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Centre behind CBI probe: MickkyHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Unfazed by the ongoing CBI in-vestigations into the alleged im-migration and money launderingracket, former tourism minister,Mickky Pacheco made his publicpresence in Colva and Benaulimon Sunday and blamed the Cen-tre for ordering the probe asthe IB reports reaching Delhidid not speak well of the rulingcombination in Goa in the com-ing polls.

If Pacheco made his presencefelt at Colva on Sunday morningto flag off an anti-plastic drive,he presided as a chief guest atan inter-ward football final atBenaulim in the presence of DrHubert Gomes, who has de-clared his candidature for theBenaulim seat. Others seatedon the dais were BenaulimSarpanch Carmelina Fernandes,Kentukee owner Mathew Dinizand Avertano Furtado, who isprojected a candidate againstPWD Minister, Churchill Alemaoin Navelim.

Asserting that the Indian gov-ernment has given consent toinvestigate into the alleged im-migration racket, the former

tourism minister has said theCentre is targeting him sincethe IB reports reaching Delhispeaks about the coming elec-

tion going against the rulingcombination in the State.

He, however, said the people

GANAPATI BAPPA MORIYA: Locals immerse Lord Ganesha idols at Miramar beach on Sunday, bringing down curtains to the one-and-half day celebrations. As the sun set on theday, processions were seen in full flow amid chants and dazzling display of fireworks. Photo by Rozario Estibeiro

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Poll candidates will now be mon-itored with a separate “shadow”expenditure register and willhave to open an exclusive elec-tion bank account under thenew guidelines framed by theElection Commission to checkflow of illegal money at the hus-tings.

The Commission has set upfor the first time an Election Ex-penditure Monitoring (EEM) cellheaded by a senior Indian Rev-enue Service (Income Tax) officerand support staff.

The new guidelines for ex-penditure in elections will comeinto force with the Bihar Assem-bly polls scheduled in late Oc-tober and the ce l l in theCommission headquarters willoperate 24x7 with its controlrooms working in each districtof the State where elections arebeing held.

The EC will also field surveil-lance teams and flying squadsin each police station area ofthe constituencies which willhave the power to search andseize illegal and suspicious cash.

“If unexplained cash is found

in possession of any person, itwill be immediately seized. Theflying squads will also watch dis-tribution of cash, liquor or anyother bribes to the voters,”sources said.

The sleuths in the teams,drawn from tax and revenue de-partments, will keep vigil overexpenditures made by a candi-date beginning from the filingof nomination till the declara-tion of the result.

The candidates will also haveto open an exclusive bank ac-count and the monitoring teamswill maintain a “shadow” expen-

diture register in the same for-mat as maintained by the can-didate, they said.

The new guidelines also en-visage arrangements for a ‘videosurveillance and viewing team’for each candidate, comprisingan officer and a clerk, to watch,tabulate and prepare report ofexpenditure after gleaningthrough the video footage everyday.

The video surveillance teamwill consist of a camerapersonwho will record the number ofvehicles, tents, furniture, dais,rostrums, barricades, etc.

EC to bank on electionaccount of candidates

Benaulim MLA Mickky Pacheco along with Dr Hubert Gomes, AvertanoFurtado, Benaulim Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes and Mathew Dinizat the football final at Benaulim on Sunday. Photo by Sidharth Mehta

The Centre has given consent for investigations into the caseafter Intelligence Bureau reports reaching Delhi have goneagainst the ruling combination in the coming polls.

It is for the people to decide why this is being done and withwhat motive. Everyone knows how the present government isbeing run. The people will decide on the next MLA and thenext government

I know I am clean. I have spent 23 years in the US. I don’t haveany issue as far as financial aspects are concerned. I have notdone anything illegal. If they feel that I have done so, I amready to face any inquiry.

LEFT, RIGHT & CENTRE

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Promising to keep the allegedCanacona flood relief fraud al-ways under the scanner till thetruth of the missing money wasknown, the Nationalist CongressParty (NCP) maintained it willgo on to file a police complaintif enough proof was found toestablish the scam.

State NCP President JosePhilip D’Souza, who addresseda press conference on Sundaysaid the alleged fraud into therelief money had been fully ex-posed by his party’s spokesper-son Trajano D’Mello. This is aserious issue and we are nottaking it lightly, he asserted.

Jose Philip observed, “In thisregard, the statement made byVice President of Goa PradeshCongress Committee M K Shaikhsaying no relief money collectedby the Youth Congress had beendeposited with GPCC vindicates

our stand.” On a question whether NCP

would file a police complaint ifit found proof, SpokespersonTrajano D’Mello replied, “Hun-dred per cent; there is no doubtabout it. I congratulate M KShaikh for coming clean intothe matter by saying there wasno relief money deposited withthe GPCC.”

Jose Philip said with Shaikh’spublic statement the fraud hadbeen exposed. “Where is themoney? Where is the account-ability? I do not find any reasonwhy Sankalp shouldn’t be sackedimmediately by his party.”

The NCP President said, “I’ve

Flood relief: NCP has Cong in deep waters

Salman sorryfor 26/11remarks

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

Bollywood star Salman Khan,who came under fire for claim-ing during an interview to a Pak-istani channel that the 26/11attacks were hyped because the“elite” were targeted, todayapologised saying he did notmean to hurt anyone’s senti-ments.

“I did not mean to hurt any-one’s sentiments. If I have hurtanybody’s sentiments, I am re-ally, really sorry,” the actor saidin a video message posted onYoutube. The apology came aftera flurry of criticism of the ‘Da-bangg’ star over his remarks on26/11 during the interview.

Salman also claimed that hiscomments were “twisted” bythe channel Express 24x7.

“I gave an interview to thechannel three weeks ago. In thisfestive season of Eid and GaneshChaturthi, a segment of the in-terview has been twisted andreleased. I saw it and realisedthat it sounded very insensitive,”said the 44-year-old actor.

“What I meant was that everyhuman life is precious, be it richor poor. I always had and alwayswill have faith in our intelligenceagencies, army and policeforces. I did not mean to hurtanybody. If I have hurt anybodyI am really sorry,” said Salman.

