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BJP move as poll nears allows extra rooms in courtyards, on roofs
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NEWS DIGEST
HP ministers quit: Two ministers
of the P K Dhumal government in Himachal have resigned, fearing they
may not be nominated as candidates by the BJP for next month’s
assembly elections.
Extradition treaties: Deputy
Prime Minister L K
Advani said India
wants to sign extradition treaties with
as many countries
as possible in view
of the threats posed
by terrorism. He
was speaking to
the media before leaving for France
and Qatar.
Notice to missionary: The Kerala police asked American missionary Joseph W Cooper, who was attacked on January 13 by RSS activists, to leave India within a week.
Ricin case: The London police on
Monday mounted a major raid on a
mosque frequented by Islamic hardliners, and arrested several persons
in connection with the discovery of
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Pak move: Pakistan is now con-
New Delhi: Union urban development minister Ananth Kumar
on Monday legalised additional
constructions in DDA and group
housing society flats that would
enable flat owners to build extra
rooms in courtyards and on roofs.
The concessions would permit
flat owners to increase the living
space of their flats by 10 to 15 per
cent by covering open spaces, like
courtyards, on payment of a fee
to the DDA.
Residents of self-financing
flats and colonies with two-storey
buildings are likely to benefit the
most. Such colonies include Vasant Kunj, Mayur Vihar, Safdarjung Enclave, Naraina Vihar and
East of Kailash.
However, coverage of balconies
for constructing rooms has not
been legalised as this could
endanger the structural safety of
a building.
The concessions in terms of
additional coverage would le-
galise the illegal constructions already existing in DDA colonies
and also allow others, who had refrained from doing so till now, to
build additional rooms.
However, as a majority of the
3.25 lakh DDA flat owners have al-
ready illegally carried out additional constructions, very few flat
owners are expected to take up
fresh constructions after the announcement.
The sops offered on Monday
are in addition to 19 types of al-
terations permitted in DDA flats,
and come at a time when Delhi is
heading for assembly elections in
November.
Most of the concessions announced on Monday were drafted
by an expert committee with a
view to legalise the existing illegal constructions in DDA flats
and group housing societies.
‘‘The proposals of the committee were once struck down by the
ministry as it was seen to be sending out a wrong message to those
involved in illegal construction.
A second committee reviewed
and resubmitted the report and
the ministry hurriedly gave its
consent,’’ said a DDA official.
Kumar said the DDA had been
directed to work out details for
levying a fee on flat owners who
decide to build extra rooms.
Comment: Whether it is tax
amnesty schemes or housing
norms, post facto regularisation
is bad in principle. It only
penalises those who follow
the rules, and encourages future
violations.
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Guwahati: Passengers of
the Howrah-bound Kamrup
Express had a providential
escape on Monday when
three bogies and the engine
derailed after a bomb blast
on the tracks in Karbi Anglong district of central Assam at around 1.30 am.
A North Eastern Frontier
Railway spokesperson said
the bomb, planted on the
tracks, went off as the Dibrugarh-Guwahati-Howrah express passed over it causing
the engine, an empty general
compartment,
a
parcel
van and a brake van to jump
the rails.
Incidentally, the derailment of Kamrup Express
is for the second time in
ten days.
Emergency teams left for
the spot soon thereafter.
Police suspected the hand
of insurgents in the blast. PTI
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
TOUGH STANCE
New Delhi: India has lodged
a strong protest with Pakistan over the ‘‘unprecedented harassment’’ of its charge
d’affaires (CDA) in Islamabad, Sudhir Vyas, and demanded that it follow diplomatic norms and not vitiate
bilateral ties further.
Vyas’ official vehicle, flying the Indian flag, was repeatedly blocked on Saturday
and again on Monday.
Vyas is known for his polite behaviour and patient
handling of situations under
severe provocation.
His continued harassment,
even as India was lodging its
protest, indicated the heightened tension between the two
countries. But external affairs ministry spokesman
Navtej Sarna ruled out any
move to recall Vyas.
A number of Indian
military attaches and counsellors posted in Pakistan
have been harassed, humiliated and even beaten up
in recent times.
New Delhi on Monday
handed over a list of such recent incidents — seven of
them against one diplomat,
Vipin Handa, alone — to
Pakistan’s
acting
high
commissioner here, Jalil Abbas Jilani.
Islamabad, however, professed innocence and instead
came up with a ‘‘disclosure’’
• Pakistan told to follow
diplomatic norms and
not vitiate ties further
• New Delhi cites several
such incidents in
recent times
• Pakistan issues denial,
says its envoy here is
being harassed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Cellular operators on
Monday agreed to let their subscribers and those of private basic
phone companies talk to one another, bringing relief to thousands
of consumers across the country.
They are also expected to announce a range of tariff cuts within a couple of days. These developments followed an assurance from
communications minister Pramod
Mahajan of a fair network interconnect agreement.
Industry sources said cellphone
users could expect halving of cellto-cell ISD rates, free incoming
calls and lowering of airtime rates.
Cellular firms’ representatives
met Mahajan and assured him that
they would immediately start routing all calls, including limited mobility services.
Basic phone subscribers — particularly those using mobile wireless in local loop (WLL-M) service
— of Tata Indicom, HFCL and Reliance will now be able to talk to
those of AirTel, Hutch and Idea.
Consumers can now hope that in
future, they would not be held to
ransom because of quarrels between phone companies.
‘‘Yes, I was aware that the MTNL
had cut off cellular subscribers,
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New Delhi: The fares of autorickshaws and taxis in the city will be increased from February 1.
The city government is yet to announce the new fares, but sources
say for both autos and taxis, the meter down rates may be doubled and
the fare per km hiked substantially.
Currently, autos charge Rs five as
the minimum fare and Rs 2.50 per
km. In the new structure, the minimum fare will be Rs 10. For every
km, commuters will have to pay Rs
3.50, the sources said.
Taxi passengers may have to pay
Rs 15 as minimum charges. For
every km, the charge may go up from
the present Rs five to Rs seven.
City transport minister Ajay Maken said despite the fare hike, com-
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• Use of electronic meters,
display of fare chart, driving
licence and badge to be made
mandatory for operators
• Transport dept will frame the
fare conversion chart
muters will not have to pay any more
than what they had been paying.
‘‘It will not be a burden on the
commuter. In fact, with the hike,
they will hopefully have an easier
ride. No more quarrels with the auto
drivers over the fares.’’
Besides, a hike in the night
charges is also expected.
‘‘Passengers will have to pay about
20 per cent extra between 11 pm and
6 am,’’ a source said.
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Mumbai: Rs 5275
Mumbai: Rs 8170
Chennai: Rs 5340
Chennai: Rs 8110
Dubai\Mumbai: A Dubaibased associate of underworld
don
Dawood
Ibrahim, Sharad Shetty,
was gunned down by two
unidentified men at the
Popular India Club here
late Sunday.
The club where 43-yearold Shetty was gunned
down is run by expatriate
while I was travelling abroad and,
yes, I did not stop the MTNL from
doing it,’’ said Mahajan.
Though he acknowledged that
consumers suffered due to this, he
said if cell operators continued to
block MTNL’s transit calls (of Indicom and HFCL’s), he could not
restrain the state-owned company
from shutting doors to them.
Comment: Good for Mr Mahajan. A
level playing field is certainly a
desirable objective. But we can’t
help wondering, what is the point
of having a supposedly independent regulator if all problems
eventually wind up being solved by
the government?
Maken said, ‘‘We have made the
autorickshaw unions accept a code
of conduct and we have also told
them that a default will invite strict
action from our enforcement department. In all, about 22 unions have accepted the code.’’
The source said, ‘‘The transport
department is getting a distance fare
chart made.
This chart will cover about
2,500 destinations in the city. From
February 15, auto drivers will
have to fix this chart prominently in
their vehicles.’’
Comment: A higher fare is fine, but
can the state government guarantee
that auto rickshaw drivers will
still not overcharge, and actually
use their electronic meters? If
not, then what was all the song and
dance about?
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that it was Jilani, who was
being ‘‘aggressively chased
and harassed by Indian intelligence agencies for almost
two weeks’’.
A press release by the Pakistan High Commission here
did not explain why Islamabad took so long to reveal
that it had actually lodged a
formal protest with the Indian foreign office regarding
Jilani on January 7.
The press release also
claimed that the Islamabad
incidents were ‘‘non-existent’’. But Sarna called the
Pakistani
counter-charge
‘‘motivated and baseless’’.
Jilani was summoned to
South Block on Monday afternoon and in a note verbale
given to him, Arun Kumar
Singh, MEA’s joint secretary
in-charge of the Pakistan
desk, said: ‘‘Such harassment is unprecedented and
amounts to a clear attempt
by Pakistan’s intelligence
services to thwart the CDA in
the performance of his diplomatic duties.’’
Dawood aide shot dead
Cell firms agree to a truce
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Minimum temperature around 6oC. Maximum relative humidity on Monday 100 per
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member of the club.
Shetty
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two
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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
The Times of India, New Delhi
Traffic caught in
R-Day rehearsal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Luxury colour splash painting competition
New Delhi: The Times of India, a fine
fusion of print, pictures and pen hitherto submerged in black and white, underwent a colourful change on January
18, 2003. To join the celebrations for this
makeover, The Times of India’s Newspaper in Education (NIE) programme is
organising its annual colour extrava-
ganza, an on-the-spot painting competition — ‘Luxury Colour Splash’.
The event, sponsored by Luxor Writing Instruments Ltd, will be held at
Hamsadhwani theatre, Pragati Maidan,
from 8.30 am on Tuesday. Over 4,000 students are expected to participate in the
competition.
Renowned photographer Anand Seth,
painters Subrata Kundu, Nupur Kundu
and Vasundhera Tewari, and Ratnottama Sengupta and Neelabh Banerjee of
The Times of India are the judges.
A cultural programme, which will include songs from some of the winners of
Storm 2002, will also be organised.TNN
New Delhi: The hectic beautification activity ahead of
Republic Day celebrations
has started taking the shape
of a traffic hazard. The spells
of dense fog have compounded the problems resulting
from ill-planned drives of
civic agencies to paint road
markers, pavements and
road railings.
According to the Delhi
traffic police, incidents of
motorists running into pavements and diversion signboards have shot up over the
last week due to fog. ‘‘The callous nature in which diversion signboards are placed in
the middle of roads have not
helped the cause either,’’ said
a traffic police official.
On several busy stretches,
the workers hit the road during office rush hour causing
traffic snarls. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)
chairperson, P M Singh,
blamed the weather to an extent. ‘‘Due to fog, the workers
have not been able to do
much work late in the
evenings. This forces them to
spend longer time on roads
during day time,’’ she said.
Singh said precautions
were being taken to cause
minimal problems to drivers.
‘‘The workers are usually assigned to start work in the
forenoon and finish it before
evening rush hours,’’ she
said. ‘‘We are running behind schedule due to the persistent fog,’’ said an official of
works department of MCD’s
city zone.
Deputy
commissioner,
Ashok Kumar, said: ‘‘Instructions would now be issued to
all staff to not to cause inconvenience to the public
while meeting the R-Day
deadline.’’ With the R-Day parade rehearsal three days
away, civic agencies are in a
hurry to spruce up the city.
Eye conference ducks
key concerns on Lasik
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Even as the All
India Ophthalmological Society sought to allay fears
on Lasik surgery, a leading
eye care company has decided to educate both doctors and consumers so as to
minimise associated risks.
Significantly, the Indian
Journal of Ophthalmology,
the scientific offshoot of
the society, while doing an
assessment of its possible
risks in its latest issue, had
pointed out that strong
business interests could influence careful patient selection required to minimise complications in an
otherwise safe surgery.
‘‘It is a challenge to balance economic pressures
against professional priorities. As a natural consequence, it is possible that
screening criteria may be
variable or relaxed,’’ the
journal had said while
lauding the media’s efforts
in creating awareness of
preoperative assessment.
However, in a statement
issued in New Delhi, the society did not spell out the
risks that this surgery
could expose people to. It
said that Lasik is a ‘‘scientific, well-researched surgical procedure with an established track record of
remarkable safety the
world over. The US FDA
and other regulatory bodies
in other countries approve
this procedure.’’
The statement, a result of
a resolution passed at the
general body meeting of
the society, did not spell out
any action plan to ensure
quality at all Lasik centres.
The journal, while commenting on the different
costs of the same procedure
at centres across the country, had pointed out that the
quality of treatment is likely to be different in them.
Meanwhile, a leading eye
care company, Bausch &
Lomb, announced it will get
experts to deliver lectures
and organise continuing
medical education pro-
grammes on Lasik. It said:
‘‘While Lasik is a safe vision correction procedure,
it is critical for practitioners to follow the criteria of
patient selection to minimise associated risks.’’
Earlier, the journal had
described how in most cases there is a decrease in
tear secretion following the
surgery. Night vision problems may occur in some
cases. Under correction
and over correction after
myopic Lasik is not uncommon. Infection following
Lasik is a potentially vision-threatening complication. The incidence is expected to be one in 5,000.
Among the other complications, an inflammatory reaction, known commonly
as Shifting Sands Syndrome, can occur through
substances such as talc
from gloves, oil, wax,
metallic fragments. A progressing thinning of the
cornea could be a potentially serious complication
following Lasik.
Boy kills self
New Delhi: A Class 11 student of Gurukul in Gautam
Nagar hung himself at his
residence on Sunday night.
‘‘He did not want to go back
to the school. On Sunday his
body was found hanging
from the ceiling fan. He had
written a note saying he did
not blame anyone,’’ said DCP
(south) P Kamaraj. TNN
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Dwarka seeks
more policemen
By Maneesh Pandey
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Dwarka sub-city
is witnessing a sudden spurt
in crime. The police say this
is because the area force is
short-staffed.
Almost three lakh people
reside in Dwarka, planned
for a million-plus population.
But there are only 48 police
personnel for their security.
The current strength of the
force falls short by about 40
per cent.
Senior police officers admitted these facts while laying the foundation stone of a
police station in Sector 9 of
Dwarka. Officers said the
local crime figures in the
year 2002 have shown an
increase of over 100 cases as
compared to 2001.
Deputy commissioner of
police (southwest), Tejinder
Luthra, said: ‘‘Last year, 426
cases were reported as
against 324 in 2001 and 308 in
2000. So the crime rate has
risen in the last three years.
About 150, out of 400 housing
societies, have been completed. Once the residents move
in, incidents of crime are
likely to go up further.’’
Dwarka becomes a deserted place by evening, an setting for all kinds of crime.
According to Luthra, all this
calls for strengthening the
police infrastructure. Spread
over 24 kms, Dwarka is now
being policed by two districts, southwest and west.
‘‘The southwest district,
which has over 70 percent of
Dwarka under it’s control,
has three sanctioned police
stations, including that of
sector 9. Two others are in
sectors 19 and 23. But these
are not fully operational as
yet, ‘’ the DCP said, adding
that the three police stations
will be complete only by 2004.
The west district has four
sectors to control and has
only one police post, Matiala,
that comes under the Uttam
Nagar police station. ‘‘There
is no full-fledged station yet
to police Dwarka, falling in
the west district,’’ DCP
(west), Dependra Pathak.
A local police officer said:
‘‘Surprisingly, the growth of
crime is faster than any other area of the city. Murders
have set an alarming trend,
with dead bodies being
dumped in large open areas.
Cases of burglaries and accidents have gone up.’’
Luthra said several outsiders move around freely in
the locality. This can be
checked only through strategic picketing and patrolling.
Man held for
theft, cash
recovered
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New Delhi: The central district police arrested a person
and claimed to have recovered a cash amount of Rs
30,000 in Paharganj. Arjun K
Odera,
who
works
in
Udaipaur and is a resident of
Gujarat, had come to Delhi
with a contingent of 139 children and 17 team members to
take part in R-Day.
Odera visited reservation
centre carrying a cash
amount of Rs 60,000, when
someone cut his polythene
bag and stole away Rs 50,000.
The accused was arrested
and he disclosed that he purchased a mobile from the
money. The accused, involved
in six thefts, has been cutting
bags using a blade.
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The Times of India, New Delhi
Liquor vends women can visit
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By Shivani Singh
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: After much delay, Delhi has finally got
some private liquor shops.
These swanky shops are a
welcome departure from
the otherwise dilapidated
sarkari vends. They have all
the popular brands on their
shelves. What’s more, now
even women are daring to
walk into these vends to
pick their favourite brand.
The
privately-owned
liquor vends in N and D
blocks of Connaught Place
and six more in Naraina,
Wazirpur, Vikaspuri, Sadar
Bazar and Pitampura are already giving the government vends a run for their
money. These are all selfservice vends that sell Indian-made foreign liquor.
‘‘Since we opened on January 9, we are getting about
400 customers every day. We
may not be exactly giving
them stiff competition, but
the nine government-owned
vends are feeling the
pinch,’’ said P K Jain, manager of Diwan liquor shop
in CP’s D Block.
He says the atmosphere
in these shops is not hostile.
‘‘Men walk in freely with
their families. Women do
not feel intimated. In fact,
we have about 15 women
visiting our shop every
day,’’ said Jain.
The shop keeps 90 liquor
brands, which Jain claims
are very popular among the
customers. ‘‘We have great
New Delhi: The Union urban development ministry’s
decision to legalise some illegal constructions in Delhi
Development
Authority
(DDA) flats brought cheer to
lakhs of DDA residents on
Monday but also hurt those
who recently faced action by
the DDA for carrying out illegal alterations to their flats.
The minister’s announcement has left a question
mark over the cases of DDA
flats whose allotments were
cancelled for carrying out illegal constructions that have
20-year-old
man abducted,
captors ask
for Rs 35 lakh
By Bhadra Sinha
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Shopping for liquor may become hassle-free with private vends like these becoming
more common.
demand for premium and
lower range liquor. As customers’ choice is our selling
proposition, there is no
scope for brand-pushing
that is a common problem
in the government-run
shops,’’ Jain said.
Under its new excise policy, the Delhi state government had planned to open 70
private vends in the city.
Through draw of lots, 65
private players were shortlisted in November last
year. ‘‘But the process hit a
snag when the Delhi high
court raised objections on
opening shops in residential areas. About 25 applicants did not have shops in
commercial areas,’’ said an
excise department official.
Officials said some MLAs
opposed the government’s
policy of doing away with
the provision of taking noobjection certificates before
opening vends in their constituencies. Because of this,
shops could not be opened
in many areas.
‘‘In some areas, the residents objected to opening of
new liquor vends. In these
places, we have asked the
government to shift the
shop site to some other area
in the same district,’’ said
an official.
While the opening of
liquor vends has only met
with partial success, the excise department is hoping
to get a better response for
its move to allow sale of
beer in departmental stores.
The department invited applications for it last month
and has got response from
26 store owners already.
Those who faced action feel cheated
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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
now been legalised.
The relaxed rules that allow the building of semi-pucca structures on the terrace
have also caused worry
among residents of co-operating group housing societies. They claim that owners
of the top-most flat may now
encroach upon common
spaces on the roof.
Following a press conference where the Union urban
development
minister,
Ananth Kumar, announced
the relaxed rules a flat owner
asked him about the fate of
DDA flat owners who had
been penalised for carrying
out illegal constructions. The
minister failed to give a definite reply and said DDA
would be asked to examine
the legal aspect .
Several flat owners, including 30 in Paschim Vihar, are
facing cancellation of their
allotment for using their
backyards to build an extra
room.
Flat allotment of at least 30
residents of self-financing
scheme flats in Paschim Vihar were cancelled by the
DDA for carrying out illegal
constructions. Many moved
court against the DDA drive.
In many cases, the illegal
construction falls within
what not may be permissible.
The ministry’s largesse is
likely to benefit flat owners
on the ground floor and on
the top floors.
Some flat owners accused
the government of leaving
residents of flats on first
floors in the lurch.
‘‘We have not been permitted to cover balconies to
build extra room. On the other hand our neighbours on
the ground floors would be
able to build extra rooms
over courtyards,’’ said Gopal
Arora, a resident at DDA’s
flats in Dilshad Garden.
New Delhi: Barely few days
after a six-year-old boy was
kidnapped from St Columba’s school, a 20-year-old man
was abducted from northwest district on Saturday.
The victim is the only son
of a businessman and the
family has already received a
ransom call demanding Rs 35
lakh. Although the call was
reportedly made from Delhi,
the police has not been able
to trace it so far.
A police officer said: ‘‘The
family has received three
calls so far. All calls were
made on the landline phone.’’
The members, however, denied personal enmity.. ‘‘The
family does not suspect anyone. But we suspect abduction as the victim is the only
son and comes from a rich
family,’’ the officer said.
As per the FIR, the victim
left his house at 7.30 pm on
Saturday and did not return.
The family got alarmed and
informed the police.
On Sunday, the family received a call at 2 pm. The call
was received by victim’s uncle. ‘‘The caller demanded
ransom and when the uncle
tried to question the caller,
he hung up,’’ an officer said.
The family members immediately went to the police
and got a case registered. The
police added it was too early
to say whether the victim has
been abducted by an organised gang or known persons.
‘‘The demand for ransom
shows that it was preplanned and well executed.
We have spoken to victim’s
friends and relatives,’’ the officer said. But the questioning has not yielded much, he
said.
Mobile judges for animals
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New Delhi: The Delhi high
court recently directed its administration and the state
government to appoint two
mobile magistrates to check
cruelty to animals before being sent for slaughtering.
Since no action had been
taken by the Delhi government and the high court administration, which were directed to do the needful, the
court registrar ‘‘is directed to
take appropriate action,’’ a
Bench comprising Justice
Usha Mehra and Justice
Pradeep Nandrajog said.
‘‘A circular in this regard
by the court administration
and the government be issued soon,’’ the court said.
It also directed the Delhi
Municipal
Corporation
(MCD) to frame bye-laws
about transportation of animals and asked the city government to ensure that if a
vehicle carrying them was
challaned, it be released after
payment of fine.
HC refuses stay
in Katara case,
trial begins
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Delhi high
court on Monday rejected
Vikas Yadav’s application
seeking a stay on the Nitish
Katara murder case trial in
the sessions court.
Soon after the plea for stay
was rejected in the High
Court, the additional sessions judge S N Dhingra at
Patiala House courts began
the trial. Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav’s son Vikas Yadav and nephew Vishal Yadav are accused of murdering Nitish Katara, after abducting him from a party.
Accused Vikas Yadav had
also moved another application in the sessions court,
seeking an adjournment in
trial on the ground that his
counsel had not come to the
court. Rejecting the application, the judge said: ‘‘This application is just another one
in the series of such applications seeking to delay the trial by the accused.’’
The judge observed the
court had fixed the date for
trial with consent of his
counsel, who had requested
for a longer date himself.
Moreover, the accused has
not just one but several
lawyers for his defence in
this court, the judge observed.
The trial started with examining of three witnesses
— the police official who registered the FIR, the doctor
who conducted postmortem
on the charred body of the
victim and the fingerprint
expert.
The examination of fingerprint expert would resume
on Tuesday. The case will be
heard on daily basis.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2003
FLIGHTS OUT
OF DELHI
NATIONAL
Mumbai: I-A 0700,
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1700, 1800, 1900, 2000,
2300 Jet Air 0650,
0800, 0935, 1400, 1725,
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Sahara 0700,1800, 2015
KOLKATA: I-A 0700,
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Jet Air 0600, 1720,
Sahara0705,1915
CHENNAI: I-A
0640,0955★★★
1645,1900 Jet Air
0645,1900
BANGALORE:
I-A 0650, 1645, 1900
Jet Air 0635,1715,
Sahara 0715, 1745
HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745
GOA: I-A 1200,
Sahara 1135
KULU: Jagson 0630,
0650, 1215 ★
AHMEDABAD:
I-A 0600,1700★★1845,
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BANGKOK/TOKYO:
Thai Air 0010 (TG-316),
A-I 0050 (IC-855)
FRANKFURT: Lufthansa
0305 (LH-761)
AMSTERDAM: North
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LONDON: British Air
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PARIS: Air France
0040 (AF-147),
A-I 0925 (AI-143)
SINGAPORE: Sin’pore
Airlines 2055 (SQ-407),
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WEATHER
Rain or snow is likely to occur at isolated places in
Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Rain or
thundershowers are likely to occur at isolated places
in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, south Tamil Nadu and
Kerala. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.
The trough in the lower levels off south Tamil Nadu coast and
adjoining Sri Lanka in southwest bay now lies over Comorin area
and neighbourhood.
INDIA
WORLD
Max Min
Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Kolkata
Bangalore
Ahm’bad
T’puram
Bhopal
B’eshwar
Pune
17
32
29
26
29
30
35
28
28
29
06
22
21
11
18
14
24
12
13
12
Guwahati
Dehradun
Hyd’bad
Indore
Jaipur
Lucknow
Patna
Rajkot
Shimla
Srinagar
Max
Min
NA
23
28
29
23
16
16
31
18
11
10
05
13
12
05
04
05
14
08
-02
Max Min
Amsterdam 06
Bahrain
19
Bangkok
32
Beijing
03
Chicago
-05
Geneva
03
Hong Kong 23
London
09
Los Angeles 26
Moscow
03
02
09
22
-05
-16
01
12
06
11
-01
TRAIN RESERVATIONS
Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on
20.01.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations.
Train No. Train / Exp / Mail
NORTH
4033
Jammu Mail
4645
Shalimar Exp
2403
Jammu Exp
EAST
2302
Calcutta Rajdhani
2304
Poorva Exp
2382
Poorva Exp
2312
Kalka Mail
2392
Magadh Exp
2402
Shramjeevi Exp
2418
Prayag Raj Exp
4056
Brahmputra Mail
5622
North East Exp
2554
Vaishali Exp
2816
Puri Exp
2802
Purshottam Exp
8476
Neelanchal Exp
4230
Lucknow Mail
WEST
2904
Golden Temple Mail
2926
Paschim Exp
2952
Mumbai Rajdhani
2954
AG Kranti Rajdhani
2474
Sarvodaya Exp
1078
Jhelum Exp
2916
Ashram Exp
SOUTH
2616
G T Exp
2622
Tamil Nadu Exp
2432
Trivandrum Raj
2626
Kerala Exp
2618
Mangala Exp
2628
Karnataka Exp
2724
A P Exp
2430
Banglore Rajdhani
7022
Dakshin Express
1 ac
2 ac
Ac 3t Sl
22.01
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22.01
22.01 27.01 21.01
04.02 30.01 21.01
26.01 27.01 29.01
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27.01
21.01
22.01
21.01
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22.01
23.01
23.01
29.01
26.01
26.01
26.01
22.01
27.01
26.01
22.01
21.02
23.01
16.02
12.02
27.01
23.01
05.02
26.01
28.01
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30.01
17.02
27.01
21.01
21.01
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22.01
28.01
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27.01
24.01
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26.01
21.01
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21.01
23.01
27.01
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21.01
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23.01
22.01
21.01
23.01
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21.01
No. of passengers dealt on 19.01.2003 (Delhi Area): 23,522 (N. Rly. Area)
90,467. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all
subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for
computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345.
(Information supplied by Indian Railways)
The Times of India, New Delhi
Crime cools off
in winter chill
No takers for welfare schemes
By Radhika D Srivastava
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Several social
welfare schemes run by the
Delhi state government do
not have any takers.
Sources in the social welfare department said even
though many people may
have applied, incomplete
paper work prevented them
from getting assistance.
At the beginning of last
year, the government had
earmarked an amount of Rs
2.5 crore for providing financial assistance to widows. Only half the allotted
amount, Rs 1.59 crore has
been spent so far. ‘‘The social welfare department has
been able to give money
only to 1,041 widows against
a target of 2,500,’’ a source
said.
The department also has
a scheme for providing
money for the marriage of
daughters of widows. An
amount of Rs 75 lakh had
been allocated but only Rs
66 lakh has been spent.
A scheme in which an
amount of Rs 5,000 is given
to a family on the birth of a
girl child, has not invoked a
good response. About Rs 10
lakh was set aside for this
scheme and only Rs 2.5 lakh
has been spent till now.
In the budget for 20022003, a total amount of Rs
4,834 crore had been allocated for social welfare
schemes. Of this, only Rs
3,109 crore has been utilised
so far. Besides, Rs 404 crore
had been given for construction work and only Rs 200
crore has been spent till
now.
A plan for constructing
and improving dhobi ghats
has also failed to take off.
Although Rs 50 lakh was al-
Coffers full
Scheme
spent
Widow welfare
crore
Marriage of widows’
daughters
Birth of girl child
Dhobi Ghats
Amount allotted
Amount
Rs 2.5 crore
Rs 1.59
Rs 75 lakh
Rs 66 lakh
Rs 10 lakh
Rs 50 lakh
Rs 2.5 lakh
0
located under this plan, not
a single penny has been
utilised till now. The source
said:‘‘It is sheer lack of initiative. The officers simply
do not care to look after
such schemes.’’
The department’s programmes for helping students from marginalised
communities have fared the
worst. In 2002-2003, not a
single student applied for
benefits.
An official explained:
‘‘We reimburse the amount
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that the student spends in a
professional coaching centre while preparing for a
competitive exam.’’
City social welfare minister Raj Kumar Chauhan
said: ‘‘ Although we try our
best to publicise the
schemes and encourage
people, not many come forward.’’
He said: ‘‘We have put out
advertisements and hope
that those who cannot read
would be informed by those
who are literate.’’
New Delhi: The long foggy
spell has not only thrown
normal life out of gear, it has
also forced criminals to remain indoors, resulting in a
sudden dip in city crime.
Even fatal accidents are on
the decline due to motorists’
extra alertness.
Senior police officials said
the crime figures starting
January 1, 2003, upto January 17 registered a drop, compared to figures of the corresponding period in 2002.
