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People’s VoiceYe hui na Opposition walibaat ... Septic Tank se leke paani, electricity sabmamla uth raha hai... JagoRuling Party Jaago!

- A Citizen

In Brief

1857 Britain colonisesAndaman Is lands.Decimation of the 5,000-strong Great Andamanese,numbering only 41 by 2006,begins.

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Port Blair, March 22: One ofthe results of the Boxing DayTsunami, which hit theislands on 26th Dec 2004 wasthe changed landscape ofSippighat and thesurrounding villages ofTeylerabad, Garacharma,Attam P ahad and nearingareas. While the tsunami hadrendered many homelessand snatched the livelihoodof farmers in the area, it hasalso created a rich wetlandin what were once paddyfields.

A low lying area flushedby the daily tides, this area isnow rich in resident andmigratory water fowl as wellas terrestrial bird species. Anot-to-be-missed site for birdwatchers from MainlandIndia and abroad, this areais today is an importantwetland, which needsconservation. An ecosystemrich with mangroves,mangrove associates andfringed by forest thickets, itis also good fishing spot forthe local fishermen.

The Aftermath of the Boxing Day TsunamiFlocks of b reeding

resident water fowl like theIndian & Purple Moorhens,Yellow bitterns as well asendemic species AndamanTeal can be easily seen onthe way from Port Blair townto Sippighat. But with thesewetlands not b eing aProtected Area, this area isalso frequented b y localhunters.

Of late the ForestDepartment of theislands seems tohave noticed theimportance of thisarea and hasincreased vigil withtheir field staffkeeping a watchful

e y ethwarti ngl o c a lhunters onthe look forsome junglib a t a kmeat.

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Port Blair, March 22: Due tonon availability of sufficientnumb er of septic tankcleaner van with the PortBlair Municipal Council, theseptic tanks of various placesin an around Port Blair havestarted over flowing. This has

Port Blair City Stinks, Mohan Draws Attentioncreated a most unhygienicenvironment of the affectedareas.

Taking up the issue withthe Port B lair MunicipalCouncil, R. Mohan, StatePresident of BJP has writtento the Lt Governor, with

Public hearing ofA&N Commission

for OBCPort Blair, March 22: TheGeneral Public/ interestedParties /Organizations areinformed that Mr. JusticeRaghunath Ray (Rtd.),Chairperson of the A&NCommission for OBC will bevisiting these islands from 26th

March 2012 to 31st March 2012for holding public hearingsand sittings of Commission.

copies to the Chairperson,Secretary, PBMC and SmtiSheela Singh, Councillor andleader of opposition (BJP) inPB MC to order forimmediate purchase ofatleast two more septic tankcleaner vans.

The vans need to havedifferent sizes of pipesbetween 75 mtr to 100 mtr sothat the septic tanks arecleaned regularly for thehealth and hygiene of thepeople of this island, Mohansaid.

Greeting Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma,President, PradeshCongress Committee andother senior leaders andworkers of Congress Partyconvey their greetings andbest wishes on eve of“Telugu New Year, Ugadi”particularly to the people ofAndhara P radesh settledhere and also to the generalpublic of Andaman &Nicobar Islands.

GreetingsOn Ugadi, Gudi Padwa andHindi Nav Varsh, R Mohan,State President andBharatiya Janata Party, ANIwishes a happy andprosperous years ahead tothe people of Andhra,Maharashtra, Uttar Pradeshand Bihar and all others whohave settled here and madethese Islands as a Mini Indiaand set an example ofuniversal brotherhood.

