VOL: 3 ISSUE 12 Chennai, August 05, 2009

Thiruvalluvar statue unveiling:

The imbroglio continues
Bangalore Aug. 05:
Despite the Election
Commission giving
clearance to the unveiling
o f s a i n t - p o e t
Thiruvalluvar’s statue,
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal
Paksha and other
Kannada organisations
classical language status in
have once again Palike (BBMP) elections the rally.
s u b m i t t e d a to be held later this He said that all Kannada, pending before
memorandum to the month, as the Tamil vote essential services will be Tamil Nadu High Court,
commission asking that bank in the city is a spared on the day of the was withdrawn and the
the event on Sunday be sizeable one. bandh, which will be Hogenakkal issue was
stopped as they claim it M r. N a g a r a j enforced from 6 a.m. to 6 resolved.
amounts to violation of reiterated the bandh call p.m. He warned the " I f t h e
the election model code given by Kannada Government not to allow governments are so
of conduct. organisations for public buses to ply on concerned about the two
Speaking at a S u n d a y, b e s i d e s Sunday. Tamil and Kannada saint-
meeting of Kannada announcing a rally from S e v e r a l poets, Thiruvalluvar and
organisations here on Kempe Gowda statue to Kannada leaders who Sarvajna, let them publish
W e d n e s d a y, V a t a l Rajbhavan on August 7 participated in the their books in translation
Nagaraj, President of the as a pre-cursor to the meeting said that statue and distribute them," said
Paksha, said an event of event. More than 10,000 unveiling should have Kodihosalli Ramanna, one
this kind could not be people, he said, were been done only after the of the activists.
held in the light of the expected to participate in appeal against giving
Assembly by-elections
on August 18 at
Govindarajanagar in the
c i t y. E a r l i e r, t h e
commission had given
clearance on condition
that no political speech or
activity that would violate
the model code of
conduct, should be
carried out at the time of
unveiling of the statue.
M r. N a g a r a j
said that the primary
motive behind Chief
M i n i s t e r B . S .
Yeddyurappa’s decision
was the Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara

Jaya cites EVMs as reason

for bypoll boycott
Chennai, Aug 5: AIADMK
leader Jayalalithaa, who
has been strongly critical of
electronic voting machines,
today cited the issue of
reliability of the EVMs, a
reason for boycotting the
August 18 assembly
bypolls in five seats inTamil
Nadu.
Noting the recent
demonstration by an NGO
that EVMs can be The party had
tampered with, she said, announced earlier that it
"This should come as an was boycotting the
eye-opener not elections as it did not
only to the believe it would be free
E l e c t i o n and fair with the DMK
Commission, but ruling in the state and
also to the voting UPA at the Centre.
public," and The AIADMK
added,"In a and its ally PMK have
democracy, every been crying hoarse over
voter should know the reliability of EVMS
whether the vote since the Lok Sabha
cast has gone to elections in which their
the candidate or front put up a poor show
party it was meant bagging only 12 seats of
for." the 39in Tamil Nadu. PMK
In the absence had lost all the seven
of such certainty, seats it contested.
t h e e n t i r e She had first
democratic raised the issue of
process would be possibility of the EVMs
rendered a "mockery", being tampered with in
she said in a statement 2000, Jayalalithaa said,
here. "It is to ensure that adding that many
democracy in its true countries in the world
sense is brought back "have given up the EVMs
that AIADMK decided to as anunreliable system.
boycott the bypolls."
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India needs to stress on creativity
in workforce: Survey
Chennai, Aug. 05: India
should lay greater
emphasis on creativity and
innovation, which was in
extremely short supply in
its knowledge workers, to
maintain the current levels
of economic growth,
according to a global
survey.
While the need to
develop such skills was
clear, what was less clear
was the extent to which
these skills were
successfully being taught
through education, it said.
The survey said it
was generally accepted
that India needs more
knowledge workers and
that, for economic growth
to continue at current
Truck gutted in fire
Virudhunagar, Aug. 05 : A
truck, laden with colour
matches, caught fire while
being transported to a
godown at Nagalapuram
village near Sivakasi here.
Police said due to
friction, 500 bundles of
colour matches caught fire
in the incident yesterday,
leading to anxious
HC issues direction to Centre, UPSC
Chennai, Aug. 05: The
Madras High Court has
directed the Union
government and the Union
P u b l i c S e r v i c e
Commission (UPSC) to
induct a person into the
Indian Police Service (IPS)
in the Tamil Nadu cadre or
in another all India service,
on the basis of his selection
in Civil Services
Examination 2001, with all
consequential benefits.
Chastising the
authorities for their
slumberous attiude, the
court ordered that the
petitioner should be treated
as an OBC candidate for
the process.
For the allotment
of the cadre, the authorities
could even create a
supernumerary post, since
all these years the
petitioner had been
deprived of his due, a
Division Bench of Justices
Elipe Dharma Rao and T S
Sivagnanam said while
allowing a writ petition.
The petitioner, J
Loganathan, submitted
that he belonged to the
Kannadiyar community,
declared OBC in Tamil
Nadu. He cleared the Civil
Services Examination
2001, but his claim that he
belonged to OBC category
was not accepted by the
Union government. It did so
levels, there should be a
greater emphasis on
creativity and innovation.
"India needs to
equip itself more
effectively to develop and
exploit this new
emphasis on 'cognitive
capital, the survey by
Effective Education for
Employment (EEE), a
global research firm
commissioned by
Edexcel, UK's largest
body for primary and
secondary education and
Pearson, an international
media company doing
business in education,
said.
It spoke of
education emerging as a
vast and expanding
moments for the public.
However, the
truck driver jumped out of
the vehicle for safety on
being alerted by the
passerby and informed
the fire service
personnel, who rushed to
t h e s p o t a n d
extinguished the flame.
Vehicular traffic
on the ground that as per
the notification, the
community had been
declared OBC only in
Coimbatore, Periyar and
the Nilgiris districts.
The petitioner
belonged to Cuddalore
district.
The Bench said
the petitioner’s
contention that his caste
had been declared OBC
throughout the State was
not in dispute.
The State
government, realising
the errors in the Union
government’s OBC list,
had addressed the
National Commission for
Backward Classes
(NCBC) in March 1994
pointing out the
discrepancies. But, no
action had been taken by
the Commission.
