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New Delhi The governmentis planning to set up an om-budsman to keep a check onpornography and other objec-tionable content on the inter-net mdash a move that would be anon-starter right from thestart according to independ-ent experts This comes with-in a day of the Centre orderingthe disabling of 857 websites

The ldquonext ban by the Modigovernmentrdquo mdash as critics

dubbed the exercise to re-strict porn websites mdash is al-ready being lambasted by theonline community as an at-tack on the freedom of adultsto watch content of theirchoice though telecom andIT minister Ravi ShankarPrasad clarified that the gov-ernment has ldquono intention ofengaging in moral policingrdquo

Govt mulls ombudsmanto monitor porn on net

and the step is ldquojust an inter-im measurerdquo

While everybody TOIspoke to agreed that child por-nography needed to be curbedand dealt with in the strictestpossible way most criticizedthe current move which ap-peared to be taken in a hurry

Chetan_BhagatDonrsquot ban porn Ban men ogling leering brushing past groping molesting abusing humiliating and raping women Ban non-consent Not sex

Minissha_Lamba Maybe soon we can expect Twitter

ban Facebook ban YouTube ban Will be back to reading books Oh no They may be banned too

lsquoA bad precedentrsquo P 14

FULL COVERAGE P 14 amp 16

Yogita Rao amp

Hemali Chhapia-Shah TNN

Mumbai Students may notrequire their Class XII boardmarks for admissions to cen-tral engineering institutesexcept IITs from next yearor by 2017 if a central seat al-location board (CSAB) rec-ommendation is accepted bythe Union HRD ministry

On the other hand thecompetitive exam may beheld a tad earlier next yearfor authorities say that addi-tional time is required forthe admission process

Following the delay in sub-

Class XII marks may notcount in engg admissions

mission of Class XII scores bythe boards to CBSE and glitch-es in the scores of some stu-dents during this yearrsquos ad-mission process CSAB willrecommend admissions onlyon the basis of JEE (Main)scores It means 40 weight-age given to Class XII scoresfor admissions to NITs andother government-fundedtechnical institutes (otherthan IITs) may be scrapped

CSAB part of the jointseat allocation authority willmake the recommendation inthis yearrsquos admission report

Didnrsquot submit scores P 13

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The already slimprospects of a rapproche-ment between Congress andNDA went up in smoke onMonday with Lok SabhaSpeaker Sumitra Mahajansuspending 25 Congress MPsmdash more than half the partyrsquos

strength of 44 mdash for five days for ldquounruly behaviourrdquothe first time so many MPshave faced disciplinary ac-tion at one go

The Speakerrsquos decisiontriggered angry protests withCongress chief Sonia Gandhiterming the suspension aldquoblack day for democracyrdquoand party leaders in the twoHouses Ghulam Nabi Azadand Mallikarjuna Khargecalling it the implementation

of ldquoGujarat assembly modelrdquowhere opposition membersare regularly shown the door

It also saw a clutch of non-NDA parties including Tri-namool Congress JD(U)NCP RJD AAP MuslimLeague and the Left an-nounce a boycott of Lok Sab-ha in solidarity marking ashift in sympathies towardsCongress Samajwadi Partyis likely to join the boycotttoo though party spokesman

Rajesh Dixit said the final de-cision would be taken by Mu-layam Singh Yadav at the par-liamentary party on Tuesday

Though the Speaker tookthe action on her own on Mon-day the government fullybacked the suspension in viewof BJP members concludingthat the opposition party wassimply not amenable to lettingParliament function

Several PartiesTo Boycott House

In Solidarity

ON MODIrsquoS SILENCE ON LALITGATE VYAPAM

The lsquomann ki baatrsquo man appears to

retreat into a lsquomaun vratrsquo whenever there is a scandal involving his colleagues

ALLEGING PM REPACKAGED UPA SCHEMES

The PM has turned out to be a master re-packager a skilful salesman a sharp headline-grabber and a clever news manager

ON GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF GOVT

The PM has been free with his promises Yet he seems incapable of delivering on them

ON SUSPENSION OF CONG MPs

(Itrsquos) a black day for India and democracy

ANGRY SONIA LASHES OUT

Speaker suspends 25 lsquounrulyrsquoCongress MPs for five days

lsquoGovt not helplessrsquo P 12

FULL COVERAGE P 12

lsquoConditions ripefor a rate cutrsquoOn the eve of the monetarypolicy review finance ministrysources on Monday cited de-cline in global crude oil pricesand improvement in the mon-soon situation among severalfactors to claim conditionswere ripe for a rate cut P 19

Accused in Asaram witness murder held Onthe basis of clues provided byNarayan Pandey prime sus-pect in the murder of a witnessin the Asaram rape case Shah-jahanapur police on Sundaynabbed alleged co-conspiratorArjun alias Pradeep P 14

Louis Berger ex-VP held ingraft case Former LouisBerger VP Satyakam Mohantywas arrested on Monday in thecase involving the companybribing Indian officials to windevelopmental projects P 9

16 monsoon deficit inAug-Sept Rainfall may stayweak over the rest of the mon-soon season IMD has warnedand predicted a 16 deficitfor August-September P 12

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MAY HAVE TO APPOINTRECEIVER FOR SAHARAGROUP SAYS SC 19

JUGRAJ amp 2 OTHER EX-INDIAHOCKEY PLAYERS WERE PART OF GURDASPUR OP 21

SC JUNKS KATJU PLAINTOVER PARL RESOLUTIONAGAINST HIS REMARKS 13

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

As Delhi reels under ahealth crisis caused byair pollution TOI is

launching a unique initiativeon Tuesday to begin the proc-ess of cleaningup the cityrsquos airThe TOI GreenDrive with HeroMotorCorp andDDA aims toplant one lakhsaplings of na-tive Aravali spe-cies at Tilpat Valley in MaidanGarhi near Sainik Farms

On Tuesday morning resi-dents and children from 10schools will plant saplings atSanjay Lake in Mayur Vihar

This drive will helpclear the cityrsquos air

Phase II soon after lieuten-ant-governor Najeeb Jung in-augurates the drive The cam-paign will then graduallycover the city at selected spotsand culminate in about 10000people turning up at Tilpat

Valley on August30 to plant onelakh saplings

In 10 yearswhen these sa-plings becometrees with a ca-nopy height of25 to 30 feet the

city will reap ecological bene-fits These will act as a CO2sink ground water rechargezone dust barrier and habitatfor wildlife and forest speciesthat are fast disappearing

FULL COVERAGE P 2

RupaliMukherjee

timesgroupcom

Mumbai The governmentplans to make the code of con-ductmdashwhich bans unethicalmarketing practices like dol-ing out freebies and sponsor-ing jaunts of doctorsmdashman-datory on the drug andmedical devices industry

The code which barspharma firms from givingcruise tickets expensivegifts and exotic vacations todoctors is voluntary at pre-sent but with concerns thatit lacks teeth and given therampant violations in prac-tice the Centre seems to be

Govt set to enforce codeban freebies to doctors

veering around to make ittighter and binding by mak-ing it a regulation

The government hasstarted discussions with the

stakeholders as the code isvoluntary till August indus-try sources said adding a fi-nal call on the matter will betaken by the year-end andchanges if any will be imple-mented only next year

In a series of meetingsheld last week with the indus-try consumer and health ac-tivists the Centre conveyedthat it is ldquokeenrsquorsquo to make thecode mandatory sources saidsince cases of ldquomisconductrsquorsquocontinue with certain drugcompanies sponsoring exotictrips for doctors under thegarb of medical education

For tighter control P 20

Current code which bars pharma firms from giving cruise tickets amp expensive gifts to docs is voluntary

Govt wants ban as some drug firms sponsor exotic trips for docs under the garb of medical education

Most in pharma sector want tighter controls say 15-20 cos bring bad name to industry

VOLUNTARY NOW

The special cell claims tohave arrested a Maoist

commander from southwestDelhi causing a flutter in intel-ligence circles days before theIndependence Day celebra-tions reports Raj Shekhar

The accused Chandesh-war Yadav is being interro-gated on his specific plans inDelhi The Jharkhand govern-ment had declared a reward ofRs 5 lakh for Yadavrsquos arrest Itseems he was in the capital tomotivate youths in the ruralbelt of Kapashera to join thebanned outfit police said

ldquoYadav is a CPI (Maoist)sub-zonal commander On De-cember 23 2014 Yadavrsquos grouphad ambushed a patrol partyin Jharkhand and killed acoprdquo said Sanjeev Yadav DCP(special cell) P 2

Wanted Maoistarrested from

southwest Delhi

Famed filmmakers andFTII alumni Raju Hirani

and Vidhu Vinod Chopraacted as mediators betweenthe IampB ministry and pro-testing FTII students in ameeting last week reportsHimanshi Dhawan TheFTII students met IampB min-ister of state RajyavardhanRathore on July 25 FTIIpresident Nachimuthu Har-ishankar and general secre-tary Vikas Urs also met IampBminister Arun Jaitley

Sources said the meetingwith Rathore lasted overthree hours and appearedldquopositiversquorsquo ldquoIt appeared thestrike was heading towardsa solution Everyone in gov-ernment was shocked whenthe students went back toPune and continued with thestrikersquorsquo a source said P 11

Hirani Choprabid to resolve

FTII row in vain

IndraniBagchi

timesgroupcom

New DelhiPutting an end todecades-long bitter insurgen-cy in Nagaland the Centresigned a historic peace ac-cord with the rebel NSCN(IM) on Monday that prom-ises a return to normalcy inthe state and boost Indiarsquos ActEast Policy that had stalledbecause of insurgency

The agreement wassigned by chief Indian inter-locutor R N Ravi with T Mui-vah chairman of NSCN(IM) the largest of the Nagainsurgent groups at thePrime Ministerrsquos residenceon Monday evening The

signing was witnessed byPM Narendra Modi homeminister Rajnath Singh andnational security advisorAjit Doval From the otherside 19 top Naga leadersfrom different organizationsand civil society groups werepresent

The terms of the accordhave not been announcedtriggering speculation aboutwhat the details could be

Centre signs pact in effort toresolve 60-yr Naga conflict

Terms Not Out

Nagas May GetMore Autonomy

Sources said Muivah did notinsist on the demand for thecreation of greater Naga-land by clubbing all Naga-dominated pockets scatteredacross Manipur ArunachalPradesh and Assam Thissuggests that the break-through could be about anagreement over the degree ofautonomy that Nagas out-side Nagaland will have

Modi termed the accord a

ldquolandmarkrdquo and welcomed itsaying ldquoWe will not only tryto heal wounds and resolveproblems but also be yourpartner as you restore yourpride and prestigerdquo Muivahsaid the government and Na-gas were entering a ldquonew re-lationshiprdquo However the in-surgent leader soundedmore cautious than Modi

1953 | Centre bans Naga National Council headed by Phizo

1956 | NNC establishes Naga lsquofederal govtrsquo

1975 | Isaac Chishi Swu and Muivah reject Shillong Accord form National Socialist Council of Nagaland in Jan 1980

1988 | NSCN splits into Isaac-Muivah (IM) amp Khaplang factions NSCN-IM banned in 1990

1997 | NSCN-IM signs ceasefire pact with Centre

2015 | Party signs peace accord with Modi govt

Silence Indiarsquos longest running insurgency

Open up Northeast particularly Nagaland and Manipur to developmentand investments

Isolate NSCN (K) which is active in Myanmar

Help curb extortion kidnapping and gun-running racket being fuelled by China

Improve ties withneighbour Myanmar

Boost Indiarsquos Act East policy that had stalled due to the insurgency

END OF LONGEST INSURGENCY

WHAT THE DEAL MAY ACHIEVE

PM Narendra Modi with NSCN (IM)rsquos Thuingaleng Muivah

lsquoChallenges remainrsquo P 11

FULL COVERAGE P 11

AmitAnandChoudhary

timesgroupcom

New Delhi The SupremeCourt on Monday virtually

ended the po-litical careerof octogenar-ian politicalheavyweightand formerHaryana chief

minister Om PrakashChautala by upholding hisconviction and ten yearsrsquoimprisonment in the teach-ers recruitment scam case

A bench of Justices F MIbrahim Kalifulla and Shi-va Kirti Singh dismissedappeals filed by Chautalaand his 54-year-old son AjaySingh Chautala challeng-ing the trial court and DelhiHCrsquos order convicting andsentencing them to 10-yearjail terms in the scam It al-so upheld conviction of 53other accused P 9

SC upholds10-year jail

for Chautalas

Only acting againstchild porn Centre

The Centre has said SupremeCourtrsquos repeated criticism

of MHA for ldquoinactionrdquo on thelist of websites with childpornographic content was theprincipal trigger for theblocking of 857 such sites andthat only those adult websiteswhich had child pornographiccontent were blocked P 14

SHOCK amp AWE THE lsquoBLASTrsquo THAT WASNrsquoTVipin

On Monday afternoon passengers at Nizamuddin railway station were shocked when told that a bombblast at Gate No 1 had killed one person and left many injured Armed railway commandos and SWATteams moved in quickly escorting all passengers out It took some time for everyone to realize that itwas all part of a mock drill to evaluate quick response in case of a terror attack | P 4

The parliamentary jointpanel studying the land ac-

quisition bill is on the thresh-old of clinching a unanimousreport with the Centre drop-ping many amendments andrestoring the much-debatedconsent and social impact as-sessment (SIA) clauses

The government hasagreed to reconsider severalamendments as reported byTOI on July 31 It has takenback the provisions of the2013 Act passed by UPA mark-ing a triumph for Congressand Trinamool

Apart from the two par-ties strong opposition fromShiv Sena and NCP forced arethink by the NDA govern-ment as did the perceptionthat it was being branded ldquoan-ti-farmerrdquo for attempting todilute the ldquopro-industryrdquo con-sent clause in the bill P 9

Consent SIAclauses return

in land bill

Taking on the Centre overthe law and order situa-

tion in the city the Delhi as-sembly led by CM ArvindKejriwal passed a resolu-tion on Monday seekingconstitution of a commis-sion of inquiry into com-plaints linked to crimesagainst women P 4

AAP ups anteon law amp order

LG-appointed ACB chiefM K Meena on Monday

ordered a probe againstChetan Sanghi principalsecretary (vigilance) afteran RTI activist allegedSanghi ordered conversionof 360 plots from leaseholdto freehold without the ap-proval of DDA and LG P 5

ACB to probevigilance secy

No place for old acs innew India Post bank P 19

64000 graft plaints withCVC in 2014 up 82 P 15

lsquoMade in Pakrsquo Taliban bigger threat to India P 18

Turkish CEO gives 114staffers pound150k each P 18

IIT-Roorkee authorities onMonday said it would take

back all 72 students it had ex-pelled because of poor per-formance They will be put onacademic probation in thefirst year and have to repeatthe year They will be bound toagain clear all the courses ofboth autumn and spring se-mesters of the first year be-sides maintaining a mini-mum attendance of 75 inevery subjectP 13

IIT-R takes backall 72 students

Some humour sites blocked too

Among the 857 blocked sitesare some that donrsquot even

offer porn content They includeCollegeHumorcom 9Gagwhich hosts funny videosBarstool Sports a satirical blogon sports lifestyle andShitBrixcom which collectsinternet memes P 14

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THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHITUESDAY AUGUST 4 20152 TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Delhirsquos alarmingly poor air quality has been mak-ing headlines round the world Scientifi c reports and testi-monies of people have given enough proof of the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases both children and adults have been suffering from Even step-ping out for a morning walk a cycle ride or a trip to the market can make you sick Against such a gloomy backdrop TOI has been introspecting on what can be done while the state govern-ment Centre and judiciary are engaged in debating and driving policies to improve air quality

Perhaps the most effective step that one can take to improve air quality is to plant saplings and nurture them till they grow into big trees This can protect us and the future generations from the ad-verse effects of air pollu-tion These trees can also make neigh-b o u r h o o d s less scorch-ing in summer by improving the micro-climate They will attract a variety of birds improve bio-diversity and restrict desertifi ca-tion in Delhi

With this objective in mind we are launching a TOI Green Drive with Hero MotoCorp and the Delhi Development Author-ity (DDA) on August 4 It aims to plant at least one lakh saplings on August 30 in Tilpat Valley in Maidan Garhi south Delhi a part of the Delhi ridge

In the run-up to the big plantation day that is likely to see participation of more than

10000 peoplemdashalong with sever-al spiritual organizationsmdashTOI will organize plantation drives at Sanjay Lake in Mayur Vihar Phase II Sector 16 Dwarka district park in Kalkaji (Aastha Kunj) Sidhola village NH1 G T Road Vishal Bagh to Ghoga Crossing Bakoli village NH1 G T Road and Sector 28 Ro-hini More than 2000 saplings of Delhirsquos native species will be planted in each area

Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung will in-augurate the drive on Tuesday at Sanjay Lake in Mayur Vihar Phase II Residents and chil-dren from 10 schools will be planting saplings here

Though air pollution can primarily be checked by reg-ulating its sources such as vehi-

cles thermal power plants burning of waste such as dry leaves or garbage and dust sci-entists and experts TOI c o n s u l t e d

said plantations can have mul-tiple benefi ts for Delhirsquos degrad-ing environment

CR Babu Professor Emeri-tus Delhi University and the brain behind the biodiversity parks in the city believes apart from reviving several Aravali forest species the plantation drive can even bring back ani-mals and bird species that dis-appeared long ago

ldquoGreenery can help in three ways It can reduce the urban heat island effect which causes air pollution levels to rise Green belts can stop the wind-blown

dust from entering the city or neighbourhoods It of course absorbs carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gashellipthere are so many ways plantations can helprdquo said Gufran Beig project director System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)

Delhi suffers massively from the urban heat island phenom-enonmdashcertain urban areas are extremely hot compared to oth-ers with less concretization or more green cover A study by Indian Institute of Technology for instance had found several parts of Delhi were sizzling in summermdashConnaught Place Sitaram Bazar and Bhikaji Cama Place for instance had recorded a difference of about 83 degree Celsius in tempera-ture from their surrounding

areas Ozone a highly hazard-ous gas is known to rise in heat islands because itrsquos created due to chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen volatile or-ganic compounds and carbon monoxide in the presence of sunlight and high temperature PM25 particles also remain sus-pended in the heat at these pol-lution hotspots

A US Forest Service and Dav-ey Institute study on impact of trees on PM25 (fi ne respirable pollution particles) found that urban trees and forests are sav-ing an average of one life every year per city In New York City trees save an average of eight lives every year by countering particulate pollution Delhi of-ten described to be a harsh city because of its extreme and pro-longed summer requires shade

Urban forests can create the much-needed canopy cover and a carbon sink bring back birds grow fruits and fl owers and bring down the temperature in the area

Environmentalists are ex-cited that the TOI Green Drive will help rejuvenate a part of the Delhi ridge that has become highly degraded over the years Wedged between Sainik Farms and Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanc-tuary the 80ha Tilpat Valley is important because of its ability to retain water in several natural deep pits in the area The catch-ment has degraded because of the shrinking forest cover here

The TOI Green Drive is sup-ported by BLK Super Specialty Hospital as medical partner WWFndashIndia as NGO partner and Times NIE

PLANT A TREE AND CLEAN THE AIR

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The TOI Green Drive at Tilpat Valley bordering the Asola Bhatti wildlife sanctuary where about one lakh saplings will be planted on August 30 will in a way signal the beginning of DDArsquos Tilpat Valley biodiversity park project

This plantation is unique be-cause it will involve reviving forest species from various parts of the AravalismdashGujarat to Delhi This would ensure the rich biodiversity of the Aravalis which is increas-ingly getting degraded is recreated and protected in Tilpat Valley

Tilpat Valley is also one of the deepest parts of Delhi It can act as a water recharge zone for south Delhi according to CR Babu Pro-fessor Emeritus and head of the Center for Environmental Man-agement of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) He is the brain behind this park being developed

ldquoThere are a few scattered trees of vilayti keekar or prosopis juli-fl ora an invasive species in Tilpat Valley now and some weeds and grasses too The area is very im-portant because it has gentle slopes and some fl attened ridges They can act as ground water recharge zones We will plant 30 biological communities hererdquo said Babu

The one lakh saplings that will be planted on August 30 will be of 50 to 60 such native Aravali spe-cies ldquoOur strategy is to plant 2500 to 3000 saplings in each hectare We will ensure that these ecologi-cal communities do not compete with each other for soil water and other resources but co-exist For at least two years these plantations will need a lot of care and protec-tion with regular watering and a boundary wall or barbed wire to keep the cattle away Initially water will be stored at the site in a tank but later rainwater stored in the deep pits here will be used for the dry seasonrdquo added Babu

Tilpat Valley will start provid-ing its ecological service to Delhi in 10 years when the canopy height of these saplings reach 25 to 30 feet ldquoThere are several benefi ts that this park will providemdashimprove weather conditions ensure greater

water recharge act as a physical barrier to dust prevent dry weath-er through transpiration act as a CO2 sink with the humus in the soil acting as a permanent store for carbon absorb several pollutants and most importantly act as a habitat for carnivoresrdquo explained Babu whose team is very excited about the possibilities

The park can be a true wildlife habitat where animals like leop-ards and hyenas wonrsquot just visit but stay believes the CEMDE team Since Asola Bhatti sanctuary bor-ders Tilpat it can act as a wildlife corridor too ldquoTilpat Valley used to have springs long ago We plan to revive these toordquo Babursquos team members said

Recreational public zones and walkways on the periphery will be developed once the park is ready

DDA biodiversity project to kick off

TOI Starts Plantation Campaign In Build-Up To Greening Of Tilpat Valley On Aug 30

PM25(24-Hour Average)

Days In Different AQI Categories

For Delhi

January-July 2015

123Poor

52Moderate

34Good

2Very Poor

1Critical

THE CANOPY ACROSS CITY

Sanjay Lake

Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

District Park Kalkaji

Tilpath Valley Devli

Sidholavillage

Vishal Bagh to Ghoga Crossing

Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

WHY THE

GREENDRIVE

Trees will absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from air and reduce dust

Foliage will block sunlight and evaporation from leaves will increase the cooling effect

Localized heating that occurs due to excessive concretizationmdashcalled urban heat island effectmdashwill come down

Foliage will also act as buffer against noise

Variety of birds and wildlife might increase

Erosion will reduce and land will become more fertile as some plants fi x

nitrogen in soil while decaying matter (humus) adds carbon

The valley being a low-lying area will be a natural rainwater harvesting

and groundwater recharge site

Onelarge tree

can supply a dayrsquos requirement

of oxygen for four people

For more details log on totoiingreendrive

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Karthai

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SOME FOREST TREE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE REVIVED

Plant 1 lakh trees at Tilpath Valley Block M Devli Sainik Farms right next to Ignou

On August 30 7am onwards

ONCE THESE SAPLINGS GROW INTO TREES IN A FEW YEARS THE AIR AND LOCAL CLIMATE IN TILPAT VALLEY WILL IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY

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AQI Air Quality Index PM25 Fine respirable pollution particlesSource SAFARMoES-IITM-IMD

New Delhi Just days beforeIndependence Day the specialcell of Delhi Police has arrested a hardcore Maoistcommander from southwest Delhi This has caused aflutter in the intelligence cir-cuits that are already scram-bling to battle terror threats onthe capital

The accused Chandesh-war Yadav is being interrogat-ed for his plans to target Delhibefore Independence Day It islearnt that Yadav was carry-ing out recruitment in the ru-ral areas of Kapashera andmotivating village youths tojoin the banned outfit

A reward of Rs 5 lakh hadbeen declared by the Jhark-hand government for his ar-rest ldquoYadav is the CPI (Maoist)sub-zonal commander On De-cember 23 2014 his group hadattacked a patrolling partywith an IED explosion fol-lowed by heavy firing Thegroup had escaped taking ad-vantage of the dark cover aftera 30-minute encounter with

the policerdquo said Sanjeev Ya-dav DCP (special cell)

While one policeman haddied others were injured inthe attack which took place atItkhori in Chatra district150km from Ranchi Investiga-tions had revealed that Yadavwas the key executioner of theambush Since then securityforces were on his trail

The cell received inputsabout a senior Maoist com-mander having taken shelterin one of labour colonies OnAugust 2 they got a tip-offabout the suspect being sight-ed in Kapashera whichhouses labourers belonging toBihar and Jharkhand and are

and Alok Yadav two seniorMaoists who asked him totake up arms against thestaterdquo the DCP added

Soon Yadav became an important member of thisunit and started visiting vil-lages on foot to spread theirmessage

The unit being handled byYadav was arrested with IN-SAS rifles looted from securityforces and IEDs which theyused to carry in tiffin boxeswhile moving from village-to-village on foot In December2014 Chandeshwar and his as-sociates planned to attack a po-lice patrol to loot their weap-ons for distribution amongstthe growing numbers of theterrorist organization

However before theMaoists could kill the entirepolice team reinforcement ar-rived and Yadav and his associ-ates retreated taking advan-tage of the darkness Yadavrsquosclout grew after this attackand he became famous in thearea and security forces start-ed tracking him After Holithis year he shifted to Delhi

engaged as skilled workers inindustrial units of Gurgaon

A team led by Lalit MohanNegi Hriday Bhushan andChandrika Prasada laid a trapand arrested the accused Dur-ing interrogation Yadav re-vealed that several years agohis uncle thrashed him badlyafter which he went to a seniorMaoist commander andrecruiter Kaushal Yadav andsought help

ldquoKaushal encouraged himto join CPI (Maoist) promisingrespect in society with the helpof guns In May 2014 Kaushaltook him to the jungles sur-rounding Barsoti villagewhere a he met Indal Singh

Intel agencies on edge afterMaoist commanderrsquos arrest

The accused Chandeshwar Yadav isbeing interrogated forhis plans to target Delhibefore I-Day A reward of Rs 5 lakh hadbeen declared by theJharkhand governmentfor his arrest

RajShekhartimesgroupcom

New Delhi Delhi Police hasmade the character verifica-tion easier for people nowThey have launched a web appwhere the verification of char-acter and antecedents of can-didates applying for govern-ment job or for employeesworking in the private firmscould be easily done

The web app was launchedon Monday by BS Bassi com-missioner of police at DelhiPolicersquos office of specialbranch at Asaf Ali Road Thisis the second initiative by thespecial branch after they in-troduced online issuance ofPolice Clearance Certificates

ldquoThe applicants will beprovided digitally signedcharacter verification reports(CVRs) and the verificationwill be issued in 30 workingdaysrdquo said Garima Bhatna-

gar joint commissioner of po-lice (special branch)

The verification of charac-ter and antecedents of candi-dates for government jobssemi-government jobs publicsector undertakings and otherdepartments have beenbrought under the scheme ofverification of Character andAntecedents by the ministry

of personnel public griev-ance and pension

They also conduct the veri-fication of employees workingwith private firms on the re-quest of their employers afterthe prescribed fee is paid to thedepartment

ldquoIt will save three to fiveworking days of any organiza-tion and expenditure to thetune of Rs 10 - 15 Lakhs Ifthis procedure is adopted by

various departments a largenumber of manpower wouldbe savedrdquo the senior police of-fice said

The applicants will be haveto log on to the Delhi Policersquoswebsite and select the lsquoServic-esrsquo option from where they candownload the form The formwill go directly to the inspec-tor zone once the procedure isokayed from there it will go tothe concerned district com-missioner of policersquos officeAfter verification from theDCP office a digitally signedCVR will be provided

It will reduce the longqueue outside offices and alsoapplicants can fill multiple ap-plications (upto 100) with a sin-gle click

The special branch issuesaround 75000-80000 characterverification reports annuallywhich outlines usefulness ofthe App

Police app to help you getcharacter certificate for job

New Delhi The crime branchhas busted a gang that illegallysold pseudo-ephedrine drugsto dealers in Delhi and reco-vered 15kg drugs worth Rs 15crore in the international mar-ket Two youths from Manipurhave been arrested for workingas transporters

ldquoThe two youths identifiedas Andrew and Elrossi hadcome to Delhi to deliver thecontraband to a Nigerian na-tionalrdquo said joint commission-er crime Ravindra Yadav

The men were supposed tosupply the drugs to a contact inDwarka from where it would betransferred to dealers in southDelhi who would sell it to theusers for a hefty price The rawdrug is processed to party drugin southeast Asia before re-en-tering the country throughnorth-east India

2 youths heldfor selling

party drugsTIMES NEWS NETWORK

ONLINE MOVE

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lsquoWill be good if Rajivkillers flee to LankarsquoQuestioning the Centrersquos oppositionto the release of seven life convictsfor Rajiv Gandhirsquos assassination theTN government told Supreme Courtthat they had spent 23 years in jailand been punished enough It saidldquoAnother apprehension is they willrun away to Sri Lanka Itrsquoll be good ifthey run away The government canissue a red corner notice to preventtheir entry into Indiardquo P 13

2 soldiers killed in lsquofriendlyfirersquo Two soldiers were killed andas many injured on Tuesday whentwo army units on patrol dutyopened fire at each other allegedlyin a case of mistaken identity in Tralin Kashmirrsquos Pulwama district P 15

House of journo who lsquostungrsquoUrsquokhand govt razed The Uttarak-hand government on Tuesday demol-ished ldquoillegally builtrdquo portions of thehouse of Ashok Pandey a journalistwho had conducted a sting on CMHarish Rawatrsquos personal secretarywhich ldquoexposedrdquo a bribery scam P 9

Proxy candidate caughttaking exam for mantrirsquos wifeShanti wife of Chhattisgarh schooleducation minister Kedar Kashyapwas found to have allegedly hired aproxy to take her MA English finalexam in Bastar on Tuesday A probehad been ordered P 13

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Max 368degC (+3)Min 26degC (0)Moonrise Wednesday ndash 1045pm

Moonset Thursday ndash 1151am

Sunrise Thursday mdash 546am

Sunset Wednesday mdash 710pm

Cloudy sky Rain likely Maximum and minimum

temperatures on Wednesday will be around

36degC amp 26degC Maximum humidity on Tuesday

was 85 and minimum 57

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Vinod Khanal amp Vandana Keelor

AllahabadNoida The Ak-hil Bharatiya Akhara Parish-ad the apex body of Hindu as-cetic organizations has ban-ned two mahamandaleshwars(high priests) facing criminalcharges from participating inthe ongoing Nashik Kumbhrsquosfirst Shahi Snan on August 29

and is probing a thirdParishad president Naren-

dra Giri told TOI that the banwas imposed as ldquopart of theprocess to cleanse the commu-nity of saints of criminal ele-ments The Parishad has iden-tified two controversial saintsand asked their akharas toban them They will be al-lowed to attend religious func-

Dutta has several criminalcases against him in Haryanaand Punjab including forfraud and land grab A resi-dent of Noida since 2003 Dut-ta also owned a discotheque and a beer pub He took sa-nyas on Guru Purnima onFriday last week

tions only after they are clear-ed of all chargesrdquo

Alleged pub and discoth-eque owner-turned-saintSwami Sachidanand of Noi-da and Radhe Maa of Mum-bai have been banned whileTrikal Bhawanta of Allaha-bad is being investigated

It is alleged that SwamiSachidanand alias Sachin

Tainted sadhus to be kept away from Kumbh

Probing sanyas P 27


New Delhi Within four daysof banning 857 websitesdeemed to be pornographicand having been accused ofmoral policing for it the gov-ernment reversed the orderon Tuesday making an excep-tion only for websites featur-ing child pornography

It however passed the re-sponsibility of identifyingand blocking child porn sitesto internet service providersIn turn ISPs protested say-ing they didnrsquot have thewherewithal to identify childporn sites Nor was it fair to

hold them responsible ifsome site surreptitiously pur-veyed child porn they said

ldquoHow can the governmentput the responsibility on us tosee whether a website carrieschild pornography or notrdquoRajesh Chharia president ofthe Internet Service Provid-

ers Association of India toldTOI ldquoWhy should an ISP bypunished if a site suddenlytransmits child pornrdquo

