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IN BRIEF IN BRIEF
Karnataka minister
sacked, MP suspended
NEWDELHI: The BJP gov-
ernment in Karnataka
Saturday struck at supporters
of former chief minister B.S.
Yeddyurappa by sacking
cooperation minister B.J.
Puttaswamy and suspending
Lok Sabha member G.
Basavaraj from the party. The
decision contd on page 2
Railways plan
to tackle fog
NEW DELHI: Gearing up
for foggy weather, Northern
Railway has chalked out a
detailed plan to ensure safety
of train movement. Senior
Northern Railway officials
said, the railway has already
announced cancellation of 13
trains from January 1 to
February contd on page 2
Haryana to buy 2,000
MW power from Bhutan
CHANDIGARH: Haryana
Chief Minister Bhupinder
Singh Hooda would lead a
high-level delegation to
Bhutan from Dec 14 to 16 for
talks on the power purchase,
the official added. "Visit of
the chief minister to Bhutan
in connection with the pur-
chase contd on page 2
2000 police constables
promoted in J&K
SRINAGAR,DEC 8: The
Jammu and Kashmir Police
on Saturday promoted over
2000 constables. The promo-
tions were ordered by
Inspector General of Police
(Kashmir) SM Sahai, a police
spokesman said. He said 406
selection grade constables
were promoted to head con-
stables and 1659 constables
to selection grade level.
India to give
Rs 11,295
crore to IMF
NEW DELHI, DEC 8:
Continuing its effort to mark
its arrival on the global stage,
India will provide Rs
11,294.6 crore to the
International Monetary
Fund's New Arrangements to
Borrow (NAB) facility.
Government on Friday
sought Parliamentary
approval towards this end.
Last year also India pro-
vided over $2 billion to the
IMF's fund to help bailouts in
Europe and other parts of the
world. As part of efforts to
overcome the global financial
crisis , in April 2009, the
Group of Twenty (G-20 )
industrialized and emerging
market contd on page 2
JAMMU, DEC 8: President
J&K National Conference
Dr. Farooq Abdullah congrat-
ulated the party colleagues on
the coalition's convincing
victory in the recently held
Legislative Council elections
and urged them to keep the
momentum on and gear up
for the 2014 parliamentary
and assembly elections.
Addressing the Working
Committee members here Dr.
Abdullah said that National
Conference has always stood
for the principles of secular-
ism, communal harmony and
brotherhood and has always
fought against the divisive
forces and defeated them in
the state and shall continue to
do so in future.
He urged the party cadre
to strengthen the party and
take the message of the party
and the government to every
nook and corner of the state.
contd on page 2
SRINAGAR, DEC 8:
Kashmir Valley reeled under
intense cold following a dip
in the day temperatures due
to fresh snowfall in the high
altitude areas.
One inch of fresh snow
was recorded this morning at
the famous ski resort of
Gulmarg, the coldest place in
the valley, a MeT department
spokesman said.
It had witnessed nearly
two feet of snow earlier this
week, much to the delight of
tourists visiting to experience
the white flakes from the
blue.
The peripheral areas of
Gulmarg and other high alti-
tude areas including Gurez,
Z-gali, Sonamarg, Amarnath
cave shrine, Peer Ki Gali and
Yousmarg hills also experi-
enced a renewed spell of
snowfall.
The sky remained over-
cast in view of the western
disturbance, resulting in a dip
in day temperatures over the
past couple of days, he said.
Srinagar recorded a maxi-
mum of 7.4 degrees Celsius
yesterday - the season's sec-
ond lowest so far. The lowest
maximum temperature here
was registered on November
29 when the mercury dipped
to 6.3 degrees Celsius.
However, the prevailing
weather conditions have
resulted in remarkable rise in
night temperatures which set-
tled above freezing point in
most of the plains. Srinagar
recorded a low of 1.6 degrees
Celsius, compared to the sea-
son's lowest of minus 2.9 on
Tuesday. Gulmarg was the
coldest place in the valley
where the night temperature
settled at minus 3.4 degrees
Celsius, the spokesman said.
Leh contd on page 2
LUDHIANA: The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh Saturday said that he is confident that FDI
in retail will benefit the farmers and the con-
sumers. It will introduce new technology and
investment in marketing agricultural products.
Strongly backing the decision to allow FDI in
retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that it
would benefit thousands of farmers in India by
facilitating the introduction of latest technology
and sophisticated equipment in the agriculture sec-
tor.
Speaking at the golden jubilee convocation of
the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus
here, the prime minister said that the decision was
supported by the farmers of Punjab, the state that
is also known as food bowl of the country.
"Our decision to allow FDI in retail, which was
approved by parliament only yesterday (Friday),
was strongly supported by farmer's organisations
in Punjab. It will, I suggest, introduce new tech-
nology and investment in marketing agricultural
produce," he said.
"India, I sincerely feel, must take full advan-
tage of modern technology and the operational and
management experience of big supply chains in
the food retail business to make this happen. I am
confident that it will benefit our farmers, and the
consumers of our country."
In his address, Manmohan Singh urged the
agricultural universities and other institutions to
start working to meet the existing and future chal-
lenges in the agriculture sector.
"The future is rarely a linear extrapolation of
the past. Circumstances change and new chal-
lenges arise. It is therefore important to identify
the challenges of the emerging future and start
working right now to meet those challenges. It is
evident that several stress points have emerged in
Punjab's agriculture which needs to be addressed,"
he said.
"The sustainability of water use in agriculture
has emerged as a major problem in Punjab.
Exploitation of ground water far exceeds the rate
of recharge and that is leading to a steady decline
in the water table. This is clearly not sustainable.
"Similar problems exist in other parts of the
country, but they are most severe in Punjab, where
80 percent of the development blocks are now cat-
egorised as over-exploited," he said. The prime
minister also praised the results of the govern-
ment's National Food Security Mission. "The
National Food Security contd on page 2
FDI in retail will benefit farmers,
enhance production: PM
NEWDELHI: The US gov-
ernment and corporate
America alike have wel-
comed the Indian parlia-
ment's approval of foreign
direct investment in multi-
brand retail, saying it would
spur investment in infrastruc-
ture and benefit the con-
sumer. "We believe direct
foreign investment in retail
will grow markets in India as
it has in China, Brazil, and
many other developing
economies," State
Department spokesman Mark
Toner said.
"As Indian officials have
pointed out, foreign direct
investment can create oppor-
tunities for small businesses,
for farmers, spur investment
in infrastructure, and bring
benefits to consumers," he
said. Asked how it would
increase US-India trade,
Toner said while he did not
have the numbers "a number
of US firms are obviously
keen to invest in the retail
sector of India, and obviously
I think will only deepen our
economic cooperation." The
US-India contd on page 2
FDI in Retail will benefit consumer,
create opportunities: US
State Department spokesman Mark Toner.
DOHA,DEC 8: "Loss and
damage" could well emerge
as the make or break issue at
the Doha round of the climate
change talks. Loss and dam-
age refers to situations where
mitigation or emission reduc-
tion has failed and efforts to
adapt to climate change can
no longer be implemented.
As negotiators and minis-
ters worked well past mid-
night to resolve differences
on issues relating to the Bali
roadmap, it became clear that
developing and developed
countries were deeply divid-
ed on "loss and damage".
South Africa's minister for
water and environmental
affairs Edna Molewa has
been tasked by the Qatari
presidency to resolve the dif-
ferences on the issue. The
developing countries particu-
larly the small island states
and least developed countries
were firm on their demand
for an institutional mecha-
nism contd on page 2
UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012
Developing and developed countries
divided on 'loss and damage'
GAZA CITY: Hamas leader in exile
Khaled Meshaal made his first visit to
Gaza on Friday, kissing the ground and
saying he hoped he would one day die a
"martyr" in the Palestinian territory.
After his seven-vehicle convoy swept
across the border from Egypt, Meshaal
kissed Palestinian soil before embracing
Gaza's Hamas premier Ismail Haniya.
Green Hamas flags and the red,
white, green and black of the Palestinian
flag flew everywhere to mark the
unprecedented visit, timed to coincide
with the 25th anniversary of the Islamist
movement's founding.
Meshaal was accompanied by his
deputy Mussa Abu Marzuk and other
officials on a trip that came just two
weeks after the end of a deadly con-
frontation with Israel that began on
November 14 with an air strike that
killed Hamas military commander
Ahmed Jaabari.
Meshaal was taken to see the charred
remains of Jaabari's car, which had been
transported to Rafah on the Egyptian
border especially for the visit.
"I hope God will make me a martyr
on the land of Palestine in Gaza," he
said.
"This is the first time that I am com-
ing to Palestine in 37 years," said
Meshaal who is originally from a village
in the West Bank but went into exile
with his family after the 1967 Middle
East war, only returning for a brief visit
in 1975. Meshaal's delegation paid a
brief visit to a home destroyed by an
Israeli air strike contd on page 2
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Maldives takes over
airport from GMR
MALE: Maladives has taken charge of Male airport from
GMR. Maldives government had scrapped the agreement
with GMR on the first of this month, saying that the agree-
ment was not in the interest of the country. Singapore
Supreme Court had upheld the right of Maldives to termi-
nate the 25 year contract. Officials said that there will be a
three-week transition period beginning yesterday at the end
of which GMR will stop operating contd on page 2
FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS EXTRA
EXPENDITURE OF RS 32,120
CRORE
JINDAL EXTORTION CASE:
POLICE QUESTION ZEE CHAIRMAN
SUBHASH CHANDRA
US EXTENDS EXEMPTIONS
FOR INDIA,CHINA TO IRAN
OIL SANCTIONS
Key role for India in
climate tech transfer
I
ndia has acquired a key
role in technology trans-
fer for combating cli-
mate change after the coun-
try took a lead role in an
agreement for a mechanism
on transferring of expertise
to developing countries.
Technology Information,
Forecasting and Assessment
Council contd on page 2
Five EU nations pledge
availability of funds
A
glimmer of hope
for a breakthrough
at Doha, where
nearly 200 countries are
negotiating a global
response to climate change,
were raised when five
European countries stepped
up to announce availability
of funds to the tune of near-
ly $7.86 contd on page 2
Farooq urges party colleagues to
gear up for the 2014 elections
Farooq Abdullah,Union Minister for new and renewable energy
along with party colleagues at party headquarter,Jammu.
Kashmir Valley reels under fresh
snowfall in upper reaches
Page 1_Bali_Bali.qxd 12/11/2012 12:48 PM Page 1
FDI in retail ....
Mission that our government
launched in the year 2007 aimed
at increasing production of wheat,
rice and pulses by providing better
access to high quality seeds and
other inputs at subsidized prices
as well as creating awareness
about improved production prac-
tices. These efforts are yielding
positive results," he said.
During the convocation, PAU
Chancellor and Punjab Governor
Shivraj Patil conferred the degrees
of doctor of science (honoris
causa) on Manmohan Singh.
Ludhiana is some 100 km from
Chandigarh.
Karnataka minister ....
was announced by Chief Minister
Jagadish Shettar and state
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief
K.S. Eshwarappa. Eshwarappa
said steps were being taken to get
Basavaraj suspended from the
Lok Sabha too. The action comes
a day ahead of Yeddyurappa
launching his own outfit,
Karnataka Janata Party, Sunday.
He had quit the BJP Nov 30.
Railways plan ....
17 next year. They said, fog-safe
devices have been provided to
loco running staff on trial basis to
ensure absolute safety in train
operations. Train Protection
Warning System (TPWS) modifi-
cation has been completed in 17
locomotives and emergency stop
buttons have also been fitted in
107 locomotives. Railways will
also deploy medical teams with
ambulances at important stations
during this time.
Haryana to....
of 2,000 MW of hydel power is
very significant step for making
the state free of any power short-
age in the coming days. Senior
officers of power utilities depart-
ment would be part of this high-
level delegation to Bhutan," said
Haryana Power Minister Ajay
Singh Yadav.
"Coal based power plants are
operational in the state, but keep-
ing in view the limited resources
and increasing rate of power, other
alternatives of power generation
needed to be sought to meet
increasing future demands. Hydel
power is available at cheaper rates
as compared to coal-based power
plants," he added.
However, Haryana has already
started working in this direction as
senior officers of power utilities
department had visited Bhutan
and interacted with their officials.
Yadav said that the rates of the
power would be as per the MoU
(Memorandum of Understanding)
that would be signed between the
two countries during Hooda's
visit.
If this MoU is successfully
signed then it would help to
ensure uninterrupted power sup-
ply of 14 to 20 hours to the rural
consumers in the state. Besides,
Haryana government is also
exploring the possibilities of pur-
chasing hydel power from
Arunachal Pradesh in the future.
Hamas chief....
in the Zeitun neighbourhood
before heading to the house of
Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin, who was assassinated by
Israel in 2004.
Hamas marks its official
anniversary on December 14, but
celebrations begin on Saturday
with a major rally at which
Meshaal is expected to speak.
His trip comes just two weeks
after an Egyptian-brokered truce
ended eight days of bloodshed
which left 174 Palestinians dead,
more than 100 of them civilians,
as well as six Israelis -- four civil-
ians and two soldiers.
Israel said the visit proved
there was no blockade on Gaza.
"This visit by Meshaal, which
follows that of the Qatari emir and
the Egyptian prime minister and
other officials, proves there is no
Israeli blockade on Gaza," said
foreign ministry spokesman Yigal
Palmor, referring to a measure put
in place by Israel in 2006 but later
eased.
Maldives takes...
the airport. State media reports
that Maldivian Airport Company
Limited, which will run the air-
port, has agreed to retain all staff,
including Indian nationals, on the
same terms. Top GMR officials
had met with Maldives President
earlier in the day.
"Maldives Airport Company
Limited has taken over the opera-
tions of the Ibrahim Nassir
International Airport from GMR.
The transfer process was very
smooth and seamless," President
Mohamed Waheed's Press
Secretary Masood Imad said.
In a press release, on Friday,
the Indian infrastructure giant had
said, "we have been assured that
as a result of this takeover, all our
employees, suppliers and other
interested parties will not be put to
any inconvenience."
"GMIAL remains committed
to finding a suitable solution to
this situation. We are taking requi-
site steps to work out the compen-
sation receivable from the govern-
ment of Maldives, keeping in
mind the judgement of the afore-
mentioned court and the conces-
sion agreement dated June 28,
2010," the release added.
Five EU nations....
billion for 2013 and nearly the
same amount for the next year.
None of this is yet to make it to
an official document, a step that is
necessary to ensure that the coun-
tries can be held accountable to
their pledges. "We highly wel-
come the pledges that were made
by some of the countries, but we
think it has to be done within a
framework," said Pa Ousman
Jarju of Gambia, chair of the
group of least developed coun-
tries.
Despite these concerns, the
announcement is important, "it
gives a clarity and that will
strengthen the climate regime,"
explained Brazilian negotiator
AndreOdenbreit.
"On finance, we do have some
progress. I was briefed that six
countries made commitments, and
that they will mobilize resources
in the mid term. The volume and
scale of their contribution will no
less than their current levels," said
Xie Zhenhua, head of China's del-
egation to the conference and the
Vice Chairman of China's
National Development and
Reform Commission.
China is part of the BASIC
grouping of countries. Support
from the advanced developed
countries is key towards crafting a
successful outcome at Doha.
The Brazilian diplomat said
that the developing countries were
looking at the full period, of 2013
to 2020. "this period requires
more clarity in the financial sup-
port." The developing countries
have been pushing for a commit-
ment on climate finance to the
tune of $60 billion for the period
between 2013-15.
Clearly the pledged amount is
no where near this amount or what
is required. "I am not saying that
this is enough, but thank god
someone is doing something.