The officials of
the Commission and the
Union Ministry of Social
J u s t i c e a n d
Empowerment at the
relevant point of time
slept over the matter for
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Two suspected flu cases in TN
Chennai, Aug. 05 : Two Rajan Sekhar G o v e r n m e n t
passengers have been (25) and Simon Michael Communicable Diseases
market in India due to quarantined on their Joseph (35), both natives Hospital at Tondiarpet near
current economic and arrival from Singapore of Chennai, who arrived here, airport sources said.
demographic trends and following suspected this morning, were
significant increase in symptoms of swine flu. referred to the
government spending.
The current
education market is
estimated at around USD
Disqualification order of PMK leader
46 billion. The specific
market for vocational set aside by Madras HC
education and training is
currently estimated at Chennai, Aug. 05 : The challenging the lower contracts much before the
USD billion, it said. Madras High Court has court order. petitioner became the
The study in 25 set aside an order of the Mr Murugan Chairman. The letters were
countries with special Principal District Judge was disqualified under accepted and cancellation
focus on five emerging (PDJ), Cuddalore, issued the District Municipalities orders had been passed by
economies, including in March this year, Act on the ground that the municipality.
India, showcases issues disqualifying V K while he was holding the Thus, the contract
being faced across the Murugan of Pattali post of Chairman of the had come to an end. Just
world in educating Makkal Katchi (PMK) local body, his wife and because they received
children for the 21st from the post of father held subsisting cheques for the works
century. Chairman of the contracts in the done during the previous
Vriddhachalam municipality. terms after he became
Municipality. J u s t i c e Chairman, the same could
Justice S Palanivelu observed that not be held against the
Palanivelu set aside the
order while allowing a
the wife and father of the
petitioner were issued
p e t i t i o n e r, t h e j u d g e
observed.
petition from Mr Murugan letters of termination of
on the road was halted
for a couple of hours to
prevent any untoward
incident.
HC grants interim stay
The loss in the
fire was estimated at Rs
on charge memo
2.5 lakh. Chennai, Aug. 05 : The not registered the case on the facts and
F u r t h e r Madras High Court has under the proper penal circumstances of the case.
investigations were on, granted interim stay on provision. The investigating
police added. further proceedings on a Counsel said in officer, after completion of
charge memo issued by each and every case, the the probe and on the basis
the Deputy Inspector- accused need not be of the collection of
General of Police, Salem arrested. evidence, ought to have
Range, to a head The concerned added another section, that
constable.
M Ravi, counsel
Police Inspector had
obtained further material
is, 307 IPC. On that
ground, the petitioner could
for the petitioner R for altering the offence to not be found fault with.
years together, waiting
Sengodan, submitting one under section 307 of Since the order of
for somebody to 'bell the
that the charge memo the IPC. So, the petitioner interim stay had been
cat again.' The Bench
contained vague and was not at fault. passed, the case of the
said ''the case would
flimsy allegations, Government advocate P petitioner should be
narrate as to how the
contended that the only Muthukumar, sought time considered for promotion in
slumberous attitude
charge against the head to file a counter. accordance with the law.
exhibited on the part of
constable was that he Justice K N The pendency of
the governmental
had not arrested the Basha said it was any departmental
authorities in rectifying
accused after registering needless to state that it proceedings should not be
the mistakes committed
a case under sections was not necessary for the considered as a ground for
by them dig a deep pit in
341, 323 and 324 of the police to arrest the denying the petitioner a
the career of an
IPC. accused in every case. promotion, the court said.
individual and spoil his
Further, he had It all depended
prospects and
opportunities.'' Referring
to the authorities’ stand
that no retrospective
effect could be given to
the amended list
published by the NCBC
in January 2004, the
Bench said an
extraordinary situation
like the present one
would call for an
extraordinary remedy.
Courts were not
handcuffed from dealing
with such situations in an
appropriate manner to
cure an illegality
perpetrated on a citizen it
said.
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Final hearing on classical status
to Kannada on Aug 17
Chennai, Aug. 05:
Madras High Court has
fixed August 17 for the final
hearing on a petition
challenging the Classical
Language status accorded
to Kannada language.
Though Kannada
was accorded the classical
language tag nine months
ago, the official recognition
of the status would take a
while as this was subject to
a writ petition filed by
advocate R Gandhi in the
Madras High Court.
The Public
Interest Litigation (PIL),
which challenged the very
legality of the Constitution
of the committee that
recommended the
classical language status
to Kannada and Telugu
languages, would come up
for final hearing before first
bench of the High Court.
Last week, the
Centre filed an affidavit,
providing a weak defence
of its decision to accord
classical status to Kannada
and Telugu.
K V Dhananjay,
advocate for TV anchor
Deepak Thimmaiah, who
has been impleaded in the
case, said the affidavit was
weak as it had failed to lay
out the grounds on which
Kannada was deservingly
granted the classical
language status.
Instead, the
emphasis was on arguing
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that the PIL was not
maintainable, he said.
When the
matter came up for
hearing on June 22,
which lasted for four
days, the Under
Secretary in the Union
Ministry of Culture
argued in the affidavit
that after going through
the petitioner's
objections, it was evident
that he was not qualified
to question the legality of
the move as he himself
was not sufficiently
literate.
B e s i d e s ,
notifications to the effect
that the classical status
has been accorded to the
two languages were still
be to issued, he
contended.
The affidavit
said the petitioner had
filed the petition based on
an apprehension that the
committee constituted for
the purpose might have
recommended the
granting of classical
status to Kannada and
Telugu. A writ petition
filed on the basis of an
apprehension could not
be maintainable in law, it
said.
''Unless it's
shown that the decision
of constituting the
committee, as it now
stands, is illegal or
suffers from any
procedural improprieties,
the decision of
constituting the
committee cannot be
faulted,'' it said.
If the court
allows the petition, the
state government won't
be able to challenge it in
the Supreme Court, as it
is not a party in the case.
As the PIL challenging
the classical tag to
Kannada had been
pending in the Madras
High Court, the Centre
had not yet released the
annaual grant of Rs 150
crore that was made
towards promoting a
classical language. A
division bench
comprising Chief Justice
H L Gokhale and Justice
Jyothimani took up the
matter for hearing on
June 22. The hearing
continued for four days at
a stretch and was
adjourned without fixing
a date.
Today, the High
Court registry listed the
matter for August 17 for
final hearing.
R Gandhi had
filed the writ petition even
before the notification to
accord classical status to
Kannada and Telugu was
issued. When the Centre
pointed out, Mr Gandhi
filed another petition.