Coaching inTaekwondo

Port Blair, March 22: TheState Sports Council, A&NIslands has engaged coachin Taekwondo on contractbasis. T he services of thecoach can be utilized both forstudents and non-studentsto impart training/coachingin Taekwondo. Interestedstudents and non-studentscan register their name at

Kavi sammelan onMarch 23Port Blair, March 22: TheDepartment of Art andCulture, A&NAdministration inassociation with SouthZone Cultural Centre, Golis organizing Sarva BhashaKavi Sammelan on 23rdMarch 2012 at 5 p.m. inAndaman Club. Promisingand upcoming poets ofdifferent languages i.e.Great Andamani, Nicobari,Marathi, Telugu,Malayalam, Tamil, Bangla,Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi willpresent their poems duringthe programme. Shri G.Sajan, Assistant Director,(Programme) DDK, PortBlair will be the chief guestand Dr. Ayya Raju,Assistant Director ofEducation will be the guestof honour on the occasion.

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"For wh at i s My stici sm ? It i s not th ea ttem pt to draw near to God,

not by ri tes or cerem onies, but by inwarddisposi t i on?

Is i t not m erely a h ard word for 'Th eKing dom of Heaven i s wi th in'?

Heaven i s nei th er a pla ce nor a t im e."-Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Amidst all the political convulsions that the ruling BJPgovernment is going through in Karnataka, the defeat ofits candidate in the by-election to Udupi-Chikmagalur LokSabha constituency is as much a setback to the party asits chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda. JayaprakashHegde of the Congress defeated V Sunil Kumar of the BJPby a handsome margin of 45,724 votes.

Considering that Sadananda Gowda had vacated theseat won by him in 2009 after becoming the chief minister,it was a matter of prestige for Gowda to get his partynominee elected.

The sprawling constituency which is spread over thecoastal and Malnad regions (earlier confined toChikmagalur) has been a B JP bastion in the last fourelections. Late Srikantappa had won it thrice and after therealignment of the constituency, Sadananda Gowda hadretained it last time. The BJP is now a divided house andthe election was over-shadowed by the ugly spectacle ofYeddy urappa and his supporters applying relentlesspressure on the BJP leadership to reinstate him as chiefminister.

Whether Yeddyurappa could have made a differenceto the election outcome is beside the point, but the factthat he defied the party’s request and stayed away fromcampaigning to demonstrate his pique at not being givena ‘suitable position,’ shows the level of helplessness theBJP has been pushed to by one man’s ego and powerhunger trip.

The people of Udupi-Chikmagalur, by backing theCongress nominee, have sent out a clear message thattheir tolerance limit of the B JP’s shenanigans in Karnataka,is breaching and they would no longer support the B JPblindly. Yeddyurappa’s biggest asset so far has been thathe is a prominent Lingayat leader and a vote-catcher,which is one main reason why the central leadership ofthe B JP has been reluctant to act against his rankindiscipline. People’s perception of political leaders keepsevolving and given the general disgust at the infighting inthe BJP, Yeddyurappa’s popularity also might have reacheda tipping point.

As far as the Congress is concerned, the Lok Sabha by-election result has come as a huge morale booster for theparty, which has been struggling to regain people’s faithever since losing the general elections in 2004. Udupi-Chikmagalur could well be a turning point for the Congress,but it will have to get out of its comatose state and becomemore pro-active than it has been in the last few years

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“We tell the hunters toavoid hunting in this area.Few understand but manyargue as the land comesunder Revenue”, explained avigilant field staff posted inthe area.

“T he owners of thesubmerged land haven’treceived their compensationyet. They are b attlingbetween the Administration’s

proposal of compensationand the polit icianspromises.”

“When we tell them aboutthe importance of the newlycreated wetlands, theresponse we get is ‘If so whycan’t the forest departmentoccupy the area and pay forthe loss we incurred’. But youknow about theAdministration’s paper works,

approval from the Ministry…,” the field staff adds.

Andaman & Nicob arIslands has always been adestination for nature lovers,with its rich, unique andmesmerising flora & fauna.The new wetlands created bynature after tsunami hasadded to the charm. But isthis enough, is the questionwe need to ask ourselves.

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Netaji Stadium, Port Blair from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm on all working days upto 30.03.2012. Thecoaching will commence from 1st week of April 2012.

Coaching in Taekwondo ... Continued from page 1

New Delhi, March 22: PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh onThursday said the all-partymeeting in New Delhi onLokpal on Friday was part ofgovernment’s effort toachieve a “meaningfulconsensus” on the issue.

