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New Delhi: Pakistan toneddown its references to Jam-mu and Kashmir in the UNSecurity Council on Tuesday.The presidential statementissued by its foreign ministerKhurshid M Kasuri at a de-bate on ‘‘pacific resolution ofconflicts’’, at the end of themeeting made no mention ofthe Kashmir issue.

In a departure from theirearlier posturing, India andPakistan did not attack eachother directly while raisingthe Kashmir issue in the UNSecurity Council. While NewDelhi maintained that differ-ences are best settledthrough bilateral negotia-tions, Islamabad stated that asolution to the problem canbe achieved only after fulfill-ing the aspirations of theKashmiri people.

In response to a question,an MEA spokesperson saidIndia regretted Pakistan’sreference to the Kashmir is-sue in its statement, but saidit did not come as a surpriseas Pakistan had used everyopportunity to raise Kash-mir in every forum.

SC members were told‘‘that to bring in issues thatwere best solved bilaterallywould only vitiate and com-plicate the situation.”

Meanwhile at the UnitedNations, India’s ambassadorto the UN Vijay K Nambiarrepeatedly stressed during

his presentation on Tuesdaythat the resolution of issuesthrough bilateral negotia-tions is advocated by theworld body’s charter and thatsuch a course is also seen by‘‘distinguished jurists’’ asthe ‘‘most preferred methodsof settlement of disputes’’.

As it involves bargainingand may involve elements ofgive and take, there is agreater probability of theparties carrying out theagreement faithfully, he said.He said the imposed solutionis likely to be reopened by theaggrieved party and thuswould be no real settlement.

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200,000 NRImillionaires in US: Merrill

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Washington: The image of thewealthy NRI from America is poised toget a puffy boost following estimatesfrom the investment firm MerrillLynch that there are 200,000 million-aires of Indian origin in the UnitedStates alone.

If that seems a staggering count — itwould mean one in every nine Indiansin the US is a millionaire, consideringtheir total population is 1.8 million —Merrill has a raft of riders and caveats.

It includes not just NRIs but all peo-ple of Indian-origin; the estimate wasmade at the height of the 2000 technol-ogy bubble; and crucially, the defini-tion of a millionaire is broad enough toinclude all assets including home own-ership.

Still, the 200,000 Indian-origin ‘‘Mer-rill Millionaires,’’ along with their lesswealthy NRIs, carry the median Amer-ican NRI income to over $ 60,000 (com-pared to the national average of $38,885), making it the wealthiest immi-grant group in the United States, sayMerrill Lynch executives.

For the record, the United States hasan estimated 2.1 million millionaires,which is less than one per cent of itspopulation compared to the nearly 10per cent for Indian-Americans.

The size of the Indian entrepreneurmarket in Silicon Valley alone com-prised 200,000 people with wealthworth $ 60 billion even in late 2001 afterthe technology bubble, according to Jy-oti Chopra, director of South Asianbusiness at Merrill Lynch’s multicul-tural and diversified business develop-ment group. Enough reason for thefirm to expand its South Asia wealthmanagement focus.

Merrill executives said India’s ex-pertise in IT and software industrieshelped grow the wealth of many non-resident Indians in the US, but also re-duced their net worth as the Internetbubble burst. The Indian community inthe US was probably affected by theseevents more than any other expatriatecommunity in the world. “However,this is a cohesive and resilient commu-nity and many people have renewedvigour in their business operations,”said Subha Barry, head of MerrillLynch’s business development group.

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Karishma’s destiny: SC orders a stayBy Rakesh BhatnagarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The fate of the Rs 60-crore mega serial Karishma — AMiracle of Destiny continues to hangin the balance with the SupremeCourt on Wednesday confirming thestay on its telecast by Sahara TV. Thecourt was acting on a petition filedby New York-based novelist BarbaraTaylor Bradford, who alleged thatthe serial had been plagiarised fromher book, A Woman of Substance.

Earlier on Monday, a Bench ofJustices N Santosh Hegde and Shiv-raj V Patil had ordered an ex-partestay on the telecast after hearingBradford’s attorney. The serial wasto begin telecast that day.

Though the court is currentlyseized only with procedural issuessurrounding the case rather thanthe substantive question of plagia-rism, the case’s final resolutionwould clearly have substantial implications for Bollywood. ManyHindi film story lines are straight-forward copies of Hollywood originals.

The Supreme Court has now ad-mitted for hearing Bradford’s appealchallenging a Calcutta High Courtdivision bench order nullifying anearlier stay granted by a single judgeof the same court on the telecast ofthe serial. The serial features actress

Karishma Kapoor in the lead role.At Wednesday’s hearing, the SC

rejected Sahara TV’s pleas for vaca-tion of the interim order. It alsostayed all proceedings before the Cal-cutta High Court.

Sahara TV had claimed before theHC that Karishma — A Miracle ofDestiny was produced by Akashdeepand written by Hindi film storywriter Sachin Bhowmick.

However, Bradford’s attorney SomMondal said: ‘‘The issue raised by Barbara would be of far reaching

consequences incorporating all aspects of copyright, freedom ofspeech and expression, andplagiarism.’’With inputs from Rashmee Z Ahmed in London

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STARRY STARRY CANNES: Jury members Aishwarya Rai, French actress Karin Viard and Hollywood star Meg Ryan with jury president Patrice Chereau, at the 56th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

Four held for Sunita murderTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Delhi Policeclaims to have solved the SunitaChadha murder case with thearrest of three persons. Policecommissioner R S Gupta saidthe incident was a case of roadrage and that the accused werein an inebriated state whenthey shot Chadha on May 2.

The accused, Ajay Raj Kamal(28), Amit Kumar Bansal (23)and Deepak Kumar (25), werearrested near a jail in Rohiniarea on Tuesday night. Guptasaid the police stepped up vigi-lance on a tip off.

On spotting their car, a FordIkon, the police team stopped it

and questioned the accused.During interrogation, the po-lice claimed, the three con-fessed to their crime.

Gupta said the accused werein a dark green Ford Ikon andnot in Cielo, as stated earlier.The Chinese-made .30 bore,used to kill Chadha, was also re-covered from the possession ofthe accused. ‘‘The pistol be-longs to Kamal. It is a licensedone which the accused got in1994 from Haryana,’’ Guptasaid. He claimed Kamal got thelicense even though he was in-volved in a murder case inwhich he was acquitted.

Kamal runs a dairy business

in Rohtak. Bansal is Kamal’sdriver, while Deepak is his mus-cleman.

Gupta said Deepak fired theshot. ‘‘He (Deepak) used to gettraining (from Kamal) in theforests of Yamuna Nagar,’’ Gup-ta claimed. The accused saidthey were infuriated with Chad-ha because she had intervenedin an altercation between themand a scooterist.

They claimed the scooteristwas driving rashly so theystopped and rebuked him. Inthe meantime, Chadha arrivedat the spot and fought withthem instead, they said.

A bowl of rice cankeep diabetes awayTokyo: Japanese laboratorieshave developed rice plants thatcould free serious diabetes pa-tients from regular insulin injec-tions by promoting their ownbodies’ production of the keyhormone, researchers said.

The genetically-modified ricewas developed jointly by the National Institute of Agrobiolog-ical Sciences (NIAS), the private-sector Japan Paper Industriesand Sanwa Kagaku Research Institute.

Fumio Takaiwa, head of theNIAS research team, said it wasthe first time that a foodstuff hadbeen developed as an effectivetreatment for diabetes.

Diabetes is a disorder charac-terised by a chronic, toxic excessof sugar in the blood caused by alack of insulin, a hormone se-creted by the pancreas.

It afflicts more than 150 mil-lion people worldwide, including17 million in the United States,and can cause blindness, kidneyfailure and even death. There aretwo distinct types.

Type 1 diabetes develops mostoften in children and youngadults, but the disorder can ap-pear at any age.

Type 2, or “adult” diabetes,traditionally affects people over55 and apparently develops as aconsequence of obesity orweight gain, and is now beingdetected among children. It ac-counts for 90 per cent of US diabetes cases.

The newly-developed ricestrain contains a high level ofanother hormone, the GLP-1,which promotes the pancreas’ re-lease of insulin. There are 6.9million diabetics in Japan. AFP

Perspective: So, the West has finallywoken up to our charming secret!‘Inspiration’ has long been a Bollywood USP. Remember RajKapoor’s cute Charlie Chaplin act inAwaara? Since then our ‘dream machine’ has cranked them out withunfailing regularity.

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• 200,000 millionaires of Indian origin in the US alone, according to Merill Lynch

• This means that one in every nine Indians there, of the total population of 1.8 million, is a millionaire

• The estimate includes not just NRIs but all people of Indian origin

• The millionaires, along with their less wealthy NRIs, are the wealthiest immigrant group in the US

• Merrill said India’s expertise in infotech and software industries helped many NRIs grow richer but also reduced their net worth as the Internet bubble burst

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Faridabad waterwoes to continue

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Faridabad: With the secondphase of the Rs 42-crore ran-ney well-water augmentationscheme nowhere near comple-tion, a parched summer liesahead for the residents here.

The first phase of the proj-ect was inaugurated this Re-public Day by chief ministerOm Prakash Chautala. Hehad announced that the sec-ond phase would be completeby March-end.

Till January, the waterneeds of the million-strongpopulace was met by 350 tube-wells of the corporation. Buterratic power supply con-stantly affected the supply.

On January 26, 2003, one ofthe two ranney wells and 16deep tubewells became opera-tional.

While the second phasehasn’t become operational,the additional tubewells are

making the water table plum-met. Narendra Tyagi of vil-lage Dadasya complained thatwater level in the village hasdropped by 20 to 25 feet in thearea, rendering many of theagricultural tubewells use-less. ‘‘Now farmers will haveto install more powerfulpump sets at greater depths todraw groundwater,’’ he said.

Initially conceived in 1986,the ranney well project re-mained on paper for over adecade. Revived by the statepublic health department in1997, it was again put on holdfor the local agency could notafford to finance project.

Finally, the project to gen-erate 10 million gallons a day(mgd) was cleared in 1999. Itwas decided that Haryana Ur-ban Development Authority(HUDA) and the FaridabadMunicipal Corporation wouldshare the cost that had esca-lated to Rs 42 crores.

First landscaped flyover for DelhiCongress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the AIIMS flyover on Thursday.

Hena ShahTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: StartingThursday, motorists usingthe AIIMS flyover are in fora visual treat. The flyover,called ‘Rajeev GandhiSetu’, will be formally in-augurated by Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi.

Hectic preparations areunderway to landscape the

flyover with floweringtrees, grass and hedges thatwill lend beauty to the con-crete marvel. Deputy direc-tor (horticulture) D C RAzad said: ‘‘The entire 4.5acre area is being land-scaped using the techniqueof turfing — transplanta-tion of grass and trees.’’

‘‘For slopes, bougainvil-lea in various colours andshrubs have been planted.

Shrubs hold the soil on theslopes during monsoon andstrong winds. Gulmohartrees will also be plantedon select spots.’’

Only those trees thatthrive on minimum spaceand flower throughout theyear have been selected, hesaid, adding that care hasbeen taken to plant treesthat grow up to a mediumheight. Gulmohar trees,

planted at low-lying spotsalong Safdarjung, AIIMSand Kidwai Nagar, will alsoserve as a break againststrong winds.

To ensure that the areagets ample water supply,two water pumps havebeen installed to draw wa-ter from boring. Sprinklershave also been installed toensure equal and properdistribution of water.

By Pallavi MajumdarTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The couple tookno chances. When a charteredaircraft lifted their convuls-ing three-day-old baby fromAmritsar for Delhi, they kepttheir fingers crossed. Thebaby, now 10-days-old, wasdischarged from Sir GangaRam hospital on Tuesday.

The flight cost the familyRs 1.5 lakh, as the nine-seaterPilatus PC 12 aircraft waschartered and loaded withspecial gadgets for emergen-cies. ‘‘The most crucial wasthe battery operated incuba-tor, accompanied with oxygencylinders, monitors to keep acheck on the temperature,blood pressure and respira-tion,’’ said head of the de-partment of neo-natalogy DrNeelam Kler.

This is possibly the firsttime in the country whensuch a young baby has beenairlifted for treatment, sheadded. The process was noteasy. The baby had developedrespiratory complicationssoon after delivery and wasadmitted to the intensive careunit (ICU) of a nursing home.But the family decided tomove it to a hospital in Delhi.‘‘We advised the family to fly

in the child as a train or roadjourney would have beentime-consuming and tardy forthe sick child,’’ Kler said.

Once things were finalised,a team of two doctors, DrPankaj Garg and Dr SatishSaluja, accompanied with atechnician got moving. Theteam started from Delhi at 11am on Wednesday last week.‘‘About an hour was taken tostabilise the baby before thejourney. The family also had

to be explained of the compli-cations that could take placeduring the flight.

‘‘The baby had a respirato-ry problem. We had to be pre-pared in case the baby’s lungburst or there was an air leak.In such cases, a tube is insert-ed inside the chest to drainout the air,’’ Dr Kler said.

Once in Delhi, the doctorsconducted a CT scan to pin-point the problem. ‘‘When thebaby was received at the hos-

pital, the oxygen levels in hisblood were going down andthe baby was neurologicallydepressed,’’ Dr Kler said. Be-cause of this, his movementswere sluggish.

‘‘The baby is fine now andhas been discharged,’’ doc-tors said. A follow up, howev-er, would be required in theyears to come. The family,which does not wish to beidentified is staying in Delhifor a few days.

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HC seeks report on spurious drugs By Sachin Parashar

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New Delhi: The sale of spuri-ous drugs is on the rise in Delhiwith fake medicines readilyavailable in many chemist out-lets. The Delhi government’s at-titude to the menace is markedby stark indifference as thehealth ministry has failed toblacklist even one shop sellingthese hazardous drugs.

‘‘Sale of spurious drugs isrampant at Delhi’s largestwholesale market, BhagirathPalace, in Chandni Chowk.These medicines do not containthe prescribed substances andonly have starch or chalk pow-der as constituents,’’ said a sen-ior doctor associated with LalBahadur Shastri hospital.

The Delhi high court orderedthe Mashelkar committee,which was formed in January,to look into the menace and fileits report by the end of Augustthis year. Chief Justice B C Pa-tel and B D Ahmed acted on a

petition filed by CommonCause Society through its coun-sel Meera Bhatia.

The petition said that deathswhich result from use of spuri-ous drugs amount to murderand that the government hadfailed to put an end to the prac-tice. ‘‘Fake medicines are noteasily distinguishable from thegenuine ones. Detailed plan ofaction and preventive stepsneed to be implemented by thehealth officials to bring the of-fenders to book,’’ said Bhatia.

With most of the factoriesproducing fake medicines lo-

cated in its vicinity, Delhi hasemerged as a major transitpoint for these drugs. Spuriousdrugs are smuggled into the city through trains and other modes of transport andno tax is paid on them. Thestate suffers from revenue losses even as dealers profit atthe expense of the health of pa-tients.

Delhi health ministry offi-cials admit the staff is ill-equipped to check the illegalpractice. ‘‘It is a fact that thetrade of spurious drugs has be-come an organised criminal ac-

tivity and unscrupulous ele-ments engaged in the manufac-ture and trade of these medi-cines are difficult to track,’’said an official with the Delhihealth ministry.

The fact that commonly useddrugs and medicines do not re-quire standard prescriptionsseems to have provided an im-petus to the offenders.

‘‘No medicine should bemade available without a pre-scription and cash memo mustbe issued for every sale. Com-pany-owned outlets should beallowed to set up shops to ensure that only genuine medicines are available in themarket,’’

said Dr A K Shrivastava whoworks with a private hospital.

‘‘Production and manufac-ture of medicines must be gov-erned by conditions specifiedunder law. It is imperative toprohibit manufacture, posses-sion and import or export of il-legal drugs,’’ said Bhatia.

Judicial custody forDDA scam accused

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New Delhi: Hotelier Vinod Kha-tri, arrested in the wake of ascam involving former highcourt judge Shameet Mukherjeeand other DDA officials, was re-manded to judicial custody forfive days on Wednesday.

Special judge Prem Kumar before whom the accused wasproduced upon expiry of his po-lice custody sent him to TiharJail till May 19. Khatri hadsurrendered before the specialjudge on May 7 and was remand-ed to CBI custody.

The agency had registered anFIR against Khatri, Mukherjee,sacked DDA vice chairman Sub-hash Sharma, alleged middle-

man Dharambir Khattar andsuspended DDA employee AshokKapoor charging them with con-spiring to get a favourable orderin a matter pending before theDelhi high court.

The accused, who owned arestaurant at Aruna Asaf AliMarg, had according to theagency, entered into a criminalconspiracy with alleged middle-man Dharambir Khattar, afterDDA decided to demolish thesame for widening the road inaccordance with a master plan.

The plan envisaged wideningof the road, which connected thebusy outer ring road withMehrauli and Mahipalpur by 30 metres.

Health hazard•Fake drugs are ineffective against diseases and are a threat to health.

•Children and the old suffer most because of their weak immunity system.

•Spurious drugs include fakes of mostcommonly used medicines like Crocin and Brufen.

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Hawala operator arrestedBy Bhadra Sinha

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New Delhi: Five days afterthe special cell arrested ajournalist of Kashmir PressAgency for allegedly actingas a conduit for terrorists or-ganisations, the departmentarrested a hawala operatorin Delhi on Tuesday evening.

Zafar Umar was arrestedfrom near Veer Bhoomi. Thepolice recovered Rs four lakhfrom Umar’s possession. Apistol loaded with nine car-tridges was also recovered

from him.The police claimed Umar

acted on behalf of a Jammuand Kashmir (J&K) basedterrorist organisation. ‘‘Weare yet to identify the organi-sation,’’ an officer said,adding the police are awareof Umar’s associate in J&K.

Umar had apparently re-ceived cash from a personwhen he was apprehended.The police, however, failed toarrest the man who deliveredthe cash. ‘‘The man had leftbefore we reached the spot,’’the officer said.

During interrogationUmar said he had to contact aperson named Omar in Kash-mir and hand over the cashto him. Omar is a terrorist,the police claimed.

A team of special cell offi-cers will leave for J&K sincethey have received Umar isin police custody for fivedays. Umar has been to Delhithrice in the past. ‘‘All the vis-its pertained to hawala oper-ations,’’ the police said.

Umar received Rs 25,000for every transaction, the po-lice said.

Bank of Barodaofficials heldfor corruption

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The CBI has ar-rested two Bank of Baroda of-ficials for allegedly causingloss of over Rs 2.5 crore to thebank. The special court onWednesday remanded the ac-cused to CBI’s custody for sev-en days.

R K Bhatt, currency chest in-charge and Satish Chaudhary,head cashier at the bank’s Par-liament Street branch will bein the agency’s custody tillMay 21.

The CBI has alleged that thetwo had connived with someunknown professional moneychangers.

The accused, paid Rs2,55,35,000 out of the currencychest balance to the moneychangers in exchange for thenotes which were deliberatelycut and were unfit for ex-change, the CBI claimed.

This was in violation of RBIrules since the notes had beendeclared non-payable. Bhatt,who was not empowered to actas the ‘‘prescribed officer’’ foradjudication of the mutilatednotes, however, did so and did not inform the branchmanager.

Chaudhary recorded the en-tries in the register on Sun-days and holidays.

While asking for their cus-tody, CBI advocate SatishChander said the accused hadnot yet revealed the actualsource of the mutilated notes.

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President takes a trip down the vintage trackBy Hena Shah

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New Delhi: Hidden frompublic view, at New DelhiRailway Station’s warehouse,is stationed the coach of thefirst citizen of India. Unusedfor decades, the saloon willonce again be part of the fan-fare that accompanies a Pres-idential trip. President A P JKalam will undertake a two-hour journey from Patna toHarnot at the end of themonth to inaugurate a rail-way depot there, said Rail-way officials.

Built in 1956, Dr Rajendra

Prasad was the first Presi-dent to travel in the coachfrom New Delhi to Kuruk-shetra. Only three otherPresidents — Dr SarvapalliRadhakrishnan, Dr ZakirHusain and V V Giri in 1974— have travelled in it.

The coach is elegantly fur-nished with cream colourtussar silk curtains, teakwood furniture and cabinets.A vintage Philips radio withamplifiers (a luxury in 1956)has been maintained and isstill in perfect working con-dition.

The panels, pelmets and

study table and doors arecarved with the insignia ofAsoka.

‘‘All the Emblems havebeen carved by the employ-

ees of the Railways. Even thesolitary painting that adornsthe President’s main bed-room has been done by S PNaik, former senior section

engineer (trimming),’’ said amaintenance staffer.

‘‘All the electronic items —watches, air-conditionersand radio — are still work aswell as the day they were in-stalled,’’ said another worker.

The pantry has cutlery —egg-cups, a butter pot, salt-shaker (bowl shaped) — withelectro plated nickel silver.‘‘The cutlery was importedfrom England. Instead of ablender, the kitchen has achurner and coffee percola-tor. There is an ice box and arefrigerator, made by theGlacier company of England.

The twin coach from therear starts from the pantryand goes on to a mechanicalstore room for the staff, din-ing-cum-waiting room, doc-tor’s room, the secretary’sroom, the defence secretary’sroom, the President’s loungeroom, the study, the mainbedroom and the guest room.Between the President’sroom and the study is thebathroom with the best fit-tings that money could buy atthe time.

There are six workers andtwo officers involved in theupkeep of the coach.

Custody death: HCnotice to police chief

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New Delhi: The high courthas issued notice to Delhipolice commissioner R SGupta and Delhi govern-ment in a case of allegedcustody death.

The court was acting on apetition which alleged that28-year-old Pappan was con-fined to illegal custody bythe Najafgarh police stationofficials and subjected tomerciless beating whichcaused his death.

The petition was filed bycounsel S K Sharma on be-half of victim’s brother, Ra-jan Singh. Justice UshaMehra and Justice PradeepNandrajog posted the matterfor further hearing on May29.

The petitioner also de-manded a compensation Rs50 lakh for Pappan’s death.

The petition alleged thatPappan was threatened bythe Najafgarh police stationofficials after he refused topay them extortion money.Later, he was allegedly im-plicated in a false case by the

station house officer (SHO)and other officials. Pappanwas produced before a mag-istrate who sent him to judi-cial custody in Tihar jail.

On May 4, Pappan’s familywas informed that he was ly-ing unconscious in the DeenDayal Upadhyay hospital.However, when the familymembers reached hospital,they were told that Pappanwas dead when he wasbrought to the hospital.

According to the petition,Pappan had reportedly tolda cousin that the Najafgarhpolice station officials triedto extort money from him. Itsaid though Pappan offeredRs 5,000 to the police, he wasallegedly told that the SHOwouldn’t agree to thisamount.

According to the petition,Pappan was mercilesslybeaten up by the SHO him-self along with other offi-cials.

The petitioner said thataccording to the certificateproduced by the hospital,Pappan was brought deadthere.

Bullet led to Sunita’s killersTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Sunita Chad-ha’s killers have beentracked down with the helpof a bullet recovered fromher car. The bullet fired atChadha helped the police toidentify the owner of the li-censed weapon used for themurder.

Chadha was shot with a.30 bore pistol of Chinese-make. Two shots were firedat her. While she escaped thefirst, the second pierced intoher chest.

Delhi police commission-er R S Gupta said more than150 police personnel wereput on the job to track theassailants. While the casewas under the supervisionof deputy commissioner ofpolice (northwest) SanjaySingh, three assistant com-missioners of police and sixinspectors were a part ofthe team.

The only evidence the po-lice found from the spot wasthe lead piece in a brassjacket which was recoveredfrom Chadha’s car. ‘‘Thisshowed it was a sophisticat-ed weapon,’’ Gupta said.The witnesses, who cameforward to help the police,told them that the assailantswere in a Cielo car.

Two separate teams wereformed to crack the case.While one prepared a list of250 Cielo car owners, theother listed out nearly 2,200arms licence holders in thenorthwest district. The in-vestigations were spreadover to Uttar Pradesh andHaryana along with Delhi.

‘‘The witnesses had

claimed that the assailantsspoke in a Haryanavi ac-cent. They also said that thecar had a Uttar Pradesh reg-istration number,’’ Guptasaid. But when the witness-es were taken to the spot and

the events reconstructed,they expressed apprehen-sion over the make of thecar.

This forced the police tochange track and the teamstarted to question the .30 or

.32 bore pistol owners. Dur-ing the probe, they zeroed inon Ajay Raj Kamal who wasmissing from his homesince the date of incident.

It was learnt that Kamalwould be coming to Delhi.

Gupta said the accusedwere folllowing the policeinvestigation through thenewspaper reports. ‘‘Theyused to purchase 15 paperseveryday and keep them-selves abreast with the in-vestigation. The accusedwere under the impressionthat they would never becaught,’’ Gupta said.

Remorse comes late for angry DelhiitesBy Maneesh Pandey

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New Delhi: About 15 percent of the 550-odd murdersreported in the city everyyear are triggered by mini-mal provocation.

The shooting of SunitaChadha (36) in Rohini bythree youths is another ex-ample of how Delhhites can-not control their rage, saycriminal analysts.

‘‘Till April this year, werecorded 155 murders ofwhich 34 were committed onminor provocation,’’ saidjoint commissioner of po-lice (crime) U K Katna.

According to the crimebranch, the figures werehigher in 2002, when ragekillings numbered 102 out oftotal 531 murders. In 2001, itwas 100 out of 547.

‘‘People differ in theirability to control their rage.

Such a characteristic is in-fluenced by genetic and en-vironmental circum-stances,’’ said Rajat Mitra, acounsellor with the DelhiPolice.

Mitra said a lot of peoplefall prey to their impulses

and regret later.He cited a youth’s case in

Tihar jail, who repentedkilling another youth whohad abused him for drivingrecklessly.

‘‘He later told me that hadhe controlled his angerthen, the boy would not havebeen killed. In a similarcase, a DU student killed an-other guy over a girl. Nowhe repents it,’’ the counsel-lor said.

Police officials said medi-tation courses and angermanagement programmesfor violent offenders werebeing conducted in Tihar.

Kamaljeet Singh

Two of the accused in the Sunita Chadha murder case were presented in the Tis HazariCourt in Delhi on Wednesday.

State guest list•The president of Bahrain undertook a journey in thePresident’s coach in 1981

•Prime minister of Guineatravelled in 1981

•It was last used by PrimeMinister of Sweden, OlafPalme, in 1982

Losing control•A man urinating on theroad shot a man for objecting to it

•A pan shopowner wasstabbed by a customerfor demanding 25 paisemore

•A man mowed downanother motorist for park-ing a car in his allottedspace

•A Delhi University stu-dent shot his lecturer whocaught him cheating

•The Delhi police present-ed Rs 5,000 to the witness who helped the police to crack thecase

•Two head constables,Shiv Kumar and Omender,

have received asadharanpuraskar for their activeparticipation in the investigation

•Constable Narender hasbeen given out-of-turnpromotion as a reward

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HC seeks plan tosave water bodies

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New Delhi: The Delhi HighCourt has sought a detailedaction plan for reviving thewater bodies in the city. Thetask has been given to a non-government organisation(NGO) Intach and the reportwill be submitted withinthree months.

Intach’s representativeManu Bhatnagar was pres-ent during the hearing of apublic interest litigation be-fore the court of Chief Jus-tice B C Patel and Justice A KSikri. He will submit the re-port by August 8.

Bhatnagar, who has beeninvolved in the exercise, toldthe court that he conducted asurvey and found that therewere 508 water bodies whichcould be revived.

On the last date of hearing,March 31, the court had ex-pressed concern over thecity’s depleting water table. Ithad directed the Delhi gov-ernment, MCD and DDA to

remove all encroachments inand around the water bodies.

The MCD has already fileda report before the court en-listing the steps it has takenfollowing the court order.The report had specific de-tails regarding the depres-sion in east Delhi which hasbeen encroached by the DelhiPolice.

The court had also direct-ed the MCD to draw the planof the Seelampur depressionas well as the adjoining parkin consultation with DDAand police authorities. Thedivisional commissioner ofthe Delhi state governmentwas also directed to take partin the exercise.

The PIL was filed by theresidents’ welfare associa-tion (RWA) of Naveen Shah-dara. The RWA had ap-proached the court in Decem-ber last alleging that a size-able portion of a pond hadbeen allotted to Delhi Policefor the construction of staffquarters.

Three arrested for snatchingTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: In a special drive launched by the police to checksummer-crime, the west district police arrested three snatch-ers and claimed to have busted three gangs.

The Punjabi Bagh police arrested a man, Jaswant alias Jas-sa, for chain-snatching in Madipur. His two accomplices,however, managed to escape. In another case, the RajouriGarden police arrested a member of Sansi tribe, Rahul, whoused to target women moving alone in northwest, west, eastand north Delhi. The Hari Nagar police arrested one Raj Ku-mar who snatched the chain of a woman while she was wait-ing for bus on Jail Road, Hari Nagar.

60-year-old woman found dead:Kamla Devi (60) of Jan-ta Jeevan Camp, Okhla Industrial Area-II, was found deadwith a wound mark near her residence on Wednesday morn-ing. The deceased had left home in the wee hours for somework.

Two dead, 8 injured in slum fireTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Two persons were killedand eight injured in a fire that dis-placed about 6,000 slum dwellers in Ya-muna Pushta in Kotwali on Wednes-day afternoon.

According to police, about 1,000slum clusters were gutted in the firethat erupted at about 3.25 pm in San-jay Amar Colony and it took 20 firetenders over an hour to put out theflames.

Deputy commissioner of police(north), Sanjay Baniwal, said: ‘‘Amongthe deceased was a 70-year-old woman,Champa. The other was Abrar (22)

who was charred beyond recogni-tion.’’ Baniwal said eight persons in-cluding two children received minorburns. Four of them were dischargedafter first aid. The remaining fourwere admitted to LoknayakJayaprakash Narayan Hospital.

The DCP said more than 6,000 slumdwellers have been displaced by thefire. The police is yet to ascertain thecause, but said that it might havestarted from the friction of materiallying in the jhuggis. ‘‘We are trying toascertain if the fire started from thehouse of a family whose four mem-bers were injured in the fire,’’ said apolice officials.

Witnesses said that a man from thisfamily is also missing. People fear thathe may be dead but the police is yet toconfirm this.

The DCP said tented accommoda-tion has been provided to the fire vic-tims. In another incident, at least 300slum dwellings were destroyed in a‘‘medium fire’’ in East Kidwai Nagararea of south Delhi in the early hoursof Wednesday. One person was injuredin the fire.

Fire officials said over 35 fire ten-ders battled for over three hours todouse the fire which broke out at 3.10am at the Bengali Camp slum clusters.

Neeraj Paul

About 6,000 slum dwellers lost their homes in a fire at Yamuna Pushta on Wednesday.

