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In view of the popular antipathy and anger in Tamil Nadu against the actions of the government of Sri Lanka, the state government is of the view that IPL matches involving Sri Lankan players, umpires and other officials should not be played in Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu CM Ms. Jayalalitha

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Business 20

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We will cross that bridge, when we reach there

The exit of a key ally has spelled uncertainties, but the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will last its full term and carry on with reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, but declined comment if he will agree to a third term in office. Obviously coalitions face issues, the prime minister said when asked if his government had weakened after the exit of DMK and the alliances resort to outside support from Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Sometimes, they give the impression that these arrangements are not very stable arrangements and I cannot deny that those possibilities exist. But I am confident that our government will complete full five years, he said. But did he also feel reforms can continue under these circumstances?

Shoe Greets The General

A man hurled a shoe at former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf in the Sindh High Court complex while he was leaving after his bail was extended by 15 days. The shoe hurled in the corridor of the court did not hit Musharraf and he was escorted out safely. Musharraf arrived at the Sindh High Court seeking to extend his period of bail in a series of cases, including the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The former military dictator returned to Pakistan after four years in self-imposed exile, spending time in London and Dubai. Judge Sajjad Ali Shah posted bail at 300,000 rupees ($3,000) over the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the 2007 illegal sacking of judges and the 2006 death of Akbar Bugti, a Baloch rebel leader in Balochistan.

Not seeking pardon, says emotional Sanjay Dutt

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Himmatwala not exact copy of original : Tamanna

Southern actress Tamanna says her Bollywood debut Himmatwala may be described as a remake, but it is not an exact copy of 1983 film of the same name because director Sajid Khan has altered the original script. The film might come with the tag of a remake, but when you see the film, you will notice that Sajid has completely rewritten the script. Except for a few things that have been taken from the original, the way characters are dealt with is completely different, the 23-year-old said in an interview. K. Raghavendra directed Himmatwala starred Jeetendra in the lead, while Sajid Khan has teamed up with Ajay Devgn in his version. For instance, Ajays character in the film is a street fighter but in the original Jeetujis (Jeetendra) character was en engineer. So, I dont feel the sense of comparison will be as strong once the film comes out, she added. Meanwhile, Tamanna believes her southern fans wont be disappointed to see her in the Hindi movie, when it hits theatres. I think this is the best portrayal I have had till date, the way I look. Sajid loves his actors and he loves the characters. So he glorifies them beyond imagination. Be it Ajays portrayal in the film or my portrayal in the film, it will be larger than life, said the actress, who has worked in about 24 Tamil and Telugu films. South Indian films have always been about how to glorify the actors, so I am sure they will enjoy it, she added.

Durban Summit delivers a BRICS development bank

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2 Foreign Policy Doldrums

OPINION
EDITORIAL DESK
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. A flip side of such a policy thrust has seen India drift away from its more muscular foreign policy predicated on defence and economic might to a softer almost apologetic stance. Further to this a weak union cabinet reeling under adverse public sentiment is being held hostage to regional sentiments, something that was not the case earlier. As per composite indicator of national strength comprising of economy, strategic weapons, armed forces and diplomatic reach, India has never been this strong in the past. However our

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foreign policy achievements are not correlated to the composite index of powers growth. In Siachen we are discussing away our gains, Sri Lanka is not exactly pleased by our vote at UN, Maldives has thrown out one of the largest investments by an Indian corporation and Nepal continues a love hate stance with India. It will be easy to blame it all on difficult neighbours but it might also make sense to introspect upon our foreign policy and correct any lacunae therein, for we may soon be friendless in our own backyard. cials of the organization are yet to be finalized. Critics of the move question the political capital within the financing countries to withstand the usage of Bank funds for stabilizing precarious economies or to bail out mismanaged regimes as the IMF is regularly asked to do so. Bretton Woods twins were a result of policy cohesion at the end of the World War II, similar glue may not be available amongst the BRICS economies. The execution of this idea will decide its merits, deft statesmanship can only bring it so far.

What is common between Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and China? Apart from having India as a neighbour they have to their credit outsmarted and outflanked Indian foreign policy in the recent past. Indias foreign policy mandarins have successfully used the apathy of regional politicians in a coalition era to isolate and run their show from Hyderabad House. Away from the shadows of domineering premiers like Atal Bihari Vajpyaee and Narasimha Rao Indian foreign policy in the recent past has become an extension of technocratic vision held by

LOUD & CLEAR

S.K. Sinha

Give us the right Tablet

Gangadhar stared at the frail body of his child lying in the emergency ward of the government multi-specialty hospital. He had travelled a hundred kilometers to reach this place after the doctorless village dispensary turned him down. Suddenly an attendant handed him a prescription and asked him to get the medicines and the apparatus . He went to the counter that was supposed to provide the requirement free of cost but the babuji at the counter informed him that not even a single tablet was available. He advised Gangadhar to go to the chemist shop down the lane. The chemist gave a long look first at the prescription and then at Gangadhar and asked him how much money was he carrying. The poor man showed him all that he had brought by selling his wifes gold earrings, the only jewelry she ever had. They said that the tablets were rare and expensive. On the television screen in the shop a worthy minister was seen happily launching the latest tablets (of a different kind). The minister also declared that these tablets would help us shine bright in the sky. (the countrymen applauded, but why? ) In a country where there is a dire need to provide basic amenities to a vast population, it would be wise to set the priorities in the right direction. In the haste of modernistion let us not forget that Gangadhar needs the right tablet. Jai Hind

BRICS Development Bank

Multilateral Development Banks constitute the currency of power in todays world. BRICS or Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa forum that was instituted in the wake of a Goldman Sachs report on the growth potential of developing giants, is now close to formalizing its reach and power in the shape of a development bank. Supporters of the move attribute this to stagnant power structures in the Bretton Woods twins, that is the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Despite changing economic scenario and growing heft of developing

giants the Bretton Woods institutions continue to reflect a power structure that belongs to World War II era. Regional forums like the Asian Development Bank and Inter American Development Bank suffer from limited reach and being subordinated to current Development Agencies. A development bank that seeks to pool in resources and mandates across the continents can make for a very strong organization with its own dynamics. Despite the ground breaking announcement at the BRICS Durban summit, the nuts and bolts of finan-

This Andhra village has lessons to teach

By Anurag Dey Gangadevipalli If India lives in its villages, then the model it perhaps must follow is Gangadevipalli, a hamlet in Andhra Pradeshs Warangal district where every house has the bare necessities of life, and more. From regular power and water supply to a scientific water filtration plant, a community-owned cable TV service and concrete, well-lit roads, Gangadevipalli has been steadily gaining in prosperity thanks to a disciplined and determined community that has also managed to work in harmony towards goals set collectively. The village, about 200 km north of state capital Hyderabad, has won several awards, including the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, for health and hygiene. Now, the village headman has been invited to Nepal to recount Gangadevipallis success story. Our village has been hogging the limelight for all the right reasons. I have now been invited to Nepal to explain how we work so cohesively, headman K. Rajamouli told IANS. With a population of a little over 1,300, the village has 100 percent adult literacy. The school dropout rate has been zero since 2000. The unity of the village and the realisation of the need for community development are at the root of the achievements of Gangadevipalli, says S.S. Reddy of Bala Vikasa Social Service Society, an NGO that has been working closely with villagers. The village has over two dozen committees, which manage areas like health and hygiene, the provision of drinking water, cable television and literacy. Another remarkable achievement for the village is that its married population under the age of 35 does not have more than two children. The village now boasts 100 percent survival of new-born babies, their inoculation and immunisation, as well as regular vaccination of children below five. The supply of nutritious food to children and pregnant and lactating women, along with regular health check-ups, is also among the unique achievements of the village. The gender ratio of women and men is almost the same. Each woman is also a member of a self-help group, making a significant contribution to the family income. Apart from having savings of at least Rs.10,000 each, every family has a life insurance policy, prompting authorities to give the village the Beema Gram award. The farmers development panel looks into improvements in agriculture; experts explore ways of increasing productivity as well as reducing farming costs. But sometimes, even discipline could result in loss: While farmers all over the state rejoiced after the government announced waiver of agricultural loans for small and marginal farmers, peasants here suffered a loss of over Rs.40 lakh because we had repaid our loans on time, headman Rajamouli said. There is also a committee to come to the help of villagers engaged in family disputes. A civil supplies body ensures that no corruption takes place in the supply of essential commodities through ration shops. The village also enforces a complete ban on the sale of alcohol. Drinking may lead to communal disharmony as well as domestic abuse. Hence the sale of liquor has been banned for more than a decade now, said Kusam Ramaiah, head of the prohibition committee. The journey to progress has not been smooth sailing, though. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letters may be emailed to the editoruconnect@gmail.com ,with full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. The essence of our prosperity and development is our unity, and it took years to forge that. There were so many divisions on the basis of caste, religion, political belief, etc, but we did not lose heart, says S. Kaadambani, the member of a selfhelp group. As the village became famous, the residents launched a fresh scheme to garner revenue - visitors are charged Rs.1,600 for a conducted tour with proper guides to explain the progress that the village has witnessed. Government functionaries, members of other gram panchayats, media people and NGO activists from within the country and abroad are among those who have dropped by. There are at least two visits to this model village each week.

Risk of Italys isolation decided marines return to India

Rome Serious and objective risks that Italy could become isolated in the international community amid a crisis of grave proportions with India over the two marines led the Italian government to decide to send them back to India, outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti has said. The two marines - Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone have been at the centre of a bilateral dispute since February 2012, when they were arrested in India on charges of shooting two Indian fishermen dead while on anti-piracy duty off its southern coast. While Italy insists the incident happened in international waters, India claims that Latorre and Girone should be tried as the crime appeared on its territory. Our priority was safety, security and dignity of our two marines as well as of all Italians who are in India, Xinhua news agency quoted Monti as saying in an address to parliament, a day after Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi quit out of disagreement with the government. Monti said there were serious and objective risks that Italy could remain isolated in the international community amid a crisis of grave proportions with India. On Tuesday, Terzi abruptly resigned claiming that his voice went unheard as the caretaker cabinet decided to send back Latorre and Girone 10 days after it reneged on a pledge to return the two men who had been granted a four-week leave. Monti said that the U-turn decision, which was sparked by an escalating row in which India ruled that the Italian ambassador could not leave the country without permission, has reopened bilateral talks that can lead to a quick solution. He rejected speculations linking the case to economic interests surrounding a controversial contract for the purchase of Italian helicopters by the Indian government. Monti, who was sworn in as temporary foreign minister Wednesday, said he was stunned by the fact that Terzi gave no warning he would step down, adding that his real goal could become clearer in the near future. Terzi has denied media reports which said he may aim at a political career with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconis People of Freedom party, which was particularly critical of the governments handling of the case. There was no personal purpose. Being it a story that got me involved at the institutional and personal level, I felt it was impossible to continue my commitment, Terzi said. Local analysts, however, says that to turn the issue into material for political controversy would be only the last in a long series of mistakes over the issue and exactly what the marines asked not to be done in their appeal to the unity of sides. Not opposing the shoring of the two officers, having accepted an agreement to then violate it, and finally breaking the word given to two servants of the state was an unacceptable sequence of errors, said Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, professor of international relations at the Catholic University of Milan and columnist of Il Sole 24 Ore financial newspaper. Whatever the deep reasons be why the case was managed so badly, my opinion is that there was not a shared line within the government, Andrea Carati, associate research fellow of ISPI institute of international politics, told Xinhua. As a result, though the relations between Italy and India are expected at the end to remain as good as traditionally, the credibility of the Italian diplomacy came out quite deteriorated, he said. This cannot but be an objective view shared by both common citizens and diplomacy experts, Carati added.

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COVER STORY
Irrespective of what Manmohan Singh says, there is an atmosphere of instability around the government. But BJPs Ravi Shankar Prasad ruled out the chances of a Third Front forming a government after the next parliamentary election. Third Front is a past for Indian politics. It has neither relevance for present nor promise for future, he said. He also took a jibe at Mulayam Singh, saying the SP must withdraw support to the government if it had so many complaints. On his part, Mulayam Singh, whose praise of BJP veteran L.K. Advani sparked speculation in political circles, denied Friday that he was moving closer to the BJP. He also denied that he nursed prime ministerial ambitions. Not wanting to take chances, the Congress Friday reached out to the SP, saying the concerns of the allies and supporting parties can be addressed. In Lucknow, over cups of steaming coffee and idlis, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav talked business. But one informed source told IANS that the two discussed everything but politics. The finance minister was very reassuring on our demands and underlined that the union government was committed to development of the state, said a senior Uttar Pradesh official. In Chennai, DMK president M. Karunanidhi, having walked out of the Congress-led UPA, reiterated Friday that his party would no more keep the ruling coalition afloat. The DMK divorced the Congress after accusing the Indian government of not doing enough against Sri Lanka, which it says killed Tamils in large numbers in the war against the Tamil Tigers. In New Delhi, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi reiterated that the UPA government was safe. Our government is very stable, Alvi told IANS. He added that the next Lok Sabha election would be held on time -- in 2014.

SP to keep UPA afloat

New Delhi The Congress heaved a sigh of relief after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav said Friday that he wont withdraw support to the Congress-led UPA government for now. But the heat was on the Congress with estranged ally Trinamool Congress demanding the immediate resignation of the minority United Progressive Alliance government. Even as he gave a fresh breather to the Congress, Mulayam Singh predicted an early Lok Sabha election -- in November this year -- and claimed that a Third Front government would then take office in New Delhi. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said early general elections were inevitable given the political uncertainty ever since the DMK quit the UPA over the Sri Lanka issue. After earlier remarks that signalled that he may ditch the UPA, which the SP backs from the outside, Mulayam Singh insisted Friday that the Congress was still a friend. There is no strained relationship with the Congress. There is no talk of withdrawal of support (to the UPA) even within our party, Yadav told CNNIBN news channel. Elections will happen this year itself, maybe in November, he added. Mulayam Singhs placatory statement came after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the UPA could be unstable post the DMKs exit but added that his government would last a full five years. In Kolkata, the Trinamool hit out at the Congress. For six months Trinamool has been clearly stating that the UPA is a minority government and has no moral right to continue, general secretary Mukul Roy said. We want the government to resign immediately. The BJP gloated over the developments. The government will not last its full term and and mid-term elections seem inevitable, BJP leader Balbir Punj said.

Uncertainties exist but well last full term

The exit of a key ally has spelled uncertainties, but the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will last its full term and carry on with reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday, but declined comment if he will agree to a third term in office. Obviously coalitions face issues, the prime minister said when asked if his government had weakened after the exit of DMK and the alliances resort to outside support from Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Sometimes, they give the impression that these arrangements are not very stable arrangements and I cannot deny that those possibilities exist. But I am confident that our government will complete full five years, he said. But did he also feel reforms can continue under these circumstances? It is not a once for all set-up we are seeking by way of reforms. Reforms certainly have to take into account the fact that we dont

have the majority to get the parliament to approve some of our reform proposals, he said. So we are certainly dependent on the goodwill of our allies and I would be the last one to deny that there are uncertainties. But even then, we are confident that the reforms that matter, and which are going to yield results in the next few months, we will be able to push them. The prime minister was also directly asked if he would be open to a third term in office if

requested again by the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi. These are hypothetical questions. We will cross that bridge, when we reach there, he replied. But, as he enters 80s, would still he have the drive or the energy to continue to contribute to public life? I have tried my very best to serve this country with all sincerity, with all dedication. Whether I have succeeded or not, it is for the public at large -- the people of India -- to judge.

Early polls are inevitable, says BJP

New Delhi Early polls are inevitable, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Friday, dismissing Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs assertion that the government would complete its five-year tenure. Launching a direct attack against the prime minister, the main opposition party asked if he was looking forward to a third term and said people of the country were tired of his government. ...The government will not last its full term and and mid-term elections seem to be inevitable, BJP leader Balbir Punj said. Irrespective of what Dr. Manmohan Singh says, there is an atmosphere of instability around the government... That is why you have this speculation about mid-term elections, Punj. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday night said he was confident that the government would complete its term, which comes to an end next year around May. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, meanwhile, scaled up the attack against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his response to a question on his chances for a third term. Replying to a query on whether he would go for a third term as prime minister, Manmohan Singh said: We will cross that bridge, when we reach there. He (Manmohan Singh) did not deny his chances for a third term... It is said

he is very reluctant politician, but he has shown his true political colours, being audaciously ambitious, Prasad said. The BJP ruled out chances of a Third Front, and also any possibility of the party forging an alliance with the Samajwadi Party. Third Front is a past for Indian politics. It has neither relevance for present nor promise for future. People of the country have seen the Third Front, and those who advocate Third Front, I would like to tell them, it has always depended on Congress support, he said. The BJPs comments came a day after Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said at a party meeting that the Lok Sabha polls were likely around November. Prasad also took a jibe at Mulayam Singh, saying the SP should withdraw support to the government if it had so many complaints. The SP chief, he said, had called the Congress a cheat and accused it of misusing the CBI and the income tax department. I want to ask him why dont you leave Congress if you are troubled by them. Asked if the BJP would look forward to an alliance with the SP, Prasad said: Mulayam Singh and we never had a tie-up and will not... there is in-principle difference between us.

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New Delhi Delhi Police Wednesday said they have detained eight people and questioned around 20 others in connection with the murder of billionaire realtor and BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj. Those quizzed include his wife and younger son. The 62-year-old real estate tycoon was shot dead Tuesday by two unidentified men in his farmhouse here. Bhardwajs wife was questioned because police wanted to know if she had a grudge against her husband since she was living separately in Dwarka with younger son Nitish for several months, a police officer close to the probe told IANS. The officer did not want to be named. The officer said South Delhi special staff and local police also questioned Nitesh, 32, since he had filed a police case against his father some months ago and in turn, Bhardwaj had lodged a complaint against his son. Another senior police officer told IANS on condition of anonymity that the investigation is on the right path and police will solve the case very soon. However, among the eight people detained, no one has been arrested, the officer said. Police have impounded 15 greycoloured Skoda cars from north and northwest Delhi, but were yet to confirm that the car used in the crime was among these or not. The killers and an accomplice fled in a Skoda with a fake registration number. Police want to know the reason behind the cross-complaints. They are still working on the rivalry theory over property or family disputes, the officer said. Investigators are also trying to find out Bhardwajs recent property and business deals and any disputes in these. Police said the three assailants were hired shooters and are on the lookout for them based on CCTV camera footage from the farmhouse gate. They are going through footage since the last one month. They have also sought Bhardwajs phone call details. Bhardwaj, the richest candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls with declared assets of over Rs.600 crore, was shot

NATIONAL NEWS
New Delhi The fast-track court trying the Dec 16 gang-rape case Thursday rejected the plea of the defence lawyer for two of the accused that the trial be held on alternate days even as it again pulled him up for stalling proceedings by failing to appear. Citing Section 309 (power to postpone or adjourn proceedings) of CrPC), Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna rejected the plea of Mukesh and Akshays advocate M.L. Sharma, saying he does not get enough time to spend with his clients and needs one day prior to cross-examining the prosecution witnesses, thus the trial should take place on alternate days. The court, however, said that it would be appropriate if the accused are brought to the court everyday at 11 a.m. and talk to their counsel, if needed. Meanwhile, the fact that Sharma failed to turn up for the hearing, only sending a message to a court official that he was hospitalized and was being administered glucose, aggravated the judge. Stalling the proceedings of the court is

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Murdered BSP leaders wife, son quizzed

Gang-rape case: Court rejects plea for hearing on alternate days

something very, very wrong... Ill have to take strict action, said the judge. However, one more opportunity was given to Sharma to appear before the court Monday, April 1 - till when the matter was further posted by the court. The judge further criticized Sharma for not informing the court directly if he was going to be absent. Sharma was Tuesday also pulled up by the court for delaying and disrupting proceedings. He had replaced V.K. Anand, who was earlier appearing for Ram Singh and his brother Mukesh, after the former was found dead in jail, having allegedly committed suicide. On the matter pertaining to providing a tutor to one of the accused - Vinay Sharma who is preparing for an interview with the Indian Air Force (IAF), Tihar Jail officials told the court thet they would provide a welfare officer to Sharma. His counsel had moved an application seeking that a tutor be provided to Vinay to help him prepare for his interview for C grade category of the IAF and that he will serve the force.

