoys: 200 all out in 40 overs (Yogesh Na-gar 57, Rajeev Sharma 40, Jaladh Dua 35;Pankaj Sethi 3/35) b Ravinder PublicSchool: 183 in 39 overs (Pankaj Sethi 49)
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association:Washington 99 Boston 98 (OT), New Jer-sey 96 Toronto 87, San Antonio 89 De-troit 83, Indiana 90 Miami 69, GoldenState 106 Denver 99, Sacramento 97Philadelphia 81, Houston 114 Orlando93, Minnesota 97 Portland 78, Seattle 82Utah 80, LA Lakers 115 Phoenix 113(OT)
GOLFUSA LPGA Tour Office Depot Champi-onship El Caballero Country ClubTarzana, California: Final round scores(US unless stated par 72):211 AnnikaSorenstam (Swe) 68 72 71 215 Se RiPak (Kor) 73 71 71 Heather Bowie 72 7073 Pat Hurst 75 68 72, 216 Michele Red-man 76 70 70, 217 Jeong Jang (Kor) 7572 70 Sophie Gustafsion (Swe) 75 72 70,218 Cindy Figg-Currier 70 75 73 MiHyun Kim (Kor) 74 69 75, 219 LauraDavies (Gbr) 76 74 69 Marisa Baena(Col) 74 72 73 Lorie Kane (Can) 72 7374, 220 Brandie Burton 74 75 71 Nami-ka Omata (Jap) 73 74 73 Jean
Bartholomew 77 74 69 Jane Crafter(Aus) 73 74 73 Catriona Matthew (Gbr)74 73 73 Alison Nicholas (Gbr) 71 72 77Beth Daniel 72 73 76, 221 Juli Inkster 7376 72 Natalie Gulbis 72 76 73 MichelleEllis (Aus) 74 77 70 Gloria Park 73 73 75,222 Joanne Mills (Aus) 73 76 73 Christi-na Kim 76 73 73 Young Kim (Kor) 79 7271 Kim Williams 74.
TENNISATP International Series & Sanex WTATour Estoril Open, Estoril: Women’s1st round: 8-Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Ta-tiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-3 6-1, RossanaNeffa-De Los Rios (Par) bt Marta Marrero(Spa) 3-6 6-3 6-3, Stephanie CohenAloro (Fra) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-26-3, Jelena Kostanic (Cro) bt AngelikaRoesch (Ger) 5-7 6-4 6-4, 3-VirginieRazzano (Fra) bt Barbara Rittner (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-0, Silvija Talaja (Cro) bt 6-KlaraKoukalova (Cze) 6-4 6-4.Men’s 1st round: Jose Acasuso (Arg) btDavid Sanchez (Spa) 6-3 6-4, AgustinCalleri (Arg) bt Diogo Rocha (Por) 6-1 6-0, John Van Lottum (Ned) bt (1) Jiri No-
vak (Cze) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-5, 5-TommyRobredo (Spa) bt Andrea Gaudenzi (Ita)6-3 6-1.ATP Tour Grand Prix Hassan II,Casablanca: 1st round: Luis Horna (Per)bt 6-Andre Sa (Bra) 6-4 6-0, FrancoSquillari (Arg) bt Talal Ouahabi (Mor) 6-16-3, Zeljko Krajan (Cro) bt Albert Portas(Spa) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Flavio Saretta (Bra)bt Anthony Dupuis (Fra) 6-4 6-1, NicolasMassu (Chi) bt (6) Fernando Vicente(Spa) 0-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5).WTA Tour Family Circle Cup,Charleston: 1st round: Vera Zvonareva(Rus) bt Sarah Taylor (USA) 6-2 6-4, TinaPisnik (Slo) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-36-4, Daja Bedanova (Cze) bt Cara Black(Zim) 6-3 7-5, Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) btJanette Husarova (Svk) 1-6 6-4 6-3, Dal-ly Randriantefy (Mad) bt Tamarine Tana-sugarn (Tha) 6-1 7-5, Maureen Drake(Can) bt Yoon-Jeong Cho (Kor) 6-1 6-1,10-Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) bt DenisaChladkova (Cze) 3-6 6-2 6-4, TatianaPanova (Rus) bt Melien Tu (USA) 7-5 7-5, Laura Granville (USA) bt Bethanie Mat-tek (USA) 6-2 6-2.
SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCEAP Coetzer advances
Charleston: Amanda Coetzercontinued her success on claycourts on Monday, comingback from a set down to ad-vance to the second round ofthe $1.3 million WTA event.
The 10th-seeded SouthAfrican beat Czech DenisaChladkova, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 12 Anna Pistolesi of Is-rael was to have been in ac-tion but her match againstBelgian qualifier Els Callenswas postponed due to rain.Qualifier Dally Randriantefyof Madagascar advanced to asecond-round meeting withtop-ranked Serena Williamswith a 6-1, 7-5 victory overTamarine Tanasugarn ofThailand. Second seed Jus-
tine Henin-Hardenne of Bel-gium will face Daja Bedanovain the second round after theCzech defeated Zimbabwe’sCara Black, 6-3, 7-5.
Schuettler loses: Second-seeded Rainer Schuettler ofGermany was knocked out ofthe Estoril Open 6-1, 4-6, 7-5by Feliciano Lopez of Spainin the first round. Eighth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen pre-vailed after a scare from localhope Helder Lopes, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. In women’s play, 7th-seedPatricia Wartusch of Austriawas eliminated 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 byMaria Sanchez Lorenzo ofSpain, while 2nd-seed MaguiSerna of Spain beat ElenaTatarkova. Agencies
BEND IT LIKE...: David Beckham trains in the Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, on Monday.
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Forest Fragrance triumphsTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Anupam Sharma-saddled Forest Fragrance (Di-nesh Singh atop) emerged victorious in the Jawahar LalNehru Memorial Cup, the main event of the Delhi races heldhere on Tuesday. The winner is jointly owned Vikram Singhand Samar Singh.Results: Chacha Nehru Plate: Acacia Blossom 1, Lingo’s Jewel 2, LotusPrincess 3. First Primne Minister of India Plate (div.I): Mountain Breeze 1,King of Mohra 2, Sushmita 3. First Prime Minister Plate (div.II): Super Max1, Anjolie 2, Pyara Sathi 3. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Cup: Forest Fra-grance 1, Sexy Gal 2, Dhammapada 3. Red Rose In Coat Plate: Continnation1, Poleden Light 2, Deceptive Move 3. Baal Diwas Plate: Misty Maid 1, Bahu-ratna 2, Kenilworth.
Friday’s handicaps: Following are the handicaps for theMumbai races scheduled for Saturady:
Nawabzada Rashiduzzafar Khan Trophy: Cl II; 2,000m: Cacophony 60.5,Discman 56.5, Premier Collection 55.5, Enduring Image 54, Singita 53.5, OnThe Ridge 52, Count Dracula 51, Whispering Shadows 50.5, Rainy Stream47.5, Altazano 46. Cornelian Plate: Cl III: 1,000m: Heroic 61, Blue Butterfly60, Arabian Fighter 59, Code Red 58, Secret Halo 57, Latest News 56.5, TexasKing 55.5, Tarascon 53.5, I’m Honoured 53, Kraftwerk 53, Vivienne 53, QuickDecision 52.5, Anchors Aweigh 48.5, Persian Lord 47.5, Eminent 47.
Davids reign on opening dayBy Sukhwant Basra
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: By the time theclubs were sheathed in theSRF Matchplay on Tuesday,three seeds had been bludg-eoned off the draw. Such isthe nature of this one-on-oneknockout format that from agame of persistent consisten-cy, golf morphs into a duel ofattrition.
Seeds second, third and fif-teenth were found wantingon the altar of this golfingversion of a gunfight. Merenumbers, till one links thenames of Jeev Milkha Singh,Mukesh Kumar and ShamimKhan to them. More used togracing podiums, these gen-tlemen don’t just walk out oftournaments on Day One.But anything seems possiblein the pressure-cooker ofmatchplay.
Jeev’s ear ached from aninfection. He was running afever too. Still, overcomingadversity is what separatesthe champion from the chaff.Today it happened to be Premwho usurped the lead role.And he is just Prem. One ofthose regular caddy turnedpro whose second name isconsidered inconsequential.
