NEW DELHIPutting a question mark

on the 'Janata Parivar'merger, Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar onFriday skipped a crucialmeeting called to iron out

the differences with RJDchief Lalu Prasad, whomooted the idea of ropingin Jitan Ram Manjhi, aknown Kumar detractor, inthe anti-BJP alliance.

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Prime Minister Office Like Queen of Englandand Jung the Viceroy, Says Arvind Kejriwal

Government Working Hard on Its Goal of Corruption-Free India, 24x7 Power For All: Piyush Goyal

After Jacqueline Fernandez, now SidharthMalhotra opens up about his fitness mantra! P8

GUWAHATIAmidst the controversy sur-

rounding the issuance of pass-port to hardline Hurriyat leaderSyed Ali Shah Geelani, AICCspokesperson Sanjay Nirupamon Friday urged the Centre todesist from such a move.

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Sanjay Nirupam urgesCentre not to issuepassport to Geelani

NEW DELHISenior IAS officer G Mohan

Kumar was on Friday appoint-ed as new Defence Secretaryfor a two-year term.

Kumar, a 1979 batch IASofficer of Odisha cadre, ispresently Secretary inDepartment of DefenceProduction. The Appointments

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G Mohan Kumar appointednew Defence Secretary

SHILLONGA Rs. 10,000 crore Gas

Cracker Project will be com-missioned next month inAssam, officials of the UnionMinistry of Chemicals andFertilisers said in Shillongtoday. The project, executed bythe Brahmaputra Cracker and

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Gas Cracker Project tobe Commissioned inAssam Next Month

NEW DELHIFor 49-year-old Ram Madhav,

the first anniversary of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's gov-ernment marks an importantmilestone in his own career.Nearly 12 months ago, he joinedthe PM's party after serving foryears as one of the top leaders ofthe Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, which is

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'Rahul's Whole Family WearsSuit-Boot': BJP's Ram Madhav

NEW DELHIUnion Home Minister

Rajnath Singh on Fridaypraised the central paramilitaryforce personnel for their 'piousand gallant' deeds and said thegovernment will soon announcesome important decisions fortheir welfare.

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Govt to announce welfare schemesfor CPM jawans, paramilitary

BEIJINGHRD Minister Smriti Irani

would join about 40 educationministers from across the worldin China this week at aUNESCO conference to delib-erate on how information andcommunication technologiescan be leveraged to support the

achievements in education sector post-2015.Achieving universal primary education goal was one

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Smriti Irani to AttendUNESCO Conference in China

NEW DELHIAfter Pashupatinath Temple,

India has offered help to restoretwo more temples --Swayambhunath and Kumarikatemples in Kathmandu Valley -- in earthquake-hit Nepal,Union Minister Mahesh

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India offers help to restoretwo more temples inquake-hit Nepal

NEW DELHIDelhi on Friday recorded the

hottest day of the season withmercury shooting up to 43.6degrees Celsius, four notchesabove the normal.

The minimum temperaturesettled at 27 degrees Celsius,which normal for this season

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Delhi records sea-son's highest at43.6 deg C

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NEW DELHIAddressing the first of

many press conferencesto mark Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's firstyear in power, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitleytoday said quick deci-sion-making in the face

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'Decision-Making Even In Face ofObstructionism': FM Arun Jaitley

Question mark on RJD-JD(U) merger as Nitish

Kumar skips meet

NEW DELHIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi`s visitto Mongolia was aimedmore at gaining somepsychological leverageover China than aboutbuilding trade and eco-nomic ties, according toexperts.

India`s former ambas-sador PhunchokStobdan told a newsagency that the visitwas "more of a strategicstep". S Kalyanaraman,also an expert on the

region, said it was about"making our presencefelt in the region".

Modi left for Chinaon May 14 and spentthe next three days vis-iting Beijing andShanghai. He becamethe first Indian primeminister to visitMongolia on May 17.He was in South Koreaon May 18 and 19.

During his Mongoliavisit, he announced aUSD 1 billion Line of

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CHENNAIJ Jayalalithaa drove out

of her Poes Garden resi-dence today, hands foldedin greeting as her cartravelled slowly down aroad lined by crowds ofadoring fans who flashedthe V sign for victory andshowered flower petalson her vehicle.

The AIADMK chief,dressed in green, drove tothe Raj Bhavan and metGovernor K Rosaiah,who has invited her to bechief minister of TamilNadu again. This is herfirst appearance in publicin eight months.

Ms Jayalalithaa, 67, isexpected to be sworn inwith her council of minis-ters at about 11 amtomorrow, eight monthsafter she had to resignwhen a Bangalore courtconvicted her in a corrup-tion case. She was

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From Today, It Will Be ChiefMinister Jayalalithaa Again

NEW YORKAn Indian national along

with two other people wascharged with conspiracy totrick distressed homeownersinto selling their residences andreaping millions of dollarsthrough the fraud.

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Indian nationalcharged with fraudin New York

BENGALURUVice President Hamid

Ansari on Friday said pro-motion and embedding ofscience and scientific tem-per in citizenry is a consti-tutional duty, apart frombeing a moral one, "if weare to emerge as a modern,progressive nation."

Poverty, hunger, disease,ignorance, superstitionand obscurantism areimpediments that exist inour society, he said while

inaugurating the 15th AllIndia People's ScienceCongress here.

"In fact, the latter threeimpede the eradication ofthe first three. In otherwords, to fight poverty,hunger and disease, weneed to overcome igno-rance, superstition andobscurantism," he said.

"The obvious instrumen-tality is education. At onelevel, it overcomes igno-rance in a formal sense.

But does it address itself tosuperstition and obscuran-tism? The answer is in thenegative; the reason,regrettably, is to be foundin ideologies and socialbelief and practices thatprevail in various seg-ments of our society," theVice-President said.

"These induce narrow-ing of the mind and culti-vation of prejudices andintolerance. They impede,

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PM Modi's Mongolia visit more aboutleverage over China: Experts

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIReaching out to the voters of

Bihar ahead of the Assemblypolls, Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday asked the peopleof the state to rise above casteconsiderations and support themost virtuous.

Inaugurating the golden jubileecelebrations of acclaimed poetRamdhari Singh Dinkar's works,the Prime Minister said he wascommitted to taking forward hisvision of progress and prosperityto the state without which India'sdevelopment was incomplete.

Noting that while west Indiahas prosperity, the eastern parthas wisdom, Modi said the tworegions of the country can havean equal share in development of

the country.Referring to a letter written by

Dinkar in 1961, Modi said thepoet was of the view that Biharwill have to "forget" the caste

system and "follow the virtuous"."You cannot rule with the help

of one or two castes...If you donot rise above caste, Bihar's

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Biharis should shed casteism &committed to development: PM Modi

NEW DELHIThe decision to allocate a

coal field in Jharkhand toindustrialist Naveen Jindal'scompany was taken by formerPrime Minister ManmohanSingh, two senior governmentofficers accused of corruptionsaid today in court.

In 2007, the Prime Ministerheld direct charge of the CoalMinistry. Dasari Narayan Raowas the Minister of State forCoal. Mr Jindal, a Congressleader, and he are among 10people accused of manipulat-ing the licensing process toensure a coal block was givento Mr Jindal's steel company.The accused include formerJharkhand Chief MinisterMadhu Koda and HC Gupta,

the former Coal Secretarywho headed the committeethat reviewed applications forcoal licenses.

"The decision regarding thefinal allocation was taken bythe Minister of Coal, who wasthe then Prime Minister. I hadnothing to do with it," Mr Rao

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Coalgate: Then Former PMManmohan Singh Took Jindal Call,

Say Accused Govt Officials

35 million childrenneed care andprotection: DCPCRchairperson ITANAGAR

Around 35 million chil-dren in India require careand protection and need tobe socially integrated backhome, Delhi Commissionfor Protection of ChildRights (DCPCR) chairper-son Amod K Kanth saidhere on Friday. "There areten different categories ofchildren required to betaken care of by govern-ment and organisationsthrough Integrated ChildProtection Scheme (ICPS)under the Juvenile JusticeAct (JJA) 2000," Kanthsaid while addressing a

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CHENNAIJ Jayalalithaa will be

sworn in as Tamil Naduchief minister tomorrow,eight months after shewas forced to quit overcorruption charges.

Ms Jayalalithaa will be

sworn in along with 28ministers at theCentenary auditorium ofMadras University at 11am, said a press releasefrom the state governor'soffice Raj Bhawan.

O Panneerselvam, who

took over as chief minis-ter after she quit butnever settled down in therole, will be finance min-ister.

The 67-year-old leader,known as "Amma" or

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NEW DELHIFinance Minister Arun

Jaitley said on Fridaythat the land Act enactedby the previous UnitedProgressive Alliance(UPA) government was

against rural areaswhereas the bill intro-duced by the NDA gov-ernment had sought tomake necessary correc-tions in the law.

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‘Governmentcommitted toone rank onepension’NEW DELHI

Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Friday said theone rank one pension

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CBSE Board 10th Results 2015:Cbse.nic.in & Cbseresults.nicclass 10th X board exam results2015 date announcedNEW DELHI

The CBSE has announced the date for the declarationof Class 10th results. The results will be declared onMay 27. Students can check their Class 10th results bylogging on to either of the board's official websites, i.e.cbse.nic.in and cbseresults.nic.in

Candidates desiring to access their results will have toenter their roll number in either of the above mentionedwebsites. Once the results appear on the scree, studentscan take a print out or save a copy for further use.

A total of 13,73,853 students appeared for the class 10CBSE board examination this year, a 3.37 per cent hikethan last year. While 8,17,941 boys appeared for theexam; 5,55,912 girls sat for the exam this year.

We wish all the students best of luck.

CBSE 12th Results 2015: CBSE BoardCbse.nic.in & cbseresults.nic class12th XII board exam Results 2015date announcedNEW DELHI

The dates for announcement of CBSE 12th Results2015 have been declared by the Central Board ofSecondary Education (CBSE). The CBSE Class XIIBoard Results 2015 will be announced on May 25, theBoard has confirmed.

The CBSE Board Class 12th board exam Results2015 will be available on Cbse.nic.in andcbseresults.nic.in

Students can check their CBSE Class 12th BoardResults 2015 from the above-mentioned websites.

In order to check their results, the students will haveto submit their roll numbers. The class 12 CBSE exam-inations for this year commenced on March 2.

As per reports, 10,40,368 students appeared for theClass 12 CBSE Board exams in 2015. Out of this6,07,383 were boys and 4,32,985 were girls.

CBSE, Delhi was established in 1962.We wish the students best of luck!

CBI arrests absconder after 20 yearsin cheating caseNEW DELHI

After being on the run for two decades, luck finallyran out for Ashok Sethi, former Depot Manager ofMohan Meakins Limited at Patna, wanted in a cheatingcase, as he was nabbed by CBI from Faridabad.

CBI sources said Sethi, wanted in a case of cheatingand forgery which caused an alleged loss of Rs 14.86lakhs to the government exchequer, was nabbed fromCharmwood Village, Faridabad in Haryana.

They said Sethi evaded arrest since 1995 in the caseagainst employees of Mohan Meakins Limited foralleged fudging in import permits.

"It was alleged that accused persons entered intocriminal conspiracy to forge excise import permit forbeer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) purport-ed to have been issued by the Excise Department,Government of Mizoram," CBI spokesperson KanchanPrasad said here today.

She said pursuant to this, four such import permitsfor beer and seven for IMFL were presented to a privatefirm to lift the material from Ghaziabad and Lucknowrespectively.

The agency said a charge sheet was filed on January8, 1993 against five accused, including Sethi in theCourt of Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI, Lucknow forcausing an alleged loss of Rs. 14.86 lakh to the govern-ment in the form of evasion of the excise duty.

Delhi HC notice to DCW, chairpersonon Kumar Vishwas' pleaNEW DELHI

The Delhi High Court onFriday issued notice to theDelhi Commission forWomen (DCW) and its chair-person Barkha Singh on a pleaof AAP leader KumarVishwas. Kumar Vishwas haschallenged the summonsissued to him by DCW on thecomplaint of a volunteer who had alleged that her lifehad been ruined because he refused to deny "rumours"over their alleged affair. Justice Rajiv Shakdher alsosummoned the complainant after she was added as aparty in the case. The court again refused to stay thesummons issued to Vishwas by DCW.

"The high court registry will send summon to her(complainant) in a sealed cover. Issue notice to newlyadded party (the woman), the Delhi Commission forWomen and its chairperson," said the court while post-ing the matter for July 1. Earlier, the court askedVishwas`s lawyer Somnath Bharti to add the woman,who filed the complaint against the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader in the DCW, as a party in the case.