The figures say it all: The
New Delhi district reported
70 IPC cases against 90 reported last year, the north-
west reported 321 IPC cases
against 363 reported in the
same period. The north district registered 260 cases
against 275 registered last
year and central registered a
total of 97 IPC cases as
against 120 in the same period last year.
Although, figures were not
available other districts,
claimed a dip in crime too.
The officials said the only
exceptions are smaller accidents which have been reported largely due to poor
visibility.
‘‘In 2002, 83 fatal accidents
were reported compared to
76 reported so far this year.
No respite from cold in sight
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Met office
declared another cold day on
Monday with the maximum
day temperatures dipping to
6 degree Celsius below normal to 15.5 degree C. The
minimum temperature was 1
degree below normal at 5.8
degree C.
Poor visibility led to the
cancellation of many flights
and trains. The first flight
from IGI airport could take
off only after 10 am. Indian
Airlines has had to cancel
and reschedule some of its
services from Delhi for the
next three days. Train traffic
was also hit badly with 11
trains originating from Delhi
being rescheduled, and another six cancelled.
Northern
Hemisphere
Analysis Centre director
Surendra Kumar said this
was due to the absence of any
system (strong winds) in the
north. ‘‘Moisture levels are
also very high. Maximum relative humidity was 100 per
cent, while the minimum
was 59 per cent,’’ he said.
He said the western disturbance detected in north India
had an effect only on Jammu’s weather. ‘‘Some snowfall was caused there, but it
made no difference to Delhi.
Another western disturbance is building up over
Pakistan. If it reaches India
in 24 hours, it will cause a
rise in temperature,’’ said
Kumar.
But the respite is expected
to be temporary.
Burglars’ gang busted
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The east district
police claimed to have busted
a gang of Nepalese burglars
in Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara,
with the arrest of Dharam
Singh alias Mast Bahadur
(20). The police recovered a
knife from the accused, who
disclosed that he alongwith
one Khatak Singh and Giri
Singh burgled two shops in
area of police station Subji
Mandi. In another case, the
east district police arrested
one Fakira Khan (55) of UP
and recovered a locally-made
rifle with two live cartridges.
Robbery case solved: With
the arrest of three persons,
the east district police claim
to have solved a daylight robbery case reported from Azad
Nagar on January 16. According to the police, two
boys had entered the victim’s
house on the pretext of repairing the sofa sets and then
stole some jewellery. The accused were arrested from
Prem Nagar in Sultan Puri.
OBITUARY
SH. CHAND BIHARI LAL GUPTA
S/o Late Govind Narain Gupta
R/o D-16-A, Kailash Colony,
New Delhi-48. Ph.: 26220964
passed away on 20th January,
2003 (Monday) at 5.30 p.m.
Cremation on 21st January at
Nigam Bodh Ghat at 12 Noon
Tiya on 22nd January at
D-Block, Kailash Colony Park,
between 4 - 5 p.m.
R. K. Gupta, K. K. Gupta,
K.
Gupta, S. K. Gupta, (Sons)
M.B.L. Gupta (Brother)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SARDAR BIKRAM SINGH SOOD
1928 -- 2002
We remember our dearest and
cherish his memory with Pahali
Barsi ka BHOG OF SRI AKHAND
PATH
SAHIB
on Wednesday,
22-01-03 at 11 a.m. followed by
Kirtan and Guru-Ka-Langar at 51
Babar Road, New Delhi.
We will always remember the laughter and joy you
bestowed upon our lives. Mrs Amrit Sood (Wife), Mrs. Indu
T. Singh, Mr Promodh Sood, Mr Bhupinder Sood (Children),
Mr Joginder Singh (Brother), Mrs. Vimla Madan (Sister).
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TOI
NINAN’S CITY
Man held for
molesting
student
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Can’t get any brighter...
All due to the fog!
Some just
love to hurt
the Metro
By Purba Kalita
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:It’s a situation full of paradoxes.
Something belongs to
people and people themselves are out to wreck it.
The Metro Rail is just
weeks old, but it already
has the scars of public
misbehaviour.
Broken
handles and smashed
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window panes, a nonfunctional door, scratch
marks on scratch-proof
interiors.
The escalator suddenly
comes to a halt at the
Kashmere Gate station
and officials discover that
a man in his 40s has
pushed one of the emergency buttons in a bid to
satisfy his curiosity.
Contrary to popular belief, the young have been
behaving well. ‘‘It’s a personal observation that
teenagers on the Metro
have generally steered
clear of any mischief and
the elders have proved to
be the black sheep,’’ says
an executive with an
MNC, Namita Mehta,
who is also a regular commuter on the Metro.
‘‘Well, the first day of
the Metro was bad with
people trying to deface it.
I suppose it has to do with
people’s psychology to try
and fiddle with new
things. But, with passing
days, we have seen that
people
are
behaving
themselves,’’ says chief
PRO, Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation, Anuj Dayal.
‘‘We are soft on the people as of now but if things
get out of control, then
people can be severely penalised under the Operation and Maintenance
Act,’’ says Dayal.
But laws, rules and
punishments have always
been there. Has that done
any good to bring down
the destructive tendencies in people?
A reason cited by former professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of
Medical Sciences, Devendra Mohan, is the critical
distinction between ‘me’
and the ‘government’.
‘‘People keep their
homes clean but not public property. And until the
distinction is done away
with,
things
won’t
change,’’ says Mohan.
DRY DAYS: Are tankers a sustainable solution for poor water supply?
DJB is a dead loss
By Shivani Singh
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Nirmala Saxena paid the last instalment
for her two-bedroom flat in
Dwarka
almost
eight
months back. But she is yet
to get possession. And the
housing society will not allot the flat until Delhi Jal
Board (DJB) provides water
connection to each flat.
‘‘Our society applied for
a water connection two
years ago. We are yet to get
it,’’ she said.
Dwarka, a subcity on the
outskirts of Delhi, is not
the only area devoid of regular water supply. Residents of several areas in
south and east Delhi have
been surviving on bottled
and tanker water for the
past few years.
Usha Walia, a school
teacher living in Sarita Vihar said: ‘‘I buy 20-litre Bisleri bottles twice a week because I do not get regular
Jal Board supply in my
house. What is the point in
having a public utility
when it cannot provide basic facilities like drinking
water?’’
Water shortage, contamination, excessive leakage,
blocked drains, overflowing
gutters — Delhiites have a
welter
of
complaints
against the Jal Board. ‘‘If
the babus cannot manage,
why can’t they pass on their
responsibilities to private
players?’’ Walia asked.
The Delhi state government has started the
process of privatising public utilities by opening up
power distribution to private companies. The privatisation of DJB, however,
is not on its immediate
agenda.
‘‘Privatisation of DVB
was easy since the government had precedents to fol-
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PRIVATISE
low,’’ said DJB chief P K
Tripathi. ‘‘We do not have
any precedent for privatising water distribution,’’ he
said.
Although Bangalore has
begun the process of privatising water supply, Tripathi said the experiment
was still under observation.
‘‘The Jal Board in its present shape does not make a
case for divestment. It does
not provide a sustainable
competitive environment
needed to attract private
participation. Why would a
private party be interested
in selling water when it
fetches them just 35 paise
for 1,000 litres?’’ he said.
Tripathi said Jal Board
needed a facelift in order to
make it a decent selling
proposition. The management has decided to start
with reforming consumer
services.
‘‘Commercialisation of
services is our focus. But
revision of water tariff is
also imperative to improve
the financial health of DJB.
Even with greater efficiency, we cannot meet the
shortfall in revenue,’’ he
said.
As part of its reforms,
Jal Board is introducing a
single window system. ‘‘Today water supply department has 12 divisions, sewerage has nine. Besides,
there are 31 zones for collecting bills. For a single
problem, consumers may
have to make the rounds of
more than three departments,’’ he said. Tripathi
said Jal Board was aiming
to give consumers a unity
in command.
Chief minister Sheila
Dikshit, who is also DJB
chairperson, said: ‘‘The
idea is to make optimum
use of our manpower. Despite its huge staff, DJB is
not able to satisfy consumers. Since we can shed
this staff, we are working
towards greater efficiency.’’
New Delhi: A 30-year-old
man was arrested on Friday
for allegedly molesting a first
year student of Kamala
Nehru College. The accused,
Jagjit Singh, works as a nursing assistant with the Referral and Research hospital.
The police said Singh molested the victim when she
had gone to see a film at
Sangam theatre in R K Puram. ‘‘The accused does not
know the victim. He saw her
on Friday for the first time,’’
a police officer from the police station said.
The officer added the victim had gone to see movie,
Jism, on Friday afternoon.
‘‘Singh started following
her while she was in the
queue to purchase tickets,’’
the officer said. When the
victim went inside the hall,
the accused followed her
there too and saw the film.
When she came out of the
hall, the accused allegedly
molested her.
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Policemen caught sleeping
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Delhi Police
seem to be giving sleeping on
the job a rather literal turn.
At a time when the force has
been put on high alert for the
Republic Day celebrations,
two officials on duty were
caught napping.
The SHO and additional
SHO of the Mansarovar Park
police station were caught by
the deputy commissioner of
police (DCP) in the northeast district on Saturday
evening. The two were supposed to be on patrol duty.
They blamed the cold and
said they were ‘‘resting’’ because of the severe cold and
fog. But what irked DCP
Vivek Gogia was that they
tried to mislead him when he
made inquiries.
‘‘The DCP refused to accept any excuses,’’ an officer
said. Gogia, however, refused
to comment on the incident
stating it was an internal
matter. At 6 pm on Saturday,
Gogia was on a surprise visit
to some of the police stations
in his jurisdiction. His itinerary included a visit to the
Mansarovar police station.
‘‘Since it was a surprise
visit, subordinate officials in
the area were not informed,’’
an official said.
The DCP sent a message to
the SHO and additional SHO
asking them where they were
posted. ‘‘The two did not reveal that they were at the po-
Get ready to go electric
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Delhi seems to be on its way towards obtaining a fleet of electric vehicles
for public transport. The transport ministry
is contemplating introducing battery-powered three and eight-seater vehicles in select
pockets of the city.
As a fiscal incentive, the government has
decided to waive off sales tax on these electric vehicles, Delhi transport minister Ajay
Maken said. The fiscal incentive
is part of efforts to promote usage
of ‘‘zero-emission’’ vehicles in the
National Capital Region.
‘‘We have started with lower
emission technologies. We should
now go for zero- emission technologies,’’
Maken said while inaugurating a training
programme on alternative fuel vehicles, organised by the Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (SIAM).
The government is also holding talks with
vehicle manufacturers to start a project under which only battery-powered public transport vehicles will be allowed to ply in highly
congested areas and heritage sites across the
city. SIAM has already submitted a concept
paper for the project to the ministry.
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Under the proposal, 500 EVs would be introduced across Delhi in three years, with 100
being introduced in the first phase. The manufacturers have also proposed the setting up
of a vehicle park, which would be used for
charging the batteries.
‘‘The park should be managed by an independent authority and the supply of electricity to this unit should also be at a concessional rate,’’ SIAM officials pointed out.
Speaking at the ceremony, Maken said,
‘‘We can proudly say that there
are 72,000 CNG-run vehicles in
Delhi, including 3,200 DTC buses.’’ Orders for an additional 1,000
CNG buses have been given to
Ashok Leyland and Tata Engineering and they are likely to be inducted
into the DTC fleet by May this year.
‘‘Countries like Argentina are also changing over to CNG or natural gas. But, the driving force in Delhi is environmental and not
economical as in these countries.’’ He said
the efforts to reduce vehicular pollution here
would not have been possible without the special interest shown by the Supreme Court,
automakers, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), transport companies
and the people.
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lice station. They claimed
that they were out patrolling,’’ the official added.
When the DCP tried to verify this, he learnt that he had
been misled. He went to the
police station without sending prior warning.
‘‘There he found them
asleep,’’ the official added.
The two tried to explain that
it was too cold outside, but
the DCP refused to accept the
story. They were later sent to
the district battalion.
Interestingly, due to the
current weather conditions,
all the DCPs are patrolling
their respective districts to
ensure that their subordinates are on field duty and
not ‘‘resting’’.
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The Times of India, New Delhi
Junk old slogans, says
Shourie in Kerala
AP
Kochi: Cautioning government leaders
not to fall prey to sloganeering, Union disinvestment minister Arun Shourie has a
word of advice for them if they want to do
something for the people.
‘‘Buy a pair of ear plugs,’’ said Shourie
while asserting that the time had come to
junk old slogans. Shourie made these remarks while speaking at the valedictory of
the Global Investor Meet (GIM) here Sunday night in the backdrop of opposition
from some groups to Kerala opening up its
doors for foreign investments.
‘‘Slogans only confuse people and dissipate our national resolve. In India, those
who are out of office think that their job is
to criticise those in the office. We have to
be deaf if we have to do anything,’’
Shourie said as he advised Kerala chief
minister A K Antony to buy a pair of ear
plugs after the GIM. Calling upon all people to change their mindset and start being
confident about one’s own country,
Shourie said for the last seven years, India
had been one of the five fastest growing
economies in the world. ‘‘Today the country has $72 billion of foreign exchange reserves. Indian exports have gone up by 16
per cent in one year and exports to the US
have shown a 21 per cent growth,’’ he said.
‘‘We must get into the frame of mind of
the Chinese,’’ he said while underscoring Members of the Daksha Seth Dance Comhow they have immense confidence in the pany perform at the global investors meet
valedictory function in Kochi on Sunday.
potential of their country.
Shourie also said he was exasperated on spent every year on subsidies?’’ he asked
how wages for employees were still being while noting neither the Centre nor the
paid for about 350 public sector units writ- states had the resources for setting up deten off as non-functional. ‘‘Of the around velopment projects.
In the last 10 years, the minister said, he
1,000 PSUs, about 350 had been written off
as non-functional, but wages for employees had studied 35 revival projects of PSUs
on which a huge expenditure was
were still being paid,’’ he said.
‘‘How can we progress and implement incurred, but ‘‘not a single enterprise got
projects when Rs 40,000 crore is being revived’’. PTI
Militants ask
women in J&K
to quit jobs
By M Saleem Pandit
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar: A militant group
in Rajouri has asked Muslim
women to quit their jobs by
January 25 and stay home, or
face punishment, including
death.
Posters to this effect have
appeared overnight on the
main walls of a mosque in
Shahdara Sharief. Similar
posters appeared a few days
ago too, asking Muslim families to marry off their daughters by the age of 15.
The handwritten posters
carry the name of Harkat-ulJehadi-Islamia (Huji). They
have been removed by the police, said an official.
The Lashkar-e-Jabbar was
the first militant group in Rajouri to come up with a code
of conduct for women. They
demanded that women and
even girls, wear burqas when
out in public. They, too, had
issued threats for non-compliance. The issue had
evoked widespread criticism,
and when women refused to
comply, Jabbar had resorted
to acid attacks and finally
killed four women.
This time, they have found
a fervent supporter in Huji.
Besides the burqa diktat, the
Huji has even supported Jabbar’s demand that women
should be accompanied by
men whenever they go out.
All womenshould take
baths at home and stay all the
times in their homes, the
Huji posters have declared.
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BJP rakes up Ayodhya again
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The BJP will
contest the assembly polls
in MP, Rajasthan, Delhi and
Chhatisgarh later this year
on the basis of its traditional agenda — a Ram temple
in Ayodhya, the demand for
a common civil code and abrogation of Article 370.
At a meeting on Monday
office-bearers from these
states, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani clarified that
while the national agenda
for governance would be the
roadmap for the NDA government at the Centre, the
BJP must not hold back on
propagating its own policies
and ideology when it campaigns in these four states.
The ‘‘clarifications’’ from
Advani and party president
Poll strategy
Clarification
Advani clarified that while the national agenda would be
the roadmap at the Centre, the BJP can propagate its
own policies when it campaigns in the four states.
U-turn
This is a departure from the BJP’s initial response to
whether the Gujarat formula would be used elsewhere
Consensus
There was consensus that the BJP won Gujarat because it was not apologetic about Hindutva
Venkaiah Naidu mark a departure from the BJP’s initial response to whether the
Gujarat formula would be
applied elsewhere. The initial response was that as the
Congress was in power in
these four states, the anti-incumbency factor would ensure that shortcomings of
the state governments on
the developmental and economic fronts would be in focus, and the BJP’s agenda
would be played lowkey.
But on Monday, the
Deputy PM said: ‘‘The BJP
is clear in its ideology and
programmes. (The) BJP is
not apologetic about it.
(The) NDA agenda is the
common minimum agreed
programme for governance.
(The) BJP has made this position very clear to its allies
from the beginning.’’ At
Monday’s meeting, there
was consensus that the BJP
won Gujarat because it was
not apologetic about its Hindutva agenda there.
Party spokesperson Mukthar Abbas Naqvi said:
‘‘The BJP will go to the polls
in these states on the basis
of the common civil code,
Article 370 and Ram Janmabhoomi, and there will
be no going back on this.’’
Asked how the states were
involved as implementation
would require Central, not
state legislation, Naqvi
said: ‘‘Yes, these are national issues, but are you saying
people in the states are not
concerned about them?’’
Panel on Kelkar makes more changes
By Smita Gupta
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Changes were incorporated
in the Rajnath Singh committee’s report on the Kelkar task force’s recommendations on taxes virtually minutes
before it was handed over to BJP president Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.
This brought some of its comments
more in line with the thinking of the finance minister’s adviser, party sources
said.
The sources added that Rajnath
Singh met finance minister Jaswant
Singh on Monday.
To cite two instances of the changes:
The Kelkar panel had suggested abolition of taxes on dividends and to com-
pensate for the loss suggested that incentives for infrastructure development
or export zones be scrapped.
Originally, the Rajnath panel had said
it would go along with abolition of the
dividend tax, provided the government
retained its incentives for infrastructure development which was crucial for
economic development and employment generation.
The party sources say the PM’s
speech at a SEBI function where he
spoke of providing sops for the capital
market, created a problem for the Rajnath committee, with some members
feeling that Vajpayee had given a direct
signal for the abolition of the dividend
tax, and it would be better not to make
the party’s acquiescence to it conditional on anything else. So the report now is
silent on favouring the retention of incentives for infrastructure development.
Similarly, the party’s opposition to
scrapping of long-term capital gains tax
on shares while hiking it on sales of
jewellery and real estate, as recommended by the Kelkar task force, also
does not find a mention now, the party
sources said.
The Rajnath committee has also
favoured raising the personal income
tax exemption limit without removing
the standard deduction for the salaried
class and opposed any income tax on the
agriculture sector.
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The Times of India, New Delhi
Centre’s talks
with NSCN
put off, to be
held today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK AND
AGENCIES
New Delhi: In a sudden
move, talks between the IsakMuivah faction of the rebel
National Socialist Council of
Nagaland (I-M) and the Centre to resolve the 53-year-old
Naga problem have been deferred to Tuesday.
In another development, a
delegation from Manipur led
by chief minister Okrom Ibobi Singh pressed for preserving the state’s territorial integrity. The delegation met
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and
CPM leader Sitaram Yechuri,
among others, to emphasise
that the Centre should take
an uncompromising stand on
the issue of boundaries of
states in the North-East during the peace talks with the
Naga leaders.
Nagaland chief minister S
C Jamir, in turn, also reiterated that elected representatives of the state should also
be involved in the ongoing
talks.
The NSCN (I-M), headed by
Isak Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah,
has in the past been a great
votary of the ‘‘Greater Nagaland’’ concept, which incorporates the Naga-dominated
parts of Manipur, Assam and
SIT suspects Badal
link in kidney scam
By Ajay Bharadwaj
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chandigarh: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the clandestine kidney
trade has reportedly found
that former chief minister
Parkash Singh Badal was responsible for providing protection to the main accused
in the case.
SIT sources claimed the report might not be enough to
implicate Badal in the scam.
The reason for Badal turning a blind eye to Sarin’s activities is not yet known to
the investigating officials.
When contacted on Sunday
night, Shiromani Akali Dal
chief Badal said: ‘‘It is a fabricated story meant to malign a political opponent.’’
The SIT team believes the
main accused, Dr P K Sarin,
offered Rs 50 lakh each as donation to the former chief
minister during the Majitha
assembly byelection in 2000
and the state assembly elections in 2002. In the run-up to
the state assembly elections,
Badal reportedly visited
Sarin’s residence in Amritsar where his mother handed
over Rs 5,100 to Badal as par-
ty donation, and Sarin later
increased it substantially,
said SIT officials.
Sarin reportedly donated
Rs 50 lakh during the Majitha
assembly byelection. In return, the then SAD-BJP government obliged Sarin by
withdrawing the police case
registered in connection
with the clandestine sale of
kidneys in Tarn Taran in
2000 and discreetly avoided
naming Sarin as an accused
in the one registered in Amritsar. The case pertains to
activities of touts operating
as conduit between kidney
donors and kidney recipients
in which three persons were
persecuted.
The fate of yet another
case related to clandestine
sale of kidneys registered in
Amritsar in 1999 is not
known. The SIT claimed that
some police officers posted in
Amritsar during the SADBJP rule were repeatedly
told not to touch Sarin. It was
during their regime that the
trade flourished to the hilt.
The matter was brought to
the notice of the health authorities as well, but nothing
followed to contain it.
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Reuters
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Chhota Rajan
may be behind
Shetty killing
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
& AGENCIES
WHO’S SHETTY?
Mumbai: Chhota Rajan is
suspected to be behind the
killing of Sharad Shetty in
Dubai on Sunday. The Dubaibased Indian businessman,
suspected to be an aide of
Dawood Ibrahim, was shot
dead by two unidentified persons at the Popular India
Club.
Rajan, who is in hiding at
an undisclosed location, has
been in a battle with Dawood
for the past few years.
In September, 2000 Dawood
had sought to eliminate Rajan in Bangkok. But Rajan escaped with bullet wounds
and since then he has been
plotting to kill Dawood and
his aides like Chhota Shakeel
and Sharad Shetty.
Rajan slipped in two hitmen into Dubai a few weeks
ago and they have been keep-
• One-time Dawood aide.
Border Security Force soldiers on camelback take part in the Republic Day Parade rehearsal
in New Delhi on Monday.
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Also called Anna
• Masterminded attack on
Chhota Rajan
• Involved in the murder
of drug lord Irfan Gogha
• Heavily into betting and
match-fixing
• Owned the Rami Group
of Hotels in Dubai
ing a close watch at Shetty’s
movements. On Sunday
evening, when Shetty (43)
emerged out of his Mercedes
to play billiards at the Indian
Club two men pumped bullets into him.
The first bullet in his back,
felled him after which six
bullets pierced his skull, police sources said. In all, 20
bullets were sprayed on him.
The incident reveals that Ra-
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Kidman, Nicholson win top
honours at Golden Globe
Los Angeles: The lines
were drawn and the battle
joined for Oscars on Sunday
as one of the hottest contests for Hollywood’s top honours narrowed at the Golden Globes with the drama
The Hours and musical
Chicago taking top awards.
The Hours claimed the title of best dramatic film and
earned star Nicole Kidman
the award for best actress in
a drama for playing writer
Virginia Woolf fighting
mental illness.
Chicago, based on the
popular stage show about
an aspiring actress whose
murderous ways make
headlines, claimed three
awards, more than any film.
It won for best musical or
comedy while stars Richard
Gere and Renee Zellweger
won for best actor and Nicole Kidman and Jack Nicholson show off the best
actress in a musical or actress and best actor awards they won at the 60th
Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday.
comedy.
Reuters
Jack
Nicholson
was
named best dramatic actor,
his sixth Golden Globe for
acting, as a retired insurance actuary pondering if
his life was wasted in About
Schmidt. Martin Scorsese
was given his due with a
best director trophy for his
epic Gangs of New York. His
film will likely join Hours,
Chicago, About Schmidt,
Adaptation as a serious Oscar combatant.
Gangs claimed one minor
award for best original song
for Irish rock band U2’s The
Hands that Built America.
To play Virginia Woolf,
Kidman wore a prosthetic
nose that gave even her
most ardent fans a hard
time recognising her. Onstage, Nicholson took note
of the difference in Kidman: “Doesn’t Nicole look
lovely with her own nose,”
he said. Reuters
The Times of India, New Delhi
AROUND THE WORLD
AP
Jail makes Downey Jr
wiser: Actor Robert Downey
to third place with an estimated $12.5 million. The romantic comedy starring Brittany
Murphy and Ashton Kutcher
as mismatched newlyweds
has taken in $34 million since
opening last weekend. ‘‘At
this time of year when we are
used to seeing all these Oscar contenders, we forget
that something like this can
be very popular and take the
No. 1 spot at the box office,’’
said Paul Dergarabedian,
president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. ‘‘People must really be in the
mood to laugh.’’AP
Jr, whose bouts with cocaine
addiction have been frontpage news, said he still battles drug dependency but
that his experiences in jail
and drug rehabilitation have
made him wiser. Talking to reporters at the Sundance Film
Festival where he premiered
his first movie since completing court-ordered drug rehabilitation in July, Downey said
he believed the public saw
him as more human now, due
to his troubles. “I’m a little
older. I’m mildly wiser,”
Downey, 37, said. “My frequent appearances on (cable
TV show) Court TV have
brought me to another level
than just always ‘the acting
guy’... I think I’ve become
very, I don’t want to say real,
but I’m very tangible to people... because of my fallibility.” Downey spent a year in
prison starting in 1999 for cocaine possession, t hen landed a plum role on TV’s Ally
McBeal within a week of his
August 2000 release. Reuters
Seagal labelled liar:
Kangaroo Jack jumps to
the top: A kangaroo
hopped past comedian Martin Lawrence at the weekend
DUBYAMAIL
What’s the similarity between JugNeelabh and Jaipal Reddy? They are
spokesperson for the Congress.
— Kapil Sethi
This is a hopeless cartoon strip. People
who like it and claim they have good
sense of humour are terribly wrong,
because those who have good sense of
humour will never like such PJs.
— Vivek
e-mail: dubya-man@indiatimes.com
box office. Kangaroo Jack, a
comedy about two hapless
pals trying to retrieve missing
mob money from a kangaroo
in Australia, edged into first
place in its debut weekend,
taking in $17.7 million, according to studio estimates
A model displays a red ensemble created by Japanese
fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto in Paris on Sunday.
Sunday. National Security, an
smuggling ring, opened at
action comedy starring MarNo. 2, earning an estimated
tin Lawrence and Steve Zahn
$15.7 million. Last weekend’s
as ex-cops who crack a
No. 1 film, Just Married, fell
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Steven Seagal is taking a
beating in Brooklyn — labelled a liar by lawyers and
mocked
by mobsters. So
far he’s
not fighting back.
Seagal’s
latest role
is one he
was reluctant to accept: star
witness in a racketeering trial
targeting the mob. He is expected to eventually take the
stand in the prosecution of
Peter Gotti, brother of the late
mob boss John Gotti. ‘‘You’ll
find out that the last thing he
wanted to do was to become
a witness in a case like this,’’
a prosecutor told the jury. He
described Seagal as a victim
of the Gambinos’ bid to infiltrate the film industry for
profit. The defence hasn’t
waited to attack the actor’s
credibility. Seagal ‘‘is a pathological liar,’’ defence attorney
George Santangelo said during opening statements. AP
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The Times of India, New Delhi
Pak slams Akash test: India’s latest
missile tests display an ‘‘obsession with
war,’’ a senior Pakistani official said
Monday, adding Pakistan won’t be drawn
into an arms race. Information minister
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
said Pakistan would
not be intimidated ‘‘no
matter how many tests
India conducts.’’ He
said, ‘‘This reflects India’s obsession with
war. We do not want to join the arms
race... But we know how to defend.’’ AP
SAARC summit: Pakistan on Monday
said India should attend the SAARC summit proposed to be held in Islamabad later this year, before commenting on having Kathmandu as a permanent venue for
the summit. Foreign office spokesman
Aziz Ahmed Khan said, “India should
stop throwing the spanner in the works,
like it has been doing in the past. It
should come and attend the summit. PTI
PoK and Mangla dam: Pakistan’s
economic discrimination of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) took deeper roots
in recent days over the issue of raising the
height of Mangla dam, built on river
Jhelum. General Musharraf had announced a substantial package for PoK in
September 2002, on the occasion of inaugurating the expansion plan. However,
it recently came to light that Pakistan is
backtracking on its promises to PoK while
continuing with the construction work.
Urdupoint of January 13 cited demands
of the prime minister of PoK where he insisted on formalizing the agreement pertaining to royalty and power tariffs to be
received by PoK for electricity generated
from Mangla. PoK has always been deprived of royalty for power generation in
its province, unlike the other provinces in
Pakistan. The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has outright rejected the demands of PoK and differentiated them in comparison to the other
provinces. Apart from depriving PoK of its
royalty, the chairman of Wapda, Lt. Gen.
Zulfikar Ali Khan, has slapped higher
electricity tariffs for PoK while the same
were being reduced for the other
provinces. This discrimination has made
the people of PoK wary of Pakistan government’s promises and is opposing the
project.
● Strategic
Foresight Group
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Pak responsible for J&K terror: Blackwill
By Chidanand Rajghatta
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
San Jose: In contemporary American
political-diplomatic lexicon, there is no
such term as a freedom fighter, at least
not to describe those who terrorise and
kill indiscriminately as they are doing
in Kashmir.
That was the stark message issued by
the US ambassador to India, Robert
Blackwill, at the golden jubilee celebration of the IIT here on Saturday in response to a bleeding heart question from
an alumnus about the need for looking
into the causes underlying terrorism.