The government has beenfeeling the heat for the pastfew days being viewed ascontrol freaks with an objec-tionable streak of moral pol-

Not Fair To PassBuck To Us Say

Service Providers

RETHINK amp REWINDDepartment of Telecom is hereby requested to communicate to all intermediaries (ISPs) that(they) are free not to disable any of the 857 URLs as given in the list which do not have child pornographic content Dept of electronics amp IT order on Aug 4

HOW THE WORLD DEALSWITH IT | In most countries itrsquos illegal to disseminate porn to children and to produce or watch material depicting kids in sexual acts The definition of obscenity though varies from ldquoexploitationrdquo to ldquoacts that violate social moralityrdquo

IS THERE A LINK BETWEENPORN AND CRIME AGAINSTWOMEN | Studies have found no link but experts say those naive enough to treat porn as a benchmark might be left feeling sexually inadequate triggering such behaviour

PORN ULTIMATUM | P 18

Govt backs down asks ISPsto block only child porn sites

icing On Tuesday IT minis-ter Ravi Shankar Prasadcalled a meeting to review thedecision to ban 857 sites thatwere listed by a petitionerwho had gone to the SCagainst pornographic sites

U-turn on porn P 18

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Pakistanrsquos con-stant refrain that India hadnot provided enough evi-dence to prosecute the perpe-trators of 2611 attacks hasbeen torn asunder by its ownkey investigator who hasstated that the Mumbai may-hem was planned andlaunched from its soil

In an article in Dawnnewspaper former directorgeneral of Federal Investiga-tion Agency (FIA) Tariq Kho-sa has backed all assertionsmade by India about the invol-

Indiarsquos 2611 claims fully backedby Pakrsquos head of investigation

vement of Pakistani nation-als in the 2008 attacks whichkilled 164 people Khosa saidthat to be able to deal with theMumbai attacks Pakistanwas required to ldquoface the

truth and admit mistakesrdquoHe said dilatory tactics by thedefendants frequent changeof trial judges and witnessesturning hostile were serioussetbacks for the prosecutors

Khosa was made the DG ofFIA a couple of months after2611 and in that capacityheaded the probe into the ter-ror strike He was transferredout of FIA in December 2009

Known for his integrityKhosa had also probed the assassination of BenazirBhutto in 2007 He was alsoasked by Pakistanrsquos SupremeCourt to probe high profilecorruption cases

Pak has to deal with the Mumbai mayhem

planned and launched from its soil This requires facing the truth amp admitting mistakes The state mustensure the perpetrators and masterminds are brought to justice

mdash Tariq KhosaEX-DG PAK FEDERAL

INVESTIGATION AGENCY

lsquoVindicates usrsquo P 17

lsquoAttacks planned andlaunched from Pakrsquo P 17

SomreetBhattacharya

timesgroupcom

New Delhi A pack of straydogs bit a seven-year-old boyto death after he acci-dentally fell on one ofthem while playing ata graveyard near hishouse in the Okhla ar-ea of southwest Delhion Tuesday afternoon

Police said the boyMamun was on a mound ofsand with his friends whenhe tripped and went rollingdown on a dog The startledanimal started barking at

Stray dogs bite boyto death in S Delhi

him attracting other dogstowards the boy Before hecould get up one of the dogshad caught him by the neck

Mamunrsquos friends saidthey pelted stones atthe pack but the dogsdragged the boy into apit and bit him on hisneck and the back ofhis head The boysran back to call hisparents who rushed

to the spot and found thechild lying unconscious in apool of blood

Tore off head neck P 4

Many passengers werefeared dead after five

bogies of 11071 Mumbai-Va-ranasi Kamayani Expressfell into a river in MadhyaPradesh late Tuesday nightSoon after the Jabalpur-Mumbai Janata Express tooderailed at the same spot ac-cording to TV reports

The first train derailedwhile crossing a ldquoricketyrdquobridge on Machak rivernear Kudawa station 25kmfrom Harda No further de-tails were available at thetime of going to press TNN

Many feareddead as 2 trains

derail in MPIn a major concern forrights activists a Cabinet

note on amendments to theWhistleblowersrsquo ProtectionAct proposes that people canrsquot have the absolute rightto make disclosures if theysee something wrong re-ports Himanshi Dhawan

The note accessed underRTI states that the presentlaw gives an ldquoabsolute rightto a whistleblower to make acomplaintrsquorsquo and recom-mends restrictions like ex-emptions from disclosureunder the RTI Act Oncepassed the bill may notleave anything to complainabout the activists fear P 9

Centre wantswhistleblowerrights curbed

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Congress usedthe suspension of 25 of itsMPs to step up its attackagainst the government overthe lsquoLalitgatersquo and Vyapamscandals The usually reti-cent party chief SoniaGandhi lead the protest withclenched fists and slogansalongside Rahul Gandhi andex-PM Manmohan Singh be-fore the Gandhi statue inParliament on Tuesday

Buoyed by the solidarity

extended to the dharna by SPNCP RJD and JD(U) Rahulstruck a belligerent note say-ing that after forcing the gov-ernment to ldquoretreatrdquo on theland acquisition bill there

lsquoMartyredrsquo Cong takesprotest outside House

Sonia amp RahulTalk Tough

Shout Slogans

would be no let-up on the de-mand for resignations of Sus-hma Swaraj VasundharaRaje and Shivraj Chouhan

Though other regionalparties such as Trinamool

Congress expressed supportby keeping away from the twoHouses the West Bengal out-fit did not join the dharna

It is the duty of the govt to run

the House The way our MPs were suspended was anti-democratic Democracy is being murdered

mdashSONIA GANDHI

We will not budge There

will be no let-up in our pressure as far as issues of corruption Sushma Swaraj and Vyapam are concerned

mdashRAHUL GANDHI

Cong talking of democracy is like the devil quoting scriptures There is no democracy in their DNA

The mother is party president and son vice-presidentmdashPRAKASH JAVADEKAR | BJP

lsquoCentre had to fleersquo P 14


Photo Sanjeev Rastogi

Thane building near railwaystation caves in 12 killed P 25

Stand up when MLAs MPsenter or leave babus told P 26

2 Indian scientists find dopamine lsquocurersquo for cancer P 9

Reliance Group eyes $1bnaerospace park in Maha P 32

LG plants firsttree in TOI

Green Drive

Delhi LG Najeeb Jung plants asapling at the inauguration ofthe TOI Green Drive on TuesdayAlmost 2200 saplings were planted on the first day of thedrive which seeks to plant over1 lakh trees in Delhi | P 2

Yogesh Kumar

An FSSAI-approved labo-ratory of the Central Fo-

od Technological ResearchInstitute has found Magginoodles to be in compliancewith the countryrsquos food safe-ty standards CFTRI had test-ed five samples sent by Goawhen Maggi was banned inJune as ldquounsafe and hazard-ousrdquo for consumptionP 15

FSSAI lab givesMaggi clean chit

APawan Hans chopper

went missing over Aru-nachal Pradesh late Tues-day morning On board weretwo pilots and deputy com-missioner of ArunachalrsquosTirap district Kamlesh Ku-mar Joshi Later a lsquochopper-like objectrsquo was seen in thejungles of Tirap P 13

Copter missingin Arunachal

Porn DVD sales upprices hit the roof

Underground sale of porno-graphic DVDs have shot up

drastically across the countryafter the governmentrsquos clamp-down on online sites Peoplewere found thronging PalikaBazar Lajpat Nagar marketand Paharganj to also loadporn videos in memory cardsand pen drives DVDs availablefor Rs 100 till the last week arenow being sold at Rs 300 P 18

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The TOI Green Drive was launched on Tuesday by lieu-tenant governor Najeeb Jung at Sanjay Lake in east Delhi Com-mending TOI for taking up this initiative Jung sounded an alarm over the fast reducing green cover in the city Students from 14 schools across NCR responded enthusiasti-cally by following Jungrsquos lead and planting saplings at the site By the end of the day 2200 saplings had been planted

The campaign which will cover select spots in the city in the com-ing days will culminate in at least one lakh saplings being planted in Tilpat Valley Maidan Garhi on Au-gust 30 2015

ldquoHistorically Delhi has been one of the greenest cities in north India There was no city of this magnitude with so much water

and greeneryrdquo recalled Jung ldquoWhen I was growing up we could drink water directly from the tap There was never a problem of get-ting shelter under a tree But over the past 40 years we have system-atically reduced our green cover It is a pity we donrsquot understand that every successive generation will

suffer because of thisrdquoJung however

pointed out that the cityrsquos green cover was still substan-tial comparable to European cities and it was up to the children now to make sure that it was not only sustained but enhanced He requested schools to provide books on botany to spread awareness about the kind of trees that are there in the city and the ways in which they can be preserved He emphasized on the need to create inter-est in the natural growth of trees

ldquoClean Delhi is fine growth of Delhi is fine but we need to enhance the tree cover of the city and that should be our mottordquo he said Strik-

i n g a note of optimism Jung told the students ldquoI

have seen denu-dation of the tree cover in my life but you will see its re-

coveryrdquoJung who is

also the chair-person of Delhi

Development Au-thority spoke about the biodiversity parks that DDA has developed ldquoIt is

one facility that is comparable with anything in the world These

parks can be the motivators for the change we are talking aboutrdquo he said

Jung planted a maulsari (also known as Indian medlar) sapling It is considered to be a holy tree ndash also referred to as bakul ndash and finds mention in Sanskrit literature Its flowers give out a rich fragrance

Addressing the gathering the CEO of Bennett Coleman amp Co Limited Raj Jain stressed on cor-porate social responsibility ldquoWhen large corporates the government and media companies come togeth-er we can do a lot for society This is a very intense drive to plant trees We are starting the first phase to-

dayrdquo he saidVijay Sethi chief information

officer and CSR head of Hero Moto-Corp spoke about how the compa-ny was taking up the social respon-sibility of making the environment cleaner ldquoWe have this motto of a happy earth Our factory in Harid-war has the largest green roof in the world We have also inaugurat-ed a factory near Neemrana that we call the garden factory We want to generate so much oxygen that the entire place becomes oxygen posi-tiverdquo said Sethi

The event was also attended by DDA vice-chairman Arun Goel and engineer-member Abhay Sinha

Kids follow LG lead plant trees

Dharvi Vaid amp Khyati Singh | TNN

New Delhi Students from 14 schools across NCR par-ticipated in TOIrsquos Green Drive on Tuesday with much enthusiasm The event started with inter-active games for children based on the theme of en-vironmental conservation in an effort to create aware-ness about the importance of trees The participants in the 11-16 age-group talked about the number of ways in which individuals can act consciously towards the environment

Mahika Tampi 11 of Shriram Millennium School said ldquoTrees are important because they sustain life If I donrsquot care about saving them who will Someone has to take the first steprdquo Such aware-ness was present among all the children and their passion for the cause was refreshing They displayed a sense of understanding and responsibility towards their surroundings by talk-ing about the initiatives that they have taken to con-serve the environment

ldquoIn my society there were many children from

my school but we all trav-elled by our own cars Eight of us decided on car pool-ing I believe each society should have a car pooling system Pollution is not good for the treesrdquo said Udayjeet Wahi a Class VI student

The landscape changed gradually as 2200 saplings were planted by around 540 students The plant va-rieties included maulsari chukrasia pilkhan papdi and gulmohar

ldquoI will visit the park whenever I can to watch the sapling I planted grow into a beautiful treerdquo said Radhika from St Andrews Scots Senior Secondary School

The schools present included Vishwa Bharti Public School Bal Bharti Public School (Noida)Ryan International School (May-ur Vihar and Noida) Delhi Public School (Noida and Ghaziabad) Shriram Mil-lennium School Mayoor School ASN Senior Sec-ondary School GD Goenka Public School (Ghaziabad) Silver Line Prestige School St Andrews Scots Senior Secondary School and East Point School

Students take ownership

SMALL BEGINNING FOR BIG CHANGE IN LANDSCAPE

PLEDGED TO THE CAUSE DDA V-C Arun Goel LG Najeeb Jung and Hero MotoCorprsquos CSR head Vijay Sethi at the launch

TOI Campaign Takes Off At Sanjay Lake Wins Praise

For more details log on to toiingreendrive



2200saplings were planted here on Tuesday

Sanjay Lake


Tilpath Valley DevliSec 16 Dwarka Ph II

Sidholavillage

Vishal Bagh to Ghoga Crossing Sec 28

Rohini



Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Photos Yogesh Kumar

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New Delhi ACB chief M KMeena on Tuesday appearedbefore the Delhi high court inresponse to summons and sub-mitted that his actions were inaccordance with the law

Appearing for the Centreadditional solicitor generalSanjay Jain sought more timeto file a response on behalf ofMeena after which the courtlisted the matter for August 11

Justice V P Vaish also de-clined to pass any order on theDelhi governmentrsquos plea seek-ing action against Meena forfailing to act on a complaintmade by an SDM against someDDA officials allegedly accept-ing bribe

The court said it will take upthe issue on August 11 when anongoing litigation challengingthe Centrersquos notification givinglieutenant governor NajeebJung absolute powers to ap-point bureaucrats in the capitalis to be heard

The high court refused toentertain another plea by thestate government that the SDMbe permitted to deposit theseized case property with theACB or with the registrar gen-eral of high court

During the brief hearingASG Jain alleged that the AAPgovernment harbours aldquogrudgerdquo against the ACB chiefand wants him out

Senior advocate DayanKrishnan representing AAPgovernment said there was aministry of home affairs(MHA) notification which sayseven if ACB has no jurisdictionto lodge an FIR they should atleast register a zero FIR andtransfer the case to the policestation concerned He pointedout that if the ACB does not doso then an FIR should be lodgedagainst the officer concerned

The court was hearing Del-hi governmentrsquos application al-leging that Meena has beenldquomisusing his powers to brow-beat and threaten officials ofACB and the vigilance depart-mentrdquo after AAP government-nominated ACB chief S S Yadavaccused Meena of threateningand pressuring him

In its plea the AAP govern-ment said they have been ldquocon-strained to file the present ap-plication seeking certaindirections of an urgent natureowing to the facts which havetranspired over the course ofthe past few days which has re-sulted in a grave situationrdquo

Actions inkeeping withlaw Meena

tells HCTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Denying interimmaintenance to a womanseeking monetary assistancefrom her estranged husbanda trial court said that in to-dayrsquos scenario women are ex-pected to contribute econom-ically to the household andnot sit idle

While rejecting the wom-anrsquos plea the court noted thatby her own admission shehas done a beauticianrsquoscourse which means she hasthe skills and qualification toearn but chose not to work

ldquoThe complainant has ad-mitted to doing the course of abeautician However she hasnot furnished any explana-tion as to why she is sittingidle In todayrsquos scenario evenwomen are expected to con-tribute economically in run-ning the house The court is ofthe view that the present caseis the fit case where interimmonetary relief should notbe granted in favour of thecomplainantrdquo said metro-politan magistrate Mona Tar-di Kerketta

In her plea the womanhad contended that she was ahousewife and was depend-ent on her parents for herlivelihood Therefore herhusband be directed to pro-vide her a monthly mainte-nance she had said She hadalso claimed her husbandearned Rs 60000 per month

The man however deniedthe contentions and claimedthat he was unemployed andhis wife did not require main-tenance as she was a trainedbeautician and was workingin a parlour and earned Rs15000 per month

Court deniesmaintenancesays womanshould work

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The Delhi gov-ernment has revived a pro-posal to ply trams in theWalled City It has also decid-ed to develop the Shahjaha-nabad area while keeping itscharacter intact A board willbe constituted on the lines ofNDMC and Delhi Canton-ment Board for this purpose

Officials said tramswould ply in areas like RedFort Jama Masjid Digam-ber Jain Mandir SheeshganjGurdwara old and New Del-hi railway stations The planhad been approved by thelieutenant-governor afterDMRC had submitted a de-tailed project report on theproposal However with thefinal decision pending tillMonday work on the Chand-ni Chowk redevelopmenthad also come to a standstill

On Tuesday morningdeputy chief minister Man-ish Sisodia inspected the ar-ea after which he confirmedthat trams will operate in oldDelhi He further said therewas also an urgent need toconstitute a body that wouldlook at the holistic develop-ment of the area

ldquoThe minister has said hewill visit the area at leastthrice more at various timesHe said that the culture of theplace is very different and itis like a city within DelhiThe existing ShahjahanabadRedevelopment Corporationis a special purpose vehiclewhich has failed to live up toits purpose Now because thegovernment will be carryingout several other projects itwill give more powers to thecorporation including thatof enforcement A legislation

will be passed and SRDC willwork like NDMC and DelhiCantonment Boardrdquo said anofficial

This will also mean thatfacilities like provision ofwater electricity sanitationetc will be carried out bySRDC which may be re-named

The Chandni Chowk re-development plan underSRDC was handed over to

part of the plan or not Cableswere also not shifted accord-ingly On Tuesday Sisodia di-rected PWD to start workwith the presumption thatthe tram would be intro-duced at the earliest

ldquoDirections have beengiven to carry out a feasibili-ty study based on the DPRgiven by DMRC The planproposed by it indicates that the tram will ply on theside of the shops and it will bea two-way track Howeverthis could change in the feasi-bility study Not only will welink the important land-marks in the area but alsoprovide easy mobility to resi-dents and tourists in the ab-sence of motorized vehi-clesrdquo said an official

PWD from the erstwhile mu-nicipal corporation in 2013Work was started to pedestri-anize the stretch between Fa-tehpuri mosque and Red Fortand to shift all cables under-ground While PWD hasmade ducts on one side of theroad for transfer of BSES andMTNL cables work on theother side was not taken upsince there was no clarity onwhether the tram will be a

Delhi govt gives green signalto run trams in Walled City

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT

Fatehpuri Mosque

Lal Jain Mandir

CHANDNI CHOWK RD

CHANDNICHOWK

TOWNHALL

M

RED

FORT

NETA

JIS

UB

HA

SH

MR

G

TRAMROUTE

Expected ridership 1 lakh

TRAM CORRIDOR FROMLAL JAIN MANDIR TOFATEHPURI MOSQUE

The tramline will be constructed on the left side of the main road in ChandniChowk

Itrsquos a 43km corridor of which 16km may be elevated

Trams will run at 15kmph though they have a maximum speed of 50kmph

There will be stations every 300-350m

Likely to be 3-coach trains

Will be a gated corridor with a ticketing system aligned with Delhi Metro

Smart cards and tokens will be used

According to DMRC there will be no movement of vehicles or rickshaws 250m along the tramline

Officials said trams would ply in areas like Red Fort Jama Masjid Digamber Jain Mandir Sheeshganj Gurdwara and Old and New Delhi railway stations The plan had been approved bythe LG after DMRC had submitted a detailed project report on the proposal

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5 2015

6 14 17 amp 25

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Around 2500 saplings were planted in Dwarka (Phase II Sector 16) south-west Delhi on the second day of the TOI Green Drive More than 600 stu-dents from 11 schools participated in the event on Wednesday morning The campaign which will cover select spots in the city in the coming days aims at planting 1 lakh saplings in Tilpat Val-ley Maidan Garhi on August 30

TOIrsquos initiative with Hero Moto-Corp and the Delhi Development Au-thority (DDA) was launched on Tues-day by lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung at Sanjay Lake in east Delhi with the planting of 2200 saplings

Officials from the horticulture de-partment of DDA who were present at the venue said the species had been

selected keeping their habitat in mind ldquoAttainable benefits have been kept in mind before planting these trees All these are fruit-bearing trees They will attract a variety of birds They also do not require a lot of water for their growth Todayrsquos venue is a 62-acre green area which after some years

Spirit catches on new shoots sproutPhotos Rajesh Mehta

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The key to successful plan-tation drives in cities is perhaps simu-lating how forests grow organically You also have to choose the native species that is suited for that specific ecological range The two biodiversity parks under Delhi Development Authority (DDA) mdash Yamuna to the north and Aravali in the south ndash have been developed on these two principles

These parks donrsquot just have a vari-ety of native tree species creating a dense canopy They have several varie-ties of shrubs grasses aquatic plants and herbs to create layers akin to a real forest

ldquoAny land even a wasteland can be revived with this type of planned planta-tionrdquo says M Shah Hussain scientist in-charge at the Aravali biodiversity park ldquoWe had mining pits here and the soil was in a very degraded state The insides of the mining pits and surrounding are-as were moist demanding species suited to a slightly moist range while the rest is dry We decided to plant native forest communities that are commonly found from Mount Abu to Udaipur Haryana

Delhi and elsewhererdquo The park was also designed to attract the bird and animal species usually seen in the Aravalis

ldquoThe interaction between various species is important There is always a natural cycle of flow which starts with decomposers that add nutrients to the

soil that leads to growth of grasses herbs shrubs and trees Thatrsquos how the food chain forms Itrsquos important that in any plantation we consider the entire cyclerdquo explains Hussain

After almost 10 years of planting saplings here the park now boasts of

quite a few rare sightings like the Indi-an Pitta and the Oriental Pied Hornbill Some mining pits act as rainwater stor-age sites and have got transformed into seasonal wetlands There are about a hundred acres of grasslands too a habi-tat for many birds of prey muniya baya

ndash a weaver bird ndash partridges shrikes a variety of insects and snakes

The Yamuna biodiversity park on the other hand replicates the river floodplain ecology where the ground water table is comparatively much high-er ldquoThe survival rates were high here because we targeted and planted only the Yamuna species A dedicated team was constituted to monitor and protect the saplings from cattle or disease The other important aspect of planning the park was to create three to four storeys of forests starting with grasses or leg-umes up to the top canopy thatrsquos now more than 25ft highrdquo explains Faiyaz A Khudsar scientist in-charge at the park Legumes like rhyncosia also grow here Similar emphasis is on aquatic plants like lotuses and water lilies

CR Babu Professor Emeritus Delhi University and head of Center for En-vironmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) the brain behind the plantation projects says native spe-cies survive better because they grow in their original ecosystem while the for-eign ones create a new ecosystem The same planting process is being followed in Tilpat Valley

will get converted into a sea of trees Nilgais are spotted in the area quite oftenrdquo said Devraj Singh assistant di-rector horticulture DDA

Starting around 9am the day wit-nessed enthusiastic contribution by students in their uniforms from 11 schools all enrolled with Times NIE

Cambridge and St Maryrsquos had the highest number of participants ldquoThe children are excited to get involved in such an eco-friendly activity Aware-ness about this is also important es-

pecially at a time when Delhi is struggling with the problem of severe pol-lution TOIrsquos initiative is commendable and others must also take up such initiativesrdquo said Shobha Parasanna class teacher of VIIth standard from St Maryrsquos School who had 80 students with her

Gayatri Sharma from New Delhi Public School a wheel-chair bound student of Class X and Rahul Sahay of Venkateshwar International School

who reached the venue with the support of crutches because of a fractured leg planted four-five saplings each

ldquoWe reached a little late as we had our unit test in the first two pe-riods I love botany and

have a special love for plants and nature Sixty other students from IXth to XIIth standards have

come from our school I love the smell of soil The

result after some years will be really great I would like to return

and witness the changerdquo said 14-year-old Gayatri

Asking TOI to continue with such drives with the involvement of chil-dren Rahul said he would like to par-ticipate next year too ldquoThis should be carried out every year It is a really good thing and we shall take things in our hands to change the situation I have got my leg fractured with a liga-ment tear but I am still hererdquo he said

Other schools from south-west Del-hi which participated were Bal Bharti ITL Public RD Rajpal Sachdeva Glo-bal Sri Venkateshwar St Thomas and Shanti Gyan Vidyapeeth

Aravali Yamuna biodiversity parks show the way

Bakoli villageSidhola

village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake








NATIVE SPECIES HOLD THE KEY

DIVERSE SPECIESPlants

Birds

Butterflies

Mammals

Reptiles

900

800100

20097070

192106

1825

Some important plant species | Shallakisalai kadai khejari dhaw kapar kadaya dudhi khair ber

Grass | Cenchrus ciliaris chrysopogon fulvus heteropogon eromopogon

WHAT SPECIES IT HAS

Some important plant species |Asan haldu jungli kadamb harar bahera amla gurjan simul khejri arjun sissoo khair

Plants

Grass

Birds

Snakes

Butterflies

Dragonfliesdamselflies

Plantation began in 2003

Most trees have canopy height of over 25 feet

YAMUNA BIODIVERSITYPARK

ARAVALI BIODIVERSITY PARK | Plantation started in 2005 with a canopy height of five to 10 feet Today itrsquos about 30-40 feet for most trees

GREEN REVOLUTION Over 600 students from 11 schools participated in TOI Green Drive at Dwarka on Wednesday morning

2500saplings were planted here

on Wednesday

Different parts of the city have different micro-

habitats The species planted on the Ridge may not be suitable for Lodhi Garden This distinction has to be made For instance at least 30 species are suited for the Ridge There are many grasses and climbers toomdashPradip Krishen | ENVIRONMENTALIST







TIMES CITY

New Delhi Jawaharlal Neh-ru University students donrsquotlet a thing like the administra-tionrsquos refusal to get in the wayof a film screening Despite agag order members of Demo-cratic Studentsrsquo Federation(DSF) arranged for thescreening of the documen-tary film Muzaffarnagar Ab-hi Baki Hai by putting togeth-er their own resources

The screening had been

scheduled for 11pm at the Go-davari hostel dhaba But thefilm ended well after 2am onWednesday

ldquoWe brought our ownspeakers our own lights andlaptoprdquo said DSFrsquos V LeninKumar Instead of a screenthey used a white bed sheetborrowed from a hostel In astatement issued later the

ped everyone protested Thepolice also arrived at 1pm butthe matter failed to escalateldquoThey might take action lat-errdquo Kumar said

KMC however will dealwith this issue after the DUSUelections are over PrincipalDinesh Khattar was supposedto have viewed the film andcleared itmdashor notmdashbut hesaid the college is ldquonot pick-ing up the issue now at allWhat happened on Saturdaywas very sadrdquo

names of any JNU studentson them

Although Kumar conced-ed they hadnrsquot filled any formhe argued this wasnrsquot the firstactivity to have been orga-nized without permission atthe Godavari dhaba

He said nearly 200 stu-dents turned up for thescreening When it was stop-

fitting rebuff to the commu-nalhellipABVP who had beencampaigning against thescreening here as wellrdquo

The administrationwasnrsquot having it as vice-chan-cellor S K Sopory told TOIldquono permission had been tak-en from anybodyrdquo and appar-ently the posters announcingthe screening did not have the

studentsrsquo organization saidldquoThe screening was orga-nized to protest againstABVPrsquos (Akhil Bharatiya Vi-

dyarthi Parishad) disruptionof the screening organized inKirori Mal College (KMC)The successful screening is a

JNU students snub ABVP screen riot film

New Delhi Delhi Policecommissioner B S Bassistill has good seven monthsleft for his retirementHowever by sharing al-most all major responsibil-ities with his deputies itseems he is setting thestage for his departure

On Wednesday the po-lice chief got approvalsfrom lieutenant governorNajeeb Jung and the homeministry for creation of aldquospecial unitrdquo and threepositions of ldquosenior spe-cial commissionersrdquomdashthefirst ever in the history ofDelhi Police 1978-batchIPS officer Vimla Mehraand 1984 batch officersDharmendra Kumar andDeepak Mishra have beengiven the rank of seniorspecial commissioners

Mehra will be lookingafter general administra-tion headquarters provi-sion and logistics estatewelfare training andrecruitments

The special unit head-ed by Kumar will virtuallycontrol all major depart-ments of Delhi Police in-cluding special cell crimebranch economic offenceswing intelligence branchsecurity wing and trafficpolice Kumar has just re-turned from Mizoram andwas being speculated to ei-ther take up EOW crime orspecial cellrsquos charge How-ever he has shocked manywith most units landing inhis kitty

Deepak Mishra hasbeen given the position ofldquolaw and order coordina-torrdquo in the new setup and

he will be looking after theranges operations DelhiArmed Police vigilancelegal cell and researchWith this the post of spe-cial commissioner (lawand order) has become va-cant Sources said Mishramay continue to holdcharge of the post till thepolice chief appoints oth-ers under him

Currently Delhi hasaround 17 special commis-sioners and the top brass isstruggling to fit all of themin By creating additionalposts Bassi has ended upelongating the reportingchain which may affect thedecision making processtop officers pointed out

The arrangement is al-so being seen as the begin-ning of the race for the newpolice chief rsquos appointmentscheduled in February2016 Seniority-wise 1979-batch officer Alok Vermais the frontrunner for thepost After Verma Kumarand Mishra stand a chanceHowever the race will betough as both belong to thesame batch Among othercontenders for the post areKarnal Singh currentlywith enforcement directo-rate and special commis-sioner JK Sharma

Is Bassi settingthe stage for

his departureTIMES NEWS NETWORK

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

GAG ORDER FAILS

7 MONTHS TO RETIRE Bassi

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI | THURSDAY AUGUST 6 2015

14 amp 15

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHISATURDAY AUGUST 8 20154 TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Delhi became green-er by 2000 more trees when a few hundred students from five city schools planted saplings at Astha Kunj near Nehru Place on the third day of the TOI Green Drive on Friday morning The campaign which will cover se-lect spots in the city in the com-ing days aims at planting 1 lakh saplings at Tilpath Valley by August 30

Officials from the horticulture department of DDA who were present at the venue said that tree species like bottle palms pistal palm pilkhon fistula palms etc were selected keeping their habi-tat in mind

TOIrsquos initiative with Hero Mo-

toCorp and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) was launched on Tuesday by lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung at Sanjay Lake in east Delhi with the planting of 2200 saplings

The 154-acre ground between Bahai House of Worship and ISKCON Temple was renovated and reopened as Astha Kunj in 1998 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Officials said most of the trees planted enrich the soil and allow vegeta-tion to grow around them ldquoWe usually avoid trees that require more waterrdquo said a DDA official

Students enrolled with Times NIE had reached the ground around 9am and were enthusi-astic about the drive Schools that joined the drive were DPS RK Puram Amity International School Saket Indian School Sadiq Nagar Bloom Public Vas-ant Kunj and Ryan International School Vasant Kunj

ldquoPlant a tree for a better to-morrow to save Delhi and India Make a promise todayrdquo a group of 20 students from Ryan Interna-tional School Vasant Kunj start-

ed off with this self-com-

posed song about planting trees ldquoEvery time we plant a tree we sing a song for it That brings out life in these plants The children have composed the song themselves and sing at every programme to create awarenessrdquo said Nirmaljit a teacher accom-panying the students of classes VII and VIII

ldquoWe have been doing such ac-tivities for the past few months and loved joining TOI in making the city greener We learn about our environment in classrooms

but hands-on learn-ing is a different thing altogether I love the smell of soil I would come back to see how my tree has grownrdquo said Sarthak a 14-year-old

Applauding TOI for the ven-ture students from Amity Inter-national School Saket said they would like to participate again ldquoThis is a good extra-curricular activity for us Usually we do ac-tivities that are smaller in scale but this is big Planting 1 lakh

trees would definitely change Delhirsquos airrdquo said Sanya

The children were joined by monks from ISKCON Temple who helped plant 20 saplings ldquoWe are happy to sow one more life in our backyardrdquo said Day-anand a monk

With song on lips kids paint green futurePhotos Yogesh Kumar

Photos Anindya Chattopadhyay and Vipin

GREEN WARRIORS FIGHT ON Students from five city schools and ISKCON monks take part in the drive

