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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013

JKENG/2012/41612 Vol. 2 No: 10

TN Govt makes mandatory CCTVs in public buildings

Hate speech: Akbaruddin Owaisi sent to 14 days of judicial custody

Hina Rabbani Khar, Makhdoom Amin Fahim argue over MFN to India

IN BRIEF
CAT 2012 Results declared after delay
NEW DELHI: The much awaited CAT 2012 results were declared early Wednesday. Over 1.90 lakh students had appeared for the test for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management and other top Bschools. While The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2012 officials had announced contd on page 2

Pak high commissioner summoned; India to take up killings 'very firmly'

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that New Delhi was awaiting a response from Pakistan's civilian government on the gruesome killing of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control. Speaking at a press conference along with visiting Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, Khurshid said that the Pakistani envoy was summoned and spoken to in very strong terms. "We have conveyed the protest," he added. While the Pakistani Army has dismissed the allegations, the country's civilian government has yet to respond to the allegations. Khurshid said non-violation of ceasefire was an integral part of the conventional confidence building measures (CBMs), and added "such actions would adversely impact whatever we have achieved so far in bilateral ties". "The manner in which bodies (of Indian soldiers) were treated is a matter of deep concern... this is completely unacceptable," the minister said. While stating that the Indian government was awaiting "an appropriate response" from the Pakistan government, Khurshid said "we must ensure the situation is not allowed to escalate further". Also today, Indian government summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner Salman Bashir following the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Bashir is currently meeting Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai at South Block where the issue of India soldiers' killing will be brought up. India has summoned the Pakistani High Commissioner to protest the "highly provocative" attack in its territory by Pakistani troops. India has described as "extremely distressing" and "inhuman" the mutilation of bodies of its two soldiers. One of the bodies was found decapitated. The severed head is missing, top army sources said. The second body was also mutilated. Foreign Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid described the attack as "ghastly, inhuman and unacceptable." He said the attack "was extremely short-sighted on their (Pakistan's) part". As the government closely monitored the situation after the attack, Defence Minister AK Antony said the Indian government will convey to Pakistan its protest against the contd on page 2

CONGRESS, BJP CONDEMN KILLING OF INDIAN SOLDIERS

NEW DELHI: The Congress and the BJP Wednesday strongly condemned the ceasefire violation and the killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops, saying the incident will have an impact on bilateral ties. The Congress raised doubts over Pakistan's stated intention to have good relations with India following the brutal killing of two Indian soldier by Pakistani troops. Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said, "The way they have beheaded our soldiers is brutal and barbaric. We want good relationship with our neighbour but whether Pakistan wants peaceful relationship is doubtful." He told Pakistan should not test India's patience. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that talks with Pakistan should be called off while Congress said that Pakistan contd on page 2

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas being celebrated today

NEW DELHI: The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being celebrated today to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of the country. It was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa to lead the freedom struggle. The annual Pravasi Bharatiya contd on page 2

JMM-Congress meet Rail Minister announces big to stitch new alliance hike in railway fares in Jharkhand 'Will be effective from January 21 midnight'
NEW DELHI: Governor Syed Ahmad is yet to decide on the dissolution of the Jharkhand assembly even as the JMM met Congress leaders to explore the possibility of forming a new government. Outgoing deputy chief minister Hemant Soren and other leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) reached New Delhi Tuesday night to hold talks with Congress leaders, party sources said here Wednesday. "We will discuss the current political situation," said Soren, son of the party chief Shibu Soren. Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned Tuesday after the JMM formally pulled out of the coalition government, reducing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)led ministry into a minority in the 82-member house. The crucial meeting between the JMM and the Congress comes a day after the regional political party pulled out of the 28-month-old BJP-led coalition contd on page 2 NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a hike in railway fares, the first in the last 10 years. The new fares will be effective from midnight of January 21, 2012. Meanwhile, the Railway Minister also clarified that the fares will not be hiked in Railway Budget. Bansal said that he expects to get Rs 6,600 crore from the hike, keeping into account the incremental traffic volume as well. Railway is making all

Indian soldiers killed in 'inhuman' manner: Antony

NEW DELHI, JAN 9: Pakistani troops killed two Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir in an "inhuman" manner, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday. The killings Tuesday were "highly provocative. The way they have treated the body of the Indian soldiers, it is inhuman", Antony told the media here. "We are closely monitoring the situation," he added. The minister said India will "convey its protest" to Pakistan over the brutal killings in the border district of Poonch. "We will convey our protest to the Pakistan government and our DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) will talk to his counterpart in Pakistan," Antony said. Indian officials said Pakistani soldiers, said to be from the Baloch regiment, sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir taking advantage of a thick fog Tuesday and killed the Indian soldiers and wounded a third.

Fare hike in various categories:

Second Class Ordinary Suburban - 2 paise per km Second Class Ordinary Non Suburban - 3 paise per km Second Class Mail Express Trains - 4 paise per km AC chair car - 10 paise per km AC first class - 10 paise done earlier + 3 paise per km AC two tier - 15 paise done earlier + 6 paise per km AC first class executive class - 30 paise done earlier + 10 paise per km
efforts to meet user amenity and safety requirements, added Bansal. According to the sources, the Commission has pitched for setting up of a Rail Tariff Authority which would be entrusted with the responsibility of restructuring the passenger fares as well contd on page 2

Aadhar ID to be accepted for passport application

NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number will now be accepted as proof of address and identity for passport application. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said that it has decided and accordingly advised all Passport Issuing Authorities to accept it as Proof of Address contd on page 2

Environment Min accuses Rail Ministry of indifference

NEW DELHI: Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has accused the Railway Ministry of remaining indifferent to the death of wild animals particularly elephants caused by speeding trains. In a letter to Railway Minister Pawan Bansal, Ms. Natarajan has mentioned that despite repeated pleas, the Railway contd on page 2

India lodges strong protests as Pakistanis mutilate Indian soldiers

NEW DELHI, JAN 9 : India Wednesday lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan after Pakistani troops shot dead and beheaded two of its soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir in a gory replay of the 1999 Kargil killings. The Indian Army said the head of one of the soldiers, Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, was taken away by the intruders dressed in black who officials said could be from the 29 Baloch Regiment. The other dead soldier was identified as Lance Naik Hemraj. In a strongly worded statement, India said the two "were killed ... and their bodies subjected to barbaric and inhuman mutilation".

Pak denies killing, but ready to probe

ISLAMABAD, JAN 9:Pakistan Wednesday denied its troops crossed into Jammu and Kashmir and killed two Indian soldiers but said it was ready to investigate India's claim. "Pakistan strongly rejects the Indian allegation of an attack across the Line of Control (LoC) on its military patrol in which two Indian soldiers were claimed to have been killed. These are baseless and unfounded allegations," the Pakistani foreign ministry said in a statement, according to Xinhua. The ministry said Pakistan was prepared to launch an investigation through the UN Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) on the contd on page 2

PDD realises Rs 613 Cr revenue in Jammu

JAMMU, JAN 09: The Power Development Department, Jammu has registered a revenue collection of Rs. 61373.138 lakhs from the consumers of Jammu Division till ending December 2012 . It was given out in a high level PDD Officers meeting held here yesterday, convened to review the status of power tariff collection besides physical and financial achievements on the ongoing power infrastructure work taken up under flagship programmes and state plan in the region. The Minister of State for Power, CA&PD and Transport, Mr. Shabir Ahmed Khan chaired the meeting. Principal Secretary, Mr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Secretary Technical, Mr. Asgar Ali Majaz, Power Development Commissioner, Mr. M.A Salroo, Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers besides other senior officers of various wings of the department attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that 32187 new connections have been registered in the region during last eight month of current fiscal taking the total number to 641278, while 1340.830 MW electricity is being provided to the consumers of the division this year against last year's load of 1064.037 MWs. It was also informed that the department checking squads have made 29131 inspections across the division to check illegal connection and power pilferage and imposed a fine of Rs. 711.807 lakhs against which Rs. 506.412 lacs have been recovered contd on page 2

Security along the LOC stepped up

JAMMU,JAN 9: Security along the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir has been tightened. Tributes were paid on Wednesday to the two soldiers who were brutally killed by Pakistan in contd on page 2

Mutilation of soldiers unacceptable in civilised society: Omar

JAMMU,JAN 9: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed killing of two Indian soldiers at Line of Control by Pakistani troops as "unacceptable" and said it was an attempt to derail the dialogue process between the two countries. In the micro-blogging site Twitter, Omar said the report of mutilating of Indian troops was "unacceptable in any civilised society". "Violation of the contd on page 2 probe the killings, which it said violated "all norms of

Moderate faction of Hurriyat slams Omar

JAMMU,JAN 9: Moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference today hit back at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah saying he was not in a position to play any role in resumption of dialogue between the separatists and the Centre for addressing Kashmir problem. "The repeated calls of Omar Abdullah for dialogue with New Delhi is nothing but traditional politics. He (Omar) is neither in a position to play any role in restoration of stalled contd on page 2 international conduct". It was contd on page 2

Penguins, jaguar for Mumbai zoo

MUMBAI: Visitors will now be able to see the Humboldt penguin, jaguar and zebra right in the Mumbai zoo.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) plan to revamp the Jijamata Udyan at Byculla in south Mumbai has received a nod from the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA). "After the revamp, the zoo will exhibit 18 Indian animals like hyena, jackal, contd on page 2

UP village mourns army martyr

LUCKNOW,JAN 9: A pall of gloom descended on a village in Mathura Wednesday as the family of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistanicontd on page 2 New Delhi asked Islamabad to immediately

'Armed struggle to revive in Kashmir in 2014'

SRINAGAR,JAN 9: Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin have reportedly stated that jihad (armed militancy) would revive in Kashmir next year. News magazine Tehelka reported on Wednesday that a delegation of Kashmiri separatists, while visiting Pakistan last month, had also Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin. The duo, contd on page 2

'Global warming has stalled since 1998'

LONDON: Global warming has stalled since 1998, and in the next few years Earth's temperature will not rise as rapidly as feared, UK Met officials have claimed. Over the next five years temperatures will be 0.43 degrees above the 1971-2000 average, instead of the previously forecast 0.54 degrees, a 20 per cent reduction, the Met office in UK has confirmed. This rise would be only slightly higher than the 0.4degree rise recorded in 1998, an increase which is itself attributed by forecasters to an exceptional weather phenomenon, the 'Daily Mail' reported. With all but 0.03 degrees of the increase having occurred by 1998, it means that no further significant increases to the planet's temperature are expected over the next few years. The figures have been seized on by sceptics of manmade climate change, who claim that global warming has flatlined despite a large rise in greenhouse emissions in recent decades. "That the global temperature standstill could continue to at least 2017 would mean a 20-year period of no statistically significant change in global temperatures," Dr David Whitehouse, science adviser to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said. "Such a period of no increase will pose fundamental problems for climate models. If the latest Met Office prediction contd on page 2

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owes an explanation. Congress spokesperson PC Chacko said that the step of Pakistan troops was highly condemnable. "It is highly condemnable. Pakistan owes an explanation to India," Chacko said. He said that this was not the first action of ceasefire violation by Pakistan and "will definitely spoil the relationship". Chacko said the incident had come at a time when effort was being made to improve bilateral ties. BJP spokesperson Tarun Vijay said government should "stop all talks with Pakistan". He said the incident has exposed the "nefarious designs" of Pakistan". "It is a slap on foolishly over-enthusiastic South Block's 'mohabbat talks'. Pakistan has proved that it is taking India for granted and this is the reply we received after giving visa to Javed Miandad," Vijay said. "We must stop all talks with Pakistan till it comes to terms with India and UPA (United Progressive Alliance) be better reminded that unless they revive spirit of surrender of Pakistan forces in East Pakistan in 1971, this terror state is not going to listen to saner voices," he added. Pakistani troops intruded into Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday and killed two Indian soldiers by slitting their throats. ment. Reacting to the Chief Minister's comments that Hurriyat is not sincere in addressing Kashmir issue, the separatist amalgam said it was never against meaningful dialogue nor afraid of taking a seat on the table because "our case is very powerful and our stand is very clear that the issue of Kashmir will be resolved only by implementing the UN Resolutions or holding tripartite talks involving all the three parties to the issue. "Hurriyat believes in a meaningful dialogue to address Kashmir issue and the visit of Pakistan on the invitation of Islamabad was part of it," it said, adding Hurriyat held several rounds of talks with New Delhi but the "rigidity of India rendered the dialogue futile"."Hurriyat has suggested several measures to make the atmosphere conducive but unfortunately so far no positive reaction came from New Delhi," the statement said. The amalgam said the problems of the people of Kashmir will be addressed only once the issue is resolved in accordance to their wishes and aspirations."The Chief Minister has miserably failed to address the day-to-day problems of the people," the Hurriyat said, adding "It is better if he pays attention to the problems of the people from whom he is seeking votes. "As far as the issue of Kashmir is concerned, it is better to persuade New Delhi to initiate a meaningful dialogue rather than making any comment on the Hurriyat," the statement said.