Others can also do it. At least we
are inching forward," Pa Ousman
Jarju said. The ministers of
Maldives and Switzerland have
been tasked by Qatar, which holds
the presidency of the current
round of negotiations, to help
arrive at consensus on the issue of
finance. "We welcome their
pledges as a constructive move.
These countries have agreed to
make the pledges even though
they are having a difficult eco-
nomic time, then why are the
other developed countries not
making a similar pledge?" asked
Xie Zhenhua.
Key role for....
( TIFAC), an autonomous
organization under the
Department of Science &
Technology, has been selected as
one of the nine institutions com-
prising the Climate Technology
Centre and Network, which forms
the core of the technology mecha-
nism.
The mechanism, agreed 20
years after it was first proposed,
brings some cheer to the UN-
sponsored climate negotiations at
Doha, where talks have been
blocked by sharp differences
between developing and industri-
alized countries.
India has had a lead role in
helping formulate and forge this
deal on the technology transfer
and development mechanism. The
technology transfer and develop-
ment mechanism has been envis-
aged as a global partnership
between the developed and devel-
oping worlds in the effort to deal
with climate change.
Technology is a key pillar of an
agreement on climate change and
is central to any balanced out-
come. It is crucial as developing
countries, particularly the more
vulnerable and less developed, do
not have the financial or technical
wherewithal to develop technolo-
gies that are necessary to deal with
the adverse impacts of climate
change. The mechanism was
expected to have been in place last
year. However, there were differ-
ences over the composition of the
advisory board of the climate
technology centre and network,
the relationship between the
financial and technology mecha-
nism, and the relationship
between the technology executive
centre and climate technology
centres.
FDI in Retail will....
Business Council (USIBC),
made up some 400 top US compa-
nies seeking better commercial
ties with India, has also applauded
the measure. "The new law will
usher in much needed investments
and expertise into supply chain
development that can more effi-
ciently link farmers directly to
markets, thus minimising loss due
to inadequate storage and trans-
portation facilities," it said.
"We thank the UPA govern-
ment and supporting parties for
working together to pass this
important bill. It will modernise
India's retail sector and rein in
high levels of inflation" said Ron
Somers, USIBC President. "FDI
in multi-brand retail will support
the government's goal of achiev-
ing remunerative prices for farm-
ers, and will also increase quality
and choice for India's increasingly
sophisticated consumer base."
Recognizing that it will be up
to individual states to implement
this big bang reform, USIBC is
keen to work with progressive
state governments including Uttar
Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh, Punjab, and Bihar, and in
2013, will lead many of its 350
member companies to visit these
states, he said.
India to give....
economies agreed to increase
the resources available to the IMF
by up to $500 billion (which
would triple the total pre-crisis
lending resources of about $250
billion) to support growth in
emerging market and developing
countries, according to IMF.
IMF said this broad goal was
endorsed by the International
Monetary and Financial
Committee (IMFC) in its April 25,
2009 communique . The increase
was made in two steps: First,
through bilateral financing from
IMF member countries ; Second,
by incorporating this financing
into an expanded and more flexi-
ble NAB. On September 25, 2009
the G-20 announced it had deliv-
ered on its promise to contribute
over $500 billion to a renewed
and expanded NAB, according to
the IMF website.
Currently, the fund has sixteen
active bilateral loan agreements
worth about $200 billion and two
active bilateral note purchase
agreements for about $60 billion.
For NAB participants with bilater-
al credit lines, these credit lines do
not add to the total resources
available to the Fund under their
NAB credit arrangements , it said.
Developing and....
for loss and damage.
The United States, European
Union and Norway remain
opposed to the idea of an institu-
tional mechanism. A senior nego-
tiator from Barbados said, "they,
the US, EU and Norway, are all
opposed to the mechanism."
Of the three countries, the
United States is the most vehe-
mently opposed to the idea of loss
and damage, as it is concerned
that it will become a liability
issue.
In Washington's view the issue
should be dealt with as part of
adaptation. US deputy Special
Envoy for Climate Change
Jonathan Pershing has maintained
that "the US doesn't see a liability
based impact approach, the effort
should be on reducing and manag-
ing risks of climate change.",
describing the demand by the
developing countries as being
akin to affixing liability.
What is clear is that US is very
keen to block any move towards
setting up an institution mecha-
nism-both Pershing and US
Special Envoy Todd Stern were at
the breakaway meet with Minister
Molewa.
Norway, which has also
opposed the proposal by the
developing countries, has put for-
ward a proposal of its own. The
Norwegians have proposed an
"institutional arrangement" by
next year.
It will review the gaps in exist-
ing institutional arrangements ,
call for an experts' meet on future
needs and put together a technical
paper on non-economic needs.
The developing countries think
the Norwegian proposal is not
good enough. "The Norwegian
proposal is really one about talk-
ing and discussing loss and dam-
age. We have been doing that for
two years now. At this point, this
is not an acceptable proposal," A
senior negotiator from Bolivia
said. Sources indicated that the
European Union was working on
"tougher" language on loss and
damage in a bid to reach out to the
vulnerable developing countries.
Though the 27 member group is
yet to put forward any proposal
for consideration.
"The EU is being quiet, they
haven't said anything new," the
Bolivian negotiator said. The EU
has till now maintained that there
should be more discussion on the
subject.
For the vulnerable developing
countries, loss and damage is their
last stand issue at the ongoing cli-
mate change negotiations, espe-
cially as it is clear that developed
countries are neither going to take
on higher emission reduction tar-
gets nor provide predictable and
adequate finance in the period up
to 2020.
Kashmir Valley....
in frontier region of Ladakh
was the coldest place in the state
with a low of minus 8.8 degrees
Celsius despite an improvement
of five degrees over the past cou-
ple of days.
Kargil was freezing at minus
5.4 degrees Celsius, the
spokesman said.
Farooq urges...
Dr. Abdullah said the National
Conference - Congress coalition
has got strengthened by the recent
polls and it should be the endeav-
our of both the parties to get
stronger and the bond should per-
colate to the grassroot.
The working president of the
National Conference and Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah while
congratulating the winning candi-
dates termed it as the party's victo-
ry and coalition's victory. He said
2013 should be the year of consol-
idation and all efforts should be
made to take proactive measures
which will benefit the party and
strengthen the coalition as well
and address the aspirations of the
people in a focused organized
manner in the run-up to the elec-
tions
He urged the Ministers and the
Legislators to extensively tour far
flung areas of the state, listen to
the grievances of the people and
ensure their redressal to their sat-
isfaction.
The party in its Working
Committee unanimously
resolved:-
1) that India and Pakistan
must enter into a sustained dia-
logue and find a permanent solu-
tion to the Kashmir imbroglio
which is acceptable to all the stake
holders and can lead to a lasting
peace in the region.
2) that the restoration of the
autonomy continues to be the bed
rock of the National Conference's
policy and agenda.
3) that the state must contin-
ue its efforts with the Government
of India for the revocation of the
AFSPAin a phased manner.
4) that the party appreciates
the state government who with the
support of the Union Government
has been able to bring peace and
normalcy in the state which has
accelerated the pace of develop-
ment in the state as also improved
the economy thereby increasing
the per-capita income.
5) that the party advised that
the state government should
impress upon the Government of
India to take up with the govern-
ment of Pakistan the issue of
streamlining of trade across the
LoC where in barter system
should be replaced by the system
of cash transfer.
6) the party appreciates the
measures taken by the govern-
ment to bring accountability,
transparency and efficiency in the
governance by implementing the
Right to Information Act, the
reconstitution of the State
Accountability Commission, the
promulgation of the Public
Service Guarantee Act and urged
the government to constitute the
State Vigilance Commission at the
earliest.
7) that the state government
should take up with the Union
Government the issue of opening
of Jammu-Sialkot road, Nowshera
Changer-Mirpur road, Kargil-
Skardu road and Mendhar
Tattapani road.
8) that the state government
should implement the report on
the creation of new administrative
units in the state.
9) that the party appreciates
the state government for its accel-
erated employment initiatives in
particular the SKEWPYbut urged
it to come out with a special
recruitment drive to give further
boost to employment to the edu-
cated unemployed youth of the
state.
10) that the state
government should take initiatives
to promote tourism infrastructure
in the private sector by announc-
ing some fresh incentive packages
particularly for the Hoteliers,
Shikarawalas and Taxi Operators
in view of the increasing tourist
traffic.
11) that the party
appreciates the state government
for the initiatives taken by it in
power generation and improving
the power distribution in the state
and urged the government to
employ locals in the new power
projects.
12) that the party
appreciates the state government
for implementing the 6th pay
commission and paying the
arrears to the employees and
urged the government to look into
their other demands sympatheti-
cally.
13) that the party
appreciates the state government
for devising a policy for the regu-
larization of daily wagers and
urged the government to fast track
the process of regularization.
14) that the party
appreciates the state government
for holding the elections to the
Panchayati Raj after three decades
and urged the government to take
following steps to strengthen the
Panchayati Raj system in the state
:-
i) Strengthening of
the J&K Panchayati Raj Act.
ii) Provide honorar-
ium and sitting fee to the
Panchayati representatives.
iii) Adequate transfer
of funds to the Panchayati Raj
Institutions, commensurate with
the functions transferred to them.
iv) Constitution of
Panchayati Adalats.
v) Acomprehensive
life insurance policy for the elect-
ed representatives as a means of
social security.
vi) Providing of ade-
quate supporting staff to Halqa
panchayats in order to equip them
for delivering the functions so
devolved in a smooth manner
vii) Providing of ade-
quate infrastructure to the Halqa
panchayats
viii) Establishing of full
fledged training institutes at the
provincial level for capacity
building of the PRI's in order to
provide result oriented trainings to
the elected representatives.
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NEW DELHI: India's high-
est decision making body on
defence matters, the Cabinet
Committee on Security
(CCS), has cleared the Indian
Navy's plans to embark on a
$2-billion major expansion
of the strategic Karwar naval
base in the southern state of
Karnataka where a host of
warships, submarines and the
refurbished carrier INS
Vikramaditya will be
berthed.
At its meeting held here
under the chairmanship of
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, the plans got the nec-
essary nod, senior Indian
Navy officers said here.
The expansion of Karwar
naval base will be carried out
under Project Seabird Phase
2A, which will entail con-
struction of facilities to berth
India's key aircraft carriers
including the Indigenous
Aircraft Carrier and its fol-
low-on.
The Indian Navy indicat-
ed that after the completion
of Project Seabird Phase 2A
by 2017-18, around 30 major
warships will be based at
Karwar. To begin with,
Indian Navy will deploy the
refurbished Admiral
Gorshkov (INS
Vikramaditya), Scorpene
submarines and a number of
surface ships at the base. In
addition, a Naval Air Station
will be established there for
deploying fixed and rotary
wing ship-based military air-
craft. The eventual aim is to
base 50 major warships at
Karwar after Phase-2B is
completed.
The Project Seabird has
been a victim of various
delays and cost-overruns
since it was conceived in
1985. The first Phase of the
expansion was completed at a
cost of roughly $584.25 mil-
lion in 2005-06 enabling the
Navy to base more than 15
warships at Karwar. Despite
a slow start, India has man-
aged to pull the project
through with the main inten-
tion of decongesting naval
dockyards at Mumbai.
The Karwar naval base is
India's third major naval base
after Mumbai and
Visakhapatnam on the east
coast. Unlike Mumbai or
Vizag base, Karwar is the
only naval base in India
exclusively available to
Indian Navy. The expansion
of the naval base will turn
Karwar into the largest
Defence zone, not only in
India, but also in Asia.
Considered as India's third
largest naval base, the
Karwar Naval Base has also
been considered the perfect
place to initiate submarine
operations due to its depth of
water.
The Karwar base will aid
the navy's blue-water opera-
tions in the Indian Ocean
region and provide Indian
Navy with the much-needed
operational flexibility and
strategic advantage. Besides,
the naval base will protect the
country's Arabian Sea mar-
itime routes.
The base is also valuable
for its location and its ability
to move beyond the funda-
mental capacity and security
limitations of India's other
two naval base.
NEW DELHI: With the India's
Cabinet Committee on Security
(CCS) clearing the proposal, the
Indian Army will raise by 2015 a
new 900-man Sikkim Scouts bat-
talion, primarily to guard the 200-
km border with Tibet along the
Himalayan state at a cost of $600
million.
The Sikkim Scouts will be on
the lines of Ladakh Scouts, raised
in 1973 in Jammu and Kashmir,
for mountain warfare.
The force, to be deployed in the
high altitudes of Sikkim, will draw
its manpower from the eligible
youth of the 540,000 population of
the state. The census lists about 60
per cent of the state's population as
youth less than 24 years of age.
"The Sikkim Scouts will guard
some key passes and sectors in the
mountainous areas of the state,
apart from routes of ingress and
egress," a senior Indian Army offi-
cer said. As sons of the soil, the
youth of Sikkim will fight to pro-
tect their land with much vigour,
and it is an advantage that they
have good knowledge of the ter-
rain, adapt to weather and environ-
ment quickly. "This will aid in bet-
ter border management," the offi-
cer said, noting that it is a good
employment opportunity to the
state's youth.
India's focus on raising such
localised units around the 4,057-
km Line of Actual Control with
China is a good strategy from its
defence point of view.
The first of the five Ladakh
Scouts units in Jammu and
Kashmir was raised in 1973. It has
also raised a Dogra unit in Jammu
and Kashmir, a Kumaon and
Garhwal unit in Uttarakhand and
two Arunachal Scouts units in
Arunachal Pradesh.
The Ladakh Scouts units are
affiliated to the Jammu and
Kashmir Rifles.
Karwar Naval Base Phase-2 Gets CCS Nod
Sikkim Scouts to battalion, Be Raised By 2015
Three accused in UK
court over stabbing
of Lt Gen Brar
LONDON: Three men appeared in a British court
on Friday in connection with the attack on Lt Gen
(retd) Kuldip Singh Brar, the hero of the 1984
Operation Bluestar, and have been ordered to
remain in custody.
Barjinder Singh Sangha, 33, Mandeep Singh
Sandhu, 34, and Dilbag Singh, 36, briefly appeared
in Southwark Crown Court in London today, the
media here reported. The suspects will appear in
court again on January 18. They have been charged
with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily
harm on the retired Indian army officer. Sangha has
also been charged with common assault of Meena
Brar, wife of Lt Gen Brar. Brar, 78, who had led
'Operation Blue Star' in 1984 to flush out pro-
Khalistan militants from the Golden Temple, was
on a private visit here when he was attacked on
September 30 by a gang of four people, suspected
to be Khalistan sympathisers, while he was return-
ing to his hotel with his wife.
He suffered a wound on his neck and cheek but
his wife was not injured in the attack. He was taken
to a hospital and later discharged.
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NEWS IN BOX
Free check up & surgical
camp on Dec 12 &13
UDHAMPUR, DEC 08: Rotary Eye and ENT Hospital
Udhampur and Rotary Club Udhampur in collaboration with
Sewa-II Power Station Bani is organizing a free Eye check
up and surgical camp at Sub District Hospital Bani, district
Kathua on December 12 and 13. The main objective of the
camp is to screen the patients suffering from various eye ail-
ments. Free check up will be done by the expert Ophthalmic
Surgeon of Rotary Eye & ENT Hospital Udhampur.
Patients suffering from any type of eye ailments can visit
Sub District Hospital Bani to avail the golden opportunity at
their door step between 10AM to 2PM.
Patients selected for cataract surgery will be operated at
Sub District Hospital Bani. The patients will be screened on
December 12, 2012 and cataract surgery with IOL will be
performed on December 13, 2012.
