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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 34°C 32 PAGES `3
CHIRUCONGTO LEAD
IN 2014?All indications point to such a possibility as the actor-turned-politician has suddenly become very vocal in State affairs andhas claimed that every State matter will have a ‘Chiru stamp’.
CITY HAS ONLY 4EMERGENCY VEHICLESCity Central Emergency Squadshould have been one of thestrongest wings of the GHMC,but the CES, that has to cater toa city of one crore, has six mem-bers and four vehicles.
THE BIG BOSSThe workplace makes for a good settingfor television shows; proof being that somany shows revolve around this verypremise. We take a look at some of thebest bosses on TV. Who knows, your bossmight just get inspired.
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I HAVE A FLAIR FORCOMEDY: KAJALNot too long ago it seemed as ifKajal had fallen prey to beingstereotyped as the quintessen-tial pretty girl. She looks set tochange that with her full-fledged comic role in Baadshah.
AGE CATCHINGUP AT WORK Narain Kumar recentlygave his fifth inter-view of the month.Narain is 36 and has 10years of experience.But the one questionthat had him flusteredin all the interviewswas, “Why should wehire you and not ayoung, dynamic fresher instead?” LikeNarain, there are others who have often faced this dilemma. And while aging out is notnecessarily age discrimination, somechanges in your work-place or industry couldlead to you being leftbehind, in partbecause of your age.
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city eventsTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
Vaishali Bisht’s theatreworkshopVaishali Bisht is conducting specialSummer Holidays theatre workshopsfor children between the ages of sixand 12. The course consists of 20classes held Monday to Saturday.Using theatre games and exercises,the workshop helps children usetheir imagination and get creative.Where: Road no 7,
Banjara Hills When: From April 15,
Monday to Saturday,4.30pm to 6.30pm
Contact: 94904 40986
Filmmaking workshopsfor childrenYavanika Films is conducting aunique filmmaking workshops thissummer vacation for children inHyderabad. Each participant willmake their own short film as part ofthe workshop. Even a parent andchild can register as one student pairto make a short film together.Where: Begumpet When: From April 24,
2pm to 7pm,Daily classes except on weekends
Contact: 94901 00404
Group painting exhibition An exhibition of paintings byPradosh Swain and SuchismitaSahoo.
Where: Aalankritha Art Gallery,Kavuri Hills, Jubilee Hills
When: Up to April 10Contact: www.alankritha.in
French artist B2FaysAlliance Française of Hyderabad,
Kalakriti Art Gallery and ParkHyatt Hyderabad present Frenchartist B2Fays. It is an exhibitionof paintings and multimedia installations.Where: Kalakriti Art Gallery,
Plot No: 468, Road no 10,
Banjara Hills,When: Up to April 9,
11am to 7pmContact: (040) 6656 4466
Punjab Da TashanAmbar sariyan murg, Punjabi chickenkeemedar, kalimirch machhi, acharipaneer and khumb hardhaniya aresome of the items on the menu.There is a starter and welcome drinkfree for ladies above 21 years.Where: Terrace Bay and Sky Bar,
Babukhan Mall, 6-3-1111/B 501, 5th Floor ,Somajiguda
When: Fridays up to April 12,11am onwards
Contact: (040) 2341 8545
Special lunchA changing menu, with a widespread of food items, and specialpackages for kitty and group lunches.Where: Kailash Parbat
Above Ebony Gautier, 2nd floor,
Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills
When: OngoingContact: (040) 23558856
Heritage and restorationin post WWII GermanyThis is a lecture by Anuradha Reddy,an expert in restoration and heritagewith many years of experience inGermany.Where: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad,
20 Journalist Colony,Road no 3, Banjara Hills
When: April 10,6pm onwards
Contact: 96427 31329
Rhythm Dhol BassWorld famous Punjabi music bandRDB will perform live during theBaikashi mela. Dancer Shweta Sharmawill also be performing live.Where: LB StadiumWhen: April 14,
7pm onwardsContact: 89778 99777
Piano recital Alliance Française of Hyderabad presents piano recital by DanielGomez. Where: Alliance Française,
Banjara Hills(invites also available here)
When: April 12,6.30pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2355 4485
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PUNJABIYAAN DI SHAANWith Baisakhi round the corner, masterchefs from Punjab, along with the
skilled team of Radisson Blu Hyderabad, recreate the lip smackingauthentic Punjabi delicacies and an array of cultural festivities. The
event is at Chill Restaurant & Terrace, up to April 14.
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STUNT MASTER: A student performs bike stunts as part of Carpediem, thecollege fest at CBIT College. SRINIVAS SETTY
AtypicalSundaybrunch
can be a littleconfusing — it's
hard to stick to onecuisine. Taj Krishna in the Cityhas decided to go off thebeaten track by launching itsSparkling Yumcha brunch thisSunday at the GoldenDragon. The brunch, whichincludes sparkling wine, willfocus only on delicacies fromthe heart of China. It luresyou with dimsums, soup,spring rolls, noodles, rice anda variety of seafood to choosefrom. Visit once, you'll defi-nitely indulge again!
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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
3City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONIS THE COUNTRY HURTLING TOWARDS MID-TERM POLLS?
YES (A)
NO (B)
TODAY’S QUESTIONWILL THE CM HAVE TO LET GO OF SABITHA REDDY TO SAVE HISGOVERNMENT’S IMAGE?A) YES B) NO
To vote visit www.postnoon.com
46%
54%
Mohd [email protected]
It has become commonplacefor people seeking a job toget fleeced by smart opera-
tors who take lakhs from themon the pretext of finding them ajob. A resident of Secunderabadwas the latest to fall prey tosuch scamsters.
Devika, a resident ofWarasiguda in Secunderabad,has lodged a complaint with theChikalguda police after a cou-ple duped her of `2.5 lakh. Inthe complaint. she said that the couple were tenants in her building and had earned her confidence by posing as
influential people. The tenants promised
Devika that they could secure ajob for her son in the policedepartment for `2.5 lakh. The
couple told Devika that theamount would guarantee thather son, Ganesh, got posted as asub-inspector in the police forceas they had powerful connec-tion in the home ministry andpolice department. The couplepromptly vanished soon afterDevika gave them the money.
In another incident,Madhurekha, a resident ofYousufguda was cheated of `1.5lakh by an IT firm in Begumpet.She said in her complaint thatthe firm offered her a job with asalary of `15,000 a month. Shewas asked to give `1.5 lakh assecurity deposit, butMadhurekha got neither the jobnor her money.
POSTNOON [email protected]
Aman, vexed that his moth-er did not transfer proper-
ty in his name, has abandonedher in revenge.
Venkat Reddy, 33, the eldestof 70-year-old widowSumithra’s three children, wasunemployed and lived off hismother. Sumithra, a resident ofJillalguda, lost her youngestchild in an accident and herdaughter is married.
Venkat, who is a bachelor,often drank and quarreled withhis mother. In her complaint tothe police, Sumithra said thather son had off-late been
harassing her to transfer thehouse they live in to his name.But Sumithra did not trust himand refused to transfer theproperty.
Venkat came home in aninebriated state on Saturdayand again picked up a quarrelwith his mother on the issue.When she refused to do so,Venkat dragged Sumithra outof their house, cursed her andsaid that he wished a vehiclewould kill her.
As she lay hapless on theroad, neighbours came toSumithra’s rescue and helpedher lodge a police complaint.Venkat has been missing sinceSaturday.
POSTNOON [email protected]
Barring buses plyingbetween districts and theCity, the Opposition-called bandh against
power tariff hike today had littleimpact on the general life ofHyderabad.
The bandh call, originallysounded by the Left (CPI andCPM) and backed by the BJP,YSRC and TDP, picked up somesteam early in the morning whenthe Reds went in hordes to thecentral bus station, preventingplying of outstation buses.
Police took some 300protesters from Diamond Point,Karkhana, Afzalgunj, RTC crossroads, Imlibun bus stand, Jubileebus stand, Gowliguda,Musheerabad, and Chikadpallyinto custody. One RoadTransport Corporation (RTC) bus was damaged atMarredpally after protestersthrew stones at it.
However, despite the arrests,bus service was adversely affect-ed. Officials recorded that of thetotal 926 expected incomingbuses from districts, only 478made it to the City early thismorning. Of the total 736 outgo-
ing buses, only 401 departed. The strike affected bus move-
ments at Mahatma Gandhi busstation and Jubilee bus stand, butby 9am, things were streamlinedas the agitators were arrestedearly in the day.
Bus services within the Cityremain unaffected with none ofthe unions supporting the strikefully. Autos and rail services toocontinued to work despite thebandh calls given by variousauto and railway employeeunions. Schools and other educa-tional institutions also remainedunaffected.
All governmental offices, theGHMC and other public estab-lishments are working as usual.Only Osmania University wasaffected as it postponed all itsexams scheduled today toThursday.
City gives bandh a missBut outstation bus services were hit after Leftists stormed bus stations. All other services remain unaffected.
Police detain Left party leaders and activists during a protest against the power tariff hike. The protest disrupted busschedules at the Mahatma Gandhi bus station early this morning. N. SHIVA KUMAR
Police took some 300protesters into custody. One RTC buswas damaged atMarredpally afterprotesters threwstones at it.
Posers fleece jobseekers Incidents of people getting duped by opportunity seekers
are on the rise in the City. Two women were the latest to fall prey to such scamsters.
Man throws agedmum onto street
The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.
1 What you wear is of utmostimportance.
Government school teachers arebeing told to follow a dress code.Teachers are upset not because ofthe code but because the Staterefuses to give them basic facilitiesand adequate pay.
2 Man and animal clash in theValley.
Asiatic black bears are increasinglyattacking people in the Valley ashumans encroach their habitat. Inretaliation, people chase downand burn the bears alive. Activistsare working to save both parties.s
3 Chiranjeevi wants to put hisstamp on the State.
The Tollywood star promised thatevery activity related to the Statewill have a ‘Chiru stamp’ soon.
4 City continues as usualthrough bandh.
Except for a few outstation busesbeing stopped, life in the Cityseemed unaffected.
5City’s emergency services inneed of saving.
With a tiny staff and poor equip-ment, it seems like emergency ser-vices need some help themselves.
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Uneasy calm in CityLast year we had reported how the
City was slowly limping back to nor-malcy after rioting in the Old City.Several causes contributed to sparkingoff the violence that left severalinjured. While the police were tryingtheir best to restore the peace, volun-tary organisations came forward tohelp smoothen ruffled feathers andcalm the City.
APRIL 9, 2012
Reward raised for infoon blastsThe reward for anyone giving infor-
mation that will lead to the arrestof accused behind the Dilsukhnagarblasts has been hiked to `30 lakh.The National Investigation Agency’sinvestigations have come to a dead-end and the agency is now seekingpublic support to help nail the sus-pects. NIA has promised that theinformants will be kept secret.
FAPCCI to hold job fairon April 10 The Federation of AP Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI)will organise a job fair with BharatInstitute of Technology at itsIbrahimpatnam campus on April 10.Placements for freshers and experi-enced candidates with BA, BSc,BCom, MBA, BPharma, DPharmaand BTech may apply. Details areavailable on the FAPCCI website.
Bike-borne thieves stealsr citizen’s gold chainA gold chain weighting eight
tolas was snatched from a seniorcitizen, Vijayalaxmi, in broad day-light on Monday at Ayodhyanagarin Mehdipatnam. Vijayalaxmi wasreportedly returning home afterbuying groceries when bike-bornethugs snatched her chain and sped away. A complaint has beenregistered.
16 go to jail for drunkdrivingA local court has sentenced 16
people to three days of impris-onment each for drunk driving. Theenforcement against drunk drivingwas carried out over the last week-end on April 5-6. A total of 315cases were booked. The errantdrivers attended compulsory coun-selling sessions at TTI, Begumpet,and Goshamahal on Monday.
LAST YEAR... HERE CIVIC
NEWS BRIEFS
118is the number of people who died
due to attacks by wild animals, par-ticularly bears, in J&K from 2006 to2011. The man-animal conflict has
been escalating in the Valley.
5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY
NUMEROLOGY
Imposing a dresscode for teachers
is not a bad thing. Butmaking it a priorityinstead of importantthings is unfair. thegovernment ismore concernedabout appearance.
M Ravindar, gen secy, APTFSee page 6
Many trees uproot-ed in the suddenstorm last weekare yet to be com-
pletely removed in manyplaces, thanks to the ill-equipped Central EmergencyService under the GHMC.
With a six-member work-force for a City of one crore,the Central Emergency Squad(CES) follows the traditionalmechanism in its services. Atthe time of disaster, workersgo through a time-consumingprocess without modernequipment like gas cutters forcutting through materials likeiron and steel.
After the storm that strucklast week, even though thesquad has received more than60 calls, it could only offer ser-vices to most after 24 hours.Nearly 20 still await a response
from the GHMC. Even thoughofficials claimed that theywere doing the needful, theCES with its four vehiclesfailed to complete the task,while people were facingpower cuts. “We have six vehi-cles in monsoon season, but asit is an unseasonal event, thenumber of vehicles at our dis-posal is four,” says additionalcommissioner (health)Vandana Kumar.
During the last monsoon,when the City recorded one ofthe highest rainfall ever, theGHMC had failed to provideemergency services on time.For several days, roadsremained flooded not only inparts of Old City but also inparts like Hitec City. The dieselmotors meant for pumpingout the water were unable todeal with the amount of wateron the roads. This was one ofthe reasons why the road nearShilparamam had to be dam-
aged to let the water flow. According to observers
who visited sites of disaster,like the Narayanaguda build-ing collapse a couple of yearsago, point out that if timelyservice was provided, casual-ties could have been con-trolled. A total of 13 peopledied in the collapse. “TheGHMC, with its vast budget, isunable to save the lives of itsdenizens. For this kind of dis-aster, the CISF should havebeen engaged,” said PSheshadri, a resident ofNagarayaguda.
Working within a radius of625 km and in 150 divisions,the Central Emergency Squadhas been awaiting upgrada-tion in men and material forseveral years. “Now theGHMC is considering expand-ing its area, will it be able torespond to emergency situa-tions in the peripheral areas?”asked a GHMC employee.
Emergency serviceaka leisurely serviceA wing of GHMC that should have been battle-ready
is in poor shape. Neither the City fathers nor theadministration seem to bother about it.
EVENT
Workshopheld for urbanmanagers POSTNOON [email protected]
Adhar Sinha, principal sec-retary, MA&UD, inaugu-rated a two-day State-
level workshop for urban man-agers on April 8 and 9, organisedby the National Institute ofUrban Management, in associa-tion with Andhra Pradesh UrbanFinance and InfrastructureDevelopment CorporationLimited at Banjara Hills onMonday. A total of 53 partici-pants from across the State haveattended the workshop.