Infidelity turns fatal; wife pushes
husband to death
Chennai, Aug. 05: A said the woman Deeva
woman, who was mother
of two children, fatally
pushed her husband
alleging that he had an
illicit affair with another
woman at Nolambur area
near Ambattur this
morning.
Police sources
10 gm bible is star attraction
Chennai, Aug. 05: A
miniature Bible, weighing
just ten gm and printed in
Scotland, is the star
attraction at the Chennai
International Christian
Book Fair being held here
from August three to 16.
''The miniature
Bible weighs about 10
gms and one needs a
magnifier to read it.
A faint lunar eclipse to occur tomorrow
Chennai: The penumbral
lunar eclipse that will
occur on Thursday will
complete the interesting
lunar-solar-lunar triple
eclipse series this year.
But astronomers say that
despite this, the event
would not be anything
spectacular.
A penumbral
lunar eclipse happens
when the lighter part of
t h e e a r t h ’s s h a d o w
(penumbra) falls on the
moon. This will be similar
to the one that occurred
on July 7, during which no
change in the
(38) picked up a quarrel
with her better half
Vijayakumar (42) over his
alleged affair.
In the mid of the
quarrel, Deeva Pushed
her husband, who fainted
after the back of his head
hit a wooden shelf.
''But the front
size in the slide Bible is so
tiny that it can be read
only through a
microscope,'' Mr Jose
Thomas, Regional
Manager, STL OM Books
India, which organised
the book fair, said.
Perched on a
small wooden lectern and
locked in a glass box, the
appearance of the moon
was seen. “This eclipse
will not be spectacular
because it will only be
visible at the edge of the
moon. In Chennai, it will
happen early in the
morning, and is not likely
to be as visually
appealing as an umbral
eclipse. It will not be
detectable to the naked
eye,” said Dr P
Iyamperumal, executive
director of Birla Science
Planetarium.
A lunar eclipse
occurs when the moon
passes behind the earth
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As he failed to
regain consciousness, she
came to know that he
suffered injuries on the
head. He was later
pronounced dead.
Police have
registered a case of murder
and arrested the woman.
miniature Bible was printed
in 1901 in Scotland, he
said.
The slide Bible
was made by the Research
and Development Staff of
the NCR Corporation at
Dayton in the US and
contained all 66 books of
the Old and New
Testament.
such that the earth blocks
the sun’s rays from falling
on the moon. This can
occur when the sun, earth
and moon come in a
straight line, with the earth
in the middle.
The August 6
event will be the faintest
penumbral eclipse of the
year with a penumbral
magnitude of 0.899. The
eclipse will begin at 4.34
am and end at 7.44 am, and
the greatest eclipse will be
at 6.10 am. The next lunar
eclipse, which will be a
partial eclipse, will occur on
December 31.

TN govt asked to remove AIDS poster

Chennai, Aug. 05: The
Madras High Court on
Wednesday ruled in
support of a housewife,
Thilakavathi over the
incorrect usage of
photographs of here and
her child. Thilakavathi
approached the Madras
high court claiming the
photos of her with her baby
girl was used without her
consent.
The Madras HC
today ordered the removal
of all banners across Tamil
Nadu in one week's time.
The Chennai High court
judge said that the posters
around the state of the
mother and daughter must
be removed or else it will
affect the social status of
the family. The High Court
said, " The poster has
created serious problems
for Thilakavathi and her
family. The poster has
made it difficult for the
family to be part of society."
Taking a strong
stance against the Tamil
Nadu Health Department,
the court added, "The
Health department must
evolve rules for using pics
from the web. The health
department must remove
all poster of Thilakavathi
in a week."
O n Tu e s d a y
TIMES NOW had
brought to light the
incident, after which the
High court has ordered
the removal of the
posters.
The petition
filed by Thilakamathi and
her husband Magesh
speaks of the mental
trauma caused when the
entire neighbourhood
avoided them due to a
poster put up that caused
Thilakavathi's
neighbours to ostracize
her and her family, on the
suspicion that she suffers
from AIDS.
"We are unable
to step out of the house
without any comments by
the people around us. My
4-year-old daughter is
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kept away even from
playing or talking with
other children fearing
infection. Even our family
began to desert us,
thinking that we had the
disease after the poster
showed up.I even
decided to end our lives
at one point because of
the shame even my
character was under
d o u b t , " s a i d
Thilakamathi.
In fact, this
poster has the message
that an HIV+ve woman
does not necessarily
infect her child with AIDS.
Now Thilakavathi and her
husband has sued
TANSAC or the AIDS
awareness department
for one crore rupees for
causing irreparable
mental harassment.
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Indefinite curfew in force,
security tightened in Manipur
Imphal, Aug. 05: Indefinite
curfew remained in force in
Manipur capital with tight
security measures in place
as a leading Manipuri
social organisation
planned to take out a torch
rally tonight in protest
against the death of a youth
in an alleged police
encounter.
Official sources
said police personnel and
commandos were
deployed at various parts
of the capital complex to
prevent any untoward
Capital celebrates Rakshabandhan
New Delhi, Aug.05 : Then I tied a
Rakshabandhan,
symbolising the eternal
bond of love between
brother and sister, was on
Wednesday celebrated
with traditional fervour in
the national capital with
people visiting their
siblings with gifts and
sweets.
Dressed in their
fineries, sisters daubed
foreheads of their brothers
with vermilion and tied
colourful Rakhis on their
wrists and prayed for their
happiness.
Youngsters also
visited temples in various
areas of the capital.
"It is a festival
which is so close to my
heart.I woke up early in the
morning and offered puja
for my elder brother.
Army foils major infiltration
bid in J&K, guns down 7 militants
Poonch, Aug. 05: The
security forces on Tuesday
foiled a major infiltration bid
near the Line of Control
(LoC) in Poonch district
and killed at least 7
militants in different anti-
insurgency operations
across the Jammu and
Kashmir.
According to
reports, a group of militants
tried to enter the state from
Pakistan occupied
Kashmir (PoK) and were
intercepted by troops of Raj
rifles at Chhamb Kinari
forward post in Pathri Gali
area of Mandi in the district.
An encounter
took place after militants
fired on the troops, who
had asked them to
surrender. A militant was
killed in the ensuing
encounter.
Meanwhile, four
ultras were shot dead in
two separate encounters
with security forces in
K a s h m i r Va l l e y t h i s
morning.
A group of
heavily-armed militants
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incident.
Police have
appealed to the citizens
to remain indoors during
the curfew imposed in
Imphal East and Imphal
West districts, which is in
force since 10 pm last
night, following
widespread protest by
public against the killing
of Chungkham Sanjit
(28) in an alleged police
encounter on July 23 at
Imphal market complex.