NYK invites applications for award
UDHAMPUR, DEC 08: Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK)
Udhampur Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (GOI) has
invited applications from the registered Youth Clubs, Mahila
Mandals of district Udhampur for giving District Youth
Club Awards to outstanding Youth Clubs and Mahila
Mandals for the year 2012-13.
According to District Coordinator, Nehru Yuva Kendra
Udhampur, the activity period for considering of awards will
be from 31st April, 2010 to till date. The awards amounting
to Rs. 10,000 will be given to the Youth Clubs and Mahila
Mandal selected by the District level Selection Committee as
per the norms laid down in the guidelines.
The award will be given to such Youth Clubs and Mahila
Mandals who have demonstrably excelled in youth works in
different fields of development and done activities on litera-
cy, women empowerment, eradication of dowry, un-touchi-
bility, afforestation, health and family welfare besides taking
up of social campaigns, awareness drives on issues of local
and national importance in coordination with different agen-
cies and departments at different levels. The Youth clubs
must be registered under the society registration act 1860 or
corresponding act of the state. The last date for receipt of
application is December, 20, 2012.
Mir available at Winter Secretariat
Srinagar from Dec 10
SRINAGAR, DEC 08: To address the grievances of the
people and to interact with them, Minister for Agriculture,
Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir shall be available in the Winter
Secretariat, Srinagar from December 10 to 14, 2012 at 11
a.m.
Power shutdown
JAMMU, DEC 08: In order to carry out the erection of
gantry structure at 33/11 KV R. Stn. Chatta, the power sup-
ply to Chatta, Bhour Camp, Old Satwari, Khandwal, Hakkal
and its adjoining areas shall remain affected on December 10
to 13, 2012 from 9 a m to 4 p m.
Meanwhile for carrying out the work of insertion of poles
in 66 KV Palli-Nagari tap line and embedding of guy rods
near Receiving Station Palli, the power supply to Nanan,
Palli, Barnoti, Nagri etc and its adjoining areas of 66 KV
Changran feeder emanating from 120 MVA, 132/66 KVGrid
Station, Kathua shall also remain affected on December 10,
2012 from 10 a m to 2 p m.
Similarly for carrying out the branch cutting of trees com-
ing under the line corridor of 66 KV Hatli village line and
tightening of its jumpers to avoid unnecessary trippings, the
power supply to Hatli Village and its adjoining areas emanat-
ing from 120 MVA, 132/66 KV Grid Station Kathua shall
remain affected on December 09, 2012 from 9 a m to 1 p m.
The shutdown is subject to fair weather conditions.
DPC Doda approves
supplementary BRGF plan
DODA, DEC 08:District Planning Committee (DPC) Doda,
which met here today under the chairmanship of District
Development Commissioner, Doda Mr. Farooq Ahmed Khan
approved the supplementary annual plan of Rs. 291.66 lakh
for the District under Backward Region Grants Fund
(BRGF) for the year 2012-13.
Chief Planning Officer, Dr. Yassir Balwan, Assistant
Commissioner Development, K.L Sharma, Chief Education
Officer, M.ARather, District Social Welfare Officer, Rakesh
Kumar besides XEn PHE, XEn PWD (R&B), Xen Irrigation,
Xen PDD and other district officers also attended the meet-
ing. The DDC asked the officers to work with added zeal and
dedication to further improve and strengthen time bound
completion of developmental activities in the district. He
directed the officers to focus on the completion of ongoing
works in the District .
Div Com for time bound
widening of National Highway
SRINAGAR, DEC 08: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir,
Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon Saturday stressed upon the con-
cerned officers to ensure timely disposal of land acquisition
and other revenue related cases for widening project of
National Highway. The Divisional Commissioner was
addressing a high level meeting convened here today to
review the pace of progress of the prestigious project.
Among others, the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag,
Kupwara and Budgam, Additional District Development
Commissioners of Baramulla, Shopian, Bandipora and
Pulwama, besides Assistant Commissioner Revenue,
Kulgam, Pulwama, Kupwara and Shopian, Sub Divisional
Magistrate, Sopore and other concerned officers attended the
meeting. Threadbare discussions were held regarding the
land acquisition for widening of road at Lasjan and Pantha
Chowk-Zewan and about the issues pertaining to removal of
bottlenecks for the widening of the said road length.
Nano Nagle Folk Dance Festival 'UMANG' organized
JAMMU, DEC 08:
Presentation Convent Senior
Secondary School once
again provided a platform to
budding talent as it organ-
ized the Nano Nagle Inter
School Folk Dance Festival
'UMANG' here today in the
school auditorium.
On the occasion,
Inspector General of Police,
Jammu, Dilbag Singh was
the chief guest and Joint
Director Information
Jammu, Soujanya Sharma
was the guest of honour.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the chief guest appreci-
ated the efforts of school
management for providing a
platform to budding talent.
He said that these activities
bring all-round development
of the students.
The talented participants
from various educational
institutions showcased their
talent and mesmerized the
audience with their graceful
dance moves. It was a feast
for the eyes as the partici-
pants brought alive the rich,
traditional India in front of
the audience.
The event was judged by
the veterans in this genre-
Ms. Kusam Tikoo, Producer,
Director, Choreographer;
Ms. Anuradha Seth Kohli, an
exemplary Vathak dancer of
national repute and Ms.
Romila Guleria, HOD,
Deptt. Of Music, GCW,
Parade.
The Rolling Trophy was
bagged by Presentation
Convent Senior Sec School
while second and third posi-
tions went to Army Public
School Domana and M. V.
International School respec-
tively.
The schools which partic-
ipated in the dance competi-
tion include Carmel Convent
School, Tiny Tots, K. C.
Public School, Banyan
International School,
Alexander Memorial
School, APS Domana, JK
Police Public School, APS
Akhnoor, Presentation
Convent Sr. Secondary
School, Model Academy, JK
Public School, SOS HGS, M
V International school.
JAMMU, DEC 08: An
Interactive Session on
Peaceful Resolution of
Jammu & Kashmir organized
by J&K Forum for Peace and
Reconcilation and J&K
National Peoples Party (Unit
of APHC) at the Press Club of
Jammu on Saturday, 8th of
December, 2012.
Senior All Party Hurriyat
Conference (APHC) leader
Mr. Syed Saleem Geelani,
besides Mr. Jatinder Bakshi,
were present at the Interactive
Session. Both Mr. Geelani and
Mr. Bakshi stressed it was
important that all outstanding
issues between India and
Pakistan, including Jammu &
Kashmir, be resolved at the
earliest in a peaceful manner
through dialogue process.
They expressed happiness
that India-Pakistan dialogue
process, including with refer-
ence to the resolution of
Jammu & Kashmir problem,
is making steady progress.
Mr. Geelani said it is good that
in this process, new begin-
nings have been made and
both the governments appear
to be keen to take the dialogue
process forward.
Mr. Geelani stressed that it
was important to get inputs
and feedback from the Civil
Society and the Intellectuals
for the resolution of the
Jammu & Kashmir problem.
The Interactive Session has
been organized specially to
reach out to these sections in
Jammu. Cross-LOC trade
between the two parts of
Jammu & Kashmir has been
an important component of
the ongoing peace and dia-
logue process. It is important
that the civil society and the
intellectuals work together to
analyse the benefits that have
accrued to the two sides and
the people of Jammu &
Kashmir who are at the centre
of it all.
Mr. Geelani said that facil-
ities for cross-LOC travel for
common people should be
improved. This will help
enhance travel by the people
which will lead to more peo-
ple from one side traveling to
the other and vice-versa. On
this also, he sought the inputs
from the people who had gath-
ered on the occasion.
Mr. Geelani said that
APHC Chairman Mirwaiz
Moulvi Umar Farooq is going
to Pakistan in the near future.
This inputs from the civil
society and intellectuals of
Jammu & Kashmir will help
and that is why they are
important. He said APHC
wanted to promote love,
peace, brotherhood and end
hatred among the communi-
ties and different people.
He said that ending misun-
derstanding among the differ-
ent regions of the State so that
a peaceful resolution of the
long standing problem of
Jammu & Kashmir can be
achieved is important.
He said improving the
atmosphere for enhancing
brotherhood, amity and under-
standing among the people is
of utmost importance.
Mr. Geelani said that he
had meet several Kashmiri
pundits and they have
demanded that they should be
allowed to visit Shardha Peeth
located in the Neelam Valley,
besides other religious places.
Mr. Bakshi said that during
his visit to Pakistan, many
people expressed the desire to
visit Jammu & Kashmir so
that they could visit the reli-
gious places here. Mr. Geelani
said that the APHC is very
keen that the Kashmiri
Pandits return to the Kashmir
Valley. He said that they will
do all to help facilitate the
return of the KPs, adding the
Kashmir society was incom-
plete without them.
Interactive Session on Peaceful Resolution of J&K
Activists of J&K Peace and Reconciliation and J&K National Peoples party during interactive
section on peaceful resolution of J&K at Press Club, Jammu.
IGP Jammu, Dilbag Singh along with other participants from various educational institutions during
Nano Nagle Inter School Folk Dance Festival 'UMANG' at Jammu.
Holiday on Sher-e-Kashmir
birth anniversary
JAMMU, DEC 8: Taking
strong exception to the brazen
violation of government orders
to observe holiday on the birth
anniversary of Sher-e-Kashmir
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah,
the National Secular Forum
(NSF) today demanded strict
action against all government
as well as private educational
institutions which remained
functional on Dec 5.
Addressing the media per-
sons here, Narinder Singh,
District president NSF said
that it was a brazen violation
by some private as well as
government educational insti-
tutions that they didn't
announce holiday on
December 5 when the entire
state was celebrating the birth
anniversary of Sher-e-Kashmir
and former Chief Minister of
the state Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah.
"The University of Jammu
had also conducted examina-
tions and Personal Conduct
Programme (PCP) classes on
December 5 despite the fact
that there was a holiday. Apart
from several private educa-
tional institutions were func-
tional and the education
department remained a specta-
tor to it," Singh said. The NSF
leader regretted that the gov-
ernment as well as private
institutions didn't honour the
tallest leader of the state who
worked for the welfare of all
sections of the society particu-
larly farmers.
"We demand that the state
higher and school education
departments should hold
inquiry into it and take legal
action against all education
institutions, including Jammu
University for defying the offi-
cial orders. The officials con-
cerned should be penalized so
that nobody dares to violate
government directive in near
future," Singh said.
Kerala's e-toilets,
treatment plants to
help sanitise Kashmir
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec
8 : An e-toilet manufacturer
from Kerala will install four
sewage treatment plants in
Jammu and Kashmir and two
customised toilets - one at
4,000 feeet at the Affarwat
Peak and the other at the Dal
Lake, the company said
Saturday.
Eram Scientific Solutions,
based here, has customised
the toilets according to
Kashmir's geography and
sub-zero climate.
Kerala Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy will
Monday flag-off the vehicle
loaded with the e-toilets and
treatment plants' equipment.
Jammu and Kashmir's
tourism director had earlier
this year asked Eram to
design customised e-toilets
which can function in the
state's extremely cold climate.
The modified features of
the toilets include insulation
of the mechanical structure
with high density thermocol
and polyform insulated water
tanks to prevent freezing.
They also have anti-freeze
solution mixed water for
flushing and floor washing,
temperature-controlled water
heater in plumbing line of
faucet to provide mild hot
water, temperature controlled
room heater besides aero-tape
insulations in all plumbing
lines.
The e-toilet is a conver-
gence of web and mobile and
electronics technologies and
has automated door opening,
power flushing, automatic
closet washing and sterilisa-
tion, and automatic platform
cleaning mechanism, all
backed by SMS alerts to
inform the control room about
the status of water tank and
biogas plant in the event of
errors.
AKHNOOR, DEC 08:
Minister for Health & Family
Welfare Mr. Sham Lal
Sharma today said that
Coalition Government was
committed to empower the
Panchayati Raj Institutions
(PRIs) appropriately, for
which the process has already
been set in motion.
Addressing a large gather-
ing of Sarpanches and
Panches at Akhnoor today, the
Minister said that PRIs are
real ground level democratic
institutions responsible for
local area development and
Government is keen to further
strengthen them. He
expressed his gratitude for
extending whole hearted sup-
port to ensure the victory of
Coalition candidates in the
recently held elections,
adding that it shows the unity
of purpose among Sarpanches
and Panches and it is the vic-
tory of common man. He
stressed for maintaining the
same spirit and enthusiasm,
towards strengthening the
Coalition Government for
overall development of all
three regions of the State.
Urging Sarpanches and
Panches to play their crucial
role of supervising and moni-
toring the functioning of
Government institutions,
Sham said that Government
has issued instructions to all
departments to ensure active
involvement of the elected
representatives in formulation
of development plans. He
directed SDM, Akhnoor to
convene monthly meeting of
all sectoral officers,
Sarpanches and Panches to
ensure close coordination
between administration and
PRIs for achieving common
objectives.
Earlier, the Minister visit-
ed Government Boys Higher
Secondary School and Degree
College Akhnoor to take stock
of functioning and activities
in the institutions with direc-
tions to undertake immediate
repair and renovation work in
the existing infrastructure and
ensure better services and
facilities are provided to the
students. The minister also
interacted with the staff mem-
bers and students during his
visit. He asked the students to
take studies seriously and par-
ticipate in other co-curricular
activities and bring laurels to
the town.
JAMMU, DEC 8 : To
review day to day working
and have a firsthand experi-
ence of the way public griev-
ances are addressed, Deputy
Chief Minister Mr. Tara
Chand today took surprise
marathon tour of different
offices of Housing and Urban
Development Department.
During the day long tour,
offices of Jammu Municipal
Corporation, Housing Board,
Jammu Development
Authority and Directorate of
Urban Local Bodies were
inspected.
Stressing on time bound
redressal of grievances, Mr.
Tara Chand said addressing
public complaints and clear-
ing files of different nature
should be prime duty of the
officers and staff members.
He said mechanism has been
put in place for time bound
disposal of cases in offices
working under the
Department.
He said due publicity
should be given to different
online services offered for
the convenience of citizens
and each office should keep a
display board for giving
information to public about
the various projects and
activities of the office.
"Online portal of
H&UDD department is a
giant leap forward in the
direction of attending public
grievances in an effective
manner and people can now
avail a host of services
through it in a transparent
manner," he added.
Vice-Chairman, JDA Mrs.
Sarita Chouhan accompanied
the tour.
While reviewing working
of e-governance office of
JMC, the Deputy Chief
Minister expressed his dis-
pleasure on slow response of
the office toward different
services being provided
online adding that, real aim
of implementing online serv-
ices is to give a time bound
delivery of different services.
"We are committed to pro-
vide quality municipal serv-
ices and this can only be pos-
sible if officers as well as
staff become more respon-
sive to the demands of public
and come up to the expecta-
tions of city inhabitants," he
remarked.
Responding to the
demands of contractors of the
JMC, he said genuine issues
would be considered on pri-
ority.
During the inspection of
building permission section,
directions were issued for
prompt and time bound clear-
ance of cases which come up
for permission and status of
different building cases was
also reviewed. The staff was
directed to be vigilant while
issue permissions and only
those cases which fulfill
norms should get the permis-
sion.
Mr. Tara Chand while
inspecting office of the
Housing Board took keen
interest in working of differ-
ent sections and took a
detailed assessment of cases
being processed in the office.
He called upon the staff to
work with zeal and dedica-
tion and attend to their duties
with utmost sincerity.
At JDAoffice, the Deputy
Chief Minister inspected the
computerization of records
and reviewed status of differ-
ent cases.