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi In April 2013 the Na-tional Green Tribunal directed authorities to remove concrete from within 125m radius of the base of every tree in the capital That order has gone largely un-implemented Whatrsquos worse in many places the agencies have done a shoddy job further endan-gering the treesrsquo survival

As a result despite their great potential to clean the air and im-prove micro-climate many trees in Delhi are in a precarious state and many others are dead hav-ing been deprived of essential nutrients

Municipal corporations NDMC DDA and PWD were agencies supposed to carry out the deconcretization order But court-appointed commissioners who inspected various parts of the capital have told TOI that hardly any effort was put into completing the de-concretization project in any zone Whatever was done was done in patches and haphazardly often leaving roots exposed or injured and causing danger of toppling

A court commissioner said in 99 of cases cavities werenrsquot filled with fresh soil ldquoThey have tried to de-concretize a few trees in each area but havenrsquot com-pleted the job Without fresh soil to hold them they are obviously vulnerablerdquo he said

Three localitiesmdashRK Puram Hauz Khas and Ashok Viharmdashwere taken up for de-concretiza-tion Only work in RK Puram and Hauz Khas has been partially completed said commissioners

Prabhakar Rao of Kalpa-vriksh pointed out that even in places where it appears that the concrete has been removed only a thin layer has been dug out and filled with fresh soil If one looks closely one finds that under-neath itrsquos still concrete

ldquoI think the official responsi-ble for clearing a certain project should be held responsible for the damage done to the trees Officials can easily ensure the contractor leaves a space of 1m around the tree I also feel this

clause should be inbuilt in the contractrdquo Rao said

Deconcretizing is like first aid for trees that cannot be healed completely said the expert These trees are prone to all kinds of diseasesmdashtheir bark starts decaying and they have growths and pests The fact that there are so many of them in residential areas indicates that many trees here may be dying or are dead al-ready said Rao

Meanwhile court commis-sioners too found only the top layer of concrete removed in

Ashok Vihar as well as construc-tion waste at the bottom of trees ldquoI donrsquot think the agencies have managed to protect trees from concrete anywhere except in NDMC areasrdquo said Aditya Pras-ad who had filed a petition in NGT against the pathetic condi-tion of trees

Trees may also be affected by severe air pollution ldquoThe ultrafine pollution particles are affecting their healthrdquo said Chirashree Ghosh of the envi-ronmental sciences department of Delhi University

Concrete choking trees even two years after NGT order

2000 Saplings Planted At Astha Kunj Near Nehru Place On Friday


village

Vishal Bagh to GhogaCrossing

Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai Lakhs of Indians need organ transplants but less than a 1000 transplants are performed each year Lack of awareness about the proc-ess of volunteering to donate organs is one of the biggest hurdles Hospitals are trying to create awareness at the same time pointing to the need for processes and infrastruc-ture to be in place so that more medical facilities can handle organ donation processes

Every ICU in India should have a panel of doctors trained and authorized to diagnose brain death says Dr Vinay Kumaran director HPB amp liver transplant at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and also a ldquocoordinator who can approach a family to re-quest organ donationrdquo ldquoUn-fortunatelyrdquo Kumaran said ldquothese systems are not in place in most parts of the countryrdquo

But where there is patients are benefi tting Take the case of Rohini Shamkunwwar 45 who was undergoing treat-ment for brain tumour when she suffered intracerebral haemorrhage and slipped into irreversible coma Doctors identifi ed her clinically brain-dead Her husband Pankaj Shamkunwar was unable to accept that his wife would be no more It took doctors and coordinators days of counsel-ling to make him understand her condition In the tragedy that befell him Pankaj shared with the doctors how she had

been a sensitive and caring person ldquoWhen she saw an injured animal or bird shersquod bring it home to take carerdquo he said Realizing it was impos-sible to bring his wife back Shamkunwar came forward to help doctors start the donation process Rohinirsquos organs gave fi ve patients a new lease of life

It remains an intricate net-work between coordinators healthcare personnel law enforcement and lsquoend-usersrsquo says Dr Sanjay Pandey urolo-gist amp renal transplant sur-geon at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital urging that the gaps need to fi lled ldquoThe administrative procedure required at unearthly hours when faced with a brain-dead patient is a big challengerdquo

Where there is awareness families are empathetic Ka-lpana Dantara collapsed at home while having lunch with family and friends Taken fi rst to a nursing home she was transferred to KDAH three days later where doc-tors declared her brain-dead This family readily agreed to donate ldquoWhy waste organs burning them always bet-ter to donate organs to those in needrdquo Kalpanarsquos husband said Her daughter agreed ldquoIrsquove lost my mother no one can replace her but I donrsquot want to see others to lose their dear ones toordquo she said

The rate of organ donation after brain death in India has increased from 005 per mil-lion population in 2006 to 034 per million population in 2014 reports Mohan Foundation

Empathy drives donation but processes need to be in place

An initiative of The Times of India is being presented in

partnership with Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital amp Medical Research Institute to create awareness around

organ donation and get more people to register as donors

CALL TO ACTION

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To show your support for organ donation give us a missed call on 08080055555

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To sign up as an organ donor visit

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Let friends and family know yoursquore a registered organ donor

1 On your FB profile page on lsquoUpdate Status boxrsquo click on lsquoLife Eventrsquo

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httpwwworgandonationdayinindexphpaboutpartners

There should be a coordinator

in hospitals who can approach the family to request organ donation

DR VINAY KUMARAN | Director HPB amp Liver Transplant KDAH

The organisational procedure

of bringing about co-ordination at unearthly hours is a challenge

DR SANJAY PANDEY | Urologist amp Renal Transplant Surgeon KDAH

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The capital got 1000 more trees on Tuesday morning with over 200 students from seven schools planting saplings on the fourth day of TOI Green Drive in Green area opposite Sidhola village on GT Karnal Road

Green Drive a TOI initiative along with Hero MotoCorp and Del-hi Development Authority (DDA) aims at planting 1 lakh saplings in Tilpath Valley Maidan Garhi on Au-gust 30 after covering select spots in the city After its launch on August 4 by lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung at Sanjay Lake in east Delhi around 6700 saplings were planted in the first three days of the drive

Officials of the horticulture de-partment of DDA said trees like Ashok longifolia chakrassia cassia fistula and pongamia glabra were found suitable for Green area

Students from seven schools en-rolled with Times NIEmdashDAV Pub-lic School Khera Khurd DLDAV Model School Shalimar Bagh Jain Bharti School Alipur Jaspal Kaur Public School Shalimar Bagh The Mann School Alipur Sant Sujan School Swaroop Nagar and Shriram School Jind-purmdashparticipated enthusias-tically in Tuesdayrsquos drive

A group of 30 stu-dents from Shriram School started with their slogan about planting treesmdashlsquoYou save me I will save yoursquo They also car-ried a placard which proclaimed lsquoClean and green is our perfect dreamrsquo

ldquoWe have come to-day to learn more about planting trees and rep-licate it in our school This is a perfect drive

to involve schoolchildren in a good causerdquo said Indu Gulati a teacher of DLDAV Model School

Disha Raghav a Class IX student said ldquoI plant trees whenever I go

back to my village and I am hap-py to be a part of this drive It feels great when you get a chance to nurture something with your own hand Our

teachers have always taught us about the importance of planting trees and more such

drives should be encouragedrdquo A Delhi-based group of drum-

mers DjembeFola United joined the drive to boost childrenrsquos confidence and enthusiasm on the humid morning With

Independence Day just a few days away patriotic songs were played and a dance perform-ance was also organized

After the planting session came the selfie time with the stu-

dents eager to capture their involve-

ment in a noble cause All partici-pants also applauded the TOI drive against pollution and thanked it for involving them

ldquoI have always been keen on learning about plants Today I got an opportunity to try my hand and the interaction with officials has made me aware about the need to plant a particular species in a specific area I thank TOI for bringing us all hererdquo said an enthusiastic Thangson Taw-mbing a Class XI student

Trees planted to drum beats







village


Sec 28-IIRohiniSec 28

Rohini

Sanjay Lake




GREEN WARRIORS Students from seven city schools planted 1000 saplings during Tuesdayrsquos drive

Photos Rajesh Mehta

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHIWEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 20154 TIMES CITY

New Delhi The Supreme Court onTuesday gave a big boost to the cash-str-apped municipal corporations of Delhiby allowing them to assess and demandproperty tax based on the annual marketrent that the premises would fetch

This will be a huge bonanza for thecivic bodies especially in commercialareas where shopkeepers because oflong period of tenancy are paying a pit-tance in rent The civic body will now as-sess the property tax based on annualrent that the premises would fetch in thearea at present market rates

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and R FNariman upheld MCDrsquos contention thatthe civic body in 1994 had laid down newby-laws for determination of propertytax rendering inoperative earlier SCjudgments barring demand of propertytax calculated on the basis of annualrent at present market rates

The MCD had argued ldquoOnce theMCD lays down its own by-laws princi-ples laid down in the two Supreme Courtjudgments referred to no longer apply asthey were applied in situations where

the MCD did not itself lay down how an-nual value is to be determinedrdquo

The bench said that ldquoWe are of theview that the counsel for the corporationappears to be correcthellip We hold that forassessments made after the 1994 bylawscame into existence such assessmentsshall be governed by these bylaws aloneand the principles laid down in BalbirSinghrsquos case and P R Chaudharyrsquos casewould have no relevance in such a situa-tionrdquo

Bylaw 3 of the 1994 bylaws providedfor determination of ratable value forlands and buildings

ldquoWhere the premises are on rent therent actually realized or realizable un-less the same is collusive or concession-al shall be the annual rent Where the

tenancy commences on or after the 1stday of April 1995 and where the commis-sioner has reason to believe that the de-clared rent does not represent the preva-lent rent of the year of letting and thedifference between declared rent andthe prevalent rent is more than 25 ofthe declared rent the annual rent shallbe the prevalent rentrdquo the bylaw said

It further said prevalent rent wouldbe determined by a panel of assessors tobe appointed by the commissioner andthe panel would include representativesfrom government MCD taxation de-partment and property ownersrsquo associ-ation of the area concerned

ldquoWhere the building or part thereofis used or to be used as a banquet hallcinema hall club guest house hotelnursing home or as house for marriagesand such other functions the annualrent shall be the amount calculated at10 of the market price of land in theyear of assessment and the cost of con-struction of the building cost of fix-tures and fittings and cost of additionsalterations and improvements or theprevalent rent whichever is higherrdquo theby-laws said

Property tax boost to corpns The Supreme Court judgment will be a huge bonanza for thecash-strapped civic bodies especially in commercial areaswhere shopkeepers because oflong period of tenancy are payinga pittance in rent

DhananjayMahapatratimesgroupcom

New Delhi A month afterAAP MLA from Kondli ManojKumar was held on charges offorgery and cheating his per-sonal assistant Deepak Shar-ma was arrested on Tuesdayfor extorting money fromshopkeepers in east DelhirsquosMayur Vihar Phase-III

Joint CP (eastern range)Sanjay Beniwal confirmed thearrest The police complaintwas filed by ration shop own-ers and workers in Gharoli ar-ea Mukesh Kumar one of thecomplainants told TOI thatSharma had demanded Rs2000 from him ldquoI have beenworking in the ration shopowned by one Anita from thelast 10 years Sharma asked forRs 2000 and threatened to getthe shop sealed if I donrsquot pay

him He also said that if I wantthe shop to remain open I willhave to pay him every monthrdquoKumar said

Another complainant Na-seef Ahmed said that he has al-ready paid the money ldquoI havebeen working at this rationshop from the last three yearsThe owner is paralyzed andmost of the time he stays athome while I look after the

shop On August 3 Sharmacame to me said everyone isgiving money so even we willhave to pay I paid him Rs 2000on August 3rdquo said Ahmed

APCR call was made by theshopkeepers around 11amCops took their statement andSharma was arrested around8pm under IPC sections 384(extortion) and 385 (puttingperson in fear of injury in or-der to commit extortion) A se-nior police officer said sevenFIRs were registered againsthim at Ghazipur police stationon complaints by local shop-keepers and on the basis of sci-entific and forensic evidencecollected from the area

Two FIRs have been lodgedfor extorting money fromshopkeepers and workerswhile the remaining five per-tain to putting people in fear ofinjury in a bid to extort money

Kondli MLArsquos assistantheld on extortion charges

Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom

New Delhi The Delhi gov-ernmentrsquos plan to celebrateIndependence Day as ldquoSwa-raj Parvrdquo from August 14 to 16at Central Park in ConnaughtPlace has been cancelled

While the state govern-ment said the programmehad been cancelled due toldquobad weatherrdquo a letter fromDelhi Police shows that theprogramme failed to get secu-rity clearance ldquoSwaraj Parvwas cancelled due to badweather conditionsrdquo Delhihome minister SatyendarJain said at a press confer-ence on Tuesday Howeversources in Delhi governmentsaid that the police had onMonday itself refused to givepermission to hold the event

ldquoWe received a letter fromthe DCP (New Delhi) statingthat there may be law and or-der problem in the areaahead of Independence Dayif the programme is held af-

ter which the function wascancelledrdquo said a senior gov-ernment official

Interestingly when tou-rism minister Kapil Mishrawas asked while announcingthe event on Monday wheth-er police permission hadbeen granted to hold theevent at Central Park he hadreplied in the affirmativeMishra had also said that all

events that used to be con-ducted by different depart-ments of Delhi governmenthad been centralized andmade part of one eventmdashSwaraj Parv

ldquoBecause of Independ-ence Day maximum staff hasbeen deployed Also there isahigh alert because of recentterrorist attack so we do notwant to take any risk There-fore permission for the eventwas not grantedrdquo a senior po-lice official said

Govt cancels grandI-Day event at CP

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS

New Delhi Chief ministerArvind Kejriwal on Tuesdaydeclared that his govern-ment was against privatiza-tion of water and that even ifthere was private participa-tion in water projects itwould be restricted to con-struction Operation anddistribution the CM saidwould remain in the handsof the government

Kejriwal made the state-ment during the inaugura-tion of an exhibi-tion on watertechnology WhileAAP has made itsopposition to waterprivatization clearand mentioned thisin its election man-ifesto for Delhi thisis possibly the firsttime Kejriwal has expressedhis opposition to privatiza-tion as a government repre-sentative He said his suspi-cion of the model was basedon the experience of privati-zation of power

Delhi presently hasthree public private partner-ship projects going on to im-prove water availabilitySources said that while thethree were at a stage wherethey could not be cancelled

there could be a change inscope of work of the privatecompanies

The announcement waswelcomed by the CitizenFront for Water DemocracyWater Workers Alliance andWater Sewer and SewageDisposal Employees UnionAll the groups had staunch-ly opposed the previous gov-ernmentrsquos bid to bring in pri-vate participation in watermanagement

ldquoIt is the governmentrsquosresponsibility to ensure

clean drinking wa-ter for its citizensand we will not givethis responsibilityto any private com-pany If a govern-ment cannot supplywater to its peoplethen there is no useof being in power

This does not mean we areignoring private players Wewant large scale participa-tion from private companiesin water sector but owner-ship and distribution chan-nel will remain with the gov-ernmentrdquo said Kejriwal

The CM said that withDelhi dependent on otherstates for water it will haveto shift towards recyclingand rainwater harvesting tobecome self sufficient

lsquoNo privatizationof water projectsrsquo

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND

New DelhiThe AAP govern-ment on Tuesday told Delhihigh court that Anti-Corrup-tion Branch (ACB) was nottaking action against corruptofficials ACB headed by M KMeena is not even register-ing zero FIRs it said

The government also sub-mitted that there is no bar onACBrsquos powers to investigateacts of corruption irrespec-tive of who the offender is

The government made thesubmission before Justice VP Vaish and opposed the Cen-trersquos stand that an FIR canrsquotbe lodged against DDA offi-cials on an SDMrsquos complaintthat they were allegedly ac-cepting bribe and said it wasdone deliberately

In a separate case the gov-ernment told HC curtailingACB from investigating of-fences by officers of the Cen-tre is wholly illegal

Govt ACB notacting against

corruptionTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Delhi health minister Sa-tyendar Jain said hospi-tals have been directed

to procure NS1 Antigen detec-tion kits and also arrange foradequate number of beds

With 66 new cases lastweek Delhi has seen 119 den-gue cases so far this seasonmdashthe highest for the correspond-ing period since 2010 Onedeathmdashof a three-year-oldboymdash has been confirmed

In a bid to spread aware-ness government said school-kids will be taught about thelife cycle of the Aedes mosqui-to which transmits the virusand engaged in dengue-controlactivities The health depart-ment has also asked for pam-phlets explaining symptomsdos and donrsquots transmissionand habitats of mosquitoes

Maximumdengue cases

since 2010Continued from P1

New DelhiChief minister Ar-vind Kejriwal met his counter-part from West Bengal Mama-ta Banerjee in Delhi onTuesday night to discuss cen-tre-state relations

Banerjee has been support-ing the CMrsquos fight for full state-hood This is yet another indi-cation of Kejriwal bolstering athird front with leaders of non-BJP states The CM earlier metBihar CM Nitish Kumar

They met at TMC MP Abh-ishek Banerjeersquos South Avenuehome After the meeting Kejri-wal said ldquoThere will be a semi-nar on cooperative federalismon September 22 She will at-tend along with other CMsrdquo

Banerjee tweeted ldquoHave al-so invited him to Kolkata Itwas good to host him in a home-ly atmosphererdquo

CM Mamatafocus on tieswith Centre

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

8 sick after eatingmidday meal A fewstudents of ChittaranjanDas Sarvodaya Kanya Vi-dyalaya in New Seelampurfell sick on Monday alleg-edly after eating their mid-day meal According to theDirectorate of Educationeight girls complained ofldquostomach ache and giddi-nessrdquo after eating DoEhowever insists that themeal was checked andfound to be ldquofinerdquo TNN

Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Joining the fight against air pollution in the city over 500 students from 12 schools planted 3200 sap-lings on the fifth and sixth days of TOI Green Drive just after Independence Day

On August 17 students from five schools planted 1200 saplings in the green belt near Vishal Bagh on GT Karnal Road while the next

day seven schools contribut-ed by planting 2000 saplings in a 6-acre plot opposite Ba-koli village also on GT Kar-nal Road

Green Drive a TOI ini-tiative along with Hero Mo-toCorp and Delhi Develop-ment Authority (DDA) aims at planting 1 lakh saplings in Tilpath Valley Maidan

Garhi on August 30 af-ter covering several areas across the city At least 7700 saplings have been planted since lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung launched the drive at Sanjay Lake in east Del-hi on August 4

Species like chakrassia and cassia semia were found suit-able for Vishal Bagh while cassia semia oleander and pongamia glabra were planted oppo-site Bakoli

Students from 12 schoolsmdash DAV Public School Pushpanjali En-clave DAV School KR International School and Maharaja Agarsain Public School in Narela Adriel High School GD Goenka Public School and Sachdeva Public School in Rohini Sachdeva Public School Goodley Public School Bal Bharti Public School and

Jagannath International School in Pitampura and Modern Public School in Shalimar Baghmdashpartici-pated in the drive All these schools are enrolled with Times NIE

Several students car-ried placards with slo-gans like lsquoLetrsquos make

Delhi greenerrsquo lsquoThe best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago the next time is todayrsquo and lsquoTree and plants what a sight being with them is a true delightrsquo

ldquoI have planted 30 sap-lings all by myself and I am going to plant more We learnt from our teacher about the rising level of pol-lution in Delhi and I have promised myself to plant lots of trees whenever I canrdquo

said Jatin Harshit a Class VII student

ldquoMy target is to plant at least 50 trees todayrdquo

Shobit Bansal a Class VIII student said ldquoI plant trees in my school and in the park near my house My mother has taught me how to plant a tree and she keeps telling me about different species and their impact on our environment I am hap-py that we have been invited to take part in such a driverdquo

To boost the studentsrsquo enthusiasm and make the drive a little competitive TOI also announced special gifts for the students who will plant most number of saplings

A Delhi-based group of drummers DjembeFola United joined the drive for the second time on August 18 Drum beats and mild showers also prompted the students to break into sing-ing and dancing in between

planting the sap-lings

Many students didnrsquot even want

to leave ldquoIt is good at times to go out and do

something different I thank TOI for organ-

izing such a wonderful event I wish to come

backrdquo said Ayush Mittal a Class IX student

Students plant to clean city air Photos Vipin




On August 307am onwards

GO GREEN Students from 12 schools took part in TOI Green Drive on August 17 and 18

Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Vishal Bagh to Ghoga Crossing Sec 28-II

RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday


New Delhi The race betweena cluster bus and a DTC to re-ach first at a stop in west Del-hirsquos Janakpuri resulted in ayouth on a bike gettingcrushed and his friend ridingpillion getting seriously in-jured on Tuesday

The victim Sumit Kumar(24) was a resident of Sagar-pur and heading to Janakpurifor his computer classes alongwith his friend Sunil (26) Theyouths were taken to DeenDayal Upadhyay Hospitalwhere Sumit was declaredbrought dead Sunil is beingtreated for a fractured leg andseveral other injuries

The accident took placearound 1215pm at PankhaRoad when the buses going to-wards Dwarka from Sagarpurstarted racing to get ahead ofeach other ldquoThe driver of thecluster bus suddenly braked toavoid a collision Sumit whowas behind the bus alsobraked but another DTC bus(DL1P C7567) coming from be-hind could not stop intime As a result theDTC bus rammed intothe bike smashing itinto the cluster busrdquosaid a senior police official

ldquoThe impact ofthe collision was suchthat the bike slid un-der the bus The acci-dent took place on the shortstretch between Janak cinemahall and DESU colony The in-cident could have been avertedif the bus drivers had not beenstruggling for space on such abusy road We will check withthe driver if the vehicle wasspeeding or why the brakescouldnrsquot be applied on timerdquosaid a cop

The driver of the DTC busAshok has been arrestedldquoThough the driver has been

arrested for mowing down mybrother he will be out on bailsoon My elder brother hadcompleted his BA and wassearching for a job We arethree siblings one sister andtwo brothers Our father is atailor in Naraina and motheris a housewiferdquo said Nitin Su-mitrsquos younger brother

Meanwhile traffic policeofficials said that they would

share the prosecutionhistory of each driverwith DIMTS so thataction can be takenagainst them ldquoWe ex-pect DIMTS to takecorrective actionagainst the errantdrivers so that suchincidents do not oc-currdquo said Muktesh

Chander special commission-er of police (traffic)

Traffic police had sent a re-quest to DIMTS to check thehistory of drivers employedby the contractors before theywere allowed to drive busesbut no records were found tobe maintained Cops also con-ducted a survey to check forGPS devices in the cluster bus-es but most of them werefound running without thesystem

KILLER RIDE A DTC bus hit the bike smashing it into the cluster bus

DTC amp cluster busesrace biker gets killed

Sumit Kumar

New Delhi A cluster busrammed into two teenagerson a scooter after jumping atraffic signal on Tuesdaymorning near Inderlok Met-ro station injuring them crit-ically Outraged over the inci-dent locals damaged the busby pelting it with stones

Apart from the bus driverpolice have also arrestedthree people who led the mob Eight more people havebeen identified for creatingthe unrest

The incident was report-ed around 730 am The ac-cused Anant (26) was driv-ing the cluster bus on route234 between Karampura Ter-minal and Harsh Vihar

ldquoThe driver was identi-fied with the help of the busrsquosnumber He was arrested and booked under IPC Sec-tion 279 (rash driving) Thelocals who vandalized the busand also hurt the cops have al-so been arrestedrdquo said DCP(north) Madhur Verma

The teenagers have beenidentified as Muazzim Aliwho was riding the scooterand Abid the pillion riderEyewitnesses said the cluster

bus jumped the red light 20seconds before it turnedgreen

Ali and Abid were rushedto a hospital from where the former was referred toSushruta Trauma Center Hehas been put on ventilatorwhile Abid who has receivedhead injuries has been asked to get a CT scan Alirsquosinjuries are serious as hewas not wearing a helmetdoctors said

at Sarai Rohilla police stationagainst unknown people un-der sections of rioting caus-ing damage to public proper-ty and assaulting a publicservant

Alirsquos father Mohd Akramsaid that his son had return-ed home after dropping hisyounger sister to school Heleft home saying he was goingto a nearby park to meet hisfriend something which hedid regularly

After the accident resi-dents of a nearby JJ clustergathered at the spot and pelt-ed stones at the bus breakingthe windowpanes A cop inthe PCR van was also injuredwhen he tried to stop the mobThe locals then blocked theroad and stopped traffic foraround two hours

The drama ended aftertwo hours when police start-ed arresting people A sepa-rate case has been registered

Cluster bus jumps trafficlight rams teens on scooter

Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

The mother of MuazzimAli waits at the hospitalas her son has been puton ventilator Doctorssaid his condition is serious

New Delhi In a rare arrest the CBI on Tuesdaycaught a special metropolitan magistrate in Delhiwhile allegedly taking Rs 25000 bribe from a shop-keeper in south Delhirsquos Alaknanda Market bythreatening to seal his shop

The special metropolitan magistrate R P Bha-tia central zone (littering) Municipal Corpora-tion of Delhi (MCD) has been booked under vari-ous actions of Prevention of Corruption Act

CBI alleged that the magistrate had challanedthe complainant an owner of a readymade gar-ments shop in Alaknanda Market in south Delhiduring an inspection on August 10

ldquoThe magistrate directed the shop owner toappear in his court at Lajpat Nagar When thecomplainant reached there the magistrate alleg-edly demanded illegal gratification of Rs 60000from him for settling the challan else his shopwould be sealedrdquo said a CBI official

The shop owner had told him that he didnrsquothave that kind of bribe to pay so after negotia-tions the bribe money was reduced to Rs 25000

Magistrate heldfor taking bribe

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi In another acci-dent the car of east DelhirsquosKondli councillor was hit by atruck on Tuesday morningnear Ghazipur mandirsquos papermarket The truck driver hasbeen arrested

The incident was reportedaround 720 am when the 40-year-old councillor Rajiv Ku-mar Verma was on his way todrop his two daughters toschool

Verma who has receivedinjury on his head and facesaid that when the truck hithis white i20 car his car turn-ed a few times The localsrushed to his rescue and gothim out of the car But the cardoors got locked and Vermarsquosyounger daughter got stuck in-side She was later rescued

One of the eyewitnessesVijay Menon said he saw thetruck overspeeding ldquoIt has be-come a routine affair of over-speeding truck ramming intoprivate vehiclesrdquo he said TNN

Truck hitscouncillorrsquoscar 1 held

Another Hurt Police Say It Was AvoidableTIMES NEWS NETWORK


4 13 15 amp 17

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHIFRIDAY AUGUST 21 20156 TIMES CITY

New Delhi NationalGreen Tribunal on Thurs-day slammed Delhi JalBoard over delay in con-struction of sewagetreatment plants

ldquoYou have people andprivate agencies who areready to work Are youwaiting for everybody todie of sickness This iswhat you will contributeas a public bodyrdquo abench headed by NGTChairperson Justice Swa-tanter Kumar said

ldquoYou have a set mindof working You are work-ing on the lines of NHAI ofIndia which has taken 9years to start working onEastern Peripheral Ex-pressway You peopleshould compete in Guin-ness world recordrdquo itsaid TNN

Tribunal pulls up DJB over

sewage plants

7th Death Anniversary

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14111925 - 21082008

You are being missedevery moment Sethis - Vasant KunjPh 011-26894770268925279910033355 9811021582

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New Delhi The seventh and eighth day of TOI Green Drive saw 913 stu-dents from 19 schools plant 3007 saplings

On August 19 645 students from 13 schools planted 1500 saplings on a 52-acre plot behind Baghban Apartment on the green belt of Rohini Sector 28 On August 20 students from six schools planted 1507 saplings on a 12-acre plot next to TPDDL again on the green belt of Rohini Sector 28 Green Drive a TOI initiative along with Hero MotoCorp and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) aims at planting 1 lakh saplings in Tilpath Valley Maidan Garhi on August 30 after covering several areas across the city At least 10707 saplings have

been planted since lieutenant gov-ernor Najeeb Jung launched the drive at Sanjay Lake in east Delhi on August 4

Among the species chosen was Schleichera oleosa that was planted behind Baghban Apartment and Pongamia glabra that was planted

next to TPDDL The schools that participated were SD Public School Pitampura Sachdeva School Ro-hini Mount Abu Public School Ro-hini Tulip Public School Rohini

CRPF Public School Rohini St Margaret Senior Secondary School Rohini Arvind Gupta DAV Centenary Public School Model Town Yuvashakti Model School Ro-hini North Delhi School Rohini Venkateshwar Glo-bal School Rohini Sri Guru Nanak Public School Adarsh Nagar Queen Maryrsquos School Rohini Sovereign Pub-lic School Rohini Ryan Inter-national School Rohini NK Bagrodia Public School Ro-hini Darshan Academy Kirpal Bagh Remal Public School Ro-hini Queen Maryrsquos School Model Town and Vikas Bharati Public School Rohini All schools are en-

rolled with Times NIEDDA Horticulture Department

Deputy Director TP Singh said ldquoEach student planted 19-20 sap-lings They were so dedicated and sincererdquo He also praised their enthusiasm ldquoTheyrsquove all planted more than two dozen each all in a jiffy We either need more saplings

to meet their energy or put a cap

on the number each can plantrdquoSumit Yadav a prefect said ldquoI

have planted 19 I would love to

plant morerdquo His friends Pankaj Sharma and Mahima Yadav planted 20 each Students were seen grab-bing water cans and sprinklers and plant every sapling that caught their sight even if they had fin-ished doing their share

ldquoThis is so much funrdquo shouted some as they rushed to tighten the soil around their saplings With most schools having eco clubs EVS

classes and students having watched their parents tend to kitchen gardens had tales to share with their friends as they got their hands

dirty Rose Harith

Niyati Punjabi Guneet Kaur

and Ridhi Pandey from Vikas Bharati

rendered a poem extempore Dheere

dheere kat rahe hai ped (trees are being cut

gradually) on the occasion Students from Vikas Bharati

had also brought their own sap-lings apart from those offered by the organizers

Spirited kids plant over 3000 trees



at Tilpath Valley Block M Devli Sainik Farms right next to Ignou



Photos Vipin

Bakoli

villageSidholavillage

Vishal Bagh to Ghoga Crossing Sec

28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were

planted at Rohini on Wednesday and Thursday

ENTHUSIASM DRIVES THE DAY Children from 19 schools planted over 3000 trees on August 19 and 20 on the green belt at Rohini Sector 28

Plant 1 lakh trees

Published for the Proprietors Bennett Coleman amp Co Ltd by Balraj Arora at Times House 7Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi -110002 and printed by him at Times Of India Press 13 Site IV Industrial Area Sahibabad (UP) Dainik Jagran Press Plot NO C22-1 Selaqui Industrial Area Dehradun(UTTARAKHAND) and Dainik Jagran Press Biharman Nagla Pilibhit Bypass Road Bareilly (UP) Regd Office Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road Mumbai-400001 Editor (Delhi Market) Arindam Sengupta ndash responsible for selection of news under PRB Act All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of Publisher is prohibited

RNI NO 50857Air Charge Ahmedabad Hyderabad Chennai Nagpur amp via Rs500 Leh Rs200 Price in Nepal NEP Rs1500

Made in New Delhi Volume 66 No 199

New Delhi The governmentwill launch a portal to makefor the first time the entireprocess involving MLA LocalArea Development Funds on-line by the end of this month Itis planning a two-day pro-gramme early next week totrain the MLAs in using theportalmdashfrom the stage of ap-plication to sanction to thecompletion of a project Eachof them will also be assigned aunique login ID

