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Interfaith leadership For the first time Bay Area’s prominent Muslim interfaith leaders meet to discuss Islam in US and Ahmadiyya persecution. p-24 FIJI SUN IS NOW ON FACEBOOK FOR ALL ATTORNEY AT LAW WAHIDA NOORZAD IMMIGRATION, CIVIL, DIVORCE! PHONE : 925-600-9991 3015 HOPYARD RD#N PLEASANTON, CA 94588 l Vol-22 l issue-1 l Februrary l www.fijisun-usa.com l 510-677-4488 uSA M y Fellow Fijians,. Once again we are at the dawn of another year. It’s a time to reflect on the year that has passed and to contemplate what the future holds for ourselves and our families. And it’s also a time to reflect on our nation’s progress over the past 12 months and the hopes of all of us for the year ahead. Together, we have weath- ered three separate natu- ral disasters in 2012 - the two floods and then Hurricane Evan. Our thoughts this evening are with our fellow Fijians who are still suffering because of Hurricane Evan, and especially those made homeless by the destruction of hun- dreds of dwellings in the hurricane’s path. As your Prime Minister, I again pledge that your Government will do everything in its power to assist you to rebuild your homes and your lives. I want to pay tribute to every worker, citizen, civil servant and business owner who worked tire- lessly in the affected areas or provided assis- tance to help their fellow Fijians back on their feet. All of these people deserve our grateful thanks. Vinaka vakalevu to you all. As I toured the affected areas, I was deeply impressed with the spirit of our people as we pulled together as a nation to confront this cri- sis. We are all thankful that our careful prepara- tions before Hurricane Evan struck meant that there was no loss of life. My fellow Fijians. For all of our challenges and setbacks, I look to the New Year firmly believing that Fiji’s future has never been brighter. We are a building a more equal society, a safer society, a prosperous society. For the first time, we are all Fijians and can truly celebrate our common identity. We all have a great deal to look forward to. As 2012 ends, more than half a million Fijians have regis- tered by electronic means to cast their vote in 2014. As 2013 begins, that process continues as we reach out to regis- ter Fijians living over- seas. The new year her- alds great promise for all Fijians. Our economy is comparatively buoyant and a steady growth is forecast. We are investing more in the education of our young people to help secure their futures and increase the country’s skills base. And we are doing a lot more for poor- er families, such as rais- ing the tax threshold, and for the elderly, by provid- ing pensions to the most vulnerable of them for the first time. And in 2013, we will begin fixing our biggest infrastructure problem – the state of our roads. As a nation, we want to instill more pride in our identity as Fijians. We will soon begin using new notes and coins that feature our flora and fauna. We should have a new, modern and endur- ing constitution by the end of the first quarter of 2013. And I will be making further announcements this year about revamp- ing our flag. All of this is to reflect a sense of national renewal, to rein- force a new Fijian identity and a new confidence in being Fijian on the global stage. Certainly, Fiji’s standing in the world has never been higher.In two week’s time, I will travel to New York to formally assume Fiji’s chairman- ship of the G77 Plus China. This links 132 developing countries with the world’s most popu- lous nation to form the biggest voting bloc at the United Nations. Later in the year, we will host some of the G77leaders here in Fiji in what promises to be the biggest gathering ever of foreign leaders to our shores. Recently, I assumed the Chairmanship of the gov- erning committee of the International Sugar Organisation and it too will be meeting in Fiji in the coming year. We are determined also through this forum to keep sugar a viable and sustainable industry for the 200-thou- sand Fijians who depend on it for a living. Fiji has also received international acclaim endorsing our reforms of the FNPF. These reforms, as I’ve stated before, will ensure that all FNPF members will have their pensions secured. These are great honours bestowed on us by the international com- munity and we should all be proud because the honour belongs to all of us – our country – our Fiji. The world is recog- nising how far we have already come, our contri- butions to the global community, and the promise that lies ahead. This is a time when many people make New Year resolutions so let’s also make some as a nation. Let’s be more considerate of our fellow citizens and honest in our dealings with each other. Let’s be more mindful of our neigh- bours, those beyond our families and friends, and take responsibility for them as well. Let’s focus on our commonalities. Let’s be more patriotic and proud to be Fijian, to commit ourselves to working together as one nation. My Fellow Fijians. 2013 will be the year that we set the scene for one of the most momentous events in our country’s history - the 2014 elec- tion under a new consti- tution… A constitution that must ensure common and equal citizenry…A constitution that must ensure that any repre- sentatives of the people in the new parliament must be elected and under the principle of one person, one vote, one value. I appeal to every- one to contribute posi- tively to this process. We owe it to ourselves and our future generations. I wish all a Happy New Year. Fiji PM's New Year Message Tandoor’s catering services at holiday season SACRAMENTO, California - California's budget deficit is gone after years of financial troubles, Governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday, proposing a state budget plan that would raise spending on education and healthcare, boosting total expenditures by 5 percent with a surplus remaining. But Brown vowed to push back at legislators eager to increase spending even more by restoring the bil- lions of dollars to social services and other state programs cut in lean years. "I am determined to avoid the fiscal mess that the last few gover- nors had to deal with," Brown told reporters as he introduced his budget plan for the 2013-14 fis- cal year beginning in July. Leading Democratic legislators agree with his plan. California's econo- my melted down with the housing market, slashing the state's revenue, but it is finally on the mend. For years the state's leaders have tackled budget deficits with a combination of deep cuts and accounting gim- micks. The projected sur- plus is now the latest sur- prise. Businesses are hiring again and voters in November approved temporary hikes to the state sales tax and income tax rates on wealthy taxpayers. California's job growth tops the national aver- age, unemployment has fallen to below double- digit levels for the first time in nearly four years and more money is expected to flow into state coffers from the voter-approved tax increases. The state Department of Finance projected unemployment will fall to 9.6 percent this year and 8.7 percent in 2014. Brown's budget plan projects $98.5 billion in revenues and transfers and plans spending of $97.7 billion, according to the proposal published on the state Department of Finance website. CONTiNuES ON pAgE- California budget plan has surprise: a surplus California Governor Jerry Brown speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles, California in this file photo taken August 28, 2012. California's economy is on the mend, but Governor Brown is …more expected to take a cautious approach to spending when he unveils his state budget plan on Thursday.

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My Fellow Fijians,.Once again weare at the dawn

of another year. It’s atime to reflect on the yearthat has passed and tocontemplate what thefuture holds for ourselvesand our families. And it’salso a time to reflect onour nation’s progressover the past 12 monthsand the hopes of all of usfor the year ahead.Together, we have weath-ered three separate natu-ral disasters in 2012 - thetwo floods and thenHurricane Evan. Ourthoughts this evening arewith our fellow Fijianswho are still sufferingbecause of HurricaneEvan, and especiallythose made homeless bythe destruction of hun-dreds of dwellings in thehurricane’s path. As yourPrime Minister, I againpledge that yourGovernment will doeverything in its power toassist you to rebuild yourhomes and your lives. Iwant to pay tribute toevery worker, citizen, civilservant and businessowner who worked tire-lessly in the affectedareas or provided assis-

tance to help their fellowFijians back on their feet.All of these peopledeserve our gratefulthanks. Vinaka vakalevuto you all. As I toured theaffected areas, I wasdeeply impressed withthe spirit of our people aswe pulled together as anation to confront this cri-sis. We are all thankfulthat our careful prepara-tions before HurricaneEvan struck meant thatthere was no loss of life.My fellow Fijians. For allof our challenges andsetbacks, I look to theNew Year firmly believingthat Fiji’s future hasnever been brighter. Weare a building a moreequal society, a safersociety, a prosperoussociety. For the first time,we are all Fijians andcan truly celebrate ourcommon identity. We allhave a great deal to lookforward to. As 2012ends, more than half amillion Fijians have regis-tered by electronicmeans to cast their votein 2014. As 2013 begins,that process continuesas we reach out to regis-ter Fijians living over-seas. The new year her-alds great promise for allFijians. Our economy iscomparatively buoyantand a steady growth isforecast.

We are investing morein the education of ouryoung people to helpsecure their futures andincrease the country’sskills base. And we aredoing a lot more for poor-er families, such as rais-ing the tax threshold, andfor the elderly, by provid-ing pensions to the mostvulnerable of them forthe first time. And in2013, we will begin fixingour biggest infrastructure

problem – the state ofour roads.

As a nation, we wantto instill more pride in ouridentity as Fijians. Wewill soon begin usingnew notes and coins thatfeature our flora andfauna. We should have anew, modern and endur-ing constitution by theend of the first quarter of2013.

And I will be makingfurther announcementsthis year about revamp-ing our flag. All of this isto reflect a sense ofnational renewal, to rein-force a new Fijian identityand a new confidence inbeing Fijian on the globalstage. Certainly, Fiji’sstanding in the world hasnever been higher.In twoweek’s time, I will travelto New York to formallyassume Fiji’s chairman-ship of the G77 PlusChina. This links 132developing countries withthe world’s most popu-lous nation to form thebiggest voting bloc at theUnited Nations.

Later in the year, wewill host some of theG77leaders here in Fiji inwhat promises to be thebiggest gathering ever offoreign leaders to ourshores. Recently, Iassumed theChairmanship of the gov-erning committee of theInternational SugarOrganisation and it toowill be meeting in Fiji inthe coming year. We aredetermined also throughthis forum to keep sugara viable and sustainableindustry for the 200-thou-sand Fijians who dependon it for a living.

Fiji has also receivedinternational acclaimendorsing our reforms ofthe FNPF. Thesereforms, as I’ve stated

before, will ensure thatall FNPF members willhave their pensionssecured. These are greathonours bestowed on usby the international com-munity and we should allbe proud because thehonour belongs to all ofus – our country – ourFiji. The world is recog-nising how far we havealready come, our contri-butions to the globalcommunity, and thepromise that lies ahead.This is a time whenmany people make NewYear resolutions so let’salso make some as anation. Let’s be moreconsiderate of our fellowcitizens and honest inour dealings with eachother. Let’s be moremindful of our neigh-bours, those beyond ourfamilies and friends, andtake responsibility forthem as well. Let’s focuson our commonalities.Let’s be more patrioticand proud to be Fijian, tocommit ourselves toworking together as onenation. My Fellow Fijians.2013 will be the year thatwe set the scene for oneof the most momentousevents in our country’shistory - the 2014 elec-tion under a new consti-tution…

A constitution thatmust ensure commonand equal citizenry…Aconstitution that mustensure that any repre-sentatives of the peoplein the new parliamentmust be elected andunder the principle of oneperson, one vote, onevalue. I appeal to every-one to contribute posi-tively to this process. Weowe it to ourselves andour future generations. Iwish all a Happy NewYear.

Fiji PM's New Year Message

Tandoor’s catering services at holiday season

S A C R A M E N T O ,California - California'sbudget deficit is goneafter years of financialtroubles, Governor JerryBrown said on Thursday,proposing a state budgetplan that would raisespending on educationand healthcare, boostingtotal expenditures by 5percent with a surplusremaining. But Brownvowed to push back atlegislators eager toincrease spending evenmore by restoring the bil-lions of dollars to socialservices and other stateprograms cut in leanyears. "I am determinedto avoid the fiscal messthat the last few gover-nors had to deal with,"Brown told reporters ashe introduced his budgetplan for the 2013-14 fis-cal year beginning inJuly. Leading Democraticlegislators agree with hisplan. California's econo-my melted down with thehousing market, slashingthe state's revenue, but itis finally on the mend.For years the state'sleaders have tackled

budget deficits with acombination of deep cutsand accounting gim-micks. The projected sur-plus is now the latest sur-prise.

Businesses are hiringagain and voters inNovember approvedtemporary hikes to thestate sales tax andincome tax rates onwealthy taxpayers.

California's job growthtops the national aver-age, unemployment hasfallen to below double-digit levels for the firsttime in nearly four yearsand more money isexpected to flow intostate coffers from thevoter-approved taxincreases. The stateDepartment of Financeprojected unemploymentwill fall to 9.6 percent thisyear and 8.7 percent in2014. Brown's budgetplan projects $98.5 billionin revenues and transfersand plans spending of$97.7 billion, accordingto the proposal publishedon the state Departmentof Finance website.

CONTiNuES ON pAgE-

California budget planhas surprise: a surplus

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles, California in this file photo takenAugust 28, 2012. California's economy is on the mend, but

Governor Brown is …more expected to take a cautious approachto spending when he unveils his state budget plan on Thursday.

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columnist Ray Orrock sayshe drew his inspirationfrom the fact he had tokeep in mind that if he didnot write he didn't get paid,NO WRITEE , NO CHEC-KEE. The second sourceof his inspiration

Ray says came fromprogression. The newspa-per had given him anoffice, type writer andenough time to write. Atthe end of the day his edi-

tor expected his write up.So he had to write not hav-ing to say, “I do not haveanything.”

Ray agrees though thathis sources of inspirationwere pretty crass and sillythat others may have lofti-er sources of inspiration.Some of the top writerssay inspiration does notmean anything. It is thedeadline that impelledthem to write. So there isan element of fear andurgency to write. Is that

enough to impel you to dosome quality writing thatcould entertain your read-ers? I guess it varies anddepends who you work forcoupled with the prestigeand pay check that moti-vate you to write. For myown publication, I am gen-erally very callous andhardly re-read my stuff.However, noticeably, I amdifferent when I write foranother publication. Mywriting quality is much bet-ter and perhaps more

effective. There are timeswhen you are not reallyshort of knowledge but thezest to write is not thereresulting perhaps from alot preoccupation andmental fatigue. Writing acolumn is different fromwriting on a given subjector putting together andinvestigative report both ofwhich I have had thepleasure of writing ascrime investigator andreport writer. Editorials andcolumns perhaps have thesame requirement, kind ofspontaneity and noadvance notice of what towrite on. You might haveto pick an usual everyday

thing that perhaps otherstend to overlook. But read-ers love to read the unusu-al stuff. It is not a newsitem and

it is not story tellingeither. It is your take onsomething where you con-struct and present yourthoughts in a very person-al every day tone andstyle. To warm up myselfand get into the mood ofwriting when it is not there,I sometimes read onsomething fresh to get intothe mood. Soon I comeout of a sluggish writingattitude to something zest-ful. That’s perhaps how Iget inspired to write.

Inspiration to write

Last month I wroteabout the taxiindustry and pro-

vided readers with someinsights into the businessthat they may have notbeen aware of.

This week a real lifeincident happened to oneof my colleagues that Iwould like to share withyou.

On Friday morning, atapproximately 7 am, oneof our taxi drivers pickedup two young males atthe North Berkeley bartstation. There was noth-ing “suspicious” about

them. They asked him todrive them to an addressin Richmond; again noth-ing “suspicious” aboutthat. When he arrived atthe destination, one ofthe men pulled a hand-gun, pointed it at hishead, and asked him forhis wallet.

The taxi driver had$400 in his wallet. It wasFriday and on Fridaydrivers have to pay the

“weekly gate” to the taxiowners for the right to“lease the taxi for aweek”. He was fromNepal and is in Americaas a student. He is driv-ing a taxi to make endsmeet and pay for histuition. In his wallet wasalso his id and his “greencard”.

Our driver was verycool in this life-threaten-ing situation. He could

have panicked. He couldhave tried to reason withthe criminals. Instead, hechose the right path. Hecalmly told the thievesthat they could have hiswallet and go on theirway. He didn't want anytrouble for anybody. Therobbers took his walletand fled the scene of thecrime.

Our driver correctlyreasoned that his life was

worth a lot more thanrisking it over $400 andsome id that could bereplaced. It is a life les-son we should allremember and shouldany of us ever find our-selves in a similar situa-tion we should follow thesame principle: “Life istoo precious a gift fromGod to risk losing overanything material.”

This man did the rightthing. He thought ration-ally under great duress.He was cool under pres-sure. He has my respectand admiration!

On Saving Tomorrow

So…Who likessoccer? You,you,you, and you.

WOW! That’s prettyunanimous

Seriously soccer isthe world’s favorite sport.WHY? You ask. Let mestart with our earliestsoccer players – CAVEMEN. One day, caveman Egor found himselfstumbling over somerocks, so he hailed hisfriend Ligos to catch withhis feet and lo & behold,Egor and Ligors werekicking rocks towardeach other’s cave (net).In between the pain theysuffered they laughedand cheered each timethey made a cave goal.They started keepingscore with little ol’ sticks.Pretty soon family &friends joined in and itbecame a big sport.Prove it you say? Ifyou’ve read enoughcave carvings as I have,you would fully realizethe honest to goodnesstruth in what I say untoyou. Oh, yah! Now, Iwant you to concentrateon the letter S. I will useit profusely as you readon.

SILLY SOCCERIf you use “that” word to

describe soccer, you areout of your living guard.You need to know whatpart of your foot mustcontact the ball and

gauge the distance & thecurve of the ball. Man-o-man! That takes a lot ofskill.

SUPER SOCCERNow you’re talking mylanguage. You’ve got tobe fast, clever, deceptiveand most of all how togive the thumbs up sig-nal on your daring andbeautiful plan towardmaking a goal.

STUNNING SOCCEROk, yes – one point inthe whole kicking,smashing, crashing andrunning is enough tomake the crowd gobananas.

SANCHEZ SOCCERIn case you didn’t know,soccer is my baby.However I did and stilldo play a lot of basket-ball, football, & trackincluded. In basketball

each team score up to100 or more points. Infootball punting & fieldgoal kicking are the onlytwo things related tosoccer. The only rela-tion to track is speedand more speed.

SOLID SOCCERTruly the most playedgame in the entire uni-verse. Actually I thoughtI saw soccer ball soaringthru some clouds oneday. Perhaps since I gotbopped on the bean witha soccer ball I also sawstars but I must not quib-ble on details.

SOLD ON SOCCERYou can play it almostanywhere, anytime, andanyplace. All you needis a round ball – prefer-ably leather or rubberand you are on, brothers& sisters.

Yups, as you cansurmise with the importinformation you nowhave, there ain’t no othergame to compare. RIGHT? Right.

SUPER SOCCER

Dr. M. Sanchez

Oh, yah! Now, I want you toconcentrate onthe letter S. Iwill use it pro-fusely as youread on.

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Well we got him com-

mitted to compile

tons of articles he

has written over the years and

we will help get published for

pennies on the dollar.

