NEW DELHI, FEB 01AAP leader Arvind

Kejriwal has once againapologised for his actionsduring his 49-day tenure asChief Minister of Delhilast year and promised notto quit again.

"...Many people acrossDelhi feel that our actionshave let them down. InMay (last year), we apolo-gised to the people ofDelhi for the disappoint-ment caused; and in caseyou missed it the first time,I do so again - so you hearus loud and clear," he said.

"We did not lie, and wedid not steal. However, Iacknowledge that peoplewere still hurt by ouractions, because what AAPrepresents is bigger thanall of us. People felt hurtthat they invested so much

of themselves in a partyand movement that wasseen to have walkedaway," Kejriwal said writ-ing on the website of a TVnews channel.

Kejriwal, who quit onFebruary 14 last year just49 days after being sworn-

in, has faced flak for hisdecision to resign mid-way.

AAP, which had 28 seatsin the 70-member House,ran the government withCongress support.

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Sunday sought amajority for BJP in Delhi bypresenting himself as a“lucky” person as he ridiculedhis rivals for giving all creditfor “successes” during histenure to his good fortuneonly.

Addressing a rally in NewDelhi, he talked about the per-formance of his eight-month-old government and said theprices of commodities likepetrol and diesel have comedown, benefitting the peopleand helping them save somemoney.

The “rivals”, particularlythe Congress, say the priceshave come down just becausehe is “lucky”, he said, adding,“Do you want a lucky personor someone who is lesslucky?”

Taunting his rivals, he said,“Ok, let’s accept that I amlucky but you have savedmoney. If Modi’s luck is ben-efitting the people, what canbe more fortunate? If because

of my good luck, prices ofpetrol and diesel get reducedand common man saves more,then what is need for bringingsomeone who is unlucky?”

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Assurances on women safe-

ty are galore in the nationalcapital in the run up to theDelhi Assembly polls butwhen it comes to fieldingwomen candidates, the majorparties in the fray have fared

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Delhi polls: Congress,BJP, AAP field just 19women candidates

SAN FRANCISCO, FEB 01Carl Djerassi, who was con-

sidered as the father of thebirth control pills by thechemists, has passed away atthe age of 91. The Austrian-born US chemist died of com-plications related to liver andbone cancer on Friday in his

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Carl Djerassi, father of birthcontrol pills dies at 91

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Valson Thampu, Principal

of St Stephen's College, hasbeen dragged to court by asuspended administrative offi-cer of the institution whoalleged that he was pressuris-ing him to convert to

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Bharatiya Janata Party's

(BJP) Delhi chief ministerialcandidate Kiran Bedi onSunday said that her name hasbeen changed to 'Vikaas Bedi'and she is here to link thedevelopment of Delhi with thatof the country.

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My new name is 'Vikaas Bedi',says Kiran Bedi

HYDERABAD, FEB 01Faced with criticism over

the government issuing sever-al ordinances, Union MinisterM Venkaiah Naidu on Sundaysaid the government has "nofancy for issuing ordinances"and that the Opposition shouldallow the Parliament to func-tion properly. "Nobody has gota fancy for issuing ordinances.

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Govt has no desire to issueordinances: Venkaiah Naidu

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Defence Minister Manohar

Parrikar on Sunday assured theex-servicemen of early imple-mentation of the 'one rank, onepension' scheme, saying hisMinistry has fast-tracked thework on it.

The assurance came when a27-member delegation of the

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One rank, one pension schemeto be rolled out soon: Parrikar

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Central revenue department

officials have raised vigil tocheck any flow of blackmoney from air and land tran-sit points ahead of the upcom-ing Assembly elections here.Officials of the Directorate of

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Heightened vigil tocheck black moneyflow during Delhi polls

JAMNAGAR, FEB 01A MiG-21 fighter jet of the

Indian Air Force crashed dur-ing a sortie near Bed village inJamnagar district on Saturdaynight while the pilot managedto eject safely, the secondsuch incident this weekinvolving MiG series aircraft.

"A MiG-21 crashed atRasoolnagar area near Bed

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MiG-21 crashes inJamnagar, pilot ejects safely

JAMMU, FEB 01The dental corps of the

army on Sunday celebrated its74th Raising Day by hostinghealth care events at theUdhampur-based NorthernCommand headquarters.

"The army's NorthernCommand Dental Corps cele-brated its 74 Corps Day at

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Army's dental corps cel-ebrates 74th Raising Day

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Kejriwal again apologises, promises not to quitTENALI, FEB 01

About 1.30 lakh devotees ofLord Hanuman set a world recordhere by chanting HanumanChalisa non-stop for four hours.

The spiritual event was organ-ized by Sri Ganapathi SachidandaSwamy of Sri Datta Peetham inMysore. Devotees thronged thevenue early in the morning. Theorganizers expected a turnout ofabout 1.11 lakh, but the gatheringswelled to 1.30 lakh by the timethe programme began.

Representatives of GuinnessWorld Records supervised theevent. After the four-hour recita-tion, the Guinness representativeshanded over a certificate to SriGanapathi Sachidananda Swamyin the presence of Tamil Nadugovernor K Rosaiah, local MLA

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 01Punjab Chief

Minister ParkashSingh Badal onSunday sought "directand personal interven-tion" of PrimeMinister NarendraModi for constitutingan SIT to re-investi-gate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.

He also asked theCentre to take animmediate call on therecommendations ofthe committee headedby former SupremeCourt Judge Justice(retd) G P Mathur,which submitted itsreport to HomeMinister Rajnath

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Parkash Singh Badal seeks PM'sintervention to set up SIT to probe '84 riots

4 hour non-stopHanuman Chalisasets world record

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Congress President

Sonia Gandhi onSunday attacked boththe Bharatiya JanataPartyand the AamAadmi Party (AAP)and accused them ofmaking false promis-es to the people.

"The party weextended our supportto, couldn't even gov-ern state for twomonths, and ranaway from theirresponsibilities. Whois responsible for thissituation in Delhi?It's the party who ranaway from itsresponsibilities, aswell as those whowere imposing theirown rule in name of

President's rule," saidGandhi, whileaddressing a rally inBadarpur .

"You must remem-ber the huge promis-es made to you byBJP before election.Where is the blackmoney they prom-

ised to bring back,where is employ-ment? Has inflationbeen curbed? Weintroduced landacquisition act sothat land of peoplecannot be acquiredby inappropriate

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Sonia Gandhi accusesBJP, AAP of making falsepromises to people

NEW DELHI, FEB 01The documents handed

over by the US to India inconnection with the probeinto the plot to carry outterror strikes on Americanand Israeli consulates inthe South have establishedcommunication betweenSakir Hussain, undergoingjail term in the case, and'Shahjee', a Pakistaninational introduced to theaccused allegedly by aPakistani diplomat work-ing in Colombo.

NIA, which has carriedout the probe into the con-spiracy meticulously, hadsent a request underMutual Legal Assistance

Treaty to the US for detailsfrom service providerwhose email was beingused by Hussain to com-municate to his handler inSri Lanka.

Hussain, who pleadedguilty and is at presentundergoing jail term inIndia, was arrested in Aprillast year by sleuths ofIntelligence Bureau withTamil Nadu police whiledoing reconnaissance ofUS consulate in Chennaiand Israeli consulate inBangalore to facilitate aterror strike similar to26/11. For this, two terror-ists were to be flown in

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BEIJING, FEB 01India is committed to

finding an "early settle-ment" to the vexedboundary issue, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj on Sunday saidon her maiden visit toChina as she proposed asix-point template tobuild Sino- India ties to

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India committed to 'early settlement'of boundary issue: Sushma Swaraj

Consulate terror conspiracy: US handsover evidence linking Pak national

MUMBAI, FEB 01TV actor Gautam Gulati

feels his straightforwardnature and clean gameimpressed the viewers,who chose him the winnerof the eighth season of'Bigg Boss'.

Gautam, 27, beat co-contestants KarishmaTanna, Pritam Singh, AliQuli Mirza and DimpyGanguly in the finale tobecome the title-holder inthe final Sunday nightepisode. The young actor,

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Congress MP Shashi

Tharoor, who onlyrecently earned theparty's wrath for prais-ing Narendra Modi,says in the PrimeMinister "we are allseeing a master com-municator at work" buthit out at BJP for "pro-moting a nakedly bigot-ed Hindutva agenda".

Noting that commu-nication has been amajor strength of theNDA government, par-

ticularly Modi, he said,"The Prime Minister isvery effective inspeech-making, comesup with slogans, soundbites, photo ops in quitean unparalleled way.

"There is no questionthat we are all seeing amaster communicatorat work. And that hasits merits but it is notenough."

Tharoor has praisedModi quite a few timesrecently which was

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I won `Bigg Boss` because I neverplayed politics: Gautam Gulati

PM Modi is master communicatorat work: Shashi Tharoor

India wants Chinato open its marketto Indian firmsBEIJING, FEB 01

Amid concerns overthe widening tradedeficit, India todayhoped that China willopen up its market toIndian companies andpromised to make it eas-ier for Chinese firms todo business in India.

"A critical change innature of our bilateralties over the last few

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NEW DELHI, FEB 01Thirty years after

the anti-Sikh riots inDelhi, a fresh probe islikely with a govern-ment-appointed com-mittee recommendingconstitution of aSpecial InvestigationTeam (SIT) for thesame, a move seen bythe Congress as anattempt to woo votersahead of polls here.

The committeeheaded by formerSupreme Court JudgeJustice (retd) GPMathur, which was

set up on December23 last year to lookinto the possibility ofre-investigation of the1984 riots, submittedits report to HomeMinister RajnathSingh last week,sources said.

It has recommendedsetting up of an SITfor a fresh probe intothe riots that followedassassination of thethen Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi onOctober 31, 1984, thesources added.

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Fresh probe likely into1984 anti-Sikh riots

Disturbed by Modisupporters, Bedi stopsspeech midwayNEW DELHI, FEB 01

BJP leaders at PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’srally here Sunday werecaught by surprise when theparty’s chief ministerial can-didate Kiran Bedi threatenedto stop her speech midway asshe was getting disturbed bythe crowd chanting Modi’sname.

The thousands of peoplegathered at the DDA groundin Dwarka’s Sector 14 werewaiting eagerly for Mr.Modi, and were raising slo-gans praising him and theBJP at regular intervals.

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NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Taking a dig at Aam Aadmi

Party chief Arvind Kejriwal'spromise to not take up an govern-ment bungalow while chief min-ister of Delhi, the BharatiyaJanata Party released an adver-tisement on Sunday with a mes-sage that 'warns' Delhiites againstthe AAP leader's style of func-tioning. The advertisement is thenext in line of campaign war thathas been raging on between theAAP and the BJP.

The first advertisement for theBJP carried a caricature in whichAnna Hazare's cartoon had beenshown with a garland, promptingthe AAP to ask whether the saf-fron party had "killed" the veter-an anti-corruption crusader.

In another instance, BJP chiefministerial candidate Kiran Bedihad sent a legal notice toKejriwal for allegedly "misus-ing" her photograph in the party'sposter campaign without her per-mission. The poster in questionhad the word "Imandar" (honest)printed below Kejriwal's picturewhile that of Bedi had "avsarva-di" (opportunist) written under it.

Delhi polls: Poster war rages on, BJP ad targetsKejriwal's government bungalow row

NEW DELHI, FEB 01They are just four of them but the AAP

quartet in parliament is determined to makePunjab's festering problem of drugs an issuefor the Delhi Assembly polls with an eye onthe large Punjabi population in the nationalcapital - and to prevent the worrying prob-lem from spilling over into Delhi.

The four AAP MPs - Bhagwant Mann,Dharam Vira Gandhi, Harinder SinghKhalsa and Sadhu Singh - are especiallyfocussing on four assembly seats that pre-dominantly account for Punjabi and Sikhvoters. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) hasalso fielded its candidates for these seats aspart of its poll alliance with the BJP in Delhi.

"Our Delhi poll agenda is clear; it is for thepeople to decide now. For Punjabis (living inDelhi) it is important to remember that theSAD-BJP regime in Punjab has devastatedthe youth by making a continuous inflow ofdrugs into the state. One of its cabinet min-isters has been found to be involved in it,"AAP MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mannsaid.

He was referring to Punjab cabinet minis-ter and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia'sname recently surfacing in money launder-ing through drug trade. The EnforcementDirectorate has also questioned him in thecase.

Mann said: "We are trying to make them(Punjabi voters) understand that they willface the same problem here if they allow theBJP-SAD alliance to come to power inDelhi. They will also make Delhi likePunjab (in terms of drug trade)."

Delhi goes to the polls Feb 7 and theresults will be declared Feb 10. The fourseats the SAD is contesting are RajouriGarden, Kalkaji, Shahdara and Hari Nagar.In the 2013 polls, the SAD won only fromKalkaji.

"Their performance in Punjab is in front ofthe people of Delhi," AAP MP from PatialaDharmveer Gandhi said.

"Delhi Punjabis are well aware of the factthat the BJP-SAD rule will give them onlydrugs. We are telling the same to the peo-ple," he added.

Delhi polls: AAP MPs raise Punjab'sdrugs menace to prevent redux

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP) is "discredited" for havingjoined hands with Congress, seniorBJP leader and Union ParliamentaryAffairs Minister M Venkaiah Naiduon Sunday expressed confidence thathis party would win the DelhiAssembly elections comfortably.

"The BJP is confident that it willwin Delhi state Assembly electionscomfortably. The AAP is discreditedbecause it has joined hands withCongress, against its own promise ofnot to align with Congress. (It) didnot take any action against theCongress government of its scamsand scandals, including CWG,because it was depending on theirsupport.

"At the end of it, they ran away

leaving the responsibility andbetrayed the people of Delhi. Thatbeing the case, I don't think peoplewill give them any chance at all," he

told reporters here on the sidelines ofan event.

Observing that Delhi's growth is"interlinked" with Centre, he saidpeople of the national capital are"wise enough to understand" it.

Naidu claimed that AAP has lostthe prestige it once enjoyed due tofactors like several leaders includingfounding members quitting the party,some of its leaders making contro-versial statements like favouringplebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir andits founder (Arvind Kejriwal) himselfasking people to take money fromother parties but vote for AAP.

Some AAP MLAs faced allegationsin recent times. The party candidatewho won in Delhi Cantonment pollswas shown on TV throwing money atpeople and some AAP members

themselves have alleged that distri-bution of tickets to fight electionswas not being done in a democraticmanner, Naidu alleged.