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CAT 2012...
that the results would be available from midnight, the results were finally declared at around 3 am. However, owing to a server problem, the aspirants could logon to the results page on www.catiim.in only after 4.15 am. Candidates can access their result by registering with their email id and registration number. Of the total of 2,14,068 candidates had registered for this year's test only 1.91 lakh students had taken the test conducted in 61 test centres across 36 cities over a 21-day from October 11 to November 6. While there were no significant changes to the test this year, there has been a positive shift in the candidate pool in terms of gender and social balance as well as work experience. IIM, Kozhikode, and test-conducting agency Prometric partnered for the CAT 2012.

each in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly. The Congress has 13. Jharkhand has seen eight governments in the last 12 years. All eyes are now on Governor Ahmad. He can either decide to act on the outgoing Cabinet's recommendation and dissolve the Assembly or wait for another combine to stake claim.

India test-fires manoeuvrable version of BRAHMOS

VISAKHAPATNAM: Today at 0930 hrs BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile was successfully flight tested from Indian Naval Warship in vertical launch configuration off Vizag coast in the Bay of Bengal to a full range of 290 kms. The missile blasted off in a predesignated war scenario taking a "double-manoeuvre in S-form" hitting the designated target ship just one meter above water line. The sheer velocity and power of hit made the missile rip through the ship's hull. This is the 34th launch of BRAHMOS which just followed the successful October launch from INS Teg in the Arabian Sea. The BRAHMOS missile system was inducted into the Indian Navy in 2005 when it began arming the Rajput-class guided missile destroyers and inducted subsequently in many warships. For Indian Navy, BRAHMOS is the main attack weapon with high-precision, devastating power and supersonic speed without any competitor. BRAHMOS is already inducted into the Indian Army in two regiments and is the mainstay of the artillery. The Indian Army is the only armed force in the world to have land-attack supersonic cruise missile capability. The missile is known for its fastest reaction time from cold stage to launch readiness within few minutes and once the target data is acquired and transmitted to the onboard computer, including expected countermeasures in its path, the most optimal trajectory is given to the commander by the Fire Control system of the weapon complex. Once selected, the missile takes off in the designated path with high accuracy which is constantly updated by the Satellite Navigation System. BRAHMOS is capable of acquiring data not only from the American GPS but also from Russian GLONASS system which ensures double redundancy. In the last stage the seeker takes over and the target is located with accuracy of few meters which guarantees no chances of survival for the target. This has been proved once again today with bull's eye accuracy. Defence Minister Shri A. K. Antony congratulated the Ship commander, Indian Navy and the BrahMos team for this excellent demonstration of capabilities, which has ensured that no adversary can approach Indian waters with wrong intentions.

Rail Minister....
as freight charges. In view of the Commission, this can help Indian Railways generate greater resources for its capital expenditure in coming years. Besides discussing the ways to enhance the resources, the Commission has also asked the Railways to reduce its capital expenditure by infusing more and more private investment into its projects. The top brass also discussed the ways to bring private investment for its projects like freight corridor, high speed trains and other expansions.The Dedicated Freight Corridors on the Western and the Eastern routes is a strategic capacity augmentation initiative taken by Railways and involves construction of 3,338 kms of dedicated freight lines which are estimated to cost Rs 95,860 crore. With implementation of these projects, the average speed of freight trains will go up from 25 kmph to 70 kmph. Besides this Indian Railways has planned to have bullet train corridors having top speed of over 300 km per hour.

Pravasi Bharatiya....
Divas convention, currently underway in Kochi in Kerala, draws to a close this evening. President Pranab Mukherjee will deliver the valedictory address and distribute the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman. The reports said that the Indian diaspora, the second largest in the world after China's, is spread across more than 200 countries with relatively higher concentration in the Middle East, United States, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia and Western Europe. The country receives considerable investments from its diaspora, which indicates the growing economic clout of the overseas Indian community in their adopted homes. According to estimates by the Reserve Bank of India, the country topped the global list of total remittances of 70 billion US dollars last year, outpacing China, which received 66 billion US Dollars.

'Armed struggle....
whom India describes as terror masterminds, told the Kashmiri separatists that armed militancy would revive in the Valley in 2014. "Both Saeed and Salahuddin told us that militancy in Kashmir would escalate after the US-led international troops depart from Afghanistan in 2014," one of the delegates told Tehelka. The meeting between Kashmiri separatists and the terror duo was kept secret. Both the meetings happened separately - one in Lahore, and the other in Islamabad. It may be noted that Hizbul Mujahideen was among the first militant outfits to have started jihad in Kashmir. "Saeed and Salahuddin think that with the US off their back, the militants would be in a position of command in Kashmir after 2014," a Hurriyat delegate said, as quoted by the magazine. "They say India won't bargain sincerely unless armed militancy forces its hands." Salahuddin had last week too said that an armed struggle was the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue. "The Kashmiri people, leadership and the state of Pakistan should prepare themselves for it. Otherwise freedom will remain a distant dream," he told a press conference.

'Global warming....
is correct, then it will prove to be a lesson in humility," Whitehouse said. "Global warming is not 'at a standstill' but does seem to have slowed down since 2000, in comparison to the rapid warming of the world since the 1970s," Dr Richard Allan of the University of Reading said. "In fact, consistent with rising greenhouse gases, heat is continuing to build up beneath the ocean surface," Allan added. He was backed by Bob Ward of the London School of Economics, who said it would be wrong to interpret that warming had stopped. The Met Office said the updated five-year predictions were a result of a new modelling system, which takes into account changes in ocean surface temperatures, and was released as soon as practically possible. It claims the slow-down in temperature rises after a steep increase in the 1990s could be explained by natural variability, changes in solar activity, and the movements of the oceans. "A lot of people were claiming, in the run-up to the Copenhagen 2009 conference, that warming was accelerating and it is all worse than we thought," Professor Myles Allen of the University of Oxford said. "What has happened since then has demonstrated that it is foolish to extrapolate shortterm climate trends," Allen said.

India lodges...
the worst violation of the ceasefire that has mostly held since 2003 on the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Indian leaders made no efforts to hide their disgust. Defence Minister A.K. Antony called the Tuesday killings in the border district of Poonch "highly provocative. The way they have treated the body of the Indian soldiers, it is inhuman". External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the mutilation of the soldiers was "an extremely sensitive matter". Khurshid spoke after Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Salman Bashir and lodged a strong protest. Bashir was "spoken to in very strong terms", Khurshid said. The matter was also taken up by the Director General of Military Operations, Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, with his Pakistani counterpart, Maj Gen Ashfaq Nadeem. They spoke on their hotline. The Tuesday killings appeared to be a repeat of the killings and torture of Indian soldiers by the Pakistani military during the Kargil conflict in Kashmir almost 14 years ago. Pakistan denied its involvement in the latest killings but India refused to buy the argument. "Our troops did not carry out attack. Indians are making counter claims to cover their attack on a Pakistani post (Jan 6)," a Pakistani official said in Islamabad.

Aadhar ID....
and Photo identity. Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority on behalf of the government.

Environment Min....
authorities remain indifferent to the death of elephants caused by speeding trains. Ms. Natarajan had written the letter to the Railway Ministry after six elephants were mowed down by Coromandel Express in Odisha on December 30 and three more deaths by speeding train in West Bengal on January 5.

Security along ...

Mendhar sector of Jammu. Following the attacks, patrolling along the Line of Control has intensified.BSF has been guarding the borders with Pakistan in Jammu while in the higher reaches, both Army and the BSF, carry out patrolling operations.

Penguins, jaguar....
wolf, sloth bear, wild dog, porcupine, mouse deer, common otter, Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, leopard cat, jungle cat and five exotic species like emu, hippopotamus, jaguar, zebra and Humboldt penguin," a BMC official said. Work on the revamp will start in September and is likely to finish by March 2015. The theme of the zoo will be "Living Together". "As the animals co-exist in their natural habitat, they will do so here. Interdependence among different species of the mammals, birds and reptiles will be highlighted," the official said. The zoo authorities will also work on the suggestions of the Mumbai Heritage Committee and shall preserve and restore the existing heritage structures within the zoo premises. According to the new plan, 24 new enclosures for animals and birds will be constructed. The cost of the revamp project is estimated at Rs.150 crore. This includes the cost of ongoing projects like building an interpretation centre, zoo hospital, entrance plaza, heritage restoration and boundary wall.

Pak high commissioner .....

attack yesterday in the Mendhar sector in Poonch district. "Pakistan Army's action is highly provocative. The way they treated the dead bodies of Indian soldiers is inhuman. We will convey our protest to Pakistan government and our DGMO will talk to his counterpart. We are closely following the situation," Antony told reporters. While stating the government was closely monitoring the situation, Antony added that Indian will convey its protest to the Pakistani government. "Our DGMO will talk to his Pakistani counterpart," he added. The attack took place along the LoC in Poonch district when Pakistanis came about 100 metres into the Indian territory and assaulted the Army patrol party. Besides killing two Lance Naiks - Hemraj and Sudhakar Singh - they also injured two other soldiers. India said that it will take up "very firmly" with Islamabad the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops. "We will take this up very firmly with the Pakistan government," External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said. He said the killing and mutilation of the Indian soldiers was "an extremely sensitive matter" and "a matter of great concern to everyone". "These are matters on which every dimension has to be examined very carefully before we say what we propose to do," he added. "It is an extremely sensitive matter. It is a matter of great concern. We will do whatever we can do," he said, adding, "we will take up the matter seriously with Pakistan government." Indian officials said that Pakistani soldiers, said to be from the Baloch regiment, sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday under the cover of a thick fog and killed two Indian soldiers and wounded a third. Khurshid warned that the Pakistan action could be "counter-productive" in efforts by the two neighbouring countries to improve bilateral relations. Pakistani regular soldiers crossed into Indian territory in Poonch and ambushed an Indian patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated. Army's Additional Director General (Public Information) Major General SL Narasimhan yesterday confirmed that one of the two bodies was mutilated. Other sources said the heads of both the Indian soldiers -- Lance Naiks, Hemraj and Sudhakar Singh -- have been chopped off and one was taken away by Pakistani intruders. The attack took place along the LoC in Poonch district when Pakistanis came about 100 metres into Indian Territory and assaulted the patrol party. Besides killing two, they also injured two other soldiers and took away their weapons and other belongings.

UP village....
troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Tuesday, braced itself to receive his mortal remains. The body of the slain martyr was likely to reach his native village Shernagar, some 60 km from the district headquarters town of Mathura, by late evening. Lance Naik Hemraj was with the 13th battalion of the Rajputana Rifles. He is survived by his aged mother, wife and three children, an official said. Additional District Magistrate (ADM) of Mathura Anil Mishra said that there was overwhelming grief and palpable anger in the village after the army headquarters in New Delhi informed the family of Lance Naik Hemraj's death. Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh were killed Tuesday by Pakistan Army soldiers who had intruded across the LoC. Their mutilated bodies were later found by their fellow-soldiers on patrol. Village head Dharm Singh said the slain soldier had visited his family around three months back to celebrate Diwali with his family. Remembering him as a brave man, Dharm Singh said that besides financially supporting the family of the soldier the government should also bestow on him Ashok Chakra, the highest peace time award for valour.

Pak denies....
ceasefire violations on the LoC. Geo News said the Director General Military Operations of the Pakistani Army Wednesday spoke to his Indian counterpart by telephone and rejected New Delhi's claim. "Our troops did not carry out attack. Indians are making counter claim to cover their attack on a Pakistani post," another senior Pakistani military official was quoted as saying. Pakistan has accused Indian troops of killing one of its soldiers while Indian officials charged Pakistani troops with sneaking into Jammu and Kashmir's Mendhar sector, and killing two Indian soldiers, and mutilating their bodies. "Pakistani military denied Indian allegations of unprovoked firing," a Pakistani military official was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "It looks like Indian propaganda to divert attention from Sunday's raid on a Pakistani post by Indian troops, in which a Pakistani soldier was killed," the military official said. Pakistan and India declared a ceasefire along the LoC in 2003. "Pakistan remains committed to the ceasefire agreement of 2003 which is an important confidence building measure and should be respected in letter and spirit," the foreign ministry statement said. Pakistan also called for the need for abiding by and strengthening existing military mechanisms to ensure that there is no recurrence of such violations in future. The statement said Pakistan is committed to a constructive, sustained and result-oriented process of engagement with India. "We have made significant progress in the dialogue process. Pakistan has taken a number of steps to normalize and improve bilateral relations. It is important that both sides make serious efforts in maintaining this improvement and avoid negative propaganda," it said.

Indian Defence Secretary visits Oman

NEW DELHI: Seeking closer military ties with Oman, Indian Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma is on a two-day visit to the Gulf country. During the visit, Sharma has met the top military and political leadership of Oman and discussed ways of further strengthening the military relations between the two sides, Defence Ministry officials said. The visit assumes significance in view of efforts on part of both the countries to strengthen their defence ties as Defence Minister A K Antony had travelled to Muscat couple of years ago and his counterpart visited New Delhi in 2011. The two sides had also decided to expand cooperation in fields ranging from maritime security and anti-piracy measures to joint training and combat exercises. The air forces of India and Oman have also held two rounds of Exercise Eastern Bridge of which the second edition was held at Jamnagar air base in Gujarat in 2011 involving their Jaguar deep penetration strike fighter aircraft. The two air forces are among the main users of the twin- engine Anglo-French warplanes. Both also operate British-made Hawk advanced jet trainers and follow similar training procedures. The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) fighter pilots have also been training at the Jaguars stimulator training centre at Gorakhpur, India. Oman is geographically India's closest ally among the Arab countries in the strategically vital Persian Gulf region.

