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SC PULLS UP GOVT .OR INACTION ON RADIA TAPES

SAYS CONVERSATIONS WERE NOT LIMITED TO 2G SCAM P2
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BJP MPS CORNER GOVT ON DE.ENCE MINISTERS STATEMENT IN LOWER HOUSE
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New Delhi, 7 August
Cong hits out at Opp over Antony issue

New Delhi, 7 August
Smoke billows from the burning Jomo Kenyatta international airport, Nairobi on 7 August, 2013. A fire shut down the airport. n AFP
Ashes row: ICC said it will not investigate whether players in the Ashes series have been using silicone tape on their bats. P12 BCCI case: The SC has refused interim relief to the BCCI in the IPL case, but will hear its plea challenging an HC judgment. Reliance land:The CM gave an allotment letter for 100 acres to the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group for a cement plant. P5
The Manmohan Singh government was visibly on the back foot today after the Opposition BJP cornered the ruling dispensation in Parliament over the alleged deliberate goof up in Defence Minister A K Antony's statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control. What the defence minister has said amounts to exonerating Pakistan, BJP patriarch L K Advani said, leading the Opposition party's charge. He also spoke to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath in the morning and sounded his party's displeasure. It was like taking the Pakistan government line and showing disrespect to our martyrs, another BJP leader said and demanded that Mr Singh cancel his proposed summit meeting with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September. The BJP has alleged that the Defence Minister amended the Army statement on the killings and diluted it. In Bihar, kin of the martyred soldiers attacked the government for pursuing peace talks despite Pakistan attacking Indian jawans.
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Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh (third from left) joins colleagues in paying tributes to the five jawans killed on Tuesday.
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Even as the political storm over the Defence Minister's statement on the LoC killings paralysed both Houses of Parliament, top BJP leaders led by party chief Mr Rajnath Singh conveyed their unhappiness during a meeting with the Prime Minister this evening. They said the BJP was in no mood to let Mr Antony off the hook. The party may now demand the Defence Minister's resignation, sources said. Before his meeting with the BJP leaders, Mr Antony
briefed Mr Singh on the situation along the Line of Control (LoC). A BJP leader said, We made it clear that terror and talks cannot go hand in hand and the Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) should cancel his proposed meeting with Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in September. However, PMO sources said the meeting with BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley , was fixed earlier to discuss Bangladesh-related issues.
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha saw repeated adjournments before being finally adjourned for the day in the afternoon without transacting major business, barring the introduction of the Food Security Bill in the Lower House. Mr Antony , who has been under fire since yesterday for giving the benefit of doubt to Pakistani authorities and army by saying that terrorists along with persons dressed in Pakistan Ar my unifor ms were responsible for the killings,
told the Rajya Sabha today that his statement was based on whatever information he had. The Army chief is making an on the spot visit and I will come back to you, he said. At this, BJP deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the minister was admitting that he was not sure of what he was saying. In the Lok Sabha, in the absence of the Defence minister, Mrs Sushma Swaraj said, I demand the defence minister turn up and apologise.
With an aggressive Opposition accusing Defence Minister A K Antony of giving a clean chit to the Pakistan Army in his statement in Parliament yesterday on the killing of five soldiers along the LoC in J&K, the Congress launched a counter-offensive today . It rejected the demand for an apology by the Defence Minister as demanded by BJP veteran L K Advani. The Congress today maintained that Antony did not give a clean chit to the Pakistani Army in connection with the incident. The party also rejected the BJP's criticism of the government's handling of Pakistan affairs, saying war is no solution and dialogue and discussion are the only way to resolve disputes with the neighbour. Accusing the Opposition party of politicising the issue for electoral gains, Congress spokesperson P C Chacko said anybody trying to fish in troubled waters will not succeed and reminded BJP of the outcome of its peace initiatives with Pakistan during NDA rule. Noting that it was a
not give any clean chit to the Pak army
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wrong interpretation to say that the Defence Minister by his statement meant that the Pakistan Army was not involved in the attack along the LoC, Mr Chacko said, Any attempt to twist, misinterpret or politicise the issue will be unfortunate.
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EC to implement SC ruling on lawmakers

Government employees and supporters of United Andhra Pradesh shout slogans during a lunch hour protest against the formation of Telangana state outside the Secretariat in Hyderabad on 7August, 2013. n AFP New Delhi, 7 August
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The Election Commission of India has decided to implement the recent Supreme Court judgement on conviction of sitting MLAs and MPs. The Commission has dispatched letters regarding the implementation to the chief secretaries of all states/UTs. The Supreme Court in its judgement on 10 July had held that even if a lawmaker files an appeal or revision against a conviction for crimes mentioned in Section 8(1), Section 8(2) and Section 8 (3) of the Representation of Peoples Act, he or she will have to vacate the seat. The Election Commission has advocated a system
of monitoring so that cases of conviction of sitting Members of Parliament and State Legislature are immediately communicated to the Speaker or Chairman of the House concerned as well as the Election Commission. The letter states that in order to ensure that cases do not go unnoticed, state governments may send a monthly report to the Commission about cases of conviction, if any, of sitting members of Parliament or State Legislature. The statements have to be submitted to the Commission by the 15th of every month through the Chief Electoral Officer of the state. Chief Electoral officers have also been asked to pursue the matter with states.
Life in the hills was paralysed on the fifth day of GJMMs indefinite bandh today even as a Division Bench of Calcutta High Court observed during the day that the bandh cannot be forcibly implemented, and directed the state government to maintain normalcy in Darjeeling. Meanwhile, addressing a Press conference organised by the All India Minority Forum, the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid at Esplanade, Kolkata, said during the day: "Bimal Gurung should be given stringent punishment if the strike is not withdrawn at least for the last three days of the Ramzan month, including Id, and hanged for
creating violence in the Hills." Matters were on the boil in Darjeeling where state home secretary Basudeb Banerjee, who had arrived yesterday to assess the situation in the Hills, was jeered at by Gorkhaland supporters shouting slogans for statehood outside the premises of the Darjeeling district magistrates office today . The home secretary left the convoy and walked all the way to the DMs office, along with outgoing district magistrate Saumitra Mohan and other senior administrative and police officers, amidst tight security . After holding a conference at the GTA headquarters at Lalkothi, Mr Banerjee said: I had visited Darjeeling in June and it was peaceful then.
GJMM protesters near the Darjeeling DMs office on Wednesday. n SNS
A board was formed to expedite the transfer of the departments to the GTA as per the meeting held earlier with the GJMM leaders, he added. So far the GTA has
received Rs 64 crore as development assistance," he said. Regarding the salaries of government employees, which have been withheld for a month, the home secretary said he would talk to
higher officials in Kolkata regarding the matter. Meanwhile, three GLP men, arrested for their alleged involvement in an incident of arson involving the Rimbick range office on 2 August, had their bail plea rejected and were remanded in judicial custody . The court has further rejected the bail plea of 16 GJMM activists arrested earlier in connection with blocking the DSP's vehicle at Chowk bazaar and allegedly setting a police van on fire at Singhamari. According to Darjeeling Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal, 146 GJMM activists have been arrested so far in connection with several cases of violence, arson and road blockades, close on the heels of the UPA s decision to grant separate state status to Telangana.
States as handmaidens of UIDAI

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Memoranda of Understanding, data sharing agreements and permanent enrolment centres tell a very different story from the images that the UIDAI has attempted to conjure up about the UID project. That it is cheap, at $2.50 per person, as Nandan Nilekani said in April in Washington. That the UIDAI only gives a yes or no answer, and does not share any information. That it is a finite exercise, with 600 million enrolled by 2014, and the rest in a phase that will follow. These are reassuring, perhaps, but they are not true. On 23 November 2009, Mr Nilakeni told a gathering with a generous dash of lawyers to work on a law that would lay at rest questions that some in officialdom were asking, about passing on information on residents to the UIDAI. The law did not happen; but MoUs did. The MoUs not merely skirted the concerns raised; they reduced states to subservience, where they would act as instructed by the UIDAI, with little in the nature of reciprocal commitments. Why the states willingly fell in line is a mystery yet to be solved, especially since what the UIDAI was setting out to create was a centralized database of residents over which states would have no control. The MoUs conform to a pattern. They refer to the relationship between states and the UIDAI as a "partnership". Government and other agencies are reduced to 'Registrars' for the UIDAI. The UIDAI would set the tasks, specify the software; and the Registrars would deploy the enrolling agencies "prequalified" by the UIDAI. The UIDAI would conduct "periodic audit of the enrolment process and to this end shall have the power to visit and inspect offices of the Registrars and enrolling agencies". "Such audits," the Kerala MOU, as a case in point, reads, "are necessary to ensure the integrity of the enrolment process." Inexplicably, the states asked for no reciprocal authority to inspect the UIDAI and audit its working. The UIDAI would "prescribe protocols for transmission of data," "to ensure the confidentiality, privacy and security of data," and "prescribe limits for fees that could be charged for issuing a UID number". The states demanded no role in any of this. What the states had were responsibilities and obligations. The state 'shall' "cooperate and collaborate with the UIDAI in conducting proof of concept studies and pilots," appoint the Registrars from among its departments as prescribed by the UIDAI and create mechanisms and provide "logistic and liaison support" to the UIDAI. The states are to "provide required financial and other resources to the Registrars to carry out the enrolment process"; this, of course, figures nowhere in the computation of costs of the project. The UIDAI would issue instructions, and the state would follow them. If these were not followed, the UIDAI would make "reasonable attempts to discuss and attempt to resolve difficulties with the State Government.If the recommendations of the UIDAI are not implemented and matter settled to the satisfaction of both the parties, the UIDAI shall have the option to de-register the concerned Registrar and/or demand replacement of a concerned enrolment agency " Unilateral, and no reciprocal obligation. What was in it for the state governments? The MoUs said that during enrolment the Registrars may collect any additional information from residents, apart from that to be sent to the UIDAI for enrolment, and keep it with them. Even as the UIDAI assured residents that their UID number would be despatched only to them, the MoUs promise to send it to the Registrars simultaneously, which they can then append to the information already with them; and the process of convergence is set to begin.
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In the beginning, enrolment was projected as a one-time activity . By 2014, 600 million would be enrolled. Then the rest. But, of course, it cannot be that simple. A 'Policy on Permanent Centre Model' has hit the stands, in a manner of speaking. Now that enrolment has reached a point where the project may be difficult to shelve, the undiscussed aspects are beginning to emerge. The plan is to set up permanent enrolment centres to "facilitate ongoing enrolments and updates". Updates? Information about marriage, migration, mobile number, death or other personal changes would require demographic updates. Newborns would need to be databased; children would have to have their biometrics taken when they stabilize which may be when they are around 15; badly captured biometrics would need re-enrolment. "Events like accidents and diseases" may lead to biometric authentication failures and may have to be re-presented on the database. And, capping all this: "Residents are recommended to update their biometric data every ten years." This is the first admission of a concer n that those questioning the wisdom of the project have been voicing from the beginning: that biometrics change, age, vanish with age and circumstance. Re-registering the population every ten years? Has this been thought through by someone in government? Where can we find what the thinking is? The "suggested minimum station requirement" is pegged at 1854 in 585 districts to be set up by the `Registrars'. This is a grand vision of ubiquity, where police stations, post offices and, for the moment, PDS shops are joined by Permanent Centres. Between 'data sharing', re-registration of biometrics every ten years, and 'permanent centres', this is a very different project from what it marketed itself as being when it began. There has, so far, been no independent audit of cost, process or outcomes. May be now is the time.
We support Food Security Bill (but)...we have concerns about financial burden on states.
KOLKATA, THURSDAY 08 AUGUST 2013
NITISH KUMAR A.TER THE .OOD SECURITY BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT
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UP BJPs executive meeting: BJP president Rajnath Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are likely to attend the party's state executive meeting to be held at Vrindavan in September. PTI Goa murder: A 24-yearold Czech woman was found murdered in a guest house at Baga beach village in Goa, while her 19-year-old boyfriend was found in an unconscious state at Thivim, police said Wednesday . PTI 16 Dec case: One of the accused in the 16 December gangrape case today interfered during the recording of statements of defence witnesses saying he has been falsely implicated by the Delhi police. PTI Trade union strike: The National Convention of Workers,comprising 11 national trade unions has announced a satyagraha programme to protest the government's failure to respond to the unions demands. SNS
WHY NO ACTION ON RADIA TAPES, ASKS SC

SUPREME COURT PULLS UP GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SLAMS CBI
New Delhi, 7 August
Ishrat case: HC rejects Pandeys bail plea

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Ahmedabad, 7 August
STINGING REBUKE
The court is hearing a petition filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation
n It said conversations in
Radia tapes are much more than the 2G issue
The Supreme Court today pulled up government agencies for not taking action on the basis of taped conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with top politicians, businessmen and others, which raise various serious issues like cross-border transactions. Slamming the CBI, the apex court asked why no action has been taken when it was clear in 2009 that all types of things were prima facie discussed in the conversations and why the investigating agency had sidelined issues other than those pertaining to the 2G scam. On the contents of the conversations, a bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi said they indicate presence of middlemen in every government department. Virtually in every government field, private persons ~ you
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confined to the telecom sector, said SC
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about trans-border transactions
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call them liasoning officers or middlemen ~ are present in every nook and corner, it said. The court said the conversations are much more than 2G issue and not confined to the telecom sector and contain information about trans-border transactions, somebody taking over a company and other serious issues. The apex court had on 1 August pulled up the government for sitting on the tapes for five years and not taking any action. It also pulled up the Additional Solicitor General saying that had it not been for the Supreme Court, the government would not have done anything. The court had then observed that the Radia tapes have an element of criminality and needed to be
probed further. The court said these tapes cannot be considered private tapes. The court is hearing a CBI plea on the element of criminality in these tapes. The CBI had on 31 July told the court that there was an element of criminality in these tapes. It submitted a sealed report on Radia's conversations with several top names, including journalists, in the 2G spectrum allocation scam to the Supreme Court. The petition was filed by an NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, seeking the court's direction to the government to make the conversations public. The conversations were recorded as part of surveillance of Niira Radia's phone on a complaint to the Finance Minister on 16 November 2007, alleging that within a span of nine years she had built up a business empire worth Rs 300 crore.
The Gujarat High Court today rejected ADGP P P Pandey's application challenging the order of special CBI court, which had rejected his anticipatory bail plea and declined to offer further protection from arrest by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. A single judge bench comprising Justice A J Desai rejected Pandey's application challenging the order of special CBI court, which had yesterday rejected his anticipatory bail application on the ground that investigation in the case is pending and at a crucial juncture. He also declined to offer further protection from arrest by CBI. Earlier, Mr Pandey's counsel Nirupam Nanavati argued that the senior IPS officer cannot be declared a proclaimed offender as he has complied with the orders of the Supreme Court. The stigma attached to conduct of my client, may not disappear, but stands diluted as I've complied with the orders of the Supreme Court, Mr Nanavati argued.
File photo of ADGP P P Pandey outside the court on 31 July 2013. He was reported to have asked Muslim men to come with him.
Mr Nanavati asked Why does CBI want to arrest Mr Pandey? Why do you require Mr Pandey's custodial interrogation when charge-sheet has been filed, evidences collected and statements of witnesses recorded? CBI counsel Ejaz Khan stated that the investigation related to then joint director of Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) and its other officials was stalled because custodial interrogation of Mr Pandey has not been possible. Mr Khan said that his involvement and complicity in the killing of four persons was manifest in various ways, adding that, if anticipatory bail is granted
at this stage, there is a possibility that the witnesses may be tampered with. The 1982-batch IPS officer was Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Ahmedabad, when Ishrat, a Mumbai-based student, her friend Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, and their associates Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were gunned down by Crime Branch sleuths on June 15, 2004, near here. Police had then claimed the four were terrorists on a mission to kill Mr Narendra Modi. However, according to the CBI's chargesheet, the encounter, a joint operation by Gujarat Police and Intelligence Bureau, was stage-managed.
Railgate: Court orders Vijay Much-touted Food Bill introduced in LS Singlas examination at AIIMS
New Delhi, 7 August

New Delhi, 7 August
Vijay Mallya, MP and Chairman of the United Breweries, arrives at Parliament House on August 7, 2013. n AFP
Soni Sori: Women's groups on Wednesday demanded release of adivasi activist Soni Sori,arrested for alleged Maoist links. They criticised authorities for not granting her parole after her husband's death. PTI All women post office: The first 'all women post office' of Jharkhand was inaugurated at Jamshedpur .The decision to open such post offices was taken on Women's Day , Chief Post Master General of Jharkhand A S Prasad said. PTI Mayawati verdict: Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking review of its order quashing disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday . PTI Jundal bail plea: Alleged LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11,Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal filed a bail application in Mumbai saying that though he has been in jail for a year, the trial is yet to start. PTI
A special CBI court has ordered the medical superintendent of AIIMS to get former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla, an accused in the Rs 10 crore railway bribery case, medically examined after he alleged that he was not given proper treatment in Tihar jail. The judge ordered that Singla be produced before medical superintendent of AIIMS on August 8 and also said that a compliance report be filed before the court on August 13.
The order came after Singla, who is presently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody along with others in the case, told the court that he was not being provided proper treatment in the prison. In such circumstances, it is ordered that the accused (Singla) be get medically examined from AIIMS. Medical Superintendent, AIIMS, is also directed to get the accused medically examined and file status report regarding his present medical condition, the treatment required and any other opinion he deems fit to convey to the court, Special CBI
Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma said. The Tihar jail authorities had filed a medical report of Singla in the court in which it had said that he was suffering from enlarged prostate. The court had yesterday extended till August 19 the judicial custody of seven accused, including Singla, who have been arrested in connection with the case. Besides Singla, the then Member (Staff) of Railway Board Mahesh Kumar, MD of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Narayan Rao Manjunath are presently in judicial custody .
The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country's threefourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today with the government rejecting apprehensions that it would impinge upon the rights of states. Food Minister K V Thomas introduced the fresh Bill after withdrawing an earlier one along with the ordinance which was promulgated on July 5. Moving the National Food Security Bill, 2013, which promises to give right to the country's 80 crore people
The Food Security Bill does not impinge upon the rights of states. It protects the Constitution
K V THOMAS
to get 5 kg of foodgrains every month at Rs 1-3 per kg, Mr Thomas said there is nothing in it against the states. It does not impinge upon the rights of states. It protects the Constitution, he said to allay apprehensions expressed by Tamil Nadu parties, AIADMK and DMK, over the new law. He said any concern could be debated upon when the bill comes up for discussion in the House. Earlier, AIADMK member M Thambidurai opposed introduction of the bill saying it is against the Constitution and federal system. It is not Food Security Bill, it is actually Food Insecurity Bill, he said. He noted that it should brought only after consultations with states. Contending that the bill has several flaws that have created serious apprehensions, he said the legislation amounts to interfering with state governments.
Mr Thambidurai, whose party is in power in Tamil Nadu, said the bill will affect his state where a universal scheme for providing subsidised food is already being implemented successfully by the state government. He said the bill would result in additional financial burden of around Rs 3,000 crore to the state exchequer. DMK leader T R Baalu also said his party has issues with the bill in its present for m and would move amendments. It should not be detrimental to the state's offtake (of food), he said, noting that the proposed legislation will have far-reaching implications.
Regulators set up forum to rein in chit funds

Mumbai, 7 August
States as handmaidens
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It is this that states get from the MoUs, even as they act as the handmaidens of the UIDAI. In April 2013, the UIDAI went a step further. A complication arose because banks, oil companies, insurance companies and Central government departments such as the postal service are also "partnering" the UIDAI in enrolment. Soon, some states were heard to complain that the opportunity to collate data about its residents was being stymied by private agencies getting into the enrolment business. Different Registrars were gathering different data sets during enrolment and the state could not get its hands on the data for those who did not enrol with its Registrars. The people enrolling had, of course, no choice about whether they would give the additional informationIf they had to enrol while marketing the project - that the UID would not give any information to anyone other than to authenticate with a yes/no answer - except in the interest of national security . The Data Sharing Policy casts that commitment to the winds. Demographic and biometric data including photograph, audit trails of the use of the UID number, "sensitive personal data", all of this is now open to be "shared". Since there is no data protection law, or privacy law, or law setting the limits within which the UIDAI must operate, there is a tragic absence of residentcitizen protection. The 'data sharing policy' is one illustration of the perils of a project of this kind, and the peril is exacerbated by there being no law to define its limits.
THE WRITER IS AN ACADEMIC ACTIVIST. SHE HAS RESEARCHED THE UID AND ITS RAMI.ICATIONS SINCE 2009
Appointment of judges: direct Oppn say unlikely

New Delhi, 7 August
In view of a series of chit fund frauds, financial regulators today decided to set up a separate forum for coordination and sharing information to rein in such investment schemes. The FSDC meeting, held amid concerns over macroeconomic situation and a sharp slide in rupee against the US dollar, reviewed the potential risks to stability of the domestic financial system, the Reserve Bank said. After a meeting of the sub-committee of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) RBI said: It was resolved to set up a forum for inter-agency coordination and exchange of information about collective investment schemes. The move follows many recent scams, notably Sarad-
ha chit fund scheme in West Bengal, where investors are said to have lost thousands of crores. The meeting, chaired by RBI Governor D Subbarao, was attended by chiefs of capital markets regulator Sebi, insurance watchdog Irda and the pension fund regulator PFRDA. Raghuram Rajan, RBI Governor-designate currently serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the Finance Minister, and Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram were also present. Mr Rajan stayed back at the Mint Road office for nearly three hours after the meeting. He chose not to speak to the waiting journalists. The RBI said the committee discussed the need for a nationwide awareness campaign about collective investment schemes.
for a UID, they had to give whatever information the Registrars demanded. With mandatoriness creeping in, voluntariness was given marching orders. The UIDAI stepped in to resolve this predicament. A 'Data Sharing Policy' was laid out in response to "queries (the UIDAI had been receiving) from various states/union territories regarding sharing of UIDAI data to the states where the non-state Registrars are engaged for enrolling residents for aadhaar." This policy is in unabashed contradiction of what the UIDAI has been saying all along
The Opposition is unlikely to have a direct say in appointment of senior members of the judiciary in a fresh government proposal to replace the two-decade-old collegium system under which judges appoint judges. The Union Cabinet is likely to consider tomorrow a Law Ministry proposal to set up the National Judicial Commission (JAC) to ensure say for the Executive in appointment of judges of the Supreme Court as well as of the 24 High Courts. The proposed JAC will be a six-member body headed by the CJI. Two judges of the Supreme Court, the Law Minister and two eminent persons will be the members. Secretary (Justice) in the Law Ministry will be the
member secretary . A proposal circulated in April this year had incorporated the view that the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) should be made a member of the JAC. According to the fresh note, the LoP will not be part of the proposed body . However, the Leader of the Opposition of either House of Parliament will be part of a committee to be set up to nominate two eminent persons to the JAC. The committee will also have the Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister. The opposition, by way of the Leader of the Opposition, will have an indirect say in appointment of judges as he or she will select the two eminent personalities to be nominated to the JAC, said a senior government functionary .
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P C CHACKO MAINTAINING THAT NO CLEAN CHIT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PAKIISTANI ARMY
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PAK, INDIA TALK ON HOTLINE TO LOWER LOC TENSION

DIRECTORS GENERAL O. MILITARY OPS .ROM BOTH COUNTRIES DISCUSS SITUATION
Islamabad, 7 August
Army Chief briefed about security situation along LOC

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Activists burn a poster representing the map of Pakistan during a protest in Mumbai on 7 August. n AFP
Killer wheels: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police was killed when he signalled a speeding truck to stop at a check post and its driver lost control, ramming the vehicle into him, police said on Wednesday . PTI Maiden landing: Boeing P8I, a long range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the Indian Navy , made its maiden landing at the INS Utkrosh airfield in Andaman and Nicobar on Wednesday . SNS Apathy slammed: Delhi police have been pulled up by a court for shutting its eyes on the complaint of its lady constable, accusing a an SHO of molesting her in a police station. The lady has also be en called. PTI Heroin seized: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths have seized 35 kilogrammes of heroin, with an estimated value of Rs 175 crore in the international market near the Indo-Pak border on Wednesday . PTI Militant killed: A top Naga militant leader was killed in factional fight with a rival group in interior Senapati district of Manipur , police said on Wednesday . The body has been sent post-mortem, sources said. PTI Murder by law?: A 65-year-old lawyer was found dead in his house in Muzaffar nagar, police said on Wednesday . The condition of the body suggests that he died some days ago, police said, sending it for post-mortem. PTI
Top military officials of Pakistan and India today spoke to each other on hotline to lower tension after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir. An official of the Pakistan army said the two Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) established a special hotline contact this morning to discuss the situation arising out of the recent Indian allegations on the LoC. Pakistan army DGMO strongly and categorically rejected Indian allegations of violation by Pakistan troops and killing of five Indi-
Indian Army personnel carry the coffin of a soldier at Brigade headquarters in Poonch on Tuesday. n AFP
an soldiers at LoC in Poonch sector on 5-6 August night, the official said. He also said Pakistan has lodged a strong protest during hotline talks for LoC violation by Indian
troops in the Pandu sector today in which two Pakistan soldiers were seriously wounded. It was reiterated by Pakistan Army Director General of Military Operations that
Pakistan abides by the ceasefire agreement existing between the two countries, the official said. Five Indian soldiers were killed early Tuesday in an ambush along the LoC in
Poonch sector. An agreement to maintain ceasefire along the LoC was signed in 2003 but its violations have increased in recent months. Tension rose in January and February and again in July after a series of border incidents. The latest incident involving the killings of Indian soldiers could cast a shadow on the resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue process. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Mr Nawaz Sharif are slated to meet in New York next month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. Talks were put on hold after the beheading of an Indian soldier and mutilation of another in a January attack.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh was today briefed about the security situation along the Line of Control in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Along with senior commanders of various formations, Gen Singh left for Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters, where he was briefed by senior Army officers led by GoC in-charge Lt Gen Sanjeev Chachra and GOC, 16 Corps, Lt Gen D S Hooda. He was also briefed about attacks, incidents of firing and ceasefire violations which occurred before yesterday's attack. Soon after his arrival from New Delhi this morning, Gen Singh laid wreaths on the coffins draped in the tricolour at the Technical Airport in Jammu.
Army Chief General Bikram Singh
In a provocative attack, a group of 20 heavily-armed men led by Pakistani troops entered 450 metres into the Indian territory in Poonch sector yesterday and ambushed a patrol killing five Indian soldiers. The five martyrs were 35year-old Naik Prem Nath of Chappra (Bihar), 29-yearold Lance Naik Shambhu Saran of Bhojpur (Bihar), 27-year-old Sepoy Vijay Kumar Rai of Patna (Bihar), 23-year-old Sepoy Ragunandan of Chhapra (Bihar) and 36-year-old Naik Pundalik Mane of Kolhapur (Maharashtra).
HOLY BARGAIN
BJPS PRIVILEGE NOTICE AGAINST ANTONY