"If an eight month-old party facesso much allegations, it will be disap-pointment if it is felt that this partywould reform the country. Some ofus felt, after the party was formedand after listening to him, that?theparty may try to bring about a changein society, that there would be ahealthy competition.

"But, unfortunately, it was provedin practice that all that would not bepossible. Shanti Bhushanji himselfsaid (Kiran) Bedi is a good candidate.After seeing all this, there is notmuch of a difference between AAPand Congress. Because, it joinedhands with Congress. It is behaving

like Congress. It indulged in vote-bank politics in the issue of Batlaencounter. It could not display moralauthority," he said.

Asked about the row overPreamble of the Constitution, he saidthe ongoing debate is "meaningless"and an "unnecessary controversy istrying to be created".

"The Preamble (of theConstitution) originally did not havethe word of socialism and secularism.It was framed during JawaharlalNehru, Babasaheb Ambedkar, SardarPatel, Gopalaswami Iyengar.. Allthose stalwarts they debated, dis-cussed and then approved thePreamble. Subsequently, duringemergency, Madam Smt. IndiraGandhi for her own political votebank politics, she brought secularism

and socialism.Point is, there is no need to special-

ly mention that secularism is part ofour Constitution," he said.

Articles of the Constitution pro-vides for equality and freedom offaith, speech and expression, he said.

"As far as government is con-cerned, there is no proposal to changewhat has been changed during emer-gency. But, unnecessary controver-sy.. As if we have an agenda..," hesaid.

Asserting that Indian people aresecular by nature, he charged thatsome parties were trying to "pollutethe atmosphere" for vote-bank poli-tics.

"There is no vote bank politicsnow. Appeasement of none and jus-tice for all is our policy," Naidu said.

AAP discredited, confident of BJP win in Delhi polls: Venkaiah

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Accusing BJP of "failing" to

prevent crimes against women,AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal onSunday said the saffron party'smodel for women's security wasto "lock them up" inside fourwalls while his party believed increating safer environmentthrough "strong deterrence".

The former Delhi chief ministeralso said 10-15 lakh CCTVswould be installed across the cityto ramp up security.

"Delhi will have to decidebetween two models. The BJPmodel of women safety is of lock-ing them up inside four walls andnot to let them wear jeans or usemobile phones. The AAP modelis one of freedom," he toldreporters.

Kejriwal further said, "Ourmdel is to allow them freedom ancreate an environment of saetythrough strong deterrence byin-

stalling CCTV cameras in wholeof Delhi."

Hitting out at BJP, the AamAadmi Party leader said that thesaffron party seeks to protectwomen by "not allowing themeducation or jobs."

"One of their leaders said thatwomen should bear four to fivechildren...Rape accused ministeris campaigning in Delhi. This istheir model of women security....We want men and women to haveequal rights," he said.

He also took a dig at theCentre's decision to removeCCTV cameras installed duringUS President Barack Obama'svisit.

"BJP government installed15,000 CCTV cameras for thevisit of US President BarackObama but nothing for ourwomen. At least they could havenot removed those cameras," hesaid.

Kejriwal slammed the BJP for"failing" to prevent crimesagainst women claiming thatDelhi has seen a 30 per cent risein rape incidents in the last ninemonths after President's Rule wasimposed.

"There have been 2,069 rapesover the last nine months after wequit, which amounts to a 30 percent increase in it. Moreover thecity has witnessed 4,179 incidentsof eve-teasing, a 25 per cent risein such cases," he said.

Kejriwal takes on BJP over issues of women's rights, security

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Ahead of February 7

election, the ElectionCommission has beensubmitted a list of "trou-bled polling booths" inDelhi where differently-abled persons could facedifficulties.

Deputy Chief Electoralofficer AK Srivastava hadcalled a meeting onJanuary 27 with all thestakeholders to facilitatethe differently-abled vot-ers to exercise their fran-chise without any hassleduring the upcomingAssembly election.

Satendra Singh, RTIactivist and professor ofphysiology at theUniversity College ofMedical Sciences whowas present at the meet-ing, submitted a list of 11polling booths which had

proved trouble makers forvoters with disability inthe past.

In the presence of allthree commissioners ofcivic bodies, measurestaken during the last year'sLok Sabha election tofacilitate such voters werereviewed and it was decid-ed to repeat the same asthey had proved success-ful.

Singh said he asked thegovernment agencies suchas Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment(MSJE), DelhiDevelopment Authority(DDA) and Institute ofPhysically Handicapped(IPH) and Government ofNational Capital Territoryof Delhi to provide wheel-chairs at the pollingbooths.

"I have given a list of

troubled polling boothswhich include 11 namesfrom different parts of thecapital so that steps can betaken to make themassessable for such voterswho often prefer not tostep out if such problemspersist," said Singh.

"This exercise to facili-tate voters with disabilitywill certainly raise theparticipation," Singhadded.

During the Lok Sabhapolls, Singh said almost2,600 wheelchairs wereprovided by MSJE andDDA. This time, IPH isexpected to provide 400wheelchairs.

"I urge all the govern-ment bodies includingMSJE and DDA to ensurethat wheelchairs are ingood numbers at thepolling booths as meas-

ures taken during LokSabha elections wereappreciated by almost allquarters," Singh said,adding that he would pro-vide more names of inac-cessible polling booths toCEO office in comingdays.

The polling booths iden-tified so far include HaveliAzam Khan, ChandniChowk, booth no.56 atJNU, Mahroli Assembly,booth number A-28 inSubhash Nagar,block 26Community Centre atWest Patel Nagar, boothsnumber 11, 12, 13, 14 inRajokri, booth at SC/STtraining centre, DilshadGarden among others.

Singh said availabilityof wheelchairs at pollingbooths should be "non-negotiable".

Delhi polls: EC takes steps to makepolling booths accessible to disabled

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Delhi Metro fares may be

hiked soon after theAssembly polls as the gov-ernment has initiated aprocess to review the rateswhich were last raised in2009.

The Union UrbanDevelopment Ministry hassent a proposal to theAppointments Committee ofthe Cabinet to set up a fare-fixation panel which willsubmit its report within threemonths of getting approved.

Retired Justice AKSrivastava has been chosenas the Chairman of theCommittee, Delhi Metrosources said.

Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) ChiefMangu Singh had recentlyindicated that a fare hike hasbecome imperative with asignificant rise in the opera-tional costs.

"Fare hike is long overdue.Now when the committeewill be formed and when itwill give its recommenda-

tions is not in my hand,"Singh had said, clearly indi-cating that a fare hike was onthe cards.

Delhi Metro can revise itsfares only on recommenda-tion of the three-membercommittee constituted by theUnion government from timeto time. Apart from a personwho is or has been a highcourt judge, the committeecomprises of the urbandevelopment secretary andDelhi's finance secretary.

Fares were last revised in

2009 when the minimumfare was raised from Rs 6 toRs 8 while the maximumfare was hiked to Rs 30 fromRs 22.

During DMRC's 12thanniversary celebrations, itsoperations director SharatSharma had stated thatalmost 40 per cent of metro'soverall expenses go towardspaying electricity bills withthe power consumption ris-ing to around 63 crore unitsamounting to almost Rs 450crore in 2014-15.

Delhi Metro fares may be hikedafter polls, last revised in 2009

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Congress leader Digvijay Singh on

Sunday questioned the "role" of RSSin the anti-Sikh riots as a govern-ment-appointed panel has recom-mended setting up of a SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) to probe the1984 riots in Delhi.

"One aspect of the anti-Sikh riotson which the media and others havebeen very silent is the role of the RSSactivists in the Sikh riots," theCongress general secretary saidwhile speaking at a function.

In the backdrop of cases againstsome Congress leaders in the riots,Singh said that the issue has beeninvestigated and people have beenput to trial in courts.

Singh said that he thinks whateverhas to be done or whoever has to bepunished is being done in thatrespect.

The committee, headed by formerSupreme Court Judge Justice (retd) GP Mathur, was set up on December 23last year to look into the possibility ofre-investigation of the 1984 riots.

It submitted its report to Home

Minister Rajnath Singh last week,recommending setting up of an SITfor a fresh probe into the riots thatfollowed assassination of the thenPrime Minister Indira Gandhi onOctober 31, 1984, the sources said.

An order to this effect is likely afterthe February 7 Delhi Assembly pollsas the Model Code of Conduct is inplace in the national capital now andno such announcement can be made,the sources added.

3,325 people were killed in theriots. Of them, Delhi accounted for2,733. Rest were killed in UttarPradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra and other states.

Opposition parties have slammedthe move, saying it was an attempt toinfluence voters in Delhi as less thana week is left for polling.

"It is deprecating. Justice cannot bean electoral gain... Is it only an elec-toral ploy or gimmick of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi to woo vot-ers ahead of polls? If it is so, then itis deprecating," said Congressspokesman Randeep SinghSurjewala.

Questioning the timing, he askedwhether the Prime Minister and hisgovernment were "sleeping" for ninemonths and now suddenly woke upwhen only a week is left for pollingin Delhi.

Digvijay Singh questions role of RSS activists in 1984 riots

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015SAADDA HAQ

If my luck...Taking on Congress and other “rivals” for

“ruing that Modi is lucky”, he said, “it is notModi’s luck but if somebody has the bless-ings of 125 crore people, there cannot be anybetter luck.”

He went on to add, “for every success (ofthe government), lies are spread in an attemptto mislead the people“.

Taking on both AAP and Congress, Mr.Modi said they “forge friendship behind thecurtains” to form a government, apparentlyreferring to their alliance last year.

“However, as soon as polls were declared,they start competing each other in spreadinglies which could lead to sensation and givethem some space in the media,” he added.

Targeting AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, heasked people whether they want develop-ment or ‘dharnas.’

He emphasised that Delhi needs a govern-ment which is “sensible” and “sensitive” toaddress the problems of the national capital.

Disturbed by ...Bharatiya Janata Party candidates from

many west Delhi assembly constituenciesaddressed the people one by one.

As Ms. Bedi was midway into her speech,news of the prime minister reaching theground sent the crowds into a tizzy who start-ed chanting his name.

At this point, Ms. Bedi took a long pauseand waited for the crowd to settle down.However, when that did not happen, sheresumed her speech but stopped again after afew seconds, visibly distracted and disturbedby the loud cheering.

She turned to the party leaders seatedbehind her on the dais and said, “I cannotspeak like this”, startling many of them.

Immediately, union minister Rajiv PratapRudy rushed to her side while frantically sig-nalling with his hand, asking her to carry on.

But a reluctant Ms. Bedi repeated that she“cannot speak like this”, forcing Rudy towhisper something in her ear.

Seconds later, Ms. Bedi regained her com-posure and finished her speech as the partyleaders breathed a sigh of relief.

Sonia Gandhi...means. We took many steps to empower

poor of nation, but today the Modi govern-ment is weakening these acts to take awaypower from poor. This is the reality of theirhollow promises of 'good days'," she said.

"The country does not run by raising slo-gans and protesting. On a side there are peo-ple (BJP) who make hollow promises and onthe other, there are people (AAP) who onlysit on 'dharnas'," she added.

The elections for the 70-member DelhiAssembly will be held in a single phase onFebruary 7. The counting of votes will takeplace on February 10.

Delhi has been under President's rule sinceFebruary after the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAPgovernment stepped down after 49 days inoffice.

4 hour ...Alapati Rajendra Prasad and MLC

Nannapaneni Rajakumari.According to the representatives, 1,28,913

devotees had recited the Hanuman Chalisa. Amassive idol of Lord Hanuman was installedat the venue. Rajendra Prasad said 'annaprasadam' was distributed to all the devotees.

Parkash Singh...Singh last week, recommending fresh

probe of the anti-Sikh riot cases through aSpecial Investigation Team.

The panel was constituted by the Centre tore-investigate several cases related to theanti-Sikh riots that were triggered after for-mer Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assas-sinated by her Sikh bodyguards on October31, 1984.

In a letter to the prime minister, copy ofwhich was released to the media here, thechief minister apprised him that theShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has been con-stantly struggling to get justice for the vic-tims of 1984 "genocide" in Delhi and otherparts of the country.

He said that on the demand of SAD, the GP Mathur panel had been constituted inDecember 2014 by the NDA government toexamine the possibility of constitution of anSIT for re-investigating of the 1984 riots.

He urged Prime Minister Modi to giveappropriate instructions to the MHA for initi-ating immediate action to set up SIT withoutany further delay to probe the entire casesthoroughly related to "well-organised car-nage" against Sikhs in the national capitaland other parts of the country.

Fresh probe ...An order to this effect is likely after the

February 7 Delhi Assembly polls as theModel Code of Conduct is in place in thenational capital now and no such announce-ment can be made, the sources said.

3,325 people were killed in the riots. Ofthem, Delhi accounted for 2,733. Rest werekilled in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra and other states.

The move was seen by the opposition as anattempt to woo Sikh voters in the upcomingpolls.

"Is it a gimmick by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to woo voters ahead of polls.If it is so, then it is deprecating," saidCongress spokesman Randeep SinghSurjewala.

Akali Dal leader and Delhi SikhGurudwara Committee chief Manjit Singh G

K welcomed the move and said the SITshould be set up at the earliest.

Manjit Singh, who took a delegation tomeet the Home Minister, said Rajnath Singhhad assured them that justice will be done.

"Akali Dal has been fighting for a longtime for justice for the 1984 riots and now weare thankful to the Prime Minister who creat-ed this committee... I think, now the govern-ment should not waste any time and shouldconstitute an SIT so that justice is deliveredbecause it has been delayed for over 30years," he said.

BJP had earlier demanded re-investigationinto all anti-Sikh riot cases.

The Justice Nanavati Commission had rec-ommended reopening of only four of the 241cases closed by police but BJP wanted the re-investigation of all the other 237 cases.

However, it was not immediately clear asto how many anti-Sikh riot cases have beenrecomended for reopening by the JusticeMathur committee.

Of the 241 related cases, only four werereopened and re-investigated by CBI. In twoof the cases, CBI had filed a charge sheet andin one of the cases five persons, including aformer MLA, were convicted.

On December 10, 2014, the governmenthad approved a proposal to give an addition-al compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kinof victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The compensation to the families of theriot victims will be in addition to what theyhave already received from the governmentand other agencies.

The fresh compensation will cost theexchequer Rs 166 crore.

Kejriwal again...Lok Sabha polls against BJP's Prime

Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi fromVaranasi but lost.

