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22 AUGUST 2013
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Rain or thundershower may occur Rainfall 41.2
ANDHRA CONGRESS LEADERS TALK TOUGH

DEMAND REVERSAL O. DECISION ON TELANGANA P3
STAYING STEADY
VIRAT KOHLI HOLDS ON TO SIXTH SPOT IN ICC RANKINGS P12
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THE IAS MUST ASSERT ITSEL.
COURT ORDERS MUBARAKS RELEASE

P7 CASES AGAINST HIM WILL, HOWEVER, CONTINUE P10
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Dawood aides: A Delhi court issued 'open' non-bailable warrants against three Dawood aides in connection with IPL spot fixing. Chinese intrusion: Chinese troops had come more than 20 km inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh on 13 August. P2 Syria massacre: Syria's main Opposition group accused the regime of using chemical weapons to kill more than 1,300 people. P10
Flood-like situation in Midnapore dists
BSE BELLWETHER CRASHES BELOW 18,000 MARK TO 17,807.19 POINTS

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE
Mumbai, 21 August
4 SLIDE CONTINUES DESPITE RBI TONIC

EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL FACTORS?
The UPA government and in particular Finance Minister P Chidambaram would have us believe that the rupee is weakening largely because of external factors. But facts suggest that Mr Chidambarams counterparts in the neighbourhood are doing a far more competent job than him in controlling their currencies. Perhaps the Finance Minister should travel to Dhaka to find out how this can be done.
A waterlogged Benaras road in Howrah on Wednesday. (right) A flooded electric meter room in a Kolkata housing complex. n SNS

Kolkata, 21 August
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ties rakhi on a girls wrist to observe Raksha Bandhan. At Writers Buildings. n SNS
Rape charge: A 16-yearold girl in Delhi has accused godman Asaram Bapu and his associates of sexually assaulting her. P4 Manning sentenced: A US military court sentenced Bradley Manning to 35 years of imprisonment for leaking documents. P9
Heavy rain, coupled with the release of water from the Galudi barrage in Jharkhand, has caused a flood-like situation in East and West Midnapore. Rains have also disrupted life in Burdwan and Bankura where some rivers are flowing just below the danger mark. In the city, there was waterlogging in some pockets and portable pumps were installed to clear accumulated water. The state government, in a Press release issued today, stated that around 2.50 lakh cusecs of water were released from the Galudi barrage causing floods or a flood-like situation in several blocks of West and East Midnapore that include Patashpur 1, Egra 1, Ramnagar I and II and Contai I in East Midnapore. In West Midnapore, several blocks at Sabang, Keshari, Narayangarh and
Sankrail have been badly hit. The state government has sent six disaster management teams, armed with extra boats, to evacuate people. Bankura has received 42.65 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours The road link between Bankura and Burdwan has been badly hit as roads in some areas are under water. In Kolkata, several areas were waterlogged. Waterlogging near the Park Circus connector affected the flow of traffic through the Easter n Metropolitan Bypass. Potholes and craters on the bypass posed problems for motorists. Vast areas in Baishnabghata Patuli remained under waistdeep water. Residents of some housing complexes had to go without drinking water and power. The Bodyguard Lines were under waist-deep water and portable pumps were deployed to clear accumulated water.
Senior officials of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said the situation is under control and the water receded from most of the thoroughfares in the afternoon after the rain had stopped. All the pumps have been kept ready and leaves of officials and employees of the KMC's drainage department have been cancelled. In Malda, the Ganga has inundated several villages at Manikchak. The Mahananda river also has shown no sign of a fall in the water level. The Ganga has inundated Kamalpur village of Mathurapur and Gadaichar of North Chandipur gram panchayat. According to information available with the administration, at least 30,000 people have been affected in Manikchak, Ratua I and Harishchandrapur II blocks. In Manikchak alone, 30 villages have been flooded so far.
The Reserve Bank of India's decision late on Tuesday to buy gover nment bonds worth Rs 8,000 crore in the secondary market to infuse liquidity in the banking system failed to create a positive impact on currency and share markets; the rupee crashed to an all-time low of 64.45 before closing at 64.11 against the US dollar while the stock market ended 340 points down. The stock market came in for another bout of slaughter by speculators and wary foreigners who indulged in short covering in a bid to get away with any positive deals they could get. In the net, the market had another dismal day .. The rupee today closed at its new record low of 64.11/$ versus Tuesday's 63.44/$, losing 87 paise or 1.38 per cent. At its weakest intra-day value of 64.45, the domestic currency traded at a loss of 1.8 per cent although it displayed signs of improvement early by firming up to 63.19. Huge demand for the American cur rency by importers, banks and oil marketing companies took toll of the domestic currency, dealers say . The RBI prodded staterun banks to supply dollar
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liquidity to a starved currency market and check the rupee decline. The dollar sale, dealers say, started when the exchange rate was 64.40/$. The rupee finally closed the day at 64.11. The quantum of dollars
sold by PSU banks was not known but, according to forex market sources, it could be a few billions for Tuesday and Wednesday . They reminded that Mr Kaushik Basu, economist with the World Bank, had two days ago recommended
use of foreign exchange reserves to stem the rupee depreciation. The S&P Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index closed at a 52-week low (since 11 September 2012) and CNX Nifty of National Stock Exchange was down to its 6 September 2012 level. The 30-share BSE bellwether crashed below 18,000 mark to 17,807.19 points (439.85) before closing 1.86 per cent down at 17,905.91 points or -340.13 points. The 50-stock Nifty crashed to 5268.45 points (133) before staging a brief rally to end the day with 1.83 per cent loss at 5302.55 points. Both indices were on a roller-coaster ride with a wild and wider intra-day movement. The bank shares in the morning trade soared on the RBI's move to infuse liquidity . At one point the State Bank of India share gained five per cent but pared gains with other top lenders like the ICICI Bank as speculators short covered their positions. In Sensex, five shares ended up and 25 down. In Nifty , 11 advanced and 39 declined. Main losers on the BSE included Bharti Airtel Rs 296.60,- 6.31 per cent, RIL Rs 783.85, -4.72 per cent, L&T Rs 708.60, 3.36 per cent and ONGC Rs 250.70, -2.32 per cent.
MUMMY LIES NEGLECTED IN HYDERABAD AS PROTESTS ROCK EGYPT
Egyptians couldnt care less

ANINDITA CHOWDHURY
aninditasmail@gmail.com Hyderabad, 21 August Bradley Manning arrives at a US military court to hear his sentence in his trial at Fort Meade, Maryland on 21 August 2013. n AFP
Suicide decriminalised in new mental health Bill

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, 21 August
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It is the other kind of 'brotherhood' to be precise the Egyptian one that is giving sleepless nights to the officials here in the department of archaeology and museums. The violence and bloodshed raging in Cairo due to clashes between the militarybacked government and supporters of the Egyptian Brotherhood has put paid to their hopes of restoring the 2,350-yearold Egyptian mummy lying in a decrepit condition in the Dr YSR Andhra Pradesh State Museum. The mummy ~ a real crowd puller ~ ensures footfall in the erstwhile Hyderabad Museum set up by the
Nizams but overshadowed by the more publicised Salar Jung Museum. The mummy is in a sorry state with its golden visage crumbling and the embalmed wrappings disintegrating inside its glass case. The mummy, which is one of the six in India, was a gift to the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, from Nazeer Nawab Jung, the son-in-law of
the sixth Nizam. He had bought it really cheap, paying only a thousand pounds in 1920. It is that of a young girl aged between 16 and 18 years the daughter of Pharaoh VI of Egypt, who ruled in the Ptolemaic period spreading between 300100 BC. The chamber, where the glass box containing the mummy has been displayed, is quite plush though, belying any notion of fund
crunch. "It is not that we are facing a fund crunch but we need the expertise of the Egyptians for conservation of the mummy . Two experts had come two years back and given some valuable suggestions apart from promising funds. But due to the ongoing disturbances in Egypt we have not heard from them ever since," said Mr K R Rao, director of the department. "Even before the
mummy came to us, it was in a sad condition because visitors often scratched the surface and tried to peel off the wrappings," said Mr GV Ramakrishna Rao, deputy director (technical). One of the suggestions put forward by the Egyptian experts was that the mummy should be kept in a nitrogen filled case to prevent further decay . However, procuring the case has turned out to be even more difficult because only a US-based company has the requisite expertise to manufacture such cases. "They said they can take orders only after two years and it would be taken up along with another Egyptian mummy which is in Jaipur," Mr Ramakrishna Rao added.
After gay sex, there are now moves to decriminalise suicide attempts under a Bill introduced in Parliament. In a major criminal law reform, the new Mental Health Care Bill, 2013, introduced in the Rajya Sabha, seeks to decriminalise acts of suicide and makes access to affordable mental health care a right for all. The Bill links suicide attempt to the state of mental health of the person trying it. It explicitly states that acts of suicide will not be criminalised and those attempting suicide would be treated to be mentally ill unless proved otherwise and therefore exempted from the current provisions of Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 309 of the IPC, any person who attempts suicide shall be presumed, unless proved otherwise, to be suffering from mental illness at the time of the bid and shall not
be liable to punishment under the said Section, says Section 124 of the Bill. The measure clarifies that the act of suicide and the mental health of the person committing the act are inseparably linked and have to be seen together and not in isolation. The Bill lays down a proper provision for the treatment of persons attempting suicide. It seeks to provide for mental health care for persons with mental illnesses and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental health care and services. It is the first time that the government has come up with rights based approach in the mental health law. The Law Commission will separately recommend this amendment to the Criminal Law, which would eventually be effected by the Home Ministry . However, Health Ministry sources said the Law Ministry agreed on the proposed Section to decriminalise suicide.
The files need to be traced. The (Coal) Ministry has to find out...But BJP is playing politics on it
KOLKATA, THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2013
V NARAYANASAMY HITTING OUT AT BJP .OR STALLING PARLIAMENT OVER MISSING COAL BLOCK ALLOCATION .ILES
THUMBNAILS
CHINESE INTRUSION IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

DISTURBANCE WILL HAVE ADVERSE IMPACT ON TIES: AMBASSADOR
AGAINST THE ODDS

There are 6 unmanned check posts between Chaglagam and the undemarcated LAC The undemarcated LAC runs from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east The ITBP is responsible for guarding this stretch Troops have to travel on foot to get to the LAC as there are no roads
and China Foreign Affairs University Conference, in which strategic analysts from both sides took part. It was held on 19 August but copies of Jaishankar's speech were circulated to the media in Beijing today . The Arunachal Pradesh incident was sought to be played down by Army Headquarters which said the Chinese troops had gone back to their areas and that such incidents keep taking place as both sides enter areas claimed by the other side while patrolling the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC). According to reports, Chinese troops had entered eastern Arunachal Pradesh's Chaglagam area and stayed put for three to four days before going back, coinciding with India sending out a strong signal when a C-130J Super Hercules transport plane landed at an airstrip in Daulat Beg Oldie near the LAC, close to where the Depsang stand-off took place. On 13 August, there were reports from residents of the area in Arunachal Pradesh that troops belonging to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) intruded deep inside Indian territory in the Anjaw district.
President Pranab Mukherjee (L) shakes hands with Afghan VicePresident Mohammad Karim Khalili during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on August 21, 2013. Khalili is in India for a three-day official visit. n AFP
Tata in SC: Ratan Tata was in the Supreme Court to watch the hearing in the Radia tapes matter. The court is hearing a petition filed by Tata seeking action against those involved in leakage of tapes. SNS Sandalwood arrest: As many as 42 woodcutters from different districts of Tamil Nadu were arrested by Chandragiri police in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh on charges of cutting red sandalwood trees. PTI CBI plea rejected: A special CBI court rejected the investigating agency's application seeking further custodial interrogation of suspended IPS officer P P Pandey, an accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case. PTI Verdict reserved: The SC today reserved its verdict on the legal battle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the controversial Mullaperiyar dam. A fivejudge Constitution Bench reserved the judgement. PTI
Amid reports of Chinese troops intruding into Arunachal Pradesh last week and camping there for a few days in a virtual repeat of the standoff at Depsang in Ladakh earlier this year, a message was sent to China that any disturbance of peace and tranquility in the border areas can vitiate the overall atmosphere of bilateral ties. Speaking at a seminar on Sino-India ties, Indian Ambassador to China S Jaishankar stressed that any disturbance at the border will have an adverse impact on the public perception which is vital for improvement of bilateral ties. In his address Old TiesNew Model?, he said, Today, constraints on conflict and confrontation are indisputable. It has put the focus on maintaining peace and tranquility on the disputed border between India and China. The closed-door seminar was organised by the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Though this was denied by the Army , later it said the Chinese had come and gone, and Indian troops are now present at the spot in strength. Local residents, however, said currently PLA forces are camping at the Plamplam check post, 60 km from the border, and efforts are on to persuade them to go back. India has taken up such incursions previously but this time, the foreign ministry has dismissed reports of incursions into Arunachal Pradesh saying, we don't take up nonevents in diplomatic practice. The Chaglagam area, also known as fish tail because of the shape of the LAC in this area, has consistently seen intrusions by the Chinese in the past but they have always gone back immediately . The Chinese patrol up to their area of perception as do we. When we come face to face, there is a set routine called banner drill which is followed. Both sides then retreat to their own areas, according sources in the Army .
HANDS OF CLAY
A worker works on figures of Lord Ganesh at a workshop on the outskirts of Hyderabad on August 21, 2013. Almost 2,000 five foot three inch eco-friendly Ganesh idols are being made with mud and bamboo at the workshop. n AFP
Cong blames global factors, Opp for economic crisis

CBI to probe big loan defaulters

As the rupee continues its free fall, repeatedly breaching the 64 mark against the US dollar and 100 mark against the British pound in a historic low and the stock markets continue to plunge, the ruling Congress today sought to blame international factors and the Opposition parties-generated doom-and-gloom atmosphere for the prevailing crisis gripping the Indian economy . The Congress national spokesman Mr Meem Afzal claimed, This is an international phenomenon. Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa ~ everywhere their currencies are
falling. This is because of the situation in the US and its policies. He said the Congress-led UPA government has been trying its best to grapple with this situation, but there are certain global factors involved here. Mr Afzal also blamed the Opposition parties for the grim economic scenario. We are also getting low investment because the Opposition has created this atmosphere of fear and gloom-and-doom about our economic situation. They had opposed foreign direct investment. So, they are also responsible for it. The Manmohan Singh government has been drawing fire from the principal Opposition BJP as well as the Left parties for its alleged
mishandling of the economy, its inept measures and faulty policies that, they charge, have pushed the economy into deep crisis while leading to high inflation and unemployment. The CPI general secretary Mr S Sudhakar Reddy today squarely blamed the Prime Minister and the finance minister for the current economic situation in the country . He called for nationwide peoples struggles to force the UPA government to abandon its neo-liberal policies. Mr Reddy charged, We are worried India has to pay dearly for the fault of keeping the UPA-II in power. Bigger struggles of the people are expected in the coming months.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated probe against some of the big loan defaulter accounts which run into thousands of crores, the CBI director, Mr Ranjit Sinha, said today . A bulk of the non-performing assets (NPA) are from the top 30 accounts learned to be running into thousands of crores. The CBI has already initiated investigation and enquiries into some of the big defaulter accounts, Mr Sinha said
while addressing the fifth annual conference of chief vigilance officers of public sector banks & financial institutions as well as CBI officers. He, however, did not reveal the details of the probe or the big defaulter bank accounts. The high amounts of NPAs of public sector banks is a serious cause of concern, Mr Sinha said. According to government estimates gross NPAs have risen substantially in the last two years. From Rs 59,924 crore in 2010 they have gone up to Rs 117,262 crore in 2012, the
CBI director said. On bank frauds, he said while the number of fraud cases has shown a decrease, the amount involved in the fraud has increased four times. Similarly , the large value fraud cases involving amounts of Rs 50 crore and above have also increased more than tenfold from 3 cases in 2009-10 (involving an amount of Rs 404.13 crore) to 45 cases in 2013 (involving an amount of Rs 5334.75 crore), Mr Sinha said. Highlighting issues
which hamper CBI investigation into bank frauds, he said banks are often reluctant to declare bad accounts as fraud despite there being clear manifestations. The CBI chief said the banks need to realise that delay in reporting frauds adversely affects tracking and recovery of proceeds of crimes. Mr Sinha said the banks are often reluctant to fix accountability of their staff, resulting in difference of opinion between them and the agency regarding the role of public servants.
Yatra ban:Cong slams BJP,JD-U takes on VHP

Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh, ties rakhi onto the wrist of a BSF jawan at the Wagah border. n AFP
12-min ad cap: The News Broadcasters Association welcomed the Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewaris statement; Tewari said channels must get an extension on the 12-min ad cap. PTI Repreive for farmers: In a relief to flood affected farmers, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal announced to defer the recovery of crop loans availed from Co-operative societies by converting to medium term loans. PTI
New Delhi, 21 August: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to expedite its views on foreign direct investment (FDI) limits in the broadcasting sector. In its communication to TRAI, the Ministry has sought comments regarding the paper prepared by the Ministry of Finance relating to revision in existing FDI caps in the broadcasting sector. The paper pertains to the terms and conditions of license to a service provider and measures to facilitate competition and promote efficiency in the operation of telecommunication services to facilitate growth in such services. SNS
PM arrives today I&B MIN GOADS Iraq STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE TRAI ON .DI
The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr Nouri al Maliki, arrives in India on Thursday on a four-day visit. This will be the first high-level bilateral contact between the two countries after some 38 years. The visit by Mr al Maliki comes at a time when India's oil imports from Baghdad have increased substantially. Iraq is the second largest crude supplier to India today, with oil imports standing at $20 billion. What has helped tilt matters in Iraq's favour is the dip in oil imports from Iran, due to sanctions. India's oil imports from Iran have dropped to eighth position. The last high-level bilateral contact between the
two countries was the visit by former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Baghdad in 1975. Mr Maliki is coming to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Iraqi PM will meet Dr Singh, call on President Pranab Mukherjee and meet Vice President Hamid Ansari. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj will call on him, said the external affairs ministry spokesperson, Mr Syed Akbaruddin, today at a press briefing. India-Iraq bilateral trade stands at $21 billion. The visit is important as both countries are looking to take their relationship beyond the buyerseller relationship, added Mr Akbaruddin.
The political temperature is rising over the communal situation in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the SP government's 19 August decision to ban the VHP's proposed chaurasi kosi yatra (pilgrimage) from Ayodhya over its demand for construction of a Ram Temple there. As the VHP remains defiant to go ahead with its yatra, which is supposed to pass through several districts between 25 August and 13 September, the Congress today went after the BJP for its alleged bid to communalise and polarise politics to win elections, even as the BJP's exNDA ally , the JD-U trained its guns on the VHP. The BJP and other constituents of the Sangh Parivar demanded that the VHP's yatra be allowed by
Kaath ki hanndi baar baar nahin chadhati (you cannot encash an issue electorally again and again)
SHARAD YADAV
the Akhilesh Yadav government. The UP gover nment banned the VHP yatra on the ground that the Supreme Court has ordered that status quo must be maintained at the disputed Ayodhya site. It also cited the law and order situation that might arise due to the VHP's yatra. Amid allegations that in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar and the SP might be jointly seeking to raise the communal temperature in the crucial UP state in order to polarise the votes for their respective electoral dividends, the All India Con-
gress Committee (AICC) sought to steer clear of such charges. The AICC spokesman Meem Afzal said It is the responsibility of the UP government to uphold the law and order situation in the state. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said that the scenario was obvious from the day Amit Shah (Narendra Modi's close aide) was made the BJP general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh affairs. There is nothing new in it. There is no surprise, Mr Singh said. The JD-U dismissed as absurd the VHP chief Mr Ashok Singhal's threat to the UP government that it will face adverse consequences if force is used to enforce a ban on their proposed yatra. Party president Sharad Yadav rejected the suggestion that the VHP yatra's might lead to polarisation of votes in favour of the BJP .
New Delhi, 21 August: The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of two death row convicts who were scheduled to be hanged tomorrow in Karnataka even as one of them allegedly attempted to commit suicide in jail. The duo, Shivu Munishetti and Jadeswamy Rangashetti, who had been sentenced to death for brutally raping and murdering a teenaged girl of Chamarajnagar district in 2001, had moved the apex court as the verdict was upheld by the Karnataka High Court and later confir med by the Supreme Court in 2007. Tagging their plea with other cases in which the apex court had stayed execution, a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam issued notice to the Karnataka government, seeking its response on the convicted duo's plea. The batch of petitions will now be heard by a Constitution bench. SNS
SC STAYS EXECUTIONS
PALL O. GLOOM IN TRAGEDY-HIT VILLAGES IN KHAGARIA, SARAN DISTRICTS
No wrists for rakhis

lost my brother in the midday meal tragedy . There is no question of Raksha Bandhan, as I don't have a brother to tie the rakhi," bemoaned Nisha. Kajal said that it was not only her family but the entire village did not have any festivity . "How can I take part in a festival associated with brothers when I have lost him?" she asked. Nisha's mother Pano Devi said her daughter was not alone in staying away from the celebrations. "Most girls, including those who lost their brothers in the midday meal tragedy in the village, decided not to participate," said Pano Devi, who lost two of her sons. Kajal's grandfather Rameshwar Mahto said it was a dark Raksha Bandhan. "No one enjoyed the festival," Mahto, who lost three grandchildren, lamented. Nisha, Kajal and other bereaved girls prayed for their near ones. Similarly, Sulekha Kumari was heart-broken, as she lost her two brothers in Monday's train tragedy . "I lit the pyre of my brothers - Prem Raj, 2, and Ram Raj, 10. I am left
IMRAN KHAN
Patna, 21 August
It was a sad Raksha Bandhan Wednesday for many girls and women in Bihar's Saran and Khagaria districts, as they have lost their brothers in two tragedies. While 23 schoolchildren died July 16 after eating contaminated midday meal in a primary school in Dharmasati Gandaman village in Saran district, 28 people were killed by a speeding train 19 August at Dhamara Ghat station in Khagaria district. Sisters Nisha and Kajal Kumari
in Dharmasati Gandaman village did not celebrate the festival that involves a sister tying a rakhi (sacred thread) on her brother's wrist for his well-being and he vowing to protect her. "I
with no brother. How can I be happy?" asked Sulekha of Dhariyavas village in Khagaria district. She said she would never celebrate Raksha Bandhan in her life as God snatched away her brothers. Four daughters of Kishore Singh, a resident of Farre village in the same district, who lost his only son Babloo in the train tragedy, stayed away from any merrymaking. The mood was more or less the same in the houses of Rajo Yadav and Babu Lal Yadav. Both lost their only sons in the train tragedy . IANS
New Delhi, 21 August: Moving towards g reater transparency in governance, the Ministry of Personnel today launched a web portal to allow filing of Right to Information (RTI) applications online. People can now file RTI applications online in all Central government ministries and departments in the national capital. Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Mr V Narayanasamy launched the portal ~ www.rtionline.gov.in. He said this facility has been provided to Central Ministries but DoPT would consider extending it to the subordinate offices of the Central government too. SNS
ONLINE RTI .OR Eco-friendly multi CENTRAL MINS genset locos for Railways
With the introduction of multi-genset locomotives, Indian Railways is going to make a significant stride towards limiting its carbon footprint in train operations by reducing fuel consumption and emissions. In the long run the new technology will also help the railways overcome the financial crunch it is currently undergoing. The national transporter has undertaken development of prototype multigenset locomotives in medium horse power range with 3 gensets of 800 horse power (HP) each, amounting to a total of 2400 HP. The trial of the first
multi-genset locomotive is currently ongoing as a pilot project at Itarsi in Bhopal division of Western Railways, said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project. As compared to a single large engine in conventional locomotives, multi-genset technology involves use of two or more small engines that function as per the necessity of power required. The environment-friendly, multiple small engines work only when there is higher power demand. It will be more useful for short hauling purposes. These locomotives promise to reduce fuel consumption by about 20 per cent for delivering the same power.
"We have sent a proposal to the Cente demanding a ban on three fascist organisations. I cannot name them here"
PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN MAHARASHTRA CM SAID THE GOVT MUST NOT GIVE ANY LATITUDE TO TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS
THUMBNAILS
SEEMANDHRA LEADERS WARN CONG OVER TGANA

STANLEY THEDORE
stanley theodore @yahoo.com Hyderabad, 21 August
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A SECTION O. LEADERS CON.IDENT THAT TELANGANA DECISION WILL BE REVERSED
TROUBLED TIMES AHEAD

n The Congress leaders gave a forceful and well rounded articulation on the need for an integrated state. n Mr Reddy was told by the Anthony committee that there is no question of going back on Telangana.
Singh later said there would another meeting between 26 and 28 of August. Before this meeting in the Congress war room, Mr Reddy met the committee alone and argued against division. He was told that there is no question of going back on Telangana, but Mr Anthony told him that he could plead his case with the high command. When the Seemandhra leaders, they could not fathom what was in store for them. One section felt that the high command would not go back on Telangana, while another section was confident that the bifurcation decision would be reversed, sources at the meeting told The Statesman. Senior Congress MLA Mr Gade Venkat Reddy gave the most spirited presentation. He said the Union government reversed its 9 December 2009 decision on Telangana within a couple of weeks. He said it is easier for them take this back as it was their party decision. The Nizam ruled over the Coastal districts and also Rayalaseema. Over time he handed them over the British. From the monies he received from these areas he developed Hyderabad. This began the trend where successive generations contr i buted to Hyderabad s growth, he said.
Children celebrating Rakhi festival in the Capital on Wednesdayn
Subrata Dutta
Food supply chain : Kerala has asked the Centre to include the 25 lakh strong migrant labour force i n the state under food supply chain when the Bill is introduced, CM Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday . PTI Infected swines culled: At least 58 swines were culled i n M i zoram An i mal Husbandry and Veterinary (AHV) farm as they were suffer i ng from deadly Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). PTI Road Mishap: Ten persons were injured when a jeep collided with a truck in Ubhaon area . The i nc i dent occurred on Gorakhpur-Ballia road and the injured have admitted to the district hospital, police said. PTI World tour on cycle: An Ind i an act iv i st, Somen Debnath has been cycling around the world for nine years to spread AIDS awareness, has reached Bahrain. He started his initiative in 2004, reports said. PTI
Seemandhra leaders including chief minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy told the Anthony committee in unequivocal terms that the Congress party would turn obsolete if its high command does not reverse the Telangana decision immediately . The Congress leaders talk to the central leaders is very restrained tones, but yesterday they were aggressive. They gave a forceful and well rounded articulation on the need for an integrated state and backed themselves up with statistics and history. The m i n i sters and senior leaders two hour meeting with the committee ended around 11 p.m. last night. Union ministers Mr AK Anthony, Mr Veerappa Moily, Mrs Sonia Gandhis political advisor Mr Ahmed Patel and AICC general secretary Mr Digvijay Singh listened to them in silence. Mr
Anthony committee warned of water wars

Hyderabad, 21 August
Seemandhra m i n i sters warned the Anthony committee that water wars would be a reality if the state is divided and cited instances where lower riparian states get a raw deal. They said the First States Reorganisation Commission and later the Bachawat Award said that for optimum and fair use of Krishna and Godavari river waters by three regions it is necessary that they are governed under a single administration. Minister Dr S Shailajanath cited the over 100year-old Cauvery River dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Within an hour of this directive Karnataka stopped releasing water. He spoke of the water disputes between Punjab and Haryana. Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy:
Water management is often done within a state and sometimes within a district too. He cited instances where the Krishna and Godavari basins were augmented to keep the rice bowl of India from going dry.
KIRAN KUMAR REDDY

"Water management is often done within a state and sometimes within a district too. The Krishna and Godavari basins were augmented to keep the rice bowl of India from going dr," he said. M i n i ster Mr K Parthasarathy said with bifurcation Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema would become a lower riparian state and farmers would suffer for a long time to come.
Punjab may quiz Tunda

