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Vol. 8 No. 56 | Pages 40 | ` 3.50
Delhi court summons wife of Sheila Dikshits controversial

power secretary R.K. Verma in black money case
DELHI BABUS
WIFE IN BRITISH
VIRGIN MESS
EXCLUSIVE
REUTERS
BACKLASH
By Harish V Nair in New Delhi
FORMER Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit may be

out of power and out of
daily news but a top babu
in her government has
brought the focus back on
the rampant corruption
that the previous administration was alleged to have
indulged in. On Friday, the
black money trail took a
curious turn with a Delhi
court which is overseeing
the prosecution summoning the wife of R. K. Verma,
an IAS officer and controversial power secretary in
the Dikshit government,
for allegedly stashing
unaccounted money in offshore banks of British
Virgin Islands.
The move against Ritu Verma came
after the court took cognisance of
the prosecution initiated by the
Income Tax department against her.
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New Delhi, Saturday, January 10, 2015
By Neetu Chandra Sharma

in New Delhi
EVERY YEAR medical colleges

across India need to renew their
recognition from the Medical Council of India (MCI). But this year that
process is moving at a snails pace
as the government doctors who
assess these colleges are not getting
leave. All the medical colleges must
renew their MCI recognition by
March 31, but that seems to be a
tough task now. A desperate MCI
has now written to the government
hospitals and colleges to grant leave
to the doctors and professors so
that they get time to assess the
medical colleges.
MCI secretary-in-charge Reena Nayyar
recently reached out to deans and principals of all the government medical colleges and hospitals in this regard.
MCI in fix as
govt docs face
leave hassle
In a letter to the government hospitals and

colleges she said, As you are aware that the
Medical Council of India is undertaking
It is understood that
India is facing gross
shortages of medical
teachers,but if the
inspections are delayed
and if timely admissions
are not done in the existing
medical colleges, it will be
a disaster for the nation.
THE Faridabad crime branch

arrested an alleged serial
killer from New Industrial
Township (NIT) area on Friday.
The accused, identified as
Rinku, has been living in Faridabad for the past three
months.
Police said that Rinku, who
hails from Uttar Pradeshs
Badaun district, has been
accused of killing five people
during his stay in the town.
Apart from this, he has
allegedly murdered three
more people in Delhi as well.
In the past few months, we
have found some bodies having similar wound marks. The
Faridabad police commissioner has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to
probe whether all these
incidents were having any
similarities, said DCP (crime)
Sumit Kumar.
Rinku drove a bicycle rickshaw in the city to earn a living. His modus operandi was
strangling passengers at
night. Most of the passengers
Rinku strangled
passengers at night
IMA secretary Dr. K.K. Aggarwal

assessments of medical colleges within the
time schedule as per regulations and as prescribed by the Supreme Court. But it has
come to our notice that assessors are not
being granted permission by their dean/principal to undertake assessment. As a result,
be granted leave for the same.
MCI has to reschedule the assessments and
Earlier, in November 2014, MCI had
the whole process is being delayed. It is,
requested all the government medical coltherefore, requested that the assessors,
leges to send names of a panel of prowhenever requested by MCI, may be
fessors in pre-clinical, clinical and
Issue
granted permission to undertake
clinical departments as some medaffects the
assessments on the scheduled
renewal process of ical colleges didnt respond to the
dates as to enable the Council to
Councils request. We have been
adhere to the time schedule and
recognising medical
their duty may be treated as colleges across country asking the medical colleges to
send the doctors. This is sadofficial MCI duty and they may
Rickshaw
puller who
killed five in
police net
All the medical colleges must renew

their MCI recognition by March 31.
dening that professors are not being granted
leave by their deans and principals because of
various issues that are ranging from ego and
reasons like patient care. But patient care is
a small issue because two to three doctors
dont make a difference for two days. Moreover, these doctors are on government duty
when they are inspecting other colleges, said
MCI member Dr. Ajay Kumar.
Backing MCI over the issue, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) approached the Union
health ministry on Friday. IMA has sought
the ministrys intervention in public interest
and requested Union Health Minister J.P.
Nadda to direct all government medical colleges to make sure that the assessment of
medical colleges is done within the time
schedule as per regulations and as prescribed
by the Supreme Court, said IMA secretary Dr.
K.K. Aggarwal. It is understood that India is
facing gross shortages of medical teachers, but
if the inspections are delayed and if timely
admissions are not done in the existing medical colleges then it will be a disaster for the
nation, said Aggarwal.
he targeted were old and

hailed his rickshaw alone,
Kumar said.
Police said Rinku attacked
the passengers after halting
his rickshaw at isolated places
in nights and robbed their
valuables before fleeing. He
strangulated them by using
his cotton towel ( gamcha ),
police said.
The accused was also
involved in strangulating two
more passengers in similar
manner but failed when he
made similar attempts in old
city area of Faridabad. The
police have registered two
FIRs of attempt to murder, in
which it was maintained that
a person driving a rickshaw
strangulated his passengers.
The accused has confessed to
have committed the murders,
according to the police. The
accused has a habit of consuming liquor and banned narcotics, Kumar said. Rinku was
arrested by the Delhi Police
and was out on bail.
Ajay Kumar/Faridabad
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Sanjay Jha
(Top) An aerial view of the fishing
boat carrying explosives before
being intercepted by Indian Coast
Guard; (right) the boat set on fire.
By Abhishek Bhalla in New Delhi
A WEEK after a suspected terror boat blew itself up off the

Gujarat coast, the counter terror
agencies probing the case are
still in the dark about the incident since no information has
been shared with them.
Sources say it is still not yet clear
who is probing the terror conspiracy that is suspected to be hatched
in Pakistan.
The National Investigation Agency
(NIA) that is mandated to probe all terror cases has been kept out of the loop
till now.
Surprised that the government has
not ordered a formal investigation to
probe the terror angle, a counter terror
official said, If it was a suspected terror
attack, a case should be registered to
probe the conspiracy. Details of the
intercepts should be shared and infor-
Pak terror boat

probe lost in dark
up to 200 nautical miles can be investimation leading to the operation should
gated, which also includes any acts of
be provided. We also need to probe the
terror. However, sources say it is still diflocal contacts of those onboard.
ficult to establish whether any offence
A Pakistani boat sank on December
has been committed as the boat
31, 2014, as it blew itself up, after the
allegedly blew itself up. Its the conIndian Coast Guard intercepted it
spiracy angle that needs to be probed if
based on information from the National
it was a terror plot that went wrong, a
Technical Research Organisation
government official said.
(NTRO) created suspicion of a possible
Sources said if at all this was a
26/11 type terror attack.
terror conspiracy the investigaDefence Minister Manohar
tion should be carried out by
Parrikar and Home Minister
Its
the NIA. Questions have
Rajnath Singh have also
not
yet
clear
also been raised whether
come out and said that
the boat was planning a
the four suspected men
which agency
terror strike in India or
onboard the vessel were
is
probing
the
was it on a smuggling
terrorists. Parrikar had
terror
conspiracy
mission.
also claimed that cirOnly if the incident
cumstantial evidence
that was reportedly
and other developments
indicated that the boat
hatched
in
the
are probed professionally
had suspected terror
by an anti-terror body can
neighbouring
links. The most importhe truth come out, an offitant factor for classifying
country
cial added.
them as suspected or probable terrorists is that they
Security establishment has
committed suicide, harakiri, he
been raising eyebrows from the
had said.
first day about the various theories
being floated relating to the incident.
The boat was intercepted 197 nautical
miles off the Gujarat shore. The NIA
Intelligence agencies were kept in the
can register a case under the Suppresdark about the intelligence generated
sion of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of
on the boat. Sources said even after the
Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platincident not much information has been
forms of Continental Shelf Act, (SUA,
shared with the Intelligence Bureau
2002). Under the law, any act of violence
and even the home ministry.
President Rajapaksa
was intoxicated with
arrogance.Elections
were preponed to
2015 (=8),and held on
"8"th Jan for superstitious reasons.
Reham Khan
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Pritish Nandy
What a spectacular
exhibition of photographs by
@Uddhavthackeray
at the Jehangir.Loved
the silhouette of
@RNTata2000
against the seascape.
Kanchan Gupta
Rajapaksa is
the only person
in the world who has
won a war on
terror.Others have
attempted and
miserably,
pathetically failed.
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Today,
Fresh Dawood tapes reveal his property deals

By Saurabh Shukla in New Delhi
THE FRESH set of Dawood Ibrahims
intercepted conversations indicate
that Indias most wanted is running his real estate empire from
Pakistan. He is heard speaking
about property deals and various
projects to his associates.
The conversations reveal that the
underworld don is investing and
striking deals worth millions from
the ill-gotten wealth that he
has acquired.
Just to let you know my 11 million were lying with him and then
they were selling it to the
investor and giving me the
money, and secondly Yasir also
has my money about 8 lakhs. I
told him let it remain with you
Dawood is heard saying. He is
also heard demanding 25 million
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim
from someone.
Tecom
investments,
to
a
The mafia don is heard welding his five lakh-square-feet plot on Sheikh
full authority while speaking to his Zayed Road. The road houses the
men about these big deals. Im the Burj Khalifa and La Dolce Vita in
judge of my own case. I do no Dubai Marina.
injustice to anyone or not
Dawood has been on the run
will I allow it to happen
since 1993 after he was
Chats
to myself.
wanted in the bomb blast
expose that
case in Mumbai the same
He is heard discussing
the
underworld
year. Indian intelligence
about his network.
don
is
investing
agencies have repeatFrom the entire world I
and
striking
deals
edly said that he is in
receive information, and
in
millions
from
Pakistan,
living
in
if that information itself
his
ill-gotten
Karachi. But, Pakistani
is wrong then Ill be miswealth
authorities have been
guided. The prime minister
denying that.
does not go to every street.
People come and tell him what
These sensational tapes indiis happening and then he takes cate that he is fearless and ruthless,
a decision.
and is on a real estate buying spree
In the earlier set of tapes, Dawood in the tony areas of Dubai, the profclaims he has interest in the biggest its of which is ploughed into the D
real estate ventures in Dubai, like Company that runs and finances
the Dubai Investment Park and global terror operations.
Continued from page 1
PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
Tis Hazari Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Special Acts) D K Sharma has directed
Ritu Verma to appear before the court on February 9. When asked about the case against his
wife, R K Verma said: All allegations against
her are wrong. There is nothing like that.
The Income Tax Departments Standing
Counsel Brijesh Garg, meanwhile, submitted
before the court that Ritu floated a company
Windsor Incorporation Inc which began operations in July 2007 with 50,000 shares of one dollar each which in Indian rupee equivalent
comes to `30 lakhs (at present conversion rate).
However, the memorandum of association
and other company documents say it is
involved in investment. She was the sole
director of the proprietary company. She neither declared the company or `20 lakh in foreign shores in her income tax declaration
which meant that this was unaccounted
money, Garg told the court.
A housewife, Ritu Verma, gave the official residential address of her husband when Windsor
was being incorporated. Her bank account in the
British Virgin Islands carries the same address.
It is to be noted that in October 2013, the
BJP Delhi unit had demanded a probe into
the matter of unaccounted money allegedly
stashed in foreign tax havens by the wife of R.
K.Verma, who was then serving
as Delhi governments Power
Secretary. The party had
demanded
that
former chief minister Sheila
Dikshit should immediately
remove Verma.
Since Ritu is a housewife, it

seems improbable for her to earn
such a huge amount of money to
own shares in a $50,000 company.
There is a possibility that the
unaccounted money may have
been channelled by her power
secretary husband, who has been
accused of being responsible for
several scams from Transport to
Power Department and is close
to the Delhi CM, the BJP had
said. Verma was finally transferred on December 20, 2013 from
power to department of higher
education after Arvind Kejriwal
assumed charge as chief minister. Thereafter, Verma took voluntary retirement.
Vermas is the third prosecution initiated by the Income Tax
Department after the Supreme
Courts rap for going slow on the
black money trail.
After the Special Investigation
Team submitted its second
report, the SC has directed the IT department to go whole hog
with the probes and prosecutions.
The proceedings had gained
momentum when the court on
November 12 took cognisance of
the prosecution initiated by the
I-T department against Dabur
India Director Pradip Burman,
one of the seven businessmen
named by the I-T department
before Supreme Court. The case
against Burman has now been
fixed for hearing arguments
before framing charges.
The second prosecution that
was initiated was against a former Indian Naval officer Perbodh Nath Aggarwal.
Rear Admiral (retd) Aggarwal is
being probed for evasion of
approximately `24 crore. Aggarwal has been booked for tax evasion and non-disclosure (section
276c(1) and 277) of Income Tax
Act 1961 for the assessment year
2005-06 and he owned several
undeclared offshore accounts
which are estimated to hold
nearly another `60 crores for several other assessment years.
On December 2, the last date of
hearing, the apex court had virtually thwarted fresh attempts
by the Modi government to go
55-year-old Verma is
a 1984 batch IAS officer
He headed important
departments such as
PWD, Environment and
Forest, Mines, Tourism
and Power in the Delhi
government
Verma also worked
with the Goa government as the principal
secretary
A Delhi court is overseeing the prosecution of IAS officer R.K. Vermas wife for
allegedly stashing unaccounted money in offshore banks of British Virgin Islands.
Delhi babus
wife in black
money trap
ALL
ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST HER
ARE WRONG.
THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE
THAT.
Controversial
husband
WHO IS
R.K.VERMA?
R.K. Verma,
IAS officer, when asked about
the case against his wife
slow on black money probe and
sternly asked it to just go whole
hog to unearth the money and
leave its other worriesbilateral,
international agreement obligation and confidentiality clause
related grievancesto the SIT
which has two retired SC
judgesJustices M.B. Shah and
Arijit Pasayat as its Chairman
and Vice Chairman respectively.
The remarks had come after

the AG repeatedly told the
bench that disclosing names of
all Indian foreign bank account
holders without arriving at their
alleged illegality would breach
confidentiality clause in existing
bilateral double taxation avoidance agreements signed by
India with other countries.
For the first time, the

BJP Delhi unit had on
October 2013 demanded
a probe into the matter
of unaccounted money
allegedly stashed in foreign tax havens by his
wife
At the time, he was
serving as Delhis power
secretary. BJP had then
asked then chief
minister Sheila Dikshit
to sack Verma with
immediate effect
Verma was finally
transferred on December 20, 2013 from power
to Department of Higher
Education after Arvind
Kejriwal assumed charge
as chief minister
Verma was questioned in the multicrore CNG fitness scam
OTHERS BEING PROSECUTED

Nov 12,
2013:
Prosecution
lodged
against
Dabur
India
Director Pradip Burman, one of the seven
businessmen named by
the I-T department
before Supreme Court.
The case against Burman has now been fixed
for hearing arguments
before framing any
charges. The case has
been fixed for precharge evidence
Dec 23, 2013: Former

Indian Naval officer Perbodh Nath Aggarwal. He
is being probed for evasion of approximately
`24 crore. Aggarwal has
been booked for tax
evasion and non-disclosure (section 276c(1) and
277) of Income Tax Act
1961 for the assessment
year 2005-06 and he
owned several undeclared offshore accounts
which are estimated to
hold nearly another Rs
60 crores for several
other assessment years.
The case has been fixed
for pre-charge evidence
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January
10, 2015
Available evidence
nails Uber cab driver
By Baishali Adak in New Delhi
SHIV KUMARS
COUNSEL
THE COUNSEL of former Uber cab

driver Shiv Kumar Yadav on Friday
said an educated woman cant be
intimidated and thus Section 506 of
the IPC slapped on the accused
isnt legitimate. Can a woman,
who is educated and physically
able, be threatened with rape and
murder when the man cannot even
furnish a weapon?
Shiv Kumar
Yadavs counsel
said an educated
woman cant be
intimidated
The woman is
educated and
was conscious at
the time of the
event and there
was no sariya
in the taxi
Defence counsel Alok Dwivedi contended in the court on Friday that as per
the victims statement Yadav had threatened of inserting a sariya (rod) into her
body if she resisted him. But the woman
is educated, was conscious at the time of
the event and there was no sariya in the
taxi to be scared of. Then how is it a
legitimate case for Section 506 of IPC,
that is, criminal intimidation? the
defence counsel said.
DU to issue
notice to
maths prof
DELHI University will be issuing a show-cause notice to a
mathematics professor on
why her services should not
be terminated after a panel
found that her allegations of
sexual harassment leveled
against several varsity officials were false.
Dr Sapna Jain, working
with Department of Mathematics, DU, had accused several officials of university of
having sexually harassed
her. These allegations were
not found to be true by the
probe committee, said
Prof had accused DU

officials of harassment
Abha Dev Habib, member of
varsitys Executive Council
(EC). The officials named by
Jain had also approached
the authorities alleging that
she has defamed them by
making such allegations.
The allegations pertain to a
four-year period and the
inquiry committee was
appointed in 2013.
Further, she repeatedly
made unsubstantiated and
defamatory allegations in
her letters written to several
government authorities,
Habib said.
Mail Today
Irrfan-starrer
The Lunchbox
on BAFTA
main course
By Mail Today Bureau
in New Delhi
RITESH Batras much-feted
international hit The Lunchbox
has won a nomination at the
prestigious British Academy of
Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA) Awards for 2015.
The film will compete in the
Best Film Not in the English
Language category (which is
how the Best Foreign Film section at BAFTA is referred to).
The Lunchbox will compete
with the Polish-Danish film
Ida, the Russian drama
Leviathan, the Brazilian
adventure thriller film Trash
and the Belgian drama Two
Days, One Night, stated the
BAFTA website.
PUBLIC
PROSECUTOR
Police say Shiv Kumar tried

unnatural sex with the victim
Strongly objecting to the defence statement,
Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastav said
it was not just any casual warning. Yadav
clearly reminded her of the December 16 gang
rape case and of consequences exactly like
that. Also, it is not that only uneducated persons get intimidated. Educated persons get
scared too. Therefore, it is a perfect case for
charging with Section 506 or Criminal Intimidation, Shrivastav reasoned.
The lawyers were arguing in the court of
Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja,
which is a fast track court set up exclusively to deal with cases of sexual offences
against women.
Thirty-two-year-old Shiv Kumar
Yadav, a driver with mobile-based
Abducting a woman, Criminal
cab service Uber, allegedly kidintimidation and Voluntarily
napped his woman passenger on
causing hurt under various IPC
December 5 when she fell asleep.
sections.
He took her to a desolate spot,
During the argument, Yadavs
child locked the car and raped
counsel Alok Dwivedi contested
her. He was arrested from his
the application of Section 376(2)
hometown in Mainpuri (UP) after
(m) of IPC as inappropriate. His
which the police slapped him with
reasoning: There was no grievous
charges of Committing rape causbodily harm to the woman.
ing grievous bodily harm,
Yadav clearly
reminded her of
the Dec 16 gangrape case and of
consequences
exactly like that
Also, it is not
that only uneducated persons get
intimidated.
Educated persons
get scared too
Trashing Dwivedis comment,
the public prosecutor immediately cited the victims medical
report to prove that she had
scratches all over chest, neck
and back, and Yadav tried to
strangulate her in a bid to bring
her under control.
The Delhi Police also asserted
before the court that all available
evidences forensic, oral and circumstantial showed that Yadav

had committed the heinous crime.
Not just that, he also tried to commit unnatural sex with the victim,
the police said.
However, under the amended
provisions of the IPC (in 2013),
unnatural sex would also be covered under the offence of rape.
A still from The Lunchbox.