He insisted that he had not given up ChiefMinistership of Delhi for that purpose, as iscommonly believed.

"It's also a commonly-held belief that Igave up the Chief Minister's chair in Delhi tofight the Lok Sabha election and becomePrime Minister. I didn't," he said.

Noting that he requested a fresh electionfor Delhi the very moment he resigned,Kejriwal rued "But the Delhi election nevercame. In hindsight, perhaps we were tootrusting. It was a mistake, an honest mistake;but a mistake all the same."

Recalling the atmospherics during the lastAssembly polls in Delhi in 2013, Kejriwalsaid, "...Thousands of young men andwomen in Delhi began something they hadnot done before. They sat around dinnertables, discussing and debating politics withtheir family members.

"People in Delhi have always debated pol-itics, but this time it was different. This timethey stuck their necks out- vouching for anew political party, often writing out chequeswith their hard-earned money."

He then added: "A few months later, thisvery group had to face the embarrassment ofhearing friends and loved ones say: "See, wetold you so." AAP is seeking full majority fora five-year-term.

India committed...realise the common dream of 'Asian

Century'.Addressing an India-China Media forum at

the start of her four-day visit here, she saidthe two countries should follow action ori-ented approach, broad base bilateral engage-ment, convergence of common, regional andglobal interests, develop new areas of coop-eration, expand strategic communication,fulfil common aspirations to usher in an"Asian Century".

Highlighting that her visit is taking placeagainst the backdrop of new government tak-ing over office in India with a decisive man-date, Swaraj said Prime Minister NarendraModi-led government propelled the aspira-tion of young, vibrant and enterprising gener-ation.

"Even in the last eight months it is alreadyevident that dramatic transformations areunderway in my country that will accelerateour journey to modernity," Swaraj said.

She said Prime Minister Modi already metChinese President Xi Jinping thrice and oncePremier Li Keqiang.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi was the first for-eign dignitary to have been invited by Indiaafter Modi government took over, Swarajsaid pointing to the importance India attach-es to its relations with China.

"Our relationship today has reached a levelwhere we have interactions in fields thatcould not have been imagined some yearsago. We have made considerable progress inestablishing and expanding defence contactsand exchanges, including across our border,"Swaraj said.

"They contribute to the maintenance ofpeace and tranquillity there, a perquisite to,for the further development of our relation-ship. On the boundary question my govern-ment is committed to exploring early settle-ment," she said, referring to the long pendingboundary issue.

Chinese position is that the border disputeis confined to 2,000 kms mostly onArunachal Pradesh whereas India asserts thatthe dispute covered the western side of theborder spanning to about 4,000 km.

The two countries have held 17 rounds ofSpecial Representative talks so far to resolvethe boundary dispute.

The issue also figured during talks betweenPrime Minister Modi and Chinese PresidentXi during his historic visit to India inSeptember last year.

The two leaders had agreed to make effortsto resolve the border dispute at the earliest.

Swaraj said that "a critical nature" of thebilateral ties are the growing economic ties.

"China today is our largest partner in tradeand goods. The two countries are moving toinvest in each other. Serious discussionsenhancing connectivity has been initiated.On that foundation we are now seeking totake our economic cooperation to a qualita-tively new level," she added.

"We will make it easier for Chinese compa-nies to do business in India and expect thatsimilar encouragement would be given to ourcompanies to expand their business inChina," Swaraj said.

She also pointed out that another majorthrust is in establishing industrial parks intwo Indian states that would contribute to the'Make in India' initiative. She said China hasagreed to invest USD 20 billion in the parks.

India wants...decades has been its growing economic

dimension. China is today our largest partnerin trade in goods. The two economies aremoving to invest each other," ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

"Serious discussions on enhancing connec-tivity have been initiated. On that foundation,we are now seeking to take our economiccooperation to a qualitatively new level," shesaid addressing the the second India-ChinaMedia Forum.

Swaraj said the 'Closer DevelopmentPartnership' agreed upon during President XiJinping's visit to India in September last yearsymbolises the resolve to enhance economicties.

She said a significant new area of collabo-ration include railways sector where the twocountries are cooperating in areas like heavyhaulage, speed upgradation, station develop-ment and capacity building.

"Another major thrust is in establishingindustrial parks in two Indian states thatwould contribute to the 'Make in India' initia-tive," she said.

"We will make it easier for Chinese compa-nies to do business in India and expect thatsimilar encouragement would be given to ourcompanies to expand their business inChina," Swaraj, who arrived here yesterdayon a four-day visit, said.

China has promised to address the USD 38billion deficit in over USD 70 billion bilater-al trade in 2014 and the issue will featureduring Swaraj's talks with top Chinese lead-ers.

"We expect that the momentum that hasbeen set in the last few months would notonly be kept up but accelerated event furtherat various levels," Swaraj said.

Tomorrow she will launch the '2015: VisitIndia Year' in China.

Describing tourism is an effective vehicleto promote people-to-people understanding,she said the two countries have agreed thatthey need to make stronger efforts in thatregard.

"As both our countries play a larger inter-national role, our contacts and dialoguesmust commensurately grow. As the twomajor civilisational powers of Asia weshould have confidence in each other, tobuild on our shared interests. I expect discus-sions during this visit to contribute to thisobjective," she said.

Consulate terror...from Maldives.Hussain had named Amir Zubair Siddiqui,

who was working as Visa Counsellor atPakistan High Commission based inColombo till some time back but had to berepatriated to Islamabad after India mountedpressure on Sri Lanka about his alleged activ-ities targeting this country. Pakistan, howev-er, maintains that he was shifted after com-pleting his tenure in Colombo.

During his questioning, Hussain hadnamed one "Shahjee" who was introduced tohim by Siddiqui and all the meetings tookplace in hotels at Colombo. The accused toldthe investigators that "Shahjee" wasdescribed as second-in- command to the VisaCounsellor.

The response provided by US authoritiesfollowing the request under the MLATshowed that the account was being operatedby "Shahjee" who had provided the namewhile registering with the email account,official sources said.

There have been email communicationswith some email addresses in Pakistan andeven personal account of Siddiqui, thesources said.

The email account is also alleged to havebeen operated under the Internet Protocol(IP) address of the Pakistan HighCommission in Colombo, the sourcesclaimed.

PM Modi...frowned upon by Congress. Last year, he

was removed as party spokesperson for hispraise of Modi.

He, however, said not much of what Modihas promised has been implemented.

"After all, the people who voted for Modithought they were voting for a man of action.So far instead of a man of action, the nationhas got a man of words and the real questionthat comes is when these words get translat-ed into results," the former diplomat-turnedpolitician said.

"Consciousness raising is fine and thePrime Minister has raided consciousness onsome issues but implementation is essential.The gap between rhetoric and results inModi's government is wide enough to drive a

rath through," he said.

I won ...who had a difficult time inside the Bigg

Boss house because of tiffs with the inmates,said he is thankful that the audience under-stood and supported him.

"My biggest achievement is that I stayedaway from politics. 'Bigg Boss' is a very niceshow but certain people make it bad by play-ing politics. But I felt it could be played in aclean way too. I decided to play it from theheart and I think that's what viewers couldsee.

"People inside the house didn't like mystyle or the way I talk. They thought I wasputting up an act, but thankfully the audienceunderstood my real nature. I am filmy and docrazy stuff at times but that's what I am inreal life," he said.

Gautam won Rs 50 lakhs and a car as thewinning prize. The 'Diya Aur Baati Hum'actor said he had a very stressful journey buthe is happy that it paid off.

"Days were not easy. When people turnedagainst me it did get difficult. But I knew Ihad to take a stand for myself. I am glad Istood firm," he said.

Gautam was known for his close bond withcontestant Puneet Issar and his loyaltytowards the veteran actor was also praised bythe show's former host Salman Khan.

My new ...development with Delhi's development.

My name has changed to 'Vikas' Bedi,” Bedi.Bedi, along with Union Minister Dr Harsh

Vardhan, held a road show in Krishna Nagararea of the national capital.

The former IPS officer is contestingupcoming Assembly polls from KrishnaNagar constituency.

Prior to today's road show, Bedi took toTwitter yesterday to tweet about her newname.

“Given a new name~Vikas Bedi. Just metCM Haryana. He assured regular water sup-ply to Delhi & to work together on Yamunacleansing..,” she tweeted.

Bedi had attended Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's rally in the national capitalyesterday.

Modi had said that Bedi can lead Delhi todevelopment.

One rank...ex-servicemen called on Parrikar at Kota

House here, his residence for the time-being.A rally was also held here by the ex-ser-

vicemen, seeking early implementation ofthe scheme.

Defence sources said Parrikar assured theex-servicemen of rolling it out at the earliest.

He said he is working hard on it and theMinistry will send its views to the FinanceMinistry by February 17.

Parrikar underlined that there are lot of cal-culations and complications involved and heis working towards solving them.

"I will do my work," he was quoted astelling the delegation.

Maj Gen Satbir Singh (retd), Chairman ofIndian Ex-Service Movement, said the meet-ing with Parrikar was "positive".

He said that the Minister has given assur-ances to the delegation on four major issuesrelating to the scheme, including "gettingapproval from the Finance Ministry beforethe Budget this month".

One rank, one pension scheme has been along-standing demand of the over 2 millionex-servicemen in the country.

It seeks to ensure that a uniform pension ispaid to defence personnel who retire at thesame rank with the same length of service,irrespective of their date of retirement.

Govt has ...We don't want to issue ordinances. But a

violent minority cannot obstruct a silentmajority from taking the country's develop-ment forward," the Parliamentary AffairsMinister said.

Noting that it is the right of the oppositionparties to oppose the government, he saidthey can resort to democratic methods, likewalkout to register their protest.

He alleged that the opposition parties arestalling the Rajya Sabha as they seem to benot in favour of the Modi government earn-ing a good name for its development efforts.

"Our friends from opposition... They wantto block development. They don't wantNarendra Modi to get name by developingthe nation. That seems to be the attitude.Otherwise, there is no meaning. I am not say-ing opposition should support every move ofthe government...No. You are the opposi-tion...I propose, you oppose. Let the Housedispose. Allow the House to function," hesaid. Claiming that there was a "holiday forgrowth" for 10 years (during UPA regime),he said there is a need to work overtime now.

Alleging that the NDA government hasinherited fiscal deficit, revenue deficit andcurrent account deficit and "above all trustdeficit", he said the confidence has nowcome back and things are now looking up.

Maintaining that the Modi government istrying to "repair" the damage caused to theeconomic growth, he said reforms are beingtaken up and it takes time to witness the fruitsof the efforts.

Delhi polls...poorly.A total of 19 women candidates have been

fielded by three major political parties in thecontest- BJP, Congress and AAP in the elec-tion for the 70-member House.

BJP has given tickets to maximum number

of women candidates for the February 7 pollsincluding its Chief Ministerial nomineeKiran Bedi who is contesting from KrishnaNagar.

The party has fielded eight women includ-ing former Union minister Krishna Tirathfrom Patel Nagar, former DUSU presidentsRekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh and NupurSharma from high-profile New Delhi con-stituency, Kiran Vaidya from Trilokpuri,Rajni Abbi from Timarpur, homoeopathypractitioner Nandini Sharma from MalviyaNagar and former South Delhi mayor SaritaChaudhary from Mehrauli.

Close to BJP is the Aam Aadmi Party,which has fielded six women candidatesincluding Rakhi Birla, Bandna Kumari,Saritha Singh, Alka Lambha, Pramila Tokasand Bhavna Gaur.

While Birla was the cabinet minister ofWomen & Child, Social Welfare andLanguages in Delhi during AAP's 49-dayregime, Bandana Kumari was elected as anMLA from the Shalimar Bagh constituencyin last polls.

The least number of women candidateshave been fielded by the Congress which hasgiven tickets to just five women contestants.

The prominent names in the list includeKiran Walia, who is contesting from NewDelhi Assembly seat against Arvind Kejriwaland President Pranab Mukherjee's daughterSharmishta Mukherjee, who is contestingfrom Greater Kailash Assembly constituency.

Other women nominees of the Congressinclude Rita Shokeen, Meenakshi Chandelaand municipal councillor Rinku.

Carl Djerassi...San Francisco home, Stanford University

spokesman Dan Stober said.As a professor of Chemistry at Stanford,

Djerassi was famous for leading a researchteam in Mexico City. In 1951, that teamdeveloped norethindrone, a synthetic mole-cule which became a key component of thefirst birth control pill.

"The pill", as it came to be known, radical-ly transformed sexual practices and women'slives.

Djerassi also wrote poems, short storiesand plays with an emphasis on mixing sci-ence and literature.

Conversion claim...Christianity. Additional District Judge

Kamini Lau asked the principal and a collegeemployee Deepak Mukarji to respond byFebruary 25 to the allegations levelled bySubha Kumar Dash, who was working asadministrative officer there.

The court issued notices to Thampu andMukarji on Dash's plaint in which he hassought Rs five lakh as damages from themfor allegedly tarnishing his image.

Dash alleged that in January, 2014 Thampuhad pressurised him to convert fromHinduism to Christianity and from October1, 2014 onwards, serious differences startedbetween them when he did not oblige thePrincipal on conversion.

He claimed that the principal had allegedthat Dash was an alcoholic and insane, whichwas intended to tarnish his image.

On November 2, 2014, he had sent two textmessages to the Principal protesting thealleged insult and harassment meted out tohim and his family members which causedhim depression.

Regarding Mukarji, the plaint said he "castaspersions on the character of Dash referringto his often drunken state".

The plaint said that Dash was suspendedlast year when he came back from medicalleave.

Heightened vigil...Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs

have intensified vigil at the airport here toensure illegal movement of money, officialsources said.

Besides, the Income Tax department hasalso activated its air intelligence unit at theairport here to keep track of any cash move-ment in and out of the national capital, theysaid. The Assembly elections in Delhi's 70constituencies is scheduled to be held onFebruary 7. The counting of votes will takeplace on February 10. Officials suspectincrease in flow of black money during theAssembly polls. "All measures are beingtaken to check misuse of money," a sourcesaid. Besides, central and state excise offi-cials have also raised surveillance to checkillegal transportation of liquor also.

MiG-21 crashes...village, 20-km from Jamangar city," dis-

trict superintendent of police NeerajBadgujar said. IAF officials said the pilotmanaged to eject safely during the accidentwhich occurred around 2 PM. They said theaircraft was on a range firing sortie and whileoperating, "a flash was seen on the wingwhich resulted in fire". The pilot ejectedimmediately. The pilot, who landed in a tide-pool created by the sea water near the spot,was later rescued by an IAF chopper.

