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Why Is Sonakshi Sinha Happy?

PM rules out chance of return to 1991 crisis-report

of political will. From selling tea at an obscure railway station to becoming the longest-serving Chief Minister of Gujarat and the poster-boy of strategist. BJP`s strident Hindutva ideology, Narendra

BIPIN SASI

Modi can offer the change that Congress is unlikely to deliver

enthralled the listeners at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad . His flawless Telugu helped him create an immediate connect with the enthralled listeners. Every single newspaper in Andra seat, banner headlined Modi's speech. However, Modis challenge to debate with the rguments in India are not won with just the power they are won through the demonstration of power and exercise Pradesh, where BJP does not have a single MP PM, and his aggressive speech on I-day to attack follow a simple logic : a leader must have the guts to challenge, a leader must have the ability to create space for himself in the crowd. There are people like Actor Raza Murad, ShotManmohan Singh and the central government ,

Damodardas Modi has proved to be an astute cy is still to come, but by taking on the Prime Minister on directly in his Independence day prepared for it or not. speech from Butch, he has effectively presented himself as the alternative, whether his party is marks reflected his "arrogance".However, His no one dare to stand against him .He has lit a fire party leaders as belittling the prime minister of Many congress leaders blamed that Modis reBJP partys announcement on Modis candida-

How WE look it !

gun Shatrughan Sinha, Mayawati , Mamta Banarjee , Cambridge educated Nobel winner Amcountry might endorse Modi. ritya Sen who may not want Modi as PM, but a The nation is restless for a change and change boy who can't get a decent college & job in this always begins with a common man. A man who

aggressive style is his strength and also his against congress with his autocratic style . Modis statement was criticized by Congress the country. But, if we compare Modis speech

weakness. He has gained many adversaries but

is gossiping on a street side tea stall discussing Indian political scenario knows that Congress Gandhi has only attended 135 of 314 sittings (43 Rahul by 48 percent. vice president and would be PM candidate Rahul percent) in the Parliament. Congress president All because of media a common man is aware Sonia Gandhi is marginally better than son about the political leadership and current afmovie 'Chennai Express actor Shahrukh Khan

with that of PM we see a hope in his speech .His oratorical skills & ability to inspire ignites patriotism. His statements are supported by evidences and results. There was a time when peoDoordarshan channel but this I-day most of them were watching Modis speech and the news analysis by TV channels .Few days back he mesmerized Hyderabad with his speech. His words ple only watched Independence day parade on

fairs of the nation. Like in a recently released says "one must never underestimate the power historic moment and real blow to Nehruvian idea of India. of a common man". Modi becoming PM will be

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BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Capital

WE THE STATE

Divinations of Vijay Shahs rejoining cabinet

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s expected, former tribal and scheduled caste welfare minister Vijay Shah, who was forced to quit from the ministry over his alleged sexist remarks against the wife of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, returned in the cabinet that was reshuffled on Wednesday, the last time before the assembly election slated in November. Shah was made to quit the cabinet on April 17. Three others Anter Singh Arya, Ramdayal Ahirwar and Dashrath Lodhi also took the oath of office and secrecy in a simple ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan. With this expansion, number ministers in the cabinet has reached 35 from 31. Shah and Arya, both tribals, are given cabinet rank. The other two have been made ministers of state. The cabinet expansion ahead of the assembly polls was done apparently to accommodate Shah who had threatened quit the party and join tribal political party - Gondwana Ganatantra Party (GGP). Shah is a prominent tribal leader whose departure from the party could have adverse impact on electoral prospectus on the BJP in the 47 reserved ST seats. Congress too tried to woo Shah to strengthen its tribal vote bank Induction of Ahirwar, an SC, and Lodhi an OBC, who hail from Bundelkhand region, is aimed at improving poll prospectus of the party in the region. In one of the BJP's internal surveys, position of the party in the region was revealed as bleak Both Mr Arya and Mr Shah wield considerable influence in the tribal segment that makes up a sizeable portion of the states population. Mr Ahirwar is a SC leader while Mr Lodhi is an OBC bigwig. Political observers opine that their induction in the Council would provide the BJP a trump card against the main opposition Congress attempts to woo adiwasi folk through the medium of Congress state President Kantilal Bhuria himself a tribesman.On the other hand, Mr Arya served as minister during Mr Babulal Gaurs chief ministership and also during Mr Chouhans maiden tenure. The strength of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is 231 including a nominated member which means that Mr Chouhan cannot have more than 35 members in his Council, including himself. Following the expansion, the Council comprises 23 cabinet ministers and 11 ministers of state, besides the Chief Minister. Leader of Opposition in

Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh criticised CM for re-inducting Vijay Shah into his Cabinet. The BJP is working hard on ensuring a hat trick in the November assembly polls and does not want to leave any stone unturned to retain the power Reacting to the

reshuffle, the CM said the new members were inducted into the ministry in view of requirement and also because berths were vacant .CM has not allocated departments to new ministers. Shah is likely to get back his old dept to restore his lost pride.

Government not keen to re-convene assembly session

BHOPAL: The state government has not taken any action on Governor Ramnaresh Yadav letter to chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan seeking re- convening of the assembly session for debate on no- trust motion. The Governor had written the letter a fortnight back but no reply has been given by the government. Yadav wrote the letter to Chauhan on July 26 and legislative affairs minister Narottam Mishra had said that the letter would be answered in a couple of days. The government had consulted legal experts to prepare a draft of its reply . The Raj Bhavan has still not received the reply . In an informal cabinet meeting on July 29, it was decided not to call assembly session. Secretary in chief ministers office SK Mishra had got the reply prepared by a senior lawyer based at Delhi. Sources said the government does not want to send its reply in haste, leaving scope for Governor to take any further action. Rajbhawan too is silent on the issue. No one in the government is ready to comment on the issue. The Congress too has stopped holding meetings in divisions over no- trust motion. A senior minister maintains the government is taking time to give its reply as it intends to let the issue dies its own death.

Party organization feels neglected as Chauhan hogs the limelight

58 tigers died in MP in last 5 yrs

As many as 58 tigers have died in the past five years due to poaching, territorial fights and old age in various big cat habitats in MP. Of the total deaths reported, nine were due to poaching and 49 were because of other reasons. The maximum number of 18 tigers had died in 2009, followed by 13 last year, 12 in 2010, nine in 2011 and six between January and May this year, according to data of forest department given in response to an RTI application filed by wildlife activist Ajay Dubey . Of these, three cases of poaching each were reported in 2009 and 2012, and one each in 2010, 2011 and in February, it said. As many as five of these tigers had died due to electrocution and three others by poisoning. One tigress had died after sustaining injuries due to trap laid by poachers, the reply said. The death of the other 49 tigers was due to cannibalism, territorial fights, accident, diseases like Pneumonia and old age among others, it said. Six tiger reserves in MP -- Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Panna, Bori-Satpura, Sanjay Dubri and Pench -- have about 257 big cats. Tiger population in the country was estimated to be 1,706 as per 2010 data. Dubey said it is very sad that govt is showing no concern in the matter of endangered species. He alleged the govt for showing no accountability in the matter of poaching and the conviction rate being too slow. He further alleged that the Forest Minister Sartaj Singh is only concerned with commercial interest and tourism. The Central Govt had assured 100% financial assistance but the same has not been implemented yet. If the same would have been done such cases of poaching, unnatural deaths etc could have stopped.

BHOPAL haratiya Janata Party might be making tall claims about coordination between the government and party organisation but the truth is that it is the government which is guiding the organisation and not vice- versa. The decision to induct Independent MLA Manavendra Singh into the party on Sunday was taken by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. Even BJP state president Narendra Singh Tomar was informed of the decision quite late in the day . Chauhan, in view of the Congress public meeting at Sagar in Bundelkhand region, decided to induct Manavendra in the party . Tomar was informed about it on Saturday . Manavendra admitted that he had a talk with chief minister regarding his entry into the party . In the recent past, Chaudhary Rakesh Singh of Congress joined the BJP. The information of

Rakesh Singh joining the BJP was given to Tomar at the last moment. The plan to bring Chaudhary into the BJP was made by parliamentary affairs minister Narottam Mishra after taking consent from Chauhan and organizational general secretary Arvind Menon. Chauhan and Menon had a discussion over entry of Manavendra too. BJP leaders maintain that relations between Tomar and Chauhan lack the amiability that marked the formers first term as state president. Sources in BJP said the reason behind a rift between the duos is former state president and national vice president of the party, Prabhat Jha. Tomar is annoyed with Jha coming closer to Chauhan. Tomar and Jha never had cordial relations as far as politics in the Gwalior region is concerned. Jha accompanying Chauhan in his Jan Ashirwaad atra has also offended Tomar.