While addressing the gather-ing, Sinha said the main aim ofthe workshop was to strengthenthe capacity of urban managersand municipal commissioners toenable them to work efficientlyduring the transitional phase ofJNNURM. He said the workshopwould enable them to overcomechallenges that officials faced dur-ing the earlier phases ofJNNURM. Sinha urged the com -missioners and engineers to pre-pare detailed project reports(DPR) for implementation ofJNNURM in consultation withthe stakeholders, including thebeneficiaries, so as to ground theprogramme close to the reality inthe field and also to avoid bottle-necks during the implementation.
Sinha expressed the hopethat the national institute, whichwas training the managers andmunicipal commissioners,would soon become a centre forgood urban governance.
GHMC commissioner MTKrishna Babu; commissioner anddirector of municipal administra-tion Dr Janardhan Reddy; YMadhusudhan Reddy, IFS; man-aging director, APUFIDC,Professor Srinivasa Charyaddressed the gathering. KBhasker, project director ofAndhra Pradesh MunicipalDevelopment Project and AnitaRamachandra, mission directorof MEPMA were present. Theperson in charge, K BhoopalReddy, welcomed the partici-pants to the workshop.
Trees uprooted in last week’s storm remain on the roads, thanks to the ill-equipped Central Emergency Service.
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Md INKESHAF [email protected]
Will the ruling Cong r -ess have actor-tur n -e d - p o l i t i c i a nChiranjeevi as its
torchbearer in the 2014 generalelections? Will Chief Minister NKiran Kumar Reddy be asked tostep aside when the bugle issounded? If Chiranjeevi’s perfor-mances and utterances in the lastfive months since he assumedcha rge as a Union minister is an y -thing to go by, then it looks likethis might just turn out to be true.
Though Chiranjeevi did notreact when Postnoon asked him ifhe would lead the party in thenext general elections, in aUnited Nations World TourismOrganisation press conference,he made it clear that he will leavehis stamp on every activity relat-ed to State. “Henceforth, you willall see a ‘Chiru stamp’ in allactivities in AP. I will do every-thing I can to take the State for-ward,” he had said.
To prove his point and to con-solidate his position in State
Congress, Chiranjeevi hadalready established himself as a‘man of development’ by allocat-ing projects worth `221 crore toAndhra Pradesh in the currentfiscal. “In five months of takingcharge as a Union minister, I havedone complete homework tolearn the intricacies of thetourism department. Within fivedays of becoming the tourismminister, I attended the WorldTourism Mart conference inLondon. Now I want to see thatthe tourism sector across thecountry, and especially in Andhra
Pradesh, is developed in a com-prehensive manner," he said.
Some of Chiranjeevi’sachievements include a megatourism circuit at Konaseema,Bhadrachalam and Papikondaluand another mega circuit atKondapally and Ibrahimpatnamof Krishna district. Both theseprojects alone cost `50 crore each.
Apart from this, he has played acrucial role in sanctioning cir-cuits at Pileru in Chittoor andNizamabad, each costing at acost of `8 crore, as part oftourism development. This, hisbid to give the State a tourismadvantage and his criticism ofKiran leaves little doubt abouthis intentions, observers say.
Will Chiru be Congresstorchbearer in 2014 polls?
POSTNOON [email protected]
The Kiran Kumar Re -d dy government hasfound itself in a cleft
stick after the CBI namedhome minister P. SabithaIndra Reddy as accusednumber four in the dispro-portionate case againstYSR Congress leader YSJagan Mohan Reddy.
The home minister hasbeen charged with crimi-nal conspiracy, criminal
breach of trust, cheatingand misuse of office.Though she has beenasked to hold on to herpost by the chief minister,the event has sent tremorsdown the corridors ofpower.
The opposition hasbeen baying for her bloodfor long. Now, politicalobservers say that thechief minister will have totake a decision soon elsesuffer further embarrass-ment after several minis-
ters in his Cabinet havebeen named in the CBIreport. There are 13accused in all.
Sabitha, as the ministerfor mines and geology inthe YSR cabinet, hadallegedly allotted 407hectares of land belongingto the State in Kadapa dis-trict for limestone miningto Eshwar Cements, whichwas later transferred toDalmia Cements, whichhad invested in Jagan'sBharati Cements.
Sabitha puts Kiran on spot
The actor-turned-politician’s bid to give the State a tourism advantage
and his criticism of Kiran leaves little doubt about his intentions,
political observers say.
To prove his point andto consolidate hisposition in the StateCongress, Chiranjeevihad established himself as a ‘man ofdevelopment’ by allocating projectsworth `221 crore toAndhra Pradesh in the current fiscal.
Karnataka AssemblyCampaign
The Tollywood megastaris likely to campaign for
the Congress in the coming KarnatakaAssembly elections. Askedabout this, Chiranjeevi saidthat he is yet to receive anydirection from the partyhigh command on thematter. He simply said thathe would abide by thewishes of the party.
POLITICS
Home minister is the latest in the CM’s Cabinet to be named as anaccused by the CBI in the Jagan disproportionate assets case.
Dissident Congress leaderand former minister
Sankar Rao has said thathome minister Sabitha IndraReddy should immediatelyresign from the Cabinet afterher name was included as anaccused in the disproportion-ate assets case of Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. Raosaid that Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddymust dismiss Sabitha from the Cabinet if shedoes not quit. He also said if neither happens,he will discuss the matter with Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi. Rao said that the Kirangovernment has lost its moral moorings andthat the Centre should find an alternative sothat the party can do well in the 2014 elections.
‘Minister must quit’
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THE LONG WAIT
ALEENA [email protected]
The new dress code ruleimposed on government schoolteachers which states that theymust wear only formal clothes
and avoid wearing jeans, T-shirts oranything ‘flashy’ is drawing criticism.Though the order has been generallywelcomed, the teachers’ bodies of pub-lic schools say the State governmentshould focus on upgrading infrastruc-tural needs rather than focusing onwhat they wear.
“Imposing a dress code for teachersis not a bad thing, but making that apriority instead of concentrating onother important needs is unfair.Teachers are denied basic facilities likedrinking water and proper toilets ingovernment schools,” says MRavindar, general secretary of AndhraPradesh Teaching Federation.
He adds that though the govern-ment has been making promises andkeeping a check on their promises onpaper, the reality is quite different.Teachers are overburdened as each
teacher is expected to handle 60 stu-dents. Their plight is worse duringevaluation time, as they are all stuffedinto small classrooms and made towork in sub-human conditions.
Students are also at the receivingend of government apathy. The childrenare not given proper food for mid-daymeals. So why, ask the teachers, is thegovernment more interested in theappearance of the teachers when thereare bigger issues that deserve attention?
Over two lakh government schoolteachers will now be banned fromwearing jeans, emblazoned T-shirts,caps and fancy belts.
“I don’t understand how wearingjeans will hamper students’ concentra-tion. If the government wants all maleteachers to wear black trousers andwhite shirts and women to wear cottonsarees or salwar kameez they shouldgive teachers a uniform and make itmandatory,” says S Srinivas, memberof the primary teachers association. Hesays that teachers have to stand underthe hot sun without proper drinkingwater available.
“To what extent the lack of basic
facilities hampers the concentration ofstudents is not an issue for the govern-ment, but teachers wearing jeans hasbecome a concern,” Srinivas says.
Meanwhile, school education min-ister S Sailajanath says the governmenthas spent crores on developing infras-tructure and is concentrating on impro -ving government schools. “Teachersare role models and what they wearhas a great impact on the minds of thestudents. Imposing a formal dress codeis the first step that we have taken inimproving the quality of the educationsystem in government schools. Thisapart, the government has sanctionedseveral hundred crores for the develop-ment of infrastructure and mostschools now have good facilities. If theteachers are facing any sort of inconve-nience, the government is always readyto address their problems,” he said.
Though the teachers agree with thebroader concept of dressing appropri-ately, they say that the rule should notbe imposed on teachers. “Dressing upin a professional manner is a must forteachers, but imposing a specific attireis not required,” say some teachers.
WARANGAL: TRS chief KChandrasekhara Rao expressed anguishthat the Telangana region’s misery waslike an unending story.
Addressing a meeting organised infor the retirement of teachers’ associa-tion leader Nellutla Ravinder Rao,Lauding the teaching community forfighting for the cause of a separate state,
asserted that Telangana would beachieved at any cost. He said now somuch awareness was created that evena Class V student can give a speech onTelangana for an hour.
The TRS chief recalled how Prof JayaSankar, the ideologue for the Telanganamovement, had opposed the merger ofAndhra Pradesh and Telangana in 1956itself.
Stating that teachers play a signifi-cant role in the society, KCR assuredthat there would be free education fromkindergarten to post-graduation onceTelangana state is formed.
The party chief said that he wouldrather cut off his head than go back onhis word. On the occasion, he assuredRao that he would be sent to the Councilas an MLC from TRS. NSS
Telangana sorrow anunending story: KCR
Says he would rather cut off his head thango back on his word on a separate state.
Do clothes pip infrastructure?Teachers ask why the government is worried about clothes when there is no water to drink.
The TRS chief recalled howProf Jaya Sankar, the ideo-logue for the Telanganamovement, had opposedthe merger of AP andTelangana in 1956 itself.
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RAHUL [email protected]
The Central ElectricityR e g u l a t o r yCommission has affect-ed a 6.6 per cent hike in
locally produced coal and 6 percent for gas produced from theKG-6 basin. This means the rateof power production is all set toincrease with a literal cascadingeffect on all power consumersand producers of all categories.
Terming this as an “upwardrevision of all fuels”, APGencoauthorities agree that this hikein production will inevitablyprove a burden for the commonman in a long term effect.
While the State is yet torecover from the recent dramaover power tariff hikes and thesubsequent waiver by the Stategovernment, APGenco hastaken this notification from theCERC seriously. Authorities saythat efforts are on to study theeffect of fuel cost on power gen-eration in the new financialyear, beginning from May.
“It is obvious that the hikeon locally available fuels likedomestic coal and gas pro-duced from Ravva oil andmined from gas fields will havean effect on power consumersby the end of this financial year,i.e. by next April. It is an imbal-anced state of affairs, and wecannot comment on it. Powertariff rates will have to beincreased, otherwise generationcompanies and DISCOMS willface heavy debts,” saysMuthyala Rao, O&M Divisional
Head from NTPC,Ramagundam.
Others add that the thermalpower generation plants in theState such as NTPC are notwilling to burden themselvesby bearing the additional fuelcost, considering the history ofopposition towards power tar-iff hikes in the State and thesevere reprimanding they faceby regulatory commissions. Amember of the AP ElectricityRegulatory Authority says thatAPGenco has filed for a public
hearing and it will be convenedat the APERC meeting hall onMay.
With the hike limited tolocally produced coal and gassupplies, the effect will be visi-
ble on thermal power genera-tion. Experts suggest that bythe end of this fiscal year, ther-mal power generation is slatedto be the costliest under allpower generation schemes. Thecurrent thermal power generat-ed by APGenco alone stands ata whopping 112.41 millionunits per day. Last week,Singareni Colleries, which isthe highest coal producer in theState, had hiked the price ofcoal by an average of `18 pertonne.
Lok Satta Party nationalpresident Dr JayaprakashNarayan said on Tuesday
that constitution of an IndianJudicial Service (IJS) is impera-tive if the judiciary was to attract the best and the bright-est and offer services of higheststandards.
In a media statement, Dr JPNarayan pointed out thatConstitution makers, in theirwisdom, had provided for theformation of IJS (Indian JudicialService) on the lines of all-Indiaservices like the IAS and the IPS.The Supreme Court too, on many
occasions, has underlined thatthe formation of IJS has beenlong overdue.
Narayan recalled that at theinitiative of Lok Satta, three emi-nent jurists of impeccable integri-ty and credibility — Justice MNVenkatachalaiah, Justice JSVarma and Justice VR KrishnaIyer — had studied the subject indepth and unanimously recom-mended the constitution of aNational Judicial Commissionand an Indian Judicial Service.
There is broad consensusamong all mainstream politicalparties on the need for Indian
Judicial Service, Narayan said,and added that the new servicewould go a long way in promot-ing national integration. Once anIndian Judicial Service is consti-tuted, it will provide a pool oftalent for recruitment to higherjudiciary in course of time.
Narayan trashed apprehen-sions among certain quartersthat the Indian Judicial Servicewill be ineffective since its mem-bers, recruited on an all-Indiabasis, will not have knowledgeof the local language, historyand customs. If IAS and IPS offi-cials recruited on an all-India
basis interact with people on adaily basis and render highquality services, there is no rea-son to doubt that judicial offi-cers confined mostly to theirchambers cannot do justice totheir job, the leader added.Learning of local language canform part of training for judicialofficers just as it is for IAS andIPS officials.
The Lok Satta presidentappealed to all political partiesand young law graduates tocome together and ensure thatIJS becomes a reality without fur-ther delay. NSS
POWER
Price of local resources raisedThis means that the rate of power production is all set to increase, which will affect all power consumers
and producers of all categories. Thermal power production costs are likely to skyrocket.
Form Indian Judicial Service: Lok SattaThere is no reason to doubt that judicial officers cannot do justice to their job, even if they are recruited on
an all-India basis and have no prior knowledge of local language and customs.
Current price of locally produced coal : `4,200 per
tonneHike on locally produced coal:6.62 per centCurrent price of gas producedfrom Ravva oil and gas fields:$4.2 per MMBTU
Current price of gas producedfrom KG-6 basin :$5.734/MMBTUHike on gas: 6 per cent
(Million Metric British ThermalUnit (MMBTU) is the standard
unit of gas measurement inpower generation units.)
Current prices
N SHIVA KUMAR
Four months ago, shock-ing footage from thedistrict of Shopian inKashmir went viral. AnAsiatic black bear being
tied to set on fire by a mob hadclimbed up a tree. Even as theanimal had no place to escape,an amused crowd watchedcheering for its death.
Stories of the Asiatic blackbear (Ursus thibetanus) or‘harpat’ as the Kashmiris callthem visiting human habitationsare not new. WR Lawrence’swork in the 19th century reveals,“…Of the family Ursidae, theblack bear is very common,being a great pest to the cropsand a danger to the people”(Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1895),and the people of Kashmir havelong been wary of the ‘bombahâpat’, with most venturing outwith an axe when walking alongforested paths (Dar, Tales ofKashmir).
While these stories werenever rare, they have never beenso common either. The tales ofconfrontations with the blackbear — also called moon bearsbecause of the yellow crescent
moon on their chest — havebecome an urgent issue in Jam -mu and Kashmir. The state's de -partment of wildlife protection's(DWLP) data on man-animalconflict in Kashmir indicates adiscouraging increase after 1995.
THE CONFLICTHumans have been attacked,mauled, had their faces tornleaving many permanentlyinjured, disfigured and dead.Bears that are caught in villagesand towns have been beaten,burnt, dragged through streetsin gruesome retaliation. VivekMenon, executive director,Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in apanel discussion on NDTV inNovember 2012 said about con-flict's seriousness, “Ten per centof hospital beds in Srinagar areoccupied by bear maul victimsat any given time.” The DWLPrecorded 118 human deaths and1,147 attacks by wildlife inJammu and Kashmir from 2006to 2011. The J&K governmentmakes an ex-gratia payment of`1 lakh to the families of thosekilled by wild animals andbetween `5,000 and `33,000 to
attack victims depending on thenature of injuries endured.