16-year-oldraped inNand Nagri

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New Delhi: A minor girl wasallegedly raped in Nand Na-gri area on Monday. Accord-ing to the police, the victimwas lying unconscious at abus stop in Nand Nagri onMonday. She was taken to herhouse by a tea vendor at thebus stop. The police regis-tered the case on Tuesday.The girl is about 16-year oldand she narrated the inci-dent to the tea vendor. Themedical investigation con-firmed rape. The girl told po-lice that she was lured to Del-hi by an acquaintance andthat she was raped by threepersons.

Students get the jitters asIIT entrance exam nears

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New Delhi: With the IndianInstitute of Technology (IIT)entrance examination due tobe held on May 25, candidateswho have managed to getpast the screening exam areall busy with the last leg ofpreparations. Most of thesecandidates have been prepar-ing for over two years tomake sure they make it to IIT.

But are they worried aboutgetting through? ‘‘Not partic-ularly,’’ says Amol Parasharof Delhi Public School, R KPuram. Amol has managedto secure the 108th rank inthe screening test and is con-fident about getting throughat least one of the IITs.

‘‘I have been preparing fortwo years, and now I am justrevising the topics I had pre-pared. I am putting in five tosix hours these days as Idon’t want to stretch myselfbefore the exam,’’ he says.

But then not everybody isquite so complacent. Puneet

Kumar of Kulachi HansrajSchool has also got throughthe screening test, but sayshe is feeling slightly nervousabout the main exam.

‘‘It’s all about the rank yousecure in the test. The higheryou are, the better thechances of your getting intoan institute of your choice,’’he says. Kumar is aiming atgetting into either IIT Kan-pur or Kharagpur. ‘‘Kharag-pur has the best faculty andits graduates are looked upon

with respect even in the US,’’he says.

But like most others, Ku-mar’s worries are only limit-ed to getting into IIT. The im-pending declaration of boardresults is not something wor-rying him too much. ‘‘Boardresults won’t get me into anengineering college, with afew exceptions. I am also notgoing to apply in any DU col-leges,’’ he says.

Fellow applicant TaruKapoor of Adarsh ShikshaNiketan agrees. ‘‘After con-stantly toiling for two years,you are not ready to think ofanything other than engi-neering,’’ she says. But onsecond thought, Taru addsthat she may apply for DU’scomputer science course.

‘‘It’s worth it only if youget through a good collegelike Indraprastha College forWomen. But that would bethe last option. If not IIT,then may be Delhi College ofEngineering,’’ she says.

Writers protest CBSE moveTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Prominentwriters of Hindi, Urdu andPunjabi and Hindi acade-micians on Wednesdayprotested outside the Cen-tral Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) office inDelhi.

They were protestingagainst ‘‘the discontinua-tion of Munshi Premc-hand’s novel Nirmala’’from the Class 12 Hindicourse, and its replacementwith the work of a ‘‘littleknown’’ author MridulaSinha’s Jyo Mehndi KoRang.

CBSE officials, however,said the masterpiece byPremchand was not re-placed by Sinha’s work. ‘‘It

has been provided as an op-tion to students,’’ said aCBSE officials.

The writers and acade-micians, on the other hand,say the decision to includeSinha’s work was political-ly-motivated. ‘‘How can youcompare a Premchandwork with an unknownwriter’s work? We demand-ed to know who were thepeople on the course com-mittee who effected thischange, but the CBSE offi-cials refused to divulge de-tails under the plea thattheir chairman was out ofstation,’’ said Hindi littera-teur Vishwanath Tripathi.

CBSE officials said therewas no malintent behindthe move and the decisionwas a regular one taken by

the course committee. ‘‘Thecourse committee had in-cluded it in the curriculumthinking that new authorsshould also be read. But itappears that some peoplehave taken it otherwise,’’said the official.

But the writers claimthat writer Bhishm Sahni’sname was also suggested,but it was ‘‘struck down inSinha’s favour’’.

‘‘Mridula Sinha is an of-fice-holder of the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) and hasbeen the head of thewomen’s cell of the party.Clearly, things have beendecided on the basis of rea-sons other than literarymerit,’’ said writer and Del-hi University Hindi readerAjay Tiwari.

K K Laskar

Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi writers protest outside the CBSE office on Wednesday.

•Over 1.75 lakh candi-dates appeared in the IITscreening test on April 20all over India

•Only 12,000 have man-aged to qualify for themain exams to be heldon May 25

•Finally, only 3,000 stu-dents will make it to theseven IITs

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Power firms want tariff hikeBy Rahul Chhabra

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New Delhi: Private powerdistribution companies havesought a hike of 12 to 30 percent in tariff to make up theRs 2,579 crore loss they in-curred this financial year.

A final decision on thehike will be taken by the Del-hi Electricity RegulatoryCommission soon.

A number of residentswho attended the DERC hear-ing for power tariff revisionprotested against a hike inthe immediate future. ‘‘Anyhike at this juncture will beunjustified. It will burden thecommon man,’’ said R N Gu-jral, who represented theFederation of Rohini Co-op-erative Group Housing Soci-eties at the hearing.

‘‘Why should the publichave to pay to make up for thelosses incurred by privatecompanies?’’ Gujral asked.

The process of hearingpublic objections on the hikedemanded by BSES and TataPower was completed by theCommission on Wednesday.The Commission will nowanalyse the requirements ofprivate companies and fi-nalise the new tariffs.

The Delhi government-runtransmission company offi-cials present on Wednesday’shearing said a hike of 12 percent in electricity rates wasjustified. Anything beyondthat would burden the con-sumers.

Power tariffs were last re-vised in June 2001 when pow-er distribution was con-

trolled by the erstwhile DelhiVidyut Board. The DERC hadthen approved a hike of 15per cent.

A representative of aworkers’ organisation, RajanGupta, boycotted the hearingproceedings in protest. ‘‘Theprocess of inviting public ob-jections is just an eyewash.The private companies havealready got an assurancefrom influential authoritieson a hike,’’ he alleged.

Distribution of power wasprivatised nine months agoand the total revenue gap —money spent minus moneycollected — during this peri-od has touched Rs 1,800 crore.During DVB’s tenure, the an-nual revenue gap was Rs 900crore.

During the last nine

months, BSES Rajdhani haslost Rs 104 crore, BSES Ya-muna Rs 84 crore and NDPLRs 132 crore. Delhi govern-ment-owned Transco has lostRs 1,501 crore providing pow-er at a subsidised rate to theprivate companies.

At the time of privatisa-tion, the Delhi governmenthad foreseen losses for theprivate companies and hadset aside Rs 3,450 crore tocompensate them over a peri-od of five years.

Even if the entire subsidyamount is paid to the twocompanies, they would stillstand to lose Rs 1,000 croreover the last two years. ‘‘Therecent proposal to hike tariffis aimed at making up forthis revenue gap,’’ said a for-mer DVB official.

45 shahtooshshawls seized

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New Delhi: The Central Bu-reau of Investigation (CBI)has arrested a man for al-legedly possessing 45 shah-toosh shawls in violation ofthe Wildlife Act. The investi-gating agency claimed theshawls are worth Rs 20 lakh.Two shahtoosh kurtas werealso recovered from accused,Bashir Ahmed Mir.

The accused was producedbefore the court of additionalchief metropolitan magistrateTej Singh Kashyap on Wednes-day.

Mir’s advocate PramodDubey opposed the remand ap-plication claiming that theGovernment has issued a noti-fication where a person pos-sessing Shahtoosh shawls candeclare the belongings.

Acting on a tip off, the CBIraided Mir’s premises at Bho-gal near Lajpat Nagar onTuesday afternoon.

Play it safe this summerBy Maneesh Pandey

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New Delhi: Packing yourbags for a vacation? Plan-ning a late night walk? It’stime to be extra cautious.With break-ins, snatchingsand robberies on the rise insummer, the Delhi Policeare putting out a list of dosand don’ts to check crimethis season.

‘‘Most of such crimes in-crease from April 15 to endof July,’’ a police officersaid. ‘‘Of the 121 snatch-ings reported in the lastfour months, 23 were re-ported in the last fortnightitself. Similarly, 71 cases ofburglaries were reportedin last two weeks. Break-inshave also increased,’’ the of-ficer said.

‘‘During summers, bur-glaries in the afternoon be-come common since thereare few people on the roadto raise an alarm,’’ deputycommissioner of police(southwest) TejinderLuthra said. Snatchingsalso increase in the morn-ings since most people set

out early to buy their gro-ceries. Similarly, marketsare usually bustling withactivity after sundown, pro-viding a good opportunityfor chain snatchers, theDCP said.

DCP (south) Vivek Gogiasaid: ‘‘We have intensifiedafternoon patrolling in res-idential areas and specialstaff for night patrollinghas been directed to be ex-tra vigilant. Residents, par-

ticularly senior citizens,are being briefed regularlyto follow security norms.’’

West district police chiefSatish Golcha has more ad-visory tips. If you’re out ofhome but in town, ensurethe windows and grills areproperly bolted and securi-ty locks are in place.

Also, don’t forget to pullthe curtains and keep alight on when you’re out atnight.

Before you go on a vacation

• Don’t discuss travel plans in presence of domestic help

• Request relatives and neighbours to check on the house in your absence

• Inform the beat constable and ask him to keep an eye on the house

• Clear courtyards and balconies of objects like ropes,ladders and other tools

• Don’t leave cash and valuables in the house

• Tell milkman, newspaper vendor to stop supplies

• Request neighbour to clear your mail box regularly

Abscondinggangsternabbed in Patparganj

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New Delhi: The specialstaff of east district po-lice has arrested a gang-ster, Zeeshan, who is al-legedly involved in morethan 20 cases of murderand dacoity.

Zeeshan had escapedfrom the police custodyin September 2002 andcarried a reward of Rs10,000. The police re-ceived a tip-off that Zee-shan was visiting a parkin Patparganj to meet hisassociates.

On being confrontedby the police, Zeeshanfired from his locally-made katta, but was soonoverpowered. The policerecovered a live car-tridge and the pistol fromthe gangster.

On interrogation, Zee-shan disclosed that hewas involved in severalencounters with the po-lice. The Zeeshan gang isactive in UP and Delhi.

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Relief for the Hindujas: TheSupreme Court on Wednesday al-lowed the three Hinduja brothers toleave the country till July 21, extend-ing an interim order giving the samerelief. The three brothers are facingtrial in the 64-crore Bofors pay-offcase.TNN

Indian envoy to Oman: India’sambassador to Saudi Arabia is beingappointed as India’s next ambassa-dor to Oman, the external affairs ministry announced onWednesday. TNN

Cong on phone tariff hike: TheCongress on Wednesday allegedthat corporate lobbying may be be-hind the 500 per cent increase inlandline telephone tariff and de-manded a complete roll back of thehike. TNN

Naik hints at petrol price cut:Petroleum minister Ram Naik onWednesday hinted at further cut inprices of petrol and diesel at the fort-nightly review on Thursday in tunewith the global softening of crudeprices. PTI

Exhausted by the heat in Kolkata’szoo.

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NCP president Sharad Pawar (left) along with Pakistan’s national assembly members SardarSaleem Jan Mazari (centre) and Dr Shahzad Waseem (second from right) at a lunch hosted byMaharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal in Mumbai on Wednesday.

NHRC wantsanswers onJ&K’s ‘missing’

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New Delhi: Disturbedover reports about thelarge number of ‘‘disap-peared’’ people in J&K, theNational Human RightsCommission (NHRC) onWednesday asked the stategovernment about its sys-tem of recording allega-tions of enforced or invol-untary disappearances.

The J&K governmenthas also been asked to fur-nish details about thenumber of allegations ofdisappearances recordedby it, details of the systemto investigate such allega-tions, and the results ofsuch investigations. Thestate government will alsohave to write about meas-ures being taken to pre-vent the occurrence of en-forced or involuntary dis-appearances and meas-ures being taken to bringto book those who mayhave been involved in suchdisappearances. The J&Kgovernment has been giv-en six weeks time to re-

spond.While civil liberties

groups allege that the bulkof disappearances are theresult of covert arrestsand extra-judicial killingsby security forces. Thegovernment insists mostof those missing are ter-rorists who have crossedover into Pakistan.

In September 2000, theNHRC had taken suo motucognisance of a news re-port in The Times of Indiawhich stated that 2000 peo-ple between the ages of 10and 70 have disappearedfrom the Kashmir valleysince 1990. The report re-ferred to a document pre-pared by the Association ofthe Parents of Disap-peared Persons (APDP).Commission issued noticeto the state chief secretaryand director-general ofpolice as well as thesecretaries of the Unionhome and defence min-istries. The APDP was alsorequested to produce itsdocument.

Hurriyat cannotafford to spurntalks, says MuftiNew Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir chief ministerMufti Mohammed Sayeed on Wednesday said sepa-ratist groups including Hurriyat Conference could‘‘not afford’’ to spurn the offer of talks with the Cen-tre’s interlocutor N N Vohra.He said it would be dif-ficult for them to defend their action before the peo-ple in the changed scenario.

‘‘They cannot afford to spurn the offer. After allhe is the government’s emissary. Wait and watch.They will come to the table,’’ Sayeed said. He was inthe Capital on a three-day visit.

Reminded that Hurriyat had already declined tomeet Vohra, Sayeed said, ‘‘It is not correct. They(Hurriyat) have not yet availed of the opportunityto talk to the Centre’s pointman.’’

‘‘May be they are expecting a formal invitation.’’The Mufti also said that people should not expect

results at the very beginning. ‘‘After all, some timeneeds to be given to the separatists as well. Every-thing will not happen in the first meeting itself.’’

About militants declining his ceasefire offer, Say-eed said: ‘‘I say thay have no cause to fight in Kash-mir. Their declining the offer has no relevance.When India and Pakistan are ready to talk on all is-sues including Kashmir, which cause they willplead to be undertaking.’’ The chief minister saidin the event of talks between the two countries, themilitant groups would be left with no justificationto carry on with their activities.

‘‘After the September 11 (2001) attacks, even if anyone had a just cause, that got diluted and it is now auniversally accepted norm to solve all issues on thenegotiating table,’’ Sayeed said. Asked about hispolicy of a ‘‘soft border’’ in the state, Sayeed said: ‘‘Ihave only repeated what the Prime Minister statedduring his Lahore visit that check points will beopened in Jammu and Uri (Kashmir).’’ PTI

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Kolkata: A ‘soft border’ be-tween India and Pakistancould ease tension betweenthe two countries and PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpay-ee is the best person to do thejob, felt members of a parlia-mentary delegation fromPakistan on Tuesday.

Intercating with reporters,three members of the delega-tion — Isaq Khan Khakwani,M P Bhandara and Shakila

Khanam — defended terror-ist organisations likeLashkar-e-Toiba but claimedthat only social exchangesand interaction between thepeople of both countriescould resolve border tension.

‘‘The administration hasconducted many investiga-tions against these organisa-tions but nothing objection-able has been found out,’’said Bhandara, adding,‘‘these groups are perfectlylegitimate on paper and in

their activities’’.They also claimed that ter-

rorist activities in India hadnever been sponsored by anyPakistani governmentagency. ‘‘Assassinations ofIndira Gandhi, her son Rajivand even the Mahatma werenot sponsored by any Pak-istani agency but by peoplewithin your country,’’ saidKhakwani. The ISI was onlya part of the Pakistan armyand was not involved in anyattacks on India, he added.

Imagers a hit among troopsBy Rajat Pandit

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New Delhi: The Army isclamouring for more hand-held thermal imagers(HHTIs), which are proving tobe a big hit with troops de-ployed to thwart infiltrationbids across the 740-km Line ofControl.

They also come handy dur-ing counter-insurgency oper-

ations in Jammu and Kash-mir.

Conversely, other surveil-lance equipment like ‘‘unat-tended ground sensors’’ andbattlefield surveillanceradars (BFSRs), both import-ed as well as indigenous, havenot achieved much success inthe ‘‘treacherous’’ mountain-ous terrain along the LoC, sayArmy sources.

Though a thaw in Indo-Pak-

istan relations may well be onthe cards, Army officers be-lieve there will be ‘‘no sharpdecrease’’ in infiltration orterrorist violence in the Val-ley in the days to come. ‘‘Weshould be fully prepared,’’said an officer.

India began importingHHTIs, mainly from Israeland France, at around Rs 3lakh per unit a couple ofyears ago.

Pak cricketers tocome to India with‘goodwill message’

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New Delhi: Close on theheels of the peace tour un-dertaken by some Pakistaniparliamentarians, the Pak-istan Cricket Board (PCB) isplanning to send a mini teamof former Test cricketers toIndia with a ‘‘goodwill mes-sage’’.

The team is likely to in-clude legendary batsmenHanif Mohammed and Za-heer Abbas. They will tryand call on Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee, apartfrom meeting some key Cabi-net ministers.

A top PCB official con-firmed this goodwill initia-tive on Tuesday night. ‘‘Wewill send cricketers who en-joy the respect and love of In-dian fans. The visit is beingplanned for mid-July or Au-gust,’’ he said on conditionsof anonymity.

‘‘We hope that there willalso be a meeting betweenformer Indian and Pakistanicricketers to reflect on thehigh points of playingagainst each other,’’ headded.

Vajpayee has already givena green signal, saying themodalities of resumingcricket ties should be fi-nalised by the two cricketboards.

The senior Pakistan offi-cial also conceded that therewas a move to play a One-daymatch in both the countrieson a reciprocal basis in Sep-tember. ‘‘This was discussedat the Asian Cricket Founda-tion (ACF) meeting in Dubaiearlier this month. The ideawas mooted by Indian board

chief Jagmohan Dalmiya.It’s a good idea to test the wa-ters before thinking of a full-fledged series. We are moni-toring the situation fromclose quarters. It all boilsdown to the Indian govern-ment’s reaction,’’ he said.

The last time the twosides were involved in afull series was in 1999-00when Pakistan played atwo Test series and a tri-angular One-day series, in-volving Sri Lanka. Pak-istan then stayed back toplay a Test match inKolkata as part ofthe Asian CricketChampionship.

•A PCB official saidcricketers who enjoy therespect and love of Indi-an fans will be sent.Hanif Mohammed andZaheer Abbas are likelyto come.

•They will try and callon Prime Minister Vajpayee and meet keycabinet ministers

•The official said therewas a move to play aone-day match in boththe countries on a reciprocal basis in September

Peace players

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Eventful yearfor Jaya’s GovtChennai: The AIADMK gov-ernment’s completed its sec-ond year in office in TamilNadu on Wednesday. Theyear was marred by protestsover power sector reforms,arrest of MDMK chief Vaikounder Pota and the govern-ment’s move to construct anew Secretariat complex af-ter demolishing the 88-year-old Queen Mary’s College.

While the first year sawthe unseating of chief minis-ter Jayalalithaa from herpost by the Supreme Court,the second year was markedby several important deci-sions taken by the AIADMKgovernment to restore thehealth of state’s economy.

The implementation of therecommendations of theState Electricity RegulatoryAuthority had led to a steephike in the power tariff inthe state besides withdrawalof the free electricity schemeto all farmers.

However, the state govern-ment announced cash com-pensation to small farmers inthe state who were also re-moved from the free powerscheme.

The arrest of MDMK chiefVaiko in July last under Potafor his alleged speech sup-porting the banned LTTE

had led to widespread criti-cism among the Oppositionparties not only in the statebut also elsewhere in thecountry.

The year also sawAIADMK inching closer tothe BJP, with the party sup-porting the NDA’s nomineein the Presidential and theVice-Presidential polls and tomany legislations of the BJP-led NDA government at theCentre.

The BJP reciprocated bysupporting the AIADMK gov-ernment’s law to ban forciblereligious conversions and theAnnadhanam Scheme intro-duced in the temples andmosques in the state.

The arrest of DMK youthwing leader M K Stalin on thecharges of trespassing in theQueen Mary’s College, raidsin the residence of promi-nent DMK leaders and the ar-rest of R R Gopal, editor oftamil bi-weekly Nakkheeranunder Pota had led to lot ofprotests all over the state.

Constant litigation in theSupreme Court on the Cau-very issue, severe droughtand loss of crops in the Cau-very delta due to non-avail-ability of water in the Cau-very were reported duringthe year. PTI

Blood samples of baby,couple sent for DNA testHyderabad: Authorities onWednesday sent blood samples ofa couple and a baby, in the centreof a suspected baby swapping con-troversy, for DNA testing to deter-mine the child’s parentage.

A local court in Godavarikhaniin Karimnagar district of AndhraPradesh had on Tuesday permit-ted police to conduct DNA tests onthe couple and the baby girl afterthe alleged swapping case was reg-istered on Saturday.

The report of DNA test is ex-pected in a week, police said.

J Rajeshwari and her husbandRajaiah lodged a complaint at Go-davarikhani police station alleg-ing that their baby boy wasswapped for a baby girl in a pri-

vate hospital.Meanwhile, the Andhra

Pradesh government on Wednes-day ordered the dismissal of thethree arrested employees of thegovernment maternity hospitalhere which was in the eye of astorm over the baby-swappingcase.

The employees — staff nurseSwarna Mary, health assistantSuryakala and ward boy SurendraRaju — were arrested by CIDsleuths on Tuesday for their rolein the disappearance of a babyboy from the hospital and hisswapping with a baby girl, officialsources said here. The decisionwas taken by the chief minister ata meeting on Wednesday. PTI

Yet anothernewspaper?

AFP

The Chaudhury family of Bhopalhas printed this invitation cardin the shape of a four-pagebroadsheet newspaper for themarriage of their son. Theheadlines and stories are aboutthe various ceremonies theyhave planned. The main head-line reads: ‘‘Amitabh and Aish-wariya to attend Chaudharys’wedding’’. The story revealsAmitabh is the Chaudhurys’son-in-law and Aishwariya is arelative’s three-year-old daugh-ter. There are stories on thegroom, the bride, and their fam-ilies. There is even a sportssection with a story on ‘‘match-fixing’’. The Chaudhurys plan toinvite 10,000 guests.

Gujarat coast in for a revolution with a differenceBy Amarendra Jha

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Surat: Sea-food lovers can readthis with their tongues lolling out.

The air is charged with the talkof a ‘blue revolution’ in south Gu-jarat which has a coastline of over200 kms.

If everything goes according toplan, the coast — which has justthe right blend of salinity and theblack cotton soil — could become ahub for the production of high-quality shrimps, crabs, lobsters

and other sea food varieties with ahigh commercial value, both in do-mestic and international markets.

Research conducted by theaquatic biology department of theSouth Gujarat University (SGU),has revealed that, 11 out of 55known species of prawns could becultured in the coastline here.

Dr Mohini Gadhia, reader in theaquatic biology department said,‘‘high yielding varieties like tigerprawns, banana prawns and whiteprawns with high commercial val-ue and high adaptability to chang-

ing salinity conditions could becultured here on a big scale’’.

In fact, estimates say that on onehectare of coastal land, the yield ofquality prawns would fetch uptoRs 3 lakh per crop. In a year, therecould be a maximum of three suchcrops. No other option could offersuch immense returns and scien-tists say it is surprising that suchhuge potential has remained large-ly untapped.

According to experts, the entireregion from Vapi to Bharuch is fullof potential for developing sea-

weeds and other microscopicplants with high food value for ma-rine animals, according to Dr GRagothaman, head of the aquaticbiology department.

Through a recent project, spon-sored by the Department of OceanDevelopment, Delhi, on the coast-line in the region, it was found thatthere was huge scope for varietiesof microscopic plants.

Now, industries like the ONGCare coming forward for ascertain-ing the scope of fisheries and oth-er species in the effluent water, be-

fore disposal into the river.In fact, there are plans by the

Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) toset up marine science and nauticalscience departments which wouldassist the aquatic biology depart-ment to push forward many proj-ects in the field of marine biology.Two lakes would shortly be devel-oped in the varsity for the purposeof research in marine biology. Ef-forts are to identify the agencieswhich could be roped into for ma-rine biology based researches formutual benefits.

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Malaysia all for mendingfences with India

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New Delhi: Responding toIndia’s unhappiness over aseries of steps taken by theMalaysian authorities,Prime Minister MahathirMohamad has sent a specialenvoy, Samy Vellu.

Meanwhile, India has ex-pressed its displeasure bydragging its feet in the issueof landing rights forMalaysian flights.

Vellu met the Prime Minis-ter and the external affairsminister on Monday andhanded over a letter fromMahathir.

Official sources said In-dia’s sharp response to theevents involving its IT pro-fessionals had prompted de-liberation within theMalaysian cabinet, whichhad led to the dispatch of thespecial envoy.

Bill on contempt favours courtsBy Akshaya Mukul

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New Delhi: Last week, law ministerArun Jaitley announced that the pro-posed amendment in the Contempt ofCourts Act, 1971 — by introducingtruth as a defence — would make ‘‘thejudiciary more accountable’’. Howev-er, the draft Bill, which ignores cer-tain key suggestions made by the Con-stitution Review Commission (CRC),still vests considerable power in thecourts.

The Bill provides that truth can be adefence in contempt actions only if itis in the public interest. But it side-steps the CRC’s recommendation that

Article 19 (2) of the Constitution —dealing with restriction to the right toexpression — be amended by adding aproviso: ‘‘In matters of contempt, itshall be open to the Court on satisfac-tion of the bona fides of the pleas andof requirements of public interest topermit a defence of justification oftruth.’’

The draft Bill is also silent on theCRC’s recommendation that the pow-er of a court to punish for contempt ofitself be limited to the Supreme Courtand high courts, and, as a privilege, toParliament and state legislatures. ‘‘Noother court, tribunal or authorityshould have, or be conferred with, apower to punish for contempt of it-

self,’’ the CRC had said.But law ministry officials say the

government is following the CRC’srecommendation seriously. ‘‘The CRChas said that truth can be a defence ifthe matter is in public interest. We aregoing by it.’’ However, he admits thatsince the power of defining ‘‘public in-terest’’ would be vested in the courts,truth as defence might not be so effec-tive. But he is clear that amending Ar-ticle 19 (2) would not take place. ‘‘Weare not contemplating amending theConstitution at this stage. Let’s seehow the amendment in the contemptlaw works,’’ he explains.

The official admits that amendingthe contempt law has not been easy.

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‘Hafta’ givesway togoonda taxin Orissa

By Sandeep MishraTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bhubaneswar: Battiand hafta are out, GT isin. Extortion in Orissa,especially in towns likeRourkela, Cuttack andBhubaneswar, is gradu-ally shifting groundfrom individual anti-so-cial elements collectingmoney from small-timetraders as batti to crimi-nal groups charginglarge sums as goondatax (GT) from richercontractors and busi-nessmen.

With crime getting or-ganised and the stakesrunning high, cases ofmurder and kidnappingof businessmen andtheir relatives are on therise. Ruling the roost aredreaded groups fromoutside the state, partic-ularly Bihar. And at thereceiving end are Mar-wari businessmen.

Sample this: Tangi-based businessmanPawan Agarwal’s sonPranab was kidnappedby a Gaya group inApril, 2001. The groupreportedly demanded Rs2 crore as ransom, butsettled for much less.Pranab came back with-out his Maruti Esteemcar. Three persons, allnon-Oriyas, were arrest-ed. Police suspect theUmed Singh gang tohave committed thecrime.

The spate of murdersand kidnappings hasnow made the state po-lice sit up. Operationali-sation of the East CoastRailway zone, police andrailway officials fear,could further attractcriminal gangs now op-erating in Chakrad-harpur, Kharagpur andBilaspur andBhubaneswar. ‘‘Tradi-tional crimes will natu-rally give way to organ-ised crimes like extor-tion and kidnapping,’’says Rourkela SP SanjibPanda.

Policemen blamebusinessmen, particu-larly contractors, for therising crime graph.

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Maya in hall of fameBy Manjari Mishra

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Lucknow: Mayawati seemsto have spun a mayajaal tokeep herself constantly innews. She started off by try-ing her own tricks to be-come a talking point withher extravagant birthdaybash. The magic worked.

She doesn’t have to trytoo hard now. People areflocking to her for a photo-op. What with M F Hussainvying to make a portrait ofher, Unesco wants to incor-porate her face in its selectgallery of ‘‘empoweredwomen of the world’’. Afilm director is also in thequeue.

The Unesco has commis-sioned French painter

Lamezou Titouan for thetask. Unesco officials havealready had a round of talkswith officers in the secre-tariat. The dates are yet tobe finalised.

While sources say she‘‘may take out time for theprestigious (Unesco) proj-ect’’, the proposed movie onthe BSP leader’s life mayrun into rough weather.

Its director Harish Ku-mar has not soughtMayawati’s permission yetthough he has decided tolaunch his project on June 5.

The secretary of FilmBandhu, an Uttar Pradeshgovernment body to pro-mote films, Rohit Nandan,said: ‘‘He (Harish) was ad-vised to seek permission

from the CM herself, whichhe has obviously not done.It would be ethically andlegally wrong to make afilm on the life of any livingperson without seeking hisor her approval.’’

So, Harish Kumar’s film,which would have a roman-tic duet sung by the heroineand a rape scene of a Dalitwoman, may eventually runinto rough weather. ‘‘Lethim first begin the shoot,and then we will decideupon the appropriatecourse of action,’’ a seniorstate official said.

Although Shabana Azmipublicly turned down his of-fer for the lead role in thefilm, Harish claims to havefound a perfect duplicate ina Bihari artist.

Haasil bends the rulesSmall is beautiful. Dev-

das notwithstanding,the box office punditsseem to be in agreementwith his old adage.

The ratio of returns toresources invested seemto be getting better for theDavids versus the Go-liaths. Take Raaz and Tu-jhe Meri Kasam, as exam-ples. Both relatively small-er budget films and bothrevenue-earners.

Everybody is upbeatabout niche films now.

Take Bend It Like Beck-ham, December 16, etc.Trade editor TaranAdarsh says: ‘‘All the filmsthat have done well re-cently are films with verydifferent subject matters.Jism, for example, did nothave a run-of-the-mill sto-ryline and it worked.’’

Big star cast are alsoout. Director VikramBhatt explains this trendsaying small films neces-sitate big ideas. With zerostar power, the filmmaker

is forced to use his creativ-ity and maximise his lim-ited resources.

Haasil presenter MrJindal, also lay stresses onthe right promotionalplatform. ‘‘I was keen onassociating with India-times and the Times-group. The group hasbrought a new vision tothe marketing and promo-tions of the film world.I’m grateful for them sup-porting the film with itsmighty muscle,,’’ he says.

A scene from the film Haasil, starring Jimmy Shergill and Hrishitaa Bhatt.

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‘Neglect’ caused Gaisal tragedyBy Rajesh Ramachandran

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New Delhi: Railway minister NitishKumar was probably right in resigningover the gruesome Gaisal accident ofAugust 2, 1999, that killed over 400 pas-sengers in West Bengal.

The Justice G N Ray Commissionidentified systemic failure, the neglectof the North Frontier Railway and, inparticular, the ‘‘unsafe working of thestaff at Kishenganj station’’. It held 35railway officials responsible for thehead-on collision between two trains.