Army's dental...Udhampur today. All ranks and their fami-

lies enthusiastically took part in the same,"Udhampur-based defence spokesman Col SDGoswami said. He said that today's celebra-tions were a culmination of many publichealth care events, conducted in the run up toraising day. "These included station-levelpublic health awareness functions for allranks of Udhampur garrison, oral healthexhibitions and checkups of garrisonschools," he said.

As one of the world’s mostsocially heterogeneous soci-eties, building solidarity

across social groups has been asingular challenge in India. Socialbias in India is pervasive across arange of key cleavages — whethercaste or class, region or religion.

In this piece we discuss a differ-ent social bias, not between differ-ent castes and religions but withinall castes and religions, namelygender. Last week, while launchingthe “beti bachao, beti padhao” initia-tive, Prime Minister Narendra Modicalled female foeticide a “mental ill-ness” ailing the whole country. “Wecannot call ourselves citizens of21st century by practising such acrime,” he said. His commentsdescribe the distressing persistenceof female foeticide in contemporaryIndia and underscore the broaderscourge of gender bias in Indiansociety.

One might have expected that themajor societal changes that haveoccurred over the past threedecades — improvements in litera-cy and levels of education, rapideconomic growth, and urbanisation— would have led to a decline ingender bias. While there is undoubt-edly some improvement in the gen-der gap, the growing sex ratio prob-lem and continued gender-basedviolence reveal just how far Indiastill has to travel to bring dignity tohalf its population.

We focus on two different issuesrelated to gender bias — son prefer-ence and norms on appropriateattire for women, which can be aform of social control. Between2001 and 2011, the infant (0-6years) sex ratio in India droppedfrom 927 females per 1,000 malesto 914. In an attempt to understandthe underlying attitudes which arebehind India’s falling sex ratio, weasked Lok Survey respondentsabout their preference for the gen-der of their child. Respondents wereasked the following question: Foryour family, is having more boysthan girls preferred?

Overall, 34 per cent of respon-dents readily admitted that theirfamily preferred having more boys.Given the sensitive nature of thisquestion, this number is a lowerbound since some people willundoubtedly give socially desirable

responses. In order to estimate thetrue levels of son preference, weran a “list experiment” which pro-tects the anonymity of the surveyresponses. The respondents wererandomly divided into two groups,given a list of statements, and thenasked the number of statementswith which they agreed. Only half ofrespondents were given a state-ment about son preference, andtherefore, we were able to estimatethe share of respondents whoagreed to the sensitive statement bycomparing the means of the tworespondent groups. Using this tech-nique, we found that once grantedthe cloak of anonymity, 48 per centof respondents have a preferencefor sons in their family.

Son preference is widespreadacross Indian society with little vari-ance across income classes, edu-cation levels, and rural/ urbanareas.Inter-State variation

Rather, what matters most isregion. Inter-State variation on thisissue exceeds variation on anyother social cleavage in Indian soci-ety. The North-Western States dopoorly, as expected, with Haryana(78 per cent) and Delhi (65 per cent)topping the list. Haryana and Delhialso had the largest gap betweenhow people responded directly andhow they responded in the experi-mental question, demonstrating thatdespite the high levels of son prefer-ence in those places, there is asocial taboo in openly admitting it.Madhya Pradesh (59 per cent),Uttar Pradesh (58 per cent), andPunjab (55 per cent) also reportedhigh levels of son preference in theexperimental question and Kerala(15 per cent) reported the lowest.There was a strong correlationbetween the State-wise son prefer-ence as revealed in the experimentand the actual sex ratios of theStates, suggesting that these atti-tudes are manifesting in sex-selec-tive behaviours.

While son preference is manifestevidence of gender bias in the earlyyears of childhood, there are manyadditional forms of bias and socialcontrol that women face throughouttheir lives, such as ‘suitable’ occu-pations or ‘suitable’ marriage part-ners. These are life-altering choic-es. But one dimension that is perva-

sive in the daily lives of youngwomen is social control on whatwomen wear. The survey exploredthis aspect by asking: Would youconsider (the following clothingchoices) inappropriate for youngwomen in your neighbourhoodwhen they go out with friends?

The part of the question in brack-ets was replaced by a type of cloth-ing like “pants and shirt” or “shorts.”Although we first considered askingabout young women “in your house-hold” instead of “in your neighbour-hood” in the pilot, we found that thequestion provoked conflicts inrespondent households, which ledus to rephrase the question. Clearlythe question was fraught —because young women are trying tomake their own choices instead ofpliantly accepting what they are toldis “appropriate.”

Seventy seven per cent ofrespondents felt that pants and shirtwere inappropriate for youngwomen and 92 per cent felt thatshorts were inappropriate. However,there was a large differencebetween rural and urban respon-dents on this question, with 85 percent of rural respondents disapprov-ing of pants and shirt compared to60 per cent of urban respondents.We attempted to understand whichhousehold attributes might driverespondents to report less restric-tive attitudes on women’s clothingusing multivariate regression analy-sis. Contrary to our finding on sonpreference, attitudes on women’sdress were driven by income,urbanisation and education.Ascriptive identities like caste andreligion played a less significant rolein how people evaluated the appro-priateness of women’s clothing. Inurban areas the income level of thehousehold was the single mostimportant factor impacting howrespondents evaluated the appro-priateness of clothing. For citydwellers, 65 per cent of the poorestfamilies did not think that pantswere appropriate for young womencompared to 50 per cent of thosewith the highest incomes in oursample.

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY SUHASINI HAIDAR

Progress was made on several frontsduring President Barack Obama’svisit to India, but one area that was-

n’t highlighted as much as many hadexpected was terror. While the Indo-U.S.joint statement listed several groups thatthey would work to “disrupt,” includingthe Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad, and the Haqqani network,and called for Pakistan to bring the “per-petrators of the Mumbai attack to jus-tice,” it didn’t contain any new languagefrom the statement issued in 2014. It alsomade no mention of the group that mostopenly threatens both India and the U.S.,despite a number of events that haveoccurred since then.

In the past few weeks, Pakistan’s newsmedia have carried “reports” that the gov-ernment was planning a “ban” on theJamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and its leaderHafiz Saeed. This began with a story inThe Express Tribune, which was then fol-lowed by Dawn — both respected news-papers of Pakistan. But nobody ques-tioned how the JuD and Saeed could bebanned again, given that they had alreadybeen banned in 2008 after the Mumbai26/11 attacks. Indian newspapers werealso quick to pick up the reports, linkingthe decision to pressure from U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry, who hadvisited India just before going toPakistan. Even the U.S. Department ofState believed the reports; it issued astatement “welcoming” the ban on JuDand other organisations. However, afterdays of waffling, the Pakistani ForeignMinistry clarified in an interview to TheHindu on January 23 that there was nonew ban and that all the “action” takenagainst the JuD dated back to 2008.

It now appears that the reports and theofficial “leaks” were prompted less byU.S. pressure or Indian complaints andmore by the impending visit of the UnitedNations Al-Qaeda and Taliban SanctionsCommittee in Islamabad this week. Thecommittee is looking specifically at thedirectives of the UN Security Council onresolution 1267 that obligate UN mem-bers to ensure that all funds of designatedterrorists are frozen, that they don’tacquire arms, or travel “through their ter-ritory.” It is going to be hard to see howPakistan’s actions against Saeed and hisorganisations can qualify under any of the

three, given his prolific public appear-ances all across Pakistan, his well-guard-ed compounds in Muridke and Lahoreand his massive social media presence.

The U.S. stand

In international relations, comparisonsare never possible. Yet, it should be pos-sible to imagine this scenario: imagine if,post 2001, instead of living secretly in asmall compound in the military town ofAbbottabad, Osama bin Laden lived in aheavily guarded fortress outside Lahore.Imagine that every Friday he led prayersat a centrally located mosque, where headvocated war against the U.S. And onceevery few months, he held massive publicrallies, under the al-Qaeda banner, tomake fiery speeches against the U.S.What would the U.S. do?

This is exactly the situation that theU.S. is facing today in the case of Saeedand JuD. In 2001, the U.S. designated theLeT, also founded by Saeed, as a ForeignTerrorist Organisation; in December 2008the definition of Foreign TerroristOrganisation was amended to include theoutfit’s offshoot, the JuD, in June 2014.Saeed himself was designated a ForeignTerrorist with a $10million bounty on hishead for information leading up to his“arrest or conviction” under the U.S.Rewards for Justice programme in 2012.Apart from the U.S., the UN has named

Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the LeTand the JuD in the al-Qaeda/Taliban sanc-tions list. It seems inconceivable that theU.S. administration watches blankly as aman designated just as much as Osama

bin Laden once was, flaunts his immuni-ty with impunity.

India’s ineffectiveness

If the American stand on Saeed shows acertain double standard, it also points toIndia’s own ineffectiveness in having itsevidence on the issue counted. The UNmonitoring committee led by formerBritish Diplomat Alexander Evans (since2013), that has produced 16 reports so far,hasn’t said anything on Saeed and Lakhviyet. Even after the Mumbai attacks, it hasfocussed on the LeT’s links with the al-Qaeda, the Tehreek-e-Taliban and thePakistan Taliban, but has not said muchon where the JuD and Saeed obtain theirfunds and operate freely across Pakistan.

In its defence, the Pakistan governmenthas said its courts have not found Saeedguilty of masterminding the 26/11 attacksand has expressed discomfort with usingthe evidence that Indian investigatorshave pieced together against him. But theevidence against Saeed’s involvement inone of the world’s most horrific terrorattacks is far from meagre. To begin with,he is the founder of the LeT, the groupthat took responsibility for the attacks,

even as they were under way. Second,Indian police were able to catch one ofthe attackers, Ajmal Kasab, who becamethe most powerful witness in the case.Kasab’s testimony, which identifiedSaeed as an instigator — as someone whovisited the 26/11 attacker team to lecturethem on the mission and even pickedKasab for the team — is strong enough.Third, there is corroborative evidencefrom David Headley, who has been con-victed and sentenced in a U.S. court forhis role in the Mumbai attacks. Headleydetailed how he conducted the reconnais-sance missions for the Mumbai attacks,picking target locations and filming theroute for the LeT’s team, all underinstructions from Saeed and others in theLeT. If the U.S. sent warnings to Indiaahead of November 2008, it was on thebasis — at least partially — of whatHeadley, who served as a double agent,had told them.

In addition, there are the voice record-ings of the Karachi control room includ-ing clear cold-blooded instructions to the26/11 attackers to kill, which, if Pakistanicourts had allowed, could have beenmatched against the men currently stand-ing trial in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, if notSaeed himself. At the worst, if the voicesamples match with none of them, itwould prove that Pakistan needs to broad-en its hunt for the masterminds. Finally,there are the testimonies of the PakistaniFederal Investigation Agency in theAdiala court, which in 2012 testified thatthe 26/11 terrorists were trained at LeTcamps in “Mirpur Sakro of Thatta district,Yousaf Goth and Landhi areas ofKarachi, all in Sindh province” and otherareas in Pakistan, which corroborate thestatements of Kasab and Headley in manyways.

That Pakistan’s government has chosento look away from the mountain of evi-dence that points towards the existence ofthe LeT/JuD, and the need to prosecuteSaeed for the 26/11 attacks, is indeedshocking. But it is as much an evidence ofthe UN and the U.S.’s lack of follow-through on the mass murder of 166 peo-ple in Mumbai, as it is of India’s helpless-ness in the face of both. The speculationover a fresh ban, should, if nothing else,serve as a reminder of the facts in a casethat still sears India’s soul and subcon-scious.

The government’s decision not to appeal against theadverse verdict of the Bombay High Court in itsRs.3,200-crore tax case against Vodafone is the

first concrete demonstration of its resolve to do awaywith what Prime Minister Narendra Modi and FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley termed “adversarial” taxation poli-cies of the erstwhile UPA government. Though the BJPhad during its election campaign, referred to “tax terror-ism” in its election campaign there was little that hap-pened in the first eight months of the new government toshow that such policies would be reversed. The latestCabinet decision sends out a strong signal to foreigninvestors that this government will be fair in its tax poli-cies and avoid needless litigation. The decision not toappeal has implications for other such similar casesinvolving multinationals and is, in that sense, a signifi-cant one. It is also an acknowledgment that the IncomeTax Department’s assessment of the case was erroneous.The Vodafone case was about wrong classification of acapital receipt as taxable income at the hands of the com-pany. Applying transfer-pricing guidelines, the I.T.Department held that Vodafone had underpriced its sharesissued to the parent. So it revalued the shares and deemedthe difference to be a loan given to the parent. This wasclearly high-handed and a wrong application of transfer-pricing regulations. The government’s decision to acceptthe High Court verdict is also a signal to assessing offi-cers that they should refrain from making unreasonabletax demands, relying on aggressive and faulty interpreta-tions of rules and sections. Yet, it is also true that the gov-ernment turns the heat on these officers when it decidesthat tax collections need to be augmented. If the tax offi-cial is confused he cannot be blamed. What is needed is astable policy that sends out the signal to both assessingofficers and taxpayers that the government will crackdown on evasion but within the framework of the law;there will be no extraordinary interpretations of rules andsections even in times of revenue distress. The focus willnow shift to whether the government moves to neutralisethe mischief caused by the retrospective tax amendment;this is a major demand of foreign investors who were dis-appointed that it was not addressed in the first budget ofthis government in July last year. The General AntiAvoidance Rules, or GAAR, are a cause for worry fortaxpayers and foreign investors as they confer wide dis-cretionary powers on the I.T. Department. It will be inter-esting to see if Mr. Jaitley makes a Budget announcementto postpone its implementation once again as per the rec-ommendations of the Parthasarathi Shome Committee.

Sending the right signalMonday | February 02, 2015

SAADDA HAQ

BY SUVRAT RAJU

BY M. V. RAMANA

At their recent meeting, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andPresident Barack Obama dis-

cussed methods of circumventing theIndian nuclear liability law to protectAmerican reactor suppliers from the con-sequences of accidents caused by designdefects. Although public details arescarce, if they have indeed reached anunderstanding on the issue, then this isnot a cause for celebration; it should be amatter of deep concern.