Chandigarh, 21 August
IT city set for makeover

TYAGRAJ SHARMA
tyag52@gmail.com Bangalore, 21 August BJP Activists of Sadar Bazar selling onion at Rs 40 per kg in the Capital on Wednesday. n SNS
With Abdul Karim Tunda revealing pro-Khalistani terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International's (BKI) plans to carry out terror strikes in India, Punjab Police is planning to question the Lashkar terrorist currently in Delhi police custody . Punjab Police believes he helped Khalistani terror outfits in the state with vital bomb-assembling information. The additional director general of police ( ADGP), intelligence, Mr Hardeep Dhillon said Tunda will be questioned on terror plans concerning Punjab but when and how has not been decid-
ed yet. He said it will depend on the information Tunda would give to Delhi police. Apart from giving details of Sikh militant outfits and their masterminds in Pakistani, Punjab Police believes Tunda can also throw light on BKI's past and future plans. His questioning could help the state police in tracking some modules of militant organisations. Tunda is said to have told the Delhi Police that BKI had demanded consignment of explosives to Delhi before the Commonwealth Games in 2010 which he had sent as well. He is said to have formed the Khalistan Kashmir International in Punjab on 3 May 1990.
Minor girl raped: A minor girl,aged around f ive was allegedly abducted and raped by an unidentified person in Jaipur on Wednesday . The girl was abducted when she was sleeping at her home , police said.
PTI
HC on stray dogs: Concerned over increasing menace of stray dogs in the city, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked government and civic agencies to inform the court about the steps taken in this regard. PTI
The ruling Congress is determined to change the face of the IT city evidenced by a slew of projects which are now being undertaken or are under var i ous stages of approvals.These relate to road widening, the perennial ,even the stinking garbage problem ,not to mention the basic infrastructure needs of the common man. According to Mr Ramal i nga Reddy who i s i n charge of the IT capital besides holding the transport ministry, Bangalore will see a sea-change in next few years to come as the government is determined to bring it back from the slide it witnessed in the recent past. He told The Statesman here that the government was determined to improve the IT citys image which had taken a beating in terms of its image recently ..My immediate priority is to
make Bangalore a better place to live in for the common man . I i ntend to improve the public transport system apart from making the road network vehicle worthy. Besides, the government was gearing up to launch a pilot scheme on the city's main commercial streets,M G Road and Brigade Road by providing Wi-Fi services to the general public before covering more areas. Already,he said meeting had been conducted involving heads of different bodies administering the IT city,including the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the Metropolitan Rural Development Author i ty. Likewise, the first and second phases of work on the Bangalore Metro were being speeded up. Besides road infrastructure,storm water drains ,solid waste management and works related to development and revival of lakes,
all of which were crying for attention and for which several thousand crores have been earmarked, the government was paying equal attention to further boost the IT industry . We are conf i dent of ensuring that exports from the IT sector in the city go up even more, he added. Considering its importance as the city's image builder, the government has pulled out all stops to give a boost to the information technology sector. To start with, it is setting up a major project termed Information Technology Investment Region covering 10,000 acres and is aimed at providing employment to almost four million over a period of time. The minister explained that the central government has already given an in principle clearance to the venture which would come up near the Devanhalli Airport,becom i ng the f i rst green field unit of its kind in the country .
2G case: Plea to postpone Ambanis examination dismissed

A city court today dismissed Reliance Telecom Ltd's plea seeking postponement of examination of Reliance ADAG cha i r man An i l Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Furthermore, the witness for tomorrow (Anil Ambani) has already been served and an accommodation was granted to him earlier also when he was summoned for 26 July . At that time also, the accused had not stated that examinat i on of these w i tnesses would cause prejudice to it I see no reason as to how any pre j ud i ce would be caused to the accused, if these witnesses are exam-
ined now, said the special CBI judge Mr O P Saini. The court added that no such prayer for postponement of examination of witnesses has been made by either Anil or Tina. S i nce no prayer has been made by Mr An i l Ambani, who is to appear as witness tomorrow, and the plea of Mrs Tina Ambani, who is to appear as witness day after tomorrow, is pending disposal, I do not wish to say anything more, more so when the instant application has been moved by an accused and not by any witness. Accordingly, I find no merit in the application and the same is dismissed, said the judge. Earlier on 17 August, RTL had approached the special CBI court with the
plea that it should await the outcome of the apex court proceedings on their petition challenging summoning of additional witnesses in the 2G case, before examining Anil and Tina Ambani. Meanwhile, the investigating agency today left it to the court to take an appropr i ate v i ew on T i na Ambani's plea for exemption from appearance on 2 3 August as a witness in this case. The court listed this matter for hearing for tomorrow. It is prayed that this court may take an appropriate view in the instant application filed on behalf of Mrs T i na Amban i deemed fit in the interest of trial of the case, said the CBI.
NO. 17-2/2011-M.I. GOVERNMENT O. INDIA MINISTRY O. CULTURE

Applications are invited from the Officers under the Central/State Governments / Autonomous Organizations / Research Institutions / Universities for filling up the 2 posts of Director in Pay Band 4: Rs. 37,400-67,000+ Grade Pay of Rs. 8,700 on deputation basis in National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and Bengaluru, a Subordinate Office under the Ministry of Culture. Other details, such as eligibility conditions, educational qualifications and experience, application form etc. are available on the website of the Ministry at www.indiaculture.gov.in The applications in duplicate in the prescribed proforma typed on plain paper furnishing complete curriculum vitae with detailed educational, professional qualification and experience may be sent to the Under Secretary (Museum-I), Ministry of Culture, Room No. 210, D Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110115 through proper channel within a period of 60 days from the date of publication of advertisement in the Employment News. Applications received after the due date will not be considered.
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A man practicing skating near Raisina Hill in the Capital on Wednesday n Subrata Dutta
Due to the wrong policies of successive Congress governments at the Centre, the state has been ruined
PRAKASH SINGH BADAL PUNJAB CHIE. MINISTER
ORDINANCE AGAINST BLACK MAGIC IN MAHA

MOVE COMES A DAY A.TER ANTI-SUPERSTITION ACTIVISTS MURDER
Mumbai/Pune, 21 August
Nitish to revive image

NIRENDRA DEV
nirendelhi@thestatesman.net New Delhi, 21 August
Badrinath safe: Asking its officials to avoid spreading rumours, the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee today said there is no threat to Badrinath temple and repair and maintenance is a routine process. PTI Chain-snatchers held: Two alleged cha i n snatchers ,Naushad and Imran, were arrested from Vaishali and four gold chains were seized today . They were arrested during checking of vehicles, a police official said. PTI Clashes in Shahpur: Tension prevailed in Soram village after clashes between two groups i n Shahpur area, police said. Police has registered cases against 150 people and 14 persons have been arrested. PTI House misses deadline: The 40-member Mizoram Assembly sat for only 106 days in the past five years, for want of adequate government businesses to transact, against a target of at least 250 days. PTI Gold recovered: Over 2 kg of gold bars and around 1 kg rhodiumpolished gold chains, worth over 41 crore,were recovered from a passenger from Dubai, who landed at the Rajiv Gandhi InternationPTI al Airport. Activists demands: Surrendered underground act iv i sts in Arunachal Pradesh have urged the state government to implement rehab measures provided under Central surrender and rehabilitation policy . PTI
The Maharashtra government today decided to promulgate an ordinance to check black mag i c and inhuman religious rituals, a day after anti-superstit i on crusader Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead fighting against the social malady . Amid spontaneous public outrage and grief over 69year-old Dabholkar's killing, the state Cabinet approved the ordinance, which is likely to be promulgated in a day or two after its ratification by Governor K Sankaranarayanan, sources in the state secretariat said. The sources said the Bill against black magic, blind faith and superstition would be passed in the next session of state legislature. Dabholkar, who was running an anti-superstition movement in Maharashtra and had even drafted a Bill for the purpose in the late 1990s, was shot dead in Pune yesterday by two motorcycle-borne assailants when he
A demonstrator protests against the killing of leading anti-superstition activist, Narendra Dabholkar, in Mumbai on 21 August, 2013. n AFP
was out for a morning walk. No arrests have been made in the case yet. Political parties and social organ i sat i ons, who had called a symbolic bandh against Dabholkar's murder, took out a protest march and held demonstrations in Pune. Shops and business establishments were partially closed but normal life was not disrupted. Angry members of the public did not allow local level politicians to make a speech at the rally , denouncing political parties for failing to bring in a tough law
to tackle the social menace. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan appeared to hint at the possibility of right wing groups being behind the murder of Dabholkar when he equated his assassination with that of Mahatma Gandhi. He said the case has been handed over to Mumbai crime branch for investigation. Political parties and social organisations have called for a bandh in the city today to protest the murder. A protest march was taken out by students and citizens. We do not know who is
involved in this and we are probing the case from all angles without ruling out any possibility , a top police official told reporters. An eyewitness description of the fleeing assailants and the number-plate of the motorb i ke they rode, i s expected to give some leads to the crime branch sleuths, sources said. A team of Mumbai Police crime branch will provide assistance to Pune police in probing the murder of Dabholkar. A s i x-member team, headed by a police inspector, was dispatched to aide Pune Crime Branch team, investigating the murder case of Dabholkar, a senior crime branch official said. The CPI Central Secretariat today condemned the murder of Dabholkar in Pune yesterday and supported his admirers demand for a legislation against superstition. There was need to further develop scientific temper among the people in memory of Dabholkar, the CPI said.
Faced with fresh administrative challenges and having to deal with factionalism within his caste-ridden party , Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's chief tasks after quitting the NDA are to revive his image as a performing leader and checkmate his new rival in the form of ex-JD(U) leader Upendra Khushwa, who has floated his own outfit. Accord i ng to party sources, these factors are delaying the much needed reshuffle of his cabinet and have forced the party leadership to withdraw showcause notices served to two Bihar ministers. We are at the crossroads as the cabinet reshuffle will i nd i cate our party and leader's preference for castes and sub-castes, a key JDU leader told The Statesman.
Nitish Kumar
Ever since we parted ways with BJP, Bihar has faced the m i dday meal tragedy and communal violence i n Nawada . B i har had been free of communal violence for nearly eight years, the leader sa i d, adding that the chief minister for the first time in his career has to undertake an i mage rebu i ld i ng exercise. The reshuffle has been delayed as the vocal minister Mr Narendra Singh has positioned himself for the deputy chief minister's post. Both Mr Singh and his fellow Rajput acolyte Bhim Singh were served show-
cause notices for their comments on Pakistan and martyred Indian soldiers. It was very difficult to take any action given the caste factor, sources said. The JD-U ch i ef, Mr Sharad Yadav, was, however, reportedly firm that indiscipline should not be allowed to go unchecked, especially on policy issues. In Patna, the JD-U announced that it has withdrawn notices it had issued to the two ministers. Defending the move, JDU leader Sabir Ali said the party's notice was withdrawn after both ministers had apolog i sed and expressed deep regret over their comments. Mr Nitish Kumar's problems are now more basic, especially handling the caste factor with the emergence of the newly floated Rashtr i ya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) by former JDU MP Upendra Khushwa.
Had enough forces at Kishtwar: J&K

New Delhi/Kishtwar, 21 August
Asaram Bapu accused of sexual harrasment

A 16-year-old girl in Delhi has accused the self-styled Godman, Asaram Bapu and his associates of sexually assaulting her at their Jodhpur ashram. According to the joint commissioner of police (central range), Mr Tejinder Luthra, following the girl's allegation, a zero FIR was lodged at Kamla Market police station that falls under the jurisdiction of central Delhi. Later, the case was transferred to the concerned police station in Jodhpur for further action. Generally, zero first information reports (FIRs) may be registered on the basis of a woman's statement at any police station irrespective of jurisdiction. Police said the family members of the girl are disciples of the 72-yearold Asaram Bapu and are natives of Shahjahanpur
Asaram Bapu
in Uttar Pradesh. The girl was studying in class XII at an ashram of the godman in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. In the first week of August, she reportedly complained to the ashram people aware that she was suffering from stomach pain. The girl's family were informed and they visited the ashram to meet the girl, said the police. In their complaint to police, the girl's family said the ashram people told them that a Yagna would be held soon to cure the girl. The Yagna was slated for 13 August but for unknown reasons it was held on 15
August at Jodhpur, whre the girl and Asaram participated. Later, the girl's family took her to their home town, where she told her parents that she was sexually assaulted. Police said between 18 to 20 August, when Asaram was in Delhi, the girl's family arrived here to confront him regarding the girl's ordeal but they were not allowed to meet the godman. At this, they decided to approach police. Police said the family approached the Kamla Market police station on 20 August. The girl was sent to a nearby government hospital for a medical examination, which established sexual assault. Police then lodged a zero FIR against Asaram Bapu and his associates under Sections 376, 342 , 354 , 506 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code and other sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
Former Andhra Pradesh minister Dharmana Prasada Rao, an accused in the quidpro-quo deals involving YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, today appeared before the CBI in connection with the Lepakshi Knowledge Hub (LKH) land allotment. After be i ng served a notice by the CBI, the former minister before the probe agency here. The CBI is likely to question him on allotment of land to LKH as it is alleged that there was quid-pro-quo in the land allotment. Andhra Pradesh government had last year cancelled 8,848 acres allotted to LKH, which had proposed to set up a mult i -sector industrial park project in Anantapur. The Indu group, promoter of the pro j ect, i s already under the CBI scanner for its alleged investments into Jagan's firms.PTI
Hyderabad, 21 August:
RAO APPEARS BE.ORE CBI
Jammu and Kashmir government today told the Supreme Court that adequate number of police personnel were deployed in Kishtwar district to maintain law and order there following the communal clashes. Filing an affidavit before the apex court, the state's Ch i ef Secretary Iqbal Khandey said a Commission of Inquiry, to be headed by a former High Court judge, would be set up soon and a formal order is likely to be passed. He further said an amount of 4 5 crore has been earmarked for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the communal clashes. He said a special investigating team has been constituted to probe 15 cases registered so far in connection with the riots. The affidavit was filed in response to the apex court's order which had sought his response on the prevailing situation in the district. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam took cognisance of the affidavit and posted the case for hearing on July 26. The court was hearing a PIL seeking its direction to the government to provide safe passage, food and medical facilities to the strand-
ed pilgrims travelling back from Machil to Batote till their evacuation saying, the i r surv ival i s under threat. The General Of f i cer Command i ng- i n- Ch i ef, Northern Command, today visited Kishtwar district and assured the civil administration of full support for handling the security situation. During his visit to the Force Headquarters of Rashtriya Rifles, Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra was briefed about the Army's efforts in restoring normalcy in Kishtwar and Gulabgarh areas, PRO, Defence, Jammu, Col R K Palta said. Chachra was also briefed by the civil administration and police, Palta said. The Army Commander assured the civil administration of full support and cooperation of the Army for handling the security situation, he said. He compl i mented the Force HQ Rashtriya Rifles and all ranks of the Delta Force for the assistance provided to the state administration in a most professional manner. Curfew was imposed in Kishtwar on August 9 after communal clashes broke out there in which three persons were killed, over 20 others injured and 75 business establishments along with 35 vehicles gutted.
MADRAS CA.E AWAITS CENSOR NOD IN TN

Madurai, 21 August: The release of Tamil version of Bollywood film Madras Cafe is likely to be delayed as its producer i nfor med the Madras High Court today that the Censor Board was yet to clear it. During the hearing of a PIL, which sought a ban on the release of the film in Tamil Nadu, counsel for the producer said that while the Hindi version has been cleared by the Censor Board, its Tamil version was yet to be cleared. It is scheduled to be release on 23 August. On hearing his submission, justices S Rajeswaran and T Mathivanan said there was no need to give any interim direction at this point of time. The state government advocate denied allegations by the petitioner without elaborating on the issue. The j udges asked the Director General of Police and the producer to give a detailed reply to the petitioner's charges and posted the case for hearing on September 3. Advocate Stalin in his petition submitted that the background for the film was Sri Lankan ethnic strife, assass i nat i on of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and operations of the Indian Peace Keeping Force PTI in Sri Lanka.
COMPANY NOTICES
RAMDURLABHPUR TEA CO. LTD. Notice The next Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Indian Association Hall at 62, Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, Kolkata-12 on Wednesday, the 11th September, 2013 at 11-30 a.m. The notice of the Meeting setting out the business to be transacted thereat and the Audited Account for the period ended 31st March, 2013 together with the reports of Directors and Auditor thereon is being posted to the Shareholders individually at their Registered Address. By Order of the Board M.K. Narula Wholetime Director Registered Office: P-36, Radhabazar Street 2nd floor, Kolkata-700001
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Kolkata-73. Take notice that the abovenoted suit filed by the plaintiff for partition of ancestral lands is posted to 5-9-13 for settlement of issue, you are hereby directed to appear before the court personally / through Advocate to file written statement on your behalf on the date fixed at 10-30 a.m. positively, failing which the case will be decided ex parte. Civil Judge (Senior Division) Champua
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TENDERS
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services File No. 11-1 / Feed / DAH&VS / 2013-14 / 1623 Port Blair, dated the 7th August, 2013 TENDER NOTICE Sealed tenders are hereby invited from reputed manufacturer / authorized suppliers and distributors for the supply of Livestock and Poultry Feed in Mash / Pellet form for the use of this Department as per the following details. 1. Estimated Cost: Approx. Rs. 2,63,00,000 (Rupees two crore sixty-three lakh) only. 2. E.M.D.: Rs. 6,00,000 (Rupees six lakh) only in favour of Accounts Officer, Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Port Blair in the form as prescribed in the terms & condition of the tender. 3. Cost of tender document: Rs. 1,500 per set (non-refundable) in the form of Cash / DD from any Nationalized Bank, payable at Port Blair in favour of Accounts Officer, Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Vety. Services, Port Blair. In case the tender documents are to be dispatched by Registered / Speed Post, apart from sending the Crossed Postal Order / D.D. for Rs. 1,500, a selfaddressed envelopes duly affixed with required postage stamps should also be enclosed. 5. Date of sale of tender: 2108-2013 to 20-09-2013 up to 1200 noon. 7. Last date of receipt of tender: 23-09-2013 up to 3-00 p.m. 8. Opening date of tender: 23-09-2013 at 3-30 p.m. 9. Unique No.: 2597. The tender document containing the full terms & condition for the supply of feed can be obtained from the office of the Director of Animal Husbandry & Vety. Services, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, P.O.: Haddo, P.B. No. 2, Haddo, Port Blair744102 on any working day during office hours. The NIT along with the terms & condition is also available on the
website of Andaman and Nicobar Administration in www.and.nic.in Director (AH&VS) (B0001) C21044 GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL Public Works Directorate, e-Notice Inviting Tender Superintending Engineer, Central Circle, PWD, P.O.Berhampore, Murshidabad,
invites online percentage rate vide e-N.I.T. No. 07 (2nd Call) of 2013-2014 for Construction of Radio Therapy Unit at Malda Medical College & Hospital under Malda Division, PWD during the year 2012-2013. The amount put to tender is Rs. 4,66,80,327. Last date of bid submission (Technical and Financial) through online is 02-09-2013 up to 3-00 p.m.
The details can be obtained from the website: https://etender.wb.nic.in and office notice board. For any clarification bidder may contact PWD e-tender helpdesk, Phone No.: 033-22236236 and this office No. 03482-251216 at office hours. Sd/Superintending Engineer Central Circle, P.W.D. (B0004) C21064
HOWRAH IMPROVEMENT TRUST 19, G.T. Road (South) Howrah-711101 Abridged e-Tender Notice No. HIT/CE/08/2013-14 Separate tenders are invited by the Chief Engineer, HIT for the Laying of sewer and road restoration work at Scheme II of HIT, construction of guard wall, surface drain & road work under State Plan
2013-14 and construction of building under MPLADS at different places of Howrah. Detailed information for downloading tender papers & conditions for eligibility will be available in the https://etender.wb.nic.in & www.hit.gov.in from 22-082013. Chief Engineer (B0006) C21063 NOTICE Inviting e-tender No. 14/SUBURBAN of 2013-14 e-tender is invited for 3(three) Nos. urgent repair and renovation works at NRSMCH Hospital from PWD Enlisted Class-II (R & B) Contractors (For one No. work) and Class-III (R & B) Contractors (For one No. work) and Reserved for Unemployed Engineer Co.Op Society Ltd. (For one No. work). Last date & time of Bid submission (on line): 29-082013 upto 5-30 p.m. Please visit website: http://etender.wb.nic.in & office notice board. Sd/Executive Engineer-I (P.W.D.) Suburban Division (B0010) C21071 KOLKATA IMPROVEMENT TRUST P-16, India Exchange Place Extn. Kolkata-700073 Abridged N.I.T. No. K.I.T.24/2013-2014 Sealed offers in duplicate are invited for the following work: 1) Day to Day Maintenance Works at Rabindra Sarobar in K.I.T. Scheme No. LXXIV (PART-VI). Estimated Amount: Rs. 2,46,374. i) Last date of application enclosing documents for permission for issue of tender papers is 03-09-2013 up to 1500 hrs. ii) Last date and time for purchase of tender papers is 05-09-2013 up to 13-00 hrs. iii) Last date and time for dropping and opening of tender papers is 09-09-2013 up to 14-00 hrs. & 15-00 hrs. respectively. For further details please visit the website: http://www.kit.gov.in or http://www.kmdaonline.org Chief Engineer, KIT (B0007) C21066
PUBLIC NOTIFICATIONS
I, RUPA Ghosh, shall henceforth be known as Papiya Ghosh, vide affidavit sworn before the Notary Public of Hooghly on 20-08-2013.
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KOLKATA
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EDUCATIONAL
A WALK-in-Interview will be held on 3rd September, 2013 for selection of one Junior Research Fellow in DST SERB Project Design and Development of Novel PPAR Modulators under supervision of Dr. Achintya Saha, Dept. of Chemical Technology, C.U. Visit: www.caluniv.ac.in C21067
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Champua. C.S. No. 56 of 2005 Srinibash Majhi and others; ... Plaintiffs -Vrs.Muralidhar Majhi and others; ... Defendants Notice U/or. 5, Rule-20 of C.P.C. To 1. Tridev Steel Plant Pvt. Ltd. represented through the Director, Sanjay Sharma, 21, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata- 78. 2. Rajesh Agarwal, S/o. Muralilal Agarwal, Managing Director, Treedev Steel Plant, 21, Chittaranjan Avenue,
PUBLIC NOTICE My client intends to purchase from its present owner M/s. K.B. Motors Private Limited, having its Registered Office at 62/7, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, all that the office-cum-showroom space, measuring super built up area 2453 sq.ft. (out of 4909 sq.ft. Unit No. GF-B) more or less, together with 3 (three) car parking on ground floor of the building known as Divine Bliss, Northern Tower, at Premises No. 2/3, Judges Court Road, Ward No. 74, P.S.: Alipore, Kolkata700027 free from all encumbrances, attachments, liens, mortgages etc., subject to tenancy of Yes Bank Ltd. Any party, having any claim, demand, lien, mortgage or any other right whatsoever on the aforesaid property can contact me within 7 days failing which no claim & demand shall be entertained in respect of the aforesaid property. H.P. Mittal Advocate 268A, B.B. Ganguly Street Kolkata-700012 Dial: (033) 22349954/9956 (B0001) C21068
2568787. Fax: (0353) 2568296, Email: sil_statesman@yahoo.co.in / kkc099@gmail.com City Office: H/0 Mr. S. K. Raha, 1st Floor (opp. Kanchanjungha Stadium) 16, Bidhan Road, Siliguri-734402. Tel: (0353) 2524077
MUMBAI
5, Kasturi Buildings Jamshedji Tata Road, Mumbai-400 020 Tel: (022) 2202 1045, 2202 1394, Fax: 2204 4877 Email: thestatesman.mumbai @gmail.com, rishi.bhandoo@gmail.com
NIeT NO. WBPWD/SE/BNC/ NIeT-09/2013-2014 The S.E., P.W.D., B.N.C., G.o.W.B., Purta Bhavan, Kolkata-91 invites on behalf of the Governor of W.B. online percentage rate bid on two bid system for the Construction of proposed Blood Bank within the premises of Dr. B.C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences at 111, Narkeldanga Main Road, Kolkata-700054, during the year 2013-2014 (Structural, Sanitary and Plumbing Works) EA: Rs. 99,24,990; EM: Rs. 1,98,500. Tender ID: 2013_PWD_10124_1. Last date and time of submission of bid: 03-09-2013 upto 4-00 p.m. The tender documents and other details can be obtained from the website: http://etender.wb.nic.in Sd/Superintending Engineer Bidhannagar Circle C21069 (B0008)
TECHNOCOMMERCIAL bid in one part is invited for DST project under Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme (Ref. No. SB/FTP/ETA240/2012) on FEM based simulation software for fabrication of Bio-MEMS with accessories (laptop and printer) on or before 31-082013 (2 p.m.). For details refer to our website: www.heritageit.edu (B0002) C21065 THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture, Agartala, West Tripura, invites sealed tender(s) against NIT No. F. 23 (135)-Agri(FM) / 2013-14 / 457 Dt. 19-08-2013. Name of the work: Supply of 150 MT Azotobactor, 150 MT Azospirillium and 150 MT PSB (Phosphate Solubilising Bacteria) Bio-Fertilizer for the year 2013-14. Estimated Cost: Rs. 1.35 crore (Rupees one crore thirty-five lakh) only. Earnest Money: Rs. 1,35,000 (Rupees one lakh thirty-five thousand) only. Time of validity: 1 year (2013-14) from the date of rate acceptance. Last date of dropping of tender: 09-09-2013 up to 3-00 p.m. For details please visit: www.tenders.gov.in Director of Agriculture Tripura ICA-C-990/13 (B0003) C21062 W. B. E-TENDER NOTICE e-Tender Notice (Abridge) No. 01/EE (BRM) of 2013-14 Name of the work: Construction of infiltration gallery well and sub-surface dyke on the river Sidheswari including Hydro-geological study of sub-surface water flow/storage characteristics for creation of sustainable sources and laying distribution system of pipeline for (Zone-1) for Aligarh and its adjoining mouzas W/S Scheme, Block - Rajnagar, Dist. Birbhum. All of the document related to the above tender will be available in www.etender.wb.nic.in Sd/Executive Engineer Birbhum Division P.H.E. Dte. Suri C21070 (B0009)
BHUBANESWAR
Plot 3A, Zone B, Sector A, Mancheswar Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar751 010. Tel: (0674) 2588060/61/62/2586371, Telefax: 0674-2588061 Email: statesmanbbsr@gmail.com
CHENNAI
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The Left Front went into pre-poll alliance and so will be considered as the main Opposition
SURYA KANTA MISHRA LEADER O. THE OPPOSITION, CONTESTING THE CONGRESS CLAIM TO MAIN OPPOSITION STATUS
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POLITICAL GIMMICKRY OVER HILLS IS HARMING EVERYONE, SHE ADDS

Kolkata, 21 August
GJMM IS IMPENDING DEVELOPMENT, SAYS CM

WHATS ON HER MIND
Mamata vented her ire on Facebook
She posted that her govt is fully committed to delivering services
development in Darjeeling had begun, breaking almost 20 years of non-development in the Hills. My intention is to make Darjeeling a dream destination, which will bring growth and prosperity for the people of Darjeeling. Like Junglemahal, I have visited Darjeeling more than 20 times. I will be visiting Darjeeling again during the first week of September. The Lepcha brothers and sisters have i nv i ted me to attend a programme. We want to see all-round development in all spheres, like education, health, employment and industries, she stated. Meanwhile, GJMM genThe ch i ef m i n i ster, Ms Mamata Banerjee, sent a strong message to the leaders of the Gorkha Jana Mukt i Morcha (GJMM) today and sa i d that the Gorkhaland politics played by GJMM leaders is impeding development, as opposed to facilitating it. Politics is fine. But the ongoing political gimmickry is harming everybody, she said. The chief minister today posted in her social networking system: Why this political pollution and agitational programme every six months causing suffering to both people and their development ? I respect all my Darjeeling brothers and sisters. I am proud of them. But it is very unfortunate that instead of development works, that political party has resorted to agitational programmes stalling the development process. My government is fully committed to deliver services to the people of the Hills. The chief minister categorically stated that a new era of ushering peace and
HC TALKS TO VICTIMS O. TWIN RAPE