The executing authority ofall such projects will changewith the newly constitutedDelhi Urban Development Au-thority (DUDA) replacing theurban development depart-ment as a step towards decen-tralization of governance DU-DA which will be headed ineach of the 11 districts by therespective district magistrateis getting its initial staff fromPWD and Delhi Urban ShelterImprovement Board

The agency will also imple-ment projects approved dur-ing the recent mohalla sabhameetings in 11 assembly con-stituencies The DMs are al-ready checking estimates forthese projects which will be fi-nanced through Swaraj Fund

The Kejriwal governmentis projecting DUDA madefunctional on August 15 as abeginning of the end of redtape in delivering develop-ment projects Deputy chiefminister Manish Sisodia hadsaid the new agency wouldwork as the central agency forexecution of all developmen-tal projects in Delhi

Projects byMLAs to go online

by Aug-endAmbikaPandit

timesgroupcom

The Delhi high court onThursday slammed NorthCorporation for allotting theParade Ground parking areain Chandni Chowk for theRamlila celebrations in vio-lation of court orders Thecivic body was ldquoindifferentrdquoto the need of being ac-countable to the people

Bar council told to sub-mit Tomar report Thehigh court has directed BarCouncil of Delhi to file its re-port on progress made in itsprobe against former lawminister Jitender Singh To-mar in the fake degree case

Nirbhaya convict sayshe was attacked in jailOne of the four convicts inthe Nirbhaya gang rapecase who is also facing trialin a robbery case on Thurs-day moved an application ina trial court seeking bettersecurity in Tihar jail

N Corpn to offer insur-ance benefits North Cor-poration is planning to pro-vide benefits of PradhanMantri Suraksha Bima Yoja-na to employees kids study-ing in its schools and old-age pensioners

Fire officer sacked fortaking bribe A fire officerhas been dismissed for hav-ing taken a bribe of Rs 1lakh to issue a clearancecertificate in February 2013

Mayors meet to makeDelhi a tourist hub Over40 mayors and councilorsattended a meet in Delhi todiscuss ways of making thecapital a tourist hub

CITY DIGEST

HC raps N Corpnfor Ramlila move

New Delhi Law facultustudents protested infront of the dean of stu-dentsrsquo welfare office af-ter they failed in semes-ter exams They saidaround 60 students insecond and final semes-ters were erroneouslymarked absent in examsand were declared failed

The students said theexamination departmenthas decided to re-eval-uate their papers But aDU official the studentshad performed poorlyand there is no provisionfor re-evaluation of theiranswersheets TNN

Law studentsprotest afterfailing in exam

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GIGS amp DINE OUT IN DELHI

GIGS IN TOWN

SUFI MAGIC IN THE CITYWith Sufi music coming of age the city is swooning to new-age beats From heady rhythms rock

music fusion and electronic influences follow our guide to have a memorable Sufi swirl this weekend

Dedicated nights talented performers and global influencesSufi music is the toast of the town right now We tell youabout five Sufi music hotspots in the city that are taking theexperience to a new high From rock bands giving a headbanging spin to DJs adding a dash of electronic beats Sufimusic in its new avatar is an experience you need to soak inthis weekend We tell you where you should be headed

SufiBollywood PebbleStreet N-61First FloorOuter CircleConnaughtPlace EveryThursdayNight 9 pmonwards 8 CommunityCentre NewFriends ColonyEvery Tuesday Night 9 PM OnwardsPebble Street has created a hub forfans of Sufi-Bollywood music with theamazing duo of Varun (Vocals amp Guitar)and Tanuj (Vocals and Keyboard) of the SufiBand Vedas at the helm The performances every Tuesday atPebble Street New Friends Colony and every Thursday atPebble Street Connaught Place have created a huge fanfollowing of those who love the soulful renditions of what ispopularly called Sufi-Bollywood The hugely talented duo belt outsome of the most popular contemporary numbers along with asubtle mix of some amazing retro tracks to create an experiencethat must be cherished Sing along and dance to the music IfSufi-Bollywood appeals to you look no further ndash Varun amp Tanujof Band Vedas will make your Tuesday and Thursday nights trulyunforgettable at Pebble Street Contact +91-9810060917 (CP)+91-9818864153 (NFC) Facebookwwwfacebookcompebblestreetnfc

Sensational Sufi Masabaa ndash The Treasury

37 Club Road WestPunjabi Bagh EveryFriday Masabaa ndash TheTreasury a luxuriousdiner at West PunjabiBagh Club Road isalready emergingas one of the mostpopularhangouts in thearea Adding toits popularityare conceptssuch as

Sensational SufiNight hosted everyFriday DJ Gunjanwho will be at thehelm of this headynight promises aswoon-till-youdrop affair withhis peppy beatsGreat food a well-stocked beverage section peppy beats and aviolinist and percussionist jamming live with a DJ ndash the reasonsto be at Masabaa tonight are endless Contact 95606969209560696921

The Legendary Sufi Night with Playback Live 1 Oak Cafeacuteamp Bar C 49 amp 50 Moolchand Shopping Complex DefenceColony Aug 21 830 pm onwards After a hectic week usherin the weekend on a soulful yet heady note over Sufi music at 1 Oak Cafeacute amp Bar Guests are treated to a performance by a newband every Friday Tonight itrsquos the turn of talented bandPlayback to mesmerise you with their melodious live act The

cafeacute and bar is becoming a hub for quality music and a livelyambience It has a cosy indoor and outdoor seating Join in thefun Contact 9999997977 011-41006641

Weekend Sufi Fever LanternsKitchen and BarRajendra BhawanRajendra Place Aug 21-Aug 23 Lanterns Kitchenand Bar has beenpopularising Sufi musicacross central Delhi withamazing gigs Theirupcoming Sufi music fest tobe held this weekendpromises to be a treat OnAug 21 Rishi Shridhar andhis band Unplugged Saints OnAug 22 Bollywood Sufi Night with Dev Bhardwaj and his bandKkhalish On Aug 23 Rizwan and his band Musiqaar Apart fromsoulful beats the place also offers an amazing selection ofglobal cuisine options It is also known for its reasonably pricedbeverage variety and bulk offers on the tap Lunch buffet `299 plus taxes Timings Noon-3 pm Restaurant timings1215 pm-1 am Contact 9899827808 9911007272

Elecktro Sufi Urban Pind M 31 M Block Market GK IIEvery Friday 9 pm onwards Urban Pind has always been afront-runner in introducing concept nights in the capital Theongoing Sufi Night is one such event that proves to be amongthe most popular Sufi acts that Delhi has hosted so far Featuringtop-notch Bollywood singer Shahid Mallya in collaboration withDJ and music producer Arkane and DJ Bobby the launch nightwas a gala event replete with fun music and entertainmentwhich left party-goers asking for more This musical madness is now a weekly affair at Urban Pind Head here tousher in every weekend every Friday 9 pm onwardsContact 9650221221 9650224224

Talentedduo Vedas lightup your Tuesday

and Thursday nightswith their live

Sufi acts

Multi-cuisine delicacies SouthAfrican-themed lounge bar a

well-stocked beverage sectionand heady beats - Masabaa isnot to be missed this weekend

Celebrations Galore Heritage Village Resort amp Spa NH-8 Manesar Gurgaon 5 km ahead of Manesar Toll

Planning an event and looking for the perfect venueLook no further than Select Hotels They have ateam of experts to plan and host your specialoccasion in style Be it a product launch anexhibition a conference of the board of directors atraining session a birthday party for your loved one or

even a simple yet elegantkitty party ndash leave theplanning and hosting tothe Heritage VillageResort team A part ofthis group is Selectedone of Indiarsquos leadingevent catering companies They offer a completely personalisedand unique experience that will surpass all expectations Theirtagline lsquoCreate magic through foodrsquo echoes in the service aswell Just 30 minutes away from the airport and Gurgaon theluxury banquet facilities and terrace garden offer a wide choiceof gourmet dining options perfect venues for weddings

celebrations parties and reunions Elegant settings modernamenities and an attentive staff make the resort an

ideal destination for a rejuvenating experience

Birthday high tea ` 750 plus tax per guest Kitty party ` 1000 plus tax per guest onwards All inclusive family package ` 10500 plus tax

onwards Check in 2 pm Check out 11 amContact 011-40788888 8010445555

CELEBRATION DESTINATION

Enjoy awholesomerejuvenating

experience at thisresort that is just an

hour from thecity

New Wedding Menu Kitchen Kraft Catering Co

Set a date for your wedding and leave the rest toKitchen Kraft Catering Co Chef Karan Talwar willserve the most delectable dishes and lay out yourtable in style Treat your guests to flavourful Asianand American delicacies The wide variety includestomato soup shots mango and shrimpsoup mozarella cheese cigars cornseekh kebabs roasted lamb withrosemary dal Bukhara cakeminiatures with chocolatefondant and more A seasonedprofessional Talwar has 15 yearsof experience in the food industryand has been associated with leadingfive star hotel chains in India SingaporeMalaysia and the US

Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU

Treatyour guests to anamazing culinarytreat prepared by

Kitchen KraftCatering Co

Punjabi Groove With Jassi Gill ampBabbal Rai Capitol Hotel AshokChanakyapuri Aug 21 9 pmonwards

Capitol brings an evening of unlimitedPunjabi fun with two

popular singers inthe house ndash JassiGill and BabbalRai Jassi Gill an

actor and singermade his debut in

2011 with thealbumBachmateHis secondalbumreleased in2013 withthe number

Lancerbecominga huge hit

cementing

his reputation as one of the mostversatile Punjabi singers Babbal Raicaught the attention ofmusic lovers with hissong AustralianChalla His firstalbum Sau Puttestablished hisposition in the Punjabimusic industryHe has beenactivelycomposingandreleasinghis ownmusic eversince along withplayback singingfor Punjabicinema Catchthe two powerperformers livein action

Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH

Rajasthani Treats At Home Kathputli35 Defence Colony Market

Kathputli the Rajasthani speciality restaurant in Delhi hasbeen a delight for all foodies who are looking for an authenticRajasthani meal Now customers can feast on Rajasthani food

in the comfort of their home Kathputli has started an a lacarte takeaway and home delivery service The must-try

dishes include dal baati churma gatta curry ker sangri koftaand bajra roti Home delivery option can be availed only within

an area of five km Free Home Delivery

Contact 011-4155204647 9911729955httpswwwfacebookcom kathputlirestaurant

RAJASTHANI FARE

South Indian Dining Shree Rathnam

N-161 A Fifth FloorCommunity Centre

Gautam Nagar

Enjoy authentic foodfrom south India atShree Rathnam a

restaurant which opened its first outlet at Paschim Vihar in2012 While foodies canrsquot stop eulogising over their crispdosas and succulent idlis along with the complimentary

chutneys you will enjoy their Indian and Chinese dishes tooThe restaurant also arranges kitty parties and birthday

bashes where their special menu includes mouth-wateringsnacks sumptuous main course and yummy beverages

Average Price for Two ` 650 approx Contact +91-9810083383

SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two

Punjabi powerperformers live inaction at Capitol

Elektrovertz Urban Pind M 31M Block Market GK II Aug 22

8 pm onwards

Urban Pind brings to you unlimitedrevelry music dance and fun withSuper Saturdays featuring Nina and

Malika aka Elektrovertz fromMumbai Get grooving to the craziest

EDM beats as the duo light up theplace with their powerhouse

performance Put on your dancing shoes grab the

beverages and let loose your hair as you dance the night away

only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY

Special menu PizzaExpress Ambience MallVasant Kunj

Celebrating 50 years of operation PizzaExpressbrings to you its new and exciting PizzaiolorsquosFavourites menu Handpicked by expert chefs themenu includes an exotic range of pastas like pollopesto baked and pizzas such as amore nascostoand il padrino 65 Start with appetising startersand refreshing beverages

Average Price for Two ` 2000 approxTimings 1130 amndashmidnight Contact 011-40870796797

GOLDEN GRUB

Culinary journey with star chef VikasKhanna Spice Art Crowne PlazaNew Delhi Rohini Sec 10Rohini on till Aug 30

Embark on a gastronomical tripand dig into the full-coursemeals at Times Food Awardwinning restaurant Spice Artthat features specialmenu whipped upMichelin star ChefVikas Khannafrom IHGrsquosCulinaryAmbassadorsgroup ofincrediblytalented and

award-winning chefs Some of the lip-smacking delicacies include cottage

cheese in roasted tomatoes andpickled onion and seven-spicelamb shank Enjoy three courses

and win yourself a second glassof signature beverage for free

from the special selection

Price per person Two-course meal ` 1100

plus taxes three-coursemeal ` 1400 plustaxes

Timings LunchNoon-330 pmDinner 7 pm-1130pm Contact +91-

11-44884488

STAR PLATTERVikas Khanna special

menu includes pan-searedbroccoli and green peagalette chicken tikkaMirza Hasnu cottage

cheese in roastedtomatoes and pickled

onion seven-spice lambshank cardamom kulfiwith mango and passion

fruit puree

TOI Green Drive Tilpat Valley Block M Devli Sainik FarmsNext to IGNOU Aug 30 7 am onwards

The Times of Indiarsquos unique initiative TOI Green Driveis aimed at increasing the green cover of Delhi and fight air pollution Some 12 lakh saplings will be

planted during the drive

Support the cause facebookcomTOIGreenDrivetwittercomTOIGreenDrive

For details amp programme updates toiingreendrive

TOI GREEN DRIVE

TIMES BUSINESS THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI | SATURDAY AUGUST 22 2015

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BAD LOANS ARE AT UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS FM ARUN JAITLEY | 24

Mumbai Even as the owner ofIndiarsquos biggest and most profit-able carrier IndiGo readies tolaunch its initial public offer-ing (IPO) on Dalal Street theGurgaon-based airline is em-broiled in a trademark disputeover its name with Tata Mo-tors which sells its flagship se-dans under the same brand

The airlinersquos parent Inter-globe Aviation faces an owner-ship title risk as Tata Motorshas claimed that the carrierrsquosuse of the IndiGo name is aninfringement of its trade-mark Indiarsquos biggest auto-maker by revenue forayed into sedans under the Indigobrand in 2002 while Interglobecommenced operations in Au-gust 2006

Tata Motors issued noticeson the Indigo name infringe-ment in 2005 but Interglobesubsequently registered thetrademark The matter is cur-rently pending in the courtwith Tata Motors opposing In-terglobersquos four trade names mdashIndiGo IndiGo Airways Indi-Go Airlines and IndiGo Air

An Interglobe spokesper-

son refused to comment citingSebirsquos pre-IPO publicity guidelines The company in itsIPO prospectus states that inthe event of a failure to registerthe trademarks its businessmay be adversely impacted

Interestingly IndiGo is a ri-val to Tata Motorsrsquo sister com-panies mdash Tata Singapore Air-lines (operator of Vistara) andAirAsia India mdash which are try-ing to make a mark in the high-ly competitive skies

From a single aircraft Inter-globe founded by travel entre-preneur Rahul Bhatia and for-mer US Airways chief

executive Rakesh Gangwalhad a fleet of 96 aircraft as ofApril 30 2015 Its upcoming IPOexpected to value IndiGo airlineat $4 billion is more than fivetimes the current market capi-talization of its closest rival JetAirways Tata Motorsrsquo sales ofIndigo which is derived fromlsquoIndia on the gorsquo have been on adecline with the latest figuresshowing a 28 dip on a month-on-month basis

In the past too differentcompanies have used similarnames to sell their wares Forinstance Gujarat Cooperative

Milk Marketing Federationsells its dairy under the Amulbrand while JG Hosiery mar-kets Amul innerwear which isamong the top three brands inits category

ldquoThe legal loophole availa-ble to most imitators is that atrademark ownership is onlyvalid per category So if a newfirm wants to lift your name ina totally unrelated category inwhich you are not registered itdoes not constitute infringe-mentrdquo said Ramesh Jude Tho-mas president Equitor abrand consultancy firm

IndiGo Tata Motors locked incourt battle over trademark

ALL IN THE NAME Tata Motors launched its flagship sedan Indigo in 2002 while Interglobe commenced operations under the IndiGo brand in 2006

Tata Motors had served notices to IndiGo in 2005 but the airline went ahead and registered the trademark

Experts say the legal loophole is that trademark ownership is only valid per category and an ldquoimitatorrdquo can register it in another category

ReebaZachariah

timesgroupcom Beijing Uber Technologiesrsquoglobal bookings are projectedto rise nearly threefold to $108billion this year and reach$261 billion the next accord-ing to a recent presentationfor potential investors Theride-hailing service whichoperates in over 50 countrieskeeps 20 of booking reve-nue showed a confidential sli-deshow prepared by Chinesebankers with input from Uberaimed at soliciting invest-ment in a fund participatingin Uberrsquos Series F financing

Based on those figures2015 revenue would be rough-ly $2 billion according to a calculation

A spokeswoman at UberrsquosSan Francisco headquarterswhen asked about the present-ation said the company doesnot comment on ldquorumour and speculationrdquo

The undated presentationfeaturing data from as recent-ly as June offers a glimpse ofthe explosive growth of thesix-year-old firm last valuedby investors at $50 billion mdashthe most for a privately heldtechnology firm worldwide

Uber links passengers anddrivers via apps earning rev-enue CEO Travis Kalanicklast year said was doubling ev-ery six months

Bookings reached $29 bil-lion last year and $688 millionin 2013 according to the pre-sentation which does not fea-ture expenses or say whetherUber is profitable REUTERS

Ties up with Airtel for payments Bharti Airtel ispartnering Uber allowing itsriders to pay using Airtelrsquosmobile wallet service lsquoAirtelMoneyrsquo a company statementsaid here on Friday

It added that Mumbaikarswill be the first in India to en-joy free high-speed internetfrom Uber powered by Airtel4G The service will soon berolled out for Uber riders pan-India AGENCIES

Uber may hit$11bn in 2015

bookings$26bn in 2016

New Delhi Tax officialshave a hectic period aheadadapting to a spate of chang-es ushered in by the newblack money law the compli-ance scheme and the flood ofinformation that is only go-ing to increase in the com-ing months

For the moment the de-partment is dealing with thestream of queries related tothe compliance scheme witha new set of frequentlyasked questions (FAQs) ex-pected to be issued nextweek The new clarifica-tions would address ques-tions related to overseas ac-counts of pensioners ITprofessionals and students

In addition it will dealwith the issues of confiden-tiality and computation thathave generated anxiety Offi-cials said that even the wayinformation is being han-dled within the departmentis set for a change with onlyjoint commissioner rank of-ficers now being designatedto deal with issues related toforeign assets as against theearlier system of an assist-ant commissioner being theassessing officer Similarlya new protocol is being putin place for watertight secu-rity to deal with overseas in-formation flow

Information flow ldquoThe ac-cess to the information islimited and is strictly moni-toredrdquo said an official who did not wish to be iden-tified rejecting apprehen-sions that the informationmay be misused

ldquoIf the declaration istrue there is nothing tofearrdquo he said Keeping inview the criticism from thepast experience of rollingout the Voluntary Disclo-sure of Income Scheme au-

thorities are taking extraprecaution to deal with theflow of information whichis set to increase after theimplementation of the For-eign Account Tax Compli-ance Act (FATCA) pactsigned with the US

Under the one-time offerthe compliance scheme willbe open until September 30with time up to December-end to pay the 30 tax and

another 30 penalty Thescheme was announced inthe February budget alongwith the stringent blackmoney law mdash which pro-vides for jail of up to 10 yearsand penalty of up to 90along with 30 tax

The revenue authoritiesare ensuring that the imple-mentation of the law one ofthe toughest in recent yearsdoes not lead to any harass-ment or raise doubts aboutthe departmentrsquos handlingof these sensitive cases

The tax department hasreached out explaining thefiner points of the law aswell as the compliance win-dow and is dealing with indi-

vidual queries that are com-ing to them Of course mostpeople are just telling offi-cers that they are enquiringfor a friend who livesabroad and wants to avail ofthe window

Allaying concerns A set ofFAQs has already been is-sued which makes it clearthat a company that has un-disclosed foreign assets can

file a declaration underChapter VI of the Act Thedirectors of the companyshall not be liable for any of-fence under the Income TaxAct Wealth Tax Act FemaCompanies Act and the Cus-toms Act with regard to thedeclarations made in thename of the company

However it does not pro-vide immunity from prose-cution under any other ActTax officials say that stepsare also being taken to en-sure that there is no misuseor ldquoleakrdquo of the informationthat is received

For the full report log onto wwwtimesofindiacom

Move to calm nervesover black money lawI-T Dept Readies FAQs To Keep Info Secret

How to compute your tax liability from your foreign assets

Officials say the thumb rule is if you have an asset or a bank account that is not earning any income or interest simply report it

If the income is less than 5 lakh there is no need to pay

tax or penalty But it does need to be added to your income

What types of income are not chargeable to tax in India

UN salaries or pension and scholarships are exempt

Officials say queries related to income of IT professionals amp students will be addressed

What about confidentiality of information

Section 138 of the Income Tax Act also extends to the compliance scheme and black money law Plus only one designated officer is dealing with the information which is not available even to CBDT It is only shared with the foreign tax division to check on the claim made by a declarant

Data security rules are being enhanced further

CLEARING THE AIR

Surojit Gupta amp Sidhartha TNN

Bengaluru India has addednew customersat the fastest ratefor Amazon in itshistory of oper-ations in multi-ple countries thecompanyrsquos head

of international consumerbusiness Diego Piacentinitold TOI

India is also the second big-gest investment country for thecompany after the US he saidadding that India was key toAmazonrsquos future success

Piacentini who reports tofounder Jeff Bezos and is thehighest paid executive in thecompany said he would be sur-prised if India was not the sec-ond biggest country for Ama-zon after the US over the next 10years given the pace at which itwas growing The India oper-ations grew by 500 in the num-ber of units shipped last year

ldquoI am an optimistic personbut my optimism was notenough If you told me 27months back that I am going tosit here and look back at agrowth of 500 year-on-year Iwould have said that is not pos-siblerdquo said Piacentini

Amazonrsquos Indian oper-ations were launched just a lit-tle over two years ago and thecompany has been gainingmarket share over rivals Someestimate it is already second toFlipkart and ahead of Snap-deal and Paytm Last year Be-zos had announced that thecompany has earmarked morethan $2 billion in funds for in-vestments in India

ldquoWe need to look at the longterm The kind of massiveinfrastructure and partner-ships we are building in thiscountry is huge The US andEurope after some point willhave a different growth trajec-toryrdquo Piacentini said

India No 2investmentcountry for

AmazonAnand J amp Shalina Pillai TNN

New Delhi The govern-ment will sell 10 in Indi-anOil Corporation (IOC) ex-pected to be the largest saleso far this year as part of itsambitious disinvestmentprogramme Based on thecurrent market price theshare sale could fetcharound Rs 9500 crore

The government whichholds a 686 stake in thecountryrsquos largest fuel retail-

er plans to sell nearly 243crore shares through an of-fer for sale on the stock ex-changes on Monday forwhich the floor price will beannounced on Saturday

At least 20 of the offeror around 48 crore shareswould be reserved for retailinvestors who would also be entitled to a 5 discountto the cutoff price the

government said on Friday IndianOil shares closed

07 lower at Rs 394 on theBSE on Friday and the issueis expected to be priced at a discount ldquoI am hopeful we will get a very good issueon Monday I do think we willbe able to sell the excellentIOC stock wellrdquo disinvest-ment secretary AradhanaJohri said

The issue comes despiteoil prices hovering aroundsix-and-a-half year low

Govtrsquos 10 stake sale inIOC may fetch `9500cr

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES

Mumbai India Inc is increas-ingly becoming conscious ofthe need to protect trade-marks globally Yet surpris-ingly there are few takers forthe Madrid Protocol underwhich a trademark can be si-multaneously registered in 90odd countries through a sin-gle application

India obtained accessionand joined the Madrid systemin July 2013 Based on data re-cently extracted from the web-site of the World IntellectualProperty Organisation (WI-PO) only around 200 Indiancompanies have sought trade-mark registration under theprotocol (some 160 odd compa-nies have active registration)

This figure is in stark con-trast to the 13666 internationalapplications received by Indiaunder the Madrid system fromoverseas companies or multi-

national companies (MNCs)who want to have India as oneof the lsquodesignationrsquo countriesfor their trademark protec-tion Applications under theprotocol are administered byWIPO and trademark offices ofthe respective countries

Gauri Kumar India con-sultant at the InternationalTrademark Association (IN-TA) says ldquoThe current trendindicates that overseas com-panies tend to file more regis-trations designating Indiathan the other way round But

letrsquos not forget that India is arecent entrant into the Madridsystem and Indian companiesare still testing the watersrdquo

The biggest ambassador tothe usage of this protocol byIndian companies is thelsquoMake in Indiarsquo trademark forwhich the government soughtprotection in several coun-tries including the US ChinaJapan and Singapore There isa lot of diversity in India-ori-gin trademarks that have opt-ed for the Madrid route rang-ing from Haldiramrsquos lsquoMinute

Khanarsquo trademark to lsquoIndiaFashion Weekrsquo Bollywoodhas had its fair share of take-rs with films like Dhoom andDhoom 3 taking this route

Awareness of the MadridProtocol is slowly increasingamong Indian companiesHowever in some instancesowing to various challengesIndian companies prefer to optfor individually filing and reg-istering their trademarks indifferent countries ratherthan opting for a single applica-tion for several countries at onego under the Madrid system

To file an international ap-plication under the Madridsystem the Indian companyneeds to either have its trade-mark already registered in In-dia or have a base applicationfor registration filed in India(country of origin)


Few cos use Madrid trademark systemLubnaKablytimesgroupcom

Only about 200 Indian cos have opted for Madrid Protocol compared to 13666 applications received by India

Biggest challenge Indian cos face is risk of

high rejection in the base (domestic) application

Filing under Madrid system is economical only when a trademark

needs to be protected in several countries

FALLING BEHIND

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Mumbai A global slide instock markets and weak-ness in several currenciescreated a panic among in-vestors on Dalal Street onFriday pulling the sensexdown 242 points to 27366 mdashits lowest close in twomonths The main triggerfor the global selloff wasanother set of weak eco-nomic data from China thatagain highlighted the deepfault lines in the worldrsquossecond largest economyprompting foreign funds tosell aggressively

Investors net sold Rs2340 crore during the daythe biggest single-sessionoutflow in over threemonths official datashowed The continuingweakness in the rupeewhich traded below the 65to a dollar level weighed onforeign funds too accord-ing to institutional dealers

Vivek Gupta director(research) CapitalViaGlobal Research said thehigh market volatilitythroughout the week wasmainly because of the fall

in global markets and de-preciating Indian currencydue to fear of Chinese cur-rency devaluation

ldquoBanking financial re-alty metal and telecomstocks led the fallrdquo Guptasaid in a note Technicallynifty futures has an imme-diate support at 8150 andthereafter a major supportlevel at 8000 levels

On the upside the im-mediate resistance is at8500 levels he said

The silver lining wasthat domestic institutionsbought as the markets slidwith Fridayrsquos net buyingfigure at Rs 1524 crore

Sensex dips 242 ptson China data Re

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai The rupee inchedcloser to the 66 level on Fridaybut was pulled back from itsdayrsquos low of 6592 against the dol-lar to close at 6583 28 paise lowerthan its previous close of 6555

The rupee weakenedagainst the dollar on the back ofa host of adverse geopoliticalnews which included theGreek governmentrsquos resigna-tion belligerent stance byNorth Korea and fears of a se-vere bad debt problem in Chi-na In the US former FederalReserve chairman Alan Green-span warned of a bond marketbubble as treasury yields felldespite indications that the Fedwould hike rates US bondyields have plunged as globalfunds pumped in money takingthe safe haven route as the sit-uation turned volatile inemerging markets

According to HariharKrishnamoorthy treasurer atFirst Rand Bank the main trig-ger for the rupee fall is Chinaand traders expect the Indiancurrency to breach the 66 markin the short term with 663 be-ing a technical resistance level

Re near 66but India insweet spot

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

MumbaiGoldcontinued itsupward movement inMumbairsquos bullion hub OnFriday the price of the yellowmetal traded above the Rs27K per 10 gram mark againand closed at Rs 27300 mdash upnearly Rs 700 on the day Itwas a two-month closing highfor the precious metal TNN

Gold hits 2-monthhigh of 27300

New Delhi Tata Motors said on Friday ldquomanyrdquo of the 5800 Jaguarand Land Rover vehicles it had at Tianjin port in China were likelyto have been damaged in the recent chemical explosion thatkilled more than a hundred people

The Jaguar Land Rover cars had recently been shipped toChina and were stored at various locations in Tianjin port TataMotors said in a statement to the BSE Tata bought the Britishluxury carmaker JLR in 2008

ldquoWhilst we believe many of these vehicles may have beendamaged we are presently unable to quantify the numbers ofunits affectedrdquo a JLR spokesman said in the statement

Tata Motors shares ended 3 lower after falling more than 4intra-day on Friday REUTERS

China port blast may have damagedmany of 5800 JLR cars Tata Motors

Product TOIDelhiBS PubDate 22-08-2015 Zone Delhi Edition 2 Page TOIDCP23 User akshitak2402 Time 08-22-2015 0101 Color CMYK

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI MONDAY AUGUST 24 2015 3TIMES CITY

New Delhi AIIMS TraumaCenter Indiarsquos apex centre foremergency care witnessed acritical situation on Saturdaynight when more than 200people ran riot on the hospitalpremises They chased thedoctors and nurses beat upthe security guards and dam-aged property allegedly be-cause the authorities tried tostop the mob from overcrowd-ing the mortuary

It started at around830pm said hospital sourcesA 28-year-old youth met witha road accident near Lodhiroad and was rushed to thetrauma center Doctors de-clared him brought deadWithin minutes his friendsand relatives started queuingup at the center and insistedon seeing the body

ldquoThere was no space left inthe ambulance bay and treat-ment of other patients in theemergency ward was being

affected so we suggestedshifting the body to mortuaryThe family members of thevictim reached there tooWhen the guards requestedthem not to crowd the areathey indulged in violencerdquosaid Dr Sanjeev Bhoi addi-tional medical superintend-

ent of the trauma center Hesaid the victimrsquos relatives ranriot on the campus for nearlytwo hours before being over-powered by the local police

ldquoWe locked ourselves in-side the building The maingate to the emergency wasclosed Still the mob pelted

the Prevention of Damage toPublic Property Act at Saf-darjung Enclave police sta-tionrdquo said a senior police officer

This however is not thefirst time there has been anassault on guards and otherhospital staff at the traumacenter Officials said minorincidents of abuse and man-handling of the staff is com-mon but Saturdayrsquos incidenthas left them worried abouttheir safety

Two months ago the resi-dent doctors of 22 public hos-pitals in Delhi had gone onmass casual leave demandingbetter security They claimedthat beating up of doctors in-cluding female staff is quitecommon ldquoRecently the at-tendants of a patient tore theclothes of one of our col-leagues because they werenot happy with the treat-mentrdquo said a resident doctorat Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS)Hospital in east Delhi

stones and forced itself in-side We were worried not justfor our lives but for the pa-tients who were insiderdquo saida senior doctor

Police said they have ar-rested four peoplemdashNareshAmarjeet Himalaya and Ni-zamilmdashfor violence ldquoTheyhave been booked under IPCsections 147 (riot) 149 323(punishment for voluntarilycausing hurt) 451 (house-trespass in order to commitoffence punishable with im-prisonment) and Section 3 of

Targets Trauma Center After Being Asked To Stop Crowding The Mortuary

Mob bashes up AIIMS guards

SAFETY CONCERNS The incident has left the staff worried

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

The crisis startedaround 830pm whenthe relatives and thefamily members of a 28-year-old youthwho died in an accidentstarted queuing up atthe center and insistedon seeing the body