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Editorial

WE THE STATE

ASTROLOGY
21-08-2013- Wednesday - Shrawan Mah Shuklapaksh-Poornima(Ekam Tithi Kshay) Positive direction - West and South Bad time - 12:29 pm to 2:07 pm Good time - 6:04 am to 9:16 am and 3:43 pm to 6:55 pm 22-8-2013-Thursday - Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Dwitiya Positive direction - North and West Bad time - 2:07 pm to 3:43 pm Good time - 6:04 am to 7:40 am and 10:52 am to 2:06 pm and 5:19 pm to 6:55 pm 23-8-2013- Friday - Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Tritiya Positive direction - West and North Bad time - 10:52 am to 12:29 pm Good time - 6:04 am to 10:51 am and 12:29 pm to 2:07 pm and 5:19 pm to 6:55 pm 24-8-2013- Saturday - Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Chaturthi Positive direction - North and West Bad time - 9:16 am to 10:52 am Good time -7:40 am to 9:15 am and 12:29 pm to 5:19 pm 25-8-2013- Sunday - Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Panchmi Positive direction- North and East Bad time - 5:19 pm to 6:56 pm Good time - 7:38 am to 12:28 pm and 2:06 pm to 3:42 pm 26-8-2013- Monday -Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Shasthi Positive direction- North and East Bad time - 7:38 am to 9:15 am Good time - 6:06 am to 7:37 am and 9:16 am to 10:50 am and 2:05 pm to 6:53 pm 27-8-2013- Tuesday -Bhadrapad Mah Krishnapaksh-Saptmi Positive direction- East and South Bad time - 3:40 pm to 5:17 pm Good time - 9:15 am to 2:05 pm By AACHARYA SARVESH E-Mail: acharya.sarvesh@yahoo.com Mobile: 9826609192

Results of elections in 4 states will determine direction of political wind

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orget opinion polls and study of voter behaviour, the results of Assembly elections in four states towering leaders from Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kamal Nath amongst others, it does not have the State in its radar of victory as of now. In Chhattisgarh, the setback by the Maoists killing top Congress leaders is a factor but even before that the party had done little to counter Raman Singh government. His model of Food Security and efficient administration despite large Maoist presence, can clearly win him another term without much of an electoral struggle. In Rajasthan, anti incumbency is set to take a toll on the Ashok Gehlot Government as the state has seen incumbent governments being voted out in recent years. Even in the last AssemSabha seats while the BJP performed poorly getting only 3 seats. In Delhi, where Sheila Dikshit has carved out a Congress bastion for almost 15 years, BJP was completely wiped out, failing to open its account as Congress won all the seven seats. In the BJP bastion of Chhatisgarh where Raman Singh was firmly in saddle, the saffron party won an impressive 10 of the 11 seats with Congress getting the remaining one. In Madhya Pradesh, Congress sought to make a comeback by getting 12 of the 29 seats. BJP got 16 even though it was ruling the State and even in Assembly polls had performed impressively. Given the current scenario, of the four states going to Assembly polls in December this year, three could see BJP forming the Government and with a little luck and effort even the fourth could be in its grip. There is little doubt that BJP will get back to power for the third consecutive term in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh given the fact that Congress has more or less washed its hands off the two states. Though Congress has several bly polls in December 2008, Congress just managed to scrape through despite a bitter infighting in BJP and its victory was hardly impressive. Now when, Vasundhara Raje is raring to go with BJP uniting behind her, Congress would find it difficult to retain the State. The most interesting battle would perhaps be in Delhi Assembly elections. Three terms of anti-incumbency of the State Government and two terms of the Central Government has had some impact but not enough to ensure the defeat of Sheila Dikshit in the national Capital. Though BJP won all the three municipal corporations in the Municipal elections, infighting and inability to find the winning formula has kept the party in the backseat. If BJP did well in all the states and manages to form Government in at least three, this would be an ominous sign for the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. If it wins all the four, the writing would be on the wall. (Please share your views at editor@wethestate.com) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi weeks before the Lok Sabha elections, would be first and true indicator of the way political wind is blowing in the country. Together, these four States send 72 members to Lok Sabha and in the 2009 polls, Congress had a distinct edge, getting 41 members elected from these States while the BJP had to be content with only 29 seats. Clearly, percentage wise the size of Congress victory and its margin over BJP in these four States was more or less similar to the one it had at the national level where it formed the government. Congress got 204 seats while the BJP had to do with 117 which saw Manmohan Singh getting a second term as Prime Minister. Given the sample size of actual voting in the four States headed for Assembly polls, which also includes the metropolitan city of Delhi, the two main parties must be closely watching the countdown to Assembly elections to get a feel of the voters pulse and their heart beat. There is little doubt that whoever wins the most Lok Sabha seats in these states will form the next government in Delhi, the way it happened in 2009. Of course, voting mindset and pattern differ from Assembly elections to Lok Sabha elections, but in these four States, voting pattern in both Assembly polls in 2008 and Lok Sabha polls in 2009 was more or less similar. This was perhaps due to the fact that there was a difference of only six months in voting for Assembly polls and the Lok Sabha polls in all these four states. In six months, the voter behaviour does not change much. Congress which was in power in Rajasthan at the time of Lok Sabha election in 2009, got an impressive 21 of the 25 Lok

Remedies for Grah Shanti

H
uman Life is a mixture of different environments like Happiness, Sadness, Loneliness,Spiritualism and many other things.Today human has designed everything that can give materialistic satisfaction but till date no mechanism has been developed to reduce human problems and issues.When the time is good people say God is happy and when the time is not good people say Someone has done black magic on us and that's why we are unable to gain peace and satisfaction.Just to clarify this particular doubt today i am writing this article.I am sure this will prove beneficial to all the readers who believe in God and spirituality.If we look in spiritual manner there are many things that effect human life and daily activities. People miscalculate the situation and create problems for their own self.This all happens in life due to Grah Dasha and

Grah Chal.What it is is shared further:

can't make any changes in it , but if you worship God the problems and situation don't get worst and ends upon on Bad only .If it is there in your destiny to be in problems for 5 years then you have to bear the pain for 5 years and in case you Use some other ways which are Non Satwik then for few days everything would be alright but after some time conditions will be same again as you have to complete the duration of problem which is already there in your destiny .

MEANING OF GRAH DASHA:

As per the Indian Astrology there are 9 Grah (Planets) and 12 Rashi's (Zodiac Signs). Each human has a specific Rashi.For Every Rashi there is a Ruling Planet which is known as "Rashi Swami". The transitory movement of planets in each Rashi is known as Grah Dasha.Some planets are very strong and some are weak.Also some planets are friendly and unfriendly with each other.The human life cycle is based on these planets only .When a planet enters a Rashi and the Rashi Swami is friendly human has a wonderful time but if Rashi Swami is unfriendly then problem arises.Every planet has a specified time duration to stay in a particular Rashi and depending upon the relationship human life is effected. This is misunderstood by Human's and they think that someone has done Black Magic or somebody has tied them wherein the fact is that once the Grah Dasha becomes positive the things are on track again. To understand the Grah Dasha and Grah Chal you need to share your Horoscope with the person who understand Kundali reading and after that it would be clarified that because of which Planet Transition these problems have occurred. Once you get to know the Culprit Planet you can conduct Pooja or chant Mantra's to reduce the problem. Please Understand that Human Life is pre decided and pre planned and not only we but even God

GENERAL VASTU TIPS

East is the most auspicious direction for entrance to a house. The slope of the property should be from west to east or south to north. Shadow of a tree should never fall on the house. The north direction represents prosperity, and should never be blocked. Door hinges should be noiseless.

REMEDIES FOR GRAH DASHA AND GRAH CHAL

Once a person gets to know about the problematic Planet please chant the below specific Mantra's for planet and the problems will give you less pain and your bad time will pass away without creating much troubles in your life.

