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Tie it up tight, but watch the eyesNew York: Go ahead, loosen thattie. You could be saving your vision.

A study published on Tuesday inthe British Journal of Ophthalmolo-gy found that wearing a tightly tiednecktie had a significant effect onblood pressure within the eye,which it called the most importantknown risk factor for the develop-ment of glaucoma, a disease inwhich the optic nerve is progres-sively damaged.

The study also suggested thatwearing a tight tie could throw offthe findings of tests for glaucomaduring optical exams.

In the study, led by Dr RobertRitch of the New York Eye and EarInfirmary, 20 healthy men and 20men with the most common form ofglaucoma had their intraocular

blood pressure measured wearingopen shirt collars. The pressure wastaken again after they wore a tightlyknotted tie for three minutes, and fi-nally three minutes after the tie wasloosened.

The pressure increased in all themen’s eyes. It went up by an averageof two millimeters of mercury inthe healthy men, and by four mil-limeters in the glaucoma patients,and by significantly more in a fewpatients.

Speculating that the tie mightraise blood pressure by constrictingflow through the jugular vein, the re-searchers concluded that wearing atight necktie should be considered arisk factor for glaucoma, particular-ly for men with thick necks or thosewho wear ties every day. NYT News Service

Golconda Exp driver blamed:The Railways on Tuesday officiallyannounced that the recent GolcondaExpress accident was due to the dri-ver’s fault. According to provisionalfindings, the accident occurred dueto the late application of brakes.

Arunachal trust vote: ArunachalPradesh governor V C Pande willcall an emergency session of thestate assembly on Saturday to allowchief minister Mukut Mithi to provehis majority on the floor of theHouse, after the latter met him onTuesday.

Myers not bothered: US militarychief general Richard B Myers onTuesday said India’s decision not tosend troops to Iraq did not ‘‘botherus’’. He left for Islamabad after dis-cussions with the top military brassand national security adviser BrajeshMishra. P11

No pipeline via Pak: India hasruled out importing natural gas fromIran by a pipeline passing throughPakistan in view of the present stateof the bilateral relations. This wasdisclosed by minister of state for pe-troleum and natural gas Sumitra Ma-hajan in the Rajya Sabha.

Kalyan seeking legal view: For-mer UP chief minister Kalyan Singhhas said he is seeking legal opinionon his summoning by the Liberhancommission. “I have not yet receivedthe copy of the commission’s order. Iam seeking legal opinion from mycounsel,’’ he said.

Bill on marriage: The Rajya Sab-ha on Tuesday passed the MarriageLaws (Amendment) Bill 2003, whichaims to remove ‘‘inequities’’ in mar-riage and divorce laws. It providesfor enhancement of the appeal peri-od from 30 days to 90 days and ex-tending the jurisdiction to local limitsto address matrimonial cases.

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Plan 2021 iswaterless

By Saurabh SinhaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The guide-lines for Master Plan 2021announced by Union ur-ban development ministerB C Khanduri and DelhiLieutenant Governor VijaiKapoor gave the go-aheadfor large-scale develop-ment of Delhi but wassilent on one key issue —water. How will the ever-g r o w i n gcity meet itswater re-quirement?

‘‘The planis project-ing a population of 23 mil-lion in 2021 with a waterrequirement of 1,800 mil-lion gallons a day (MGD).This is to be supplied bythe Delhi Jal Board(DJB),’’ a senior Delhi De-velopment Authority(DDA) official in the Mas-ter Plan division said.

The DJB says the cur-rent supply of 650 MGDwill be raised to 845 MGDafter getting water from all sources by 2011.

‘‘Then this supply willremain static as there is noother ready source,’’ saidDJB chief engineer (sew-erage) V B Jain. Now the

DJB supplies just 650 MGDwhile the current popula-tion of 14 million needs 830 MGD. Since almost 40per cent of the supply islost in transit, the gap ismet by drawing groundwa-ter. But Central GroundWater Board officialswarn of a time in the nearfuture when this sourcewill run out.

The sanitation scene isequally bleak. ‘‘About 652MGD of sewage is generat-ed daily. While we have thecapacity to treat 512 MGD,we are treating just 380MGD as sewage seepsthrough rusty pipelinesand does not reach theSTPs,’’ said Jain.

‘‘By 2011, the sewagetreatmentc a p a c i t ywill be in-creased to752 MGD.Since the

supply from then on wouldbe 845 MGD, we do nothave any plans as of nowto increase the STPs’ ca-pacity,’’ he said.

Urban expert H K Yadavsays with these new guide-lines, the number of mi-grants coming to Delhimay cross the annual 3lakh mark. ‘‘Delhi willkeep attracting peoplewithout being in a positionto meet their basic needs,’’said Yadav.

CSE director SunitaNarain agrees saying thecity would not be able totake the load generated bythe new plan.

Coming soon: Cloned boyBy Narayani Ganesh

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Madrid: The world’s firstdocumented human clone ison his way. Maverick Italianinfertility expert Dr SeverinoAntinori confirmed the exis-tence of the five-month-oldfoetus but refused to disclosethe mother’s identity or loca-tion, saying it was ‘‘too riskyat the moment’’.

The proof with a photo-graph of the foetus will bepublished in a medical jour-nal soon, says Dr Antinoriwho created a sensationwhen he announced his deci-sion to clone the world’s firsthuman in January 2003. Hefirst grabbed world attentionin 1994 when he enabled a 63-year-old post-menopausalwoman to give birth.

Maya’s monumental retreatTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow/New Delhi: A crisis inthe BSP-BJP coalition triggered byUP chief minister Mayawati’s de-mand for dismissal of Uniontourism and culture minister Jag-mohan blew over on Tuesday withthe BSP leader withdrawing it.

Earlier, Prime Minister Atal Bi-hari Vajpayee, addressing the BJPparliamentary party meeting onTuesday, took the earliest opportu-nity to reject Mayawati’s demand.‘‘I have confidence in Jagmohanand there is no question of his dis-missal,’’ Vajpayee said.

On a day of dramatic develop-ments, BSP MPs stalled the LokSabha and got it adjourned for the

day without transacting any business in support of their demand that Jagmohan be sackedfor ‘‘misleading’’ the nation on the Taj heritage corridor project in ‘‘connivance’’ with the BSP’s political rivals.

But later in the day, Mayawatiannounced at a Press conferencein Lucknow that she was with-drawing her demand following as-surances from the PM and Deputy

PM L K Advani that her com-plaints into the controversial proj-ect would be looked into. ‘‘I havegiven up the demand on the basisof assurances given to me by both,PM Vajpayee and Deputy PM Ad-vani, to look into the issues raisedby me, ‘’ she said a day after mak-ing the demand.

She added: ‘‘I have full faith inboth Vajpayee and Advani and Iam sure they will not betray my

trust.’’ However, she refused to di-vulge what they had talked.

She said she was sorry her partymembers had stalled the Lok Sab-ha proceedings on the issue.

Mayawati clarified that the BSP-BJP alliance remained and wouldbe there for next year’s Lok Sabhapoll, too. The BJP and BSP, shesaid, were like a ‘‘close-knit fami-ly’’, the bond becoming stronger bythe day. Skirmishes and differ-ences were bound to happen in afamily, ‘‘but this did not mean we (BJP and BSP) are fallingapart,’’ she said. Later in theevening, she left for Delhi to meetVajpayee and Advani.

According to BJP spokesman V K Malhotra, Vajpayee toldMayawati that to ask a minister toresign was the prerogative of thethe Prime Minister and she couldnot ask for it.

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Johnny Walkerlaughs awayinto history

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Mumbai: Johnny Walker, oneof the most endearing come-dians of post-independenceIndian cinema, passed awayin Mumbai on Tuesday after aprolonged illness. He was 79and is survived by his wifeNoor Jehan, three daughtersand three sons.

The son of a mill workerfrom Indore, he was bornBadruddin Qazi in 1925. Hewas a bus conductor beforehis actor-filmmaker friendGuru Dutt spotted him hang-ing around film studios andoffered him a small role inBaazi. Guru Dutt re-chris-tened him after the famouswhisky label and he neverlooked back after that.

Walker once told a maga-zine, ‘‘If it was not for GuruDutt sahib, I would have re-mained a bus conductor. I hada great understanding withhim that made my career.’’Walker developed his ownunique brand of humour —gentle ribbing, unique dialogue delivery, the pencilthin moustache, trademarkhunch and those shrugs of the shoulder.

Zee’s DTH offeron course, willbe cheaper

By N VidyasagarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Zee boss SubhashChandra’s plan to launch direct-to-home (DTH) TV service frommid-August is on course. Thegood news is that it will becheaper than estimated earlier.

The government is soon ex-pected to issue the letter of in-tent to ASC Enterprises, an Esselgroup company.

DTH gives crystal clear pic-ture quality and perfect digitalsound besides the advantage ofconverting your 1990-vintage TVset into a 200-channel entertain-ment machine.

Essel group director JawaharGoel confirmed that installationof DTH will cost no more than Rs4,000 against Rs 5,000 anticipatedearlier. Plus, the monthly sub-scription will cost Rs 120-500 asagainst Rs 1,000 expected earlier.

DTH will open up a new tech-nology option for TV viewers,who will be able to bypass localcable operators and will workthrough a pizza-sized satellitedish (Rs 720), a digital decoder(Rs 2,500) and a SIM card.

Mumbai blast: Policelook for LeT men

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Mumbai: The police are searchingfor two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ter-rorists and a member of the Al-e-Hadees religious sect for their al-leged complicity in the bus blast atGhatkopar here on Monday night.

Two persons were killed and 47injured in the blast. Four of the in-jured are in a critical condition.

Police sources said the suspectshave been identified as AbdulRehman and Rawal, both allegedLeT terrorists, and Nisar Ahmed,alias Janab, a Al-e-Hadees member.Ahmed is also wanted for the Mu-lund blast on March 13, whichkilled 12 persons and injured 71.

Sources said the three are be-lieved to have formed a new mod-ule, comprising youths from thebanned Students Islamic Move-ment of India (SIMI), and trainedthem in the use of explosives. Thepolice have fanned out teams to var-ious parts of the state and intensi-fied combing operations to flushout persons affiliated to this fourthSIMI module.

Preliminary investigationsshowed the bomb was an impro-vised explosive device (IED) con-taining ammonium nitrate. The

forensic report is still awaited.Meanwhile, chief minister

Sushilkumar Shinde criticised theOpposition Shiv Sena-BJP for call-ing a Mumbai bandh on Wednesdayto protest against the government’sfailure to avert the blasts. ‘‘By nomeans will a bandh help to resolvesuch serious issues. The need ofthe hour is to observe restraint andto ensure that peace prevails in thecity,’’ Shinde said.

Speaking to reporters at his resi-dence after a high-level meetingheld to assess the situation follow-ing the blast, Shinde said Mondaynight’s blast as well as the previousones had occurred in Gujarati-dom-inated areas of the metropolis.‘‘Therefore, my government isprobing the angle whether theseblasts are a fallout of the Gujaratcommunal riots.’’

Meanwhile, demanding immedi-ate arrest of the culprits, severalMuslim organisations and ulemascondemned the bomb blast. Anemergency meeting, convened atthe residence of senior ulemaleader Hazrat Maulana MusannahMiyan with more than 50 ulemas and Muslim organisationson Tuesday, described it as an act of cowardice.

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AIIMS board reconstitutedNew Delhi: The hospital management board, which oversawpatient care activities, has been reconstituted at the AIIMS.Head of the gastroenterology department at AIIMS, M P Sharma, will be chairman and medical superintendent,R K Sharma, will be the member secretary of the Board.

The Board also has representatives from the faculty, nurses,and employees. In another development, chief of R P Centre forOphtalmic Sciences, K H Tiwari, has been appointed as dean,academic. Head of the bio-physics department, T P Singh, hasbeen appointed dean, exams.TNN

Dual pipelines for DwarkaBy Saurabh Sinha

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New Delhi: Pure drinkingwater will not go down thedrain through flushes inflats being built in Dwarka.While saline groundwaterwill be supplied in toilets,the limited supply of sweetwater will be meant only fordrinking and cooking.

In the first such exercise,the DDA is installing dualpipelines systems in all the5,000 flats it will build in thesub-city from now on. Onewill be connected to toilets,the other will carry DJB water to kitchens, said DDAchief engineer (Dwarka) S P Rastogi.

‘‘Installing the dual pipeswill cost about Rs 3,000 perhouse,’’ he said. The newbuildings will also be

equipped to harvest rainwa-ter. Central Ground WaterBoard (CGWB) Delhi unitchief S B Singh said onlydual pipelines would ensurethat Dwarka did not have a

dry future. The entiresouthwest Delhi that in-cludes Dwarka, Janakpuriand Vikaspuri has onlythree to four metre of sweetgroundwater and the levelof saline water is rising.

CGWB estimates thatfresh water available is notsufficient to meet even ayear’s demand.

And that’s bad news, saysthe DJB. DJB chief P K Tri-pathi said: ‘‘When the DDAmade plans to develop Vas-ant Kunj and Dwarka, wetold them that the DJB can’tcompletely provide for theneeds of these areas. We toldthe DDA that it would haveto use groundwater for theresidents of these places.’’

The DDA ignored thewarning until now whenphase-I of Dwarka has been

developed. The CGWB listsrainwater harvesting as an-other fire-fighting measure.‘‘The idea is to take out theever-increasing saline gro-undwater and replace itwith rainwater. The salinewater level will fall and thesweet water reserve will im-prove,’’ Singh said.

The move has not beeneasy. The DJB had first re-jected the DDA’s plan fordual pipelines as its officerssaid there were no normsfor such a system. Later, Tri-pathi stepped in and got theproject okayed.

‘‘It’s a beginning that hasto be made. The DDA willhave to ensure that there isno mixing of water of thetwo pipes so that peopledon’t drink contaminatedwater,’’ he said.

Different water, Different uses

One set of pipes willtake saline groundwaterto toilets

Another set will takeDJB water to kitchens

Celebrating TeejTeej, which conjures up images

of jhoolas, ghevar mithaiand lehriya dupattas, falls on August 1, marking the start ofthe festive season.

To heighten the colour of thisfestival, The Times of India hastied up with Delhi Tourism andDilli Haat for a Teej Mela. Onfrom 30 July to 3 August at DilliHaat, it will offer an experience ofthe traditional Teej atmosphere— colourful swings, mehndi and tattoo applications, stalls selling bangles, bindis, shringaritems, ghevar mithai and lehriyagarments.

There will also be cultural pro-grammes such as folk dances andthe chance to participate in com-petitions such as a mehndi and

bindi competition on 30 July followed by a folk music competi-tion on 31 July. There will also bea Rangoli and hair style competi-tion on 2 July.

The Teej mela at Dilli Haat ispart of a year-long celebration ofcolour by The Times of India.

Private CT scanfor Hindu Raohospital

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New Delhi: For the veryfirst time, a Municipal Cor-poration of Delhi (MCD)hospital, the Bara HinduRao hospital, will allow aprivate individual to oper-ate a CT scan machine on its premises.

The machine, which is tobe inaugurated on Wednes-day, was installed a fewweeks back.

According to the Munici-pal Health Officer (MHO),Dr K N Tewari, the privateoperator will provide freescans to patients who can’tafford this facility, and willbe allowed to charge thosewho can pay.

In return, the MCD willlet out the space for free and also not charge for electricity.

3 held for duping: The Delhi main railway police has arrested a resident of UP along with two of his associates on charges ofduping passengers by offering to double their money. The accused reportedly asked people to hand over currency notes tohim, promising to give back double the amount in a matter ofminutes. On Monday, Manohar allegedly asked a passenger forRs 1,000, saying he would give Rs 2,000 in return. But on opeingthe returned packet, the victim, Bhadra Singh found only Rs 100inside. He raised an alarm following which all three accused werearresed. The accused and his associates are residents of UP.

Train thief held: A man wasarrested in the city for alleged-ly offering railway passengerstea that was laced with seda-tives with the intention of robbing them after they wereunconscious. The accused,Kamal, aged 25 would rob thevictims of their belongings after they were sedated by thedrugs. According to DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP),crime, Deependra Pathak, theaccused was seen with a manwho seemed to have beendrugged by the accused. Kamal was arrested and subsequently confessed to hiscrime after sustained question-ing later, the police said.

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Couple hangthemselvesafter fight

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Faridabad: A young couplecommitted suicide after adomestic squabble in Manj-nawali village near Farid-abad .

Brijbhan and Poonamwere found hanging from ahook in their second floorroom. The two were mar-ried for a year.

According to the police,the wife reportedly had anargument with her sister-in-law earlier in the day. Whenanother relative came to herrescue, Brijbhan allegedlyhit the sister-in-law with arod. The sister-in-law re-ported the matter to the po-lice. When the couple learntof the complaint, they hungthemselves.

Paternity testscan now bedone in the city

By Sachin ParasharTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Delhi Policeneed not any longer go allthe way to Hyderabad orKolkata to settle paternityor maternity disputes.

Scientists working withthe Forensic Sciences Lab-oratory (FSL) at MalviyaNagar have been able tostandardise a method tohelp verify the parentageof a child.

In the first ever paterni-ty dispute case referred toit, the FSL recently sub-mitted its report to the Del-hi High Court.

‘‘A case had been re-ferred to us by the highcourt. We have submittedour report. With this, FSLhas started taking up suchcases,’’ said FSL director VK Goyal.

Goyal stated that the de-lay in acquiring the facili-ty was not because the labwas lacking any equip-ment. ‘‘The method forDNA profiling has to bestandardised as per the in-ternational norms. Wewere at it for the last sixmonths,’’ said Goyal.

The police are confidentthat the breakthrough willhelp them expedite investi-gations. ‘‘Earlier, theprocess was long and cum-bersome as the sampleswere sent to Hyderabad orto Kolkata.”

‘‘Moreover, there wasalso the risk of blood sam-ples getting diluted on theway,’’ said deputy commis-

sioner of police (crime)Deependra Pathak.

The DCP said that theDNA amplification kit hasbeen brought to the FSL.‘‘There are 15 markers orset of indicators in thesekits, said Pathak. If two in-dividuals’ DNA typingmatch in eight or nine ofthese indicators, they aresaid to be related, headded.

According to the police,six cases of maternity-pa-ternity disputes werereferred to institutes inKolkata and Hyderabadthis year. Pathak was up-beat that DNA profiling inDelhi itself would helpsolve other cases of crimetoo.

‘‘We come across a num-ber of unclaimed bodiesevery year. The test willhelp us establish theiridentity as well,’’ he added.

•The results of mater-nity-paternity disputeswould arrive monthsafter they were re-ferred to institutes inother cities.

•The test will help po-lice know the result injust a few days

•The test will also helpidentify badly mutilat-ed bodies in accidents

•Police upbeat thatDNA profiling in thecity would help solvecriminal cases faster

Solution at home

Noida womanelectrocuted:Autopsy report

By Lalit KumarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Noida: The 75-year-oldmother of a top multi-na-tional company executivehad been electrocuted, re-vealed her autopsy report.The deceased, R Parvathi,was allegedly found uncon-scious at her sector-14 resi-dence on July 15. She latersuccumbed to her injuries.

The police had earlierclaimed that the elderlywoman had died of naturalcauses. But the autopsy re-port says Parvathi died of‘‘shock due to electric burninjuries’’.

Her son, V R Ganesh, toldThe Times of India that thepolice were underplayinghis mother’s ‘‘murder byrobbers’’ by trying to estab-lish that she died of brainhaemorrhage.

The victim was found un-conscious in her bathroomwith minor injuries. A wirehanging from an electricitysocket indicated that shemight have been adminis-tered electric shocks.

Ganesh then filed a re-port saying unidentifiedrobbers had murdered hismother and robbed her ofjewellery and a video cas-sette recorder. He said therobbers might have enteredthe flat after asking hismother for water. A bottle ofwater was found outside themain door.

Sector 20 police stationchief Sudesh Gupta hadtold The Times of India thatthe victim seemed to have‘‘suffered a brain haemor-rhage.’’ Noida superintend-ent of police (city), VijayBhushan, denied the policewas underplaying the case.

38 private subways at key locationsTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The underground is setto come alive once again. The Munic-ipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) isplanning 38 new subways at variouspoints in the city, only this time theywill be wholly built, operated andleased out by private constructioncompanies. Only after a 60-year oper-ation will these be handed over to theMCD.

The private companies will recov-er the money they spend on thesesubways by selling retail space in thesubway. MCD’s own record of sellingspace in subways constructed bythem has been dismal.

The MCD has built 12 subways inthe city, many of these are yet to re-cover costs as the shops have notsold. ‘‘The main problem with sellingshops in these subways was the highreserve price at the auctions,’’ saidan official from the engineering de-partment of the MCD.

Many traders who were interestedin buying shops were unwilling tocough up the large amounts of white

money involved. ‘‘Whether you wantto admit it or not, real estate dealsare made partially in white money

and partly with black,’’ said the offi-cial.

So, is the MCD passing the buck on

to the private construction compa-nies?

‘‘Not at all, this is just a way of cut-ting costs and making some mon-ey,’’said Ram Babu Sharma, chair-man of the standing committee.

He added that in order to ensurethat private operators recover theirinvestment, the lease period has beenextended to 60 years instead of thepreviously decided 30 years.

‘‘We are only going to award con-tracts to companies which are aboveboard have memorandum of under-standing (MoU) with reputed finan-cial institutions,’’ he added.

‘‘We are not encouraging the blackmarket, it’s just that our pricing pol-icy is different from that of the pri-vate sector,’’ he said.

‘‘They have the place for 60 years,it’s upto them to realise their costs,’’he added.

Another reason for ensuring thatthe subways are not empty is thesafety factor. Deserted subways arerarely used by women, therefore it isimportant that shops are sold.

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The MCD subway near the Red Fort is full of filth, making it a terrible experience for pedestrians who choose to use it.

Thief held: Aman was ar-rested by therailway policefor lifting pas-sengers’ bagsat the railwaystation. The ac-cused Bansid-har, reportedly,was caught redhanded by thepolice while try-ing to flee. TNN

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Woman raped in guesthouse, four arrested

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New Delhi: Four persons were arrested onTuesday for allegedly raping a 38-year-oldwoman in Paharganj soon after she reached theNew Delhi railway station from Uttar Pradeshon Monday. Another accused is absconding.

Sanjay, Sunil, Surrinder and Hari Om al-legedly took the woman to a guest house KatraYatri Niwas and raped her. She was taken to an-other guest house at Katra Raiji in Paharganjand raped again. She escaped and informed thepolice at about 4 pm on Tuesday.

Deputy commissioner of police (central)Arvind Deep said, ‘‘She had come to meet a rela-tive in Jahangirpuri. The accused told her theywould take her to her relative’s place.’’

Assemblyclears newlaw on co-opsocieties

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New Delhi: The Delhi leg-islative assembly passed anew law on cooperative soci-eties on Tuesday. The Bill islikely to benefit nearly 5lakh middle class residentsof the city.

According to the new law,those who bought houses insocieties but were not mem-bers of its governing body,are now eligible to becomeone. ‘‘These people had pur-chased houses from the orig-inal owners and had beengiven a general power of at-torney. Their names werenot in the records, and theydid not enjoy the members’rights,’’ said Delhi chiefminister Sheila Dikshit.

All these people have to dois pay Rs 10,000 as an entryfee. ‘‘The land records willnow have their names as theproperty-owners, instead ofthe original members. Theywill have the right to voteand decide the managementin these societies,’’ she said.

Development ministerHaroon Yusuf, who tabledthe bill, said: ‘‘The new lawwill allow the societies toconduct annual generalbody meetings.’’ Electionswill be held every threeyears now, and there is noceiling on the number ofterms which the memberscan remain in the executive.

Waiting for Peter PiotK K Laskar

Nafisa Ali shares a light moment with a child who is a patient at the Ashraya-Holistic care home, before UNAIDS executive director Peter Piot visited the facility in Rajokri on Tuesday.

Safdarjung to getnew cardiac wing

By Abantika GhoshTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Safdarjung Hospital isall set to have the first dedicatedcardiac casualty department in agovernment hospital. The onlyother such unit in the city is at theEscorts Heart Institute and Re-search Centre.

According to Safdarjung offi-cials, the 102-bed National Insti-tute of Cardiothoracic and Vascu-lar Science Centre, to be opened in-side the premises of the presenthospital, will be inaugurated sometime in November this year.

The medical superintendent andchief cardiac surgeon, Dr JagdishPrasad, said, ‘‘All the infrastruc-ture, including the staff of ourpresent cardiology and cardiacsurgery units will be shifted there.Apart from that, we are upgradingthe available facilities to make it acomplete unit where all cardiac pa-tients, including infants with con-genital heart problems, will betreated. The aim is to provide pa-tients with healthcare at par withthat in private hospitals, but atgovernment hospital rates, in agovernment set-up.’’

The project is estimated to costabout Rs 9 crore, an official said.Once the institute becomes func-tional, all patients who come to theemergency with complaints ofheart ache or any other symptoms

related to cardiac ailments, will besent there so that treatment can bestarted immediately.

‘‘This way, we will save valuabletime and lives of many more pa-tients, particularly those from out-side the city who reach us in a crit-ical state,’’ Dr Prasad said.

Incidentally, this is the first gov-ernment unit to be housed in a ful-ly air-conditioned unit, he added.

The hospital has already askedthe government to provide neces-sary medical and paramedicalstaff for the institute. Apart fromthe four cardiac surgeons who areworking in the hospital, requisi-tions have been sent to the govern-ment for eight specialists in thevarious disciplines of cardiologyand anaesthesia, 25 senior resi-dents and 170 nurses.

Another 250 paramedical staffwill also be required at the insti-tute, an official said.

Opposition backscontractors’ strike

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New Delhi: The strike byMunicipal Corporation ofDelhi (MCD) contractorsnow has the support of theOpposition.

The contractors are de-manding their dues,amounting to a whopping Rs92 crore. They allege that

they haven’tbeen paid forvarious worksfor the lastfour years.

Leader ofthe Opposi-tion Sub-hash Arya,on Tuesday,added gristto the mill,by statingthat the onlyreason thecontractorshadn’t beenpaid was be-cause theC o n g r e s s -led Delhigovernmenthad not re-leased near-ly Rs 126crore ofplan funds.

S a t i s h

Lamba, president of the con-tractors union said that theMCD had with-held pay-ment of not just the develop-ment works done under theplan funds but also workcarried out under the Yamu-na Action Plan (YAP). ‘‘Thismoney has been paid out bythe Japanese government,yet MCD has not releasednearly Rs 14 crores that aredue to us,’’ he said.

He alleged that the con-tractors are now shy of ac-cepting MCD work becauseof non-payment.

Social cause:Senior sectionstudents ofTagore Interna-tional School,DLF, recentlywent for a visitto Asha School,

base-hospital, Delhi Cantonment,an institute for special children.Students of both schools sharedsome joyful moments and ex-changed friendly greetings.

Results: K P Girls Senior Sec-ondary School, Gol Market hassecured a 92.2 pass percentagein the class XII CBSE examina-tions. This is the highest pass per-

centage amongst all NDMCschools.

Badge ceremony: ApeejaySchool, Noida celebrated itsscholar badge ceremony on July25. The function was presidedover by Padamshri Dr Purushot-tam Lal of Metro hospitals. Over195 students received scholarbadges and some students wereawarded merit scholarships.

Competition: To mark the worldpopulation day, Arvind Gupta DAVCentenary Public School organ-ised essay and poster competi-tions for students of class VI toXII.

Institute to get:

•Cathlabs: 2

•Echocardiography machine: 3

•Operation theaters: 4

•ICU beds: 48

•Holter monitors: 4

On the cards

Murder attempt: A life insur-ance agent, Raghunath (39), wasattacked by a colleague, Sunil(19), in Bawana. He was hurt onthe neck. TNN

By Lalit KumarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ghaziabad: A sub-inspectorand three constables were in-jured when an angry mobcaptured the Lal Kuan policestation on Tuesday morning.

At about 9.30 on Tuesdaymorning, a crowd ofBamheta residents marchedto the Lal Kuan police post.They allegedly hurled bricksand attacked the policemenpresent with lathis. Officialsclaimed the rioters smasheda wireless set and furniture,damaged motorcycles parked

at the spot and ransacked thepolice post. The policemenfled to evade further injuriesfollowing which the mobtook over the police post.

Police reinforcements lat-er lathi charged the mob, andarrested 10 persons. Units ofthe Provincial Armed Con-stabulary have been posted atthe police post, ‘‘as a precau-tionary measure.’’

According to some resi-dents of the Bamheta locali-ty, in the Kavi Nagar policestation area, some drunk po-licemen had gone there, onMonday night, claiming they

were there to arrest somepeople accused of powertheft. But, they barged intoseveral homes, looted andbroke many residents’ be-longings and misbehavedwith some women. They alsoarrested a resident, Hoti Lalon charges of power theft.Seventeen Bahmeta resi-dents had been booked for al-leged power theft, in a reportdated July 22.