Kolkata, 21 August: Mr Justice Sanjib Banerjee of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday talked to a girl who had been allegedly raped and the parents of another girl who was also allegedly raped. One person has been arrested in this connection after a youth, Aminul Islam, set himself on fire in front of Kareya police station alleging that he is being harassed by the police ever since he filed complained over the incidents. The girl who had allegedly been raped told Justice Mr Banerjee that she had indeed been a victim of the atrocity along with the other girl. But in contradiction to this version of the story , the parents of the other girl denied that their daughter had been raped and said she does not need any medical examination. This version had been recorded in the court. Earlier, the court had sought a report from the Commissioner of Police as to why no medical report had been conducted on one of the girls alleged to have been raped. The state government was directed to file an affidavit stating the steps it had taken. The matter would come up for hearing after four weeks. SNS
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Amitabh Bachchan posing for the media during a promotinal event for his upcoming film Satyagrah in the Capital on Wednesday n SNS
Liquor smugglers: Five persons,all booked under the Excise Act, were arrested from different areas in Noida and nearly 1,300 bottles of smuggled liquor were recovered from them, police said on Wednesday . PTI Sarab ji ts money : India has asked Pakistan to return all the belongings of Sarabji t S i ngh, who was killed in a Lahore jail a few months ago, and hand over the money he had earned through prison work. PTI Cousins kill woman: A woman was allegedly shot dead over a property dispute by her cousins, who also injured her daughter and mother. The incident took place i n Isanagar area of Uttar Pradesh. PTI Molestors bail: The anticipatory bail petitions of two persons accused of molesting a student of Rabindra Bharati University was rejected by a Division Bench of the Calcutta HC on Wednesday . PTI
Meanwhile, the GJMM reiterated that its MLAs be given Oppn status
eral secretary Roshan Giri has written to the Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee requesting him that three MLAs from the Hills should be given Opposition status. But Mr Banerjee said that Mr Giri has no right to make such a suggestion to him as he is not a member of the House. The CM stated that a tripart i te Memorandum of Agreement between the Centre, the state and the GJMM created the GTA on 18 July, 2011. Accordingly, election was held and the GTA sabha sworn in on 3 August, 2012. She wrote that GJMM has got the political mandate and should use it for the benefit of the people of Dar-
jeeling. This prolonged agitation , Miss Banerjee said, would harm the poor as they are deprived of NREGA entitlements and unable to buy medicines at a discounted rate from fair price shops. Meanwh i le, Dr Surya Kanta Mishra, the leader of the Opposition, sarcastically asked why the chief minister is going to Darjeeling? Is she going there to instigate trouble? he asked. But Mr Partha Chatterjee, state parliamentary affairs minister, said, The CPI-M leaders, when they were ruling the state, did not have the courage to move to the Hills from the state. She will go to the Hills, discuss the problem and restore peace. At the same time, the lepchas based in Darjeeling are hopeful that Ms Banerj ee would attend a programme in Siliguri on 2 September to commemorate two years of the state governments announcement of the formation of the Mayel Lyang Lepcha Development Board, w i th the Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association even planning to honour her with the title of Goddess of Prosperity.
CPI blames CPM for SPEAKER WRITES LETTER ABOUT LFs poll debacle
Kolkata, 21 August
MAIN OPPN
A vendor gets ready to sell betel leaves in the Capital on 21 August, 2013. n SNS
Recruitment rallies: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has asked the Army to conduct recruitment rallies in every district headquarters to f ac i l i tate local youths to j o i n the defence services. PTI Fight over pet dog: Four persons were on Wednesday killed and as many injured in a fight over a pet dog in Bagpat district. Four policemen deployed in the area have been suspended after the incident PTI
Veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan was being economical with facts when he said yesterday that the Left Front must change itself in many ways to taste electoral success in subsequent elections. While the central secretariat member of the CPI targeted the entire Front for the electoral reverses, several party leaders were vocal in their criticism of the CPI-M for the recent debacle i n the panchayat elections. The CPI-M cannot absolve itself from its share of blame for the humiliating defeat in the panchayat elections, and the oft repeated charges of unleashing terror against the Trinamul Congress is certainly not the sole cause of defeat in the panchayat polls, several CPI leaders pointed out. During the two and half years of the Trinamul Congress regime, the contribution of the CPI-M as the largest party in the Front has not been enough to refurbish the image of the coalition, an image that had led it to run the state for more than three decades. A tacit support of the charges of the dissenting leaders came from none other than Mr Bardhan, when he admitted that the Trinamul has a majority base in the rural areas. Underscoring the point, he further admitted that it was too early for the people to throw this government out
It is too early for the people to throw the Trinamul Congressled government out of power
AB BARDHAN
of power. As the two-day long meeting of the national executive progressed, several CPI leaders pointed out that the Front leadership is yet to regain its acceptability with the rural voters if the results of the panchayat elections are anything to go by . The high-handedness of the rank and file as well as leaders of the previous Front regime are still fresh in the minds of the voters. Unleashing terror by the ruling party combined with the failure of the Front workers lacking the morale to resist it have cumulatively contributed to the rural poll debacle, the leaders felt. And several of the perpetrators of the evils of the previous regimes managing to join the Trinamul did not improve matters for the Front candidates, who have fared miserably in the panchayat elections even in the areas where no charges were raised on the conduct of the polls, some CPI leaders pointed out.
TMC takes stock of LIST SOUGHT .OR arrangements at HRBC UKHAND RELIE.
Kolkata, 21 August
Kolkata, 21 August: The Speaker Biman Banerjee has written a letter to the Leader of the Opposition Dr Surya Kanta Mishra seeking his opinion on the Congress demand of granting them the main Opposition status. Mr Banerjee said today that he is yet to receive any reply from Dr Mishra. After the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) had given a formal letter to the Speaker on 8 August demanding that the Congress should be granted the status of the main Opposition party, he wrote to Dr Mishra seeking his opini on . I ' ve wr i tten to Dr Mishra for his opinion and then Ill hear the CLP leader and other senior Congress leaders, hear their opinion, and finally pass the judgement, the Speaker said. Mr Rabin Chatterjee, the deputy leader of the CLP, along with senior Congress leaders, went to the Speaker and pledged their demand that the CLP be given the status of the main Opposition party as the Congress is the single largest party , and not the CPI-M. The CLP waited for almost a year before placing the demand to the Speaker as the AICC agreed to the CLPs proposal and sent the nod on 6 August. Earlier, the CLP raised this issue last year after it broke its alliance with the TMC. But Speaker Biman Banerjee said at the time that the CLP leaders did not submit any letter. Leader of the Opposition Dr Surya Kanta Mishra said that the Left Front went into a pre-poll alliance and so it should be considered as the Opposition. SNS
The Trinamul Congress-led state governments home secretary, Mr Basudeb Baner j ee, v i s i ted HRBC Building this evening to take stock of the arrangements that are being made for accommodating the 11 departments that are to be shifted from the Writers' Buildings. Mr Banerjee was accompanied by senior officials of the Public Works Department (PWD). In order to meet the 1 October deadline issued by Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee, the building needs to be ready for shifting within the third week of September. This means that the interior modifications at the HRBC Building have to be
completed at breakneck speed. The PWD on Wednesday selected contractors for the task and work will start soon. The PWD plans to come up with partitions and temporary walls for creating new rooms in the building that was initially constructed to host a garments park. With space being a constraint at HRBC Building, officials of the PWD department and HRBC Building are having a tough time finalising the floor plans for accommodating ministers, secretar i es and off i c i als together. Senior officials of the departments have been asked to come up with plans pointing out the officials who are to be shifted to Howrah and the amount of space that is to be allotted to them.
Kolkata, 21 August: Even before issuing the death certificates, the Uttarkhand government has sought a detailed list of the next of kin due for compensation for 37 persons who went missing in the floods in June. The victims family members are supposed to receive compensation of around Rs 5 lakh, of which the Uttarakhand government will provide Rs 1.5 lakh, with another Rs 1.5 lakh being given by the state and Rs 2 lakh being collected from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund. So, ahead of disbursing the compensation amount, the Uttarakhand government has inquired about the next of kin, who will be handed over the compensation. Around 3500 persons from Bengal were rescued in Uttarakhand. Till now, only one person has been reported dead. SNS
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Vol. CXXXXVII 196
Incorporating and directly descended from THE FRIEND OF INDIA - Founded 1818
In search of Netaji
THE GREAT LEADER, WHO ONLY WANTED INDEPENDENCE O. INDIA AND NOTHING ELSE, ACHIEVED HIS OBJECTIVE WITH HONOUR. THROUGH THE INA HE DEMONSTRATED THAT SECULARISM IS AN ISM CREATED BY PARTITION. ALSO, INDIANS CAN .IGHT UNITEDLY .OR THEIR MOTHERLAND AND ATTAIN .REEDOM THROUGH .IGHTING. THE ANGER O. THE PEOPLE, EVIDENT DURING THE INA TRIALS AND THE BOMBAY NAVAL MUTINY, TURNED OUT TO BE THE LAST NAIL IN THE CO..IN O. THE BRITISH EMPIRE
in the ICS examination, but refused to join and returned to India. He joined the Congress, became CEO of Calcutta Municipal Corporation under Mayor Chittaranjan Das in 1924; was arrested in 1925 for nationalist activity and sent to Mandalay where he was afflicted with tuberculosis. He returned to India and twice became Mayor SAIBAL GUPTA of Calcutta. What remains a mystery is his physical disappearance from the world scene. The story of a plane crash in Taipei has been widely discounted, and pre-eminently by Lord Wavell, the then Viceroy of India, and Mahatma Gandhi. As Hugh Purcell has written: On August 16th at a meeting in Bangkok, Major-General Isoda Saburo, head of the Hikari Kikan, or Japanese liaison with the INA, agreed to try to get Bose into Manchuria as the first step to reaching Moscow. The last photo of Netaji alive or dead shows him at Saigon airport on August 17th, 1945. Five days later, on August 23rd, the Japanese News Agency announced the death of Bose. There is no confirmed information after this and we have to wait until the papers in different government archives are declassified. But one can construct the possibilities from world events. Netaji had become restless over not being able to exploit the opportunities that had been thrown up by the Second World War, indeed to act against the British as a true patriot. He probably decided to escape to Russia after the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact signed on 23 August 1939. But by the beginning of 1941, when he left India, that treaty was crumbling as Hitler was planning to attack Russia and Stalin was feverishly arming Russia with the help of the Allied Powers. In parallel, major changes were taking place in Russia. He reached Moscow with an Italian passport and the Soviet authorities promptly sent him to Berlin before the German army attacked Russia on 22 June 1941. It is a measure of his great stature and personality that he had pointed out to Hitler the folly of attacking Russia. As a nation, we are still suffering from his loss. Nirad Chaudhuri, commenting on Congress politics in 1938-39, had written that whatever was discussed or debated, the hardfaced men in the backroom of the Working Committee knew what had to be done. The party had to be brought solidly around the NehruGandhi axis. That was achieved when Nehru acquiesced, forgetting his resolution of Poorna Swaraj as president of the Lahore Congress in 1927. The Socialists and others left the Congress. Subhas was in favour of confrontational politics against the British, and not armed revolution with which he was charged. Crafty Gandhi must have seen the logic and gauged the popular sentiment. He gave the belated call for Quit India in 1942 when Subhas was out of the fray and Congress leaders were waiting to be kindly removed to jail. The popular upsurge became leaderless. What happened between 1942 and 1947 was much too shameful and gory to be recounted. But the facts will be unravelled one day . Within the Congress party, the Nehru-Gandhi axis, that was formed in 1939, has grown stronger over time. To many it is probably more important than India although there was no Gandhi after 1948. The Nehru gene has undergone many mutations and is almost lost. In 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose, the elected president, was expelled from the Congress for his socialist views and the party was reduced to a pro-business entity financed by the business houses. The freedom that was finally earned by arrangement and not through struggle has gradually become increasingly dubious in the hands of succeeding generations of cronies, who have transferred the nations wealth abroad. The great leader, who only wanted independence of India and nothing else, achieved his objective with honour. Through the INA he demonstrated that secularism is an ism created by Partition. Also, Indians can fight unitedly for their motherland and attain freedom through fighting. The anger of the people, evident during the INA trials and the Bombay Naval Mutiny, turned out to be the last nail in the coffin of the British Empire.
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Black as Bofors
rude attempts at cover-ups ~ particularly when perceived as plotted to protect political entities ~ can have more damaging i mpact than the i n i t i al scam . It i s now apparent that the huge embarrassment, if not worse, over coal block allocations is prompting the government to tread the same slippery path taken over 20 years ago when the Bofors kickbacks rocked the nation. A criminal scandal in itself is the admission that several files required by the CBI to pursue its probe under the Supreme Court s d i rect ive are no longer traceable. Add that to other proven misdemeanours and there is no denying that the image of the UPA government stands blackened. And since Mr Manmohan Singh was handling the coal ministry during the relevant period it is inevitable that his personal reputation for probity winds up more than a trifle charred. Recall that desp i te Ra jiv Gandh i assert i ng i n Parl i ament that neither he nor any member of his family received bribes in the howitzer deal, Bofors remains a black mark that continues to haunt: history could repeat itself. Sure the BJP is guilty of kicking up a storm to thwart Sonia Gandhis desire to have the flagsh i p food secur i ty b i ll processed by the Lok Sabha on Rajivs birth anniversary, yet the case of the missing files is more than a parliamentary ploy. Which, it must be noted, is not an underhand ploy ~ it is the Oppositions right to haul the government over the coals: literally in the present instance. Save the sermons about parliamentary propriety for non-political Indian audiences. S i m i larly, i t m i ght be a pressure tact i c to demand an explanation from the Prime Minister but that would now appear to have become an imperative after the cheap effort of Sriprakash Jaiswal to turn the political tables. Clearly the UPAs parliamentary managers have some damage-rectification to do if they are to avoid the risk of the food security ordinance lapsing should the coalgate slam on the rest of the monsoon session: with added pressure from those vehemently pressing the anti-Telangana protest. True the real determination will be made by the Supreme Court for the m i ss i ng f i les run counter to its directive to make all material available to the CBI. That agency dare not soft-pedal the issue: not after the former law minister had to quit office for trying to steer the investigation. The coal ministry has exhibited much brazenness in not ensuring the availability of the files. Jaiswal might have to follow Ashwani Kumar, he is doing the government no good by trivialising the matter. It would be naive to imagine that the files protect minor Congress leaders, including a newspaper baron. The beneficiaries of such crude chicanery can only be those at the very top. Alas, this time around there is no Q at hand to provide something of a convoluted escape route.
S Koreas suicide scourge weighs on youth
Musharraf and Benazir

uesday s j ud i c i al i nd i ctment of Pervez Musharraf on charges of assassinating Benaz i r Bhutto i s the f i rst t i me that a Pak i stan i ar my ch i ef, i f ret i red, has faced crimi nal charges in court. The unprecedented development is bound to have an impact on the morale of the Rawalp i nd i GHQ for i t marks the eros i on of m i l i tary pr iv i lege and immunity . There has been a tendency on the part of the military to airbrush the probe ever since 27 December 2007. It bears recall that blood spilled on the road was washed away w i th urgent despatch and allegedly on the instructions of Musharraf, then the President. The vehicle in which Benazir died was also cleaned out to destroy i ts ev i dent i al value. It was blindingly obvious that the anxiety was to keep the military establishment, in particular the ISI, beyond suspicion. The former army chief s anxiety was shared by the Zardari-led successor dispensation. Even the investigation, initiated by the UN, has failed to make headway over the past six years because of state-sponsored obfuscation. The judiciarys charge coincides with the publication this week of an article by Heraldo Muoz, a Chilean diplomat who led the United Nations investigation ~ The police deliberately botched the investigation into Bhuttos assassination. This implies that the police acted on the prodding of the military . There is an element of pregnant symbolism i n the fact that a once omn i potent Generalturned-President has been called to account in a country that has been ruled by the military for about half of its 66-year history . It would be premature to speculate whether the legal action is a mark of pol i t i cal revenge w i th h i s bete-no i re, Nawaz Sharif, at the helm. Suffice it to register that the court action is quite the most dramatic chapter in Musharraf s steady fall from grace. In an attempt to keep himself in the clear, he had once tried to wriggle out of the conspiracy by blaming the Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, for the killing. While the latter was killed in a CIA drone strike, nemesis would appear to have caught up with Musharraf. The judiciary has reinforced its position as the fourth player in Pakistans power-games ~ after the military, the civilian establishment and the Opposition. The Benazir prosecution and the charge of potential treason are the most damning among the cases that Musharraf faces in court. He was safer i n Duba i than he i s i n h i s farmhouse in Pakistan.
he headline may evoke a bored yawn from a section of readers, but the fact remains that we lost Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose many times before his plane took off from Formosa. We have never learned to judge our present on the basis of historical perspective as other nations do. We never had a sense of history . Our history was discovered by the British and other Europeans, but we never studied the subject intellectually . There are four facets that need to be considered. 1) Did we lose Netaji on 18 August 1945 when his plane flew from Taipei towards Dairen in Manchuria to enter Soviet Russia? Russia had invaded and annexed Manchuria when the atom bomb was being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945. On 14 August, Japan surrendered and the flight of this plane was detected and logged as it passed Japan but was not intercepted and allowed to proceed undisturbed. 2) Or did we lose him when in 1943, after being disillusioned of help from Germany in liberating India, he left for Japan travelling in the German submarine U-180 around the Cape of Good Hope to southeast of Madagascar, where he was transferred to the Japanese I-29 for the rest of the journey to imperial Japan, an unprecedented feat by a civilian at the age of 46? 3) We did lose him physically on 19 January 1941, when accompanied by his nephew Dr Sisir K Bose, he left in a car destined for Afghanistan and onward to Soviet Russia with an Italian passport. He was transported to Moscow where he hoped that Russias traditional enmity towards British rule in India would result in support for his plans for a popular rising in India. But the Soviet response was disappointing and he was passed over to the German Ambassador in Moscow. 4) The major loss to the nation and to us occurred in 1939, when in his second election as president in the Tripuri Congress session ~ after his tenure the previous year at Haripura ~ he was forced to resign from his position by the machinations of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and their followers. With the outbreak of war, Bose advocated a campaign of mass civil disobedience to protest against Viceroy Lord Linlithgows decision to declare war on Indias behalf without consulting the Congress leadership. Having failed to persuade Gandhi of this necessity, Bose organised mass protests in Calcutta calling for removal of the Holwell Monument commemorating the Black Hole. He was imprisoned by the British, but was released following a seven-day hunger strike. He was in house- arrest under the surveillance by the CID. The period before these four stages was the formative phase of Netaji, which included a period as a wandering monk. He was drawn to the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, had a brilliant academic career, had stood second in Matriculation, entered Presidency College, had assaulted Prof Oaten and was transferred to Scottish Church College. He went to England, was ranked fourth
outh Koreas infamously high suicide rate is taking a toll on the youth, with more than 100 of them taking their own lives every year. A total of 139 primary and secondary students committed suicide last year, according to education office data released by Rep An Min-suk of the Democratic Party . High school students accounted for the greatest number of youth suicides, at 88 deaths. The figure has, however, been on the decline since 2009 ~ the number of student suicides stood at 150 in 2011 and 202 in 2009. But it is still higher than other industrialised nations, according to the report. Family trouble was the most dominant identified cause of suicide for about 40 per cent, or 56, of 139 students, followed by depression and study pressure for 16.5 per cent and 11.5 per cent, respectively . Relationship problems were the apparent reason for the deaths of 10 per cent or 14 students. This (data) shows that family is the main cause that pushes our children over the edge. Its urgent to come up with a measure that can encourage our children to reveal their problems, An said in his report. According to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Koreas youth suicide rate jumped from 6.4 to 9.4 per every 100,000 people in the past 10 years, the highest among the OECD members. Some point to society becoming less communicative, leading people to become more ignorant of others lives, as an instigator of the increasing suicide rate. Ms Park Bum-yi, chairwoman of the civic group the National Association of Parents for True Education, said students from lower income backgrounds and broken families, in particular, tend to have low self-esteem. For those children, schools may be the only place to stop them from suicidal thoughts. But our schools neglect to increase their self-esteem and fierce competition with peers drive them to risk their own lives, she said.
GAYEN DR. AMALENDU In fond memory, who left us on this day 1983. Dipali, Anirban, Ashmit, Adhiraj. (PL131) GHOSH ALOKELATA Our revered mother departed for her Heavenly Abode this day in 1979. With her departure a family tie-tied so tightly by her with golden thread torn to pieces leaving nothing but the good old memories of the bye gone days so happily spent! More often than not they flash upon our inward eye which is the bliss of solitude. Loved ones. (PL133)
IN MEMORIAM
PERSONAL
IN VERDIS Anniversary Year the best loved songs from his operas. A Musical Theatre presentation by Thiri Posaw on .riday, August 23, 2013 at 6-30 p.m. at the Sandr Hall, Calcutta School of Music. (PL132)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Pilgrims progress halted on the tracks

SIR, Many lives would have been saved at Bihars Dhamara Ghat railway station had the pilgrims been cautioned through announcements over the public address system or the waving of flags. The kanwarias, devotees of Lord Shiva, were walking along the tracks after disembarking from the Samastipur-Saharsa passenger train when they were run over by the speeding Saharsa-Patna Rajyarani Express. The railway authorities and the state administration are responsible for the lack of planning and precautionary measures. There were no special arrangements for the safety of the pilgrims, such as a functioning public address system, leaflets and deployment of adequate security staff . There are numerous unmanned level crossings. The dates of religious festivals are known to the respective state administrations which are expected to coordinate with the Railways to ensure the safety of the pilgrims. Through public notifications, the Railways have often warned that negligent crossing of an unmanned
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

SIR, Apropos the report, Inflation rises to 5.79%, the common mans survival is becoming increasingly difficult with the rising cost of food. Our ministers, as in the past, have been assuring us that the rate will come down. The Finance Minister had even made a weather forecast of sorts ~ with the onset of rains, the prices will come down. The rainfall this year has been higher than what the meteorological department had forecast. And that is now the official alibi for the rise in prices. Sixtyseven years have passed and we are where we were at the dawn of independence. As a senior citizen, I wonder how many tomorrows I will have to wait for to see happier times! Yours, etc., HN Ramakrishna, Bangalore, 18 August. level crossing is a punishable offence under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and Railways Act 1989. This reaffirms that many level-crossings are unmanned danger zones. The lives of both pedestrians and train passengers are at stake. Yours, etc., Rupam Guha, Kolkata, 20 August. aftermath of the train accident in Bihar. It was a clear case of trespass as the pilgrims were walking illegally alongside the tracks. The zone is a restricted area and the Railways ought not to be blamed for the tragedy . Whoever crosses the track without using the overbridge is a trespasser and is strictly not entitled to compensation. The LJP leader, Ram Vilas Paswan, has rightly pointed out that there were no facilities nearby to treat the victims. The state government was aware of the large congregation at a temple, but failed to take steps to control the crowd. The Chief Minister ought to have visited the site; he didnt. Blaming the state government for the tragedy, both LJP and RJD have demanded the resignation of Nitish Kumar and a high-level inquiry . Yours, etc., Gokul Burman, Chakdaha, 20 August. lowed is a reflection on the government ~ the train driver was assaulted, several coaches were set on fire, railway establishments ransacked, and the staff held hostage for several hours. The railway authorities were not at fault, but it cannot be described as an incident as some seniors are doing. The pilgrims must have been aware of the risk while crossing the tracks. On the other hand, the behaviour of the mob suggests that the law of the land doesnt exist. Yours, etc., Mahesh Kumar , New Delhi, 20 August.
CASE O. TRESPASS
SIR, Apropos the report, Blame-game over train mishap (20 August), some political parties are once again engaged in a blame-game in the
NO LAW O. THE LAND

SIR, Tragedy has struck Bihar again with the death of 37 pilgrims who were crossing the tracks at Dhamara Ghat station. The lawlessness that fol-
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BETWEEN THE LINES KULDIP NAYAR

THE EMERGENCY WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT; THE IAS, WHICH WAS ENVISIONED AS THE STEEL .RAME O. THE COUNTRY, BECAME THE STEAL .RAME ALMOST OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A PRESSING NEED .OR COURSE CORRECTION. IAS O..ICERS MUST BEGIN ASSERTING THEMSELVES AND STANDING UP TO POLITICIANS WRONGS.
before it during the Emergency . In fact, it is going out of the way to placate the rulers. The latter, in turn, have rewarded those who did what the rulers wanted. The malaise is largely because of two reasons: one, the rulers do not respect the regulations and violate them to reap benefits for themselves and their parties; two, the IAS officers who are allotted to the states have surrendered because of threat of transfer or posting to an unimportant position. Therefore, it is heartening to see IAS officers like Durga Shakti Nagpal from UP and Ashok Khemka from Haryana standing up against the wrongs the rulers wished they committed. Nagpal has been suspended because she stopped illegal mining by the sand mafia. The Samajwadi Party, ruling UP and placating the Muslim electorate, has justified her suspension, saying that she had endangered communal harmony by ordering the demolition of an outside wall of a mosque. One, this is not true. Two, she was within her rights to demolish any unauthorised structure on government land. In a judgment, the Supreme Court has said that a place of worship should be pulled down immediately if government land has been encroached upon. It is a pity that the Supreme Court rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging her suspension. The Court is technically correct that it cannot interfere in matters between the government and the employees. The Court had the opportunity to set right the rot. It should have realised the anger which swept through the country following action against the two officials. The support of IAS associations from some states and the trainees at Mussorie for Nagpal evokes hope that the service, which has ingratiated itself with politicians, may begin to assert itself as was the case before the Emergency . The manner in which the three-member IAS officers committee endorsed the Haryana government casts shadow on the behaviour of the service. The nation still hopes that the bureaucracy will make up for the deficiencies politicians, particularly of those belonging to ruling parties in the states and the Centre, have created in the system. In many foreign countries, there is a committee for civil service supervising suspensions, transfers and promotions of officials. A similar committee can be constituted in India as well. The task can also be entrusted to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which is the recruiting authority . The service itself will have to introspect if officers were to act only on the basis of self-promotion. Today when the common man does not get even what is rightfully due to him, he is disillusioned with the entire system. True, politicians will continue to keep an eye on the electorate, but the IAS cannot afford to fall prey to their designs. A public functionary must display a degree of vigilance and willingness to sacrifice. The Gandhi dynasty should draw a lesson from the example of Feroze Gandhi, son-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru. Feroze Gandhi would take up cases of corruption in Parliament, even to the embarrassment of Nehru. He was so upright that he did not even live at the Prime Ministers house, but had a separate bungalow to which he was entitled as a Member of Parliament. It is another matter that Feroze Gandhis son, Rajiv Gandhi, got the atmosphere contaminated when, as the Prime Minister, he bought the Bofors guns. Corruption of the dynasty has not lessened either in tone or tenor. Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has created a stench. Coming back to the IAS, its name is in the mud. It must retrieve itself not only for the sake of the Durgas and Khemkas, but also for the public which is still hoping against hope that its officers will not dance to the tunes of the rulers. That is how the democratic structure in the country can be made safer.
THE WRITER IS A VETERAN JOURNALIST AND COMMENTATOR
100 YEARS AGO
OCCASIONAL NOTE
It is just a hundred years since coal gas was first used for illuminating purposes and its centenary is to be celebrated in October in London by a National Gas Congress and Exhibition. It so happens that this is also the jubilee year of the Institution of Gas Engineers, and to judge by an address given by its president, Sir Corbet woodall, there is little danger of gas being superseded. Sir Corbet does not think that it was the opportune arrival of the incandescent mantle that propped up the declining gas industry; it was rather the cheapening of the cost of production, which made it possible to use gas much more largely for other purposes than lighting. Within the history of gas engineering the light obtainable from a cubic foot of gas has been increased from 2 to 60 candles, and the prospect of abating the smoke nuisance in towns by substituting gas for coal fires has given an impetus to the effort to lower the price by more economical methods of production. It is gratifying to know that there has been a great improvement in the labour conditions in the gas industry . In former days wages were lower and the amount spent on drink higher, and a result of the drinking used to be that the plant was often idle and a difficulty was sometimes experienced in . maintaining a regular supply
The IAS must assert itself
he Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is at the apex of the countrys administration. It replaced the Indian Civil Service (ICS), which was an instrument in the hands of the British to rule over India. After independence, there was serious thinking whether there should be an all-India service at all. The states wanted persons from their own area to administer them. But Home Minister Sardar Patel was particular about having an all-India service to articulate the feeling of unity and maintain the diversities prevailing in the country . The service would also, Patel asserted, ensure that the Indian Constitution remained supreme in the medley of pulls by different states. Two all-India services, Indian Administrative Service
and Indian Police Service (IPS), were constituted. They came to occupy top positions in the states. This arrangement worked fairly well till the early 1970s, when the rot started due to the Centres maniacal effort to concentrate power and the states ambition to play politics through civil servants. This has practicably nullified good administration. The IAS has become a glorified state service. The rulers use it in the manner they like. In reality, the Emergency was the watershed. The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suspended the constitution and used IAS officers to enforce illegal acts and suppress critics. This was the time when the thin line between right and wrong, moral and immoral was erased.
Only a couple of officers stood up against what was sheer dictatorship. Fear of punishment for disobedience made the service servile. It was once a steel frame, but it has now turned into a steal frame. The Shah Commission, appointed to look into the excesses during the Emergency, has deplored the way the bureaucracy caved in. The Commission said: The ethical considerations inherent in public behaviour became generally dim and in many cases beyond the mental grasp of many of the public functionaries. Desire for self-preservation as admitted by a number of public servants at various levels became the sole motivation for their official actions and behaviour The service has not recovered from the carrots dangled
NEWS ITEMS
CALCUTTA MOSQUE TROUBLE