In 2007, in one such incidentof revenge, a bear was burntalive and dragged through thestreets in Tral, Kashmir. The bru-tality of the event changed ayoung woman, Aaliya Mir, for-ever. She knew that understand-ing bears and the reasons for thisgrowing conflict was key toavoi d ing them. Mir has been an
edu c ation officer withWildlife SOS since and
has made awareness about bearsthe focus of her work.
WANING BUFFER ZONES Explaining the reasons for theincrease in such incidents, Mirpoints out that the buffer zonesbetween forests and humanhabitations in Kashmir are wan-ing. People are building housesat the foothills and planting fruitorchards. People here prefer sep-arate houses and the rise in pop-ulation has meant an inevitablemove towards forests.Fragmentation, developmentprojects, degradation of forestareas — including road con-struction in protected areas arefew reasons — she says.
What attracts bears towardshuman habitations is that muchof what is grown by those livingin the forest periphery now con-stitutes the bears’ natural diet.Apples, walnuts, apricots,maize, plums and cherries areopen invitations for these ani-mals. Many who earlier grewpaddy have now switched tomultiple cropping that includesfruit trees and maize, says Mir.
Dr Rahul Kaul from the
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) waspart of the team that worked ona man-animal conflict reportwith the department of wildlifeprotection, Jammu & Kashmir.
The report 'Predator Alert',released in 2008, studied conflictand suggested solutions. Over200 victims of bear or leopardattacks were interviewed andover a hundred locations visitedand inspected. Having grown upin Kashmir, Kaul says calmly,“This is after all a state thatgrows corn, fruit and all forms ofnuts. These have always attract-ed bears to come to lower alti-tudes. There is a cycle of conflictand many incidents of bearattacks occur in autumn duringthe fruit ripening season or earlywinter when the animals arebuilding up their fat reservesbefore going into hibernation.”
INCREASING INTOLERANCEAccording to him, what haschanged for certain is our abilityto deal with the conflict. Peopleare increasingly intolerant now,he says. “Much money andhuman labour is invested intocrops and orchards and people
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MAN VERSUS ANIMAL
Bear-human conflict in Kashmir has cost the lives of both villagers and the animal.
ELIZABETH SOUMYA, [email protected]
The advent ofmilitancy and
subsequent deployment of security forces acrossthe Valley had animmediate impacton wildlife and its habitats.
The 2008 'Predator Alert' report
Conflict awareness
programmesheld by WildlifeSOS education officer Aaliya
Mir.
are resentful to any damage.”Bears only attack when star-
tled, he explains. “As a rule ofthumb, when you're walking ina forest, make some noise, whis-tle while you're walking, so thatthe animal isn't caught offguard. Like other wild animals,bears with cubs can be defen-sive.” A bear that enters a villageisn't always caught in a conflict,it might just raid the orchardand return to the forest, or ifchased by humans it may runback into the forest. As in mostman-animal conflict situations, itis the response of the people tothe animal that can make it fatal.Crowds screaming and chasingan animal, blocking its exit cancause it to become disorientedand turn more aggressive. Manyhave been attacked by bears try-ing to escape a chasing mob.
POLITICAL STIRAsked if the political conflict inKashmir makes dealing withanimal conflict difficult, Mir con-fesses people could be preoccu-pied with other concerns andsometimes don't see conserva-tion as a priority. Militancy hasmeant more security presence inthe forests. India's BorderSecurity Force camps and VIPhuts in the forest can cause somedisturbance to wildlife, sheagrees. Many also believe thatKashmiris having surrenderedtheir weapons after 1990s is areason for the rise in bear num-bers and attacks. The 'PredatorAlert' report on militancy and itsimpact says, “The advent of mil-itancy and subsequent deploy-ment of security forces acrossthe valley had an immediateimpact on wildlife and its habi-tats. One of the first things tohappen post-militancy was thesurrender of private fire arms.This coupled with the fact thatforest areas became out of
bounds for people (not wantingto confront the security forces orthe militant groups) could onlyhave provided opportunities forwildlife in these regions to growin numbers.” The report alsostates, “...border fencing in cer-tain areas may have hamperedanimal movements across areas,disorienting animals towardshuman settlements.”
But with no bear census hav-ing been done in Kashmir,increa se in bear numbers has notbeen confirmed. Disturbancedue to presence of militants andsecurity forces in the forests arealso speculations unless studied,reminds Kaul.
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT Mir, on her awareness pro-grammes across Kashmir, advis-es people to not venture into aforest alone. Whether to answernature's call, gather firewood ortake cattle grazing, they must goin groups. Surroundings must bekept clean so as to not attractanimals to scavenge; bushesaround the house must becleared, so wild animals don'tfind a hiding place, she warns.Vulnerable areas such as cropfields and orchards must be ade-quately lit. She also recommendsavoiding shortcuts through theforest and venturing out duringdawn or dusk when the encoun-ters are likely to occur.
Other preventive measuresthat Wildlife SOS teaches localsinclude restricting human move-ment during a conflict so thestranded bear has 'safe passage'to escape back to the forest. It isalso not advisable to grow cropsvulnerable to be damaged bybears in high bear density areas,i.e. around protected areas. Localmethods such as burning of redchilli mixed in cow dung areeffective in preventing bearsfrom entering crop fields.
Kaul explains that reaching aconflict area in Kashmir isn'talways easy. If a bear hasentered a village, waiting fordepartment of wildlife protec-tion (DWLP) might even takedays in difficult terrain.
In the 2008 report, he saysrecommendations made includ-ed better co-ordination in thewildlife department in case ofconflict. The DWLP in Jammuand Kashmir only has controlover conservation reserves. So,when conflicts occur outsidethese areas, there is no manpow-er to deal with it. The report alsosuggested creation of RapidResponse Teams to deal withconflict, requiring both trainingand investment in specialisedequipment. “Mobile animalintervention vans, capable oftransporting animals, should bemade immediately available.One wildlife veterinary officershould also be appointed to eachregion,” it said. Now, thankfully,rescue vans have made the situa-tion better, says Kaul. Anotherpiece of advice was training ofcommunity level PrimaryResponse Teams. “These can befarmers who have some clout inthe community,” he says. “Thiswould include controllingcrowds from tackling the situa-tion themselves before expertsarrive.”
RECOMMENDATIONSManzoor Ahmed Tak, chiefwildlife warden, DWLP, says thedepartment is just about wrap-ping up a project report on theconflict to be submitted to theministry of environment andforests. Among recommenda-tions in the report are census ofbears in the state. Ex-gratia pay-ments for victims of bear attacksneeds to be a priority, hebelieves. The current amount istoo meagre in the light of what
victims go through and thelengthy period of recovery thatrenders them useless. “Hundredper cent of the victims are fromlower economic backgrounds,”he says. Majority of the injuriesare to the head and face andoften include permanent andsevere facial disfigurement thatrequire complicated surgeries.Needless to say, victims have tocope with psychological morbid-ity and trauma. The departmenthas made some headway after2006 and there has at least beena plan since, he admits.
There are currently 17 res p o -nse teams across Rapid Resp o n -se Centres that are located inhigh conflict zones such as Ku p -wara and Anantnag. Helplinesare constantly advertised thro -ugh local radio and televisionand people are beginning to usethem, he says. But infrastructureand the equipping of manpowerare scarcely adequate. Lack ofmanpower is an issue with thedepartment not having donerecruitment for years; “old em p -loyees are now retiring,” saysTak. That apart, the currentnumber of trained staff is low.“We also need supplies such astranquilising guns, medicinesand rescue vans,” he says.
While there's no way of say-ing whether the conflict is reduc-ing in recent years, Mir, whotalks to 6,000 people every yearon the topic, says change hasdefinitely begun. The DWLPreceives less number of rescuecalls now and this is perceivedas lesser conflict by the wildlifedepartment, she says.
Tak points out that humandeaths have been fewer for theyear 2012-13. Actions based oninformation and reports need tobe taken, he says. Whether peo-ple want to live in harmony withbears or not, the only option isto learn how.
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Asiatic black bear
The Asiatic black bear(Ursus thibetanus) is
one of the four species ofbear found in India. It primarily inhabits theHimalayas, extending fromJammu and Kashmir in thewest to Arunachal Pradeshin northeast India.
Bear death and injurysince 2006 in Kashmir
(SOURCE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFEPROTECTION, JAMMU AND KASHMIR)
Rescued bearswho can’t bereintroducedinto the wild
play at WildlifeSOS's Pahalgam
bear centre.
BusinessTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
10Petrobas has been ordered to pay a fine of $5 million over an oil spillthat fouled several beaches along Sao Paulo state's coast, authoritiessaid Monday. The spill occurred Friday as a result of "an operationalfailure" at a sea terminal of Transpetro, a Petrobras subsidiary.
PETROBRAS FINED $5 MILLION FOR OIL SPILL
THUS SPAKEToday the economy is significantlystronger than it was four years ago,although conditions are clearly still farfrom where we would all like them to be.
BEN BERNANKE,FEDERAL RESERVE CHIEF
General Electric's $3.3 billion acquisi-tion of Lufkin Industries marks theindustrial conglomerate's latest effortto strengthen its holdings inpetroleum amid a booming oil andnatural gas market. The purchasegives GE a major stake in the technol-ogy for drawing hydrocarbons to thesurface from reservoirs with low pres-sure. Lufkin manufactures a variety oftools used in the "artificial lift" of oiland gas, technology used in roughly94 per cent of oil-producing wellsaround the world. The global artificiallift sector is expected to approach $13billion in 2013, strengthened by theboom of unconventional oil and gas,especially in the US.
GE BETS BIG ON OIL, GAS
The Asian Development Bank saidTuesday the region's emergingeconomies would pick up this yearbut warned that the recoveryremained fragile due to the eurozonecrisis and tensions in Asia. The Manila-based lender said in its latest forecastthat the uptick in China's economyand "robust growth" in Southeast Asiawould lead expansion in the region,which would be also boosted bystrong domestic consumption. TheADB estimated that the gross domes-tic product (GDP) for developing Asia,which covers 45 nations, was set togrow at 6.6 percent this year beforeedging up to 6.7 percent in 2014.
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Great ideas and prac-tices can take birthfrom keen observationof societal problems.
GV Ramanjaneyulu’s keeninterest on farming pushed himto form Centre for SustainableAgriculture and various othersustainable agriculture initia-tives, which help farmers tosupport ecological and viableagriculture practices. Thisorganisation helped in convert-ing seven lakh acres in the Stateto organic farming.
On his educational back-ground, he says, ”I was basicallyinterested towards sciences andwas part of Jana Vignana Vedikasince childhood. However, get-ting in to agriculture is not a
planned journey. I was notinterested in medicine and theobvious choice left for any biol-ogy student at that time wasagriculture. With my interest onthe subject, I did a PhD fromIndian Agriculture ResearchInstitute.”
“I was moved by the farm-ers’ suicides news in 1986. I waspursuing B.Sc Agriculture inBapatla. Neighbouring districtsof Guntur and Prakasambecame hotbeds of farmers’ sui-cides. As students, we were toldthat there is lot of technology isavailable to farmers. Makingthis technology reaching thefarmer will solve all these prob-lems,” he says.
“Government says thateverything is done for farmer,but in reality it is done to benefitindustry or for governmentinstitutions themselves. There isalso big disjointing betweenagriculture development andfarmer development. Althoughthere is a growth of technologyfor agriculture, that is notreflecting in the farmers devel-opment,” he says.
About the incidents thatpushed him to start the organi-sation, he says, “I was workingin the Directorate of OilseedsResearch of a public sectorresearch organisation and wasactively part of the civil societyand observing the root causes of
farmers’ suicides inKarimnagar and Guntur dis-tricts in 1997-98. Strangely, wefound that technology reachingto a farmer had become a majorproblem.
Large numbers of farmerswere getting poisoned with pes-ticide usage. It also became areason mounting costs of farm-ing. Around 30-40 per cent costsinvolved in agriculture weredue to pesticides. Nobody usedto question whether these tech-nologies (seeds, pesticides andfertilisers) fit the ecosystem atthat time. There was also noaccountability, regulation orsupport in using that technolo-gy. For instance, if a seed fails to
germinate there is no bodywhere you raise it,” he says.
He resigned from job andformed Centre for SustainableAgriculture, a not-for-profitorganisation, in 2004.
“There were informalgroups who came together tostart this organisation. The ideawas to facilitate organic farmingacross the State with valuableinputs. Although we could ini-tiate and prove organic farmingsuccessful, the department ofagriculture and AgricultureUniversity did not agree withthis approach, as there was notenough research backing this.”
“With support of ruraldevelopment ministry, weimplemented this organic farm-ing methodology in seven lakhacres by 2007. Even during thattime, the Agriculture Universityor the department of agriculturedid not agreed to take it to themasses in a larger scale. Westopped the dialogue with agri-culture department andapproached people directly.”
Ramanjaneyulu also startedconsumer cooperative, SahajaAharam, along with 80 similarlike-minded people, whopooled an investment of `2-3lakh. This has become a bridgebetween consumer and produc-er and helping farmers markettheir produced goods and consumer get healthy organicfood.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Partnering with natureDespite being cold-shouldered by State-run institutions, Ramanjaneyulu
succeeded in showing agriculturists the green road to success.
Other initiativesTolakari magazineKrishi TV, an online channelKrishi MediaPathi Vishada Gadha, a bookon cotton farmer suicides
For more infohttp://www.csa-india.org/http://www.sahajaaharam.in
The revenue of the co-operative led byRamanjaneyulu, started in 2009, hasgrown from `20,000per month to `2 lakhper month now.
Two jeweller brothersstrangulated to deathTHANE: Two jeweller brothers wereallegedly strangled to death by uniden-tified persons at their home in the weehours today in Nalla Sopara town here,police said. Dinesh Narayan SonikMandora (27) and Madan Narayan SonikMandora (41), who owned a shopnamed Dinesh Jewellers in the town,were found dead this morning by a rela-tive who came to visit them, InspectorMukund Mahajan of Nalla Sopara policestation said. The assailants seemed tohave broken into the house throughgrills and strangulated both the brotherswith plastic straps, Mahajan said. Theexact cause behind the killings is stillnot known and police suspect it to be acase of rivalry as no theft took place atthe house. Police have registered anoffence under IPC section 302(Punishment for murder). The bodieshave been sent for postmortem and ahunt was on for the killers, Mahajan said.