NAV GRAH SHANTI MANTRA

A) Surya : Ham Him Hom Sah Suryaya Namah. B)Chandra: Shram Shrim Shrom Sah Chandramase Namah. C)Mangal: Kram Krim Krom Sah Mangalaya Namah. D)Buddh: Bram Brim Brom Sah Budhaya Namah. E)Guru : Gram Grim Grom Sah Brahaspataya Namah. F)Shukra: Dram Drim Drom Sah Shukraya Namah. G)Shani: Pram Prim Prom Sah Shanishcharaya Namah. H)Rahu: Bhram Bhrim Bhrom Sah Rahve Namah. I)Ketu: Sram Srim Srom Sah Ketve Namah.
Please follow the above mentioned Mantra's and see that Grah Chal and Dasha Will never effect you adversely.For queries or doubts, write us at editor@wethestate.com

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Politics

WE THE STATE

BJP set to gain from SP's appeasement move in UP

BJP central leaders to attend CMs Vikas Yatra

RAIPUR
he central leaders of the BJP, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, would be present during the course of Chief Minister Raman Singhs phase-II of the Vikas Yatra from the Aarang Assembly segment. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj would be present during the commencement of the rally from Aarang on August 17 followed by arrival of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely who would be present during a public meeting in Janjgir-Champa on August 25, a statement issued by State BJP headquarters here stated on Friday . On the concluding day of the Vikas Yatra on September 7, both Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP National President Rajnath Singh would be present on the occasion. In-charge and Convenor of Vikas Yatra Rajesh Munat stated that all arrangements for the Vikas Yatra had been made with the route charts determined in all the districts.

The Samajwadi Partys move of luring the minorities to its side with an eye on the 2014 Lok Sabha polls may or may not bring instant results but it has certainly given the BJP an opportunity to cash in on polarization of the Hindu votes. Ostensibly, the saffron partys projection of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its poster boy and Prime Ministerial candidate has lighted a ray of hope among the upper caste voters as they have the option of returning to their traditional party . In the past the Hindu votes had drifted away from their parent party as a result of the continuous decline in the electoral prospects of the party in Uttar Pradesh. In the past, the BSP had launched an aggressive campaign to wean away the upper caste votes, especially the Brahmins to its side. The blue brigade had to a large extent succeeded in its designs as the Mayawati Government had won the 2007 Vidhan Sabha elections with a thumping majority . The party at that time felt that its success was based on securing votes from all sections, primarily the Brahmins. However BSP received a jolt in the previous Lok Sabha elections and it dissolved its Brhamin bhaichara committees as it felt that upper castes had strayed away. Now once again the Blue brigade has revived its Brahmin committees to attract the upper castes votes. But the situation has undergone a sea change as the BJP has given the party a drastic face lift with Modi being its election campaign committee head. A senior BJP MP did not hesitatethat the Samajwadi Party was getting impatient as the LS polls are drawing near. The main reason for this being the fear of the anti-incumbency factor looming large over the Government. No wonder the Akhilesh Yadav Government is stepping up its efforts of appeasing the minority voters so that it leaves nothing to chance. A recent example can be cited from the raging controversy over the suspension of the IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. The SP Government went out of its way to safeguard the interests of the minorities, though at the cost of taking a confrontation with the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and the UPA Government. Commenting on SPs pro-Muslim stance, state BJP president Laxmikant Bajpai remarked that the Akhilesh Yadav government is pursuing its Muslim appeasement policy in an unreasonable manner. He explained how the BJP was always blamed for being a communal force but it was actually the Samajwadi Party which was blatantly playing the communal card whether it is distribution of scholarships meant for Muslim girls or boundaries for only Muslim graveyards.

The officials of the district and police administration have already held meetings and had been directed to take all necessary measures for security of the general public during the Vikas Yatra, he said.The Chief Minister would inaugurate and carry out bhoomi pu-

jan for works worth crores of rupees during the course of ther Vikas Yatra being held between August 17 to September 7, Munat said. The Chief Minister during his Vikas Yatra would directly meet the people besides addressing public meetings.

Infighting in Congress increases as Kamalnath supports Scindia

post of chief minister in Madhya Pradesh, has deepened the internal feud in the party. The MP Congress is witnessing a tug- of- war between its leaders on the issue of who among them would be the chief minister, in case the Congress forms government in the state. PCC president Kantilal Bhuria, when asked to comment on Kamalnaths statement, said that only Kamalnath could say why he gave such a statement. Bhuria said the party had no tradition of projecting anyone as chief minister in advance and the selection of chief minister will be made by party president Sonia Gandhi and Vicepresident Rahul Gandhi. According to sources, Bhuria has also made a complaint to state in- charge Mohan Prakash over Kamalnaths statement and he has also asked

nion minister Kamalnaths recent statement in Guna, in which he had supported Jyotiraditya Scindias candidature for the

him to instruct the party leaders not to issue statements on chief ministerial candidate. Besides Bhuria, the statement has not gone down well with Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and leader of opposition Ajay Singh. Scindia in a meeting in Bhopal had declared that he is not in the race of chief minister. The statement of Kamalnath might once again deepen the tension between Scindia and Bhuria. Both had a war of words some two months back over chief ministers post and they were advised by the party high command not to issue statements in this matter. Digvijay Singh, from the very beginning, has been emphasising that Bhuria should be the chief minister if the party comes to power. After Guna episode, the party high command might have to intervene to check infighting within the party. In 2008, Kamalnath had put forward his candidature for chief ministers post which had worsened factionalism in the party and that had affected its performance in the polls too. No tradition of declaring CM in Cong, says PCC chief.

Kamal Naths nod to Scindia as CM

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f Congress forms the next government in the State, Jyotiraditya Scindia will be the chief minister, said Union Kamalnath at Guna recently . The statement has created sensation in the Congress circles. Talking to newspersons, Kamalnath said that in his personal view, Scindia should become the chief minister of the State. Earlier, in an interview, Nath had said that if the party High command wants so, he was ready to become chief minister of the state. Kamalnaths statement is bound to strengthen the hands of Scindia and may be a shocker for PCC chief Kantilal Bhuria and leader of opposition Ajay Singh. It is also likely to deepen factionalism within the party . Scindias appointment as convener of the state election committee is almost certain, sources said. After Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has also endorsed the name of Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for the Chief Minister of the State. However, when media persons asked Kamalnath after the programme that in Congress the legislators elected the Chief Minister, he replied that it was his wish that Scindia became Chief Minister. It was my personal view and the party could differ over it, he added. Recently when Nath was asked that whether he was in the race for becoming the chief minister of the State he replied, I never said that I want to be the Chief Minister, but I have said that if party instructs me to be the chief minister then he would not hesitate in shouldering this responsibility . The statement from one of the strong contender for the top job of the State has also put to rest the speculations about the groupism in the Congress and that there is any tussle within the party for the chief minister post.

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Feature

WE THE STATE

The Taste of Freedom..

cash machine was ultimately killing the original person that used to live on rent in my body as someone who liked to paint, cook, eat, decorate, dance and sing, and live a life. Currency, clients and money . I think its only fair that there should be more to life than just earning a salary and spending it for fun. Typing very fast only for a mail in office id, or a conference call with the higher ups, an office dinner, a business suit, a formal meeting, a year ending profit party . Is this all we need? I guess not! What one person actually wants is not type a mail to some client, but type a long due letter to a deeply missed friend, a call to our parents or sibling which is more awaited than a conference call to the higher ups, a new red wedding dress that when you wear means more than any other dress in the world, not a black business suit which covers all the emotions a person can have, not a formal office party or profit party where all faces look like they are the happiest but from the inside are the saddest. But a casual get together of parted friends, a get together that makes us happier than any profit party ever. I knew there was no way I could get out of this cage until I decide to follow my dreams. The only thing that inspired me to stay in this job was the money that I could say was my own and let me shop like crazy . And Nothing Else! And, finally, I thought "Lets do this!" Within an hour of this 'quitting', I was out of that world. That fake "counter - client meeting - smile". Addio, Banking! Addio, Identity card. Addio, No - life. Ciao, LIFE I broke the cage. I became free. I resigned. Here, "Resigned" doesn't mean "I quit". It means I have now started to lead my new life. Who says one cant switch careers? If someone wishes to, they can, if only they do not, at all, think of their life as a career. For life is meant to be lived, felt, enjoyed not to be worked, practised, experienced. Its meant to be tasted like a bite of your favourite fruit, sung like a lively song, painted like a romantic movie..So what if its all a fantasy? Isn't the Fantasy making you Happy? Doesn't a movie as short as 1 hour fly you away to a different world? If you allow such petty things to affect your life, can't we allow life to affect the petty little things that matter only a little? Sure we can. So what if I cant afford some things today, the biggest thing that I have got is smile. I am a happy person! And that, for sure, is my greatest source of happiness. And one can get these material possessions, if they matter, for the satisfaction one's sub conscious, any time again if they're passionate about what they're doing. And I can only remember the lines of this song:

SWECHCHHA OJHA E-mail: swechchhaojha@gmail.com I'm F.R.E.E. Yes! I'm so free I can Smell it, Feel it, Eat it, Wear it, Sing it, Live it!!! Unlike all the other days when I used to write silly things about life here, today I think I want to make some sense in some other direction. Would love to share my experience without offending anyone who really loves the industry, my experience of being a tired machine who does something they hate all day long, everyday, for days, months and years. And the culprit was only ME, to allow myself to confine the free bird in me. Sitting unhappily at a desk, a formal dress named "Banker", I had almost become a black

business suit with only brains, which used to spend all weekend shopping at a mall and thinking she was happy because she could buy all happiness with the credit card. Maybe I could feel happiness, that those small shopping bills bought to me, maybe it was because of the Imaginative person inside the banker's body, the body that had gotten caught up in a cage made of money, the "UNsocial" life that i used to lead and in the circle of other business suits that knew only cash, cheques, foreign exchange and for whom a change in banking policies or a rise or fall in the share market meant nothing less than a heart fail, and for whom a Wedding invitation was nothing more than a dinner. The miserable company of each walking

I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer, nobody, no, Nobody Is gonna reign on my parade! :smiles: :cheers:

PM rules out chance of return to 1991 crisis-report

here is "no question" of India going back to an economic crisis experienced in 1991, as its rupee currency is now linked to the market and foreign exchange reserves are adequate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday . Asia's third largest economy is growing at its slowest pace in a decade, while the rupee, the region's worst performer this year, is at an all-time low, and the central bank has enough cash to pay for seven months of imports. "There is no question of going back to 1991," Singh said in a Press Trust of India report published by the Economic Times newspaper on its website, making reference to a balance of payments crisis the country suffered that year. "At that time foreign exchange in India was a fixed rate. Now it is linked to market. We only correct the volatility of the rupee." In 1991, with just enough reserves to cover three weeks of imports, India was forced to pledge its gold in order to pay its bills and had to push through reforms to start opening up the economy . Singh was finance minister at the time and is widely regarded as the man who saved the economy . The news agency report said Singh acknowledged India's ballooning current account deficit, which he blamed on large imports of gold as a contributing factor. "We seem to be investing a lot in unproductive assets," Singh said. India is trying to curb its citizens' apparently insatiable demand for gold, through measures such as hiking import duties, banning the import of coins and medallions and making domestic buyers pay cash. The government wants to hold bullion imports this year to "well below" last year's figure of 845 tonnes. Imports by the world's biggest bullion buyer hit a record 162 tonnes in May as global prices fell, prompt-

ing a duty increase to 8 percent. Though they then fell to about 31 tonnes in June, imports revived to 47.6 tonnes in July . India's current account deficit stands at a record high of 4.8 percent of gross domestic product, while

economic growth has slowed to 5 percent. Concerns that policymakers were losing control over the currency spread this week to the stock market, which dropped 4 percent on Friday for its biggest one-day decline in nearly two years.

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Region

WE THE STATE

IAS official in HP repeatedly targeted for taking on sand mafia

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unus Khan, a 2010 batch IAS officer stationed in Nalagarh of Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, has been attacked twice, before he was again targeted recently because of his thorough operation against the illegally operating sand mafia in Himachal Pradesh. The Sarsa river area in Himachal is notorious for illegal mining in the region. Khan had also written a communique to his senior officials apprehending more attacks as the mafia operates in connivance with few within the police department. Khan aged 33 is a batch-mate of suspended Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who was suspended by Akhilesh Singh Government nearly two weeks ago for taking on sand mafias in Gautam Budh Nagar district. The IAS officer has also launched an aggressive campaign against the illegal sand miners operating in the area under his jurisdiction, since his first posting as SDM Nalagarh from January 31. In his tenure as SDM, Khan has collected a fine to the tune of Rs 1 crore from the illegal sand miners and has also arrested around two dozen illegal sand miners, confiscating their machinery in his sub-division. Khan has faced two attacks on his life until recently, when in a third attack a tractor laden with sand rammed into Khans official jeep and he was somehow saved. I have faced two attacks earlier, the first was in the last week of June and the second was in July. The third attack, though not a surprise for me took place in the wee hours on Thursday, said Khan. He added that right now he is alright and carrying out the duties entrusted to him by the State Government. Khan after facing two attacks also wrote a letter to senior police officers of his division, apprehending more such attacks on his life and he has even suspected connivance of a DSP rank officer with the Sand Mafias. We had received written complaint from SDM but the matter was resolved later, said ADGP (Crime Investigation Department) SR Mardi. Superintendent of Police Arul Kumar said that security of Khan has been beefed up and police team accompanies him during the raids. Sources said that senior police officers failed to gauge the intensity of the threat posed to the young and promising IAS officer who had single handedly launched an aggressive campaign against sand mafias. Such is the clout of the sand mafia, that SDM was regularly intimated or threatened that he will be transferred from Nalagarh but despite that Khan carried out his fight undeterred by the threats. Industries minister Mukesh Agnihotri said that Khan had come to meet him last month and apprised him about the situation in the area. I have assured him all possible help including enhancing of security cover to flush out sand mafia and contain the flourishing trade of illegal sand mining in the area.

Raman not interested in solving Naxalite problem: Digvijay

RAIPUR: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has accused Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh of exploiting the Naxalite problem for political gains and also criticized him for his government's stand against the formation of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). Talking to reporters here, he said, "Raman Singh is not interested in solving the Naxalite problem as it suits his political interests". He said this was more than evident from the way the BJP government was "soft peddling" the issue and the recent statement of former security advisor, KPS Gill, that Raman Singh had asked him to "sit back and relax" rather than fighting the Maoists. Questioning the government's opposition to NCTC, he said he failed to understand how sharing of information and fighting terrorism in unison would violate the federal structure of any state? "If Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have information about Naxalites, sharing it effectively can only help fight the insurgents", he said. Blaming the state government and the local intelligence for security lapses leading to the attack, the Congress leader questioned at the appointment of additional director general of police (Intelligence), Mukesh Gupta, as the co-ordinator for the National Investigation Agency (NIA). "While the SP of Bastar has been suspended and IG has been transferred, the main person responsible for the lapses has been appointed as the NIA co-ordinator", he said. Expressing surprise at the brutal killing of Nand Kumar Patel and his son, Dinesh, Singh said, "though Mahender Karma was on the hit list of Naxals for long, the Patels had nothing to do with them". He said two years ago an attempt was made on Patel's life but the Naxal's later apologised and admitted in writing that it was a case of mistaken identity and they had nothing against him. "What has changed in these two years was that Patel was singled out and killed, and his son, who has nothing to do with politics, also targeted," said Singh while appealing to the NIA to look into these factors. Responding a question on former Chhattisgarh chief minister, Ajit Jogi's recent statement that the state politics would not be run by any "outsiders", Singh said he was here only to meet the families of the slain Congress leaders and workers and not to give political advice to anyone. "I will not give any advice till someone asks for it", he said.

Cong blows poll bugle in CG

Farmers yet to get compensation: Cong

RAIPUR: Opposition Congress has opposed chief minister Raman Singh's second phase of Vikas Yatra starting from Aarang alleging that the farmers of many villages in the region, which have been included in state's new capital Naya Raipur, were yet to get full compensation. State Congress spokesman Mahendra Chhabra said in a statement that many farmers, whose land was taken over for the capital project, were still running from pillar to post to get comRavindra pensation and they had also taken to protests. He said the housing board, which has constructed multi-storeyed buildings on these lands, was selling them on higher prices, earning profits while many other projects were also in the offing. He said it would be prudent if the state government cleared all pending compensation of the farmers concerned before launching the second phase of the yatra. "Protests and Jail Bharo movements by farmers have also not helped solve the issue. Farmers will go to court now. Public of Chhattisgarh wants to know if development has taken place then why are these farmers wandering everywhere? Government should take action before August 17 and give compensation to these farmers and then start its yatra," he said. Senior BJP leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to flag off Raman's Vikas Yatra from Aarang on August 17. Earlier, the yatra had to be abruptly abandoned after the Maoists ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders, killing its frontline leaders on May 25.

he Chhattisgarh Congress has blown the poll bugle with the launch of its Congress Lao, Chhattisgarh Bachao campaign from Rajnandagaon.