Blackwill left little doubt that he held
Pakistan directly responsible for terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, a view that
is not shared or echoed publicly or enthusiastically by the state department.
“The US will continue to urge President Musharraf to do everything in his
power to end permanently terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir,” he
said, asserting that the LoC “cannot be
changed by violence.”
“I don’t want to enter into a philosophical debate about murderers. Let us
please name those for what they are who
murder innocent for political motives
and who seek to bring down the very pillars of democracy — in New York, in
Washington, at the assembly in Srinagar, at Parliament in New Delhi,” Blackwill grated, amid applause from mostly
NRI tech-heads.
Specifically, Blackwill referred angrily to the beheading of three young girls
in Jammu and Kashmir. He said some
people were of the view that when identifying terrorists, there was a need to
consider history, circumstances and other subtleties. “To the contrary I say that
defeating terrorism for the US and India
is not subtle. It is a matter of survival for
ourselves, for our democratic values, for
our religious freedom, for our children,
for everything we hold dear,” he said.
The US ambassador lavished praise
on the IITians with the usual caveats
and criticism about what India needs to
do to about the slow pace of reforms.
Thanks to the IIT system, “what is
good for India is great for the US too,” he
said, a proposition that could well be reversed judging by the fact that the golden jubilee celebrations of India’s most
famous school is being held in Silicon
Valley (and not India) and has attracted
more than 2500 alumni.
Police raid London
mosque, arrest seven
By Rashmee Z Ahmed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
London: As police launched an unprecedented raid on one of London’s
largest mosques, the peace-loving Indians who founded it have revealed the
chain of “official inaction and militant threats” that transformed their
“House of God into a terrorist haven”.
The Finsbury Park mosque in north
London was raided overnight by 150
policemen in connection with the inquiry into Ricin, the deadly poison
found 10 days ago.
For years the mosque has repeatedly been linked to alleged international
terrorists. Police said it was an “intelligence-linked” operation, searching
for key men and documents. Seven
people have been arrested under the
anti-terrorism Act.
But speaking exclusively to The
Times of India, Masroor Ahmad originally from Lucknow, revealed that it
was originally founded for Indians and
people from the Indian sub-continent.
He said he founded it with funds
from the local South Asian communi-
ty, Saudi King and Ken Livingstone’s
London authority to create the “potential heart of the local community and
peaceful house of God”.
But today’s massive modern mosque
is the stronghold of a fiery Islamist
Egyptian preacher, Sheikh Abu
Hamza al-Masiri, who has preached to
Zacharias Moussawi, the alleged 20th
hijacker of the 9/11 planes, shoebomber Richard Reid and other Islamist extremists.
Ahmad, who says threats and intimidation from Hamza’s men have kept
him away from the mosque for two
years, insists: “Originally it served a
peaceful sub-continental group of worshippers, Indians, Pakistanis and Bengalis, which is to my mind, all original
Indians anyway. The Arabs had another mosque nearby and it was unfortunate that Algerians and Hamza’s militants seized control from us”.
The mosque’s original trustees, who
included two Indians and a Pakistani,
complained to the police and asked for
protection against Hamza’s takeover
bid, he said.
For more go to www.timesofindia.com
Reuters
British anti-war protesters demonstrate outside army headquarters in Northwood,
Middlesex, on Sunday.
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UN inspectors
sign deal with
Iraq for better
cooperation
Baghdad: Iraq and the UN
signed Monday a 10-point
joint declaration in which
Baghdad pledged to boost cooperation as disarmament
inspectors had demanded
ahead of their key compliance report to the Security
Council next week.
The accord covers access
to all sites, including private
homes, encourages Iraqi scientists to accept private interviews and appoints a team
for a comprehensive search
for warheads, chief UN inspector Hans Blix announced.
Talks had been devoted to
“stocktaking of inspections,”
and issues raised by them,
presidential advisor Amer alSaadi, who is in charge of
Iraq’s disarmament dossier,
told reporters.
“Access has been obtained
to all sites. This will continue. The Iraqi side will encourage persons to accept access also to private sites,”
Saadi said after two days of
meetings in Baghdad.
A list of scientists already
submitted would be “supplemented in accordance with
advice” from the inspectors,
read the declaration released
to the press.
The
declaration
was
signed during a working
meeting between UNMOVIC
head Blix and IAEA director
general Mohamed ElBaradei
and Iraqi officials at the foreign ministry. Saadi described the meeting as “constructive and useful”. AFP
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The Times of India, New Delhi
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Conceptually, India being a declared nuclear state with a
no-first-use doctrine, it must have a nuclear triad with
the strongest arm being at sea — underwater.
— Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Chief of Naval Staff
Triad Untested
The Indian nuclear deterrent capability is on way to
getting a triad base with the proposed acquisition of two
Akula class submarines, the 122-M long range bombers
and the aircraft carrier, Gorshkov. When India went
nuclear in May 1998, these columns took the position
that nuclear arms were a necessary evil in a world
already too full of them. That done, it was imperative
that we put in place a credible minimum deterrent. The
nuclear triad is an attempt in this direction. To be sure,
the package is prohibitively expensive. At $3 billion,
it is a shade less than one per cent of the GDP. For
comparison, consider the 1.3 per cent share invested
nationally on healthcare. However, such is the imperfect
environment around us — with a nuclear challenge
never really too far away — that the demands of the
social sector have often to take a back seat to security.
In recent months, we have witnessed a fair amount of
nuclear sabre-rattling by Pakistan, with very little
international adverse reaction against it. Fortunately,
India’s strategic triad underpins the doctrine of nofirst-use which is a non-provocative deterrent posture.
The new acquisitions are likely to fuel fresh worries
about an arms race on the subcontinent. That General
Musharraf will seek to augment his nuclear arsenal, if
only to counter domestic criticism, goes without saying.
It is a matter of some comfort though that currently
there aren’t too many sources willing to oblige him.
Neither the US nor Russia — the primary sources of
supply for the present — will equip Pakistan with
nuclear subs or long-range bombers. Nor will Pakistan’s
economic situation allow such extravagant purchases.
Nonetheless, we may well be up against another kind
of race on this count — between Indian political parties.
Perhaps we should remember that these purchases
come at the end of long negotiations which began
several yeas ago. Indeed, a Soviet nuclear submarine
was leased out to India during the ’80s and the
Indo-Russian defence cooperation has a 40-year-long
history. The Indian nuclear programme itself goes back
a long way. In other words, it is best that attempts to
attach party labels to such acquisitions are resisted.
Managing a strategic nuclear triad is a complex
business and our political leadership — not merely the
prime minister — should know better than to play
politics with it. For a country aspiring to be a responsible nuclear power, restraint should be the watchword,
not jingoism of the sort increasingly on display.
Statuary Warning
The DMK’s sudden discovery of the dangers of
privatisation is not opportunism as familiar to alliance
politics. It is more a case of preparing the ground
for the party’s inevitable exit from the National
Democratic Alliance. At its recent meeting, the DMK
executive asked the Union government to stop the
sale of profit-making PSUs to avert large-scale
unemployment and retrenchment. Such a reversal of
the party’s stance on the NDA’s policy of economic
reforms, which was pursued vigorously by the DMK’s
own nominee in the Union cabinet, Murasoli Maran
as industry minister, is obviously a reaction to the
BJP’s renewed interest in the AIADMK, and the
emergence of J Jayalalithaa as a de facto BJP ally. With
BJP functionaries confirming the party’s growing
proximity to the AIADMK and shift away from the
DMK, M Karunanidhi had to begin making noises
so that the parting of ways would be attributed
to a ‘principled position’ and not to the DMK’s
declining value for the NDA.
However, such posturing betrays the decreasing
content to the DMK’s politics as well as policies.
Mr Maran was a greater champion of privatisation than
other NDA constituents and was least moved by the
sangh parivar’s swadeshi lobby against opening the
Indian market to foreign goods. In fact, at the WTO
meeting in Seattle, Mr Maran sneered at Bill Clinton’s
attempt to placate protesters, saying that he “actually
spoke like Lenin or Stalin”. Of course, reforms are more
easily debunked with Mr Maran away for medical
treatment in the US, and the DMK unlikely to get
industry or any other important portfolio. Clearly,
Mr Karunanidhi seems to be running out of not only
ideas but even worthy issues to challenge the AIADMK
and the BJP. The most it has been able to come up
with in Tamil Nadu is a campaign to have statues of
Kannagi, the heroine in the epic Silappathigaram, in
Chennai and all district headquarters. Why? To redeem
the ‘‘Tamil pride’’ wounded by Ms Jayalalithaa not
restoring the one damaged statue of Kannagi on the
Marina beach. If such is the course and content of
politics that Mr Karunanidhi is now reduced to
scripting, then, surely, the veteran has lost his touch. It
is time to call it a day and hand over the baton to son
M K Stalin whose name at least would lend some
credibility to the DMK’s new economic platform.
Going Bananas
That popular song ‘Yes, we have no bananas’ could
become a reality in 10 years, warns Belgian plant
pathologist Emile Frison in the New Scientist. The
sterile, seedless banana hasn’t, she says, had sex for
years and only genetic manipulation can keep diseases
at bay. Ms Frison warns that the banana’s extinction
could hurt impoverished Africans. However, it could
also upset the USA’s health-conscious citizens. In her
book, Bananas: An American History, Virginia Jenkins
cites a 1999 estimate that the per capita consumption in
the US is as high as 75 bananas a year. The banana, she
adds, kept re-inventing itself as America’s favourite
fruit. The thick skin allayed concerns about dirt. When
Americans began to worry about high calories, the
banana was recommended as a snack full of energy
but low in fat. Given the continuing popularity of the
fruit in today’s unipolar world, Ms Frison need not
worry too much about its extinction. The US can be
counted on to ensure that its citizens do not go bananas
in the absence of the fruit. After all, it was the Yankee,
Minor Keith, who set up the corporate United Fruit
to ensure that Guatemala became one vast banana
republic to cater to the nutritional needs of the great
US market. So much so that United Fruit’s corporate
base in Guatemala was itself called Bananera. And
attempts by Bermej and Arbenz to redistribute land
were pre-empted by United Fruit and John Foster Dulles
who denounced these elected leaders as Soviet satellites.
The wheel has now turned full circle with Illinois
University law professor Francis Boyle writing in a
recent issue of CounterPunch that the US had become a
banana republic since George W Bush was not elected
by the majority of the people but anointed by five
supreme court judges. A world without banana
republics would be most welcome, but life without
bananas is hard to imagine.
Ayub’s Dilemma
Hope in the Form of Shankar and Vinod
By M Hasan Jowher
Justice delivered! Gujarat punishes the
guilty. Dharma and secularism win. Hindus
show solidarity with Muslim victims.
On December 15, 2002 Ayub Mansuri was
among the many who were hoping against
hope to hear such a verdict from the people’s
court. That the reverse happened with the
BJP winning a landslide victory unnerved
him, raising some fundamental questions.
Serious questions, not just for the thousands
of Mansuris, but for every thinking Indian.
Ayub is a weaver, or rather was. He lost a
hand to the madness that swamped Gujarat
after Godhra. Before that he had clothed
many an Indian. With his rudimentary
knowledge and business sense, he is in no
position to offer expert analysis. But in
his own way he understands concepts like
equality and justice. And he wonders if life
will ever be the same again for him and the
many thousand others in his community
who lost their all in those frenzied months.
He wonders why the 2,000 plus Muslims
killed did not merit even a mention in the
entire election campaign that revolved
around the 58 Hindus brutally massacred
in the Sabarmati Express.
The irony that Ayub finds difficult to
comprehend is the virtual clean chit handed
down to the accused by more than half the
voters. Even those guilty of heinous crimes,
including the accused in the infamous
Naroda Patia carnage, won handsomely.
The BJP swept central Gujarat where the
maximum killings took place. Its victory
margins receded away from the epicentre
of violence. Ayub is frightened at the
implications of this.
Most political pundits were carried
away by the BJP’s successive losses in the
preceding three years in Gujarat, including
in the municipalities and panchayats.
Mr Modi’s predecessor, Keshubhai Patel,
was replaced after four years of nonperformance. Within weeks, Godhra and
post-Godhra happened. So, by its own admission, the BJP was unable to showcase
anything. Except, of course, the revenge
riots: The gaurav yatra was a masterly crafted strategy based on allusion and innuendo.
As I brood over Ayub’s dilemma,
Shankarbhai and Vinodbhai of Vinoba
Bhave Ashram walk into my office. In
Mehsana district, in villages around Idar
Taluka, Muslims who lost all they had, are
still not allowed to return, they complain.
They have resided and worked there for
decades and must return to their home,
insist these two Gujaratis. Clearly they have
not understood the election verdict. They
also show me a list of some 24 names, of people who have lost their homes, shops, everything but received no compensation at all.
Ayub seems to have reconciled to the fact
that the guilty will never be punished. But
Shankar and Vinod clearly have not. We
must pursue them till the end, they say. A
God-fearing man, Shankar is firm in his
convictions and beliefs: Bhagwan ke yahan
der hai, andher nahin (God might delay, but
will not deny justice). As Ayub, Shankar and
Vinod go over their experiences, our staff
wonders who would win if we were to
conduct a quick poll amongst us on India’s
most feared chief minister. We don’t have to
conduct the poll. We know the answer. Ironic
contradictions of democracy? Yes, considering who the popular verdict favoured.
Sometime ago, Jug Suraiya wrote a
poignant piece in these very columns, distinguishing between Crowd India and Mob
India. If Shankar, Vinod and Ayub had read
it, they might want to spell democracy as
democ(k)racy. Or perhaps demo(b)cracy. But
is Ayub’s plight entirely due to saffron
excesses? Hasn’t the Indian Muslim leadership contributed to his dispensability significantly? In 52 long years they gave him not
one university, not one national newspaper;
neither a scheduled commercial bank nor a
TV channel. They did not bother to explain
to the Hindu majority the real meaning of
Islam, the true character of the Somnath
plunderer or to dispel the myths that
Muslims marry more and breed much. They
could not be bothered to explain the
Kashmiri atrocities: To point out that the
violence was more political than communal,
indeed that in Kashmir far more Muslims
had died than Hindus. They were unable to
draw the attention of Hindus to the history
of Kashmir, to why J&K has its own flag and
constitution or why its chief minister was
until recently called prime minister.
Instead, the Muslim political leadership
remained preoccupied with obscurantism
and tokenism: Shah Bano, Haj subsidy,
Republic Day boycott and so on, even as the
tag of ‘appeasement’ stuck to Muslims. This
was a cruel mockery given the sharp decline
in their share in employment, industry,
banking and defence. For its part, the clergy
failed to clarify controversial concepts like
kafir and jehad in the Indian context. They
were busy meddling with matters temporal.
Despite losing Babri masjid — and hundreds
of other mosques and thousands of innocent
lives — they will not introspect on the
bankruptcy of their vision and crores of
Ayub Mansuris will continue to be crushed
between militant Hindutva and an irresponsible Muslim leadership.
Vinod and Shankar can return none of
Ayub’s dead relatives, burnt property or lost
livelihood. But they give him something
more important. A hope. Faith that truth will
triumph one day and justice will be done.
Somehow
Ayub
knows that as long
as there are Hindus
like them he has a
future in India. Citing the essence of
dharma, the duo assures him that the
Gujarat experiment
cannot be repeated
elsewhere in India.
Bomb Doubts
Leading scientist R Rajaraman believes
that the setting up of a nuclear command
and control structure in India is not
sufficient reason to discount the N-threat
in the subcontinent. Cautioning restraint,
this professor of theoretical physics at
Jawaharlal Nehru University tells
Rashme Sehgal that the public must
be made privy to more details about
nuclear arms safety issues:
of the weapons ready for first strike.
Pakistan has always said that it will keep
the first-strike option open. For us to have a
credible no-first-use, the government must
announce a unilateral de-alert.
We shouldn’t produce more and more
weapons. Rather, we should concentrate
on techniques of survivability. In terms of
unacceptable damage to any responsible
leadership of an adversary country, it’s
sufficient to target two Hiroshima bombs
What does it mean to have a nuke command on two of their major cities. This will kill
in place?
several lakh people. We should focus on
All it means that in the event of a nuclear survivability, and on keeping a few weapons
crisis, we now have a set of procedures to inflict such a damage. It would be a
in place. The nuclear command and control mistake to enter into competition as hapstructure is led by the prime minister. pened during the Cold War. We don’t need
This implies that in a crisis situation various hundreds of nuclear weapons, when we
nuclear, strategic and political experts already possess enough to destroy the enemy.
will give their inputs before the command What about Mr Musharraf’s recent statement
authority decides on how to respond. The that he wouldn’t have hesitated to nuke India
response generally means giving coded if we had attacked Pakistan?
signals — the pressing of a button is only
President Musharraf is playing a dangera euphemism.
ous game of brinkmanship. This must not be
What kind of procedures?
matched by a similar response from our end
The general impression up to now is as that will only add to the threat perception
that India’s nuclear weapons are not perma- on their side. Bluster aside, Pakistan’s actunently deployed. Whether that turns out al response will depend on several imponto be eventually the case is a key issue. derables such as the influence of religious
For example, after an alarm about a nuclear extremists in decision-making, the role of
attack is raised,
the US, etc. If India
we have anywhere
has 150 N-weapons
between five and
in a ready-to-launch
six minutes to react.
posture, that by itWe can respond in
self will prove a
At
the
time
of
a
military
two ways. First, to
major destabilising
crisis, when nuclear
be cautious and
factor and will keep
anxieties are at their
careful. Second, to
us, day after day,
peak, a built-in time
react immediately,
on the brink of a
gap
between
the
which requires that
nuclear war. The US
decision to launch
we keep our weakeeps more than
and the actual attack
pons on a hair1,000 N-weapons in
may make all the
trigger alert. I prefer
a ready-to-fire posidifference.
the former because
tion. Presumably, a
if weapons remain
similar number is
permanently deplodeployed by Russia.
yed, the threat of a nuclear war cannot The Bush-Putin agreement signed last year
be ruled out.
did not make any commitment to reducing
Besides, India has a no-first-use policy. But number of deployed weapons below 1,000.
that loses its meaning if weapons remain in
France and UK have no visible enemies.
a ready-to-use state. To the other side, it Yet they continue to keep the weapons. That
appears no different from a first-use posture. shows how hard it is to de-escalate. BureauIf it’s not the case already, it’s time to ensure crats and military structures don’t allow it.
that we stay in a state of de-alert. The Regrettably, I expect India to increase its
simplest way to do this would be to store weapons up to between 1,000 and 2,000, based
weapons away from delivery vehicles, so that on our stock of plutonium and the triad
it requires anything between 6 and 24 hours strategy that underlies our N-doctrine. Pakto deploy them. This gives the leadership istan will be under pressure to match this.
time to assess a threat and figure out an Why is the average Indian scientist so little
appropriate retaliatory response. It also dis- informed about what is going on?
pels false alarms about an anticipated attack.
In India, the public has been kept out of
Why is this so important?
the N-debate. In the US, a large number
At the time of a military crisis, when of nuclear experts resides in universities.
nuclear anxieties are at their peak, a built-in Most leading scientists who participated in
time gap between the decision to launch and the Manhattan project, when the first
the actual attack may make all the difference bomb was made, went back to universities
in averting an unwanted nuclear war.
and are consultants to the government,
What kind of nuclear build-up do you foresee military and the Congress. In India, a
corresponding expertise outside governin the coming months?
The Indian doctrine depends on massive ment doesn’t exist. This has resulted in an
and rapid retaliatory attack. The word absence of meaningful public debate on
‘rapid’ raises the possibility of keeping some nuclear arms safety aspects.
Q&A
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for college education’ (Jan 12), withdrawal
of the state from education is an IMF-World
Bank inspired attitude. In Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, to
maintain the democratic character of
education, the admission of students from
disadvantaged (economically or socially)
sections is encouraged. This is embedded
in JNU’s admission policy where students
from rural backgrounds are given
deprivation points over and above the
quota for reservation.
Every year, the maintenance grant to the
university is cut drastically. JNU students
spend on an average Rs 1,500 per month
apart from tuition fees. If the proposal of
mobilising 25 per cent of the grant from
students is implemented, students would be
required to pay at least Rs 4,000 per month.
This would mean a virtual ban on students
from disadvantaged sections into higher
education. When there is need for a more
egalitarian spread of education at all levels,
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accessible only to those ‘who can pay’. The
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3 per cent of the total GNP on education, of
which only 0.39 per cent is spent on higher
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for 30 years, I was pleasantly surprised
by the newspaper’s recent all-colour
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to reap profits. In the process, however, the
ones who would suffer the most would be
students belonging to disadvantaged and
economically weaker sections. Such an elitist bias towards education must be exposed.
— Rohit, President, JNU Students’ Union
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Remove Divide
The Central government’s failure to address
issues of the disabled is distressing. We
have made repeated requests for making
structural changes and including the
education of disabled children as a subject
for the ministry of human resources development. But this has fallen on deaf ears.
In the 1960s, the disabled were a part of
the ministry of education. But the government turned the clock backward and placed
them in a category under the ministry of
welfare along with scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes. It is now called the
ministry of social justice and empowerment. Although many acts have been
passed in Parliament, there still exists a
dichotomy between the two ministries,
thereby creating a divide.
— Mithu Alur, founder chairperson, Spastics
Society of India, Mumbai
Stop Meddling
The removal of Maharashtra chief minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh is another example of
the high-handedness of the central high
commands of our so-called national parties.
Such changes often lead to political
instability. In fact, the growth of regional
parties in several states can be directly
traced to the humiliating treatment meted
out to local leaders by callous and
insensitive central leaders.
— Mahikshit Desai, Mumbai
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Freedom from Fear
Sri Ramakrishna Parama- and His leela, is a struggling
hamsa’s advice to house- soul. He who has known from
holders is: ‘‘A little spiritual inner experience that God
discipline is necessary in exists is a perfected soul.
order to know what lies
The supremely perfected
within. The painter first one is he who thinks of God
draws the outlines and then day and night and beholds
fills in the details and colours Him everywhere. It is like
at leisure. The moulder first a man seeing flames everymakes the image out of clay, where after he has gazed
then plasters it, gives it a coat fixedly at a flame for some
of whitewash, and last of time, says Ramakrishna. One
all, paints it with a brush. never loses consciousness.
All these steps must be So how can a householder be
undertaken
successively.’’ unconscious if he is always
This is Ramakrishna’s first thinking of consciousness?
‘commandment’.
Ramakrishna makes it
His second commandment easy for every householder to
is that householders must seek the Divine within him.
carry out their worldly The householder’s doubts
duties, but fix their mind on can be removed by God’s
God, so that they act while grace, he says. This grace
remaining absorbed in the descends upon the devotee
Self. The mind of the yogi only after he has prayed
is always fixed on God, and with intense yearning in
he is completely absorbed his heart and practised
in the Self. The house- spiritual discipline.
holder can achieve the yogi’s
For Ramakrishna, God
state of mind by performing is like a mother who feels
his duties unselfishcompassion
for
ly, without desiring
her child when the
results. Chanting
child comes runGod’s name and gloning to her.
ries while doing
To sustain this
household chores or
intensity, Sri RamaTHE
other work helps
krishna’s fifth comin achieving this SPEAKING mandment to the
single-minded focus
householder is to
TREE
on God.
seek satsang or holy
Ramakrishna’s third com- company.
mandment is: ‘‘To practise
The householder must
spiritual discipline is to be in a state of mind where
understand and feel the he does not enjoy any converformlessness of God. Sup- sation but that of God.
pose there are treasures in a Intense continuous yearning
room. If you want to see makes God come to the
them, you must take the householder.
trouble to get the key and
Ramakrishna stresses: ‘‘If
unlock the door. After that a householder analyses
you must take the treasures himself, he does not find
out in the light. But suppose any such thing as ‘I’. Take an
you lock the room, stand onion and peel off the outer
outside the door and say, skins. As you peel the layers
‘Hey, I’ve opened the door. one after another, you
Now I have broken the lock find that ultimately, nothing
of the chest. I have all remains. That is the way
the treasures’.’’ This would to pure consciousness, by
obviously not work.
peeling away the layers
Ramakrishna’s
fourth formed on it by ego.’’
commandment is intense
The real nature of Brahlove and bhakti for God. He man is egoless. A man
says: ‘‘Vaishnavas divide becomes silent when he
spiritual seekers into differ- attains perfect knowledge
ent classes — the beginners, of Brahman. Then the ‘I’
those struggling to see God, becomes like a salt doll and
the perfected ones and the melts in the ocean of exissupremely perfect.’’ He who tence and becomes one with
has just set foot on the path is it. Ramakrishna says that
a beginner. He who has for you need not be a sanyasi or
some time been practising a renunciate to achieve this
spiritual disciplines, like stage. You can do it even
worship, japa, meditation, as a householder.
the chanting of God’s name http://spirituality.indiatimes.com
He alone is wise
who fears not another,
nor makes
others afraid.
Guru Tegh Bahadur
✥
Fear is a prison that
quickly circulates
through the entire
system, paralysing
the will, producing a
queer sensation in
some part or the
other of the human
body. Yes, fear is
the cause of many
diseases. Fearlessness
ensures health.
Do not fear. For
God is near!
J P Vaswani
✥
The person who takes
the vow that he will
cause no fear to
anyone is the person
to whom nothing
can cause fear
anymore. The person
who causes no
disquiet to the world
is the person who
is not perturbed by
the world.
Manu Smriti
✥
Fear is the main
source of superstition
and one of the main
sources of cruelty.
To conquer fear is
the beginning
of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
✥
If it is fear you
would dispel, the
seat of that fear is in
your heart.
Kahlil Gibran
✥
The wise man in
the storm prays to
God, not for safety
from danger,
but for deliverance
from fear.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
✥
Fear is never a good
counsellor and
victory over fear
is the first spiritual
duty of man.
Nicolas Berdyaev
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Bratz as a brand
Jewellery exports to shine
Toyota makes a Wish
Toy maker Takara and music
group Avex plan to jointly
provide American fashion
dolls “Bratz” as a new lifestyle
proposition for young women
in Japan. Price: $ 21
India is likely to export gems and
jewellery worth $ 9.58 bn in the
current year, up from $ 8.71 bn in
2002. Exports of gold jewellery is
expected to surge 20-30% in
2003 from $ 1.38 bn last year
Toyota Motor Corp’s
new “Wish” model.
The seven-passenger
minivan will retail in
Japan for between
$13,458-$18,198
Switch over to
VAT will bring
down prices
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The switch-over
to value-added tax (VAT)
from sales tax by all states
and Union Territories from
April 1 is expected to have a
positive impact on prices of
goods, Central revenue officials said.
Additional secretary (revenue) Anupam Dasgupta and
director Abhay Tripathi allayed fears of a spurt in
prices after changing over to
Firms’ plan
Pricing impact
Companies like HLL,
P&G, Godrej are checking out VAT’s effect on
business and profit
The fallout
Considering competition, firms to absorb tax
burden and not hike
prices
the new system of taxation at
the state level. ‘‘Introduction
of VAT in other countries
has had a price lowering impact,’’ Dasgupta asserted.
Dasgupta said implementation of VAT is expected to
increase the states’ revenue
in the long run and have a
‘‘softening effect’’ on prices,
with the effective tax burden
coming down. But, in the
short run, prices of some
items may surge.
The revenue officials listed
out a number of economic
benefits from VAT. They said
the system will unify the Indian common market, provide for uniformity of tax
rates at the state level and encourage efficiency in production and distribution of
goods.
With the introduction of
VAT, a number of state-level
imposts such as luxury tax,
entry tax, turnover tax and
purchase tax will also be
done away with along with
the sales tax.
The
revenue
officials
pointed out that the general
rate of VAT, which will be applicable to most commodities, will be 10-12.5 per cent.
At present, the average rate
of sales tax charged by a
number of states, mostly
those in south India, is 15-17
per cent. These states will
bring down the general rate
of tax to 12.5 per cent. In the
case of other states, the average rate of sales tax now is
around 10 per cent and in
their case, the general VAT
rate will be maintained at 10
per cent. Even then, some of
the other state levies will be
done away with and this will
result in a lowering of prices.
VAT, being a value-added
tax, will be levied at every
stage of value addition, but
while taxing the output, a tax
credit will be allowed for the
tax borne by the inputs. This
way VAT ensures that there
is no cascading effect or the
tax-on-tax effect, the officials
explained.
Pakistan changes pipeline plan
Swati Chakrabarti
By Sanjay Dutta
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Pakistan is weighing an
alternative route for a proposed $-3.2billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan with an eye
on the Indian market, with ADB documents indicate that international
lending agencies are set to ‘‘actively
pursue India’s involvement as the
principal consumer of the gas’’.
‘‘Economics drive the prospect of
any trans-regional energy project. As
the biggest consumer of gas in the
region, there is need to bring India on
board,’’
Pakistan’s
petroleum
secretary Abdullah Yosaf said. The
ADB documents identify India as the
main potential buyer of the Turkmen
gas and key to its long-term economic
viability.
The development coincides with New
Delhi’s indication to Iran that it was willing to talk business if Islamabad normalises trade ties by restoring the most favoured
nation status to India. Teheran’s efforts at
persuading India to accept an Iranian
pipeline passing through Pakistan had so
far been unsuccessful as Indian government refused to be part of any energy supply scheme passing through Pakistan.
The 1,500-km-long trans-Afghan pipeline
(TAP) is expected to transport about 30 bilMohammed Ilyas
Communications minister Pramod Mahajan flanked by RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani (right) and
BSNL chairman Prithpal Singh at the inauguration of Supercom India 2003, in New Delhi on
Monday. Ambani said people should have affordable, high speed access to voice, video, data
on their mobiles, which could cross 100 million in India within a few years. Prithipal Singh
said the world added 276 million mobile users in the past three years, while landline phones
got 243 million subscribers in 100 years.