Major social
organisation Apunba Lup
Rakhi on his hand in turn
he pledged to protect me
from all adversities,"
says Riti, a student of
Jawaharlal Nehru
University.
People from
South India are
celebrating the
Avaniatam festival today
in which brahmins go to
temples to perform puja
and change their holy
threads.
"We went to the
nearby temple for the
puja to change our
poonal (sacred thread).
The rituals went on for
around two hours. A lot of
delicacies are being
prepared at home and I
am waiting to feast upon
them", said G. Arvind, an
engineering student, who
from across the border
sneaked into Tangdhar,
130 kms from here, in the
wee hours, but Army
troops confronted them
and in the ensuing gun-
battle two militants were
killed, according to a
defence spokesman.
The Army
operation in the area is
still on.
The army last
evening shot dead two
infiltrators in Keran
sector, 140 kms from
here, also in Kupwara
district. That operation is
also continuing, the
spokesman said.
He said two
more militants were killed
in an ongoing gunbattle
between ultras and
security forces at
Furkhan near Trehgam,
150 kms from here this
morning.
Security forces
have also launched a
search operation in
Didan Gali in Pirpanjal
sector of South Kashmir
this morning.
National
(AL), which had called a
48-hour general strike,
concluded last midnight.
The organisation would
take out a torch rally
tonight protesting the
killing.
In a statement,
AL demanded immediate
resignation of Chief
Minister O Ibobi Singh
and termination of
services of the
commandos involved in
the July 23 incident.
participated in the festival
here.
Delhi Metro has
decided to run 60 extra
trips today to cater to the
extra rush of people. The
DMRC will also deploy
additional personnel to
cater to the extra rush of
commuters.
The Delhi
Government has offered
free travel for women in
DTC buses as well low-
floor buses today to
facilitate their journey to
the houses of their
brothers.
Security has
been tightened on streets
and crowded places like
markets and popular
hangouts like India Gate
to avoid any untoward
incident.
He said army
troops launched a search
operation in Didan Gali in
Pirpanjal sector of South
Kashmir this morning.
In a separate
incident, a top Hizbul
Mujahideen militant was
shot dead by security
forces during an
encounter in Doda
district.
On a tip off, a
joint search party of army
and police launched a
cordon and search
operation in Behota-
Marmat area of the
district, about 170 kms
from here.
In the gunbattle
that followed, the self-
styled section
commander of Hizbul
Mujahideen identified as
Noor Mohammed alias
Mansoor was killed,
official sources said.
An AK rifle and
three magazines were
recovered from the slain
militant.
'Kicking daughter-in-law or
divorce threat not cruelty'
New Delhi, Aug. 05: A
husband and his relatives
cannot be prosecuted for
“cruelty” towards wife
merely because the
mother-in-law or other
family members had
kicked her or for that
matter threatened her
with divorce, the
Supreme Court has held.
Similarly, if a mother-in-
law gives constant
sermons to the daughter-
in-law or allegedly treats
Manmohan joins rakhi celebrations
New Delhi, Aug. 05 :
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and his
Buta’s son in judicial
custody till Aug 12
Mumbai, Aug. 05: A
c o u r t h e r e o n
Wednesday remanded
Sarabjyot Singh, son of
chairman of SC/ST
commission Buta Singh,
to judicial custody till
August 12 in connection
with the Rs 1 crore
bribery case.
Sarabjyot alias
Sweety Singh has been
accused of taking a bribe
of Rs 1 crore from a
Nashik-based contractor
on July 30 in New Delhi in
return of withdrawal of a
case against him pending
i n t h e S C / S T
commission.
He was formally
arrested the next day in
Mumbai on corruption
charges.
Meanwhile,
S i n g h ’s l a w y e r h a s
accused the CBI of using
force to get his client
confess to his
involvement. The court
will hear his bail plea
tomorrow.
R e p o r t s
claimed that CBI officers,
on condition of
anonymity, said that
Sweety Singh has told
them that Buta Singh was
aware that he was to
accept bribe from the
contractor.
her shabbily by giving her
used dress suits, it does
not invite prosecution
under Section 498A of
the IPC, a bench of
Justices S B Sinha and
Cyriac Joseph said.
However, if the
mother-in-law takes
away the gifts given to the
couple at the time of the
marriage, it amounts to
“breach of trust” as
specified under Section
406 IPC, the SC said
wife Gursharan Kaur on
Wednesday joined
But once in
court, Sweety Singh
insisted that it was under
pressure that he
implicated his father Buta
Singh, chairman of the
National Commission for
Scheduled Castes
/Scheduled Tribes
(SC/ST).
CBI director
Ashwini Kumar had said
that his men would
question Buta Singh if
needed.
Buta Singh has
repeatedly denied his
Monday through Friday
August 05, 2009
while dealing with an
appeal filed by South
Africa-based NRI husband
and in-laws in a
matrimonial dispute case.
“Allegations that
appellant No 2 (mother-in-
law) kicked the respondent
(daughter-in-law) with her
leg and told her that her
mother is a liar may make
out some other offences
but not the one punishable
under Section 498A.
school children in
celebrating Raksha
Bandhan.
Children from
various schools and
NGOs tied Rakhi on the
wrist of Singh who
offered them sweets,
PMO sources said.
In a message on
the occasion, the Prime
Minister said the festival
reinforces the sanctity
of our traditional familial
ties.
"It provides an
opportunity to bridge
differences and
strengthen the bonds of
fraternity and
brotherhood," he said.
involvement in the
corruption deal under
which Sweety Singh
allegedly took Rs 1 crore
(Rs 10 million) as bribe
from Patil to ensure the
withdrawal of a case
against him being probed
by the SC/ST commission
that Buta Singh heads.
Buta Singh had
said he would cooperate
with the CBI but accused
the agency of plotting a
"political conspiracy"
against him by "framing"
his son.
August 05, 2009
Drone strikes house of
Mehsud's father-in-law
Islamabad, Aug. 05: A US
missile strike destroyed the
house of Pakistan Taliban
chief Baitullah Mehsud's
father-in-law in the lawless
South Waziristan tribal
region on Wednesday,
killing four people,
including a woman.
O ff i c i a l s w e r e
quoted by TV news
channels as saying that the
drone struck the house of
Malik Ikramuddin, located
near Makeen in South
Waziristan Agency, at
12.45 am.