Its an honour to be nominated alongside the finest
films of the year. Much credit
goes to my team and the
work we did together. Its a
good validation to tell Indian
stories to the world. If we
dont tell our own stories, no
one else will, director Batra
told the media.
The nominations were
announced in London on Friday. In 2014, The Lunchbox
starring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat
Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
became the first Indian film to
be declared the highestgrosser foreign language of a
single year in the US, Europe
and Australia. The smallbudget film has grossed over
`160 crore worldwide.
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RAISINA
Tattle
Jaitleys example
FINANCE Minister
Arun Jaitley has put
senior officials in a fix
by giving up his subsidy entitlement on
LPG and opting to
buy the fuel at the
prevalent
market
price. Senior officials
admitted that this
had put moral pressure on them to follow suit as the subsidy should essentially be confined to
the poorer sections of society. Earlier,
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had also given up his subsidy.
Punjab Cong woes

THE ongoing feud in
the Punjab Congress
reached
the
doorstep of party
chief Sonia Gandhi
as
Captain
Amarinder Singh,
deputy leader in the
Lok Sabha, complained about state
unit chief Partap Singh Bajwa. Singh
told Sonia that the partys prospects
were dim in Punjab if Bajwa continued
to hold his post. Sources said Singh
wants a lead role for himself ahead of
the next Assembly polls in Punjab
scheduled for 2017. Bajwa mocked at
Amarinder, saying he did not attend
the Winter Session of Parliament to
raise burning issues like drug problem, law and order, urea shortage and
religious conversions.
CJI bats for Modi

CHIEF Justice of
India H.L. Dattu
praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi
during an informal
interaction with journalists on Friday.
PM Modi is a man
with foresight who
wants good governance. I rate him as a
good leader and a good human being,
said the CJI. The CJI also said the
demands of the judiciary have been
taken care of by the government and it
is always good that all three wings of
democracy work according to the set
standards.
Raju misses event

CIVIL Aviation Minister Gajapathi Raju
decided to give a
miss to an event
marking the first
day of flight operations of Vistara Airlines. Raju decided
to miss the event at
the last moment as
he had other scheduled meetings to
attend and decided to send Minister
of State Mahesh Sharma. However,
the buzz was that he was reluctant to
attend the event from the first day.
Wishes to SL Prez
CONGRESS president Sonia Gandhi
congratulated
Maithripala Sirisena
for his historic victory in the presidential elections in Sri
Lanka
and
applauded the commitment of the Sri
Lankan people to
democracy. Underlining the historic
and friendly ties that Sri Lanka and
India share, Sonia expressed hope that
relations between the two countries
will continue to strengthen further
under President Sirisena's leadership.
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H1N1 virus leaves

docs at wits end
PHOTO FOR REPRESENTATION
By Astha Saxena in New Delhi
THE National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which is one of the nodal
centres to confirm the samples of swine
flu, has itself not been able to protect
its employees from the virus. No wonder, doctors are demanding effective
methods to stop it from proliferating.
On Friday, a 67-year-old man from NCDC
tested positive for the H1N1 virus. Interestingly, even after repeated training sessions
conducted by the Delhi government at the
centre, the virus is spreading its tentacles.
According to sources, the Delhi health department has been regularly focusing on the safety
of the medical staff working in various health
centres and the government hospitals. However,
the departments efforts are coming to nought.
Doctors suggest that the government should
adopt better methods. A senior NCDC doctor,
speaking on condition of anonymity, said: They
have been asking us to wear masks, gloves and
head cover while dealing with the samples, and
we have been doing that. But still one of our
doctors fell ill. Our centre doesnt have any
patients and we are only involved in research.
The government should look
out for better ways to deal with
this virus.
Meanwhile, a 38-year-old
woman from Delhis Uttam
Patients should stay
Nagar who was suffering from
home for seven days and
H1N1 virus at the Ram
An employee of the
nodal agency to control
swine flu tested positive
for the virus on Friday.
HOW TO STAY SAFE
isolate themselves in
well-ventilated rooms
Two people succumb

to disease in Delhi
Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, died on Friday morning.
Besides, a 40-year-old man
from Jind district of Haryana
who was admitted to Medanta
Medicity Hospital died of the
virus on Friday.
RML Hospital medical superintendent Dr H.K. Kar said:
The woman was brought to
the hospital in an extremely
critical condition on January 4
and was on ventilator support.
She died early on Friday morning. We have created a 30-bedded isolation ward for the
Avoid going to crowded

places like markets
Ensure that your head
does not face someone
elses head while
sleeping
patients and have provided for
four ventilators in the ward.
Five fresh cases, including
that of the NCDC employee,
were reported from the
national Capital on Friday. A
72-year-old man and a twoyear-old boy from the RML
Hospital, a 52-year-old man
from Delhis Rajouri Garden
and a four-year-old girl, also
from the Capitals Punjabi
Wear a mask. Cover

your mouth and nose with
a piece of cloth or
handkerchief if a mask is
not available
Avoid close contact
with others. If inevitable,
they should always
maintain an arms length
Frequently wash hands
Bagh, have tested positive for
the H1N1 virus.
With these five fresh cases,
the total number of confirmed
cases in 2015 in the national
Capital has reached 35.
It is worth noting that the
total number of influenza cases
in 2014 was 38, of which 12 were
reported in the month of
December.
It is Governors rule in
Jammu and Kashmir
A FRACTURED verdict after massive
participation in the Assembly elections and subsequent failure of both
the single largest party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and runner-up
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to find
allies or stitch an alliance for forming
a government led to the imposition of
Governors rule in Jammu and Kashmir
on Friday.
A government spokesman said: After
receiving concurrence from the President of India, under section 92(5) of the
Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir,
Governor N.N. Vohra issued a proclamation under section 92(1) of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir to
impose Governors rule in the state.
With the November-December election results pushing the Congress and
the National Conference to the margins, outgoing chief minister Omar
Abdullah had tendered his resignation
on December 24. While accepting his
resignation, Vohra had requested him
to continue as the caretaker chief minister till alternative arrangements
were made.
The government said: In the past
two weeks, the governor held consultations with the leaderships of both
the PDP and the BJP. However, no party
or group of parties has so far staked
claim to form the next government in
the state.
Governor N.N. Vohra will control

administration after Omar
Abdullahs decision to step down.
He said on the evening of January 7,
Abdullah informed Vohra that he had
decided to step down as the caretaker
chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir
with immediate effect.
The spokesman said: As none of the
political party or parties so far staked
claim to form the next government,
the governance of the state cannot be
carried in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the state.
The spokesman added: Consequently,
with the approval of the President of
India, Governors Rule has been
imposed in the state under Section 92(1)
of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from January 8, 2015.
Naseer Ganai/Srinagar
They have been

asking us to wear
masks, gloves and
head cover while
dealing with the
samples, and we
have been doing
that. But still one of
our doctors fell ill.
Our centre doesnt
have any patients.
The govt should
look for better ways
to deal with this
virus.
A senior doctor,
National Centre for
Disease Control
Rajnath pitches
for investor
confidence
TRYING to hardsell the story of Indias rising economy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told the Indian diaspora that the BJP-led NDA government is
making course corrections to gain investor
confidence.
Speaking at the special session on Investment Opportunities in Indian States on
the concluding day of the Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar, Singh
said the country is now poised for an era of
cooperative federalism. I am confident
that our collective wisdom will help us in
overcoming any differences. The new gov-
He was speaking at Pravasi

Bharatiya Divas event
ernment has already taken a series of measures to re-ignite the economy. We have reasons to be optimistic as we are making
course corrections to gain investor confidence, Singh said.
The Vibrant Gujarat Summit is now being
presented as a common ground for all
Indian states to promote themselves. Chief
Ministers of Punjab, Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Goa,
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala made a strong
pitch for investment opportunities in their
respective states.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari presented
awards to 15 prominent Non-Resident
Indians (NRIs) at the end of the event.
Darshan Desai/Gandhinagar
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Sunanda
blamed
SUSPECT
Tharoor
1
for illness
DELHI TOP COP
2
URGES PATIENCE
FIVE HURDLES
FOR DELHI
POLICE
The main points of interest for the
police as the probe moves
forward
SO FAR, the Delhi Police does not

seem to have any explicit list of suspects. Sunandas husband and his
personal staff are on the radar,
though, because of the very public
spat the two had in the days before
her death on January 17, 2014.
MOTIVE
If Sunanda was indeed murdered,

what could the motive have been?
Many point to the fact that days
before her death, she had talked
about protecting then Union minister Tharoor during the 2010 IPL
controversy. Finding a valid motive is crucial
to justifying the murder angle: if the police
cant determine the motive, the accused might
get an easy escape in court.
Tharoor domestic help

accused of discrepant
statements as cops plan
to question Tarar
SUNANDA
WEAPON
URDER
YSTERY
By Mahender Singh Manral in New Delhi
WEEK before businesswoman

Sunanda Pushkars first death
anniversary, the Delhi Police is
still trying to piece together
evidence to form a clear picture of what exactly happened
on the night of January 17, 2014 in the
couples suite at a Chanakyapuri hotel.
The SIT is now going to look

into each & every aspect. They
will brief me periodically. As and
when I get some relevant input, I
will definitely share it. Wait for
three-four days.
With the probe now being pursued from the

angle of homicide, the police are looking afresh
at reports of marital discord between Sunanda
and her husband Shashi Tharoor, who on
Friday issued a media statement articulating his
B.S. BASSI Delhi Police Commissioner
concern over the investigation so far (see accompanying story).
Sources said on Friday the police
Trakru had met her at the The Leela
her, an officer privy to the investigaare also planning to question PakPalace Hotelwhere she diedon
tion said.
istani journalist Mehr Tarar, whom
January 15, 2014.
Sources said Sharma was present
Sunanda had termed an ISI agent
In an interview with a private chanin the hotel when Sunanda was
and accused of wooing Tharoor
nel, Trakru admitted to meeting
found dead and is likely to be quesover the course of several scathing
Sunanda, and said all was well
tioned in the coming days.
tweets in the days before her death.
between the couple.
There are also reports that the SIT
Tarar had not held back, taking to
Sunanda deserves justice. It is
might move a city court to seek perTwitter to call Sunanda a dumb
important
that we reveal what hapmission
to
conduct
a
lie-detector
blonde in an equally derisive attack.
pened to her, he added.
test on Tharoor and Singh after the
The Delhi Police will reportedly
latter was allegedly found to be makAmong other people likely to be
send Tarar a questionnaire by eing discrepant statements. It must
questioned in connection with the
mail. After the police on Tuesday
be noted that Tharoor alleged earlier
probe are Sanjay Dewan and a
invoked the IPC section pertaining
this week that the police were intimDubai-based woman named Kitty,
to murder as they registered an FIR
idating Singh to get a confeswhom Singh has named as
in the case, Tarar said she is ready
sion regarding their guilt in
friends of the couple. Senior
to answer all questions in connecSunandas
death.
journalist Nalini Singh,
tion with Sunandas death.
with whom Sunanda had
Sources said on Friday
As a fresh list of people to be interworried phone converthat
Singh
has
changed
rogated is drawn up, however, the
sations in her final
his earlier testimony
statement purportedly made by
days, will also be asked
about the couple fightTharoors domestic help Narayan
ing over Tharoors
to join the probe once
Singh is stirring up a storm.
alleged affair with
again, a police officer
The MPs personal assistant
Tarar, and now insists
said. Tharoors officer
Rakesh Kumar Sharma is said to
that Sunanda was dison special duty (OSD)
have emerged as a new person of
turbed about her illness
Shiv Kumar Prasad and
interest after Singh reportedly conand
blamed
her
husband
driver
Bajrangi will be
fessed to the Special Investigation
for it. A senior police offisummoned as well.
Team (SIT) that he was the one who
cer said the remarks were
In another development,
provided Sunanda with Alprax
made on Thursday, when the
Singh was taken to the fivetablets, two empty packets of which
MEHR
TARAR
SIT grilled Singh over six
star hotel on Friday by the
were found by her body without a
hours.
SIT, where he was quesvalid prescription.
Singh has also reportedly revealed
tioned along with the hotel staff.
Singh told the SIT that R.K.
that the couples family friend Sunil
(With PTI inputs)
Sharma used to bring the tablets for
What brought about the 52-yearolds unnatural death? If it

was a poison, which kind was it,
and why couldnt repeated postmortem analyses shed light on
its nature and form? Could
injury number 10, the syringe mark,
prove the key to the mystery? Or was the
poison administered orally? What
caused the other 14 injuries?
DIFFERENT LEADS
IN MURDER
INVESTIGATION
The investigation is now being pursued from the angle of homicide and the
police are looking afresh at reports of
marital discord between Sunanda
Pushkar and her husband Shashi Tharoor.
Police are also planning to question Pakistani
journalist Mehr Tarar, whom Sunanda had called
an ISI agent and accused of wooing Tharoor
days before her death.
Tharoors PA Rakesh Kumar Sharma
is said to have emerged as a new person of interest after the MPs domestic
help Narayan Singh reportedly confessed to the SIT that Sharma was the
one who provided Sunanda with Alprax
tablets.
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THAROOR HITS BACK
Shashi Tharoor
with his late wife
Sunanda
Pushkar.
I have a number of questions

in my mind and concerns over
the way in which the
investigation has moved so far. I
have written to the police
commissioner. I hope he will
have discussions with the
investigating officers. It is for
him to do what he wants to do.
Meanwhile many
thanks to 100s of u for yr
concern, faith&solidarity.
For d others, if u know
there was a murderer,tell
the police,notTwitter
SHASHI THAROOR
I was completely taken

aback (by the murder FIR) as
there is no reason to believe,
for anyone in the family, that
foul play was involved in her
passing away. Everyone loved
her and (there was) no
question of anyone having
reason to harm (Sunanda).
An ambulance enters the

hotel where Sunanda
Pushkar was found dead
on January 17, 2014.
EVIDENCE
4
in Thiruvananthapuram
Possibly the weakest link in the investigation. The whole

case has been built
on circumstantial
evidence.
WITNESS
Sunanda was found dead in

her room by hotel staff, but so
far no primary witness has
been found. The police hope
Tharoors personal staff and
Sunandas friends might help
them take the probe further.
No question anyone had

reason to harm her
FORMER Union minister Shashi Tharoor on

Friday demanded a professional police
investigation into his wife Sunanda
Pushkars death. The Congress MP said
that the police should not succumb to
any political pressure while conducting
the investigation.
The Congress leader reiterated that he
would cooperate with the police and was
ready to face interrogation. I have a
number of questions in my mind and concerns over the way in which the probe
I was completely taken aback as there
has been going on. I have written to the
is no reason to believe for anyone in the
police commissioner on Thursday in
family that foul play would have been
detail. Hope he will have discussions with
involved in her death. Everyone loved
the investigating officers. It is for him to
her and (there was) no question of anydo what he wants to do, he said.
one having reason to harm (Sunanda).
Tharoor had written to the police comAlso, there was no reason for anyone
missioner that he was looking for an
who had access to her would do anything
early opportunity to address questions
to do her any harm. But I pledge full
his people may have.
cooperation in the investigation Let the
police do their job. We all would like to
The probe should be done professee the matter closed and justice
sionally without any political
is done to all including
pressure or intervention and
Sunanda, an emotional Thawithout any pre-determined
Tharoor
roor, who represents the
outcome, he said.
Thiruvananthapuram Lok
Tharoor also said he was
speaks to the
Sabha constituency, said in
taken aback by the police
media but refuses to
Thrissur.
decision to register a murengage
in
public
disTharoor also said many of
der case as the family had
cussion over a very
the facts coming out of the
no reason to believe foul
investigation are lies. I
play in his wifes death.
personal tragedy
have been suffering for the last one year.

We will like to have this procedure to get
justice to all starting with her (Sunanda),
family members and myself as husband. I
lost my wife. I am not allowed to mourn
for more than an year. I have gone
through a great deal of pain, he said.
Refuting the charge that he had maintained a sinister silence after the fresh
FIR was lodged in the case, Tharoor said,
I have been silent on this for a year as
the police investigation is on. The reason
is very simple. Obviously when there is a
police inquiry on, it is my duty not to
undermine or compromise the investigation any way.
He voiced anguish over unnecessary
public controversy and distortion in
reportage. Im not going to engage in
public discussion over a very personal
tragedy.
(With PTI)
Shashi Tharoor, seen on the day

after his wifes death last year.
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comes under spotlight again after the arrest of IM trio
MAIL TODAY
EXTRA
By Aravind Gowda in Bengaluru
HE Karnataka Police and intelligence agencies were under the

impression that the link
between
the
Indian
Mujahideen (IM) and the communally-sensitive coastal town
of Bhatkal, where the terror outfit took
shape nearly 10 years ago, was over.
However, with the arrest of three
alleged operatives of the IM on
Thursday, the focus has yet again
shifted to Bhatkal that witnessed several communal riots in the past.
Bhatkal had not been under the intelligence
scanner ever since Abdul Samad Siddibappa
Bhatkal the younger brother of IM founder
Muhammad Ahmad Zarar Siddibappa (also
known as Yasin Bhatkal) was let off by the
Maharashtra ATS after arresting him for his
suspected role in the 2010 Germany Bakery
Blast case in Pune. The ATS, according to
sources, could not establish his links in the blast
case. The police and agencies also learnt that
Riyaz Bhatkal also had shifted his base reportedly to the India-Nepal border.
Since we found out that Yasin Bhatkal and
his friend Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri (Riyaz
Bhatkal) were not in touch with any youths
from Bhatkal, a minimum surveillance was
maintained. Thats how we were able to nab the
three Church Street blast suspects, sources in
the police department said.
Yasin, a key conspirator in several bomb blasts, was arrested
from the Indo-Nepal border in
2013. However, the police and intel
agencies suspect that his friend
Riyaz, who has been absconding
RETURN OF
BHATKAL
RAISES INTEL
CONCERN
An important port in
the 15th century under
Vijayanagar
Empire
Town was popular as

smugglers cove till 08
since 2005, is trying revive the terror network. Till 2008, Bhatkal,
which is around 500 km from Bengaluru, was popular as smugglers
cove as high-end electronic items
from Dubai were being sold at
small outlets in the town. It drew
the national attention after it was
found out that the founders of the
IM were from the town.
Long before the security agencies
could detect IM, Yasin, who was
familiar with the geography of the
Uttara Kannada district, which is
part of the Western Ghats, had set
up training camps in Bhatkal with
his friend Riyaz. In 2008, the police
stumbled upon the training camps
in the jungles of Uttara Kannada
district and the adjoining Dharwad
district. Since 2005, the jungles in
the two districts of Dharwad and
Uttara Kannada were the bases for
IM to plot attacks.
In 2008, the police came across
Pakistani flags, jehadi literature
and campaign materials at abandoned training camps in the jungles. A few patches of forests were
also cleared for training purpose.
The police were of the opinion
that IM operatives might have
carried out target practice and
training in assembling bombs in
the jungles. The police are
quizzing the three Church Street
blast suspects arrested on Thursday to ascertain how they learnt
to assemble a bomb.
The influence of IM in Bhatkal
is strong. The police missed an
excellent opportunity to nab
Riyaz when he was organising
training camps in these jungles.
The police should have intensified

their surveillance on this town, a
retired senior police officer told
MAIL TODAY.
According to senior police officers, the self-motivated terror
network became active after the
Idgah Maidan ownership row in
Hubli led to communal clashes
and violence. Though the government and the courts settled the
ownership and the usage of the
maidan, it became a trigger to
mobilise support for terrorismrelated activities.Originally horse
traders from West Asia, Bhatkals
migrated to India when Muslim
kings ruled the Deccan Plateau.
An engineer by profession, Iqbals younger

brother had lived in Kurla,
Mumbai, where he ran his
fathers tannery business
before turning to SIMI. He
was known to Sadique
Israr Sheikh, a criminal
who worked for American
Centre attack accused
Amir Reza and Aftab
Ansari. Fled India in 2008.
Has links with LeT, HuJI
and ISI. Trained in making
IEDs, chalks out blueprints
of terror attacks.
Bhatkal
basics
A trading port for Portuguese, Dutch and later