Government for separate city buses for women

twice. The post mortem report revealed he was shot two rounds - one in the head and the second in the chest. The killers had entered the farmhouse on the pretext of meeting Bhardwaj to book a hotel in the farmhouse complex.

Kashmir Police could be deployed on Nepal border

Police modernisation scheme extended by five years: Shinde

New Delhi The urban development ministry Thursday advised the states to examine the possibility of providing separate bus services for women in cities with a population of over a million, a senior official said Thursday. The urban development ministry has issued an advisory to all states to run separate bus services for women in cities where the population is over one million. It is up to the state governments to take it up. The ministry has suggested that if the states need to procure more buses they can avail funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Manoj Gupta, spokesperson, urban development ministry, told IANS. The ministry has also asked the states to implement the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) as per Urban Bus Specifications in all the city buses. ITS will offer commuters precise information of the arrival and departure of buses at select bus stops on LCD

screens put up across the city. Passengers can avail service details on select routes and stops on their cellphones by sending SMSes. It is a passenger-friendly initiative and it is now available only in Mysore in Karnataka. Delhi is also planning to have ITS facility... hope it will be soon available, Gupta added. Apart from separate buses for women, the ministry has asked the state governments to install Global Positioning System (GPS) or GPRS systems in autorickshaws and taxis. States have also been advised to initiate action for scientific management of auto-rickshaws and taxis by having GPS/GPRS and management through a common control centre so as to make this mode safe and more passengerfriendly, the ministry said. Installation of GPS/GPRS would help in monitoring auto-rickshaws better, as there would be evidence of the route taken by the driver.

New Delhi Indias home ministry is examining the possibility of deploying Jammu and Kashmir Police along the Nepal border in the wake of recent controversy over the arrest of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Liyaqat Shah, official sources said Tuesday. They said the that the move was aimed at improving the mechanism concerning the surrender of Kashmiri youth who had crossed over to Pakistani-administered Kashmir in the early 1990s during peak of militancy and want to return to the country via Nepal. The sources said that ministry has felt the need to put in place mechanisms to avoid the kind of controversy that

erupted over Liyaqats arrest March 20. There are two conflicting versions on Shahs arrest. While Delhi Police claim he was part of a terrorist plot attempting to launch a fidayeen (suicide) attack in the capital, Jammu and Kashmir Police say he was on his way back home from Pakistan to surrender under the rehabilitation policy of the government. The sources said if the move goes through, Jammu and Kashmir police will be deployed along with Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on the India-Nepal border and will help in identifying the Kashmiri youth who have been using Nepal as an alternative route to come back to the state.

Property document only piece of paper if unregistered, unattested: SC

New Delhi The Supreme Court has said that a document bequeathing a property will remain just a piece of paper unless it is registered or attested by two witnesses to qualify it as a will. Upholding the finding arrived at by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the apex court said that a document by Rao Gajraj Singh was neither a transfer of property as the same was not registered as required under the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 nor was it a will as it was not attested by two witnesses as it should have been done for a will. Thus, the writing executed by Rao Gajraj Singh, in the eyes of law, was only a piece of paper, having no legal effect, said a bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Anil R. Dave in their recent judgment upholding the decision of the high court. Factually also, the said writing was not a will because it was not attested by two attesting witnesses as is required to be done for execution of a valid will. It is also a fact that the said writing had not been registered, said that court. Gajraj Singh, who died March 29, 1981, had executed a document, which said that upon his death or the death of his wife, his property would be inherited by the survivor. His wife Sumitra Devi, who passed away June 6, 1989, executed a will June 1, 1989, bequeathTerming the document executed by Rao Gajraj Singh a piece of paper, the court said that after his death, the suit would have to be equally divided amongst his widow and eight sons. Thus each of one them would get one-ninth share of the property and as Sumitra Devi had bequeathed her share of property to Narinder Singh Rao, he would get two-ninths. In view of the findings of fact arrived at by the courts below and the legal position clarified hereinabove and by the high court, in our opinion, the high court has committed no error and, therefore, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment, the apex court said.

ing the property to one of her eight children Narinder Singh Rao.

New Delhi The central government has extended the scheme for modernisation of state police forces by five years, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Tuesday. He also said steps were being taken to put in place a robust cyber security structure. Speaking at a conference on Safety and Security: Need for Police Reforms organised by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), Shinde said the government had extended the scheme for modernisation of police forces for five years from 2012-13. According to an Assocham release, Shinde said the government was also working on a robust cyber security structure by building capacities. He said the reach of the multi-agency centre would be increased to meet emerging challenges. Shinde said the Model Police Act had been circulated among states and 15 had either enacted a new police act or amended existing acts. Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who also spoke at the event, favoured continuation of the force under the administrative control of the central government. He also said technology had become a key asset in policing. He said technology had enabled integration of diverse systems, inter-operability of stand-alone systems and streamlined and systematised operational aspects of policing. He said technology would enable police to enforce traffic discipline. According to the release, the officer said real reform took place when police functioned according to rule of law and not according to rule of politics. There have been suggestions that the administrative control of Delhi Police be handed over to the elected government for better accountability. Answering queries, the officer said effectiveness of police should be judged by its capacity to prevent crime and make communities feel safe and secure.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Blackbuck case: Court reads out charges

Jaipur A court in Jodhpur Saturday read out charges against four Bollywood stars Tabu, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Saif Ali Khan - in the 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching while shooting for a film. Salman Khan is also charged in the case but was not present at the hearing. The poaching allegedly occurred during the shooting of Rajshri Productions Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998. Chief Judicial Magistrate C.K. Jain read out charges one by one against all of the film starts, except Salman Khan, also an accused, who had sought exemption from the court on the ground that he had to be out of the country for medical treatment. Salman Khan was not present in the court today as he is not in the country and has gone overseas for treatment, said his counsel Hastimal Saraswat. The charges have been framed under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 relating to hunting and inciting to poach blackbucks. If found guilty, the actors face imprisonment of up to six years. These actors, however, denied all the charges. The court has fixed April 27 as next date of hearing. The case was filed against these actors for poaching of blackbucks in 1998 in Kankni village near Jodhpur. The blackbuck is a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act.

Katju seeks pardon for Sanjay, Zaibunnisa

New Delhi Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju said he would continue to seek pardon on humanitarian grounds for actor Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunissa Kazi, who have been sentenced to five years in prison for their role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings. Clarifying his position after Sanjay told reporters in Mumbai that he would not seek pardon and would surrender within the given timeframe, former Supreme Court Justice Katju said: Sanjay Dutt may not appeal for pardon, but I will appeal for his pardon. I think he deserves pardon. He has said that he will not seek pardon but others can apply for pardon, and Im going to apply for him. Im preparing a letter today for pardon for both Sanjay and Zaibunnisa, Katju told a news channel. He said he would seek pardon for both Sanjay, 53, and Zaibunissa Kazi, 70, on humanitarian grounds. Zaibunnisa was a co-accused in the 1993 bomb blasts case and was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court. Katju had said two days ago that he received an e-mail from Shagufta, Zaibunnisas daughter, appealing to him to seek pardon for her mother. Elaborating on the reasons for his stance, Katju said, This man (Sanjay Dutt) has suffered enough for 20 years. I will continue my efforts to get pardon for him. It is purely on humanitarian basis. Personally, I dont know the man. Im not his fan and I dont see films. Im not his relative or friend, but both Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunissa deserve pardon on humanitarian basis. Pardon can be granted on myriad grounds. Public good is one of them, it can be humanitarian and various grounds, Katju added. Katjus reaction came soon after Sanjay Dutt, who has been convicted under the Arms Act for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, said he would surrender when the time comes and would not be seeking pardon.

Helicopter deal was tainted, says Antony

Kochi Defence Minister A.K. Antony Monday confirmed that corruption had taken place in the controversial helicopter deal with Italian company AgustaWestland. He added that a new defence procurement policy would soon be ready. Yes, corruption has taken place in the helicopter deal and bribes have been taken. The CBI is pursuing the case very vigorously, Antony told reporters here. As soon reports first surfaced of alleged corruption in the deal, the defence ministry ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation to probe if kickbacks were paid to Indian middlemen in the Rs.3,700crore deal to buy 12 high-security VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland. Please wait for some more time, and there is no doubt very strict action would be taken against those who are involved, Antony said, adding that a new defence procurement policy would be announced very shortly. We have been emphasising on indigenisation in defence procurement and the new policy preparation has reached the final stages, and will spell out all such things, Antony said.

Not seeking pardon, says emotional Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt, that he would surrender when the time comes and would not be seeking pardon. Speaking out for the first time since the Supreme Court verdict last week, Sanjay appealed to the media for privacy. The 53-year-old also said there were many others who deserved a pardon more than him. He said: I will surrender in the given time of Supreme Court. I have not applied for any pardon. I want to tell the media and the citizens of our country, when I am not going for a pardon, then there is no debate about it. An emotional Sanjay, who broke down while addressing the media, said he had the highest respect for the court. I am a shattered man, my family is shattered. I want to thank whoever has supported us. I have a lot of work to finish and now I want to spend my time with my family. Its tough time for me and my family. With folded hands, I want to tell you just let me be in peace till the time I go in, said the actor, who is married to Manyata and has twins with her. An estimated Rs.100 crore is riding on the Bollywood star who is part of upcoming projects Zanjeer remake, Policegiri, Munna Bhai 3 and P.K..

Delhi Police release second terror suspects sketch

New Delhi Delhi Police released the sketch of a man whom the arrested suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was to contact to plan a fidayeen (suicide) terror attack in the capital. According to Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) S.N. Shrivastava, the man, aged around 25-30, had brought the arms and explosives, to be used in the attack, to a guest house here. Police said the sketch was prepared on the basis of statements given by the guest house employees and the CCTV footage. The man could be seen in the footage of close circuit television camera installed inside the guest house in central Delhi, said an officer. Delhi Police Friday claimed to have averted the terror attack following the arrest of Syed Liyaqat Shah, 47, a resident of Dardpora village in Kashmirs Kupwara district, from Uttar Pradeshs Gorakhpur March 20. According to police, Shah was told by his Pakistan handlers to contact a person, related to Hizbul Mujahideen cadre, in a guest house in Delhis Jama Masjid area who was to provide him arms and ammunition for carrying out the attack during the Holi festival. Going by his confession, police were able to recover an AK-56 assault rifle, three hand grenades, two magazines -each carrying 30 round cartridges, 220 grams of explosives, a Delhi map and a memory card. Delhi Police Saturday denied claims of Shahs family that Shah, 47, was going to surrender in Jammu and Kashmir under the state governments rehabilitation policy.

The actor has about three weeks time to surrender and he said he would be completing his work commitments before going in. He was accompanied at the press conference by his sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt. Several members of film fraternity and some politicians spoke in Sanjays support. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and actor-turned politician Jaya Prada Tuesday met Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan. However, other political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena opposed it, saying it would not be fair to pardon Sanjay.

Tripura High Court finally opens after 30-year wait

Agartala The Tripura High Court was opened by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir *, ending a 30-year-old struggle for an independent high court in the state. With this, the total number of high courts in the country increased from 21 to 24. Justice Kabir had inaugurated the Meghalaya High Court and the Manipur High Court. The people of Tripuras over 30-yearold struggle has ended with the setting up of a separate high court, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said. Sarkar said: We strongly believe that with the setting up of the new high court, democracy in Tripura would be stronger, consolidated and vibrant. Earlier Saturday, Justice Deepak Gupta, who is from Himachal Pradesh, took over as the first chief justice of the Tripura High Court while Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha, Justice Swapan Chandra Das and Justice Subhashish Talapatra - all from Tripura - assumed office as judges. They were earlier associated with the Gauhati High Court. In Tripura alone, over 52,000 cases are pending in lower courts and 5,500 cases are awaiting disposal in the high court, Tripura law department secretary Datamohan Jamatia said. Cases and litigations of the state were earlier dealt at Gauhati High Court or at the Agartala bench of the high court, resulting in slow trials. The mandatory amendment to the North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971 - the NorthEastern Areas (Re-organisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012 - was passed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in May 2012, paving the way for the creation of separate high courts in Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur. The seven northeastern states -- Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh -- have been under the Gauhati High Court with benches in the respective state capitals. Sikkim has a separate high court.

Six engineering students among 7 killed in bus accident

Thiruvananthapuram Six engineering students and an elderly man were killed and several others injured when the bus they were travelling in rolled 150 feet down a hillside in the hilly Idukki district Monday, an official said. The students of the Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology here had got together and planned the trip. The principal of the college said the college authorities were not involved in it, and were yet to ascertain the identities of the students who were killed in the accident. One of the killed engineering students was a girl. The elderly man was part of the bus crew. The incident occurred about 170 km from the state capital. There were 41 students of the final year batch at the college on the trip. They included 13 girls. Eyewitnesses said the bus was coming from Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, and driving towards Munnar when it skidded off the road and rolled downhill. The condition of two of the injured is said to be serious.

State Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said the medical expenses for all those injured would be borne by the government.

Right now, our aim is to see that the injured get the best treatment and authorities are ensuring that, Radhakrishnan said.

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plaining his decision was influenced by his son, who is gay. Meanwhile, a new national poll indicates that the percentage of Americans who say they have a family member or close friend who is gay or lesbian is on the rise. And that increase matches a jump in the percent of the public who support legal same-sex marriages. According to a CNN/ORC International survey, 57 percent say they have a family member or close friend who is gay or lesbian, up 12 points from 2007. The number of Americans who support same-sex marriage has risen by almost the same amount in that time - from 40 percent in 2007 to 53 percent today. The changes have been so swift that it is sometimes surprising to remember how many gay men and lesbians were until recently in the closet and how many hurdles there have been along the way, wrote John Harwood in The New York Times. We were all hiding, he quoted former Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, who in 1987 became the first member of Congress to voluntarily disclose his homosexuality, as saying. At the time, the public disapproval of homosexuality - so powerful that gay men and lesbians hesitated to identify themselves, much less seek political change - helped stunt the movements emergence, Harwood wrote. Durban Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday made five suggestions for BRICS, covering global growth to security, as the influential bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa moves forward after concluding the first cycle of five summits in each of these emerging economies. As we look to the future, the progress over the past five years encourages us to set higher ambitions, seek new avenues and set new goals for our cooperation, the prime minister told the plenary session of the fifth edition of BRICS summit in this coastal city of South Africa. However our roadmap for the future should focus on consolidating and deepening our existing cooperation. We should also carefully prioritise existing and new areas, keeping in view our strengths, our resources and the difference we can make, both for our people and the world, he said. Accordingly, he made five suggestions: - Respond to the persisting weakness in the global economy by deploying adequate resources to revive growth. - Look at research and development and related exchanges through the prism of emerging economies rather than focus on the developed world. - Make economic development more broad-based and inclusive, not just as a moral imperative but also as a pragmatic approach.

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US witnesses big jump in same Manmohan Singh makes five recommendations sex marriage support to BRICS
Washington As the US Supreme Court hears two landmark cases on same-sex marriage, public support for such unions has witnessed a huge spurt with the coming out of several politicians on both sides of the political divide. Two Democratic senators joined other high-profile politicians like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in coming out in support of same-sex marriage ahead of the Supreme Court arguments. Its decisions are expected in June. The cases challenge Californias Proposition 8 and the federal governments Defence of Marriage Act, both of which define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. I support marriage equality because it is the fair and right thing to do, wrote Senator Mark Warner, a former governor of Virginia, on his Facebook page. Fellow Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri similarly endorsed same-sex marriage, saying she had come to the conclusion that our government should not limit the right to marry based on who you love. Both Virginia and Missouri have large swaths of conservative voters, who are opposed to unions between gays and lesbians. Earlier this month, Senator Rob Portman became the first Republican in the Senate to back same-sex marriage, ex-

Indian-American student goes missing for ten days

Washington US authorities including the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) have expanded their search for Sunil Tripathi, an Indian-American student of Brown University, who went missing ten days ago. Police assisted by the FBI are scouring Providence, Rhode Island, and nearby cities for any sign of the missing 22-year-old man, but appear to be no closer to knowing where he is. Police have have no solid leads so far, CNN reported citing detective Mark Sacco. Outside of Providence, the search has been extended to Boston, Connecticut, New York, and Philadelphia. Tripathi was on approved leave from the Ivy League school, meaning that he had requested and was granted time off, but he remained a student there. We miss his warm smile and generous gentle spirit so very much. Your help and prayers to find him mean so much, his family said in a statement. Tripathi was last seen in the campus area on the morning of March 16. He

- Work more cohesively at global forums to advance the agenda of sustained economic recovery and balanced outcome on issues related to trade, development and environment. - Work closely for the reform of global institutions of political and economic governance like the UN Security Council and the International Monetary Fund that reflects contemporary realities. It is my belief that over the last five summits, our forum has become more cohesive and more relevant. We derive as much value from our diversity as from our synergies -- equally, we stand to ben-

efit enormously from our convergence and collective strength, the prime minister said. The world today faces uncertainties, turbulence and transition on an unprecedented scale, leading to multiple economic and security challenges for us. Terrorism, piracy and the emerging threats from cyber-space are important security concerns for us, he said. It is incumbent upon us to use our collective voice and capacity and make an effective and meaningful contribution to addressing these challenges and fostering global peace, stability and security.

Australia to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan

Canberra Most Australian troops in Afghanistan will return home and their main military base at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan will be closed by the end of 2013, it was announced. Australia has some 1,550 troops in Afghanistan now, mostly in Uruzgan province. At least 1,000 will return to Australia by the end of this year, Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced. Xinhua quoted him as saying that the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force had made the decision to close the Tarin Kowt base. This base is the principal Australian base in Afghanistan and is used by both reconstruction, mentoring and special forces troops. The effect of that closure will be that Australia will no longer have a permanent presence in Uruzgan, and the majority of Australian Defence Force personnel will return from Afghanistan to Australia, he said. From 2014, Australia will train, advise and assist the Afghan national security forces by continuing to provide embedded headquarters staff, advisers at the Corps level and trainers at the Afghan National Army Officer Training Academy in Kabul. Under an appropriate mandate, Australia remained prepared to make a special forces contribution, either for training or for counter-terrorism purposes, Smith said. Defence Force chief David Hurley also pointed out there were still decisions pending on the further use of special forces in Afghanistan. In the meantime, Australian troops will continue to train and advise Afghan army forces and remain combat ready to assist if the need arises.

Spring Storm Brings Snow To US East Coast

State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A Penn State student walks along the bicycle path near Sunset Park on his way to campus. Heavy snow fell throughout Centre County, causing local schools to be closed and hazardous traveling conditions.

