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Delhi wraps its life around power cutsBy Rahul Chhabra
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: It’s 9 pm and Shalini hasplunged into hurriedly cooking din-ner. She wants to make sure that herfamily has time to finish eating be-fore 10 pm. That’s when her flat inKirti Apartment, Mayur ViharPhase-I, is plunged into darknessevery night. I want the children tohave their dal-roti in comfort, in-stead of fumbling to see what theyare eating. This is a big change inour old routine. We used to have din-ner around 11 pm.”
Her husband Ravi Chand com-plains that the power cuts have nofixed pattern. ‘‘Sometimes it’s pastmidnight before the supply is re-stored,’’ he said. ‘‘It is just the begin-
ning of summer, God knows hownmany other adjustments we willhave to make.”
Dolly, a resident of Jangpura Extension, has found a solution tothe low voltage problem that bringsher ceiling fans to a crawl in theevening. ‘‘Since it so suffocating in-side the room, we have started sleep-ing under the open sky on the ter-race,’’ she says.
In some areas, parents have start-ed revised the home-work scheduleof their children. ‘‘I have asked mywife not to let them play after school,but to get down to work almost assoon as they get back. I don’t wantthem to study in the dark of powercuts. But sometimes, frequent or pro-longed loadshedding in the evenings
makes it impossible for my kids tocomplete their work,’’ says KrishanKumar of East Loni Road.
On Thursday, the Kumar childrenwould go unprepared to school, be-cause they had a three-hour powercut on Wednesday.
Shanti Joshi of Janakpuri has be-come an early riser. That’s the onlyway I get my laundry done. My wash-ing machine doesn’t run on the in-verter and I never know what timethe electricity supply will snap. Itcould be any time between 9 am tonoon,’’ she says.
Besides, when there is no power,the water supply in the colony alsogets affected. ‘‘There is no point tak-ing the chance of leaving the wash-ing beyond 9 am.’’
SARS just a cold? The viruscausing SARS is a new form of thecommon cold, scientists have con-firmed, BBC website reported. TheWHO said tests prove it is a mutantform of the corona virus, the causeof the common cold.
Saddam reward: The US has puta reward of up to$200,000 on thehead of Iraqi Presi-dent Saddam Hus-sein. Posters distrib-uted also offer a re-ward for the arrestof other Iraqi lead-ers, whose names
appear on a recently released list of55 most-wanted Iraqis. P11
Securing the skies: One and ahalf years after the 9/11 terrorist at-tacks in the US shook the entireworld, the authorities are trying tomake the airspace over Delhi andother metropolises more secure. P8
Silent radar: India has developeda low-probability intercept radar fornaval applications. It cannot be detected by an incoming aircraft andcan escape from an anti-radiationmissile attack. P7
Hacker cracker?: Ankit Fadiaboasts about being a hacker, as the17-year-old says they are ‘‘goodguys’’ who spot loopholes in web-sites and not ‘‘crackers’’ who misusethis ability to do illegal things. P7
Elephant probe: A three-membercommittee of experts began its in-quiry into the controversial death ofa rogue elephant calf in Chhattisgarhby viewing the footage shot bywildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey’steam and discussed it with the ladyunder fire for the calf’s death —‘elephant woman’ Parbati Barua. P9
TB detection: Scientists are developing ‘‘Bio-MeMs’’-based mi-cro diagnostic kits to detect tuber-culosis that will reduce time taken toidentify the disease from over aweek to a few hours.
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Max. 38oC/ Min. 26oCMoonset: Friday — 0656 hrs.Moonrise: Thursday — 1936 hrs.Sunset: Thursday — 1848 hrs.Sunrise: Friday — 0553 hrs.
Bumpermonsoon?No chance
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New Delhi: For those hoping for a re-prieve from drought, the messagefrom the meteorological departmentis brutally simple: Don’t expect a‘‘bumper’’ monsoon this year.
India Meteorological Departmentchief R R Kelkar said on Wednesdaythat forecasts indicate a south-westmonsoon on the ‘‘lower side ofnormal’’.
In newly-devised technical terms,this would be 96 per cent of the long-period average, for the June-Septem-ber season as a whole.
With an error margin of five percent either way, the monsoon couldinch closer to what is considered normal or fall further short than pro-jected. But it won’t be a great mon-soon. There is also a 21 per centchance of drought — defined as rainless than 90 per cent of the long-periodaverage — as well.
IMD, however, is saying nothing onthe timing of the monsoon. The dateswill only come by May-end.
The forecast, released on Wednes-day, is driven home by new modelswhich have enabled the department tomake initial assessments well aheadof the usual May-end schedule, givinga longer lead time.
Cars to ACs, fridges to paints – all may go off the shelves if the strike continues
Truckers’ stirhits India IncBy Neera Bhardwaj & Byas Anand
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Fresh fruit and veg-etables are not the only itemsthat will become tough to find asthe truckers’ strike entered itsthird day on Wednesday. Corpo-rate India has started feeling theheat, as the strike has begunparalysing manufacturing anddistribution across industries.
A cross-section of firmswarned that if the strike contin-ued, consumers can expect con-sumer goods — from cars to ACs,fridges to paint — to go off theshelves in a week’s time, perhapsearlier.
Maruti, Telco and other vehi-cle manufacturers say they willbe forced to halt production asraw material supplies dry up.Says Maruti’s managing directorJagdish Khattar: ‘‘We cannot lastbeyond a couple of days.’’
Telco has been using its ownvehicles to ferry componentsfrom vendors to the plant atPune. How long this solution willlast is not known as drivers fearthat striking truckers might re-sort to violence.
Cons umer electronics compa-nies are already facing suchfears. ‘‘Our trucks are stuck atvarious places as truckers arechary of taking them forward,”says one. The industry estimates
that if this continues, refrigera-tors and ACs will not be availableon the shelves in a week’s time.
Sales, needless to say, are be-ginning to suffer with manyfirms re-writing their monthlytargets. Take paint companies.Already, the widely-distributedproduct is missing from smalltowns and villages. ‘‘We moved alot of stocks to branches in antic-ipation of the strike. However,they are since lying in thegodowns of these centres,’’ saysregional head of a leading paintscompany.
Those in the transport busi-ness are perhaps the worst hit.For three days now, Gati, a pack-er and mover has not seen a sin-gle truck move. ‘‘Customers mov-ing cities to new jobs are suffer-ing,’’ says RD Chaudhry, regionalhead, Gati.
Companies are now makingcontingency plans. Kapil Kapoor,MD, Timex Watches, says: ‘‘Thecourier companies are alreadyunable to move stocks by road.We are now working out plans tosend supplies by air.”
Outsourcing? US tax returns calculated hereBy Chidanand Rajghatta
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Washington: Millions of Americanssweated it out on Tuesday, strugglingto meet the deadline April 15 — for fil-ing their annual tax returns as ac-countants and post offices stayedopen late to accommodate the lag-gards. Many will be hoping the Indi-ans have lived up to their reputationfor sound number-crunching.
In keeping with the great outsourc-ing trend that has swept across Amer-ican businesses, thousands of US taxreturns are now being processed in
India, a development that has led toquite a stir in the accounting commu-nity. Numbers are hard to pin down,but according to Kishore Mirchan-dani, President of Outsource Part-ners International, the firm thatclaims to have triggered the develop-ment, more than 10,000 returns wentto India for scrutiny this year.
The accounting firm Ernst andYoung alone is believed to have for-warded 7500 American tax returns toits subsidiary in India after transfer-ring a tax partner familiar with U.Stax laws there. Scores of other small-er accounting firms have also sent re-
turns numbering hundreds to Indiaafter a pilot study last year showed en-couraging results.
The business is still in its infancy,but we are looking at over 100,000 re-turns going to India this coming year,says Mirchandani, whose firm has a300-person operation in Bangaloreand is looking to expand because ofthe growing demand. Several tradi-tional American firms are also liningup to send returns to India, after pilotprojects showed significant reduc-tions in costs and turnaround times.
More and more firms are jumpingon the bandwagon after seeing the re-
sults. They seem very satisfied withthe quality, not to speak of the speedand cost factors, says Bill Carlino, Ed-itor-in-Chief of the journal Account-ing Today, which has tracked thetrend over the past year.
Expectedly, not everyone is thrilledwith the outsourcing of what some regard as sensitive financial information. In the latest issue, themagazine Practical Accountant ran acolumn by a New York accountingprofessor questioning the trend ongrounds of security and job loss toAmericans.
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SABRE-RATTLING: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and his supporters brandishswords at a Kshatriya meet in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Thakur leader distributed around 3,000 swords to all those present at the rally. Report on page 7
Ahmedabadgets a Muslimwoman mayor
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Ahmedabad: Corporators ofthe Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation created historyon Wednesday by electingCongress’s Aneesa Mirza asmayor. Defeating the BJP’sBharti Patel, Aneesa becamethe first Muslim woman to bethe city’s first citizen.
The election assumes sig-nificance in view of the dis-turbed past of the city andthe fact that there were atleast three candidates fromthe majority community whowere strong contenders forthe job.
Sources said Aneesa’sname was suggested by theparty high-command in NewDelhi, which was perhapskeen to shake off the allega-tion that it was pursuing asoft-Hindutva line to counterthe BJP.
Comment: If they don’t want tocompletely alienate public sym-pathy, truckers should go back towork, while negotiating with theauthorities the best deal they canget with retrospective effect.
Edit: Truckload of TroubleMore reports on page 8
For more go to www.timesofindia.com
People throng the vegetable market at Paharganj in the Capital on Wednesday
Photo: Sanjay Sekhri
THE BIG STRIKE: DAY 3
All prices are per kg
Govt says“ We have enough stocks for 15days. We will cancel the licence ofany trader immediately if foundhoarding or rumour mongering.”but...
CHECK PRICES AT27121044 (control room ofAPMC) or on www.delagrimarket.com
THE GOOD NEWS: Mango prices tumble as there are notrucks to take them away
Delhi Safal StallsPotato 5.00 7.00Onion 7.50 10.00Tomato 12.00 16.00Banana 15.90 24.00Brinjal 12.00 18.00
Kolkata Earlier NowTomato 6.00 10.00Cabbage 3.00 8.00MumbaiTomatoes 12.00 24.00Cauliflower18.00 30.00
Elsewhere
“We have no control overthe vendor in the street.”
“ They will stop if talks with
government do not get anywhere on Thursday.”— Baba Sahib Dhumal, president,AIMTC, truckers union
— Shailja Chandra, Chief Secy, Delhi
Truckers say“ We have exempted truckscarrying perishable essentials from our strike.This applies all over India.Member tankers are taking gas, oil and milkacross the country.but...
21% probability of drought39% probability below normal 14% probability near normal23% probability above normal3% probability excess
• It will be a normal monsoon • New model enables early forecast • Built on 38 years’ data.
RAIN SPOTTINGMore reports on Page 8
Comment: Let’s hope the old jokesabout the weatherman’s accuracy —or rather, the lack of it — come true.Or it could be a very grim year indeedfor the economy and people indrought-affected areas.
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Annual day: KendriyaVidyalaya, Shalimar Bagh,celebrated its annual day onApril 10. Education officerof Kendriya Vidyalaya San-gathan, Delhi region, M SChauhan was the chiefguest. Neeta Chauhan gaveaway the prizes. Schoolprincipal Vijay Laxmi Charipresented the annual report for the session 2002-03. Vice-principal G T SChadha proposed the vote of thanks.
AIDS awareness: MountCarmel School in associa-tion with SHARP has beeninvolved in AIDS awarenessprogramme for classes 9and 12. The programmepicked up with a talk by Dr Shankar Roy Choudharyof UNESCO. A series ofcompetitions like debates,essay writing, street play,poster making and sloganwriting were organised. Thechosen candidates partici-pated in inter-school com-petitions at Dilli Haat. NidhiNayer bagged the secondprize in essay writing com-
petition. In continuationwith World AIDS Day pro-gramme, Kuhelika Dey andNidhi Nayer with MeenakshiMukherjee participated invideo conferencing organ-ised by World Bank at IndiaHabitat Centre. AIDS volun-teers from countries likeUK, Barcelona, South Africaand India put forth theirviews on various aidsrelated issues.
Save water: CentralGround Water Board, ministry of water resources,organised a mass aware-ness programme on rainwa-ter harvesting and artificialrecharge to ground wateron March 30. Students ofDelhi Public School, Dwarka, took part in it andbrought laurels to theschool. Abhay Maheshwari(6-C) and Ashima Anand (9-D) got first prize in postermaking competition. AakritiManocha (8-D) got secondprize and Ashwini Kumar (6-C) secured the thirdprize. In the drawing com-petition, Lakshmi of 6-D gotsecond prize. In debatecompetition, PratibhaNarayan (7-D) and AbhinavGoel won the first andfourth, prize respectively.
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Can MCD pay for itsgarbage, firms wonder
By Rahul ChhabraTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Foreign wastemanagement companies,which plan to collect andtransport solid waste in thecity, are apprehensiveabout the Municipal Corpo-ration of Delhi’s (MCD)capacity to clear theirpayments on time.
The concern over MCD’sfinancial state threatens tobog down the ambitiousproject which aims to in-volve private companies,including multi-nationalsfrom Taiwan, France andSingapore, and NGOs, forwaste management in six out of 12 zones of thecivic agency.
Everyday more than6,500 metric tonne garbageis generated in 12 zones.The MCD plans to engageprivate companies for man-aging about half of thegarbage daily. Door-to-doorcollection of garbage, de-signing and construction ofgarbage bins and operationof a fleet of trucks wouldalso be the responsibility ofthe private companies.
In metros like Mumbai,private companies arealready handling garbageon behalf of the local body.
But the proposed privati-sation of garbage collectionhere is being projected bythe MCD as the ultimate solution for all garbage-related problems in the city. Critics, however, say itis an attempt by the civicagency to cover-up its inef-ficiency in keeping the citygarbage-free with its ownwork force.
‘‘Representative of one ofthe multi-nationals wantedto know from me if theMCD would be able to
make regular payments for the work proposed to be outsourced from pri-vate companies,’’ said an official from the sanitationdepartment.
Officials of another com-pany wanted to know ifthere would be any counter-guarantees to ensure time-ly payments, he said.
MCD commissionerRakesh Mehta tried to dis-pel doubts about the civicagency’s poor financialtrack record. ‘‘We may cre-ate a special account, withassured inflow of revenueevery month, to make pay-ments to private compa-nies,’’ he said. There can beno bigger assurance thanthis on timely payment ofdues, he added.
Mehta said the processfor awarding contract toprivate companies wouldbe completed by August.The private companieswould be given two monthstime to design a collectionand transportation system.The companies would getfour months to implementtheir system.
• Almost 50 per cent ofthe 6,500 metric tonnesof garbage generateddaily can be recycled
• MCD has a statutorybinding to implementthe Waste ManagementHandling Rules whichhave made segregationof garbage compulsoryby December
Cleaning the city
Constablestabbed by4 assailants
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ghaziabad: Four unidenti-fied men stabbed and injureda head constable of the statepolice Special Task force, be-fore escaping with his loaded9 mm service pistol.
The incident took placeabout 5.30 a.m. on Wednes-day, as Mahavir Singhstepped off the Shramjivi Ex-press at an unscheduled haltat Mohan Nagar.
According to Ghaziabadsuperintendent of police (city), Gyaneshwar Tiwari,Singh was carrying some papers from Lucknow to the STF office at Govindpu-ram, here. As he stepped offthe train, some distance fromthe platform, two mengrabbed him from behind.Another two took his semi-automatic pistol. As Singhfought them off, he wasstabbed in the arm.
Firemen injuredNew Delhi: Five fire fighterswere injured while dousing afire in Okhla industrial areaon Wednesday evening. Theinjured included the teamleader. They were, however,discharged after medical aidat the Safdarjung hospital.
Walled citypark to bespruced up
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The historic Ed-ward park in old Delhi willsoon get a facelift.
On his visit to the area onWednesday, member of theParliament from ChandniChowk, Vijay Goel, instruct-ed the authorities to removeencroachments near the parkentrance.
Announcing plans for thepark, Goel said the park willnow get more lights.
The police booths at its en-trance will be shifted so thatthe place becomes more visi-ble and attracts people.
Goel, who is also the Unionminister of state in thePrime Minister’s Office, hasalso asked for lowering theboundary wall.
More saplings will beplanted, he said.
Shortage of rabies antidote By Pallavi MajumdarTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: For the past sixmonths, the anti-rabies immunoglobin derived fromthe horses’ blood is in shortsupply in the city hospitals.The serum is an essentialanti-dote for rabid animalbite cases.
‘‘The shortage occurred af-ter the animal activist Mane-ka Gandhi filed a court caseprotesting against torture ofhorses,’’ said Delhi Munici-pal Corporation (MCD) chiefhealth officer K N Tiwari.The serum was procuredfrom the Central Research In-stitute in Kasauli.
The patients are being toldto buy the serum from themarket. Its substitute, the hu-man immunoglobin, is muchmore expensive and there-fore rarely stocked by thehospitals, said sources.
While the human immuno-globin costs about Rs 10,000for a person weighting
60 kgs, the immunoglobin de-rived from horses’ bloodcosts only Rs 500.
Most patients going to city-government hospitals likeGuru Tegh Bahadur hospitaland Deen Dayal Upadhyayahospital are being turnedback for the unavailability ofthe serum. Even Safdarjunghospital is allegedly short-stocked. Ram Manohar
Lohia is reportedly the only hospital where theserum is available.
The problem is compound-ed by the fact that hospitalshave reported a spurt in thenumber of dog bite casesover the past one year.
While a hospital like Saf-darjung receives almost 80dog bite cases everyday,small peripheral hospitals re-port an average of 40 to 50cases daily. In majority ofcases, the patients are bittenby a stray dog.
In the absence of theserum, most hospitals areadministering anti-rabiesvaccines. Which, accordingto the doctors, is not a substi-tute. Immunoglobin is essen-tially made up of antibodiesagainst the rabies virus andis injected in and around the wound.
According to the doctors, itis the only antidote in case ofan animal bite in the head orshoulders.
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It’s when you say I have no time thatyou actually have to make time.Again, it’s that moment in theevening, when you are home fromwork, that you need to be at your ener-getic and positive best. Not saying I’mtired, exhausted and drained becauseI’m back from work.
The same principle is in actionwhen you’re actually at work too.
You could regenerate your energy and the will to think and livebetter, simply by learning how tobreathe better.
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PUC deadlineends, no drivelaunched
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New Delhi: On the first dayafter the pollution under con-trol certificates (PUCC) dead-line expired, Delhi statetransport commissionerSindhushree Khullar said itwas a regular day at work.‘‘No drive is on as of now,’’she said.
According to Khullar, theenforcement departmentteams were on the roads, butthere was no stress on prose-cution.
‘‘Only the normal numberof teams we usually deployare on the roads,’’ she said.She, however, added that any-body caught driving withouta PUCC would be prosecuted.
Deputy commissioner ofpolice (traffic) Satish Golchasaid only routine challaningwas done on Wednesday.‘‘The zonal officers have con-ducted routine challaning.We haven’t yet given themany directions to intensifyprosecution. But we will do itwhen we take it up as adrive,’’ he said.
But Khullar said the lee-way would last only till theweekend, after which theprosecution may be intensi-fied. ‘‘We will remind peopleabout the drive over theweekend, but from Mondaywe will intensify action,’’ shesaid.
Father, infant die in mishapTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A private con-tractor, who worked forHaryana Urban DevelopmentAuthority, and his two-year-old son died after a bluelinebus hit their Alto car nearBrijwasan on Wednesdayevening. The car had a head-on collision with the buswhich was attempting toovertake another bus.
Sunil Yadav and Kamal
died on the spot. Yadav’swife, Sunita and theirseven-year-old daughter, Anchal,however, survived the acci-dent. They have been admit-ted to a private nursing homeand are declared out of dan-ger. ‘‘Sunita is not in a stateto give her statement,’’deputy commissioner of po-lice (south-west) TajinderLuthra said.
Due to the accident trafficon the Brijwasan road was
stalled for an hour. Even asthe bus driver and conductorfled the spot, the locals col-lected on the road and did notpermit the cars to pass.
Luthra said Sunil and hisfamily were returning toGurgaon after visiting theirrelatives. A bus, route num-ber 539, that witnesses saidwas being driven rashly hitthe car. The police are on alook-out for the driver andconductor.
Khattar is evadingprobe, says CBI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: DharambirKhattar, the alleged mid-dleman in the Delhi Devel-opment Authority (DDA)land scam, is not co-oper-ating with the investiga-tors, the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) toldthe special court of PremKumar on Wednesday.
While requesting thecourt to shift Khattar to Ti-har Jail, the CBI said hewas admitted to AIIMS af-ter he complained of chestpain on Tuesday.
‘‘The accused is not com-ing out with the truth onthe material points and is
deliberately avoiding thequestioning on the con-spiracy angle. The moneyis yet to be recovered,’’ CBIadvocate told the judge.
When duty magistrateKamini Lau went to thehospital, she observed thatKhattar was in stable con-dition. Lau remandedKhattar to a day’s judicialcustody and asked the CBIto produce a medical re-port before Kumar’s courton Thursday before 2 pm.
Earlier, the judge pulledup the CBI on its failure tomake more arrests in thecase in which DLF had in-creased the floor area ratioof their building.
Bomb scare rattles Modern SchoolTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Classes at threebranches of Modern Schoolwere disrupted over a callsaying a bomb had beenplanted in one of theirpremises. The call, however,turned out to be a hoaxone.
This is the second hoaxcall in past two days. OnTuesday, the police receiveda call claiming there was abomb in Vijaya building atConnaught Place.
Deputy commissioner ofpolice (New Delhi) ManojLall said: ‘‘The search had tobe carried out at all threebranches because the callerdid not specify in whichbranch was the bomb plant-ed.’’
He search at BarakhambaRoad and Humayun Roadbranches continued for twohours, he said. The classesthere started an hour afterthe normal schedule.
Although the police havetraced the call, they have notyet identified the caller.‘‘The call was made to a po-lice control room from atelephone booth in Central
Secretariat. When the teamwas sent there, the boothowner couldn’t tell muchabout the caller,’’ Lall said.
The police said they re-ceived a call at 7 am. Thecaller said he had heardabout a bomb being planted
at Modern School.Two bomb disposal
squads were immediatelyformed. While one was
rushed to BarakhambaRoad, the other reached thejunior school at HumayunRoad. A message was alsoflashed to the southwest dis-trict to conduct a search atthe Vasant Vihar branch.
A teacher in ModernSchool, Barakhamba Road,Firoz Bakht Ahmad said:‘‘This is not the first timethat our school has receiveda hoax bomb call. Fouryears back also we wentthrough the same experi-ence and the caller could notbe traced.’’
The search at Humayunand Barakhamba Road end-ed at 9:30 am. Deputy com-missioner of police (south-west) Tajinder Luthra said:‘‘We started the search at10:30 am. The classes hadstarted by then. But due tothe call we had to ask theteachers to stop the class un-til the search was com-plete.’’
Meanwhile, parents atBarakhamba branch rushedto the school to take theirchildren away and by 11 amabout half the school wasempty.
Man held for making obscene calls to PCRTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The police have arresteda 42-year-old man for making obscenecalls to women operators of the po-lice control room. Pawan Kumar al-legedly made lewd comments to theoperators sometimes calling 50 timesdaily.
The special cell arrested Kumar onTuesday. Although he started makingcalls to the control room from April 4,the police took it seriously after Ku-mar allegedly made a hoax call abouta bomb at the police headquarters.
Deputy commissioner of police
(special cell) Ashok Chand said:‘‘Ku-mar operates as a tout too. He earns aliving helping people who want visasto European countries.’’ Kumar wasarrested outside the German em-bassy in the Chanakyapuri area.
Police said Kumar would discon-nect the call if male operators an-swered the phone. The caller usedvulgar language and would askwomen operators to meet him. ‘‘Heused to call up in an inebriatedstate,’’ Chand said.
Kumar would use different nameswhenever he called and would refuseto disconnect the call. Initially no-
body took the matter seriously. Theoperators asked their seniors to takeaction after the accused called them120 times on April 10 night.
In a span of 11 days, Kumar hadcalled the police control room morethan 885 times. Although the policetraced his cellular phone number,they could not arrest him.
But when Kumar made a hoax call,the investigation was transferred tothe special cell who arrested the manafter two days.
On interrogation, Kumar revealedthat he had made similar calls to oth-er toll free numbers. ‘‘Kumar has in
all made 1,627 calls to such numbers.While 885 calls were made to thePCR, 137 calls were made to 197,MTNL’s enquiry number and 595calls to Idea’s customer care,’’ Chandsaid.
The calls were generally made be-tween 11 pm and 6 am. Kumar had adispute with his wife who registereda dowry harassment case againsthim. The two, however, compromisedthe case later.
He was earlier arrested in a cheat-ing case in Punjab and has also beeninvolved in drunken brawls at Pahar-ganj where he resides.
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By Rahul ChhabraTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:The PublicWorks Department and theDelhi Development Au-thority are building over17 new fly-overs. Another10 are in the pipeline. Ofthe 35 fly-overs in the city,15 came up during the lastfive years.
Traffic experts say fly-overs are a necessity in acity that boasts of thelargest vehicular popula-tion in the country. Butthey also say fly-overs willhave to be augmented byelevated corridors and ex-pressways.
‘‘If not new express-ways, an elevated corridorlinking the existing net-work of fly-overs is a pos-sibility,’’ said T S Reddy,deputy director, traffic andtransportation planningdepartment of CentralRoad Research Institute.
Delhi state urban devel-opment minister, A KWalia, said the ‘‘fly-overpolicy’’ mainly revolvedaround making the RingRoad and Outer Ring Roadsignal-free. ‘‘This is why 15fly-overs were built onthese roads in the last fiveyears.’’
Walia said the thrust ofthe fly-over policy lies inreducing the time takenfor completing a round ofRing Road from an averageof two hours to one hourand thirty minutes.
In money terms, a driverwho earlier spent Rs 250covering the 100 km tripalong Ring Road nowspends around Rs 190 tocover the same distance.Faster movement withfewer red-lights meanshigher saving on fuel.
‘‘A redlight signal workson the principle of timesharing by vehicles usinga road,’’ said engineer-in-chief of MCD, DeepakMukhopadhyay.
A fly-over works on theprinciple of space sharing.‘‘When approach roads toan intersection are foundinsufficient to bear a par-ticular load of vehicles,another road — in theshape of fly-over — is cre-ated to ease the pressureon the ground,’’ he said.
Though fly-overs are the need of the hour, some experts feel it’s only a temporary solution for congestion.
Tomorrow: Is the elevated Ring Road the best solution?
Most growing cities think of fly-oversonly after traffic congestion starts touch-ing dangerous limits. This means fly-overs have to be built on roads which havedense populations. Thus, the biggest chal-lenge for fly-over construction, apart fromfunds, is of acquiring land for the struc-
ture. ‘‘At times, court cases delay acquisi-tion of land. This has hampered the criti-cal fly-over on Mathura Road nearBadarpur. In some cases, like the Lajwan-ti fly-over near Nangalraya, designs of fly-overs need to be altered due to people liv-ing near project sites,’’ said Sarin.
Building fly-overs is a challenge
Where should they beconstructedAs a thumb rule, urban planners sug-gest grade separation or constructionof a fly-over at a traffic intersectionwhere the hourly vehicular load touch-es 10,000 passenger car units (PCU). Atruck is equivalent to two PCUs, a caris equals one PCU and four two-wheel-ers make one PCU.
Some transport experts describe fly-overs as a short-term measure for con-gestion. But S M Sarin, a road safetyconsultant and former head of theroad safety department in CRRI, saidtraffic scenarios are dynamic entities .‘‘Los Angeles was created with the as-sumption that everyone would own acar. The city planners built broadroads and a number of fly-overs, butthe city is still congested,’’ he said.
MAKING DELHI MOVE FASTER
Fly-overs or Stuck-unders?UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 1. Panchsheel Club 2. Kalkaji Temple3. J B Tito Marg4. Sriniwaspuri5. Safdarjung Enclave and Raj Nagar crossing6. Nizamuddin Bridge and Ring Rd intersection7. Sarai Kale Khan8. Road number 66 near Wazirabad Bridge9. Ghazipur freight centre10. Britannia Chowk11. Madhuban Chowk12. Rail over bridge near Pankha Road13. Mayapuri14. G T Road near Seelampur15. Rail overbridge linking ITO Bridge with Noida16. Noida Morh17. Road number 63 in Wazirabad.
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THE SAVING• Driving time on the Ring Road has been
reduced by half an hour• Cost of fuel spent on this route has
gone down from Rs 250 to Rs 190 — an engine which is idle at a traffic signal consumes petrol worth Rs 1.50 every minute
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They are good for your wallet and lungsA fly-over becomes a necessity at a traf-fic intersection when the waiting timeat a redlight exceeds three minutes. Onan average, a car’s engine which is idleat a traffic signal consumes petrol worthRs 1.50 every minute.
Big fly-over projects like the one at AI-IMS crossing and Dhaula Kuan have thepotential to offer halt-free movement totraffic movements in more than 20 di-rections. Most cost analysis conductedat the conceptual stage takes into ac-count the savings they would offer bypreventing petrol wastage. ‘‘A fly-over’scontribution toward the environmentby reducing pollution and health ail-ments and saving the road user’s timeare also converted into monetaryunits,’’ said Reddy.
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READER’S GRIEVANCES
Callous officialsMy husband and I hailedan auto-rikshaw (DL1RD4816) opposite the AmarColony Police Station, onMonday 31st March. Thedriver asked for Rs.40 totake us to Hauz Khas Mar-ket and refused to turn onthe meter. My husbandcalled two policemen, whowere walking out of thestation and asked them tolook into the matter. Thetwo policemen sat in theauto, and said, ‘Chalo aglebar se meter pe chalna’ (Turn on the meter nexttime) and rode off in theauto. We went to complainat the station and the po-liceman on duty said thetwo were not on duty andwere not from that areaand refused to help us.
The authorities con-cerned may please lookinto the issue. —NayanaBorthakur, Near AmarColony Police Station, Laj-pat Nagar.
Flat duesThe Haryana State Indus-trial Development Corpo-ration had advertised forbuilt-up flats for industrialworkers and executives ofIMT Manesar Gurgaonand Bawal. I had depositedRs 25,000 through a de-mand draft (no 742448) ofIndian Bank in favour ofHSIDC, dated August 9,2002, payable at Panchku-la. This was the commit-ment amount for a flatbooked under the over-150sq m category. Despite sev-eral reminders, I have re-
ceived no informationfrom HSIDC regarding thedeposit amount or the flat.The HSIDC may please re-fund my money. — RishiKalia, C-3/306 Janakpuri
Pension duesAfter having served for 37years in the National Agri-cultural Research Systemin different organizations,I have been denied my ba-sic pension by my employ-er the CCS HAU, Hisar. Myclaim for getting the bene-fit of past service renderedat the Rajasthan Agricul-tural University, Bikanerwithin the stipulated pro-visions of pension statuesof CCS-HAU has beenturned down on the pretextthat I have not exercisedmy option of counting pastservice within 4 months ofjoining the University.This decision was taken bythe University has on amuch later date.
This after having accept-ed pension contributionsof my past service directlyfrom the Rajasthan Agri-cultural University alongwith updated interest of atthe rate of 11 per cent.
Neither the pension stat-ues of CCS-HAU nor theCentral Government rulesstipulates any period forexercising option in case,the employee of the pastservice, has drawn no ter-minal pension benefits.The prescribed period isapplicable only in case em-ployee has accounted forthese benefits from the pre-vious employer.—J.S. Bha-tia,C-2/397, 3rd Floor,Pankha Road, Janakpuri.
Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievancesc/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002.
SC jails officialfor contempt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A senior Noidaofficial, S C Pabreja, has beenjailed for a week by theSupreme Court for commit-ting contempt of court bygiving false facts about theavailability of plots in Sector42.
A Bench of Justice S NVariva and Justice B NAgrawal on Wednesday re-jected Pabreja’s apology andsaid: ‘‘We are not satisfiedthat the apology tendered inthis case is genuine or bonafide. We do not see any rea-son for accepting such anapology.’’
The court also rejected hisplea for mercy. Noting thewilful suppression of facts byPabreja, the court said hehad clearly stated in an affi-davit that no plots were avail-able. ‘‘This is a false state-ment... We hold that Pabrejahas committed contempt ofthis court’s order.’’
Pabreja attracted con-tempt action during the pro-ceedings of a petition filed bythe UP Resident EmployeesCooperative Housing Societywhose 242 members couldnot be allotted the land by theauthority concerned. The
court also directed the au-thority to comply with its1991 directions regarding al-lotment of plots in sector 42where land was available,though Pabreja’s affidavithad concealed this fact.