After all, they are Day Onebirdies —fleeing thedraw as thereal pros take flight. But thensince times Biblical, peoplehave been doing a David.“There was no pressure. Iwas expected to lose. Jeevwas actually giving me tipson the course. I just went outthere and played the unex-pected,” said the local caddywho knows the DGC coursereal up close and personal —he’s lugged many a bag bent
over it. And to make the fableeven more of a fairy-tale hewas a last minute entry andis ranked 63 in a 64-strongdraw.
While Jeev’s return to theIndian golf tour fizzled out,monarch of the present Or-der of Merit, Mukesh Kumar,sizzled but was unable to di-gest the fare dished out byHem Chand. The third seed
succumbed atthe first playoffhole. He
blamed indifferent puttingform for his debacle.
There were no such pangsfor top-seed Arjun Atwal. Hehad suffered the same fate asJeev last year. But if thatnightmare plagued him, heensured its exorcism by a re-sounding win against RomitBose in Tuesday’s opener.
The only matchplay-eventon the Indian Tour proved in
its opening stages itself thatthis is golf far removed froman amble over manicuredlawns. In the gunfights atDGC coral there are thequick and the dead. The oneswho adapted to the pressingdictates of the format pronto,moved on; others fell by thewayside.
From a contender for thetop purse of 1.75 lakhs of this10-lakh prize money event,Jeev walked off with thesmall change (for him, thatis) of Rs 7000. Such are thefortunes of matchplay.
Results: 1-Arjun Atwal bt 64-Romit Bose6&5; 63-Prem bt 2-Jeev Milkha Singh 1-up;62-Hem Chand bt 3-Mukesh Kumar on the19hole; 4-Digvijay Singh bt 61-KS Sibia 6&5;5-Vijay Kumar bt 60-Akbar Ali 4&3; 6-SSPChowrasia bt 59-Mohd Maqbool 6&4; 7-Amandeep Johl bt 58-Tarun Sardesai 6&4;8-Arjun Singh bt 57-Suleiman Ali 4&3; 50-Manohar Dike bt 15-Shamim Khan 1-up;16-Shiv Prakash bt 49-Dinesh Kumar 1-up;38-Ali Sher bt 27-Zai Kipgen 5&4; 32-BasadAli bt 33-Amit Dube 7&6.
SRF MATCHPLAY
‘Women soccernot neglected’
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New Delhi: The All-IndiaFootball Federation clarifiedthat the women’s soccer in thecountry is controlled by theAIFF under the guidelines ofAsian Football Confederationand FIFA, the world govern-ing body of football.
The convener of thewomen’s football committeeof AIFF, S. Bhambri, told re-porters at a press meet herein the Capital that the parentbody is doing its best to im-prove the standard of thegame. Bhambri denied all theallegations made by his pred-ecessor, Krishna Singh.
A dharna was organisedby the followers of KishnaSingh at the ministry ofsports for the development ofwomen’s football in India.They have formed a parallelbody, with former cricketerKirti Azad as the president.
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T I M E S S P O R T The Times of India, New Delhi24 Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Sorry sir: Farmers in Ro-mania are refusing to buysome Danish cows after theircountry lost to Denmark atfootball. The farmer, fromRosia Montana, Alba county,cancelled the order eventhough half of the cost wouldhave been met by their gov-ernment. They were unhappythat Romania had lost 2-5 toDenmark in a key Euro 2004qualifier. Virgil Narita, themayor of Rosia Montana, toldthe Libertatea newspaperthatthe farmers’ decision had lefthim with a problem. ‘‘I don’tknow what I’m going to do. Iagreed to take 10 cows froma Danish firm but now the vil-lagers refuse to buy themanymore. This is a pity be-cause the animals are purebreed and the price is excel-lent. May be in the followingweeks, after things cooldown, they will realise theydon’t have to lose such adeal just from a passionatereaction.’’
Everton cancel Chinatrip: Everton said they werewithdrawing from a post-sea-son football tournament inChina because of concernsover Severe Acute Respirato-ry Syndrome (SARS). Evertonspokesman Ian Ross told theclub’s official website,www.evertonfc.tv: “Sadly, wehave to announce that theclub’s proposed trip to Chinahas this morning been can-celled. “The simple truth isthat we could not take the riskof exposing anyone - be they
players, officials or supporters- to the possibility of infectionby the Sars virus. We havetaken expert advice on a dailybasis over the past fortnightand we have now been ad-vised not to travel to the FarEast at this point in time.”
