Freedom in the Mind,Faith in the Words...Pride in our Souls...Lets salute the NationalHERO’S........

DEHRADUN, MARCH 22The annual Char Dham

pilgrimage in Uttarakhandwill begin on April 21 dur-ing the auspicious'Akshaya Tritiya' festival,with the reopening of theGangotri and theYamunotri shrines in theGarhwal Himalayas, offi-cials said on Sunday.

The Gangotri gates willbe opened on 12.30 in theafternoon on Akshay tri-tiya, a holy day for Hindusand Jains. The gates forYamunotri will also beopened on the same day at11.30 in the morning,Gangotri Temple SecretarySuresh Semwal said.

The gates for the other

two destinations - theKedarnath and theBadrinath - will be openedon April 24 and April 26respectively, officials said.

However, Kedarnath andBadrinath will remainclosed during winters fromOctober to November asthe two shrines are situatedat higher altitudes and coldconditions are extreme inthe region, they said.

The tourists' footfall dur-ing the Char Dham yatradeclined following theJune 2013 disaster.

According toUttarakhand TourismMinister Dinesh Dhanai,the number of tourist who

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MUMBAITemperature: 350CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:47%Wind: 21Km/hr

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 22An RTI application from a

citizen helped NationalHighway Authority of India todetect overcharging of toll ona Bangalore toll plaza result-ing in recovery of Rs 1.87crore. The applicant P A

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RTI query results inRs 1.87 cr recoveryfrom toll operator

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22It was a sunny Sunday

morning in the national capi-tal and the minimum tempera-ture was recorded at 18.2degrees Celsius, slightlyabove the season's average.

As per the IndiaMeteorological Departmentsaid, the sky would remain

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Delhi experienceswarm Sunday

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22India's top leadership will

visit Russia this year withPrime Minister Narendra Modischeduled to pay two visits tothe country and PresidentPranab Mukherjee to travel to

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Prez, PM, Defenceand Foreign minis-ters to visit Russia

JAMMU, MARCH 22Chief Minister Mufti

Mohammad Sayeed on Sundaysaid his government wouldexamine the need for denotify-ing disturbed areas to initiate aphased withdrawal of ArmedForces Special Powers Act(AFSPA) from there.

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J&K govt to examine need for deno-tifying disturbed areas: Mufti

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Delhi Chief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal on Sunday called onTibetan spiritual leader DalaiLama in the national capital.

Kejriwal was accompaniedby Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia.

The Aam Aadmi Party lead-ers exchanged pleasantrieswith the Dalai Lama before discussing matters of mutu-al discussion.

Arvind Kejriwal calls onDalai Lama

VARANASI, MARCH 22Reaching out to backward and

dalit communities, BJPPresident Amit Shah on Sundaysaid they should ensure that theparty comes to power in UttarPradesh for it is only PrimeMinister Narendra Modi whocan understand their plight as hehas risen from among them.

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Backwards, dalits will ensure BJPcomes to power in UP: Amit Shah

LOHARDAGA, MARCH 22Three members of a family

have been gunned downallegedly by the Maoists atMurmu village in Lohardagadistrict. They were shot deadby the ultras of the CPI(Maoist) last night,Superintendent of Police

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Three of family shot deadby Maoists in Jharkhand

COLOMBO, MARCH 22Fifty-four Indian fishermen

have been arrested by SriLankan navy for allegedlypoaching in the country'swaters, days before the visit ofa Lankan delegation to Indiato discuss the contentiousfishermen issue. Sri LankanNaval spokesman

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Sri Lanka arrests54 Indian fishermen

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 330CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 49%Wind: 18Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 370CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity:37% Wind: 11Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 360CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:57%Wind: 24Km/hr

AMRITSAR, MARCH 22Taking part in the

ongoing Golden JubileeCelebrations of BSF,Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh said thatIndia will protect its bor-ders in such a way thatno one would be able toinfiltrate the country.

Lamenting the fact thatPakistan had not recipro-cated the hand of friend-ship that India hadextended he said, “Wehad extended the hand offriendship so that ourhearts could meet. Butwhat did we get inreturn? Kargil war,” said.

“Whether Indianjawans or Pakistani

jawans, people died inhuge numbers duringKargil war. However, inthe end India achievedvictory,” he added.

Remembering formerPM Atal BihariVajpayee, Rajnath said,“I want to repeat what

Atal ji said – You canchange your friends butyou cannot change yourneighbours.”

The Home Ministeralso emphasised thepoint that India hadwanted to begin afresh

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Rajnath Singh slams Pakistan for perpet-uating terror, asks them to introspect

Char Dham Yatra tobegin on April 21

JAMMU, MARCH 22The Jammu & Kashmir gov-

ernment on Sunday unveiled a Rs46,473 crore budget packed witha slew of schemes for farmers,traders, women and employeeswhile stamping out "plan andnon-plan classification".

The first budget of the PDP-BJP alliance government, led byChief Minister Mufti Sayeed,projects a resource gap of Rs4,336 crore, which it plans tofinance with grants to state underthe 14th Finance Commissiongrants and without seeking anyadditional funding.

In his Budget speech, state

Finance Minister Haseeb Drabusaid: "This is not a good positionto be in. In fact, if anything, itshould be exactly the other wayround. But there is no way I canhelp it as it is a legacy of the last30 years if not more."

"In 2015-16, the total publicexpenditure is budgeted to be Rs46,473 crore. Of this Rs 11,246crore is for building assets andinfrastructure. The remaining Rs35,227 crore is for current or rev-enue expenditure," the formereconomist said.

"The total revenue receipts ofthe state in 2015-16 are budgeted

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Incentives for girl child, industries, smart cities in Kashmir budget

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 22With opposition mounting

campaign over LandAcquisition Bill, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onSunday reached out to farm-ers, telling them that "lies"are being spread over themeasure for "political rea-sons" to create confusionamong the farming commu-nity.

Speaking on the issue overradio in his monthly 'Mannki Baat' programme, heinsisted there were some"lacunae" in the Land Act of2013 "as it was enacted in a

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PM to farmers: Lies beingspread on Land Acquisition Bill

GENEVA, MARCH 22India and other members

of the G-33 grouping haveopposed a new US propos-al for a permanent solutionto the factious issue offood stockholding for foodsecurity in developingcountries at the secondinformal meeting at theWTO this year.

India said the US pro-posal may result in an out-come where countries areadvised as to what kind offood security programmesthey should adopt, which

is not part of the existingmandate.

In trying to address the

food security issue vis-a-vis the proposal, one of the

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India opposes new US proposalon food stockholding at the WTO

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Delhi Chief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal on Sunday urged the peo-ple to observe Shahid Diwas onMarch 23 as 'Desh Diwas' and do"good work" for the country in thememory of the martyrs who havelaid down their lives for it.

"I wish to appeal to all to observeShahid Diwas as 'Desh Diwas' anddo good work according to one'swish for the country. We all shouldtogether to do some good work forthe country so that the martyrs restin peace," Kejriwal said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

government in Delhi will alsoobserve Shahid Diwas in the DelhiLegislative Assembly to mark theoccasion.

Also, the party will launch itsagitation against the LandAcquisition Bill and the dues ofsugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradeshfrom tomorrow with party leaderSanjay Singh already in the state tolead the agitation.

Shahid Diwas is celebrated inmemory of revolutionaries BhagatSingh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, whowere hanged by India's Britishrulers on March 23, 1931.

Observe 'Shahid Diwas' as 'Desh Diwas'to do 'good work' for India: Arvind

AAP donationsdrop sharplyNEW DELHI, MARCH 22

The donations to Delhi'sruling Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) have fallen steeply.

According the statisticsavailable on the party'sweb site, it receivedRs.187,68,57 in the lastfortnight. While it got themaximum of Rs.130,38,62on March 11, it seems tohave got no money on 10of last 15 days. On March13, the donations frompeople dipped to a paltryRs.26,578. This rose toRs.307,848 on

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AHMEDABAD, MARCH 22A Surat-based Income Tax

official and his mother wereallegedly threatened over thephone by a suspected support-er of jailed godman AsaramBapu's son Narayan Sai forprobing Sai in a case related todisproportionate assets, police

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Income Tax officialprobing Asaram,son gets threat call

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Sunday promisedall possible help shortly tofarmers who suffered croploss due to recent unseasonalrains, saying the damage isbeing assessed.

"The recent unseasonalrains in the states north of

Maharashtra have causedproblems and everywherefarmers are worried. Smallfarmers, who toil hard togrow crops to earn liveli-hood for the year, have losteverything," he said in hisaddress to farmers over radioin his monthly 'Mann ki

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PM Modi promises help to farmersaffected by unseasonal rains

JAMMU, MARCH 22The Jammu and Kashmir

Budget on Sunday receivedmixed reaction from the indus-try, with one section terming theproposals to attract investmentas positive moves, while otherssaid many demands have notbeen addressed.

"In short we can just say that itis very disappointing budget asfar as the industry is concerned,"President of Chamber ofCommerce and Industry Jammu

Rakesh Gupta said.He said that the industry in the

state that was expecting "a lot"from the new finance minister asthey had suffered huge losses inthe devastating floods ofSeptember last year but they got"nothing."

"Not much has been given tothe industry in this budget, not asingle demand that we raisedduring the pre-budget consulta-tion with the finance minister

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J&K industry gives mixed reactionto PDP-BJP's first budget

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22National Security

Advisor Ajit Doval willsit down with China's topdiplomat, StateCouncillor Yang Jiechi,for the 18th round ofSpecial Representativetalks on the boundaryquestion here onMonday.

For Doval, who wasnamed the SpecialRepresentative for thetalks last November, itwill be his first go at theborder talks. It will alsobe the Narendra Modigovernment's first shot at

the SR level border talkssince it came to powerlast May.

According to a pressstatement, Yang is visit-ing New Delhi March 22-24 for the talks at Doval's

invitation.Yang, who is China's

Special Representativefor the border talks, willmeet Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on

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India, China to hold border talks

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Congress on Sunday

ridiculed Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's assurancesto the farmers, accusing himof doing "somersault" on hispromises after coming topower including on 50 percent hike in minimum sup-port price.

Attacking Modi after heaccused the opposition ofspreading lies on the landacquisition bill in his month-ly radio address, AhmedPatel, political secretary toCongress president SoniaGandhi, said farmers arecommitting suicide and

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Cong hits back, accuses Modi ofsomersault on farmers issues

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Angry over government's

order to make installation ofGPS device mandatory for alltaxis, the unions of yellow andblack cabs in the city will takeout a march from Rajghat toDelhi Assembly on March 25to protest against the 'TuglakiFarman', a day when a two-dayspecial session will be goingon.

Taxis from all railway sta-tions and airport will also par-ticipate in the protest-rallyagainst the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government.

In order to ensure womensafety, government recentlyordered all taxi operators toinstall GPS in their vehicles,failing which fitness certificatewill not be issued to them.

The government's decisionwill be enforced on all types oftaxis, including Radio taxisand black-and-yellow cabs,plying in different parts of thenational capital.

"We will not accept this gov-ernment's order at any cost as itis just like 'Tuglaki Farman'.We are being harassed, ootedin the name of GPS. We havedecided to carry out protest-rally with black flags fromRajghat to Delhi Assembly at10 AM on March 25,"Rajendra Soni, general secre-tary of Delhi Pradesh Taxis'Union, said.

Soni said in the protestmarch, all city's yellow andblack taxis from all railwaystations- Anand Vihar, NewDelhi, Old Delhi,

Nizammudin, Paharganj andtaxi unions of IGI Airport willalso be participating.

At present, there are around15,000 yellow and black cabsplying across the national cap-ital.

"During protest march, taxidrivers will also install blackflags on their vehicles. Afterthe rally at Delhi Assemblywhere special session will begoing on, we will demandfrom all government to imme-diately withdraw this order,"he also said.

According to government,taxi operators will not beissued fitness certificatesunless they get GlobalPositioning System (GPS)installed in their vehicles.

The decision comes months

after a 25-year-old woman wasallegedly raped by a driverenlisted with the US-based cabservice, Uber, in Decemberlast year inside the taxi inwhich GPS was notinstalled.

"We want to ensure womensafety in all public taxis due towhich we have directed alloperators, including of blackand yellow cabs, to first installGPS in their vehicles," theofficial said, adding, the trans-port department will issue thefitness certificate to taxi opera-tors only after checking instal-lation of GPS.

"GPS will not only ensurewomen safety in taxis but italso will help police in case ofuntoward incident," the officialalso said.s

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Delhi: Two held for dupinginsurance customersNEW DELHI, MARCH 22

Two people have been arrested here for cheatinghundreds on the pretext of reviving their lapsedinsurance policies, police said on Sunday.

Asif Kamal, 27, a resident of New Seelampur inDelhi, and Kuldeep Kumar, 19, a resident ofEtawa in Uttar Pradesh, were taken into custodyon Saturday.

Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Yadavsaid: “These criminals had cheated hundreds ofinnocents on the pretext of reviving their lapsedinsurance policies and providing them holidaypackages on attractive rates."

Police seized two mobile phones and 132cheques worth crores of rupees from them.

Police said that Kamal had worked with HDFCLife, a life insurance company, as a manager. Hehad procured the details of those whose policieshad lapsed there.

Yadav said that the two men used to target poli-cy holders residing in Andhra Pradesh,Maharashtra, Telangana, Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chhattisgarh.

“They used to ask people to send in chequesthrough courier. They had opened an office nearBhikaji Kama Place (in Delhi) to receive thecheques. They would encash them.

"They used to change their correspondenceaddress at regular intervals,” he added.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Major fire that broke out

in Parliament premises onSunday afternoon has beenbrought under control.Several fire tenders werepressed into service todouse the flames atParliament AC plant.