JMM-Congress....
government. According to reports, top JMM leaders including Hemant Soren. Simon Marandi, Mathura Mahto and Hazi Hussain Ansari will hold discussions with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, PM manmohan Singh and other s, PM manmohan Singh and other s, PM manmohan Singh and other senior leaders. The JMM leaders are expected to stay in Delhi till a new political alliance is stitched up. After JMM withdrew support to the Munda government, Jharkhand appears headed for a brief spell of President's Rule. Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who resigned yesterday, recommended the dissolution of the state assembly and Congress showed no hurry to support formation of an alternative government. The decision of the BJP-led government to seek dissolution of the assembly and the Chief Minister's resignation left the situation wide open for Governor Syed Ahmed to decide the future course of action. He is said to be consulting constitutional experts. BJP's ruling coalition partner JMM, in a letter to the Governor, formally withdrew its support to the 28-month-old government pushing it into a minority. Munda later met the Governor and resigned. The decision on recommending dissolution of the House was taken at a cabinet meeting held Tuesday morning to prevent any 'horse tradinglike situation', Munda told a news agency before going to the Raj Bhavan. Jharkhand has witnessed fast-paced political developments after BJP rejected all demands of JMM including handing over of power as per an 'accord' on rotational leadership of the coalition. The BJP and JMM have 18 members

Mutilation of ....
ceasefire is bad enough, to resort to mutilating soldiers is unacceptable in any civilised society," Omar tweeted. He said that it was an attempt to derail the dialogue process between the two countries. "Clearly someone up the chain of command wants to do everything to derail any dialogue between the two countries," he said. Omar expressed concern over the incident and said this escalation must cease as it may increase the infiltration from across the border. "That having been said, ceasefire must hold else infiltration will shoot up manifold under cover provided by firing," he said. Pakistani troops have today crossed into Indian territory and ambushed an Army patrol party killing two soldiers whose heads were reportedly chopped off.

PDD realises....
from the violators till November. The meeting was also informed that electricity charges of Rs. 10200.298 lakhs were recovered from various government departments till October 2012 . It was further disclosed that 45965 applications were received for revision of load against which 110104.196 KWs load was added in the division. The meeting was also told that an amount of Rs. 1907.72 lacs is needed for complete metering in the 11 towns of Jammu division and till date 163454 electric meters have been installed under RAPDRP.

Moderate faction ....

dialogue (between Hurriyat and Centre) nor can take a decision to revoke AFSPA," the Hurriyat headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said in a state-

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NEWS IN BOX

Asgar chairs AC meet

JAMMU, JAN 09: The Committee on Assurance (AC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council met here today, under the chairmanship of Syed Asgar Ali and reviewed the implementation of pending Assurances given by the Ministers on the floor of the House from time to time. The members, Legislators, Ravinder Kumar Sharma and Aga Syed Ahmed Rizvi also attended the meeting. The Committee discussed the Assurances pertaining to CA&PD, Horticulture, Library, Health, Parliamentary Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, PHE and Youth Services and Sports departments. The Committee sought the details about the progress on the implementation of Assurance pertaining to CAPD, Library and health departments The Committee directed the Commissioner Secretary Health to submit a detailed report with regard to the progress made on the assurances of health department. The Committee stressed upon the authorities to submit their reports well in time in accordance with the assurances given by the Minsters on the floor of the House for implementations. Officers of Legislative Council also attended the meeting.

Seminar on 'Unity in Diversity'concludes

JAMMU, JAN 9 : Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor Jammu and Kashmir, has emphasized the need for character building and reviving and reinvigorating ethical and moral values to establish a balanced and harmonious society. The Governor, as Chief Guest, was addressing the Valedictory Session of the two-day seminar on "Unity in Diversity", organized by the Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu, as part of the 150th Birthday celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, at the Police Auditorium, Gulshan Ground, here today. The Governor observed that Swami Vivekananda was not only an eminent Indian but one of the most outstanding thinkers and philosophers who had a visionary view of has to be rediscovered and strengthened. Referring to the various major components of the teachings and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda, the Governor said that, in today's context character building and the restoration of ethical values are very important. Referring to the recent heinous gang-rape incident in Delhi, he stressed the importance of concerted efforts being made to reinvigorate moral and ethical values in the society. He suggested to Dr. S. S. Bloeria, President, Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu, that, if possible, in future such seminars could be perhaps more profitably organized in the Universities and Colleges where a large number of students could get the opportunity of participating in the discussions and listening to eminent monks and scholars. He observed that with the restoration of a stable society we could perhaps overcome many of the problems we are facing today. The Governor lauded the significant role played by the Ramakrishna Mission in the North-East, particularly in advancing the cause of education and providing medicare services in remote areas. The Governor congratulated the Ramakrishna Mission, Jammu, for organizing this Seminar on a very relevant subject and hoped that this would go a long way in propagating the teachings and philosophy of Swami Vivekananda.

N. N. Vohra, Governor addressing the Valedictory Session of the two-day seminar on "Unity in Diversity" at Jammu. the universe. He observed that Swamiji had perceived more than a century ago that if there is no peace and stability there cannot be any development and growth. The Governor said that India, with more than 5000 years of recorded history, is the best example of Unity in Diversity, where people from different religions and faiths, speaking different languages, have lived together for centuries. He said that this spirit

Chib, Sham grieve over road accident near Katra

JAMMU, JAN 09: Minister for Medical Education, R.S.Chib, has grieved over the tragic road accident that took place near Katra injuring more than one dozen passengers seriously and killing one person. The Minister has expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and wished for early recovery to the injured. He directed the hospital administration to provide free treatment to the injured. Meanwhile, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Sham Lal Sharma, has also conveyed condolences to the family of the deceased passenger and extended sympathies with the bereaved family. He prayed for speedy recovery to the injured being treated in the GMC.

Incident on Poonch LoC; Northern Army Commander briefs Governor

JAMMU, JAN 9 : Lt. General K. T. Parnaik, Northern Army Commander, briefed Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, in detail about yesterday's incident on the LoC at Mankot Sector in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district in which two jawans were killed and two others injured. It is likely that a further meeting in regard to this very important matter shall take place between the Governor and the Army Commander in the next few days.

Sagar asks ADDC's to ensure full implementation of empowerment of PRIs

JAMMU, JAN 09: Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar has asked the Additional District Development Commissioners to ensure that the orders of empowering the Panchayati Raj Institutions are implemented fully in letter and spirit. The Minister was addressing a review meeting convened to discuss the status of implementation of the orders of empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions with the powers of 14 vital departments for which the Additional District Development Commissioners (ADDC's) have been designated as Nodal officers. Commissioner Secretary Rural Development Mr. Farooq Ahmed Peer, Additional District development Commissioners of different districts of the State and other senior officers of were present in the meeting. Mr. Sagar directed the ADDC's to play a more proactive role in ensuring that the orders by virtue of which the empowerment of PRIs has been ensured are implemented fully and the bottlenecks if any should be removed. He said that they should conduct regular meetings of different departments to see to it that a complete synergy is maintained between the officers of those departments and Panchayati raj representatives. The Minister said that the government is fully committed for ensuring the democratic decentralization of powers to the grass root level so that the effective participation of people in day to day governance is ensured. He said that for the same measures have already been put in place and any laxity in the manner on the part of any official/officer would not be tolerated. Mr. Sagar asked the ADDC's to conduct regular tours of their respective areas so as to get the first hand information about the status of implementation of the orders of empowering the PRIs besides, the status of various developmental works being undertaken by the government.

DCC/DLRC meeting held at Kargil

KARGIL, JAN 09: A District Consultative Committee/District Level Review Committee meeting of Kargil District under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Kargil, Fida Hussain was held in Conference Hall Kargil. The meeting was attended by Assistant General Manager Reserve bank of India Mr. Ravinder Kumar, district Officers of various government departments sponsoring agencies and representative from banks. Presenting the progress under annual Credit plan Nawang Tsering Lead district Manager, informed that the total deposits of all banks operating in the district made is at Rs, 550.83 crores and total advances is Rs. 116.62 crores as on 30th September 2012 indicating a growth of 11% in deposit and 30 % in advance over the year September 2011. The priority sector advances stood at Rs. 61.40 crores and Agriculture advance at Rs. 3.14 crore. Under the credit plan 2012-13 against a target of Rs. 75.55 crores the banks have disbursed loans amounting to Rs. 28.83 crores which is an achievement of 38% of the Annual Credit Plan and out of which Rs. 1.27 Crores under Agriculture Sector, Rs. 4.30 crores under MSME, Rs. 4.41 crores under priority sector and Rs. 18.85 crores under non priority sector. Total amount of loans sanctioned under KCC Scheme in the district were Rs. 769 crores as on 30.11.2012. Addressing the meeting Mr. Fida Hussain expressed satisfaction on the overall achievements of the banks in the district however asked to improve the performance in the area of Agriculture and issue of Kissan Credit Cards which is a priority of the Government. He stressed upon the issuance of KCC Cards to all eligible farmers in the district for which camps should be organised at village level for on-spot. He further directed all the government agencies and bankers to work in close coordination for overall development of the district.

169 stranded passengers airlifted in Kargil Courier

SRINAGAR, JAN 9: 169 stranded passengers of Kargil were airlifted today between Kargil, Srinagar and Jammu in AN-32 Kargil Courier. 21 passengers were airlifted from Jammu to Kargil, 38 from Kargil to Srinagar, 33 from Srinagar to Kargil and 39 from Kargil to Jammu. Earlier, on Tuesday, 38 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Jammu also. Stranded passengers of Kargil, at Srinagar and Jammu desirous of travelling to Kargil have been askedto contact the Liaison Officer at Kargil House for issuance of tickets.

Ajaz grieved over Maulana 58870 children being covered under Dil Mohammad PP Programme in Bandipora Naqshbandi's demise BANDIPORA, JANUARY 09: As many as 1280 employees and volunteer have been deployed at 320 vaccination centres to cover 58870 children in the age group of 0-5 years in Bandipora district in the Ist phase of pulse-Polio-programme on January 20, 2013. This was stated during a review meeting of health officers with District Development Commissioner, Bandipora in chair. The CMO Bandipora said that strategies and plans have been prepared to cover every child under the programme. As many as 11 transit points have been identified, 3 mobile teams constituted and 64 supervisors appointed in the district whileas on January 21 and 22, 2013, a door to door survey would be conducted, also. The DDC stressing for coordination said to ensure 100 percent coverage in the district. He also directed for organising awareness programmes and despatching of vaccine to snow bound and cut off areas of Gurez Tehsil by air. ADC Bandipora, SDM Gurez and other officers were also present. JAMMU, JAN 09: Minister of State for Fishers and Hajj and Aquaf Mr. Ajaz Ahmed Khan has expressed grief over the demise of noted religious scholar and member State Hajj Committee Maulana Dil Mohammad Naqshbandi who passed away yesterday at Rajouri. In his condolence message, the Minister said late Maulana Dil Mohammad enlightened the hearts and souls of lakhs of people with his teachings and sermons. He said in his demise the people of Jammu in particular have lost a spiritual torch bearer. Mr. Ajaiz has prayed for the lasting peace of the departed soul and conveyed his heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family of Maulana Naqashbandi.

EC reviews physical, financial achievements of PDD

JAMMU, JAN 09: The Committee on Estimates (EC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Wednesday directed the Power Development Department (PDD) authorities to expedite the pace of work on all micro and macro power projects under execution in the State to ensure completion in a time bound manner. The Committee, which met under the Chairmanship of MLA Choudhry Mohammad Ramzan here today, discussed and reviewed the physical and financial achievements of PDD, besides pace of progress on various ongoing power projects including Grid Stations. The Committee Members Dr. Mustafa Kamal, Hakeem Mohammad Yasin, Mr. Mohammad Sharief Niaz, Mr. G. M. Saroori, Mr. A. R. Veeri, Mr. Mohammad Yasin Shah and Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta stressed upon the PDD officers to gear up their field functionaries and conduct on-the-spot surprise visits to check the power theft and ensure 100 per cent electrification registration of the consumers. The Committee asked them to ensure un-interrupted power supply and realization of electric tariff targets in full. Threadbare discussion was also held on the implementation of RGGVY and supply of transformers and measures taken for the maintenance of the power infrastructure. Reviewing the progress on projects under Prime Ministers Reconstruction Plan (PMRP), it was informed that the construction work on 11 grid stations have been taken in hand in Kashmir division, out of which 2 projects have already been commissioned and one station would be commissioned soon , while the work on other grid stations is in full swing. The panel directed the concerned to complete the work on remaining stations within a stipulated time frame. Earlier, the Principal Secretary, PDD Mr. A. K. Mehta briefed the Committee about the achievements of the PDD. Among others, Managing Director, Power Development Corporation (PDC) Mr. Bhasrat Ahmad Dhar, Development Commissioner, Power Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Salaroo, Executive Director, PDC Mr. Zahoor Ahmad, Chief Engineer (CE) PDD, Jammu Mrs. Shahnaz Goni, CEE PPD Kashmir Mr. Muzaffar Ahmad, CE, System and Operations Mr. Gul Aiyaz, CE, Generation Kashmir Malik Mansoor and other officers and engineers of PDD and NHPC besides senior officers from Assembly Secretariat attended the meeting.

District e- governance society constituted for Kishtwar

KISHTWAR, JAN 09:To keep pace with the new era of Information Technology and to bring e-governance at the door step of people, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kishtwar, Saleem Mohammad today constituted "District e Governance Society Kishtwar.", a nonprofit society. The DDC will function as Chairman of the society while Additional Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, R K Shavan has been designated as Convener. District Informatics Officer Kishtwar, Syed Sartaj Ahmed, Asst. General Manager Cluster Head J&K Bank Kishtwar, Mohd. Amin Najar and Chief Planning Officer Kishtwar, Subhash Chander Sharma will function as members. This is seen as a big initiative in the field of e- governance and the move aims to provide the benefits of e governance to the common masses of this backward district.