Though the commission’s report wassubmitted to the government on De-cember 29, 2000, it was tabled in Parlia-ment along with the Action Taken Re-port only on the last day of the budgetsession on Friday. Justice Ray, a retiredSupreme Court judge, was appointed onAugust 20, 1999.

According to the commission, theDelhi-Guwahati Assam Express was di-verted to a wrong path by the Kishen-ganj station staff.

The driver, assistant driver and theguard of the train failed to notice thatthe train was on the wrong line. Thestaff at the next station, Panjipara, toodid not notice that the train had arrivedon the wrong track.

After a 11-minute halt, the assistantstation master, cabinmen and the porterof Panjipara, by their ‘‘rash, negligentand irresponsible working’’, let the

train continue its journey towardsGaisal on the wrong track. When theAssam Express reached the Gaisal sta-tion, the Brahmaputra Mail going toDelhi had already been given clearanceto run on its permitted path, resultingin a head-on collision.

In the Action Taken Report, the min-istry said: ‘‘The cause as established bythe commission has been accepted.’’The commission has also fixed the re-sponsibility on 35 railway officials.

The commission’s first recommenda-tion is to accord NF Railway the statusof a ‘‘hard posting’’ on the lines ofArmy postings. ‘‘The Railways may de-vise a scheme similar to what Armydoes for posting to border areas for aspecified period and to transfer the con-cerned staff to areas having betteramenities... on completion of thetenure.’’ The Railways has accepted thisrecommendation.

Polio eradicationgoal pushed to 2005

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New Delhi: The polio eradi-cation goal has been delayedby five years, following theepidemic in Uttar Pradeshlast year. With the virusthreatening to re-infect atleast 10 states this year,Union health minister Sush-ma Swaraj says polio eradi-cation would be possible onlyby 2005.

‘‘By 2005, we want to eradi-cate it and then keep it atzero level for the next twoyears. India can then get theWHO’s certificate for polioeradication by 2007,’’ Swarajsaid, following a meetingwith health secretaries andsome health ministers ofthese 10 states in New Delhi.Since January this year, 77polio cases have been report-ed from these states.

Swaraj is proposing atleast six rounds of house-to-house immunisation in thestates. These will no longerbe known as national immu-nisation days or sub-nationalimmunisation days, but willhave more ‘‘people-friendlynames such as ‘polio ravivar’or ‘polio Sunday’.’’

The states affected so farare Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat,

Haryana, Jharkhand, Ra-jasthan, MP, Uttaranchal, UPand West Bengal. The epi-demic last year in UP and inWest Bengal is believed tohave spread the virus.

Swaraj agreed that in UPthere was ‘‘carelessness insome areas’’ and ‘‘fictitiousfigures’’ were put out to showthat goals had been achieved.However, she claimed that allthis had now changed withUttar Pradesh chief ministerMayawati monitoring the sit-uation, especially in the 16districts where there hasbeen a resurgence.

‘‘The virus is such thateven if one child remainswithout the vaccine, it willcome back to infect not onlythat child but also other chil-dren in the vicinity. it couldspread to other states as wellas to other parts of theworld,’’ Swaraj said.

Swaraj said the Muslimpopulation in some pocketsof UP had refused to acceptthe vaccine due to certainmyths. However, she said thegovernment had tried to ad-dress the issue by involvingthe Shahi Imam and alsoforming a group — PolioKiller Parliamentarians.

Kalam to board trainNew Delhi: President A P J Abdul Kalamwill undertake a short train journey thismonth-end.

But it will not be a holiday excursion. Hewill travel to Harnot, about 150 km from Pat-na in Bihar, to inaugurate a railway depot.

The last President to travel by what iscalled the Presidential coach was NeelamSanjiva Reddy in 1977. Since then, the coachhas been lying idle in a the remote corner ofthe New Delhi railway station.

Being brought out of the mothballs as itwere, it will be attached to a train to be tak-en to Patna and kept ready for a Patna-Harnot journey, lasting about two hours.

Plans are still being finalised, the Presi-dent’s office says. But the railway ministryis excited as Harnot, after all, falls withinBarh, railway minister Nitish Kumar’s LokSabha constituency. TNN

Narmada dam height to be raised: The height of the Sar-dar Sarovar dam in the controversial Narmada hydro-power proj-ect is to be raised by another five metres, it was decided here onWednesday. The decision is likely to stoke resettlement argu-ments. The Narmada Control Authority, chaired by Union waterresources secretary A K Goswami, took the decision to allowraising of the height from 95 metres at present to 100 metres.TNN

•Neglect of the NF Railway, unsafeworking of staff blamed

•Ministry has accepted cause asestablished by panel

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States should also gainfrom natural resources

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New Delhi: How shouldstates sitting on mining as-sets be compensated nowthat the Constitution hasgiven the Centre the author-ity to extract these re-sources?

The CM of one such statesays the process should be-gin with documenting theproblem. Madhya PradeshCM Digvijay Singh says thiswill ensure movement to-wards a satisfactory com-pensatory mechanism. And,who should do the job?Singh’s suggests the UnionPlanning Commissionshould conduct the study.

Singh made this state-ment on Tuesday, in a formalproposal, to the Commis-sion’s deputy chairman K CPant while discussing thestate’s Plan for 2002-03, laterfixed, by mutual agreement,

at Rs 57 billion.Among the CM’s points on

compensation:● The Union government

should pay royalty to thestates whose minerals it ex-tracts and sells, with theamount revised every threeyears. This revision doesn’ttake place at present. De-spite the states pleading forthe royalty to be based onthe market value of the as-sets extracted, it is not. Theonly exception has beenmade for petroleum. Coalhas also been excluded.

● Singh’s governmentalso wishes to allow tribesdwelling in forests to be al-lowed to benefit from thesale of forest produce. Thelaw doesn’t allow this. We’resubordinating our forest re-sources for the nationalgood; the state’s loss must bedocumented, he says.

Madhya Pradesh, Chhat-

tisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhandand Orissa are fall in thiscategory — rich in mineralsand forests, they have tocede the economic benefitsof both to the Union.

With the Commissionavowedly committed to re-ducing poverty of vulnera-ble groups and differencesin development betweenstates, says Singh, it shouldbegin documenting theproblem and suggested com-pensatory solutions.

On the Plan, Pant com-mended Bhopal’s initiativeson watershed development,schooling guaranteesand management ofpublic hospitals. Buthe was unhappy at themanagement of stateenterprises and slowprogress of reforms insectors like electricityand roads.

BJP looks to N-E toadd strength in LS

By Smita GuptaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: In its search for those extra seats to addto its strength in a future Lok Sabha, the BJP isworking on a ‘‘look North-East policy’’.

In a two-pronged effort, the party is not just fo-cussing on streamlining developmental activity inthe region, but also building bridges with local par-ties to get a toehold in the seven states.

It has been encouraged by its experience in therecent Nagaland polls in which the BJP made itsmaiden entry into the state assembly and govern-ment, winning seven seats thanks to an electoral al-liance with the Nagaland People’s Front. The partyis attempting a similar experiment in Mizoram.

Party president Venkaiah Naidu has asked thestate unit to explore the possibility of an electoralarrangement with the Mizo National Front — cur-rently in power in that state, along with the MizoPeople’s Conference — and other local parties.

On June 6, the BJP is organising a meetingwhose agenda will be a mix of party and govern-mental affairs as is becoming common these days.Apart from Naidu and his five general secretaries,the presidents and general secretaries of all theNorth-Eastern state units, Union minister C PThakur, who holds charge of the North-East, aswell as the yet to be appointed Central ‘‘guardian’’ministers for all seven states will be in attendanceto look at the developmental goals for the region.

In Assam, the BJP’s attempts to consolidate itsfriendship with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP),whose constituency among caste Assamese is simi-lar to its own base, recently saw the Union cabinetagreeing to repeal the Illegal Migrants (Determi-nation by Tribunal) Act, 1983. The AGP has beenpressing for the repeal of the Act for a long time.

IA services: IA is all set to op-erate flights from Delhi to Kabuland Mumbai to Karachi, subjectto necessary clearances. PTI

Largest joint family in India with 110 membersLokur(Dharwad):The Narasingan-navaras of Lokur, a vil-lage 20 km from Dhar-

wad, are said to be thelargest joint family inIndia.The family com-prising 110 members

with another 60 work-ing outside Lokur, livesunder one roof and hasremained undivided

for more than 150years. The Narasin-gannavaras are Jainsby religion and farm-

ers by profession, tend-ing to their 250-oddacres of agriculturalland. TNN

Paris: Astronomers say theyhave detected nearly two

dozen more satellites orbitingJupiter, bringing the numberof moons encircling the SolarSystem’s greatest planet to anastonishing 112.The 23 new-comers are tiny objects be-tween just two and eight kilo-metres across, making themthe smallest moons ever to bedetected from Earth.

The discoverers, Scott Shep-pard and David Jewitt of theInstitute for Astronomy at theUniversity of Hawaii, have al-ready notched up many jovianmoons to their credit.

The satellites have irregu-lar orbits, suggesting theywere lonely bodies that wan-dered the heavens till, billionsof years ago, they were suckedinto Jupiter’s gravitationalmaw and never escaped.Jupiter now has 52 of these‘‘irregulars’’, according totheir tally, reported in Nature,the weekly science weekly. AFP

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Sizzler Bellucci in‘Matrix’ sequel: The se-cret weapon in the new sci-fiblockbuster, ‘The Matrix Re-loaded’ has turned out to bea hot Italian beauty playingthe role of Persephone. Ac-cording to a report in theSun, the exact role of Moni-ca Bellucci in the must-seemovie is a closely-guardedsecret, but fans could be infor an unexpected treat —she is no stranger to strip-ping off. ‘‘All I’m allowed tosay is that my character issensual and dangerous,’’ shesays. ANI

It’s cartoons for Pitt:Cartoons are better actorsthan humans, says Brad Pitt.The Hollywood hunk is allpraise for cartoons after heappeared as title character‘Sinbad’ in a new featurelength cartoon. ‘‘What reallyblew me away was the detailthey can put into a facial ex-pression. I guess that’s whythey call it animation, isn’t it?The cartoons are better ac-tors than we are today,’’ hewas quoted as saying by awebsite. PTI

Gwyneth pulls out:Though her beloved father

died eightmonths ago,GwynethPaltrow isstill in mou-rning. Andthe 30-year-old Oscar-winning US

actress has pulled out of yetanother film titled ‘I LoveHuckabee’. This is the sec-ond film that Gwyneth hasquit because of her griefover her director fatherBruce Paltrow’s death due to heart attack. ANI

McCartney’s diary: Astolen diary containing many

poignant entries of Sir PaulMcCartney and his late wifeLinda has resurfaced aftertwo decades after itwas nicked. The diary wasstolen from McCartney’shouse more than 20 yearsago has been handed backto him. The diary was nickedby two Italian schoolgirl fansin central London in 1980.The girls gave the diary backto Sir Paul after his sell-outconcert in Rome onSunday. ANI

Zeta-Jones in West End:Hollywoodcouple,CatherineZeta-Jonesand MichaelDouglas,have settheir eyes onthe West

End. In the London produc-tion of Noel Coward’s ‘Pri-vate Lives’ due next year, thetwo will portray an estrangedcouple. ANI

Cover girl Petra Nemcova, 24, of the Czech Republic arrives at the European launch of 2003 Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue in London on Tuesday.

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Cannes underCruz controlfor a carefreebeginningCannes (France): Spanishactress Penelope Cruz set thecarefree tone on Wednesdayfor Cannes 2003, launchingthe film festival with theswashbuckling costume dra-ma ‘Fanfan La Tulipe’.

After so many recent im-ages of war, the entertain-ment industry is keen to getback to traditional escapismthis year. Cruz, famed abovein all in Hollywood for beingTom Cruise’s girlfriend, fit-ted the bill.

‘‘I think we need a fewmore movies like this,’’ shesaid after the Press showingof the comedy adventureyarn, a remake of the 1952cult classic starring GinaLollobrigida.

The organisers had beeneager to dampen fears thatHollywood might turn itsback on Cannes after Wash-ington’s differences withParis over the Iraq war.

But those concerns haveproved unfounded with Tin-seltown’s big battalions —from Keanu Reeves to ClintEastwood — coming over topublicise their films.

‘‘Cannes is sufficiently in-sulated from the Washington-Paris contretemps,’’ saidJonathan Bing, senior writeron the trade paper Variety.

‘‘Arnold Schwarzeneggerand Clint Eastwood are twopolitical conservatives mak-ing visits and I expect themto be feted,’’ he said. Reuters

‘New drug may fight SARS’An experimental drug

tested as a commoncold remedy and

then shelved may, withchemical tinkering, fightthe virus that causes severeacute respiratory syn-drome, researchers report-ed on Tuesday.

The scientists said theirwork would not help vic-tims of the current SARSepidemic, because even iftheir findings are correct, itwill take several years to de-velop and test new drugs.The study, by researchersfrom several universities inGermany, were led by DrRolf Hilgenfeld, from Uni-versity of L|beck. Their re-port was published on Tues-day by the journal Science.

The drug they described,made by Pfizer, is known asAG-7088. Betsy Raymond, aspokeswoman for Pfizer,said the company had testedit on people to treat colds,but stopped because the re-sults were disappointing.The drug is not on the mar-ket; Pfizer did not apply to

Food and Drug Administra-tion to have it approved.

Dr Hilgenfeld said histeam did not work with Pfiz-er or even test the drug it-self, but instead based theirconclusions on a study ofthe drug’s structure and thestructure of the coronavirus believed to causeSARS.

During a teleconferenceon Tuesday, Dr. Hilgenfeldsaid his team thought that amodified version of AG-7088might be able to fight SARSby stopping the virus fromreplicating, or makingcopies of itself. He said sucha drug might be able toblock action of an enzymeneeded for replication.

The enzyme, called a pro-tease, has a very similarstructure in several types ofcorona virus, includingSARS, the German re-searchers found. They de-veloped a compound toblock the protease, andanalysed the way the com-pound worked. Then, aftersearching published reportson known drugs, they land-ed on the Pfizer drug, whichworks in a very similar wayto block a protease in anoth-er type of virus, a rhi-novirus, which causesmany colds.

The Pfizer drug is not aperfect fit for the coronavirus enzyme, Dr Hilgenfeldsaid. ‘‘The compound itselfwill probably not be usedfor a drug to treat SARS, butis a very good starting pointfor designing drugs that fitbetter,’’ he said. He addedthat both AG-7088 and theprotease inhibitor that heand his colleagues createdshould be studied as possi-ble bases for a SARS drug.NYT News Service

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War crimescase againstTommy FranksBrussels: A lawsuit accus-ing the commander of UStroops in Iraq, General Tom-my Franks, of war crimeswas filed in a Belgian courtWednesday, lawyers said.

The plaintiffs, mostlyIraqis, filed the suit underBelgium’s controversial“universal competence” law,which allows charges to bebrought regardless of wherethe alleged crimes took place.

Their suit relates to about20 alleged crimes during theIraq war, including three cas-es in which US troops are ac-cused of firing on ambu-lances, according to lawyerJan Fermon.

The plaintiffs includeDima Tahbub, widow ofTareq Ayub, a Jordanian cor-respondent for Qatar-basedArabic satellite broadcasterAl-Jazeera, who was killedon April 8 in a US bombing,he said. Agencies

Bodies of 3,000 people foundat mass grave in central IraqMahaweel (Iraq): Villagerspulled body after body from amass grave in central Iraq onWednesday, exhuming the re-mains of up to 3,000 people, theysuspect were killed during the1991 Shia revolt against SaddamHussein’s regime. Uncounted bod-ies remained unearthed at thesite, officials said.

By every indication, the massgrave in a village outside Hillah,96 kilometres south of Baghdad,is the largest found in Iraq sinceUS forces overthrew Saddam andhis Baath Party government lastmonth.

Hundreds of people from near-by towns and villages watchedfrom behind a barbed-wire barri-er as sets of remains were pulledfrom the field and set asidewrapped in plastic bags, sheetsand blankets.

Some of the bodies’ skulls stillhad tufts of long hair, and offi-cials said they probably werewomen. Many of the onlookerswere weeping and several womenwere holding pictures of theirmissing men.

Rafed Husseini, a doctor lead-ing the group of local men doing

the digging, said a total of 3,000bodies had either been retrievedor located in the past nine days.About half remain unidentifiedwhile the rest have been identi-fied mainly through documentsfound on the bodies, Husseinisaid.

He said farmers in the area whohad witnessed some of thekillings by Saddam’s forces hadalerted them of the mass graves.‘‘They saw the crimes takingplace but did not dare talk aboutthem at the time,’’ Husseini said.

Britain’s Prime Minister TonyBlair told Parliament the discov-ery of graves showed that mili-tary action in Iraq was justified.‘‘For those people who had somedoubt about the wisdom of re-moving Saddam Hussein, thosereports of these mass graves arean indication of just how brutal,tyrannical and appalling thatregime was,’’ Blair said.

Villagers from Mahaweel firstorganised the dig by bringing in abulldozer to open up the site. ‘‘Weare organising it and we are dig-ging,’’ said Abuzaid Dinar, the vil-lage headman. He said his dead fa-ther and brother were probably

buried somewhere in the area,where several separate massgraves were spread out over abouta half-mile-square area.

The excavation on Wednesdaycame two days after Iraqis pulledbodies from a newly-discoveredmass grave near Basra, the coun-try’s second-largest city. That sitein southern Iraq was believed tocontain remains of up to 150 ShiaMuslims killed by Saddam’sregime after a rebellion in 1999.

Human rights groups say theybelieve Iraq is dotted with massgraves, many filled with victimsof Saddam’s brutal excesses. Vil-lagers said that appeared to be thecase with the latest site.

‘‘About 20 per cent of them wereburied alive, because they had nobullet wounds, but their handswere tied and they were blindfold-ed,’’ said Amer Shumari, an offi-cial from the governor’s office inHillah. Shias rose up against Sad-dam after the 1991 Gulf War butwere crushed by the Iraqi leaderand his police and military appa-ratus.

Thousands of Shias werekilled. Many Shias had expectedmore US help in their revolt. AP

Bush vows to capture bombersBy Fahd al-Frayyan and

Randall Mikkelsen

Riyadh/Washington: Presi-dent Bush has vowed to huntdown those responsible for thedeadly bombings in Saudi Ara-bia that US officials and terror-ism experts agree was almostcertainly masterminded by theAl Qaida network.

FBI director Robert Muellersaid he was sending a team ofagents to help Saudi authoritiesinvestigate Monday night’s sui-cide bombings of expatriatehousing compounds in the capi-tal Riyadh, which killed at least29 people, including at least sev-en Americans.

Some agencies had earlier putthe number of deaths as 91.

The bombings delivered abloody reminder to the Bush ad-ministration that despite its suc-cessful overthrow of SaddamHussein in neighbouring Iraq,its “war on terror” was far fromover.

While it was too early to defi-nitely pin the massive, coordi-nate car bombs in Riyadh onOsama bin Laden’s Al Qaida, USofficials said the operation borethe characteristics of the groupblamed for 9/11.

‘‘It says to me that they arealive and well. Some of the topmanagement may have beencaptured and a lot of the troopsmay be dispersed, but Al Qaidalives,’’ said Jane Harman, thesenior Democrat on the House ofRepresentatives IntelligenceCommittee.

Bush said he suspected the AlQaida was responsible andvowed a relentless hunt for thoseresponsible for the first majorattack on Americans since theIraq war.

‘‘These despicable acts werecommitted by killers whose onlyfaith is hate, and the UnitedStates will find the killers andthey will learn the meaning ofAmerican justice,” Bush said.‘‘The war on terror continues.

“We’ve destroyed about halfof the Al Qaida, and that’s good.But we’ve got more work to do.”

The Saudi ambassador to Lon-don blamed members of a groupof 19 Al Qaida suspects whoevaded capture in Riyadh lastweek, some days after the UnitedStates warned an attack againstUS interests was being planned.

The bombings were carriedout just hours before a sched-uled visit by secretary of stateColin Powell, who is on a MiddleEast tour to explain US policy af-ter the overthrow of Saddam.

Assailants drove, guns blaz-ing, into three guarded housingcompounds for expatriatesshortly before midnight and setoff huge car bombs.

US defence and security offi-cials described the operation asswift and sophisticated.

At one well-defended com-pound housing employees of USdefence contractor NorthropGrumman Vinnell Corp sub-sidiary, the bombers killed twoSaudi soldiers and wounded twoat the main gate before blowingthe front off a four-story build-ing housing unaccompanied orbachelor employees.

The company said seven UScitizens and two Philippine na-tionals were killed.

US officials said the operationindicated the attackers had in-side knowledge of the com-pound layout and knew whichbuilding had the most inhabi-tants, but many people couldhave had such knowledge

They may not have known,however, that out of the 70 menwho usually sleep in the build-ing, 50 were out in the desertthat night on an exercise withthe Saudi military.

“This was a well-planned ter-rorist attack. Obviously theplace had been cased, as had theothers,” said Powell.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler,Crown Prince Abdullah,denounced the attacks as un-Is-lamic. Reuters

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A woman weeps Wednesday after seeing the extent of damage caused by Monday night’s blast at theal-Hamra compound in eastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Security lapse

“There were gaps in Saudisecurity. Around 15 Saudistook part in the attacks.The perpetrators will regretwhat they have done’’— Saudi foreign minister Saud

al-Faisal

Saudis werewarned, saysUS envoyWashington: The United Statesambassador to Saudi Arabiasaid Wednesday that the UnitedStates sought unsuccessfully topersuade the Saudi governmentto tighten security around resi-dential compounds inRiyadh before Monday night’sattacks.

Ambassador Robert W. Jordansaid the request had beenprompted by intelligence re-ports that by late last month hadindicated that militants mightbe in the final stages of planninga terrorist attack.

‘‘As soon as we learned of thisparticular threat information,we contacted the Saudi govern-ment,’’ ambassador Jordan saidon the CBS program ‘‘The EarlyShow’’. ‘‘We continue to workwith the Saudis on this, but theydid not, as of the time of thistragic event, provide the addi-tional security we requested.’’NYT News Service

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It’s the fourth time since 1999 that efforts to rationalise tariff had to be rolled back.

— Arun Shourie

By Pamela Chatterjee

Every now and again we come across suggestions that it must be made mandatoryfor all IIT students, and for that matter,others studying in elite institutions, to spendsome time working in rural India. That bothsides would benefit immensely. That our villages could get some innovative solutionsto daily problems and our future world-beaters would have their perspectiveswidened by this latter day discovery of India.

Indeed, these should be carried further toinclude other young people; newly-appointedofficers in the Indian Administrative Service, and in land use related departmentslike agriculture, irrigation and forestry. It iseven more necessary for these people, whosework is directly related to rural areas, to beable to spend time there, to understand thepeople and the situation on the ground.

However, as most of these qualified youngpeople are likely to be from the urban sectorwith little or no contact with rural India,this suggestion could be considered too idealistic to be practical. In fact, today, whenexpediency rules the day with none too desirable results, it is time to look at idealis-tic options. For India to realise its full potential inevery field of endeavour, weneed to seek ways to narrowthe urban and rural divide.

A practical shape must begiven to this link in the twosectors: Young people whohave qualified for the servicesmentioned, should be giventhe option to volunteer for a minimum period of sixmonths, preferably a year, inrural locations, before beingassigned to their first postings in the districts concerned. They should be givenfree rein without a fixed agenda, but at theend of their stay they should submit a report on their understanding of the area and suggestions for making rural development more effective.

It would be fair to give young people whovolunteer to do this due recognition in theirservice records. Like the facilities given toour defence personnel living in border locations, our voluntary group should beconsidered fighters in an economic and social war. They should be provided properaccommodation — if necessary well-fittedtents with water and electricity. We cannot expect people largely from an urban background to bridge the urban-ruralgap overnight.

The interaction and close living with farmers will build compassion and under-standing — the faceless mass will come into focus as mothers, fathers and childrenwith aspirations and hopes for the future. Farmers too will empathise withthese young people and recognise that the‘sarkar’ is, in fact, composed of human beings like themselves.

A vital link will have been established

which will bring some practical spin-offbenefits: The young potential administratorswill be able to spot able leaders at the villagelevel, who are not necessarily in the localpanchayat hierarchy. These leaders could beinvited to sit in on planning meetings at theblock and district level — and where suitableeven at the state level, so that there is an on-going dialogue even when the ‘volunteers’leave the village to go away on postings.

One of the major impediments to develop-ment in rural areas is that the resources allotted by government and even privateagencies do not reach people in these areas.And this despite the efforts of governmentorganisations, experienced administrators,national and international agencies, NGOs,and dedicated individuals. But with inter-action and exposure to government officialsand the outside world, people in villages who are most affected by the ‘straying’of funds, will have the confidence to come forward to point out the lacunae, which denythem their rightful due.

An example of a recent incident, in the Kumaon hills, will make the point clear.People had been encouraged to increase their acreage of ginger crop so that they

could enhance their cash income with the marketingfacilities made available. Togive an impetus to farmerswith small holdings, wary ofchange, a subsidy on seedswas made available for them.However, the local officialsconcerned cornered the subsidy for themselves by fiddling the procurementprice and making it appearthat the subsidy had been given. But the farmers

decided that the matter should be taken upwith the authorities concerned.

The task proved difficult, for it took farm-ers from one official to another, from the local to the district, to the state level. To thecredit of the state officials, an enquiry wasinstituted and assurance was given that action would be taken against the guilty. Butthe department did not make the findingspublic and people did not know whether ornot any action had been taken — and, in fact,they never got the subsidy money.

It is obvious that there are several otherinitiatives too, which can be taken to makelocal officials more accountable.

No doubt much is being done, but it is evident that what is being done is simply noteffective. The reality of the situation at theground level will become clear when there ismutual credibility between officials and people who have had the opportunity to interact closely and understand each other’s concerns and requirements. And our ‘volunteers’ can play a significant role inbuilding this rural-urban link, which will inthe long run contribute to development in both sectors.

(The author works in rural developmentin Kumaon)

Ear to the GroundWhere India Ends and Bharat Begins

Call the ShotsIn the last few years, the telecom industry has had the country talking for more reasons than one. Thoughit has been hailed as one of the outstanding success stories of India’s economic reforms, the sector has also been plagued by controversies. The latest wassparked off by a steep rise in landline tariffs. Severallegislators and consumers alleged that this was part of a conspiracy masterminded by a megacorp to force users to shift from basic to ‘limited mobility’ andcellular phones. Telecom analysts countered that basic charges had been kept artificially low for years because they were subsidised by prohibitively expensive long-distance rates, but it was no longer possible to do so. Besides, now that basic serviceproviders have to pay interconnect charges to cellularcompanies, fixed-to-mobile call rates were bound to rise. But with crucial elections looming, our netasweren’t interested in such niceties. Faced with intensepolitical pressure, communications minister ArunShourie threw in the towel and announced a partialrollback in landline tariffs. As a result, BSNL will be hit to the tune of Rs 3,500 crore, with a projected profit of Rs 2,500 crore turning into a Rs 970-crore loss. Clearly, for all the talk of liberalisation, our politicians aren’t about to allow free market forces full play. Especially if they can make populist gesturesin this high-visibility sector.

The entire episode raises a couple of questions.First, what is the purpose of the purportedly indepen-dent Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)? If the initial tariffs were unfair to consumers, then why did it clear them in the first place? And if they were fair, and the new rates are unsustainable, thenwhat does TRAI propose to do about it? The second issue is, are we as consumers aware that there may be atrade-off between prices and quality? Everyone was delighted when telecom tariffs began plummeting,but it wasn’t long before quality of service became asore point. The sharp reduction in rates has triggeredan explosion in the user base, which has put the existing infrastructure under severe strain. Rampingup the facilities is an expensive proposition, but with revenue being squeezed by tariff cuts, where’s the money to come from? Indians have had to put upwith terrible telecom facilities for years, so consumersare fully justified in demanding far better service.But let’s not lose sight of the fact that, ultimately,there are no free lunches.

Antigua AmazerWas this the greatest Test ever? Pundits will spendyears discussing the merits of the West Indies-Australia thriller at Antigua vis-a-vis other epics likethe two tied Tests, the Botham-inspired English win at Headingley and the Laxman-scripted Kolkataclassic. But statistics are inarguable on at least one point: this was the greatest run-chase in Test history. No team had ever successfully chased 417 runsin the fourth innings. Both history and current form were against the West Indies. They defied both to carve out a victory that will be cherished by cricket connoisseurs throughout the world, especially romantics who root for the underdog. To add to the drama, players from both sides engaged in heated arguments as tension rose and tempers frayed.Interestingly, West Indies captain Brian Lara was singled out by the Australian media and described as a ‘‘ticking time bomb’’. But a few years ago, when Australian captain Steve Waugh had unleashed a verbalvolley on Curtley Ambrose, the same media had described it as ‘‘Test cricket at its best’’. Watchingsportsmen indulging in gamesmanship is not a pleasantsight, but captains and coaches would surely have noticed the Australians getting rattled by the ‘lip service’. Waugh’s warriors, so used to intimidating rival teams, are likely to find more and more opponentstaking a leaf out of the books of Lara and Sourav Ganguly and fighting fire with fire.

Of course, words will have to be backed by perfor-mance. Lara’s team certainly did so. It may be too early to herald a Windies revival, but their batting line-up is now certainly as good as any in the world.The bowling, though, remains a concern, especially following queries about the action of impressive youngster Jarmaine Lawson. Hopefully, Lawson willquickly tide over this problem. Meanwhile, the Australians regained their rightful spot at the top ofthe ICC rankings following the 3-1 series win. ButWaugh, a hard taskmaster, will undoubtedly focus on the loss in the last match rather than the preceding victories as he urges his players on to greater heights.Still, no matter how well-drilled a team might be, it can never claim immunity from cricket’s glorious uncertainties. And that’s something that might giveGanguly’s gang hope when they eventually square offfor the eagerly awaited series. Between the world’s bestcricketing nation on the one hand, and the most passionate one on the other.

Scent of a ManScientists now say that when it comes to wooing a lady, the malodorous male may enjoy a distinct advantage over his sophisticated and sanitised rival,much to the indignation of the latter. It seems that such discrimination might be due to thekarmic consequences of using deodorants. A recent study conducted by biologists at the University ofPennsylvania has revealed that the locker room aroma of male perspiration helps to reduce stress and induce relaxation in women. If the way to a man’sheart is said to be through his stomach, it seems that the way to a woman’s favours is via her nose.When asked, why women choose the men they do, aphilosopher is said to have replied “Who knows?”In fact, ‘Who nose’ might have been more apt. It can,however, be argued that the face or the physique was never a serious consideration in the rat race for female affections, considering that women were reputed to have a nose for greenbacks rather than aneye for biceps. But now it seems the dice is heavilyloaded in favour of what lies beneath the arm ratherthan what lies between the ears, with eau de pasinascoring heavily over eau de cologne. Always accused ofsmelling a rat where none existed, women can now hopefor a legitimate way of sniffing around. Perfumed deodorants may go out of fashion as men learn to enhance their natural bodily odours by egg or onionsprays. Always fastidiously clinging to the proper use ofthe language, Dr Johnson, the lexicographer, was onceassailed by a lady at a party with the words, “Oh! Sir,you smell!” Which the good man was quick to correct as,“No, ma’am, you smell. I stink”.