One of the residents, Shan-

ti Devi claimed the police-men took away Rs 80,000 shehad recently been awarded,as compensation for someland acquired.

Her husband had earlierbeen arrested for allegedpower theft.

Kavi Nagar police stationchief, Anil Samania, said,‘‘This whole story wascooked up by sympathisers ofthose accused of powertheft.’’

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Combat hepatitis: Peoplefrom affluent families fail to de-velop immunity to Hepatitis-Aas they do not acquire naturalinfections that help build inter-nal protection against the dis-ease. Doctors who participatedin a discussion on Hepatitis-Aat the Delhi Medical Associa-tion on Thursday said a nutri-tious diet and a good personalhygiene are best protectionsagainst the disease. Expertssaid studies had indicated achange in epidemiology of He-patitis A due to environmentalconditions. TNN

Riot at police station, 10 arrested

‘I dictated verdictsout of sympathy’

By Bhadra SinhaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Former DelhiHigh Court judge ShameetMukherjee’s collegemateAnshu Aggarwal admittedto have visited 431, Jang-pura regularly for twomonths, during Feburaryand March, this year todictate judgements on be-half of her‘‘long time’’friend.

Aggarwal’sstatement on oath was con-cluded on Monday. Herstatement runs in morethan 500 pages in whichAggarwal has said that herdecision to help Mukher-jee was on sympatheticgrounds. She has also ad-mitted that the recordedtelephonic conversationsin which Mukherjee hadspoken to her about sever-al judges in the lower judi-ciary, were with her.

There are about 151 calls

recorded between Aggarw-al and Mukherjee. Thecalls also pertain to vari-ous judicial orders whichAggarwal dictated at her‘‘collegemate’s’’ direction.

CBI sources said thatAggarwal stated in herstatement that she was inregular touch withMukherjee on his cellphone, 56002727. She

claimed thatM u k h e r j e eand her otherb a t c h m a t e s

held a party in 2001, whenthe friends renewed theirold ties.

Aggarwal also identifieda judicial file in which shedictated the order inMukherjee’s presence onMarch 21 and 22, CBIsources said.

Aggarwal said that onmany occasions Mukher-jee never came to theMathura Road office butokayed the judgement ontelephone.

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Rajesh killednephews in afit of anger,say police

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New Delhi:The father of thetwo children, who were mur-dered by their uncle on Mon-day, said that the accused wasmentally unstable.

Mukesh Sethi said that hisbrother-in-law and accused,Rajesh Dhingra, was neververy friendly with hisnephews, even though Ra-jesh’s wife was extremelyfond of them.

The two children, five-year-old Anshul and eight-month-old Harshit, werebludgeoned to death by theaccused, Dhingra, who is thebrother-in-law of the victims’father.

A distraught Sethi, an ac-counts officer with MCD, toldThe Times of India, ‘‘Anshulhad just completed fiveyears,’’ said Sethi.

He added that Anshul hadonly recently started going toschool.

‘‘He was in nursery withEducation Point ConventSchool,’’ said Sethi. His wifeSangeeta is inconsolable 24hours after the incident.

The police, however, saidthat it was difficult to de-scribe the accused as mental-ly stable. ‘‘It seems he com-mitted the crime in a fit ofrage,’’ said Satish Golcha,deputy commissioner of po-lice (west).

Dhingra, father of two, hasreportedly revealed to the po-lice that his wife, Alka, wouldcite the example of herbrother Sethi saying that hewas doing very well in life.

According to the police,Dhingra had a heated argu-ment with his wife just priorto his visit to Sethi’s resi-dence. ‘‘Alka was beating upher children when Rajeshconfronted her. Dhingrathreatened her that if she didnot stop beating his kids, hewould hurt her brotherSethi’s children, whom shewas extremely fond of, andleft for Sethi’s residence,’’said Golcha.

Bunty booked in only 3 of 250 casesBy Bhadra Sinha

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New Delhi: The mostbrazen thief in Delhi,Davinder alias Bunty‘Chor’, has been foundguilty in three cases of theft.

Known for his outrageousstyle of operation, Buntyhas done everything - frombefriending guard dogs tousing a syringe to open cars.

This is the first time hehas been convicted in anycase since his arrest lastyear. However, the court isyet to announce the quan-tum of punishment to Bun-ty. The sentence would beannounced on Wednesday.

Bunty is facing trial in

about 60 cases. Even thoughthe police had claimed hisinvolvement in more than250 cases of theft and bur-glary, the police could filechargesheet only in 60 since

they managed to recover thestolen property in onlythese cases.

With his arrest on April26, 2002, the Delhi Policefound six cars (including a

Hyundai Sonata, Mit-subishi Lancer and a HondaCity), 56 watches (includingRolex, Rado, Armani,Omega, Citizen Seiko, Swis-tar, Fossil, Romanson), 14colour televisions, 100pieces of gold and silvercutlery, 160 pieces of furni-ture, choicest of liquorworth over Rs one lakh and5,000 mts of cloth from Bun-ty’s possession.

However, it was his styleof operation that surprisedthe police. In one of the cas-es, Bunty reportedlyscreamed at a securityguard who was sleeping onduty. Before the guard couldmumble a reply, in a com-manding voice Bunty asked

him to be more careful in fu-ture.

As the apologetic guardpleaded with him to save hisjob, Bunty briskly walkedinside the house and re-turned with his booty. Hethen drove away in theguard’s employer’s car.

Another case whichstunned the police waswhen Bunty greeted the oc-cupant of the house fromwhere he was stealing jew-ellery. ‘‘When the girl wokeup to find him in the room,he smiled at her and said‘‘good morning ma’am,’’ re-called a police officer. Beforethe stunned girl could react,Bunty strode away with thegoods.

Star chor•Bunty, now 32, committed hisfirst theft when he was in schoolin Vikaspuri

•He knows more than 10 ways totame dogs. He once stole aSpanish Pomeranian

•His prized possession is a custom fitted car geared to assistin burglary

•The car’s remote alone is saidto be worth about Rs 1.5 lakh

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Security was strengthened near Parliament House after reports about the Mumbai blasts came in.

Delhi put onsecurity alert

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New Delhi: Delhi has beenput on alert in wake of theMonday night bomb blast inMumbai. Security has beenbeefed up in most parts ofthe city with special focus onthe New Delhi district andthe Red Fort area.

‘‘With Independence dayaround the corner, this timeof the year has always beensensitive for the city. But nowwe are even more cautious af-ter the Ghatkopar blast. Thenext two-three weeks will seegreater vigilance and securi-ty checks,’’ said Joint Com-missioner of Police, New Del-hi Range, B.K Gupta.

Thorough checking of bus-es, more police pickets, andstress on tenant verificationare on the cards as part of the increased securitymeasures.

The city’s borders havealso been identified as one ofthe sensitive areas. Accord-ing to Gupta, checks will beintensified at the borders andthe police will be keeping acloser watch on guest housesas well. The police have ap-pealed to the people to be cau-tious while travelling.

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Water row: Naidu meets PMNew Delhi: With no end in sight to the river water dispute be-tween Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh chiefminister Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday sought the PM’s in-tervention in this matter.

Naidu wanted Vajpayee to restrain Karnataka from over-drawing water as farmers in his state were being deprived oftheir legitimate share. TNN

Class IX studentfiles PIL againstTV ‘soap opera’

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Lucknow: Admitting a Public In-terest Litigation (PIL) petition,filed by a class IX student againstthe wrong portrayal of women inpopular TV soaps, the high courthere on Monday constituted a four-member committee to examine thequestions raised in the PIL andsubmit its report within a month.

The Bench, comprising JusticeJagdish Bhalla and Justice GKGupta, after hearing the argu-ments of Shyamalee Misra, daugh-ter of UP’s advocate general SCMisra, issued notices against StarIndia Private Limited and BalajiProduction through its producerEkta Kapoor, Mumbai and consti-tuted a four-member committee,comprised of senior advocate SKKalia, Dr RK Srivastava, Alka Ver-ma and Padma Kirti, to examinethe issue and submit report withina month. The court has also ap-pointed Devendra Kumar Arora asamicus curiae.

Shyamalee has prayed to re-strain the exhibition of offensiveportions of the serials like KasautiZindagi Ki, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki,Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thiand Kahin Kissi Roz, telecast onStar Plus. It is further prayed thatthe ministry of information andbroadcasting and the Board ofFilm Certification should also bedirected to restrain the exhibitionof said portions.

One killedin accident:A constablewas killed andseven, includ-ing four po-licemen andthree undertri-als, were in-jured on Mon-day when acourt van felldown a culvertat Rasrajpur,95 km fromRourkela, thepolice said. PTI

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Wine-lovers doit themselvesin ‘dry’ Gujarat

By Harit Mehta and Presley Thomas

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Ahmedabad/Vadodara:Ahmedabad-based architectKalrav Thakkar brought backsome fond memories from atrip to Goa a few years ago.And along with that, hebrought home a guide book onhome-made wine.

Since then, the Goan hang-over has sustained itself in theThakkar household.

In dry Gujarat, it is do-it-yourself time for Bacchuslovers, who are fast turningaway from the army of boot-leggers out to fleece them.

‘‘We have made wine fromgrapes on a number of occa-sions. It’s an ideal drink to en-joy with friends,’’ saysThakkar. For 60-year-old Mali-ni Desai, too, a trip to Europein the mid-80s turned heady asshe picked up ways to preparewine at home.

Desai’s husband, a business-man and an ardent wine lover,enjoys a drink with dinner.

‘‘The formula is simple. Getthe grapes, crush them, mixyeast and allow it to fermentfor 20 to 25 days. Then, store itin an earthen jar — preferablythose used to store pickles —and let it mature for a year,’’says Thakkar, who prepares todo it on his own ‘‘rather gothrough the hassle of procur-ing bottles from bootleggersand spending a fortune’’.

‘‘A glass of red wine is goodfor health and will never giveyou a high. But it is prohibitedin our state and so, I found an-other option — of making myown wine. I make it out of rawmangoes,’’ says Rupa Bhagol, aPratapnagar resident.

Govt sets upcommittee tomonitor CAS

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New Delhi: With the D-dayfor CAS barely a month away,the government on Tuesdayconstituted a committee tomonitor the process of its im-plementation, availability ofset top boxes (STBs) and res-olution of the issue of pric-ing of the channels’ accessthat is fair to the consumers.

The first meeting of thehigh-powered committeeheaded by Vijay Singh, addi-tional secretary in the I&Bministry, is slated to takeplace in Mumbai. The direc-tive to the committee by I&Bminister Ravi ShankarPrasad is to meet every weekand review the progress.

The next stage of the all-inexercise would be consultingconsumer groups, officialsources said.

Other members of thecommittee are Peter Mukher-jea (Star), Subhash Chandra(Zee), Kunal Dasgupta(Sony), G. Krishnan (Aajtak),Raghav Behl (TV 18).

There will also be repre-sentatives of multi-serviceoperators — Hathway, RPGTelecom, Siticable and SunTV. Independent operatorswould also find representa-tion. This being a nationallevel exercise, representa-tives of state governmentsare also being included.

Bar Council‘lists’ judges

By Akshaya MukulTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Bar Councilof India’s list of high courtjudges, whose relatives prac-tise in the same court, couldbe placed before Parliamentas part of the government’sanswer to a Rajya Sabhaquestion, say law ministry of-ficials.

C Ramchandraiah, an MPfrom the Telugu Desam Party(TDP), had asked if the BCIhas demanded the transfer ofjudges whose relatives prac-tise in the same court andalso the names of the judges.The law ministry forwardedthe question to the BCI,which has since furnished anentire list of high courtjudges. Now the same is like-ly to be provided to theHouse.

A close look at the BCI’slist of high court judgeswhose relatives practise inthe same court reveals howRule VI in Part 6, Chapter 2,of the Bar Council of Indiarules is being flouted.

The rule clearly stipulatesthat an advocate would notappear in any court wherethe sole judge or any memberis related to him as father,grandfather, son, grandson,uncle, brother, nephew, first

cousin, husband, wife, moth-er, daughter, sister, aunt,niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law or sister-in-law. In Karnataka —where relatives of 17 judgesare practising in the samecourt — sons and daughtersdominate the list.

In Allahabad High Court,the relatives of 12 judges areeither sons, fathers or broth-ers. In Rajasthan High Court,out of seven judges whoserelatives the BCI found to bepractising, sons dominatethe list. Sons also dominatein Kerala.

Law minister Arun Jaitleyon Tuesday said the list only‘‘strengthens the cause for aNational Judical Commis-sion’’. BCI vice-chairmanAdish Aggarwala said, ‘‘If intwo months time, thesejudges are not transferredout, BCI will take action.”

Justices S K Mahajan,Manmohan Sarin, R CChopra, M K Sharma, CK Mahajan, S K Mahajan,S K Agarwal, D K Jain, O P Dwivedi, R C Jain,Sanjay Kishan Kaul,Pradeep Nandrajog, H R Malhotra

Delhi ‘family’ HC

Johnny Walker dies, butthe laughter does not

By Meenakshi SheddeTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai: Bollywood’s legendary comedi-an Johnny Walker died on Tuesday afterentertaining audiences for over fourdecades. He was 79.

Although he worked in over 300 filmswith renowned directors including BimalRoy, Raj Khosla, B R Chopra and VijayAnand, it was with Guru Dutt that hemade some of his most memorable films.His popular films include Pyaasa, CID, Mrand Mrs 55, Chaudhvi ka Chand, ChhooMantar, Chori Chori, Madhumati, NayaDaur and Mere Mehboob. Though knownfor his comedy, he could also move peopleto tears as he did in Hrishikesh Mukher-jee’s Anand.

Kamal Haasan smoked him out after a 14year hiatus to do his last film, Chachi 420.

Johnny Walker and Mehmood were twocomedians who, during their heydays inthe 1950s-70s, were often as popular as filmheroes.

They often had several hit songs pic-turised around them that people sing evennow. Johnny Walker was a hero inChoomantar, and its songs, composed by OP Nayyar, were a hit. Guru Dutt’s classicPyaasa has Johnny Walker’s immortal Sarjo tera chakraye, the tel maalish song thatbecame his signature song. His other hitsinclude Mumbai city’s emblematic song Aedil mushkil jeena yahan from CID, Na nana tauba tauba from Aar Paara and Janekahan mera jigar gayaji from Mr & Mrs 55.

Lalita Lajmi, noted artist and GuruDutt’s sister, said, ‘‘The Pali Hill bungalowwhere Guru Dutt lived was full of celebri-

ties including poets like Shakeel and KaifiAzmi, as well as Johnny Walker. WhenGuru Dutt gave him a small role in Baazi,he developed a very original body lan-guage and manner of speaking.

It had a freshness that wasn’t imitativeof Charlie Chaplin or anyone, so he justclicked. It was partly because Guru Duttpaid a lot of attention to each characteri-sation. Guru Dutt and Johnny Walkerwere good friends and we have a photo-graph of Guru Dutt, Rehman and JohnnyWalker on a tiger hunt.’’

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Three held in Godhra caseAhmedabad: Three more persons were arrested Monday bythe special investigation team in connection with last year’sGodhra carnage. Shaukat alias Bhano Pataliya, RafiqueAhmed Ibrahim alias ‘Bum’ and Habib alias ‘Badshah’ werearrested for being a part of the mob that attacked the S-6coach of ill-fated Sabarmati express train in which 59 personsincluding Ram sevaks were burnt alive. TNN

Parliament stalledover Taj imbroglio

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New Delhi: The controversial Tajheritage corridor project plungedthe Lok Sabha into turmoil on Tues-day with slogan-shouting BSP mem-bers repeatedly disrupting its pro-ceedings, rushing into the Well ofthe House, demanding the resigna-tion of Union tourism and cultureminister Jagmohan.

The House was adjourned twicein the pre-lunch period. SpeakerManohar Joshi finally adjournedthe House for the day when the BSPmembers disrupted proceedingsagain after lunch.

As soon as the House met in themorning, BSP leader Rashid Alviraised the issue, protesting that Jag-mohan’s statement earlier had giv-en an impression that work on thecontroversial project had beenstopped only by the Centre’s inter-vention. ‘‘He misled the House,’’said Alvi. He said the fact was thatUttar Pradesh chief ministerMayawati had ordered an inquiry,stopping the work.

Despite the Speaker’s efforts to goahead with the work, nothing wasaudible in the din. In an effort to re-store order, he addressed the BSPmembers, saying since they had al-ready made their point, they shouldnow return to their seats. They, how-ever, refused to budge and kept rais-ing the slogan, ‘‘Jagmohan kobarkhast karo (Dismiss Jagmo-han).’’

When the Speaker directed Con-gress chief whip P R Dasmunshi toask his question, the latter pleadedthat nothing was audible. At onepoint, the Speaker deplored the BSPmembers’ disruptive tactics.

Persuasive efforts by the BJPfloor managers also did not yieldany result.

Alvi was seen sitting with DeputyPM Advani. BJP chief whip V KMalhotra walked up to Alvi, appar-ently to persuade him to call backhis party colleagues.

Work on Bhagirathidam to start by Dec

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Dehra Dun: Jaiwanti BenMehta, Union junior ministerfor power, has said that theconstruction of a 1,000 MWpower plant as part of the mul-ti-purpose project over Bhagi-rathi river near Tehri wouldbegin in December this year.

But this may be easier saidthan done as there has beensome opposition to this project.

Solanki reply: A court directedex-minister Madhavsinh Solankito file a reply on a CBI applicationin Bofors case. PTI

Mulayam praiseticked Maya off?

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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chiefminister Mayawati’s sharp reac-tion to Union tourism and cul-ture minister Jagmohan’s rolein the Taj corridor controversywas surely not without reason.

As the BSP members in theLok Sabha disrupted the pro-ceedings on Tuesday, raisingslogans demanding Jagmohan’souster, the tension in the uneasyBJP-BSP alliance became dis-tinctly visible.

What must have upsetMayawati was the fulsomepraise bestowed on the ministerby opposition leaders like Mu-layam Singh Yadav during a dis-cussion in the Lok Sabha on theTaj scam last week.

‘‘Jagmohan has saved the Tajby his timely intervention,’’ Mu-layam shrewdly said payingcompliments to the minister.The minister, who smiled mild-ly acknowledging the unexpect-ed praise, perhaps did not re-alise that it would spell troublefor him.

BJP won’t let Mayawatidictate terms anymore

By Smita GuptaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Though the crisis in theBJP-BSP partnership seems to haveended, it’s clear that this time UPchief minister Mayawati has beenbrought to heel.

Apparently, she will now have totake the BJP’s demand for a code ofconduct and a more equitable coor-dination committee more seriously.

All day, the mood among the BJP’stop leaders had been grim even afternews of Mayawati withdrawing herdemand came from Lucknow. Askedwhether her retraction would endthe crisis, a top BJP functionary

said: ‘‘All options still remain open.’’To a question on the BJP central

leadership having always promotedthe BJP-BSP arrangement, as it wasconsidered electorally advanta-geous for the BJP, he said: ‘‘True,but beyond a point, it could becounter-productive.’’

This is perhaps the first time theBJP’s central leadership took itsstate unit’s complaints againstMayawati seriously.

Earlier, BJP president M Venka-iah Naidu said the party would re-view the BJP-BSP equation thor-oughly. An emergency office-bear-ers’ sitting was followed by an infor-mal high level meeting.

Nanavati commissionbegins second phase

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Ahmedabad: Rashida Pathan, nowa widow, fending for her four chil-dren, did not know why the policedragged her husband, Yusuf, out oftheir house in Beldharward here onthe afternoon of March 1, 2002. Itwas the last time she saw him.

Deposing before the Nanavaticommission of inquiry, which be-gan its second phase of hearingshere on Monday into last year’spogrom, Rashida said it was onlylate in the night that she could re-trieve the body of Yusuf, with in-jury marks on his head. “There wascommunal tension in the neigh-bourhood. The police did not evenregister a complaint when I ap-proached the station,” she said.

Complaints of torture, partisan

behaviour and indiscriminate fir-ing were made at the police as 141people came to depose before ex-judges G T Nanavati and K G Shahon Monday. An anguished Moham-mad Rafiq Sattar Memon told thecommission: “My house was at-tacked, my property damaged instone-throwing and my belongingswere burnt. Yet, I was arrested.”

Report in March ’04Ahmedabad: The commis-sion’s report is expected sometime after March next year.Nanavati said “recording of ev-idence is likely to be completedby September this year. Wemight call for more evidence ifwe feel the need to do so.”

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Bhopal: After ShatrughanSinha, Rajesh Khanna, RajBabbar, Vinod Khanna,Hema Malini, Jayaprada andAmitabh Bachchan, is it theturn of Jeetendra now to tryin politics? If all his co-starshave had share in the politi-cal pie, may be he will too‘‘Kyonki Jeetu bhi kabhihero tha!’’

Four months to the assem-bly elections in MadhyaPradesh, the one time cele-brated ‘‘Jumping Jack of Bol-lywood’’ made his entry intothe state Vidhan Sabha hereon Tuesday morning. Sur-prisingly, he was not in histrademark white shirt, whitetight fit trousers and whitehigh-heeled shoes.

Dressed in a beige princesuit, Jeetendra alias RaviKapoor, was in the assemblyto meet chief minister Digvi-

j a yS i n g h .

The official version was thatthe former film actor was inBhopal for ‘‘personal workand paid the CM a courtesycall.

The CM’s office had a dif-ferent version. According toit, Jeetendra’s Balaji Tele-films (of the ‘‘Kyonki SaasBhi Kabhi Nahu Thi’’ fame)is interested to start a filmstudio and film institute.Digvijay has reportedly ex-pressed eagerness in Jee-tendra’s venture and agreedto allot land free of cost inBhopal or anywhere in MP-for the film institute.

Speaking to newspersons,

Jeetendra stuck to the CMOstory. ‘‘I am here to check-outthe prospects of opening afilm institute. It would be atraining centre and studio.Youth from all over the coun-try go to Mumbai every yearto look for a career in films. Ithink a process of decentral-ization should take-off,whereby there would be mul-tiple film making centres,Jeetendra explained. ‘‘Thechief minister has assuredall possible help.’’

Digvijay reportedly toldJeetendra that he was moreinterested in making Bhopala centre of learning rather

than bring industry into thegreen and picturesque city.The chief minister briefed the veteran actor onthe other educational centreslike the Institute ofForest Management and theNational Law Academywhich are already in the statecapital. Both the chief minis-ter and the actor entered theassembly when it was in ses-sion and filmi innuendosflew thick from both the Con-gress and the BJP MLAs.

When BJP MLA KailashVijayavargiya rose to speakon the ‘‘saas-bahu’’ serialsand Jeetendra’s daughterEkta’s contribution to it,Digvijay told Jeetendra,‘‘Our MLA Kaliash is verygood at theatrics. Cast him inone of your serials.”

Opposition leader BabulalGaur tried to object to Digvi-jay’s remark when the Congress in unison ex-claimed, ‘‘Include our opposition leader also in thecasting.’’

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Encephalitis deaths: As encephalitis continued to rage andthe toll rose to 77 in the six districts of Nagpur division, Maha-rashtra labour minister Satish Chaturvedi, who is also theguardian minister of Nagpur district, admitted there had beenlapses on the part of the district administration and the civic au-thorities which had resulted in a heavy toll of children below 12years of age. ‘‘The situation is very alarming,’’ he remarked after areview meeting of district officials. TNN

Harappan site submerged: A team from the ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI) has left from Vadodara and Bhuj to examineany flood-related damage to the 5,000-year-old Dholavira site ineastern Kutch. The team is, however, finding it difficult to reachthe spot due to heavy rain. Reports had been received that floodwaters had damaged parts of the ancient ruins of the Harappanperiod, situated in Khaidiar region, after two earthen bunds col-lapsed in the rain. TNN

‘Jumping Jeetu’ in a new role“ I am here to check outthe prospects of opening afilm institute. The CM hasassured all possible help ’’

— Jeetendra

MP plans

UTTARANCHAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING1. Superintending Engineer 22nd Circle Public Works Department, Nainital on behalf of “Governor of Uttaranchal”, invites sealed percentagerates tenders, in two bids system, for the construction of following works:-Pag. No. 1. Name of work: Construction of type 3rd, 4th & Type 5th residences under pooled housing scheme near Vikas Bhawan ParisarBhimtal. East. cost (Rs. In lakhs): 80.00. Earnest money (Rs. in Lakhs): 1.60. Cost of Tender Rs.: 2500 + S.T. Validity of Tender: 45 Days.Period of completion: 1 1/2 Years, Contractor category of Registration: Class A/I registered in any State/Govt. of India or their Enterprises (Forbuilding work).2. Earnest Money shall be in the form of FDR/CDR of any Scheduled Bank/Indian Post Office Passbook or National Saving Certificate or Receipt

of Cash Deposit in the Govt. Treasury Uttaranchal pledged in favour of the E.E. P.W.D. Bhowali (to be valid for 90 days).3. Non Transferable tender documents can be purchased from the following offices from date 10.8.2003 to 25.8.2003 during working hours.

Tender documents on request will be mailed by registered/Speed Post on payment of an extra amount of Rs. 500/-. The department shall notbe held responsible in postal delay, if any.a) Office of the Superintending Engineer 22nd Circle PWD Nainital.b) Office of the Executive Engineer Temporary Division PWD Bhowali.c) Office of the Executive Engineer Provincial Division PWD Rudrapur.d) Office of the Executive Engineer Construction Division PWD, Ranikhet.

4. Tender documents in separate sealed covers (Technical and price bids) will be received in the Tender box in the offices as mentioned in para 3above upto 3.00 P.M. hours on date 26.8.2003 after which the box will be sealed.

5. Certifying the validity of the tendered rates and acceptance conditions of the tender, shall be given by the tenderer on General Stamp paperof Rs. 100/- signed on Re. 1/ Revenue stamp.

6. The pre bid meeting will be held on 25.8.2003 at 3:00 PM hours in the office of the Superintending Engineer 22nd Circle PWD Nainital.7. Technical bid will be opened on date - 27.8.2003 at 3.00 P.M. hours by the prescribed committee in the presence of tenderers in the office of

the Superintending Engineer 22nd Circle P.W.D. Nainital.8. The name of the successful tenderers qualifying the technical bid shall be displayed by the Superintending Engineer 22nd Circle PWD Nainital.

And the price bids of these pre qualified tenderers only, shall be opened on the day & time specified by the Superintending Engineer. Noclaim in this regard, whatsoever it may be, shall be accepted by the department.

9. All other relevant Rules and Conditions of the tender can be seen in the tender documents.Sd/- Superintending Engineer

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Blackwill musings: India,its people, trains, food, tea

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New Delhi: Unique for adeparting envoy, US ambas-sador Robert Blackwill onTuesday said, ‘‘Mother In-dia has changed my life —forever.’’

His last public addressbefore he leaves here onWednesday was a straight-from-the-heart expressionof ‘‘personal musings’’, ofhow he learnt to enjoy sug-ary tea and be a vegetarian.

Blackwill, whose two-year stint in New Delhi sawthe US and India draw clos-er on a number of fronts,paid rich tributes to Indiancivilisation and its people;its cities, trains, touristspots and places of wor-ship, festivals and festivi-ties, artistes and writers,particularly the ones writ-ing in English.

It was an emotional jour-ney Blackwill led a selectaudience of entrepreneursthrough at a farewell lunch-eon hosted by FICCI.

In their addresses, FICCIpresident Y K Modi and sec-retary-general Amit Mitradid refer to the need for con-solidating Indo-US econom-ic ties, but Blackwill stuckto the personal note.

If Mitra spoke of the con-temporary ‘trinity’ ofspace, nuclear and informa-tion technology, Blackwillspoke of the Hindu pan-theon, Brahma and Sara-swati, and of Maya, ‘‘the ev-er-present veil of illusion’’.

He spoke of the Vedasand Upanishads and of In-dian family values that hesaw in action in everyday.

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Outgoing US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill at agathering in New Delhi on Tuesday.

... Terrorism couldnot be far behind

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New Delhi: Quoting fromRamayana and other holyscriptures, outgoing US am-bassador to India RobertBlackwill on Tuesday de-clared that good will tri-umph over the ‘evil’ of ter-rorism that both India andthe US ‘‘will fight and wintogether’’.

‘‘We represent good andterrorists are evil incar-nate. God will make it so,’’Blackwill said in hisfarewell address at a lunch-eon hosted by FICCI.

He said that in his oppo-sition to terrorism, he drewinspiration from the ‘‘redhot anti-terrorist convic-tions’’ of President Bush.