While inspecting
Directorate of Urban Local
Bodies, Mr. Tara Chand said
that strict action would be
taken against those employ-
ees who are not punctual and
show laxity while performing
their duties. He said presti-
gious urban development
projects have been launched
and time bound completion is
very critical and those found
shirking from his duty would
be taken to task.
Later, while inspecting
progress at Sunjwan BSUP
project, the deputy chief min-
ister showed dissatisfaction
and directed the concerned
officers to speed up the pace
of work so that the project
gets completed within the its
time frame.
He said the project is
already running behind time
schedule and now efforts
should be redoubled for its
early completion.
Sham expresses gratitude to Panches for
overwhelming support in Council election
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STATE WATCH
By P. V. Swati:
W
omen's subordination is
not only due to male
domination but also due
to the basic economic and political
structures of society which again
are reinforced by the same male
domination. The essentially patriar-
chal state structure in the Indian
context and in fact in most Third
world countries was to some extent
influenced by their colonial past
which shaped the nature of the
independent states they eventually
culminated into. But in this context,
neither male domination nor impe-
rialism alone accounts for women's
subordination, but both act upon the
gender division, and are linked in
perpetuating women's oppression.
The impact of foreign domination is
an important factor in women's sub-
ordination, historically and in the
present. Adding on to this, women
who participated in the national
struggle were conditioned to sub-
sume all their concerns under the
national issues and it was not easy
for them to raise their issues when
the task of new nation-building
with comprehensive planning was
undertaken.
But, as it is evident even in the
independent India, challenging the
patriarchal ethos of the society has
never been the agenda of the state
itself. The gap between Nehru's
vision of modern and just India, and
the reality of women's continuing
subordination could possibly have
been explained if the planners,
along with Nehru, had no access to
any systematic information on the
position of women in the social and
economic system. However, this
was not the case. Even before inde-
pendence, there had been serious
efforts to collate the available infor-
mation on women's position in
India to recommend some measures
for rapid change. Various studies
were available documenting the
same. Their invisibility was clearly
more an outcome of the ideology
governing public policy relating to
women. Hence, women were
noticeably absent from the discus-
sions of development theory.
The recommendations of the
document entitled 'Women's Role in
Planned Economy' had been pre-
pared for the Congress Party in late
1930s were well in purview of
Nehru. The WRPE report clearly
indicated that women's main
oppressors were the patriarchal
powers within the household, the
society and the economy.
In 1940 the National Planning
Commission (NCP) however signif-
icantly diluted the stance WPRE
had taken in their report in its influ-
ence on policy formulation regard-
ing women in independent India.
Thus, pre-independence stirrings of
a demand for women's economic
independence were effectively
silenced. The WRPE had envi-
sioned women being recognised as
workers in their own rights, earning
their own independent incomes; but
the initial legislative policies as
well as actual trends in the econo-
my indicated that they were being
further pressurised into becoming
subservient creatures of the house-
holds. Thus, as Ritu Dhawan states,
from its very inception the main-
stream Indian political economy
has been essentially abstract and
insensitive to gender inequality.
The official policies vis-a-vis
women in India's plans for develop-
ment continued to follow the
unproblematic tradition of regard-
ing them merely as targets for
household and motherhood-orient-
ed welfare services. The lack of
concern on the part of the planners
no doubt contributed to the further
deterioration in women's economic
position. Even the few changes that
took place in specifics sections of
the economy mainly went to re-
affirm women's continued subordi-
nation.
One of the elements that led to
the continued subordination of
women was that in the early
decades of planning in independent
India they were only looked at as
components of development. It was
simply assumed that the develop-
ment process with enable the trick-
ing down the benefits of growth and
it will eventually benefit women.
Thus, there was no effort to address
these continued inequalities of gen-
der. The inadequate presence of
women at the decision-making lev-
els and in the political bodies was a
result of it.
There was a singular lack of
appreciation of women's special
needs in governmental policies. In
the First Five-Year Plan, it was
under social welfare that 'women
welfare' has been specially dis-
cussed but was left to voluntary
organisations. Following this in the
Second Five-Year Plan women did
not even figure under social welfare
programmes, but figure only under
Central Social Welfare Board
Schemes/Services. The Third Five-
Year Plan went only as far as to pro-
mote education for girl child and
Maternal and Child Health (MCH).
On the whole, in the social sec-
tor there are allocations and pro-
grammes in which women are
either presumed to be beneficiaries
or there is a reference to their prob-
lems but no attempt to deal with
women's issues and concerns.
Instead, there is only inclusion of
some services and programmes
catering to certain identified prob-
lems. Five-Year Plans thus, laid
emphasis on providing services for
women which would protect them
as a weaker section of society and
the services constituted mainly
health, education and related wel-
fare activities. The welfare
approach ensured that the policy-
makers and planners felt safe as this
did not threaten patriarchal, feudal
structures and at the same time
enabled them to say that they were
looking after all weaker sections
including women.
A more effective measure would
have required penetrating analysis
into the household asymmetrical
division of labour and power, over-
crowding of women in low skill
jobs, roots of difference in the edu-
cational background and working
experience between the sexes and
continued different socialisation of
boys and girls. And this is what the
polity-makers did not want. They
clearly accepted the existing
unequal economic and social rela-
tions without questioning the 'why'
and 'how' of these relations. The
planners and policy-makers were
reluctant to question them though
these were contrary to the very con-
stitutional guarantee of social, eco-
nomic and political justice in the
Preamble and the Directive
Principle of State Policy. They dealt
with the specific problems of
women only through provisions of
welfare service. But, even in this
arrangement in times of financial
crisis welfare services were the first
to face cutbacks thus effecting
women the most. Thus, the welfare
policy approach and this low prior-
ity to women's programmes had
their origin in the basic ideology
which treated women as only a
weaker section, a housewife and a
mother and hence with the lowest
claim on public resources.
The development plans did not
take into account women and their
concerns till the Committee on the
Status of Women in India (CSWI)
report. But, the report could go only
as far as to enable public policy to
marginally incorporate women's
concerns.
Public policy addressing
women's concerns must take note of
the need to challenge the old tenets
of patriarchal society and also
address fundamental questions
about the nature of their inequality,
of exploitation and subordination
and of the type of social change
necessary to eliminate them. But,
the welfare policy as reflected in
the Five-Year Plans till date contin-
ue to be based on classifying and
treating women as a weaker group
needing special material assistance
to bring them up to level of others.
By 1970s, it was evident that the
state was in crisis. It had failed to
integrate a large section of the
Indian population into the political
process and to the benefits of eco-
nomic development, and it seemed
unlikely in the near future. It set
stage for rapid growth of the move-
ments. In the context, the CSWI
report helped in the formulation of
the voice and the revival of a new
and assertive movement.
The spur of the moment did lead
to new legislation regarding matters
concerning women workers,
adverse social practices, women's
equal rights and property rights,
etc. But these were seen followed
by ineffectual enforcement and
inadequate administrative support.
New programmes were introduced
but these always had inadequate
resource allocation.
Starting from early 1990s the
government of India adopted the
structural adjustment programme in
the backdrop of growing financial
crisis. The liberalisation, privatisa-
tion and globalisation of the econo-
my undoubtedly led to new open-
ings in the economy for women.
But, at the same time there was
severe unemployment in certain
sectors which were now mecha-
nised. The expansion in the
employment of women in other sec-
tions of the economy was due to
feminisation of work force. The
nature of organisation of their work
was still unfavourable. Due to the
increased informalisation of labour
most of the women were concen-
trated in unorganized sectors in
semi-skilled or unskilled jobs. The
casualisation of their work led to
low wages, unstable environment of
work place and absence of job secu-
rity. Thus, the state policies still did
not take account of the structural
inequality in which women were
already placed before they enter the
wage market.
Besides, the entrance of women
into work place has not radically
altered women's domestic responsi-
bilities, nor has it generated major
changes in family support systems.
Even when women are employed
outside the confines of household,
they are essentially considered sec-
ondary workers. The process of
informalisation and casualisation of
employment are further oppressive
t o
women.
Work Participation Rate (WPR)
on its own cannot be an indication
of women's progress. Awhole range
of other factors have to be consid-
ered in determining women's socio-
economic position apart from their
statistical work participation.
Another trend of employment
women are involved in large num-
bers are part-time piece rate work.
Not only is this pattern of employ-
ment is extremely low paid and
unstable, the very existence of part-
time paid work is premised on
women's primary role within the
family, and therefore reinforces the
sexual division of labour that makes
women primarily responsible for
the home and the children. The
drawback is that state too has been
increasingly prescribing this line of
labour for women. In the recent
inauguration of 44th session of
Indian Labour Conference, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh stated
that he regretted that women work
force in India is extremely low and
called for 'understanding the con-
straints they faced balancing family
and work responsibilities'. Hence,
he emphasised on making provi-
sions for pat-time. Such continued
presumption of women as essential-
ly household creature and the atti-
tude of state legitimising it are
highly detrimental.
The continued differential cur-
ricula for boys and girls in schools
are an example of the design of
state policy shaping women's jobs
and earning, and reinforcing the
sexual division of labour. Besides,
governmental legislations like the
Minimum Wages Act or the Equal
Remuneration with all short-com-
ings do not touch the bulk of the
unorganised sector where the
majority of the women are
employed.
The gap between acceptance of
women's needs and concerns and
the policy, programme and resource
support continues even today. The
state through its policies appears to
be constantly aggravating and cre-
ating female subordination. Hence,
it is important to examine the ways
in which the state contributes to
women's subordination. The exami-
nation of the nature of policies
affecting various aspects of
women's lives lays bare the mecha-
nism by which policies reproduce
sexual divisions, the way in which
the issue of equality for women has
been defined by policy makers and
the effect of measures designed to
achieve greater equality between
the sexes.
Patriarchal Nature of Indian State
A
s Egypt plunges into violence and chaos,
the scenes that have been playing out
these past two weeks on the streets of
Cairo and elsewhere are eerily similar to those
from the heady days of the February 2011
'Revolution'. At that time, the Egyptian people had
come out by the thousands to oust from office a
long-serving autocrat and install a new a regime
that would uphold the freedom and aspirations of
the common man. Nine months and a new
President later, Egyptians are back on the streets
fighting that same fight, as their first democratical-
ly elected leader threatens to walk in the footsteps
of his dictatorial predecessor. On November 22,
President Mohamed Morsi assumed sweeping
powers over the executive, legislature and the judi-
ciary, and placed himself over any possible over-
sight. He declared that his presidential decrees
were final, and not subject to any appeal. It is pos-
sibly the biggest blow to the principles of the
Revolution, and it is ironical that the Declaration
was in fact made in the name of protecting the
Revolution - that too by a man who himself is the
product of that same upheaval. Against this back-
drop, it has been impossible not to wonder if Mr
Morsi has been positioning himself to be the next
'Pharaoh' of Egypt - like his much-derided prede-
cessor Hosni Mubarak, who too wielded absolute
power and suppressed individual rights and free-
doms. On his part, Mr Morsi has said that his
Declaration will be null and void once the
Constitution (that is presently being drafted) is
finalised. But even if that is the case, it still does
not explain the rushing need for such a drastic
measure in the first place.
What has made matters worse is the disgraceful
manner in which the President and his Islamist
supporters have railroaded through Parliament a
disputed draft of the Constitution - sections of
which militate against the core values of a liberal
democracy. For instance, the draft of the
Constitution, as it stands today, does not protect
the rights of women and minorities. It clamps
down on the freedom of the Press and is said to be
heavily tilted in favour of the hardliners. Little
wonder then that it had to be quickly passed by the
Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly without
the participation of representatives of liberals,
minority Christians and women. The draft
Constitution is expected to be put to a referendum
on December 15, but the Opposition, consisting
mostly of liberal secularists supported by the youth
and large segments of the public, wants it to be
shelved entirely, alongside the President's
Declaration.
However, with Mr Morsi staunchly refusing to
do either, the battlelines have been drawn between
the Islamists and the rest. For now, there is no
telling how the matter will resolve itself. The
Opposition is yet to decide on whether to campaign
for a no-vote or simply boycott the referendum.
The President has invited his rivals for a dialogue
but the Opposition has till now refused to talk
unless Mr Morsi promises to fulfill their two key
demands, making it unlikely for the deadlock to be
broken soon. In the meantime, the world's largest
Arab nation continues to flounder on the path of
democracy as it becomes increasingly clear that its
new leader has lost the plot completely.
Egypt frittering
away gains of
Arab Spring
NEW DELHI: RJD chief Lalu
Prasad Yadav hit out at Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar over the
NDA government's claims on devel-
opment and asked why there were
demands for granting a special status
to Bihar if progress had been
achieved there.
Lalu also gave indications that he
was keen on going along with
Congress to fight against the BJP-JD
(U) combine in the next general elec-
tions.
"I am ready to do a sacrifice to
keep opportunistic forces at bay.
Congress is a secular party and I
have never tried to blackmail it," he
said.
On the future of RJD and other
regional parties, Lalu said, "It is an
era of regional parties and they have
their dominance in UPA also."
Prasad said every politician wants
to become the Prime Minister and
asserted that his party is still relevant
to the Centre, though it has not won
many seats. "Everyone in politics
desires to become the Prime
Minister. In Delhi too only power is
worshipped," Lalu said.
Targeting Kumar, he said no other
dispensation in the state had to face
such stiff opposition from the public.
Claiming that the development story
of Bihar is nothing but a media cre-
ation, Lalu said, "The NRHM scam
has taken place in Bihar. The roads in
the state were constructed by the
Central government and not by the
state. Some media houses are giving
undue credits to the Nitish govern-
ment."
On Nitish demanding a special
status for Bihar, he said the demand
was first made by the Rabri Devi-led
government. If Bihar has seen the
kind of development as claimed by
Nitish Kumar, then what is the need
to give it a special status?" he asked.
BIHAR
Lalu questions Nitish's demand
for special status to Bihar
DHARAMSALA: Hundreds of
exiled Tibetan students marched on
the streets Dharamsala in Himachal
Pradesh, and expressed solidarity
with the self-immolators, denouncing
the Chinese atrocities in their home-
land.
The surge in self-immolations in
China in protest over its rule in Tibet
has heightened tension in recent
months. Indian-based rights groups
said there had been a massive securi-
ty clampdown in Tibet and Tibetan
areas of China, and in some instances
protesters were beaten even as they
were ablzze. Dalai Lama has pressed
China to investigate the dozens of
self-immolations by Tibetans. Earlier,
the United Nations'' most senior
human rights official called on China
to address frustrations that have led
to Tibetans'' desperate protests,
including some 60 self-immolations
since March 2011.
Tibetan students on Friday partici-
pated in a silent protest, marching
through the streets carrying banners
and flags. Gylup Namgyal, a teacher
in a Tibetan school in Dharamsala
said that aim of rally is express soli-
darity with their compatriots who
have burnt themselves for the Tibetan
cause.
"We are doing this rally in support
of those self-immolations and also to
protest the Chinese to stop torturing
Tibet and to stop doing injustice in
Tibet," he said.
Students covered their mouth with
black clothes, symbolising a silent
protest. They also carried banners
appealing Untied Nation's interven-
tion in the matter.
Recently, the United Nation's
human rights officials called on
China to allow independent human
rights monitors to visit Tibet and
address deep-rooted frustrations.
However, top Chinese-appointed
officials said this would not happen.
China maintains that Tibet is an inte-
gral part of China and those other
countries hosting the Dalai Lama
amount to interference in domestic
Chinese affairs.
China has barred foreign journal-
ists from Tibet and prevented many
others from travelling to surrounding
Tibetan regions, making independent
verification difficult.