The ac to r ’ s s t a tementprompted sharp reactions fromDeputy Chief Minister ChaganBhujbal, Shiv Sena, BJP and otherpolitical parties.

The flood relieffraud is a serious

issue and we are nottaking it lightly. Wewill file a policecomplaint if enoughproof is found toestablish the scam. – Jose Philip D’Souza

Minister’s house attacked,curfew back in Srinagar

PTI

SRINAGAR, SEPT 12

A mob today attacked J&K edu-cation minister’s house in Anant-nag as fresh incidents of violencerocked the Valley leaving 22 per-sons injured, forcing the author-ities to reimpose curfew inSrinagar and six other towns.

A day after his fiery speechon Eid, police also registeredcases against Mirwaiz Umar Fa-rooq, chairman of Hurriyat’smoderate faction, and other sep-aratist leaders for allegedly in-citing yesterday ’s violenceduring which government prop-erties were torched.

The fresh incidents of vio-lence came ahead of tomorrow’scrucial meeting in New Delhi ofthe Cabinet Committee on Se-curity which is expected to con-sider a slew of measures to dealwith the situation in Kashmirthat includes partially lifting ofthe controversial Armed ForcesSpecial Powers Act.

Defying the curfew imposedin Anantnag, a mob attackedthe house of Education MinisterPeerzada Mohammad Sayeed, aformer Pradesh Congress chief,at Damhal-Khushipora in Kok-ernag area, 80 kms from here.

Police fired in the air andlobbed teargas shells to dispersethe attackers.

Mount MaryFair starts in

MumbaiHERALD CORRESPONDENT

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

The Mount Mary Fair, a week-long festival, commenced at thehistorically famous Mount MaryChapel at Bandra (West) on Sun-day September 12.

The annual festivities at theMount Mary chapel have a his-tory dating back over 400 years.Mumbaikars regardless of caste,creed, and religion offer prayersduring the week-long celebra-tions.

The nine days of novena serv-ices in many Indian languagescommemorate the feast ofMount Mary. Abuzz with excite-ment, the Bandra fair has stallsselling gooey Goan sweets andwax idols of the Virgin alongwith an assortment of candlesshaped like hands, feet and var-ious other parts of the body. Itis the time when the sickly andall those in need for blessingsconverge with a pious hope thatMother Mary will consider theirappeals for help.

Pistol ‘seller’nabbed at Bambolim

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Police on Sunday nabbed a 38-year-old man at Bambolim whenhe was looking out for aprospective buyer to sell a coun-try-made pistol bought fromBihar.

DySP Deu Banaulikar said onreceiving information policecaught Suhas Godse at Bam-bolim. He was sitting in a barlooking out for a buyer for thegun which is known as ‘katta’.Godse, who has been bookedfor illegal possession of arm, ar-rived from Bihar today, hestated.

The DySP said the accusedalighted from the train at VascoRailway Station from where he

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CIVIC FORUM

Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco

This photograph shows heaps of garbage rotting by the road-side at Chicalim. Incidentally, the spot is not far from the Govern-ment Cottage Hospital and can promote the spread of variousdiseases. Who is responsible for clearing the garbage? Is it theVillage Panchayat or the Vasco Municipality? Or do the authori-ties feel that as the garbage lies in no-man's land, it is no one'sresponsibility?

Who is responsible?

Margao traffic woesAllwyn George, Carmona

Traffic in Margao is increasing day by day. Residential and shop-ping arcades like Big G have been built without consideringthe parking requirements for consumers. Shop owners andbusinessmen park their cars for the full day, depriving othersof parking space. The old fish market and the pick up standspace, which could be utilized for a multi-storey paid parking,still stands idle. The petrol pumps and local schools need tobe shifted on the outskirts of the city, to ease traffic congestion.

While the CM and Mayor move in chauffeured cars, thepublic are left to sweat it out for hours to find a parking space.When Margao has its legislator as a CM for two consecutiveterms, everybody was expecting the Margao situation toundergo a change. But alas! What we have seen is nothing, butall hollow hopes and promises. Who is going to rescue Margaofrom this mess?

Issue TDS refundsSS, Panjim

The Income Tax Department is yet to settle refund claims inrespect of tax deduction at source (TDS) for assessment year2009-2010, even though more than one year has passed sincethe submission of Income Tax returns.

In public interest, I would like to know the ‘normal’ periodfor settlement of TDS refund claims and, in case of any delay,the reason for the delay in settlement. Further, when anyenquiry is made with the Income Tax office, no one is in a po-sition to give correct information. In this case, an initiativeshould be taken to settle the TDS refund claim at the earliest.

Avoid short circuitPravin U Sardessai, Adpai

Live wires over an electrical pole near Almeida High School,Ponda, are covered by the leaves of nearby trees. Such an un-desirable situation is likely to create adverse consequences incase of a short circuit. Though the vehicles of the ElectricityDepartment pass by this way, this problem has escaped unno-ticed by the linesmen deputed on duty in this area.

The Electricity Department should cut down the branchesof trees in close proximity to live wires, in public interest.

Misleading hoardingNelson Lopes, Chinchinim

The Bank of Maharashtra Chinchinim Branch has mysteriouslyclosed its ATM facility after enticing customers with greatfanfare. Though the ATM was closed eight months ago, twolarge hoardings screaming about the ATM facility are still inplace, misleading prospective customers. It must be removedimmediately.

A pathetic sightZino Carvalho, Davorlim

The Margao bus shed presents a sorry sight to local commutersas well as tourists visiting the bus stand. The iron structurehas deteriorated beyond repair. There is seepage of water inthe rainy season. There are no proper toilets, insufficientbenches for commuters to rest, and heaps of garbage hereand there. This causes discomfort for the public and poses aserious health hazard. There is no proper stand for motorcyclepilots and rickshaws.

This bus shed was erected 23 years ago, and inaugurated bya former Chief Minister who had promised to build an ‘ultramodern bus stand’ in Margao. But all we got was a promise!