The court was hearing the plea of Vishwas, who saidthat DCW should not be dealing with the complaint, asit was outside the commission`s jurisdiction.

Bharti, argued that Vishwas had been "wrongly sum-moned" and the decision of summoning him was out-side DCW`s jurisdiction. DCW chairperson had issuedthe summons due to "political vendetta", he added.

AAP has termed the allegations levelled by thewoman as "baseless". The woman, who had taken partin Vishwas`s campaign in the Amethi Lok Sabha con-stituency in the 2014 general election, went public hereasking him to deny "rumours" of their alleged affair.She later approached the DCW which summonedVishwas.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIChief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal has been toldclearly by the central gov-ernment that it is not essen-tial for him to be consultedon matters like the appoint-ment of key bureaucrats.Instead, the Centre said,Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung can use "hisdiscretion" on whether toget the Chief Minister'sinput.

Mr Kejriwal retaliatedby accusing the Centre of"betraying the people ofDelhi" and attempting toprotect corrupt officers;reiterating his allegation ofthe BJP using theLieutenant Governor togovern Delhi by proxy, hesaid, "The Prime Minister'sOffice acts like the Queenof England used to, withthe Lieutenant Governor asViceroy." The BJP, he said,is trying to "run Delhi withthree MLAs"; his AamAadmi Party has theremaining 67 seats in thestate legislature.

Mr Kejriwal's chargesfollowed a notificationissued today by the Home

Ministry which backed theLieutenant Governor onvirtually every point of hisdispute with the ChiefMinister. The statementemphasised that matterslike the Delhi Police andthe postings of bureaucratsare the turf of theLieutenant Governor, whoacts as the representative

of the Centre in the capital.The notification also

states that the Delhi gov-ernment's anti-corruptionbranch cannot register orinvestigate complaintsagainst employees andofficers of the union gov-ernment. "This is to protectcorrupt officers," MrKejriwal said at a press

conference. Mr Kejriwaland the LieutenantGovernor, whose workingrelationship has never beensmooth, plummeted intotheir latest battle over anIAS officer described bythe Chief Minister as a"lobbyist for power com-panies". She was picked byMr Jung as Acting Chief

Secretary or the senior-most bureaucrat in theDelhi government.

Mr Kejriwal has claimedthat an elected governmentcannot be saddled withbureaucrats against itschoice, a stand that hasbeen backed by otherheads of state govern-ments.

Prime Minister Office Like Queen of Englandand Jung the Viceroy, Says Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHILeft parties on Friday

came out in support ofAAP government over theCentre's notification spec-ifying LieutenantGovernor's jurisdiction,insisting that the Centreshould resolve the issuethrough "co-operative fed-eralism" instead of "coer-cive centralisation".

The CPI(M) said it sup-ports "full statehood forDelhi" demand and thatthe current situationunderlines urgency forthis.

CPI(M) politburo mem-ber Brinda Karat said,"CPI(M) supports fullstatehood for Delhi.

The present situationunderlines urgency forthis. Even within the pres-ent framework, the Centre

and its representativeshould resolve the issuesthrough co-operative fed-eralism instead of presentapproach of coercive cen-tralisation."

CPI Deputy GeneralSecretary GurudasDasgupta termed themove as "wrong".

"This is not right. It iswrong. It is against theConstitution. We supportthe state government,"Dasgupta said.

In the gazette notifica-tion issued today, theCentre backed DelhiLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung making itclear that it was notmandatory for him to con-sult Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on matters likeappointment of bureau-crats.

Left parties slam HomeMinistry's notification

on LG JungNEW DELHIChief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal has been toldclearly by the central gov-ernment that it is not essen-tial for him to be consultedby the LieutenantGovernor of Delhi, NajeebJung, on matters like theappointment of keybureaucrats.

The LieutenantGovernor, "may, in his dis-cretion, obtain the views ofthe Chief Minister... wher-ever he deems it appropri-ate," said the Centre'sstatement, which endorsesvirtually every point MrJung has made against MrKejriwal in the last fewdays.

"This shows the BJP'snervousness about anti-graft efforts," tweeted MrKejriwal after the Centre'snotification was issued.Earlier this week, he wroteto the PM alleging that his

party, the BJP, is trying togovern Delhi through theLieutenant Governor.

The detailing of the divi-sion of powers is anattempt to close out thelengthy feud between theChief Minister and theLieutenant Governor, whohave spent the last weekappointing and removingbureaucrats to prove whois really entitled to call theshots.

The Centre backs theLieutenant Governor in hisposit that as the representa-tive of the union govern-ment in Delhi, he is theauthority for the DelhiPolice, issues related toLand, and the postings ofkey government officers.

The notification comesafter a detailed discussionyesterday between HomeMinister Rajnath Singhand Prime Minister

Narendra Modi.Mr Kejriwal has claimed

that an elected governmentcannot be saddled withbureaucrats against itschoice, a stand that hasbeen backed by otherheads of state govern-ments.

The furious contestyielded many debatingpoints linked to what theConstitution provides forDelhi, which is a union ter-ritory and not a full state.

Mr Kejriwal and theLieutenant Governor,whose working relation-ship has never beensmooth, plummeted intotheir latest battle over anIAS officer described bythe Chief Minister as a"lobbyist for power com-panies". She was picked byMr Jung as Acting ChiefSecretary or the senior-most bureaucrat in theDelhi government.

Centre Backs Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung onVirtually Every Point of Dispute With Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHITo facilitate boarding

and alighting of ladiesfrom the same coach andavoid inconvenience towomen passengers travel-ling on Line 1 (DilshadGarden to Rithala), theDelhi Metro fromSaturday has decided tochange the locations of theladies coach, an officialstatement said on Friday.

While lady passengersboarding the trains fromRithala going towardsDilshad Garden areadvised that the last coachof the train will be theladies` coach, for thosetravelling from the oppo-site direction the firstcoach will continue to be

the reserved coach asbefore.

"This step is being takento ensure `Ladies in andLadies out` from the samecoach and to avoid incon-venience to women pas-sengers who had to, other-wise face difficulties in de-boarding at terminal sta-tions of Dilshad Gardenand Rithala," the statementsaid.

Announcements wouldbe made inside the trainsrunning on this route andalso at stations.

Guards would also bedeployed at platforms ofcrowded stations of thisline to guide the passen-gers during the initial peri-od.

Important news forladies boarding

Delhi Metro

NEW DELHIFormer Delhi chief min-

ister Sheila Dikshit onFriday said that the con-frontation between theoffices of the Lt Governorand the chief ministershould be resolved withunderstanding and negotia-tion in the interest of thepeople. She said the stand-off was `hurting` the resi-dents of the city.

"The Delhi administra-tion has to carry onbecause it is hurting peo-ple. People do not knowwhere to go. There is also amisunderstanding betweenthe current governmentand the bureaucracy. It is

a situation where there isa confrontation on all

sides. No government canwork with confrontation, ithas to work with under-standing and negotiation inthe interest of the people,"Dikshit told ANI.

"I don`t think it is nice, Idon`t think it befits the dig-nity of both of these

offices, the elected officeand the office of the LG,"she added.

The Ministry of HomeMinistry (MHA) had earli-er in the day issued a noti-fication to clarify distribu-tion of powers between theLieutenant Governor`s

office and the office of theDelhi chief minister, say-ing the former has primacyin postings and transfers ofofficers belonging toCentral services.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, however,said the notification onpower sharing in theadministration of the capi-tal city was indicative ofthe Bharatiya JanataParty`s (BJP) nervousnessabout the Aam AadmiParty`s anti-corruptionefforts.

His deputy ManishSisodia also criticised thenotification, terming it asan attempt to "save thetransfer-posting industrybeing run in Delhi".

Delhi LG, CM should resolve their differences: Sheila Dikshit

Rahul Gandhi tomeet ex-service-men on SaturdayNEW DELHI

Amid growing demandsfor 'one- rank-one-pen-sion" for ex-servicemen,Rahul Gandhi will now betaking up their cause bymeeting representatives offormer military personneland war widows at theCongress headquartershere on Saturday.

Party sources said thatGandhi is taking up thecause of "one-rank-one-pension" at a time whenthere is unhappinessamong ex-servicemenover non-implementationof the scheme.

Congress alleges thatPrime Minister NarendraModi has gone back on hiswords on the issue afterpromising to implementthe scheme for retired mil-itary personnel.

The demand for one-rank-one-pension schememade by soldiers had beenacceded to by theCongress led UPA govern-ment and announced againby BJP dispensation afterit came to power last year.The UPA government hadeven allocated Rs 8300crore budget for thescheme.

NEW DELHIThe Centre on Friday said the

Home Ministry's notification onallocation of powers in Delhi would"remove" all confusion regardinggovernance in the national capitaland help the AAP government runthe city efficiently.

Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley also made it clear that therow over distribution of powers inDelhi was not a political issue but aconstitutional one.

"The circular issued by the HomeMinistry is a clarificatory note... We

do not want that due to confusionoffices get locked," he said at apress conference.

In a gazette notification issued

today, the Union Home Ministrysaid the LG will have jurisdictionover matters connected with servic-es, public order, police and land andhe may consult with the ChiefMinister whenever he thinks neces-sary in issues of services using hisown "discretion".

It came against the backdrop ofthe appointment of senior bureau-crat Shakuntala Gamlin as actingChief Secretary by LG last weekwhich triggered a full-blown warbetween the ruling AAP and the LtGovernor.

Notification will remove confusion,help AAP run Delhi well: Jaitley

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NEW DELHIRahul Gandhi's elevation

as Congress President willhelp him emerge as theprincipal challenger toPrime Minister NarendraModi, the party indicatedon Friday.

"What new thing you aresaying?", CongressGeneral SecretaryDigvijay Singh remarkedwhile replying to a query atthe AICC briefing whenasked whether the plans tomake Gandhi as the nextparty chief was aimed atmaking him the main chal-lenger to Modi.

In the recently-conclud-ed budget session of

Parliament, Gandhi was athis aggressive best takingon the government on arange of issues includingplight of farmers, cancella-tion of the Amethi FoodPark and net neutrality.

Singh has been pitchingfor long for making RahulGandhi as the next partychief insisting that a gener-ational change has to takeplace, wondering "can youdefy the law ofnature?"

Sonia Gandhi is thelongest-serving presidentof Congress being at thehelm from March 1998when she had replacedSitaram Kesri.

NEW DELHICongress leader and

industrialist Naveen Jindal,former union ministerDasari Narayan Rao andformer Jharkhand ChiefMinister Madhu Koda,who appeared in a Delhicourt in connection with acoal scam case, were grant-ed protection from arrestbut asked not to leave thecountry.

Mr Jindal, Mr Rao, MrKoda and 12 others weregranted bail on a personalbond of Rs. one lakh.

They were all summonedtoday over alleged irregu-larities in the allocation of

a coal mining block inJharkhand.

The Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI) hadsaid in a chargesheet that towin a coal block allocationfor his firm, Mr Jindalpromised support toMadhu Koda, an independ-ent legislator who ruled in2006-2008 with supportfrom the Congress andother parties.

The court has said thatMr Jindal had "manipulat-ed" the entire governmentmachinery to score a coalblock allotment inJharkhand. It also observedthat the CBI's charge sheet

showed Mr Jindal hadplayed a "pivotal role" inthe conspiracy to get a coalblock allotted to his firmsJindal Steel and Power Ltdand Gagan Sponge Iron.

The company has deniedthe allegations.

The massive irregulari-ties in allocation of coalblocks came to light in2012 after the nationalauditor said Rs. 1.86 lakhcrore had been lost as theblocks had been distributedwithout a transparent bid-ding process.

Most of these allocationshave been made by theerstwhile UPA govern-ment. Former PrimeMinister ManmohanSingh, who had also beensummoned in one of thecases, received a reprievefrom the Supreme Court inApril.

Last year, the SupremeCourt declared nearly 300coal licenses issued since1993 as illegal. After com-ing to power, the NarendraModi government has auc-tioned 32 coal blocks.

WASHINGTONThe BJP-led government has

laid a "solid foundation" for easeof doing business in India and isworking hard to achieve its goal ofkeeping it corruption-free, UnionEnergy Minister Piyush Goyal hassaid.

"Since assuming office, our gov-ernment has laid a very solid foun-dation for the ease of doing busi-ness in the country," he said onThursday in a meeting with seniorbusiness executives from the ener-gy sector organised by the USIndia Business Council (USIBC).

"India's power generation capac-ity has grown significantly. Wehave seen 8.5 per cent growth inpower generation year over year.We aim to provide electricity to allIndians by 2019," Mr Goyal said atthe USIBC event.