State Vigilance Organization review meeting

JAMMU, JAN 9: Chief Secretary Madhav Lal has directed the State Vigilance Organization to increase the pace of investigation and bring out department wise patterns of misconducts/corruption for effective supervision. Chief Secretary Wednesday took a review of the functioning and performance of the State Vigilance Organization in a meeting which was attended by the Vigilance Commissioner SVO, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Secretary, General Administrative Department (GAD) and other officers. Department wise status of corruption cases was discussed and the performance of SVO, on such parameters as number of Preliminary enquiries pending, number of FIRs registered, number of cases pending in courts; and conviction rate in the courts, was reviewed. It was informed by SVO that a total of 507 cases were pending trial in the various courts of Anti-Corruption in the State, whereas 131 cases were pending investigation till date. In about 60 cases, the accused officials were held guilty in last seven years. There was no pendency on part of the State Government regarding the cases referred by SVO for grant of Prosecution Sanction. The Chief Secretary laid emphasis on streamlining the process of Vigilance clearances and the pace and manner of the departmental inquiries being conducted by various departments. Various proposals for effective conduct of departmental inquiries were also discussed and GAD was asked to issue the instructions separately.

Speaker for early establishment of Artisan Village at Mansbal

JAMMU, JAN 09: Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone, today directed the officers of Central Silk Board to handover 12 hectares of land at Safapora on the bank of Mansbal Lake at the earliest for establishing Artisan village. This decision was taken in a meeting of officers convened to discuss with establishment of Heritage Complex and Development of Artisan village at Mansbal. It was emphasized upon the officers that the work on the project would be taken in hand urgently so that the necessary infrastructure is developed under the already approved central sponsored scheme.

Sakina distributes cheques worth Rs.41 lakhs among 698 beneficiaries at Poonch
POONCH, JAN 9: The Minister for Social Welfare ,Ms Sakina Itoo today distributed cheques worth more than Rs. 41 lakhs among 698 beneficiaries including 461 cheques under Rehabilitation council,35 cheques under National family Benefited Scheme and 202 pension cheques at an Awareness Camp organised by the Social Welfare Department in Co-ordination with Rehabilitation Council and District Administration Poonch at Dak Bang low Poonch. On the occasion, addressing a huge gathering, the Minister said that the Government is making every effort to reach out the needy, poor, downtrodden and those who are living in the remote and far flung areas. She said that the present Government under the dynamic leadership of Young Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah is trying its best to provide financial assistance to the low level class of the people so that they may also get stand on their own legs and their economic condition is strengthened. Vice Chairman, Gujjar And Bakerwal Development Advisory Board, Mr. Bashir Ahmed Naz, MLA, Haveli Poonch, Mr. Ajaz Jan, MLA, Smt Bimla Luthra ,also spoke on the occasion Earlier, Ms Sakina was given a brief account of the implementation of the schemes launched by the State Government for the upliftment of the poor and weaker sections of the society. She was told that 369 beneficiaries in the district Poonch are getting pension and scholarships benefit from Rehabilitation Council. She was also told that marriage assistance to grown up daughter, special scholarships for professional studies are also being provided to militancy hit victims. Meanwhile, the Minister said that 5 lakhs people are being benefited under various schemes launched by the Social Welfare Department including pre-matric, Post Matric Scholarships. She said that age for scholarships under rehabilitation Council has been increased to 25 years from existing 18 years and amount of scholarship has also been increased to minimum Rs.1250 from early Rs 850 per month. MLA Poonch demanded special package for handicapped and militancy affected victims of district Poonch considering maximum number of handicapped in the district. He also pleaded for construction of buildings for Anganwari Centres. The District Development Commissioner, Mr. Ajit Kumar Sahu, Managing Director, Women Development Corporation, Dr. Nahida Soz, Executive Director Rehabilitation Council Hafiza Muzafar were present on the occasion.

R-day arrangements finalized at Hiranagar

KATHUA, JAN 09: To finalize arrangements for Republic Day celebrations, Tehsildar, Hiranagar convened a meeting of senior officers here today. It was decided in the meeting that the main function will be held at Sports Stadium, Hiranagar where the VIP will unfurl the National flag at 9:55 A.M. The contingents drawn from government as well as private educational institutions will participate in the march past .Cultural Items on the patriotic theme would also be presented on the occasion. The arrangements for security, drinking water, power supply, sanitation, barricading, medicare were also discussed in the meeting. Tehsildar, Hiranagar exhorted upon the officers to make befitting arrangements to make the national event a grand success and the day should be celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervor. Tehsil level officers, principals of various educational institutions were also present in the meeting.

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Anti-Women Crimes Demand Holistic Approach: Strict Laws, Urgent Steps

he government of India formed a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Verma to suggest possible amendments in the "criminal laws and other relevant laws for quicker trials and enhanced punishment of criminals accused of sexual assault of an extreme nature on women." This committee had been set up in the wake of the heinous crime of extreme brutality including gang rape committed on a young paramedical student in Delhi. Subsequently, the young woman succumbed to the injuries inflicted on her. This particular case of gang rape and murder would certainly fall in the category of "rarest of the rare" cases. Within the existing legal framework itself, the sentence could be the death penalty for the criminals for which there are already legal precedents. However, in a situation where crime against women and in particular the crime of rape is the fastest growing crime, it is essential for the government to review the present laws and the proposed amendments so as to cover all the major aspects. In this context it is pertinent to draw attention to the bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on October 19, 2012, which seeks to "amend the IPC, the CrPC 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act" insofar as it concerns rape and sexual harassment of women (henceforth referred to as the bill). Some of these proposals are flawed. It will amount to the application of double standards to the crime of sexual harassment and assault on women if only clauses pertaining to a particular type of sexual crime are considered for improvement while the law remains weak and ineffective on a range of other issues connected with sexual crimes. In a society based on

class and caste inequalities, women of the economically exploited and caste oppressed sections, particularly dalits and tribals are even more vulnerable to sexual assault. 1) Clauses in the IPC and other relevant laws concerning sexual assault have to be gender specific not gender neutral as proposed in the Bill referred to above. It is a total trivialisation of the issue of sexual assault on women to suggest that it is a gender neutral crime. Thus the amendments moved to sections in the IPC namely 375, 376,376A 376B, 376C and 376D to make them gender neutral must be withdrawn. 2) The Bill widens the definition regarding sexual assault which is welcome. However, it falls short in enhancement of punishment. The bill proposes amendments in Section 375.2 (a to l) in the redefined clauses. The perpetrators of the crime in these sections are men who are public servants such as police personnel, management of staff of jails, other institutions etc. This list should be expanded to include army men, paramilitary forces. Sexual assault committed by them should be considered as Aggravated Sexual assault. Aggravated sexual assault should include gang rape, custodial rape, child rape, rape during communal or caste driven violence, rape of a woman suffering mental or physical disability, sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or disfigurement. 3) In such cases of aggravated sexual assault/rape the punishment should be rigorous life imprisonment till death. (Where the sexual assault is accompanied by other forms of violence leading to the death of the victim, the rarest of rare categories, which could include the death penalty, may be applied by

the courts.) 4) In other cases of rape the maximum sentence should be life imprisonment. It is found that courts rarely give the maximum sentence. It is therefore essential to increase minimum sentences in all cases of sexual assault from the existing level which are only seven years for rape and ten years for aggravated sexual assault/rape. The present legal framework also permits courts to further reduce the sentence to even less than the minimum in the name of extenuating circumstances. This must be prohibited. 5) The critical issue is the requirement for time-bound processes of justice in all cases of rape. The law must specifically mention the formation of special fast track courts for all cases of rape. 6) In all cases of sexual assault the case must be completed within three months. 7) Since our proposal is for speedy justice, the accused must by law continue to remain in jail till the verdict is pronounced. No bail can be granted to a rape accused while the hearings are on as the entire process will be timebound. 8) Public servants not implementing the law including timely filing of FIR should be punished with a minimum punishment of one year and fine which may extend to three years. In the proposed amendment on this issue in the Bill there is no minimum prescribed. 9) There must be rehabilitation measures including financial help mandated by law for victims of sexual assault which should be decided according to the requirements. It is humiliating and insulting to women when so-called rape compensation packages are declared such as 20,000 rupees etc by some state governments. The rehabili-

tation should include medical expenses and also may also include a job. Counselling and other help must be mandatoryly provided. 10) Acid attacks on women are a fast growing crime. A new clause is sought to be introduced in the bill under Sec 325 B. Depending on the extent of injury the law must provide for life imprisonment while the minimum sentence must also be enhanced. The law must provide for medical rehabilitation. 11) Sec 354 and 509, which contains such archaic terms as "outraging the modesty of a woman" must be redrafted to specifically use the term sexual harassment and the punishment enhanced. Sexual harassment has nothing to do with the modesty of a woman and everything to do with impermissible sexual behaviour and assertion of power by the criminals. The sentence should be enhanced to a minimum of one to five years depending on the degree of harassment, whether verbal, physical etc, and also a fine imposed. Serial offenders should be punished with the maximum. 12) In this connection steps are required to prevent the broadcast or publication of demeaning and highly sexist advertisements that tend to commodify women's bodies. With the wide reach of satellite channels these advertisements promote aggressive misogynist cultures. The relevant rules and laws must be amended to prevent such advertisements, since on this count, self-regulation has failed. 13) The law must mandate the setting up of a monitoring mechanism to audit the steps being taken by various government agencies to prevent, control and punish those involved in sexual crimes against women including

minors. An annual report of the monitoring mechanism must be made public. 14) The legal framework against sexual crimes must make it mandatory to include in all educational syllabuses in schools and colleges, gender sensitization courses for boys and girls, men and women. This is essential to change the thinking of a predominantly malechild preference based society along with culturally sanctioned retrograde male privileges. 15) In spite of the surge in so-called honour crimes the government has failed to bring any stand alone law for the purpose. The illegal fatwas of khap panchayats are a case in point. These diktats range from fatwas on dress codes for young women and school girls, to bans on friendships, self choice partnerships, the punishment also ranging from boycotts to public lynching and killings. Narrow vote bank politics has influenced governments leading to inaction and even encouragement to these selfproclaimed panchayats in spite of repeated instruction for action from various courts including the Supreme Court. the commission should recommend a stand-alone law to cover all honour related crimes and to take strict action against the diktats and their enforcement by the so-called khap panchayats including their disenfranchisement. There are other flaws in the bill and the legal framework which need to be addressed and which have been raised by women's organisations. ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS Along with the legal framework, it will also be necessary for the government to urgently take administrative steps. One of the critical issues is to

make public spaces safe and secure for women at all times. This must include all forms of public transport. With the privatisation of transport systems, the accountability of the government has been diluted and no action is taken against private bus owners. For example, even now many buses in Delhi have black tinted windows. Strong regulations for security must be ensured and accountability fixed including punishment for officers guilty of nonimplementation. Mapping of vulnerable areas in the city and towns must also be a regular procedure to be followed. Specifically, provision for public toilets for women must be made and the area be properly lit. For fast track courts to be set up, it is essential for the government to recruit a large number of judges at various levels. Recruitment must go hand in hand with strict standards of the quality of the recruitment. Judges often reflect retrograde social outlooks towards women. Thus gender sensitive standards must be set for such recruitments. It will also be necessary to recruit many more women police personnel to be able to speed up the investigations and be involved in help-lines etc, and training courses are required for this. It is essential for the central government and the state governments to work out standard operating procedures which should immediately come into place once a complaint of sexual harassment and/or rape is reported. The urgent requirement is to reform the laws and take urgent administrative steps to do justice to the brave young woman whose life was brutally cut short and also the countless others who have been victims of sexual assault and are yet to get justice.

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GOA Parrikar criticizes media for giving TN Govt makes mandatory CCTVs in public buildings undue publicity to Congress leaders CHENNAI: As a measure bunks and jewellery shops area of 500 square metre and reconstruct a public building the rules, failing which, the TAMIL NADU
above, and bus terminals. In every public building, CCTV units will be installed at the rate of one unit for every 300 square metres, at suitable vantage points such as entry-exit points, corridors, in such a manner that movement of the public can be closely monitored. "Every person who intends to construct or of crime control, Tamil Nadu Government has made mandatory installation of Closed Circuits Television units (CCTV) in all public buildings, commercial establishments and places where public congregate. All educational institutions, hospitals, cinema theatres, banks, ATM counters, shopping malls, petrol among others would be covered under the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Installation of Closed Circuit TV Units in Public Buildings) Rules, 2012, notified recently. CCTVs would also be installed in central and state government offices, where more than 100 people are employed or having a floor shall make necessary provision in the building plan itself for the installation of CCTVs units" while applying for permission. The order said in all existing public buildings CCTV units shall be installed by the owner or occupier of the building within six months from the date of coming into force of license would be 'cancelled' or 'suspended'. The official order comes close on the heels of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's last week announcement of a 13-point action plan which included putting in place CCTVs in all public buildings as part of measures to enhance women safety. PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has criticised the media for giving undue publicity to Congress leaders in the state who filed "bogus" complaints against his ministers. "The bogus people have filed bogus complaint (against the ministers). But the biggest tragedy is that anyone makes any allegations and they are printed by the press...," Parrikar said. Congress spokesman Sudip Tamankar had filed a complaint with the CBI alleging involvement of two BJP ministers, Laxmikant Parsekar and Dayanand Mandrekar, in the drug peddlers-politician was banking on those complaints (now cited b y Tamankar) to score the points over the BJP. "Ravi Naik was showing those documents in the assembly. But he realised that they were bogus. Would he have kept mum, if there was any substance in it?," the chief minister asked. The Congress party's CBI complaint mentions that both the ministers need to be investigated for the role in drug peddling cases on state's coastline.