A woman and
three men related to
Ikramuddin were killed in
the attack, officials said.
'Militants planned raid on
Australian Army base'
Melbourne, Aug. 05: A
handful of extremists with
ties to an al-Qaida-linked
group in Somalia planned
to storm one of Australia's
largest military bases and
launch a fight to the death
with troops, police said on
Tuesday.
Police revealed
details of the alleged plot
after arresting four
suspects, Australian
citizens aged between 22
and 26 with Somali and
Lebanese origins, in pre-
dawn raids on Tuesday on
19 houses in the southern
city of Melbourne, the
culmination of a seven-
month intelligence
operation.
A fifth man
already in custody on an
unrelated assault charge
was also being questioned
about the plot, police said.
``Potentially this
would have been, if it had
been able to be carried out,
the most serious terrorist
attack on Australian soil,''
acting Australian Federal
Police chief Tony Negus
Islamic terror group
commander held in Iraq
Baghdad, Aug. 05: US
and Iraqi forces have
captured a senior
commander of terrorist
organisation Ansar al-
Islam in Iraq, the US
military command in
Baghdad said Tuesday.
A statement said
the outfit's second-in-
command, Fakri Hadi Gari,
was seized in a combined
operation carried out in the
northern city of Mosul July
24.
Nine other
leading members of the
group were captured along
with Hadi Gari, who was
believed responsible for
Times Chennai E-Paper
H o w e v e r, m i l i t a n t
spokesmen told
reporters that a woman
and two children were
among the dead.
Taliban fighters
prevented local people
from approaching
Ikramuddin's house after
the missile strike,
residents said.
Ikramuddin, the
father of Mehsud's
second wife, escaped
unhurt, they said.
There had been
a lull in US missile strikes
in Pakistan's tribal belt in
the past few weeks.
P a k i s t a n
publicly opposes these
told reporters.
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd said the plot
underscored that
Australia is still under
threat from extremist
groups at home and
abroad.
``Australians
will be concerned to hear
about arrests of this
nature in our midst,'' Mr.
Rudd told reporters in the
northern city of Cairns.
``This is a sober reminder
that the threat of
terrorism to Australia
continues.''
One of the four
suspects charged, Nayef
El Sayad, appeared
briefly in court on
Tuesday on a count of
conspiring with four
others to plan a terrorist
attack. He did not enter a
plea or seek bail. He
faces life in prison if
convicted.
The three other
suspects arrested were
charged on Wednesday
morning with the same
offense. The fifth man
recruitment and finance
as well as operational
activities, the statement
said.
Ansar al-Islam
was founded at the end of
2001 in the Kurdish
region of northern Iraq
while Saddam Hussein
was still president.
Ansar al-Islam
has an extensive network
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attacks, describing them
as counter-productive for
the war on terror and a
violation of its
sovereignty. However,
analysts believe there is
a tacit understanding
between the US and
Pakistan on the attacks.
Mehsud carries
a USD five million bounty
on his head offered by
the US and USD 615,000
in Pakistan. He is wanted
for masterminding
several terror attacks,
including the killing of
former Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto.
already in custody was
also expected to be
charged later in the day,
police said.
Police allege
the cell's plan was to
send a team of gunmen
with automatic rifles on a
suicide attack against
Holsworthy Barracks, an
Army base on the
outskirts of Australia's
largest city, Sydney, that
houses commandos
t r a i n e d i n
counterterrorism, a Black
Hawk helicopter
squadron and thousands
of regular troops.
``Details of the
planning indicated the
alleged offenders were
prepared to inflict a
sustained attack on
military personnel until
they themselves were
killed,'' Negus said.
Police said
extensive electronic
surveillance and phone
intercepts of the cell
revealed details of the
plot.
in Europe, organising
funding and support for
armed attacks within
Iraq.
S p a n i s h
authorities blame the
European wing of the
group for the Madrid train
bombings that killed
more than 190 people in
March 2004.
N.Korea sets journalists free
after Clinton's visit
Washington, Aug. 05:
Former US President Bill
Clinton left Pyongyang
on Wednesday after
securing the release of
two female American
journalists, who were
arrested by North Korean
o ff i c i a l s , s o m e f i v e
months ago.
"President
Clinton has safely left
North Korea with Laura
Ling and Euna Lee," said
Matt McKenna,
spokesman for Bill
Clinton. Ms. Clinton
apologised to Kim Jong-Il
for the behaviour of the
Indian Americans to celebrate
Independence Day
Washington, Aug. 05 :
Thousands of Indian
Americans are expected
to participate in the India
Day Parade in Edison -
also called Little India - in
New Jersey this
weekend, organisers
said on Wednesday.
Celebrated
Bollywood actor, model
and television presenter,
Mandira Bedi, would lead
the mile-long parade
along the Oak Tree Road,
which over the past one
decade has emerged as
the hub of Indian
American community in
New Jersey.
N o w a during the parade in an
permanent feature of
New Jersey cultural
milieu, the parade is held
UNSC adopts resolution to protect
children in armed conflict
New York, Aug. 05: The
UN Security Council has
stepped up its efforts to
protect children affected
by armed conflict by
adopting a resolution
expanding a list of
offenders who are
subject to possible
sanctions.
Resolution
1882, which was adopted
Tuesday by the 15-
m e m b e r b o d y
unanimously, strongly
condemned "all
violations of applicable
international law
involving the recruitment
and use of children by
parties to armed conflict".
It requested UN
Secretary-general Ban
Ki-moon to include in his
list submitted to the
Council those who kill,
maim, rape or commit
other forms of sexual
violence against children
in wartime. Past lists
mainly included those
who were accused of
recruiting child soldiers.
The resolution
called on those parties on
the secretary-general's
so-called "list of shame"
two women journalists
after which they were
released, North Korea
media reported.
"They are en
route to Los Angeles
where Laura and Euna
will be reunited with their
families," Mr. McKenna
said in a statement.
Reporters of the
California-based Current
TV, a media venture
launched by US former
Vice-President Al Gore,
Laura and Euna were
serving 12 years of hard
labour imprisonment for
allegedly crossing the
every year by Indian
Business Association in
association with scores
of other Indian American
organisations, to
celebrate India's
Independence Day.
Normally it is
held over the weekend
around August 15 so as
to facilitate maximum
attendance.
B e i n g a n
election year in New
J e r s e y, t h e S t a t e
Governor Jon Corzine
and his Republican
challenger Chris Christie
are also expected to
make an appearance
effort to woo the Indian
American community in
their favour.
to prepare "concrete and
time-bound action plans
to halt those violations
and abuses".