The programme was attended bysenior executives from variousbusiness majors including Oracle,GE, 3M, and Westinghouse.

USIBC's Executive Vice-President, Diane Farrell saidpower is the backbone of anyeconomy and vital to PrimeMinister's 'Make in India' initia-tive.

"It is encouraging to see thetremendous strides being made bythe sector to place India on a firm

growth trajectory," she said.Mr Goyal also spoke at another

event organised by OverseasFriends of BJP-USA on Sunday tocommemorate the first anniversaryof the Narendra Modi-led govern-ment at the Centre.

Addressing Indian-Americans inTampa, Florida, he claimed thatthe first year of the Modi govern-ment has been "completely scam-free".

The government is working hardto achieve its goal of a corruption-free India, he said.

He said the government has

cleansed the coal block allocationsthrough "a transparent and real-time e-auction process that fetchedthe government Rs. 1,89,000 croreby selling just 20 coal blocks andexpected to reach Rs. 3,00,000crore when all the blocks are auc-tioned."

He claimed that from 2010 to2013, the coal production grew by31 million tonnes and in compari-son just in 10 months during histenure, the production grew by 32million tonnes topping a total of494 million tonnes.

Mr Goyal said he has set a target

of one billion tonnes by 2019.Once this target is met and other

projects initiated by his ministryare completed, India would haveenough power to provide everyone24x7 electricity, an importantpromise of the Modi government,he said.

On the occasion, Goyal inaugu-rated a website (www.dreamindi-anetwork.com), designed to bringexperts and well-accomplishedIndian-origin persons onto oneplatform to share knowledge andexperience and help in India'sdevelopment.

Government Working Hard on Its Goal of Corruption-Free India, 24x7 Power For All: Piyush Goyal

PATNAA 75-year-old farmer

died in Bihar on Thursdayduring a protest against theacquisition of land by thestate government for anIndian Institute ofTechnology. KaushalKishore was among some100 farmers who had gath-ered at a district office inBihta, 35 km from Patna,to demand higher compen-sation for land that hadbeen acquired from them.He is believed to have col-lapsed because of thescorching heat.

The farmers have beenprotesting for over a week.The Bihar Government hadbought the land to build anIIT and an industrial park.The government hasacquired approximately1,700 acres of land spread

across 12 villages since2005. The protesters havebeen demanding equalprice for their land irre-spective of the year when itwas acquired.

Farmers want govern-ment to follow a policy ofsame compensation forsame project. They allegethat those farmers who

gave their lands earlierhave been paid less moneywhen compared to the oth-ers who gave away theirland recently. "There waslots of corruption involved.If the government doesn'tlisten to us even now, wewill go and forcibly occu-py the land we gave awayto them", says Tryambak, a

local farmer.A similar agitation had

taken place in 2013 whichlasted a whole month,Bihar Government hadthen promised to look intotheir demands. TheGovernment later said thatsince land was acquired atdifferent times, so compen-sation was paid at prevail-ing market rates and a revi-sion would be very diffi-cult.

The farmers say theywill not back down, theyhave blocked traffic in thearea. Top officials of thestate government arecamping in the area tryingto convince farmers to calloff the protest. BiharPolice has rushed in rein-forcements to the area buthas so far not taken anyaction.

Farmer Death Over Land AcquisitionLeads to Fresh Tension in Bihar

Coal Scam: Naveen Jindal, former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, Others Get Bail

Rahul's elevation as Cong chiefto help him as main rival of

Modi: Digvijay Singh

SRINAGARSupporters of Kashmiri

separatist Mirwaiz OmarFarooq were seen wavingflags of Pakistan andshouting pro-Pakistan slo-gans during a protest inJammu and Kashmir today.Flags of terror organizationLashkar e Taiba were alsoseen. The protestersclashed with the police andthrew stones. The policeused tear gas shells to dis-perse them. This is thefourth time that Pakistaniflags have been seen inSrinagar since April.

Two days ago, theseflags were raised at a rallyheld by Mr Farooq, theHurriyat Chairman. OnThursday, the policeplaced him under arrestand imposed restrictions insome areas to preventHurriyat activists fromholding a rally to mark the

death anniversary of twoleaders including MrFarooq's father and abdulGhani Lone.

On May 1, they wereseen at a rally in Tral inSouth Kashmir, addressedby Hurriyat leader SyedAli Shah Geelani.

Last month, hardline

separatist Masarat Alamwas arrested after his sup-porters waved Pakistaniflags and raised pro-Pakistan slogans at a rallyhe had organized to wel-come back Mr Geelani,who is his ideologicalmentor.= The PDP, whichco-governs the state with

the BJP, has faced criticismof being soft on separatists.Masarat Alam's releasefrom prison earlier thisyear triggered a huge con-troversy and deeply embar-rassed the BJP-led govern-ment at the Centre, whichfaced opposition fire inParliament.

Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba FlagsWaved at Protest in Srinagar

NEW DELHIFinance Minister Arun

Jaitley acknowledged onFriday that the governmentcould miss its deadline toimplement a key tax lawamid criticism of the paceof economic reforms after ayear in office.

Mr Jaitley said he was"conscious" that delays inParliament in passing long-awaited legislation on anational sales tax meant thegovernment was "cutting(it) too fine to reach thedeadline" for its rolloutnext year.

"(But) the government isgoing to make every effortto ensure that there is nodelay and we meet thedeadline," the minister toldreporters while marking a

year in government.He listed a string of his

government's achieve-ments in the last 12months, including shrink-ing inflation and the fiscaland public deficits, com-bating corruption andspeeding up decision-mak-

ing which have long heldback economic growth.

The government set adeadline of April 1, 2016,for introducing the keyGoods and Services Tax(GST), which will replaceoverlapping state and fed-eral levies and create a

common market to boostthe economy. But the oppo-sition, which has a majorityin the upper house, forcedthe government this monthto send the GST bill to aparliamentary panel forfurther scrutiny along withlegislation on making it

easier for businesses to buyland, another crucial initia-tive. In a special India edi-tion published Friday, TheEconomist criticised a lackof big-bang reform by thegovernment in its first 12months, including easingstrict labour laws, over-hauling inefficient state-owned giant Coal India andintroducing a more pre-dictable and lower taxregime. "Mr Modi's gov-ernment is missing a rarechance to launch somebold reforms," the maga-zine said to mark the firstanniversary. Mr Jaitleydefended the pace and levelof reform since his partywon a landslide at electionslast May, saying his gov-ernment had revived Asia's

third largest economy withgrowth heading towardseight percent. But he alsosaid the government shouldwork to tax companies atmore competitive rates,amid a blazing row withforeign portfolio investorsover demands they payanother tax for which theywere not previously liable.

"We must ... remove dis-cretion, phase out exemp-tions and bring the effec-tive rate down to globallevels," Mr Jaitley said.

One of the main gripesby foreign businessesunder the previousCongress government wasthat the tax regime wasboth aggressive and arbi-trary, a deterrent to foreigninvestment in India.

India Cutting it Too Fine on Mega GST Reform, Says FM Arun Jaitley

NEW DELHIAsserting that only "ter-

rorists can neutralize ter-rorists," Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar onThursday said India willtake pro-active steps toprevent a 26/11-type attackplanned from foreign soil.

"There are certain thingsthat I obviously cannot dis-cuss here. But if there isany country - why onlyPakistan - planning some-thing against my country,we will definitely takesome pro-active steps," MrParrikar said, adding thosesteps could include pres-sure tactics.

Using the Hindi phrase"kante se kanta nikalna(removing a thorn with athorn)", the DefenceMinister also said, "Wehave to neutralise terroriststhrough terrorists only.Why can't we do it? Weshould do it. Why does mysoldier have to do it?" hesaid, refusing to elaborate.Mr Parrikar made theremarks during a pro-gramme organised by a

private news channel.When asked what the

government's reactionwould be in the event of anattack similar to the 2008Mumbai terror attacks orthe 2001 Parliament Houseattack, he said the bestresponse would be toensure it does nothappen.

The minister said that theArmy has been givenorders to neutralize infil-trators trying to enterIndia. "I can only say thatanyone trying to infiltratewill be neutralised," hesaid.

The minister also said

that instructions had beengiven to take precautionsto ensure there was no"collateral damage" andthat no Indian soldiers losttheir lives.

"Take precaution there isno collateral damage.Don't touch civilians," hesaid.

Asked what had changedfrom the previous govern-ment's tenure, the ministersaid, "Porosity on bordersis less; intelligence hasimproved".

Mr Parrikar also said hewould stand by the Armyat any cost if they wereright.

'Have to Neutralise TerroristsThrough Terrorists': Defence

Minister Manohar Parrikar

NEW DELHIA team of the

Enforcement Directorate isconducting raids inMumbai, Delhi and Jaipurin connection with allegedbetting in Indian PremierLeague (IPL) cricketmatches. The raids arerelated to a case registeredby the directorate inMarch. The first arrestswere made after the IndiaBangladesh match in theICC Cricket world cup2015. Two bookies from

Vadodara, Tomy Patel andKiran Mala have revealednames of more bookiesduring interrogation.

Investigating authoritiesmade more headway onMay 9 when two brothers,Ritesh and Ankur Bansalwere arrested fromGurgaon. Sources in theagency claim that thesebrothers are a part of aninternational cricket bet-ting syndicate spreadacross India, Dubai andSharjah.

IPL Fixing Scam: Enforcement DirectorateConducts Raids in Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur

BY SHAMEEN PRASHANTHAM

Narendra Modi foundhimself marking a yearas Prime Minister of

India in neither his home stateof Gujarat nor his current baseof New Delhi – but incredibly,in the bustling metropolis ofShanghai.

The final engagement of histhree-day visit to China on 14-16 May 2015 – which generateda tremendous amount of interestin both countries – was a speechto the expatriate Indian commu-nity that gathered from differentparts of China to catch aglimpse of India’s leader. I wasone of them, and I doubt I shallforget that spectacle for a verylong time to come.

A refrain of Modi’s Shanghaispeech was that vaqt badal rahahai (the times are changing).Having been at the event, it’shard to argue with that. Anevent like this would haveseemed implausible even a yearago.

When I first arrived in Chinafrom the UK in 2011, I wasstruck by how few Indians therewere to be seen. This impres-sion was compounded by dis-covering over the next few dayshow limited the flight optionsbetween China and India were,in great contrast to the daily(often multiple) flights betweenChina and the UK and othermore distant destinations.

Although as early as 2009,business school academics inShanghai brought together lead-ing practitioners, diplomats andexperts to reflect on Sino-Indianbusiness activity, based on thoseinitial observations of mine itseemed that neither nation sawthe other as much of a priority.

But in this part of the world, alot can (and does) happen infour years. The Modi event inShanghai certainly suggestsprogress has been made since Ifirst set foot in China: in theproactiveness of India’sapproach to foreign relations, inthe willingness of China andIndia to engage with each other,in the ability of the Indian com-munity in China to cohere.

As I reflect on this event I amencouraged and cautious inequal measure about China-India relations in general andSino-Indian business activity inparticular, for three reasons.

Prior China experience under-pins the charm offensive. Mybiggest source of encourage-ment stems from the fact thatalthough this was Modi’s firstvisit as Prime Minister, it wasfar more being his first experi-ence of China. Indeed, the onebright spot in my early dismalassessment of China-India deal-ings was Modi’s visit as GujaratChief Minister in November2011 – and that had been hisfourth such visit. I teach inter-national strategy in a businessschool, and I emphasize to mystudents the importance of priorexperience in helping entrepre-neurs and managers succeed inforeign markets knowledgably.Modi’s China experience of thepast augurs well for what Indiacan achieve in China, and howeffectively he utilizes this expe-riential knowledge may wellmake a big difference towhether his visit ends up yield-ing incremental advances inbusiness opportunities forIndian businesses in China andvice versa – or representing agenuine inflexion point that her-alds the next substantial waveof Indo-Chinese commercialactivity.

Honesty about problemshelps, but doesn’t fix them. Mybiggest source of caution arisesfrom the fact that the honestacknowledgement of problemsis a necessary but insufficientcondition for solving them.Modi has been justifiably com-mended in the Indian press forbeing frank about the need fortackling vexing issues such asborder disputes, and his Chinesecounterpart has reciprocated thecandour. This helps, but theproof of the pudding willbecome apparent only in themonths to come as the inter-faces established on this visitare utilized for continued dia-logue. The devil, as ever, lies inthe detail. Business veterans inChina, including some fromIndia, often comment about theneed for commitment, patienceand persistence in cracking theChinese market. Surely, thisholds for Sino-Indian diploma-cy as well. (In the meanwhile,though, Modi has no dearth oflessons to carry to India fromChina: cleanliness, safety (espe-cially of women) and infrastruc-ture – arguably the most visibledifference between the twocountries.)