British; later comes under
the purview of Hyder Ali
in 18th century
Church Street
blast took place
on December 29.
RIYAZ BHATKAL
Large number of horse

traders and Arab sailors
migrate to Bhatkal
Population 80 per cent
Muslim. Language is a
mix of local Konkani and
Navaithi; the IM founders
belong to the same
lineage
Communal violence
took place in 1983, 1991;
major flare-up when
black flag was hoisted in a
college on
Republic Day
in 1993
Major communal conflicts between

March 1993 and December
1993. Seventeen were
killed and 130 injured
Justice Kedambady
Jagannatha Shetty
Commission probed the
communal clashes
A number of youths
from Bhatkal took part in
Idgah Maidan row-related
riots in Hubli-Dharwad
in 1994
Repeated communal
clashes/Idgah Maidan row
prime reasons for radicalisation of youths in
Bhatkal, which the IM
took advantage of
Terror suspects planned

By Aravind Gowda
in Bengaluru
Bengaluru police conducts a probe at the cordoned off Church Street.
THE three terror suspects, who

were arrested from coastal town
of Bhatkal on Thursday, planned to
bomb at least six towns across Karnataka, including Bengaluru, during the Republic Day week.
Bengaluru police commissioner
on Thursday had pointed out that
the bomb-making equipment
seized from the three accused was
sufficient to assemble several
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
They admitted that they
planned something big. They had
targeted communally sensitive
areas to plant the bombs. The
magnitude and scale of their operation was well-planned, sources
in the police department said.
The terror radar included Mangaluru, Mysuru, Kolara, Davanagere, Shivamogga, Hubbali-Dharwad, Belagavi and Kalburgi..
One of the accused claimed that
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FROM THE
SAME CLAN
2008
IQBAL BHATKAL
Elder of the two Bhatkal
brothers, Iqbal is considered IM ideologue and
founder. A Unani doctor by
profession, he was initially
responsible for recruiting
youth from South India.
He and his brother Riyaz
had a hand in August 2007
blasts in Hyderabad. Is
now based in Karachi and
enjoys Pakistani state
patronage. Is close to LeT
and ISI operatives. Uses
hi-tech communication
to send out directions to
cadres without leaving
a trail.
YASIN
BHATKAL
KARNATAKA
Bhatkal
Bengaluru
Mangaluru
Controlled IM operations in India.

His arrest could prove crucial in
cracking the Indian Mujahideen network since he was in constant touch
with the terror outfits top leadership
in Pakistan. Married to a Delhi girl
from Shaheen Bagh, Okhla. Expert in
manufacturing of IEDs and executing invisible terror attacks. He
was the one who planted the
bomb in Punes German Bakery and his image was
captured on CCTV.
2010
IM CONNECTION
Indian Mujahideen carried out several attacks against
civilian targets in India. In 2008 Delhi serial blasts claimed
30 lives and over 100 were injured. In 2010, two bombs
exploded around a heavily packed M. Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bengaluru leaving 15 people injured. A third
bomb was found and defused outside the stadium. A
series of four coordinated low-intensity blasts left one
injured in 2012 Pune serial blasts, and 17 people were
killed and at least 119 injured when two bombs exploded
in Hyderabads Dilsukhnagar, a crowded shopping area.
2012
attacks across Ktaka
They admitted that

they planned something big. They had
targeted communally sensitive areas
to plant the bombs.
The magnitude and
scale of their
operation was
well-planned.
they planned to plant bombs in a sources, the accused had no

prominent city in north India, but qualms in admitting that they
later found out that logistics were part of the IM network.
would be a major challenge. They What has surprised the police is
were also aware that security the resurgence of the IM, which
would be tight in January in view the Karnataka Police believed
of US President Barack Obamas was maintaining a low profile
visit to India. Later, they changed ever since their members came
their plans to concentrate on under the surveillance of the
intelligence agencies. This
Karnataka, a source revealed.
The security agencies have shows that they have been operbegun to piece together the clues ating under a different leader.
after producing all the accused Now, our intention is to zero in
before a local court, which on their handler, who is not from
remanded them into police cus- this country, the sources said.
The police are analysing the call
tody till January 21. The
logs of the accused. Initially
accused have admitted
cops stumbled upon
to been working at the
dead-ends as the
The
behest
of
an
accused received
IM men were
unknown leader
calls which were
produced before
and they owed
being diverted. It
allegiance to the
a local court that
will take some time
banned
terror
remanded them in
to pinpoint the
outfit
Indian
exact location from
police custody till
Mujahideen.
where the calls
January 21
According
to
originated.
SOURCE IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
2013
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AA
IN DELHI
POLL
PULAO
DUSU FLAVOUR
By Rakesh Ranjan in New Delhi
In the BJP, some top politicians, including Delhi BJP prester Ajay Maken among others.
ident Satish Upadhyay, general
Several former office-bearers
secretaries Ashish Sood and
of DUSU have been engaged in
Rekha Gupta, former party
the party or at municipal level
president Vijender Gupta and
exhibiting their organisational
former MLA Vijay Jolly are keen
and leadership skills. As Delhi
to contest the Assembly elechas a large number of young vottions. All these leaders have
ers, the new faces with fresh
made their way into Delhi poliideas should be promoted in
tics from DUSU where they had
Delhi politics, said Sood who is
held various posts during their
currently a general secretary of
stint as student leaders.
Delhi BJP.
Upadhyay, who was DUSU
The other ticket hopefuls in
vice-president during 1982-83, is
BJP with DUSU links include
likely to contest the elections
sitting MLA Anil Jha from
from Malviya Nagar, a seat he
Kirari; former Delhi mayor Arti
currently represents in the
Mehra from Malviya
South Delhi Municipal
Nagar; Nakul Bhardwaj
Corporation as a
from
Patparganj;
councillor. During
Leaders
Gaurav Pandey from
his days of student
Burari;
Rekha
across all the
politics, Upadhyay
Gupta from Shaliparties have
also held various
mar Bagh; and Atif
positions in the
made it to the
Rashid
from
Akhil Bharatiya
Okhla. While Jha is
top positions
Vidyarthi Parishad
a two-term MLA,
in Indian politics,
and
Bharatiya
Mehra had conJanata Yuva Morrising from
tested the 2013
cha (BJYM).
Assembly polls from
DUSU
Similarly,
former
Malviya Nagar but lost
Delhi BJP president
to AAPs Somnath Bharti.
Vijender Gupta too entered
Bhardwaj was BJP candidate
Delhi politics from DUSU where
from Patparganj in 2008 and
he was elected the vice-presi2013 but remained unsuccessful.
dent in 1984. Gupta, who unsuccessfully contested the Assembly elections against former
chief minister Sheila Dikshit and
IMILARLY, a number of
Arvind Kejriwal in 2013, is eyeing
young leaders in the
a party ticket from Rohini
Congress party are also
Assembly constituency.
keen on contesting the
Other big guns, like Vijay Jolly
Assembly polls. They
(DUSU
president
during
include Amrita Dhawan
1980-81), are contending from
from Tilak Nagar; Ragini Nayak
Greater Kailash; while sitting
from Janakpuri; Amit Malik from
councillor from Janakpuri,
Kirari; and Tasveer Solanki from
Ashish Sood, is eyeing ticket for
Dwarka. All these leaders had
the
Janakpuri
Assembly
contested the Assembly elections
segment which is currently
in 2013 but lost to BJP and AAP.
occupied by senior BJP leader
Sources said Nayak may also seek
Jagdish Mukhi.
a ticket from Timarpur.
As leaders put it, student poliAAP, on the other hand,
tics in Delhi was a launching pad
has fielded a noted DUSU face
which has the potential of estabAlka Lamba from Chandni
lishing them on the pinnacle of
Chowk Assembly constituency.
Indian politics. And their claim
An alumnus of the prestigious
is not without reason. Leaders
St. Stephens College, Lamba
across all the parties have made
contested for DUSU presidents
it to the top positions in Indian
post in 1995 on NSUI ticket
politics, rising from DUSU.
and won by a huge margin. She
quit the Congress in December
The prominent names include
2013 to volunteer for the Aam
Union Finance Minister Arun
Aadmi Party.
Jaitley and former Union minis-
Alka Lamba began her

political career as
DUSU president in 1995
following which she served in the
NSUI and Youth Congress in various
capacities. She left

the Congress in
December 2013 to
join Aam Aadmi Party. She is AAP
candidate from Chandni Chowk.
ALKA LAMBA
VIJENDER
GUPTA
BJP
HE political parties in the Capital

may set the big guns of student politics blazing for the upcoming
Assembly elections. With over
3.5 lakh first-time voters, the electoral battle in Delhi may see the rise
of several known faces of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU). Nearly a
dozen leaders in the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) with DUSU links are vying for
the Assembly, with the Congress and Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) being no exception.
Vijender Gupta was the Delhi

BJP president from
2010 to 2013. He
was formerly
the chairman
of the standing committee in unified
MCD. Gupta
began his political career as the
DUSU vice-president in 1984.
He contested the Lok Sabha
polls from Chandni Chowk in
2009 and the Assembly elections from New Delhi in 2013.
SATISH UPADHYAY
Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay
is a councillor from Malviya Nagar.
He began his political career in 198182 as vice-president of Delhi University Students Union. He also held
various positions in ABVP and BJYM.
PARVEEN NEGI
Arrangements were in full swing at the Capitals

Ramlila Maidan a day before PM Narendra Modis rally.
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi may

announce a major decision regarding
full statehood to Delhi in his rally scheduled in the city on Saturday (today). The
Prime Ministers address, which will
mark the official launch of BJPs campaign for the upcoming Assembly polls,
may also include a major policy decision pertaining to the issues in Delhi,
BJP leaders indicated on Friday.
Rajya Sabha MP and Delhi BJP incharge Prabhat Jha said Delhi will get
full statehood if the BJP comes to
power. Jha, who was at Ramlila Maidan
in the national Capital to take stock of
the rallys preparations, said, We had
promised in our manifesto that we will
give full statehood to Delhi, but for that
we have to come to power.
In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections last year, Modi had promised to
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Saturday,
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January
10, 2015
will be vying for seats in the upcoming Assembly elections

QAMAR SIBTAIN
CONGRESS
RAGINI NAYAK
Ragini Nayak
was elected the
DUSU president
in 2005-2006.
Having held
several positions in NSUI and
Youth Congress,
Nayak was
fielded as Congress candidate
from Janakpuri
constituency in
2013 Assembly
polls, but she
lost to BJP.
ANIL
JHA
Anil Jha was
the DUSU
president
from 1997
to 1998. He
is a twoterm sitting
MLA from
Kirari
Assembly
constituency.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal

during an event in Delhi on Friday.
AAP reminds
BJP of its tall
poll promises
on Twitter
By Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi
AMRITA DHAWAN
Amrita Dhawan was the DUSU
president from 2006-07. She was
the Congress candidate from the
Sikh-dominated Tilak Nagar constituency, but lost the previous
polls to AAPs Jarnail Singh.
VIJAY JOLLY
A former BJP MLA from erstwhile Saket
constituency (2003-2008), Jolly was president of the DUSU from 1980 to 1981. He held
various positions in the BJP, including the
chairman of partys overseas affairs cell.
ASHISH
SOOD
ARTI
MEHRA
Currently a general secretary

of Delhi BJP,
Ashish Sood is a
councillor from
Janakpuri. He
began his career
as secretary of
students union
of ARSD College
of Delhi University in 1985. He
became the
DUSU president
in 1988-89.
An alumnus of
Miranda House, Arti
Mehra was Mayor
of Delhi from 2007
to 2009. She was
also the BJP
national secretary.
She unsuccessfully
contested Assembly
polls from Malviya
Nagar in 2013
against Congress
Kiran Walia and
AAPs Somnath
Bharti.
A DAY before Prime Minister Narendra Modis

rally at the Ramlila Maidan in the Capital, the
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday launched a
Twitter campaign #DelhiasksPMModi to rake
up the issue of giving full statehood to Delhi,
one of the prominent poll promises of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the last
Assembly and the Lok Sabha elections.
Attacking the saffron party for making tall
promises of conferring statehood to Delhi
and slashing electricity tariff, the Twitter campaign asks people about what they are expecting from Modi. PM addressing Delhi tomorrow
for the first time. What are your expectations
from him tomorrow? Tomorrow Modi ji
addresses Delhi. He had promised full statehood to Delhi. Will he announce that tomorrow?
Or will BJP do a U-turn on this issue also? former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said in
a series of tweets.
The PM is expected to make major announcements in Saturdays rally which will mark the
official launch of BJPs campaign for the
upcoming Assembly polls in the Capital.
Kejriwal tweeted: Before polls, BJP
announced 30 per cent reduction in electricity
rates. Delhi eagerly hoping that PM would
announce that tomorrow #DelhiasksPMModi.
He accused the BJP of not only failing to slash
the electricity tariff, but also not being able to
curb inflation and corruption.
The AAP leader said: Now I would like to
remind Modi ji about the promise that his party
had made before the last Delhi Assembly election. Not only me, but people of Delhi want to
know whether he will announce power tariff cut
by 30 per cent. Besides, inflation and corruption have also hit Delhiites very hard.
Senior AAP leader and former minister in the
Kejriwal government Manish Sisodia said: The
issue of statehood has aspects like law and
order, land transactions and multiciplity of
agencies. The law enforcement agency should
be under the direct control of the elected government of Delhi. There are many agencies in
the national Capital that hamper work.
PM to kick-start BJP campaign today

grant full statehood to Delhi after coming to power. The promise was also part
of the manifesto of the Delhi BJP in the
2013 Assembly polls. The promises
made by us in our manifesto will be fulfilled, Jha assured ahead of the rally.
The reunification of the trifurcated
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
could be another major announcement
during the rally. Unification of the three
MCDs was a key promise of the BJP in
the last Assembly polls.
Meanwhile, elaborate arrangements
have been made at the venue to make
the rally a grand success. Banners,
hoardings and life-size posters of
Narendra Modi have been erected at

Ramlila Maidan where more than one
lakh people are expected to turn up
for the grand show. BJP leaders said
the Abhinandan Rally will also be a
celebration of the BJPs unprecedented success in the recent Assembly
polls in Haryana, Maharashtra,
Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.
The chief ministers of Haryana,
Jharkhand and Maharashtra will be
felicitated in the rally by Modi and
BJP president Amit Shah.
Shah, national general (organisation)
Ram Lal and Union ministers Arun Jaitley, M. Venkaiah Naidu and Piyush Goyal
will share the dais with Modi besides

the seven party MPs from Delhi.
The party has made a seating
arrangement of around 60,000 people
at the venue even though it claims that
over one lakh people will be attending
the rally. To woo minority voters, the
BJP has also set a target of bringing
over 10,000 Muslims to the rally. We
want more people from the minority
community to attend the PMs rally. We
are expecting over 10,000 people from
the Muslim community to attend the
rally, said Atif Rasheed, president of
BJPs minority cell.
Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi
THE Delhi Traffic Police has

made elaborate arrangements
for the smooth movement of
vehicles in the city in view of PM
Narendra Modis rally in the
national Capital on Saturday
(today). Police have advised commuters going to New Delhi Railway
Station, Old Delhi Railway Station
and ISBT to start early with sufficient time in hand for absorbing possible delays in the routes. No commercial vehicles will be allowed from
Delhi Gate and Rajghat to JLN
Marg, from Kamla Market to Ajmeri
Gate, DDU Minto light point towards
Kamla Market, Lahori Gate towards
Ajmeri Gate on Shraddhanand Marg
and Barakhamba Tolstoy towards
Guru Nanak Chowk.
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/ Chandigarh,
MailDelhi
Today,
Dissenting voices over panels green proposals

By Akash Vashishtha
in New Delhi
BEFORE the government considers the TSR Subramanian
Committee report on amendment to existing environmental laws in the country, the
high-level committees recommendations are being reviewed
by the parliamentary standing
committee on science and
technology and environment
and forests that has prompted
several dissenting views.
The committee, in its first meeting on Friday, heard views of
eight organisations on the panels report, which expressed
serious apprehensions on the
nature of environmental protecbeen here since four-five

tion regime in the country.
decades? It is just not possible,
a source in the committee, said.
Sources in the standing comAshwani Kumar, MP and
mittee said there were already
chairman of the parliamentary
several dissenting views among
committee, said: There are
its members over the high-level
many serious concerns and
committees recommendations.
apprehensions. We are listening
Some of them turned heavily
to everybody and shall give
against them. Most members
everyone a chance to speak. We
also had serious reservations on
shall present our opinion in our
the time period of just two-three
detailed report, he said.
months within which the comApart from reviewing the
mittee submitted its report.
Subramanian panels
The panel submitted
report, the committee
its report in such a
Short
is also looking into
short period. How is
period
within
the media reports
it possible to review
which report
based on a recent
the whole environscientific study
given forces panel
mental law systhat Taj Mahal
tem, which has
members to frown
was facing discolouration due to

carbon particles in the polluted
air. The parliamentary panel
will, on Saturday, meet officials
of the government agencies,
including the state Pollution
Control Board and Archaeological Survey of India, and independent experts looking after
the Taj.
Besides this, the standing
committee will visit tier-II cities
to review their urbanisation.
It is clear that urbanisation
will have major effects on environment. This needs to be seriously looked into. Many towns
and cities do not have a Master
Plan for 2030 in place, Ashwani
Kumar said.
Unauthorised construction continues

in the Delhi Ridge area that has not
been notified as forest area.
Rahul taking over

party reins on Cong
Jan 13 meet agenda
By Amit Agnihotri
in New Delhi
Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi
AMID demand in sections of the