New Delhi A two-and-a-half-year-old childwho had gone missingfrom outside his housein Dwarka on Thursdayhas been rescued within24 hours

According to policethe childrsquos mother wasgiving him a bath out-side and had gone intothe house to fetch a tow-el When she came backthe boy was missing

ldquoA team of four wasformed We checked the CCTV footage but got no clue We got a tip-off and the boy was fi-nally rescued from aDDA Pump house nearPochanpur villagerdquosaid DCP (southwest)RA Sanjeev

After identificationthe child was sent for amedical check-up whichconfirmed that he wasnot assaulted Policesaid that they conduct-ed a door-to-door oper-ation to rescue the childand suspect that some-one known to the familyor neighbours might beinvolved in the crime

Missing childrescued in

DwarkaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi After announcinga plan to install solar roof toppanels across its various waterand sewage treatment plantsDelhi Jal Board commissionedits first-ever hydroelectricplant on Sunday The plant afirst for Delhi is expected togenerate 20000 kilowatt hoursof electricity annually

The plant is located at

DJBrsquos 9 million gallons per daycapacity sewage treatmentplant at Chilla ldquoThe plant willrun on a hydraulic turbinewhich will be propelled bytreated effluent being dis-charged from the STP Thetreated effluent falls from aheight of 48 m which due tocreated pressure and velocityleads to the rotation of the tur-bine which will then generatepowerrdquo said a DJB official

DJBrsquos first hydroelectricplant commissionedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi TOIrsquos GreenDrive is entering its finalweek and is in full swing OnSunday morning RaahgiriDay at Connaught Place wasused as a platform to mobilizepeople and make them awareof the importance of treeplantation

Delhi-based theatregroup Asmita and Delhi Uni-versity volunteers from AIE-SEC a student-driven organi-zation helped promote thedrive through an interactivestreet play and a flash mob

Green Drive a TOI initia-tive along with Hero Moto-Corp and Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) aims atplanting 1 lakh saplings inTilpath Valley Maidan Garhion August 30 after coveringseveral areas across the city

The inner circle at Con-naught Place wore a colourfullook as Raahgiri participantsbegan trickling in at 7am Asthey danced to popular Punja-bi numbers a call song by As-mita theatre group attractedtheir attention inviting themto watch its street play

The play sought to spreadawareness about the impor-tance of tree plantation Itshowed how the changing cli-matic conditions and the in-crease in frequency of natu-

ral disasters like floods andearthquakes are a direct con-sequence of the increase indeforestation The playsounded an alarm on how raz-ing the existing tree cover fordevelopment for one genera-tion would have a negativeimpact on the future ones

ldquoIt is a very good initia-tive If people take it serious-ly we can prevent our natural

need for tree plantationrdquo saidMarwaha

Members of AIESEC (In-ternational Association ofStudents in Economic andCommercial Sciences) toopromoted the Green Drivethrough a flash mob The stu-dents made it a fun session forthe onlookers by asking themto match steps with them Theorganization will conductwalks and flash mobs in dif-ferent parts of the city tospread awareness

ldquoWe reach out to peoplethrough Facebook emailsand posters The kind of fu-ture that we are looking forcan only take shape if weplant treesrdquo Mihir Dattavice-president marketing atAIESEC said

The Raahgiri participantsjoined TOI in pledging toplant trees by shoutingldquoGreen Driverdquo in unison

ldquoWe are conscious aboutour fitness but we forget thatwe need clean air to breatheWithout these no matter howmuch we jog or cycle we wonrsquotbe able to stay healthy Weneed a healthy today and ahealthier tomorrowrdquo JaiSingh a cyclist at Raahgirisaid

The Green Drive has madeattempts to reach out toschoolchildren college stu-dents and corporates

are cutting down trees in thecity exposes us to grave disas-tersrdquo said Shilpi Marwahafrom Asmita theatre group

The play received an over-whelming response as the ar-tistes interacted with peopleby raising questions

ldquoWe have been perform-ing this play for the pastone month People have un-derstood that there is a

resources from depletingWhat happened in Nepal andparts of Uttarakhand and Od-isha should not happen inDelhi The rate at which we

Raahgiri goes green with plantation pledge

CREATIVE APPROACH A street play and a flash mob helped promote the campaign at Connaught Place

Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

US Embassy data calculated as per Indian standards by SAFARMoES-IITM-IMD

Based on 1 Station Data Per City at 4pm

AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR

Source SAFARMoES-IITM-IMD (10 stations)

Maybe itrsquos your bad CAR-ma Please get a pollution check done

Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good

New Delhi Two teachers of Guru Hark-rishan Public School Loni Road Shah-dara have filed an FIR and lodged a po-lice complaint alleging harassmentcheating and extortion against theschool management The teachersmdashJas-want Kaur and Sandhya Gillmdashhave beenwaiting for their arrears since 2006 un-der the Sixth Pay Commission

They have not been given the arrearsdespite the Delhi high court order of July9 2015 following a contempt hearingasking the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Man-agement Committee (DSGMC) toldquoclearsettle all the arrears of Sixth PayCommission in all its 12 schools in fiveequal installmentsrdquo

The school society was schedule toclear the first installment on July 302015 The teachers however alleged thatinstead they were being forced to sign a document accepting 40 of the dues and subsequently to sign another

document stating there was full and fi-nal settlement

Earlier in May TOIhad reported thaton April 30 2015 the Delhi HC orderedthe committee to clear arrears of salaryto the tune of Rs 1941 crore for itsschools at India Gate and Vasant Viharwithin two weeks failing which con-tempt proceedings will be initiatedagainst them

The teachers alleged that twenty-four days have passed but they are yet toget their dues They also alleged thatwhile a few teachers received their pay-ments as they signed an undertaking (acopy of which is with TOI) where it wasmentioned that ldquoI hellip designationhellipagree to accept 40 arrears of VI PayCommission as Full and Final Payment(One Time)rdquo those who refused theirpayments have been withheld by themanagement

The bench comprising Justice GitaMittal and Justice P S Teji on May 222015 ordered accepting the undertak-ings of DSGMC president Manjit SinghGK and secretary Majinder S Sirsacommitting ldquothe dues under Sixth PayCommission to the teachers of allschools maintained by the Delhi SikhGurdwara Management Committeerdquoand ldquoIn addition the Guru HarkrishanPublic School (New Delhi) Society shallmake a corpus fund of Rs 25 crore whichwill be kept for utilization of the staff ofany of the 12 Guru Harkrishan PublicSchool for their emergent needsrdquo

In her FIR Jaswant Kaur has allegedthat the school didnrsquot comply with thecourtrsquos order and instead has been issu-ing transfer orders to teachers who arenot agreeing to take 40 of the arrearsSandhya Gill in her police complainthas alleged victimization by the schoolmanagement for not agreeing to settlethe arrears as per the whims and fancy of the school

FIR complaint against schoolauthorities for cheating extortion

ROW OVER ARREARS

ManashGohaintimesgroupcom

New Delhi South Delhi Mu-nicipal Corporation has in-tensified its drive against ille-gal hoardings Over 300 suchstructures which were in-stalled without permissionfrom the building depart-ment have been removed inthe past one month

Officials claim all major il-legal activities are being tar-geted after a long time andthey have been directed by thecorporation commissionerPuneet Goel to take immedi-ate action against offenders

The central zone has re-moved and sealed the most il-legal hoardings ldquoWe have re-moved 203 illegal structuresso far and more will be takendown during the driverdquo said asenior official

In west zone senior offi-cials claim that their area is

now free from illegal hoard-ings after action was takenagainst 64 structures ldquoWestzone is the only area underSouth Corporation where nohoarding is illegal We arekeeping a close watch on ad-vertising agenciesrdquo said awest zone official

ldquoOn Saturday night wewere informed about five ille-gal unipoles and we y removedthem We have been keeping aclose watch on all major ille-

gal activities in south Delhifrom quite some time nowrdquoadded another official

The civic body has hired aprivate agency to remove theiron structures in Mahipal-pur due to shortage of man-power ldquoMahipalpur is a hub ofillegal hoardings We have re-moved 17 large structuresfrom the area so farrdquo said a se-nior official

South and Najafgarh zon-es have removed 30 and 17 ille-gal hoardings respectivelyThe building departments ofall four zones have also sealedover 70 unauthorized build-ings in the past two weeks

Corporation officials saidso many drives against illegalactivities have never beingtaken simultaneously ldquoWehave also started anotherdrive against those violatingNational Green Tribunalnorms regarding pollutionrdquoadded an official

South Corpn removes 300illegal hoardings in 1 month

CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

Product TOIDelhiBS PubDate 24-08-2015 Zone Delhi Edition 2 Page TOIDDEL1 User rashmic1912 Time 08-24-2015 0005 Color CMYK

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26 2015 7TIMES CITY

New Delhi Five days after pro-nouncing its order the Su-preme Court on Tuesday madeit public and said it had sen-tenced the Ansal brothers ndashSushil and Gopal ndash to two yearsimprisonment for their negli-gence that led to the fire in Up-haar cinema in 1997 killing 59persons and injuring morethan 100

However the three-judgebench of Justices A R DaveKurian Joseph and Adarsh Ku-mar Goel said ldquoHaving regardto advanced age of the accusedand other peculiar facts and cir-cumstances if they pay Rs 30crore each that is Rs 60 crorethen the sentence will stand re-duced to the period already un-dergonerdquo

Sushil Ansal had under-gone a sentence of five monthsand 20 days while his youngerbrother had spent four monthsand 20 days in prison duringpendency of the case

ldquoIf they fail to pay theamount within a period ofthree months which is by No-vember 18 they shall undergothe sentence of two years eachexcluding the term which they

have already undergonerdquo thebench said

ldquoThe amount shall be givenby way of a demand draft to thesecretary of Delhi governmentfor setting up a new traumacentre or for upgrading the ex-istence trauma centres of hos-pitals managed by the govern-ment of NCT of Delhirdquo thebench said

The bench also sentencedformer divisional officer ofDelhi Fire Service H S Panwarto rigorous imprisonment forone year Again it took intoconsideration his advancedage ailments and peculiar factsand circumstances to reducehis sentence to the period al-ready undergone if he paid Rs

10 lakh This money will also gofor either setting up a traumacentre or upgrading existingtrauma centres in hospitals

While convicting Panwarthe trial court had said ldquoAc-cused H S Panwar acted withgross negligence by recom-mending lsquono objection certifi-catersquo without fulfilling require-ments of law and withoutcarrying out inspection of thecinema hall building from firesafety point of view resultingin the issuance of temporarypermits and on the basis of thesame exhibition of filmswhich action resulted into thedeath of the patrons inside the cinema hall on the day ofthe incidentrdquo

Uphaar case SC didnrsquotstrike down jail term

New Delhi Taking its greeninitiative to the next level TOI

on Tuesday conducted a walk-athon as part of its Green Drivecampaign The walkathon fromTimes House at BahadurshahZafar Marg till the ITO signalhad volunteers educating peo-ple about the rising level of pol-lution and the importance ofplanting trees

The eventsaw participa-nts from AIE-SEC (Interna-tional Asso-ciation of Stu-dents in Eco-nomic andCommercial Sciences) andTeach India

Green Drive a TOIinitiativealong with Hero MotoCorp andDelhi Development Authority(DDA) aims at planting 1 lakhsaplings in Tilpath Valley Mai-dan Garhi on August 30 aftercovering several areas acrossthe city

Over 13000 saplings havebeen planted since the lieuten-ant governor Najeeb Junglaunched the drive at SanjayLake in east Delhi on August 4

The volunteers wore masksand stood near the traffic signalholding banners with messagesreading ldquoPlant more trees or beready to wear a maskrdquo and ldquoDel-hi declared the most pollutedcity in the world by WHOrdquo

The volunteers invited peo-ple to join theGreen Drive onAugust 30 Excitedto be a part ofTOIrsquos initiativethey pledged toparticipate on thefinal day of the

drive at Tilpath Valley ldquoIt is veryimportant to focus on our envi-ronment We talk but hardly doanything to check the rising pol-lution levelrdquo said Madhu Sahu-da an AIESEC volunteer

ldquoI thank TOI and I wouldlove to be part of such initiativein futurerdquo a Teach India volun-teer Raj Kumar Kalra said

In heart of Delhiwalkathon raisesgreen awareness

BEATING THE HEAT The drive focused on the rising pollution level

New Delhi A DTC busrammed two motorcycles anauto and hit a pedestrian atMangolpuri in outer Delhi in-juring four people on Tuesdayevening The driver of the busBrij Kishan is absconding

The victims have been iden-tified as Mohit Naresh Sikan-dar and Harish

The incident occurred at4pm on the outer Ring Roadnear Avantika The bus onroute number 901 was goingfrom Kamla Market towardsMangolpuri

The driver was identifiedfrom the documents he left inthe bus before fleeing

The locals made a PCR calland rushed the victims to a hos-pital One of the victims gotfractures The rest were dis-charged after treatment

A case under sections 279(rash driving) and 337 (causinghurt by act of endangering lifeor personal safety of others) ofthe IPC was registered at Man-golpuri police station A seniorpolice said prima facie it ap-peared to be a case of speedingPolice suspect that the driverwas drunk

Four people injured asDTC bus runs amok

Gave Option To Pay 60Cr As Ansals Are OldTIMES NEWS NETWORK

CRIME amp PUNISHMENT A fire service ex-official too was sentenced

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Anindya Chattopadhyay

TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY

New Delhi Taking cogni-zance of encroached footpathswhich force pedestrians on thestreets lieutenant governorNajeeb Jung has asked theroad-owning agencies to sub-mit a list of walkways in theirareas which need to be clear-ed Delhi Traffic Police willthen launch a drive from Sep-tember 10 to free the pave-ments of encroachments

The proposed drive couldsee another flare-up betweenDelhi government and policeSpecial commissioner (traf-fic) Muktesh Chander saidthat hawkers occupying foot-paths will be the first to be removed

However PWD ministerSatyendar Jain had recentlytold TOI that under the gov-ernmentrsquos policy of road im-provement hawkers will beencouraged on footpaths for alively atmosphere and to pro-vide a sense of security to pe-

destrians especially womenOn Wednesday Jung held a

meeting with Delhi Police andsenior officials from NDMCthe three municipal corpora-tions DDA PWD and Delhigovernment ldquoThe LG has di-rected all road-owning agen-cies and traffic police to identi-fy stretches where footpathshave been encroached uponand submit a report withintwo weeks A review meetingwill be held after that to chartout a date-wise time-boundaction plan for joint action byall the agencies to remove hin-drances on footpaths to makethem pedestrian-friendlyThis campaign will run fortwo months and reviewedthereafterrdquo said sources

The LG had written to allthe agencies on November 212014 asking them to ensurethat a width of at least 1m wasavailable on all footpaths freeof encroachment and in a con-dition to be used by pedestri-ans Despite this nothing has

happened on ground with amajority of footpaths beingencroachment by vehicles andhawkers or broken and run-down leaving little or no spacefor pedestrians to use them

This is evident from statis-tics that show how vulnerablepedestrians in Delhi are In2014 742 pedestrians died in

are pedestrians who walkmore than one kilometre eachdayrdquo said Chander

In the initial phase of thedrive to be carried out by DelhiPolice four stretches will betargeted including VikasMarg DB Gupta Road Am-bedkar Nagar and Asaf AliRoad Traffic police have ap-pealed to the public throughtheir Facebook page to uploadphotographs of areas wherefootpaths are encroached up-on and released a helplinenumber mdash 8750871493

Traffic police have alsowritten to the ministry of roadand transport to include a pro-vision in the road safety billfor mandatory encumbrance-free 1m pavement along allcity and urban roads acrossthe country

Before starting the drivethe LG has told people that toescape penalty they should re-move belongings constructi-on waste etc from footpathsand move cars parked there

road accidents in Delhi whichconstitutes about 40 of totalfatal accidents

ldquoPedestrians are the mostvulnerable road users in ur-ban areas This year so far 469people have lost their lives inroad accidents ldquoAccording toa study conducted by trafficpolice about 34 of Delhiites

Traffic Police Likely To Launch Drive From Sept 10 To Remove Encroachments

Govt favours hawkers but LGwants footpaths to be cleared

TOUGH TIME AHEAD While vehicles occupy pavements on VikasMarg those on Aurobindo Marg are hogged by fruit vendors

SQUATTERS BEWARE AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR ANTI-ENCROACHMENT DRIVEBRT Corridor Shankar Road DBG Road from Rani Jhansi Chowk to Zakhira Flyover Mehrauli-Badarpur RoadAurobindo Marg Outer Ring Road Vikas Marg Ring Road near South Extension

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS

947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Your wait for aMetro during off-peak hours islikely to be cut short from Au-gust 31 Citing increasing ri-dership and a ldquodetailed oper-ational and maintenancestudyrdquo the Delhi Metro is go-ing to add more trains on its crowded lines It hopes toincrease the frequency be-tween 11am and 430pm byadding 20 trains said a DelhiMetro Rail Corporation(DMRC) spokesman

The move comes afterprodding from the Delhi gov-ernment said official sourcesIn a meeting with the DelhiMetro the state governmenthad suggested increasing thefrequency of trains to accom-modate the rising ridership asenior government officialsaid

Complaints about the lackof trains and surging crowdseven during off-peak hourshad been pouring in added thegovernment official The gov-ernmentrsquos reasoning was that commuters are dissuadedwhen travelling becomestough It forces them to switchover to private vehiclesfrom Metro and this is counter-productive

ldquoWhen DMRC argued thatit will result in a loss and thatas per its calculations the Met-ro must have a minimum num-ber of standing passengers persquare metre of space insidethe government brushed asidethe argument and said it bedone on a pilot basis for threemonthsrdquo said the source

However the Delhi Metrohasnrsquot set a deadline ldquoThe Del-hi government opined that it

will result in more peopleswitching back to Metro so therevenue would actually go upIn case there is still a gap thegovernment would look atways of defraying it to someextentrdquo added the source

Meanwhile the Delhi Met-ro officials said the trains be-ing pressed into service dur-ing off-peak hours are fromDMRCrsquos existing fleet insteadof the entirely new trainsldquoFew trains that donrsquot run dur-ing that period due to variousreasons including routinemaintenance work are being added to increase the fre-quency that generally falls during off-peak hoursrdquo the official said

The new frequency oftrains on the busiest corridor-smdashLine II (Yellow line) wouldbe 2 minutes 45 seconds and onLine IIIIV would be 2 minutes47 seconds each It would be amarginal improvement fromthe current figures of 3 min-utes 24 seconds and 2 minutes52 seconds each On Red line(Line I) trains will run every 4minutes 6 seconds instead ofthe present five minutes gapOn Violet line (Line VI) thegap will come down to 4 min-utes 12 seconds instead of thepresent five minutes

The Delhi Metro ferriesover 2 million commuters every day

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Snarls were re-ported from parts of south andeast Delhi throughout the dayafter a part of the busy KalindiKunj road caved in near Jasola Vihar on Wednesdaymorning

Traffic police officials saidthe cave in occurred as a hol-lowed space was formed be-neath the road due to a con-struction work nearby

Massive traffic jams werereported on both the carriage-ways of the road through theevening as the pit was being fil-led with cement by Metroworkers The three feet-widehole was created around830am when the traffic to-wards Noida was at its peak

The tailback stretched tillthe Nizamuddin flyover Thesituation became worse bythe evening

Sources said the repairwork took longer as the road isone of the busiest stretches ofthe city Snarls were reportedfrom Mathura Road OuterRing Road Ashram chowkDND chowk Sarai Kale KhanSarita Vihar underpass Go-vindpuri and Kalkaji around3pm Police officials issued anadvisory for commuters toavoid the stretch on Thursday

Snarls aftercave-in nearJasola Vihar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

More Metros for busylines on off-peak hours

Line Off peak (existing)Off peak (from Aug 31)

Red Line 5 min 4 min 06 sec

Yellow Line 3 min 24 sec 2 min 45 sec

Blue Line 2 min 52 sec 2 min 47 sec

Violet Line 5 min 4 min 12 sec

CUTTING DOWN WAITING TIME

New Delhi A 68-year-oldwoman was bludgeoned todeath in her house in centralDelhi on Wednesday eveningPolice suspect the role of ahousehold help employed aweek ago as he has been mis-sing since the incident Thehouse was ransacked andcash and jewellery worthlakhs kept in a locker found missing

The woman Shanti Cho-pra was a former districtcouncil member of BJP Theincident was reported around8pm when a family friend ar-rived at the house in A-Blockof Matia Khan Neighbourssaid that Chopra would usual-ly sit outside her house inlane number 12 in the eve-ning but did not come out on Wednesday

They grew suspiciouswhen the gate was foundlocked and the lights switchedoff A neighbour then jumpedinto the premises and saw herlying in a pool of blood Theycalled the cops after which ateam from the local police sta-tion reached the spot andbroke open the door

Police said there were no

signs of a forced entry sug-gesting an insiderrsquos role Thekiller had a scuffle with thewoman before she was bludgeoned The murderweapon a bat used for wash-ing clothes was found lyingbeside her

Family members said thatChopra used to stay with herphysically challenged sonsHer husband Bhuta Ramowned a few hotels in the areaand had died two years ago

Preliminary investiga-tions suggest that the killerjumped out of a toilet windowafter locking the doors frominside ldquoIt seems she wasrobbed and then murderedWe are probing from all an-gles including the domestic

helprsquos rolerdquo said DCP (cen-tral) Parmaditya

The womanrsquos nephew Ro-hit Kumar said that she hademployed the help through aplacement agency for Rs30000 The youth was fromGumla in Jharkhand Hersons Rajesh and Rakeshwere in another room whenthe incident occurred ldquoTheycannot move on their own socouldnrsquot have helped her dur-ing the assaultrdquo Rohit said

Police are going to ques-tion the sons and they havebeen kept under medical supervision

The body has been sent forautopsy at JPN hospitalwhich will be conducted on Thursday

Woman battered to deathat home help under lens

Shanti Chopra had a scuffle with her killer (right) missing servant

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom

Disabled women bat for greensYogesh Kumar

FIGHTING POLLUTION

New Delhi For 33-year-old Veena plantinga sapling was more of an experience than acampaign The feel of supple leaves invigor-ating smell of wet soil and watering plants left this visually-challenged from the National Association for the Blind Wom-en (NAB) at Hauz Khas Enclave enthralled

Accompanied by 20 oth-ers from the organizationVeena was part of the GreenDrive campaign at the centreon Wednesday And for eachof these visually-impairedwomen it was an experience in itself

Green Drive a TOI initiative along withHero MotoCorp and Delhi Development Au-thority (DDA) aims at planting 1 lakh sa-plings in Tilpath Valley Maidan Garhi onAugust 30 after covering several areas acrossthe city

ldquoIt was for the first time I planted a sa-

pling The experience made me happy I willtake care of the sapling I plantedrdquo said Vee-na who works as a receptionist at the centre

The joy of being part of the drive was evi-dent on the participantsrsquo faces Extra cau-tious for those carrying the lemon sapling the director of the centre ShaliniKhanna explained them the steps involved

in the plantation Archana who aspires to

become a chef tried identify-ing the saplings by touchShe lost her vision ten yearsago and with that her confi-dence But today she takecare of the guesthouse of the

centre interacts with foreign clients and al-so teaches the new candidates at the centre

Another member Ritika famous at theinstitute for making delicious muffins tookbreaks in between her cooking session toplant saplings Upset over being a little lateAmrita Gupta pledged to be part of the plan-tation drive during weekends

It is indeed a welcomedevelopment that Delhi Metro

is increasing frequency inoff-peak hours This willhopefully lure many of thosecurrently staying away fromusing its services because theywere unwilling to deal withcrowded trains at all times ofthe day Offering comfortablerides to those not forced totravel during peak hours shouldtherefore help reduce traffic onthe roads which is alwayswelcome Reduced trafficwould also help the capital dealwith its air pollution problemwhich has reached alarming levels

Times View


20 amp 31

New Delhi The extension ofthe Central Secretariat-Badar-pur corridor till Faridabad willbe inaugurated by Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi on Septem-ber 6 said a Delhi Metro official

A Delhi Metro official alsosaid 210 extra train trips will bemade on August 28 and onRakshabandhan which is onAugust 29 The special arrange-ments are being made to tacklethe increase in ridership on theoccasion TNN

210 extra trainsto run on Rakhi

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DMRC said the trainsbeing pressed into service during off-peakhours will be from its existing fleet instead ofthe entirely new ones

Urban forests can clean up city airDelhirsquos Green Cover Is Below Intrsquol Standards But Experts Say It Can Do Better By Planting Right Species

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Delhi has a per capita green cover of about 22 sqm (square metres) when the global standard ought to be 25 sqm to 100 sqm Every year Delhi may be recording a marginal rise in green cover but experts say there is room for much more This is where urban forests like Tilpath Valley where one lakh sap-lings will be planted on Sunday play a role in offering multiple ecological serv-ices to polluted cities like Delhi

There are 42 city forests as of now covering an area of 1650 hectares For-est department officials say there is no better proof of the importance of the Ridge and urban forests than the Asola Bhatti sanctuary ldquoAsola is in a rain shadow area Since 2000 when we hand-ed over the area for plantation to the eco task force (ETF) the micro climate has improved Now we have 70 to 75 rainy days in Asola Isnrsquot that proof enough that urban forests are very importantrdquo said a senior forest official

ldquoChandigarhrsquos per capita green cover is 55 sqm Delhi can do much more but what is important is the species that Delhi will plant Unfortunately in many states city forests are filled with exotic and flowering species I hope the capital doesnrsquot go the wrong wayrdquo said professor N H Ravindranath of the Centre for Ecological Studies (CES) Indian Insti-tute of Science in Bangalore

Ravindranath added that the carbon sequestration potential of trees is obvi-ous with each grown tree having a po-tential to sequester about 100 kg of car-bon but new research now points at association between green cover and bet-ter cognitive development among chil-dren

ldquoThere are so many studies that have

proved that green cover has an impact on behaviour and psychology that these should also be taken into account Urban forests can also be a source of food for the poor Jamun today is one of the most expensive fruits when it should be so easily available in cities like Delhi So should be tamarind and mangoesrdquo add-

ed RavindranathForest department officials said they

need to focus on developing woodlots ldquoPeople want good-looking flowering trees but the best services are provided by dense woodlotsrdquo he added

According to C R Babu professor emeritus Delhi University and the brain behind biodiversity parks in Delhi ldquoThe plantation in Tilpath Valley of native Aravali species will be a first step in re-charging groundwater aquifers in the entire Chhatarpur Valley It will also improve the micro-climate in the area and might bring back wildlife like leop-ards and hyenasrdquo

Elderly sow seeds of a green future for all

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi A little green patch in the middle of a concrete jungle at Tughlaqabad Exten-sion has more trees added to it as residents of Panchavati Home for the Senior Citizens came together to plant saplings at the TOI Green Drive on Friday morning

The participants aged between 70 and 90 years talked about the ways in which indi-viduals can act consciously to save the envi-ronment by planting more trees Neem hybrid guavas and peaches were planted on the ground beside the home ldquoThese trees grow quickly and require less maintenancerdquo said an official from DDA horticulture depart-ment

Green Drive a TOI initiative along with Hero MotoCorp and Delhi Development Au-thority (DDA) aims at planting 1 lakh saplings in Tilpath Valley Maidan Garhi on August 30 after covering several areas across the city

The enthusiastic resident of the home stepped out with their gardening tools and gathered to plant the saplings with utmost care ldquoI have planted most of the trees on this patch during my stay here I have nothing much to do for the rest of the day and love seeing them grow These new plants would be an addition to themrdquo said 80-year-old Shanti Devi a housewife fondly called ldquoauntierdquo by other residents of the home

Neelam Mohan chairperson of the trust that runs the home said the residents were inspired to be part of the drive after reading about it in TOI ldquoWe wanted to show that if we can do our bit for the environment the rest of the city too can The residents here have

spent most of their lives caring for their chil-dren and loved ones The bond they share with the trees is something you would love to seerdquo she said

Applauding TOI for the venture Shakunta-la Biswas 70 said she would like to participate next time too ldquoI want to see the peach trees grow and probably will share a fruit or two with my friends saying that this tree was planted by merdquo she said Biswas was joined by Satya Prakash Sharma a former CPWD engineer and Sundari Vishwanathan wife of a former Indian Air Force officer

ldquoThis home and the garden is a family to me and every new member whether a human or a tree is always welcome I promise to give them the equal importance as the restrdquo said Vishwanathan who has been staying in the home for the past few years since her husband had passed away






Do you think parks can play the same role as urban forests

That depends on the park design We are focusing more and more on high-maintenance parks instead of low-maintenance ones with high ecological value The forest department claims that for every tree cut 10 are planted as compensation Why canrsquot this compensatory plantation be done in those parks that are in a derelict condition It can improve the micro-climate of the colonies substantially We have been recommending that tree lots be developed in these parks

What sort of species should be planted in parks and avenues

In the entire city there are more palm and Ashoka (Polyalthia longifolia) trees Why arenrsquot we planting mango shahtoot imli bel anymore These fruit trees attract birds and are also good for the air Creepers and hedges are on the decline too which is why bush birds like finches and bulbuls are gradually disappearing

What is the significance of urban forests in Delhi

The main role of the Delhi Ridge for instance is to moderate the temperature and recharge groundwater for the entire city and harbour bird diversity Urban forests are a classic example of

habitat ecology (an area where a particular species or a group of species thrive) We should also remember that Delhi has very

high bird diversity with over 300 species Birds are a good indicator of environmental

health but we have noticed many birds disappearing from our parks because of our horticultural practices

What are problems with horticultural practices in Delhi

The first and major problem is that pruning cannot be a round-the-year activity You will notice that the gardeners are always readywith their clippers in any season Pruning should be done when winter is over and summer is about to arrive The best example of this is lagerstroemia Indica or crape myrtle that usually flowers now but most of them were so badly pruned in winter that these havenrsquot recovered in the flowering season For many trees evapo-transpiration is also affected

lsquoBirds disappearing from parks due to bad horticultural practicesrsquoThe capitalrsquos forests and parks do much more than we realize but mindless horticultural activities are ruining Delhirsquos pollution sinks and bird habitats PRABHAKAR RAOmember of Kalpavriksha Environment Action Group and an expert on urban forests spoke toJAYASHREE NANDI about the issues facing trees in the capital THE EXCERPTS

Urban forests serve multiple ecological purposes for polluted cities like Delhi And a thicker green cover ensures better cognitive abilities in children

Photo Rajesh Mehta

Photo Anindya Chattopadhyay

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI SATURDAY AUGUST 29 2015 7TIMES CITY

New DelhiLeft-affiliated Dem-ocratic Teachersrsquo Front haswon the Delhi UniversityTeachersrsquo Association presi-dential election for a third con-secutive time For incumbentpresident Nandita Narain itrsquosher second successive victoryNarain has been a leading fig-ure in opposing changes like se-mesters four-year undergradu-ate programme and now thechoice-based credit system-mdashthe fight against which got aboost following her win

It was a closely contestedelection with Narain beatingher rival from the BJP-backedNational Democratic Front byjust 225 votes Even NDTF andother groups are critical ofCBCS and the close margin isbeing attributed to the possibili-ty that a chunk of ad-hoc votesshifted from the AAD-INTEC al-liance (Academics for Actionand Development and IndianNational Teachersrsquo Congress)to NDTF in wake of NDA com-

ing to power at the CentreThe polls were conducted on

Thursday Counting began at7pm and went on till 120am onFriday Results for polls to theposts of 15 DUTA executiveswere declared first followed bythe counting of presidentialballots NDTF members walkedtwice out of the counting centreover the issue of invalid voteswhich they claimed were castin favour of their candidates