Addressing a public meeting at the State High School ground here,

Chhattisgarh State Congress President Dr Charan Das Mahant on Friday said the Raman Singh Government has given away 6 lakh acres of land to the industrialists. He said that funds received from the Centre by the ruling Government in the name of power supply distribution were not utilised for the benefit of consumers and farmers. Mahant held the ruling BJP Government responsible for the backwardness of Chhattisgarh. Congress Legislative leader Choubey said the bugle for change in the regime is blown by the party from Rajnandagaon on the Independence Day . He said that the martyrdom of the party leaders in Jeeram Ghati will not go waste. The Congress party by reaching the people at the Block and District levels will uproot the BJP Government from the State, Choubey said Time is not very far when the BJP Government would be out of power in Chhattisgarh, he said. Congress National General Secretary BK Hariprasad said that Chhattisgarh had lost a senior leader such as Vidya Charan Shukla. He said that the senior Congress leaders lost their lives at Jeeram Ghati due to insufficient security provided to them. Hariprasad said that instead of talking of development, Chief Minister Raman Singh is deceiving people by talking about making it to power for the third time. AICC Secretary and In-charge of Chhattisgarh Bhaktacharan Das charged the ruling BJP Government for being anti-Chhattisgarh and anti-people.

Halo around Akhilesh Yadav all but gone

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n March 2012, a young man appeared on the national political horizon of India. He was quite different from what this country had thing so pleasant about him that for a change, political news appeared worth watching. Newspapers rolled out, and readers lapped up, details of his not so extraordinary yet charmingly simple personal life a dedicated son, a doting husband and a loving father. And then, Akhilesh Yadav did a somersault. He rolled over to become exactly what he had appeared to be an antithesis of all the while he had campaigned for the state assembly elections. And the nation had to bite the bullet. As the Durga Sakthi Nagpal episode plays itself out in Uttar Pradesh and the state chief minister maintains his mulish stand despite popular outcry against the IAS officers suspension, one wonders if it was the same Akhilesh Yadav who had been feted almost like a national hero barely a year-and-a-half ago. So much water has flown down the Ganga since Akhilesh Yadav assumed office in March 2012. The halo around him has been punctured many times over many issues since then. The first pinprick had appeared soon after he had assumed office, when he had appointed Raja Bhaiya of the rather iniquitous reputation as the minister for prisons. That was a massive letdown from the time before the assembly elections when he had denied the Samajwadi Party tickets to some heavyweights renowned for notoriety, like D.P. Yadav, often overruling his uncle Shivpal Yadav. A little over 16 months since then, the halo around Akhilesh Yadav is all but gone. In taking swift action against Durga Sakthi Nagpal by suspending her on alleged charges of ordering the demolition of a mosques boundary wall, he has stirred a hornets nest of criticism against himself. What the chief minister must also wonder about is the illegal sand mining and the exemplary steps the young civil servant had taken to control it, and may be, root it out from the river beds of Uttar Pradesh. been used to seeing. Despite being the son of a heavyweight politician, he appeared so simple and so much like young Indias political leader that he instantly caught the nations imagination. He was Akhilesh Yadav. He came armed with a political lineage and a regular degree of engineering that endeared him to the young educated Indians. His educational chart was a lot like that of a common middle class Indian schooling at Dholpur Military School, Rajasthan, an engineering degree from Mysore and a post graduate degree from Sydney . The fact that he didnt go to JFK International or Montana-Zug or Monte Rosa in Switzerland, or Eton or Sevenoaks or Charterhouse in England or even Woodstock in India made him so very much one of us. Even those who didnt live in Uttar Pradesh felt happy for him and for the state. There was some-

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Glamour

WE THE STATE

Why Is Sonakshi Sinha Happy?

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onakshi Sinha has been having back-to back hits in the Box office. With many movies falling under the hundred crore bracket, she tells us that this is a sign of good business. Sonakshi also says that it's not just luck that has taken her places but she has put in hard work. The actress feels happy that she is part of good films. "It's a trend today everyone is talking about Rs.100 crore. Tomorrow it will be Rs.200 crore, Rs.300 crore. It's a sign of good business, but Rs.100 crore doesn't come into my pocket. It is going to the producer's pocket. If films are doing so well, lots of factors are to be taken into account," she said. Sonakshi feels that she connects well with the audiences. "People enjoy watching me. I am happy for that. There is a lot of hard work put into it and it's not just about luck. I do films from audience's perspective. So far, touch wood, I have been part of good films," said Sonakshi who recently had a release titled Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara. Click here to see the review of OUATIMD Even after all the stardom, Sonkshi feels that she has not changed as a person. "A lot of people can get carried away in their life with the success, but I am still the same way," she expressed. The 26year-old is still a little girl for her parents and she is happy about that. "I have always had a sheltered and protective life, but they (family members) have given enough space for myself and have guided me all the time. My deadline is always 1.30 a.m. I am still treated like a little girl in my house and I am thankful about that," she said. "There is still no change in their behaviour today . If I wake up late or my bedroom is messed up, my mother shouts at me. It's really amazing they don't treat me like a star," she added. Sonakshi also reveals that her first love will always be commercial cinema because those are the kinds of films that she would love to watch as an audience. The actress says that she loves singing and dancing on screen. However, the actress is up for films that challenge her. She said, "When a film likeLootera came, it's like once in your lifetime you get such a role. It showcases a lot more aspect of acting; so I took it as a challenge. If a film like that comes along and challenges me as a person, I will take it up." Speaking about tying the knot, Sonakshi said, "I want to enjoy my life and relax. I want to chill. I don't know I am not thinking of marriage now, but the profession I am in; it's too hectic. So I want to give all my time to my husband after marriage and I want all his time."

hahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan, who recently had a new born baby AbRam are enjoying their time with their new son and SRK's dear friend and actress Kajol tells us that this child is adorable. This baby was the talk of the town, after news was out that this baby was a born to a surrogate mother. Kajol, who is enjoying her motherhood found this new baby very

Guess What Kajol Says About Shahrukh's Baby AbRam? S

cute. She said, "I congratulated him (Shahrukh) personally and met him as well. He is a very cute baby , blessings and love always." Meanwhile, Kajol attended a Surya Child Care hospital event, where she inaugurated the 65-bed expanded NICU. On the occasion, she expressed that the health and medical issues of children need to be addressed as of the babies born every year, 25-30 per cent are underweight. At the moment, Kajol, who has

two children is enjoying time with her family . Her duaghter's name is Nysa and she has a son called Yug. "I am very happy in my life, spending time with children. If I do a film then there has to be a good reason for me to do it as I won't leave my children behind. The script has to be good," Kajol said. Kajolalso wishes friend and filmmaker Karan Johar good luck for his acing debut in Bombay Velvet.

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Must Read

WE THE STATE

BJP asks Kiran Bedi to fight Arvind Kejriwal in 2014 Assembly Polls
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t is being reported that Bharatiya Janata Party has offered ticket to the former IPS officer Kiran Bedi for the upcoming assembly polls. BJP wants Bedi to contest from the New Delhi constituency . Well, all know that Kiran Bedi is an enthusiast of BJP and that's why the political party has thought to give a ticket to her and make her stand against the former team Anna Hazare member Arvind Kejriwal. When asked Bedi about it, she said, "I am not interested in electoral politics and I have maintained this all throughout." Though, Bedi is not interested in contesting in the elections, a BJP leader feels "Defeating Dikshit won't be easy . If she does win, she might end up becoming a regular MLA, which doesn't suit her stature. The party should offer her the chief ministerial post winning." It is also felt that Kejriwal is the reason which is making Kiran Bedi reluctant to particiapte in the polls.