He condemned terrorismagainst India and said noreligion or political causecould justify these ‘‘merci-less acts’’.

Blackwill, who leaves forhome on Wednesday aftertwo years, voiced grave con-cern over India’s death rollfrom terrorism.

‘‘No respectable religioncould excuse these merci-less acts. No moral frame-work could sanction theseabominations. No politicalcause could justify thesemurders of innocents andyet they go on.’’

He said the terrorist out-rages against the two coun-tries ‘‘will not continue in-definitely’’.

Myers denies, but US wooing troopsTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: While holdingthat a country would have totake its own decision aboutsending troops to assist theAmerican occupation ofIraq, chairman of the USjoint chiefs of staff GeneralRichard B Myers said onTuesday Washington wasconsidering a new UN Secu-rity Council (UNSC) resolu-tion on Iraq but ‘‘no defini-tive decision’’ had yet beentaken on it.

Though Gen Myers flatlydenied his visit had anythingto do with persuading Indiato send troops, it is evidentthat the US desperatelywants New Delhi to con-tribute a division-level force

of over 15,000 combat sol-diers to the ‘‘stabilisationforce’’ in the war-ravagedcountry. Embattled US troopsare facing growing resistance in Iraq, with a sol-dier being killed every other day.

The US, in fact, began con-templating a new UNSC reso-lution since India, Germanyand France have declaredthey will ‘‘consider’’ sendingtroops to Iraq only if therewas an ‘‘explicit’’ UN man-date for it.

Gen Myers, who left for Is-lamabad after meeting na-tional security adviser Bra-jesh Mishra and the Servicechiefs, admitted he had dis-cussed the ground situationin Iraq with his Indian inter-

locutors.But he claimed his current

visit, which was scheduledthree months ago, was pri-marily aimed at boostingIndo-US defence ties.

He also denied reports thatthere was a US proposal ask-ing India to send its troops toAfghanistan so that some ofthe American troops therecould, in turn, be freed fordeployment in Iraq.

Gen Myers, however, didstress the need for ‘‘interna-tional cooperation’’ and ‘‘arobust coalition’’ to providefor a ‘‘stable Iraq, a stableAfghanistan, where terror-ists cannot gather’’.

‘‘We already have a verylarge international commit-ment in Iraq,’’ he said.

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Army chief General N C Vij greets chairman of the US jointchiefs of staff General Richard Myers before a meeting atArmy headquarters in New Delhi.

Bihar governortakes firm stand

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Patna: Governor Rama Joison Tuesday cancelled hisscheduled visit to the housesof a kidnapped boy and amurdered doctor, reportedlydue to a request from thechief minister.

It is learnt Raj Bhawan hadalso summoned top officials,including the home secretaryand police officers, to explainthe steps taken by the stategovernment to recover Sid-dhant Parmar, the boy. Hisuncle Raghvendra PratapSingh is a minister.

The officials briefed Joisand assured an early break-through. They claimed thegovernor was satisfied withthe explanation.

According to sources, thestate government had plead-ed with Raj Bhawan that thegovernor’s visits be cancelledas these would demoralisepolicemen, working round-the-clock to ensure Sid-dhant’s safe recovery.

‘‘It will set a bad prece-dent,’’ said labour ministerUpendra Prasad Verma.

‘‘It will mean the governorwill have to visit every housewhich becomes a victim of

kidnapping,’’ said anotherminister.

Meanwhile, NDA membersforced adjournment of thestate assembly during its pre-lunch session on Tuesday inprotest against the state gov-ernment’s failure to recoverkidnapped persons in the re-cent past.

Leader of the oppositionSushil Kumar Modi and oth-er NDA members protestedagainst the state govern-ment’s failure to check risingincidents of kidnapping inthe state.

The opposition did not allow the House proceedingsto continue after three hours during the pre-lunchsession.

Modi led the NDA mem-bers to the well of the Houseand sat on a dharna. SpeakerSadanand Singh then ad-journed the House till 2 pm.

Modi criticised the stategovernment for its failure toensure the recovery of Sid-dhant.

The state of affairs in thestate could be gauged fromthe fact that governor MRama Jois had to take a deci-sion to meet Siddhant’s fami-ly members, Modi said.

Marriage Laws(Amendment)Bill passed

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New Delhi: The Mar-riage Laws (Amend-ment) Bill 2003, whichseeks to remove dis-crepencies in the law,was passed by the RajyaSabha on Tuesday.

The law will try to re-move ‘‘inequities’’ inmarriage and divorcelaws by giving provi-sions for enhancementof the appeal periodfrom 30 days to 90 daysand extending the juris-diction to local limits toaddress matrimonialcases.

Moving the Bill lawminister Arun Jaitleysought to allay appre-hensions of membersthat the amendementwould encourage di-vorce in the country.Favouring that casespertaining to offencesagainst women and sen-ior citizens be trans-ferred to fast-trackcourts for their speedydisposal, the law minis-ter said the governmenthas written to the statesabout it.

AJT delay due toprice, says govt

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New Delhi: While the de-fence ministry still awaits aresponse from the Britishgovernment on whether re-ports about the Royal AirForce rejecting the ‘‘Hawk’’advanced jet trainer are cor-rect, the government hassaid the purchase of theAJTs has been delayed due to an ‘‘impasse’’ in price negotiations.

In an action taken reporton recommendations of theparliamentary standing com-mittee on defence, tabled inParliament on Tuesday, thegovernment said a specialcommittee had been set upunder defence ministerGeorge Fernandes to facili-tate accelerated procurementof the AJT.

‘‘The committee has held anumber of meetings and con-sidered various options andbased on these, the govern-ment is keen to finalise theAJT deal,’’ it said. The IAFhas been demanding AJTsfor the last 20 years to trainrookie pilots better but to noavail.

Officials say the defenceministry has now forwarded

the AJT file — the BritishAerospace manufactured‘‘Hawk’’ AJTs are the fron-trunners as of now — to theCabinet for the final deci-sion.

‘‘We are also awaiting theBritish government’s clarifi-cation on whether RAF hasrejected the Hawk AJTs...thereply is overdue,’’ said an official.

Now George willfly in a MiG-21New Delhi: After visit-ing Siachen over 30times and taking a ridein a Sukhoi fighter and asubmarine, defenceminister George Fer-nandes will now fly atwin-seater MiG-21 in abid to dispel reports thatthese aircraft are ‘‘fly-ing coffins’’.

Fernandes will fly theMiG-21 with a senior pi-lot at the Ambala airbase on Friday.

Since January 2000,there have been over 50MiG crashes with 25 pi-lots being killed. TNN

A drunk motorist infiltrates ‘high security’WagahAmritsar: Another case of abreach of the ‘‘impregnable secu-rity’’ at the Wagah check post hasput a question mark on the tallclaims of various security agen-cies there. Police reports receivedhere on Tuesday said an inebriatedperson drove past the Customs

gate in his car (DL-6C-B-3387) onSunday night before coming to ahalt about 15 feet beyond the BSFobservation tower.

His onward journey was thwart-ed after the car got entangled in thebarbed wire, through which he hadrun the vehicle. Earlier, a British

couple had also illegally crossedover without getting the customsand immigration clearance.

Police reports revealed JasmitSingh of Buggae village in TarnTaran, who was reportedly drunk,took the road to Lahore instead ofJandiala. Jasmit was arrested. TNN

Left to continue boycott:The Left parties on Tuesdaycommunicated to the Con-gress and other allies in theOpposition their decision tocontinue with the boycott ofdefence minister George Fer-nandes. They reaffirmed theirposition at a meeting of Opposition parties convenedby CPM leader SomnathChatterjee. TNN

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India, China ‘bhai bhai’ ahead of WTO meet at CancunTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Ahead of the crucialCancun trade ministers’ confer-ence, two of the world’s largest de-veloping countries — India andChina — have come together on a

number of key WTO issues.Chinese commerce minister Lu

Fuyuan met disinvestment andtelecom minister Arun Shourie inMontreal on Monday before theinformal meeting of the tradeministers of key WTO member-

countries began there, accordingto reports reaching the commerceministry here on Tuesday.

The meeting between Shourie,who is standing in for commerceminister Arun Jaitley at the Mon-treal meeting, and Lu was marked

by the convergence of views onkey subjects currently under ne-gotiations in the WTO such asagriculture; trade-related intel-lectual property rights (TRIPS)and public health; and the Singa-pore issues, including the pro-

posed multilateral agreement oninvestment.

The two ministers were in com-plete agreement on the need fortransparency in WTO. They em-phasised that documents shouldbe made available to the member-

countries well in time ahead ofthe Cancun meeting on Septem-ber 10-14. ‘‘There should be no lastminute surprises sprung on thedelegates which characterisedthe past rounds of multilateraltrade negotiations,’’ they said.

Furore in RSover raids onBadal property

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New Delhi: For the secondtime in as many days, eventsin a Congress-ruled stateforced the Rajya Sabha to ad-journ, twice, ahead of thelunch recess. On Tuesday, aBJP MP’s insistence on rais-ing the issue of raids onAkali leader Parkash SinghBadal’s family brought Con-gress MPs to their feet inprotest.

On Monday, the Rajya Sab-ha had seen verbal duels onthe developments inArunachal Pradesh.

Tuesday morning, the duelstarted as soon as BJP MP S SAhluwalia mentioned theraids on Badal’s son and Ra-jya Sabha MP Sukhbir SinghBadal. His voice was soondrowned in the uproar asCongress MPs rose to theirfeet in protest, arguing the is-sue was sub-judice. ‘‘Is it?’’asked chairman BhaironSingh Shekhawat as he triedto restore order and wavedown the BJP MPs who,too, were protesting thesearches on the Badal familyproperties.

Shekhawat eventually gaveup the battle and adjournedthe House for half an hour.

Jogi walks outon Oppn motion

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Raipur: A no-confidence motionon Tuesday inthe state assem-bly against theAjit Jogi govern-ment wasmarked by a tit-for-tat walkout ofthe ruling party,led by the chiefminister, a first

in Chhattisgarh’s brief history.The opposition BJP had walked

out earlier in the session, whenJogi got up to reply to a like mo-tion. So, said Congress members,when the BJP made its openingspeech on this occasion, theywere reciprocating.

The opposition alleged corrup-tion and misuse of power by theJogi government.

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Skipping ‘SEX’: Singa-porean drivers have missedtheir chance to have S-E-Xon the roads after the fa-mously strait-laced govern-ment here stepped in to stopcar license plates from form-ing “objectionable words”,officials have confirmed.Most cars in Singapore carrya three-letter prefix startingwith “S” followed by four nu-merical digits. The “SD” se-ries ended last month and itshould have gone on to the“SE” series - from SEA all theway to SEZ. The Land Trans-port Authority had skipped“SE” and went straight to“SF” so that SEX would bekept off the roads. Reuters

Pet’s credit card: A petdog in England has been of-fered his very own gold cred-it card with a spending limitof $16,250. An applicationform for a Royal Bank ofScotland credit card arrivedat the home of RaymondSlater, in Stockport, GreaterManchester, addressed tohis shih-tzu, Monty. The dogwas offered a gold creditcard and the chance to earnair miles. “We bought thename from a list broker andhave no idea why Monty’sdetails were provided,” aspokeswoman for the banksaid on Monday. His namehas now been removed fromthe database. AFP

Sea cow scan: Airport se-curity workers went underwater to perform a sea cowsecurity scan. When a mana-tee failed to pass a metalcapsule it swallowed for astudy, security workers fromSarasota-Bradenton Interna-tional Airport hauled a metaldetector and drove to MoteMarine Laboratory. Wearingwet suits and wrapping thedetector in a plastic bag,they scanned Buffett’s1,800-pound body for a met-al device about the size of apenny — and found it. AP

Lightning strikes them:Trying to sleep through astorm wasn’t easy for a Nor-wegian couple, especiallysince their cast-iron doublebed took a direct hit from alightning bolt that lit up thebedroom. Idar Roenningenand companion CharlotteAmundsen were kept awakeby thunder late Friday nightat their country home nearOslo. Suddenly the roomflared “like 10 welder’s torch-es” and then everything wentdark. Smoke from charredelectrical sockets tracedthrough the room. Pillowsapparently insulated the cou-ple from the iron bed frameand they were not injured. AP

Australian model and singer Imogen Bailey poses in shackles in a campaign for Peoplefor the Ethical Treatment of Animals which has launched a campaign to stop touristsfrom visiting Thailand due to the cruel use of baby elephants in the tourism industry.

AROUND THE WORLDAFP

Four acres of beachfront property nearKatharine Hepburn’s home will becomeprotected land for public use, accordingto the late actress’ will, written in 1992.Hepburn, who died at 96 last month ather waterfront home in Old Saybrook,left 4.17 acres of land to the east of herdriveway for “exclusively public purpos-es.” Hepburn’s will was filed on Friday

with the town’s probate court. Hepburn’s Oscars andother awards, photographs, letters and costumes will goto a charitable organization of the executors’ choice,while most of the actress’ estate will go to her family. AP

Hepburn leaves land for public use

Gap(e) at MadonnaBy Ruth La Ferla

Does she still have it?The Gap seems tothink so, staking its

fortunes on Madonna’spower to ignite a fashiontrend by showcasing her inits fall advertising cam-paign. The new ads presentthe diva, now 44, dressed ina ribbed white tank top andjaunty newsboy cap, herneckline and arms freight-ed with diamonds. Harper’sBazaar is playing the sameodds, splashing a photograph taken at theGap shoot on its Septembercover.

Underlying the Harper’sBazaar gamble is the as-sumption that “Madonna’snew look,” as the magazineis calling the star’s inter-pretation of gangsta style,can still generate the kindof heat that once transmut-ed her every gesture into afashion megatrend. But

some industry insiderswould not bet on it. A feweven question whetherMadonna, whose latest CD,American Life, had disap-pointing sales, still has theclout to, in retail parlance,move the merch.

For some the Gap ad isrisky business. “It screams,I’m not old, I’m not old,”said David Wolfe, creative

director at the DonegerGroup, which tracks fash-ion trends. “I don’t thinkMadonna has the mass ap-peal she had when she wastruly the age that she is try-ing to look,” Wolfe main-tained.

Few believe that the styleworld’s pet chameleon canspearhead a trend the wayshe did three years ago,when her album Music,with its image of Madonnain a cowboy hat and West-ern shirt, prompted legionsof acolytes to trot out theirspurs. “Anything shetouched or did madewaves,” said Sam Shahid,the art director behindcampaigns for Abercrom-bie & Fitch and CalvinKlein. “I don’t think thatholds right now. The sameaudience of young peoplethat didn’t buy her recordare not going to buy theclothes.” NYT News Service

Researchers to design robot carNew York: A team of researchers and engineers have con-verged here to participate in a contest sponsored by US de-fence department to design a robot car that can travel be-tween Los Angeles and Las Vegas in less than ten hours, Cnetreported on Tuesday. Defence Advanced Research ProjectAgency will give $1m to the team whose robotic car drives it-self the fastest on an off-road course in less than ten hours.

The race is scheduled for March 13, 2004, the Cnet reportsaid adding, the tough part for the research team participat-ing in the contest would be the 400 km course that will be re-vealed just two hours before the race. PTI

Ghostbustersand ‘haunted’ZellwegerLondon: The antics of a mis-chievous spirit, has sent Os-car nominee Renee Zellwegercalling in ghostbusters to ridher 1.3-million-pound homeof the spirit. The poltergeistof an old lady called Lillianhad been making her pres-ence felt for years at thehouse in New York’s Hamp-ton’s neighbourhood, says areport in The Sun.

Renee is bringing in a“psychic expert”, a local es-tate agent said.

According to the report,former owner JohnMascheroni said: “She lovedto play tricks. My first expe-rience was sensing a pres-ence. And one night when Iwas lying in bed, it felt likethere was a large block of icenext to me.” ANI

Your yawn revealshow kind you areWashington: Yawningseems to have more to it thancatches the eye (or mouth!). Anew study reveals that howvulnerable a person is to con-tacting a yawn tells moreabout his psyche.

According to latest re-search by psychologistSteven Platek, self-aware orempathetic people are morelikely to catch the yawns, ac-cording to a report in Nature.

Platek and his colleaguesat the State University ofNew York in Albany sat sub-jects in front of videos of oth-ers yawning and tallied theirresponses to find out whypeople are susceptible or im-mune to contracting yawns.

Those impervious to theinfection also struggle to putthemselves in other people’sshoes, psychological tests

showed. For example, theymight be less likely to recog-nize that a social faux pas orinsult could cause someoneelse offence.

Identifying with another’sstate of mind while theyyawn may trigger an uncon-scious impersonation, theteam suggests.

The findings might also ex-plain why schizophrenics,who have particular difficul-ty in doing this, rarely catchyawns.

Yawning’s underlyingcause still remains obscure.However, one common per-ception - that it is triggeredin an airless room by lack ofoxygen - has been disproved.

Experiments show thatpeople given more oxygen orcarbon dioxide are just aslikely to yawn. ANI

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No declassification of9/11 report: US govtWashington: The WhiteHouse, facing a crucial meet-ing Tuesday with Saudi Ara-bia’s foreign minister, refusedto declassify part of an intelli-gence report on possible linksbetween individuals in theSaudi government and someof the 9/11 hijackers.

Declassifying 28 pages ofredacted material, as has beenrequested by the Saudi gov-ernment and some membersof Congress, would ‘‘compro-mise our national securityand possibly interfere withthe investigation of the eventsof Sept. 11,’’ White Housespokesman Scott McClellansaid.

The decision came againsta background of controversyover whether officials in Sau-

di Arabia had connectionswith the terrorists.

Saudi foreign ministerSaud al-Faisal, who flew hereMonday, was meeting later inthe day with President GeorgeW. Bush, McClellan said.

In another development,the US intelligence communi-ty has learned from jailed AlQaida members that their or-ganisation may be planningmore airplane suicide hijack-ings similar to the September11 attacks, The WashingtonPost said Tuesday.

The information on the pos-sible attacks, which couldcome in the latter part of sum-mer, was corroborated by oth-er means, including electron-ic intercepts, US officials toldthe daily. Agencies

Glitches persist in foreign student database Washington: Foreign stu-dents who are not registeredin an anti-terrorism data-base by Friday’s deadlinewill be able to verify theirstatus with homeland secu-rity department staff sta-tioned at major airports.

Michael Garcia, acting di-rector of the Bureau of Cus-toms and Immigration En-forcement, said some stu-dents who haven’t met theAugust 1 deadline could bestopped at ports of entry, butthe agency wants to avoiddenying entry to legitimatestudents.

“We don’t want to put upbarriers to legitimate, bona

fide students,” Garcia said.“At the same time we havean obligation to make surethey are who they say theyare.”

He said the agency willset up on Friday a 24-hourcommand centre that willoperate seven days a weekto help verify students’ sta-tus or deal with other prob-lems. Agency staff will bestationed at airports in LosAngeles, New York, Chica-go, San Francisco, Miami,Detroit, Atlanta and Wash-ington, facilities throughwhich 70 per cent of all for-eign students enter thecountry.

Garcia said the agencywill follow up with studentsgranted entry who are notin the system.

All schools with foreignstudents, including highschools with foreign ex-change students, must haveentered the names and oth-er identifying informationof those students in thedatabase created after theSeptember 11 attacks totrack foreign students.

Although 5,937 schoolshad complied by Monday, of-ficials said 600 schools haveyet to file their informationor filed it too late to meet thedeadline. Many who have

missed the deadline ap-peared to have been reli-gious, trade and secondaryschools, officials said.

Congress revived the Stu-dent Exchange and Informa-tion System, SEVIS, after

the attacks on the WorldTrade Center and Pentagon.The system was supposed tobe running at the start ofthe year, but software glitch-es and other problems led todeadline delays.

Fifteen of the 19 Septem-ber 11 hijackers had enteredthe US legally on travelvisas.

Three were admitted withbusiness visas and one on astudent visa.

Thus far, slightly morethan 1 million records havebeen entered into SEVIS.

A list of 77,000 schools al-lowed to enroll foreign stu-dents has been whittled to

7,000 as officials have beguneliminating those out ofbusiness or without foreignstudents, Garcia said.

Garcia said the efforts tohelp students Friday at air-ports, are a one-time onlyaccommodation.

“This won’t be the regularway of doing business for acouple of schools who don’thave their business in or-der,” he said.

Some school officials fearthat students could be ar-rested or deported becausetheir names did not make itinto the system or the infor-mation in the database wasinaccurate. AP

• 24-hour commandcentre to operate 7 daysa week to help verify students’ status

• Homeland securitydepartment staff to bestationed at 8 US airports to help students

Help centres

Nine-memberpresidency for IraqBaghdad: Iraq’s GoverningCouncil, the 25-memberbody set up by the US-ledcoalition to run Iraq as aninterim administration,elected a nine-member pres-idency on Tuesday.

The council’s statementTuesday gave no details onhow the presidency wouldfunction. Like the largergoverning council, the pres-idency has a slight ShiaMuslim majority, with twoSunni Muslims and twoKurdish leaders represent-ed. The members of thepresidency are: Ahmad Cha-labi, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim,Jalal Talabani, MassoudBarzani, Ibrahim al-Jaafari,Iyad Allawi, Mohsen Abdel-Hamid, Mohammed Bahral-Uloum and AdnanPachachi. AP

No betting onterror: SenatorsWashington: The Penta-gon will abandon a plan toestablish a futures marketto help predict terroriststrikes, the chairman ofthe Senate Armed Ser-vices Committee saidTuesday.

Senator John Warnersaid he spoke by phonewith the program’s direc-tor, ‘‘and we mutuallyagreed that this thingshould be stopped.’’

Warner announced thedecision not long afterSenate Democratic LeaderThomas Daschle took tothe floor to denounce theprogram as ‘‘an incentiveactually to commit acts ofterrorism.’’

Warner said he consult-ed with Senate Intelli-gence Committee Chair-man Pat Roberts and Ap-propriations Committeechairman Sen. TedStevens, both Republicans,and they agreed ‘‘that this

should be immediately dis-established.’’

He said they would rec-ommend that the Pentagonnot spend any funds al-ready in place for the pro-gram and said they wouldpull the plug on it duringHouse-Senate budget con-ference committee negoti-ations later on this year.

The little-publicisedPentagon plan envisioneda potential futures tradingmarket in which specula-tors would wager on theInternet on the likelihoodof a future terrorist attackor assassination attempton a particular leader. AWeb site promoting theplan already is available.

The Pentagon defendedit as a way to gain intelli-gence about potential ter-rorists’ plans. Earlier,Warner had said that hisstaff was looking into theprogram and would reporton it later Tuesday. AP

Saddam’s close aides heldTikrit: US soldiers seized a Saddam Husseinbodyguard in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday inTikrit. Dozens of US troops backed by airsupport swooped on at least two homes atmidnight GMT and nabbed the bodyguardand three other Baathists, including a possi-ble brigadier general.

The show of force came as US deputy sec-retary of state Richard Armitage appeared tosignal that only a clean surrender could guar-antee Saddam’s survival and that he shouldbe killed without hesitation if capturing himalive meant risking the lives of US soldiers.

“If Saddam Hussein could be capturedsafely, without any harm to US service per-sons, that would be great,” Armitage toldCNN television late Monday.

The US unveiled a list of 30 nations thathave agreed to participate in a stabilisationforce for Iraq. State Department spokesmanRichard Boucher identified them as Albania,Azerbaijan, Britain, Bulgaria, the Czech Re-public, Denmark, the Dominican Republic,Estonia, El Salvador, Georgia, Honduras,Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia,Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, the Nether-lands, Nicaragua, Norway, the Philippines,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, SouthKorea, Spain and Ukraine. Reuters

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US soldiers take Adnan Abdullah Abid AlMusslit, one of Saddam Hussein’s top bodyguards, into custody during a raid inTikrit on Tuesday.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

I have nothing to gain from this incident.— Joseph Estrada

By Rajesh Kalra

The telecom sector in this country has beena beehive of controversies ever since itwas deregulated. The licensor, regulator,policy-maker, even industry, have all played arole in keeping the controversies alive. Themost recent one to fuel the fire has been theregulator with the ill-timed release of itsconsultation paper on ‘‘Unified Licensing forBasic and Cellular Services”.

A lot has already been said about the paperand how it seems loaded in favour of oneparty at the cost of the others. A detailedanalysis of the paper, as also the variouspetitions filed with the TDSAT (TelecomDisputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal),however, does little to quell these doubts.

In some cases, the statements border onfalsehood, while in some it appears theregulator has taken upon itself the taskof dispute settlement, something it is notmandated to do. Even more important, andintriguing, it seems to bypass a parliamen-tary process currently on — the ConvergenceBill — that is an umbrella proposal towardsa unified licence envisaging a scenariomuch deeper than mere convergence of basicand cellular telephony alone.As is well known, this Bill hasyet to find a parliamentaryconsensus.

Coming back to the paper,right in the beginning,delving on the need for aunified licence, it says:Most of the basic serviceoperators (BSOs) in Indiadeployed IS-95-based WLLsystems. Though thesesystems were capable ofproviding mobility, this was not allowed ashand-held subscriber terminals for WLLwere not allowed as a regulatory restriction.This is incorrect. Denial was a result of thelicence agreement, not regulation.

In some cases, the language and substanceof the consultation paper is deceptivelysimilar to the one used by the fixed lineoperators in the TDSAT, forcing one towonder who is steering the car and what theregulator is doing in it. In the section on keyissues in implementing unified licensing, thepaper generalises that modifications havebeen made for cellphone operators from timeto time in some form of a sop, and thatincluded permission to use mobile PCOs.This again is a misrepresentation.

It is not a sop, but has been permittedexplicitly as per the New National TelecomPolicy 1999. One can go on dissecting thepaper to find holes in it, which is notdifficult, but given the circumstances, andthe brazenness with which falsehoods arepropagated these days, one is not sure if itwill make any difference. The fact is that theTRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority ofIndia) paper is trying to settle a dispute onwhich a judgment is imminent any time now.Apart from the timing, which is suspicious,dispute settlement is not its mandate. More-

over, TRAI itself may be nailed as the villainof the piece by TDSAT. In such circums-tances, what prompted it to issue such apaper will remain a mystery to everyoneexcept those who follow the sector closely.

The recent UBS Investment Researchreport on the issue has already nailed theregulator, especially where it asserts that theregulator, in the event of the TDSAT judg-ment cancelling the WLL licences, will“introduce a Universal Licence as a back-upmeasure”. The telecom sector in the countryhas been beset with problems ever since itwas thrown open to competition. Wrongpolicies, constant tinkering with a seeming-ly good policy, an overactive, or a submissiveregulator, once in a while a minister who be-lieves in throwing caution to the winds, theconstantly shifting stands of industry big-wigs on every issue, be it FDI or migration,and several other reasons, have all played arole in making it the mess that it now is.

The only way to stem the rot is to do athorough post-mortem of the sector, andtaking some harsh decisions, instead ofproviding piecemeal solutions at the behestof vested interests. One had expected that

with the new minister at thehelm, these issues would beaddressed on a prioritybasis. These expectationswere belied. The reconstitu-tion of the TRAI board,however, had everybodyexcited. After the disastrousexperience with the previouspliable board, which perhapsdid more damage to thesector than everything elseput together, this seemed

like a breath of fresh air.Everyone welcomed the coming aboard of

people with squeaky-clean reputations. Thisconsultation paper, however, has shockedeverybody. It is difficult to comprehend whathas gone wrong. One cannot believe thateverybody on board would have readilyagreed to the content and timing of thepaper. If not, then who is calling the shotsthere, so much so that some strong perso-nalities have been neutralised. And whatexplains their silence? People are quiteupbeat about telecommunications. There isa buzz all round, but the way things areprogressing, the celebrations might provea bit premature.

The regulator’s job is to ensure fair com-petition, and the underlying consideration inanything it does is the consumer’s interest. Isthe consumer getting the desired quality ataffordable rates, and is this quality sustain-able? If the answers to these are satisfactory,the regulator will have done its job. But itwould seem that after the first lot of regula-tors, who were shown the door ratherunceremoniously, others have yet to realisethe importance of the task they have beenentrusted with. The present lot raised theexpectation bar high, but has been foundhopelessly wanting when it came to delivery.

Telecom TravailsRegulator’s Role Too Partisan

The Mall CoupManila’s warning sign for

other democraciesNegotiations have peacefully ended the attempted coup inManila, though not put an end to the question it has given rise to. Filipino president Arroyo has set up two commissions to go into the origins of the coup and theprovocations that led to it. A serious charge has been levelled by the rebels that the army had itself engineeredsupposed terrorist bomb attacks in order to secure additional military aid from the US. There are also allegations that the disgraced former president, JosephEstrada, instigated the coup. Like South Korea, Indonesia,Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Philippines has had a long history of military interventionin politics, largely because politicians have used the armyto suppress dissent. However, military takeovers are not aspopular as they once were, especially during the Cold Warera. For instance, the military regime in Myanmar is undergreat international pressure to make way for democraticrule. In Pakistan too, General Musharraf has been compelled to restore some semblance of democracy.