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Tibetan students protest in
Dharamsala to express solidarity
PANAJI: Goa Police have
extended their patrolling
from beaches to hill slopes
used by tourists to trek from
one beach to another after
two foreigners were molest-
ed by domestic tourists on
one such route.
The Australian tourists
were molested Friday
evening by two separate
groups of domestic tourists,
who tried to waylay the
women and fondle them
while they were walking
from Anjuna beach to Baga
beach in north Goa connect-
ed by a scenic hill slope
overlooking the sea.
"They were walking
from one beach to another
when they were accosted by
these two groups. We are
investigating the matter,"
police inspector Vishwesh
Karpe said. He said hotels
and lodges in nearby areas
were being scanned to look
out for the four attackers,
based on the identity
described by the victims.
The two 24-year-old
tourists from Australia told
police that while in the first
instance, they had to push
aside one of the attackers to
make a getaway, in the other
case, a group of unidentified
Indian tourists ringed them
and tried to fondle them
while they were walking
from Anjuna to Baga.
This is not the first time
friction between domestic
and foreign tourists has led
to police complaints being
filed. Cases of male domes-
tic tourists harassing sun-
bathing foreign women or
even those dressed in beach
wear are often reported
through the tourist season
which begins in October and
stretches till March.
GOA
Police to patrol Goa hills following molestation
AHEMDABAD: In
Gujarat, the Election
Commission has directed
the state government to
transfer three police offi-
cers from Rajkot,
Porbander and state capital
Ahmedabad following
complaints received against
them. Quoting official
sources our correspondent
reports that the
Commission had received
complaints against sub-
divisional police officer of
Gondal in Rajkot district V
R Toliya and Sub-divisional
police officer of Porbandar
rural V N Chauhan. The
Commission has also
removed DCP, Ahmedabad
E division, Antrip Sood fol-
lowing complaints against
him.
GUJARAT
Gujarat polls: EC directs state govt to transfer
three police officers
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Golden Temple
Location: Amritsar, Punjab
Official Name: Harmandir Sahib
Founded By: Hazrat Mian Mir
Founded In: 1588-1601
G
olden Temple is counted
amongst the most revered
pilgrimages of the Sikhs in
India. It is located in the Amritsar,
one of the most developed cities of
Punjab. Sikh devotees from different
parts of the country come to Amritsar
to offer their prayers at the Golden
Temple, which is officially known by
the name of Harmandir Sahib. The
term 'Harmandir Sahib' has been
derived from two words, Hari mean-
ing ' God' and Mandir meaning
'Temple'. Thus, Harmandir literally
means the 'Temple of God'.
The site where the gurdwara now
stands was once the venue of a tem-
ple, surrounded by a small lake and a
thin forest. The nearby town of
Goindval served as the residence of
the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das.
The great Mughal Emperor Akbar
used to come to the town to visit the
Guru. He got so much impressed by
the way of life in the town that he
allocated the revenues of several vil-
lages lying in the surroundings to the
Guru's daughter, Bhani, as a gift on
her marriage to Bhai Jetha.
Bhai Jetha went on to become the
fourth Guru of the Sikhs and came to
be known as Guru Ram Das. He
enlarged the lake surrounding the
temple and even constructed a small
township around it. The town initial-
ly came to be known as 'Guru Ka
Chak', 'Chak Ram Das' or 'Ram Das
Pura'. However, the full-fledged
town of Amritsar was developed
under the leadership of the fifth
Guru, Guru Arjan Dev. Hazrat Mian
Mir, a great Sufi saint of Lahore and
a friend of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, laid
the foundation stone of Golden
Temple in December 1588.
It took approximately 13 years to
construct the monument and it was
completely ready and 1601. The
Afghans, under the rule of Ahmed
Shah Abdali, attacked Golden temple
and inflicted great damages on it.
Owing to this destruction, the gurd-
wara had to be substantially rebuilt
during the 1760s. The gurdwara is
situated in the middle of a small lake,
which is known as the 'Sarovar'. The
devotees believe that the water of the
lake has curative powers and call it
as Amrit (The Holy Water).
One can enter the gurdwara com-
plex through any of its four
entrances. The four entrances of
Golden Temple are suggestive of the
importance of acceptance and open-
ness in relation to human beings.
There is no restriction on people for
entering the gurdwara. People of any
religion, color, creed or sex can enter
Harimandir Sahib. The only restraint
that has been applied is that a person
must not drink alcohol, eat meat,
smoke cigarettes or consume any
drugs while inside the premises of
the shrine.
Just like in any other gurdwara,
people entering the Golden Temple
have to cover their heads as a sign of
respect. They are also required to
wash their feet in the small pool of
water before entering the sanctum
sanctorum. Built on a 67 sq ft. square
platform, Harmandir Sahib covers an
area of 40.5 sq ft. At the end of the
walkway is Darshani Deori (an arch),
with a doorframe that is approxi-
mately 10 ft in height and 8ft 6in in
breadth. The door panes are adorned
with artistic style and lead to the
ramp taking to the main building.
13 feet wide 'Pardakshna' (cir-
cumambulatory path) runs around the
main shrine and leads to the 'Har ki
Paudi' (steps of God). The main
building of Golden Temple has three
stories, with their front facing the
bridge.
The central hall is small square
room with three entrances. A recita-
tion of Guru Granth Sahib is held
here on a regular basis. Just above
this room is the low fluted dome,
adorned with lotus petal motif. On
the top of it is an inverted lotus, the
'Kalash' with a beautiful 'Chhatri'.
Golden Temple is festooned with
decorative gilding and marble work,
which date back to the 1800s. The
magnificent gold work and marble
work was done under the reign of
Ranjit Singh, the Maharaja of the
Sikh Kingdom of Punjab. The archi-
tecture of the gurdwara represents an
exceptional harmony between the
Muslim and the Hindu architectural
styles. Infact, it is said that the archi-
tecture of Harmandir Sahib has creat-
ed an independent Sikh school of
architecture in the Indian subconti-
nent.
After Operation Black Thunder of
1988, Government acquired a narrow
peripheral strip of land surrounding
the gurdwara. This was done for the
purpose of creating a security belt.
This led to displacement of a large
number of people and as a result,
large scale protests.
The project was discontinued at
that time and was revived only in
1993 by the Deputy Commissioner
Karan Bir Singh Sidhu. He changed
the concept of the periphery, from
that of a security belt to that of a sec-
ond parikarma.
A serene landscape, fully consis-
tent with the beauty of the Golden
Temple, was also created. The pil-
grims visiting the Golden Temple can
only travel by foot in the Galliara,
vehicles are not permitted. On 6th
July 2005, the SGPC (Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee)
decided to install closed circuit tele-
vision cameras around the Harmandir
Complex for security purposes.
K
asturba Gandhi was born to a
prosperous businessman
Gokuladas Makharji of
Porbandar on April 11,
1869. She got married to
Mohandas Gandhi, when
she was just thirteen
years old. At the time of
her marriage, Kasturba
was an absolute illiterate.
Gandhi taught her how to
read and write. When her husband left
for London for pursuing further stud-
ies, she remained in India for upbring-
ing their newly born son Harilal. The
couple had three more sons. Well, in
this article, we will present you with
the biography of Kasturba Gandhi.
In the year 1906, Mohandas Gandhi
made up his mind to practice
Brahmacharya. Like a good wife,
Kasturba always stood by the side of
her husband, even if she didn't approve
of some of his ideas. Kasturba was
very religious minded. She broke the
barriers that created caste distinction
and lived in ashrams.
She always supported her husband
in the political protests. She went along
with her husband to South Africa in the
year 1897. To know the complete life
history of Kasturba Gandhi, read on.
From the period between 1904 and
1914, she was actively
involved in the Phoenix
Settlement near Durban. In
the year 1913, she raised
her voice against the inhu-
man working conditions of
Indians in South Africa.
Infact, she was imprisoned
for three months and that too in the jail,
where the prisoners were made to do
hard labor.
In 1915, she accompanied her hus-
band and supported the Indigo
planters. There, she taught women and
children about basic concepts like per-
sonal hygiene, discipline etc.
Kasturba Gandhi suffered from the
problem of chronic Bronchitis. To top
it, the stress level caused during the
Quit India Movement's arrests aggra-
vated her illness. Her health began to
decline. The situation got worse, when
she got victimized by pneumonia. Her
husband disagreed with her idea to go
in for penicillin. On February 22, 1944,
she had a major heart attack and she
died.
M
icroscopes are used both in class-
rooms and in making important eval-
uations in medical laboratories and
other microtechnologies. The different types of
microscopes are designed for these different
uses, and therefore
will vary based on
their resolution, magni-
fication, depth of field, field
of view, illumination method,
degree of automation, and
type of image they pro-
duce. There are essentially
three categories of micro-
scopes: electron, confocal,
and compound.
Electron microscopes are
extremely sophisticated types of magnification
devices. These are used in archaeology, medi-
cine, and geology to look at surfaces and layers
of objecs such as organs and rocks. Instead of
using light, these devices point a stream of elec-
trons at the specimen and attached computers
analyze how the electrons are scattered by the
material. The specimen must be suspended
within a vacuum chamber.
With transmission electron microscopes, a
scientist gets a view of 2-D slices of the object
at different depths. Of course, with such power-
ful instruments, both the degree of magnifica-
tion and the resolution, or sharpness of the
image, are very high. Scanning electron micro-
scopes are slightly different in that they scan a
gold-plated specimen to give a 3-D view of the
surface of an object. This view is in black and
white, yet gives an amazing picture of, for
example, the minute hills and valleys of a
dinosaur bone.
A confocal microscope is a step down from
the previous types. It uses a laser beam to illu-
minate a specimen whose image is then digital-
ly enhanced for viewing on a computer monitor.
The specimen is often dyed a bright color so the
laser gives a more contrasting image. It is
mounted on a glass slide just like in high school
biology. Confocal microscopes are controlled
automatically, and motorized mirrors help with
auto-focus.
Finally, there are the simplest types of
microscopes found in classrooms across the
world: compound microscopes. These are
entirely operated by hand and use the ordinary
ambient light from the sun or a light bulb to
illuminate the specimen. Whatever you want to
look at is mounted between two glass slides and
clipped beneath the main lens. You use a dial to
focus the image. These tools use a simple series
of magnifying lenses and mirrors to bring the
image up to an eyepiece, much like a telescope.
Compound microscopes are mostly used in
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can attain a high enough magnification to see
parts of eukaryotic cells, a hair strand, or pond
scum. Unfortunately, they do not have excellent
resolution, so the image may be blurry. On the
other hand, stereoscopic microscopes, as the
name implies, provide a 3-D picture of bisected
items, like muscle tissue or an organ. In this
case, magnification is poor, so you can't make
out separate cells, but resolution is much
improved.
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O
nce upon a time, there was a
selfish man. He liked every-
thing to be his own. He could
not share his belongings with anyone,
not even his friends or the poor.
One day, the man lost thirty gold
coins. He went to his friends house
and told him how he lost his gold
coins. His friend was a kind man.
As his friends daughter was com-
ing from an errand she found thirty
gold coins, when she arrived home,
she told her father what she had
found.
The girls father told her that the
gold coins belong to his friend and he
sent for him. When the selfish man
arrived, he told him how his daughter
had found his thirty gold coins and
handed then to him.
After counting the gold coins the
man said that ten of them was missing
and had been taken by the girl as he
had forty gold coins. He further com-
mented that he will recover the
remaining amount from him. But the
girls father refused.
The man left the gold coins and
went to the court and informed the
judge there about what had taken
place between him and the girls
father.
The judge sent for the girl and her
father, and when they arrived asked
the girl how many gold coins did she
find. She replied thirty gold coins.
The Judge that asked the selfish man
how many gold coins did he lose and
he answered forty gold coins.
The judge then told the man that
the gold coins did not belong to him
because the girl found thirty and not
forty as he claimed to have lost and
then told the girl to take the gold
coins and that if any- body is looking
for them he will send for the girl.
The judge told the man that if any-
body reports that they have found
forty gold coins he will send for him.
It was then that the man confessed
that he lied and that he lost thirty gold
coins but the judge did not listen to
him.
This story teaches us to
be always honest as
dishonest never pays.
Story: The Selfish Man
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STUDENT AGE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2012
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Police
Saturday began questioning
Zee Group chairman Subhash
Chandra in a case filed against
two journalists of his TV
channel for an alleged
Rs.100-crore extortion bid
from a Jindal Group company.
Chandra, who had secured an
interim protection from arrest
till December 14 by a Delhi
court, came to Crime Branch
office in Chanakyapuri along
with lawyers where he was
questioned. His questioning
came following police send-
ing three notices to him ask-
ing him to join investigations
in the case in which two of
Zee editors - Sudhir
Chaudhury and Samir
Ahluwalia - were arrested in
November following investi-
gations into complaint filed
on October 2. Chandra had
earlier told police that he
could not appear before them
as he was out of the country
but later on December 3 he
told them he will be ready to
appear within 96 hours of
notice. Police then asked him
to appear before them on
December 8.
Investigators have told a
local court earlier that they
were treating him as an
accused as he knew about the
dealings between his employ-
ees and Congress MP Naveen
Jindal's company.
Zee Group has denied the
allegations and demanded the
immediate release of its two
senior journalists, alleging the
police action was "illegal" and
"designed for something
else". In a letter to Delhi
Police through his lawyer RK
Handoo, the Zee Group
Chairman had claimed "vest-
ed interests" have created a
public "mis-impression" that
he is deliberately not joining
investigations. Terming the
campaign as "vicious",
"malafide" and "unwarrant-
ed", the letter said Chandra
had informed the police on
November 27 that he went
ahead with his "pre-sched-
uled" meetings and engage-
ments in India and abroad.
While granting interim
relief from arrest, the court
had directed Chandra and his
son to "join and cooperate"
with the probe. It had ordered
both of them to surrender their
passport with the police.
Chandra's son Puneet
Goenka, who was also asked
to appear before police, also
joined the investigations.
Puneet came separately.
Chandra was accompanied by
his brother Jawahar Goel
when he arrived at the crime
branch office at 2 pm.
Jindal extortion case: Police question Zee
chairman Subhash Chandra
Lucknow: A day after the
Uttar Pradesh government
announced a new state advi-
sory price (SAP) for sugar-
cane, the opposition Saturday
accused Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav of compro-
mising on prices because of
the sugar lobby.
The state government
Friday announced a SAP for
sugarcane at Rs.275-290 per
quintal for the current year.
The Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has called for a state-
wide demonstration on the
decision.
State BJP chief
Laxmikant Bajpayi said that
the government announcing
SAP two days after the
assembly was adjourned
smacked of a conspiracy
against farmers and cane
growers.
"What is the point of
declaring it (SAP) after the
assembly? They knew if they
did not give a good price
when the winter session was
going on, they would have
been put on the mat," he said.
Bajpayi said the stand of
the ruling Samajwadi party
(SP) was paradoxical since it
was staging a walk out in the
Lok Sabha over paddy pur-
chases while it was pushing
cane growers in Uttar
Pradesh to the brink.
The BJP wanted SAP to
be fixed at Rs.400 per quin-
tal, he said. Uttar Pradesh
Congress Committee presi-
dent and MP Nirmal Khatri
too said the SAP was "indeed
a disappointment".
"We regret to say that this
is not going to help cane
growers who have huge
pending payments from
sugar mills from last year's
crushing season," he said.
State president of
Rashtriya Lok Dal Munna
Singh Chauhan said that the
SAP had exposed the SP
leadership and their "croco-
dile tears for farmers".