However, on the directionof the court a new affidavitwas filed by another officialof the authority stating thatland was available in sector 42.
Later, the court directedthe authority to file anotheraffidavit giving details ofthose who had been allottedland in sector 42. At thisstage, another official, AshokKumar Verma, admitted thatthe allotment of a plot infavour of a housing societyhas been cancelled and themoney was refunded. The of-ficials clarified that no orderwas passed by the AllahabadHigh Court restraining itfrom reallocating the land toanyone.
In this backdrop, the courthad said in last March: ‘‘It ap-pears that Pabreja has filed afalse affidavit with a view tomisleading it and with a viewto seeing that this court doesnot pass any order adverse towhat the authority is con-tending.’’
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City sweats as power cuts worsenTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: There was norespite from the heat for res-idents in Green Park, HauzKhas, Janakpuri, Rohiniand Paharganj who havebeen facing the brunt of un-reliable power supply sinceTuesday.
Supply was also disrupt-ed in Bhagwati Garden, Pa-harganj, Ram Nagar, PreetVihar, Nangloi and Adchini.
Work at the MunicipalCorporation of Delhi officein Green Park suffered as aseries of power cuts leftmost rooms dark. ‘‘Therewas a power cut at 10 am
which lasted till noon. Thesupply was disrupted againafter the lunch hour andthings were back to normalonly after 3.30 pm,’’said an
MCD employee.Several residents in
Green Park Extension com-plained of frequent powercuts through the day. ‘‘It wasrelentless,’’ said Gautam,an MNC executive who hashis office in Green Park.
A BSES official claimedthe supply to Green Parkarea was affected due tomaintenance work carriedout in Hauz Khas. ‘‘Thepower cuts have started af-fecting our output in of-fice,’’ he said.
In Rohini sector-8, resi-dents had a tough time onTuesday as the voltage kept
dipping frequently in theevening.
‘‘No electrical gadgetworked properly. The volt-age kept dipping every 10minutes and the situationpersisted for two hoursstarting from 7 pm,’’ saidMahesh Sharma, a residentof Rohini.
A Tata Power spokesper-son claimed the problem inRohini was mainly becauseof low frequency of powersupply received fromthe grid.
‘‘The electricity supplywas tripping frequently,”said a Tata Power official.
S Delhi may get water once a dayBy Saurabh Sinha
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: In a bid to tide over the se-vere water crisis in south Delhi, theDelhi Jal Board (DJB) has proposed tosupply water to the area once a day.
DJB chief P K Tripathi said insteadof providing water for about an hourin the morning and evening each, aone-time supply of two to three hourswill ensure that people living at thefag end of the distribution line alsoget some water.
‘‘Right now, all the taps are turnedon when the supply is on for sometime in the mornings and evenings.Nothing flows down to people living atthe lower end of the distributionlines,’’ he said.
A longer duration, one-time supply,on the other hand, would mean that af-ter stocking up, the ‘‘upstream’’ peo-ple would turn off the tap. And waterwould flow down the line to morehouses before the supply ends.
‘‘We will soon start approaching theresident welfare associations (RWAs)in south Delhi and ask them if theyfind the idea acceptable,’’ Tripathisaid. Last year, the scheme was triedout on an experimental basis andparched areas like Chittaranjan Park,Govindpuri and Okhla had been bene-fited, he added.
But people like Sharmila Sinha, aresident of E block in ChittaranjanPark, said they already get water oncea day. ‘‘The tap springs to life for just
about five to 10 minutes in the morn-ing. We are totally dependent on thetanker for our survival,’’ she said.
H K Yadav, a Delhi Urban Art Com-mission member who lives in Kalkaji,said: ‘‘We get water for about one-and-a-half hours before dawn.’’ But he saidthe idea was ‘‘good and meant for trou-ble areas’’.
‘‘Last year, Kalkaji used to get watertwice a day. This idea was mooted toensure that Chittaranjan Park getssome water and we agreed. That led tosome improvement there,’’ Yadavsaid.
Tripathi said the scheme aims atgiving one-time supply to south Delhiso that ‘‘trouble areas’’ get some waterdaily.
Joint ventureunderway toget powerfrom Bhutan
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The city is get-ting closer to additional pow-er, with state-owned Power-Grid Corporation expectingto kick off by the month-endits joint venture with TataPower for building a trans-mission line to wheel up to3,000 mega watt of electricityfrom Bhutan.
‘‘We are hopeful of gettingCabinet Committee on Eco-nomic Affairs clearancewithin a fortnight. All otherformalities have been com-pleted and we will roll assoon as the governmentclears the joint venture,’’PowerGrid chairman R PSingh said on Wednesday.
Of the 3,000 mw likely to beon tap, Delhi can take asmuch power as it wants pro-vided it pays for it.
Singh said the project en-visages laying of about 1,600km of transmission line andconstruction of sub-stations.While Tatas would put up thewires, PowerGrid would con-struct the sub-stations. Theproject is expected to be com-pleted by 2005. Singh said Rs500 crore would come frominternal accruals and Rs 800crore from World Bank.
Apex court seeks reporton mining in Aravalis
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: As the Unionand Haryana governmentsgave the green signal tolift the ban on miningin Faridabad and Gurgaon,the Supreme Courthas sought investigation re-ports on the status of miningin the eco-fragile Aravalihills.
A Bench of Justice Y KSabharwal and Justice H KSema on Wednesday askedthe Centre to submit the tworeports filed by the ministryof environment and forestsand the Central Mine Plan-ning and Design Institute
Limited. These reports were spon-
sored by the Central Pollu-tion Control Board.
Relying on these reports,the government told theBench that it had no objec-tion in allowing operationsin most of the mines as theycomplied with the guidelinesissued by environment pro-tection authority.
Despite agreeing that acomprehensive study of theAravali hill range was re-quired due to its ecologicalimportance, the Centre said71 mines in Gurgaon and 10in Faridabad could be al-lowed to resume operations
as they have complied withmost of the stipulated condi-tions.
Of the 71 mines, 17 werewithin a five-km belt of theDelhi-Haryana border.
The other mines were di-vided into four more cate-gories and the governmentsaid that they could be al-lowed to operate if they meetthe requisite guidelines.
The Bench fixed April 24for hearing the matter.
All the mining operationsin the two districtsof Haryana were bannedby the Supreme Court follow-ing allegations of illegaloperations by the mineowners.
‘We started stocking from Day 1’TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The ongoingtruckers strike has led topanic buying in several local-ities of the city. While manyresidents say prices havegone up marginally in thecase of most vegetables,prices of tomatoes are said tohave shot up.
‘‘We stocked vegetables onthe first day itself. The pricesmay not have shot up as yet,but if the strike continues fora while, they may go up.”
“I have seen on televisionthat in places like Mumbaiwhere the strike has beengoing on for a longtime, prices of all essentialitems have gone up,’’ saidKarol Bagh resident AmanVerma.
He said his wife had also
bought surplus sugar andcooking oil.
‘‘These products are nor-mally expensive and when astrike like this takes place,they go out of stock first,’’ hesaid.
There were many who, af-ter resisting the temptationto hoard food, fi-nally decided tostock the kitchen.‘‘I asked my ser-vant to buy a rea-sonably largequantity of vegetables thismorning. I am more worriedabout the availability thanthe prices,’’ said Meeta Day-al, a resident of Maya En-clave.
She said she had instruct-ed her domestic help to main-ly buy vegetables like pota-
toes and onions that last for alonger duration.
‘‘My servant also told methat prices have also gone upmarginally at the MotherDairy outlet in our area,’’ shesaid.
Jungpura residentSwadesh Sinha said toma-
toes were beingsold for Rs 13 at aMother Dairy out-let in her area.‘‘Normally, I buythem at Rs 6.25 a
kg. Price of potatoes are alsoup by a rupee. They may in-crease further,’’ she said.
But she said she hasn’tdone any panic buying. ‘‘Thestrike will have to get oversooner or later,’’ she said.
In certain areas, however,people were seen queuing up
outside Mother Dairy outletsto buy vegetables. Saket resi-dent Manoj Sharma saidMother Dairy outlets in hiscolony were unduly crowdedthis morning.
‘‘At 7 am only a handful ofpeople can be seen at theoutlets, but today it wasincredible.”
“The first outlet had about25 customers waiting. I triedanother outlet, but the queuewas even worse there. Peoplehad turned up in cars to buyvegetables,’’ he said.
‘‘I saw a customer buy veg-etables worth Rs 400,’’ hesaid. ‘‘May be vegetable sell-ers are trying to cash in onthe strike,’’ he said.
Sharma, however, saidMother Dairy prices have notgone up.
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Pota slapped on scribe: TamilNadu police on Wednesday soughtto indict R R Gopal, editor of tamilbi-weekly Nakeeran, under the anti-terrorist law Pota in the case filedagainst him on charges of seditionand offences under the Arms Act.The crime branch filed an applica-tion in a city magistrate’s court tobring R R Gopal, accused of linkswith sandalwood smuggler Veerap-pan, under the provisions of Pota.PTI
Geothermal reservoir: Geolo-gists have discovered a huge geot-hermal reservoir in Jammu andKashmir, which can be put to use forelectricity generation. A study by theNational Geophysical Research In-stitute, Hyderabad, revealed exis-tence of the hot water reservoir atdepth of 1.5 to 2.0 km west of Sum-do village in Puga valley.PTI
Boat capsize: A boat, carrying 27people, capsized in Arabian Sea offAnjuna Beach in north Goa on Tues-day, killing three tourists fromAndhra Pradesh. Six persons weremissing, the police said.PTI
Mulund blast case: Atif NasirMulla, an accused in the Mulundtrain blast case who was arrested onTuesday, has been booked underthe Prevention of Terrorism Act(Pota). Mulla was produced in a spe-cial court and sent to police custodytill April 28. Mulla is the second ac-cused arrested in the case afterSaquib Nachan, who was arrestedon April 10 and booked underPota.PTI
Serial blasts case: A Mumbaispecial court on Wednesday ex-empted film star Sanjay Dutt and 86co-accused from appearance in the1993 serial blasts case till April 28.PTI
Naxals killed: Two Naxalites ofthe banned People’s War Groupwere killed and a constable injuredin an exchange of fire near Tangad-palli village in Nalgonda district ofAndhra Pradesh on Wednesday. InHyderabad, 11 PWG naxalites sur-rendered before the state DGP PRamulu on Wednesday. PTI
Cyclone in Tripura: About 1,500people were rendered homeless and13 Tripura State Rifles jawans in-jured, as more than 350 huts andseven camps of the security forceswere damaged in a cyclone thatswept over North Tripura district onTuesday night. PTI
Arun Gawli gangster killed:A gangster owing allegiance to theunderworld don Arun Gawli, waskilled in a police encounter at subur-ban Kanjurmarg in northeast Mum-bai early on Wednesday, police said.Acting on a tip off, the police laid atrap for him. When asked to surren-der, he opened fire and was killed inthe retaliatory fire.PTI
Pathan’s case deferred: A spe-cial court here on Wednesday de-ferred till April 19 the CBI’s plea totry the prime accused in 1993 bombblast case, Ejaz Pathan, along with122 other accused including actorSanjay Dutt. The CBI argued thatPathan was part of the same con-spiracy that led to serial explosionsand should therefore be tried withothers. PTI
Uma sounds off: Launching afrontal attack on the ruling Congressin Madhya Pradesh for ‘‘not fulfilling’’its promises, senior BJP leader UmaBharti urged the people to make herparty victorious in more than 200seats in the state assembly electionsdue by the yearend. PTI
Nihang Naroor Singh showing hishuge turban which he claimedweight 40 kg, the heaviest in India, at Bhatinda on the concluding function of Baisakhi on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of old women protest against non-payment of their pensions for over a year in Amritsar on Wednesday.
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Mayawati is villain in Rajput dramaBy Bhaskar Roy
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The scene couldhave been straight out of a Bol-lywood extravaganza: Rajputmen and women gathered in anair-conditioned indoor stadiumwearing traditional turbans andflashing sheathed swords.
After the orchestra and show-er of confetti, there appeared ongiant screens the image ofMayawati. Holding aloft theirswords, the assembled Rajputstook a solemn pledge to keepfighting her until their men inher jail are free.
The melodrama eventuallymakes way for soppiness. Thenappears Madhurima Singh, wifeof UP politician Raja Bhaiyya,
who, along with his octogenari-an father, is currently in jail un-der Pota. She was projected bythe organisers as the onewronged by Mayawati.
The prime mover of theKshatriya conference in NewDelhi on Wednesday, Samajwa-di Party general secretaryAmar Singh, talked of the‘‘heavy responsibility on myshoulders’’ to secure the releaseof Raja Bhaiyya. The event pro-jected his arrest as the humilia-tion of the entire Rajput com-munity.
Though the turnout was notvery impressive, the gatheringsought to evoke the exploits oflegendary Rajput warriors withtheir cutouts on display, and hadan element of the bizarre as
well. Each participant was pre-sented with a huge, shinysword. Police admit this may bein contravention of the ArmsAct.
The dramatic effect for televi-
sion apart, the gathering wasseen as an astute but disquiet-ing move by the Samajwadi Par-ty to pit the assertive Rajputcommunity against Mayawatiby playing on the community’s
‘humiliation’ at her hands.In a thinly veiled move, the
SP politicians sought to capi-talise on the Rajput anger overthe recent arrests. Among thoseon the podium was former stu-dent leader Mohan Singh, one-time protege of the late socialistideologue Madhu Limaye.
Clearly it was shrewd politicsto win over the Rajputs who hadvoted for the BJP in substantialnumbers in the last UP assem-bly elections. The attempt wasto turn the community’s disaf-fection with Mayawati againstthe BJP. ‘‘Though Mayawati ad-ministers the bitter pill, the BJPwrites the prescription; if any-one is humiliating the Rajputs itis the BJP,’’ Amar Singhclaimed.
•Amar Singh’s aim is to paintRaja Bhaiyya as a victim inMayawati’s hands, highlightingthe Rajput identity
•Many Rajputs had voted BJP inthe last elections
•SP hopes to bring these Ra-jputs back into the party’s fold by playing on their feelings of victimisations
Fighting back
Seven held inconnectionwith Mulayamcases
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Lucknow: The Mayawati gov-ernment began its crackdownon Wednesday by arresting sev-en ‘‘beneficiaries’’ of the chiefminister’s discretionary funds,allegedly misappropriated dur-ing Mulayam Singh Yadav’stenure as CM.
Raids were also conducted in14 out of the 40 districts wherethe police filed FIRs in the 137cases filed by Maywati govern-ment against Samajwadi Party(SP) leader Mulayam.
In Gorakhpur, the police ar-rested a local SP leader and abeneficiary who collected Rs 2lakh from the discretionaryfund for educational develop-ment.In Ambedkar Nagar, thepolice rounded up five accusedincluding the manager of Sar-dar Patel Memorial Inter Col-lege in Larpur, Ram NarainVerma, and Hari Ram Verma ofRam Awadh Inter college inPariyawan.
The manager of another ed-ucational institute, Ram RajVerma, who is also an accused,had died sometime back.
The managers of education-al institutes arrested were Ra-jendra Prasad Verma, Ram As-rey Yadav and Lalji Yadav.
Raids were conducted in halfa dozen other districts includ-ing Faizabad and Gorakhpurranges as well but the exactcount of arrests could not beconfirmed till late in the night.
Udit Raj raps CM’sBuddhist ambitions
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New Delhi: The chief minis-ter’s threat to embrace Bud-dhism has been seen as a po-litical gimmick by Dalitleader and Justice Partychief Udit Raj.
‘‘She has forfeited hermoral right to either talkabout casteist atrocities oraccept Buddhism,’’ Raj saidhere on Wednesday.
Explaining his oppositionto any such move by the UPCM, he said that as someonewho had prospered exploit-ing caste differences, she had
no place in Buddhism whichpropagated a casteless socie-ty. Accusing the CM of car-rying forward the ‘divisiveagenda’ of the Sangh Parivarthrough her alliance with theBJP, Raj said she had con-tributed to casteist inequali-ty instead of making any ef-fort to tear down the castestructure.
He cited her campaign forthe BJP in Gujarat duringthe assembly polls. ‘‘Naren-dra Modi who benefited fromMayawati’s campaign, is nowproposing to ban conver-sion,’’ he said.
Scribes may now face Maya’s wrathTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Lucknow: Will Uttar Pradeshchief minister Mayawati nailmembers of the Fourth Estate,who benefited from MulayamSingh Yadav’s largess, or let themgo scotfree like other successivegovernments?
Sources say she intends toteach a lesson to the media, thatshe condemns as manuvadi.
A senior official in the chiefminister’s office said the secondlist of the beneficiaries of thechief minister’s discretionaryfund (CMDF) during Mulayam’sregime would be released soon.And, this list includes journalists,say sources.
‘‘More inquiries have been com-pleted about the misuse of the dis-
cretionary fund. Action againstthe guilty will soon follow,’’ saidthe officer.
In 1993, Mulayam had doled outhuge sums to scribes, their rela-tives and institutions run bythem, say highly-placed sources.
Whopping sums were also
doled out to several press clubs inthe state and outside. Rs 3 lakhhad been sanctioned to theKolkata Press Club and Rs 2 lakhto the Jaipur Press Club. A num-ber of press clubs, including Luc-know, Faizabad, Kanpur, Alla-habad and Dehra Dun, were sanc-tioned sums ranging from Rs 2lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
An educational institution be-longing to a senior journalist,who worked in both print andelectronic media, was given Rs 10lakh. Jai Prakash Yadav, a self-styled editor of a Hindi weekly,Kranti Chetna, was given Rs 10lakh for setting up a press in Luc-know. An FIR has been lodgedagainst him at the HazratganjKotwali on Mayawati’s direction.
•Second list, which includesnames of journalists, is to bereleased soon
•Relatives and institutions runby scribes also received funds
•A number of press clubswere given lakhs of rupees
Swooping down
Indians prefertea’s aroma overflavour: Study
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: A study basedon 43 tea brands here has re-vealed that in India, the tea’saroma and colour is more im-portant than its flavour andstrength.
The Indian consumer isbound to pay more for abrand that promises them anaromatic tea even if it doesnot have a strong flavour —this was one of the conclu-sions of a study on consumerpreferences for quality at-tributes of tea.
The Indian Institute ofManagement, Centre forManagement in Agriculturefaculty members Dr. SatishDeodhar and Dr. Vijay Into-dia conducted the studybased on the ‘Hedonic priceanalysis’ model that studiedthe prices of 43 different In-dian brands in relation tofour quality attributes of thetea.
The study used the infor-mation provided in the Con-sumer Education ResearchCentre (CERC) report on 43tea brands.The prices wereregressed on four quality at-tributes of tea namelyflavour, colour, strength andaroma. The price of teabrands was taken as depend-ent variable and the qualityattribute of the brands wastaken as the independentvariables
‘‘Based on the CERC studyand our hedonic price analy-sis, we found that consumersattached more importance tothe two quality attributesaroma and colour and no sig-nificant value to flavour andstrength,’’ Deodhar said.
According to Deodhar thestudy can have important im-
plications for the Indian teaindustry which is currentlyfacing tough competition inthe export market and poten-tial for expansion in the do-mestic market.
Though India is a majortea producer and supplier inthe world market, its exportshare is declining. The ex-port share was 22 per cent in1978, in 2001 it is down to 13per cent due to severe compe-tition from Sri Lanka, In-donesia, Kenya and China.The study says that thoughIndia’s domestic tea marketis quite large, its per capitatea consumption is one of thelowest in the world. It isabout 600 grams per year ascompared to 950 grams inPakistan, 1.2 kg in Sri Lankaand 2.5 kg in the UK.
The growth in this sectoris also negatively affected bythe entry of carbonateddrink brands. According toDeodhar, in face of thechanging market scenariothe Indian tea industry willhave to devise a competitivestrategy to understand con-sumer preferences.
Once the relative impor-tance of various quality at-tributes in understood, theindustry firms may incorpo-rate or enhance the desiredattributes through selectiveplantation, processing andblending he said.
The Federation of IndianTea Traders Associationspresident Piyush Desai saidthat tea preferences amongstconsumers depends on indi-vidual choices. ‘‘In Gulfcountries for example strongtea with colour is preferredin Eupropean countries lighttea with flavour is pre-ferred.’’
India develops‘silent’ radarBangalore: India has de-veloped a low-probabilityintercept radar that can-not be detected by an in-coming aircraft and can es-cape from an anti-radia-tion missile attack.
The radar for naval ap-plications has been devel-oped by scientists of thedefence PSU Bharat Elec-tronics Limited (BEL).
‘‘This radar is onewhich is protecting itselfby not allowing the incom-ing aircraft to detect itspresence,’’ BEL’s chair-man and managing direc-tor V K Koshy toldnewspersons here onWednesday.
This is different in thesense that a normal radarsends out a warning to in-coming aircraft that it is
being tracked, he pointedout. ‘‘The low probabilityintercept radar developedby BEL does the radiationin a special way at a verylow level of power,’’ Koshysaid.
Dubbed as a ‘‘silentradar’’, it can be savedfrom anti-radiation mis-sile attack by the aircraftsince it cannot be detectedby the aircraft, he noted.
According to Koshy, themain features of the newradar, are: nil personalhazard, high resolution,fully solid state and lowpower consumption.BEL has also developed ahandheld secure radio, aswell as digital satellitenews gathering system toprovide live news cover-age, he added. PTI
Top hacker says he is on the right side of the lawTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Hackers are general-ly expected to hide in the dark al-leys of the cyber-world, ambushingcorporate and government datawhen they least expect it. But one ofIndia’s top hackers, Ankit Fadia,boasts about being a hacker.
‘‘Most people don’t know thatthere are hackers and there arecrackers,’’ says the 17-year-old whois in Ahmedabad to lecture stu-dents and professionals at the Nir-ma Institute of Technology.
‘‘Hackers are the good guys, whodetect loopholes in websites and tellthe concerned agency about it.Crackers are the bad guys who useloopholes to indulge in illegal activ-ities. Like breaking into a bankwebsite, downloading credit cardnumbers and making purchases on-line.’’
To dispel the myths, Ankit ishelping organise a national gather-
ing of hackers at Pune in Octobercalled Hack. It will be on the lines ofthe annual Black Hat event in theUS where hundreds of hackerscome together and try to hack intoeach others computers.
Ankit will be studying under-graduate computer science at theStanford University in the US in Oc-tober, but will come down speciallyfor the event. The Indian version ofBlack Hat however is not expectedto be as large as its original.
‘‘We have only about 15 to 20 gen-uine hackers. To be effective, youneed knowledge of both writingsoftware as well as networks, butIndians concentrate on one or theother.’’
According to him, Indians alsolack the attitude that hard-corehackers need; the ability to thinklike crackers. ‘‘You can help fightcyber criminals only if you canthink like a criminal.’’
The only answer, Ankit feels, isuniversities in the country recog-nise the importance of security andstart full-fledged courses on it. ‘‘To-day, Indian universities devote onlyone module on security.
The subject is so large that youwould not understand a fraction inthat time.’’ Ankit picked up most ofhis knowledge from books andsheer perseverance.
Apart from being a teenager whohas written three books on securityissues, Ankit also claims to workfor an international intelligenceagency breaking encrypted mes-sages by criminals and terrorists.
It is a kind of secretive digitalcloak-and-dagger world that he doesnot talk much about except the oddintriguing bit of information, likehe was asked to decipher e-mailsfrom Al Qaeda operatives.
‘‘The Al Qaeda were encryptingtheir messages and then hiding
them inside image and audio fileswhich is one of the latest methodsof protecting messages,’’ he says.‘‘India, on the other hand, uses out-dated encryption technology be-cause we borrow it from the US.These technologies are created bythe US defence forces and they arenot allowed to send it outside the USfor at least two years.
As a result, the codes have al-ready been broken by the time westart using them.’’
Ankit has not even stepped onthe Stanford University campus asyet but he is clear what he wants todo in the future.
‘‘After my undergraduate degree,I will set up my own security com-pany at Singapore with offices inHyderabad, Pune and Bangalore.On the face of it we will be a securi-ty company, but behind this frontwe will do a lot of intelligencework.’’
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Ankit Fadia
India sends hazardous waste back to USNew Delhi: In the first ever case of‘‘reverse dumping’’, 1,416 drumsfilled with 290 tonnes of hazardousmercury wastes from a thermome-ter factory at Kodaikanal in TamilNadu are being sent back to theUnited States.
The largest hazardous wastetransfer from India marks the endof a long struggle by the local peo-ple and environmental activistsled by Greenpeace, India.
They had alleged that mercuryvapours released from the factoryowned by Hindustan Lever Ltd(HLL) ruined the health of theworkers and community andcaused lasting damage to the envi-ronment during its 18 years of op-eration.
HLL has at last arranged to shipthe hazardous mercury and relat-
ed wastes from its now defunctthermometer factory in Ko-daikanal back to US.
The consignment, includingglass culets, finished and semi-fin-ished products and sludge is leav-ing the Tuticorin Port on Thurs-day aboard the ship IndmaxDalian. The shipment is headingto the hazardous waste recyclingfirm, Bethlehem Apparatus, inPennsylvania, a Greenpeace offi-cial said.
The controversial thermometerfactory was transplanted in Indiain 1983 after it was shut down inWatertown, New York. The factoryimported all its mercury, primari-ly from the United States, and fin-ished thermometers were export-ed to back to the US for distribu-tion to markets abroad.
Environmental groups had al-leged that the factory had been re-sponsible for mercury contamina-tion over the last 18 years. Conta-mination levels outside the factorywere measured at 600-800 timespermissible limits but HLL hadbeen denying this figure.
In March 2001, Greenpeace and alocal environment group — PalaniHills Conservation Council — ex-posed mercury bearing wasteglass dumped by the company at alocal scrap yard. Demonstrationsby local people at the factory siteforced its closure by the TamilNadu Pollution Control Board.
The board discovered that 10tonnes of mercury were unac-counted for and has been lost to theenvironment in addition to theamount of 559 kg the company had
admitted. It also found that HLLworkers were exposed to unaccept-able mercury vapour levels lead-ing to bleeding gums, skin patches,eye irritations.
Mercury from the factory ad-versely impacted on the tropicalforest of the Pambar Shola whereit is located and contaminated thenearby Kodi lake causing wideranging environmental effects.
HLL’s decision to send thewastes back to the US is a sequel tothe two days of public hearingsand site visits in September 2002held by the Indian Peoples’ Tri-bunal under the chairmanship ofJustice S N Bhargav. The tribunalconfirmed that mercury pollutionby the factory posed a threat tohealth of workers and ecology ofthe forest. PTI
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Govt, truckers playcat and mouse
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New Delhi: Union roadtransport and highwaysminister B C Khanduri andleaders of the All India Mo-tor Transport Congress(AIMTC), the main truck-ing union, signalled onWednesday that they wouldhold talks on Thursdaymorning.
The AIMTC is the nation-al trucking union, on strikesince Monday. The truck-ers’ charter of demandsseems a lesser problem toget over than the lack oftrust between the two sides.Throughout Wednesday,each side explained how itwas still waiting for a re-sponse to an invitation fortalks.
The AIMTC said it want-ed to talk directly to Khan-duri and the minister saidhe was ready to do so after‘‘a groundwork for settle-ment’’ has been readied.
Khanduri, on Wednesday,defended his ministry’s re-sponse at these talks, ex-plaining what had beendone on eight of the ninepoints on the AIMTC’s listof grievances. One point,on ending toll fees on high-ways, has been rejected.
Ice-cream sales hit in GujaratTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Gujaratis areupset, as the transportstrike has affected theirregular ‘‘ice cream intake’’.
They are known for eat-ing more ice creams com-pared to people in otherstates. The truckers strikehas the ice-cream manufac-turers in a Catch-22 situa-tion. They can neither shutproduction as this is thepeak season nor can theystore the ice-creams, as coldstorage facilities are limit-ed and ice-cream is a per-ishable commodity.
Most manufacturers arecontinuing supplies only todistributors in the city ar-eas and close to their facto-ries to keep sales ticking.
‘‘It’s a bad scenario for usas even a day’s loss of salesis unrecoverable,’’ com-plains Rajesh Gandhi, man-aging director, Vadilal In-dustries Limited, which iswitnessing sales losses ofRs 50 lakh per day due tothe strike.
He said the total losses inGujarat alone for all the ice-cream manufacturers puttogether was in the regionof Rs 1 crore per day it be-ing summer, the peak salesseason.
While Vadilal is runningits plant at 80 per cent ca-pacity, Havmor had to closeits factory on Tuesday andwas running it at 50 percent capacity to ensuretheir cold storage facilitiescan accommodate the pil-
ing up stocks.‘‘If the strike continues
for another three days wewill have to close down be-cause of lack of raw mate-rial supply and storage fa-cilities,’’ Gandhi said.
To top it all, even thoughmost ice-cream makersmaintain their own fleet ofrefrigerated vans, they arenot allowed by the strikingtruckers to ply, points outPradeep Chona, director,Havmor Ice Cream Co.
‘‘Our drivers are afraid toply the vehicles as they arebeing stopped at majorpoints by truckers. We aretrying to manage our out-station wedding commit-ments by dispatching stuffthrough trains,’’ he ex-plained.
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Trucks carrying onions being unloaded at the Azadpurvegetable market in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Ageing, but dependable, INS Viraat soldiers onBy Rajat Pandit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
On Board INS Viraat (ArabianSea): It’s two acres of sovereign Indi-an territory cruising on the highseas. It’s ‘‘28,000 tonnes of diploma-cy’’ which can swiftly turn into an of-fensive platform to take the war intothe enemy’s courtyard. Power projec-tion, after all, is the name of thegame.
Yes, we are talking about India’sageing but still dependable solitaryaircraft carrier, INS Viraat. From thesky, it appears as a metallic fleck inthe deep blue sea.
But as the Sea King helicopterslowly descends, the carrier loomslarge, with Sea Harrier jump jetsparked on the 745-feet runway. With
ear-splitting roars, the Sea Harrierstake off from the angled ski-jump oneafter the other. After tearing into thesky, they return to vertically land onthe moving airfield.
The manoeuvres are simplybreathtaking. So much so, thatDeputy Prime Minister L K Advanialso seemed awestruck. ‘‘A uniqueand memorable experience,’’ he said.
With 1,500 personnel on board, INSViraat is a city in itself. It takes 650litres of milk, 250 kg of chicken and60 kg of rice, among other consum-ables, to feed the sailors everyday.
Spread over nine decks are thehangar, radar division, NBC (nuclear,biological, chemical) damage controlunit, a 16-bed hospital and severalother crucial wings.
‘‘Powered by two steam turbine en-
gines and four boilers, the carrierburns 160 tonnes of fuel everyday. Itis capable of generating power equalto Mumbai’s lighting load,’’ says anofficer.
That may be so but INS Viraat —originally commissioned in theBritish Royal Navy as HMS Hermesin 1959 — has a residual life of onlysix to seven years left now.
This too has become possible afterthe carrier underwent a life-exten-sion refit in 1999-2000, with new orupgraded propulsion, sensor, sonar,radar, weapon, communication andflood-control systems.
‘‘It was in a ramshackle conditionwhen I last visited it. Now, it lookslike a grand ship,’’ said defence min-ister George Fernandes on a recentvisit.
More models than monsoonTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The IndianMeteorological Departmenthas done much more fine-tuning this time in its fore-cast of the monsoon. Sincethis forecast comes earlier,to suit the needs of certainusers, the error margin is‘‘slightly higher’’ than itused to be.
In addition, IMD hasmodified its definition andrange of a ‘‘normal’’ mon-soon to be more specific —90 to 97 per cent would beconsidered below normal,98 to 102 per cent would benormal.
IMD chief R R Kelkarsaid the models introducedthis year have enabled themto use data up to March-endto make the forecast; earlier,they needed data up to May.This forecast will be updat-ed in mid-July.
But July also gets specialattention because rain inthat month is a ‘‘major com-ponent’’ of the overall mon-soon rain and is critical foragriculture. IMD has triedto build a separate model topredict this rain. It’s not aneasy task apparently andthe model has shown ‘‘amodest degree of success’’,
with an error margin ofnine per cent. A July fore-cast will come along withthe long-range forecast up-date in that month.
Also forecast at the sametime will be assessments ofthe monsoon rain overthree broad regions —north-west India, north-eastIndia and the peninsula.Models for these, too, havebeen refined, says IMD.
As of now, what is de-scribed as the probabilisticmodel indicates a 39 percent chance of below nor-mal rainfall (between 90 and97 per cent of the normal
rainfall). It matches the 96per cent forecast from thefirst model.