MIM shutdown hits Adilabad and Nizamabad

HYDERABAD: A shutdown is being observed in parts of Adialabad and Nizamabad districts in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday on a call given by the MIM against the arrest of its leader Akbaruddin Owaisi. Shops and businesses in some towns including Adilabad and Nirmal were shut, witnesses and officials said. The MIM legislator was taken to Nirmal town on Tuesday night after he was arrested here for a hate speech. He was then shifted to the district jail in Adilabad town. Police have tightened security in both districts in the north Telangana region bordering Maharashtra. Prohibitory orders banning the assembly of five or more people were imposed in all the towns in the two districts. A police officer said additional police forces were deployed to maintain law and order. As a precaution, police arrested some leaders of MIM. Akbar was booked in both Nirmal and Nizamabad for allegedly delivering venomous speeches during public meetings in the two towns. MIM has not called for a shutdown in Hyderabad, its stronghold, but authorities are not taking any chances. Security was beefed up in all the sensitive areas, especially in the Old City. The communally sensitive Old City has been tense since Tuesday evening. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed around the historic Charminar and interior areas which witnessed communal clashes in November. MIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi has urged people to remain peaceful. He described the arrest of his younger brother as a conspiracy by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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BIHAR NHRC looks into child-labour deaths in Bihar brick kiln

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Odisha government on the death of two children in a fire at a brick kiln in the state last year, an activist said Wednesday. The NHRC issued notice to the state's Chief Secretary B.K. Patnaik and directed him to submit a report on the incident within four weeks. The human rights organisation acted on a complaint of India Media Centre (IMC), Akhanda, who filed the complaint, said. Akhanda said two child workers were killed and two others were injured in a major fire mishap in Durga Brick Industries at K. Nuagaon of Ganjam district of Odisha Jan 20 last year. Their parents were also working as bonded labourers in the same brick kiln. No action has so far been taken by police and local administration against the brick kiln owner, who was running the unit illegally, Akhanda said. In his petition of Dec 11, 2012, Akhanda alleged that despite the ban on bonded labour and child labour, thousands of people and children are employed in brick kilns across the state. These bonded labourers get to work with their families, including children. The children are thus deprived of education and basic health facilities, the petitioner pointed out. The children are employed in kilns from an early age, and each family is expected to make 1.5 lakh or more bricks during a specific period, to repay amounts of money they have borrowed from the labour contractor, who is often a middleman between the labourers and the brick kiln owners, the petitioner explained. "We had requested release of all such people and children working in brick kilns, adequate compensation to families thus vicitimised, and legal action against the accused," said Nishikant Mishra, counsel for the petitioner.

nexus case. The complaint which has made headlines, the chief minister said reflects on the conduct and credibility of media. He said that the statement quoted by Tamankar was already investigated by Crime branch in 2009 and it was found to be bogus. Parrikar said that then State Home Minister Ravi Naik

Amitabh Bachchan agrees to pay tax dues worth Rs 1.66 cr

MUMBAI: A day after the Supreme Court asked actor Amitabh Bachchan to respond to a petition from the Income Tax department, the actor said on Wednesday that he is ready to pay the taxes due. The Income Tax Department had claimed that the superstar owed to it Rs 1.66 crore as taxes on the income he earned through his show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' during 2001-02. "Death and I-T are the two things that are permanent in anyone's life. Whatever the court says, I will obey it," tweeted Bachchan. The Bombay High Court had dismissed an IT Department's plea on February 29, 2012 after which the department moved the Supreme Court. The IT Department in its petition had alleged that the actor in his returns filed for the assessment year 2001-02 showed his taxable income to be about Rs 3.23 crore while the Assessing Officer (AO) assessed the money earned by Bachchan to be around Rs 26 crore including the amount he had earned from the TV show. Earlier in 2008, the high court had allowed I-T exemption on 30 per cent of Bachchan's total income of Rs 50.92 crore from the show. The High Court had accepted the actor's plea that being an artiste he should be given tax relief under Section 80 RR of the Income-Tax Act. The I-T department in its appeal had challenged the order on the ground that the relief is for those artistes who either earn by performing outside the country or receive payment from foreign agencies. It was submitted by the I-T department that Bachchan was acting as an anchor in the television programme show for Star India Ltd and cannot be termed artiste for his role in the show.

MAHARASHTRA

MOGA: Entire Congress leadership from Punjab today descended on Moga in what was virtually the beginning of the campaign for the Moga byelection necessitated by the defection of the sitting Congress MLA from here Joginderpal Jain to Akali Dal. Led by the Punjab Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh, other leaders including CWC member Jagmeet Brar, Congress Legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar and others reached here on a sunny and warm day in an otherwise chilly and cold winter. Among others present included the sitting legislators Arvind Khanna, Rana Gurjeet, Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Surinder Dawer, Modhammad Sadiq, Amrik Dhillon, Gurkirat Kotli, Punjab Mahilla Congress President Malti Thsapar, former legislators Darshan Singh Brar, Isher Singh Meharban, Ajit Singh Shant, Chiranji Lal Garg, Milkiat Singh Dakha, Gurdeep Bhaini, Moga District Congress president Gurdarshan Kaur, Harmohinder Pardhan, Tara Singh Sandhu, Sukhvinder Singh Danny, Sukhjit Singh Kaka Lohgarh, Harminder Gill, Lakhbir Singh Lakha and others.

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Born In: 1897 Born In: Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Died On: Dec 18, 1927 Career:Poet, Revolutionary Ram Prasad Bismil, also known as Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil became one of the most popular revolutionaries of India after participating in the Kakori train robbery in Lucknow. He was one of the most important members of the Arya Samaj and the Hindustan Republican Association in British India. Ram Prasad Bismil was always known for his courage and fearlessness in carrying out dangerous activities against the colonial rulers in India. Ram Prasad Bismil's name is also associated with a couple of patriotic poems written before India's independence, poems which inspired the Indians to come out and participate in the struggles for freedom. 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna', one of the most heard poems in the Hindi language is said to have been immortalized by Ram Prasad Bismil. Childhood Ram Prasad Bismil was born in the year 1897 at Shahjahanpur in UP. His forefathers were residents of the British dominated state of Gwalior. Ram Prasad Bismil's father was an employee of the municipality board of Shahjahanpur. His earnings were, however, not sufficient to run the expenses of the basic requirements of his two sons, Ram Prasad Bismil and his elder brother. As such, due to scarcity of adequate funds, Ram Prasad Bismil had to leave his studies after the eighth standard. Life as a Revolutionary Like several youth of his generation, Ram Prasad Bismil was also moved by the hardships and torture that the common Indians had to face in the hands of the British. Therefore he decided to dedicate his life to the freedom struggle of the country at a very young age. With his education complete by the eighth standard, Ram Prasad Bismil became a member of the Hindustan Republican Association when he was a very young boy. It was through this revolutionary organization that Ram Prasad Bismil came across other freedom fighters like Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajguru, Govind Prasad, Premkishan Khanna, Bhagawati Charan, Thakur Roshan Singh and Rai Ram Narain. Soon after, Ram Prasad Bismil joined hands with nine revolutionists also working for the Hindustan Republican Association and carried out the looting of govt. treasury through the Kakori train robbery. The Kakori Conspiracy of Aug 9, 1925, as the incident popularly came to be known as, was the mastermind of Ram Prasad Bismil and his colleague Ashfaqullah Khan. The nine revolutionaries looted the train transporting govt. money close to Lucknow, to use the same for purchasing weapons for India's armed struggle. This incident created a furor among different sections of authorities in the British govt. and therefore, the revolutionaries were punished. The names of Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri and Roshan Singh were identified in the Kakori train robbery and all of them were sentenced to death. As a Litterateur Ram Prasad Bismil wrote a number of Hindi poems, most of them patriotic. His love for his country India and his revolutionary spirit that always wanted the freedom of India from the colonial rulers even at the cost of his own life were his chief inspirations while penning patriotic poems. The poem 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna' is the most well known poem attributed to Ram Prasad Bismil, though many are of the opinion that the poem was originally written by Bismil Azimabadi. Death After being named guilty in the Kakori Conspiracy, the British government ruled that Ram Prasad Bismil will be hanged until death. He was kept behind bars at Gorakhpur and then hanged to death on December 19, 1927 at a very young age of 30. His death robbed the country of one of the chief revolutionaries of the Indian freedom struggle.

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Contd... Then the youths rose from the table, went back to the great stone fountain, turned themselves into eagles again, and flew away. Then the old man went away too, returned to the light of day, and went home. Soon after he heard that the Princess was ill, and that the only thing that did her good was having stories told to her. He therefore went to the royal castle, obtained an audience of the Princess, and told her about the strange things he bad seen in the underground palace. No sooner had he finished than the Princess asked him whether he could find the way to that palace. 'Yes,' he answered, 'certainly.' And now she desired him to guide her thither at once. The old man did so, and when they came to the palace he hid her behind the great picture and advised her to keep quite still, and he placed hims e l f behind t h e piceagles came flying in, and changed themselves into young men, and in a moment the Princess recognised her husband amongst them all, and tried to ward and threw her arms round her husband. And immediately he knew her again, and said: 'Do you remember how I told you that day that you would betray me? Now you see that I spoke the truth. But all that bad time is past. Now listen to me: I must still remain enchanted for three months. Will you stay here with me till that time is over?' So the Princess stayed with him, and said to the old man, 'Go back to the castle and tell my parents that I am staying here.' Her parents were very much vexed when the old man came back and told them this, but as soon as the three months of the Prince's enchantment were over, he ceased to be an eagle and became once more a man, and they returned home together. And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.

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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on PIL for changes in juvenile law 'Judiciary never treated
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Centre seeking its response on the issue of amending the Juvenile Justice Act to pave way for the judiciary to award death sentences to minors involved in rarest of rare case. The High Court issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking to exclude from the purview of the Juvenile Justice Act those above 16 years committing crimes like rape and murder. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice V.K. Jain issued the notice through the ministries of parliamentary affairs and law and justice, and asked them to file their response by Feb 14. The PIL comes in the wake of growing demands from several quarters to give death sentence to all six accusedincluding a minor- involved in the shocking December 16 Delhi gang-rape case, which triggered a national outrage. The PIL sought to declare as ultra vires some provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, alleging that recent incidents showed that those aged 16 years were involved in "serious crimes" and are "quite well developed". "They do not need the care and protection of the society, rather the society needs care and protection against them," read the PIL. Advocate R.K. Kapoor said if juveniles above 16 years were involved in "heinous crime" like rape and murder, they should not be treated as juveniles and be given harsher punishment. He added that those above 16 should not be allowed to escape "life term" and "death penalty". The authorities are due to conduct a bone-marrow test to determine the real age of the 17year-old youth, who was allegedly the most violent and active during the shocking gang-rape of the medical student that took place in a moving bus in south Delhi late last year. The sixth accused in the case has claimed that he is a minor even as the male friend of the late victim of the December 16 gang-rape case and people from several quarters demand death sentence to all six accused. Meanwhile, a latest survey conducted by a leading media organization has indicated that even common people want the minor to be hanged for his alleged involvement in the heinous crime.

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sitise the judges. He also criticised the delay in trials of rape cases. "The Constitution talks of equal status, equal opportunities. I want to say that we have never treated women with dignity," Justice Ganguly said. He also pointed out that some rape cases have dragged on for 10-15 years and despite the apex court's best efforts, these could not

NEW DELHI: In one of the most candid admissions by a senior judge, former Supreme Court judge Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said the judiciary in the country has never treated with dignity. Justice Ganguly, who served as SC judge till February 2012, opined that when it came to safeguarding women, the judiciary is not following the Constitution and stressed the need to sen-

be disposed of quickly. Justice Ganguly is currently the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and an Honorary Professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. During his tenure at the Supreme Court he had delivered some high-profile verdicts including in the 2G spectrum scam.