Narain bagged 2390 votes asagainst V S Negi of NDTF whogot 2165 Sanjay Kumar of IN-TEC secured 950 votes and inde-pendent candidate RajendraMehta got 27 votes The numberof invalid votes polled this yearat 536 is higher than the win-ning margin

All candidates fielded byNDTF and DTF were elected tothe DUTA executive while oneeach from AAD (Rathi)-INTECand UTF and two from AAD al-so made it to the body Sunil Ku-mar Anil Sharma Rajesh JhaSandeep Seema Das Bhupin-der Chowdhury C S Rawat Ra-jiv Verma A M Khan VijayaVenkatraman Angad TiwariVivek Mohan Shambunath Du-bey Sunil Kayasth and AshokYadav are the DUTA executives

Leftrsquos Nanditatrumps Rightrival to DUTA

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Thousands to plant 1L saplings at Tilpath Valley today South Delhi To Inherit A Biodiversity Park That Will Clean Up The Cityrsquos Air And Recover Its Lost Flora And FaunaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi As Sunday dawns TOI Green Drive will reach its ultimate objective the planting of one lakh saplings at Tilpath Valley near Sainik Farms south Delhi All these saplings of native Aravali species will be plant-ed by thousands These will grow up in the years to come to create not just a pollution sink for Delhi but also a conservation space for Delhirsquos lost biodiversity All are welcome to join the drive that will be carried out be-tween 7am and 4pm

Delhi is the most polluted city among 1600 cities globally according to the World Health Organisationrsquos (WHO) urban air quality index re-leased in 2014 Almost every winter the PM 25 (fine respirable pollution particles that are so dangerous that they can get lodged in your lungs and enter your bloodstream) count has been several times the safe standard Even in summer our lungs choke on Ozone a highly hazardous gas that can trigger severe asthma attacks

The TOI Green Drive with Hero MotoCorp and DDA is an effort to cre-ate a pollution sink because research has increasingly pointed out that trees not just sequester carbon (each tree can sequester about 100 kg of carbon) but also abate pollutants like PM 25 The other benefits include recharging of groundwater aquifers in south Delhi which have depleted alarmingly some as low as 80 metres below ground level improvement of the micro-climate and bringing back species that were on the brink of ex-tinction More than 100 species of 10 biological communities will be plant-ed here replicating a real forest

Volunteers from 40 NGOs under the Teach India programme 16 spir-itual organizations of all religions and various corporations will be par-ticipating in the drive Teach India and Sant Nirankari Charitable Foun-dation volunteers will take care of logistics

All other participants are advised to bring their own sunscreen lotions hats or caps comfortable shoes etc There are several approach routes to

Tilpath Valley TOI has put up direc-tions to the plantation site from Saket Metro station from Sainik Farms gate number 1 and from Ignou main gate

ldquoThese native species were abun-dant at one point of time in the Delhi Ridge but disappeared due to the spread of invasive species like Pro-sopis juliflora and urbanization along the ridge The plantation drive will be a first step in bringing back the lost

vegetation of the area and pristine glory of the Ridge in Tilpath Valleyrdquo said C R Babu professor emeritus Delhi University

Overall decline in green cover since 1986 Study

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi A recent study on the cityrsquos green cover shows a disturbing trend Delhirsquos veg-etation has seen an overall decline since 1986 The green cover is also increasingly becoming fragmented the study reveals The highest fragmentation is being seen on the periphery where afforestation work is be-ing conducted to compensate for the loss of trees to urban development projects However it is also only on the periphery that the green cover is increasing while the same is on the wane in the core and transitional areas

The study by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) Mani-pal Academy of Higher Education and Azim Premji University highlights that though veg-etation is increasing on the periphery rapid urbanization and expanding real estate busi-ness could put this in danger ldquoFarm lands wetlands open spaces and trees on the periph-ery have been rapidly converted into urban built-up areas With this the vegetated land-scape of Delhi is becoming increasingly frag-mented like Shenzen Daqing and Mumbairdquo the study states

For instance the green cover in Delhirsquos core area in 1986 was about 6468 but it re-duced to about 4398 in 2010 Vegetation in the transitional area was 2532 which mar-ginally reduced to 2243 but the peripheral green cover increased from 1322 in 1986 to 1652 in 2010

ldquoMy study shows that there is an overall decline in the green cover in the past 25 years and the vegetated landscape is increasingly be-coming fragmented But when we look at differ-ent zones we find that the core has maximum vegetation but it is also declining since 1986 The

transitional zone has lesser proportion of veg-etation than the core area Though there has been a slight increase in the green cover in this zone from 1986 to 1999 the period between 2000 and 2010 saw a steady declinerdquo said Somajita Paul co-author of the study which was conducted us-ing satellite images for all these years

lsquoSuch parks are key to making the capital a smart and sustainable cityrsquo

How did you create the Yamuna Biodiversity ParkI studied what species were found here and how they co-existed My task was to collect all those 25-30 forest tree communities found along the river Itrsquos been over 10 years since and the trees now have a canopy height of 35 feet Many animals that disappeared from Delhimdashlike wild boarsmdashhave returned Vijai Kapoor who has a lot of knowledge on Delhi told me how wild boars used to roam near the Red Fort almost a century ago The civet and jungle cat have also returned

Why did you choose Tilpath Valley to build a biodiversity parkTilpath Valley is one of the deepest valleys of Delhi In fact they are a series of interconnected valleys that act as a catchment for the entire area It can recharge massive amounts of water This place can also attract wildlife like leopards and hyenas TOI Green Drive is a first step towards developing the park

How degraded are the Aravalis in DelhiThere is nothing but Prosopis juliflora an invasive species all over the Ridge The native species have all but vanished Even Prosopis cineraria or khejri that once used to be abundant is lost

Ecological services are also being provided by colony parks Why did you choose to develop nature reservesTherersquos no other way to learn about Delhirsquos natural heritage Students and researchers should have access to flora and fauna in the wild That way even biodiversity parks have become a part of urban infrastructure and are key to making Delhi a smart city A smart city is nothing but a place where there is sustainable use of resources Nature reserves help us achieve that

How did you come up with the idea of developing biodiversity parks in Delhi Delhirsquos native flora and fauna are on the verge of extinction

But itrsquos our natural heritage that supports human civilization Their ecological service is

irreplaceable At a conference attended by former lieutenant governor Vijai Kapoor 12 years ago I had shared my concerns He

offered me 150 acres upstream of Wazirabad and I jumped onto the idea Irsquom also thankful

to DDA for land and infrastructure to create the biodiversity parks

Why do you choose degraded lands to work onAny place which has no life can be nursed back to health Asola was a desertified ecosystem nothing would grow there Bhatti was covered with mining pits over a hundred years old We have managed to develop a forest there A similar example is the limestone mines near Mussoorie The locals in Dehradun had moved Supreme Court complaining there was oxygen stress in the area SC banned mining there We took it up as a challenge and today itrsquos in much better health

TOI-Hero Green Drive has been a great experiencemdashthere is a huge

amount of excitement among people especially schoolchildren I compliment and thank hundreds of schoolchildren and citizens of Delhi who have taken out time and put in efforts to be part of the Hero-TOI Green Drive I am sure we will have thousands of them at Tilpath Valley on Aug 30 mdashVIJAY SETHI | VICE-PRESIDENT HERO

MOTOCORP

For the past four months all government departments have

worked very hard to ensure plantations are a success This time we have also introduced third-party audit of each plantation because we need to be assured that saplings are in good health We planted saplings that are more than five-six feet in height so that they survive Our focus is also on fruit varieties like jamun ber imli bel and others

mdashASIM AHMED KHAN | DELHIrsquoSENVIRONMENT MINISTER






Developing biodiversity parks or mini nature reserves within cities is the only way to conserve its natural heritage believes C R BABU professor emeritus Delhi University and head of Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems

In charge of developing the Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park project he tells JAYASHREE NANDI how he created the Yamuna and Aravali biodiversity parks

Once these saplings grow they will act as a largeCO2 sink they will also guard against dust and improve air quality

The grown-up trees can cool the area around Tilpath Valley Plantations can reduce temperature by blocking sunlight

Further cooling can occur when water evaporates from the leaves

They can reduce the urban heat island (UHI) effect around Tilpath Valley and other areas where plantation will take place Surfaces that were permeable and green have been concretized as a result of urbanization These changes cause the urbanized areas to be much warmer than surrounding green areas

Once the trees grow the thick foliage will act as a buffer against noise pollution

They can also provide a habitat for birds and other wildlife

One large tree can provide a dayrsquos supply of oxygen for up to

four people Trees can also check soil erosion

Some plants improve soil quality by fixing nitrogen

humus formed here will store carbon

The plantation can check desertification and loss of biodiversity

Besides acting as catchments for water bodies Tilpath Valley can be an excellent rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge site

WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE

CURBING POLLUTION amp DEFORESTATION

TREE COMMUNITIES TO BE PLANTED INTILPATH VALLEY INCLUDE

Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea

Prosopis Cineraria or Khejri

Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and

Boswellia Serrata deciduous broad leaved species and scrub forests

Even as the Centre said ithad ldquosignificantly nar-

rowed downrdquo the gaps withagitating ex-servicemen onthe OROP stalemate the vet-erans on Saturday said thatin addition to the four ex-soldiers already in hospitalanother fasting veteran washospitalized after his healthdeteriorated P 8

OROP 1 moreveteran in hosp

The finance ministry hasannounced rewards of

up to Rs 15 lakh to people whocan provide information onhigh-value tax defaulters re-ports Lubna Kably The re-wards will be commensuratewith the tax collected due tothe information a new norm

stipulates P 8

`15L for info ontax defaulters

Union ministers PiyushGoyal and Manoj Sinha

gifted insurance cover to51000 underprivilegedwomen of SC OBC and Mus-lim communities on behalfof PM Narendra Modi at afunction held on the occa-sion of Rakshabandhan inVaranasi on Saturday P 11

PMrsquos gift of lifecover on rakhi

Finance minister ArunJaitley on Saturday re-

fused to confirm whether theland ordinance would be al-lowed to lapse or be repro-mulgated on August 31 APTI report quoted him as say-ing ldquoWait for next 48 hours(for a decision)rdquo P 8

lsquoWait 48 hrs forordinancersquos fatersquo

Ahmed Alitimesgroupcom

Mumbai After approachingpolice to file a missing com-plaint why didnrsquot Rahul Mu-kerjea Peter Mukerjearsquos sonwith whom Sheena Bora had alive-in relationship go tothem again when he foundSheenarsquos passport in theirAndheri flat well after he wastold she had left for the US

Rahul said in his state-ment to Mumbai police thathe did not retry going to thepolice because he had ldquolostfaithrdquo in the force after hiscomplaint was ignored Buthad he done so the mysteryof Sheena Borarsquos disappear-ance may have been solvedmuch earlier Officials said

he should have been muchmore insistent about follow-ing up the matter since he hadSheenarsquos passport in his pos-session If he had produced itbefore the police in Mumbaihe could have conclusively es-tablished that there was noway she could have moved tothe US and forced a probe

Sheenarsquos mother Indraniwas arrested on Tuesday forstrangling her and burningand dumping her body in Rai-gad Her ex-husband SanjeevKhanna and driver ShyamvarRai have also been arrested

Rahul in fact was the onlyone to go to the cops in the caseFirst he went to Khar police

and then to Worli police but hisattempt to lodge a missing per-sonrsquos complaint at either policestation failed

He and Sheena were livingtogether in their Andheri(East) flat at the time Sheenawent missing When a coupleof months after Sheenarsquos dis-appearance he decided tomove to his motherrsquos Dehra-dun home he found her pass-port in her baggage

He then confronted hermother Indrani who had beentelling him that Sheena hadsettled in the US saying hehad the passport but Indranitold him that Sheena had goneabroad on another passport

Though Rahul said he be-lieved Indrani to some extenthe had at the same time asneaking suspicion thatsomething was not right Act-ing on this he had told his fa-ther Peter Mukerjea that Indrani might be lying Thisresulted in a fight between fa-ther and son

Rahul then left for hismotherrsquos place in Dehradunafter the landlord informedhim that Sheena had sent hima letter asking him to cancelthe lease and licence agree-ment as she had moved to the US

Claims ThatHe Had Lost

Faith In Police

Rahul had Sheenarsquos passportwhen she was said to be in US

INDRANI TRIED TO KILL ME

TWICE IN GUWAHATI MICHAIL

Michail Bora told police on Saturday that his mother

Indrani Mukerjea had made three attempts to kill him Before that he said Indrani had sent him to a mentalhospital in Pune

Indrani had visited Guwahati twice and both times she attempted to lsquodrug him with poisonrsquo but he survived Michail claimed

The third attempt he said was on April 24 2012 the day Sheena Bora was killed His drink was spiked at Indranirsquos Worli home but he managed to escape just in time as she and her ex-husband Sanjeev left to pick Sheena up outside National College in Bandra

Indrani Mukerjearsquos father Upendra Kumar Bora on

Saturday confirmed that Indrani was his

daughter and not step-daughter as journalist Vir Sanghvi had claimed ldquoIndrani

is my daughterrdquo Bora told a TV channel

Michail Bora

lsquoIndrani my daughter not step-daughterrsquo

Indrani Mukerjea

AtulThakurtimesgroupcom

Historically India hasbeen viewed as beingfar less vulnerable to

global financial crises thanother large economies be-cause it was much less inte-grated with the global econo-my than countries like saythe US or China Today how-ever at least as far as tradegoes the opposite is true

World Bank data showsthat in 2014 Indiarsquos totaltrade (exports plus imports)was equivalent to about 50of its GDP This was higherthan the trade to GDP ratio ofthe US Japan or China Dur-

ing the 1997 Asian financialcrisis which India escapedrelatively unscathed totalforeign trade was equivalentto only 222 of the coun-tryrsquos GDP

One way to measure theextent to which an economyis globally linked is by com-paring its international

trade with its GDP By thisyardstick Indiarsquos aggregateexports and imports ofgoods and services was496 of the countryrsquos GDPin 2014 compared to Chinarsquostrade to GDP ratio of 415for the same year

Indiarsquos trade-GDP ratiohigher than US Chinarsquos

Country MoreVulnerable ToGlobal Crises

Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE

SHEETTrade as of GDP

Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496

Rising steadily P 16

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Katrinarsquos Phantom In Legal Trouble

Medical charity to sue producers says

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AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom

In 2014 Maharashtra hadmore women in its policeforce than any other state

or Union territory in IndiaBut its 17957 policewomenformed a minuscule 1048of the statersquos total police forceDelhi ranks 12th in the list at715 well below Chandi-garhrsquos top tally of 1416

The Maharashtra num-bers are particularly de-pressing because the statewas the first to introduce

30 reservation for womenin police 44 years ago Com-pared to the national average

of 6 Maharashtrarsquos num-bers are good and it is farahead of neighbour Gujaratwhere women make up only364 of the police force

The data forms part of astudy by Commonwealth Hu-man Rights Initiative Amo-ng the top four are Chandi-garh Tamil Nadu Andamanand Nicobar Islands and Hi-machal Assam is at the bot-tom of the list preceded byTripura JampK Meghalayaand Nagaland

Dire lack of women in policenational average a mere 6

Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715

of women in police force

TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom

Mumbai With the dubiousrole of Raigad police in theSheena Bora murder caseconfirmed the state home de-partment has ordered a high-level probe into dereliction ofduty at all levels At the sametime a blame game has begunwith the then superintendentof police R D Shinde now ad-ditional commissioner of po-lice (central region) blaminghis subordinates for inepthandling of the case

A high-ranking bureau-crat told TOI that prima facienot only the then deputy SPand inspector but Shinde toowas responsible for derelic-tion of duty as neither a case ofaccidental death nor one ofmurder was registered on dis-covery of the burned remainsof the body ldquoThe case was nev-er taken seriously by the Rai-gad police nor was there a fol-low-uprsquorsquo he said

Konkan range IG Prash-ant Burde confirmed to TOIthat Raigad SP Suvez Haquehad been asked to submit acomprehensive report in thecase within a week

ldquoPrima facie it appearsthere was a lapse Instead ofregistering a case of murderor accidental death a stationdiary entry was maderdquoBurde said

Raigad copsrsquobotch-up

under probe

Cops must explain P 10lsquoPolice didnrsquot file FIRrsquo P 10

MURDER IN FAMILY P 10

Treble For Bolt Gatlin amp Co Bungle

Jamaica wins 4x100m China bags

silver as US disqualified P 22

AUGUST 30 2015 | CAPITAL | PAGES 54 | INCLUDING TIMESLIFE CLASSIFIEDS TIMES PROPERTY AND DELHI TIMES | TIMESOFINDIACOM | EPAPERTIMESOFINDIACOM


DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom

New Delhi The SupremeCourt on Monday took lessthan 60 seconds to stay a 20-day-old Rajasthan high courtjudgment which branded Jai-nismrsquos centuries-old lsquoSantha-ra or Sallekhanarsquo custom asattempt to suicide warrant-ing prosecution under Sec-tion 306 of the penal code

Members of the Jain com-munity had filed a couple ofpetitions challenging the Au-gust 10 HC ruling and lined upabevy of senior advocates ndash AM Singhvi Harish Salve andGopal Subramaniam ndash to ad-vance arguments to convincethe SC that the constitution-ally guaranteed right to pro-fess a religion of onersquos choice

SC takes 60 secondsto stay ban on Jain

practice of Santhara

included practising its tenetstraditions and customs Thearmy of legal experts did nothave to fire at all as the SCstayed the order in seconds

Raj govt lauds order P 13

FM for limitingred beaconsFinance minister Arun Jaitleyhas backed road transport min-ister Nitin Gadkarirsquos proposalto limit the use of red beaconsto just five dignitaries at theCentre and four in states hold-ing constitutional posts P 13

Big Brsquos Twitter accounthacked Actor AmitabhBachchan said his Twitter account was hacked on Mon-day Big B has over 16 million Twitter followers P 12

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Monday was 75 and minimum 46

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Subjected to a bouncer bar-rage Ishant Sharma

smacked his helmet repeat-edly as if inviting Lankanpacer Dhammika Prasad tohit him on the head The twoexchanged words and Di-nesh Chandimal too wadedin brushing against Ishantrsquosshoulder A fired-up Ishantresponded with the ball dis-missing Upul Tharanga androaring When he got rid ofChandimal he repeatedlystruck the side of his headAmid all the drama Lankaended Day 4 at 673 needing319 more to triumph Indianeed 7 wickets to recordtheir first series win in Lan-ka since 1993 P 23

Ishant fires asmatters cometo a head in SL

In the third reduction inAugust petrol price has

been slashed by Rs 2 and die-sel by 50 paise a litre ascrude continued to tradenear six-year lows Petrolnow costs Rs 6120 in the cap-ital and diesel Rs 4445

Petrol price cutby 2 diesel 50p

A man was killed after aMercedes car hit his bike

in Preet Vihar on MondayThe driver fled but was laternabbed In Mukherjee Na-gar a scooter-motorbike col-lision killed two men P 4

City biker hit byMerc killed

Karnataka wants CBI toprobe Kalburgi murderBajrang Dal man held P 8

Finmin pulls up RBI overTrsquogana I-T deduction P 11

First CWG conviction 4MCD staff held guilty P 3

OTHER TOP STORIES

Voicing resentment atldquomoral policingrdquo by

right-wing bodies the SC onMonday upheld Goarsquos deci-sion to keep out Sri Ram Se-na chief Pramod Muthalikand his associates P 8

SC Muthalikcanrsquot enter Goa

1 DAY 1 LAKH TREES PLANTEDTOI

Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia wasone of almost 40000 people who turned up at Tilpath Valley on Sundayas the month-long TOI Green Driveculminated in a massive event inwhich over 1 lakh saplings were

planted in less than six hours Religious sects spiritual organizationsNGOs corporates and individual volunteers came together on a hecticSunday that saw around 100 native species from 12 plant communitiesbeing planted in the area | FULL COVERAGE P 2

BhartiJaintimesgroupcom

New Delhi The governmentmay claim a ldquovery limitedrdquo in-fluence of Islamic State (IS)among Indian Muslims butthat has not kept curiousyoungsters from closely fol-lowing its activities and ou-treach on social media

If the findings of a nation-

al survey by an intelligenceagency are any indicationthe largest volume of internettraffic related to the terroroutfit is being generated notfrom large IT-savvy citieslike Bengaluru and Hydera-bad but smaller places like

Srinagar Mumbai in top 5cities browsing net for IS

Chinchwad and Unnao Sri-nagar and Guwahati are thetop two cities on the list

Mumbai is the only me-tropolis among the top six In-dian cities or towns reportingonline interest in IS rankingfifth after Srinagar Guwaha-

ti Punersquos suburb Chinchwadand Howrah Unnao nearKanpur occupies the sixth po-sition according to results ofthe ldquotop-secretrdquo survey ac-cessed exclusively by the TOI

Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati

3 Chinchwad (Maharashtra)

4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao

In Southeast Asia maximum traffic from Pakistan

Age profile of those showing most interest in IS-related social media activity 16-30 years

TERROR QUERYINTEL SURVEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC GENERATED

Top states in order of volume of traffic

1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal

Top international regions in terms of traffic 1 West Asia 2Iraq 3 Syria 4 Emirates region 5Northeast Africa 6 West Europe

16-30 yr age group P 9

IS starts own currencymints gold coins P 20

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The countryrsquoseconomic growth slowed inthe April-June quarter trig-gering calls for a cut in inter-est rates and deeper reformsto accelerate the momentumData released by the CentralStatistics Office (CSO) onMonday showed the econo-my grew by 7 in the Junequarter slower than the pre-

vious quarterrsquos 75 expan-sion Growth in the Junequarter of 2014-15 was 67

While the 7 growth ratematches the June quartergrowth of China and stillplaces India in the league offastest growing economiesin the world economistssaid more steps are neededto step up the accelerationIndia Inc called for rate cutsto boost growth The govern-ment expects growth in the8-85 range in 2015-16

Q1 GDP growthslows to 7spurs calls

for rate cuts

Core sector slows P 22

HDFC Bank slashes itsminimum lending rate by 35 basis points to935 becomes thecheapest lender P 21

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Union home sec-retary L C Goyal was shuntedout of the powerful ministryon Monday to be replacedwith finance secretary RajivMehrishi hours before thelatter was to superannuate onturning 60 marking a stun-ning twist in the careers ofthe two senior bureaucrats

Goyal perceived by manyto be ldquodifficultrdquo and out ofsync with the style of the gov-

ernment was made to makeway He reacted by taking vol-untary retirement but wascompensated with the posi-tion of chairman of IndianTrade Promotion Organiza-tion mdash a body best known for

organizing trade fairsMehrishi will have a two-

year fixed tenure He was suc-ceeded as finance secretary byR Wattal completing the proc-ess of putting in place a newteam just before preparations

Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement

Jan 2015 | Avinash Chander sacked as DRDO chief 15 months before his contract was to end

Jan 28 | Sujatha Singh removed from the post of foreign secy with eight months to go of her two-year term S Jaishankar replaced her

Feb 4| Home secretary Anil Goswami removed while his

2-year fixed tenure was to end on June 30 2015 He was shunted out for alleged links with ex-mantri Matang Sinh who is allegedly embroiled in graft cases

Aug 31 | Home secretary L C Goyal takes VRS with 17 months to go of his two-year fixed tenureRajiv Mehrishi replaces Goyal

ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi

Home secy Goyal shuntedout second one in 6 months

for the next Budget kick offMehrishi who was specu-

lated to be among the conten-ders for cabinet secretary butwas eventually passed over forP K Sinha was looking for-ward to a life outside govern-ment after a three-decade-longcareer The month saw himjuggling his official choreswith attending farewell par-ties with no clue about thepleasant surprise NarendraModi would unwrap for himon Monday morning when hecalled on the prime minister

He is perhaps the first IASofficer at least in recenttimes to have served as bothfinance and home secretary

Kept Rajnath in dark P 10

VijayVSinghtimesgroupcom

Mumbai Chilling facts keeptumbling out in the Sheena Bo-ra murder case The latest isthat Sheenarsquos corpse was keptin a sitting position on the rearseat of the car between former

INX CEO Indrani Mukerjeaand her second husband San-jeev Khanna as they drove to

Raigadrsquos Pen the morning af-ter the murder to dump thebody It was placed in such away to convey the impressionthat three passengers wereseated at the back A cop saidthe accused did so to avoid be-ing caught at checkposts

Sheenarsquos body was bun-dled into the suitcase (for be-ing burned) only after the cardriven by Shyamvar Rai re-ached Raigad forest

Indrani and Khanna drove to Raigad withSheenarsquos body lsquoseatedrsquo between them Cops

Sleeping drama P 15

MURDER IN FAMILY P 14 15Mother and daughter reunite in tears P 15

Indrani and Sanjeevrsquos daughterVidhie (L) at a court in Mumbai

Uma Kadam

Accused in policecustody till Sept 5

Additional chief metropolitanmagistrate S M Chandgade

on Monday extended the policecustody of Indrani SanjeevKhanna and driver ShyamvarRai to Saturday (Sept 5) Publicprosecutor Laxman Rathod toldthe court that in light of an alle-ged conspiracy to kill Michailan IPC charge of 307 (attempt tomurder) was added P14

Amit Bhattacharya amp

Neha Madaan TNN

New DelhiPune Augustended with a higher-than-an-ticipated rainfall deficit of22 and with India Meteoro-logical Department officialssaying the monsoon couldstart withdrawing in the nextfew days the chances of a sec-ond successive drought year

in the country appear highIMD said the all India weight-ed average rainfall in Augustwas 2042mm against a nor-mal of 261mm making it thethird lowest August rainfallin over two decades Since1993 monsoon in August hasbeen weaker only in 2009 (alsoan El Nino year) and 2005

22 rain deficit in Augthird driest since 1993

Monsoon retreat P 15

ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom

Washington India wascognizant of the threat fromPakistanrsquos nuclear weaponsprogram and then PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi mayhave considered eliminatingit when she returned to officein 1980 long before it nearedfruition a CIA assessmentfrom that era has revealed

The CIA report declassi-fied earlier this June andfirst reported by PTI says

Mrs Gandhiconsidered theoption follow-ing the pros-pect of the USproviding F-16fighter jets to

Pakistan giving Islamabadthe possible means to deliv-er nuclear weapons

ldquoIn the extreme case ifIndian concerns increaseover the next two or threemonths we believe the con-ditions could be ripe for adecision by Prime MinisterGandhi to instigate a mili-tary confrontation with Pa-kistan primarily to pro-vide a framework fordestroying Pakistanrsquos nu-clear facilitiesrdquo says a re-dacted version of the 12-page document that was de-classified this year Thereport also says Mrs Gand-hi was ready to order a re-sumption of nuclear tests

Indira mayrsquoveconsidered

strike on PakrsquosN-sites CIA

Nipping in the bud P 9

The challenge to the HC verdict in the SC said no illegality was associatedwith Santhara as it was ldquosimply a Jain way of mastering the art of dyingas much as the art of livingrdquo

THE TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHITUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 20152 TIMES CITY | TOI GREEN DRIVE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi TOIrsquos Green Drive had active stu-dent participation right from day one From volunteering during sapling plantation to per-forming fl ash mobs school and college stu-dents played their part in the effort towards a greener environment

On the last day of the campaign the mood was of enthusiasm as schoolchildren dressed in their uniforms reached Tilpath Valley and replaced the brown of the terrain there with the colours of their banners Students of G D Goenka Public School Raman Munjal Vi-dya Mandir School and Ryan International School took part in the sapling plantation They shouted slogans in support of planting trees and checking environmental pollution

Approximately 3100 young adults who work as volunteers with Teach India and children from 30 NGOs helped plant saplings across the valley They also watered the sap-lings planted by the gathering

ldquoI have never planted trees before When I watered the tiny sapling I had planted I felt a connection to itrdquo said Nisha Singh a Class VII student ldquoI would like to come here often and watch it grow into a treerdquo

In the middle of the plantation drive songs being sung by a group of students from the Ryan International School caught the at-tention of the crowd The songs expressed the need to conserve natural resources and called for ldquogiving love to Mother Earthrdquo

Teachers felt that instead of students be-ing taught about ecological crises and con-servation in a classroom environment being proactive in initiatives like TOIrsquos Green Drive would be a more benefi cial learning process

ldquoAfter learning about the Green Drive we thought that it would be a good idea to make our students aware of the importance of trees by getting them to participate in tree planta-tionrdquo said Neerja Kapoor who teaches at G D Goenka Public School ldquoIt is absolutely necessary to teach the students that it is their responsibility as citizens to take care of the reducing green cover in the cityrdquo

The TOI Green Drive is a much needed initiative for Delhi as

the city holds the dubious distinction of being one of the worldrsquos most polluted cities I compliment everyone who participated in this PAWAN MUNJAL| CHAIRMAN MD amp CEO HERO MOTOCORP

40000 paint Tilpath green in 6 hrsMonth-Long TOI Campaign Culminates In Planting Of Over 1 Lakh Saplings On Sunday

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi Sundayrsquos dry heat did little to deter the crowd of 40000 and more that had turned up at Tilpath Valley on Delhirsquos southern fringe to contribute their bit to greening the city The month-long TOI Green Drive culminated with the planting of over one lakh sap-lings in the south Delhi biodiver-sity park in less than six hours

The Green Drive a TOI ini-tiative along with Hero MotoCorp and Delhi Development Author-ity (DDA) brought together people from across the National Capital Region and even from Ladakh The event saw leaders and follow-ers of different faiths from 17 spir-itual organizations congregating to raise awareness about greening and cleaning Delhi Over 30000 people represented Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation alone They included doctors lawyers auto drivers students and businessmen

Thirty NGOs under the umbrel-la of Teach India with more than 3000 volunteers also supported the initiative in a big way Compa-nies that joined in the mega event included Oracle Accenture Sony Ericsson and WWF

Professor C R Babu profes-sor emeritus Delhi University who along with DDA is devel-oping Tilpath Valley as a biodi-versity park said that around 100 native species from 12 plant com-munities had been planted on Sun-day Sapling had been chosen care-fully to suit the soil and topography ldquoThis was a historic event After inspecting the site in the evening I found that the plantation has been done extremely wellrdquo he said

A team of around 200 gardeners

from DU and DDA helped people in planting the saplings The day started with the blowing of the shofar a horn used by the Jewish community to formally inaugurate important events Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar explained that the ritual was meant to communicate to nature that people had collected to save trees

An hour after the event began at 7am Delhirsquos deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia arrived and spent close to 30 minutes at the venue After that saplings were planted by the heads of religious groups in-cluding the leader of the Niranka-ris Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj

The major plantation work was over by noon but Professor Babu needed his team to bring in more saplings to meet the demand ldquoWe were not prepared for so many peo-ple Just before noon there were

more than 25000 people rdquo he said A woman he said had walked 35 km with her baby to come and plant a tree

Volunteers like Mohid worked through the day ldquoI reached

the venue at 4 am and stayed till 5 pm to handle the traffi c About

600 of us were tasked with look-ing after the traffi c arrangementrdquo said the 34-year-old businessman and member of the Nirankari sect

He was helped by Nirankari teams from places like Sonipat and Sohna in Haryana

The saplings need care till they are 10-15 feet high after which their developed roots can sustain growth The Green Drive covered 35 acres of the park but another 40-45 acres have to be forested ldquoHad it not been for this drive the work would have taken us fi ve yearsrdquo said Babu