Dekh Tamasha Dekh to open NY Indian film fest

New York Feroz Abbas Khans Dekh Tamasha Dekh will open the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) April 30, while debut director Nitin Kakkars Filmistaan will be screened as the May 4 closing night film. Both will premiere at the New York Universitys celebrated Skirball Centre, organisers of the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the US, now celebrating its 13th year, announced. The full line-up of screenings, events, and venues will be announced soon. Written by renowned Marathi playwright Shafaat Khan, Dekh Tamasha Dekh is a social and political satire that cuts deep to the heart of many current issues, a true story based off true events. Khan, whose debut film Gandhi My Father received rave reviews and won several national and international awards, said: IAAC has an imagination that has expanded to embrace and celebrate the artistic expression of the entire subcontinent. I was privileged to perform my play Mahatma v/s Gandhi as one of its earlier programmes. Gandhi My Father was part of the film festival in 2007,

French regret killing two Indians in Africa

Durban France has expressed regret over the killing of two Indians by its troops in the Central African Republic, where a rebel leader seized power during the weekend. French President Francois Hollande has expressed regret over the incident, in which six other Indians were injured, in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The incident took place at the airport in capital Bangui. The French, who have some 250 soldiers stationed in Central African Republic Airport, were guarding the airport, Indian officials here said. While conveying his condolences, President Hollande assured the prime minister of his firm determination to investigate the tragic event and assured that the injured were under the care of French medical teams, an official statement said. The prime minister expressed his deep distress at the loss of innocent lives. He has directed that all efforts be

was wearing blue jeans, a black Eastern Mountain Sports ski jacket, glasses, and a Philadelphia Eagles wool hat. He is about 6 feet tall, 130 pounds and has short dark hair. Tripathi apparently left his apartment without his wallet and cell phone. As far as police know, he was alone, CNN said. Tripathi grew up in Radnor, Pennsylvania. His family said he is a talented saxophonist and a philosophy major. He has been living in Providence since 2008. A public Facebook page has been created to help find Tripathi. Updates on the search effort are being posted there, as well as photographs and messages of encouragement. Our concerns are first and foremost with Sunil and his family, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for student life and campus services at Brown University. We are hopeful that by encouraging the Brown community to help spread the word that Sunil will be located.

he said describing the opening night film at NYIFF 2013 as a huge responsibility and honour. The protagonist, aspiring actor Sharib Hashmi, is assisting an American film crew shooting a documentary on the India-Pakistan border when one night he is kidnapped and held hostage in a small village in Pakistan. When the terrorist group realises they have kidnapped an Indian and not an American, Hashmi is kept hostage until the mix-up is corrected, and he begins a burgeoning friendship with a young Pakistani. We are proud to be the among the first supporters of immensely talented directors like Feroz Abbas Khan and Nitin Kakkar, said Aseem Chhabra, festival director. Both directors will be in attendance at the festival.

made to ensure the safety of approximately 100 Indian nationals in the Central African Republic, mainly in and around Bangui, the statement added. The Indian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, concurrently accredited to the Central African Republic, is making necessary arrangements for the return of the mortal remains of the Indian nationals in accordance with the desires of their next of kin. Its troops were trying to defend the airport and French nationals in the city. There are some 1,200 French people in the country, most of them in the capital. The Central African Republic is a landlocked country with Chad in the north, Sudan in northeast, South Sudan in the east, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo in south, and Cameroon in the west. The country of some 4.5 million slid into anarchy. Its President Francois Bozize fled to Cameroon after the rebels seized the capital.

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On April 1, When 16 Burmese newspapers are granted operating licenses, they will become the first independent dailies allowed to publish in nearly 50 years. While journalists have described the move as a major step toward media freedom in Burma, they have also voiced outrage at the countrys draft media law, released earlier this month, which critics say could roll back government promises to loosen its grip on a long tightly controlled industry. That bill bans reporting on several topics, including the Burmese militarys battles with ethnic rebels and any coverage critical of the 2008 military-drafted constitution. It also permits sixmonth jail terms for failing to register news publications with the government. If the authorities want to build a democracy, these kinds of restrictions should not be in place, said Wai Phyo, chief editor of Eleven Media, one of the leading private news organizations in Burma, also known as Myanmar. If parliament passes the draft law and it impacts the Burmese media, we will fight it in every way possible. The proposed legislation would replace a widely condemned 1962 publishing law that gives the government broad powers to control media output and punish journalists it considers to be working against the national interest. If passed in its current form, the draft law would essentially replace Burmas old censorship regime with a similarly repressive new one, said Shawn Crispin, senior Southeast Asia representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists. Burmese Information Minister Aung Kyi has defended the bill, noting that since media censorship was abolished, many new and poisonous publications have emerged. He cited dozens of magazines that have published photographs he labeled as contrary to Myanmars cultural norms. Media groups pushed back strongly when the ministrys printing and publishing bill was submitted to parliament earlier this month. Journalists complaints helped delay a vote on the proposed legislation until representatives reconvene in June. While Burmas media liberalization moves haltingly forward, authorities have continued to clamp down severely on Internet use. Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based group that defends freedom of the press, this month accused the Burmese government of enforcing harsh and widespread Internet censorship. The Burmese firewall restricts users to an intranet purged of any anti-government content, the group said. Blocked websites include exiled Burmese media, proxies and other censorship circumvention tools, certain

New Ivory Coast Unrest Displaces Thousands

ABIDJAN In the past two weeks, three attacks have killed at least 13 people and displaced thousands in western Ivory Coast. Local officials say the attacks in Ivory Coast were carried out by armed groups crossing the border from neighboring Liberia. Ivorian combatants and Liberian mercenaries fled into Liberia when Ivory Coasts post-election conflict ended nearly two years ago, and Human Rights Watch has accused them of involvement in sporadic attacks dating as far back as July 2011. The post-election conflict was sparked by the refusal of former President Laurent Gbagbo to concede defeat in the November 2010 vote against his successor, President Alassane Ouattara. The recent attacks have been early-morning raids. On March 13, gunmen killed two soldiers and five civilians in the town of Zilebly. A raid on March 21 resulted in no deaths, though three assailants were arrested and weapons including AK-47s were recovered. Two days later, an attack on a village outside the town of Blolequin resulted in six deaths, three of them assailants. U.N. refugee agency senior protection officer Jackie Keegan says more than 6,000 people fled in response to the three attacks, and that roughly 2,700 were still displaced. Many of these villages were

Burma Approves News Dailies Amid Outcry

Former US film academy president dies

Los Angeles Fay Kanin, Hollywood screenwriter and former president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), has died at Beverly Hills, California. She was 95. AMPAS confirmed the death of its first full-term female president Wednesday but failed to provide any details about her survivors and cause of death, reports Xinhua. Born Fay Mitchell May 9, 1917 in New York city, Kanin attended University of Southern California and became a story editor at the RKO Pictures. She met Michael Kanin, who later became her husband and writing partner, and the duo embarked on a long writing career. The Kanins cooperated on such unremarkable films including 1952 comedy My Pal Gus, the 1954 Elizabeth Taylor film Rhapsody and 1956 musical remake The Opposite Sex. In 1958, their work on Teachers Pet, which starred Clark Gable and Doris Day in a love-hate relationship, paid off, as the comedy earned the couple their only Oscar nomination. The couple were also active on Broadway, working on such dramas including Rashomon, an adaptation of the classic Akira Kurosawa film.

entirely emptied during the postelection crisis and remained empty for months into 2011, said Keegan. Both the communities that fled and the communities that are now hosting them are really just recovering now from that experience. And the destruction of villages and also of stocks, including grain stocks, is going to have a significant impact on their ability to reestablish themselves. Of the estimated 2,700 displaced people, 1,700 are living with host families. Keegan noted they might need food should the situation continue for much longer, and said the World Food Program is evaluating the situation. The remaining 1,000 are living on four sites specifically designated for the displaced, where they have received food from local authorities and also vaccinations. Besides causing the most significant displacement in the region this year, the recent attacks have also disrupted the return of refugees from Liberia. The United Nations said the March 21 attack prevented a convoy of 160 Ivorians from making the trip back to their home country.

international media, and blogs and sites offering scholarships abroad. Other media watchdogs note that while previously censored news websites have been unblocked, the government still detains online dissidents. Private, print media existed for 40-50 years under two military regimes, but with very strict restrictions and [heavy] censorship, he said. [Now] its all gone, starting in August last year, 48 years of pre-press censorship is gone. Thiha Saw spent years battling with censors and is highly critical of the draft media law. In a recent interview, he predicted that Burmese journalists wont be as free as their Philippine or Thai colleagues, but will definitely be more liberal than [those in] Cambodia, Vietnam or Singapore.

Hiroshima updates number of A-bomb victims

Osaka The Japanese city of Hiroshima released a new report Thursday about the actual damage from the 1945 atomic bombing, updating the total number of victims to 557,478. This was more than 15,000 people recorded in the previous file, reports Xinhua. The report was compiled as part of the citys more than 30-year-old investigative project on the victims, focusing on demographic changes in recent decades. The released data was based on the latest tallies, calculated until 2011 with 120,000 additional historical sources such as medical treatment notes and necrologies, according to the research division of the Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Department at the Hiroshima City Office. The report also updated the actual number of direct victims of the atomic bombing -- those who were within the city and its neighboring towns and villages -- to 384,743, while the number of victims who have died so far is 277,996, less than the 280,959 indicated by previous data in 1999. Kaoru Ohsugi, director of the division, told Xinhua that since there were still different ways to interpret the numbers concerning the A-bomb victims and damage, the division decided to update the figures, collecting new information and checking the details using computers. Considering the remaining time the survivors have to live and the verification procedures we can use, this report may be the last edition the city officially issues, Ohsugi said.

Risk of Italys isolation decided marines return to India

Rome Serious and objective risks that Italy could become isolated in the international community amid a crisis of grave proportions with India over the two marines led the Italian government to decide to send them back to India, outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti has said. The two marines - Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - have been at the centre of a bilateral dispute since February 2012, when they were arrested in India on charges of shooting two Indian fishermen dead while on anti-piracy duty off its southern coast. While Italy insists the incident happened in international waters, India claims that Latorre and Girone should be tried as the crime appeared on its territory. Our priority was safety, security and dignity of our two marines as well as of all Italians who are in India, Xinhua news agency quoted Monti as saying in an address to parliament, a day after Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi quit out of disagreement with the government. Monti said there were serious and objective risks that Italy could remain isolated in the international community amid a crisis of grave proportions with India.

Kanin served as the second female AMPAS president from 1979-83, following in the footsteps of earlier president Bette Davis, who left after only one month in 1941. Kanin has also served as the president of the Screen Branch of the Writers Guild of America. She was also a member of the Board of AMPAS, and sat on the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute.

Monti said that the U-turn decision, which was sparked by an escalating row in which India ruled that the Italian ambassador could not leave the country without permission, has reopened bilateral talks that can lead to a quick solution. He rejected speculations linking the case to economic interests surrounding a controversial contract for the purchase of Italian helicopters by the Indian government. Monti, who was sworn in as temporary foreign minister Wednesday, said he was stunned by the fact that Terzi gave no warning he would step down, adding that his real goal could become clearer in the near future. Terzi has denied media reports which said he may aim at a political career with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconis People of Freedom party, which was particularly critical of the governments handling of the case. There was no personal purpose. Being it a story that got me involved at the institutional and personal level, I felt it was impossible to continue my commitment, Terzi said. Local analysts, however, says that to turn the issue into material for political controversy would be only the last in a long series of mistakes over the issue and exactly what the marines asked not to be done in their appeal to the unity of sides.

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QUOTE FIRE

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Justice Markandey Katju Should one be a Shylock who demands a pound of flesh, or should one be a Portia who pleads that justice should be tempered with mercy. Let the , people, and the concerned authority, decide.

Neelan Gorhe Shiv Sena legislator There is no need for a rethink on the Supreme Court judgement. If Dutt is given a pardon, it will send a wrong message to society. However, if leniency is shown to Dutt, it would be tantamount to providing a political cover to convicts,

Shatrughan Sinha I am not saying forgive him. Nor do I question the honourable Supreme Courts judgment. We must respect the law of the land. However, my humble submission is that Sanjay has suffered enough for his folly,

Digvijay Singh Congress general secretary Sanjay Dutt is not a criminal or terrorist. The atmosphere was bad in 1993 and he behaved like an immature child,

Ramdas Athawale RPI President Nobody is bigger than law. Law is equal for all. Sanjay Dutt should be punished and he should accept it with humility,

Rashid Alvi Congress We do not interfere in any legal matter of any sort whether it is by intervention or by remarks. The court delivers judgements and whatever judgement the courts deliver, we respect that,

Balbir Punj BJP MP In fact, the court has been soft on Dutt and whatsoever punishment has been given to him as a law abiding citizen, he must respect the courts judgement,

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New Delhi Hopeful of a comeback in Karnataka, the Congress has to overcome factionalism and select the right candidates if it has to return to power in the state in May after seven years. Curbing infighting and selecting the right candidates would be crucial for our victory, a senior Congress leader who did not wish to be named. Karnataka will vote for a 224 member house (one nominated Anglo-Indian member makes it 225) on May 5. The result will be out May 8. A win in Karnataka could boost the Congress morale in southern India, especially after the exit of the DMK from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance over the Sri Lankan issue. The May 5 ballot is also significant as the Congress will be contesting a big state after Rahul Gandhi became the partys vice president in January. Earlier, Congress failed to retain power in 2004 assembly polls, won 64 seats and formed a coalition government with Janata Dal-Secular with N. Dharam Singh as chief minister. The coalition collapsed in 2006 as

Can Congress overcome infighting to win Karnataka?

JD-S leader H. D. Kumaraswamy, son of former prime minister and JD-S president H D Deve Gowda, tied up with BJP to form a government. Kumaraswamy became the chief minister and BJPs B. S. Yeddyurappa was his deputy. The arrangement was Kumaraswamy will vacate his chair after 20 months paving way for Yeddyurappa as chief minister for the remaining 20 months of the assembly. But Kumaraswamy did not keep his word and the BJP-JD-S coalition collapsed forcing early assembly elections in 2008, instead of 2009. The Congress, which has been out of power in Karnataka for seven years, lost the state to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2008 primarily due to infighting and wrong selection of candidates, say party insiders. The Congress contested 222 out of 224 seats in 2008, won 80 against 110 of the BJP, which formed the government with the support of five independents. Later, some Congress legislators defected to the BJP, bringing down its tally to 71.

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Bangalore The state election commission Wednesday directed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka to strictly observe the model code of conduct (MCC) in the run-up to the single-phase state legislative assembly election May 5. We have directed all the state departments to remove content from their respective websites, which are showcasing their achievements as we have to ensure a level-playing field during the electioneering, state Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar

Panel tells Karnataka government to observe poll code

Jha told reporters here. The poll panel also directed the state government to stop all new projects, identification of beneficiaries of its various socio-economic schemes and issuing ration cards to below poverty line families in compliance with the MCC. With the notification of the assembly election last week, provisions of the MCC have been in force since March 20 for all the concerned, especially state officials, political parties and candidates. Violation of the provisions will be viewed seriously and action will be initiated, Jha said. The commission has also set up a toll free number - 1950 - for lodging any election-related grievance by the public with an assurance that their complaints will be kept confidential. Efforts are on to register every eligible voter and provide him/her with election photo identity card (EPIC), though 98 percent of the electorate has been covered till date, Jha pointed out. Of the 400,000 applications received for registration as voters, the panel has issued EPICs to 224,000 and the

Kolkata Faced with a gritty state election panel, the West Bengal government Tuesday flip flopped but blinked, agreeing to reorganise the districts in the two phase rural body polls late next month on a dramatic and action packed day. However, a solution to the battle between the election commission and the Mamata Banerjee-led government still seemed a far cry with the poll panel sticking to its stand that the elections would have to be conducted

Mamata government blinks, but standoff with poll panel continues

by deploying the central paramilitary forces. The state government, despite the climbdown from its earlier stand of holding the polls in 14 districts April 26 and in the remaining three districts Malda, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur April 30, continued to attack the commission. A senior state minister termed as impractical and irrelevant the greater portion of a letter written by the panel to the government Monday and said it seemed to have been drafted by a school boy. In the letter, the election commission sought clarifications on the unilateral announcement last week of the rural poll schedule and raised the issue of reorganisation of the districts. The poll panel has been pitching for threephase elections. Incidentally, all three districts slated to go to the hustings in the second phase are Congress strongholds. The Congress has described the schedule announced by the state government as politically motivated.

remaining will be issued by April 7. On confusion regarding paid news, Jha said guidelines would be sent to the district level media certification and monitoring committees which have been set up to check paid news. The committee consists of district electoral office (DEO) as chairman, district information officer as member secretary, assistant returning officer, information and broadcasting ministry official, an independent citizen/journalist as recommended by the Press Council of India (PCI) as members.

But later in the evening Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukerjee announced that 11 districts in south Bengal excluding Murshidabad will hold the polls April 26, and the remaining districts April 30. However, the revised schedule announced by the state government ensures that the elections in the three districts where the Congress has a strong base are held on the same day. In the evening, the state government sent a letter to the commission spelling out its changed stand.

UPA following neo-liberal policies, BJP no better: CPI-M

New Delhi In an indirect attack on the Samajwadi Party (SP), the CPI-M said Thursday that non-Congress and non-BJP parties should not form a new front only to share the spoils of office. The non-Congress, non-BJP secular parties (should) give up their political opportunism of forming a front merely for the sake of sharing the spoils of office, the CPI-M journal Peoples Democracy said. Such a front should come up to form a government that will implement alternative policies which will significantly improve the livelihood conditions of our people and create a `Better India for all Indians. The Communist Party of India-Marxist editorial did not name any political party but it followed recent calls by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to form a Third Front ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections. The CPI-M editorial said it was important that political struggles must be carried out to force a change in government policies. It said that people wont get relief merely from a non-Congress, nonBJP government. Relief can only come through alternate policies. What the people require, therefore, is not merely an alternate government but a government that can implement an alternate pro-people policy direction. It said the reason why parties like the SP that continue to bail out the Congress-led UPA government still talk about a Third Front is because there is pressure from the SPs own political and social base for a change that will provide people some relief from their present miserable conditions of existence. The economic slowdown, the relentless rise in prices of all commodities, the deepening agrarian distress - are all combining to mount unprecedented agonies on the people. The peoples cries for relief and a better livelihood find such political expressions of a `Third Front government.

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Different parties with common understandings and a programme will come together to form the government and the political formation, NCP general secretary D.P. Tripathi said. He also urged regional parties to group before the 2014 general elections through a common agenda. Mulayam Singh, whose party rules Uttar Pradesh and supports the UPA from outside, has been flexing muscles of late saying the next Lok Sabha polls, sceduled for 2014, could be held this year. He has asked SP workers to prepare for a general election. His calculation is to garner enough Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh to project himself as the head of a possible coalition of regional parties in case both the national parties - the Congress and the BJP - are not in a position to form a government. Mulayam Singhs son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told a TV channel Sunday that the SP was ready with a plan to withdraw support to the UPA government after the parliaments budget session ends May 10. The SPs support to the UPA has become crucial after the exit of DMK last week over a United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) vote against Sri Lanka in Geneva. Chennai The DMK urged the Indian government to boycott the ensuing Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Sri Lanka this November if the organisers are not able to shift venue outside the island nation. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa also made a similar demand later. The DMK also urged the Indian government to take effective steps to protect the Tamil Nadu fishermen from the attacks of Sri Lankan Navy and fishermen. The demands were made at the partys executive council meeting here - the first after its recent pullout from the central government and the Congressled United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The meeting was chaired by party president M. Karunanidhi and was attended by all the major leaders barring former union minister M.K. Alagiri. Alagiri, the eldest son of Karunanidhi, returned to Madurai Monday morning despite the executive council meeting, resulting in speculations that the rift within the party and the partys first family is on the rise. Alagiri, who is said to be upset at the partys decision to pull out of DMK, said he had not attended the meet as he was not well.

Congress, BJP rebuff SPs third Boycott CHOGM if held in Sri Lanka, demands DMK front vision
New Delhi In a sharp rebuff to the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Congress and the BJP Monday said that there was no possibility of a third front central government after the 2014 general elections. I dont think there is any possibility of any third front. History is witness that whenever a third front has come into existence, it has collapsed for the sake of power, Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters. People do not trust such third fronts, he said. The Congress was reacting to SP Mulayam Singh Yadavs recent remarks that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was better at handling coalition partners than the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh dismissed Mulayam Singhs view. We work according to the situation.. Whatever he (Mulayam Singh) has said is not anything new, he said. BJP leader Balbir Punj said that a third or fourth front would continue to be in the news for the wrong reasons but it will be a non-starter. But the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a UPA partner, said that the era of coalition had begun.