A THOUSAND COOLIES STRIKE WORK
At about ten o'clock yesterday morning the Calcutta Police received an alarming telephone message to the effect that the Mahomedan coolies, employed in the Union Jute Mill, the Lansdowne Jute Mill, and another mill-numbering in all about a thousand-had struck work, and that it was feared there would be some trouble over a mosque near the Narcoldangha Railway Bridge. The Acting Commissioner at once proceeded to the spot with a force of twenty-five sergeants. They found that, as stated, about a thousand coolies had left work without giving the slightest warning to their employers, and were holding a meeting, apparently in the belief that the mosque in question was in danger of demolition on account of building operations on the part of the E.B.S. Ry ., who are stated to own the land in the vicinity . There were no signs of any disturbance, however, and the police retired almost immediately . The Collector of the 24-Parganas spoke in reassuring terms to the crowd which dispersed without any demonstration.
CROSSWORD
NO 25888
Scope for disruptive innovation

Stanley Theodore
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
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he spate of protests and fasts in support of and against the creation of a separate Telangana notwithstanding, a detached look shows that both regions have ample opportunities for disruptive innovation, particularly in key areas like education and health, which successive governments have been accused of neglecting. The phrase came into being with the advent of the Internet, which literally disrupted the status quo and changed the way things work. Earlier it was called disruptive technology and its successor phrase is defined as one which creates a new market and value network proceeding to displace the earlier system. In the health sector, its a common headache for governments to deal with doctors unwillingness to serve in rural areas. The doctors counterpoint is that there are no facilities there. This shows how qualified doctors also become part of the furniture, in a sense, when dealing with common problems in rural areas, like snake bites; what is a doctor to do in the absence of options to refrigerate anti-snake venom? In Telangana as well as the rest of Andhra Pradesh, the governments that will assume power will certainly be backed by Central funds in their initial days. It is from this stage that the monies need to
A file photo shows AP secretariat employees protesting against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
be invested and possibly dovetailed away from non-productive areas. Political leaders can take a leaf out of Cubas experience, where healthcare is virtually free. The quality of medi-care in the small nation is far better than the much lauded healthcare in United Kingdom, where it is insurance-based. Even Andhra Pradeshs revolutionary Arogyasri is insurance-based. With regards education, governments have slowly and certainly relinquished their responsibility . Primary education is in a mess, while intermediate education is in the hands of a cartel of private institutions, leaving parents and students with literally no option. The system, despite huge advances and fresh career opportunities, is therefore going back to the 1970s,
where the choice was medicine or engineering. In higher education, there are greater opportunities in Seemandhra, since Hyderabad has world class institutions, like IIIT, IIT, a BIT campus, as well as the Indian School of Business. In addition to this, Seemandhra would need to focus on establishing such institutions and even National Institutes of Technology, which contribute heavily to the countrys scientific pool. This opportunity would never have presented itself had the state remained integrated. But now, thanks to the disruption caused by the Congress in announcing Telangana, it is a real possibility .
THE WRITER IS THE STATESMAN'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HYDERABAD
EPIGRAPHIST FOR BURMA

(From Our Correspondent)
Rangoon, Aug 21
The following appears in the resolution on the annual report of the Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey, Burma:- There is a rich field in Burma for epigraphical work, but very little has hitherto been done in this direction, and Burma is described in the report as being in this respect the most backward country in the Far East. The Lieutenant-Governor has decided to recommend the appointment of a Government Epigraphist for Burma. The Educational Department of Burma has introduced the teaching of clay modelling in schools.
Chinese whispers around the Bo Xilai trial
e was China's almost-man, the charismat i c Commun i st party ar i stocrat who shrugged off persecution of his fam i ly dur i ng the Cultural Revolut i on to come w i th i n grasp i ng d i stance of the most powerful job in the land. But last year all that ambition unravelled, and tomorrow Bo X i la i goes on trial accused of corruption and abuse of office. Billed as China's most sensational trial since that of the Gang of Four, the event is set to disappoint. Seats were reserved for journalists, but all have been mysteriously filled. Although the charges are complex stretching from alleged abuses in Manchuria to the purchase of a luxury villa in Cannes we are unlikely to learn much that is new. The verdict will have been agreed on before
the process begins. Mr Bo was a colourful and intuitive politician in a land of grey and cautious consensus men. Playing the Chinese tradition of guanx i favours g i ven and returned, often over the course of many years or even generations for all it was worth, he seemed likely to break into the Politburo while still a relative stripling. Instead, he was put in charge of Chongqing, where he showed his taste for flamboyant populism, building social housing, launching a high-profile assault on organised crime, and reviving Maoist songs and slogans that had been out of favour for three decades. Like any other ambitious politician, he made enemies along the way . But what felled him was not the corruption for which he is to be tried. It
was the bizarre murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, supposedly by Mr Bo's wife Gu Kailai, who was convicted of the crime last year. When Mr Bo's closest confidant fled Chongqing and requested asylum in the US, pouring out details of Mr Heywood's murder and much else, the wall of silence behind which Chinese politics is conducted was shattered. From then on, Mr Bo was a marked man. Many reformists in Beijing are heartily glad of the opportunity to be rid of Mr Bo and kill off his attempt to bring back the populist politics of Mao in any form. We in the West, too, may be relieved that China is not once more setting off down that alarming path. But what President Xi Jinping offers is barely more attractive.
An internal memo leaked this week vowed to wage war on seven `western' dangers, including human rights, press freedom and judicial independence. The early hopes that Xi would move China in a liberal direction are, thus, on shaky ground. And the notion that Mr Bo's corruption was worse than that of his senior party colleagues is laughable. One reason that the trial will be so quick and opaque is to minimise the opportunities for debate about Communist Party ethics. What Mr Bo's fall exposes is a system that can brook no challenge, from neo-Maoists or liberal reformers. Judged by this week's events, progress will be a long time coming.
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Mumbai, 21 August
MOVE IS TOOL LITTLE AND TOO LATE, SAY BROKERS AND DEALERS IN .OREX
ICICI Bank raises fixed deposit rates

CAUSE FOR CONCERN

rupee could touch 70 level against the US 1 The dollar in a months time, says Deutsche Bank valuation of the Indian currency in 2 Nomuras June had also suggested that it might slide to 70/$ Standard and Poor's 3 says there is one-in-
Japan's smartphone-based social networking service "Line" president Akira Morikawa delivers a speech about Line's global strategy in Urayasu, suburban Tokyo on Wednesday. n AFP
Pol i cy consensus : RBI Governor D Subbarao moved with the majority opinion of TAC members and maintained status quo in the first quarter monetary policy review last month, it said in a statement. PTI HPCL head: Ms Nishi Vasudeva has been selected to head Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd,the first woman ever to head a Navratna PSU. Ms Vasudeva, 57, is currently director (market i ng) of HPCL. PTI FMC to NSEL: Commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission has directed NSEL to declare members, who have failed in making payments,as defaulters and liquidate all their realisable assets. PTI Inflation rate: Retail inflation for farm and rural workers has come down marginally to 12.80 per cent and 12.61 per cent, respectively , in the month of July , even as prices of food items and cloth remained high. PTI Spice launch: S Mobility has launched two smartphones at affordable prices. The "Smart Flo Space Mi - 354", pr i ced at Rs 3 ,7 99 , gives access to Spice Cloud that enables users to access data on multiple devices. SNS LIC donat i on : As part of corporate social respons i b i l i ty, L i fe Insurance Corporation (eastern zone) has donated a school bus to AHEAD, a school involved in education of phys i cally challenged students. SNS
Even though the RBI hinted at relaxing its grip on tight money supply with its yesterday's announcement to buy gover nment bonds worth Rs 8,000 crore, brokerages as well as dealers in inter-bank foreign exchange market today opted to downplay the belated gesture. A common refrain heard today was the move is too little and too late. The RBI move has been taken primarily to salvage the dwindling partially convertible rupee and simultaneously prop up the stock trading on Dalal Street. Clouds of gloom and despair hang thick and dark over the markets as sentiment and confidence have taken a severe knock on account of several pessimistic assessments read out on a daily basis by global brokerages and rating
three chance of downgrading India's sovereign credit rating

Deutsche Bank today said the rupee could fall to a level of 70 verses the US dollar. Its report says: We continue to believe that fundamentally the rupee is undervalued and has overshot it equilibrium level substant i ally, but as numerous episodes of past currency cris i s have amply demonstrated, under a scenario of deep pessimism, currenc i es can overshoot sub-
agencies in their reports on India. The foreign investors, market analysts say, have always rel i ed on these reports to review their exposures to the Indian equities. The flight of capital from stock markets is the biggest worry voiced by Dalal Street analysts. There has been no let-up in sell-off since the rupee slide set in two months ago.
stantially and remain so for a long time. Market analysts also recall, in the last week of June when the rupee was about 60/$, Nomura's valuation of the Indian currency had suggested that it might slide to 70/$. RBI Governor D Subbarao cautioned the government to keep vigil on external macro-economic developments as they might escalate the country's domestic fiscal crisis. True to these pessimistic forecast, analysts say, the rupee has depreciated 15 per cent since the United States Federal Reserve cha i r man Ben Bernanke first disclosed tapering of its asset buying programme at $86 billion a month. Since then both the central bank and the government have failed to stem the free fall in the value of the rupee. The most dismal fore-
cast has been held out by the global rating agency Standard and Poor's which says there is one-in-three chance of downgrading India's sovereign credit rating. If weak sentiment causes business financing cond i t i ons and i nvestment growth to deteriorate further ~ putting country's longterm growth prospects at risk ~ the likelihood of a downgrade increases. Downgrade to junk status entails higher cost of borrowing for Indian industry in the global money markets and would also impair ability to attract foreign investment. It will be a double whammy, say analysts. Meanwhile, amid a continued slide in rupee value, f i nance m i n i ster P Ch i dambaram for the third day in a row held meeting with top officials and RBI Governor-designate Raghuram Rajan to take stock of the situation.
ICICI Bank has raised fixed deposit rates by up to 0.75 per cent across select maturities due to a series of steps taken by the RBI, leading to tightening of liquidity condition. The private sector bank has raised interest rate on term deposits with 46-60 days maturity by 0.75 per cent to 7 per cent. For 61-289 days as well, the increase is by similar percentage points to 7.75 per cent, as per ICICI Bank website. At the same time, the bank raised interest rate by 0.5 per cent to 7.75 per cent as compared to 7.25 per cent for fixed deposit maturing between 290 days and one year. For ter m depos i ts between one year and 389 days, the rate has been raised by similar percentage points to 8 per cent from 7.50 per cent. The new rates would be
effective from 16 August, it said. Faced with tight liquidity situation, the lender's compet i tors l i ke HDFC Bank and Axis Bank have not only raised fixed deposit rates, but have also increased base rate or minimum lending rate by up to 0.25 per cent. Meanwhile, some of the public sector banks like Andhra Bank, Canara Bank have also raised interest rates. The country ' s largest lender State Bank of India has, however, gone public, saying that it will not cut its rates as it is flushed with fresh deposits. SBI cha i rman Prat i p Chaudhuri had said banks with excessive reliance on the wholesale funding are the ones raising the lending rates as the rates in the money markets hardened following the RBI moves. Cost of funds have gone up for banks as the RBI has taken a series of steps to check the fall of the rupee.
India asks Russia to revoke ban on rice

India has asked Russia to revoke a temporary suspension of Indian rice export to Russia and sought market access for Indian bovine meat. The matter was raised by Union minister for commerce and industry Anand Sharma with Mr Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev, Russian minister of economic development, on the sidelines of the Asean Ministerial meeting in Brunei. He asked Mr Ulyukaev to review the rice export suspension. Mr Sharma reaffirmed the spec i al relat i onsh i p India enjoys with Russia which has been time-tested, stable and strong over the decades. We now have to take
We now have to take this economic cooperation forward to achieve the target of $20 billion bilateral trade
IOC lines up 48K cr Irda slaps 4 3.10 crore penalty on Bajaj Allianz for Gujarat refinery
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
ANAND SHARMA
this economic cooperation forward to achieve the target of $20 billion bilateral trade, he said. The Russian minister raised the issue of protection of Russian investment in India and asked for early conclus i on of B i lateral Investment Protect i on Agreement (BIPA). The Un i on commerce and industry minister also held a bilateral meeting with Mr Toshimitsu Motegi, minister for economy, trade and i ndustry of Japan.
Insurance watchdog the Insurance Regulatory and Development Author i ty today imposed a hefty penalty of Rs 3.10 crore on Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for violation of various norms, including those related to early death cla i ms and group insurance. ...as directed under the respective charges, the penalty of Rs 3.10 crore shall be remitted by the life insurer (Bajaj Allianz Life) by deb i t i ng shareholders ' account..., the Irda said in an order. The fine has to be paid by the company within 15 days, it said. The regulator imposed a fine of Rs 78 lakh for rejecti ng certa i n early death
claims as un-concluded contracts. These relate to cases where insured persons died after the date of commencement of r i sk, but before receiving the policy document. It noted that this was a violation of File and Use Guidelines. The life insurer repudiated 78 cases during 2010-11 on grounds of unconcluded contracts. While noting the submissions that the life insurer has decided to reopen all the repud i ated cases on grounds of un-concluded contracts and also discontinued the said practice, it is considered that the actions of the insurer are not fair and against the interests of the policyholders... it said. It added that the insurer is warned against wrong-
ful cla i m pract i ces and directed to ensure settlement of claims in fairness, both as per terms and conditions of the policy contract and as per regulations. Bajaj Allianz also violated norms by entering into referral arrangements with entities that were not licensed to act as corporate agents or insurance intermediaries for the sale of group insurance products, the regulator said. By entering into referral agreements and making payments to group policyholders, the insurer has grossly violated Clause B-2 of Group Guidelines, the Irda said. Therefore, it said, under powers of the Act, a penalty of Rs 70 lakh is levied on the life insurer.
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will invest about Rs 8,000 crore to expand capacity of its Koyali oil refinery in Gujarat to 18 million tons per annum by 2016-17. The expansion from 13.7 million tons will lead to improvement in distillate yield, thereby enabling production of more value-added products from the refinery , a company statement quoted Gujarat Refinery executive director Gautam Roy as saying. Also, the increase in the h i gh-sulphur crude processing capability will lead to improvement in refinery margins and profitability , he said. IOC commissioned a 3million-ton-a-year refinery
at Koyali in Gujarat in 1965. Over the years, the capacity of the refinery, which later came to be known as Gujarat refinery , has gradually been increased to 13.7 million tons per annum. To augment the operational reliability, the refinery is setting up a new gas turbine that will provide ensured power to the unit. The expansion will help the unit raise its processing of h i gh-sulphur crude, which are cheaper. High-sulphur crude oil made up for 51.5 per cent of the crude the refiner processed in fiscal 2012-13. The statement sa i d Gu j arat ref i nery has engaged DuPont to sensitise employees about safe operation and bring about a cultural change in their behaviour towards safety .
NMDC, IL&FS Energy ink deal KIDWAI LEADS CEO MISSION to set up power plant in UP
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State-run NMDC today signed an initial pact with IL&FS Energy Development Company (IEDCL) to set up a 500-MW coal-based thermal power plant at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. NMDC Power, a subsidiary of iron ore miner NMDC, would initially have a 48 per cent stake in the venture, while IEDCL, a subsidiary of IL&FS, would hold the remaining stake. Subsequently , however, NMDC would d i lute i ts stake in the venture to 26 per cent while IEDCL would have the rest 74 per cent stake, NMDC chairman CS Verma said at the MoU signing ceremony here.
Power plant at Gonda will encourage potential agro-based industries and help in ensuring better living and industrial growth in the region
BENI PRASAD VERMA

Gonda i s the parl i amentary constituency of Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma and NMDC is a unit under the steel ministry . The project, which would mark NMDC's foray into power, is estimated to be com-
pleted within three years from the date of financial closure at a cost of about Rs 3,000 crore. Establishment of power plant at Gonda will encourage potential agro-based industries and help in ensuring better living and industrial growth in the region, steel minister Beni Prasad Verma said. The proposed partnership between NMDC Power and IL&FS would provide power to an area that has so far seen limited electrical connectivity, said power m i n i ster Jyot i rad i tya Scindia, who was also present on the occasion. The MoU was signed by Mr Hari Sankaran, vicechairman and managing director of IL&FS Ltd, and Mr NK Nanda, chairman of NMDC Power Ltd.
TO JAKARTA
Uttam Galva to surrender two SEZs in Maharashtra

New Delhi, 21 August: In a bid to deepen trade and investment relat i ons between India and Indonesia and in step w i th Ind i a ' s " LookEast" policy , industry chamber Ficci is organising a high-powered business mission at Jakarta beginning 25 August. The 24-member F i cc i CEOs' Mission is being led by Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Ficci president and executive director and country head of HSBC India. Indones i a i s the 20th largest investor in India with cumulative FDI from April 2000 to August 2012 at $608 million. Several Indian companies are also operating in Indonesia and many are looking for partnership in various sectors. SNS
Uttam Galva Steel Ltd, the country's second-largest galvanised steel manufacturer, has approached the government to surrender its two spec i al econom i c zones (SEZs) in Maharashtra. The company's request will be considered by the 19member Board of Approval chaired by commerce secretary SR Rao in its meeting on 30 August. The developer had planned two sector specific SEZs for IT/ITES in Raigad, Maharashtra. The zones were notified by the government on 12 March 2009 and 19 June 2009. For both the de-notifications, the developer has cited the reason of general recession in biotechnology sector and local disad-
vantage, an official in the commerce ministry said. SEZs, which were once looked upon as major vehicles for i nvestment and export promotion, started losing sheen after the global meltdown and imposition of minimum alternate tax (MAT) and dividend distribution tax (DDT). However, the government has recently announced an incentive package, including relaxation in minimum land requirement to revive interest of investors in the SEZs. The minimum land area requirement for setting up of tax-free zones was reduced to half and for IT and ITeS SEZs, the government has ended the ceiling. As part of exit policy for the SEZs, it has been decided to allow transfer of ownership and sale of SEZs
units. As many as 58 special economic zone developers have surrendered their projects due to var i ous reasons, including global economic slowdown and changed fiscal incentive regime till 31 July . The government has formally approved 576 such zones out of which 173 have commenced exports. Dur i ng Apr i l-June, exports from these zones stood at Rs 1.13 lakh crore. During the same period, the country's overall exports aggregated to Rs 4.05 lakh crore. In fiscal 2012-13, exports from SEZs accounted for 29.12 per cent of the country's total exports of Rs 16.35 lakh crore. Out of the 173 operational zones, the maximum of 39 are present in Andhra Pradesh.
HOPES TO BEAT SLOWDOWN AND INCREASE SALES DURING .ESTIVE SEASON
Maruti unveils compact car Stingray

India, Asean pledge $100-billion trade

Looking to beat the slowdown blues, country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today launched a compact car Stingray, priced between Rs 4.1 lakh and Rs 4.67 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). With the Stingray, which will be more expensive than the existing WagonR by about Rs 20,000, MSI is hoping to attract young customers and make the most out of the upcoming festive season. The launch of Stingray is in line with our strategy to provide new and refurbished
models to our customers to create excitement in the market place. Indian auto industry has been going through a slowdown, but despite this customers continue to buy Maruti cars, MSI managing director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa told reporters here. With this, the company will have nine models in its compact car portfolio, he said, adding that WagonR would continue to be in the market. We have sold around 1.3 million units of WagonR since its launch in December 1999. We are doing on an average of about 12,000 units a month, he added. Stingray, which is
powered by a 998-cc petrol engine, is available in three variants, and the company will also roll out a CNG model soon. The launch comes when the auto industry is gearing up to boost sales in the upcoming festive season. We are hoping sales will pick up in the festive season but we are not expecting very strong sales during the period considering the current macro-economic conditions. It won't be as euphoric as last year, MSI chief operating officer (marketing & sales) Mayank Pareekh said. Asked about the sales target for Stingray, he said the company hasn't set any numbers.
Maruti Suzuki managing director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa (left) and COO (marketing and sales) Mayank Pareekh with the newly-unveiled Maruti Suzuki Stingray car in New Delhi on Wednesday. n AFP
India and Asean have reaffirmed their commitment to achieving the target of $100 billion bilateral trade by 2015. The reaffirmation came after a meeting between visiting Union minister of commerce and i ndustry Anand Sharma and Asean ministers at Brunei, according to a commerce ministry statement here today . At the meeting, the ministers took note of completion of legal scrubbing of India-Asean Agreements on Trade in Services and Investment . They also endorsed the texts of these agreements for the required steps to be taken by the participating countries for the
implementation of the agreements. Mr Sharma informed the Asean ministers about the steps taken by India for elevating India-Asean relations to a strategic partnership as decided during the Commemorative Summit in New Delhi in December 2012. This included the launching of Asean-India Centre in New Delhi and the proposed Asean-India Trade and Investment Centre. A concept note prepared by India on the Asean-India Trade and Investment Centre was circulated seeking comments of the Asean side. Mr Sharma spoke about the initiative taken by India in completing the first phase of the trilateral highway connecting India with Thailand through Myanmar.
The actions of the cabinet secretary are unprecedented...this issue has reached the highest levels of government.
KIETH VAZ ON THE ISSUE O. LEAKED US, UK INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS
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MANNING GIVEN 35-YR TERM

Washington, 21 August
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HE .ACED UPTO 90 YEARS IN PRISON .OR LEAKING OVER 7,00,000 BATTLE.IELD REPORTS
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Manning had leaked over 7,00,000 Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department diplomatic cables in 2010 while working as an Intelligence analyst in Iraq, causing embarrassment to the Obama govt
Prosecutors have asked for at least a 60-year prison term for Manning The defence has suggested a prison term of no more than 25 years
was acquitted of the most serious charge ~ aiding the enemy. The leaked files were posted on the website of WikiLeaks, revealing some of the top secrets of the US government, causing huge embar rassment to the Obama administration. Mann i ng also leaked video of a US helicopter attack in Iraq in which at least nine people were killed. The US military judge, army Colonel Denise Lind, said that Manning was dishonourably discharged from the service. The US government had asked for 60 years of imprisonment. There is value in deterrence, your honour; this court must send a mes-
A pedestrian battles against strong winds caused by Tropical Storm Trami in Taipei on Tuesday. n AFP
Goering's cigars: A collection of cigars spec i ally made for German dictator Adolf Hitler's deputy and close confidant, Hermann Goering, may fetch up to 1,200 pounds at an auction in the UK. PTI Cloning a Beatle! : Scientists are trying to extract DNA of John Lennon from his tooth in an attempt to clone rock music's greatest star . A Canadian dentist drew eyebrows for purchasing Lennon's tooth for over $30,000. PTI Dog saves cat: Cats and dogs are traditionally considered arch rivals, but a poisoned feline has gained a fresh lease on life thanks to a rare interspecies transfusion of canine blood in aNew Zealand town. PTI Harassment app: A new smartphone app, launched in New York, enables people to report sexual harassment on the streets within seconds. The victims can send the information anonymously to the authorities. PTI Mother held: A mother i n the USA was allegedly caught on camera smearing feces on her six-month-old baby's face to allegedly gain the benefit of exhaustive medical evaluation and attention. PTI Madonna birthday: Pop diva, Madonna, celebrated her 55th birthday with an overthe-top French Revolution-inspired costume bash in the South of France. She was joined by boyfriend and children. PTI
A US military court today sentenced American soldier Bradley Manning to 35 years of imprisonment for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, causing huge embar rassment to the Obama Adm i n i strat i on . Manning, 25, was convicted last month of mult i ple charges including violations of the Espionage Act for copying and disseminating the documents while serving as an intelligence analyst at a forward operating base in Iraq. He faced up to 90 years of imprisonment. However, he
sage to any soldier contemplating stealing classified information, said Captain Joe Morrow, a military prosecutor. National security crimes that undermine the entire system must be taken seriously, he said. During the trial, Manning addressed the court and apologised for his actions, saying he was sorry that I hurt the USA. He will receive credits for the 1,293 days he has spent behind bars so far. He was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq. Amnesty International and the Bradley Manning Support Network had announced an Online petit i on ask i ng Pres i dent Barack Obama to pardon Manning.
Fukushima leak alert raised

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Tokyo, 21 August
Japan declared a radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima plant a levelthree serious incident today , its highest warning in two years, as operators scrambled to seal a tank that has seeped 300 ton of toxic water. The leak is the worst since the nuclear crisis began in March 2011, when a quake-generated tsunami knocked out reactor cooling systems and sparked meltdowns. Something that we were very
much concerned about has occurred, Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shun i ch i Tanaka told a meeting in Tokyo. The regulator raised the assessment on the United Nations' seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) to a level three serious incident, from level one wh i ch i nd i cates an anomaly. At its height, the Fukushima crisis was classified as level seven ~ one of only two events ever rated in that category along with the Chernobyl disaster. Other incidents which have
been ranked level three include the 2005 radioactive waste leak at the British nuclear reprocessing facility in Sellafield. The Japanese regulator w i ll now inform the International Atom i c Energy Agency (IAEA) about the leak and consult with the UN body . The evaluation came a day after plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said some 300 ton of radioactive water was believed to have leaked from one of the tanks that hold water used to cool the reactors.
US leaks journalists partner sues UK

London, 21 August
The partner of the US journalist behind the Edward Snowden leaks has launched legal action against Britain for holding him under antiterror laws as the government admitted it was kept informed about his detent i on . Dav i d M i randa, a Brazilian national who has been work i ng w i th h i s boyfriend Glenn Greenwald on the US Intelligence leaks, was held and questioned
for almost nine hours at London Heathrow Airport. The Guardian said the British government had forced it to destroy files or face a court battle over its publication of US security secrets leaked by Mr Snowden, who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia. David Miranda is taking a civil action over his material and the way that he was treated, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, whose newspaper has worked with Greenwald and Snowden, said.
KEITH VAZ ASKS PM TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT OVER CLAIMS
Destroy leaked files: Cameron