New Delhi, 7 August:
Bihar fumes over soldiers killings

Patna, 7 August
People throng an outdoor market ahead of Id-Ul-Fitr. In Srinagar on Wednesday. Id-Ul-Fitr, an Islamic festival observed at the end of the fasting month of Ramzan, is scheduled to be celebrated on 9 August. n AFP
BJP leader Mr Yashwant Sihna today moved a breach of privilege notice against Defence Minister A K Antony, accusing him of misleading Parliament on the killing of five Indian jawans along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. It was a most laughable statement that the defence minister of India made, Mr Sinha said. Mr Antony is not only guilty of misleading the House with his statement, but he has further compounded his guilt by getting the Army's statement, which was issued before his statement, changed, he said. Mr Sinha said the Army had clearly stated that Pakistani soldiers were involved and now they have been made to retract. The defence minister and the Centre are speaking in a language more acceptable to Pakistan than to us, he said. PTI
Bihar was today rocked by wild protests and anger, a day after five soldiers were killed in an ambush by Pak troops. While their grieving family members refused compensation and disrupted railway traffic, seeking strong action against Pakistan, the public took out protest marches at various places across the state to slam the neighbour nations cowardice. Of the five, four were from the 21 Bihar regiment. The state government faced much embarrassment today when the widows of the soldiers refused a compensation of Rs 10 lakh. Will the money bring my husband back? asked an angry Pushpa Devi, widow of Vijay Kumar Rai. We demand stern action against Pakistan, not the money , she shouted in anger and also threatened to immolate her-
self along with their children and other family members if no action was taken. Similar scenes were witnessed at Samhauta village in Saran where the angry kin of martyred Premnath Singh, was hysterical while seeking tough action against Pakistan. We are not in favour of setting up talks, rather Pakistan must be sternly deal with. Our patience has run thin, said a grieving family member. Irate residents also disrupted railway traffic on the Chapra-Siwan rail route, by putting up blockade and shouting slogans. Elsewhere, angry masses, took out protest marches and burnt Pakistani flags. Political leaders, too, reacted angrily . The time has come now to give a befitting reply to Pakistan, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said today . Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, too, echoed similar sentiments, saying India should reply back.
Vidarbha all-party team meets PM, seeks aid

New Delhi, 7 August
LCA buildup to cost <8,000 cr

New Delhi, 7 August
A feral kitten is being at an outdoor market in Srinagar on 7 August. n AFP
An all-party delegation from Vidarbha, hit by unprecedented heavy rains, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought an assistance of Rs 5,000 crore to tackle the massive losses. The delegation comprising several senior Congress and Nationalist Congress Party leaders, including Union Minister Praful Patel, AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik, former general secretary Vilas Muttemwar and PCC chief Manikrao Thakre, told the prime minister that the region has witnessed five times more rains this year. The rains have not only
affected the countryside but also cities like Nagpur and Chandrapur, Muttemwar said, adding that the Prime Minister was briefed about the heavy damage to life and property . He said Rs 5,000 crore was sought from the Centre to tide over the situation. The delegation also met Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who heads the high level committee on disaster management. Pawar assured the delegation to send a central team to the region tomorrow itself to assess the situation. Leaders present in the delegation also included Vijay Darda, Datta Meghe, Sanjay Dhotre and Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut and MLA Dinanath Patole.
The total cost for development of the light combat aircraft Tejas for the Indian Air Force, which includes project definition phase, full scale engineering development programme Phase-I and FSEDP Phase-II, is Rs 7965.56 crore, the Rajya Sabha was told today . In a written reply , Defence Minister A K Antony said initial operational clearance for the LCA was obtained in January 2011. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are working towards meeting planned schedules for conducting IOC-2 by the end of 2013 and
Light Combat Aircraft Tejas. (File Photo)
final operational clearance (FOC) by the end of 2014 to make Tejas fully combat worthy, he said.
COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING

In reply to a question on compulsory military training,Mr Antony said the government is not in favour of making military training compulsory to all the youth of the country since India is a democratic republic
and the Constitution does not provide for compulsory military training. Military training to all the youth of the country may also lead to militarisation of an entire nation. With the socio-political and economic conditions, it is highly undesirable, lest some unemployed youth trained in military skills join the ranks of undesirable elements, he said.
AN ASSOCIATION O. ALL HIMALAYAN STATES SOUGHT
Divided we fall
Dehradun, 7 August
Direct assault on Sikhs draws flak

Chandigarh, 7 August
DONATION FOR UKHAND

n A team from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank assessed the destruction in the past two weeks. n World Bank and ADB donate Rs 2,000 crore to the state government.
tating the development of the state after the recent disaster has decided to organise this conference in the first week of September. In this conference, problems faced by the Himalayan region and their possible solutions will be discussed. This decision was taken up at a recent committee meeting, where environmentalist Dr P C Pachauri was also present. Making a statement in this regard, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said further plan of action would be decided at the next meeting in the last week of August. At the meeting, Dr Pachauri said like the Arctic Council, which was formed for Arctic
To ensure safety of the Himalayan areas, the Uttarakhand government took a special initiative of associating all the Himalayan states and countries under the flagship of the Environment Indicator Development Committee, constituted to ensure the development and reconstruction of disaster-hit Uttarakhand. This will, however, be done in a two-day conference organised by the state under the aegis of its Environment Indicator Development Committee headed by the chief minister. The committee constituted recently for facili-
Turn, a similar council is needed to tackle the problems in the Himalayan areas. Lauding the initiative of the Uttarakhand government, he said it would ensure development of not only the hilly regions but also the plains. Besides Dr Pachauri, directors of the National Hydrological Institute, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Forest Research Institute, Central Water and Soil Conservation Institute, Wildlife Institute of India and representatives from IIT-Roorkee are part of this committee. Principal Secretary Forest S Ramaswami has been appointed its Nodal Officer.
Terming the removal of turbans in the name of security check at international airports as "a direct assault on the Sikh Identity", Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the Union government must mount pressure on governments of foreign countries to stop the practice. At Gidderbaha in Sri Muktsar Sahib, Mr Badal said this while reacting to the incident in which Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (SGMC) president Manjit Singh G K was asked to remove his turban during frisking at an international airport in Rome. The Punjab Chief Minister said in order to check the practice, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs through its embassies in various countries must convey to the respective national governments that they must accord due respect to the turban by desisting from such practices. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to voice his disapproval in this regard. He said the way Sikhs are treated at airports across the world was intolerable. The Shiromani AKali Dal president also pointed to an earlier incident in which Mr Ravijodh Singh Dhupia, a commander of Jet Airways, was forced to remove his turban at Milan Airport.
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THUMBNAILS
EC has proposed to restrict publication of opinion polls during election. It is being considered.
KAPIL SIBAL SAYING LAW ALREADY PROVIDES .OR RESTRICTION O. DISSEMINATION O. EXIT POLL RESULTS
PANEL TO PROBE ILLEGAL SAND MINING

New Delhi, 7 August
MOE. CONSTITUTES THREE-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS IN GAUTAM BUDH NAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH
Faced with reports of illegal sand mining in the Gautam Budh Nagar area in Uttar Pradesh, the Union Environment and Forests Ministry (MoEF) has constituted a three-member committee to ascertain the factual position and chart out a further course of action in the matter. The committee, which will submit its report by 9 August, will be chaired by Dr Saroj, Director, MoEF. Mr G C Meena, Deputy Collector of Mines, in-charge Dehradun office of IBM, and Mr K K Garg, Director, Regional Office of MoEF, Lucknow, are the other members of the committee. In a notification today , the MoEF said it was constituting the committee with a view to enquiring into the allegations of illegal sand mining widely reported in the electronic as well as the print media, with visuals of heavy machinery being used in illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, in order to ascertain the factual
DURGAS FEAT
28-yr-old IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was suspended on 27 July
She had ordered demolition of a wall of a mosque under construction LIU report sent to govt had stated Ms Nagpal was absent during demolition DM had stated that Durga had not got the wall of any mosque demolished
mining has serious environmental and ecological repercussions. The ministry's action comes on the back of a
position and with a view to suggesting further course of action in the matter. Noting that during the past few days, various
media reports have been highlighting the menace of alleged illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar, the ministry said, Illegal
demand from several quarters seeking action against illegal sand mafia. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has also written to the Prime Minister seeking stronger action to defend officers such as Durga Shakti Nagpal, who had been leading a campaign against the illegal sand mining mafia in UP , when the government suspended her for allegedly ordering demolition of a mosque wall. Setting up the committee, the ministry said the handling of prior environment clearance cases of mining
of minor minerals of lease area up to five hectares was delegated by the ministry to state authorities after the Supreme Court order of February 2013. It noted that the cases of mining between 5-50 hectares too are handled at the state level and only those above 50 hectares come to the Centre for clearance under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. The ministry notification pointed out that no sand mining can be undertaken without a prior environmental clearance, either from the state or the Centre.
Two is company for these schoolchildren who enjoy a walk back home as it rains in New Delhi on 7 August. n AFP
23k cases shelved: Over 23,000 rape cases are pending in various high courts while more than 8,000 of them have been disposed of in the last three years, the Central government said on Wednesday . PTI Sugar gets sour: Food Minister K V Thomas on Wednesday said his ministry has moved a cabinet proposal to give freedom to state governments to raise the retail price of sugar sold in ration shops in respective states. PTI Dowry death: A 20year-old woman was allegedly poisoned by her in-laws over dowry in Jasrana area in Firozabad, police said on Wednesday . An FIR has been registered and a manhunt has been launched. PTI Protecting evidence: A local court has ordered police protection to former Uttar Pradesh minister Yograj Singh, who is an eye witness in the murder case of his father and Congress leader Choudhry Jagbir Singh. PTI
1,000 protesters held in a week

Hyderabad, 7 August
Over 1,000 people have been taken into preventive custody in connection with the agitation by supporters of united Andhra Pradesh even as the protests continued for the eighth consecutive day today, a senior police official said. Also, 221 people were arrested so far and as many as 124 criminal cases were registered against the protesters in Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra districts in the wake of the Samaikyandhra agitation over the past one week, under specific sections of the IPC and other Acts, Additional Director General (Law and Order) of Police VSK Kaumudi said today . The protesters were charged with offences like damage to statues of national leaders, buses and public property, besides, rioting and assault. For the cases pertaining to damage to statues of national leaders, 39 cases have been registered and 94 accused have been arrested, the ADG said. Police urged the local community to co-operate with them in protecting the statues, which they them-
selves had installed, out of respect and affection for national leaders. It was also noticed that certain vested interests were indulging in mudslinging against the police personnel, Mr Kaumudi said and war ned that such acts would be viewed seriously and the offenders could be liable for stringent criminal action. Police department is apolitical and works without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, religion and region, Mr Kaumudi said. All district superintendents of police have also been advised to take prompt preventive action to control the law and order situation and not to allow it to deteriorate, he said. Meanwhile, the protests against the move to create separate Telangana state entered eighth day today with protesters including scores of students taking out rallies, staging demonstrations on roads and raising slogans in support of united state. The protests were reported in Chittoor, Anantapur, Kurnool, Kadapa, besides in Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Nellore, Krishna, Guntur districts.
Cong rules out going back on Telangana amid statehood bids

New Delhi/Guntur, 7 August
CUR.EW AND BANDHS END IN LOWER ASSAM

Diphu/Kokrajhar, 7 August:
The Congress today categorically ruled out going back on Telangana statehood decision even as it set up a four-member committee headed by Defence Minister A K Antony to address concerns arising out of the decision to carve out a separate state out of Andhra Pradesh. There are many other things to be decided. This (Committee) is to implement the decision, party spokesperson Mr P C Chacko said at the AICC briefing. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has constituted a four-member committee to hear the concerns being expressed arising out of the decision to form a new state of Telangana, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi had earlier said. Following the announcement on Telangana, there have been similar statehood demands in various parts of the country with some of them triggering violent protests in Assam and in Darjeeling in West Bengal. Besides Mr Antony , Union
Protest against the Centres nod to the formation of Telangana in Hyderabad. n AFP
Minister Mr M Veerappa Moily , a former in-charge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, current AICC incharge Digvijay Singh and political secretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel are members of the panel. Mr Chacko said there were indeed two opinions among party leaders and that the Congress was also divided on the matter. The CWC had passed the resolution for the creation of a separate Telangana on 30 July, bringing to an end
to its dithering on the issue for several years. Asked what will be the next move if the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly does not pass a unanimous resolution for creation of Telangana when it is not mandatory , Mr Chacko said: "Naturally they should get the opportunity to discuss it and pass the resolution. This question comes only when they do not pass it. Mr Chacko dismissed BJP's criticism asked why the NDA government did not create the separate state
out of Andhra Pradesh, when they had carved out Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand.
SIEGE ON MINISTERS HOUSE

Anti-Telangana agitators laid seige to the residence of Union Minister of State for Finance J D Seelam at Brindavan Gardens here today . Since the minister is away in New Delhi, they squatted on the road, shouting slogans demanding his resignation from Parliament.
With no fresh incident reported, curfew was relaxed in strife-hit Karbi Anglong district, while the three bandhs in lower Assam ended today after affecting normal life for two days. As Karbi Anglong was slowly limping back to normalcy with no fresh violence reported over the demand for a separate Karbi state on the lines of Telangana, the district administration relaxed curfew in the headquarters town of Diphu from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m, official sources said. The three bandhs called in Lower Assam districts for separate states of Bodoland and Kamtapur since 5 August ended at six this morning, sources said. The All Bodo Students' Union curtailed its 60-hour statewide bandh to 48 hours and the All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union shortened its 36-hour shut down to 31 hours in view of Eid. The Assam Chief Minister held separate meetings with leaders of All Bodo Students Union and Bodo National Conference (BNC) and discussed their issues and demands. PTI
SITUATION VACANT
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL Office of the District Magistrate & Collector Birbhum Applications are invited from eligible retired Govt., Employees (Govt. of West Bengal) below 65 years of age (not exceeding 64 years of age as on 01-082013) for the post of Clerk, under Land & Land Reforms Setup. Detailed information and application form can be obtained from the office of the District Land and Land Reforms Officer between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any working day or can be downloaded from the district website: w w w. b i r b h u m . g o v. i n Filled up form to be submitted at the office of District Land and Land Reforms Officer, Birbhum upto 14-08-2013 till 3 p.m. and the interview will be held on 16-08-2013 from 1000 a.m. in the Conference Hall of District Magistrate & Collector, Birbhum. Sd/District Magistrate & Collector, Birbhum (B0007) C20796
with passport-size photograph, attested copies of testimonials are required at the time of interview. N.B.: Remuneration will be purely on class basis. Please visit our website: www.panskurabanamalicollege.org Principal (B0010) C20798 THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN Notification It is notified for information of all concerned that the permission form will be available from Permission Section of this university from 12-082013 to 30-08-2013 on every working days during 11-00 a.m. to 2-00 p.m. for the candidates interested to appear at B.A. / B.Com. / Spl. B.A. / Hons. / Spl.Hons. Part-I Examination for the Session2013-2014 as external candidates. The price of the form is Rs. 50 (Rupees fifty) only. Last date of submission of forms are 02-09-2013 (without late fee) and 06-09-2013 (with late fee). For details please visit our website: www.buruniv.ac.in Registrar (B0014) C20806
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE In the Court of Ld. District Delegate at Alipore, 24 Pgs.(S) ACT 39, CASE NO. 183 OF 2013 (SUCCESSION) Miss. Devika Rani Ray Chowdhury ...Petitioner Note that one Miss. Devika Rani Ray Chowdhury, D/o. late Digbijoy Ray Chowdhury, formerly of 464, Keyatala Road, P.S. Lake, Kolkata-700029 also at Sharam Apartment, Flat No. 202, 2nd Floor, 5th B Cross, Athmananda Colony near SBI, Sultanpalya Branch, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore-560032, have filed the Case for obtaining Succession Certificate in respect of some Securities amounting to Rs. 88,000 in total left by her deceased grand father Dilip Ray Chowdhury. Any interested party may appear to contest the case within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, otherwise the abovementioned case will be heard ex parte. By Order Bharati Das Sheristadar-in-Charge District Judges Court Alipore, 24 Pgs. (S) 01-08-2013 (B0005) C20791 NOTICE In the Court of Ld. 2nd Civil Judge (Sr. Div.) at Alipore Case No. Title Suit No. 362 of 2010 Bank of India, Sarat Bose Branch ... Plaintiff -VersusSri Sitaram Prasad & Ors.
WALK-IN INTERVIEW
Due to an unavoidable circumstances, Walk-in Interview for G.L. in Economics scheduled on 8th August, 2013 (Published on 3rd August) will be held on 19th August, 2013 at Falakata College instead of Economics Deptt., N.B.U. Rs. 125 will be paid per class as remuneration. Other information will remain unchanged. Principal Falakata College Falakata Jalpaiguri (B0009)
C20802
... Defendants To, 1. Sri Sitaram Prasad, S/o. late Amar Prasad of Rly. Qtr. No. 205, 5th Avenue, Foreman Colony, P.O.: Kanchrapara, Dist.: North 24 Parganas, Pin-743145 working for gain under C/o. The General Manager (Works), Eastern Railway Workshop, Workshop, Eastern Railway at & P.O.: Kanchrapara, P.S.: Kanchrapara, Dist.: North 24 Parganas, West Bengal and also at 612, Brahmpur Road, P.S.: Regent Park, Dist.: 24 Parganas (South), Kolkata-700070. 2. Smt. Sikha Devi, W/o. Sri Sitaram Prasad, resident of Rly. Qtr. No. 205, 5th Avenue, at & P.O.: Kanchrapara, P.S.: Kanchrapara, Dist.: North 24 Parganas, Pin-743145. Whereas the abovenamed Petitioner / Plaintiff has filed the abovenoted Case against you and another for recovery of Rs. 4,17,163.17 plus cost and interest and for other relief including enforcing of liability of Defendant No. 2 under her guarantee / surety by attacking and selling personal properties i.e. movable, immoveable, household materials, etc. You are hereby warned to appear in this court personally or through Advocte on 0209-13 at 10 Oclock and on your failure the case will be heard in your absence. Given under the hand and seal of this Court on 18th day of July, 2013. By Order Birendra Nath Sarkar Sheristadar 2nd Civil Judge (Sr. Div.) at Alipore (B0001) C20794
notice of intended marriage between them under the Foreign Marriages Act, 1969. If anyone has any objection to the proposed marriage he / she should file the same with the undersigned according to the procedure laid down under the act / rules within thirty days from the date of publication of this notice. A. K. Bhardwaj Consul Passport & Marriage Officer Consulate General of India P.O. Box: 737, Dubai (UAE) FAX No. 0097143970453 Email: cgidubai@emirats.net.ae Homepage: www.cgidubai.com (B0002) C20793 I, MEERA Datta, W/o. Anil Dutta, R/o. Vill. Narayanpur, P.O., P.S.- Balurghat, Dist. Dakshin Dinajpur, shall henceforth be known as Mira Dutta, vide affidavit sworn before the Judicial Magistrate at Balurghat
Dakshin 15-07-2013. (B0016)
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C20807
MY CLIENT Sri Anindya Bardhan, son of late Atindra Kr. Bardhan has purchased a flat measuring 553 sq.ft. at 22/5, Ghosh Para Road, Barrackpore, being flat No. 9 on the third floor of Prantik Apartment vide Deed No. 08093 for the year 2009. He has lost two original chain Deed vide Deed No. 4723 for the year 1997 and vide Deed No. 8484 for the year 2004 both registered at ADSR Barrackpore. He has lodged a General Diary at Serampore P.S. vide G.D.E. No. 413 dated 06-08-2013. Any person found the said two original deeds or if any institution may have any claim, demand and interest shall request to contact with the undersigned along with proper documents within 7 days from the day of notice, failing which any
claim in this regard shall not be entertained. Sanjoy Dalal Advocate 58/E, Satchasi Para Serampore, Hooghly (B0004) C20792 RE: PREMISES No. 6, Ballygunge Place, Kolkata700019. Notice is hereby given that my client is entering into an agreement for sale of the subject premises and thereafter purchase of the said property of the present owners: (1) Samir Kumar Mitra, (2) Mihir Kumar Mitra, (3) Amitava Mitra, (4) Arindam Mitra and (5) Mamata Mitra representing that they are the only owners of the property and there is no incumbent in their transferring the property in favour of my client and none else has any right, title or interest in the said property. It has also been represented that they have not entered into any agreement, arrangement or negotiation with anyone in
relation to the said property. If anyone has any claim, right or interest in relation to the said property, he is requested to contact the undersigned within a period of 10 days from date of publication of this notice. Otherwise it will be presumed that on one excepting the said five persons have any right title or interest in respect of the said property and my client will be at liberty to complete the transfer of the property. R.L. Mitra Advocate 6, Old Old Post Office Street 2nd floor Kolkata-700001
C20803
invites e-Tender (online) vide Tender Reference No. WBPW(R)D/3-SE/SHC-V/20132014 for the work W&S of Nasigram - Monteswar Rd. (0 to 8 Kmp.), I.D. No. 2013_SH_9851_1 of Rs. 6,31,49,191.00 in the District of Burdwan. Bid submission end date: 27-08-13 up to 5-00 p.m. Details information/download/upload will be available from the website: http://etender.wb.nic.in (B0003) C20799 KOLKATA METROPOLITAN WATER AND SANITATION AUTHORITY Office of the Superintending Engineer (FAWS) P-4, Dobson Lane 3rd Floor, Howrah-1 No.: SE (FAWS)/ 3T-1/2013/161 Date: 07-08-2013 ABRIDGED E-N.I.T. Sealed tenders are invited by the undersigned in two parts viz. Part-I and Part-II (in two separate sealed covers) from reliable, experienced, bona fide and resourceful contractors of proven ability, having executed similar type of work of value not less than 1/3rd of the tender amount during last 5 (five) years under Govt. / Semi-Govt. / Statutory or Local bodies: 1) Name of the works: (a) Supply & Laying of 200 mm. dia D.I. (K-7) pipe over trestle support over the low lying area on the right flank of Old Delhi Road within Rishra G.P. from Bhadua More towards Gumodanga under Serampore Zone-II FAWS Scheme (Section: A-B) (b) Do- of 200 mm. dia -do(Section: B-C) (c) -Do- of 200 mm. dia -do- (Section: C-D) (d) -Do- of 150 mm. dia -doon the left flank -do- (Section: A1-B1) 2. Tender Nos.: SE (FAWS) / T-57, T-58, T-59 & T-60 of 2013-2014, 3. Estimated Cost / Earnest Money: (a), (b) & (c) Rs. 28,65,568.00 each / Rs. 58,000.00 each, and (d) Rs. 29,71,295.00 / Rs. 60,000.00, 4. Cost of tender paper: Rs. 2,500.00 each; 5. E-Tender Processing Fee: Rs. 3,340.00 each, 6. Time of completion: 03 (Three) months from the date of issuance of work order. 7) Last date of request and submission of tender document: 19-08-2013 up to 300 p.m. and 26-08-2013 up to 2-00 p.m. respectively. For details & corrigendum if any, please keep visit: www.tenderwizard.com/kmda www.kmdaonline.org www.cmdaonline.com www.kmwsa.gov.in or contact this office of the undersigned for further information. The Authority reserves the right to reject or accept any or all tenders without assigning any reason. Superintending Engineer (FAWS) (B0006) C20795
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Kolkata, 7 August
CM ALLOTS LAND FOR RELIANCE

INDUSTRIOUS ACTION
A meeting of the Industrial Core Committee was held at Writers.
The CM task 2A said that force has 1 10,000 acres been formed of land is available for industries.
almost ready and would be finalised by 31 August at the latest. She said that the state has 10,000 acres in its land bank and land would not be an issue for those serious about setting up industries in Bengal. The CM also announced the formation of a task force to find ways to decongest the NH-117 that runs from Kona in Howrah to Bakkhali in South 24-Pargans, when some of the industry representatives pointed out its poor condition and a perennial traffic snarl. The task force that will exploit the plausibility of laying a bypass for the highway and building a few flyovers at congested junctions will submit the report within four months. Earlier in the day, Miss Banerjee handed over the Within a week of holding a grand industrial meet in Mumbai on 1 August, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today handed over an allotment letter for 100 acres land to the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group for a cement plant at Raghunathpur in Purulia. This was the day that the state set yet another deadline for its much-delayed policies on industry , with the CM informing an industrial core committee meet at Writers that these will now be finalised by 31 August. An Investment and Industrial Policy for heavy industries, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Policy for smallscale sector, and a Textile Policy for apparel units were be announced in February . The core committee meet chaired by Miss Banerjee lasted for about an hour and was attended by 15-odd representatives from various business chambers and industries based in Bengal, besides several minister and officials. Mr Asok Aikat, the president of Bharat Chamber of Commerce, and industrialist Mr Harsh Neotia said that the CM had told the meet that the industrial polices were
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land allotment letter to Mr Sumit Banerjee, the vice chair man of Reliance Cement Co Pvt Ltd, for the setting up of a cement plant at Raghunathpur at Rs 600 crore investment, having an annual production capacity of 300 million kg of cement. State industries minister Partha Chatterjee said that the plant would generate around 1,000 direct employments. Mr Banerjee said that they had approached the state for land about nine months ago and was happy that the allotment has been done very expeditiously. Once the work starts, it will take about two and a half years to make the plant completely ready and start production, he said, adding: Water for the plant will come from the Panchet dam in Jharkhand.
The cash-strapped state government is set to bring in 495 private recognised madrasas under the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education to enable them to avail of 65 per cent financial assistance from the Centre. The state minority affairs and madrasa education department has prepared a proposal in this regard and it will be placed before the state Cabinet. The erstwhile Left Front government had given recognition to 495 of the total 900 private madrasas in 2008. Ever since then, the state government has been funding these institutes. After coming to power, the Trinamul Congress-led government has been considering various options for availing financial assistance from the Centre. However, the fate of the remaining private madrasas that are presently unrecognised is yet to be determined. Some other states, such as Bihar, Assam, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh, too, receive financial assistance from the Centre for running the private madrasas. The minister of state for minority af fairs and madrasa education, Mr Giasuddin Mollah, said that the state government is planning to bring the recog-
nised private madrasas under the ambit of the Sarva Shiksha Mission (SSM). In order to bring them under SSM, it is mandatory for the madrasas to be affiliated under a recognised board, he said. The entire cost for running the recognised madrasas is borne by the state government and this puts a huge burden on the state exchequer as Rs 110 crore is spent annually from the its coffers, Mr Mollah said. Thus, in order to make the madrasas eligible for getting 65 per cent financial assistance from the Central government for running the madrasas, efforts are on to bring them under the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education, the minister said. Apart from restructuring the syllabi, madrasas that are brought under the West Bengal Board of Madrasa Education will have to meet the requisitions on infrastructure and teacher-student ratio. The list of 495 recognised private madrasas that have been lined up for Central assistance includes the Madrasa Shiksha Kendras and Shishu Shiksha Kendras. Once these institutes are brought under the purview of SSM, they are expected to receive around Rs 72 crore from the Centre on various heads like library, textbook, computer and building.
BANDH IN HILLS
Kolkata, 7 August: The Division Bench of Mr Arun Mishra, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Joymalya Bagchi of Calcutta today pulled up the state government up for its failure to maintain normalcy during the ongoing indefinite bandh in Darjeeling. The state government has failed to maintain normalcy in public life in Darjeeling and failed to provide emergency services to the general people, the court observed while passing an order on a PIL seeking the bandh to be declared unconstitutional. The common people are not to be harassed and there should be no disruption in emergency services including water supply , telephone, milk supply, the court directed, adding: The bandh cannot be enforced forcibly and normalcy in treasury service is to be restored. Security arrangements should be made in railway stations, bus depots, hospitals, courts and markets, it was directed. A clutch of directions including nine guidelines were laid down by the court on 14 February before a two day long bandh called on the third week of that month. The state was directed to implement a 1998 Supreme Court order on bandhs. The Darjeeling SP was directed to give a compliance report on Wednesday and the copy of the order is to be communicated to the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha. SNS
WEST BENGAL BJP AGAINST STATEHOOD .OR GORKHALAND

Kolkata, 7 August: The state BJP leadership today distanced itself from Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh's stand of supporting Gorkhaland. The state BJP president Rahul Sinha said , Whatever Mr Singh said about Gorkhaland is his own opinion. Neither the Central BJP leadership nor the state BJP leadership agreed with the bifurcation of West Bengal. Mr Sinha said that its true that the BJP always favoured small states but it is not possible to form a separate state of Gorkhaland with only three Assembly seats. He also said that the Central leadership, too, does not endorse the idea of separate statehood. Asked why Mr Singh pleaded for the separate statehood, Mr Sinha said that being the MP of Darjeeling, Mr Singh might have some reservations. Meanwhile, Mr Sinha announced that Mr Barun Gandhi, the BJPs all India general secretary and observer, will visit West Bengal on a two -day tour. He will also visit Singur and meet the Press on 13 August. He will meet the farmers at Singur on 12 August. He will listen to the woes of farmers whose land has been forcibly acquired by the then Left Front government. He will be arriving at Dum Dum on 12 August and will visit Kalighat and Dakshineshwar. Finally , in the evening, he will meet the party workers at Mahajati Sadan. SNS
Disinvest 5% stake in MINISTER SLAMS .ARAKKA BODY CIL, says Jaiswal