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi On an unusually hot August morning two monks in deep maroon robes stood out against the dusty barren expanse of Tilpath Valley Accompanying the two monks were four children in school uniforms that were defi nitely not designed for Delhirsquos heat Thatrsquos how the city welcomed the team of six from Ranchorsquos School in Ladakh made popular in Aamir Khanrsquos blockbuster 3 Idi-

ots The students had fl own in from Leh to participate in TOIrsquos tree plantation

ldquoI run a non-profi t organization called lsquoLive to Loversquo and we came to Delhi only to participate in the green driverdquo explained maroon-robed Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche chairman of the Druk Pedma Karpo Edu-cational Society based in Shey Ladakh ldquoMy students and I have already planted more than one lakh trees in Ladakh We did that in 2012 When I heard about TOIrsquos initiative I contacted the grouprdquo

The students who accompanied the Rinpoche braved the August heat to plant saplings ldquoOur school is eco-friendly and we have even used naturally occurring materi-als to construct the school roomsrdquo said a fl ushed Chemat Angnoo a Class VII student ldquoNone of us had seen Delhi but our main agenda is to participate in the tree planta-tion We will spend the next two days visiting places around Delhirdquo He said they were hav-ing a lot of fun here ldquobut it is very hotrdquo

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The fi nal day of TOIrsquos Green Drive at Tilpath Valley saw the congregation of spiritual gurus of various faiths who had mobilized their followers for the campaign

The gurus spoke to a big crowd of whom around 31500 were members of spiritual organizations about the sci-entifi c and spiritual elements attached to trees They also stressed that all religions gave high importance to trees

Swami Chidanand Saras-wati president and head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh talked about how tree plantation should be carried out with passion as it gives back something to na-ture that replenishes human life ldquoAir and water can be pu-rifi ed because of trees From day one till we breathe our last we need trees It is good to plant trees that give shade but there is also a need to plant

fruit-bearing trees It can be a good way of tackling malnu-trition in our countryrdquo

Swami Chidanand added ldquoThere is something called corporate social responsibil-ity but TOIrsquos Green Drive is a step towards lsquomedia social responsibilityrsquo We should also think of human social responsibility And inter-faith interactions like we had today can pave the way for religious social responsibilityrdquo

Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi chief imam of All India Imam Organization appreciated the confl uence of different faiths for a common cause ldquoWe should use religious meet-ings as a platform to spread the message of a clean envi-ronment We should not only plant trees but also nurture them as our children All re-ligions have come together to plant trees these trees will benefi t humanityrdquo he said

Focusing on the threat to the environment with the

ozone layer getting affected and glaciers melting due to global warming Acharya Lokesh Muni founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti said the solution to keeping the environment clean has been mentioned in ancient reli-gious texts of different faiths

ldquoPropagators of different religious faiths have gathered here today because we feel that religion should be linked with social service This drive is an answer to the issue of creating a healthy environment for our future generations We have to plant trees for a healthy soci-ety and a healthy countryrdquo

If the dusty landscape was dotted with a large number of people wearing blue caps it was because followers of Sant Nirankari Mission came in massive numbers Nirankari Baba Hardev Singh himself expressed surprise at the unu-sually high turnout Explain-ing that Sant Nirankari Mis-sion always made an effort to

promote a green environment he said even in constructions the mission gave importance to environmental friendliness

ldquoIn Judaism when a girl attains puberty she plants a saplingrdquo said Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar ldquoSo 10-15 years down the line when she gets mar-ried the fl owers and leaves of that tree are used to decorate the wedding canopyrdquo He also said Judaism cel-ebrated a special new year festival related to trees

ldquoNature is greatly priced in the Baharsquoi writingsrdquo said A K Merchant national trustee BaharsquoI Foundation of In-dia ldquoThe ecological crisis is described as a sign of ir-responsibility on the part of human beingsrdquo

Ranchorsquos students fly in from Leh to lend a hand

Out of classroom it was a learning experience

Spiritual leaders bond in spirit to bless drive

SNAPSHOTS

EARLY BIRD SISODIAThe fi rst aam aadmi to plant a tree at the special planta-tion drive was Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia He arrived at Tilpath Valley shortly after 8am He planted a sapling walked around the area spoke to offi cials about the development of Tilpath and left around 830am

THEY HAD A PICNICShrugging off the heat on Sunday morning the thousands of people who showed up for planting saplings decided to enjoy the day After fi nishing work many were seen settling down for a picnic in the midst of the dusty expanse un-mindful of the milling crowds the oppressive heat and the absence of any signifi cant green cover

IT WAS THEIR SUNDAY MISSIONWhile the majority of people who came for the tree plantation were affi liated to one religious group or the other or repre-sented schools and corporate entities there were a handful of diligent individuals who had responded to TOIrsquos advertisement in the Sunday paper Around 30 such individuals came because they wanted to contribute their bit to the greening of the city

AREA SWAMPED SO OTHER PLOTS OPENED UPA major part of the planta-tion programme had fi n-ished by 1pm Several plots had run out of saplings due to the surge of people many of them representing the Nirankari sect Offi cials said many people had to be directed to other inacces-sible areas and more sap-lings arranged for them to plant Around 25000 people were present at the venue between 9am and 1pm

SONGS AND SLOGANSBY KIDS FILL THE AIR Students from different schools of Delhi planted saplings enthusiasti-cally The warm Sunday morning echoed with the excited voices of the children as they sang songs and shouted slogans about the impor-tance of trees They cheerfully took heavy watering cans to water the saplings in various blocks

SAYING THANKSVolunteers dressed in khaki uniforms could be seen managing the swelling crowd Most of these volunteers were from Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation They stood by the road directing people to the venue at Tilpath Valley and were also seen transporting people to far corners of the valley on their bikes

Highest participation Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation with over 30000 volunteers

Number of plant communities chosen12 (mitragyna adina butea anogeissus acacia wrightia sterculia dichrostachys kydia terminalia broad-leaved forest community scrub forest community)

saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants

It would have ordinarily taken 5 years to plant 1 lakhsaplings which were planted in 6 hourson Sunday

Spiritual organizations 17 I congratulate TOI for the great work The

government is also keenly monitoring the green cover in Delhi and is focusing on increasing plantation within the city instead of creating forests

on the fringes More and more companies

should take up initiatives like this

mdashASIM AHMED KHAN |DELHI ENVIRONMENTMINISTER

SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT TOOK PART

Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques Ananda Sangha Baharsquoi Spiritual Assembly Bharat Soka Gakkai Brahma Kumaris Bureau of His Holiness The Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Spirituality Chinmaya Mission Dhyan Foundation Digambar Jain Monks Gyansa-garji and Nayansagarji Drukpa Isha Foundation Parmarth Niketan Ashram Sant Nirankari Mission Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission Judah Hyam Synagogue Delhi

Photos Ranjit Kumar Piyal Bhattacharjee Vipin

Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

DistrictPark Kalkaji


Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake

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बस म ी वाई-फाई भी महया करान जा रही ह डीटीसी की आमदनी म हर महीन सवा 7 करोड़ पय का इजाफा होन को लकर भी कजरीवाल न खशी जताई प रवहन म ी गोपाल राय न बताया िक

अब सरकार ज द ही अ छा परफॉमस करन वाल ाइवर कड टर क िलए भी अलग स नई इसिटव कीम और कश रवॉड कीम श करगी

सरकारी अ पताल क दवा क सपल फलवस नई िद ली िद ली सरकार क अ पताल म मरीज को िदए जान वाली कछ दवा क सपल फल हो गए ह इस साल अब तक चार सपल फल हो चक ह जबिक 33 सपल की रपोट अब तक नह आई ह एक आरटीआई म यह खलासा हआ ह िपछल पाच साल म 16 दवा क सपल फल हए ह दवा की वॉिलटी की जाच क िलए सपल िलए जात ह लिकन इस बार म आरटीआई ए टिव ट का कहना ह िक जाच म सरकार का रोल सदहा पद ह य िक सपल साइज बहत कम ह अगर सपल साइज यादा हो तो और भी दवा फल हो सकती ह इसिलए सरकार को मामल को गभीरता स लना चािहए

2014-15 म िद ली क सरकारी अ पताल और िड पस रय स 53 सपल उठाए गए थ इसम स चार सपल

फल हो गए और अब तक 33 सपल की रपोट नह आई ह इसी तरह 2013 म 80 सपल की जाच की गई िजसम स 7 सपल फल हए थ और 13 की रपोट नह आई थी आरटीआई ए टिव ट राजहस बसल न कहा िक 2013 म जस ही

सपल क नबर बढ़ ह सपल फल होन क मामल भी बढ़ ह उ ह न कहा िक इलाज बहतर तभी िमल सकता ह जब दवा की वॉिलटी बहतर

नह होगी तो इलाज का असर कस बहतर हो सकता ह

2012 म िद ली म 37 सपल िलए गए थ िजसम स एक सपल फल हो गया था जबिक 2011 म 46 सपल म स दो सपल और 2010 म कवल 13 सपल म दो सपल फल हो गए थ राजहस न कहा हमारा मकसद ह लोग को सफ ीटमट क साथ सफ दवा िमल लिकन जो हालात ह उस बहतर नह कहा जा सकता ह

आरटीआई म सामन

आई बात

ाइवर

की सलरी म बढ़ोतरी

NE क लोग क

िलए अलग सल स नई िद ली िद ली सरकार न िद ली म रह नॉथ ई ट क लोग की सम या का समाधान करन और नॉथ ई ट क यिनटी क वलफयर क िलए उनस सझाव लन क िलए सरकार क अदर एक अलग सल बनान का फसला िकया ह नॉथ ई ट क लोग क एक ितिनिधमडल स िद ली सिचवालय म मलाकात क दौरान म यम ी अरिवद कजरीवाल न यह घोषणा की

म यम ी अरिवद कजरीवाल न टॉप 10 िडपो को अवॉड िदया

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Economy

AnanditaMankotiatimesgroupcom

New Delhi New IT secretary JS Dee-pak has said the departmentrsquos focuswill be on delivering key e-govern-ment services to citizens and to give aleg up to electronic manufacturing inthe country

ldquoFirstly [the emphasis is on] thelsquoDigital Indiarsquo campaign with focuson e-governance which is about mak-ing the government more responsib-le more efficient and more availabletowards its citizensrdquo Deepak whotook over as the secretary at the De-partment of Electronics and Infor-mation Technology (DeiTY) on Mon-day told ET

The departmentrsquos second major ar-ea of focus will bepromotion ofmanufacture ofelectronic hard-ware and exportsfrom India ldquoThishas been the fo-cus of the depart-ment of IT andsomething ourprime minister

has repeatedly spoken ofrdquo Deepaksaid ldquoBridging the export and importgap is a big challenge for usrdquo

India imports electronic itemsworth $100 billion every year and ac-cording to the governmentrsquos esti-mates at this scale by 2020 it couldtouch $400 billion possibly surpass-ing the bill on fuel imports

To counter this gnawing deficit thegovernment has been trying to pro-mote India as an attractive destina-

tion for setting up manufacturing fa-cilities Deepak said that while heneeds more time to absorb his new as-signment and understand complexi-ties to be able to speak in detail hispriorities are in line with the govern-mentrsquos thinking

The departmentrsquos third priority ar-ea will be increasing employmentthrough strengthening IT and ITeSservices including development andexport of software ldquoThis is an area inwhich we have been leaders but ourcompetitiveness is coming under at-tack from a number of new geogra-phies like the Philippines Mexicoand Chinardquo he said

Deepak an IIM-Ahmedabad alum-nus joined the Indian Administra-tive Services in 1982 The UP cadre of-ficer was previously additionalsecretary in the department of com-merce Prior to that he served as joint

secretary in the telecom departmentAt the commerce ministry Deepak

was Indiarsquos chief negotiator at theWTO and at the Regional Comprehen-sive Partnership which is a free tradeagreement between 16 nations Hewas also Indiarsquos chief negotiator forthe India-EU FTA

Deepak fills the post held by Ram Se-wak Sharma a 1978 batch IAS officerfrom the Jharkhand cadre who is nowthe chairman of the Telecom Regula-tory Authority of India (Trai)

Deepak was also the architect of thelsquoe-auctionsrsquo model as he is creditedwith designing the first-ever success-ful e-auction of airwaves (3G and 4GBWA) which helped the governmentearn a bumper 167 lakh crore in2010 Since then e-auctions have be-come an established governmentnorm across various sectors for allo-cation of natural resources

IT department to focus on manufacturing electronic hardware and exports too

Digital India to SpruceUp E-governance Drive

NEW IT SECY JS DEEPAK TAKES CHARGE

Key To Success

It will help face competition from the Philippines Mexico and China

Digital India campaignwith focus on e-governance

It will make govtmore responsible more efficient and more available to its citizens

Increase employment through strengthening IT and ITeS services

It includes developmentand export of software

THE FOCUS AREAS

it will help bridgeexport and import gap

India imports electronicitems worth $100 bn a year and this could touch $400 bn by 2020

Promotion of manufacture of electronic hardware and exports from India

Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities

KalyanParbattimesgroupcom

Kolkata Top telcos BhartiAirtel and Idea Cellularrsquos de-cision to increase postpaiddata rates in some marketssignals attempts by incum-bents to protect their data rev-enue realisation levels towithstand a potential tariffwar post Reliance Jio Info-commrsquos entry later this yearsay analysts and experts

The latest rate hikes theysaid are a pre-emptive bid tocreate a revenue cushion ofsorts for absorbing imminentdata tariff cuts closer to Re-liance Jiorsquos launch in Decem-ber An analyst at a foreignbrokerage said the latest hikeby Airtel and Idea ldquois an at-tempt to set a higher base toensure an imminent tariffwar in the near future is notdetrimental to businessrdquo

ldquoSecuring data realisationbefore a potentially bruisingtariff battle with Jio is criti-cal for Indiarsquos top three telcoswhich grabbed nearly 92 ofthe incremental revenue mar-ket share (RMS) in the April-June quarter which waslargely propelled by data rev-

enuerdquo said the analyst citedabove ldquoThis cushion couldhelp them bring down rates ata future date and show theirsubscribers the desire to becompetitive in pricing whenJio launchesrdquo

A mobile carrierrsquos incre-mental RMS reflects the por-tion of increase in industryrevenue that accrues to thetelco Analysts expect incum-bent GSM carriers such asBharti Airtel Vodafone Indiaand Idea Cellular to rely moreon data revenue for growth incoming quarters as incre-mental improvements in thevoice pie are expected to be

marginal Data is known toring in higher revenue andmargins and flows directlyinto a telcorsquos profits

Vodafone India declined toreply to ETrsquos queries but twopeople familiar with the mat-ter said the countryrsquos second-largest mobile carrier is eval-uating a possible response toAirtel and Idearsquos moves

Vodafone Indiarsquos new CEOSunil Sood told this paper ear-lier that the company is pre-paring itself for whateverhappens post Jiorsquos entry butasserted that the British telcocharges a premium over com-petition

Bharti Airtel has reportedlyincreased postpaid data ratesin Delhi Haryana HimachalPradesh Maharashtra Pun-jab Rajasthan UP-East andUP-West circles while Ideahas similarly increased ratesin Delhi UP-West and Punjab

Both companies did not dis-close the reasons behind theirlatest data rate hikes byroughly 20 Some howeversay there was a risk to thismove as the telcos may end upirritating their long-termsubscribers in key markets inthe run up to Jiorsquos 4G rollout

ldquoDissatisfaction levels overthe quality of premium dataservices run pretty high andby raising 2G and 3G data tar-iffs at this stage Bharti andIdea may have missed out onan opportunity to cut data tar-iffs make a genuine differ-ence in the market and queerJiorsquos pitchrdquo an analyst said

Data Rate Hike Bharti IdeaGear Up For Rel Jio EntryExperts say telcos

creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war

Data AnalysisBharti and Idea

hike postpaid data

rates to withstand a

potential tariff war

post Reliance Jio

entry later this year

Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly

into a telcorsquos pro ts

Securing data realisation

before a potentially bruising

tariff battle with

Jio is critical for Indiarsquos

top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

KailashBabartimesgroupcom

Mumbai The central gov-ernment through a crucialamendment has included re-al estate agents in the CentralAdvisory Council that willhelp the government under-stand issues related to the re-al estate sector

The amendment makesproperty brokers a key stake-holder in the real estate in-dustry along with home-buyers and builders

In a separate developmentpertaining to the same Billthe Rajya Sabha Select Com-mittee has added that thefunctions of the Real EstateRegulatory Authority to beformed under the proposedBill will include protectionof interest of agents alongwith allottees and promoters

The council is proposed tobe formed under the aegis ofthe amended Real Estate Billand the Minister of Housingamp Urban Poverty Alleviationwill be the ex-officio chair-man of the same The adviso-ry council will be establishedafter the enactment of theproposed real estate Bill

The group will be advisingthe central government on acontinuous basis on the im-plementation of the Act rec-

ommend policy protection ofconsumer interest and fostergrowth and development ofthe real estate sector

Apart from property bro-kers the council will haveone member representingkey stakeholders includingconsumers builders archi-tect and the legal fraternity

ldquoWe expect the Council to beformed soon after the Billgets enacted The Council canact as a prime mover in initia-ting debates on critical as-pects of the real estate indus-try By including real estateagents the government willnow have better understand-ing of several issues that re-late to consumer satisfactionin real estate transactions asagents interact with custom-ers more than what buildersdordquo said Sanjay Bhargavafounder of realty advisory

company Bombay HomesWhile property brokers

have welcomed the movethey also highlighted otherkey issues that need govern-mentrsquos attention

Various broker bodies havesuggested setting up registra-tion criterion for realtyagents along with minimumeducational qualificationwhile voicing their concernon agents being treated at parwith builders

The Real Estate (Regulationand Development) Bill 2013seeks to establish Real EstateRegulatory Authorities (RE-RAs) at the state level for theregulation and developmentof the real estate sector Itaims at ensuring consumerprotection and standardisa-tion in business practicesand transactions in the realestate sector

Realty Brokers Now a Part ofCentral Advisory CouncilAmendment makes agents key stakeholder in industry along with builders amp buyers

RaghavOhritimesgroupcom

New Delhi The All India Insti-tute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)has said an order issued by it ndashwhich IFS officer Sanjiv Chatur-vedi alleged had made him joblessndash was ldquoperfectly legal and validrdquo

Chaturvedi a Haryana-cadre of-ficer who is currently deputy sec-retary at AIIMS had approachedthe Central Administrate Tribu-nal accusing the institute of issu-ing an order to bypass him on ad-ministrative matters

The 2002 batch officer namedone of the winners of the RamonMagsaysay Award for 2015 waslast year removed as chief vigi-lance officer at AIIMS over whathe claimed his role in exposingcorruption at the institute Hewas also in news after CM ArvindKejriwal sought his appointmentas an officer on special duty withthe Delhi government The Cen-tre hasnrsquot cleared the request

According to Chaturvedi at thetime of his appointment on June23 2011 his job was described asldquoto exercise management andcontrol of the instituterdquo ldquoto co-or-dinate with multi-disciplinaryexpertsrdquo and ldquoto co-ordinate andmanage infrastructure projects ampensure their timely completionrdquoThe CVO job was part of the as-signment Chaturvedi movedCAT in May alleging that the or-der had not been implemented intotality till date he said AIIMS in-structed that all files and work be-ing routed through him be sent di-rectly from his subordinateofficers to his superior

AIIMS SaysOrder onChaturvediLegal amp Valid

Mumbai Mosaic Clubsand Resorts a US compa-ny that builds and oper-ates golf courses and so-cial clubs worldwidehas entered into a part-nership with Ten ClubsManagement Solutionsin India to develop pro-jects for real estate build-ers in South Asia

Ten Clubs has licensedthe Mosaic brand anduse of its managementsystems and resourcesto expand its business inSouth Asia ldquoIndia isstill a nascent marketand has a growing mid-dle class which is largerthan the US as a wholerdquoWhitney Crouse chair-man of Mosaic Clubsand Resorts told ET byphone on Monday ldquoAsthe Indian middle classgrows developers willdiscover the Americangolf course formulaThe formula is that de-velopers build courses tosell homes fasterrdquo mdash Di-vya Sathyanarayanan

Mosaic ClubInks Pact WithTen Clubs

Realty CheckCouncil proposed to

be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill

Group to advise Centre on

implem-entation of the Act

recommend policy protection

of consumer interest and

foster growth of realty sector

Minister of housing amp

urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman

Council will have one

member representing

key stake-holders mdash

brokers consumers

builders architect amp

legal fraternity

Including real estate

agents in CAC to help

govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau

New Delhi About 40000people visited Tilpath Val-ley on Sunday to contrib-ute to the greening of thecity by planting over 1 lakhsaplings in the south Delhibiodiversity park endingthe month-long TOI GreenDrive The TOI initiativein partnership with HeroMotoCorp and the DelhiDevelopment Authoritybrought together peoplefrom the city and the NCRand as far as Leh A mix ofleaders and followers from17 spiritual organisationscame together to raiseawareness about greeningand cleaning Delhi

Other groups that sup-ported the initiative were30 NGOs under the umbrel-la of Teach India Compa-nies that joined in includedOracle Accenture Sonyand Ericsson More than3000 volunteers helped inthe plantation

ldquoThis was a historic eventand after inspecting thesite in the evening I foundthat the plantation hasbeen done extremely wellThere was a team ofaround 200 gardeners from

DU and DDA who helpedpeople with the planta-tionrdquo said CR Babu profes-sor emeritus of Delhi Uni-versity who along with theDDA is developing TilpathValley as a biodiversitypark About 100 native spe-cies from 12 plant groupshad been planted in the ar-ea on Sunday he said

The event started at 7 amDelhi deputy CM ManishSisodia arrived soon after 8am and spent 30 minutes atthe venue

Babu who supervised thework through the day saidthe major plantation workwas over by noon and histeam had to arrange formore saplings to meet thedemand

ldquoWe were not prepared forso many people but at onepoint before noon therewere more than 25000 peo-ple on the siterdquo he said

The plants will have to benurtured for two years be-fore they can be left to growon their own ldquoWe have cov-ered only 35 acres in thisdrive and another 40-45acres are leftrdquo said BabuldquoThe work we did in oneday would have taken usabout five years had it notbeen for this initiativerdquo

1 Lakh SaplingsPlanted in DelhirsquosTilpath Valley

TIMES OF INDIA GREEN DRIVE

T H E S P E A K I N G T R E EN E W D E L H I S E P T E M B E R 6 2 0 1 5

We cannot command Nature except by obeying hermdash Francis Bacon

lsquoMan is naturersquos custodianrsquoRABBI EZEKIEL ISAAC MALEKAR

God created Adam on the last day ofcreation so that he acts as a custodi-an of Godrsquos precious gift mdash the

planet and its ecology Unfortunately for thesake of progress and de-velopment we have be-come destroyers insteadof protectorsWe have aresponsibility to life todefend it everywherenot only against ourown sinsbut also against

those of othersWe are all passengers togeth-er in this same fragile and glorious world

Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar is priest at the Judah Hyam Synagogue Delhi

lsquoOne big happyfamilyrsquoSWAMI NIKHILANANDA

Initiatives such as TOIrsquos Green Drivehave a lot of energy It is said that with-out human beings the earth will survive

for a long time So we have a great respon-sibility If we make theeffort we can createheaven on earth but ifwe donrsquot do that wecould create hell It isup to us to make theearth a better place

Letrsquos say that thewhole world is a tree A

tree starts with a small seed The seed hasgreat potential Even one seed has the po-tential to fill the entire earth with trees Butit can be destroyed also very easily for it isdelicate Our scriptures have quite a few ref-erences to treesThere are trees which inspirebhakti in us for instanceThe mango tree isfor shringar For decoration there is the ash-watha tree Pipal tree signifies knowledge Itwas under the Bodhi Vriksha that GautamaBuddha attained enlightenment Differenttrees find mention in our scriptures and theyare favourites of different gods

Treesplants and herbs play an importantrole in sacred rituals Just before the rainyseason we have a festival called Rishi Pan-chami in which we collect some 27 varietiesof plants for use in prayers food and to eatSo even to recognise these 27 varieties is agreat learning Such rituals help people toknow the importance of plants and get en-couraged to grow and protect them Reli-gious teachings emphasise that we need tolive in harmony as one big happy familyamong ourselves and also with other speciesincluding plants

Swami Nikhilananda is head of Chinmaya Mission Delhi

lsquoLetrsquos take care of naturersquoB K ASHA

Trees give solace to allWhy donrsquot wereciprocate the same way Secondtrees teach us to live in peace and

harmony Throw a stone at a fruit-ladentree and in return itdoes not throw stonesat you it gives fruitsSimilarly if someoneabuses us instead of re-acting we could forgivehim and give himsomething good in re-

turn he will then feel inspired to do goodtoo Third trees have patience They growslowly Look at the rootsThey support theentire tree They donrsquot think that theyshould one day come out and tell the worldthat it is because of them that the tree isstanding upright They teach us what itmeans to do sewa serving incognitoFourth trees teach us detachment Whentrees bear fruits they donrsquot cling to themmdash they become totally detached But weare never satisfied The more we get themore we desire

Fifth we could learn equanimity fromtrees From the seed to the leaf trees givefood without discrimination We do theopposite when we are angry with some-one we donrsquot give them anything whereaswe favour our own friendsTrees teach usthat everyone is interconnected That iswhy we need to look out for each otherTrees maintain the biodiversity of the ecosystem Through such tree plantationdrives people get involved without barri-ers of caste creed or religionYoung peo-ple feel enthused to participate Plantingtrees is like giving birth to a child so howcan one venture to destroy them Weshould take good care of our trees as we doof our children If each plants a tree we aregiving something back to prakriti

BK Asha is director Om Shanti Retreat Gurgaon

lsquoAlign dharma withsamaj sewarsquoACHARYA LOKESH MUNI

From the perspective of Jain dharma Iwould like to say that today the wholeworld is reeling under the effect of

global warmingThe temperature of earth is going up the

ozone hole is increasingand it is time for us to se-riously address this issueotherwise it will createmany problems for us infuture

Bhagvan Mahaviragave a principle of Sat Jeev

Nikaya that we should not overuse or exploitnatural resources and consume only as muchas is necessaryThis way we can save our ecosys-temInitiatives like the TOI Green Drive showthat if we align dharma religion with samajsewa social work we can mobilise the peo-ple to bring about a big change in the coun-try mdash save our environment from degenera-tion and protect the future of our children

Acharya Lokesh Muni is head of AhimsaVishwa Bharati

lsquoPlanting a tree giveshopersquoVISHESH GUPTA

Nature and humanity are completeexpressions of the life of the uni-verseThis relationship is not one of

opposition but of mutual dependencePlant-ing a tree is a first step in this direction as itgives hope and creates peace The SokaGakkai believes there is no difference be-

tween human beingsand nature Awarenessleads to transformationof mindsets and it em-powers the mind tothink that this earth isours and itrsquos a sharedgoal to protect it Then

we take action setting off a chain reactionthat leads to protecting the environmentTherelationship between human beings and na-ture is a give-and-take oneThis understand-ing may start in a small way but it will be-come big gradually

The potential of natural resources is fi-nite but the potential of human beings is in-finiteWhen human beings start thinking thisway they can create a huge value that can em-power the planetThere have been many suchinitiatives in other parts of the world Envi-ronmental activist Wangari Maathai declaredto the people of Kenya that lsquothis land belongsto you all so please take actionrsquoThey wereable to plant millions of trees

Vishesh Gupta is chairpersonBharat Soka Gakkai

lsquoPollution begins inthe mindrsquoYOGI ASHWINI

Trees are an essential part of our ecosystemThe TOI Green Drive will beremembered by thousands who par-

ticipated in it Delhi has a dire need for agreen zone and gauchar bhumi land for cowsto graze in the southern peripheral belt as itrsquosa buffer between pollution from Faridabadand Gurgaon and as an outlet for fresh-air

starved Delhiites Theenthusiasm with whichchildren planted trees isa clear indicator thatthere is greater under-standing of the need topurify the atmosphere

Pollution begins inthe mind it is the selfish

nature of the human being and his hoardingtendency that has led to the decline of vedicculture that advocated living in sync with theenvironmentSt Francis of Assisi had said thatlsquoItrsquos in giving that you receive itrsquos in lovingthat you are loved and itrsquos in dying that youare born againrsquo All major religions of theworld talk about this principle

The insecticides with which we kill in-sects and the hormones we pump into cowsare polluting and killing usThey are inter-fering with the ecosystempolluting the soilthe water and killing insects that are crucialto the cycle of life Diseases are multiplyingas science is progressingTo break out of thisvicious circle and to break out of it we needto understand the Law of Karma

Hoarding leads to disease The purest

of water when it is stagnant turns stale butcontantly flowing water is like nectar

So letrsquos give freely and heed what ourrishis suggested in the VrikshaayurvedaTreesare a manifestation of the human mind and planting them will help only if we nur-ture creation

Yogi Ashwini is founder-head

Dhyan Foundation Delhi

lsquoWe will thrive withmore treesrsquoNAYASWAMI DEVARSHI

We had to be a part of this beautifulinitiative of planting treesWhat abeautiful thing we will give back

to our childrenWith more trees the planetwill not just survive but will thrive Our

Ananda Sangha com-munities are establisheddeep among nature forSwami Kriyananda ad-vocated living harmo-niously together amongnature as a group It was-nrsquot like a planned eco-

logical movement mdash but just this act of liv-ing amidst nature ensured that we became apart of it mdash that we lived together with lovekindness generosity and strength all qualitiesof a treeThis green drive is a good start togive everyone a taste of planting a treeThereis so much joy in it

I was the first gardener at the AnandaAshram in the US and planted very manytrees and now they are 30-40 ft tall provid-

ing beauty and shade so I have an apprecia-tion of what a tree can do in 30-40 years Ihave planted trees here too and even thoughI may not have an opportunity to see thesetrees grow there is joy in knowing what theywill provide for the future generations

Nayaswami Devarshi is director of Ananda Kriya Sangha Worldwide

lsquoThis is real ibadatrsquoIMAM UMER AHMED ILYASI

This is real ibadat Tree plantation isbeneficial for everyone when reli-gious masters from different faiths

meet together and take this holy oath to-gether for planting onelakh trees It shows thereal unity or brother-hood which give themessage of humanityand peace Every boyrsquosbirthday should be cel-ebrated by planting onetree and every girlrsquos

birthday should be celebrated by plantingtwo trees Just as we celebrate our birthdaysby distributing sweets so also when a boy isborn the family should plant one tree andwhen a baby girl is born the family shouldplant two trees so that the trees are nurturedjust like a family member Just as the childgrows up to become the pillar of the fami-ly the tree will have a strong trunk andserve the family with fruits and oxygen

Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi is presidentAll India Organisation of Imams of Mosques

Life rarely unfolds exactly as we want it toAnd if we stop andthink about it that makes perfect senseThe scope of life is uni-versal and the fact that we are not actually in control of lifersquos

events should be self-evidentThe universe has been around for 138billion yearsand the processes that determine the flow of life aroundus did not begin when we were born nor will they end when wedieWhat manifests in front of us at any given moment is somethingtruly extraordinary mdash it is the end-result of all the forces that havebeen interacting together for billions of yearsWe are not responsi-ble for even the tiniest fraction of what is manifesting around usWewalk around constantly trying to control and determine what willhappen in our lives No wonder therersquos so much tension and fearEach of us believes that things should be the way we want them in-stead of being the natural result of all the forces of creationWe giveprecedence to our mindrsquos thoughts over the reality unfolding beforeusThe question is does it have to be this way

mdash Michael Singer

Natural Flow Of The Universe

All roads seemed to leadto Tilpath Valley on August30 2015 when thousandsof volunteers planted onelakh saplings towardsgreening the Capital region TEAM ST brings youfirst-person accounts fromthe masters