London, 21 August
British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered his Cabinet secretary to ask The Guardian to destroy leaked secret documents on UK and US Intelligence operations on the grounds that it posed serious threat to national security, a media report said today . In a statement, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, gave the first official confirmation that the cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood made the request to The Guardian. The intervention by Mr Clegg came after
Yvette Cooper, a Labour Party politician, said that parliament's intelligence watchdog should investigate Mr Cameron's role in asking The Guardian to surrender or destroy the National Security Agency documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The shadow home secretary made her call after The Independent reported that Heywood made the request to The Guardian on the instructions of the prime minister. Keith Vaz, the labour chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, was quoted as saying by The Guardian that the prime minister must make a
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In a statement, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, gave the first official confirmation that the cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood made the request to The Guardian
statement to MPs when parliament returns next month. In a statement issued after the official confirmation that Heywood asked The Guardian to delete its hard drives, Vaz said: The actions of the cabinet secretary are unprecedented and show that this issue has reached the highest levels of government. Although I am very surprised at this revelation it explains why Downing Street, the White House and the home secretary were briefed in advance about David Miranda's detention, the Indian-origin MP said. A spokesman for Mr Clegg made clear that Heywood was acting on the authority of both the prime minister and his deputy . We understand
the concerns about recent events, particularly around issues of freedom of the press and civil liberties. The Independent reviewer of terrorism legislation is already looking into the circumstances around the detention of David Miranda and we will wait to see his findings, the spokesman said. On the specific issue of records held by The Guardian, the deputy prime minister thought it was reasonable for the cabinet secretary to request that The Guardian destroyed data that would represent a serious threat to national security if it ell into the wrong hands, he said.
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During a protest outside the Intermediate People's Court where disgraced politician Bo Xilai will soon go on trial in Jinan, Shandong Province on Wednesday. n AFP
It is time for the UN Security Council to assume responsibility

PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL SAUDI .OREIGN MINISTER, SPEAKING ON THE SYRIA MASSACRE
Mubarak to be released
Cairo, 21 August
China floods kill 21: At least 21 people were killed and three others reported missing after floods triggered by a rainstorm hit a northwester n Chinese province, state media reported on Wednesday . PTI 13 inmates escape: Thirteen inmates escaped through a tunnel that allowed them to reach the courtyard of the Ezeiza prison, scaling two gates, they dug in a maximum security prison in Argentina, officials said. AFP Dengue cases: A total of 102 cases of dengue fever have been reported in south-west China since last week, state media reported. The officials are asking residents to eradicate mosquitoes to prevent the disease. PTI Paying for torture : A former Somali military colonel who left the USA while facing civil allegations that he tortured a human rights advocate was ordered by a federal judge to pay $15 million in damages. AP
Deposed Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the country for nearly three decades, moved a step closer to freedom today after a court here ordered his release, over two years after he was jailed following a popular uprising that ousted him. A Cairo criminal court accepted an appeal by the 85year-old former president against a recent detention order he received, setting him free. However, the court said Mubarak will be held for 48 hours to give the prosecution a chance to consider whether it will appeal the decision to release him or not. A team of judges from the Norther n Ca i ro m i sdemeanour court arrived earlier today to Tora Prison, where Mubarak is detained in hospital, to look into the appeal. Mubarak, who has been on trial since August 2011, has now received release orders in all the cases in
which he is investigated, for spending the maximum time in jail for a defendant pending trial. However, all trials are still ongoing, Ahram Online reported. He was released today pending investigations in a corruption case in which he is accused of illegally receiving millions of pounds worth of gifts from state-run publisher Al-Ahram. Mubarak has recently reimbursed money equivalent to the value of the gifts to the state, which raised the possibility of him being released. The long-time autocrat, the first ruler ousted in the wave of Arab Spring uprisings to stand trial, also faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the killing of over 800 protesters during the 2011 revolution. He was sentenced to life in prison last year, but a retrial was ordered earlier this year. However, the case does not require Mubarak to remain in custody, as his lawyer successfully argued that the former leader has already
spent the maximum time in prison for a defendant in pretrial detention. His next court hearing is scheduled for 25 August. If Mubarak is freed later this week, it would come only six weeks after the armed forces that he once commanded deposed his freely elected successor, Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi. Mr Mursi remains in custody since the army toppled him on July 3, but his supporters have held protests calling for his reinstatement. The ex-president, who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years was ousted in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and detained shortly after. 2 more Islamists held: Two more top leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood were arrested today while trying to flee the country as part of the militarybacked government's wideni ng crackdown on the Islam i st g roup that i s demanding the reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Mursi.
STORIES OF MISERY
Children share an umbrella after receiving free donuts inside a school building serving as an evacuation centre in Marikina, east of Manila on Wednesday, as rains pounded the capital city for the third day. n AFP
1,300 DIE IN SYRIA CHEMICAL BOMBING

OPPOSITION ACCUSES REGIME; CALLS .OR INTERVENTION
Beirut, 21 August
Taliban centre busted 37 KILLED IN PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MALAYSIA ROAD ACCIDENT
Lahore, 21 August Kuala Lumpur, 21 August: At least 37 people were killed and 16 injured in Malaysia's worst-ever road accident when a bus carrying tourists plunged into a deep ravine near a popular resort today . Thirteen women and 24 men were killed in the accident on a steep and winding road near Genting Highlands resort, police officials said. The toll could rise as some of the injured were in critical condition, officials said. The nationalities of the victims could not immediately be ascertained though media reports said most of the passengers were Malaysians and some were believed to be from West Asia. Officials said a Thai man and a Bangladeshi man were among the injured. PTI
Syria's main Opposition group accused the regime of using chemical weapons today to strike rebel areas near Damascus in a massacre that left more than 1,300 people dead. Vi deos distri buted by activists, the authenticity of which could not immediately be verified, showed medics attending to suffocating children and hospitals being overwhelmed. More footage showed dozens of people la i d out on the ground,
among them many children, some of them covered in white sheets. The claim of a chemical attack, which could not be independently verified, was vehemently denied by the Syrian regime which said it was intended to hinder the mission of UN chem i cal weapons inspectors now in the country . The Local Coordination Committees (LCC), a network of activists, reported hundreds of casualties in the brutal use of toxic gas by the criminal regime. Eastern Ghouta was also shelled by warplanes fol-
lowing the chemical attack that is still ongoing, which led to hundreds of casualties and victims, among them entire families, it said. In one video, children are seen being given first aid in a field hospital, notably oxygen to help them breathe. Doctors appear to be trying to resuscitate unconscious children. The Opposition National Coalition's George Sabra, who spoke to reporters in Istanbul, labelled the attack as a coup de grace that kills all hopes for a political solution in Syria.
State news agency SANA said reports on the use of chemical weapons in Ghouta are totally false. It's an attempt to prevent the UN commission of inquiry from carrying out its mission. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country will refer the charges of a chem i cal weapons strike to the Security Council. The Arab League urged the inspectors to visit the site i mmediately to see the reality of the situation and i nvest i gate the c i rcumstances of this crime.
Police in Pakistan have busted an illegal telephone gateway exchange here allegedly being operated by the Taliban to make ransom calls to families of persons kidnapped by them including the sons of former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and sla i n Pun j ab gover nor Salman Taseer. Though Lahore police chief Rai Tahir did not confirm how many arrests were made during yesterday's raid, police sources say at least five suspects including women have also been taken into custody . Police said, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had also contacted thefamilies of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and slain Punjab Governor Salman Taseer from the exchange and demanded ransom for the release of their sons Ali Haider Gilani
and Shahbaz Taseer respectively . The raiding team also found weapons and explosives in the house in the thickly-populated area of Green Town. A police officer called the exchange an International Technical Hub that would show dialling code numbers of Afghanistan and tribal areas of Pakistan, making the receivers believe that the calls were coming from these areas. An international gateway exchange is a telephone switch that forms the gateway between a national telephone network and one or more other international exchanges, providing crossborder connectivity. Taliban members made calls from the location to the families of the kidnapped victims. Sources said the building that housed the illegal exchange is owned by Ajmal Shah but during the raid only one person was present.
Oz WikiLeaks candidate quits

Sydney, 21 August People on an inflatable boat in a flooded street, on Wednesday in Khabarovsk. Floods in the Russian Far East broke historic records as authorities evacuated over 19,000 people from affected areas and warned of a further rise in water levels. n AFP
Indonesia accident: A car and a packed church bus collided and plunged into a river on Wednesday in Indonesia's West Java province, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than a dozen, officials said. AP China accident: At least 27 people were injured when a disgruntled bus driver, angry over a dispute with his employer ,went berserk and drove his vehicle into pedestrians at a city in southern China. PTI
Julian Assange's Australian WikiLeaks Party was in crisis today after one of its most prominent candidates quit, saying she was disillusioned with its lack of democracy . Ethicist Leslie Cannold was the party's number two candidate for the Senate behind Assange. She would have likely taken his place in the upper house in the event the party was successful in the 7 September polls and its leader unable to return to Australia. Even i f I stop campa i gn i ng th i s m i nute, remaining in my role implicitly invites voters to trust The Wikileaks Party, Ms Cannold said in a statement. By staying in this role I am implicitly vouching for the worthiness of this party to receive the votes of the Australian people. I can no longer do this because I
Even if I stop campaigning this minute, remaining in my role implicitly invites voters to trust The WikiLeaks Party
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no longer believe it is true, and so I must resign. The resignation comes after a debacle within the WikiLeaks Party over how they would direct their preferences towards other parties on the ballot paper if they did not win a seat, a process which can influence how senators are chosen in Australia. Ms Cannold said the way preferences were to be directed in New South Wales and Western Australia exposed problems with the capacity of the party to sustain its democratic processes. She said others would also resign the party . After
her announcement, Daniel Mathews, a member of the party's 11-person National Council ~ which includes Assange and his father John Shipton ~ also quit. Mr Mathews, who in a statement said he had been friends with Assange since university , said he was sorry to be leaving under such circumstances. I am afraid that my experiences with this party are not all positive, he sa i d . The Wi k i Leaks Party had vowed to be a party of transparency and justice and one which would scrutinise the government. Mr Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than a year after he was granted asylum but denied free passage by Br i t i sh authorities out of the country . He is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex assault allegations but fears if handed over he will be passed onto the USA.
BNP government protected rebel who attacked Hasina in 2004

Dhaka, 21 August
The past BNP-Jamaat government had tried to protect the main suspect of the 2004 grenade attack that targeted the then Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, an ex-Intelligence official said today , as Bangladesh observed the ninth anniversary of the incident that left 24 people dead. HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad) chief Mufty Abdul Hannan had confessed his involvement in the attack in our interrogation but we could not get his statement recorded i n the court, Rap i d Action Battalion (RAB)'s for mer deputy d i rector Major (retd) Atiqur Rahman told a Dhaka court. He added former premier Khaleda Zia's elder
son Tarique Rahman and the then state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar directed the RAB not to expose detained chief of the outlawed Islamist outfit on the grenade attack charges. Ms Hasina, the prime target of the assassination plot, narrowly escaped the attack with permanent hearing impairment while the dead included the party's women front chief and former President Zillur Rahman's wife Ivy . Over 3 00 people were injured as assailants exploded 13 arges grenades on an Awami League rally in front of the party's central office at downtown Dhaka's Bangabandhu Avenue . After returning from (a meeting at) the home ministry, my director, late Col Gulzar, commented that the state
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minister (Babar) did not seem to be satisfied hearing the confession of Mufty Hannan, Rahman said in his statement. He said the RAB investigations at that time also found out that Pintu had held a meeting with the HuJI leaders at his residence and told them he would provide security and administrative help to those who would carry out the attack. He said Babar also directed the RAB to stop manhunt for one Maulana Tazuddin,
Pintu's now fugitive brother who suppl i ed the grenades, saying he himself would surrender, wh i ch never happened and he rather was given a safe passage to Pakistan under directives from higher political authorities. The comments came as prosecution lawyers said they feared the trial process was unlikely to be completed within the tenure of current Awami League government as only 72 out of 491 could so far testify before the court. We, however, are trying to expedite the trial to ensure justice, chief prosecution lawyer Syed Rezaur Rahman said while investigators said they clearly i dent i f i ed the masterminds of the attack alongside those carried it out.
China mulls raising pension age

Beijing, 21 August
A PROPOSAL MADE TO EASE .INANCIAL BURDEN ON GOVERNMENT
Ad gloating mistress culture sparks row

Beijing, 21 August
AGEING SOCIETY?
The new scheme suggests that the initial pension age for both men and women should be raised to 65 from the current retirement age of 60 for men and 50 for women Age chosen based on the pace of ageing in China but could be adjusted for labourers undertaking especially arduous work
from Tsinghua University said. China will become a super ageing society by 2035, which means every two workers will need to support one elderly person, she was quoted as saying by the People's Daily. We should promote pension reform to prepare for a heavy financial burden, Mr Yang said, adding that raising the pension age does not imply an adjustment of the retirement age. The initial pension age and the retirement age are two different
Chinese experts have proposed raising the pension age to 65 to ease the financial burden on the government, as the ageing population increased dramatically in the world's most populous nation. The new scheme suggests that the initial pension age for both men and women should be raised to 65 from the current retirement age of 60 for men and 50 for women. The age of 65 was chosen based on the pace of ageing in China but could be adjusted for labourers undertaking especially arduous work, Yang Yansui, an expert
China had about 185 million people above the age of 60, or 13.7 per cent of the population, as of the end of last year The figure is expected to surge to 221 million in 2015, including 51 million empty nesters or elderly people whose children no longer live with them
things. People can decide to quit work before getting old-age pensions as long as they have made their contributions as required, Mr Yang said. The scheme, drafted
by experts from Tsinghua University, was unveiled on 12 August to solicit feedback from the public, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. According to last year's report by the China Development Research Foundation, China had about 185 million people above the age of 60, or 13.7 per cent of the population, as of the end of last year. The figure is expected to surge to 221 million in 2015, including 51 million empty nesters or elderly people whose children no longer live with them, which makes it incumbent on the part government to improve their social security management involving large amount of funds.
An advertisement of a foreign cosmetic brand portraying a woman gloating over an extramarital affair stirred up a heated debate over the spread of mistress culture in China. In the full-page advertisement in the form of a letter published in Southern Metropol is Da i ly i n Guangzhou the mistress woman taunt wives to go and find Mr Right. The flirtatious woman, who calls herself Mrs Zhang, asks Zhang's ex-wife to let him go and find a Mr Right of her own. Excellent men only belong to a woman who can present herself well. May you wake up as early as possible and learn how to best present yourself. May there be no mistresses anymore, the ad reads. Fu Yisu, a public relations
manager with Canton Fair E-commerce Co, said is the newspaper promoting the success of a mistress? I was very surprised to read the ad. It poses a great challenge to traditional morality . However, Li Hu, deputy market managing director of Southern Metropolis Daily, said the content of the ad had been carefully examined prior to its publication. Actually, it is a commercial ad, promoting a cosmetics brand. The content is in line with related advertising laws, Li told China Daily. He said the ad is part of a series to be printed over seven days. A marketing manager at Nanfang Daily , which administers Southern Metropolis Daily, said on condition of anonym i ty that a South Korean cosmetics company signed a contract with the newspaper to print the advertising series.
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Bha g wats alle g ation: Khel Ratna select i on panel member Anjali Bhagwat claimed that Krishna Poonia had called her to lobby for the top honour, but Poonia said it was only to raise her voice against the injustice. Sports awards: For the second day running,the sport ministry has not been able to announce the nat i onal sports awards. Senior officials of the ministry said they were not sure what was delaying the formal announcement. Akram ties the knot: Was i m Akram, on Wednesday announced he had married his Australian girlfriend, Shaniera Thompson, after clerics contended it was sinful for the couple to live together without being wed. Gatka recognition: The Punjab Olympics Association (POA) would grant recognition to Gatka, an Indian origin marshal art sport, the associations president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa said on Wednesday . Football talk: Mr U K Ganguli, honorary secretary of The Indian Football Association, has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the Football World Cup Conference to be held at Oxford University Club.
MURRAY HAS HIS TASK CUT OUT

NADAL, DJOKOVIC READY TO STAKE CLAIM TO THE SCOTS US OPEN CROWN
blip was a first round trauma at Wimbledon, his bitter-sweet relationship with grass courts rekindled far too quickly after the draini ng march to an e i ghth French Open just two weeks earlier. Nadal's title in Cincinnati last weekend followed victory in Montreal -- the last man to clinch that double was Andy Roddick in 2003 who also went on to claim the US Open. "It's a nice feeling to arrive to the US Open with two victories in two very difficult tournaments," said Nadal, never one to get too far ahead of himself. "And it is nice to arrive there knowing that, if I am able to keep continuing, keep playing like this, hopefully, I have the chance to have a good result." Nadal has supplanted Murray as world number two since Cincinnati after finding himself relegated to five when he reappeared in Chile. Murray's post-Wimbledon party has fallen flat in recent weeks with a third round loss to Ernests Gulbis in Montreal followed by a quarter-final exit to Tomas Berdych in Cincinnati. But Murray, 26, has been here before -- 12 months ago, he arrived in New York
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Once the hunter, now the hunted, Andy Murray is braced for an all-out assault on his US Open title from rejuvenated Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic. Murray ended Britain's 76-year wait for a Grand Slam men's champion by triumphing in New York in 2012 and backed it up with his historic Wimbledon victory th i s year, the f i rst by a Br i t i sh man s i nce Fred Perry in 1936. The Scot beat Djokovic to w i n the US Open 12 months ago and repeated the dose against the Serb at the All England Club six weeks ago. But it is Nadal, rather than Djokovic, who is tipped to win a second title in New York, to add to his 2010 victory , and clinch a 13th career ma j or. The 27-year-old Spaniard missed the 2012 tournament as he rested his troublesome knees, part of a seven-month injury lay-off which stretched from the second round at Wimbledon to Vina del Mar in Chile in February . Since his return Nadal has racked up nine titles, including five Masters, and boasts a winloss record of 53-3. His only
Andy Murray.
having suffered third round defeats in both Toronto and Cincinnati. "The things I need to do well -- serving, returning, moving -- that was good," said Murray after his loss last week to the ever-dangerous Berdych. Djokovic heads for New York with the focus squarely on Nadal as well as the worrying decline of Roger Federer.
The Serb, who beat Murray to retain his Australian Open title this year, came agonizingly close to ending Nadal's French Open domination in an epic Paris semi-final before being outplayed by Murray in the Wimbledon final. But the 26-year-old has made the US Open final in each of the last three years and i s desperate to put behind him his quarter-
final loss to John Isner in Cincinnati, a performance he described as "terrible". Djokovic, the 2011 US Open winner, is also keen to play down talk of how he and Murray -- who have won seven of the last 11 majors -- now hold the keys to the Grand Slam door. "Hopefully that rivalry can develop over the years, but it's still not the biggest rivalry we have in sports. Out of all the active players, it's Federer and Nadal," said Djokovic, a loser in five sets to Murray in New York last year.Federer heads into his 14th US Open at seven in the world, his lowest ranking for 11 years. The 17-time major winner has already been defeated 11 times in 2013, including a second-round loss at Wimbledon which ended his record of 36 successive Grand Slam quarter-final appearances. In his desperation to stem the decline, the 32year-old made the curious decision to play two low-profile claycourt events after Wimbledon and even briefly experimented with a bigger racquet. A five-time US Open champion, Federer's last final appearance in the city was in 2009 where he was defeated by Juan Martin Del Potro.
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Washington Mystics W 73 Chicago Sky W 79 Tulsa Shock W Phoenix Mercury W 86 89
Storm W 77 Los Angeles Sparks W 57
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Williams faces Azarenka threat Gutta slams Nehwal

New York, 21 August
Somdev Devvarman.
Devvarman advances: Somdev Devvarman, India's numero uno singles player, cleared the first hurdle in the US Open qualifying tournament w i th a straight set win over Fabiano De Paula on Wednesday . Ghosal speaks: India's highest world-ranked player Saurav Ghosal feels that the Indian squash has the potential to make it big at the international level but needs increased government funding and support.
World number one Serena Williams enters the US Open as a heavy favourite to defend her title, but second-ranked Victoria Azarenka leads a host of rivals looking to dethrone her. Williams is seeking her 17th Grand Slam singles crown and fifth US Open title, which would move her one shy of Chris Evert's Openera record for most titles at the year's final major event on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts. "I'm definitely prepared. I'm definitely ready for New York," Williams said. "I definitely had more matches than I could want, but I'm definitely prepared for the US Open." The 31-year-old American has been on an amazing run over the past 14 months, going 77-4 and capturing last year's Wimbledon, London Olympic and US Open titles, plus this year's French Open crown. But two of those defeats came at the hands of Azarenka, in last February's Doha final and last Sunday at the WTA final in Cincinnati by 2-6, 62, 7-6 (8/6). It was only the third victory for the 24-yearold from Belarus over Williams but with the two having won seven of the past nine Grand Slam titles, it sets the stage for a potential rematch of last year's US Open final. "It would be totally different circumstances," said Williams, who also beat Azarenka i n th i s year ' s
Serena Williams.
Rome final. "It's just a new event. You just got to go in there with a fresh mind." And without a win streak such as she had the past few Grand Slam events. " It makes me more relaxed and almost happy that I lost because now I don't have to worry about every day someone ask i ng me about some silly winning streak," Williams said. "So maybe it was for the best." Williams also finds herself in a cordial rivalry, appreciating Azarenka off the court as a friend and on the court as an adversary . "She's so competitive on the court, like an animal, and I'm the same exact way, like my dad described me as a pitbull," Williams said. Williams is looking for her ninth title of the year after triumphs at Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros, Bastad and Toronto. But she has proven vulnerable in Grand Slams, falling to compatriot Sloane Stephens in the Australian Open quarterfinals and Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round at Wimbledon, but completing her title run on Paris clay with a victory over US Open th i rd seed Mar i a Sharapova of Russia. Azarenka, the reigning Australian
Open champion, says she has learned from past losses to Williams. "Every time we play , I face a big challenge, my biggest opponent, and that's what I want to go through," Azarenka said. "I had tough losses before against her, but I feel like I learned from those losses, and it helps me improve. I feel like I'm playing better and better. I'm reaching for the new level that I want to be at, physically, mentally, tennis-wise and that's the progression that I'm really the most excited about." Azarenka took conf i dence from rallying to beat Williams in the Cincinnati final, but says the American will be the favourite on home soil."I will not be a favourite," Azarenka said. "She is No.1 in the world. She is a great champion, and she's defending champion, so she ' s go i ng to be a favourite. "About who's second favourite, third favourite, I don't really care about that. But I think it's a great boost of confidence to go to the US Open, great week to go through matches back to back. Tough matches are also important for me to feel like I'm back competing at the same level constantly and consistently . So that's what I'm most excited about." Four-time Grand Slam winner Sharapova, who split with coach Jimmy Connors after losing their only match together in her Cincinnati opener, has not played another match since a secondround Wimbledon exit due to a left hip injury .
Top doubles badminton player Jwala Gutta today hit out at singles star Saina Nehwal for her comments that Taufik Hidayat should accept the reality that he is a retired player and cannot get highest base price in IBL. Hidayat, who is Saina's IBL teammate in Hyderabad Hotshots franchise, had complained of unfair treatment to foreign players by the league organisers. Hidayat was bought for USD 15,000 at his base price and the Indonesian felt he deserved much more. Sa i na, however, sa i d Hidayat should realise that he was a retired player, a comment wh i ch d i d not amuse Jwala. Taufik Hidayat is one of the greatest players....and I don't think u can dismiss his views just because he has
retired from the game!!!!, wrote Jwala, who plays for Delhi franchise in IBL, on her twitter page. I don't know how anyone can talk about him in such manner......without giving him and his stature any respect ...i t ' s absolutely sad!!!!, she said. Jwala did not name Saina in her series of tweets on the issue but in an apparent reference to the Hyderabadi, she said that she should understand Hidayat's concern. No matter how big u have become in sport I think one should try and ustand what ur fellow players views r And work on it!!!, she tweeted.Nobody can take away his achievements....just because he's RETIRED!!!! He is and will always be one of the greatest badminton player!!!! And aga i n i t ' s not about money ....it's about RESPECT!
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Only Pune FC were granted exemption to play in the I-League by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Wednesday while the cases of the 12 I-League clubs will be taken up by club licensing committee's first instance body when it meets 27 August .United Sikkim was the only club, among the 14 to flunk club licensing test, that didn't appeal for exemption since they have been relegated to the second division.
The exemption is mandatory , without which the clubs will not be allowed to compete in the I-League. The committee, headed by ret i red j udge N. K . Sud, reviewed the appeal filed by Pune FC and felt that the first instance body should have considered the supplementary report placed by the licensing manager. The committee felt that there was no non compliance with 'A' Grade criteria and the only non compliance was really delayed submission of certain documents regarding criteria 'A.'
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Arsne Wenger last night launched a passionate defence of Arsenal ' s record in the transfer market and moved to reassure supporters the club has plenty of time to act before the window closes on 2 September. Dur i ng a terse exchange with reporters here in Turkey on the eve of the Gunners' Champ i ons League play-off first leg against Fenerbahce, Wenger (right) bristled at suggestions Tottenham were threatening to steal a march on their north London rivals as they closed in on the 60m capture of Willian from Anzhi Makhachkala and Roma's Erik Lamela. Arsenal have never finished below Spurs in the league during Wenger's near 17-year tenure and have always featured in Europe's premier compet i t i on, often at the expense of Tottenham. The Gunners ' sole summer signing to date rema i ns French unknown Yaya Sanogo and, despite growing fan unrest, Wenger said: Ì am not happy when our fans are not happy because my job is to make them happy . But I cannot listen every minute to every state of mind for everybody . Ì have to focus on and do what I always do what is important for this club. You cannot look all the time in life at what others do and what you do. You do what is right for you. Ì would just like to reiterate to you that in the last 16 years we have been very successful with transfers. And i f you look at the players who play tomorrow, they are top-quality players. And you should never forget that. It is not always to think what is outside is better than what you have. What is important as well is to rate what you have and our fans have to understand that as well. `Less than two weeks is a long time and 75 per cent of things happen in the last 10 days. What happens is that we are a bit short because we lost two players. THE INDEPENDENT
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Willians arrival could seal Bale deal