Congress begins candidate screening for Karnataka poll

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including L.K. Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Samajwadi Party Monday ruled out any future alignment with the saffron party. Clarifying the party stand, general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said that praise should not be seen through (a) political prism. What we have said is true about the BJP leadership, but that does not mean that we will have an association with the BJP in times to come, Yadav said. A few days back, Rajya Sabha member and cousin of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, had lauded the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule, claiming it was much better than the rule of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). In a television interview, Ram Gopal Yadav had said that the NDA was more cohesive and less corrupt, and led by men of especial leadership ability, including L.K. Advani and A.B. Vajpayee. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav also two days back created a stir when he heaped praise on senior BJP leader and never ever lied. This statement at a public function, coming after Ram Gopal Yadavs praise of the BJP government, was seen by many as being politically loaded, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Ram Gopal Yadav, however, put all speculation to rest Monday, asserting that there was no indirect understanding ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He said the SP would never ally with the BJP. We are two different parties with different political agendas and beliefs. There can be no convergence of the two, Ram Gopal Yadav said in Lucknow. He, however, defended the statements he and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav made praising BJP leaders. That was a truth, what we said. In politics, there are no enemies, only opponents, Ram Gopal Yadav said. The praise the SP leaders heaped on the BJP and its leaders had invited a sharp rebuke from minority leaders across the political spectrum, who accused Mulayam Singh Yadav of veering closer to communal forces.

Meanwhile, the DMK at the executive council meeting here resolved that holding CHOGM in Sri Lanka is not acceptable and appropriate and requested the organisers to change the venue. If the conference is held in Sri Lanka, then echoing the sentiments of Tamils world over and upholding democratic principles, India should boycott CHOGM, said the resolution. Reiterating its reasons for quitting the central government over Indias inaction in support of Sri Lankan Tamils, the party said it had supported the UPA government to keep away the communal forces.

Listing out the benefits Tamil Nadu derived because of the partys support to the UPA government, the party urged the central government to act in accordance with the apex courts ruling on nationalising rivers. Last February the apex court had ordered the central government to constitute a committee to explore the possibilities of integrating rivers. The committee should meet every three months and submit its report to the central government. It is more than a year since the apex court gave its order and no action has been taken on that by the central government, the DMK noted.

New Delhi/Bangalore The Congress Monday began screening aspirants to contest the May 5 Karnataka assembly poll and hoped to release the first list by this month end. While the Congress exercise began in New Delhi, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leaders would meet in Bangalore Tuesday to pick the partys nominees. The state assembly is 225-member strong - 224 elected and one nominated. Nominations for the 224 seats open April 10 and close April 17. State Congress leaders, including president G. Parameshwara and party leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah, are in New Delhi attending the three-day meeting of the partys screening panel to shortlist the candidates names. The panel is headed by former Goa chief minister Luzinho Falerio. The list drawn up by the screening panel would be submitted to party central selection committee for final approval, Parameshwara told reporters in New Delhi. The first list might be released by March 30, he said. The screening committee is going through the list of over 500 probable candidates submitted by the state unit which had received around 2,000 applications. The state BJP leaders would meet in Bangalore Tuesday to begin the selection of candidates, state unit president Pralhad Joshi and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar told reporters in Hubli, about 300 km north of Bangalore. Joshi indicated that the party was not in a hurry to finalise the names.

Trinamool threatening opposition workers: CPI-M

Kolkata The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday accused West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress of threatening and harassing opposition activists ahead of the upcoming panchayat polls in the state. An atmosphere of terror prevails in a number of districts. And in some districts the ruling party is taking recourse to threats and harassment against opposition activists, the CPI-M said in a press release after its day-long state committee meeting here. The meeting, which chiefly discussed preparations for the panchayat elections, took note of reports from the districts. The ruling party is trying to use the administration and the police wrongly for partisan interests, the re-

lease said. The party said seat adjustment talks among Left Front partners were being conducted more smoothly than on earlier occasions. Almost everywhere such talks were at a final stage, it said. Speaking at the committee meeting, state secretary Biman Bose stressed the need for strengthening organizational preparations and called upon the cadre to maintain intense contact with the masses. You must listen to the people sincerely.You must patiently continue the task of converting the resentment in the mind of the people about the Trinamool and its government into political support for the Left Front, said Bose in his concluding remarks.

Mumbai Amid the growing clamour for considering a pardon for convicted Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, the Shiv Sena Monday opposed the move on the grounds that it would send a wrong message to society. There is no need for a rethink on the Supreme Court judgment. If Dutt is given a pardon, it will send a wrong message to society, said Shiv Sena legislator Neelan Gorhe, while speaking on a debate in the legislative council on the law and order situation in Maharashtra. She said leaders from various political parties have demanded that Dutt be pardoned. However, if leniency is shown to Dutt, it would be tantamount to providing a political cover to convicts, Gorhe argued. Her assertions came in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict March 19 which upheld Dutts conviction for illegal possession of prohibited weapons like an AK-56 assault rifle and a revolver and sentenced him to five years in jail. Following the judgment, various film personalities, politicians cutting across parties appealed to the Maharashtra government to initiate proceedings to enable Dutt to get a pardon from the state governor. Interestingly, the Dutts have been very close to the Thackeray family. The late actor-turned -politician Sunil Dutt and late Sena supremo Bal Thackeray enjoyed a strong personal rapport despite differing political backgrounds.

The DMK would not provide outside support to the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), a party leader said Monday. We are clear... we will not offer any outside support to the UPA government, DMK leader Tiruchi Siva told. Dodging questions on a rift within the party, he said former union minister M.K. Alagiri did not attend the party executive meeting as he was not well. The DMK withdrew from the UPA government over the UN resolution on Sri Lanka. It had demanded that India adopt a strongly worded resolution against Sri Lanka, incorporating the word genocide. Alagiri, the elder son of party chief M.K. Karunanidhi, was reportedly not consulted on the decision to quit the government and was believed to be unhappy. The DMK has 18 MPs in the Lok Sabha.

Mulayams remarks dont bother Congress: Digvijay Singh

New Delhi The Congress Monday said Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadavs remarks that the future belongs to coalition governments do not bother it. Besides, there was nothing new in it, he added. He has not said this for the first time. Some regional parties only follow power politics and such remarks dont bother us, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters here. He said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is only bothered about the welfare of the people. Mulayam Singh Sunday said the era of one-party rule was over, and the future belongs to coalition governments. His son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told a TV channel that his party is prepared to withdraw support to the UPA.

10 Farmhouses of singer Mika, others sealed in Gurgaon

Gurgaon The district administration in Gurgaon Thursday sealed several illegal farmhouses, including that of popular Bollywood singer Mika Singh, in village Roz Ka Gujjar. A state government spokesman said here that the farmhouses were illegally running small tourism units and other commercial activities. As per the orders of Deputy Commissioner P.C. Meena, a team of local officers, including SDM (sub-divisional magistrate), Gurgaon South, Vivek Kalia, District Town PLanner Anil Dabas, Divisional Forest Officer Ranjeeta, officials of the revenue department and Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) with the help of police inspected the farm houses. On finding commercial activities there, these farm houses were sealed, the spokesman said. Meena had directed district officials to inspect the Roz ka Gujjar village area in Sohna tehsil of the district for violations by illegal farm houses. The National Green Tribunal had raised objection to running of commercial activities in village Roz Ka Gujjar, saying that 75 percent area

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Shimla Amidst confusion over whether a law relating to apartment ownership will be replaced, property prices in Himachal Pradesh have plumetted upto 30 percent in the past year, real estate experts say. The prevailing prices are 25 to 30 percent less than last years, said a Shimla-based realtor. A two BHK flat in Shimla, Kasauli and Solan towns is now selling for approximately Rs.25 lakh. A three BHK is for Rs.35 lakh to Rs.45 lakh and a cottage costs anywhere between Rs.60 lakh and Rs.80 lakh, he said. The Himachal Pradesh Apartment and Property Regulation Act of 2005 enables builders and developers to build and sell flats and cottages in the state. While Revenue Minister Kaul Singh says a moratorium on the registration of new flats was imposed by the previous BJP government to monitor realtors, former town and country planning minister Mohinder Singh claims the ban could not be implemented following judicial intervention. Kaul Singh told IANS that the former town and country planning minister asked the assembly Aug 29 last year that the Apartment and Property Regulation Act would be repealed and a new comprehensive legislation would be introduced. Mohinder Singh had even told the assembly that fresh registration of flats would not take place till the new act comes into existence. Soon after the declaration, the minister gave permission to five or six realtors to build flats, Kaul Singh said. Individuals who had planned to buy or invest in the domestic housing in the state are a confused lot. Some builders had moved the Himachal Pradesh High Court against freezing flat registrations. The court allowed the registration process till the new act came into force, Mohinder Singh told IANS. But those in the realty sector say the market took a downturn since the ministers announcement last year. Flat sales have crumbled to their lowest point in more than a decade with prices falling up to 25 percent. People are not even investing in luxury cottages at prime destinations, said a builder setting up cottages on the outskirts of Solan town. There is a slump even in Shimla, Kasauli, Dharamsala and Palampur towns, once the preferred destinations for investors. Some proposed projects have been put

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Kin of surrendered militants want promises fulfilled

Srinagar More than 35 families of militants who returned home from Pakistan and surrendered under the Jammu and Kashmir governments rehabilitation policy staged protests here against the state and the central governments. Pakistani women who had come to Kashmir with their former militant husbands and children under the rehabilitation policy said they had been cheated by the authorities. My wife belongs to Pakistan. She needs travel documents to visit her parents for 10 days. As a Muslim, I also need travel documents for Hajj and Umrah. Where do I go for those documents? After coming home to live in peace I have, in fact, lost my identity, said Saifullah Farooq, a surrendered militant. I came here with my children and my Pakistani wife via Nepal under the state governments rehabilitation policy for surrendered militants. After Liyaquats arrest, whom we know during our days in Pakistan, I am unsure of my future. If I go to Delhi, they may plant two grenades on me and book me as a Lashkar or some other terrorist, Farooq added. Dilshada, a Pakistani belonging to Muzaffarabad who came here with her husband under the rehabilitation policy, said: I was married 11 years ago. I am worried about my five childrens future. Nobody has helped us here. I want to visit my parents and brothers in Muzaffarabad. Whom should I approach for my travel documents? Seeing our plight in Kashmir, nobody will respond to the rehabilitation policy now. After what has been done to Liyaquat, things are really worrisome for

falls under forest area. In February this year, the district authorities had recovered 10 acres of land from singer Daler Mehndi, elder brother of Mika Singh. The court of the SDM at Sohna in Haryana had served Daler a 15-day notice for another 100 acres of land in his possession. The court restored the possession of 10 acres land under occupation of the singer to the Sohna town municipal committee. In the light of tourism activities going on in the area, which is a nonforestry activity, notices were issued and the owners were asked to stop commercial activities, the spokesman said.

on hold while some investors are desperate to sell and recover their money, said a builder on the condition of anonymity. A bill may be introduced in this assembly session or in the next (monsoon) to do away with the existing act and by incorporating it with the Town and Country Planning Act. Regulating construction by realtors may rest on the Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA), said an official. The previous governments decision to repeal the act had been taken on the basis of the recommendation of the select committee of the assembly as well as a judicial commission headed by Justice D.P. Sood, a former judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, probing illegal land transactions. In the report tabled in the assembly in April last year, Justice Sood observed that the builders were catering to the needs of the rich from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and non-resident Indians. The state has over 60 builders and developers selling flats and cottages. They include DLF, Janta Land Promoter Ltd, Omax Construction Pvt Ltd, Optima Construction Pvt Ltd, Amar Nath Aggarwal Builders Pvt Ltd and Surya Builders, officials said.

us, she said. Zeba from Islamabad in Pakistan said: We came here under the rehabilitation policy which was publicised by the state government. We came on the assurances given by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. We were told to come here through any route possible. We approached the Indian embassy in Islamabad for travel documents. They said they could not help us. Then we took the Nepal route. If the wife of Yasin Malik of JKLF is given travel documents, why the same cant be given to me? Zeba said. She added: My sisters are married in Europe. They visit my parents regularly. Why cant I visit my parents? If we have committed a crime by responding to the rehabilitation promise of the state government, then we should be deported. Zeba said all Pakistani women who had come to the Kashmir Valley with their husbands are mothers. No mother carrying her children can trigger a bomb, Zeba said. The families of surrendered militants have formed an organisation under the J&K Human Welfare Association, Centre for Peace, Development of Humanity and Rehabilitation of Ex-militants. After the arrest of Syed Liyaquat Shah by Delhi Police on charges of planning a terror strike in Delhi, panic has gripped dozens of families who returned to Kashmir under the state governments ambitious rehabilitation policy for surrendered militants. The policy has taken a serious setback as people in Kashmir believe Liyaquat had been framed after his return to India from Pakistan.

Jammu and Kashmir adopts new recruitment policy

Jammu In an effort to reduce non-plan expenditure, Jammu and Kashmir has adopted a new recruitment policy to fill up about 80,000 vacant government posts, a minister said Thursday. The new recruitment policy for class III and IV government employees and other non-gazetted posts is designed to reduce the growth of non-plan expenditure due to salaries, Minister of Finance and Ladakh Affairs Abdul Rahim Rather told the assembly. He added that under the new policy, for the initial five years of service the pay of direct recruits would be regulated. However, the employees would be entitled to the benefits under medical allowance rules and leave rules. These (direct) appointments will be governed by the rules of probation, disciplinary rules and pension contribution under the new pension scheme, the minister said. Rather said the new recruitment policy was applicable for the posts advertised after Nov 1, 2011. The government plans to fill up about 80,000 vacant posts in the state in the next two years on a fast-track basis. According to estimates, 46 paise in a rupee that the state spends goes into employees salaries and pensions. The state had a non-plan expenditure of Rs.25,383 crore in the fiscal 2012-13, of which Rs.20,885 crore was spent on employees salaries and pensions.

Thousands converge at Sikh shrine for Hola Mohalla

Separatist strike evokes partial response in Srinagar

Srinagar A shutdown called by separatists in the Kashmir Valley partially affected life here Thursday. While banks, post offices and government offices functioned normally in Srinagar, several private schools remained closed. Public transport plied partially on city roads. However, private vehicles were running normally during the strike. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in major markets of the city. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawarat, coordination committee of separatist groups, called for a complete valleywide shutdown Thursday to mount pressure on the government for the return of parliament attack convict Afzal

Haryana district first to launch village monitoring software

Kurukshetra Known for its history, especially battle of the Mahabharata, Haryanas Kurukshetra district has scored a first in technology among all other districts in the country. Kurukshetra has become the first district to launch the Village Integrated Monitoring Software (VIMS) to bring transparency to development works being undertaken at the village level. Launching the service in Kurukshetra, 100 km from here, Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar said details of all undertaken works, funds utilisation and other things, from beginning to completion, would be available instantly. VIMS has been developed by District Informatics Centre and with the help of this software complete record of any village of the district, block and that of various offices can be viewed. Apart from this, the software will ensure transparency in development works and utilisation of funds, proper implementation of projects and their timely completion. It would also help in easy evaluation of responsibility and accountability of all officers, he added. The software will play a significant role in timely evaluation of how and when funds were utilised after being directly transferred to the accounts of the panchayats (village councils).

Gurus body to his family. Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were deployed at several places in the city, but no restrictions were imposed on pedestrian and vehicular movement. Vehicles carrying tourists to hill stations of Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Gulmarg moved as usual. The vehicular traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway also remained normal. Arrival of tourists has started picking up now, after protests in the Kashmir Valley in the wake of Afzal Gurus execution in Delhis Tihar Jail February 9. Over one million tourists visited the valley in 2011. Their numbers rose to 1.3 million last year according to the official records.

Anandpur Sahib It was a virtual sea of humanity at the Hola Mohalla celebrations Wednesday at the Sikh shrine of Keshgarh Sahib in the Sikh holy town of Anandpur Sahib. The three-day Hola Mohalla festival coincides with the Hindu festival of colours Holi. People offered prayers and participated in the Hola Mohalla celebrations at the shrine. Takht Keshgarh Sahib - 80 km from here - is the second-most important Sikh shrine after Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, in Amritsar. It was here in 1699 that the tenth master, Guru Gobind Singh, baptized five men and founded the Khalsa Panth, which is the modern day Sikh religion. The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal organised its political conference during the celebrations. It was addressed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Akali Dal president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Elsewhere in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, Holi was celebrated with enthusiasm Wednesday. In Chandigarh, heavy police deployment could be seen at various places even as youth in cars and jeeps made rounds of various parts of the city, throwing colours on each other.

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organizations made me travel all across India and also helped me to do what I really wanted in the field of social work. I was able to meet diverse people and grasp their problems and also the solutions possible. It is during my travels that I came to understand the role of civic cleanliness in making lives better for all citizens concerned. Q) Tell us more about your travels in India? A) I travelled extensively within India from Ahmedabad to Mizoram and from Himachal Pradesh to Hyderabad. In short I have traversed the entire country be it North, South, East or West and have tried to soak in the bewildering diversity of our nation in its entirety. Although I still keep learning new things even after such extensive bouts of traveling. One mile of travelling imparts more knowledge than reading a hundred books and I found that out by experience. One cannot develop an accurate appreciation of issues plaguing people without actually experiencing them first hand. Q) Is there any rigor to civic cleanup or is it an amorphous activity? A) Civic cleanup is actually very scientific and planned exercise needing lots of special expertise in management, spatial analysis and social environment. A great example of this lies in Gujarati city of Surat. Surat witnessed a bubonic plague epidemic in the early nineties on account of rodent population that thrived on unsanitary surroundings. The

corruption activist. Except that he is a civic clean up activist. Away from the glamorous fields like political or social activism he has chosen to raise an important but less highlighted aspect of our lives. The Spunky PU student has been involved in numerous cleanup drives and sanitation awareness thrusts during the course of past few years all across India. Q) Why did you chose to pursue civic cleanup? A) Getting into college life I gave vent to my instinct for social work by joining National Service Scheme and Scouts movement. The activities under these

government woke up after much loss of life and property to turn around the city into a model township with exemplary cleanliness standards. There are huge health and economic implications of unsanitary cities and we need not repeat mistakes made by other cities. Q) What are your views on Chandigarh? A) Chandigarh tricity has overall better standard of cleanliness and hygiene than its counterparts in India. However there is a distinct zoning of civic amenities from North to South. That is Northern sectors are better tended to and kept in better state of cleanliness than Southern sectors. Apart from this the townships in periphery have nonuniform standards of cleanliness. For example Mohali and Panchkula compare favorably with better locations in the country but lesser suburbs like Zi-

rakpur, Peer Muchalla, Dera Bassi and Kharar are still to get their act together. There is a need to foster the spirit of citizenship and responsibility in the wider Chandigarh region. Q) What are your achievements current and planned? A) I do not believe in recognitions or awards, for me achievement means doing more. I aspire to rise ever higher and do one thing more than I did yesterday. In terms of concrete work I can list out attending National Jamborees of Scouts, National Camp of NSS, Hiking in Thar Desert and being adjudged for second position at national NSS convocation. For the future I want to continue in my current field of social activism in the field of civic amenities and depending upon my progression I may make a transition to politics to serve people in an empowered manner.

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Virbhadra bowls googly ahead of IPL-6
Shimla The era of freebies is over for the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) - at least during the the two Indian Premier League-6 (IPL-6) matches in the state in May. At the bottom line, its to do with politics. For, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has bowled out the hopes of the match organisers for free police protection during the May 16 and 18 matches at HPCAs picturesque stadium in Dharamsala, 250 km from state capital Shimla. Earlier it might have been so, but thats not the case now, the chief minister said. Not mincing words, he said the match organisers would have to foot the security bill. The government would charge for providing security to any event which is commercial, Virbhadra Singh told reporters in Kangra town on Sunday. The HPCA, he said, is a commercial organization; so it would be charged accordingly. The cricket body is controlled by Anurag Thakur, a BJP MP and son of Virbhadra Singhs predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal. Official sources told IANS that during the seven IPL matches played in the last three seasons, the state government, then headed by Dhumal, had not charged the HPCA for providing security. Supporting the state governments decision, the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M) has even demanded that the dues should be recovered from the HPCA before it is allowed to host matches. The matches should not be allowed till the dues are recovered, the CPiM said, a day after the chief minister spoke on the issue. The IPL, the CPI-M said, was a moneymaking machine and was not doing any charity. An amount of more than Rs.2 crore is due from the HPCA, CPI-M state secretariat member Tikender Panwar. He also demanded that the government re-acquire a chunk of village land allotted to the HPCA by bending the rules during the BJP regime for a luxury players resort near the stadium. Citing a 2011 Supreme Court judgment of 2011 which held the transfer of village community land for private and commercial use as illegal, Panwar said the HPCA was an encroacher and should be evicted.