The model also indicatesa 21 per cent chance ofdrought. Kelkar points outthe positive side of this fig-ure: A 79 per cent probabili-ty that drought will notstrike. But, as he said, 21 percent is ‘‘not a negligiblysmall’’ figure.
On the other side, there isjust a three per cent proba-bility of excess rain, morethan 10 per cent of what isusual. So, no great monsoonto make up for bad timeslast year.
Centre liftsban on onionexport
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New Delhi: The Union Cabi-net has removed quantitativerestriction on the export ofonions and has approvedgrant of additional assis-tance of Rs 40 crore to BPKoirala Institute of HealthSciences in Nepal and ex-tended support towards fac-ulty and training till 2009.
On Tuesday, the Cabinetalso approved a revival planfor British India CorporationLimited which was takenover by the government in1981.
Restrictions on onion ex-port, which was at 7 lakhmetric tonne, was removedafter complaints from farm-ers’ organisation that exportrestriction was the cause oflow onion prices.
However, the mechanismof canalisation of exportthrough National Agricul-ture Cooperative MarketingFederation of India (NAFED)and other agencies will con-tinue for the time being.Also, a inter-ministerial re-view committee will overseethe situation periodically.The committee would havemembers from ministries ofagriculture, consumer af-fairs and NAFED.
Meanwhile in Nasik, vice-president of NAFED,Changdevrao Holkar onWednesday said the Centrehad lifted the ban keeping aneye on the forthcoming elec-tions in some states.
Cordon around Delhi airspaceBy Rajat Pandit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: One and a half years afterthe 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USshook the entire world, the Indian au-thorities finally seem to be waking up tothe need to make the airspace over Del-hi and other metropolitan cities moresecure.
For one, a Joint Command and Analy-sis Centre (JCAC), comprising IAF andcivil aviation officials, is taking shapeto tackle the threat of hijacked or rogueaircraft being used for suicide attackson vital installations like South Block,North Block and Parliament. ‘‘The IAFhas started posting officers from the fly-ing, radar and air traffic control wingsto the JCAC,’’ said a source.
For another, work is in progress foran integrated air defence system, with anetwork of early-warning and intercep-
tion radars around Delhi. Apart fromboosting anti-aircraft warfare systems,the IAF will soon also restart fighter op-erations from the Hindon airbase on theCapital’s periphery.
Upgrading air defence capabilitiesaround Delhi became urgent after aLufthansa cargo plane inadvertentlystrayed into the no-fly zone over thePrime Minister’s Race Course Road res-
idence last November.The IAF already has 29 ATCOs (air
traffic control officers) posted at the air-ports in Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata andMumbai to handle emergencies. About150 additional officers are to be postedto the JCAC in a phased manner.
‘‘Under the Crisis ManagementGroup headed by cabinet secretary, theJCAC will have a clear-cut chain ofcommand and will recommend ways totackle a rogue aircraft,’’ said a source.
Restarting fighter operations fromHindon airbase — stopped in 1997 due tofrequent bird hits — becomes crucial,as it will cut down the critical responsetime required to intercept rogue air-craft over Delhi.
‘‘Conversely, scrambling fightersfrom slightly far away bases like Am-bala, Chandigarh or Bareilly wouldmean loss of precious minutes in the re-action time,’’ said a source.
•Lufthansa plane strayed into no-fly zone over PM’s residence lastyear
•Integrated air defence system totackle threat of hijacked aircraft
•IAF to restore fighter operationsfrom Hindon airbase near Delhi
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BJP backs off on ThengdeBy Smita Gupta
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Two days afterthe RSS-affiliated SwadeshiJagran Manch’s DattopantThengde attacked the PrimeMinister while flagging offan anti-WTO yatra, the BJPhas chosen not to publicly de-nounce the criticism of itsleader. Off the record, too,there appears to be no at-tempt to take on Thengde.
A BJP national executivemember said, ‘‘If anyone re-acts against Thengde, theRSS cadres will not work forus.’’ Clearly, in an electionyear, the BJP is not preparedto run the risk of annoyingits ground forces.
A section of the BJP was atpains to explain that the per-sonal relations between Vaj-payee and Thengde, whichspan 40 years, have always
been excellent and continueto be so. However, sources sayThengde, who was in the JanSangh and had been a RajyaSabha member, quit politicsafter the party in its newavatar of BJP, under Vajpay-ee’s leadership, adopted‘‘Gandhian socialism’’.
A senior BJP leader saidthe Vajpayee governmentshould not be so sensitiveabout the criticism of its eco-nomic policies, especially asthere was scope for ‘‘coursecorrection’’. The SJM andthe Bharatiya MazdoorSangh, he said, were ques-tioning government policiesbecause they were having anadverse impact on the people.
Referring to a meeting be-tween top RSS, SJM and BJPleaders in the Mumbai sub-urb of Bhayander in lateMarch, he said the RSS andSJM leaders spoke at length
on key economic issues andindicated how they rated thegovernment. The sugges-tions made in the papers pre-sented by the RSS and theSJM will be given to the dis-investment and commerceministries. The BJP leaderspresent on the occasion, par-ty sources said, realised howlittle they knew about eco-nomic issues.
The BJP has, therefore, de-cided to set up a committee tointerface between the partyand government on econom-ic issues. The BJP leaderstressed that the political in-puts the BJP should have giv-en to the government hadcome from the bureaucratsinstead. If valuable inputswere now coming from RSS-affiliates, nobody shouldmind. Clearly, the economiccell headed by P N Vijay hasnot been equal to the task.
Sedition charge against TogadiaTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ajmer/Jaipur: The VHPinternational general secre-tary Praveen Togadia wasslapped with seditioncharges here on Wednesday.The charges include an at-tempt ‘‘to wage a waragainst the nation.’’
In view of this, additionalchief judicial magistrateIndu Pareek denied him bailand extended his judicial re-mand till April 30.
If proved guilty, Togadiacan be sentenced to life im-prisonment. Further hear-ing in this case has been re-ferred to the session court.
Togadia was arrested onSunday for violating the banorder issued by the stategovernment for displaying,possessing and carrying ofsharp- edged weapons (tri-dents).
The state government af-ter taking two days remandagainst Togadia producedhim before Pareek’s courton Wednesday at 7 am.
In her order, chief judi-cial magistrate Pareek saidthe bail was being rejectedas Togadia had been bookedunder the Indian Penal Code
(IPS)’s section 121-A (wag-ing war or attemptinganti-national activity) andthat it was not in her juris-diction to deal with thesame.
‘‘The district and sessionsjudge can hear it as the pun-
ishment under this Act islife imprisonment,’’ shesaid.
Togadia’s counsel OnkarSingh Lakhawat pleadedthat ‘‘section 121-A was notmentioned in the originalFIR and that it was included
in the case later besidesthree more IPC sections.’’
The court also referredabout the provocativespeech of Togadia deliveredat Subhash Udyan in Sun-day during the trishul dik-sha ceremony in which tri-dents were distributed toVHP workers.
However, the court hasgranted bail to Madan Di-lawar, Prem Narayan Galaband Hemraj Meena, all fromVHP, who were arrested bythe police on Tuesday atAjmer in connection withthe recovery of 650 tridentsfrom the VHP office inAjmer.
Meanwhile, the VHP willintensify its agitationagainst the Congress-ruledstate government followinglevelling of charges againstTogadia. It is learnt thatVHP chief Ashok Singhal isreaching Ajmer on Thurs-day to plan its strategy fol-lowing the rejection of To-gadia’s bail plea. The VHPvice-president AcharyaGiriraj Kishore is already inAjmer.
Chief minister AshokGehlot said on Wednesday
that the government ordi-nance putting a ban on theuse, display or possession ofsharp-edged weapon wasfully justified. He said thiswas a step towards curbingcommunal tension in thestate.
Gehlot said the chargeslevelled against Togadiawere justified as his speech-es and action were aimed atdisturbing peace in thestate.
The state government hasfurther accused Togadia ofconspiring to ‘‘overawe’’ thestate and conspiring waragainst the state using crim-inal means.
The charges were filed bythe state counsel during To-gadia’s bail plea hearing onWednesday.
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VHP international general secretary Praveen Togadia beingtaken to court in Ajmer on Wednesday.
•Togadia was held forviolating ban order onsharp-edged weapons
•His judicial custody isnow till April 30
•If found guilty, hefaces life imprisonment
Back to jail
I&B minister criticises media
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Information and broadcast-ing minister Ravi Shankar Prasad andRSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwaton Wednesday expressed concern at themedia’s lack of sensitivity to ‘‘nationalinterests’’ and its ‘‘loss of credibility’’.
Addressing a seminar organised by theRSS’ media wing, Prasad claimed, ‘‘Whilewe have to respect the freedom of the me-dia to strengthen democracy, we want toknow whether journalism is a businessor a commitment? Where has the editorgot lost in commercialism?’’
Comparing the US media’s coverage of9/11 and the Indian coverage of the blastoutside the J&K assembly, he said the USchannels did not show a single corpse,but the media focused on mutilatedcorpses. ‘‘The US media decided not to be-come a platform to spread terror.’’
He also attacked the electronic mediafor highlighting the concern of the rela-tives of the passengers of the IC-814 hi-jacked to Kandahar in December 1999.Media reports suggesting that the daugh-ter of a former legislator had been rapedduring the Gujarat riots — later found tobe false — also came in for criticism.
Probe into death of elephant begins
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New Delhi: A three-member commit-tee of experts on Wednesday began itsinquiry into the controversial captureand death of a rogue elephant calf inChhattisgarh.
The committee formed by the Unionenvironment ministry began by view-ing the footage shot by wildlife film-maker Mike Pandey’s team and dis-cussed it with the lady under fire forthe calf ’s death — celebrated ‘elephantwoman’ Parbati Barua.
On Thursday, committee membersare heading to Chhatisgarh.
The committee has been given onemonth to probe the circumstances andcause of death as well as the appropri-ateness of the techniques adopted forthe capture. It will look for lapses or ir-regularities by any person or authori-ty and suggest what can be done toavoid such tragedies in future.
The committee is headed by the min-istry’s former additional director-gen-eral (wildlife) S C Sharma. The two oth-er members are N Panneer Selvam,
veterinary officer at the National Zoo-logical Park here, and S Singsit,presently heading the Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India.
But the signals are that it may all geta little messy and personal.
Barua has already rebutted chargesthat her team was to blame for thedeath and hit out at the state’s forestdepartment for not defending her. In aletter to the environment ministry,Barua had noted: ‘‘It appears that thesenior forest officers of Chhattisgarheither do not have the technical com-petence to give a suitable reply to theseallegations or they themselves havesomething to hide.’’
The controversy erupted when ani-mal welfare activists, upset by the ‘‘ar-chaic’’ methods of capture and the sub-sequent death, showed footage of theelephant’s suffering. Barua had de-scribed the footage shot by Pandey’steam as ‘‘highly biased’’ and main-tained that deaths during capture andtraining are not unusual. She had saidshe did not use the traditional melashikar capture method in the state.
Babri case: Advaniappears next week
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Rae Bareli: The specialcourt resumed the hearing ofthe Babri mosque demolitioncase here on Wednesday andgranted exemption from per-sonal appearance in thecourt to all the eight accused,including Deputy Prime Min-ister L K Advani, Union min-ister for human resource de-velopment Murli ManoharJoshi, former Union minis-ter Uma Bharati and five oth-ers and fixed April 26 fortheir presence in the court.
Special judicial magistrateV K Singh passed the orderon the request of KunwarMridul Rakesh and MahipalAhluwalia, the counsels ofthe accused. The court grant-ed exemption to the accusedonly for Wednesday.
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— Rahul Talwar-Rishikesh
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Julia and Richard on top: Pretty Womanco-stars, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere,
have been voted as the mostromantic movie couple of alltime. According to a surveyof 4,000 film fans by thehome entertainment chain‘Blockbuster’. The secondplace is occupied by Titanicduo Kate Winslet andLeonardo DiCaprio followed
by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for themusical Top Hat in third place.ANI
Ricky back with all-Spanish album Ricky Mar-tin is back. The Latin singingsensation’s new album, Al-mas Del Silencio (Souls of Si-lence), is all set for release onMay 26. After conquering theEnglish speaking market withhis last album, his latest of-fering is recorded totally inSpanish as he’s decided toreturn to his roots. Tal Vez(Perhaps), the album’s firstsingle released in the US, de-buted on the Billboard Hot
Latin Track chart at number one. ANI
McCartneys not to be ‘Millionaires’:They may be big celebrities, but the McCart-neys still are not good enough for ‘CelebrityWho Wants To Be A Millionaire’. HopefulsPaul and Heather discovered this when theirrequest to appear on the show was turneddown by quizmaster Chris Tarrant. Turrantdidn’t think the supercouple would be goodenough to appear. Paul and Heather wantedto be on the charity version of the quiz toraise money for Heather Mills’s Landmines
charity.ANI
Colin Farrell may playOsbourne: A film on the lifeof ‘bat eating’ Sabbathsinger Ozzy Osbourne is inthe offing and The Recruitstar Colin Farrell is likely toplay the lead role. Producersat Paramount think Colin isperfect. ‘‘Colin drinks, hesmokes, he womanises. He’sjust a sleeve tattoo awayfrom being a real rock star,’’an insider was quoted assaying in People News. ANI
Models provide a preview of the Australian Fashion Week’s Spring/Summer 2003/04 Collection at Sydney’s historical Circular Quay on Wednesday.
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HollywoodcelebratesHope’s 100Los Angeles: Legendary en-tertainer Bob Hope was a no-show for health reasons atthe first of several eventsplanned to celebrate his100th birthday next month,but a galaxy of stars turnedout to name him Hollywood’s‘Citizen of the Century’.
The comedian famous forone liners such as ‘‘golf is myreal profession — show busi-ness pays my green fees,’’ hasbeen in frail health butfriends said he still has thegift for the innuendo-lacedbanter that made him fa-mous.
‘‘He is the biggest thingthat has happened for us atParamount. He was the apexof stars,’’ said producer A CLyles, who was an office boyat Paramount Studios whenHope began working there asa fledgling actor in 1936.
Hope’s birthday is May 29but Hollywood got the partystarted with Universal Stu-dios Home Video release ofThe Bob Hope 100th BirthdayTribute Collection, the NBCspecial 100 Years of Hope andHumour and the unveiling ofa plaque on one of the actor’sfour Walk of Fame stars.
Linda Hope, who attendedthe ceremony in her father’sstead, said he sent his loveand thanks for the tributefrom his co-stars and admir-ers.
‘‘It’s such a touching thingfor me to hear these wordsfrom all these people,’’ shetold the attendees. LindaHope said her parentsplanned a quiet birthdaycelebration at home withfamily. Reuters
Leaders bury past at meetAthens: As anti-war pro-testers rioted in the streetsof the city that gave birth toEuropean democracy, lead-ers of 25 nations gatheredWednesday to sign treatiessweeping away the 20th cen-tury’s Iron Curtain divide.
Meeting in the shadow ofthe ancient Acropolis, 10 na-tions will sign treaties join-ing the European Union —including eight formerCommunist countries cutoff from their westernneighbors until little morethan a decade ago.
‘‘The old continent of Eu-rope is reunified under theprinciples of freedom anddemocracy,’’ Spanish PrimeMinister Jose Maria Aznarsaid.
The 10 set to join the blocin May 2004 are Poland,Hungary, Slovenia, Slova-kia, Lithuania, the CzechRepublic, Estonia, Latvia,Cyprus and Malta.
The existing 15 EU na-tions are also striving to re-pair their own unity, badlyfrayed by differences overthe US and British waragainst Iraq.
European Union leadersbuilt bridges among them-
selves and with the UnitedStates on Wednesday tospan bitter divisions set offby the Iraq war.
The 15 EU states workedon a surprise joint state-ment on how the United Na-tions and the EuropeanUnion could work in Iraq ina way acceptable to Wash-ington.
The conciliatory signalsbuilt on statements in re-
cent days from France andGermany, another leadinganti-war campaigner, indi-cating they sought a com-promise with the US afterlong opposing Washingtonfor waging war without UNbacking.
Britain and France,which had bitterly opposedmilitary action, sought tocalm their pre-war tensions.French President Jacques
Chirac signalled that Paris,which until recently had de-manded the United Nationsshould be the sole body enti-tled to handle the Iraq issue,would be flexible in workingwith US and British forcesnow running Iraq.
‘‘We are agreed on theimportance of the role ofthe United Nations,’’British Prime MinisterTony Blair said. Agencies
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The New York Knicks’ LatrellSprewell wears special bas-ketball shoes during theKnicks’ final NBA game ofthe season in New York .
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French President Jacques Chirac (centre) chats with British Prime minister Tony Blair(left) and French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (right) at the European Union summitin Athens on Wednesday.
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US declares$200,000reward on Saddam’s headAs-Sayliyah (Qatar): TheUnited States has put a pricetag of up to $200,000 on thehead of President SaddamHussein.
Posters distributed onWednesday also offer a re-ward for the arrest of otherIraqi leaders, whose namesappear on a recently releasedlist of 55 most-wanted Iraqis.
Above the names and pho-tos appear the words: ‘‘Thesemen are wanted for crimesagainst the Iraqi people.’’
‘‘Any information leadingto their arrests is worth up to200,000 dollars. Report this tocoalition authorities’’.
The posters showed photo-graphs of most of the lead-ers, including Saddam andhis sons Uday and Qussay,but some were marked ‘‘nophoto’’.Across the name ofSaddam’s cousin and presi-dential advisor, Ali HassanMajid, was written KIA —‘Killed in action’.
Three others, includingLieutenant General AmirSaadi, Saddam’s chief scien-tific adviser who turned him-self last week, were listed ascaptured. Military officialshad already announced theoffer of cash rewards but didnot reveal the price tag.The pictures also appear onsets of playing cards issuedto commanders and US au-thorities are offering re-wards for information on thelocation of WMDs. AFP
US cuts off oil from Iraq to SyriaWashington: US militaryforces have shut off a pipelinethat carried ‘‘illegal oil’’ flow-ing from Iraq to Syria, US De-fense Secretary Donald Rums-feld said on Tuesday.
For the past two years, Bagh-dad has supplied its westernneighbor with some 200,000 bar-rels per day (BPD) of crude bythe pipeline, in contraventionof United Nations sanctions, oilindustry sources have said.
‘‘We have been told that theyhave shut off a pipeline,’’Rumsfeld told a Pentagon brief-ing. ‘‘Whether it’s the only oneand whether that has complete-ly stopped the flow of oil be-tween Iraq and Syria, I cannottell you... I cannot assure youthat all illegal oil flowing fromIraq into Syria is shut off. I justhope it is’’.
The defense secretary’s com-ments came as Bush adminis-tration officials increase pres-sure on Syria following the top-
pling of President Saddam Hus-sein’s government in Iraq.
Rumsfeld on Monday had ac-cused Syria of testing chemicalweapons and allowing Iraqisfleeing the war to enter Syrianterritory either to stay or totravel to another country.
Syria is believed to havebought the oil since late 2000 atcut-rate prices for use in its re-fineries, freeing up extra do-mestic production for export.
Confirmation of the pipelineclosure pushed up oil prices, asit will reduce the flow of crude
onto the international market.US crude futures prices in NewYork closed 66 cents higher at$29.29 a barrel.
Rumsfeld said the pipelinewas not destroyed by US forces.‘‘We have preserved infrastruc-ture in that country,’’ he said.
‘‘We do not have perfectknowledge. We do know thatthey were instructed to shut itdown. And they have told usthat they have,’’ he added of USforces in Iraq.
Rumsfeld did not say whenthe pipeline flow was stopped,
which US forces shut down thepipeline or the location where itwas shut down.
Oil industry sources havesaid that the pipeline was halt-ed in the early days of the US-led offensive against Iraq,which began on March 19.
Syria made at least $500 mil-lion in revenues from its extracrude exports last year, and los-ing the additional hard-curren-cy earnings could send thecountry into an economicdownturn.
Syria has told crude oil cus-tomers that it will cut term ex-port volumes by about 40 per-cent for the rest of this year, oiltraders have said. At the aver-age of last year’s comparableoil price, 200,000 bpd of Syriancrude would be worth around$1.7 billion.
Syria always maintained thethe pipeline was being tested,but never commissioned for fulluse.
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A US army soldier looks upon a fantasy painting in a house in an upscaleneighbourhood of Baghdad on Saturday. Photos of Saddam Hussein andParisoula Lampsos, a woman who has publicly claimed to be his mistress weredisplayed in the house.
“I cannot assure you thatall illegal oil flowing fromIraq into Syria is shut off. Ijust hope it is’’ — DonaldRumsfeld
Rumsfeldspeak
US forces capture 1985hijacker in BaghdadWashington: Americanforces in Baghdad capturedthe leader of a Palestinianterrorist group responsiblefor the attack in 1985 on anItalian cruise ship, theAchille Lauro, in which anAmerican was killed.
The terrorist leader, AbuAbbas, led a faction of thePalestine Liberation Front inthe 1980s and 1990s and hasbeen living in Baghdad since2000. He was captured onTuesday and is now in Amer-ican military custody.
Under the protection ofSaddam’s government, AbuAbbas, whose real name isMuhammad Abbas, had beenliving in Baghdad since leav-ing his home in Gaza Strip,and his group had an officein the Iraqi capital. But hehad been in hiding since theIraqi government collapsed.
Abbas is the first majorterrorist figure found in Iraqby the US. But American in-telligence and law enforce-ment officials have not madea connection between hisPalestinian group and AlQaeda and said they had noevidence to tie him to terror-ist acts in recent years.
Abbas is not currently un-der indictment in the US buthe faces a life sentence inItaly in connection with themurder of Leon Klinghoffer,a 69-year-old American whowas a passenger on theAchille Lauro.
After terrorists from Ab-bas’s group commandeeredthe ship, they shot Klinghof-
fer and pushed him, in hiswheelchair, into the Mediter-ranean.
It is still unclear whetherAbbas will be taken to Italy toserve his sentence, orwhether he will be broughtto the United States to facenew Justice Departmentcharges in the Achille Laurocase.NYT News Service
British Museum won’t buy Iraqi lootBy Rashmee Z AhmedTIMES NEWS NETWORK
London: In one of the biggest glob-al cultural salvage operations sinceWWII, the British Museum, backedby Blair government, has begunthe fraught task of preventing yetanother, real-life murder ofMesopotamia by refusing to buyIraq’s looted treasures when and ifthey appear on the internationalfree market.
The pledge, by British culturesecretary Tessa Jowell, comes asMuseum director Neil MacGregorlaunched an urgent call to ‘‘kill themarket in looted antiquities withan international declaration alongthe lines of that by the Allied Pow-ers in World War II about works ofart sold in Nazi-occupied Europe’’.
It is still unclear if such a decla-ration, making it mandatory forlooted artifacts to be returnedgratis to the Iraqi people, is a donedeal.
Four years ago, archaeologistsfrom 20 countries around the worldhad gathered at the Illicit Antiqui-ties Research Centre in Cambridgeto demand the setting up of an in-ternational body to prevent thelooting of historic sites. The con-ference had warned of the bur-geoning trade in Iraq’s stolen treas-ures as a consequence of the 1991Gulf War.
London’s unwillingness to buymementos of Iraq’s cultural her-itage is thought to renew hopes forthe restoration of at least some ofIraq’s 200,000 plundered treasures
dating back 10,000 years.MacGregor admits that after
Gulf War II and the ransacking ofBaghdad and Mosul, London hasbecome home to the greatest collec-tion of Mesopotamian antiquitiesanywhere in the world.
London, say archaeologists,would be the natural destination,via Switzerland for such irreplace-able missing artifacts when and ifthey turn up: tablets with Ham-murabi’s Code one of mankind’searliest codes of law; the worldsoldest surviving Koran from Bagh-dad’s National Library; the fourmillennia-old copper head of anAkkadian king; masterpieces rang-ing across the Sumerian, Babylon-ian, Assyrian, Persian and Islamiccivilisations.
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Iraqi who plottedto kill Bush seniorspotted in SyriaWashington: A suspected high-rank-ing operative of the Iraqi intelligence,who is believed to have played a keyrole in a 1993 plot to assassinate for-mer US president George Bush, wasspotted in Syria on Tuesday, after ar-riving from Tunisia, US officials said.
Faruq Hijazi — whose last officialpost was Saddam Hussein’s ambassa-dor to the North African nation —flew to Damascus from Tunis on acommercial jet in an apparent attemptto seek refuge in the country.
‘‘I don’t know whether he has beengranted refuge or asylum,’’ the officialadded.
The discovery was certain to fuelnew recriminations between the USand Syria, which has already been ac-cused of smuggling war material intoIraq.
US officials said ‘‘at least a handful’’of former members of the Iraqi eliteare currently in Syria, but did not of-fer any specifics.
Damascus has vehemently deniedall charges.
US President George W Bush hasused the plot to kill his father as one ofthe reasons for launching military ac-tion against Iraq, referring to SaddamHussein, in a speech in Houston,Texas, last September, as ‘‘the guy whotried to kill my dad’’. AFP
Will Abbas be tried for his crime?
•Palestinian Authority demanded that the US freeAbbas. The Palestinian-Is-raeli agreement signed onSeptember 28, 1995, saidPLO members cannot bedetained or tried for mat-ters they committed beforethe Oslo peace Accord ofseptember 13, 1995.
•The interim agreementwas signed on the US sideby President Bill Clinton
•But an US home department official said theagreement does not giveimmunity to Abbas.
•“The interim agreementconcerns arrangements
between Israel and thePalestinian Authority forthe detention and prosecu-tion of certain persons. Itdoes not apply to the legalstatus of persons detainedin a third country,” he said.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The government doesn’t move at all exceptwhen we do something like this.
— J M Saxena (trucker leader)
By Vikas Singh
By now, we’ve heard that cliche about the USinvasion of Iraq being all about oil at least amillion times. There’s also an interestingspin, to the effect that it’s actually aboutprotecting the dominance of the dollar byensuring that oil-exporting nations don’tstart denominating their trade in euros, asSaddam’s Iraq did. And, of course, there arethose who believe that Dubya is a dunce andhis team consists either of warmongers orcynical businessmen looking to literallymake a killing. There may well be anelement of truth to each of these beliefs.But attributing the Bush administration’sactions exclusively to any one motive isover-simplistic. And it completely ignoresthe role of ideology, as articulated by a groupof right-wing intellectuals.
We may not agree with the views of thisgroup of neo-conservatives. But their workis increasingly shaping American foreignpolicy, thus affecting the lives of all of us. Iftheir ideas are to be convincingly refuted,they must first be dissected and understood.
So who are the prominent neo-cons? Tobegin with, Lawrence F Kaplan and WilliamKristol. Co-authors of the best-sellingThe War over Iraq, the duoargue that, in fact, thisinvasion is just the beginningof a new era in Americanforeign policy. They’re pre-dictably critical of Clintonianliberalism, but also derideReagan and Bush Sr for being‘narrow realists’. Instead,Kristol and Kaplan extol‘activist idealism’ — Americasallying forth to make theworld safer for democracy;actively following a policy ofpre-emption against those who oppose itsmost cherished values. Instead of persistingwith its historical isolationism, it must adopta ‘distinctly American internationalism’.
As enunciated in America’s national secu-rity strategy, this distinctive international-ism aims at ‘‘creating a balance of powerthat favours human freedom and makes theglobalised world a safer and better place.’’Richard L Kugler of the National DefenseUniversity has pointed out that while ‘‘mostcountries address mainly their own regions,the US strategy covers virtually the entireworld. This is partly because the US hasinterests and values at stake nearly every-where.’’ In other words, the Monroe doctrinehas been expanded to make the entire worldpart of the American hemisphere.
The real poster-boy of the neo-cons,though, is military historian, classics scho-lar, author and columnist Victor DavisHanson. At the heart of the Hansonianthesis is a belief that deterrence, backed by acredible show of strength, is the only way toensure lasting peace. In his words, ‘‘Statesthat seek to start wars can be dissuaded fromattacking when they realise there is a verygood chance that the ensuing calamity will
be worse for them than for their enemies.’’He’s witheringly contemptuous of peace-
niks, saying, ‘‘Those who are the mosteducated, the most removed from the oftenhumiliating rat race of daily life and themost inexperienced with thugs and bullies,are the likeliest to advocate utopian solutionsand to ridicule those who would remindthem of the tragic nature of mankind andthe timeless nature of war. Ironically, theyare also the most likely to get others lessfortunate than themselves killed.’’
Hanson’s views on the Muslim world areeven more provocative. He argues that theWest is militarily strong, and the Arab worldabjectly weak ‘‘not because of greatercourage, superior numbers, higher IQs, moreores, or better weather, but because of ourculture. When it comes to war, one billionpeople and the world’s oil are not nearly asvaluable military assets as MIT, West Point,the House of Representatives, C-Span, BillO’Riley, and the G I Bill.’’
Hanson believes that while the Islamicintelligentsia recognises the Muslim world’sinferiority vis-a-vis the West, it refuses tointrospect. It does not see that West Asiancountries languish because their popula-
tions are largely illiterate,their governments are notfree, their economies are notopen, and fundamentalistsimpede scientific inquiry andcultural exchange. Instead ofacknowledging these issues,and trying to tackle them, theArab world seeks scapegoatsin the West and Israel.
According to Hanson, ifIsrael did not exist, the Arabworld would have to inventsomething like it to vent its
frustrations. ‘‘Israel is a constant reminderthat it is a nation’s culture — not its geogra-phy or size or magnitude of its oil reserves —that determines its wealth or freedom. Forthe Middle East to make peace with Israelwould be to declare war on itself, to admitthat its own fundamental way of doingbusiness makes it poor, sick, and weak.’’
Hanson’s heroes include American gene-rals Sherman and Patton and ancientGreek leader Epaminondas, reflecting hisnear-mystical awe for ‘democratic’ forcesmarching to combat `tyranny’. ‘‘Thebanhoplites, Union troops, and American GIswere ideological armies foremost, composedof citizen-soldiers who burst into theirenemies’ heartland because they believed itwas a just and very necessary thing to do.The commanders who led them encouragedthat ethical zeal...’’ Not surprisingly, Hansonsees the invasion of Iraq in the same light.
But wait, haven’t we heard all thisbefore? Doesn’t all this seem remarkablyreminiscent of the argument of the ‘whiteman’s burden’, used by the British to justifytheir empire-building efforts? So is the dis-tinctly American internationalism nothingbut the Raj redux? Watch this space.
Bush’s Men-o’-WarIdeologues of Neo-Imperialism
Truckload of TroubleThe truckers who have embarked on a nationwidewildcat strike may well feel that their demands arejustified, but they’re not helping their cause by holdingthe nation to ransom. At a time when the economy isstruggling to haul itself out of a quagmire, the truckers’refusal to ply their vehicles is costing businesses someRs 20,000 crore every day. Operations at major portshave ground to a standstill and freight movement acrossthe country has been affected. The hapless commonman has been hit too, with prices of essential items,especially vegetables, shooting up in various cities.All this is bound to turn public opinion against therecalcitrant truckers, especially since few people areactually aware of what they are so riled about. As amatter of fact, their demands include fixing ofminimum freight rates, withdrawal of value-added taxon lorries, cancellation of all toll payments on thenational highway development project and ending thevolatility in diesel prices. The truckers complain thatthe government has failed to respond to repeatedrepresentations by them, leaving them no choice but toproceed on an indefinite strike. But while they have aright to voice their discontent, even hold demonstra-tions, their wilful act of suspending an essential serviceputs them in the dock as far as the public is concerned.
Not that the government is in the clear. The presentstir comes on the heels of traders’ protests against theplanned imposition of VAT, and also revives memoriesof trucks going off roads some years ago after thegovernment sought to bring the industry under theambit of service tax. These three, and several othercases, are ample testimony to the government’scomplete failure to woo and win over public opinionbefore announcing major decisions, and its inability tominimise the hostile reaction that inevitably follows.Worse, the government has a sorry record of hastilybacktracking whenever lobby groups take to the streets.Let’s not single out any political dispensation; the fact isthat India has been governed by a ‘rollback regime’ forseveral years now. Nobody takes government directivesseriously any more, because they know fully well thatthe measures will be conceived hastily and implemen-ted half-heartedly. The administration will initially talktough, only to crumble at the first sign of serious pres-sure. So far, the truckers’ strike seems to be followingthis depressing script perfectly, adding to the rampantindiscipline that passes for public life in this country.