Congress that party vice-president
Rahul Gandhi should take over the
leadership, the Grand Old Party has
called a meeting of the Congress
Working Committee on January 13 to
discuss the issue and draw a
roadmap for the future.
The CWC will

meet on January
13 to discuss the
current political
situation.
VHP leader
defends
Asaram in
rape case
By Sudhanshu Mishra
in Jaipur
EXTENDING a friendly support to
self-styled godman Asaram,
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)
leader Ashok Singhal met him
at the Jodhpur Central Jail on
Thursday for a 20-minute chat.
According to jail superintendent Vikram Singh, both met
inside the jail premises.
Calling it as part of a conspiracy, Singhal reiterated that the
80-year-old godman was
wrongly implicated and tortured, like several other Hindu
saints, such as Swami Aseemanandaccused of planning
terror attacks in Ajmer and
some other towns.
Vouching that Asaram be
granted bail, Singhal alleged
that a secret organisation, having links with the Vatican, was
being used against Hindu Saints.
This was not for the first time
that Singhal has batted for
Asaram. Immediately after
Asaram was arrested, the VHP
leader had expressed similar
sentiments when he reportedly
called it an attack on Hindu cul-
Congress veteran Janardan Dwivedi
Rahul should
contest the next
presidential election and take over
as party president.
VHP leader Ashok Singhal
Senior party leader Anil Shastri

The CWC will meet on January 13 to discuss the current political situation, Congress veteran Janardan Dwivedi said while
refusing to divulge any details about the
agenda of the meeting.
The meeting of the CWCthe highest decision making body of the partycomes just days
after another party veteran Digvijaya Singh
floated the idea that Rahul should take over the
reins of the organisation from his mother and
party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Rahul should contest the next presidential
election and take over as the party president, senior Congress leader Anil Shastri
told MAIL TODAY.
He would have four years to
build his team and prepare the
farfetched as many in the ConNovember with the election of
party for the 2019 general elecgress wanted Sonia to continue
the AICC president.
tions, Shastri said.
providing the over-arching leadThe CWC meet is taking place
The issue of leadership has surership while Rahul shared
amid concerns over the
faced in the Congress since the
her responsibilities.
health of party chief
partys drubbing in the Lok Sabha
Besides the leaderSonia Gandhi also
Issue
polls. There were dissenting voices
ship issue, the CWC
and a demand from
of leadership
in the party against Rahul taking
meet
is
also
workers that Rahul,
rose in the Conup the top party post. He was
expected to discuss
who has been sharfaced severe criticism for his lackgress
after
the
Lok
political challenges
ing many of her
lustre poll campaign.
Sabha
polls
and
there
being faced by the
responsibilities
Several AICC leaders M AIL
party, including
were dissenting
since he was made
TODAY spoke to refused to talk
attempts
to
the vice-president
voices in the party
about the leadership issue, saying
polarise
voters
in January 2013, be
the election of the Congress chief
against Rahul takthrough religious
named as a candiis done through a formal process
ing
up
the
top
conversion
prodate for the post of
over a few months.
post
grammes by the BJP
party president.
The process, they said, is
and RSS elements.
However, the pro-Sonia
expected to roll out in April with
The CWC meeting may also
camp reiterated that the
the start of organisational polls
take up the land takeover ordiissue of Rahul becoming the
starting from the block level and
nance and the nationwide
party chief at this point was a bit
should be over by October-
protests planned over it, besides

another government decree on
allowing 49 per cent FDI in the
insurance sector and allocation
of coal mines.
The Congress sources having
been silent since it the party
was wiped out in the 2014 general elections, there has been a
demand to convene a CWC
meet to discuss these issues and
send a strong message to the
demoralised workers.
Since the Congress was
reduced to just 44 seats in the
Lok Sabha, down from 206 in
2009, there have been two CWC
meetings in 2014first in May to
review the poll debacle and the
second to condole the death of
party veteran Murli Deora.
ture which started with

the
arrest
of
Kanchi
Shankaracharya in 2004.
Recently, the Supreme
Court had denied bail to
Asaram on health grounds
following a report from a
panel of AIIMS doctors.
In August 2013, Asaram was
accused of sexually assaulting
a 16-year-old girl at his ashram
in Jodhpur on the pretext of
exorcising her. Two days after
the alleged assault, the girls
parents, who happened to be
Asarams followers, filed a
complaint with the police in
Delhi and a medical examination confirmed that she had
been assaulted.
When Asaram failed to appear
for interrogation by August 31,
2013, Delhi police booked him
under Sections 342 (wrongful
confinement), 376 (rape), 506
(criminal intimidation) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC), and
sections of Juvenile Act and the
Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences Act.
Finally, the Jodhpur police
arrested him on September 1,
2013 from his ashram in Indore,
Madhya Pradesh.
Asaram, however, denied the
allegations levelled against him.
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Saturday,
January 10, 2015
January
10, 2015
SRI LANKAN President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost his bid for a

third term on Friday, losing to
Opposition candidate Maithripala
Sirisena. This ended a decade of
rule that critics say had

become increasingly authoritarian and marred by nepotism
and corruption.
Sirisena, a one-time ally of
Rajapaksa who defected in November and derailed what the president
thought would be an easy win, took
51.3 per cent of the votes polled in
Thursdays election. Rajapaksa got
47.6 per cent, according to the Election Department.
15
Sri Lanka chooses

Sirisena President
Celebratory firecrackers were set off in

the capital, Colombo and Sri Lankas
stock market climbed to its highest in
nearly four years as Rajapaksa conceded
his defeat to Sirisena, who seeks to bring
constitutional reforms to weaken the
power of the presidency.
Rajapaksa loses bid for

third term in power
We expect a life without fear, said
Fathima Farhana, a 27-year-old Muslim
woman in Colombo. I voted for him
because he said he will create equal
opportunities for all, she said of
Sirisena, a soft-spoken 63-year-old from
the rice-growing hinterlands of the
Indian Ocean island state.
Like Rajapaksa, Sirisena is from the
majority Sinhala Buddhist community,
but he has reached out to ethnic minority Tamils and Muslims and has the support of several small parties. His allies
say he will rebalance the countrys foreign policy, which tilted heavily towards
Rajapaksas one-time ally Maithripala
China in recent years as Rajapaksa fell
Sirisena took 51.3 per cent of votes.
out with the West over human rights and
allegations of war crimes
ular among Sinhala Budthe old, non-aligned policommitted at the end of a
dhists, who account for
cy.
India
is
our
first,
main
conflict with Tamil sepaabout 70 per cent of the
concern. But we are not agratists in 2009.
countrys 21 million peoainst Chinese investment
Prime Minister Narenple, but Sirisena earned
either. We will maintain
dra Modi telephoned
his lead with the support
good relations with China
Sirisena to congratulate
of the Tamil-dominated
too, he told the daily.
the new leader of a close
north and Muslim votes.
Rajapaksa had called
friend and neighbour.
Sirisena will lead a motley
this election two years
Sri Lanka has historically
coalition of ethnic, religioearly, confident that the
had mixed ties with India.
us, Marxist and centre-riusually fractured opposiRajapaksa had cold-shoulght parties, which analysts
tion
would
fail
to
come
up
dered New Delhi in recent
say could hamper econowith a credible candidate.
years but Sirisena told an
mic reform and encourage
The
results
showed
Indian newspaper this
populist policies. Reuters
Rajapaksa remained popweek that we will revert to
AFP
TAMILS REJOICE
SRI LANKAs Tamils on Friday
celebrated their key role in
ousting Mahinda Rajapaksa,
whose 11th-hour exhortation
to vote for him was too little,
too late. Rajapaksa was
strongly resented among
Tamils in Sri Lanka after
ordering a brutal military
suppression of a separatist
insurgency in which thousands of civilians are said to
have died. We hope the new
president does not forget
that he won only because of
our (Tamil) votes, said
school teacher Kanchana
Keethiswaran. We voted to
get our dignity back, said a
Tamil journalist who asked
not to be named.
PTI
Mail Today, New

/ Chandigarh,
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Today,
Bloody climax
1
Hebdo killers
and four hostages
among seven
killed in twin siege
Gunmen Cherif (left) and Said Kouachi who
were killed by French forces on Friday.
The hostage, named as Michel Catalano, who

was taken by Said Kouachi, 34, and his brother,
Cherif, 33, is believed to have been rescued.
Gunfire and explosions had been heard at the
first hostage siege after police had surrounded
the gunmen at an industrial estate in
Dammartin-en-Goele, 25 miles from Paris. The
siege reached a bloody climax, with the brothers
reportedly coming out fighting. They had earlier told police negotiators: We are ready to die
as martyrs.
At around 4.30pm, people living nearby
reported hearing three or four explosions followed by several gunshots. More explosions followed and smoke could be seen rising from the
building. Others reported seeing ambulances
race to the scene.
A short time later three French special forces
officers could be seen on the roof
of the building.
Then, at around 5.30 pm, three
large helicopters arrived at the
scene and landed on the roof.
A few minutes later, several
explosions were heard at a second hostage siege in Paris where
an accomplice, identified has
Amedy Coulibay, was threatening to kill at least six captives if
police stormed the Kouachis. At
least one hostage is believed to
have survived that siege while
four are reported to have been
killed, in a kosher supermarket
in the east of the capital.
Coulibay, was reportedly shot
dead by police.
Gunfire and explosions had
been heard at the first hostage
Hayat Boumeddiene (L) and Amedy Coulibaly, who are
siege after police had sursuspected to have killed a woman cop on Wednesday.
rounded the gunmen at an
industrial estate in Dammartinen-Goele, around 25 miles from
tact with the fellow jehadist
tives at a kosher grocery on
Paris. The siege reached a
while inside the super market.
Thursday, leaving two people
bloody climax, with the brothers
Officers were hunting the
dead.
reportedly coming out
associate who is feared
Police say Coulibay is demandfighting. They had earto be behind the
ing that the Kouachi brothers be
lier told police negomurder of a police
tiators: We are ready
allowed to go free in return for
The hostage
officer
on
Wednesto die as martyrs.
his captives. Revelations that a
takersSaid
and
day.
call was made by the Kouachis
It is understood
Cherifhad earlier
suggests
they
may
have
The
third
that police had
instructed Coulibay to carry out
hostage-taker,
earlier scrambled
told the police that
the atrocity to leverage their
named as Amedy
phone signals in
they
were
prepared
escape.
Coulibay, 32, took
the area after the
to
die
as
martyrs
at least six capgunmen made conThere were reports of another
THE partner of
Charlie Hebdo
editor Stephane
Charbonnier wept as
she paid tribute to her
hero. Jeannette
Bougrab said: There
will be a before and
an after but I have lost
Stephane. The
lawyer hailed the
cartoonist and his
colleagues, saying:
They were heroes.
I was with a hero
I loved.
alert near the Eiffel Tower with
police seen training their guns
down the stairs of a metro station but it turned out to be a
false alarm.
Local media reports that the
brothers met Coulibay while in
prison. He is believed to be a fellow member of the Buttes
Chaumont a gang from the
19th arrondissement of Paris
that
sent
jehadists
to
fight in Iraq.
Although we and our

partners try our
utmost,we know that
we cannot hope to
stop everything.
Chillingly,tactics
could include a hitand-runon a crowded
public place using a
lorry,van or car.
HE TWO brothers suspected

of attacking the Charlie
Hebdo office on Wednesday
have been killed in a firefight
with French special forces,
according to reports in France.
ANDREW PARKER,
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF MI5
NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 17
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10, 2015
to Paris ordeal
2
ALL THAT
IS LEFT AT
CHARLIE
HEBDO
WITH blood spilt on sketch
papers and stained in footprints on the floor, this is the
awful aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
The office is in a state of
utter devastation after
Islamic fanatics stormed the
magazines offices as its journalists met to discuss a conference on racism.
In the chaos , the office was
turned upside down.
Chairs have been overturned by a large puddle of
blood, five cartoons stuck to
the wall. A jacket is still hanging over the back of a chair,
beside a discarded mug.
Magazine vows to increase

copies to over 1 million
French police evacuate

hostages from the besieged
Jewish store in Paris.
Security personnel rush to

Dammartin-en-Goele,
where the brothers were
holed up in a print shop.
French snipers take

position in
Dammartin-en-Goele. Police
guard the area.
3&4
Children in Paris being evacuated from schools.
5
Supermarket in Paris up in
6
flames after French security
forces stormed the place.
MI5 warns of Paris

type attacks in UK
BRITAINS intelligence service
MI5 on Thursday warned that
the al-Qaeda was plotting spectacular mass casualty attacks
against the country.
Targets of the resurgent group
which is directing Britishbased fanatics from overseas
include airlines or a Mumbaistyle gun and
bomb atrocity.The warning
came as 88,000 French police
officers and soldiers continued
to hunt the al-Qaeda gunmen
who slaughtered 12 people in an
attack on the Paris offices of the
Charlie Hebdo.
Andrew Parker, the directorgeneral of MI5, said it was
almost inevitable an attack in
Britain would succeed sooner
or later.In a rare public speech,
he warned: Although we and
our partners try our utmost, we
know that we cannot hope to

stop everything. Chillingly, tactics could include a hit-and-run
on a crowded public place using
a lorry, van or car.
Three plots which would have
involved certain deaths in
Britain have been foiled in
recent months, Parker added.
Officials are also keeping tabs
Agency does not rule

out 26/11 type strike
on up to 600 British extremists
who have travelled to Syria
about 300 of who are now back
home.Parker said his sharpest
concern was the growing gap
between the increasingly challenging threat and the decreasing availability of capabilities to
address it.
Daily Mail
Papers can be seen strewn

across the ground, covered in
the blood of those who had
been working on them.
Newspapers and books can
also be seen on the floor, while
some appear to have been
sketched on. In the mayhem,
they appear to have been
trampled on, with blood-covered shoes staining them red.
The magazine continued to
show its defiance, announcing
that it would run a special
edition next week and
would massively increase its
print run, from 60,000 copies
to one million. Former editor
Philippe Val declared: We
will never stop laughing. We
must let people laugh. We
must let them ridicule the
bastards.
Daily Mail
IS IN THE LOOP OF ATTACK

A HARDLINE jehadis cryptic
tweets suggest that IS may
have known that Charlie
Hebdo offices were going to be
DAY BEFORE ATTACK
attacked prior to Wednesday's
bloody massacre in Paris
Snail-eating people
which left 12 dead.
(An IS fighter, operating the
The two men suspected of
Twitter handle PaladinofJicarrying out the mass slaughhad, had tweeted a day
ter have been linked with the
before the two suspected alYemen-based al-Qaeda of the
Qaeda men attacked the
Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in
Paris office of French magathe days following the attack.
zine Charlie Hebdo and
But the jehadi, who fights
killed 12 people.)
within IS-controlled territory
in Iraq and Syria, posted a
tweet hinting at the killing a
ically shot dead 12 people in
day prior to the attack.
and around the French magaThe fighter, who operates
zines offices, he wrote: You
under the Twitter handle Palheard
it
here
first.
adinofJihad, tweeted:
#SnailEaters ate lead.
Snail-eating people
France is in mournand an emoji picing after the attack
A
turing a face cryin which two gunsenior US
ing with laughmen executed a
official claimed
ter on Tuesday.
police officer on
Then hours
the street and
Said Kouachi had
after the gunkilled 11 others
travelled
to
Yemen
men systemat including edi-
earlier but the

purpose of his visit
was still unclear
AFTER STRIKE
You heard it here
first.#SnailEaters ate
lead. DustNeverSettledDown
(The same Twitter user
posted the tweet just
hours after the
massacre.
tors, journalists and cartoonists at the offices of a Paris
satirist magazine.
But the IS fighters tweets
now raise questions about
what role, if any, IS may have
played in the massacre. A senior U.S. official said on Thursday the elder Kouachi brother
had travelled to Yemen,
although it was unclear
whether he was there to join
the AQAP.
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Today,
Qureshi lands in
reward offer soup
Meerut police
registers case
against BSP man
for his remark
THE GOVERNMENT
IS LEAST INTERESTED IN TAKING
ACTION AGAINST
HIM.THERE ARE
MANY SP LEADERS
WHO ARE IN TOUCH
WITH QURESHI AND
WANTTO INDUCT
HIM IN THE PARTY
TO ATTRACT MUSLIM VOTES DURING
THE 2017 ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS.
By Piyush Srivastava
in Lucknow
THE Meerut police has registered a case against former minister and Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) leader Haji Yaqub Qureshi
for announcing a reward of `51
crore to those who had attacked
French weekly Charlie Hebdos
Paris office on Wednesday and
killed 12 people.
Eunuch
enters MP
panchayat
poll battle
By Anup Dutta in Bhopal
A EUNUCH is all set to contest
the upcoming three-phased
panchayat elections in Madhya
Pradesh.
Hasina Kinnar alias Bua will
contest for the post of sarpanch
from Daloda in Mandsaur district. With Hasinas inclusion, the
electoral battle in the tehsil will
now feature eight candidates.
The people of Daloda are fed
up with the politicians fielded
by various political parties. This
time, the electorate will take
revenge on them by voting
them out of power, Hasina told
MAIL TODAY.
Refusing to divulge personal
information, she said: I am
contesting to serve the people
of Daloda. Their blessings will
make sure that I am not born a
eunuch in my next birth.
Fearing arrest, Qureshi has gone

underground. Sohrab Gate police
outpost in-charge Lal Singh registered a case against the BSP politician at the Kotwali police station
under Section 506 of the Indian Penal
Code for criminal intimidation.
A senior Samajwadi
Party leader
Hasina Kinnar
the Sikh community in 2011

that infuriated the Dalit leader
who declared that she had suspended him from the party.
Announced cash prize for
However, this turned to be mere
attackers on Paris weekly
eyewash as she fielded him in
the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from
Moradabad with the hope that
Muslim votes would help him
Senior Superintendent of Police Omkar
sail through. However, he lost.
Singh has formed a team under Circle
Meanwhile, though BSP genOfficer Rupesh Singh to nab Qureshi and
eral secretary Swami Prasad
put him behind bars for his provocative
Maurya has asked the state govstatements in which he not only justified
ernment to take action against
the attack but also offered to give the
Qureshi, he has not explained
money if the attackers come forward.
why Mayawati is silent on the
We have registered a case. Proper
issue and not sacking him from
action must be initiated against him,
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Haji Yaqub Qureshi
the party.
he said.
Bharatiya Janata Partys state
Interestingly, sources in the
president Laxmikant Bajpai
government claimed that the during the 2017 Assembly elecDenmark. The state governsaid: The SP government is
police have dared to take action tions. However, there is a Musment had not taken any action
known for promoting fanatics
against the cleric at the cost of lim leader who doesnt want
against him then.
and protecting people like
annoying many senior ruling him to return to the party fold.
Interestingly, Bahujan Samaj
Qureshi for political reasons.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders in
Qureshi in 2006 was Minister
Party (BSP) president MayaBut they need to realise where
Uttar Pradesh.
of State for Minority Welfare
wati had inducted him in her
they are pushing the country
A senior SP leader, speaking on and Haj in the Mulayam Singh
party after a few years.
in the process.
condition of anonymity, said: Yadav-led SP government when
He was elected from
The
He also alleged that
The government is least inter- he had announced a similar
Meerut Assembly
the BSP supremo
ested in taking action against reward of Rs 51 crore to anyone
cleric has
seat in 2007.
was weighing polithim. There are many SP leaders who would kill a Danish carHe was again in
gone
underground
ical gains from the
who are in touch with Qureshi toonist for making a caricature
the news for makas
he
fears
that
the
statement made
and want to induct him in the of Prophet Mohammed that
ing a derogatory
party to attract Muslim votes had appeared in a newspaper in
police will arrest him by Qureshi.
remark against
Interestingly, the state has