It is high time that Margao gets a proper, full-fledged busterminus for the city. The people of Salcete want that the Goagovernment should protect the interests of bus commuters.

Cricket scamJames Moraes, Cuncolim

Goans who are anxious to attend the one-day international(ODI) cricket match to be held at Fatorda stadium in Octobershould please think twice before they purchase the tickets forthe match. This is a platform for another scam, as the samepeople who allegedly perpetrated the last one are still activemembers of the present organising committee.

What is the guarantee that this time they will not once moreprint duplicate tickets, as they have still not been punishedfor their transgressions during the last cricket match in thesame stadium.

This is one more opportunity to earn huge profits by printingduplicate tickets. I would advise Goans not to purchase tickets,as these politicians are not persons to be believed.

Fatorda stadium is used for various sports. The people forgetthe person who oversaw the construction of this stadium in arecord time of six months. We should all be thankful to FranciscoMonte de Cruz, then Sports Minister in Goa. Unfortunately,his legacy is used as a platform by corrupt politicians to gainmileage (and money).

Do you have a complaint against some authority or service?Are there any violations of the law that you would like to bring tothe notice of the public? Do you have any suggestions for improve-ment and/or redressal of services?

If you do, then write to us at editor@herald-goa.com. With theaim of improving the quality of our civic life, every Monday Heraldwill publish the best letters on these subjects received during theweek. This is in addition to our regular ‘Letters to the Editor’ col-umn.

HERALD CORRESP9ONDENT

BELGAUM, SEPT 12

Highlighting the rising trafficproblem along the Belgaum-GoaNational Highway (NH-4-A), Bel-gaum Chamber of Commerceand Industries (BCCI) has urgedauthorities to ban movement ofmining and other trucks onthese stretches.

In a memorandum submittedto the Additional Superinten-dent of police, the Chamber hasstated that the stretch on theroad from Udyambag to RamdevCircle on Khanapur road, fishmarket, College road, Club roadincluding the road from Chen-namma Circle to Fort and to-wards NH4 from For Lake andNew Gandhi Nagar have becomedeath traps.

“The movement of heavy ve-hicle multi-axle trucks causes a

lot of inconvenience to othercommuters on the road. Suchtrucks are responsible for manyaccidents directly or indirectly,”stated Members of the Chamber.

“So, the movement of suchtrucks during the day in the City

from 8 am to 8 pm should bebanned with immediate effect,”members of the Chamber urgedpolice authorities.

The Chamber in its memo-randum further stated thatmajor problem in city marketand other main roads is due tohawkers.

Vegetable vendors haveposed serious problems in thebusy retail business area. Thehawkers are expected to movefrom place-to-place, but theyhave established fixed vending,causing inconvenience for gen-eral public and also adding totraffic congestion in the city.

The BCCI members haveurged police officials to clearthe busy city roads in the maincity market and from RamadevHotel to Peeranwadi and declarethem as ‘No Hawkers Zone’.

BCCI favours ban on trucks along Belgaum-Goa NH

nThe movement ofheavy vehiclemulti-axle truckscauses a lot ofinconvenience toother commuterson the road. Suchtrucks areresponsible formany accidentsdirectly orindirectly.

-- BCCI

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, SEPT 12

Locally hill-grown vegetablesand wild fruits are back alongthe highway leading to Cana-cona taluka.

Annually, most of the growerscome along the highway to selltheir produce to the motorists,which they cultivate on the hillyterrains of their residential sur-roundings.

Seasonal vegetables and fruitswith season’s pr ime fruitMuskmelons (locally called Chi-bot or Mogem) is the mostsought after and carries thehighest price tag as sold onroadsides between Gulem inCanacona and Balli in Quepemtaluka along the NH-17.

These roadside bazaars whichappear at different points areselling everything locally grownin the hilly terrain including localbananas, specialized red chiliesof Canacona, ladyfinger, ritz-gourd, cucumber, pumpkins, etc,thereby earning hefty profits.

A source in the Agriculture De-partment attributed reason for thedelay due to late flowering of theseasonal fruits as a result ofheavy rainfall this year.

“A suitable level of sunny weatheris required for these seasonal fruitsto give better and fast yield. Now,since the rains has mostly subsidedand sun is often out more and moreyields of seasonal veggies andfruits will flourish,” informedthe source.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Chinchinim villagers on Sundaycelebrated the feast of our Ladyof Good Hope, with traditionalpomp and religious fervour.

Chinchinim wore a festivelook as thousands of peoplefrom across Salcete throngedthe village to take part in the

festivities.Fr Agnelo Pinheiro, Prof

Rachol seminary was the maincelebrant of the concelebratedhigh mass.

In his homily, Fr Pinheiro ex-horted the faithful to imbibethe Christian values and recalledhow Mother Mary lived a life asper the Gospel teachings.

Feast celebrated in Chinchinim

An injured palm civet cat was rescued by Benny D'Silva at Curca which was later handed over to theForest Department. Photo by Rozario Estibeiro

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

As usual, Colva police reachedlate at the venue of a bull fightat Chadwaddo-Varca on Sundaynoon.Before the police could maketheir presence felt reach thevenue, the bull fight took placein the presence of large numberof dhirio lovers.Left with no option, the Colvapolice later registered a caseagainst two persons Carmo andJoe Baptista under the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals Actfor allegedly organizing the bullfight. So far, no arrests havebeen effected, the police said,adding that they are investigat-ing into the case.

MissingVasco

boy traced in Kolhapur

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MORMUGAO, SEPT 12

The 25-year-old man from Vol-lant-Vasco, who was reportedmissing since September 8, wastraced in Kolhapur.

According to Vasco Police,one Lloyd Joaquim Andrade hadgone missing since September8 and a missing complaint wasfiled by his family members withVasco Police station.

Police further informed thatthey had flashed the messageto all the police stations in theState and in the neighbouringstate.

Accordingly, Vasco Police onSeptember 10 received infor-mation from their counterpartin Kholapur that they have de-tained a Goan youth.