The famous Bay Area Hindi

Radio host of SAAZ O AWAAZ –

Arun Chauhan - has written

extensively on his traveled and

is a published writer meaning

that his write ups have been

published by several leading

magazines including SILI-

CONAIR. It’s our way of thank-

ing Dr. Arun Chauhan for he has

been our well-wisher from day

one. He was the first person to

call and congratulate me when I

launched FIJI SUN 20 years ago

with only 4 pages. He did not

leave there. He called me up to

ensure that I published the next

issue and to give it up. Dr.

Chauhan also suggested to add

color so I went two color with a

red mast and reverse FIJI SUN

insert.

IT IS STRANGE BUT TRUE

Every time I felt like closing

down, somehow from the

unknown, Dr. Arun will call me

some times late at night and

impress upon me not to give up.

He is single most person in my

life who seems to have cared

about my work. It’s not money,

it’s not partying and it’s not

designing my pages that mat-

ters. It’s those elderly advise

coming from someone who has

no vested interested that matters

most to me. Dr. Arun Chauhan

has been power of motivation

and a very kind critic as well.

RADIO FIJI SUN

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SUN, Dr. Arun’s wife Roshni

Chauhan was the first caller to

dial our number and congratu-

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congratulate and encourage me

for the show. Despite being

celebrities in the Radio Show Biz

and having several national

awards, the Chauhans have

been my best well-wishers.

Dr. Arun Chauhan, is he going to write a book?

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NEW DELHI: RajnathSingh was unanimouslyelected president of BJPon Wednesday, cappinglast minute dramatic turnof events which saw NitinGadkari being forced outof the race for the secondterm. The 61-year-oldsenior party leader fromUttar Pradesh takes thebaton back from NitinGadkari whom he handedover the post in 2009.Singh, who emerged asthe consensus candidateon Tuesday night afterGadkari dramaticallyopted out of the race for asecond term, was the onlycandidate to file the nomi-

nations and was declaredelected unopposed.Gadkari was among thefirst ones to wish the newparty president soon afterthe announcement byelection officer ThawarChand Gehlot in the pres-ence of top party leadersincluding L K Advani,Sushma Swaraj, ArunJaitley and VenkaiahNaidu. Gadkari, whosecandidature was beingpushed strongly by RSS,suddenly quit the race inthe midst of allegations ofimpropriety by his compa-ny Purti Group. After tak-ing over, Rajnath Singhsaid, "I accept this not as

a post, but as a responsi-bility" and said he would

take the battle to a deci-sive end by bringing BJP

to power. He said he wastaking over in not veryconducive conditions inthe wake of allegationslevelled against the outgo-ing chief Nitin Gadkari.Singh said though theparty wanted Gadkari tocontinue as party presi-dent for a second term,but he took a moral highby deciding not to contestfor a second term till hisname was cleared of allcharges. The new chiefexuded confidence ofsteering the party in theforthcoming assemblyelections in various stateslater this year andexpressed the hope to see

formation of an NDAregime led by BJP in thenext general elections.

"I firmly believe thatthe NDA will form the gov-ernment in 2014," saidSingh, adding that onlyBJP can tackle the coun-try's problems and peopleexpected it to rid the coun-try of its troubles.

CongratulatingGadkari for frustrating theparty's political oppo-nents, BJP veteran L KAdvani said, "RajnathSingh's biggest responsi-bility will be to ensure thatthere is no compromisewith any immoral act inBJP."

NEW DELHI: Newly-appointed Congress vicepresident Rahul GandhiWednesday said he wanted to try and reducethe "negative politics" andget into "positive politics",which would take thecountry forward.Addressing party leadersat the 24, Akbar Roadparty office here, Gandhisaid he wanted to makethe Congress party"accessible to as manypeople... this is my senti-ment".

He said political dis-cussions tended to be

"extremely acrimonious,fighting with each otherover small reasons...want to try and reducethat, don't want to get into

negative politics, want toget into positive politics as that is whatwill take the country for-ward".

"We are a dynamiccountry and this countrycan do wonders... Lately Ifeel a lot of the discussionis negative... there is a lotof positive things happen-ing everyday... Manyyoungsters are transform-ing things."

He was elevatedSaturday to the post ofparty vice president at theCongress Chintan Shivirin Jaipur.

Uddhav Thackeraytakes charge as ShivSena president

MUMBAI: Shiv Senaexecutive presidentUddhav Thackeray formallytook charge as the partypresident on Wednesday.Even as the decision wason expected lines, the tim-ing of the event was sym-bolic as the party observedthe birth anniversary of BalThackeray, who passedaway on November 17 lastyear at the age of 86. Thedecision was officiallyannounced after the party'snational executive meet onWednesday where the mem-bers anointed Uddhav, 52, asthe new party president.

GAYA, BIHAR: At least15 people were killed andten others injured onWednesday when aspeeding bus rammed intothick iron bars at a revenuecheckpost amid heavy fogat Dobhi in Bihar's Gayadistrict. The accident hap-pened at Dobhi integratedrevenue checkpost underBarachatti Police Stationearly Wednesday morning.The bus was going fromKalipahari in Gurwa PoliceStation area to RajrappaTemple in neighbouringJharkhand's Ramgarh dis-trict when the driver lost

control over the vehicle dueto fog and hit the iron barsof the checkpost,Superintendent of PoliceAkhtar Hossain said. Hesaid a police rescue teamhas reached the spot andthe injured people arebeing rushed to local hos-pitals.

At least 15 killed inroad accident in Gaya

CHANDIGARH: Thesentencing of formerHaryana chief minister OP Chautala and his elderson Ajay in the teachers'recruitment scam hasnow suddenly pitchforkedAbhay into the centre ofINLD politics.

With his father andelder brother in jail, it isnow up to Abhay, the sen-ior Chautala's youngerson, to shoulder theresponsibility of the party,keep the flock togetherand make crucial politicalcalls. Not that Abhay is anovice in politics. Thetwo-time MLA fromEllanabad, a constituency

in the INLD's strongholdof Sirsa, has also headedvarious sports organisa-tions, sometimes contro-versially, though he hasnever himself been asportsman. Just last yearhe was elected presidentof the Indian OlympicAssociation (IOA) in a

process the IOC refusedto ratify. More colourfulthan his sibling - he likesto flaunt his Bolywoodconnection and for yearshas been getting filmstars like Sanjay Dutt andSuneil Shetty for func-tions and rallies - Abhayhas often been in the eyeof various storms. Hisdecision, for instance, tofield cricketer YuvrajSingh's father Yograj fromthe Panchkula seat as theINLD candidate in the statepolls of 2010 had stumpedeveryone. Then, his wife'sdeath in the 1980s due tobullet injury had led to anuproar in Haryana.

NEW DELHI: Congressdistanced itself from thehome minister's remark on"Hindu terror" even as itkept up pressure on RSSfor involvement in terroracts and also accused BJPof targeting SushilkumarShinde because he was aDalit. Amid the BJP aggres-sion over Shinde's com-ment at Congress's chintanshivir (brainstorming ses-sion), AICC general secre-tary Janardan Dwivedi said,"Congress never useswords like Hindu terror or

saffron terror". He added,"Terrorism should not belinked to any religion.Congress does not seeany connect between ter-rorism and any religion orcolour."Congress generalsecretary Digvijaya Singhechoed the view that noreligion could be linkedwith terror. "There is nosuch thing as Hindu terroror Muslim terror. It is reli-gious fundamentalist ide-ology of RSS whichbreeds terror activities."

However, Singh said

Shinde was being target-ed with malafide intentbecause he had only saidwhat was well-known andhas been repeatedly artic-ulated by various homeministers, includingSardar Patel afterIndependence.

"BJP is attacking Shindebecause he is a Dalit," healleged. He said the core ofShinde's allegation wasbased on facts since RSSmembers had been foundto be involved in terror actsacross the country.He,

instead, asked BJP bigwigsL K Advani and RajnathSingh to respond why theyhad backed RSS-linkedindividuals arrested for ter-ror acts. "When RSS mem-bers were arrested, Advaniled a delegation to PM toseek the release of ColonelPurohit, Pragya Thakur andDayanidhi Pandey. Rajnathvisited Pragya in jail. Thecountry wants an answerfrom Advani why he plead-ed the case of RSSactivists involved in terroracts," Singh said.

Congress distances from Shinde's 'Hindu terror' remarkNEW DELHI: Even as

Pakistan used a debate onpeacekeeping at theUnited Nations (UN) topush for a Line of Control(LoC) monitoring role forUNMOGIP, Islamabad saidit has conveyed a requestto New Delhi to start formaltalks at the foreign ministerlevel on the recent LoC fir-ing. External affairs minis-ter, Salman Khurshid, saidin response that the bilat-eral process had been"reaffirmed". "We did hear

some statements aboutgiving access to third par-ties in this affair. I think wehave moved away fromthat... I think that the con-tacts between theDGMOs of both sideshave indicated that thebilateral process remainsin a sustained and steadymanner," he said.Meanwhile, Pakistani offi-cials told reporters inIslamabad that it had madea formal request for foreignminister talks.

India, Pak clashover UN role on LoC

SANGAREDDY: A localcourt today dismissed thebail petition ofMIM chief andHyderabad MPA s a d u d d i nOwaisi in connec-tion with a 2005case against himfor allegedlyobstructing thethen collector andother officials from dis-charging their duties.Asaduddin, who was yes-terday sent to judicialremand till February 2 inthe case by the judicial firstclass magistrate and prohi-

bition and excise specialcourt in Sangareddy town,

had filed a bailapplication. Afterhearing the argu-ments and count-e r - a r g u m e n t sfrom the defenceand prosecution,the court inSangareddy townof Medak district

dismissed Asaduddin's bailplea, a senior police officersaid. Asaduddin had yes-terday filed a 'recall peti-tion' in the court seekingcancellation of a non-bail-able warrant.

Akbar Owaisi's judi-cial custody extended

HYDERABAD: AnAndhra Pradesh court onTuesday extended MIMleader AkbaruddinOwaisi's judicial custodytill Feb 5 in a hate speechcase. As the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(MIM) legislator's 14-daycustody was ending onTuesday, the police pro-duced him in the Munsifmagistrate's court inNirmal, about 200 kmfrom here.

The court extendedhis judicial remand byanother two weeks. TheMIM leader was later shift-ed back to district jail inAdilabad town, about 90km from Nirmal.

Rajnath Singh receives a turban from his supporters after hisappointment at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

Congress vice president RahulGandhi hugs his mother and partypresident Sonia Gandhi after his

speech at AICC session in Jaipur.

Rajnath Singh elected unopposed as BJP president

Want to reduce negative politics : Rahul tells party leaders

With dad and brother in jail, Abhay takes INLD centrestage Asaduddin Owaisi's bail plearejected in 2005 case

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CHANDIGARH: TheShiromani GurdwaraParbandhak Committeelauded the management ofa Panchkula-based gurud-wara in Haryana for refus-ing to hold prayers for1965 war hero Lt Gen RSDyal on Monday becausehe participated inOperation Bluestar.

Dyal's widow, BarinderKaur Dyal, was refusedpermission to hold prayersin memory of the war herobecause of his participa-tion in 1984 military action

to flush out militants holedup in Golden Temple,sources said. Lt Gen Dyaldied on January 29 lastyear. SGPC presidentAvtar Singh Makkar saidon Monday that there wasnothing wrong in refusingto hold prayers on thedeath anniversary of LtGen Dyal since he had"attacked the GoldenTemple". Lt Gen Dyal wasawarded Maha Vir Chakrafor the capture of Haji PirPass in J&K during the1965 Indo-Pak war and

was chief of staff, WesternCommand, at the time ofBluestar. "The gurudwaramanagement committee's

decision reflects the Sikhs'annoyance and anguishagainst Bluestar," saidMakkar. Dyal should haverefused to attack Sikhs' holi-est shrine as he is a Sikh,Makkar added. However,the head granthi ofPanchkula gurudwaraPalvinder Singh said thatnobody contacted him forholding prayers. "Wenever refused anyonewishing to hold prayers.There could have been aproblem with availability ofdates," Palvinder claimed.

Asked whether SGPCwould take the same stand ifthe family of a Bluestar sol-dier came to the GoldenTemple for a similar func-tion, Makkar said, "We can-not stop anyone from com-ing to Golden Temple. Wewill decide if and when weface such a situation."Sources said Barinder hadapproached the gurud-wara for performing 'bhog'ceremony in December onthe first death anniversary,according to the Sikh cal-endar. Though she has

refused to comment, thoseclose to the family saidshe was refused permis-sion. Barinder finally heldthe ceremony at herhouse and the langar(community kitchen) wasorganized at the KhetrapalOfficers' Institute insidethe Chandimandir can-tonment in Panchkula,said sources. Sourcessaid that the manage-ment of the gurudwarahad allowed the family tohold prayers after hisdeath last year.

SHIMLA: The heavysnow that pounded much ofthe north-westernHimalayan belt onThursday and Friday dis-rupted normal life andbrought traffic to a stand-still, uprooting big trees andelectric poles, snappingpower lines, freezing pipedwater lines and damagingseveral houses and cars. InLahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur andChamba districts, it trig-gered avalanches at manyplaces and cut off many vil-lages.

In Kinnaur district, sevenhouses were buried undersnow and two people,including a girl, went miss-ing after an avalanche hitRunang village. Accordingto sources, seven houses

were buried under snow,and hundreds of appletrees damaged or uproot-ed. Seven people fromJammu, staying in thehouse of one Budhi Ram,were buried under snow.While villagers managed torescue five of them, theycould not find one Ashokand his daughter. Given thepoor weather conditions, analert has been sounded inKinnaur district. In Lahaul-Spiti district, dozens of vil-lages remained completelyisolated due to heavy snow,while 20 panchayats ofChhota Bhangal in Kangradistrict had no power sup-ply. Restoring traffic hasbecome a challenge as theheavy snow has broughtthe public transport system

to a halt in snowboundareas. According toManmohan Singh, directormeteorological office,"Shimla recorded 39cm ofsnow in last 24 hours. Thelast time it snowed so heav-ily in January 2004.''

Shimla DC DineshMahlotra said the intensecold wave claimed a per-son's life at Kufri and apregnant tourist was res-cued from Mashobra andadmitted to hospital. Hesaid traffic on the Shimla-Kalka road had beenrestored by noon, but itremained disrupted on theShimla-Rampur highwayas heavy machinery hadbeen pressed into serviceto open the road at Kufriand Narkanda.

JALANDHAR: Jewelleryand cash were stolen from40 lockers in a daringbreak-in at the Punjab andSind Bank branch onPathankot road. Robbersbroke into the strongroomby cutting through the thickiron gate with a gas cutterand opened the lockers thesame way. Notes of 1,000rupee denomination werefound lying burnt on thefloor. The loss is estimatedto run into several crores.

Customers startedqueuing up at the branchon hearing the news. Apartfrom gold and cash, several

NRI customers lost theirpassports and propertypapers. Police found evi-dence hard to come by asthe bank did not haveCCTV cameras. The rob-bers scaled the low bound-ary wall of the adjacentplots lying vacant.

Police sources said itcould be possible that rob-bers entered the bank onThursday night, takingadvantage of Friday beinga holiday. "It would havetaken several hours to meltthe entire thick plate aroundthe lock system to open theiron gate, and they brokelocks of two doors," saidADCP 1 Naresh Dogra.

The break-in came tolight when the banksweeper arrived at9.45am on Saturday andfound the locks of theshutter broken. Bankmanager Ashwani Kapoor

said that out of the 40lockers broken, threewere empty and one wasyet to be allotted.

Major Singh Kler ofNurpur village said hisfamily had kept around750gm of gold for the themarriage of their daugh-ter, but had lost all of it. DrSandeep Sharma said hehad hired the locker justthree months back andstored around 5gm gold.Kuldeep Kaur, an NRI fromUS, said she had kept threepassports, green card, 25tola gold and some cash inthe locker.

Robbers clean out 40 lockers at Jalandhar bank

Naga sadhus leave from their camp for a dip at Sangam in Allahabad.

British police said onWednesday they do notbelieve an Indian studentwhose body was found in acanal was attacked. SouvikPal, an 18-year-old studentat Manchester MetropolitanUniversity in northwestEngland, had been missingsince New Year's Eve aftercelebrating with friends at a

nightclub in the city.Police said his body wasfound in a canal in the OldTrafford area of the city,which is home to the stadi-um of Manchester UnitedFootball Club. Detective

Chief Inspector Colin Larkinof Greater ManchesterPolice said: "Our thoughtsand condolences are withSouvik's family at this dev-astating time and our offi-cers are doing all they canto support them. "We do notbelieve there are any suspi-cious circumstances sur-rounding Souvik's deathand a file will be submittedto the coroner in duecourse." Pal's fatherSantanu had flown from thefamily's home in Bangaloreto help with the policesearch.

Indian student found deadin UK 'wasn't attacked'

Shinde has become thedarling of LeT, JuD: RSS

NEW DELHI: RSSspokesperson Ram Madhavsaid on Monday that Unionhome minister Sushil KumarShinde's comment on Hinduterror have made "real terror-ists" like the Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) very happy, andadded that they have wel-comed it. "Today, Jamaat udDawa etc. congratulatedShinde. Now, he has becomethe darling of real terrorists. Itis Shinde who is helping ourenemies by such statements.Now, even the LeT has wel-comed his statement I amtold," Madhav tweeted.

The world's largestgathering of people, the55-day Kumbh congrega-tion, began in this northIndia town on Mondaywith tens of thousands ofdevotees, led by ash-smeared Naga ascetics,taking a dip at theSangam - the confluenceof the Ganga, Yamunaand Saraswati rivers.

Held in Allahabad afterevery 12 years, the firstday of the Maha Kumbh islikely to see more than 50lakh people taking a holydip on the occasion of

Makar Sankranti, seniorofficial BP Singh said.Elaborate arrangementswere made on the VIPghat, where the 13 sectsof sadhus lead bathers ina mutually agreedsequence. The fraternitywas led by Maha NirvaniAkhada and was followedby Niranjani, Anand, Junaand Bairagi akahadas,among others. As theclock struck five onMonday morning, heavilydecked-up chariots, somein silver and gold, woundtheir way to the Sangam,

with hundreds following inprocession on foot, beat-ing drums and blowingconch shells. There was amad frenzy in the foreignand national media, withphotographers rushing toget winner shots of thenaked, ash-smeared'Naga' sadhus jumpinginto the chilly waters ofthe Ganges. Before theydid so, the sadhusdanced and threw gar-lands at the press galleryin gay abandon, wavingto hundreds of followerson the other side.