Dr. Singh will meet seniorleaders of all parties at hisresidence to discuss thecontroversial Bill, to which 97amendments have beenmoved by Oppositionmembers in the Rajya Sabha.

“ We have called ameeting of political parties. Itis our effort to achieve a

All-party meet an effort to forgeconsensus on Lokpal: Manmohan

meaningful consensus,” Dr.Singh told reporters in NewDelhi.

The B ill, which waspassed by the Lok Sabha inthe winter session, remainedshort of going through theprocedures of passage in theUpper House at that time asthe term of the session hadexpired.

Minister of State forPersonnel V.Narayanaswamy was in themidst of replying to thedebate when the sessionexpired at midnight.

Opposition parties havemoved 97 amendments to theBill in the Rajya Sabha someof which were contentious andthe meeting would discussways to evolve consensus onthem, sources said.

Some of the amendments,the sources said, are forbringing the Prime Minister’sOffice under the Lokpal, seekexclusion of Lokayukta fromthe Bill, abolition of minorityquota and inclusion of Leaderof the Opposition in the RajyaSabha as one of the membersof the selection committee.

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New Delhi, March 22 : Healternates between candourand discreetness

“The impression that theCongress was trying to useme is wrong and baseless,”says Dinesh Trivedi,gesturing, “Honest to God,there was no move from theCongress.”

T he former RailwayMinister is responding to aquestion on speculationsurrounding the future ofthe Trinamool Congress —that after his throwing achallenge to the leadershipon the issue of raising railfares, it is steadily movingtowards breaking point.“ Nobody is interested inbreaking the party,” he toldThe Hindu in the course ofan interview, stressing, “Noindividual can break a party.At the end of the day, a partyis made or b roken by thepeople. It is the people’s willthat gets reflected …”

On a day when theRailway budget is b eingdiscussed in Parliament, Mr.Trivedi, who was RailwayMinister t ill Monday,casually dressed in a skyblue tracksuit, is lounging athis official residence, justoff the fashionab le KhanMarket. T he headyafterglow of the adulationthat followed his defiance ofhis party leader, MamataBanerjee, and the back-to-back TV interviews he gaveover the last week, stressingthat the interests of thecountry trumped those ofthe Trinamool, has faded.He is distracted, and onedge, as he watches T Vgrab s of scenes inParliament: “ Has the railb udget been passed?” hekeeps asking.

So was Ms. B anerj eeaware that he intendedraising passenger fares?

“I had mentioned it tosome senior bureaucrat andI have no reason to believeit was not conveyed to her,”he answers, adding, “ Thewhole world knew thatpassenger fares and freightrates were being hiked. Ihad also made public

I did what any Railway Ministershould have done, says Trivedi

pronouncements to thateffect .”

What did Ms. Banerjeegain by opposing the hikein passenger fares,especially as it was widelywelcomed?

This time, he is discreet:“You will have to ask her.”

On relations betweenthe Congress and theTrinamool, his answer issimilar: “I think MamataB anerj ee is in a b etterposition to answer that.”

As Cab inet Minister,had he ever felt that therewas a b etter way for theCongress and its allies todeal with each other? Theanswer is deadpan again:“I used to carry out whatmy leader wanted me tosay in the Cabinet. It wastotally on party lines.”

Given that the WestB engal Chief Ministercontrols her party with aniron hand, what possessedMr. Trivedi to adopt aheroic posture on thepassenger fares issue? “Idid what any RailwayMinister should have done:it was the natural, logical,professional thing to do. Itwas not heroic. WhateverI did was for the country,not for my party orregion,” he repeats whathe has said on the T Vchannels. And then headds, “I am yet to see anyperson complaining aboutthe fare hike.”