"This is a joke on cane
growers. They will not even
be able to take out the money
they had put into the crop,
forget profits," he said.
However, UP Cooperative
Sugar Mill Federation
Managing Director R.P.
Arora lauded the support
price and said it would bene-
fit sugar mill owners as well
cane growers.
The previous Bahujan
Samaj Party government had
paid Rs.240-250 per quintal
as SAP for sugarcane.
GHAZIABAD: The CBI
filed a chargesheet against
former Uttar Pradesh minis-
ter Babu Singh Kushwaha,
senior IAS officer Pradeep
Shukla and four others in a
case of alleged financial
bungling in National Rural
Health Mission (NRHM) in
the state.
The chargesheet, which
was filed in a special CBI
court here, pertains to
upgrading of 40 district hos-
pitals in the state. Over 30
operation theatres (OTs)
were to be set up in the dis-
trict hospitals and it is
alleged that there was a loss
of over Rs 6 crore to the
exchequer due to the
alleged bungling.
Former MLARP Jaiswal,
a former MD and a general
manger of state-owned
Uttar Pradesh Power
Corporation Limited are
also among the accused in
the chargesheet. The court
has fixed December 29 as
the next date of hearing and
issued summons to all the
accused asking them to be
present during the hearing.
This is the second
chargesheet filed by the CBI
within a week. On Monday,
the agency had filed a
charge sheet in the special
court, in a NRHM case
involving upgrading of 89
hospitals in which the
exchequer suffered a loss of
Rs 5.89 crore.
Shukla is named in both
the chargesheets. "This case
relates to award of contract
of upgrade of 40 district
level hospitals in UP on the
basis of forged and bogus
documents and by paying
illegal gratification to the
officials concerned of
Health and Family Welfare
department and UPPCL,
Uttar Pradesh," the CBI had
said at the time of registra-
tion of the case.
NRHM scam: CBI files chargesheet
against Kushwaha, 5 others
Opposition slams Akhilesh over sugarcane advisory price
NEW DELHI: Corporate
Affairs Minister Sachin
Pilot has said, Corporate
Social Responsibility, CSR,
activities need to be proj-
ect-based and time bound.
Addressing a function
organised by FICCI in New
Delhi, he made it clear that
the government does not
want to invoke inspector raj
for monitoring them. The
minister hoped that the new
Companies Bill would be
passed in the ongoing
Parliament session.
The reports said, under
the amended legislation,
corporate firms are required
to spend at least two per
cent of their average profit
for CSR activities.
In case, they are not able
to do the same, they have to
disclose reasons failing
which penalty will be
imposed.
BUBNESHWAR: Ateam of
the Supreme Court appoint-
ed Central Empowered
Committee (CEC) Saturday
arrived in Odisha to examine
implementation of the rec-
ommendations it had made
two years ago on the alleged
mining irregularities in the
state, official said.
The team led by member
secretary of the panel M.K.
Jiwrajka has arrived here on
a three-day tour and is
scheduled to hold discus-
sions with the top state offi-
cials here Dec 10, a senior
official of the state mining
department said.
Although it is not clear if
the panel will visit some
mines, they are likely to
focus on compliance with
forest and environmental
laws at mining areas, he
said.
The team has come in
connection with a petition
filed at the Supreme Court in
2009 by Rabi Das, a
Bhubaneswar based journal-
ist and social activist.
Das had accused the state
government of violating for-
est and environmental law
and allowing illegal mining
in the state.
The Supreme Court had
asked the CEC to look into
the allegations.
The CEC team had con-
ducted hearings at New
Delhi and submitted an
interim report to the court in
2010, petitioner Das said.
In the report, the commit-
tee had pointed out several
irregularities in the state and
had asked the government to
take certain measures, he
said. The team is likely to
find out if the government
has complied them or not.
The panel is expected to
submit a final report based
on their findings, Das added.
SC panel visit Odisha on
mining illegalities
CHENNAI: Holding that
UPA chairperson Sonia
Gandhi had crossed a num-
ber of road-blocks "tactful-
ly", DMK President M
Karunanidhi on Saturday
said the "nation looks up" to
her to provide a secular and
stable government at the
Centre.
"As chairperson of the
UPA, you have been cross-
ing a number of road-blocks
tactfully and facing many
hurdles successfully...
The nation looks up to
you only, at this critical
phase, to provide a secular
and stable Government at
the Centre," he said in his
birthday greetings to the
leader, who turns 67 tomor-
row.
"Despite certain impedi-
ments", he said, the
achievements of the
Congress-led UPA govern-
ment, in which his party is a
key constituent, "have been
quite impressive."
"The poor and middle
classes of people of this
country certainly realise
your abiding interest in
their livelihood and wel-
fare," he said, and wished
her a very long life of hap-
piness and good health.
Sonia crossed a number of road-
blocks "tactfully", says Karuna
NEW DELHI: A concept of
Asia as one entity, linked by
road, rail and sea, is taking
shape and India is contribut-
ing towards it by undertaking
to build highways and
bridges in neighbouring
Myanmar.
India has offered to build
71 new bridges in Myanmar
on the Tamu to Kalewa high-
way, said Foreign Secretary
Ranjan Mathai, and added
that a team from the road
transport and highways min-
istry is visiting that country
as part of the project.
Speaking at premiere of
the film "Highway to the
Asian Century" by Suhas
Borker at the India
International Centre Friday
evening, Mathai said India is
also helping construct the
Kalewa-Yargi road in
Myanmar.
The film screening comes
ahead of the Dec 20-21
A s e a n - I n d i a
Commemorative Summit
being held in New Delhi to
mark 20 years of India's rela-
tions with the 10-member
ASEAN. "Asian countries
are forging closer bonds,
through road, rail and sea
highway...India is the link
between east, south and cen-
tral Asia," said Mathai, who
was the chief guest.
India is also constructing
part of the Trilateral
Highway, meant to link it
with Thailand through
Myanmar, he said. The con-
nectivity building should also
be looked at as a "highway of
mind and spirit", said Mathai.
"Connectivity is the factor
that helps in economic devel-
opment," said United Nations
Resident Coordinator Lise
Grande, and added that the
UN body ESCAP (Economic
and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific) is
"committed to" help build it.
Borker said his film
"makes a 7,600 km journey
from New Delhi to Hanoi,
through Bangladesh, India's
north east, Myanmar,
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
and Vietnam".
The 52-minute film focus-
es on "intensification of
India's relations with the
ASEAN and the vision of an
Asian economic communi-
ty".
NEW DELHI: President
Pranab Mukherjee will give
away the NCDC awards to
cooperatives in recognition
of their work at a function
here on Saturday.
To mark the golden
jubilee this year, the National
Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC), a
statutory body that promotes
cooperatives, has initiated the
national level excellence
awards to identify the work
of primary cooperative soci-
eties.
Assam-based Rampur
Goan Panchayat Samabay
Samity Ltd has been selected
for the award under coopera-
tives in least developed state
category, an official release
said. Andhra Pradesh-based
Mulukanoor Women's
Cooperative Dairy
Vishwandapuri and
Maharashtra-based Samarth
Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana
Ltd will receive awards in the
category of underdeveloped
and developed states, respec-
tively, the release added.
Besides these, 24 other
cooperatives from different
states of the country have
been selected for State Level
Awards. While the national
award would consist of Rs
one lakh cash prize and cer-
tificate of citation, the state
level award has Rs 50,000
cash prize and a citation.
President to confer
awards for cooperative
excellence
London: An Indian-origin
nurse who was duped into
transferring a hoax call that
gave away information on
pregnant Kate Middleton's
medical condition to
Australian radio presenters
was on Friday found dead in
a suspected suicide.
The unconscious body of
Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was
found Friday morning at an
address yards away from
King Edward VII Hospital.
In a statement St James's
Palace said: "The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge are
deeply saddened to learn of
the death of Jacintha
Saldanha. Their Royal
Highnesses were looked after
so wonderfully well at all
times by everybody at King
Edward VII Hospital, and
their thoughts and prayers are
with Jacintha Saldanha's
family, friends and col-
leagues at this very sad time."
"We can confirm the trag-
ic death of a member of our
nursing staff, Jacintha
Saldanha. Jacintha has
worked at the King Edward
VII's Hospital for more than
four years. She was an excel-
lent nurse and a well-respect-
ed and popular member of
staff with all her colleagues,"
the hospital said in a separate
statement.
"We can confirm that
Jacintha was recently the vic-
tim of a hoax call to the hos-
pital. The hospital has been
supporting her at this difficult
time." Jacintha answered the
hoax call at 5.30 am on
Wednesday morning, and
was helping out on reception
at the time of the prank.
Giggling DJs Mel Greig and
Michael Christian were pre-
tending to be the British
Queen and Prince Charles
and asked her if they could be
put through to Kate.
Jacintha connected them
to another nurse who gave
details of Kate's condition,
who was suffering from acute
morning sickness at the
London hospital.
The exact cause of death
remained unclear. However,
media here indicated that the
woman appeared to have
killed herself. Her family,
husband and two children
have been informed. Hospital
chief executive John
Lofthouse said: "Our
thoughts and deepest sympa-
thies at this time are with her
family and friends. Everyone
is shocked by the loss of a
much-loved and valued col-
league." Scotland Yard said
the death was not being treat-
ed as suspicious.
Sydney-based 2Day FM is
continuing to promote its
prank call on air. It called
"the prank call the world is
talking about" before playing
clips of news programmes
reporting on the original call,
in the middle of a dance
music programme. A St
James's Palace spokesman
said: "At no point did the
Palace complain to the hospi-
tal about the incident. On the
contrary, we offered our full
and heartfelt support to the
nurses involved and hospital
staff at all times."
Indian-origin nurse duped in
Kate prank call found dead
NEW DELHI: Rashtrapati
Bhawan will now host 200
public visitors every Saturday
at its forecourt for witnessing
the ceremonial 'Change of
Guard' conducted in precision
by smartly dressed Armymen
and caparisoned horses.
The ceremony which
entails a series of military tra-
ditions, from bugles and bands
to the horse-riding President's
Body Guards (PBG), will
have a new look as the drill
will be conducted in the back-
drop of the majestic dome of
the Presidential House, from
the earlier North Block.
"We have decided to lift all
restrictions with regard to the
change of guard ceremony
and about 200 people will be
able to enter the forecourt
lawns of the Rashtrapati
Bhawan every Saturday. The
changes have been made on
the instructions of President
Pranab Mukherjee who is very
particular about the fact that
this place should be open and
accessible to the common
man," the President's Press
Secretary Venu Rajamony told
reporters during a preview
drill here today.
During winters, the cere-
mony will start at 10 am every
Saturday, he said. Lasting
about 30 minutes, visitors can
witness PBGs emerging from
behind the tall Jaipur column
amid the brass band notes of
AR Rehman composed 'Maa
Tujhe Salaam'.
The brass band will also
play some of the best known
patriotic songs like 'Sare Jahan
Se Achcha' with interludes of
military tunes and the 'Bharat
Mata ki Jai' lalkaar (war cry)
made by the troops.
As the new guard will take
position alongside the old one,
the audience will have
moments to regale in this tra-
dition which has been continu-
ing since 2007 at the
President's Estate.The retreat
of the guards is completed
with the National anthem
being played by the Army
band.
The elegant military drill,
which will be conducted by
specially chosen men from the
28 Madras battalion of the
Army, also has a new feature
in the form of equestrian dis-
play which showcases the
rhythmic harmony of the pow-
erful PBG horses with the
band.
The clank of accou-
trements, of both the smartly
dressed men and ornamented
horses, compiled with the thud
of the horseshoe and the clear
stomp of Napoleon boots
makes the ceremony an audio-
visual delight.
The 'Change of Guard' is a
military tradition where old
sentries enable a contingent of
new ones to take their duties
swiftly.
The current PBG (28
Madras), which is based in the
Rashtrapati Bhawan for a peri-
od of three years, has arrived
here after completing its task
at the LoC in Jammu and
Kashmir. PBG accompanies
the President every time he is
out for his ceremonial duties.
World over, military con-
tingents conduct the ceremony
in their unique style and a
number of domestic and inter-
national tourists throng the
Raisina Hill to witness this
splendid Indian drill every
time it is showcased.
Pranab invites common man to Rashtrapati Bhawan
NEW DELHI: A day after
a JD(U) leader voted in
favour of the UPA govern-
ment on FDI in retail in the
Rajya Sabha, another BJP
ally Shiromani Akali Dal
has praised Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh. Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal on Saturday
said the Prime Minister
was the most distinguished
economist of the world.
This comes at the back-
drop of the Prime
Minister's visit to Punjab.
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh visited Ludhiana in
Punjab on Saturday for a
function and praised the
farmers of Punjab.
"The hard work of the
progressive farmers of
Punjab and other states
made the original Green
Revolution possible, and
our food security," Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
said.
Meanwhile, JD (U)
president Sharad Yadav
said that the party would
take action against MP
Upendra Kushwaha for
voting in favour of the
UPA government on the
issue of FDI in retail in the
Rajya Sabha on Friday.
BJP ally Punjab CM calls
PM world's most
distinguished economist
BANGALORE: After
nearly six years, the final
award of the Cauvery
Waters Dispute Tribunal
will be notified by the end
of this month.
At a meeting of the
Cauvery Monitoring
Committee in New Delhi,
Secretary Water Resources
D V Singh, who chairs the
panel, told representatives
of concerned states Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
and Puducherry that steps
will be taken to notify the
final award of the tribunal
at the earliest, but not later
than the end of this month.
The meeting of the
Committee was convened
to give an interim order on
water sharing between
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The Tribunal's award will
come into effect within 90
days of its notification by
the Centre.
India building roads,
bridges in Myanmar
Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal
award to be notified by end Dec
Dont want to invoke inspector
raj for CSR: Sachin Pilot
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ECONOMY
WASHINGTON: The US
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton has extended exemp-
tions to India, China and
seven other countries from
Iranian Sanctions Act mainly
because of their significant
reduction in oil import from
Iran.
The US and the interna-
tional community remain
committed to maintaining
pressure on the Iranian
regime until it fully address-
es concerns about its nuclear
program, Clinton said in a
statement yesterday.
"That's why today I am
pleased to announce that
China, India, Malaysia,
Republic of Korea,
Singapore, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, Turkey and Taiwan
have again qualified for an
exception to sanctions out-
lined in Section 1245 of the
National Defence
Authorisation Act (NDAA)
for Fiscal Year 2012, based
on additional reductions in
the volume of their crude oil
purchases from Iran," she
said.
As a result, Clinton said,
she will report to the
Congress that exceptions to
sanctions under the Iranian
sanctions act for certain
transactions will apply to the
financial institutions based in
these countries for a poten-
tially renewable period of
180 days.
This is for the second time
that countries including India
has received waiver from
Clinton under the Iranian
sanctions act.
Clinton said a total of 20
countries and economies
have continued to signifi-
cantly reduce the volume of
their crude oil purchases
from Iran.
According to the latest US
Energy Information
Administration report to
Congress, Iran's oil produc-
tion fell by one million bar-
rels per day in September and
October 2012, compared to
the same period in 2011.
"This has reduced Iran's
export volumes and oil rev-
enues, which fund not only
the nuclear program but its
support for terror and desta-
bilising actions in the region.
The message to the
Iranian regime from the
international community is
clear: take concrete actions
to satisfy the concerns of the
international community
through negotiations with the
P5+1, or face increasing iso-
lation and pressure," Clinton
added.
Meanwhile the US
President, Barack Obama, in
a presidential determination
determined that there cur-
rently appears to be sufficient
supply of non-Iranian oil to
permit foreign countries to
significantly reduce their
import of Iranian oil, taking
into account current esti-
mates of demand, increased
production by countries other
than Iran, inventories of
crude oil and petroleum
products, and available
strategic petroleum reserves.