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Tottenham Hotspur are waiting for an improvement on Real Madrid's original 85m bid for Gareth Bale, as they prepare to sign his replacement, the Brazil international Willian, from Anzhi Makhachkala. The spending on Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho and now Willian is being funded by the anticipated sale of Bale to Madrid. The original offer of 85m from Real was rejected by Spurs in the conviction that there would be an improved offer which the club hope will come soon from Spain. Bale himself is still reporting to the Spurs training ground at Enfield for treatment on a thigh injury . However, the understanding between him and the club is that he will not play for Tottenham again and that when Madrid come back with an offer closer to 90m, or with a Madrid player on top of the original offer, then finally the deal can go through. Willian is regarded as a direct replacement for Bale and the arrival of the Brazilian will mean that the way is at last clear for Bale to leave the club after a summer of wrangling over his future. It is expected that Spurs will announce they have signed Willian, 25, from Anzhi today . He played for Shakhtar Donetsk against Chelsea in the Champions League last season but left for Anzhi in the January transfer window. His arrival would cap a remarkable summer of trading for Tottenham's chairman, Daniel Levy, who has set out during the close season on what has come to be regarded at the club as a `Champions League or bust' approach. Willian, who is advised by Kia Joorabchian, has been looked at by a number of Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, who were interested in signing him. He can play on either wing or operate as a second striker. His imminent arrival, along with that of the four other new signings, has signalled a major change in direction at Spurs. The emphasis placed on a core of British talent has been put to one side, with Steven Caulker sold to Cardiff City and Tom Huddlestone to Hull. Their fellow England international Jake Livermore has also been sent on loan to Hull. It is likely that Jermain Defoe will leave before the end of the window. Kyle Naughton and Tom Carroll may well regard any chance of a breakthrough on their part now blocked. Spurs have been linked to Roma's Argentinian winger Erik Lamela, valued at 30m, but any deal in that regard would appear to be a contingency . Willian is regarded as the man to replace Bale on the left side of attack. There could yet be more changes, with the possibility that the likes of Lewis Holtby or Gylfi Sigurdsson could feel that their first-team chances are to be limited.
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Doping scandal: Eight Chinese athletes had tested pos i t ive for banned substances in the second quarter of the year, including one through b i olog i cal passport, China's antidoping authorities said today . ManU partnership: Apollo Tyres, Indias largest tyre manufacturer, announced on Wednesday, a threeyear partnership deal w i th Br i ta i ns leadi ngPrem i er League football club Manchester United. Taekwondo meet : Around 450 taekwondo artists from eight states will be seen in action during the 10th edition of the South West India Invitational Taekwondo Championship from August 24 i n Kozhikode. Singhs view: Urging the IOA to sort out its differences with the IOC, sports minister Jitendra Singh today asked the administrators to put national interest first to ensure that the ban on India is revoked at the earliest. George appointed: Kerala Cricket Association joint secretary Jayesh George has been appointed manager of the India 'A' team for the New Zealand team ' s ' A ' tour of India, a KCA press release said today . Klose's return: Lazio striker Miroslav Klose has revealed that he could return to Germany at the end of this season.The German internat i onal footballer joined Lazio from Bayern Munich in 2011, reports Xinhua.
World number one Lee Chong Wei, who interacted with Sachin Tendulkar after his singles match in the Indian badminton League, said he has never seen a cricket match in his life and wants to witness the game one day. I just spoke to him (Tendulkar). This is the first time I met him. I am very happy because he came to watch my match and hopefully one day I can see a cricket match," Lee said.
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Australia 1st innings Rogers c Trott b Swann Warner c Prior b Anderson Watson c Pietersen b Broad Clarke b Anderson Smith not out Siddle not out Extras: (lb 6, nb 5) 23 6 176 7 66 18 11 Total: (4 wickets) 307 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-118, 3-144, 4-289. Bowling: Anderson 18-3-52-2, Broad 19-3-73-1, Swann 30-4-711, Woakes 15-5-52-0, Kerrigan 80-53-0.
HE WAS SEVERE ON ENGLANDS TWO DEBUTANTS ~ SEAMER CHRIS WOAKES AND LE.T-ARM SPINNER SIMON KERRIGAN
leaking so many runs you daren't bowl him." Kerrigan has taken 164 first-class wickets for Lancashire, but his presence in the squad was due in large part to Monty Panesar's drunken antics on a night out in Brighton that led to his recent departure from Sussex. It was the first time England have played two spinners in a home Test since faci ng Austral i a at Card i ff 2009. And Phil Tufnell, himself a former England left-arm spinner, admitted the experiment had been a failure. "They've not allowed Kerrigan to settle and it's easy to drop short when under pressure," he said. "It's a learning curve for him but he will be disappointed not to contribute." Ian Botham presented Woakes and Kerrigan with their caps before the start of play , but that meeting with the legendary former England all-rounder was the duo's only bright spot of the day . Woakes, 24, had performed creditably in his limited overs appearances for England.
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England's selection gamble backfired as surprise debutants Simon Kerrigan and Chris Woakes suffered a chastening introduction on the first day of the fifth Test against Australia on Wednesday . With the Ashes already retained, England were willing to experiment and Kerr i gan and Woakes were unexpectedly named in Alastair Cook's team at The Oval in a bid to see if either was worthy of consideration for the trip to Australia later this year. But on the evidence of a miserable, wicketless day for the pair, their first Test caps could easily prove their last. Warwickshire all-rounder
Woakes had come in for the dropped Jonny Bairstow, while Lancashire left-arm spinner Kerrigan, replacing the injured Tim Bresnan, was preferred to Chris Tremlett, the Surrey fast bowler who had been widely expected to return to the team on his home ground. Neither looked comfortable in the Ashes spotlight and former England opener Geof f Boycott was scathing in his assessment as Australia closed on 3074. "I've seen Chris Woakes bowl before and, I'm sorry, he wouldn ' t trouble my mum," Boycott told Test Match Special. "He hasn't really done anything with the ball, and the other spinner (Kerrigan) can't really bowl and is
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Troubled spinner Monty Panesar "let the England sh i rt down " w i th the unsavoury incident that sparked his exit from Sussex, captain Alistair Cook said, but insisted he could revive his Test career. Panesar, 31, was fined by police for urinating in public after he was ejected from a Brighton nightclub on August 5 and Monday saw Sussex announce he'd played his last game for the south coast club. The exper i enced leftarmer was sent out on loan to Essex, Cook's county , and on Wednesday he was represent i ng h i s new s i de against Northamptonshire, where Panesar made his name, in the County Cham-
pionship. He took an economical one wicket for 72 runs in 34 overs. Panesar was not included in England's squad for the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval starting on Wednesday despite the south London ground's reputation for taking turn, with uncapped Lancashire leftar mer S i mon Kerr i gan called up instead as the second sp i nner beh i nd offbreak bowler Graeme Swann. "First and foremost, certainly what's happened over the last couple of weeks has been disappointing," Cook said at The Oval on Tuesday .
Senior all-rounder Jacques Kallis has decided to end his six-month long sabbatical from ODIs and is ready to return to the South African squad for a last shot at the 50-over World Cup to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Kallis yesterday reiterated his intention to extend his ODI career and to be a part of the Proteas team in their quest to win the next edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Playing for my country has always been both a huge honour and a privilege, Kallis said. It remains my aspiration to be available for the 2015 edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup, he added.
Virat Kohli is the highestranked Indian batsman at joint sixth but there is no Indian presence in the top10 of the bowlers' list in the latest ICC Twenty20 Rankings issued here today . At eighth, Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman in the top-10 with Yuvraj Singh being a distant next best at 16th. Off-spinner R Ashwin is the highest-ranked Indian bowler at 16th in the chart. Elsewhere, Pakistan will begin their two-match Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe on August 23 with an aim to reduce the gap with number-one ranked Sri Lanka. The two-match
series starts in Harare with the second match scheduled to be held on 24 August. Currently ranked second with 124 ratings points, Mohammad Hafeez's side can gain one ratings point if it wins both the matches, to finish with 125 ratings points and thereby reduce the gap with number-one ranked Sri Lanka (128) to three. Zimbabwe too have an opportunity to move up, and will jump one place to 11th if they win both matches in the series. Zimbabwe
are currently ranked 12th with 48 ratings points, and can gain up to 16 ratings points to move into 11th with 64 ratings points. Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez will start the series with an allround presence in the rankings. Hafeez is currently ranked second among allrounders with a career-high 432 ratings points, and is also fourth in the bowlers list and 17th among the batsmen. Gambhir struggles Out of favour opener Gautam Gambhir scored 31 for Essex against Northampt i onsh i re on h i s county debut in London today . The left-hander faced 67 balls and hit five boundaries before being being beaten for pace by rightarm pacer Steven Crook.
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THE AUSTRALIAN COACH IS .URIOUS WITH THE ENGLISH BOWLER BECAUSE O. HIS BLATANT CHEATING
Lehmann urges fans to make Broad cry

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ustralia coach Darren Lehmann urged A fans to "get stuck into" Stuart Broad during the return Ashes series Down Under and send the England bowler home in tears because of his "blatant cheating" during the first Test last month. Broad refused to walk - and escaped being dismissed after clearly edging a delivery from spinner Ashton Agar to first slip during a Test at Trent Bridge, which England went on to win. "I just hope the Australian public give it to him right from the word go for the whole (Australian) summer and I hope he cries and he goes home," Lehmann said in an interview with Australian radio station Triple M. "I just hope everyone gets stuck into him because the way he's carried on and the way he's commented in public about it is ridiculous." Broad acknowledged this week that he knew he nicked the ball behind but still waited for the umpire's decision, which many believe is against the spirit of cricket. Australia couldn't challenge the decision because the team had used up its reviews. "Certainly our players haven't forgotten, they're calling him everything under the sun as they go past," Lehmann said. "I hope the Australian public are the same because that was just blatant cheating. I don't advocate walking but when you hit it to first slip, it's pretty hard." Lehmann was speaking ahead of the fifth and final Test at The Oval. England is 3-0 ahead in the series and has already retained the urn. The return series starts in November at the Gabba in Brisbane.
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istan Cricket Board has rubbished Rashid Latif's claim that an alleged Indian bookmaker Annu Bhatt was a guest of the Board in 2005-06, terming the former capta i n ' s accusat i on as baseless and stupid. It is a baseless and stupid accusation. We cannot believe that a cricketer like Rashid Latif could have made it, the PCB said in a strongly worded statement yesterday. If he did, he should have proof. It i s regrettable that such an irresponsible statement has been made causing immense damage to the reputation of the Board and the country , it added.A war of words has broken out between the PCB and Latif after the latter claimed that Bhatt was a guest of the Board in 200506. Latif had made the claim while deciding to seek justice for tainted leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria and trying to make public the facts and details of his case. Kaneria is presently serving a life ban from the England and Wales Cricket Board for having links with Bhatt in England in 2009-10. Meanwhile, the PCB has ordered a fresh MRI scan on Umar Akmal who claimed to be fit after returning home early from the Caribbean Premier League. In another development, a Delhi court issued non-bailable warrants aga i nst three Pakistan-based associates of Dawood Ibrahim in the IPL PTI spot-fixing case.
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VAST AREAS O. BAISHNABGHATA-PATULI SUBMERGED; WATER-LOGGING, SNAKES KEEP PEOPLE INDOORS ON SECOND DAY
Vast areas of Baisnabghata- Patuli remained submerged for the second day today, keeping residents of the housing cooperatives indoors without electricity and drinking water. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities pleaded helplessness and said very little could be done to clear the accumulated water as the j heel where the water is off-loaded is full and the adjacent canal is clogged as it has not been desilted for years together. They admitted that the suffering of the residents is the result of unplanned development of the area. The construction of eastern Metropolitan bypass destroyed the natural drainage system. The adjacent canal has not been dredged reducing its . water carrying capacity The worst hit are Twilight cooperative, Atarika cooperative, Pratibeshi cooperative, Hemkunj cooperative, Xenon cooperative and New nest cooperative situated i n I and J blocks of Baisnabghata- Patuli. The parking lot of these cooperatives are under waistdeep water. CESC officials disconnected the power supply after the room where electric meters are kept got submerged. They said power can be restored only after the accumulated water recedes. The Patuli police station and fire station are also waterlogged. The accumulated water entered the underground reservo i r resulting contamination of dr i nk i ng water. Desp i te repeated requests, the KMC is yet to send water tankers. Mr Hiren Ghosh, a retired engineer and local resident sa i d : " the s i tuat i on has become unbearable and if it starts raining again the ground floor of all the cooperatives will be submerged. It is a long-standing problem and no effort has been taken by the civic authorities to come out with a solution."
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Traffic woes: On1 September, the traffic in the city may be affected as LF and smaller left parties will hold a procession at 1 p.m. from Rani Rashmani Avenue to Deshbandhu Park to observe antiimperialism day . SNS Elderly dies: An elderly man Nilkamal Mondal (75) died in a mishap on Wednesday at Enaetpur of Mandirbazar in Diamond Harbour of South 24-Parganas when a clay wall collapsed on him following SNS heavy showers. Workshop: Around 150 ENT specialists attended a two-day workshop for the upgrade and dissemination of knowledge on recent development in Ear ,nose and throat treatment, at BR Singh Hospital SNS in Sealdah. Scholarships: West Bengal State Council of Higher Education will give 50 scholarships to poor and meritorious students to help their graduate studies. For young faculty of colleges and universities,five awards SNS will be given. Report on teachers: The state universities have been asked to submit reports on teachers evaluation by students.It was proposed by higher education council and many universities are impleSNS menting this. Defying TMCP: The admission committee of City College has decided not to yield to TMCP demand . Principal Mukul Manna said that the college will not increase its seats as it does not have the SNS infrastructure.
(From top) Schoolchildren struggle through knee-deep water; water-logged streets; water-logged car park area in an apartment. In the Patuli area n SNS
He said he had urged the KMC officials to put sand bags to divert water. Mr Jaydeep Chowdhury who could not attend office today, said: "We are scared as many snakes have taken shelter in the housing complexes and the residents are scared." Mr K Banerjee, a resident said: "We are the victims of the folly of the politi-
cians and town planners and have no forum to lodge complaint about our helplessness." A visit to the area revealed that the jheel where the accumulated water i s offloaded is overflowing and the roads in I and J blocks are waterlogged. The brick sewer l i nes have been clogged.
Heavy rains that battered the city for two days, left several areas of the city inundated and tore apart the tall claims of adequate arrangements by civic officials. The situation changed for better from Wednesday afternoon when it began to drizzle, but the water-logging ensured no respite to commuters. The deluge left the vehicles crawling in different party of the city making life hellish for the schooland office-goers. Though the water receded in most parts of the city, people were seeing wading through water in the Golf green, Thakurpukur and Silpara areas. The situation was worse at Park Circus connector, where the deluge led to massive traffic jams in the adjacent areas. The sub-way at Dum dum, Ultadanga, Patipukur was shut due to water logging. To top the list of sufferers were the cops and their families at Alipore Bodyguard Lines remaining water logged since last three days. Policemen had to wade through knee-deep water to reach the i r of f i ces . Lifeboats pressed into the service to ferry them proved insufficient to assuage their sufferings. A senior official on condition of anonymity said three large snakes were spotted near family quarters yesterday. "Miss Mamata Banerjee, after she became the chief minister had visited the Bodyguard Lines in 2011, and assured us cops of looking into our problems. But nothing has been done so far," he said. Many areas in north and south Howrah were water-logged. Commissioner of city police Surajit Kar Purakayastha visited many parts of the city to assess the sitSNS uation.
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Adults may fret a lot over rainfall but the same cant stop kids from having fun. In Howrah. n Madhumita Sarkar
Midnapore braces for floods

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Downpour spells misery for Bankura, Burdwan

Bankura, 21 August
Torrential rains spelt misery for Bankura and Burdwan in last 24 hours. The uninterrupted downpour caused rivers to swell posing a threat to habitats in Sonamukhi, Khatra, Onda in Bankura and in villages around Lower Damodar region in Burdwan. The downpour surpassed the forecast by weather experts as the rainfall recorded in Bankura stood at 42.65 mm in the last 24 hours which was way beyond the 35 mm predicted by weath-
er officials. The District Disaster Management Cell has been put on alert by the weather office that the heaviest rainfall would be recorded by Thursday afternoon. Wind speeds were normal and no thundershowers were reported. The Kansavati river dam in Mukutmonipur released 30,000 cusecs today as the
water-level touched 434.85 feet, perilously close to the danger mark at 436 feet. The dam engineers told The Statesman : We need to release more water if heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas in Jharkhand persists even a day more. Water released by the dam has caused the Shali river to swell up which in its lower South-Eastern part innundated habitats in Sonamukhi Municipal area and a few of its adjacent villages. The Bha i ravbank i r iver flowing down the Khatra terrains also swelled up. Three road links in the
district: Khatra Ranibandh - Bandwan, Khatra Bankura and Durgapur Bishnupur have suspended passenger transport services as metal roads lie submerged. The DM, Bankura, Mr Vijay Bharti meanwhile said: No damage has been unleashed by the rivers as yet and the rainfall has weakened in the evening hours. He added: The Disaster Management Cell officials have been put on high-alert to address any untoward situation.The Durgapur Barrage on the Damodar released 4 3 2 9 4 cusecs in three phases since Wednesday morning.
While heavy rains due to low depression over the Gangetic delta have caused serious concern, residents of both the East and West Midnapore districts are now fearing another devastating flood just ahead of Durga Puja. Several dams, including Galudih barrage in Jharkhand, have released lakhs of cusecs of water due to heavy downpour in the upper catchment areas of the rivers in the past few days. The state government has already sounded an alert. People have been asked to move to higher areas. People living in low-lying areas like Pataspur-I, EgraI, Ramnagar, I and IIand, Contai-I and II and Moyna blocks in East Midnapore and Ghatal, Daspur, Sabang, Kes i ary, Narayangarh, Sankrail, Nayagram, Gopiballavpur and Dantan blocks in West Midnapore have already shifted to safe places, but more blocks are likely to be affected if there is more discharge. The chief m i n i ster, M i ss Mamata Banerjee, has already urged local agencies and clubs to assist district officials in
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shifting people to safe areas. We will take measures to tackle any adversity , but we would like everyone to pitch in so that people living in lowlying areas dont get into trouble, said Mr Mahmud Hossain, a Trinamul Congress former saha-sabhadhipati of zilla-parishad. According to the irrigation department officials, most of the rivers like Rupnarayan, Kanshabat i , Keleghai, Subarnarekha, Chandia and Tapsi are flowing close to the danger level at many places and if these rivers start overflowing, vast areas of Pataspur-I and II, Bhagwanpur-I and II, Chandipur, Moyna, Panskura, Kolaghat, Egra-I and Ramnagar-I blocks will be inundated.
Meanwh i le, the state Water Resource minister Mr Soumen Mahapatra talked w i th the d i str i ct administration of East Midnapore while the state Irrigation minister Mr Rajib Banerjee visited Aniket gate across the Kansabati river in Midnapore to monitor the present flood-like situation. The government has taken all precautionary measures to fight against the flood. We have already given instructions to all departments to look into the matter, said Mr Banerjee. He said the erstwhile Left front government had not repaired embankments; as a result, floods have become a become a recurrent feature in both Midnapore districts for decades now.
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The 21 August, 2013 edition of The Statesman carried a storyRains spell havoc, paralyse citywhere it was erroneously reported that a woman sub-inspector, Soma Mani, was killed in an accident. The sub-inspector was injured and not killed in the mishap. The error is deeply regretted.
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Kolkata, 21 August
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The city is going to get blue and white taxis soon. It may be mentioned that the previous proposal of the state transport minister, Mr Madan Mitra, to paint all taxis in blue and white was turned down following vehement protest by taxi owners associations. The new colour code, comprising blue and white stripes, will be applicable for all new taxis. Around 4,000 new permits are due to be issued shortly; 2,000 of these will be for AC taxis and 2,000 for non-AC
taxis. For existing taxis, owners can retain the present colour scheme if they so desire. Mr Mitra said at Writers' Buildings that help of taxi associations will be taken to allot permits. The step has been taken to check corruption. An applicant may approach the associations to apply for a permit instead of running from pillar to post. He also said that the state transport department has already discussed with the tourism department and decided to introduce luxury taxis in the city before Durga Puja. Drinking water and
A thing of the past?
snacks will be available in the luxury taxis. Meanwhile, taxi drivers will be given a lifesaving training. The training programme will be held at Netaji Indoor Stadium on 25 and 26 August. A part of the pro-
gramme will be on Acute Cardiac Life Saving techniques. A trained driver can save a passenger's life. "Drivers will get an allowance as they will be attending the training programme leaving their
job. They will also get a certificate of participation," said Mr Mitra. He said 30 taxi stands have been earmarked in the city, which will be developed and various facilities will be available at the stands. Meanwhile, ruling out possibility of taxi strike, Mr Mitra said that the state government will take the responsibility of arranging insurance in case any taxi is damaged during the strike. Mr Bimal Guha, president of Bengal Taxi Association, said the state government has to give in writing that it will take responsibility of insurance.
Trinamul Congress candidates in Diamond Harbour municipality filed nominations in all 16 wards today . Congress has fielded candidates in three seats, BJP in seven, PDS, RSP in one each, wh i le three Independents, including, one rebel TMC candidate also
filed their nominations. CPIM candidates are expected to file their nominations for the Diamond Harbour municipality tomorrow. A rebel TMC candidate filed his papers as an independent at ward no. 6. A CPIM candidate filed his nomination as an RSP candidate SNS in ward no. 13.
TO REMAIN UP TO DATE WITH THE .LOOD-LIKE SITUATION IN WEST BENGAL
First convocation of Presi varsity today

Kolkata, 21 August
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Students of Presidency University will meet education minister Bratya Basu with their demands tomorrow as he will come to the university campus on the occasion of the first convocation of the university . They will urge the minister to resume students' election immediately . This is a much-awaited ceremony as the controversy over the term period of Vi ce-Chancellor, Prof Malabika Sarkar made it doubtful whether she would be present in the ceremony . The controversy is not yet over as the schedule of the University Act under which the V-C has been given an extension of six months is not yet effective as the university does not have any statute yet, said the insiders. Even for the convocation programme too, the uni-
versity authorities had to seek spec i al perm i ss i on from the Chancellor as without statute no university can hold convocation programme. Historian Ranajit Guha and Chemistry professor Mihir Chowdhury will get honorary degrees and Mr Sam Pitroda, adviser to Prime Minister, public information infrastructure and innovations will del iver the convocat i on address. After the state government formed a search committee to find out the successor of Prof Sarkar, as she turned 65 on 15 August, the preparation of the first convocat i on was upset pr i marily . "I am not disturbed by the controversy at all because I have received the support of the faculty of the universities. I am not thinking about my term at all. I always concentrate to work towards the development of the university ," said the V-C.
PARKING CO-OPs TO COUGH UP MORE

Kolkata, 21 August
AROUND TOWN
ENGLISH FILMS The Conjuring Fame South City Mall 9am, 8:50pm Fame Hiland Park 9am Inox Forum 8:50a.m 5:15p.m Inox City Centre 1:15p.m Big Cinemas, 6.15pm The Smurfs-2 3D Fame South City, 9am HINDI FILMS Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara Fame South City Mall 9am,10am,11:05am, 12:15pm,1:15pm, 2:15pm,3pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm,5:30pm, 6:45pm,7:45pm, 8:45pm, 10pm, 11pm Fame Hiland Park 9am,10am,11:10am, 12:15pm,1:15pm, 3:30pm,4:30pm, 6:45pm,7:45pm, 10pm, 11pm Hind Fame, 9:25am, 12:30pm, 3:40pm,6:50pm,10pm Inox Forum 9a.m 10:15a.m, 11a.m 12:15p.m, 1:30p.m 3:30p.m, 5p.m 6:45p.m, 7:30p.m 8:15p.m, 10p.m 11:25p.m Inox City Centre 9:30a.m, 10:30a.m 1:45p.m, 3:30p.m, 5pm 6:15p.m, 7p.m, 8:15p.m, 9:30p.m 10:20p.m, 11:30p.m Inox Swabhumi 9a.m 10a.m, 11a.m, 12:15p.m, 1:15p.m 3:30p.m, 4:30p.m 6:45p.m, 7:45p.m 10p.m, 10:55p.m Inox Rajarhat 9am 10am, 12:15pm,1:15pm 3:30pm, 4:30pm 6:45pm, 7:45pm 10pm, 11pm Inox Liluah, 8:45 am 11am, 11:55 am 3:10p, 5:20pm 6:25pm, 8:40pm 9:40pm HDIL Broadway, 9am(G); 10am; Noon (G); 3pm(G); 4.30pm; 6pm (G); 7.30 pm; 9pm(G); 10.30 pm Elite, Noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm Jaya-2, 1.15 pm, 4.45pm Moon light, Noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm Priya, 4.25pm, 9.25pm Star Theatre, 2.15pm, 9pm PVR Howrah, 9am, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5.45pm, 6.45pm, 9pm, 10pm Big Cinemas, 9am, 10am, 11.30am, 2.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.20pm, 5.05pm, 7.55pm, 10.45pm Chennai Express Fame South City Mall 9:10am,11:10am,12:15 pm,1:50pm,3:20pm, 4:40pm,6:25pm, 7:40pm,9:30pm, 10:30pm, 11:15pm Fame Hiland Park 9:30am, 12:35pm, 3:40pm, 6:45pm, 7:50pm, 9:50pm, 10:55pm Hind Fame 9:05am, Noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm Inox-Forum, 9:10a.m 12:15p.m, 2:10p.m 3:20p.m, 6:25p.m 9:30p.m, 10:50p.m Inox City Centre 9a.m 10:20p.m, 12:05p.m 3:10p.m, 4:10p.m 7:15p.m, 10:20p.m Inox Swabhumi 9:15a.m, 12:20p.m 3:25p.m, 4:40p.m 6:30p.m, 7:45p.m 9:35p.m, 10:50p.m Inox Rajarhat 9a.m 11a.m 12:05p.m 2:05p.m 3:10p.m 5:10p.m 6:15p.m 7pm 9:20p.m 10:10p.m Inox Liluah 8:45am, 11:50am 2:15pm, 3pm, 6:10pm 9:20pm Ashoka 11.45 a.m., 2.45 p.m., 5.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m. Basusree Noon, 3pm 6p.m, 9 p.m., New Empire 12.15 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m, 8.45 p.m. Paradise Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Roxy, Noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9 p.m. HDIL Broadway 9.15 am(G); 10.20am; Noon(G); 1.05pm; 2.45pm (G); 5.30pm (G); 6.40pm; 8.15pm (G); 9.25pm; 11pm(G) Darpana (all shows) Jaya, 11.20am, 2pm, 4.45pm, 7.30pm Malancha, Noon, 2.30pm, 5.15pm, 8pm Navina, Noon, 2.3opm, 5pm, 7.30pm PVR Howrah, 9.15am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm, 7pm, 9pm, 10.15pm Big Cinemas, 9am, 11.45am, 12.45pm, 2.15pm, 4.50pm, 7.25pm, 9.55pm, 10.50pm Bhaag Milkha Bhaag HDIL Broadway 1pm Metro, 3pm, 6pm PVR Howrah, Noon BENGALI FILMS Boss Fame Hiland Park 2:20pm Minar, Bijoli, Chhabighar 3 p.m., 5.45 p.m., 8.30 p.m. Prachi, Noon Ellora, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm Jaya-2, 11.15am Inox-Rajarhat, 12:20pm Proloy Fame South City Mall 6:15pm Fame Hiland Park 5.20pm Inox City Centre 1:30p.m Inox Swabhumi 2:10p.m Inox Rajarhat 3.20pm Inox Liluah 2:10 p.m. Indira 3pm, 6pm, 8.30 p.m. Prachi, 2.30p.m, 5.15pm, 7.45 p.m., HDIL Broadway, 4pm Jaya-2, 7.30pm Mitra, 12.15, 3pm, 6pm, 8.15pm Priya, 7.10pm Big Cinemas, 8.25pm Khoka 420 Indira 12.15pm Half Serious Priya, 9.30am Star Theatre, 11.45am Alik Sukh Priya, 11.50am Star Theatre, 5.15pm Kangal Malsat Priya, 2.20pm A Scene from Proloy showing at Inox Fame, Priya and others
MICs GIVE 3-MONTH EXTENSION TO EXISTING .IRMS COLLECTING .EES

The mayor-in-council members today gave a three month extension to the existing firms collecting parking fees with a 10 percent hike in the parking licence fee that is being paid by the firms. The meeting was chaired by the mayor Mr Sovan Chatterjee. The mayor in council members turned down the proposal of the parking co-operatives that they be given a three year extension and enhancement of parking licence fees by 10 per cent. However, sen i or c iv i c officials doubt whether the enhancement of parking lowing intervention of the state Mun i c i pal Affa i rs department headed by Mr Firhad Hakim, who is the president of a cooperative. Just a day before opening of the tender, the box where the tender papers had been kept was broken and the documents stolen . The KMC lodged an FIR with the police and a person was picked up. However, police dropped the investigation following instructions from Writers' Buildings and the man was released. The officials said illegal parking has become a real menace and despite repeated complaints the police was not taking any action aga i nst those collect i ng parking fees.
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fees would be accepted by the parking co-operatives as their representatives told the civic authorities that they would go and talk to the ministers who are their presidents before accepting the proposal.
They said it was quite possible that the presidents would pressure the mayor to reverse the decision and hike the fee by 5 per cent. Incidentally, the KMC proposal to float tender to select new firms had to be scrapped fol-
State to confiscate JnNURM buses that have stopped plying seeking fare hike
Kolkata, 21 August
Online admission must from next year