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Kolkata, 7 August
The Union should agree to the disinvestment of 5 per cent stake in Coal India Limited (CIL), said coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal here today . At an interactive session of MCC Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mr Jaiswal, said: The government is hopeful of disinvestment of a 5 per cent stake in CIL. We are hoping to resolve the issue with the unions in the coming days. In the current year, 20132014, the coal production target is 604.5 million tonnes and the coal off-take target is 614 metric tonnes, which implies a growth of 8.4 per cent in production and 9 per cent in off-take. The gap in domestic demand and supply of 185.5 million tonnes
is envisaged in the terminal year 2016-17 of the 12th Five Year Plan. Mr Jaiswal said a number of steps has been taken to increase the production of the coal mines, by taking up new projects in the public sector and the development of coal blocks allotted to various public and private sector companies. The allocation of the blocks will be made available to the groups through auction, he said. The production from the captive coal blocks for 201213 was more than 36 million tonnes. Mr Jaiswal said: It is anticipated that by 201617, captive coal blocks would be contributing 100 metric tonnes of coal to the country's total production. When asked about preference while allocating coal blocks, Mr Jaiswal replied that it was unbiased.
State Irrigation Minister Rajib Banerjee today alleged that the Farakka Barriage Project (FBP) authority has failed to carry out anti-erosion work in Murshidabad. The FBP authority was supposed to implement projects in order to check the erosion of embankments along 120-km downstream stretch of the Ganga-Padma rivers from Farakka, said the minister. But not a single penny was utilised by the FBP authority to check erosion in Murshidabad district, Mr Banerjee alleged. The Central government was informed of the state of affairs and we placed our demands to the authorities concerned. But our demands fell on deaf ears. No funds were released for the protection of river banks, Mr Banerjee said. He held a meeting with irrigation officials at Behrampore Circuit House, took stock of the situation prevailing in the flood-prone district and discussed issues regarding the administrations preparedness to tackle possible floods and river erosion. The TMC minister also said that satellite-based flood warning system will be introduced shortly . SNS
.OLK BAND TO REINVENT AGE-OLD LULLABIES
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Reinventing for the first time children's lullabies, which are hundreds of years old, for the present generation bombarded with contemporary genres, a Bangla folk band now wants to build up a rich storehouse of all such lyrics, dating back to ages and familiar to generations. The band members of Mohul will thus sing Ek ekke ek....., Aai ajagar aschhe tere and even the folksy Palki Chale Re... before a captive audience. They said, We have managed to unearth only some parts that are still popular among older generations. We wish to bring out more,
present generation more respectful of their heritage.
involving singers, to protest against frequent abuse and the brutalisation of women in recent times. Purnendu Roy of Orion said, The evening was a collage of song, recitation and drama to air protest against the recent incidents in different areas.
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BJP: Dilli dur ast

IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MODI REMAINS AN OBSTACLE TO THE BJPS HOPE O. MAKING IT TO DELHI. THE PARTYS CALCULATION IS THAT I. IT CAN WIN CLOSE TO 200 SEATS ON ITS OWN, IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY DI..ICULTY IN WINNING OVER ALLIES. BUT, AS THE SURVEYS SHOW, IT IS .ALLING WELL SHORT. EVIDENTLY, THE MODI MAGIC IS NOT WORKING .OR IT AS E..ECTIVELY AS IT PRESUMED
between the regional parties. In fact, the mutual antipathy among some of them is so strong that these parties are likely to form two antagonistic blocs. Such an outcome is inevitable because the DMK will not be the member of any formation which includes its arch rival in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK. Similarly, the Left AMULYA GANGULI will shun any alliance which includes Trinamul, its old adversary in West Bengal, and the Samajwadi Party cannot be expected to cohabit with the BSP. The result of such divisions is that the so-called alternative to the Congress and the BJP will be weakened unlike, say, in 2008-09 when the Third Front conjured up by the CPIMs Prakash Karat dreamed of coming to power with the BSPs Mayawati as the Prime Minister. The division among the regional parties cannot but compel most of them to gravitate towards the two national parties, with the Congress proving to be the more suitable wooer because of its secular image. It is obvious, therefore, that Modi remains an obstacle to the BJPs hope of making it to Delhi. The partys calculation is that if it can win close to 200 seats on its own, it will not have any difficulty in winning over allies. But, as the surveys show, it is falling well short. Evidently, the Modi magic is not working for it as effectively as it presumed. While the party is expected to do well in northern, central and western parts of the country, it is drawing a blank in the south. Interestingly, even Rahul Gandhi is more popular than Modi in the south. Clearly, the partys defeat in Karnataka following the scams which affected its government in the state has hit it badly in the region. Since the BJP is also weak in the east, viz. West Bengal and Odisha while its position is uncertain in Bihar, the party will find it extremely difficult to get close to the coveted figure of 272. However, the party can draw some satisfaction from the forecast that it will emerge as the No. 1 outfit in UP, ahead of the Samajwadi Party and BSP with the Congress relegated to the fourth position. But, if the Samajwadi Party and the Congress revive their earlier alliance in the state, the BJP will run into trouble. Considering how the Akhilesh Yadav governments image has been damaged by the controversy over the Durga Shakti Nagpal issue, the poor law and order situation and, above all, by the weakness of the chief minister vis--vis his father and uncles, the Samajwadi Party will probably have no option but look for a helping hand from the Congress lest it is overrun by a resurgent BSP. The Congress, on its part, will hope for Modi frightening away the minorities in sufficient numbers to put Delhi out of the BJPs reach, and for the economy to show signs of life as the result of a fresh emphasis on reforms, exemplified by the relaxation of FDI norms, so that it can hang on to power, even if its finger nails.
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How much more?

ifficult to answer is that question, yet it is on millions of Indian lips after the killing of five soldiers along the Line of Control in Poonch. The families of the military martyrs, their comrades-in-arms, would certainly be justified in wondering if they were mere cannon-fodder since Pakistan has consistently been getting away with this. However, even those de-linked from military affairs would be asking for how long would India accept being seen as a soft state. It is this impression that has emboldened the Chinese to multiply their incursions across the disputed boundary and establish a presence in the Indian Ocean region, the Sri Lankan navy to be bellicose with Indian fishermen in the Palk Straits... And that translates into more aggressive posturing on the economic and diplomatic front too. Not for a moment is this to endorse the jingoistic calls for badla that come so easy to opposition politicians; rather we commend the military leadership for the professional maturity not to get caught up in retaliatory, escalatory action. But the government must deem itself duty-bound to restore some credibility to the nations image and honour, both domestically and internationally. Thus far the diplomatic option has been preferred, but the talk process remains linked with the peace holding. When things heat up, South Block regurgitates the line that there can be no business as usual: only to dilute it before Pakistan understands the full implications. Just consider how Nawaz Sharif has been lauded even before he proved himself to his own people. That adds to the impression that India is clutching at straws, a case of one-way traffic to find favour across the Radcliffe Line. Now there is speculation if the recent spurt of activity on the LOC is GHQ Rawalpindis way of telling Sharif where his writ ends, or a precursor to what it is in store after the west spinelessly pulls out of Afghanistan. Fair enough, but surely the focus of the debate should be making the diplomatic action forceful enough to compel Pakistan into responsible management of its crises? Whether the proposed round of talks and prime ministerial interaction in New York proceeds or not is of limited relevance: a combination of diplomatic and military moves must be choreographed to ensure that Pakistan behaves ~ the Indian people are entitled to demand that. Ideally a campaign should be mounted to bring international pressure to bear on Pakistan, but that would assume India wielded some clout on the global stage. Alas, under UPA-II, all pretensions to international relevance have evaporated. Domestic non-performance has a global fall-out: China and Pakistan have no fears when pushing border issues since India seldom sets for itself an inviolate Lakshman Rekha.
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hile opinion polls about the forthcoming general election have confirmed the conventional wisdom that the Congress is faltering, the BJPs gains by default arent enough to enable it to enter the corridors of power in Delhi. According to one assessment, the Congress is likely to win 119 seats while another study puts the partys tally at 131/139. As for the BJP, it is expected to win 131 seats as per the first survey and 156/164 according to the second. However, these tallies are not a guaranteed route to power since much will depend on how many allies the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) under the Congress are able to attract from among the regional parties in order to cross the half-way mark of 272 Lok Sabha seats out of a total of 543. In this matter of winning friends and influencing people, the NDA may be at a disadvantage if Narendra Modi is at its helm because, except for a few like the AIADMK of Tamil Nadu, the Asom Gana Parishad of Assam and the Indian National Lok Dal of Haryana, most of the other regional parties will shy away lest any proximity to the NDA and, therefore, the BJP hurts their bases among the minorities. Among those who are likely to stay away although they were the BJPs allies earlier are Trinamul Congress of West Bengal, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Odisha and Telugu Desam of Andhra Pradesh, not to mention Janata Dal (United) of Bihar. The Congress will be slightly better placed since the parties which are likely to support it will include those who support it now, viz. the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). In addition, the Janata Dal (United) may be on the Congresss side even if the latter maintains its present formal tie-up with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is the Janata Dal (United)s mortal enemy in Bihar. The reason is that having broken its ties with one national party, the BJP, the Janata Dal (United) will need to be friendly with another national party like the Congress since it may not find a place of honour among the other regional parties. Why this may be so is because of the sharp differences
rivate investment is playing an increasingly larger role in China's overall investment landscape, but the economy is yet to become open enough to unlock the full potential of private investors. The National Development and Reform Commission said on Monday that the ratio of private capital in total social fixedasset investment rose from 55.9 per cent in 2010 to 61.4 per cent in 2012, and had risen still further to 63.7 per cent in the first half of this year. China has been making solid headway in opening-up its economy to non-state investors. In some areas, such as non-metallic mining and equipment making, about 90 per cent of the total investment was private in the first half of this year. A milestone guideline, the so-called 36 Clauses, released in 2005, encouraged private investors to enter some largely state-controlled fields, such as transportation, energy, telecommunications, finance, medical service and education. But the pace of liberalisation was slow. So the government released another guideline in 2010, called the New 36 Clauses, in a bid to renew that drive. However, during the global financial crisis the authorities were forced to launch a massive stimulus package. The stimulus capital bailed out the State enterprises and made them even more powerful. Private enterprises were sidelined, which was against the country's commitment to building a more diversified economic structure accommodating all types of ownership. The latest official figures show that the process of economic opening-up is still going on and the private sector has secured a larger share in some areas as a result of that meaningful drive. It is evident that without efforts to implement them, favourable guidelines alone will fail to bring about the desired results.
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ppalling as the condition of national highways are in West Bengal, the state government appears to have been caught in a bind with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) handing over the vital task of maintenance to the state. The reason the Central entity has thrown in the towel could well hobble the state's endeavour as well. As reported in this newspaper, both expansion and repair of the highways that straddle North Bengal ~ the ruling party's latest electoral acquisition ~ have been held up owing to the government's hands-off policy towards takeover of land. These highways are pivotal to the growth of the region's economy; and yet connectivity has been affected from one town to another across the six northern districts ~ Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, North and South Dinajpur. Four-lane highways remain a far cry and without the requisite expansion, urgent repairs can only be in the nature of a patchwork quilt. The land issue, which has been the disincentive to NHAI's plans in West Bengal, will confront the state gover nment no less, let alone the prospective investor despite successive tamashas at Haldia and more recently in Mumbai. To summon the language of the metaphor, the state might skid in the same pothole as did the NHAI. Handing over of responsibility is unlikely to bring about a tangible change on the ground. Sad to say, a matter of terribly important public purpose has hit the bumps as it were. As many as three national highway projects have already been abandoned because of the unavailability of land ~ NH31D from Jalpaiguri to Sonapur in Alipurduar, NH35 from Barasat to Bongaon, and the ambitious plan to expand as many as 18 state highways to four-lane stretches. Uncertain too is the fate of NH34 that was intended to connect Kolkata airport with Dalkhola in North Dinajpur, not to mention the Barasat-Raichak road that was abandoned earlier. The state needs to take a call on the land policy pertaining to highways. Not that a huge tract is required; a formula can yet be worked out considering the urgency of the matter which has a bearing on the lives of people and inter-state commerce. Whether or not the Chief Minister had to cancel a pro g ramme in Jalpaiguri because of the potholed national highway need not be the singular determinant for positive initiative.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Travesty of Durga shakti

SIR, It is true that grave injustice has been done to Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal, the young IAS officer of the UP cadre. And one cannot and should not complain if the media has taken up this issue so vociferously . But it makes one wonder if this is the only instance of such injustice. Many luminaries of society have articulated their anger against the injustice to Durga. I wonder where do the media and these stalwarts hide when grave injustice is meted out to upright citizens; some have even been murdered? Is the harm caused to Durga more serious because she is a woman? Or is it because the media could sense that the issue had the potential of giving it some mileage? Or was there some other hidden motivation for taking up the issue so vigorously? Through your paper, I had once highlighted the leakage of Rs 5000 crore of public money every year because of corruption and faulty procurement policies of the Railways. I have been suffering personally ever since. I am yet to receive my gratuity and PF more than oneand-a-half years after my voluntary retirement. More hurting is the fact that the leakage and faulty policies are now still more pronounced. Neither Sonia Gandhi nor the Prime Minister have taken steps to stop such irregularities. I had brought the matter to their notice; yet they have not reacted to the harassment that I am being made to suffer. The media and the political parties have neither bothered about the continuing leakage nor the injustice to a non-entity like me. Is it rank hypocrisy of Indian society or do I lack the control of Bangladesh. Indians, who live in that artificially extended no-mans-land, are at the mercy of the Bangladeshi smugglers. Delhi must convince Dhaka that fencing along the border will not prejudice its interest. Smuggling of cattle and human-trafficking are the two major problems. A fence along line-zero should not be considered to be a waste of resources; we do spend a fair amount on Siachen, where not a blade of grass grows. Swapping of enclaves and sharing of Teesta water will benefit Bangladesh. The porous border must be sealed to guard against terrorism and the illegal influx. Yours, etc., Sandipan Khan, Rishra, 5 August. Such banks will be inclined to divert public deposits to their own industries. A Reliance bank will try to sanction loans to Reliance companies. Similarly a Tata bank will try to divert funds to Tata companies. Only those organisations which are engaged in the business of non-speculative finance should be given banking licences. Fifty per cent of the branches should be in the rural sector. Yours, etc., KP Jhunjhunwala, Kolkata, 5 August.
MONSOON WASHOUT
SIR, Like the sessions in the recent past, the monsoon session of Parliament is also likely to be a washout. The legislature doesnt seem to be serious about the pending Bills. Members by and large are indisciplined; they use Parliament to play politics by shouting slogans. Regretfully, certain Bills have been introduced and passed by the Congress-led UPA government without discussion. How can Parliament claim that these Bills are for the majority and in the interest of the nation? The sanctity of Bills can be ensured only if the session is normal; the present quite palpably isnt. The Bills need to be presented and discussed in a proper manner. If passed in an unparliamentary manner, they must be regarded as void ab initio (illegal). They must never be passed in the midst of disruption. The number of days and hours must be fixed for discussions. Should the need arise, Parliament must function 24X7. Yours, etc., M Kumar , New Delhi, 6 August.
wisdom to realise that the media alone has the ultimate wisdom and the right to decide which injustice must stand out as more equal? Yours, etc., Atul Kumar , Kolkata, 7 August.
ZERO-MILE .ENCE
SIR, The forthcoming summit between the Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh may not be a particularly smooth affair. In terms of territory, India will
be the loser if there is an agreement on the exchange of enclaves. The issue is much too emotive. The fencing of the Bangladesh border should start at zero-mile from the Indian side of the border. Because of the illogical stand of our eastern neighbour, the barbed wire fence has been put up 150 yards within our side. Consider this continuity along the vast contours that mark the border. A vast tract of land is officially in India, but virtually in the
CAG CONTROVERSY
SIR, The appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India has sparked a controversy . His tenure as Defence Secretary was under a cloud over arms procurement. Therefore, it may not be possible for him as CAG to examine the irregular defence procurement in recent years. Nevertheless, this doesnt make him unfit for the constitutional office. Ideally, a senior Accountant-General, who belongs to the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, ought to be appointed as CAG. Yours, etc., Sripati Ranjan Chaudhuri, Kolkata, 5 August.
STUDENTS TO THE .ORE

SIR, This is with reference to the report, "Teachers join students in school road repair" (6 August). Compliments to the students and teachers of the school in Khanakul village for setting an example for others to emulate. They have showed us what to do if the state and the system are indifferent. They have offered a ray of hope amidst the overwhelming gloom. Students are regarded as the pillars of the country . But it is the political system that forms the foundation of society . Yours, etc., Abhijit Chakraborty, Kolkata, 6 August.
INHERENT PIT.ALLS
SIR, The granting of banking licences to industrial houses will have its inherent pitfalls.
BETWEEN THE LINES KULDIP NAYAR

THOUGH IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE AT THE TIME O. PARTITION THAT SEPARATISTS WOULD WORK WITHIN THE HINDU COMMUNITY, THE BJP TODAY .UNCTIONS LIKE THE MUSLIM LEAGUE O. PRE-PARTITION DAYS. WE MUST BE ON GUARD, LEST THE AGGRESSIVENESS O. THE MAJORITY TURNS INTO .ASCISM
and vengeful thoughts, but also stories of atrocities in the villages where they had lived peacefully with other communities for centuries. If partition was on the basis of religion, these instances only furrowed it deep. I personally felt the privations of partition only when I crossed the border penniless. I was not alone. This happened to most Hindus and Muslims who were confident to return to their own homes once things settled down. But it did not happen that way . How come that the same people from UP and Bihar, a bastion of the Muslim League, looked with disdain at the ideology of secularism till the formation of Pakistan? Today, they swear by secularism. How do they justify the two contrary stands before their children or grandchildren? Secularism is the anti-thesis of separation. If it is not the conviction of the community, it is for it to introspect. Many Hindus are becoming prey to the same anti-national approach. I thought that the religious phobia was over after the British left and Pakistan was constituted. But I did not reckon with the separatists working within the Hindu community . The BJP is the Muslim League of pre-partition days. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has become the biggest exponent of Hindutva. Religious approach divided the subcontinent. The same thesis, articulated by the BJP, is destroying national unity . Imagine Modi, who blessed the killing of Muslims as Gujarat chief minister, becoming Indias Prime Minister. It means the battle for a secular polity has to be fought all over again. There is no alternative to it because the aggressiveness of the majority can turn into fascism. People thinking in terms of democracy and pluralism cannot sit idle at this juncture.
THE WRITER IS A VETERAN JOURNALIST AND COMMENTATOR
100 YEARS AGO
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It must be fairly obvious to the most casual observer that the rather puerile feeling of jealousy manifested by some people in Bombay towards Calcutta has not been diminished by the events of the past eighteen months. An attempt has recently been made, through the correspondence columns of a Bombay paper, to depreciate the European Defence Association on the ground that it is "a Calcutta-run thing," on the Council of which Bombay has not a fair representation. It is doubtless true that the reconstituted Defence Association has still to win its spurs as a champion of the interests which it has taken under its protection, but the contention that Bombay ought not to support it simply because its headquarters and governing body are in Calcutta is surely carrying parochialism to extremes. The Association is never likely to be called upon to deal with any question on which the interests of Bombay Europeans clash with those of Calcutta Europeans, and, as its headquarters must be somewhere, Calcutta may quite well be tolerated in that capacity until a better centre is discovered.
The partition story

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artition of the Indian subcontinent is 66 years old. On 14 August 1947, the states of India and Pakistan came into being in the wake of division. Even today, they have not settled down as neighbours, much less as friends. Borders are bristling with troops and clashes are inevitable. A couple of days ago, five men from the Indian army were killed. The Pakistan army may not be directly involved. But it helps the jihadis and even the Taliban in their plan to destabilise India. It looks as if the Pakistan army is not interested in conciliation between Islamabad and New Delhi. One incident or the other always takes place before talks between the countries are scheduled to begin. What surprises me is that no front-rank politician, historian or any other person of eminence has given me a cogent reason, much less a convincing one, to explain why the two communities, Hindus and Muslims, separated after having lived together for more than a thousand years. The radicals may claim that they maintained peace because they were the rulers. Yet, the fact is that Hindus and Muslims had developed a composite culture which recognised the mingling of two civilisations and which had overcome the pulls of polarisation. Social contacts were regular and festivals of the two communities were celebrated jointly . Still, it did not take the articulators of religious identity much to tear the fabric apart from the thirties. Was pluralism only a cover to hide differences? And in reality, the two communities had never occupied the common ground and had remained distant from each other? Had this been the case, why was the exchange of population ruled out when the separation was contemplated? Even Muslims on their own did not raise any objection that those left behind in India would number more than the ones in the Muslim homeland, Pakistan. Hindus left Pakistan and Muslims from Punjab and a few other cities in the north. It was a forced eviction. The shadowy demand for vivisection was in the background for a long time. But it never swept Muslims off their feet until the thirties, when the idea of a two-nation theory was propounded. The Muslim League, in which Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah infused life, won hands down. In the 1937 elections, the League won 101 out of the 482 Muslim seats in 11 provinces. A decade later in 1946, it won all over India: 116 seats out of 119 in Bengal, 43 out of 50 in Bihar, 54 out of 61 in UP, 34 out of 34 in Sind and so on. The League failed to get a majority only in the mountainous North West Frontier Province, where the Congress Party (Red Shirts) won. It is useless to debate the birth of Pakistan, which is getting more and more radical and Talibanised. But there are liberal Hindu and Muslim leaders in the two countries and other parts of the world to question the people of the two communities parting company from one another after having shared a common way of living and following the same tradition for centuries. Top Congress leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad warned that Muslims in UP, Bihar and Madras would awake and discover overnight that they have become aliens and foreigners. Backward industrially, educationally and economically, they will be left to the mercies of what would then become an unadulterated Hindu Raj. Jawaharlal Nehru said the splitting up of India did not solve the problem of two nation, for there were Hindus and Muslims all over the place. Humayun Kabir, Azads private secretary, told me that Azad thought the Congress leaders (Nehru was then 58 years old and Sardar Patel 72) accepted partition because they had grown too tired; too old to continue the agitation against the British and wanted to devote the rest of their lives to build an India of their dreams. The Muslim community dubbed Azad as Hindus show boy. It was an avalanche of migration. Humanity was on the move on both sides. None expected it, none wanted it but none could help it. The two countries blamed each other as they tried to grapple with these and other chaotic problems of partition after the first few heady days. The refugees carried with them to the country they went not only bitterness
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PM should meet Nawaz

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YESTERDAYS SOLUTION DOWN

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fter the latest Pakistan terror attack across the ceasefire line, it is all the more essential for the Prime Minister to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Mr Nawaz Sharif in New York, as scheduled in late September. Mr Manmohan Singh should meet Mr Sharif to deliver his final ultimatum face-to-face. Readers might recall that on 2 August, it was stated in these columns that continuing the Indo-Pak dialogue is futile unless there is tangible evidence that Pakistan is prepared to stamp out terrorism from the region. I wrote: Settling irritants and furthering people to people contacts as a prelude to attempting peace is meaningless. Such efforts can continue for decades and get periodically derailed whenever vested interests supporting terrorism choose to sabotage progressThe credible intent by Pakistan to eliminate terrorism will not be demonstrated merely by suitable legal action on 26/11It will be demonstrated only if the Pakistan armyaccepts in principle that it will enter into joint defence with the Indian army . Possibly, New Delhi conveyed something to the Pakistan government through back channel diplomacy . On 5 August, Hindustan Times conducted an interview with the Pakistan Prime Ministers adviser on security and foreign affairs, Mr Sartaj Aziz. He told the newspaper that India and Pakistan will shortly resume talks and New Delhi has not set progress in the
In his speech at the Durbar held at Rawalpindi, His Honour Sir Michael O'Dwyer strongly deprecated the constant tension between different communities which is a source of friction among the people and anxiety to administrators. His Honour earnestly appealed to influential men in each community, and to the press, to use every endeavour against the movement towards grouping various religious communities in separate camps. Regarding the increase in violent crime, His Honour deplored the existence in the affected districts of a large class of people who, owing to internal feuds and factions, natural lawlessness, or mistaken selfinterest, were either hostile to criminal administration and screened criminals, or were too timid or apathetic to render active assistance. His Honour announced the allotment of twenty thousand acres of land for distribution to those who have given active help in the repression of crime or had been victims of revenge for their manly action. His Honour in conclusion said: "If the present law is unable to secure protection of life and property, I shall have no hesitation in proposing drastic changes."
26/11 case as a pre-condition. He said India had conveyed its verbal confirmation on resuming talks by early September. "India is being responsive and there is no pre-condition that has been put forth on connecting the dialogue process with progress in the Mumbai attack trial, he noted. Did India surrender its pre-condition to attempt a major breakthrough? One wished Mr Aziz had not conveyed to HT his information and the newspaper had not published the interview. By coincidence or otherwise, the next day, on 6 August, there was a terror incident across the ceasefire line, in which Pakistan regulars and terrorists jointly launched an attack killing five Indian soldiers. Naturally, there was national outrage and demands are flowing thick and fast that the
PM should cancel his proposed meeting with Mr Sharif. If there was any movement towards a meaningful dialogue, it has, as earlier feared in these columns, been once again derailed. That is why Mr Manmohan Singh should meet Mr Sharif and deliver his ultimatum. If the Pakistan PM cannot bring his army on board through a credible public commitment, all peace efforts should end. India then should adopt the hard option. Through diplomatic moves, New Delhi can hasten the disintegration of Pakistan. It is not necessary to outline how this can be accomplished. Let sceptics rest assured that it can be done.
THE WRITER IS A VETERAN JOURNALIST AND CARTOONIST. HE BLOGS AT www.rajinderpuri.wordpress.com
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Lab-grown meat is the future
H. H. the Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior is giving special attention to the valuable archeological relics and treasures in his State, and is taking steps to create an Archeological Department at Gwalior for which he has sought the advice and co-operation of the Director-General of Archeology in India. Gratifying results have been obtained, from excavations at Beshnagar the ancient Vidisa, where a pillar was discovered a few years ago, bearing an inscription which records that it was set up by the ambassador of Antialkidas the Greek King of the Punjab, who ruled in the middle of the 2nd Century B.C. Near the pillar are the remnants of a stone railing, which is the only specimen of its kind belonging to a Hindu monument.
NOTE: .igures in parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required. (By arrangement with The Independent, London)
here is only one question, when confronted with the spectacle of two plucky food critics tucking into the first-ever lab-grown beefburger: would you eat one? There is certainly much to be squeamish about. The meat was grown in a petri dish from stem cells extracted from two dead cows' shoulders. The small strips of muscle tissue duly produced were then made into pellets, frozen and, ultimately, squashed together into a burger at a gourmet cost of nearly 250,000. Nor is non-meat meat a taste sensation. Without a mechanism to make flavoursome fat, the white and tasteless patty relied on breadcrumbs, saffron and beetroot juice for its verisimilitude. Not very appetising, then
(although the tasters were more forgiving than normal). But that is not the point. For all its short-term shortcomings, the lab-burger is still a giant step towards a less stretched yet better-fed world.
Not only are modern factory farming methods hardly less revolting or more natural. Even such ruthless intensity cannot provide the quantity of meat that an everricher world demands. Animals, cows in particular, use up vast amounts of resources and produce huge quantities of climate-changing methane. With a global population of seven billion and rising, meat for all or even most is impossible. Lab-grown beef might have a long way to go. But to have come even this far is a triumph of human ingenuity and of hard scientific graft. It is also a welcome knock to the reactionary anti-stem cell lobby . Another burger? Yes please.
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MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT HOWRAH