There is an Indian communityin China! Whatever the actualoutcomes of Modi’s visit forSino-Indian business, the eventhas already made history inbringing together far-flungexpats of Indian origin in Chinaon an unprecedented scale. Thesignificance of this might not beeasy to grasp for those livingamongst numerous people ofIndian origin in the US, UK,South Africa, the Middle Eastand Down Under. In China,however, the sight of Indianrestaurants and other signs of athriving Indian community isnot commonplace outside of the

large metropolises (or Yiwu, anoutlier and the city with thelargest contingent from outsideShanghai at the event). So tohave nearly 5000 people ofIndian origin under one roofwas truly remarkable. A col-league of mine who attended theevent commented to me: “I havealways wondered where allthose Indians travelling with meon Air India flights to Chinawent, because I’ve never seenthem afterwards. Now I know!”This community representssocial capital that future Indianentrepreneurs and managersentering China can tap.

China and India: Quo vadis?

There is no doubt in my mindthat the Indian gathering atShanghai in Modi’s honour willreverberate amongst the Indiancommunity in China for a whileyet. It was that sort of an event.Several years ago, when I was anewly minted lecturer atGlasgow University, I wasgreatly honoured to be invitedto an Indian community recep-tion in London for the thenPrime Minister Dr ManmohanSingh. My recollections of thatevent in London are of low-keydignity and a profound sense ofhistory. This event in Shanghaiwas one of high-octane celebra-tion and a profound sense ofanticipation.

So, where to from here? Indiahas to be honest enough (toitself) and understand – evenwhile spouting positive intentand confidence in public – thatalthough China and India areoften taken in the same breadth,in reality it is a distant second toChina as an economy. The inter-est that Modi has generated inChina therefore acquires evengreater significance, and it is tohis credit that he has come

across in the media, both inChina and India, as one whowouldn’t settle for anything buttreatment as an equal. And yetnone of this can mask the factthat India and China are greatrivals – not necessarily foes, butrivals who compete and striveto enhance their investments,innovation and institutions.

That said, I would aver thatthe debate as to whether Chinaand India are (or should be)friends or rivals represents afalse dichotomy. Rivalrybetween the two most populousnations in the world, widelyregarded as the two largesteconomies of the future, is vir-tually inevitable. But what isnot inevitable is whether thisrivalry is friendly or bitter.

An important understanding Ihave acquired of China is thatoftentimes the Chinese dealwith dilemmas somewhat dif-ferently from their Westerncounterparts – they tend to optfor “both…and” rather than“either…or”. This may be agood way to go with Sino-Indian relations. Because in thisinstance, neither nation canafford not to be rivals – or todestroy friendship over theirrivalries. What China and Indianeed to work out therefore ishow to be rivals and friends atthe same time.

Dr Shameen Prashantham isan Associate Professor inInternational Business &

Strategy at NottinghamUniversity Business School

China. His latest book is BornGlobals, Networks and the

Large MultinationalEnterprise: Insights from

Bangalore and Beyond(London, Routledge, April

2015)

Friday | May 23, 2015

Partial statehood, Delhi’s peculiar constitutional situa-tion, has posed challenges before every governmentthat has ruled the national capital since 1993, the year

an elected Vidhan Sabha was reinstated in Delhi. Central tothis is the prickly issue of an elected government beingforced to share powers with a non-elected LieutenantGovernor. So it is that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), armedwith a sweeping mandate to govern Delhi and with a new-found sense of assertiveness, now finds itself in an almightytussle with the LG over the appointment of an Acting ChiefSecretary. This may appear to be a relatively minor issue,but at its heart is an attempt to make sense of the laws thatdefine the issue of who runs Delhi. Article 239 (AA andAB) of the Constitution appears to grant the LG more dis-cretionary powers than Governors in other States. Clause 4of this Article says that there shall be a Council of Ministersin Delhi to aid and advise the LG “except in so far as he is,by or under any law, required to act in his discretion”. Thereis no specific provision, however, for the appointment of aChief Secretary. Under the clause, should the LG have a dif-ference of opinion with his Ministers the matter should bereferred to the President. Pending a decision by thePresident, the LG can take immediate action if, in his opin-ion, the matter is urgent. But according to the Transaction ofBusiness Rules for the Delhi government, the process of ini-tiating the appointment of a Chief Secretary has to be doneby the Council of Ministers. No such move was initiated inthis particular instance, and so there should have been nodifference of opinion to begin with. This is a significantgrey area, and the real surprise is that it has taken this longfor a proper debate on it to happen. Partial statehood, by itsvery premise, involves some compromises in governance.The big political parties are able to deal with this by goingthrough the ‘right channels’ to prevent a given situationfrom escalating. It helped that for several years Delhi wasruled by the same party that was in power at the Centre.Such a situation would never work for the AAP, which sim-ply does not do political diplomacy. Delhi is also the onlyState the party governs, and it is understandably keen topush for more control for itself. Inevitably, things havetaken an ugly turn with various civil servants caught in thecrossfire, a sense of fear gripping the administration andmany officers wondering who to listen to. It is imperativethat the rules and laws governing Delhi are reviewed andareas of potential overreach by the Central government areeliminated quickly enough. Failure to do so could lead to asituation where government in the national capital is throwninto a state of flux again.

BY SATYABRATA PAL

The China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), aroundwhich 51 agreements were

signed during Chinese President XiJinping’s visit to Pakistan in April2015, promises such massive invest-ments that it is not surprising that thePakistani government gushes over itas being a “game and fate changer”.Against the $46 billion announced,American baksheesh for Pakistan’stenuous support in Afghanistanseems mealy-mouthed; its EnhancedPartnership with Pakistan Act of2009 tripled economic assistance to$7.5 billion, spread over five years,but only $5.5 billion was actuallyappropriated. The annual aid toPakistan from the Organisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD), including theUnited States, has rarely risen above$3 billion. And most privateinvestors, like tourists, have stayedaway. Therefore, this Chineselargesse in the financial desert inwhich Pakistan wanders is a blizzardof manna.

Beyond Gwadar

Some here rail at the injustice of itall, as proof that crime pays, or fear itas being a harbinger of worse tocome, a Chinese supari on India. Butonly $6 billion of the investmentannounced is for what furrows browshere — the improvement of facilitiesin and around Gwadar, and the build-ing or expansion of roads that willreach all the way up from there to theenlarged Karakoram Highway, giv-ing China access to the Arabian Sea.Another $5 billion has been set asidefor a metro for Lahore, and to mod-ernise the railway track from Karachito Peshawar. Reports of the corridorbeing a network of roads, railwaysand pipelines from Gwadar toKashgar are, at least for now, fan-tasies. China established a decadeago that it would be prohibitivelyexpensive to pump or carry oil andgas over the Karakorams to Xinjiang.Since then, to sidestep a blockade ofthe Malacca Straits, it has investedheavily in Kyaukpyu in Myanmar,

through which oil, gas and goods willtravel via road, rail and pipelines toYunnan. Gwadar is less crucial toChina now than it may once havebeen.

Pakistan’s energy crisis

Of the investments announced,$33.8 billion is for thermal, hydro,solar and wind projects totackle Pakistan’s ener-gy crisis, whichis now sobad thati n

Marchthis yearthere was spec-ulation in its mediathat it could bring the gov-ernment down. This looks like self-less assistance to a friend in need, butChina has agreed more than oncebefore to finance huge power projectsin Pakistan, which its companieshave then abandoned claiming thatthey were not feasible. In January,Chinese investors pulled out of a6,600 MW power project in Gadaniin Baluchistan, which was part of theEconomic Corridor. In February,work stopped on five Chinese-backedpower projects in the Punjab, whichwould also have generated 6,600MW. These projects envisagedinvestments of about $16 billion,almost half of what those nowannounced will cost. The Han givethand the Han taketh away, blessed bethe name of the Han.

Pakistan’s installed capacity is22,800 MW, more than enough forthe current demand of 19,000 MW,but it produces only 12,000 MW. Theproblem is the circular debt, present-

ly standing at $5 billion, that plaguesits energy sector. The Governmentpays power companies Rs.15 perkWh, charges the consumer Rs.10,but gets around Rs.4.5, since evasionis rampant. Unable in its penury tocope with a shortfall of Rs. 10.5 perkWh, it either stops or delays pay-ments to

t h epower companies, whichcannot then pay fuel suppliers, whichsuspend shipments. Production spi-rals downwards.

Therefore, adding productioncapacity will not end Pakistan’spower crisis; the new plants wouldjoin their brethren in rapid bankrupt-cy because they will not be paid. Andthey cannot be because no govern-ment there can close the gap betweenwhat it earns and what it pays; poli-tics wedges it open. The largestdefaulters are the companies andestates owned by the ruling elite whowill not pay their bills. Raising tariffsto try to recover part of the shortfallfrom the middle-class who do ispolitical suicide for the PakistanMuslim League (PML), with its basein the Punjab, which takes most ofthe power. The Government admitsthat the Chinese companies pulled

out of Gadani because they fearedthey would not be paid, even thoughit offered to set up a revolving fundfor them. Unless its word has sincebecome sterling in Chinese board-rooms, there is no reason why thosenow roped in should be moregullible.

Thermal and solar dreams

There are other stupendous prob-lems. Like the plants in Baluchistanand the Punjab, aborted by theChinese, four out of the six thermalpower projects for which agreementshave now been signed are predicatedon imported coal, in place of import-ed furnace oil, from which 60 percent of Pakistan’s power is now gen-erated. With the price of oil plummet-ing, this is not a cheaper alternative,not least because the infrastructurehas first to be built to land and trans-port the massive amounts of coalneeded. The other two projects willmine lignite in the Thar and generatepower at the pithead which is a must,since lignite is susceptible to sponta-neous combustion, making carriagehazardous. This means, though, run-ning thirsty power plants in a desertwhich has no water. Chinese designs

are slightly more thrifty with waterthan ours, but still demand volumessimply not available in the Thar,unless the needs of its residents whoalready live on the edge are ignored.

The solar park at Bahawalpur wasalready up and running, funded bythe Government of Punjab; 100 MW,installed by a Chinese company in

four months, came on streamthis April. Now,

another Chinesec o m p a n y

w i l l

invest$1.5 bil-

lion to add 900MW. This will be

about five per cent ofPakistan’s current installed power

capacity when it is completed in2016, over eight per cent of its cur-rent production, so it is a very signif-icant project.

Unlike the thermal power projects,which face almost insuperable prob-lems, this has none, but the questionof payments remains. Solar power inPakistan, as elsewhere, is still not ascheap as thermal. The governmenthas announced that it will buy solarpower at Rs.15 per kWh, which iswhat it pays for thermal power.Whether this will be profitable for theChinese company is moot, but it willcertainly expect to see the colour ofPakistan’s money. The sun will setvery fast on this project otherwise.

More ‘cut and run’

This will also be the case with theChinese companies that will buildand operate the two hydropower proj-

ects announced; Suki Kinari inPakhtunkhwa and Karot in thePunjab, which, between them, willadd 1,600 MW to the grid. These aresubstantial additions to installedcapacity, but which pale in compari-son to the Dasu on the Indus, forwhich ground was broken in June2014, which will add 4,320 MW tothe grid. There too, a Chinese bank isthe lead financier, putting up $2 bil-lion of the $4.3 billion the first phasewill cost, with the World Bank andDeutsche Bank sharing most of therest.

If these new projects go through, itis a given that the Chinese havereceived guarantees, more crediblethan those on the projects they aban-doned, that their fees will be paid bythe Government of Pakistan in fulland on time. Since the government’skitty remains the same, this meansthat there will be even less forPakistan’s own long-suffering powercompanies. The crisis may thereforeget worse before it gets any better, ifat all. In fact, what these agreementsset up is a bizarre mirror image of aPonzi scheme, with money takenfrom old investors to pay off the new.Like the usual rumours about itsimminent death, those circulatingfrom April about Pakistan’s renais-sance may therefore be greatly exag-gerated.

Given all this, it will be fascinatingto see how many of the projects nowannounced the Chinese will actuallybuild. If they are built, and crucially,if they run profitably, they will ofcourse help change the game forPakistan, but so far this year, Chinesecompanies have cut and run. If thepast is prologue, these new projectsmay not have much of a future, andboth governments know this, so thisodd couple is playing odder games.Pakistan’s is blind man’s bluff.Deeper than the sea, its partner playsChinese chuckers.