In addition, the
resolution "calls upon
concerned member
states to take decisive
and immediate action
against persistent
perpetrators of violations
and abuses committed
against children in
situations of armed
conflict", and to bring
them to justice.
An important
aspect of the expanded
listing criteria is the
Council's empowerment
of the UN on the ground
to enter into dialogue with
armed forces and groups
on action plans to halt
these violations and to
bring perpetrators to
account.
The Council first
e s t a b l i s h e d a
mechanism for
monitoring, reporting on
and punishing those
responsible for the
recruitment of child
soldiers in resolution
1612, adopted in 2005.
"The resolution
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China-North Korea border
illegally.
In a surprise and
unannounced move, Mr.
Clinton reached
Pyongyang on Tuesday to
hold talks with the North
Korean authorities and
seek the release of the two
journalists.
Mr. Clinton also
met the North Korean
leader Kim Jong II.
He was received
at the airport by Kim Kye
Gwan, North Korea's chief
nuclear negotiator.
The Indian
American community in
New Jersey has been a
traditional supporter of the
D e m o c r a t i c P a r t y.
Founded in 1990s, the
Indian Business
Association is the oldest
and largest Indo-American
Association serving the
Edison and Woodbridge
area of New Jersey.
The Association
hosts the annual Official
New Jersey India Day
Parade each August. The
association is also
responsible for public
projects and credited with
major political reforms in
Edison and Woodbridge
areas.
sends a clear political
message to stress that the
"obligations imposed by
international law to all
parties to armed conflict
related to children's safety
and well-being must be
complied with, allowing for
no exceptions," said
Claude Heller, the Mexican
envoy to the UN and chair
of the Security Council
Working Group on Children
and Armed Conflict.
"It represents a
fundamental progress in
the child protection agenda
as it expands the criteria by
which parties in conflict can
be included in annual
reports that secretary-
general produces on this
topic," Heller said.
"Therefore, the
responsibility of the parties
to armed conflict who
violate international
legislation by engaging in
killing and maiming, as well
as rape and other forms of
sexual violence against
children could be a matter
under scrutiny by the
Security Council," the
Mexican envoy said.
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Airtel plans bid for Millicom
Sri Lanka network: Report
Mumbai, Aug. 05: India's
Bharti Airtel plans to bid for
telecom operator
Millicom's Sri Lankan
mobile network, the
Economic Times said on
Wednesday, citing two
executives familiar with
developments.
The move would
make it the second largest
mobile phone operator in
the island nation, trebling
its user base from one
million now, the paper said.
A spokesman for
Bharti told Reuters he
L&T seeks regulatory nod
to sell Satyam stake
Bangalore, Aug. 05:
Larsen & Toubro Ltd has
sought permission from
market regulators to sell its
stake in outsourcer
Mahindra Satyam Ltd, a
spokesman for the
engineering and
construction major said.
L & T, w h i c h
operates in industries as
diverse as engineering,
shipbuilding and software,
has sought the permission
as an "enabling
arrangement" and has not
set a timeframe for selling
its holding, the spokesman
told Reuters on
Wednesday.
Mumbai-based
L&T had built up a 12
percent stake in Mahindra
Satyam, earlier known as
Satyam Computer
Services Ltd, before the
sale of the company, which
was rattled by India's
biggest corporate fraud.
In April, L&T lost
out in the race for a
controlling stake in the
fraud-hit outsourcer, which
was eventually bought by
smaller rival Tech Mahindra
Samsung launches LED 8000 series
Kolkata, Aug. 05:
Samsung India has raised
the bar for flat-panel TVs
with the launch of its
revolutionary 8000 series
of LED HDTV in the Indian
market.
Samsung which
has met with tremendous
success for its LED TVs in
the US Market, held the
India launch for its 8000
series of LED TVs at the
Samsung Experience
Store in New York .
The company
launched its 8000 series of
LED TVs in 55' screen size
and added 32' screen size
to its 6000 Series and 55'
screen size to its 7000
Series lineup, thereby
strengthening its LED TV
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Allied Digital launches cloud
computing management
would not comment on Cambodia, Laos and Sri Mumbai, Aug. 05 : Allied enterprises and hosting Computing Management
market speculation. Lanka on the block in Digital Services Ltd today service providers to platform would help
Bharti will have July, the report said. announced the launch of easily deploy and enterprises tap the power
to compete with an array Bharti's Sri Cloud Computing manage business-critical of cloud computing for
of suitors such as Lankan arm has already Management and applications on the cloud scalable, cost-effective IT
Malaysia's Axiata Group, invested $125 million in Security Services for with new levels of infrastructure on demand,
R u s s i a ' s the country against a large enterprises and automation, control, while maintaining complete
Vimpelcom and United commitment of $250 hosting service providers portability and security. control and flexibility.
Arab Emirates Etisalat, million, the paper said. globally. Built over the These services
which are reportedly Bharti is in Allied Digital in existing Enterprise will be delivered from Allied
interested in Millicom's exclusive talks with a release here said its Vi r t u a l i s a t i o n Digital’s state-of-the-art
Asian assets, including South Africa's MTN Cloud Management Management platform, network operations centre
Tigo network in Sri aimed at a merger to services would help large Allied Digital’s Cloud here.
Lanka, the report said. create the world's third-
M i l l i c o m biggest telecoms firm.
International had put its Japan's Nikkei down on Toyota
operations across
TOKYO, Aug. 05: Sato, market analyst at to buy shares ahead of
Japan's Nikkei stock Mizuho Investors Friday's release of a U.S.
index fell Wednesday on Securities Co. Ltd. employment report for July.
profit-taking after hitting a The world's Economists expect the
10-month high as biggest automaker said Labor Department report
investors sold auto Tuesday its net loss for will show the U.S. jobless
shares on Toyota Motor the April-June quarter rate rose to 9.6 percent in
Ltd -- a unit of India's overstated for years. Corp.'s report of a third stood at 77.8 billion yen July, up from 9.5 percent in
Mahindra & Mahindra I n J u n e , consecutive quarterly ($819 million), plunging June, the highest level in 26
Ltd. Satyam released loss. into the red for the third years.