Mr. Trivedi thenexplains the rationale forthe fare rise. “I did what Idid based on the pattern oftravel so as to give reliefto the common man who,”he say s, “ b y and large,travels within his ownState, and rarely[undertakes] long distancetravel. As for the poorestof the poor, they nevertravel, not because of thefares but because theycan’t pay the otherexpenses.” To cater for thissection, he made suburbanrail travel cheaper: “Nowyou can travel 150 km at acost that earlier entit ledy ou to travel [only ] 10 0km,” he underscores.

By turns, Mr. Trivediveers between calib ratedcandour and occasionalcircumspection. Askedwhy the 1 1 -month-oldTrinamool governmenthas been in the headlinesfor all the wrong reasons,he deadpans: “Anywherein the country, if one doesnot deliver, the samepeople who carried you ontheir shoulders will dropy ou. Delivery is moreimportant than promisesonce y ou are in power.”And to a question whetherthe Centre is being unfairto West Bengal, refusing torescue it from the deb ttrap it is in until it showssome initiative, heanswers b riskly, “T hesame was the case with theRailways: I needed to raisefares and freight charges,otherwise where was themoney to come from? Noone helps you unless youhelp yourself: West Bengalneeds to find a solution toits own financialproblems.”

B ut to a questionwhether the consultationprocess on the three issues— sharing of river waterswith Bangladesh, F DI inretail and the NationalCounter Terrorism Centre— on which the Congressand the Trinamool differedwas faulty, the veil drops:“I should not comment onany leader ’s s ituation.”Persist and ask Mr. Trivedihow he thinks the Teestawaters issue should b edealt with: “Any problemcan be solved if it is notpersonalised. The Centralgovernment must take theinitiative and take theregion into confidence.”

His v iew on F DI inretail? “There is need fora broader consensus b ygetting the stakeholdersinvolved. Anything thatpro motes econo micgrowth and jobs withouttaking away employmentshould b e encouraged.”And NCTC? “ T his neednot b e po lit ici sed as itconcerns security: neitherside should make it aprestige issue.”

New Delhi, March 22: Thehike in rail passenger faresfor second class suburbanand non-suburban, Sleeper,AC Chair Car and AC 3-tierwas on Thursday rolled backwith the new RailwayMinister Mukul Roy dubbingit as a “huge drain” on thepocket of masses.

He, however, keptuntouched the increase of 15paise per km and 30 paise perkm respectively in passengerfares in AC 2-tier and AC-Iannounced by his predecessorDinesh Trivedi in the RailwayBudget only last week.Replying to the debate on

Mukul Roy partially rollsback passenger fares

the Railway Budget in the LokSabha, Roy also put on hold Mr.Trivedi’s proposal of setting upa committee to examinewhether there should be anindependent tariff regulatoryauthority.

He scrapped Mr. Trivedi’sproposal to expand theRailway Board.

Mr. Roy, who was replyingto the debate just a day aftertaking over as RailwayMinister, said, “The proposalto increase fare by 2 paise perkm, 3 paise per km and 5 paiseper km in second classsuburban and non-suburbanand Sleeper class is a hugedrain on the pocket of themasses.”

“Similarly, increase in thefare of AC Chair Car and AC3-tier, which is now patronisedby the middle class, is alsoquite severe.

“I intend to give relief to thealready over b urdenedcommon man by not effectingany increase in these classes.”

New Delhi, March 22: Takingnote of the draft report of theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) on allotmentof coal blocks withoutauction, the BJP on Thursdaydemanded a CBI probe intothe allotment of coal blocksand monitoring of the probeby a court.

“T he coal allotmentscam is a major scam. Wedemand a CBI probe and acourt should monitor theprobe. It is a government ofscamsters (that is) involvedin knee-deep corruption,”BJP leader Prakash Javedkartold reporters outsideParliament.

“Why coal blocks wereallotted without auction?”Mr. Javdekar asked.

According to the CAGdraft report, the governmentextended undue b enefits

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totalling Rs 10.67 lakh crore tocommercial entities by givingthem 155 coal acreages withoutauction between 2004 and 2009.