Youth commits suicide in police custodySATARA: A 21-year-old youth, whowas held on charges of damaging astate-owned bus, allegedly committedsuicide in police custody in the districttoday. Pilya alias Sunil Kabulya Shinde, aresident of Watharnimbalkar village, wasdetained by Khandala police on April 6for allegedly damaging a state transportbus and was later sent to a day’s policecustody, police said. However, Shindewas found hanging from a water supplypipe in the wee hours today. He wasalso accused in a number of othercrimes committed at several places inthe state. When his relatives came toknow about the death, they heldprotests outside the police station, butthe situation was soon brought undercontrol, they said. According to a seniorpolice officer, three policemen havebeen suspended and the probe into thealleged suicide has been handed over tothe Criminal Investigation Department.
India destined to be aclose partner: PentagonWASHINGTON: Noting that Indiais destined to be a close partner of theUS, a top Pentagon official has said NewDelhi wants to enhance military to mili-tary relationships through close technol-ogy cooperation and co-production.“India is, I think, destined to be a closepartner of the US. We just share somuch in the way of values and aspira-tions, and our people just seem to mix itup so easily and so well. That has noth-ing to do with the defence or militarybut I think will be reflected there,"Ashton Carter the Deputy Secretary ofDefence said."One area of particularimportance where I think we wouldmake a lot of progress quickly is inbuilding the Indian military capabilities.They don’t want to do it just by buyingthings. India wants to do it with closetechnology cooperation and co-produc-tion," Carter said in response to a question.
NEWS BRIEFS
5 CHARRED TO DEATHFive persons were today charredto death when a van caught fire andrammed into a roadside tree atSeethur, about 75 km from Madurai,police said. The five, all painters,were on their way to Rameswaramfrom Shengottai for some workwhen the mishap occurred, policesaid. The exact reason for the vancatching fire is being ascertained,they said.
Gujarat Chief Minister NarendraModi today expressed hope thatthe youth of the country wouldbe inspired by the ideas of SwamiVivekananda and take the nationto great heights. “I am confidentthat the youth of the nation willmake the country proud by mak-ing it ‘Jagatguru’ following theideas of Swami Vivekananda,"Modi told reporters after paying avisit to the Belur Math here. Recalling his early days, Modisaid, “I used to visit the Mathfounded by Swami Vivekanandafrequently during my teenage(years) and I had received a lot oflove and affection from SwamiAthwasthananda". “However, thisis my first visit to the Math after Ihave become chief minister," hesaid.
MODI BETS ON YOUTH
DUABI: A 27-year-old Indianman allegedly committed suicidehere by jumping off the 10thfloor of his apartment buildingafter a fight with his wife, policesaid.
The man, who had been mar-ried for a year, had a fight withhis wife after which she left theapartment in Jumierah Lakearea. He then jumped from thebalcony and died on the spot,local media reported quoting asenior police official.
“This is a suicide and nothomicide," Brigadier KhalilEbrahim Al Mansouri, director ofthe Dubai police CriminalInvestigation Department (CID),was quoted as saying by media.
Mansouri said that initialinvestigations and forensicexaminations revealed that therewas no suspicion of criminal actbehind the incident. The body ofthe man, who was not identified,was sent for forensic examina-tion while the police are investi-gating the incident. PTI
CRIME
NRI kills himselfin Dubai overdomestic tiff
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11MAN HELD FOR RAPING SIX-YEAR-OLDA man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl atPachampadi village, about 45 km away from Salem, police said today. Thegirl’s parents, who are daily wage labourers, were not at home last nightwhen the incident occurred, police said.
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BHUBANESWAR: ExpelledBJD leader Pyari MohanMohapatra Tuesday convertedhis Odisha Jana Morcha foruminto a political party withoutchanging its name.
Mohapatra’s announce-ment comes months after hewas expelled from the rulingparty for allegedly plotting acoup to unseat chief ministerand BJD president NaveenPatnaik.
Making the announcementat a press conference at his res-idence in state capitalBhubaneswar, the 73-year-oldbureaucrat-turned-politiciansaid the decision to convertOJM into a political party wastaken at the general bodymeeting of the forum hereMarch 30.
Mohapatra said the newparty is likely to field candi-dates in 110 of the state’s 147assembly seats and consider-ing to forge electoral alliancewith the likeminded parties.
“Talks are on with like-minded parties. I cannot dis-close detail at this moment," hetold reporters.
Mohapatra has been
Naveen Patnaik’s non-officialadvisor for over a decade. Hewas first suspended and laterexpelled from the party afterhe allegedly plotted a coup tounseat Patnaik. The allegedattempt May 29 last yearforced Patnaik to return fromBritain in the middle of an offi-cial tour.
After his suspension,Mohapatra launched the Odis-ha Jana Morcha (OJM), a politi-cal forum Oct 1, 2012 saying hewants to establish “internaldemocracy” in the state’s rul-
ing party. He was expelled inNovember last year.
Mohapatra had given thechief minister six months timeto change and asked him to actas per party’s constitution. Thenew political party was formedbecause the chief minister didnot make any efforts to reform,he said.
Mohapatra’s OJM hasorganised several rallies andmeetings across the state inpast months against ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik.
IANS
The man, who hadbeen married for ayear, had a fight withhis wife after whichshe left the apartment.He then jumped fromthe balcony and diedon the spot.
Naveen rival formspolitical party
Pyari Mohan Mohapatra said his party is likely tofield candidates in 110 of the state’s 147 seats.
WorldTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
12HAGEL URGES CHANGES TO US MILITARY JUDICIAL SYSTEMDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday said US commanders should be barred from overturn-ing criminal convictions, in the wake of anger over a quashed guilty verdict in a sexual assault case.Under Hagel's proposal, which would have to be approved by lawmakers, commanders would stillhave the power to alter sentences handed down in court martial cases, defense officials said.
IRAN’S NEW N-FACILITYIran, under global sanctions for itsnuclear enrichment programme, onTuesday launched a new uraniumproduction facility and began opera-tions in two extraction mines, statetelevision said. The mines in the cityof Saghand in central Iran operate350 metres (1,150 feet) undergroundand are within 120 kilometres (75miles) of the new yellowcake pro-duction facility in the city of Ardakan,in Yazd province. The report gavefew details of the Ardakan facility butsaid it had an estimated 60 tonnesoutput of yellowcake, an impurestate of uranium oxide.
Just as speculation rises overHillary Clinton's presidentialambitions, daughter Chelsea hint-ed Monday that she too couldenter politics. With ex-presidentBill Clinton as her father and theformer secretary of state andwould-be first female presidentas mother, Chelsea has politics inher blood. So far, the 33-year-oldhas kept out of the family busi-ness. However, a foray into televi-sion journalism and frequentappearances on conferencestages are rapidly increasing herprominence.
CHELSEA INTO POLITICS?
MALI SEES ACTION AGAIN NUMEROLOGY
10 yearsIraq on Tuesday marks a decade
since US-led forces took control ofBaghdad, sealing the ouster of
Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, butthe country remains plagued by
deadly attacks and mired in politicalcrises.
We've got tobelieve that, you
know, well, everyonce in a while,we set politicsaside and we justdo what's right.
Barack ObamaThe US President accused
Republicans of stooping topolitical stunts to block
gun reform.
Japan says Chineseships in its watersTOKYO: Chinese governmentships were in the territorial waters ofdisputed Tokyo-controlled islandson Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said.The three surveillance ships werenavigating in the 12-nautical-milelimit around the Senkakus, whichBeijing claims and calls the Diaoyus,at around 10:00 am (0100 GMT), thecoastguard said.
French ministers orderedto declare their assetsPARIS: France's Socialist govern-ment said Monday it had orderedministers to declare their assetspublicly within days, as it seeks tolimit the damage from a tax fraudscandal involving an ex-minister.Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayraultannounced that ministers wouldhave until April 15 to publish detailsof their assets.
Fake Rockefeller facemurder chargesLOS ANGELES: A German manwho posed as a member of thefamed Rockefeller family afterallegedly killing his landlord inCalifornia likely killed the man's wifetoo, prosecutors said Monday. Theclaim came as both sides restedtheir cases against ChristianGerhartsreiter, who also pretendedto be an English nobleman.
Canada teen girls pleadnot guilty to pimpingOTTAWA: Three teenage girlson Monday pleaded not guilty toforcing fellow suburban teens, oneas young as 13, into prostitutionthrough intimidation, here. Policesay the trio, who were 15-16 yearsold when they were arrested lastJune, acted on their own withoutadult guidance in operating a pros-titution ring from a home in Ottawa.
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PARIS: Mikhail Gorbachev,Helmut Kohl and BillClinton were among the for-mer friends and foes whojoined in tributes toMargaret Thatcher, praisingthe fearlessness and fiercedetermination of an "iconic"leader. The "Iron Lady" wasa polarising figure in Britainand beyond, but foreignleaders Monday were unan-imous in acknowledging herplace in 20th-century histo-ry, with President BarackObama mourning a "truefriend of America".
Thatcher died of a strokeon Monday in London aged87. Former German chancel-lor Kohl, considered thefather of Germany's 1990reunification, said he "great-ly valued Margaret Thatcherfor her love of freedom, herincomparable openness,honesty and straightfor-wardness".
In Glasgow and in theedgy south London neigh-bourhood of Brixton, ene-mies of the late premier heldsmall street parties to cele-brate her death, with someholding placards saying"Rejoice — Thatcher isdead". AFP
Friends, foesrememberIron Lady
SEOUL: North Korean workersfailed to report to workTuesday at the joint Kaesongindustrial zone with SouthKorea after Pyongyang sus-pended operations, upping thepressure on Seoul in an escalat-ing military crisis.
"As of now, no NorthKorean workers have reportedto work this morning," said aspokeswoman for the South'sUnification Ministry.
North Korea announced itwas taking the unprecedentedstep of temporarily shuttingKaesong down on Monday, fol-lowing a tour of the zone bysenior ruling party official KimYang-Gon.
Some 53,000 North Koreanswork for the 123 South Koreancompanies set up in Kaesong,which was established in 2004and lies 10 kilometres (sixmiles) inside North Korea.
After pulling out the work-force and temporarily suspend-ing operations, Pyongyang will
"examine the issue of whether itwill allow its existence or closeit," Kim said. A rare symbol ofcross-border economic coopera-tion, Kaesong is a crucial hardcurrency source for the impov-erished North, through taxesand revenues, and from its cutof the 53,000 workers' wages.
THATCHER DIES KAESONGN Koreans bunk work
French armoured personnel carriers (VAB) leave the city of Gao during the "Gustav operation" onApril 6, 2013. A French force of 1,000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to bea logistics base for Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao, an AFP journalist accom-panying the mission reported. Operation Gustav, one of France's largest actions since its interven-tion in its former colony, involves dozens of tanks, helicopters and aircraft, said General BernardBarrera, commander of the French land forces in Mali, on Monday.
Some 53,000 NorthKoreans work for the 123
South Korean companiesset up in Kaesong, whichwas established in 2004 andlies 10 kilometres (six miles)inside North Korea.
The workforce
Turnover in 2012 wasreported at
$469.5million,with accumulated turnoversince 2004 standing at$1.98 billion.
The turnover
Apple has ousted a popular app-discovery application from itsiTunes App Store, claiming the appcircumvented App Store rules pre-venting applications promotingother apps and direct marketing.On Sunday, AppGratis, which pro-motes paid apps by offering onefor free everyday, abruptly vanishedfrom the App Store without expla-nation or comment from Apple. Atthe time of its disappearance, wordon the street had it that Apple ban-ished the app for violation of anApp Store Review Guideline clause.
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
Microsoft had originally beenplanning to unveil its next-gener-ation Xbox details at an event inApril, but The Verge has learnedthat the company has pushedthis back to May. Windowswatcher Paul Thurrott revealedrecently that Microsoft is plan-ning an Xbox event for May 21,and we understand this date isaccurate. This is the tentativedate for a next-generation Xboxannouncement, but Microsofthad originally planned an April24 event. Sources familiar withMicrosoft's Xbox plans haverevealed that the event will be ata small venue with a focus onproviding the very first details onthe next Xbox.
KICKED OUT
NEXT XBOX IN MAY
Hewlett-Packard launched itsMoonshot server line with anIntel-based Atom system avail-able today and more chipsetsplanned in the future. Thepromise: HP will create Moonshothyper scale software definedservers for custom workloads andan ecosystem. The bet for HP isthat it can launch new Moonshotsystems at three times the prod-uct cycle of traditional servers. ForHP, Moonshot represents thecompany's ability to innovate,remain a server leader and keepup with cloud customers, who areincreasingly building their owngear. The case for ProjectMoonshot, a multi-year effort, isthat these systems will cut spaceand power in the data center.
HP’S MOONSHOT
Technology 13VIRTUAL MONEY
THOMAS [email protected]
Some call it the mostfamous pizza pur-chase in history: InMay 2010, a program-mer called Laszlo
asked an online forum if any-one would buy him a coupleof pies in exchange for 10,000Bitcoins, an experi-mental online cur-rency launchedin 2009.
“Noweird fishtopping oranythinglike that,"he wrote.
Witheach Bitcoinfetching lessthan a cent at thetime, the order wasworth about $41. Today, itwould be valued at about $1.4million (1.08 million euros).
As of Friday, a singleBitcoin traded at around $135,with the currency nearing $147earlier in the week — up fromabout $20 at the start ofFebruary. It’s a stratosphericjump some claim has beenfuelled by Cypriots andRussians seeking to investtheir euros elsewhere duringCyprus’s banking crisis, stok-ing fears that a new onlinebubble might soon burst.
“It’s completely irra-tional," said YannickNaud, a portfoliomanager at theGlendevon KingAsset Managementfirm, who has seenan increase inclient queriesabout Bitcoins.“As an investoryou can’t put anyunderlying valueon the Bitcoinitself."
Bitcoins werelaunched in 2009 inthe wake of the globalfinancial crisis by ananonymous programmerwho wanted to create acurrency independent of anycentral bank or financial insti-tution. A form of “e-money", itis made of strings of dazzling-ly complex code created byraw computing power — aprocess called “mining” that
can in theory be carried out byanyone with a computer.
The software is written insuch a way that it
becomes increasing-ly difficult to gen-
erate newBitcoins, withthe number incirculationdesigned toeventuallytop out at 21
million.Once
mined, Bitcoinsare stored on a
user’s hard drive in avirtual wallet, and can be
sent directly to another per-son. Such peer-to-peer sharingbypasses the banks so is large-ly anonymous. But this bringsits own risks — in June 2011,hackers targeted virtual wal-lets and wipedsome peo-ple’s
accounts clean.At first a coder’s curio,
Bitcoins quickly found a homein the “deep web", the shadierpart of the Internet that islargely anonymous andrequires some good technicalunderstanding to access. Itwas used to fuel illicit drugbuys and pay for other illegalservices on specialist sites.
But computer aficionadosand tech-savvy libertariansembraced the currency too,and in recent months a flurryof legit businesses havestarted acceptingBitcoins.
A cottageindustry ofstores buyingand resellinggoods onlinefor Bitcoinshas emerged,
and some high-profile transac-tions have helped push thecurrency into mainstream con-sciousness. One Canadianman reportedly hoped to sellhis house for Bitcoins, and aUS man claimed to have trad-ed his 2007 Porsche for 300Bitcoins.