already seen eunuchs win elections before. MP became the
first state to elect a eunuch,
Shabnam Mausi from Suhagpur,
to the Assembly in 1998.
Shabnams success inspired
another eunuch, Kamala Jaan,
to become the mayor of the
Sagar Municipal Corporation in
2009. However, both Shabnam
and Kamala were disqualified
on technical grounds.
Though leaders of various parties refused to comment on the
issue, rumours are rife that the
5,600-odd electorate is ready to
support her. The people of
Daloda have always backed candidates who are peoplefriendly and not leaders who
are affiliated to political parties, a resident of the tehsil
told MAIL TODAY over the phone.
According to the state election commission, the panchayat
election for 3.92 lakh posts of
zilla, janpad and gram panchayats will be held on January 13,
January 31 and February 19.
Land grab accusation in torching

of dozen Dalit houses of Varanasi
UP sub-inspector caught
for raping Dalit woman
By Piyush Srivastava
in Lucknow
By Rajat Rai
in Lucknow
A COLONY of Musahars was

allegedly attacked by over two
dozen attackers on Thursday
night at Veersinghpur village in
Varanasi district. The attackers
allegedly torched 12 houses of
the Musahars and injured 10
people. Musahars, who are
considered the most downtrodden among the Dalits,
alleged that certain builders
were behind the attack who
wanted the villagers to vacate
the land. The villagers alleged
that the builders want to construct apartments on the land.
Police has registered cases
against 22 people and arrested
two persons, identified as
Ramkesh Pandey and Ramagya
Pandey. A posse of police has also
been deployed in the village.
We are living on this barren
land for the last 25 years. It is
gram sabhas land. But we came
NAEEM ANSARI
As many
as 10
people
were
injured
after the
huts were
set ablaze.
to know that the Samajwadi
Party government recently
allotted 13 bighas of the village
land to a builder of Lucknow and
also allowed him to develop residential colonies here. Since
then some musclemen has been
terrorising us. But the police
don't cooperate with us, said
Lalji Musahar, a village resident.
Prema Devi Musahar, a woman
who sustained injuries, said: All
of a sudden, the miscreants
entered the village and started
firing in the air. Since it was very
cold in the night and our children

were sleeping, we decided not to
venture out of our huts. But they
started sprinkling kerosene on
the huts and torched them. We
left all our belongings and ran
out with our kids. On seeing this,
they attacked us with rifles
and iron bars, and many of us
sustained injuries.
Senior Superintendent of
Police Jogendra Kumar said:
The police is taking action
against the culprits. Two of
them have been arrested.
A 35-YEAR-OLD Dalit woman

from Bulandshahr district was
allegedly raped by an Uttar
Pradesh sub-inspector. The incident
was
reported
from
Rasulpur Nithari village late on
Thursday night when the
accused forcibly entered the
womans house and raped her.
According to reports, SI Sanjiv
Kumar completed his training in
Bulandshahr a couple of months
ago and was posted at a police
outpost in the same village.
According to villagers, Kumar
reached the womans house in
an inebriated state and forced
himself on her.
Hearing the womans cry, villagers surrounded her house
and thrashed the cop. However,
he somehow managed to escape
from the spot.
I went to senior police officials
and lodged my complaint later
on Friday, the victim said.
Kumar was later nabbed on
NAEEM ANSARI
Accused Sanjiv Kumar

Friday evening after an intensive
search operation.
Bulandshahr Superintendent
of Police Ashok Shukla said: An
FIR has been registered and
Kumar has been suspended. We
are also awaiting the medical
report of the woman.
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January 10, 2015
January
10, 2015
PHOTOS: YOGEN SHAH
Abhishek and
Aishwarya
Bachchan (left)
and Katrina Kaif.
Farah with hubby Shirish Kunder and her

kids Diva, Anya and Czar; Kangana Ranaut
(left) rocks an androgynous outfit while
Malaika Arora Khan shines in blue.
B-TOWN
glitterati
PARTY IN STYLE

HE GUEST list of
ones birthday
party is often
considered proof
of ones popularity in showbiz.
Going by the line-up at
Farah Khans birthday, the
choreographer-filmmaker
must be among Bollywoods
sweethearts.
Deepika
Padukone
looks pretty
as ever at
the do.
Farah turned 50 on Friday

and the party kicked off on
Thursday evening itself,
running up to the stroke
of midnight and beyond.
Everyone who is
someone was present.
The big ones who could
not make it Salman
Khan, Kareena Kapoor
and Shah Rukh Khan
notably were away on
work. As guests poured in,
Farah along with hubby Shirish
Kunder and triplets, Diva, Anya
and Czar, played perfects hosts.
Though rumours of her engagement with Ranbir Kapoor have been
doing the rounds lately, Katrina Kaif
came minus her live-in partner. Literally standing tall was Karan Johar
in high heels. He walked in with
Deepika Padukone, who had
rumoured boyfriend Ranveer Singh
Stars line up to wish Farah Khan as

she throws big bash on 50th birthday
close on her heels. Aishwarya Rai
and Abhishek Bachchan posed for
lovey-dovey photo-ops.
Madhuri Dixit, Kangana Ranaut,
Vidya Balan, Tabu, Sonam Kapoor,
Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta, Farhan
and Adhuna Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar,
Mallika Sherawat, Malaika Arora,
Riteish
Deshmukh
and
Genelia DSouza, Sonu
Sood, Amrita Rao, Sanjay
Leela Bhansali, composers Vishal and
Shekhar, and Arbaaz
and Sohail Khan were
among
invitees.
Farahs brother Sajid
Khan was also present.
Sonali Bendre had
hubby Goldie Behl tagging along while Kunal
Kapoor was spotted with
fiance Naina Bachchan.
Talk of the evening was Tanvi
Azmis bald look, as she posed for a
family photo with husband
Baba Azmi, sister Shabana Azmi
and brother-in-law Javed Akhtar. As
the evening wore, Vishal Bhardwaj,
Anupam Kher, Simi Garewal and
Manish Malhotra arrived solo while
Naseeruddin Shah was seen with
wife Ratna and younger son Vivaan.
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Madhuri
Dixit
(inset).
Memphis remembers Elvis on his 80th birthday

SEVERAL hundred fans braved
freezing cold on Thursday to
join Elvis Presleys family in
Memphis, Tennessee, on what
would have been the King of
Rock n Rolls 80th birthday.
Cheers went up as Presleys former wife Priscilla and their only
child Lisa Marie, along with Elvis
grandchildren, sliced an eighttier cake, then sang happy birthday to the king. Fans got a chance
to get a bite of the cake at a diner
across the street from Graceland, the Presley residence that
has become a shrine to his life,
work and rich musical legacy.
In a ceremony held at Graceland, January 8 was declared to
be Elvis Presley Day in Memphis,
Tennessee. My gosh, Im in total
shock. So many of you here!
said Priscilla Presley, 69, adding
that Elvis would have been

amazed to see so many fans
come out for his birthday.
Theres really nowhere else
wed rather be, added Lisa
Marie, 46, accompanied by her
four
children
Riley and Benjamin Keough and

six-year-old twins Harper and
Finley Lockwood.
The twin girls were born in 2008
to Lisa Maries fourth husband,
guitarist and music producer,
Michael Lockwood.
Elvis Presley was born in
poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi on
January 8, 1935, and as a teen
moved to Memphis with his parents and absorbed the mixture
of blues, rhythm and blues, and
African-American gospel from
which rock music emerged.
He moved to Memphis with his
REUTERS
Priscilla Ann Presley, the ex-wife

of the late Elvis Presley (left),
cuts a birthday cake on Jan. 8
parents at age 13. He died on
August 16, 1977, in Memphis at the
age of 42. An American pop culture icon like few others, Presley
rode high in the rock music
charts in the 1950s, 1960s and

1970s before his untimely death.
His legacy includes 108 songs
on Billboard magazines Hot 100
pop music chart as well as 129
records in the Billboard 200

album chart most recently in
2002 with a greatest hits set.
He has stayed on top all these
years, said Scotty Moore, 83, of
Nashville, the guitarist and last
man standing from the recording session that yielded the 1954
hit Thats All Right.
That first session at Sun Studios
in Memphis changed everything
in popular music and culture,
said Peter Cooper, writer and
editor for Nashvilles Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
It changed all of our lives, even
those of us who werent born
yet. It changed the way we dress
and the way we wear our hair
and the way we talk. It was a
reset button for the United
States of America, Cooper
added.
Daily Mail
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Needler
ALLOW SAKSHI
MAHARAJ TO SAY
WHAT HE WANTS
There has been a furore over BJP MP Sakshi Maharajs remark
asking Hindu women to produce four children to save the
religion. Earlier, he had said Nathuram Godse was a patriot.
But why shouldnt he speak his mind just because he is a public
figure? Consider these points:
He is just using his

Gagging him
Freedom of Speech
wont make him
guaranteed by the
change his perception of the world. Constitution
ILLUSTRATION: ARYA PRAHARAJ
The more he speaks,

the more he will expose
his bizarre thinking.
So, should we let Sakshi Maharaj say

whatever he wants? (Y/N)
Tell the world in a 1-minute poll at www.indiatoday.in
WHIPLASH
Tharoor must
end hostility
towards cops
From accusations of harassing his
staff, to doubting the probe, Tharoors stance does him no good
NE WOULD have expected
Shashi Tharoor to welcome the
fact the police were re-investigating the Sunanda Pushkar case.
But he has instead raised eyebrows
by dashing off a letter to Delhi
Police Commissioner BS Bassi,
accusing his officers of harassing
his staff. Given that the police have
started re-investigating the case
this is not a fair allegation to make.
Tharoor has not stopped there.
He held a press conference where
he said there should be a professional investigation without any
pre-determined outcome. This
implies he neither thinks the
police are being professional, nor
are they capable of being impartial. These are serious implications to make, which ill behoves a
man of his standing.
Though Tharoor has said he will
cooperate fully with the investigators his confrontationist stance is
something the Delhi Police will not
take well. His saying he has no reason to believe there was foul play
serves no purpose. The fact is the
murder case was registered after
the police received expert opinion
from AIIMS stating that Sunanda
was poisoned, perhaps forcefully.
While Tharoors concern about
distortion of facts is understandable, he must repose some confidence in the police and criminal
justice system. This is the beginning
of the investigation as far as the
murder angle is concerned. It is still
not clear what poison killed
Sunanda and what could be the
possible motive for the murder.
A year after the incident, the
investigators have their task cut
out. Its not an easy investigation
and more than anybody else, it
should be Tharoor providing the
finer details to investigators about
Sunanda, that can provide the necessary leads to this case.
But if he questions the probe from
the onset, it will create an atmosphere of mistrust between him and
the cops. That will only make things
ugly and do little to get to the truth.
This is something neither Tharoor
nor the police would want.
Fighting terror
with humanity
BY ABHISHEK BHALLA
by Peter V.
Rajsingh
HE BRUTAL massacre of journalists in

Paris has brought people together the world
over, unified by firm
resolve to stand up
against barbarous acts of terror.
Violent extremism, practiced by private
citizens or states, must be denounced.
Terrorism, is a global scourge. An irony of
contemporary life is that stability and
security were supposed to be the payoffs
for living in an era of united nations and
welfare states. Also disturbing is that the
perpetrators were home grown, rather
than other alien outsiders incapable of
appreciating a country from within.
Condemnation
When suspects were connected to Reims,
the capital of the bucolic Champagne
region, emails from IM Ghaziabad friends
who studied in Reims, flooded my inbox.
How could this delightful city breed a terrorist? Curiously, the prominent hotel in
Reims central square is called lHotel de la
Paix (Hotel of Peace). Attempts to understand perpetrators of atrocities confront a
fallacy that engaging with explanation is
tantamount to justifying heinous acts or
mitigating agency of the actors.
Interrogating conditions surrounding
what occurred is neither defending the
indefensible, nor is it rescinding moral
authority to condemn without condoning.
If were to combat terrorism meaningfully,
we need to recognize its causal roots,
wrench them out, and avoid providing
pathways for recruitment and radicalization of those vulnerable to extremism.
Its also wrong conflating Paris with
Mumbai, and other terrorist acts, as some
have done. The French case shares similarities, but its also freighted with a particular colonial history, along with the contemporary reality of dystopic French
banlieues, populated with disaffected
North African youth where law and order
have broken down. Construed as an
affront to liberty, the Paris attack strikes
at a core value of secular democratic pluralism. Liberty unpacked includes freedom
of expression and of the press. But despite
consensus about the general concept of
liberty, disagreements have always existed
around what particular conceptions
A memorial to the slain journalists

killed by militants in Paris
instantiate the concept. Lets consider
press freedom through the following example, with a caveat: this is not a defence of
terrorist religious extremism, nor suggesting we should capitulate to it.
A hypothetical rag Down Under, known
for irreverent satire and critique, purveys
cartoonish portrayals of aborigines casting them as drunks, on the dole and a drain
on public coffers. Its an opinion Ive heard
people privately express. Yet no reasonable
publication, no matter how provocative or
puerile, would print anything like this. Simply unacceptable, it transgresses bounds of
decent and responsible journalism.
Satire
In tandem, the same rag puts out caricatures of aboriginal animistic religious
ceremonies, portraying them as primitive, superstitious and at odds with
mainstream Aussie values. Both depictions would be deeply offensive to aborigines, a point that takes little imagination to conceive. Were the religious
caricatures more acceptable and defensible than the cartoons? And would they
be more palatable if aboriginal extremists were specifically singled out?
John Stuart Mill argued liberty, and by
extension freedom of the press, is an
absolute right conditioned only by a harm
principle. On this account, any form of censorship takes us down a slippery slope;
press freedom is viewed as a sine qua non of
a properly functioning democracy. Yet,
even in the most liberal regimes, lines of
demarcation do exist. Electing to privilege
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the most extensive liberty possible, liberalism also entertains the notion that certain things are repugnant and should never
be endorsed. At issue is how are boundaries drawn, by whom and where.
Rightfully, the people are cast as the
major arbiters in the marketplace of ideas.
A free press is balanced by plurality of opinion from diverse press sources. In addition,
principles of journalistic integrity and
responsibility hold sway. Liberalism also
demands neutrality about religion, religious practice being a personal matter relegated to the private domain within a secular state. As such, theres an enduring
tension for religious people who might seek
to have their values spill over into the public arena, particularly when those values
cannot be justified on secular grounds. Its
a tradeoff. The religious receive tolerance
and respect in return for giving up the will
to impose religious convictions on those
who do not share their views. This is the
basis for a truce which avoids a culture war.
Conviction
Today we see sophistic politicians stirring
up the mob with claims that theyre at war.
The idea of polarising the situation as a
battle over ideology is hardly something to
be invoked as a sensible discourse within
the body politic. George Bush set the stage
after 9-11 when he came up with the binary
youre either for us or against us. Rather
than tapping into a global sentiment of solidarity and goodwill, he chose to be divisive, preferring sectarianism over humanism. It was the best thing that ever
happened for extremists. People taking to
the streets across the world demonstrates
a glorious picture of personal engagement
spurred by moral outrage. In this context,
brute nationalism and wholesale identification with a magazine in a slogan that
smacks of a PR campaign, should give us
pause. The rallying cries should be repudiating violence and expressing grief at the
vicious slayings of other human beings.
Freedom of expression in the West is not
at risk at all. Extremists of every ilk must
face the reality that theyre a small minority and their cause is already lost. Immigration also is here to stay which right wing
parties have to accept. Tolerance and
respect for persons are principles that
trump all others. On occasion, artistic freedom too perhaps must yield to the imperatives of an ethic of responsibility. As the
world becomes more porous and permeable, and enclaves of ethnic and value
purity erode, the only currency we have is
our thread of common humanity and need
to get along. Je suis Charlie really ought
to read: Je suis anti-violence, Je suis
respectueux des autres, Je suis humain!
The writer divides his time between
New York and Gurgaon
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10, 2015
THE PULP PIT

VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
AGE-OLD
IMAGE FIX
IRONIC isnt it, the more she tries
dodging the image trap, the more
it returns to bog down Sonakshi
Sinha. This weeks Tevar (pic left)
opened with all intentions clear
for Bollywoods shuddh desi heroine. She has been tagged the chosen co-star for senior stars such
as Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar,
Ajay Devgn even Rajinikanth and
Saif Ali Khan for long. Tevar, a
mainstream biggie opposite the
very happening Arjun Kapoor, was
meant to reverse that situation. It
was meant to remind us Sonakshi
actually belongs to GenNow
that, hey, she is just 27.
The problem is Tevar offers us no
solid reason to think that way. Just
like R... Rajkumar, her only other
commercial flick opposite a
below-35 hero (Shahid Kapoor),
Tevar is also all about setting up
retro masala that lugs a heroine
template straight off the good
old eighties.
In crazy cruel showbiz, good
old is never gold. Younger male
actors must be wary Sonakshis
image is not young enough. Sonakshi must know it, too. She needs
an overhaul, pronto.
USHANT Singh Rajput on the

first-look poster of Detective
Byomkesh Bakshy! cuts a fantastic picture, leaping across
Howrah Bridge with largerthan-life swagger as only heroes do in films. That bit of over-the-top
heroic, however, is contrasted by the
stark realism about Sushants sartorial
statement in the picture.
Like the true Bhadralok of pre-Independence

era that Byomkesh was, Sushant teams a dhoti
(or dhuti as Bengalis call it) with socks and shoes,
coat and antique watch, hair neatly oiled in place.
The poster is more than just a publicity tool for
the Dibakar Banerjee film. It defines the new-age
Bollywood hero, smoothly leaping into largerthan-life glamour realm without losing touch with
realistic packaging. Even five years ago an action
hero of a mainstream Hindi thriller produced by
Yash Raj Films would be deemed uncool wearing
a dhoti, so what if he belonged to pre-Independence Bengal.
Stardom, Bollywoods new generation seems to
be learning fast, will no longer just be about picture perfect look, dapper style statement or rippling brawn not unless a script demands it.
The era of smartly-packaged, slyly-marketed charisma that snubs authenticity may actually end
with Salman and Shah Rukh Khan.
Going by their choice of films in
store, filmdoms new lot is realising
that bit, too.
Ranbir Kapoor is obviously the
one who started it all for the current generation, varying his roles
Super real
is the new
Bolly cool
Stardom is no longer
about picture-perfect look
from the lovestruck chocolate hero
in his debut Saawariya to the commitment-phobic youth of Wake Up
Sid to the pragmatic salesman
Rocket Singh and the cunning
politician of Raajneeti in the very
first phase of his career. Ranbirs
experiment with roles has continued. Even though it would be hard
to define him as an offbeat hero, his
roles have surely remained offbeat
by Bollywood standards and his
success as a star has rubbed off on
newcomers.
You find an Aamir Khan syndrome here of course, in this welcome attempt to mix believability
with box-office ambition. But there
is a shift in attitude from what
Aamir does. In his entire commercial career so far, Aamir has judiciously avoided portraying inherent
evil unless you count Deepa
Mehtas very arty 1947: Earth.
NewGen heroes led by Ranbir
however are taking the Aamir syndrome a step forward. Most among
LOOKING GOOD: Sushant Singh Rajput in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

the new crop seem to relish portraying evil. Sidharth Malhotras
title role act running high on psychotic edge in Mohit Suris Ek Villain or Varun Dhawans violent
avenging youth in Sriram Raghavans upcoming Badlapur underlines as much. Arjun Kapoor
started off on a sinister note in
Ishaqzaade and Aurangzeb before
setting out to prove he could do
masala in Tevar.
A few years ago Shah Rukh Khan
had stated he was the last superstar of India. He obviously meant it

would be difficult for Bollywoods
budding lot to match his largerthan-life glamour (he clearly never
did foresee threat emerging from
his very generation, by way of
Salman Khan).SRK might have
been wrong in reading the next generation. The new lot will not court
superstardom with exaggerate
glamour. They will make that tag
synonymous with super-realism.
The writer is entertainment editor
ITS not just the case in Bollywood. The Forbes list of