Why top LeT terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda is a major catch

street thug from Nalagonda, in Hyderabad, who became a key jihad commander before eventually dying in a shootout with police. The third member of the trio was Jalees Ansari, the son of a Mumbai textile-mill worker, whod clawed his way up to earn a medical degree. The three men had just one thing in common: anger at what they saw as a fundamentally anti-Muslim society . Precisely a year after the Babri Masjid was brought down, Indias first Lashkar cell executed 43 small bombings in Mumbai and Hyderabad and 7 separate explosions on inter-city trains. Karim, intelligence officials believe, travelled to Kolkata, and crossed into Bangladesh with the help of contacts in the Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadis. He was then taken to Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, a long-standing Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who had been tasked with developing the terror groups pan-India capabilities. By 1996, operating through the Dhaka-based Islamic Chattra Shibir [Islamic Students Organisation], Karim was running a formidable network throughout north India. In 1996, Karim is alleged to have executed a series of bombings in Delhi, Rohtak and Jalandharthe first significant actions carried out under his direct command. He earned the nickname Tunda after his left hand was blown off in a bomb-making accident. Pakistani nationals are alleged to have had an important role in Karims operations. In July 1998, for example, the Delhi Police arrested Abdul Sattar, a resident of Pakistans Faislabad district who had set up a covert terror cell in the town of Khurja. Karim had used his expanding network in India to provide Sattar with fake identification papers, cash, guidesand a landlord willing to look the other way while the Pakistani terrorist built a bunker to house explosives inside a pottery kiln. The most successful of the long-term Lashkar agents was Mohammad Ishtiaq, the son of a shopkeeper from Kala Gujran in Pakistans Jhelum district. Operating under the alias Salim Junaid, Ishtiaq obtained an Indian passport, set up a trucking business out of Hyderabad which secretly served to transport explosives and even married a local resident, Momina Khatoon. The Lashkars confidence grew: at a November 1999 rally, its chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, announced that today, inshallah, I announce the break-up of India. Karim receded into the background, shuttling between Lashkar safehouses in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Lahore to meet with operatives. There were repeated rumours he had died. However, he was spotted by Indian intelligence agents at the Lashkars campus near Murdike, near Lahore, where he owned a perfume business. Lashkar recruits who joined the organisation after 2002 Gujarat pogrom often met Karim, now a mentor and guide to a new generation of terror operatives. Abdul Razzak Masood, an alleged Lashkar operative held in New Delhiin 2005, told police he worked under Karims direct command. Karims also thought to have helped developed links between the Lashkar and Karachi-based ganglord Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. The Lashkars coalition partner in the International Islamic Front for Jihad, al-Qaeda, wished to expand into East Africa and offered cash for the mafias networks. In October, 2003, the United States Treasury Department officially determined that Dawood Ibrahims smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa are shared with Osama bin-Laden and his terrorist network. Karim was reported, in 2008, to have been arrested in Mombasabut that turned out to have been a case of mistaken identity . Now, a full thirty years after that fateful meeting in Mominpora, Karim is finally in prison. Indian investigators will be seeking detail on the Lashkars future plansbut at last, theyll be able to speak to someone who can tell the story from beginning to end.

akim-ji, they called him, the stocky middle-aged man with a flowing beard dyed with henna, who had stood among the crowd that had gathered to hear the speech that gave birth to the modern jihadist movement in India. In the summer of 1985, as riots raged in Maharashtra, a small group of men had gathered in Mumbais Mominpora slum to discuss the creation of an armed group to defend Muslims. The organisation would carry out a string of bombings following the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992and lay the foundations of todays jihadist networks. Now, in the wake of a carefully-crafted operation involving Indias Research and Analysis Wing and intelligence services in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, that man is in jail. Held this morning by the Delhi Police

on the India-Nepal border, Syed Abdul Karim Tunda will likely provide interrogators with more detail on the inner workings of the Lashkar-e-Taibas jihad against India than any terrorist held since 1993. For two decades, he evolved from being a hands-on terror operative to a key mentor, fundraiser and recruiter among jihadists drawn from the Indian diaspora in West Asia. Born in 1943 to a lower middle-class family in Delhi, little detail is available on Karims early life. He moved to Pilkhuwa, near the town of Ghaziabad, in his teens. He then shifted base to Mumbai, where he set up a small dyeing business. From the accounts of relatives, Karim had little to do with politicsbut was drawn to the neo-fundamentalist theology of the Jamiat Ahle-Hadis. His friends in Mominpora came from diverse backgrounds. There was Muhammad Azam Ghauria one-time

BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Online Frauds
In today's net age when every one wants to be Online , there are fraudsters who are sitting with their fishing rods and nets, eyeing innocent and vulnerable net users. Acts of defrauding individuals or organizations by use of internet access are called Internet Frauds or Online Frauds. The most common type of online fraud is "Phishing" (pronounced "fishing"). It is a scheme used to lure consumers into providing personal and financial information online. Individuals or groups create email messages that pretend as messages from reputable banks, credit card companies and online lotteries. The email messages include a link to a fraudulent site known as a "spoof" site thats crafted to look just like the reputable organizations site. The spoof site then asks the target to provide or update their personal information. When net users provide the requested information on these spoof sites, the consumer is phished and becomes at risk for account theft, identity theft and computer infection.

Commerce

WE THE STATE

Will gender bias decide the

next chief of State Bank?

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t is always a good idea to have more choice of candidates when filling up top jobs. More choice, when the process is not vitiated by prejudice or secondary motives, should usually result in more competent individuals rising to the top. So, in theory, the Union finance ministry would be right to demand at least two or three names on its short-list of candidates for the top job at the State Bank of India ( SBI) whose Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri retires next month. According to a report in The Economic Times, the ministry wants to relax the eligibility criteria for the selection of the next SBI chief since the guidelines say that only those with at least two years of remaining service are eligible for the post. Since there is only one incumbent who meets these eligibility guidelines, the ministry wants to expand the choice and has asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under the Prime Ministers Office to relax the guidelines Nobody should ordinarily object, except for this simple fact that the only person currently eligible for the chairmanship is a woman Managing Director Arundhati Bhattacharya. Relaxing the guidelines would bring in one more candidate, Managing Director A Krishna Kumar. According to ET, Bhattacharya will be eligible to continue in office till March 2016, while Krishna Kumar will be out by November 2014 a tenure of just over a year and two months. That itself should rule him out, but the finance ministry obviously wants to change the rules. Changing the norms just when a competent woman is about to get the job can be construed as subtle gender discrimination, even if that was not the intent. In state-owned banks like SBI, the top job usually goes by seniority and not necessarily terrific merit. When this has been the case all along, there is nothing in Arundhati Bhattacharyas CV to render her incapable of performing the job competently . If SBI had all along been open to lateral recruitments, this argument would not hold, but that is manifestly not the case. Second, even assuming it is a good idea and it is to make more people eligible for consideration for the post, the right way to do it is to make the rules clear for the next time. The rules cant be changed just when Bhattacharya is about to get the

Be cautious of suspicious emails.

FINANCIAL

FRAUDS

The best precaution against suspicious mails is to know about them and identifying the characteristics of such Phishing attacks. Carefully assess any email requesting or including your username or password information, particularly if the email urges you to provide additional personal information to restore a deactivated account, verify a financial statement, or obtain some kind of reward. Typical phishing requests are not personalized. Unlike your bank or credit card company that may include your name and/or an account identifier or type, phishing requests typically keep the salutation and information about you generic like Dear User, Dear Account Holder, Dear Lucky Customer etc. Avoid opening any questionable emails or mails from unknown sources. If you have opened an email that seems suspicious or is from an unknown source, do not open any attachments or links it may contain, and delete it right away rather than exploring further.

Know who youre dealing with.

Dont reply to unsolicited email from organizations with which you do not have a relationship. Be suspicious of numerical Web addresses or links. A typical companys Web address or link includes part or a portion of the company name followed by .com, .org, or .net. A spoof site that uses a numerical Web address (or an IP address) or includes a "@" sign within the address could be a tip-off that the site is fraudulent.

The Golden Rule.

credit card issuers and financial institutions would never ask you to send or verify your password, or PIN with an email message.
Become familiar with the Web sites that you frequently visit and bookmark these sites. Phony emails or Web sites may try to dupe users by looking official by their web page appearance but the links will spill the beans.

Protect your personal information.