"Maintenance work wasgoing on in AC plant inParliament premises, firebroke due to weldingspark," Delhi Fire ServiceDirector AK Sharma said.When asked if fire brokeout due to negligence,Sharma said, "It appearsso, ordinarily it happenswhen adequate precautionsare not taken."

The fire broke outaround 2:20 pm and wascontained at around 2:50pm. The shopkeepers near-by first alerted when thethick smoke started billow-

ing from Parliament.However, there are no

reports of injuries or dam-age to the main ParliamentHouse building in thefire.

Expressing concern overthe fire, President PranabMukherjee has asked foran urgent enquiry into thecause, meanwhile, HomeMinistry has sought report

on fire in Parliament com-plex.

In last four day, this thesecond time there is a fireincident in Parliamentpremises.

Massive fire in Parliament complexdoused, President calls for probe

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22The National Green

Tribunal has directed DelhiUrban Shelter ImprovementBoard (DUSIB) and theMunicipal Corporations torehabilitate slum clusterslocated near railway tracks inthe capital within six months.

A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice SwatanterKumar expressed concernover the "inaction" on the partof all the concerned authori-ties and the delay in re-set-tling slum clusters.

The Tribunal noted thatthere was nearly 70 km ofrailway tracks existing inNCT, Delhi out of which 22km violated the safety zoneand seven km out of thisoffends the safety zone

"badly", seeking "immediateand serious attention from thepoint of environment, humanlife and degradation of publichealth".

Safety zone is the areabeyond 30 metre from therailway track.

"We direct that all the sen-ior-most officers who hadappeared before the Tribunalfor holding a consultativemeeting within two weeks toprioritise the sections of theseven km stretch at the firststage from where the processof rehabilitation of thesejhuggies shall be initiated.

"It shall be a time boundprogramme and finally notlater than 6 month from thedate of passing of this order.The Committee would finalise

a time-bound programme forpurposes of implementationof the policy of rehabilitationand wherever rehabilitationtakes place, Railways shallput a boundary wall immedi-ately to ensure that there is nore-encroachment on theseareas," the bench said whilehearing a plea which hadalleged that the railwayauthorities have failed to per-form their statutory duties.

The Tribunal noted thatRailways had given a sum ofRs 11.25 crore in 2003-2004to DUSIB under which 4,410jhuggies located near the rail-way track in Sanjay Camp andWazirpur area were requiredto be demolished and personsso affected were to be re-set-tled with this money.

Rehabilitate slums near railwaytracks in 6 months: NGT to DUSIB

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Concerned over the "unusu-

ally" high water table in aDDA colony here that isallegedly posing threat tobuildings, Delhi High Courthas directed authorities tolocate the reason.

A bench of justices B DAhmed and SanjeevSachdeva issued the directionto the Delhi Jal Board (DJB)and Central Ground WaterBoard (CGWB) to "inde-pendently" prepare "compre-hensive" reports regardingthe allegation of a resident ofSiddharth Extension, nearAshram here, that the highwater table is due to leakagefrom DJB pipelines.

It said the reason has to beidentified so that remedialmeasures can be taken and

permitted DJB and CGWB totake the help of any othercivic agency, like the munici-pal corporation concerned, toprepare their reports.

The petitioner, Mohan LalAhuja, has contended in hisplea that the issue of highwater table has persisted inthe colony since 2011 and hascaused extensive seepage tothe foundation of the build-

ings there and could affect thestructural integrity of the con-structions coming up.

While DJB has admitted tothe existence of a high watertable - water was found at adepth of 1.5 metres from thesurface - there, it has con-tended it is due to naturalcauses.

"It is admitted position thatwater table in the area is

unusually high and can befound at 1.5 metres or lessdepth from the ground. Thepetitioner says it is due toleakage from pipelines ofDJB, but there could be otherreasons.

"Point petitioner is makingis that due to high water table,there is seepage in buildingsand threat to structures com-ing up there. Therefore, it isimperative that actual reasonbe located so that remedialmeasures can be taken," thecourt said.

The bench directed DJBand CGWB to submit therereports on or before the nextdate of hearing on April 29and made it clear that no fur-ther extension of time wouldbe given for carrying out theexercise.

HC seeks reason for high watertable in South Delhi colony

Taxi unions to protest against installation of GPS device

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Caught in rough weather due

to internal differences, AAPwill hold its NationalExecutive (NE) meeting nextweek to finalise the agenda forits National Council meetingon March 28, party sourcessaid.

The meeting of the 21-mem-ber NE, which includes topmembers of the party like itschief Arvind Kejriwal andbeleaguered leaders PrashantBhushan and Yogendra Yadav,will be held in the middle ofnext week to decide as to whatissues the party will take up inthe National Council meetingscheduled on Saturday.

But it is not clear whetherDelhi Chief Minister Kejriwalwill attend the meeting,sources said.

The issues to be taken upwould all depend on the out-come of the ongoing negotia-tions over the next few daysbetween the two warring

camps of the party. Both thesides are trying to iron outtheir differences on severalcritical issues.

The outcome of the negotia-tions will have a bearing on thedrawing up of the agenda forthe National Council meeting.

"We are hopeful of reachinga conclusion because both thesides are making efforts.However, adjustments arebeing done on several criticalissues by the two camps in anattempt at reconciliation," saida party leaders.

The last two meetings of theNE -- held on February 26 andMarch 4 -- were stormy affairswith the second of these wit-nessing the ouster of Bhushanand Yadav from AAP'sPolitical Affairs Committee,its highest decision-makingbody. The AAP NationalCouncil has over 300 membersand has to meet once a year.The last NC meeting tookplace in February last year.

AAP national executiveto meet next week

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22A 32-year-old man, who was griev-

ously injured in a road accidentinvolving a rashly driven truck, hasbeen awarded a compensation of overRs 22 lakh by a Motor AccidentClaims Tribunal (MACT) here.

MACT Presiding Officer ManishGupta directed Oriental InsuranceCompany Ltd, insurer of the offend-ing truck, to pay Rs 22,52,494 to thevictim Vijay Manjhi who was injuredin 2012.

"In view of the evidence on recordand the facts and circumstances asdiscussed, I am of the consideredopinion that the accident occurred dueto rash and negligent driving of theoffending vehicle by the driver anddue to which the petitioner (Vijay)suffered injuries on the relevant date,place and time," the Presiding Officersaid.

According to the complaint, on May4, 2012, while Vijay, along with hisrelative, was going towards his houseon a motorcycle, a truck driven inrashly and negligent manner, hit thetwo-wheeler from behind nearShakurpur here.

Due to the impact, he fell down andsustained grievous injuries. He wasimmediately taken to hospital and wasdischarged after 12 days.

As per the hospital report, he suf-fered fracture on left hand and suf-fered 80 percent permanent disabilityin upper left limb.

Vijay had claimed before the tribu-nal that he was employed as an assis-tant with the medical centre and wasearning Rs 15,000 per month.

The driver of the offending truckdid not file any submission while theinsurance company denied the allega-tions.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22It is natural for minor

victims of sexual assaultsnot to confide in their par-ents as instead of theoffender, they are moreoften made to feel guilty, aDelhi court has said whileconvicting a music teacherfor repeatedly molestinghis 13-year-old student.

The court rejected thecontention of the 29-year-old teacher Kranti Kiranthat the girl did not dis-close the incidents to any-one for several months. Itsaid the girl's testimonywas "un-rebutted and con-sistent during cross-exami-nation."

"In a country like India,children specially girls areneither expected to be nortaught to be frank aboutsexual issues and moreoften then not children

who are victims of suchoffences are made to feelguilty about the offencedone against them.

"Thus it is natural thatthe victim who was threat-ened by accused must beeither too shy or too scaredto reveal such activities toparents or friends,"Metropolitan Magistrate

Richa Parihar said.The court's observations

came as it convicted themusic and dance teacherwho repeatedly outragedthe modesty of his studentand threatened to kill her.

The court also observedthat being a dance teacherof the girl, he was in capac-ity of manipulating her.

"At the time of commis-sion of offence, the girlwas 13- year-old withimpressionable mindwhereas accused wasmature and adult man.Thus being dance teacherof complainant,accusedwas in capacity of manipu-lating her mind," it said.

According to prosecu-tion, in 2004, the victim,who was studying in ClassVIII at that time, hadjoined the music and danceclasses along with heryounger brother during hersummer vacation.

Kiran used to call her toattend extra classes ofdance where he molestedand threatened to kill her ifshe disclosed about it toanyone. Later, sheinformed her mother and acomplaint was lodgedagainst him.

Victims made to feel guilty insexual assault cases: Delhi court

32-year-old man injured in roadaccident in Delhi gets over Rs 22 L

Delhi govt asks banks toengage only licensed pvtsecurity agenciesNEW DELHI, MARCH 22

To ensure that banks and ATMs in the city havefoolproof security, the Delhi government hasasked them to hire the services of only licensedprivate security agencies.

The government has also directed private secu-rity agencies to deploy guards who are trained todeal with robbery bids.

A senior government official said that runningprivate security agencies without obtaining alicence under the Private Security Agencies(Regulation) Act, 2005, is a punishable offence.

"All the banks have been asked to ensure thatthey engage only private security agencies whichhave obtained a licence from the government.

"The government has also directed all privatesecurity agencies in the city to deploy guards atbanks and ATMs who were adequately trained asper the guidelines framed by it," the official said.

The government has made it clear that servicelike cash-in transit and ATMs should also behandled by licensed security agencies in thenational capital.

Sources said that apart from this, governmentis also preparing a security blueprint for all thecity's banks and ATMs so that untoward inci-dents can be prevented.

Maximum tem-perature settlesat 31.7 degressCelsius in DelhiNEW DELHI, MARCH 22

Temperatures in thenational capital today sig-nalled the oncoming sum-mer as the maximumtouched 31.7 degreesCelsius and the minimumwas recorded at a notchabove the normal.

According to the MeToffice, the minimum set-tled at 18.2 degrees whilethe humidity level oscillat-ed between 43 to 90 percent.

The weatherman haspredicted "mainly clearskies, with mist in themorning" tomorrow andsaid that the maximum andminimum would be 32 and19 degrees, respectively.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Liquor seizures by Delhi

Police went up during therecent Delhi Assembly polls ascompared to the previous elec-tion that was held merely 14months earlier even though theamount of cash seized saw asteep fall. As per the informa-tion revealed in an RTI queryfiled by a Mumbai-basedactivist, Anil Galgali, Delhicops seized Rs 1.76 croremeant to be distributed amongvoters in December, 2013. Butthe size of the seizure camedown to around Rs 33 lakh inFebruary, 2015, a decline of 78per cent. As to the liquor haulin 2013, Delhi Police hadseized as many as 1,16,044quarters, 4,038 half and 8,654full bottles along with 630 bot-tles of beer and 2,407 litres ofliquor.

The liquor seizure surged sig-nificantly in the high-stakeelectoral battle in February,2015.

In the polls this year, liquorbottles in various sizes --1,47,613 quarters, 7,235 half,and 6,929 full sized bottles --were seized along with 1,055beer bottles and 10 litres ofliquor. This figure also includesseizure of 8,000 bottles ofliquor allegedly from AAP can-didate Naresh Balyan.However, Balyan has deniedpolice charges and the case isstill under investigation.

Galgali also sought to knowthe details of action takenagainst the "accused candi-dates" or their "henchmen".Her plea has been transferred tothe PIO of the Crime Branch ofDelhi Police. Significantly,Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalhad extensively raised thisissue in his poll campaign.Galgali, who has unearthednumerous scams through RTI,demanded that the Delhi Policeand Delhi government put upthe names of accused personson their web portals.

Liquor seizure surged during Delhipolls, but cash haul saw decline

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

PM to farmers...hurry" and these are being addressed while

protecting the interests of farmers and vil-lages.

Referring to his statement in Parliament,Modi maintained that the government is will-ing to consider any changes in the bill thatwould be beneficial for the farmers.

He made a veiled attack on Congress, say-ing "those projecting themselves as sympa-thisers of farmers and undertaking protests"had been using a 120-year-old law to acquirefarm land for over 60-65 years afterIndependence and were now targeting hisgovernment which is "trying to improveupon the Act of 2013".

During the 30-minute programme, heunderlined that the new bill being brought byhis government has the same compensationprovisions as in the 2013 Act and emphatical-ly rejected that the new measure was aimedat benefiting the corporates.

He also said that 'no consent' provision inthe proposed new law applies to acquisitionsby government for government or PPP proj-ects and insisted that the same clause existsin the previous Act.

"I am surprised that all kinds of misinfor-mation is spread," he said, focusing on theissue over which his government has comeunder severe attack and united the oppositionparties.

"In the Act of 2013 there were certain lacu-nae... Our attempt is to address these lacunaeto ensure that the law is beneficial for vil-lagers, farmers, their future generations andto ensure they get electricity and water," hesaid.

"I said in Parliament also that even now ifsomebody feels that something is still lack-ing, we are ready to make improvements.

"Our commitment is to ensure benefits forfarmers through the Land AcquisitionAct..So many lies are being spread..It is myfervent appeal to farmers not to make deci-sions on the basis of these lies. Don't be mis-led," he said, adding, "You trust me, I will notbetray your trust."

Specifically referring to the consent clauseissue, he said misinformation is being spreadfor "political reasons".

Cong hits ...jawans are being killed by terrorists under

his rule.He said that around one year back in an

election rally in Hazaribagh, Modi, then aPM candidate, had "distorted" Lal BahadurShastri's slogan of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' to'Mar Jawan, Mar Kisan' to attack theCongress.