Robert Walker, a digitaldesigner from London, said hebought about 200 Bitcoins overa six-month period starting atthe end of 2011. He spendsmuch of his time online andwas excited by the idea of theInternet minting its own cur-rency, and an investment notbeholden to any centralauthority. His purchase sethim back about $900, buttoday would net some $27,000.But despite this week’s new
price highs, he’s goingto keep his virtual
stash — for nowat least.
“It’s not alife chang-ing amountof money,but it couldbe if I saton it for five
years,"Walker said.
But forNaud, the asset
manager, Bitcoin isreaching unsustainable levels.
On paper at least, the valueof Bitcoins in circulation
now tops $1 billion, and acontinued increase inprice will require a lotof new investors.
“The bubble willburst when there willbe less people will-ing to enter thanpeople willing toleave it," he said.“It’s hard to pin-point, but it proba-bly won’t last anoth-er month at thisprice."
Experts saidBitcoins are especially
vulnerable to rapiddeflation. Governments
trying to regulate them, forexample, could spook
investors and cause them tolose confidence. Already in theUS, regulators have moved tomake firms report transactionsworth $10,000 or more, accord-ing to the Wall Street Journal.
AFP
AsBitcoin
virtual cur-rency soars,bubble fears
do too
BIT by BITGaining traction
KOREAN KONUNDRUM
CommentTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSMany times Margaret Thatcher proved her wit. Arguably this could be herbest: To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you wantto. The lady's not for turning.
From smiling family manwith a common touchto hardened militaryleader ready for all-outwar: North Korea's pro-
paganda machine has givenleader Kim Jong-Un a visualmakeover in the past month.
The rapid escalation inPyongyang's shrill, bellicoserhetoric in recent weeks has beenmatched by an equally swift shiftof focus in the content of theimages being disseminated bythe state media.
As the North's language hasbecome ever more threatening,so the accompanying pho-tographs have become dis-cernibly more aggressive, both ingeneral and in their particularportrayal of the young Kim Jong-Un.
Immediately after Kim tookpower in North Korea followingthe death of his father Kim Jong-Il in December 2011, there was aflurry of military-themed pic-tures, often showing Kim withsenior army officers.
The obvious message wasone of consistency -- a newsupreme commander who hadthe loyalty of the armed forcesand intended to continue the"military first" policy that was
his father's main legacy."In the company of the most
senior military men, the youngKim presumably gained a mea-sure of military credibility with-out even having served in thearmy," said Katy Oh of theInstitute for Defence Analyses inAlexandria, Virginia.
But by mid-2012, the tonehad changed. The military-linked photos were still there,but there were fewer of them andmore of Kim cutting a smiling,benign, parental figure.
As well as the "on-the-spot-guidance" photo-ops of Kim'svisits to factories and schools —a propaganda staple stretchingback to Kim's grandfather andthe North's founding leader KimIl-Sung — there were more inti-mate portraits. More extrovertand clearly more comfortablebeing seen and speaking in pub-lic that Kim Jong-Il, the newleader was shown enjoying him-self and even taking a thrill rideat an amusement park.
And increasingly there washis wife, a stylish, attractivewoman who lent a refreshingtouch of modernity and glamourto her husband and becamesomething of a foreign mediacelebrity in her own right.
North Koreans are used tothe dual image, which can other-wise seem contradictory, of theirleaders being shown both ascommanding military fighters,and comforting, almost maternal
figures.In his book The Cleanest Race,
B.R. Myers, an expert on NorthKorean propaganda, argues thatNorth Korea has a race-basedideology that paints Koreans asmore innocent and morally vir-tuous than foreigners, but notphysically superior, thus requir-ing "guidance and protection"from a leader.
Towards the end of 2012 andfollowing the North's long-rangerocket launch in December, thevolume of military-themed pic-tures first increased and thendominated after the North con-ducted its third nuclear test inFebruary.
Suddenly Kim was every-where, visiting military units onoutlying frontline islands,perched on the prow of an unsta-ble-looking open-topped boat,
impervious to the wind and rain.Photos had him in artillery
pillboxes, surveying enemy posi-tions on South-occupied islandsthrough binoculars, alwayspointing and gesticulating like aconductor leading an orchestraof military officers.
When the North threatenedthe United States with nuclearattack, Kim was pictured at hisdesk in a war room, surroundedby top-ranking officers, with amap in the background showingprojected missile strikes on UStargets. "The change really cameafter the nuclear test and theimagery quickly became menac-ing," said Byeon Yeong-Wook, aphotographer at the Dong-A Ilbonewspaper who has monitoredand edited pictures from theNorth's state media for years.
AFP
Chiru’s new real-life role
The Tollywood badshah and now mantri, Chiranjeevi, seems to be taking his mantralayarole seriously. The celluloid idol is believed to be groomed to step in, in case the state
slips too deep in the mire as the General Elections approach. Of late, Chiru has been asserting more and more on State issues though he is a Union minister. While he did quite alot for state tourism, his stepping into castigate the Kiran government for hiking power tariffis indicative of his ascendance, political observers believe. Though he has a caste disadvan-
tage, his charisma is trusted to make him sail through in times of difficulty. That the stateCongress urgently needs a refurbish of its image—both at the organisational level and at
the government — is beyond debate. However, many sceptics still doubts Chiru’s ability toplay as effective a role in real life as he did in reel life. Politics is not a cakewalk and those
who sold dreams to the impoverished millions may find it tough when it comes to hardcorepolitics, his critics say. But Chiru is a fighter. And, time alone will tell.
When she proved herself wrong
She was fiery, fierce, determined andwould not stop till she achieved what
she had set out to. There are similar anddifferent views that are coming up inresponse to the death of MargaretThatcher. But do you know what’s reallyquirky? Thatcher when she was the edu-cation secretary in 1973 said: I don'tthink there will be a woman prime min-ister in my lifetime.” And she became theislands’ first woman Prime Minister sixyears later.
EDITORIALS
READERS’ VIEWSWe invite you to write to us comments, suggestions, viewpoint or just about anything to [email protected] or#1246, Level 3, Jubilee Casa, Road No 62, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad – 500 033 or even by way of a call on 4067 2222. Editor: Dean Williams
If you just setout to be liked,
you would be pre-pared to compro-mise on anything atany time and youwould achievenothing.
Margaret Thatcher Former British PM
PYONGYANG TALESLim Chang-Won
Soft and hard: Images ofpower in North Korea
The great PolishPrez Plot?
Three years after a jet crashin Russia killed a Polish
president and 95 otherpeople, conspiracy theorists inPoland are as adamant as ever
that it was an assassination.The conservative opposition
— led by the late LechKaczynski's twin brother
Jaroslaw -- has accused leadersfrom Warsaw and Moscow alikeof having a hand in the crash on
April 10, 2010.Many high-profile Poles died
when the Russian-made Tu-154airliner went down in thick fog
while approaching Smolensk air-port in western Russia.
The delegation was en routeto memorial ceremonies in
Katyn for thousands of Polisharmy officers slain by the Sovietsecret police in 1940, a massacre
the Kremlin denied until 1990.Poland's conservative Lawand Justice (PiS) party hasrepeatedly accused Prime
Minister Donald Tusk's centre-right government of not taking
Russia to task over what itinsists was a botched investiga-
tion and cover-up.Fuelling the fire is Moscow's
foot-dragging on handing overthe wreckage to Poland, where
around 30 percent of the popula-tion are PiS supporters.
For the Wednesday anniver-sary, the party has called for
demonstrations at the Russianembassy and the presidential
palace in Warsaw and willrelease a fresh report on the
crash. A Russian probe conclud-ed in 2011 that the crew was
under "psychological pressure"to land in dangerous weather, a
report Warsaw slammed asincomplete and riddled with
errors. A Polish report attributedthe crash to errors by the ill-
trained crew, mostly blamingPoland but also faulting Russia
for the sub-standard airfield andpoor traffic control there.
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
15GOOGLE TARGETED IN PRIVACY COMPLAINT Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in itslargest European markets, who want the company to overhaul practicesthey say let it create a data goldmine at the expense of unwitting users.
KNOW YOUR COMPANYAGE LIKE WINE
workplace
Normally being experienced is thing of pride and that grey hair on your head is just atestament to that. But now with the demographics at the workplace becoming younger,age and experience can be a huge deciding factor. We tell you how to get over this gap.
Age catching up at work
FLEME VARKEY [email protected]
Narain Kumar recentlygave his fifth inter-view of the month.He has his hopes up,
but going by his previous fourexperiences, he is being cau-tious. Narain is 36, and has beenworking for the past 10 years.However, with these interviewshe realised the one questionwhich was common to all inter-viewers, “Why should we hireyou and not a young, dynamicfresher for your post?”
Like Narain, there are otherswho have often faced this dilem-ma. And while aging out is notnecessarily age discrimination,some changes in your workplaceor industry could lead to youbeing left behind in part becauseof your age.
Here are some tips to recog-nise the gaps and try and matchup before you get the boot.Vaishali Sinha, a talent researchand development manager froma reputed software companytells us how.
1. NETWORKStop staying cooped in that cubi-cle of yours, and build up on
that networking. For all youknow, your next job offer mightcome from networking. You maynotice that the demographics inyour office keeps constantlychanging and that a younger lotis replacing the older ones. Don’tbe sitting in your high andmighty chair and refuse to inter-act. Don’t be too chatty as well.Take time to mentor them, andeven learn from them in the pro-cess.
2. KEEP LEARNINGAND THINKYOUNG
You have heard thesaying, it’s nevertoo old to learn. It’strue. Why does afresher gain the upperhand despite you havingthe experience? It’s becausehe/she is up to date with themarket trends, technology andsoftware. Keep abreast of whatis happening in the industry andcompany and by that I don’tmean reading the news. I meanlearn new software, new pro-grammes, whatever could aidyour chances of growth. Acquirea different set of skill sets, it canbe helpful in the long run and
don’t resist change.
3. BEEN HERE TOO LONG Every time a person asks me,how long have I been working, Iget sighs and sometimes and anawestruck face. I have beenworking for the past six yearsand I am just 29. Usually, I takethis as a compliment but it isalso a subtle hint, if the persontalking to you is your senior or
reportingmanag-
er.
Thesekind of
remarks may be signs yourtenure at the company has out-lived its usefulness. Considerwhether to follow up with theemployee who said this and/orif it’s time to pursue outsideopportunities.
4. ‘YOU’RE OVERQUALIFIED’OR HAVE MORE EXPERI-
ENCE THAN REQUIREDOrdinarily, this should be a com-pliment that you have studiedso far and accomplished somuch. But if you get this often,then it’s time to rethink. If youryears of experience only yieldthat you have years working inthe field, you may not be thecandidate the employers oftoday are seeking. Senior posi-tions come with a lot of respon-sibility and it also impacts thelower rung of employees. Soyou’re employers would defi-nitely like to know what youhave been doing so long.
5. DON’T LET YOUR RESUMEPUT THE SPOTLIGHT ONYOUR AGE
Age used to be linked with wis-dom and experience. Today it isjust as frequently linked without-of-date skills and unrealisticsalary expectations. So keep thatin mind. Resume experts canhelp you out with this. Whilemost of us believe that having aresume which states everyaward and every song and everydegree in college is important.Some beg to differ, highlightwhat you achieved in theseyears and let that speak for you.
DID YOU KNOW...
Adidaswhich bought Reebok in 2005 for$3.8 billion to try to close the gapwith market leader Nike (NKE.N),last year had to cut its 2015 sales
target for the brand by a third aftertwo quarters of declining sales. But
the group believes Reebok has afuture alongside the Adidas own-name brand and the TaylorMade
golf unit.
AmulAmul is an Indian dairy coopera-tive, based at Anand in the stateof Gujarat, India. The word Amulis derived from the Sanskrit wordAmulya, meaning invaluable. Theco-operative is also sometimesreferred to by the unofficial back-ronym: Anand Milk UnionLimited.Amul spurred India'sWhite Revolution, which madethe country the world's largestproducer of milk and milk prod-ucts. In the process Amul becamethe largest food brand in Indiaand has also ventured into mar-kets overseas.
Don’t just walkaway and wash
your hands of theIf you caused theproblem, you are
responsible forcoming up with
the plan toresolve it. Theplan needs to
address theactions that need
to occur, thepeople who needto take them, and
the amount oftime you thinkthe actions will
take.
Trying to coverthings up rarelyworks. If andwhen your bossfinds out, say,from someoneelse, things willbe even worsefor you. In thiskind of situation,it’s importantthat you be incontrol of themessage. So ashard as it will be,you should sum-mon up yourstrength and gotalk to your boss.
MANAGING WORK GOOF UPS
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
18A NEW ADDICTIONCatch Benny Dayal of Lat Lag Gayi fame perform live in the city. His desibeats will make sure you have a rocking night. The venue is VignanaBharathi Institute Of Technology, ECIL, 7pm onwards.
STYLE WORKSHOP
spotlight
Sounds of styleJewellery designer Moni Agarwal brought the Vogue School of Style to
Hyderabad. Bandana Tiwari and her team from Vogue put together a brilliantfashion show on Monday at N-Convention.Apart from Agarwal’s collection,Shilpa Reddy also showcased her designs with actors Rana Daggubati and
Shriya Saran being the showstoppers.
FESTIVE FOODWith the festival of Baisakhi around the corner, Radisson Blu is hosting a Punjabi food festi-val. On Sunday, some of the Punjabis in the City were invited to partake in the celebration.
SWEET SUCCESSNTR and Kajal Agarwal starrer Baadshah has made a killing at the box office onits release last weekend. The cast and crew of the film held a celebratory partyat Daspalla Hotel on Monday to mark the event.
S BALAKRISHNA
BANGLADESH REPORTS FIRST BIRD FLU DEATHA two-year-old baby from eastern Bangladesh has died of H5N1 virus, the first
bird flu death in the South Asian country, a senior health official said Monday.Mahmudur Rahman, head of IEDCR told Xinhua that "the seventh case ofInfluenza A has been confirmed from one of our surveillance sites in Comilla."health
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19RESET THE CLOCK
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animations, in-app trainer voice, andpre-set workouts with four difficulty lev-els. You can also design your own cus-tom workouts and get your own person-al e-trainer via mail. itunes.apple.com
Otitis externaOtitis externa is an inflammation of theouter ear canal — the tube between theskin surface of the external ear and theear drum. There's redness and swellingof the skin of the ear canal. It may beitchy (especially in the early stages) andcan become sore and painful. There maybe a discharge, or increased amounts ofear wax. If the canal becomes blockedby swelling or secretions, hearing can beaffected. bbc.co.uk
Colds have nothing towith being wetColds are not caused bybeing wet or cold. Theyare caused by viruses,that have nothing to do
with cold temperatures. However, in coldtemperatures, people are more inclinedto spend time together indoors, therebymore easily transmitting the virus fromone person to another. health24.com
Lars LeksellLars Leksell was a Swedish physician andProfessor of Neurosurgery at theKarolinska Institute in Stockholm,Sweden. He was the inventor of radio-surgery. Leksell served as a mentor for anumber of other leading neurosurgeonsincluding L Dade Lunsford who estab-lished the first U.S. Gamma Knife centerat the University of Pittsburgh andStanford Professor John R Adler, theinventor of Cyberknife. en.wikipedia.org
NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS
You’re working when therest of the world isasleep. Your entire rou-tine is disturbed and
reversed. To make it worse, yourshift changes again, just whenyou thought you were fallinginto some pattern.