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The sixth edition of the Indian Premier League with a blockbuster match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens on 3rd April 2013. The reigning champions KKR will get the privilege of hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of this years tournament as well, so Kolkata will be all geared up to cheer their team on to a repeat performance of last seasons tournament! The second qualifier will also be held in Kolkata along with the grand Final, which is set to be played on 26th May 2013. The format of the tournament will be the same as last years with each team playing home and away games against the other eight teams, giving each team 16 league matches. The top four teams will advance to the knockout stages of the tournament. The Knights will play their last two home matches (against PWI and RCB) at the Jharkand State Cricket Association stadium in Ranchi.

Indian players ruling the roost in IPL While the Indian Premier League (IPL) a captain followed by Dhoni who has
franchisees may splurge on recruiting foreign imports, its the Indian players who are ruling the roost -- from topping the batting charts to being the most successful captain. The top four run getters since the cricket jamboree began in 2008 are all from India. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting mainstay Suresh Raina tops the chart with 2254 runs at an average of 33.64. Close on Rainas heels are Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir (2065) and batting maestro from Mumbai Indians (MI) Sachin Tendulkar, who has amassed 2047 from 64 innings. However, the toast of the Indians is CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who with 78 matches has not only captained in most games but is also the most successful captain with a win percentage of 60 and two IPL crowns to boast. The Indians captaining their sides have also been hogging the limelight as batsmen. KKR skipper Gambhir with 2065 runs is the highest run getter as scored 1783 runs having a strike rate of 136.52 which is only second best to Kings XI skipper Adam Gilchrist who has a strike rate of 140.20. The Indian are also giving a run for their money to their foreign counterparts in the bowling department with as many as four desi bowlers among the top five wicket takers. While MIs Sri Lankan import Lasith Malinga with 83 scalps tops the chart, closely following him are four Indians -- Delhi Daredevils leggie Amit Mishra and MIs Rudra Pratap Singh with 74 wickets each, Kings XI Punjab spinner Piyush Chawla (73) and Munaf Patel of Rajasthan Royals (RR), who has taken 70 wickets. However, when it comes to scoring centuries, the Indians have been outshone by the overseas players, who have scored 15 of the total 24 hundreds. Royal Challengers Caribbean import Chris Gayle (three) has the most number of centuries to his credit followed by Delhi Daredevils Aussie David Warner and CSKs homespun hero Murali Vijay with two each.

Deepika takes time out to perform at IPL

Despite a jam-packed shooting schedule, Deepika Padukone has taken time out to perform at the opening ceremony of the sixth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) in Kolkata. Deepika had performed at the IPL inaugural in 2010 also. A source said: Deepika has been practising every day after her pack-up. She agreed to perform only recently, as her schedule is choc-a-bloc. Having said that, she is looking forward to performing at the IPL opening ceremony. Her performance is being choreographed by Geeta Kapoor. She is currently shooting in Wai for Chennai Express and takes out two hours every day to practise, after her pack-up, added the source. The opening ceremony will take place April 2 at the 100,000-seat Salt Lake Stadium and a full crowd is expected. Several other A-list actors will be shaking a leg at the opening including Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. Also coming is international rapper Pitbull.

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The Squads
Ajit Agarkar Andre Russell Arisht Singhvi Ashish Nehra CM Gautam David Warner Gulam Bodi Irfan Pathan Jeevan Mendis Johan Botha Kedar Jadhav Mahela Jayawardene (c) Manpreet Juneja Morne Morkel Naman Ojha Pawan Negi Roelof Van Der Merwe Royston Dias Siddarth Kaul Sujit Nayak Shahbaz Nadeem Umesh Yadav Unmukt Chand Venugopal Rao Virender Sehwag Yogesh Nagar Akshar Patel Aditya Tare Aiden Blizzard Abu Nechim Ahmed Ambati Rayudu Amitoze Singh Dhawal Kulkarni Dinesh Karthik Dwayne Smith Glenn Maxwell Harbhajan Singh Jacob Oram Jalaj Saxena James Franklin Jaspreet Bumrah Javed Khan Kieron Pollard Lasith Malinga Mitchell Johnson Munaf Patel Nathan Coulter-Nile Philip Hughes Pawan Suyal Pragyan Ojha Ricky Ponting (c) Rishi Dhawan Rohit Sharma Sachin Tendulkar Suryakumar Yadav Sushant Marathe Yuzvendra Singh Chahal

Sri Lankans call cricketers to boycott IPL

Colombo Sri Lankas nationalist parties appealed to the countrys cricketers to boycott playing in India during the Indian Premier League (IPL) as tension simmered between Colombo and Chennai. Representatives of the National Buddhist Council and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), which is part of the ruling coalition, handed over a petition to Sri Lankas cricket governing body appealing for the boycott, reports Xinhua. Politicians in Tamil Nadu have banned Sri Lankan cricketers from travelling there to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL). We value our players and if they are injured then that would be a huge loss to our country. Therefore, we are asking our players not to endanger their lives in travelling to India. We are asking them to think of their safety and dignity rather than the money they can earn, National Buddhist Council chairman Rajawatte Wappa Thero told media during the petition-handover. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) banned cricketers playing in the IPL to participate in matches staged in Tamil Nadu but made no decisions regarding the lucrative tournament as a whole. The decision was taken based on advice from Sri Lankas External Affairs Ministry as well as recent media reports of attacks on Sri Lankans travelling to Tamil Nadu, the statement said. Sri Lanka Cricket had earlier consulted with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on players safety. In response, the BCCI Tuesday decided that the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 matches in Chennai will not feature any Sri Lankan cricketers or match officials. The call was motivated by growing political tensions, stemming from the treatment of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka. Over the weekend, two Buddhist monks were attacked in Tamil Nadu along with 16 tourists amid heightened tension with Colombo. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, insisted that the appearance of Sri Lankan cricketers in Chennai would escalate already surcharged tensions and called them not to be allowed into the state.

Akila Dananjaya Albie Morkel Anirudha Srikkanth Ankit Singh Rajpoot B Aparajith Ben Hilfenhaus Ben Laughlin Christopher Morris Dirk Nannes Dwayne Bravo Francois Du Plessis Imtiaz Ahmed Jason Holder Michael Hussey Mohit Sharma MS Dhoni (c) Murali Vijay Nuwan Kulasekara R Karthikeyan Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Ronit More Shadab Jakati Subramaniam Badrinath Suresh Raina Vijay Shankar Wriddhiman Saha

Adam Gilchrist (c) Aniket Choudhary Azhar Mahmood Bhargav Bhatt Bipul Sharma David Hussey David Miller Dimitri Mascarenhas Gurkeerat Mann Singh Harmeet Singh Bansal Luke Pomersbach Manan Vohra Mandeep Singh Manpreet Gony Nitin Saini Parvinder Awana Paul Valthaty Piyush Chawla Praveen Kumar R Sathish Ryan Harris Sandeep Sharma Shaun Marsh Siddharth Chitnis Sunny Singh

Aaron Finch Abhishek Nayar Ajantha Mendis Ali Murtaza Angelo Mathews (c) Anustup Majumdar Ashoke Dinda Bhuvneshwar Kumar Dheeraj Jadhav Eklavya Dwivedi Harpreet Singh Ishwar Pandey Kane Richardson Krishnakant Upadhyay Luke Wright Mahesh Rawat Manish Pandey Marlon Samuels Mitchell Marsh Mithun Manhas Parveez Rasool Rahul Sharma Raiphi Gomez Robin Uthappa Ross Taylor Shrikant Wagh Steve Smith Tirumalasetti Suman Tamim Iqbal Udit Birla Yuvraj Singh Wayne Parnell

Brad Haddin Brendon McCullum Brett Lee Debabrata Das Eoin Morgan Gautam Gambhir (c) Iqbal Abdulla Jacques Kallis James Pattinson Lakshmipathy Balaji Laxmi Ratan Shukla Manoj Tiwary Manvinder Bisla Mohammad Shami Pradeep Sangwan Rajat Bhatia Ryan McLaren Ryan ten Doeschate Sachithra Senanayake Sarabjit Singh Ladda Shakib Al Hasan Sunil Narine Yusuf Pathan AB De Villiers Abhimanyu Mithun Abhinav Mukund Andrew McDonald Arun Karthik Cheteshwar Pujara Chris Gayle Christopher Barnwell Daniel Christian Daniel Vettori Harshal Patel Jaidev Unadkat K P Appanna Karun Nair Mayank Agarwal Moises Henriques Murali Kartik Muttiah Muralitharan Pankaj Singh Prasanth Parameswaran Ranganath Vinay Kumar Ravi Rampaul Rudra Pratap Singh S Aravind ## Sandeep Warrier Saurabh Tiwary Sheldon Jackson Sunny Sohal Syed Mohammad Tillakaratne Dilshan Vijay Zol Virat Kohli (c) Zaheer Khan

Ajinkya Rahane Ajit Chandila Ankeet Chavan Ashok Menaria Brad Hodge Brad Hogg Dishant Yagnik Fidel Edwards Harmeet Singh James Faulkner Kumar Boresha Kevon Cooper Kusal Janith Perera Owais Shah Pravin Tambe Rahul Dravid (c) Rahul Shukla S Sreesanth Sachin Baby Samuel Badree Sanju Samson Shane Watson Shaun Tait Shreevats Goswami Siddharth Trivedi Stuart Binny Vikramjeet Malik

Akshath Reddy Amit Mishra Anand Rajan Ankit Sharma Ashish Reddy Biplab Samantray Cameron White Chris Lynn Dale Steyn Darren Sammy Dwaraka Ravi Teja Hanuma Vihari Ishant Sharma Karan Sharma Kumar Sangakkara (c) Nathan McCullum Parthiv Patel Prasanth Padmanabham Quinton de Kock Sachin Rana Shikhar Dhawan Sudeep Tyagi Thalaivan Sargunam Thisara Perera Veer Pratap Singh

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Mumbai Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in jail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has assured the makers of his three under-production films - Zanjeer, Policegiri and P.K. - that he will complete the projects before he is imprisoned. The Supreme Court last week upheld Sanjays conviction under the Arms Act for illegally possessing weapons, and sent him to five years imprisonment. The 53-year-old has already spent 18 months in jail. He was convicted by the TADA court for illegal possession of a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle. Despite the trauma that Sanjay is going through, he met the filmmakers at his residence in Pali Hill and assured them that he will complete their projects. A friend of the actor, who spent the entire day and night at the Dutts residence, said: Yes, Sanju Sir has made a commitment. Zanjeer requires three more days, Rajkumar Hiranis P.K. requires seven more days and Policegiri needs 17 days to be completed. In spite of the shock that he went through on (March 21) Thursday (of hearing the honourable Supreme Courts verdict), Sanju Sir assured the Zanjeer director Apoorva Lakhia, P.K. maker Rajkumar Hirani and the Policegiri producer

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Sanjay Dutt will complete Zanjeer, Policegiri, P.K.

T.P.Aggarwal that their films would be completed. Sanju Sir told them, Boss, lets complete the shooting and my dubbing. Pataa nahin aage kya hoga (Who knows what will happen in future). Sanjay is expected to get started on the projects this week, as he has been asked by the Supreme Court to surrender within four weeks of the verdict. The commitment stunned all of us, said the friend. A source said, Actually, the enormity of the court verdict didnt sink in to Sanju sir on Thursday. All day and night we surrounded him and kept him busy. T.P.Aggarwal even fed Sanju Sir biryani with his own hands. We kept the atmosphere in his house very very light. Guests kept dropping in. All his friends were there. Ranbir Kapoor, Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar came towards evening. We all narrated anecdotes from Sanju sirs wild days to Ranbir since he wasnt even born in Sanju sirs Rocky days. However, Sanjay Dutts wife Manyata was extremely upset. She was inconsolable. She put up a brave front, but she kept breaking down throughout the day. Its a shocker for the entire family. Sanju sir hasnt even begun to understand what this means. We are all hoping for a miracle, added the source.

Madonna first billionaire pop star Not just

Los Angeles Singer-songwriter Madonna has become the first billionaire female pop star. A successful world tour and a string of business deals last year pushed her net worth past 650 million pounds ($1 billion), reports thesun.co.uk. The 54-year-old joins an elite club of super-rich celebrities, including director Steven Spielberg and chat show host Oprah Winfrey. Last year was the most successful of her career, as she raked in an extra 200 million pounds. Two million people watched her MDNA tour, which was the most successful of any artist in 2012. She also has a perfume range, clothing line and health drink.

comedy, Kunal wants to try different genres

Kamasutra 3D shooting delayed

Mumbai Actor Kunal Roy Kapoor, who did a comic role in Delhi Belly and will again be seen doing comedy in Nautanki Saala, doesnt wish to get typecast as a comic actor. I would love to try different genres. I think directors have to be open to cast me in different genres..., the 33-yearold said here Thursday in an interview. One film got successful that doesnt mean that I am a comic star, it just means that people like to see me doing comedy and I am very happy to make people laugh. But yes I am very, very interested in doing different genre of films, he added. Kunal started off in 1998 with TV show Just Mohabbat. Directed by Rohan Sippy, Nautanki Saala also stars Ayushmann Khurrana and hits theatres April 12.

Mumbai Director Jay Prakash is keen to sign Manisha Koirala for Market 2 after she returns from New York, where she is undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. Manisha is my lucky charm. She was in my film Market and I had discussed the script of Market 2 with her. She liked the script. Once she is back after her treatment, I will again narrate the script to her, he said. Market, released in 2003, was about a woman sold to a brothel by her husband. Manisha, 42, was operated upon in December last year in a hospital in New York. She is currently undergoing che-

Manisha Koirala in Market 2

motherapy sessions there. Her manager Subroto Ghosh says she may return in July. Prakash said: Manisha is recovering well and I am in touch with her manager. I think she should be back in three to four months. I share a very good rapport with her. I have worked with her in Market and Chaahat - Ek Nasha and cant see Market 2 without her. Manisha, who has also worked in critically acclaimed films like Dil Se, 1942: A Love Story and Lajja, made her Bollywood debut with Saudagar in 1991. She was last seen in Ram Gopal Varmas Bhoot Returns.

Mumbai Filmmaker Rupesh Paul, who was excited to start the shooting of his film Kamasuta 3D, says the project didnt go on the floors as per the plan. Kamasutra 3D shooting was to start from March 20 here, but now it has been pushed to April 12. Confirming this, Paul told IANS: The shooting of Kamasutra 3D got delayed due to some issues in connection with my earlier movie

St. Dracula 3D. There were some Christian organisations who sought ban on the movie, citing reasons of hurting religious sentiments. So these protests and issues associated with them made us to postpone the shoot of Kamasutra 3D to April 12th. I am very depressed with the new development. Kamasutra 3D is the debut movie of controversial model Sherlyn Chopra, who plays lead in it.

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it for Mira Nairs The Namesake. So it has been a fairly lengthy time-span of disappointments, said Irrfan. Irrfan is happy to share the National Award for the best actor with Vikram Gokhale. In fact, actress Usha Jadhav, who won the National Award for best actress, messaged to say how honoured she was to be part of the awards with me. I feel the National Awards are important, as they still have a credibility denied to many of the popular awards. Yes, I feel getting a National Award is prestigious. More than himself, Irrfan is pleased for his director and for the people who wanted him to get nationally honoured for PST. More than myself I am happy for Tigmanshu, said Irrfan who noticed an unusual public participation in the collective desire that he win. I was amazed at how passionately people wanted me to get the National Award for Paan Singh Tomar. It was almost like a public campaign. Everyone took it personally. And somewhere when I got the honour, they were relieved more than overjoyed. If I had not won it, I think people would have seen it as another indication of the imminent collapse of the system. In my victory, they feel vindicated, he said.

Tom Cruise thrills fans at `Oblivion premiere

Buenos Aires US actor Tom Cruise turned up for the Argentine premiere of his new film Oblivion, thrilling a crowd of fans eager for a glimpse of the Hollywood megastar. Sporting his signature smile and dark sunglasses, Cruise arrived by car at the Village cinema complex in Buenos Aires Recoleta neighbourhood and strode a red carpet amid tight security. Hundreds of fans shouted with glee when Cruise showed up though only a handful had the privilege of having their photo taken with the movie star, who also signed a few autographs. Cruise was joined at the screening by co-stars Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko, who hours before had accompanied the actor on a visit to Teatro Colon, considered one of the worlds leading opera houses. Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri referred to Cruise as an outstanding figure in the arts and a guest of honour in the Argentine capital. Cruise plays a drone repairman trying to protect Earth from warring aliens in Oblivion, which hearkens back to the science fiction films of the 1970s.

National Awards are important: Irrfan

Irrfan is elated by the National Award for best actor for his performance in Paan Singh Tomar (PST), but says the prestigious award has come his way after several disappointments. Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, the

film saw Irrfan playing Paan Singh Tomar, a former national steeplechase champion-turned-bandit. I thought I should have got it for Haasil, which was my first film with Tigmanshu Dhulia. Then I thought Id get

I think, well make Yamla Pagla Deewana 3: Kim wants her child to explore Dharmendra Mumbai Dharmendra says sequels have bethe world Veteran actor Dharmendra, who is come the norm of the industry today.
formation as I could, she added. Kim recently hit back at critics for suggesting she was endangering her unborn baby by wearing tight clothes. Its funny because (my sister) Kourtney warned me that when I get pregnant others will give their opinions. So I now see what she means, she posted on her mommy blog. I saw some comments that the skirt is too tight for the pregnancy and thats ridiculous. I bought this skirt a few sizes bigger and there is plenty of room. For any concern that my clothes are too tight, I have so many pieces custom fit for my growing body. They make pregnancy Spanx which are tight. So this theory sounds ridiculous. I feel my best when I am in heels and chic clothes. Happy mommy, happy baby, she added. ready with Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, says the Deols may go for part three of the comedy. The fun film stars the three Deols Dharmendra and his two sons Sunny and Bobby. I think we will make the third part. I hope people like the series, the 77year said Thursday at the theatrical launch of the film. Samir Karnik-directed Yamla Pagla Deewana came in 2011 and did brisk business at the box office, which inspired the Deols to go for part two.

Saif Ali Khan in Mohit Suris next?

Bieber may take a break

People like a film, it becomes a brand and they accept it, he added. Part two has been directed by Sangeeth Sivan and Dharmendra said: We have made a good film. When you will watch it, you will feel that it is better than the first one. However, he clarified that it is not a continuation of the original. Only my character and Sunny and Bobbys character are the same, everything else is new, he said. Yamal Pagla Deewana 2 is all set to release June 7.

Los Angeles Reality TV star Kim Kardashian wants her child to travel around the world and explore different cultures. The 32-year-old, who will welcome her first child in July with her rapper boyfriend Kanye West, feels raising children is challenging regardless of their background and has been seeking parenting tips from her friends. I have several friends of different nationalities and their children are biracial, so they have kind of told me a little bit about it and what to expect and what not to expect, contactmusic.com quoted Kim as saying. But I think that the most important thing is how I would want to raise my children is to just not see colour. There will be so many experiences that you wont really know how to prepare for until you really go through it, so I think raising a child in general is challenging. Obviously, you want your children to travel the world and experience different races and cultures everywhere, so I think that would be something that is important to me to give as much in-

Mumbai Filmmaker Mohit Suri, who has worked with many newcomers, is now keen to team up with successful actor Saif Ali Khan in his next film. Nothing is finalished yet, and he said it is too early to talk about the project. I am still scripting the film. Yes, I want Saif to be part of the project and talks are on, but I cant reveal much about the film right now, said Suri, who launched child artist Kunal Khemu as a full-fledged actor in Kalyug, which also marked debut of his sister Smiley. When asked why he wants Saif, he said: Saif is a wonderful actor. Besides, I have never worked with any other Khans before. I always rope in actors who suite the role and Saif is best for the role. However, the director refused to reveal much about the script, genre or story. As I said, the project is in its initial stage...let things fall in place, then we can talk about it. The 31 year-old has also directed Woh Lamhe and Murder 2. His next is Aashiqui 2.