A MISTRI MURDERED
The Government Railway Police at Howrah are enquiring into the murder of a mistri of the East Indian Railway at the Works Department quarters of the Howrah station-yard on Wednesday night. The deceased, an upcountry Hindu named Ajodhya, went to bed in his quarters at about 7 pm. Nothing was heard of him until the following morning when he was discovered lying dead in a pool of blood in his bed, with a gaping wound on the neck, apparently inflicted by a sharp cutting instrument. The murderer has not yet been traced.
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Airways: Seeking regulatory approval for its planned Rs 2,058 crore stake in Jet Airways, Etihad Airways said it is awaiting an approval from the Indian authorities for the deal which could enhance its global reach. PTI Assocham study: 5star hotels and fine dining restaurants have registered a fall of 20 per cent in footfalls in the last 3 months as they have revised menu card rates in the backdrop of falling rupee. PTI BSNL profit: Telecom major BSNL needs to invest an estimated Rs 40,000 crore in the next five years to become profitable, chairman and managing director RK Upadhyay said here today . PTI Rights issue: Realty major Godrej Properties today said it will raise up to Rs 700 crore by issuing 2.15 crore shares to the existing shareholders through a rights issue priced at Rs 325 a share, a discount of about 30 per cent. PTI Horticulture export: Export of horticulture products from the country jumped to Rs 9,000 crore mark in the year 2011-12 from just Rs 150 crore in 1991-92, the Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said today . PTI Car markets: Korean auto major Hyundai is aiming to develop cars from the scratch in India, which is its second biggest global market after China, in its bid to strengthen position in the country . PTI Raymond launch: R ay m o n d t o d ay launched Bed & Bath Collection. This collection of bed sheets, pillow covers, comforters, blankets, bath robes and towels are available in a wide range of colours and designs. SNS Sebi office: Capital market watchdog Sebi has begun its search for office premises in Srinagar and Shimla as part of its plans to move closer to the investors and market operators from the two northern states. PTI
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CADBURYS LARGEST PLANT IN AP

PLANS TO INVEST MORE THAN 41,000 CRORE IN .IRST PHASE O. SRI CITY MANU.ACTURING UNIT
Kolkata, 7 August
HD.C BANK UPS LENDING RATE

New Delhi, 7 August: The country's second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has raised benchmark lending rate by 0.2 per cent, a move which will make auto, corporate and other loans linked with the base rate or the minimum lending rate costlier. The base rate of the bank has been increased to 9.80 per cent from 9.60 per cent with effect from 3 August, HDFC Bank Treasurer Ashish Parthasarthy said. Base rate is dependent on cost of deposit which have gone up in the recent past both on account of RBI measures and increase in short-term deposit rates, he said. On 30 March, the bank reduced the benchmark lending rate from 9.7 per cent to 9.60 per cent after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its repo rate by 0.25 per cent on 19 March. HDFC Bank becomes the second lender after Yes Bank to hike lending rate after the status-quo monetary policy review of the RBI last week. PTI
Cadbury India, part of Mondele-z International, has announced plans to invest more than Rs 1,000 crore in Phase 1 of the companys largest manufacturing plant in Asia Pacific to be located in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. Cadbury India today signed an agreement with Sri City to take on lease 134 acres of land for the proposed facility . The first phase is expected to be completed by mid-2015. The project will be developed in four phases and is scheduled for final completion by 2020. The multi-category food campus will be the largest chocolate manufacturing plant in India and the largest Mondele-z International manufacturing facility in Asia Pacific. The facility is expected to create close to 1,600 direct jobs by 2020. Once complet-
ed, this project will set examples in production efficiency, energy saving, emission reduction and community involvement, says a company statement. Commenting on the investment, Mr Anand Kripalu, president, India and South Asia, Mondele-z International, said: India is one of the priority emerging markets for Mondele-z International. This investment will build on our success in India till date and ensure long-term business sustainability . As leaders in the chocolate category in India and with aggressive growth plans for other categories, it heralds our commitment and intention for this market. We would like to thank the Andhra Pradesh Government and Sri City for their support. Mr Ravindra Sannareddy, managing director of Sri City said: We are happy that Cadbury India has cho-
FOUR-PHASE PROJECT
multi-category food campus will be 1 The the largest chocolate manufacturing plant in India and the largest Mondele-z International manufacturing facility in Asia Pacific India is one of the priority emerging markets for Mondelez International. This investment will build on our success in India till date and ensure long-term business sustainability. India signed an agreement 2 Cadbury with Sri City to take on lease 134 acres of land for the proposed facility on Wednesday first phase is expected to be 3 The completed by mid-2015. The project will be developed in four phases and is scheduled for final completion by 2020 facility is expected to create close 4 The to 1,600 direct jobs by 2020
City as a destination of choice for the FMCG and food industry ... Together with our client base of over 90 companies from 25 countries, the huge investment and employment generation by Cadbury would add impetus to the economic development
ANAND KRIPALU
sen Sri City to establish their largest manufacturing plant in the Asia Pacific region. This significant investment establishes Sri
of the region The company currently has manufacturing plants in Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Mondele-z International reported revenue of $35 billion in 2012. It is operating in 165 countries. Cadbury India is part of the Mondele-z International group of companies. Some of its key brands are Cadbury Dairy Milk, Bournvita, 5 Star, Perk, Bourneville, Celebrations, Halls, clairs, Tang and Oreo. Sri City, a world-class business city , located 55-km from Chennai has the distinction of being the largest private sector multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in South India with a Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ) and a Free Trade & Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) built in functional partnership with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Direct tax collections increase by 13.27%

New Delhi, 7 August
DGH fines Reliance $1.78 billion for producing less gas from KG-D6
New Delhi, 7 August
Driven by a robust yield from personal income tax, total direct tax collections rose by 13.27 per cent to Rs 1, 57,169 crore in April-July 2013-14, according to official data. Gross collection of personal income tax increased 19.32 per cent to Rs 63,583 crore in the first four months of the current financial year as compared to Rs 53,289 crore recorded during the same period last year. However, collections from corporate taxes grew at a slow 9.75 per cent at Rs 92, 115 crore during the period under review, according to data released by the finance ministry . Listless earnings from
corporate India have hit collections from corporate taxes. Low demands and high cost of capital coupled with sluggish economic growth have affected corporate earnings in the country . The collection of Securities Transaction Tax (STT) stands at Rs 1, 267 crore, while mop-up from wealth tax increased by 38.62 per cent at Rs 201 crore, according to official figures, during the period under review. Net direct tax collections in April-July 2013-14 period was recorded at Rs 1,16,645 crore, registering an increase of 10.37 per cent over the corresponding period figure of last year of Rs 1,5,684 crore. The difference in gross and net tax collections is because of refunds.
Oil regulator DGH has recommended an additional penalty of $781 million on Reliance Industries, taking the total fine on the company for producing less than projected natural gas from KGD6 fields to $1.786 billion. The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) last month recommended to the oil ministry that $781 million of the cost RIL has incurred in KG-D6 fields be disallowed for producing only an average of 26.07 million cubic meters per day of gas as against the target of 86.73 mmcmd in 201213. This will be in addition to $1.005 billion in cost recovery already disallowed for
output falling short of targets during 2010-11 and 201112, a top official said. DGH had in July 22 letter proposed for disallowance of cumulative cost recovery amounting to $1.786 billion ($1.005 billion for plus $781 million) up to FY 2012-13 towards creation of excess capacity, he said. It blamed RIL for not drilling its committed quota of wells leading to fall in production, resulting in a large chunk of production facilities lying unused or underutilised. RIL has built infrastructure to handle 80 mmscmd of output but is currently producing less than 14 mmscmd. As per the production sharing contract, RIL and its partners BP Plc and Niko Resources are allowed to
deduct all of the capital and operating expenses from sale of gas before sharing profits with the government. Creation of excess or unutilised infrastructure impacts government's profit share and this is being sought to be corrected by disallowing part of the cost. DGH, the official said, stated that after cost disallowance, RIL would be required to pay $114 million in additional profit petroleum to the government for 2012-13 in addition to $103 million that was already due. The oil ministry is yet to act on the advice of DGH as the previous cost recovery disallowance notice is under arbitration. While DGH made a case
against RIL for not meeting the gas output projects, the regulator in a separate communication to the ministry took a diagonally opposite view on the issue of capping gas prices and the company being asked to deliver gas shortfall at old prices. It said companies cannot be held against the projected output in a field development plan due to the dynamic nature of the exploration and production. DGH head of PSC Anurag Gupta on 1 August wrote that projected production in most blocks would not be identical with actual output because of the dynamic nature of exploration and production activities which need to be adapted to suit the ground realities and operational requirements.
Over 1.23 crore taxpayers file e-returns

New Delhi, 7 August
EMAMI EXPECTS 20% GROWTH

Kolkata, 7 August: FMCG company Emami is expecting to clock 20 per cent growth during the current financial year, an official said. Last fiscal, the company grew by 17 per cent. This fiscal, we expect to have a growth of 20 per cent, company director Aditya Agarwal told reporters after the company's AGM here today . Emami has interests in healthcare and personal care products. Our focus is on the two segments in which we are operating now. But we are also evaluating other categories as well, Mr Harsh Agarwal, director, of the company said. He said the company was looking at acquisitions of brands both in the country and overseas. PTI
CIL union notice for .MC GETS MORE TEETH 3-day strike
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In what is seen as a boost to use of technology, more than 1.23 crore taxpayers have filed e-returns during the current filing season, a phenomenal rise of 68 per cent compared to last year. Data compiled after the deadline for filing of income tax returns closed on 5 August shows more than 87 lakh salaried class taxpayers filed their tax returns online this year, registering an overwhelming rise of 85 per cent in this category as compared to the last time. Altogether 123.03 lakh returns have been e-filed till 5 August 2013 which is 68.3 per cent higher than 73.11 lakh returns e-filed in the
corresponding period during last year. Up to 5 August, 87,13,493 returns were efiled under ITR 1 and ITR 2 (salaried class of taxpayers) which is 85.8 per cent higher than the 46,90,279 returns e-filed under ITR 1 and ITR 2 in the corresponding period last fiscal, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said here today . The board had earlier extended the last date for filing of I-T returns for assessment year 2013-14 to 5 August, both manual and e-filed, because of pressure on the computer servers of its Bangalore-based central processing centre (CPC) which deals with e-filing. The CBDT said the deadline was extended from 31
July to 5 August as there was an overwhelming response to e-filing from every corner of the country. Interestingly, 6.92 lakh returns were e-filed on 5 August alone, the last date of filing. The department's servers, according to official data, received a peak rate of 2,303 returns per minute during the current filing spree. A special team of the department has been deployed to continuously monitor the web portals and other technological parameters of the official efiling website of the I-T department ~ incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Electronic filing has been made mandatory for assesses having net taxable above Rs 5 lakh from this year.
Opposing the government's disinvestment proposal in Coal India, one of the leading trade unions today served notice to the company for a three-day strike starting 19 September. The All India Coal Workers Federation (AICWF) has served this forenoon of 7 August 2013, the notice before the Coal India Limited management announcing its resolve for going on three days' strike in coal industry against the government decision for divesting Coal India's stake, it said in a statement. The strike will start from the first shift of 19 September and will continue until the end of the third shift
of 21 September 21, the Union said. The government, which originally planned to sell a 10 per cent in Coal India (CIL), had halved it to 5 per cent later in a bid to placate trade unions. coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal had said last week that three of the five major trade unions had given their consent to proceed with the 5 per cent stake sale to garner Rs 10,000 crore. However, trade union body Indian National Mineworkers' Federation said the five unions which had a meeting on the issue with the Union coal minister had decided to reserve their response till the remaining demands are taken up by the government.
ernment today said it has issued a notification giving more teeth to the regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) to ensure that the NSEL ensures settlement of Rs 5,600 crore in dues to investors. NSEL is facing the problem of settlement after it suspended trade in one-day forward contracts on 31 July following the government direction. Yesterday, it stopped trading in e-series contracts in gold in anticipation of the notification to this effect. We have given more powers to FMC to handle the NSEL settlement issue. The situation is under control, food and consumer affairs minister KV Thomas told reporters on the sidelines of a Ficci event. PTI
Rupee continues to fall against dollar

Mumbai, 7 August
CURRENCY MARKET STAYS VOLATILE ACROSS ASIAN REGION
Tata Motors Q1 net profit down 24%

Kolkata, 7 August
The partially convertible rupee had its worst ever start at 61.26 against the United States dollar this morning mainly on account of persisting heavy demand for the American currency from importers. As the dollar demand kept piling pressure on the rupee it slumped more than 65 paise to 61.45/$. The currency market stayed volatile not only in India but across the Asian region, dealers said. In the later part of the deals, particularly, after the Dalal Street closed for the day, the rupee again fell sharply from intra-day's high of
60.81/ to close at 61.29/$ a decline of 52 paise or 0.86 per cent vis-a-vis Tuesday's closing of 60.77/$. The domestic unit improved in the early afternoon trade amid expectations that the Reserve Bank of India in consultation with the finance ministry officers would soon announce relaxation in the external borrowing or ECB norms to help debt-ridden domestic companies to raise dollars and also increase the flow of foreign investments that has reversed since May . Continuing heavy demand for the American currency from exporters further eroded the rupee value which
reflected in its weaker opening at 61.26/$ against Tuesday's 60.77/$ closing. However, banks started easing dollar positions at the behest of
the central bank which they were told was considering loosening of ECB norms for the corporate sector. Additional dollar liquidity helped
the domestic currency to recoup losses. Forex dealers say the weakness in dollar over the past two days has not helped Asian currencies because equities across the bourses in this region have been under sell-off stress. They point out simultaneous weakening of Thailand's baht, the Philippines' peso and Malaysia's ringgit along with the rupee which, however, remained the worst performer. Trading on the stock market today was lacklustre although the rupee in currency market was volatile falling and recovering alternately ahead of the scheduled meeting of a high level committee
on ECB to revise the existing norms. The members of the high level committee on ECB are secretary economic affairs, RBI Governor Mr D Subbarao and other departmental heads. The RBI Governor-designate Mr Raghuram Rajan has also been invited as he will be taking over in the first week of September. The information available with dealers suggests the government and financial regulators have agreed to increase the external commercial borrowing limit for companies from $20 million to $300 million with a maturity period of less than three years.
Auto major Tata Motors today reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,762.81 crore for the first quarter ended 30 June 2013 as against Rs 2,313.87 crore in the same quarter of the previous year showing a 23.81 per cent fall year-on-year. Net sales stood at Rs 46,751.26 crore as against Rs 43,171.13 crore in the corresponding period of the same quarter of the previous year. However, the consolidated revenues (net of excise) stood at Rs 46,785 crore for the quarter under review, which is a growth of 8 per cent over Rs 43,324 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The consolidated profit
before tax for the quarter was Rs 2,927 crore, as compared to Rs 3,183 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year and the consolidated profit (after tax and post minority interest and profit/loss (net) in respect of associate companies) for the quarter was Rs.1,726 crore as compared to Rs 2,245 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive wholesales and retails for the quarter ended 30 June 2013, grew 8.6 per cent and 10.4 per cent over the corresponding period last year to 90,620 units and 94,719 units, respectively . JLR wholesales and retails grew 8.6 per cent and 10.4 per cent over corresponding period last year.
... the only way to affect people-smugglers is to take their product away and to take their customers away.
TONY BURKE AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION MINISTER ON ASYLUM-SEEKER POLICY
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NEW ASYLUM-SEEKER POLICY WORKING: OZ

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Sydney, 7 August
MANNINGS POSSIBLE SENTENCE CUT TO 90 YEARS

Washington, 7 August:
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MINISTER SAYS ASYLUM SEEKERS DEMANDING RE.UND IN INDONESIA
HARDLINE STANCE
The so-called PNG solution, which Canberra drafted to help stem a record influx of boat arrivals that has topped 17,000 so far this year , has been criticised by refugee advocates and human rights groups.
is set to cost Australia about Aus $1.1 billion ($980 million) over four 1 It years, with existing facilities on PNGs Manus Island, where the refugee
A man leads a horse at a pasture of the Suu-Samyr plateau, 2,500 m above the sea level, along the ancient Great Silk Road from Bishkek to Osh on 7 August, 2013. n AFP
Poodle on wheels: A two-legged poodle in China has become a sensation on the Internet after its owner invented a wheelchair to help the dog, which lost both its forelegs in a car accident, walk again. PTI Freemans challenge: Hollywood star Morgan Freeman (76) is offering fans the chance to challenge him in a game of golf, followed by an intimate lunch, to raise money for underprivileged schoolchildren. PTI S t a r vat i o n d i e t : A 5 9 - ye a r- o l d U K man claims he has cured his diabetes in just 11 days after following a miracle starvation diet developed by scientists from a British university . PTI Benefits of garlic : Eating raw garlic twice a week can nearly h a l ve t h e r i s k o f developing lung cancer, even lowering the danger for smokers,Chinese researchers have found in a new study . PTI
Australia today said its new hardline stance on boat people was working with widespread evidence from Indonesia that asylum-seekers were demanding their money back from peoplesmugglers. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd struck a deal with his Papua New Guinea counterpart Peter ONeill last month that asylum-seekers arriving in Australia on unauthorised boats would be sent to the poor Pacific nation for processing and resettled there, even if judged to be genuine refugees. The agreement formally took effect on 1 August when the first group of mainly Afghan and Iranian men were dispatched to PNG and Immigration Minister Tony Burke said the Intel-
processing camp is located, needing to be significantly expanded.
tiny Pacific island of Nauru has also opted to join the initiative, 2 The although the Solomon Islands on Tuesday rejected Australian approaches.
ligence he was receiving was that the deterrent policy was working. We have widespread examples ... in Indonesia of people asking for their money back from peoplesmugglers, said Mr Burke of the sensitive political issue that is set for a key role in national elections on 7 September. There is no doubt that the message is getting through. From everything thats been attempted in the past, its become clear that the only way to affect people-smugglers is to take their product away and to take their customers away . The regional resettlement arrangements take the product away from people-smugglers, and the information getting out is that we are now at the beginnings of their customers being taken away as well, he added. With no chance of being settled in Australia, people were starting to realise that what they have paid for is no longer available to them with a multi-million dollar advertising campaign starting to hit home, he said.
A US military judge has reduced the maximum sentence that WikiLeaks source Private Bradley Manning could face from 136 to 90 years, the army said. Last week, Mr Manning was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges of spying and disobeying orders lodged against him, leaving the 25-yearold facing for than a century of confinement. Legal arguments regarding his eventual sentence are now being thrashed out at Fort Meade military base in Maryland. Presiding judge Colonel Denise Lind ruled yesterday that four groups of charges could be combined for sentencing purposes, reducing the potential maximum term by a third. The soldier was working as an intelligence analyst near Baghdad when he was arrested more than three years ago and accused of having handed a large quantity of secret military reports and US diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. AFP
N Korea for new round of talks on factory park

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Seoul, 7 August
North Korea has proposed another round of talks with South Korea meant to restart a jointly run factory park shuttered since Pyongyang pulled its 53,000 workers in April amid high tensions between the rivals. In a statement today, Pyongyang proposed a 14 August meeting and appeared to provide guarantees that Seoul had demanded in six past rounds of talks. Pyongyang said both countries should ensure that operations at the Kaesong industrial complex in the North continue regardless of external mat-
ters. Seoul has said it wants a guarantee that Pyongyang wont close Kaesong should tensions rise again.
Japan says battle to stop nuclear plant leaks urgent

Tokyo, 7 August
N KOREA SAYS JAPAN HAS CROSSED MILITARY DANGER LINE

A day after Japan unveiled its largest warship since WW-II, North Korea today warned that Tokyo was following a militarisation programme that had already crossed the danger line, reports AFP. A commentary by the official KCNA highlighted a Japanese Defence Ministry paper published last month that stressed the need to boost the strength and range of forces required to protect Japans far-flung territories.
Japans prime minister today said Tokyo would get more involved in cleaning up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as he described as urgent a battle to stop radioactive water from leaking into the ocean. The governments more prominent role comes as critics slam plant operator Tokyo Electric Power and its handling of the more than two-year-old atomic crisis, the worst nuclear accident in a generation. The embattled utility ~ kept afloat by a government bail out ~ last month admitted, for the first time, that radioac-
Stabilising the Fukushima plant is our challenge ... the contaminated water is an urgent issue
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tive groundwater had been leaking outside the plant, confirming long-held suspicions of ocean contamination from its shattered reactors.
Today, an of ficial at Japans industry ministry said Tokyo estimates a whopping 300 tons of contaminated water from a newly discovered leak site may be seeping into the ocean. But were not certain if the water is highly contaminated, he added. The damage from toxic water leaks at Fukushima remains a key question mark. However, they have triggered fresh worries over the plants precarious state and TEPCOs ability to deal with a growing list of problems after its reactors were swamped by a tsunami in March 2011, sending them into meltdown.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HQ BSF M&C FTR, MASIMPUR

SILCHAR, PO-ARUNACHAL, DISTT.-CACHAR (ASSAM), PIN-788025 (Tel No.: 03842-278238, 278076, 278552, Fax No.: 03842-278238)
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No. Prov/552/Steel Trunk/2012-14/13/4196
1. On behalf of the President of India, IG BSF M&C Ftr invites, online tenders (two-bid system) for procurement of 'Steel Trunk (Kit Box Steel)'. 2. Bids shall be submitted online at Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) website: https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app Tender documents, specification of the item and terms & conditions have already been published in the website of CPPP vide this HQ Tender No. 4196 dtd. 27-072013. Tenderers are advised to follow the instructions for online bid submission for e-procurement through above website of CPPP. The published critical date sheet is mentioned below:
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Riot police stand guard during a demonstration near parliament in Bangkok on Wednesday. Around 2,000 Opposition supporters protested against a controversial amnesty Bill. n AFP
... violent extremism is still out there, and we've got to stay on top of it
BARACK OBAMA SPEAKING ON SHUTTING DOWN O. US MISSIONS
Egypt Prime Minister vows to disperse protest camps in Cairo

Cairo, 7 August
Syrian govt forces ambush rebels, kill 62

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Beirut, 7 August
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Egypt's Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi vowed today to disperse Islamist protest camps in Cairo, after the failure was announced of foreign mediation with supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi. The Cabinet affirms that the decision to disperse the Rabaa Adawiya and Nahda sit-ins is a final decision, on which all agree, and there is no going back on it, Mr Beblawi said, reading a statement aired on state television. The protesters in the two Cairo squares have been camped out for more than a month, and insist they
will stay until the deposed president Mursi is reinstated. We call on them now, anew, to quickly leave, and return to their homes and work, without being chased if their hands have not been soiled by blood, Mr Beblawi said, adding the government would offer free transportation. He accused the protesters of exceeding all bounds of peacefulness by incitement to violence and use of weapons and blocking roads. The government's solicitude for the holy month of Ramzan...in which it hoped the crises would be resolved without the intervention of security, did not mean the Cabinet had gone back on its decision, Mr Beblawi said.
The Muslim holy month of Ramzan ends today night in Egypt. Earlier, in the day, the presidency, in a statement, said talks between Western and Arab diplomats, and the Muslim Brotherhood have failed, adding the Islamist party and its allies bear full responsibility for the failure and what will follow. Interim President Adly Mansour and the country's powerful army have been talking to diplomats from the USA, EU, Qatar and the UAE. Supporters of Mr Mursi have been staging sit-ins in Cairo and Giza as well as daily rallies demanding his reinstatement.
Over 250 people have been killed in political unrest since Mr Mursi's ouster on 3 July after mass street protests. Diplomatic efforts ended today . The state gave room for all necessary efforts to be exhausted in order to urge the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters to reject violence, prevent bloodshed and cease the disruption of Egyptian society by holding its future hostage, the presidency said. Accompanied by an EU representative and Gulf foreign ministers, US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns had visited the Brotherhood's number two leader Khairat El-Shater in high security Tora prison on Monday .
Syrian government forces killed more than 60 rebels today in an ambush near Damascus, a blow to Opposition fighters confronting a regime offensive in the capital, activists said. The state news agency SANA confir med the ambush near the Damascus suburb of Adra at dawn, saying dozens were killed. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 62 rebels died. It did not report any government casualties. SANA said the rebels were members of the Al Qaida-linked Jabhat alNusra or Nusra Front. It added that they included foreign fighters.
Syrian troops have been on the offensive in the past few months in an attempt to clear out Damascus suburbs used by Opposition fighters to threaten President Bashar Assad's seat of power. State-run broadcaster AlIkhbariya TV aired footage of bloodied dead men, some in military uniforms. It said they were killed in an ambush as they were on their way to attack an army post near Damascus. The bodies were gathered in what appeared to be a desert area. Al-Ikhbariya TV also showed a Tunisian passport of a man who was born in 1978. The picture on the passport was of a bearded man. It also showed Islamic headbands and automatic rifles that were apparently carried by the rebels.
ARGENTINA EXPLOSION LEAVES 8 DEAD

Rosario, 7 August:
A powerful blast from a gas leak ripped through a ten-story apartment building in Argentina's third largest city, leaving at least eight dead and 61 injured. City officials in Rosario said at least 15 people were still missing as hundreds of firefighters and rescuers searched the rubble of the edifice that was in danger of collapse. There are eight dead. The search in the rubble will continue all night, Mayor Monica Fein told reporters. Four people earlier unaccounted for were found, medical sources said, decreasing an earlier tally of 19 missing. AFP
FIRE ENGULFS KENYA AIRPORT

ALL INBOUND .LIGHTS TO NAIROBI REROUTED
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, 7 August
INFERNO
A massive fire engulfed the arrivals hall at Kenya's main international airport early today, forcing East Africa's largest airport to close and the rerouting of all inbound flights. Dark black smoke that shot skyward was visible across much of Nairobi as emergency teams battled the blaze. Stranded passengers stood on sidewalks outside the airport with their luggage in hand. It was huge, the smoke billowing, and it didn't seem to be stopping, said Barry Fisher, who had hoped to fly to Ethiopia today . Eyewitnesses at the scene said the fire had gutted the international arrivals hall, where passengers pass through immigration and retrieve their luggage. The
Kenya Airports Authority said the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been closed until further notice so that emergency teams could battle the fire. While there were no immediate signs that terrorism played any role in the fire, Kenya's anti-terror police boss, Boniface Mwaniki, said that he wanted to wait for the fire to be put out so that he could inspect the scene before making any judgment. Michael Kamau, Cabinet secretary for transport and infrastructure, said the fire began at 5 a.m. in the immigration section of the arrivals hall. He said no injuries had been reported. Inbound flights were diverted to the coastal city of Mombasa, he said. As in many countries in East Africa, public sector ser-
vices like police and fire units are hobbled by small budgets and outdated or no equipment. A British passenger, Martyn Collbeck, said he was surprised that the airport wasn't shut down sooner so that emergency vehicles could respond. When I arrived there were one or two fire engines parked outside the international arrivals. It spread very fast, said Mr Collbeck, who had been scheduled to fly back to London on an early morning KLM flight. There were a couple of explosions which I think were a couple of gas canisters. But, he added: I would have expected more fire engines to respond faster. The Nairobi airport is the busiest airport in East Africa, and its closure is likely to affect flights throughout the region.
Firefighters control a large fire outside the burning Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi on Wednesday.
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USA needs to stay on top of terrorism