The bourses in India seem to be in the grip ofa firm bear hug, with many blaming the technology sector for the meltdown. But joint president and chief investment officer of DSP Merrill Lynch, S Naganath,remains bullish about the future oftechnology counters. Backed by his extensiveexperience on the Wall Street and the Hong Kong market, he discusses his strategies for managing a Rs 3,000-crore portfolio with Aditya Chatterjee:

New Economy counters have been on a roller-coaster ride. From the bullish phase in2000, we are now in a situation where confidence about the future is plummeting.What is your assessment?

You are right when you speak of scepti-cism. Earlier, technology counters passedthrough a period that can only be describedas euphoric. Now, there is a period of intros-pection. Having said that, I will say that themarket’s reaction to the Infosys earningsguidance was excessive.

True, there are concerns about lowerbilling rates and falling margins. But this isa transitional process. In an ideal situation,one would like to see falling billing ratescompensated for with higher volumes. I don’t think fund managers should be sceptical about thefuture earnings oftech companies.

I would not, for example, concludethat a lower-than-expected earningsguidance by one ITmajor is a signal that the high growthphase for the sectoras a whole is over.Fund managersshould, instead, lookat this phase as essentially transitional. FY 2004, in this light, is going to be a make-or-break year forthe Indian IT sector.

Business will come to all those who thinkahead and adapt to changes and strategies.The overall outlook for this sector, thus,remains reasonably positive.

As far as their performance on the stockmarket is concerned, the downside risk islimited. Three months ago, some of thestocks reflected valuations which seemed to be on the higher side. But now, and especially after the bloodbath in late April,the valuations are looking attractive yetagain. A distinct trend is emerging: There isless aggregate demand for IT stocks today.The focus has become stock-specific.Would you place more faith in an infotechcompany which is moving away from servicestowards products?

Well, a product strategy requires a lot oftime and expertise. Then the company has to have the vision to correctly assess the market over the next five to 10 years. But intoday’s fast changing infotech world, an outlook on even the next two years is difficult. So it’s definitely not an easy task to decide on a product which will have a

shelf-life for at least five years.Then, a whole lot of things are getting

commoditised. What was a killer applicationsome time ago and was priced at a premiumcan now be purchased practically off-the-shelf. Therefore, if a certain company realises that after years of investing in R&Dfor a particular product and then spendingsome more money in making it popular,suddenly some other company is offering asimilar product at one-fourth the price, itwould be killing for the former.

But yes, there is definitely a market forproducts — which is essentially a low volume, high margin business. There are already a couple of niche players in India —one specialising in the airline industry,another in banking, and so on.

As far as companies in the services sector are concerned, I feel that the currentglobal economic conditions warrant their existence. As economies slow down,yesterday’s hotshot multinationals are alsofeeling the pinch. The focus is thus on savingcosts and not on venturing into new areas of business.

In this light, many global companies areengaging IT services players in maintenancespending. Since customer companies are ona consolidation drive, they are seeking out

players who canmaintain and serv-ice existing productsat a lower cost. So,concentrating onservices, especiallyin the current diffi-cult times, is per-haps a good idea.What’s your outlookon the entertainmentsector?

I’m not getting aclear signal on this.As a sector, enter-

tainment is an exciting business, with moreand more competition coming in from different genres. Plus, there is the Condi-tional Access Bill, which has just beenpassed, raising hopes of a huge increase insubscription revenues from broadcasters.But a clear picture will probably emerge overthe next six to nine months. We don’t haveany holdings in the entertainment sector.What about telecom?

This is one sector that is seeing a lot of buzz. The rate wars have reached acrescendo and tariffs are probably at theirlowest — possibly the lowest in the world.I feel all this will settle down over the next one year.

So, what will we see in FY 2004? It’s beenseen in the past that people delay their purchases when rates are fluctuating. Nowthat rates have bottomed out, I think consumers will increase their spendings ontelecom services.

A higher volume of users would naturallytranslate into higher revenues for telecomcompanies, and that would, in time,percolate to their valuation in the stock markets. So, I foresee a bright future for this sector as well.

Technology Futures

True, there’re concernsabout lower billing ratesand falling margins. But this is a transitionalprocess. I don’t thinkfund managers shouldbe sceptical about the future earnings of tech companies.

Q&A

Son-stroke RemedyWe thank your paper for the news item by Ms Anita Katyal on ‘Sex-test Ads continue despite ban’ (May 13). It is very interestingthat Dr Sanjay Gupta ‘‘feigned’’ ignoranceabout the amended Act. ‘‘We are not using ultrasound machines or disclosing the sexof a child...’’ he told the TOI.

Well, the country is not fooled. We are proud to have conscientious people like Madhya Pradesh health secretary P D Meena or attorney Sanjay Parikh whoare taking steps to check these doctors.With millions of sex-determination testsand selective abortions, these unscrupulous doctors have minted money, by exploitingthe weakness for son-preference.

In India, the roots of son-preference can be traced to the need for a male to performthe last rites of parents, to continue the dynasty, to run the family farm, to bring ahefty dowry, and so on.

To fight these wrong notions, we need notlook elsewhere for inspiration. There is a‘principle of appointed daughter’ in RigVeda (Yaska 3, 4 RV 3, 31.1) which authorisesa daughter to perform all the rituals. In hiskeynote speech at the sixth internationalconference on dowry, bride-burning and son-preference held in New Delhi in January 2003, Dr Mahesh Mehta of VishwaHindu Parishad elucidated the high esteemin which women are held in Hindu culture.It is the degeneration of India under foreignrule that gave rise to the dowry system,which must be abolished and replaced witha daughter’s right to equal inheritance atthe time of her parents’ death, not at thetime of marriage. A Hindu marriage is aspiritual union of two souls, which must not be smeared with money-transfer.

Punishment by law cannot eliminate social evils, but the inner light in every human being can. I appeal to the doctors tolook at their own soul and see the path with their own inner light.— Himendra Thakur, President, Ad hoc Committee, Antarjyoti, New Delhi

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Royal PainIt’s with great amusement that I readthe article which mentions the ‘agonyand pain’ of Barbara Taylor. I guess it’stime that the West, especially the Americans and the British, pay moreattention to their ramblings about thealleged copyright violations which happen in India. Ms Taylor seems blissfully unaware that the very wordsmother (matr), brother (patr) and a hostof other words that she uses in her novels have an Indian origin. Wouldshe mind paying royalty for that? It’stime we Indians wake up and put ourthoughts across to the West.

Madhu Bhandari, via e-mail

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Fact & Fiction

What is originality?Undetected plagiarism.

Dean William R Inge✥

Goethe said therewould be little left

of him if he were todiscard what he owed to others.

Charlotte Cushman✥

Adam was the onlyman who, when hesaid a good thing,

knew that nobody hadsaid it before him.

Mark Twain✥

When a thing has beensaid and well said,

have no scruple; take it and copy it. Give

references? Whyshould you? Eitheryour readers know

where you have takenthe passage and the

precaution is needless,or they do not know and you

humiliate them.Anatole France

✥Films are not about

creativity, originalityand vision. They areabout entertaining

audiences. Once youunderstand and accept

that an idea always existed before you did,

then you look at thewhole aspect of‘copying’ in a

different light.Vikram Bhatt,

Bollywood director,in ‘Daily Variety’

✥Passions consist ofconceptualisations.The ultimate non-existence of these

conceptualisations andimaginary fabrications

— that is the puritythat is the intrinsic nature of the mind.

Vimalakirti 3✥

Borrowing ideas,scripts and remakingthem in different cul-

tural contexts is a partof international cine-

ma. But there is a rightway of going about it.

Rich Taylor,Motion Picture Associa-

tion of America

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The Times of India, New Delhi16 Thursday, May 15, 2003

Piece of HistoryBy Neeta Lal

As Saddam Hussein’s hu-mongous bronze statuecame tumbling down inBaghdad’s Firdaus Square,my mind went back to yetanother mighty fall some 12 years ago — that of theBerlin Wall. I was in Berlinat the time. The city wasswarming with the media,the politicians were in atizzy even as huge Germancrowds rejoiced, frothy beerin hand, over the collapse of a Kafkaesque symbol.The freshly-minted ‘united’Germany was thus ofimmense touristy interestto scribes like me.

So after doing the muse-ums and the beer gardens, Iambled towards Branden-burg Gate with its stunningarchitecture and trade-mark angels atop sky-piercing pillars. And whatdo I see there? Rows uponrows of curio sellers hawk-ing pieces of the crumbledBerlin Wall. The merchan-dise was stacked neatly in

heaps on the ground — melon-sized ones going forfive marks, cabbage-sizedfor four, with the price whittling down to two forthe apple-esque.

Amused at the sight ofhistory as a cheap take-away, I scrutinised thepieces. While they hadscant artistic merit, theyhad value equity as a souvenir. I asked a traderabout the price of one.“Three marks”, he replied.“One”, I quoted, simulta-neously displaying interestin his neighbour’s wares.The writing on the wall forthe trader was clear — onemark or I go to competition.My piece was quicklydropped into a plasticpouch and the profferedmoney accepted.

The ‘wall’ had been withme through thick and thin.Literally. Even as it saw memorph from a lithe 20-some-thing to a well-roundedmother of two. Of course, ithad changed its own basetoo, moving along with us

from a one-room squeeze to a two and then three-bedroom quarter before finally finding pride ofplace in my current villa.

Just the other day, as mymaid was dusting the curiostand, I couldn’t quite spotthe ‘wall’ in its usual place.I charged towards thestand, moving franticallyfrom one plank to the other.“Woh, woh patthar kahanhai?” I stammered at themaid. “Kaunsa patthar?”she asked nonchalantly. Dit-to response from the maaliwho was suspect as he’s for-ever carting away objectsfrom around the house.

In desperation, I evenquestioned the husband followed by the son, but tono avail. The three-year-olddaughter was bribed with a Toblerone, but this too led nowhere.

Alas, the inevitable hasat last dawned upon me.That like Saddam Husseinmy historic memento too has become a part of history.

Mohammed, the prophet and messenger of God whorevealed Islam to the worldwas a descendant of ProphetIsmail. Trusted by all, he wasknown as Al-Amin. At 25 hemarried Khadija, a rich andnoble widow of Mecca. In610, Mohammed declaredthat he was Allah’s apostleand said: “There is no Godbut Allah, and Mohammed ishis prophet.” The Prophet believed in the unity of God,and he denounced idolatry.

He said that righteousnessalone was the criterion to distinguish one person from another. The Prophetenjoined upon Muslims totreat the poor kindly and tohelp them with alms, zakat,and in other ways. He said,“He is not a perfect Muslimwho eats his fill and lets hisneighbour go hungry.” Heasked, “Do you love your Creator? Then love your fellow beings first.”

Monopoly isunlawful in Is-lam. He said: “Itis difficult for aman laden withriches to climbthe steep paththat leads tobliss.” He did notdiscourage theacquisition ofwealth but insist-ed that it be law-fully acquired byhonest means and that a por-tion of it would go to thepoor. He advised: ‘‘Give thelabourer his wages before hisperspiration dried up.”

Islam rejects privilegesbased on wealth, power, orrace. God created human beings as equals who are tobe distinguished from eachother only on the basis oftheir faith and piety. But theQureish leaders of Mecca didnot take his philosophy seriously. Initially, they triedto bribe him — they even offered to make him king ifonly he were to abandon hismessage. Mohammed askedhis uncle to tell them: “...ifthey placed the sun in myright hand and the moon in my left to force me to renounce my work, verily Iwould not desist therefromuntil Allah made manifestHis cause, or I perished in the attempt.”

When Mohammed wasleaving Mecca, he already

had a large following. Whenthe Prophet returned to Mecca with ten thousandsupporters, he pardoned all.He asked his men not totouch anyone who takes shelter inside the house,not even his enemies whoplotted to kill him some years earlier.

Mohammed lived a simplelife. His house, with walls ofmud and roof thatched with date-palm leaves, oftenremained dark for want of oilfor the lamp. He once said:“What do have I to do withworldly things? I am a traveller resting awhile underneath the shade of atree and then moving on.”

He was gentle and kind-hearted. Compassion andtenderness, simplicity andhumility, sympathy and sincerity, courtesy — he hadall these in good measure.The Qu’ran says, “Whoeverkilled a single human being...

it is as if he haskilled all man-kind and whoeversaves the life ofone it is as if hehas saved allmankind”. TheProphet prohibi-ted soldiers fromkilling womenand children. Hewould advisethem, “...Do notbetray, do not be

excessive, do not kill a newborn child”. In the lightof his life and teachings, theact of inciting terror in the hearts of defenceless civilians, the wholesale destruction of buildings andproperties, the maiming ofinnocent men, women, and children are all forbiddenand detestable acts.

Mahatma Gandhi wrote:“...I became more than everconvinced that it was not the sword that won a placefor Islam in those days in thescheme of life. It was therigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Pro-phet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to hisfriends and followers, his in-trepidity, his fearlessness, hisabsolute trust in God and inhis own mission. These, andnot the sword carried every-thing before them and surmounted every trouble.

The Prophet of PeaceRevealed Islam

By Yazdan Akhtar

http://spirituality.indiatimes.com

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It’s Schick vsGillette againThe battle of the blades is becoming

even more cutthroat. Word in theshaving industry is that Schick

plans to introduce the world’s first four-blade razor later this year, a bid to sliceinto rival Gillette’s big lead in high-end“shaving systems,” which account for 70per cent of razor sales.

Schick’s new parent company, Energiz-er Holdings, confirms only that it plans tolaunch a new “shaving system” for menlater this year. But on a recent conferencecall with investors, Gillette executivessaid they believe Schick will become thefirst company to cram four blades into thehead of a razor.

Is it the start of a new blade arms race?Are five, six, or 10-blade razors in theworks? For now, nobody knows if cus-tomers will embrace even four-blade ra-zors, but the move could force Gillette tomatch the product or at least spend mar-keting dollars to defend its current, in-dustry leading 3-blade offerings.

Those products command 32 per cent ofthe shaving system market, whileGillette’s 3-blade competitors combinedmanage just one per cent. Figures fromIRI, a Chicago-based market researchfirm, show Gillette’s Venus, Mach3Turboand Mach3 razors hold the top three slotsin the razor category, followed by Schick’sXtreme3.

But in March, St Louis-based Energiz-er Holdings completed its acquisition ofSchick from Pfizer for $930 million. Theidea was to complement Energizer’s bat-tery business, which competes withGillette’s Duracell.

Some think Energizer will back theSchick line, reportedly to be called “Quat-tro,” more enthusiastically than drugmaker Pfizer did.

“This is the first time Schick’s done abig introduction while owned by Energiz-er,” said William B Chappell, an analystwith SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.“They’d like a return on their investmentand I imagine they’re going to do every-thing they can to get it.”

Asked if Gillette had plans for its ownfour-blade system, Gillette spokesmanEric Kraus said only that the companywon’t introduce a new product unless itimproves on Gillette’s Mach3Turbo, the 3-blade that is the world’s top-selling razor.

“While we haven’t seen or tested theproduct, I can say we know from severaldecades of research that adding bladesalone does not ensure a superior prod-uct,” Chris Jakubik, Gillette’s V-P of in-vestor relations, said.

In 1971, Gillette debuted the first two-blade shaving system, designed to reducethe number of strokes and prevent irri-tating “tugging”. AP

BATTLE OFBLADE RUNNERS

The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday, May 15, 2003

Cruising aheadHyundai’s new 2,000 ccAvante XD car is priced at$12,000.The company forcast strong sales thisyear despite a fall in its netprofit in the first quarter

Making it worseFiat Chairman Umberto Agnellisaid its first-quarter net loss thisyear had increased to $808million compared to $766million in the sameperiod last year

Bottomline woesJorgen Lindegaard, chief executive for ScandinavianAirlines, said the airline lost$201.6 million in the firstquarter due to SARS andand the war in Iraq

Rupee Value US $: 47.65 UK £: 76.80 Euro: 54.95 S Fr: 37.40 Yen (100): 42.05 A $: 31.75 NZ $: 28.25 S $: 28.35 Saudi Riyal 13.10 UAE Dirham 13.35 Thai Baht(100) 113.65 Selling rate: Currency notesSource: SBI, Mumbai

Bharti’s new tariffs forfixed lines: Bharti’s Touch-tel has announced new tariffsfor its fixed lines service, of-fering 20 per cent discount onISD calls, free STD calls onone GSM number in one planand unlimited Internet access.Touchtel has offered threeplans with rentals/monthlycommitment of Rs 750, Rs1,750 and Rs 1,250, with 180,90 and 60 seconds pulse rate(duration of one charged call)for calling fixed, WLL-M andcellphones repectively, underthe first two plans. While thefirst two plans have 600 and1,750 calls free, the Rs 1,250plan has no free calls and aflat 60 second pulse rate forcalls to all the three services.

Corp Bank net up 35%,dividend at 45%: Costcontrol measures helped Cor-poration Bank register a 35per cent rise in net profit at Rs415.99 crore for the financialyear ended March 31, 2003,compared to Rs 308.1 croreposted in the previous fiscal.The board has recommendeda 45 per cent dividend (40 percent) resulting in an outgo ofRs 72.82 crore, including the

dividend tax, bank chairmanand managing director Cher-ian Varghese said. Total in-come in 2002-03 rose by 13.2per cent at Rs 2,634.26 crore(Rs 2,327.63 crore).

SBI launches e-pay service: SBI on Tuesdaylaunched “e-pay” service enabling its customers to paytheir utility bills over Internet.

The service would be initiallyavailable to customers of 26Internet banking branches inDelhi and 43 in Mumbai, SBIsaid, adding that it has tiedup with Indiaideas (bill desk)for providing biller related ser-vices. It plans to extend “e-pay” facility by July 31, 2003,to Internet banking branchesat all the 14 state capitals.

FDI in telecom sector atRs 9562 cr: Notwithstand-ing the frequent controversiesin the telecom sector, the ac-tual flow of foreign direct in-vestment in the sector stoodat Rs 9562 crore between1991 and 2002, with cellularmobile services and basictelephony accounting for 24.4per cent and 4.1 per centrespectively, according to thedepartment of telecom’s latest annual report. Of theactual inflow of foreign directinvestment in the telecomsector in the past 10 years,the basic telephony servicesaccounted for Rs 393.7 croretranslating into 4.12 per centshare, while the cellular mobile services accounted for 24.1 per cent share at Rs 2332.8 crore.

Shortfall in edible oiloutput pegged at 45%:Government has pegged thedomestic shortfall in its edibleoil output at 45 per cent ofthe total annual demand ofaround 94 lakh tonnes. Thistranslates into a shortfall of42.4 lakh tonnes or 45 percent of the total demand andis met through imports. Theprovisional estimates havepegged imports of edible oils

at 41.77 and 42.14 lakhtonnes in 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively. Due todrought, the production hasfallen to 154.4 lakh tonnes in2002-03 from 204.6 lakhtonnes in the previous year.

WPP plans to hike stakein O&M: Global advertisingmajor WPP group plans tohike stake in Indian armOgilvy & Mather to majority74 per cent by acquiring over2.2 lakh shares from existingemployee shareholders. WPPHoldings (Mauritius) Ltd holds51 per cent stake in O&M Private Ltd at present and theincrease in equity by the WPPgroup will be done when WPPGroup Plc of Britian acquiresthese shares of Rs 10 each,either itself or through any ofits subsidiaries.

New jeans brand byMadura Garments: Madu-ra Garments, sellers of formalbrands like Van Heusen, AllenSolly and Peter England, arenow entering the casual wearsegment with SF Jeans. Lau-nched in Bangalore recentlyand being rolled out nationallynow, the brand, aimed at ear-ly adopters, also has a rangeof accessories like belts andcaps.

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

NATIONAL

Hynix posts huge loss onfalling chip prices: Trou-bled South Korean chip mak-er Hynix Semiconductor Incunveiled a three-month lossof $876 million on Wednesdayas a slump in memory chipprices left it in the red for afourth quarter running. Itrecorded a net loss of 1.05trillion won ($875.7 million) for

the three months endedMarch 31, its fourth consecu-tive quarterly loss, swingingfrom a profit of 3.7 billion wona year ago. Sales dropped to682 billion won versus 823billion. Hynix, 70-per centowned by creditors includingKorea Exchange Bank, WooriBank and Citibank, is one of the biggest victims of aprotracted slump in memorychip prices along with MicronTechnology of the US.

Casio returns to black,sees better 03-04: Japan’sCasio Computer Co Ltd saidon Wednesday it returned tothe black in the year just end-ed on cost cutting and brisksales of electronic gadgets,

and expects to rake in aneven bigger profit in 2003/04.Group net profit came in at565 billion yen ($48.38 million)for the year ended on March31. Casio, known for its calculators and “G-shock”digital watches, forecast a netprofit of eight billion yen forthe current year. The resultswere a turnaround from2001/02 when the companyposted a record net loss of24.93 billion yen.

Charges push Alstom toheavy loss: Debt-burdenedFrench engineering firm Al-stom posted a 1.38 billioneuro net loss for the year end-ed March 2003 on Wednes-day, as expected, due to hefty

one-off charges for faultyequipment. Alstom, whichhad already flagged a net lossof 1.3 to 1.4 billion euros, saidthe figure compared to a lossof 139 million euros the previ-ous year after an exceptionalcharge of 1.35 billion euros.

INTERNATIONAL

Ajit Ninan

Big Blue’s new computer:Sam Palmisano-led IBMunveiled its most pow-erful mainframe com-puter yet as a part of its on-demand computing strategy.The “T-Rex” will allow customers totap computing resources without buying a dedicated machine. System pricesstart at $1 million.

Frank Cicutto, CEO andmanaging director of theNational Australia Bank an-nounces a 17 per cent fall inthe bank’s half year net inSydney on Wednesday.

Today’s question:Can filmstars improve theratings of TV channels?

To vote, log on tohttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com

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

the general public.

Yesterday’s results: Is basic telephony overpriced

in India?Yes 88% No 10% Can’t say 02%

ET INSTA POLL

Mahindra grows 50% inUS, opens plant in Georgia

By Pradipta BagchiTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Calhoun, Georgia (US): RipEvans, a burly, tough talkingex-Marine recalls the toughdays in the late eighties whenhe used the drive across theUS, from California toDelaware, with two Mahin-dra & Mahindra tractors onhis trailer trying to make asale. People here didn’t knowthat even India made tractors— they just thought Indiansfarmed with water buffaloes,recalled Evans, now a busi-ness manager with Mahin-dra USA (Musa), a 100 percent subsidiary of automo-bile major M&M.

‘‘Established tractor deal-ers would throw him out oftheir offices. I told him not tocome back till the tractorshad power steering and two-stage clutches,’’ said EddieKnox, a big Musa dealer inHouston, Texas. It tookEvans nine months to sellthat first consignment of 140tractors that M&M had

shipped out. Now he sellsthat many in a month.

What made the differencewas M&M’s ability to changetheir products to what the UScustomer wanted. Biggertractor makers would havetaken much longer to react.In 2002-03, Musa sold 6,100tractors worth $80 millionand grew at an annual rate of50 per cent, while the overallcompact tractor market grewat just four per cent, notedDerek Johannes, president ofMusa.

The company, which nowhas a 12 per cent marketshare in the compact or 25-50HP category in the 26 states itoperates in, inaugurated itssecond assembly and distri-bution plant in the US with acapcity of 6,000 tractors atCalhoun, Georgia on Mondayto service its dealers in thenorth-east and south-east ofthe country.

This additional plant willhelp reduce freight costs andimprove delivery times, saidJohannes.

With 175 dealers in 26states, Musa says it expects togrow by at least 25 per cent inthe current financial year.‘‘In the compact segment, 98per cent of the market is in 28states, so we are going fish-ing where the fish are,’’ JimStartz, senior marketingmanager.

Mahindras US adventurehas been helped by the trail-blazed by Indian IT firms.

‘‘Nobody doubts Indian en-gineering prowess anymoreafter softwares successhere,’’ points out AnandMahindra, vice-chairman ofparent M&M. And, scepticshave slowly been moweddown by the performance ofthe M&M tractors. ‘‘It did notmatter that the tractor wasmade in India,’’ said JerryBruckett, a schoolteacherwho bought a Musa tractorlast year, ‘‘because I knowthat even US firms maketheir tractors overseas.’’(This correspondent’s visit toGeorgia was hosted by M&M)

AdAsia to showcase creativityTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai: For the delegatesof AdAsia 2003, to be hostedby The Advertising Councilof India in November atJaipur, there’s a mega treatin store. The Council will of-fer them copies of ‘‘TheShowcase of Indian Adver-tising-Volume II’’, a hardcov-er magnum opus that dis-plays the very best of creativ-ity in Indian advertising.

An initiative of the IndianChapter of the InternationalAdvertising Council (IAA),the book — carrying a CD for

TV, cinema and radio com-mercials — will be releasedat AdAsia 2003 before a glob-al audience of advertisingand marketing professionals.

The first volume of this se-ries contained over 300 worksin various media categoriesfrom 25 advertising agenciesand more than 130 advertis-ers.

A production of interna-tional standards, the volumewas well received by the ad-vertising and marketing fra-ternity.

The entries to the secondvolume of the book (already

an ideal ready-reckoner forad professionals, studentsand institutions) are beingselected by the top guns ofthe advertising profession onthe basis of relevance, origi-nality and impact.

Ad agencies and advertis-ers are invited to submit en-tries on work created bythem, under 39 categories en-compassing all media exceptthe Internet and Direct Mail,between April 1998 and De-cember 2002 . The last datefor submission of entries hasbeen extended to May 20,2003.

Tetley Tea,Lakson tieup for PakmarketKarachi: Pakistan’s Laksongroup has set up a joint ven-ture with a British sub-sidiary of India’s largest teaproducer — the first suchpartnership between compa-nies of the two South Asianarch-rivals.

Lakson group signed apartnership deal for a teablending plant with UK-based Tetley Tea — owned byleading Indian group TataTea — a few months ago, asenior Lakson official said.“The two groups plan to in-vest around $2.5-3.5 million,”he said. The plant, which isnear completion, has beenset up in Hub region ofsouthwestern Baluchistanprovince and will use mainlySri Lankan, Kenyan and In-dian tea, he said. “Produc-tion is expected to start in thenext few months,” he said.

For years, India and Pak-istan have avoided businesslinks because of thorny po-litical relations. There is cur-rently no overland bilateraltrade . Official bilateral tradevia third countries was just$204 million in the year toMarch 2002.

Pakistan is the world’sthird largest tea importer,buying tea mainly fromKenya, Bangladesh, Indone-sia and China. Indian teamakes its way into Pakistanmainly through smuggling.The Lakson group, with in-terests in tobacco and con-sumer goods, would dealwith Tetley Tea and not di-rectly with Tata Tea company. Reuters

India slips in competitiveness rankingTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:Competitiveness ofdoing business in India has im-proved since 2002, on a relativescale. But, it’s far behind China,India’s main competitor in theglobal economy.

Against 38.716 points scoredin 2002, India scored 41.482 in2003. But its rank fell by threenotches from 16 in 2002 to 20 in2003, mainly because of thethree new entities — Brazilianstate Sao Paulo (ranked 13),Chinese state Zhejiang (14) andIndian state Maharashtra (19).

But, China’s position re-mained unchanged at 12 withslightly improved score of50.813 as against 50.252 last year,according to the IMD WorldCompetitiveness Yearbook, pre-pared by Swiss-based manage-ment education institute, IMD.

According to IMD, the worldcompetitiveness survey analy-ses and ranks the ability of na-tions to create and maintain anenvironment that sustains thecompetitiveness of enterprises.It covers 59 countries and re-gional economies, using 321 cri-

teria grouped under four heads— economic performance, gov-ernment efficiency, business ef-ficiency and infrastructure. Tomake comparison more even,the IMD has divided the 59 coun-tries in two categories — havingpopulation over 20 million and

— less than 20 million.However, in the business effi-

ciency, China ranked at 24, is be-hind India (ranked 19). Japan’scompetitiveness in the econom-ic performance is ranked at 14and that of Italy and South Ko-rea at 15 and 18 respectively.

In the overall ranking, all thelarge industrialised nationswere ranked within first 10, ex-cept Japan (11) and Italy 17. Inthe group of large countries,Australia (2) and Malaysia (4)increased their competitivenessin 2003. Australia was ranked (3)and Malaysia (6) in 2002.

In the government efficiency,China is ranked ahead at ninthposition against India’s 19th.Considering economic perform-ance also, China at 2, is ahead ofIndia (12). However, in the fiscalpolicy, India is placed at 5th po-sition against China’s 7th. How-ever, India ranked number onein the world for its cheapest mo-bile telephone at 12 cents, inter-est in science and technology,and qualified engineers. And,considering scientific educationin school, India is ranked atnumber 2.

AP

World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, WTO director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi and IMF MDHorst Koehler at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The world financial institutions urged the 146 member-states of WTO to stick to the 2004 deadline for conclusion of the Doha round of trade liberalisation.

Despite truckers’strike, car sales up

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: India’s passen-ger car industry, led by Maru-ti, Hyundai and Telco, zippedinto the 2003-04 fiscal despitebeing crippled by the 10-daytrucker’s strike. Price hikewarnings by most car mak-ers drove customers into themarket and sales surged 28per cent year-on-year inApril 2003.

The huge rush resulted infortnight-long waiting peri-ods on certain models assome dealers even ended upcharging a premium to re-lease out-of-turn deliveries.Industry insiders pointed outthat dealer discounts hit alow as the players togethersold 42,506 units in April thisyear, up from 33,195 units inthe same month last year.

‘‘The sales would havebeen higher had players notbeen forced to cut productionand supplies due to the truckstrike. Maruti alone has hugepending orders as its saleswere hit by both the trucker’sstir and a strike at one of itsvendors.

Despite these problems,Maruti’s orderbook was fulland it is commencing pro-duction at the third plant tomeet the demand,’’ an indus-try watcher said.

Even commercial vehiclesales, an indicator of thecountry’s economic health,continued their drive uphillon the sales charts and endedwith 11,844 units in themonth, according to SIAM.

Analysts attributed thesurge in car sales to the pricehike warnings that cameclose to the excise cut benefitthat was passed on by carmakers. ‘‘Buyers had heldback purchases in Februaryand March. But with mostcompanies saying that risinginput costs may force them torollback the price cuts, cus-tomers have rushed to themarket,’’ an analyst said.