Parliament nod not needed
for HPCL, BPCL sale: AG
Coke inks deal with Vivek Oberoi
New Delhi: Attorney General Soli Sorabjee has said the
sale of stakes in two state-run oil refiners does not need
parliamentary approval, a senior government official
said on Monday. The government referred the proposed
sale of cash-rich Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd to the attorney general last
month after opposition lawmakers demanded parliamentary approval for the sale.
“He (the attorney general) has submitted his report. It
is in the disinvestment ministry’s favour. No parliamentary approval is needed,” the official, who did not want
to be identified, said. The official said the privatisation
panel was likely to meet at the end of January to discuss
the sale of HPCL and BPCL. Reuters
By Jayanta Ghosh
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Coca-Cola has
roped in young celebrity
Vivek Oberoi for promoting
Coke brand. Oberoi will soon
be featured in new television
commercials for the cola.
“The cola major’s objective
is to expand the celebrity
base by roping in primarily
the young ones to promote
the brand in summer 2003,”
E X E C U T I V E
NATIONAL
Ajit Ninan
Twenty-one sectors have
done better than expected
and recorded growth during
the first nine months of 200102 in areas of production,
sales and exports in the face
of industrial recovery, according to a CII-Ascon survey.
‘‘Manufacturing sector is doing better than before,’’ it said.
sectors which witnessed exports growth were aluminium,
cars, motorcycles, mopeds,
steel, polyester filament yarn,
tea and textile machinery.
GM sees strong China
growth: General Motors is
Interconnect hearing
adjourned for a day: Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Monday adjourned for a day the
hearing on a petition on interconnect filed by cellular operators against basic players offering WLL mobility services.
The move came in the wake
of cellular operators’ scheduled meeting with telecom
regulator TRAI and also with
communications minister
Pramod Mahajan.
taken a backseat to the growing popularity of Khan-led
“Thanda matlab Coca-Cola”.
There has been a debate in
Coca-Cola whether to put
“Life ho to aisi” campaign on
the backburner, which is losing sheen to the “Thanda”
promotion. Coke officials
said they were debating and
discussing the possibilities
and a final gameplan would
be reached soon regarding
promotions and celebrities.
Insurance firms should
check frauds: Government
SRF net up 113 per cent,
shelves share buyback:
asked the insurance companies to evolve an institutional
mechanism to check frauds.
In developed countries, this
mechanism costs around 10
per cent of the total premia
collections. According to a
KPMG survey, 61 per cent of
Indian insurance companies
are vulnerable to such frauds,
considering increased number of players with opening
up of the sector, banking secretary Vineeta Rai said while
addressing an international
conference on frauds organised by IRDA.
SRF Ltd has reported 113 per
cent higher net profit for third
quarter ended December 31,
2002 at Rs 6.54 crore on
21.58 per cent higher net
sales of Rs 173.29 crore.
While announcing third quarter results, SRF’s board of
directors also decided not to
proceed with the share
buyback scheme announced
earlier, a statement said.
Corporation Bank net up
66% at Rs 152 crore: Cor-
Networks said its widely-acclaimed natural history film
“The Blue Planet” narrated by
David Attrenborough will be
aired in India from January 23
in a 10-part series, said
Deepak Shourie, MD, Discovery Networks India.
INTERNATIONAL
Vivendi has no comment
on new list of suitors:
Belgium’s Agfa to sell
testing units to GE: Bel-
Siemens wins orders
worth 1.3 billion euros:
Kmart names president
Julian Day CEO: Bankrupt
French media giant Vivendi
Universal declined comment
on reports it was being flooded with new interest in its
U.S. entertainment operations
including Hollywood’s Universal Studios. Oil tycoon Marvin
Davis, whose $20 billion bid
for the U.S. entertainment
arm was rebuffed late last
year, put out feelers at the
weekend by indicating he was
preparing a new bid. The Wall
Street Journal had reported
that the list of firms interested
in bidding now included Liberty Media, Metro-GoldwynMayer and GE’s NBC division.
“We have no comment,” said
a Vivendi spokesman in Paris.
gian image technology company Agfa Gevaert said on
Monday it sold its x-ray and
ultrasonic inspections systems unit to GE Aircraft Engines, a unit of General Electric Co, sending its shares
climbing. The unit, which can
test the structure and tolerance of materials without
damaging or deforming them,
accounted for approximately
220 million euros ($234.4 million), or 4.5 per cent, of Agfa’s
sales in 2002, Agfa said in a
statement. The agreement —
which requires regulatory approval — does not cover analogue x-ray films, a spokeswoman for Agfa said.
German industrial giant
Siemens AG said its Power
Generation unit had won orders in Germany, Spain, Morocco and Mexico worth a
combined total of over 1.3 billion euros ($1.39 billion).
discount retailer Kmart Corp
said on Sunday it named
President Julian Day to the
additional post of chief
executive officer and the
company plans to emerge
from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection around April 30.
Day succeeds James Adamson, who will continue to
serve as the company’s chairman through the final stages
of Kmart’s reorganisation. He
will serve as non-executive
chairman. Day played a key
role in Kmart’s five-year business plan, approved by the
company’s board last week.
RUPEE VALUE
Koji Nishigaki, president of
NEC Corp, announces that
he is stepping down as the
turnaround he was leading
was finally on track, in
Tokyo on Monday.
US $: 48.35 UK £: 77.90 C $: 31.45 Euro: 51.50 S Fr: 35.25 Yen (100): 40.90
No Kr: 7.05 Se Kr: 5.60 A $: 28.60 NZ $: 26.65 S $: 27.90 HK $: 6.20
T
nara Bank has reported a
82.59 per cent growth in its
net profit at Rs 292 crore for
Q3 ended December, 2002,
up from Rs 160 crore in the
same period of previous fiscal.
per cent on deposits with a
term of 91 to 180 days, 5.75
per cent on deposits with a
term of 181-days to one year,
6 per cent for maturities of
more than one-year but less
than 2 years and 6.25 per
cent for above 2 years.
second largest bank, ICICI
Bank on Monday said it will
cut interest rates on longterm deposits by a quarter
percentage point from
Wednesday. It will offer 5.50
Mumbai: Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd said on
Monday its quarterly (Oct-Dec 2002) loss
shrunk 83.1 per cent as its customer base
jumped 148 per cent over 2001. The results
sent its shares soaring more than 14 per
cent to Rs 24.50 at BSE, while the benchmark exchange index was down 0.39 per
cent. Bharti — 16 per cent owned by Singapore Telecommunications — said its thirdquarter consolidated net loss narrowed to
Rs 7 crore from Rs 41.7 crore a year earlier.
Total income doubled to Rs 850 crore from
Rs 420 crore.
Bharti said in a statement rapid expansion with the rollout of 16 projects gave it an
early mover advantage, boosting its subscriber base to 3.09 million at the end of December, up 21 per cent from the preceding
quarter and 148 per cent higher from a year
earlier. It said the growth of long distance
traffic on India’s mobile networks had also
helped. Long-distance telecom rates in India have dropped sharply over the past year
amid stiff competition, enhancing the usage of cellphones for long-distance calls.
Bharti offers cellular services in 15 out of
22 telecom circles, covering 93 per cent of
the mobile phone market. The company,
which has a 26.5 per cent market share in
the mobile customer base, said operating
profit for the past quarter rose 93 per cent
from a year earlier to Rs 240 crore and 98
per cent from the preceding quarter.
“We have been able to contain our expenses to the level of the previous quarter
and hence improve our profitability to
bring about a sequential reduction of 95 per
cent in our net losses,” chairman Sunil
Bharti Mittal said. It had posted a net loss of
Rs 130 crore in previous quarter. Reuters
he world’s largest vitamin manufacturers suffered a legal setback
when a US appeals court ruled that
overseas customers have the right to
press anti-trust charges against them in
American courts even if they bought
their vitamins abroad.
In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court panel reversed a US district court ruling that
had dismissed the American price-fixing
case against Aventis, Roche, BASF and
other vitamin makers. The three biggest
vitamin makers have already settled lawsuits filed by US customers for more than
$ 1 billion, and Friday’s ruling could
ratchet up the pressure on them to settle
with the foreign customers as well.
“Any reasonable company that wants
to put this behind them should seriously
think about settling these claims,” said
Paul Gallagher, an attorney representing
some of the plaintiffs. Roche spokesman
Paul Minehart said the company was disappointed with the ruling and planned to
appeal, either to a panel of the full appeals court or the US Supreme Court.
BASF issued a similar statement, calling the appeals court ruling “incorrect”.
“BASF intends to vigorously challenge
the DC Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision
by seeking further review, including, if
necessary, by the US Supreme Court.”
Aventis spokeswoman Patricia Munzer
declined comment. The lower court had
ruled that the plaintiffs—food growers
and manufacturers from South America,
Australia and Ukraine—could not sue under US law because they did not buy their
vitamins in the United States.
The district court threw out the case,
citing federal statutes that make the US
Sherman Anti-trust Act inapplicable to
conduct overseas unless it has “a direct,
substantial, and reasonably foreseeable
effect” on domestic commerce. But two of
the three appeals judges disagreed, concluding that any victim can stake a claim
as long as they can show that the global
cartel affects US commerce.
The panel also expressed concern that
shielding the cartels’ overseas profits
could leave them with an incentive to collude, even if they’re sued successfully in
the US. “Disallowing suits by foreign purchasers injured by a global conspiracy because they themselves were not injured
by the conspiracy’s US effects runs the
risk of inadequately deterring global conspiracy,” the appeals judges wrote. Gallagher said that the impact of the decision will go beyond the conspiracy. “What
this means is that companies who engaged in anti-competitive conduct and
thought that they would only be exposed
in the US to liability for the effects of
their actions in the US must now realise
that they are exposed to liability for the
effects of their conduct worldwide.” Reuters
Canara Bank reports
83% growth in net: Ca-
poration Bank has reported a
66 per cent rise in net profit at
Rs 151.81 crore for the third
quarter ended December 31,
2002, compared to Rs 91.45
crore in same period of previous fiscal. Total income also
increased to Rs 693.14 crore
as against Rs 602.08 crore in
Q3 of last fiscal, Corporation
Bank CMD Cherian Varghese
said.
ICICI Bank to cut longterm deposit rates: India’s
Bharti cuts loss
as customers up
Vitamin makers
face bitter truth
D I G E S T
having a booming business in
China. In 2002, it sold
264,101 vehicles, registering a
325 per cent surge from 2001.
And, GM plans to launch at
least 4 models in the world’s
fastest-growing auto
market in 2003.
Ascon survey: Better
growth by 21 sectors:
industry sources said. CocaCola is yet to decide on how
to feature Oberoi, either with
Khan or with Roshan or featuring him solo TVCs.
Coca-Cola may feature
Oberoi in a separate fresh
campaign with a new punchline “Piyo thanda jiyo thanda”, along with Rai.
Another possibility is
Coca-Cola featuring Oberoi
in “Life ho to aisi” campaign
(to give it a boost) which has
lion cubic metres of natural gas annually.
Pakistan is now studying a new route for
the
pipeline
from
Turkmenistan’s
Daulatabad gas fields, south-east of capital
Ashgabat, to Multan via Afghanistan’s Herat and Kandahar (See Chart). According to
Yosaf, it will be easier to extend the
pipeline to Delhi from Multan.
The pipeline had been planned from the
Daulatabad fields to Lahore via Mazar-eSharif and Kabul. The project got stalled
when the CentGas consortium led by US
energy major Unocal withdrew in 1998 to
avoid being seen as supporting the Taliban
government. The project was revived in December when Afghan president Hamid
Karzai, Pakistani prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov signed an agreement defining the legal mechanisms for
setting up a consortium to build and operate the pipeline.
According to Yosaf, the feasibility study
of the new route for the pipeline, costing
upwards of $ 1 million, will be completed
by June.
PHARMA
WATCH
Discovery to air The Blue
Planet in India: Discovery
ET INSTA POLL
Yesterday’s results:
Do you support cellcos or WLL
players in the current face-off?
Yes 36%
No 52%
• The poll reflects the opinions of Net users
who chose to participate, and not necessarily of
the general public.
Today’s question: Should people
divert their savings towards
the stockmarkets?
Selling rate travellers cheques
Source: SBI, Mumbai
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STOCKS
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Sensex slips 29 points
Mumbai: A sharp setback in information technology (IT) counters, drove the Sensex lower by another 28.50 points to close at
3341.89 on the stock exchange on Monday, following heavy offerings
by institutional investors and operators, reflecting weak Wall
Street advices.
Dealers attributed the steep decline in software stocks to a 48
points drop in the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index last Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average also dipped by 111 points.
Select old-economy stocks registered losses on local fund selling,
but the decline in IT shares were more pronounced.
The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened modera e y ower a
3364 53 and mmed a e y ouched a h gh o 3368 03 La er me
w h s rong res s ance and d pped o a ow o 3338 09 be ore con
c ud ng a 3341 89 rom as Fr day s c ose o 3370 39 a a o 0 85
per cen
The broad based BSE 100 ndex a so moved down by 9 87 po n s
o end a 1648 83 rom prev ous c ose o 1658 70 P
KEY The BSE quo a ons o a sc p a e g ven n he s ne wh e he quo es n
a cs a e hose o he NSE The quo a ons a e n he sequence o he day s
open ng h gh ow and c os ng Each me a company s c os ng sha e p ce a s be
ow s as o e p ce on BSE he name o he company s unde ned
BSE SPEC F ED
& NSE NDEX
ABB 275, 279, 271, 278.05
268.10, 279, 268.10, 276.25
Abbott (I) 305.05, 307.50
307, 310, 306.50, 307.40
ACC 152, 153.95, 149.40, 150.05
153, 153.85, 149.40, 150.10
Adani Export 143.05, 144.50, 138.50,
141.95
139.15, 143.40, 139.15, 141.90
Adlabs Films 61.50, 62.70, 60.80,
61.40
61.80, 62.60, 61, 61.45
Alstom Proj. 51.50, 51.85, 50.05,
50.90
51.50, 51.80, 50.35, 50.70
Andhra Bank 25.45, 27.20, 27.05
26.15, 27.25, 25, 27
Apollo Hosp. 111.45, 108.15, 108.60
110.70, 111, 108.05, 108.55
Apollo Tyres 129.95, 132.25, 128,
128.80
130.95, 132.50, 128.10, 128.70
Arvind Mills 24.10, 24.60, 23.50,
23.65
24.50, 24.55, 23.55, 23.70
Ashok Leylan 98, 100.45, 97.05,
97.40
99.50, 100.80, 97, 97.40
Asian Paints 335, 335.90, 333.50,
334.30
336.10, 336.10, 332.05, 334.65
Aurobindo Ph 270, 276.45, 258.25,
260.10
270, 276.25, 259, 260.30
Aventis Crop 158.05, 162.90, 157.35,
158.15
159.05, 159.75, 158.05, 158.65
Aventis Ph. 310, 313.95, 307.25,
307.30
310, 312.35, 306.05, 306.80
Aztec Soft. 31.75, 27.40, 28
31.50, 32, 27.50, 28.05
Bajaj Auto 524.80, 533.50, 518.05,
529.10
516.10, 534, 516.10, 529.45
Balaji Tele. 84, 84.90, 83.50, 83.75
84, 84.95, 82, 83.70
Ballarpur In 43.10, 43.55, 42.40,
42.75
43.50, 43.60, 42.50, 42.75
Bank of Baro 78.45, 79.60, 76.25,
78.90
77.90, 79.70, 76.30, 78.90
Bank of Ind. 41.60, 42.40, 40.85,
41.80
41.20, 42.40, 40.65, 41.75
BASF 119, 113.30, 114.45
116.90, 117, 113.25, 114.60
Bata (I) 32.75, 33.10, 32.55, 32.60
33.20, 33.20, 32.40, 32.65
Bh.Earth Mov 84.35, 85.30, 80.65,
81.05
84.30, 85.45, 80.30, 81.45
Bharat Elect 190, 196, 184.10,
185.15
191.25, 195.10, 184.20, 185.70
Bharat Forge 225, 238.90, 236.65
226.65, 238, 226.65, 235.20
Bharti TeleV 21.90, 25, 21.45, 24.95
21.75, 25, 21.40, 24.90
BHEL 183.50, 183.70, 179.50,
179.85
180, 183.50, 152.90, 179.85
Bombay Dyein 46.60, 47.50, 46.55,
47.35
47.30, 47.40, 47, 47.20
BPCL 229, 230.65, 224, 226
228.50, 234, 225, 226.55
Britannia 515, 518, 512, 512.05
515, 515.90, 510, 514
BSES 223, 230, 221, 227.50
222, 230.85, 220, 226.45
Cadila Healt 129, 133, 128.90,
129.95
130.90, 132.50, 129.35, 129.70
Castrol (I) 205.15, 206.90, 204.05,
204.45
206.40, 206.85, 203, 204.30
Century Enka 91, 87.85, 88.05
88.30, 90.50, 88, 88.20
Century Text 56.30, 57.40, 54.70,
54.85
56.70, 57.40, 54.65, 54.85
Chambal Fert 13.25, 14.25, 13.90
13.40, 14.25, 13.40, 13.90
Chennai Pet. 29.50, 29.65, 29, 29.05
29.10, 29.40, 28.95, 29
Cipla 901, 861, 868
876.20, 882.95, 861, 868
CMC 590.05, 594.70, 582.20, 587.10
587.10, 595.50, 582.50, 588.10
Colgate 133.80, 134.85, 134.30
134.80, 134.80, 134, 134.40
Container Co 232.10, 233.90, 226,
226.75
232.75, 234, 226.20, 226.90
Corpn. Bank 133.50, 149, 132.50,
147.75
133.90, 148.60, 133, 146.70
Crompton Gr. 54.80, 55.60, 53.60,
53.75
52.90, 55, 52.90, 53.80
Cummins (I) 50.45, 49.75, 49.95
50.10, 50.10, 49.75, 50
D-Link (I) 59.35, 58.55, 58.60
58.50, 59, 58.45, 58.55
Dabur (I) 47.90, 51.55, 47, 48.95
47.50, 51.60, 47.05, 49.15
Digital Glob 600.25, 602.20, 591.60,
595.10
599.70, 600.45, 591.60, 595.55
Dr.Reddy’s 980, 959.05, 960.75
975, 975, 959.10, 961
Dredging Cor 300, 287.10, 287.30
e-Serve Intl 551, 555, 545, 552.65
553, 555, 548, 550.20
EIH 186, 180, 182.85
187.50, 187.50, 182.20, 182.35
Engineers (I 298, 299.90, 290.10,
291.90
296, 300, 291.30, 293.30
Escorts 45.50, 44.50, 44.55
46.50, 46.50, 44.30, 44.75
Essel Propac 185, 188, 181, 181.35
188.75, 188.75, 182, 182.60
Exide Inds. 93.45, 89.05, 90
90.10, 91, 89.90, 90
Federal Bank 96.50, 98.60, 95.65,
96.60
97.45, 98.75, 96.20, 96.70
Finolex Cabl 96.70, 94, 94.90
95.10, 95.75, 94.15, 95
Finolex Inds 30, 30.40
30, 30.50, 29.75, 30.30
Gail (I) 73.45, 74.90, 73.80
73.60, 74.95, 72.55, 73.75
GE Shipping 33.75, 33.90, 33.40,
33.70
34.05, 34.05, 33, 33.55
Geometric So 459, 462.90, 448.50,
450.45
461.90, 463.90, 448.10, 450.80
German Remed 248, 246.10
251, 253.45, 248.10, 250
Gillette (I) 312.30, 317, 311, 312.20
317.50, 317.50, 301, 308.80
GlaxoSmith.C 265.50, 267, 265,
266.55
265.05, 267.20, 265, 265.45
GlaxoSmith.P 303.75, 306, 303,
304.10
Name
MUTUAL FUND
Open Ended Schemes
Name
NAVs
(Rs)
As on 17/01/2003
Alliance Mutual Fund
95 (D)
27.90
95 (G)
48.45
Basic Inds.(D)
11.90
Basic Inds.(G)
11.91
Buy India (D)
4.61
Buy India (G)
4.61
Capital Tax Relief’96
56.48
Cash Manager (G)
14.66
Equity (D)
15.05
Equity (G)
26.24
Frontline Eq(D)
10.46
Frontline Eq(G)
10.46
G-Sec Long Term (D)
11.28
G-Sec Long Term (G)
16.62
G-Sec Short Term (D)
10.11
G-Sec Short Term (G)
13.69
Income (D)
10.91
Income (G)
21.19
Income 54EA (D)
10.92
Income 54EA (G)
21.18
Income 54EB (D)
10.93
Income 54EB (G)
21.05
Income Q’ly (D)
10.53
Monthly Income (G)
16.60
Monthly Income (M’ly)
10.39
Monthly Income (Q’ly)
10.34
New Millennium (D)
4.21
New Millennium (G)
4.22
Short Term (D)
10.08
Short Term (G)
10.65
Benchmark Mutual Fund
Nifty BeES
110.26
Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund
Advantage (A)
24.69
Advantage (B)
24.69
Balanced (D)
9.13
Balanced (G)
9.13
Bond Plus (D)
10.36
Bond Plus (G)
11.03
Cash Plus (G)
16.11
Cash Plus (Reinv)
10.66
Equity
12.97
FMP 1Yr 5A(D)
10.35
FMP 1Yr 5A(G)
10.35
FMP Long Term - A (D)
10.92
FMP Long Term - A (G)
10.92
FMP Long Term - E (G)
10.71
FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D)
10.81
FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G)
11.03
FMP Q’ly Group 2 (D)
10.55
FMP Q’ly Group 3 (G)
10.73
FMP Y Group 1(G)
10.55
Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D)
11.72
Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G)
17.35
Gilt Plus Long (A-D)
12.05
Gilt Plus Long (B-G)
19.05
Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D)
10.45
Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G)
14.20
IT A (D-Payout)
11.49
IT A (D-Reinv)
11.49
IT B (G)
13.45
Income Plus (A-D)
11.08
Income Plus (B-G)
26.08
Index Fund (D)
11.14
Index Fund(G)
11.14
MIP A (D)
10.72
MIP B (G-Payout)
13.36
MIP C (G-Payout)
13.36
MNC A (D-Payout)
23.28
MNC A (D-Reinv)
23.28
MNC B (G)
29.16
Midcap (Div)
10.98
Midcap (Growth)
10.98
Sweep Plan (G)
10.10
Canbank Mutual Fund
Canbonus
7.60
Cancigo
11.10
Cancigo(G)
11.76
Canequity Tax Saver
9.60
Canexpo
11.67
Canexpo(G)
11.67
Canganga
8.02
Cangilt PGS (D)
10.70
Cangilt PGS (G)
16.32
Canglobal
4.78
Canincome Income
10.34
Canincome(B)
10.34
Canincome(G)
10.64
Canliquid (D)
10.05
Canliquid (G)
10.78
Canpremium
13.25
Canpremium(G)
14.05
Cantriple
19.99
Chola Mutual Fund
FMP Y’ly-Cum
10.49
Fr.In.-STF(Half Y’ly)
10.85
Freedom Income (C)
17.16
Freedom Income (R)
10.20
Freedom Tech.(Cum)
8.88
Freedom Tech.(Reg)
5.64
Gilt Invst.(Cum)
15.89
Gilt Invst.(Reg)
10.71
Gilt Series (Cum)
13.00
Gilt Series (Reg)
13.00
Growth (Cum)
12.74
Growth (Reg)
10.67
Liquid Series-Div.Payout
10.41
Lq. (Cum)
12.06
Lq. (Reg)
10.32
Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg)
11.70
Triple Ace (Cum)
21.31
Triple Ace (Reg)
11.39
Triple Ace(B)
11.84
DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund
Balanced (D)
9.36
Balanced (G)
10.46
Bond (D)
11.76
Bond (G)
21.27
Equity
13.88
Govt.Sec. (A-D)
12.57
Govt.Sec. (A-G)
19.38
Govt.Sec. (B-D)
10.80
Govt.Sec. (B-G)
13.81
Liquidity (D)
12.40
Liquidity (G)
14.57
Prices (Rs)
Sales Purchase
28.46
49.42
12.14
12.15
4.70
4.70
57.04
14.66
15.35
26.76
10.67
10.67
11.28
16.62
10.11
13.69
10.91
21.19
10.92
21.18
10.93
21.05
10.53
16.60
10.39
10.34
4.29
4.30
10.08
10.65
27.90
48.45
11.90
11.91
4.61
4.61
56.48
14.66
15.05
26.24
10.46
10.46
11.28
16.62
10.11
13.69
10.91
21.19
10.92
21.18
10.93
21.05
10.53
16.60
10.39
10.34
4.21
4.22
10.08
10.65
—
—
24.94
24.94
9.22
9.22
10.36
11.03
16.11
10.66
13.10
10.35
10.35
10.92
10.92
10.71
10.81
11.03
10.55
10.73
10.55
11.72
17.35
12.05
19.05
10.45
14.20
11.60
11.60
13.58
11.08
26.08
11.19
11.19
10.72
13.36
13.36
23.51
23.51
29.45
11.09
11.09
10.10
24.69
24.69
9.13
9.13
10.36
11.03
16.11
10.66
12.97
10.35
10.35
10.92
10.92
10.71
10.81
11.03
10.55
10.73
10.55
11.72
17.35
12.05
19.05
10.45
14.20
11.49
11.49
13.45
11.08
26.08
11.14
11.14
10.72
13.36
13.36
23.28
23.28
29.16
10.98
10.98
10.10
7.74
11.10
11.76
9.67
11.89
11.89
8.16
10.70
16.32
4.87
10.34
10.34
10.64
10.05
10.78
13.48
14.30
20.34
7.60
11.10
11.76
9.60
11.67
11.67
8.02
10.70
16.32
4.78
10.34
10.34
10.64
10.05
10.78
13.25
14.05
19.99
10.49
10.85
17.16
10.20
9.06
5.75
15.89
10.71
13.26
13.26
12.99
10.88
10.41
12.06
10.32
11.70
21.31
11.39
11.84
10.49
10.85
17.16
10.20
8.88
5.64
15.89
10.71
12.87
12.87
12.74
10.67
10.41
12.06
10.32
11.70
21.31
11.39
11.84
9.36
10.46
11.76
21.27
14.16
12.57
19.38
10.80
13.81
12.40
14.57
9.22
10.30
11.76
21.27
13.88
12.50
19.26
10.80
13.81
12.40
14.57
304.90, 306.25, 302.55, 304.85
GNFC 30.60, 31.35, 30.55, 31.10
31.50, 31.50, 30.60, 31.05
Grasim Inds. 314, 311.10, 312.90
316, 316, 311.30, 312.70
GSFC 23.45, 23.50, 22.65, 22.85
23, 23.90, 22.60, 22.90
GTL 89, 85.20, 85.75
88.15, 88.60, 85.35, 85.80
Guj.Amb.Cem. 165.75, 163.80,
164.15
167.80, 167.80, 164, 164.20
Guj.Gas Co. 445.20, 459.85, 444,
446.80
464, 465, 448.50, 449.65
Guj.Mineral 95.05, 95.75, 92.25,
92.30
97.10, 97.10, 92, 92.25
HCL Infosys. 86.75, 87.05, 84.15,
84.20
87.65, 88.75, 84.10, 84.25
HCL Techno. 168, 169.70, 165.10,
165.50
169, 169.50, 165, 165.60
HDFC 370, 374.90, 367, 373.40
370, 375, 366, 372.45
HDFC Bank 224, 225.80, 221.05,
224.40
224, 225.50, 222, 223.90
Hero Honda 246.50, 247, 239,
239.85
246.50, 247.40, 239, 239.85
Hexaware Tec 154.65, 156.40,
147.80, 149.05
156, 156.35, 147.65, 149.60
Him.Fut.Comm 36.10, 36.45, 35.20,
35.70
36, 36.25, 35.20, 35.70
Hind Lever C 170.05, 171.95, 170,
170.25
174.95, 176.50, 169.70, 171.45
Hind.Oil Exp 21, 21.45, 20.90, 20.95
21.60, 21.60, 20.60, 21
Hind.Zinc 17, 17.25, 17.05
17.45, 17.45, 16.95, 17.05
Hindalco 594, 603.75, 599.35
598, 603.70, 595.55, 598.90
Hinduja TMT 278.10, 288.50, 284.30
279.70, 288.50, 279.70, 284.15
HLL 178, 176.20, 177.95
177.80, 178, 175.80, 177.65
HMT 18.95, 18.45, 18.50
18.60, 19.25, 18.30, 18.40
HPCL 299, 306.60, 297.15, 299.10
300, 306.25, 296.05, 300.20
Hughes Soft. 172.80, 167.25, 168
170.90, 171.95, 167.50, 168.25
IBP 254.50, 256.25, 252.20, 252.35
252, 257, 250, 252.10
ICI (I) 119.40, 120.90, 118.75,
120.80
119, 120.10, 117.10, 119.70
ICICI Bank 144.50, 147.25, 143.10,
143.65
144.40, 147.45, 143, 143.70
IDBI 21.60, 23.45, 23.30
22.25, 23.45, 21.95, 23.35
IDBI Bank 29.95, 30.30, 29.60, 30
30.10, 30.45, 29.10, 30.05
India Cement 18, 18.10, 17.60, 17.80
18.05, 18.15, 17.65, 17.75
Indian Alumi 113.55, 118, 115.95
115.40, 115.50, 115.40, 115.40
Indian Hotel 188.80, 182.90, 183.65
186, 190, 183.30, 183.95
Indian Oil C 250.80, 245.10, 245.15
249.95, 249.95, 245.10, 245.70
Indian Ov.Bk 17.40, 18, 17.85
17.60, 18, 17.35, 17.90
Indian Rayon 95.50, 99, 96.20
95.50, 99.20, 95.20, 96.10
Indo Gulf Co 53.50, 54.45, 53.20,
53.35
NAVs
(Rs)
Opportunities
8.60
Short Term
10.34
Technology.Com
4.85
Dundee Mutual Fund
Balanced
7.61
Corp. Bond (D-Half Y’ly)
10.20
Corp. Bond (D-M’ly)
10.09
Corp. Bond (D-Q’ly)
10.18
Corp. Bond (D-Y’ly)
10.55
Corp. Bond (G-App)
12.88
Liq. (D-W’ly)
10.02
Liq. (G-App)
13.92
Public Sector (D-M’ly)
10.08
Public Sector (D-Q’ly)
10.17
Public Sector (D-Y’ly)
10.54
Public Sector (G-App)
13.31
Public Sector (Half Y’ly)
10.18
Sovrn. Trust (D-HY’ly)
10.67
Sovrn. Trust (D-M’ly)
10.42
Sovrn. Trust (D-Q’ly)
10.69
Sovrn. Trust (G-App)
17.07
Sovrn. Trust (Y’ly)
11.30
Tax Saver
9.27
Escorts Mutual Fund
Balanced (D)
11.84
Balanced (G)
13.08
Gilt (D)
11.58
Gilt (G)
12.66
Growth (G)
12.44
Growth (D)
11.27
Income (D)
10.47
Income (G)
17.75
Income Bond (D)
9.63
Income Bond (G)
11.40
Opportunities (D)
11.03
Opportunities (G)
12.21
Tax (D)
10.04
Tax (G)
10.04
First India Mutual Fund
Gilt
11.19
Growth
10.59
Income
10.95
Income Fund (D)
10.74
Liquid (D)
10.18
Liquid (G)
10.66
Short Term
10.32
Short Term (D)
10.18
Tax Gain
37.32
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
Franklin Balanced(D)
10.38
Franklin Balanced(G)
10.81
Franklin Growth
5.71
Franklin Index
8.30
Franklin Index Tax
8.48
T Floating Rate In LT (D)
10.11
T Floating Rate In LT (G)
10.72
T Floating Rate In ST (D)
10.01
T Floating Rate In ST (G)
10.70
T G Sec (D)
11.75
T G Sec (G)
20.26
T G Sec Tr (D)
10.51
T G Sec Tr (G)
11.24
T Income (D)
11.33
T Income (G)
22.02
T India Growth
13.24
T Liquid (D - D’ly)
10.00
T Liquid (D)
10.01
T Liquid (G)
14.82
T Liquid Plus
11.17
T Liquid Plus (D)
10.00
T Monthly Income (G)
13.44
T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly)
10.81
T Monthly Income (M’ly)
10.44
T Monthly Income (Q’ly)
10.37
GIC Mutual Fund
Balanced
10.25
D’Mat
7.97
Debt (G)
10.37
Fortune 94
7.17
G Plus II
10.26
Gilt (G)
10.29
Liquid (G)
10.62
HDFC Mutual Fund
Balanced
10.89
Childrens Gift-Invst.