United GREEN Front

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Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes outthe trees then names the streets after them

mdash Bill Vaughan

The sun shone relent-lessly But equally re-lentless was the in-domitable spirit of the40000-strong crowdthat had converged at

Tilpath Valley in the National CapitalRegion to plant trees on August 30 Injust six hours one lakh saplings wereplanted in an atmosphere of harmonyand peace It was the rainbow effect mdashagainst the green of the saplings and thebrown earth there were saffron-cladswamis and swaminiswhite-robed JainmunisBrahma Kumaris and Nirankarisblue-clad Nayaswamis maroon-robedBuddhist monks an Imam wearing adarkembroidered robebesides the mul-ti-hues of Bharat Soka Gakkai mem-

bers and others It was an experiencethat was both colourful and deeply

meaningfulThe Sant Nirankari

Missionrsquos 30000 sewadarspitched in to regulate and

direct trafficserve water andso on Inside the billowingblue-and-white shamiana

spiritual leaders held hands in sol-idarity showing that together wecan work wondersThey didnrsquot hes-itate to get their hands dirty eitheras they went down on their kneesshoveling mud with spades and wa-

tering the saplings they loving-ly plantedNayaswami De-

varshi of theAnanda Sanghanot only blessedthe saplings mdashhis band of en-ergetic followerswhispered thechant Aum sev-eral times

Sant Rajin-der Singh ofSawan KirpalRuhani Mis-sion whosed i s c i p l e s

were amongthe first to reach

the venue mdash as didmembers of the Bharat

Soka Gakkai mdash senta message from theUSldquoThe drive hasmade us much

more aware thatif our planetwith its interde-pendent ecolog-ical systems is to

survive we haveto learn to live in

harmony with cre-

ationrdquoImam Umer Ahmed IlyasipresidentAllIndia Imam OrganizationsaidldquoApart from theawareness this drive has generatedeach personshould come forward and plant a tree on hisbirthdayrdquoAcharya Lokesh Muni said Jainscriptures stress the importance of SatJiva Nikaya mdash of saving our natural el-ements like paanivayuurjavanaspatihellipldquoInitiatives likethis show that if we align re-ligion with samaj sewa wecan mobilise people tobring about a big changerdquohe said

Swami ChidanandSaraswati of ParmarthAshram Rishikesh saidldquoWe are planting trees ofbrotherhood today send-ing out a message global-ly of the interconnected-ness of speciesrdquo

Flying in from LadakhThuksey Rinpoche of the Drukpa Orderwithstudents from the Druk White Lotus SchoolsaidldquoToday is very important as we are givingback to Mother NatureWhen we heard thatsomething like this is being done in Delhi wewanted to be hererdquo

Chairman of Bharat Soka GakkaiVisheshGupta said ldquoThisplantation drive willcreate awareness in thehearts of people andempower them tothink and take actionOur guru DaisakuIkeda says ldquoWhenyou plant a tree youplant liferdquo DelhiChinmaya missionhead Swami Nikhi-lananda Saraswati saidldquoLetrsquos vow to take thisup as a life missionJust like we do ourdaily chores we musttake care of natureevery dayrdquo

The bubbly Rab-bi of Delhirsquos JudahHyam SynagogueIsaac Ezekiel Malekarcame with his shofarmdash a ramrsquos horn mdashwhich he blew to tellnature that we have allcome together to savetrees thereby savingour lives tooRajyogi-ni Brahma KumariAsha pointed outldquoLike trees we toomust give sukha to allTrees teach us toler-ancerdquoYogi Ashwini ofDhyan Foundation

who admitted that he never leaves his ashramcame specially to Tilpath Valley as he foundthe Green Drive inspiring and crucial to greenNCRBaharsquoi A K Merchant and his colleagues

were there too and he saidldquoPlanting oftrees will create a cascading effect agreat awakeningOur survival depends

on treesrdquoFollowers of Digambar

Jain monks AcharyaGyansagar and UpadhyayNayansagar also turned upin large numbers to planttreesAccompanying themwere members of Digam-bar Jain Parishad Repre-sentatives from Bundelk-hand Vikas Parishad wereled by Avdesh KumarChoubey who saidldquoTreesare lifeOne tree can bene-fit one lakh people its fra-grance spreads in the envi-

ronment making people healthyrdquoTempa Tseringwho represented the Dalai

Lama came in quietly with 50 Tibetans andleft equally quietly proving that actions speaklouder than words ldquoWe live in an interde-pendent worldTo survive and prosperwe haveto live in harmony with our environmentLet

us resolve to make Delhi greener and envi-ronment friendlyrdquo He shared a poem of HHThe Dalai LamaUnder a tree was the great Sage Buddha was bornUnder a tree he overcame passion and attained enlightenmentUnder two trees did he pass in NirvanaVerily the Buddha held the tree in great esteem

CA Adish Kumar Jain of the Acharya GyanSagar Interfaith Foundation summed it upldquoTrees epitomise nonviolenceTrees give a senseof security to us to animals and birdsTrees arejeeva each part of which can be used for thebenefit of society rdquo So letrsquos look after them

Post your comments at speakingtreein

See pages 3 4 and 7

Leading 40000 followers 17 spiritual leaders helped plantone lakh trees at the Times of India-Hero-sponsored GreenDrive at Tilpath Valley in the Capital THE SPEAKING TREE

brings you a special report

HOW GR ENIS OUR VALL Y

Our mission and its peopleparticipate in large numbers

with great dedication in all suchinitiativesWhich is why you seesome 30000 Nirankari sewadarshere planting trees regulatingtraffic and extending their serv-ices to serve others

mdashBaba Hardev SinghSant Nirankari Mission

TEAM ST

Students from Druk WhiteLotus School flew in fromLadakh with Thuksey Rin-poche mdash from the Drukpa

lineage of Tibetan Buddhism basedin the Himalayan region mdash to planttrees at Delhirsquos Tilpath Valley

ldquoWe have already planted morethan one lakh trees in LadakhAndtoday I am happy to be here in theCapital with my studentsTrees arevery important for uswithout themwe cannot breathe we cannot eatIt is not the duty of one or two peo-

ple to plant and nurture trees it hasto be a community effort every-onersquos jobrdquo says Thuksey RinpocheHe points out that planting trees isgood but sustaining them is equal-ly importantldquoWe should take careof saplings as we take care of ourown babiesrdquo

Travelling to Delhi for the firsttime with Rinpoche little ChematAngnoo was amused to see so manypeople turning up to plant trees atTilpath Valley Since she belongs toan arid region with scant vegeta-tion she found Delhi very greenSeeing so many school childrenChemat wanted to know if like inher school tending to plants was

part of the curriculum Her class-mate winced when he saw waterspilling from a watering canHe ex-plained that back home they aretrained to use water judiciouslywhile watering plants ldquoSince wehave very little water in Lehwe trynot to waste even a drop of waterrdquohe said At the Druk White LotusSchoolmade famous by the movieThree Idiots each classroom has apatch of garden and the students areresponsible for the upkeep of thepatch mdash hands-on experience thatteaches them to love nurture andrespect nature

Follow Gyalwang Drukpa atspeakingtreein

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New Delhi The governmentis planning to set up an om-budsman to keep a check onpornography and other objec-tionable content on the inter-net mdash a move that would be anon-starter right from thestart according to independ-ent experts This comes with-in a day of the Centre orderingthe disabling of 857 websites

The ldquonext ban by the Modigovernmentrdquo mdash as critics

dubbed the exercise to re-strict porn websites mdash is al-ready being lambasted by theonline community as an at-tack on the freedom of adultsto watch content of theirchoice though telecom andIT minister Ravi ShankarPrasad clarified that the gov-ernment has ldquono intention ofengaging in moral policingrdquo

Govt mulls ombudsmanto monitor porn on net

and the step is ldquojust an inter-im measurerdquo

While everybody TOIspoke to agreed that child por-nography needed to be curbedand dealt with in the strictestpossible way most criticizedthe current move which ap-peared to be taken in a hurry

Chetan_BhagatDonrsquot ban porn Ban men ogling leering brushing past groping molesting abusing humiliating and raping women Ban non-consent Not sex

Minissha_Lamba Maybe soon we can expect Twitter

ban Facebook ban YouTube ban Will be back to reading books Oh no They may be banned too

lsquoA bad precedentrsquo P 14


Yogita Rao amp

Hemali Chhapia-Shah TNN

Mumbai Students may notrequire their Class XII boardmarks for admissions to cen-tral engineering institutesexcept IITs from next yearor by 2017 if a central seat al-location board (CSAB) rec-ommendation is accepted bythe Union HRD ministry

On the other hand thecompetitive exam may beheld a tad earlier next yearfor authorities say that addi-tional time is required forthe admission process

Following the delay in sub-

Class XII marks may notcount in engg admissions

mission of Class XII scores bythe boards to CBSE and glitch-es in the scores of some stu-dents during this yearrsquos ad-mission process CSAB willrecommend admissions onlyon the basis of JEE (Main)scores It means 40 weight-age given to Class XII scoresfor admissions to NITs andother government-fundedtechnical institutes (otherthan IITs) may be scrapped

CSAB part of the jointseat allocation authority willmake the recommendation inthis yearrsquos admission report

Didnrsquot submit scores P 13

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi The already slimprospects of a rapproche-ment between Congress andNDA went up in smoke onMonday with Lok SabhaSpeaker Sumitra Mahajansuspending 25 Congress MPsmdash more than half the partyrsquos

strength of 44 mdash for five days for ldquounruly behaviourrdquothe first time so many MPshave faced disciplinary ac-tion at one go

The Speakerrsquos decisiontriggered angry protests withCongress chief Sonia Gandhiterming the suspension aldquoblack day for democracyrdquoand party leaders in the twoHouses Ghulam Nabi Azadand Mallikarjuna Khargecalling it the implementation

of ldquoGujarat assembly modelrdquowhere opposition membersare regularly shown the door

It also saw a clutch of non-NDA parties including Tri-namool Congress JD(U)NCP RJD AAP MuslimLeague and the Left an-nounce a boycott of Lok Sab-ha in solidarity marking ashift in sympathies towardsCongress Samajwadi Partyis likely to join the boycotttoo though party spokesman

Rajesh Dixit said the final de-cision would be taken by Mu-layam Singh Yadav at the par-liamentary party on Tuesday

Though the Speaker tookthe action on her own on Mon-day the government fullybacked the suspension in viewof BJP members concludingthat the opposition party wassimply not amenable to lettingParliament function

Several PartiesTo Boycott House

In Solidarity

ON MODIrsquoS SILENCE ON LALITGATE VYAPAM

The lsquomann ki baatrsquo man appears to

retreat into a lsquomaun vratrsquo whenever there is a scandal involving his colleagues

ALLEGING PM REPACKAGED UPA SCHEMES

The PM has turned out to be a master re-packager a skilful salesman a sharp headline-grabber and a clever news manager

ON GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF GOVT

The PM has been free with his promises Yet he seems incapable of delivering on them

ON SUSPENSION OF CONG MPs

(Itrsquos) a black day for India and democracy

ANGRY SONIA LASHES OUT

Speaker suspends 25 lsquounrulyrsquoCongress MPs for five days

lsquoGovt not helplessrsquo P 12

FULL COVERAGE P 12

lsquoConditions ripefor a rate cutrsquoOn the eve of the monetarypolicy review finance ministrysources on Monday cited de-cline in global crude oil pricesand improvement in the mon-soon situation among severalfactors to claim conditionswere ripe for a rate cut P 19

Accused in Asaram witness murder held Onthe basis of clues provided byNarayan Pandey prime sus-pect in the murder of a witnessin the Asaram rape case Shah-jahanapur police on Sundaynabbed alleged co-conspiratorArjun alias Pradeep P 14

Louis Berger ex-VP held ingraft case Former LouisBerger VP Satyakam Mohantywas arrested on Monday in thecase involving the companybribing Indian officials to windevelopmental projects P 9

16 monsoon deficit inAug-Sept Rainfall may stayweak over the rest of the mon-soon season IMD has warnedand predicted a 16 deficitfor August-September P 12

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MAY HAVE TO APPOINTRECEIVER FOR SAHARAGROUP SAYS SC 19

JUGRAJ amp 2 OTHER EX-INDIAHOCKEY PLAYERS WERE PART OF GURDASPUR OP 21

SC JUNKS KATJU PLAINTOVER PARL RESOLUTIONAGAINST HIS REMARKS 13

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

As Delhi reels under ahealth crisis caused byair pollution TOI is

launching a unique initiativeon Tuesday to begin the proc-ess of cleaningup the cityrsquos airThe TOI GreenDrive with HeroMotorCorp andDDA aims toplant one lakhsaplings of na-tive Aravali spe-cies at Tilpat Valley in MaidanGarhi near Sainik Farms

On Tuesday morning resi-dents and children from 10schools will plant saplings atSanjay Lake in Mayur Vihar

This drive will helpclear the cityrsquos air

Phase II soon after lieuten-ant-governor Najeeb Jung in-augurates the drive The cam-paign will then graduallycover the city at selected spotsand culminate in about 10000people turning up at Tilpat

Valley on August30 to plant onelakh saplings

In 10 yearswhen these sa-plings becometrees with a ca-nopy height of25 to 30 feet the

city will reap ecological bene-fits These will act as a CO2sink ground water rechargezone dust barrier and habitatfor wildlife and forest speciesthat are fast disappearing

FULL COVERAGE P 2

RupaliMukherjee

timesgroupcom

Mumbai The governmentplans to make the code of con-ductmdashwhich bans unethicalmarketing practices like dol-ing out freebies and sponsor-ing jaunts of doctorsmdashman-datory on the drug andmedical devices industry

The code which barspharma firms from givingcruise tickets expensivegifts and exotic vacations todoctors is voluntary at pre-sent but with concerns thatit lacks teeth and given therampant violations in prac-tice the Centre seems to be

Govt set to enforce codeban freebies to doctors

veering around to make ittighter and binding by mak-ing it a regulation

The government hasstarted discussions with the

stakeholders as the code isvoluntary till August indus-try sources said adding a fi-nal call on the matter will betaken by the year-end andchanges if any will be imple-mented only next year

In a series of meetingsheld last week with the indus-try consumer and health ac-tivists the Centre conveyedthat it is ldquokeenrsquorsquo to make thecode mandatory sources saidsince cases of ldquomisconductrsquorsquocontinue with certain drugcompanies sponsoring exotictrips for doctors under thegarb of medical education

For tighter control P 20

Current code which bars pharma firms from giving cruise tickets amp expensive gifts to docs is voluntary

Govt wants ban as some drug firms sponsor exotic trips for docs under the garb of medical education

Most in pharma sector want tighter controls say 15-20 cos bring bad name to industry

VOLUNTARY NOW

The special cell claims tohave arrested a Maoist

commander from southwestDelhi causing a flutter in intel-ligence circles days before theIndependence Day celebra-tions reports Raj Shekhar

The accused Chandesh-war Yadav is being interro-gated on his specific plans inDelhi The Jharkhand govern-ment had declared a reward ofRs 5 lakh for Yadavrsquos arrest Itseems he was in the capital tomotivate youths in the ruralbelt of Kapashera to join thebanned outfit police said

ldquoYadav is a CPI (Maoist)sub-zonal commander On De-cember 23 2014 Yadavrsquos grouphad ambushed a patrol partyin Jharkhand and killed acoprdquo said Sanjeev Yadav DCP(special cell) P 2

Wanted Maoistarrested from

southwest Delhi

Famed filmmakers andFTII alumni Raju Hirani

and Vidhu Vinod Chopraacted as mediators betweenthe IampB ministry and pro-testing FTII students in ameeting last week reportsHimanshi Dhawan TheFTII students met IampB min-ister of state RajyavardhanRathore on July 25 FTIIpresident Nachimuthu Har-ishankar and general secre-tary Vikas Urs also met IampBminister Arun Jaitley

Sources said the meetingwith Rathore lasted overthree hours and appearedldquopositiversquorsquo ldquoIt appeared thestrike was heading towardsa solution Everyone in gov-ernment was shocked whenthe students went back toPune and continued with thestrikersquorsquo a source said P 11

Hirani Choprabid to resolve

FTII row in vain

IndraniBagchi

timesgroupcom

New DelhiPutting an end todecades-long bitter insurgen-cy in Nagaland the Centresigned a historic peace ac-cord with the rebel NSCN(IM) on Monday that prom-ises a return to normalcy inthe state and boost Indiarsquos ActEast Policy that had stalledbecause of insurgency

The agreement wassigned by chief Indian inter-locutor R N Ravi with T Mui-vah chairman of NSCN(IM) the largest of the Nagainsurgent groups at thePrime Ministerrsquos residenceon Monday evening The

signing was witnessed byPM Narendra Modi homeminister Rajnath Singh andnational security advisorAjit Doval From the otherside 19 top Naga leadersfrom different organizationsand civil society groups werepresent

The terms of the accordhave not been announcedtriggering speculation aboutwhat the details could be

Centre signs pact in effort toresolve 60-yr Naga conflict

Terms Not Out

Nagas May GetMore Autonomy

Sources said Muivah did notinsist on the demand for thecreation of greater Naga-land by clubbing all Naga-dominated pockets scatteredacross Manipur ArunachalPradesh and Assam Thissuggests that the break-through could be about anagreement over the degree ofautonomy that Nagas out-side Nagaland will have

Modi termed the accord a

ldquolandmarkrdquo and welcomed itsaying ldquoWe will not only tryto heal wounds and resolveproblems but also be yourpartner as you restore yourpride and prestigerdquo Muivahsaid the government and Na-gas were entering a ldquonew re-lationshiprdquo However the in-surgent leader soundedmore cautious than Modi

1953 | Centre bans Naga National Council headed by Phizo

1956 | NNC establishes Naga lsquofederal govtrsquo

1975 | Isaac Chishi Swu and Muivah reject Shillong Accord form National Socialist Council of Nagaland in Jan 1980

1988 | NSCN splits into Isaac-Muivah (IM) amp Khaplang factions NSCN-IM banned in 1990

1997 | NSCN-IM signs ceasefire pact with Centre

2015 | Party signs peace accord with Modi govt

Silence Indiarsquos longest running insurgency

Open up Northeast particularly Nagaland and Manipur to developmentand investments

Isolate NSCN (K) which is active in Myanmar

Help curb extortion kidnapping and gun-running racket being fuelled by China

Improve ties withneighbour Myanmar

Boost Indiarsquos Act East policy that had stalled due to the insurgency

END OF LONGEST INSURGENCY

WHAT THE DEAL MAY ACHIEVE

PM Narendra Modi with NSCN (IM)rsquos Thuingaleng Muivah

lsquoChallenges remainrsquo P 11

FULL COVERAGE P 11

AmitAnandChoudhary

timesgroupcom

New Delhi The SupremeCourt on Monday virtually

ended the po-litical careerof octogenar-ian politicalheavyweightand formerHaryana chief

minister Om PrakashChautala by upholding hisconviction and ten yearsrsquoimprisonment in the teach-ers recruitment scam case

A bench of Justices F MIbrahim Kalifulla and Shi-va Kirti Singh dismissedappeals filed by Chautalaand his 54-year-old son AjaySingh Chautala challeng-ing the trial court and DelhiHCrsquos order convicting andsentencing them to 10-yearjail terms in the scam It al-so upheld conviction of 53other accused P 9

SC upholds10-year jail

for Chautalas

Only acting againstchild porn Centre

The Centre has said SupremeCourtrsquos repeated criticism

of MHA for ldquoinactionrdquo on thelist of websites with childpornographic content was theprincipal trigger for theblocking of 857 such sites andthat only those adult websiteswhich had child pornographiccontent were blocked P 14

SHOCK amp AWE THE lsquoBLASTrsquo THAT WASNrsquoTVipin

On Monday afternoon passengers at Nizamuddin railway station were shocked when told that a bombblast at Gate No 1 had killed one person and left many injured Armed railway commandos and SWATteams moved in quickly escorting all passengers out It took some time for everyone to realize that itwas all part of a mock drill to evaluate quick response in case of a terror attack | P 4

The parliamentary jointpanel studying the land ac-

quisition bill is on the thresh-old of clinching a unanimousreport with the Centre drop-ping many amendments andrestoring the much-debatedconsent and social impact as-sessment (SIA) clauses

The government hasagreed to reconsider severalamendments as reported byTOI on July 31 It has takenback the provisions of the2013 Act passed by UPA mark-ing a triumph for Congressand Trinamool

Apart from the two par-ties strong opposition fromShiv Sena and NCP forced arethink by the NDA govern-ment as did the perceptionthat it was being branded ldquoan-ti-farmerrdquo for attempting todilute the ldquopro-industryrdquo con-sent clause in the bill P 9

Consent SIAclauses return

in land bill

Taking on the Centre overthe law and order situa-

tion in the city the Delhi as-sembly led by CM ArvindKejriwal passed a resolu-tion on Monday seekingconstitution of a commis-sion of inquiry into com-plaints linked to crimesagainst women P 4

AAP ups anteon law amp order

LG-appointed ACB chiefM K Meena on Monday

ordered a probe againstChetan Sanghi principalsecretary (vigilance) afteran RTI activist allegedSanghi ordered conversionof 360 plots from leaseholdto freehold without the ap-proval of DDA and LG P 5

ACB to probevigilance secy

No place for old acs innew India Post bank P 19

64000 graft plaints withCVC in 2014 up 82 P 15

lsquoMade in Pakrsquo Taliban bigger threat to India P 18

Turkish CEO gives 114staffers pound150k each P 18

IIT-Roorkee authorities onMonday said it would take

back all 72 students it had ex-pelled because of poor per-formance They will be put onacademic probation in thefirst year and have to repeatthe year They will be bound toagain clear all the courses ofboth autumn and spring se-mesters of the first year be-sides maintaining a mini-mum attendance of 75 inevery subjectP 13

IIT-R takes backall 72 students

Some humour sites blocked too

Among the 857 blocked sitesare some that donrsquot even

offer porn content They includeCollegeHumorcom 9Gagwhich hosts funny videosBarstool Sports a satirical blogon sports lifestyle andShitBrixcom which collectsinternet memes P 14

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आई बात

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Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

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I PH

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK














For Delhi

January-July 2015

123Poor

52Moderate

34Good

2Very Poor

1Critical


Sanjay Lake

Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II



Sidholavillage


Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

WHY THE

GREENDRIVE










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Dhak

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Haldu

JungliKadamb





Photo Yogesh Kumar

Illu

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ONLINE MOVE

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WEATHER









NEWS DIGEST















Probing sanyas P 27









Service Providers







U-turn on porn P 18

TIMES NEWS NETWORK














SomreetBhattacharya

timesgroupcom
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Shout Slogans






mdashSONIA GANDHI



mdashRAHUL GANDHI











Green Drive


Yogesh Kumar




APawan Hans chopper






TIMES NEWS NETWORK





































Sanjay Lake



Sidholavillage


Rohini



Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Photos Yogesh Kumar







TIMES CITY


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK













Fatehpuri Mosque

Lal Jain Mandir

CHANDNI CHOWK RD

CHANDNICHOWK

TOWNHALL

M

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6 14 17 amp 25

TIMES NEWS NETWORK






TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake










Birds

Butterflies

Mammals

Reptiles

900

800100

20097070

192106

1825



WHAT SPECIES IT HAS


Plants

Grass

Birds

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Butterflies








on Wednesday









TIMES CITY

























TIMES NEWS NETWORK

GAG ORDER FAILS



14 amp 15


TIMES NEWS NETWORK


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK












CALL TO ACTION



p r e s e n t s










Facebook Life Event

NGO Partners









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S





WEATHER









NEWS DIGEST















Probing sanyas P 27









Service Providers







U-turn on porn P 18

TIMES NEWS NETWORK














SomreetBhattacharya

timesgroupcom
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Shout Slogans






mdashSONIA GANDHI



mdashRAHUL GANDHI











Green Drive


Yogesh Kumar




APawan Hans chopper






TIMES NEWS NETWORK





































Sanjay Lake



Sidholavillage


Rohini



Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Photos Yogesh Kumar







TIMES CITY


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK













Fatehpuri Mosque

Lal Jain Mandir

CHANDNI CHOWK RD

CHANDNICHOWK

TOWNHALL

M

RED

FORT

NETA

JIS

UB

HA

SH

MR

G

TRAMROUTE












TIMES NEWS NETWORK


6 14 17 amp 25

TIMES NEWS NETWORK






TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake










Birds

Butterflies

Mammals

Reptiles

900

800100

20097070

192106

1825



WHAT SPECIES IT HAS


Plants

Grass

Birds

Snakes

Butterflies








on Wednesday









TIMES CITY

























TIMES NEWS NETWORK

GAG ORDER FAILS



14 amp 15


TIMES NEWS NETWORK


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK












CALL TO ACTION



p r e s e n t s










Facebook Life Event

NGO Partners









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





































Sanjay Lake



Sidholavillage


Rohini



Bakoli village

Sec 28-IIRohini

Photos Yogesh Kumar







TIMES CITY


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK













Fatehpuri Mosque

Lal Jain Mandir

CHANDNI CHOWK RD

CHANDNICHOWK

TOWNHALL

M

RED

FORT

NETA

JIS

UB

HA

SH

MR

G

TRAMROUTE












TIMES NEWS NETWORK


6 14 17 amp 25

TIMES NEWS NETWORK






TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake










Birds

Butterflies

Mammals

Reptiles

900

800100

20097070

192106

1825



WHAT SPECIES IT HAS


Plants

Grass

Birds

Snakes

Butterflies








on Wednesday









TIMES CITY

























TIMES NEWS NETWORK

GAG ORDER FAILS



14 amp 15


TIMES NEWS NETWORK


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK












CALL TO ACTION



p r e s e n t s










Facebook Life Event

NGO Partners









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

TIMES NEWS NETWORK






TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake










Birds

Butterflies

Mammals

Reptiles

900

800100

20097070

192106

1825



WHAT SPECIES IT HAS


Plants

Grass

Birds

Snakes

Butterflies








on Wednesday









TIMES CITY

























TIMES NEWS NETWORK

GAG ORDER FAILS



14 amp 15


TIMES NEWS NETWORK


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK












CALL TO ACTION



p r e s e n t s










Facebook Life Event

NGO Partners









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S


TIMES NEWS NETWORK


















TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















village


Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake




on Friday






NO BREATHING SPACE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK












CALL TO ACTION



p r e s e n t s










Facebook Life Event

NGO Partners









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

























village



Rohini

Sanjay Lake





Photos Rajesh Mehta























Manoj Kumar

NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom









TIMES NEWS NETWORK

COUNTER CLAIMS











TIMES NEWS NETWORK

FIRM STAND











Maximumdengue cases







TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Ajit Ninan







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S







TIMES CITY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK





























Bakoli village

Sidholavillage


RohiniSec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



1200saplings were

planted on Monday

2000saplings were

planted on Tuesday














Sumit Kumar













Photos Yogesh Kumar

TIMES NEWS NETWORK








TIMES NEWS NETWORK








4 13 15 amp 17






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S






sewage plants


SH RAM NATH SETHI

14111925 - 21082008



211942 - 2182002


REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK















dirty Rose Harith













Photos Vipin

Bakoli



28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini

Sanjay Lake



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II

3007saplings were



Plant 1 lakh trees










timesgroupcom







CITY DIGEST








WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S




WINE amp DINE10


GIGS IN TOWN














Sufi acts













hour from thecity



Contact +91-8447666166

WEDDING MENU









cementing


Contact +91-9999947552+91-8743808080011-268798023

PUNJABI PUNCH







RAJASTHANI FARE



Gautam Nagar






SOUTHERN SPICE

Catchthe two



8 pm onwards






only at Urban Pind

Contact 9650221221 9650224224

SUPER SATURDAY




GOLDEN GRUB










11-44884488





fruit puree






TOI GREEN DRIVE



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S



















ReebaZachariah





































CLEARING THE AIR



















TIMES NEWS NETWORK

24CR SHARES


















FALLING BEHIND

high (d

so

ne

n cos

f in s









TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK
























TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK































Piyal Bhattacharjee

TIMES NEWS NETWORK



AIR QUALITY INDEX

POLLUTION TERROR



Chennai 15 Good

Kolkata 66 Good

Mumbai 23 Good

PM25

Delhi 77 Good

Tomorrow 95 Good

Pune 36 Good

Tomorrow 33 Good










ROW OVER ARREARS













CRACKDOWN

MayankManohar

timesgroupcom

































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S
































TIMES NEWS NETWORK


TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S







TIMES CITY



















2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


947

820

744

742

426 so far

TIMES NEWS NETWORK










TIMES NEWS NETWORK







TIMES NEWS NETWORK





















NitishaKashyap

timesgroupcom


FIGHTING POLLUTION













Times View


20 amp 31







TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S


TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



























Photo Rajesh Mehta










prez post

SECOND VICTORY

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
















TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

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YUTI

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I PH

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S











TIMES NEWS NETWORK



















MOTOCORP























WHY TOI GREEN DRIVE



Adina

Mitrgyna

Anogeissus

Butea


Tecomella Undulata

Sterculia and







stipulates P 8




















Faith In Police












Michail Bora


Indrani Mukerjea










Germany

South Africa

Spain

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Russian Federation

India

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

BALANCE


Data is for 2013

848

415

351

300

258

644617

592

585

556

513

496


O F I N D I A





AnahitaMukherji

timesgroupcom








Chandigarh 1416

Tamil Nadu 1242

Andamans 1127

HP 1117

Maharashtra 1048

Delhi 715


TOP 5 STATES

Ranks 12

In lower ranks P 16

PrafullaMarpakwar

timesgroupcom






under probe








DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

DhananjayMahapatra

timesgroupcom































OTHER TOP STORIES















Top cities

1 Srinagar

2 Guwahati


4 Howrah

5 Mumbai

6 Unnao





1 JampK

2 Assam

3 UP

4 Maharashtra

5 West Bengal




TIMES NEWS NETWORK





for rate cuts



TIMES NEWS NETWORK






Fin Secy Gets

Job Hours Ahead

Of Retirement






ABRUPT CHANGES

Rajiv Mehrishi












Sleeping drama P 15



Uma Kadam





Neha Madaan TNN





ChidanandRajghatta

timesgroupcom











TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S


TIMES NEWS NETWORK











TIMES NEWS NETWORK















TIMES NEWS NETWORK





TIMES NEWS NETWORK

















SNAPSHOTS









saplings planted

OVER One lakh

More than

38000participants










Sec 28-IIRohini

Sec 28Rohini



Sec 16 Dwarka Ph II


Bakoli village

Sidholavillage

Sanjay Lake


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S


NBTHelpline













फ







अा



530










लिनकल










इस

वकशॉप




























म लम

सगठन





ल ाख



















आई बात

ाइवर






Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S


Economy


















Key To Success






THE FOCUS AREAS




Govt trying to

promote India

as an attractive

destination for

setting up

electronics

manufacturing

facilities














creating revenue

cushion for

imminent tariff war


hike postpaid data



post Reliance Jio


Analysts expect

Bharti Airtel

Vodafone and

Idea to rely more

on data revenue

for growth

Incremental

improv-

ements in

voice pie are

expected to

be marginal

Data known to ring

in higher revenue

and margins

and l ows directly




tariff battle with


top three telcos

Analyst at

foreign

brokerage

























be formed under

aegis of amended

Real Estate Bill







urban poverty

alleviation to be

ex-officio chairman


member representing


brokers consumers


legal fraternity



govt understand

issues related to

real estate sector

Our Bureau











































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

































































United GREEN Front




mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S



mdash Bill Vaughan
















harmony with cre-















See pages 3 4 and 7







TEAM ST









IMA

GIN

G A

RU

ND

YUTI

DA

S TO

I PH

OTO

S

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