(Satyabrata Pal is a former mem-ber of the National Human Rights

Commission, India and former HighCommissioner of India to Pakistan.)

State of flux in Delhi

China and India: Rivals and Friends?

There’s no free Chinese lunch...

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Pakistan’s installed capacity is22,800 MW, more than enough for the current

demand of 19,000 MW, but it produces only 12,000 MW.The problem is the circular debt, presently standing at $5

billion, that plagues its energy sector. The Governmentpays power companies Rs.15 per kWh, charges the

consumer Rs.10, but gets around Rs.4.5,since evasion is rampant.

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From Today...acquitted 11 days ago by the Karnataka

High Court, but had not appeared in publictill now.

From the Raj Bhavan, she will head out togarland the statues of AIADMK leaders,starting with founder MG Ramachandran'sstatue at Anna Salai. Hundreds of peoplehave gathered there to catch a glimpse of MsJayalalithaa or 'Amma', as she is called.

At the AIADMK headquarters, there issong and dance in celebration since early onFriday morning, when the party's lawmakersunanimously elected Ms Jayalalithaa as theirleader, a formality for her to take over asChief Minister. Within six months of beingsworn in, she must win a state assembly seatand already the MLA from Dr RadhakrishnanNagar Constituency has resigned to facilitatethat.

There is also speculation that MsJayalalithaa could seek early state elections.Tamil Nadu is due to vote for a new assemblyin less than a year.

But the focus right now is her comeback aschief minister, an event described by a sup-porter as a "festival." Another said, "Ourmother is back."

Ms Jayalalithaa will take oath in the audito-rium of the Madras University, where she hasbeen sworn in before.

This morning O Panneerselvam, who MsJayalalithaa had handpicked to take her placewhen she was convicted in September lastyear, resigned and the Governor invited MsJayalalithaa to form government "at the earli-est."

Jayalalithaa to...mother by her adoring supporters, believes

in consulting astrologers for the most auspi-cious time and place for major events in herlife.

The ruling BJP at the Centre is expected tobe represented. Sources said a senior unionminister, Arun Jaitley or Sushma Swaraj,could come for the oath ceremony.

In 2011, Narendra Modi, now prime minis-ter, had attended the swearing-in ofJayalalithaa.

Besides her party lawmakers and leaders,Telangana Chief Minister K ChandrashekharRao's daughter Kavita, an MP, will alsoattend the ceremony.

It is not known yet whether Jayalalithaa'sneighbor Rajinikanth will attend.

It was earlier believed that the ceremonywould be simple, but party sources say sincethe venue is a university auditorium insteadof the governor's residence, there is likely tobe a little more colour. It will certainly be dif-ferent from the ceremony eight months ago inSeptember, when O Panneerselvam and hisministers wept through their oaths.

35 million...day-long workshop on JJA (Care and

Protection) with special emphasis on ICPS.Citing official data, Kanth, who is also the

former DGP of Arunachal Pradesh, said thataround 27-30 lakh IPC crimes were commit-ted annually in India, of which around 38thousand relate to children.

"Out of this, about 3-5 thousand seriouscrimes are committed by children," he added.

Kanth, also the general secretary of Delhi-based Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre (JAC)Society further said that after the Nirbhayaincident, where an accused was a juvenile,there was demand from across the country tomake necessary amendment in the JuvenileJustice Act to bring down the age of juvenilesfrom 18 to 16 so that trial for serious offend-er could be done in normal court.

Stating that the components of ICPS werejust an extension of the JJA, the former copsaid that component of grants for implement-ing ICPS in NE states include 10 per centshare by the state government and 90 per centfrom the Centre.

Referring to improper implementation ofICPS in the country, he reasoned that becauseof low budget, child protection scheme is alow priority in the country.

"As per the JJA, every district in the coun-try should constitute Juvenile Justice Board(JJB) and Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

Coalgate: Then...said through his lawyer.The former Coal Secretary made a similar

argument.The CBI has suggested earlier in court that

it does not suspect the intent of Dr Singh whoasked the Coal Ministry to re-examine MrJindal's application after another firmclaimed it was better qualified to get the coallicense. The final call in Jindal Steel's favour,investigators have said, was taken by DasariNarayan Rao.

The former PM has also been questioned inconnection with alleged irregularities in theallocation of another coal block to a firmowned by one of India's most respectedindustrialists, Kumarmangalam Birla.

The 82-year-old was nearing the end of hissecond term as Prime Minister when his gov-ernment was accused of a vast scam in coalmining rights. "Coalgate" was based on thenational auditor reporting that 1.86 lakhcrores were lost because private firms con-

spired with government officials to landunderpriced mining rights.

The Supreme Court then cancelled nearly200 coal licenses issued by different govern-ments since 1993; they are being auctionedby the NDA government.

Biharis should ...social development will suffer," he said

quoting Dinkar's letter.He said the development of states like West

Bengal, Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh and thenortheast was paramount for the overalldevelopment of the country.

Modi's participation in today's event isbeing seen as an attempt by the BJP to woothe voters of Bihar ahead of the Assemblypolls in the state slated later this year.

'Decision-Making ...of obstructionism was a hallmark of his

government."There was a general environment of

gloom a year ago. That has been replaced byhope and excitement, " Mr Jaitley said. Oneyear ago, the Narendra Modi-led BJP won amassive victory in the national election on thepromise of an economic revival throughmajor reforms.

In recent months the government has con-fronted criticism from a restless industryabout the slow pace of reforms. As he listedhis government's achievements in its firstyear, the finance minister labored the pointthat key reforms had been blocked by theopposition.

Without naming the Congress, Mr Jaitleycommented that the "principal oppositionparty has positioned itself against growth anddevelopment."

He added, "India can reach double digitgrowth...decision-making has to bequick...When we obstruct, it is the journey tothat 10% we are obstructing."

The finance minister spoke about the delayin enacting bills to change the rules of buyingfarm land and to bring in the Goods andServices Tax or GST for a unified tax regimeacross the country.

"The ones who are worried due to the fastprogress, want to know why the (land) ordi-nance was brought. The country is not readyto settle for slow progress," he said.

To a question on the GST Bill being stalledin Parliament, he said: "I wish this questionwas asked to those who after introducingGST, after getting their own chief ministers tosupport GST, still ended up on a furtherdelay."

Mr Jaitley also addressed criticism of theprime minister's foreign trips - 18 countries inthe past year.

"The number of foreign trips the PM made,he went to 18 countries...and he had talkswith several countries, this has helped inleaving India's mark on these countries," hesaid. To a question later, he also took a dig atCongress leader Rahul Gandhi. "Going forvacation for 55 days is one kind of a foreigntrip and state visits representing the countryare completely different," he said.

The senior union minister asserted that hisgovernment had provided a clean and trans-parent administration.

"People felt that the decision makingprocess of the government of India was socontroversial and discretionary that eveninvestors were prosecuted. That air has beencleared by the transparency of this govern-ment," he said.

‘Government committed....(OROP) concept was "an unambiguous

commitment" of the government.Addressing a press conference held to mark

one year of the Narendra Modi government,Jaitley said the defence ministry was talkingto his ministry on the issue.

"It will be implemented," he said.Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said

last week that OROP was in its final stagesand expected to be cleared by the financeministry in a few days.

OROP is a long standing demand of ex-ser-vicemen`s associations and relates to pay-ment of uniform pension to defence forcespersonnel retiring in the same rank with thesame length of service, irrespective of theirdate of retirement.

UPA's Land..."The law brought in 2013 stops (creation

of) rural infrastructure, irrigation, rural roads,rural industrialisation, rural housing. The2013 law is against the rural areas. The 2015bill has made the corrections," Jaitley said ata press conference held here to mark the com-pletion of one year of the NationalDemocratic Alliance government at theCentre.

The minister`s assertions came during hiscomments on Congress vice-president RahulGandhi`s barb that the NDA government wasa "suit-boot ki sarkar" (government of thesuited-booted) and his opposition to the pend-ing land bill.

He said that decisions have been taken fastand the country was not prepared to acceptslow decision making.

"Decisiveness in the face of obstructionism(by the Opposition) has been an importanthallmark (of this government)," the financeminister added.

Referring to the ordinances brought by theModi government, the minister said there hadbeen criticism by those "uneasy with the paceof governance".

Question mark...Kumar, who was in Delhi, sent JD(U) pres-

ident Sharad Yadav for talks with Lalu andSamajwadi Party chief Mulayam SinghYadav, who has been designated as the leaderof the proposed entity after a formal mergerof six 'Janata Parivar' outfits.

Kumar's aides said he had undergone aminor eye surgery and advised rest.

Lalu, who had yesterday suggested bring-ing in Manjhi in the 'grand alliance' to taketake on BJP, today formally broached the ideaat the meeting, sources close to the develop-ment, said.

Sources said Prasad, instead of focusing ona merger between RJD and JD(U), talkedabout forming a 'grand alliance' against BJPthat would include all non-NDA parties,including the Left, something that would notgo down well with Nitish Kumar.

Despite JD(U) yesterday deprecating anymove to forge ties with Manjhi, who wasousted and replaced by Kumar after herefused to step down as Chief Minister, Lalu'sinsistence on his inclusion in the alliance isbeing seen as an attempt at procrastination.

Lalu, according to sources, was not keen ona merger and wanted the two parties go to thehustings as alliance partners, with his partygetting a larger share of tickets to contest.Though the Nitish Kumar government is sur-viving on the RJD prop in Bihar, Lalu hasconsistently refused to project him as thefuture chief minister.

PM Modi's Mongolia ...Credit to Mongolia for its infrastructure

projects and inked agreements in the field ofculture, air services and cyber security train-ing among others.

Stobdan said the import of uranium or cop-per or natural resources was not a driving fac-tor in building ties with Mongolia.

"India can get uranium from anywhere,"said Stobdan, now a senior fellow with Delhi-based think tank Institute for Defence Studiesand Analyses (IDSA).

Promoting scientific...even suppress the voice of rationalists," he

said.Terming science as the primary motor for

social change in human history, he said it isindispensable for addressing major contem-porary challenges of economic growth andsocial transformation in societies.

"Today, science is indispensable foraddressing major contemporary challenges ofeconomic growth and social transformationin societies.

"The socio-economic health of a nationnow depends, more and more on, amongother factors, the health of the state of its sci-ence and technology," he said.

The four-day biennial event was inaugurat-ed in the presence of Karnataka GovernorVajubhai Vala, eminent scientist C N R Raoand former ISRO Chairman U R Rao.

The 15th All India People's ScienceCongress on 'Science

for Social Change' is being organised by AllIndia People's Science Network, along withKarnataka Rajya Vignana Parishat andBharata Gnana Vijnana Samithi.

Ansari said imbibing scientific reasoningand development of scientific outlook isintrinsic to modernity in our times.

He said the wealth and prosperity of anation today depend on effective utilisationof its human and material resources throughindustrialisation based on scientific Researchand Development.

"New scientific techniques can also makeup for a deficiency in natural resources," hesaid. Noting that inequality that existsbetween nations and within them, especiallybetween the developed and developingworld, has been exacerbated by the relativelevels of scientific development amongstthem, Ansari said, "These gaps can bebridged only through greater focus on thedevelopment of Science and Technology."

Science thus has a pivotal role in helpingattain inclusive growth within nations andamongst them, he added.

'Rahul's Whole...the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP.His adaptation to full-fledged politics

seems robust as he offers a withering assess-ment of Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi,whose catch-phrase of "suit boot ki sarkaar"to taint the government as working for theelite has been often repeated. "What is he try-ing to say? His whole family wears suit-boot," Ram Madhav said, indirectly referenc-ing Mr Gandhi's controversial brother-in-lawRobert Vadra, who was allegedly grantedsweetheart land deals in Haryana while theCongress was in power there.

Describing Mr Gandhi as a late bloomer,whose comments come with "a short shelflife," the BJP leader said, "You see, when achild doesn't speak for very long, people aresurprised to see them speak. So they want toencourage them too."

Ram Madhav has played a lead role in theBJP's strategy for December's election inJammu and Kashmir, which marked the

party's strongest performance ever in the stateand brought it to power for the first time in acoalition government.

has also been busy with back-room plan-ning for the Prime Minister's many foreigntrips - his frequent travel abroad has led to theOpposition denouncing him as "an NRI PM."Ram Madhav is now busy with arrangementsfor the PM's visit to Bangladesh, due nextmonth.

"I can tell you the PM's trips have alreadybenefitted the economy by increasing FDIand tourism by 15%," Ram Madhav said.When asked to explain the co-relationclaimed by him, he said announcements byMr Modi in other countries of e-visas isbringing many visitors to India.