ICRA eyes stake in W Asian rating agenciesNew Delhi: Making a foray intoKuwait, credit rating agencyICRA on Wednesday said it wasin talks with other Arab nationsfor extending the technical ex-pertise and was open to pickingup stakes in rating agencies inthose countries, which allowedforeign participation.

Announcing the first globalrating jointly done with theKuwait-based Credit Rating and

Collection Company (CRC),ICRA MD PK Chodhury said theMoU with CRC, promoted by Al-Ahia group, would help in set-ting up a rating agency inKuwait, training the personneland undertake ‘issuer and line ofcredit’ ratings.

ICRA-CRC gave a high safety‘AA’ issuer rating to mobiletelecommunications company,considering that Kuwait Invest-

ment Authority, an independentlegal entity under the ministryof finance of that country, wasone of the main shareholders.

Commenting on the MoU ,Choudhury said, “we found po-tential in Gulf countries as therewas no domestic credit ratingagencies and we will help themin setting up such an agency.”

Five countries had evinced in-terest in having technical and

advisory alliance with ICRA, hesaid, adding, talks were in theadvanced stages with Oman, butdeclined to comment on the oth-er “Arab” nation. Though the tie-up with CRC envisaged a 3-yearcontract for technical assistance,Choudhury said ICRA was opento take equity in credit ratingagencies in countries that al-lowed the foreign investmentand had the profit potential. PTI

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Maharashtra (19) beats India (20), China ranked at No. 12The world competitiveness scoreboard (By Ranks)

Country/ Overall Economic Government Business Infrastructure States position performance efficiency efficiency

2003 2002 2003 2002` 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002

India 20 17 12 12 19 16 19 17 27 25Maharashtra 19 — 16 — 20 — 14 — 25 —China 12 12 2 4 9 10 24 18 17 14Zhejiang 14 — 13 — 10 — 15 — 23 —Malaysia 4 6 8 8 3 4 5 7 9 10Brazil 21 15 20 16 22 14 13 9 19 16US 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1

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S T O C K S The Times of India, New Delhi18 Thursday, May 15, 2003

ABB 328, 317.55, 319.65323.40, 323.40, 318, 319.25

Abbott (I) 262, 265.70, 260, 264.05ACC 131.50, 132.80, 131.90

130.40, 132.85, 130.40, 132.05 Adani Export 123.50, 129, 126.95

124.90, 128, 124.50, 126.40 Adlabs Films 42.40, 43.80, 42.35,42.95

43.70, 44, 42.30, 42.65 Alstom Proj. 70, 72.90, 69.15, 69.90

70.80, 73.25, 69.55, 70.30 Andhra Bank 36, 36.30, 35.25, 35.40

35.55, 36.40, 35.25, 35.45 Apollo Hosp. 103, 105, 102, 103.95

103, 104.90, 101.90, 103.90 Apollo Tyres 129, 144.40, 143

129.30, 144.50, 129.30, 142.45 Arvind Mills 29.85, 31, 29.50, 30.85

29.55, 31, 29.50, 30.85 Ashok Leylan 103.50, 107.80, 106.25

104.05, 108, 103.10, 106.70 Asian Paints 337.45, 339.95, 337,337.70

338.90, 340.05, 336, 336.80 Aurobindo Ph 263.75, 263.95, 258,258.05

265, 265, 257.50, 258.40 Aventis Phar 302.50, 303, 293.55,298

298, 303.50, 291.10, 296.90 Aztec Soft. 15.40, 14.50, 14.80

14.65, 15.45, 14.60, 14.90 Bajaj Auto 474.90, 483.35, 469.55,475.70

471, 482.50, 469.10, 477.35 Balaji Tele. 60.95, 58.55, 58.70

59, 59.30, 58.65, 58.85 Ballarpur In 44, 42, 42.40

43, 43.70, 42.25, 42.40 Bank of Baro 105, 109.50, 103.80,106.15

104.80, 109.60, 104.80, 106.20 Bank of Ind. 46.50, 47.40, 46, 46.25

46.50, 47.25, 46, 46.20 BASF 99, 102.40, 97.55, 99.05

100.95, 102.70, 98, 98.75 Bata (I) 27.25, 28.50, 27, 28.40

27, 28.75, 26.95, 28.15 Bayer Cropsc 136, 136.25, 134,135.85

135, 135.45, 135, 135.45 Bh.Earth Mov 71.45, 71.80, 70.20,71.15

71.40, 72, 70.20, 71.15

Bharat Elect 267.25, 269.25, 265,265.10

266, 269, 264, 265.65 Bharat Forge 310, 296.70, 302.75

306, 308.90, 295.30, 304.30 Bharti TeleV 34.15, 34.75, 33.70,34.65

33.50, 35, 33.50, 34.70 BHEL 239, 241.85, 237.70, 238.85

240, 241, 237.50, 238.85 Bombay Dyein 56, 58.15, 55, 57.85

56, 58.25, 55.50, 57.10 BPCL 246, 234, 235.30

246.25, 246.95, 234.15, 235.55 Britannia 548, 550.05, 541.35,548.55

545.35, 552, 540, 548.75 BSES 217.95, 216.15, 217.25

217.40, 218.35, 216.15, 217.95 Cadila Healt 117.90, 118, 116.10,116.85

117.35, 119, 116.20, 117.75 Castrol (I) 192.75, 193, 191, 192.80Century Enka 83.90, 87.45, 86.70

86.50, 86.90, 84.25, 86.35 Century Text 57.90, 59.70, 57.80,58.25

58.10, 59.80, 58.10, 58.50 Chambal Fert 14.60, 14.90, 14.50,14.60

14.50, 14.90, 14.35, 14.60 Chennai Pet. 44.80, 46.45, 46.05

45, 46.45, 44.70, 46.10 Cipla 640, 647.50, 644.35

642.30, 647, 638.05, 645 CMC 493, 506.40, 497.05

505, 506, 491, 496.50 Colgate 130.25, 131.70, 131.20

131.95, 131.95, 131, 131.55 Container Co 266, 270, 265, 269.65

266.50, 269.90, 265, 268.65 Corpn. Bank 166.20, 174.45, 160.55,169.80

165.75, 174.50, 160.35, 170.85 Crompton Gr. 58.30, 62, 61.80

54, 61.90, 54, 61.55 Cummins (I) 64, 66.90, 65.65

64, 67, 64, 65.45 D-Link (I) 52.15, 53.50, 51.90, 52.25

52.70, 53.30, 51.60, 52.15 Dabur (I) 37.45, 37.75, 37.35, 37.50

37.50, 37.75, 37.40, 37.55 Digital Glob 520, 553.70, 549.75

530.20, 553.30, 530.20, 548.40 Dr.Reddy’s 850, 859.90, 847, 857.40

852.10, 862.45, 835.20, 857.45 Dredging Cor 270.50, 266.15, 270e-Serve Intl 534, 515.15, 517.05

524, 525.50, 515.15, 517 EIH 156, 156.95, 155, 155.70

154.05, 157.50, 154.05, 154.75 Engineers (I 267.85, 268, 262.45,264.10

267, 268.90, 263, 263.85 Escorts 41.35, 42.30, 41.25, 41.50

41.50, 42.50, 41.25, 41.45 Essel Propac 144.60, 150, 148.40

145.50, 152.50, 145.50, 147.40 Exide Inds. 115.50, 118.80, 118.30

116.90, 119.60, 116.90, 118.50 Federal Bank 116.90, 122, 120.75

117.50, 122.40, 117.50, 120.70 Finolex Cabl 79.95, 95.20, 81.50

80, 82.50, 79.35, 80.90 Finolex Inds 37.05, 38.25, 38

37.65, 39.90, 37.65, 37.95 Gail (I) 80.50, 81.20, 80, 80.30

80.40, 81.40, 80.10, 80.60 GE Shipping 42.95, 43.80, 42.90,43.55

43.15, 43.80, 42.75, 43.65 Geometric So 393, 406.50, 392.80,395.30

400, 406.95, 392.05, 395.05 German Remed 200.25, 206

203, 207.90, 202, 206.60 Gillette (I) 324, 329.40, 322, 326.20

324.25, 330, 322.20, 326.20 GlaxoSmith.C 227, 228.90, 225.30,227.45

222.10, 230, 222.10, 228.55 GlaxoSmith.P 350.50, 347.15, 349.15

346, 351, 345.05, 349.15 GNFC 30.80, 32, 31.40

30.85, 32, 30.75, 31.35 Grasim Inds. 345, 354, 344.10,350.70

343.35, 354, 343.25, 350.85 GSFC 17.30, 18.20, 17.25, 17.95

17.50, 18.15, 17.30, 17.85 GTL 64.70, 67.60, 64.50, 67.20

64.85, 67.70, 64.40, 67 Guj.Amb.Cem. 171.15, 172.50,169.55, 169.95

169.50, 172.45, 169.50, 170 Guj.Gas Co. 379.50, 374.10, 375.60

377.90, 378, 373.20, 375.85 Guj.Mineral 88.10, 88.45, 87.60,87.90

89.40, 89.40, 87.20, 87.75 HCL Infosys. 95, 101.40, 93.90,94.70

94.90, 102.15, 93.30, 94.75 HCL Techno. 142, 142.40, 139.50,140.85

140.30, 142.20, 139.50, 140.95 HDFC 331, 333, 326.25, 331.10

333, 333, 325.95, 331.65 HDFC Bank 242.30, 244.50, 242.25,243.45

240, 245.20, 240, 244.10 Hero Honda 216.10, 220.75, 215,220.05

215.50, 220.90, 214.25, 219.60 Hexaware Tec 103, 110, 108.95

102.90, 109.85, 102.90, 108.80 Him.Fut.Comm 20.80, 22, 20.70,21.55

20.25, 22, 20.25, 21.55 Hind Lever C 165, 168, 165.20

165, 168.80, 165, 165.95 Hind.Oil Exp 25.70, 27.50, 26.50

26.05, 27.85, 26.05, 26.75 Hind.Zinc 19.40, 20.90, 20.30Hindalco 626, 626.70, 623, 624.95

625, 629.95, 622, 625.35 Hinduja TMT 199, 200.40, 193.30,199.10

199.50, 200.70, 190, 198.75 HLL 140.25, 147.30, 146.75

141.45, 147.50, 141, 146.85 HMT 18.30, 17, 17.25

17.70, 17.75, 17.20, 17.25 HPCL 298.80, 299.75, 293.50,295.85

299, 299.80, 293.55, 295.65 Hughes Soft. 218, 224.70, 220

218.10, 224.90, 218, 220.40 IBP 228, 231, 223.05, 223.45

230, 231.85, 225, 225.90 ICI (I) 135, 138.10, 132.65, 134.90

135.45, 137.65, 132.05, 135.70 ICICI Bank 127, 128.75, 125.60,127.25

126.50, 128.50, 125.85, 127.35 IDBI 18.15, 18.65, 18.30

18.30, 18.65, 18, 18.25 IDBI Bank 24.75, 25.25, 24.60, 24.85

24.90, 25.25, 24.65, 24.85 India Cement 16.25, 16.30, 15.70,16.15

15.80, 16.25, 15.60, 16.10 Indian Alumi 120

119.10, 119.30, 119.10, 119.30 Indian Hotel 192.50, 194.95, 191.25,194.60

192, 194.90, 192, 194.10 Indian Oil C 268.30, 269.90, 264.75,266.05

268.05, 269.50, 265, 266.85 Indian Ov.Bk 22.50, 23.45, 22.30,23.30

22.40, 23.40, 22.25, 23.15 Indian Rayon 88.40, 93, 90.80

88.10, 92.80, 88.10, 90.35 Infosys Tech 2865, 2898.95, 2835,2869

2870, 2899, 2833, 2865.40 Infotech En. 105.95, 108, 102.75,104.40

106, 107.80, 102.65, 104.40 Ingersoll R 223, 224, 218, 221.45

221.10, 225.80, 221.10, 223.20 IPCL 82.50, 83.20, 82.40, 82.85

82.50, 83.10, 82.10, 82.90 ITC 675, 666, 667.55

670.50, 673.80, 666.30, 668.30 ITI 15.40, 15.50, 15.10, 15.35

15.50, 15.70, 15.30, 15.40 J&K Bank 187, 201, 185.55, 198.20

185.35, 201, 185.35, 198.90 Jaiprakash I 33.15, 33.90, 33.10,33.20

33.60, 33.85, 33.10, 33.30 JB Chemical 175, 179.45, 170,171.45

174.80, 179.85, 169.10, 172.50 Jindal Steel 370, 378, 376.05

368, 378, 368, 375.50 Kochi Refin. 72, 73.70, 71.80, 72

71.65, 73.45, 71.60, 72.05 Kotak Mah.Bk 146.10, 152.90,150.60

147, 151.90, 146.75, 150.05 L&T 203.75, 204.25, 203, 203.20

202.05, 204.40, 202.05, 203.55 LIC Hsg.Fin. 84.80, 85.20, 83.10,83.65

85, 85.75, 83.05, 83.55 LML 31.75, 31.95, 30.70, 31.65

31.40, 32, 30.65, 31.60 Lupin 160.40, 173, 170.20

159.20, 172.90, 159.20, 169.30 M&M 119.50, 116.65, 116.85

118.90, 118.95, 116.60, 116.95 Marico Inds 157, 160, 156, 158

157, 159, 156.15, 158.85 Mascot Systm 102.50, 103.90,101.50, 101.90

102.70, 103.80, 101.30, 101.80 Mastek 312, 315.80, 305, 306.35

310.05, 315.40, 304.75, 306.60 Mastershare 10.25, 10.35, 10.30

10.25, 10.35, 10.25, 10.35 Max (I) 68.10, 75.40, 73.80

68.15, 76, 68.15, 73.95 Mcdowell Co. 38.90, 41.50, 40.85

39.15, 41.70, 39, 40.75 Merck 232, 238, 230, 231

236.90, 238.90, 231.05, 231.70 MIRC Electr. 420, 405, 405.80

405, 414, 405, 407.70 Moser-Baer 292.80, 300, 289.20,297.30

289, 299.90, 289, 297.20 Mphasis BFL 559.50, 572, 564.95

557, 590, 555.05, 566.65 MRF 1170, 1235, 1161, 1194.50

1180, 1240, 1150, 1198.20 MTNL 98.20, 100, 94.75, 96.10

99.10, 100, 94.70, 95.75 Mukta Arts 51.50, 51.85, 50.45,50.70

51.70, 52, 50.50, 50.80 National Alu 88, 89.80, 87.45, 89.15

88, 90.30, 87.40, 89.25 Nestle (I) 537.30, 540, 536, 539

538, 539.80, 534, 539 Neyveli Lign 31.85, 32.25, 30.90, 31

31.80, 32.25, 30.85, 31 Nicholas Pir 255, 260, 253.05,254.95

254.40, 260, 252, 254.60 NIIT 131.80, 133.25, 127.80, 128.70

130.15, 132.95, 127.65, 128.90 Nirma 301, 314.90, 298, 313.55

296, 315, 296, 313.75 Novartis (I) 236, 242.75, 235.05,236.15ONGC 373.90, 376.90, 370, 372.30

374.70, 377, 370.10, 371.75 Oriental Bnk 123, 127.50, 121.40,123.90

122.95, 127.35, 120.25, 123.60 P&G Hygiene 415, 420, 406, 407.55Padmalaya Te 71.35, 67.15, 67.55

67.65, 68.50, 66.60, 67.30 Pentamedia G 7.45, 7.95, 7.40, 7.65

7.30, 7.95, 7.30, 7.65 Pfizer 349, 350, 346, 347.45

349, 350, 347, 347.70 Philips (I) 96, 97Pidilite Ind 236, 239, 238

233, 238.60, 233, 236 Polaris Soft 133, 135.90, 131.40,135.10

131.20, 136.20, 131.20,135.05 Pun.Tractors 131, 137.90,136.75

131.20, 138, 131.20, 136.95 Ranbaxy Lab. 624.75, 635,622.05, 633.05

625.10, 634.90, 625, 633.25 Raymond 97.30, 101.80, 97.25,99.70

97.50, 102, 97.50, 100.10 RCF 24.95, 25.25, 24, 24.20

25.05, 25.20, 23.95, 24.15 Rel Capital 56.90, 57.95, 56.60,57

56.45, 58, 56.45, 56.95 Reliance Ind 262, 267, 266.45

261.75, 267.20, 261.75,266.50 Rolta (I) 57.70, 58.45, 57.25,57.85

57.65, 58.50, 57.20, 57.95 SAIL 9.10, 9.95, 9.75

9.15, 9.95, 9.15, 9.70 Satyam Comp 168.05, 172.70,171.85

168.60, 172.75, 168, 171.25 Saw Pipes 82, 86, 85.25

82.50, 86.25, 82.50, 85.40 SBI 293.80, 304, 292.50, 302.70

293, 303.75, 291.60, 302.85 Shipp.Corpn. 70, 70.70, 68.75, 69.05

70, 70.65, 68.85, 69.05 Shyam Teleco 32, 33.90, 33.35

32.80, 33.70, 32.50, 33.30 Siemens 355.95, 356.50, 340.25,344.50

356.90, 357.80, 341.25, 344.55 Silverline T 5.85, 6.15, 6.05SKF Bearing 52.70, 54.70, 52.30, 53

53, 54.75, 52.40, 53.45 Sonata Soft. 11.70, 12.05, 11.60,11.75

11.75, 12, 11.45, 11.60 SPICE 30.50, 30.30SSI 63.30, 64.90, 63, 63.60

63.50, 64.35, 63.20, 63.80 STC India 87.85, 85.05, 86.95

88, 88, 85.55, 87.35 Sterl.Biotec 47.40, 47.60, 45.95,

47.0547.20, 47.50, 46, 47.05

Sterl.Optica 29.25, 30.30, 29, 29.6029.25, 30.30, 29.05, 29.55

Sun Pharma. 284, 285.80, 280.55,284.50

286, 287.40, 283, 284.80 Syndicate Bn 24.40, 25.45, 25.20

24.80, 25.50, 24.60, 25.20 Syngenta (I) 116, 120, 119.95Tata Chem 71, 72.90, 70.45, 71.15

70.50, 72.95, 70, 71.25 Tata Elxsi 65.25, 66.95, 64.80, 66.60

65.50, 66.80, 65, 66.35 Tata Power 122.50, 124.30, 122.25,123.80

122.60, 124.40, 122.15, 123.85 Tata Tea 210, 212.75, 209.05, 209.25

209, 212.80, 209, 209.55 Tata Telcom 110.25, 113.40, 108.40,111.25

109.90, 113.50, 108.80, 111.15 TELCO 155.10, 156.85, 154.75,155.55

156.45, 157, 154.75, 155.45 Thermax 169.50, 178, 169, 175.70

169, 177.90, 168.80, 175.65 Thomas Cook 200, 201.60, 197.10

199.25, 202, 196.20, 197.45 TISCO 135, 137.85, 134.90, 136.45

135.60, 137.90, 134.90, 136.35 Titan Inds. 57.20, 60.30, 57, 59.75

57.25, 60.40, 56.80, 59.50 TN Newsprint 42.50, 44, 43.50

43, 43.75, 42.50, 43 TN Petro 21.60, 21.25, 21.50

21.15, 21.75, 21.15, 21.65 Torrent Phar 195, 201.80, 192.10,194.85

198.50, 204, 192.60, 194.45 Trent 160, 161.40, 159, 160.50

154, 161.50, 154, 161 TVS Electron 70.40, 75, 74.55

69.50, 74.85, 69.45, 73.70 TVS Motor Co 477, 467.50, 470

474.95, 475, 466.10, 467.80 United Phosp 156, 161.45, 154.05,154.75

155.25, 162.30, 153.60, 155.15 UTI Bank 46.60, 46.85, 45.10, 45.50

46.05, 46.90, 45, 45.50 Videocon Int 24.40, 24.85, 24.25,

24.7524.25, 24.90, 24.20, 24.75

Vijaya Bank 18.65, 19.30, 18.50,19.25

18.60, 19.35, 18.50, 19.20 Visual Soft 140.95, 141.50, 138.05,138.70

139.70, 141.60, 137.80, 138.90 VSNL 81.10, 82.25, 80.80, 81.95

79.85, 82.50, 79.85, 82 Whirlpool 18.40, 19.15, 18.70

18.45, 19.10, 18.45, 18.75 Wipro 896.55, 909.90, 894.10, 902

896.80, 910, 894.25, 902.50 Wockhardt 356, 340, 344.60

343, 348.50, 340, 345.60 Zee Telefilm 76.65, 78.25, 75.30,75.50

76.60, 78.20, 75.25, 75.75 Zensar Tech. 69.70, 71, 69.55, 69.80

69.50, 70.80, 69.50, 69.60

B1 - GROUP

33M India 300.55, 301.05, 301

300.30, 300.75, 300.30, 300.40

AA Sarabhai 4, 4.35, 4.30Aarti Drugs 28.50, 28.60Aarti Inds. 61, 62.20

60.50, 62.50, 60.30, 62.15 Aarvee Denim 10, 11.50, 10.95Aban Loyd 166, 170.90, 162.60,167.35

167, 170, 161.50, 164.70 ABC Bearings 7.70, 7.95, 7.50, 7.60ABG Heavy In 12.50, 12.90, 12.75Abhishek Ind 6.60, 6.95, 6.50, 6.90

6.60, 6.95, 6.50, 6.85 Adam Comsof 3.75, 4Addi Inds. 21.20, 17.70, 17.75Advani Oerli 39.45, 41.90, 38.60,39.05

39.50, 43, 38.30, 38.95 Advik Lab. 21.10Aegis Logis. 9.20, 9, 9.40

9.10, 9.70, 8.85, 9.25 AFT Inds. 61.50, 62.25, 60.75, 61.40Aftek Infosy 215.50, 222, 214.65,221.40

216.95, 223, 214.20, 220.75 Agro Dutch I 8.25, 10.45, 10.20

10.60, 10.60, 10.10, 10.10 Agro Tech Fd 33.50, 33.90, 32

33.40, 33.80, 31.50, 32.15 Ahmed.Elect. 50.25, 50, 51

51.95, 51.95, 50.50, 50.80 Ahmednagar F 42.20, 43.95, 39.85,43.45

43.40, 43.55, 40.55, 43.40 Ajanta Pharm 28.80, 29.45, 27.15,29.35

28, 29.20, 28, 28.90 Aksh Optifib 15.85, 15.50, 15.70

15.65, 15.85, 15.45, 15.80 Albert David 27.10, 27.80, 27.05,27.60Albright & W 213, 214.90, 214.30Alembic 191.75, 193.65, 187.25,189.25

190, 193, 187.70, 190.25 Alfa Laval 270.50, 280, 270,277.95

272, 278, 270.05, 276.05 Alkyl Amines 19, 18.50, 18.95Allahabad Bk 16.80, 17.75,17.65

17, 17.75, 17, 17.65 Alok Inds. 14.25, 15, 14.85

14.20, 15, 14.20, 14.90 Alps Inds. 20.85

18.90, 19, 18.30, 18.45 Alstom 30.50, 31.50, 29,29.30Amara Raja B 64.15, 68, 66.60

65.10, 68.25, 64.40, 66.80 Ambica Agarb 39, 35.10,36.65Ambuja Cem.R 3.30, 3.45,3.35

3.35, 3.45, 3.25, 3.35 Amex Info. 13.20, 13.80, 13,13.50Amforge Inds 28.20Amrutanjan 63.95, 64.85, 63,64.45Amtek 62.10, 58, 58.35Amtek Auto 194.10, 197.55,

196.10Andrew Yule 14.20, 14.30, 14Ankur Drugs 6.40, 7.25Ansal Prop. 10, 9.90AP Paper 46, 47, 45.50, 46.20Apcotex Lat. 28.60, 30, 28.50, 29.85

26.10, 29, 26.10, 28.50 Aplab 18.60, 23Aptech 29.70, 31.15, 30.10

30.05, 30.60, 29.60, 29.85 Archies 49, 49.80

49.10, 49.80, 48.65, 49.50 Arvind Rem. 3.30, 3.40, 3.20, 3.35

3.35, 3.35, 3.25, 3.35 Asahi (I) Gl 47.50, 47.95, 45, 45.80

46.80, 47.90, 44.15, 46 Ashapura Min 97, 98.50, 97, 97 Ashima 13.55, 13.50, 16.35

14.95, 16.80, 14.95, 16.80 Ashok Ley.Fn 53, 53.50, 52.25, 52.50

52.25, 53, 52, 52.30 Asian Elect. 29.35, 29.85, 27, 27.30

28.50, 29, 27.25, 27.55 Asian Hotels 76, 77.50, 77

75.20, 78, 75.20, 77.10 Assam Co. 13.95, 13.50, 13.90Astrazen.Ph. 340, 344

349, 349, 349, 349 Atcom Techno 8.25, 8.65, 8.45

8.10, 8.70, 8.10, 8.45 Atlas Copco 289.50, 285, 287.20Atlas Cycles 68.95, 67, 68

66.70, 68.95, 66.70, 68 Atul 34, 35, 33.05, 33.95

33.35, 34, 33.35, 34 Auto Axles 102.75, 103, 98, 102.20Avanti Feeds 21.05, 21.70, 21, 21.50Avery (I) 19, 18.90, 19Avon Organic 33.75, 34.50, 33.20,33.80

BBajaj Auto F 54.75, 56.30, 56.10

57, 57, 54, 56.10 Bajaj Elec. 24, 25.45Bajaj Hindus 81.50, 81, 85

80, 86.90, 77.55, 84.25 Bajaj Tempo 98.40, 106, 105.95Bal Pharma 19.30, 19.70, 19.25Bal.Law.Vanl 14.90, 15.05, 13.50,14.70Balaji Dist. 5.20, 5.50, 5, 5.35

5.10, 5.45, 5, 5.30 Balkrish Ind 53.55, 59, 56.55Balmer Law.I 43.50, 44, 41.60, 42.80Balmer Lawri 77.65, 81.65, 77.50,78.50

79.85, 80, 78.05, 79.40 Balrampur Ch 112, 113, 110.20,110.45

111.85, 113.90, 109.15, 110.05 Banco Prod. 59, 60, 56.60, 58Bank of Punj 16.60, 16.80, 16.25,16.30

16.60, 16.85, 16.45, 16.55 Bank of Raj. 18, 18.20, 17.40, 17.60

18.05, 18.25, 17.40, 17.55 Bannari Aman 107.10, 112, 111.85

105, 114.80, 105, 109.05 Bayer (I) 1031, 1073.95, 1030,1066.90Bayer ABS 74.30, 72.50, 73.30

74, 74.65, 72.55, 73.15 Bayer Diagno 194, 195, 190, 193Berger Paint 72, 76, 75.75

75, 75.90, 74, 75.45 BF Utilities 9, 9.10, 8.65, 9Bhansali Eng 12.50, 13.50Bharat Bijle 194, 195Bharat Hotel 26, 28.80, 26, 28.30 Bharat Rasay 26.15

25.45, 25.50, 25, 25.05 Bhartiya Int 23.90, 23.75, 24.45

22.80, 24.50, 22.80, 24.50 Bhushan Stl. 27.05, 31, 26.75, 29.50BI 77.50, 70.20, 74.15Bihar Caustc 14.30, 15.10, 13.85,15.05Bimetal Bear 120, 125.75, 118,119.30Binani Inds. 13.05, 13.60, 13, 13.20Biopac (I) 4.20, 4.85Birla Corp. 16.40, 16.95, 16.25,16.75

16.25, 17, 16.25, 16.70 Birla Eric. 10.10, 10.70, 10.65

10.50, 10.75, 10.25, 10.70 Birla Glob.F 12.10, 14.25, 13.85

14, 14, 12.55, 13.75 Birla Yamaha 14.50, 15.15, 15BITS 0.50, 0.40Blow Plast 12, 12.70, 12.55Blue Dart Ex 67.85, 69.10, 66.50

68.25, 69, 66.20, 66.40 Blue Star 92, 88.25, 90.90

90, 91.80, 90, 90.85 Blue Star In 127, 128, 124.50

126.95, 128, 124.25, 124.65 BOC 28.40, 29, 28, 28.65

27.90, 29, 27.90, 28.50 Bombay Burma 38.10, 40.40

40, 40, 40, 40 Bongaigaon R 22.90, 23.35, 22.50,23.25

22.60, 23.30, 22.50, 23.15 BPL 22.95, 25.75, 22.50, 25.50

22.80, 25.90, 22.25, 25.60 BPL Engg. 4.05, 4.20, 4.05

4, 4.20, 4, 4.15 Brijlax. Le. 104.35, 104.60, 102.40,104.55BSEL Inform. 9.25

9.95, 9.95, 9.60, 9.60 BSL 25.35

25.75, 25.75, 25.75, 25.75 Burrough Wel 280, 272, 275

CCamlin 50.90, 51.25, 49.70, 50.20Camph.& All 22.90, 23.80, 22.50,23.75Canara Bank 99.50, 103.85, 99,102.70

99, 104, 99, 102.50 Canfin Homes 34.35, 32.25

32.95, 33.75, 32.45, 32.50 Caprihans(I) 14.50, 16.50, 15.50Carborundum 133, 135.90, 129.10,130.35

132, 135, 128.40, 129.45 Carrier Air. 88.05, 87.15, 87.55CCL Products 16.55, 17.05, 16.10,16.65Ceat 32.75, 33.95, 33.45

32.70, 34.10, 32.35, 33.65 Centur. Bank 10.15, 9.90, 9.95

10, 10.05, 9.85, 9.95 Cerebra Inte 5.20, 5, 5.20CESC 19.65, 20.25, 19.35, 19.70

19.50, 20.25, 19.20, 19.65 CG Igarshi M 43, 43.50, 40.75

43.50, 44, 41, 41.60 Chemfab Alk. 18.25Chemplast Sa 28.30, 28.40, 27.75,28.15

27.75, 28.25, 27.75, 28.20 Chettinad Ce 37.65, 39, 38.95Cheviot Co. 52.70, 52.80, 50.50,52.40Chola.Inv&Fi 38, 37.50, 37.80

38.60, 38.60, 37.40, 37.55 Chowgule Stm 4, 4.10, 3.80Ciba Sp.Chem 105.05, 107.25, 107Cinevistaas 24.50, 25.65

24.30, 25.85, 24.30, 25.25 City Union B 44.10, 44.50, 43.35,44.25

43.75, 44.50, 43.25, 43.65 Clariant (I) 142, 144, 141, 142.60

142.55, 144.95, 142.55, 143.10 Classic Diam 37.50, 36.40, 36.50Clutch.Auto 9.70, 9.90, 8.50, 9.25Coates (I) 109

109.75, 111, 109.75, 110 Cochin Minrl 14.50, 14.65, 14.30,14.40Color Chips 5.20, 5.80, 5.70