Washington, 7 August Bangladeshis ride a ferry as they rush to their villages ahead of Id al-Fitr at the Sadarghat ferry terminal on the outskirts of Dhaka on Wednesday. n Afp
Guatemala scribe: Two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a radio journalist in eastern Guatemala as he was arriving to host a music programme, rescue workers said on Wednesday . AFP Plane skids: An airplane that became wedged in mud after skidding off the runway during take-off in southern Thailand has forced the closure of the airport, authorities said today . No one was hurt in the incident PTI
President Barack Obama has insisted that the USA needs to stay on top of terrorism as violent extremism is still out there even though Washington has been successful in decimating the top Al Qaida leadership. Mr Obama made these remarks during an interview to the NBC channel when asked about the US decision to shut down nearly two dozen embassies and consulates in North Africa and West Asia because of a specific threat emanating from Al Qaida. It's significant enough we're taking every precaution. We had already done a lot to bolster embassy security around the world, but especially in the Middle East, North Africa where the threats tend to be highest, and whenever we see a threat
... less organised and less capable of directing attacks on the scale that it was able to do most notably on 9/11
JAY CARNEY
stream we think is specific enough that we can take some specific precautions within a certain time frame then we do so, Mr Obama said. Now, it's a reminder that for all the progress we've made, getting Bin Laden, putting Al Qaida in between Afghanistan and Pakistan back on its heals, then this radical, you know, violent extremism is still out
there, and we've got to stay on top of it, he said. Meanwhile, the White House said the core of the Al Qaida leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been severely diminished and is on the run. There is no question that core Al Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been severely diminished, its leadership decimated, and there's no question that it's on the run, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. For many years now it has been less organised and less capable of directing attacks on the scale that it was able to do most notably on 9/11. And that remains the case, he said. Mr Carney said President Obama has noted that the core of Al Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on the path to defeat. The threat today is more
diffuse, with Al Qaida's affiliate in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, the most active in plotting against our homeland. While none of AQAP's efforts approach the scale of 9/11, they have continued to plot attacks of terror, like the attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day in 2009, he said. So what the President said then I think is reflected in what we're seeing now. When it comes to Al Qaida core, to the extent that they play a role, it is, in our view, inspirational, he said. Obama denies domestic spying programme: President Barack Obama has denied that the USA has a domestic spying programme but said the work done by the National Security Agency (NSA) is a critical component in keeping the country safe from outside threats.
US CONSULATE UK police hold man over Twitter abuse of women IN MILAN AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE EVACUATED
London, 7 August Rome, 7 August: A building housing the US Consulate in Milan and other offices has been temporarily evacuated after the diplomatic mission received a letter containing a bomb threat, police said. An officer in Italy's antiterrorism squad said the letter carried a symbol frequently used in the past by Italian anarchists. In Washington, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed the bomb threat and the temporary closure, yesterday evening of the consulate. She also thanked Italian authorities for their prompted and professional response. The officer said police inspected the building after staff members were evacuated. AP
British police said today they had arrested a 32-yearold man in connection with threats made on Twitter against a woman lawmaker and a feminist campaigner. Ms Stella Creasy , from the Opposition Labour party, has received threats culminating in a tweet of a picture showing a masked man brandishing a knife, and while Ms Caroline Criado-Perez received rape threats. They are among a number of high-profile women recently targeted by socalled trolls. The man being questioned by police, from Bristol in south-west England, is the third to be arrested since the allegations came
to light two weeks ago. The man was arrested under anti-harassment legislation, police said. Women journalists and a high-profile historian, Mary Beard, have all been targets of abusive and often sexually explicit Twitter messages. Some users boycotted Twitter last weekend to raise awareness of the intimidation of other users in what has become known as trolling. Ms Criado-Perez became a target after she successfully campaigned to have novelist Jane Austen featured on a banknote. Twitter has faced calls to do more to prevent abuse. It has brought in additional staff to deal with the problem and taken steps to re-draft procedures for reporting abuse.
LAW CLOSING IN ON MONK WITH PENCHANT .OR AVIATORS, LOUIS VUITTON LUGGAGE, PRIVATE JETS
Playing catch-up with monk on the move

ANDREW BUNCOMBE
London, 7 August
ON THE RUN
Thailand Police issued an arrest warrant for 34-year-old Wirapol after he was accused of money laundering, drug trafficking, involvement in a hit-and-run accident and statutory rape When the allegations were made, the monk was said to have been on a meditation retreat in France He is said to have amassed more than 20m and possess a fleet of more than 20 luxury vehicles
He's the fugitive Buddhist monk with a penchant for aviator sunglasses, Louis Vuitton luggage and travelling in private jets. But the law may finally be catching up with Wirapol Sukphol. Last month, police in Thailand issued an arrest warrant for 34-year-old Wirapol after he was accused of money laundering, drug trafficking, involvement in a hitand-run accident and statutory rape, in which he is said to have fathered a child with a woman who was underage at the time. When the allegations were made, the monk was said to have been on a
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This is not the first time that Buddhist monks in Thailand have found themselves at the centre of controversy
meditation retreat in France. He subsequently travelled to the USA. Now it has been reported that Wirapol is in Laos, neighbouring Thailand, and seeking to make an arrangement with the authorities that would allow him to return home and attempt to clear his name. Tarit Pengdith, head of Thailand's Department of Special Investigations, told The Nation that Wirapol will return
by means of the border crossing close to Nong Khai in the north-east of Thailand. Thais were shocked, but captivated, after a video of Wirapol travelling by private jet with his luxury accessories to hand was posted Online. As investigators began to probe the source of his wealth ~ he is said to have amassed more than 20m and possess a fleet of more than 20 luxury vehicles ~ more allegations emerged against him. As people grew outraged over his alleged actions, senior Buddhist monks in the Sisaket district, where Wirapol established his own monastery, took the decision to expel him.
According to the Associated Press, the former monk began training for the clergy as a teenager and became famous for his claim to be able to fly and to walk on water. He renamed himself, Luang Pu Nen Kham, a title normally reserved for elder monks. Reports said the young man was skilled at cultivating wealthy followers to help fund expensive projects. He has built temples, hospitals and even what he claimed was the world's largest jade Buddha, a 36ft statue that was actually constructed from tinted concrete. This is not the first time that Buddhist monks in Thailand have found themselves at the
centre of controversy . Last year several monks were forced to resign after being caught on camera drinking, smoking and playing poker. According to Thailand's Office of National Buddhism, about 300 of the country's 61,416 monks were reprimanded, and in several cases expelled, last year for violating their vows. Sukij Poonsrikasem, a lawyer for Mr Wirapol, has reportedly told investigators that his client will give himself up if they agree to grant him bail in order for him to try and prove he is innocent. He also intends to lobby the Buddhist clergy to reinstate him as a monk. THE INDEPENDENT
LURID CLAIMS IN DSK PIMPING CASE REVEALED

Paris, 7 August:
Sex parties attended by Dominique Strauss-Kahn were described by witnesses as carnage with a heap of mattresses on the floor, a newspaper said today , citing a report by judges who charged him with pimping. The former IMF chief and 12 other defendants were last month ordered to stand trial on charges of aggravated pimping as part of a group over an alleged prostitution ring in the northern French city of Lille. French daily Le Figaro today published extracts from a legal document in which judges probing the case laid out the reasons why they ordered the 64-yearold to face trial. The case centres on allegations that prostitutes were supplied for sex parties in Lille. AFP
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Cash prize: Union sport minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday announced a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 to each member of the national junior women's hockey team who had recently won the World Cup bronze medal.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON, SAYS 2004 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST JUSTIN GATLIN
Moscow, 7 August
THE FOCUS IS ON TRACK

would not allow himself to be distracted by the doping scandal. "The show must go on," Gatlin said. "I think a lot of athletes think like that. Staying concentrated and winning for your country, that's what counts." Carmelita Jeter, America's reigning women's 100m world champion, left a news conference in Monaco rather than discuss the doping cases. Jeter, 33, did not compete at the US trials as she continued her recovery from a quadriceps injury , but she will head a strong US challenge to Jamaica's two-time Olympic champion ShellyAnn Fraser-Pryce in the women's 100m. The American English Gardner, who turned professional in June and began training with John Smith after winning the US collegiate 100m crown, won the women's 100m at the US trials in 10.85 seconds. Barbara Pierre has twice posted the same time this season. Fraser-Pryce leads the world in both the 100m (10.77)
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The promise of a spectacular athletics world championships showdown between the United States and Jamaica has vanished beneath an avalanche of doping cases that leave the Moscow sprints looking more likely to be a showcase for Usain Bolt. A resurgent Tyson Gay had sent a ripple of excitement through US athletics in winning the 100-metre dash at the US trials at Des Moines in 9.75 seconds. Gay , whose personal bests of 9.69 in the 100m and 19.58 in the 200m had made him one of the few who looked capable of challenging Bolt, appeared poised to do just that, having moved beyond a string of debilitating injuries. But Gay will not race in Moscow, having tested positive for a banned drug. His disgrace is one of several positive drug tests that have cast a shadow over the world champi-
The Luzhniki Stadium during a dress rehearsal before the opening ceremony. In Moscow on Wednesday. n AFP
onships, which begin on Saturday, with the former 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica and compatriots Sherone Simpson and Veronica Campbell-Brown also caught out. Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic gold medallist who finished as runner-up to Gay at the US trials, will spearhead the American challenge to Bolt. Gatlin's best time this season is 9.98 seconds, but he did hand Bolt a rare defeat in Rome earlier this year. Gatlin, 31, will be looking to rehabilitate himself after his four-year ban for
doping, which ended in 2010. The Jamaican Nesta Carter, whose 9.87 in Madrid on July 13 makes him the second-fastest man in the field, should also be in medal contention. Another Jamaican, the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir, looks like the only man capable of getting close to Bolt over 200m. He won the 200m title at the Jamaican trials in 19.79; Bolt skipped the event because his world title assured him of a berth. Gatlin, twice banned for doping himself, said he
and 200m (22.13) this season, and with Campbell-Brown unable to defend her 200m title after her positive test for a banned diuretic, heads Jamaica's bid in the half-lap sprint. The American Allyson Felix has focused all her attention this season on regaining the 200m world title she won in 2005, 2007 and 2009. However, Felix admitted her training got off to a slower start than usual after she took a post-Olympics break, and she finished second at the US trials to the collegiate champion Kimberlyn Duncan. Felix's top time in 2013 of 22.36 puts her just seventh-fastest for the season, with Fraser-Pryce and Murielle Ahoure leading the way at the distance so far this year. Gay's absence will leave the Americans struggling to reassert their authority in the sprints, but the Americans remain dominant in the hurdles. David Oliver, Aries Merritt and the surprise trials winner Ryan Wilson will attempt a first US sweep.
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Rogers Cup: In Toronto, Sania Mirza and partner Zheng Jie advanced to the second round in a tie-breaker at the Rogers Cup tournament, beating Natalie Grandin and Darija Jurak 4-6, 7-6 (75), 10-2 on Tuesday . Tough match: In Mumbai,Gouramangi Singh and Nirmal Chhetri said on Wednesday India's friendly against Tajikistan would be a tough game as well as good preparation for the South Asian Football Federation Cup. Bhowmick chosen: Subhas Bhowmick,who has previously coached Bengal without success, was on Tuesday chosen technical director by the state for the Santosh Trophy's next edition.Sisir Ghosh was designated coach. Europe's best: Lionel Messi,Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery will compete to be named Uefa Best Player in Europe for last season. The award is presented on 29 August at the Champions League group draw. ManU held: Manchester United were far from their best on Tuesday, drawing 1-1 with Swedish outfit AIK in a friendly in Solna. The EPL champions are 11 days away from the start of their title defence.
Ronaldo is staying at Real

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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is adamant Cristiano Ronaldo will agree a new contract with the Primera Division club - and turn down the chance to rejoin Manchester United. The Portugal forward's current deal with Real expires in June 2015, meaning he could leave the Spanish capital in two years on a free transfer. Throughout the summer, Real president Florentino Perez has reiterated his desire to hand a new contract to Ronaldo and repeatedly insisted his belief that the 28-year-old will put pen to paper. However, the lack of an official announcement about the deal, with the new season less than a fortnight away , has fuelled speculation that the player is not going to sign a new contract at all, as part of a ploy to return to Old Trafford. In a press conference on Sunday evening, Ronaldo gave no clues away about his intentions, simply remarking that "the situation still hasn't been resolved". But, speaking at a press
conference in Miami, Ancelotti expressed confidence that Ronaldo and the club would finalise a deal soon. "The player wants to renew his contract and the club want him to renew it too, so I don't think it's going to be a problem." "The player wants to renew his contract and the club want him to renew it too, so I don't think it's going to be a problem," the Italian was quoted as saying by Madrid-based newspaper AS. "I think Cristiano and the club are relaxed about the issue. I don't know when it will happen, but I am certain that Cristiano is going to renew his contract with Madrid." Real will lock horns with Ancelotti's former club Chelsea on Wednesday night in Miami in the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup - a match which also sees Blues boss Jose Mourinho face his old club just two months after leaving the Bernabeu. Mourinho left Madrid in a cloud of controversy , making negative remarks in his final weeks against many prominent players.
Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Championships in their respective categories at the Tianhe Indoor Stadium here Wednesday . World No 3 Nehwal hammered Russia's Olga Golovanova 21-5, 21-4 in only 23 minutes in their first ever encounter. She will next face Thai 15th seed Porntip Buranaprasertsuk. Sindhu won her debut World Championship match and reached the pre-quarters defeating Japan's Kaori Imabeppu, 2 1-19, 19-21, 2117. Kashyap had it easy when his opponent Petr Koukal retired after just 11 minutes with the Indian leading 14-5 in the first game. Giant-killer Ajay Jayaram lost to Spain's Pablo Abian 9-21, 17-21. Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu lost their men's doubles second round match. IANS
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Selections for Bangalore races

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Zultanite, from Irfan Ghatala's yard, who placed an eye catching fourth in his last attempt has been well pre-
pared and with Suraj Narredu to guide him is expected to lift the V T Velu Memorial Cup (1,400m), at the races tomorrow. 2 pm: Mytere 1, Arun 2; 2.30 pm: Wind Force 1, Grey
Connection 2; 3 pm: Placervilles Glory 1, Man On Vision 2. 3.30 pm: Salzburg 1, Super Start 2. 4 pm: Zultanite 1, Deja Vu 2; 4.30 pm: King Of The
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All eyes on Woods at Oak Hill

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World number one Tiger Woods tries to snap a five-year major win drought and claim his 80th career title starting Thursday in the 95th PGA Championship at formidable Oak Hill. Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the all-time record 18 major titles won by Jack Nicklaus, served notice he is on form with a seven-stroke triumph at last week's World Golf Championships event at Firestone, giving him five victories this year. "I feel good. I'm very pleased with where my game is at," said Woods, who shared sixth at the British Open three weeks ago at Muirfield. Second-ranked Phil Mickelson, whose fifth major triumph at the British Open came a week after a Scottish Open win, Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia, US Open champion Justin Rose of
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England and countryman Lee Westwood, a Muirfield contender until the final holes, also figure to be in the hunt for the top prize of $1.445 million at the $8 million event. But they also appreciate how dangerous Woods can be with confidence and the hunger for
a first major title since the 2008 US Open. "Tiger is a factor no matter what," Scott said. "He has been up there in majors recently and just has not finished it off. But obviously he put it all together last week. He's going to be feeling good about where his game is at. I'm just wor-
ried about getting my own golf ball around the course." "Having him back, having him play well, having him win like he has won this year is great for golf. He is playing solid and played great last week," Mickelson said. "It's also great for the
game to see guys like Adam Scott and Justin Rose come out and win major championships. That just makes it exciting because we have a number of players that can really create a lot of interest." And they have a course that can create plenty of danger. Oak Hill has hosted two previous PGA Championships, three US Opens and the 1995 Ryder Cup, and the par70 layout has been expanded to 7,163 yards. Ben Hogan set the course record of 64 in 1942 and Curtis Strange matched it in the 1989 US Open. Nicklaus fired Oak Hill's low 72-hole total of six-under 274 in winning the 1980 PGA Championship. "The scores are going to be really good," Mickelson predicted. "You are going to have a great discrepancy in the scores. If you play well you can make birdies. If you hit it poorly you are going to be severely penalised.
Expression of Interest (EOI) cum offer BID for analysis of the food samples under Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), Ministry of Women and Child Development is rendering technical support to the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme in which Supplementary Nutrition (SN) is provided in the form of Take Home Ration (THR), Hot Cooked Meal (HCM) and Morning Snacks through Anganwadi Centers (AWC) to the beneficiaries i.e. Children in the age group 6m - 6 yrs., pregnant and lactating mothers throughout the country. A total of 7076 projects and 13.72 lac AWCs (including mini AWC and AWC on demand) are sanctioned under ICDS and against this, 7025 projects and 13.32 lac AWCs are operational currently as on 31s1 March, 2013. The four Quality Control Laboratories under the control of FNB carry out the analysis of supplementary nutrition distributed in the AWCs. However, keeping in view the requirement and need for strict watch on quality/anticipated increase in the volume of sample for analysis more so, after the strengthening and restructuring of ICDS, it has been decided by the Government to engage, on pilot basis, reputed NABL accredited food testing laboratories as registered entities with the objective of "not for profit", as also Central/State Government labs engaged in food testing, to check food quality and generate additional data on physiochemical and microbial analysis of the samples under Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP). The selected food testing laboratories would be responsible to collect the samples from 10% operational Anganwadi Centers in selected ICDS projects for a period of one year, to analyse the samples for Protein, Energy, Vitamins, Minerals, Micro-biological analysis, Shelf life and Aflatoxin. The details pertaining to analytical process of collection of samples and its analysis are contained in the "Request for Proposal (RFP)" which is available on Ministry's website: www.wcd.nic.in The hard copy of RFP could also be obtained from the office of the Food and Nutrition Board on non-refundable fee of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) in the form of Demand Draft payable to Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Women & Child Development, New Delhi. The downloaded applications must accompany a DD/Pay Order of Rs. 5,000 towards tender fee in favor of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi. Completed applications may be sent to the Under Secretary, Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Jeevan Deep Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi110001. FNB reserves the right to reject/cancel the EOI at any time without assigning any reason. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained. Interested food testing laboratories (also refer as 'Applicant') may submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) along with technical and financial bid, duly sealed in separate envelops and placed in a separate outer envelope subscribing as "EOI for analysis of food samples". The closing Date for Receiving to EOI is 2nd September, 2013 till 15-00 hrs.
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First victory: At Beausejour,in St Lucia, Antigua's Hawksbills got their first taste of victory in the Caribbean Premier T20 League, a 33-run win over St Lucia Zouks. Chasing 167, the Zouks were restricted to 133/8. Champions Cup: In Miami Gardens,Michel scored in the 53rd minute to give Valencia a 1-0 victory over Everton in the play-off for fifth place in the International Champions Cup. Everton wasted several scoring chances. Bale sale: Real Madrid were given renewed hope in their pursuit of winger Gareth Bale on Tuesday when a Spurs director admitted they could not hold onto him against his will. Bale reported for training on Tuesday . Suarez angry: Luis Suarez on Tuesday accused Liverpool of breaking an agreement by refusing to let him leave Anfield, saying he had been promised permission to move if the Reds failed to reach the Champions League. Malhotras view: Bengal coach Ashok Malhotra, who took charge of the team on Wednesday, asked their batsmen to take up extra responsibility in the absence of Manoj Tiwary who is out for about six months. New league: IMGReliance claimed to have taken in four more domestic players for its proposed Indian Premier League-style league but stopped well short of disclosing their names for unexplained reasons. Calum for Pune FC: Pune FC have signed former Portsmouth FC defender Calum Angus for the upcoming 2013-14 season. He spent the last fouryears at Swedish side Gothenburg Athletics and Sports Association.
In Sydney, former Australia captain Allan Border on Wednesday cranked up the pressure on England ahead of the fourth Ashes Test, saying Alastair Cook's team appeared vulnerable and worried. "What a difference two weeks can make. In the space of 14 days, my perception and gut feel about this Australian side has changed," said Border.
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Sydney, 7 August
Cricket officials are investigating whether players in the Ashes series have been using silicone tape on their bats to avoid nicks being detected by "Hot Spot" technology , an Australian TV station reported Wednesday . Australian skipper Michael Clarke and England batsman Kevin Pietersen both denied any knowledge of the use of silicone-based tape, saying such a practice would amount to cheating. Australia's Channel Nine said the International Cricket Council (ICC) general manager of cricket, Geoff Allardice, would be investigating the matter in Durham, where the fourth Test begins on Friday . However, the ICC later
dismissed reports that it was initiating a formal investigation. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson denied any such plan on the part of the world body . These media reports are totally incorrect. Geoff Allardice is meeting with both teams and umpires to see how we can best use the DRS and the available technology going forward in the next two Test matches. It has nothing to do with any players, he said in an ICC release. Nine did not provide sources and gave no details of whether the Australian or England batsmen may have been using the tape to fool Hot Spot, which uses thermal cameras to see if a batsman has hit the ball, either with his bat or pad. But it suggested both sides were under suspicion. Australian skipper
David Warner during the third Ashes Test. n AFP
Michael Clarke told the Sydney Morning Herald he had no knowledge of tape being used to fox the technology,
which is often used to review dismissals. "If that's the case, then we're talking about cheating and I can
guarantee there is not one person in the Australian change room that will cheat," Clarke said.
"That's not the way we play cricket. "It's hard for me to talk for other players but I've never heard any conversation about that in the Australian change room and I can guarantee you my bat manufacturer (doesn't do that). I didn't know there was such a thing you could do to hide nicking the ball on Hot Spot." Controversy has raged over the effectiveness of the Decision Review System during the five-match series, in which England retained the Ashes after winning the first two games and drawing the third. Hot Spot technology uses an infra-red imaging system to determine whether a batsman has made contact with a ball -with a bright mark often detected on the bat where the ball has hit. Channel Nine said there was concern
regarding Pietersen's dismissal in the second innings of the third Test, when a noise was heard indicating a nick but no Hot Spot was detected on the bat. Pietersen described the report as "horrible journalism" and "hurtful lies". "I am never afraid of getting out! If I nick it, I'll walk. To suggest I cheat by covering my bat with silicon infuriates me," he tweeted. "How stupid would I be to try & hide a nick when it could save me on an LBW appeal, like in 1st innings where hotspot showed I nicked it," he added. The Australian newspaper said Nine sources had indicated that the coating on modern bats could have been the reason that some faint edges were not detected by Hot Spot. Cricket Australia said it had no immediate comment on the report.
Make fixing a criminal Nayar in leadership role offence, says Dravid

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Djokovic returns: N o v a k D j o ko v i c returned to competition after a post-Wimbledon pause on Tuesday and coasted into the third round at the Montreal Masters, easily defeating Florian Mayer 6-2, 6-1.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid wants match-fixing and spot-fixing to be made criminal offences so potential wrongdoers are deterred. "I don't think only education can work; also important are policing it and having the right laws and ensuring that people, when they indulge in these activities, are actually punished. People must see that there are consequences of your actions. That will create a fear," said Dravid. Dravid, who is the prosecution witness in the Indian Premier League's spot-fixing and betting scandal, also stressed the need for educating young cricketers. The comments by Dravid, who had led Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, came in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal involving his three teammates, S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. "My personal belief is that education and counselling at a junior level is really important. I think we've got to start early , we've got to start young but that part of it is already being done. I know that India has its own anti-corruption and security wing and the relevant lessons are given to Ranji Trophy teams," Dravid was quoted as saying by a cricket-specific website. On the police case against his three team-mates, Dravid said: "The case is still on and I don't want to make any judgment on whether people are guilty or not and I think everyone has a right to be considered innocent until
he's proven guilty and I'm glad the police are going ahead and doing what needs to be done and taking it to its logical conclusion." Dravid, referring to the doping scandal in cycling, said awareness programmes alone were not sufficient. "Everyone knows it's wrong, and it's frightening, having read a little bit about it and known of the number of cyclists who were doing it. Surely , all know it's wrong. So the only people those cyclists were scared of were not the testers, not the authorities, they were scared of the police. You read all the articles, the only guys they were scared of were the police and they were also fearful of having to go to the jail. So the only way that people are going to get that fear in them is if they know the consequences of their actions and the law that will come into play . It's got to be a criminal offence," he said. Dravid suggested that administrators should work more closely with police to restore cricket's credibility . "So many fans and so many people care deeply about this game and it's because of these fans and these people that we are who we are as cricketers. Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers, to run this game. So I think credibility ... is
extremely important," Dravid said. Asked if cricket's administrators had done enough, Dravid said: I think they've tried. We can easily go around blaming just administrators and players. But the fact that the incidents are still happening means that what is being done is not enough and we need to admit the fact that we need to work in partnership with the law in this country to be able to crack down on this thing. I'd like to believe that there are good administrators as well, people who have done a lot for the game - the game has grown in this country and you can't argue with that. Across the world as well, not only in India. But like good and bad cricketers, I guess there are good and bad administrators, Dravid said, adding: I think cricketers in India - right from the time I can remember, growing up - were always celebrities. I think they still are and we still are. But apart from being celebrities there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. Meanwhile, Anil Kumble today hoped that the law the government is trying to enact to deal with match- and spot-fixing will act as a deterrent. The government is making efforts to put in place the new standalone law to deal with 'unfair cricket practices' and I only hope it acts a deterrent to curb the menace, Kumble told reporters on the sidelines of KSCA's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.
Promising Delhi batsman Unmukt Chand will lead India A in three one-day games against the visiting New Zealand A, and Abhishek Nayar is to captain the side in three-day and four-day games. The series starts in Visakhapatnam on 31 August. Chand is in the squad also for the three-day and fourday games, according to Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Patel. The all-India senior selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil met in Mumbai today to pick the squads for the two Tests and three one-day games. All the matches will be held in Visakhapatnam.
The opening match will be a three-day affair scheduled to start on 31 August. A four-day game, from 5 September, follows. The three one-day games are scheduled for 11 September, 13 September and 15 September. The visit by New Zealand will be followed by a tour by the West Indies A team and the matches in that series will be held at four places in Karnataka -- Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli and Shimoga - from 17 September to 13 October, according to sources in the BCCI.
The squad for the threeday and four-day games: Abhishek Nayar (Mumbai, captain), Jiwanjyot Singh (Punjab), Unmukt Chand (Delhi), Vijay Zol (Maharashtra), Manpreet Juneja (Gujarat), V Jagdish (Kerala), C M Gautham (Karnataka), Dhawal Kulkarni (Mumbai), Imtiaz Ahmed (Uttar Pradesh), Aniket Choudhary (Rajasthan), Shrikant Wagh (Vidarbha), Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh), Rakesh Dhruv (Gujarat), Sarabjeet Ladda (Punjab). The squad for the one-day games: Unmukt Chand (Delhi, captain), Robin Uthappa (Kar nataka), Aditya Tare (Mumbai), Kedar Jadhav (Maharashtra), Mandeep Singh (Punjab), Ashok Meenaria (Rajasthan), Sanju Vish-
wanadh (Kerala), Sachin Baby (Kerala), Dhawal Kulkarni (Mumbai), Basant Mohanty (Orissa), Sandeep Sharma (Pinjab), Shrikant Wagh (Vidarbha), Rahul Sharma (Punjab), Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh). With Team India set to tour South Africa later this year, several potential players have a chance to get used to the conditions when India A, led by Cheteshwar Pujara, begin their tour tomorrow. There is a one-day tri-series; two four-day matches to follow. The triseries also features South Africa A and Australia A. Pujara's team get going on 8 August with a game against Australia A in Pretoria. Each team play against the others twice before the final set for 14 August.
Panesar makes a nuisance of himself

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London, 7 August
Test cricketer Monty Panesar has been fined by police for urinating in public following a nightclub brawl in the beach town of Brighton in southern England. The 31-year-old spinner has since apologised, though. It emerged that he had been drunk and disorderly, and urinated on the bouncers at Shooshh Club after being thrown out of the place around 4. 13 am on Monday . According to The Sun, Panesar, who lives in nearby Hove, was celebrating his team's Ashes success but was asked to leave following complaints that he had been harassing women in the beach-front bar. He is then believed to have relieved himself from the promenade on the bounc-
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ers monitoring the venue. Monty would like to apologise unreservedly for any offence caused, the cricketer's spokesperson said.
His English county club, Sussex, have launched an investigation. The matter is under full investigation and the club will make no
further comment at this stage," they said. Panesar had been picked for the England squad that retained the Ashes in Manchester on Monday but he did not play. He has not been included in the squad for the next Ashes Test at Durham, which starts on Friday . Panesar was dropped by Sussex earlier this season due partly to his alleged poor on-field attitude. Struggling with a sore shoulder, he had fallen into the habit of stopping the ball with his boot in the field and trying under-arm throws to the wicketkeeper. Panesar was arrested and interviewed by the police in 2011 after a heated argument with his wife in a pub car park. He was subsequently released without being charged with the offence.
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Dhonis tips helped in Zimbabwe: Kohli