As a strategist for the party, Ram Madhavadmitted that the recent civic elections inBengal, where the BJP did not score a singlewin, was a point of concern. The state votesfor its next government in about a year. "Weare thinking about it and taking stock, andyes, we would have liked to do much better,"Ram Madhav said.

Smriti Irani ...year under the Millennium Development

Goals.The conference on 'Information and

CommunicationTechnologies (ICT) and Post-2015 Education' would be inaugurated byUNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova inQingdao city in east China on May 23.

Effective pedagogical use of ICT to ensurequality of learning, opening up potentials ofonline content for knowledge creation andbenchmarking and monitoring the roles ofICT in post-2015 education would be amonga host of issues to be discussed at the meet,officials said.

The conference, jointly organised byUNESCO, the Ministry of Education ofChina and the Chinese National Commissionfor UNESCO, will also be attended by lead-ers of ICT industries, senior representativesof UN agencies and international organisa-tions, eminent researchers and practitioners.

Govt to announce...Border Security Force's annual investiture

ceremony, also coined a new slogan for theparamilitary force calling it the "first wall" ofdefence on Indian borders.

The BSF is tasked with guarding the coun-trys' frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

"I was told you are called the first line ofdefence but I would say you are the first wallof defence on the border as you take bulletsdirectly. Because of your alert demeanour, thecountry and its citizens are safe," he said.

Singh, who has toured a number of loca-tions of the BSF in Gujarat's Rann of Kutchand Sunderbans in West Bengal, said heknows the difficult life of these personnel inthese areas.

"You have made the border post as yourhome despite many challenges. You havemade your border post your new home. Iknow the difficulties being faced by you, likenot getting a bath sometimes, mosquitoesbites and sometimes delays in getting food.Hence, we have taken some decisions foryour welfare. I will not announce them nowbut very soon will do it.

"The Directors General of the forces proba-bly know what we are going to do...I willannounce them shortly," he said.

Singh said the men and women of theseforces have a great "sense of national pride"and from this comes the sense of sacrifice inthem.

The Home Minister told the jawans andofficers of BSF and other security forces thatthey were "taller" in stature than him and oth-ers because of their pious and gallant deeds.

"It's is not your 'pad' (post) that matters.You are taller ('kad') than us. A person isrecognised not by his position but with thework, he does," the Home Minister said.

Singh said there was a need to improve theinfrastructure facilities at various Indian bor-ders and the government was putting effortsin this regard. The government is consideringto take up improving facilities like fencing,floodlighting and other resources in the bor-der areas, he added. During, the event to markthe birth anniversary of BSF's first chief K FRustamji, the Home Minister also honouredthose personnel who were part of an 2003operation in Jammu and Kashmir where theykilled dreaded terrorist and Jaish-e-Mohammand operations commander inKashmir valley-- Gazi Baba. Those awardedwith citations for this operation includedretired BSF IG K Srinivasan (who supervisedthe operation) and Deputy Commandant M RBinuchandran (who led a team inside Baba'shideout in Kashmir valley).

Sanjay Nirupam ..."If activities of Geelani and other Hurriyat

leaders' are anti-India, then the central gov-ernment should take a decision to stop issuingpassport to Geelani," he told reporters here.

The issuance of passport to Geelani haskicked off a controversy in Kashmir withPDP and BJP, the coalition partners in thestate, having diametrically opposite views onit.= While PDP said Geelani should be givenpassport on "humanitarian" grounds to visithis ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia, BJPinsists that he should not be given the traveldocument till he "apologises" for his anti-national activities.

Meanwhile, the Centre today said it willconsider the passport application of Geelanionly after he completes the formalities andindicated that it was not averse to approvingit.

G Mohan Kumar ...Committee of Cabinet has approved the

appointment of Kumar as Defence Secretaryfor a period of two years from the date of tak-ing over the charge of the post, an orderissued by Department of Personnel andTraining said.

He will take over from Radha KrishnaMathur, a 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadreIAS officer, who completes his two yeartenure on May 28.

Kumar has served in Commerce Ministryand also worked as Additional and SpecialSecretary in Ministry of Water Resources,River Development and Ganga Rejuvenationbetween 2010 and September 2013.

Kumar, who hails from Kerala, has alsoserved as Steel Secretary before taking overas Secretary in Department of DefenceProduction on September 1, 2014.

The appointment comes as a birthday giftfor Kumar who was to turn 60 on May 27 andpossibly retire at the end of this month.

Kumar will be replaced by Ashok KumarGupta, a 1981 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre. Gupta is Special Secretary inDepartment of Defence Production.

Gas Cracker ...Polymer Limited (BPCL), a major PSU of

the Union Chemicals and PetrochemicalsDepartment, would have a production capac-ity of 2,20,000 tonnes per annum of polyeth-ylene and 60,000 tonnes per annum ofpolypropylene, the officials said.

At an interaction with a government dele-gation for promoting and development ofPlastic Processing Industry in the NorthEastern states, Federation of IndianChambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI), North East head, B Chakrabortysaid plastic industry was making significantcontribution to the economic developmentand growth of various key sectors in thecountry such as automobile, construction,electronics, healthcare and textiles.

He said the demand was growing rapidly at10 per cent over the last few years on thebasis of Compound Annual Growth Rate(CAGR).

While the North Eastern region also con-sumes a wide range of plastic/polymer prod-ucts, the FICCI official noted the penetrationlevel of these products was much less, com-pared to the national level.

To further enhance the growth, a specialthrust was being laid on manufacturing andinfrastructure, which were imperative for jobcreation and inclusive development, MrChakraborty said.

India offers...Sharma said on Friday.Sharma, who is the Minister for State for

Tourism and Culture, said India has offeredhelp in restoration work of the two templesdamaged due to the high-intensity earthquakelast month and a number of aftershocks.

"The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India)is already taking care of Pashupatinath. Wehave sent our request to intervene inSwayambhunath temple and KumarikaMandir...," Sharma told PTI.

During his visit to Nepal in August lastyear, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hadannounced Rs 25 crore for development ofPashupatinath Temple and now the fundwould be utilised for its restoration.

However, Bhesh Narayan Dahal, DirectorGeneral of the Department of Archaeology ofNepal, said they were yet to receive any pro-posal from India to help in restoration ofthese two temples. "We have not any received

Delhi records....and the humidity levels oscillated between

46 and 14 per cent.However, respite from the intense heat is on

the cards with the weatherman predicting thatdust storms and thunderstorms might sweepsome parts of the city tomorrow.

"Mainly clear sky will turn partly cloudytowards the evening. Dust storm and thunder-storm accompanied by squall may occur insome parts of the city tomorrow," a MeT offi-cial said.

The maximum and minimum temperaturesare expected to hover around 44 and 28degrees, respectively, he added.

The scorching sun brought down thehumidity in air which oscillated .

Yesterday, the maximum temperature wasrecorded at 42.6 degrees Celsius, while theminimum was at 27 degrees. Indian national ......

Rajesh Maddiwar, Mario Alvarenga andAmir Meiri were presented in Manhattan fed-eral court before US Magistrate Judge KevinFox on Thursday.

They each face a maximum sentence of 20years, the New York Daily News reported.

"These defendants manipulated and tookadvantage of vulnerable people," saidManhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

The three sent out mailers and used tele-marketers to promote their devious company,"Homeowner Assistance Services of NewYork".

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Traffic jams in thefuture could causepotentially danger-

ous data snarl-ups as carspacked with entertainment,safety and navigation fea-tures vie for airwaves withsmartphones, tablets andnetworked features in othervehicles, according to astudy.

By 2024, mobile net-works will see machine-to-machine (M2M) connec-tions jump 10-fold to 2.3billion from 250 million in2014. Half these links willbe automotive, said thestudy published onThursday by MachinaResearch.

On the roads, about onein five vehicles worldwidewill have some form ofwireless network connec-tion by 2020, or more thana quarter of a billion con-nected vehicles, accordingto a forecast from technol-ogy research firmGartner.

Connected cars withonboard Wi-Fi connectionscould cause spikes in cellu-lar data demand when traf-fic grinds to a halt as driv-ers seek alternative routesand bored passengerssearch for entertainment onphones and tablets, theMachina study says.

It says car navigation andcollision detection systemsthat rely on local networksto identify obstacles couldthen become strained, ifthey are not carefullydesigned and regulated.

The report says the dan-gers will mount over thenext decade but stops shortof painting a picture ofbloody roadside pile-ups.Such scenarios can beaverted if network opera-tors pay more attention tomanaging surging, unpre-dictable data demands incongested areas and devicemakers do more to ensuretheir products do not inter-fere with other networkusers.

Peak traffic terms ofoverall data volumes, con-nected cars don't presentmuch of a problem," saidMatt Hatton, founder andchief executive ofMachina, a British marketresearch firm specialisingin machine-to-machinedata communications.

"But network resourcemanagement is not basedon total traffic volume. It'sbased on particular cellsites during peak times ofnetwork use," Hatton saidof the antennas and equip-ment used to transfermobile calls and data toand from a local area.

Peak traffic in rush hourcould double in the imme-diate vicinity of congestedareas due to the electron-ics on board connectedcars, Machina estimates.

Already, most driversstuck in traffic jamsexpect mobile phone cov-erage to drop out from thesheer volume of callerswho suddenly find them-selves bumper-to-bumper.

Less noticeably, phoneusers in densely populatedareas can see superfast 4Gdata connections drop toslower 3G links or even 2Gconnections capable onlyof limited data transfers.

But while phones makeminimal demands on a net-work until a user down-loads a video, updatesemail or makes a call, net-

work congestion multiplieswhen drivers converge inroad traffic.

"Connected cars, as withother M2M devices, don'tbehave like smartphones,"Hatton said, due in part tothe vastly more diverse setof devices that will comeinto play with so manymachines talking to othermachines.

SCIENCE & TECH6 NEW DELHI | SATURDAY | MAY 23, 2015Fight for right

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1. Myopia is connected withA. ears B. eyesC. lungs D. None of these

2. Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plantsare due to a pigment calledA. anthocyanin B. caroteneC. chlorophyll D. xanthophylls

3. Plants developing in dry conditions areA. xerophytes B. mesophytesC. lithophytes D. hydrophytes

4. Plants growing on sand are called asA. chasmophytes B. oxylophytesC. lithophytes D. psammophytes

5. Our skin, when exposed to excess sunlight, becomesdark. This is because our skin pigments calledA. flavoxanthin B. melaninC. carotene D. Xanthophyll

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES Here you go again, philosophizing about what personal expres-

sion, creation, and authenticity are all about. Have you noticedthat you have some problems expressing issues that don't fallwithin the norm, Aries? Your strong will and desire to be appre-ciated get in your way. It isn't easy to express yourself authenti-cally when you're trying to make an impression on others.

TAURUS Think about tolerance, Taurus, and notice to whatextent it can liberate you. If you let others do and thinkwhat they like, you will find that you grant yourself thissame right. This is the issue of the day for you. It'swhen you don't allow cultural norms to ruffle yourfeathers that you can liberate yourself.

GEMINI Why not say yes a little more than usual, Gemini? You canbe stubborn and want to do only what you want. It isn'teasy to lead you into the unknown. You like to prepare inadvance. Today when people make unusual propositions,why not go agree? Go on - jump in without looking for achange. It will do wonders for your outlook.

CANCER You could write fiction or journalism well today.There's a good possibility that you have given somethought to a literary line of work. Why do you hesi-tate? It's never too late. Find the time to write astory. If you have a negative attitude about thethings you do, how will you get anything done?

LEO Today is your day, Leo! Do your best to make your mark onthe people around you, especially those closest to yourheart. You will outdo yourself, grabbing attention withouteven meaning to. You will be considered very attractive.Don't be surprised if your calendar fills up. This is yourreward for all your work over the past few weeks.

VIRGO You have an excellent day ahead, Virgo. It's likely toopen new horizons for you at a time when the future mayhave seemed bleak. If old issues related to your familyresurfaced some time ago, they may be resolved in asurprising way today. In any case, this is an ideal oppor-tunity to seek answers from your ancestors.

LIBRA Several days ago you may have experienced a strongfeeling of connection. People close to you opened theirhearts and expressed their hopes for the future. Todayyou're likely to feel new ambitions budding, Libra, whichmay have been initiated by the earlier experience. Theday's aspects are bound to inspire you!

SCORPIO There are some wonderful surprises in store for you,Scorpio. They could come in the form of a new careeropportunity or potential dates. With the current planetaryaspects, you can avail yourself of the best ways to find per-sonal and professional fulfillment. Don't hesitate to be orig-inal. That quality will trump everything else!