“On receiving the informa-tion, Head Constable VijayPereira went to Kholapur on Sep-tember 11 and on verificationbrought back Lloyd to Vasco andhanded him over to his familymembers,” said the police.

A devotee offering candles to Our Lady at the Mount Mary feast atChinchinim on Sunday. Photo by Sidharth Mehta

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

SANGUEM, SEPT 12

The seven-member UguemPanchayat seems to be toyingwith the reservation policy forwomen despite it being a factthat the post of sarpanch atUguem Panchayat for the currentterm is reserved for women.

Of the total seven members,Uguem Panchayat has five men pan-chas and two women. Women pan-chas being Vidhiksha Bhandari andMadhevi Shiddiker.

After the completion of thetwo-year term, Bhandari re-signed from the post to paveway for Shiddiker to occupy thepost for the remaining term.

Shiddiker was however oustedfrom the sarpanch’s post earlier lastmonth after the male membersmoved a no-confidence motionagainst her for not undertaking anydevelopment works in the panchayatand for her failure in taking otherpanchayat members into confidencein deciding important matters.

Since the ouster of Shiddiker,Deputy Sarpanch Devidas Naik isrunning the panchayat affairs despitethe post of sarpanch being reservedfor women candidate.

Sources in the know informedthat the five male panchas are al-legedly upto some trick of not hand-ing over sarpanch’s post to thewomen candidate. Their allegationsbeing women candidate are not ca-pable of taking major decisions,thereby affecting the developmentworks in the panchayat.

Incidentally, even otherwisethe Uguem Panchayat has notseen any major development

projects being undertaken bythe panchayat over the pastmany years. Even the internalroads within the jurisdiction ofthe panchayat which were con-structed some 15 years ago arein dilapidated condition and thepanchayat does not even havefunds to maintain it.

At the annual budget, the pan-chayat though shows a rosy pic-ture, the development picturein the village is not so rosy.

At every gram sabha, the vil-lagers raise several issues con-cerning the development, butto no avail as the panchayatkeeps on harping on lack offunds for development works.

At one point of time, all the sevenmembers had threatened to resignfrom their respective posts if nofunds are sanctioned by the gov-ernment for development works,but that was only on paper.

Though gram sabha membersat one such meet sought instantresignation of all the members,none of the seven members hadcourage to resign from the post,thereby showing their personalinterest in running the pan-chayat affairs.

Now the male members are al-legedly upto some tricks not to handover the post of sarpanch to thewomen panchayat member, but in-stead keep running the panchayataffairs by the male deputy sarpanch.

Sources informed that evenif elections are held to elect thenew sarpanch, the male mem-bers are allegedly trying to keepthe voting level at 3-3, therebyonce again making the deputy

Uguem male panchas ‘gang-up’ to deny women Sarpanch’s post

Colva police‘reach late’

for bull fight

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FROM PAGE 1NCP has Cong in deep waters

spoken to the high commands of both partiesregarding the alleged relief fraud and about theunnecessary outburst of GPYC President againstmy party and me after the Mapusa convention.”

The NCP president said, “I have personally ap-peared before the press because I feel Sankalpwas trying to destabilise the Cong-NCP allianceby making baseless statements. There is someonebehind his statements. He may be president ofGPYC, but some of his family people are in dif-ferent parties like the BJP and MGP.”

Jose Philip said he would once gain like toclarify NCP wanted to strengthen its base in all40 constituencies. This doesn’t mean we wantto fight elections in all 40 constituencies as wasbeing misinterpreted, he cleared.

He mentioned the Congress party should’vepulled up Sankalp for his unnecessary outburstagainst the NCP because both the parties were

in a pre-poll alliance shaped by their respectivehigh commands. The Chief Minister should’vetaken serious note of the statements, he added.

On other questions affecting the NCP, the partypresident was not very forthcoming more so withthe recent statement of Mickky Pacheco whereinthe flamboyant MLA mentioned he could do with-out a party. Jose Philip said it was Mickky’s deci-sion. “Leaving the party is upto him. I will talk tomy high command about the matter,” he said.

On the question of going to the CM with themuch-promised memorandum to press for a CBIinquiry, Jose Philip stated the issue was underthe scanner of NCP and it would go to Kamat atthe right time. One must understand we are inan alliance, he added.

Over the question whether NCP would contestthe Valpoi bye-polls, the NCP president againpushed the ball in the court of his high command.

Pistol ‘seller’ nabbed at Bambolimcame to Carambolim.

From Carambolim he came to Bambolimwere he tried looking for a buyer but was un-luckily caught, he mentioned. Banaulikar said

the accused claims he is from Handiwadi, Cur-chorem, but this looks doubtful to us. We aretrying to investigate from where he boughtthe gun, he said.

Centre behind CBI probe: Mickkyof Goa will be the decision makers in the comingAssembly polls and will decide the fate of theministers and MLAs in the hustings.

Asked whether the ruling Congress governmentis behind the CBI action against him in the immi-gration racket, Pacheco said “one has to under-stand that such investigations start either suomoto, or complaint from any quarter or consentfrom the government. In the instant case, theCentre has given the consent for investigationsinto the case. It is for the people to decide whythis was done with what motive and with whatinterest”.

Replying to a question, he said the ruling gov-ernment has decided to target him after IB reportsreaching Delhi have gone against the ruling com-bination in the coming polls.

When asked whether the ongoing CBI investi-

gations against him will go against him in thenext hustings, Pacheco said “Everyone knowshow the present government is being run by thesepeople. I don’t want to comment. The people will decideon the next MLA and the next government”.

Declining to go into the CBI probe saying thathe does not want to come into the ongoing in-vestigations, Pacheco said “I know I am clean. Ihave no issue on that. I have spent 23 years inthe US; I don’t have any issue as far as financial aspectsare concerned. As an Indian citizen, I have to obey theIndian law. When I was a resident of the USA, I have fol-lowed that country’s law”.

Reiterating that he has not done anything illegalby recruiting hundreds of Goans overseas, Pachecosaid “I am very much clear that I have not doneanything illegal. If they feel that I have done so,I am ready to face any inquiry”.