Naman Manwandia worksin an MNC in Gurgaon. Hisshift changes every two weeks.He started getting frequentheadaches. The days when itstarts at 7pm and 3am, his wholeeating clock used to change —breakfast time would be differ-ent, lunch timings changed.There was no routine.
“Sleep rhythm gets dis-turbed,” said Dr Aftab Ahmed,general physician at Apollo
Hospitals. “Melatonin (a hor-mone that acts as a biologicalclock) levels get disturbed. Thisleads to insomnia. The patientwants to sleep but can’t.”
According to webmd.com,such people suffer from shiftwork sleep disorder (SWSD).They are irritable, are unable toconcentrate and are prone toaccidents. The website alsoquotes experts linking this toother mood disorders and evensubstance abuse.
Working in shifts also makesit difficult for people tosocialise, and over time, peoplemight go into their cocoon orfeel lonely. No one else is freewhen you are and you are work-ing when all your friends arecatching up.
Naman used to come back at3am and found it hard to sleeptill 6 in the morning. He thenused to sleep throughout theday and complained of feeling
lethargic. Spending time with family and friends took a backseat.
Dr Ahmed said he has seenmany patients who come to himwith acidity-related problems,which result from altereddietary habits and eating at oddtimes. “They may eventuallydevelop anxiety disorders,depression and hypertension.”
“In our bodies, we have a cir-cadian cycle. You menstruate ata certain cycle, feel hungry andsleepy at a certain time. If dayand night cycles are shiftingcontinuously, the body won’tknow when it is night, when tofeel sleepy; the mind will haveno sense of relaxation or bal-ance,” said clinical psychologistDr Savita Date Menon.
She said even if you havenight cycles, the body adjusts toit over time. But weekendsbecome a challenge as thiscycle is disturbed.
NIGHTDAY
A N DPatients come
asking formedical proofthat they can
show theirboss and
request for a change
of shift, doctors say.
DEEPASHRIVARADHARAJAN
health TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013 20
NEW DELHI: High blood pres-sure or hypertension kills nearly1.5 million people every year inSouth-East Asia making it thesingle-most important risk factorfor non communicable diseaseslike heart attack and stroke,according to the World HealthOrganisation.
“Every individual has thepower to prevent high bloodpressure by adopting a healthylifestyle — eating a balanceddiet, reducing salt, regular exer-cise, avoiding harmful use ofalcohol, quitting tobacco andchecking their blood pressureregularly” says Dr SamleePlianbangchang, WHORegional Director for South-East Asia.
The WHO is raised the alarmabout high blood pressure onWorld Health Day 2013 whichfell on April 7 this year.
In India, among adults onein three was found to have araised blood pressure and abouthalf of them remained undetect-ed during WHO surveys.
“The number of hyperten-sives in India was expected tonearly double from 118 millionin 2000 to 213 million by 2025.However, recently we estimatedthat among those aged 25 yearsin 2013, there are already about199 million hypertensives cur-rently (103 million men and 96million women).
“In addition, many morehave pre-hypertension; a precur-sor condition which if left unad-dressed will convert to hyper-tension in about four years.Another recent analysis of globaldata also indicated an increase inhypertension in developingcountries like India compared todeclines in most developedcountries," says Dr SaileshMohan, Senior ResearchScientist and Associate Professorat the Public Health Foundationof India (PHFI). PTI
Hypertensionkills 1.5mnevery year inSE Asia: WHO
STUDYBREAKTHROUGH
WASHINGTON: Higher levelsof mercury exposure in young
adults can increase their risk ofdeveloping type 2 diabetes by 65per cent later in life, a new study
has warned.The research, led by
Indiana University School ofPublic Health-Bloomington epi-demiologist Ka He, is the first toestablish the link between mer-
cury and diabetes in humans.
The main source ofmercury in humans comes from
the consumption of fish andshellfish, nearly all of which
contain traces of mercury. Fishand shellfish also contain lean
protein and other nutrients, suchas magnesium and omega-3
polyunsaturated fatty acids, thatmake them important to a
healthy diet.In the study, published
in the journal Diabetes Care, thepeople with the highest levels of
mercury also appeared to havehealthier lifestyles — lower body
mass indexes and smaller waistcircumferences, more exercise -
than other study participants.They also ate more fish,
which is a possible marker ofhealthy diet or higher social eco-
nomic status. The study, whichinvolved 3,875 men and women,
established the link betweenmercury levels and type 2 dia-betes risk after controlling for
lifestyle and other dietary factorssuch as magnesium and omega-3
polyunsaturated fatty acids,which could counter the effects
of the mercury.These findings, He said,
point to the importance of select-ing fish known to have low lev-
els of mercury. PTI
High mercury exposure tied to diabetes riskRESEARCH
BEIJING: A four-year-old boy,who was infected with the dead-ly new H7N9 bird flu, surprisedthe Chinese health officials byrecovering from the disease,believed to be incurable as thereis no medicine to treat it.
His recovery proves that notevery human infection of H7N9avian influenza is severe, theysaid, even as World HealthOrganisation said there is noevidence of sustained human-to-human transmission.
“From a clinical point of view,the boy has recovered," said WuFan, the director of the ShanghaiDisease Control and PreventionCentre. The boy will need toremain in the hospital for furtherobservation, Wu added.
The boy’s temperature is nor-mal and he has no respiratorysymptoms, said Yu Hui, directorof the infectious disease depart-ment of the Children’s Hospitalaffiliated with Fudan University,where the boy is being treated.
The new bird flu strain hassickened at least 21 people inShanghai and the east Chinaprovinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsuand Anhui, killing six of them.
As the virus spread duringthe past few days, China hadapproved a drug which is report-edly being administered topatients. China Food and DrugAdministration said the poten-tial of injections of peramivirdiluted in sodium chloride hasbeen proven successful by pre-liminary tests.
There are currently no stan-dards for the discharge of H7N9-infected patients in China. Forthe more common H1N1-infect-ed patients, a full recovery peri-od of seven days and two nega-tive virus tests are requiredbefore the patient can leave thehospital.
Meanwhile, WHO which iskeeping a close watch on theH7N9 virus in China said it hasyet to found evidence that thenew avian influenza has becomehuman-to-human transmissible.
“Although we do not knowthe source of infection, at thistime there is no evidence of sus-tained human-to-human trans-mission," WHO representative DrMichael O’Leary said here today.
O’Leary said growing inter-est in the virus globally hasprompted WHO to considersending an international team,comprising epidemiological,laboratory and communicationsexperts, to China.
An 87-year-old man sur-named Li and his two sons inShanghai were hospitalisedrecently for showing symptomslike fevers and coughing. Li andthe younger son died, and theother son has recovered. ButH7N9 bird flu virus has onlybeen found in the father.
“The family cluster raises thepossibility of human-to-humantransmission, but two of thecases in that cluster have notbeen laboratory confirmed,"O’Leary said. PTI
His recovery proves that not everyhuman infection of H7N9 avianinfluenza is severe, experts said.
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Allu Arjun joinsYevadu’s shootAllu Arjun has finally begun
shooting for VamshiPaidipally’s upcoming filmYevadu. He’s playing an impor-tant role in this action thrillerwhich has Ram Charan, ShrutiHaasan and Amy Jackson inlead roles. The film’s shooting iscurrently happening inHyderabad.
The title track of Sushanth’supcoming film Adda was
unveiled recently at the IPLmatch between Sunrisers
Hyderabad and RoyalChallengers Bangalore. Shweta
Bhardwaj accompaniedSushanth in this event. AnupRubens has scored the music
for this film.
Adda’s title tracklaunchedVishnu Manchu seems
to be keen on chart-ing new territories.
Apparently, he bagged arole in a Hollywood film,
but he had to let it gosince he didn’t have the
‘dates’; however, herevealed that there’ll be
more ‘exciting news’on this project.
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Not too long ago, itseemed as if Kajalhad fallen prey tobeing stereotyped.
We ask her if she has gotbored of playing thequintessential pretty girl orthe damsel in distress inTelugu films, after all thatseems to be her forte. She’ssurprisingly candid about herwork and says, “If peoplethink I suit those roles reallywell, then I don’t have anyqualms being the pretty girl infilms. However, I did try tojuggle between different roles.Baadshah is my first full-fledged comedy role.”
In the film, she playedJanaki, who loves doling outphilosophical quotes toreform others. We tell her thatshe was uproariously funnyin the film and she’s evidentlypleased with the response shehas got for her role in the film.“I think I have a flair for com-edy and I hope to do morecomedy roles in future. One ofmy favourite scenes in thefilm is my confrontation with
MS Narayana in Milan andanother such scene is the onewhere I stop NTR from com-mitting suicide. We were insplits throughout thesescenes. The tough part wasthat I had to put up a straightface even while delivering allthose hilarious philosophicalquotes,” Kajal recalls.
After Brindavanam, it’s thesecond time Kajal has teamedup with NTR and she revealsthat it was a lot more fun thistime because the two under-stand each others comic tim-ing well now. “Moreover,NTR is all the more patientnow, both with me and othersin general,” she laughs. It hasbeen an incredible year so farwith Nayak and Special 26turning out to be big hits andnow Baadshah is turning out tobe a blockbuster. “I am reallyglad that all the three filmshave done well, but I haven’thad the time to celebrate thesuccess. I have been shootingcontinuously and there’s plen-ty of work left to do before Itake a break,” she says. She’sone of the top heroines inTelugu and it’s no wonderthat she often works with thetop actors and directors in theindustry. So does she just getlucky when it comes to the
roles she’s offered or is there astrategy behind signing afilm? “A lot of things have tofall in to place. I have to likethe story, my role and the peo-ple I am going to work with.Of course, I am quite instinc-tive when it comes to decid-ing what I want to do at anygiven point of time. Otherthan that, there’s no strategyas such. I believe in takingeach day as it comes and notthink too much about future,”she confesses.
Despite the success andfame she has enjoyed so far,she admits that she nevertakes anything for granted. “Iam very critical of my work.Thank God, I am busy all thetime otherwise I would neverbe content with my work,”she quips, adding, “I under-stand what the director wantsand do it with all my convic-tion. All said and done, I don’ttake my success or failure tooseriously,” she signs off.
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When Aashiqui 2meets Aashiqui
The first look of Aashiqui2 and its music will be
launched at SudeepStudios, a place whereAashiqui music was record-ed about 23 years ago.
Released in 1990, RahulRoy and Anu Agarwal-star-rer Aashiqui was co-pro-duced by late GulshanKumar and Mahesh Bhatt,who had also directed thefilm. IANS
I'm releasing Krrish 3 ona Sunday: Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan has taken theprized Diwali release to the next
level. Moving away from the tradi-tional Friday screening, he hasdecided to release Krrish 3 onSunday, November 3, which isDiwali.
Confirming the developmentRoshan said: "November 3 is anauspicious day, so we're releasingKrrish 3 on that day." The film alsostars Priyanka Chopra, KangnaRanaut and Vivek Oberoi. IANS
Barfi! wins top honoursat TOIFA
The story of a deaf and muteboy, Barfi! turned out to be the
top winner at the maiden editionof the TOIFA cornering the bestfilm, best director, best actor andbest actress trophies. At a glitteringawards function, Anurag Basupicked up the best director awardwhile Ranbir Kapoor and PriyankaChopra carried home the bestactor and best actress trophies,respectively. IANS
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CHASHMEBADDOOR mints money atthe box office David Dhawan's
Chashme Baddoor, aremake of 1981 filmof the same name,
has not only got thumbs upfrom the critics, but it has alsomanaged to mint `19 crore inthe first three days of itsrelease, collections till Sundaythat is.
Trade analyst Taran Adarshtweeted: "Chashme Baddoor isoff to a super start in India.North India and Mumbai cir-cuits leading. Even mass-domi-nated belt very good!"
Said to be made at a budget
of `17 crore, the funny dramahas been produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Whatworked in the favour of themovie is that the directorrevamped the script and set thestory of Chashme Baddoor inGoa focusing on the current lotof youngsters and their lifestyle.
The film collected `5.18crore on Friday and `6.27 croreon Saturday, making the totalto `11.45 crore.
The original, produced byGul Anand and directed by SaiParanjpye, revolved around
three students living inDelhi — Siddharth(Farooque Sheikh), Omi(Rakesh Bedi) and Jai(Ravi Baswani) — andwhat happens when theymeet Neha (Deepti Naval).
Dhawan's ChashmeBaddoor features Ali Zafar,Taapsee Pannu, Siddharth,Divyendu Sharma, RishiKapoor, Anupam Kher andLilette Dubey. The SaiParnajpye-directed ChashmeBuddoor was recently restoredand released with the newChashme Baddoor on Friday. IANS
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Katie Price eyeing4mn pounds mansion
Model Katie Pricereportedly wants to
buy a 4 million poundshouse with husband KieranHayler. Katie, 34, who isexpecting a child withHayler, has twice beenspotted looking around theluxury nine-bedroomcountry house, calledBrownheath Park, reportsthe sun.co.uk. IANS
Amy Adams unwinds withher daughter
Hollywod actress AmyAdams says she enjoys spend-
ing time with her three-year-olddaughter Aviana. When askedwhat she does in her spare time,Adams said: "I like spending timewith my daughter. I find that verygrounding. She has been such afantastic addition to my life for somany reasons, but one of myfavourite things is how I feel whenI am with her.” IANS
Is Niall Horan dating Irish model?
Singer Niall Horan is reportedlydating Irish model Zoe Whelan,
whom he met backstage at one ofhis gigs. "Niall has been secretlyseeing Zoe for a couple of monthsafter he met her backstage. She's aDubliner but is based in London towork on her modelling career.Zoe's traveled all over Britain tomeet up with Niall on the band'stour," the sun.co.uk quoted asource as saying. IANS
CINE BYTESFINDING MR RIGHT
Actress Eva Longoria believes dating web-sites are a great way to find your soul-
mate after one of her friends found herlife partner online. But for herself, she
relies on close friends to find her a partner."My girlfriend went on Match.com, (and) she's
getting married this year. They are perfectly matchedfor each other. They are really a great couple,"contactmusic.com quoted Longoria as saying.But the 38-year-old, who is producing a new
dating show called Ready for Love, insists she is notready to start Internet dating yet.