SGPC lauds gurudwara for refusing to hold prayers for 1965 war hero

Life halts as snow pounds HimachalSRINAGAR: Residents of

Kashmir got a slight respite fromthe bitter cold conditions as thenight temperatures across theValley registered an increase ofseveral degrees. The weatherhas remained dry even as themet department predicted lightrainfall or snowfall forWednesday and Thursday.Most of the water bodies acrossthe Valley, including the worldfamous Dal Lake, continued tobe partially frozen. The summercapital Srinagar, which recordeda low of minus 5.3 degreesCelsius on Tuesday, waswarmer by two notches at minusof 3.2 degrees Celsius duringthe night, a met departmentspokesman said. He said the

highway town of Qazigund insouth Kashmir registered anincrease of over six notches in thenight temperature to settle atminus 4.0 degrees Celsius asagainst Tuesday's minus of 10.3

degrees Celsius. The night tem-perature in Kokernag settled at alow of minus 8.2 degrees Celsiusas compared to minus 8.7degrees Celsius on Tuesday, thespokesman said.

Slight respite from cold conditions in Kashmir Valley

A man looks at a vehicle which skidded off the road during snowfall.

Naga sadhus lead Maha Kumbh, thousands take dip

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THe fiji Military is setto receive more assis-tance from their Chinesecounterparts after a meet-ing between top brass ofthe two armed forces tookplace yesterday. A high-powered Chinese Militarydelegation led by Chief ofthe Foreign Affairs Officein China's Ministry ofDefence Major GeneralQian Lihua was hosted byPrime MinisterCommodore VoreqeBainimarama. A Ministryof Information statementsaid CommodoreBainimarama expressedto Maj-Gen Lihua hisappreciation for China's

continued support to Fiji interms of nation buildingand defence assistance.

"This latest develop-ment will also see anincreased assistance invehicles, uniforms andstationery equipment aswell as training opportuni-ties for defence person-nel," the statement said.

"China's supporttowards Fiji's military sawthe deployment ofmachinery towards infra-structure developmentsacross the country to sup-port rural developmentprojects," the statementsaid. Maj-Gen Lihua wasaccompanied by Chinese ambassador to Fiji, Huang Yong and was

accorded a full traditionalceremony of welcome atthe Queen ElizabethBarracks in Nabua, Suva.In 2011, the military forcesreceived road construc-tion and maintenancevehicles from the PeoplesRepublic of China whichis assisting governmentwith its rural developmentprojects.

The projects are beingimplemented by the FijiMilitary Forces.

China's partnershipand bilateral relations withFiji were strengthened fol-lowing smart sanctionsimposed by Australia andNew Zealand in 2007.

Major General Qian Lihua is received by the Commander of the FijiMilitary Forces and Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimaramaat the RFMF Camp yesterday.

Fiji strengthens

Chinamilitary ties

Fiji is boosting itsmilitary relationswith China. A high-

powered military delega-tion from China has metwith Prime Minister FrankBainimarama to discussincreasing defence coop-eration between the twocountries. Fiji's Inform-ation Ministry say therewill be increased assis-tance in vehicles, uni-forms and stationeryequipment as well astraining opportunities forFiji's defence personnel.Two years ago the Fiji mili-tary received road con-struction and maintenancevehicles from China.

PM meets high-powered Chinese military delegation

SOME of the country's topsurfers including Aca Raculo andIsei Tokovou will descend onNamotu Island tomorrow to partici-pate in the third annual CraigMcElrath Memorial competition. Atotal of 25 surfers are expected toenter the one-day event. FijiSurfing Association secretaryEdward Lovell said there would bemany junior surfers. "The surfingcompetition will have a series oflongboard events in the open and

junior divisions," Lovell said. "Weare grateful to Namotu IslandResort to host the event and toMcDonalds Nadi to sponsor theprizes. "The competition is beingheld in the memory of CraigMcElrath who was a director ofMcDonalds as well as an enthusi-astic surfer and longboard competi-tors." "He was secretary of the FSAprior to his untimely death in 2010due to cancer." Veteran Ian Mullerwill participate in the competition.

Namotu hosts surf meet A NEW corrections facili-ty has been built in Taveunito accommodate theincreasing number ofinmates in the area.Confirming this theCorrections Service'sNorthern supervisor, ASPPenisoni Tuapati, said thecentre would accommodate60 inmates including thosefrom Tunuloa and Buca Bay.ASP Tuapati said minorworks such as the comple-tion of the dining hall was

still in progress. "This is awell-structured centre andcan house a total of 60inmates," he said. "Now,inmates in the area will notbe transferred to theVaturekuka CorrectionsCentre, instead they willserve their jail term at theTaveuni centre. "This is alsoa relief for their families andrelatives because they don'thave to fork out extra moneyto visit their loved ones atthe centre in Labasa."

New jail

POLICE CommissionerBrigadier General

Ioane Naivalurua says thepolice force should focusmore on the reduction ofcrimes against womenand children in Fiji. Brig-Gen Naivalurua made theremark at the fourth quar-ter police parade atNasova in Suva yester-day. He said crimeagainst women increasedby 89 per cent comparedto the fourth quarter of2011 and increase by 11per cent compared to thethird quarter of 2012.

He said crime againstchildren increased by 89per cent compared to thefourth quarter of 2011 andby 74 per cent comparedto the third quarter of2012. The commissionersaid strategies shouldfocus on the two groups."This can only be possibleif you are committed andfocus ahead. "There is adire need for the commu-

nity to play a more inclu-sive and participatory rolein fighting crime as theforce can no longer do thework alone." Brig-GenNaivalurua said all crimesboiled down to the issueof morality. Since 2010,he said the police hadcarefully planned its pathto improve and transformthe force.

He admitted it hasbeen a tough battle with

so many challenges alongthe way both internallyand externally.

The end of Januarymarks the end of the 2012policing calendar, one thathas been described as"challenging". Offencessuch as rape, attemptedrape, defilement and sex-ual offence were also ofgreat concern throughoutthe fourth quarter of oper-ations.

Police Commissioner Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua inspectshis officers during the Commissioner of Police 4th quarter parade

at Nasova grounds in Nasese, Suva yesterday.

A MAN who asked the court for for-giveness yesterday was warned againstusing his children as an excuse becausehis actions were clear that he did not careabout anyone but himself. Joeli Vunisawas convicted with one count of briberyand one of drunk driving and jailed forone year. In court, he said his actions

were completely out of character andbegged the court to consider a lenientsentence. On November last year, Vunisawas driving a taxi when he was stoppedby police officer Gyaneshwar Pillay. AfterMr Pillay learned the accused was drunk,he (Vunisa) took out $4 from his walletand offered it to the officer.

Commissioner: Focus on reducingcrimes against women, children

$4 bribe lands man in jail for a year

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A YOUTH-BASED nongovernment organisation haslaunched a civic educationcampaign to guide youths tothe 2014 election. The 'WantMy Vote in 2014?' campaign,launched on Wednesday,focuses on educating youngpeople to vote along politicalparty policy lines. AspireNetwork executive directorKaajal Kumar said the cam-paign featured young peoplefrom around Fiji and crosscutting issues that affectedthe young. The youth-basedNGO is a multiracial andapolitical NGO that wasformed out of a movement ofyoung people who came frommiddle and poor families butbecame successful in life."The NGO aims to improveliving standards of disadvan-taged and rural young people.The NGO believes this canonly be achieved if Fiji has astable government whichfocuses on the needs of itspeople," Ms Kumar said.

CHARGES are expect-ed to be laid today againsta man who is alleged tohave stabbed a 33-year-old woman to death inTailevu two weeks ago.When this edition went topress last night, the manwas still being interrogatedat the Nausori PoliceStation.

Police spokesmanInspector AtunaisaSokomuri said SailasaMociu was escorted bypolice from Nadi to Nausoriyesterday morning.

He said the 43-year-oldsuspect, who had been onthe run for 14 days, wasarrested when he present-ed himself to a law firm inLautoka on Wednesday.

"They are still question-ing him at the moment andno charges have been laidyet," Insp Sokomuri said.

Kasaya Veisei died aftershe was allegedly stabbedat Naisaumua Village onJanuary 9.

Meanwhile, the family ofthe deceased have takenthe woman's four childreninto their care. Thedeceased's uncle JoneLuvenitoga has taken theyoungest daughter into hiscare while her three eldersiblings are with an aunt.Mr Luvenitoga said theywere grateful to police offi-cers in Korovou for provid-ing books and stationery toprepare the children for thenew school year.

He said on Tuesday, theyoungest child lookedaround for her mother totake her to school as shedid daily while attendingkindergarten. He said thenew addition to their familywas a blessi

PEOPLE of Bua canbreathe a sigh of relief

with the completion of a resthouse at the NabouwaluHospital. Immediate relativesof patients at the district hos-pital will worry no more abouthiring vehicles to visit themon a daily basis.

The rest house was aninitiative of the HealthMinistry through a private-public partnership.

In a statement, HealthMinister Doctor Neil Sharmasaid immediate relatives ofpatients, who lived some dis-tance from the hospital,could stay at the rest houseinstead of forking out extramoney on transportation.

"This basically means rel-atives can save money andtime because they will be

closer to their loved ones atthe hospital," Dr Sharmasaid.

"The house has improvedfacilities such as a toilet,bathroom and a kitchen."

Meanwhile, the BuaNursing Station has beenrelocated to Wainunu sothose living in the area canhave easy access to medicaltreatment.

It was earlier reportedthat about $10,000 was setaside by the government torelocate the station. DrSharma will tour hospitalsand health centres in theNorthern Division next week.

The relocation andupgrade of facilities is part ofgovernment's overall plan toimprove health service deliv-ery to the people of Fiji.

THE final draft ofthe country's con-stitution will be

ready by March.This was revealed by

Foreign Minister RatuInoke Kubuabola duringa courtesy call toSolomon Islands PrimeMinister Gordon DarcyLilo on Monday. Ministryspokesman Peni Namotusaid Ratu Inoke updatedMr Lilo on a number ofissues. Mr Namotu saidthe minister specified thatwhile the merits of such adraft constitution werebeing acknowledged,there were certain criticalelements that requiredfurther discourse andanalysis. "This is suchas the size of Parliamentrelative to the size ofFiji's population, and thenotion of a largely

unelected national peo-ple's assembly com-prised principally of non-government organisa-tions sitting alongsidethe elected Parliament,"he said. Ratu Inoke toldMr Lilo the possibleamendments that theConstituent Assemblywould be considering, tothe draft constitution, asopposed to whatactivists are deliberatelyinterpreting to be 'a newdraft constitution'."Minister Kubuabolaassured PM Lilo that thenew constitution wouldbe ready by March thisyear." He conveyed hisconfidence that Fijiwould be meticulouslymonitoring the undertak-ings of the ConstituentAssembly over the nextmonth to ensure that the

crux of the new constitu-tion enshrines issuesthat are fundamental todemocracy, and reiterat-ed his support and thesupport of the govern-ment of the SolomonIslands to Fiji's effortstowards ParliamentaryElections in 2014. RatuInoke also provided anoutline of the recentdevelopments on Fiji'snew Constitution, con-firming that following thesuccessful completion ofnational consultations, adraft constitution hadbeen tabled to thePresident of Fiji. Mr Lilothanked Ratu Inoke onrecent political develop-ments in Fiji, commend-ing the manner in whichFiji has meanwhile con-ducted herself on theinternational front.

DURING a trip toSuva as a Fiji SugarC o r p o r a t i o n

apprentice to study at thethen Fiji Institute ofTechnology, Derek Marwho was from FSC Labasa,invited me for a few bowlsof yaqona at his cousin'splace at Votua Rd inSamabula North. As theevening progressed, one ofthe participants at thatyaqona-drinking sessiontold us of two young broth-ers. For the purpose of thisstory, the older of the twoshall be Jerry and theyounger John.

Jerry had just startedschool and according to thestoryteller had been veryexcited about the wholething and all that went withit, the shopping, the choic-es to make for this and thatand what not.

He had risen early forhis first day of school andhad come back enthusiasmundiminished. So they weresomewhat surprised whenhe did not rise as early forhis second day at school.When awoken, he said hedid not want to go to schoolas he had already goneyesterday. That day he saidwas John's turn to go in hisstead. Without a doubt,almost all of us will havesome funny or even hilari-ous story connected to ourdays as a student; at pri-mary, secondary and even

tertiary level. And therewould have been dayswhen it seemed it wasn'tworth looking forward totomorrow. With the passingof the years, some of thosenot-so-good momentswould have through thelens of time lost some ofthe jagged edges andacquired some laughableaspects. But no matter howfar ago one sat behind adesk, it is safe to say youwere sent there by a parentor guardian so you couldhave a brighter future. Itwas an investment.

Having mentionedinvestment, it brings back astory of some cousins fromCakaudrove in Vanua Levuwho were all in university atthe same time. And forsome reason or the other,they were taking longerthan usual to finish their

respective programs.During one of their gath-

erings, another cousin anengineer who was at thattime based in Labasa,made his views of theirlethargic progress known tothem. He said to the slow-motion undergraduates thatif they were to be treatedstrictly as investments, thenthey would have beeninsolvent and declaredbankrupt. The commercialanalogy may not entirely bethat accurate, but the mes-sage was clear enough.

To their credit, they arenow graduates. I believeone is in New Zealand.Another is back at universi-ty after having completedsome postgraduate stud-ies. So for at least one ofthem the investment inclassroom education hadcontinued.

For a brighter future

If it's true that education is a life-long process, then we're all still sup-posed to be actively engaged in it. Shoppers looking for uniforms theweekend before school started.

Police talk to kill suspect

Draft constitution ready by March

House of refugeSalaseini Moceiwai

ANZ donates toFiji Red Cross

Fiji Red Cross efforts toassist victims of CycloneEvan received a furtherboost this morning with adonation of $30,000 fromthe ANZ Bank. ANZ chiefexecutive, Pacific andFiji,Vishnu Mohan says thedonation is part of$100,000 that the bank willbe distributing to selectedcharity organizations in thenext few days. Whilereceiving the donation, FijiRed Cross Society directorFilipe Nainoca says it’s atimely assistance and willgo towards rehabilitationworks in the West. “Withyour generous donationtoday, we will be able tosee how we can best helpthose who are unable tostep-up and help them-selves.” The western partsof Fiji suffered the mostdamage in Cyclone Evanlast month.

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LAHORE: PakistanPresident Asif Ali Zardarishould "quit political activi-ties" and give up the post ofthe chief of the ruling PPPin line with a judgementissued last year, the Lahorehigh court has said. TheChief Justice of the highcourt, Umar Ata Bandial,asked Wasim Sajjad, thecounsel for the federal gov-ernment, to present a clearpoint of view on behalf ofthe president about imple-menting the court's order ofMay 12, 2011 that had saidZardari was expected toquit as the chief of the PPP.

Bandial, who is heading afive-judge bench that ishearing a petition seekingaction against Zardariunder the contempt of courtlaw, gave Sajjad time tillFebruary 6 to file the presi-dent's reply. He said thecourt would decide the mat-ter without any furtherdelay. Sajjad argued therewas no such urgency in thematter and considerabletime should be granted toseek the president's view.He said the presidentenjoyed immunity underArticle 248 of theConstitution.

The Chief Justiceremarked: "Contempt pro-ceeding is not launched tobring punishment only butto get the contemnor torealise his offence." He

asked Sajjad whether pun-ishment under Article 204of the Constitution fellunder the ambit of criminalproceedings.

Sajjad said the presidentwas not above the law butthe procedure to punishhim was defined in Article47 of the Constitution,which relates to impeach-ment. He said thePresident had not violatedany law or order of the highcourt.

"The case is a conse-quence of misinterpretationand misunderstanding asthe court has not issued

any direct order to the pres-ident. The president is asymbol of all authoritiesand he is the face ofPakistan and he cannot bedragged to courts like ordi-nary citizens," Sajjad said.Bandial said the court hadno intention to summon thepresident until the offencewas proved.

He asked Sajjad to pres-ent the personal views ofthe president about hispolitical activities so thatthe court could stop hear-ing the case or decide thematter with no furtherdelay.

Zardari should give up post of PPP chief: Lahore high court

LONDON: The threat toPakistan's nuclear arsenalis from within the Pakistaniarmy and there's no wayexternal powers candestroy or seize these aslong as Islamabad doesn'tmake the mistake of attack-ing India, writes MIT-edu-cated Pakistani nuclear sci-entist Pervez Hoodbhoy inhis book, "Confronting theBomb" . Hoodbhoy writesthat Pakistani army insidersin collusion with an externalIslamic group could be plot-ting to appropriate nuclearassets, unknown to authori-ties entrusted with protect-ing these. In February2000, Pervez Musharraf,

then chief of army staff andhead of Pakistan govern-ment, created a nuclearcommand, which included astrategic plans division(SPD), which has physicalcustody of the weapons.Hoodbhoy argues,"Whatever the proceduresand equipment Pakistanmay adopt, they can onlybe as good as the men whooperate them. Mindsets andintentions matter more thananything else."

He adds, "The fear ofloose weapons comes fromthe fact that Pakistan'sarmed forces harbour a hid-den enemy within theirranks. Those wearing the

cloak of religion freely walkin and out of top securitynuclear installations everyday." He emphasizes, "Thefear of the insider is ubiqui-tous and well-founded," anddescribes the Pakistaniarmy as "a heavilyIslamicised rank-and-filebrimming with seditiousthoughts." There are twoPakistani armies, he main-tains. One led by GeneralPervez Ashraf Kayani andthe other by Allah. "It is diffi-cult to find another examplewhere the defence appara-tus of a modern state hasbeen rendered so vulnera-ble by the threat posed bymilitary insiders."

Canada asks Qadri: Whyasylum oath violated?