Referring to major scams,Mr. Javdekar said, “The CWGscam is (is to the tune) of Rs70,000 crore, 2G scam is Rs 1.76lakh crore. But, now the newcoal scam is Rs 1 0.67 lakhcrore.

It is a government ofscams.. . from airway s tomining every where thegovernment is involved inscams.”

He said, “ In 20 06, thegovernment introduced the Billfor auction of coal blocks...Butthe government did not passthe Bill till 2010. 17 billion tonnesof coal reserve in 73 blockswere distrib uted to privatecompanies. It is a huge scam.There are many cases wherepeople have sold the licences.”

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New delhi, March 22: PraisesAnita B ai Narre, UshaChomar for show of courage

Anita Bai Narre and UshaChomar — who rewrote thescript for themselves, theircommunity andneighbourhood — receivedaccolades from PresidentPratib ha Patil, whomaintained that the country’ssanitation was totallydependent on women andchildren.

Addressing the NirmalGram Puraskar function hereon Wednesday, the Presidentlauded the two women forshowing courage andstanding up for their rights.She expressed the hope thatdisadvantaged women inother villages would drawinspiration from the twowomen and assertthemselves to reform theirown lot and shape thecampaign for a clean country.

Ms. Patil said they wereushering in a new revolutionin India.

Anita, a tribal, shot intothe limelight for leaving herhusband’s home as a bride onthe ground that it lacked atoilet and returned only afterone was constructed. Usha,hailing from Alwar district ofRajasthan, now a liberatedwoman, has addressed aseminar in Paris on the health

President asks women to leadsanitation revolution

problems affecting manualscavengers.

The two stressed that itwas imperative for womento fight for self-respect.Usha Chomar, in particular,urged the President to useher good offices to ensurethat other manualscavengers were liberated.She hoped all of them wouldone day lead a good life.

The Presidentappreciated Union Ministerof Rural DevelopmentJairam Ramesh’s approachof giving a participatory roleto such path-breakers atfunctions of nationalimportance and sending aclear message to thedisadvantaged people togather courage and as amatter of right j oin themainstream.

Union Minister ofPanchayati Raj V. KishoreChandra Deo was alsopresent. After giving awaythe Nirmal Gram Awards to

panchayats which had donewell in spreading cleanlinessas a whole, the P residentstated women could be theprime movers of thesanitation movementthroughout the countryemphasisingthat it wouldbenefit them the mostbecause it had a bearing ontheir dignity, health andsecurity.

Ms. Patil said theinvolvement of womenwould ensure the success ofthe sanitation drive and theycould play an important rolein changing the face of ruralIndia and contribute to theeconomic welfare of thenation.

She regarded itnecessary to involvechildren at the school levelto spread the messages ofsanitation and hy giene athome. T here should belessons on the importance ofhygiene in schools, she said.

New Delhi, March 22: Parliamentwas on Thursday rocked byreports of an alleged coal scamto the tune of Rs 10.7 lakh crorewith the Opposition forcingadjournment of both the Housestill noon.

As soon as the Lok Sabha metfor the day, JD (U) members wereon their feet demandingimmediate discussion on areport of the Comptroller andAuditor General on allocation of155 coal acreages between 2004and 2009 to some 100 companies.

The moment Speaker MeiraKumar called for the QuestionHour, BJP and JD(U) memberstrooped into the Well raisingslogans against the government.

“Yeh Sarkar Kaali Hai (Thisgovernment has beentarnished)” the oppositionmembers chanted in the Well.With members unrelenting, theSpeaker adjourned the Housetill noon.

Similar scenes werewitnessed in the Rajya Sabhawhere Prakash Javadekar(BJP) said he had given noticefor suspension of QuestionHour to discuss the allegedscam.

“Sorry, the Question Hourcannot be suspended,”Chairman Hamid Ansari said.“You cannot raise the issuewithout the permission of the

Chair,” Minister of State in PMOV. Narayanasamy said.

As members continued toraise the issue and wavedcopies of a newspaper, Mr.Ansari said members cannotraise “unsubstantiatedmatters.”