SAGITTARIUSYou can look forward to a day full of satisfaction,Sagittarius. You may have made a strong impression onthe people around you as you learned to moderate youroutspokenness. Supportive friends surround you today.Everyone seems willing to listen, and they trust you implic-itly. It looks as though you're finding a place for yourself!

CAPRICORN You're definitely going to appreciate the harmony today, Capricorn.After the confrontational mood of the past several days, it looks asthough you will be able to rest a bit. If you feel somewhat weary, it'sfor good reason. Today provides a good opportunity to rid yourself ofthe burdens people are trying to make you carry.

AQUARIUS The day will come when an authority applauds you for yourwork or research. Only then will you understand that you'velet yourself be fooled by society. Much as you believe oth-erwise, society isn't trying to stifle you or stop you frombeing you, Aquarius. It's true that pioneers often aren't rec-ognized until they can show some results.

PISCES You may feel that certain values in your profession won't let youundertake certain activities. But are you sure about this, or haveyou tried to convince yourself of it so you won't have to confrontthe part of you that yearns to explore? Perhaps you should try tobe braver than you've been. It would be worth it.

Addingto theo n g o -

ing leaks andrumours sur-rounding theSamsung GalaxyNote 5, a newreport claims freshdetails about thephablet and its dual-edge display variant -Project Zen.

According to sourcesclose to Samsung's plans,the Galaxy Note 5 is beingreferred to as ProjectNoble (SM-N920) inter-nally, reports Sammobile.Apart from 2K or 4KSuper-Amoled display andExynos 7422 SoC alreadytipped, the Note 5 is likeprevious Note handsetsexpected to come with SPen functionality.

This is unlike the dual-edge display handset, pre-viously called Project Zen.Sammobile claims ProjectZen has been internallyrenamed to Project Zero 2(SM-G928), and will notfeature S Pen functionality.

T h el a t e s treport claims the bothProject Noble and ProjectZero 2 will come with reg-ular accessories such as theClear View cover, howev-er, will also feature aKeyboard cover. While not

many details are known

about it,the name itself

tips some sort of physicalkeypad accessory.

We hope the Clear Viewcover this time would be amuch improved versionthan what is currentlyavailable for Galaxy S6and Edge handsets.Notably, the Galaxy S6 and

Galaxy S6 Edge ownersaround the globe seem

are facing an issuewith the officialClear Viewc o v e r .As per

usersthe Clear

View coverby Samsung issaid to be theculprit for sev-eral minute yetvisible scratch-es on the hand-set's CorningGorilla Glass4 - p r o t e c t e ddisplay.

P r e v i o u sleaks of theProject Zen orProject Zero 2handset dual-edge displayphablet hadtipped it wouldcome witheither a 5.4-inch or 5.5-inchd u a l - c u r v e d

S u p e rAMOLED dis-play. The device

might also house a hexa-core Snapdragon 808 SoC,32GB of inbuilt storage,16-megapixel rear camerawith OIS, and 5-megapixelfront-facing camera.

While Samsung has notconfirmed any of the afore-mentioned details, onewould have to wait untilSeptember and not July, forthe handsets to get intro-duced.

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08:00PM Mahakumbh - Ek RahasayaEk Kahani !

08:30PM Kalash09:00PM Laut Aao Trisha09:30PM Dream Girl Ek Ladki

Deewani Si10:00PM Comedy Classes10:30PM Savdhaan India: India

Fights Back11:30PM Mahakumbh - Ek Rahasaya

Ek Kahani ! __________________________

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12:00AM Bade AchheLagte Hain12:30AM Teleshopping01:00AM Ring Wrong

Ring01:30AM FIR

02:00AM Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo02:30AM Lapataganj03:00AM Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee

Kuchh Meethi03:30AM Bade Achhe Lagte Hain04:00AM Saas Bina Sasural04:30AM Kuch Toh Log Kahenge05:00AM Entertainment Ke Liye

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Bhi Karega12:00PM Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo12:30PM FIR01:00PM Bade Achhe Lagte Hain01:30PM Saas Bina Sasural02:00PM Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee

Kuchh Meethi02:30PM Kuch Toh Log Kahenge03:00PM Lapataganj03:30PM FIR04:00PM Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo04:30PM Bade Achhe Lagte Hain05:00PM Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee

Kuchh Meethi05:30PM Saas Bina Sasural06:00PM Gutur Gu06:30PM Ring Wrong Ring07:00PM Jeannie Aur Juju07:30PM FIR08:00PM Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo08:30PM Lapataganj09:00PM Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee

Kuchh Meethi09:30PM Saas Bina Sasural10:00PM Bade Achhe Lagte Hain10:30PM Kuch Toh Log Kahenge11:00PM Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch

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As per user reports, Sony hasfinally started rollingout the Android

Lollipop update to its XperiaZ and Xperia ZR handsets,specifically Android 5.0.2.The Japanese tech giant alsoannounced it was rolling outa firmware update for itsXperia Z1, Xperia Z1Compact, and Xperia Z Ultrasmartphones with several bugfixes.

The Android 5.0.2 Lollipopupdate for Xperia Z andXperia ZR handsets is cur-rently said to be availableover-the-air and is soonexpected to reach the SonyPC companion software aswell, reports XperiaBlog.The update weighing694.8MB brings the buildversion number to10.6.A.0.454. Some of thekey features in the latestupdate includes Google'sMaterial Design UI and com-patible app, updated interac-tive lock screen notifica-tions with customizablesettings, support for multi-user pro-files and guest mode, and the optionto move apps onto SD cards.

Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZR userswould need to at least keep 1.2GBstorage free to install the update. Abackup of handset data is recom-mended just in case the update fails

mid-way.

For now, the update is reportedly livein Bolivia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, andHong Kong. Since the Android 5.0Lollipop has reached two handsets inthe Xperia Z series, it is expected itwill soon reach Xperia ZL and XperiaTablet Z as well.

Meanwhile, the Sony Xperia Z1,

Xperia Z1 Compactand Xperia Z Ultrahave also receiveda firmware updatethat includes sev-eral bug fixesalong with somenew features. Theupdate now wouldnot show "no serv-ice" even if thedevice has net-work coverage. Itwill also unblockdevices with serv-er policies (such asExchange ActiveSync for e-mail) tolet users enableLoll ipop-styledlock screen notifi-cations.

The updatewould ensure thatthe handset LEDlight is lit acrossall the soundmodes. Easy mov-ing of content

from phone stor-age to exter-

nal storage and improved messagingfunctionality in Ultra Stamina Modehas also been made. The latestfirmware also adds the "close-all-but-ton" to close all the apps at once fromthe activity menu. The update shouldbe available both OTA and via theSony PC companion.

Sony Xperia Z, Xperia ZR Start ReceivingAndroid 5.0.2 Lollipop Update

Connected Cars Could Cause DataTraffic Jams, Finds Study

SPORTS7 NEW DELHI | SATURDAY | MAY 23, 2015Fight for right

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Ranchi: A clinical ChennaiSuper Kings on Friday defeatedRoyal Challengers Bangaloreby three wickets in a nail-bit-ting second qualifier to sail intothe final of the Indian PremierLeague cricket tournament,making it a record sixth appear-ance in eight editions of theevent.

CSK rode on veteran MikeHussey's 56 off 46 balls tochase down the modest 140-runtarget with just one ball tospare.

Opening the batting, Hussey,the Mr. Cricket who will be 40in another five days, anchoredthe CSK innings with his vastexperience and decorated hisknock with three boundariesand two sixes.

CSK will now face MumbaiIndians in the summit clash ofthe tournament in Kolkata onSunday.

Earlier, left-arm pacer AshsihNehra shone with the ball asCSK produced a fine bowlingdisplay to restrict RCB to amodest 139 for eight.

Nehra (3/28) picked up threecrucial wickets to dismantleRCB's innings. He was ablysupported by RavichandranAshwin (1/13), Mohit Sharma(1/22), Dwayne Bravo (1/21)and Suresh Raina (1/36).

Chris Gayle top-scored forRCB with an unfamiliar 41 off43 balls which was studdedwith two fours and three sixes.

Young Sarfaraz Khan (31 off21 balls) played short littlecameo towards the end to giveRCB bowlers something todefend. Dinesh Karthik (28 off26) also played a good hand butjust when his team need him,the wicket-keeper batsman per-ished in search of quick runs.

Chasing the modest score,

CSK started on a bright notewith Dwayne Smith racing offto 17 off just 11 balls with thehelp of three boundaries.

But just when he was lookingdangerous Smith departed inthe first ball of the fourth over,caught by Mitchell Starc offSreenath Aravind as the bats-man went for a short-arm pull.

It could have been doubleblow for CSK in the next deliv-ery had Gayle not dropped newman Faf du Plessis at the first

slip.After Du Plessis, it was time

for Hussey to get a life as wick-et-keeper Dinesh Karthik fum-bled a sharp outside edge offDavid Wiese's bowling in theseventh over.

Even though ground fieldingdisappointed the side, RCBbowlers did their best to keepCSK in check by maintainingsome tight line and length.

Young leg-spinner YuzvendraChahal (2/28) brought RCB

right back into the match bystriking twice in the 10th over.

Chahal first bowled DuPlessis and a ball later sentSuresh Raina back to the pavil-ion for a duck when the bats-man lofted one straight toWiese at long-off.

Thereafter, Hussey and cap-tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni(26) played tactically by rotat-ing the strike with ones andtwos but opened up when theopportunity arrived.

With abundance of experi-ence behind his back, Husseynever panicked even when theasking rate shot up. He foundthe boundaries for his sidewhen needed.

With CSK needing 49 off 30balls, Hussey clobbered Chahalstraight over his head for twosixes to register his maidenfifty in the ongoing edition ofthe tournament.

But soon after bringing up hisfifty, Hussey departed, caughtby Harshal Patel off Wiese.

Thereafter, Pawan Negi (12off 6), in Dhoni's company,brought CSK in striking dis-tance of the chase with thesome lusty shots.

But Nehra had the last laughas he struck twice in his nextover to rattle RCB's innings.

First Nehra removed Kohli,who flicked the first deliveryoff the fifth over straight toMohit at short fine leg and thenfour balls later he dismissed in-form AB de Villiers.

De Villers was adjudgedLBW after he missed aninswinger that struck his backpad but TV replays showed theball pitched just outside the legstump.

Last match's half-centurionMandeep Singh failed to rescuehis side today and was the next

to depart, caught by MikeHussey off Ashwin as RCBslumped to 36 for three.

In a real spot of bother, Gayleand new man in Karthik joinedhands and tried to resurrectRCB's innings with a 46-runfourth wicket stand. The duofound runs hard to come by butstuck in there and waited fortheir opportunity.

After a lull of few overs,Karthik finally opened up, hit-ting Raina for back-to-backfours in the 12th over.

Gayle was not to be leftbehind as he struck Raina forconsecutive sixes in his nextover. But Raina took hisrevenge a ball later when theWest Indian top-edged a pullshot straight to the bowlerwhile going for too many bigshots.

But Sarfaraz was not to bebogged down as he welcomedRavindra Jadeja with consecu-tive fours in the 16th over.

In the next over Karthik washoled out at the deep by Mohitas Nehra picked up his thirdscalp of the day.

Sarfaraz then used his longhandle to pick up a few bound-aries while David Wiese (12)failed to capitalise on a life asRCB finished on139.

IPL 2015, Qualifier 2: CSK beat RCBby 3 wickets, enter record 6th final

PARISRafa Nadal could face world

number one Novak Djokovic in thequarter-finals of the French Openafter Friday`s draw handed him thetoughest of routes to a possible10th title.

The Spaniard, seeded sixth aftera disappointing year so far, wouldthen face a potential semi-finalagainst third seed Andy Murrayand a final against 17-times grandslam champion Roger Federer.

The 28-year-old, who holds therecord for titles at Roland Garros,will take on Frenchman QuentinHalys in the first round but life willget tricky with dangerousBulgarian Grigor Dimitrov a likelyfourth round opponent.

"I need to win four matchesbefore (possibly playingDjokovic)," Nadal, who has failedto win a claycourt title in Europethis season, said after the draw atRoland Garros.

"My draw is a tough one but Ihope I will be ready to fight again,"added Nadal, who has sufferedonly one defeat on the Parisianclay, in 2009.

World number one Djokovic will

- final in 2013.Murray, who beat Nadal in the

Madrid Masters final this monthafter winning his first claycourttitle in Munich the week before,begins against a qualifier and has apossible quarter-final clash against

seventh seed David Ferrer ofSpain.