ISLAMABAD: Firebrandcleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, wholed a massive protestagainst the governmenthere, has been summonedby Canadian authorities toexplain a violation of theoath he had taken whileseeking asylum there,under which he had statedthat he was not allowed toenter Pakistan. The RoyalCanadian Mounted policesummoned Qadri, the headof the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran, to appear onFebruary 5, Express Newschannel reported on Friday.The Canadian authoritiessaid Qadri had violated anoath stating that he was notallowed to enter Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: A seniorPakistani investigator prob-ing graft charges involvingPremier Raja PervezAshraf was found dead inmysterious circumstancesat his official accommoda-tion here on Friday, policesaid, amid reports that hewas "under pressure" dueto the high-profile case.Kamran Faisal, an assis-tant director of the NationalAccountability Bureau(NAB), was found hangingfrom a fan in his room at theFederal Lodges inIslamabad, police officialssaid. Preliminary investiga-tions suggested he hadcommitted suicide, the offi-

cials said. Islamabad Policechief Bin Yamin toldreporters the cause ofdeath would be establishedby an autopsy. Faisal,whose body was sent to thestate-run Pakistan Instituteof Medical Sciences forautopsy, was one of twoinvestigation officers prob-ing allegations of graft inrental power projects.

Investigating officer probing Pakistan PMRaja Pervez Ashraf graft case found dead

KARACHI: A MuttahidaQaumi Movement leaderand three others, includingtwo policemen, were shotdead by unidentified gun-men in this southernPakistani port city today,triggering protests by theparty's workers. ManzarImam, a member of theSindh Assembly, and abodyguard were killedinstantly in Orangi Townarea of Karachi. Twopolicemen assigned toprotect Imam died later inhospital, police officialssaid. The attackers, whowere riding motorcycles,escaped after the shoot-

ing. No group claimedresponsibility for the inci-dent. MQM leaders saidImam may have been tar-geted for speaking outagainst attacks on theminority Shia community.Immediately after thekilling, protests by MQMworkers erupted at sever-al places acrossPakistan's largest city.The MQM is a member ofthe Pakistan People'sParty-led governments atthe centre and in south-ern Sindh province.Karachi has for long beentroubled by political andsectarian violence.

KARACHI: At least 13people, including aPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz officer bearer alongwith his son, were shotdead in the latest spate ofviolence in the port city,Geo News reported in theearly hours of Wednesday.Senior PoliceSuperintendent NasirAftab said unknown armedmen opened fire on a vehi-cle in Denfence Phase VIarea, killing two people.He said that the slain wereidentified as Mian Arbaband his son Mian Taimur.He said Mian Tamur was a

local leader of the PML-N.The PML-N also confirmedthat Arbab was associatedwith the party. Till midnightat least 11 people fell vic-

tim to targeted killings indifferent parts of the city.According to reports, fourbodies were also recov-ered from different parts of

the city. Police said thatHasan Alam, a senior doc-tor at Sindh GovernmentHospital New Karachi, waskilled when unknownassailants riding motorcy-cle opened fire on his vehi-cle near Power House. Apolice inspector was shotdead in Nagan Chowrangi.Unidentified motorcyclistssprayed a man with bulletsand managed to flee inMuhajir Camp locality ofthe Baldia Town. Identity ofthe deceased was yet tobe known. A man wasgunned down in MusaLane area of Lyari.

KARACHI: SouthAsians for Human Rights(SAHR) has lauded thedecision of Pakistan torelease all Indian fisher-men under detention inPakistani prisons. In astatement issued today,SAHR said More than 200Indian fishermen are inPakistan's jail while around100 Pakistani fishermenare in Indian prisons. "Wewelcome the decision ofPakistan government torelease the Indian fisher-men and appeal them toalso release their boats,"the statement said.

It said around 300Indian boats are in the cus-tody of Pakistan. "These

boats are the sources oflivelihood for poor fisher-men." SAHR alsoappealed to the Indiangovernment to release allPakistani fishermen from

Indian jails. It said bothIndia and Pakistan needto move forward andwork for a 'No ArrestPolicy'. SAHR called forimplementation of the

new visa agreement from15 March. Earlier, PakistanInterior Minister RehmanMalik, ordered immediaterelease of the Indian fish-ermen.

ISLAMABAD: Primeminister Raja Pervez AshrafTuesday said that the elec-tions will be held on timeunder an aindependentElection Commission (ECP).He said during his addressat the National Defense

University that the govern-ment was committed to holdfree and fair elections. ThePM was of the view that ter-rorism has had an impact onour life style and there was anational consensus to bringan end to it.

Elections to be heldon time: PM

‘My childrenselect bestoption Bilawal’

LAHORE: GovernorPunjab MakhdoomAhmed Mehmood said onMonday that MaryamNawaz, Hamza Shahbaz,Bilawal Bhutto and MoonisElahi were the optionsavailable to his children fortheir future but theyselected the best option -Bilawal Bhutto, GeoNews reported. Talkingto mediamen in Lahore,Ahmed Mehmood said,Southern Punjab is get-ting poor while Lahore isbecoming rich.

Pakistan's nukes face threat from army insiders'

SAHR lauds decision to release fishermen Pak legislator, 3 others gunned down in Karachi

Karachi violence devours 13 lives

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KARACHI: Five peo-ple were killed in firingincidents, while two bod-ies of men and strangledbody of a woman werefound in different areasof the city on Tuesday.

Thirty-five-years-oldShahzed S/o GhulamHussain, resident ofGolimar was gunneddown by unidentifiedarmed men nearGolimar Number-1 in theLimit of Rizvia PoliceStation. The body wasmoved to AbbasiShaheed Hospital forautopsy.

Medico-Legal Officersaid the victim receivedone bullet in face andanother in chest anddied on spot.

Twenty-two year oldNadeem S/o Waqar waskilled in firing by two

unidentified men riding amotorcycle in Malir-Khokhrapar Number 2/1-2 area in the precinct ofMalir-Khokhrapar PoliceStation. The body wasmoved to JinnahPostgraduate MedicalCentre for postmortem.

Separately, 50-years-old Muhammad Jamil

was killed in firing ofunknown attackers nearNorthern Bypass,Khairabad area in thelimits of Manghopirpolice station. The bodywas moved to AbbasiShaheed Hospital forautopsy. The victimsreceived three bulletsand died on way to hos-

pital.Similarly, a man,

aged around 25 waskilled by unidentifiedarmed men near agarbage dumping pointin Old Hajji Camp areain the jurisdiction ofNapier police station.The body was taken toCivil Hospital KarachiHospital for postmortem.

A 22-years-old,Javaid s/o Allah Wasayawas gunned down byunidentified armed menin Ibrahim Goth, Maripurarea in the limits ofMaripur Police Station.The body was moved toCHK for autopsy.

Meanwhile, two deadbodies with their handsand legs tied up withropes were found fromBaldia Town in the limitsof SITE B Police Station.

The bodies were shiftedto CHK for medico-legalformalities.

The identity of bothvictims could not beascertained. One of thebodies had been behead-ed and the head wasfound from Shershaharea.

The strangled body of25-years-old womanLatifa w/o Bilal was foundfrom her home inMubarak village Mauripurarea in the limits ofMauripur Police Station. Itwas moved to CHK formedico-legal formalities.A 35-year-old,Muhammad Ramzan S/oBahadur was injured infiring of unidentifiedattackers nearLiaquatabad Number-4.He was rushed to ASH fortreatment.

Kamran Faisalwas killed:Brother-in-Law

I S L A M A B A D :Brother-in-law of slainNational AccountabilityBureau (NAB) investi-gation officer KamranFaisal has said that heis 100 percent sure thatKamran Faisal gotkilled, requesting ChiefJustice of Pakistan totake suo moto notice onthe issue, Geo Newsreported. According todetails, Hamid Muneer,brother-in-law ofKamran Faisal,Wednesday reachedSupreme Court to sub-mit a plea from his sisterseeking suo moto noticeon this case.

SC Registrar direct-ed Hamid Muneer tosubmit regular petitionand bring the petitionerto court.

LAHORE: Chief ofJamat-ud-Dawah HafizMuhammad Saeed said onMonday that Indian HomeMinister confessed that fewIndian parties are involvedin carrying out terrorism inPakistan, demanding todeclare the neighbouringcountry a 'terrorist state'.

Talking to press confer-ence here on Monday,Hafiz Saeed said India triesto hide its terrorism on thebasis of incidents likeMumbai attack. There is noadvantage in trade agree-ment between the twocountries until India

changed its behaviourtowards Pakistan, headded. 'America and Indiahave evil eyes onPakistan's atomic and mis-sile programs', said HafeezSaeed. He said that rulersshould come up with a solidreply over protection of itsatomic reactors and 'Indianterrorism'.

'India minister admitsterror mongering'

ISLAMABAD: A militant group inPakistan's lawless tribal belt beheadeda Sikh man kidnapped over a monthago after accusing him of acting as a"spy" for a rival outfit, media reportssaid today. Mohinder Singh, 40, waskidnapped from his shop in Tabbai vil-lage of Khyber Agency by unidentifiedarmed men on November 20. Singhwas a seller of herbal medicines, atrade that is common among Sikhs innorthwest Pakistan. Singh wasbeheaded yesterday and his body wasmutilated before it was packed in a

sack and dumped at ZakhakhelBazaar in Khyber Agency, unnamedofficials were quoted as saying by theDawn newspaper. The officials saidTawheedul Islam, a militant group, hadclaimed responsibility for killing Singh.A note left with the body said Singhhad been killed for spying for a rivalmilitant group, the Lashkar-e-Islam.The body was identified by the slainman's brother Daswant Singh. Hesaid his brother's killing was a "cruelact" against members of the minoritySikh community. "We have no enmity

with anyone and have lived peacefullyin Khyber Agency for more than sixdecades," he said. Daswant told TheNews daily that his family had earlierapproached the Tauheedul Islam, apro-government militia of Zakhakheltribesmen, but it had claimed it did notknow the whereabouts of Singh. "Afterwe tried and used all tribal channelsand sources for the recovery of mybrother, we sent an application toMutahir Zeb, Political Agent of theKhyber Agency, on December 13 toseek his support," Daswant said.

Army role on borderscommendable: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Leaderof the oppositionChaudhary Nisar Ali Khanpraised the efforts of thePakistan Army in defendingthe borders. Addressingthe National Assembly ses-sion, he said that the wholenation is right behind ourArmy for protecting everynook and corner of thecountry. He also said thatthe head of our soldier thatwas beheaded at the bor-der must be returned.

LONDON: Pakistanhas the fastest growingnuclear arsenal witharound 115 warheads,MIT-educated Pakistaniscientist PervezHoodbhoy says in a bookConfronting the Bombpublished by OxfordUniversity Press, which isto be launched in Londonnext week. Hoodbhoy alsomaintains Pakistan hasmade "phenomenalprogress in missile mak-ing" and that over the next

5-10 years missiles willreplace aircraft as far asits delivery of weaponsinfrastructure is con-cerned. Ghauri, of course,is virtually imported fromNorth Korea with China'sassistance. Of the fivekinds of missiles deployedso far, Babur, with a 500-700km range, is anuclear-capable cruisemissile comparable to theAmerican Tomahawk. Thishas been developed to tryand avoid radar detection.

Besides, a 1,000km ver-sion is reported to be inthe making. However,Hoodbhoy argues thereare "various constraintsthat might limit a still larg-er increase" in thePakistani nuclear stock-pile, which is consideredto be the world's fifthlargest. At the same time,as per an estimate pro-jected by the Federationof American Scientists inthe Bulletin of AtomicScientists and quoted by

him, this could reach 150-200 in a decade.Hoodbhoy points out:"Pakistan has not deniedThe Bulletin's report."Based on satellite imagesof reactors, the authorgoes on to say: "Pakistanalmost certainly has ahandful of plutonium-based warheads (themajority still emanatingfrom uranium-enrichment)whose smaller weightmakes them more suitablefor delivery by missiles

over longer ranges."According to an Americanassessment: "Pakistan'sconstruction of thesenew reactors at theKhushab site will resultin a dramatic increasein plutonium productioncapability. Combined,the three new reactorswill be able to produceenough plutonium forover 12 nuclear weaponsper year, depending onthe reactors' size andoperating efficiencies."

Pakistan is building afourth plutonium process-ing plant, which couldincrease the number ofweapons manufacturedper annum to between19 and 26. However,since India is believed topossess fusion weapons(or hydrogen bombs,which are many timesmore powerful), whichwere tested in May1998, Pakistan is said tobe anxious to match thiscapability

ISLAMABAD: Only theUN can find the real truthbehind the India-Pakistanclashes on the Jammu andKashmir border, aPakistani daily said onSunday.

There was "no betterforum" than a UN observergroup for this task, theDawn said in an editorial.New Delhi cannot bypassthe UN Military ObserverGroup for India andPakistan (UNMOGIP)although it keeps referringto the 1972 Shimla pact tokeep away third parties inIndia-Pakistan conflicts.

The Simla agreement, it

said, aims to settle differ-ences between India andPakistan "by peacefulmeans through bilateralnegotiations or by anyother peaceful meansmutually agreed upon".

The UNMOGIP's rolewas one of an observer to"monitor developmentspertaining to the strictobservance of the cease-fire of 17 Dec 1971", theday the last major India-Pakistan war ended, thedaily said.

"Mercifully, the two gov-ernments have decidednot to exacerbate matters,"it said.

Pakistani foreign minis-ter Hina Rabbani Khar saidthe border clashes shouldnot be allowed to derail theIndia-Pakistan peaceprocess.

"But that doesn't meanthat the facts regardingthese recent LoC (Line ofControl) incidents shouldnot be established," thedaily said.

"If Pakistan and Indiacannot establish the truththemselves through coop-eration and in an impartialmanner, then there is nobetter forum than theUNMOGIP to do so," itsaid.

Govt firm, sayspolls by May 15

ISLAMABAD: ThePakistan governmentsaid it is determined tocomplete its five-yearterm and to hold thepolls by May 15. "All theparties and real stake-holders have agreedthat assemblies willcomplete their term onMarch 16," informationminister Qamar ZamanKaira said. Earlier, opp-position parties haddemanded that govern-ment should announcethe schedule for thepolls.

Pakistan supreme courtadmits petition against Sherry

Rehman on blasphemyISLAMABAD: The

Pakistan supreme court onThursday admitted a busi-nessman's petition seekingaction against SherryRehman, Pakistan's ambas-sador to the US, for allegedlycommitting blasphemy overtwo years ago. The petitionfiled by Fahim Akhtar Gill, atrader from Multan in Punjabprovince, was heard by atwo-judge bench.

Eight killed in Karachi

Only UN can find the truth, says Pakistani daily

Pakistan has world's fastest growing nuclear stockpile

Kidnapped Sikh man beheaded in Pakistan's tribal belt

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Dhaka: Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina Tuesdaysaid that her governmentdoes not believe in usingthe police force as a politi-cal weapon. “We don’tbelieve in using the policeforce as a politicalweapon,” she said anddirected the members ofBangladesh Police tobring the criminals underthe purview of law disre-garding whoever he orshe might be.Inaugurating the PoliceWeek 2013 at a function atRajarbagh Police Lines,Hasina said: “Whoever thelaw breaker, it is theresponsibility of the policeto bring them under thepurview of the law.”

She mentioned that thepolice will have to act asper the law to ensure pub-

lic security and this is thetask of the force.

The Prime Ministerasked the police toincrease the use of tech-nology in identifying thecriminals and gatheringintelligence, cutting downdependence on traditional“source” system.

Assuring all out govern-ment support in prevent-ing regional and interna-tional crimes, unearthingfacts and collecting evi-dence and information onhigh tech crimes, sheasked the police force toacquire special skill forimplementing E-policingthrough increasing use ofICT.

Hasina said policeshould be time-befitting inidentifying and combatingthe transnational crimes

like terrorism, cyber crime,money laundering, drugsand human trafficking, andillegal arms trade.

She mentioned that therole of police force is of

vital importance in ensur-ing internal security,improving law and order,curbing crimes, upholdinghuman rights and estab-lishing rule of law.

Termed theBangladesh Police as atraditional organisation,she said it is engaged inestablishing peace, justiceand discipline in the socie-ty. The Prime Minister saidthe present governmenthas adopted the three-year strategic plan for thepolice force. Besides,industrial police hasalready been introducedand establishment ofTourist Police, CampusPolice and Marine Policeis nearing completion.

She praised the policeforce for their responsiblerole in containing militan-cy, terrorism and extrem-ism, and in the investiga-tion of Bangabandhu mur-der case and BDR killingcase.

Hasina said the gov-

ernment has taken stepsto reach the services ofpolice to the door steps ofthe people. “Nowadays,due to the proper dis-charge of duties by thepolice, peace and confi-dence have returnedamong the people.”

Recalling the sacrificesof the members of policeforce on the dark night of25 March 1971, she saidthat in recognition of theirhuge sacrifice, her gov-ernment for the first timeawarded the force withSwadhinata Award 2011.

The Prime Minister saidthat after assuming officethis time, her governmenthas undertaken measuresto turn the police force intoa modern, dynamic andtime-befitting “pro-peopleservice.”

DHAKA : Despite beingdisproportionately affectedby climate change, womenand girls are getting rela-tively little attention andmoney in Bangladesh’s cli-mate adaptation initiatives,activists and negotiatorssay. The BangladeshClimate Change TrustFund, financed with Tk 25billion ($305 million) fromthe national budget, hasfinanced only one projectfocused on women out of109 climate adaptation andmitigation projects, theysay. Qazi KholiquzzamanAhmad, coordinator of theBangladesh climate negoti-ation team and a trustee ofthe trust fund, told AlertNet

that women are just one ofmany groups still receivingrelatively little funding. Wehave to tackle manyaspects in fighting climatechange,” he said. So far,women have not receivedmuch funding but “we willdefinitely finance such proj-ects if the government bod-ies or NGOs submit pro-posals,” he said. One prob-lem, Ahmad said, is that“we received very few proj-ect proposals in this fieldfrom government bodies”and the fund is yet to sup-port NGO projects. Anotherclimate change fund, thed o n o r - s u p p o r t e dBangladesh ClimateChange Resilience Fund,

has so far funded sevenprojects; none of thosefunded so far are focusedon women. Among theapproved projects 41 per-cent are construction ofembankments and dykes,25 percent for environmentprotection, 12 percent forriver engineering work, 12percent for research, 4 per-cent for awareness buildingand 2 percent for water andsanitation. The lone projectfocused on women’s issues- “Water Supply and SocialProtection of VulnerableWomen and Children inEcologically Fragile Areas”- is under implementation inBhola, a southernBangladesh district.