Only enter and provide credit card, bank details or other sensitive personal information to organizations you know and trust. Never provide financial information in an email or on any Web site you havent confirmed as authentic. Provide personal or banking information online only Web sites which are in a "secured" environment. Look out for an https:// in the Web site address line at the top of the browser. The "s" in https:// denotes that the Internet session is secured by encryption to keep the information you transmit online protected from unauthorized users. In addition, a locked padlock symbol in the bottom right hand corner of your Internet browser window also indicates that an Internet session is secured through encryption. However, be aware that even secure sites can be spoofed to include the https:// prefix and locked padlock.

Pay attention to security warnings provided by your browser or email program.

If your browser alerts you that a site you are attempting to visit is unsafe, avoid that site. If your email program flags a message as suspicious because its sender cannot be verified, do not interact with the email. Protect your passwords. Memorize your passwords. Do not write them down or share them with anyone. Create passwords which are easy for you to remember but difficult to other to guess. Change them regularly and use combinations of letters, numbers, and "special characters" such as @, %, &, and #.

job by being the only one eligible. It is not her fault if the rules now make her an obvious choice; changing the rules now would certainly give rise to charges of gender discrimination. The expansion of the list to include Krishna Kumar does not amount to any improvement in choice since it only means that someone with a longer tenure will be pitted against someone with a shorter one. This is hardly going to make an earth-shattering difference to SBIs performance over the next couple of years. A real difference would be if the next SBI chief is given a clear fiveyear mandate, as OP Bhatt got in 2007. But this not is not even being contemplated. Shades of misogyny have also been alleged in the choice for the next US Federal Reserve Chairman, where the choice is said to be between Janet Yellen, Deputy Chairperson of the US Feds Board of Governors, and Larry Summers, economist and professor at Harvards Kennedy School of Government. While Yellen, 67, is widely thought to be sympathetic to the idea of continued monetary easing, Summers, 58, is thought to be more open to withdrawing the stimulus at early signs of an economic turnaround. In our own Arundhati Bhattacharya case, however, there is no question of her views on the economy or on how to run the bank being any different from Krishna Kumars. Or any other candidate. When you run a state-owned bank, there is no big difference. That leaves us with the option of unstated gender bias. It is difficult to believe that the finance ministry is consciously biased against Bhattacharya; however, why then change the rules after the game has begun?

Google goes down for 5 minutes, web traffic falls 40 percent

Keep your computer operating system up to date.

If your computer is more than five years old, its operating system may not offer the same level of protection as newer systems.

Install, run, and keep anti-virus software updated.

Commercially available virus protection software helps reduce the risk of contracting computer viruses that can compromise your security. These programs offer continuous upgrades in response to the latest threats.

Avoid downloading programs from unknown sources.

Downloads from unfamiliar sources may contain hidden programs or viruses that can compromise your computers security.

Disconnect from the Internet when not in use.

Dedicated services such as DSL or high-speed cable provide a constant connection between your computer and the Internet. Even if you have a firewall installed, as an additional step to help protect yourself, disconnect from the Internet when not in use to avoid unwanted access to your computer data. -NISHKAM OJHA Email: nishkamojha@gmail.com (The writer of the column is Mumbai based Chartered Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner working for a reputed audit and investigation firm of India)

or five minutes early on Saturday morning, the internet stood still as all Google services including Gmail, Drive, Maps and chat suffered an outage and didnt function. The Google App Dashboard documented this brief outage as all apps provided by the search giant went down for around 5 minutes. The app dashboard for Gmail had the following message for users: Were aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a significant subset of users. The affected users are able to access Gmail, but are seeing error messages and/or other unexpected behavior. A similar message was visible for all other apps that were down. In India the outage took place on Saturday morning around 5:07 am and unless you were checking your email or

getting directions that early in the morning, its unlikely you would have noticed. However, reports pointed out that internet traffic crashed for the five minutes that all Google services were down. CNET reported that according to web analytics firm GoSquared, traffic on the internet dropped around 40 percent during those five minutes and perhaps only highlights the reliance of internet users on the search giant. After Google returned to normal, internet traffic did as well and as CNET points out search engines like Yahoo! and Bing werent able to capitalise on Googles outage, only highlighting our dependence on services Google provides. Google hasnt made any statement yet on what cause the outage.

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World

WE THE STATE

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
he National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order. They range from significant violations of law to typographical errors that resulted in unintended interception of U.S. emails and telephone calls. The documents, provided earlier this summer to The Washington Post by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, include a level of detail and analysis that is not routinely shared with Congress or the special court that oversees surveillance. In one of the documents, agency personnel are instructed to remove details and substitute more generic language in reports to the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In one instance, the NSA decided that it need not report the unintended surveillance of Americans. A notable example in 2008 was the interception of a large number of calls placed from Washington when a programming error confused the U.S. area code 202 for 20, the international dialing code for Egypt, according to a quality assurance review that was not distributed to the NSAs oversight staff. In another case, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has authority over some NSA operations, did not learn about a new collection method until it had been in operation for many months. The court ruled it unconstitutional. The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSAs compliance record. In June, after promising to explain the NSAs record in as transparent a way as we possibly can, Deputy Attorney General James Cole described extensive safeguards and oversight that keep the agency in check. Every now and then, there may be a mistake, Cole said in congressional testimony . The NSA audit obtained by The Post, dated May 2012, counted 2,776 incidents in the preceding 12 months of unauthorized collection, storage, access to or distribution of legally protected communications. Most were unintended. Many involved failures of due diligence or violations of standard operating procedure. The most serious incidents included a violation of a court order and unauthorized use of data about more than 3,000 Americans and green-card holders. In a statement in response to questions for this article, the NSA said it attempts to identify problems at the earliest possible moment, implement mitigation measures wherever possible, and drive the numbers down. The government was made aware of The Posts intention to publish the documents that accompany this article online. Were a human-run agency operating in a complex environment with a number of different regulatory regimes, so at times we find ourselves on the wrong side of the line, a senior NSA official said in an interview, speaking with White House permission on the condition of anonymity .

gunfire exchanged in mosque

Egypt considers Brotherhood ban,

gypt's prime minister has proposed disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, the government said on Saturday, raising the stakes in a bloody struggle between the state and Islamists for control of the country . Live television showed a gunman firing at soldiers and police from the minaret of a central Cairo mosque, with security forces shooting back at the building where Mursi followers had taken shelter. Reuters witnesses said Mursi supporters also exchanged gunfire with security forces inside the mosque. The interior ministry said 173 people died in clashes across Egypt on Friday, bringing the death toll from three days of carnage to almost 800. Among those killed was a son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, shot dead during a protest in Cairo's huge Ramses Square where about 95 people died in an afternoon of gunfire and mayhem on Friday . Egyptian authorities said they had rounded up more than 1,000 Islamists and surrounded Ramses Square following Friday's "Day of Rage" called by the Brotherhood to denounce a lethal crackdown on its followers on Wednesday . Witnesses said tear gas was fired into the mosque prayer room to try to flush everyone out and gunshots were heard. With anger rising on all sides, and no sign of a compromise in sight, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi proposed the legal dissolution of the Brotherhood - a move that would force the group underground and could lead to a broad crackdown. "It is being studied currently," said government spokesman Sherif Shawky . The Brotherhood was officially dissolved by Egypt's military rulers in 1954, but registered itself as a non-governmental organisation in March in a response to a court case brought by opponents of the group who were contesting its legality . Founded in 1928, the movement also has a legally registered political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, which was set up in 2011 after the uprising that led to the downfall of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

"Reconciliation is there for those who hands are not sullied with blood," Shawky added. The Brotherhood won all five elections that followed the toppling of Mubarak, and Mursi governed the country for a year until he was undermined by mammoth rallies called by critics who denounced his rule as incompetent and partisan. Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says he removed Mursi from office on July 3 to protect the country from possible civil war.

MASS ARRESTS
The interior ministry said that 1,004 Muslim Brotherhood "elements" had been arrested in the last 24 hours, accusing members of Mursi's movement of committing acts of terrorism. Amongst those detained on Saturday was Mohamed AlZawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, security sources said. The ministry also said that since Wednesday, 57 policemen were killed and 563 wounded in the violence. Almost 600 people died on Wednesday when police cleared out two Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo. Despite the growing bloodshed, the Islamist group has urged its supporters to take to the streets everyday for the coming week. "Our rejection of the coup regime has become an Islamic, national and ethical obligation that we can never abandon," said the Brotherhood, which has accused the military of plotting the downfall of Mursi to regain the levers of power. Many Western allies have denounced the killings, including the United States, but Saudi Arabia threw its weight behind the army-backed government on Friday, accusing its old foe the Muslim Brotherhood of trying to destabilise Egypt. Worryingly for the army, violence was reported across Egypt on Friday, suggesting it will struggle to impose control on the vast, largely desert state. The government said 12 churches had been attacked and burned on Friday, blaming the Islamists for the destruction.