Hollywoods highest earners for 2014 brings to fore
familiar gender disparity in
western showbiz, too.
Topping the list was
Robert Downey Jr. whose
bank balance swelled by a
whopping $75 million even
as Angelina Jolie and Sarah
Jessica Parker, Hollywoods
highest earning female
stars for 2014, have managed less than half that
figure, at $30 million each.
Downey Jr.s much-discussed paycheque was
Marvels dole-out for
Avengers: Age Of Ultron,
where he returns as Iron
Man. Ex-wrestler Dwayne
Johnson proved he is now a
saleable Hollywood actor,
drawing $52 million thanks
to his hit Hercules and the
upcoming earthquake
drama, San Andreas.
Bradley Cooper ($46 million), Leonardo DiCaprio
($39 million), Chris
Hemsworth ($37 million),
IF its not dark, its not

hot. Hollywood seems
wholly sold on that idea
lately what with directors
across genres adding that wee
touch of the sombre to whatever they show to make us
laugh, cry or go mushy.
On cue, the lovable pesky
spirits of the 1980s ghost-com
series Ghostbusters will get a
dash of the dark when the
franchise reboots in
2016. Veteran director Paul Feig, who
starts filming soon, declared a while back that the
new sequel will be
sinister fare, leaving only
that much room for LOL stuff.
While a ghost movie is
expected to give you the
creeps, it is surprising Ghostbusters should follow that
trail. The franchise has
always appeared a spoof of
the genre in the past. Given
Paul Feigs roster as director,
maybe he has brainwave to
tweak that formula.
The great
wall of
moolah
MONEY-MAN: Downey Jr. in

his lucrative Iron Man suit
Liam Neeson ($36 million),
Ben Affleck ($35 million),
Christian Bale ($35 million),
Will Smith ($32 million) and
Mark Wahlberg ($32 million) completed the top 10.
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adjacent squares can be blacked out. All the squares
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next jump (vertical, horizontal, diagonal), from
the choices offered. Each jump is in a Straight
Solution
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Record the sequence of your moves with
numbers, starting with 0 at the Start, and
1,2,3, etc. in each circle of your solution.
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1: Bully (3)
4: Roman public squares (4)
5: Zestful (4)
6: Computer language (3)
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2: Ocean predator (4)
3: Method (3)
4: Male member of a Roman
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by Manisha Koushik
ARIES Mar 21-Apr 19
An excellent opportunity can
strike you at workplace, so
expect to make a kill! Previous
performance promises to bring you
recognition on the academic front.
TAURUS Apr 20-May 20

Put a stop to your depleting
financial resources by taking
some stringent measures. Aches
and pains suffered by some are likely to
disappear soon.
GEMINI May 21-June 21

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This is an excellent time for those

trying to make a long-term
relationship permanent. A visit to
a museum will prove informative for those
engaged in research or writing.
CANCER June 22-July 22

Invest time in learning new
skills to move up the corporate
ladder. An investment policy
that you have put your money in may
prove a financial boon.
LEO July 23-Aug 22

Start off the day as you would
like to finish it. Impulse shopping
can leave your budget in tatters.
It may be difficult to get your money back
from someone you have loaned it to.
VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22

Those married for some time
now may begin to start planning
their family. Tensions may be
palpable for those trying to sell a
property.
LIBRA Sep 23-Cot 22

Avoid submitting anything in
haste as the chances of
committing a mistake are high.
Some of you will need to run around the
boss to get your vacations sanctioned.
ACROSS
3 The remainder get sore
when she puts it back (8)
7 What a friend! What a card!
What a home! (6)
8 The dogs! They have no
manners! (8)
9 It robs it of its character
having a bar installed (6)
10 How to rob a man
of steel (5)
14 A way to use your gums and
drink with them (4)
15 Sound reflected from the
choir (4)
16 Its warded off by Ted and
Vera (7)
17 Intend being niggardly? (4)
18 Worshipped at the lido (4)
19 I meet a lass showing
fibre (5)
23 The queen puts up with it
when it breaks out (6)
24 Its time for a chap to
become more forcible (8)
25 Fire away! The French will
provide deliverance! (6)
26 The sly join a coven although
SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21
able to prove they can pay

their way (8)
DOWN
1 He and I have remedies which
are considered good for hands
and nails (9)
2 Blind adherents who got a
taste of Ians strap (9)
3 Newspapermen are known to
have their pet errors (9)
4 Lose that colour at the
dance? (5)
5 Three look and stagger out (4)
6 So! Again you say its
tolerable? (4)
11 A fear-raising shout from Carl
and Betty (9)
12 Ted receives an IOU from Arch
in that boring manner of his (9)
13 Strangles Henry Lee first and
totters out (9)
20 I join the game because of a
likeness for it (5)
21 Little Bettys taking wagers! (4)
22 Its too pallid to contain
something of value (4)
Media professionals may get an

opportunity to rub shoulders
with the bigwigs of the industry.
Excellent preparation is likely to find
some soaring on the academic front.
QUICK QUIZ
Roshan portraying a mentally disabled young man who befriends

an alien who had been stranded
on Earth. Name his character.
Actor Hritik Roshan

was born on
January 10, 1974.
5. Lakshya was Roshan's only

release in 2004, a fictionalised coming-of-age story set against events
from the real-life 1999 Kargil War
fought between India and Pakistan
at extreme high elevation in the
Himalaya. Name the director.
1. On 14 January 2000, Roshan made

his film dbut as leading man in the
romantic drama Kaho Naa... Pyaar
Hai opposite which actress?
2. Roshan was next seen in a
Khalid Mohammed film, portraying an innocent Muslim boy who
becomes a terrorist after the
Bombay Riots between Hindus and
Muslims in 199293. Name the film.
3. Roshan had three releases in
2002, all of which failed to propel his
career forward. Name the first one.
4. Roshan appeared in Koi... Mil
Gaya, India's first successful alien
science fiction movie, which saw
6. Roshan appeared briefly in Zoya

Akhtar's directorial dbut, Luck by
Chance in January 2009, a comedy-satire set against the Hindi
film industry. Name Hrithiks character in the film.
7. November 2010 saw Hrithik's first
collaboration with director Sanjay
Leela Bhansali. Name the film.
8. Name Roshan's 2014 release
which was produced by Fox Star
Studios and also starred
Katrina Kaif.
SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 21

Businessmen should go for a PR
advice for their business to pick
up. Those unwell are likely to
show a quick recovery. An increment or
bonus is in the offing for IT professionals.
CAPRICORN Dec 22-Jan 19

A joyous occasion on the family
front gives you reasons to
smile. Aspiring models and
actors may hear of auditions for their
dream roles.
AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18

Personal and professional fronts
may remain hectic. Delegating
your responsibilities will help
you clear your pending backlog at work.
A change of scene will help you unwind.
PISCES Fab 19-Mar 20

Everything on the work front
may not be to your liking, but
little you can do about it. Keep
your monetary front stable by
controlling spending.
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Lagne Lage; 4. Rohit Mehra; 5. Farhan Akhtar;
6. Zaffar Khan; 7. Guzaarish; 8. Bang Bang
THE WORLDS SMALLEST

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rights in the game are owned in the USA by Hasbro Inc., in
Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc., and elsewhere by J.W. Spear
& Sons Limited., a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc
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JENNIFER Anistons recent willingness to
open up about her personal life continues as she recently spoke candidly
about the devastating loss of her first
love, who tragically passed away from
brain tumour.
In a recent interview with the New
York Times, Jennifer recalled the death
of her former boyfriend during her
early 20s. He was my first love five
years we were together, Aniston told
the New York Times of her deceased exlove, who she did not name. He would
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ROD TAYLOR DIES AT 84

ACTOR Rod Taylor has died at
the age of 84. The Australian
was best known for starring
in the 1960 movie The Time
Machine and Alfred Hitchcocks The Birds.
His daughter Felicia told
People that Rod died of natural causes on Wednesday. My
dad loved his work. Being an
UP top babu contests

Mail Today story
I WANT to draw your attention to the story UPs top
babu abuses power in tiger
darshan published in M AIL
TODAY on December 28, 2014.
It was false, distorted and published with an intention to
defame and bring bad repute
to Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan.
No version was sought from
the officer concerned or the
chief secretarys office or the
official government spokespersonsthe office of principal
secretary information or of
director information. It had
comments of only politicians.
The story was intended to
malign the office as is clear
from the fact mentioned that
20 generators and 23 air conditioners were especially placed
for the visit.
The fact is that nothing new
was installed or bought. Further,
all facilities, including ACs, heaters and generators that existed
at the forest guest house, was
missing in the news story. The
fact that the guest house is also
available for tourists and
booked for commercial use was
intentionally hidden.
The chief secretary had gone
on an official visit during which
he reviewed the law and order
in Pilibhit district with DM and
SP of Pilibhit and of Bareilly
division with commissioner
Bareilly, IG zone and DIG. He
also took stock of development
works. A meeting was held for
the development of Pilibhit
Tiger Reserve while addressing
problems of forest officials.
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Ahmedabad
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YOUTUBE
SEHGALs letter only focuses

on the ACs and generators. It
clarifies that Alok Ranjan was
there on a government visit to
distribute Samajwadi pension
to 1,000 beneficiaries and 1,593
cycles besides attend and
review meetingsfacts that
were in the news story.
The published story only
raised questions: (1) as to how
his family accompanied him in
a government chopper and
stayed in the guest house for
three days, (2) a Bhojpuri
singer was hired and a programme held in the tiger
reserve, (3) a helipad was constructed in the reserve to facilitate landing of the chopper.
Local reporters say no facilities (ACs and generators) were
available before Ranjans trip
and that these are now not
being removed to prove the
governments point. Besides,
media cant enter the reserve
after the news came out. The
DM and forest officials are also
mum as to how a helipad was
constructed in the reserve.
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Bangalore
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Chennai
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Sunrise: 7.15
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Ranjan attended a meeting of

gram pradhans and addressed
them on development issues.
He distributed Samajwadi
Pension to 1,000 beneficiaries
and cycles to 1,593 others. He
held discussions with public
representatives.
A one-sided story was published to bring disrepute to the
office of the chief secretary.
You are requested to publish
an apology for the maligned
manner in which the news was
published.
after they had a one-night

stand.
Their bedroom romp is
probably J Los most revealing sex scene yet. Not only
does she strip down to just
her underwear, but we see
Guzman grab her bare
breasts and slide his fingers
between her legs.
Srinagar
85%
Tuesday (January 13)

Sunrise: 7.16
Sunset: 17.45
JENNIFER Lopez is showing

off her body like never
before in her new thriller
The Boy Next Door.
In the film, she plays a high
school teacher being terrorised at home and work
by a much younger guy
(Ryan Guzman) who has
digitalspy.co.uk become obsessed with her
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actor was his passion. It was

something he couldnt live
without, she said.
The actor made his debut as
Herbert George Wells in
George Pals adaptation of
The Time Machine , before
starring alongside Tippi
Hedren in the role of Mitch
Brenner in 1963s The Birds.
was stupid. He must have sent me Justin

to make up for it all, she said.
Jennifer began filming the hit series
Friends in 1994 around that age, and
since then she has been married,
divorced, and engaged once again to
her Wanderlust co-star Justin Theroux.
Its a rock, I know, she told the newspaper about the engagement ring Theroux gave her in 2012. He rocked it up. It
took me a while to get used to it. Im not
a diamond girl. Im more Indian jewellery and stuff, she added.
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ALIA
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weekend
2015 ROSTER: Shandaar

FOR someone widely deemed the
girl who will be queen, Alia has just
one confirmed release this year.
She is focussed on Queen director
Vikas Bahls Shandaar, co-starring Sahid Kapoor. The buzz is
she has a career-defining
role in the film.
RANBIR KAPOOR
2015 ROSTER: Bombay Velvet; Jagga Jasoos; Roy
HE leads the pack of challengers. After no release last year,
2015 is crucial what with three very different roles lined up.
Ranbir has never chased a fixed image and his tryst with
carving superstardom out of variety will continue.
by Vinayak Chakravorty
OR the aging superstars of Bollywood, the

next 12 months will be as much about
gunning for blockbuster records as
it will be about fending against
the burgeoning surge of the
new lot. Salman and Shah
Rukh Khan will reign for now
(Aamir Khan has no release in
2015) but filmdoms newgen
stars are rising fast.
The fresh bunch has lately proved it

relishes the challenge of the boxoffice game. Indeed, budding superstars such as Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Arjun Kapoor,
Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor
tasted 100-crore blood last year
to declare they are now in the
game. It is no longer just about
whether Ranbir Kapoor will
manage to topple Khan
supremacy and neither is the
fight for the cats crown
restricted
to
Deepika
Padukone and Katrina Kaif.
The exciting thing about
Bollywoods new lot is they
are mixing experimental
roles with box-office glory.
So, as Varun Dhawan gets
going with Sriram Raghavans sombre Badlapur and
Alia Bhatt tries another
unusual act after last years
Highway by way of Raj Vikas
Bahls upcoming Shandaar,
you get a fair idea how notions
of a good role in mainstream
Bollywood is changing.
As the year wears on, Bollywood
is bound to throw up surprises by
way of many more new faces that
is the one constant in the forever
dynamic world of showbiz. Right now,
it is time for a stock of what lies ahead
for those who have shown promise so far.
(Release schedules are subject to
change; only confirmed projects
have been listed for each star)
Quick
stocktaking of what
budding Bollywood has in
store this year.
NewGen
diaries
2015
ILEANA
DCRUZ
2015 ROSTER:
Fan
ONE film with Shah
Rukh Khan often
does the trick for
any actress, and
that is exactly
what Ileana would
hope for this year.
She has been cast as
one of SRKs two
heroines in his
upcoming rom-com,
Fan.
SIDHARTH
MALHOTRA
2015 ROSTER:
Brothers
THE dapper hunk proved
with Ek Villain last year that
he can pull off a 100-crore
blockbuster as a solo hero.
This year, he takes up an
action avatar in Agneepath
maker Karan Malhotras
Brothers, co-starring Akshay
Kumar.
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ENTERTAINMENT
SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT
2015 ROSTER: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!; MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
VARUN
DHAWAN
2015 ROSTER: Badlapur;
ABCD 2
HIS telly stint must have helped, for

Sushant straightaway impressed
with his versatility. This year, he
gives adrenaline rush a retro twist
playing the pre-Independence
Bhadralok
sleuth
Byomkesh Bakshy, and then
guns for a boxoffice sixer as
Dhoni.
2014 was a bumper year, with Humpty

Sharma Ki Dulhania (pic) and Main
Tera Hero scoring bigtime. This
year, Varun wants to prove he can
tackle variety. Fans look forward to the dark saga Badlapur and the dance
flick ABCD 2.
ARJUN
KAPOOR
2015 ROSTER: Tevar
MOST actors go from glamour to
realistic roles, but Arjun has done it
the other way round. After authentic portrayals in Ishaqzaade,
Aurangzeb, 2 States and Finding Fanny, he wants to woo
larger-than-life superstardom with
Tevar.
2015 ROSTER:
Singh Is Bling;
Farzi; Housefull 3
SHRADDHA
KAPOOR
2015 ROSTER:
ABCD 2
SHE has essayed the
delicate doll so far, be
it in the mainstream
Ek Villain and
Aashiqui 2, or the offbeat Haider. This
year, she will try
pumping in attitude
to that image with her
dance flick ABCD 2.
VAANI
KAPOOR
2015 ROSTER: Dil

Dhadakne Do; Bajirao
Mastani
2015 ROSTER: Fan
A mixed career graph so far has seen

Ranveers lack of
ample screen presence often letting costars overshadow him.
This year, he has Bajirao
Mastani opposite Deepika
Padukone and the multistarrer Dil Dhadakne Do to
prove his critics wrong.
KRITI
SANON
SHE wowed instantly
in Heropanti, though
the film was meant to
be Tiger Shroffs
launchpad. Kriti is
Akshay Kumars glamgirl in Singh Is Bling
and Housefull 3, while
Raj Nidimoru and
Krishna DKs Farzi will
give her scope to
prove acting skills.
RANVEER
SINGH
THE way she matched

screen presence of
the talented Sushant
Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra in Shudh
Desi Romance made
Vaani an overnight
star. She will hope to
follow up the good
act opposite Shah
Rukh Khan in the romcom, Fan.
WHATTOP STARS HAVE IN STORE

As the new generation closes in, established stars are
adopting different strategies to handle the competition.
While some of them are on a film-signing spree, others
have chosen to go for caution this year.
SONAKSHI
SINHA
2015 ROSTER: Tevar
SHE tried an image makeover with Lootera
but quickly returned to
male-dominated mindless masala (Action
Jackson, Holiday, R...
Rajkumar, Bullett Raja).
This year looks
no different,
what with
the herocentric potboiler Tevar
being her
only confirmed
release
for 2015
so far.
SALMAN
KHAN: Kabir
Khans Bajrangi Bhaijaan
(R); Sooraj
Barjatyas
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
SHAH RUKH KHAN:
Maneesh Sharmas Fan
AKSHAY KUMAR: Neeraj
Pandeys Baby;
Prabhu Dhevas
Singh Is Bling
(R); Karan Malhotras Brothers;
Sajid-Farhads
Housefull 3;
Krishs Gabbar
DEEPIKA PADUKONE: Sanjay Leela Bhansalis Bajirao Mastani; Shoojit Sircars Piku (above)
KATRINA KAIF:
Abhishek Kapoors
Fitoor; Kabir
Khans Phantom
(R); Anurag Basus
Jagga Jasoos
KAREENA KAPOOR: Kabir
Khans Bajrangi Bhaijaan;
Aanand L. Rais untitled next
PRIYANKA CHOPRA: Zoya