DHAKA : Members ofthe Indo-Bangladesh JointRivers Commission (JRC)are going to take up someof the long standing thornyissues like the implemen-tation of the Ganges treaty,joint study on theTipaimukh dam and otherwater-related issues, waterresources ministerRamesh Chandra Sen toldThe Independent onTuesday. The members ofthe JRC will meet in Dhakaon January 31, accordingto sources in the waterresources ministry.

JRC member Mir SajjadHossain said NK Mathurwill lead the Indian team.“It is a routine meeting.Implementation of theGanges treaty and jointstudy on the proposedTipaimukh dam will be dis-cussed,” he added. He,however, did not elaborateon the issues. The date ofa minister-level JRC meet-ing is yet to be fixed, hesaid.

The 37th JRC meetinghad taken place in NewDelhi in March 2010, whilethe next was supposed to

have been held in Dhakain 2011. Sen said theIndian government wasreluctant to hold the nextJRC meeting, despiterepeated reminders fromBangladesh. SheikhHasina and her Indiancounterpart, Dr ManmohanSingh, had asked theirministers to hold a JRCmeeting three monthsbefore the Indian PrimeMinister’s visit to Dhaka inSeptember 2011. But theIndian side did not fix anydate for the meeting.

The minister said a

No facility to India till signing of Teesta treaty: Minister

DHAKA: The ChamberJudge of the AppellateDivision on Wednesdayset March 31 for hearingon the leave to appealpetition filed by BNPChairperson Khaleda Ziaagainst the High Court ver-dict over the ZiaOrphanage Trust corrup-tion case against her.Justice Syed MahmudHossain on Wednesdayfixed the date following aprayer made by BarristerMahbub Uddin Khokan.Earlier on December 14,2011, HC bench of JusticeKhandaker Musa Khaledand Justice SH Md NurulHuda Jaigirdar rejectedKhaleda Zia's petition forscrapping the proceedingsof the case.

Khaleda filed the leaveto appeal petition onMarch 6 last year with theSC through her lawyerschallenging the HC ver-dict. Anti CorruptionCommission filed the caseat the Ramna Police

Station on July 3, 2008accusing seven includingKhaleda of misappropriat-ing over Tk 21.17 millionsent for the orphansthrough a foreign bank.ACC submitted chargesheet against Khaleda, herelder son and senior BNPVice-Chairman TariqueRahman and four otherson Aug 5, 2010. The otheraccused in the case areKhaleda's former PrincipalSecretary Dr Kamal UddinSiddique, former BNP MPKazi Saleemul Haq Kamal,businessman SharfuddinAhmed and late PresidentZiaur Rahman's nephewMomenur Rahman.

DHAKA: The HighCourt summoned a foren-sic doctor of SirSalimullah MedicalCollege to appear beforeit on January 24 to explainautopsy report of BishwajitDas. Maksudur Rahman,who conducted the autop-sy, has to appear beforethe HC bench of JusticeAHM ShamsuddinChoudhury and Justice

Mahmudul Hoque follow-ing its directive. It alsosummoned ZahidulHaque, a sub-inspector ofSutrapur Police Station,who conducted inquest ofBishwajit, to appear beforeit on the same day. The HCcame up with the summonorders after it has receivedthe post mortem andinquest reports submittedby the Deputy Attorney

General Amit Talukderbefore the HC bench as perits earlier directive. The HCbench also directed theauthorities concerned ofATN News, a private televi-sion channel, and thepolice to supply the courtwith the video footage ofthe killing of Bishwajit byThursday. According to theHC sources, the autopsyreport stated that

Bishwajit suffered onestab injury -- three and ahalf inches long and oneand a half inches deep.

Bishwajit Das, a 24-year-old tailor, was beatenand hacked to death by agroup of Chhatra Leagueactivists of JagannathUniversity on the morningof December 9 last year inOld Dhaka, police and wit-nesses said.

FIRE IN GAZIPURFACTORY

DHAKA: A fire brokeout in a multi-storiedreadymade garments fac-tory in Gazipur Sadarupazila on Wednesday.Gazipur Fire ServiceDeputy-Assistant DirectorMohammad Akhtaru-zza-man said the fire broke outat Polygon FashionLimited around 11:00am.“No casualties took place.”According to him somecast-off clothes were gut-ted in the fire. Akhtaruz-zaman said the fire soonengulfed the entire eighthfloor.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina adorn a female polie with PPM andBPM medals at Rajarbagh Police Line on Tuesday for her heroicactivities marking Annual Police Week-2013.

International Trade Union Confederation and Bangladesh Council formed a human chain in front of theJatiya Press Club on Tuesday demanding arrest of owner of Tazreen Fashions and punishment torapists and acid throwers.

We don’t believe in using police as political weapon: Hasina

Women need more adaptation funding, activists charge

Zia Orphanage Case: Hearingon admissibility March 31

HC summons doctor over Bishwajit killing

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By Imam Mubashir Ahmad

An Interfaith Discussion with

Representatives of Judaism,

Christianity, Islam, Sikhism & Spiritual

Living On Sunday January 27, 2013,

the Silicon Valley jamaat co-hosted an

Interfaith Event at Center for Spiritual

Living under the title “When Spirituality

Meets with Violence”.

A brief introduction to the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was

given by the Vice President of the

Silicon Valley jamaat, Aftab Jamil

sahib. Welcoming the audience of

some 120 people (comprising 60 mem-

bers of the local jamaat and about 60

members of the congregation at Center

for Spiritual Living) on behalf of the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Aftab

Sahib mentioned that we live in a world

that has shrunk and one in which we

are all connected. As such, we have a

growing responsibility to each other as

we all face common dangers.

Representatives of each religion as

well as the Center of Spiritual Living

presented their respective prayers

seeking peace and tranquility. Ayiza

Ahmed and Zohair Ahmed represented

AMC and presented the recitation and

translation of Sura Al-Fatiha.

Rev. Susan Overland introduced

each of the speakers below:

» Dr. David Bruner, Center for

Spiritual Living

» Sardar Bhupinder Singh Dhillon,

Sikh Gurdawara of San Jose

» Father Thomas Massaro, Dean –

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa

Clara University

» Rabbi Melanie Aron, Congregation

of Shir Hadash, Los Gatos

» Imam Mubasher Ahmad,

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Each speaker presented the per-

spective of his /her faith based commu-

nity regarding the intersection of

Violence and Spirituality and how the

adherents of such faith based system

are expected to manage their lives in a

society in which there are various

examples of violence against innocent.

Dr. David Bruner emphasized that

advocacy for peace in the society

begins with one’s own soul and person-

al behavior. He explained that in a

multi-cultural society there is a need to

embrace and celebrate diversity

instead of merely promoting tolerance.

The Sikh presenter stressed that all

communities are in search of peace

where all can live without fear and how

the teachings of the founder of Sikhism

emphasized peace and love for all

human beings. Father Massaro

explained that Christian teachings of

based on the premise of “Love Your

Enemy”. He conceded that behavior

of Christians, now as well as through

the middle ages, has not been aligned

with such teachings as there have

been acts of violence and discrimina-

tion and Church’s track record has

many blemishes. He emphasized the

need for faith based communities to be

proactive in combating violence and

explained that he has been a propo-

nent of Christian activism in that

regard. Rabbi Melanie emphasized that

the message of the Old Testament

against violence is as relevant today as

it was thousands of years ago. She

reminded everyone that teachings of

Torah in many regards were very con-

sistent with those contained in the Bible

and the Holy Quran. Imam Mubasher

Ahmad highlighted that Islam is the only

religion whose name has a meaning

which is Peace and submission. He

explained that Islam’s core message is

Peace through total submission to God.

He explained that violence can be in

various forms including; physical, emo-

tional or spiritual. It can be committed

by one person or it can be state sanc-

tioned against a group of people. He

gave various examples from the life of

the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) and

how he combated violence with

patience and forgiveness and through-

out his life demonstrated how one

should lead a life in his footsteps.

Imam Mubasher quoted numerous

verses from the Holy Quran in which

those who remain steadfast in the face

of trials and atrocities have been given

glad tidings. Following the speeches, a

panel discussion took place where

questions from the audience were

entertained by the four speakers.

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over 95 percentMuslims do notread the Bible or

even browse through itdespite the fact the HolyQuran makes copious ref-erences to previouslyrevealed scriptures.

Especially when Islamis rooted in its predeces-sors Jewish and Christianfaiths having the same ori-gin, Muslims cannot avoidlooking into Bible as asource of verification andauthenticity or the lack ofit. In today’s competitiveworld and the market

place of interfaith whereIslam is the target of allsorts, Bible study byMuslims is extremelyimportant to positionthemselves for animproved understandingand to deliver accurateinformation. With that inmind, I am initiating “BibleStudy with Muslims” seriesand everyone is welcometo join in to appreciate theconnectivity and deeperinvestigations into thethree major faithsJudaism, Christianity andIslam. (editor)

Being a Muslim is nobig qualification forthere ARE Muslims

who are just for show and inpractice are among theworst. A true Muslims livesup to the teaching of his reli-gion and is kind, respectfuland loving. A Muslim doesnot have to brag and bran-dish his faith in the face ofothers and say, “I am aMuslim” because the naturalreaction will be, “So what?”Some will even say up yours.But there is this “pure”Muslim guy who goes around

intimidating Fiji Hindus whenthings do not go his way. AFiji Hindu (Pundit) familyreported that this “pureMuslims who hangs aroundwith his non-Muslim friendsand drinks liquor like fish andeats everything threatenedthe family professing, “ I ama Muslim. I can blast yourhome, don’t underestimateme.” Surprising old adversarySanjay is all praises for theguy perhaps to get back inhis good books and gainsome published popularity.Yes, you might say it stings.

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ISLAM?Visit: www.alislam.org

OR CALL: 1-800 WHY ISLAM

“I am Muslim”rubbing it in the nose of Hindus

Bible studywith Muslims

In these tryingtimes and thestorm of negativ-

ities about Islam,the approach to goon the defensiveproduces only neg-ative impact. Thewiser approach isto stay positiveboth in the commu-nication and serv-ice to humanity.Any anti-Islamiccampaign shouldnot be encoun-tered with a similarreaction. Muslims must staypositive and causeno harm or disor-der on earth of anyshape or form thelikes of which wesaw recently onthe release of ananti-Islamic videoposted on YouTube.

“Love for All Hatred for None”THE OVERRIDING AMC SLOGAN THAT WORKS FOR ALL

NEW MOSQUE COMING UP OFF OF MARADA EXIT HIGHWAY 99 STOCKTON

INvITATION!Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Cordially invites you to join us tocelebrate our Annual

Musleh Maud Day

MUSLEH MAUD DAY CELEBRATION

Venue : Bay Point Darus Salam Mosque Date : Saturday February 16, 2013Time : 11am - 1.30pm

Lunch wiLL Be ProViDeDPlease mark your calendar and make every effort

to attend the function.

Wassalam Mohammed Javed Khan (Amin Khan)GENERAL SECRETARY OAK/SF CHAPTER

510-908-3948

Posted by Salma Javid Khan

More than 170 AhmadiMuslim men age 40-and-over gathered from all over

the country to attend a three-dayLeadership Conference at theBaitulHameed Mosque in Chino.The men are members of an auxil-iary within the Ahmadiyya MuslimCommunity called Ansarullah,which means “Helpers of Allah.”(The men are collectively referredto as Ansars.) The event startedFriday morning, Jan. 18th at 8:00am with meetings by the national-level cabinet members ofAnsarullah to coordinate and pre-pare for the weekend slate of dis-cussions and seminars on varioustopics related to improving leader-ship abilities and addressing con-cerns of the Ansars. Breakfast,lunch and dinner were served to allconference attendees beginning onFriday and ending on Sunday, Jan.20th.

The annual conference drewparticipants from the West to theEast coast, including members fromCalifornia, Washington, NorthDakota, Wisconsin, Texas,Missouri, Ohio, Michigan,Tennessee, Pennsylvania,Connecticut, Massachusetts, NewYork, New Jersey, Virginia, WestVirginia, North & South Carolina,

Maryland and Florida.The event focused on instilling

and improving leadership skills inmembers of the Ahmadiyya MuslimCommunity age 40 and above.These members, called Ansars(Arabic for Helpers), have theresponsibility to guide and mentorthe younger members of theCommunity. They do this by exam-ple and through their religious train-ing, wisdom, and life and workexperience. And, since most Ansarshave families where many of theirchildren are now married with fami-lies of their own, the Ansars aredoubly committed to doing all theycan to help themselves, their fami-lies and their fellow Ansars be thebest Muslims and leaders in their

mosques, homes and communities.Topics covered at the Chino

Mosque over the weekend of Jan.19-20 included: Moral Training ofChildren, Correct Recitation of theHoly Quran, How to do EffectivePreaching, and Maintaining GoodHealth. There were also twokeynote speeches, the first onSaturday by RizwanAlladin titled:“How to be a Good Leader” and thesecond on Sunday by ImamShamshad A. Nasir titled: “How tobe Effective Role Models for theNext Generation.”

Because it was a leadershipconference, the first speech dealtwith techniques and methods tomotivate others and solve problemsto achieve effective and lasting

results. The duties and responsibili-ties of an Ansar in the AhmadiyyaMuslim Community often revolvearound the training or education ofchildren, young adults and peoplewithin their own group. Thisrequires an Ansar to be able toidentify problems and arrive atworkable solutions for a variety ofdifferent situations and age groupswithin the Community. This was acentral element of RizwanAlladin’sspeech.

Imam Shamshad’s speechstressed the importance of theAnsars being effective role modelsfor future generations. The Imamemphasized this by reminding theaudience of men over 40 that theduty of an Ansar was reflected per-

fectly in the mission of the founderof the Ahmadiyya MuslimCommunity, the Promised Messiahand Imam Mahdi Hadhrat (hisHoliness) MirzaGhulam Ahmad ofQadian. Hadhrat Ahmad started theCommunity under divine commandin March of 1889 in the Punjab,northern India, for the purpose ofbringing mankind back to a true,spiritual relationship with God. Thiswas only possible through a com-munity of sincere believers whodedicated themselves to self-purifi-cation, humility, performing Islam’sfive daily prayers with heartfeltdevotion, striving to embody right-eousness and serve humanity. Inthis way, the Promised Messiah’sgoal to bring people back to God

was mirrored by the actions anddevotion of the members of hisCommunity. Imam Shamshad high-lighted the points that Ansarsshould pay attention to in their dailylives. He said Ansars must presenta practical example as a role modelfor the children in everything theydo, big or small. Ansars should bekind to their spouses, obedient tothe system of authority within theAhmadiyya Community, from theKhalifa at the top on down to thedepartment heads and those inleadership positions above them.Ansars must also be loyal to thecountry they live in, as this is acommandment from the HolyProphet Muhammad (pbuh) fromthe very beginning of Islam over1,400 years ago until the Day ofJudgment.

The Imam further counseled theAnsars to always show respect foreach and everyone, no matter ifthey are younger or older. Adopt asimple life and remember: actionsalways speak louder than words.Give good moral training to yourchildren, as this is the only meansto safeguard the next generation. Inclosing, Imam Shamshad quotedthe Promised Messiah,MirzaGhulam Ahmad (pbuh), whosaid: “Practice the good to such asextent that it reaches its highestperfection.”

170 Muslims Attend National Leadership Conference At Ahmadiyya Mosque In Chino

Imam Shamshad addresses theAnsar Leadership Conference

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Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United states

His story is theAmerican story —values from the

heartland, a middle-classupbringing in a strongfamily, hard work andeducation as the meansof getting ahead, and theconviction that a life soblessed should be lived inservice to others. With afather from Kenya and amother from Kansas,President Obama wasborn in Hawaii on August4, 1961. He was raisedwith help from his grand-father, who served inPatton's army, and hisgrandmother, whoworked her way up fromthe secretarial pool tomiddle management at abank. After working hisway through college withthe help of scholarshipsand student loans,President Obama moved

to Chicago, where heworked with a group ofchurches to help rebuildcommunities devastatedby the closure of localsteel plants.

He went on to attendlaw school, where hebecame the first African-American president of the

Harvard Law Review.Upon graduation, hereturned to Chicago tohelp lead a voter registra-tion drive, teach constitu-tional law at theUniversity of Chicago,and remain active in hiscommunity. PresidentObama's years of public

service are based aroundhis unwavering belief inthe ability to unite peoplearound a politics of pur-pose. In the Illinois StateSenate, he passed thefirst major ethics reform in25 years, cut taxes forworking families, andexpanded health care for

children and their par-ents. As a United StatesSenator, he reachedacross the aisle to passgroundbreaking lobbyingreform, lock up theworld's most dangerousweapons, and bringtransparency to govern-ment by putting federal

spending online.He was elected the

44th President of theUnited States onNovember 4, 2012, andsworn in on January 20 &21, 2013. He and his wife,Michelle, are the proudparents of two daughters,Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15.

Obama takes the Oath

Beyonce is cheered byfirst lady michelleObama as she leavesthe stage after singingthe national anthem atPresident BarackObama's inaugurationceremony at the U.scapitol

U.s. President BarackObama delivers hisinaugural speech during ceremonies onthe West front of theU.s capitol inWashington

President Barack Obama is sworninto office for a second term bysupreme court Justice John robertsduring the inauguration ceremony atthe West Front of the U.s. capitol.

sPeecH cHeered

President Barack Obama arrives for hisinauguration at the U.s. capitol today.

President Barack Obama, first lady michelle Obama and their daughters, sasha

and malia, arrive at st. John's church inWashington, dc, hours before Obama par-ticipates in a ceremonial swearing in for a

second term in office at the U.s. capitol.

President Barack Obama hugs daughter maliaafter being officially sworn-in as the 44thPresident by chief Justice John roberts Jr.,right, in the Blue room of the White House.First lady michelle Obama and daughter, sashajoin in the ceremony.

President Barack OBama

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PESHAWAR: APakistani official says clash-es between two Islamic mili-tant groups over control of aprized valley near the Afghanborder have killed 24 people.Arshad Khan of the Khybertribal region said Saturdaythat the clashes startedFriday when the main mili-tant group Tehrik-e-Talibancaptured a base of anothermilitant group, AnsarulIslam, in the Tirah valley.Ansarul Islam then tried to

retake the base, with fight-ing continuing into the nextday. A military officerspeaking on condition ofanonymity said most of thedead were militants butsome local tribesmen werealso killed. The remote andmountainous valley is val-ued by militant groups as abase. It's difficult for thePakistani military to enterand allows militants easyaccess to Afghanistan andother tribal agencies.