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BHOPAL August 19 to August 25, 2013

Sports

WE THE STATE

Will Azharuddin take up offer to coach Jammu and Kashmir cricket team?

Ashes 2013: Ricky Ponting

Former captain Ricky Ponting says Australia's selectors should show patience with their young batsmen
ustralia have passed 300 only once in eight innings during the Ashes series, in which England are 3-0 up with one Test to play . The final Test at The Oval begins on Wednesday . Ponting said: "We've got to identify the best players, give them an opportunity, and stick with them, even if we're losing." Captain Michael Clarke, 32, and Chris Rogers, 35, are the only recognised Australian batsmen averaging thirty . Shane Watson, 32; Usman Khawaja, 26; Steve Smith, 24; Ed Cowan 31; and Phil Hughes, 27, have all struggled for runs during the series and Australia coach Darren Lehmann said: "The blokes have to learn. If they don't, we'll find blokes that will." But Ponting, 38, who retired from international cricket in 2012 after scoring 13,378 runs in 168 Tests, responded: "You can find some excuses for a few of the guys - young players trying to find their way in the most pressurised series that there is in world cricket. "If you take England back six or seven

urges Australia to show patience

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New Delhi: Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin has been offered the job of coaching Jammu and Kashmir cricket team and he was considering whether to take it up or not, a report said. According to the report, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association President Farooq Abdullah offered Azharuddin the position that has been lying vacant since Bishan Singh Bedis exit after the end of last season. We still havent reached the final decision, Abdullah was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. Azharuddins life ban handed by the BCCI in 2000 for his alleged involvement in matchfixing was overturned last year by the Andhra Pradesh High Court. Mujeeb Khan, Azharuddins secretary , said the former batsman hadnt made up his mind. He has been offered the post of coach by JKCA but he hasnt decided whether to take it or not. They want to avail of whatever services he could render. He is seriously considering it since he is desperate to give back to the game that has been so close to his heart, Mujeeb said. The report also said that even if Azharuddin accepts the offer, his return to the cricket field, albeit as a coach, wont be easy . It quoted a BCCI official as saying that Azharuddin cannot return to cricket in any role without BCCIs permission since the ruling has been challenged.

years when they had Ian Bell and Alastair Cook just starting out - those guys weren't overnight successes." Ponting believes Hughes, Khawaja and Smith, who have just 46 Test caps between them, would benefit from an extended run in the side. But in 17 completed Ashes innings this summer, the three have scored a total of 397 runs at an average of just 23.3. Ponting said: "If they're the best players

we've got, they've got to learn and grow some confidence in that environment, not be in and out of the team all the time. "There's some challenges there for Australian cricket but, with Darren Lehmann's appointment as coach, and some of the younger guys they've got, I think there's enough talent. "They're just going to have to learn and, unfortunately at the moment, they're learning the hard way ."

I have lost my Guru and a dear friend: Kapil

egendary cricketer Kapil Dev today turned emotional at the demise of his coach and Dronacharya awardee Desh Prem Azad, saying he has lost his Guru and a dear friend. "He was my Guru. I have lost my Guru. More than that, he was also a great friend of mine," said Kapil, who struggled to keep his tears under control after Azad was cremated here in the presence of a large gathering of sportspersons and administrators. "I owe him a lot for whatever I have achieved in my life as a cricketer," Kapil told reporters. He said that it was very difficult to put the loss in words. "I can't explain in words, it is very difficult. He made a great contribution to the sport and a number of cricketers owe a lot to him. He was a friend to me," said Kapil. "We all have to carry forward what he has left behind," he added. Born in Amritsar on January 20, 1938, Azad died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Mohali yesterday . Azad, who is survived by wife and two sons, played 19 first-class cricket matches representing Haryana, then Maharaja of Patiala's XI and southern Punjab.

Besides Kapil Dev, another Azad's student and former India cricketer Chetan Sharma, also recalled the contribution of the coach to his career.

"I was just seven years when I came to him. He used to take me on his scooter and then I used to train for hours under his guidance," Chetan said.

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BHOPALAugust 19 to August 25, 2013

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WE THE STATE

State marches towards prosperity through livelihood programmes

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National Rural Livelihoods Mission

States 45 development blocks in 10 districts have been included in National Rural Livelihoods Mission launched on April 1, 2012. Baseline survey of 14 lakh beneficiary families has been undertaken in intensive areas for bringing about positive change in the socio-economic condition of poor families in rural areas. Village profile of over 6000 villages has been prepared. So far, 5234 self-help groups have been formed and 5795 old groups have also been included in this World Bank-aided mission. Women Farmers Empowerment Project has been implemented simultaneously as a factor of National Rural Livelihood Mission from April 1, 2012. The project is being implemented in Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori, Jhabua, Barwani, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sehore, Dhar, Sagar, Betul, Damoh, Chhindwara, Seoni, Dewas and Umaria district for improving status of women farmers and increasing opportunities for their empowerment.

oncrete arrangements are being made for livelihood of BPL families in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh. These efforts have succeeded in providing them permanent sources of livelihood in stead of doing menial jobs and erratic employment. Integrated efforts are leading the poor towards progress and prosperity. The people having faced abject poverty since Independence till recently, are now moving out of below poverty line.

Successful efforts are underway through District Poverty Initiative Project for economic upliftment of poor family by forming womens self-help groups. Through this World Bank-aided project, a campaign is being implemented to provide livelihoods to the poor till year 2014 at a cost of Rs. 540 crore. In the projects first phase, 2900 villages of 14 districts were included and 3 lakh 26 thousand beneficiaries were benefited by forming 56089 womens self-help groups. Now, 4580 villages including 2000 new ones have been included in the projects second phase in 14 districts and 30 thousand 546 womens self-help groups have been formed by organizing 3 lakh 51 thousand 356 women. They have been provided assistance worth Rs. 233 crore for livelihood. Meanwhile, 18 producer companies have been constituted in the project areas. Of these, 15 companies are running agriculture-based business and 2 dairy and poultry trade. These companies turnover has reached upto Rs. 43 crore. For providing better profits to farmers, 42 outlets of Aajeevika Fresh have been opened in the project areas. Successful efforts of District Poverty Initiative Project have been lauded all over the world.

Poverty eradication

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years to provide direct employment opportunities to rural youth. As many as one lakh 74 thousand 531 youths have secured jobs through these fairs in various sectors. Counselling of youths is also done at these job fairs by commercial consultants for securing better jobs.During financial year 2012-13, total 67 thousand 325 rural youths were imparted training to set up self-employment. They were imparted training for data entry operator, mobile repairing, computer technician, security guard, retail management, personality development and rural insurance sector. They were also given training of beauty parlour, mechanic, electrician, computer hardware, handloom, handicraft and sewing, tally accounting, driving, radio & TV repair, dairy development and preparation of paper bags & envelops. Besides, 4910 rural youths also secured jobs in district-level rallies of Indian army , navy and air force. Special training was imparted to youths at district and development block levels before these rallies.

Employment to rural youths

Successful efforts have been made in Madhya Pradesh to associate rural youths with direct employment as per their interest, skill and ability . On the initiative of Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, State Livelihoods Forum has been formed which is imparting employment-oriented training to rural youths. Besides, employment fairs are also being held to provide them jobs in industrial houses in and outside the state. Panchayats & Rural Development Department has held 447 job fairs during last 3

Mukhyamantri Haat Bazaar Yojana

Mukhyamantri Haat Bazaar Yojana has been started to provide systematic places to rural craftspersons and artisans for selling their products. Under the scheme, arrangements have been made to construct shops costing Rs. 50 lakh and provide facilities at traditional haat bazaars in over 2000 big villages. Besides, 8 pucca shops each will be constructed for the benefit of rural craftspersons and artisans in every Gram Panchayat where traditional haat bazaars are not held. (Advt.)

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