Los Angeles Singer Justin Bieber admits that he wants a break from the spotlight. The 19-year-old, who was accused of threatening his 47-year-old neighbour in Calabasas, California, says he isnt sure what his next career move would be. Im thinking about my next album, next tour. Or maybe Ill take a break. Im figuring it out. Isnt that what youre supposed to do at 19? contactmusic.com quoted Bieber as saying. He recently wrapped up his Europe tour. In fact, he was advised to take some

time off by singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera after he created fuss in London where he argued with paparazzi. Jon M. Chu, who directed Biebers documentary titled Never Say Never insisted that the youngster is fine and just figuring stuff out. I love the kid. He is a good guy. Hes amazingly talented. And hes growing up. Hes figuring his stuff out. I think its good to keep him in check in everything he does. I know he takes that as well and grows as a human being. But yeah, I think hes a good kid and hell continue to be a good kid, said Chu.

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Some mental tension and Foreign journey or Interest in religious gains from foreign ill health is indicated. rites is seen. Your contact is indicated Situation may improve siblings will do well. this week. Purchasafter two days, and some Health of spouse can ing of property or new property related matter be of concern. Success vehicle is seen. Minor can be sorted out. Over from higher authority stomach problem may indulgence in immoral TAURUS and government relatupset your mood. Try Apr 20 - May 20 ed matters. People in May 21 - Jun 20 to improve relation Mar 21-Apr 19 activities can bring bad name. Be more alert in stock broking and commission will do with spouse and business partner. Take extra care of finances. business related matters. Remedies for well. Remedy for Ketu is suggested. Avoid speculation. Remedies for Sani and Ketu and Rahu is suggested. Rahu is suggested.

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Take care of health. Health of someone in Avoid litigation at all family can disturb you. cost. Failure in love Avoid gambling. Delay affair is seen. Proin property related matmotion in job is seen. ter. Some strain in job Have faith in God. Do CANCER cannot be ruled out. Try Jun 21 - Jul 22 to stay calm. People in Jul 23 - Aug. 22 good deeds. Business will be average. Worart and luxurious goods will flourish. Friends will be supportive. shiping of Sun and Remedies for Sani Remedies for Rahu and Ketu is sug- and Ketu is suggested. gested.

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Panchang in Brief: Sun, Venus, and Mars in Pisces, Moon in scorpio, Mercury in Aquarius, Jupiter in Taurus, Sani and Rahu in Libra and Ketu in Aries. Nakshatra is Anuradha.
Some sort of mental strain is indicated. Take extra care of your finances, chances of over expenditure is seen. Good luck will be on your side. Relation with spouse and business partner may sore. Try to maintain harmony in relationship. You Aug. 23 - Sep 22 might be tempted to spend on Luxury. Meditation and yoga will bring good results. Remedies for Sani and Rahu is suggested.

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Though some success in Cervical pain and disBuying of vehicle is on speculation is seen, but eases related to genital the cards. Some sucrefrain from overdoing. organs is indicated. Try cess in legal matters. Relations with spouse to do stretching exerAvoid illegal activities and business partner will cise and drink plenty to obtain money. Love improve. Being over amof water. Some tension life will be dull and bitious will be harmful. in job cannot be ruled Some unnecessary ex- SAGITTARIUS painful. Business will Sep 23 - Oct 22 out. Litigation results Kidney penses might rise that can Nov 22 - Dec 21 be average. will be in your favor. Oct 23 - Nov 21 ruin your pleasant mood. problem is indicated. Strengthening of Your enemies will be defeated. People in Keeping a cool mind is Jupiter will bring good results. Banking and commerce will do average. suggested. Remedy for Sani and Rahu is Remedies of Rahu and Ketu is suggested. suggested.

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Improvement in People in Medicines health is seen. There will do well. Buying will be peace of of property is seen. mind. Transfer is on Stockbrokers and the cards for people banking people will in job. Gain from earn well. Expenses foreign contacts is will be high on luxury. Dec 22 - Jan 19 indicated.. If single, AQUARIUS Success in love affairs chances of marriage Jan 20 - Feb. 18 is seen. Some property are there. Interest in politics will rise. related matter can be sorted out amiRemedies for Ketu and Rahu is sug- cably. Remedy for Sani and Rahu is gested. indicated.

You will be tempted to spend on luxury. Minor eye and dental problems are indicated. Your siblings will do well. Love life will be averAvoid speculation. PISCES age. Feb 19 - Mar 20 Some differences with business partner and spouse is indicated. Delay is property related matter. Be extra-careful regarding your valuables. Remedies for Ketu is suggested.

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Leech therapy makes a comeback in India

New Delhi A few years ago when Hollywood actress Demi Moore said she let leeches suck her blood as part of a therapy to look fresh and young it made headlines. This ancient medical therapy of using leeches for clinical bloodletting to treat certain health conditions is making a comeback of sorts in India where the therapy is said to have originated. Leeches (or Hirudo Medicinalis) are segmented worms from the Annelida family with suckers at the ends of their body. A leech can consume between 5 and 15 ml of blood - or four-six times their body weight in a single feed. The bite of a leech is not painful as it releases an anaesthetic to prevent the hosts from feeling them. Many people are now taking to leech therapy to treat conditions ranging from blood pressure to gout, from healing wounds to even hair fall. Only the medicinal leeches are used for treatment, which are brown, red striped and olive-coloured. The therapy has a lot many advantages, without any side effects. It is a major therapeutic tool and helps in many blood-related diseases. It also minimises the chances of blood rejection in blood transfusion cases, ayurveda specialist Ravi Raghuvanshi said. Describing the therapy as safe and advantageous, Raghuvanshi said the treatment is already very popular in the West. The therapy is very popular in the West particularly in countries

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like the US and Germany. The reason is there is good awareness in the West as a lot of research has been done on the subject. In India, where the therapy originated, there is hardly any awareness or much research, though the practice dates back 5,000 years. The knowledge has not been transferred well. The popularity is also scattered. Only 300-400 people every year in Delhi and NCR use leech therapy, Raghuvanshi said. In 2008, the union health ministry decided to recognise leech therapy to treat a range of diseases, including eczema, gangrene, vascular reconstruction and vascular surgery in chronic wounds. The technique is in vogue in Jammu and Kashmir, coastal Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Gujarat. Now the therapy is also practised in some clinics across metropolitan cities like Delhi and Mumbai. Divya Sharma, 47, a resident of east Delhis Rohini area, says she found the treatment very effective and lifesaving. I had suffered serious injury to my legs in an accident some months back. The wounds turned gangrenous

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and doctors said they might have to amputate my legs if the injury does not heal. Then a friend advised me to try leech therapy. After I started it, my injuries began to get better day by day. The doctors said no operation was required. The therapy is usually done on patients with rheumatoid arthritis, skin disorders and even in cases of hair fall. People suffering from bleeding disorders are not given the therapy. Otherwise the practice has only advantages, S. Jain, a Delhi-based ayurveda specialist. The subject has been taken out of ayurveda, but not many people have the awareness. It will, however, gain in reckoning in the near future,said Jain, whose clinic provides the facility. About 150 patients avail of this service every year, he added. According to medical experts, leeches remove blood from their host and release pain-killing and blood-thinning substances into the blood through their saliva. The saliva contains about 100 different bioactive substances, including anti-coagulants, vaso-dilators and anaesthetics. The medicinal leeches are brown, red striped and olive-coloured. In Jammu and Kashmir, this traditional medicinal practice has consolidated its position, with many people preferring

the therapy to conventional medication. A high number of patients in the state prefer leeches over allopathic medicine to cure various skin and blood-related diseases. Srinagar-based skin specialist Aaliya Nowsheri says the treatment has been very popular traditionally among the people of the Kashmir Valley. A good number of patients have shown interest as they find the treatment effective, hygienic and clean. Moreover, the practice has always been present in the state through traditional healers who are preferred by many in rural areas, Nowsheri over phone. The leeches used have special enzymes which quickly coagulate the blood sucked out. No further action or medicine is given to the patient post treatment. The patients get instant relief without much pain, she added. The first description of leech therapy, classified as blood letting, was found in the text of Sushruta samhita (dating 800 B.C.) written by Sushruta, who was also considered the father of plastic surgery, according to information on the web. The application of medicinal leeches for cleaning the blood of poison was used in Egypt around 2,500 years ago. The therapy was common until the mid-1800s when newer therapies took their place. IANS

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Himmatwala - Fails To Impress

Bollywood singer Suresh Wadkar, Sunidhi Chauhan, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, actor Emraan Hashmi, Ekta Kapoor, creative head and producer of Balaji Telefilms and Konkona Sen Sharma pose during the music launch of upcoming film Ek Thi Daayan in Mumbai

Canadian porn actress turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone and actor Tushar Kapoor during the launch of the song - Laila Teri Le Legi for the upcoming film `Shootout At Wadala` in Mumbai

Director: Sajid Khan Cast : Ajay Devgan,Tamanna, Leena Jumani,Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Bruna Abdullah,Jeetendra, Akshay Kumar Producer: Vashu Bhagnani , Siddharth Roy Kapur Music Director: Sajid Ali , Wajid Ali Lyricst: Jigar , Sachin , Sameer Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Soham Chakrabarthy, Mamta Sharma, Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Bappi Lahiri, Mika Singh, Amit Kumar

Sajid Khans Himmatwala released this weekend, but it could not reach upto the level of the original JeetendraSridevi blockbuster. Though Sajid had the himmat to try the remake but he could not stir up the expectations of his audience. It would be interesting to see what lies ahead in terms of box office collections. Story Himmatwala features Ajay Devgan and Tamanna Bhatia in the leads and is a remake of the 1983 blockbuster of the

same name, directed by K Raghavendra Rao starring Jeetendra and Sridevi. Himmatwala revolves around the story of a poor and wronged womans son, who returns from the big city to avenge his father, a honest school teacher. No wonder, Sajid Khan tries to bring back the boisterous melodrama of 80s with the remake, but unfortunately, he doesnt succeed to do anything good for the film. Himmatwala is a average film, which is full of over-the-top acting, irritating melodrama, lame entertainment and a few awkward dance steps.

Book: Beastly Tales from Here and There; Author: Vikram Seth; Publisher: Puffin Books; Pages: 149; Price: Rs.599

Beastly Tales from Here and There

-- seeing the world with the eyes of the inhabitants of the wild. Seth describes one of his poems in the book, The Hare and the Tortoise as a new interpretation of Aesops Fable in which the hare, a seductive siren, wins a grand glamour deal in life despite losing the race to the tortoise. Hidden between the lines of the hare and the tortoise -- the shining tale from grandmothers kitty in the collection - is the subtext that in this age of guile, artifice and preening bling, one has to tread with care and keep up with pretenses for the winning bargain. It is the way the world works, the poet says. The poem stuns with its colourful description of the characters -- the glamorous gabby hare who is like a society butterfly and the slow sloth sown-to-earth tortoise. The denouement comes towards the end of the poem when the hare has lost the race, but refuses to be embarrassed by the tortoises victory. But it was in fact the hare/With a calm insouciant air/Like an unrepentant bounder/Who allured the pressmen round her/Oh, Miss Hare, Youre so appealing/When youre swearing, said one squealing. You have tendered gold and booty/To the shrine of sleep and beauty/Breathed another, overawed;/And Will Wolf, the great press lord/Filled a gold cup - on a whim/With huge rubies to the brim/-

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A modern-day take on Aesops Fables, European folk tales and jungle lores is the essence of the fairy-tale retelling of bedtime rhymes in this updated anthology edition of Vikram Seths classic book. The new edition with colourful illustrations and mischievous and intelligent drawings by writer and comic book maker Prabha Mallya makes the poems more attractive. Rhyme comes easily to me. It began as cat, mat stuff when I was around three years old. It has been going on, slowly developing...I think it happened to be a cat, Seth . His collection, first published in the 1990s, begins with the tale of a crafty crocodile and an intelligent monkey, who saves himself from being devoured by his friend crocodiles wife can be compared to Christian homilies, Buddhist Jataka tales and George Orwells allegorical novella Animal Farm with candid messages to take home to. The story speaks about the importance of being wise, keeping ones wit about oneself, knowing the ways of the world, human frailties and even the shrinking green space on the planet. Seth explores contemporary social realities through his jungle book of rhymes

Gorgeous rubies, bold and bright/Red as cherries, rich with light/And with an inviting grin/Murmured: In my eyes, you win ... Seth has a flair for satire that combines seamlessly with his poetic meter breathing an other worldly colour to his poetry. In The Elephant and the Tragopan, Seth narrates the story of Indias experiment with forest dams dredging up the war between development and concern for environment. The beasts of Bingle Vale, a mythical game park, go in a delegation to meet Bigshot, the politician to protest a dam that the government is planning to build in the oasis. The Tragopan dies in a melee and becomes a martyr. The protest evokes the battle to save the Narmada river and the Himalayan streams being damned at random. Each poem is like an aphorism. An eagle dies pining for its broken eggs in a war of nerves with the beetle, bent on vendetta in the Eagle and the Beetle while a mouses heroic battle for life against a slithering snake is preserved for humanity in a poets verse - who writes her elegy in poetic meter. Seth says he writes for the joy of writingrarely bothering about the market demands. Markets are best forgotten in the flow of Seths beautiful rhyme. Poetry contrary to popular publishing notions is finding growing tribes of takers.

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a spectacular fashion - the unexpected rediscovery of Geckoella Jeyporensis!, Agarwal said. This was a significant addition to the 190 species of lizards currently known to exist in India, Giri explained. After one effort yielded nothing, the team tried its luck again in 2011. This time, it hit bulls eye in Andhra Pradesh. After the exciting discoveries, Giri and Aaron Bauer of Villanova University, US, studied the taxonomy of the species and it was subsequently confirmed as a rediscovery. This species is unique among Indian geckos as it has enlarged, hexagonal, plate-like scales across the back. It is one of the most beautiful among Indian geckos, with an orange-brown dorsum, a series of large chocolate brown dorsal blotches, Giri said. Giri and Agarwal said that besides being morphologically unique and endemic to a region not traditionally known to harbour many endemics, this species appears restricted to a very specialised habitat in the Eastern Ghats, semi-evergreen forests above 1,000 m elevation. This discovery leads us to conclude that the countrys Eastern Ghats are more biodiverse than previously believed. There is a strong need for the authorities concerned to protect the region, its flora and fauna, Giri urged. In many ways, the rediscovery of Geckoella Jeyporensis is symptomatic of herpetological research in India. There are a number of species that have not been recorded since their original descriptions or are known in a few localities, said the study by Hamadryad. Quite likely, other lost species too might not really be extinct, just in need of rediscovery, the report held, adding that there were obvious gaps in basic data on Indian bio-diversity.

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Lizard species rediscovered after 135 years

Google Glass facing privacy and safety concerns

Mumbai For over a century and quarter, the tiny Geckoella Jeyporensis, a small lizard measuring up to 10 cm, was given up as extinct. Now it has been spotted in the Eastern Ghats, causing scientists to cheer. A dedicated and concerted effort by a group of environmentalists has caused the rediscovery of the Geckoella Jeyporensis in the Eastern Ghats, in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The lizard has not been seen in 135 years, a scientist involved in the efforts revealed. This gecko, a lizard of the Gekkonidae family, is morphologically unique. It was known only from a single male specimen collected in 1877 by a British officer, Col R.H. Beddome, from the Jeypore Hills, in modern Orissa, Varad Giri, a scientist with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The re-discovery of this species was the result of a joint venture between the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science (CES-IISc), Bangalore, BNHS Mumbai and Villanova University, US. The journal Hamadryad has endorsed the rediscovery.

Russia to put 68 spacecraft into orbit by 2015

The efforts were propelled by the research of CES-IISc doctoral student Ishan Agarwal, who in 2008-2009 wanted to find this lost species to understand its evolutionary history. There was scanty published material around this particular lizard, and an attempt was made to retrace the journey Col Beddome undertook in the Eastern Ghats over a century ago. The only clues were in the original description, which said that this species was collected under a rock in a forest at 4,200 ft on Patinghe Hill, Jeypore - meaning high elevation forest areas (@1,000m) in the Eastern Ghats, Agarwal told IANS. Teams of researchers, scientists and naturalists had failed in the past 135 years to trace the unique lizard, Agarwal said. As he grew convinced that the gecko could be found again, another doctoral student, Aniruddha DattaRoy, and field assistant Tarun Khichi, also joined him on the uncertain mission. It takes persistence and just a little bit of luck. So, it was that one day of hard work by four of us which paid off in

New technology to record whale songs in Antarctica

Washington Google Glass, the US techology giants revolutionary wearable computer is still months away from release, but there is a growing movement across America seeking to limit and in some cases ban the use of the glasses due to both privacy and safety concerns. We heard of many crashes caused by texting and driving, most involving our youngest drivers, Republican Gary Howell of the West Virginia state legislature told tech website CNET. Howell has introduced a bill that would effectively ban the use of Google Glass by drivers behind the wheel of a vehicle, siting safety concerns. Last legislature, we worked long and hard on a no-texting-and-driving law, Howell told CNET. It is mostly the young that are the tech-savvy that try new things. They are also our most vulnerable and underskilled drivers, he said. Google Glass resembles a pair of traditional eyeglasses, but with images displayed on the lens, it enables users to surf the web, send emails, text messages, and record photos and videos all by using voice commands. We are putting a lot of thought into the design of Glass because new technologies always raise new issues, a Google spokesman said in a statement. In regards to safety, Google said in its statement the glasses offer, tremendous potential to improve safety on our roads and reduce accidents. For instance, Google has said its glasses will offer turn-by-turn navigation using voice commands to promote a

more hands-free driving experience. But putting the issue of safety aside, a growing movement online is concerned about the privacy implications surrounding the use of the stealthy glasses that could be used as a secret recording device. If the government installed CCTV cameras and microphones everywhere, all feeding information to a central control room you would probably characterise it as a privacy risk, the website StopTheCyborgs.org said. Is it any better if its run by a corporation and the devices are attached to peoples heads? Concerns that Google Glass could be used to secretly record private conversations and activities is what sparked the creators of StopTheCyborgs to encourage businesses across the country to preemptively ban the use of Google Glass in their establishments. The site offers downloadable antiGoogle Glass signs and links to contact politicians to promote legislation regulating the use of the glasses prior to the launch. The 5 Point Cafe, a bar in Seattle, was among the first to post signs banning Google Glass on its premises in an effort to protect the privacy of its patrons, the bars owner said. It is still very early days for Glass and we expect as with other new technologies, such as cell phones, behaviours and social norms will develop over time, a spokesman for Google told the Silicon Business Journal. Google Glass is slated to be released later this year with an estimated retail price of around $1,500, according to media reports.

Moscow Russia plans to put 68 spacecraft into orbit by 2015 and to almost double the number of its communications satellites to 44 by 2020, an official said. Under Russias federal space programme, we will launch 68 spacecraft between 2013 and 2015, said Anatoly Malchenko, deputy head of the Central Research Institute of Machine Building. Malchenko said all these spacecraft are now being manufactured or developed. He added that the number of spacecraft could reach 113 by 2020 if a key space programme document is approved. However, this (number of spacecraft) could be achieved only in cooperation with the international community, Malchenko noted. By 2020, Russia plans to increase the number of its communications satellites from 26 to 44. This will raise Russias share of the international communications market from 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent. He said Russia will also increase the number of D33 remote sensing satellites from four to 26 by 2020.