The importance of supplier liability isillustrated by the Fukushima nuclear dis-aster in 2011. When the reactors were hitby the tsunami that year, the weakness ofthe General Electric (GE) Mark I designwas cruelly exposed. The reactors’ inade-quate containment was unable to preventthe spread of radioactivity when the cool-ing systems failed and pressure built upinside the reactors. Although this designdefect was first noted about 40 years ago,just as the Fukushima reactors were com-missioned, the industry resisted regulato-ry changes that could have amelioratedthe disaster.Framework of impunity

Japan Center for Economic Researchestimated that the cost of cleanup atFukushima may reach $200 billion. A2013 expert study “Accounting for long-term doses in worldwide health effects ofthe Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident”published in the journal Energy andEnvironmental Science estimated that thedisaster may lead to about a thousandexcess deaths due to cancer. However, itis unlikely that GE will ever be heldaccountable for its poor design choice.Under Japanese law, the supplier isindemnified from liability for an acci-dent. This is the framework of impunityunder which nuclear suppliers like tooperate.

Legal indemnity for suppliers creates a“moral hazard”— encouraging suppliersto take excessive risks since they don’thave to pay for the consequences. Thecase of GE not strengthening the Mark Icontainment is not an exception. ThePresidential commission appointed tostudy the 1979 Three Mile Island disas-ter, which saw a partial nuclear melt-down, pointed out that the supplier,Babcock and Wilcox, was already awareof design defects that contributed to theaccident, but never bothered to resolvethem.

Nevertheless, suppliers have ferocious-

ly defended their privilege of being freeof liability, and they exerted tremendouspressure on the Indian government whenthe Civil Liability for Nuclear DamageAct was framed in 2010. Contrary to theindustry’s propaganda, this is not a“tough” law. Indeed, several clauses inthe law were directly lifted from anannex to the “Convention onSupplementary Compensation,” createdby the U.S. government to benefit itsnuclear industry.

The law channels primary liability foran accident to the operator — the publicsector Nuclear Power Corporation ofIndia — and caps it at Rs. 1,500 crore.This overrides the absolute liability judg-ment of the Supreme Court, passed afterthe Bhopal gas leak disaster, which hadno such limit. The cap is about a thou-sand times smaller than estimates of thedamage that a serious nuclear accidentcould cause. Therefore, the law isdesigned to protect the financial interestsof the operators and the supplier; victimsor the taxpayers will simply have to bearcosts beyond this cap.

Multinational suppliers are unhappybecause a relatively minor clause allowsthe operator to recoup this compensation.By the scales of nuclear commerce, theamount of money involved is minuscule.A single reactor may cost up to an esti-mated Rs. 60,000 crore — 40 times themaximum amount the supplier could beliable for. The figures of each unit havebeen arrived at from studying plantsunder construction in Finland andFrance. If imposing liability on suppliersleads to cost increases, it can only meanthat they are using the law as an excuseto escalate prices.

A close reading of the statements madeby advocates of their interests revealswhat suppliers are really concernedabout: the Indian law could set a prece-dent that could undermine the iniquitousinternational system of impunity thatthey enjoy. “If litigants were able to filesuit against suppliers, essentially it coulddestroy the whole industry,” declaredAshley Tellis, an American negotiator forthe nuclear deal.

The United Progressive Alliance gov-ernment repeatedly tried to subvert thelaw, earning a sharp rebuke from ArunJaitley who wrote in 2013 that “a leopardnever changes its spots. The govern-ment’s intention to dilute the right ofrecourse … [has] continued.” He shouldexplain why his own government is pur-suing a similar policy. The current pro-

posal of using a “legal memorandum” toreinterpret the law is similar to the UPA’sattempt to sign away its “right ofrecourse” on various pretexts.No tangible benefits

The most baffling feature of the currentagreement is that it holds no tangiblebenefits for India. The United States hasoffered to sell two reactor designs —both of which are expensive and untest-ed. The Westinghouse AP1000, whichhas been chosen for Mithi Virdi (Gujarat)is not in commercial operation anywhereand has encountered difficulties wherev-er it is being built. At Plant Vogtle, in theU.S. state of Georgia, Westinghouse andits partner Georgia Power have sued eachother for a billion dollars over costincreases and delays. Even in China, theAP1000 has been delayed by about twoyears because of problems with reactorcoolant pumps.

Even less can be said for GE’sEconomic Simplified Boiling WaterReactor (ESBWR), selected for Kovvada(Andhra Pradesh). After years of ques-tions about ESBWR’s steam dryer, thedesign obtained regulatory approval fromthe U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission — the first step before con-struction can commence — only inSeptember 2014. There are no firmorders for the ESBWR.

The Vogtle plants were initially esti-mated to cost about $7 billion apiece.Even accounting for lower constructioncosts in India we showed — in a detailedstudy “Cost of Electricity from theJaitapur Nuclear Power Plant” publishedin the Economic and Political Weekly —could translate into electricity tariffs thatare as high as Rs. 15 per unit. If the gov-ernment is looking for cheap electricityto promote development, importingAmerican reactors hardly seems like asmart choice.

Last week, the residents of Mithi Virdiwrote an open letter to Mr. Obama andMr. Modi reminding them that the “grampanchayats of four most-affected villages… [have] passed a resolution declaringthe entire … region as [a] nuclear freezone.” The leaders of the “world’s largestdemocracies” face a clear choice. Theycan channel billions of dollars intonuclear corporations by sacrificing safetyand economic prudence. Or they canheed the democratic voices from MithiVirdi and cancel these unnecessary deals.

(Suvrat Raju and M.V. Ramana arephysicists with the Coalition for Nuclear

Disarmament and Peace)

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State Watch 5NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015SAADDA HAQ

JAMSHEDPUR, FEB 01Jharkhand Chief Minister

Raghuvar Das on Sundaysaid that he will provideone lakh employmentopportunities to the peopleof the state in the next sixmonths.

The Chief Minister, whowas in the steel city to takepart in several functionsincluding a picnic programorganised by the partyworkers of his home con-stituency, Jamshedpur Eastassembly seat, said theprocess for recruiting10,000 policemen is under-way while 34,000 teacherswill be appointed byMarch.

"In fact, I have targetedto provide one lakhemployment in next sixmonths time", he said.

Das further said that the

development of the state isnot possible without devel-oping infrastructure.

Hence, our focus is nowto develop infrastructure

wherever it is necessary, hesaid.

The state government hasplans to develop the statecapital Ranchi into an IThub like the automobilehub in Kolhan region com-prising East and WestSinghbhum and Seraikela-Kharswan districts, he said.

Das said a meeting withthe Chairman-cum-Managing Director ofPublic sector companyHeavy EngineeringCorporation (HEC) wouldbe convened soon to dis-cuss about their unutilizedland to develop a IT hub.

Referring to Tata Steel'sproposed International

Airport near here, Das saidit required around 1000acres of land whereas theprivate steel major hasacquired 600 acres of landso far.

"I had a discussion withthe Chairman of AirportAuthority in this connec-tion and assured the com-pany of all assistance toestablish an airport, whichwould also promote invest-ment in the state," he said.

In an attempt to attractinvestment in the state, Dassaid he had discussion withseventy Non-ResidentIndians during the recentVibrant Gujarat summitheld in Ahmedabad.

They have shown keeninterest to invest in thestate, the chief ministersaid, adding, that his gov-ernment has plans to con-vene a meeting with thoseNRIs after the state budgetsession to discuss this indetails.

Depending on the suc-cess of the meeting, he saidthe state government mayplan to launch a summit onthe pattern of VibrantGujarat next year.

Das said that develop-mental work in mineral-rich Jharkhand would bevisible soon as laxity bygovernment officialswould not be tolerated.

"We will ensure a goodand corruption-free gover-nance in the state," hesaid.

Elaborating on the gov-ernment's plan to achieverapid development of thestate, Das said he himselfwould visit panchayats andvillages across the state tooversee the implementa-tion of the government'sfund meant for develop-mental work after the statebudget.

The CM said he wouldensure that bureaucrats andsenior officials tour therural areas to ensure thatthe developmental fund isutilised properly.

One lakh employment opportunities innext six months in Jharkhand: Das

THANE, FEB 01A 30-year-old woman has

been arrested for allegedlypushing a woman from WestBengal into flesh trade here,police said on Sunday.

The 24-year-old womanhailing from West Bengal wasallegedly brought here about amonth back on the promise ofbeing given a job of Rs 20,000per month. The woman's hus-band is physically challenged,said S R Patil assistant policeinspector, Bhiwandi policestation.

However, after beingbrought here, the woman wassold to a brothel in HanumanTekdi of Bhiwandi town forRs 50,000, he said.

She was then forced to pro-vide sexual favours to severalmale customers in a day fol-lowing which she became sickand was admitted to hospital,Patil said.

The woman's bid to runaway from the brothel wasalso foiled, he said.

However, some social work-ers rescued her yesterday andtook her to the police stationwhere she lodged a complaint.

A woman, identified asNeela who ran the brothel,was yesterday arrested in con-nection with the offence, hesaid.

Police are on the lookout offive more persons, fromThane and Mumbai, whosenames have been mentionedin the complaint.

Offences have been regis-tered against the accusedunder sections 370 (buying ordisposing of any person as aslave), 370A read with 34(acts done by several personsin furtherance of commonintention) and sections 4, 5and 6 of the immoral traffic(Prevention) Act, police said.

Thane woman sold, pushedinto flesh trade; one held

CPI-M slams Himachalgovernment overentrance testSHIMLA, FEB 01

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday condemned the Himachal Pradeshgovernment`s decision to conduct a separateentrance test for admission to the private engi-neering colleges.

Himachal Pradesh Technical University inHamirpur will hold this entrance test whichwill be separated from the all-India test con-ducted under the JEE, it said.

"It`s shocking to note that the governmenthas acted under pressure from the private engi-neering colleges which want an easy access onto the market of students, who do not getthrough the all-India test," CPI-M state secre-tariat member Tikender Panwar said in a state-ment.

Himachal Pradesh has over 34 engineeringcolleges. Of these, 17 are run by private uni-versities.

"In 2014-15, these universities could enrollonly 3,055 candidates against the sanctionedcapacity of 6,100 seats," the statement said.

The CPI-M also said in case the governmentwas serious about Himachal Pradesh TechnicalUniversity, it should be converted into a full-fledged university.

"Currently, the technical university wasnothing but a facilitator for engineering cours-es with small paraphernalia," it said.

GUWAHATI, FEB 01Emphasising on 'non-coer-

cive' policing in the city, thefirst Guwahati PoliceCommissioner JyotirmoyChakravarty has said improvingpolice-public relations would behis priority.

The success of policing is cen-tred around police-public rela-tion and is the 'basic necessity'for better results, Chakravartysaid.

"Guwahati Police's philoso-phy will be non-coercive polic-ing. We have to ensure lawenforcement by consent, not byforce. This is going to be a long-term goal," he said.

Accepting that the image ofpolice is not 'very good' inAssam, Chakravarty said notonly the attitude of police has tochange but the behaviour ofpeople towards policemen alsoneeds to improve.

"While we will internally

work with our men in this direc-tion, we will engage NGOs tomake the public understandabout self-policing for personalbenefit. We will tie up with thegroups to tell people that thepolice force is a friend of peo-ple," he said.

Chakravarty said the policecommissionerate system intro-duced in the city a month agoneeded to work on a lot on manyareas, including integration ofdifferent technologies for betterinvestigation purposes.

"We have lots of challenges,the major being the lack ofinfrastructure. It (commission-erate) is a new system and weneed to work out the procedure.We will also need orientationfor our men as it is not going tobe traditional policing as mostof our senior officials have mag-isterial power now. It will takearound six months to fully settledown," he added.

GUWAHATI, FEB 01An initiative called

'Mission CleanBrahmaputra' waslaunched here onSunday to keep theriver clean for a betterhabitat of aquatic ani-mals and for a greaterbenefit of thepeople.

The Missionlaunched by Aaranyak,a society for natureconservation and aScientific andIndustrial ResearchOrganisation, wouldfocus on cleaning dif-ferent river side areasof the Brahmaputra andthe community residing

alongside will be madeaware to maintain thecleanliness drive.

The mission receivedactive participation oflocal communities andother related stakehold-ers, Project Head of'Mission CleanBrahmaputra' Dr AbdulWakid said.

"We are greatlyencouraged to get suchparticipation from dif-ferent institutes, organ-isations and individu-als," he said.

The Mission was for-mally inaugurated atUzanbazar Ghat byVice-Chancellor ofDibrugarh University

Dr A K Buragohain andmore than 250 studentsfrom 12 different edu-cational institutes par-ticipated in the clean-ing of the river, riverbanks and river islandsof Brahmaputra in andaround Guwahatitoday.

As a follow up of thislaunch, similar clean-ing activities will beconducted in another30 areas ofBrahmaputra, which isalready getting supportfrom various govern-mental and non?gov-ernmental institutes,individuals and publicfigures of Assam.

Mission 'Clean Brahmpautra'launched in Guwahati MYSURU, FEB 01

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwaton Sunday said diversity is tobe celebrated and no oneshould be subjected to persecu-tion and discriminated againstbecause of their differentattires or different ways ofworship and dissimilar tradi-tions. "Diversity is to be cele-brated and not to beopposed...," said the chief ofthe Sangh Parivar fountain-head, which has come underflak in recent months over theactivities of outfits affiliated toit, including on reconversions,while addressing the fifthInternational Conference andGathering of Elders here. Theconference was organised bythe International Centre ForCultural Studies, an RSS-

inspired organisation."Diversity is to be celebrated

and not to be opposed. No oneshould be subjected to persecu-tion and discriminated againstbecause of their differentattires or different ways ofworship and dissimilar tradi-tions. All this must co-existtogether and find a way to takeeverybody along with us."

Bhagwat said "universe is asingle organism, and to haveuniversal well-being, peopleneed to co-exist as one."

The RSS Chief also said theuniverse is one whole organ-ism and not different parts, andhence well-being is universaland everybody has to take careof everyone and everythingelse. Bhagwat said the livingtogether in diversity was not

on the basis of contract, but onthe basis of acceptance, how-ever the modern concept of lifesuggests toleration.

"The living of diversitytogether is not on the basis ofcontract, but on the basis ofacceptance. Modern concept oflife suggests that we need totolerate each other. But ourancient traditions with vastexperience said that we need toaccept each other not tolerate,"he said. Bhagwat said, "Utilityis not the basis for acceptance.Different traditions look differ-ent but they are one. Onenessis the absolute truth and thepermanent reality. Our tradi-tion say we need to sustaineverything, accept all natureand every other traditions," hesaid.