Based on the financial figures for the The benchmark consecutive quarters. Toyota fell 1.2
expanded share capital first time since the Nikkei 225 stock average ``Investors percent to 3,980 yen.
after Satyam's takeover, revelation of the fraud, lost 122.48 points, or 1.2 were downbeat about Honda declined 1.3
L&T's stake in the ahead of the launch of an percent, to 10,252.53. Toyota's loss given that percent to 3,000 yen.
company is at 6.9 open offer by Tech The key stock index on its rival Honda reported a Nissan Motor Co. was
percent, according to Mahindra. Tuesday hit the highest profit during the quarter,'' down 1.9 percent at 681
Thomson Reuters data. "We are asking closing level since said Sato. yen.
At the current Satyam for a concession since October 6 on growing Toyota trimmed Sony Corp. edged
share price, the holding the information that were optimism about a global its forecast of red ink for up 0.2 percent to 2,655
is worth nearly 9 billion made available to us as a economic recovery. the full year through yen. Panasonic Corp. lost
rupees ($190 million). bidder is public now," the The broader March 2010 but in a 2.6 percent to 1,468 yen.
Under the L&T spokesman said. Topix declined 1 percent sharp contrast Honda In currencies, the
conditions of the Satyam He, however, said that to 949.58, snapping a 13- Motor Co. has raised its dollar was trading at 94.98
sale, bidders for the L&T was not planning to day gaining streak. forecast for the full year yen in Tokyo Wednesday
company are barred from sell the stake ``Investors to a 55 billion yen profit afternoon trade from 95.23
selling their stakes, immediately if the locked in profits following from 40 billion yen. yen in New York late
acquired prior to the bid, restriction was lifted, but recent gains. They also Apart from Tuesday. The euro stood at
for six months as they would consider various dumped auto stocks due profit-taking and the $1.4377 from $1.4390.
were given access to issues including market to Toyota's poor earnings Toyota factor, Sato said
Satyam's financial conditions before results,'' said Masatoshi investors were reluctant
information that was not deciding.
public at that time. At 0657 GMT,
Satyam, which shares in Mahindra FMC rejects USE's 10% stake buy
was once India's No. 4 Satyam was up 4.4
outsourcing firm, had not
reported audited results
percent at 111.85 rupees
and L&T was down 1.5
in Indiabulls-MMTC bourse
beyond the September percent at 1,497.25 New Delhi, Aug. 05 : be fully recognised. It has 26 per cent, respectively.
quarter after founder rupees in the main Indiabulls-MMTC got only 'in-principle Indiabulls had to
Ramalinga Raju shocked Mumbai market that was promoted International approval' from SEBI, look for partners to dilute its
investors in January by down 0.6 percent. Multi-Commodities sources added. stake after the FMC issued
saying the company's Exchange is looking for Khatua said guidelines that did not
profits had been another investor after the that IMCE will get the allow a single shareholder
markets regulator FMC clearance to commence to hold more than 40 per
rejected the United Stock trading in the commodity cent in a commodity
Exchange of India's exchange after it meets exchange.
(USE's) 10 per cent
stake buy in the bourse,
the shareholding
guidelines.
So far, Indiabulls
has diluted 24 per cent to
sources said. "IMCE has HDFC Bank, Yes Bank and
offerings for the Indian LED TVs with 200 Hz While Forward taken two months (till Indian Potash Ltd, sources
market. Motion Plus technology.' Markets Commission September-end) to said, adding that it is
JungSoo Shin, These cutting (FMC) Chairman B C achieve a closure of its looking for investors to sell
President & CEO, edge TVs use LEDs as Khatua confirmed the entire Rs 100 crore the remaining 10 per cent,
Samsung South West their primary light source, rejection, officials at the capital structure," he which was to be sold to the
Asia HQ said, 'Based on rather than traditional International Multi- said. USE.
the strong initial C o l d C a t h o d e Commodities Exchange Initially IMCE Indiabulls shares
acceptance that we have Fluorescent Lamps (IMCE) could not be was floated as a joint were trading down by 0.45
received for our 6000 (CCFL). Benefits of using contacted. A top MMTC venture between per cent at Rs 210.95 at
and 7000 Series in LED LEDs include ultra-high official refused to Indiabulls and MMTC, 1300 hours on the BSE.
TVs, we are now going in contrast ratios, slim comment on the issue. holding 74 per cent and
for range enhancements depths that allow for "We have not
for the existing series
and introducing our
more artful designs, plus
increased energy
accepted the 10 per cent
equity to be held by USE
Canara Bank reduces
advanced 8000 Series of savings. in IMCE," Khatua told
P T I . H e , h o w e v e r, interest rate on vehicle loans
declined to elaborate. Bangalore, Aug. 05 : Canara Bank has slashed the
Sources said interest rate on vehicle loans sanctioned on or after
To advertise in that the FMC has August 1, 2009.
rejected the USE's The revised rate would be 8.50 per cent for
this paper mail to: application to buy a 10 vehicle loans during first 12 months, 9.50 per cent during
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For a period of above 60 months, it is 10.50 per
cent, it added.
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Cricketers getting no backing on WADA issue
New Delhi, Aug. 05: Two
days after rejecting
WA D A ` s a n t i - d o p i n g
clause, India`s top
cricketers are getting
increasingly isolated with
star tennis players and
sports medicine experts
today deploring their
stance and saying there
could not be separate rules
for them.
After Sports
Minister MS Gill opposed
the BCCI stand on the
clause which makes it
m a n d a t o r y f o r
sportspersons to make
themselves available for
out-of-competition testing,
the cricketers found the
heat intensifying with more
sportspersons and
administrators criticising
them.
While sports
medicine experts termed
the decision as "silly and
absurd", India`s leading
tennis players Mahesh
Bhupathi and Sania Mirza
sought to dispel their
apprehensions and asked
them to sign the document.
Bhupathi and
Sania stressed on the point
that the WADA initiative
was about weeding out
drug cheats from the world
of sports and both felt it was
d u t y o f e v e r y
sportspersons to
cooperate and contribute
to create a dope-free world.
"I have been
doing the `whereabouts`
this entire year. I think if the
system allows for those
who abuse it to be caught
we should go with it,"
Bhupathi said.
"Lots of the tennis
players had apprehensions
early but we are all doing
it," Bhupathi said.
Echoing his view, India`s
first female Grand Slam
title winner Sania Mirza
said rules should be same
for everyone.
"It would not be
fair to all the other sports
and sportsmen of the world
to make exceptions to
WADA`s rules and I`m sure
any doubts that the
cricketers have can be
sorted out amicably
through consensus before
they sign on the dotted
line," Sania said.
Reminding that
every sportsperson has a
duty to support the anti-
doping agency in its bid for
a dope-free world, Sania
said, "We all share the
same goals as WADA,
being a part of the world
sports fraternity."