Russia to test new domestically designed flight engine

Sydney Scientists have managed to capture up to 26,545 blue whale songs in the Antarctic in a study for which they used - for the first time - new acoustical detection and tracking techniques to locate and observe them. The work was carried out by researchers from Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the US, France, Norway, Britain, South Africa and New Zealand, all of whom are participating in the ongoing Antarctic Blue Whale Project to study the worlds largest animal. Some 18 experts in acoustics and in classification of the whales, as well as engineers and observers, departed in January on a seven-week trip to the Ross Sea with the aim of deploying acoustic devices known as sonobuoys to study the population, distribution and behavior of the whales. The result was 626 hours of audio registered in real time including 26,545 songs - or vocalizations produced by the gigantic beasts, according to the projects head acoustician, Brian Miller, with the Australian Antarctic Division. The blue whale - or Balaenoptera musculus - makes a very deep and resonant call that can be captured underwater hundreds of kilometers away, Miller said in a statement. The International Whaling Commission has calculated that in 2000 the population of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere was between 400 and 1,400. Blue whales are the largest animals on earth, growing up to 31 meters long and weighing 170,000 kg or more. Moscow The first in-flight tests of Russias domestically designed PD-14 engine for MS-21 passenger planes are scheduled for 2014, an official said. The fifth-generation PD-14 engine is Russias first domestic development in the area of civilian enginebuilding for the last 25 years. Russia has invested 70 billion rubles (over $2 billion) in the development of the engine. At present, the engine is being prepared for tests on an Il-76-based airborne testing lab, scheduled to take place in 2014, said Anastasia Denisova, spokesperson for the United Engine-Building Corporation (UEC). The engine is expected to be certified in 2015 and go into production in 2016.

The PD-14 has been developed by Russias Aviadvigatel company to become one of the alternative power plants for the new family of MS-21 twin-jet passenger aircraft with seating capacities of 150-215. MS-21 aircraft are to replace all models of Tu-154B and Tu-154M aircraft as well as Yak-42 in Russia. The deliveries of MS-21 will start in 2017 and the initial production models will feature Pratt and Whitney PW1400G engines.

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Iron man 3

KIDS
Snow killing wild hoofed animals in Russia: WWF

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Vladivostok Deep snow covered by ice crust has led to the deaths of many wild hoofed animals of various species in the far eastern woodlands in Russia, WWF Russia said. Dense snow which fell in January and was followed by a thaw in early February has created critical environmental conditions for the survival of wild hoofed animals. The snow is almost two meters thick in some places, the WWFs the Amur branch said. According to Sergey Aramilev, WWF Russia Amur branch biodiversity conservation coordinator, both adult and young animals including boars, Manchurian wapitis and roe deers, have died because of unusually dense snow and poaching. Vladimir Vasilyev, who heads the local hunting authority, said many poachers make use of the situation and kill animals, who are stuck in snowdrifts, though hunting is banned at this time of the year.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h. An average person laughs about 15 times a day. Babies are born without knee caps. They dont appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. To escape the grip of a crocodiles jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs -- it will let you go instantly.

Action and adventure packed Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios Director: Shane Black Release expected on May 3, 2013 Synopsis Marvel Studios Iron Man 3 pits brashbut-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/

Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemys hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question

that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man? Info for Parents Many older kids will want to see Iron Man 3. The movie is a Disney film, and the Iron Man toys can be found in many stores including the Disney Store. If you are wondering whether or not the film is suitable for your kids, you can see what the films are like by watching the prequels Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

Top Indian space scientist honoured in the US

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Bangalore Top Indian space scientist U.R. Rao has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington DC by the Society of Satellite Professionals International, in the US. Rao is the first Indian space scientist to be inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame and joins the select group of about 50 members, including Arthur C. Clarke, Van Allen, Harold Rosen, Peter Jackson and Robert Berry, among others, the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.

Feeding stations for migratory birds in China

Beijing China has set up six feeding stations for migratory birds near a lake straddling the Sino-Russian border, officials said. While en route to destinations in Siberia, over two million migratory birds fly by the Xingkai Lake Natural Reserve every March and April, Xinhua quoted local official Shang Erzeng as saying. To ensure food supplies for the birds, local authorities have established the six feeding stations that offer appropriate foods for various species. The public has been urged to donate food for the birds.

Rao, who is chairman of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has contributed to the development of Indian space technology and its application to communications and remote sensing of natural resources since the 1960s. Rao was responsible for the creation of Indias space and satellite capabilities and their application to the nations development. As ISRO chairman (1984-1994), he established satellite technology in India, the citation said at a function held March 19. Rao also accelerated the development of Indian rocket technology, resulting in the launch of ASLV rocket in 1992 and the operational PSLV launch vehicle. Rao promoted the use of space technology for broadcasting, education, meteorology, remote sensing and disaster warning.

Marys father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. So what is is the 4th childs name? I come one in a minute,Twice in a moment,But never in a thousand years. When you put this in a heavywooden box, the box will become lighter. You hear my sound,You feel me when I move,But see me you never will. I follow you all day long,But when the night or rain comes,I am all gone

Adamant (Adjective) Firm, fixed, unchangeable, unmovable, stubbornly unyielding and utterly unresponsive to persuasion; (Noun) A supremely hard stone or other impenetrable substance. Badger (Noun) A carnivorous burrowing mammal of North America with short legs, long claws, a grizzled, gray coat, and a white head with a black mask around the eyes (family Mustelidae); (Verb) To pester with constant nagging for something, to harass continuously with a request or demand. Cakewalk Something exceptionally easy to accomplish: selling cosmetics is a cakewalk for her; A 19th-century strutting contest held among African Americans in the southern US, in which the contestant who walked with the fanciest steps won a cake. Daunt To discourage, to make fearful, to undermine someones self-confidence in being successful. Eavesdrop To secretly listen in on a conversation between other people. Fallacy An untruth, a false idea, conclusion, or argument; Falseness, incorrectness, erroneousness.

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20 Indian firm favours use of mobile devices at work

Chennai Seven out of ten Indian companies believe that the benefits of using mobile devices by employees for official work equals or outweigh the risks and a significant number of respondents ensure that the device has proper safeguards, said a Symantec Software India Pvt Ltd official. Sharing the results of a survey of 200 Indian companies on mobile trends, managing director (India Product Operations) Shantanu Ghosh said: One in two companies have taken measures to ensure employees adhere to policy guidelines. 45 percent of the companies surveyed have ensured that mobile devices that connect to the network have proper safeguards installed. According to him, 72 percent of the Indian businesses surveyed have faced mobility incidents (malware infection, spam, exposures of information, breaches due to lost/stolen devices, phishing and other risks) out of which 37 percent have lost revenue and 86 percent had to change their policies. He said 55 percent of the respondents to the survey said that over half the devices are purchased by the organisation and this is expected to increase by five percent in the next 12 months. However, Ghosh said increasingly employees are using their own devices to carry out their official work and companies are also looking at the trend positively subject to certain safeguards. Sharing the details of another survey 2012 Norton Cybercrime Report, Ghosh said 69 percent of the Indian

BUSINESS
Durban In a clear signal of their ascendance in the geopolitical space, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa Wednesday gave their go-ahead to a BRICS bank, rivalling the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to address the development challenges of poor and emerging economies. The leaders, who met for the 5th BRICS Summit here -- where the Indian delegation was led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- also endorsed a $100-billion contingency reserve arrangement that will be deployed when any of the five member-nations faces a crisis. We (the finance ministers of the five countries) gave a big idea and that idea has now become a reality -- that is the BRICS development bank, Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told journalists here, soon after the conclusion of the plenary session on the second day of the two-day summit. He said the finance ministers and officials of the two countries have been given a 12-month time-frame to work out modalities like the capital of the proposed bank, its domicile and the governance structure. We should have a nearly complete document when the leaders meet again in Brazil next March, he added. As regards the contingency reserve arrangement, Chidambaram said the bulk of the money, that is $41 billion, will be pledged by China, $18 billion each will come from India, Brazil and Russia, while South Africa has agreed to $5 billion. The proposal for the BRICS bank and a contingency reserve arrangement was mooted when India hosted the previous BRICS Summit in New Delhi. This was

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Durban Summit delivers a BRICS development bank

SEBIs guidelines soon on share buyback

consumers access the web on their mobile devices. Thirty one percent of the respondents said they send work emails; 25 percent access office data or documents and 44 percent said they use personal emails for work correspondence, Ghosh said. According to the online survey of 13,018 adults in the age band 18-64 years across 24 countries (Indian sample size 1,000 persons), 68 percent of Indians are the most addicted to their mobile phones across the Asia Pacific region. Forty three percent of the respondents said they would save their mobile phone from a fire is they could choose two items to be saved, Ghosh said. He said companies should embrace mobility as resisting it will be counterproductive. Ghosh said companies should start implementing mobile applications that will have an immediate impact on productivity and learn from the innovators while minimising the risks.

Kolkata Capital market regulator SEBI Tuesday said it will very soon formulate a guideline on buyback of equity shares and expressed hope that it will also be able to come out with a new insider trading regulations this year. We got the impressions that some companies are trying to use the buyback regulation not to reward the shareholders, but to manipulate the share price. So keeping that in mind, in order to safeguard the interests of the investors, we are now coming out with a new buyback regulation, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairman U.K. Sinha told reporters here. Our discussion paper is already in

Spain posts budget deficit

Madrid Spain posted a budget deficit of 6.98 percent of the gross domestic product last year and not the 6.74 percent initially reported by the government, based on new Eurostat accounting standards for tax refunds, Secretary of State for the Budget Marta Fernandez Curras said. The government must now account for tax refund filings by taxpayers, Fernandez Curras said. Eurostat wants the accounting change applied to the national accounts series going back to 1995, the official said. Adjusting Spains national accounts

the public domain for more than six months. We have got comments and we are further going to tighten this mechanism very soon. We will formulate our guideline on buybacks, Sinha said. He said there were instances when some companies announced a buyback of shares at a certain price but not even raised 25 percent of what was the intended amount of share they wanted to buy back. Sinha was talking to the media on the sidelines of an interactive session, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Stating that insider trading activity was an offence, the SEBI chief said the expert group, which had been set up for reviewing insider trading norms, would soon start working. The market regulator has recently constituted a 14-member panel, headed by N.K. Sodhi, to review and strengthen the existing regulatory framework on insider trading. The committee will start working very soon and hopefully during this year we will come out with a new insider trading regulations, Sinha added.

Oil, gas, bank stocks gain

to counter the influence of other global institutions like the World Bank that are more tuned to pursuing the policies as dictated by the West. It gives me great satisfaction to note that one of the ideas that we first discussed at New Delhi, that of instituting a mechanism to recycle surplus savings in infrastructure investments in developing countries, has been given concrete shape during the Durban Summit, Manmohan Singh told the plenary. We have agreed to establish the New Development Bank. The initial contribution to the Bank should be substantial and sufficient for the Bank to be effective in financing infrastructure, the leaders said in a joint statement, officially called the eThekwini Declaration after the African name for Durban. The five-member BRICS bloc collectively accounts for 40 percent of the worlds population, 30 percent of the

for so many years will be an enormous job and only the figures for the past year have been modified, Fernandez Curras said. The government announced Feb 28 that the deficit totaled 70.82 billion euros (about $93 billion), or 6.74 percent of GDP, in 2012. The figure was four-tenths of a percentage point above the 6.3 percent GDP target agreed to with the European Union. Spain has been battered by an economic meltdown that sent the unemployment rate skyrocketing to 26 percent.

Mumbai A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading more than half a percent up in the afternoon trade Monday, as oil and gas, bank and public sector undertakings (PSUs) stocks gained. The markets made the gains after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said that the government will ease restrictions on foreign institutional investors (FIIs) participation in the countrys bond market. Even the decision of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to raise diesel prices by one percent from Saturday helped the oil and gas stocks gain. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the positive at 18,894.13 points, was trading at 18,862.07 points in the afternoon session, up 0.68 percent or 126.47 points from its previous day close at 18,735.60 points. The Sensex slumped to a low of 18,833.39 points in the intra-day and touched a high of 18,950.22 points. The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 0.68 percent or 38.20 points down at 5,689.55 points in the afternoon session. The BSE oil and gas index gained 161.95 points, followed by bank index which was up 131.92 points and PSU index was higher by 125.08 points. However, the information technology (IT) index was down 16.29 points and the technology, media and entertainment (TECk) index was marginally down by 0.91 points.

Bill to regulate real estate sector soon: Minister

New Delhi The government will soon introduce a bill to regulate the real estate sector and protect home buyers, Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said here Sunday. We will take the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2012 to the cabinet soon. We hope to pass it in the budget session, Maken told the national editors conference here. Salaried people usually spend all their savings on buying an apartment but often suffer delays and cost escalation, he said. According to the bill, no developer or builder would be able to start a housing project till he had obtained all the necessary clearances and submitted them as proof before a regulatory authority. The bill would also mandate that no developer would be able to collect any money from the buyers till he got the permission to start construction on the project.

worlds land mass, 20 percent of the gross domestic product in real terms and 26 percent of purchasing power. They also together have foreign exchange reserves of $4.3 trillion. Besides the bank and the reserve arrangement, the BRICS Summit also established a business council with five members each from the five countries, a consortium of think tanks and an enabling agreement among the development banks of the five countries to enhance financing for projects in Africa. With this, the Summit has delivered on all the five items listed on the agenda by host South Africa. These are good beginnings, Chidambaram said, adding that the collective size of the five member-states of BRICS -- in terms of population, output and reserves -- makes it an important bloc. We should be able to influence discussion and decisions in G20, the IMF and other multilateral institutions.

NALCO eyes Rs.7,757 crore turnover in 2013-14

Bhubaneswar The state-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) Monday said it has targeted a sales turnover of Rs.7,757 crore for 2013-14, about ten per cent higher than that of 2012-13. NALCO signed a memorandum of understanding with the union mines ministry Monday on the physical and financial targets for 2013-14. According to this pact, NALCO has been given an annual production target of 64.50 lakh tonnes of bauxite, 21.5 lakh tonnes of alumina, and 4.05 lakh

Also, the developer would have to deposit all the money collected from the buyers for a particular project in a separate bank account and would be allowed to use the funds only for that project. Developers sometimes use funds collected from buyers for a project to buy land for another project. This results in delays for the buyer, said Maken. He also said the developers would not able to use pictures of housing projects in foreign countries to lure buyers while advertising their project. They will have to use pictures only of their actual project, said Maken. The minister said the bill would provide a uniform regulatory environment to enforce disclosure, fair practice and accountability norms and fast track dispute resolution mechanism in real estate transactions. Around 10 percent of the project cost could be fined for the first violation and a second violation could invite a jail term, said Maken.

tonnes of aluminium, the company said here in a statement. The Bhubaneswar-headquartered NALCO is Indias third largest aluminium maker.

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Sensex closes fiscal 2012-13 with 131 points gain
Mumbai A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed more than half a percent up on the last day of 2012-13 financial year on the back of healthy buying in metal, bank and capital goods stocks and settlement of monthly derivatives contracts. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the red at 18,702.46 points, closed at 18,835.77 points, up 0.70 percent or 131.24 points from its previous days close at 18,704.53 points. The Sensex slumped to a low of 18,568.43 points in intra-day trade and touched a high of 18,888.22 points. The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also closed 0.73 percent or 40.95 points up at 5,682.55 points. Traders said revival of buying happened in the second half of the trading session after European markets opened higher and on short-covering on the expiry of the derivatives segment on the last day of March. The BSE metal index rose 229.62 points, followed by bank index, up 212.46 points, capital goods, up 191.73

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BEL to make components for Boeings Hornet fighter jet

Bangalore State-run defence behemoth Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will manufacture sub-assemblies for the Boeing Super Hornet fighter jet under a follow-on contract with the US-based global aerospace major. Under the follow-on contract of 2011, BEL will deliver components for our F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft, Boeing said in a statement here Thursday. The extended contract envisages BEL to produce parts such as ground power panel, helmet vehicle interface stowage and switch assembly and cockpit console panels for Super Hornet. BEL will also produce a stowage panel for the joint helmet mounted cueing system connector cable and an avionics cooling system fan test switch panel with a night vision imaging systemcompatible floodlight assembly. For the P-8I, the Bangalore-based company will provide the identification friend or foe interrogators and data link II communications systems. Relationship with BEL demonstrates our commitment to working with the Indian aerospace industry to provide customers with best products while

US delegation meets Modi, East Coast Railway to run 10 praises Gujarat pairs of summer special trains
Bhubaneswar The East Coast Railway Thursday said it will run 10 pairs of weekly special trains till the last week of June to cater to the extra summer rush. At least 155,314 additional berths would be created with the running of these special trains, a senior official of the Bhubaneswar-headquartered railway zone told IANS. The special trains will run between Bhubaneswar and New Delhi, Puri and Shirdi, Puri and Sealdah, Puri and Asansol, Visakhapatnam and Quilon, and Visakhapatnam and Renigunta, he said. Special trains will also run between Visakhapatnam and Nanded, Hatia and Yeswantpur, and Santragachhi and Chennai Central from and through its jurisdiction, the official added.

fostering global growth and market access, Boeings defence, space & security vice-president Dennis Swanson said in the statement. We believe this strategic cooperation with Boeing is a great opportunity for us to take the relationship to greater heights, said BEL marketing director H.N. Ramakrishna. The Indian Navy has ordered in 2009 eight P-8I long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft to intensify offshore surveillance over the countrys territorial water and exclusive economic zone.

BEL is also partnering with Boeing at the latters analysis and experimentation centre in Bangalore since 2009. As a defence electronics firm, BEL designs, develops and manufactures a range of command, control, communications, computing and intelligence solutions; military communication systems; radars and sonars, besides naval and electronic warfare systems for defense and security applications. The $33-billion Boeings subsidiary for defence, space and security manufactures special aircraft for military and security agencies the world over.

Indian business delegation to visit China

Mumbai A 40-member business delegation, led by Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) president Niranjan Hiranandani, will visit China for an annual flagship event April 8-12, an IMC official said. IMCs annual flagship event India Calling China Business Partnership Summit will be held in Chinas Shanghai and Guangzhou cities. The delegation will include union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi as chief guest, political leaders, bureaucrats, corporate honchos from various industry and trade sectors and educationists from leading Indian universities, the IMC official added. Over the past few years, there have been continuous exchanges of highlevel visits including the visits of presidents and prime ministers of both the

points, consumer durables index, up 131.34 points, and the public sector undertakings (PSUs) index, up 112.02 points. However, the automobile index was down 76.86 points. Of the 30 Sensex scrips, 21 closed in the positive. Gail India, up 5.02 percent at Rs.319.15; Hindalco Inds, up 3.98 percent at Rs.91.50; ONGC, up 2.29 percent at Rs.311.55; Sterlite Inds, up 2.91 percent at Rs.93.80; and HDFC Bank, up 2.70 percent at Rs.631 were among the major Sensex gainers. Only 11 of the 30 Sensex scrips were losers: Tata Motors, down 2.16 percent at Rs.269.30, Hero MotoCorp, down 1.95 percent at Rs.1,541.90; Bharti Airtel, down 1.77 percent at Rs.291.80; Jindal Steel, down 1.35 percent at Rs.348.15; and Hindustan Unilever, down 1.34 percent at Rs.466.10.

Sukhoi, Malaysia sign $100 mn deal

Langkawi Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi and the Malaysian defence ministry have signed a $100-million contract for the technical maintenance of Malaysias fleet of Su-30MKM fighters, said a spokesman for the organising committee of the LIMA-2013 aerospace exhibition. The contract covers technical maintenance as well as supplies of spare parts for 18 Russian-made Su-30MKM fighters that were delivered to Malaysia between 2007 and 2009 under a $900-million contract signed in 2003. In addition to its 18 Su-30MKM Flanker fighters, Malaysia also has 16 MiG29N Fulcrum fighters in its combat aircraft fleet. The Su-30MKM is a multi-role Flanker based on the Su-30MKI model and features a customized avionics package built to Malaysian specifications. Sufamily fighters constitute the bulk of Russias arms exports.