"This was done just to get vote. He had alsopromised 50 per cent hike in MSP (MinimumSupport Price) for farmers if voted to power.However in a reply to my question inParliament his government has rejected theproposal of 50 per cent hike," Patel said in astatement.

He said that "farmers are committing sui-cide and jawans are being killed by terroristtoday".

"This is not U turn but a somersault. Whatdoes PM have to say about this Mann KiBaat?" he added.

PM Modi ...Baat' programme."In this hour of crisis, I am with you. All

departments in my government are in touchwith states to assess the situation minutely.Union ministers have also spread out to statesto assess the damage," he added.

The Prime Minister said he has told statesalso that the Centre and states should collec-tively help these farmers as much as possible.

"I can assure you that, in this hour of crisis,the government will soon help you sympa-thetically. Whatever is possible, will bedone," he said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi had visit-ed areas affected by unseasonal rains in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Haryana and demandedthat the farmers get timely compensation forthe losses.

During the programme, Modi on Sundaytalked about the initiatives taken by his gov-ernment for the welfare of farmers anddefended the changes being brought in theLand Acquisition Act.

He said government had introduced 'SoilHealth Card' which is aimed at scaling upproduction by making assessment of land.

Steps are also being taken to ensure thatfarmers get the right price for their producein mandis.

To ensure that excess produce is not wast-ed, storage facilities are being improved, hesaid.

AAP donations ...March 14. It again fell sharply to Rs.22,812

on March 15. The collection was Rs.215,756on March 17.

No money apparently came the next fourdays. On Sunday, March 22, the AAPreceived just Rs.125 -- from three donors --as of 6.30 p.m.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has collect-ed Rs.21,10,12,057 from 48,597 donorsspread across 73 countries since November1, 2014.

The bulk of the donations from withinIndia has come from Delhi (45 percent), fol-lowed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, UttarPradesh and Haryana.

Money has also been coming from Indiansabroad.

India, China...Tuesday.The Chinese state councillor arrives

Sunday night. He will hold restricted leveltalks with Doval and later delegation leveltalks at Hyderabad House on Monday.

The around 4,000-km boundary betweenIndia and China has seen several incidents offace-offs between the troops of both coun-tries.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj,during her visit to Beijing in February, saidthat the Modi government "is committed toexploring an early settlement".

Yang's visit also comes ahead of Modi'svisit to China, being planned for May. Yangalso held the previous round of talks on thelong running boundary question with thenNSA Shivshankar Menon.

India opposes...outcomes could be a decision on public

stockholding whereas the mandate is theother way round, India argued.

The G-33 countries - led by India andincluding China and the Philippines - wantpublic stockholding for food security purpos-es to come under the 'Green Box' ? subsidiesthat cause no or minimum trade distortion.

The G-33 debated the US proposal onFriday's second dedicated session this yearon the issue at the Geneva-based WorldTrade Organisation (WTO). The proposalwas among many others to clinch a deal.

The proposal comprises three main ele-ments - reviewing efficacy and trade effectsof existing food security programmes and theextent to which they meet their goals; evalu-ating the real and potential problems encoun-tered in implementing food security pro-grammes because of constraints in the exist-ing WTO rules; and drawing from the bestpractices and recommendations on foodstockholding.

Best practices in food stockholding wouldinclude programmes in states that are mosteconomical, targeted and effective and theones that are not trade distorting and haveenhanced transparency.

Indonesia, speaking on behalf of the G-33countries, said that the real issue is getting apermanent solution, not to engage in an aca-demic programme or to expand the mandateto review existing programmes.

Rajnath Singh...with Pakistan after the Kargil war but could

not achieve what they had wanted.He also said, “Pakistan should introspect as

to how long will the business of terror goon.”

Questioning Pakistan's policy on terror,Rajnath added, “I want to ask them as to whythey want to turn the green land of both thecountries into red.”

At the same time he maintained that Indiawould make sure that its border is protectedin such a way, so that “not even a mousewould try to enter” the country.

“We have chalked out a comprehensiveplan for borders' development,” he said.

Talking about recent attack on churches,the BJP leader emphasised, “There is no needto create a sense of fear among minorities,we should instead instil confidence,” adding,“Whether it's an attack on temple or mosqueor any religious place whatever actionswould be required under law, that will bedone.

Rajnath also announced, “We have decidedthat percentage of women in police and cen-tral armed forces will be increased to 33%.”

The Home Minister felicitated women BSFJawans and also watched beating retreat cer-emony at Attari border.

Char Dham...visited the Char Dham in 2012, a year

before the disaster, was 2.84 crore.The number declined to 2.09 crores after

the disaster in 2013. It slightly went up to2.26 crore in 2014, he said.

Meanwhile, the state government has takenseveral safety measures and a campaign'Surakshit Uttarakhand' to inspire confidenceamong the tourists to take the yatra.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawatsaid on the concluding day of the HimachalPradesh assembly that the government is tak-ing many steps to boost and promote theyatra.

The government is in talks with the touroperators to help promote the yatra on thewebsites, Rawat said adding this year's tourwill take place safely and conveniently.

Incentives for...to be Rs 42,137 crore leaving a resource

gap of Rs 4,336 crore. This is going to befinanced by prepositioning of the 14thFinance Commission grants without seekingany additional funding," Drabu said.

Drabu later told reporters that the broadthrust of the budget is on revival of Jammuand Kashmir economy and it has discardedold plan and non-plan classification, whilethe focus is on a three-pronged initiative of"government, governance and changes".

Following the replacement of PlanningCommission by NITI Aayog and the accept-ance of the 14th Finance Commission Award,Drabu said, the state government has com-pletely changed the structure of its budget.

"J&K is perhaps the first state in the coun-try to align its budget to the changes in thefederal fiscal system," he said.

"The entire old classification of the planand non-plan has been discarded. This is amajor change which has far reaching impli-cations on the allocation, efficiency andmonitoring of public expenditure," he said.

"This change will demystify the budget toa great extent. Now there will be only twocategories of expenditure, current and capi-tal; the former being what is spent to meetour daily expenses and the latter is what isspent on making assets on the ground," hesaid.

"In the years to come, we can start the map-ping of asset creation with money that hasbeen spent. This was impossible in the earli-er classification. In the next budget we willprovide this House with the details of thephysical assets that have been created on theground by the money that was spent".

He said total revenue receipts has beenestimated at Rs

37,814 crore and capital receipts at Rs4,323 crore with own tax revenue estimatedat Rs 8,006 crore. The state's share of thiscentral taxes is up at Rs 8,088 crore asagainst the figure of Rs 4,477 crores in therevised estimates for the year 2014-15.

Drabu said revenue deficit grant is Rs9,892 crore as against Rs 2,096 crore in2014-15.

"Similarly, the revenue expenditure includ-ing security related expenditure will touch Rs35,227 crore with capital expenditureaccount at Rs 11,264 crore," he said.

As many as Rs 499 crore is to be devolvedto PRIs and ULBs under 14th FinanceCommission grants. The earmarked provi-sion of Rs 2200 crore is for DA to employeesand pensioners, Rs 154 crore provision for 10per cent employees share under new pensionscheme introduced from January 2010, Rs1017 crore for allocation for district sectorcapital expenditure.

Announcing new initiatives, he said that hewaived off demand charges on electricity forseven months from September 2014 toMarch 2015. He announced exemption forpassenger tax on vehicles which remained offdue to floods from September to December2014, remission of stamp duty on documentson fresh loans to persons effected due tofloods, exemption under GST in respect oflodging services provided by hotels, lodges,guest houses to be extended up to March2016.

Similarly, he announced exemption tohoteliers from payment of entry tax on goodsimported from outside the state, waived offof 50 percent of KCC loans for smallest andvulnerable farmers, introduction of gold, sil-ver loans for certain categories of registereddealers/traders.

Besides other announcements include con-templating of amnesty under GST Act 1962for waiving off interest and penalty, settingup alternative dispute resolution tribunal tospeed up settlement of cases of traders, VATexemption on paddy, rice, wheat, pulses,floor, Maida, sugi and baisen till March2016, exemption of toll on fresh vegetables,VAT remission for local industry.

To restructure ailing Public SectorEnterprises (PSEs) in the state, he announcedfinancial restructuring and administrativereorganisation of all the ailing public sectorundertakings besides setting up of assetreconstruction company in partnership withJ&K Bank.

"Government to float Dal Developmentbond for restoration of Dal, set up of pesti-cides revolution authority, (give) incentivesto any reputed international firm to set up aunit in Valley and introduce loss of revenueinsurance cover," he said.

To deal with the abysmal child sex ratio, hesaid, "Contribution of Rs 1000 per month onthe behalf of every new born girl child fornext 14 years and on reaching 21 years, shewould receive around Rs 6.5 lakh under ascheme. To begin with, a pilot in six districtswith the most adverse child sex ratio."

Besides this, a new scheme "Aasra" wasannounced only for widows or destitutewomen with no source of income. Therewould be a zero balance saving account, lifeinsurance of Rs 25,000, an accident cover ofRs 25,000, sickness and disease cover of Rs5000 and maturity/survival benefits of Rs25,000 after five years, he said.

Similarly, he said there would be a schemeto provide

succour to 50,000 widows and destitutewomen of the state. An amount of Rs 100crore has been provided for this purpose.

J&K industry...were addressed," Gupta said.He said that he would hold a consultation

of other office bearers of the industry andwould come out with a detailed reply.

However, the terming the budget as a "pos-itive one" that would have a long term impacton the growth of industries in the state, chair-man of the Bari Brahmana industries associ-ation, Annil Suri said, "This is a positivebudget and we welcome it."

"See a lot still needs to be done for thegrowth of industry in Jammu and Kashmir,this budget which we consider to be a posi-tive one will also set in motion a positivechange for the long term growth of the indus-try in the state," he said.

Suri said that during the "pre budget" con-sultations with the finance minister theindustry had requested him to form a newindustrial policy for the state as the currentone was about to expire on March 31.

"We wanted that the new policy should notbe the cut and paste of the old one, so listen-ing to our demands and till the time a newpolicy is framed, the finance minister has

extended the current policy for three monthsduring this period a new policy will beformed," he said.

He said that the budget would attract moreinvestment in the state as the finance minis-ter has proposed to develop a 10,000 kanalland bank for the development of industry inthe state.

Suri said that the budget would also help ineradicating the "mistrust" between the gov-ernment and the industry, "The governmentalways felt that the industry takes the benefitsof the tax holidays and other benefits offeredto them and then leaves, this budget is aimedat bridging that trust deficit," he said.

J&K govt...the state government will examine the need

for denotifying 'disturbed areas', which havebeen free from militancy-related incidentsfor quite some time," Sayeed told the stateAssembly in a written reply.

"It will enable a phased withdrawal ofAFSPA from such areas," he said.

Backwards, dalits...Minister of this country and BJP gained

full majority in Lok Sabha elections and nowagain with your support, the next governmentin UP is going to be formed by BJP," Shahsaid addressing a rally where local backwardcaste leader from Samajwadi Party AnilRajbhar formally joined BJP.

The BJP President invoked Modi's humblebackground, saying he faced poverty in hislife and sold tea in Gujarat during his initialyears, but has risen to occupy the highestpost today.

"The Bhartiya Janata Party made a person,who belonged to the backward caste, as thePrime Minister of this country, who hadfaced poverty in his life and sold tea. Ourparty respects backwards, most-backwardsand the dalit communities," Shah said at therally in Modi's Lok Sabha constituency.

He targeted Congress president SoniaGandhi, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav?andBSP supremo Mayawati, without taking theirnames, holding them responsible for widespread poverty in the state and elsewhere.

Appealing to voters from the backwardcastes to lend their support to BJP to form thenext government in UP in 2017, he remindedthem that "it was this party which had exten-sively worked for them during its rule.

"BJP government would work for solvingreservation issue in the state. Our party doesnot play politics on the basis of caste and reli-gion rather our?politics revolves on the agen-da of development," said Shah adding that"our aim is to make Uttar Pradesh the mostdeveloped state in the country."

"Those who ruled the country for the last67 years from Panchayat to Parliament--Congress and its allies-- they always talkedabout eradicating poverty from the lives ofpeople, but it did not happen.

"The poverty of the countrymen did not goaway but the poverty of their leaders hadsurely disappeared."

He lamented that six decade after inde-pendence, nearly 40 crore poor people didnot have their bank accounts.

"I want to ask those who have ruled thecountry for the longest period. Why didn'tyou think about providing bank accounts topoor, like us. Why it didn't come to yourmind."

He said those who have never faced pover-ty cannot understand its suffering.

"How will you understand the pain ofpoverty when you

have not ever faced it in your life? Our PMhad faced it,so he is working in this directionto improve the lives of poor people," Shahsaid.

He referred to the Jan Dhan yojna and said"within six months period of NarendraModi's government, a large number of bankaccounts of these poor people were opened".

"Besides this, a facility for availing loanfrom Rs 5000 to Rs five lakh is also beingprovided to poor people such as farmers,vendors, rickshaw and auto rickshaw driversamong others under PM?s Mudrascheme,"said Shah.

Shah said earlier bank loans were onlygiven to rich and the corporates.

"Many bankers argued that distribution ofloans to poor people will lead to losses, I toldthem that if a poor person takes loans, he isthe one who will surely repay the amount,"Shah said.

Shah said the NDA government wants tobring change in the country and Modi isstriving for it.

He attacked the Congress over the coalbloacks and 2G spectrum scams and saidNDA government has filled government'scoffers by their auctioning.

Along with Rajbhar, a large number of peo-ple from the backward caste?also joined theparty.

The rally was organised in honour of RajaSuheldev, a backward caste king.

Shah recalled the history of Suheldev andsaid that during his time he had foughtagainst foreign invaders.