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Virat Kohli today said tips he had been given by skipper M S Dhoni in the West Indies proved beneficial for him while leading a young Indian team in Zimbabwe, where they inflicted a 5-0 defeat on the hosts. Kohli captained the Indian side in three onedayers in the West Indies when Dhoni was sidelined after hurting his hamstring in the first match of the tri-nation series. He (Dhoni) is a guy who doesn't say much. But I keep talking to him about different situations and what I could do and
how should I keep myself calm in pressure situations while captaining the side. It helped me chatting with him in the West Indies when he wasn't playing and I was captaining the side. All the tips he gave me really helped me, Kohli said when asked about Dhoni's influence on him as a leader. India recorded their first-ever ODI series whitewash on foreign soil when they trounced Zimbabwe. Kohli said he had not been able to speak to Dhoni after the Zimbabwe win as Dhoni was currently enjoying a break. When he goes away for a holiday it is very hard to contact him. I
tried to send him a message but I couldn't reach him. I guess I'll be seeing him soon and speak to him about the Zimbabwe win, Kohli told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event here. Kohli also lauded left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who had recently topped the One-Day Internationals bowlers' chart in the International Cricket Council rankings, saying he was admirably consistent. I am very, very happy that he got the number one rank. He has worked hard over the past few years. It is really good to see him come up the ranks as I have played U-
19 cricket with him. I was the captain when he played in the U-19 World Cup. It's really good to see him grow in international cricket with all of us. I hope he keeps up the good work, Kohli said. Kohli says India A's tour of South Africa will groom the players to take on bigger challenges. The Emerging Players' tournament is good for cricketers. I remember I made a comeback because of that tournament (in 2009 in Australia). It's a very competitive tournament. I am sure every player will do his best in the field and come out better, the Delhi cricketer said.
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Nobel moment: Metro Railway has decided to celebrate the centenary year of Rabindra Nath Tagore being awarded Nobel Prize for his work Gitanjali. The venue chosen for the programme is Gitanjali station. SNS Special train: To manage crowd during IdUl-Fitr, Eastern Railway will run one pair of special train between Howrah-Malda via Bandel-KatwaAzimganj and between Sealdah and Krishnapur on Thursday . SNS 4 die of lightning: Four people, Tara Roy (17), Abani Nayak (59), Asit Nayak (49) and Srimati Murmu (32) died after being struck by lightning at Madaria village at Dubrajpur in Bankura on SNS Wednesday . Mans body found: The body of a 42-year-old unidentified man was found hanging from a tree in the Maidan area on Wednesday. Police suspect that he committed suicide. The body was sent for SNS an autopsy . Fatal fall: Shankarlal Jain (55), died after falling from the second floor of a verandah in his house at 45A, Adya Sradhya Ghat Road at Joranagan on Wednesday . He lost balance while opening a SNS window pane. TMCP demands: Members of TMCP ransacked Manindra College campus demanding more intake of students in under-graduate (UG) studies on Wednesday . The principal and teachers were gheraoed SNS till evening.
Professor Muktinath Chatterjee, president of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) resigned from his post today . Officially the reason is his illness. But it is believed that the state government was unhappy with him following the recent text-book controversy and he was under pressure for the past few days which resulted in his today's resignation. I want to return to my college as my eyes have undergone several surgeries. I had expressed my wish to resign on the day when the HS results were declared this year. But somehow it did not materialise at that time, said Prof Chatterjee after submitting his letter today . Dismissing any connection between the text-book controversy and his resignation, Prof Chatterjee added: It was a pressure indeed. But the verdict was in favour of us. It has no conlink with my resignation. While a source in the department confirmed that his resignation has been
MUKTINATH CHATTERJEE
He continued as president of the council and the principal of Charu Chandra College He recommended removal for Mr Goutam Banerjee, the then secretary of Council He started a corrupt tender process, so students did not get books on time
Unprecedentedly, the HS Council issued admit cards throughout the whole night before HS examinations commenced this year
accepted and the name of the next president is being consulted, education minister Bratya Basu said: He had expressed this wish twice before. We have not taken any decision. But if one is ill, what can be done? Since the time of his joining as the president of the HS Council, Prof Chatterjee has been deep in controversy . Even after he joined the new post,he acted as the principal of Charuchandra College. The issue was later settled in the court. He recommended to the school education department for the removal of the then secretary of HS Coun-
cil Prof Goutam Banerjee and he was removed accordingly . But the text book controversy surpassed all. Bypassing a private publisher who was the highest bidder, Prof Chatterjee gave the tender of publishing HS text books to Orient Blackswan~ a Hyderabad based publisher. Prof Achintya Pal, the present secretary of HS Council objected to it and submitted a note of dissent to the school education department. The department formed an observation committee. Meanwhile, an aggrieved publisher moved to the court and an interim stay order was imposed on sales of books. Months after classes commenced, text books became available in the market. However, the verdict was in favour of HS Council. But, the publisher has again moved to the court. Whatever may be the verdict of the court, state government was not happy with Prof Chatterjee as lakhs of students had to suffer, said a source. On the other hand, Prof Chatterjee claimed that he felt humiliated by various decisions of the state government.
A boy enjoys a nap inside a kiosk of Kolkata Traffic Police. In Kolkata on Wednesday. n Shyamal Maitra
Facilitating facelift:CM to move out of Writers

Kolkata, 7 August
for Bill on HIV TEACHER DIES IN Appeal STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE ROAD MISHAP
Kolkata, 7 August Kolkata, 7 August: A teacher
For the first time in the state's history after Independence the chief minister will sit outside the Writers' Buildings to run the administration. The temporary arrangement will be made to facilitate installation of proper fire fighting gadgets and repair most of the rooms which is long overdue. The entire state secretariat including the chief minister's office will be relocated from the Writers' Buildings to the 14-floor Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) building at Howrah from 1 October for the next four to five months. In the long run, the state government plans to come up with a secretariat complex near Dumurjala stadium and bring all the departments whose offices are now scattered across the city to a single platform. The initiative will take shape within six to seven months and task is expected to be completed by three to four years.
It will be recalled that the state government had proposed to set up a two-storeyed building opposite GPO to house CM's secretariat. The proposal was dropped following objection from the Archaeological Survey of India. Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Buildings originally served as the office for writers (or clerks) of the British East India Company. The 150meter-long building covers the entire northern stretch of Lal Dighi. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that a number of rooms at the building are vulnerable to fire as the electrical wiring has not been repaired for ages. "Safety of the employees
is of utmost importance," Miss Banerjee said. The HRBC building has around 1.5 lakh square feet carpet area for accommodating all the departments from Writers' Buildings. Major departments will be the first to be relocated while the relocation of a department will be done along with the minister's chamber and those of the officials and employees. Miss Banerjee said that the work load of the departments have increased immensely in the past few years and it is not possible for the departments to operate from the existing offices. The CM and PWD officials today inspected a 50 acre plot beside Dumurjala stadium for setting up the secretariat complex.
of South Point School, Prabir Majumder (59) was killed in a road accident at Mandirpara on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass this morning. Police said the accident took place when the victim was riding on his bike. Failing to control his bike he hit a private bus on route 47B when it suddenly stopped. The victim, who was a resident of Hospital Road at South Purbachal, received severe injuries. Locals him to a private hospital off EM Bypass, where SNS he died.
People living with HIV/AIDS have appealed to the Centre to table a bill on HIV/AIDS in the on-going Monsoon session, seven years after it was finalised and has been shuffling between the law and health ministry since then. The volunteers of Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, an organisation working for PLHIV , who were in the city to gather support for the Bill said, the Bill if passed would help in providing better facilities to the HIV patients and also reduce the social stigma associated with them.
The unique feature of the Bill is the anti-discrimination law bringing both the private and public sector under its ambit. The Bill also entrusts the responsibility to the government to institute IEC programmes that are non-discriminatory and do not propagate gender or sexual stereotypes, said Mr Raman Chawla, senior advocacy officer of the organisation. The Bill also focuses on special provisions for women and children and access to treatment of PLHI, he said. People with HIV who blamed the laxity of the government responsible for the bill gathering dust for so many years.
JU STUDENTS ARREST: RIGHTS BODY TO PROBE
Kolkata, 7 August: The West
Presi profs demand V-Cs extension

Kolkata, 7 August
As many as 102 teachers of Presidency University signed in the petition which has been sent to Chancellor MK Narayanan urging him to extend the tenure of Professor Malabika Sarkar, the present Vice-Chancellor of the university by another two years. The faculty claimed that they feel more confident
under the leadership of Professor Sarkar and a change of V-C at this critical juncture would jeopardise the growth of the institution just at the time when the faculty has started evolving as a
team under her inspiring leadership, feel the teachers. According to the teachers, it would take time to establish similar personal and professional rapport with a new Vice-Chancellor and specially at this critical juncture. A professor of the university said that the content of the draft was finalised after consultation with Presidency Mentor Group.
Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) will probe into the arrest of Ms Joyeeta Das, a student of film studies at Jadavpur University . Members of Association of Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) lodged a complaint with the WBHRC yesterday, alleging that Ms Joyeeta Das is being tortured in police custody violating the guidelines of the Supreme court as laid down in the case of D K Basu Vs State of West Bengal. Mr Rabindranath Samanta, re gistrar of WBHRC, informed that the full Bench comprising Mr Justice (Retd) Ashok Kumar Ganguly, chairperson of WBHRC, Justice N C Seal and Mr S N Roy has directed the additional director general of police, WBHRC to conduct an inquiry into the complaint and submit a report within three weeks. Joyeeta was apprehended on 2 August by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police on her alleged SNS Maoist links.
STATE YET TO IMPLEMENT LIGHT AND SOUND PROJECT ON SEPOY MUTINY
SSKM gets a human milk bank

Kolkata, 7 August
No light after much sound

TARUN GOSWAMI
tarun@thestatesman.net Kolkata, 7 August
The Trinamul-led state governments tall claims of having done so much doesnt hold true in Barrackpore. A light and sound project set up at an estimated cost of Rs 80 lakh is gathering dust due to the indifference of the minister and senior officials of the tourism department. After coming to power in 2011, chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee had asked the tourism department to develop Barrackpore as a place of tourist attraction. Accordingly, the then
minister in charge, Rachpal Singh, took up a light and sound project depicting the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 at the Malancha tourist lodge premises. Barrackpore was the centre of political activities when Mangal Pandey, a sepoy, was hanged for raising the banner of revolt against the East India Company in 1857. From here the mutiny spread to Jhansi, Nagpur and Lucknow. It may be noted that Karl Marx in an article published shortly after the mutiny had declared it as a national war of Independence. The light and sound project was prepared by a private firm
and it was decided that the show would begin after sundown and the entire path up to Malancha was illuminated for the purpose. The department will organise a conducted tour. Barrackpore is important to History students the world over. Every year many history students from universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell and Heidelberg visit the Flag Staff House where stat-
ues of George V , Lord Curzon, Lord Montague, Lord Woodburn are kept. These statues were removed from the Maidan area by the United Front government in the late 1960s. The project was supposed to have been inaugurated by the chief minister. But after Mr Singh was transferred to the planning and development department no initiative was taken any more. Mr
Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury who took over as the tourism minister expressed his ignorance of the project and said he would look into the matter. It will be recalled that a team from the United Kingdom comprising History teachers and archaeologists had met the then chief minister Jyoti Basu in early 1990s and expressed his desire to repair the building where Robert Clive lived in Dum Dum. The government remained silent as it did not want to highlight the imperialist history . A portion of the building has collapsed and the remaining part may fall down any day .
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated a human milk bank at SSKM hospital to bring down the infant and neonatal mortality rate in the state. The human milk bank, which is the first of its kind in the state, has been inaugurated three years after it was first proposed. The lactational failure of mothers results in newborns depending on other diets which is not the proper solution as there is no alternative to breast milk for chil-
dren, said Miss Banerjee, adding that more such milk banks would be set up in the medical colleges across the state. She also announced, that around Rs 3 crore would be donated from the MPLAD funds of Mr Subrat Bakshi for the development of the breast milk bank. Doctors at the newlyinaugurated milk bank said,
nurses would counsel the women on having enough milk left after feeding their babies. The blood of prospective donor will be examined to ensure that it is free from any infection and the donated milk would be pasteurised for four days before feeding it to the child, said Dr Ranajit Mukherjee, associate professor, department of neonatology .
PRESSURE MOUNTS TO NAIL MURMU KILLERS

STERN ACTION DEMANDED AGAINST ALLEGED MOLESTERS
Burdwan, 7 August
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Kolkata Police to start youth project

Kolkata, 7 August
AROUND TOWN
ENGLISH FILMS The Conjuring Inox-Forum,9a.m 3:50p.m, 8:55p.m 11:15p.m Inox-Citycentre, 9a.m 3:30p.m, 8:35p.m 10:55p.m Inox-Rajarhat,9:10a.m 2:30p.m, 7:35p.m 9:45p.m RDB Cinemas, 10.40 am, 12.20pm, 4.20pm, 8.20pm Fame South City Mall, 9am, 2:25pm, 8:10pm, 10:55pm Fame Hiland Park, 9:05am,1:50pm, 8:25pm Liluah, 11:15a.m 4:40p.m HINDI FILMS Ajanta-II, 1.15pm Metro, 3pm, 6pm Moonlight, 6pm, 9pm D-DAY RDB Cinemas, 3.45pm PVR Howrah, 4pm Fame South City Mall, 9:10am,2:10pm, 9:25pm Fame Hiland Park, 4:10pm, 9:55pm Hind Fame, 4:25pm Inox-Forum, 12:35p.m 5:50p.m Inox-City Centre, 2:15 p.m, 10:35p.m Inox-Swa-bhumi, 11:50 a.m, 5:25 p.m Inox-Rajar hat, 11:20 a.m, 4:20 p.m Inox-Liluah, 11:45 a.m 5:30p.m Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Fame South City Mall 11:10am,2pm,2:55pm, 5:40pm,6:40pm, 10:25pm Fame Hiland Park 9:30am,1:10pm, 4:50pm, 8:30pm Hind Fame 10:35am, 2:15pm, 6pm, 9:45pm. Inox Forum 9:05a.m 11:05a.m, 2:50p.m 6:35p.m, 10:20p.m Inox City Centre 9:10a.m, 1p.m 4:50p.m, 8:40p.m Inox Swabhumi 10a.m, 1:45p.m 5:30p.m, 7:45p.m 9:15p.m Inox Rajarhat, 9:15a.m 1p.m, 4:45p.m 8:30p.m Inox Liluah 9:20p.m 1:10p.m, 5p.m 8:50p.m Basusree 2.45 p.m. Paradise 3pm RDB Cinemas, 4.25pm PVR Howrah, 10am 1.45pm, 5.30pm, 9.15pm Ajanta-I, 2pm, 5.20pm Ajanta-II, 8.15pm Jaya, 3.40pm, 7pm Basusree, 2.45pm Ashoka, 8pm BENGALI FILMS Kangal Malsat Priya, 9.15pm Mitra, 5.45pm, 8.15pm Fame South City, 7pm Fame Hiland Park, 6pm Inox-City Centre, 5:15p.m Inox-Rajarhat, 7:20p.m Alik Sukh Fame South City Mall, 5:15pm Fame Hiland Park 7.05pm Inox City Centre 5:50p.m Inox Swabhumi 2:40p.m Inox Rajarhat 4:50p.m Inox Liluah 2:45p.m Jaya-II, 2.15pm, 4.50pm Ashoka, 5.30pm Priya, 1.55pm, 4.25pm Mitra, 3pm Half Serious Fame Hiland Park 3:25pm Inox City Centre 2:40p.m Inox Rajarhat Noon Aleya, 1pm, 4pm, 6.45pm Priya, 6.55pm Teen Kanya Bijoli, 3pm, 6pm, 8.45pm
THE MAIN PLOT

Ganesh Murmu, in the wee hours of 4 August in Nasipur near Dainhat Railway Station in Katwa gang of five armed miscreants raided a hut, 1A molested two women and killed their brother,
Locals today demonstrated in front of the Katwa Police Station in Burdwan demand i ng stern act i on against the alleged molesters. Bes i des, they have demanded the immediate arrest of the murder kingpin. The police meanwhile picked up a person accompanying the CPI-Ms women front leader in the road blockade organ i sed last Monday to protest against the Katwa murder. Two of his aides were arrested, too. A gang of five armed miscreants raided a hut, molested two women and killed their brother Ganesh Murmu in the wee hours on
2 intervention of the State Human Rights Commission and the Womens Commission
4 August in Nasipur near Dainhat Railway Station in Katwa. The victims family members meanwhi le have sought intervention of the State Human Rights Comm i ss i on and the Womens Commission into the matter alleging a police cover-up. Tribals backed by the CPI-Ms frontal organisations had put up a roadblock on Monday alleging
The victims family members have sought the
pol i ce i nact i on . Mrs Jayashree Chatter j ee, leader of CPI-Ms Mahila Samiti was the convenor of the protest rally where one Sheikh Mustafa of Dainhat was seen accompanying her. He also was seen escorting the leader to Katwa PS on the day after the incident. The pol i ce p i cked up Mustafa, his aides Kamal S i kdar of Bera local i ty near Dainhat and Habol
Sheikh of Goragacha near Agradwip. Both Mustafa and Habol are known CPIM supporters. The police said: Mustafa was arrested earlier for trafficking women from the locality . He also married a tribal woman last year. The police said: Mustafa, after committing the crime had been tracking developments and being part of such protest rallies. The ASP, Katwa, Mr Tarun Haldar has sent a report to Mr S M H Meerza, SP , Burdwan on the matter. Dr Manas Bhuniyan veteran Congress leader yesterday v i s i ted the Nasipur home of Ganesh Murmu and said: I have heard they have arrested three miscreants but it is equally true that the real culprit is still at large.
Kolkata Police will launch its much-hyped Goalz project in Metiabruz area shortly . The city police had started the project to engage youths from economically challenged families in playing football, to bring them in the main stream of life. The pro j ect i n i t i ally began in eight localities in collaboration with the English Premier League (EPL), British Council, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and seven first division clubs in July 2011 . Later, i t was launched in three other areas including Bhowanipore, Rajabagan and Nadial. This time the city police would start the same in Metiabruz area. A senior police officer of the city polices community policing wing said: Selection of the youths, who will be participating in the training programme is complete. Youths from Metiabruz and
Selection of the youths who will be participating in the training programme is complete. Youths from Metiabruz and Garden Reach areas will be participating. The Metiabruz College's ground has been decided as a venue for the football training
SENIOR POLICE OFFICER

Garden Reach area will be participating, The Metiabruz College's ground is decided as a venue for the football training. The club that will undertake the programme has being already fixed. If everyth i ng goes as planned, the training programme in Metiabruz area will start within this month. The training programme is expected to bring a social change in the area, besides providing football training, he said.
JU teachers boycott classes

Kolkata, 7 August Students of Jadavpur University enjoyed an unexpected holiday in the middle of the week, as teachers of the university boycotted classes today placing some long due profess i onal demands. The cease-work was observed from 11 a.m to 4 p.m and no class was held as all teachers under the banner of Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) took part in the cease work. Their demands include modification in the government order of career advancement scheme, payment of the arrears. This is not the first time that JUTA observed such a cease work no matter how much skipping classes has been criticised. "Generally we never hurt students' interest. But now we are also cornered. This is unbelievable that teachers have to go to the court to get salaries. We have been appealing to the state government for the last few years. But our appeal went unheeded," said a member of JUTA.
Municipality gears up to tackle shravan crowds at Tarakeswar

HEMANT JACOB
hemantjacobstatesman@gmail.com
B.A. Pass RDB Cinemas, 12.35pm PVR Howrah, 1.15pm, 6.30pm Ajanta-I, Noon, 8.35pm Ajanta-II, 6.05pm Basusree, Noon, 3pm, 6pm Ashoka, 11.30am, 1.15pm Malancha, 2pm, 8.15pm Moonlight, Noon, 3pm The Smurfs-2 3D Mitra, 12.15pm Fame South city Mall, PVR Howrah, 3pm, 11:05am,4:50pm 7.40pm Fame South City Mall, Fame Hiland Park, 9:05am,1pm, 5:55pm, 1:25pm,8:40pm Fame Hind. 10:15am, 10:30pm 7:30pm. Fame Hiland Park, 9am, 1:30pm, 6:30pm Inox-Forum, 1:40p.m 8:50p.m Inox-Forum, 9:10a.m Inox-City Centre, 1:35p.m, 6:30p.m 11:05a.m, 8:45p.m 11:30p.m Inox-City Centre, 9a.m Inox-Swabhumi, 2:45p.m, 8:20p.m 1:30p.m, 6:30p.m Inox-Rajarhat, Inox-Swabhumi, 2:10p.m, 8:40p.m 10a.m, 2:45p.m Inox-Liluah, 9:10a.m 7:45p.m 7:20p.m Inox-Rajarhat, 9a.m 1:25p.m, 6:25p.m Calapor The Wolverine 3D (E) RDB Cinemas, Fame South City Mall 10.35am, 2.25pm 9:10am,3:10pm, PVR Howrah, 1.15pm 8:05pm Ajanata-II, 4pm Fame Hiland Park Jaya-II, 7.30pm 11am, 3:45pm, Jaya, 11.15am 10:50pm Indira, 3pm, 6pm, Inox Forum 9a.m 8.30pm 11:10a.m, 3:45p.m Ashoka, 3.15pm 8:45p.m Priya, 11.45pm Inox City Centre Malancha, 4pm 11a.m, 3:45p.m Roxy, 3pm, 9pm 10:55p.m Fame South City Mall, Inox Swabhumi, Noon Noon, 5p.m Fame Hiland Park, 9:55p.m 11:15am Inox Rajarhat, 11a.m Inox-Forum, 3:30p.m 3:40p.m, 10:50p.m Inox-City Centre, Inox Liluah 8:50a.m 1:05p.m 11:20a.m 4:40p.m Inox-Swabhumi, 10:10p.m 12:20p.m RDB Cinemas, 2.05pm, Inox-Liluah, 9:30p.m Chor Chor Super Chor RDB Cinemas, 6.25pm PVR Howrah, 11am Roxy, Noon Fame South City Mall, 9:15am Fame Hiland Park, 9:15am Fame Hind, 12:10pm Inox-Swabhumi, 6.05pm 9:50a.m Jaya, 1.20pm Inox-Rajarhat, Inox- 9:50p.m Rabba Main Kya Karoon RDB Cinemas,7.40pm PVR Howrah, 10pm Jaya-II, Noon Malancha, 6pm Paradise, Noon, 6pm Fame South City Mall, 11:50am, Fame Hiland Park, 10.50pm Fame Hind 2pm, 9:40pm Inox-Forum, 11:25a.m 11p.m Inox-City Centre, 9:15a.m Inox-Swabhumi, 10a.m, 10:30p.m Inox-Rajarhat, 9:30a.m Inox-Liluah, 9:30a.m 8:30p.m Singam 2 RDB Cinemas, 1pm, 8.10pm
Baidyabati, 7 August
KMC, NGO tie up to raise awareness on mental health

SUBHRA PRASANTA DAS
subhra@thestatesman.net
Kolkata, 7 August
Urban Mental Health Programme (UMHP), an initiative of a Kolkata-based NGO, Iswar Sankalpa, along w i th Kolkata Mun i c i pal Corporation (KMC), is bringing about a positive change in the mindset of the residents of Kolkata towards the concept of mental health. More people are acknowledging mental health problems as a serious issue to deal w i th . The UMPH programme has been incorporated with the KMC's governmental health schemes at Ward 78 to cater to the needs of the residents of Ekbalpore and adjoining areas and Ward 82 to serve the residents of Chetla. The prog ramme, designed mostly for the people living below the poverty line, provides check up, counselling, medicines, fol-
A patient gets treatment under the Urban Mental Health Programme
low-ups at no cost. UMHP is funded by Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust and KMC provides medicines and infrastructural support. The clinic at ward 78 was opened in September last year and the one at ward 82 in June this year. Both the clinics have seen a steady r i se i n the number of patients visiting the clinics which reflects substantial change in the attitude of people as a result of various
community outreach programmes conducted by UMHP. Doctors and health workers of the KMC also refer patients to the mental health clinic. Ms Sham i ma Khatun and Mr Tapan Pradhan, both social workers with UMHP, attribute the rising number of patients as a result of door to door campaigns. Most of the patients and their family members are now realising that mental health related problems should not be brushed aside, he said. Dr Aviruchi Chatterjee, a Psych i atr i st w i th the UMHP, says the environmental factor of the wards play an i mportant role, pat i ents suffer i ng from depression, anxiety results from environmental factors l i ke domest i c v i olence, unemployment. Most of the pat i ents, however, are women in both the clinics, he added.
The Ba i dyabat i Mun i c i pality is preparing to deal w i th the extra surge of North Indian shiva devotees after the natural calamity at Uttarkhand. The shravan month (July-August) in the Hindu calendar is considered as the most auspicious for the shaivites and the shiva devotees. The scriptures says that lord sh i va becomes Kalpataru (divinity in its state of spontaneous abundance ) in the holy month of shravana and shower his blessings whoever in self penance come to him in prayers. An offering of holy Ganges water on the Shiva Lingam is enough to please Lord Shiva , who grants all the wishes of his bhaktas (devotees). The sh i va temple at Tarakeswar in the Hooghly district of West Bengal is considered as one of the holiest among other shrines. The lord who had appeared on its own in the form of Shiva lingam at Tarakeswar is held in high esteem by the Shiva devotees. All the devotees form far and near collect the holy ganges water from the N i ma i Tr i tha Ghat at Ba i dyabat i. The Ganges water collected from Nimai
File photo of Tarakeswar in the Hooghly district .
Tirtha Ghat holds a special significance in its name. Four hundred years ago, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu stepped down in this ghat (flights of stairs leading into the river) to collect the holy Ganges water to be carried all the way bare footed as an offering to Lord Jagannath at Puri. Lakhs of devotees from far and near collect the holy Ganges water from the blessed Nimai Tirtha Ghat, all the way bare footed to the holy shrines at Tarakeshwar. (Tarakeshwar is approximately 35 km from Nimai Tirtha Ghat, Baidyabati ). Mr Ajay Pratap Singh , the Baidyabati Chairman said that 200 volunteers were put into service as green police (females ) and civic police (males) to prevent the huge crowd of devotees run into commotion.
Sodium vapour lamps are installed from the Ghat to Padmavati colony . Appropriate lavatories is set up separately for males and females. A rescue team is kept ready on the speed boats keeping a strict vigil on the devotees stepping into the waters. Medical camps and ambulance facilities are provided around the clock for emergency cases. CCTV are installed to monitor the movements of the devotees to take prompt action when situation demands. Mr Singh further said over 25 lakh devotees are expected this year till Rakhi Purnima. Piyu Samanto one of the devotee said: I was separated from my family members, thanks to the May I help services who traced my family members in Singur.
A scene from Calapor showing at Ajanta, Priya, Roxy
THEATRE Swapno Rajyo @ Tapan Theatre Thursday, August 8th, 2013 6:00pm to Tapan Theatre, 37AB Sadananda Road The story of a young man who sets out on a journey in the rough sea to keep his family at bay. Directed by: Spandan Mukherjee. Produced by: Koli-Kotha. Tickets: Rs. 60. Tribute to Tagore @ G.D Birla Sabhaghar Thursday, August 8th, 2013 6:00pm to G D Birla Sabhagar, 29 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue A programme based on the works of Rabindranath Tagore to celebrate 100 years of him receiving the Noble price. EXHIBITIONS Chronicles Of Artistry A solo exhibition of recent paintings by Tamojit Bhattacharya at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery from 8th August to 14th August Earth & Fire Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road presents ceramic exhibition by Aditi Saraogi from 9th to 11th August; 12 noon to 7.30 p.m. Home Front 2013 CREDAI Bengal presents Home Front 2013, an exhibition showcasing a comprehensive bouquet of housing projects in West Bengal. It offers an organized platform for developers to launch, exhibit, strengthen, assess and access potential buyers through direct interaction at Netaji Indoor Stadium from 9th to 11th August; 11am - 8.30pm Spirituality and Meditation at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar on 8th August at 7.15 p.m. MUSIC
Aaj Shrabaner Amantrane Rabi Angik presents a musical programme on Rabindrasangeet by Sharmila Roy, Dr Arnab Roy, Sumana Saha, Jayashree Das, LECTURES Saroj Roy, Ananya Practice of Chakraborty on Spirituality and Friday, 9th August at Meditation Indumati Sabhagriha, Swami Vamanananda Jadavpur University speaks on Practice of at 6 p.m.
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MINISTER MOVED BY NEWBORNS PLIGHT

HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES SAID DUES HAVE INCREASED BY 434,000
Burdwan, 7 August
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FLOOD OF PROBLEMS
At a Left Front rally in Kolkata on 7 August, 2013. n Biswajit Ghoshal
Gazette reprinted: Howrah Gazette,which was first printed in 1909 when the district was under Burdwan Presidency has been repr i nted and published by the state distr i ct gazetteers on SNS Wednesday . 9 injured in clash: N i ne persons were i n j ured when both CPI-M and TMC activists ar med w i th lethal weapons and swords clashed at Baliapara village in the Itahar police station area of North Dinajpur. SNS
The minister for state for health today expressed displeasure on how a newborn was not discharged by a private hospital for non clearance of dues. The Mission ~ a private operated super specialty hospital here was in the eye of a storm for not releasing a newborn girl child as her parents couldnt clear her treatment expenses. The hospital authorities today
claimed that the dues further increased by 4 34,000 today . The newbor n was referred to The Mission soon after delivery on 25 July follow i ng severe asphyxia. Mr Partha Sarathi Dutta ~ father of the newborn alleged that on 1 August when the baby was out of danger he had sought her release. At that time the dues stood at 4 6,000. He said: I had deposited 4 15,000 in addition medi-claim coverage to the tune of 4 52,000 also was exhausted. Since my
child was much better I had asked for her release but they were reluctant. The dues began mounting and the hosp i tal began apply i ng pressure. Mr Dutta then lodged a complaint with the SDM, Durgapur, seeking her intervention. The Mission hosp i tal author i t i es, meanwhile, claimed Mr Dutta was d i stort i ng facts. Dr Satyajit Bose, MD, The Mission, said today: After the ch i ld stab i l i sed, we had repeatedly asked the parents
to take the baby home as we could knew they wouldnt be able to bear add i t i onal expenses. It was the babys father who was reluctant and insisted the baby stay on for a few more days at the hospital. Mrs Chandrima Bhattacharya, minister of state for health told The Statesman today: It is very unfortunate to hear of this newborn's travails, adding It is a private run hospital and doesnt come under the control and supervision of the state health administration.
TMCP protests delay in admission process

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICES
Rampurhat, 7 August
Admission process of Rampurhat college was disrupted when students of Trinamul Chhatra Parishad locked the officiating principal in his chamber for nearly two
hours complaining of slow admission procedure. This is the only college in the district where the admission process has not been completed yet. The officiating principal himself comes to college late and admission work is delayed.
Today we locked the principal in his chamber because the students are suffering, said Alam Sheikh, TMCP leader and general secretary of the college union. The officiating principal, Mr Joydev Pan, said: This is the third time the
students have harassed me. The principal has assured to look into the allegations. Meanwhile, to protest the disruption of work following the protests by the students, office staff of Rampurhat College have postponed their work.
People wade through a water-logged street in Burdwan on Wednesday. A number of areas were submerged due to the continuous downpour. Local people also felt a mild tremor at 7.15 a.m. n Sanjoy Karmakar
Protests greet Home Secy in Dareeling

Darjeeling, 7 August
The state Home Secretary, Mr Basudeb Banerjee, who arrived in Darjeeling yesterday to assess the current situation in the Hills, was jeered by the Gorkhaland supporters shouting slogans for statehood outside the premises of the office of the Darjeeling district magistrate today . The home secretary left the convoy and walked all the way up to reach the DM office along with the outgo i ng DM Mr Saum i tra Mohan and other senior administrative and police officials amidst tight security . After holding a conference at the GTA headquarters at Lalkothi, Mr Banerjee said: I had visited Dar j eel i ng earl i er i n June. It was peaceful then. After the change of guard in the state, the new government had begun implementing most of the devel-
GJMM supporters protest demanding Gorkhaland. In Darjeeling on Wednesday. n SNS
opment projects for the Hills in right earnest, he said. Even a board was formed to expedite the transfer of the departments to the GTA as per the meeting held earlier with the GJMM leaders, he added. So far the GTA has received 4 64 crore as devel-
opment assistance, said the official. Regarding the salary of the government employees which has remained withheld for a month, Mr Banerjee said he would hold talks with the higher officials in Kolkata
Meanwhile, three GLP men, arrested for the i r alleged involvement in the incident of arson involving the Rimbick range office on 2 August, were produced at the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court today . The court has re j ected
their bail plea. They have been booked under Section 436/437/120, said the assistant public prosecutor, Mr Pankaj Prasad. They have been remanded in judicial custody, he added. The court has further rejected the bail plea of 16 GJMM activists arrested earlier in connection with blocking the DSP van at Chowk bazaar and allegedly for setting a police van on fire at Singhamari. According to the Darjeeling SP, Mr Kunal Agarwal, 146 GJMM activists have been arrested so far in relation with several cases of v i olence, arson and obstruction that happened after things flared up here in the aftermath of the ruling UPA having endorsed the creation of the state of Telangana. L i fe i n the H i lls has remained paralysed as the indefinite bandh has entered its fifth day today .
Basudeb Banerjee says he faced no problems in Hills

Siliguri, 7 August
The West Bengal home secretary, Mr Basudeb Banerjee, has denied having faced any resistance by the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) activists in Darjeeling today . Mr Banerjee, who was in Darjeeling to take stock of the situation, reportedly had to walk from the office of the superintendent of police to the district magistrate office because the GJMM activists were squatting and shouting slogans. I have not faced any problem there. I held a meeting at Gorkhaland Territorial Administration( GTA) office and also had gone to the d i str i ct mag i strate ' s office, Mr Banerjee told . reporters in Siliguri today He said the bandh was partial in the Hills. Some shops and some
People in the remote areas of the Hills have been badly hit...the GJMM should read the writing on the wall
GAUTAM DEB
educat i onal i nst i tut i ons were closed, Mr Banerjee added. A meet i ng was held involving the north Bengal development minister Mr Gautam Deb, the home secretary , the GTA principal secretary Mr R D Meena, the Darjeeling district magistrate Mr Saumitra Mohan, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police commissioner Mr K Jayaraman, the representatives of the tea industry, traders, and tour operators at Circuit House. Mr Deb adv i sed the GJMM leaders to read the peoples mind. People in the remote
areas of the Hills have been badly hit with the shutdowns, time has come the GJMM leaders should read the writing on the wall," he said. The minister said the government would not allow any divisive forces to demand separate states. He also said an appeal had been made to the traders to thwart the bandh in Siliguri. We want normalcy to be restored in the Hills. The elected Gorkhaland Territorial Administration representatives should work for the development. The body cannot be dissolved with somebodys threats, Mr Deb added. When asked the state government has reopened the old cases against the GJMM activists and arresting them, Mr Deb said the state government was taking appropriate steps.
GJMMs Independence Govt must act tactfully on statehood issue Day Hills bandh called off
MANAS R BANNERJEE
manas.bannerjee@gmail.com
Siliguri, 7 August

Darjeeling, 7 August
The GJMM chief, Mr Bimal Gurung, today said the indefinite bandh would be called of for a day on 15 August. Mr Gurung said: The indefinite strike will continue as part of the ongoing Gorkhaland agitation. If people ask me to withdraw the shutdown, I will, he said talking to reporters today at Lebong cart road near the party office at Singhamari,
Darjeeling. The people of the Hills are supporting the Gorkhaland movement . Strikes, arrests are all part of the agitation. If they want me to withdraw the agitation, I am ready for the benefit of my people and if anybody is suffering due to shortage of food they can come to me for ration. Even the government employees have cooperated. The state government has blocked their one month salary . They might not even
receive their salary for three or four months but they should face i t sa i d Mr Gurung. Today, i n Dar j eel i ng, many vehicles were seen plying with party flags. Most of the vehicles ferried people from rural areas to the town to attend rallies. When asked about the preparation for the day, GTA executive member Binay Tamang said: The GTA office is closed. There are no preparations.
Senior leaders of the nonGJMM parties operating in the Darjeeling Hills have opined that the state government must act with circumspection while dealing with the emotive statehood movement now going on in full steam. The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists president, Mr R B Rai, said the present situation in the Hills would further worsen if the state government,
bolstered by todays Calcutta High Court directive, tries to run roughshod over the emotional susceptibilities of the Hill people by taking recourse to stern administrative measures. This is not a problem to be dealt with on the plane of law and order. True, nearly 90 per cent of the Hill people are in trouble due to the indefinite shutdown. But it would be wrong to view things from the surface. It is a case of cauldron of long pent-up emotions having burst out. They are strongly inclined to undergo suffering taking
this as penance for a better future. Yet, we wonder how long the people will put up with things with larders being exhausted. The plight of wage earners is the most pathetic. How they would sustain themselves is a question we all should ponder over, he said. Defending the democratic right to call strike as part of a peaceful movement, the CPRM leader said nothing should be done to gag the collective voice of the Hill people. The chief minister should desist from ramming things down on our gul-
let. The stalemate can end if she tackles the tangle with love and understanding, he added. The All India Gorkha League vice president, Mr Laxman Pradhan echoed the view, saying it would backfire if the state government proceeds to choke the collective emotion of the people in the vain belief that it is a mere law and order problem. Application of excessive force to crush the spontaneous oomph sustaining the dragging movement would be counter-productive. It is true that the
indefinite shutdown is landing the people, particularly the poor, in trouble. But it does not mean that they would welcome the state bully i ng them i nto submission, he added. The H i ll-based CPI-M leader, Mr K B Watter, said the states administrative machinery is deluding itself into believing stern measures would crush the movement. People, even if they are not in favour of the bandh, will put up with it as defy i ng i t would i nv i te vendetta from those who are calling the shots, he said.
Small tea growers ask Board to fix minimum support price for tea leaves
Siliguri, 7 August
Uncertainty continues over AIIMS-type hospital

Raiganj, 7 August
The Director of Small Grower Development Directorate in Kolkata has asked all officials associated with the Tea Board in different states, including Siliguri, to implement price-sharing formula for green tea leaf. The ob j ect ive of th i s order is to ensure minimum support price of green tea leaf for the small tea growers across the country . In a letter, which was issued on 1 August this year, the director of the SGDD has specifically mentioned that every bought leaf factories (BLF) would have to maintain a register showing the details of green leaf suppliers, quantum of leaf pur-
chased as per the format prescribed by the board and to display the monthly price in the notice board. It is unfortunate to note that no proper follow up has been made at your end, the director pointed out in the letter. The letter was also forwarded to the Advisor, Small Growers Development Cell in Dibrugarh in Assam.
The director and deputy directors in Tamil Nadu, at Jorhat and Dibrugarh in Assam and in Siliguri have been asked to take i nto account the average price of the teas sold through the auction centres as a benchmark price and notify it through the district monitor i ng comm i ttee at the beginning of every month for the m i n i mum pr i ce
payable for small growers. The director has also expressed concern over BLFs, which do not sell the tea through auction and realisation through private consignment sale are not disclosed. Bought leaf factories resort to fixing the green leaf pr i ces arb i trar i ly. Such whimsical attitude of the BLFs needs to be checked, the director added. Meanwhile, the north Bengal small planters association today served a memorandum to the deputy director of the Indian Tea Board in Siliguri today demanding minimum price of green tea leaf. According to the planters association, the price of green leaf has dropped to 48 per kg recently .
Uncertainty over the construction of AIIMS-styled health facility in Raiganj has deepened further after the Congress failed to secure adequate number of seats to form the North Dinajpur zilla parishad board. The party promised during the rural poll campaigns that the new ZP board would acquire land to house the project ~ the fate of which has been hanging in the balance for years due to the land acquisition issue. Being substantially decimated, the Congress has decided to sit in the Opposition in ZP. However, the party leaders assured that they would continue putting pressure for the purchase of land for the AIIMS clone in
Raiganj. The outcome came as shock to the district Congress leadership as the emotive AIIMS issue had been on their poll agenda, targeting the ruling party for deliberately stonewalling the project out of sectarian political interests. The Union minister of state for urban development, Mrs Deepa Das Munshi, touted as the chief ministers bte noir, spearheaded the campaign, singling out the ruling party for the project remaining stuck in the land muddle. She was confident the new ZP board to be formed by her party would acquire the land earmarked for the facility at Panishala in Raiganj at the earliest. She also said that the Centre would fund the purchase of land for the longdelayed project.
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AS UPA'S SECOND TERM DRAWS TO AN END, IT IS TIME TO REVISIT THE DEBATE ON A PRIME MINISTER BEING A MEMBER O. THE LOK SABHA, WRITES NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT
of Commons, Legally speaking, a Lord cannot however, be debarred from occupying the office. In fact, most of the Prime Ministers of earlier times were from the House of Lords which is a nominated body . However, after the resignation of Lord Salisbury, the Prime Minister, in 1923, King George V found two aspirants for the office of the Prime Minister ~ Lord Curzon from the House of Lords and Stanley Baldwin, an ungraceful Commoner. Of course in fame experience and image, Mr Baldwin was no match for Lord Curzon and hence everybody expected that the latter would be sworn-in, But in order to uphold the democratic spirit, the King sent for Mr Baldwin and thus a convention began to grow to reserve the Prime Ministerial office for a commoner. In fact, no Lord has thereafter been placed in that exalted office. However, in 1963, a problem suddenly cropped up. Queen Elizabeth II intended to send for Mr Alec Douglas Home as the Prime Minister. But he was a Lord and the truth is that even the Queen was not entitled to violate an established convention. So, Mr Home promptly severed his relationship with the House of Lords and entered the office of the Prime Minister. He soon became hadur Shas l Ba a Commoner as the convention t r a i L of 1923 clearly desired. But our Constitution has not, in express terms, proh i b i ted the ceremon i al entry of a member of the Rajya
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t is significant to note that though Mr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister for two consecutive terms, he has never been a member of the popIndira Gandhi ular Chamber of Parliament. True that it is not an unconstitutional affair, but it surely goes against the democratic spirit. As Art 75 (5) of our Const i tut i on reads, a minister who for any period of s i x consecut ive months, is not a member of either Mouse of Parliament shall, at the expiration of that period, cease to be a member. It means that all, the Ministers, including Morarji Des ai the Prime Minisof ter, must be the the Lok Sabha ~ he could well belong members of Parto the Rajya Sabha. But if l i ament . The he is an outsider, he must Constitution has secure a seat i n e i ther not however, House within the following expressly stated six months. that the pr i me But according to Art 75 (3) m i n i ster shall the Council of Ministers is w i thout excepcollectively responsible to the t i on, be a House of the People - the Lok Sabha. member Charan Singh So a Cabinet, out-voted in the Lok Sabha, eventually steps down ~ but its defeat in the Rajya Sabha can, by no means, throw it out of power. This is why it is highly desirable that the Prime Minister, as head of the cabinet, should belong to the Lok Sabha. Of course, in Britain, the Prime Minister comes from the popularly elected chamber known as the House jiv Gan . P. Sing ra S
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Minister belonged to the upper House. Mrs Gandhis first pramiership was, thus, an exceptional case ~ it is the only occasion from 1952 to 1996 when a member of the Rajya Sabha was called upon to form the cabinet. Of course in 1996, Mr Vajpayee served for only 12 days. However, after his untimely resignation, Mr H D Deve Gowda, an outsider, occupied the Prime Ministers chair on 1 June 1996 and then Mr I K Gujral succeeded him on 4 April 1997. Though Mr Deve Gowda secured a seat in the Lok Sabha soon after his appointment, Mr Gujaral, his successor, was a member of the Rajya Sabha. Then, Mr Vajpayee, obtained the office for the second time in 1998 as a member of the Lok Sabha. He even secured his third term from the same House and this time he was able to complete his term. With two successive appointments of Mr Vajpayee it was fondly expected that the old convention to keep the office for a member of the Lok Sabha was firmly restored. But, to our despair, Mr Manmohan Singh thereafter took the reins for two consecutive terms as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The British convention thus has not crystallised in India. Though the beginning was hopeful with the ascendancy of Mr Nehru and Mr Shastri, on several occasions the emergence of a Prime Minister from the Rajya Sabha has hampered the growth of a healthy convention of the British model. Mrs. Gandhi's case was difference - though in 1966 she violated the convention, she made up later, leaving Mr. Gujral and Mr. Manmohan Singh as the two striking aberrations. The emergence of the Prime Minister from the Rajya Sabha
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On 4 July, we had published in these columns an article FM must end tax tyranny by Murali Neelakantan and Kaushalya Shetty . The article made several points. First, that by amending laws retrospectively, the finance minister was not only ignoring a judicial mandate but sending a message that tax authorities were free to levy taxes arbitrarily . Second, that a sum of nearly Rs 210,000 crore of tax was in dispute and that the CAG had slammed the tax department for opting for appeals even when on a weak wicket. Third, that instead of tinkering with a broken tax system the finance minister would do well to deal with a fundamental - the issue of credibility . Fourth, the article suggested a system of appraisal of revenue officials and consequently their career progression on the basis of the correctness of their decisions. Fifth, the article suggested that with a credible tax system in place there would be no need for the revenue department to appeal against its own decisions to tribunals or High Courts. The article concluded by stating that introduction of a system of checks and balances would not only eliminate corruption but provide tax-payers with a quick and efficient process, immunity from arbitrary claims. It would also result in better tax collection, lower cost of recovery and a reduction in litigation. The Finance Ministry has reacted to parts of this article and we are happy to publish their response in full so that readers may form their own opinion.
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Sabha to the Pr i me M i n i ster i al office. From the very beginning, the office was occupied by Jawaharlal Nehru, a member of the Lok Sabha. He held the office on three consecutive occasions and, after his death in 1964, Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, from the same House, succeeded him. In 1966, however, Mrs Indira Gandhi, a member of the Rajya Sabha, occupied the chair and, hence, it seemed that the British convention had no place in the Indian system. But, truly, it was a temporary arrangement to cope with the prevailing political turmoil, because, thereafter she did not seek a seat in the Rajya Sabha. In fact, she became the prime Minister in 1971 and 1980 from the Lok Sabha. Gradually , the office went beyond the reach of the Rajya Sabha. Thus, Morarji Desai (1977), Mr Charan Singh (1979), Mr Rajiv Gandhi (1984), Mr VP Singh (1989), Mr Chandra Shekhar (1990), Mr PV Narasimha Rao (1991) and Mr AB Vajpayee (1996) occupied the Prime Ministers pedestal as members of the Lok Sabha. Thus between 1977 and 1996, no Prime rasi
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does not, in any way, go against the letter of the Constitution. But it does not augur well for the growth of the democratic spirit of the Constitution which is based upon the principle of collective responsibility of the cabinet to the popular chamber of Parliament. In a democratic system, the Prime Minister, as the keystone of the cabinet-arch, should obviously be directly elected to the popular House. The question to be asked is why Mr Manmohan Singh should want to come in through the backdoor in order to hold his chair?
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his is the text of the letter dated 3 August written by Mr D.S. Malik, Additional Director-General (M&C), Ministry of Finance, New Delhi: I am directed to refer to the article titled FM must end tax tyranny published in your newspaper on 4th July, 2013. The article begins by alleging that by amending laws with retrospective effect in the budget this financial year , the Finance Minister seems to have not only ignored a clear judicial mandate but also sent across the message that tax authorities are free to levy taxes, indiscriminately and arbitrarily. If and when courts mete out justice to hapless citizens, the Ministry will back them with retrospective legislative amendments. This contention is contrary to the facts. In the Finance Act, 2013, the following retrospective amendments have been made: Sections 41 and 42 amend Section 153 and 153(B) of Income-tax Act respectively with effect from July 1, 2012 to remove the anomaly arising from amendment carried out vide Finance Act, 2012. If this anomaly was not corrected, in all the cases pertaining to assessment year 2009-10 and subsequent years where a reference had been made before 1.7.2012 and order of the Transfer Pricing Officer had also been made prior to that date, the time period available to complete the assessment would have been two years only instead of the extended time limit of 3 years. Section 61 of the Finance Act, 2013 amends the Wealth-tax Act retrospecti vely from April 1, 1993 to exclude land classified as agricultural land in the records of the Government and used for agricultural purposes from the urban land and consequently not liable to wealth tax. This was a clarificatory amend-
ment to allay apprehensions expressed in Parliament. The third retrospective amendment relates to Indirect Taxes. Section 87 of the Finance Act, 2013 amends the Second Schedule of the Custom Tariff Act retrospectively from March 1, 2011. The purpose of the retrospective amendment was to exempt Flat rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, plated or coated with zinc from levy of export duty. Thu s , i t w i ll be s een that the retro s pect i ve amendment s are beneficial to the tax-payers and definitely do not seek to negate any judicial pronouncement or impose any additional burden on the tax payers. The newspaper article also refers to the CAG Report on the tax appeal process in India, wherein it is noted that the disposal of appeals was one-third of the targeted level. The said CAG report is based on the CBDT Action Plan for the year 2008-09. However, the conclusion that achievements were one-third of the target is based on erroneously equating the disposal target of 60 units for a CIT (Appeal) with 60 cases per month. Therefore, one case cannot be equated with one unit. For example, in terms of the above definition, the disposal of 4,717 appeals cases of search assessment achieved during FY 2008-09 would result in disposal of 23,585 units. Further , since the year 2010-11, the Annual Action Plan has been formulated in terms of specific number of appeal cases disposed. The actual disposal as percentage of target disposal has increased from 73.20% in 2010-11 to 79.96% in 2011-12 and to 97.67% in 2012-13. All efforts are being made to achieve the target of 1,01,751 cases representing an increase of 16.8% over the previous year in 2013-14.
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PLUS POINTS
Farmers Cess Bill
A Law Commission members suggestion for a Farmers and Agricultural Workers Welfare Cess Bill, for levy and collection of cess from certain products/ persons and utilising it for welfare of farmers and agricultural workers, could not become a reality as the panels term is getting over and nothing has been done so far. The object of the proposed Bill is to ameliorate the conditions of rural farmers andlandless agricultural workers. The proposal is aimed at tackling farmers' suicides. Over the past 15 years, an estimated 2.5 lakh farmers have committed suicide in India. The number of rural poor persons has increased. Hence, a way must be found to implement welfare schemes for farmers and agriculture workers at village level by generating necessary funds, according to a law commission suggestion. The recommendations propose that the cess shall be levied under a Central Act at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent but not less than 1 per cent as may be specified by the Central Government and it should be levied and collected on (i) imported perishables; (ii) imported agro byproducts; (iii) diesel cars; (iv) diesel generators and (v) consumers who purchase perishable items from farmers directly in Apni Mandi. The proceeds of the cess will go into a welfare fund. The welfare schemes for farmers and agriculture workers on matters relating to old age pension, life insurance (covering death, accident and illness) and crop insurance, both by the Central Government and also the state governments, may be wholly funded from the welfare fund. movement of pedestrians. The Mall and the historic Ridge, an open space just above the Mall which were once British only streets meant for strolling, are among the auto-free zones. ual abuse, Ms Tirath said at the first regional conference on POCSO Act held here. She said all measures like incamera proceedings, interpreter and proper medical facilities must be provided to children who have faced sexual abuse. "Providing safe environment to the children is the responsibility of all citizens of the country," she added. several lesser alternatives available which would have been adequate to ensure safety of women than to completely prohibit dance. In fact, a large number of imaginative alternative steps could be taken instead of completely prohibiting dancing, if the real concern of the State is the safety of women. In view of the Supreme Court judgment, the organisations have demanded that states take steps to remedy the gender bias and caste apartheid practiced by it. They said the government needs to pay compensation to all bar dancers for causing economic harm, psychological damage, destruction of family welfare, enhancing social stigma, endangering their health and the health of their families as most of the women dancers have incurred enormous loans to cope with the situation during the period of the ban. The state government must provide them compensation for the entire period of the ban, the organisations said. Many elderly people and other members of the households of these women have not been able to access health care for the last 8 years since the women were compelled to stop earning. ment of Justice in the Ministry of Law and Justice. She succeeded Mr D K Sikri, who retired on 31 July . The Department of Justice deals with appointment and transfer of Supreme Court judges, as well as those of the 24 High Courts of the country .
Tiraths demand
Media Law
When the first edition of Facets of Media Law by Supreme Court advocate Madhavi Goradia Divan was published in 2006, it filled a widelyperceived need for an authoritative commentary on laws governing the media in India. The book was an immediate success and is a staple on lawyers' shelves and law and media school libraries. A supplement was added in 2010. Now, and to take note of several developments in media and new case law on the subject, Ms. Divan has updated her seminal work in a second edition, due to be launched later this month. The book will be released by the Chief Justice of India, Justice P. Sathasivam and introduced by eminent jurist Mr Soli J. Sorabjee at a function in New Delhi on 14 August.
Green Shimla
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Himachal Pradesh government to explore the possibility of introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles in the state capital. The state government shall put forward its stand as to why traffic is being permitted on every road in Shimla, resulting in air and noise pollution, the NGT bench, comprising chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice U D Salvi, observed in a recent order. A circuit bench of the NGT's principal bench, which held hearing inthe Himachal Pradesh High Court for two days from Monday, said: Why due notification, covering all hospitals, schools, universities, dispensaries, institutional areas, etc., situated in the entire state as silent zones specifying that no noise or air pollution should be caused, particularly within 100 m of such institutional areas, is not being issued? Shimla has several auto-free zones to facilitate unrestricted
Benefits for dancers