Second seed Roger Federer,chasing his first grand slam titlesince 2012, takes on a qualifier inthe first round and could faceFrenchman Gael Monfils in the last

eight.Djokovic begins against Finnish

journeyman Jarkko Nieminen onSunday.

In the women`s draw, holderMaria Sharapova of Russia, thesecond seed, will face EstonianKaia Kanepi in the first round andpossibly former runner-upSamantha Stosur of Australia in thethird.

"I just focus on the first roundreally," said Sharapova, who wonthe Rome claycourt tournamentlast Sunday.

"It was a great week to haveunder my belt. It`s nice to comeinto a grand slam with that level ofconfidence.

World number one SerenaWilliams, who takes on a qualifierin the first round, has a possiblethird-round encounter againstBelarussian Victoria Azarenka, aformer world number one.

In the fourth round she couldface sister Venus, the 15th seed,and there is a possible semi-finalclash against Czech Petra Kvitova,who ended her 27-match unbeatenrun this season at the Madrid Open.

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovicface French Open last-eight duel

NEW DELHIWe are not in favour of

playing at a neutral venuewith Pakistan: RajeevShukla Chandigarh:Amid speculation over thefate of the proposed India-Pakistan series, IPL chair-man Rajeev Shukla onFriday said there are "noimmediate chances" ofrevival of cricketing tiesbetween the two countries.

PCB chairmanShaharyar Khan hadrecently met his Indiancounterpart JagmohanDalmiya in Kolkata andthen BCCI secretaryAnurag Thakur in NewDelhi to host a bilateralseries in December inUAE.

According to an MOU(Memorandum ofUnderstanding) signedbetween the two boards,India and Pakistan hadagreed to play six bilateralseries until 2022, butShukla said that a numberthings need to be worked

out before giving the go-ahead to the proposedseries by PCB.

"Though talks betweenthe boards of two countrieshave held recently, butthere are no immediatechances of revival of crick-eting ties between Indiaand Pakistan," Shukla said.

"But there are two tothree issues which need tobe sought before taking afinal decision on resumingIndia-Pakistan cricketingties," he added.

India suspended all bilat-

eral series with Pakistan inthe wake of the 2008attacks and Shukla clari-fied that they are not infavour of playing at a neu-tral venue.

"As per itinerary, Indiawill have to play inPakistan, but at present itsnot possible and we arealso not in favour of play-ing at a neutral venue," hesaid.

Shukla asserted that theseries can only happenafter a government clear-ance.

We are not in favour of playing at a neutralvenue with Pakistan: Rajeev Shukla

MONACOFormula One was

accused of sending out amixed message on alcoholat the Monaco Grand Prixon Friday by giving exten-sive publicity to drinksbrands while campaigningfor road safety.

A report, published byEuropean Alcohol PolicyAlliance networkEurocare, highlighted whatit called a "dangerouscocktail" and urged thesport to move away fromsuch sponsorship.

"The amount of alcohol-related exposure in F1 set-tings is extreme by any-one’s standards," saidEurocare general secretaryMariann Skar in a state-ment.

"There seems to be alack of recognition withinthe F1 community abouttheir responsibility whenshowing alcohol advertsevery five seconds to anaudience of 500 millionviewers.

"We now urge theinvolved bodies in F1 tomove away from alcoholsponsorship."

The report, whoseauthors include Britain`sInstitute of Alcohol Studiesand Australia`s MonashUniversity, analysed lastyear`s Monaco Grand Prixfor alcohol brand expo-sure.

It found viewersreceived an average of 11references per minute overa two hour period.

Three teams -- Williams,McLaren and Force India -- have alcohol branding ontheir cars while Diageo`sJohnnie Walker was namedlast year as Formula One`sofficial whisky.

While Johnnie Walker`sinvolvement withMcLaren has been focusedon responsible drinkingand road safety, the brandis prominent on the car andfeatures on tracksideadvertising aroundMonaco.

Williams have Martini astitle sponsor while ForceIndia, co-owned by Indiandrinks tycoon VijayMallya, number SmirnoffVodka, Kingfisher beerand India`s RoyalChallenge whisky amongtheir partners.

"Alcohol sponsorship ofmotorsport generates seri-ously mixed messagesabout drink driving androad safety, and contradictsthe spirit of current EUrules on alcohol advertis-ing," said KatherineBrown, director of theInstitute of AlcoholStudies.

"A commonsenseapproach would be to stopalcohol companies fromthis risky business of spon-soring Formula One."

Formula One has alreadyhad to kick its tobaccohabit, although PhilipMorris brand Marlbororemains a backer of Ferraridespite the absence of on-car branding.

IPL players at yacht parties, frolick-ing with women had ACSU fuming

NEW DELHIThe move to oust Indian

Olympic AssociationPresident (IOA) NRamachandran on Fridaygot support from five morestate Olympic units, takingthe total number of thosedemanding a NoConfidence Motion againsthim to 14.

The State Olympic asso-ciations of Andaman andNicobar, Jammu andKashmir, Maharashtra,Odisha and Nagaland havebecome the latest to jointhe chorus to oustRamachandran by calling aSpecial General Meeting.

Now out of 35 stateOlympic units, 14 haveofficially supported themove.

Earlier, other States likeBengal, Bihar, Chandigarh,Delhi, Jharkhand,Karnataka, MadhyaPradesh, Tripura and UttarPradesh had expressedtheir desire to pass a 'NoConfidence Motion'against Ramachandran by

calling a SGM of the IOA,besides 13 National SportsFederations.

According to the IOAconstitution, a NoConfidence Motion againstthe President, SecretaryGeneral, Treasurer andother executive councilmembers can be passed iftwo-third majority of themembers are present andvoting.

The quorum for sucha meeting will have tobe three-fourth of thetotal strength of theIOA General Bodyentitled to vote.

The IOA General Bodyhas 183 votes in total --three each for NSFs andtwo each for state Olympicbodies. The IOA has 39NSFs but a few of them areunder dispute due to hav-ing rival factions.

The SGM may be con-vened at any time by IOApresident or the ExecutiveCouncil or on a writtenrequisition signed by presi-dents and secretaries of not

less than 50 per cent mem-ber units within one monthfrom the date of receipt bythe president of the saidrequisition.

If the president of IOAfails to convene a meeting,then the requisitionists canconvene the meeting under

arrange-ments

made

direct-ly by

them.The infighting among

the top brass of the IOA,which came out of a 14-month suspension only lastyear, got exposed just daysafter International

Olympic Committee presi-dent Thomas Bach's firstvisit to the country aftertaking over as IOC chief in2013.

In his one-day whirlwindvisit on April 27, Bach hadcalled for unity among theIOA members so that theycan work together for thebetterment of Indian sportsand sportspersons. He hasalso laid to rest the specu-lation that India may bidfor 2024 Olympic Games.

Discontent againstRamachandran had beenbrewing for quite sometime now with many mem-bers feeling that the IOAchief was running the showall by himself without con-sulting other officials.

Ramachandran's move tokeep IOA office bearers,including secretary generalRajiv Mehta, in the darkbefore he visited Bach inLausanne, Switzerland,along with sports secretaryAjit Sharan also did not godown well with somemembers.

Five more state Oly units joinsupport to ouster IOA chief

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

'khwahishen' - a film by Moonlightproduction. Adding a film to it's cred-it after grand success of skits and adfilms Delhi lad Param MLP, producerand director of film expressed 'weadded another feather in our cap withactress Samira Khan of Parwarishfame. Her other serials like 'Kabhisaas bhi kabhi bahu thi', 'Kahani GharGhar ki' of Balaji films were greathits. "My this film is a family drama.Our artists have put in their hundredpercent to showcase so called show-biz life of the society and I hope thatlike every hit drama, this film willattract people from all walks of life,he said. Actress Samira expressed thatit was a different experience to workwith Moonlight productions. I will tryto give my best in this film too likemy previous films and I am optimisticthat people will find my characterwith the pace of the film, she says.The film has been shot at variouslocations of Delhi and Jaipur. AryaSingh has been music director where-as Noor, Kailash and Amit has givenplayback. Promos of film are expect-ed soon.

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In a major breakthrough indetecting the deadly swine fluvirus that killed around 2,000

people in India in an outbreak thisyear, a key military research cen-tre has developed a kit that candetect the virus in a matter ofhours.

While current tests to detect theswine flu virus takes two to threedays, the new kit delivers resultsin two to three hours, knowledge-able officials in the DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) told IANS.

Developed by the Gwalior-based Defence Research andDevelopment Establishment(DRDE), the kit will also be cost-effective and is expected to bepriced at around Rs.2,000 ($30),while the present tests can costanything between Rs.4,500 andRs.10,000 in the peak season.

"While conventional identifica-tion methods require time-con-suming culturing and detection ofanti-bodies, this kit uses a geneamplification method and is basedon the principle of auto-cyclicstrand displacement mechanism,"a DRDO official aware of thedevelopments told IANS on con-

dition of anonymity as he is notauthorised to speak to the media.

The DRDO, which leadsdefence research in the country,focussed on developing the kit inview of possible enhanced use ofchemical, biological, radiologicaland nuclear warfare (CBRN) infuture, the official said.

"In case of a biological weaponbeing used, the first step to combat

this is detection. Handy kits likethese are being developed keepingthat in mind," the official said.

Asked if the kit can be used on alarge scale, the official said somefirms have already been given thetechnology to develop the kits.

"Our role is to develop the tech-nology. We have already handed itover to some interested manufac-turers. It will now be up to the

government to decide if it wants touse it at a larger level," the officialadded.

Swine flu has claimed well overtwo thousand lives in India tillMarch this year with the totalnumber of cases crossing the33,000 mark, according to thehealth ministry. Rajasthan andGujarat were the worst affectedstates.

Indian military develops a kit,detects swine flu in hours!

Just this morning weinformed you aboutwhat Jacqueline

Fernandez does in order tokeep herself raring to go.At a recent event the Kickactress shared tips and fit-ness ideas with her fansand followers and now wehave Sidharth Malhotra,who has opened up abouthis fitness regime.

Sid has a new mantra ofde-stressing himself. Theactor has been playing bas-ketball to de-stress. It isalso a new way of sweatingit out. Sidharth feels thatit’s the best and a naturalexercise! With the shoot ofKapoor And Sons startingoff, the actor’s schedulehas become tight, howeverdespite being busy,Sidharth is making surethat he removes time outand plays the game at leastfor an hour. The Delhi boyfeels that an exercise in anopen space is more refresh-ing as compared to the nor-mal work out in gym.

Sidharth confirms thenews and shares, “I enjoy

exercising outdoors orplaying basketball when-ever I get the time. I feel itis much more relaxing toworkout in open spaces

than in a gym.” Sidharthhas currently been busywith his next releaseBrothers and is in the midstof shooting for Shakun

Batra’s next where he willbe seen teaming up withhis debut co star AliaBhatt, Rishi Kapoor andFawad Khan.

After Jacqueline Fernandez, now SidharthMalhotra opens up about his fitness mantra!

Ever since the styl-ish and ultra cooltrailer of Dil

Dhadakne Do wasunveiled, the public andthe film trade have beeneagerly awaiting itsrelease in the theatres. Ifthat’s not enough, themusic too has struck theright note with the mass-es. Now the makershave come out with alovey-dovey poster fea-turing Ranveer Singhand Anushka Sharmaand naturally it hasupped the excitementlevels to another levelaltogether. The postershows the former loverson bicycles riding on thestreets of Turkey. Andgoing by this, I am surethat both Ranveer andAnushka are going totake everyone by storm-ing with their sizzlingchemistry. We got a littlesneak peek of that in thesong Pehli Baar, whichwas released some daysback. Directed by ZoyaAkhtar, DDD also starsPriyanka Chopra, AnilKapoor, Farhan Akhtar

Dil Dhadakne Do new poster: Anushka Sharmaand Ranveer Singh promise an entertaining ride

Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and hiswife Ayesha have been reportedlyapproached to enter celebrity

dance-based reality show Nach Baliye 7 asa wild card entry.

“We are in talks with Shikhar Dhawan tomake a special wild card entry to the show.It will shake things up and it will be goodto see him perform on the stage with us,”a source close to the makers said.

The Star Plus show saw a twist in thecurrent season, being produced by Ekta

Kapoor.In the seventh season of the show, the

contestants are staying in a house and theaudience voting system has beenscrapped.

The seventh season of Nach Baliye isjudged by Preity Zinta, author ChetanBhagat and choreographer Marzi Pestonji.We also hear that eliminated contestantsSana Saeed and Dipesh Patel will be mak-ing an entry again in theshow!

Nach Baliye 7: Cricketer Shikhar Dhawanto enter the show as a wild card?