Kolkata, 21 August
The state government has decided to confiscate buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) as the owners are not plying them demanding a hike in fare. Mr Madan Mitra, the state transport minister, today said at Writers' Buildings that the process of confiscating the buses will start from 24 August. There are around 600 such buses. "Owners of the buses stopped paying the monthly installments of the loan amount which were sanctioned to them to buy the
Owners of the buses stopped paying the monthly instalments of the loan amount that were sanctioned to them to buy the buses. At the same time, they are not plying the vehicles causing inconvenience to commuters
MADAN MITRA
buses. At the same time they are not plying the vehicles causing inconvenience to commuters," he said. An owner of such a bus
needs to pay Rs 22,000 every month as installment of the loan amount. Owners of the buses claimed that they were incurring a huge loss as the state government had turned down their proposal of hiking fare. The bus owners had maintained that it became almost impossible for them to pay the monthly installments after incurring the loss and stopped plying the vehicles. The state transport minister today said the buses were found parked on roads at various places including Dunlop, Belgharia, Mayna, Barasat and BT Road .
"Owners of the buses renting out the buses for marriage party's and other personal purposes at night and keep the vehicles parked on important thoroughfares at day time," he said. Parking of the buses, specially in monsoon, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. School goers are also facing trouble for such parking. "We had discussion with the owners several times on the i ssue. They had not depos i ted the monthly i nstallments even after reducing the amount," he said adding that the state government has no other way out apart from confiscating the buses.
NEW MRI UNIT AT BANGUR

Bangur Institute of Neurosciences (BIN) today launched the services of an advanced 3Tesla MRI unit to make brain treatment cheaper for patients. The machine bought at a cost of around Rs 11 crore is under Private Public Partnership model of Health and Family Welfare department. The scan would be done by spending Rs 3,000 almost one-th i rd of the amount charged by the private hospitals, said Mr AK Senapati, director of the Institute. He further said, the new facility would be of i mmense help to poor patients who come from SNS across the state.
Kolkata, 21 August:
Common Entrance Test from 2014

Kolkata, 21 August
Reservation for home students in post-graduate studies will come down to 50 per cent from next year. This year it was 60 per cent in all state universities as the state government directed all state universities to keep the rest 40 per cent seats open for students graduating from other universities. From next year, common entrance test (CET) will be introduced, the score of which will become one of the decisive factors in getting admission to post-graduation. Though, the CET was supposed to be held this year, it did not materialise and Jadavpur University
strongly opposed to CET. The university has reservation against admitting students from such a common test as this is believed to lower the standard of the university . Now, this will be a binding upon the universities, sa i d Professor Sugata Marjit, chairman of West Bengal State Counc i l of H i gher Educat i on (WBSCHE) implying that all universities will have to admit students through CET in 50 per cent of their PG seats. Till 2011, state universities reserved 95 per cent post-graduation seats for home students, that is, students who completed their graduation from the same university (in case of unitary university) or from col-
leges affiliated to it. The rest five percent was open for other students. After the Trinamul government came to power, it decided to undo this reservation system as this tended to monopolise merit in some universities. Hence, from 2012 the reservation for home students was brought down to 60 per cent. From next year, it will be 50 per cent giving equal chance to the graduates of other universities. For this open 50 per cent seats, apart from graduation result, the score of CET will be considered as evaluation standard varies from university to university . The university authorities might take some additional tests.
Come next year, state-aided colleges will be asked to conduct online admission in an attempt to check campus unrest over adm i ss i on issues. In its meeting today, West Bengal State Council of Higher Education has decided to propose this to the state government and ask the higher education department to issue a government order in this regard, so that it becomes a binding upon every college as well as their affiliating universities. This online admission will be only applicable for honours candidates as the number is much lesser than that of pass candidates. The model of Burdwan University will be upheld as this is the only state university which successfully completed centralised online admission to its 40,000 honours seats in 90 colleges. The colleges had no function in admission. Instead the colleges were used as assistance windows. The university provided college and subject-wise seat related information in its website and candidates had to give their choice online. The university authorities took a stern step by declaring that students getting admission to any honours course directly by any college without applying online, will not be considered as a student of Burdwan University . In the wake of the recent
Burdwan university shows the way.
SPECIAL EVENT TRIPTASH Overdose & Akar Prakar present Triptash, an exhibition on the soon to be released Bengali film, Tasher Desh. It is an initiative to bring the film to life physically in an art space by Artists Viraag Desai, Q (Director Tasher Desh), Devika Dave and Tanaji Dasgupta at Akar Prakar Art Gallery, P-238, Hindustan Park, Kol - 29 till Aug 27, 2013; 2pm to 7pm EXHIBITIONS Nemai Ghosh @ The Harrington Street Arts Centre Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 12:00pm to Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, 2nd Floor, 8 Formerly Harrington Street Nemai Ghosh photography exhibition by Satyajit Ray and Beyond. Reflections A exhibition of paintings and drawin gs by Sabita Dhar and Soumendra Acooli at Birla Academy of Art and Culture from 2nd August to 25th August; 3 to 8 p.m. Freedom 2013 Galerie La Mere presents Freedom, 2013 an exhibition of paintings and drawings by eminent artists tillAugust 31, 2013 at 3 Regent Park, Kolkata 700 040; 4pm to 6pm Group Art Exhibition Manoj Guha, Jyotibindu Chowdhury, Anil Sen, Subodh Mondal, Arup Ghosh, Ujjal Ganguly present a Group Art Exhibition Pancham Vaidic, this play has been directed, scripted and adapted by Arpita Ghosh and it stars Sudip Mukherjee, Krishna Kishore Mukherjee, Babu THEATRE Dutta Roy and few Natadha's Caear O Cleopatra @ Rabindra others. Sadan MUSIC Thursday, August Musical Mid-Week @ 22nd, 2013 6:30pm to ITC Sangeet Rabindra Sadan, 1 Cathedral Road A play Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 6:00pm to in Bengali inspired ITC Sangeet Research from the great Academy, 1, Netaji Bernard Shaw. Scripted by Arna and Subash Chandra Bose Road Vocal Rudrarup performances by Mukhopadhyay. Tiasa Basu Roy and Directed by Arna Aparajita Lahiri. For Mukho Padhyay singles will be Rs. 'POLITICS400/-, couple entry AGGRESION-LOVEBETRAYAL-AMBITION'. will be for Rs. 650/and senior citizen A newer classical above the age of 70 saga seen in today's can walk - in free eye. A real celebration with the cognitive creation of SHOPPING 40 artists. End of Season Sale @ Samsonite Astomito Madhyanha Thursday, August - Bengali Play @ Academy of Fine Arts 22nd, 2013 to Samsonite, Forum Thursday, August Shopping Mall, 10/3, 22nd, 2013 6:30pm to Elgin Road A shout to Academy of Fine Arts, all the Fashion lovers, 2 Cathedral Road Lavie the stylish trend Based on "Darkness setter is offering up at Noon" a novel to 50% discounts on penned by Arthur all its fancy bags and Koestler. A clutches. production of of Paintings and sculptures at Academy of Fine Arts (New South B Wing) till 25th August; 3 to 8 p.m.
campus unrest in city colleges, like Manindra Chandra College, Seth Anandaram Ja i pur i a College and City College (North), academics have found that online admission process m i ght have avo i ded the unrest. However questions are being raised whether students of the remote areas will be able to opt for this. If Burdwan University can do this, other universities do not have any scope to say that they can't, said Professor Sugata Marjit, chairman of WBSCHE. Burdwan Un i vers i ty authorities have claimed that they did face any resistance while implementing online admission. But academics are not sure whether same will happen for other universities specially for Calcutta University which has around 130 colleges affiliated to it. While, the TMCP is forcing college authorities to admit more students, it is apprehended that for CU.
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CHAMLING SLAMS NEPALI NEWSPAPERS

ALL NEPALI DAILIES ARE HELL-BENT ON DE.AMING ME: SIKKIM CM
Gangtok, 21 August
Cong, CPM tie up to form Harirampur GP

Balurghat, 21 August
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Though Hills are plagued by protests people of the plains celebrated Raksha Bandhan . In Malda on 21 July, 2013 n SNS
NBUTC serves memo: The North Bengal University Teachers Council served a memorandum to the NBU executive council chairman Prof Sam i r Kumar Das, the V-C and executive council members SNS over demands. Letter: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation MMIC of PWD, sports and property tax assessment, Sujay Ghatak, wrote a letter to north Bengal development minister and SJDA chief Mr Gautam Deb over dues. SNS Bus i nessman rescued: The city police rescued the abducted businessman,Mr Manoj Das, on Wednesday from Lalgola in Murshidabad and arrested Rafikul Islam in connection with the SNS abduction. Buildings collapse: Two bu i ld i ngs collapsed in two area of the city . While a twostoried building collapsed on Doctors Lane in Taltalla, a portion of a dilapidated building collapsed on Prince Anwar Shah Road. SNS
Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Chaml i ng has sa i d that Nepal i newspapers published both within and outside the state are hell-bent on opposing and defaming him. All the Nepali language newspapers, particularly those being published from Sikkim, are against me and they are always wri ting against me. This is despite the fact that I am the fourth person in the country to head a state for four consecutive terms as the Chief Minister, he said. We are often tagged as foreigners in India and nonresidents in Nepal, lamented Mr Chamling. He was addressing an interactive session on teachi ng i n Nepal i language
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling at the conference. n SNS
organised today to mark the Nepali Bhasha Manyata Diwas. On this day in 1992, the Parliament had assented inclusion of Nepali language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution along with Manipuri and Konkani languages.
The then Chief Minister, Mr Nar Bahadur Bhandari and his wife and the former Lok Sabha MP Mr Dil Kumar Bhandar i , were i nstrumental i n the language movement that culminated in the recognition. Mr Chamling, a Nepali
poet and writer himself, lauded the efforts of all language activists like Anandmani Thapa ~ former MP , the Bhandari couple and many others for their contributions towards constitutional recognition of Nepali language. It is everyones duty to use, promote and preserve Nepali language and the students have a larger role to play, the Chief Minister said at the gathering. The programme was attended by school and college students, academics, HRD officials and host of other dignitaries. He also assured government aids in setting up an institution dedicated to the development, promot i on and teaching of Nepali language as demanded by the Nepali linguists and academics during the interactive session.
In line with the dictum that the enemys enemy is ones friend, the CPI-M and Congress have decided to forge an alliance to form the gram panchayat (GP) board at Gokorno in the Harirampur block in South Dinajpur district to spite the Trinamul Congress, their common enemy . Notably, the Congress, CPI-M and Trinamul Congress won three, nine and six seats respectively out of 18 GP seats for Gokorno. With the gram panchayat election having thrown up a hung verdict, activities in the rival political camps intensified. True, we hoped to win enough seats to form the board on our own. But with the number having proved elusive, we decided to firm up an understanding with the Congress, keeping in mind the demands of the local people. The people are
True, we hoped to win enough seats to form the board on our own. But with the number having proved elusive, we decided to firm up an understanding with the Congress, keeping in mind the demands of the local people
CPM LEADER
fed up with the Trinamul Congress for having institutionalised corruption and made nepotism a part of running the rural bodies in the area, said a senior CPIM leader and local committee member, Mr Rafiqul Islam. It is learnt that Ms Afuja Bibi of the CPI-M and Mr Khalilur Rahaman of the Congress were selected as pradhan and upa-pradhan on 19 August by way of an understanding between the
two parties. The acting president of Harirampur block Congress, Mr Omprakash Jaysawal, however, denied having forged an understanding with the CPI-M to form the GP board. The CPM formed the board alone while the Congress did not take part in the election of the pradhan, he said. The South Dinajpur Trinamul Congress district general secretary, Mr Subhasish Pal, said the local level leaders of the two parties had clinched the deal stealthily, keeping the people in the dark. This has occasioned no surprise for us, as the two parties had contested the rural election on a secret understanding ~ the common motive being to defeat the Trinamul Congress. The hung verdict has just brought matters out in broad daylight. We are happy that they have been exposed, the South Dinajpur TMC district general secretary said.
Malda flood situation turns critical,two dead

DEA. & MUTE GIRL RAPED

Bankura, 21 August: A 17 year-old deaf and mute girl was raped repeatedly by some local boys in Sonamukhi municipal town last night. Some NCC cadets of the local college alerted police who found the girl lying beside the road. The girl was standing at a road near the hospital crossing when it was drizzling and according to college students suddenly two youths on a bike appeared and rode off with her. They dropped her after half-anhour and then another biker group,on the pretext of helping her took on another ride. The NCC cadets smelt something fishy as the girl didn't show up at the hospital and tipped off police. Police, after almost an hour found the girl lying on the road. She was gasping for life and rushed to the hospital. Police have registered a case against unknown goons and tomorrow, the girl would be sent to the Bishnupur SD Hospital for a medical examSNS ination.
MAKING A STAND
Malda, 21 August
Kamtapur Peoples Party (KPP) activists demonstrate in Jalpaiguri. KPP served two memorandums to the Jalpaiguri divisional commissioner office addressing the chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and the Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde demanding separate state of Kamtapur and recognition of Kamtapur language in Jalpaiguri on Wednesday. Two Kamtapuri parties ~ Kamtapur Peoples Party and Kamtapur Progressive Party ~ were merged on 9 August and the new party has been christened as the Kamtapur Peoples Party. n SNS
Cost of flowers escalates before Puja

Kolkata, 21 August Youths in the Hills display a TShirt upholding solidarity for Gorkhas. In Darjeeling on 21 July, 2013. n SNS
Hooch joint ransacked: Enraged by the continuing hooch trade and adm i n i strat ive nonchalance, villagers of Bathmore village area in the Gangarampur police station ransacked hooch joints on SNS Tuesday night.
The price of flowers will go up during Durga Puja this year due to incessant rainfall for three consecutive days. Price of various kinds of flowers has already skyrocketed as plantations in all the four major flower producing districts, including Nadia, Howrah, East and West Midnapore were damaged due to the heavy rainfall. Only a handful of farm-
ers came to Mullick Ghat F lower Market near Burabazar, from where vendors from the city and its suburbs buy flowers, in the past two days. As a result demand of flowers has increased and it is being sold at an arbitrary price. According to farmers, most of the farmlands in Kolaghat, Panskura, Tamluk, Bagnan and Krishnagar is at present under kneedeep water. Plants were damaged. Thus, there was no supply of sufficient flower
in the market. Mr Narayan Naik, general secretary of All Bengal Flower Growers and Traders Association said, around 40 per cent of the total yearly production was damaged. There is only 50 days left for Puja.The time is not enough to produce the quantity of flowers needed dur i ng the Puja."If the rain stops today , it would take five days to pump the water out of fields and another four days to prepare the soil to sow plants, he said.
The flood situation in Malda has taken a grim turn afresh and deaths of two teenagers in a pond were reported from an inundated village of Manikchak. Red alert has been sounded again in the unprotected areas of the Fulohar river. The Ganga has further inundated some newer villages i n Man i kchak . Mahananda river also has shown no sign of decline in water level. However, the D i str i ct Magistrate Mr Godala Kiran Kumar did not confirm the deaths yet. He, however, conceded that following the alarming flood condition in few blocks, relief materials and boats had been arranged. It is learnt from sources that on the evening of 20 August, two teenagers ~ Imdadul Momin (17) and of Iras Mom i n (1 6 ) Kamalpur village in the Mathurapur gram panchayat in Manikchak police station ~ drowned while they were swimming in the flood water by the side of the embankment on the eastern side of the village. Their bodies were reportedly found by the villagers late at night. However, DM Mr Kumar did not confirm the deaths owing to flood. It cannot be ascertained right now that the duo died as a tresult of drowning. It
can be confirmed only after the probe is over and the postmortem report reaches us. But if it is seen that the duo were flood-victims, their family would get the compensation, Mr Kumar said. Meanwhile, all day-long shower today further deteriorated the flood condition in Malda. The water level in the Ganga, Fulohar and Mahananda was 25.48 meter, 27.48 meter and 20.62 meter respectively today . However, the irrigation department claimed that the water level in the Ganga slightly decreased today compared to Tuesday . But the red alert has been sounded anew at the unprotected areas of Fulohar river in the Ratua-I and Harischandrapur-II block today . Twenty five villages have already been inundated by the Ganga in Manikchak block. 4,000 villagers were inundated. Flood victims are fuming over the scarcity of relief material. Mr Bodiruddin Sheikh, Mr Ajij Sheikh, Mr Asim Mandal and others of Shibentola, Jotepatta, Kishantola of Dharampur gram panchayat alleged that they had been living in a dilapidated condition for the past 15 days. They claimed that no administrative official visited them. There has been no dry food. The cattle are in a pathetic condition as we cannot feed them. We have
been given only two boats. It is a huge catastrophe for us, said Mr Sheikh. He said the inhabitants of the inundated areas were suffering from the fear of snake-bite too. Meanwhile, the Ganga has freshly i nundated Kamalpur village of Mathurapur and Gadaichar of North Chandipur gram panchayat. According to the administrative information, at least 30,000 villagers have been waterlogged i n Manikchak, Ratua-I and Harishchandrapur-II block. In Manikchak alone, 30 villages have been flooded so far. The executive engineer of the district irrigation department, Mr Amaresh Kumar Singh, said: Following heavy rainfall, the water level may rise till 22 August. There is a possibility of improvement of the situation from 23 August. However, he added that few villages of Gadai islet of Manikchak were inundated anew. The DM, Mr Kumar, said: The concer ned block administration has been alerted and were asked to arrange due quantity of relief. The animal husbandry department was asked to arrange for cattle feed. I have myself inspected the i nundated areas of Manikchak, Ratua-I and Harishchandrapur-II. Fifteen boats were arranged for those areas.
CONG ACCUSED
Malda, 21 August:
The Cong ress supporters were accused of tearing the earlobe of a Trinamul supporter woman Ms Bharati Mandal (45) and injuring two more Trinamul supporters Mr Manoj Mandal (28) and Mr Dipen Mandal (40) last night at Jelepara village of Milki GP in English Bazaar SNS police station.
North Bengal needs someone who can harness talent,says Pinki

Siliguri, 21 August
Turmoil in Hills: Low-key Raksha Bandhan celebrations

Kurseong, 21 August
International middle distance runner Pinki Pramanik feels north Bengal needs someone who can harness the talents of the many wonderfully gifted and naturally talented athletes that the region has. Pramanik, who was in Siliguri today to take part in a social welfare programme, told this correspondent during an exclusive chat that there were many exceptionally talented athletes in the region but most of their talent was getting wasted for lack of proper grooming. There is a huge pool of talent in north Bengal and if the right people were in control and helping the athletes realize their potential, there would be many good athletes coming out of the region, she said. The Purulia-born athlete, whose first success was winning two bronze medals at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships when she was only 17, insisted that a proper coaching system had to be in place in north Bengal, for producing world class athletes and enable them
Pinki Pramanik celebrates Raksha Bandhan. In Siliguri on Wednesday. n SNS
to shine on the world track-and-field scene. A proper coaching system has to be in place in north Bengal for producing world class athletes. The vision essential for achieving success is instilled through proper coaching, she maintained. The renowned Indian track athlete who specialises in the 400 meters and 800 meters, said she had urged the state government to start an athletic academy for the
young and aspiring athletes of the state. I have requested the government to open an athletic academy where I can serve as a coach. But I did not receive any response from the government, said the former Asian gold medalist. In response to the allegations of rape and gender representation, Pinki said: The girl who brought these allegations was not my part-
ner and we were not in love. She used to live next door on rent with her lover and her five-year-old child. She had been blackmailing me for some time. But to be accused of being male and raping her shocked me. The 27-year-old athlete reiterated that she was not a male. I am not male. I have always been female. I look more male now because, as part of my training to compete in international athletics, I used to be regularly administered testosterone injections like other female participants. I was told that it was necessary to take these and I never questioned whether these were legal or not. I was focused on winning and did whatever I was asked to do by my trainers, who knew what was best for me. But after that my voice became deeper and I grew more body hair, she said. The former national champion lambasted the administration for being prejudiced against her. I was manhandled and kept in a mens cell in jail. I did not consent to any testing, and I was drugged, she said.
After Id and Independence day celebrations, now the festival of raksha bandhan has also passed off without any display in the Hills due to the ongoing Darjeeling Hills bandh called by the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee in demand of Gorkhaland. Raksha Bandhan ~ a festival to celebrate the bond between brothers and sisters ~ used to be observed in a huge manner in the Hills previously . It is said that while the brothers give assurance of protection, the sisters pray for life long blessings to their brothers. But this year, the celebration of Raksha Bandhan was not seen as it was observed indoors and that too in a very subdued manner due to the bandh and inclement weather. One, Ms Priyanka Sharma, said: "This year, I cele-
This year , I celebrated Raksha Bandhan with my brothers but as I could not offer them sweet dishes I felt the occasion was incomplete. I searched for sweets in a few places but could not get one hence I had to tie rakhees on the wrist of my brothers only
PRIYANKA SHARMA
brated Raksha Bandhan with my brothers but as I could not offer them sweet dishes I felt the occasion was incomplete. I searched for sweets in a few places but could not get one hence I had to tie rakhees on the wrist of my brothers only ." Another young girl, Ms Samjhana Chettri, too had a sad story to tell on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan
as in her case she had to do w i thout the rakhee and instead only tie a piece of thread. A local, Mr Rajesh Prasad, was emotional when he narrated how he could not buy his young sister a gift he had promised during Raksha Bandhan but said that due to the greater demand of Gorkhaland his sister understood. He said he would buy the gift after the bandh is over. Notably, every year Darjeeling Hills is agog with the excitement of tying rakhees to their respective brothers and is hugely popular here. Brisk business used to be seen during this festival with almost all stores selling rakhees and sweets filled with customers. So far the festivals of Id, Raksha Bandhan as well as Independence Day celebrations has been affected and observed on a low key due to the Gorkhaland agitation .
IS INDIA HEADED .OR A KOLKATA, THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2013 SITUATION WHERE IT WILL HAVE MORE LAWYERS THAN IT Litigious culture NEEDS AND CAN POSSIBLY EMPLOY? MANY COUNTRIES ARE .ACING A GLUT O. LAWYERS. LAW SCHOOLS 1. There is a paradox here. I. SO, SHOULD THE NUMBER O. LAW On the one hand, you have IN CALI.ORNIA HAVE CUT DOWN INTAKE O. STUDENTS. SOME too many lawyers in the SCHOOLS BE litigation sector. But a AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS HAVE LAID O.. TEACHERS. AS large number of them are REGULATED? I. not lawyers of quality. REPORTED IN THIS PAGE LAST WEEK, A PROMINENT ISRAELI NOT, HOW CAN The Statesman This results in poor legal services to the litigating put three THE GROWING public, and adoption of LEGISLATOR ASKED HIS COUNTRYMEN TO STOP STUDYING LAW AND unethical practices. The quest i ons to a NUMBERS O. number of good law TO .OCUS INSTEAD ON HI-TECH EDUCATION. INDIA CONTINUES TO Raju schools is very few. The Ramachandran, galaxy of top INDIAN number of law schools CHURN OUT LAWYERS .ROM AN EVER-INCREASING NUMBER O. LAW lawyers and needs to be regulated not LAWYERS only to produce fewer SCHOOLS. UNRELATED PERHAPS TO THE INCREASING NUMBERS O. law school lawyers but to regulate the quality of legal eduPRODUCTIVELY cation. On the other hand, the number of lawyers LAWYERS, BACKLOG O. CASES BE.ORE EVERY ADJUDICATORY .ORUM educators. Our in the 'transactional sectors' i.e. outside courts ENGAGE is less. Unlike in litigation, law firms would IS MOUNTING. ARE MORE LAWYERS A PART O. THE PROBLEM? OR O. questions were THEMSELVES? only take on lawyers of quality, and in a lib-
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THE SOLUTION?
Diminishing returns?
Too many laws, too many disputes
1. The number of Law Schools had at one time proliferated but they have speedily found their levels. Already, the better few are those that have prescr i bed a f ive-year course in law and are pursuing it with vigour and excellence. They help to produce as good Fali S. Nariman and as well-rounded a Senior Advocate, lawyer as our present Supreme Court of India system of legal education can provide. The growing numbers of Indian lawyers are not only in Court; they are also are engaging themselves productively (in desk jobs, drafting, advising and the like); spread over a large number of law-firms. As long as the Rule of Law is observed and respected as a basic feature of India's Constitution (as, our highest Court has said) we can never bemoan that we have more lawyers than we need! Besides, it is the framers of the Constitution that gave pride of place to the practising lawyer when they provided (in Article 22(1)) that any person who is arrested and detained in custody has a fundamental right to consult with and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice. No other profession, no other organised sector finds specific mention in the world's longest Constitution. 2. More disputes arise because of a proliferation of laws - not because of an increase in the number of lawyers! It is a truism, first mentioned more than 100 years ago in the Preface to the first edition of Halsburys Laws of England, that - the more laws there are, the more laws are there about which doubts might be entertained! Hence the need for lawyers, and in a litigious society like ours, the felt need for more efficient and competent lawyers. We do not need to emulate California - quite simply because India is not California! In my sojourn in the Courts for over 63 years I have found that those who have studied the law and have been trained in law schools - even though they have not practised in Courts - are more mentally disciplined and are more liberal in outlook than those who have not! 3. The answer to the first part of the question is: indisputably, YES. But lawyering is not necessarily the best quality of a lawyer. Many years ago, in a hard-hitting speech to the American Bar Association, U.S. Chief Justice Warren Burger unburdened himself of some home-truths - The entire legal profession, lawyers, Judges, and law teachers, has become so mesmerized with the stimulation of the court room contest that we tend to forget that we ought to be healers of conflicts. The Chief Justice then went on: "Doctors, inspite of astronomical costs, still retain a high degree of public confidence because they are perceived as healers. Should lawyers not be healers?" Fulfilment of this rhetorical query is the responsibility of the legal profession in India - a responsibility it owes to the public whom it professes to serve. As to the second part of the question it should be perhaps more appropriately, addressed to the litigant! But let me have a try: The successful litigant (necessarily half the total number of litigants) will definitely tell you that the improved quality of lawyers has made a qualitative change to the advice given and the case argued; but the unsuccessful litigant will (and frequently does) blame his lawyer for the result: 'I had a good case but my lawyer botched it up!' - sometimes true, but on many occasions, exaggerated! And so the answer to the second part of question (3) is that to half the litigating public (the half that has lost cases in Court) improved standards of legal education have made no qualitative change! And believe me, it is they - and the likes of them - that spread nasty stories about lawyers! Such as the one recently related to me by my distinguished friend Marc Galanter - Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin and at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He told me that the current joke doing the rounds in the US, (the country with the world's largest population of lawyers), is in question-and-answerformQuestion: What would you say to fifty thousand lawyers dropped to the bottom of the deepest ocean? Answer: "Well, we would definitely say: that's a good start"!
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENCE O. MORE LAWYERS IS RESPONSIBLE .OR MORE DISPUTES OR .OR BETTER DISPUTE RESOLUTION? HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS IN INDIAN LEGAL EDUCATION YIELDED RESULTS BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY O. LAWYERS? I. SO, HOW HAS THAT MADE A QUALITATIVE CHANGE TO THE LITIGANT?
Not overcrowded in the least
1. I do not believe that there is a surplusage of lawyers in the country . This was a fear expressed as early as 1924, when the Indian Bar Committee headed by Sir Edward Chamier submitted its report. At that time, there were only a few thousand members in the profession, consisting of barK. K. Venugopal risters, vakils, attorneys, The Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India mukhtiyars and revenue answers were agents . The report revealing and offer pointed out that the evil of touting had insights into the state of increased due to "the serious over-crowding of the legal profession". the legal profession. We have statistics which periodiWhile the respondents difcally indicate the growth, both of lawfered on whether or not there schools as well as of the lawyers was a glut of lawyers, or turned out by these law schools. In whether law schools needed 1955, there were 36 law colleges which had strength of 2866 students. to be regulated, there was Originally , the law college was the last near unanimity on the resort for a student who was unable need for more mediato get admission to the medical or tion. We reproduce engineering colleges. But, over the years, the legal profession became lucrative and the responses in the number of law colleges started mushfull. rooming. Many of these had no infrastructure, no libraries, and no faculty . However, they managed to get certification, because they used to commandeer all these facilities from neighbouring colleges, to which the Bar Council of India turned a Nelsons eye. As a 1. Yes, in my opinion India result, in the year 1999-2000, with pressure being is headed for a situation put on the Bar Council of India by the then where it will have more Chief Justice of India, about 100 law colleges lawyers than it needs and were closed down. Another 62 colleges met can possibly employ . I think the same fate in 2002. As many as 450 evening regulations are required for number of institutions law courses were also shut down. and seats. What is even Meanwhile, around the same time, Dr. more i mportant i s the N.R. Madhava Menon was responsible for introentrance tests for lawyers. ducing the 5-year law course, and establishOf course, it must be kept ing a National Law School in Bangalore. in mind that legal education This set the bench mark for other National Pinky Anand Senior Advocate, Law Colleges, with the States vying with each Supreme Court of India subserves a number of different goals and not just the other for setting up similar institutions. practice of law. These are all institutions of excellence. 2. I believe that the presence of more The total number of lawyers in India is said to have crossed one million. I am not sure of lawyers can result in better dispute resolution, the correctness of these statistics, which are if and only if they are trained and handled in derived from the records of the Bar Council a professional manner. Training young lawyers of India itself, for the reason that the State to be more committed to public good and social Bar Councils do not meticulously report the services can lay the foundation for effectivenumber of lawyers who have passed away , the ly using law as a tool to help the aggrieved and number who have retired from practice, the to decrease the rising litigations. Proper legal number who have taken employment abroad advice can save years of litigation in family or have joined as in-house counsel. The per- matters and eventually the family itself from centage of lawyers' population in India is 1:1008, falling apart. More and more lawyers can be as against 1:260 in the United States; 1:525 in advised to take up free legal services or to repthe United Kingdom, 1:364 in South Africa and resent clients who cannot afford the gigantic 1:7047 in China. (Ahmad Raza Khan, MINT) expenses involved in litigation. The profession, in my view, is not over-crowdThe real problem is connecting the right ed, though there is a vast disparity between lawyers to the right people who need them at the affluent lawyers on the one hand, and the the right time. If despite the presence of large large proportion of lawyers who struggle to number of lawyers, effective legal aid is not make ends meet, on the other. I do not think available to litigants, then I think the profesthat there would ever be a glut of lawyers, as sion and the practice is indeed facing a crisis. those who join law schools, opting for the legal Lawyers can take a more pragmatic approach profession, would do so only based on the like- towards alternative dispute resolution mech. Today , lawyers lihood of being gainfully employed after anisms available in our country graduation. It is, however, necessary that the are multi tasking as mediators, counselors, politilaw colleges which do not maintain the high- cians etc. Knowledge of law is imperative for est standards of legal education, on modern 'awareness'. This can be used as an effective tool to impart justice for the betterment and lines, should be weeded out. . Law has been intro2. It would be wrong to suggest that lawyers progress of our country are responsible for creating disputes. Just as duced as a curriculum in school education by the presence of more surgeons will not mean the Central Board of Secondary Examinations, that more number of surgeries would take place, thus paving a good foundation for young an increase in the number of lawyers will not minds to understand the nuances of this result in more disputes being created. noble profession and become the guiding fo3. The answer to this query is in the affir- rce for greater good. It is a duty on us lawyers mative. We now find law firms manned by part- to confirm that justice is done and not denied. ners and associates who are able to compete 3. Certainly, the higher standards in Indiwith their counterparts in the developed an legal education have yielded results in improvcountries. We are able to match, to a great extent, ing the quality of lawyers but on the flip side the capacity and legal acumen of the lawyers it has made legal education in the country much more expensive and there has been an undein different countries. A large number of reforms are necessary, sired surge in the number of lawyers. The pri. both in regard to the justice delivery system vatization of the law colleges is a big worry and the legal profession. All this depends on It is important for us to realize that legal eduthe Bar Council of India, the Courts themselves, cation is not just a tool of professional sucand the regulatory regime put in place by the cess. The true social value of legal education government. It is, principally, the responsi- includes personal empowerment as well as the bility of the Bar Council of India to ensure ability to contribute to social welfare. Law gradthat litigants get the best service possible from uates should be advised to see law not only as lawyers, who graduate from law colleges a means of livelihood but also as an instrufully trained and capable of handling cases. ment of change. The degree of law should be These reforms have been the subject mat- used as a license to provide cost effective dister of debate and discussion in various pute resolution in accordance with the law. This forums, including conferences and seminars, will be instrumental in bringing about a qualand this may not be the appropriate occasion itative change to the litigant, professionally to deal with all those aspects. in practice and socially as a dutiful citizen.
eralised economy the need for such lawyers will only increase. I don't see a situation arising in the next two decades at least where there will be a glut of lawyers in this sector. 2. I am afraid our culture is litigious, and having more lawyers does result in more litigation. But lawyers are not the cause for more disputes. More disputes arise because there is a greater awareness of legal rights and because more laws get enacted with every passing day . For better dispute resolution outside the courts we need to foster a culture where negotiation, mediation and conciliation are recommended to disputants by their lawyers. And for this, the seeds have to be sown in the law schools, so that the practice of law is not seen in terms of victory and defeat. 3. The quality of legal education has not improved significantly . Bright lawyers are emerging from the top-end law schools because of their own inherent brilliance; their teachers don't measure up to them. There has been a general decline in the quality of law teaching. The small number of quality lawyers who come out every year from these law schools do not all go to the courts and so the litigant in general is not significantly benefited. The law firms which do transactional practice have certainly benefited.
Soft lawyers Lay g reater stress on mediation