5.30, 5.75, 5.25, 5.70 Colour Chem 234.25, 234.50, 233.15,233.65

234.70, 235.70, 233.75, 235.25 Compucom Sof 13.75, 14.45, 14.30Compudyne Wi 13.95, 15, 14.75

14.10, 15.30, 14, 14.55 Computech In 4.40, 4.75

4.85, 4.85, 4.65, 4.70 Cont.Const. 10.30, 10.70, 10.45Control Prnt 19.75, 19.20, 19.75Core Health. 3.65, 4, 3.95

3.75, 4, 3.75, 4 Corom. Fert. 65.50, 67.85, 67.50

66, 68.50, 66, 67 Cosmo Ferr. 7.10, 7.70, 7Cosmo Films 71.35, 76.10, 73.90

72.35, 77, 72.25, 74.25 Creative Eye 11.55, 11.40

11.60, 11.90, 11.55, 11.85 Crest Comm. 27.50, 26.60, 26.95

26.65, 27.60, 26.50, 27 CRISIL 271, 270, 271

270, 285, 269.25, 279.75 Cybertech Sy 7.10, 7.35, 7.25

6.95, 7.40, 6.95, 7.20

DDaewoo Motor 1.25, 1.35, 1.30Dalmia Cemen 147, 144.30

148, 148, 147, 147 Danlaw Tech. 21.50, 23.50, 22.90Datapro Inf. 0.55, 0.45DCM 6.85, 7

7, 7.25, 6.80, 7.15 DCM Shr.Con 70, 75.90, 75.25

71, 75.85, 71, 75.55 DCW 13, 13.60, 12.90, 13.05

13.75, 13.75, 12.90, 13 Deccan Cem. 35, 34.45Deepak Fert. 21, 23.50, 22.30

21.90, 23.95, 21.75, 22.20 Deepak Nitr. 45, 48.50, 44.25, 45.95Dena Bank 17, 17.50, 16.85, 17.05

16.70, 17.40, 16.70, 17 Denso (I) 31.50, 32.35, 31.25, 31.50Dewan H.Fin. 17.20, 17.25, 17.10,17.20

16.80, 17, 16.80, 17 DFM Foods 9.50, 9.60, 9.55DGP Windsor 3.65, 3.75, 3.35, 3.65

3.75, 3.95, 3.65, 3.75 Dhampur Sugr 12.70, 12.05, 12.25

12.30, 12.50, 12.05, 12.30 Dhanalak.Bnk 19.50, 19.85, 19.25,19.45Dharamsi Mor 6.10, 5.90Dhunseri Tea 15.45, 16.50Divi’s Lab 285.50, 289, 283.25,284.95

285.65, 288.80, 283.50, 285.40 Dolat Inv. 2.70Dolphin Off. 12.50, 11.55Donear Inds. 86, 90, 85.50, 86DSJ Comm. 0.45, 0.40

0.50, 0.50, 0.40, 0.40 Duphar-Inter 120, 116.25

EEicher 32.40, 30.70, 30.85

31.05, 31.65, 30.75, 30.95 Eicher Motor 94, 100.30, 93.50, 99

94, 100, 92.50, 98.85 EID Parry 86.25, 88, 87.60

87.65, 88.50, 85, 87.50 EIH Asso.Hot 10, 9.80, 10.40Eimco Elecon 46.40, 47.50

47.05, 47.05, 47.05, 47.05 Elder Pharma 34.10, 34.55, 34, 34.25

34.50, 34.80, 33.85, 34.10 Elecon Engg. 11, 11.20, 10.35, 11.10Elect.Kelvin 7.80, 7.95, 7.70, 7.75Electro.Cast 267.05, 275, 273

270, 277.75, 266.05, 275.05 Elgi Equip 24, 24.30, 23.75, 24.05

24, 24.60, 23.50, 23.80 Elgitread (I 184, 172.30, 176.50

175, 177.95, 171.25, 174.60 Elpro Inter 19, 21, 19.60Emco 30.40, 31.90, 29.75, 31.35Encore Soft 10.15, 12.35, 12Eonour Tech. 3.65, 3.50, 3.55Epic Enzymes 7, 6.85, 6.95Esab (I) 39.50, 40.90, 39, 40.35

39, 41, 38.50, 40.50 ESI 17.50, 17.45, 17.50

17.40, 17.85, 16.10, 17.45 Eskay K’N’It 3.15, 3.30, 2.80, 3Essar Oil 4.90, 4.90, 4.55, 4.65 Essar Ship. 6, 6.45, 5.90, 6.25Essar Steel 6.95, 7.80, 7.70

6.90, 7.80, 6.90, 7.65 ETC Networks 42.90, 43.65, 42.60,43.45Eternit Ever 38.35, 38.50, 37.25,38.45

37.40, 38.50, 37.40, 38.40 Eurotex Inds 11.10, 12, 10.60, 11.45

10.60, 12.25, 10.50, 11.55 Eveready Ind 15, 15.70, 14.55, 14.85

15.25, 15.70, 14.80, 15 Excel Inds. 79, 80.50, 74.95, 77.85

78, 81.95, 75, 76.25

FFAG Bearings 57.90, 58, 56.15, 56.70

58.75, 58.75, 56, 56.40 Fairfield At 4.95, 4.30FCI OEN Con. 77, 79, 76.90, 78.90

80, 80.90, 77.35, 79.60 FCL Techno. 21.05, 21

21.50, 22.50, 21.30, 21.30 FDC 29.50, 31, 29.25, 30.70

29, 31.25, 29, 30.45 Fert.&Chem-T 25.50, 24.80, 24.85

25.50, 25.60, 24.80, 25

First Leasin 19.95, 19.25, 19.5019.50, 19.80, 19.35, 19.35

Flat Product 38.75, 40, 38, 38.45Flex Enginer 10.75

10.85, 10.95, 10.30, 10.55 Flex Foods 5.65Flex Inds. 19.50, 19.15

19.90, 19.95, 19, 19.25 Floatglass 22.50, 23, 21.80

22.25, 23, 21.60, 21.95 Forbes Gokak 65, 67, 64.10, 66.55Fortune Info 34.85, 36, 34.65, 35.45Foseco (I) 109, 109.85, 108

108.25, 110.85, 108, 108.55 Frontier Inf 3, 3.15, 2.95, 3.05Fulford (I) 93.40, 95.50, 89.40, 91Futura Poly. 6.55, 7.20, 6.10, 6.55

GGabriel (I) 108.90, 100, 101.10Galaxy Enter 17, 16.55, 16.85Gammon (I) 107.70, 110

111.35, 111.50, 110, 110.15 Gandhi Sp.Tu 16.60, 16.65, 15.75Garden Silk 26.50, 31.30, 31.20

26.50, 31.20, 26.50, 31.20 Garware Poly 27.40, 29.50, 27.15,27.95Garware Wall 21.50, 22.70, 22.15Gati 40.80, 39.50, 39.90Genesys Intl 34.95, 35.35, 34.60, 35

34.95, 34.95, 34.50, 34.65 Geodesic Inf 75, 70.30, 70.70George Willi 68.50, 69, 68.10

67.95, 69.40, 67.30, 68.75 GIC Housing 12.75, 12.65, 12.85

12.90, 13.05, 12.80, 12.85 GIVO 2.20, 1.85Glenmark Pha 239, 240.85, 237.20,239.85

239.50, 241, 236.25, 239.15 Global Tr.Bk 14.50, 15, 14.80

14.80, 15, 14.75, 14.85 GMR Techno. 8.90Goa Carbon 38.75, 39.45, 38Godavri Fert 40.05, 38

41, 41, 37.15, 38 Godfrey Phil 305.10, 309.55, 305,308.10

300.05, 305, 300.05, 304.10 Godrej Cons. 108.50, 109, 106.60,107.95

109, 109.40, 106.50, 108 Godrej Inds. 16, 17.25, 16.65

16.50, 17.50, 16.25, 17 Goetze (I) 30.95, 31.25, 29.25, 29.80

29.50, 31.30, 29.20, 29.90 Goldiam Int. 24.10, 24.25, 23.65,24.20Goldstn.Tech 25.10, 25.70, 24.70,24.85

25.40, 25.70, 24.75, 24.95 Goldstn.Tele 8.75, 8.75, 8, 8.05 Gonter Peip 3.95, 4.05Goodlass Ner 190, 196.80, 195.60

192, 196, 190, 195 Goodricke 25.30, 28.20, 27.75Goodyear (I) 32, 32.80, 31, 31.65Grabal Al.Im 14.50, 15.20, 14.35,14.60Graphite Ind 31.90, 32.60, 32.55

31.80, 33, 31.80, 32.80 Grauer & Wei 17, 17.50, 17.25Gravity (I) 8.15, 5.65, 7.45Greaves 11.90, 11.95, 11.50, 11.75Grind Norton 121, 118.10, 119.85Gruh Finance 20, 20.20, 18.30, 19GTC Inds. 6, 5.55, 5.60

5.45, 5.85, 5.40, 5.80 GTN Textiles 28.80, 30.90, 30.45

29.20, 31.30, 29, 30.75 Gufic Bio Sc 26.50, 26.70, 26.35Guj.Alkalies 24.50, 25.40, 24.20,24.80

24.50, 25.90, 24.50, 24.85 Guj.Amb.Exp. 13.25, 13.45, 13, 13.30

13.10, 13.50, 13.10, 13.10 Guj.Apollo E 54, 50.75, 52.70Guj.Flouroch 72, 70, 70.35

70, 71.90, 70, 70 Guj.H.Chem 20.95, 21, 20.65, 20.80

20.85, 21.10, 20.65, 20.70 Guj.Ind.Pow. 19.90, 20.25, 19.75,19.95

19.85, 20.25, 19.75, 19.90 Guj.Sidh.Cem 4.25, 4.45, 4.15, 4.35

4.35, 4.50, 4.15, 4.40 Gulf Oil Cor 51.50, 52, 48, 48.75

HHarr.Malayal 11, 12.65

10.95, 12.50, 10.75, 12.50 Hathway Bhaw 8.10, 8.50, 7.50, 7.55Hatsun Agro 65.25, 69.60Havell’s (I) 112

109, 112.20, 105, 106.50 Hawkins Cook 19, 19.85Hazoor Media 3.55, 3.50, 3.55HBL Nife Pow 43.50, 41.10, 41.70HEG 30.85, 32, 31.60

31.10, 32.25, 30.60, 31.50 Helios & Mat 15, 16.50, 16.35Henkel Spic 16.75, 18.45, 18.15Heritage Fds 51.95, 58, 55.85

52.15, 55.50, 52.15, 54.15 Hi-Tech Gear 108.40Hikal 116.15, 118.25, 115, 116.20

119, 119, 114, 114 Himat. Seide 115.50, 119, 117

113, 120, 113, 117.50 Hind.Constn. 74.95, 72.10, 72.85

74.40, 74.80, 72.25, 72.80 Hind.Inks&Re 231, 232.50, 228.60,229.60

232.80, 232.80, 229.15, 229.90 Hind.Motors 9.45, 9.50, 9.20, 9.35

9.35, 9.50, 9.20, 9.35 Hind.Org.Chm 18.80, 18, 18.05

18.45, 18.65, 18, 18.05 Hind.Power 30.50, 30.35, 31Hind.Sanitar 46, 49.50

44.75, 48.70, 44.75, 48.70 Hind.Spg &Wg 12, 12.50, 10.30,12.05Hitachi Home 22.10, 21.40, 21.45

21.80, 22.05, 21.80, 22 Honda SIEL P 130, 132.85

136, 136, 130.25, 130.25 Hotel Leela. 16.80, 17.45, 17.10

16.70, 17.50, 16.70, 17.05

Ii-flex Solu 890, 904.65, 885, 885.75

890.65, 905, 885, 887.40 IFCI 4.30, 4.15, 4.25

4.15, 4.25, 4.15, 4.20 IL&FS Invt.M 18.05, 19.25, 18.40

18.90, 18.95, 18.90, 18.95 Ind.Swift 53.90, 54.45, 52.50, 53.35Ind.Swift La 17.50, 15.60, 16.05

17.50, 17.50, 15.75, 16 India Foils 5.50, 5, 5.65

6.25, 6.25, 5.25, 6 India Gelat. 14.50, 13.55, 14.80India Glycol 40.45, 41, 39.40, 39.50India Gypsum 19.50, 20.55

19.95, 21.85, 19.95, 21.85 India Nippon 214.40, 201, 207.45

205, 205.90, 200, 203.20 India Online 8, 7.15, 7.95India Polyfi 3.15, 4Indian Card 40.50, 39.60

41.50, 41.50, 39.50, 39.70 Indian Hume 630, 616.25, 617

605, 625.10, 605, 616.20 Indian SeamM 9.50, 9.60Indo Gulf Fe 47.80, 49.70, 47, 49.05

48.45, 49.20, 47.30, 48.95 Indo Mat.Car 73.55, 74Indo Nationl 357

360, 368, 360, 368 Indo Rama Sy 26.95, 28.80, 28.50

27.40, 28.60, 27.10, 28.25 Indraprast.M 12.40, 12.55, 12.15,12.45

12.75, 12.75, 12.15, 12.30 Indus.Inv.Tr 17, 18.90Indusind Bnk 17.75, 18.75, 18.25

18.40, 18.80, 18.10, 18.40

ING Vysya Bk 270, 262, 263.90266, 270, 263, 263.70

Insilco 13.75, 14.25, 13.90Inter.Travel 29.40, 29.95, 28.30,28.45Invest.Trust 19, 21.05Ion Exchange 27.50, 28, 26, 26.50IP Rings 52, 54, 50.50, 52.25IPCA Lab. 214.45, 215.90, 209,212.90

217, 217, 208.20, 213.40 Ispat Inds. 4.55, 4.90, 4.80

4.55, 4.85, 4.55, 4.80 IT & T 9.95, 10.95, 10.65

10.40, 11.10, 10.30, 10.65 ITC Hotels 48, 43.25

44, 45.75, 42.90, 43.35 IVP 20, 18.15, 18.60

20.25, 20.30, 18, 18.55 IVRCL Infras 46, 46.50, 45, 46.20

45.10, 46.70, 44.95, 46.10

JJagatjit Ind 20.35, 19.25Jagsonpal Ph 75Jai Corp 36.50, 35.60, 36.95Jain Irrig. 54.50, 50.60, 52.50

57.90, 57.90, 52, 53 Jain Studios 12.30, 12.40, 11.70,12.15

12.50, 12.50, 11.55, 11.80 Jaipan Inds. 9.90, 9.30, 9.70Jay Bh.Marut 40, 40.20, 37, 37.10

40, 40.70, 37, 37.95 Jayant Agro 50, 50, 46.55, 47.05 Jaypee Hotel 9.80, 9.60Jayshree Tea 35.05, 35.10, 35

34.20, 35.05, 34.20, 34.90 JBF Inds. 8.60, 9.90, 8.50, 9.80JBM Tools 24.30JCT 4.10, 4.30, 4, 4.15Jenson&Nicho 4.50, 5, 4.65

4.35, 4.95, 4.35, 4.65 JIK Inds. 22, 18.30, 18.50

20.95, 20.95, 18.70, 19 Jindal Iron 82.50, 86.80, 82.45, 86.25

82.15, 86.70, 82.15, 86 Jindal Photo 30.15, 30.50, 29.40, 30

30.45, 30.50, 29.30, 30 Jindal Poly. 100

108, 108, 103, 105.05 Jindal Strip 142, 143.50, 140.15,142.30

139.90, 143.35, 139.90, 142.10 JJ Exporters 30.20, 32, 31.75JK Corpn. 10.70, 10.50JK Inds. 28.25, 29.50, 27.40, 27.95JK Synthetic 3, 2.80JL Morison 72, 73, 71.05, 71.75JMC Projects 16.70, 17.20Jog Engg. 7.40Jubilant Org 177.20, 177.90, 176.15,177.25

178.50, 178.90, 176, 177.05 Jupiter BioS 40.95, 43, 38.55, 42.30Jyoti Struct 15.30, 15.70, 15.25,15.65

15.65, 15.65, 15.25, 15.45

KKaashyap Rad 0.50, 0.45, 0.50Kabra Extr 34.50, 34.05

35.05, 35.75, 34.85, 35.75 Kajaria Cer 22, 21.95, 22

22, 22, 21.45, 21.95 Kakatiya Cem 24.90, 25.50

25.40, 25.60, 25.25, 25.55 Kale Consul. 28, 29.15, 27.65, 28.90

26.55, 29, 26.55, 28.60 Kalpa.Power 40.90, 39.10, 40.40

39.80, 40.50, 39.80, 40.50 Kalyani Shrp 4.90, 5.15Kalyani Stel 16, 17.20, 15.15, 16.30Kanoria Chem 37, 40.90, 40.50

38.95, 42.20, 38.95, 42.20 Karnatak Bnk 66, 68.65, 67.15

64.50, 68.50, 64.50, 66.85 Karur Vysya 206.40, 208.75, 205,206.70

190, 208, 190, 206 KDL Biotech 11.65, 11.50, 11.75

11.50, 11.90, 11.50, 11.80 KEC Inter. 14.20, 14.45, 13.90, 14

13.95, 14.60, 13.90, 14.05 Kerala Ayurv 7.50, 7.10, 7.45Kerala Chem. 17.80, 18.10, 17.50,17.85Kesoram Inds 30, 31, 29.80, 30.10

30.15, 31, 29.65, 30.05 KG Denim 9.75, 9.90, 9.20, 9.65Khandwala Se 10.25Khoday (I) 12.90, 11.50, 11.75Kinetic Eng. 67.60, 66.50, 67.90Kinetic Moto 30.40, 31.50, 29.80,30.35Kirloskar Br 105.75, 105Kirloskar Oi 75, 75.75, 75.10

70.10, 75.85, 70.10, 75 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.20, 3.80, 3.65

3.40, 3.85, 3.40, 3.70 KLG Systel 23.50, 24.50, 24.20

24.45, 25, 24.10, 24.35 Kopran 21.25, 22.90, 21.10, 22.70

21.10, 22.95, 21, 22.60 Kothari Prod 173, 170.50, 176.90

174, 175.45, 173.05, 173.10 KPIT Cum.Inf 153.45, 157.50, 130.55,153.15

153.40, 157.60, 149.70, 152.90 KRBL 17.05, 17.50, 17

17.50, 18.20, 17.35, 17.40 Krebs Bioche 111.50, 105.55, 106.55Krishna Life 1.60, 1.70, 1.40, 1.65Krone Comm 65, 66.90, 64.30, 66.25KSB Pumps 76, 80, 75.95, 78.55

79.85, 79.90, 75.60, 78.35

LLakhani (I) 94.95, 96.75Lakshmi Au.C 91, 92, 87.55, 87.90

86.55, 93, 86.55, 87.70 Lakshmi Elec 34Lakshmi Mach 1040, 1065, 1031

1010, 1037.40, 1010, 1037.40 Lanco Inds. 9.30, 10.30, 9.60Landmarc Lei 14, 11.50, 11.90LCC Infotech 2.50, 2.75, 2.50, 2.70 LG Balkrish 76.55, 79.50, 76.55,77.95 Liberty Shoe 55.65, 57.85, 57.65 Lloyds Steel 1.70, 2, 1.90

1.65, 2, 1.65, 1.90 Logix Micro. 15.30, 15.95, 15, 15.15Loy.Tex Mill 43.75, 43.90, 43.75Lumax Ind 37.55, 39.30, 36.50, 38.70

39.35, 39.80, 37.20, 38.85 Lyka Labs 24.85, 24

24.50, 24.75, 24, 24.15

MMaars Soft 8.30, 8.75, 8.20

8.25, 8.70, 8.05, 8.15 Macmillan (I 170, 172, 164.25,167.70

166.75, 171.50, 164.75, 168.15 Madhav Marb. 16.25, 17.35, 16.90Madras Alum 60, 61, 59.15, 60.70Madras Cem. 3901, 3910

3870, 3950, 3870, 3887.85 Madras Fert. 8.25, 8.50, 8.45

8.25, 8.60, 8, 8.30 Mah.Scooter 62.40, 63.50, 61, 61.90

64, 64, 61.10, 62.10 Mah.Seamless 124.95, 125.50,122.10

123, 124.25, 121, 121.70 Mahavir Spg. 72.50, 76.85, 71.50,75.35

73, 76, 72.45, 75.50 Mahind.Gesco 13.65, 14.70, 14.60

13.50, 14.75, 13.50, 14.15 Mahindra Ugi 9.40, 9.90, 9.20, 9.60

9.35, 10, 9.20, 9.60 Majestic Aut 30, 32.50, 29.50, 31.35Malwa Cotton 27.80, 30.25

30.40, 31.50, 28.60, 30.30 Man Inds.(I) 25.10, 27.05, 26.55Mangalam Cem 8.55, 9, 8.75

7.40, 9.50, 7.40, 8.95

As on 13/05/2003Alliance Mutual Fund 95 (D) 26.69 27.22 26.6995 (G) 48.15 49.11 48.15Basic Inds.(D) 13.41 13.68 13.41Basic Inds.(G) 13.42 13.69 13.42Buy India (D) 4.35 4.44 4.35Buy India (G) 4.35 4.44 4.35Capital Tax Relief’96 55.91 56.47 55.91Cash Manager (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash Manager (G) 14.93 14.93 14.93Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.04 10.04 10.04Equity (D) 14.53 14.82 14.53Equity (G) 26.25 26.78 26.25Frontline Eq(D) 10.45 10.66 10.45Frontline Eq(G) 10.46 10.67 10.46G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.48 11.48 11.48G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.06 17.06 17.06G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.25 10.25 10.25G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.91 13.91 13.91Income (D) 11.01 11.01 11.01Income (G) 21.57 21.57 21.57Income 54EA (D) 11.01 11.01 11.01Income 54EA (G) 21.57 21.57 21.57Income 54EB (D) 11.03 11.03 11.03Income 54EB (G) 21.43 21.43 21.43Income Q’ly (D) 10.67 10.67 10.67Monthly Income (G) 17.01 17.01 17.01Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.34 10.34 10.34Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.50 10.50 10.50New Millennium (D) 3.64 3.71 3.64New Millennium (G) 3.64 3.71 3.64Short Term (D) 10.04 10.04 10.04Short Term (G) 10.81 10.81 10.81Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.04 10.04 10.04Benchmark Mutual Fund Nifty BeES 95.03 — —Nifty Junior BeES 145.08 — —Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Advantage (A) 25.05 25.30 25.05Advantage (B) 25.05 25.30 25.05Balanced (D) 9.21 9.30 9.21Balanced (G) 9.21 9.30 9.21Bond Plus (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48Bond Plus (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22Bond plus Inst. (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22Bond plus Retail (D) 11.22 11.22 11.22Cash Plus (G) 16.40 16.40 16.40Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.79 10.79 10.79Cash Plus Inst. (G) 16.40 16.40 16.40Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.35 16.35 16.35Dividend Yield Plus(D) 10.68 10.79 10.68Dividend Yield Plus(G) 10.68 10.79 10.68Equity 13.95 13.95 13.95FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.58 10.58 10.58FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.58 10.58 10.58FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.99 10.99 10.99FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.21 11.21 11.21FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.73 10.73 10.73Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.47 11.47 11.47Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.68 17.68 17.68Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 11.79 11.79 11.79Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.40 19.40 19.40Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.57 10.57 10.57Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.87 14.87 14.87IT A (D-Payout) 10.57 10.68 10.57IT A (D-Reinv) 10.57 10.68 10.57IT B (G) 12.28 12.40 12.28Income Plus (A-D) 10.69 10.69 10.69Income Plus (B-G) 26.36 26.36 26.36Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.44 26.44 26.44Income Plus Instnl. A(D) 26.44 26.44 26.44Index Fund (D) 9.67 9.72 9.67Index Fund(G) 9.67 9.72 9.67MIP A (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58MIP B (G-Payout) 13.54 13.54 13.54MIP C (G-Payout) 13.54 13.54 13.54MNC A (D-Payout) 23.67 23.91 23.67MNC A (D-Reinv) 23.67 23.91 23.67MNC B (G) 29.64 29.94 29.64Midcap (D) 10.48 10.58 10.48Midcap (G) 11.03 11.14 11.03Sweep Plan (D) 10.10 10.10 10.10Sweep Plan (G) 10.29 10.29 10.29Canbank Mutual Fund Canbonus 7.35 7.49 7.35Cancigo 11.15 11.15 11.15Cancigo (G) 11.82 11.82 11.82Canequity Tax Saver 9.30 9.37 9.30Canexpo 11.15 11.36 11.15Canexpo (G) 11.15 11.36 11.15Canganga 7.67 7.80 7.67Cangilt PGS (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58Cangilt PGS (G) 16.14 16.14 16.14Canglobal 4.55 4.63 4.55Canincome (B) 10.36 10.36 10.36Canincome (I) 10.36 10.36 10.36Canincome(G) 10.66 10.66 10.66Canliquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Canliquid (G) 10.99 10.99 10.99Canpremium 12.90 13.13 12.90Canpremium (G) 13.68 13.92 13.68Cantriple 19.11 19.44 19.11Chola Mutual Fund FMP Q’ly (D) 10.06 10.06 10.01FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.69 10.69 10.69FMP Y’ly (D) 10.07 10.07 9.87Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.74 15.74 15.74Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.36 10.36 10.36Gilt Series (Cum) 13.24 13.50 13.11Gilt Series (Reg) 13.24 13.50 13.11Growth (Cum) 12.33 12.58 12.33Growth (Reg) 10.34 10.54 10.34Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.83 10.83 10.83Lq. (Reg) 11.34 11.34 11.34Triple Ace (B) 11.86 11.86 11.86Triple Ace (Cum) 21.35 21.35 21.35Triple Ace (Reg) 11.02 11.02 11.02Deutsche Mutual Fund Alpha Equity 9.39 9.53 9.39Insta CP-Reg.(D) 10.14 10.14 10.14Insta CP-Weekly(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13Insta Cash Plus 10.18 10.18 10.18Premier Bond (Reg) 10.21 10.21 10.16Premier Bond Instt. 10.23 10.23 10.23Short Maturity Fund 10.21 10.21 10.21Short Maturity MD 10.16 10.16 10.16Short Maturity Weekly (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.65 9.65 9.51Balanced (G) 10.78 10.78 10.62Bond (D) 11.12 11.12 11.12Bond (G) 21.46 21.46 21.46Bond Fund Inst. 10.33 10.33 10.33Equity 13.99 14.27 13.99Govt.Sec. (A-D) 11.58 11.58 11.58Govt.Sec. (A-G) 19.64 19.64 19.64Govt.Sec. (B-D) 10.59 10.59 10.59Govt.Sec. (B-G) 14.01 14.01 14.01Liquidity (D) 12.41 12.41 12.41Liquidity (DD) 10.00 10.00 10.00Liquidity (G) 14.81 14.81 14.81Opportunities 8.72 8.89 8.72Savings Plus 10.11 10.11 10.11Short Term (G) 10.54 10.54 10.54Short Term (WD) 10.01 10.01 10.01Short Term(D) 10.21 10.21 10.21Technology.Com 4.03 4.11 4.03Top 100 10.41 10.62 10.41Escorts Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 11.49 11.63 11.49

Balanced (G) 12.75 12.91 12.75Gilt (D) 12.02 12.02 12.02Gilt (G) 13.15 13.15 13.15Growth (G) 11.75 11.92 11.75Growth (D) 10.75 10.91 10.75Income (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61Income (G) 18.54 18.54 18.54Income Bond (D) 9.58 9.58 9.58Income Bond (G) 11.35 11.35 11.35Opportunities (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53Opportunities (G) 12.15 12.15 12.15Tax (D) 9.58 9.58 —Tax (G) 9.58 9.58 —First India Mutual Fund Gilt 10.87 10.87 10.87Gilt Fund - Dividend 10.37 10.37 10.37Growth 10.01 10.21 10.01Income 10.90 10.90 10.90Income Fund (D) 10.23 10.23 10.23Liquid (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17Liquid (G) 10.86 10.86 10.86Short Term 10.54 10.54 10.54Short Term (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17Tax Gain 34.28 34.97 34.28Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund FT Balanced (G) 9.43 9.43 9.62FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.09 13.09 13.09FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.16 12.16 12.16FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.29 11.29 11.29FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.24 11.24 11.24FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.30 10.30 10.30FT Index - BSE 8.94 8.94 9.03FT Index - Nifty 9.31 9.31 9.40FT Monthly Income (G) 13.43 13.43 13.43FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 12.39 12.39 12.39FT Monthly Income (M) 10.70 10.70 10.70FT Monthly Income (Q) 10.81 10.81 10.81FT PE Ratio 8.49 8.49 8.66Franklin Balanced(D) 10.45 10.61 10.45Franklin Balanced(G) 10.88 11.04 10.88Franklin Bluechip (D) 12.03 12.03 12.27Franklin Bluechip (G) 23.66 23.66 24.13Franklin FMCG 10.26 10.26 10.47Franklin Growth 5.62 5.73 5.62Franklin Index 7.21 7.28 7.21Franklin Index Tax 7.38 7.45 7.38Franklin Infotech (D) 7.52 7.52 7.67Franklin Infotech (G) 10.99 10.99 11.21Franklin Internet Opp 4.37 4.37 4.46Franklin Pharma 8.47 8.47 8.64Franklin Prima (D) 17.18 17.18 17.52Franklin Prima (G) 33.51 33.51 34.18Franklin Prima Plus (D) 13.21 13.21 13.47Franklin Prima Plus (G) 24.22 24.22 24.70Franklin Taxshield (D) 11.58 11.58 11.81Franklin Taxshield (G) 24.63 24.63 25.12T Children’s Asset 18.30 18.30 18.30T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.19 10.19 10.14T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.94 10.94 10.88T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.91 10.91 10.91T G Sec (D) 11.62 11.62 11.57T G Sec (G) 20.51 20.51 20.40T G Sec Tr (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53T G Sec Tr (G) 11.42 11.42 11.42T IBA (D) 11.09 11.09 11.09T IBA (G) 21.91 21.91 21.91T IBA (H-Y’ly) 14.77 14.77 14.77T IBA (M’ ly) 14.88 14.88 14.88T IBA (M’ly B) 19.62 19.62 19.62T IBA (Q’y) 14.76 14.76 14.76T Income (D) 11.26 11.26 11.20T Income (G) 22.29 22.29 22.17T India Growth 13.29 13.56 13.29T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (G) 15.08 15.08 15.08T Liquid Plus 11.35 11.35 11.35T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T MMA 1.00 1.00 1.00T Monthly Income (G) 13.56 13.56 13.49T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.49 10.49 10.44T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.32 10.32 10.27T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.31 10.31 10.26T Pension Plan (D) 11.65 11.65 11.82T Pension Plan (G) 20.20 20.20 20.50T ST Income (G) 1109.51 1109.51 1109.51T ST Income (M’ly) 1021.72 1021.72 1021.72T ST Income (Q’ly) 1020.86 1020.86 1020.86T ST Income (W’ly B) 1043.94 1043.94 1043.94T ST Income (W’ly) 1091.35 1091.35 1091.35GIC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.36 10.57 10.26D’Mat 7.57 7.72 7.57Debt (G) 10.52 10.52 10.52Fortune 94 7.13 7.27 7.13G Plus II 10.03 10.23 9.93Gilt (G) 10.46 10.46 10.46Liquid (D-Reinv) 10.00 10.00 10.00Liquid (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78HDFC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.47 10.62 10.47Childrens Gift-Invst. 11.91 12.03 11.91Childrens Gift-Savings 12.94 13.06 12.94FRI-(L) 10.17 10.17 10.17FRI-(S) 10.18 10.18 10.18Gilt Long Term (D) 10.60 10.60 10.60Gilt Long Term (G) 14.03 14.03 14.03Gilt Short Term (D) 10.23 10.23 10.23Gilt Short Term (G) 11.73 11.73 11.73Growth 8.80 8.97 8.80Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 9.49 9.49 9.39Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 29.70 29.70 29.40Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 30.91 30.91 30.60Income (D) 10.92 10.92 10.92Income (G) 14.76 14.76 14.76Income Premium Plus (D) 10.93 10.93 10.93Income Premium Plus (G) 14.77 14.77 14.77Income-Premium (D) 10.93 10.93 10.93Income-Premium (G) 14.77 14.77 14.77Liquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Liquid (G) 12.10 12.10 12.10Liquid-Premium (D) 11.91 11.91 11.91Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.91 11.91 11.91Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.11 12.11 12.11Liquid-Premium(G) 12.11 12.11 12.11Short Term (D) 10.13 10.13 10.10Short Term (G) 11.02 11.02 10.99Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.82 10.13 —Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.02 11.02 —Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.82 10.13 —Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.03 11.02 —Tax 2000 (D) 12.37 12.62 12.37Tax 2000 (G) 15.28 15.58 15.28HSBC Mutual Fund Cash Fund 10.25 10.25 10.25Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 10.19 10.19Equity 10.72 10.93 10.72Equity - (D) 10.72 10.93 10.72Income-Invest. 10.52 10.52 10.52Income-Invest. (D) 10.30 10.30 10.30Income-Short 10.29 10.29 10.29Income-Short Term (D) 10.11 10.11 10.11Inst. Income Invst. (D) 10.57 10.57 10.57Inst. Income-Invst. 10.57 10.57 10.57Inst. Income-STP 10.30 10.30 10.30Inst.Income Short Term(D) 10.25 10.25 10.25ICICI Prudential Life Insurance L.Link Balancer 12.11 — —L.Link Maximiser(G) 11.05 — —L.Link Pension Balancer 11.21 — —L.Link Pension Max.(G) 10.84 — —L.Link Pension Protec.(I) 11.53 — —L.Link Protector (I) 12.88 — —L.Time Balancer 12.11 — —L.Time Maximiser (G) 11.05 — —L.Time Pension Balancer 11.21 — —L.Time Pension Max.(G) 10.84 — —L.Time Pension Prot.(I) 11.53 — —