Mercury at record low in Patna, UP Hate speech: Akbaruddin Owaisi

PATNA/ LUCKNOW: Normal life was affected in Bihar Wednesday as it remained in the grip of intense cold wave conditions. Patna and Bhagalpur recorded the season's lowest temperature at 1.1 degrees Celsius, the Met Office said here. An intense cold weather continued for the sixth straight day in Uttar Pradesh today, with temperatures falling below zero in Agra, Lucknow and Kanpur, setting a new record of lows. According to the weatherman, while the skies would open up, icy winds would continue to make things difficult. The officials have warned that such conditions will continue for the next 48 hours. Patna and Bhagalpur recorded the minimum temperatures of 1.1 degrees Celsius late Tuesday night while in Purnea it was 2.5 degrees Celsius. "Bihar continued to shiver in icy winds and biting cold and normal life was badly affected," an official of the state disaster management department said. On Tuesday, the temperature in Lucknow dipped to 0.2 degree Celsius, the lowest in 49 years. The night temperature in Kanpur touched a never before -1.1 degrees while the minimum in the Sangam city of Allahabad was 0.3 degrees. The regional met office has said there will be no respite from the "unusual chill" over the next few days. Meanwhile, owing to fog in many parts of the state, 17 trains were said to be running late. The Farakka Express has been cancelled, railway officials said. On the other hand, the bone-chilling north-westerly winds continued blowing across Bihar and people are unlikely to get any respite from it for at least 48 hours, A.K. Sen of India Meteorological Department said here. In view of the prevailing cold wave, all public and private schools have been closed in Patna till Jan 10, Patna District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh said. A dense fog enveloped the state, disrupting air and rail services for last several days. The Bihar government is yet to confirm any death due to the cold wave but unconfirmed reports from various districts put the toll at over 50 in the last 72 hours HYDERABAD: Facing multiple cases of "hate speech", Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi was on Wednesday remanded to 14 days of judicial custody the magistrate in Nirmal town, 200 km from Hyderabad. Akbaruddin was reportedly questioned and produced before the magistrate at 5:30 am, after which he was sent to judicial custody. The Magistrate also asked the police to produce the MLA before the court later today at 10:30 am. Owaisi has been taken to the Nirmal town police station. Meanwhile, his petition is expected to be listed at the Andhra Pradesh High Court today. Owaisi was arrested yesterday, a day after he Urdu daily 'Etemaad' and his lawyer. The younger Owaisi's alleged remarks against the majority community sparked widespread protests by the BJP and its frontal groups across the state. Owaisi faces charges of waging or attempting to wage war against the state, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, and for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings. Nirmal has been turned into a fortress with police forces deployed across the

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town to prevent any untoward incident. Some leaders of MIM and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were arrested as a precautionary measure. Prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people were imposed in Nirmal and several other towns in the district and also in Nizamabad, where the MIM leader is facing another case. Additional security forces have also been deployed in Hyderabad as a precautionary measure. The 42-year-old heads the MIM in the Andhra Pradesh assembly. Representing Chandrayangutta constituency in the Old City of Hyderabad for a third time, he is the younger brother of MIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Northeast India

NEW DELHI: An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the entire north eastern region on Wednesday. However, there was no report of any injury to people or damage to property. The quake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, hit the region at around 7.12 am with its epicentre being 89 km underneath the earth's crust along the IndoMyanmar border, officials at the Regional Seismological Centre here said. The quake lasted a few seconds and rocked all major towns in the region, they said. Dr H Lallenmawia, Joint Director of Mizoram Geology and Mineral Resources department, said the epicentre was in Phek district of Nagaland. Dr Lallenmawia said the technical information about the quake was received from the seismological centre of the North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat in Assam. The tremor was felt in Itanagar, Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima and Imphal.An Imphal report said the quake lasted in Manipur for almost a minute. There was no injury to people or damage to property anywhere in the region, but fear stricken people ran out of their houses for safety, police said.

returned from London and was admitted to a hospital for a medical checkup, before being taken into custody. Later in the night, Owaisi was reportedly questioned with regard to the speech delivered by him at a public meeting in the town on December 22. He was accompanied by his younger brother Burhanuddin Owaisi, editor of

Sharad Pawar joins 'election this year' chorus

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha polls are due to be held in 2014 but major political parties have begun preparations in advance, triggering speculations that General Elections may be held this year. It was also not too long back when Samajwadi Party chief Mulyam Singh Yadav asked his party workers to prepare themselves for early polls. Taking cue from the SP chief's statement, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati too asked her party cadres to hitch up preparations for early general election. And now, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has joined the bandwagon suggesting the possibility of general elections in 2013 -a year ahead of its original schedule. While Pawar's NCP is a major ally in the Congressled UPA government at the centre, Mayawati's party provides external support to the ruling coalition. A report published by Mid-Day on Wednesday quoted Pawar telling the NCP ministers at a meeting in Mumbai yesterday that Lok Sabha polls may be held later this year. The NCP chief is believed to have said this at the meeting held at deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's official residence on Narayan Dabholkar Road at Malabar Hill. "Whether the election will be announced soon after the presentation of the Union Budget or in early winter months this year cannot be predicted now. Nothing can be said as of now. Even state assembly elections can be advanced. The Congress can fight these elections on its own, ignoring the alliance partners. Accordingly, (NCP) ministers should now concentrate on the drought-like situation prevailing in 13 districts of the state," the NCP chief was quoted as saying by Mid-Day. Pawar's statement has baffled the NCP leaders and workers and fuelled speculations about the uncertainty over the Lok Sabha elections. NCP stronghold in western Maharashtra is severely affected by the scarcity of water and this is likely to become a major poll issue in the days to come. Pawar wants the presence of his party leaders and ministers in these water scarcityhit areas to help NCP maintain its grip in the regions, and prevent any anti-incumbent wave. On the other hand, BSP supremo Mayawati also reportedly asked her dedicated party leaders in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow to begin preparations keeping in mind that Lok Sabha elections can happen anytime this year. She also announced her party's state-level convention for Maharashtra, scheduled to be held on February 17. She also held a meeting on January 3 and 4, asking party workers to kick off preparations for the general polls. The Maharashtra unit of the Congress, on the other hand, announced a meeting of party leaders and state and central cabinet ministers to assess the current political scenario in a meeting scheduled for January 9. Party general secretary Mukul Wasnik, party incharge and general secretary Mohan Prakash and Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde are expected to attend the crucial meeting.

CBI raids 24 places over bribery charges against Customs, DRI officials
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided top Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials over bribery charges. CBI raids are on at 24 places in four states following the charges. CBI sources say some high ranking officials were under scrutiny. Raids are on in Kolkata, Delhi, Punjab and Maharashtra. A private firm had recently alleged that the officials asked it to pay a bribe of Rs 20 lakh. The firm Universal Agency was allegedly asked to pay a bribe in order to get permit for exporting goods to Nepal from Kolkata.

Left calls protest rally after clashes in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The CPI(M) has called a protest rally in West Bengal on Wednesday, a day after several of its workers were injured in clashes with the Trinamool Congress supporters near Kolkata. Left Front chairman Biman Bose said that a statewide "condemnation day" will be observed today in protest against Tuesday's attacks. The TMC has also called for a rally today over the issue. Both the parties have blamed each other for the violence in which the Left said 27 of its workers were injured while the TMC said 10 of its workers were wounded. Firearms and stones were used in clashes that took place in Bhangar block of South 24Parganas district, leaders of both parties claimed. A large number of vehicles were reportedly torched in the clashes in Bhangar, about 30

Small farmers must get benefits of high-tech methods: Kalam

VADODARA: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam said there was a need to address technological and physical input needs of marginal and small farmers to lift them out of poverty. "There is a need for addressing the technological and physical input requirements by the bottom of the pyramid segment so that we can remove poverty from the farming community as a whole," he said here. Kalam said this while speaking on the topic 'Research missions towards 350 million tonnes of food by 2020'. He later interacted with agri-scientists. The cultivable land across the country may decline to 100 million hectares from 170 million hectares at present, while requirement of food production may touch 350 million from 250 million by the end of this decade, Kalam observed. "There are over 607 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (agri science centres) in the country. Hence, scientists and field engineers deployed in these Kendras should work closely to achieve the objectives of Agriculture Mission." Such scientific interventions are needed in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh which have the potential to get transformed as grain granaries like Punjab and Haryana, he said. Speaking about farm innovation, the former President said Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) can launch a project to document works of excellence in seeds, use of fertilisers, organic farming, environmental upgradation and productivity enhancement techniques across the country. "My study indicates 50 per cent of the agricultural workforce is deployed in small and marginal holding and many of them produce paddy or wheat less than 1 to 1.5 tonne per hectare. The benefits of high-technology agriculture reach largely to medium and rich farmers," Kalam noted.

Zero tolerance for inappropriate behavior towards women: Min

NEW DELHI: The government is making all efforts to sensitize the youth and the community for observing appropriate behaviour and proper etiquette towards women. Releasing the National Book Trust (NBT) Annual calendars and Planner marking the 150th birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said, the great saint's teachings are relevant today for proper education and social upliftment of the society. He said, following the recent gangrape incident in Delhi, the UGC has written to the Universities for maintaining Zero tolerance towards inappropriate behaviour to women in campuses. The minister also said, Swami Vivekananda through his teachings, motivated the youth to imbibe moral values to strengthen their character. Our correspondent reports, the NBT Desk Calender carries Swami Vivekananda quotes every month while the Wall Calendar has focussed on the North east India and tribal culture.

km from Kolkata. The Left Front apprised Governor MK Narayanan of the "lawlessness" and the government's "inhuman" attitude following yesterday's violence. State Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya said his party was "extremely worried" over the deteriorating law and order and it would ask the Union Home Ministry to send a special team to assess the situation. State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee alleged that CPI(M) activists, who were on their way in a

convoy of cars to attend a demonstration, attacked Trinamool Congress workers with firearms. He said that Trinamool Congress workers would take to the streets every day after 6 pm from January 10-18 to protest the "conspiracy" by the CPI(M), the Congress and two news channels to incite the public and create "lawlessness". Bhangar has become politically volatile since last week over clashes between the rival parties seeking to capture political turf ahead of the coming panchayat polls in the state.

Vayalar Ravi encourages cash-rich NRIs to invest in Kerala

KOCHI: Kerala has stepped up efforts to encourage NRIs to invest in various sectors of the state, an official said Wednesday. The govt. at the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) being held here Jan 7-9 will Wednesday announce separate facilities for NRIs for investments in the service, industry, electronics and consumer sectors. Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi today made a fervent plea to the cash-rich non-resident Indians (NRIs) to seriously apply their mind to investing in Kerala. "Gone are the olden days where Kerala's labour unrest was always news. I and the CM Oommen Chandy were strong trade union leaders but that's a thing of the past and today Kerala is one state where there are no industrial disputes at all and I call upon you to seriously apply your mind to invest in Kerala," said Ravi. Ravi made his appeal in an address to the gathering of cash-rich investors at the Kerala Session at the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Wednesday. "I request all of you who have plans to invest in the state to begin a ter's National Innovation Council, listed out a series of projects that has been analysed by his team which would change Kerala's face. "We have listed out a few projects like setting up of two knowledge cities,...a waterway in the state to transport goods, to establish clusters for traditional industries besides pooling the Ayurveda promotion efforts and also setting up of skill development centres. All these require investment...," said Pitroda. After the success of the TechnoparkTBI (Technology Business Incubator), the state government is all set for the NRITBI, K.C. Chandrasekharan Nair, managing director, Technopark-TBI said. The TBI identifies potential entrepreneurs with innovative ideas, nurture them through different phases of growth, until the business takes off to a maturity level. "This is going to be launched with the full support of the centre which has extended an initial funding of Rs.2.5 crore. To start with, we will launch one each at Kochi, Kollam and Kozhikode," said Nair. The Technopark-TBI has so far incubated more than 165 start up technology firms in their incubation facilities in the past nine years, with a success rate of over 96 per cent. "If the Technopark-TBI is for IT, the three NRI-TBI's would have a larger canvas and would have sectors like the service industry, electronics and other sectors," the official said. "We will provide a space which would be around 250 to 300 sq.ft and provide them all the facilities...Besides being a plug and play facility, the members will get an address to start with," said Nair.

dialogue with Chandy, who has a special team where projects are being drawn up," added Ravi. Ravi was speaking soon after Sam Pitorda, who heads the prime minis-

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As India shivers, Australia witnesses extreme heat
MELBOURNE: As much of India shivers under unprecedented cold wave, Australia is experiencing extreme heat, forcing the weather bureaus to upgrade temperature measuring scales. Forecasting officers across the nation are coming up with new colors on the weather chart to reflect new high forecast as the weathermen predicted that the scales will soar above 50 degree Celsius. Intense heat has already triggered raging bush fires, which have assumed "catastrophic conditions" that are threatening homes and have sparked widespread evacuations. David Jones, head of the bureau of Meteorology -climate monitoring and prediction unit, was quoted by 'The Age' as warning that temperatures would soar "to record high of more than 50 degrees in the next few days." Weathermen have instituted a new pink colour code to feature temperatures from 52 to 54 degrees. Australia's all time record temperature is 50.7 degrees, set in January 1960 at Oodnadatta in South Australia. The raging heat has triggered more than 100 bush fires in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned this week that Australia would see more extreme events due to global warming. "Whilst you would not put any one event down to climate change, weather doesn't work like that, we do know over time that as a result of climate change we are going to see more extreme weather events and conditions," Gillard said. WASHINGTON: The framework for US involvement in Afghanistan after international forces withdraw in 2014 will be the key issues to be discussed on Friday's meeting between the US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the White House said. "This is not a visit during which President Obama will be making decisions about US troop levels in the immediate future or beyond 2014. It's a visit where the two leaders will be able to consult about those issues, and then in the coming months, President Obama will be able to make those decisions in consultation with his national security team," Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes told reporters during a conference call. "On the security side, they'll be discussing the 2013 transition and the BSA (bilateral security agreement). They'll also be discussing the political and economic transition that's underway, as

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well as reconciliation and regional stability," he said. Rhodes said the Karzai visit comes at a critical moment for the two Presidents to take stock on where they are in the transition and then to provide guidance going forward on a host of issues. "In 2013, we will be continuing our transition to Afghan security lead, and we, of course, have set in Chicago the objective of having a milestone in 2013 where the Afghans are fully in the lead for security responsibility in the country on the way to the Afghans having full responsibility by the end of 2014, so they'll be discussing the 2013 transition," he said. "Of course, as it relates to US troops, we completed the full drawdown of our surge in September, bringing us back down to 68,000, the pre-West Point troop levels for the United States. As we look to 2013, reductions in US troops will continue, but they will be guided by the transition that the two leaders agree upon," he noted.