Locally grown fruits back in

Canacona

sarpanch continue to hold thepost of sarpanch for anotherfew months and again continuewith the same game at the sub-sequent elections to be held toelect the female sarpanch.

Villagers of Uguem have calledfor some modalities to restrain malemembers from running the pan-chayat affairs all by themselves whenon paper the post of sarpanch is re-served for women, as otherwise thereservation policy will have no effectand the women candidates will bemade to continue to play secondaryrole in the panchayat matters.

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HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, SEPT 12

River Princess Hatao Manch(RPHM) has strongly condemnedthe lethargic attitude of theState government in handlingthe River Princess removal issue.

Addressing a press conferenceat Fishermen’s Cove, Candolim,RPHM Convenor Fermino Fer-nandes condemned the lethargicattitude of the government intackling the issue.

Blaise Fernandes (treasurer),Verner Costa Frais (secretary),Livia Saldhana (executive mem-ber) and Candolim SarpanchAnand Shettigar were presentfor the press conference.

The RPHM gave the State gov-ernment a deadline to start theremoval process of the strandedvessel as early as possible orelse face the agitation.

The RPHM has called uponthe government to finalize acompetent and experiencedcontractor latest by September15, as the River Princess has al-ready been declared a ‘State Dis-aster’.

The RPHM however expressedits happiness over the High Courtorder in directing the governmentto speed up the removal process soas to complete the entire process

Govt’s handling of Princess criticisedRPHM demands transparency in allotment of contract,

method and process of removal within time frame

Blaise Fernandes, Anand Shettigar, Fermino Fernandes and Verner Costa Frias at the press conferenceat Candolim. Photo by Thomas Fernandesbefore the onset of next monsoon,June 2011.

The RPHM demanded fortransparency in the allotmentof contract with method andprocess of removal by a partic-ular timeframe to the people ofGoa through press releases inlocal dailies, etc.

Anand Shettigar, Candolimsarpanch and RPHM executivemember, claimed that earlierthe government was distancingfrom the River Princess removalon the ground of ‘matter beingsub-judiced’.

“But now since the High Court

has given the order for speedyremoval of the vessel, the gov-ernment should try and removethe vessel as early as possible,”stated Shettigar.

RPHM executive member LiviaSaldhana said Candolim beach hasbeen eroded, while private proper-ties are also being swept away andfeared for the lives of Candolim vil-lagers in the near future if immediatesteps are not taken.

When asked what actionRPHM has planned in the nearfuture if the government doesnot pay heed to their demands,RPHM Convenor Fermino Fer-

nandes said: “If the governmentdoes not pay heed to our de-mands, we will be forced to takedrastic steps, which will be de-cided at a later stage. But I hopethe government will not forceus to do so.”

When med ia ca l l ed onCalangute MLA Agnelo Fernan-des on State government’slethargic attitude in the removalprocess of River Princess, Fer-nandes claimed that the gov-ernment is not serious at all onthe issue and has been playingwith the lives and feelings ofthe people.

When asked a company throughadvertisements in the local dailiesclaimed that it is ready to cut theship and take away the remains atno cost, Fernandes claimed: “It is anattempt to fool the people of Goa.”

“As per the Tourism Act, GoaGovernment has to recover themoney spent on the strandedvessel through the company anddamages if any to the beach isalso to be recovered from theoffender,” said Fernandes.

“Even if the company has in-tention of doing the job free ofcost, the company is in fact ben-efiting by way of savings on re-moval cost, besides earningfrom scraps,” added Fernandes.

“The company is in no waylosing anything by free removalof the vessel, but I believe thatthe company is not serious onthe issue and it is just anotherway of getting the job delayed,”claimed Fernandes.

“I believe there are many‘hanky-dowry’ deals happeningto delay the removal process ofthe stranded vessel and if noth-ing concrete happens, we willbe forced to take drastic stepslike resorting to Goa Bandh, etc.We will mobilize support for thecause leaving aside party affili-ations,” said Fernandes.

2 found dead at city KTC bus stand

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Panjim police on Sunday regis-tered two cases of unnaturaldeaths that occurred at the KTCBus stand, here.

Police said they received callsinforming about the two deathsat two separate times in the day.In one of the cases the body ofa 70-year old man was identifiedas that of Gurudas Kamat fromTalewada, Kundaim.

“Family members of the de-ceased told us he lived alone inPanjim. He never came homeand used to live all by himself,”they stated.

In the second case, police saidthey assume that the body of a50-year old man found by themcould be of a beggar or alabourer. Both the bodies havebeen sent for post-mortem, theyinformed.

Ulhas Naik hails caste census nod

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Nationalist Congress PartyVice President (in-charge ofal l party functions) UlhasNaik said the State shouldtake an initiative to com-plete the caste census ofother backward classes (OBC)fast and set up a model forother States to follow.

He was referring to yester-day’s cabinet decision of theUPA Government agreeing tothe caste census, India’s first in80 years.

“I will move a resolution atthe next Executive Committeemeeting to impress upon theGovernment to conduct thecaste census at a speedypace.”

He said looking at the size ofthe State there should be noproblem for the State authoritiesto finish the census ahead ofother States and set a bench-mark.

Naik said he was thankful tosenior NCP leader Chagan Bhu-jbal for campaigning vocifer-ously over the years for thedecision that will make neces-sary budgetary provisions forimplementing the necessaryschemes for Other BackwardsClasses (OBCs).

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

It’s not just the stray dogmenace that is staring the Com-mercial Capital. Stray cattle toohave made its presence felt inthe city in a big way, with theMargao Civic body turning ablind eye to the nuisance.

Strange it may seem, but truethat stray cattle was found insidethe garden triangle right underthe Margao Municipal building.

With the City Fathers and Civicbabus on a weekend holiday,stray cattle made their way in-side the garden and feasted onthe plants with the staff enjoyingthe festive mood back home.