Organisers had claimed participation frompeople belonging to the backward castessuch as Bind, Mallah, Kharwar, Kevat, Biyar.

RTI query...Burge, in his application, stated that he

wants to know the reasons for which the userfee was being charged at Rs 20 and Rs 40whereas it should have been Rs 15 and Rs 35respectively.

Soon after his RTI application landed in the

NHAI offices, a surprise check was carriedout Hattargi user fee plaza which showed thecommuters were indeed charged extra.

"The respondent stated that the issue ofimposing penalty for excess collection tollfee by toll collecting agency has been takenup with NHAI Headquarters and an amountof Rs 1.827 crore has been recovered for thesame. The excess amount of toll fee collect-ed by the agency has also been refunded toNHAI by the toll collecting agency,"Information Commissioner YashovardhanAzad noted in his order.

He said the fact that the appellant's RTIapplication made the officials of the NHAI toinvestigate into the matter and to stop theexcess collection of user fee from passen-gers, is commendable.

"This not only led to the recovery of theamount of 1.827 crore along with interest tothe NHAI but notice boards came up on alltoll booths, displaying that the excess userfee of Rs 5 can be collected by the passen-gers, after producing proof of identificationand excess fee charged," he said.

Azad said the Commission, therefore,appreciates the fact that the complainant hasraised a very pertinent and an important issueinvolving public interest through his RTIapplication, which has been promptlyredressed by the public authority.

Delhi experiences...sunny through the day and the maximum

temperature is likely to hover around 32degrees Celsius.

The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 79 percent.Saturday's maximum temperature was

recorded at 31.7 degrees Celsius, a notchbelow the season's average while the mini-mum settled at 15.8 degrees Celsius, averagefor this time of the season.

Prez, PM...Moscow in May.While Modi will be visiting Russia in July

for BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-SouthAfrica) Summit, he is again scheduled totravel to Moscow for annual bilateralSummit towards end of the year.

Mukherjee will be visiting to take part inRussian Victory Day celebrations on May 9.

Apart from Mukherjee and Modi, DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikar and ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will alsovisit Russia to co-chair inter-governmentalCommissions with Russian counterparts onkey strategic issues of bilateral, regional andinternational importance.

These visits will provide opportunity forhigh-level interactions between Indian andRussian leaders at least five times in sixmonths starting from May.

Three of family...Manoj Ratan said here on Sunday.Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das

condemned the ghastly killings.Das expressed condolences to the bereaved

family and talked to police officials follow-ing the incident.

Sri Lanka arrests ...Commander Indika Silva said that 21 fish-

ermen were arrested and five boats wereseized at Kankesanturai while 33 others onfive boats were arrested at Talaimannar lastnight.

They were being brought to respectivefisheries inspection offices for further action,Silva said.

Lanka had released 86 Indian fishermenrecently as a goodwill gesture towards thevisit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thefirst Indian leader to visit Sri Lanka since1987.

Yesterday's arrests came ahead of a Lankandelegation's visit to India this week to discussthe contentious fishermen's issue, includingviolation of the maritime boundary andinvading each other's waters.

The talks between the fishermen's associa-tions of Sri Lanka and India are to be held inChennai on March 24 and 25.

This will be the third time the fishermen'sassociations of the two countries are meetingto find a solution to the issue of fishing in thePalk Strait and Palk Bay.

Representatives of the fishermen's associa-tions in Sri Lanka and India met previouslyon two occasions - first on January 27, 2014in Chennai and later on May 12, 2014 inColombo - to find out a solution to share theresources in the seas between the two coun-tries. Lankan fishermen say the Indian fisher-men trespassing into the Lankan waters andusing destructive fishing practices is notacceptable. However, Indian fishermen andthe Tamil Nadu government are of the viewthat the waters around Katchatheevu Islandand in Palk Bay are their "traditional fishinggrounds" that the Sri Lankan fishermenshould share.

Income Tax...said today. In his complaint to the Umara

police station in Surat yesterday, Income TaxInspector Prem Pulninath, a resident of theIncome Tax Colony in Majura Gate areaalleged that a person called Bavaji had calledhim up on the land line number of his moth-er's residence in Ahmedabad on Friday,Umara police sources said.

After his mother picked up the phone, thecaller allegedly threatened her that he wouldkill her son if he comes in their way, Umarapolice sub-inspector SM Soni said.

BY SARATH GUTTIKUNDA

In 2006, Al Gore broke downthe complicated issue of cli-mate change in “An

Inconvenient Truth” to make itunderstandable to the public. Ina similar manner, a month back,“Under the Dome” — a docu-mentary on air pollution inChina — highlighted the knownlinkages between pollutants andhuman health.

Even though the documen-tary is in Chinese, the mes-sage is global. It is especial-

ly relevant for Indian citieswhere air pollution is goingfrom bad to worse, and wherethere is a lack of understandingof where this pollution is com-ing from and what we must todo about it.

According to the WorldHealth Organization, 25-30cities in the top 100 most pollut-ed cities in the world are fromIndia.

The Global Burden of Diseaseassessments for 2010 estimatedthat 6,27,000 premature deathsin India can be attributed to out-door air pollution.

Of the pollution-related risks,a substantial increase wasobserved in the cases ofischemic heart disease (whichcan lead to heart attacks), cere-bro-vascular disease (which canlead to strokes), chronicobstructive pulmonary diseases,lower respiratory infections,and cancers (in trachea, lungs,and bronchitis).

These estimates do notinclude acute impacts such asasthma attacks, eye irritationsand other respiratory ailments.We still do not know and havenot quantified the long-termhealth impacts of air pollutionon vulnerable populations suchas children and the elderly.

The pollutant with the mostimpact on health is ParticulateMatter. Particulate Matter withan aerodynamic diameter of lessthan 2.5 micron-meter is espe-

cially harmful as they are smallenough to settle inside our lungsand cause long-term healthproblems. Other pollutants areSulfur dioxide, Nitrogen oxides,Carbon monoxide, and ozone.

According to the 2011 census,by 2030, with a majority of thepopulation classified as urban,the expected growth anddemand in industrial, trans-portation, and domestic sectorswill consequently result in anincrease in problems of air pol-lution, which will spread fromthe big cities to secondary andtertiary cities.

In the early 2000s, Delhi man-dated a policy to convert auto-rickshaws, taxis and buses fromdiesel to Compressed NaturalGas.

The benefits from this switchlasted for 3-4 years, but as thenumber of vehicles keptincreasing, pollution levelsfrom the transport sector wereonce again high. Such a large-scale conversion or any suchintervention to target air pollu-tion was not attempted again inany other city.

Inadequate urban planning

Air pollution is a complicatedissue and is most often a symp-tom of inadequate urban plan-ning.

Lack of power supply leads tothe use of diesel generator sets;lack of buses to support thepublic transport demand leadsto higher use of personal vehi-cles; lack of infrastructure topromote walking and cyclingleads to more motorised trans-port; lack of road maintenanceand traffic management byallowing on-road parking leadsto congestion; lack of a suffi-cient waste management systemleads to garbage being leftbehind and often burnt in resi-dential areas; and lack of pavedor covered roads leads to re-sus-pension of dust when vehicles

are passing by. The fact that air pollution is

an externality from multiplesectors means that it needs to beaddressed by multiple min-istries that are willing to coordi-nate with one another.

Technical solutions alone, likeintroducing CNG or changingstandards for vehicles andindustries, will not be sufficientto control air pollution in Indiancities.

We need a change in the insti-tutional setup in ways that willallow department and ministriesto work together.

As citizens, it is our right toknow the quality of air that webreathe, the severity of pollu-tion in the air, and where thispollution is coming from.

There are multiple sourcesand there is little that one can doas an individual that wouldmake an impact on reducingemissions.

Only when the governmenttakes the lead to address thisseriously, by mandating policiesin the context of wider socialand economic development,will we have any real changetowards improving the qualityof air.

This will not be easy as it is acomplicated issue, but we needto start somewhere. Getting asense of how bad the air isthrough regular monitoring, andallowing citizens to demandaction, is the first step. And wemust take that step.

(Sarath Guttikunda is theDirector of an independent

research group,UrbanEmissions.Info and an

Adjunct Associate Professor atthe Indian Institute ofTechnology Bombay.)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY MILIND PANT

In a $75 trillion worldeconomy, India withalmost 20% of global

population has just over 2%contribution. On the otherhand China, in the last threedecades, has turbo chargedgrowth to become five timesthe size of the Indian econo-my. For all of India'sstrengths, size, accomplish-ments, it remains a countrythat has punched well belowits potential.

It is a mathematical cer-tainty that in the comingdecade India will becomeone of the exciting, fastestgrowing large economies.Here are the seven 'sutras' orthreads of thoughts whichcan help India in its path toeconomic greatness:

1. Magnet for global capi-tal, technology

The world is awash withcapital. Brazil, Russia andSouth Africa (of BRICS) aresputtering. Global invest-ment funds are on the look-out for the next growth mar-ket. In parallel, global com-panies are scanning the hori-zon for a low cost manufac-turing alternative to China.Vietnam and Thailand are afew options but India has amuch larger labour pool(and growing). It also hasthe bonus of a large domes-tic market, strong founda-tion in engineering, manage-ment talent plus a proventrack record in adapting,developing new technology.

As India becomes an easi-er place to do business; withstable policy, tax and curren-cy, it is destined to become amagnet for global capital,ideas and technology.

2. Achieve global scale

Global leadership requiresglobal scale. In the Fortune500, among the top 10, thereare two US and threeChinese companies. China'sICBC is the largest bank inthe world by assets. ForIndia, achieving that globalscale may require some deftpragmatism. Some of India'slargest companies--SBI,ONGC, Coal India, NTPC--are state owned and need tobe unleashed to build globalcapabilities, competitivenessand eventually scale.

In addition, India's privatesector has the platform of alarge domestic marketwhich, coupled with accessto global capital and smartoverseas acquisitions, hasthe potential to build worldclass companies.

3. Build iconic brands

Today, there is no Indianbrand in the Interbrand Top100 global list. The marketcapitalisation of Apple (No 1on Interbrand) is 40% ofIndia's GDP! Iconic brandsare built on the foundationof great products. India hasthe potential to build bigbusinesses, brands in newsectors like digital and theones with distinct'Indianness' such as movies,food and fashion. After all,five years back, it wasunthinkable for Xiaomi,Huawei, Taobao, WeChatand Haier to embark on aquest to build globalChinese brands.

4. Turbo-charged urbani-sation

China's development inthe last three decades hasbeen driven by planned

urbanisation--adding 1% ofurban population every year.Today, 55% of China's popu-lation lives in cities that areconnected with high speedbullet trains and highways.

India with its democraticcredentials and inclusivesociety can lead the worldwith innovation in urbandevelopment, managementand local governmentaccountability. In China andthe US, city mayors competefor attracting businesses.Chengdu, a city in western,inland China claims to bethe home of 230 Fortune 500companies. MichaelBloomberg, one ofAmerica's most celebratedentrepreneurs, ran New YorkCity for a decade.

5. Nurture world class uni-versities, technology labs

During the Gupta dynasty,some of the world's bestinstitutes of learning were inIndia. Before WWII, someof the top universities werein Germany. Today, the bestones are predominantlyAmerican. Silicon Valleyhas a symbiotic relationshipwith the web of universitiesin and around SanFrancisco.

None of India's institutesfeature in Top 10 or even100. In order to be a globalleader, IISc, IITs, TIFR andmore will need to step up toattract global faculty, stu-dents, private funds and aculture of restless creativity.

6. Innovate with socialentrepreneurship

India cannot aspire to eco-nomic greatness with afourth of India's populationbelow the poverty line earn-

ing only $1.25 per day. Onmost of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals, Indiaremains a laggard. Theopportunity is for India to bea world leader in socialentrepreneurship -- innovat-ing new business models innutrition, sanitation, educa-tion, agriculture, bankingand more.

7. New model of localaccountability

Despite all the aboveingredients, India can 'trip'on its journey to economicgreatness without funda-mentally transforming themicro part of the govern-ment bureaucracy -- the onethat touches the everydaylife of every entrepreneur.The district is the smallestunit of administration inIndia. District administra-tion must be accountable toall entrepreneurs (in fact, allcitizens) to provide timelylicensing, inspections, effi-cient services, utilities,maintenance of infrastruc-ture -- all with digitalenabled transparency.

In modern times, Chinahas had the fastest per capitaGDP growth of 30 times inthe last 30 years! Now thestars are aligned for India'smarathon to economic great-ness with disciplined plan-ning, pragmatism and flaw-less execution of the seven'sutras'.

(Milind is the presidentand COO of YUM China.

He has lived and worked inIndia, South Africa and

Thailand and is based inShanghai now. He blogs

here and can be reached atmilind.pant@gmail.com.The views expressed are

personal.)

BY SATNAM JIT SINGH

India, since its independence,has been a passionate advo-cate of disarmament meas-

ures in the United Nations sys-tem. According to the Ministryof External Affairs, “India has along-standing commitment tothe goal of general and completedisarmament based on the prin-ciples of universality, non-dis-crimination and verification...”In 1996, India voted in favour ofa UN General AssemblyResolution urging states to vig-orously pursue an internationalagreement banning anti-person-nel mines. However, in 1997when the Mine Ban Treaty cameinto existence, India chose toremain outside it. This key con-temporary disarmament measurehas saved thousands of lives.Eighty per cent of governmentsin the world have joined thistreaty, and the UN SecretaryGeneral has acknowledged it asa ‘near universal’ convention.But India is still waiting andwatching from outside. Is it timefor a rethink?