Quest for theme song:Beijing Olympic organiserson Tuesday launched aworldwide five-year quest tofind the theme song for the2008 Olympic Games. “FromApril 2003 till 2007, 10 songs
will be selected each year as‘Olympic songs’,” said SunWeijia, deputy director of theBeijing organising commit-tee’s media and communica-tions department. “By 2008,the theme song for the Bei-jing games will be picked outfrom these 50 olympicsongs.” Sun said the songshould reflect Chinese cultureand the Olympic spirit. Theofficial Olympic anthem wasintroduced at the 55th Inter-national Olympic Committeesession in Tokyo in 1958.
G R A F F I T IAFP
Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, sporting a new hairstyle,practices for the 2003 Masters at Augusta National GolfClub on Monday.
Soggy course makespractice impossibleAugusta: Rich Beem waitedalmost four years to get to theMasters. His first day lastedabout 30 minutes.
Beem went through a bagof balls on the soggy practicerange on Monday morningwhen an announcementcrackled over the loudspeak-er that Augusta National wasclosing for the rest of the day,thanks to a series of down-pours and the constant threatof lightning.
It was the first time in 20years that the club did notopen its gates to the public,and it meant one less day forBeem and other newcomersto prepare for opening round.
Beem hasn’t made a cut innearly two months, a tie for10th in the Nissan Open. Theother two checks he cashedthis year were at tourna-
ments with guaranteed mon-ey — the winners-only Mer-cedes Championships and theMatch Play Championship.
It was only the second timethat Tiger Woods was withinone stroke of the lead on theback nine at a major andfailed to win. The other was atPinehurst No. 2 in the 1999 USOpen, where Woods finishedtwo strokes behind PayneStewart. Augusta Nationalhas become Woods’ domain.He will try this year to becomethe first player to win threeconsecutive Masters. Theworld’s No. 1 player did notshow up on Monday, but it wasstill a good day for him be-cause of all the rain. That willmake the course play evenlonger than its 7,290 yards, abig advantage for Woods andother big hitters. AP
Fulham fall to Sukur’s strikesLondon: Turkey forward Hakan Sukuropened his Blackburn account with apair of well-taken goals as Rovers beatFulham 4-0 in their English Premier-ship match.
David Dunn netted from the penaltyspot and Damien Duff scored from openplay as the visitors made the most oftheir chances. It was harsh on Fulham -who know that manager Jean Tigana
will not have his contract renewed at theend of the season. Fulham remained13th with the relegation zone a mere sev-en points away.
Blackburn were gifted the lead whenLee Clarke handled a cross in the penaltyarea, with Dunn sending Fulham keeperMaik Taylor the wrong way with the re-sultant spot-kick.Blackburn, 1-0 up in the37th minute, doubled their lead within
five minutes. Lucas Neill’s cross foundSukur who showed his internationalclass by losing his man and sliding theball under the advancing Taylor. Immedi-ately after scoring his first Rovers goal,Sukur ran to the touchline and embracedSouness who kept faith with him. It wasthe ideal way for Blackburn to end thwfirst half in which Tugay was booed bythe fans every time he touched the ball. AFP
India defeatChinese TaipeiVisakhapatnam: Indiadrubbed Chinese Taipei instraight sets to win a prelim-inary match of the fourthAsian Youth Volleyballchampionship on Tuesday.
Displaying tremendousskills and technique, the In-dian spikers outplayed theiropponents 25-14, 25-19, 25-14to script an easy win for thehost country in the 10-nationcompetition.
In other matches of theday, Australia overcame stiffchallenge to beat South Ko-rea 25-22, 25-22, 25-23 whileSouth Korea came from be-hind to win against China 16-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-20.
India will play their nextmatch on Thursday. PTI
War on drugs willnot end: IOC chiefAthens: InternationalOlympic Committee presi-dent Jacques Rogge admittedsport would never totally winthe war on drugs. But he saidenormous strides were madeat last month’s World DrugSummit in Copenhagen tocripple the plague. “We ac-cept that doping will never to-tally disappear. But what wehave to do is put in place asmany means as possible andto reduce the evil to the low-est possible level,” he told theKathimerini Daily.AFP
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