L.Time Protector (I) 12.88 — —IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 10.36 10.56 10.36Balanced (G) 10.26 10.45 10.26Benefit Debt (QD) 10.45 10.45 10.29Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 10.92 10.92 10.75Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.45 10.45 10.29Benefit Fund Debt(G) 10.91 10.91 10.75Cash M-Liq.Inst.(MD) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash M-Liq.Inst.(WD) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash M-Liq.Inst.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash M-Liq.Inst.Growth 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash M-Mon.At Call.Ins(G) 10.01 10.01 10.01Cash Manag.Liq.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.01 12.01 12.01Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.02 10.02 10.02Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.79 11.79 11.79Child (CB) 16.26 16.57 15.77Child (FG) 16.04 16.34 15.56Deposit-54 EA 15.14 15.14 15.14Deposit-54 EB 15.14 15.14 15.14Equity (D) 10.10 10.29 10.10Equity (G) 9.58 9.76 9.58Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.40 11.40 11.40Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.38 11.38 11.38Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.47 13.47 13.47Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.96 11.96 11.96Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.46 10.46 10.46Growth (D) 9.80 9.99 9.80Growth (G) 9.84 10.03 9.84Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.91 10.91 10.86Income (D-Q’ly) 10.88 10.88 10.82Income (G) 14.53 14.53 14.45Income-Inst.(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02Income-Inst.(QD) 10.02 10.02 10.02Index 7.30 7.37 7.30M’ly Income(G) 11.33 11.33 11.27M’ly Income(MD) 10.47 10.47 10.42M’ly Income(QD) 10.54 10.54 10.49PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.11 10.51 9.92PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.11 10.51 9.92Short Term (D) 10.17 10.17 10.15Short Term (G) 10.85 10.85 10.82Short Term Inst.(D) 10.02 10.02 9.99Short Term Inst.(G) 10.02 10.02 9.99Tax Savings 13.91 14.19 13.91IL&FS Mutual Fund Bond (B) 10.75 10.75 10.75Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.54 10.54 10.54Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.70 11.70 11.70Bond (G) 16.13 16.13 16.13Bond Short Term (D) 10.13 10.13 10.13Bond Short Term (G) 11.06 11.06 11.06Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 11.06 11.06 11.06Bond-Institutional (D) 11.70 11.70 11.70Bond-Institutional (G) 16.14 16.14 16.14E-Com (D) 2.43 2.48 2.43E-Com (G) 2.43 2.48 2.43Gilt Long Term (D) 10.77 10.77 10.77Gilt Long Term (G) 12.62 12.62 12.62Gilt Short Term (D) 10.66 10.66 10.66Gilt Short Term (G) 11.84 11.84 11.84Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.70 10.91 10.70Growth & Value (G) 11.96 12.20 11.96Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.47 9.66 9.47Index BSE Sensex 8.34 8.42 8.34Index Nifty 8.27 8.36 8.27Liquid Account Call 10.68 10.68 10.68Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Lq. A/c (G) 11.30 11.30 11.30ING Mutual Fund Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.12 6.21 6.12Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.12 6.21 6.12Capital Portfolio 10.96 10.96 10.96Gilt Portfolio 10.53 10.53 10.53Growth Portfolio (D) 4.93 5.03 4.93Growth Portfolio (G) 5.91 6.03 5.91Income Portfolio (G) 15.78 15.78 15.78Income Portfolio (I) 10.38 10.38 10.38Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.40 10.40 10.40Income Short Term 10.55 10.55 10.55Invst. Portfolio 8.27 8.44 8.27Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.75 10.75 10.75Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.90 12.90 12.90JM Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.23 9.37 9.23Balanced (G) 16.13 16.37 16.13Basic 11.29 11.46 11.29Equity (D) 7.77 7.89 7.77Equity (G) 7.33 7.44 7.33G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.33 10.33 10.33G-Sec (G-Reg) 18.02 18.02 18.02G-Sec Fund - PF Plan -(G) 18.55 18.55 18.55G-Sec PF 16.99 16.99 16.99G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.39 10.39 10.39High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.54 10.54 10.54High Lq. (D) 12.01 12.01 12.01High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.41 10.41 10.41High Lq. (G) 16.86 16.86 16.86High Lq. Inst.(G) 10.06 10.06 10.06High Lq.Inst.(D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Income (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36Income (G) 24.81 24.81 24.81Income 2004-GRO 12.01 12.01 12.01Income Bonus 11.03 11.03 11.03Income Serial 00 (D) 10.83 10.83 10.83Income Serial-2004(G) 10.11 10.11 10.11Short Term 10.34 10.34 10.34Short Term (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78Short Term Fund Inst.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02Short Term Fund Inst.(G) 10.09 10.09 10.09Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund K Bond Whole.(B) 10.70 10.70 10.70K-30 (D) 11.81 12.02 11.81K-30 (G) 11.81 12.02 11.81K-Balance 10.51 10.70 10.51K-Bond Depo(D) 11.03 11.03 11.03K-Bond Depo(G) 15.71 15.71 15.71K-Bond Institutional (D) 10.80 10.80 10.80K-Bond Institutional (G) 16.05 16.05 16.05K-Bond Short Term (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08K-Bond Short Term (G) 10.85 10.85 10.85K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly) 11.46 11.46 11.46K-Bond Whole(D) 10.84 10.84 10.84K-Bond Whole(G) 16.05 16.05 16.05K-Gilt Invst. (D) 11.02 11.02 11.02K-Gilt Invst. (G) 20.00 20.00 20.00K-Gilt Savings (D) 10.44 10.44 10.44K-Gilt Savings (G) 15.06 15.06 15.06K-Gilt Serial 03 (D) 10.50 10.50 10.50K-Gilt Serial 03 (G) 14.21 14.21 14.21K-Gilt Serial 05 (D) 11.43 11.43 11.43K-Gilt Serial 05 (G) 13.97 13.97 13.97K-Gilt Serial 07 (D) 12.44 12.44 12.44K-Gilt Serial 07 (G) 16.41 16.41 16.41K-Gilt Serial 11 (G) 15.19 15.19 15.19K-Gilt Serial 13 (D) 11.95 11.95 11.95K-Gilt Serial 13 (G) 16.25 16.25 16.25K-Gilt Serial 19 (D) 10.80 10.80 10.80K-Gilt Serial 19 (G) 15.69 15.69 15.69K-Liquid (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid (G) 12.17 12.17 12.17K-Liquid Instnl.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid Instnl.(G) 12.17 12.17 12.17K-MNC 8.03 8.17 8.03K-Tech 2.51 2.55 2.51LIC Mutual Fund Bond (D) 10.95 10.95 10.95Bond (G) 17.01 17.01 17.01Children’s Fund 11.68 11.68 11.68Dhanaraksha 89 11.09 11.20 10.75Dhanasahayog A 7.81 7.89 7.66Dhanasahayog B 7.81 7.89 7.66Dhanasahayog C 17.17 17.34 16.82Dhansmriddhi 2.38 2.40 2.38Equity Fund 5.82 5.82 5.82

Govt.Sec. (D) 10.98 10.98 10.98Govt.Sec. (G) 16.31 16.31 16.31Index Nifty 9.02 9.11 9.02Index Sensex 9.04 9.13 9.04Index Sensex Adv. 9.11 9.20 9.11Liquid (D) 10.66 10.66 10.66Liquid (G) 10.82 10.82 10.82Tax 7.20 7.35 7.20PNB Mutual Fund Balanced Growth (G) 12.67 12.67 12.48Balanced Growth (I) 9.92 9.92 9.77Debt (G) 18.57 18.57 18.48Debt (I) 12.69 12.69 12.62Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.07 9.27 9.07Balanced (G) 9.82 10.04 9.82Child Care Gift 11.37 11.65 11.09Child Care Study 11.80 11.98 11.51Dynamic Plan 10.73 10.97 10.73FMCG (D) 6.96 7.12 6.96FMCG (G) 7.59 7.76 7.59FMP - D-Y’ly 10.90 10.90 10.68FMP - Half Y’ly 11.97 11.97 11.85FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.94 10.94 10.83FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.64 10.64 10.54FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.49 11.49 11.37FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.75 10.75 10.69FMP - Q’ly (G) 12.00 12.00 11.94FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.81 11.81 11.75FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.66 10.66 10.61FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.56 10.56 10.51FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.78 11.78 11.72FMP - Y’ly 12.04 12.04 11.80FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.84 11.84 11.60FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.74 10.74 10.53FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.58 11.58 11.34FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.21 11.21 10.99FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.91 10.91 10.69FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.72 10.72 10.51FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.75 10.75 10.70FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.14 10.14 9.93FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.13 10.13 9.92FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.36 10.36 10.16Flexible Income 11.13 11.13 11.13Floating Rate 10.06 10.06 10.06Gilt Invst. (D) 12.06 12.06 12.06Gilt Invst. (G) 18.70 18.70 18.70Gilt Treasury (D) 11.03 11.03 11.03Gilt Treasury (G) 14.78 14.78 14.78Growth (D) 9.25 9.46 9.25Growth (G) 19.03 19.46 19.03Income (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61Income (G) 18.47 18.47 18.47Income Instnl.(G) 18.49 18.49 18.49Income-Dividend-(Q) 11.29 11.29 11.29Income-Inst.(DQ) 11.29 11.29 11.29Income-Instnl (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61Index 8.04 8.04 8.04Liquid (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83Liquid (G) 14.97 14.97 14.97Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.86 11.86 11.86Liquid- Inst.(MD) 11.94 11.94 11.94Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.85 11.85 11.85Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84Long Term 11.68 11.68 11.68MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.37 10.37 10.37MIP - Cum. 12.93 12.93 12.93MIP - Half Y’ly 10.47 10.47 10.47MIP - Q’ly 10.51 10.51 10.51Power 14.13 14.45 14.13Power (D) 14.98 14.98 14.98PruICICI Short-Inst.(G) 11.38 11.38 11.38SPICE 29.62 29.62 29.62Short Term 11.37 11.37 11.37Short Term (D) 10.60 10.60 10.60Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.84 10.84 10.84Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.84 10.84 10.84Short-Fortnightly(D) 10.60 10.60 10.60Sweep 10.60 10.60 10.60Tax (D) 9.37 9.58 9.37Tax (G) 12.85 13.14 12.85Technology 2.57 2.63 2.57Reliance Mutual Fund Growth (D) 21.53 21.96 21.53Growth (G) 31.62 32.25 31.62Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.08 11.08 11.08Income (D-M’ly) 11.04 11.04 11.04Income (D-Y’ly) 10.87 10.87 10.87Income (G) 19.09 19.09 19.09Income Growth (B) 11.24 11.24 11.24Income Q’ly (D) 11.13 11.13 11.13Liquid - Cash (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78Liquid - Treasury (GG) 14.77 14.77 14.77Liquid Super Cash(G) 10.41 10.41 10.41Liquid Tresury (GB) 10.55 10.55 10.55Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.36 10.36 10.36Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.58 10.58 10.53Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.60 10.60 10.54Medium Term Fund(G) 13.44 13.44 13.37Short Term 10.30 10.30 10.30Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.07 10.07 10.07Vision 28.95 29.53 28.95Vision (D) 25.78 26.30 25.78SBI Mutual Fund MSFU Contra 10.49 10.67 10.49MSFU FMCG 5.74 5.84 5.74MSFU IT 4.58 4.66 4.58MSFU Pharma 8.57 8.72 8.57Magnum Equity 7.78 7.92 7.78Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.21 10.21 10.21Magnum Gilt ST(G) 12.70 12.70 12.70Magnum Global 6.78 6.90 6.64Magnum IC (Cash) 13.65 13.65 13.65Magnum IC (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52Magnum Index 8.61 8.69 8.61Magnum Insta Cash S.Term 10.45 10.45 10.45Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.20 10.20 10.20Magnum M’ly In.(G) 11.99 11.99 11.99Magnum Mult. Plus 93 7.59 7.72 7.59Magnum Tax Gain 11.75 11.96 11.75Sundaram Mutual Fund Balanced (App) 10.68 10.84 10.68Balanced (D) 10.68 10.84 10.68Bond Saver (App) 20.22 20.22 20.22Bond Saver (B) 10.64 10.64 10.64Bond Saver (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51Gilt (App) 11.85 11.85 11.85Gilt (D) 10.21 10.21 10.21Growth 10.98 11.20 10.98Growth (G) 13.07 13.33 13.07Income Plus - App 10.94 10.94 10.94Income Plus - Div 10.42 10.42 10.42Money (App) 12.75 12.75 12.75Money (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08Money-Daily (D)Reinvst. 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.35 10.35 10.35Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.35 10.35 10.35Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.12 10.12 10.12Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.10 10.10 10.10Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.01 10.01 10.01Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt DAP (App) 11.19 11.19 11.19Select Debt DAP (HYD) 10.53 10.53 10.53Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.59 10.59 10.59Select Debt DAP (YD) 10.53 10.53 10.53Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.34 10.34 10.34Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.06 10.06 10.06Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.06 10.06 10.06Select Debt STAP (App) 10.57 10.57 10.57Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.18 10.18 10.18Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.18 10.18 10.18Select Focus 11.80 12.04 11.80Select Focus (G) 11.80 12.04 11.80Select Mid Cap 11.39 11.62 11.39

Select Midcap (G) 11.39 11.62 11.39Tax Saver 9.14 9.14 9.14Standard Chartered Mutual Fund Dynamic Bond(G) 11.23 11.23 11.23Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(A) 10.67 10.67 10.67Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(D) 10.67 10.67 10.67GDBF-Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.67 10.67 10.67GDBF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.67 10.67 10.67GDBF-Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.23 11.23 11.23GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly) 10.77 10.77 10.77GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.75 10.75 10.75GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43GGSF-IP (G) 11.58 11.58 11.58GGSF-IP Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.43 10.43 10.43GGSF-IP Plan B (DH)(Inst) 10.77 10.77 10.77GGSF-IP Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.75 10.75 10.75GGSF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.58 11.58 11.58GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.86 10.86 10.86GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.53 10.53 10.53GGSF-ST (G) 11.05 11.05 11.05GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.54 11.54 11.54GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.07 11.07 11.07GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.36 10.36 10.36GSSIF-IP (G) 14.72 14.72 14.72GSSIF-IP Plan B (DA)(Ins) 10.38 10.38 10.38GSSIF-IP Plan B (DH)(Ins) 11.54 11.54 11.54GSSIF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 14.73 14.73 14.73GSSIF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 11.08 11.08 11.08GSSIF-ST (D) 10.31 10.31 10.31GSSIF-ST (G) 12.17 12.17 12.17GSSIF-ST B(D)(Inst). 10.31 10.31 10.31GSSIF-ST B(G)(Inst). 12.12 12.12 12.12Sun F&C Mutual Fund Balanced (G) 6.50 6.60 6.50Bond (G) 18.81 18.81 18.81Bond (I) 10.62 10.62 10.62Emerging Tech.(G) 2.54 2.59 2.54FIS-Intl. Plan 10.35 10.35 10.35FIS-Long Term 11.34 11.34 11.34FIS-Medium Term 10.84 10.84 10.84FIS-Short Term 10.68 10.68 10.68FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.04 — 9.96FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.90 — 10.81FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.61 — 10.52FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.09 — 9.99FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.72 — 10.61FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.65 — 10.54FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.71 — 10.39FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 11.05 — 10.72FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.76 — 10.44FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.39 — 10.08FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 10.99 — 10.66M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.17 10.17 10.17M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.17 10.17 10.17M’ly Income (G) 12.94 12.94 12.94MVB (D) 10.54 10.54 10.54MVB (G) 17.40 17.40 17.40MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00MVL (Dp) 10.91 10.91 10.91MVL (Np) 14.16 14.16 14.16Personal Tax Saver 40.86 40.86 40.86Resurgent (I) Equity 13.83 14.11 13.83Value (D) 8.00 8.16 8.00Value (G) 15.76 16.08 15.76Tata Mutual Fund Balanced 13.84 14.09 13.84Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 8.14 8.28 8.14Equity Opp.(Regular) 9.11 9.27 9.11Fixed Horizon Annual 1 (R 10.06 10.06 9.76Fixed Horizon Annual 1 Re 10.09 10.09 9.79Gilt Sec. (App) 20.13 20.13 20.13Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.79 12.79 12.79Gilt Short Muturity (A) 10.04 10.04 10.04Income (App) 20.23 20.23 20.13Income (D-App) 11.68 11.68 11.63Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.56 10.56 10.51Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.42 10.42 10.36Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.47 10.47 10.36Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.45 10.45 10.35Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.47 10.47 10.47Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.47 10.47 10.47Index Fund - Sensex 9.00 9.09 9.00Index Fund - Sensex 9.01 9.01 9.01Index Fund-Nifty A 8.93 9.02 8.93Index Fund-Nifty B 8.92 8.92 8.92Life Science & Tech. 8.10 8.24 8.10Liquid (App) 14.11 14.11 14.11Liquid (Reg) 11.10 11.10 11.10Liquid High Invest (A) 10.12 10.12 10.12Liquid High Invst (R) 10.05 10.05 10.05M’ly Income 10.78 10.78 10.72Pure Equity 9.54 9.71 9.54Select Sector 7.43 7.56 7.43Short Term Bond (App) 10.65 10.65 10.65Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.60 10.60 10.60Tax Savfund 10.82 11.01 10.82Young Citizen’s 10.67 10.83 10.35Taurus Mutual Fund Bonanza Ex.(G) 10.57 10.75 10.54Discovery Stock 3.63 3.69 3.62Libra Bond (D) 11.12 11.12 11.09Libra Bond (G) 11.45 11.45 11.42Libra Gilt (D) 11.30 11.30 11.28Libra Gilt (G) 11.64 11.64 11.61Libra Tax Shield 8.77 8.77 8.77The Starshare 5.86 5.96 5.85UTI Mutual Fund Bond (G) 17.81 17.81 17.72Bond (I) 11.08 11.08 11.02Brand Value 7.41 7.41 7.26CCP 12.78 12.78 12.27CRTS 90.74 90.74 88.02Equity Tax Savings 9.99 9.99 9.89G-Sec (G) 16.60 16.60 16.60G-Sec (I) 10.68 10.68 10.68Grandmaster 93 8.76 8.76 8.58Index Select Eq. 12.27 12.52 12.27Mahila Unit Scheme 12.46 12.46 12.08Master Growth-1993 13.68 13.68 13.41Master Index 9.09 9.09 9.04Mastergain 92 9.24 9.24 9.06Masterplus 91 15.80 15.80 15.48Money Market (G) 17.08 17.08 17.08Money Market (In) 16.98 16.98 16.98Nifty Index 5.78 5.78 5.75PEF 12.00 12.24 12.00Petro 13.01 13.01 12.75Pharma & Healthcare 9.61 9.61 9.42RBP 1994 18.24 18.61 17.33Regular Income 10.22 10.22 10.17Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.48 10.48 10.43Service 13.04 13.04 12.78Software 6.14 6.14 6.02UGS 10000 10.33 10.54 10.33ULIP 12.52 12.52 12.34US 2002 5.70 5.70 5.61US 64 5.79 — 5.67US 95 (G) 19.23 19.23 18.85US 95 (I) 12.15 12.15 11.91Variable Invt.(ILS) 9.39 9.51 9.39Zurich India Mutual Fund Capital Builder (D) 9.52 9.71 9.52Capital Builder (G) 11.12 11.34 11.12Equity (D) 13.28 13.55 13.28Equity (G) 24.30 24.79 24.30High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.82 11.82 11.82High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.55 11.55 11.55High Int. (D-Y’ly) 11.06 11.06 11.06High Int. (G) 21.61 21.61 21.61High Int. Stp (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51High Int. Stp (G) 11.12 11.12 11.12Prudence (D) 15.50 15.81 15.50Prudence (G) 26.72 27.25 26.72Tax Saver (D) 16.12 16.44 16.12Tax Saver (G) 20.31 20.72 20.31Top 200 (D) 12.60 12.85 12.60Top 200 (G) 18.48 18.85 18.48International Funds (Last Traded) Franklin Intl. 9.95 9.95 9.90

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Sensex rises 33 pointsMumbai: Sustained purchases by domestic financial institutionsin top heavyweights Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) and Reliance In-dustries Ltd (RIL) helped the Sensex extend its winning streak tothe second straight session on the stock exchange here on Wednes-day.

Few others like SBI, Satyam Computers, Ranbaxy Lab, Tiscoand Grasim Ind too attracted fairly good buying support andscored impressive gains at close.As a result, the BSE benchmark 30-share index which opened marginally lower at 2959.51, later turnedbetter and gradually moved upward to the intra-day high at 2997.64before ending at 2993.94 as against Tuesday’s close of 2960.62, net-ting a rise of 33.32 points or 1.13 per cent.

The broad-based BSE-100 index also finished 13.61 points higherat 1514.90 from previous close of 1501.29.Brokers said Indian fi-nancial institutions (IFIs) led by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)made heavy purchases in old economy counters, particularly HLLand RIL. (PTI)

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Ranatunga, a non-starter: SriLanka’s former World Cup-winningcaptain Arjuna Ranatunga on Tuesdayentered the fray to control the coun-try’s cricket governing body, but hewas almost certain to lose, officialssaid. Ranatunga, 39, offered his candi-dature for the post of president of theBCCSL against local businessmanThilanga Sumathipala in elections tobe held on June 6. Sumathipala is run-ning for presidency with a list of otheroffice bearers who were elected unop-posed and enjoy their support. Morethan two-thirds of cricket associationsand clubs have sponsored Sumath-ipala, making his election a mere mat-ter of a formality.AFP

Srinath SA bound: Pace spear-head Javagal Srinath, who had awonderful cricket World Cup in Feb-ruary-March, is all set for another tripto South Africa in September — thistime to help with the development offast bowlers. The 33-year-old Kar-nataka bowler, who has entered intoa contract with the Gauteng CricketBoard in Johannesburg, will helpwith the devel opment of fastbowlers in the province and wouldtutor a large group of youngsters intothe art of fast bowling. PTI

Hooper in for Harbhajan: CarlHooper will join Lancashire as a tem-porary overseas replacement for In-dia off-spinner Harbhajan Singh afterthe English county were given a spe-cial dispensation following a meetingat Lord’s here on Tuesday. Former West Indies captain Hooper,who last played county cricket forKent in 1998, could now make hisLancashire debut in the champi-onship match against Essex at OldTrafford starting on Wednesday. AFP

Players seek permission: Fourtop Indian players have sought per-mission from the Indian cricket boardto play in an exhibition match inSouth Africa on May 15. The players— offie Harbhajan Singh, speedsterZaheer Khan, leg spinner Anil Kum-ble and talented middle order bats-man Mohammed Kaif — havemoved the board for the green sig-nal, BCCI sources said.PTI

Inter-state transfers: The inter-state transfers will begin from Thurs-day, a AIFF press release informed.The transfers will be effective fromJune 1. All transfers on loan will bedealt in the same manner as the inter-state transfer and the player trans-ferred on loan cannot return to sameclub.TNN

Chinese table tennis player WangNan talks on the mobile phoneupon her arrival at Charles deGaulle Airport in Paris for theWorld championships on Tuesday.

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I’ve been playing Test cricketfor 12 years and this is the greatest cricketing

moment of my life— Brian Lara after West

Indies’ victory against Australia

Series victory putsAustralia on topSt John’s (Antigua): Aus-tralia’s 3-1 series victoryagainst the West Indies re-stored Steve Waugh’s teamto the top of the Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC)Test Championship table.

Australia’s series win inthe Caribbean took theirpoints tally to 21 from 13series, taking their aver-age up to 1.62 points whichis just 0.01 points higherthan the average of previ-ous leader South Africa.

Arrangements are beingmade for the ICC TestChampionship mace to betransferred from SouthAfrica to Australia.

ICC president MalcolmGray, himself an Aus-tralian, is due to presentthe trophy to the Aus-

tralian Cricket Board laterthis month.

Australia will be the lastside to head the ICC TestChampionship under thepresent system as a newmethod of calculation willbe introduced from June 1.

The new system, agreedby the ICC board at its Jo-hannesburg meeting dur-ing the World Cup in SouthAfrica on March 22, re-wards teams for their per-formances in every Testmatch played as opposed tolooking solely at seriesresults.

An announcement re-grading the new standingsand the precise method ofcalculation will be madetowards the end of May,the ICC said on Tuesday.AFP

The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday, May 15, 2003

No Goran at GarrosA foot injury has forced Ivanisevicto pull out of the French Open.The 2001 Wimbledon champion,who recently underwent surgeryon his left heel, will be replaced inthe draw by Swiss Marc Rosset

Mandela in the ringNelson Mandela’s fight against apartheidhas earned him an unusual laurel — aplace in the Boxing World Hall of Fame.His name was proposed because he“laced up gloves to KO apartheid” andthe WBHF has accepted the proposal

Sarwan says he and McGrath made up for their mid-pitch altercation

Bond to return homeShane Bond will return home midway through the tri-series inSri Lanka because of back strain.The Kiwi fast bowler is cuttingshort his visit to have his injury examined by a specialist

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Nothing surpasses this experience: LaraSt. Johns (Antigua): West In-dies captain Brian Lara de-scribed Tuesday’s victory overAustralia as the greatest experi-ence of his exalted career afterhis team set a world record scorein the fourth Test.

Australia were set to becomethe first team to sweep a seriesin the Caribbean after makingthe West Indies have to compilethe highest total batting last in125 years of Test history. But thehome team knocked off the 47runs required before lunch onthe last day to reach 418 and winby three wickets.

“It’s the greatest cricketing ex-perience that I’ve had, and I’vehad a few,” the 34-year-old Larasaid. “I’ve had 375, 501, and thewin in Barbados against Aus-tralia. I’ve been playing Testcricket for 12 years and this is thegreatest cricketing moment ofmy life. Nothing surpasses this.”

Lara’s innings of 375 and 501 adecade ago established Test andfirst-class batting world records,while his unbeaten 153 led theWest Indies to a one-wicket winin Barbados in 1999.

Lara said he gained confi-dence in the West Indies’ pursuitafter a fan showed him thescores in the previous highestchase, India’s 406 for fouragainst the West Indies in 1976 atPort of Spain, Trinidad.

“It didn’t look impressive, itlooked like it was a great teameffort,” Lara said. “It relaxed mymind.” Lara revealed how hehelped motivate his team duringthe run chase.“I tried to get theguys thinking of their best in-nings,” the skipper said.

Once Sarwan fell late on thefourth day and Australiacharged back into contentionwith the wicket of Chanderpaulon Tuesday, Omari Banks (47 notout) and Vasbert Drakes (27 notout) saw the home team through.Both players notched career-bestscores in a match-winning, un-broken 46 for eighth wicket.

“The guys went out confi-dent,” Lara said. “In VasbertDrakes, we had someone whowas capable of taking us pastthe total and he showed exactlywhat he was made of today.”

Lara tagged the unflappableBanks “a breath of fresh air.”

“I think he’s got a great fu-ture,” Lara said. AP

Reuters

Members of the Australian cricket team pose with the Frank Worrell Trophy in the Caribbean waters in Antiguafollowing their victory in their Test series against the West Indies.

Reuters

(Top) West Indies cricket supporters cheer their side from a tree outside the ground on the fifth day of the finalTest in St. John’s, Antigua, on Tuesday. (Top right) West Indies supporters destroy a broom, symbolising a possi-ble sweep by the Aussies, taken from Australian supporters on Tuesday. (Bottom right) Excited Antiguan schoolgirls (R) try to get close to West Indies stars Brian Lara, Tino Best and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

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Hope sprouts, but it needs groundto take root. Thehem of concretehews a bloody fur-row across thesporting ambitionof the many inhab-iting the Indian ur-ban jungle. For glo-ry in sport the run-away called open spaces is a must.

Will it be fair that I credit luckfor paving the road to my becominga world champion? Probably not.