In 1999, India joined anOptional Protocol to the UNConvention on ConventionalWeapons, a limited disarmamentmeasure on anti-personnel land-mines. The protocol prohibitsthe use of undetectable land-mines, requires permanentmarking and fencing of anymined area, but does not com-prehensively ban the weapon. Inthe past, India was a major man-ufacturer of undetectable land-mines and used them along theinternational border withPakistan as well as along theLine of Control (LoC) inKashmir.

Landmines are a globally con-demned and banned weapon dueto their inherently indiscriminatenature. Once a landmine is laid,it does not discriminate betweena combatant and a civilian.Landmines usually remainactive long after fighting is overand become a lasting deadly

legacy of armed conflicts. Itmakes little difference to com-munities whether one landmineor a thousand exist in their fieldsor roads, as the uncertaintyregarding the presence of a land-mine is debilitating; it terrorisescommunities, creating a cultureof fear, and halts or limits mobil-

ity and access to productiveresources. India has, in the past,stated that it needs landmines todeter incursion by armed mili-tants, especially into Kashmir.Has this proved effective? Don’tthe long-term negative conse-quences of the use of thisweapon far outweigh its militaryutility? India has suffered great-ly from anti-personnel mine use.Hardly a month goes by withoutreports of deaths or injuries tosoldiers or civilians due to anti-personnel mines laid — many ofthem India made — along theLoC in Kashmir.

Suicidal strategy

The largest known use of anti-personnel mines by any govern-ment in recent times was India’s(and Pakistan’s) deployment ofhundreds of thousands of anti-personnel mines along the inter-

national border duringOperation Parakram in the wakeof the attack on the IndianParliament in December 2001.Land forces were mobilised on alarge scale and mine-laying cov-ered a huge parcel of agricultur-al land along the border, therebydisrupting the lives of lakhs of

Indian citizens. According to anApril 2005 report of the LokSabha Standing Committee onDefence, the Indian Army suf-fered 1,776 casualties while lay-ing and removing its minefieldson the border betweenDecember 2001 and April 2005.The total number of civiliancasualties remains unknown.However, an Indian NGO surveyin 2004 counted at least 1,295civilian casualties fromOperation Parakaram-laidmines. Despite many rounds ofmanual and mechanical mineclearance, by 2004 the Armydeclared that at least 3,00,000mines planted along 400 kilome-tres of the international border inPunjab and Rajasthan wereuntraceable, and proposed thatthe area be permanently cor-doned off.

“Hardly a month goes by with-

out reports of deaths or injuriesto soldiers or civilians due toanti-personnel mines laid —many of them India-made —along the LoC in Kashmir”

The full extent of areas minedduring Operation Parakaram isunknown. However, reportsfrom that time indicate 700 sq.

km along the LoC in Jammu andKashmir, and large areas ofPunjab and Rajasthan weremined. In January 2002, theDeputy Commissioner ofFerozepur District of Punjabstated that 27 sq. km of land,affecting 350 villages along the210-km-long international bor-der in the district, had beentaken over at that time by theIndian Army for laying mine-fields.

The attack on the IndianParliament required a response.However, reliance on anti-per-sonnel mines led to deaths andinjuries of hundreds of moreIndian nationals and land dis-placement of thousands withattendant hardship for those vil-lages. This damage was notinflicted by a terrorist group orby an enemy; it was the outcomeof the Army’s reliance on mine

warfare.

Anti-personnel mines are anantiquated weapon that can nolonger have a place in India’sarsenal. The mines laid, and sub-sequently replenished, over thepast decades did not impact theinsurgency in Kashmir in any

significant way. But the miserythey have produced in the com-munities along the internationalborder and the LoC is real today.With the subsequent construc-tion of the fence along the LoC,India’s anti-personnel mineshave become all the more dis-pensable. Left over from a previ-ous phase of the conflict, they nolonger serve any purpose.

It is time for India to rethinkits policy and join the othernations around the globe thathave concluded that this weapondeserves to be consigned to thedustbin of history.

(Satnam Jit Singh is a formerIndian Ambassador and a land-mine survivor of the 1965 Indo-

Pak War. Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan is a Senior

Researcher, InternationalCampaign to Ban Landmines.)

The desirability of a bicameral legislature at the Statelevel has been debated since the days of theConstituent Assembly, and recent developments may

revive the debate. Assam and Rajasthan want to join thesmall seven-member club of States (Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka,Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh) with a Legislative Councilin the country and Odisha is also examining the creation ofone. A second chamber has always been attractive to thosewho believe in widening the space for representativedemocracy. Its advocates say wiser counsel from an upperHouse of elders is needed to temper the often fractiousnature of the debate in the Lower House. Also, the secondchamber helps in accommodating more sections of societyin the process of legislation and decision-making.Detractors, however, contend that the Council is nothingbut a body to accommodate various political interests with-in a party, a backdoor way into the legislature for those wholose direct elections. Recent experience suggests that evenChief Ministers choose the Legislative Council route whenthe option is available. Does the fact that an upper Houseexists in seven States, with two or three more keen to jointhat list, really indicate that there is merit in having aCouncil? There is little doubt that a second chamber will bea useful forum to play an advisory role in legislative mat-ters. However, the fact remains that it can also be a tool inthe hands of those in power to accommodate theirfavourites or defeated party functionaries. Also, there is noconsensus even within States on its necessity. In TamilNadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamabolished the Council in 1986, and strongly opposes movesby its rival Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to revive it.Parliament has already passed legislation to revive thechamber in Tamil Nadu, but it is yet to be implemented. InAndhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party government abol-ished the Council in 1985, but a Congress regime revived itin 2007. This was why a senior member in the UPA Cabinetcautioned the government against supporting the thenDMK regime’s proposal to revive the Council in theabsence of a consensus. A parliamentary committee, exam-ining the Rajasthan and Assam bills relating to creation ofthe Legislative Council, suggested that there should be anational policy on having a permanent second chamber sothat a subsequent government cannot abolish it at its whim.This is a better way to address the issue instead of relyingon ad hocism. While framing such a policy, it will also haveto be decided whether the time and resources involved inhaving a second chamber is worth the while, and if so,whether the present scheme of giving representation toteachers and graduates requires modification to involveother sections.

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Landmines are a globally condemned and banned weapon due to their inher-ently indiscriminate nature. Once a landmine is laid, it does not discriminatebetween a combatant and a civilian. Landmines usually remain active longafter fighting is over and become a lasting deadly legacy of armed conflicts. Itmakes little difference to communities whether one landmine or a thousandexist in their fields or roads, as the uncertainty regarding the presence of alandmine is debilitating; it terrorises communities, creating a culture of fear,and halts or limits mobility and access to productive resources. India has, inthe past, stated that it needs landmines to deter incursion by armed militants,especially into Kashmir. Has this proved effective? Don’t the long-term nega-tive consequences of the use of this weapon far outweigh its military utility?India has suffered greatly from anti-personnel mine use. Hardly a month goesby without reports of deaths or injuries to soldiers or civilians due to anti-per-sonnel mines laid — many of them India made — along the LoC in Kashmir.

The polluted air we breathe

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

PATNA, MARCH 22Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar on Sunday laidfoundation stones andlaunched work of powerprojects worth Rs 3,241crore on the occasion of103rd 'Bihar Diwas' andasserted that the state gov-ernment was "determined"to improve the power sce-nario in the state.

He also unveiled electric-ity projects worth Rs 106crore, spread across thestate, saying that all theschemes launched andinaugurated today weremeant to improve the elec-tricity transmission system.

eaking on the occasion,Kumar said, "We havetaken a pledge to improvepower scenario in the state,and we are working contin-uously to fulfil it.Electricity is being sup-plied to wherever the dis-tribution system hasreached".

"Urban areas are gettingelectricity for 22 to 24hours, while rural areas are

getting power supply for16 to 20 hours," he said.

The chief minister addedthat he had announced thedetermination of the stategovernment about provid-ing electricity across thestate on August 15, 2012,and work is continuouslygoing on for it.

Kumar pointed out thatwhen he took charge as

chief minister in 2005,there were just 45 grid sub-stations in Bihar, whilethere was no network toprovide electricity.

"At that time, the lengthof transmission lines wasjust 5,033 kilometres,which could supply just1,000 MW. We were evenunable to use whateverelectricity we were given

by the Centre. The numberof electrified villages wasjust 12,565 and power wasavailable for only 10 to 12hours," he said.

Kumar added that thestate government paidmuch attention on the ener-gy sector and work onevery aspect of power,right from generation totransmission and distribu-

tion was done."Today Bihar has got 50

per cent share in 660 MWBarh

thermal power plantextension project. A newunit of 500 MW is beingestablished by the stategovernment at Barauni.Three units of 660 MWeach is being constructed atNabinagar in Aurangabaddistrict, while power plantsof 1320 X 2 MW each willcome up at Chausa(Buxar), Pripainti(Bhagalpur) and Kajra(Lakhisarai)," he said.

"Our capacity hasincreased from 1,000 MWto 4,200 MW and it will goup to 5,000 MW by theyear end. Power grids havebeen established in all sub-divisions and sub-stationsat block level," he added.

Kumar said there was aneed to focus on mainte-nance also, includingchanging burnt transform-ers within 72 hours in ruralareas and 24 hours in urbanareas.

Nitish Kumar launches energy projectsworth Rs 3,241 crore in Bihar

KARNAL, MARCH 22Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal

Khattar on Sunday helped two persons,who sustained injuries in a road accidenton the GT road here,in rushing them tohospital.

Khattar, who was on his way to Shahpurvillage in Karnal district, saw a crowdgathered on the roadside. He stopped hisofficial car to find out the reason, said anofficial release.

He then found that two persons had sus-tained injuries in a road accident aftertheir bikes collided. He made arrange-ments to rush them to hospital beforeresuming his journey and directed theofficials to provide the injured best possi-ble medical care, release said.

Meanwhile, Khattar visited Shahpurvillage in Karnal district to examine thearrangements made for the operation of

the three-pond system.He interacted with the Deputy

Commissioner Karnal, J Ganeshan andofficials of the Panchayati RajInstitutions, and later briefed the residentsof the village on the benefits of the sys-tem. The Chief Minister discussed atlength with officials how to make thethree-pond system better and convert itinto five-pond system which would helpimprove the quality of water. He alsospoke to Nirmalal Devi, woman sarpanchof the village, on how to increase theincome of the gram panchayat. He askedthe gram panchayat about their annualincome through fish farming. He was toldthat fish farming was done in a villagepond which has been given on contract,and the income earned from it was beingutilised for executing development worksin the village.

Haryana CM Khattar helps outtwo persons injured in accident

JAMMU, MARCH 22The Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly on Sunday witnessednoisy scenes after members of BJPshouted anti-Pakistan slogans con-demning the twin terrorist attacksin Samba and Kathua and demand-ed a resolution in the Housedeclaring Pakistan a "terroriststate".

The MLAs of BJP, a part of theruling coalition, stood up fromtheir treasury benches and shoutedslogans "Pakistan Hai Hai (downwith Pakistan)" as some of thembatted for bringing resolution inthe House to declare Pakistan as aterrorist state.

"Pass resolution to declare Pakas a terrorist state," said RavinderRaina, an MLA from Nowshera,amid noisy scenes and anti-Paksloganeering.

However, this was countered bythe NC members, who shouted that

it was drama on the part of BJP.Later, speaking to media outside

the House, Raina demanded thatthe state assembly must pass a res-olution declaring Pakistan a terror-ist state.

"We condemned terror act andPak. We demanded that a resolu-tion against Pakistan and declare itas a terrorist state," he said.

Raina also demanded calling offall the dialogue with Pakistan, say-ing "We keep on offering a hand offriendship and they (Pakistan)keeps on stabbing us in the back".

Chief Minister MuftiMohammed Sayeed had to inter-vene and ask the members of theruling coalition partner to sit ontheir chairs, so that he can make astatement of the attacks.

Later while sending out a mes-sage to Pakistan, Mufti said, "Ifthey want peace and reconcilia-tion, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif

and its establishment must controlthem (terrorists)."

At the same time, he describedPakistan as a "victim" of terrorism.

Raina said that if the terroristsoperating in Pakistan were non-state actors, then why Pakistan hasfailed to shut down the terror infra-structure operating on its soil.

"The terrorists and terrorismneeds to be dealt with an iron fist,we will not allow and never toler-ate this back stabbing," he said.

In Legislative Council, BJP'sVibodh Gupta and another mem-ber shouted anti-Pakistan sloganssoon after the House met amidchaos on militant attacks in Kathuaand Samba.

Earlier, NC and Congress MLCsstage walkout after uproar in theUpper House shouting slogansagainst Modi government and thestate government over the twin ter-rorist attacks.

BJP shouts anti-Pakslogans in J&K Assembly

PATNA, MARCH 22A day after Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar proposed to set up athree-member committee to pro-mote entrepreneurship in Bihar,BJP on Sunday questioned hissincerity after joining forces withRJD supremo Lalu Prasad, sayinghis name is enough to makeinvestors "fear-stricken".

"How could Kumar promoteentrepreneurship in Bihar whenhe has joined forces with RJDleader Lalu Prasad for survival ofhis fragile government inBihar?... Prasad's name is enoughto make industrialists andinvestors nervous and fear-strick-

en," former deputy chief ministerSushil Kumar Modi said in astatement.

Questioning the chief minister'ssincerity to take promotion ofentrepreneurship to its logicalconclusion, he wondered as tohow this government would suc-ceed in its endeavour when it hadonly six months left in power.

If Kumar was really seriousabout promotion of entrepreneur-ship in Bihar, he should havedone it much earlier during hisnearly two terms in power, Modi,who was the second in commandin the erstwhile NDA governmentfor eight-and-a -half years, said.