The Desperate Housewives actress, whose second marriage tobasketball player Tony Parker ended in divorce in 2010, relies on
her close circle of friends to find her a new partner instead."I feel like the matchmaker would may be like, 'Hey,
it's Eva Longoria', as opposed to, 'There's this great girl',whereas my friends, who know me, will be like, 'There's
this girl, she's really fun," She told Jay Leno onhis show. When asked about the qualities
she looks for in her ideal man, she said:"I love a good vocabulary, a good vernacu-
lar... Compassionate to the world." IANS
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26THOUGHT OF THE DAYYou can make more friends in two months by becoming interested inother people than you can in two years by trying to get other peopleinterested in you. Dale Carnegie
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How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.
However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.
Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.
Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:
In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...
So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.
Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.
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ARIES: The Hierophant –This card tells you that you need tomake things work if you want chan -ge. It is in your hands to allow posi-tive things to work for you.
GEMINI: The World – Youare about to embark on a wonderfuljourney of discovery. Till now, youhave come across people who taughtyou about life. Now, you will use that.
LEO: King of Pentacles –Finances are in focus. A windfall, inthe form of an inheritance or a smartinvestment move, will force you toplan further. All will go well.
LIBRA: Nine of Cups –Toda y goes like clockwork. Everythi ngyou planned will fit into place andyou will be relieved that all organisingskills are being put to good use.
TAURUS: The Lovers –Decision time! You may need to beharsh on someone. You’ll be expectedto take a tough call, which may notbe the best for someone you love.
CANCER: Ten of Wands –You are feeling burdened by theemotions of someone very close toyou. You two, either a partner or sib-ling, have a karmic connection.
VIRGO: Page of Swords –You make amends with an old friendyou had fallen out with. You realisethat nothing is permanent. Peoplecome and go, so do emotions.
SCORPIO: Judgment –You may be running the risk ofupset ting someone close to youbecause of the way an issue turnedout. Don’t take things too seriously.
CAPRICORN: Knight ofPentacles – An argument with a peercan get into trouble. You may needthat person’s help much more thanhe/she needs you. So, be practical.
SAGITTARIUS: Six of Cups– if you have any important appoint-ments, make sure to reach on time.You may need to keep a buffer of afew minutes to beat traffic, etc.
AQUARIUS: Nine of Wands– This is a time to improve generalknowledge and get into intellectualdiscussions. It will up your status insocial meetings. Watch news channels.
PISCES: Ten of Cups – Youget emotional about something thata family member said. It will hurtyou. But you need to learn to let goand move on to better things.
TAURUSFinancial position looks strongand there is no need to worry.Caution to be exercised whilespending as also monitoring toavoid extravagance. Those inlove will succeed. Struggles in -evitable while executing work,but success will be yours.
GEMINIAvoid anger and emotionaloutbursts at family members,which could boomera ng. Per so -ns in real-estate business havea boom time. Politicians will doa good job and get apprecia-tion from high command. Youfulfill all commitments.
CANCERMinor ego clashes between co -uples will go and they will livein harmony hereafter. Employ -e es likely to be entrusted withnew responsibilities and getrecognition on completing thesame successfully. Good newsis very much on the cards.
LEOGood effects likely to get delay -ed, hence it is advisable topostpone new efforts. Avoidinterfering in others’ personalissues as it might bring a badname to you. Employees needto plan their work in advanceand work with focus to succeed.
VIRGOPoliticians will be entrustedwith more complicated respon-sibilities; they struggle to com-plete them but eventually will.Women in the family work withpatience and shrewdness andget appreciated. A tight finan-cial situation is likely.
LIBRAAs there is a happy atmosphereat home, women feel happy;also good events likely to takeplace in line. You complete allchallenging tasks successfullyby changing the approach.Those planning to go abroadwill get their visa easily.
SCORPIOPoliticians will be in the lime-light. You will be the most res -pected in functions and publicmeetings you attend. Unwantedtension and higher expenseslikely to upset your mood. Emp -loyees will be irked by hurdles,which might delay their work.
SAGITTARIUSDebt issues will be under con-trol. Employees might be favo u -r ed with promotion or pay hike.Couples will be cordial andaffectionate towards each other.Businessmen will effect drasticchanges. Those wanting changeof job can initiate efforts now.
CAPRICORNYou need to be active by driv-ing out laziness in you so thatall work get completed succes -sfully. Avoid bringing in a thirdperson to mediate for you as itmight widen the rift substan-tially. Spouse and children areto be kept in a cheerful mode.
AQUARIUSDebt problems will be undergood control with the help offriends and close relatives. Youwill be very happy as marriageof your son or daughter will beperformed in a grand manner.Those awaiting a job should beprepared to relocate.
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Blake to conductKelly’s wedding Kelly Clarkson revealed to
ET's Nancy O'Dell backstageat the ACM Awards on Sundaynight that not only is BlakeShelton singing at her upcom-ing wedding, he is conductingthe ceremony!Singer announced her engage-ment to Shelton's manager,Brandon Blackstock, inDecember.
As if it wasn’t enough forTwilight veteran Kellan
Lutz to score the role of onefamously buff character in
Tarzan, he’s now aiming forthe double by taking on
Hercules. Harlin is gearing upHercules 3D for Nu
Image/Millennium, which hasbeen busy developing this
take on the Greek demigod.
Kellan Lutz Is Hercules
Actress Lindsay Lohan,who began dating
Avi Snow last month, hassplit from the rocker.
A source told eon-line.com that Lohan
broke up with Snow afterreturning to Los Angelesfrom a party-filled busi-
ness trip to Brazil. IANS
Lindsay Lohan single again
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film The Edge Of Love, is quiteimpressed with her co-star'sbeauty and style.
The 31-year-old says herclose friend has a uniquestyle and can pull of any out-fit because of her classicappearance.
"The first thing thatsprings to mind (when think-ing about Keira) is the 1940s.I think of her as glamorous
in that kind of timelessmovie-star way, but she canbe grungy in this very cool1990s way," Marie Claire mag-azine quoted Miller as say-ing.
"You say this about peo-ple who have style, but it istrue — she genuinely doesn'tthink about
the way she looks or how sheputs herself together. Shecould throw on a bin bag andlook beautiful," she added.
Knightley, 28, has beenthe face of numerous beautyand fashion campaignsincluding Chanel's CocoMademoiselle per-fume. IANS
sports 29WBC CHAMPIONSHIP
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
ALEXANDRE FEDORETSAgence France-Presse
MOSCOW: World athleticschampionships hosts Russia onMonday rejected claims they aresoft on doping, saying the expo-sure of a spate of high-profilecheats was due to a step forwardin testing.
A number of Russian ath-letes, including 2004 Olympichammer champion OlgaKuzenkova, have been banned inrecent months for doping viola-tions, prompting calls in some
quarters for Moscow to bestripped of its right to host thechampionships later this year.
But Russian athletics federa-tion chief Valentin Balakhnichevtold AFP in an exclusive inter-view that Russia had dramatical-ly changed its approach in thefight against doping.
“Three years ago the nationalanti-doping agency RUSADAwas created to keep the use ofdrugs in sports under control,”Balakhnichev said.
“It changed the situation rad-ically as the Russian sports min-
istry upgraded the technicalequipment of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory up to thehighest modern standards andincreased the level of its staff’sskills.”
“Now it is paying off, as thelaboratory is not only testing butalso regularly working out newmethods of analysis that are cur-rently used worldwide.”
Russia is in the spotlight inthe fight against doping as it pre-pares to host the world athleticschampionships in August inMoscow.
TOKYO: Japan’s ShinsukeYamanaka defeated MalcolmTunacao of the Philippines bytechnical knockout to defend his World Boxing Council(WBC) bantamweight title onMonday.
Yamanaka, 30, floored thechallenger twice in the thirdround with a straight left. And itwas the same straight left shotthat knocked a bloodied Tunacaoto the canvas one minute and 57seconds into the 12th, for the ref-eree to top the fight.
“I was ready to knock himout, but my opponent was alsofighting pretty well. I went for itin the end. I got married and Ihave a child now, that made mestronger,” said Yamanaka.
“A title unification match isalways one of my targets, so I wel-come any title matches againstchampions of the WBA, IBF orWBO. I’m not sure it was a nicefight today, but I’m determined toshow an exciting fight next.”
It was his third defence ofthe title he won in November2011, improving his unbeaten
record to 18 wins, including 13KOs, and two draws.
Tunacao, the top-rankedchallenger in the WBC, saw hisrecord reduced to 32 wins,including 20 KOs, against threedefeats and three draws.
YAEGASHI IS NEW WBC FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION Challenger Akira Yaegashi wona close-range battle to outpointfellow Japanese ToshiyukiIgarashi in a World BoxingCouncil (WBC) flyweight titlebout on Monday.
Three judges scored it 115-110, 116-109 and 117-108 in
favour of the challenger.“It’s like a dream. A small
boxer like me was able to fightin a big class. It was a nice chal-lenge. I’m the strongest in theworld,” said Yaegashi, who hada 0-4 record against Igarashiwhen the two were amateurfighters.
“I tried to fight in my styleuntil the end,” added Yaegashi,30, who improved his record to17 wins, including nine KOs,against three defeats.
Igarashi started cautiouslyagainst Yaegashi, whounleashed numerous left jabsand left and right hooks to lead3-0 after the fourth round. AFP
A Institution 1-Day League ECIL 140 (Vijay Kumar 54,Chandrasekhar 3 for 30,Murali 3 for 26, Arvind Shah4 for 22) bt FCI 60 (KandaSwamy 6 for 13, Vijay 3 for12)VST 46 (Bobby 3 for 17,Siddappa 4 for 0) lost to HAL50 for 1
ANTI-DOPING MEASURES
SYDNEY: Former HockeyAustralia boss Mark Andersonand the ex-head of British swim-ming Michael Scott were onTuesday appointed to rebuildAustralia’s swim team after theirdismal London Olympics cam-paign.
Anderson becomes chiefexecutive, replacing Kevin Neilwho quit in the fallout from lastsummer’s Games, with the swimteam’s performance marred byill-discipline, drug use anddrunkenness.
Scott, who was the high per-formance boss for BritishSwimming for five years in thelead-up to the 2012 LondonOlympics, assumes a similar rolein Australia.
He takes over from LeighNugent, who resigned from boththat position and head coach lastmonth as inquiries continuedinto allegations of misbehaviour.
“We’ve gone through anexhaustive process to find theright people to lead our sportand we know Mark and Michaelhave the skills and acumen totake the organisation forward,”Swimming Australia PresidentBarclay Nettlefold said.
“These appointments are justanother positive step in settingup the best leadership structure.”
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Triple delight forJapanese boxers in Tokyo
World Boxing Council bantamweight defending champion Shinsuke Yamanaka of Japan punches challengerMalcolm Tunacao of Philippines during their title bout in Tokyo on Monday. AFP/ TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA
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TOKYO: Japan’s Takashi Miurasaid his late father helped himwin the new World BoxingCouncil (WBC) super feather-weight champion Monday, aftera technical knockout in the ninthround against Gamaliel Diaz.
The 28-year-old challengerfloored the Mexican title-holderwith a straight left one minuteand 21 seconds into the ninth tofinish the contest, havingalready knocked his opponentto the canvas several times dur-ing the bout.
“I have no words but I’mhappy. I wanted to show thisbelt to my father,” he added.
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New bosses forAustralia afterflop show
Russia says it’s making progress PARIS: Veteran French femalecyclist Jeannie Longo is back in thecrosshairs of national anti-doping authorities forfailing to comply withprocedures aimed atcatching drug cheats.
The head of theFrench anti-dopingagency, the ALFD, saidLongo was again“obliged to providedetails of her whereabouts”so that she could be subjectedto surprise tests.
ALFD president BrunoGenevois told AFP the measure
was ordered “in the light of pre-vious failings” by the cyclist.
Longo, aged 54 andstill racing, had receivedthree warnings from theFrench Anti-DopingAgency for breaking thewhereabouts rule.
Longo is a sportingicon in France, having won
59 national titles, 13 worldtitles and four Olympic medalsincluding a gold in road racing.
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BASKETBALL
JIM SLATER Agence France-Presse
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA:Saying he does not feel intimi-dated by his rivals or awestruckby his surroundings, 14-year-old Chinese schoolboy GuanTianlang (in pic) is putting a pri-ority on enjoying his historicMasters debut.
Guan will become the youn -gest player in Masters historyafter qualifying to play at Augu -sta National this week by winni -ng last year’s Asia-Pacific Ama -teur Championship in Thailand.
“It’s going to be a little pres-sure, but I’m not going to pushmyself too hard. I’m going toenjoy it," Guan said. “I have theconfidence. I know I can playwell. I’m going to play likemyself. I’m not going to try todo too much. “Just enjoy thetournament and play somegood shots and just enjoy it andhopefully I can play well."
On Monday he played apractice round at AugustaNational with two-time Masterschampion Ben Crenshaw andjoined fellow amateurs in theCrow’s Nest living area of theclubhouse, the youngest to
enjoy that Masters tradition.“It’s hard to believe he’s 14,"
said Crenshaw. “Today wasgreat to play with Mr.Crenshaw," Guan said. “He toldme a lot and we really enjoyed iton the golf course."
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA: AsianTour No. 1 Thaworn Wiratchantis aiming to become the first Thaigolfer to make the cut in all fourrounds at the Masters afterreceiving a special invitation toplay in this week’s event.
The 46-year-old Asian Tourveteran star won three times lastyear and became the oldest play-er to win the Order of Merit onthe circuit. Thaworn now has 17international victories.
Countrymen ThongchaiJaidee, Prayad Marksaeng andSukree Onsham have previouslycompeted at Augusta National,but Thaworn hopes to do whatnone of them managed and reachthe last two rounds.
“I’ll try to make the cut. Thatwould be the goal," Thawornsaid. “If I don’t make it, then Iwant to ensure that I had playedmy best. The players at theMasters are all good players andit is a very challenging golfcourse."
Thaworn’s prior majorappearance was at the 2006British Open where he shared31st. But he made an impressionlast month at Doral with a pair of69s in a World GolfChampionship event before set-tling for a share of 53rd place.
Thaworn has worked on hislong irons to cope with the 7,435-yard Augusta National layoutbut knows the undulating greenswill provide their own test.
“From what I’ve seen, youhave to be good in every depart-ment, especially around thegreens, which are very fast andtricky," Thaworn said. “I’m sureit will be really challenging."
Thaworn has received someadvice from Prayad as well as2007 Masters winner ZachJohnson. “Some of the advice hasbeen very helpful, but I willadjust my routine accordingly,"Thaworn said. “If I miss the cut, Imay get criticism but if I makethe cut, the story may change.This is natural. I accept that. AFP
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA: Steve Stricker ishoping he can come in from the cold thisweek to finally get to grips with AugustaNational, a course he says has over-whelmed him in the past.
The 46-year-old “quiet man” of USgolf has played in 12 Masters and has justa tie for sixth place in 2009 to show for it.Last year was typical when he could onlytie for 47th.