In Manila, the rebels chose a high-profile shopping mallfor their coup, thereby signalling that their prime motivewas to project their grievances before the international media. The grievances were partly personal — low pay forthe soldiers — and partly political and human-rights-related, such as the allegation that the army itself was involved in the so-called terrorist strikes. Such charges,made by junior officers and soldiers, cannot be treated inisolation from views held in the wider civilian community.If the allegations made by the rebels do indeed reflect a sizeable opinion in Filipino politics, then the coup wouldunderscore a failure of communication and dialogueamong the different streams of opinion, which is vital to ademocracy. There is vigorous opposition to the presenceof US forces in the Philippines, despite governmental attempts to justify it in terms of fighting counter-insurgency operations. Yet, there have been moves to increase the size of the US forces. The Manila incident raises a number of questions relating to the war on terrorism waged by military establishments, and the futurerole of the US forces in various Asian countries. Thesewill have to be addressed not only in the Philippines, butin the region as a whole, including South Asia.

Madrid: Dr Severino Antinori created asensation last year when he and his teamdeclared that they would be ready with theworld’s first cloned baby in January 2003.However, it was the Raelian sect’s CloneAidwhich announced the birth of the first, as yetunverified, human clone. Tracking down theelusive ‘Clone Doc’ at the ESHRE (EuropeanSociety for Human Reproduction andEmbryology) Congress, Narayani Ganeshasked the restless infertility expert fromRome — who was the first to enable post-menopausal women give birth — why he haskept quiet about his human cloning project:

Whatever happened to that baby you and yourteam were supposed to have cloned?

It is important to realise reality. I don’twish to talk about it now because it isimpossible for me at this stage to revealwhose baby it is, where it will be born, orwhat gender it is.So you are confirming that your team hassuccessfully created a cloned human embryo?

Of course. The foetus is now five monthsold. It is a boy.But you are not talking about it, no scientificpaper has been published, so it might wellbe unconfirmed, like the one announced byCloneAid, isn’t it?

We have to exercise caution. It is a contro-versial subject. Wecannot afford to beflippant about it. Weare publishing adetailed report ofthe progress of thehuman clone in afew days in RBMOnline, a site on re-productive cloning.You will even finda photograph ofthe five-month-oldcloned foetus.So you think it is perfectly all right —medically and ethically — to bring forth acloned baby into the world despite the manyglitches that have dogged animal cloningexperiments?

Obviously, yes. That’s why we’ve goneahead with it. We have to learn to face reali-ty. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)is progressing by leaps and bounds. We haveto learn to move with the times and make fulluse of our capabilities. Failures and abnor-malities experienced in animal cloning willnot happen in human cloning because thetechniques like ICSI (intracytoplasmic spe-rm injection) and IVF (in vitro fertilisation)are more suitable for humans. Also, rigorousscreening will be part of the entire exercise.What do you have to say about the currentcontroversy over harvesting stem cellsfrom embryos?

This is a very important issue today. Mypersonal opinion is that stem cells are goodfor therapeutic cloning only if they are takenfrom adults — and preferably from the pati-ent herself. Embryonic stem cells might poseimmunological problems. Unless of coursethe patient’s embryonic stem cells havebeen cryofrozen at birth to be used later.

As you know, more and more specialists areopening infertility clinics throughout India.IVF and other similar procedures havebecome fairly popular — of course, amongthose who can afford it. Have you ever thoughtof forging a partnership with Indian doctors?

Yes, indeed. India is an important countryand there are infinite possibilities... I will becoming to India in November 2004. I am veryhappy to participate in a conference onreproductive technology that is proposed tobe held in Khajuraho.Who is organising this conference?

Dr Gautam Allahbadia, who lives in Mum-bai. He is currently vice-president of theWorld Association of Reproductive Medicine(WARM) and I am the president. The SecondWorld Congress of WARM will be held inRome, Italy, between April 7 and 10, 2004.Gautam is also on the scientific committeebesides other infertility experts like Dr Hen-ry Sathananthan from Australia, Dr J Mehtaand others from Europe, US and the Far East.What will WARM-II in Rome focus on? Willthe first documented human clone be bornby then?

Of course the baby will be born by then —as I said, the foetus is already five months oldand it is a boy. No matter how many times I’masked, I simply cannot divulge the identity ofthe parents or reveal the whereabouts. It’s

just too risky.Okay, so what willbe discussed atWARM-II?

The topics for dis-cussion will includenew technologicaldevelopments in as-sisted reproductivetechniques, gametecryopreservation,stem cells research,nuclear transfer, ethi-cal and statutory

dilemmas in gametes research, pre-implan-tation genetic diagnosis, implantation andembryology, ageing and apoptosis in theovary and testes and much more. It will be anopportunity for like-minded professionals todiscuss and debate these subjects and sharetheir experience through detailed presenta-tions. The theme of the conference is “NewChallenges in Reproductive Technologies”.You live and operate in such close proximity tothe Vatican. What is your reaction to thePope’s disapproval of reproductive cloning?

No problem. I’ve met with the Popeand have friends among cardinals. Anypioneering step in a field that’s so close tocreation is bound to generate a great dealof controversy. I prefer to see it as geneticreprogramming.How did your work pave the way for theICSI, a method now being widely used inassisted reproduction?

True, ICSI has made possible what wasthought impossible — making fathers outof subfertile men (men with low-motilitysperm)... I had pioneered a technique calledSUZI (subzonal insemination) which pavedthe way for ICSI, in which a single sperm isinjected directly into the eggcell.

ART of Cloning

We have to learn tomove with the timesand make full useof our capabilities.Failures and abnor-malities experiencedin animal cloningwill not happen inhuman cloning.

Q&A

Lost WorldIn ‘A Lost Heritage: Muslims Must Shed Collective Myopia’ (Jul 25), M Hasan Jowherhas correctly pointed out that “from the 7thcentury through well into the 12th century,Muslims produced world-class minds in several fields of knowledge”. So what went wrong in the 12th century?

The answer lies in the fact that the spiritof free inquiry was stifled by religious orthodoxy after the 12th century. This orthodoxy was spearheaded by Ghazzali(1058-1111 A.D.) of Baghdad. Ghazzali’s TheRevival of Religious Sciences, regarded bymany as among the greatest books of Islam,is said to have sounded the death knell ofnew scientific ideas in the Islamic world.

In his book, The Inconsistency of the Philosophers, he gave several reasons whyphilosophers (who followed the Greek tradition of free inquiry) had ceased to beMuslims — one reason being they denied‘‘bodily resurrection and mortality ofindividual souls’’. No wonder that with theascendancy of Ghazzali’s dogma, the Muslim world ceased to make significantcontributions to scientific advancement.— S K Mahajan, Mumbai

III read Mr Jowher’s article with admirationas well as disappointment. Admiration because he aptly and boldly attributed theills of the Muslim world to obscurantism,lack of empowerment of women, absence of civil liberties etc. Such self-introspectionbodes well for the Muslims. But it was disappointing to read his sweeping conclu-sion which blamed the VHP, the Israelis and George Bush for having a deep-seated prejudice against Muslims. This is sheerhysteria. History tells us that the Muslimshave traditionally used violence for settlingdisputes and difference of opinions. Thecurrent tumult in the Arab world is enoughproof of this. If in Mr Jowher’s opinion thenon-Muslim world is targeting the Muslims,then why would the former come to theirrescue in former Yugoslavia? .— Devinder Kumar, New Delhi

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In Focus

As long as you do notsubdue the mind, youcannot get rid of your

desires, you cannot control your restless

mind. Hence, knowledgeof Truth, subjection of

mind and abandonmentof desires are the joint

causes of spiritual bliss.Yoga Vasishta,

Sage Vasishta’s preceptsto Sri Rama

✥

Flies sit at times on the sweetmeats kept

exposed for sale in theshop of a confectioner;

but no sooner does asweeper pass by with abasketful of filth than

the flies leave the sweet-meats and sit upon the

filth basket. But the honey bee... always

drinks honey from theflowers. The worldlymen are like flies. At

times they get a momen-tary taste of divinesweetness, but their natural tendency for

filth soon brings themback to the dunghill of

the world. The goodman, on the other hand,

is always absorbed inthe beatific contempla-tion of divine beauty.

Sri Ramakrishna ✥

You are quaffing drinkfrom a hundred foun-

tains; whenever any ofthese yields less, your

pleasure is diminished.But when the sublimefountain gushes fromwithin you, no longer

need you steal from theother fountains.Jalaluddin Rumi

✥

Often, we are most vulnerable during

moments of transition...for a pivotal moment the

mind has nothing tohold on to, and in its

insecurity it may suggest all kinds of

things: a cigarette, anextra piece of pie.

Suddenly any of thesecan seem fraught with

urgency though youknow in the back of

your mind that they area poor use of your time.

Eknath Easwaran

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Rajasthani YolkloreBy Harsh A Desai

We are not blessed with an outstanding staff butanyone who has had a mealat my house will tell youthat we have an excellentcook. One looks forward to every meal.

When my brother Jaycame from America, for aholiday, I thought we wouldshow off the cook. So, nextmorning, for breakfast we gave him a spread ofidli, dosa, upma and vada.Instead of being elated helooked balefully at the foodand said, “This is fine buttomorrow I want scrambledeggs on toast.”

This was going to be aproblem. Rajasthani cookshave a strong sense of thedistinction between vege-tarian and non-vegetarianand eggs are classified asnon-veg. Anyway, I had nooption as my brother wanted eggs the next day.

So after lunch, I took thecook aside and asked him:

“Is it alright if we make an egg for my brother tomorrow?’’ His eyeswidened with alarm and hesaid, “No. No eggs.”

I added by way of expla-nation, “He had lived inAmerica for too long. Heneeds eggs for breakfast.”

‘‘No eggs in my kitchen,’’said the cook firmly.

‘‘May be we can cookthem on a stove in the servant’s room,’’ I said retreating a little.

‘‘No eggs in the servant’sroom; no eggs in the fridge;no eggs in the house,” hesaid, his voice rising all the time.

Reasoning with himseemed impossible. So Itried to reason with mybrother who on the whole isa sound egg. “Jay,” I said,“the cook is very sensitiveabout eggs. May be we cango to the Willingdon Clubfor breakfast tomorrow.Best scrambled eggs ontoast in town.”

‘‘What sort of brother are

you?’’ Jay asked. ‘‘I come allthe way from America afterthree years and you can’tprovide me an egg forbreakfast. You don’t seem tobe the master of yourhouse. Sack him if he won’tallow eggs in the kitchen.”

‘‘The world has sufferedenough because of Texanbraggadocio”, I said. “Don’tforce me to choose betweenyou and the cook.”

‘‘Listen bro, I want myeggs for breakfast tomor-row. How you get them onthe table is your problem.’’

I strode into the kitchenpulled myself to my fullheight and told the cookwith the greatest authorityI had, “Maharaj, take a holiday for 10 days with fullpay. The rains are just starting over Rajasthan.Enjoy yourself.”

And as my cook packedhis bags, I told my wife,‘‘Tomorrow when you make scrambled eggs forJay add some extra chillies.’’

Concern for the environmentis not new. Since ancienttimes people have known theimportance of preserving it.The worshipping of treesand rivers, animals and birdswas not based on supersti-tion; it had a scientificbasis. Even the Mahabharataoffers lessons on symbiosis.

The tradition of sanctify-ing various trees and plantsdates back to the Vedicperiod. Though wood as afuel was a basic need andtrees in general were treatedwith care and respect, sometrees — like the Peepal,Banyan and Neem — com-manded more respect thanothers. The Tulsi (Basil)plant was grown in everyhousehold in the centre ofthe courtyard and rituallywatered. The rituals servedan important purpose — itmade people aware of theenvironment and its impor-tance and so indirectlyhelped preserveand nurture it.

Today, we des-perately need torevive interest inand respect forthe environment.We need to makethe effort to findout and under-stand the basicprinciples behindthe rituals, tradi-tions and customsthat were essential elementsof ancient civilisations. Theworshipping of trees andbushes, rivers and ponds,animals and birds justemphasised their impor-tance for human survival.Religion was used largelyto ensure community parti-cipation in all those practicesthat would lead to themaintenance of ecologicalbalance.

In Bihar, for instance,during the Chhath festival,devotees are required tostand in waist-deep waterwhile paying obeisance tothe Sun-god. This festivalensures community partici-pation in maintaining pondsand lakes. Thus, collectiveaction in maintaining waterresources led to their preser-vation as reservoirs. Similar-ly, the Vedic prescription thatplanting and watering treesis a holy practice that propi-tiates God, ensured plantpropagation. It was partici-pation that worked with reli-

gion acting as the incentive.Without peoples’ involve-

ment, no amount of effortcan help sustain the environ-ment. What has gone wrongtoday is that this essentialelement, the ‘peoples’ dimen-sion’ is largely neglected.Religion was an effectivesocial marketing tool thatwas used to involve people inenvironment management.Today environment manage-ment has become the respon-sibility of governments; oftechnocrats, scientists andnow industry.

The environmental degra-dation we see all around ustoday is also the result of ourcasual attitude towards anykind of collective responsi-bility. This is reflected in anold Indian parable: Once, asmall village had no rainfallfor a long time. As wellsand reservoirs began dryingup worried villagers wereadvised by their village chief

to propitiate therain god. The vil-lagers assembledat the central wellfor prayer. A loudvoice from thewell commandedthat each villagehousehold shouldpour a bucket ofmilk in the wellat midnight. Thevillagers agreed.The village chief,

however, thought that hecould get away with pouringjust a bucket of water — afterall, who would know? So hequietly poured water insteadof milk and went to bed.

In the morning when thevillagers peeped into thewell, they found not a drop ofmilk there. Everybody haddone exactly what the villagechief had done. Besides thepoint that it was just as wellthat the well got some waterthis way, the point is that noone really bothered aboutsticking to the collectivedecision taken that day —each one acted indepen-dently, and dishonestly.

We need to recognisethat the dynamic interactionbetween man and nature iscontinuous and calls forregular monitoring. Recog-nising environment-relatedproblems as ‘ours’ and not‘theirs’ is the first steptowards strengthening theman-nature bonding.

Man & Environment:Symbiotic Bond

By Pramod Pathak

http://spirituality.indiatimes.com

THESPEAKING

TREE

Just four million cases in a billion population and allthis fuss over HIV/AIDS? And this at the cost of

tangible threats like galloping infection rates oftuberculosis, virulent malaria making a comebackalong with polio, high incidence of blindness and evernew forms of cancer? So goes the argument of thosewho feel that HIV/AIDS is getting top billing on thedisease charts. Granted, the numbers are small as apercentage of population. But that is cold comfort. Therate of HIV infection here is among the highest in theworld, and there is a frightening lack of awareness ofthe virus and how it spreads. We are still trapped inthe old mindset that only the immoral get the virus; adangerously ignorant perception promoted actively bymany politicians. India’s hopes of emerging as an economic superpower one day rest on the young population, and it is this section which is vulnerableto HIV. We have seen the experience of many Africancountries which have gone under after their youngproductive populations were decimated.

Are we going to wait around prioritising curablediseases while HIV has insidiously spread to the poorer sections of society. With four million infected,the virus is likely to spread faster than ever. The fundswhich come in from abroad, and those allocated by thegovernment, are nowhere near enough to fight thevirus. A crumbling health system is not equipped to deal even with simple infections, leave alone thecomplications of HIV/AIDS. No other disease hassuch a profound impact on society and the economy as HIV/AIDS — it wipes out entire families, it drasti-cally decreases productivity, it invites enormous socialstigma and discrimination. The government may talkabout HIV/AIDS at seminars in foreign climes but onthe ground, the fight against the virus has not even begun. Surely, all the more reason to focus more attention and divert more funds towards combatingthis so far incurable disease.

The figures speak for themselves: The number ofpeople suffering from tuberculosis and malaria

put together in this country outnumber those whohave HIV/AIDS by roughly five to one. And althoughno official figures are available, it is a fair guess thatthe picture is more or less the same when it comes tothe annual casualty count. So why this obsessive concern with HIV/AIDS at the expense of all other diseases? Cynical as it may sound, part of the answerlies in the fact that tuberculosis and malaria are non-glamorous tropical diseases which have long beeneradicated from the face of the western hemisphere.And, as in everything else, it is the business of theWest to decide what the business of the rest of usought to be. This hegemony works in various ways,but nowhere is it more strikingly evident than in the amount of international funding that is now available to counter the ‘scourge’ of AIDS. And sincein a globalised economy no one is immune from thediktats of market forces, any number of ‘concerned’non-governmental organisations have mushroomed in the Third World to take advantage of this ‘oppor-tunity’. In return, the latter have pushed AIDS to thetop of the official health agenda in poorer countries.

This is not to suggest that AIDS is not a serious disease or that it does not require sustained world attention. What’s more, a majority of HIV/AIDS victims are too poor to afford the expensive anti-retroviral regime and too uninformed to deal with the social stigma attached to it. It is to highlight, to use anold Marxian favourite, the political economy of AIDSin the age of global capitalism: From high-level inter-national conferences to five-star jamborees, AIDS iswhere the action is. Just look at the glamour and glitzassociated with the anti-AIDS campaign. FromRichard Gere to Liz Taylor, from Shabana Azmi toRemo Fernandes, all the beautiful people want a pieceof the AIDS pie. Rather than getting carried away bythe hype and hysteria, we need to set out our priorities— creating awareness and instituting proper patientcare. But not just for those suffering from HIV/AIDS.

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COUNTERVIEW

More Media HypeThan Menace

Don’t Downplay theAIDS Danger

HIV/AIDS gets priority over othermore prevalent infectious diseases

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Regulating multiplexes

By N VidyasagarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The government has askedthe multiplex association of India, underindustry body Ficci, to draft new regula-tions for governing multiplexes and the-atres in the country. This draft regulationwill later be circulated to states and putforward for debate.

‘‘We will submit the model cinema reg-ulation in 30 days. There are many archa-ic rules governing this industry whichhas to be completely rewritten,’’ saidAmit Mitra, secretary general, FICCI.

For example, entertainment tax is col-lected under entry 62 of the State List,where watching cinema is equivalent tobetting and gambling.

Moreover, a theatre license is given toan individual and not to a company.As cinema is seen at par with betting andgambling, theatre owners need to get permission from the police commissioner.

‘‘The multiplex growth across thecountry is affected. We welcome the gov-ernment’s new redressal mechanism,’’said Deepak Asher, director Inox Leisureand president of the multiplex associa-tion. ‘‘Mindset needs to change fast,’’ saidAtul Goel, CEO E-City Entertainment.

This move follows government’s ap-pointment of a 10-member radio panelunder the chairmanship of Mitra forframing suggestions to give a new lease oflife to the struggling FM radio sector —including alternative license fee struc-ture, foreign equity participation and al-lowing news in the FM radio medium.

These recommendations will help theinter-ministerial committee in formulat-ing a national media policy.

The government is also likely to ap-point a separate committee for TV broad-casting — enabling a level playing fieldfor Indian and foreign broadcasters aswell as tightening loopholes, enforcingforeign broadcasters follow law and equi-ty structure in true spirit.

ENTERTAINMENT UNDER SCANNER

Gillette India H1 netzooms, sales down:Gillette India’s net profit hassoared by over 15 times forthe first half ended June 2003to Rs 26.96 crore from Rs 1.69 crore a year ago. Net sales, however, fell by amarginal 1.66 per cent to Rs 181.08 crore during theJanuary-June period from Rs 184.14 crore a year earlier,a company statement said.For the second quarter endedJune 30, 2003, net profitsurged by 338 per cent to Rs 18.79 crore from Rs 4.29crore in the previous year. PTI

Castrol net profit down6.21 per cent: Castrol IndiaLtd has reported a 6.21 percent decline in net profit at Rs 40.86 crore for the secondquarter ended June 30, 2003,compared to Rs 43.57 croreposted in the same periodprevious fiscal. The board hasalso recommended interimdividend of Rs 4 per equityshare for the year ended December 31, 2003, thecompany informed the BSE.Total income (net of excise)

has increased from Rs 309.35crore to Rs 315.44 crore inthe quarter ended June 30,2003, it added. PTI

Wockhardt Q2 net up13% at Rs 35 cr: Pharmamajor Wockhardt Ltd hasposted a 13.3 per cent rise innet profit at Rs 34.9 crore for

the second quarter endedJune 30, 2003, compared toRs 30.8 crore in same periodprevious fiscal. Income fromoperations recorded a growthof 4.6 per cent at Rs 202.6crore in the period under review as against Rs 193.7crore for Q2 of last year, thecompany said in a release. PTI

GM’s Chevrolet Optra offto a flying start: GeneralMotor India’s volume offeringChevrolet Optra drove highon the popularity chart in itsfirst month with over 1,000cars booked and sold withintwo weeks of its arrival in theshowrooms. GM had initiallytargeted to sell around 1,000cars per month. The Optra,designed by Pininfarina ofItaly, is powered by a 1.8 litre,DOHC engine that delivers115ps of power. The firmplans to increase productionto meet rising demand andthe car is being offered with a2-year service holiday. TNN

Low IT spend in firms,says survey: About 66 percent of organisations in Indiahave a well documented ITpolicy, although IT spendingremained less than a per centof turnover, says a Nasscom-IMRB survey. It found that incase of almost 30 per cent ofthe organisations, the in-crease in IT spending wasmore than incremental as theturnover grew. It found that 40per cent of businesses wit-nessed rise in productivitythat has been defined. TNN

E X E C U T I V E D I G E S T

NATIONAL

IBM signs $1.1b servicespact with ABB: Interna-tional Business MachinesCorp signed a 10-year, $1.1billion agreement with Swissengineering company ABBLtd to manage the bulk of itstechnology, the companiessaid. Armonk, New York-based IBM said it will take on1,200 employees as part ofthe deal, which is aimed at

cutting costs at Zurich-basedABB as it tries to return toprofitability. A spokesman forABB said the company ex-pects annual savings of atleast $50 million from theagreement, which involves 90per cent of its technology op-erations. It is typical for IBMto hire the employees when ittakes over managing technol-ogy at a company. Reuters

AT&T objects to rivalWorldCom’s bankruptcy:AT&T Corp has objected to ri-val WorldCom Inc’s blueprintfor emerging from bankruptcyprotection and plans to seekdamages for losses related tohigh-cost calls it carried.AT&T, the biggest US long-distance carrier, accused

WorldCom, the No. 2 carrier,of diverting US calls to Cana-da to avoid hefty connectionfees, adding millions of dol-lars to AT&T’s expenses andluring away lucrative corpo-rate customers. A WorldComrepresentative did not imme-diately return a call seekingcomment. Reuters

Honda Q1 profit down,full-year forecast up:Honda Motor Co, Japan’ssecond-biggest auto maker,posted a 12 per cent fall inquarterly operating profit onTuesday, hit by a sales slumpat home and a weak dollar,but it raised its full-year forecasts. Operating profit for the three months to June was 150.18 billion yen

($1.3 billion) compared withthe 170.82 billion yen posteda year earlier. Net earningsshrank 5.4 per cent to 101.82 billion yen, or 106.02yen per share, as revenuegrew 3.7 per cent to 2.01 trillion yen. Reuters

INTERNATIONAL

Today’s question:Do you really expect better

services from private airports?To vote, log on to

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

• The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of

the general public.

Yesterday’s results: Would yourather invest through mutual

funds than directly in the market?

Yes 62% No 31% Can’t say 07%

ET INSTA POLL

Sail notches up Q1 profit:Sail chairman VS Jain ismanaging the tough timequite well. In April-June,2003, the steel behe-moth has been able tonet a profit of Rs 255crore despite a drop ininternational steel pricesduring that time. This isa significant improve-ment compared to thenet loss of Rs 309 crorein April-June 2002.

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Govt asks Star:Who wieldsedit control?

By Sanjay DuttaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: How much ed-itorial independence doesthe Indian-owned MediaContent and Communica-tions Service (MCCS)wield over the content itprovides to the Star Newschannel? Not much, theI&B ministry wrote to thiscompany, saying that theRupert Murdoch-promot-ed Star Television Produc-tion Ltd (STPL) exerts in-direct editorial control.

In a letter written aftermeeting MCCS executiveslast Friday, the ministrypoints out several clausesin the agreement betweenMCCS and STPL that willend up contravening thespirit of the uplinkingguidelines. ‘‘...If editorialresponsibilities on contentis to vest solely in thehands of persons em-ployed by MCCS, then it isnot clear as to what roleSTPL, a foreign company,has to play in this matter,’’the letter says.

According to anotherclause, STPL has the pow-er to ask MCCS to changekey personnel responsiblefor creating and editingcontent. ‘‘This wouldagain appear to be in di-rect contravention of thespirit of the guidelines,where total editorial con-trol needs to vest withMCCS and its personnel.Any control over key per-sonnel, who are responsi-

ble for these activities byany party outside MCCSwould be construed as aneffort to circumvent thatguideline,’’ the letter says.

It also questions theclause that binds MCCS toseek STPL’s nod before ap-pointing, removing or re-placing key personnel.

The letter says, ‘‘Theclauses of the Brand andFormat licence agreement(between MCCS andSTPL), relating to editorialpolicy and appointmentand transfer of editorialpersonnel, indicate thatthese matters are not sole-ly in the domain of MCCS;STPL will would have con-trolling right in such mat-ters. This would be in di-rect contravention to thespirit of the guideline ofeditorial control to vest inIndian hands — withMCCS.’’ On mass transferof Star India Pvt Ltd(SIPL) staff to MCCS, theletter says the agreementunder which the transferswere made was not clear.

•Star Television hasindirect editorial control over MCCS

•Has power to askMCCS to change keypersonnel responsiblefor creating content

•I&B ministry says thisis against spirit of uplinking guidelines

Backseat driving

Zee Telefilms Q1 net profit surges 31%TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Subhash Chan-dra-promoted Zee Telefilmsgroup on Tuesday reported a30.7 per cent rise in consoli-dated net profit at Rs 62.3crore for the first quarterending June 30, 2003, up fromRs 47.67 crore reported insame period last year.

For the same quarter on a

standalone basis, it posted anet profit of Rs 17.07 crore(Rs 16.6 crore in Q1 of last fis-cal) while income from sales,services dipped to Rs 91.63crore from Rs 93.04 crore.

Company officials saidthese numbers are after con-solidating the financials ofETC Networks (ETC) andPadmalaya Telefilms for Q1

of FY 2003-04. Zee Telefilmsscrips closed at Rs 115.75 onthe BSE on Tuesday.

Company chairman Sub-hash Chandra said that forthe first time subscriptionrevenue had overtaken ad-vertising revenues. ‘‘Thisstrength highlights the fun-damental growth attributesof Zee’s assets and our abili-

ty to increase shareholdervalue,’’ he said.

Subscription revenue grewby 40.5 per cent at Rs 142.77crore while domestic sub-scription revenue increasedby 68.4 per cent. Advertisingrevenue, declined by 19.9 percent due to cricket World Cupand problems in establishinga new rate-card.

Air Asia plans no-frill India flightBy Byas Anand

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Malaysia’s no-frillinternational carrier Air Asia isplanning to commence flights be-tween India and Malaysia withintwo years with 70 per cent cheap-er fare than the normal ticketprice on this route.

Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandesis in the process of finalisingthis plan. “Our fares have been50-70 per cent cheaper than thenormal international carriersand it will be same in the case ofIndia,” he told this reporter fromKuala Lumpur.

Though Fernandes refused tostate the price band for an AirAsia India-Malaysia ticket fare,

industry insiders pointed outthat the fare is expected to be un-der Rs 4,500 for a one-way ticket,which is cheaper than a Delhi-Mumbai fare.

Fernandes believes Indian andMalaysian travellers will embrace a cut-rate air servicethat will save them time andmoney, considering a tight economy.

“There is a lot of potentialwith a huge Indian population inMalaysia. Disposable incomeshave grown in India but interna-tional air fares are still very highfor many. We are just going tomake this affordable. This willalso increase trade between thetwo countries as more and moresmall businessmen will now be

able to venture out and seek opportunities.”

But Fernandes does not intendto have flights to all points acrossIndia.

“We will just look at South In-dia because to cater to south In-dian population in Malaysia.”The airline will operate a Boeing737 aircraft with refreshments,excluding cigarettes and liquor,being sold on-board.

“It is a total no frills airline,but we will go with a clean image. There will be beverageson our flights but no liquor,”he says. As for ticketing outlets,the airline intends to operatethrough some direct salesagents, via internet and call centres.

Till recently Warner Music’svice president for SoutheastAsia, Fernandes quit his highprofile job, mortgaged his homeand sank all his savings into aventure aimed at revivingMalaysia’s loss-making secondairline, Air Asia.