Yes, I was lucky that I was bornin a family that could afford, andwas willing, to support me in theinitial stages of my career. I wasalso lucky that I grew up in a city(Ahmedabad) and at a place wherespace was never a problem. I couldjust step out and play whatever Iwanted to.

Even in school, there were lovelygrounds to indulge in cricket, foot-ball, hockey, basketball or almostany other sport.

Yet, I veered towards billiards.There’s nothing really surprising

about that. I was good at individualgames like table tennis and bad-minton. And I loved indoor sports.Eventually it was also more abouthow good one was at the sport.Some inherent talent, a naturalpropensity and a lot of hard workensured that I became the king ofthe green baize. But coming back tothe main malady: as the concretejungle takes deeper root, my heartbleeds for the country’s youngstersand our future generation. Wheredo they go and play? How can theyeven think of taking up sport as acareer option when they don’t havegrounds to play on?

The scenario is especially dismalin metros wiht new, unplannedcities that are sprouting almosteverywhere. It is clear that nobodyis sparing a thought for sport as theobsession with construction

wrings out the last of our grounds.This has a negative effect on

young children. They are starved ofphysical activity and exercise, es-pecially after school. I strongly be-lieve that municipal corporationsshould have dedicated grounds ear-marked in their expansion plans.

I was privileged to learn and playall my favourite sports at theGymkhana. But how many peoplecan afford to be a member there? Ithink we have to evolve a ‘pay anduse’ model that has proved to besuccessful all over the World. Wecan give it a shot. Back that with

government subsidies and duty ex-emptions to sports complexes andyou have the beginnings of a revo-lution. Believe me, corporateswould be interested in such proj-ects if the government gives thenecessary kick-start. And eventhey will not come in merely forcharity; they will come as there is ahuge market that is willing to payfor the facilities.

It is curious to note that the SportsAuthority of India and other gov-ernment-funded organisations dohave infrastructure but its utilisa-tion is hardly optimum. The manystadia and sports complexes need toopen their doors to the commonman. Of course, only when there areno camps for professional teams.

Yes, good facilities and infra-structure are in short supply in thecountry; but let’s at least make opti-

mum use of whatever we have. Imust point out the flip side too. Inmetros, facilities for coaching andeven the general standard of sportis higher. If you prove yourself,then a number of facilities open up.But for that, you need a good sport-ing aptitude; and for that, you needto be seduced by the call of the openground! Get the convoluted picture?

Geet Sethi spoke to Indraneel Das

Geet Sethi has seven world titles un-der his belt. He is another successstory in Indian sports who waslucky. He belongs to the fortunateclass that have access. But what ofthe teeming millions who see theirdreams of sporting glory smashedagainst the concrete reality of ur-ban India? Planners need to payheed to their keen. That is, if theycan hear it over the blare of thetraffic that seems to park just wherethe frolic of young feet could haverun on to Olympian heights.

Readers are invited to write in theirthoughts and solutions to timess-port@indiatimes.com. Or even faxthem at 23323346 or 23324173.

Ground reality: Where will our children play tomorrowGEET SETHI had the opportunity (and the access to grounds) to take up al-

most any sport. Yet, he followed the billiards dream and reached its pinnacle.But how many people are so lucky? The slow but steady disappearance of openspaces and grounds are killing the sports bubble in the country even before it

can become big. Are there any solutions? He speaks on the issue here...

INDIAN SPORT

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The ICC testometer

Teams S W L D P A Australia 13 10 2 1 21 1.62South Africa 18 14 3 1 29 1.61New Zealand 17 8 4 5 21 1.24Sri Lanka 16 7 6 3 17 1.06England 16 6 6 4 16 1.00India 15 5 6 4 14 0.93West Indies 17 7 10 0 14 0.82Pakistan 16 4 8 4 12 0.75Zimbabwe 16 3 11 2 8 0.50Bangladesh 8 0 8 0 0 —

ICC Test championship table after Australia’s 3-1series win over the West Indies

(Key: S - series played, W - won, L - lost, D - drawn, P - points, A - average)

Sarwan, McGrathsay sorry, make upSydney: Aus-tralian pace-man GlennMcGrath andWest Indiesvice-captainR a m n a r e s hSarwan haveapologised to each other overtheir ugly confrontation inthe fourth cricket Test in An-tigua.

Sarwan said on Wednes-day he and McGrath hadcleared the air over the mid-pitch altercation on Mondaywhich had concerned theAustralian Cricket Boardenough to issue a statement.

Sarwan, whose centuryhelped steer the West Indiesto a record-breaking three-wicket win in the ‘dead’ finalmatch of the four-Test serieson Tuesday, would not revealwhat was said between thetwo players in the clashwhich caused McGrath to flyinto such a finger-pointingrage that umpire David Shep-herd had to step in.

But Sarwan was confidentthey remained on friendlyterms. “Actually both of ushave apologised to each otherand it’s good to know thatboth of us did that in thegood context of the game andwhat took place in the series

and thisgame,” Sar-wan told anAu s t r a l i a nradio stationon Wednes-day.

“It’s goodto know that we have apolo-gised to each other and ap-preciate each other’s friend-ship.”

Asked about the Aus-tralian team’s reputation as aworld leader in sledging, Sar-wan said the West Indiesteam had no grievance withSteve Waugh’s team.

“I’m not sure about that,who’s the leader of that(sledging), but obviouslyplayers have things to say onthe field and it’s up to the in-dividual or a team if youwant to take it personal but,really and truly, we don’t havea problem with each other.

“You just need to acceptcertain things that people sayon the field and if you put itin the past, that’s fine, but ifyou take it personal well,then I think you might findyourself in a bit of trouble.”

ACB chief executiveJames Sutherland on Tues-day told skipper Steve Waughto rein in his players’ emo-tions after the outburst.AFP

WADA gets toughMadrid: The world anti-doping agency (WADA)spelled out a series of finesand other sanctions con-tained in the new code ithopes to have ready for theAthens Olympic Gamesnext year.

For instance, if four ormore athletes in a givensport and country test posi-tive for performance-en-hancing drugs in 12 monthsor less, theirnational fed-eration will be fined$US100,000, said Tom Die-len, a senior WADA officialfor Europe. Federationleaders will be suspendedfor two years, he added.

And if a delegation froma country has more thanone positive test during aninternational competition,the country’s federationwill be fined to $US 50,000,Dielen told federation lead-

ers at a sports conventionin Madrid.

WADA will finalise labtesting procedures in Juneand in September an-nounce a list of bannedsubstances and possible ex-emptions for medical rea-sons, Dielen said.

Szabo dragged intodrugs row: In Paris,French police said theywere analysing drugs

seized in acar belong-

ing to Olympic and worldmiddle-distance runningchampion Gabriela Szaboof Romania. Szabo was notin the car when it wasstopped by customs offi-cials near Monaco. She wasmaking her own way fromher South African wintertraining base to the altituderesort of Font Romeu in theFrench Pyrenees for alti-tude training. Agencies

Pak drop threehockey players Karachi: Pakistan fired their hockeycaptain and two players ahead of a clashwith India in two tri-nation tourna-ments in Australia later this month, of-ficials said on Wednesday.

Mohammad Nadeem was sacked ondisciplinary grounds after he and two keyplayers — penalty corner expert SohailAbbas and left half Mohammad Waseem— took part in the professional league inGermany without seeking permissionfrom the Pakistan Hockey Federation.

Seasoned goalkeeper Ahmed Alam re-placed Nadeem as skipper for the twinevents to be held in Perth and Sydneyfrom May 29 to June 8 which includes In-dia and two teams from Australia. Thetournaments will pit Pakistan against In-dia for the first time since last month’srapprochement steps taken by the two ri-vals. “We have maintained that we areready to play India, anytime, anywhere,”Gen Mohammad Aziz Khan said.Squad: Ahmed Alam, Salman Akber, Tariq Imran, Ali Raza,Zeeshan Ashraf, Ghazanfar Ali, M. Saqlain, Dilawar Hussain,Imran Rasool, Adnan Maqsood, Rehan Butt, Mudassar AliKhan, Kashif Jawwad, Shabbir Hussain, Saleem Khalid, Sha-keel Abbasi, Tariq Aziz and Aqeel Hussain. AFP

Aussies also have something to smile about

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We ensure they’re insured: RungtaBy Dinesh Chopra

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New Delhi: The Indian cricketboard on Wednesday brushedaside the Indian Cricket Players’Association’s allegations thatthere’s no insurance plan for theplayers. Speaking to TNN fromJaipur, board treasurer KishoreRungta questioned the ICPA’sprudence in floating parallel in-surance plans. “We have had afour-tier insurance plan (seebox) in place for more than fiveyears. And we have paid be-tween 8 to 10 lakh as premium inthe last financial year,” he said.

Rungta was reacting to ICPAvice-president Arun Lal’s asper-sions about the viability of theBCCI insurance scheme. ‘‘I’malso working out an insuranceplan which’ll see the playersavail of pension once they retire.This one of a kind schemeshould be implemented in June,the working committee is delib-erating on it. We propose to put it

up to the ICC also,” Rungtaadded.

It is reliably learnt that theICPA joint secretary Ravi Shastrihad been a beneficiary of theboard’s insurance scheme whenhe was injured on the 1991-92tour to Australia.

Rungta further asserted: “Wehave orders from the board pres-

ident to clear the claims on a pri-ority basis. There’s not one crick-eter who can complain that hisclaim was rejected.

There may be delays, if any-thing. The details of the AbhaySharma and Akash Chopra cas-es, that Arun Lal talked about,haven’t reached us. So how canwe release their claims?”

■■ Scheme A: All cricketers, past or present, are insured under this scheme againstdeath and permanent disability. Insurance claim: Rs. 3 lakh and upwards.Players benefited: Two Orissa U-19 cricketers who died in a road accident.■■ Scheme B:All present players get a cover against any injury on or off the field. In-surance claim: Rs. 1 lakhPlayers benefited: Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Shalab Srivastav,Virender Sehwag,Santosh Saxena etc.■■ Scheme C: Anyone who has played at least 10 first-class games is eligible to en-joy the benefits of this plan. The players get a cover against any terminal illness underthis scheme. Insurance claim: Upto Rs. 3 lakhPlayers benefited: The late Naren Tamhane got Rs. 3 lakh when he was ill.■■ Scheme D: Those who don’t fall under any of the above categories are included inScheme D.The BCCI president decides beneficiaries. Insurance claim: Upto Rs. 3 lakhPlayers benefited: Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath.While the BCCI has a contract with an insurance company for schemes A and B, theexpenses incurred on schemes C and D are met from board’s revenues. All theseschemes not only cover the cricketers but also the umpires, the curators and the scor-ers.

Board’s insurance schemes

THE DOPE TRAIL

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CAPITAL SPORTSonnet in semis: Sonnet CricketClub defeated Air Sahara by 5 wicketsto advance to the semifinal of theGoswami Ganesh Dutt memorial crick-et tournament. Mayank Sidana whoscored a strokeful 82 was the chief ar-chitect of victory. Air Sahara: 216 for 9 in 40 overs (Anshul Lamba43, Suhail Sharma 3 for 45) Sonnet Cricket Club:217 for 5 in 38.5 overs (Mayank Sidana 82).

Following are the results of the various sportingevents held in the Capital on Wednesday.

U-15 DDCA league: Gush Cricket Club: 237 for 8 in40 overs (Vidhur Sethi 69, Varun Sudan 63) lost toMayapuri Club: 238 for 8 in 43.5 overs (Mohd. Kaif135).

Inborn Club: 336 for 4 in 45 overs (Amandeep Singh165, Rajeev Gupta 92) beat Montfort School: 140 in33 overs (Rajat Sharma 4 for 38).

Yoga nationals: The 3rd nationalyoga championships for junior and sen-ior boys and girls will be held at theTalkatora Indoor stadium from Friday.Over 300 participants will take part infour categories — Olympic yoga com-petition, artistic yoga, Rhythmic yoga,artistic pair. The Indian team for the XIIInternational Yoga World Cup will be se-lected on the basis of this competition.Forthcoming events: Students’ U-25 chess tourna-ment by Brian Games Chess Academy — from May17. For entries contact Karun Duggal on 27672534or 9811163587.

The 7th Lala Hari Ram day-night cricket tourna-ment will be held at the Karnail Singh Stadium fromMay 25. Entries close at mobile no. 9811085327 on May 22.

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Athletics meet postponedNew Delhi: The Amateur Athletic Federationof India postponed the first national athleticcircuit meet, slated for this Sunday here, in or-der to give some more training time to the ath-letes. The meet, scheduled to be held at theNehru stadium, was to serve as the criteria forselection of athletes for the Asian AthleticGrand Prix in Hyderabad on May 28.

“The players were not prepared fully for themeet as they took some time off after the Na-tional Games held in Hyderabad. They neededrest after such a big event and had little time toprepare for the meet,” AAFI secretary LalitBhanot said. “After consulting the coaches andexperts we decided to postpone the meet andreschedule it as they felt that the athletes hadstarted training late,” he said. PTI

Rusty Hewitt scrapes past HantschkHamburg: Australia’s topseed Lleyton Hewitt movedinto the second round of the2.45-million-euro HamburgATP event but it was no easymatter against a wildcard op-ponent.

The reigning Wimbledonchampion beat Germany’sMarkus Hantschk 6-1, 4-6, 6-4in two hours and 23 minutesand looked decidedly rustyhaving been away from com-petitive tennis for nearly amonth.

Gustavo Kuerten fine-tuned his game for theFrench Open by rolling intothe third round of the Ham-burg Masters with a 7-5, 6-0

victory over Nikolay Davy-denko on Wednesday.

In other early second-round matches, 12th-seededGuillermo Coria of Argenti-na ousted Jarkko Nieminenof Finland 6-3, 6-4 and Mari-ano Zabaleta, another Argen-tine, rallied to beat 14th-seed-ed Tommy Robredo of Spain3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Mikhail Youzhny of Rus-sia also came from behind tobeat Karol Beck of Slovakia6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2 while WayneFerreira of South Africabreezed past Feliciano Lopezof Spain for the second timein two weeks. Ferreira won6-1, 6-2.

Sluggish Serenadowns KlaraRome: World number oneand defending champion Ser-ena Williams clinched aplace in the third round ofthe Rome Masters after beat-ing Czech Klara Koukalova 6-4, 6-3 at the Foro Italico.

Monica Seles pulled out ofher second-round match atthe Italian Open on Wednes-day due to a lingering footinjury. Monica Seles pulledout of her second-roundmatch at the Italian Open onWednesday due to a lingeringfoot injury.

Seles was using this US$1.3million event as a key clay-court tuneup for the FrenchOpen, which starts May 26.She said she would still at-tempt to play the tournamentin Paris.

The 10th-seeded Americanhad lost the first set to NadiaPetrova 6-3 and was down 4-1in the second against theRussian when she signaledon the changeover that shehad had enough.

Seles missed severalevents earlier this year due tothe injury in her left foot.

On Tuesday, she had to ral-ly for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victoryagainst 46th-ranked Myriam

Casanova and then pulledout of the doubles competi-tion due to her injury.

Earlier Wednesday, AmelieMauresmo advanced to thethird round with a 6-2, 7-6 (5)victory against 53rd-rankedLina Krasnoroutskaya ofRussia.

In other early matches, thetalented Svetlana Kuznetso-va of Russia upset 12th-seed-ed Eleni Daniilidou ofGreece 6-3, 6-2 and 17th-seed-ed Patty Schnyder ofSwitzerland swept aside anoff-colour Barbara Schett ofAustria. Schnyder gunneddown her opponent 6-0, 6-2 instaright sers. AFP

Reuters

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt returns against Germany’s Markus Hantschk at the Hamburg Masters tennis tournament on Tuesday. Hewitt won 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Bhupathi steps forward to help SaniaBangalore:Sixteen-year-old Sania

Mirza, the first Indiangirl to make the top 10in the world juniorrankings, on Wednes-day announced thatshe was signing withGlobosport, a sportsmanagement firmowned by tennis star

Mahesh Bhupathi.The announcement follows her de-

cision last week to come out of theAll India Tennis Association’s spon-sorship, enabling her to pursue cor-porate sponsorships.

“The decision represents a signifi-cant landmark in Indian tennis withSania becoming the first women’stennis player to sign with a profes-sional sports management firm,” aGlobosport press release said here.

“The step also allows women’s ten-nis to step into the previously malebastion of sports sponsorship thathas traditionally been dominated bythe big five — cricket, racing, golf,football and men’s tennis.”

Under the terms of the agreement,the firm would be responsible forraising all necessary funds for Saniato launch an onslaught in the WTAcircuit. This includes the costs oftravel, accomodation, coaching andequipment. In addition, the companywould also help her in entering tour-naments and obtaining wild cards forWTA Tour events.

“Instead of just exploiting estab-lished stars, we want to promote allsports, and support the best youngsportspersons in India, people whocan become global stars. Sania clear-ly falls into this category. She is the

best young women’s player in Asia,and the best in Indian tennis history,”Mahesh Bhupathi, MD and CEO ofGlobosport, said.

“We have a unique opportunity tohelp her reach the top echelons of thesport and I urge companies to lookbeyond the over-cluttered cricketspace, and support this outstandingtalent,” he said.

“For me to make a serious impacton the senior ranks, I needed to have aworld-class professional set-up whereI could focus on the tennis, and notworry about how I would fund mytravel and coaching,” Sania was quot-ed as saying in the release. “I havebeen working with Mahesh’s father, CG K Bhupathi, as my coach for a while.I also worked with Mahesh outside ofthe courts. Both the experiences havebeen very, very positive,” she said. PTI

Indian Navy bagsFederation Cup Panaji:With predictions tak-ing the expected course, theIndian Navy finished theircampaign with 22 points andpocketed the eighth Federa-tion Cup boxing title on thefinal-day of the meet held atCalangute.

Having a contingent of fiveboxers, excluding DingkoSingh, who pulled out due toinjury, four naval pugilistsmade it to the finals. OnlyAjit Pal could not make it tothe medal round having lostto Suraj Badkar of Goa.

Navy’s Bipin picked theirsecond gold medal, whileRosemma and Sugesh cameup with two more golds.Rosemma accounted for Sid-dharth of Maharashtra,Sugesh won the gold in thesuper heavyweight. PTI

Meghna gets thebetter of Oormila

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Hyderabad: On a day when the seeds began to fall by thewayside, qualifier Meghna Paritala of Andhra Pradeshpulled off the biggest upset when she stunned statemate andfourth seed Oormila Ram 6-3, 6-4 to storm into the girls’ sin-gles quarterfinals of the Junior National tennis champi-onship here on Wednesday.

The frail-looking Meghna, who had accounted for MNiroshita in the first round, proved to be a tough customer asher double-fisted shots troubled Oormila. The fourth seedwas unable to find her feet and succumbed without a fight.

However, none of the other qualifiers were able to makemuch of an impression. Prerna Mytri of AP fell to statemateand wild card Sushrutha Reddy 6-2, 6-3.

In the boys section, Andhra Pradesh’s J Vishnuvardhanstunned fifth seed Vikas Punna 7-6 (8), 6-1. In a closely foughtfirst set, fortunes swung both ways before Vishnuvardhanheld his nerves to win the tie-breaker at eight.

Thereafter, it was smooth sailing for the 12th seed as hisstatemate threw in the towel. Karnataka’s S Prateek won 6-1,6-2 against Angshuman Datta of Assam.

Kelly out of Ireland squadDublin: Leeds defender GaryKelly was one of three regularsomitted from the Republic of Ire-land squad for the Euro 2004home qualifiers against Albaniaand Georgia next month.

“He’s asked not to be consid-ered so he can fully recover fromthe injuries he’s had during theseason,” team manager BrianKerr said.Squad: Goalkeepers: Shay Given, Joe Murphy.Defenders: Stephen Carr, Gary Breen, RichardDunne, Ian Harte, John O’Shea, Finnan, KennyCunningham, Andy O’Brien. Midfielders: LeeCarsley, Matt Holland, Mark Kinsella, Kevin Kil-bane, Stephen McPhail, Alan Quinn. Forwards:Steven Reid, Damien Duff, David Connolly, AlanLee, Robbie Keane, Glen Crowe, Gary Doherty. AFP

Media boycott Ganguly meetKolkata: Newspersons on Wednesday

boycotted a scheduledpress interaction with In-dian skipper Sourav Gan-guly here alleging harass-ment by the staff of a hos-pital.

A pandemonium brokeout when lensmen andelectronic media person-

nel were pushed and shoved aside by hos-pital staff and outsiders preventing themfrom covering the scheduled programmeat the Apollo Gleneagles hospital.

Newspersons, who were attending thefunction on invitation from the hospitalmanagement, protested at the treatmentmeted out to them, but in vain.

The hospital staff and private securitypersonnel cordoned off a visibly upsetGanguly without paying any heed to re-

quests of electronic mediapersons andlensmen.

“This is our hospital. We will do as weplease,” a hospital official yelled at cam-eramen trying to record the commotion.The journalists were frisked at fourpoints before they could enter the hospi-tal. Moreover, the poorly organised pro-gramme left mediapersons guessing atthe exact venue of the press meet with noofficial to provide information.

In exasperation the members of thefourth estate boycotted the interactionand other programmes that were to followand left the hospital.

Though the Prince of Kolkata was notat fault, this was the first ever instance ofthe media boycotting Ganguly’s pressmeet in his home town.

Ganguly had captained India to theWiorld Cup final in March. PTI

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Semifinals, 1st legReal Madrid 2, Juventus 1AC Milan 0, Inter Milan 0

2nd legInter Milan 1, AC Milan 1 (Aggregate 1-1; AC Milan advances onaway goals).Real Madrid vs Juventus — to be played

Quarterfinals, 1st LegAjax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0, AC Milan (Italy) 0 Real Madrid (Spain) 3, Manchester United (England) 1Inter Milan (Italy) 1, Valencia (Spain) 0Juventus (Italy) 1, FC Barcelona (Spain) 1

2nd legFC Barcelona 1, Juventus 2, after extra time (Juventus advances on3-2 aggregate score) Valencia 2, Inter Milan 1 (Aggregate 2-2, Inter advances on awaygoals)Manchester United 4, Real Madrid 3 (Real Madrid advances 6-5) AC Milan 3, Ajax 2 (AC Milan advances 3-2)

How the League unfolded

AC snatch winin acrimoniousbattle of MilanMilan: Andriy Shevchenko scored the decisivegoal in first-half injury time on Tuesday as AC Mi-lan advanced to the Champions Cup final on awaygoals after drawing 1-1 with crosstown rival InterMilan in the second leg of the semifinals.

Clarence Seedorf sent the ball through to theUkrainian striker, who managed to finish despitetough defense from Inter’s Ivan Cordoba and goal-keeper Francesco Toldo. It was Shevchenko’sfourth European goal this season.

Obafemi Martins, a 20-year-old Nigerian,equalised for Inter in the 84th minute taking ad-vantage of a defensive mishap from Milan captainPaolo Maldini.

Martins’ goal, his second in the ChampionsLeague this season, was followed by multiplehandsprings and revived Inter’s qualifying hopeswhile shocking AC Milan.

Inter’s Mohamed Kallon nearly got the winnerin the 87th as the hosts relentlessly attacked in theclosing minutes.

Kallon was quick to control a rebound but goal-keeper Christian Abbiati, a last-minute substituteof Brazilian Dida, managed to deflect the SierraLeone forward’s diagonal shot.

Last week, the teams drew 0-0 in the first leg inthe same stadium. In the Serie A this season, Mi-lan defeated Inter twice. Both AC Milan and Interplay their home matches at the San Siro.

Shevchenko called his goal the most importantof his career. ‘‘Now I’m looking forward to the fi-nal with great confidence,’’ he said.

Milan, a five-time Champions Cup winner, willbe playing in their ninth final.

They last won the European title in 1994. Interwon the Champions Cup in 1964 and 1965.

The much-anticipated ‘‘Euroderby’’ produced alot of tension, tackles and few scoring chances.

Shevchenko, coming off a less than impressiveseason with five goals in league matches, took ad-vantage of the only first-half scoring chance ofthe ‘‘visiting’’ team.

Martins and Kallon, fielded in the second halfas substitutes of unimpressive Hernan Crespoand Alvaro Recoba, at least made Inter’s actionsquicker and more dangerous.

‘‘Unfortunately our draw came too late,’’ Interdefender Fabio Cannavaro said. ‘‘In the first halfwe did not press properly and Milan was able tocontrol play. We have some regret for missing thequalifying goal in the closing minutes.’’

On an injury time corner kick ‘keeper Toldorushed into Milan’s area, hoping to repeat his featin a Serie A match this season when he helpedChristian Vieri score the equaliser in the dyingseconds.

This time it did not work and the Milan defensecleared. Vieri, Inter’s leading scorers with 24goals, was sidelined with a knee injury andmissed both semifinal legs. He helplessly followedthe match sitting on the grass near the substitutesbench. AP

ECSTASY AND AGONY: (Above) AC Milan’s FilippoInzaghi (L) and Gennaro Gattuso celebrate theirteam’s entry into the Champions League final atthe San Siro Stadium on Tuesday. (Right) InterMilan’s Belozoglu Emre cries after their defeat toAC Milan.

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Ancelotti supportsunder-fire Cuper

Milan: AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said hehoped his opposite number Hector Cuper wouldnot lose his job following Inter Milan’s ChampionsLeague semi-final defeat at the hands of their cityrivals on Tuesday.“I’m happy to be in the final, butI’m also angry. The eve of the match was a cruelplay between me and Cuper,” he said, referring topress speculation that the loser would get thesack. “It should have been a party for Milan, butturned into something else. This makes me un-happy because I love football.

“Now Cuper is in a dangerous situation andthat saddens me becauuse he has done a fantasticjob by taking Inter into the last four.

“They could have gone to the final and it wouldhave been me in trouble.”

For his part Cuper, who guided Valencia to twoChampions League finals and previously RealMallorca to the last Cup Winners Cup final, saidhe could take the pressure placed on him by all therumours swirling around.“As far as my future isconcerned I think coaches should be able to han-dle the pressure, and that press speculation is partof that,” the Argentine said.AFP

Bergkamp seeks extensionLondon: DennisBergkamp has urged Ar-senal to allow him to seeout the end of his careerwith a final season atHighbury.

Bergkamp’s contractexpires at the end of thisseason and speculation isrife that the club could atbest ask him to take a paycut to stay on because oftheir financial restric-tions.

The Dutchman will

leave any such negotia-tions until after this week-end’s FA Cup final but Ar-sene Wenger has alreadymade it clear he wouldlike him to remain at theclub.Bergkamp is hopingthat will be enough to per-suade the board to releasethe funds to keep him.

“I still haven’t foundany reason to retire. I stillfeel great physically andmentally, and basically Ijust love playing football -

and playing for Arsenal,”Bergkamp said.

“If anything, the buzz Iget from looking forwardto playing is more now. Itis almost as if I am enjoy-ing football more andmore at this stage of mycareer. Maybe it is be-cause I know it will notlast forever.

“At 24, you think youcan go on and on, but Iknow that the end is insight.”AFP

Greek players attackedAthens: More than 200 youths attackedthe manager and players of Panathi-naikos Athens on Tuesday after the soc-cer club lost a key weekend leaguegame, police said. The angry fans ranriot during a team training session,smashing cars and property and clash-ing with riot police. Thirty youths weredetained and three policemen were in-jured, authorities said. AP

Carlo Ancelotti Hector Cuper

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T I M E S S P O R T The Times of India, New Delhi22 Thursday, May 15, 2003

Moyes, Ferguson votedbest: Everton’s David Moyeshas been voted English Pre-miership manager of the yearby the League Managers’ As-sociation. The Scot, who at39 is the Premiership’syoungest manager, turnedEverton from relegation can-didates to European con-tenders this season. Alex Fer-guson, the other outstandingcandidate for the award afterguiding Manchester Untied toanother title, was named asPremiership manager of thedecade.

Iraqi footballers return:Football in Iraq was gettingback to normal following thefall of the former regime of

Saddam Hussein as playersbegan training again and afriendly match was organisedbetween a national first divi-sion side and an amateurteam on Tuesday. The Al-Za-wra team, a former third-placed side in the Iraqleague, retook possession ofBaghdad’s Zawra stadiumand played the match in frontof about 100 spectators anda portrait of Saddam Hussaindaubed with black paint.

Improper conduct: AstonVilla forward Doin Dublin wasfined $9,600 by the FA follow-ing his sending off againstBirmingham at Villa Park onMarch 3. Former Englandstriker Dublin was given an

automatic three-match banfor headbutting Robbie Sav-age during Villa’s 2-0 derbydefeat. After being orderedoff, Dublin had to be restri-aned by team-mates and ashe left the field was seen say-ing “cheat” directly into oneof the television cameras cov-ering the match.

Daily health checks: TheChinese table tennis team,which reached Paris for theworld championships, willhave daily health checks forthe deadly SARS virus.Championship director MichelJacquet said: “A doctor willgive the Chinese daily healthchecks to check they have nosymptoms of the SARS virus.”

G R A F F I T IINDIANS ABROAD

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New Delhi:R o h a nB o p a n n acould notupset the8th seed atthe Uzbek-istan chal-l e n g e r .

Louis Vosloo beat him 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-5. Sunil Kumarmade the main draw as alucky loser, but lost to Ra-doslav Lukaev of Bulgaria(ATP rank 268) 6-4, 7-5. Bothplayers seem to have giventheir opponents a run fortheir money.

At the Jamaica Futures,old warhorse Srinath madethe main draw by virtue ofa walkover in the final qual-ifying round. In the Portu-gal satellite second leg atEspinho, Nishank Mishrain the company of ErvinEleskovic of Sweden madeit to the doubles secondround. Saurav Panja andSaurav Sukul, however fal-tered. Harsh Mankad is thetop seed in both singles anddoubles. TNN

Paris to bid for 2012 Olympics: Paris city mayor BertrandDelanoe has decided to bid for the 2012 Olympics, according tothe Le Parisien daily. The official bid will be announced on May21, officials said on Wednesday. AFP

A photograph of Tiger Woods at the 131st British Openthat bagged the British Picture Editors’ Award 2003.

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Just go andplay,Woodstells SorenstamHamburg (Germany): TigerWoods does not believe VijaySingh has much support in hisobjection to Annika Sorenstamplaying on the US PGA men’sTour next week.

Singh has described it as“ridiculous” that Sorenstam hasbeen invited to the bank of colo-nial tournament in Texas andsays he will withdraw if drawnagainst her.

“I think it’s unfortunate Vijaysaid that - very unfortunate,”said Woods, who this week goesfor a third successive victory inthe Deutsche Bank-SAP Open inGermany.

“I don’t think his is a widely-held view - I think it’s just Vi-jay’s opinion. My message toAnnika is ‘just go and play’. Ithink it would have been morefair for her to have four or five starts. Then you can judge. Colonial is very difficultand it would be a great performance is she makes the(halfway) cut — a fantastic performance.” AFP