"In this context, it is
notable that many purchasers
of Iranian crude oil have
reduced their purchases or
announced they are in pro-
ductive discussions with
alternative suppliers," the
White House said in a state-
ment.
Referring to the Energy
Information Administration's
report of October 25, 2012,
the White House said this
indicates that although pro-
duction disruptions continue
to remove some oil from the
market and the international
response to concerns about
Iran's nuclear activities may
have increased demand for
non-Iranian crude oil, pro-
duction increases in other
countries and weaker
demand growth overall have
mitigated oil market tight-
ness to a degree.
WASHINGTON: The real agenda
behind Israel's assault last month on
Hamas' munitions stockpiles and
smuggling tunnels was to eliminate as
many as 100 Iranian-built Fajr 5 mis-
siles, with the power to reach Tel Aviv
that had been sneaked into Gaza
through Egypt intelligence experts
have said.
According to Jonathan Schanzer, a
former counter-terrorism analyst at
the US Department of the Treasury,
the real agenda behind Israel's war on
Hamas was not simply to end the
daily barrage of relatively primitive
rockets that have become part of
Jewish daily life.
He says the Obama administration
knew in advance of the operation and
agreed that the missiles, built in a
Sudanese factory, had to be neutral-
ized to protect millions of Israeli citi-
zens who were now within range of
the deadly Iranian weapons,news
source reports. "The US was fully
aware of what was going to come in
Gaza. They said nothing for the first
few days of the operation; there was
dead silence from [Obama],"
Schanzer, now vice president of
research at the Foundation for the
Defense of Democracies said.
According to the report, Israel
essentially achieved its main aims
within the first few days, said
Schanzer, noting that Michael Oren,
Israel's ambassador to the US, said as
much when he remarked on Day
Three of the campaign: "We have run
out of good targets."
Israel's elimination of senior
Hamas figure Ahmad Jabari as he
drove in broad daylight in Gaza also
fits into Schanzer's narrative.
"Ahmad Jabari, along with another
major Hamas figure, Mahmoud al
Mabhouhk, [who was assassinated in
Dubai in 2010], was a key part of the
procurement network for the Fajr
missiles and there is little doubt that
Israel was keen to take out the man
responsible," Schanzer explained.
Schanzer contends that the opera-
tion actually began three weeks earli-
er, when, on Oct. 23, the Iranian-
owned Yarmouk armaments factory
in Sudan - believed to be the assem-
bly plant for the Fajr5 missiles that
have a range of up to 45 miles - was
devastated by air strikes for which the
Sudanese government holds Israel
responsible, the report said.
The suggestion of American
knowledge and approval of the
alleged Israeli attack in Sudan and the
subsequent offensive in Gaza under-
mines the theory that Obama and
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu were not on speaking
terms after the elections, in which
Netanyahu expressed support for Mitt
Romney. The grave threat posed by
the Fajr5 rockets may have been
enough for both leaders to agree that
something had to be done - and fast,
the report added.
"The fact of the matter is that there
was a significant upsurge in rocket
fire from Gaza in the weeks leading
up to the operation.
US extends exemptions for
India,China to Iran oil sanctions
'Missile crisis' real motive behind Israel's war on Hamas: Report
Norwegian protesters say
EU Nobel Peace Prize win
devalues award
OSLO: More than 50 organizations plan to
march in Oslo on Sunday to protest of the
Nobel Committee's award of the 2012 Peace
Prize to the EU at a time of debt crisis.
Since the decision this October to give the
Nobel Peace Prize to theEuropean Union,
many have questioned its worthiness, given
the current social and economic turmoil there.
Among the critics who will be booing loudest
at the award this coming week will be the
Norwegians themselves - including some in
government. The Norwegian Peace Council,
which oversees several Norwegian peace
organizations, plans a protest march against
the prize on Dec. 9, the day before European
Council President Herman Van Rompuy,
European Commission President Jos Manuel
Barroso, and President of the European
Parliament Martin Schulz, accept the medal
and diploma in Oslo City Hall. The protest
"Nobel Peace Prize Initiative for 2012" will
include not only the Norwegian organization
"No to EU," but also members ofNorway's rul-
ing Center and Socialist Left parties, the
national trade union LO Oslo, and Save the
Children Youth. More than 50 organizations
plan to march from the central Oslo square at
Youngstorget that evening, bearing torches and
the banner "Not a Peace Prize For Our Time."
US expresses concern
over impeachment trial
of Lankan CJ
WASHINGTON: The United States has
expressed concern over the ongoing
impeachment trial of the Sri Lankan Chief
Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, urging
Rajapaksa Government to uphold the rule of
law. "The United States remains deeply
concerned about actions surrounding the
ongoing impeachment trial of Sri Lankan
Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake," the
State Department spokesman Mark Toner
said in a statement yesterday.
"We urge the Government of Sri Lanka
to guarantee due process, and to ensure that
all investigations are conducted transparent-
ly and in accordance with the rule of law,"
he said. These latest developments are part
of a disturbing deterioration of democratic
norms in Sri Lanka, including infringement
on the independence of the judiciary, he
said.
"The United States, along with our part-
ners in the international community, contin-
ues to urge Sri Lanka to uphold the rule of
law and democratic governance and to con-
tinue to address outstanding accountability
and reconciliation issues," Toner added.
DHARAMSALA: From prayers to peaceful
marches to appeals to the United Nations (UN),
a number of events have been lined up by the
Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Monday
to express solidarity with the self-immolators
in Tibet, an official said here Saturday.
The CTA, the democratically elected gov-
ernment of Tibetans based in Dharamsala, has
urged Tibetans living in exile and their sympa-
thisers worldwide to garner support for interna-
tional intervention in the ongoing crisis in
Tibet. "Aspecial prayer service will be held in
the morning of Dec 10 at the hilltop
Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamsala," CTA
spokesperson Lobsang Choedak told media
He said Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai
Lama and democratically elected leader
Lobsang Sangay, would preside over functions
in Mundgod in Karnataka, another Tibetan set-
tlement Dec 10, observed as World Human
Rights Day.
Ninety-two people have reportedly killed
themselves since March 2011 in a string of
self-immolations in Tibet to press for the return
of the Dalai Lama and the restoration of free-
dom to Tibet, claims the CTA.
To apprise the international community
about the tense situation prevailing in Tibet, the
second leg of the "Flame of Truth" global torch
relay is currently touring North America,
Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia.
CTA officials said after passing through
more than 30 countries, the torch relay would
culminate Monday at three UN locations:
Geneva, New Delhi and the US.
"The torch relay would end with the sub-
mission of appeal letters and signatures simul-
taneously to the UN to send an independent
international fact-finding delegation to Tibet,"
an official said.
Prayers, peaceful marches Monday for Tibet
NEWDELHI, DEC 8: Goa's iron
ore miners may be off the market
for a couple of years due to a
Supreme Court-appointed panel's
prescription of the "bitter
Karnataka pill" and recommenda-
tion that leases found involved in
substantial illegality be scrapped.
The Central Empowered
Committee (CEC) has suggested
that all leases be surveyed and
demarcated for violations, a
macro-level environmental impact
study be carried out to arrive at a
carrying capacity threshold, each
of the state's four main mining
talukas be equipped with a cap,
and each mine with a reclamation
and rehabilitation plan before even
legal miners are allowed to resume
business.
Meanwhile, all mining opera-
tions including trading of extrac-
tion of dumps stay banned.
The entire exercise is still on in
Karnataka where mining was
banned in July 2011. Only one
mine has actually resumed opera-
tions. Punitive action against
erring officials and compensation
for defaulting leases will be spelt
out by the CEC later.
Ambar Timblo of FomentoBSE
-4.90 % Resources, a leading iron
ore miner in Goa, said, "The most
important response will be that of
the state and the central ministries,
since in effect the CEC is taking
over their job." In 2010-11,
Fomento Resources exported
15mt of iron ore from Karnataka
and Goa.
The CEC report, quoting Goan
Mineral Ore Exporters'
Association, said that of the 38.25
million tonne of iron ore exported
in 2011-2012, about 14.9 mt
(39%) was by Sesa GoaBSE -2.11
% and SesaBSE -2.11
%Resources, about 7.4 mt (19%)
by the Fomento Group of
Companies, and about 3.9 mt
(10%) by the Salgaokar Group of
Companies. Others accounted for
the remaining 32%.
Sesa Goa's managing director,
P K Mukherjee, declined com-
ment, saying he is yet to read the
report. "I am not denying that ille-
gality was taking place, but such
bans kill the industry," said Ravi
Shankar, executive director of the
Nice Group, which had been
exporting about 5mt of the ore
annually before mining was
banned in the state.
"Indian iron ore was being used
by China to reduce its cost from
Australian and Brazilian ore. It is
now turning to other destinations
in Africa."
The Supreme Court had
imposed a mining ban in the state
on October 5 following a writ peti-
tion by Goa Foundation, an envi-
ronmental action group. The writ
was based on allegations of illegal
mining from the Shah
Commission, a government-
appointed probe panel that had
estimated a loss of Rs 35,000 crore
to the exchequer due to illegal
mining.
The CEC has recommended
that Goa should set up a commit-
tee to establish how much mineral
was produced legally since FY
2005-06 from the returns filed and
royalty paid.
The state panel also has three
months' time to ascertain which
mines have been run by persons
other than the leaseholders or in
violation of the Mineral
Concession Rules, 1960, a charge
against many of the state's leading
miners.
Goa has also been directed to
review 42 leases whose delayed
first renewals were condoned, and
cancel them if judged not permis-
sible. Further, in a blow to the
state's Manohar Parrikar-led BJP
government, which wanted to
encash on the state's low-grade
iron ore in view of falling global
iron ore prices, mining of overbur-
dened dumps outside lease areas
has not been approved.
The CEC wants Goa to come
up with similar environmentally
sustainable schemes for overbur-
den dumps. It also wants the state
to create a regulatory mechanism
that will track storage, transporta-
tion and export of iron ore with
provision of transit permits before
the ore is evacuated from the
mines. The dumps at Goa's old
mines had been piled up outside of
the lease areas. These dumps, once
considered unviable, now have an
export market with improved tech-
nology for use of lower-grade ore
in steelmaking. The debate was on
whether the dumps, too, must be
regulated, as mining operations
are under plans approved by the
Indian Bureau of Mines.
SANCTUARIES AND
PARKS
A particular controversy was
the go-ahead given to mining
within and near wildlife sanctuar-
ies and national parks, despite ear-
lier Supreme Court orders. The
Shah Commission had been
scathing of the environmentmin-
istry's role in this regard, prompt-
ing minister Jayanti Natarajan to
suspend 139 such clearances.
Deeming these approvals (for
19 mines within wildlife sanctuar-
ies and national parks and 23 oth-
ers within a 1 km radius) guilty of
earlier Supreme Court orders, the
CEC wants them revoked. The
ministry has also been asked to
place another 120 leases within 10
km of national parks and sanctuar-
ies before the Standing Committee
of the National Board for Wildlife.
The court may also consider the
validity of such clearances.
Supreme Court panel for scrapping Goa iron ore leases
NEW DELHI, DEC 8:
Sticking to his fiscal consoli-
dation plan,finance minister P
Chidambaram has sought
Parliament's approval for an
additional expenditure of Rs
32,120 crore mainly to meet
oil subsidy bill and provideRs
2,000 crore to the ailing Air
India.
"Approval of Parliament is
sought to authorise gross
additional expenditure of Rs
32,119.50 crore," said the
document on first batch of
Supplementary Demands for
Grants, 2012-13
Chidambaram in Lok Sabha
on Friday.
This additional expendi-
ture entails a cash outgo of Rs
30,804 crore, while the
remaining amount would be
matched by savings by differ-
ent ministries and depart-
ments. "Rs 28,500 crore of
petroleum subsidy, about Rs
2,000 crore for infusion of
equity in Air Indiaand Rs300
odd crore for some small
items. So this amount we
think we can accommodate
within the present borrowing
limit", Chidambaram said
later in the day. "We don't
think at this moment we need
to borrow anything more than
what is indicated," he added.
The government had bud-
geted market borrowing at
Rs5.7 lakh crore during the
current fiscal to bridge the
expenditure-revenue gap. In
the first seven months (April-
October) fiscal deficit rose
71% of the budget estimate.
Experts agree that the extra
spending is within the new
fiscal limit announced by the
government, and merely
makes provision for the addi-
tional fuel subsidy, a slippage
that is already factored in.
"This increase corresponds to
the government's fiscal deficit
estimate of 5.3%," said
Abheek Barua, chief econo-
mist, HDFC Bank. However,
Barua said achieving the tar-
get seems difficult unless the
government has something
tangible to show on the rev-
enue side in the form of pro-
ceeds from disinvestment or
spectrum.
HDFC BankBSE -0.22 %
has pegged deficit at 5.5% for
2012-13. Chidambaram's fis-
cal plan proposes to end the
year with a deficit of 5.3% of
GDP against 5.1% budgeted,
and cut it to 3% by 2016-17.
Of the total additional outgo,
Rs 28,500 crore will be used
to compensate oil marketing
companies on underrecover-
ies towards sale of subsidised
petroleum products. The total
funds earmarked for the oil
subsidy would soar to
aboutRs 72,260 crore for the
current fiscal with this addi-
tional grant. fore has no
impact on the budget.
NEW DELHI, DEC 8:
Expressing growing confi-
dence in theIndian economy,
Bank of America Merrill
Lunch on Friday said that the
'worst' is over for India. The
bank is positive even though it
expects the third quarter
growth for the current finan-
cial year to hit a low of 5%.
While the third quarter
growth will be hit by poor
kharif crop, the first half of
2013 may witness a GDP rate
of 6%. The process of eco-
nomic recovery will however
be slow, the bank opined.
BofA-ML expects the
Reserve Bank of India to
cutinterest rates by 125 bps in
2013 as the central bankBSE
1.13 % increasingly shifts
focus to reviving growth. The
rate cut will in turn infuse pos-
itive sentiments in the markets
and aide economic growth as
funds will become relatively
cheaper for India Inc.
It expects RBI to cut CRR
by 25 bps again on December
18 to pull down lending rates.
"Subbarao will likely defer
policy rate cuts to January as
inflation is set to peak off only
in the March quarter, added
the report.
The bank is skeptical of
any recovery in investment
until the global economic
cycle turns around and the
summer 2014 general elec-
tions are over. While reforms
will boost sentiment right
now, their real impact will
only be felt in the medium
term. India will continue to
remain the second fastest
growing BRIC after China,
the report added. The bank
feels that 'lamentations' about
India being knocked off from
BRICsare overdone.
Worst over for India, fears of exit
from BRICS overdone: BofA-ML
MUMBAI, DEC 8 : India's
foreign exchange (forex)
reserves went down up by
$471.3 million to $294.50
billion for the week ended
Nov 30, according to
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) data.
The reserves had gone up
by $1.45 billion to $294.98
billion in the previous week.
The foreign currency
assets (FCA) - the biggest
component of the forex
reserves - decreased by
$125.7 million at $260.01
billion, according to the
weekly statistical supple-
ment released by the RBI.
The central bank said
FCA in US dollar terms
included the effect of appre-
ciation or depreciation of
non-US currenciesheld in
reserve, such as the pound
sterling, euro and yen.
Gold reserves value had
dipped by $386.2 million
and stood at $27.80 billion.
The value had remained
unchanged at $28.18 billion
since the week ended Nov 2,
when the value of gold
reserves rose by $56.4 mil-
lion.