“Most people thought I wascrazy but I saw an opportunity asasset prices in the aviation in-dustry had hit historical lows.”

•Fare will be 70% cheaperthan normal air ticket price

•Will connect South India to cater to south Indian population in Malaysia

Flying high

Reuters

SAFETY STEPS: Japan’s new 10,000 yen ($84) notes are printedin Tokyo. Notes with anti-counterfeit features like holograms,advanced bar-coding, will be issued from July 2004.

Air-India swingingback to loss again

The Times of India, New Delhi, Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Good businessFrance Telecom CEO Thierry

Breton says the telecom giantnotched up an operatingprofit of $ 5.29 billion in thefirst half of 2003, up 46per cent from last year

For better tradeCanada’s international trademinister Pierre Pettigrew at theWTO meet in Montreal. Tradeministers from 25 nations willtry to break the impasse at the recent global trade talks

New initiative Microsoft chief Bill Gateslaunches the Hardware Empowerment Program tohelp university faculty usenew technology in researchto boost innovation

Rupee Value US $: 46.70 UK £: 76.05 Euro: 53.80 S Fr: 35.80 Yen (100): 40.35 A $: 32.00 NZ $: 28.30 S $: 27.45 Saudi Riyal 12.85 UAE Dirham 13.10 Thai Baht (100) 113.15 Selling rate: Currency notesSource: SBI, Mumbai

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Maharaja’s flightto profitability is turning out to ashort-lived affair. After two yearsof flying through profits, the coun-try’s international carrier Air-In-dia is expected to land in the redthis fiscal with a Rs 55-crore loss.

The loss, civil aviation ministerRajiv Pratap Rudy said, is the re-sult of flight cancellations follow-ing a drop in traffic after the out-break of Sars and the pilot strikethat had grounded a lot of itsflights in April and May.

An increase in aviation fuelprices and a recessionary trend inthe international market will alsocontribute to the losses, Rudy saidin a statement to Parliament.

A-I had flown back into theblack with a Rs 40 crore profit in2001-02 and then made a provision-al net profit of Rs 105 crore in 2002-03, beating a global downturn in

the aviation industry. Rudy said apanel set up by A-I Charters tostudy the feasibility of beginninglow-cost air services between Ker-ala and destinations in the Gulfwas still to finalise its report. A de-cision on beginning these opera-tions will be taken after determin-ing the project’s viability.

IA, he said, has submitted a re-port for buying of 43 aircraft com-prising A-319, A-320 and A-321from Airbus at a net cost ofRs 10,089 crore.

Hitting air pockets

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S T O C K S The Times of India, New Delhi18 Wednesday, July 30, 2003

ABB 397, 401, 378, 382.65397, 400, 380, 382.60

Abbott (I) 292, 296.90, 290, 296.15ACC 179, 188.50, 176.10, 187.60

177, 188.70, 176.20, 185.90 Adani Export 190.50, 193.10, 188,192.15

190.25, 192.50, 187, 191.20 Adlabs Films 56.60, 56.70, 55.40,55.90

56, 56.40, 55.10, 55.80 Alstom Proj. 107.80, 110.90, 110.20

107.50, 112, 107.50, 110.40 Andhra Bank 36, 35.10, 35.55

35.95, 35.95, 35.10, 35.60 Apollo Hosp. 150, 144.35, 144.80

149.95, 149.95, 145, 146.05 Apollo Tyres 170, 171, 158, 158.75

167.25, 171, 157.90, 159.60 Arvind Mills 46.40, 44.85, 45.35

46.25, 46.25, 44.20, 45.35 Ashok Leylan 126.50, 132.90,124.80, 131.85

126.10, 133, 125, 131.75 Asian Paints 402, 395.15, 400.90

400, 401, 396.45, 400.35 Aurobindo Ph 411, 412.80, 403,407.05

412, 413.50, 404, 407.45 Aventis Phar 380, 390, 379.75,386.55

395, 399, 376, 386.40 Aztec Soft. 22.10, 23.20, 21.80,22.65

21.25, 23, 21.25, 22.60 Bajaj Auto 550, 583, 546.10, 577.40

569, 582.90, 569, 577.20 Balaji Tele. 76.05, 76.30, 73, 74.60

76.50, 76.80, 72.60, 74.95 Ballarpur In 52, 53.50, 52.70

52, 53.30, 51.50, 52.65 Bank of Baro 135.70, 136, 130.60,133.35

135.20, 135.75, 130.50, 133.35 Bank of Ind. 51.25, 49, 49.15

50, 51, 49.05, 49.25 BASF 128.45, 131.50, 125.30,129.95

126.10, 131.80, 126.05, 130.20 Bata (I) 44, 42.20, 43.45

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82, 82.10, 78.15, 81.20 Bharat Elect 355, 355.95, 346,350.40

355, 357, 345.65, 350.15 Bharat Forge 418, 422, 412.50,416.25

414, 421.90, 412.50, 416.05 Bharti TeleV 49, 46.15, 46.40

47.90, 47.90, 46.05, 46.50 BHEL 274, 278, 266.70, 276.25

274, 279, 266.30, 275.25 Bombay Dyein 68.40, 70.60, 66,69.25

70, 71, 66.80, 68.85 BPCL 265, 267.90, 259.50, 262.40

265.15, 265.15, 259, 262.35 Britannia 548, 550, 543, 548.50

536.95, 553.95, 535, 549.65 BSES 289.10, 295, 287.05, 287.95

290, 296, 286.10, 288 Cadila Healt 240, 253.95, 230.55,246.50

236, 253.45, 231.20, 245.90 Castrol (I) 204.50, 207, 200, 201.55Century Enka 86.90, 88.40, 85.50,87.60

85.60, 88.50, 85.55, 87.60 Century Text 90.75, 90.90, 86.45,88.90

90, 90.75, 86.30, 88.95 Chambal Fert 16, 16.50, 15.40, 15.60

16.25, 16.40, 15.40, 15.60 Chennai Pet. 57, 53.95, 55

60, 60, 53.30, 55 Cipla 815, 825, 810, 820.65

815, 825, 810.20, 820.70 CMC 455.40, 438.15, 442.60

447.20, 450, 441, 444.65 Colgate 143, 146.50, 145.50

145.05, 146.80, 143, 146 Container Co 355.05, 372, 355,368.60

351, 375, 350, 372.15 Corpn. Bank 177, 189.80, 173.25,186.75

177.45, 189.90, 173, 186.70 Crompton Gr. 74.80, 75.25, 74.40,75.10

75.90, 75.90, 74.05, 74.85 Cummins (I) 70.10, 76.90, 69.25,76.25

69.75, 76.80, 69.10, 75.95 D-Link (I) 56, 54.60, 55.45

55, 55.70, 54.55, 55 Dabur (I) 57.20, 59.45, 55.10, 56.10

56.70, 56.95, 55, 56.25 Digital Glob 475, 452, 458.10

466.90, 466.90, 451.85, 458.35 Dr.Reddy’s 1144.80, 1121.30,1129.25

1138.10, 1143.80, 1108, 1129.40 Dredging Cor 358, 352.25, 355E-Serve Intl 620, 624, 605.30,615.35

621, 626, 612, 616 EIH 178.80, 181.95, 178.50, 180.15

182, 182, 178, 181.30 Engineers (I 268, 270.40, 263.05,266.20

267, 271, 262.15, 266.90 Escorts 54, 52.50, 53.15

53.90, 54.25, 52.40, 53.30 Essel Propac 172.15, 178.65, 174.60

176.20, 179.35, 173.20, 174.75 Exide Inds. 90.55, 91.90, 89.55,90.35

89.15, 89.95, 89, 89.25 Federal Bank 169, 177.30, 166.90,176.55

169, 176.90, 166.50, 175.55 Finolex Cabl 107.25, 107.85, 106,106.70

107.50, 108.90, 105.50, 106.15 Finolex Inds 38.75, 39, 38.10, 38.40

38.20, 39.05, 38.20, 38.45 Gail (I) 112.15, 114, 109.50, 111.60

113.65, 114, 109.60, 111.60 GE Shipping 54.50, 55.50, 54, 54.55

55.50, 55.80, 54.20, 54.95 Geometric So 334.85, 335.50, 324,330.90

335.40, 337, 324, 331.50 German Remed 335, 348, 321.40,345.90

325, 350, 325, 348.30 Gillette (I) 440, 376.55, 396.95

380, 395, 380, 394.40 GlaxoSmith.C 265.05, 274, 264,271.35

260, 272.50, 231, 271.50 GlaxoSmith.P 385, 404, 401.40

385.40, 404.40, 381, 399.85 GNFC 39.50, 38.20, 38.95

39.50, 39.70, 38.50, 39.10 Grasim Inds. 501.25, 509.90, 496.25,501.70

504, 509, 496, 501.70 GSFC 24.50, 25.30, 24.05, 24.30

25, 25.10, 24.10, 24.40 GTL 71, 79.60, 70.40, 79

70.90, 79.70, 70, 78.65 Guj.Amb.Cem. 212, 218.55, 208.20,217.30

210.70, 218.90, 208.30, 216.35 Guj.Gas Co. 460.05, 465.25, 456.25,464.55

458.15, 466.20, 455, 464.85 Guj.Mineral 105.20, 112, 102.80, 103

105.80, 108.25, 101, 103.10 HCL Infosys. 156.10, 159.70, 152,156.55

157, 159.50, 151.85, 157.80 HCL Techno. 167, 170, 163.10,167.40

167.25, 168.40, 163.05, 167.20 HDFC 405.50, 408, 402, 404

409, 409, 402, 404.30 HDFC Bank 268.70, 260, 263.40

267.90, 269.70, 260.05, 265.55 Hero Honda 243.75, 248.45, 243.05,248

240, 248.70, 240, 248.05 Hexaware Tec 138.25, 151.25, 133,148.90

132.05, 151.70, 132.05, 149.55 Him.Fut.Comm 32.85, 33.80, 32.55,33.35

33, 33.75, 32.65, 33.25 Hind Lever C 183, 183.40, 181, 183

172, 182.50, 167, 182 Hind.Oil Exp 38.40, 38.50, 36.90, 37

37.80, 38.25, 37, 37.15 Hind.Zinc 47.80, 48.40, 46.10, 48.05Hindalco 826.55, 828, 813, 820.85

826.70, 830, 813, 820.70 Hinduja TMT 223, 214, 215.05

223, 223, 213.20, 214.95 HLL 168, 171, 164.05, 169.90

167, 171.10, 164, 169.95 HMT 19.80, 19.05, 19.60

19.85, 19.85, 19.20, 19.65 HPCL 325, 327, 316.15, 323.60

323.90, 325.25, 316.10, 323.25 Hughes Soft. 297, 289.15, 290.30

297.80, 297.80, 288.55, 290.45 IBP 511, 531, 520.85

509.95, 530, 508, 519.95 ICI (I) 127.60, 132.70, 131.30

134, 134, 128.50, 129.75 ICICI Bank 160.50, 156.50, 159.40

159.30, 160, 156.50, 159.35 IDBI 42.60, 43.95, 42.25, 43.55

43.10, 43.70, 42.15, 43.35 IDBI Bank 31.50, 32.20, 31.30, 31.75

32.50, 32.50, 31.25, 31.85 IGate Global 114.80, 127.30, 113,124.90

117, 127.25, 106.15, 125.45 India Cement 24.05, 25.75, 23.85,25.45

25, 25.50, 23.85, 25.20 Indian Alumi 123, 121.25

120, 122, 120, 122 Indian Hotel 252.45, 244

250, 252.90, 243.70, 244.10 Indian Oil C 403, 395, 397.65

402.90, 403, 395, 396.80 Indian Ov.Bk 26.75, 26.85, 26, 26.35

26.80, 26.80, 26.05, 26.25 Indian Rayon 156.40, 159.40, 151,156.50

156, 159.40, 150.60, 156.15 Infosys Tech 3549, 3603.90, 3470,3590.95

3499, 3607.70, 3470.10, 3585.60 Infotech En. 99, 101, 98.50, 99.60

100.20, 100.90, 98.55, 99.55 Ingersoll R 238, 239.80, 236.75,238.50

240, 240.10, 236.90, 237.95 IPCL 119.25, 124, 116.10, 120.95

118.60, 123.90, 116.10, 120.60 ITC 741, 727, 735.80

742, 742, 728.50, 739.05 ITI 19.50, 18.75, 19.05

19.30, 19.55, 18.80, 19.15 J&K Bank 238.95, 225.10, 225.95

224, 231, 224, 226.40 Jaiprakash I 51, 52.50, 50.10, 52.35

51, 52.50, 50, 52.15 JB Chemical 215.95, 219.40, 213,215.10

215.50, 219, 213.10, 214.65 Jindal Steel 495, 510, 507.70

507.15, 510, 499, 505.50 Kochi Refin. 75, 78.80, 74.90, 78.40

74.30, 78.95, 74.30, 78.05 Kotak Mah.Bk 217, 222.80, 212.50,215.30

224.40, 224.40, 213.10, 215.45 L&T 265, 278.20, 264.50, 277.70

269, 278.45, 269, 277.65 LIC Hsg.Fin. 144.90, 149.80, 136.30,137.60

144.50, 144.75, 136, 137.05 LML 39.25, 39.80, 38.65, 39.40

39.45, 39.75, 38.20, 39.40 Lupin 397.40, 404.50, 390.55,395.30

396, 404.40, 391, 396.20 M&M 182.40, 186.20, 178, 184.95

179, 186.40, 178.10, 185.05 Marico Inds 173.25, 172.05, 172.35

172.65, 175, 170, 171.75 Maruti Udyog 180.15, 182.80,179.15, 180.20

179.95, 182.90, 179.10, 180.30 Mastek 206, 207, 201.80, 203.70

207, 207, 201.35, 203.60 Mastershare 12.62, 12.79, 12.75

12.50, 12.80, 12.50, 12.75

Max (I) 81.50, 81.75, 78.55, 80.8584.45, 84.45, 78.80, 80.80

Mcdowell Co. 45.50, 45.90, 45, 45.6045.80, 46, 45.10, 45.60

Merck 290, 299, 287.20, 297.85290, 300, 286, 297.30

MIRC Electr. 392, 397, 395.20389, 398, 389, 394.80

Moser-Baer 347, 352.70, 336,344.60

349, 354, 337, 346.25 Mphasis BFL 343, 365, 355.95

331.50, 360, 305.60, 352.60 MRF 1520, 1350.10, 1365.10

1512, 1515, 1349, 1369.80 MTNL 111, 116.25, 115.45

113.20, 115.90, 112.80, 115.25 Mukta Arts 55.50, 55.85, 54.25,54.80

56.05, 56.05, 54.30, 55.05 National Alu 111, 114.50, 110.25,113.90

112.30, 114.45, 110.10, 113.65 Nestle (I) 560, 561.60, 554.20,555.95

554, 559.95, 552, 557.95 Neyveli Lign 34.50, 35.25, 34.40,34.75

35.20, 35.45, 34.45, 34.85 Nicholas Pir 337.80, 339.90, 333,338.60

335.10, 341, 333, 337.70 NIIT 129.90, 130.60, 125.60, 130.05

129, 130.70, 125.50, 129.80 Nirma 339.50, 340, 326, 327.45

365, 365, 325.25, 326.35 Novartis (I) 245, 246, 237, 244.35ONGC 465, 467.20, 460.60, 463.10

465, 467.90, 460.10, 463 Oriental Bnk 174.50, 176, 168.10,173.95

174.60, 175.40, 168.20, 173.80 P&G Hygiene 456, 467, 448.35,463.30Padmalaya Te 87.30, 100.80, 81,99.90

99.25, 102.50, 96.20, 99.05 Pentamedia G 10.45, 9.80, 9.94

10.30, 10.40, 9.80, 9.95 Pfizer 415, 416.90, 412, 415.10

415, 416.90, 410.30, 414.30 Philips (I) 98.20, 100, 93.35, 99.90Pidilite Ind 264.45, 267.75, 261.50,266.70

265, 267, 263.30, 266.80 Polaris Soft 104, 109.50, 102, 107.75

107, 109.45, 105.10, 108.05 Pun.Tractors 138, 140.05, 135,135.40

137.10, 139.95, 134.60, 135.45 Ranbaxy Lab. 818.10, 824.95,816.05, 822.05

825, 825, 815.40, 822.45 Raymond 127.25, 129.50, 125.30,127.75

127, 129, 125.95, 128.10 RCF 33.05, 33.25, 31.95, 32.20

33.30, 33.40, 31.95, 32.20 Rel Capital 72.10, 72.95, 71.40,72.25

72.10, 72.90, 71.35, 72.25 Reliance Ind 345, 349, 341.90,347.80

343.05, 349, 341.90, 347.65 Rolta (I) 68.85, 72, 67.80, 71.05

68.95, 71.90, 67.60, 70.90 SAIL 22.25, 22.65, 21.20, 22.40

22.20, 22.65, 21.20, 22.30 Satyam Comp 203.60, 196.15,197.80

202.05, 202.90, 196, 197.45 Saw Pipes 158.90, 164.90, 156,159.30

158.50, 165, 156, 159.45 SBI 450, 418.25, 429.85

421, 431.80, 418.30, 429.30 Shipp.Corpn. 72.90, 68.95, 69.20

72.45, 72.80, 68.80, 69.25 Shyam Teleco 46, 49.60, 45.10,48.15

46, 49.40, 45.05, 48 Siemens 367, 355.30, 361.60

364.50, 365, 355, 356.85 Silverline T 7.64, 7.80, 7.40, 7.55SKF Bearing 67.75, 65.75, 67

68.10, 68.10, 65.80, 67.15 Sonata Soft. 13.40, 12.91, 13.09

13.30, 13.35, 12.75, 13.05 SPICE 36.50, 36.75, 36, 36.74SSI 102, 103, 99.30, 99.90

102.10, 102.10, 99.10, 99.75 STC India 100, 100.80, 95.25, 99.05

98.10, 116.95, 98, 99.90 Sterl.Biotec 51.90, 48.25, 48.80

51.85, 51.95, 48.15, 48.75 Sterl.Optica 50.95, 49.20, 49.70

50.05, 50.70, 49.25, 49.70 Sun Pharma. 391, 394.75, 381,384.55

394.75, 395.50, 380, 385.25 Syndicate Bn 27, 26.20, 26.60

27, 27, 26.20, 26.65 Syngenta (I) 119.10, 121, 119,119.70Tata Chem 76.05, 76.80, 75.20,75.95

76, 76.95, 75.25, 75.95 Tata Elxsi 78.55, 79.80, 78, 78.80

79, 79.60, 77.55, 78.95 Tata Power 148, 148.25, 145.25,148.05

146, 148.65, 145.10, 148.15 Tata Tea 207, 203.75, 206.20

207.10, 207.10, 202.55, 206.35 Tata Telcom 118.90, 119.40, 116.60,118

118.50, 120, 116.60, 118.80 TELCO 230, 231.40, 223.35, 230.45

227.25, 231.35, 223.40, 230.35 Thermax 251.40, 252, 239, 243.75

247, 247, 238, 243.05 Thomas Cook 221.25, 229.65,227.60

227.10, 231.40, 227, 228.60 TISCO 205.90, 211.40, 201.10,210.75

203, 211.35, 201.20, 210.35 Titan Inds. 67.50, 67.90, 65.65,66.30

68, 68.30, 65.50, 66.50 TN Newsprint 54.90, 55.50, 54.10,55

54.75, 55.45, 54, 55 TN Petro 19.25, 19.35, 19, 19.10

19.15, 19.15, 19, 19.05

Torrent Phar 248, 260, 242.75,257.20

248.45, 259, 243, 256.25 Trent 198, 210, 194.80, 206.65

202, 210.90, 200, 206.60 TVS Electron 74.70, 75.30, 73.50,73.70

69, 75, 69, 73.85 TVS Motor Co 540, 566.80, 566.50

545, 565, 542, 561.60 United Phosp 284.10, 298.60, 282,284.30

283.90, 299.30, 283, 286.15 UTI Bank 75.20, 82.50, 74.50, 80.90

76.10, 82.40, 74.35, 80.90 Videocon Int 31, 31.60, 30.75, 31.10

31.05, 31.65, 30.40, 31.15 Vijaya Bank 28.65, 27.25, 27.40

28.25, 28.30, 27.10, 27.35 Visual Soft 157.80, 158.50, 153.30,156.75

156.50, 158, 153.15, 156.60 VSNL 120.70, 121, 118.35, 119.45

119.50, 120.95, 118.30, 119.55 Whirlpool 20.10, 20.90, 19.95, 20

20.90, 21, 19.90, 20 Wipro 956, 968, 942, 948.35

959.80, 963.15, 941.10, 949.70 Wockhardt 380, 389.50, 378.10,385.60

382, 388, 379, 386.95 Zee Telefilm 119.40, 114.05, 115.75

119.80, 119.80, 113.85, 115.65 Zensar Tech. 82.60, 80.80, 81.45

82, 82, 80.15, 81.45

B1 - GROUP

33M India 346.95, 328, 330.35

348.95, 349.95, 330, 331

AA Sarabhai 5.74, 6.15, 5.98Aarti Drugs 42.90, 43.90, 38.50,41.05Aarti Inds. 100, 102.55, 98, 99.40

102, 102, 97.10, 100.45 Aarvee Denim 26.50, 27.25, 25.70,26.75Aban Loyd 306, 317.40, 303, 307.35

310.50, 319, 303.55, 306.80 ABC Bearings 18.25, 19.83, 18,18.20ABG Heavy In 17, 17.40Abhishek Ind 9.95, 9.50, 9.75

9.50, 10, 9.50, 9.85 Adam Comsof 5.50, 5.45, 5.70Addi Inds. 21.05, 21, 22.85Advani Oerli 35.50, 36, 35, 35.35

35.40, 35.80, 34.50, 35.60 Aegis Logis. 11.50, 11.85, 11.50

11.60, 11.80, 11.45, 11.60 AFT Inds. 53.40, 55.20, 53, 55.05Aftek Infosy 283, 283.50, 276.50,281.30

284, 284, 276, 281.35 Agro Dutch I 18.45, 19, 18.10, 18.20

18.50, 19, 18, 18.25 Agro Tech Fd 46.40, 48, 46.85

46.80, 47.75, 46.50, 47.15 Ahmed.Elect. 68.40, 68.50, 67

68.80, 68.80, 67, 67.20 Ahmednagar F 56.55, 55.50, 56.55

56.50, 56.85, 55, 56.85 Ajanta Pharm 46.45, 43.65, 44.45

46, 46, 43.75, 44.55 Aksh Optifib 23, 23.70, 21.25, 22.70

23.45, 23.70, 20.80, 22.90 Albert David 38.50, 41, 38.25, 39.25Albright & W 218, 219.50Alembic 289, 305, 280.25, 297.35

291, 299, 282.10, 294.30 Alfa Laval 320, 327.90, 326.90

322, 328.45, 320.50, 326.95 Alka (I) 0.86, 0.88, 0.81, 0.83Alkyl Amines 22.20, 22.45, 21.75,22.05Allahabad Bk 19.50, 18.85, 19.20

19.25, 19.35, 18.85, 19.20 Alok Inds. 31, 28.50, 29.90

29.25, 30.75, 28.50, 29.80 Alps Inds. 24.15, 28.25, 24.10, 26.30

27.50, 27.50, 25.05, 25.35 Alstom 32.40, 36.60, 32.15, 35.60Amara Raja B 66, 66.15, 65, 65.60

66.05, 66.50, 65.05, 65.95 Ambica Agarb 42, 39.65Ambuja Cem.R 4.95, 5.05, 4.80, 4.90

4.95, 5.05, 4.75, 4.90 Amex Info. 18.95, 17.90, 18.15Amforge Inds 50, 51.50, 48.05, 48.35Amrutanjan 82.95, 85, 81.95, 84.10Amtek 61.65, 63.50, 60, 60.25Amtek Auto 204, 210.50, 198.50,199

206, 211, 199, 199.80 Andrew Yule 16.30, 16.55, 15.60,15.65Ankur Drugs 18.50, 19.25, 18.98Ansal Prop. 16.70, 14.61, 14.85AP Paper 90.20, 91, 88.10, 89.80Apcotex Lat. 30, 29.25, 29.75

29.35, 30.10, 29.20, 30 Aplab 27.65, 27.70, 25.75Aptech 57, 58.35, 55.50, 57.25

57.60, 58.40, 55.50, 57.50 Archies 60.05, 60.85

61, 61, 59.50, 60.45 Arvind Rem. 5.80, 6.19, 5.50, 5.68

6, 6.20, 5.50, 5.75 Asahi (I) Gl 77.80, 79.90, 73.10,74.95

77, 78, 73.10, 75.70 Ashapura Min 85, 84

86, 86, 86, 86 Ashima 23.95, 20

17, 20.25, 17, 20.15 Ashok Ley.Fn 49.50, 51, 49.25, 49.80

49.90, 50, 49.55, 49.75 Asian Elect. 78, 83, 81.15

78.75, 83, 78, 80.55 Asian Hotels 101.75, 100.05

101, 101, 99.50, 99.60 Assam Co. 16.70, 15.65, 16.20Astrazen.Ph. 375

362, 374, 362, 374 Atcom Techno 11, 11.05, 10.50,10.91

10.90, 11.05, 10.50, 10.95 Atlas Copco 256.80, 260, 259.90Atlas Cycles 77.35, 77.50, 72.50, 73

73.05, 73.75, 73.05, 73.05 Atul 50.05, 51.50, 49, 49.95

51.50, 52, 49, 50.20 Auto Axles 140.10, 148, 139, 146.20

141, 148.80, 139, 145.95 Avanti Feeds 24.50, 25.25, 24.50Avery (I) 26.15, 27.50, 26, 26.70Avon Organic 68.40, 62.50, 63.55

BBajaj Auto F 56.50, 59.50, 58.20

53, 59.50, 53, 58.30 Bajaj Elec. 29, 30.50, 29.50Bajaj Hindus 119.90, 122, 116,116.65

118, 118, 116, 116 Bajaj Tempo 187, 190, 183.50,185.85Bal Pharma 28, 28.75, 27.50, 27.65Bal.Law.Vanl 17.20, 17.40, 16.40,16.75Balaji Dist. 7.16, 7.44, 7.34

7.30, 7.40, 7.15, 7.20 Balkrish Ind 154.25, 147, 149.40Balmer Law.I 43.05, 44, 41.05, 43.50Balmer Lawri 88, 87.05, 89.80

88, 91, 87.25, 89.90 Balrampur Ch 157, 163, 162.50

150, 164, 150, 162.30 Banco Prod. 65.35, 67, 62.50, 66.75Bank of Punj 21.50, 22.10, 21.20,21.95

22.15, 22.30, 21.15, 22 Bank of Raj. 27.30, 26, 26.40

27, 27, 25.95, 26.40 Bannari Aman 156.50, 162, 156.30,160.50

155, 162, 155, 161.40 Bayer (I) 1299.95, 1318, 1250,1287.80Bayer ABS 99.95, 97, 98

98.50, 100, 96.50, 97.85 Bayer Diagno 219.95, 222.80,218.20, 222.05

Berger Paint 82.50, 83.75, 83.4083.90, 87, 82.55, 83.85

BF Utilities 17.75, 19.80, 19.55Bhagya.Metal 30, 28.60, 31.50Bhansali Eng 42.50, 45.05Bharat Bijle 500, 529.25, 521.35Bharat Rasay 35.80, 36.45, 34.10, 36

36.10, 37.40, 36.10, 36.85 Bhartiya Int 28.05, 29.30, 27.50,28.80

28, 28.25, 27.95, 28.20 Bhushan Stl. 66.85, 67, 65, 65.25BI 100.70Bihar Caustc 24.95, 22.95, 23.15Bimetal Bear 125, 131.75, 125Binani Inds. 23.60, 23.95, 22.75,23.05Biopac (I) 7.25, 7.50, 6.81, 7.45Birla Corp. 35.50, 36.50, 34.90,35.85