CARACAS: At least50 people were killed and90 others woundedFriday in clashes at aprison in northwestVenezuela, a hospitaldirector who was at thescene said.

Most of those injuredat the Uribana prison inLara state suffered gun-shot wounds, said thehospital official, RuyMedina.

He called the death toll"alarming," saying it wasbased solely on bodiesbrought to the hospital.

Medina said theinmates began arriving atthe hospital shortly beforemidday, and that 14 of theinjured had woundssevere enough to requiresurgery.

Iris Varela, the govern-ment minister responsiblefor Venezuela's jails andprisons, said the riot was

set off after inmatesrebelled when prisonauthorities launched asweep of the facility insearch of illicit weapons.

Varela had said earlierin the day that there wasan "undetermined num-ber" of casualties fromthe melee.

Venezuela is infamous

for the lamentable stateof its prisons, especiallyfor their overcrowding,which is among the worstin Latin America.

While the country'sprisons have been built tohouse 14,000 inmates,there are almost 50,000prisoners behind barshere.

WASHINGTON: NorthKorea could be almost readyto carry out its threat to con-duct a nuclear test, a USresearch institute said, point-ing to recent satellite photos.

The images of thePunggye-ri site where nucleartests were conducted in 2006and 2009 reveal that over thepast month roads have beenkept clear of snow and thatNorth Koreans may havebeen sealing the tunnel into amountainside where a nucleardevice would be detonated.

But it remains difficult todiscern North Korea's trueintentions as a test would beconducted underground.

The analysis was provided

today to The AssociatedPress by 38 North, the web-site of US-Korea Institute atJohns Hopkins School ofAdvanced InternationalStudies. The latest image wastaken Wednesday.

North Korea's powerfulNational DefenceCommission declared itsplans Thursday after the UNSecurity Council tightenedsanctions in response to aDecember long-range rocketlaunch.

It described it as part of a"new phase" of combat withthe United States, whichretains 28,000 troops in SouthKorea and which it blames forleading the UN bid to punish

Pyongyang. The North said a nuclear

test was part of "upcoming"action but did not say exactly

when or where it would takeplace. 38 North concludesthat the Punggye-ri site, in thecountry's northeast, "appearsto continue to be at a state ofreadiness that would allowthe North to move forwardwith a test in a few weeks orless once the leadership inPyongyang gives the order."

South Korean media havecited intelligence officials assaying technical preparationsappear complete and theNorth could be ready to testwithin days of making a deci-sion to do so.

US officials confirmedtoday that the US has seensome trucks moving aroundthe site. One official said the

US is not ruling out that thetest could happen in the nearfuture. But the officials cau-tioned that, as in previoustests, because it would bedone underground, the USmay not know much before itactually happens. Officialsspoke on condition ofanonymity because they werenot authorised to discussintelligence matters publicly.

In 2006, North Korea deto-nated a nuclear device justsix days after it announced itsplans to do so, and in 2009,26 days after the announce-ment. Both tests came weeksafter the UN Security Councilhad condemned it for long-range rocket launches.

Mark Zuckerberg

venturing into

political arenaSAN FRANCISCO:

Facebook' billionairefounder MarkZuckerberg is making aforay into politics nextmonth by hosting afundraiser for NewJersey Governor ChrisChristie, reports havesaid. The event, to takeplace in Zuckerberg'shome in the Californiacity of Palo Alto in mid-February, is to supportthe re-election bid ofthe high-profile Repu-blican, who is seen as apossible future con-tender for US president.Buzzfeed. com reportedthat it confirmed plansfor the invitation-onlyfundraiser with bothcamps.

C A I R O / I S M A I L I A :Egypt's armed forcesdeployed troops in the cityof Suez early on Saturdayafter nine people wereshot dead during nation-wide protests againstPresident MohamedMorsi, underlining thecountry's deep divisions asit marked the secondanniversary of the uprisingthat toppled HosniMubarak.

Eight of the dead,including a policeman,were shot dead in Suez,and another was shot andkilled in the city of Ismailia,medics said. Another 456people were injured acrossEgypt, officials said, inunrest on Friday fuelled byanger at Morsi and hisIslamist allies over whatthe protesters see as theirbetrayal of the revolution.

Morsi said the statewould not hesitate in "pur-suing the criminals anddelivering them to justice".In a statement, he also

called on Egyptians torespect the principles ofthe revolution by express-ing their views peacefully.

The troops weredeployed in Suez after thehead of the state securitypolice in the city asked forreinforcements. The armydistributed pamphlets toresidents assuring themthe deployment was tem-porary and meant tosecure the city.

"We have asked thearmed forces to sendreinforcements on theground until we pass thisdifficult period," AdelRefaat, head of statesecurity in Suez, toldstate television.

Friday's anniversarylaid bare the dividebetween the Islamistsand their secular rivals.

The schism is hinder-ing the efforts of Morsi,elected in June, to revivean economy in crisis andreverse a plunge inEgypt's currency by entic-

ing back investors andtourists.

Inspired by the popularuprising in Tunisia,Egypt's revolutionspurred further revoltsacross the Arab world.But the sense of commonpurpose that unitedEgyptians two years agohas given way to internalstrife that already triggeredbloody street battles lastmonth.

Thousands of oppo-nents of Morsi massed on

Friday in Cairo's TahrirSquare - the cradle of therevolt against Mubarak - torekindle the demands of arevolution they say hasbeen hijacked by theMuslim Brotherhood, thegroup from which Morsiemerged.

In Suez, the militarydeployed armoured vehi-cles to guard state build-ings, witnesses and secu-rity sources said, as sym-bols of government weretargeted across the coun-

try. Street battles eruptedin cities including Cairo,Alexandria, Suez and PortSaid. Arsonists attacked atleast two state-ownedbuildings. An office usedby the MuslimBrotherhood's politicalparty was also torched.

"Our revolution is con-tinuing. We reject the dom-ination of any party overthis state. We say no to theBrotherhood state,"Hamdeen Sabahy, a popu-lar leftist leader, toldReuters.

The Brotherhood decid-ed against mobilizing forthe anniversary, wary ofthe scope for more conflictafter December's violence,stoked by Morsi's decisionto fast-track an Islamist-tinged constitution rejectedby his opponents.

The Brotherhooddenies accusations that itis seeking to dominateEgypt, labelling them asmear campaign by itsrivals. There were conflict-

ing accounts of the lethalshooting in Suez. Somewitnesses said securityforces had opened fire inresponse to gunfire frommasked men.

News of the deathscapped a day of violencethat started in the earlyhours of Friday. Beforedawn in Cairo, police bat-tled protesters who threwpetrol bombs and fire-crackers as theyapproached a wall block-ing access to governmentbuildings near TahrirSquare.

Clouds of teargas filledthe air. At one point, riotpolice used one of theincendiaries thrown atthem to set ablaze at leasttwo tents erected byyouths, a Reuters witnesssaid. Skirmishes betweenstone-throwing youths andthe police continued instreets around the squareinto the day. Ambulancesferried away a steadystream of casualties.

Images suggest North Korea ready for nuke test

Militant groups clash inNW Pakistan, 24 killed

At least 50 dead in Venezuela prison riot: Hospital

Egypt deploys troops in Suez after 9 killed on anniversary of uprising

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things women definitely want

Awoman can say a lot with her silence whilesometimes a man can talk for hours yet saynothing. You need to listen very carefully to

figure out what your girl is trying to say. It is not rocketscience, its just that you need to be sensitive to her.Here are a few things that women look for in men.Read on and you will probably understand her better...

Honesty issomething that isextremely impor-tant for a woman.You have to bebrave enough toown up everything.If she ever caughtyou lying shewouldn't forgiveyou easily. But ifyou faltered andstill confessed toher honestly youcan stand achance. She has

to be able to believe you and trust you implicitly. Itmeans a lot to her. A woman looks for a partner whoshe can rely on.

If you are looking for a steady relationship youneed to enhance your listening skills. Lend an ear toher problems; you don't need to give solutions all thetime. She is not looking for answers; she just needssomeone who can listen to her, rants without beingjudgmental, without being critical of her comments.Allow her to create an emotional bond with you.

Junk food upsasthma, eczemarisk in kidsCare

for tea made from coffeeleaves? Why are com-plex carbohydratesimportant? Top 10 fat-releasing foodsBenefitsof whole grains used inIndian food While forsome, dieting is all aboutdepriving yourself of allthe 'good foods', here area couple of ways you canbinge on healthy andtasty food while you areon a diet.

If made properly, fruitsmoothies are somethingthat you must indulge in.

Since they are made withreal fruits, they are low-fat and loaded withantioxidants, fibre andprotein. It not only keepsyou feeling full but also

satisfies your sweet tooth.

As long as they arenot topped with anydressings or seasoningsthat contain unnecessaryfat and calories, saladsare definitely somethingthat you can indulge in.Try a salad with chicken,dried fruits or low-cheese

crumbles.

It is not possible tosurvive on greens alone;it is a must that youinclude some sort of pro-tein. Avoid breaded orfried chicken, instead gofor a grilled one withlemon and pepper.

Omitting carbs fromyour diet is a big No.They are full of fibre andchoosing somethingmade out of healthy,hearty whole grains is thebest choice you canmake. They are tastier,healthier and will alsokeep you feeling full andsatisfied a lot longer than

white bread.

If you thought thatwhile dieting, potatoeshave no space in yourkitchen, rethink about it.They are very good foryou and you can indulgein one with a little dollopof butter o r sour cream.They're low in caloriesand contain lots of vita-min C and potassium.Truly a delight for allthose dieting.

Healthy foodsto indulge in

while dieting

Fruit SmoothieS

SalaDS bakeD chicken

Top 10 fat-releasing foodsBenefits of whole grains used in Indian food While for some, dieting is all about depriving yourself of all the 'good foods', here are a couple of ways you can binge on healthy and tasty food while you are on a diet.

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Do you think women are inscrutable?Do you think they are extremely diffi-cult to understand? Are you strug-gling to find out what she really isthinking and what she is all about?Don't worry, you are not alone.

If a healthy life iswhat you areafter, then intro-

duce healthy 10 minutefitness activities to yourday and you'll find thatyou feel fitter, more ener-getic and healthier. Anactive lifestyle providesyou with a range ofhealth benefits like lowerheart disease risk, pro-tection from obesity, andgeneral good moods.Today,ss we're talkingabout a few 10 minute fitness activities that willenhance your daily workouts and balancedeating. Let's begin...

Dietitian EileenCanday says, "Play withyour pet or your kid everymorning. This requiresloads of running aroundwhich will help you tolose some quick caloriesand excess fat." She fur-ther says, "Includegames wherein yousweat, like football orbasketball. Playing withyour kid will help you tobe fit and healthy."

Remember the nurseryrhyme - hop a little, jump a little? This hop, skip exercise is also a very good 10 minute fitness activity to introduce to your day. Whenever free, take a skipping rope and skip for 10 minutes, this will help ward off lethargy and extra calories. Besides, it is also good for your heart, bones, flexibility and co-ordination. Hence, find an open space, take that rope and get going.

Take the stairs insteadof the elevator. You musthave heard this a milliontimes by now, but howoften do you do it? Thisactivity will help you com-bat a sedentary lifestylesince urban livinginvolves entering severalbuildings each day.

Everyone likes danc-ing and it is also one ofthe best ways to loseexcess kilos. All you haveto do is put on your

headphones, pump upsome energetic musicand dance like no one'swatching. Dancing evenfor 10 minutes will help.Besides, after a tiring dayat work it will also ener-gize you and your mood.

Tired after work, want to watch your favorite serial but at the same time don't want to lie down and be lethargic? Then park a stationery cycle in front of your TV. Pedal for at least 10 minutes and this is as good as running on the treadmill.

Add 10 min

FITNESS ACTIVITY to daily routine

be a kiD

hop a little Skip the elevator

Dance baby!

Stationery cycle

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Hundreds of thou -sands of pilgrimsbegan to gather on

Monday, January 14, 2013 in the Indian city ofAllahabad for the Maha-KumbhMela - the worldbiggest religious festival -that occurs every 12 yearsin this holy place in thenorth Indian state of UttarPradesh. A hundred mil-lion people are expectedto visit the MahaKumbhduring the next 55 days - anumber close to visitorcount of the previousMahaKumbhMela, whichwas held in 2001.

The Greatest Show on Earth

The first day of thetwo-month-long fair,dubbed as the 'greatestshow on earth,' saw over8 to 11 million people -gurus, saints, sages,devotees and pilgrims -taking the holy dip on firstday of MahaKumbh onthe auspicious day ofMakarSankranti at the

Sangam - the confluenceof the holy Ganges, theYamuna and the mythicalSaraswati river. Thehourly count of batherswas around half a millionpilgrims taking the holybath, an act which isbelieved to cleanseone of all sins.

The Origin of the KumbhMela Festivals

The tradition of col-lective worship gaverise to massive fairssuch as the "Kumbh"which means "pitcher"(Sanskrit). Millions ofpeople from around theworld congregate at theconfluence, also knownas Prayag, to bathe inthe icy waters of the holyrivers during this mam-moth Hindu festival. TheKumbh, ArdhaKumbh,and PoornaKumbh orMahaKumbh are the titlesgiven to the fairs held atin the Indian cities ofHaridwar (Uttaranchal),Allahabad (Uttar

Pradesh), Ujjain (MadhyaPradesh) and Nashik(Maharashtra). The plan-etary positions of theSun, the Moon and theJupiter decide the place

where Kumbh would beheld. Read more aboutthe various KumbhMelas- Great Indian BathingFestivals. The Rush ofNaked Ascetics Day oneof this year'sMahaKumbh was markedby the initial grand bathor the first auspicious

ShahiSnan of the 13'akharas' (religiousorders) of Naga Sadhus -"a martial order of asce-tics who move about

either naked or scantilyclad with matted hair andash smeared bodies,marched to Sangam inprocessions with theirleaders perched atopornately decorated ele-phants, horses and chari-ots and musical bands inattendance in a uniqueblend of austerity and

opulence," wrote theTimes of India.

Unprecedented Facilitiesfor a City Full of Pilgrims

A temporary townshipspreading across 20 mil-lion square meters divid-ed into 14 sectors hasbeen constructed for thishuge fair. The localadministration is alsoresponsible for the avail-ability of food grains andessential commoditiesbesides managing thesecurity, traffic, sanitation,electricity, drinking water,sewage and drainage,sanitation and health.

In order to protect thepilgrims from possible ter-rorist attacks, avert stam-peded and regulate therush of the pilgrims over30,000 security person-nel, including comman-dos of the Anti-TerroristSquad (ATS) and bombdisposal squads with snif-fer dogs have beendeployed around theMahaKumbhMela site.

Despite all the arrange-ments, around 1,500 peo-ple including women andchildren were reportedmissing during thebathing on the first day inthe fair. The Indian gov-ernment has set up 14medical units, 22,000street lights, 150 km oftemporary roads, 18bridges, and 35,000 toi-lets with sewers to caterto the demand of such ahuge congregation. Anumber of special trainsand around 7,000 buseshave been put in motionto help people arrive atthe venue from across thecountry. The Indian tradebody Associated Chambersof Commerce (ASSOCHAM)estimates that the UttarPradesh state governmentwould amass a revenue ofover USD 25 million fromthis massive influx of pil-grims, including over onemillion foreign tourists toAllahabad.

From About.comIndia Travel Guide

Subhamoy Das

mahaKumbhThe Origin of the

KumbhMela FestivalsThe tradition of col-lective worship gave rise to massive fairssuch as the "Kumbh"

which means "pitcher" (Sanskrit). Millions of peoplefrom around the

world congregate atthe confluence, alsoknown as Prayag, tobathe in the icy wa-

ters of the holy riversduring this mam-

moth Hindu festival.

Important Bathing Dates for the

MahaKumbhMela 2013• Starts on

MakarSankranti -

January 14

• PaushPurnima -

January 27

• MauniAmavasya -

February 10

• BasantPanchami -

February 15

• Ends on

MahaShivratri -

March 10

The first written evi-dence of theKumbha Mela can

be found in the accounts ofChinese traveler, HuanTsang or Xuanzang (602–664 A.D.) who visited Indiain 629–645 CE, during thereign of KingHarshavardhana.[23][24]However, similar obser-vances date back manycenturies, where the riverfestivals first started get-ting organised. Accordingto medieval Hindu theolo-

gy, its origin is found in oneof the most popularmedieval puranas, theBhagavata Purana. TheSamudra manthanepisode (Churning of theocean of milk), is men-tioned in the BhagavataPurana, Vishnu Purana,the Mahabharata, and theRamayana. The accountgoes that the demigodshad lost their strength bythe curse of Durväsä Muni,and to regain it, theyapproached Lord Brahma

and Lord Shiva. Theydirected all the demigodsto the SupremePersonality of Godhead,Lord Vishnu[26] (full storyon kumbh mela) and afterpraying to Lord Vishnu, heinstructed them to churnthe ocean of milk KsheeraSagara (primordial oceanof milk) to receive amrita(the nectar of immortality).This required them tomake a temporary agree-ment with their arch ene-mies, the demons or

Asuras, to work togetherwith a promise of sharingthe wealth equally there-after. However, when theKumbha (urn) containingthe amrita appeared, afight ensued. For twelvedays and twelve nights(equivalent to twelvehuman years) the godsand demons fought in thesky for the pot of amrita. Itis believed that during thebattle, Lord Vishnu (incar-nated as Mohini-Mürti)flew away with theKumbha of elixir spillingdrops of amrita at fourplaces: PRAYAG(Allahabad), Haridwar,Ujjain and Nashik.[28]

HisTory of maHaKumbH Timing of Kumbh

The Triveni Sangam, or the intersection ofYamuna River and Ganges River and themythical Sarasvati River, where devotees per-

form rituals. Kumbh Mela is celebrated at differentlocations depending on the position of the planet ofBṛhaspati (Jupiter) and the sun. When Jupiter andthe sun are in the zodiac sign Leo (Simha Rashi) itis held in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik; when the sun isin Aries (Mesha Rashi) it is celebrated at Haridwar;when Jupiter is in Taurus (Vrishabha Rashi ) andthe sun is in Capricorn (Makar Rashi) Kumbha Melais celebrated at PRAYAG; and Jupiter and the sunare in Scorpio (Vrishchik Rashi) the Mela is cele-brated at Ujjain.[20][21] Each site's celebrationdates are calculated in advance according to a spe-cial combination of zodiacal positions of Sun, Moon,and Jupiter.[22]

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WA S H I N G T O N :US PresidentBarack Obama

today heaped praise onHillary Clinton, saying thatshe would be consideredas one of the finestSecretaries of State thecountry ever had, and hewould miss her in theadministration.