12.27
Childrens Gift-Savings
12.91
Gilt-Long Term (D)
11.08
Gilt-Long Term (G)
13.90
Gilt-Short Term (D)
10.14
Gilt-Short Term (G)
11.46
Growth
8.87
Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33)
10.91
Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16)
33.89
Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16)
34.30
Income (D)
10.98
Income (G)
14.47
Liquid (D)
10.08
Liquid (G)
11.90
Short Term (D)
10.15
Short Term (G)
10.83
Tax 2000 (D)
12.75
Tax 2000 (G)
14.22
HSBC Mutual Fund
Cash Fund
10.07
Equity
10.37
Income-Invest.
10.33
Income-Short
10.10
Inst. Income-Invst.
10.36
Inst. Income-STP
10.10
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
L.Link Balancer
12.24
L.Link Maximiser(G)
11.53
L.Link Pension Balancer
11.31
L.Link Pension Max.(G)
11.24
L.Link Pension Protec.(I)
11.40
L.Link Protector (I)
12.72
L.Time Balancer
12.24
L.Time Maximiser (G)
11.53
L.Time Pension Balancer
11.31
L.Time Pension Max.(G)
11.24
L.Time Pension Prot.(I)
11.40
L.Time Protector (I)
12.72
IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund
Balanced (D)
10.38
Balanced (G)
10.28
Benefit Debt (QD)
10.48
Benefit Fund Debt (AD)
10.73
Benefit Fund Debt (HYD)
10.73
Benefit Fund Debt(G)
10.73
Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G)
11.80
Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD)
10.10
Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D)
10.00
Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G)
11.59
Child Benefit
17.10
53.75, 54.45, 53.30, 53.40
Infosys Tech 4577, 4600.20, 4518,
4526.60
4609.70, 4609.70, 4517, 4529.15
Infotech En. 182.85, 184.40, 175.70,
176.55
183, 184.25, 176.10, 177.35
Ingersoll R 232, 237, 228, 233.50
235, 237.90, 227, 235.15
IPCL 87.10, 87.45, 85, 85.20
87, 87.45, 84.85, 85.15
ITC 679.90, 682, 677.50, 678.80
679.50, 681.90, 677, 678.75
ITI 19.50, 19.90, 19.50
19.70, 20.35, 19, 19.70
J&K Bank 120.95, 122.90, 119.50,
120.50
122, 123, 119.15, 120.85
Jaiprakash I 33, 33.80, 32.70, 33.15
32.70, 33.90, 32.70, 33.25
JB Chemical 204, 207, 202.20,
203.20
204.50, 207.90, 202, 203.25
Jindal Steel 374, 383, 369, 378.60
341, 379.90, 341, 376.85
Kochi Refin. 49.90, 50.40, 48.40,
48.65
49, 49.50, 48.30, 48.55
Kodak (I) 348, 348.50, 348
347.95, 348, 347.95, 348
Kotak Mah.Fi 166.10, 167.50,
164.10, 165.40
167.10, 167.10, 164, 164.25
L&T 202.55, 203.50, 198.05, 198.35
202.70, 203.50, 197.85, 198.50
LIC Hsg.Fin. 67.70, 67.75, 67.10,
67.30
68.85, 68.85, 67.20, 67.60
LML 35.50, 36, 35.05, 35.25
35.20, 35.80, 35, 35.15
Lupin 164.90, 165, 159.10, 159.70
164.80, 165.35, 159.10, 159.75
M&M 111.30, 112.25, 110.20,
110.40
111.50, 112.25, 110.20, 110.40
Marico Inds 168, 171.50, 171.20
170, 170, 166.20, 169.45
Mascot Systl 138, 138.10, 134.15,
134.85
136.50, 137.90, 134.30, 134.70
Mastek 570.35, 586.30, 567, 580.25
569, 587, 569, 580.20
Mastershare 10.75, 10.85, 10.70
10.75, 10.80, 10.70, 10.70
Max (I) 81, 81.60, 79.15, 79.75
80.95, 81.65, 79.05, 79.50
Mcdowell Co. 43.10, 44.70, 43, 44.15
42.75, 44.65, 42.75, 44.10
Merck 268, 258, 260
257.10, 260, 256.55, 259.95
MIRC Electr. 378.40, 365, 366.70
394, 394, 365, 370
Moser-Baer 202.50, 192, 192.75
202.05, 202.90, 192, 193.05
Mphasis BFL 745, 730, 732.10
749, 749, 726.30, 731.30
MRF 877, 880, 865, 877.35
877, 880, 865, 869.70
MTNL 92, 88, 88.20
91, 91, 87.80, 88.30
Mukta Arts 65, 67.75, 67.20
66, 67.60, 65.70, 67.30
National Alu 88.75, 85.80, 86.25
88, 88.25, 85.80, 86.30
Nestle (I) 535.40, 540, 535, 536.10
540, 540, 534, 536.55
Neyveli Lign 24.80, 24.95, 24.60,
24.70
24.80, 24.95, 24.65, 24.70
Nicholas Pir 249.85, 254.45, 249.10,
252.05
249.10, 254, 249, 250.10
NIIT 171.70, 171.90, 165.60, 167.20
170.70, 171.95, 165.40, 167.45
Nirma 235, 236.50, 233, 234.65
226.10, 237.70, 226.10, 234.40
Novartis (I) 274.10, 281, 272.10, 278
254, 281, 254, 278
ONGC 374.90, 382, 375.95
374.25, 382, 374.25, 375.35
Oriental Bnk 60.45, 62.65, 59.70,
61.95
60, 62.60, 60, 62.15
P&G Hygiene 385, 396.50, 394.70
403, 403, 394.05, 395.30
Padmalaya Te 96.60, 98.50, 96,
96.30
98, 98.50, 95.65, 96.45
Parke Davis 163.75, 163.70, 165.50
165, 165, 163, 163.45
Pentamedia G 20.50, 18.70, 18.75
20.30, 20.70, 18.65, 18.85
Pfizer 363, 380, 369.75
377.75, 377.75, 370, 370.40
Philips (I) 94, 97.95, 92, 93.50
94.20, 94.60, 94.20, 94.60
Pidilite Ind 251.25, 253, 249, 250.35
250, 253.95, 250, 253.65
Polaris Soft 157, 157.65, 151.70,
152.55
156.95, 157.50, 152.20, 152.90
Pun.Tractors 153.35, 155.20, 152.05,
152.60
156, 156, 151.65, 152.25
Ranbaxy Lab. 626.40, 646.50,
645.30
633, 646.50, 630.35, 644.95
Raymond 102, 99.50, 100.10
101.50, 101.90, 100, 100.25
RCF 19.25, 19.90, 18.05, 18.95
19.15, 19.90, 18, 18.95
Rel Capital 53, 53.80, 52.55, 52.70
53.65, 53.90, 52.55, 52.85
Reliance Ind 293, 294.50, 288.60,
289.50
292.55, 293.95, 288.75, 289.85
Prices (Rs)
Sales Purchase
8.77
10.34
4.95
8.60
10.34
4.85
7.61
10.20
10.09
10.18
10.55
12.88
10.02
13.92
10.08
10.17
10.54
13.31
10.18
10.67
10.42
10.69
17.07
11.30
9.27
7.61
10.20
10.09
10.18
10.55
12.88
10.02
13.92
10.08
10.17
10.53
13.31
10.18
10.66
10.42
10.68
17.07
11.30
9.27
11.99
13.25
11.58
12.66
12.62
11.44
10.47
17.75
9.63
11.40
11.03
12.21
10.04
10.04
11.84
13.08
11.58
12.66
12.44
11.27
10.47
17.75
9.63
11.40
11.03
12.21
—
—
11.19
10.80
10.95
10.74
10.18
10.66
10.32
10.18
38.07
11.19
10.59
10.95
10.74
10.18
10.66
10.32
10.18
37.32
10.54
10.97
5.82
8.38
8.56
10.11
10.72
10.01
10.70
11.75
20.26
10.51
11.24
11.33
22.02
13.50
10.00
10.01
14.82
11.17
10.00
13.44
10.81
10.44
10.37
10.38
10.81
5.71
8.30
8.48
10.06
10.66
10.01
10.70
11.69
20.15
10.51
11.24
11.27
21.91
13.24
10.00
10.01
14.82
11.17
10.00
13.37
10.76
10.38
10.32
10.46
8.13
10.37
7.31
10.47
10.29
10.62
10.15
7.97
10.37
7.17
10.16
10.29
10.62
11.05
12.39
13.04
11.08
13.90
10.14
11.46
9.05
10.91
33.89
34.30
10.98
14.47
10.08
11.90
10.15
10.83
13.00
14.50
10.89
12.27
12.91
11.08
13.90
10.14
11.46
8.87
10.80
33.55
33.96
10.93
14.39
10.08
11.90
10.13
10.80
12.75
14.22
10.07
10.58
10.33
10.10
10.36
10.10
10.07
10.37
10.33
10.10
10.36
10.10
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—
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—
10.58
10.48
10.48
10.73
10.73
10.73
11.80
10.10
10.00
11.59
17.42
10.38
10.28
10.32
10.57
10.57
10.57
11.80
10.10
10.00
11.59
16.59
Rolta (I) 86, 83, 83.55
86.20, 86.20, 83, 83.55
SAIL 10.15, 10.45, 10.10, 10.30
10.20, 10.45, 10.15, 10.30
Satyam Comp 262.20, 263.90,
258.80, 259.20
263, 263.45, 258.95, 259.75
Saw Pipes 92.55, 94.45, 91, 91.45
92.25, 94.50, 91, 91.60
SBI 293.95, 295.50, 289.10, 290
293.50, 295.60, 289.50, 290.55
Shipp.Corpn. 58.85, 59.40, 57.60,
57.80
58.95, 59.80, 57.55, 57.85
Shyam Teleco 53.10, 54.50, 52.50,
52.75
54.50, 54.50, 52.25, 52.90
Siemens 323.95, 325, 316, 323.75
320, 327, 316.55, 324.50
Silverline T 17.25, 17.55, 15.90, 16
17.40, 17.50, 15.85, 16
SKF Bearing 45.85, 46, 45, 45.10
45.25, 46.20, 45, 45.20
Sonata Soft. 19.75, 20, 17.70, 17.90
19.10, 19.70, 17.70, 18
SPICE 33.60, 33.45
SSI 101.50, 105.10, 100.10, 100.95
99.80, 104.90, 99.80, 101.10
STC India 105.55, 110.75, 101.85,
102.60
Sterl.Biotec 44.50, 44.90, 44, 44.50
44, 44.90, 44, 44.55
Sterl.Optica 58.65, 59.95, 58.25,
58.70
58.50, 59.85, 58.15, 58.85
Sun Pharma. 302, 303.50, 298,
298.65
303.50, 303.50, 297, 298.35
Syndicate Bn 16.85, 18.35, 18.05
17.60, 18.40, 17.50, 18.05
Syngenta (I) 127, 128.55, 128.45
Tata Chem 62, 62.60, 60.05, 60.35
62.50, 63, 60, 60.25
Tata Elxsi 87.90, 88, 85.10, 85.40
86.65, 87, 85.30, 85.55
Tata Power 111.70, 113.70, 113
112.90, 113.55, 112, 113
Tata Tea 169, 172, 169.45
169.35, 172, 167.20, 169.50
Tata Telcom 135.20, 139.30, 137
139, 139, 136.10, 136.95
TELCO 165.25, 167.40, 163.30,
163.75
166, 167.50, 163.50, 163.80
Thermax 148.95, 154.40, 147.30,
152.25
151, 154.90, 144.60, 151.90
Thomas Cook 229, 238.70, 227.05,
229.40
238.95, 249, 225.70, 230.05
TISCO 154.10, 156.70, 155.20
153.70, 156.70, 153.70,
155.20
Titan Inds. 77, 79.90, 76, 76.30
77.70, 79.90, 76.15, 76.65
TN Newsprint 44.40, 45.50,
44.25, 45.40
44.05, 45.30, 43.55, 45.10
TN Petro 20, 20.25, 19.75, 20
20, 20.10, 19.55, 20.05
Torrent Phar 223.55, 229.90,
220.50, 225.20
226.50, 227, 220.30, 225.55
Trent 169.95, 173, 166, 166.20
168, 173, 165.50, 166.80
TVS Electron 83.60, 84.40, 81,
81.20
83.45, 84.20, 80.35, 81.10
TVS Motor Co 529, 511.10, 515
528.50, 528.50, 511.50,
515.60
United Phosp 167.40, 163,
163.85
168.40, 168.40, 163.10,
164.15
UTI Bank 44, 45.50, 44.90
44.95, 45.30, 44.25, 44.80
Videocon Int 30.95, 31.40, 30.60,
30.65
31.30, 31.45, 30.55, 30.65
Vijaya Bank 16.05, 16.80, 15.90,
16.70
16.50, 16.80, 15.65, 16.70
Visual Soft 236.50, 238.90, 230.80,
232.40
235.90, 238.95, 230.10, 232.60
VSNL 90.80, 88.75, 89.40
90.90, 90.90, 88.80, 89.35
Whirlpool 19.80, 19
19.20, 19.40, 19.05, 19.15
Wipro 1520, 1536, 1480.10, 1491.70
1519.90, 1534, 1480, 1495.55
Wockhardt 473.95, 474, 468.10,
471.40
470.05, 472, 468.10, 469.40
Zee Telefilm 94.80, 97.50, 89.40,
89.85
93.90, 94.65, 89.55, 90
Zensar Tech. 110.40, 113.90, 105.15,
106.15
109.10, 113.85, 104.90, 106.20
175, 178.35, 174.90, 178.35
ABG Heavy In 16, 13.75, 14.70
Abhishek Ind 8.70, 8.50
8.80, 8.80, 8.50, 8.60
Advani Oerli 33, 31.50, 32.45
33, 33, 31.30, 32
AFT Inds. 47, 46.55, 47
Aftek Infosy 255.40, 243.10, 244.60
252, 254.80, 243.10, 245.45
Agro Dutch I 13.25, 13.35, 13.30
12.65, 13.65, 12.65, 13.30
Agro Tech Fd 37.50, 37.40, 37.75
37.60, 37.60, 37.60, 37.60
Ahmed.Elect. 54.75, 54.75, 53.95,
54.20
Ajanta Pharm 36.50, 37, 35, 35.40
37.20, 37.20, 36.30, 36.40
Aksh Optifib 25.25, 22.75, 22.95
23.10, 23.90, 23.10, 23.25
Albright & W 187.30, 192
Alembic 177, 172.80, 173.95
177.50, 178, 172.95, 173.05
Alfa Laval 252.50, 249, 249.55
254.75, 255, 250, 250.45
Allahabad Bk 14.25, 15.50, 15.30
14.35, 15.40, 14.15, 15.20
Alok Inds. 14.15, 14.50, 14, 14.05
14, 14.60, 14, 14.05
Alps Inds. 19.85, 19.20
21, 21, 21, 21
Alstom 24, 24.35, 23.80, 24.25
Amara Raja B 65.40, 66, 65.05,
65.35
65.05, 65.80, 65, 65.10
Ambica Agarb 61, 69.30, 54, 56.75
Ambuja Cem.R 3, 3.05, 3
3.05, 3.10, 3, 3
Amrutanjan 80.75, 82.35, 80, 81.65
Amtek 53.70, 54, 52.20, 52.25
Amtek Auto 192.95, 196.30, 191.95,
192.55
195.80, 195.80, 195.80, 195.80
Amtrex Hitac 21, 20, 20.75
20.05, 21.95, 20.05, 21.20
Andrew Yule 17.20, 18.50, 16.60,
16.95
AP Paper 43.35, 43.25
Aptech 43, 44, 39.15, 39.95
43, 44, 39.60, 40.05
Archies Gret 72.25, 72.20, 73
74, 74, 72, 72.55
Arvind Rem. 7.25, 7.40, 7.15, 7.25
7.20, 7.40, 7.15, 7.20
Asahi (I) Gl 36.20, 39, 37.95
38.95, 39, 37.65, 38
Ashapura Min 100.10, 102.95,
102.15
Ashima 15.20, 15.10
14.25, 14.25, 14.15, 14.15
The Times of India, New Delhi
15.10, 15.60, 14.50, 15.30
Bank of Raj. 17.25, 17.55, 17.20,
17.25
17, 17.55, 16.95, 17.25
Bannari Aman 138.05, 137, 137.05
140, 140, 138.65, 140
Bayer (I) 1200, 1210, 1200
1180, 1205, 1180, 1200
Bayer ABS 85, 85.50, 80.40, 81.15
85.80, 85.80, 80.10, 81.05
Bayer Diagno 215.75
Berger Paint 74.20, 75, 74, 74.20
74.30, 75.40, 74.10, 74.95
Bharat Hotel 25.70, 25.70, 25.70,
25.70
Bhartiya Int 24.10
24.15, 24.65, 24.10, 24.25
Bhushan Stl. 33.90, 35.40, 32.35,
33.70
Bimetal Bear 107.10, 107.05
Binani Inds. 17.20, 17.40, 17.05,
17.25
Birla Corp. 16.05, 16.35, 16, 16.25
16.20, 16.45, 16.20, 16.25
Birla Eric. 13.95, 13.50, 13.85
13.65, 14, 13.65, 13.75
Birla Glob.F 11.70, 13.75
13.50, 14.40, 13.50, 13.95
Birla Yamaha 17.45, 17.50, 16.50,
16.55
BLB 5.45, 5.45, 4.80, 5.15
Blow Plast 12.70, 12.60, 13.20
Blue Dart Ex 72.90, 73.25, 71.20,
72.10
71, 72.90, 70.50, 72.30
Blue Star 75, 75.70, 75
75.05, 75.95, 75, 75
Blue Star In 174, 179, 173.80,
174.65
177.30, 179.95, 173.20, 174.60
BOC 29.80, 30.70, 29.05, 29.20
30.10, 30.70, 28.80, 29.10
Bombay Burma 39, 38, 44.80
41, 41, 40, 40
BPL 44.75, 45.25, 43.45, 43.75
44.20, 45.50, 43.10, 43.55
BSEL Inform. 14.90, 15, 14.50, 14.65
14.55, 15.25, 14.55, 15
Burrough Wel 220, 225.05, 224.50
222.85, 227.80, 222.85, 224.60
C
Camlin 58.25, 61.70, 60.80
Canara Bank 55.20, 59.35, 58.80
55.75, 59.30, 55.75, 58.75
Canfin Homes 26.60
26.85, 27.10, 26.65, 26.90
Carborundum 111.50, 114, 109,
109.15
111.25, 114.50, 109.70,
109.70
Carrier Air. 99.50, 99.90, 97.85
98.50, 98.50, 98.50, 98.50
Ceat 32.10, 32.40, 31.75,
32.10
32.40, 32.50, 31.60, 32.05
Centur. Bank 10.30, 10.45, 10,
10.20
10.10, 10.30, 10, 10.15
CESC 19, 19.25, 18.75, 19.15
18.50, 19.55, 18.50, 19
CFL Capital 1.65, 1.75
CG Igarshi M 46, 47.50, 45.70,
47.20
46.15, 47.25, 45.50, 46.85
Chemplast Sa 29.50, 30, 29.60
29.70, 30.70, 29.30, 29.80
Chettinad Ce 43, 44, 42, 43.10
Chola.Inv&Fi 42.25, 42.90, 42
41.50, 42.25, 41.30, 41.50
Ciba Sp.Chem 107.20, 107.55,
107.40
110.95, 111, 109.55, 109.55
Cinevistaas 33.50, 33.75,
32.70, 32.75
33.25, 33.90, 32.60, 32.60
City Union B 36.50, 37.45, 36.40,
36.75
37, 37.50, 36, 36.70
Clariant (I) 144.30, 146.25
145, 147, 143.25, 147
Coates (I) 104.50, 107.95, 104, 105
105.35, 107.45, 104.50, 105
Colour Chem 244, 244.10, 241,
241.20
243.50, 243.80, 241, 241.15
Compucom Sof 25.75, 27, 26.45
Compudyne Wi 25.20, 25.30, 24.80,
25.10
25.45, 25.60, 24.90, 25.20
Computech In 6.60, 6.65, 6.50, 6.55
7.10, 7.10, 6.50, 6.60
Corom. Fert. 65.05, 67, 64
66, 66, 63.55, 63.90
Creative Eye 13.65, 13
13.35, 13.35, 13.05, 13.10
Crest Comm. 32.50, 32.75, 31.50,
31.60
33.45, 33.45, 31.75, 31.85
CRISIL 284, 270.10, 270.15
280.50, 284.95, 274.15, 275.10
Cybertech Sy 12.60, 12.80, 12.35,
12.45
12.70, 12.70, 12.30, 12.40
Dena Bank 16, 16.70, 16.40
16.60, 16.70, 16.15, 16.40
Denso (I) 23.50, 24.60, 24
Dewan H.Fin. 21, 22, 21.85
21.40, 22, 21.40, 21.85
Dhanalak.Bnk 18.70, 19, 18.25,
18.65
DPIL 32, 35
DSQ Software 14.95, 15, 14.30,
14.40
14.90, 15.05, 14.30, 14.35
Duphar-Inter 120, 122, 121
NSE SHARE INDEX
3373 52
1088 35
F
FAG Bearings 52.50, 54.25, 52.80
53, 53.65, 52.50, 53.30
FCI OEN Con. 91.05, 91, 92
90.55, 92.50, 90.55, 92.05
FCL Techno. 22.60
23.50, 25.40, 23.50, 24.60
FDC 34.15, 34.50, 32.85, 33.05
33.40, 33.75, 32.90, 32.95
First Leasin 18.50, 17.55
17.40, 17.70, 17.40, 17.60
Flex Inds. 18.60, 19.10, 18.50, 19.05
18.80, 19.20, 18.80, 19.10
Floatglass 16.25, 15.75, 16.05
15.50, 16.50, 15.50, 16.30
Forbes Gokak 63, 63.50, 62.75
Foseco (I) 103.05, 103.30
102.75, 103, 102.75, 103
Fulford (I) 92.40, 93, 91.30, 91.35
3370 39
1086 50
N
N
B1 - GROUP
3
N
N
0 93%
HBL Nife Pow 22.80
HEG 29.10, 30.45, 29.50
29, 30.35, 29, 29.70
Henkel Spic 24.50, 22.05, 22.40
22.40, 22.45, 22.15, 22.25
Hi-Tech Gear 113, 108.50
Hikal 134.30, 127.50, 129.80
135, 135, 127.50, 130
Himat. Seide 102, 96.10, 99.90
102, 103.50, 96.25, 98.20
Hind.Constn. 60, 71, 69.25
70.55, 70.95, 68.10, 69.65
Hind.Inks&Re 340.50, 355.75, 344.95
359, 359, 343, 345.05
Hind.Motors 10.80, 11.25, 10.85
10.95, 11.25, 10.80, 10.85
Hind.Org.Chm 20.80, 21.75, 20.55,
20.70
20.35, 21.65, 20.30, 20.70
Hind.Power 22.60, 22.80, 22.35,
22.45
Hind.Sanitar 37.05, 37.10, 37
37, 37.90, 37, 37.70
Honda SIEL P 122.30, 123
122.30, 122.30, 122.25, 122.25
Hotel Leela. 16.15, 14.95, 15.05
15.65, 16, 15, 15.05
Hughes Tele. 6.25, 6.30, 6.20, 6.25
6.20, 6.35, 6.10, 6.20
I
I-Flex Solu 902, 938, 919.25
908, 938.40, 905, 923.10
IFCI 5.70, 5.95, 5.90
5.75, 5.95, 5.70, 5.90
Ind.Swift 88.90, 90.40, 86.65, 87.55
India Glycol 33.90, 34.75, 33.60,
34.45
India Gypsum 22.50, 21.30, 21.50
Gammon (I) 104.75, 99.25, 100.25
22.70, 22.75, 22.10, 22.10
102, 102.95, 101.10, 101.45
India Nippon 190
Garden Silk 28.20, 32.50, 30.75
203.90, 204, 190, 190
28.50, 32, 28.40, 30.55
India Polyfi 4.25, 4.50, 3.75, 4
Garware Wall 19.70, 20.20, 20
Indian Card 39.60, 40.30, 39, 40.20
Gati 32.50, 31.30, 31.35
40.10, 40.50, 40.10, 40.40
Genesys Intl 67.80, 65.15, 65.25
Indian SeamM 14, 13.65
George Willi 56.10, 57.50
Indo Nationl 345
56.20, 59.40, 56.20, 57.65
341, 341, 340, 340.05
Glenmark Pha 259, 261.90, 248, 249 Indo Rama Sy 30.40, 31.50, 30.05,
258.05, 264, 246, 247.70
30.10
Global Tr.Bk 17.95, 18.90, 17.90,
30.50, 31.60, 29.95, 30.05
18.55
Indraprast.M 12.50, 12.55, 12.40
18.20, 18.95, 17.80, 18.55
12.05, 12.60, 12.05, 12.50
GMM Pfaudler 63.10, 66.55
Indus.Inv.Tr 16.75, 16.60, 17
Godfrey Phil 335, 332
Indusind Bnk 17.35, 17.90, 17.60
335, 339.50, 335, 339.50
17.10, 17.95, 17, 17.70
Godrej Cons. 101.30, 103, 100.75,
Inform.Tech. 2.45, 2.20, 2.25
101.45
Ashok Ley.Fn 46, 47, 45.60, 45.70
ING Vysya Bk 255, 256, 252.05, 255
100.25, 102.50, 100.25, 101.95
44.50, 46.35, 44.50, 45.65
256, 257.50, 252, 253.85
Godrej Inds. 19, 17.70, 18.15
Asian Elect. 24.50, 25.35, 24.25,
Insilco 15.80, 16.05, 15.95
Goetze (I) 23.10, 23.35, 22.60, 22.90 Intelvisions 5.70, 6.40
24.95
22.10, 23.10, 22.05, 22.95
23.75, 25.25, 23.75, 25
Inter.Travel 24.25, 23.75, 24.50
Goldiam Int. 27, 27.25, 26.90, 27.05 Invest.Trust 22, 19.25, 19.45
Asian Hotels 69.80
Goldstn.Tech 44.95, 45.10, 43.15,
74.50, 74.50, 70, 71.95
IP Rings 40.90, 42, 41.30
44.20
Assam Co. 16.95, 16.20, 16.70
IPCA Lab. 197.35, 197.75, 189,
45.10, 45.25, 43.55, 44.30
Astrazen.Ph. 360, 360, 360, 360
190.05
Gonter Peip 4.45, 4.50, 4.25, 4.40
Atcom Techno 16.60, 16.15, 16.25
196.50, 198.50, 188.15, 190.15
Goodlass Ner 161.95, 163.90, 163.15 Ispat Inds. 5.50, 5.70, 5.40, 5.50
16.55, 16.55, 16.10, 16.20
162, 164, 162, 163.05
Atlas Copco 237.10, 238.05
5.50, 5.65, 5.45, 5.50
Goodricke 27.95, 28, 27.60, 27.95
237.15, 239, 237.15, 238.05
IT & T 35, 36, 33.60, 34.05
Goodyear (I) 29.20, 28.50
Atlas Cycles 65.55, 72.50, 71
35.90, 36.15, 34, 34.50
Grabal Al.Im 20.30, 21.90
69, 72.45, 69, 72
ITC Hotels 47, 49.90, 48
Graphite Ind 29.40, 29.90, 29.20,
Atul 34.50, 35.05, 35
44.55, 49.70, 44.55, 48.25
29.30
34.40, 35.75, 34.40, 35
IVRCL Infras 54.50, 55.10, 54, 54.85
30, 30, 29.35, 29.40
Auto Axles 95, 97, 96
53.50, 54.40, 52.80, 53
Gravity (I) 9.50, 9.90
Avanti Feeds 23.50, 23.85
Greaves 12.95, 14, 12.15, 12.30
Grind Norton 95.85, 98, 94.25, 96
Jagatjit Ind 26.20, 26.85, 26.45
Guj.Alkalies 34, 34.35, 32.50, 32.95
Bajaj Auto F 48.70, 49.90, 48.65,
Jagsonpal Ph 92, 93.95, 90, 93.95
34, 34.30, 32.30, 32.90
49.10
Jai Corp 37, 36.60, 36.80
Guj.Amb.Exp. 9.25, 9.75, 9.35
49.50, 50, 48.60, 49
37, 37, 36.75, 36.80
9.20, 9.95, 9.20, 9.60
Bajaj Hindus 58
Jain Irrig. 44.55, 47, 46.15
Guj.Flouroch 73.50, 75
59, 59, 57.40, 57.75
45.60, 47.30, 45.60, 46.05
74.90, 75.40, 74.25, 74.95
Bajaj Tempo 101.25, 104
Jain Studios 20.05, 19.30
Guj.H.Chem 17.70, 18.20, 18.15
Balaji Dist. 7.50, 7.65, 7.40
20.50, 20.50, 19.05, 19.35
17.70, 18.25, 17.65, 18
7.50, 7.65, 7.35, 7.45
Jayant Agro 54.75, 54.75, 53, 53.05
Guj.Ind.Pow. 20.20, 20.25, 19.40,
3M India 312, 302, 304.20
Balaji Hotel 4.55, 4.50
Jaypee
Hotel 9.05, 9.75
311, 311, 305, 308.65
Daewoo Motor 1.65, 1.80, 1.45, 1.70 19.50
Balaji Indl. 3.75, 3.65
Jayshree Tea 38.50, 38.50, 35, 35.35
20, 20.10, 19.30, 19.50
Dalmia Cemen 145, 151
Balmer Law.I 55, 60, 52, 53.30
JCT
4.50,
4.30, 4.35
Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.95, 3.75, 3.85
144.60, 144.60, 144.20, 144.40
Balmer Lawri 94.45, 88.10, 89.15
Jenson&Nicho 5.70, 5.60, 5.70
3.65, 3.90, 3.65, 3.85
DCM Shr.Con 54.50, 52.65, 53.20
89, 92.50, 88.40, 89.35
6.70, 6.70, 5.50, 5.65
A Sarabhai 5, 5.10, 4.75, 4.90
55,
55.40,
53.15,
54
Balrampur Ch 109.30, 110, 107.20,
JIK Inds. 31.25, 25.30, 26.80
Aarti Drugs 31, 33.25, 32.80
Deccan Cem. 37.20, 38.25
109.25
27.90, 27.90, 23.10, 27.30
Aarti Inds. 68.25, 68.85, 67, 67.50
Deepak Fert. 17.45, 18, 17.75
111, 111, 107.60, 108.50
Hatsun Agro 67.85, 61, 66.85
Jindal Iron 65.50, 71.10, 65.25, 66.80
68, 68, 66.10, 67.10
17.25,
17.95,
17.25,
17.80
Banco Prod. 48.60, 48, 48.75
66.50, 71.40, 65.95, 66.90
Havell’s
(I)
120
Aban Loyd 177, 176.70, 178.65
Bank of Punj 15, 15.55, 14.75, 15.30 Deepak Nitr. 50.95, 52.95, 50.50
Jindal Photo 27.80, 26.95, 27
116.90, 116.90, 110, 111.70
27.65, 27.65, 27, 27.05
Jindal Poly. 100.55, 103
107.20, 107.20, 102.75, 104.95
Name
NAVs
Prices (Rs)
Name
NAVs
Prices (Rs)
Name
NAVs
Prices (Rs) Jindal Strip 142.40, 145.95, 140.05,
141.55
(Rs)
Sales Purchase
(Rs)
Sales Purchase
(Rs)
Sales Purchase
140, 145.75, 140, 141.30
JJ Exporters 25.50, 24.40
Child Benefit
16.87
17.19
16.36
Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund
GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly)
11.38
11.38
11.38 JK Corpn. 10.70, 11, 10.65, 10.70
10.95, 11.25, 10.65, 10.65
Deposit 371 Days (D)
10.71
11.14
10.51
Balanced (D)
9.11
9.27
9.11
GSSIF-IP (G)
14.56
14.56
14.56
Deposit 371 Days (G)
10.71
11.14
10.51
Balanced (G)
9.87
10.04
9.87
GSSIF-ST (D)
10.23
10.23
10.23 JK Inds. 29, 29.50, 28.50, 28.70
Deposit-54 EA
14.86
14.86
14.86
Child Care Gift
11.41
11.70
11.13
GSSIF-ST (G)
11.94
11.94
11.94 JK Synthetic 3.10, 3.15
Deposit-54 EB
14.86
14.86
14.86
Child Care Study
11.50
11.67
11.21
Sun F&C Mutual Fund
Jubilant Org 145, 154.40, 140.65,
Equity (D)
10.07
10.26
10.07
Dynamic Plan
11.75
11.96
11.75
Balanced (G)
7.09
7.20
7.09 154.20
Equity (G)
9.55
9.73
9.55
FMCG (D)
7.40
7.53
7.40
Bond Fund - Growth
18.60
18.60
18.60
149.85, 151.25, 140.05, 151.25
Govt.Sec.-Invst.