Genome’s JanamBiology has never had it so good — the year 2003 marks50 years of the discovery of the double-helix, 25 years ofthe world’s first test-tube baby and now the completemapping of the human genome. The Human GenomeProject that commenced in 1990 under a US-UK ledpublic consortium of academic centres headed byFrancis Collins, has now announced that the map,valued at nearly $800 million, is complete two yearsahead of schedule. The speeding up happened thanksto a breakaway faction that went private underCraig Venter. Three draft maps have already beenmade public, and this is the final one, they say. This,however, does not mean the end of genome mapping,as the work will shift to other species. Also, variationsin the human genome will have to be studied and thenthere is the whole task of analysing the tomes of datagenerated by the map. For, it is in data-crunching thatapplications can be formulated. It all began with thediscovery of the structure of DNA by James D Watsonand Francis Crick. They made their stunning dis-covery public in an article that first appeared inNature magazine on April 25, 1953.
Since then, biology has got transformed into adynamic field of study, generating whole newsubjects: Genetics, biotechnology, proteomics, pharma-cogenomics, bioinformatics and cheminformatics,among others. The human genome map will serve as aready-reckoner for human body functions. Its 35,000-oddmapped genes are intended to unravel the nature andhistory of disease — What makes us ill, and whatmakes us well? The information generated will enablegene therapists formulate suitable treatments. It meansanalysing the 3.1 billion base or DNA letters responsiblefor heredity in humans. The ‘language of life’ is a toolthat has increasingly made designer drugs possible,especially to treat hereditary diseases. With theCanadians claiming they’ve now sequenced the SARSvirus genome, hopes are up that a vaccine or cure couldsoon be found for the killer-pneumonia. However, foreach medical cure that we find, a mutant disease willrise to counter it. In the end, diseases are created andcombated not in antiseptic laboratories but in ourday-to-day lives. So while genome mapping is certainlya great leap forward in tracking disease, it is best that itgoes hand-in-hand with lifestyle management.
Fear of FiftyIn the midst of the Iraq war, comes a candid interviewby British prime minister Tony Blair of his secret,genuine “dread” of attaining 50 years, on May 6. Herevealed, “I don’t feel like 50 at all. Admittedly, I havetoughened since our second landslide election victory,but physically, I feel great and I exercise more todaythan I ever did since school.” It was George Orwell whowrote that at 50, everyone has the face he deserves. Sodid Albert Camus, who observed, “after a certain age,everyone is responsible for his face.” Perhaps in theirage, physical fitness wasn’t an obsession. In Mr Blair’scomments, we can’t rule out the trans-Atlanticinfluence of George W Bush. At 55, the Iraq war hasadded furrows to Mr Bush’s forehead and unfriendlycritics talk of his “leaner and meaner” look. But hisdoctors certify that Mr Bush can boast of enviablehealth enjoyed only by the top five per cent of theover-50s. Mr Blair should rather look India-wards,where we have woven gerontology into a politicaltapestry. The fifties evoke no fear whatsoever here,and political careers blossom after the biblicallypermissible span of three score and ten. Here,Morarji Desai was premier at 80. The then presidentK R Narayanan, at 81, admitted he favoured anotherfive-year term, if unanimously proposed. The thenMaharashtra governor, P C Alexander, hoped at 81, for ahigh office in New Delhi, and when that fell through,opted for a six-year membership of the Rajya Sabha.In Britain, we have extreme examples. In the interviewgiven to Saga, “magazine for mature men”, Tony Blairreassured younger aspirants that he would notfollow Churchill’s footsteps to carry on till 80.Labour prime minister Harold Wilson when 59, toldthe queen, a whole year earlier, that he would quit officeat 60, and did so. So if Mr Blair feels chronologicallychallenged, India will give him confidence.
Waiel Awwad, South Asia bureau chieffor ‘Al Arabiya’, has discovered first-handthe difficulties of reporting a war.“Embedded” with the US troops, hisquest for the other side of the story ledto his capture by the Iraqi forces. The Syrianjournalist talks to Aunohita Mojumdarabout the perils of war reporting and thepolitical impact of the American invasion:
After what happened to you, do you thinkit’s possible to ensure the safety of journalistsin a war situation?
I don’t think anyone can guarantee 100 percent safety. In this war, the situation onthe ground was very different. This was thefirst time “embedded” journalists weremoving with the US troops... But our searchfor the truth puts us at risk.
When the Iraqis caught us they thoughtit was good because there was a rewarddeclared by Saddam for every Americancaught and killed... I also think we werealso pushed as decoys by the Americanand British troops. When the coalition forcesreached Basariya, they said it was safefor us to enter the town. But as soon as wedid that, we had to face bullets. Then wewere captured. There are no guaranteesin war. If you wantonly one side ofthe story, you aresafe. But if youwant to know theweaker side, you arevulnerable.What kind of cons-traints did you facewhile reporting?
There were defi-nite constraints, butwe had no choice.We had to followstrict rules, includ-ing censorship and screening before wesent our reports. Also, we were not allowedto use our telephones, sometimes evensatellite telephones.In hindsight, what percentage of facts knownto you did you report?
About 50 to 60 per cent. Frankly, we didnot spend enough time with the Americantroops to know the full extent of theconstraints. We were captured within twodays. That ended the story of our embedding.As an Arab journalist, how do you feel aboutthe outcome of this war?
This has been the most unpopular warin the world. It was decided and executedby the Americans and the British at atime and place of their choosing. Iraqwas not prepared for it. Many Iraqis toldus: “We were told by our president thatthis is just American propaganda. Theywill never invade.”
But we were shocked by the extent ofthe Iraqi resistance. The Iraqis werethrowing themselves in the firing line, infront of tanks... I saw the joy when theyshot a UAV plane with small guns andcarried part of it to show us. But I also
saw Iraqi army surrender because theycould not match up to the American fire-power. It was a one-sided war.
Actually it was not even a war. Itwas a well-planned invasion on the partof the coalition for its own interests.There was nothing that the Iraqis coulddo about it.What will be the fallout of the war inthe region?
You know one interesting thing — whenthe British moved in they were carryingmaps from the 1920s and that in itself showsthe colonial attitude that still exists amongthem. What I felt is that these people are hereto stay for a long time.
This will mean divide and rule. Thecoalition will cause the tribals to fightone another, the Shias to fight the Sunnis —just as the British did all over the worldlong time ago. I feel Iraq will take some-time before it’s stable. But the Iraqipeople will realise that this war is not a joke,but part of a long conspiracy to take awaytheir resources.Do you think the region will be destabilised?
There is so much anger in the Arabworld. And elsewhere too, even thoughthe Iraqi regime has fallen. People know
that it’s the Iraqiswho are suffering.It is now for theUS and the UK todeliver. If theydon’t, there will besmall guerilla warseverywhere in theregion and Ameri-can citizens andtheir interests willbe vulnerable toattacks.
The Iraqi regimewas tyrannical but
it was also secular in its outlook. Thewar will encourage more extremism andfundamentalism. And then there will bemore reason for the coalition forces tostay on.
The war has created a refugee crisisand a crisis of water and power. And nowthe coalition will stay back and restoreall this. It is very important that theUN moves in and legitimises their stay.Incidentally, the Saddam government hadenough stocks of food to last for sixmonths.Do you think there is a thing called Arabopinion or is that a myth?
I think we have to differentiate bet-ween the Arab masses and the Arab govern-ments. The Arab masses are against thewar. They are also disappointed by the waythe regime in Baghdad collapsed, eventhough everyone knew that this was aone-sided war.
They feel that Saddam and his menshould have, rather than flee, embraceddeath honourably and caused damageto the enemy. They feel the Iraqi armydidn’t do that.
Embedded Truth
The Iraqi regime wastyrannical but it wasalso secular in itsoutlook. The war willencourage more funda-mentalism... It hascreated a refugeecrisis and a crisisof water and power.
Q&A
Hunt for WMDApropos of ‘Death of Chemical Ali:Nailing the Lie of Iraq’s WMD’ by VidyaSubrahmaniam (Apr 15), it needs to bepointed out that WMD need not be piled upen masse. The chemical and biologicalweapons that come under this category maybe in small quantities (which have beenfound in Iraq) but they can create wide-spread death and destruction. Such weaponscannot be easily used in times of war, whenboth friend and foe are in close proximity ofeach other. They are always used on anunsuspecting public in times of peace.
So, please do not moan the unheroic deathof ‘Chemical’ Ali — he certainly knew hischemicals, and so hesitated to use them. Itwould be best not to jump the gun as far asIraq’s WMD are concerned. The coalitionforces have been fighting a war, and notlooking for WMD. Besides, they have been inIraq for a little over three weeks. Hans Blixand company were in Iraq for well overthree months, driving around freely withoutfear of being harmed, but still wanted‘‘more time’’ before categorically statingtheir opinion on Iraq’s WMD.— Raynah Sivaraman, via e-mail
Tales of TyrannyApropos of ‘Stop US Bashing’ (Conversa-tions with Readers, Apr 15), would someoneplease ask V V S Mani to justify his
pro-US stance? According to him, it was theUS who ‘rightly’ intervened with the Naziplans to establish a Third Reich. Wasn’t theUS one of the powers that recognised thepro-fascist government in Spain after theSpanish Civil War? Wasn’t the US the oneresponsible for so many deaths in Vietnamwith the unjustified use of ‘weapons ofmass destruction’? Hasn’t it unjustly inter-vened in the affairs of numerous countriesin order to protect its own interests?— Vikalp Babelay, via e-mail
IIAmerican democracy and its institutionshave been hijacked by a powerful lobby ofneo-colonialists representing the interestsof corporate America and especially the oillobby. A new imperial age is in the making.The invasion of Iraq could have happenedeven without Saddam, on some otherpretext. In the post-war world, there will bemore terrorism and war-mongering. This isa wake-up call for all peace-loving statesand those in the US who love freedom andtake pride in their democratic traditions.— Uday Patel, Surat
Plug LoopholesWhile the formation of the United Nationswas a great achievement, the attack onIraq will go down in world history as aretrograde step. The UN secretary-generalshould have resigned on the first day of theattack on Iraq. Let the nations of the world,except for the US and UK, plug the loopholesin the existing structure of the UN to avoidrecurrence of such unsanctioned wars.— Paramahamsa Tewari, via e-mail
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Honeymoon OverThe killing of innocent Iraqis by UStroops in Mosul in Iraq only shows thatthe honeymoon is over between the Iraqisand their American ‘liberators’. Saddamwas a tyrant, but George W Bush is noless. Would he allow the shooting ofAmericans in this fashion in the US?
Praveen Malhotra, via e-mail
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Cheerful Thoughts
May there alwaysbe work for your
hands to do;May your purse
always holda coin or two;
May the sun alwaysshine on yourwindowpane;
May a rainbow becertain to follow
each rain;May the hand of afriend always be
near you;May God fill your
heart with gladnessto cheer you.Irish rhyme
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I exhort you to beof good cheer.Acts XXVII.22
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I created you humanbeings because I
desired to see you leada joyous life.
Ofudesaki 14.25✥
The Holy Spirit restson him only who has
a joyous heart.Talmud
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Let us be of goodcheer, rememberingthat the misfortunes
hardest to bearare those whichnever happen.
James Russell Lowell✥
A good laugh issunshine in a house.
W M Thackeray✥
We are in the world tolaugh. In purgatory orhell we shall no longer
be able to do so. Andin heaven it would
not be proper.Jules Renard
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The most wasted of alldays is that on whichone has not laughed.
Nicolas-SebastienChamfort
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Cheer up, the worstis yet to come.
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Good Friday is a reminderthat no one in this world canescape sorrow, and the Cross.Laurin J Wenig says thateveryone carries some kindof a cross. In some circum-stances, these are visible andknown, but most commonare the invisible crosses thatpeople carry but reveal onlyoccasionally. Apart from thewooden cross on which hewas crucified, Jesus had tobear invisible crosses too.According to Wenig, whatsets Jesus apart is that heunderstood the crosses fromthe beginning. He saw themfor what they are — notpunishments but opportuni-ties for grace.
Everyone responds differ-ently to their crosses. Sometry to unburden themselvesalong the wayside. Others tryto throw it onto someoneelse’s shoulders. A few cometo understand that carryingyour own cross and taking onothers’ burden ac-tually lightensthe load. Thosewho run fromtheir crosses loseall. Whoever ac-cepts the cross asGod’s gift comesto share in the lifeof His kingdom.
Choosing tocarry crossesseemingly leadsto suffering anddeath. Jesus changed allthat; Good Friday changedall that. In Isaiah, the FourthSong of the SufferingServant predicts of Jesusthat he was ‘‘pierced for ouroffenses... by his stripes wewere healed... Because ofhis affliction, he shall seelight in fullness of days...and justify many’’.
Carroll Stuhlmueller ex-plains that we are ‘‘inspiredto realise very deeply thetragedy of Jesus’ death in thecontext of our sorrows andtrials. We are tempted, so wasJesus, and we can learnobedience from what wesuffer’’. Our sufferings aresignificant. But sometimeswe have to wait for thesignificance of it to begiven to us. We must, infaith, see promises in oursufferings, not mutilations.God weaves a masterpiecewhich we will discover onlyon the last day.
The purificatory value of
suffering is brought out inthe parable of the vineand branches, in which thesterile branches are cutaway. That reminds us that‘‘every branch that doesnot bear fruit the Fatherprunes that it may bearmore fruit’’. Is the painful cutfrom the pruning shears forour suppression, or for ourbenefit? If we abide in Him,the pruning results in ajoyful harvest.
‘‘My beloved speaks andsays to me: ‘Arise, my love,my fair one, and comeaway; for lo, the winter ispast, the rain is over andgone. The flowers appearon the earth — the voice ofthe turtle dove is heardin our land — the vinesare in blossom’,’’ (Book ofSongs). We must acceptthe mystery of this pruningand the painful growth,and believe in the joy ofthe harvest.
In Suffering,Louis Evely saysthat one willnever become asaint in the wayone imagines, butby accepting awill other thanone’s own and bysometimes seeingvalue in useless-ness, in whichall our projectsare shattered and
pride annihilated. We alsodo not get the cross wewant. ‘‘We must come torecognise that if the crosssuited us, it would nolonger be a cross... that itmust hurt at the spot wherewe are the most defenceless,’’says Evely.
The mature individualknows that the world isbeautiful, and at the sametime, that life is impossible,and that one must not bemerely human in order toface it. Faith is this comple-ment of reason and forceswithout which we areforever unbalanced. Painmakes us enter the greatbrotherhood of mankind,where those who are waitingfor us will turn their facesto us to read in our eyeswhat we have made of it.This is the message ofGood Friday, when Jesus diedon the Cross.(Tomorrow is Good Friday)
Jesus did not CarryThe Cross in Vain
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Focussing on direct marketingDirect marketing seems to be the lat-
est mantra at Maruti Udyog. Un-der the ownership of Suzuki Mo-
tor, the country’s largest car makerlaunched its luxury SUV Grand VitaraXL-7 on Wednesday and has decided to de-part from the traditional practice of dis-playing the vehicle at dealer showroomsacross the country.
“We will instead market this vehicle di-rectly to the target consumer group. Wehave already prepared a list of the proba-ble consumers and will approach them di-rectly and offer test drives,” MD JagdishKhattar said.
This fresh strategy seems to be work-ing as MUL claimed that it has booked or-ders for the first 50 vehicles even beforethe launch. “We had imported two con-signments and displayed the vehicles atselect gatherings for the target audience.Though the price was not disclosed then,the vehicles were still booked,” adds di-rector (marketing) Kinji Saito.
The 2,700cc petrol-driven Grand Vitarahas two versions. The standard model hasbeen priced at Rs 15.96 lakh, while thelimited edition deluxe version sports atag of Rs 16.77 lakh. The vehicle is beingimported from Japan as a fully-built mod-el.
“We are studying other segments of themarket with CBU offerings. We will notgo in for volume segments with importedcars, but rather look at niche markets andwill adopt the same direct marketing ap-proach with these models,” Saito added,but refused to divulge details about theproducts being examined.TNN
MARUTI’S VITARA STRATEGY
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Swedish home furnisher Ikea opened its largest store in Asia, its second outlet in China’s largest city Shanghai.
Wyeth putsForhans on the block
By Baiju KaleshTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Forhans, the non-fluoride, med-icated toothpaste brand that has beenaround since the 1960s, has been put onthe block by the Rs 270-crore Wyeth Led-erle Ltd.
Industry sources familiar with the de-velopment said the company has appoint-ed Rabo India as the investment bankerfor the sale.
The brand, earlier owned by GeoffreyManners and Co, came into Wyeth Leder-le’s portfolio after the two companiesmerged their operations in July 2002.
Though Forhans has been brushed outof prominence by products from multina-tional giants Hindustan Lever and Col-gate, it still has a dedicated user base, amarketing analyst said. But whileForhans commands a 4-5 per cent share ofthe urban market, it has failed to make amark in rural India, he added.
Colgate and HLL are the top two play-ers in the market. While Colgate in-creased its market share (by value) from46.1 to 49.6 per cent between December2001 and May 2002, HLL’s share slippedfrom 36.3 to 34.3 per cent. The Unileverunit had to can its low-priced brand, Aim,soon after its launch in 2000 due to poormarket response. But while Colgate ap-pears to be brushing up its act, the do-mestic market continues to witness atooth-and-nail battle between the twoMNCs which have a multi-brand presencein virtually every segment of the oralcare market. The Forhans brand, in con-trast, is restricted to a single product.
While the two FMCG giants slug it outwith their array of offerings, smallernames like Forhans, Promise, Babool andMeswak are finding it difficult to matchand sustain the promotional frenzy of thelarger brands. In fact, the only smallbrand that seems to be growing is AnchorWhite toothpaste (from the makers of An-chor switchboards).
Hindustan Lever Q1 net profit down 10 per centTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: FMCG major HindustanLever Limited (HLL)reported onWednesday a 10 per cent drop in netprofits at Rs 382.92 crore for the quar-ter ending March 31, 2003 from Rs428.54 crore in the corresponding pe-riod last year.
However, the company’s net for thecomparable period last year had beenboosted by an earning of Rs 74.72crore through the sale of its seeds
business and the transfer of itsleather and mushroom businesses tosubsidiary companies, a company of-ficial clarified. ‘‘On a comparable ba-sis the net proft during the same pe-riod of 2003 grew by 8.2 per cent.’’
HLL also announced that it had re-ceived permission from RBI for theallotment of bonus debentures of Rs6 per share and payment of specialdividend of Rs 2.76 per share to non-resident shareholders.
Though the company’s net salesfor the quarter grew by a wafer-thin1.2 per cent to Rs 2367.50 crore for thequarter, up from Rs 2338.46 crore inthe corresponding quarter last year,sales from the domestic foods busi-ness including its ice-cream businesswas lower at Rs 491.50 crore in thecurrent quarter as against Rs 545.14crore in the same period last year.
The company reported that the op-erating profit of Rs 416 crore for the
first quarter ended March 31 saw anincrease of 9.1 per cent over the cor-responding quarter last year.
Chairman M S Banga said the com-pany used aggressive pricing inhome and personal care and highermedia spends in order to stimulatevolume growth. Overall sales grewby eight per cent for the powerbrands, making it the fourth consec-utive quarter of growth in the face ofdepressed markets, he added.
India one up over SARS-hit ChinaBy N Vidyasagar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: There is a grow-ing proof that India is gain-ing ground over China as apreferred investment destina-tion. A combination of ana-lysts-consultants say that for-eign equity investors getmore returns from invest-ments in India than China.And, according to a recentMerrill Lynch report, the im-pact of Severe Acute Respira-tory Syndrome (SARS) is akey indicator that China’sgrowth may decline this year.
China has fallen one placebelow India in the MerrillLynch country ranking re-port. ‘‘India now replacesChina as our strongest posi-tive view,’’ it says on the im-plications of macro investing,based on the potential region-
al impact of SARS on theeconomy. Standard & Poor’shas also expressed concernabout cash-flow to Chinawhere the outbreak of SARSis predominant. ‘‘The out-break in Greater China isproving to be more damagingto economic activity than theUS-led war on Iraq,’’ says S&Pwhich is, however, not consid-ering any credit ratingchanges at present.
Merrill Lynch, expressingconcern over China’s down-side, says, ‘‘We are concernedabout the impact of decline inbusiness travel on manufac-turing activity in the coastalregions — predominantly ex-port-oriented and driven byforeign enterprises.’’
While India Inc is con-cerned about the SARS situa-tion in China, it clearly sees
this shift in perception as awindow of opportunity. Themood is upbeat with the feel-good-factor in the economy isback. Industry captains have
also been bullish on accountof improved performance inmanufacturing and expect agood monsoon to push agri-cultural growth. So, India ispitching itself as a safe desti-nation helped by the uncer-tainty in West Asia, slow-down in the US and SARS inChina. A brand push is alsoon the cards to position In-dia’s strengths as a preferredinvestment destination.‘‘Global companies are begin-ning to realise the strengthsof India,’’ says Hero CyclesMD Sunil Kant Munjal.
The mighty elephant isshowing signs of movement.‘‘Today you can touch the ele-phant and feel its movement.Manufacturing has becomecompetitive and this is thebiggest turnaround in recenttimes,’’ says Tarun Das, direc-
tor general, CII. After sixyears of declining growth inmanufacturing, the sectorgrew at 7.8 per cent in Febru-ary, 2003. Industry says, polit-ical stability, increased eco-nomic legislation, a harmlessBudget have renewed excite-ment. ‘‘Things are not so badanymore,’’ says Gautam Tha-par, vice-chairman BallarpurIndustries. ‘‘Investments aremoving up here.’’
Visits to India have in-creased. Recently, the PrimeMinister of Singapore, with a30-member business team,was in the country. Earlier,this month, a delegation fromSweden met business leadersin Delhi and Bangalore. ‘‘In-dia is on the radar of everypotential overseas investor,’’says Arvind Mills directorNaishad Parekh.
Car sales surge15% in March
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The post-Budget price cut andwarnings of an impending reversal due torising costs drove customers to the show-rooms and passenger car sales zipped 15.2per cent in March 2003. However, overallsales for the 2002-03 fiscal rose by only 6.4per cent to 541,738 units as the slow move-ment in the earlier part of the year erasedthe gains made in the latter half.
Total sales rose to 67,817 cars from 58,864units in March last year, data released bySIAM said. Trucks and buses too continuedtheir upward sales drive posting a 10 percent growth at 22,082 units during themonth. Cumulative sales surged 30.36 percent year-on-year.
The surge this year was attributed to thegrowing demand for Telco and Hyundaicars as well the Toyota’s entry into the pas-senger car market. The country’s largest carmaker saw its sales up by a mere 0.4 per centduring the fiscal to 275,031 units, whileHyundai, riding on its mid-sized Accent,marked a 17.8 per cent surge in sales.
AirTel cuts airtime rates:AirTel on Wednesday an-nounced the reduction in air-time rates on all STD calls forits subscribers on both post-paid and pre-paid to 50 paiseper minute. It also said thatthere would be no airtimecharges on any ISD calls forboth post-paid and pre-paidsubscribers. This amounts toa cut of upto 79 per cent onthe airtime rates on STD callsand a 100 per cent reductionin airtime on ISD calls.
IndusInd to offer staketo Swiss firm: IndusIndMedia & Communication LTD,a Hinduja group company, willoffer upto 3 per cent stake inthe company to Kudelski SA,a Swiss entity, for providingCAS for digital pay TV servic-es. IndusInd has signed anagreement with Kudelski forissuing up to three per cent ofits equity valued at approxi-mately $500 million.
Moody’s-ICRA ratings forMFs soon: Global ratingagency Moody’s investorsservices and ICRA will jointlystart mutual fund rating in In-dia by July, to enable in-
vestors assess the risks andperformance of funds and in-vest accordingly. Initially, therating would be done fordebt, money market and gilts.
PNB, New India tie up:Punjab National Bank has de-cided to join hands with NewIndia Assurance Company tomarket the latter’s productsthrough its branch network.
PNB CMD SS Kohli said thiswas a major step towardsmaking a financial supermarket. With this, hesaid, the bank can sell insur-ance products, besides givingcar or home loans to cus-tomers.
Hero Honda launches itscheapest bike: India’slargest motorcycle maker
Hero Honda Motors Ltdlaunched its cheapest bikeyet on Wednesday, hoping torevive slowing sales and bluntcompetition from main rivalBajaj Auto. The new model —CD-Dawn — carries a show-room price of Rs 31,899 inDelhi. “This model should addat least five per cent to ourmarket share in the entry-levelsegment,” Atul Sobti, seniormarketing vice-president atHero Honda, said.
PGCIL, Tata Power JV tostart operation soon:Power Grid Corporation saidthe proposed joint venturewith Tata Power for errectingtransmission lines in Bhutanwas likely to become operational by the end of thismonth. “We are hopeful ofgetting clearance from theCabinet Committee on Economic Affairs within aweek or two. All formalitieshave been completed exceptfor government’s approval,”PGCIL CMD RP Singh told reporters.
JK Industries to delistfrom 2 exchanges: JK In-dustries Ltd has decided toget itself delisted from theDelhi and Jaipur stock ex-changes. Its shares would,
however, continue to be listedon Calcutta Stock Exchangeand Bombay Stock Ex-change.
ICRA unlikely to changeICICI Bank rating: Creditrating agency ICRA is unlikelyto revise its rating for ICICIBank, but said it has “takennote of the recent pressure”on the bank following a panicwithdrawal by depositors insome parts of Gujarat andMumbai. ICRA’s decision onICICI Bank comes days afterother rating agencies Crisiland Care decided to retaintheir earlier ratings.
Food processing sectorurged to grow: Govern-ment has urged the food pro-cessing industry to contributeto economic growth in pro-portion to the availability ofraw materials in the sector.Food processing sectorshould rise to its full potentialto fuel economic growth.
Mineral production up:The mineral production rose 7per cent in February com-pared to production in thesame month of previous year,though in comparison to out-put in January 2003, the pro-duction declined 7 per cent.
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Microsoft net profit up:Microsoft has said that netprofit rose 2.0 per cent in theJanuary-March quarter,boosted by business cus-tomers. Net profit climbed toa better-than-expected $2.79billion or 26 cents a share inthe three months to March31, up from the year-ago re-sult of $2.74 billion or 25cents a share. Sales surged
8.1 per cent to $7.84 billion.“We reported another quarterof strong revenue and operat-ing income results in a verytough environment,” said Mi-crosoft chief financial officerJohn Connors.
Motorola comes out ofred: Motorola has said it hademerged from the red in thefirst quarter of 2003 but salesslipped. Motorola posted anet profit of $169 million orseven cents a share in thethree months to the end ofMarch from the year-ago lossof $449 million dollars or 20cents a share. Sales slid 2.3per cent to $6.04 billion. Pre-tax profit, excluding specialitems, grew by $309 million.
Pfizer completes mergerwith Pharmacia: Pfizersaid it has completed its $57billion acquisition of rivalPharmacia Corp, creating theworld’s leading pharmaceuti-cals powerhouse, larger thanits closest rival Britain’s Glax-oSmithKline Plc. Based oncurrent share prices, the com-bined company boasted amarket capitalisation of about$255 billion as of Tuesday,making it the world’s third-largest firm by market capital-isation. Pfizer, whose acquisi-tion was cleared by US an-titrust regulators on Monday,said the combined companywill begin trading on theNYSE on Wednesday.
Intel Q1 net dips 2.2 percent: Intel’s net profit in thefirst quarter, 2003, fell 2.2 percent from a year ago as saleseased marginally. Net profitdropped to $915 million or 14cents a share in Q1 from theyear-earlier profit of $936 mil-lion or 14 cents a share.