Ahmedabad A delegation from the US, including members of the House of Representatives and business leaders, Thursday met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and lauded the economic development in the state under his watch. The meeting assumes significance as the US has been denying Modi a visa for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Only recently, an invitation to speak at the Wharton India Economic Forum in the US was withdrawn when students and faculty of the University of Pennsylvania protested Modis inclusion in the event. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has maintained that Modi has never sought a visa, in the first place. US businesses, however, have warmed to Modi in recent times. Aaron Schock, a Republican representing Illinois in the House of Representatives, is leading the delegation. Ron Somers, president of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), Cynthia Lummis, Republican Congresswoman representing Wyoming, and Cathy M. Rodgers, Republican Congresswoman from Washington state, are among the prominent faces in the delegation. I spoke to the US delegation about how Gujarat has adopted a faster, inclusive and environment-friendly process of development, Narendra Modi said in a comment on Twitter. Am thankful to the members of US Congress and business persons for their

kind words on Gujarats development, he said. Modi has emerged as a possible prime ministerial candidate of the BJP for the 2014 general elections. Talking to the media later, BJP leader Vijay Jolly said the delegates invited Modi to the US, and he has accepted the invitation. Asked whether Modi would get a visa from the US, Schock said he would raise the issue with the US administration. It is a conversation we will have with our administration, Schock said. Schock also lauded the development in Gujarat, saying that the delegates respected Indian democracy. We appreciate Mr. Modis work. We are a democracy and respect other democracies. He has won (sic) for the fourth time, this is a great success, Schock said. Modi succeeded Keshubhai Patel as chief minister in 2001, and has since won three terms in office through popular ballot. According to an official statement from the Gujarat government, Schock said: There is enormous potential to work together with Gujarat. Schock, after Modis fourth consecutive swearing in as Gujarats chief minister, had also called to congratulate him. The delegations visit was organised by Shalabh Kumar, Illinois-based Punjabi NRI businessman and member of the Overseas Friends of BJP.

South Korea slashes 2013 growth outlook

Seoul South Koreas finance ministry slashed its 2013 growth outlook for the country to 2.3 percent from an earlier estimation of 3 percent, citing uncertainties in the global economy and risk factors in the domestic economy such as massive household debts and the sluggish real estate market. The No. 4 economy of Asia was expected to grow at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in 2013, lower than the 3 percent expansion estimated three months before, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. The economy rose 2 percent in 2012, the lowest since 2009 when the global financial crisis peaked. Reflecting the expected low-growth trend, the outlook for employment was revised down to 250,000 jobs to be created from an earlier forecast of 320,000 jobs. The outlook for consumer price inflation was cut to 2.3 percent from 2.7 percent due to low inflationary pressures on the demand side. The global economic uncertainties were cited as the main cause for the downgrade. Exports, which account for around half of the South Korean economy, faced slower recovery due

countries with the objective of intensifying bilateral trade, and giving greater content to India-China partnership, Hiranandani said. The objective of organising IMCs conference in China is to take advantage of this momentum to better understand the emerging business milieu; to explore areas where opportunities exist for Indian businessmen; and to facilitate delegates from both sides to forge business partnerships through conferences, pre-arranged business meetings, industry visits and networking events with industry and government leaders, he added. The focus of the conference is to attract Chinese investment into major infrastructure projects in India. It will also deliberate how to narrow the trade gap between the two countries.

to fiscal crises in Europe and the US along with the weakening of the Japanese yen against the US dollar. Private consumption, another growth engine of the economy, was predicted to grow at a low rate as consumers are increasingly refraining from opening their purses due to growing burden to repay debts and falling property prices. Housing transactions in the metropolitan area fell to 735,000 in 2012, the lowest since the related data began to be compiled in 2006. Housing prices declined 5.2 percent from the prior peak, and construction investment kept its downward trend for three years in a row last year.

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Saina nominated for BWF Female Player of the Year award
Kuala Lumpur Indias Saina Nehwal was Wednesday nominated for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Player of the Year award for 2012. Along with Saina in the reckoning are World No.1 Li Xuerui of China, who copped eight titles in 2012 including the Olympic and year-ending crowns. Lis compatriot Wang Yihan, who won the Olympic silver in London, has also been nominated besides the winning Olympic womens doubles pair of Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei (China). Should a pair win, they will share the annual award. The World No.2 Indian, in 2012, won the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier, Denmark Open Super Series Premier, Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, and the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold to add to the bronze medal she won at the London Olympics. Otherwise Chinese shuttlers dominated the nominations of the best badminton players of 2012. In the list of the Male Player of the Year are two-time Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan of China and his perennial rival Malaysias Lee Chong Wei, the current World No.1 and a two-time Olympic silver medallist. Others in the category are Olympic bronze medallist and winner of the BWF World Super Series Finals Chen Long (China), mens doubles Olympic gold medallists Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng (China) and Lee Yong Dae and the now retired Jung Jae Sung (South Korea), who won the mens doubles bronze medal at Lon-

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Dhoni and Sachin have the feel of F1 track

Turkish president promotes bid for 2020 Olympics

don Games. The nominees for the Most Promising Player of the Year are Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei), Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Kento Momota (Japan), Nozomi Okuhara (Japan), Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) and Busnan Ongbumrungpan (Thailand). The announcement of the winners and the presentation of prizes will take place here May 18 following the BWF Annual General Meeting.

Istanbul Turkish President Abdullah Gul promoted Istanbuls bid for the 2020 Olympics in a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation committee and affirmed the country would deliver on promises. Gul, Sunday, told 15 IOC inspectors, who have already visited rival bidders Tokyo and Madrid, that Istanbul is a truly global city where complex interactions of trade, finance, culture and tourism take place and it has all the ancient and contemporary credentials for hosting the 2020 Olympics. If awarded, Istanbul 2020 would mark the first Games in Olympic history to take place across two continents simultaneously. It will immerse the Olympic family in a brand new environment with a rich history and a fascinating culture unlike any other city in the world, Gul told IOC team headed

by vice-president Craig Reedie. The Turkish president strongly underlined the heterogeneity and variety of cultures in and within the wider region of Istanbul. He said his country has undergone immense change in the past decade. Istanbul has transformed itself in the last decade. An annual average of $1.5 billion has been spent on transport upgrades since 2005. By 2018, a further $10 billion will be invested in transport infrastructure, he added. Gul said Turkish leaders were committed to Istanbuls bid and to delivering everything we promised in our candidature. We will deliver on our commitment to you. I personally stand before you and make that promise. According to Turkish authorities, the country will invest $2.5 billion to build more than 20 new sports facilities in Istanbul if it wins the bid to host the games in 2020. After the meeting, the evaluation commission began touring sports facilities and assessing Istanbuls ability to host the games. The IOC will select the 2020 host city in Buenos Aires on Sep 7.

Greater Noida Some Indian cricketers let their hair down after their historic whitewash of Australia by zooming and careening around the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) here Monday morning. Here, too, the leader of the pack was bike enthusiast and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who rode down from the national capital on his fancy roadbike, Hellcat, to see what it feels like riding on a Formula 1 track. The Indian players took some time out after whitewashing Australia 4-0 Sunday afternoon. The cricketers, including Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma and Prgayan Ojha turned up at the track early morning, taking BIC officials by surprise.

World Cup Injury rules out Clarke from IPL qualifier: Jordan denies Japans charge

Dhoni, owner of several superbikes, spent a lot of time on the track, according to a BIC official. Delhi-based Sharma came in an Audi RS5 and giving him company were Ojha and Rahane. Tendulkar, well-known for his love for F1 and fancy cars, and Kohli took to the track in instructor-driven sportscars. It is always amazing to be here, said Tendulkar, who waved the chequered flag in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. One of the best experiences I had, remarked Kohli. A BIC official told IANS that the cricketers presence here took them by surprise. But it was nice to see them spending so much time at the circuit. Most of them had come here during the Indian Grand Prix, but it was the first time they got the feel of the track. They not only

drove, they stopped at every turn and understood the track. They also spent time in the race control room. Dhoni, however, got it slightly wrong by getting a bulky bike. Dhoni said to me he could not manoeuvre it as well as he could have with a sportsbike. Next time, he said he would get one of his many sportsbikes and keep it here. His passion for bikes was very much evident, the official added. The official added that Dhoni expressed his desire to be at BIC during the inaugural India-round of the Superbike World Championship (WSBK) in November. The skipper owns a team called Mahi Racing which competes in the World Supersport Championship, a support series to WSBK.

IOC confident of Rios Olympic readiness

Geneva A day after the Rio civic authority ordered temporary closure of the Joao Havelange stadium, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday said they were absolutely confident in their belief of Rio de Janeiros preparations for the 2016 Olympics. The Rio municipal government Tuesday said they decided to shut the Joao Havelange Stadium, which will host

track and field events, because of structural problems with the roof. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said the IOC is in regular contact with Rio 2016, reports Xinhua. Olympic organisers in Brazil said they have full confidence that the city of Rio de Janeiro will take the necessary measures to guarantee that the Olympic Stadium is ready for the games and test events.

Amman Jordan denied accusations that Japanese players were disturbed with laser lights in the kingdoms 2-1 victory over Japan in the World Cup qualifier. Personally, I am surprised at these accusations. We did not hear or notice anything about laser, Salah Sabra, vice-president of the Jordan Football Association. The Japanese players themselves did not complain during or after the match. Japanese football boss Kuniya Daini told reporters that goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima and midfielder Yasuhito Endo had the lights -- which can cause eye damage -- directed at them. Endo insisted the lasers had not distracted him, but said players had been coping with them throughout the game. Japans shock loss dims their hopes of early qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Sydney Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke will miss next months Indian Premier League (IPL) because of his chronic back injury that forced him to sit out the fourth Test against India. Cricket Australia (CA) said Tuesday that Clarke will need 7-10 weeks of rehabilitation to get back to cricket and will be fit for the Ashes. Clarkes intensive rehabilitation program will be overseen by the CA medical team and back specialists in Australia. Clarke was to lead IPL franchise Pune Warriors. CA medical officer Justin Paoloni said Clarke underwent scans and reports showed that his current lower back injury is an exacerbation of previous issues he has had with his spine. As always, we need to manage this carefully as there are potentially seri-

ous consequences with further aggravation. He still has pain with basic activities and is not back to full function as yet, said Paloni. Paloni also said that a hamstring injury has also been a cause of concern for Clarke. He also has a hamstring injury that has been a concern for most of the summer and will complicate his return. Michael is having intensive rehabilitation for both his back and hamstring but is still 7-10 weeks away from returning to training and playing. We are confident that it will not affect his Ashes preparation but will know more over the coming weeks, he said. Clarke, 31, has been suffering from the chronic back injury since he was 17 but fourth Test against India in Delhi was the first time the injury forced him out of a match.

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New Delhi Indias out-ofform opener Gautam Gambhir was all praise for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co. for their recent 4-0 whitewash of Australia but said the teams real test will be on overseas tours for them to emerge as a force in world cricket. The Kolkata Knight Riders captain was dropped for the Australia Test series before being picked for the last Test only to dropped again since he was down with jaundice. Unless a team wins overseas, they are not recognised as a force. I have always believed that winning in overseas conditions matters a lot. I am happy that we have done well at home. There is nothing wrong in using home advantage as every country does that, Gambhir told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event. Gamhir said his personal aim always has been to be a member of an overseas Test series-winning squad. But look at South Africa. They beat Australia in Australia and England in England. Actually, they are the No.1 side in the world. My personal aim has always been to be a member of the overseas Test series-winning

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Somdev, Paes and Bhupathi out of Miami Masters Winning overseas matters a lot: Gambhir

Miami It was a day to forget for Indian tennis as Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were all knocked out of the ATP Miami Masters here, losing their respective singles and doubles matches. Somdev went down 6-2, 6-4 to twotime defending champion and World No.1 Novak Djokovic in just 68 minutes in their third-round clash Sunday night. Paes and his French partner Michael Llodra were ousted by Grigor Dimitrov and Frederik Nielsen 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

Ryder Cup star Wilson aims to Dont speculate on Tendulkars career: Dhoni win Panasonic Open India
New Delhi Batting great Sachin Tendulkar left the cricketing world guessing by not announcing his much speculated retirement after India whitewashed Australia 4-0 to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday. Even skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked the media not to speculate on Tendulkar, who retired from One-Day Internationals (ODI) in December. Do not speculate on Sachins career. In 2005, you (media) also said the same thing but that never happened, said Dhoni in the post-match press conference. The cricketing world was abuzz with rumours that the fourth Test here would

while Mahesh Bhupathi and his Canadian teammate Daniel Nestor were knocked out by Nicolas Almagro and Oliver Marach 6-3, 6-3 in second round matches. In windy conditions, Djokovic won 28 of his 31 first serves and faced just one break point in the entire match against World No.254 Somdev. It was very difficult to kind of get into a rhythm because you couldnt really serve at 100 percent and you had to go more for precision and put twice as much effort into the step adjustments because of the windy conditions,

Djokovic was quoted as saying in the ATP website. All in all, Im just happy to get through the rough day. Djokovic will now face Tommy Haas of Germany in the fourth round. He (Hass) is very talented and hes probably one of the most experienced active players in the world now, Djokovic said. He can play equally well on any surface. Today (with) windy conditions, I watched his match. He played terrific and so, you can always expect Tommy to fight and try his best.

squad and score runs in the teams victory, Gambhir said. He said form is a state of mind. For me, form is always a state of mind. If you are confident and fearless and ready to express yourself, thats what matters the most. The Delhi batsman lauded the board for sending the A team to South Africa before the senior teams tour later this year. Its a good thing that India A team will be travelling to South Africa. This tour will give the players a fair idea about what to expect when the senior team goes there. Normally, when we go to South Africa, we play a couple of practice matches and by the time we gauge the pace and bounce of the wicket, the Test series gets over. So its a welcome move, he said.

New Delhi Former Ryder Cup star Oliver Wilson will aim to replicate his European form on Asian soil when he tees off at the $300,000 Panasonic Open India at Delhi Golf Club April 4-7. The Englishman has finished second nine times on the European Tour and reached the pinnacle when he represented Europe at the 2008 Ryder Cup, coming from four down to defeat Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson 2 and 1 on the second day foursomes alongside partner Henrik Stenson. The 32-year-old came close to winning in Asia when he finished second behind Spains Sergio Garcia at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai in 2009 and is ready to test himself against the best players from the regions premier Tour. Ill be trying all I can to get the win but it certainly wont be easy considering the strength of the field, said Wilson, who was a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team in 2003 before turning professional later that year. The Englishmans challenge at the Panasonic Open India will be put to test by a strong line-up of players from

the Asian Tour. They include local stalwarts Anirban Lahiri and Gaganjeet Bhullar, Thailands Chawalit Plaphol, who won his fourth Asian Tour title in Myanmar. Lahiri is dubbed the king of Delhi Golf Club as all his three Asian Tour titles were won at the venerable venue while Bhullar is currently in second place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit following his runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters two weeks ago. As one of four events in India to feature on the 2013 Asian Tour Schedule, the Panasonic Open India will once again attract big galleries to the Delhi Golf Club to witness four days of worldclass golf action. In the inaugural tournament, Lahiri broke through with a stylish victory for his maiden Asian Tour title while countryman Digvijay Singh ensured the trophy remained in India after another captivating performance where he sealed his first triumph on the Asian Tour 12 months ago. The top three players of the Panasonic Open India will also be extended invitations to the Asia Pacific Panasonic Open to be held in Osaka, Japan this September.

FIFA set for $5 billion World Cup windfall

Rio de Janeiro The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is set to provide a record $5 billion windfall for FIFA, according to audit and consultancy firm BDO. The figure represents a 36 percent rise on the $3.655 billion made at the last World Cup in South Africa and is 110 percent higher than the $2.345 billion earned at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Xinhua reported Sunday. According to BDO, revenue from television rights and soaring sponsorship demand based on the tournaments exclusivity provided the catalyst for the World Cups rise in profitability. The World Cup market continues to grow and the likelihood is that the trend will continue at the following World Cups in Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022), BDO spokesperson Pedro Daniel said.

be last time Tendulkar will bat in a Test match on Indian soil or ever. Over the weekend, the Ferozeshah Kotla witnessed a healthy turnout. Whenever he came out to bat or went back to the pavilion, the crowd gave Tendulkar a standing ovation. Given that India will not play another Test match in India for more than a year, speculation is rife about when Tendulkar will call it a day as by the time he plays his Test on home soil, the legend will already be 41. Of late, he has also struggled with his form, being among the least run scorers amongst the Indian batsmen with his last Test century coming in January 2011 against South Africa.

Mark Selby regains snooker top ranking

Television networks that win the rights to broadcast the event, pay a fortune but it is very good business due to the money they make from publicity. Daniel estimates the event will contribute to a one percent rise in Brazils 2014 Gross Domestic Product. Prize money for the tournament has also risen by a third since 2010, with the 2014 champions set to take home $40 million, according to FIFA.

Beijing Former world No.1 Mark Selby Thursday snatched a second-round triumph from Ricky Walden 5-2 at the World Snooker China Open and regained the top place in the ranking list. Former top-ranked player Judd Trump was beaten by Jack Lisowski in the first round, reports Xinhua. The 30-year-old Englishman shot a 3-1 lead with a break of 91 in the first frame before interval. Walden fought back one frame but couldnt find his pace anymore. I didnt play as well (as yesterday), said Selby, who missed the final victory in International Championship, The Masters and the PTC Finals this season. Obviously, Im happy (to go back to No.1), but the main thing is to still be in and win this tournament and then lead it to the World Championships. Mark Selby is slated to meet Mark Williams next Friday. Williams fought back three straight frames from 2-4 to capture victory against Allister Carter at 5-4.

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Mumbai The sheer elegance of six yard presented in innovative modern styles, high on grace and femininity, was the high point of the just concluded Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer-Resort 2013, which also saw glitter of gold on the ramp. Other unique concepts brought on the ramp also made the five-day event a memorable experience for all and sundry. If Indian designers presented spectacular collection of six yards, especially in net, international designer Naeem Khan, who made his India debut at the LFW, too introduced a new version of sari called Ball gown sari. Specifically designed for the Indian audience, Khans sari draping style is unique, making it like a ball gown. It was received well when displayed on the ramp. The ball gown sari has been specially designed for India. It is one piece of fabric without any stitches and just needs to be draped, Khan said explaining his unique costume. Draping a sari is no longer tedious for women, thanks to designers for introducing new range of six yards, which were light, yet elegant. Ace designer Rehanes Indian look was also appreciated greatly at the event. Her clothes, though very desi, had an extremely modern and trendy touch making them appealing. My line was about a summer bride and what she would wear. I have displayed net saris, which are glamorous but also look very fragile. Such outfits will make women look divine, she said. Even Bhairavi Jaikishan focused on net saris. Titled Paradise Island, her collection offered net saris with heavy embroideries, salwaar-kameez and embroidered lehengas. My collection was for destination weddings. The clothes are very wearable. You can wear these clothes at different places It is a light weight collection, she said. The other designers who showcased a wide variety of saris were Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis, Masaba, Soumitra Mondal, Farah and Firdos, Payal Singhal among others. Not only were the saris different, they were teamed up with innovative blouses. Payal Singhal, for whom gorgeous Aditi Rao Hydari walked the ramp, presented and interesting range of innovative blouse designs with her saris. For instance, she presented a spectacular range of buttery mulsaris with free flowing kurtas. Not only were the audience impressed with the beautiful saris, but so were the celebrities. Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who was invited on to the ramp to walk at Manish Malhotras show, was thoroughly impressed with the sari she was wearing. Today, I am wearing Manish Malhotras sari and thanks for giving me this opportunity, she had said after her walk. Other than that, the fashion week focused a lot on gold accessories, making the collections attractive. Masaba, who showcased a line called Postcards of Benaras, used a lot of gold jewellery.

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