This year, though, Stricker has decid-ed to drastically cut back on his scheduleand, instead of playing in the week beforethe year’s first major, he spent the time athome up north in Madison, Wisconsin,where winter still has a grip. “I was athome last week enjoying a couple spring-like days at home finally," he said.
“We are finally starting to break grass.
We can see grass now. But it was still thesame for me last week, hitting balls frominside the trailer although I threw a cou-ple out on the grass.
“Courses are still closed up there, butit’s still the same preparation for me athome and came down here yesterday."
Stricker, who has yet to win any of themajors, admits he finds it hard to pinpointjust why he has such a poor record atAugusta National.
“For the most part I’ve struggled herea little bit ... there’s still a few things Ihaven’t figured out.
“Or I’ve gotten in my own way, Ithink, a few times here, too. Just not com-mitting to shots, not committing to lines.You know, feeling a little overwhelmedabout this place at times, I think." AFPAFP
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Nine-timeNBA All-Star Gary Payton and four-time NBA All-Star Bernard King wereamong seven people voted into theBasketball Hall of Fame this year, offi-cials announced on Monday.
US college coaching greats JerryTarkanian, Guy Lewis and Rick Pitinoplus five-time Women’s NBA All-StarDawn Staley and three-time USwomen’s coach of the year SylviaHatchell were also voted into the sport-ing honor roll.
Enshrinement ceremonies will bestaged September 8 at Springfield,Massachusetts, and will include five
previously announced members electedto the Hall of Fame by various commit-tees. Brazilian legend Oscar Schmidtwas among those previously named tothe Class of 2013.
Payton, known as “The Glove” forhis defensive skills, had 2,445 careersteals and was the 1996 NBA DefensivePlayer of the Year. He played onOlympic gold medal US teams in 1996and 2000 and won an NBA title withMiami in 2006. First-time nominees whofailed to obtain enough support fromthe honors committee for inductionincluded Mitch Richmond, TimHardaway and Tom Heinsohn. AFP
(L-R) Gary Payton and Jerry Tarkanian interact duringthe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 2013announcement on Monday. AFP/LECKA
Thawornaims to make
the cut ‘Enjoyment is main goal’
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA: Darr -en Clarke, the 2011 British Op -en champion from NorthernIreland, announced he was wit -hdrawing from the Masters onMonday after suffering a pull edhamstring while on vacation inthe Bahamas. Clarke missedlast week’s US PGA Texas Openbecause of the injury, sufferedmore than a week ago on theisland of Abaco. He is continu-ing treatment in the Bahamasand has decided on a timetab lefor his return to competitivegolf. “It is with deep regret thatI will not be able to play atAugusta this year," Clarke said.“Playing in the Masters is oneof golf’s greatest pleasures andI am very disappointed to bemissing out." Twice-a-day trea -tments did not bring Clarkeback to fitness enough to copewith the undulating terrain ofAugusta National Golf Club.AFP
Hamstring injuryforces Clarke out
Saying he does not feel intimidated by rivals or surroundings, 14-year-oldTianlang is putting a priority on enjoying his historic Masters debut.
Cold comfort for Stricker
Paytonvoted intoBasketball
Hall ofFame
SCORECARDRAJASTHAN ROYALS V KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERSRajasthan Royals innings
(20 overs maximum)
SR Watson c Morgan b Lee 5 (10)
AM Rahane c †Bisla b Narine 36 (34)
R Dravid* b Bhatia 17 (20)
STR Binny lbw b Shukla 14 (11)
BJ Hodge not out 46 (31)
K Cooper st †Bisla b Narine 0 (2)
DH Yagnik† run out (Shami Ahmed/†Bisla) 16 (11)
S Sreesanth not out 1 (2)
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 1) 9
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 144
Bowling O M R W Econ
B Lee 4 0 20 1 5.00
Shami Ahmed 3 0 26 0 8.66
SP Narine 4 0 28 2 7.00
JH Kallis 4 0 28 0 7.00
R Bhatia 3 0 21 1 7.00
LR Shukla 2 0 14 1 7.00
Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 145 runs from 20 overs)
MS Bisla† b Shukla 1 (4)
Gambhir*c †Yagnik b Trivedi 22(22)
JH Kallis c †Yagnik b Shukla 0 (1)
MK Tiwary lbw b Trivedi 14 (13)
EJG Morgan b Cooper 51 (38)
YK Pathan c †Yagnik b Cooper 0 (2)
LR Shukla c Shukla b Trivedi 2 (9)
R Bhatia c Binny b Tait 12 (7)
B Lee Shukla b Sreesanth 5 (6)
S Ahmed c Rahane b Cooper 5 (10)
SP Narine not out 2 (2)
Extras (lb 5, w 6) 11
Total (all out; 19 overs) 125
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Sreesanth 4 0 25 1 6.25
SW Tait 4 0 29 1 7.25
R Shukla 3 0 28 2 9.33
K Cooper 4 0 15 3 3.75
SK Trivedi 4 0 23 3 5.75
Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
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METRE 6S 46 5D Karthik (MI)C Gayle (RCB)K Pollard (MI) 92*HIGHEST
SCOREBESTBOWLER 4-134S 197 13David Warner
(DD)Sunil
Narine(KKR)
Chris Gayle(RCB)
Sunrisers Hyderabad takeon the Royal Challenegersfrom Bangalore once again
in the sixth edition of theIndian Premier League, todayon the latter’s home turf.
These very teams hadclashed in an exctining conteston Sunday. In that encounter,batting first, the Challengersposted a total of 130, a scorewhich Sunrisers Hyderabadeventually tied.
Hence, to declare a winner,the result was then decided inthe super over (or the one-overeliminator). Sunrisers came outvictorious as they defeatedRCB by five runs.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad,who happen to be playing forthe first time in the IPL, havewon both the matches theyhave participated in — the firstagainst Pune Warriors Indiaand the second against Royal
Challengers Bangalore.The Hyderabad team is cur-
rently placed second on thepoints table behind RajasthanRoyals.
The Royal ChallenegersBangalore would look toavenge their defeat to the
Sunrisers today. They wouldlook to fire in the batting,which also happens to be theirstrength with the likes ofdemolisher Chirs Gayle, ViratKohli and Tillakaratne Dilshanamong the others present in theteam.
Sunrisers on the otherhand, have not had much toboast about when it came totheir batting of feilding. It has
always been their bowlingwhich has helped them winmatches.
Dale Steyn, their biggeststrenght in the bowling, hasbeen well supported by theothers like Amit Mishra, Pereraand Ishant Sharma.
Another victory wouldmake them to be one of theteams to watch out for in thisedition of the IPL.
G APARNA SAI
P W L T PT NRRR 2 2 0 0 4 +0.600
SRH 2 2 0 0 4 +0.550
KXIP 1 1 0 0 2 +3.158
MI 2 1 1 0 2 +0.175
RCB 2 1 1 0 2 +0.050
KKR 2 1 1 0 2 -0.231
DD 2 0 2 0 0 -0.403
CSK 1 0 1 0 0 -0.450
PW 2 0 2 0 0 -1.915
P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie;NR-net run rate; PT-points
‘Our strategyworked toperfection’
Rajasthan Royals’ mediumpacer Siddharth Trivedisaid that their strategy of
playing only the pace bowlershad worked to perfection againstKolkata Knight Riders.
Insisting that it was a wellplanned out strategy, Trivedisaid: “It was our strategy whichhelped us to notch crucial victo-ry. See we did not have any spin-ners in the eleven and the pacebowlers did it for us. We wereable to grab wickets wheneverwe needed them.”
Rajasthan Royals outplayedthe defending champions by 19runs to register their second suc-cessive victory in the PepsiIndian Premier League, here lastnight.
PTI
RCB VS SRH AT 8 PMON SET MAX
Time for Challengers to rise
DavidWarner (DD)98 runs
IPL 6 BATTLE OF THE TITANS
Sunil Narine(KKR), KevonCooper (RR)
6 wickets
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HYDERABAD: Though DelhiDaredevils will be bolsteredwith Morne Morkel, a ‘genuine’pace bowler who is also usefulwith the bat down the order,and spinner Roloef van der Me -rwe joining them, they will waittill the playing 11 are annou -nced to reassure themselves.
Crippled by the absence ofVirender Sehwag, DD have lostboth the matches they haveplayed till now, first to KolkataKnight Riders and then toRajasthan Royals, and will bewanting to make a turnaround.
Standing squarely in thepath of DD being able to opentheir account today is a formida -ble Mumbai India team that lost
a close match to Royal Challen -gers Bangalore before going onto beat Chennai Super Kings.
With Sachin Tendulkar andRicky Ponting opening the bat-ting, Rohit Sharma and AmbatiRayudy following and MichelleJohnson, Munaf Patel, Harbhaj -an Singh, Pragyan Ojha in char -ge of the bowling department,and, with wicketkeeper Dine shKarthik, MI line up may well bethe ideal team.
Dinesh Karthik has been insupreme form lording over bo -wlers he faced in both the matc -hes, Ponting and Tendulkarhave been playing copybookcricket and Munaf and Ojhabowling their hearts out.
All said, it is Viru who isgoing to make the difference tothe visiting DD team.
Delhi look for Daredevilry
RR captain Rahul Dravidhas been fi ned for the te -a m’s slow over rate duri -ng last night’s IPL matchag ainst KKR. RR were as -se ssed to be two oversbeh ind the required rateaft er allowances were ta -ken into consideration.Since it was his first offe -nce of the season, Dravidwas fined US$20,000.
FLASH
sportsTUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
32CASSANO ADDS TO INTER INJURY WOESAntonio Cassano has added to Inter Milan's injury woes after the Serie Agiants confirmed the striker has suffered a hamstring tear which could endhis season. Cassano limped off during Inter's shock 4-3 home reverse toAtalanta on Sunday.
Lazio let slip win inRome derby MILAN: Brazilian midfielderHernanes went from hero to villainas 10-man Lazio let slip a potentialwin in a thrilling derby againstRoma that was marred beforehandby clashes between fans and police.The 'Derby della Capitale' was muchanticipated but the tension got toomuch for some prior to the encou -nter at the Olympic Stadium.
FA probe shows noFerdinand racist abuse LONDON: The FootballAssociation on Monday confirmedthey have been unable to find evi-dence that England fans chantedracist abuse about Rio and AntonFerdinand during the recent WorldCup qualifier against San Marino.Anti-racism group FARE had report-ed England to FIFA over the allegedsinging of an abusive song.
'Pensioner' remark spursJuve for Bayern clashMILAN: A throwaway jibe againstgoalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon isspurring Juventus as they bid tomake club history by overcoming a2-0 first leg deficit to Bayern Munichin their Champions League quarter-final. Juventus qualified for the lasteight of Europe's premier club com-petition last month for the first timesince 2006.
Malaga out to downDortmund for coachDORTMUND, GERMANY:Malaga defender Martin Demichelissays the Spaniards want to win atBorussia Dortmund on Tuesday toreach the Champions League semi-finals for their grieving coachManuel Pellegrini. The 59-year-oldflew from Spain to Chile onSaturday straight after the 4-2Spanish league defeat.
FOOTBALL BRIEFS
MADRID: Xavi Hernandez(above) beli e v es that Barcelonawere still favourites in theirChampions League quarter-finalagainst Par is Saint-Germaindespite a number of key injuriesin defence and the possibilitythat Lionel Messi could also missthe second-leg.
The first leg ended 2-2 in Pa -ris last Tuesday thanks to BlaiseMatuidi's last minute strike forthe hosts but the biggest blow forBarca was the injuries sufferedby Messi and Javier Mascherano.
Four-time world player of theyear Messi still has a chance ofreturning for Wednesday's clashat the Camp Nou but Mas ch -erano's knee injury will see himmi ss the majority of what rema -ins of the season.
But Xavi said that two awaygoals and home advantageshould still be enough to seeBarca into their sixth consecutiveChampions League semi-final.
"We have 90 minutes left athome and we will play in front ofour fans, who showed the toplevel of devotion in the gameagainst Milan," he was quoted assaying in an interview onuefa.com published on Monday.
"The shame has been theinjuries, Mascherano's just as
much as Leo's,” he added.
Barcelonafavouritesdespite
injuries: Xavi
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We have 90 min-utes left at home
and we will play infront of our fans, whoshowed the top levelof devotion in the ga -me against Milan.The shame hasbeen the injuries.
Xavi Hernandez Barcelona midfielder
ISTANBUL: Galatasaray wi -ll have to rewrite history hereon Tuesday if they are tooverturn a three-goal de fi citagainst Real Madrid in th e irChampions League quarter-final, second-leg clash.
The odds are stackedagainst the Turkish champi-ons with Madrid havingadvanced on all seven previ-ous occasions in Europe afterwinning the opening leg 3-0.
Added to the challengein front of them is the factthat Real coach Jose Mouri -nho, who's seeking a thirdChampions League title wi -th a third club, has never be -en eliminated at the quarter-final stage in six attempts.
Even so, Galatasaraycoach Fatih Terim (above)has not given up hope.
"It's very difficult, we'renot playing against any oldteam," he said on Monday.
"But we'll try everythi -ng. I've seen everything infootball and I hope I'll seeanother one of those nights.
"I'm convinced my play-ers want to play, they're en -th usiastic and they want towin." Terim is also withoutthe suspended Yilm az,who's tallied eight goals inEurope this term, as well asdefender Nounkeu, whoseabse nce will further weak-en a defence that alreadyhas conceded 12 goals in thecompetition thus far.
History againstGalatasaray forMadrid tie
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CHRIS MCKENNA Agence France-Presse
MANCHESTER, UK: SergioAg u ero (right) came off the
bench to gr ab Manchester Citya 2-1 win against rivals United
at Old Trafford and close thegap at the top of the Premier
League to 12 points. JamesMilner had put the vi sitors
ahead with a deflected ef f ortstraight after half-time be f o reVincent Kompany's own go al
levelled it up for the home side.However, Aguero replaced
Samir Nasri before firing in atthe near post with 11 minutes
remaining to claim the threepoints and move City closer to
leaders United.When these sides met almo -st twelve months ago at the
Etihad Stadium, United wereon the slide and City's win cata-pulted them into the lead in thetitle race that ended in dramatic
fashion on the last day.This season's race seems
rather more mundane withUnited coming into this Old
Trafford clash with a 15-pointlead and very close to claiming
their 20th English league title,but this result may just
spark some nerves in Alex Ferguson's camp.
Champions City keepfaint title hopes alive City delay surrender of the title to United by beating them 2-1.
Derby victory buoys Mancini for next seasonRoberto Manciniinsists he knowsManchester City canwin the title next sea-son after the Bluesbeat rivals United 2-1at Old Trafford.The victory, thanks to
goals from JamesMilner and substituteSergio Aguero eitherside of a VincentKompany own goal,moves the defendingchampions to within12 points of runaway
leaders United withseven games to go.Mancini remains defi-ant the title race isover for this year butis confident his sidecan regain the crownnext time around.
He said: "This win isnot important [fornext season] but weknow that we can winthe title next year."This year we know wemade some mistakes.We can do nothing.”