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Taiwan driveBrian McDonald, EU’s first-ever representative to Taiwan. The rep office will promote trade & investment,recognising Taiwan as an important economic partner
Hard constraintsA Parliamentary panel hascautioned that though the20% growth for IT hardwaresector was ‘achievable’, various constraints maymake the task difficult
Convergys moves aheadConvergys Corporation will open its second call centre in Bangalore. “We willcontinue to utilise India’s pool of talented individuals to deliver consistent andcost-effective customer care forclients,” said Jack Freker, president
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ABB 311, 306, 306.70313.90, 313.95, 305, 306.40
Abbott (I) 264, 267.50, 263, 264ACC 138.50, 135.45, 136.80
134.50, 139.85, 134.50, 136.75 Adani Export 121.80, 122.50, 120.35,121
122.50, 122.70, 120.25, 121.55 Adlabs Films 41.95, 39, 40.20
42.35, 42.35, 39.25, 40.15 Alstom Proj. 56.90, 58.20, 57.40
57.50, 58.50, 57.30, 57.65 Andhra Bank 31.10, 31.30, 30.70,31.05
31.20, 31.35, 30.70, 31.05 Apollo Hosp. 97.90, 98.50, 97, 97.95
97.50, 98.25, 96.75, 98 Apollo Tyres 122.50, 124.70, 121.90,122.20
117.10, 124.45, 117.10, 122.40 Arvind Mills 23.75, 24.30, 23.30,23.35
24.10, 24.30, 23.25, 23.40 Ashok Leylan 100, 98.50, 99.45
100.10, 100.90, 98.60, 99.20 Asian Paints 322.50, 328.85, 319,324
324, 329, 322, 324.50 Aurobindo Ph 221, 218.50, 220
219.25, 222, 218.60, 220.45 Aventis Phar 259, 253, 253.85
253.10, 254.25, 253.05, 253.85 Aztec Soft. 15.40, 14.90, 15.05
15.20, 15.40, 15, 15.05 Bajaj Auto 500, 502.40, 494, 496.75
496, 502.35, 493.05, 496.40 Balaji Tele. 60.85, 61.25, 60.10,60.60
61.50, 61.50, 60.30, 60.70 Ballarpur In 38.20, 38.30, 37.80,37.90
38.05, 38.30, 37.75, 37.85 Bank of Baro 90.80, 92.15, 87.50,90.50
91.85, 92.15, 87.70, 90.05 Bank of Ind. 40.70, 41.25, 40.10,40.60
40.90, 41.30, 40.10, 40.65 BASF 94.50, 92.25, 92.45
94.55, 94.55, 92, 92.25 Bata (I) 28.40, 27.90, 28
28.15, 28.65, 28, 28.05 Bayer Cropsc 138, 139
135.55, 135.55, 135.55, 135.55 Bh.Earth Mov 70.90, 74, 70.25, 71.65
71.20, 73.95, 71.20, 71.70 Bharat Elect 212.70, 228, 227.45
220, 228, 219.50, 226.65 Bharat Forge 255.05, 257, 253.50,253.65
255, 259.65, 253, 253.90 Bharti TeleV 32.35, 33.10, 32.75
32.10, 33.25, 32.10, 32.80 BHEL 229.50, 230.50, 225.50,228.50
230, 230.45, 225.55, 228.20 Bombay Dyein 45.10, 45.80, 45.75
39, 46, 39, 45.75 BPCL 230, 223.30, 226.95
226.10, 229.90, 223.30, 227 Britannia 511.65, 512, 511.60,511.70
518.60, 524, 510.05, 511.35 BSES 221.55, 223.50, 221, 221.85
221.15, 224.40, 220.10, 222 Cadila Healt 123.15, 122.25, 122.60
124, 124.25, 122.25, 123.45 Castrol (I) 200.10, 201.75, 197,197.65
200, 201.65, 197, 197.50 Century Enka 77.10, 79.10, 78.65
79, 79.20, 78, 78.75 Century Text 48.25, 49.25, 47.80,48.55
48.45, 49, 47.65, 48.65 Chambal Fert 14.90, 15, 14.75, 14.90
14.85, 15, 14.70, 14.90 Chennai Pet. 31.05, 31.10, 30.85,30.95
31.10, 31.45, 30.80, 31.05 Cipla 748, 732.05, 734.15
736, 738.70, 731.45, 733.15 CMC 490, 492, 482, 490.05
487.45, 494, 482, 489.45 Colgate 124.25, 122.50, 123
124.95, 124.95, 122.50, 122.85 Container Co 231.05, 236, 229.35,235.35
231.90, 236, 230, 235.20 Corpn. Bank 143.70, 148.40, 147.45
146.05, 148.75, 145, 147 Crompton Gr. 60.20, 60.25, 58.55,59.95
60, 60.30, 58.50, 59.80 Cummins (I) 53.10, 53.65, 52, 53.50
53.30, 53.65, 51.65, 53.25 D-Link (I) 45.30, 46.35, 46
46.10, 46.15, 45.50, 45.90 Dabur (I) 39.95, 40, 38.55, 38.90
40, 40, 38.70, 38.95 Digital Glob 531.45, 541.80, 524.20,
529.95535.20, 543, 525, 531.10
Dr.Reddy’s 920.10, 925, 900, 901.65915, 923, 900, 908.55
Dredging Cor 232, 240.40, 238e-Serve Intl 434, 429, 430.85
439.95, 439.95, 425, 430.85 EIH 167.70, 167.75, 163.50, 165.95
165, 165, 162.20, 164.50 Engineers (I 252, 244.25, 245.20
247.75, 247.75, 243.05, 244.55 Escorts 36.55, 37.20, 36.20, 36.75
37.65, 37.65, 36.10, 36.50 Essel Propac 136, 136.85, 135,135.65
135, 137.55, 135, 135.45 Exide Inds. 78.50, 76, 76.05
77.40, 79.40, 75.85, 76.40 Federal Bank 97.15, 97.90, 96.55, 97
97.95, 98.20, 96.70, 97.20 Finolex Cabl 84.50, 83.65
85.45, 85.90, 84.05, 84.45 Finolex Inds 36.20, 35.15, 35.70
35.35, 36, 35.35, 35.95 Gail (I) 76.40, 78.05, 77.05
76, 78.20, 75.50, 77.20 GE Shipping 41.45, 41.50, 40.50,40.80
41.35, 41.50, 40.55, 40.95 Geometric So 424, 425, 398.60,406.65
422.40, 426, 399.50, 409.70 German Remed 206, 211, 207.70
207, 214.85, 206, 210.40 Gillette (I) 294.50, 302.80, 294.25,298
299.20, 307.80, 299.20, 304 GlaxoSmith.C 227, 237, 228.80
230.05, 238.95, 228, 230 GlaxoSmith.P 310, 312, 310.65
310, 314.85, 308.15, 310.20 GNFC 29, 29.50, 28.85, 29.30
28.80, 29.30, 28.80, 29.20 Grasim Inds. 338, 342, 328.05,337.25
334.55, 342, 334.55, 338.45 GSFC 16.85, 16.95, 16.50, 16.65
16.95, 17, 16.65, 16.70 GTL 60.95, 61.50, 56.10, 57.55
61.15, 61.40, 50.10, 57.60 Guj.Amb.Cem. 166.50, 166.70,165.05, 165.75
165, 167.35, 165, 165.45 Guj.Gas Co. 398, 386.15, 386.50
399.90, 399.90, 387.65, 390.05 Guj.Mineral 81, 82.75, 82.45
82.15, 82.20, 81, 82.20 HCL Infosys. 82, 84.85, 84.50
83.50, 84.85, 82.40, 84.35 HCL Techno. 148.40, 153, 143.60,144.85
150.40, 152, 143.25, 145.15 HDFC 339, 339.90, 333, 335.05
340, 340, 332.05, 334.70 HDFC Bank 242, 245.85, 243.35
244.25, 246.50, 242.55, 243.65 Hero Honda 195.65, 197, 192.45,194.35
197, 197, 192.35, 194.20 Hexaware Tec 105.55, 106, 100.55,102.25
105.15, 105.80, 99.35, 102.80 Him.Fut.Comm 20.60, 23, 19.35,19.55
21.40, 21.40, 19.35, 19.60 Hind Lever C 159.60, 163.65, 162.50
161, 164.35, 160.15, 162.80 Hind.Oil Exp 17.05, 17.25, 17, 17.05
17.10, 17.25, 17, 17.10 Hind.Zinc 15.50, 15.30, 15.50Hindalco 582, 593.10, 579.30,592.90
580, 594, 576.45, 592.15 Hinduja TMT 173, 185.95, 165.25,168.50
176.05, 186, 166.25, 169.95 HLL 141.50, 148.50, 139.25, 147.75
142.50, 148.45, 139.60, 147.70 HMT 15.70, 15.80, 15, 15.05
15.70, 15.70, 15, 15.10 HPCL 300, 303.40, 295.50, 296.15
301, 303.40, 295.65, 296.55 Hughes Soft. 187.95, 192.70, 180.05,184.25
190, 192.50, 180, 185.80 IBP 209.50, 206, 208
201, 208, 201, 206.70 ICI (I) 118, 119.40, 117.65, 117.70
115, 119.50, 115, 117.65 ICICI Bank 133, 135, 132, 134.70
133, 135, 132.55, 134.60 IDBI 17.75, 17.90, 17.25, 17.50
17.60, 17.80, 17.40, 17.50 IDBI Bank 23.10, 22.90, 23.30
23.45, 23.50, 22.95, 23.25 India Cement 13.85, 14.30, 13.95
14, 14.25, 13.90, 13.95 Indian Alumi 120Indian Hotel 186, 188.50, 186.45
183.55, 188.50, 183.55, 186.95 Indian Oil C 236.15, 239.95, 239.15
236, 240, 236, 239.50 Indian Ov.Bk 19.80, 19.15, 19.55
19.80, 19.80, 19.20, 19.60 Indian Rayon 77.30, 80, 77.80
78, 78.70, 77, 77.60
Infosys Tech 2889.90, 3044.65,2865, 3025.40
2833.70, 3044, 2833.70, 3024.50 Infotech En. 98, 99.95, 94.75, 95.40
99.85, 116, 95.10, 96.05 Ingersoll R 198.55, 201.50, 200
201, 201.50, 200, 201.50 IPCL 87, 88.80, 86.75, 88.35
87.75, 88.75, 86.50, 88.25 ITC 675, 688.70, 674.30, 686.40
675, 689.90, 675, 686.20 ITI 16.35, 16.20, 16.50
16.70, 16.70, 16.25, 16.55 J&K Bank 130.40, 132.85, 128.60,132.35
131, 133, 129, 132.35 Jaiprakash I 29.30, 29.60, 29.25,29.50
29.20, 29.95, 29.20, 29.55 JB Chemical 155, 157.85, 154.30,154.85
155, 157, 154, 155.25 Jindal Steel 347.55, 356, 354.35
347.40, 355.90, 347.40, 353.80 Kochi Refin. 43.05, 44, 42.50, 43.50
44, 44, 43, 43.80 Kotak Mah.Bk 152, 145, 145.90
148.80, 150, 145, 145.65 L&T 189.40, 191.90, 187.05, 187.40
189, 189, 186.50, 187.25 LIC Hsg.Fin. 71.90, 74.15, 73.95
71.40, 74.20, 71.40, 73.75 LML 27, 27.85, 26.60, 27.15
27.80, 27.80, 26.80, 27.10 Lupin 157.40, 158.50, 151.15,152.05
157, 158.50, 151, 152.25 M&M 106.95, 109.30, 105.25,108.20
106.75, 109.50, 105.20, 108.15 Marico Inds 155.50, 156.25, 153,154.40
153.15, 156, 153.15, 155.10 Mascot Systm 95.50, 90.10, 91.25
98, 98, 78.60, 91.35 Mastek 315, 319.90, 285.80, 308.25
310, 319, 286.65, 309.55 Mastershare 10.25, 10.30, 10.20,10.25
10.55, 10.55, 10.20, 10.30 Max (I) 69, 69.85, 68.15, 68.35
70, 70, 68, 68.55 Mcdowell Co. 35.60, 36, 35.40, 35.95
35.65, 36.10, 35.40, 36 Merck 224.10, 227.25, 223.40,225.45
214.85, 238, 214.85, 227.85 MIRC Electr. 367, 374.85, 362,371.85
371.50, 371.50, 362.25, 369.70 Moser-Baer 246, 255.60, 253.55
246.25, 255.90, 246.25, 253.20 Mphasis BFL 597, 567.05, 573.70
598, 602, 570.60, 575.80 MRF 952, 1066.50
935, 1057.10, 935, 1057.10 MTNL 90.35, 96.80, 96.20
95, 96.95, 94, 96.10 Mukta Arts 44.05, 44.45, 43.50,43.55
44.30, 44.55, 43.10, 43.55 National Alu 85.10, 86, 83.90, 85.70
86.10, 86.10, 83.50, 85.80 Nestle (I) 537, 541, 535, 537.40
541.05, 543, 535, 537.25 Neyveli Lign 30.55, 30.85, 29.25,29.35
30.25, 30.70, 29.30, 29.50 Nicholas Pir 211.85, 216.90, 211,215.35
210, 216, 209.40, 215.50 NIIT 101.60, 103.75, 98.15, 100.20
102, 103, 99, 100.05 Nirma 252, 244, 249.95
242.15, 250.50, 242.15, 249.95 Novartis (I) 233.50, 234, 228, 228.45
233, 235, 229, 229.65 ONGC 357, 350, 354.95
357.70, 357.70, 350.15, 355 Oriental Bnk 80, 82.20, 79, 81.80
81, 82.30, 79.25, 81.55 P&G Hygiene 365.90, 370, 360,366.75Padmalaya Te 61.10, 58, 59.05
59.15, 61, 58.30, 59.20 Pentamedia G 9.10, 9.25, 8.50, 8.65
9.15, 9.30, 8.60, 8.70 Pfizer 320, 308, 312.50
316.95, 317, 311.30, 312.25 Philips (I) 93.10, 94, 93, 93.25Pidilite Ind 225.10, 230, 225.05,229.85
226, 231.90, 226, 231.85 Polaris Soft 124.30, 127.50, 121.65,123.05
125.65, 127, 122, 123.50 Pun.Tractors 124.50, 126.50, 122.55,125.30
125, 126, 122.75, 125.30 Ranbaxy Lab. 676, 677, 655.50,660.90
677.85, 679, 655.20, 658.85 Raymond 89.35, 90.95, 90.10
90.45, 90.65, 89.50, 90 RCF 20.10, 20.90, 19.20, 19.45
20.15, 20.90, 19.25, 19.55
Rel Capital 51.70, 52.20, 50.60,51.75
51.50, 52.15, 51.50, 51.75 Reliance Ind 280, 285.50, 283.60
284.90, 285.35, 280.40, 283.80 Rolta (I) 59.80, 60.65, 58, 58.25
59.90, 60.50, 58, 58.25 SAIL 9.15, 9.30, 9, 9.20
9.15, 9.30, 9.05, 9.20 Satyam Comp 153, 158.20, 152.10,157.35
155.55, 158.35, 154.15, 157.10 Saw Pipes 73.90, 74.50, 73, 73.35
74, 74.55, 70.30, 73.50 SBI 284.50, 291.40, 282.50, 290.45
283.40, 291, 282.15, 290 Shipp.Corpn. 61, 63, 60.90, 61.25
62.10, 63.35, 61.05, 61.30 Shyam Teleco 35.55, 35.95, 34.50,34.75
35.50, 35.90, 34.25, 34.60 Siemens 289.50, 292.50, 286.60,287.40
287.10, 291.70, 286.25, 286.95 Silverline T 6.30, 6.45, 5.95, 6SKF Bearing 43.50, 43.55, 43.10,43.20
43.70, 44, 43.10, 43.25 Sonata Soft. 13.50, 13.75, 12.85,13.20
13.65, 13.90, 12.85, 13.20 SPICE 30.90, 30.74SSI 60.50, 63, 60, 60.30
62.90, 62.90, 60.05, 60.35 STC India 91, 91.70, 87, 88
91, 91, 87, 87 Sterl.Biotec 40.80, 44.90, 40, 43.15
40.85, 43.50, 40.15, 42.85 Sterl.Optica 32.30, 33.40, 32.40
32.90, 33.50, 32.25, 32.45 Sun Pharma. 291.05, 286.15, 287.15
292, 292.60, 285.10, 287.75 Syndicate Bn 22.60, 22.80, 22, 22.50
22.45, 22.85, 22, 22.45 Syngenta (I) 123.70, 118.05, 120.05Tata Chem 68, 70, 67.50, 68.60
68.30, 70.10, 67.40, 68.85 Tata Elxsi 69.80, 70, 69.10, 69.55
70, 70.30, 69, 69.30 Tata Power 119, 119.85, 118, 118.20
119.80, 119.80, 118.05, 118.35 Tata Tea 194.90, 202.50, 199.75
201, 202.85, 198.65, 200.45 Tata Telcom 97, 100, 96.20, 99.30
97.45, 99.90, 96, 99.15 TELCO 155.50, 158.30, 156.95
156.30, 158.50, 156, 157.30 Thermax 141, 142, 141
142, 143.10, 141, 141 Thomas Cook 199, 196.15, 197
199, 199.75, 197.05, 197.75 TISCO 132, 134.75, 130.60, 134.20
131.90, 134.50, 130.25, 134 Titan Inds. 55, 54, 54.85
55.35, 55.40, 54.10, 54.65 TN Newsprint 40.30, 41.50, 40.85
41, 41.35, 40.35, 40.85 TN Petro 20.50, 20.85, 20.25, 20.40
20.25, 20.75, 20.20, 20.45 Torrent Phar 169.40, 167.70, 167.90
169.50, 169.50, 167.50, 168.50 Trent 149.90, 148.35, 149
145, 149.50, 145, 148.10 TVS Electron 59.40, 59.85, 58.15,58.40
59.90, 60.70, 58.10, 58.30 TVS Motor Co 387.15, 397.85,392.20
391, 395, 390, 393.50 United Phosp 125.90, 126.50,123.50, 125.15
127, 127, 123.75, 125.05 UTI Bank 42.80, 43.45, 42.50, 43.25
41.55, 43.35, 41.55, 42.95 Videocon Int 22.90, 23.05, 22.55,22.70
23.10, 23.25, 22.65, 22.70 Vijaya Bank 16.35, 16.75, 16.60
16.55, 16.70, 16.50, 16.60 Visual Soft 136.50, 136.90, 128.25,129.80
136.15, 136.80, 128.10, 130.10 VSNL 74, 74.20, 73.20, 73.40
73.95, 74, 73, 73.25 Whirlpool 17.10, 16.60, 17
17, 17.15, 16.60, 17 Wipro 994.80, 1005, 900.50, 963.95
988.75, 994.85, 901.15, 957.10 Wockhardt 386, 375, 376.50
381, 383, 374.75, 375.45 Zee Telefilm 71.10, 71.45, 68.75,69.25
70.90, 71.50, 68.75, 69.25 Zensar Tech. 72, 69.35, 70.10
71, 71.45, 68, 69.85
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33M India 257.15, 256.05, 263.95
261, 261, 253, 255.35
AA Sarabhai 3.40, 3.60, 3.40Aarti Drugs 26.55, 27, 26.25, 26.75Aarti Inds. 61, 62Aarvee Denim 8.05Aban Loyd 155, 144.75, 147.45
144, 147.75, 144, 145.90 ABC Bearings 6.05ABG Heavy In 10.15, 10.80, 10.40Abhishek Ind 6.35, 6.10
6.30, 6.30, 6.15, 6.15 Adam Comsof 4.20Advani Oerli 33.05, 31.60, 32.30
32.75, 33.65, 32.50, 32.50 Aegis Logis. 8, 8.75, 8.60
8.20, 8.95, 7.80, 8.35 AFT Inds. 56.55, 58.45, 56.40, 57.75Aftek Infosy 181, 182.95, 165.45,167.80
182.90, 184.30, 168, 170.25 Agro Dutch I 10, 9.50, 9.55
9.60, 9.80, 9.25, 9.50 Agro Tech Fd 26.10, 26.20
26.20, 26.50, 26.20, 26.25 Ahmed.Elect. 46.75, 46.85, 46.55,46.80
49.90, 49.90, 47.50, 47.50 Ahmednagar F 17.50, 18.40, 17.50
17.50, 17.50, 17, 17 Ajanta Pharm 28.50, 28.10, 28.90
28, 29.05, 28, 28.70 Aksh Optifib 15.95, 14.85, 14.90
15.35, 15.40, 15, 15.05 Albert David 24.90, 25.50, 24.50, 25Albright & W 183, 187.50Alembic 155, 159
158.95, 158.95, 155.50, 157.45 Alfa Laval 231, 226, 230
230, 230, 228, 229.95 Alkyl Amines 19.50, 19.70, 19Allahabad Bk 15, 15.20, 15.10
15, 15.25, 14.90, 15.10 Alok Inds. 10.80, 11.15, 10.90
11.05, 11.20, 10.80, 10.95 Alps Inds. 23.50, 24, 23.75Alstom 25.05, 25.85, 25Amara Raja B 53, 53.50, 51.75,52.70
53.50, 53.60, 52.70, 52.80 Ambica Agarb 38.75, 36.10, 36.25Ambuja Cem.R 3.10, 3.15, 3
3.05, 3.10, 3.05, 3.05 Amex Info. 13, 13.35, 12.85, 13.30Amforge Inds 17.50, 18.40, 18.10
Amrutanjan 62.30, 64.25, 61, 62.05Amtek 43, 42.30, 42.90Amtek Auto 192.45, 193.90, 191.10,193Andrew Yule 14.95, 13.95Ankur Drugs 6, 6.45Ansal Prop. 10.90, 10.65, 11AP Paper 39.60, 39, 39.55Apcotex Lat. 26.25, 25.50
25, 25.90, 25, 25.90 Aplab 17.30Aptech 31.60, 32, 31.55, 31.70
31.80, 31.90, 31.60, 31.75 Archies 51.75, 51.15
52.30, 52.95, 50.60, 50.85 Arvind Rem. 3.50, 3.70, 3.45, 3.65
3.55, 3.70, 3.45, 3.60 Asahi (I) Gl 41.50, 41.75, 41.15,41.50
41.80, 41.80, 41.30, 41.75 Ashima 12, 12, 12, 12 Ashok Ley.Fn 49.75, 49.05
49.80, 50, 49, 49.45 Asian Elect. 20.50, 20.95, 20, 20.40
20.50, 20.70, 20.40, 20.55 Asian Hotels 78
74, 80, 74, 77.85 Assam Co. 10.80, 10.90, 10.70Astrazen.Ph. 345
348, 348, 347.90, 348 Atcom Techno 10.20, 10.30, 9.90, 10
10.65, 10.65, 9.80, 9.95 Atlas Copco 262.95, 265, 262.90,263.50Atlas Cycles 65, 66.85, 65, 66.85 Atul 29.55, 30.55, 29.50
30.50, 30.50, 29.20, 29.50 Auto Axles 80Avanti Feeds 21.55, 22.90, 21.50,22.05Avon Organic 30.35, 30.75, 30
BBajaj Auto F 48.95, 49, 48.65, 48.70
48, 49, 48, 48.95 Bajaj Hindus 69.50, 67.65
70, 70, 69.95, 69.95 Bajaj Tempo 98, 99.70, 96.50, 96.55Bal Pharma 18, 18.20, 17.60, 17.80Bal.Law.Vanl 11.10, 11.25, 11.15Balaji Dist. 5.80, 5.40, 5.45
5.85, 5.85, 5.20, 5.25 Balkrish Ind 48.80, 46.55Balmer Law.I 47, 48.50, 47.25Balmer Lawri 80, 79, 81
81, 81.50, 79.40, 80 Balrampur Ch 107, 108, 106.90,107.15
99, 109, 99, 108.65 Banco Prod. 46Bank of Punj 16, 16.30, 15.95, 16.05
16.20, 16.25, 15.95, 16 Bank of Raj. 16, 16.20, 15.90, 16.15
16.05, 16.20, 15.95, 16.10 Bannari Aman 95Bayer (I) 872.95, 873, 857.05, 857.10Bayer ABS 62, 65.70, 64.30
64.75, 64.95, 64, 64 Bayer Diagno 202, 198Berger Paint 70.40
69.10, 70.45, 69.05, 69.75 BF Utilities 7.40, 7.95, 7.30, 7.50Bhansali Eng 6.50Bharat Bijle 130, 168, 164Bharat Hotel 27.50, 27.50, 27.50,27.50 Bharat Rasay 24Bhartiya Int 21, 20.60, 21.40
21.10, 21.10, 20.90, 20.90 Bhushan Stl. 28.25, 28.50, 27.50,27.55BI 66.45, 61.30Bihar Caustc 12.50, 12.85, 11.55,12.40Binani Inds. 12.05, 14.45,13.25Birla Corp. 13.40, 13.60, 13
13.60, 13.70, 13, 13.15 Birla Eric. 9.80, 9.85, 9.80
10.10, 10.10, 9.80, 10 Birla Glob.F 11.50
11.50, 11.50, 11.50, 11.50 Birla Yamaha 13.35, 13.50BITS 0.85BLB 3.30
4.10, 4.35, 4.10, 4.25 Blow Plast 10.15Blue Dart Ex 53.10, 53.55,52.75, 53.35
53.55, 54.10, 52.50, 52.95 Blue Star 87.05, 89, 88.05
88, 89.90, 88, 89.25 Blue Star In 116, 114.35,115.45
120.70, 120.70, 114,114.20 BOC 24.30, 23.75, 23.80
24.05, 24.10, 23.75, 23.80 Bombay Burma 38, 38.05Bongaigaon R 17.50, 18.55,17.25, 18.25
17.55, 18.70, 17.25, 18.25 BPL 26.50, 26.60, 25.60, 26
26.45, 26.85, 25.40, 25.80 BPL Engg. 4, 4.15
4.05, 4.20, 4.05, 4.20 Brijlax. Le. 104.10, 102.05BSEL Inform. 10.50, 9.85BSL 23.45, 23.45, 23.45, 23.45 Burrough Wel 228, 233, 230.75
CCamlin 48.50, 49.50Camph.& All 22.90, 23Canara Bank 87.80, 89.50, 86, 88.20
87.50, 89.60, 85.75, 88.35 Canfin Homes 28.80, 29.50
29.10, 29.25, 28.85, 29.20 Caprihans(I) 12.50, 12.30, 13Carborundum 109
112, 112, 110, 110.55 Carrier Air. 87.50, 86CCL Products 18.55, 17.80, 17.95Ceat 27.25, 27.50, 26.50, 26.55
27, 27.50, 26.30, 26.50 Centur. Bank 9.30, 9.60, 9.15, 9.30
9.15, 9.65, 9.15, 9.35 Cerebra Inte 5.05, 5.75CESC 16.50, 16.10, 16.25
16.45, 16.50, 16.10, 16.40 CG Igarshi M 37.95, 36.50
36.75, 36.75, 36.25, 36.40 Chemfab Alk. 19.45, 19.50, 18.75Chemplast Sa 27.20, 27.55
28, 28, 27.50, 27.50 Chettinad Ce 37.20, 39.65, 37.15,38.60Cheviot Co. 46.95, 45.50, 46.45Chola.Inv&Fi 39, 39.90, 39.40
38.60, 39.60, 38.50, 38.85 Chowgule Stm 3.50Ciba Sp.Chem 104, 103.50Cinevistaas 22.15, 22.70, 21.80,22.15
22.70, 22.70, 22, 22.20 City Union B 39.35, 40.35, 40
39.80, 40.40, 39.50, 39.65 Clariant (I) 127.20, 129.10, 127.15,129
126.20, 129, 126.15, 128.20 Classic Diam 37, 36, 36.30Clutch.Auto 5, 5.30, 5Coates (I) 110.15, 110, 110.05
110.30, 110.30, 110, 110 Cochin Minrl 10.55, 11.60, 11Color Chips 5.40, 5.50, 5.30, 5.35
5.95, 5.95, 5.25, 5.30
Colour Chem 222.65, 225.70224, 225.75, 223.45, 225.10
Compudyne Wi 14, 14.10, 13.60,13.80
14.05, 14.05, 13.50, 13.65 Computech In 4.90, 5, 4.90
5, 5.05, 4.85, 4.90 Cont.Const. 8.70, 9.75, 9.50Control Prnt 21.25, 20.50Core Health. 3.50, 3.90, 3.80
3.85, 3.95, 3.60, 3.80 Corom. Fert. 69, 61.55, 65.70
68.80, 68.80, 63.70, 64.95 Cosmo Ferr. 7.60, 7.80, 7.50Cosmo Films 66.95, 67, 63.45, 64.70
66, 67.10, 63.10, 64.90 Creative Eye 10.10, 9.75, 9.80
10, 10.15, 9.75, 9.85 Crest Comm. 24.20, 26.70, 24, 25.65
24, 27.90, 23.90, 25.55 CRISIL 245, 245.10, 245
245.05, 250.05, 239, 246.50 Cybertech Sy 8.10, 7.75, 7.95
7.50, 8.15, 7.50, 8
DDaewoo Motor 1.50, 1.45Dalmia Cemen 139.85
134.05, 149, 134.05, 148 Danlaw Tech. 20.50, 22Datapro Inf. 0.65, 0.50DCM Shr.Con 58.15, 59
57.75, 60, 57.55, 59.75 DCW 10, 10.15, 9.55, 9.95
10, 10.15, 9.50, 9.95 Deccan Cem. 33, 32.50, 34Deepak Fert. 19.60, 19.80, 19.40,19.50
19.20, 19.70, 19.20, 19.55 Deepak Nitr. 40, 39.50Dena Bank 14, 14.50, 14.15
14.15, 14.45, 14.05, 14.10 Denso (I) 22.30, 23.50Dewan H.Fin. 16.80, 16.80, 16.80,16.80 DFM Foods 10, 10.35DGP Windsor 3.20, 3.20, 3.20, 3.20 Dhampur Sugr 9.40
9.50, 9.90, 9.50, 9.70 Dhanalak.Bnk 18.35, 18.40, 18,18.10Dharamsi Mor 5.55, 5.10Dhunseri Tea 12.60, 12.50, 13Divi’s Lab 263.90, 264, 249, 251.45
259.50, 262, 249.15, 251.95 Dolat Inv. 2.20Dolphin Off. 11.60, 12, 11.50, 11.90DSJ Comm. 0.40
0.40, 0.40, 0.40, 0.40 Duphar-Inter 113.20
EEicher 26.65
26.55, 26.55, 26.50, 26.55 Eicher Motor 78.75, 79.40, 77.50,77.90
69, 79.70, 69, 79.10 EID Parry 80
80.90, 81.40, 80.90, 81.10 EIH Asso.Hot 9.10, 9.50Eimco Elecon 44, 44, 44, 44 Elder Pharma 29.35, 30.50, 30.25
29.60, 30.25, 29.60, 30 Elecon Engg. 7.80, 8.50Elect.Kelvin 8, 8.30, 7.85, 8.05Electro.Cast 220, 232, 231.75
226.15, 231.25, 226, 229.10 Elgi Equip 18.30, 17.90, 18.15
18.95, 19, 17.65, 18 Elgitread (I 164.95, 158Elpro Inter 19Emco 27.20, 27.55, 27, 27.05Encore Soft 8.25, 8.90, 7.25, 8.65
Eonour Tech. 4, 3.85, 4Epic Enzymes 5.60, 5.50Esab (I) 31.60, 31.55, 31.75
31.50, 32.50, 31.25, 31.70 Eskay K’N’It 2.85, 2.45, 2.50Essar Oil 4.50, 4.65, 4.35, 4.40 Essar Ship. 5.85, 5.95, 5.70, 5.75Essar Steel 7, 7.20, 7.10
7.15, 7.20, 7, 7.05 ETC Networks 41.50, 43, 41.10,42.40Eternit Ever 28Eurotex Inds 9.75, 9.10
9.65, 9.65, 9.50, 9.50 Eveready Ind 12, 12.25, 11.80, 12
12.30, 12.35, 11.75, 12 Excel Inds. 68.60, 66.65
68.50, 68.60, 67, 67
FFAG Bearings 56, 63, 54, 54.40
53.55, 54.75, 53.55, 54.05 Fairfield At 1.85FCGL Inds. 1.60FCI OEN Con. 76.65, 80, 76.65, 77 FCL Techno. 17.80, 20.25, 17.80,17.85 FDC 28, 28.70, 27, 27.15
28.40, 28.50, 27.10, 27.40 Fert.&Chem-T 24.35
25.50, 25.50, 23.55, 24.30 Finan.Techno 12.85, 13.25, 12.05,12.20First Leasin 18, 18.15, 17.80, 17.85
17.90, 18.10, 17.80, 17.95 Flat Product 33, 33.05, 32.50, 33Flex Enginer 9.50
7.95, 7.95, 7.95, 7.95 Flex Foods 5.95, 5.90, 6Flex Inds. 17.40, 17.15, 17.20
17.30, 17.75, 17.20, 17.25 Floatglass 19.50, 19.80
19, 20.50, 19, 19.50 Forbes Gokak 59.05, 61Fortune Info 44.50, 45.40, 43.30,43.45Foseco (I) 132.10, 133.50, 132.05,132.10
132, 134.90, 130.50, 132.60 Frontier Inf 3.95, 4, 3.65, 3.75Fulford (I) 66.60, 64.20, 64.65Futura Poly. 6.20
GGabriel (I) 70.20, 72.60
Gammon (I) 116.60, 114.40, 117.90119.45, 119.45, 116, 117.75
Gandhi Sp.Tu 16.25, 16.20Garden Silk 24.50, 24.75, 24.15,24.65
24.55, 25, 24.25, 24.45 Garware Poly 29.45, 30, 28.35, 28.70Garware Wall 20.70, 20.95, 20.55Gati 35, 30.65, 31.70Genesys Intl 38.50, 36, 37.10
37, 37, 37, 37 Geodesic Inf 74, 74.95, 70.15, 70.95George Willi 62.10, 64.40, 62, 63.65
63.10, 65.95, 63, 64.10 GIC Housing 11.60, 12
11.90, 11.95, 11.65, 11.95 GIVO 1.65Glenmark Pha 208, 213.90, 212.95
211, 216.95, 210.10, 210.75 Global Tr.Bk 14.75, 14.35, 14.45
14.80, 14.80, 14.35, 14.40 Goa Carbon 32, 32.90Godavri Fert 32.15, 33.20, 33
32.55, 33.95, 32.05, 33.20 Godfrey Phil 300
296, 296, 296, 296 Godrej Cons. 109, 109.50, 108.70,108.80
111.40, 111.40, 109, 109.10 Godrej Inds. 14.50, 14.10, 14.15
14.25, 14.35, 13.95, 13.95 Goetze (I) 20.05, 20
18.40, 20.10, 18.40, 20.10 Goldiam Int. 23.75, 24.25, 24.10Goldstn.Tech 27.30, 27.85, 26.50,26.85
27.75, 28, 26.50, 26.90 Goldstn.Tele 8.85, 8.90
8.55, 8.90, 8.50, 8.60 Gonter Peip 3.75, 3.40, 3.50Goodlass Ner 160.50, 164, 158, 161
159.10, 160.10, 158.50, 160.05 Goodricke 24.30, 26Goodyear (I) 25.25, 25.35Grabal Al.Im 14.75, 10.70, 11Graphite Ind 29.80, 30.30, 29.70, 30
30.55, 30.55, 29.40, 29.90 Grauer & Wei 16.70, 16.60Gravity (I) 6, 6.20, 5.90, 6Greaves 11.25, 10.90Grind Norton 104.90, 105, 102.60Gruh Finance 17, 17.40, 17GTC Inds. 5.50, 6.25, 4.75, 5.10
5.85, 5.85, 4.95, 5.10 GTN Textiles 25, 24.10
24.50, 24.65, 24.50, 24.65 Gufic Bio Sc 25.75, 27.70, 25.50,26.50Guj.Alkalies 19, 20.45, 18.85, 19
20.90, 20.90, 18.75, 18.80 Guj.Amb.Exp. 10, 10.60
10.25, 10.60, 10.25, 10.60 Guj.Apollo E 52.50, 53.75Guj.Flouroch 65, 64.25, 66
64.35, 67.50, 64.30, 67.45 Guj.H.Chem 19.75, 20, 19.95
20, 20, 19.65, 19.90 Guj.Ind.Pow. 17.30, 17.70, 17.45
17.80, 17.80, 17.15, 17.45 Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.25, 3.20, 3.25
3.10, 3.20, 3.10, 3.20 Gulf Oil Cor 42.30, 42.40
HHarr.Malayal 9.50, 9.60
9.70, 9.90, 9.50, 9.90 Hathway Bhaw 6.05, 6.30, 5.70, 5.85Hatsun Agro 69.75Havell’s (I) 115, 110, 115
108.25, 110, 107.50, 107.90 Hawkins Cook 20.15, 20.50Hazoor Media 6.65, 5.85, 5.90HBL Nife Pow 44, 38.95, 39.75
HEG 27.40, 28.50, 26.70, 2726.80, 27.70, 26.80, 27.45
Helios & Mat 14.95, 17.80,17.25Henkel Spic 18.05, 18.10,17.50, 17.85Heritage Fds 46, 44.80, 46
45.90, 51.50, 45, 47.10 Hi-Tech Gear 78.05Hikal 100, 98, 98.80
100.05, 100.05, 97.30,99.05 Himat. Seide 102, 104,102.45
101, 101, 100.10, 100.25 Hind.Constn. 67, 65.30
67.50, 67.50, 65.80, 65.85 Hind.Inks&Re 273.75, 274,268.75, 271.50
266, 275, 266, 271.75 Hind.Motors 8.05, 7.80
7.95, 8, 7.80, 7.85 Hind.Org.Chm 16.20, 16.50,15.75, 16.05
16.50, 16.50, 15.70, 15.95 Hind.Power 29.05, 28.10,28.25Hind.Sanitar 39.30, 39.50,38.40
38.35, 39.50, 38.35, 39.50 Hind.Spg &Wg 7.45Hitachi Home 22.15, 24.85, 23.50
22.50, 23.90, 22.50, 23.90 Honda SIEL P 120, 119.30, 119.50
124.10, 124.10, 122, 122 Hotel Leela. 14.60, 14.05, 14.10
14.20, 14.50, 14.10, 14.10
Ii-flex Solu 860, 863, 835, 843.85
859.45, 863, 838, 845.35 ICICI Premie 12.20IFCI 4.40, 4.45, 4.35
4.40, 4.45, 4.35, 4.40 IL&FS Invt.M 17.75, 17.95, 17.90
17, 17, 17, 17 Ind.Swift 46.95, 47, 45, 45.70Ind.Swift La 15.90, 14.60, 15.15
17, 17, 15.10, 15.30 India Glycol 38.70, 37.60, 38.30India Nippon 171
170, 175, 170, 171.20 India Online 4.05, 4.85, 3.90, 4.05India Polyfi 2.85, 3.30, 2.90Indian Card 38.30, 39.85, 39.80
39.35, 39.35, 39.35, 39.35 Indian Hume 584, 590, 576, 580.35
580, 580, 580, 580 Indian SeamM 8.05, 9Indo Gulf Fe 35.50, 36.50, 36
35.50, 36.60, 35.50, 36 Indo Rama Sy 28.70, 27.65, 27.75
27.90, 28.50, 27.60, 27.70 Indraprast.M 11.90, 12
11.65, 11.95, 11.65, 11.90 Indus.Inv.Tr 17, 15.10Indusind Bnk 18.25, 19, 18.15, 18.20
18.70, 18.75, 18.10, 18.15 ING Vysya Bk 246.05, 245.10
247.20, 248.40, 246.55, 247.45 Insilco 13.35, 13.75, 13.15, 13.70Inter.Travel 26.85, 27, 24.50, 26.15Invest.Trust 12.95, 12.50, 13Ion Exchange 20.55IP Rings 31, 34.95, 34.05IPCA Lab. 179.35, 181.95, 177.50,179.65
177.90, 181.50, 175.75, 180.45 Ispat Inds. 4.60, 4.75, 4.70
4.60, 4.75, 4.55, 4.70 IT & T 12.60, 12.90, 12.40, 12.65
12.80, 12.90, 12.50, 12.60 ITC Hotels 46.05, 46.85, 46.05, 46.85 IVRCL Infras 44.95, 43, 44.20
43, 45.40, 43, 45.05
JJagatjit Ind 19.85Jagsonpal Ph 85, 83.80
77, 83.70, 76, 78 Jai Corp 30.10Jain Irrig. 38, 38.30, 38.25
38, 39.50, 38, 39.50 Jain Studios 12.10, 13
12.25, 13.75, 12.25, 13.20 Jaipan Inds. 10, 10.25, 9.80, 10Jay Bh.Marut 25.65