Global warming has stalled since 1998, says UK Met office

London: Global warming has stalled since 1998, and in the next few years Earth's temperature will not rise as rapidly as feared, UK Met officials have claimed. Over the next five years temperatures will be 0.43 degrees above the 19712000 average, instead of the previously forecast 0.54 degrees - a 20 per cent reduction, the Met office in UK has confirmed. This rise would be only slightly higher than the 0.4degree rise recorded in 1998, an increase which is itself attributed by forecasters to an exceptional weather phenomenon, sources reported. With all but 0.03 degrees of the increase having occurred by 1998, it means that no further significant increases to the planet's temperature are expected over the next few years. The figures have been seized on by skeptics of man-made climate change, who claim that global warming has flat lined despite a large rise in greenhouse emissions in recent decades. "That the global temperature standstill could continue to at least 2017 would mean a 20-year period of no statistically significant change in global temperatures," Dr David Whitehouse, science adviser to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said. "Such a period of no increase will pose fundamental problems for climate models. If the latest Met Office prediction is correct, then it will prove to be a lesson in humility," Whitehouse said. "Global warming is not 'at a standstill' but does seem to have slowed down since 2000, in comparison to the rapid warming of the world since the 1970s," Dr Richard Allan of the University of Reading said. "In fact, consistent with rising greenhouse gases, heat is continuing to build up beneath the ocean surface," Allan added. He was backed by Bob Ward of the London School of Economics, who said it would be wrong to interpret that warming had stopped. The Met Office said the updated five-year predictions were a result of a new modelling system, which takes into account changes in ocean surface temperatures, and was released as soon as practically possible. It claims the slow-down in temperature rises after a steep increase in the 1990s could be explained by natural variability, changes in solar activity, and the movements of the oceans. "A lot of people were claiming, in the run-up to the Copenhagen 2009 conference, that warming was accelerating and it is all worse than we thought," Professor Myles Allen of the University of Oxford said. "What has happened since then has demonstrated that it is foolish to extrapolate short-term climate trends," Allen said.

Hina Rabbani Khar, Makhdoom Amin Fahim argue over MFN to India
Regulations and Services said the interests of domestic industry had not been addressed by the Commerce Ministry. However, Khar argued that the cabinet's decision of February 28, 2012 to phase out the negative list by December 31 was in the larger interest of Pakistan and a major policy decision of the current government. The negative list allows commerce in all but 1,209 items, including 78 textile and apparel items. Pakistani farmers' lobbies have opposed the move to give India MFN-status, saying not a single agricultural item, except tobacco, is on the negative list or the sensitive list of Pakistani imports from India. The Business Recorder quoted sources as saying that the Commerce Ministry has assured the farmers that their concerns will be

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar clashed with Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim over the issue of Islamabad missing the deadline for normalising trade relations with India during a cabinet meeting last week, according to a media report on Wednesday. Khar, who was reportedly not aware of all developments on the issue of normalising trade, argued that the December 31 deadline for doing away with a negative list regime should have been adhered to as it has implications for bilateral relations, the Business Recorder daily quoted its sources as saying. The Foreign Minister clashed with Fahim in the cabinet meeting on January 3 when the issue "move from positive to negative list of items for India" was discussed

though it was not on the agenda. Khar subsequently convened an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss issues hindering full normalisation of trade relations with India, the sources said. Pakistan had committed itself to phasing out the negative list regime by December 31, paving the way for giving India Most Favoured Nationstatus by the beginning of the year.

Officials recently said the process for giving MFN-status had been delayed. During the cabinet meeting, Textiles Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin said a level playing field must be created for Pakistan's textile products by implementing a uniform tax regime before MFNstatus is granted to India. The Minister for National

taken care of. It said insiders had claimed that phasing out the negative list or giving MFN-status to India would not have any negative impact on Pakistani agriculture as only tobacco is expected to suffer. The sources further said the main issue holding up normalisation of trade relations is inadequate infrastructure on Pakistan's side at the Wagha land border. They said that if MFN-status is granted to India without completing infrastructure at Wagha, the prices of goods coming from India will double due to choking of trucks. Commerce Secretary Munir Qureshi is negotiating with farmers and explained to the cabinet that his Ministry is following a roadmap and three agreements have been signed with India to facilitate trade.

Senkaku islands dispute: Japan summons Chinese envoy

LONDON: Japan has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest against the presence of government ships in waters around disputed Senkaku islands. This is the first such protest under new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was elected last month. Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Akitaka Saiki met Chinese Ambassador Cheng Yonghua in Tokyo to lodge a protest after four Chinese government ships were spotted in the area on Monday. Saiki 'strongly demanded that such incidents do not happen again', a ministry statement said. The move comes amid reports that Japan could increase military spending this year for the first time in more than a decade, news sources reports. Chinese ships have sailed near the islands many times since Japan bought them from a private owner last year. Both claim the islands, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese.

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Shipping Ministry to award 25 projects worth Rs 11,000 cr by March-end

MUMBAI,JAN 9: The shipping ministry will award 25 projects worth Rs 11,000 crore by the end of the current fiscal, a move that is expected to increase cargohandling capacity at ports by 250 million tonne. The decision follows Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's instruction to the ministry a month ago that capacity expansion should be fast-tracked. Ports in the country have been plagued by capacity shortage largely due to security clearance issues, which discourage private sector participation. "The ministry has set a target of awarding 42 projects in 2013. We have already awarded 17 and will now complete 25 projects by March, increasing the total capacity across ports by 250 million tonne," Pradeep Sinha, secretary in the shipping ministry, said. Construction of a mega container terminal in Chennai and a second dock at the Haldia port are among the projects that will be awarded. The ministry has also decided not to pursue the Port Regulatory Authority Bill largely due to opposition from various state governments and minor Ports. The Bill aimed to regulate all ports in the country, including the mushrooming private ports that are currently free to fix tariffs. The ministry, which has not awarded any major projects in the last two years, has also written to the ministry of finance to revive a subsidy given to the shipbuilding industry. "We have made a recommendation to the ministry of finance to revive the subsidy given to the shipbuilding sector. We have asked the ministry to give 15% subsidy and, in addition, we are also seeking infrastructure status for the sector," Sinha said. The ministry has also given in-principle approval to the deregulation of the tariff mechanism. Currently, port tariffs are fixed by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), a government-controlled body that often finds itself at loggerheads with port operators over rates. "For future projects, the ministry has decided that the tariff be market regulated and not decided by TAMP," Sinha said. "As far as existing projects where TAMP is involved, the ministry will look at it on an individual basis." In February last year, TAMP had reduced the tariff at two terminals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, quashing a demand for an increase in rates. Meanwhile, the finance ministry has approved a plan by JNPT, Dredging CorporationBSE 1.52 % of India and Ennore Port to tap the bond market by February to fund their capital expenditure plans. Last month, streamlining the security clearance mechanism for companies participating in port projects, the ministry had said that a clearance once received would be valid for three years. "The ministry has also taken measures to reduce the time taken for the projects and has streamlined security clearance procedures and is constantly monitoring various projects," Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan said. In a follow up, the ministry has forwarded to the home affairs department a request by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone to revalidate the security clearance it has received earlier for a port project in Chennai. In a separate development, JNPT has agreed to give a noobjection certificate to the Mumbai Trans-harbour Link. Earlier, it had opposed its construction saying it would come in the way of the proposed fifth container terminal at the port.

FDI flows likely to rise in India, Asean: HSBC

NEW DELHI,JAN 9: Foreign direct investment is likely to rise in India thanks to large labour force and strong domestic market, but weak infrastructure and restrictive policy pose a challenge, says a report by HSBC. "In the past decade, FDI flows have started to shift toASEAN and India to capitalise on their favourable demographics and fast growth rates," HSBCEconomist Trinh D Nguyen said. The countries which are likely to benefit from this structural shift in FDI from China to elsewhere include, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia but obstacles remain for each of the above mentioned countries to attract investments. India and the Philippines have huge potential but weak infrastructure and restrictive FDI policy are major hurdles. Indonesia and Vietnam looks likely to benefit the most from a cost perspective. Thailand, with a sound business environment and a linked supply chain, is an attractive destination but risks include politics and wage costs. "Multinationals also consider other factors when deciding where to invest, including the policy environment and the ease of doing business," Nguyen said adding that "Its (India's) cumbersome business environment, restrictive FDI policy and poor infrastructure can put off foreign investors." Meanwhile, Asean countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, while not comparable in size, continue to offer opportunities to investors as they also have a good demographic story to tell. While India has all the right ingredients to thrive (strong demographics, large domestic market) many obstacles remain. Inadequate infrastructure hampers productivity, the manufacturing sector needs to be developed and the employment growth rate is still too low, HSBC said. HSBC said "although flows to India have increased significantly in recent years, the level of FDI is still considered low in comparison to its GDP," adding that "lifting restrictions on foreign equity ownership in many sectors, in particular the service industries can boost investor sentiment." In addition to further liberalising regulations to attract manufacturing FDI, India in particular needs to create a legal and physical infrastructure that is industry friendly. The government liberalised FDI policy in sectors like multi-brand retail, singlebrand retail, commodity exchanges, power exchanges, broadcasting, non-banking financial institutions and asset reconstruction companies. "These developments are positive and may pave the way for further reforms, such as raising the FDI ceiling in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent," HSBC said. India's FDI inflows grew by over 65 per cent year-onyear to USD 1.94 billion in October, according to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).

Govt to bring Insurance Bill in budget session

NEW DELHI,JAN 9: The government has decided to introduce the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill 2008 in the upcoming budget session of Parliament in its present form which allows 49% foreign investment in the insurance sector, without a carve out for portfolio investors. "There will be no compromise now. We will introduce the Insurance Bill in its present format. The UPA is hopeful that key allies will come together as in the case of FDI in retail," said a senior cabinet rank minister. The move will also pave way for 49% foreign investment in the pension sector. Earlier, the government was in discussion with the BJP to work out a compromise formula for smooth facilitation of the Insurance Bill. The BJP was opposed to increasing the foreign investment limit in the sector to 49%, but according to sources agreed to a compromise solution wherein foreign direct investment (FDI) limit is retained at 26% but additional 23% is allowed for foreign institutional investors. However, after it was able to get two bills-Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill and the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 - passed in the winter session of the Parliament, the government is hopeful that it will now manage to steer through the Insurance Bill, as cleared by cabinet in October last year. "We will allow 49% foreign investment in insurance sector. It will be for the companies to decide whether they want it through direct investment or the FII route," said the minister quoted earlier. The government has veered towards the view that a 23% FII quota would restrict the flexibility of the insurance companies to structure their shareholding. A finance ministry official confirmed that they have not been asked to go make any changes in the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to dilute the proposal to increase foreign investment limit to 49%. The Insurance Laws (amendment) Bill, 2008 had provided for an increase in foreign investment limit to 49% from 26%. However, the standing committee on finance headed by Yashwant Sinha did not favour the hike in FDI ceiling, indicating wide opposition to this increase in the limit. After considering the recommendations, the union cabinet in October decided to go with 49% foreign investment limit and sought to build political consensus around that. However, the passage may not be as easy as government seems to suggest. In December 2012, the government had to drop the Forward Contract Clause in the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, which would have allowed banks to enter commodity trading.

FM not in favour of taxing 'super-rich'

NEW DELHI, JAN 9: Despite radical pitches for a higher tax rate for the 'superrich' from many economists includingPMEAC chairman C Rangarajan, the Finance MinisterP Chidambaram is unlikely to tinker with tax slabs in this year's budget. According to ET Now sources, the proposal for taxing the super-rich does not find much favour with Chidambaram, who is known to prefer moderate taxes. However, given the low tax base in India, Chidambaram may look to expand the tax down the tax slab from 40 per cent to 30 per cent in 1997. Pitching for higher rates of taxes for super r i c h , Rangarajan had said that the forthcoming budget could look at imposing surcharge on income above a threshold. "... one need not disturb the structure of income tax system as it is now. But add a surcharge for income above particular level. I believe as we go along, we need to raise more revenues and the people with larger incomes must be willing to contribute more," he had said. Last week, Chidambaram met representatives from the agriculture sector, kicking off consultations his ministry holds with stakeholders before the annual budget that is usually presented on the last day of February. Around 20 experts from different farm groups and institutes participated in the pre-budget meeting.

reach and look at measures to ensure higher compliance. Government taxes income at three rates - 10 per cent, 20 per cent and 30 per cent. Incidentally, it was Chidambaram who brought

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India need 5-0 whitewash to regain No. 1 ODI ranking

DUBAI: The five-match one-day series between India and England will throw open the race to the number one team and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men will have to inflict a whitewash on the visiting side to regain its number one status on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table. India is playing England in a five-match ODI series starting on Friday in Rajkot and the only way the hosts, currently ranked third, can regain their number one ranking is by winning all the five matches of the series. A 5-0 win will see India jump two places to claim the top spot. England too will be aiming to carry its Test form into the ODI format and win its first series in India in 28 years, and cement its status as the number-one ranked side. South Africa too can move to the top of table as they are playing New Zealand in a three-match series starting on 19 January in Paarl. However, the Proteas can only go top if it wins all three matches against New Zealand and India wins its series, but fails to complete a clean sweep. England currently leads second-ranked South Africa by a fraction of a point, but will take an outright lead on the championship table if it wins the series, irrespective of the results of the South Africa-New Zealand and Australia-Sri Lanka series starting on Friday in Melbourne. In ICC ODI Player Rankings, no fewer than seven batsmen featuring in the top 10 are likely to figure in the India-England, Australia-Sri Lanka and South Africa-New Zealand series. Hashim Amla currently leads the pack with his teammate AB de Villiers second. India's Virat Kohli in third spot leads his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni by 35 ratings points, and he will not only be aiming to strengthen his position with a strong performance against England, but also put pressure on South Africa's ODI captain. It is expected that the series will result in fewer changes at the top of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, where number-one ranked Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan is currently enjoying a comfortable lead over second-placed teammate Mohammad Hafeez. As many as five of the top 10 are expected to be in action during the three series, including Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel, Steven Finn, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dale Steyn. The side that tops the Championship table on the 1 April cut-off date collects a cheque of $175,000 along with a Shield, while the team that finishes second receives a cheque of $75,000.