In fact, stray cattle menacehas made the congested cityroads their second home, withthe Municipal authorities leastinterested to crack a whipagainst the strays. Despite a cat-tle pound maintained at the old

market area, hardly any straycattle have been pounded in re-cent months, with workers en-trusted with the cattle poundutilized for other works.

While the Civic body has beenfinding it difficult to run the dogshelter given the magnitude ofthe stray dog menace, the cattlepound is almost empty for wantto cattle – with stray cattle ap-parently not on the priority listof the Civic babus.

Stray cattle menace hits Margao

Stray cattle feast on the plants at the triangular garden near the Margao Municipal garden. Photo by Savio Dias

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

The Colva police has askedthe Cyber cell to seek the helpof experts to lay their hands onthe unknown person, whoopened an account of PWD Min-ister, Churchill Alemao on thesocial networking site Orkut.

Sub-Divisional Police officer,Margao DySP Umesh Gaonkarsaid that instructions have beenissued to the Colva police to im-mediately write to the Cybercell of the Goa police on thematter.

He said the police would seekthe help of experts and obtaindetails from Orkut to crack thecase.

Alemao’s Personal AssistantFredrick Borges had lodged acomplaint with the Colva police,stating that an unknown personopened an account of the PWDMinister on Orkut to malign hisimage.

He told the police that theaccount contained informationrelating to Alemao’s politicaland social life and was beingdeliberately done to tarnish theimage of the PWD Minister.

Incidentally, the incidentcomes days after Education Min-ister, Babush Monseratte wasfaced with a similar situation,when an unknown personopened his account on the Face-book without his knowledge.

Details from Orkut to be sought

to trace culprits

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MORMUGAO, SEPT 12

A 38-year-old resident of Jetty,Mormugao, committed suicideby hanging himself to a tree atjetty on Sunday evening.

According to Mormugao Po-lice, one Sidappa Nagappa Har-ijan committed suicide allegedlydue to altercation with his familymembers.

Police further informed thaton reaching the site, policefound the body hanging and oninquiry came to know his nameand residence.

Later, police summonedSidappa’s relative, who identi-fied the deceased and informedthat earlier in the day, he hadsome altercation with the family,which might have forced him totake such a drastic step.

Mormugao Police has regis-tered a case of unnatural deathand has sent the body to Hos-picio in Margao for autopsy. PSIPrashal Desai is investigatingthe case.

Meanwhile, Vasco Police

on Sunday arrested one per-son in connection with thetheft case.

According to Vasco Police,Kustu Karparde, who was resid-ing at New Vaddem-Vasco a yearago, had migrated to Chennaialong with his parents.

Police further informed thatKustu came down to Goa, as hedid not enjoyed cordial relation-ship with his parents and onSeptember 1, he went to NewVaddem and hired a car from aperson, whom Kustu knew whenhe was staying there.

Police further informed thatKustu hired the car for sight-seeing purpose promising to re-turn it back in two days.

Since Kustu failed to returnthe car in two days, the carowner lodged a complaint withVasco Police station.

On receiving the complaint,Vasco Police traced Kustu inMangalore and arrested himunder Section 406.

Police is investigating thecase.

Mormugao local ends life

‘Keralite’sdeath was a suicide’

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

The police has concluded thatthe death of the Keralite SunilP J at a Colva hotel on Saturdaywas a suicide.

Sub-divisional Police Officer,Margao, DySP Umesh Gaonkarhas said that the relatives of thedeceased contacted the Colvapolice on Sunday and informedthat the deceased was in a dis-turbed frame of mind for sometime.

He said the deceased beforecommitting the suicide had dis-patched his personal belongingsto his family in Kerala via courier.

Male body recovered

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Margao police on Sunday re-covered a h igh ly decom-posed body of a male personin Borda.

The unknown person is be-lieved to aged around 52-55years and the body was in ahighly decomposed state theMargao police stated.

The body was found near thetrees meters away from the oldlaw college, the police said.

The police are investigating.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Non-governmental Organisa-tions, students, church organi-zations and Panchayat Rajinstitutions joined hands inColva on Sunday to tackle theplastic menace in the tourist vil-lage.

The anti-plastic drive on thetheme “Help prevent cancer,stop burning plastic now” wasjointly organised by the ColvaParish Council, Parish Youth, JCIColva and Lions Club of Colvain collaboration with the ZillaPanchayat and the Colva Pan-chayat.

In his address, the ParishPriest of Colva Church, Fr Diago

Fernandes said it is the respon-sibility and duty of everyone towork hard to give somethinggood for the villagers and thethousands of tourists who flockto the village every year.

“ Thousands of peoplecome to the village everyyear to see the beautiful vil-lage of Colva. They come tohave fun and we have to pro-v ide something good forthem”, he added.

Fr Diago said that the anti-plastic drive should continuewith the help of local MLAMickky Pacheco, ZP memberNelly Rodrigues and the Pan-chayat body by holding the driveevery two month.

In his brief address, BenaulimMLA Mickky Pacheco compli-mented the NGOs and Churchorganizations for organizing theanti-plastic drive and expressedhis support for the anti-plasticactivity.

“This is indeed a good workin this peaceful village of Colva.This is necessary as the popu-lation is increasing, but there’sno provision to solve these prob-lems”, he added.

Calling upon the villagersto maintain peace in the vil-lage as Colva is known forpeace, Pacheco said the vil-lage can be kept clean andgreen with united effortsfrom everyone.

Anti-plastic drive held in Colva

Colva Parish Priest Fr Diago Fernandes, MLA Mickky Pacheco and ZP Member Nelly Rodrigues at theanti-plastic drive at Colva on Sunday. Photo by Sidharth Mehta

3-yr-old girl drowns

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MORMUGAO, SEPT 12

A three-year-old girl drowned,after she accidentally fell into awater tank at Alto Dabolim,Vasco, on Sunday afternoon.

According to Verna Police, theincident occurred at about 2.30pm when Roshni Arif Khan, whowas playing along with otherchildren, accidentally fell in awater tank and drowned.