Guwahati police commissionerbats for non-coercive policing

PANAJI, FEB 01The opposition on

Sunday criticised GoaChief MinisterLaxmikant Parsekar forsuggesting the urbandwellers should haveCCTVs for safety, say-ing the government wasabdicating its mainresponsibility to providesecurity.

Parsekar made thesuggestion Saturday inthe backdrop of a mur-der of two womenFriday during an allegedburglary in a flat atVasco, a port town, 40km from Panaji.

The Congress partyquestioned the chiefminister`s suggestion inthe light of BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)-ledcentral governmentinstalling thousand ofCCTVs recently duringthe US president`s Delhivisit.

"In Delhi, the BJPinstalls 15,000 CCTV

cameras for USPresident BarackObama`s security. Buthere the chief ministerappeals to citizens toinstall CCTV cameras,"Congress spokespersonDurgadas Kamat said ina statement issued here.

"It is a highly con-demnable comment...Instead of making suchloose statements, thegovernment should givefree gun licences to citi-

zens so that they canprotect themselves andnot depend on the chiefminister and his govern-ment," he added.

On Saturday, Parsekarsaid in Vasco: "Whenwe buy property inlakhs we need to alsopay towards our safety.CCTV and securityguards should be put inplace and the cost couldbe shared by the colonyresidents."

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Police action

against journalistscovering a stand-offbetween authoritiesand self-styled 'god-man' Rampal inHaryana last year was"unprovoked" and"pre-meditated", amedia panel has said,recommending a judi-cial probe into theincident.

The panel, set up bythe Broadcast Editors'Association (BEA) tolook into the incident,has recommendedprobe by a SupremeCourt judge into thealleged assault bypolice on the journal-ists in Hissar districtin November last.

In its report, the

three-member com-mittee has concludedthat the police actionagainst media per-sons was "unpro-voked" and "pre-meditated". It said thepolice had actedagainst media per-sons as it did notwant the use of forceagainst women andkids to be recordedby the media forshowing it on chan-nels. The panelemphasised thatpolitical executiveshould be sensitive tosuch incidents.

The BEA, a bodywith editors of lead-ing news channels asits members, had con-stituted the panelshortly after the inci-

dent that occurred inNovember last year.

In its report, thethree member com-mittee said that it hadmet Haryana ChiefMinister ManoharLal, police officers,and also talked to thelocal villagers.

It added that itfound that not onlythe victim journalistsbut also police offi-cers were categoricalin their assertions thatthere was no provo-cation from or caus-ing of functionalimpediment from theside of media personswith regard to policeoperation.

The panel notedthat it was the job ofthe media to cover

the event but hardlyhad the operationbegun by the police-men assisted by thepara-military forces,when media personswere subjected tolathi-charge.

"This attack wasnot confined to oneplace but all over thearea ie in sprawl ofover half-a-kilometer.The policemen start-ed beating the haplessreporters, cameramenand other scribesmercilessly. The cam-era or I-cards shownby the media did notdeter them from thesordid act. Rather itwas taken by thepolice as a sign ofidentification for hit-ting," it said.

Congress condemns Parsekarfor CCTV advice to Goans

Celebrate diversity, don't discriminate on religion: RSS chief

Judicial probe sought in policeaction on media in Haryana

Party drugs worthover Rs 9 croreseized in GoaPANAJI, FEB 01

In one of the biggestraids in recent times, syn-thetic party drugs worthRs.9.31 crore were seizedby the anti-narcotics wingof Goa Police from anItalian national earlySunday.

According to police, thedrugs were seized from 54-year-old Italian nationalVincenzo Rainton's resi-dence in Anjuna, a coastalvillage some 20 km northof Panaji, notorious foravailability of and trade indrugs. "We found 30,750square shaped pieces ofLSD paper (mood-chang-ing chemicals) and 4.7grams of LSD liquid in hisresidence," a policespokesperson said.

FARIDABAD, FEB 01A 17-year-old girl was

allegedly raped by herboyfriend for two days inSurajkund TouristComplex here on pretextof marriage, police said onSunday.

According to the police,accused Rishi Nagar andthe girl were in relation-ship and had agreed to getmarried on January 27.

Nagar reportedly tookthe minor to the NewIndustrial Township (NIT)market in Faridabad to getmarried but failed to doso, police said.

Later, he lured the girl tohead to Surajkund TouristComplex where Nagar

had booked a room andraped the minor repeated-ly after holding her cap-tive for two days, theysaid.

The victim narrated theincident to her parentsafter she was released. Acomplaint was filed undersection 366A of IPC andsection 4 of POSCO act tothe Saran police station inFaridabad.

A case has also beenregistered on January 31.The medical examinationconfirmed rape, policesaid.

Accused Nagar has beenarrested, police said,adding further investiga-tion is underway.

17-year-old girl raped inSurajkund Tourist Complex

PATNA, FEB 01A day after coming under scanner

for alleged divergent figures abouthis age and assets in affidavits sub-mitted on different occasions, BiharChief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi onSunday stood by details submittedduring last year's general elections.

"I stand by my age (70 years) andassets (immovable) that I had fur-nished in affidavit submitted duringfiling of nominations during generalelections last year," he told reportersin reply to a question.

Manjhi had contested from Gaya(SC) Lok Sabha seat last year andstood third. "There is nothing wrongabout details related to my age andassets," the chief minister said inreply to a volley of questions by themediapersons at a function in thestate capital before hastily gettinginto car. Manjhi had got embroiledin a controversy yesterday with asection of media projecting lacunaeabout his age and immovable assetsin at least three affidavits submittedby him in the past one year.

The chief minister had mentionedhis age at about 68 years at oneplace, while the same stood at 71years and 70 years in two other affi-

davits and failed to declare hisimmovable asset in one of affi-davits, while declared the same asfive acre land in another document,the media reports said.

The BJP and a section of the rul-ing JD(U) mounted attack onManjhi following the report andasked him to come forward to tellthe truth.

"The chief minister has causedembarrassment to himself and hisgovernment by declaring differentage and assets," former DeputyChief minister Sushil Kumar Modisaid and called upon the former toexplain the truth. Bihar unit JD(U)spokesperson Neeraj Kumar, whohad attacked Manjhi on numerousoccasions last month exposing turfwar between the incumbent chiefminister and his predecessor NitishKumar said Manjhi showed callous-ness by failing to report his correctage and assets in official documents.

"It reflects character of a person,"Kumar told reporters.

Asked for reaction, the state unitJD(U) president Bashistha NarayanSingh said he will find out thedetails before speaking in thisregard.

Bihar CM Manjhi defends himselfon controversy over age, assets

Jharkhand willhave Anti-terror-ist Squad: CMRaghubar DasRANCHI, FEB 01

Jharkhand ChiefMinister Raghubar Dassaid that efforts were on toset up an anti-terroristsquad to meet internalsecurity challenges in thestate.

CM Das told at a func-tion here yesterday thatthe police would get fullcooperation in meetinginternal security chal-lenges as government'spriority is to provide secu-rity to the people of thestate.

An InvestigationTraining Institute wouldbe set up in 2015-16 fiscal,an official release saidquoting him.

Land would soon bemade available for settingup Musabani PoliceTraining Centre, it said,adding that state'sWomen's Battalion wouldbe further strengthened.

The head of China's commerce regula-tor met with Alibaba Group HoldingLtd chairman Jack Ma to discuss com-

bating fake products, the official Xinhuanews agency reported, with the two adoptinga conciliatory tone after a row over illegalbusiness on the Internet company's plat-forms.

The meeting took place the same day theregulator, the State Administration forIndustry and Commerce (SAIC), back-tracked on an earlier report that had excoriat-ed the Chinese online commerce company

for not doing enough to suppress counterfeit-ing on its websites. SAIC issued what itcalled a "white paper" on Wednesday sayingmany products sold on Alibaba's websitesinfringed on trademarks, or were banned,substandard or fake. White papers often con-vey official policy positions. But in a follow-up statement posted on its website on Friday,a spokesman for the regulator said the reportwas in fact not a white paper and carried nolegal force.

"The most recent SAIC posting speaks foritself. We feel vindicated," Alibaba said in a

statement in response. It's unclear what prompted the regulator's

seeming about-face in a highly unusualepisode, one that saw a major Chinese corpo-ration clash publicly with an influential gov-ernment organization.

While it remains unclear whether the SAICintended any specific action against Alibabaor counterfeiting in general, analysts said theincident reminded investors of the politicalrisk inherent in Chinese companies, that thecountry's regulators may clamp down onbusiness activities with little warning. In the

meeting with the SAIC on Friday, Ma prom-ised to "actively cooperate with the govern-ment (and) devote more capital" to weedingout fake goods, according to Xinhua.

Zhang Mao, minister of the StateAdministration for Industry and Commerce(SAIC), said the company had made goodefforts in safeguarding consumer interestsand added his agency should find new modesof oversight for e-commerce.

The Chinese company is sensitive to accu-sations about its efforts to suppress counter-feit products, which span several years.

After rolling out themuch-anticipated Webclient to Android users,

WhatsApp is now reportedlyslowly rolling out the promisedfree voice calling feature - onceagain to Android users.

A Reddit user on Friday post-ed screenshots of the voice call-ing feature, supposedly accessi-ble in the latest WhatsApp app(v2.11.508) for Android fromthe company site on a GoogleNexus 5 running Android 5.0.1Lollipop in India.

Reddit user pradnesh07 claims(via GSMArena) users who arerunning the aforementionedcombination of WhatsApp appversion, Android OS version,and device make will not be ableto activate the voice calling fea-ture until they receive a callfrom someone else with the fea-ture already activated - hintingat a slow, almost invite-basedrollout.

The user further notes thosewho activate the WhatsAppvoice calling feature in thismanner - of receiving a callfrom someone with the featurealready enabled - may not beable to use the feature to placefurther calls themselves.

To be noted before proceedingwith a description of the UI seenin the screenshots, is thatWhatsApp has yet to make anyannouncements about the rolloutof voice calling to users, andthat if reports are correct, thefeature still appears to be in test-ing due to the very limited

nature of the rollout. User prad-nesh07 also claims to have beenable to activate the feature only

after receiving a WhatsApp call.The screenshots show

WhatsApp now features a newCalls tab on top, alongside Chatsand Contacts, where users canstart a call with one of theirWhatsApp contacts via the 'Newcall' button on top, similar to thealready-present 'New chat' but-ton. Some users report that atthis point, they are shown a listof apps including the Googledialler with which they canplace the call, but no WhatsAppcalling option.

Those with the feature fullyworking will supposedly see astandard calling interface, withthe disconnect button above but-tons for speaker, messages, andmute. Beyond call history visi-ble on the Calls tab (not shown

here as contact details wereinsufficiently blurred), no fur-ther screenshots were shared, of

an in-call interface for example.The WhatsApp voice-calling

UI seen in the screenshots ismostly in-line with earlierscreenshots from December thatwere supposedly found by dig-ging around within theWhatsApp app for Android, butnot yet functional.

Until a wider rollout of thefeature, or WhatsApp's ownannouncements, we'd still rec-ommend taking the reports witha pinch of salt. While the featurefree voice calling feature hasbeen promised for Q1 2015, andalready has telecom operatorspre-emptively looking to regu-late with tariff measures, it'spossible it may actually roll outglobally in a slightly differentform.

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. The Homolographic projection has the correct repre-sentation ofA. shape B. areaC. baring D. distance

2. The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate anumber of major pressure zones, which correspondwithA. zones of climate B. zones of oceansC. zones of landD. zones of cyclonic depressions

3. The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetchor distance of open water across which the windblows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the____ energy they process.A. larger, more B. larger, lessC. smaller, more D. smaller, less

4. The hazards of radiation belts includeA. deterioration of electronic circuitsB. damage of solar cells of spacecraftC. adverse effect on living organismsD. All of the above

5. The great Victoria Desert is located inA. Canada B. West AfricaC. Australia D. North America

6. The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes areA. latitudes B. longitudesC. geographic grids D. None of the above

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Answer: 1(B), 2 (A), 3(A), 4(D), 5(C), 6(C)

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TV Channels Schedule TODAY’S STARARIES A temporary separation from a love partner might have you in a very

gloomy mood, Aries. Attempts to reach your friend by phone mightprove fruitless. You might grow more and more frustrated and angry.There isn't much you can do other than leave messages. Don't letyour insecurity get the best of you. Find something else to do untilyour friend has a chance to call. Better late than never.

TAURUS Expect to be frantic if you have to take care of somethingthat's time critical today, Taurus. People and situations aren'tin your favor. Everything will seem like a challenge. Prioritizetasks and do them slowly and cautiously one at a time. If youpush too hard, you will make mistakes and wear yourself out.The world won't end if you don't finish all your tasks.

GEMINI Generally you avoid politics in any group you belong to,Gemini, but today you might get caught up in the fray inorder to support a friend. This goes against your grain. Besure and assess the situation carefully before getting tooinvolved. Friend or not, you aren't going to want to alienateanyone in the group. Think about it. Is it worth it?

CANCER Changes you're making at home might necessitate yourplanning extra time, Cancer. Perhaps you're waiting for aguest whose plane got delayed, or your shopping trip takesmuch longer because you can't find what you're looking for.Whatever it is, don't panic. Just try to stay rational and thinkabout other options or alternatives.

LEO Are you involved in a search through every store for a particularitem, Leo? You might be looking for a long time. The object youneed won't be found at the local mall. Secondhand shops,obscure boutiques, antique stores outside town - all of these aremore likely to have what you want than any shop you'd normallyfrequent. Be brave and take a chance. You might really enjoy it.

VIRGO If you've given up on something you've lost, Virgo, you might get areal surprise tonight when a dream sheds light on where you mightfind it. It's important that you either get up and search for the objectimmediately or write the dream down in as much detail as you canremember. Otherwise, this could be one of those dreams that disap-pears as soon as you wake up, and you won't want that.

LIBRA A business or romantic partner might be in a foul mood andnot very likely to tell you why, Libra. It won't be all that easy todeal with, but it probably doesn't relate to any trouble betweenyou. Therefore, it's best to let your partner work it out alone.Take care to stay cool and keep a safe distance between you,at least for today. The mood should pass by tomorrow.