Caption:Shikhar Dhawan scored a ton against England for Delhi

Delhi beat England by six wickets in warm-up game

Meaker. If Dhawan and Unmukt Chand (37) started the chase well, adding 98 for the opening stand, unheralded youngster Milind and veteran Rajat Bhatia (45 not out) finished off the run chase with a flourish as they smashed 103 runs off 72 balls. The day, however, belonged to Dhawan who hogged the limelight with brilliant authorative display. Time and again, he drove the pace quartet of Steven Finn, Dernbach, Meaker and Chris Woakes through the covers. The moment, the pacers dug it in short, he was quickly in a position to play the pull shot. Dhawan completed his century off 98 balls with a big six off Tredwell over deep mid-wicket. Credit should also be given to young Milind, who showed a lot of maturity and paced his innings to perfection. Whether it was playing the slash over deep third man or driving on the up, Milind had an answer to everything that was thrown at him. Milind hit seven fours and three sixes in his 85-ball knock. The shot that stood out was a six over extra cover off Meaker. Earlier, Ian Bell scored a fine century as England posted a challenging score of 294 for five after being put into bat. Having scored 91 in the first match against India A, Bell was again in fine form as he batted with lot of responsibility scoring 108 runs with the help of 10 fours and two huge sixes. The main feature of the England innings was Bell's 113-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Eoin Morgan, w h o smashed 52 off 55 balls.

Johnson wins Tournament of Champions

HAWAII: American Dustin Johnson has won the weather-affected Tournament of Champions in Hawaii making a winning start to the 2013 season. Johnson finished with five-under 68 for a total of 16 under sealing the title in his favour. Defending champions Steve Stricker carded fourunder 69 to finish second followed by Brandt Snedeker at third. "It gives me a lot of confidence going into this year," Johnson said. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after severe winds caused three days of play to be suspended.

Will not beg for govt funds for revolting players: AITA
NEW DELHI: As none of the eight revolting players has made himself available for Davis Cup selection, the AITA on Tuesday said anyone who refuses to play for India will not be entitled for the financial support from the government. The national tennis body has proposed to get Rs 15 lakh each for players featuring in top-200 in singles and Rs 12 lakh for those who get into the bracket of 201-300 through the Long term Development Plan (LTDP) from the government. The figure is Rs eight lakh for players, who are ranked between 301-500 and aged below 28. In the doubles, the figure is Rs seven lakh for players in top-50 and Rs four lakh for those featuring in 51-100. "We are not going to beg for the funds for players who are not interested in doing national duty. They have brought the game to disrepute by their act despite that we addressed their concerns honestly," AITA CEO Hironmoy Chatterjee said. "The government is also watching what's happening. They are aware of it. We have been transparent in this issue. The players who want to play for India will get all the support," he added. The AITA also felt that the young players would be the biggest losers in the ongoing controversy and advised them not to risk their India cap at this stage of their respective careers.

SEOUL: It was a good day in office for Indian shuttlers as Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the second round of the $1 million Korea Open Super Series Premier in Seoul, Wednesday. Saina, seeded third, came out on top in a tough 58minute clash with Thailand`s Sapsiree Taerattanachai 1721, 21-9, 21-19 to advance to the women`s singles prequarter-finals of the first and most expensive tournament of the season. This was Saina`s, World No.3, fourth consecutive win over the World No.22 in as many meetings. The London Olympics bronze medallist will next face World No.41 Mingtian Fu of Singapore for a place in the quarter-finals at the S.K. Handball Stadium. The Hyderabadi has a 3-0 record against Mingtian.

Saina, Kashyap, Sindhu advance in Korea Open IPL 6: Pune, Mumbai in race to buy Michael Clarke
MUMBAI: Australian captain Michael Clarke could soon reap the benefits of his Test cricket exploits with a rich booty for himself in the world's most expensive T20 league. The 31-year-old, who retired from T20 Internationals in January 2011 to focus on Tests and ODIs, is likely to be in top demand in the IPL-6 players' auction on Feb 3. It has been learnt that at least two teams, Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors India , are keen to buy the Aussie Test skipper. He will also get to lead the team that buys him. MI are currently led by discarded India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, while PWI were captained by Sourav Ganguly last season. MI are believed to be looking to change their captain , while Pune, who finished last in 2012, have already released Ganguly. They couldn't retain Clarke (the Aussie scored just 98 runs in MI, in comparison, would be going into the auction with only $1,808,261 left in their kitty. "Any team which is eyeing a captain should be gunning for him. He was exceptional for Australia last season," said a source in the PWI camp. Star batsman Yuvraj Singh, who captained Pune in their first season but missed out last year due to his ill health, is "98 percent not a captaincy candidate because he wants to now just feature as a player so that he can focus on his batting," added the source. The only glitch here for PWI could be a last-minute change of heart from Clarke, as he did in 2009 by pulling out of the auction at the last minute. At that point, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi had said Clarke had skipped the auction because he wasn't sure if any franchisee would buy him at his base price ($1 million).

NEW DELHI: Shikhar Dhawan served a timely reminder to the national selectors with a brilliant century as Delhi defeated England by six wickets to hand the visitors their second successive defeat in warm-up games on Tuesday. Chasing a difficult 294 for five set by England, Delhi rode on skipper Dhawan's 110 and Milind Kumar's unbeaten 78 to overhaul the target with nine balls to spare. Left-hander Dhawan, who last played for India in the West Indies, cracked his 110 off only 109 balls to set up a chase which initially looked difficult. He hit 13 boundaries and three huge sixes --one each off Jade Dernbach, James Tredwell and Stuart

Saina Nehwal came out on top in a tough clash with Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai 17-21, 21-9, 21-19. Meanwhile, 17-year-old head record against the world Sindhu overcame Indonesian No.13 Porntip. In the men`s singles, ridopponent Lindaweni Fanetri in straight games. Sindhu, ing on his recent success of World No.19, took sweet winning the Syed Modi title, revenge of her loss to Kashyap made short work of Lindaweni in the final of the England`s Rajiv Ouseph winSyed Modi International ning 21-19, 21-16 in 37 minIndia Grand Prix Gold in utes. The World No.14 next Lucknow in December. The Indian won 22-20, faces seventh seed and World 21-16 in 42 minutes to book a No.10 Yun Hu of Hong place against Thai Porntip Kong. Hu has previously Buranaprasertsuk. Sindhu won the only encounter both has an unbeaten 2-0 head-to- the shuttlers have played.

six games for them) because he was signed up as a 'replacement player' and as per IPL rules, such players have to go back to the auction pool. Clarke hadn't registered his name in the auction pool initially , but has now relented. Pune have an edge over MI in going for Clarke because they have around $3,962,826 left in their purse, out of the $12.5m allowed for buying the players.

Global warming has stalled since 1998: UK Met office

LONDON: Global warming has stalled since 1998, and in the next few years Earth's temperature will not rise as rapidly as feared, UK Met officials have claimed. Over the next five years temperatures will be 0.43 degrees above the 1971-2000 average, instead of the previously forecast 0.54 degrees - a 20 per cent reduction, the Met office in UK has confirmed. This rise would be only slightly higher than the 0.4-degree rise recorded in 1998, an increase which is itself attributed by forecasters to an exceptional weather phenomenon. With all but 0.03 degrees of the increase having occurred by 1998, it means that no further significant increases to the planet's temperature are expected over the next few years. The figures have been seized on by sceptics of man-made climate change, who claim that global warming has flatlined despite a large rise in greenhouse emissions in recent decades. "That the global temperature standstill could continue to at least 2017 would mean a 20-year period of no statistically significant change in global temperatures," Dr David Whitehouse, science adviser to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said. "Such a period of no increase will pose fundamental problems for climate models. If the latest Met Office prediction is correct, then it will prove to be a lesson in humility," Whitehouse said. "Global warming is not 'at a standstill' but does seem to have slowed down since 2000, in comparison to the rapid warming of the world since the 1970s," Dr Richard Allan of the University of Reading said. "In fact, consistent with rising greenhouse gases, heat is continuing to build up beneath the ocean surface," Allan added. He was backed by Bob Ward of the London School of Economics, who said it would be wrong to interpret that warming had stopped. The Met Office said the updated five-year predictions were a result of a new modelling system, which takes into account changes in ocean surface temperatures, and was released as soon as practically possible. It claims the slow-down in temperature rises after a steep increase in the 1990s could be explained by natural variability, changes in solar activity, and the movements of the oceans. "A lot of people were claiming, in the run-up to the Copenhagen 2009 conference, that warming was accelerating and it is all worse than we thought," Professor Myles Allen of the University of Oxford said. "What has happened since then has demonstrated that it is foolish to extrapolate shortterm climate trends," Allen said.

Warne apologies for foul-mouthed Twenty20 confrontation

SYDNEY: Australian bowling great Shane Warne apologised on Tuesday for the foul-mouthed Twenty20 confrontation that earned him a ban and a fine, and said he hoped he had not tarnished his legacy in the sport. Warne admitted he had gone too far in his on-field row with West Indian batsman Marlon Samuels in Australia's Big Bash League but defended his right to show "emotion and passion". "I'm very passionate when I play the game. I overstepped the line and hence I'm missing a game," Warne said. "I thought it was a pretty harsh penalty but I was more disappointed in my own actions, especially as a captain. "It was emotion and passion. We sometimes like to see that in sportsmen and not robots. "I apologise to the fans and I apologise to everyone. Sitting and doing detention, it's not easy to watch the boys." Melbourne Stars captain Warne, furious after Samuels impeded batsman David Hussey, later confronted the West Indian with an obscenity and in the following over, hurled the ball at his chest. Samuels, playing for city rivals the Melbourne Renegades, reacted by tossing his bat towards Australia's record Test wicket-taker and the two squared up before being separated by the umpires. Warne was banned for one match and fined Aus dollar 4,500 (USD 4,700) over the row. But he expressed hope that "one little incident" wouldn't besmirch his reputation among cricket fans. Warne claimed 708 Test wickets in a celebrated career but he has also courted controversy, notably when he was fined for accepting money from a bookmaker and when he was sent home from the 2003 World Cup for taking a banned diuretic. Samuels has been replaced in the Renegades team by England batsman Alex Hales after he topedged a Lasith Malinga delivery into his face during Sunday's eventful game, suffering a suspected fracture of the eye socket.

Elaborate security for first IndiaEngland ODI in Rajkot

RAJKOT: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the first ODI between India and England to be played at SCA stadium on January 11. "As many as 1,300 policemen including four SPs and 25 Deputy SPs have been deployed in and outside the SCA stadium where the first ODI between India and England will be played," Rajkot Rural Superintendent of Police Premveer Singh said. "The security arrangements have been divided in four sectors. Each sector would be supervised by SP cadre official. "Nearly 500 mediapersons are coming to cover the match and therefore separate security arrangements have been made for them," he added. The hotel, where both the teams are staying, has also been turned into a fortress with deployment of around 125 policemen, the official said. However, the SCA has not installed fencing on the boundary line so that viewers can watch the match uninterrupted but has put up as many as 40 CCTVs to keep a close eye on the crowd, said Niranjan Shah, the honorary secretary of the SCA.

Dinosaurs were swimming not running during stampede

MELBOURNE: Paleontologists in Queensland have found that the world's only recorded dinosaur stampede is largely made up of the tracks of swimming, not running, animals. The University of Queensland's PhD candidate Anthony Romilio led the study of thousands of small dinosaur tracks at Lark Quarry Conservation Park in Queensland's central west. The tracks, which are 95 to 98 million years old, are preserved in beds of siltstone and sandstone deposited in a shallow river when the area was part of a vast, forested floodplain, News.com.au reported. He said that many of the tracks are nothing more than elongated grooves, and probably formed when the claws of swimming dinosaurs scratched the river bottom. Some of the more unusual tracks include "tippy-toe" traces - this is where fully buoyed dinosaurs made deep, near vertical scratch marks with their toes as they propelled themselves through the water, he said. He added that it's difficult to see how tracks such as these could have been made by running or walking animals. Romilio said the swimming dinosaur tracks at Lark Quarry belonged to small, two-legged herbivorous dinosaurs known as ornithopods. "These were not large dinosaurs. Some of the smaller ones were no larger than chickens, while some of the wading animals were as big as emus," he said. The findings are published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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