The special drawing
rights (SDRs) increased by
$26.9 million to $4.42 bil-
lion during the week under
review, while reserves with
the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) were up by
$13.7 million to $2.26 bil-
lion. The SDRs had
increased by $4.8 million to
$4.40 billion during the
week ended Nov 23 while
reserves with the IMF had
gone up by $2.5 million to
$2.25 billion.
Finance Minister seeks extra expenditure of Rs 32,120 crore India's forex reserves
down $471 million
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MELBOURNE: An injury-
hit India proved no match to
defending champions
Australia as it lost 0-3 in a
lop-sided semifinal clash on
Saturday and will now have
to fight it out for a bronze in
the Champions Trophy hock-
ey tournament.
Australia scored through
captain Jamie Dwyer (fifth
and 18th minutes) and
Kieran Govers (42nd) after
enjoying territorial domina-
tion against the Indians, who
were often forced to fall back
and defend against the ram-
pant rival strikers.
Australia stayed on
course for their fifth succes-
sive title, setting up a final
against Olympic silver
medalists Netherlands, who
outplayed Pakistan 5-2 in the
other semifinal.
India's Cinderella run
came to an end, but they stay
in contention for their first
Champions Trophy medal in
three decades. India will take
on Pakistan, in a sub-conti-
nental clash on Sunday for
the bronze medal.
India's only Champions
Trophy medal, a bronze,
came in 1982. Pakistan
edged past India to claim
bronze medals for three suc-
cessive years from 2002-04.
Playing a fast dominant
game, Australia pressed the
accelerator from the begin-
ning and forced their first
penalty corner in the second
minute, but Christopher
Ciriello's rising shot was
ruled as a foul for going into
onrushing defender's body.
Dwyer opened the scoring
in the fifth minute, capitalis-
ing on a rebound during
Australia's second penalty,
after Ciriello's drag-flick was
blocked by a defender.
The Aussies increased
the lead in the 18th minute
by converting a penalty
stroke, which was awarded
when a foul was committed
on Dwyer in a scoring posi-
tion.
Dwyer had already taken
two shies. The first one was
blocked by goalkeeper TR
Potunuri and the second shot
rebounded back into play off
post.
India opened up to mount
a few raids midway through
the first session, but did not
cause much trouble to the
Australian defence.
India crashes out in semis, to fight
Pakistan for bronze
Jamie Dwyer of Australia (left) is falls next to Raghunath Vr of India
(righ) in the semifinal of the Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne.
KOLKATA: A spineless
India were on the verge of a
second successive humiliating
defeat in their own backyard
against England who were
within sniffing distance of an
emphatic victory in the third
cricket Test on Saturday.
After conceding a mam-
moth 207-run lead, India's
famed batsmen put up a
pathetic display but R Ashwin
(83 batting) and the tailenders
delayed the inevitable as the
hosts reached 239 for nine at
close on the penultimate day.
Ashwin, who flopped as a
bowler, provided some resist-
ance as the last two wickets
added 80 runs after being at a
precarious 159 for eight at one
stage, forcing the game to
stretch into the fifth day with
India having a slender lead of
32. With one full day left,
England were on course for a
huge win and take an unas-
sailable 2-1 lead in the four-
match series. India got off to a
good start with Virender
Sehwag (49) and Gautam
Gambhir (40) putting on 86
runs but the innings complete-
ly came
apart after
the lunch
break with
w i c k e t s
falling with
embarrass-
ing ease on
an Eden
G a r d e n s
t r a c k ,
which gave some assistance to
the bowlers. While the Indian
bowlers looked completely
ineffective, the English
bowlers exploited the condi-
tions far better and raise hopes
of their first series win on
Indian soil in 28 years.
After the humiliating 10-
wicket defeat in Mumbai, the
hosts once again seemed clue-
less in their own den with nei-
ther batting nor bowling click-
ing against an English side
which was the one expected to
struggle on the sub-continen-
tal dustbowls.
Steve Finn (3/37), James
Anderson (2/38) and Graeme
Swann were (2/70) were the
wicket-takers for England.
Barring Ashwin, none of
the Indian batsmen showed
the stomach for a fight out as
they perished to poor strokes.
Cheteshwar Pujara (8), Sachin
Tendulkar (5), Yuvraj Singh
(11), Virat Kohli (20) and
skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni (0) were the big guns
who failed to fire on a track in
which England posted 523 in
the first innings.
NEWDELHI: Thrown into disarray
by a provisional suspension, the
Indian Boxing Federation has been
offered a glimmer of hope by its par-
ent body AIBA, which has asked it
to hold a re-election and amend its
constitution to get the ban revoked.
IABF's senior vice-President
Brig. PK Muralidharan Raja, who
met AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo
Wu in Yerevan, Armenia said that
the suspension "would not last
long".
The International Boxing
Association (AIBA) on Friday sus-
pended IABF, citing the
International Olympic Committee's
ban on the IOA and "possible manip-
ulation" in the IABF's September
elections. But Raja said once the
IABF complies with the AIBA direc-
tives, the body would lift the suspen-
sion as soon as the IOC revokes the
ban on the IOA.
"I had a detailed discussion with
the AIBA President, who firstly
made it clear that AIBA had nothing
against India. It was very happy with
the way things are being run. The
primary reason for the suspension
was the IOC ban on the IOA and
since AIBA had received some com-
plaints about the election, it decided
to investigate that aspect as well,"
Brig Raja said.
"I clarified to him that the
September elections were transpar-
ent and held as per our constitution.
The floor was unanimous in choos-
ing office-bearers and even though
some people may have complaints, it
does not mean that the elections
were manipulated," he added.
"The AIBA has now asked us to
amend our Constitution to make it
compliant with the AIBA statute and
hold a re-election in the presence of
an AIBA observer. Once we do that,
the AIBA will lift the suspension the
moment IOC lifts the ban on the IOA
because that is the primary reason
for our suspension," he explained.
Ghosal advances in
Qatar PSA World
Squash Cship
DOHA: India's Saurav Ghosal on Saturday
advanced to the
second round
of the Qatar
PSA World
S q u a s h
Championship,
beating Abdulla
Mohd Al
Tamimi in straight games. Ghosal took just
30 minutes to see off 17-year-old Qatari
wildcard Tamimi 11-5 11-4 11-9 in the first
round of the premier championship on the
PSA World Tour. Ghosal, world ranked
21st, will lock horns against Egypt's Karim
Abdel Gawad in the second round at the
Khalifa International Tennis & Squash
Complex. The Egyptian recorded the first
seeding upset in the championship when he
defeated England's 14th seed Tom Richards
9-11 11-6 4-11 11-5 11-7 in 68 minutes.
However, Ghosal's compatriot Siddharth
Suchde was shown the door in the first
round by Germany's Simon Rosner 3-11 4-
11 5-11 in 38 minutes.
AIBA tells IABF to amend
constitution, hold re-election
LONDON: World champion
Viswanathan Anand of India
ended the win-less draught by
defeating Grandmaster
Gawain Jones of England in
the fifth round of London
Chess Classic in progress.
Under pressure to score a
victory, Anand outclassed
Jones and finally recorded a
win after 17 Classical Chess
games. Magnus Carlsen of
Norway continued with his top
form to beat Michael Adams of
England.Vladimir Kramnik
accounted for Luke Mcshane
to complete the English rout in
the fifth round while American
Hikaru Nakamura coasted to a
win against the world's best
woman player Judit Polgar of
Hungary.
The victory took Carlsen to
an astonishing thirteen points
from four games in the soccer-
like scoring system in place
here. Kramnik remains on the
toes of the leader with eleven
points in his kitty and the rest
of the field is now far behind.
For the record, Hikaru
Nakamura holds the third spot
on eight points and is followed
by Michael Adams. Anand
jumped to sole fifth on six
points, two clear of Levon
Aronian of Armenia. Gawain
Jones, on two points, holds the
seventh spot, while Polgar and
McShane are at the bottom of
the standings with just one
point in their bag. Four rounds
still remain in the highest cate-
gory tournament in the UK.
Surprisingly, Jones decided to
give Anand a taste of his own
medicine. The Samisch sys-
tem, the Grunfeld defense has
been deeply analysed by the
world champion for the World
Championship match against
Gelfand earlier this year and
Jones chose the same as white.
Anand went for a compli-
cated variation and Jones was
at sea right from the early
stages of middle game. The
Indian ace had no troubles eat-
ing the material that came his
way and by move 20 every-
thing was in control. Jones
resigned after 29 moves.
Carlsen won a game that
many believed should have
been a draw. The Norwegian
recorded his fourth victory in
the tournament at the expense
of Adams who mishandled a
level position. Kramnik out-
witted McShane from the
white side of a Slav defense
game.
Viswanathan Anand beats Gawain Jones in the fifth round
Gawain Jones of England(L) and Viswanathan Anand of India (R)
MELBOURNE: Indian
hockey captain Sardar
Singh on Saturday missed
out on the FIH player of the
year award which was won
by Germany's Moritz
Fuerste.
Fuerste, captain of the
German team that won the
Olympic Games gold
medal, was picked as the
most outstanding player
from a field that included
Australian captain Jamie
Dwyer, Robert van der
Horst of Netherlands,
Fuerste's teammate Tobias
Hauke and Sardar. He
received his award on the
field during the Champions
Trophy matches here.
Fuerste had also fea-
tured in Germany's gold
medal teams of the 2008
Olympics in Beijing and
also the 2006 World Cup in
Monchengladbach, and
was a nominee for the best
player's award during the
past two years.
The 28-year-old from
Hamburg also celebrated
his 200th cap for Germany
during the ongoing
Champions Trophy.
The German celebration
was doubled when
Fuerste's teammate Florian
Fuchs was selected as the
Young Player of the Year.
The other finalists for the
award were Simon
Gougnard of Belgium,
England's Harry Martin,
Argentine Gonzalo Peillat
and Pakistan's Muhammad
Rizwan Jr.
Singh misses out on Player of
the Year award; Fuerste wins
It's the first since 2002 that a German player has won the award,
while it's the first time that Fuerste has got this honour.
KOLKATA: Under-fire
curator of the Eden Gardens,
Prabir Mukherjee, on
Saturday said he is not both-
ered about BCCI President
N Srinivasan's reported
unhappiness with the stadi-
um's pitch for the ongoing
third cricket Test in which
England are in command
against India.
There's speculation that
Mukherjee's days as Eden's
curator would be over after
India-Pakistan one-dayer on
January 3 as CAB might go
for another local man.
Unhappy with the func-
tioning of the outspoken
Mukherjee, the Board supre-
mo, in a brainstorming
meeting on Dec 7, had
reportedly asked CAB chief
Jagmohan Dalmiya to make
the 83-year-old fall in line or
else get ready for a harsh
step.
Mukherjee, however,
remained unperturbed.
"Let Srinivasan say what-
ever he wants to. I don't lis-
ten to him. I don't even
speak to the (CAB)
President before preparing a
wicket. I act as per my
knowledge of the wicket. I
also don't read the newspa-
per reports. Let them write
what they want," Mukherjee
said. Asked whether his days
were numbered, Mukherjee
said, "It's a million dollar
question." A CAB official,
on condition of anonymity,
had earlier divulged the
details of the meeting that
took place between
Srinivasan and Dalmiya.
"He (Srinivasan) was
very unhappy with the Eden
strip and asked CAB to
make Mukherjee fall in line
or else 'sack' him. BCCI
would be forced to take a
harsh step against the associ-
ation -- like not granting any
match to this venue,
Srinivasan told CAB," the
official said.
"CAB was out of favour
for a long time, and now
after we have buried the
hatchet with the BCCI, we
cannot afford to take them
on once again.
"Srinivasan even said
that these sort of wickets
would not help India capi-
talise on home conditions
and so that won't be tolerat-
ed. He said 'either convince
him or sack him'," the offi-
cial added.
The octogenarian had
stirred up a controversy
before the start of the third
Test when he defied Dhoni's
demand for a turner as the
Board rushed in East Zone
grounds and pitch commit-
tee representative Ashish
Bhowmick to "assist"
Mukherjee.
Mukherjee had called
Dhoni "immoral and unethi-
cal" for asking for a rank-
turner. Mukherjee had even
asked for a written order
from the BCCI to make a
customised pitch.
Incidentally CAB is in a fix
on whether to remove him as
there's no suitable replace-
ment available to handle the
day-to-day affairs of the
pitch.
3rd Test: Ashwin remains unbeaten on
84, delays defeat against England
Eden curator unfazed by Srinivasan's pitch criticism
NEW DELHI: For the sec-
ond year in a row, the Jaypee
Sports International Limited
(JPSI), promoters of the
Indian Grand Prix, have been
adjudged as the "Best F1 Race
Promoter" by the world body
FIA.
At a glitzy awards gala in
Istanbul on Friday, JPSI beat
19 circuits to defend the title it
had won after last year's stu-
pendous success of the inau-
gural Indian Grand Prix.
Farhan Vohra, race operations
in-charge at the Buddh
Inernational Circuit, was
recognised as Best Clerk of
the Course.
Sameer Gaur, managing
Director and CEO of JPSI,
said it was moment of pride
for the organisers.
"This is indeed a very
proud moment and I am hon-
oured to receive this FIA
award for the second time on
behalf of my entire team and
the country, whose support
and enthusiasm was responsi-
ble for us to win this award
again. This award will moti-
vate us to host a grandeur F1
Indian Grand Prix next year
and we would hopefully be
able to complete a hat-trick of
the award," Gaur said in a
statement.
Blind Pak cricketer
safe after drinking
phenyl
BANGALORE: A cricket
player from Pakistan, who is
partially visually impaired,
accidentally drank diluted
phenyl, which was kept in a
plastic bottle on a table where
usually mineral water bottle is
kept at his hotel on Saturday.
The player, Zeeshan Abbasi,
who is here to play for the first
World T20 Cricket Tournament
for the visually impaired, has
been admitted to M S Ramaiah
hospital where he has been
treated and was alright now,
Mahantesh, Organising
Secretary of the Cricket
Association for the Blind,
Bangalore, said. According to
Mahantesh, it was a mistake
made by the house keeping staff
of the hotel which has already
apologised to the player and the
team and deeply regretted the
incident.
CHANDIGARH: The teams
of National Anti Doping
Agency (NADA) collected
samples of 81 players of all
the teams who are taking part
in the ongoing third World
Cup Kabaddi.
"The teams of NADA
acted swiftly by serving a
short notice and collected all
the samples on a single day
on the sidelines of league
matches being played at
Rupnagar, on Friday,"
Sikander Singh Maluka,
Senior Vice Chairman,
Organising Committee of the
Cup, said today, according to
a Punjab Government release
here.
Maluka said that the
Indian kabaddi players (both
men and women) gave sam-
ples for the second dope test,
as their first dope test was
conducted during the trails.
He said that the teams of
NADA yesterday served a
short time notice to the
organising committee of the
World Cup to summon the
rest of teams at Rupnagar so
that their samples for the
dope test could be collected.
He also said that the
NADA team randomly
selected minimum 4 or 5
players of each of the men`s
teams and two players of
each of the women`s teams
for the samples.
"The samples would be
tested in the laboratories duly
recognised by WADA,"
Maluka said.
Maluka further added that
the samples for the dope test
for the rest of the players
would also be collected in the
due course of time during the
Cup.
The third edition of World
Cup Kabaddi, in which 23
teams, 16 men and 7 women
from across six continents
are taking part, started on
December 1.
World Cup Kabaddi: NADA collects
samples of 81 players
JPSI gets Best F1 Race Promoter award
Ravichandran Ashwin's fifty avoids innings defeat for India.
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