Police further informed thatRoshni’s father Arif, who is inthe business of construction ofcement grills, noticed the childin the water tank and rushedher to a hospital at Chicalim, wheredoctors declared the girl dead onadmission. The body was sent toHospicio in Margao for autopsy.

Benaulim, Betabatim beach belt to be

beautifiedHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, SEPT 12

There’s good news in store for Colva village, hitby discharge of sewage waters into the adjoiningcreek.

If local MLA Mickky Pacheco is to be believed,the entire area from the Colva Church right up tothe Beach will be taken up for beautification at awhopping cost of Rs eight crore.

Interacting with newsmen after flagging off theanti-plastic drive this morning, Pacheco said thatthe government had sanctioned funds to the tuneof Rs 16 crore for beautification of the beach beltfrom Benaulim to Betalbatim.

“I will take up the beautification work from nextmonth. Lot many establishments have come upalong the creek over the years. I had discussedthe matter of sewage disposal with the panchayatas the establishments discharge their waste in thecreek”, he said.

Replying to a question, he said the Centrehad sanctioned funds to the tune of Rs 43crore for tourism related projects, but saidthat the funds were being utilized for otherpurposes. I wonder how the governmentwould contribute their component when thereis a deficit”, he said.

Replying to another question, he said that thePanchayat body is the right authority to tackle theissue of sewage and garbage disposal.

AGENCIES

CENTURION, SEPT 12

An all-round effort by JacquesKallis (43 runs and three wickets)helped Royal Challengers Ban-galore began their ChampionsLeague campaign with a re-sounding nine-wicket win overminnows Guyana at SuperSportPark on Sunday.

Experienced duo of JacquesKallis and Rahul Dravid (33 off34) begin well in pursuit of ameager 104-run target set byGuyana and putup a 75 - runs tand be fo reDravid was cleanbowled by off-spinner RoystonCrandon in theeleventh over.

R o b i nUthappa (25 off8) started offwhere he left inthe Indian Pre-mier League (IPL)and spanked aboundary andtwo s ixes o f fChristopher Barnwell. He com-pleted Challengers' victory inthe next over.

E a r l i e r, t h e C a r i b b e a nchampions Guyana had no an-swers to on-song Royal Chal-l enge r s Banga lo re (RCB )bowlers who made life diffi-cult for the batsmen through-out the 20 overs and in theend bowled a helpless teamout for a paltry 103.

For RCB, Jacques Kal l istoyed with the inexperiencedGuyanese batting line-up andpicked up three wickets ,while Praveen Kumar tooktwo wickets with his naggingline and length. Dale Steyn,

Nayan Doshi and Anil Kumblealso chipped in with a wicketeach.

For Guyana, none of thebatsmen except ChristopherBarnwell crossed the 20-runmark.

Royal Challengers' bowlersproved Anil Kumble's decisionto bowl first right as both DaleSteyn and Praveen Kumar sti-fled Guyana's batsmen fromthe word go with their disci-pline.

After keepingGuyana openersquiet initially,Praveen struckfor Royal Chal-lengers as he gotr id of openerTravis Dowlin (10of f 17 ) in h i sthird over.

Ra m n a re s hSarwan startedoff brilliantly,hitting a six overextra cover offJacques Kallis,b u t t h e n

chopped a straight delivery onto his stumps.

S Chattergoon (18 off 17) be-came the victim of one-hand-pick-up throw by CameronWhite that hit the stumps di-rect.

Narsingh Deonarine tried tobreak the shackles, but he tooholed out at deep mid-wicketto Ross Taylor.

Kallis then came back to taketwo quick wickets (Jonathan Fooand Derwin Christian). SouthAfrican pacer Dale Steyn did theclean-up job after that with twolate strikes that ended theCaribbean champions' inningsfor a paltry 103.

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NEW YORK, SEPT 12

It was all too easy for Kim Cli-jsters at the US Open. And alltoo hard for Roger Federer. Cli-jsters won her third women'ssingles title with ridiculousspeed, thrashing her nervousRuss i an opponent Ve raZvonareva 6-2 6-1 in less thanan hour yesterday.

For the second year in a row,Clijsters celebrated her victoryby fooling around with her in-fant daughter on the centrecourt. The photographers linedup to start snapping away butJada protested. ''No photos, nophotos,'' she told them.

Clijsters giggled and thecrowd at Arthur Ashe Ashe Sta-dium lapped it up.

''I'm very excited that I wasable to defend my title,'' Clijstersaid. ''It's always an honour togo back to a place, especially aGrand Slam, where you've donewell and you've won.''

Zvonareva was reduced totears, hiding her head under hertowel as she sobbed. The sev-enth-seed had played some bril-liant tennis to get to the finalbut these were not her finest59 minutes.

It was not Federer's greatestday at Flushing Meadows either.For the first time since 2003,the Swiss master will not be ap-pearing in the men's singles finalafter his loss in the semi-finalsto Serbia's Novak Djokovic.

''I'm not as disappointed as Iwould have been in the final.That's the only positive news toenjoy anything out of it,'' he said.

Federer had two match pointsin the final set, which lastedlonger than the entire women'sfinal, but missed his chancesand Djokovic went on to win 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5.

''It's one of those matches thatyou will remember for the restof your life,'' said Djokovic. ''Iam very proud of myself.''

His reward was a place in today'sfinal against the world numberone Rafa Nadal, who sailed throughwith a 6-2 6-3 6-4 victory over Rus-sia's Mikhail Youzhny.

Nadal has never won the USOpen but it will take an extraor-dinar y per formance f romDjokovic to deny him this time.

''I have tried my best for a lotof years,'' Nadal, who has notdropped a single set in the tour-nament, said. ''So now after alot of work I am here and I'mhappy for that.''

US Open:1,2,3 for Clijsters

Nadal is now tantalisingly close to com-pleting a career grand slam. Only six men,including Federer, have achieved the featand Nadal only needs the US Open to be-come the seventh.

If he does it later today, the24-year-old will be secondyoungest.

''I feel great,'' Nadal said. ''It'snot a dream, because a dreamis to win the tournament.''