“No newspapers are allowed.You cannot display banners.Please sit down. You cannot raisematters in this manner. You canraise it later, this is not the time,”he told the agitating members.Prime Minister Manmohan Singhwas present in the Rajya Sabha.Mr. Javadekar said the PrimeMinister was in-charge of coalportfolio when the alleged scamtook place.

Reports of coal scam rock Parliament;both Houses adjourned

Paris, March 22: StavangerChild Welfare Service unsureof family’s unity

In what can only bedescribed as a volte face, theStavanger Child WelfareService on Wednesdaydecided it will not be handingover custody of theBhattacharya children to theuncle, after all. This issurprising. But not entirely.Stavanger CWS chiefGunnar Toresen had hintedat such an outcome when hetold this correspondent thatthe situation to himappeared “blurred.”

The Stavanger ChildWelfare service will thus notpursue the court hearing setfor March 23 (at least for themoment). The CWS is unsureof the family’s unity,especially after the recentfalling out between theBhattacharya spouses amidreports that he was seekinga divorce, which he hasvehemently denied. It isdifficult to understand why apublic quarrel between thespouses should so colour theCWS view given the fact thatit has known all along thatmartial discord was a stapleof their lives. In the CWSview, the family was toodisunited and the uncle nowno longer appeared to be theright custodian forAishwarya (1) and Abhigyan(3), it is reliably learnt.

The StavangerKommune was expected topublish a press release to theeffect and post it on itswebsite. However, as we goto press, no such pressrelease spelling out itsobjections to proceed with theMarch 23 hearings has yetappeared. It is reliably learntthat the CWS’ lawyer hadreservations ab outpresenting the case in courtbecause she felt it was stillnot watertight. A negativedecision by the court onMarch 23 would have madematters far worse.

“The parents now saythey are united, but childwelfare services do not trustit. Which is why they nolonger wish to go in for thissolution. The uncle willprobably have to leave for

Back to square one, Norway tokeep back Indian kids

home without the children,”the Bhattacharyas’ lawyerSvein Kjetil Lode Svendsentold TV2. He did not pick upcalls from T he Hindupresumably because he wasarguing another case in court.

This news can beinterpreted in two ways: thepositive interpretation wouldbe that the CWS would likemore time to better preparethe case; that its ultimateobj ective is to hand overcustody to the uncle and thatit is seeking more time. TheCWS will surely need betterand stronger guaranteesfrom the families to the effectthat there will be nointerference in the children’sfuture lives either by themother or the maternalgrandparents. And that thechildren especially, will neverbe witness to family violencein any form.

According to sourcesclose to the case, there hasbeen too much hesitation, toomuch back and forth, includingby the uncle especially afterthe quarrel this brother hadwith the children’s motherSagarika who is consideredunstable and unpredictableand capable of verbal andphysical violence.

The negative reading ofthis decision would be that theCWS now no longer has anyintention of returning thechildren and will not seek afresh court date in the nearfuture. It will then not presentthe compromise worked outwith the uncle but fight the casetooth and nail in the StavangerDistrict Court next June.

This decision isparticularly regrettable sinceall the parties had finallyagreed on the transfer ofcustody document. A clause inthat document states that theparents will not attempt to takeback custody before any court,institution or organisation inIndia or elsewhere. The unclewho was wary of the SagarikaChakraborty family and whatit would do to get the childrenback was fully on board. It wasjust at this crucial point thatthe CWS, especially becauseof the misgivings of its lawyer,developed cold feet andreneged on its commitment.

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Entertainment

Mumbai, March 22: ActressAsin Thottumkal says sheis not keen on pursuingmany films at a time as sheis not under any ‘financialpressure’, b ut is ratherfastidious when it comes tofinalising the offers thatcome her way. Asin, whomade her Bollywood debutagainst Aamir Khan in 2008blockbuster Ghajini, for thefirst time has two releasesfeaturing her this year.