"I think Hillary will godown as one of the finestsecretaries of state we'vehad. It has been a greatcollaboration over the lastfour years," Obama toldthe CBS News in a joint

interview with Clinton, whowould soon be leaving theAdministration. If con-firmed by the Senate,Senator John Kerry wouldreplace her as theSecretary of State.

"I'm going to miss her,wish she was stickingaround but she haslogged in so many miles Ican't begrudge her want-ing to take it easy for a lit-tle bit. I want the countryto appreciate what anextraordinary role she'splayed during the course ofmy administration. A lot of

the successes we've hadinternationally have been

because of her hard work,"Obama said.

According to CBS Newsthe joint interview is theonly US interview Obamahas ever given with any-one other than his wife,First Lady MichelleObama. The entire inter-view is scheduled to betelecast tomorrow. "A fewyears ago it would havebeen seen as improbablebecause we had that verylong, hard primary cam-paign," Clinton said,according to the excerptsof the interview. "But, youknow, I've gone aroundthe world on behalf of the

President and our coun-try, and one of the thingsthat I say to people,because I think it helpsthem understand, I saylook, in politics and indemocracy, sometimes youwin elections and some-times you lose elections.And I worked very hardbut I lost," she said. "Andthen President Obamaasked me to be secretaryof state and I said yes.And why did he ask meand why did I say yes?Because we both love ourcountry," Clinton said.

LONDON: Prince Harry saidhe was "thrilled to be back" inBritain as he returned home onWednesday after serving a 20-week tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The 28-year-old Apacheattack helicopter co-pilot arrivedback on home turf after spend-ing two days' mandatory post-deployment "decompression"time at a British base in Cyprus.

Harry, third in line to thethrone, said during his tour thathe had killed Taliban fighters,who were taken "out of thegame" by his unit if they target-ed British soldiers. Saying hewas "quite useful" with histhumbs, he light-heartedly com-pared pressing the trigger toplaying video games, provokingan angry reaction from theTaliban. But after landing atBrize Norton airbase in southernEngland, he moderated his linewhen asked specifically if hehad killed Islamist insurgents.

"You get asked to do thingsthat you would expect to dowearing this uniform. That's as

simple as that," he toldreporters. Captain Wales, as heis known in the Army Air Corps,reflected on returning home inone piece. "It's been great, it's ahell of an experience," he said.

"Just thrilled to be back. A bitof blue sky in Cyprus, a bit ofdecompression, some comedyand back to the snow. "You doget life experiences that youwould get nowhere else outthere. The best thing about it isto be back. I enjoy being a sol-dier, I enjoy the guys that I workwith. We, together, the guyswearing the uniform, have goneon and done a damn good job.It's been a good effort."

The army officer said he waslooking forward to seeing PrinceWilliam and his pregnant wifeCatherine. "I'm longing to seemy brother and sister-in-law," hesaid. "I really am longing tocatch up with people behindclosed doors. You guys aren'tinvited," he added, in a trade-mark dig at the media.

Harry said he had not had

time to think about droppingfrom third to fourth in line to thethrone once William and Kate'sbaby is born in July.

The prince is unlikely to getanother turn flying in

Afghanistan again before all for-eign combat troops withdraw bythe end of 2014.

He did not know what lay instore for him this year but saidhe wanted to carry out moreroyal duties and charitable work.

"The army will have an idea, Ipresume, and what that is, I willdo," he said. "Given the oppor-tunity, I'd like to take on somemore royal stuff. Hopefullythere'll be a few gaps that openup." At Britain's sprawling CampBastion base in southernAfghanistan, Harry slept in atent and a shipping container. Inhis two-man cockpit, the princewas in charge of the weaponssystems as Apache chopperssupported allied troops fightingthe Taliban at close quarters andaccompanied British and UShelicopters on missions to evac-uate casualties. Harry said hewould not want to be saddledwith the "normal" life of a nine-to-five job. "I'd never want to bestuck behind a computer desk inthe city," he said. "I don't know

what normal is any more and Inever really have done. There'snothing normal about we'vebeen doing for the last four-and-a-half months. In the last daythat I was there a seven-year-old girl got shot down by theinsurgents. So normality is avery ambiguous thing." Harry'shelicopter instructor meanwhilerevealed that the fun-lovingprince had once duped Frenchofficials into believing he was ona later plane after they failed torecognise him in his uniform.

"The French officer walks upto him — we were taking ourimmersion suits off and refu-elling the aircraft — and the offi-cer walked up to him and askedhim when Prince Harry would bearriving," Richard Youngsrecalled. "He, quick as a flash,looked back at him and said'he's on the next aircraft in,'quickly smiled at me, gave me awink, got back in the cockpit andwe flew off," the former Apachesquadron commander told ITVtelevision.

Suicide bombermisses Nato, kills 5:Afghanistan police

KABUL, Afghanistan:Afghan Police say a sui-cide car bomber has killedfive civilians and woundedanother 25 in a botchedattempt to hit a convoy ofNato supply trucks in east-ern Afghanistan. Gen.Faziluddin Ayar, who isresponsible for the east,says the bomber missedthe convoy, which sufferedno damage. The attacktook place Friday in theTagab district of easternKapisa province. Theministry of interior says ina statement that thebomber instead rammedinto a residential home,killing those inside. It saysfour of the dead were fromthe same family.

TOKYO: HawkishJapanese premier ShinzoAbe held out an olivebranch to China onTuesday, sending a letterto Beijing's leader-in-wait-ing to be hand deliveredby a coalition ally.

The move comes aftermonths of diplomatic tus-sles between China andJapan over the sovereign-ty of a disputed island chainin the East China Sea thathave seen repeated mar-itime encounters.

Natsuo Yamaguchi,head of the New Komeitoparty, was expected tostay in Beijing for four days,during which time he wouldmeet China's incomingpresident, Xi Jinping, andhand over a letter from Abe,local media reported."Japan-China relationshave been faced with vari-

ous kinds of friction, andpolitical dialogue has notbeen held for a long time,"Yamaguchi told reportersahead of his departure.

"I would like to make astep toward opening thedoor to normalising ourrelations," he said. ButYamaguchi, who has noofficial government role,said Tokyo has no plan tocompromise over the islandrow."Our stance is that no

territorial problem exists.That's a shared recognitionamong the government andcoalition." China hasrepeatedly sent ships towaters near the disputedislands since Japan nation-alised some of the chain inSeptember, a move thattriggered a diplomatic dis-pute and huge anti-Japandemonstrations acrossChina. Beijing has also sentair patrols near the Tokyo-controlled islands, knownas the Senkakus in Japan,but claimed by Beijing asthe Diaoyus. On Sunday,Beijing rebuked the UnitedStates after secretary ofstate Hillary Clinton issueda veiled warning to Chinanot to challenge Tokyo'scontrol over the chain,which is believed to sitatop vast mineralreserves.

Prince Harry 'thrilled' to be back in Britain

WASHINGTON: A Hinduleader from India, who hadestablished a temple inMilwaukee city of the USstate of Wisconsin, hasbeen jailed for 37 months forreligious visa fraud andwould be deported to hisnative country after servinghis sentence. A Milwaukeecourt gave its sentencingorder after it found SagarsenHaldar, aka Gopal Hari Das,who is the founder, presi-dent, CEO and spiritualleader of Gaudiya VaisnavaSociety (GVS), guilty offraudulently obtaining reli-gious worker visas - knownas 'R-1' visas - for Indiannationals in exchange forsubstantial cash payments.32-year-old Haldar would bedeported to India after serv-ing his sentence.

According to evidence attrial, Haldar conspired tosponsor more than twodozen Indian nationals toenter the US under R-1visas.Typically, the R-1

applications falsely statedthat the individuals were reli-gious workers from Indiawho planned to be priestsand perform religious workat the GVS temple inMilwaukee, the court wastold. In fact, the Indiannationals had no religioustraining or experience, andthey had no intention ofbeing priests or performingreligious work once theyarrived in the United States,it was told. Haldar wascharged in June 2010 afterHomeland SecurityInvestigation (HSI) specialagents arrested him atO'Hare International Airportin Chicago as he arrived inthe United States from India.A search of Haldar's lug-gage revealed that he wastransporting identificationdocuments - including pass-ports and other Indian iden-tification documents - bear-ing the names and photo-graphs of other Indiannationals.

Hillary Clinton, one of the finest US secretaries of State, Obama says

Hindu religious leaderjailed in US for visa fraud Japanese PM holds out

olive branch to China

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ARIESmArch-21 TO April-20

(GEMINI)mAy-21 TO JuNe-21

(CANCER)JuNe-22 TO July-23

LEOJuly-24 TO AuguST-23

VIRGOAuguST-24 TO SepTember-23

LIBRASepTember-24 TO OcTOber-22

SAGITTARIUSNOvember-23 TO December-22

CAPRICORNDecember-23 TO JANuAr-20

AQUARIESJANuAry-21 TO FebruAry-19

PISCESFebruAry-20 TO mArch-20

TAURUSApril-21 TO mAy-20

SCORPIOOcTOber-23 TO NOvember-22

A favorable new year is ahead. Your creative and artistic talents will get a stageand will be recognized. You will spend a great deal of you time with your familymembers and relatives. Some tensions at home may come up but will soon getstraightened out with the help of the older members of the family. Morale boost-ing developments may happen. Profits through partnership are indicated.Overspending on general items may need a check. Any changes in the financialarrangements should be undertaken with great care and caution. Your healthalso need attention as some of you may not feel at par.

This is a normal and routine month for you. Persons who have been doing

a lot of gadding about over the festive season should try now to spend

more time in the company of other embers of the family. During the second

half of the month be careful in whom you put your trust. You must be guid-

ed by your own intuition while taking final decisions. The last week id the

time to make changes in any investments you possess.

This is a variable month. The first half of the month is rather boring period

at work as associates may be unwilling to help you in even small tasks.

Superiors will understand you this time. During the second half of the

month if you are traveling for business purposes, you may not be too upset

about working overtime.

This is a helpful month. Your desire to enjoy life will keep you fit and in a

positive frame of mind in the first half of the month. No doubt some will go

at it too hard in an effort to make the most of time available. Major travel

can best be undertaken in the second half of the month. There should be

opportunity to combine work with pleasure.

This is a pleasant month. Some of you cannot afford to beat about the

bush. Your should lay your cards on the table. It would seem that you have

been keeping certain emotional feelings bottled up inside you. The second

half of the month mixed. Be extremely cautious if you are doing business

with distant people. Health may be a bit of problem in the last week of the

month.

An important and sensitive month of the new year. During the first half of themonth quick thinking on your part can lead to all sorts of gains including finan-cial. You can also yield some profit through the information provided you bysome older and experienced person at home or at your work place. In the sec-ond half of the month your children may need some extra attention from you.New business deals may be signed during this period. Harmony and peace inthe home will prevail in the fourth week of the month. You can supplement yourincome through overtime and extra work in the office.

The month of January is capable of fulfilling many of your desires. The

first week of the new year is favorable for you from all the angles, Be it

financial or professional. Some very good opportunities may come your

way. The second week of the month requires you to finish your pending

work at your place of employment. In the third week, you will be able to

impress your superiors or other influential people through your hard work

and efforts. Fourth week wants discipline and perseverance on your part.

And the end of the month is quite productive and rewarding.

This is a promising month for many of you. A meeting of influential people will

have a very favorable impact on your present projects. It is important to stay

in the good graces of superiors at the time when they seem to be handling

out favors. During the second half of the second half of the month rest your

ambitions. The last week may be tedious but there will be time to get some

personal matters so you will not feel that the time is wasted.

You will enjoy a happy month. The start of the month will be a sign of relief.

You can start to get thing moving again. You will receive some news, which

will leave you filed with optimism. Have the sensitivity to realise that the family

needs your support. You will find it necessary to make a snap decision before

other people make there. During month-end, there may be a god chance for

participating in joint study group with like minded people. This will be favor-

able month for romance, or for meeting some one new.

An important month for you. Your mate or partner is likely to give you all the moral

support that your require. This will help you handle both your personal problems and

matters connected with your business life. During mid-month members of your family

may become a bit demanding. Health of some loved one may need some attention.

Some of you will have to face reality and settle for dealing with mundane jobs in the

second half of the month. Relax in the month and give yourself a break from the

pressure that you have been working under.

A mixed month. The new year requires you to present your original ideas and

thoughts to your associates and superiors. Changes are indicated during this

period. Important decision regarding the future of the family members should be

taken in consent with them also. The second half of the month indicates creativi-

ty and artistic tendencies, which is capable enough to attract others and appre-

ciate your talents. Do not make a new start in the business field. You will get

more pleasure from the simple things in life. Charitable work will be favorable at

this point of time. The last week is a bit tricky, so do not rely on your intuitions.

The month is positive and optimistic in outlook. You will be in a happier and easy-

going mood throughout the month, especially in the first half of the month. The

routine will continue and you will push yourself hard as ever to gain the social and

financial status. Travel regarding job or business will work out well enough. You

must avoid the extravagant and self-indulging tendencies in the second half of the

month. By the time the last week of this month will arrive, you will be prepared to

shell out a little on a few luxuries and even in having fun. Take it nice and easy.

There is always a hueand cry against thoseactivities that Muslims

feel are derogatory toIslam. A recent example isthe South Indian filmVishwaroopam. Suchbehaviour in the name ofIslam is nothing but de-Islamisation of Islam as it isquite alien to Islamic scrip-tures.

The so-called derogato-ry activities are not a recentphenomenon. It was verycommon during the

prophetic and post-prophetic periods regardedas the golden era of Islam.What was the response ofthe Quran or the Prophet ofIslam towards this phenom-enon?

The Quran and theSunnah or practices of theProphet tell us that theresponse was quite posi-tive. Instead of condemningsuch things, the Prophetalways availed of theiroccurrence as an opportu-nity. A Quranic verse is

instructive: “Call to the wayof your Lord with wisdomand fair exhortation anddeal with disputes in thebest manner” (16:125).

It means Muslims mustdeal with dispute in the bestmanner possible. That is,they respond in a positiverather than negative way.Another verse tells us that ifMuslims follow this courseof action, they will find thatwhat was apparently a dis-advantage has turned intoan advantage: “Good and

evil deeds are not equal.Repel evil with what is bet-ter; then you will see thatone who was once yourenemy has become yourdearest friend” (41:34). Itmeans don’t take disputeas an expression of enmity;take it as a misunderstand-ing and try to remove thatmisunderstanding, and theconcerned person willreform his opinion. In thisway, a dispute is turned intoa positive discussion.

This kind of culture can

be maintained only whenthere is freedom of expres-sion. Islam believes inrational discussion for itleads to clarification andconsensus. The Qurandoes not commandMuslims to prevent othersfrom speaking againstIslam, but instead, com-mands Muslims not tomake any statement thatoffends others: “And do notabuse those whom theycall upon besides God, lestexceeding the limits they

should abuse God out ofignorance” (6:108). Itmeans that Muslims mustthemselves take theresponsibility to maintainnormalcy between them-selves and others. And, ifany controversy arises,then Muslims must dealwith it in a wise manner,that is, they must defuse itinstead of allowing things toflare up. Freedom ofexpression is not an evil; itis good for human develop-ment.

Vishwaroopam And Freedom of Expression

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NEW DELHI | BANGLORE:That next-door-boy character whogives a missed call to the police toreport his stolen car — as popu-larised by primetime spots — is nomore the epitome of miserliness.

For, the Great Indian MissedCall — the weapon of choice forperpetually broke pre-paid userslike students and migrant labour-ers — is turning out to be a Rs500-crore business opportunity forbanks, FMCG majors, even politi-cal parties.

While individual consumers,especially of the pre-paid variety— 96% of India's 900 millionmobile user base — give a missedcall to pass on mundane informa-tion like 'Have reached destina-tion', or 'Call me back,' companiesuse this as a kind of Morse Codefor customer feedback, saving mil-

lions of rupees in call-centrecharges and telephone bills.

For instance, banks haveadopted the missed call to findsolutions to most common query oftheir customers — account bal-ance. ICICI BankBSE 0.76 % cus-tomers can give missed call to aparticular number and get theiraccount balance status as a textmessage, instantly. Dial anothernumber, you'll get mini-statementsdelivered to your inbox.

Punjab National BankBSE 2.54%, Axis BankBSE -0.59 % andBank of India are a few otherbanks who are availing the missedcall opportunity. The Missed CallBandwagon include around a 100large companies including HULB-SE 1.37 % and Microsoft besidessmall businesses, restaurants, e-commerce portals, television chan-

nels and even political parties.

In rural India, the missed callmodel is being put to some innova-tive uses. For instance, a Marathidaily has started a campaign ask-ing its readers to give a missed callto a particular number to renewtheir subscriptions.

Similarly, BMG Cinemas, thefirst multiplex in Rewari, Haryana,has tied up with IMImobile to usethe 'missed call' tool. Rewari resi-dents now give a missed call to aBMG Cinema number and get aninstant SMS on the movies that arecurrently being played across its

four screens. IMImobile's founderand CEO Vishwanath Alluri tellsET that the company is putting inplace a similar setup for Chennai'slargest cinema complex —SatyamCinemas — where customer wouldeven be able find the seat avail-ability on that day across its sixtheatres.

Veerchand Bothra, the chiefstratteregy officer of NetcoreSolutions, that executed a popularmissed-call project for HUL, saysthat it can also be used as a mobileverification tool and can be a sub-stitute for physical presence or sig-nature. He should know, forNetcore implemented the 'MissedCall Solution for Anna Hazare'sCampaign'. In a first for the coun-try, the India Against Corruptioncampaign used the 'missed call'route to garner the support of 250lakh people within 180 days.

When Anna Hazare kicked off

his campaign in April 2011, IndianAgainst Corruption asked citizensto give a missed call to registertheir support. The movement, ledby Anna Hazare, even used thisdata to counter government'sargument that public support totheir initiative was limited.