28.25, 28.25, 28.25, 28.25 Jayant Agro 48.50
47.50, 49.90, 47.50, 47.55 Jaypee Hotel 9.50, 9.60Jayshree Tea 31.70
31, 31.30, 31, 31 JBF Inds. 10.45, 10.50, 9.40, 10.05JCT 3.60, 3.40, 3.50Jenson&Nicho 4.35, 4.80, 4.25, 4.35
4.40, 4.70, 4, 4.25 JIK Inds. 24.50, 21.35, 22.40
23.70, 24, 22, 22.95 Jindal Drill 120.10, 121.50, 117Jindal Iron 80, 83, 77.40, 82.05
81.85, 82.90, 77.10, 82 Jindal Photo 24.50, 23.85, 24.10
24.25, 24.45, 23.85, 24.05 Jindal Poly. 107, 107, 105, 105 Jindal Strip 157.35, 162, 155.05,160.15
153.50, 162.40, 153.50, 159.55 JJ Exporters 26, 27.80JK Corpn. 10.50, 10.65, 10.50JK Inds. 22.80, 23.80JK Synthetic 2.90, 2.85, 2.90JMC Projects 16, 17.35Jog Engg. 6.10, 6.45, 6.05, 6.20Jubilant Org 148
146.25, 146.25, 146, 146 Jupiter BioS 37.50, 36.25, 36.50Jyoti Struct 13.40
13, 13, 12.50, 12.50
KKaashyap Rad 1, 1.10Kabra Extr 31.10, 33Kajaria Cer 19.80, 18.85, 19.80
20, 20.20, 19.20, 19.50 Kakatiya Cem 23.90, 24.50
24, 24.50, 23.50, 24.15 Kale Consul. 27.25, 27.75, 26.35,26.65
27.50, 28, 26.55, 26.75 Kalpa.Power 35
34.90, 35, 34.90, 35 Kalyani Shrp 4.35Kalyani Stel 12, 12.70, 12.45Kanoria Chem 32.65, 47, 32.55, 47 Karnatak Bnk 57, 56, 56.20
56.50, 57.40, 56.35, 56.50 Karur Vysya 179, 179.50, 177,177.80
181.45, 181.45, 176, 177.50 KDL Biotech 11.90, 11.70, 11.75
11.65, 11.90, 11.65, 11.90 KEC Inter. 11.75, 12.25, 11.50, 11.65
11.70, 12.05, 11.50, 11.70 Kerala Ayurv 7Kerala Chem. 14.50, 13.80, 14Kesoram Inds 27.80, 28.35, 28
27.55, 28.40, 27.55, 28 KG Denim 7.10, 7.25Khandwala Se 7.15, 7.15, 6.50, 7 Khoday (I) 10Kinetic Eng. 64.25, 65.15, 64.65Kinetic Moto 26.25, 27Kirloskar Br 100, 101.75, 101.05Kirloskar Oi 62.25, 67.90, 67
65.50, 68.35, 64.25, 66.55 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.05, 3.45
3.50, 3.50, 3.20, 3.45 KLG Systel 26.10, 25.50
27, 27, 25.05, 25.65 Kopran 22, 22.60, 21.70, 22.15
22.50, 22.50, 22, 22.15 Kothari Prod 168.50, 168.50, 168.50,168.50 KPIT Cum.Inf 151, 152.70, 145,147.70
152.50, 154, 143.65, 148.05 KRBL 19.40, 19.40, 19.40, 19.40 Krebs Bioche 96.95, 97, 92.10, 93.65Krishna Life 1.60, 1.50Krone Comm 50.30, 54.50, 53.35KSB Pumps 60
60, 61, 59, 60
LLakhani (I) 95, 90Lakshmi Au.C 64.60, 65.50, 62.50
69.70, 69.70, 64, 64.40 Lakshmi Mach 1005, 1019, 956,987.60 Lanco Inds. 8.75, 9, 8.95Landmarc Lei 11.90, 11.45, 11.50LCC Infotech 2.85, 3, 2.85, 2.95 Liberty Shoe 52, 53.15, 52, 53.15 Lloyds Steel 1.85, 1.95
1.90, 1.95, 1.85, 1.90 Logix Micro. 15, 15.20, 12.50, 13Loy.Tex Mill 36, 39.50Lumax Ind 28.70, 26.75
25.80, 27, 25.80, 26.50 Lyka Labs 23.50, 23.85, 22.80, 23.35
23, 23.60, 22.80, 22.85
MMaars Soft 9.50, 9.55, 9.25
9.55, 9.90, 9.15, 9.30 Macmillan (I 130.05, 136, 135.75
130, 135.75, 130, 135.35 Madhav Marb. 13.50, 13.60, 13.40Madhucon Prj 16.50Madras Alum 52.95, 52Madras Cem. 3469, 3469, 3400,3400 Madras Fert. 8.45, 8.75, 8.30, 8.40 Madura Coats 39.50, 39.50, 39.45,39.45 Mah.Scooter 62.25, 64, 62.75
62, 64.50, 62, 64.50 Mah.Seamless 137.50, 139.75,136.55
138, 138.55, 136.55, 137.60 Mahavir Spg. 64.50, 66, 63.80, 64.60
65.80, 66.65, 64.30, 64.95 Mahind.Gesco 12.30, 12.75
12.75, 12.85, 12.60, 12.85 Mahindra Ugi 8.35, 8.70, 8.15, 8.25
8.25, 8.55, 8.10, 8.20 Majestic Aut 27.95, 27.45, 27.95Malwa Cotton 24
24.20, 24.20, 23.20, 23.25 Man Inds.(I) 19.75, 19, 19.20Mangalam Cem 8.60, 8.50
7.65, 8.50, 7.65, 8.40 Manglr.Chem 4.15, 4.25, 3.75, 4.05Manugraph In 24.95, 27.95Maral Overs 13.10
13.30, 13.50, 13.25, 13.50 Mascon Globl 10.20, 10.45, 10.15,10.20Matrix Lab. 275.10, 275.95, 273.25,273.80Matsush.Tele 4.05, 4.65, 4.30
4.60, 4.65, 4.35, 4.35 Matsushita L 31.75, 31, 31.05Medicorp Tec 35.60, 35.55
36.50, 38, 36.50, 37.90 Mega Corpn. 4.30, 5, 4.25, 4.80Megasoft 48.40, 48.50Melstar Info 15, 14.50, 14.55
15, 15.20, 14.30, 14.50
Mercator Lin 24.05, 24.65, 24, 24.20Metroche.Ind 15.60, 18MICO 3765, 3699, 3700
3725, 3730, 3675, 3700 Mid-Day Mul. 13.40, 13.45, 13.20
13.15, 13.65, 13.15, 13.30 Mindteck 14.40, 15.10, 14.75Mirza Tanner 32.80, 32.90, 32.50,32.60
32.75, 32.75, 32, 32.55 Mobile Tele 4.05, 4.10, 3.90Modipon 15.80Monalisa Inf 0.50, 0.60, 0.45, 0.50Monnet Ispat 16.95, 17.25, 16.60,17.05Monsanto (I) 485, 480, 481
486, 486, 480.15, 480.20 Morarjee Goc 7.15, 7.30, 6.80, 7.05
7.35, 7.40, 7.35, 7.40 Morepen Lab 14.90, 14.60, 14.75
14.95, 14.95, 14.60, 14.75 Morgan Stan 8.45, 8.55, 8.40, 8.50
8.40, 8.55, 8.40, 8.50 Motherson SS 68.05, 71, 68.05, 71 Mro-Tek 13, 12.80, 12.95
12.85, 13, 12.70, 12.85 MRPL 9.15, 9.40, 9.10, 9.20
9.10, 9.40, 9.10, 9.20 Mukand 11.25, 11.70
11.40, 12, 11.40, 11.60 Mukand Engrs 9.30, 9.45, 9.25
8.80, 9.15, 8.80, 9.15 Munjal Auto 28.15, 29.80, 28.10, 29Munjal Showa 129
126, 127.75, 125, 125.75 Murd.Ceram 8.50Mys.Cement 5.75, 6
5.65, 6.30, 5.65, 5.80
NNagar.Agrich 13.50, 14.25Nagar.Const. 41, 41.50, 40.25, 40.80Nagar.Fertil 4.25, 4.50, 4.45
4.40, 4.45, 4.30, 4.40 Nahar Export 18.50, 18.40
18.35, 18.75, 18.35, 18.65 Nahar Indl.E 12, 12.25, 11.65, 12Nahar Intl. 4.60
4.70, 4.70, 4.70, 4.70 Nahar Spg. 66, 65.40, 66.50
65.95, 67, 65.55, 66.60 Narmada C.Pe 12.55, 12.80, 12.50,12.60
12.70, 12.70, 12.50, 12.50 Narmada Cem. 26, 26.50Natco Pharma 28.90, 28.50, 29
27, 29.95, 27, 28.70 Nath Seeds 6.20, 5.60, 5.80
5.90, 6, 5.70, 5.75 National Fer 33, 33.20, 32.50, 33.05National Per 480.80, 476.05National Ste 6.30, 6.40, 6.30
6.25, 6.40, 6.25, 6.35 Nava Bh.Ferr 39.95, 39.20, 39.25
38.50, 39.50, 38.50, 39.50 Navneet Pub. 111.95, 116, 113.40
113, 116, 108.25, 113.05 NCL Inds. 3.45, 4.65Nelco 25.55, 26.50, 26.40
26.35, 26.50, 25.50, 26.25 Neuland Lab. 41, 41.50, 40, 40.50NHN Corpn. 9.55, 9.15Nilkamal Pls 23.05, 23, 23.25
23.20, 23.20, 23.15, 23.15 Noble Explo. 5.15, 5.45, 5.05, 5.40NOCIL 5.35, 5.15
5.30, 5.30, 5.15, 5.15 Noida Toll 6.50
6.05, 6.05, 6.05, 6.05 Nova Petro. 46, 46, 42, 42 Novopan Inds 27.10, 29.50
32.50, 32.50, 32.50, 32.50 NRB Bearings 61, 70
69, 69.90, 68, 69.75 NRC 6, 5.50, 5.60
5.85, 5.85, 5.50, 5.70 Nucleus Soft 70, 67.10, 67.60
59, 69.85, 59, 69.65
OOCL (I) 67, 68Odyssey Tech 9.05, 9, 9.05Oil Country 7.10, 7.20, 6.95, 7
7.15, 7.20, 7.15, 7.20 Omax Autos. 30, 28.50, 28.85
30, 30, 29.35, 29.35 Ondeo Nalco 383, 390, 378, 382Onward Techn 23, 22.40, 22.80
22.75, 22.85, 22.50, 22.65 Optel Teleco 4.20Opto Circuit 32.50, 32.85, 30.30,30.40Orchid Chem 68.50, 70.45, 68.30,70.35
68.20, 70, 67.15, 69.65 Orient Info. 33.35, 32, 32.25
33.30, 33.30, 32.10, 32.45 Orient Paper 15.05, 14.60
16, 16.40, 15.05, 15.10 Oriental Con 14.25Oriental Hot 71.10, 71.10, 71.10,71.10 Oswal Chem. 3.70, 3.65
3.70, 3.75, 3.60, 3.70 OTIS Elevato 320, 320, 320, 320
PPanacea Biot 26.25, 26
26, 26.25, 25.85, 25.95 Pantaloon Re 47, 47.50
45, 46.80, 45, 45.20 Paper Prod. 114, 111.20, 112.10
110, 114.90, 110, 113.80 Parekh Plati 7.05, 7.25, 7, 7.05
7.20, 7.25, 6.95, 7.05 Parry’s Conf 69.45, 69.45, 69.45,69.45 Patspin (I) 9.60, 9.50, 9.55
9.85, 9.85, 9.80, 9.85 PCS Inds. 16, 16.50, 15.85Pennar Alum. 2, 1.85, 1.90Pentagon Glo 1.70, 1.60, 1.70Pentasoft Te 5.80, 6.20, 6.05
6, 6.20, 5.90, 6 Pharmacia He 95, 95.10, 95
99.55, 99.55, 97.45, 97.45 Phillip Carb 17.60, 17.70, 16.50,17.45
17.40, 18, 17.15, 17.80 Phoenix Lamp 10.20, 11.15, 10.10,10.60Pioneer Embr 21.50, 22.20PNB Gilts 23, 22.70, 22.75
22.45, 23, 22.45, 22.80 Polyplex 36.80, 40.85, 39.40
37, 39.35, 37, 39.25 Praj Ind. 44, 40.50, 40.55
38, 41.35, 38, 40.60 Precision Wr 19.25, 19.25, 19.25,19.25 Premier Auto 5, 5.40, 4.85Premier Inst 147.05, 150, 147.05,149.35 Premier Tyre 4.30Prism Cement 4.05, 4.10
4.05, 4.20, 4.05, 4.10 Pritish Nand 17.60, 17, 17.20
17.95, 17.95, 17.25, 17.40 Priyad.Cemen 8.25
7.70, 8.20, 7.70, 8.10 PSI Data Sys 46.50, 47, 45.10, 46.30
45, 47.80, 45, 46 PSL 41.60, 42.10, 41.50
39, 42, 39, 41.35 Pudumjee Pul 18.90, 19.30, 19.25
18.90, 19.25, 18.05, 19.25 Pun.Alkali 8.75, 9.20, 9.15Pun.Chemical 81.90, 83.50, 76.25,80.55Pun.Communi. 39, 39.50, 38.50,38.85Pun.Nat.Bank 104.50, 108.20, 106.45
104.10, 108.25, 104.10, 106.10
RRain Calcing 8.20, 8.35, 8.15
8.15, 8.30, 8.10, 8.20 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 16.40
16.20, 16.25, 16.20, 16.25 Rajshree Sug 9.75, 9.75, 9.60, 9.60 Rallis India 58, 56.50
57, 57.25, 56.35, 56.60 Rama Newspri 2.60, 2.65, 2.55, 2.60
2.60, 2.70, 2.60, 2.60 Ramco Inds. 137, 140
139.95, 144, 135.25, 144 Ramco Systm 418.90, 428.95,407.50, 421.50
418.40, 427.60, 407, 422.15 Rane Madras 32.10Ravalgaon Su 1820, 1821Rayban Sun O 47.10, 48, 47.15Reg.Ceramic 20.20, 21.30, 20.20,21.30 Rel.Ind.Infr 37, 37.80, 37.70
36.75, 38, 36.75, 37.80 Revathi Equ. 114.50, 114.85, 111.75,112.10Rico Auto 100, 100, 100, 100 RPG Cables 6.90, 6.15
6.05, 6.70, 6.05, 6.15 RPG Life Sci 26.50
26.90, 27, 26.50, 27 RPG Transmi. 4.90, 4.25, 4.30
4.55, 4.55, 4.50, 4.50 RS Software 21.55, 22.40, 21.30
22.05, 22.05, 21.20, 21.50 Ruchi Soya 30.15, 31.10
32.50, 32.50, 31.45, 31.95
SS Kumars Nat 3.30
3.20, 3.50, 3.20, 3.50 S.I.Bank 39.30, 40, 39.45
40, 40.20, 39.55, 39.70 S.I.C.Agency 6.50, 6.35, 6.40
6.20, 6.25, 6.05, 6.15 Sabero Org. 4.35
4.20, 4.20, 3.90, 3.90 Saint-Gobain 8.10, 8.45, 8Sakthi Sugar 5.55, 5.55, 5.50, 5.50 Salora Int. 37.30, 39, 37.25, 38.85
38, 39.35, 37.15, 39.10 Samkrg Pist. 28, 28.25, 28Samtel Color 21.10, 20.35, 21.50
20.95, 21.50, 20.60, 21.35 Sandesh Ltd. 98.50, 98.50, 96.55,96.55 Sangam (I) 12.10, 13.20, 13.15
12.90, 12.90, 12.90, 12.90 Sanwaria Agr 14, 14.15, 12.85, 14Saregama (I) 45.90, 45.95, 45
49, 49, 44.60, 45.20 Satnam Over. 17.55, 23.90, 18.50Satvah.Ispat 5.15Savita Chem. 50, 53.90, 53.50
54.90, 55, 53.75, 54.95 SBI Home Fin 7.10, 7.15, 7.10, 7.10 Schenec.Beck 47, 50, 49.95Seagull Leaf 20.85Search Chem. 9.50, 9.50, 9.10, 9.10 Selan Explor 8.10, 8, 8.10Sesa Goa 75.70, 72.65, 72.75
74.05, 75.90, 73, 73.10 Sesha.Paper 31.65, 33.75, 31.65,33.05 Sh.Cements 47.30, 48.25, 47.30,48.25 Sh.Rama Mult 6.30, 6.60, 6.25, 6.50
6, 6.55, 6, 6.40 Shah Alloys 19.45Shamken Spin 4.35, 4.50, 4.25Shanti Gear 75.55, 77
78.25, 78.50, 78, 78 Shasun Chem. 96.95, 90.10
90.60, 92.10, 90.30, 91.30 Shaw Wallace 30, 29.30Shirpur Gold 38, 39.95
38, 38.05, 38, 38.05 Shrenuj & Co 29.65, 29.65, 29.50,29.50 Shriram Inv 14.80, 15.45, 14.90Shriram Tran 14.10, 14.25, 13.80,14.10
14.40, 14.45, 14.15, 14.45 Siemens VDO 35.15Siltap Che. 39, 40.50
40.50, 40.50, 40.25, 40.25 Simbh.Sugar 8, 8.05Simplex Conc 27.95Sintex Inds. 31Sirpur Paper 36, 36.05
35.50, 36.25, 35, 36.25 Siyaram Silk 35.05, 34.50Skanska Ceme 197.75, 190
190, 190, 190, 190 Snowcem (I) 17.30, 17.25, 17.50
18.95, 18.95, 17.20, 17.20 Soffia Soft. 14.15
13.70, 14.05, 13.55, 13.80 Softsol (I) 8.30, 8.90Software Tec 9.45, 10.30
9.75, 10.30, 9.75, 10.30 Solectron Ce 19, 19.50Solvay Pharm 113, 111.60, 113Sona Koyo St 70, 71, 68.50, 70.10South.Herbal 5.35, 5.05, 5.10Spel Semicon 3.10, 2.45, 2.75SPIC 4.75, 5, 4.90
4.90, 5, 4.85, 4.95 SPL 22.25, 22.75, 20.85, 21.10
22.60, 23.05, 22.20, 22.20 SQL Star Int 5.10, 5.30SREI Int.Fin 8.20, 8.25, 8.10, 8.15 SRF 22.05, 21.70, 21.80
21.60, 22.05, 21.60, 21.90 SRF Polymers 20.50, 22.40SRG Infotech 0.70, 0.75, 0.70
0.75, 0.80, 0.70, 0.70 Sri Adhikari 51, 49.10, 49.30
50.50, 50.70, 49, 49.20 Star Paper 10.60
10, 10, 8.55, 8.55 State Bnk Bi 595, 621, 607.80State Bnk Tr 480, 487.25Std.Indust. 4.30, 5.10, 5.05
4.35, 5.15, 4.25, 5 Sterl.Inds. 158.60, 160, 158.75Sterl.Tools 37Stl.Strips W 9.60, 9.50Su-raj Diamn 11.25, 11.65
11.50, 11.60, 11.50, 11.50 Suashish Dia 18.90, 20.50, 19.70Subex System 96, 97.40, 94, 94.25Subros 29.75, 28.50Sun Earth Ce 2.20, 2.35, 2.10, 2.30Sundaram Cla 188.50
188.50, 190, 188.50, 190 Sundaram Fst 331.20, 348, 344.80
350, 350, 346, 348.20 Sunflag Iron 4.20, 4.10, 4.20Supreme Inds 81, 81.50, 80.50
80.10, 81.10, 80.10, 81.10 Supreme Petr 8.05, 8.35, 7.95, 8.20
8, 8.40, 7.95, 8.25 Surana Tele 13Surat Elec. 66.70, 69, 66.50Surya Roshni 12.25, 12.30
11.75, 12.25, 11.65, 11.65 Sutlej Inds. 41.60, 41.70
41, 41.75, 41, 41.45 Suven Pharma 123.90, 125, 119, 120Swaraj Engin 180, 177.50, 179.85
179.80, 179.80, 179.80, 179.80 Swaraj Mazda 82.75, 85.95, 85.10
83.75, 85.95, 82.05, 85.15 Synergy Log 6.60, 6.65, 6.25, 6.35
TT Spiritual 180.75, 181.25, 181Taj GVK Hotl 36.15, 36.95Tanfac Ind. 12.75, 13.25, 13Tata Coffee 71, 70.10
70.10, 70.10, 69, 70.10 Tata Finance 15.05, 15.35, 15.15
15, 15.50, 15, 15.25
TataHoneywl 242.10, 234.50, 235.25
244.95, 244.95, 238, 238.40 Tata Infomed 68, 69.40
69.85, 69.85, 69, 69.40 Tata Infotec 151.95, 153.70, 147,148.95Tata Invest. 77.05, 77.50, 76.55
77.05, 77.25, 75.30, 76.35 Tata Metalik 28.75, 29, 28.85
29.10, 29.40, 28.75, 29 Tata Sponge 32.70, 33.50, 32.70
33.95, 33.95, 32.60, 32.75 Tata Teleser 4.90, 4.95, 4.80, 4.90
4.85, 4.95, 4.80, 4.90 Tata Yodogaw 33.50, 33.70, 33.45,33.50Tele Data In 13.20, 14.25, 13.95Texmaco Ltd. 15.55Themis Medic 22.70Thiru A.Sug. 16.85, 18.75, 16.85,18.75 Thirumalai 40.50, 40, 41
41.80, 41.80, 41.80, 41.80 Tide Water O 1181.10, 1201,1181.05, 1190.20TIL 9.55, 9, 9.05
9.70, 9.75, 9.70, 9.75 Timex Watch 8.90, 9.15, 8.85Timken India 26.95, 27, 26.25, 26.60Tinplate Co. 13, 11.85, 11.95Tips Indus. 32.55, 31.80, 31.90
33.20, 33.20, 31.75, 31.95 TN Telecom 9.05, 9.35, 8.50, 8.60 Todays Writi 17.50, 16.05, 16.20
17.40, 17.40, 16.20, 16.40 Torrent Guja 5.75, 6, 5.55, 5.85Tourism Fina 7.60, 8.25, 8
8, 8.25, 8, 8.05 Transnat.Sec 33.15, 34.40Transpek Ind 9.50Transport Co 17.35, 17.30TRF 24.45, 24.65, 23.60, 24Trigyn Tech. 14, 14.25, 13.50, 13.60
14.10, 14.30, 13.50, 13.60 Triveni Engg 32.50, 35.95, 33.55
32.10, 32.10, 32.10, 32.10 TTK Prestige 8.10, 8.10, 7.90, 7.90 Tube Invest. 90, 94.90, 94.20
89.05, 89.05, 89, 89 Tudor India 7.40, 8, 7.90Tuticorin.Al 4.10, 4.15, 3.60, 3.95TV 18 57, 57.55, 55, 55.35
56.90, 57.25, 55.25, 55.80 TVS Autolec 50, 48.10TVS Srichakr 45.50, 45.55, 44.80,45.45
UUB Holdings 17.60, 18Ucal Fuel 151, 153, 152.25
150.10, 153.45, 150, 152.15 Ultramarine 59, 59.50, 59Unichem Lab 150, 152, 149.40, 151
154, 154, 149.10, 151.15 Uniflex Cabl 6, 5.65, 5.70Union Bank 27.25, 27.60, 26.85,27.10
27, 27.70, 26.50, 27.15 Unitech 40, 41.10, 41
42, 44.70, 42, 44.65 United Brew. 76.15, 82.50, 82.40United We.Bk 21.40, 21.05
21.75, 21.90, 21, 21.15 Univer.Cable 5.75, 6, 5.80
5.40, 5.40, 5.40, 5.40 Upper Ganges 10.85
11, 11, 11, 11 Usha Beltron 23.85, 24, 23.60, 23.90
23.75, 24.40, 23.75, 24.20 Usha Mat.Inf 2.10, 2.20, 2.15
1.90, 1.90, 1.90, 1.90 Uttam Galva. 7, 7.70, 6.75, 7.50
6.90, 7.70, 6.80, 7.55
VVaibhav Gems 19.95Vanavil Dyes 43.50, 42.30, 42.50Vardhman Pol 42, 42.05, 42
42.35, 42.35, 41.60, 41.85 Vardhman Spg 56.75, 58.90, 56.50,56.65
55, 59.75, 54.50, 56.20 Varun Ship. 9.35, 9.50
9.35, 9.50, 9.30, 9.45 Vashisti Det 10.10, 10.20, 10.15
10.20, 10.20, 10.10, 10.15 Venky’s (I) 47, 46.85, 46.90
47, 47.40, 47, 47 Veronica Lab 6, 5.50, 5.65Vesuvius (I) 62.10, 64.55, 62.95
63.05, 63.60, 62.10, 62.60 Viceroy Hot. 9.15, 9Videocon Apl 7.65, 7.90, 7.75
7.75, 8, 7.75, 7.85 Videocon Fin 13.70, 13.75, 13.60,13.70Vidhi Dyestu 15.25Vikrant Tyre 9.60, 10.15, 9.90Vindhya Tele 17.55, 17.50
18, 18.50, 17.55, 18.20 Vintage Card 5.50, 6, 5.60
5.50, 6.30, 5.35, 5.70 Vinyl Chem. 5.30, 5.50, 5.35
5.30, 5.40, 5.30, 5.35 VIP Indus. 17.50, 17.60, 17, 17.15
17.30, 17.40, 17, 17 Visaka Ind. 21.95, 22, 21.95
20, 22.40, 20, 22.05 Visesh Info 4.35
4.60, 4.60, 4.35, 4.35 Vision Organ 1, 0.90
1, 1.05, 0.90, 0.95 VJIL Consult 7.05, 7.40, 7, 7.30Voltas 50, 53.25, 53
51.25, 52.75, 50.20, 52.50 Vorin Lab. 38.50, 34.50, 37.85VST Indus. 96, 103.45
100, 105, 100, 103.40 VST Tillers 12.20, 12.50VXL Instrum. 21.50, 22.90, 21.25,22.55
WWalchandngr 28.90, 29.50Warren Tea 35.10, 38.50Wellwin Ind. 10.05, 11.40, 9.90,10.75
10.50, 11.50, 9.95, 11.25 Welspun (I) 25.30Welspun Guj. 8.20, 7.75Wendt (I) 232.30, 230, 236West Coast P 94.50, 100
94.25, 101, 94.25, 99.95 Widia (I) 66.50, 67.45, 67.35Wimco 25.65, 26.25, 25.60, 26.10
27.20, 27.20, 25.70, 26.35 Wockhardt Lf 22.10, 22.35, 22, 22.20
22.10, 22.30, 22, 22.05 Wyeth 190.50, 197, 190, 195.90
194, 195.50, 192.10, 193.35
YYokogawa Blu 65.50
65.45, 65.60, 65.45, 65.60
ZZandu Pharm 1361, 1361, 1351,1351.25 Zenith Comp. 6.75, 7.50, 7.35
7.30, 7.50, 7.20, 7.30 Zenith Exp. 19.55, 18.65, 19.50
33.55, 33.55, 33.55, 33.55 Zenith Info. 9.50, 10.40, 10.20
10.10, 10.15, 10.10, 10.15 ZF Steering 78, 79.50, 75.50Zicom Electn 27, 26.05, 26.15Zigma Soft. 9.80, 9.90, 9.30, 9.40Zodiac Cloth 73.10, 73.10, 73.10,73.10 Zuari Inds. 19.80
19.70, 19.90, 19.55, 19.80
As on 15/04/2003Alliance Mutual Fund 95 (D) 25.75 26.27 25.7595 (G) 46.46 47.39 46.46Basic Inds.(D) 12.17 12.41 12.17Basic Inds.(G) 12.18 12.42 12.18Buy India (D) 4.27 4.36 4.27Buy India (G) 4.28 4.37 4.28Capital Tax Relief’96 52.93 53.46 52.93Cash Manager (G) 10.87 10.87 10.87Equity (D) 13.75 14.03 13.75Equity (G) 24.85 25.35 24.85Frontline Eq(D) 10.07 10.27 10.07Frontline Eq(G) 10.07 10.27 10.07G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.44 11.44 11.44G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.01 17.01 17.01G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.19 10.19 10.19G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.84 13.84 13.84Income (D) 10.94 10.94 10.94Income (G) 21.45 21.45 21.45Income 54EA (D) 10.95 10.95 10.95Income 54EA (G) 21.44 21.44 21.44Income 54EB (D) 10.96 10.96 10.96Income 54EB (G) 21.31 21.31 21.31Income Q’ly (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61Monthly Income (G) 16.69 16.69 16.69Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.22 10.22 10.22Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.30 10.30 10.30New Millennium (D) 3.49 3.56 3.49New Millennium (G) 3.49 3.56 3.49Short Term (D) 10.09 10.09 10.09Short Term (G) 10.74 10.74 10.74Benchmark Mutual Fund Nifty BeES 95.77 — —Nifty Junior BeES 131.75 — —Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Advantage (A) 23.46 23.69 23.46Advantage (B) 23.46 23.69 23.46Balanced (D) 8.88 8.97 8.88Balanced (G) 8.88 8.97 8.88Bond Plus (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48Bond Plus (G) 11.15 11.15 11.15Cash Plus (G) 16.33 16.33 16.33Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.79 10.79 10.79Cash Plus Inst. (G) 16.32 16.32 16.32Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.32 16.32 16.32Dividend Yield Plus(D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Dividend Yield Plus(G) 10.05 10.05 10.05Equity 12.50 12.50 12.50FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.52 10.52 10.52FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.52 10.52 10.52FMP Long Term - A (D) 11.07 11.07 11.07FMP Long Term - A (G) 11.07 11.07 11.07FMP Long Term - E (G) 10.89 10.89 10.89FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.96 10.96 10.96FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.18 11.18 11.18FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.65 10.65 10.65Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.39 11.39 11.39Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.56 17.56 17.56Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 11.73 11.73 11.73Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.30 19.30 19.30Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.50 10.50 10.50Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.77 14.77 14.77IT A (D-Payout) 10.25 10.35 10.25IT A (D-Reinv) 10.25 10.35 10.25IT B (G) 11.91 12.03 11.91Income Plus (A-D) 10.62 10.62 10.62Income Plus (B-G) 26.18 26.18 26.18Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.25 26.25 26.25Income Plus Instnl. A(D) 26.25 26.25 26.25Index Fund (D) 9.78 9.83 9.78Index Fund(G) 9.78 9.83 9.78MIP A (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53MIP B (G-Payout) 13.39 13.39 13.39MIP C (G-Payout) 13.39 13.39 13.39MNC A (D-Payout) 21.91 22.13 21.91MNC A (D-Reinv) 21.91 22.13 21.91MNC B (G) 27.44 27.71 27.44Midcap (D) 9.68 9.78 9.68Midcap (G) 10.18 10.28 10.18Sweep Plan (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Sweep Plan (G) 10.20 10.20 10.20Chola Mutual Fund FMP Q’ly (D) 10.03 10.03 9.98
FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.64 10.64 10.64FMP Y’ly (D) 10.03 10.03 9.83Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly) 10.99 10.99 10.99Freedom Income (C) 17.38 17.38 17.38Freedom Income (R) 10.13 10.13 10.13Freedom Income-Inst Cum 17.38 17.38 17.38Freedom Tech.(Cum) 7.48 7.63 7.48Freedom Tech.(Reg) 4.74 4.84 4.74Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.72 15.72 15.72Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.35 10.35 10.35Gilt Series (Cum) 13.16 13.42 13.03Gilt Series (Reg) 13.16 13.42 13.03Growth (Cum) 12.17 12.42 12.17Growth (Reg) 10.20 10.41 10.20Liq.-Cumulative-Inst Cum 12.22 12.22 12.22Liquid Instl. Cum 10.09 10.09 10.09Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.78 10.78 10.78Lq. (Cum) 12.22 12.22 12.22Lq. (Reg) 11.33 11.33 11.33Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.84 11.84 11.84Triple Ace (B) 11.83 11.83 11.83Triple Ace (Cum) 21.29 21.29 21.29Triple Ace (Reg) 11.39 11.39 11.39DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.27 9.27 9.13Balanced (G) 10.36 10.36 10.20Bond (D) 11.81 11.81 11.81Bond (G) 21.35 21.35 21.35Bond Fund Inst. 10.27 10.27 10.27Equity 13.31 13.58 13.31Opportunities 8.37 8.54 8.37Savings Plus 10.06 10.06 10.06Technology.Com 3.93 4.01 3.93Top 100 9.92 10.12 9.92Escorts Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 11.15 11.29 11.15Balanced (G) 12.37 12.53 12.37Gilt (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84Gilt (G) 12.95 12.95 12.95Growth (G) 11.66 11.84 11.66Growth (D) 10.67 10.83 10.67Income (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52Income (G) 18.26 18.26 18.26Income Bond (D) 9.48 9.48 9.48Income Bond (G) 11.23 11.23 11.23Opportunities (D) 10.30 10.30 10.30Opportunities (G) 11.88 11.88 11.88Tax (D) 9.51 9.51 —Tax (G) 9.51 9.51 —Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund FT Index - BSE 9.06 9.06 9.15FT Index - Nifty 9.39 9.39 9.48FT PE Ratio 8.56 8.56 8.73Franklin Bluechip (D) 11.68 11.68 11.91Franklin Bluechip (G) 22.98 22.98 23.44Franklin FMCG 10.06 10.06 10.26Franklin Growth 5.43 5.54 5.43Franklin Index 7.28 7.35 7.28Franklin Index Tax 7.45 7.52 7.45Franklin Infotech (D) 7.45 7.45 7.60Franklin Infotech (G) 10.89 10.89 11.11Franklin Internet Opp 4.21 4.21 4.29Franklin Pharma 8.40 8.40 8.57Franklin Prima (D) 15.20 15.20 15.50Franklin Prima (G) 29.66 29.66 30.25Franklin Prima Plus (D) 12.73 12.73 12.98Franklin Prima Plus (G) 23.35 23.35 23.82Franklin Taxshield (D) 11.34 11.34 11.57Franklin Taxshield (G) 24.12 24.12 24.60T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.86 10.86 10.86T India Growth 12.68 12.93 12.68T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (G) 15.02 15.02 15.02T Liquid Plus 11.31 11.31 11.31T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T MMA 1.00 1.00 1.00T ST Income (G) 1102.14 1102.14 1102.14T ST Income (M’ly) 1020.92 1020.92 1020.92T ST Income (Q’ly) 1014.08 1014.08 1014.08T ST Income (W’ly B) 1041.16 1041.16 1041.16T ST Income (W’ly) 1091.57 1091.57 1091.57T TMA (G) 1508.99 1508.99 1508.99T TMA (W’ly) 1244.64 1244.64 1244.64T TMA (Wkly B) 1401.44 1401.44 1401.44T TMA (Y’ly) 1147.07 1147.07 1147.07HSBC Mutual Fund Cash Fund 10.21 10.21 10.21Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 10.19 10.19Equity 10.42 10.63 10.42
Equity - (D) 10.42 10.63 10.42Income-Invest. 10.45 10.45 10.45Income-Invest. (D) 10.22 10.22 10.22Income-Short 10.22 10.22 10.22Income-Short Term (D) 10.09 10.09 10.09Inst. Income Invst. (D) 10.47 10.47 10.47Inst. Income-Invst. 10.47 10.47 10.47Inst. Income-STP 10.24 10.24 10.24Inst.Income Short Term(D) 10.24 10.24 10.24IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 10.23 10.42 10.23Balanced (G) 10.13 10.32 10.13Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 11.96 11.96 11.96Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.10 10.10 10.10Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.74 11.74 11.74Child (CB) 16.29 16.60 15.80Child (FG) 16.08 16.39 15.60Equity (D) 9.80 9.99 9.80Equity (G) 9.29 9.47 9.29Growth (D) 9.75 9.94 9.75Growth (G) 9.80 9.99 9.80Index 7.36 7.44 7.36PRIN.Cash Manag.Liq.(M) 10.00 10.00 10.00Short Term (D) 10.16 10.16 10.14Short Term (G) 10.78 10.78 10.75Tax Savings 13.83 14.11 13.83IL&FS Mutual Fund Bond Short Term (D) 10.28 10.28 10.28Bond Short Term (G) 10.98 10.98 10.98Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.28 10.28 10.28Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 10.98 10.98 10.98E-Com (D) 2.39 2.44 2.39E-Com (G) 2.39 2.44 2.39Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.36 10.57 10.36Growth & Value (G) 11.59 11.82 11.59Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.18 9.36 9.18Index BSE Sensex 8.44 8.52 8.44Index Nifty 8.33 8.41 8.33Liquid Account Call 10.65 10.65 10.65Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Lq. A/c (G) 11.25 11.25 11.25ING Mutual Fund Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.18 6.27 6.18Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.18 6.27 6.18Capital Portfolio 10.90 10.90 10.90Gilt Portfolio 10.51 10.51 10.51Growth Portfolio (D) 4.98 5.08 4.98Growth Portfolio (G) 5.97 6.09 5.97Income Portfolio (G) 15.69 15.69 15.69Income Portfolio (I) 10.32 10.32 10.32Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.33 10.33 10.33Income Short Term 10.47 10.47 10.47Invst. Portfolio 8.30 8.47 8.30Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.84 12.84 12.84JM Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.15 9.29 9.15Balanced (G) 15.97 16.21 15.97Basic 11.62 11.79 11.62Equity (D) 7.70 7.82 7.70Equity (G) 7.27 7.38 7.27G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.32 10.32 10.32G-Sec (G-Reg) 18.01 18.01 18.01G-Sec Fund - PF Plan -(G) 18.48 18.48 18.48G-Sec PF 16.93 16.93 16.93G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.39 10.39 10.39High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.50 10.50 10.50High Lq. (D) 12.01 12.01 12.01High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.41 10.41 10.41High Lq. (G) 16.79 16.79 16.79High Lq. Inst.(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02High Lq.Inst.(D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Income (D) 10.29 10.29 10.29Income (G) 24.66 24.66 24.66Income Bonus 10.97 10.97 10.97Income Serial 00 (D) 10.77 10.77 10.77Income Serial 04 (D) 10.89 10.89 10.89Income Serial-2004(G) 10.05 10.05 10.05Short Term 10.35 10.35 10.35Short Term (G) 10.72 10.72 10.72Short Term Fund Inst.(D) 10.01 10.01 10.01Short Term Fund Inst.(G) 10.03 10.03 10.03Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund K Bond Whole.(B) 10.63 10.63 10.63K-30 (D) 11.72 11.92 11.72K-30 (G) 11.71 11.92 11.71K-Balance 10.28 10.46 10.28K-Bond Depo(D) 10.96 10.96 10.96K-Bond Depo(G) 15.62 15.62 15.62K-Bond Short Term (D) 10.22 10.22 10.22