Akhtars Dil Dhadakne Do;
KANGNA RANAUT: Aanand
Sanjay Leela Bhansalis BajiL. Rais Tanu Weds Manu 2;
Nikhil Advanis Katti Batti; Sai rao Mastani; Madhur Bhandarkars Madamji
Kabirs Divine Lovers
(Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan & Ajay Devgn have no releases this year)
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Potboiler pack
H
E looks more like her

devar than lover but
then a potboiler pack like Tevar can
always do with mass
market diva Sonakshi Sinha playing heroine. So, Arjun
Kapoor grins and bears that cinematic hiccup in yet another rehash
of southern excesses.
For Arjun, it is important janta loves
whatever he is upto in this film. Papa
Boney Kapoor has liberally spread the
masala in Tevar, Arjuns first real launch
as a commercial hero. He turns Superman, he declares being Salman ka fan.
Normally it doesnt take much more
nowadays to be a Bollywood star.
So moving on from being an intelligent
GenNow actor, Arjun is out showcasing
mojo as a complete package. He dances,
Vinayak
Chakravorty
by
Tevar
Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha,
Manoj Bajpayee, Rajesh Sharma
Direction: Amit Sharma
fights, hams his lungs out dishing out

seeti-savvy dialogues (in Bollywood they
often call it acting) and goes all out with
the mush / melodrama quota.
If proving Arjuns skills as a saleable
commodity was the sole intention, Tevar
scores full marks.
The flipside is that bit comes in the
SCRIPT
MUSIC
Perfect
Excellent
way of the films creativity. There is

nothing original about Tevar. Like most
biggies looking for convenient big bucks,
Boney and his debutant director Amit
Sharma have remade a south Indian
flick. Tevar lifts from the 2003 Telugu hit
Okkadu. Most sequences are retained
frame for frame, only changing locations
and character names.
An authorbacked role casts Arjun as
budding kabaddi player Pintoo Shukla.
He comes across Radhika (Sonakshi
Sinha) and the girl, it turns out, is being
hounded by a goon-politician Gajender
(Manoj Bajpayee), obsessed with marrying her. It is upto Pintoo to play protector
to Radhika who will, of course, fall in love
with him.
That brief synopsis would have
been obvious if you have seen
the trailer and, trust me, there
is nothing more to the film. The
narrative tries adding drama
DIRECTION
ACTING
IMPACT ON TARGET VIEWERS
Good
Standard action drama

STRICTLY, no one gets taken
this time at least, not in the
sense it might be integral to
the plot. They retained the
name obviously because there
was franchise brand power to
be tapped. Plus, any film starring Liam Neeson with a gun
has perhaps become synonymous with the word Taken.
Taken 3 is a plain action thriller that avoids the brainteaser trappings of the first two films. Rather, the focus this time
is on serving standard action
and letting Neeson bask in an
authorbacked role that has
come to define his stardom.
If you have seen the films of
Olivier Megaton (Colombiana,
Transporter 3 or Taken 2, to
name a recent few), you know
the directors primary focus is
always sleek violence mixed
with melodrama. Script is sec-
on Ford played a man on the

run after being framed for his
Taken 3
wifes murder in The Fugitive.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Forest
Over two decades, the idea has
Whitaker, Maggie Grace,
been recycled by way of severFamke Janssen, Dougray Scott al crime dramas in Hollywood
and beyond. Taken 3 merely
Direction: Olivier Megaton
adds a franchise stamp to it.
The sequel is touted as the
final of this series, so the least
you would expect is an original
ondary. Taken 3 never shifts
story. Funny, even the action
from that norm as it sets up a
sequences repeat mostly all
story familiar to sundry Hollythat worked in the first two
wood action thrillers before.
films. Taken 3 takes its viewers
This time, Neeson as former
for granted, knowing fans of
covert operative Bryan Mills
has to fend for himself. He is re- the series will come anyway. It
conciled with wife Lenny (Fam- is all about selling the tickets,
what else.
ke Janssen) but she is soon
Vinayak Chakravorty
found brutally killed. Evidence
points at Bryan.
Story ideas in commercial
SCRIPT
ACTING
DIRECTION
cinema have a way of returning every few years. Its been
IMPACT ON TARGET VIEWERS
over 20 years now that Harris-
when Pintoo and Radhika are on the run

from the goons. But things move towards
a predictable climax and you couldnt
care less if the hero beats the villain in
the end.
Tevar adheres to every clich of the formula film, banking on the trust that the
audience will flock to watch the same setpieces all over again just because the
hero is a fresh option.
On his part, Arjun is diligent in staking
his claim as a mainstream star. He adds
swagger to his already known screen presence, and remains a big draw of the film.
In comparison, Sonakshi has started looking jaded playing these desi girl stereotypes.
Tevar offers nothing new to her. Manoj Bajpayee salvages mundane scenes adding a
shade of the sinister to his bad guy
avatar. He is a treat to watch.
For a film titled Tevar, this one
banks more on hype than attitude
for moolah. Thats ironic.
So-so
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January
10, 2015
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Today,
my
biz
Apex court
quashes
Mittal and
Ruia order
NUMBER OF THE DAY
`6L cr
invested by mutual funds

in debt markets in 2014
QUOTE OF THE DAY
We have invested
heavily in India$30
billion in the last ten
years. Numbers will never
be a constraint. It is going
to be more than the
previous $30 billion if
things remain positive
12 FDI applications,
including that of Ratnakar
Bank to raise foreign equity
limit to 74%, entailing a total
investment of `1,827.24 crore have been cleared.
The `10,000-crore capital raising proposal of
HDFC Bank has been referred to the CCEA
ANIL AGARWAL, CHAIRMAN, VEDANTA RESOURCES
Infosys sticks to its

full-year sales target

in New Delhi
REUTERS
Spectrum case relates

to NDA rule in 2002
The CBI had not named the
two as accused but the special
court on March 19, 2013, summoned them saying these
executives were in control of
the respective companies.
The special magistrate has
taken shelter under a so-called
legal principle which has
turned out to be incorrect in
law. He has not recorded his
satisfaction by mentioning the
role played by the appellants
which would bring them within
criminal net, the SC said. The
trial court had said that the
duo used to chair Board meetings and were/are prima facie
in control of affairs of the
respective companies and they
are/were alter ego of their
respective companies and
hence criminal acts of firms
can be imputed to them also.
Attrition fell in absolute terms

to 8,900 in Q3 from 10,100 in Q2
By Mail Today Bureau in Bangalore
NFOSYS reported 13-per cent rise in

third-quarter net profit at `3,250
crore on Friday as against `2,875
crore in the year-ago period on higher
volume and improved utilisation
rates. The scrip rose almost seven per
cent after the countrys second-largest software exporter surprised investors by sticking to its full-year sales target.
Infosys expects sales growth of seven to nine per

Infosys CEO and MD Vishal Sikka speaks during the announcement of
cent for the fiscal ending in March 2015 in constant
third-quarter results in Bangalore on Friday.
currency terms and based on exchange rates for
the September quarter. Chief executive officer and
WE ARE EXCITED BY SEVERAL BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS IN Q3. OUR RENEW
managing director Vishal Sikka was brought in last
year to chart a new strategy. He is the first outsider
AND NEWSTRATEGY IS BEING RECEIVED WELL BY OUR CLIENTS AND OUR
to occupy the position.
ECOSYSTEM AND WE ARE ALREADY SEEING ITS EARLYADOPTION
The city-headquartered firms consolidated revenues in October-December quarter rose 5.9 per cent
VISHAL SIKKA, CEO & MD, INFOSYS
to `13,796 crore from `13,026 crore in the year-ago
period, the company said. Sikka said that based on its
strong performance, the company
is intensifying efforts to deepen per cent to $2.21 billion in the
employee engagement and client third quarter. Infosys added
ecosystem. Net profit was higher 13,154 employees (gross) during
4.9 per cent from `3,096 crore in the quarter taking its total headJuly-September 2014 quarter count to 1,69,638 people at the
while revenue grew 3.4 per cent end of December 2014. Infosys
from `13,342 crore in the second and its subsidiaries added 59
clients (gross) during the quarter.
quarter of fiscal 2014-15.
Analysts said that the rate at
Our
sequential
revenue
growth in Q3 was adversely which Infosys is adding new
impacted to the extent of 1.8 per clients means the company
cent due to US dollar apprecia- should hit the sales growth target
tion against other major curren- for FY15. It was quite a positive
cies, chief financial officer Rajiv quarter for the company in what
is traditionally a lull ... That
Bansal said. He added that the
really tells us that the
company made required
deal pipeline is strong.
In
investment keeping in
That was quite a surmind short-term pridollar terms,
prise, said Ankita
orities and long-term
Infosys
posted
Somani, tech anaaspirations.
MSFL
In dollar terms, 12.7% rise in net profit lyst,
Research.
revenue was up 5.6
to $522 million
BHARTI Cellular chairman and

managing director Sunil Bharti
Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia got a major
relief from the Supreme Court
(SC) on Friday as it set aside a
lower court order summoning
them as accused in a case
related to allocation of additional spectrum during the
National Democratic Alliance
rule in 2002.
A three-Judge Bench headed
by Chief Justice of India H.L.
Dattu said that special Judge
O.P. Saini applied the wrong
legal principle while summoning the duo. However, the SC
gave the liberty to Saini to summon them at any stage if material on record is found.
INFOSYS
Consolidated
Revenues
Gross profit
Operating profit
PBT
Net profit
EPS (in`)
Q3 2014-15 in `cr
Growth
Dec 31
2013
13,026
4,705
3,259
3,990
2,875
25.16
2014
13,796
5,334
3,689
4,529
3,250
28.44
%
5.91
13.37
13.19
13.51
13.04
Govt allows dual use of non-processing areas in SEZs

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hospitals and hotels which can be
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to attract more investment in these
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tax benefits already availed of for creation
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by the developer in full, without interest,
the notification added.
It was a long-pending demand of the
industry that the government permit use
of social or commercial infrastructure for
people outside such zones. The move will
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For housing purposes, the developer
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Open and circulation areas should not be
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SC allows Sahara to raise loan for Roys bail

By Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi
THE Sahara Groups persistent efforts to
raise `10,000 crore for securing bail for its
incarcerated chairman Subrata Roy got a
shot in the arm on Friday with the Supreme
Court (SC) allowing it to go ahead with
its proposed transactions for a loan of
around $1,050 million from abroad.
However, the apex court put conditions, including the Reserve Bank of
Indias (RBI) approval for transfer of
funds raised in the US to India to
meet the requirement set for release
of Roy, who is in Tihar jail for more
than nine months for non-refund of
over `20,000 crore with interest to
depositors. The SC,
which had asked Roy
to pay `10,000 crore
to get bail, out of which `5,000 crore should

be paid in cash and rest in bank guarantee,
extended its August 1 order for conference
facility for him in the jail to deal with the
nitty-gritty of transactions till February 20.
A Bench headed by Justice T.S. Thakur
passed the order after the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, who is
amicus curiae, agreed with the plea of
Sahara that there is no risk for the
court in allowing the transaction for the
loan. In the circumstances and keeping in view the submissions of counsel
for Sebi and amicus curiae and other
safeguards, there is no reason why we do
not allow the prayers, the Bench
said while making it clear that
permission for transaction of loans would be

subject to certain conditions.
The Bench said that Sahara will move the
RBI at appropriate level or before its competent authority and make representation for
clarification for bringing the amount arranged
in the US and deposit it in the account of
Aamby Valley Limited, Mauritius, a fully
owned subsidiary of Sahara Indias Aamby
Valley Limited. Further, the Bench said that
the entire loan amount generated from the
US shall be deposited with Aamby Valley Limited, Mauritius, and not utilised or transferred
by the Indian subsidiary for any other purpose
except for being deposited with Sebi in the
Sebi-Sahara refund account. Thirdly, Sahara
will not be free to claim any equity on the
amount raised as loan from overseas and
deposited with Aamby Valley Limited, Mauritius, for the purpose of bailing out Roy.
Sahara chairman
Subrata Roy.
Power secretary reckons that coal mine

auctions will galvanise activity in the sector
Goyal & Sinha adamant

on 24X7 power supply
in New Delhi
Coal and power

minister Piyush
Goyal (right) with
power secretary
P.K. Sinha.
ELECTRICITY ACTAMENDMENTS
Sinha said that amendments to

the Electricity Act, 2013, will provide a robust platform for delivery in the future. The Bill has
been introduced in Parliament
and referred to the standing
committee. It is extremely consumer friendly. It will enable
competition in distribution. You
will get a choice of your own electricity supplier, which will result
in market-determined tariff.
cultural users. It also strengthAn important new facet which
ens the feeder and distribution
is being introduced is the renewsystems, opens up mini and
able generation obligation is that
micro grids and launches meterevery coal-based power plant has
ing in rural areas. Sinha said,
to mandatorily set up a 10-per
We are now preparing statecent renewable generation plant.
specific action plans and have
On the rural side, the governalready tied up with Rajasthan
ment has already launched the
and Andhra Pradesh. On the
`43,000 crore backed Deenurban side, we have inidayal Upadhyaya Gram
tiated the Integrated
Jyoti Yojana, which
Power Development
Incentives for
makes a distinction
which
between non-agrirenewable energy Scheme,
cultural and agri- will be one of the focus pushes for IT
enablement on
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On the urban side, we

have initiated the Integrated Power Development
Scheme, which pushes for
IT enablement on both
the transmission and
distribution side
It (coal mine auctions)

will lead to competition
and increase efficiency
in mining thereby
raising not just
output,but also
availability
P.K. SINHA, POWER SECRETARY

both the transmission and distribution side.
LikeGoyal, Sinha reckons that
coal auctions will galvanise activity in the what had become a litigious and dormant sector. It will
lead to competition and increase
efficiency in mining thereby raising not just output, but availability. Most big private power developers are preparing their bids
and have shown tremendous
interest. We are following a
reverse auction methodology and
for starters will be putting up
already-producing and near-toproduction mines so that there is

a seamless transfer to the new
players. The bigger problem is to
effectively deal with stranded
assetsboth coal and gas fired.
We have initiated a gas pooling
proposal, but this has been in the
works for long and as long as
availability of domestic gas is
zero; it is a struggle. With the
pooling policy we hope to pool it
with LNG and provide it to end
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Achieving the milestone is a

tall order given Indias recent
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conversation with M AIL
TODAY on Friday, Sinha outlined the programmes on
both the rural and urban
side. It is clear that incentives
for renewable energy will be
one of the focus areas in the
forthcoming Budget.
ONGC & Oil

may not
have to pay
fuel subsidy
this fiscal
THE government is likely to
exempt Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited
(Oil) from payment of fuel subsidy
during the rest of this fiscal due to
the steep decline in global oil
rates to around $50 per barrel.
Upstream producers ONGC and
Oil made good nearly half of the
revenue loss, or under-recoveries, that fuel retailers incurred on
selling cooking fuel and diesel
until recently at governmentcontrolled rates. This subsidy
contribution was by way of discount on crude oil they sold to
downstream firms and it was
capped at $56 per barrel in 2013.
But with global oil prices tumbling to its lowest level since April
2009, the continuation of the subsidy-sharing formula would mean
that ONGC will not just have to sell
crude oil to refiners like Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) for free but also
pay another $6 per barrel from its
pocket. In such a scenario, the
government is considering
exempting ONGC and Oil from payment of subsidy during reminder
of the current fiscal, sources privy
to the development said.
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated on Thursday that the
government is reworking the
subsidy-sharing formula. Sources
said that the subsidy burden on
Steep decline in global

oil rates is main reason
SHRAM Shakti Bhawan is

a beehive these days
buzzing with activity in
the power ministry. After
resolving the coal strike
and kick-starting the coal
auction process, the power
ministry wants to achieve
its mission of 24x7 power
for both urban agglomerates and rural Bharat.
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upstream oil companies has

increased from `32,000 crore, or
30 per cent of the total underrecovery in 2008-09, to `67,021
crore (48 per cent of the total
under-recovery) in 2013-14. In
2013-14, ONGC paid a record
`56,384-crore subsidy. This has
significantly constrained the
capacity of these companies to
increase their exploration efforts
in difficult areas thereby
adversely affecting the domestic
oil production.
Under-recoveries during current
fiscal are pegged at around
`73,000 crore. Of this, about `51,000
crore has already been accounted
for in first half, when ONGC paid
`26,841-crore subsidy, Oil `4,085
crore and Gail (India) `1,000 crore.
The government provided cash
subsidy to cover the rest of it. For
the remainder of the fiscal,
another `21,000-`22,000 crore of
under-recoveries are estimated,
which can easily be met by government subsidy from budget and
sparing ONGC, they said.
Sources said that the oil ministry is of the view that unless sufficient funds are available for
increased oil recovery and
enhanced oil recovery schemes
from the ageing oil fields, the
country may notionally lose
more than 70 million tonnes of
indigenous crude oil production
during next 10 years. This may
increase the import bill by
`3,33,000 crore. However, if this
crude is produced indigenously,
it will cost only `112,000 crore
resulting in a substantial saving of
`2,21,000 crore.
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AUSTRALIA GO
FOR THE KILL
Hosts smash 213 in 34

overs in final session to be
ahead by 348 after Day 4
SCOREBOARD
Australia 1st innings
572/7 dec
INDIA 1ST INNINGS

Overnight
342/5
Batsman Dismissal
R B
Kohli
c Rogers b Harris
147 230
Saha
c Smith b Hazlewood 35 96
Ashwin
c Haddin b Starc
50 111
B Kumar c Watson b Lyon
30 75
Shami
not out
16 26
Yadav
c Haddin b Harris
4 9
Extras: (b-4, lb-7, w-1, nb-5)
17
Total: (all out; 162 overs)
475
Fall of wicket: 1-0, 2-97, 3-238, 4-292,
5-292, 6-352, 7-383, 8-448, 9-456
AUSTRALIA BOWLING
Bowler
Starc
Harris
Hazlewood
Lyon
Watson
Smith
O
32
31
29
46
20
4
M
7
7
8
11
4
0
R
106
96
64
123
58
17
W
3
2
1
2
2
0
AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS

Batsman
Rogers
Warner
Watson
Smith
Marsh
Burns
Haddin
Harris
Dismissal
c Raina b B Kumar
c Vijay b Ashwin
b Ashwin
lbw b Shami
c Vijay b Ashwin
c Yadav b Ashwin
batting
batting
R
56
4
16
71
1
66
31
0
B
77
5
17
70
4
39
30
0
Extras: (b-2, lb-2, nb-2)