BJP questions Nitish Kumar'ssincerity to promote entrepreneurship

JAMSHEDPUR, MARCH 22Jharkhand Andolankari

Morcha (JAM), an organi-sation of activists havingparticipated in the state-hood movement, havecalled for a JharkhandBandh on April 22 inprotest.

The call was given inprotest against the state'salleged indifferentapproach to recognise theJharkhandi activists andwithdrawal of theOrdinance aimed to bringin an amendment in theLand Acquisition Act.

Addressing a press con-

ference here, the Convenorof JAM, Surya SinghBesra ridiculed the deci-sion of the Raghuvar Das-headed Jharkhand govern-ment to provide Rs. 3000as monthly pension foractivists, who had takenpart in the JaiprakashNarayan movement inmid-1970s while ignoringthe cause of Jharkhandiactivists, many of whomhad sacrificed their livesfor the statehood cause.

The state cabinet hasapproved pension for JPactivists without constitut-ing any Commission to

identify whereas a three-member Commission hadbeen formed by the ArjunMunda-led NDA govern-ment in 2012 to identifythe Jharkhandi activists,Besra, who is also thePresident of JharkhandPeople?s Party (JPP),claimed.

Besra said they wouldstage demonstration infront of the district head-quarter across the state onApril 11 and observe aday-long Jharkhand Bandhon April 22 to mountpressure on the govern-ment.

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 22Hailing the Cow

Protection Bill passedunanimously by theHaryana Assembly,Governor Kaptan SinghSolanki said that no otherservice is as great as 'gausewa.' He said by passingthe bill, Haryana hascarved for itself a separateidentity among the states inthe country. "Everybodyshould inculcate in themthe feeling of 'gau sewa'.This would enrich furtherthe rich culture of India,"he said speaking at the cen-tenary celebrations of ShriGaushala at Safidon in Jinddistrict. That the 'GauSanrakshan Avm GauSamwardhan' (CowProtection and CowConservation and

Development) Bill waspassed unanimously by allparties bears testimony tothe sentiments of the legis-lators, the Governor said.

With a view to promot-ing the cow, the state gov-ernment is providing moti-vational grant for the rear-ing of local and Sahiwalbreed of cows, he said.

On March 16, HaryanaAssembly had passed a'Gauvansh Sanrakshan andGausamvardhan' Billwhich clamps a completeban on cow slaughter in thestate and provides for a rig-orous imprisonment rang-ing from three years to tenyears for killing the ani-mal.

No other service as greatas 'gau sewa': Haryana Guv

JAM calls for Jharkhandbandh on April 22

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22A parliamentary panel has

called for documentation ofmilitancy in Jammu andKashmir in the form of aWhite Paper even as it dis-missed the state govern-ment's objections to the sug-gestion as being "orthodox".

The Department-relatedParliamentary StandingCommittee on HomeMinistry has said that it feltthat though the variousaspects of militancy in J&Kmay have been well docu-mented, all the facts shouldstill be brought out in theform of a White Paper as partof a single document forpublic information.

The panel did not agreewith the view put forth bythe state government that itwas not advisable at this

stage to issue any WhilePaper on militancy in J&K.

"The committee is not inagreement with the view putforth by the state govern-ment. In the view of thecommittee, in the age whenmovement for transparencyis gaining momentum andthe country has witnessed aquantum leap in this direc-tion, such orthodox viewsshould not find place indemocracy.

"When the whole worldhas now begun to appreciateIndia's views on terrorismand regard the country asone of the worst sufferers ofterrorism, bringing a WhitePaper should not be a causefor concern," the standingcommittee's 184th reportsaid.

The panel also rapped the

J&K government for haltingthe registration of KashmiriPandit families who had fledthe Valley with the onset ofmilitancy in the early 1990s.It said that several migrants'associations have com-plained that there are a largenumber of migrant familieswho remain unregistered.

Though the HomeMinistry has claimed that allfamilies which fulfil the cri-teria have been registered,the committee is of the viewthat since there are com-plaints by organisations ofnon-registration of a largenumber of families, theHome Ministry shouldexamine these and draw up amechanism whereby fami-lies fulfilling the criteriaare registered without muchhassle.

Parliamentary panel calls forWhite Paper on J&K militancy

VADODARA, MARCH 22Four members of a

motorcycle-lifting gangfrom Madhya Pradesh,including a minor boy,were arrested and 14motorcycles were recov-ered from their posses-sion, police said onSunday.

The four accused, iden-tified as -- VestabhaiBahadur Bhilala, MotlaPremsing Zamra, Vijayalias Gokariya Bhilala,and a minor -- werearrested from Bodeli-Alirajpur crossing arealocated around 70 kmsfrom here on Friday afterthey were found movingin a suspicious manner,they said.

A country-made

weapon and two live car-tridges were also recov-ered from them, policesaid.

All the accused belongto the neighbouringAlirajpur district ofMadhya Pradesh border-ing Chhotaudepur districtof Gujarat.

The arrests were madein a joint operation by theLocal Crime Branch(LCB) in Chhota Udepurand a police team ofBodeli town, theysaid.

"During their interroga-tion, the accused admittedthat they had stolen a totalof 61 motorbikes fromvarious parts of Gujarat,including Valsad, Surat,Karjan, Kalol, Bodeli,

Chhota Udepur, Naswadi,Pavijetpur, etc over aperiod of last three years,"Police Sub inspector D VTadvi in Bodeli townsaid.

The accused also toldthe police that some of thestolen bikes were kept at aplace located in Vankanerin Alirajpur districtMadhya Pradesh, follow-ing which the motorcy-cles were recovered.

Jaypalsinh Rathod, whotook over as DSP ofChhota Udepur recently,had directed the localcrime department to con-duct special drives tocrack down on motorcy-cle thieves following aspate of vehicle theftcases in the district.

Four motorcycle thieves held,14 bikes recovered in Gujarat

RAJKOT, MARCH 22A woman was booked for

allegedly beating her 12-year-oldson to death with an iron rod forstealing valuable items from anearby shop on Saturday night,police said. Shakina MohmmadTaj Ansari (40), a native ofKolkata, was arrested after shebeat her son, Salim, to deatharound Kuvadava road area inoutskirts of the city, Kuvadavaarea in-charge inspector SR Varusaid. The incident took placetoday after Shakina came to knowthat Salim had stolen some valu-ables from a nearby shop, Varusaid. A vendor saw Shakinaindulging in some suspicious act

while she was trying to disposethe body in a suitcase andinformed the police, he said,adding, the cops nabbed Shakinared-handed. Police said Shakinacame to Rajkot from Kolkata nineyears ago after her husband'sdeath and has been since then liv-ing inside the Rajkot civil hospitalpremises with her three sons --Arif (14), Salim (12) and Samim(10). During interrogation,Shakina confessed to her crimeand said she was trying to disposethe body by bundling it in a suit-case. She was booked under IPCsection 302 (murder) and furtherinvestigation is on to verify herstatement, he added.

Woman beats her minorson to death in Gujarat

Akhilesh Yadavsuspends twoforest officialsfor 'laxity'LUCKNOW, MARCH 22

Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav on Sunday orderedthe suspension of the Chief ForestConservator and the ForestConservator for their alleged "laxi-ty" in plantation drive in the eco-sensitive Taj Trapezium Zone.

Chief Forest Conservator PKSharma and Forest ConservatorVibhash Ranjan, both posted inAgra, have been suspended by theUttar Pradesh CM for their allegedlaxity in plantation drive in TajTrapezium zone, an official releasesaid here.

The Principal Chief ForestConservator has been asked to pre-pare a plan for plantation in thebzone as per the Supreme Court'sorder, it added.

Amarinder Singh rejects Modi'sdefence of Land Acquisition Bill

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 22Senior congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh on

Sunday rejected the defence put forward by thePrime Minister Narendra Modi for the LandAcquisition Bill being brought by the NDA gov-ernment.

"Modi tried to defend the indefensible andmiserably failed in his attempt", heremarked.

"This was an exercise in futility as the PrimeMinister failed to explain and convince the coun-try as what was the need to replace the LandAcquisition Act brought by the previous UPAgovernment", Capt Amarinder observed in astatement here after Modi's address to the farm-ers in his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' programme onthe All India Radio.

Referring to the Prime Minister's claim that theprevious UPA government had brought the Actin hurry, the Congress leader remarked, "it is aclassic case of the pot calling the kettle black".

He said, the UPA government had brought inthe law after thorough deliberations with all thestakeholders including the BJP which was inopposition at that time.

Apple will show offthe much-awaited,revamped Apple

TV at theu p c o m -i n g

WorldW i d e

DevelopersC o n f e r e n c e(WWDC) inJune, a new reportindicates.

The current Apple TV ispretty limited in its capa-bilities, essentially func-tioning as a media stream-er. It's long been rumouredto get additional capabili-ties like the ability to runapps, similar to the iPhoneand iPad. It seems Apple isfinally ready to make thismove and graduate theApple TV from a mere

'hobby' by giving it morepowerful hardware and anApp Store of its own,amongst other new fea-

tures.

BuzzFeed quotes"sources familiar with thecompany's plans" to reportthat Apple will use itsannual developers confer-ence - dates for which areyet to be confirmed,though it's usually held inJune - to unveil the newApple TV as well as a soft-ware development kit(SDK) that developers canuse to build apps for thenext-generation hardware.

To drive these apps,Apple will reportedly fitthe new Apple TV with theA8 SoC seen inside theiPhone 6 and iPhone 6Plus, as well as enhancedstorage. The report addsthat the new Apple TV isalso likely to ship with a

brand new remote and"will "support Siri voicecontrol of Apple TV, andenable it remotely for aselection of HomeKit-enabled home automationdevices."

(Also see:Apple TVPrice in India Slashed to

Rs. 5,900)

The report ties in withrecent developments likethe price of current-genera-tion Apple TV gettingslashed to $69 and reportsof Apple planning tolaunch its own online TVservice.

Microsoft on Wednesdayannounced new detailsabout its Windows 10

alongside revealing it would betesting Windows 10 TechnicalPreview on Xiaomi Mi 4 smart-phones. The announcement left alot of Mi fans wondering as to theextent of the partnership betweenthe two com-panies, lead-ing to spec-u l a t i o nt h a tXiaomim a ya t

some point launch a Windows 10smartphone, or even a dual-bootdevice with Android andWindows 10.

Xiaomi's Vice President ofInternational Operations, HugoBarra took to Google+ to clarifythe nature of the partnership. Hesaid, "We received many ques-tions from Mi fans about an

announcement made byMicrosoft yesterday regardingWindows 10 Technical Previewfor Xiaomi Mi 4 users in China."Barra also confirmed that the pro-gram is limited to the Chinesemarket.

He clarified that Microsoft's

experimental program worksdirectly with the Mi fan commu-nity in China, and that Xiaomihas nothing to do with the pro-gram.

Further detailing, Barra added,"Microsoft is working on a buildof Windows 10 specifically forMi 4 devices. This Windows 10build will not be running on top

of Android nor be available as adual-boot option. A small numberof Mi 4 power users from theXiaomi Forum in China whochoose to take part in this experi-mental program will have to man-ually re-flash their Mi 4 deviceswith this Windows 10 ROM, inthe same way they would re-flash

other Android ROMs."

Barra went on to add thatXiaomi devices ship withunlocked bootloader, w hich isalso the reason why Microsoftadded the Mi 4 for the Windows10 Technical Preview.

"At Xiaomi, we are very sup-portive of users trying new things

and we encourage them to do soall the time! That's why all of ourdevices ship with unlocked boot-loader, for example. That's alsowhy Xiaomi welcomes Microsoftteam members to interact directlywith members of the XiaomiForum in China," he added.

Barra alsorevealed that

a n o t h e ra n n o u n c e -

ment fromMicrosoft

r e g a r d -ing the

Windows 10 ROM for Mi 4 willcome in the coming months. Helastly showed Xiaomi's commit-ment towards Android ecosystemand said, "Xiaomi continues tofully embrace the Androidecosystem through our MIUIsoftware platform and we're mov-ing ahead full steam buildingmany exciting new Android-based features and services."

Xiaomi Mi 4 Windows 10 TestOnly for China, Says Hugo Barra

Motorola will soon be rolling outthe Android 5.1 Lollipop OTAupdate to the Moto X (Gen 2)

smartphone. As reported earlier, theAndroid 5.1 Lollipop update focuses onnotifications, settings option, camera andoverall performance.

As per the change log on Motorola'swebsite, the Android 5.1 Lollipop updatefor Moto X (Gen 2) handset will let usersblock interruptions until the next alarm,alter notification volume controls whilemedia is playing, dismiss a head-upnotification and swipe itup to remove it fromthe screen.

Besides a newpull-down menu forquickly selectingdifferent Wi-Fiaccess points orpaired Bluetoothdevices, post theupdate, Moto X(Gen 2) users wouldalso be able to hideconditional settingtiles in case they areusing features like'Invert Colours' or'Hotspot'.

The Android 5.1Lollipop update willalso reduce noise inlow-light shots andwill bring improvedresponsiveness ofthe front-facingcamera viewfinder,Motorola claims.Improvements inART (Android RunTime), which willresult in faster open-ing of apps, is alsoincluded.

Post the update, ifyour device is lost orstolen, it will staylocked until you signin with your Googleaccount, even if someone

resets it to factory settings. A number ofother bug fixes included in the Android5.1 Lollipop update for Moto X (Gen 2)deal with handset's Wi-Fi, Chromebrowser crashes, Bluetooth discovery andmore.

It is worth mentioning that Android 5.1Lollipop has already been rolled out toGoogle Nexus 6 and recently startedrolling out to Google Nexus 5 as well.