K-Bond Short Term (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly) 11.39 11.39 11.39K-Bond Whole(D) 10.77 10.77 10.77K-Bond Whole(G) 15.95 15.95 15.95K-Gilt Invst. (D) 10.98 10.98 10.98K-Gilt Invst. (G) 19.94 19.94 19.94K-Gilt Savings (D) 10.59 10.59 10.59K-Gilt Savings (G) 15.01 15.01 15.01K-Gilt Serial 03 (D) 10.39 10.39 10.39K-Gilt Serial 03 (G) 14.06 14.06 14.06K-Gilt Serial 05 (D) 11.32 11.32 11.32K-Gilt Serial 05 (G) 13.85 13.85 13.85K-Gilt Serial 07 (D) 12.33 12.33 12.33K-Gilt Serial 07 (G) 16.27 16.27 16.27K-Gilt Serial 11 (G) 15.10 15.10 15.10K-Gilt Serial 13 (D) 11.92 11.92 11.92K-Gilt Serial 13 (G) 16.21 16.21 16.21K-Gilt Serial 19 (D) 10.77 10.77 10.77K-Gilt Serial 19 (G) 15.64 15.64 15.64K-Liquid (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid (G) 12.12 12.12 12.12K-MNC 7.33 7.45 7.33K-Tech 2.48 2.52 2.48Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 8.84 9.04 8.84Balanced (G) 9.56 9.78 9.56Child Care Gift 11.03 11.30 10.75Dynamic Plan 10.62 10.86 10.62FMCG (D) 6.83 6.98 6.83FMCG (G) 7.45 7.62 7.45FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.70 10.70 10.64FMP - Q’ly (G) 11.94 11.94 11.88FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.88 10.88 10.66FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.70 10.70 10.64FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.06 10.06 9.86FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.06 10.06 9.86Flexible Income 11.09 11.09 11.09Floating Rate 10.02 10.02 10.02Gilt Invst. (D) 11.99 11.99 11.99Gilt Invst. (G) 18.58 18.58 18.58Gilt Treasury (D) 10.92 10.92 10.92Gilt Treasury (G) 14.64 14.64 14.64Growth (D) 9.03 9.23 9.03Growth (G) 18.58 19.00 18.58Income Instnl.(G) 11.21 11.21 11.21Index 8.11 8.11 8.11Liquid (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84Liquid (G) 14.91 14.91 14.91Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.90 11.90 11.90Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.85 11.85 11.85Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85Power 13.51 13.81 13.51Power (D) 14.91 14.91 14.91SPICE 30.00 30.00 30.00Short Term 11.30 11.30 11.30Short Term (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.82 10.82 10.82Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.82 10.82 10.82Sweep 10.57 10.57 10.57Tax (D) 8.67 8.87 8.67Tax (G) 11.89 12.16 11.89Technology 2.50 2.56 2.50Sundaram Mutual Fund Balanced (App) 10.33 10.48 10.33Balanced (D) 10.33 10.48 10.33Bond Saver (App) 20.09 20.09 20.09Bond Saver (B) 10.57 10.57 10.57Bond Saver (D) 10.84 10.84 10.84Gilt (App) 11.83 11.83 11.83Gilt (D) 10.20 10.20 10.20Growth 10.43 10.64 10.43Growth (G) 12.42 12.67 12.42Income Plus - App 10.86 10.86 10.86Income Plus - Div 10.62 10.62 10.62Money (App) 12.69 12.69 12.69Money (D) 10.04 10.04 10.04Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.32 10.32 10.32Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.32 10.32 10.32Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.32 10.32 10.32Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.07 10.07 10.07Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09Select Debt DAP (App) 11.09 11.09 11.09Select Debt DAP (HYD) 11.09 11.09 11.09Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.78 10.78 10.78Select Debt DAP (YD) 11.09 11.09 11.09Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.32 10.32 10.32Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.32 10.32 10.32
Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.12 10.12 10.12Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.32 10.32 10.32Select Debt STAP (App) 10.49 10.49 10.49Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.49 10.49 10.49Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.29 10.29 10.29Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.49 10.49 10.49Select Focus 11.22 11.44 11.22Select Focus (G) 11.22 11.44 11.22Select Mid Cap 10.16 10.36 10.16Select Midcap (G) 10.16 10.36 10.16Tax Saver 8.73 8.73 8.73Tata Mutual Fund Liquid (App) 14.06 14.06 14.06Liquid (Reg) 11.12 11.12 11.12Liquid High Invest (A) 10.08 10.08 10.08Liquid High Invst (R) 10.01 10.01 10.01Short Term Bond (App) 10.58 10.58 10.58Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.57 10.57 10.57Taurus Mutual Fund Bonanza Ex.(G) 9.89 10.06 9.86Discovery Stock 3.56 3.62 3.55Libra Bond (D) 11.06 11.06 11.03Libra Bond (G) 11.38 11.38 11.36Libra Gilt (D) 11.24 11.24 11.21Libra Gilt (G) 11.58 11.58 11.55Libra Tax Shield 8.22 8.22 8.22The Starshare 5.67 5.77 5.66UTI Mutual Fund Bond (G) 17.68 17.68 17.59Bond (I) 11.00 11.00 10.94Brand Value 7.33 7.33 7.18CCP 12.64 12.64 12.13CRTS 89.50 89.50 86.82Equity Tax Savings 9.96 9.96 9.86G-Sec (G) 16.47 16.47 16.47G-Sec (I) 10.99 10.99 10.99Grandmaster 93 8.54 8.54 8.37Index Select Eq. 12.31 12.56 12.31Mahila Unit Scheme 12.24 12.24 11.87Master Growth-1993 13.39 13.39 13.12Master Index 9.21 9.21 9.16Mastergain 92 9.06 9.06 8.88Masterplus 91 15.51 15.51 15.20Money Market (G) 17.02 17.02 17.02Money Market (In) 16.91 16.91 16.91Nifty Index 5.83 5.83 5.80PEF 11.68 11.91 11.68Petro 12.50 12.50 12.25Pharma & Healthcare 9.61 9.61 9.42RBP 1994 17.95 18.31 17.06Regular Income 10.21 10.21 10.16Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.40 10.40 10.35Service 12.66 12.66 12.41Software 6.03 6.03 5.91UGS 10000 9.87 10.07 9.87ULIP 12.41 12.41 12.22US 2002 5.68 5.68 5.59US 95 (G) 18.51 18.51 18.14US 95 (I) 11.69 11.69 11.46Variable Invt.(ILS) 9.48 9.60 9.48Zurich India Mutual Fund Capital Builder (D) 8.85 9.03 8.85Capital Builder (G) 10.34 10.55 10.34Equity (D) 12.76 13.02 12.76Equity (G) 23.35 23.82 23.35High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.74 11.74 11.74High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.48 11.48 11.48High Int. (D-Y’ly) 12.11 12.11 12.11High Int. (G) 21.46 21.46 21.46High Int. Stp (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48High Int. Stp (G) 11.04 11.04 11.04Liquidity - Call (Dd) 10.43 10.43 10.43Liquidity - Call (G) 10.64 10.64 10.64Liquidity - IP(D) 11.44 11.44 11.44Liquidity - IP(G) 13.19 13.19 13.19Liquidity - SP(D-W’ly) 10.63 10.63 10.63Liquidity - SP(G) 12.56 12.56 12.56Liquidity - Sp(D-D’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64Prudence (D) 14.64 14.93 14.64Prudence (G) 25.20 25.70 25.20Sovereign Gilt - IP(D) 11.20 11.20 11.20Sovereign Gilt - IP(G) 14.42 14.42 14.42Sovereign Gilt - PP(D) 11.32 11.32 11.32Sovereign Gilt - PP(G) 15.91 15.91 15.91Sovereign Gilt - SP(D) 10.96 10.96 10.96Sovereign Gilt - SP(G) 12.47 12.47 12.47Tax Saver (D) 15.40 15.71 15.40Tax Saver (G) 19.40 19.79 19.40Top 200 (D) 11.78 12.02 11.78Top 200 (G) 17.28 17.63 17.28
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(Rs) Sales PurchaseOpen Ended SchemesMUTUAL FUND
Sensex up 35 pointsMumbai: Led by Hindustan Lever Ltd, stocks rallied smartly onWednesday, aiding the Sensex to end 35 points higher as Q1 earn-ings announced by the FMCG major attracted heavy net invest-ments from foreign funds.
HLL has announced a 1.2 per cent growth in net income with anet profit of Rs 382.92 crore for Q1 ended March 31, 2003, which, bro-kers said, was in keeping with market expectations. The net profitfor Q1 of 2002 included exceptional items of Rs 74.72 crore, but ona comparable basis it grew by 8.02 per cent in Q1 of 2003.
Besides making heavy net purchases in HLL, FIIs absorbed salesby operators. They were believed to have picked up nearly a lakhshares of Infosys Technologies and 12 lakh shares of Satyam Com-puters.
Despite apprehensions about profit-booking in Infosys at the Rs3,000-level, the IT major ended past this mark.
The BSE benchmark 30-share Sensex opened moderately higherat 3005.35 and gradually moved upwards in response to HLL’s en-couraging performance despite the firm’s business operations be-ing adversely affected by the uncertainty over VAT towards the endof March, and ended at 3032.32 against Tuesday’s close of 2997.38,a net gain of 34.94 points or 1.17 per cent.The broad-based BSE-100index rose by 11.36 points to 1498.47 from its previous close of1487.11. PTI
KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in italics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined.
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HMD plans to invest Rs 100cr
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: Hindustan Sy-ringes & Medical Devices Ltd(HMD) is investing Rs 100 croreover the next two years in creat-ing new capacities for auto-dis-able syringes as well as enhanc-ingproductioncapacitiesatitsex-isting facilities in Haryana.
“We are putting up a separateauto-disablesyringemanufactur-ing facility in Haryana, close toour existing plants. We are alsoenhancing capacity of plantsfrom the current 1.75 billion dis-posables per annum to 2 billionunits,” said Pardeep Sareen, GM(marketing).Sareen, who was intownfortheGujaratlaunchof thecompany’s auto-disposable sy-ringes, branded Kojak-Selinge,said the new auto-disable syringemanufacturing plant was expect-ed to commence commercial pro-duction by June.
Kojak-Selinge has been devel-oped in technical collaboration
with Star Syringe of the UK.HMD also makes glass syringesunder the Glassvan brand nameand disposable syringes underthe Dispovan brand name.
At present, HMD has sevenplants manufacturing disposablesyringes and other medical prod-ucts like needles, IV cannulas,surgical blades and scalp veinblades at Ballabhgarh inHaryana.
According to Sareen, with thedemand for auto-disable syringesincreasing in the future, HMDwas prepared to convert its entirecapacities of disposable syringestoauto-disabletechnologywithintwo years.
“Right now the demand forauto-disable syringes is in thenascent stage, but we expect thisto increase by leaps and boundswith usage of auto-disable sy-ringes going up for curative pur-poses instead of just immunisa-tion, he said.”
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By Rajesh KordeTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Pune: New Zealand Cricket Inc.(NZC) is on a look out for a base inIndia. The man on mission isNZC’s Turf Manager Karl John-son. And the city could well bePune.
Johnson is currently in Puneon a dual mission -- to study thenewly-laid pitches at the CadenceCricket Academy, Shirkegrounds, Mundhwa, here andalso on a look out for starting abase in India.
“This base would cater to theNew Zealand cricketers duringtheir tour to the Indian sub-conti-nent or in the middle-east (likeSharjah and Dubai),” said John-son, while talking to this paper.
“Our cricketers would arrive inIndia at least three weeks in ad-vance, whenever they have acricket tour to this part of theworld - be it Pakistan, Sri Lankaor Bangladesh. This would give
them an opportunity to get ac-claimatised with the wickets, thepace and bounce, the spin and theweather,” he said.
Appreciating the Cadencecricket ground, Johnson said thathe was very much impressedwith the facilities, the wicketsand the hospitality. “We wouldcertainly like something like this.I toured the city today and saw acouple of grounds, but to me thisis absolutelygreat.”
He alsosaid that he would also look intothe hotel accommodation andother aspects while making hisreport and based on Johnson’s re-port, the NZC would be sendingtheir ‘A’ team to India shortly.
It may be recalled, in 1999,when the New Zealand toured In-dia, they were to play a three-daypractice match in Pune at theNehru Stadium. However, due tounseasonal rains the ground was
rendered unplayable for almostall the three days. But the BlackCaps were fortunate to get somepractice at the Shirke groundswhich has one of the bestdrainage facilities. The groundhas been constructed over layersof Siporex - a product of Shirkes,which is porus and has a very good capacity of soakingwater.
In past few months the CadenceAcademy de-v e l o p e daround 15
practice wickets. The centresquare has been totally relaid soas to make bouncier pitches asper the instructions and litera-ture from New Zealand Turf In-stitute and the English CricketBoard (ECB).
Johnson, who looks after threegrounds and two lots of practicefacilities at the New ZealandCricket complex at Lincoln Uni-versity, is having a look at what
the Cadence Academy want to doat the ground and assessing whatcan be done to help.
Former New Zealand coachDavid Trist, who is the visitingfaculty at the Cadence Academytook keen interest in developingthe fast wickets.
“My belief is that Indian bats-men do not play as well as theycan. The technique required play-ing offshore is different andtherefore with an agreement withCadence, I stressed the need toproduce faster and bouncierpitches which can encourage,good backfoot play, good align-ment with the off-stumps andthings like that from a structuralpoint of view,” he said.
Managing director of the Acad-emy, Ajay Shirke said he would bevery much happy to allow theBlack Caps start a base here. “Itwould be honour to our Academyand I would readily help them.”
Black Caps on lookout for a base in India
Azhar to coach: Disgraced formerIndian cricket captain MohammedAzharuddin said on Wednesday hewas going to open a coachingschool to groom youngsters to playthe game at the highest level.Azharuddin, 40, banned for life fromcricket three years ago in the wakeof the match-fixing scandal, said heplanned to start a “world class”cricket academy in his home town ofHyderabad soon. “I want to produceinternational cricketers for India,”Azharuddin told a news channel andstressed the life ban imposed on himby the Board of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI) will not come in the way.“I do not see any reason why I needto take permission to start an acade-my or to do commentary,” he said.The residential academy will be man-aged by Azharuddin’s former Hyder-abad team-mate Kanwaljit Singh. PTI
Bangladesh to play Testsagainst SA: Bangladesh will playtwo Test matches against SouthAfrica later this month, theBangladeshi cricket board said onWednesday. The first Test starts onApril 24 in the southern port city ofChittagong, followed by the secondin the capital, Dhaka, starting May 1. Itinerary:First Test: April 24-28 in Chittagong. Sec-ond Test: May 1-5 in Dhaka. AP
Rajesh dents RCF batting: Spin-twins Nilesh Kulkarni (3 for 45) andVinay Dandekar (3 for 16) consolidat-ed on the opening burst of RajeshVarma (4 for 47) and spun outRasthriya Chemicals and Fertilers for143 to give Bombay Suburban Elec-tric Supply a lead of 174 and a stran-glehold over the ‘B’ Division TimesCricket Shield cricket semi-final atCross maidan in Mumbai on Wednes-day. BSES swelled the lead by a fur-ther 97 losing two wickets. BSES: 317 (Nilesh Kulkarni 96, Jaideep Gharat124; Abhijit Tapase 35, Sandeep Dahad 4 for 57,Nitin Khadye 2 for 38) and 97 for 2 (Sushant Man-jrekar 35, Sachin Vichare batting 25, Amol Muzum-dar batting 23) vs RCF 143 (Rohan Bane 32, SunilKulkarni 30, Sandeep Dahad 33; Rajesh Varma 4for 47, Nilesh Kulkarni 3 for 45, Vinay Dandekar 3for 16). TNN
F-1 live on DD: Formula One is allset to go live on the national channelof the DD Metro from San MarinoGrand Prix on April 20. The pro-gramme titled World of Motor Sportswill be aired every Sunday till theJapanese Grand Prix on October 12,the last race of the F1 circuit. F-3000is also part of the package. TNN
BSFI comes to Jones’ aid: TheBilliards and Snooker Federation ofIndia has come to the aid of ailingWilson Jones with a contribution ofRs. 21,000 to the India’s first worldbilliards champion. The Delhi bil-liards and snooker federation hasalso released Rs 11,000 to assistJones. TNN
Filippo Volandri reacts after win-ning his match against David Nal-bandian in the Monte Carlo Mas-ters Series in Monaco on Tuesday.
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SPORTS DIGEST
Graeme is too young andhasn’t done his
apprenticeship as yet— Former South Africa coach
Bob Woolmer
ON A NEW TURF
Gambhir makes India smileDhaka: Young GautamGambhir struck his maid-en half century as Indiamoved into the final of theTVS Cup triangular serieswith a four-wicket win overhosts Bangladesh here onWednesday.
The left-handed Gamb-hir made amends for hisearly failures with asparkling 71 which helpedIndia overhaulBangladesh’s score of 207with 7.1 overs to spare torecord their third consecu-tive victory in the tourna-ment. Gambhir in turnwon a man-of-the-match forhis efforts.
The Indians gave achance to all the newcom-ers in the squad but stillproved to be too strong forthe struggling hosts whosewinless streak extended to35 matches with today’s de-feat. Gambhir, who hadscores of 11 and 18 in thetwo previous matches, jus-tified the faith reposed inhim by the team manage-ment to anchor the Indianrun chase after stand-inskipper Virender Sehwaghad given a flying start.
The Indians made life alittle difficult for them-selves by losing three wick-ets in quick succession atthe home stretch withGambhir, Mohammed Kaif(20) and Sanjay Bangar (7)returning to the pavilion.
Earlier, Bangladesh bats-men put up a much im-proved show and, thanks toa fine half-century byHabibul Bashar, crossedthe 200-run mark for thefirst time in 18 innings.Akram Khan (35) andMehrab Hossain (30) alsomade important contribu-tions.
The Indian riposte be-gan on a blazing note withSehwag turning on theheat with some gloriousshots. Sehwag, leading thecountry for the first time
after Sourav Ganguly de-cided to take rest due to aninjured back, smashed thefirst ball from TapashBaisya to the boundarywhile Gambhir also hit acouple of fours to take In-dia to 50 in quick time.
The dashing Sehwag sin-gled out paceman TareqAziz for special treatmentclobbering him for fourconsecutive boundaries inthe 8th over of the innings.But he threw away hiswicket once again when,going for a mighty heave,he gave a catch to Aziz offleft-arm spinner Mo-hammed Rafique. YoungParthiv Patel was promot-ed to No 3 but Kapali cur-tailed his innings at 27.Gambhir grew in confi-dence and notched up hismaiden half century with adelightful square drive tothe boundary off Kapali. PTI
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Sourav Ganguly (L) and Harbhajan Singh carry back the refreshments after the drinksbreak during the One-day clash against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Wednesday.
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Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden does his stretching exercises during a team workout in Port of Spain, Trinidad,on Wednesday.
Vice-captaincy lossdidn’t hurt: Boucher
Dhaka: Stripped of thevice-captaincy as a fallout of South Africa’sWorld Cup debacle,wicketkeeper MarkBoucher says the deci-sion did not really hurthim and believes that it
would help him to concentrate on hisgame with a “free mind”.
The 26-year-old Boucher, a seniormember in the relatively young SouthAfrican squad, says the selectors hadtheir own way of thinking for rebuild-ing the team and he is happy to playwhatever role that is assigned to him.
“My role has actually not changedmuch. As a senior, I will keep guidingthe youngsters and do whatever I cando for the team,” Boucher said.“The se-lectors obviously feel that the way tomove forward is to have a new vice-cap-tain. It’s okay with me. We are in a tran-sition phase and we all have to work to-gether for the team’s cause. I had beenvice-captain for a pretty long time andhave experienced it all,” he said.PTI
Woolmer questionsSmith’s credentialsLondon: Bob Woolmer, who liftedSouth African cricket to new heightsduring his tenure as the country’scoach, has questioned the credentialsof new captain Grame Smith.“Graemeis a good cricketer, but I don’t think heshould captain the side,” Woolmer saidon Tuesday.
“Graeme is too young and hasn’tdone his apprenticeship yet. To be the captain of an in-ternational side, one needs to go through the apprentice-ship period and do a lot of hard work to get there,” he wasquoted as saying by BBC Sport website. Smith replacedShaun Pollock to the post after South Africa’s first roundexit in the World Cup at home.
Woolmer said the authorities should have reposedtheir faith on Pollock in stead of taking decision at hasteafter the debacle.
“South Africa over-reacted to certain things that hap-pened during the World Cup. They, like Pakistan, are go-ing through a transitional phase,” said Woolmer, thehigh performance director of the International CricketCouncil.
Smith, who has played in only eight Tests, became thesecond youngest captain in one-day history when he ledSouth Africa against India in Dhaka on Sunday.PTI
Cronje was the best,feels Paul AdamsDhaka: Having got into the side after a long hiatus, leg-spinner Paul Adams, who suddenly finds himself a keymember of the inexperienced South African bowling at-tack, is devising strategies to contain the Indian bats-men when the two sides meet in the tri-series on Friday.
“All you have to do is to keep it simple. Bowl at theright areas and hope that the batsman makes a mis-take,” said Adams, who was not in the team for SouthAfrica’s first match against India which the latter wonby 153 runs last weekend.
Despite his team earning reputation for being a goodfast bowling side over the years, Adams said as a spin-ner he was confident of coming out successful againstIndia.
The bowler, who returned to the team after a long in-jury lay-off, replaced spinner Robin Peterson in thematch against Bangladesh and finished with one for 42in 10 overs. Adams rated Indian master blaster SachinTendulkar as the best batsman in the world and said nobowler can tie him down because he has “such an amaz-ing range of shots”.
Terming late Hansie Cronje as the best South Africancaptain he had played under, Adams said it was goodlearning experience for players who played with him.“Guys who have played under him have learnt a lot.”PTI
FROM THE SIDELINES
Ajit Ninan
Indians will play four Tests in AustraliaMelbourne: Australia willhost Zimbabwe in a two-Test series and then takeon India in the best-of-fourTest series in the southernsummer, the ACB con-firmed on Wednesday.
Australia, which has a 1-0 lead after the openingmatch of the current four-test series in the West In-dies, will open its domesticsummer campaign againstZimbabwe in Perth from
Oct. 9-13, with the secondtest scheduled for Sydneyfrom Oct. 17-21.
After a limited-overs se-ries in India in November,the Australians host Indiain four Tests starting Dec. 4in Brisbane. A limited-overs series involving Aus-tralia, India and Zimbabwewill run from Jan. 9-Feb. 3.
Australia defended thelimited-overs World Cup inSouth Africa last month,
beating India in the final.In the last Test series be-tween the nations, Indiaended Australia’s world-record 16 test winningstretch at Kolkata as it ral-lied to win the series 2-1 in2001. Australia had a 3-0sweep in the last Test se-ries at home against India.
The last Test seriesagainst Zimbabwe waspostponed due securityconcern of the Aussies.AFP
Bangladesh Mohd Ashraful b Agarkar 7M Hossain c Agarkar b Bangar 30H Bashar c Kaif b Agarkar 50J Omar c and b Sarandeep 1A Kapali c Mongia b Sarandeep 9A Khan lbw b Sehwag 35K Mashud c Patel b Mishra 12K Mahmud c Sehwag b Agarkar 23Mohd Rafique b Salvi 4T Baishya run out 15T Aziz not out 3Extras (b4, lb2, w4, nb8) 18Total: (all out in 49.4 overs) 207Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-49, 3-53, 4-78, 5-124, 6-139, 7-163, 8-182, 9-182Bowling: Salvi 10-0-51-1, Agarkar10-2-36-3, Bangar 8.4-0-31-1,Sarandeep 10-0-34-2, Mishra 9-1-38-1, Sehwag 2-0-11-1.India: V Sehwag c Aziz b Rafique 43 G Gambhir c Masud b Kapali 71 P Patel lbw b Kapali 27 Md Kaif run out 20 S Bangar lbw b Rafique 7 A Kale c Mahmud b Ashraful 10 D Mongia not out 16 A Agarkar not out 4 Extras: (lb1, w7, nb2) 10 Total: (for 6 wkts, in 42.5 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-117, 3-164,4-178, 5-178, 6-204.Bowling: T Baishya 8-0-42-0, T Aziz4-0-31-0, Mohd Rafique 10-0-42-2, KMahmud 7-0-22-0, A Kapali 8-1-41-2, Mohd Ashraful 3.5-0-19-1, M Hos-sain 2-0-10-0.