"Dialing is the simplest actionthat can be executed on themobile. It is device-agnostic — onedoes not need a smartphone fordialing a number," points outSanjay Swamy, who cofoundedZipDial mobile solutions in 2010,the largest player in the missedcall business. The company hasgrown by 600% in last year, charg-ing Rs10 lakh to Rs1,000 to cus-tomers such as Procter & Gamble,Forever Diamonds, GilletteBSE0.97 % and others, for surveys orsales leads. And all that cash hascome in from some very personalexperience.

‘Corruption not anIndian issue’

Terming corruption andfrauds as a worldwidemenace, commerce minis-ter and industry ministerAnand Sharma has said itwas unacceptable to singleout India and other devel-oping economies for theseissues, as he assured theglobal investors of NewDelhi’s commitment to aninstitutional mechanism to

address these con-cerns.

After meeting about twodozen CEOs of globalcompanies on the side-lines of World EconomicForum Annual Meetinghere last night, Sharma

said these companies arelooking at India very seri-ously in the wake of recentpolicy decisions and initia-tives the government hastaken.

“I can see that there isenthusiasm, there isexpress desire to engagemore with India and investin India, by believing in thecommitment in India and ineconomic reforms and lib-eralisation and also to cre-ate a regime that is friendlyto investors,” Sharma said.

Asked whether there isa sense of foreigninvestors not being veryconfident about investingin India after the reformprocess looked halted ear-lier amid regulatory issues

Splurging big? Beware,the taxman is watching

If you have recentlydecked up your bathroomwith fancy fittings or pickedup a swanky plasma-screen television set, thentaxmen could be profilingyou, part of a new directiveto scoop “information oneverything about a taxpay-er”. The government willlaunch a compulsory “360degree

related storiesChidambaram hints at

taxing super-richprofiling” of income tax

assesses, for whichincome tax officials will

closely watch yourlifestyle. Recently, a cus-tomer who bought a dap-per overcoat worth Rs.11,000 was randomlyasked by the cashier at acity mall to reveal his PAN(permanent account num-ber).

Your splurging habits —expensive watches, stylishwardrobe additions, familyholidays and even sun-glasses — could lead thetaxmen to your doorstep,especially if tax paymentsand returns are not inorder.

Tax payer profilingrefers to information oneverything about a tax

payer including previousreturns, expenditure sum-mary and also informationabout family income.

Armed with a survey on“ostentatious display” ofwealth, the government iscollecting the informationfrom sellers, such asshops and dealers, ofexpensive consumer itemsbought by individual cus-tomers. Annual informationreturns (AIR) are beingparticularly watched.

Introduced in 2004, AIRmandates banks andfinancial institutions to fur-nish information to thegovernment about high-

value accounts.

“A 360 degree profile ofall taxpaying individualsand institutions would becreated to help decreasetax evasion and tax fraud,”a source said.

The government hasbeen working in this direc-tion for some time and hasused technology toimprove tax collections.The Bangalore tax cellprocesses 20 millionincome tax returns a year.

These are thenanalysed using an integrat-ed taxpayer data manage-ment system (ITDMS) to

check tax evasion.

P Chidambaram, in hisearlier stint as the financeminister in 2007, hadapproved an integrated360 degree mapping ofindividual tax payers byutilising data collectedfrom various sources likeAIRs from banks, creditcards, mutual funds, stockmarket and property regis-trars.

The data is thenanalysed to help identifyclandestine transactions.

"The government hasalso conducted surveysand enquiries on archi-

tects, imported watch deal-ers, luxury sanitarywarevendors, imported cardealers and vendors ofconsumer goods, such asplasma TVs and refrigera-tors."

Sources said suchclues would be particularlyuseful to elicit informationon cash transactions.

"One of the major con-straints was the absenceof information aboutspending where cash wasthe dominant mode of pay-ment," the source said.

Emerging economieswill lead growth in 2013 asthe global economic out-look remains challengedby the eurozone's debt cri-sis and high unemploy-ment in the United States,according to a reportreleased on Wednesday.

Growth rates in andaround Europe look weakover the next 12 monthswith an expected expan-sion of 0.2% in the euro-zone and 1.1% in theUnited Kingdom, accord-ing to Grant Thornton'squarterly International

Business Report.Economic growth in the

United States remainsweak and unemploymenthigh, while growth rates inChina are expected to pickup to 8.2% in 2013 from7.8%, while India isexpected to quicken to6.0% and Brazil to grow4.0%.

Business optimism inBrazil, Russia, India andChina, also known asBRIC countries, increasedin the fourth quarter of lastyear.

The survey of 3,200business leaders in 44countries found that opti-mism in the BRICeconomies, all deemed tobe at a similar stage ofnewly advanced economicdevelopment, hasincreased to 39% in thelast quarter of 2012 com-pared with 34% one yearearlier.

Emerging markets inAsia Pacific (excludingJapan) also saw an uptickin business optimism,

while optimism in NorthAmerica decreased duringthe same period. It swungfrom 6% in the fourth quar-ter of 2011 to 52% in thesecond quarter of last year,before falling back to just1% by year-end.

What is holding thesecountries back is the costof borrowing. More than athird (34%) of businessesin the BRIC economies citethe cost of finance as con-straints on their growthprospects, compared with17% in Group of 7 coun-

How 'Missed call' has turned into a Rs 500 crore business

India, China to lead 2013 global growth : Report

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MUMBAI : India main-tained their unbeatenrecord against the WestIndies with a thumping 105-run win in the Women'sWorld Cup opener at theBrabourne Stadium hereon Friday. With this victory,India improved their win-loss record against theWindies in the World Cupto 5-0. This is India'sbiggest triumph in thequadrennial event againsttheir Caribbean rivals andoverall their third highest interms of victory by runs.Spurred on by a brilliantmaiden century fromChennai girl ThirushKamini Murugesan and her175-run opening stand withPoonam Raut (72: 94b,

7x4s), the hosts posted aformidable 284 and bowledout their rivals for 179 in44.3 overs. India's total wastheir highest ever in aWorld Cup tie, their previ-ous best of 275 comingagainst New Zealand, inChristchurch, in 2000. Alate charge by pinch-hitterJhulan Goswami (36: 21b,6x4s) and HarmanpreetKaur (36: 22b, 4x4s, 2x6s)helped them breach the250-run barrier. With her146-ball knock, 'player ofthe match' Kamini alsobecame the highest Indianscorer in the World Cup,surpassing India skipperMithali Raj's 91 scoredagainst the Kiwis inPochefstroom in the 2005

edition. Kamini's hundredwas studded with 11 foursand a six, her most effec-tive stroke being thescoop. Faced with a hugetarget, the visitors made a

disastrous start when adirect hit fromHarmanpreet Kaur foundone of the Knight twins,Kycia, short of her crease.ODI 'Player of the Year'

Stafanie Taylor (9) tried tocheck the damage butfailed, giving an easy catchto Karuna Jain off AmitaSharma, leaving the visi-tors reeling at 15-2.Shamaine Campbelle (21)and Kyshona (11) tried torevive the innings butmade early exits. Thefastest T20 centurionDeandra Dottin (39: 16b,3x4s, 4x6s) was the onlyone who added somespice to the dull-lookingcontest, hitting some longsixes, way beyond theshortened boundary line.One of her sixes, hit abovethe mid-wicket region,went on to hit the fence -the longest in the match.The moment things

seemed going the WestIndies way, a slower deliv-ery from NiranjanaNagarajan deceivedDottin, who in her attemptto flick the ball saw herselfbeing dismissed legbefore. Thereafter, ShanelDaley (28) and skipperMerissa Aguilleira (18) toosuccumbed in face ofsome good bowling andtight fielding by theIndians. Niranjana finishedwith 3-52 in nine overs, thebest figures amongstIndians, with GauherSultana and Jhulan scalp-ing two wickets apiece.Earlier, the visitors made ahuge mistake by opting tofield on a pitch whichlooked a definite belter.

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MUMBAI : A dominant Mumbailifted their 40th Ranji Trophy titleafter skipper Ajit Agarkar andDhawal Kulkarni combined towreck Saurshtra for an innings and125-run victory in the five-day finalthat ended inside three days at theWankhede Stadium on Monday.Saurashtra, trailing the home teamby 207 runs in the first innings,were shot out for a pathetic 82 inless than three hours and 36.3overs, 41 minutes after tea.

Mumbai, thus, clinched their40th national title in 44 appear-ances in the summit contestand their first after two blankseasons. Agarkar snapped upfour wickets for 15 runs whilehis younger teammate Kulkarnigrabbed 5/32 to completesplendid match figures of ninefor 56. The home team paceduo finished off the lop-sidedcontest with their fiery firstspells to help Mumbai regainthe crown after a gap of twoseasons by sharing six wicketsequally. The other wicket-taker

for Mumbai was AbhishekNayar (1 for 3). Mumbai alsoearned the right to take on theRest of India in the Irani Cup tiewhich is to be held at the samevenue here from February 6-10. The home team also wonRs 2 crore as the prize moneywhile Saurashtra got Rs 1

crore.The visiting team's bats-men showed a distinct lack ofapplication and surrendered ona wicket that provided goodpace, bounce and prodigiousmovement to the swingbowlers even on day three.

They capitulated for the sec-ond time in the match after hav-

ing been bowled out for 148 in75.3 overs in the first innings onday one to which Mumbaireplied with 355.

The highest score in a dismalbatting display for Saurashtrawas 22 off 35 balls byDharmendra Jadeja.

Saurya Sanandiya (16) wasthe only other player to reachdouble figures after staying formore than an hour at the creaselike another lower-order bats-man Jaydev Unadkat (9 in 69minutes). Among the top sevenbatsmen dismissed, nonereached double figures andthree of them -- openersSitanshu Kotak, Sagar Jogiyaniand first innings top scorer ArpitVasavada -- failed to score.

Rahul Dave (5), skipperJaydev Shah (6), SheldonJackson (9) and KamleshMakwana (7) were the othertop-order batsmen to departwith single digit scores.

Agarkar took three for 15 in afiery first spell of eight overs and

Kulkarni claimed as many forsame number of runs in hisopening spell of nine overs.Makwana was sent back byNayar at 34.

Kulkarni came back to grabthe wicket of Sanandiya to leaveSaurashtra on the brink ofdefeat at 53 for 8. The inningswas prolonged by Unadkat andJadeja, who put on 29 runs,before Agarkar returned for hissecond spell to snap the ninthwicket partnership.

Fittingly, Kulkarni came backfor his third spell and ended thematch by having Jadeja caughtbehind by Tare who grabbed hisfourth victim of the innings to equalthe championship season recordof 41 by Uday Kaul of Punjab.

The tourists were tottering at20 for 6 after the initial burst byAgarkar and Kulkarni and thenmanaged to get pastSaurashtra's lowest-ever scoreof 25 all out, also againstMumbai at the nearby BrabourneStadium 60 years ago.

Mumbai thrash Saurashtra to clinch Ranji Trophy for 40th time

PARIS : French numberone Marion Bartoli cele-brated her recall to thecountry's Fed Cup team onWednesday with a battling7-5, 6-1 second-round winover American ChristinaMcHale at the Paris Open.

Earlier in the day captainAmelie Mauresmo endedBartoli's nine-year exilefrom the international stageby naming her in a five-play-er squad to face Germany innext month's World Group IIfirst-round tie inLimoges.The world number10 will be joined in theFrench team by AlizeCornet, Kristina Mladenovic,Virginie Razzano andPauline Parmentier.

"I'm very happy to returnto Fed Cup," Bartoli said inher post-match news con-ference, citing her relation-ship with two-time Grand

Slam champion Mauresmoas a factor in her return.

Bartoli, runner-up toAngelique Kerber in lastyear's final, was forced tocall upon her fighting spiritin the first set in the Frenchcapital, fending off four setpoints on McHale's serve at4-5 before eventuallybreaking to level. the sec-ond round.

Marion Bartoli wins after FedCup recall at Paris Open DHARAMSALA: Ian

Bell smashed a fineunbeaten century to guideEngland to victory overIndia who had alreadywon the five-match One-day International serieshere at the HimachalPradesh CricketAssociation (HPCA)Stadium on Sunday.

Bell remained not outon 113 as England com-pleted their chase on aseven-wicket win note with16 balls remaining Englandwinning the toss put Indiainto bat and dismissedthem for a modest 226.

Then they relied onBell’s third ODI hundred towin the fifth and final ODIat the picturesque HPCAwhich hosted its first inter-national match.

Earlier, Indian batsmenfailed to make a big scoreexcept Suresh Raina whobatting under pressuremade an impressive 83

with eight fours and twosixes.

Besides him, allrounderRavindra Jadeja (39) andtail-ender BhuvneshwarKumar (31) made signifi-cant contributions for

India. For England, pacebowler Tim Bresnan cap-tured four wickets whileother pacer Steven Finnand off-spinner JamesTredwell claimed twowickets each.

India lose final ODI but win series 3-2Mumbai maynot host final ifPakistan play

Mumbai : The uncer-tainty over Women'sWorld Cup venues is farfrom over. The final ofevent could be shiftedfrom Mumbai to Cuttack ifPakistan make it to thesummit clash.

The Group B games,which include matches fea-turing Pakistan, were earli-er shifted to Cuttack, fol-lowing threats of disruptionby right-wing parties.Pakistan kickoff their cam-paign against Australia onFriday at the Barabati sta-dium. Three teams eachfrom the two groups gothrough to the Super Sixstage. The top two teamsfrom Super Six thenprogress to the final. IfPakistan make it to thefinal, their game will bestaged in Cuttack.

Women's WC : India beat West Indies

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Fiji. New Zealandhave banned twomembers of the FijiSevens team fromcompeting at theWorld Series tour-nament inWellington nextmonth because oftravel sanctions itimposes on Fiji'smilitary regime.Mosese Saunivanuaand Emosi Mulevoroare both officers inthe Fiji navy and arecovered by thesanctions, whichprevent members ofthe Fiji military ortheir relatives travel-ing to New Zealand.New Zealand hasimposed sanctions on Fiji since Commodore FrankBainimarama seized power in a 2006 coup. The Wellington legof the tournament on February 1-2 is the fourth round of theHSBC World Sevens Series. The All Blacks Sevens lead theworld series with 60 points after three rounds, ahead of France(46) and Fiji (44).

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UPRISING Fiji

International Sevens

organisers are hoping to

attract more international

teams in their bid to

make the annual event a

"truly world class tourna-

ment". Following the suc-

cess of this year's tourna-

ment at Churchill Park in

Lautoka over the week-

end, organising commit-

tee chairman Culden

Kamea confirmed all

international teams that

participated would be

returning next year.

Kamea added they would

work on attracting more

overseas teams to

improve the level of com-

petition in the fourth edi-

tion of the tournament.

He said they would con-

tinue to host the event

two weeks prior to the

Wellington 7s every year.

"That's our window. We

have cemented our posi-

tion as a world class tour-

nament and we hope to

attract some more inter-

national teams to make it

better," Kamea said." All

managers of the interna-

tional teams that took

part in this tournament

have confirmed they

were coming back."

Kamea rated this

year's Uprising 7s as the

best and hoped it would

get better each year. He

thanked the sponsors and

especially the Lautoka

City Council for providing

a magnificent playing

field. "The international

teams loved the ground

and they all said it was a

world-class ground. I

thank Lautoka City

Council for the fantastic

job they did to turn things

around so quickly after

Cyclone Evan." The

Uprising 7s was won by

Digicel Fiji Barbarians

which defeated FMF Fiji

Warriors 31-12 in the final

on Saturday. Meanwhile,

organisers are keen to

host next year's tournament

in Lautoka once again.

Overseas teams vow to return

Samoa's Lolo Lui on attack against the Aussie Thunderboltsat the Uprising 7s over the weekend. Picture: ELIKI NUKUTABU

Fiji duo banned by NZArin Kumar

BILLIARDS and Snooker

Association of Fiji is hoping to con-

firm the players that will represent

Fiji in the Oceania Championship

by early next month. In past years

the national body received late

entries for the tournament and they

want to eliminate the 'last minute

application' trend. Association sec-

retary Praveen Maharaj said the

deadline to confirm participation

was February 4. He believes two

weeks is enough time for players to

decide whether they want to be

part of the national side or no.

"In the past we have had cases

where players leave it to the last

minute to inform us that they want

to participate in international com-

petition," Maharaj said. "That

makes it hard for the national body

to run around trying to arrange

entry into the tournament for the

players and visas," he said.

"So we don't want any of that

anymore and players will be given

a deadline after which no entries

will be accepted by the national

body and their participation will

depend on themselves." The

Oceania Championship will be held

in March in Papua New Guinea and

BSAF wants to apply for visa and

entries way before time so players

have enough time to prepare for

the event. Fiji's performance in the

event in the past year has been

poor and Maharaj said they wanted

this year to be different.

"The only time we did good was

in 2010 when Deepak Bala

reached the top 16 competition

otherwise, all other times, players

did not even make it to the top 32.

"This time, if Suman Lal decided to

participate in the event, I think he

would have a very good chance to

do well at the tournament. "I say

this because recently he did centu-

ry break (104) which is a pretty

good start players would need

against opponents in the Oceania

Championship," he said.

Fitness concernFITNESS will be the

only major concern forFijiana coach ElenoaKunatuba when shebegins preparations forthe IRB Women'sSevens World Serieslater this month.

The Fijiana side willparticipate in the thirdleg of the series thatwill be played inGuangzhou, China onMarch 30 and 31.Kunatuba said she hadalready identified 22players she wouldwork with for theseries. She said sheused last weekend's Uprising Fiji International 7s tournament to findout what improvementwas needed in theside. "From what I saw,fitness is the onlymajor concern,"Kunatuba said. "But itis understandablebecause these playershave just comethrough the festiveseason and will need afew more weeks oftraining to get their fit-ness back," she said.

BSAF warns on

last-minute entries

Fiji: Two players omitted from Sevens squad.

MY FIRST VISIT TO OUR CAPITAL CITY WASHINGTON D.C FOR MLK DAY AT MLK MONUMENT

Sunday 1/20/13.

Presidential inaugration

at the Capitol Mall on

Monday, and back to

work on Tuesday,1/22/13.

To top it off SF 49ers win

over Atlanta, and they

are off to the Super

Bowl. Go Niners!

UGESH 'YOGI' SINGH

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