SCORPIO Have you been exercising beyond your fitness level, Scorpio? Ifyou have, you're probably feeling very tired, sore, and out ofsorts. Take it easy today, even if you don't want to. You can stillexercise, but concentrate on yoga and tai chi rather than morestrenuous programs like aerobics. Push yourself a little, but nottoo much. The idea of "no pain, no gain" is a fallacy.

SAGITTARIUSA goal you've recently been on the verge of attaining may sud-denly hit unexpected setbacks, Sagittarius. However major orminor they are, it's going to be disheartening. The only thing youcan do is pick up the pieces and move on. The goal isn't dead inthe water. There are only some extra tasks that need to be donebefore you achieve it. Do what you have to, and hang in there.

CAPRICORN You could be introduced to a new person today Capricorn. Heor she may be someone who will play a very important role inyour life at one point. You will feel an instant connection andfind out you share a passion for the same kinds of things. Thisperson could turn out to be a very good friend, and romanceis also very likely. Take it slowly and see what happens.

AQUARIUS Is there a secret you're obsessed with unveiling, Aquarius? Somethingstrange could be going on in your neighborhood, or it might be an intel-lectual puzzle. Whatever it is, you're determined to discover the truth.You may do things you wouldn't normally do. Don't be too pushy withquestions. Confine your research to books, newspapers, and the web.You can find a few clues without alienating anyone.

PISCES Various intellectual or humanitarian subjects you've been readingabout have changed your value system, perhaps subtly, Pisces. Youmay not notice it until you hear someone mention beliefs like thoseyou used to hold. It might be uncomfortable to realize that such pro-found changes have occurred in you, but it's only a natural part ofpersonal growth. Everything changes, so why not you?

HTC has launched arefreshed version of theHTC Desire 816G

(Review | Images) handset inIndia, replacing its 1.3GHzquad-core MT6582 processorwith a 1.7GHz octa-core(unspecified) processor. TheHTC Desire 816G (2015) hasbeen priced at Rs. 19,990,slightly more than the Rs.18,990 last year's variant waslaunched at.

All other specificationsremain the same between thetwo variants, though onceagain, HTC has not specifiedthe Android version - the firstgeneration ran on Android4.4.2 KitKat however. Thedual-SIM Desire 816G (2015)features a 5.5-inch HD(720x1280 pixels), 1GB ofRAM, and 16GB of built-instorage expandable viamicroSD card (up to 32GB).

The Desire 816G (2015) fea-tures a 13-megapixel rear cam-era with a BSI sensor andflash, apart from a 5-megapix-el front-facing camera.Connectivity options include3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB2.0, 3.5mm jack, and GPS/ A-GPS. It support Nano SIMcards, weighs 158 grams, andmeasures 156.6x78.7x7.9mm.

Other specifications includeaccelerometer, proximity sen-sor, digital compass, and ambi-

entlight sensor, a 2600mAh bat-tery rated to deliver up to 10hours of talk time on 3G, and

460 hours of standby time. Thecompany is also touting thepresence of its BlinkFeedhome page feature, as well asdual-frontal speakers withBoomSound.

HTC recently launchedanother octa-core smartphonein India, the HTC Desire526G+ Dual SIM. The smart-phone is priced at Rs. 10,400for the 8GB storage variantand Rs. 11,400 for 16GB stor-age version. Besides a 4.7-inchqHD (540x960 pixels) display,it packs a 1.7GHz octa-core(unspecified) processor cou-pled with 1GB RAM. It sportsa 8-megapixel rear camerawith LED flash, and a 2-megapixel front-facing cam-era.

In a statement about thelaunch, Faisal Siddiqui, VicePresident and Country Head,HTC India, said, "The newoffering under the HTC Desireseries is our next step towardsa power packed combinationof beautiful design and flag-ship performance all backed by

a powerful 1.7GHz octa-coreprocessor. The HTC Desire

816G is the best buy amongstbig screen devices, packingpowerful performance andinnovative design perfectly at agreat price."

HTC Desire 816G (2015) With 1.7GHzOcta-Core SoC Launched at Rs. 19,990

WhatsApp Free Voice Calling Feature rolling out

Alibaba Meets With China Regulator, Controversial Report RetractedBMW Fixes Software Flaw ThatExposed 2.2 Million Cars toBreak-Ins

German luxury carmaker BMW has fixed a securi-ty flaw that could have allowed hackers to unlockthe doors of up to 2.2 million Rolls-Royce, Mini

and BMW vehicles, it said on Friday.BMW said officials at German motorist association

ADAC had identified the problem, which affected carsequipped with the company's ConnectedDrive softwareusing on-board SIM cards -- the chips used to identifyauthorised users of mobiledevices.

BMW drivers can usethe software and SIMcards to activate doorlocking mechanisms,as well as a range ofother services includ-ing real-time trafficinformation, onlineentertainment and air con-ditioning.

The security risk occurredwhen data was transmitted, BMW said, adding it did notimpede the car's critical functions of driving, steering orbraking. BMW said it was not aware of any exampleswhere the data had been used to compromise the securityof a vehicle. In recent years, cyber-security experts havecriticised the automotive industry for failing to do moreto secure internal communications of vehicles with net-work-connected features. The danger, they say, is thatonce external security is breached, hackers can have freerein to access onboard vehicle computer systems whichmanage everything from engines and brakes to air condi-tioning. They fear it is only a matter of time before hack-ers might break into wireless networks on cars to exploitsoftware glitches and other vulnerabilities to try to harmdrivers.

Sports 7NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 02, 2015SAADDA HAQ

MELBOURNE, FEB 1India's Leander Paes and

Swiss Martina Hingisturned back the clock topost a sensational win inthe Australian Open mixed-doubles final and improvetheir respective GrandSlam count to 15, inMelbourne on Sunday.

The seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair played powerfultennis to serve past thirdseeds Daniel Nestor andKristina Mladenovic 6-4,6-3 in the 62-minute battleat the Rod LaverArena.

While the 41-year-oldPaes clinched his seventhmixed doubles crown,Hingis, who came out ofretirement for the secondtime a couple of yearsback, collected her tenthdoubles Slam apart fromher five singles titles.

Paes and Hingis brokethe Canadian-French pair

of Nestor and Kristina oncein the first set and twice inthe second to put up anentertaining display.

Paes, a veteran doublesspecialist, joined forces

with the 34-year-old Hingislast year only to come upwith a Slam title in quicktime.

Prime Minister NarendraModi congratulated Paes

on Twitter.

“Paes continues to makeus proud! I congratulatehim on the Mixed Doubleswin with Martina Hingis at

the Australian Open.@Leander”

Narendra Modi

Hingis, who burst intothe scene in 1995, thankedher idol and legend MartinaNavratilova for suggestingPaes as her mixed-doublespartner.

“I am thankful to Martina(Navratilova) for gettingme partner Paes. It’sincredible to be playing onthe surface that I made mydebut in 1995. I neverimagined that 20 year’sdown-the-line I would bestill be playing here,” saidan excited Hingis — win-ner of three singlesAustralian Open titles.

Navratilovia, who alsopartnered Paes to clinch theAustralian Open andWimbledon mixed—dou-bles crown in 2003, was inthe stands to watch the ten-nis veterans play.

Paes-Hingis win AustralianOpen mixed-doubles title

Martina Hingis of Switzerland, left, and Leander Paes of India pose with the tro-phy after winning the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE, FEB 01World number one

Novak Djokovic onSunday collected hisfifth Australian Opentitle defeating AndyMurray 7-6(5), 6-7(4),6-3, 6-0 in little overthree and half hours.

The Serbian reeled offnine consecutive gamesto complete the rout inthe fourth set withMurray struggling tokeep up the high-stan-dard of the match.

Sixth seed Murraycrumbled in the eighthgame of the third set,handing Djokovic threebreak points and thendouble-faulting to givethe Serb a 5-3 lead.

Djokovic coollyserved out the set asMurray went to his chairfuming.

The set followed anattritional, 80-minutesecond set in which bothplayers struggled to holdserve. Murray fought offthree break points tohold an emotional gameat 5-5 and raised hisgame in the tiebreak toreap four set points.

Top seed Djokovicsaved two but conceded

on the third when herushed to the net andMurray launched a dip-ping shot at hisshoelaces that he wasunable to retrieve.

Djokovic earlier tookthe first set after Murraywavered when leading4-2 in the tiebreak.

The Scot appeared tobe finally in controlafter an opening foray in

which both playersstruggled to hold serve,but he wobbled with adouble-fault andDjokovic hit back.

Murray rushed to thenet and sent a volley aninch past the baseline togive Djokovic a setpoint and Murray con-ceded it when hereturned a backhand inthe net.

Australian Open: Djokovicbeats Murray to win fifthtitle in Melbourne Park

PERTH, FEB 01Glenn Maxwell scored

95 and took 4-46 onSunday to spur Australiato a 112-run win overEngland in the final of theone-day international tri-series.

Maxwell led Australia to278-8 as it batted firstafter losing the toss, thenhad the opportunity of ahattrick as it bowled outEngland for 166 to boostits preparation for theCricket World Cup.

Mitchell Johnson alsohad the chance of a hat-trick, dismissing MoeenAli (26) and England cap-tain Eoin Morgan withconsecutive deliveries tofinish with 3-27 in anexplosive return to theAustralia team.

The one discordant notefor Australia was an injury

to all rounder JamesFaulkner.

Faulkner scored anunbeaten 50 from 24 balls,completing his half centu-

ry with a six from the lastball of the innings, andtook 1-11 before beingforced from the field witha side strain.

Australia beats England by112 runs in tri-series final

VIJAYWADA, FEB 01Badminton doubles specialist G.

Jwala came down heavily on ChiefNational coach P. Gopichand forholding several positions in thegame, giving rise to conflict ofinterests.

Addressing mediapersons at theAir Costa senior National bad-minton championships here onSaturday, she said Gopichand’smulti-roles had resulted infavouritism and talented playerswho were not from his academywere subjected to discrimination.

“He (Gopichand) is the secretaryof the Telangana BadmintonAssociation and is on the governingcouncil of the Indian BadmintonLeague. He is the Chief Nationalcoach and also president of theIndian Badminton Players WelfareAssociation. He runs an academyand plays and represents Indian OilCorporation. How can you expecttransparency from a coach who runshis own academy?” she asked.

Jwala said players from other thanhis academy were looked downupon, a perfect example wasAshwini Ponnappa and herself, she

said.“In the Indian team, players

trained at other academies are treat-ed like untouchables. Players fromGopichand’s Academy hesitate tospeak to us for fear of admonish-ment. Most of the coaches who

accompany the Indian teams arefrom Gopichand’s Academy,” shesaid.BAI flayed

She faulted the BadmintonAssociation of India (BAI) for glori-fying the triumphs of singles players

and ignoring the victories of thedoubles specialists. “Sometimes wedo not even get a congratulatorymessage, leave alone felicitations.Mind you, Ashwini and I won threemajor international doubles titleslast year. Despite our contribution toIndian badminton we are put to a lotof discomfort.”

Jwala said she was waging a lonebattle for a transparent BAI since2006 but for speaking the truth shewas branded a rebel.

“I may play for two or three moreyears. I am raising my voice for thefuture generation. Youngstersshould play the sport without fear.Parents and players are so insecurethey do not want to speak the truth,”she said.

Jwala blamed BAI’s inept func-tioning for not taking any actionagainst the ‘star’ players who pulledout of the senior National champi-onship, considered the prestigiousand mandatory domestic fixture.

“Till now I have played all thesenior Nationals. I want to see whataction BAI takes against the ‘elite’players who pulled out of the tour-nament citing various reasons.”

Jwala accuses Gopichand of showing favouritism

LONDON, FEB 01 Chelsea striker Diego

Costa has denied he deliber-ately stamped on Liverpool`sEmre Can but admitted tobeing no angel on the field.

The Brazilian-born Spaininternational missedSaturday`s top-of-the-table 1-1 draw with Manchester Cityafter serving the first of athree-game ban for the inci-dent during Tuesday`sLeague Cup semi-final, sec-ond leg victory at StamfordBridge.

"As far as what happenedon Tuesday, the main thing iswhen I get home I can gohome and I can go to sleepknowing that I’ve not doneanything wrong, because Inever meant to do that and itwas not on purpose," he toldBritish newspaper The DailyTelegraph.

"And you can clearly see

that on the video. But it is asuspension. Obviously I feelsad because I’m not going tobe able to help the team, toplay. But I have accept it andrespect it.

"I`m not saying I`m anangel. I`m no angel. You cansee that. But every time I playI will play the same waybecause that`s the way I am.That`s what I need to do inorder to support my family.

"That’s my bread and but-ter, also that’s what I need todo for this club and for thefans of this club, for the sup-porters and for all the peopleinvolved in this club."

The 26-year-old has provedan instant hit since joiningfrom Spanish championsAtletico Madrid last year,scoring 17 league goals tohelp Chelsea open up a five-point lead after 23 matches inthe English Premier League.

NEW DELHI, FEB 01Prinkle Singh will attempt to assert

her domination yet again in the HSBCRoad to Wimbledon National seriesunder-14 tennis championship to beplayed at the DLTA Complex here fromMonday.

Second seed Prinkle had won a dou-ble crown in the first two tournamentsof the circuit on grass in Kolkata andChandigarh.

Himanshu Mor and Mahak Jain havebeen seeded No.1 in the boys and girlssections respectively. With 16 playersmaking it to the Masters event sched-uled to be played in April, the race willhot up over this fortnight in Delhi fol-lowed by Mumbai.

The finalists of the Masters event, twoboys and two girls, along with coaches,will get to compete on the grass courtsof Wimbledon in August, in the UKnational championship.

Siddhant Banthia and Adil Kalyanpurhad swept the boys titles in the first ven-ture last year in Wimbledon, and havegiven a lot of hope for a fresh crop ofyoungsters, who have thronged theseevents this season.

Last year, there were only two quali-fying events followed by the Masters,when Wimbledon opened the event forIndia. All the three tournaments wereplayed on hard courts then. This season,the Road to Wimbledon project addedtwo events on grass to make it a lotmore lively and fitting.

THE RESULTS:

Qualifying event:Boys (third and final round): Harsh

Negi bt Karan Parashar 6-1, 6-4; RohanMehra bt Vandit Jaiswal 6-4, 6-3; AmanPatel bt Hemang Adhikari 6-1, 6-4;Archit Sinha bt Sarthak Suden 5-7, 6-4,6-4; Vansh Bhagtani bt BhavnishSangwan 6-2, 6-3; Siddharth Sable btAnand Gupta 7-6(5), 6-1; AdityaSaraswat bt Himanshu Duhan 6-0, 6-1;Ajit Kumar Nagamanickam bt AaryanPandit 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(6).