The sports
medicine experts were
more scathing in their
criticism and said there
was no justification for the
BCCI and the players to
reject the code which has
been accepted by
international sports bodies.
"It is ignorance of
the WADA system which
probably has led to such a
decision. The BCCI and the
cricketers have no idea
about the rules and
regulations and that is why
they have created such a
situation," Dr Manish
Chand, the Director of
Dope Control for the 2010
Commonwealth Games
said.
Other sports
medicines experts also
ridiculed the BCCI for
putting up "absolutely
silly reasons" for not
s i g n i n g t h e
`whereabouts` clause
which makes it
mandatory for
sportspersons to
disclose their location
three months in advance
for out of competition
dope tests.
While Dr P S N
Chandran, a leading
sports medicine expert
who has been involved
with the Sports Authority
of India`s anti-doping
programme, termed the
cricketers` decision as a
"virtual revolt", another
expert Jaspal S Sandhu
said the BCCI reasoning
is absurd.
" A r e o u r
cricketers bigger than so
m a n y g r e a t
sportspersons the world
over who have signed
this code? I think it is just
an issue of ignorance on
part of the players,"
Chandran said.
Chandran said
it was "surprising and
strange" that the BCCI
was encouraging its
players to revolt against
the code after having
allowed the ICC to sign it.
"This is absurd.
Whatever they share will
remain strictly
confidential and beyond
the reach of people other
than who are concerned
with it. Where does this
question of security risk
come from?" said
Sandhu, also the Dean,
Faculty of Sports
Medicine at Guru Nanak
Dev University, Amritsar.
Wrestling
Federation of India
President G S Mander
also criticised the
cricketers and dismissed
claims that sharing
whereabout details in
advance posed security
Flintoff or no Flintoff, England
can win Ashes: Strauss
London, Aug. 05:
Captain Andrew Strauss
said that England can win
the Ashes series without
their maverick all-rounder
Andrew Flintoff.
Flintoff, who will
retire after the series, has
been on pain killers to
ease the inflammation on
his troublesome right
knee. Flintoff was clearly
struggling during the third
Test at Edgbaston and is
now facing a race against
time to prove his fitness
before the fourth Test
begins at Headingley on
Friday.
Asked whether
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Somdev stuns Cilic, avenges
risks.
"Security threat Chennai Open defeat
i s f o r e v e r y
sportspersons and Washington, Aug. 05: who saved five of the against Cilic.
cricketers are no Somdev Devvarman seven break points that "I already had
exception. There cannot registered the biggest his opponent had. three matches under my
be different rules for win of his fledgling career Cilic had ended belt and this was his first
sports bodies all over the when the wiry Indian Somdev's dream run in match of the tournament. I
world on one hand and
for Indian cricketers on upstaged sixth seeded January in Chennai, just wanted to go out there
the other," he said. Marin Cilic in straight sets where the 24-year-old and play my game,
However, some in the second round of the had reached his first ATP compete as hard as I could
former cricketers USD 1.4 million Legg final with wins over and let the chips fall where
supported the defiant Mason Tennis Classic players like Carlos Moya t h e y m a y, " s a i d t h e
players with Sandeep here. and Ivo Karlovic. youngster.
Patil and former captain The Indian Somdev said he Having played a
Ajit Wadekar backing qualifier, who lost to Cilic did not have any lot of tennis at the
B C C I a n d e x - Te s t in his maiden ATP final in butterflies in the stomach University of Virginia,
batsman Chandu Borde
finding merit in the WADA the Chennai Open earlier in the second round Somdev had enough
code. this year, took one hour match and neither was he support from the stands
"If I`m in the and 42 minutes to sent out to settle an old score. and if he can pull off a
boots of Yuvraj Singh or the Croatian packing 7-5, "It wasn't my couple of more surprises,
(MS) Dhoni I would 6-4 to reach the third first Tour final tonight so I he might run into top seed
certainly not like to be round where he would wasn't as nervous going Andy Roddick in the
disturbed when I`m on a meet either the big-hitting out," said the 153rd- quarter-finals of the
h o l i d a y. L i k e e v e r y Croatian Ivo Karlovic or ranked Indian. hardcourt event.
individual, the cricketers Ge r m a n R a i n e "But there was "Andy who?"
too need to have their
privacy respected", Patil Scheuttler. no (revenge factor) for quipped Somdev.
said. "It's definitely my loss to him in "I'm aware of
"It seems both the biggest win of my Chennai. There's no ill where I am but I have to
have valid arguments to career. He's a great feelings. We were just take it one match at a time,"
support their respective player. He's in top 15 two competitors out there he said.
views. It is advisable for already and on his way to today," Somdev added. On a more
the anti-doping the top 10," Somdev Somdev, who serious note, he said, "I've
authorities to talk to the gushed after the win. won the NCAA singles put in a lot of work. I'm
cricketers and remove "All along I titles in 2007-08 while doing things the right way.”
whatever apprehensions
they are having. They played well. My plan was playing collegiate tennis ""I'll take a deep
need to be convinced it`s to compete as hard as at nearby University of breath when I have some
for the betterment of the possible. I took my Virginia, said competing breathing space," said
game," Borde said. chance and I'm proud of in the qualifying rounds Somdev who played four
The Indian the result," said Somdev gave him an advantage matches in as many days.
cricketers on Sunday
refused to sign the clause
claiming it infringes on
their privacy and puts
their security at risk.
The BCCI
backed the players at an
e m e r g e n c y Wo r k i n g
Committee meeting in
Mumbai and asked the
ICC to renegotiate the
clause with WADA.
Despite its
criticism, the BCCI has
said it will stick to its
stand on the vexed issue
and the matter will now
be discussed at the
ICC`s Executive Board
meeting, the date of
which is still not known.
England could win the
series without Flintoff,
Strauss said: “Yes, I think
we can - we`ve had to (go
without Flintoff) plenty of
times over the last two
years, so it wouldn`t be
anything new to us.”
“Generally, the
bowlers have stepped up
when he hasn`t played
but at the moment he`s in
great nick with both ball
and bat so we don`t want
to play without him if we
can help it. We will have
to swing with the punches
we get and if that is the
case then I think we`ve
got a good enough squad
to be able to deal with
that,` Strauss was quoted
as saying. Strauss said
that Flintoff has been
honest about his body,
but is desperate to play
the last two games.
But I think he
realises that if he`s not fit,
then he won`t help us,”
Strauss said.
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