35.30, 36.55, 34.80, 35.90 Birla Eric. 14.10, 14.45, 13.75, 14.20

14.75, 14.75, 14, 14.30 Birla Glob.F 19.10, 19.50, 18.90, 19

19.25, 19.90, 19.20, 19.25 Birla Yamaha 16.90, 17.30BITS 0.55, 0.67BLB 7.42

8.75, 8.75, 7.50, 8.10 Blow Plast 14, 13.25Blue Dart Ex 81.80, 84, 83.75

84, 84.40, 81.55, 83.95 Blue Star 93.20, 94.80, 93.60

94, 94.90, 93.50, 93.75 Blue Star In 142.90, 143, 136,138.25

143.80, 144, 136.15, 137.85 BOC 40, 40.70, 39.75, 40.45

40.45, 40.70, 39.55, 40.40 Bombay Burma 38, 36.15, 36.40

35, 37, 35, 37 Bongaigaon R 46.80, 47.40, 45.20,46.55

46.60, 47.45, 45.50, 46.70 BPL 41.50, 42.65, 40.70, 41.05

42, 42.85, 40.90, 41.15 BPL Engg. 6.10, 6.40, 6.20

6.90, 6.90, 6, 6.20 Brijlax. Le. 110.45, 110.95BSEL Inform. 14.65, 16.50, 15.47

15, 15.75, 14.80, 15.70 BSL 35.30, 35.50, 35Burrough Wel 460, 499, 455, 483.65

CCamlin 66.50, 67.50, 62.50,64.95Camph.& All 29.15, 30.85, 30.50Canara Bank 109.35, 109.40,103.85, 106.65

110, 110, 103.65, 106.60 Canfin Homes 42.45, 41.35,41.70

44, 44, 41.20, 41.45 Caprihans(I) 20.40, 22.40, 20.20,20.50Carborundum 154, 157, 156.50

155.95, 158.95, 154, 156.60 CCL Products 19.80, 20.50, 19,19.80Ceat 40.50, 41.60, 39, 39.40

41, 41.40, 38.70, 39.55 Centur. Bank 13.95, 13, 13.53

13.70, 13.90, 13.05, 13.55 Cerebra Inte 5.35, 5, 5.08CESC 43.10, 45.10, 42.55, 42.95

44.15, 44.95, 42.60, 43.15 CG Igarshi M 57.40, 58, 53.75,54

53, 57, 53, 54.15 Chemfab Alk. 30.50, 29.35Chemplast Sa 28.55, 29, 27.05,28.70

28.25, 29.65, 28, 29 Chettinad Ce 68.40, 69, 65.20,67.80Cheviot Co. 135, 138.55, 131, 135.75Chola.Inv&Fi 45.60, 48.95, 45.50,48.10

43.50, 47.40, 43.50, 46.45 Chowgule Stm 7.02, 7.20, 6.86, 7Ciba Sp.Chem 118.95, 117.20, 120Cinevistaas 29.60, 30.40, 29.40,29.95

29.50, 30.70, 28.75, 29.65 City Union B 53.90, 55.80, 54.95

53.65, 56.30, 53.25, 55.15 Clariant (I) 155, 160

157.80, 158.70, 156, 156.40 Classic Diam 44.85, 46.95, 44.30,46.75Clutch.Auto 15, 15.20, 14.31, 14.36Coates (I) 105.05, 107, 106.30

106, 107, 106, 107 Cochin Minrl 16, 14.55, 15.82Color Chips 7.98, 8.35, 8.34

7.65, 8.45, 7.65, 8.35 Colour Chem 242.85, 243.20,242.75, 243.05

243.50, 247, 243, 246.15 Compucom Sof 22, 23.90, 21, 23.35Compudyne Wi 15.35, 14.35, 14.80

14.65, 15.20, 14.65, 15.05 Computech In 6, 6.20, 5.77, 6.15

5.60, 6.25, 5.60, 6.10 Cont.Const. 13.85, 13.60, 15.81Control Prnt 22.10, 22.55Core Health. 7.25, 7.70, 6.90, 7.10

7.10, 7.35, 7, 7.10 Corom. Fert. 70, 73.50, 70.75

69, 71.95, 68.30, 70.10 Cosmo Ferr. 8.51, 8.83, 8.80Cosmo Films 99, 101, 95.60, 96.90

99, 101, 95.80, 96.85 Creative Eye 15, 15.70, 14.52, 14.98

15.25, 15.25, 14.65, 14.95 Crest Comm. 34, 35.50, 33.85, 34.75

33.50, 35.25, 33.35, 34.65 CRISIL 360

360, 361, 350, 350 Cybertech Sy 10, 10.40, 9.43, 10.06

10.95, 10.95, 10.10, 10.25

DDaewoo Motor 4.15, 4.35, 3.92, 3.98Dalmia Cemen 182.50, 194, 193.10

178, 190, 178, 189.80 Danlaw Tech. 27.40, 25.10Datanet Sys. 5.25Datapro Inf. 0.66, 0.72, 0.65DCM 11, 11.40

11.80, 12, 11.20, 11.45 DCM Shr.Con 93.80, 89.10, 91.60

89, 93.60, 89, 91.60 DCW 20.30, 21.40, 21.10

21, 21.50, 20.10, 21.15 Deccan Cem. 41.10, 42.10, 38.10,41.90Deepak Fert. 24.75, 24.20, 24.40

24.50, 24.85, 24.10, 24.30 Deepak Nitr. 73, 67.80, 69.30Dena Bank 20.75, 19.65, 20.05

20.40, 20.40, 19.70, 20.10 Denso (I) 32.55, 32.95, 32.10, 32.55Dewan H.Fin. 26.15, 27.15, 27

27, 27, 25.40, 26.65 DFM Foods 7.95, 6.15DGP Windsor 7.02, 7.40, 6.80, 7.06

7.05, 7.10, 6.90, 7 Dhampur Sugr 17.65, 17.70, 16.80,16.95

17.20, 17.25, 16.65, 16.85 Dhanalak.Bnk 21, 20.70, 21.25Dharamsi Mor 9.38, 9.75, 9.59Dhunseri Tea 16.80, 17.20, 16.85Divi’s Lab 570, 579, 546, 570.10

575, 577.70, 546.50, 570.25 Dolphin Off. 14.50, 15, 14, 14.90Donear Inds. 127, 127.10, 125,127.05DSJ Comm. 0.70, 0.67, 0.70

0.70, 0.70, 0.65, 0.70 Duphar-Inter 137.90, 138, 132.05,137

EEicher 47.50, 45.55, 48

46.20, 48.50, 45.15, 48.20 Eicher Motor 146, 164, 161

144, 165, 144, 162.65 EID Parry 113, 117.90, 112, 114.45

113, 116, 111.50, 113.75 EIH Asso.Hot 14.36, 15.49Eimco Elecon 56, 59.75, 59.55Elder Pharma 73.40, 74.50, 68,71.30

74, 74.65, 68.50, 72.65

Elecon Engg. 18.75, 21.10, 20.95Elect.Kelvin 8.06, 8.18, 8, 8.08Electro.Cast 305, 306.90, 295.10,299.10

305, 306, 297, 299.75 Elgi Equip 41.40, 43.50, 40.50, 41.45

41.80, 43.40, 40.10, 41.55 Elgitread (I 230, 232.50, 225, 228.50

240, 240, 225, 226.20 Elpro Inter 23.50, 22.55, 22.60Emco 47.65, 47.80, 45.60, 45.75Encore Soft 14.66, 13, 13.30Eonour Tech. 3.52, 3.75, 3.50, 3.59Epic Enzymes 13.10, 14.50, 14.01Esab (I) 41.25, 42, 40.65, 41.45

41.10, 41.80, 40.75, 41.70 ESI 29.05, 29.35, 28.50, 29.30

28.80, 28.80, 27.75, 28.35 Eskay K’N’It 3.75, 4.75, 4.69Essar Oil 11.25, 11.35, 10.70, 10.75 Essar Ship. 13.44, 13.60, 13.11,13.43Essar Steel 19.25, 19.35, 18.45,19.25

19.30, 19.40, 18.45, 19.30 ETC Networks 63.10, 64.85, 62.60,63.80

62, 65.10, 62, 64.50 Eternit Ever 74.70, 82, 73.65, 78.95

75, 81.45, 73.55, 79.65 Eurotex Inds 13.90, 15.20, 14.65

16.10, 16.10, 13.75, 14.75 Eveready Ind 22.40, 21.20, 21.60

21.75, 22, 21.35, 21.60 Excel Inds. 117, 113.80, 114.60

117.50, 118, 113, 115.40

FFAG Bearings 74, 73, 73.05

72.10, 74, 72.10, 72.80 Fairfield At 14.50, 14.55, 12.95,13.96FCGL Inds. 7.90, 5.89, 5.99FCI OEN Con. 107.30, 110, 109

106.10, 113.50, 106.10, 109.05 FCL Techno. 26.25, 25.15

25, 26.35, 24.80, 26.35 FDC 45.65, 49.40, 45.40, 48.45

43.55, 49.60, 43.55, 48.55 Fert.&Chem-T 27.05, 27.50

27.55, 27.95, 27.55, 27.70 First Leasin 20.50, 20.90, 20.85

20.35, 21, 20.35, 20.80 Flat Product 90, 97.50, 89, 94.60Flex Enginer 17, 16.25, 16.70

17, 17.35, 16.50, 16.90 Flex Foods 8.50, 8.41, 8.65Flex Inds. 29, 27.50, 28.20

28, 28.35, 27.25, 28.10 Floatglass 33.40, 34, 32.55, 33

33.60, 34.45, 32.95, 33.15 Forbes Gokak 72, 70.30, 84.75Fortune Info 22.60, 24.30, 21.50, 24Foseco (I) 157

155, 157.75, 155, 155.20 Frontier Inf 3.90, 3.85, 4.10Fulford (I) 172.40, 186, 169.10,184.85Futura Poly. 8.75, 8.90, 8.52, 8.89

GGabriel (I) 131.05, 132.50, 127.15,129.75Galaxy Enter 39.40, 40, 36.80, 37.25Gammon (I) 138, 142.90, 140

138, 141, 138, 138.50 Gandhi Sp.Tu 23.55, 23.50Garden Silk 33, 35, 32.30, 34.40

33, 34.35, 32.65, 34.15 Garware Poly 36.10, 36.90, 35.80,36.45Garware Wall 26.45, 26.95, 26.20,26.30Gati 48, 40.15, 42.40Genesys Intl 36.50, 39.75, 39.30

33.50, 41.70, 33.50, 39.65 Geodesic Inf 180.60, 176.55, 180.60George Willi 50.65, 51.85, 50.25,51.25

52.10, 52.10, 50.40, 51.05 GIC Housing 22.20, 21, 21.20

22, 22.30, 21, 21.40 GIVO 3.35Glenmark Pha 313, 322, 312, 320

335, 335, 305.15, 321.25 Global Tr.Bk 22.50, 24.70, 22, 24.45

22.80, 24.75, 22.10, 24.35 GMM Pfaudler 96.10, 96.25, 96.15GMR Techno. 16, 14, 16.33Goa Carbon 50, 52, 48.50, 48.70Godavri Fert 93, 93.50, 92.60, 93.10

92.50, 95, 92.50, 93.05 Godfrey Phil 365, 366, 360.10

363.55, 365, 363.25, 363.25 Godrej Cons. 122, 122.25, 120.15,121

124, 124, 120.30, 121 Godrej Inds. 31, 30.75

31, 31, 30.70, 30.75 Goetze (I) 42, 42.20, 40.90, 41.95

42.40, 42.50, 40.50, 41.70 Goldiam Int. 33.90, 33.95, 33.10,33.55Goldstn.Tech 19.30, 20, 19, 19.45

19.65, 20.20, 19.15, 19.60 Goldstn.Tele 8.89, 8.90, 8.40, 8.60

6.90, 8.85, 6.90, 8.65 Gonter Peip 7.01, 7.20, 7.10Goodlass Ner 255, 257, 256.60

255.60, 258, 251.20, 255 Goodricke 30, 31, 29.50, 30.85Goodyear (I) 38, 38.20, 36.60, 38Graphite Ind 49.15, 50.50, 48.10,49.45

50.25, 51, 48.75, 49.25 Grauer & Wei 27.70, 28.35Gravity (I) 19.20, 17.30, 17.70Greaves 24.05, 24.10, 22.95, 23.25Grind Norton 143, 140, 141.70Gruh Finance 24.15, 24.60, 23.25,23.85GTC Inds. 15, 15.25, 14.60, 14.90

15.75, 15.75, 14.20, 15.20 GTN Textiles 31.70, 34.35, 33.85

33, 34, 32.20, 33.65 Gufic Bio Sc 28.75, 28.60, 29.10Guj.Alkalies 38.75, 39.95, 38.10,38.60

39, 40, 38, 38.45 Guj.Amb.Exp. 17.50, 18.35, 18.19

18.50, 18.75, 18.25, 18.30 Guj.Apollo E 60, 59.50, 61Guj.Flouroch 75.55, 76.80, 75, 76.60

76, 77, 75.50, 76.60 Guj.H.Chem 24, 24.20, 23.65, 23.90

24.25, 24.35, 23.65, 23.90 Guj.Ind.Pow. 23.50, 24.45, 23.15, 24

24.45, 24.45, 23.65, 24.15 Guj.Sidh.Cem 6.25, 6.70, 6.05, 6.63

6.25, 6.75, 6, 6.60 Gulf Oil Cor 74.50, 75, 74.10

HHarr.Malayal 14.95, 15.50, 14.65,15.45

15.50, 15.50, 14.70, 15.05 Hathway Bhaw 15.25, 15.57, 14.75,

15.26Havell’s (I) 157.25, 161.75, 149.25,157.35

157, 159, 149.70, 156.80 Hawkins Cook 19.45, 19.55, 19.45Hazoor Media 12, 11.40, 12.32HBL Nife Pow 50.50, 46.50, 47.35HEG 54.20, 51, 51.90

52.70, 52.75, 50, 52 Helios & Mat 18.10, 19.80, 19.75Henkel Spic 21, 21.30, 20.45, 20.90Heritage Fds 71.75, 73.95, 71, 71.45

70, 74, 70, 70.95 Hi-Tech Gear 135.05, 139.75Hikal 274, 263, 270.40

275.90, 277, 253, 271.65 Himat. Seide 139, 141

139.95, 142, 138.85, 141.50 Hind.Constn. 78.20, 79.05, 78, 78.65

80, 80, 78.10, 78.80 Hind.Inks&Re 288.85, 289.90,282.25, 287.40

284, 290, 283, 286.85 Hind.Motors 14.90, 14.25, 14.45

14.70, 14.75, 14.25, 14.50 Hind.Org.Chm 23, 22.25, 22.45

23, 23, 22.25, 22.45 Hind.Power 37, 37.50, 36.70, 37.25Hind.Sanitar 70.50, 69

80, 80, 66.40, 69.75 Hind.Spg &Wg 10.80, 12.57Hitachi Home 22.20, 22.70, 22.25

22.15, 23, 22.15, 22.95 Honda SIEL P 130, 128, 129.90

128.85, 134.90, 127.65, 128.15 Hotel Leela. 28.15, 28.50, 25.70,26.55

28.90, 28.90, 25.55, 26.30

II-flex Solu 1280, 1303, 1257,1276.20

1270, 1302.70, 1255, 1278.35 ICICI Premie 12.86IFCI 9, 9.09, 8.80, 8.89

8.95, 9.10, 8.75, 8.85 IL&FS Invt.M 19.90, 20.50, 19.50,19.60

19.10, 19.75, 19.10, 19.55 Ind.Swift 74.80, 72.15, 72.80Ind.Swift La 27, 25.90, 26.15

27.20, 27.20, 25.80, 26.20 India Foils 9, 9.50

9, 9.55, 9, 9.55 India Gelat. 18, 17.25, 18.45

India Glycol 47.35, 46, 46.65India Gypsum 27, 28.40

25.60, 29.05, 25.60,29.05 India Nippon 275, 285,266.05, 280.55

274.80, 289.85, 265.05,275 India Polyfi 6.25, 6.50, 5.86,5.95Indian Card 59, 62.75, 57.50,59

60, 60, 58.05, 59 Indian Hume 1067.30

1094.40, 1094.40, 1038,1094.40 Indian SeamM 20.25, 18.70Indo Gulf Fe 67, 68.50,66.70, 67

67.20, 68, 66.70, 67.05 Indo Mat.Car 84, 82Indo Nationl 335.10, 344,335, 336

355, 355, 341.10, 344.90 Indo Rama Sy 32, 32.85,31.10, 32.60

32, 33, 31.05, 32.85 Indraprast.M 15.65, 16,15.88

15.85, 16.10, 15.65,15.95 Indus.Inv.Tr 20.40, 20.45Indusind Bnk 23.95, 22.80, 23.20

23.40, 23.70, 22.80, 23.10 ING Vysya Bk 386, 411.75, 408.25

330, 411.50, 330, 406.95 Innovis.E-Co 0.78, 0.73, 0.78Insilco 16.40, 16.75, 16, 16.45Inter.Travel 32.25, 35, 34.35Invest.Trust 19.10, 17.85, 17.90IOL Broadban 6.53, 7.71Ion Exchange 30.50, 34.40, 29.75,32.25IP Rings 72.50, 70.50, 71.20IPCA Lab. 344.70, 355, 343, 347.65

346.85, 354.95, 343.20, 347.60 Isibars 7, 7.40, 7.08Ispat Inds. 13, 13.10, 12.40, 13.04

13, 13.05, 12.30, 12.95 IT & T 11.52, 11.70, 11, 11.33

12, 12, 11, 11.55 ITC Hotels 60.15, 62.90, 61.75

62.50, 65, 61, 61.70 IVP 33.20, 32, 32.25

32, 33, 31.55, 32.50 IVRCL Infras 89.90, 94.20, 88.25,89.80

92, 93.70, 89, 90.20

JJagatjit Ind 23.25, 23.20, 24Jagsonpal Ph 111, 112.85, 108.10,109.35

108, 113.70, 108, 112.10 Jai Corp 56.75, 57, 56.05, 56.30Jain Irrig. 88, 88.45, 83.15, 84.10

87.85, 88, 83.35, 84.40 Jain Studios 16.10, 16, 16.55

16.30, 16.80, 16.10, 16.80 Jaipan Inds. 8.75, 8.33Jay Bh.Marut 45.95, 45, 45.30

45.65, 47.65, 45.55, 45.75 Jayant Agro 45, 46.50, 45

49, 49, 44.50, 45 Jaypee Hotel 11.60, 11.89, 11.26,11.30Jayshree Tea 40.35, 41.85

41.50, 41.50, 40.60, 40.85 JBF Inds. 15.05, 17.01JBM Tools 59.65, 55.60, 56

58.90, 58.90, 55, 55.45 JCT 7.35, 7.40, 7.08, 7.27Jenson&Nicho 6.21, 5.85, 5.95

7.60, 7.60, 5.85, 5.95 JIK Inds. 19, 19.15, 17.35, 17.75

19.85, 19.95, 18.15, 19 Jindal Drill 123.10, 132Jindal Iron 115.90, 116.25, 112.50,115.70

115.30, 116.35, 112.60, 115.95 Jindal Photo 41.50, 42.50, 40.05,42.25

40.90, 43, 40.40, 42.30 Jindal Poly. 130.10, 135, 130.05,132.80

133, 136, 133, 134.30 Jindal Strip 247.80, 250, 239.10,244.85

247, 247, 240, 244.25 JJ Exporters 31.50, 31.30JK Corpn. 13.05, 13.10, 12.80, 12.92JK Inds. 32, 32.50, 31, 32.25JK Synthetic 5.65, 6, 5.69JL Morison 125.50, 125, 127JMC Projects 25.45, 26.75, 25, 26Jog Engg. 13.85, 12.80, 13Jubilant Org 268, 270, 264, 268.55

265.50, 270, 264, 266.70 Jupiter BioS 102, 102.50, 97.65,98.70Jyoti Struct 48.40, 47.60, 51.90

48.95, 51.95, 47.35, 51.95

KKaashyap Rad 1.41, 1.42, 1.35, 1.39Kabra Extr 67.50, 69.50, 65, 68.80

66.50, 68.75, 65, 67.70 Kajaria Cer 35.80, 36.65, 36.60

36, 36.90, 35.70, 36.70 Kakatiya Cem 35.50, 36.75, 35.05,36.50

36.90, 36.90, 35.10, 36.25 Kale Consul. 39.85, 40.05, 38.60,39.10

38.70, 40, 38.60, 39.30 Kalpa.Power 43

42, 44, 41.60, 43.80 Kalyani Brak 345, 346, 332.10

344, 358, 334.95, 358 Kalyani Shrp 7.40, 6.60, 7.25Kalyani Stel 45, 46.55, 43.55, 45.75Kanoria Chem 40.05, 40.05, 37.55,

37.55 Karnatak Bnk 75.10, 75.70, 74.25,75.20

75.95, 76, 74, 74.85 Karur Vysya 222, 235.95, 219,234.35

222.50, 236.80, 210, 234.45 KDL Biotech 19, 19.15, 18.65, 18.80

19.05, 19.40, 18.65, 18.95 KEC Inter. 23.75, 25.80, 23.20, 25.25

24, 25.65, 23.25, 24.95 Kerala Ayurv 12.70, 13.55, 13.01Kerala Chem. 30.95, 31.25, 28.95Kesoram Inds 37.35, 38.50, 37.25,38.20

37.25, 38.40, 37.25, 37.90 KG Denim 27.25, 27.50, 25.60, 26Khandwala Se 10.50, 10.50, 10.40,10.40 Khoday (I) 15.50, 16, 12.10, 14.45Kinetic Eng. 79.20, 81, 78, 80Kinetic Moto 31.25, 31.50, 30.40,30.75Kirloskar Br 129.05, 131, 129.75Kirloskar Oi 168.55, 170, 165.50

168.50, 172.50, 165.55, 166.95 Kit-Ply Ind. 5.08, 5.17, 5.05, 5.15

5.20, 5.20, 5, 5.10 KLG Systel 32, 33.90, 33.55

28.85, 34, 28, 33.65 Kopran 49.95, 51.50, 49.10, 49.60

50.35, 51.40, 49.25, 49.70 Kothari Prod 173.10, 177

177.50, 177.50, 177.05, 177.05 KPIT Cum.Inf 178.40, 170.70, 175.85

176, 178.40, 170.80, 176 KRBL 52.35, 53, 49.50, 51.90

50.90, 51.80, 49.25, 51.20 Krebs Bioche 144.50, 145, 137.60,139Krishna Life 2.30, 2.40, 2.28, 2.38Krone Comm 68.50, 70.10KSB Pumps 109.95, 110, 108,109.50

110.10, 111, 108, 109.35

LLakhani (I) 83, 76.10, 77Lakshmi Au.C 89, 91.95, 89.10

90, 90.50, 88.30, 89.70 Lakshmi Elec 66.95, 69.50, 67.40Lakshmi Mach 2550, 2475, 2500

2550, 2569, 2500, 2526.45 Lanco Inds. 14.70, 13.50, 13.68Landmarc Lei 8.16, 9.87, 8.13, 8.88LCC Infotech 4, 4, 3.70, 4 LG Balkrish 113, 128.50, 127.45

125.05, 127, 116.10, 123.75 Liberty Shoe 71, 69, 70.65

71.50, 72, 70.05, 70.95 Lloyds Steel 4.86, 4.97, 4.60, 4.76

5, 5, 4.55, 4.80 Logix Micro. 16.45, 18.75, 18Loy.Tex Mill 70.50, 70.45Lumax Ind 42.10, 42.50, 41.90,42.15

44.90, 45, 42.55, 42.70 Lyka Labs 32.90, 34.75, 32.65, 32.80

34, 34.55, 32.50, 32.95

MMaars Soft 10.70, 11.25, 10.55, 11

10.80, 11.30, 10.65, 10.95 Macmillan (I 203, 211.50, 201.10,208.15

200, 210.50, 200, 207.50 Madhav Marb. 21, 22.45, 20.90,21.50Madhucon Prj 54, 55.90, 55Madras Alum 118.90, 119, 112.10,114.85Madras Cem. 5490, 5525, 5410,5508.90

5400, 5525, 5329.35, 5495.40 Madras Fert. 19.10, 19.45, 18.80,19.10

18.90, 19.50, 18.80, 19.05 Mah.Scooter 93, 90

92.45, 94, 90.25, 91.55 Mah.Seamless 168, 163

166, 166, 163, 163.60 Mahavir Spg. 86, 95, 84.20, 92.40

87.80, 94.80, 84.45, 92.80 Mahind.Gesco 17.65, 19.10, 17.05,18.90

17.50, 19.45, 17.50, 18.80 Mahindra Ugi 13, 13.20, 12.90, 12.97

13.15, 13.25, 12.75, 13.05 Majestic Aut 33.75, 34.05, 34Malwa Cotton 38.30, 36.50, 39.90

39.70, 40.30, 36, 40.20 Man Inds.(I) 61.50, 66.45, 59, 65.20Mangalam Cem 10.88, 11.80, 10.85,11.67

11, 12, 10.85, 11.60 Manglr.Chem 5.94, 6.30Manugraph In 32.50, 32, 32.05Maral Overs 19, 19.90, 18.75, 19.40

18.75, 19.90, 18.40, 19.45 Mascon Globl 9.48, 9.89, 9.48Matrix Lab. 568.30, 560, 585.45Matsush.Tele 8.05, 8.08, 7.55, 7.79

7.90, 8, 7.65, 7.75 Matsushita L 46.20, 47.15, 46, 46.50Mefcom Capit 6.50, 4.80Mega Corpn. 4.75, 4.15, 4.25Megasoft 46Melstar Info 17, 17.05, 16.25, 16.70

16.85, 17.10, 16.20, 16.60 Mercator Lin 84, 95, 88.85Metroche.Ind 23.80, 25.10, 23.75, 25MICO 5701, 5720, 5700, 5706

5701, 5738, 5685, 5704.85 Mid-Day Mul. 18.20, 19, 18.75

18.95, 18.95, 18.50, 18.75 Mindteck 15.90Mirza Tanner 35.80, 36.40, 35.50,36.20

35.60, 36.60, 35.60, 36.55 MM Forgings 127, 136.50, 124,134.70Mobile Tele 8.10, 8.20, 7.60, 8.01Modipon 19.15Monalisa Inf 0.46, 0.40, 0.43Monnet Ispat 47.45, 50.95, 46.05,50.40Monsanto (I) 934.40, 965, 921, 953

930, 984.95, 930, 950.85 Morarjee Goc 16.10, 17, 16.55

17.10, 17.20, 16.65, 16.75 Morepen Lab 10.50, 10.55, 10.21,10.32

10.60, 10.65, 10.20, 10.30 Morgan Stan 10.35, 10.90, 10.88

10.50, 10.90, 10.50, 10.85 Motherson SS 195.70, 187, 191.10

200, 200, 185.50, 188.25 Moving Pictu 6.10, 5.65, 6.40Mro-Tek 13.90, 14.50, 13.75, 14.28

14, 14.70, 13.75, 14.35 MRPL 21.70, 21.75, 21.35, 21.45

22, 22, 21.30, 21.45 Mukand 27, 27.25, 26.40, 27.05

27.75, 27.75, 26.30, 27.05 Mukand Engrs 10.96, 11.98, 11.51

11.45, 12, 11.45, 11.80 Munjal Auto 54, 52.20, 53.20Munjal Showa 156, 155, 159

156, 159, 154.50, 157.65 Murd.Ceram 20, 20.25, 19.85, 20.20Mys.Cement 9.50, 10.25, 9.20, 10.08

9.85, 10.25, 9.20, 9.95

NNagar.Agrich 16.05, 17, 16.55Nagar.Const. 73.70, 74, 71.25, 72Nagar.Fertil 7.10, 7.13, 6.82, 6.97

7.15, 7.15, 6.85, 6.95 Nahar Export 26.50, 29.35, 25.70,28.05

26.30, 29.50, 25.50, 28.15 Nahar Indl.E 16, 17.60, 15.75, 17.25Nahar Intl. 8.35, 8.59, 8.01, 8.30

9.50, 9.50, 7.60, 8.60 Nahar Spg. 104.70, 111.90, 102.60,109.30

103.20, 112, 102.10, 109.45 Narmada C.Pe 15.50, 15.75, 15.40,15.55

15.60, 15.85, 15.10, 15.75 Natco Pharma 89.90, 90.80, 81.10,84.95

91.60, 91.60, 80.50, 84.30 Nath Seeds 11.20, 11.24, 10.66,11.06

11.45, 11.45, 10.85, 11.15 National Fer 56.15, 63, 60.45

National Per 1130.35National Ste 13.79, 13.90, 13.13,13.66

13.85, 13.90, 13.15, 13.70 Nava Bh.Ferr 101.50, 105, 104.50

103, 106, 100.50, 105.20 Navneet Pub. 134.85, 137.50,133.05, 137.15

136, 137.50, 132.60, 136.95 NCL Inds. 6.26, 6.45, 6.20, 6.30Nelco 31.30, 31.40, 30.30, 30.55

31.10, 31.10, 30.30, 30.60 Neuland Lab. 125.10, 115.15, 135.75NHN Corpn. 12.07, 12.10Nilkamal Pls 34, 34.90, 33.50, 34.60

34.25, 35.10, 33.50, 34.65 Noble Explo. 6.26, 8.25, 6.25, 7.84NOCIL 11.40, 10.50, 10.61