6
Total: (6 wickets; 40 overs)
251
Fall of wicket: 1-6, 2-46, 3-126, 4-139, 5-165,
6-251
INDIA BOWLING
Bowler
O
M
R
B Kumar
8
0
46
Ashwin
19
2
105
Shami
6
0
33
Yadav
3
0
45
Raina
4
0
18
At stumps on Day 4
W
1
4
1
0
0
TV times
Australia vs India, 4th Test,
Live from Sydney,
on STAR Sports 1 & 3 from
4:50 am
by AJAY NAIDU
IN SYDNEY
RUST the Indians to dig a big

hole for themselves, though
Australia also deserve some
credit for their help. After
seemingly tottering towards a
dull draw till tea on the fourth
day, the final Test suddenly came alive
as the Australian batsmen preyed on
the hapless Indian bowling in the final
session.
That Australia scored no less than 213 runs in

a mere 34 overs is a commentary on their own
application and the sad state of the Indian
bowling. They ended the day on 251/6, leading
by 348 runs.
Test cricket is all about winning crucial sessions
and, once the Australians turned
chase which, would be on the
on the heat, the Indians lost their
lines of their unsuccessful
way under lights at the SCG.
chase in Adelaide.
Steve Smiths 71 off 70 was
Easier said than done, because
only to be expected, but the
Nathan
Lyon will be a big factor
man who turned out to be the
on a pitch where R. Ashwin
unexpected hero with the bat
turned the ball appreciably to
was Joe Burns, playing in just
claim four wickets.
his second Test match. The 25Joe Burns hit the ball unbeyear old Burns set the stands
lievably there out of the rough,
on fire, launching a pleasingly
Smith told Channel Nine.
brutal attack to the delight
To [be] 348 in front,
of the 19,000-plus specits a good day. I was
tators.
Indian
hoping
for
just
Joining forces with
above 300.
the
experienced
bowlers conNo
side
has
Brad
Haddin,
tinue
to
bleed
chased down a tarBurns smashed the
get of over 300 in a
ball all over the
runs as Rogers,
Test at the SCG,
park. Indian skipSmith and Burns and Smiths comper Virat Kohli had
ment indicated an
as many as six men
score half-cen- overnight
declarapatrolling
the
tion was on the
turies
boundary, yet there
cards.
was no stopping Burns
Ashwin admitted that
and Haddin who, between
Australia were on top, but
them, smashed 10 blazing fours
the contest was not over.
and five towering sixes.
We definitely leaked a lot
Burns seemed to take special
more runs than we would have
fancy to Umesh Yadav, skinning
liked, he said. They played a
him raw to collect 45 runs from
few good shots. Definitely the
his three overs. By the time
game could have been different.
Burns left the ground to a huge
The way we applied pressure,
applause, he had scored 66 runs
the way the ball was spinning,
off a mere 39 balls, smashing
the way it was coming out
eight fours and three sixes.
for me, it could have been a lot
Kohli was left to hope his
different.
team would be up for a run-
THE Indian teams of the past

may have fared worse on foreign soil, but, they have
always had a bowler or two
who stood out amidst the
debacles.
The present Indian Test bowling outfit, on overseas tours, is
the weakest ever. One felt
Bowlers cant
take wickets
or curb runs
Joe Burns plays a lofted shot

during his whirlwind 66 in
Sydney on Friday.
sorry for Virat Kohli and his

predecessor Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, as every captain before
them could rely on at least
one bowler to get a breakthrough or curb the scoring.
Since the departure of Anil
Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and
Zaheer Khan, India is desper-
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Australia captain
Steve Smith topscored with 71 on Day
4 of the fourth Test in
Sydney on Friday.
Brilliant Smith
makes his mark
on record books
By Ajay Naidu in Sydney
AUSTRALIA captain Steve
Smith continued his magical
form with the bat to reach a
beautiful cricketing crescendo
at the SCG on Friday.
The 25-year old, who scored 71
in the second innings, eclipsed
Sir Donald Bradmans 65-yearold record of 715 runs in an
India-Australia series. Smith
accumulated 769 runs in the
series at an average of 128.16
runs, scoring hundreds in the
first innings of all four Tests.
Only four other Australians
have ever hit a century in four
straight matches Jack Fingleton, Neil Harvey, Matthew
Hayden and Bradman.
Amazingly, Hayden and Bradman completed the feat twice,
while Bradman also holds the
overall record after hitting six
hundreds in as many matches
from January 1937 to July 1938.
Only England captain Alastair
Cook made a better start to his
captaincy career, making a ton
in each of his first five Tests as
skipper.
Indeed captaincy is not everybodys cup of tea. History is full
of instances when a good batsman struggles to get runs when
weighed down by the burden of
captaincy.
However, much like Virat
Kohli who has made 646 runs
from the series and can add

some more on the final day
responsibility seems to be
bringing out the best in him.
Smith clearly has taken his
batting to another level on moving from number five to number
four. Now, there are chances he
may shift to number three, a
position held proudly by the
great Ricky Ponting.
Heading into this series, Smith
had made four Test centuries
from 22 Tests. And, in a matter
of five weeks he has doubled
that total, and in the process
has taken his average beyond 50
from a fairly average 40.39.
Now that Smith is finished
wielding the willow in the series,
he needs to tick a box in terms
of his captaincy. Smith was
heavily criticised for being
overly defensive in Melbourne.
He will, hopefully, correct that
with a good declaration on the
final day.
The shadow of Australias conservative declaration in the Melbourne Boxing Day Test hangs
over Smith in his debut series as
captain.
Smith set India 384 to win in
70 overs in Melbourne and it
simply wasnt enough time as
the Indians held on for a draw
on a lifeless pitch, scoring 174/6.
This time the series result is
not on the line and history is on
Smiths side.
Most runs in four-Test series

Batsman
S. Smith
J. Kallis
R. Ponting
G. Headley
For
Aus
SA
Aus
WI
Against
India
WI
Ind
Eng
Season
2014-15
2003-04
2003-04
1929-30
Matches
4
4
4
4
Runs
769
712
706
703
Compiled by Manoj Kumar
THIS IS WORST EVER INDIAN

BOWLING ATTACK OVERSEAS
ately trying to find worthy
successors. The selectors have
given nearly every domestic
performer a chance. Some
have done well in patches and
been classified as good
prospects.
Once Ishant Sharma was
declared unfit for the Sydney
Test (it seems to be the case
with him on every tour), India
was in for a leather hunt.
The selection for the Test left
a lot to be desired, as on the
slowest wicket in Australia,
they went in with only one
frontline spinner.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the
bright spark of Indian bowling
in England, was a tourist till
the last Test and then looked
like a military medium pacer
by Yajurvindra
Singh
CLOSE-IN
in Sydney. He seemed to have
lost his rhythm and is whipping
his wrist hoping for some
extra pace. In doing so, he has
lost his most potent weapon,
swing.
The pace of Umesh Yadav and
Varun Aaron may cross the
140+kmph mark, but they cannot bowl to their fields. They
seem more concerned about
bowling fast rather than
acquiring the skills and guile
to outfox a batsman.
One-day and Twenty20
cricket has spoilt the Indian
bowlers. The four and 10-over
limit has made them used to
short spells, and hoping
adventurous strokes will get
them wickets.
They lack patience, consistency, planning and the will to
bowl long spells. Todays
Indian spinners bowl flat and
depend on the wicket for turn
and purchase.
India needs to hunt for
youngsters who could be
groomed to bowl the old-fashioned way or else they will
remain just a good limitedovers side.
(The writer is a
former Test cricketer)
Mohammed Shami has

been Indias most
successful bowler in
this series with 15
wickets but his
economy rate is 4.24.
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under huge tax
demand, but is
hopeful of
winning all
appeals
Service tax
woes for BCCI
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali
in New Delhi
HE Supreme Court of
India on Wednesday delivered a crisp, 81-word
order on service tax that
might have far-reaching
impact on the finances of
the Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI).
While upholding a judgement of the

Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai, in a service
tax matter involving video graphing of
matches by the BCCI, the two-member
bench, comprising chief justice H.L.
Dattu, said that it has no reason to interfere in these matters.
The BCCI was levied service tax on
income generated from the production
and sale of live feeds of matches, played
between 2006 and 2010, and the tax
amount was around `18 crore.
The BCCI-service tax department tussle involves hundreds of crores of rupees.
And going by the Supreme Court order,
the signs for the worlds richest cricket
Board are ominous.
Between financial years 2004-05 and
2012-13, the BCCI received many show
cause-cum-demand notices, amounting
to `536.13 crore, on the income it generIncome from television
ates from various sources.
production, besides many
This includes media rights, sponsorship,
other sources, has also
team jersey logo money, royalty, IPL franbeen taxed.
chisee services, franchisee licensing
income, franchisee share
transfer fee, players fees,
tember 2004-May 2009 and
based on the stay order
performance bonus, IPL
`2.88 crore for period June
received from CESTAT.
free commercial income
2009-March 2010.
The BCCI strongly feels
time, production cost of
After adding more tax
that the service tax is not
IPL, and web sponsorship
demands in subsequent
justified as it is not a
income etc.
years, till 2012, and includprofit-making body. As per
A top BCCI official, howing penalties, the total
the professional advice it
ever, put up a brave face
has received, the Board is
comes to `38.52 crore.
after the Supreme Court
hopeful that whatever
order. It was a specific
taxes it has paid are good
order about a specific
for recovery.
case. The rest of the pendPlayers,
coaches,
ing cases are going to be
umpires, referees, mantreated on merit, on caseagers, commentators and
to-case basis, the official
team
support
staff,
told M AIL T ODAY . Decibesides recognised sports
sions on all pending cases
bodies, were earlier not
will obviously take time.
under the purview of the
The BCCI has received
service tax.
many show cause-cumBut the Finance Bill 2012
demand notices from the
introduced service tax on
service tax department in
The BCCI has filed
all services except those
10 years, starting 2004 (see
appeals before CESTAT
specified in the negative
box).
in all these cases.
list prepared by the
During the financial year
During 2013-14, the
finance ministry. Players
2011-12, the CommisBoard paid an additional
and coaches etc. are not
sioner of Service Tax
`10.35 crore towards prepart of the negative list
issued a demand of `9.41
deposit of `50 lakh of the
anymore.
crore for the period Sepdemand of `38.52 crore,
qaiser.ali@mailtoday.in
Says all money
paid is good for

recovery
DEMAND NOTICES
YEAR
AMOUNT
SOURCES OF INCOME
2004-05
`2.76 crore
Advertising agencies
2005-06
`42.81 crore
Sponsorship money, logo money,

royalty income, & media rights, besides
intellectual property services
2006-07
`39.21 crore
Royalty income, media rights,

intellectual property services etc.
2007-08
`80.51 crore
Royalty income, media rights,

intellectual property services etc.
2008-09
`92.78 crore
IPL franchisee services/licensing income/

share transfer fee, franchise pouring
rights, besides media rights etc.
2009-10
`123.48 crore
Web sponsorship income and IPL free

commercial income time, besides
other services
2010-11
`108.24 crore
Production cost of IPL, IPL franchisee

licensing income, apart from media
rights income etc.
2011-12
`39.84 crore
Minimum guarantee royalty income and

performance bonus, media rights
income and IPL franchisee services
2012-13
`6.5 crore
Minimum guarantee royalty income and

performance bonus, media rights
income and IPL franchisee services
Total: ` 536.13 crore

Note: In its balance sheet for 2013-14, the BCCI has accounted for `121.07 crore
as Service Tax Input Credit received from third parties, and disclosed it as
receivable.
Still no sign of BCCI AGM notice

THE BCCI had not issued notice for the nately delayed.
thrice-postponed AGM till Friday evening
It has been learnt that the official thinkand now only one day is left for it to meet ing in the BCCI is that the AGM date would
the January 31 deadline as a 21-day be announced by the court. As per BCCI
notice is required to convene the meet- constitution, it is the prerogative of the
ing as per its constitution.
Boards working committee to fix the
January 31 is the date by which the date of the AGM.
Supreme Court, hearing the 2013 IPL betThe real reason for postponing the
ting- fixing case, has agreed to defer the meeting, say some officials, is that BCCIs
AGM, upon a request from BCCIs senior sidelined president N. Srinivasan wants
counsel.
to contest for a second term, but he
cant contest at present as the
The meeting has been being
court has asked him to keep
delayed as the BCCI is waiting
Now
away from the Board till the
for the judgment. But since
only one day
case is not disposed of.
the judgement has not come
so far neither is it listed to
Some officials feel the
is left to meet
be delivered on Monday,
AGM notice can still be cir21-day stipulation
the next working day the
culated by an email on Satfor convening AGM
AGM too has been inordiurday.
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Bengaluru FC to face Dempo in

Federation Cup title clash
IPTL to get
Mahesh Bhupathi, founder and
managing director of IPTL
BIGGER
Bhupathi hints at
increased number of
teams in next edition
By S. Kannan in Chennai
AHESH Bhupathi is
dead sure the International Premier Tennis
League (IPTL) will
grow further in stature
and size when the second edition is held at the end of 2015.
Speaking to MAIL TODAY on Friday, the player-turned entrepreGoing by what Mahesh has to
neur felt there was scope for all
say, there is every chance in the
formats of tennis to co-exist and
next format players like Roger
the growth of the IPTL would
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Pete
happen. We had four teams in
Sampras, Andre Agassi and Serthe first edition and as I see it,
ena Williams could be playing for
we can surely add one more frandifferent teams in 2015. Its for
chisee, said Mahesh, managing
the team owners to decide who
director of the IPTL.
they want and can buy, added
Mixing his professional comMahesh.
mitments on the circuit with
The recent incidents of terror
running business is nothing new
in Asia and Europe are worrying
for Mahesh. In 2003, when he had
for tennis players. Most of the
set up Globosport, the tall man
players from the Unites States of
had brought top class womens
America and Europe dont travel
tennis to India in the form of
as far as India. Roger had four
WTA Tour events, which saw legpersonal security guards with
ends like Martina Navratilova
him, so we know what security
and Martina Hingis play in
concerns are, stressed
Kolkata and Hyderabad.
Mahesh.
After that, he also
Sania Mirza and
brought an ATP
Rohan Bopanna were
Strong
event to Mumbai
the only two Indians
possibility of
with Kingfisher as
to play in the inaua franchise from
the title sponsor.
gural edition of the
Times
have
Indonesia in the
IPTL. Their team,
changed. Today
Micromax Indian
2015 tournament.
Mahesh realises
Aces,
emerged
Player draft will
daily life encomchampions
in
be held in Dubai
passes his own tenDubai.
nis, family commitSo everything is
on March 1
ments and how the
going to boil down to
IPTL can be built.
the player draft in March
Asked why he chose New
where business people with
Delhi as a venue and not Mumthe green bags will weigh their
bai, as originally planned,
options. At a time when players
Mahesh was candid.
complain that too much tennis is
We wanted a stadium with
being played in the mens and
good capacity, infrastructure,
womens circuits, the birth of the
and adequate security measures,
IPTL has proved critics wrong.
which the IG Stadium gave us.
The event brings together curThe capacity in Delhi is close to
rent champions, tennis legends
19,000 and thats the biggest
and new talent in Asian cities
indoor arena one can get at
where the crowd response has
home, he said.
been captivating.
Mahesh said players like Pete
s.kannan@mailtoday.in
Sampras are very excited about
the IPTL.
MAHESH Bhupathi says the
He is very keen to play in this
event and its now up to the
Chennai Open is like a rebirth
team owners to see who they
for his tennis career. Out in the
want to pick in the next player
wilderness for nine months,
draft to be held in Dubai on
when he got a wild card to
March 1, said Mahesh.
play with Saketh Myneni in the
He says there is a strong possidoubles event, he was not
bility a franchise from Indonesia
sure how his body would
will be added in March. His
behave.
mantra is very simple. There is
A player like me depends a
money everywhere in the world
lot on rhythm. And thats how
and you have to find it. At the
I could find my bearings so
end of the day for the franchise
holders, the IPTL is business,
soon in Chennai, said Mahesh,
stressed Mahesh.
NEW START FOR MAHESH AT CHENNAI OPEN

who has secured a place in the
main draw of the Australian
Open with Jurgen Melzer.
To be sure, Maheshs ninemonth break from tennis was
a difficult one where he did
not know if he could come
back and play with the same
passion. I felt very good with
Saketh and after the Aus-
tralian Open he wants to try

and play in the high profile
Dubai Open, he said.
And the multiple Grand Slam
champion is ready to go
through the grind for it.
There is a Challenger event in
New Delhi before Dubai and I
am sure I can pair up with one
of the boys in doubles like
Somdev or Saketh, revealed

Mahesh.
As it stands now, at least till
Wimbledon, Mahesh wants to
try his luck as a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour. This
time around, fitness is not a
worry but how he can get his
full rhythm back by playing
more matches.
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Dwayne Bravo & Kieron

Pollard left out of West
Indies World Cup squad
Sharapova beats Svitolina

in the last-four clash of
Brisbane International
Leander Paes (right) and
Raven Klaasen.
Lee and
Klaasen
enter final
LEANDER Paes and his 99th

doubles partner on the
ATP Tour Raven Klaasen
celebrated their new partnership by outhitting
Spaniards Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-3 in the
Aircel Chennai Open semifinals.
They await the winners
of the second semi-final in
which Purav Raja and Adil
Shamasdin face Yen-Hsun
Lu and Jonathan Murray
on Saturday. The thin
South African lunged for a served consistently, made
reflex backhand volley fewer errors and rode on
winner to confirm their the crowd support. The
one-day rest they get on
passage into the final.
Having been on the pro Saturday is likely to work
circuit for 24 years, Paes in their favour.
As the Indian ace
has nurtured several partners. But the way he has stepped off the court with
settled into the groove beads of sweat trickling
down his forehead,
with Klaasen is
he did not look
praiseworthy as
like a man who
the two were
Defeat
will turn 42 in
not even sure
Garcia-Lopez
June.
of playing in
and Busta in
Its about
Chennai.
my
work
Paes
and
straight sets
ethic and
Klaasen
Players like Novak

Djokovic, Roger
Federer (left) and Sania
Mirza have welcomed
the concept of IPTL.
how much I enjoy the

sport, says Paes.
In doubles, more than
hitting outright winners,
its about a pair gelling
well, developing chemistry and hitting the right
angles to win points.
Asked how he felt going
for his seventh doubles
title at the Chennai Open,
Paes was circumspect.
Numbers dont matter
and I am happy we are
getting the right preparation for the Australian
Open.
By S. Kannan
STAN STAMPS HIS

CLASS ONCE AGAIN
STAN Wawrinkas burst of
brilliance in the last few minutes of the match had the
stadium gasping in admiration as the defending champion outgunned Gilles Muller
6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to set up a semifinal clash with Belgian
David Goffin in the Aircel
Chennai Open on Friday.
The second semi-final pits
Spaniard Roberto Bautista
Agut against hot qualifier
Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia.
Stan The Man, as the
Australian Open champion
has been hyped, was in the
zone at the start but there
was some sluggishness in the
second set.
The Chennai crowd was
backing the underdog and
Muller had his brief moment
of fame under the arc lights.
All of a sudden, like a thunderstorm coming unannounced, Wawrinka burst
into brilliance in the tiebreaker stringing three
points of the highest order.
First, he ran full stretch to his
backhand side and whipped
a full blooded crosscourt
pass which caught Muller
wrong-footed.
Then he rifled a serve at 213
kmph which flummoxed the
left-hander from Luxembourg, and then put the finishing touch with a neat ace.
For all the drama in the second set, when Muller staged
Defending champion Stan Wawrinka

a mini fightback by going a
ley game. He was serving a
break up, Wawrinkas
little bit better than me,
last-burst three shots
the Swiss star said.
changed
everyDavid Goffin got
Beats
thing. Wawrinka
the
better
of
Muller
in
knows the job is
Andreas Haiderunfinished and he
Maurer of Austria
quarter-final.
will have to pull
7-5, 6-2 in his lastTo
face
David
off his next two
eight clash.
Goffin for spot
matches to retain
In the other big
the title here. It
in title clash
quarter-final of the
was a great match
day,
qualifier
and I am happy
Bedene continued to
about winning the
rock and roll on Centre
game. Conditions were
Court as he wore out
rather tricky and it was diffiSpaniard Guillermo Garcia
cult to play Muller, who is
Lopez 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
known for his serve-and- volBy S. Kannan
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