1. India already has a glut of lawyers at every level of the judicial system, from the lowest to the highest, compared to the volume of work. The result is fierce competition, many a times unfair. The available work is concentrated in the hands of a small percentage of the fraternity , as clients choose, Bhaskar P . w ithin their resources, the Gupta, best available. Same is the Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India situation in the field of employment, whether the prospective employer is a corporate or a firm of lawyers. The number of law schools may not be regulated as this might be unconstitutional, but the number of recognised degrees for the purposes of enrolment can be specified. Today, our legal system is overloaded, mainly because the courts are unnecessarily utilised by litigants (with of course the help of lawyers) for disputes that could be more effectively and conveniently resolved through mediation and conciliation. The lawyers must make these procedures a part of their profession. In this respect, law schools may play an important role, by training students in the use of tools and techniques of mediation and conciliation and projecting these as another branch of professionalised legal practice. Mediation and conciliation can no longer be treated as confined to matrimon i al or fam i ly d i sputes. These must be extended to other k i nds of d i spute, particularly commercial, in place of litigation in courts. Courts can and do extend a helping hand in this regard through the newly introduced s. 89 of the Civil Procedure Code and s. 73 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. This has happened in the US, the UK and other Western countries with high success rates. There is no reason why this should not happen in India. 2. The short answer to the first part of the question is yes and to the second part is no. This is inevitable, as the number of lawyers is far more than the available work to feed them. So the tendency, for economic reasons, is to try and generate disputes which need not travel up to courts, but do. It has to be remembered that compared to other countries, litigation in India, is cheap, generally at the lower levels. 3. Higher standards in Indian legal education has certainly produced better trained lawyers, qualitatively , capable of handling multi- jurisdiction facets of law, in the global scenario, thereby improving the quality of service to the litigant. 1. LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) industry alone needs 66,000 lawyers per year. Law schools produce just 13,000. In all we produce just 61,000 lawyers a year. Ninety per cent of our law graduates are not employDr. Faizan able. India still has a very Mustafa, small number of profesVice-Chancellor, s i onally competent and NALSAR, socially relevant lawyers. Hyderabad Lawyers are now needed in corporates, tribunals, arbitrations etc. Litigation is just a small field in the big profession of law. 2. Disputes are not due to lawyers. Similarly lawyers do not help in the better solution of disputes. As we move from simple to progressive societies, nature of disputes changes which in turn requires expert handling and need for specialized lawyers. We do not have shipping lawyers, energy lawyers, b i otechnology lawyers.Today more disputes are resolved outside courts and there are lawyers who never go to any court. 3. It is painful to note that while quality of legal education has gone up in last 25 years due to newly established National Law Universities, these are small islands of excellence. The general scene remains pathetic. These law schools have not produced litigation lawyers in the requisite quantity . They merely produce "soft-lawyers" who are better suited to air-conditioned corporate offices. The students need to join these corporates to pay back education loans. If we want to enrich our bench and bar, public funding of law schools on the pattern of IITs must become the norm so that they charge affordable fees.
Regulate law schools
Intrinsic defects
1. In almost all professions, fresh graduates are facing a difficult time finding jobs. The creation of jobs in the legal sector is particularly hindered by four factors: a) most law firms are conservative and hesitant to invest in young talent, b) most advocates are poor paymasters, c) the sector is Prof. Arpan closed to foreign investBanerjee, Associate Professor, ment, and d) our economy Jindal Global Law is not as advanced as AmerSchool, Sonipat icas, and can only absorb a limited number of lawyer. Its unfair to single out law schools. 2. The absence of good lawyers leads to more disputes. Good lawyers advise clients and draft documents in a way that leads to fewer disputes, and also try to avoid litigation. 3. Even if all graduates of all leading law schools were to practise, I still dont think that would help the average litigant. Our legal system suffers from intrinsic defects which no government wants to remedy .
Must you only be a lawyer?

services. Newer law schools should 1. I think it may be wrong to presume also mean better quality education that all those who have read law must pursue a conventional career in the and that should help the system in law. In England, for example, law has the long run. What we do need is many always been an undergraduate course more and better paid law teachers. so students tend to diversify into other Those who cannot or do not want to areas such as journalism or politics. pursue practice may make good law My batch mate from Cambridge, professors. Mishal Husain is now amongst the 3. A qualitative change to the litmost popular faces on BBC. A good igant cannot come with better lawyers law course can provide a solid genalone. The whole system needs an Goraeral grounding. There are so many Madhavi overhaul to make it more litigant dia Divan, avenues that open up with law and Advocate, Supreme friendly . It's the uncertainty and the students, particularly those pursu- Court of India and unpredictability which makes it author of Facets of ing the five year course should such a nightmare for the litigant Media Law explore these before getting into the something which is often beyond the law firm rat race. If they did this, I think there control of the lawyer. For this we need transwould be space for all. parency in appointments, better and organ2. More lawyers means more competition ised case management and generally more and that should improve the quality of legal accountability .
CMYK
THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2013

Avro Basu, St Augustine's Day School is awarded the Sukanya Sengupta Rolling Trophy for Best Coordinator Voices 2012 -2013
lDay One events
Sunrise English Medium School with the Best School Trophy for their participation at Vibes 2013
l Day Two events
The Statesman Voices Inter-School .estival Vibes 2013 was brimful with excitement, showcasing incredible talent and the unbeatable sportsmanship spirit of young hearts from schools far and near
THE 'old magic' worked. Again. But then we all knew it would. The usual timing had been changed, as also the venue. And both 19 and 20 August were working school days. Add to that the deluge that inundated entire Kolkata. But did that make any difference to those attending Vibes? Not the least! Anyone would have to rub their eyes in disbelief to see the streams of school students pouring through the gates of the new venue. The palpable excitement was visible in every nook and corner of Kala Mandir and Kala Kunj. Vibes 2013, The Statesman Voices InterSchool .estival has just only reestablished the fact that for every student, it remains at the coveted top slot of their entire school calendar. Inaugurated on 19 August by Mr Ravindra Kumar, Editor and Managing Director, The Statesman, Vibes 2013 was filled with 14 thrilling onstage and offstage events. A special performance by the visually impaired children of Calcutta Blind School, Behala started the fest on a hearttouching note. Day One comprised Dance, Extempore, Quiz, .ashion Show and Eureka, the Science Projects. It ended with a rocking performance by guest band Euphonics. Day Two began with Debate and Drama, followed by Musickazam. Offstage events included T-Shirt and .ace Painting, Sit and Draw, and Gallery. Eminent personalities in their respective fields judged every category. The prize distribution had high moments of drama, especially for the coveted trophies. The warm, mellow music of Skinny Alley brought down the curtains to this year's edition of Vibes. The feel-good factor ruled every heart present. Those who were lucky to have been a part of it have wonderful moments to cherish. The ones who missed can look at these pages for a vicarious experience. A 'big' thank you to everyone associated. We appreciate all the students, schools, sponsors, judges and volunteers for their stellar contribution. Thanks to all Voices Coordinators for helping to make it such a wonderful success. God bless, gopali bandyopadhyay
Srijita Datta, Gokhale Memorial School receives the Best Writer Voices 2012 -13
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Shinjini Mukherjee, St Thomas Girls School (left) and Kaushiki Pal, South Point High School are awarded Voices Writer Special Mention prize and Voices Coordinator Special Mention prize respectively by Mr Ravindra Kumar
A special performance by the children of Calcutta Blind school
Voices Coordinators share the joy of Vibes
Shree Bharati School with the Sourav Som Memorial Rolling Trophy for Best Band performance in Musickazam
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SpeakOut ~ the debate is in full swing with judges Arush Sengupta and Madhurima Gupta
Divine dances
Quizmaster Parnab Mukherjee conducts a nail-biting Brainstorm
Participants of fashion show go retro
Participants of Eureka with their science projects
Dress to Impress ~ the fashion show event in full swing
DRESS to Impress ~ the fashion show being a relatively new event for Vibes 2013 since it was introduced just last year, everyone was looking forward to it. This year though, it was even the more awaited because of the alluring topic: Down Memory Lane: Let's Go Retro! Retro instantly conjures up nostalgic images, neon shades, polka dots and surreal, foottapping music. Well this year, the contestants set the ramp on fire by their sizzling performance showcasing the beauty, the innocence and the magic of yesteryear. Agrasain Balika Siksha Sadan looked resplendent in their expertly chosen traditional attire and matching hairdo while Bhavan's GK Vidya Mandir's stylish attitude and fusion of east and west was commendable. St.Thomas' Church School remained true to the essence of retro by incorporating neon pants, oversized sunglasses, chunky belts, polka dots and pret-
ty dresses into their dazzling display. St Augustine's Shyamnagar brought to life a retro wedding by their elegant selection of clothes. The edgy contestants from St .rancis Xavier won our hearts by their splendid and tasteful performance, dressing up as yesteryear's famous Bollywood stars. The students from St Joseph and Mary's emerged from the shadows dressed in black and carrying red glittery masks before unveiling their true colours which was a magical blend of glitzy purple, gold and not to miss out, polka dots. St Michael's Durgapur put up a sweet and playful show while St. Teresa's Secondary School started off with mellow shades and monochromes before glimmering it all up with
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gorgeous saris. South Point High School put up a dynamic performance, with the students posed as retro film icons from Hollywood and Bollywood, complete with all the charisma and minute details intact. Vidyanjali International's cheerful choice of music and colours made for a relaxing ride down the memory lane and finally Gems Akademia closed the fashion parade with amazing finesse and attitude. The best thing about the show was not the gorgeous dresses the students wore, but the confidence and ease with which they made the stage their catwalk, and proved to the judges and the audience, just how talented and innovative school students can be. The wonderful performances made us all ponder that these young school students have the grace and potentiality to challenge even the biggest models!
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The sound of music
THE most awaited event of Vibes, MusicKazam set the stage on fire, sizzling with powerful melodies, sizzling charisma and dynamic presentations. The soulful cadence in the voice of the youngster from DAV Public School immediately captured the hearts of the audience while the lovely singers from Baranager Ramakrishna Mission entranced them with their soft lullaby. Bhavan's GK Vidya Mandir was up with their stellar rock n roll performance, followed by Springdale High's loud and exciting Bengali melody. The amazing background music and the melodious vocals of the lead singer were the highlights of Gems Akademia while Lycee was remarkable in showcasing a repertoire of talent in orchestration. Patha Bhavan decided to use music as a medium to protest against rape in their splendid Bengali song. Salt Lake Pont was simply explosive, dazzling us with their strong and melodious voices and astounding acoustic riffs; indeed they redefined talent by their outstanding
originality and charisma. The audience kept humming "Dark Whispers, Silent Whispers, hear the sounds of whispers..." till the end of the performance. Indeed their performance made an impact. Sri Bharati School took us on a metallic drive and South Point High School's haunting song "Rise" was simply enthralling. DAV Public school put up a unique show, while St. Augustine's Shmanagar's catchy lyrics "We are the voices, we are the hearts", echoed with us long after their show was over. St. Joseph's and Mary's number seemed to resonate with a dark beauty and the excited singers from St. Thomas Church School etched themselves in our mind by their fusion of rock and rap. Sunrise English Medium School was wonderful and refreshing, and .uture .oundation ended this year's Music Kazam with a powerful Hindi number. Indeed MusicKazam was perhaps the grandest and the greatest event this year, bringing together so many talented music artistes under one roof and allowing them to take the mike and make the stage their home and captivate us with their original, beautifully composed and sung melodies.
SHEER BRILLIANCE
THE second day of Vibes started off with one of the most popular events ~ All the World's a Stage, drama. The three topics for this year were Gender Bender: girls are tougher than boys; Why Calcutta became Kolkata, and Laughter is the best medicine. The outlandish attires, the daunting performances, the sheer brilliance of scripts, the very many talented amateurs and so much more defined this much awaited event. Here's looking back: The first school was DAV Public School and they performed on the topic Laughter is the best Medicine. The protagonist didn't like going to school; the very aspect of attending school made her depressed and gloomy. Her grandfather decided to tell her stories about mythological characters in a rather satirical manner, how Ravana, Surpanakha or Kumbhakarana would've been if schools existed during their time, which made the girl laugh and she happily went to school after that. Up next was Salt Lake Point School, who enacted on the topic Why Calcutta became Kolkata. They were narrating the shifting of the Bengal capital, the historical significance of the city, about Job Charnock and the best part was that our little religious priest was narrating it all in rhymes and the quintessential nasal tone! Shree Jain Vidyalaya's showed how laughter could be the best medicine, while South Point High School enacted a skit on Gender Bender: Girls are tougher than boys. St. Thomas Church School too chose the topic Laughter is the best Medicine and ended with 'forget allopathy or homeopathy, Laughopathy is the best medicine!' Sunrise English Medium School opted for Gender Bender proving how women are similar to Ma Durga both in power and ability. Julien Day School again enacted upon Gender Bender ~ it was about a couple, but not on very good terms. The husband never treated his wife well, never took her out for romantic dinners or gifted her any presents. Instead most of the times he shouted at her or dominated her, when one day, she decided that she'd had enough, and decided to poison his food. She served him lamb and returning from the grocery, found him dead. Detectives who come over to investigate were also invited to dinner and they faced the same fate. Patha Bhavan acted on Laughter is the best medicine. Laughter is infectious; such was proved by their skit. St .rancis Xavier School who were the only school, other than Salt Lake Point School to act upon the difficult topic, Why Calcutta became Kolkata. They showed how our city used to be when it was 'Calcutta' and how it is now, as 'Kolkata.' This gave the curtain call to the event, giving the judges with the difficult decision to select the winners. Sean O'casy has said, "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed." But one cannot say the same about the drama participants of this year's Vibes!
Missing it all
LI.E is full of ironies, isn't it? Vibes... I remember being stricken with fear of my December exams while working backstage. There were so many times I had put up the idea that Vibes be shifted someplace else. And now that it has, there's no way I can come. Ironical, right? Missing Vibes means missing all that organising frenzy, missing the breakfast bite, missing buzzing around the participants and judges, missing the hugs and the smiles. Missing the editor's insistence on sending articles 'now!. Missing making an announcement in English, Hindi and Bengali. Missing being awestruck by the performances. Missing the Voices family's reunion. The best thing about Vibes is the complete trust the The Statesman has on school kids. And the magical thing about Vibes is that it all works out so smoothly. Vibes has taught me a lot ~ from being on my toes, to writing reports on the roadside,
to calming fresh participants, to conducting the judges in a state that befits them as guests of The Statesman. And missing Vibes means missing a revision course on fun and responsibility alike. Im sure the participants will have a blast, as much as all the members of the Voices family. I wish I could have been there to cheer the guest band and smile at the camera while holding onto friends. Hope you enjoyed while it lasted. Because very soon circumstances will change, the irony of life will catch you unawares... and you will be sitting wearing an old Vibes T-shirt and reading all about the excitement on www.thestatesman.net like me... oishee kundu, ex-Coordinator
The taste of Vibes

It has been a while since I had a taste of Vibes. The fest itself makes me travel back to the days of innocence when travelling through life's by-lanes had a smoother pace
to it. It was a haven working with Voices, perhaps one of my first real efforts to being a part of the media fanfare. Voices was a spectacular breakthrough, gave me the correct exposure and confidence to unravel a side of me that I was quite alien to. Vibes was one event that we all looked forward to all year. It meant 2 days of constant fun and uninterrupted jesting and complete merriment couldn't have got better. Post high school, Vibes it seemed would have become a mere shadow in my life. .ortunately for me it didn't. My love for it remained unchanged through the years as I continued to attend Vibes as long as I stayed in the city. This year, as a distant land near the sea came calling for me, I feel so far away and missing from all that fun. Vibes was a fulfilling association that thrilled me and being away from it is heartbreaking. My best wishes to the team of Vibes from an alumnus who holds its sweet memories in the highest regard. mukul sharma, ex-Coordinator
Inputs by Coordinators srijita datta, Class XI, Gokhale Memorial Girls' School, archita mittra, Class XI, Calcutta Girl's High School, aritra ghosh, Class XI, Salt Lake Point School
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BEST COORDINATOR AVRO BASU of ST. AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL BEST WRITER SRIJITA DATTA of GOKHALE MEMORIAL SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTION COORDINATOR KAUSHIKI PAL, SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTION WRITER SHINJINI MUKHERJEE, ST THOMAS GIRLS SCHOOL BEST PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SUNRISE ENG MED SCHOOL ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE BEST ACTOR SOUPORNO PATRA of SALT LAKE POINT SCHOOL BEST ACTRESS SRIJITA NAHA of SUNRISE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL BEST SCRIPT SUNRISE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL ORIGINALITY OF THEME SUNRISE ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL 5 DIPANJAN PAUL 6 SIDDHANT AGARWAL MUSICKAZAM - SOLO WINNER AGNIBHU GHOSH of DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL RUNNER UP SVANIKA SARDA of MAHESHWARI GIRLS' SCHOOL MUSICKAZAM -BAND WINNERS SHREE BHARATI 1 HARJYOT SINGH 2 RICK SHARMA ROY 3 AMAN KALRA 4 VIDIT KUMAR 5 ANUBHAV BANERJEE RUNNERS UP BAND SUNRISE (ENG. MED) SCHOOL 1 OLIVE GHOSH 2 ARKA PROBHO CHATTERJEE 3 SUMAN BAGANI 4 SHABAZ ALAM 5 SUBHAM GHOSH GALLERY BEST PAINTING ANUSHKA LAHA of THE FUTURE FOUNDATION SCHOOL HANDICRAFT AVRO BASU of ST AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL SCULPTURE AVRO BASU of ST AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH ARATRIKA DASGUPTA of ST THOMAS' GIRLS' SCHOOL EUREKA WINNERS PATHA BHAVAN 1 SRIJAN MOOKHERJEE 2 SUPRATIM MITRA 3 SAYANTAN MUKHERJEE RUNNERS UP ST. SEBASTIAN SCHOOL 1 TANMOY CHAKRABORTY 2 ARNAB BANERJEE 3 VISHAL RAJ SHAH 4 RAFI AKHTAR 5 DANISH ANWAR 6 YASHIR KHAN 7 FAISAL RAHMAN 8 TAHA AHMED WASIM 9 ASHIM KUMAR BHUNIA 10 ARIJIT GOSWAMI 11 ARINJIT DHAR 12 HAMIDA KHATOON 13 AKASH BADIAR SIT & DRAW WINNER JUNIOR ARKODEEP PAUL of ST. AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL, SHYAMNAGAR SENIOR SOMOPROBHA HALDER of ST. AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL, SHYAMNAGAR RUNNER UP JUNIOR SOUMYADEEP CHAKRABORTY of SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL (HS) SENIOR SUDRISHA KOLEY of AGRASAIN BALIKA SIKSHA SADAN SPECIAL MENTION SAYANI DUTTA CLASS V of INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CEREBRAL PALSY T-SHIRT PAINTING WINNER NILAVO MULLICK of SRI R.N.SINGH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL RUNNERS UP ANKITA MANNA of ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, KOLKATA FACE PAINTING WINNER GAYATRI BALA of ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, KOLKATA RUNNERS UP SAGNIK GHOSH of SALT LAKE POINT SCHOOL
NOT A MINUTE MORE OR LESS WINNER SOUMITRA GANGULY of NATIONAL ENGLISH SCHOOL RUNNER UP NIHARICA CHOWDHURY of ST. THOMAS' GIRLS' SCHOOL RHYTHM 'N' HUES WINNERS DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RUBY PARK 1 TRINA CHATTERJEE 2 RAMMANI MONDAL 3 SHRUTI BHOWMIK 4 RITTIKA CHAKRABORTY 5 MONOSHIJA BAKSHI 6 RENA BANIK 7 VAISHALI ARORA 8 JOSYA MITRA 9 SUBARNA BANERJEE RUNNERS UP ST. AUGUSTINE'S DAY SCHOOL, BARRACKPORE 1 SUNETRA BHATTACHARYA 2 PALLAVI SAHA 3 SRINJANI ROY CHOWDHURY 4 CHANDRIMA BASU 5 SARONI BASU 6 SATAVISHA MALLICK 7 MRITTIKA DATTA 8 MADHURIMA SINHA BRAINSTORM WINNER CHANDANNAGORE KANAILAL VIDYAMANDIR 1 SAMANWAY BANERJEE 2 SAMIRAN MONDAL 3 ROHIT DAS RUNNERS UP BIRLA DIVYA JYOTI, SILIGURI 1 MANISH GIRI 2 ARUNAV CHAKRABORTY 3 SHUBHAM LAHOTI SPEAKOUT BEST TEAM PATHA BHAVAN 1 SRIJAN MOOKHERJEE 2 RINITA DAS BEST DEBATED POINT ABHISHEK JHA of NATIONAL ENGLISH SCHOOL BEST SPEAKER GARGI GHOSAL of CARMEL SCHOOL, DURGAPUR
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1. Calcutta Blind School 2. Sit & Draw 3..ace painting 4.MusicKazam band performance 5.Rhythm N Hues Dance 6.The Registration Desk 7.Jaysree Singh and Amyt Dutta (inset) of Skinny Alley, with Debu and Vicky of Euphonics 8. Rhythm N Hues Dance 9.All the Worlds a Stage: Drama 10.Eureka: Science projects 11.Jivraj Singh - Skinny Alley drummer
DRESS TO IMPRESS WINNERS ST. JOSEPH & MARY'S SCHOOL 1 SUSRITA GUHA 2 ANINDITA SHYAMAL 3 FARIN RASHID 4 ARITRA SARKAR 5 ANIMESH SINGH 6 SHUBHAM SHARMA RUNNERS-UP SOUTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL 1 SHREYASHI DEBNATH 2 SILADITYA DAS 3 RISHOV GAINE 4 ALENKA MULLICK
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