10.95, 10.95, 10.50, 10.65 Noida Toll 7.20, 7.24, 7, 7.07

6.70, 7.60, 6.70, 7.45 Nova Petro. 35.50, 35.05, 35.95

39, 39, 35.05, 35.35 Novopan Inds 33.25

34, 34, 33.25, 33.25 NRB Bearings 93, 94.25, 94.05

102, 102, 92.90, 94.45 NRC 16.10, 16.75, 15.60, 15.70

15.10, 16.15, 15.10, 15.65 Nucleus Soft 65.05, 69, 65, 68.75

64.20, 69.35, 64.20, 68.20

OOCL (I) 142.80, 130, 132.50Odyssey Tech 11, 11.10, 10.61, 10.98Oil Country 12.40, 13, 12.17, 12.72

12.05, 13, 12, 12.65 Omax Autos. 47, 52.75, 51.80

46.50, 53.50, 46.50, 51.90 Ondeo Nalco 336Onward Techn 24.50, 26, 25.30

24.25, 26.20, 24.20, 25.25 Opto Circuit 52.80, 54.50, 51.90,52.85Orbit Multi 0.65, 0.58Orchid Chem 169.95, 175.20,165.25, 173.70

169, 175, 165, 173.75 Orient Info. 33.30, 37.30, 36.80

34.25, 37.50, 33.75, 36.60 Orient Paper 26.25, 27, 25.35, 26.65

26, 27, 25.15, 26.50 Oriental Con 24.70, 25.70, 24, 25.50Oriental Hot 83

82, 82, 81.50, 81.50 Oswal Chem. 5.35, 5.55, 5.25, 5.49

5.95, 5.95, 5.20, 5.45

PPanacea Biot 41, 41.95, 38, 39.05

39, 39.90, 38.20, 39.30 Pantaloon Re 125, 134.50, 122.10,129.80

123.10, 134.50, 122.50, 130.15 Paper Prod. 130.10, 135, 129.05,132.60

129.50, 133.95, 129, 132.65 Paramount Co 9.25, 8, 8.28Parekh Plati 8.95, 9, 8.77, 8.84

9.75, 9.75, 8.50, 8.85 Parry’s Conf 125.05, 129, 125, 125 Patel Engg. 164.50, 162.50Patspin (I) 14, 14.38, 13.60, 14.01

13.75, 14.40, 13.55, 14 PCS Inds. 24.10, 24.60, 23.80, 24.20Pennar Alum. 3.68, 4.15, 3.52, 3.98Pentagon Glo 2.08, 1.93, 1.99Pentasoft Te 7, 7.09, 6.81, 6.87

7.05, 7.20, 6.85, 6.90 Pharmacia He 95.50, 98, 93, 95.65

96, 98.50, 92.55, 94.95 PHIL Corpn. 6.40, 6.51, 6.50

6.75, 6.95, 6.45, 6.80 Phillip Carb 39.45, 36.60, 37.40

36.50, 39.90, 36.50, 38.80 Phoenix Lamp 19.20, 20.10, 18.80,19.75Pioneer Embr 31.35, 31Plastiblend 46.65, 47, 45.90PNB Gilts 24.60, 24.05, 24.50

24.65, 24.65, 24.05, 24.35 Polyplex 79, 81.65, 78.45, 81.10

80.20, 81.90, 78.60, 81.55 Porrits&Spen 103.85, 108.70, 103,103.50Praj Ind. 64.50, 64.95, 62.25, 63

64, 65, 58.95, 62.45 Precision Wr 40, 35.75, 36.75

36.30, 37.50, 35, 37.10 Premier Auto 5.52, 5.80, 5.30, 5.32Premier Inst 278.40, 270, 283.30

280, 284.20, 268.50, 281.50 Premier Tyre 9, 9.10Prism Cement 7.80, 9.20, 7.50, 8.75

8.10, 9.20, 7.50, 8.75 Pritish Nand 30.80, 32.25, 31.70

31.45, 32, 30.20, 31.15 Priyad.Cemen 12.40, 12.87, 12.86

12.50, 13.10, 12.35, 12.90 Prraneta Ind 5.23, 5.60, 5.23PSI Data Sys 70.05, 73, 72.15

70.75, 73, 70.40, 72.45 PSL 65.25, 61.65, 62.35

61, 65, 61, 61.70 Pudumjee Pul 23.55, 24

23.15, 24.35, 23.15, 23.65 Pun.Alkali 10, 8.45, 8.75Pun.Chemical 111, 120, 118.90Pun.Communi. 51.50, 52.40, 51,51.85Pun.Nat.Bank 174.20, 175.10,161.90, 167.05

175.10, 175.10, 152, 167

RRain Calcing 20.30, 20.50, 19.30,19.85

20.20, 20.40, 19.25, 19.80 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 25.10, 27.50, 25,26.45

25.50, 27.50, 24.90, 26.60 Rajesh Exp 104, 106, 103.75, 105

104.40, 105.25, 103.15, 104.35 Rajshree Sug 18.50, 18.95, 18.40

17.50, 18.90, 17.50, 18.70 Rallis India 77.05, 78.40, 76.10,77.35

78, 78.70, 76, 77.25 Rama Newspri 5.20, 5, 5.04

5.05, 5.20, 4.95, 5.05 Ramco Inds. 180, 196.40

181.95, 195.55, 171.05, 195.55 Ramco Systm 252, 252.75, 244.20,247.40

250, 252, 244.05, 248.25 Rane Brake 178.70, 185, 178, 179.85Rane Madras 61, 59.30

61.50, 61.50, 59.25, 59.70 Ravalgaon Su 2149, 2150, 2100,2100.75Rayban Sun O 54, 53, 53.05Reg.Ceramic 29.25, 29.70, 29.10,29.50

29.50, 29.70, 29, 29.20 Rel.Ind.Infr 45.25, 45.50, 44.15,45.10

45.90, 46, 43.50, 44.75 Relaxo Footw 20, 22, 19.75, 21.20Revathi Equ. 126.95, 128, 125,125.30Rico Auto 190, 193, 190.10

196, 196, 189, 193.35 RPG Cables 11, 13, 12.75

13, 13, 12.20, 12.65 RPG Life Sci 31.10, 31.90, 30, 31.25

30.60, 31.70, 30.50, 31.10 RPG Transmi. 8.07, 9.25, 9.17

8.30, 9.40, 8.10, 9.20 RS Software 22.55, 24.25, 22.50,23.65

23.65, 24.25, 23, 23.85 Ruchi Soya 42.40, 43, 41.50, 41.90

43, 45, 42.05, 42.70

SS Kumars Nat 6.95, 7, 6.11, 6.55

6.75, 6.75, 6.45, 6.55 S.I.Bank 53.15, 53.40, 52, 52.50

53, 53.25, 52, 52.70

S.I.C.Agency 13, 13.54, 11.75, 12.4612.80, 13.25, 12.70, 12.85

Sabero Org. 10.50, 11.2210.25, 11.20, 10.25, 11.20

Saint-Gobain 17.50, 18.25, 16.50,16.95Sakthi Sugar 11.80, 12.48, 11.70,12.07

12.05, 12.35, 11.40, 12.10 Salora Int. 45.10, 45.90, 44, 45

46.30, 47, 44.50, 45.30 Samkrg Pist. 54.90, 59, 58Samtel Color 28.70, 29.30, 29

29.10, 29.30, 28.50, 29.10 Sandesh Ltd. 118.20, 118.80,117.35, 117.40

119.30, 119.80, 117.50, 118.05 Sangam (I) 30.20, 28.10, 29.50

27.50, 29.90, 27.50, 29.50 Sanwaria Agr 23.95, 23, 23.20Saregama (I) 55.90, 53.50, 55

54.70, 55, 53.55, 54.90 SAT Invest. 13, 14.35, 14.30Satnam Over. 50.40, 48.80, 48.85

49.60, 50, 48.70, 49.25 Satvah.Ispat 16.10, 14.90, 15.19Saurash.Cem. 12.70, 11.66, 12.25Savita Chem. 89, 90, 87.90, 89.80

91, 92, 87, 88.15 SBI Home Fin 15.50, 14.75, 14.80

15.15, 15.30, 14.75, 14.90 Schenec.Beck 72.30, 75, 73.35Schenec.Herd 36.85, 36.90Search Chem. 23, 24.90, 22.50,23.05

24.80, 24.80, 22.05, 23 Selan Explor 15.50, 16.10, 15.40, 16Sesa Goa 184.50, 174, 180.40

183.50, 184.90, 174, 179.95 Sesha.Paper 55, 55.45, 54.20, 55.25

54, 56, 54, 55.15 Sh.Cements 89.50, 90, 87, 88.50

107, 107, 87.15, 88.60 Sh.Digv.Cem. 34, 36.30, 30.50, 32.25Sh.Rama Mult 8.55, 8.25, 8.57

8.35, 8.50, 8.25, 8.45 Shah Alloys 61.10, 63.90, 59.65,63.05Shalimar Pai 40, 40.40, 39, 40Shamken Mult 9.80, 10.50, 9.50,10.40

9.75, 10.40, 9.25, 10 Shamken Spin 5.05, 5.75Shanti Gear 115, 124, 112, 118.20

111, 124, 110.05, 119.80 Shasun Chem. 233, 255, 232.90,246.50

233, 251, 231.10, 246.60 Shaw Wallace 49, 49.15, 48, 48.85Shirpur Gold 27.60, 27.60, 27.60,27.60 Shiv Vani Un 21.30, 23.50, 20.50,22.80Shrenuj & Co 34, 34.95, 34.45

33.95, 34, 33.65, 33.90 Shriram Inv 16.50, 17, 16.80Shriram Tran 15.25, 16, 15, 15.60

15.25, 15.85, 15.25, 15.75 Siemens VDO 72, 75, 74Siltap Che. 64.50, 64.90, 62.05,64.05

63.45, 64.40, 62.50, 63.35 Simbh.Sugar 10.05, 10.95, 10.40Simplex Conc 60, 58, 64.90Sintex Inds. 54.15, 55.50

56.35, 56.35, 52.80, 52.85 Sirpur Paper 62.10, 58, 58.25

58.50, 59.50, 57.50, 58.25 Siyaram Silk 53, 53.80, 52, 52.10Skanska Ceme 242, 242, 234.25,235.85 Snowcem (I) 19, 19.30, 18.80, 19

18.90, 19.20, 18.90, 19 Soffia Soft. 18.05, 20.90, 16.05,18.25

18.15, 19.80, 18.15, 18.40 Softsol (I) 12.05Software Tec 10.86, 11.22, 11.21

11.05, 11.65, 11.05, 11.65 Solectron Ce 57, 53.20, 54.95Solvay Pharm 157, 169.95, 156.10,165.30Sona Koyo St 143.90, 139.55, 140.10Spel Semicon 3.50, 3.97, 3.71SPIC 8, 7.82, 7.93

8.35, 8.35, 7.75, 7.90 SPL 24.50, 24.75, 24.50, 24.50 SQL Star Int 8.69, 7.95, 8.25SREI Int.Fin 10.50, 11

10.90, 11.05, 10.75, 11 SRF 27.95, 28.35, 27.85, 28

28.40, 28.55, 27.90, 28 SRF Polymers 25.50, 27.50, 25.10,25.50SRG Infotech 0.96, 1, 0.90, 0.97

0.95, 1.05, 0.95, 0.95 Sri Adhikari 75.75, 73.55, 74

74.75, 74.90, 73.55, 74.05 Star Paper 16.55, 17, 16.50

16.20, 17, 16, 16.65 State Bnk Bi 1045.15State Bnk My 1204.70, 1200,1204.70State Bnk Tr 959.75Std.Indust. 5.35, 5.93, 5.89

6.50, 6.50, 5.65, 5.80 Sterl.Inds. 315.05, 330, 312, 315.05Sterl.Tools 59.25, 59.50, 58.25, 58.75Stl.Strips W 14.55, 14.90, 14, 14.55Su-raj Diamn 15.35, 15, 15.30

15.20, 15.35, 14.90, 15.10 Suashish Dia 25, 23.30Subex System 150, 154.50, 147.70,153.35Subhash Proj 30, 31.70, 31.65

29.50, 31, 29, 30.25 Subros 60, 64.50, 63.95Sulzer (I) 151, 147, 148.70Sundaram Cla 340, 348, 346.50

345, 350.50, 344, 350.15 Sundaram Fst 495, 490

498, 498, 476, 480.90 Sunflag Iron 8.60, 9, 8.45, 8.98Super Spin. 83, 93.75, 82, 90.90Supreme Inds 133.30, 129, 131.60

129.05, 132.25, 128, 131.15 Supreme Petr 15.40, 14.31, 14.74

15.30, 15.40, 14.25, 14.70 Surana Tele 14.90, 15

17.40, 17.40, 13.30, 14.95 Surat Elec. 119, 113.15, 114.65Surya Roshni 17, 16.30, 16.85

16.45, 16.90, 16.25, 16.85 Surylak.Cott 29.05, 29.70

29.45, 30, 29, 29.75 Sutlej Inds. 54.75, 56.45

55.75, 56, 54.25, 55.85 Suven Pharma 170, 175, 169.25,174.50Swaraj Engin 198, 200, 197

198.80, 201.85, 195.05, 197 Swaraj Mazda 135.10, 137.75,133.50, 136

135, 138, 135, 135.55 Syncom Form. 24.25, 23.90, 24Synergy Log 7.29, 7.30, 6.70, 6.79

TT Spiritual 196, 196.95, 194.25,194.40Taj GVK Hotl 63, 63.85, 58.25, 63.50

60.50, 64.50, 59.05, 63.60 Tanfac Ind. 17.10, 17.80, 17.05,17.60TASC Pharma. 12.90Tata Coffee 95, 92.05, 93.55

96.50, 96.50, 92.75, 93.65 Tata Finance 33.90, 34.95, 33.30,34.70

34, 35, 33.55, 34.70 Tata Honeywl 254.90, 248.20, 248.35

254, 256, 247, 248.50 Tata Infomed 151.50, 147.05, 148.65

150, 153.35, 148.20, 149.15 Tata Infotec 209.70, 218, 209, 214.35Tata Invest. 131, 143, 129.25, 136.90

128.50, 142, 128.50, 137.60 Tata Metalik 59.05, 59.90, 57, 57.30

53, 60.50, 53, 57.60 Tata Sponge 57.75, 59.70, 57.20,59.10

60, 60, 57, 58.95 Tata Teleser 9, 9.04, 8.87, 8.95

8.95, 9, 8.85, 8.90 Tata Yodogaw 46.10, 47.90, 47.45Tele Data In 33, 35.35Texmaco Ltd. 65.25, 71.70, 66.40Themis Medic 44.25, 42.50, 42.95Thiru A.Sug. 26.25, 27, 25, 25.50

27, 27.10, 27, 27 Thirumalai 71, 73, 68.05, 69.40

74, 75, 68, 69.45 Tide Water O 1125, 1110, 1112.15TIL 16.15, 16.15, 14.85, 15.70 Timex Watch 12, 12.10, 11.30, 11.79Timken India 40, 40.75, 38.80, 39Tinplate Co. 24, 24.50, 22.90, 23Tips Indus. 42, 42.40, 41, 42.10

41, 42.25, 41, 41.95 TN Telecom 12, 11.50, 11.52

11.50, 11.75, 11.50, 11.65 Todays Writi 34, 34.45, 31, 33.35

31.05, 33.10, 31, 32.85 Torrent Guja 15.39, 15.80, 15.20,15.66Tourism Fina 10.50, 10.65, 10.45,10.48

12.50, 12.50, 10.50, 10.55 Transnat.Sec 24.15, 24.10, 24.50Transpek Ind 28, 28.50, 25.15, 25.45Transport Co 28.50, 26.15, 29.55

28, 30, 28, 29.50 TRF 37, 39, 38Trigyn Tech. 20.75, 21.50, 19.50,20.75

20, 21.60, 19.50, 20.75 TTK Healthca 29.90, 31.25, 28.95,29.65TTK Prestige 12.70, 10.25, 11.25

10.50, 10.95, 10.30, 10.50 Tube Invest. 122, 127.50, 120.50,121.95

121, 127.90, 121, 121.80 Tudor India 21, 21.25, 20.40, 21.10Tuticorin.Al 4.50, 5.10, 4.90TV 18 100.80, 109.80, 99.80, 107.95

100, 108.50, 99.10, 107.20 TVS Autolec 120.15, 125TVS Srichakr 51, 57, 56.60

UUB Holdings 25.50, 26.70, 25.10,25.95Ucal Fuel 230, 238, 236

234.90, 238.90, 232, 236.15 Ugar Sugar 58.25, 56Ultramarine 74.55, 77.35, 73.40, 76Unichem Lab 224.95, 229, 222,224.80

220, 229.20, 220, 225.40 Uniflex Cabl 5.80, 6, 5, 5.89Union Bank 39.75, 38.30, 38.90

39.50, 39.70, 38.35, 39 Unitech 58, 58.90, 55.20, 58.25

59, 59, 55, 56.40 United Brew. 96.10, 98, 95, 97.95United We.Bk 28.30, 29.40, 28.25,29.20

28.35, 29.20, 28.25, 28.90 Univer.Cable 14.15, 14.85, 14.11,14.60

13.75, 15, 13.75, 15 Upper Ganges 18.95, 19.45, 19.40

18.15, 18.15, 18.15, 18.15 Usha Martin 36.35, 37.40, 35.05,35.90

36, 37.30, 35.10, 36.15 Usha Mat.Inf 4.85, 5.12, 5.02

4.55, 5, 4.55, 4.80 Uttam Galva. 15.20, 16.88, 16.83

15.40, 16.75, 15.15, 16.65

VVaibhav Gems 24.70, 24, 28.95Vanavil Dyes 45.55, 46, 45.50Vardhman Pol 48.30, 54, 51.55

50.65, 53.85, 48.85, 51.15 Vardhman Spg 83.80, 99.50, 82.75,91.45

83, 100, 83, 91.60 Varun Ship. 16, 13.60, 13.75

14, 14.15, 13.70, 13.80 Vashisti Det 12.07, 12.34, 12.04,12.20

12.10, 12.40, 12, 12.20 Venky’s (I) 53.75, 54.65, 53.80

53.05, 54.20, 53.05, 54.10 Veronica Lab 8.40, 8.59, 8.20, 8.36Vesuvius (I) 98, 90, 90.80

93.90, 93.90, 90.10, 91.15 Viceroy Hot. 11.20, 10.95, 11.20Videocon Apl 11.25, 11.65, 11.21,11.38

11.40, 11.65, 11.25, 11.60 Videocon Fin 14.85, 15

15.10, 15.70, 14.55, 14.55 Vidhi Dyestu 14.85Vikrant Tyre 14.55, 14.95, 14.85Vinati Org. 19, 19.25, 17.50, 18.50Vindhya Tele 34.20, 34.30, 31, 32

33.10, 34.10, 30.75, 31.90 Vintage Card 8, 8.05, 7.95, 7.97

8.05, 8.40, 8.05, 8.05 Vinyl Chem. 10.76, 11, 10.86

11, 11, 10.50, 10.60 VIP Indus. 21.90, 21.10, 21.65

22.45, 22.45, 21.20, 21.35 Visaka Ind. 28.80, 29.20, 28.75, 29

28.50, 29.30, 28.50, 28.60 Visesh Info 5.84, 6.84

5.50, 6.85, 5.50, 6.85 Vision Organ 2.20, 2.06, 2.09

2.15, 2.25, 2.05, 2.05 VJIL Consult 8.30, 8.40, 8.25, 8.30Voltas 79, 80, 77.75, 78.50

80.20, 80.20, 78, 78.85 VST Indus. 143, 137.05, 137.25

135.05, 141, 135, 140.95 VST Tillers 41.30, 38.70VXL Instrum. 29.50, 29.60, 28.40,28.90

WWalchandngr 45, 46, 42.60, 43.95

43.50, 44, 42.25, 43.75 Warren Tea 41, 40.55, 42.95Wartsila (I) 121, 115, 115.30

114.05, 118.60, 112.05, 118.60 Wellwin Ind. 13.55, 13.85, 13.47,13.69

14, 14, 13.50, 13.65 Welspun (I) 45.50, 45.80, 43.65,44.10Welspun Guj. 22.20, 24.75, 21.70,23.50Wendt (I) 418, 403.05, 405West Coast P 166, 171.90, 169.10

167, 172, 166.25, 169.20 Widia (I) 107.50, 108, 102, 107.90Wim Plast 41.50, 42.40, 42.25Wimco 28.30, 29, 28, 28.50

28.55, 29, 28.15, 28.85 Wockhardt Lf 26.50, 26.65, 25.95,26.10

26.95, 26.95, 25.90, 26.05 Wyeth 318, 358, 317.70, 342.70

318, 360, 318, 346.55

YYokogawa Blu 75, 66.35

67, 68.90, 65.55, 66.85

ZZandu Pharm 1783, 1850, 1827.60

1775, 1830, 1775, 1820.85 Zenith Comp. 11.25, 12.98, 11, 12.44

12, 13.20, 11.15, 12.55 Zenith Exp. 41.70, 41.70, 40.70,40.70 Zenith Info. 11.76, 12.74, 12.51

12.25, 12.75, 12.10, 12.65 ZF Steering 113, 114.90, 111, 112.75Zicom Electn 33, 34.50, 32.50, 33.60Zigma Soft. 3.65, 3.98, 3.91Zodiac Cloth 111, 112, 108, 111.85

110, 114.70, 108.30, 110.15 Zuari Inds. 28.50, 29, 28.05, 28.40

28.80, 28.80, 28, 28.15

As on 28/07/2003Alliance Capital Mutual Fund 95 (D) 31.78 32.42 31.7895 (G) 57.34 58.49 57.34Basic Inds.(D) 17.13 17.47 17.13Basic Inds.(G) 17.13 17.47 17.13Buy India (D) 5.82 5.94 5.82Buy India (G) 5.83 5.95 5.83Capital Tax Relief’96 70.45 71.15 70.45Cash Manager (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash Manager (G) 15.10 15.10 15.10Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.16 10.16 10.16Cash Manager Instnl. (DD) 10.00 10.00 10.00Equity (D) 18.52 18.89 18.52Equity (G) 33.45 34.12 33.45Frontline Eq(D) 12.70 12.95 12.70Frontline Eq(G) 12.71 12.96 12.71G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.81 11.81 11.81G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.55 17.55 17.55G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18G-Sec Short Term (G) 14.08 14.08 14.08Income (D) 11.26 11.26 11.26Income (G) 22.06 22.06 22.06Income 54EA (D) 11.26 11.26 11.26Income 54EA (G) 22.06 22.06 22.06Income 54EB (D) 11.28 11.28 11.28Income 54EB (G) 21.92 21.92 21.92Income Q’ly (D) 10.40 10.40 10.40Monthly Income (G) 17.79 17.79 17.79Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.65 10.65 10.65Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64New Millennium (D) 4.15 4.23 4.15New Millennium (G) 4.16 4.24 4.16Short Term (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Short Term (G) 10.96 10.96 10.96Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.06 10.06 10.06Short Term Fund Instnl(G) 10.09 10.09 10.09Birla Sunlife Insurance Group Fixed Interest 11.06 — —Group Growth 13.66 — —Group Secure 13.45 — —Group Stable 14.87 — —Indiv.Pension Pol.Enrich 10.44 — —Indiv.Pension Pol.Growth 10.45 — —Indiv.Pension Pol.Nourish 10.45 — —Individual Builder 13.19 — —Individual Enhancer 14.10 — —Individual Protector 12.52 — —Benchmark Mutual Fund Liquid BeES 1000.00 — —Nifty BeES 119.38 — —Nifty Junior BeES 200.80 — —Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Advantage (A) 31.38 31.69 31.38Advantage (B) 31.38 31.69 31.38Balance (D) 10.79 10.90 10.79Balance (G) 10.79 10.90 10.79Bond Index Fund (Div) 10.23 10.23 10.23Bond Index Fund (G) 10.23 10.23 10.23Bond Plus Inst.(G) 11.38 11.38 11.38Bond Plus Retail (D) 11.19 11.19 11.19Bond plus Inst.(D) 10.45 10.45 10.45Bond plus Retail (G) 11.37 11.37 11.37Cash Plus Inst.(G) 16.59 16.59 16.59

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Sensex rises 25 pointsMumbai: Overcoming early weakness, share values made a smartturnaround to notch up yet another gain of 24.68 points to close at3764.64 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, backed by selective buyingto ensure a complete five-session string of rallies. The closing listdisplayed a mixed fare, but the undertone remained positive forfurther gains, a dealer said.

Initial decline was mainly attributed to profit-selling and squar-ing up long positions by operators just two-day ahead of the lastday of futures and options (F&O) segment. The rally was led bysmart rise in shares from index-family like HLL, RIL, Infosys Tech,SBI, Tisco, Grasim, L&T, MTNL, ACC, Glaxo and Hero Honda.

The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened slightly lower at3731.85 as against Monday’s close of 3739.76 and dipped below 3700-level at 3694.94 at initial stages. Later, buying in select blue-chipslifted the Sensex to a high of 3771.35 before concluding above the3750-resistance level at 3764.64, a net gain of 0.66 per cent. Thebroad-based BSE-100 index also edged up by 2.48 points.PTI

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Cairns: Glenn McGrath accepts he hasbeen supplanted as the leading fastbowler in Australia by Jason Gillespie.

Captain Steve Waugh dubbed Gille-spie “the best quick bowler in the worldat the moment” after Australia’s in-nings and 98-run win over Bangladeshhere on Monday to take the series 2-0.

Waugh said it was not automatic thatMcGrath would be given the privilege ofbowling downwind with the new ball.“Jason will bowl more down breeze inthe future - it’s about time we sharedthat around,” Waugh said.

“He’s probably the best quick bowlerin the world at the moment and he de-serves to bowl down breeze.” McGrath,33 and five years older than Gillespie, onTuesday accepted the changing of theguard. “Jason, if anyone, has been un-lucky in the past,” McGrath said. “Itwas only a matter of time before he

started to take wickets so with the threeof us there I can’t see why we shouldn’tbe rotated according to circumstances.I’m comfortable with that.”

McGrath even forecast the change atthe start of the Ashes series againstEngland last summer when he said: “Ithink he (Gillespie) has probably beenthe pick of our bowlers for quite sometime without the success... but if hekeeps going as well as he has been he’ll

take plenty of wickets, so it’s good forthe future of Australian cricket.”

Gillespie was the pick of the pacemenin Australia’s victory over Bangladeshhere. He wrapped up the match with aspurt of 3-3 in eight balls when Waughgave him a rare chance to bowl with theaid of stiff breeze - until then the do-main of McGrath and Brett Lee.

Dope-ban loophole: Australiancricket officials want to close the loop-hole which has allowed Shane Warne toplay in charity and testimonial matcheswhile serving a ban for doping offences.Cricket Australia had originally bannedWarne from all forms of cricket whilehe served a 12-month suspension for afailed drug test. But they were forced tolet him play in charity and testimonialmatches after an independent arbitratorruled that their existing policies did notspecifically cover social matches. Agencies

Gillespie all set for spearhead role

Kanpur decision on Aug 5: TheIndian cricket board’s Pitches Com-mittee will reconvene on August 5 todecide on Kanpur as a Test venuefor the upcoming New Zealand se-ries. Mohali and Kanpur were set tohost the two Tests but doubts havebeen raised with regard to the latterafter it was reported that the relaidpitch might not be fit to hold thematch owing to the monsoon show-ers this month. “The Pitches Com-mittee is meeting on August 5 wherea decision will be taken on whetherto have the Test in Kanpur or move itelsewhere,” board president Jagmo-han Dalmiya said. PTI

Selection meet postponed: Theselection of Indian cricket teamprobables for the conditioning campfor the home series against NewZealand has been put-off by a day.The 25-probables will now be pickedon August 5 as one of the selectorsis expected to return from holidayabroad by that day, cricket board ex-ecutive secretary Sharad Diwadkarsaid on Tuesday. The camp isscheduled to start in Bangalore fromAugust 14. PTI

Revivo denies he was fired: Is-raeli international midfielder HaimRevivo has denied he was fired bythe Turkish club Galatasaray, sayinghe decided to leave the club on hisown. Revivo, a star left-footer whojoined Galatasaray with a 2 1/2 yearcontract in January, said he was re-turning to Israel to close out his ca-reer. Turkish media had reportedGalatasaray had unloaded Revivo.‘‘If Galatasaray weren’t interested inmy services as a player, they wouldhave never extended my contract bytwo more years in the summer ortried persuading me to stay’’ the 31-year-old Revivo said. He joinedGalatasaray after leaving archivalFenerbahce amid a dispute over un-paid wages following a long injury. AP

Campbell to run world sprintdouble: Darren Campbell was se-lected to run the 100m and 200m atnext month’s world athletic champi-onships in paris. Campbell was cho-sen ahead of Marlon Devonish to thethird 200m berth in the British team.At last weekend’s trials, Julian Gold-ing and Christian Malcolm earnedtheir 200m places by finishing firstand second - and the selectors gavethe discretionary place to Olympicsilver medallist Campbell. AFP

East Bengal supporters, havingdonned club colours on theirfaces, await the arrival of theirtriumphant team at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport inKolkata on Tuesday.