Girls (second and final round):Kritika Chhabra bt Yana Dhamija 6-1,6-0; Ishita Singh bt Riya Uboveja 7-5,4-6, 6-4; Swarda parab bt Asmita Kaur6-3, 6-4; Kaavya Sawhney bt SurbhiChaarotia 6-1, 6-2; Diya Chauhan btPrincy Panchal 6-4, 6-1; AkshitaSharma bt Anushka Sharma 7-5, 7-6(2);Archita Mahalwal bt Gaurisa Dabral 6-4, 6-1.

The seedings: Boys: 1. Himanshu Mor, 2. Sacchitt

Sharma, 3. Shashank Teertha, 4. RithvikChoudary, 5. Vipul Mehta, 6. KevinPatel, 7. Aaryan Zaveri, 8. Dev Javia.

Girls: 1. Mahak Jain, 2. PrinkleSingh, 3. Sai Dedeepya, 4. ShaikhHumera, 5. Dharana Anand, 6. MuskanGupta, 7. Kritika Chhabra, 8. RashmikaBhandipaty,

Road to WimbledonNational series juniors

Saketh and Sanamlose doubles finalNEW DELHI, FEB 01

Asian Games silvermedallist pair of SakethMyneni and Sanam Singhwas beaten 6-4, 6-2 by wildcard entrants Cheng-PengHsieh and Chu-Huan Yi ofChinese Taipei in the dou-bles final of the $50,000Challenger tennis tourna-ment in Hong Kong onSunday.

While Saketh and Sanamhad negotiated two toughmatches along the way,pulling through in the supertie-break, the Taipei ladshad it relatively easy, andhad a walkover from thethird-seeded Ratiwatanatwins, Sanchai and Sonchat,in the semi-finals.

The champion team col-lected $3100 and 80 ATPpoints, while the runners-uppocketed $1800 and 48 ATPpoints. Saketh had earlierwon $1460 and 15 ATPpoints for making the quar-terfinals of singles, when hehad beaten the top seedRicardas Berankis ofLithuania in the firstround.

No angel but not guilty, says bannedChelsea striker Diego Costa

LONDON, FEB 01Red Bull may win races this season but they cannot real-

istically expect to mount a Formula One title challenge,according to their championship-winning designer AdrianNewey.

"I think we should be realistic about our expectations forthis year," the Briton, who has stepped back fromhis full time role as technicalsupremo at the former champions,said in an interview published byRed Bull.

"This year will really beabout continuing to try tomove forward and reduce the(power) deficit that we suf-fered at times last year.

"If we can manage the odd win, as we did last year, thenthat would be fantastic. But we can`t count on it. I thinkit`s really a season that will be very much about trying toextract the most we can and build on it for the future."

Red Bull won three races last year, to 16 for Mercedes,and relinquished both drivers` and constructors` titles they

had held for four years in a row.The 2014 season featured the introduction of a new V6

turbo hybrid power unit, with Mercedes emerging as thepick of the field while Red Bull`s partners Renault strug-gled with reliability and performance.

Renault are hopeful of narrowing a gap that Newey esti-mated at 60 horsepower at the end of last season, but

Mercedes have also been working hard ontheir engine.

"The pace of development, just becauseof the technology, is slower than we`re

able to work at on the chassis side,"said Newey.

"They (Renault) have a challengeahead, which I`m confident they willmeet, but they need time to achieve

that."Red Bull finished second overall last season with

Australian Daniel Ricciardo and four times championSebastian Vettel, who has now joined Ferrari. RussianDaniil Kvyat has joined as the German`s replacement.

The season starts in Australia on March 15.

Formula One trio unveilnew cars for 2015 seasonNEW DELHI, FEB 01

Three teams unveiled their cars for the 2015 sea-son race on Sunday. Williams and Mercedesunveiled their cars alongside their drivers in front ofthe press in Jerez. While, Red Bull gave the first lookof their car and posted photos of a test drive byDaniel Ricciardo.

Williams' new car named FW37 has come out intheir classic white. The team that finished third in theteam standings last season, presented the car withdrivers Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas, Susie Wolffand Alex Lynn.

Meanwhile 2014 champions Mercedes alsounveiled their new car on Sunday with LewisHamilton and Nico Rosberg taking out the wraps offthe F1 W06 Hybrid in the Jerez pit lane.

According to reports, Mercedes' car is expected todeliver mechanical, structural, aerodynamic andweight saving developments and is strengthened inthese sections over its predecessor. Germany'sRosberg will have the honour of driving the F1 W06on Sunday at the start of the four-day Jerez session.

The car is known as the Sechsy Beast.Last season's runner-up team Red Bull also gave

the first look of their car. Named as the RB11, RedBull tested the car with Ricciardo.

They did away with their previous colour altogeth-er after introducing a striking camouflaged liveryahead of the first Jerez test on Sunday morning.

The new livery has been designed especially forpre-season testing. Its white witch black imprintsgiving the car an altogether new look.

With the RB11, the team is carrying the hopes ofDaniel Ricciardo and new arrival Daniil Kvyat thisseason. Kvyat comes from Torro Rosso.

AdrianNewey playsdown RedBull's titlechances

The 60th BritanniaFilmfare Awards 2014recognized and appre-

ciated talent from the Hindifilm industry. The most covet-ed award ceremony of thecountry comes out with its listof winners recognizing theirtalent as they entertained us inthe year 2014. Here's thecomplete list of the winners ofthe 60th Britannia FilmfareAwards 2014:

Best Actor (Male): ShahidKapoor - Haider

Best Actor (Female):Kangana Ranaut - Queen

Best Film: Queen

Best Director: Vikas Bahl -Queen

Best Film (Critics): AnkhonDekhi

Best Male Actor (Critics):Sanjay Mishra - AnkhonDekhi

Best Female Actor (Critics):Alia Bhatt - Highway

Best Actor in a SupportingRole (Male): Kay KayMenon - Haider

Best Actor in a SupportingRole (Female): Tabu -Haider

Best Story: Rajat Kapoor -Ankhon Dekhi

Best Dialogue: Abhijat Joshiand Rajkumar Hirani - PK

Best Screenplay: RajkumarHirani & Abhijat Joshi -PK

Best Director Debut:Abhishek Varman - 2 States

Best Actor Debut (Male):Fawad Khan - Khoobsurat

Best Actor Debut (Female):Kriti Sanon - Heropanti

Filmfare LifetimeAchievement Award:Kamini Kaushal

Best Music Director:Shankar Ehsaan Loy - 2States

Best Lyrics: Rashmi Singh -'Muskurane ki wajah'(CityLights)

Best Playback (Male):Ankit Tiwari - 'Galliyan'(Ek Villain)

Best Playback (Female):Kanika Kapoor - 'Baby

doll' (Ragini MMS 2)

Best Choreography: AhmedKhan - 'Jumme ki raat'(Kick)

Best Background Score:Amit Trivedi - Queen

Best Action: Sham Kaushal -Gunday

Best Cinematography:Bobby Singh and SiddharthDiwan - Queen

Best Editing: Abhijit Kokateand Anurag Kashyap -Queen

Best Production Design:Subrata Chakraborty andAmit Ray - Haider

Best Sound Design:Anilkumar Konakandla andPrabal Pradhan - Mardaani

Best Costume: DollyAhluwalia for Haider

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Dermatologists suggest a few quickways one can achieve gorgeousskin.

Water to your rescue: As doctors suggest, a

minimum of eight glassesof water on a daily basis.You can also increaseyour water intake by 10-

12 glasses gradually.Says dermatologist DrApratim Goel,"Water is magic forthe skin. It instantlyperks your skin andmakes it look nour-ished and well-hydrated. Thoughone must drinkplenty of wateron an everydaybasis, howev-er, if you justhave one ortwo glassesof waterjust beforeyou stepout of yourhouse, and

keep sipping on it through the day, it will keep your skin glowing."Opt for a brightening mask

Though there are several face masks which make your skin lookhealthy, a brightening mask instantly perks your skin and helps youachieve a flawless look within minutes. If you do not have the time toapply a brightening face mask, don't worry, you can always squeeze alemon and rub a few drops of it on your face before you wash it offwith lukewarm water. Lemon contains brightening properties andlightens your skin instantly.

Use a moisturiser to hydrate your skinA moisturiser has qualities that can make your skin look healthy

within a few seconds. If you feel that your skin is looking drab, justtake a few drops of an aloe vera or any light-weight moisturiser andapply this to the problem areas. Massage it well onto your skin and youfeel it seems a bit greasy, wipe it off using cotton pad.

Touch up using a mousseUse a mousse when you walk out of the house. It not only hides those

blemishes and acne marks, but also makes your skin look plumper. Amousse has the power to highlight your best features. Further, it makesyour skin look flawless and gives a nice glow to your face which lastsfor a long duration of time.

Snack on vitamin CA dose of vitamin C just before you step out of your house will bring

a glow to your face. Dermatologist Dr Aparna Santhanam says,"Vitamin C has the power to brighten your complexion and keep itglowing for a good amount of time. Thus, half an hour before you stepout, make sure to drink one glass of orange or lemon juice so that yourskin stays fresh and glowing."

Ways to transform your complexion within minutes

Actress JacquelineFernandez says shedoesn't regret fea-

turing in a bold film likeMurder 2 as the MohitSuri directorial gave herlots of opportunities in thefilm industry.

"I don't regret doing afilm like Murder 2. It wasmy first hit. I had the expe-rience of working withMohit. It opened lots ofdoors for me. It was a riskthat I had taken but there isa beauty in taking risks,"Jacqueline, who made herBollywood debut in 2009with Aladin, said. "We asactors have nothing tolose. People will remem-ber your performance andyou get signed based onyour performance. Notbecause your film is doingwell or not. I want to stickto being diverse, not play-

ing safe," she added.The former beauty

queen, who will soon beseen with Ranbir Kapoorin Roy, says it's a dream towork with him. "When

you meet Ranbir, he isquiet. I feel he is shy. Oncewe started shooting, Irealised his energy is great.I feel like he is actuallytalking to me and not say-

ing his dialogues thatmakes me a better actress.For any actress, he is adream to work with," shesaid. Roy also featuresArjun Rampal.

'Murder 2' opened doors for me: Jacqueline

Actress Vidya Balanfinds it "sweet" onproducer Dia Mirza's

part to question why theactress' performance inBobby Jasoos was not nomi-nated for any leading filmawards. However, theNational Award winner saysshe has no regrets about it.

Vidya's 2014 film BobbyJasoos received a fairresponse from the audienceand critics, but it failed tomake a cut in all the majorawards, including at the 60thFilmfare Awards, which willbe held on January 31.

Recently, Dia expressedher disapproval and posted aseries of tweets on the same.

When asked about thesame, Vidya said, "Actually,(it was) so sweet of her (DiaMirza) to say that. It's ourfilm, obviously we feel bad.We feel we should get nomi-nated but, I think there is ajury who decided on thenominations and we should

respect that." "It's good to know that

there is so much good workhappening that they are find-ing it difficult to choose thenominations. I've no regretsabout not being nominated.I'll be there (at the 60th

Filmfare Awards night) tocheer my fraternity," sheadded. Meanwhile, Vidyawill be next seen in MohitSuri's Hamari AdhuriKahani, co-starring EmraanHashmi and RajkummarRao.

Shor in the City actressRadhika Apte, who is knownfor her roles in art house

films, is looking forward to VarunDhawan-starrer Badlapur as shefeels it will be an image-breakerfor her. Radhika made her full-fledged acting debut in Bollywoodwith Shor in the City in 2011 butsince then she kept herself busy inregional films and documentaries.

"I have done commercial movies inregional cinema but Badlapur is myfirst Bollywood film after Shor in theCity. I am hoping my image of an arthouse movie actress will be brokenby this film. I can't talk about my partbecause it is a thriller and the makershave kept it secret. But it is a veryinteresting character," Radhika told .The 29-year-old actress said she andVarun hit it off instantly and shelearnt a lot from him. "We both comefrom different backgrounds and havebeen typecast in different ways. He isknown as a commercial actor while Iam called a serious actress, so it wasgreat that we both came along and

learnt so much from each other."Varun and I are keen on doing all

kinds of cinema. He is a passionateactor and it was amazing working

with him," she said. Radhika, whowas last seen in Marathi film LaiBhaari, opposite actor RiteishDeshmukh, said she wants to do bothregional and Hindi cinema.

"A good film is a good film. Everymovie is different irrespective ofbeing in Marathi, Bengali or Hindi. Iwant to do all kinds of films butbecause I understand Hindi andMarathi, I would like to do films inthese languages more. That prefer-ence will always be there," theactress said.

Besides Badlapur, releasing onFebruary 20, Radhika has a numberof Bollywood films hitting theatresthis year, including Ajay Devgn'smaiden International co-productionParched and Hunterr, produced byAnurag Kashyap. "Parched is direct-ed by Leena Yadav. I always wantedto work with a female director so Iam happy that I was a part of the film.The role I have in Parched is differentfrom anything I have done so farwhile I feel Hunterrr is going to be avery entertaining film," she said.

'Badlapur' a step towards commercial Hindi films: Radhika

60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winnersIt's always thought that

Bollywood's star chil-dren have it easy, but

actress Sonam Kapoorsays that at the verybeginning of her filmcareer, she had decidednot to make the most ofher father Anil Kapoor'spopularity.

"When I joined the filmindustry, I became verydefensive because peoplewere so mean. They werelike, 'She is Anil's daugh-ter and she will get thingsvery easily'. So I said, 'Iam never going to use mydad for anything',"Sonam, who forayed intoacting with Saawariya,said.

From there on, Sonamsays "I did everything onmy own". "I called thedirectors on my own. Inever called my dad forhelp. My dad said to me,'I have worked very hardfor 50 years so that mychildren can have a betterlife. Why aren't you usingit?'. He says, 'I have donethis for you guys, so useit'. But I was like, 'I cando it on my own'. But nomatter how much I did,people still say it'sbecause of my dad,"added the actress, whowent on to feature inmovies like Raanjhanaaand Khoobsurat.

Now Sonam's brotherHarshvardhan is set tomake his film debut viaRakeysh OmprakashMehra's Mirziya.

Sonam Kapoor: Did it on myOwn, Never Called Dad For Help

Vidya Balan Has No Regrets for NotBeing Nominated for Bobby Jassos