11.80
11.80
11.80
FMCG (G)
8.07
8.21
8.07
Bond Fund - Income
10.91
10.91
10.91 Jupiter BioS 47.80, 48.30, 46.85, 47
Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D)
11.52
11.52
11.52
FMP - D-Y’ly
10.74
10.74
10.52
Emerging Tech.(G)
3.38
3.45
3.38 Jyoti Struct 17.30, 17.75, 17.20
Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G)
13.33
13.33
13.33
FMP - Half Y’ly
11.78
11.78
11.66
FIS-Intl. Plan
10.22
10.22
10.22
17.50, 17.50, 17.40, 17.40
Govt.Sec.-Savings
11.67
11.67
11.67
FMP - Half Y’ly (D)
10.77
10.77
10.66
FIS-Long Term
11.12
11.12
11.12
Govt.Sec.-Savings
10.39
10.39
10.39
FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D
10.48
10.48
10.37
FIS-Medium Term
10.61
10.61
10.61
Growth (D)
10.19
10.38
10.19
FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G
11.31
11.31
11.20
FIS-Short Term
10.50
10.50
10.50
Growth (G)
10.24
10.43
10.24
FMP - Q’ly (D)
10.56
10.56
10.50
FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D)
10.03
—
9.95 Kajaria Cer 17.50, 18, 17.70
17.95, 18, 17.75, 17.75
Income (D-Half Y’ly)
11.28
11.28
11.22
FMP - Q’ly (G)
11.79
11.79
11.73
FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G)
10.72
—
10.64
Income (D-Q’ly)
10.94
10.94
10.89
FMP - Q’ly Sr.2
11.63
11.63
11.57
FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2
10.45
—
10.36 Kakatiya Cem 22.25, 22
22, 22.35, 21.70, 21.95
Income (G)
14.34
14.34
14.27
FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D)
10.49
10.49
10.44
FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D)
10.08
—
9.98
Index
8.42
8.51
8.42
FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D)
10.40
10.40
10.35
FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G)
10.58
—
10.47 Kale Consul. 44.40, 43.50, 43.60
M’ly Income(G)
11.22
11.22
11.17
FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G)
11.61
11.61
11.55
FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2
10.47
10.47
10.36
44.10, 44.75, 43.30, 43.50
M’ly Income(MD)
10.63
10.63
10.57
FMP - Y’ly
11.86
11.86
11.62
FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4
10.46
—
10.14 Kalyani Brak 260, 265, 255
M’ly Income(QD)
10.63
10.63
10.58
FMP - Y’ly Sr.2
11.65
11.65
11.42
FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP1
10.77
—
10.44 Kanoria Chem 42.15, 42.15, 42.15,
Short Term (D)
10.19
10.19
10.16
FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D)
10.57
10.57
10.36
FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2
10.71
—
10.38 42.15
Short Term (G)
10.66
10.66
10.63
FMP - Y’ly Sr.3
11.39
11.39
11.16
FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3
10.51
—
10.19 Karnatak Bnk 71.40, 72.40, 70, 70.10
Tax Savings
14.58
14.87
14.58
FMP - Y’ly Sr.4
11.06
11.06
10.84
FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5
10.23
—
9.92
73.50, 75, 70.25, 70.50
IL&FS Mutual Fund
FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G)
10.74
10.74
10.53
M’ly Income (D-M’ly)
10.63
10.63
10.63 Karur Vysya 171, 172.80, 167.55,
Bond (B)
10.69
10.69
10.69
FMP - Y’ly VI (G)
10.54
10.54
10.33
M’ly Income (D-Q’ly)
10.58
10.58
10.58 169.35
Bond (D-Q’ly)
11.00
11.00
11.00
FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G)
10.21
10.21
10.00
M’ly Income (G)
13.17
13.17
13.17
170.05, 173, 166.10, 168.75
Bond (D-Y’ly)
11.64
11.64
11.64
Flexible Income
11.02
11.02
11.02
MVB (D)
10.74
10.74
10.74 KDL Biotech 17.15, 17.30, 17.20
Bond (G)
16.04
16.04
16.04
Gilt Invst. (D)
11.95
11.95
11.95
MVB (G)
17.21
17.21
17.21
17.15, 17.25, 17, 17.05
Bond Short Term (D)
10.21
10.21
10.21
Gilt Invst. (G)
18.52
18.52
18.52
MVL (D’ly Dp)
10.00
10.00
10.00 Kesoram Inds 27.10, 27.50, 26.70,
Bond Short Term (G)
10.90
10.90
10.90
Gilt Treasury (D)
10.70
10.70
10.70
MVL (Dp)
10.73
10.73
10.73
26.85
E-Com (D)
2.99
3.05
2.99
Gilt Treasury (G)
14.33
14.33
14.33
MVL (Np)
13.92
13.92
13.92
27.75, 27.75, 26.90, 27
E-Com (G)
2.99
3.05
2.99
Growth (D)
9.69
9.86
9.69
Personal Tax Saver
46.94
46.94
46.94
Fixed Maturity Mar 02
10.69
10.69
10.69
Growth (G)
19.94
20.29
19.94
Resurgent (I) Equity
13.21
13.47
13.21 Khandwala Se 8.45, 8.05, 8.40
8.35, 8.80, 8.10, 8.15
Gilt Long Term (D)
11.30
11.30
11.30
Income (D)
11.15
11.15
11.15
Value (D)
8.75
8.93
8.75
Gilt Long Term (G)
12.29
12.29
12.29
Income (G)
18.25
18.25
18.25
Value (G)
17.21
17.55
17.21 Kinetic Eng. 70.50, 72.35, 69.10,
69.15
Gilt Short Term (D)
10.68
10.68
10.68
Index
9.27
9.27
9.27
Tata Mutual Fund
Gilt Short Term (G)
11.42
11.42
11.42
Liquid (D)
11.83
11.83
11.83
Balanced
13.96
14.20
13.96 Kinetic Moto 34.20, 33.50, 34
33, 34.65, 33, 33.50
Growth & Value (D-Y’ly)
10.74
10.95
10.74
Liquid (G)
14.70
14.70
14.70
Gilt Sec. (App)
20.06
20.06
20.06
Growth & Value (G)
12.02
12.26
12.02
Long Term
11.48
11.48
11.48
Gilt Sec. (Reg)
13.03
13.03
13.03 Kirloskar Br 100, 100.50
Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly)
9.49
9.68
9.49
MIP - (D-M’ly)
10.48
10.48
10.48
Income (App)
20.25
20.25
20.15 Kirloskar Oi 57.05, 60
57, 60, 57, 58.60
Index - BSE Sensex
9.45
9.55
9.45
MIP - Cum.
12.77
12.77
12.77
Income (D-App)
11.70
11.70
11.64
Index - Nifty
9.47
9.56
9.47
MIP - Half Y’ly
10.71
10.71
10.71
Income (H-Y’ly Reg)
10.94
10.94
10.89 KLG Systel 40, 37.40, 37.75
38.50, 38.80, 37.30, 37.50
Liquid Account Call
10.52
10.52
10.52
MIP - Q’ly
10.56
10.56
10.56
Income (Q’ly-Reg)
10.71
10.71
10.66
Lq. A/c (D)
10.07
10.07
10.07
Power
13.65
13.89
13.65
Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus)
10.38
10.38
10.27 Kolar Inform 19.40, 17.75
Lq. A/c (G)
11.09
11.09
11.09
SPICE
33.69
33.69
33.69
Income Plus Fund-A(G)
10.38
10.38
10.27 Kopran 41, 42.80, 40.70, 41.65
ING Mutual Fund
Short Term
11.18
11.18
11.18
Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus)
10.38
10.38
10.38
41, 42.85, 40.60, 41.05
Balanced Portfolio (D)
6.71
6.81
6.71
Short Term (D)
10.70
10.70
10.70
Income Plus Fund-B(G)
10.38
10.38
10.38 Kothari Prod 155.05, 162, 161
Balanced Portfolio (G)
6.71
6.81
6.71
Sweep
10.45
10.45
10.45
Life Science & Tech.
8.71
8.86
8.71
164, 164.95, 161, 161.10
Capital Portfolio
10.78
10.78
10.78
Tax (D)
9.51
9.68
9.51
Liquid (App)
13.87
13.87
13.87 KPIT Cum.Inf 193.50, 198.65, 190.50,
Gilt Portfolio
10.42
10.42
10.42
Tax (G)
13.03
13.26
13.03
Liquid (Reg)
11.11
11.11
11.11 196.20
Growth Portfolio (D)
6.31
6.44
6.31
Technology
3.33
3.39
3.33
M’ly Income
10.91
10.91
10.86
193.70, 198.70, 192.25, 195.75
Growth Portfolio (G)
7.55
7.70
7.55
Reliance Mutual Fund
Pure Equity
9.77
9.94
9.77 KRBL 18, 18.45, 18, 18
Income Portfolio (G)
15.83
15.83
15.83
Growth (D)
22.94
23.40
22.94
Select Sector
7.82
7.96
7.82 Krebs Bioche 114, 108.05, 108.40
Income Portfolio (I)
10.83
10.83
10.83
Growth (G)
31.05
31.67
31.05
Short Term Bond (App)
10.46
10.46
10.46 Krishna Life 2.15, 2.40, 1.90, 2.10
Income Short Term
10.35
10.35
10.32
Income (D-Half Y’ly)
11.51
11.51
11.51
Short Term Bond (Reg)
10.44
10.44
10.44 Krone Comm 62.25, 63.50, 61.75,
Invst. Portfolio
9.28
9.47
9.28
Income (D-M’ly)
11.21
11.21
11.21
Tax Savfund
11.15
11.34
11.15 63.05
Savings Portfolio
10.31
10.31
10.31
Income (D-Y’ly)
11.58
11.58
11.58
Young Citizen’s
10.71
10.87
10.39
62.95, 62.95, 61, 61.55
Treasury Portfolio (D)
10.62
10.62
10.62
Income (G)
19.04
19.04
19.04
Taurus Mutual Fund
Treasury Portfolio (G)
12.66
12.66
12.66
Income Q’ly (D)
11.32
11.32
11.32
Bonanza Ex.(G)
10.76
10.95
10.73 KSB Pumps 67.25, 68.75, 68
66, 69, 66, 67.55
JM Mutual Fund
Liquid - Cash (G)
10.61
10.61
10.61
Discovery Stock
3.93
4.00
3.92
Balanced (D)
9.63
9.77
9.63
Liquid - Treasury (G)
14.50
14.50
14.50
Libra Bond (D)
11.64
11.64
11.61
Balanced (G)
16.78
17.03
16.78
Liquid Super Cash(G)
10.22
10.22
10.22
Libra Bond (G)
11.99
11.99
11.96
Basic
16.18
16.42
16.18
Lq. Treasury W’ly
10.34
10.34
10.34
Libra Gilt (D)
11.09
11.09
11.07 Lakshmi Au.C 78.25, 78.30, 78
Equity (D)
7.96
8.08
7.96
M’ly Income (D-M’ly)
10.72
10.72
10.67
Libra Gilt (G)
11.42
11.42
11.39
79.85, 81.90, 79, 79.95
Equity (G)
7.52
7.63
7.52
M’ly Income (D-Q’ly)
10.67
10.67
10.62
Libra Tax Shield
8.68
8.68
8.68 Lakshmi Mach 1130, 1125, 1185
G-Sec (D-Reg)
10.62
10.62
10.62
Monthly Income (G)
13.26
13.26
13.20
The Starshare
6.19
6.30
6.17
1150, 1185, 1150, 1184
G-Sec (G-Reg)
18.07
18.07
18.07
Short Term
10.07
10.07
10.07
UTI Mutual Fund
Landmarc Lei 13.75, 14
G-Sec PF
18.30
18.30
18.30
Vision
27.74
28.29
27.74
Bond (G)
17.63
17.63
17.55 LCC Infotech 5.30, 4.80
G-Sec Reg (GB)
10.63
10.63
10.63
SBI Mutual Fund
Bond (I)
11.27
11.27
11.22
5.40, 5.40, 4.85, 4.90
High Liq.Growth - Bonus
10.35
10.35
10.35
MSFU Contra
10.52
10.70
10.52
Brand Value
8.01
8.01
7.85 Liberty Shoe 54.45
High Lq. (D)
11.89
11.89
11.89
MSFU FMCG
5.93
6.03
5.93
CCP
12.96
13.34
12.96
53.05, 54.45, 53.05, 54.45
High Lq. (D-D’ly)
10.31
10.31
10.31
MSFU IT
5.87
5.97
5.87
CRTS
92.81
92.81
90.03 Lumax Ind 30.45, 30
High Lq. (G)
16.56
16.56
16.56
MSFU Pharma
9.15
9.31
9.15
Equity Tax Savings
10.72
10.72
10.61
30.10, 30.10, 30, 30
Income (D)
10.48
10.48
10.48
Magnum Child’s Benefit
10.79
10.92
10.47
G-Sec (G)
16.35
16.35
16.35 Lyka Labs 31.75, 30, 30.15
Income (G)
24.64
24.64
24.64
Magnum Equity
8.44
8.59
8.44
G-Sec (I)
10.91
10.91
10.91
30.70, 31.50, 30, 30.10
Income Bonus
11.17
11.17
11.17
Magnum Global
7.31
7.44
7.16
Grandmaster 93
9.32
9.32
9.13
Income Serial 00 (D)
10.57
10.57
10.57
Magnum IC (Cash)
13.41
13.41
13.41
Index Select Eq.
13.69
13.96
13.69
Income Serial 04 (D)
10.70
10.70
10.70
Magnum IC (D)
10.54
10.54
10.54
Mahila Unit Scheme
12.24
12.24
11.87
Short Term
10.19
10.19
10.19
Magnum Index
9.90
10.00
9.90
Master Growth-1993
14.25
14.25
13.97
Short Term (G)
10.56
10.56
10.56
Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly)
10.08
10.08
10.08
Master Index
10.34
10.34
10.29
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly)
10.86
10.86
10.86
Mastergain 92
9.96
9.96
9.76
K Bond Whole.(B)
10.60
10.60
10.60
Magnum Tax Gain
12.39
12.61
12.39
Masterplus 91
16.74
16.74
16.41
K-30
12.17
12.39
12.17
Sundaram Mutual Fund
Money Market (G)
16.80
16.80
16.80
K-Balance
10.44
10.63
10.44
Balanced (App)
10.62
10.78
10.62
Money Market (In)
16.70
16.70
16.70
K-Bond Depo(D)
10.94
10.94
10.94
Balanced (D)
10.62
10.78
10.62
Nifty Index
6.67
6.67
6.63
K-Bond Depo(G)
15.59
15.59
15.59
Bond Saver (App)
20.02
20.02
20.02
PEF
12.53
12.78
12.53
K-Bond Short Term (D)
10.09
10.09
10.09
Bond Saver (D)
10.80
10.80
10.80
Petro
12.58
12.58
12.33
K-Bond Short Term (G)
10.64
10.64
10.64
Gilt (App)
11.66
11.66
11.66
Pharma & Healthcare
10.64
10.64
10.43
K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly)
12.12
12.12
12.12
Gilt (D)
10.17
10.17
10.17
RBP 1994
18.07
18.43
17.16
K-Bond Whole(D)
10.74
10.74
10.74
Growth
12.63
12.88
12.63
Regular Income
10.44
10.44
10.38
K-Bond Whole(G)
15.90
15.90
15.90
Income Plus - App
10.87
10.87
10.87
Service
13.84
13.84
13.56
K-Gilt Invst. (D)
10.95
10.95
10.95
Income Plus - Div
10.62
10.62
10.62
Software
8.12
8.12
7.96
K-Gilt Invst. (G)
19.69
19.69
19.69
Money (App)
12.52
12.52
12.52
UGS 10000
10.46
10.67
10.46
K-Gilt Savings (D)
10.51
10.51
10.51
Money (D)
10.08
10.08
10.08
ULIP
12.74
12.74
12.55
K-Gilt Savings (G)
14.78
14.78
14.78
Select Debt 3Yr AP (App)
10.20
10.20
10.20
US 2002
5.90
5.90
5.81
K-Gilt Serial 03 (D)
10.39
10.39
10.39
Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD)
10.20
10.20
10.20
US 64
6.25
—
6.13
K-Gilt Serial 03 (G)
13.90
13.90
13.90
Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD)
10.08
10.08
10.08
US 95 (G)
19.65
19.65
19.26
K-Gilt Serial 05 (D)
11.17
11.17
11.17
Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD)
10.20
10.20
10.20
US 95 (I)
12.21
12.21
11.97
K-Gilt Serial 05 (G)
13.66
13.66
13.66
Select Debt 5Yr AP (App)
10.08
10.08
10.08
Variable Invt.(ILS)
10.29
10.44
10.29
K-Gilt Serial 07 (D)
12.19
12.19
12.19
Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD)
10.08
10.08
10.08
Zurich India Mutual Fund
K-Gilt Serial 07 (G)
16.07
16.07
16.07
Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD)
10.05
10.05
10.05
Capital Builder (D)
9.42
9.61
9.42
K-Gilt Serial 11 (G)
14.99
14.99
14.99
Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD)
10.08
10.08
10.08
K-Gilt Serial 13 (D)
12.94
12.94
12.94
Select Debt DAP (App)
11.10
11.10
11.10
Capital Builder (G)
11.01
11.23
11.01
K-Gilt Serial 13 (G)
16.20
16.20
16.20
Select Debt DAP (HYD)
11.10
11.10
11.10
Equity (D)
12.59
12.84
12.59
K-Gilt Serial 19 (D)
10.69
10.69
10.69
Select Debt DAP (QD)
10.79
10.79
10.79
Equity (G)
23.02
23.48
23.02
K-Gilt Serial 19 (G)
15.53
15.53
15.53
Select Debt DAP (YD)
11.10
11.10
11.10
High Int. (D-Half Y’ly)
11.71
11.71
11.71
K-Liquid (D)
10.02
10.02
10.02
Select Debt LTAP (App)
10.24
10.24
10.24
High Int. (D-Q’ly)
11.45
11.45
11.45
K-Liquid (G)
11.95
11.95
11.95
Select Debt LTAP (HYD)
10.24
10.24
10.24
High Int. (D-Y’ly)
12.08
12.08
12.08
K-MNC
7.90
8.04
7.90
Select Debt LTAP (QD)
10.04
10.04
10.04
High Int. (G)
21.42
21.42
21.42
K-Tech
3.29
3.34
3.29
Select Debt LTAP (YD)
10.24
10.24
10.24
High Int. Stp (D)
10.38
10.38
10.38
LIC Mutual Fund
Select Debt STAP (App)
10.34
10.34
10.34
High Int. Stp (G)
10.94
10.94
10.94
Bond (D)
11.23
11.23
11.23
Select Debt STAP (HYD)
10.34
10.34
10.34
Liquidity - Call (Dd)
10.32
10.32
10.32
Bond (G)
16.92
16.92
16.92
Select Debt STAP (QD)
10.14
10.14
10.14
Liquidity - Call (G)
10.52
10.52
10.52
Children’s Fund
11.48
11.60
11.48
Select Debt STAP (YD)
10.34
10.34
10.34
Liquidity - IP(D)
11.29
11.29
11.29
Dhanaraksha 89
11.09
11.20
10.75
Select Focus
10.90
11.12
10.90
Liquidity - IP(G)
13.02
13.02
13.02
Dhanasahayog A
8.35
8.44
8.19
Select Mid Cap
10.77
10.99
10.77
Liquidity - SP(D-W’ly)
10.50
10.50
10.50
Dhanasahayog B
8.35
8.44
8.19
Tax Saver
8.97
8.97
8.85
Liquidity - SP(G)
12.38
12.38
12.38
Dhanasahayog C
18.36
18.54
17.99
Standard Chartered Mutual Fund
Liquidity - Sp(D-D’ly)
10.50
10.50
10.50
Dhansmriddhi
2.36
2.39
2.36
Dynamic Bond(G)
11.14
11.14
11.14
Prudence (D)
14.29
14.58
14.29
Equity Fund
6.26
6.26
6.26
Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(A)
11.15
11.15
11.15
Prudence (G)
24.58
25.07
24.58
Govt. Sec. (D)
11.51
11.51
11.51
Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(D)
10.69
10.69
10.69
Sovereign Gilt - IP(D)
11.07
11.07
11.07
Govt. Sec. (G)
16.41
16.41
16.41
GCF (D-D’ly )
10.46
10.46
10.46
Sovereign Gilt - IP(G)
14.26
14.26
14.26
Index (Nifty)
10.09
10.19
10.09
GCF (D-W’ly)
10.22
10.22
10.22
Sovereign Gilt - PP(D)
11.40
11.40
11.40
Index (Sensex Adv)
10.08
10.18
10.08
GCF (G)
11.13
11.13
11.13
Sovereign Gilt - PP(G)
16.03
16.03
16.03
Index (Sensex)
10.10
10.20
10.10
GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly)
11.27
11.27
11.27
Sovereign Gilt - SP(D)
10.85
10.85
10.85
Liquid (D)
10.46
10.46
10.46
GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly)
11.01
11.01
11.01
Sovereign Gilt - SP(G)
12.35
12.35
12.35
Liquid (G)
10.62
10.62
10.62
GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly)
11.55
11.55
11.55
Tax Saver (D)
15.35
15.66
15.35
Tax
7.74
7.90
7.74
GGSF-IP (G)
11.54
11.54
11.54
Tax Saver (G)
19.34
19.73
19.34
PNB Mutual Fund
GGSF-ST (D-M’ly)
10.61
10.61
10.61
Top 200 (D)
11.96
12.20
11.96
Balanced Growth (G)
12.57
12.57
12.38
GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly)
10.43
10.43
10.43
Top 200 (G)
17.54
17.89
17.54
Balanced Growth (I)
9.85
9.85
9.70
GGSF-ST (G)
10.79
10.79
10.79
International Funds (Last Traded)
Debt (G)
18.25
18.25
18.16
GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly)
11.49
11.49
11.49
Franklin Intl.