Moto X (Gen 2) Setto Receive Android5.1 Lollipop Update

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 23, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. The mass of P4O10 that will be obtained from thereaction of 1.33 gram of P4 and 5.07 of oxygen is

A. 2.05 gramB. 3.05 gramC. 4.05 gramD. 5.05 gram

2. The octane number of zero is assigned toA. 2-methyl octane B. n-heptaneC. iso-octane D. 3-methyl octane

3. The metal that is used as a catalyst in the hydrogena-tion of oils isA. Ni B. PbC. Cu D. Pt

4. The most abundant rare gas in the atmosphere isA. He B. NeC. Ar D. Xe

5. The Latin word formica means ant. The name formicacid is derived from this Latin word becauseA. this acid, in ancient times, was used to eliminateant-hillsB. this corrosive acid is secreted by ants to driveaway their enemiesC. this acid was first obtained by the distillation of antsD. ants are attracted by the odour of this acid

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES You might contemplate a change of residence, or at least

a change in household. Someone could move out ormove in. Travel might be on your mind. You could decideto plan a trip by air either out of state or out of the coun-try. These changes imply expansion not only in yourworldly life but also within. Go with the flow.

TAURUS Better communication should pave the way for personal and profes-sional advancement, Taurus. You might come to a new understand-ing with colleagues or you could get some state-of-the-art equip-ment that enables operations to run more smoothly. Romantic rela-tionships improve, perhaps because of increased communication.Your intuition can give you an edge when dealing with others.

GEMINI You may feel a little upset and somewhat depressed by a temporaryseparation from a loved one. As a result, you might throw your ener-gy into creative projects. The results could show a power and inten-sity that you don't usually expect. Children and young people couldbenefit from your advice and guidance now, Gemini, so don't beafraid to give it. Just express yourself clearly.

CANCER An unexpected visit from a gloomy or depressed person mighthave you feeling a little disconcerted, Cancer. Don't try to betoo cheerful. It's more important to be a good listener. Youmight also be a bit on edge today and jump at sudden noises.Take care not to read too much into it. This oversensitivity isonly temporary and should pass within a few days.

LEO Unexpected contact with a lover, relative, young person, or closefriend could leave you feeling exhilarated and optimistic about thefuture. More frequent communication with this person will probablyresult, and it could mean a positive outcome in your life. You mightwrite a lot of letters or make a lot of calls, perhaps tying up loose endsfrom the past. Face the future, Leo. Change is coming.

VIRGO Events beyond your control may necessitate repairs to your homeor yard, and some may seem overwhelming, Virgo. Don't panic!Put your good sense to work and shop around for the best possi-ble deal, or find a way to do it yourself. You might discover thatwhatever needs repair could be in better shape afterward. Thiscould produce desirable results in the long run.

LIBRA A rather unsettling communication could cause you to dwell on thenegative side of whatever you learn, Libra. Don't fall into this trap.The positive side will become more apparent as the day wanes. Youmight decide to purchase some new equipment to enhance yourcommunications, perhaps a phone or new computer. Try not tospend too much of your day learning how to use it!

SCORPIO Unsettling developments regarding money could cause some upset,Scorpio, but they'll be resolved by day's end. You could lose and findyour wallet or bank errors could prove to be its fault and not yours.Someone you thought you knew well could show a darker side youhaven't seen before and cause you to reevaluate your involvementwith that person. This is a great day to resolve inner issues.

SAGITTARIUSA fortunate change of circumstances in a friend's life could have apositive impact on your life, Sagittarius. This situation could involvea lot of adjustment, not to mention hard work. At times you may feeloverwhelmed and somewhat intimidated by these developments. It'sbest to ignore these feelings and push on. Don't expect immediateresults. They will come. Hang onto your optimism.

CAPRICORN Today represents the start of a period of endings and new begin-nings in your career, Capricorn. You might be leaving an old job fora new one or advancing to a new position with your current employ-er. New technology may play a part in this transition or new knowl-edge that you've recently acquired, or both. A possible drawback isthat stress may affect your energy. Pace yourself.

AQUARIUS Your sense of adventure is in full swing today, Aquarius.New and unusual pastimes, travel to exotic places, meetingnew and interesting people - all should be on your mind.Friends could call to propose enticing last-minute excur-sions. Go! You need an outlet for this feeling or your nervesmight be on edge for several days.

PISCES Sudden personal or professional change could come yourway, Pisces. Perhaps you will get a new job opportunity.Perhaps you will meet someone who will change your life.This is a day to savor good luck and new beginnings.They show promise of lasting for a while. Relax and enjoyyour optimism and enthusiasm for the future.

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SPORTSSPORTS 7SAADDA HAQNEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 23, 2015

INDIAN WELLS, MARCH 22Sania Mirza and Swiss legend

Martina Hingis began their partner-ship with a title win as they overcameEkaterina Makarova and ElenaVesnina 6-3 6-4 in the summit clashof the BNP Paribas Open, here.

Top seeds Sania and Hingis, whojoined forces recently, made a stupen-dous start as they did not drop even asingle set in the tournament en routeto the title. Sania and Hingis weretrailing 2-4 in the second set but wenton to win four games in a row toclinch the issue.

Courtesy her win, Sania is set toachieve her career-best rank of num-ber three when WTA issues new rank-ing table tomorrow.

It was second title of the season forSania and 24th overall. "On paper,obviously we are supposed to be agood team, but it doesn't always turnout that way when you step on thecourt," Sania said after the win.

"So we're really happy we weren'tjust able to win, but win in such dom-inating fashion, not losing a set andbeing down just two times in thewhole two weeks," the Indian added.

, winner of 16 Grand Slam titlesincluding five singles, said theyhopes to win title.

"This is something we were hopingfor. She hits a big forehand, especial-ly on the right side, and I can moveand finish off the point. She prepares,

I finish. That's pretty cool to me,"Hingis said. "I'm very happy wemade this move. Obviously we hadpartners we played well with, like melast year with Flavia, and changingwas a big move. I'm very happy itworked out, because you never knowwhat to expect. Winning the tourna-

ment in our premier, it's new energy,and hopefully we can keep it up," sheadded. Sania was was asked whatmakes them such a good team interms of strategy on the doublescourt. "She's one of the best peoplewho can complement the way I play.She's got probably some of the best

hands in the world at the net. For me,I need that. I need someone who canfinish the balls off where I set themup. "And that's really it. Like I said,on paper everything looks great, butyou still have to go out there. Namesdon't do anything. You have to go outand win," she said.

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingiswin BNP Paribas Open title

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Backbone of Indian batting line-up,

Virat Kohli and compact top-orderbatsman in Ajinkya Rahane are strug-gling to convert their starts into bigknocks in the on-going ICC WorldCup. Kohli did scored a ton in theopening match against arch-rivalsPakistan, since then he couldn't evenmanage to reach the fifty-run mark inthe following six matches.

In most of the matches, he crossedthe 30-run mark and looked solid inthe middle, but flopped each time try-ing to convert the starts.

So far the number three batsmanhas scored 107, 46, 33*, 33, 44*, 38,3, respectively. In the quarter-finalagainst Bangladesh, he played a rashshot to throw away his wicket, whichwas not expected from a batsman ofhis stature.

On the other hand, Rahane toolooked solid whenever he came tobat. Though in the first match againstPakistan, he got out for a three-ballduck, in the next match, he played a

splendid knock of 79 against SouthAfrica.

sBut in the next four innings, headded only 85 runs.

Here, if Team India are to beatAustralia or for that matter, retaintheir world champions tag these two

batsmen have to play a crucial role inthe forthcoming matches.

Kohli is a big match player and MSDhoni would expect him to do whathe does best against the Aussies. Andfor Rahane, it's more about littlemore application.

ICC World Cup 2015: Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahaneneed to step up for world champions

BERLIN, MARCH 22A smart finish by Karim

Bellarabi helped BayerLeverkusen record theirfourth Bundesliga victoryin a row on Saturday, a 1-0win at Schalke 04 liftingthem to third in the table.

Germany internationalBellarabi scored his 11thleague goal of the cam-paign in the 35th minutewhen he cut inside andcleverly drilled the ball infrom a tight angle.

"I think everyonethought I would cut theball back into the middlebut I just decided to go forit," he told reporters. "Weknew if we won today wewould be exactly where wewould want to be in thetable."

Leverkusen, eliminatedon penalties from theChampions League roundof 16 by Atletico Madridthis week, have 45 points,one ahead of BorussiaMoenchengladbach and sixin front of Schalke in the

race for a ChampionsLeague spot.

"It`s fantastic to be thatfocused after Tuesday`sgame," said coach RogerSchmidt. "The last fewweeks have shown that weare resilient."

Schalke, also knockedout of the ChampionsLeague in midweek, weremore aggressive in the sec-ond half following theintroduction of Kevin-Prince Boateng who twicewent close to an equaliser.

Leverkusen were luckynot to concede a penalty

after a blatant RobertoHilbert handball beforeBellarabi missed a goodopportunity when hecharged through and firedwide with only keeperTimon Wellenreuther tobeat in the 83rd minute.

Schalke have won justone of their last six match-es to leave Roberto DiMatteo`s team stuck infifth place on 39 points.

Elsewhere, BorussiaDortmund`s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangstruck twice as last sea-son`s runners-up won 3-2

at Hanover 96 to claimtheir first victory in threeBundesliga games.

Dortmund bounced backfrom their ChampionsLeague exit to Juventus inthe week as they moved upto 10th on 33 points, fivebehind Augsburg who aresixth and occupy the lastautomatic Europa Leaguequalifying position.

The visitors went aheadwith their first goal in fourmatches whenAubameyang netted his11th league goal of the sea-son in the 19th minute.

Lars Stindl levelled fromclose range beforeHanover went down to 10men early in the secondhalf when LeonardoBittencourt received hismarching orders for a sec-ond booking.

Shinji Kagawa tappedLeverkusen back in frontbefore setting up Gaboninternational Aubameyangto make it 3-1 with a div-ing header.

Clever Karim Bellarabi lifts Bayer Leverkusen up to third

WELLINGTON, MARCH 22West Indies opening

batsman Chris Gayle hasruled himself out of thehome test series againstEngland next month inorder to allow a backinjury to settle down but hehas ruled out retiring frominternationals.

The 35-year-old top-scored for his side with 61in their World Cup quarter-final defeat by co-hostsNew Zealand on Saturdayand took his time leavingthe field, acknowledgingthe crowd`s standing ova-tion.

"I`m actually out of thetest series, the back won`thold up for that format atthis point in time," he tolda cricket website. "But Ihaven`t retired from anyformat as yet.

"Definitely want to playthe T20 World Cup nextyear for West Indies,there`s no doubt aboutthat. I`ve got a few con-cerns and a few injury

(problems) to try andsolve.

"I`ll give myself sometime and hopefully lookback at it and see how wellI can actually progress forWest Indies cricket."

Gayle was an injurydoubt before the game atWellington RegionalStadium and had to have apainkilling injection in hisback earlier in the week.

He also appeared to hurthimself while taking acatch in the field and wasbarely able to run whilebatting.

Gayle struck eight sixes,two fours and added fivesingles, the majority ofwhich he walked, beforehe was bowled by AdamMilne.

"(The back) actuallyheld up well...in the out-field for 50 overs and thenopening the batting," hesaid. "It wasn`t too bad,had a slight scare againwith a niggle in the groin,so all that was happening.

INDIAN WELLS, MARCH 22World number one

Novak Djokovic advancedto his second-straightIndian Wells final with a 6-2, 6-3 demolition of fourthseeded Andy Murray at theIndian Wells ATP Masterson Saturday

The defending championis trying to become the firstplayer to win consecutivetitles in the Californiadesert since Roger Federerclaimed three straight,beginning in 2004.

"I just played solid withthe right intensity from thebeginning," said Djokovic."We have similar styles.Even though it was straightsets I had to earn it."

Djokovic will face worldNo. 2 Federer, who defeat-

ed Canada`s Milos Raonic7-5, 6-4.

On Sunday, Djokovicwill be trying to matchFederer`s record of four

Indian Wells titles asFederer attempts to takehis tally to five.

The Serb star clinchedthe one hour, 28 minute

match on the TennisGarden stadium courtwhen Murray hit a back-hand into the net.

Djokovic hit one ace,

hammered 27 winners andbroke Murray`s serve fourtimes.

Scotland`s Murray made29 unforced errors and hadfour double faults.

expected a battle withAndy but he wasn`t on thehigh quality he usually is,"Djokovic said. "He made alot of unforced errorstoday."

Saturday`s contest was are-match of this year`sAustralian Open finalwhich Djokovic won infour sets.

Djokovic said he had tochange his pre-match rou-tine for this one because itwas his first day match inso long.

For that reason he said hewas a bit concerned going

into a match against a topfive player on a fast hard-court surface in the hotsouthern California sun.

"This was my first daymatch the entire year and90 percent of my matchesare played at night," hesaid. "But I thought I han-dled the conditions well."

Djokovic extended hismatch win streak overMurray to six straight andhas won 17 of 25 careercontests between the two.

Murray saved threematch points but he wasunable to break Djokovic`sserve and get on any kindof win streak.

Murray said he got off toa slow start and thencouldn`t get his serve upand running.

Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray in Indian Wells semi-final Chris Gayle out of Englandtests due to back problem

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22Taking a strong view of the shocking

incident of differently-abled sportspersonstaking part in a national event being put upat unfurnished and unhygienic accommo-dations, Sports Minister SarbanandaSonowal on Sunday sought a report fromthe organisers and promised to take actionwithin 24 hours. Sonowal said he hasasked for a detailed report fromParalympic Committee of India as well asfrom his secretary after athletes participat-ing in the National Para-AthleticsChampionships (March 20-22) at JanhitPara Sports Grounds (Madhuban,Bapudham) at Ghaziabad were asked to

stay at messy and unkempt rooms at abuilding. The championship was organisedby Uttar Pradesh unit of the ParalympicCommittee of India. "Well-being of allathletes is a priority for us. Differently-abled athletes and their well-being is a pri-ority for us. We are examining the matterand looking into the reasons for misman-agement of the event," Sonowal said.