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Sehwag not averse to captaincy in futureDhaka: Having registered a victory inhis first match as captain, Virender Se-hwag said on Wednesday that he wouldlove to lead the side in the future if hewas given the opportunity.
“Its a great honour to lead the country.I am happy that I could win the firstmatch. I will be happy to lead the team ifI get the opportunity in the future,” Se-hwag said after the match.
“I am glad that I succeeded in whatev-er responsibility was given to me for thismatch. I really enjoyed captaining theteam ,” he said. The dashing opener saidcaptaincy did not put any additionalpressure on him. The stand-in captainwas full of praise for youngsters likeGautam Gambhir, Avishkar Salvi, AmitMishra and Sarandeep Singh and feltthey had the potential to succeed.PTI
The itineraryIndia vs Australia Test series: Dec 4-8 First Test Brisbane Dec 12-16Second Test Adelaide Dec 26-30 Third Test Melbourne Jan 2-6 FourthTest Sydney
VB one-day series: Australia, Zimbabwe, India Jan 9 India vs Australia(D/N) Melbourne Jan 11 Australia v Zimbabwe (D/N) Sydney Jan 14 In-dia v Zimbabwe Hobart Jan 16 Australia v Zimbabwe Hobart Jan 18 In-dia v Australia (D/N) Brisbane Jan 20 India v Zimbabwe (D/N) BrisbaneJan 22 India v Australia (D/N) Sydney Jan 24 India v Zimbabwe (D/N)Adelaide Jan 26 Australia v Zimbabwe (D/N) Adelaide Jan 29 Australia vZimbabwe (D/N) Melbourne Feb 1 India v Australia Perth Feb 3 India vZimbabwe (D/N) Perth Feb 6 First Final (D/N) Melbourne Feb 8 SecondFinal (D/N) Sydney Feb 10 Third Final (D/N) if required Brisbane.
WI to miss Jacobs,Lawson in 2nd TestPort-of-Spain (Trinidad):Two West Indies playerswithdrew from the squad onTuesday because of injuryand illness, setting the teamback for its second Testagainst Australia thisweekend.
Wicket-keeper Jacobs waspulled after straining a groinmuscle in the opening Test,which the home team lost bynine wicketson Sundayin Guyana.
“Ridley will remain inTrinidad for a few days tostart rehabilitative work be-fore he returns to his nativeAntigua on Saturday,” man-ager Ricky Skerritt said. Hewill be replaced by off-spin-ner Omari Banks.
Pacer Jermaine Lawson,the fastest of the Windiesbowlers, withdrew after being diagnosed with chick-en pox.
Lawson, whose Jamaican
teammates Ricardo Powelland Darren Powell both suf-fered the illness a few weeksago, will be replaced in the14-man squad by the un-capped Barbadian pacemanTino Best.
The 21-year-old Best hasbeen a leading wicket-taker,with 39 in the recently-com-pleted Carib Beer regionalseries.
Meanwhile,d o c t o r scleared Vice-
captain Ramnaresh Sarwanand fellow Guyanese Shiv-narine Chanderpaul for fu-ture play.
Sarwan had fractured hismiddle finger on his lefthand, while Chanderpaulwas hit by a nasty blow onthe left knee during the firstTest. The second Test of thefour-Test Cable and Wirelessseries begins Saturday atTrinidad’s Queen’s ParkOval. AP
Arbitrator to decide Warne’s fateMelbourne: Shane Warne will get a fi-nal ruling after Easter on his request toplay in charity matches while he servesa 12-month ban after testing positive tobanned diuretics.
The Australian Cricket Board saidWarne could not participate in any or-ganized cricket, including charity andtestimonial matches, during his suspen-sion.
However, the Australian Cricketers’Association challenged the ruling, say-ing its understanding of the sport’s na-tional anti-doping policy allowed sus-pended players to participate in charitymatches.
The ACB and the ACA are seeking aruling from an independent arbitrator,
who will determine if Warne is allowedto accept an offer to play for Englishcharity team Lashings.
After withdrawing from Australia’sWorld Cup campaign before a ball wasbowled, the 33-year-old Warne admittedhe’d taken a ‘‘diet pill’’ which must havecontained the banned substance.
He’s not allowed to play organizedcricket at any level, ruling him out ofrepresenting Australia, Victoria state ofhis Melbourne club St. Kilda as well asEnglish county Hampshire until Feb. 10.Although banning him from playing,the ACB ruled that Warne could prac-tice with the state and national teamsand undertake development, promo-tional and media work. AP
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday, April 17, 2003
Beckham is going...The rumour mills are refusing to budge.And it’s about Beckham again. The hotand fresh ‘news’ is that Real Madrid arepreparing a fresh offer for soccer’sgolden boy. It’s said to be substantiallyhigher than the earlier US $60 million
Back to the board, sirTwo things former Aussie player JohnInverarity loved doing are cricket andteaching. He was a headmaster in aPerth till last December. He’s now intohis new job as the Warwickshire cricket county coach
Not so JontyHe’s seas and fields away fromhome. And Jonty Rhodes is finding it tough in cold, cold England. “The poor old fireplaceisn’t good enough, I wish I couldget some sunshine from home.”
Indian chess players win 10 medals at the Asian teams chess championships
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T I M E S S P O R T The Times of India, New Delhi16 Thursday, April 17, 2003
CAPITAL SPORT
Yashpal’s ton: YashpalSingh scored a strokeful 110to guide Sonnet Cricket Clubto a thumping 89 run victoryover DSA XI in the Om NathSood memorial cricket tour-nament. Besides Yashpal,Mayank Sidana hit a quickfire81 to help Sonnet romp intothe prequarters. Sonnet CC: 256 for 4 in 40 overs(Yashpal Singh 110, Mayank Sidana 81)DSA XI: 167 in 38.3 overs (MohitVadera 50).
Yogesh excels: A brilliantall-round performance by Yo-gesh Nagar enabled SalwanBoys thrash GMCA ‘B’ by 91runs in the GMCA U-14 crick-et tournament. Ankit Singhbagged 4 for 26 for the win-ners. Salwan Boys: 225 for 8 in 40 overs(Yogesh Nagar 49) GMCA: 113 in 33overs (Ankit Singh 4 for 26, Yogesh Na-gar 3 for 15).
Preet scintillates: Man ofthe match Preet Singh’s scin-tillating 81 helped KPMGbeat ICICI Bank by 23 runs inthe Reebok cricket tourna-ment. Preet also rolled hisarm over to claim 3 for 29.KPMG: 225 for 3 in 25 overs (PreetSingh 84, Tapan Sikdar 59) ICICI Bank:202 for 9 in 25 overs (Prashant Sahoo53, Preet Singh 3 for 29).
United in semis: VarunAnand’s deadly spell of 3 for21 enabled United DelhiCricket Academy beat Son-net Cricket Club by 6 wickets
to advance to the semifinal ofthe Hedgawar memorialcricket tournament. In anoth-er match, Mount Abu Schooldefeated West Delhi Acade-my by 4 wickets to move intothe last eight. Sonnet Club: 94 in 34.1 overs (VarunAnand 3 for 21) United Academy: 95for 4 in 32.2 overs.
WDCA: 152 in 39.1 overs (Virat Kohli40) MA School: 154 for 6 in 38.3overs (Sahil Chowdhury 65).
GHPS win: Guru HarkishanPublic School (GHPS), LoniRoad, scored a thumping winover GHPS, Patel Nagar,beating them 9-0 in a leaguematch of the All-IndiaSahibzada Ajit Singh GoldCup Hockey Tournament. Inother matches, GGS KhalsaSchool, Sarhali defeatedGuru Teg Bahadur Sr SecSchool, Baba Bakala, 8-0,while Doaba Khalsa Sr SecSchool, Jalandhar, beatGHPS Vasant Vihar 11-0.
Vikram impresses: An impressive ton (124) byVikram enabled Ganga Inter-national School,, Hiren Kun-da, beat Hansraj ModelSchool, Punjabi Bagh by 75runs and enter the final ofPankaj Jain U-13 cricket tour-nament.Brief scores: Ganga International:255/4 in 30 overs (Vikram 124, Puneet60) bt Hansraj Model School: 180 allout in 27.4 overs (Neeraj 61, Paras 3/19Virender 2/17).
Himanshu stars: Himan-shu Mehta claimed 4 for 27and then scored a hurricane90 off 44 balls to anchor LalBahadur Shastri Club to afacile 6 wicket win overYoung Friends in the 2nd Ra-jdhani Cup cricket tourna-ment.
Young Friends: 162 in 35 overs (Hi-manshu Mehta 4 for 27) L.B. ShastriClub: 163 for 4 in 27.4 overs (Himan-shu Mehta 90).
Deadly Akash: Akash Mal-hotra bagged 5 for 23 andscored a masterly 52 to helpFood Corporation of Indiaregister a convincing 5 wicketvictory over Rohtak RoadGymkhana to advance to thepre-quarterfinals of the OmNath Sood memorial crckettournament at the KhalsaCollege ground. Rohtak Road Gymkhana: 171 in 37overs (Chetan Sharma 52, Akash Mal-hotra 5 for 23) Food Corporation of In-dia: 175 for 5 in 38 overs (Akash Mal-hotra 52).
Following are the scores of the DDCAleague held in the Capital onWednesday.
Raghuvir Willowers: 212 for 5 in 40overs (Rahul Yadav 50) lost to RaviBrothers: 215 for 9 in 35 overs (Pra-teek Kapoor 40).
Lion Kaniksha: 231 for 4 in 40 overs(Raman Ghai 67, Peetambar Datt 59)beat Super Star: 165 for 6 in 40 overs(Manas Malhotra 44).
Darling Club: 115 in 36.4 overs (HarrySingh 48) lost to RN Colts: 117 for 2 in21.4 overs (Atul Malhotra 51).
Subrata refutes chargesKolkata: Sacked MohunBagan coach Subrata Bhat-tacharjee dismissed chargeslevelled against him by theclub and said his removalwas a conspiracy for somepeople’s “vested interests”.Club general secretary AnjanMitra had on Monday allegedthat Bhattacharjee had insti-gated some players not towear the Bagan jersey for theremaining two National Foot-ball League outings, as theywere yet to get full payment.
Denying the charges, Bhat-tacharjee said he had merelyasked the players, who hadbeen regularly complainingto him about non-payment ofarrears, to first play well and
ensure victory for the club. “Isaid that only then can theywalk up to club officials andget their dues cleared,” heclaimed.
Bhattacharjee claimed hehad never clamoured formore money from MohunBagan. “I have given myblood, toil, sweat and tearsfor this club both as a playerand coach,” he said. Bhat-tacharjee further challengedthe club authorities to sum-mon him before the execu-tive committee so that hecould present his side of thestory. “After satisfying myselfthat he was playing dirtygames, I had sacked him,”Mitra had said earlier. PTI
Rushmi romps into quartersMuzaffarnagar: Top seedRushmi Chakravarthy andsecond seed Sai Jayalakshmiadvanced to the quarterfinalsof the $10,000 BhavanaSwarup ITF tournamentposting convincing wins hereon Wednesday.
While Rush-mi disposed offqualifier Ludmila Rozsivalo-va of Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2in a prequarterfinal match,Sai trounced Shurti Dhawan,last year’s winner here in the$5,000 tournament, by anidentical score.
Meanwhile, the dream runof wild card Sasha Abraham
came to an end when she lostto qualifier Katie Miles ofBritain 3-6, 6-3, 0-6. Abrahamwas in her elements in thefirst set but lost out of steamgradually.
Also advancing to the lasteight wereA r c h a n aVe n k a t a r a -
man, Heti Bargil and YaelGlitzenshtein.
Archana won when fourthseed German Franziska Et-zel retired when trailing 2-6,0-1. Hati beat Liza Pereira 6-4,7-6 (7/5) and Yael dismissedthe challenge of Natatie Neriof Britain 6-4, 6-2. PTI
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Al Jawat readyfor the trick
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Al Jawat, win-ner of two races in a row, isexpeted to complete a hat-trick in the DRC Racing Offi-cial Cup (div.I), the mainevent of the Delhi racesscheduled for Thursday.Selections: Juggling Plate: 1,000m:3.00pm: Winning Surprise 1, Kanishka 2,Sheetal 3. Nobody Knows Stakes:1,000m: Poleden Light 1, Amazing King 2,Bullseye 3. DRC Racing Official Cup(div.II): 1,100m: Anandini 1, Wild Bird 2,Astounding Wish 3. DRC Racing OfficialCup (div.I): 1,100m: Al Jawat 1, Most
Durablle 2, Swaraj 3. Pat On Back Plate:1,200m: Shoot Clear 1, Proudwings 2,Black N Blue 3. Smooth Operation Plate:1,200m: Sushmita 1, The Arowana 2,Bahuratna 3.Mumbai races: Followingare the handicaps for theMumbai races for Saturday:
DR AH Sayed Plate: Cl IV: 1,400m: In-finite 61, Applause 60, Dahana 60, Light-ning Arrow 60, Never Surrender 60, BoundBy Honour 59, Wine N Song 58.5,Demedicie 57.5, Moment of Pleasure 57.5,Dillinger 57, Zongrilla 57, Anchors Aweigh56.5, Lord of Thunder 55.5, Power Surge55, Sarena Pride 54.5,Amaron 53, Boldwin52.5, Sudden Glory 52, Momentous Mover51, Golden Dew 50.5. Swift Foot Plate: CLV: 1,000m: Romatic Indian 61, Tio Pepe61, Amaranza 56.5, Your The Lady 56.5,Imperioso 56, Sacred Mission 56, Bachelor55.5,With Tradition 55, Grave Danger 54.5,Celestial Fantasy 53, Queen Helen 53, Roy-alist 53, Tropic of Fear 53, God Bless 52,Nice One Claire 51.5, Own Trumpet 51,Rodeo Romeo 50.5, Silent Deal 50, GrandHe Is 48.5.
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West Indies cricketer Pedro Collins in action during a friendly soccer match in Port of Spain,Trinidad, on Tuesday.
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ITF FUTURES
AITA launches tennis academyNew Delhi: The All IndiaTennis Association onWednesday announced thelaunch of its National TennisAcademy at Gurgaon withthe start of a Super Seriestournament for the under-14and under-18 boys and girls.
The Academy, situated anhour’s bumpy ride from hereon the Gurgaon-Pataudihighway, is spread over fiveand half acres of barren landbut pleasantly removed fromthe maddening crowd of theconcrete jungle in Delhi.
There was a buzz at the
venue though the sun wasblazing down. Enthusiasticboys and girls in their teenswere chasing the ball downthe line and returning it witha skid on the courts while offit, parents, no less enthusias-tic than their wards, wereegging them on with words ofencouragements.
The construction is stillunderway but there are al-ready nine well laid out claycourts and 20 trainers havebeen short listed for the firstbatch. Upon completion, thefacility will have four more
synthetic courts and wouldbe home to more than 80 as-piring talents in and aroundthe country.
With library, swimmingpool, gym, playing area forother sports and academic fa-cility in the nearby schools,the NTA will be a true resi-dential training complex.
“We wanted to just get theAcademy started and did notwant to wait for the full com-pletion of the work,” saidAnil Khanna, Secretary Gen-eral of AITA, while explain-ing the ‘soft launch’ of the
NTA. AITA is also engaged intalks with the Confederationof Indian Industry and cer-tain corporate houses tosponsor its trainees who willhave to shell out Rs. 2.5 lakhper year. Sunil Yajaman willbe the project supervisorwhile Suman Kapoor will bethe honorary director.Short-listed trainees for first batch:Boys: Somdev Dev Varman, Karan Rastogi,Rupesh Roy, Sanam Singh, Sumit PrakashGupta, Kaushik Dass, Divij Sharan,Chatwinder Singh, Arnav Jain, Agnel Glad-win and Chandan Shaolin. Girls: IshaLakhani, Megha Vakharia, G K Shwetha, EAshmita, Daksha Mulay, V Pooja Shri, Anki-ta Bhambri, Sanaa Bhambri, Kartiki Bhatand Sandhya Nagaraj. PTI
Chinese swimmersclear dope testsBeijing: China’s swimmers,long shadowed by dopingscandals, passed every one of639 tests last year for per-formance enhancing sub-stances, the Chinese Swim-ming Federation said.
The perfect record waseven more significant giventhe teams’ outstanding per-formances at the AsianGames, where they won 20gold medals to outclass old ri-vals, Japan, who took home11 golds, the Federation said.
Chinese swimmers sub-mitted to 571 urine tests and68 blood tests, the Federationsaid. AFP
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THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE
BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationNew Orleans 87 New Jersey 74; Atlanta100 Orlando 84; New York 93 Washington79; Detroit 89 Cleveland 88; San Antonio91 Utah 83; Dallas 109 Seattle 106; LAClippers 122 Golden State 113.
TENNISATP Masters Series, Monte Carlo: 1stround: Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) beat TaylorDent (USA) 7-6 (7/3) 6-2; Hyung Taik Lee(Kor) beat David Sanchez (Spa) 6-1 6-3;9-Sjeng Schalken (Ned) beat Davide San-guinetti (Ita) 6-4 3-1 ret; Julien Benneteau(Fra) beat Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 3-6 6-17-6 (7/1); Wayne Ferreira (Rsa) beat JonasBjorkman (Swe) 6-4 2-6 7-5; 2-CarlosMoya (Spa) beat Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-36-3; 16-Tommy Robredo (Spa) beat Mar-tin Verkerk (Ned) 3-6 6-3 6-4; GuillermoCoria (Arg) beat Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-2 6-2; 15-James Blake (USA) beat DominikHrbaty (Svk) 6-3 3-6 6-22nd rd: Julien Boutter (FRA) bt ParadornSrichaphan (THA x7) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; JuanIgnacio Chela (ARG) bt Jiri Novak (CZE x5)6-4, 6-2; Fernando Vicente (SPA) bt Feli-ciano Lopez (SPA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1; MagnusNorman (SWE) bt Gustavo Kuerten (BRAx10) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)bt Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2;Alberto Martin (SPA) bt Rainer Schuttler
(GER x8) 6-2, 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) btAlbert Portas (SPA) 6-4, 6-3; GuillermoCoria (ARG) bt James Blake (USA x15) 6-0, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3; Gaston Gaudio (ARG x13)bt Luis Horna (PER) 6-4, 6-1 .WTA Budapest GP: 1st round: JelenaJankovic (Yug) beat EvgeniaKoulikovskaya (Rus) 1-6 6-4 6-0; JarmilaGajdosova (Svk) beat Ruxandra DragomirIlie (Rom) 6-1 6-4; Iveta Benesova (Cze)beat Martina Muller (Ger) 6-2 4-6 6-2;Katalin Marosi (Hun) beat LubomiraKurhajcova (Svk) 6-4 6-2; 3-Alicia Molik(Aus) beat Martina Sucha (Svk) 6-1 6-0;Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) beat LubomiraBacheva (Bul) 6-3 2-6 6-4; Stephanie Co-hen Aloro (Fra) beat Emmanuelle Gagliar-di (Swi) 6-1 6-2; 5-Virginie Razzano (Fra)beat Rita Kuti Kis (Hun) 1-6 6-2 6-1.WTA Bausch & Lomb Championships:1st round: Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa)beat Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-2 7-5; MajaMatevzic (Slo) beat Melien Tu (USA) 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7/4); Tina Pisnik (Slo) beat JenniferHopkins (USA) 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1;Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Rus) beat TatianaPanova (Rus) 4-6 6-2 6-2. 2nd round: 12-Lisa Raymond (USA) beat Julia Vakulenko(Ukr) 6-1 3-6 6-1; 4-Daniela Hantuchova(Svk) beat Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 7-5 6-2;3-Jennifer Capriati (USA) beat Marie-Ga-iane Mikaelian (Swi) 6-4 7-6 (7/5)
Filippo Volandri of Italy returns the ball to David Nalban-dian of Argentina during the second round of the MonteCarlo Open in Monaco on Wednesday.
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Mumbai: Central In-dustrial Security Force(CISF), Chandigarh,pipped Corps of Signals, Jalandhar 4-2 viatie-breaker while EME, Jalandhar, sidelinedlocal outfit Tata Sports Club 3-2 on way to thequarterfinal league of the 41st Bombay GoldCup hockey tournament.
Earlier, Bhopal upset reigning championsAir India, Mumbai, 7-6 while Karnatakashocked another local outfit Central Railway 6-
3 in tie-breakers to moveinto the last eight stage.
CISF took the lead inthe fifth minute when centre forward CyrilEkka scored off a pass from defender PervezAhsan. However, Signals equalised in the 51stminute through Paramjeet Singh’s indirectconversion of the fifth penalty corner forcingthe tie-breaker. In the tie-breaker Cyril Ekka,defender Bharath Kumar Baghwar and cen-tre half Irfan Ahamed were on target. PTI
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G R A F F I T I
A fitting farewellfor Jordan:MichaelJordan’s two-year bas-ketball encore is over,reminding the worldthat even the mostmagnificent songs donot end with a crescen-do. While his latest per-formance was not virtu-oso, it was also farfrom failure. Jordanplayed his final NBAgame in Philadelphia.The 40-year-old super-star who led the Chica-go Bulls to six NBA ti-tles could not guide theWashington Wizardsinto the playoffs. Final-ly, Jordan leaves thecourt after a 15-yearcareer on his ownterms with no unfin-ished business. Jordanled Chicago to three titles ina row but retired in 1993 af-ter the murder of his fatherand made an ill-fated bid toplay professional baseball,which led to a comeback in1995. Stung by a playoff de-feat, Jordan trained duringthe making of his movie“Space Jam” and sparkedthe Bulls to three morecrowns. It was the last shotfor “Air” Jordan, the legendwho rewrote the recordbook. But the goodbye wastainted. Jordan bid farewellto Chicago in January of1999 after the end of alabour dispute, but joinedthe Wizards as president ofbasketball operations a yearlater and returned to thecourt in September of 2001.The gravity-defying aerobat-ics that defined his youthwere gone, but his tonguewould still stick out at age40 and his skill and experi-ence eased the pain of be-ing grounded and loss ofwhat Father Time had takenfrom his game.
Umpire at recievingend: Kansas City Royalscoach Tom Gamboa had noqualms about coming back
to the ballpark where he waspummeled last year. ‘‘Light-ning doesn’t strike twice,’’he said before Tuesdaynight’s baseball gameagainst the Chicago WhiteSox. It did. And this time itgot an umpire. Laz Diaz wasattacked by a fan who cameout of the stands in an eeriereminder of what happenednear the same spot last sea-son at Comiskey Park. Im-mediately after Carlos Leeflied out to end Chicago’seighth inning, a man ran onthe field and tried to tackleDiaz, wrapping his armsaround the first base um-pire’s legs. Security andplayers rushed to the aid ofthe 40-year-old Diaz.
Maradona Stadium:TheNaples city council ap-proved renaming the localsoccer stadium after DiegoMaradona. The proposal bya left wing councilor re-ceived a narrow majority ofvotes and will need govern-ment approval before beingenforced. An Italian lawprohibits the naming of pub-lic places after any personwho has not been dead forat least 10 years.
China reign; 10 medals for IndiaBy B Shrikant
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Jodhpur: A clutch of medals in bothsections, but not the coveted ones forthe Indian teams in Asian TeamsChess Championships. The Indianspicked up 10 out of the 27 individualmedals comprising three gold, foursilver and three bronze medals. Lan-ka Ravi, Harika and Pravin Thipsaybagged the gold medals. However,their performances were disappoint-ing; they could have done better inboth sections.
Virtually assured of the gold medalsafter the penultimate round, Chinacompleted the formalities on Wednes-day with their women’s team drawingagainst Turkmenistan and the menblanking lowly Malaysia 4-0 in the 9thand final round on Wednesday.
India won the silver and bronze inthe men’s section but the women’s ‘A’team lost the silver to Vietnam who
blanked Malaysia 3-0. The Indianeves could only manage a drawagainst Kazakhstan. It all went hor-ribly wrong as S Vijayalakshmi sur-prisingly opted for rest on the finalday and Nisha Mohota, playing onthe top board, blundered and lost toMaria Sergeeva. Though DronavalliHarika, who was the most consistentamong the Indian women, won hergame but R Aarthie could manageonly a draw.
Thus India ‘A’ finished with 18.5points, half a point behind Vietnam,for a bronze which must have beenpoor consolation.
The Chinese women’s team playedout quick draws on all the threeboards within half-an-hour to clinchthe gold medal with 20 points. Themen, however, had to spend sometime at their boards but won easily tosecure the gold medal with 25 points.
In the men’s section, India ‘A’, whosquandered a one-point lead in thepenultimate round, thrashed Turk-menistan 3.5-0.5 — Abhijit Kuntedrawing on the fourth board — toclaim the silver medal. They finishedwith 23.5 points.
Lady luck did smile on India ‘C’,who won the bronze medal after fin-ishing at 23 points following their 3-1defeat of Iran in the final round.Neelotpal Das lost to Asian No 2 EhsanGhaem Meghami on the top board.But Lanka Ravi, Sriram Jha and Di-nesh Kumar Sharma scored easy vic-tories. However, they had to thank G CAnuruddha of Sri Lanka who defeatedN Ibraev of Kazakhstan on the thirdboard. That result meant Kazakhstancould reach only 22.5 points to miss thebronze by half a point.Results (final round): Men: China beat Malaysia 4-0;Turkmenistan lost to India ‘A’ 0.5-3.5; Iran lost to India‘C’ 1-3; Sri Lanka lost to Kazakhstan 1-3; Vietnam beatKyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5; Macau lost to Uzbekistan 0-4; India‘B’ bye.
Women: Turkmenistan drew with China 1.5-1.5; Kaza-khstan drew with India ‘A’ 1.5-1.5; Vietnam beatMalaysia 3-0; Bangladesh lost to India ‘B’ 1-2; India ‘C’beat Sri Lanka 3-0; Iran drew with Kyrgyzstan 1.5-1.5.Final standings: Men: 1. China 25 pts; 2. India ‘A’ 23.5pts; 3. India ‘C’ 23 pts; 4.Kazakhstan 22.5 pts; 5. Viet-nam 21.5 pts; 6. India ‘B’ 21 pts; 7. Uzbekistan 20; 8.Turkmenistan 19 pts; 9. Iran 17.5 pts; 10. Malaysia 16pts; 11. Kyrgyzstan 11.5 pts; 12. Sri Lanka 9.5 pts; 13.Macau 4 pts.Women: 1. China 20 pts; 2. Vietnam 19 pts; 3. India ‘A’18.5 pts; 4. India ‘B’ 17.5 pts; 5. India ‘C’ 17.5 pts; 6.Kazakhstan 16 pts; 7. Iran 13.5 pts; 8. Kyrgyzstan 10.5pts; 9. Bangladesh 9.5 pts; 10.Turkmenistan 9.5 pts; 11.Malaysia 7 pts; 12. Sri Lanka 3.5 pts.Individual prizes: Men: 1st board: Dao Thien Hai (Viet)gold; Ye Jiang Chuan (China) silver; K Sasikiran (Ind ‘A’)bronze. 2nd board: Pravin Thipsay (Ind ‘B’) gold;Mahjoob Murteza (Iran) silver; Pavel Kostur (Kaz) bronze.3rd board: Lanka Ravi (Ind ‘C’) gold; Xu Jun (China) sil-ver; Tu Hoang Thong (Viet) bronze. 4th board: ZhangPengxiang (China) gold; Dinesh Kumar Sharma (Ind ‘C’)silver; Odeev Handszar (Turk) bronze. Reserve: AskarovBakhtiyar (Kaz) gold; Abhijit Kunte (Ind ‘A’) silver; TahirVakhidov (Uzb) bronze.Women: 1st board: Zhu Chen (China) gold; MariaSergeeva (Kaz) silver; S Meenakshi (Ind ‘B’) bronze. 2ndboard: Xu Yuhua (China) gold; Swati Ghate (Ind ‘B’) silver;Shadi Paridar (Iran) bronze. 3rd board: Le Kieu Thien Kim(Viet) gold; Anupama Gokhale (Ind ‘C’) silver; Wang Yu(China) bronze. Reserve: D Harika (Ind ‘A’) gold; Vo HongPhuong (Viet) silver; Sai Meera Ravi (Ind ‘C’) bronze.
CISF, EME in quarters
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Michael Jordan waves to the fansas he leaves the court after his final home game in Washington.
Norman eliminates KuertenMonte Carlo: Sweden’sMagnus Norman came frombehind to eliminate two-timechampion Gustavo Kuertenfrom the Monte Carlo Mas-ters, winning 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.Kuerten saved three matchpoints but lost the second-round game when he tried abizarre drop shot from theback of the court. For Nor-man, it was a sweet revengefor his French Open final lossto Kuerten three years ago.
Earlier, Carlos Moya andAlbert Costa joined holderJuan Carlos Ferrero in thesecond round. Moya posted a6-3, 6-3 centre court win overBelgian Xavier Malisse to set
up a meeting with SouthAfrica’s Wayne Ferreira, a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 winner over SwedeJonas Bjorkman. But therewas some good news for Rus-sia when former French Openchampion Yevgeny Kafel-nikov moved into the last 32by despatching Younes El Ay-naoui, the Moroccan 11thseed, 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1.
Capriati advances: Secondseed Lindsay Davenport woneasily while Jennifer Capriatiwas tested in their first match-es of a $585,000 WTA clay courtevent. Davenport cruised to a6-1, 6-0 win over Australia’sNicole Pratt and moved on tothe third round. Agencies
Nesta’s 1st in Milan’s winMilan: AC Milan clinched aplace in the final of the Ital-ian Cup on Tuesday afteredging Perugia 2-1 here at theSan Siro Stadium.
Jon Dahl Tomasson brokethe deadlock with a closerange effort four minutesfrom half-time, beforeAlessandro Nesta scored hisfirst goal for the club with afirm header seven minutesafter the break.
The visitors rallied in theclosing stages and pulled agoal back in the 83rd minutethanks to second-half substi-tute Andrea Caracciolo’s vol-ley. Seeking a place in the fi-nal for the first time, Perugiapressed for the equaliser thatwould have taken themthrough on the away goalsrule, but Milan survived sev-eral scares to hold on.
Milan, four-time winnersof the trophy, went throughto the final 2-1 on aggregate,having drawn the first leg inUmbria 0-0.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men arechasing silverware on threefronts, lying second in SerieA, five points behind leadersJuventus, and fighting for aplace in the semifinals of theChampions League.
On Wednesday, AS Romahosts city rivals Lazio in theother semi-final at theOlympic stadium. Roma wonthe first leg 2-1. The winnersof the Italian Cup are re-warded with a place in nextseason’s UEFA Cup.
Sochaux head for FrenchLeague Cup final: InSochaux, local team qualifiedfor the French League Cup fi-nal for the first time ever onTuesday, clawing back a first-half deficit to down seconddivision Metz 3-2 in overtime.Sochaux will face the win-ners of the other semifinal,Marseille or Monaco, whoplay on Wednesday. The finalis at Paris’ Stade de Franceon May 17.
Pierre-Alain Frau got two
of Sochaux’s goals. SylvainMonsoreau got the overtimewinner off a looping free-kick.Metz, who previously hadousted cup holders Bordeauxand Nantes, pushed Sochauxinto overtime despite being re-duced to 10 players with Em-manuel Adebayor’s red cardin the 75th minute.
Brazil face Mexico: In Riode Janeiro, Brazil coach Car-los Alberto Parreira sum-moned a gallery of Brazil’sCup champions for an upcom-ing friendly against Mexico.
Of the 18 players named, 10were members of the Brazil-ian team that won a recordfifth World Cup title in Japanlast year. And the list mighthave been longer except forinjuries and a suspension.
While many Brazilianshave questioned the wisdomof using tested veterans forsimple friendlies, Parreiraalready is looking ahead toWorld Cup qualifying in Sep-tember - and determined notto repeat mistakes of thepast. Agencies
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Japan’s Yuichiro Nagai (c) celebrates with teammate AkiraNarahashi after scoring a goal in the injury time during afriendly match between South Korea and Japan at SeoulWorld Cup stadium. Japan won 1-0.
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