10.00
10.00
9.95
Debt (I)
13.73
13.73
13.66
GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly)
11.21
11.21
11.21
B
3341 89
1076 35
E
Eicher Motor 87, 83.90, 84.45
85.65, 88.50, 82.80, 84.30
EID Parry 81.50, 83.45, 80, 81.75
79.10, 82, 79.10, 81.35
Elbee Servic 12.10, 12.25, 11.80
Elder Pharma 37.30, 37.50, 35.65,
35.75
37.50, 37.50, 36.10, 36.30
Elect.Kelvin 7.50, 7.60, 7.30, 7.40
Electro.Cast 241, 241.75, 237,
237.75
240, 252, 236, 237.70
Elgi Equip 20, 20.45, 19.70, 20
19.65, 20.50, 19.65, 19.85
Elgitread (I 180
180, 180, 180, 180
Emco 34.90, 33, 33.15
Esab (I) 40.70, 41.10, 40.50, 40.65
39.80, 41.40, 39.80, 40.70
Eskay K’N’It 3.95, 4.05, 3.55, 3.90
Essar Oil 5, 5.20, 4.95, 5
5, 5.15, 4.95, 5
Essar Ship. 6.25, 6.60, 6.35
Essar Steel 8.95, 9.30, 8.85, 8.90
9.05, 9.30, 8.80, 8.90
Eternit Ever 32.50, 32.05, 32.45
32.40, 32.40, 31.80, 31.90
Eveready Ind 14.65, 14.95, 14.70
14.70, 15.05, 14.70, 14.80
Excel Inds. 98.45, 101.80, 95.05, 96
96.55, 101.75, 95.15, 96.25
BSE SHARE INDEX
G
J
D
A
H
K
L
M
N
N
0 84%
Maars Soft 14.50, 14.85, 14.10,
14.15
14.90, 14.90, 14.05, 14.15
Macmillan (I 171.75, 168.40, 168.55
171.50, 171.85, 168, 169.30
Madras Alum 49, 47.10, 48.60
Madras Cem. 3800.15, 3860, 3700,
3779
3820, 3820, 3671, 3701.30
Madras Fert. 10.65, 10.75, 10.55,
10.70
11.05, 11.05, 10.50, 10.65
Madura Coats 39.20, 40
40, 40, 40, 40
Mah.Scooter 61
61.75, 61.75, 60.70, 60.90
Mah.Seamless 153, 154.75, 152.75
158.90, 158.90, 152.85, 153.45
Mahavir Spg. 66.50, 67.50, 65.50,
66.60
67.95, 67.95, 66.10, 66.30
Mahind.Gesco 14.40, 14.25, 14.40
14.50, 14.75, 14.10, 14.15
Manglr.Chem 4.55, 4.75, 4.60
Maral Overs 14.55, 15.25, 14.95
15.30, 15.30, 14.90, 15.15
Matsush.Tele 5.45, 5.70, 5.60
Medicorp Tec 42, 44.20
41.50, 44.70, 41.50, 44.70
Melstar Info 28.10, 27.10
28.05, 28.15, 27, 27.20
MICO 3660, 3600.05, 3607.50
3550, 3650, 3550, 3614.60
Mid-Day Mul. 18.90, 19.20, 18.25,
18.30
18.80, 19, 18.35, 18.45
Mindteck 25.65, 26.85, 25.60
Mirza Tanner 30
30.10, 30.15, 29.75, 29.95
MM Forgings 119
Modi Rubber 18.60, 20.60
Monsanto (I) 517, 466, 472
474, 474, 467.05, 469.90
Morepen Lab 29.25, 29.90, 28.55,
28.60
29.05, 30, 28.50, 28.55
Motherson SS 65.50, 65, 66
64.50, 69.80, 60.50, 65.65
Moving Pictu 24.45
Mro-Tek 18.80, 19.25, 18.75
19.25, 19.35, 18.75, 18.85
MRPL 6.95, 7.05, 6.90, 6.95
6.95, 7.10, 6.95, 6.95
Mukand 16, 17, 16.10
18, 18, 16, 16.15
Mukand Engrs 12.75, 13.25, 13.20
12.80, 13.20, 12.80, 13.05
Munjal Showa 150, 153, 146, 151.70
153.70, 155, 150, 152
Mys.Cement 6.70, 6.95, 6.60, 6.90
6.75, 6.90, 6.70, 6.85
N
Nagar.Fertil 6.20, 6.55, 6.20
6.35, 6.55, 6.20, 6.25
Nahar Export 19.10, 19.50, 18.90,
19.25
19.20, 19.40, 19.10, 19.40
Nahar Spg. 80.55, 82.95, 79.90,
80.50
81.40, 83, 80, 80.25
Narmada C.Pe 14.25, 14.90, 14,
14.15
15, 15, 13.75, 14.20
Narmada Cem. 19.95, 21, 19.05,
20.95
Nath Seeds 9.50, 9.80, 9.40, 9.50
9.70, 9.85, 9.45, 9.50
Navneet Pub. 131, 132.50, 130,
132.05
131.15, 133.75, 131.15, 132.60
Nedungadi Ba 11, 10.25
Nelco 32.90, 33.50, 32.25, 32.40
33.60, 33.60, 30.55, 32.35
Neuland Lab. 52.10, 53.50, 53.25
NHN Corpn. 11.50, 11
Nilkamal Pls 30, 30.25, 29.05, 29.40
29.80, 30.50, 29.50, 30.30
NOCIL 7.15, 6.90, 6.95
7.20, 7.20, 6.90, 6.90
Noida Toll 6.50, 6.90, 6.50, 6.90
Nova Petro. 41
46, 46, 41.10, 42.05
NRB Bearings 61.20, 60.95, 62
60, 62, 60, 62
Nucleus Soft 102.10, 102.90, 99.65,
100.50
104, 104, 100.15, 102.20
O
OCL (I) 67.90, 69.80, 65.50, 66.80
Odyssey Tech 14.40, 14.60, 14, 14.05
Oil Country 8.10, 8.05
8.45, 8.45, 7.90, 8
Omax Autos. 35.80, 35.90, 34, 34.10
Onward Techn 35, 32, 32.15
34.35, 35, 31.55, 32.15
Opto Circuit 36.30, 34.55, 34.95
Orchid Chem 77.95, 78.30, 75.55,
75.65
76.20, 78.20, 75, 75.45
Orient Info. 57, 59.60, 56.70, 57.45
57.80, 59.45, 56, 56.85
Orient Paper 19.10, 20.35, 19.10,
20.35
Oriental Hot 72, 71, 73.95
67.25, 71.75, 67.25, 71.75
Oswal Ag.Mil 2.60, 2.75, 2.70
Oswal Chem. 4.75, 5.05, 4.70, 4.90
4.75, 5.20, 4.75, 4.90
OTIS Elevato 317.95, 319
310.10, 310.10, 310.10, 310.10
P
Padmini Tech 5, 5, 3.95, 4
Panacea Biot 280
272.15, 280, 272.15, 278.90
Pantaloon Re 53.75, 53.80, 52.50,
52.65
54, 54.15, 52.50, 53
Paper Prod. 136, 131.10, 131.90
135, 135, 131.40, 132.30
Paramount Co 8.85, 8.80, 8.95
Parekh Plati 8.60, 8.90, 8.50, 8.60
8.30, 8.85, 8.30, 8.65
Patel Engg. 145.20, 141.50, 145
PCS Inds. 19.10, 19.50, 19
Pentagon Glo 2.80, 2.60
Pentasoft Te 9.20, 8.75
9.10, 9.10, 8.65, 8.75
Pharmacia He 142, 149.65
144, 144, 142, 142.10
PNB Gilts 25.50, 26.25, 25.30, 25.40
24.95, 26.15, 24.95, 25.30
Premier Inst 161.05, 165, 156.05,
160.80
160, 163, 158, 158.65
Prism Cement 5.25, 5.30, 5.20, 5.25
5.20, 5.30, 5.15, 5.20
Pritish Nand 26.45, 26.50, 24.20,
24.65
26.20, 26.65, 24.30, 24.60
Priyad.Cemen 10.60, 10.65
10.60, 10.65, 10.60, 10.65
PSI Data Sys 86.95, 81.80
81.10, 85.95, 81.10, 82.40
PSL Holdings 46.25, 47, 45.40, 46.35
44.50, 46.50, 44, 46.10
Pudumjee Pul 22.05, 22
23.50, 23.50, 22.05, 22.30
Pun.Communi. 61.10, 63.25, 61.50
63.05, 63.50, 57.15, 61.50
Pun.Nat.Bank 77.25, 82.50, 76, 81.70
77.80, 82.40, 75.25, 81.40
R
Radico Khait 31.25, 33, 32.25
28.95, 32.60, 28.95, 32.45
Rain Calcing 8.15, 8.20, 7.65
8.25, 8.40, 7.60, 7.65
Raj.Spg.&Wvg 18.20, 18.10
18.50, 18.50, 18.50, 18.50
Rajesh Exp 83.20, 82, 83.20
81.10, 81.10, 81.10, 81.10
Rallis India 75, 77, 74.10, 74.40
78, 78, 74, 74.65
Rama Newspri 3.70, 3.75, 3.70
3.70, 3.85, 3.70, 3.70
TOID210103/CR1/14/M/1
TOID210103/CR1/14/C/1
TOID210103/CR1/14/K/1
TOID210103/CR1/14/Y/1
CMYK
Ramco Inds. 153.25, 153.50, 148.30,
151.75
154, 157.40, 151, 152.45
Ramco Systm 495.95, 557.20, 495,
554
494, 555.95, 493.50, 544.95
Ravalgaon Su 1970, 1999, 1930,
1957
Rayban Sun O 57.05, 57.20, 56.05,
56.65
59, 59, 56.25, 56.75
Reckitt Benc 244.25, 245
245.30, 245.70, 245.30, 245.60
Rel.Ind.Infr 35.05, 35.50, 35.30
34.80, 36, 34.80, 35.55
Relaxo Footw 17.15, 17.40
Revathi Equ. 101.05, 111, 105.90
Rico Auto 130, 130, 130, 130
Roofit Inds. 6.10, 6.45
6.05, 6.45, 6.05, 6.35
RPG Cables 8.90, 8.55
8.70, 8.80, 8.50, 8.70
RPG Life Sci 31.20, 30, 30.20
30.80, 31.10, 30, 30.35
RS Software 33, 34, 32.60
34.50, 34.50, 32.70, 32.95
Ruchi Soya 32.05, 32.15, 32.10
33, 33.80, 32.15, 32.20
S
S Kumars Nat 4.40
4.50, 4.50, 4.35, 4.40
S.E.Asia Mar 46.75, 48, 46.65, 47.75
S.I.Bank 39.95, 41.15, 40.80
40.65, 41.30, 40.20, 40.95
S.I.C.Agency 8.20, 8.85, 8.20
8.50, 9.35, 8.20, 8.60
Saint-Gobain 9.10, 9.50, 9.35
Salora Int. 52.60, 52.95, 51.65, 51.70
53, 53.85, 51.05, 51.65
Samtel Color 31, 31.90, 29.85
31, 31.10, 30.10, 30.60
Sandesh Ltd. 115, 109, 111.40
114, 114, 110, 112.45
Saregama (I) 69, 70, 68.55, 68.90
70, 73.70, 68.35, 69.30
Sarita Synt. 2.50, 2.85, 2, 2.70
Satnam Over. 18.95, 19.75, 18.50,
18.50
Savita Chem. 57.25, 57.85, 56.55,
57.45
57, 57.70, 56.50, 57.30
SB&T Intl. 37.50, 37.75, 36, 37.35
37.50, 37.90, 35.70, 37.20
Schenec.Beck 50
Selan Explor 11.25, 11.10, 11.50
Sesa Goa 78.55, 79.80, 75.35, 75.90
77, 79.45, 75, 75.85
Sh.Cements 54.10, 54.75, 53.15,
54.45
52.50, 54.95, 52.50, 54.45
Sh.Rama Mult 9.90, 9.25
10.50, 10.50, 9.20, 9.25
Shamken Mult 9.70, 9.70, 9.70, 9.70
Shasun Chem. 107, 99, 99.50
105, 106.55, 99, 99.40
Shaw Wallace 34.25, 34, 35.50
Shetron 7.50
Shrenuj & Co 32
32.10, 32.10, 32.10, 32.10
Siltap Che. 47.95, 49.50, 49.15
47.85, 49.40, 47.30, 49
Sintex Inds. 29.70
27.15, 30.90, 27.15, 29
Sirpur Paper 33.10, 33.15, 33, 33.10
33.15, 33.15, 32.20, 32.35
Siyaram Silk 35.65, 36.10
Skanska Ceme 201.25, 202.60
Snowcem (I) 22.95, 23.70, 22.75,
22.80
23.15, 23.20, 22.70, 22.70
Softsol (I) 10.10, 10.65, 10, 10.10
Software Tec 16, 16.30, 15.70, 16.10
18.80, 18.80, 15.50, 15.80
Solectron C 33, 34.70, 32.20, 33.45
Sona Koyo St 59, 63.90, 59
Soundcraft I 69.90, 63.45, 67.50
SPIC 7, 7.20, 7
7, 7.20, 7, 7
SPL 23
SREI Int.Fin 8.50
8.75, 8.75, 8.50, 8.65
SRF 23.50, 23.80, 22.50, 22.65
24, 24, 22.60, 22.65
SRG Infotech 1, 0.95, 1
1.05, 1.05, 1, 1
Sri Adhikari 90.75, 95.10, 90.50,
90.80
91.70, 95.20, 90.25, 90.95
Sri Vish.Cem 129.05, 138, 129.05,
138
State Bnk Bi 525, 540, 532.45
State Bnk My 425.95, 435
State Bnk Tr 426, 441, 431
Sterl.Inds. 138.50, 140, 137, 137.95
Stock Net In 1.70, 1.80, 1.65, 1.70
Su-raj Diam. 13, 12.60, 12.75
14.40, 14.40, 12.25, 12.80
Subex System 102, 102.05, 96, 96.65
Subhash Proj 19.25, 20.75, 19.25,
20.75
Sulzer (I) 110.90, 109
Sun Earth Ce 3.85, 4
3.85, 4, 3.85, 3.85
Sundaram Cla 196.65, 204.90,
200.45
200, 205, 200, 202.50
Sundaram Fst 334.10, 332.10, 334
338.25, 341, 333.20, 341
Sunflag Iron 5.90, 6.20, 5.75, 5.85
Supreme Inds 110.25, 110
110.25, 111, 110, 110.05
Supreme Petr 9.50, 9.80, 9.15, 9.30
9.25, 9.60, 9.20, 9.30
Surana Tele 15.45, 16.30, 16.05
15.10, 16.55, 15.10, 15.80
Surat Elec. 65
Surya Roshni 13.90, 14.10, 13.50
13.55, 13.70, 13.50, 13.55
Sutlej Inds. 41.35, 40
41, 41, 40.50, 40.50
Suven Pharma 135, 142, 137.20
Swaraj Engin 200, 199.90
196, 200.50, 195.50, 198.90
Swaraj Mazda 71.05, 73, 69.15,
69.90
72, 72.95, 71.25, 71.70
T
T Spiritual 184, 180, 183
Taj GVK Hotl 40.95, 40, 40.15
40.10, 44, 40.05, 42.10
Tata Coffee 72.75, 72.90, 72.85
73.10, 73.95, 72, 72.45
Tata Finance 17.50, 17.85, 17.30,
17.50
17.45, 17.90, 17.25, 17.65
Tata Honeywl 335, 322, 327.50
350, 350, 321.50, 323.05
Tata Infomed 85, 83.55, 83.80
86, 86, 84.15, 84.45
Tata Infotec 228, 229, 221.55, 222.40
229, 229.90, 221.10, 222.75
Tata Invest. 83.90, 84.90, 83.05,
84.60
85, 85, 83.75, 84
Tata Sponge 41, 42, 34.60, 35
40.65, 42.50, 34.35, 35.10
Thiru A.Sug. 22.25, 22
21.30, 23.80, 21.30, 23.80
Thirumalai 56.80, 57.95, 57.70
56, 58, 56, 57.40
Tide Water O 1291, 1290, 1300
Timex Watch 9.80, 10, 9.85
Timken India 28.50, 28.95, 27.95,
28.20
Tips Indus. 47.50, 47.85, 46, 46.30
48.50, 48.50, 45.10, 46.55
TN Telecom 12.70, 13, 12.50
12.95, 12.95, 12.40, 12.40
Torrent Guja 6.55, 5.50, 5.75
Tourism Fina 8.10, 8.85, 8.65
8.30, 9.15, 8.20, 8.65
Transport Co 23
23, 23, 23, 23
Transw.Infot 102, 103, 102.50
Trigyn Tech. 27, 27.20, 25.55, 25.70
26.90, 27.10, 25.55, 25.65
OID ‰ ‰ † CMK
The Times of India, New Delhi, Tuesday, January 21, 2003
18
days to go
The red hanky men
Quote pe quote
The ‘death’ of ugly Aussie
Mohinder Amarnath, once a man in
blue, has singled out Virender Sehwag,
a present man in blue, to present India
with the united colours of a World Cup
win. Jimmy paaji is it the red hanky
connection? Jeeyo mere lal
When I play, I don‘t look at eye
balls or any other balls. I look at
only the cricket ball.
— Arjuna Ranatunga during 1996
WC dismissing Shane Warne’s
glares during the finals
It seems like a routine. Whenever the
ugly Aussie rears it’s head (refer
Lehmann’s racist remarks) a call comes
from Down Under, “ENOUGH”. It’s Ricky
Ponting once again assuring a clean
World Cup. Match referees may note
C OUNTDOWN TO THE 8 th C RICKET W ORLD C UP
Zimbabwe: Politically incorrect
MOMENTS
Facts and figures
■ After scoring 6 vs. Scotland, 14 vs. New Zealand
and 0 vs. Pakistan, Australian
wicketkeeper
Adam Gilchrist must have
been a frustrated man.
Then inspired by a telephone call from his mother back home in Lismore
he reached 50 off 34 balls
and the innings yielded 63
off 39 balls, including 12
fours against Bangladesh.
■ Zimbabwe, after winning their first ever Onedayer against Australia at
Trent Bridge by 13 runs
in the 1983 World Cup, lost
their next 18 games. All of
them in World Cups - five
in 1983, six in 1987-88 and
seven in 1991-92.
■ The only cricketer to
have appeared in the first
six World Cups, Javed
Miandad bid farewell at
the National Stadium, Karachi finally (vs. England
on March 3, 1996) after
coming out of retirement
several times. A special
cash award of Rs 6,00,000
came his way for his participation over 21 years.
■ Three batsmen managed to score over 400 runs
in the 1987-88 Reliance
World Cup - two of them
were Australia’s opening
pair of David Boon (447 at
an average of 55.88) and
Geoff Marsh (428 at 61.14).
The only other batsman to
reach the target was England’s Graham Gooch (471
at 58.88).
the World Cup 2003, he has to prove himself as a real
Ithenspin
doctor. He will try to attack and will bowl best to
better batsmen especially against Pakistan, Australia and also England and Zimbabwe. During these
matches his Sun is his bold and brave strength, which
will help him get rid of the best opposing batsmen. He
will play a fair part in at least the first four games. He
may not secure any awards but will help lift the confidence in the Indian team in the preliminaries. He will
force people to realise that One-day games can be won
by bowlers. In this World Cup he will prove to be one of
India’s best bowlers.
In this World Cup, Bhajji will not only come up as a
storming spinner but he may take the highest number
of wickets among the Indian bowlers.
—Pt Kewal Anand Joshi
(Senior astrologer and columnist)
IN THE FAMILY
Hopes and wishes from mother Avtaar Kaur
‘Till sometime back all this seemed like a dream. There
was nothing happening in Harbhajan’s career and
everything seemed to have come to a naught. But then
Gods smiled on us and he started doing well. I just hope
it goes on like this and he wins the World Cup for all the
mothers in the country. Generally, I try to stay
calm when he’s playing but do get tensed at
times, especially when he comes out to bat.
World Cup being such an important event, I
don’t think it’s going to be any different.
SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI
On the road
rof J R R Tolkien was
P
one day marking examination papers when he dis-
T
South African Tourism
A San family on the sands of the Kalahari desert
BIRTH
The home of cricket in
what is known as The Last
Outpost of the British Empire, Kingsmead has a
long and proud history. Its
proximity to the Durban
beaches and central shopping district make it an integral part of the city’s
eclectic atmosphere.
—C Shekhar Luthra
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GOOGLY
Kingsmead, Durban
Controversies and incidents
LIFELINES
Capacity: 25,000
Highest innings score:
280/4 (50 ovrs) SA v Pak,
1998
Lowest innings score:
144 (46.5 ovrs) Pak v WI,
1993
Top individual score:
128, Brian Lara (WI) v
Pak, 1993
THE PITCH
Best individual bowling: The jury is still out over the truth behind the legend that Dur5/25, Waqar Younis (Pak) ban’s tide affects the pitch at Kingsmead, but there is no arv SA, 1993
gument about the fact that for most of its illustrious history the
venue has been a fast bowler’s paradise. Peter Pollock, Mike
FIXTURES
Proctor, Vince van der Byl and Malcolm Marshall all plied their
February 11: Bangladesh trade with success. The recent seasons have seen the pitch
vs Canada
slow down, even to the extent of being lifeless. If play is inFebruary 26: England
terrupted or delayed by rain, the track can freshen up, offervs India
ing movement to the seamers, but it can also become slightMarch 3: South Africa
ly sluggish, holding up the ball and making strokeplay difficult.
vs Sri Lanka
The toss seems to make little difference, under lights it is a
March 15: Super Six
different matter entirely, with the team batting second avergame
aging a 70 percent win rate compared to the conventional
March 20: Second
56 per cent for day-time second innings. The heavy dew
semifinal
— Asia Features
is also a factor.
Ajit Ninan
rian Charles Lara —
B
elegance
personified, devastation personified, determination personified. Lara has a
great eye. He’d rather
pick individual colours
than see them all in
white. “It’s better to lose
to you, than your neighbours,” he had said to
Kenyan skipper Maurice
Odumbe in Pune after
West Indies lost to Kenya
in a World Cup tie.
Neighbours?
South
Africa. In the quarters
against the Porteas in
the same tournament,
Lara rose like a Gulliver
among the Lilliputians.
His ‘Nelson’ (111) came
off 94 balls, and the Proteas fell short of the Carribean total (264) by 19
runs. Lara won his battle, if not the war. Bob
Woolmer, prior coming
to the Cup, in his nightmares had seen either
Lara or Tendulkar’s willow hitting them out. His
fears had come true.
‘I’D WANT TO BELIEVE THAT
LARA WAS MISQUOTED’
Daryll Cullinan: I’d rather want to believe that Brian Lara was misquoted, as
he had later claimed. But people will never be able to know the truth on this.
To be honest, we were stung by this as Brian and other West Indians have
been very close to South African cricket. In fact, Brian played a couple of years
for Northern Transvaal in South Africa and there wasn’t any such incident reported. Whether he said it or not, we were badly hurt losing that quarter-final
in Karachi. Some members of the side were determined to give it back by an
emphatic victory which didn’t come about. Brian tendered an apology but was
pretty stiff when we met at the bar the next day.
— as told to Dinesh Chopra
From rabbit to hare: The grand transformation of Youhana
SUPERBATS
Yousuf Youhana
He must be the most innocuous looking batsman in
cricket right now. Always arriving at the crease wrapped
in helmet, elbow guard and
thigh pad, he appears like a
bunny rabbit thrown to a
pack of wolves that pace
bowlers of the day are. But in
the last five years, Yousuf
Youhana has ensured that
the wolves kept howling
without as much as gnashing
their teeth, leave alone digging them in to his flesh.
The two remarkable traits
which helped Youhana keep
pace bowlers and spinners at
bay his natural strokeplay
and nimble footwork, which
have often drawn him comparisons with the elegant Zaheer Abbas and the master
trickster Javed Miandad.
While the manner in
which Youhana walks into
spinners and lofts them over
the straight field reflects his
graceful footwork and penchant for slow bowling, the
breathtaking carpet drives
against fiery pace bowlers
are so effortless that they appear to be sheer magic of his
exquisite timing.
Coming into the international scene a bit late compared to most of his contemporaries, Youhana, now in
his late twenties, needed not
more than a couple of years
to establish himself as one of
Pakistan’s frontline batsmen.
Result since Jan 1, 2002
THE BATTLEFIELDS
GOLDEN
MOMENT
One-day bowlers are
heavily restricted:
wides are strict,
bouncers limited and
field settings tight. So
Jacques Kallis’ assault on the West Indies with the new
ball in 1998 brought
a new exhilaration to
the One-day game.
He bristled aggression as he targeted
the bodies, throats
and heads of the
Caribbean tourists.
While he gave away
four no-balls and two
wides, the tactic
worked superbly as
Kallis took 3 for 24
and the West Indies
were bowled out for
219. Post-match the
tourists made halfhearted attempts to
suggest that the
bowling assault had
been personal and
unsporting, but nobody took that seriously.
In fact, his ascension could
have come about a bit earlier
if he had sorted out his impetuosity.
If Youhana of today is a
more matured player, it is
thanks to Javed Miandad the
coach. It was he who was instrumental in transforming
the rabbit into a hare by
teaching him a few tricks and
ironing out a few flaws, the
biggest of which was his obsession with the lofted drive.
How well these attitudinal
and style changes have
worked for Youhana could be
seen from a One day strike
rate that hovers around 70
per cent. This may not put
Youhana on the same
pedestal as the world’s best,
but it is certainly something
that would prompt most
bowlers at the coming World
Cup into devising a way to
get rid of him quickly.
—Paul Benjamin
Ajit Ninan
Pakistan 05
younger
players.
Dion
Ebrahim, in for Campbell,
will get another chance to
prove his worth at the biggest
stage of them all, alongwith
Mark Vermeulen.
Zimbabwe’s strength also
lies in its array of utility allrounders with Grant, Douglas Merillier, Streak, Whittall, Blignaut and Sean
Ervine, all likely to play their
bits and pieces parts.
However, they have not inspired much confidence in the
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elder South African brothers,
but would still be a hard nut
to crack. The home conditions, along with a neat combination of experience and
youth, should certainly suit
them. The only noteworthy
omission from their squad is
former skipper and prolific
scorer Alistair Campbell. But
the presence of players like
Andy Flower, Grant Flower,
Heath Streak and Travis
Friend will certainly boost
the confidence of
the
Kenya
Mugabe regime — is proudly
leading his team while on the
other, there are murmurs of
some more players considering a shift in view of the socio-political upheavals in the
country. The disturbances
may well play a role in the
performance of the team in
the World Cup.
In 2002, Zimbabwe managed to win only four matches
out of 15 but they have always
been recognised as “fighters.’’
They may choke, like their
Scorecard
Played 15,Won 4,
Lost 10, No result 1
02
How the top teams have performed over the last year in One-dayers
way they have shaped up in
the One-dayers last year, winning only four out of the 15
they contested in 2002. And
the selectors, by messing
around with the captaincy recently (Zimbabwe can boast of
around half a dozen former
skippers in the present squad)
have only created unnecessary hassles for the team.
Zimbabwe may will find it
tough to reach the Super Six
despite the home advantage.
Mugabe’s ‘‘15-man Army”
better watch out: they may
have to come up with something extraordinary or else...
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Although they failed to win
some key, winnable matches,
they still finished fifth in the
competition. And that’s because they won the games
that counted — against India
and Cup favourites South
Africa — and finished above
the likes of even West Indies,
Sri Lanka and hosts England.
However, ground realities
have changed dramatically in
the last four years. On the one
hand, skipper Heath Streak
— despite the ignominy of
his land being grabbed by the
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1999 World Cup in England.
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—Rajesh Kumar
Zimbabwe will be hoping that Alistair Campbell’s (left) omission will not cost them dear.
England
covered a blank answer
book sheet with the enigmatic line— “In a hole in
the ground there lived a
hobbit”. From whence
came the bestseller The
Hobbit. For an otherworldly environ the book demanded, he is said to have
been inspired by the town
of Hogsback in the mystiJ R R Tolkien
cal Amatola mountains of
the Eastern Cape province. Perhaps another Englishman, Naseer Hussain, could do with a visit to the place
before his side takes on the Aussies in the province’s seaside resort of Port Elizabeth. You see it’ll take
a long-winded flight of imagination to beat them. Mystic
stuff, that.
★★★
ny Japanese travelling to the Northern Cape
province would do well to leave their ‘San’ at home.
There are enough native ones here. The honorific of the
Land of the Rising Sun denotes the true hunter-gatherer
in this region. Still persisting in a culture that forms a vital step in the evolution of modern man, the San people
live in the Kalahari desert region. Do not go by their
diminutive stature or docile demeanour; they are some of
the most hardy and skilled hunters in the world. Those
going to Kimberly for the matches may do well to look
around careful as they may be rewarded with an encounter with a culture that’s harks back to the misty era
of pre-history.
★★★
he amount of gold that the country’s mineral riches
has added to the world’s coffers is anyway phenomenal. For now, it may well be the turn of Polly and his boys
to get the golden hue if they triumph. The Mail &
Guardian paper puts this figure at a resounding 30 million rand if all the combined bonuses on offer are added
up. Looks like Jo’Burg might just live up to it’s reputation
as the city of gold for Pollock and Co.
WINS
HARBHAJAN SINGH
Born: July 3, 1980
A Gursikh boy, he was born in the
nakshatra of Poorva Bhadrapada
and Kumbha rashi. His solar sign is
Cancer and the lagna consist of
Mars and its lord Mercury with
Rahu in 11th house. A prominent
Sun is in the 10th house whereas in
the fate house a bright Venus is present. Rest of the
planets are causing Gaj Kesari Yoga.
Zimbabwe
What Indian stars can hope for during the Cup
LOSSES
STAROSCOPE
TURNING POINT
The slip between the Cup and the leap
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n a warm sunny day on June 22, in the first semi-final between England
and India at Old Trafford in the ‘83 World Cup, England captain Bob Willis
won the toss and decided to bat. After the openers, Graeme Fowler (33) and
Chris Tavare (32), smoothly took the score to 69 in 17 overs, Roger Binny
was introduced in the attack. The move altered the course of the innings.
He dismissed both the openers and later on, Amarnath (2/27) and Azad
bowled splendidly, conceding 55 runs from 24 overs and never allowing the
batsmen to settle down as the hosts were dismissed for 213. Kapil, by dismissing three tail-enders, finished with 3 for 35.
The Indians did get the start they wanted but Gavaskar (25) and
Srikkanth (19) were out in consecutive overs and the game was finely
poised at 50 for two but Amarnath and Yashpal resurrected the innings.
Amarnath (46) departed at 142, trying for a second run which was not there.