“It is just my pace ofwork, even down south Ihaven’t been very prolificwith my work and just takeup lots of multiple projects.It is not a consciousdecision that I will work onone film at a time. I look atoffers if they offer me nicetime working on it...I look fora good team of people towork with, nice script androle.. If all this fits in then Itake it (project) up,” Asinsaid in an interview.

After her B olly wooddebut, the gorgeous actressalso starred in LondonDreams and Ready

Not under financial pressure to take upmany projects: Asin

opposite Ajay Devgn andSalman Khan, respectively.

“So I am not under anysort of financial pressure totake up so many films andmake so much money,” the26-year-old said.

Asin, who has done onlythree Hindi films since 2008,says she is not an insecureperson and hence does nottake up whatever comes herway.

“I am not insecure thatif I don’t do certain amount(of) work in a particular timeperiod then I am going tobe nowhere; as people dogive you mental stress outof mind (sic),” she said.

The Kochin-born model-cum-actress, who startedher career with aMalayalam movie, says sheis rather choosy about theoffers she get.

“I would love to workmore but it all depends onwhat projects I am offered.I wouldn’t just do projectsbecause everyb ody isasking me to do more andbe seen more. I would take

up films provided I get theright kind of offers,” she said.

This is for the first timesince her debut in Bollywoodthat Asin has two releasesfor this year.

She would b e seen inSaj id Khan’s multi-starrerHousefull 2 alongsideAkshay Kumar, JohnAb raham, RiteishDeshmukh and JacquelineFernandez, which is slatedfor release on April 5.

The actress is cast withAb hishek B achchan andAj ay Devgn in RohitShetty’s comedy film B olBachchan which will hit thescreens on July 6.

London, March 22: Most women can have a baby afterbeing diagnosed with b reast cancer, according toresearchers who claim it’s “safe” and increases lifespan.

There were concerns earlier that pregnancy couldboost levels of female sex hormone oestrogen in the bodyand cause breast cancer, the most common form of thedisease to return.

But, now a new study claims that it is safe for mostwomen to get pregnant even within the first two yearsafter diagnosis. Furthermore, the study revealed thatpatients who become pregnant appear to survive longerthan those who don’t, although independent experts claimedthat further research is needed in this area, the ‘DailyMail’ newspaper reported.

In their study, the researchers, led by Dr Hatem Azim,a medical oncologist at Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels,and colleagues, enrolled 333 women, with an average ageof 34, but ranging from 21 to 48 years old, whose oestrogenreceptor status (positive or negative) and disease outcomewere known.

They had become pregnant at any time followingdiagnosis and were in remission at the time theyconceived.

The group was matched with 874 similar breast cancerpatients who didn’t become pregnant and who acted ascontrols. Over a period of almost five years followingpregnancy, 30 per cent of all women in the study saw theirdisease come back.

Dr Azim said: “Out of all the women, 57% had ER+disease, but the study showed there was no difference inthe length of time women with either ER+ or ER negative(ER-) disease survived without their disease recurringcompared with those who did not become pregnant”.

Neither breastfeeding nor abortion or miscarriageappeared to have an effect on the women’s outcome.

Dr Azim added: “Frequently when women with historyof breast cancer become pregnant, some physiciansadvise them to have an abortion for fear that completingthe pregnancy could have a detrimental effect on theoutcome of their disease. We found that this was not trueand the outcome was similar, irrespective of whether thepregnancy was completed or not.”

It’s safe to have baby afterbreast cancer

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Max. Temp: 32.4 0C Min.: 22.3 0CHumidity (0830 Hrs): 66% (1730 Hrs): 72%Sunrise: 0522 Hrs. Sunset: 1731 Hrs.

6Andaman Chronicle ::: Port Blair Friday, March 23, 2012

Sports

Hyderabad, March 22: Relievedafter securing her maiden title ofthe year, ace Indian shuttlerSaina Nehwal said, more than hertechnique and strokeplay, sheneeds to work on becoming acalmer player as that will improveall other aspects of her game.