"I have asked my sports secretary to takeimmediate action and submit a reportwithin 24 hours and based on that I willtake action. From our part, there is no dis-crimination between abled-bodied and dif-ferently abled athletes.

"The national federations, whether of

abled-bodied and differently-abled, have aduty and responsibility to look after thewell-being of athletes. If they have anyproblem, they (the organisers) should haveapproached us. We are always there tohelp," he added.

The para athletes participating in theNational Para-Athletics Championshipswere in for a rude shock after they werealloted unhygienic and difficult living con-ditions.

"We have not got proper food, eatingpoori and one vegetable dish for last fourdays. We walk with sticks and we havebeen put up at second floor. They don'teven have ramps for wheelchair-bound

athletes. Toilets are dirt, there are no fans,no water," said Yogesh, a participating ath-lete.

"I fell three times while taking bathtoday, we are drinking water from a tankerand it has not been cleaned and the toiletsare filthy," added Vinay, another partici-pant. "The facilities were not good andbecause of that we had to face problems.But I would not like to put the blame onthe federation only. The government willalso have to take care of larger issues,"said star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia,who won a gold each in the 2004 AthensParalympic Games and 2013 IPC WorldChampionships (Javelin F46).

Para-athletes face official apathy, sports minister promises action

SYDNEY, MARCH 22ICC chairman and

former BCCI presidentN Srinivasan will watchIndia's World Cup semi-final against hostsAustralia along withBCCI secretary AnuragThakur while currentpresident JagmohanDalmiya will not be inattendance due to healthreasons.

According to BCCIsources, Srinivasan,Thakur and treasurerAniruddh Chaudharywill arrive before the match on Thursday but it is highly unlikely that Dalmiyawould make it even if India reaches the final.

"Srinivasan, Thakur and Chaudhary will be coming either on March 24 or25th. Srinivasan in any case will be staying till March 29 in capacity of ICCpresident. Chaudhary and Thakur are the representatives of BCCI," a seniorBCCI official told PTI on Sunday.

However, Dalmiya's case is a bit interesting as it is believed that he cannotmeet the physically demanding travel schedule of flying into Australia."Jaggu da is an old man now. He is not fit enough to travel 12 hours fromKolkata to Melbourne and back. It will be physically demanding and it won?tbe possible for him to attend the World Cup matches. As of now it?s morethan 90 percent assured that he won't be travelling to Australia," a Dalmiyaconfidant said today.

However, there are rumours that Dalmiya and Srinivasan are not on thesame page regarding some board-related issues and the Kolkata-based admin-istrator does not want to meet the Tamil Nadu strongman.

Meanwhile, another new development happened in BCCI since the changeof guard with Usha Nath Banerjee being appointed as the chief legal advisorof the board. Banerjee, a legal luminary from Kolkata has been a Dalmiyaloyalist for long and used to fight the BCCI cases during his earlier stint in theboard and was replaced once Sharad Pawar came into power.

Dalmiya's comeback, Banerjee also made a comeback in BCCI today.

N Srinivasan, Anurag Thakur toattend World Cup semis,

Jagmohan Dalmiya to stay away

From Alia Bhatt toDeepika Padukone-the media does not

spare any celebrity whenit comes to garneringspicy news about theirlove life. And Aditya RoyKapoor is no exception.The actor was recentlyasked about what was upwith his love life and hegave a quite a weirdanswer. On Friday, heattended Lakme FashionWeek Summer-Resort2015 and was seen wear-ing Tom Tailor, theGermany-based brand. Hewas questioned about hispersonal life and all thatAditya had to say was-“My date is nonexistent”.While other celebritiesmight get annoyed withthe media for prying intotheir personal life, thisactor gave a reply thatvery well prevented peo-

ple from prying any fur-ther! Aditya looked dash-ing at Lakme FashionWeek. He was dressed in asmart black leather jacketalong with a printed blueshirt. The impeccable lookwas complete with darkdenims from the wardrobeof Tom Tailor Denim.

Aditya’s relationshipwith his ‘Aashiqui 2actress Shraddha Kapoorhas been talk of the townsince the two starredtogether. The chemistry ofthis hot pair was loved inthe film and they went onto win several awardstogether- BIG StarEntertainment Award forMost Romantic Award for2013, Star Guild Awardsfor Jodi of the Year andScreen Award for Jodi No.1. There had been rumorsthat the two were actually

in love and the actor hadfurther raised suspicionswhen he said in an inter-view- “We are really goodfriends and are really real-ly close and go out for din-ner and movies together.She is one of the people Iwould reach out to if I amin trouble.”

He created more newswhen he said later, “I have

been in a relationship andwhich I thought was lovebut it was not. I am stilldiscovering love.Hopefully, I will be meet-ing the right person oneday. But I am not lookingfor it actively. If it has tohappen, it will.” He wasthen asked about Shraddhaand whether there wereany sparks between them,to which Adtiya feels that

such stories going aroundin the news are “part andparcel of being an actor.”The two are sharing thescreen space in theupcoming ‘Milan Talkies’,an Ekta Kapoor produc-tion. But sadly, Aditya hasonly a cameo to play inthis flick. ShraddhaKapoor and VarunDhawan are the leadactors.

Fans have been eagerlywaiting for furthernews of ‘Dilwale’

since director Rohit Shettyrevealed that he has “pairedShah Rukh with Kajol andVarun with Kriti.” Now thecast and crew have startedon the project. The veryfirst star to be seen on thesets is the ‘Badlapur’ starVarun Dhawan. The actorposed with his co-workersand director Rohit Shetty asthey beagn filming for‘Dilwale’. A day before

they started, Varuntweeted- “Anew journey anew filmbegins tomor-rowthe biggest

Film I’ve everbeen part of.

#Dilwale” KritiSanon is equally

excited for this newventure. The actress

tweeted, “A newfilm begins

tomo! Ad r e a mp r o j -e c t !A l lt h eb e s t

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‘Dilwale’ is one of themost awaited for moviesthis year. It brings back theclassic Kajol-Shah Rukhpair. The actors were lastseen together in ‘My NameIs Khan’ in 2010. ‘Dilwale’would be released thisChristmas, as the directorhas revealed. Rohit Shettyhad officially taken thewraps off the project on his

birthday -14th March. Hehad given quite a lot ofdetails that people had beenwaiting to hear for a longtime. “It’s a wholesomeentertainer and I would notcategorise it as an action ora comedy film. It’s a familyfilm that has everything init. I also have the bigresponsibility of bringingKajol back after a longtime, and pairing her withShah Rukh. All I can do iswork really hard”, says thedirector.

On 20th March, Rohitstarted shooting for the filmwith Varun Dhawan,Sanyaj Mishra, VarunSharma and Johnny Lever.Kajol and Shah Rukhwould be joining them laterwhen the next schedulebegins in May or June. Thestory of ‘Dilwale’ has beenpenned by Sajid- Farhad.Pritam is composing themusic Red ChilliesEntertainment handling theproduction. It would hit thescreens on18th Decemberthis year.

Kabir Bedi is another oneto be signed for the film andhe would be playingKajol’s father. While VinodKhanna would be seen inthe role of Shah Rukh’sfather. Interestingly, VarunDhawan has been assignedthe role of Shah Rukh’sbrother.

It has also been reportedthat the film might feature acameo of none other thanAjay Devgn.

This would be the firsttime that Shah Rukh wouldshare the screen space withAjay.

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The teaser of AkshayKumar starrer ‘GabbarIs Back’ has been

revealed by none other thanthe actor himself. Akshayrecently tweeted quirky dia-logues like - “Ab galti se bhirishwat mat lena aur naa hidena…#WarnaGabbarAaJayega! Watch the first teaserhere”, accompanied by thelink to the gripping teaser.Now Shruti Haasan too hasexpressed her excitement tobe onboard for this film.Starring opposite KhiladiKumar, the actress is elatedwith the response that theteaser has been getting.Shruti will don the role of aMaharashtrian girl in thisfilm. It is a remake of theTamil movie ‘Ramanaa’ thatwas released in 2002.

Shruti says, “I’m veryhappy with the response tothe teaser of ‘Gabbar IsBack’. It is a unique film. I’mgetting a good opportunitynot only to work with Akshaysir, but a very good role aswell.”

Looking at how well Shruti

is managing her busy sched-ule, it can very well be saidthat the actress is reallyhappy to be a part of thisproject. She is occupied withsix films currently. But she ismaking sure that she givesher best to ‘Gabbar Is Back’.

A source recently reportedthat one hour was all thatShruti took for recording atrack! As the source said,“Amidst her films schedulesand her numerous brandshoots, she had just half a dayto complete this recording.After a 2 hour car ride toCoimbatore and then a flightto Mumbai, Shruti landed andwent straight into the record-ing studio. She had preppedthe song in advance and hadworked on the voicing so thatshe can maximize her outputat the studio and that’s exact-ly what happened.

The music director gotwhat he wanted from her forthe entire song within an hourpost which she took a flightback to resume her shoot inPollachi.” While yet anothersource reports how much

hard work the actress is put-ting in, “She’s been workingtirelessly, round the clockjuggling between her filmand brand commitmentswhile also making time forher music.”

Shruti completed her workin ‘Gabbar Is Back’ inDecember last year. As ofnow, she is filming for othermovies- ‘Welcome Back’,‘Yaara’ and ‘RockyHandsome’. The first one is

the sequel of the famouscomedy ‘Welcome’, while‘Yaara’ stars her with IrrfanKhan. She would be pairedopposite John Abraham inboth ‘Welcome Back’ and‘Rocky Handsome’.

Shruti Haasan happy to work with Akshay Kumar

In 2012, Shah Rukh Khan had abused a security guard after a cricketmatch at Indian Premier League. The guard had stopped the actor fromentering the stadium ground, together with his children. Now three

years after the incident, the police have been told to register an FIR againstShah Rukh. It was on Friday that the Mumbai Police was ordered to reg-ister the FIR, as directed by Maharashtra State Commission for Protectionof Child Rights (MSCPCR). Following the FIR, Abha Singh, the advocate,approached children’s commission that sought action against the actor forabusing the guard while Shah Rukh’s children were present over there.The lawyer said on Friday, “The commission, in a detailed order, directedthe Mumbai Police to file an FIR against Khan under the Indian PenalCode and the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act, 2006. The commis-sion has also ordered an inquiry for not registering an FIR in this matter.”DCP Dhananjay Kulkarni who is Mumbai Police spokesperson told themedia, “We are waiting for the order. Once we have the order, we will gothrough it and take appropriate action.” The FIR has been registered underJuvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2006. The commission has alsosought enquiry as any case wasn’t registered against the actor since theincident took place. The incident had taken place at Wankhede stadium on16th May 2012. Shah Rukh got into a fight with the guard after a matchbetween Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. Police officialsreport that Shah Rukh used abusive language because his kids wanted toplay on the stadium ground. But the guard refused to let them enter.Following this, Shah Rukh started quarreling with the guard and abusedhim. Moreover, the actor got upset on seeing that the guard was manhan-dling his daughter. The actor then faced the media on 17th May at hishome and gave clear explanations for his actions, “My children and theirfriends were playing with a ball near the field when I saw from upstairsthat a security guard was manhandling them. It is unpardonable to physi-cally touch little girls in the garb of security. I came downstairs to tell themnot to misbehave with children. I will not tolerate that.”

FIR against King Khanfor abusing before kids

Varun Dhawan on ‘Dilwale’ sets

Amitabh Bachchan may bethe biggest star of B-town.But he surely spares some

time from his busy schedule to con-nect with his fans on social mediasites. The 72 year old megastar is anactive blogger and in fact refers tohis fans as his extended family. ButBachchan got an unpleasant sur-prise when he was slammed by hisown fan! So what created tensionbetween the actor and his extendedfamily? It was when one of his fans,a teenager, was disappointed whenthe actor did not wish her on herbirthday. The girl went to the extentof saying that the Amitabh’s claimsof keeping in touch with his follow-ers are “false”. Though Amitabhwas disheartened by such unwel-coming behavior of his fan, he wasstill polite. He wrote a lengthy poston his blog and explained that he isunable to respond to everybody. Hewrote, “Each day I get 1000 callsand emails to reply to. Yet I try toget across to all. At times whensome Ef are not responded to, theysend admonishing responses to me.It almost sounds abusive ! I am notdeserving of this, yet I let it pass by

in the larger interests of our associ-ation.” The young girl’s name isAmita. Bachchan apologized to herpublicly despite of the fact that theshe had insulted the actor. He fur-ther wrote, “Amita has been upsetthat I did not wish her on the 15th.. my apologies. When you are indifferent time zone, jet lag andbody temperament goes through somany changes. Mine too. I sleep atodd hours. And that is the result ofthe delay.” After giving a valid rea-son for not wishing his follower onher birthday, the actor wrote in aserious tone, “ She has expressedon Twitter that I should not followher anymore and that I am false inmy expressions of greeting. Well..what can I say... no one that I fol-low shall ever be deleted from mylist.. if others wish to leave, I am noone to stop them..” Amitabh saysthat the platform of social mediasite is “sacred” for him and what hehas received from this platform isnothing short of “magical”.Despite of the fact that the follow-er was rude to him, the actor stillcalled his followers his extendedfamily.

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