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SPORTS DIGEST

I just feel it’s the righttime. I felt I was a bit tiredand stale. Four years is a

long time in this job.

—Nasser Hussain after relin-quishing England captaincy

‘I was tired and stale’Birmingham: A “tired” Nasser Hussain whostepped down as England Test captain after a four-year spell in charge here on Monday said: “I justfeel it’s the right time. I felt I was a bit tired andstale. Four years is a long time in this job,” Hussainsaid after the drawn first Test against South Africaat Edgbaston. “It can become very repetitive,” Hus-sain, 35, added.

“I needed to see how far I could dig and I justwasn’t good enough.” Hussain, who retains hisplace in what is an unchanged team for the nextTest, added: “I feel it is coming to a slight change inera. I think Michael Vaughan has shown in the lastfew months that he is a capable leader and that’swhat I have been waiting for. There are some goodlads playing under him and the last thing theywant is a tired leader.”

England’s new Test skipper, who led England toOne-day triumphs over Pakistan and victory in thetriangular series final against South Africa earlierthis season, expressed shock at the timing of Hus-sain’s decision. “I had not expected the Test cap-taincy to come my way but I feel ready for the chal-lenge and I will be more than happy to have him(Hussain) in the dressing-room as a senior player,”the 28-year-old added.

Meanwhile, Hussain insisted he had not taken hisdecision lightly. “It’s not the sort of job where youjust take the cash and plod on and stand at mid-off.I’ve always felt it’s the sort of job where you have togive it everything. It’s time for change. “After lastwinter the stuff that went on off the field and on thefield in Australia there were a lot of difficult times,”he said referring to the drawn out wrangle overwhether England should play a World Cup match inZimbabwe. Asked to explain the timing of his deci-sion, Hussain, a veteran of 84 Tests, added: “I havebeen thinking about this since the end of the WorldCup.” AFP

Vaughan to lead unchanged teamMeanwhile, Michael Vaughan will lead an un-changed England XI in the second Test againstSouth Africa at Lord’s on Thursday. England chair-man of selectors David Graveney named batsmanRobert Key and fast bowler James Kirtley as injurycover for the team that played the opening test.Vice captain and opening batsman MarcusTrescothick suffered a broken finger during thetest but batted in both innings without any dis-comfort. His progress will be monitored before thesecond Test.England squad: Michael Vaughan (captain), Marcus Trescothick, MarkButcher, Nasser Hussain,Anthony McGrath,Alec Stewart (wicketkeeper), An-drew Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Darren Gough, Steve Harmison, James Anderson.Standbys: James Kirtley, Robert Key. AFP

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The last action heroAndre Agassi has thrown down thegauntlet to Roddick $ Co. The tennislegend says he’s the last man standingfrom a “tough generation” which includ-

ed Pete Sampras and Jim Courier andwhose exploits will be tough to follow

Money’s on LanceFive gone and Armstrong is still strong. That’s the verdict of threemembers of Tour de France’s ‘clubof five’. Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain believeArmstrong can win the 6th next year

No second thoughtsSoccer buffs, brace up for apocalypsein two years time. Zinedine Zidanehas reaffirmed his plan to quit afterplaying for 24 more months. Andhe wants to get whatever laurelsmore he can in this period

Indian shuttlers disappoint in World Championships

Latif captain for NZ tourKarachi: The Pakistancricket board announcedthat Rashid Latif would re-main captain until the tourof New Zealand early nextyear. Meanwhile, promisingpace bowler MohammadSami has been ruled out ofnext month’s series againstBangladesh after suffering asprained ankle.

Sanwar in dockLondon: The InternationalCricket Council has saidBangladesh spin bowler San-war Hossain is on report for asuspect bowling action butthe cricketer can play againstWorld Champions Australiain the upcoming One-day series. “Thereport was made by umpires DavidShepherd, Rudi Koertzen and third um-pire Simon Davis after reviewingfootage of Hossain’s action taken on thesecond day of the second Test betweenAustralia and Bangladesh in Cairns,”ICC General Manager, Cricket, DavidRichardson said. “After reviewing thefootage both on-field umpires and thethird umpire decided to reported thebowler to the ICC,” he said.

Pak players slammed Islamabad: Controversy-ridden Pak-istan cricket team will now have tocontend with another charge that afew players on the England tour in-dulged in late-night hang outs andwere also irresponsible on the field.National selector Shoaib Muhammad,attached with the Pakistan team inEngland, has expressed dissatisfaction

with the off-the-field behaviour andhabits of some players on the tour inhis report to the Pakistan CricketBoard. Meanwhile, a Pakistani courtwarned Shoaib Akhtar of stern actionif he failed to appear over a petition de-manding an apology for his criticismsabout fellow cricketers, officials said.

Smith improves ratingsLondon: South Africa captainGraeme Smith has moved up 25 placesin the PricewaterhouseCoopers Testratings after his outstanding battingin the first Test against England.

Top 10 batsmen: 1. Brian Lara (WI) 887; 2. MichaelVaughan (Eng) 858; 3. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 843; 4.Matthew Hayden (Aus) 821; 5. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 816; 6.Jacques Kallis (SA) 812; 7.Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 799; 8. In-zamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 793; 9. Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 792;10. Rahul Dravid (Ind) 789. Top 10 bowlers: 1. Shaun Pol-lock (SA) 872; 2. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 861; 3. GlennMcGrath (Aus) 848; 4. Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 746; 5. JasonGillespie (Aus) 740; 6. Andrew Caddick (Eng) 698; 7. Stu-art MacGill (Aus) 691; 7. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 691; 9. AnilKumble (Ind) 688; 10. Makhaya Ntini (SA) 682. Agencies

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Hussain vis-a-vis other skippers since he took over captaincy

M W L D Win %N.Hussain (Eng) 45 17 15 13 37.78S.Fleming (NZ) 36 13 10 13 36.11S.Waugh (Aus) 47 36 6 5 76.60S.Jayasuriya (SL) 38 18 12 8 47.37S.Ganguly (Ind) 32 13 10 9 40.63C.Hooper (WI) 22 4 11 7 18.18

Hussain’s two immediate predecessors

M W L D Win %A.Stewart 15 4 8 3 26.66M.Atherton 54 13 21 20 24.07

Most successful English captains (with at least 10 wins)

M W L D Win %M.Brearley 31 18 4 9 58.06P.May 41 20 10 11 48.78L.Hutton 23 11 4 8 47.83R.Illingworth 31 12 5 14 38.71N.Hussain 45 17 15 13 37.78G.Gooch 34 10 12 12 29.41M.Atherton 54 13 21 20 24.07

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Birminghham: Nasser Hussainwas accused of “losing it” and try-ing to embarrass South Africa cap-tain Graeme Smith during his lastmatch as England Test captain.Smith, at 22 South Africa’syoungest-ever captain, publicly ex-pressed surprise at Hussain’s move.

But sources close to the tourists’camp said that the Essex batsman’sdecision had not come as a a totalsurprise. “Nasser lost it totally”the source said. “He was swearingat his players in the field.” Thesource added that Hussain, whoseplayers often felt the rough edge ofhis tongue in 45 Tests as Englandcaptain, tried to put one over onSmith just before the Test began.

“When he went out to toss, Hus-sain introduced Smith to the matchreferee as ‘Greg Smith’. The (SouthAfrica) team thought it was a delib-erate attempt to humiliate him.”

If so it backfired spectacularlywith Smith making 277 -- South

Africa’s best against England. In thebuild-up to this match Hussain hadangered the tourists by saying therewere “splits in their camp” and thatthey “were ripe for the taking”.AFP

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South African skipper GraemeSmith with the MoM medal.

Naseer Hussian announcing his retirement from Test captaincy on Monday.

Like everyone else in the dressing-room,I’m surprised at Nasser’s decision to re-sign. He has been a hugely inspirationalcaptain and no-one cares more aboutEngland than him.

Michael VaughanHe has instilled a passion and fire intothe belly of English cricket and groomeda team which I believe are the secondbest in the world. Nasser can now give

himself a pat on the back and reflect ona job well done.

Ian Botham

As an opposing captain he was alwayssomeone I respected. He had a compet-itive instinct and as a leader he motivat-ed his players well. I always enjoyed thebattle of captaining against him.

Steve Waugh

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CAPITAL SPORTGarhwal Heroes win:Garhwal Heroes and DelhiCantt won their Group IIIand II preliminary matchesrespectively in the DSA-SAIL A division footballleague. While Garhwalbeat a fighting Royal FC 1-0, Delhi Cantt scored a 2-0win over Panchkuian FC.In another Group III tie, Ut-tarakhand held fanciedYoungmen SC to a goal-less draw.

ASN badminton: Fol-lowing are the scores frommatches held on Tuesdayin the ASN BadmintonFoundation tournament atthe ASN Sr Sec School,Mayur Vihar-I: U-19 girls:ASN beat National Victor2-0, Army Pub School beatAhlcon Pub School 3-1. U-19 boys: Sommerville beatAVB School 2-2, LovelyPub School beat BhartiPub school 2-0.

Bhilwara chess:Botwinnik Chess Academywill organise the Bhilwarastudent chess tourneyfrom August 4 to 8 at theRussian Science and Cul-tural Centre in the Capital.

Inter-School TT: TheDelhi Table Tennis Associa-tion will conduct inter-school and inter-clubleague tournaments fromAug 7 at Talkatora Std. En-tries close on Aug 1.

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Saji is Vasco’s joyBy Anshuman Roy

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Kolkata:It was a perfect caseof so-near-yet -so - f ar.Till the 89thminute, itlooked likea n o t h e rGoan outfitwill book anearly flighthome, butV a s c o ’ s

equaliser through a freakgoal saw their Tata Federa-tion Cup match against Tol-lygunge Agragami at the SaltLake Stadium stretched foranother 30 minutes Andthen, it was disaster for thelocal favourites.

Derrick Perriera’s boysmanaged to live another dayby scraping through 7-6 via the sudden-death tie-breaker. Vasco will play EastBengal or HAL in the quar-ter-finals, while Tollygungecoach Subrata Bhattacharyawill mull over what went

wrong.Tollygunge drew first

blood in the 42nd minute. APrakash Koley throw-infound Akeem inside the boxwho in turn tapped it to anunmarked Amit Das.

Das’ right-footer hadenough power to beat a div-ing Saji Joy.

The equaliser came out ofthe blue. An innocuous crosscame from the right and sub-stitute Anthony Fernandes’header beat an onrushingTolly custodian Samit Deb-nath and the Vasco campheaved a sigh of relief.

In the tiebreakers MeninoFernandes, Denis Cabral, Ka-mal Thapa, John Dias con-verted five out of five, whileAmit Das, Akeem, Isiaka,Gautam Debnath and SumanDebnath scored for Tolly-gunge. In the sudden-death,after Vinu Jose managed tohold his nerves, Saji Joydived to his right to save Ka-jal Bhattacharyya’s feeble at-tempt.

Benedic equals markBy T.N. Raghu

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Hyderabad: Odds werestacked against him as ankleinjury had kept him off thetrack for an entire year. Hewas also making his seniordebut. No realistic personwould have considered him afavourite. But Tamil Nadu’sBanedic Stanley soared toclear 2.11 metres to equal theexisting high jump recordheld by Juby Thomas ofSouthern Railway. Banedic’sgold was the highlight of Fed-eration Cup athletic champi-onship here on Tuesday.

Banedic is not a jumperwith immaculate technique.Ask the TN officials and theywill tell you. “He is a naturalathlete,” said one, adding,“Leave technique aside, hedoes not know much aboutrules either. As soon as he fin-ishes his jump he will beready for his next attemptwithout waiting for four-minute mandatory rest.”

The 22-year-old athlete isdetermined to better his state-mate Nallusami Annavi’s2.16m, which also stood as Na-tional mark for a long time.

Before his injury, he haseven won an international in-door meet held in Iran. AndraPradesh’s S Geeta was the oth-er gold medallist, who ran animpressive single lap in 53.73seconds. With starting advan-tage not being a crucial factorin 400m, Geeta took her timeto get with early pace setters.RESULTS: Men: 110m hurdles: 1 NaunithSingh (BSF) (14.21 secs), 2 P Muthuswami (TN)(14.54 secs), 3 K Krishna Mohan (Army) (14.54secs). 400m: 1 Manoj Lal (Ker) (46.84 secs), 2Satbir Singh (Army) (47.60 secs), 3 Anil KumarRohil (Army) (47.60 secs). 5000m: 1 Kuldip Ku-mar (UP) (14:34.06 secs), 2 Sunil Kumar (Har)(14:57.77 secs), 3 Pritam Bind (Uttaranchal)(15:20.64 secs). High Jump: 1 Banetic Stanley(TN) (2.11 mts), 2 Harishanker Roy (WB) (2.08

mts), 3 KRRoshan (Ker) (2.08 mts). 20,000MWalk: 1 Gurdev Singh (Army) (1:31.33.9 secs),2 Sita Ram (Army) (1:31.50.6 secs), 3 Gurmeetsingh (PP) (1:33.49.2 secs). Decathlon: 1 Kul-winder Singh (Army) (7140 pts), 2 PJ Vinod(Jharkand) (6729), 3 Dhananjay Rai (UP) (6466).Long jump: 1 Amrit Pal Singh (Punjab Police)(7.79 mts), 2 Wayne Peppin (TN) (7.75 mts), 3Maha Singh (Haryana) (7.52 mts). Discusthrow: 1 Devender Singh (Punjab Police)(53.01 mts), 2 Gurusewak Singh (Punjab Police)(52.88 mts), 3 Ranbir Singh (Army) (51.97 mts).Women: 100M Hurdles: 1 KN Priya (TN) (14.56secs), 2 Deepti Vaidya (ONGC) (14.80 secs), 3Rajwinder Kaur (Punjab Police) (15.15 secs).400M: 1 S Geetha (AP) (53.73 secs), 2 MuktiSaha (WB) (54.01 secs), 3 Sagardeep Kaur(Punjab Police) (54.60 secs). 5000M: 1 Madhuri(Maha) (17:31.93 secs), 2 L Manjula (Kar)(17:58.61 secs), 3 Vanita Thakur (AP) (18:21.47secs). Shotput: 1 Archana Mondal (WB) (11.61mts), 2 Narinder Kaur (Punjab Police) (11.35mts), 3 Manjit Kaur (Punjab Police) (11.12 mts).

National Crownfancied for title

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New Delhi: National Crown,who finished fourth to BraveDeed in her last outing,should win the D GopalarajUrs Memorial Cup (div.I) atthe Mysore races.Selections: Konark Plate: 1,200m: 1.30pm:Suhasini 1, Radcliff 2,Vereva 3. ShuntikoppaPlate; 1,600m: Black Flower 1, Tattoo 2, An-zac 3. Magadi Plate: 1,100m: Wool U Gooli 1,Kilkemny 2, Good Win 3. D Gopalaraj UrsMemorial Cup: 1,400m: I Me and Mine 1, No-ble Master 2, Diamond 3. Grey Gaston Plate:1,400m: Soul of Gold 1, Blushing Memories 2,Swift And Silent 3. D Gopalaraja Urs Memo-rial Cup (div.I): 1,400m: National Crown 1,Apricot 2, Brave Dream 3. Anekal Plate;1,200m: Step In Time 1, Royal Salute 2, Clas-sic Belle 3. Magadi Plate (div.I): 1,100m:Niveditha 1, Xorra 2, River Bed 3. Grey GastonPlate (div.I): 1,400m: 5.30pm: Rock Party 1,Kingston Heath 2, Rosnovski 3.Sirrgaa shines: Sirrgaashone in the morning try-outsin Delhi.Inner-sand: 800m: Time To Wyn (Rajinder) -1.00 secs: fully in hands in the straight. Sir-rgaa (PS Inda) - 56 secs: moved quite wellwith plenty in saddle. Tulip (Shah) - 1.01 secs:hard held. Strides of Success (Shahid) - 1.03secs: moved on the bit. Mia Senora (ImranKhan) - 1.07 secs: hard held.

Kunte movesto second spotEdinburgh: Grandmaster Ab-hijit Kunte scored a victoryover GM Jonathan Rowson tomove to joint second spot afterthe 7th round of the Smith andWillamson British ChessChampionship.

GM Ziaur Rahman ofBangladesh put it across localstar Paul Motwani and re-gained sole lead on 6 points. GMPeter Wells of England and In-dian trio of Abhijit, P Harikr-ishna and S Vijayalakshmi arehalf a point adrift of the leader.

It turned out to be an excellentday for the Indians on the topboards. Harikrishna beat DanielGormally of England and dou-ble GM norm holder Tejas Bakreaccounted for another StuartConquest. Vijayalakshmi got thebetter of GM Surya ShekharGanguly. Dibyendu Barua, how-ever, lost his game. Swati Ghatedrew with compatriot Interna-tional Master Sunderrajan Ki-dambi. Aarthie Ramaswamy,Nisha Mohota and Eesha Kar-avade lost their matches. PTI

Athletes in action during the 110m heats at the Federation CupAthletic Championship at Hyderabad on Tuesday.

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Birmingham: AparnaPopat and Trupti Murgundekept the Indian flag flying af-ter the disappointing open-ing day at the World Bad-minton championships byreaching the women's singlessecond round on Tuesday.Both had to fight hard andquell strong challenges bytheir rivals to keep them-selves in contention.

Aparna got the better ofWan Ting Ling of Hong Kong13-10, 11-8 while Truptifought back strongly afterlosing the first game to beatJapan's Kori Mori 9-11, 11-4,11-9 on the second day of thecompetitions on Court 5 atthe National Indoor Arena.

However, the nightmarecontinued for the country inmen's doubles as V Diju andSanave Thomas joined JaseelP Ismail and Jaison Xavier inthe casualty list but only af-ter putting a tough fight. Dijuand Thomas lost 13-15, 12-15to Patapol Ngersrisuk andSudket Prapakamol of Thai-land. Earlier on the openingday, Ismail and Xavier lost toninth seeds Keita Masudaand Tadashi Ohtsuka ofJapan 7-15, 5-15.

Against Wan Ting Ling,Aparna was cruising along at7-1 and then 9-3 in the firstgame but the Hong Kong

turned on the power to onlycatch up with the Indian at 9-9 but also had a game point at10-9. But Aparna kept hernerves to win the next fourpoints to win 13-10.

Aparna flew to a big lead(7-3) in the second game alsobut Wan Ting Ling againstcaught up with her at 7-7.However, Aparna againfought back from 7-8 down towin the next four points andwin the match in 30 minutes.

In the men’s singles,Muhammad Roslin Hashimgrabbed his chance spectacu-larly by upsetting the seed-ings in the first round hereon Tuesday. The Malaysianovercame Boonsak Polsana,the 12th seeded in-form ThaiOpen champion fromBangkok, 15-12, 15-9 in amen’s singles match of sus-tained brilliance and set up asecond round clash with hisyounger brother MuhammadHafiz Hashim.

Earlier Xie Xinfang, thesixth-seeded Chinese had tobattle hard in the secondgame to get past the Singa-porean, Xiao Luxi.

Meanwhile, Denish wild-card Peter Gade, runner-upfor the men’s title two yearsago, lost in the first round, to Indonesian Sony Dwi Kun-coro 15-11, 15-6. AGENCIES

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Roslin Hashim of Malaysia created an upset by beating 12thseed Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the first round of theWorld Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Wading her way through injusticeBy T.N. Raghu

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Hyderabad: PT Usha, discus championNeelam J Singh says, isher inspiration. “Not onlydid Ushaji make Asia situp and take note, sheproved that an Indianwoman can shine at inter-national level. It’s all

about self-respect for us. She is an icon,”remarks Neelam, who is a rebel, be itequal rights for her sex or petty poli-ticking by sports administrators.

A gold medal in Busan Asiad with acontinental record of 64.55 metres, anexperience of more than fifteen years,international ranking as high as 10 in2002 and being India’s brightest hope towin a medal in World championship aswell as Athens Olympics make Neelam

herself a legend in the league of Ushathough she would shudder to do that.

On the sidelines of Federation Cupunderway here, the 32-year-old spoke toTNN about obstacles she overcame andher career dreams with an open mindand often choked voice.

The gutsy woman says she cannottake injuIn the men’s singles, Muham-mad Roslin Hashim grabbed his chancespectacularly by upsetting the seedingsin the first round here on Tuesday.

The Malaysian overcame BoonsakPolsana, the 12th seeded in-form ThaiOpen champion from Bangkok, 15-12,15-9 in a men’s singles match of sus-tained brilliance and set up a secondround clash with his younger brotherMuhammad Hafiz Hashim.

Earlier Xie Xinfang, the sixth-seededChinese player who was runner-up at

the All-England, had to battle hard inthe second game to get past the Singa-porean, Xiao Luxi. Meanwhile, PeterGade, runner-up for the men’s world ti-tle two years ago, lost in the first round.Gade, who was given a wildcard, lost toIndonesian sixth seed and Asian cham-pion Sony Dwi Kuncoro 15-11, 15-6.

Indonesia’s No. 3 seed Taufik Hidayatbeat Indian champion Abhinn ShyamGupta 15-7, 15-10. Singapore’s RonaldSusilo, seeded 10th had a comfortablewin over England’s Aamir Ghaffar, Eng-land, 15-2, 15-7.

Other successful men’s seeds wereJapan’s No. 11 Hidetaka Yamada, No. 15Bjoern Joppien of Germany andPoland’s 16th seeded PrzemyslawWacha. In the women’s singles, China’ssecond-seeded Zhang Ning and 1999champion Camilla Martin both ad-

Factions putjudo on mat

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New Delhi: There is many astory about official squab-bling affecting sports in thecountry. Judo’s name wasadded to the list of wailingsports this weekend when of-ficial bickering led to a policecomplaint. Two sets of offi-cials locked horns over theAGM of the Delhi Judo Coun-cil (DJC), held at the G AQuetta DAV School, EastNizamuddin on Saturdaywith each accusing the otherof arbitrary behaviour andmismanagement.

According to one group ledby Sushil Mehta, a formermember of the Judo Sangh ofDelhi who now has been re-moved from the post of secre-tary (technical) of DJC by therival group, the AGM was“fake” as no time was givento his group to prepare for it.“Despite being a member ofthe executive committee, Iwas not informed about themeeting. Then, when I wentto the venue with my sup-porters, we were not allowedin. I was even roughed up bythe securitymen,” Mehta al-leged. He has shot off a letterto DJC president JagdishTytler demanding a newAGM and fresh elections.

The other group, led byDJC secretary Ravi Kapoor,rejected the allegations andclaimed Mehta was no longerpart of the executive com-mittee that was set up afterthe merger of two rival asso-ciation on October 31, 2001.

“He had issued several let-ters on behalf of the DelhiJudo Council, which he wasnot authorised to do. Also, hehas got a separate letterheadwhich is very different fromthe official one. Because ofsuch things, we have re-moved him from the execu-tive committee,” claimedKapoor. Currently, the matteris with the police. Hopefully,they will help clear the mess.

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Aparna, Trupti reach Round 2

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Marriage makes Henry abetter player: Arsenal’sFrench star Thierry Henry hasrevealed how married life hastamed his fiery temper andmade him a better player. Hen-ry wed long-term girlfriendNicole Merry this month andinsists she has helped calmhim down.Henry had a reputa-tion for being one of the Eng-lish Premiership’s most fierycharacters but the 26-year-oldsays his life has been trans-formed on and off the pitchsince meeting his Englishmodel wife. “Getting married ispart of the evolution of my ca-reer,” says Henry. “Before onthe pitch I was a bit crazy.Now I’ve calmed down. It’s thesame in my private life,” hesaid in interview in the Augustedition of Sky magazine.

Builders’ oversight is giftfor the blind : Some 600seats at a giant new stadiumbeing built in the Portuguese

capital will be reserved for theblind because an oversight bybuilders means they will fallbehind two giant televisionscreens, local media reportedMonday. When the club whichis building the stadium, Sport-ing Lisbon, realized the seatswould offer only a partial viewof the pitch it decided tomake the chairs available freeof charge to members of Por-tugal’s largest association forthe blind.

Rugby stars in jail: Threerugby league players, includ-ing two in the Great Britainsquad, have been jailed afterbeing caught on camerabrawling in the street. LeedsRhinos and England star ChevWalker, 20, was sent to ayoung offenders’ institutionfor 18 months. Rhino’s team-mate and Great Britain squadmember Ryan Bailey, 19, wasalso given nine months deten-tion.

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Becks gushesabout greatexperienceKunming (China): DavidBeckham says he has settledin well with new club RealMadrid and is ready to leadthe Spanish giants to Cham-pions League glory.

“I’m very happy and con-tent because its a wonderfulexperience,” he said of hisinitial weeks as a RealMadrid player. “Apart fromthe coach, everything is new,the players are different, thelanguage is different. I hope Iwill be able to respond towhat is expected.”

He said he was enjoyinghis time in China on a pre-season promotional tour butonly one date was fixed in hismind — August 27th when hemakes his home debut at theSantiago Bernabeu.AFP

London: French midfielderP a t r i c kVieira, votedthe greatestforeign playerever in Eng-lish football,sums up theway the gameis going in thecountry thatinvented the

rules of soccer.The Arsenal captain

polled 17 of 20 possiblevotes from a group of topmanagers and players in-cluding Newcastle United’sBobby Robson, Chelsea’sClaudio Ranieri, ex-Eng-land manager Graham Tay-lor and former Englandwinger Tom Finney.

The poll is part of a newbook entitled “England,Their England” — a com-prehensive new history ofthe over 1,700 overseas-born players ever to play inEngland. Robson paid trib-ute to the impact of foreignplayers on the Englishgame but warned it couldhurt the chances of successfor the national team.“They’ve enhanced it andthey’ve been brilliant forus,” he says.

“What we have to be care-ful of is that we don’t bring

in ordinary players — webring in players we haven’tgot the likes of in this coun-try. Bring in ordinary play-ers and it’s obviously deny-ing our players the chanceof progressing and wemustn’t do that.

“If we are denying Eng-lish players the chance ofplaying in English footballthat will ultimately affectthe English side. If weshorten the base, that is lessplayers being produced forEngland.” More than 300foreigners play in England— more than any othercountry — and at the 2002World Cup there were moreplayers from English clubsthan from any other nation-al league.

The biggest star in the1990s was Manchester Unit-ed’s Frenchman Eric Can-tona — the first player towin successive league titleswith different clubs —Leeds and Manchester.

But for 50 years from 1930when Arsenal tried to signan Austrian goalkeeper, for-eign players were banned inEngland. Tottenham helpedbreak the ban when theysigned Argentina’s WorldCup winners OsvaldoArdiles and Ricky Villa in1978. AFP

Vieira vote tellsthe English tale

•Peter Schmeichel, Denmark (Man United, Aston Villa,Manchester City) •Marcel Desailly, France (Chelsea) •Mikael Silvestre, France (Man United) •Robert Pires, France (Arsenal) •Ossie Ardiles, Argentina (Blackburn, QPR, Swindon, Tot-tenham) •Ruud Gullit, Netherlands (Chelsea)•Patrick Vieira, France (Arsenal) •Arnold Muhren, Netherlands (Ipswich, Man United) •Gianfranco Zola, Italy (Chelsea)•Eric Cantona, France (Leeds, Man United)•Thierry Henry, France (Arsenal)

The foreigners dream team

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Chinese military police keep a security line as soccer fansgather at Tuodong Stadium in the southwestern city ofKunming on Tuesday. About 20 thousand spectators watchthe training of Real Madrid team under tight security.

San Diego: Sergio Garcia sank a 20-foot eagle putt on the16th hole as he and teammate Phil Mickelson posted a 3 and1 match play victory over Tiger Woods and Ernie Els in theBattle of the Bridges. After Els hit his second shot into thewater on the par-5, 571-yard 16th, Mickelson and Garcia hittheir second shots onto the green on Tuesday. Woods put hissecond shot into a greenside bunker but got his sand shotonto the green. Mickelson missed his eagle attempt, settingup Garcia’s pivotal putt. The teams had halved the previousseven holes but Garcia’s eagle put his team two holes aheadwith two to play. “I just try to be myself,” Garcia said. “Whenyou’re out there with three guys like this, it is fun to play. Itis the way I feel more comfortable.” “They both played sol-id,” Woods said “Sergio hit three big shots on 16. They hadtwo looks at birdie on almost every hole.” AFP

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