Several womens organisations have welcomed the Supreme Court judgment that declared the ban on dance bars as violating the Constitution of India. They lauded the verdict which states: In our opinion, it would be more appropriate to bring about measures which should ensure the safety and improve the working conditions of the persons working as bar girls. In similar circumstances, this Court in the case of Anuj Garg (supra) had made certain observations indicating that instead of putting curbs on womens freedom, empowerment would be more tenable and socially wise approach. This empowerment shouldreflect in the law enforcement strategies of the State as well as law modelling done in this behalf. In our opinion, in the present case, the restrictions in the nature of prohibition cannot be said to be reasonable, inasmuch as there could be
Women and Child Development minister Krishna Tirath wants to make the law providing protection to children from sexual offences part of the school curriculum in order to educate children about its provisions. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, describes sexual offence in a gender neutral manner and provides for friendly and sensitive treatment of children who face sex-
Justice department
Ms Anita Kaul, a 1979 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Karnataka cadre, has taken over as the secretary of the Depart-
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THE STATESMAN Voices .estival Vibes starts with the most popular and loved event: Rhythm N Hues, or Dance. The auditorium shakes with excitement and the stage is set on fire when the students of different schools move and groove to scintillating music in this event. This is the place to show off one's dancing skills. The participants are not pressured with any particular dance form and we can see a variety of performances in different dance forms with a maximum of 10 members. The audience gets enthralled with the stunning performances. Be it classical, western or fusion ~ one gets to enjoy everything in this event. The judges surely have a hard time selecting the winner among so many winning performances. Rhythm N Hues ~ the most stunning event of this festival has always been the grandest and most exciting with the maximum number of participations. So get ready to show off your dancing skills once again on 19 August! Put on your dancing shoes and prove yourselves the best. kaushiki pal, Class XII Coordinator, South Point High School
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AS the third participant for Extempore announced her topic, my fellow coordinator friend rushed to the front row to have a detailed awareness on what she was going to speak. Of course, it was the topic he had generously suggested. A round of applause honoured our participant, and the loudest was his. Extempore - the word itself that brings forth those expectant stagefright issues, silly comments, as much as smartness and style. A display of talent and intelligence portraying how young ones convey their creative thoughts on random topics before the judges and our most hated timer. How everyone wishes it would hold on for just another minute. Instances of Kareena Kapoor meeting Anna Hazare for health tips and having an energy drink that gives you wings are always invigorating... as are unforgettable memories of Vibes showcasing young talents on its stage. Winner Vallari Aggarwal from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and runner-up Ananya Bose of Loreto House had carried away the prizes for this event at Vibes 2012... This years edition will be with even bigger challenges, interesting speakers, motivating topics and many sixty seconds of fun. aritra ghosh, Class XI, Salt Lake Point School, Coordinator
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counts of the summer evenings we've spent together lying on the terrace, counting stars, and dreaming bigger and bigger. She'd often say, How'd we look like when we are grown up young ladies? And very frequently I become reminiscent recalling the time-capsule we'd made back four years. It's still there buried in my backyard. We had sworn to open it only after six years. And still now there is a note on my diary written with a green crayon reminding me of the day to disclose the time capsule. Taking of my other pals, I often turn nostalgic when I pull out the drawer below my book shelf where I have gathered what my friends have gifted me all through these years. Amongst numerous things, lies intact my first set of new year greetings cards I had got from my friends. Yet another gift includes a very small and pink toy umbrella. It was the goodbye gift of one of my dearest playmates who shifted to another place three years back. And I also possess a diary, in which I have kept the greeting card of one of my most adoring kind garden friend who passed away in a dreadful accident two years ago. In one sentence, friends are a blessing. They may fight with you, they may yell at you, but at the next moment they would cry for you, and even when you're annoyed they'd care for you. Next to your parents, your friend's love is selfless! tanusree nath, coordinator, Class X, Orient Day School
A known saying goes, .riends are those
siblings that God forgot to gift us with. .or me this is so true a fact. This .riendship week I'd like to share with you all about my best friend. She's in the same school and class with me. We've known each other for six long years and yet every second I urge to share a new secret in my mind, or more precisely every new thought in my mind. She is the first one who leans down
beside my ear to whisper, "Are you okay?" if ever I'm absent-minded even for a second! There exists much of a silent bond between us, which enables us to understand what we want to say by just looking at each other and smiling like idiots! And the funniest thing of all is that we never like what our own moms cook, so we exchange our meals at school every day! It has been a habit since four years. Walking down the memory lane, I'm losing
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you're a social butterfly or an A word that introvert with dollops of free bridges the gap between "feeling time? Is the word "friends" alone" and "feeling at home". Is applicable only to that select there any other word in the dic- group of people on whose tionary that is so full of opti- wrists you'll tie ".riends mism, comfort and hope? If .orever" bracelets on 4th friendship was a colour it would August? Does celebrating .riendship be a soft, lemon yellow, like the winter sunshine caressing your Day mean only .acebook greetface. If it had a taste, it would be ings and partying with your sweet as the chocolate melting in your mouth. If you could feel it, it would be like walking on a moss carpeted floor in a Japanese cherry blossom garden with the autumn breeze singing softly in your ears. But what is friendship? In someone's slam book it was scribbled ".RIENDSHIP IS A SHIP THAT NEVER SINKS". But do friends really last forever? And in this world of deceit and lies, whom can you confidently call a friend? Is it the person with whom you discuss the latest school gossip or the one with whom Aditi you pass "chits" during a boring lecture? Is it that nerd from whom you regularly copy gang? Is it just another day on the math's homework? Or is it the calendar for teenagers to that girl you call up at 3 am to hang out, click pictures and discuss the latest guy who's chas- show off their exclusive cliques? ing your heart? Is it that boy who Instead of celebrating with your lives on the other side of the friends, shouldn't friendship day world whom you like because be a day of celebrating by being both of you adore the same rock a friend? Why should the word "friends" be used only for interband? Does having over 1000 net buddies and those with friends on .acebook mean whom you spend most of your
time? What about that vendor who gave you five apples when you asked for four? What about that little girl who offered to carry your bag when you were too tired and then you forgot to tell her "Thank you"? Why don't you for once share the tiffin with the person who sits all alone at lunch break? Instead of burying ourselves in our own selfish, self
centred lives, why don't we try being more friendly and helpful without expecting rewards? Why don't we try being more nicer for a change? Smile at your mother and let her know how grateful you are for waking up so early and making such a lovely breakfast for you instead of snapping at her and complaining how unhelpful
she is for giving you milk that was slightly hotter than usual or burning the toast a bit too much on one side. Water the plants on the window sill and think how patient they are to put up with the blaring music you play. Help that girl struggling with maths instead of sniggering behind her back. Play hide and seek with the nursery kids instead of bullying them when the teacher isn't looking. Talk to that old lady who lives all alone next door instead of pretending not to notice her when you see her on the road. Go for a drive with your dad at night, instead of a sleepover at your B..'s place. Surprise that poor kid who lives on the street with ice cream. Call up that old buddy who never forgets to wish you on your birthdays instead of your disinterested crush. Make a difference this .riendship week by being a bit friendlier, a bit more empathetic and a bit more selfless. After all friends are here to cheer you up, make your burdens lighter, your smiles more frequent and your sorrows more seldom. .riends are here to make you happy, so what better way there is to celebrate .riendship than by making the world a happier place? archita mittra,Coordinator, Class XI, Calcutta Girls' High School
A TEMPLE of solace, solitude, serenity, refuge... That's how I describe my friends. In today's world, good friends are really hard to come by, but all the while, I will always say that the almighty has always blessed with many true friends who mean more to me than anyone else. .riend is that family, that surpasses even our blood relatives, we can, with ease, confide in them our deepest secrets, our greatest fears, and be sure that he/she wouldn't ell a single soul about it. But all the world's great thoughts and quotations cannot define what true friendship is like. It's the joy of living, the essence of life, life itself! Although we celebrate some occasion or the other every once in a while, friendship is something that we celebrate everyday, with all our heart and soul. .riends wash away all our worries and pains in a wave of frolic and fun. The idea of an International .riendship Day was proposed first in 1958 in Paraguay. People tie bracelets or 'friend-
ship bands' to the wrist of their friends signifying the unbreakable bon d between them. The first Sunday of August is observed internationally as the day of eternal friendship when people break the boundaries of cast, creed and religion,
and become united as one single entity tied together with the golden strings of friendship. .riendship has many names! It's waiting for someone for hours at a time, it's bunking classes and going to movies, it's fighting over small things and patching up in the blink of an eye, it's the long conversations on the phone, it's studying together late at night, it's fighting over our favourite things, its pushing someone down and then falling beside hem ourselves laughing hysterically, it's all these and much more. Describing a friend is hardest and also the easiest thing to do. We could describe them by all the things that we know about them, or maybe by all the time we've spent together with them. All things said, just one more now, cherish you friends for as long as you can, they will be there forever but all the same, do not take them for granted, they are one of the best things you will ever have in your life, and they think the same way for you too! utsav jain, Class XII, coordinator, St Joseph and Mary's school
WE call every random person on facebook a friend, but a true friend has a different place in our heart altogether. A friend on facebook lies buried in the cyber world. We may share songs and pictures, like each others picture of Robert Pattinson. But that is not how a true friend is defined. A person
with whom we share our deepest emotions and biggest secrets, that is a friend, a person with whom we share our worries, joys, delights, sorrows and frustration is a friend, a person who knows us inside-out is a friend. How will a friend on facebook ever take the place of a friend without comprehending the nuances of your character? Every bad habit in us worries a friend like a mother, every increasing
inclination of ours towards serials and not studies angers a friend like a father, every problem that we are in makes a friend protective towards us like an elder brother; every word of praise for us makes a friend proud like a sister. Mere acquaintance with someone on facebook does not make him/her informed about our desires in life, our hobbies, our likes and dislikes, our obstacles in life, our achievements but yet we use friend to describe him/her which is a misnomer. How ever much we indulge in social networking, the concept of a friend will never be clouded by such an error. Even in this era of globalization and technological advancement the significance of a friend remains. We still need a person who can understand us from our perspective, who guides us in the right path when we are lost and who encourages us in our every endeavour. In fact, today people have become so secluded from their families due to work pressure that the yearning for a friend has increased manifolds. We always need a friend to relieve our tension, to calm our nerves, to applaud our achievement, to give us sweet surprises, to invite boundless joys into our lives, to scold us. If you have forgotten the importance of a friend just remind yourself that you still tie a friendship band on peoples' wrists on the second Sunday of August. sakura koner Class X St Thomas' Girls' School, Kidderpore
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Grand symposium
THE Interact Club of DPS RK.Puram organised an Interact Club Symposium on 25 July 2013 on the topic 'Anti-bullying -Bullies non-grata'. Nine schools participated in various activities The principal, Dr DR Saini welcomed all the guests. Artistic Discovery included the making of posters on the topic of anti bullying and was judged by Mrs. Seema Sethi , a scholar guide at the National
Museum of Art and Mr. Dilip Bhattacharya, Head of Department of Art at Kulachi Hansraj Modern School. In the skit competition, students put up humourous and moving performances. It was judged by Mrs Palak Bhutani, senior artist with the Ashmita theatre group, and Mr Sparsh Rana, a theatre artist. Rhythms included solo and group performances and was judged by Mr. Ranjit Ahuja and Mr. Andrewseu. On Reel, featured short films, either animated or documentary and was judged by Dr RG Verma and M. Ranjan Mallik. The valedictory programme began with a warm welcome by the principal to the chief guest, Rotarian Prashant Sehgal and Mr. Bansal, a district governor nominee in the Rotary club. A report of the activities of the club in 2012-2013 was read out by the
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tion dates and practice session dates, he had to miss three national games. But now that his school has become supportive, he is permitted not only to play but also participate in practice camps happening all over India. He has been five times gold medallist, three times silver and one time bronze medal in the State Taekwondo Championships. In the nationals at Hariyana, he won a silver medal. At Uttar Pradesh a bronze medal, and a silver at Arunachal Pradesh. He currently represents Kolkata district and has participated till now in eight state level championships also in three national level championships held at Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Most recently he participated in the 7th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship, 2013 at Jakarta, Indonesia and was a silver medallist in the 32nd Junior National Taekwondo Championship, 2012. He was called at the national camp for the preparation of the seventh Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship. There he was selected after defeating the gold medallist. However unfortunately, in between the camp of two months he injured his right ankle and had to take rest for two
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President of the Interact club. A group dance and a band performance by the junior band of DPS RK Puram followed. Mr. Bansal addressed the audience and talked about the meaning of interact, and highlighted the upcoming events which students could take part in, including a conference in Sydney later this year and ended on the note that "we need to be the change." Ananya Panwar, a student of Birla Vidya Niketan who went through the torment of bullies as she grew up, shared her experiences with the audience, giving strength and support to all. In 'On Reel' the first prize was won by Gyan Bharti School, for providing a positive solution to counter bullying, the first runners up were DPS R.K.Puram, followed by DPS Mathura Road. The first prize in Rhythms was
bagged by The Air .orce School, the first runners-up was Birla Vidya Niketan, with The Air .orce Golden Jubilee Institute coming a close second. In Artistic Discovery, the first prize was won by DPS RK Puram for its meaningful poster, but they passed on the prize to the first runners-up, Amity, Saket. The second runners up were Birla Vidya Niketan. The skit was won by the excellent actors of DPS RK Puram, but the trophy was passed on to Gyan Bharti School, the first runners up. The second runners up was DPS Dwarka. The Rolling Trophy was bagged by DPS RKPuram, but being the host school, it was passed on to Gyan Bharti School. In the vote of thanks the Vice Principal, Mrs Shobha Mehta thanked the participating schools for making the event a grand success.
KOREA'S national martial art taekwondo has been the focus of his goal and dream for 17-yearold Soham Sadhukhan, a class XII student of Shri Aurobindo Institute of Education. He started learning taekwondo at the age of four from his father, a
CELEBRATING .riendship Day is so important for most of us. We are in a rush to buy gifts and most importantly friendship bands for our near and dear friends. But we often forget the fact that we don't need to prove your friendship by giving friendship bands, expensive gifts or anything like that because friendship in itself is a precious gift and a blessing too. Now-a-days .acebook is the place where we can make lots and lots of friends. The term "true friend" in .acebook refers to a person with whom you chat for long
hours, who gets tagged in every pic of yours or your constant status updates. But take some time out of your and sit back to think that is he/she really a person whom I can call my 'bff'. One would advise all those die-hard facebook fans to cut their fb time short and instead focus on their real life (which is nowhere linked to fb) because making a true friend is much more enjoyable than making a fb friend. So rather than celebrating .riendship Day on just one day, lets celebrate it everyday, because friends are really
important and form an integral part of our life. They help us when we are facing a problem, they are happy for us in our moments of joy, they make us laugh when we are sad, they make us feel like an angel on earth. .riends can motivate us when we are at the verge to give in. They are always there whenever we need them, that is why it is said "A friend is need is a friend indeed." All these feelings can only be experienced to the fullest if only you have a 'true' friend in the real sense of the term. Sharing makes life even more beautiful "Jo tera hain woh mera hain, joh mera hain who tera!" someshree banerjee, Class XII, St. Michaels School, Durgapur
When words mean nothing and promises are fake. shinjini mukherjee writes about the superficial aspects of friendships in our world
national medallist and his greatest inspiration. His father runs a training school for taekwondo and he used to see the children practising, he was motivated by it and had taken a liking to this sport since then. He won his first prize when only six years, in 2002 in sub-junior state level championship. This event had instilled a lot of confidence and egged him to play and win further games. He says with a big smile, "my parents are my pillars and support me to all extent. They provide me with all the advance equipments, and fund my practice sessions". Earlier due to clash of examina-
weeks. It was prime time and he could practice for only a week before the final tournament at Jakarta. Though even after giving his best he lost in the quarterfinals to very experienced players, but says that he learnt many new techniques and after coming back he is more determined and has started practicing firmly for the coming matches. His big dream is to win the Olympics gold medal for India. "I love my country and want to be in the army", he concludes. sayantani singh
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CHESS is not just a sport - it is also an art; and art does not need to have a triumphant winner and disgraced loser. In today's world, chess provides an opportunity for the visually impaired people to prove that they can match the sighted, if not do better. As many as 100 visually impaired players competed against one another at the 2nd All Bengal Chess Competition for the Blind. This chess competition was organized by NGO National Institute of Professionals (NIP). The blind students were selected from different blind schools and organizations of different districts of West Bengal. Chess Grand Master Dibyendu Barua. Ms. Mita Banerjee, Commissioner of Disability, Govt. of West Bengal was also present to grace the occasion. Dibyendu Barua said, "It is a matter of great honor and privilege to be a part of the 2nd All Bengal Chess Competition here today. I have interacted with many visually challenged players and I can say honestly that these players have a special talent." Their playing technique is very similar with just a few differences. Blind players are allowed to touch the pieces of their opponent during the game, which is not allowed in ordinary games. And each board has small holes in it; the pieces have nails in the bottom so they can then be attached into the hole. There were some very exciting games and some close finishes. The competition was held in 5 rounds followed by the prize distribution ceremony. Results: The winner of this chess competition was Yudhajeet De, with Surajit Roy at second position while the third place was bagged by Madan Jana. Along with this, all the participants taking part in the competition were given certificates of participation NIP.
They are simply used to lull the soul and intimate the heart to the fondness of human attitudes and behaviours. When words are made, they are made for the sake of it. In this world of technology and advancements, do we really have time to keep words we give others? Maybe, in a second of excitement, or at the least, in a moment of hurry, we mention to another soul the promise of being with him through thick and thin and the, things go for a mighty loss . Aren't promises meant to be broken? Aren't words meant to be broken in the peripheries of fake, unkept pledges? Work, family, friend circle, you name it. It's foolish of us to expect promises to hold importance in the world we live in today. In this fast paced and self centered world, all that most of us really care about is only ourselves. Those of us who still dwell in emotions and cling to sentiments with closed hands, are only left behind. We are left in a doomed world because neither are our promises upheld and kept nor are the words given by them provided with great respect. Between the soul of friend and friend, there exists no more of that blind trust that earlier we used to have on each other. .lowery, much loved lines like, "I'll be there for you forever" are meant to be kept. Or, I doubt if. Today, a pledge means nothing more than a clever rearrangement of words in a labyrinth that has been long vacated of any trace of hope
or trust, which are solely meant to win a situation at hand. You get the drift? A deadline missed at work, an evening meeting with a forever perplexed friend, or a promise broken in a relationship. These are only mundane activities which we no more care about. Instead, we've been taught to shrug the world of our shoulders, give a "damn" about happenings in front of our eyes, and move on. What is this moving on, really? When we, often caught in a maze, of promises that are often so fake than not, find ourselves too occupied to let go and too desperate to let be. Until, the heart is sucked dry of all it's strength, and realization dawns upon us and we learn to forsake the world and it's many evil deeds and live life on our own terms, walking on track. A while later we fall prey to the trap of mistakes that are all the same - fake promises of togetherness, the intermingled joy and sorrow of unition after a long time desolation. Once again, the veins in the heart are drained dry. The biggest drawback of this promise-story is that this world behaves in a weird manner, looking for a proof in every nook and corner of earth. Words and promises are thrown into thin air, with no sign of their existence. They are breakable, not concrete, and absolutely contradictory to the current requisite of the world. Coordinator, Class X, StThomas' Girls School, Kidderpore
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I have come to believe that most adults in India - that includes you, no? - not only prefer to sit on the fence when it comes to decision time, but to live there. It's a very crowded fence. Well, the good news is, it's safe. You can comfortably remain an inconspicuous nobody, doing what everyone does, saying what everyone says, and passing all the tests between those two positions. Take the Nirbhaya case for example. Haven't we all shouted for the death penalty, for castration, and for prompt government action to punish those terrible men? Yeah, me too. But I've been thinking. When I was working in New York a wellknown white athlete was gang-raped by a quartet of young black men in Central Park where she had gone for her morning practice. The media voiced the opinions of the readers - execute, castrate, etc. But a letter appeared in one of the papers from Iona College, the place I was based in, agreeing that the deed was foul
of course, but spare a thought for the sinners. They were social nobodies, out of work, living just somehow, the victims of an unfriendly social attitude. Yes, let the law take its course. But perhaps the crime was a wake-up call to us all to look again at how our systems discriminated against these marginalized kids. No, I didn't write that letter. But I would have been proud to. The Brothers came under heavy public fire for their stance "Iona College excuses rape!" ~ that sort of thing. I think to myself, maybe someone should think along those lines now, before the matter fades away. Just for starters, what sort of education is it when sex education is forbidden in schools, so that in the broadest sense those rapists really didn't understand how terrible their deed was? We could start there. God bless. 98307 85060 Brendan MacCarthaigh
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THE deep orange hue of the setting sun amid the rains, the scintillating textures of mosques, the fragrant kurtas worn by men and children, the dash of misty eyes, calls for prayer meticulously followed, the glorious book so devoutly read, without a mumble about hunger or thirst, perpetuating the highest form of ecstasy of being at one with your creator ~ all this and much more, that's the month, or the festival of Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of such regulated living that you always feel clean within if you practise the fasts with sincerity. Also, it's a month of extensive joy where everyone puts his best foot forward to take in the delight of the season. It begins with the sighting of the sparkling crescent moon, for the Hijri calendar followed is lunar. And that's why the season of its occurrence keeps changing. I've often wondered why does it not have a proper periodic occurrence, and came to the conclusion - because our creator wants us to learn to overcome hardships of hunger and thirst in both favourable and unfavourable weather. And that's why at times Ramadan shifts to the winter season and then again drifts along towards the summer. There's another aspect to it. .asting in totality is not just starvation and being thirsty, rather it involves a completely holistic approach to life, like abstaining from all sorts of verbal abuse, to curb anger and so on. On one hand it feels that the entire process of fasting in this month becomes so harshly binding upon us however, it is equally rewarding. Besides, Allah has exempted sick persons, expectant mothers and the like from keeping fasts. Ramadan besides is a time of great intermingling among people of all communities. The fast, colloquially called a roza begins with the sehri just before sunrise and morning prayers at about 3:30 am. The sehri comprises a light consumption of food in the form of usually lachha in India or even at times some leftover meals. In Bengal many, inclusive of
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md ishaque khan tells us the significance of regulated living during the holy month of Ramadan and the importance of celebrating Eid
my family occasionally prefer rosogollas in milk. There is usually a hurry to consume a little food and water just before the Imam of the local mosque calls for the morning prayer (from the Azaan). An important element is the local fakir who wakes up the people of the area. If you're close to a population of Muslims, you must have heard people shouting, singing and calling out to wake people up for the sehr. They are basically fakirs who come for alms. Their ways of waking up include the use of bells and sticks for making some sound. Each group or individual fakir has his/her own specific device of music. Nowadays many are shifting to loudspeakers on hire but many stick to traditional
methods. After we've woken up we gobble up some light food, drink water in a jiffy and go for our ablutions for the morning prayer. As soon as the local priest or Imam calls for prayer we declare our intent of keeping the fast in the form of a brief prayer to Allah, which may or may not be said, because intentions are never hidden from the creator. After we say our prayers, I don't know about others, but I get back to sleep! The next part is when we get up for our work and then starts the right practice of fasting. You're not supposed to relax back at home or take a leave from your workplace; rather you need to fast while performing your daily chores. And yes, you shouldn't have any ill thoughts and though you may feel arousing
elements outside, you're supposed to lower your gaze, and so on. I remember once when I was very young and on a fast, I had started feeling extremely hungry. My mother's counselling then had worked for me. These days I don't really feel hungry. Instead, I feel thirsty when I'm out in the sun. But with the call for the evening prayer at about 6:30 pm, we break our fast, and that's when I feel like drinking up all the water in the world! A lavish iftar (meal after breaking of the fast) usually ensues, and it becomes quite a feast for everyone, for your neighbours, close relatives, or anyone near you who shares his or her iftar with you and the spirit of being a "good samaritan' reigns true. There exist then no differences between humans, for the rich
and poor equally share their food. It is quite a spectacle in workplaces, where everyone, irrespective of religion joins the iftar. This month of absolute obedience is such a great labour of love for your creator, who gives back multiples of this love in return. Our fellow brothers, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, all feel such gusto to serve one better when one is fasting. One must have experienced this when fellow friends wouldn't eat or drink when in our company, which is so humane. The basic concept of fasting comes from the history of this month being the month of revelation of the holy book, the holy Qur'an through Prophet Muhammad. The 30 chapters were revealed in 30 days and that's why reading the Qur'an with right interpretation is recommended in this month. The Tarawi are a special form of prayers that encapsulate the chapters of the Qur'an in prayers, which are held after the fifth and last compulsory prayer of the day. The end of this month is celebratory and we bid adieu to the holy month of Ramadan and welcome of our most important festivals of the year Eid-al-.itr, the festival which celebrates the completion of the revelation of the Qur'an. Some great elements form a part of this like the Eid prayer, the sevai as a staple food item in India and the eidi given in the form of money to children and young ones by their elders. Before the Eid prayer, it is compulsory for us if we are earning members of our family to pay a small percentage of our income as fitra to the poor and needy people. Eid again entails the same forms of unity and exhilaration as are endowed by the Almighty in the month of Ramadan. But for the month of Ramadan preceding Eidal-.itr, the festival would never be as joyous as it is. Let us spread the love, the joy and peace of Ramadan and Eid-al.itr. Wishing you Ramadan Mubarak and in advance an Eid Mubarak as well. Love and peace to all! Coordinator, St. Thomas' Boys' School, Kidderpore
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Registration is now open only for Quiz, Extempore, Drama and offstage events. 1. List of participants names with respective events on school letterhead signed by principal and attached with this Registration Form. 2. Last date for depositing Registration Forms is 9 August 2013 Statesman House, 3rd Floor, 4 Chowringhee Square, Kolkata 700 001. 3. Participants must be in school uniform, except for Dance, Drama and Fashion Show events. Students cannot participate in two consecutive onstage events. 4. One Registration Form per school. 5. Drama scripts on any one of the given topics must reach The Statesman office before 10 August 2013
Collect your passes from Reception, Statesman House, Third .loor. One pass per school fee book. Hurry!
sanghamitra chakrabarty, Class IX, RMI (Happy Home) Dakshinpally Santinketan
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.ESTIVAL
Music: Solo. Original music by school student up to a maximum of 5 minutes each. Band: Original music by a 5 member school band up to a maximum of 6 minutes. Guest Band: Skinny Alley are not allowed. Face painting: Begins from 1.00 pm on 20 August Tuesday. Please bring a volunteer and your own colours for Face painting. Eureka! Science projects to be brought to venue on 19 August at 11.00am Gallery: Handicrafts, Painting, Sculpture, Photographs. Entries for this event to be brought to venue by 11.30 a.m. on 20 August and kept on display. Max 2 items in each category per participant. Judging for Gallery and Eureka will take place from 1.30 pm. Participants must be present at their respective stalls. See you all at Kala Mandir on 19 and 20 August!
n Participants do not need passes for entry but must be in school uniform for all events excepting Drama and Dance. They must have a letter from their School Principal mentioning their names and events for entry at the Kala Mandir gate. n School representative/ participant must be present at the Registration Counter by 10.30 am on both days for respective events . n All students must carry their school / college ID cards or Fee Books along with passes to venue. n Bottles and bags are not allowed inside the auditorium.
VIBES RULES )ND REGUL)TIONS

Please deposit your CDs Registration desk at 10.30am. at Only music to be played, no lyrics. Inappropriate attire will be disqualified. Guest Band: Underground Authority Extempore: Participants will have exactly one minute each to speak on a randomly chosen topic. Topics will be given at the Registration Desk before the event. All schools that have registered can participate. Quiz: All those who have registered can participate. Those teams selected from Prelim rounds will go onstage for Finals. Dress to Impress: Fashion Show ~ Theme: "Down Memory Lane: Let's Go Retro!" Time 4 + 1 minutes. Maximum 6 participants per school.
20 August
Registration from 10.30am sharp for all events of this day Debate: Two member teams from 6 schools. Each member will be given 2 minutes to speak; one member for the topic and one against. Open session of 15 minutes for rebuttals. Drama: Original plays on given topics, which must not exceed 7 minutes each. Marks will be deducted for taking extra time. Carry your own props.
puja singh, Class XI, St. Joseph and Marys School
Offstage events
T-shirt painting: Begins from 1.30 pm on 19 August, Monday. T-shirts will be given at the venue. Sit and Draw: Begins from 1.00 pm on 20 August Tuesday. Please bring your own paints, oil pastels and brushes. Paper will be supplied. Sketch pens
Win prizes for your paintings!

Every week the four best paintings will win four gift hampers from Pidilite in the exclusive Voices Rangeela Gallery. So grab your paint brushes and colours and let your imagination fly! Entries must be 30 cms by 21 cms in size. .ill up the coupon below, attach it to your painting and send it to Voices, The Statesman, 4 Chowringhee Square, Kolkata - 700001. Winners please contact Mr Prasanto Banerjee, The Statesman - Kolkata (22127070, ext: 719) any day from Monday to .riday, between 12.30pm - 7.30pm for details to collect their prizes.
19 August
Registration from 10.30am for all events of this day Dance: Classic, contemporary/ fusion dance, time limit 6 minutes.
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