“First I feel I need to calmmyself down. I am the only playerfrom India and people expect alot. I have to relax myself, play allthe strokes freely. Only then Ithink I can improve my fitness andtechnique,” Saina told PTI afterreturning home following herSwiss Open triumph in Basel.

“...if I just focus on training andtake a lot of pressure, then I thinknothing will work out well,” sheexplained. Saina said her mentorand national coach PullelaGopichand has helped herimmensely in coping with thepressure of expectations.

“I was under pressurebecause I was not winningtournaments. I also had an ankleinjury. Finally, Gopi Sir told me thatI have been taking too muchpressure and have not b eenenjoying my game,” she recalled.“He felt that I am not really

I need to calm myself down: Sainamoving well and I feel stiff on thecourt. He told me ‘just relax andenjoy yourself and play. I willcorrect your mistakes and don’tworry about that.’ So, I think all ofthat worked very well this time,”she said.

Saina said the victory in SwissOpen was important as it helpedher regain her confidence.

“It is very important becauseOlympics are coming. I neededone big break. It came at the righttime. Of course, it took some timebut I needed to get back my focusand confidence. I improved all ofthat. So, I am really happy,” Sainasaid. Asked how difficult it wasagainst the Chinese players, shesaid though it was tough sheovercame the challenge with acalm mind. “It is always difficultwith the Chinese, I think, for allthe players. This time I felt it wasvery easy. I b eat themcomfortably. It was because Iwent and played with a calmmind,” she said.

Saina admitted that winning amedal in Olympics would not beeasy but she is determined to doas well as she can. “I really wantto win a medal. But it is not easy

as it is a long road ahead. Six-sevenrounds for the medal. We will beworking for that. But I am sure I willdo well this time,” she said. Sainasaid she may not play all thetournaments lined up in April andJune this y ear ahead of theOlympics.

“I will play two of them. If Itotally skip them, it is not good. Ihave to keep play ing and keepmyself fit also,” she said.

“The tournaments are going tohelp me because I can competeagainst all the players. I will gainconfidence. I can learn from mymistakes. We can make somechanges,” she said.

B anga lo r e, Ma rch 22 :Mohammad Radz iRodzhaninz am’s late winnerdelivered Karnataka L ions adramatic 3-2 victory over PuneStrykers to finally lift it out of theb ottom of the World SeriesHockey table.

With the clock ticking downon a game that had lost much ofits early frenzy, the Malaysianforward deflected a long ball outof defence three minutes fromtime to hand Lions a desperatelyneeded win at the KSHA Stadiumhere on Wednesday.

Crucial win: “It’s always greatwhen you win like that,” captainArjun Halappa said afterwards.“But to be honest, we could havescored two or three goals in thefinal quarter. We were practically

Dramatic win for Lionscamped in their half. This resultwas crucial; from being the lastteam we have moved up tosixth.”

Ravipal Singh had put thehome side ahead early in afrenetic first quarter, driving intospace b efore unleashing athunderous shot from the top ofthe circle.

Lions, despite not lookingparticularly fluent, managed tograb even a second whenveteran Len Aiyappa converteda penalty corner on 11 minutes.T he defence, however, hadnever been watertight; it did nottake long for the cracks to showup. Pune’s Nikkin Thimmaiah wasleft unattended near the far post,and when B irendra Lakracentred from the right, all he had

to do was tap the ball in. The visitorsoon drew level, B ikash Topposlotting home a penalty corner inthe second quarter.

Fine save: The game sloweddown thereafter but L ions’goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan stillhad a great deal of work to do. The31-year-old, later rightly declaredMan-of-the-match, kept his side inthe contest with a string of finesaves.

At the other end, Lions had twogilded chances to move ahead butspurned both. As the game nearedthe end, a draw looked the mostlikely outcome; Radzi, however,had other ideas.

The result: Karnataka Lions 3(Ravipal Singh, Len Aiyappa, Md.Radzi) bt Pune Strykers 2 (NikkinThimmaiah, Bikash Toppo).