Sandeep Patil, who had hit Willis for 24 runs off one over a year before in a
Test match on the same ground, batted with his usual belligerence. He hit
a breathtaking 51 not out off 32 balls, guiding India to a six-wicket win after the dismissal of Yashpal, who scored 61. Amarnath was deservingly adjudged Man of the Match. Actually, his all-round performance was a major
boost for the Indians as was proved by the final.
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New Delhi: The Delhi high
court has fixed January 22
as the date for pronouncing
its judgment on a PIL challenging the controversial
ICC players’ contract, amid
protests from the lawyers
of multinational company
sponsors that it had no jurisdiction over the matter.
Appearing for Pepsi India, senior advocate and
former Union minister P
Chidambram
cautioned
the court that though Pepsi
India has accepted the
court’s notice on the issue,
its parent company Pepsi
International would not
comply it. Seeking dismissal of the PIL, Chidambram said that the dispute was best settled
through arbitration.
Senior advocate Kapil
Sibbal, who appeared on
behalf of the petitioners,
said that it was a ‘‘real public interest litigation’’ and
that the court should go
ahead and pass its order.
Sibbal charged the ICC
with fraudulently adding
restrictive clauses after
ICC’s agreement with marketing agents World Sports
Group-News Corp was approved by the ICC execu-
tive Board in May 2000 in
Paris. Sibbal pointed out
that neither the tender papers nor the agreement
drafted by chartered accountants Nicholson and
Graham contained any restrictions on teams/players or umpires.
Reminding the court that
CONTRACT ROW
India was an 80 percent
revenue earner for the International Cricket Council (ICC), Sibbal said: ‘‘If
India is not allowed to play,
why should India-based
sponsors be allowed to send
the money earned on this
land to foreign counterparts? Why should they be
allowed even tax exemption if India was not allowed to play? That’s the
long and short of this PIL,’’
Sibbal said. A division
bench comprising Acting
Chief Justice Devinder
Gupta and Justice Badar
Durrez Ahmed reserved
the judgment for Wednesday after hearing the counsels from all the parties.
In a hearing lasting almost three hours, the ICC’s
counsel argued that the PIL
was “not maintainable in a
contractual field.” Backed
by representatives from the
PTI
Team TVS to
the fore
SPORTS DIGEST
Delhi struggling at 90-4:
Delhi were placed at a precarious 90 for four wickets in
their first innings on the second day of their Under-17 Vijay Merchant Trophy final
match against Uttar Pradesh
at Kanpur on Monday. Replying to Uttar Pradesh’s first
inning total of 232, Delhi
struggled to reach 90 at
close at the Kamla Club
Grounds. Piyush Chawla
claimed two wickets while Ali
Murtza and Ashwani scalped
one each for U.P. Earlier, resuming at their overnight
187 for six, UP added 45
more runs before being
bowled out for 232 before
tea. PTI
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New Delhi: Team TVS retained their national championship position in the MRF
national motocross 2002, held
in Bangalore, for the third
time in a row. According to
information received here,
Bangalore lad C Vijaykumar
of Team TVS dominated the
final leg and was declared the
best racer by the organisers.
Vijaykumar was a clear
winner in the opening round
of the Indian Experts — Foreign Open class upto 250 cc.
He later won the round two
as well and took his final tally to 197 in this category.
ICC’s sponsors LG and Pepsi, the counsel said the
CEA was as per the English
Contract Law and thus unfit for an Indian court of
law. Gopal Subramanium,
appearing on behalf of Sahara, refuted this saying
the Supreme Court had
ruled during the 1994 TV
rights case that it was the
fundamental right of the
public
to
be
entertained/educated.
The most dramatic debate involving two former
ministers and legal heavyweights centred around the
release of foreign exchange
to the sponsors.
THE FEVER RAGES: International cricket caps on sale in the Capital on Monday.
Fresh talks to sort
Lankan pay crisis
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Monday opened
last-ditch talks with the national team to resolve a pay
crisis that threatened to scuttle the country’s participation in next month’s World
Cup. The Board of Control
for Cricket in Sri Lanka
(BCCSL) said it began another round of talks with skipper Sanath Jayasuriya, who
is currently leading the team
in Australia.
“The talks are still on and
we are hoping the matter can
be resolved, but there is no
breakthrough yet,” an official of the BCCSL said.
The BCCSL is battling
against time after breaching
a January 17 deadline set by
the ICC for Sri Lankan players to sign contracts to play
in the World Cup.
“In the event the squad
members fail to sign the contracts, the BCCSL will be reluctantly compelled to avail
itself of all remedies available to it,” the board had said
in a two-page statement on
Sunday.
A top cricket board source
indicated the options included fielding a second-string
squad or completely pulling
out since Jayasuriya’s men
were making totally unacceptable demands.
The players were insisting on
a 20 percent share of the
BCCSL’s guaranteed fee of
$6.4 million from the World
Cup, but the authorities were
only willing to offer 10 percent plus an incentive payment.AFP
Khurasia cracks 74
Kochi: Requiring 230 for a 156 in the first innings while
win, Madhya Pradesh an- the visitors scored 112. Madchored by captain Amay hya Pradesh will have a
Khurasia’s unbeaten 74, were daunting task and their
126 for five in their second in- hopes rest on their captain
nings against Kerala on the who batted brilliantly on
third day of the Ranji Trophy Monday, despite the team losPlate Group semifinal here ing wickets at the other end.
on Monday.
Khurasia’s
RANJI TROPHY
Earlier, Kerknock includala, resuming at their ed seven boundaries off
overnight score of 78 for five, Sreekumar Nair over long off
lost two quick wickets. How- and came off 87 balls.
ever, a fighting 82-run eighth
At close, Tomar was keepwicket partnership between ing him company with seven.
Sureshkumar (58) and Ananscores: Kerala: 156 and 185 (Sunil
thapadmanabhan (28) helped Brief
Oasis 33, M Sureshkumar 58, K N AnanthaKerala make 185.
padmanabhan 28; Hirwani 4/58, Sanjay
Narendra
Hirwani Pandey 3/42) vs Madhya Pradesh: 112 and
for five (A Khurasia batting 74; Tinu
claimed four for 58 S Pandey 126
Yohannan 2/17, Sreekumar Nair 2/49, Ananthree for 42. Kerala had made thapadmanabhan 1/29). PTI
Close battle expected
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New Delhi: The Sohna Stud
Million has always witnessed
a close finish ever since it
was instituted in the late 90’s,
except for the last season
when Perfect Venue won
clearly.
of Desert Eagle. Going by the
previous performances, a
close contest can’t be ruled
out on Tuesday.
Pledge
is
favoured:
Pledge should claim the
Sohna Stud Million.
Selections: Khalili
Ginger Plate (div.I):
RACES
During the
1,100m: 1.45pm: Di1998-99 season, an outstation vine Power 1, Fire Spell 2, Cyber Storm 3.
Ginger Plate (div.II): 1,100m: Maghorse aptly christened Good- Khalili
ical Hawk 1, Mountain Breeze 2, Divine
will Hunter had pipped the Dame 3. Conquering Hero Plate: 1,200m;
local challenger, Winning Harmonic Glory 1, Mia Senora 2, Prince of
Wave. The history of close Cheats 3. Conquering Hero Plate (div.II):
1,200m: Octavia 1, Strides of Success 2,
finishes was also extended by The Mob 3. Sohna Stud Million: 1,200m:
Speedy, Oath and Desert Ea- Pledge 1, Posen 2, Hopes Are High 3. Rafah
gle in the season of 2000-2001. Plate; 1,600m: Power of Zero 1, Clyde Barrow 2, Acacia Blossom 3. Top Glad Plate;
Speedy headed out Oath, who 1,600m: 4.50pm: My Great Hope 1, Golden
in turn also got a head better Bell 2, King of Sirsi 3.
2
ITF starts rating system: Aiming to help tennis
players around the world find
good matches, the International Tennis Federation
started a new rating system
on Monday. The system of
ratings from 1 (beginner) to
10 (professional tour level)
was adopted immediately by
Australia. The ITF said it expected that very soon, the
vast majority of players
worldwide would have an International Tennis Number
rating. It said fewer than 20
nations now have rating systems, and these would remain alongside the ITN system. AP
IOC probing torture allegations: The IOC is investigating allegations that
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s eldest son — who
heads his country’s Olympic
association — tortured and
jailed athletes, an official
said in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday. “We’ve received the complaint and
we’re dealing with it,” IOC
Ethics Commission official
Paquerette Girard Zappelli
said. She said she could not
comment further while the
inquiry was under way. In
December, the Londonbased human rights group
Indict demanded that the
IOC expel the Iraqi National
Olympic Committee from its
ranks. Agencies
Cash bonanza for
squash players: Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday
promised lucrative cash
prizes to encourage youngsters to compete for the
crown of world squash
champion. “I promise ten
million rupees (around
$170,000) for a player who
will win the world title for
Pakistan and five million rupees (around $85,000) for a
player who wins the British
Open title,” Musharraf announced. Pakistan, once a
mighty force in world
squash, have fallen off in recent years and have not won
any international event since
Jansher Khan carried off the
British Open in 1997. AFP
Inter-collegiate volley:
St Joseph College Boys of
Trichy and SAAP Academy
(Visakhapatnam) girls registered wins on the opening
day of the four-day P B Siddartha all-India Inter-Sport
Hostel and inter-collegiate
volleyball tournament at
Visakhapatnam on Monday.
In the boys section, St
Joseph College (Trichy) routed host P B Siddartha College (Vijayawada) 25-16 2515 25-18 while in girls section SAAP Academy
(Visakhapatnam) defeated
SAI (STC) Talcherry 25-21
19-25 25-14 25-11. PTI
CAPITAL SPORT
Media XI triumph: Media
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Cadence Corporate Cricket
Challenge match on Sunday.
The special match helped
raise Rs 42,000 for CRY that
would go towards the education of 50 children from CRY
projects.
Media XI: 153 for 6 in 20 0vers (Sunil
Narula 53 n.o, Amit Bhattacharya 37;
Sharad 3/18) beat Corporate Sponsors’
XI 117 all out in 17 overs (Rajiv 43,
Sreekant 24; G S Vivek 3/13).
Inter-Rly hockey: Central
men defeated Railway Board
13-0 while Northern thrashed
RDSO 20-0 and DLW drew 22 with RCF in the Inter-Railway hockey tournament.
Northern women drew
goalless with Central.
IAF win: Indian Air Force
defeated Nivia Moghuls 3-0
CRY children with a cheque from earnings raised during a
charity match in the Capital on Sunday.
Sharma 2/21) RR Gymkhana: 111/1 in
in the DSA-SAIL Senior Divi10.3 overs (Sandeep Angurala 57, Chetan
sion Football League.
Sahibzada Ajit Singh cricket tournment: RR Gymkhana bt Sri Guru Gobind
Singh College by 9 wkts — SGGSC: 110
all out in 31.5 overs (Udit Kumar 21, Rajiv
Arora 19, Aveeraj Chawla 3/10, Chetan
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Rajiv Gandhi memorial U-17 cricket:
Gold Star: 224/8 in 35 overs (Dinesh
Kaushik 68, Gurpreet Singh 39) Super
Star Club: 225/6 in 34 overs (Harish
Pandey 72 n.o., manas Malhotra 43).
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The Times of India, New Delhi
India take revenge and 3rd place
AFP
Dhaka: India defeated rivals
Pakistan with a golden goal
in extra time to clinch the
third place in the SAFF
championship on Monday.
Striker Abhishek Yadav
secured the victory for India
when his header from a
cross by Roberto Fernandes
entered the Pakistan net in
the 9th minute of extra
time.
SAF FOOTBALL
Veteran
striker
I.M.
Vijayan scored the first goal
for India in the 56th minute
of regulation time, heading
in a cross from Alvito
D Cunha.
But
Sarfaraz
Rasool
equalised for Pakistan in the
72nd minute with a header
from a pass by Ayaz Mohammad, forcing the game into
extra time.
Bangla
clinch
title:
Bangladesh broke the hearts
of the plucky Maldives on
Monday as they clinched the
South Asian Football Federation title in a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The two sides
had been drawn 1-1 after regulation time with R Kanchan
scoring for Bangla and Ali
Umar drawing level for the
Maldives. AP
Abhay Kumar of India (C) vies for the ball with Pakistan’s Zakir Hussain (R) during their match
in the SAFF championship at Banghabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday.
Henry triple tricks Hammers
London: Thierry Henry’s
hat-trick saw champions Arsenal re-establish a five point
lead at the top of the Premiership with a 3-1 victory
over West Ham which returned the visitors to the bottom of the table here at High-
bury on Sunday.
In the day’s other match
Fulham midfielder Sean
Davis’ 39th minute goal gave
the Cottagers a 1-0 win over
Middlesbrough that lifted
Jean Tigana’s team to 15th in
the table, eight points clear of
can’t believe some of the
hurtful allegations that have
been thrown at me, especially as they are so inaccurate.”
The Sunday Mirrror said
Owen had bet on matches involving both Chelsea and
Manchester United. But
there was no suggestion that
Owen had wagered money on
Liverpool. FA rules ban players from betting on games in
which they can have a direct
influence but do not prevent
them from gambling on other
matches.
“Michael Owen will not
face any investigation from
the FA with regard to reports
surrounding betting on football in a Sunday newspaper,”
FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said. “The rules regarding betting on football
prevent any players from
placing bets on fixtures involving them directly.”
Meanwhile horse owner
Owen said he would still continue his involvement in that
sport. “This publicity will
not stop my love for horses.
They are my main hobby outside of football. “My girlfriend Louise and I are expecting our first baby soon
and this and our new home complete with stables - will
keep me more than occupied
in the future,” he said.
A spokesperson for Owen
added: “In regard to the allegations in a Sunday newspaper, Michael’s father Terry
has confirmed he opened an
offshore betting account two
or three years ago and has
also used this to place bets for
friends and family, occasionally including Michael. AFP
the relegation zone. Middlesbrough stayed in 12th spot.
At Highbury, the build-up
to Henry’s first two goals was
controversial with West Ham
reduced to 10 men after Steve
Lomas was sent off for the
first goal penalty. AFP
Milan hold
top spot
Rome: League leaders AC
Milan showed their fighting
spirit by coming from behind
to edge Piacenza 2-1 at the
San Siro to keep their place
at the top of the table in Italy.
Milan, chasing their 17th
championship, have 39 points
from 17 matches, three more
than Lazio who leapfrogged
Inter Milan into second spot
on goal difference after beating Udinese by the same
scoreline at the Stadio
Olimpico.
Inter Milan meanwhile
saw their title hopes suffer a
major setback after being
crushed 4-1 at Perugia. In another match, French striker
David Trezeguet scored a
hat-trick as title-holders Juventus thumped Chievo 4-1 to
move to within a point of Inter. Alessandro Del Piero
scored the other goal with a
20th minute penalty but
missed another.
Real
Madrid
held:
Demetrio Albertini’s first
league goal for Atletico
Madrid, a free kick two minutes into injury time, earned
a 2-2 draw at local rivals Real
Madrid. The outcome of the
thrilling game, in which
Real’s six- game winning
streak came to an end. AFP
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Anand downs Ponamariov
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): V Anand settled old
s c o r e s
beating
W o r l d
Champion
Ruslan
Ponomariov
of
Ukraine to
remain in
joint lead
after the
seventh round of the 65th
Corus Chess tournament
here.
Anand, who lost his World
Champion crown to Ponomariov last year, registered
the victory in 34 moves.
Dutch Grandmaster Loek
Van Wely defeated Jan Timman and continued to lead
the tables along with Anand
on 5 points.
However,
the
other
overnight leader and world’s
highest rated woman, Judit
Polgar drew a tense game
with
top
seed
and
Braingames
champion
Vladimir
Kramnik
and
slipped to joint third spot on
4.5 points.
Joining her on the third
spot was Spaniard Alexei
Shirov, who humbled Evgeny
Bareev of Russia.
In the Grandmaster ‘B’
tournament, former world
junior
girls
champion
Koneru Humpy finally tasted
CORUS CHESS
success, cruising past local
hope GM Harmen Jonkman.
Top seed GM Zhang Zhong
recorded his sixth win on the
trot crushing GM Arkadij
Naiditsch of Germany. The
Chinese leads with a huge
gap of 1.5 points, having 6.5
points in his kitty.
The Labourdonnais variation of the Sicilian has found
few takers in elite chess cir-
Owen can bet on horses Sasikiran, Hari lead
London: England striker
Michael Owen will not face a
Football
Association probe
following
newspaper
allegations
on Sunday
that he bet
heavily on
matches
involving
Premiership clubs. Britain’s
Sunday Mirror tabloid accused Liverpool forward
Owen of setting up accounts
in the name of his father Terry and betting more than $3.2
million on both football and
horse racing.
But on Sunday, Owen said:
“I have done nothing wrong
and I can’t understand why
people think I should have. I
SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE
AFP
Arsenal’s French striker Thierry Henry (L) scores his
second goal against West Ham at Arsenal football
ground in London on Sunday.
INTERNATIONAL
FOOTBALL
English Premiership: Arsenal 3 West
Ham 1, Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 0.Italian Serie A: AC Milan 2 Piacenza 1, Atalanta 2 Roma 1, Chievo 1 Juventus 4,
Lazio 2 Udinese 1, Modena 0 Brescia 0,
Perugia 4 Inter Milan 1, Torino 0 Como 0.
Spanish Primera Liga: CD Alaves 1 Osasuna 1, D Coruna 2 Athletic Bilbao 1,
Mallorca 1 Recreativo Huelva 1, Racing
Santander 0 Real Betis 1, Rayo Vallecano
0 Valladolid 1, Real Madrid 2 Atletico
Madrid 2, Sevilla 0 Malaga 0, Villarreal 0
Espanyol 0.
GOLF
US PGA, Sony Open, Waialae CC, Honolulu, Hawaii: Final round scores (US
unless stated, par 70): Els won at second playoff hole: 264 Ernie Els (Rsa) 66
65 66 67, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 64 65
69, 266 Chris DiMarco 65 66 69 66, 268
Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 69 65 66, Jerry
Kelly 68 68 67 65, 269 Stuart Appleby
(Aus) 68 71 67 63, 270 Briny Baird 68 65
after Round Four
Mumbai: Grandmasters K
Sasikiran and P Harikrishna
led the table with 3.5 points
after four rounds in the National ‘A’ Chess Championship here on Monday.
Woman Grandmaster D Harika, Woman International
Master Nisha Mohota and
WIM Aarthie Ramaswamy
led the field with 2.5 points after three rounds in the
Women’s Championship.
In an interesting battle in
Men’s group GM Dibyendu
Barua defeated IM R B
Ramesh to gain a point.
Barua, playing white, faced
the Alekhine defence from
Ramesh and eventually defeated him in a marathon battle which lasted 80 moves.
In the much awaited battle
between Sasikiran and veteran GM Pravin Thipsay, Thipsay, playing white, adopted
the Ruy Lopez opening. To
create a better position, he attempted an exchange sacrifice by giving his rook for
Sasikiran’s bishop.
Sasikiran handled the position correctly denying
Thipsay the edge. Time casted shadow on the game with
the players playing their
moves with few seconds left
on the clock taking full advantage of the 30 seconds additional time.
Sasikiran managed his
pieces well and forced Thipsay to resign on the 69th
move. PTI
being tagged ‘a new Anna
Kournikova’ and has wearily
volleyed away questions
about her glamorous profile
during her steady progress
into the last eight in Melbourne. A victory over
Williams would leave no-one
in doubt as to her quality as a
tennis player - and Hantuchova believes she can send the
erratic Williams packing.
“Last year it was very
close,” Hantuchova said. “I
have learned a lot since last
year, and I’ve got more experience - so hopefully I will be
able to go one step further
than last year.
“I was really, really close to
beating her last year. Maybe I
needed more experience then
and that’s something I feel
I’ve got now. I feel ready and
very optimistic.”
Hantuchova said running
Williams so close before had
given her the confidence for
her breakthrough season in
2002, which saw her win a
maiden tour victory and
earn $1.2 million in prize
money. “This is where it all
started. Even though I didn’t
beat her, that match gave me
a lot of confidence and made
me realize that I’m right
there with the top players,”
she said.
Hantuchova will also be
encouraged by the fact that
Williams ’ form has fluctuated so far in Melbourne. The
four-time Grand Slam winner looked a couple of notches below her best in beating
Australian Nicole Pratt 6-3, 62 on Sunday. AFP
Daniela aims to eclipse Venus
Melbourne: Daniela Hantuchova has already proved she
is more than just a pretty face
- now she wants to hammer
home the point. The Slovakian seventh seed enters a
daunting Australian Open
quarter-final with mighty
Venus Williams here on
Tuesday in a replay of last
year’s three-set third-round
battle.
Hantuchova’s gutsy performance 12 months ago - she
lost 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 - served as
springboard for a successful
2002, the 19-year-old winning
her first title and reaching
the Wimbledon and US Open
quarter-finals. But her supermodel looks and occasional
appearances on the catwalks
of European fashion shows
have meant that the media
spotlight has not always focused on Hantuchova’s tennis.
Hantuchova is irritated by
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Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 66 66 69 69
MOTOR RACING
Dakar Rally, Sharm el-Sheik: 17th
stage & final stage, 34 kilometers (21
miles) Leading Cars: 1 Ari Vatanen (Fin)
and Kristina Thorner (Swe) 16 minutes 32
seconds, 2 Luc Alphand (Fra) and
Matthew Stevenson (Gbr) at 1:16, 3 Jutta Kleinschmidt (Ger) and Fabrizia Pons
(Ita) at 1:19, 4 Miki Biasion (Ita) and
Tiziano Siviero (Ita) 1:24, 5 Stephane
Henrard (Bel) and Bobby Willis (Gbr) at
1:48. Overall Standings: 1 Hiroshi Masuoka (Jpn) and Andreas Schultz (Ger) 49
hours 8 minutes 52 seconds, 2 JeanPierre Fontenay (Fra) and Gilles Picard
(Fra) at 1hour 52minutes 12seconds, 3
Stephane Peterhansel (Fra) and JeanPaul Cottret (Fra) at 2:16:28, 4 Carlos
Sousa (Por) and Henri Magne (Fra)
2:27:47, 5 Giniel De Villiers (Rsa) and
Pascal Maimon (Fra) 2:45:55
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cles for past many years but
Anand has not quite been an
active advocate of the system. And he demonstrated
precisely why with his white
pieces on Sunday.
Ponomariov
continued
with dangerous play and accepted a pawn sacrifice by
Anand as early as on the 10th
move.
An alert Anand quickly developed his initiative and
just five moves later the
Ukrainian was fighting a lost
battle.
Results (round 7): V Anand (5) bt R Ponomariov (Ukr, 2.5); Loek van Wely (5, Ned) bt
Jan Timman (Ned, 1.5); A Shirov (Esp, 4.5) bt
Evgeny Bareev (Rus, 3); Judit Polgar (Hun,
4.5) drew with Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 3.5);
Alexander Grischuk (Rus, 4) bt Michal
Krasenkow (Pol, 2.5); V Topalov (Bul, 3.5)
drew with A Karpov (Rus, 3); T Radjabov (Aze,
3) drew with V Ivanchuk (3.5).
Standings (after round 7): 1-2. Anand, Van
Wely 5.0 each; 3-4. Polgar, Shirov 4.5 each;
5. Grischuk 4.0; 6-8. Ivanchuk, Kramnik,
Topalov 3.5 each; 9-11. Karpov, Radjabov,
Bareev 3.0 each; 12-13. Krasenkow, Ponomariov 2.5 each; 14. Timman 1.5. PTI
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TIMES SPORT
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
The Times of India, New Delhi
El Aynaoui scripts the big shock
Reuters
By Rohit Brijnath
Melbourne:
Younes El
Aynaoui is a delightful Moroccan who lists among his
gifts an ability to speak Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish,
English, French and Italian.
Yesterday, though, over four
sets and 3 hours and 30
minutes he was content to let
his racket do the talking, and
evidently it spoke a language
Lleyton Hewitt could not
decipher.
The marauding Moroccan
broke home town hearts and
defied the No.1 seed’s will,
winning 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) 64, in a performance he has
waited 31 years to produce.
Hair stood on end as, apparently, did John McEnroe in
the commentary box to applaud.
Most of the smoke that
covered Melbourne on Monday like a grey cloak arrived
from bush fires, but some of
it surely was rising from Hewitt’s ears on account of El
Aynaoui’s fiery display. For a
gentle, gangly fellow (6ft 4in),
El Aynaoui wreaked some
Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco goes for a smash against
Lleyton Hewitt of Australia at the Australian Open on
Monday. El Aynaoui knocked world number one Hewitt out
with an upset 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in the fourth round.
impressive carnage, serving sistency on the return sugwith such consistent ferocity gests he is fitted with a supe(33 aces, 70% first serves) rior radar, failed to break El
that Hewitt was restricted to Aynaoui even once. When
impersonating a lamppost.
asked, Hewitt’s last memory
Hewitt, whose usual con- of such an occurrence was
when he was 16, though it is a
trifle difficult to send back
serves if you can’t hit them.
But El Aynaoui adroitly
mixed muscle with craft: he
loped to the net, rallied from
the back, sliced backhands
that hovered and sat softly
like a landing dragonfly and
constructed inside out forehands (he had 24 winners)
that hissed out of reach.
Down a mini-break in the
third set tie-breaker, he even
fashioned a lob volley winner
a few feet from inside the
baseline. Later he mentioned, as if it needed saying,
that at 31 he is a late starter.
Hewitt pounded his racket,
eyeballed linesmen, berated
photographers, and if he has
the manners of a streetfighter, it is that primitive lust for
battle that sustains him. Having accumulated a 3-1 career
record over El Aynaoui, he
patiently waited for the Moroccan’s errors, like always,
to flow. Instead, El Aynaoui’s
standard of play refused to
subside, and if Hewitt was
astonished, he was in good
company. El Aynaoui was
surprised too.
Elsewhere, there was actually some tennis, most no-
tably at the Vodaphone Arena where Andy Roddick, over
3 hours,14 minutes, made a
telling transition from boy
wonder to grown up contender. The American has
been busy, he says, enhancing his fitness, adding dimensions like the volley to his
game and learning to take
out frustration on his opponent and not his racket. Today, it was all on display as he
came back to oust Mikhail
Youzny, 6-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2. As a
reward, he gets El Aynaoui in
the next round.
James Blake was less circumspect in his strokeplay,
the American’s idea of a
change of pace on his bullwhip forehand being harder
and more harder. More went
OPEN RESULTS
Men’s (Round 4): 31-Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt 23-James Blake (US) 6-3,
6-4, 1-6, 6-3; 9-Andy Roddick (US) bt
25-Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-7 (4/7), 36, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; 18-Younes El Aynaoui
(Mor) bt 1-Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-7
(4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.
Women’s (Round 4): 25-Meghann
Shaunessy (US) bt 20-Elena Bovina
(Rus) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; 1-Serena Williams
(US) bt 18-Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-4,
6-1; 8-Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt 10Chanda Rubin (US) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; 4Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt 19-Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) 6-3, 6-1.
out then in, and Rainer
Schuettler prevailed 6-3 6-4 61 6-3. Earlier, in a women’s
match that could have cured
an
insomniac,
Serena
Williams hit 27 unforced errors in 17 games and still beat
Eleni Daniilido 6-4 6-1. Kim
Clijsters was less troubled in
demolishing Amanda Coetzer 6-3 6-1.
The Indians had a perfect
day out with Leander PaesDavid Rikl beating James
Blake-Mark Merklein 6-4 4-6
6-2 and entering the quarter
finals. In the mixed, Mahesh
Bhupathi-Iroda Tulyaganova
overcame Nathan HealeyEvie Dominikovic 7-6 1-6 7-6,
while junior Somdev Dev
Varman beat Rick Schmidt 57 6-4 6-2.
But the day belonged to El
Aynaoui, whose nerves jangled only when he went down
break point when serving for
the match. It was a reminder,
fleeting only, that he was human after all.
Last year when he won in
Doha, he apparently received
a congratulatory call from
the King of Morocco. A few
more wins here and the message might be delivered in
person.
MELBOURNE MASALA
McEnroe stays in the
spotlight: John McEnroe
hasn’t been far from attention
at the Australian Open. First
he was being threatened with
physical violence by an irate
coach. On Monday, he was
on the TV news kicking a
football Australian-style.
McEnroe, who is working for
a local television broadcaster,
found himself in the spotlight
on Sunday when Brent
Larkham, brother and coach
of Australian player Todd
Larkham, said he had threatened to punch the former
world number one. Brent was
upset after McEnroe criticised Todd’s performance in
his straight sets loss to Lleyton Hewitt on Thursday night.
Larkham won one game in
the first set and one in the
third against Hewitt. McEnroe
criticised some of Todd
Larkham’s playing as “pitiful”.
Rosewall’s cake: Australian tennis great Ken Rosewall on Monday was honoured on what is the 50th anniversary of his first win in the
Australian Open — a victory
that made him the youngest
ever man to claim the title, at
18 years, 2 months in 1953.
In all, Rosewall won the Australian Open four times, and
as well as holding the distinction as the youngest winner,
he also holds the record as
the oldest winner. He was 37
years, 2 months when he
won for the last time in 1972.
Up to her: Martina Hingis
would face no problem from
her injured ankle if she decides to return to tennis, according to her surgeon. Heinz
Buehlmann operated on
Hingis in May. He told a
Swiss newspaper on Sunday
that her ankle has healed
properly. “Martina can play
again,” said Buehlmann.
“Martina has had this problem for four years, but the
joints of her foot are absolutely OK.” Hingis said last
week that she had no idea if
she would return to tennis
and didn’t have a time-frame
in mind. Buehlmann said her
barrier would be mental.
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