Nadal's only moments of con-cern against Youzhny were latein the match when he droppedserve for just the second timein the tournament and had hisleft foot retaped and bandagedbecause of a blister.

Djokovic's victory put the Ser-bian into his third grand slamfinal. The world number threemade the US Open final in 2007,losing to Federer, but won theAustralian Open the followingseason. At 23, he has time onhis side and the game to match.

The biggest questions abouthim have revolved around tem-perament. He has been labelled

a quitter whenever he has failedto finish a match.

In the third set against Fed-erer, he repeatedly smashedhimself in the head with hisracket in an attempt to motivatehimself. It worked and by theend, he was on his knees plant-ing a sloppy kiss on the court.

''(I have) many, many moreyears to come. I look forwardto it,'' he said. ''I'm working hardon my game. I'm getting somethings together and hopefullyon the court it's gonna pay off.''

His victory robbed the tennisworld of what might have beenthe ultimate grand slam final.Federer and Nadal have playedeach other in the Wimbledon,French Open and AustralianOpen finals, but no two menhave ever met in the finals ofall four majors.

''I would have loved to playagainst him here,'' Federer said.''I won't watch but I hope he wins.''

Clijsters won her first USOpen title in 2005 but was un-able to defend her crown be-cause of an injury. She missedthe next two years after takingtime off to start a family.

She won it again last year inher comeback to grand slam ten-nis and Saturday's win saw herbecome the first woman to suc-cessfully defend her the crownsince Venus Williams in 2001.

''When I started my US sum-mer, the US Open was my maingoal,'' Clijsters said. ''It was anew situation for me as well,going back to the Grand Slamwhere I was actually defendingmy title for the first time. Nothaving been able to do that in2006 was frustrating at the time.''

Kim Clijsters of Belgium with daughter Jada celebrates her winover Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the women's final with thetrophy at the US Open 2010 tennis tournament in New York.

Djokovic stuns Federer, faces Nadal in final

PTI

CENTURION, SEPT 12

Captain Michael Klinger smasheda blistering 78 as he led SouthAustralia Redbacks to an 11-runvictory over giant killers HighveldLions in a Champions LeagueTwenty20 match here today.

Klinger led from the frontwith a stroke full 48-ball inningswhich had six fours and five sixesin it to take his side to 178 forsix after they struggled on alively SuperSport park pitch.

He got an able ally in CallumFerguson, who scored a 27-ball47 with seven fours and the duoshared 97 runs from just 57 ballsfor the third wicket after theRedbacks were put into bat.

Highveld Lions, who stunnedMumbai Indians in their openingmatch on Friday, were on courseof their chase of a stiff target of179 as they raised 90 for threeat the halfway mark before theylost way later.

Opener Jonathan Vandiar, whotop-scored with 71 against Mum-bai Indians, could not repeat hisform today as he was out in thefirst over, dragging a Shaun Tait

Klinger blitz gives Redbacks victory

29 suspected in ‘spot-fixing’ in IPL2: Reports

UNI

LONDON, SEPT 12

The spot-fixing controversy in-volving Pakistani trio has notonly rocked internationalcricket, but unearthed severalcricketers' involvement withshady characters, with reportstoday claiming that as many as29 players, including two Aus-tralians, were suspected to beinvolved in spot-fixing at the IPL2 in South Africa.

According to a leading Lon-don newspaper The SundayTimes, some high-profile nameswere included in a secretdossier compiled by the ICC'santi-corruption and securityunit.

However, the list didn't in-clude any cricketer from Englandor Pakistan, as their players didnot take part in last year's IPLdue to security reasons, the dailysaid.

''Some betting patterns werevery suspicious at IPL 2,'' the re-port said quoting a source.

There have been concernslooming large over the integrityof the cash-rich T20 league forsometime now, whose commis-sioner Lalit Modi has been sus-pended ove r co r rup t ionallegations, but England playersare expected to be available forthe whole of next year's IPL forthe first time.

The Pakistan cricketers --Salman Butt, Mohammad Asifand Mohammad Aamer -- wereat the centre of the spot-fixingcontroversy following a Britishtabloid's expose that the Asifand Aamer deliberately bowledno-balls in the Lord Test againstEngland.

Meanwhile, a fourth Pakistanplayer Wahab Riaz's name hasemerged in the sopot-fixingepisode and would be ques-tioned by the Scotland detec-tives on September 14.

express delivery to his off stump.Captain Alviro Petersen (35-

ball 56) kept the Lions on coursewith some aggressive battingbut once he was out in the 13thover, the South African side'srun chase lost direction. Withthe asking rate mounting, Lionslower order batsmen failed todeliver at the slog overs.

Lions needed 32 form the lasttwo overs and Robert Frylincksmashed two sixes off Tait in thepenultimate over before he wasout in the same over. That left19 runs to be scored from thelast over for a victory which Lionstailenders could not achieve.

For Redbacks, Tait, who gener-

ated a lot of pace with some deliv-eries touching 150kmph, was themost successful bowler with threefor 36 from his four overs. DanielChristian chipped in with two wick-ets while Aaron O'Brien got one.

Earlier, Klinger smashed a blis-tering 48-ball 78 to lead Red-backs to 178 for six. SouthAustralia lost opener Daniel Har-ris (13) and one-down GrahamManou (12) cheaply to reach 65for two at the halfway mark be-fore pressing the accelerator.

The Australian Twenty20 run-ners-up side scored 113 runs inthe second half of their inningswith opener Klinger and Australiainternational Callum Ferguson(47) raining fours and sixes. Theduo shared 97 runs from just 57balls for the third wicket to helptheir side post a challenging total.

The duo were particularly severeon pacers Zander de Bruyn andEthan O'Reilly and with Fergusonsmashing the two bowlers forthree fours in the 16th and 17thovers respectively. He was run outin the 18th over after hitting sevenfours in his 27-ball innings.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Formula OneGrand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy on Sunday.

AGENCIES

MONZA, SEPT 12

Fernando Alonso seized alonged-for victory in his firstItalian Grand Prix for Ferrari onSunday while Lewis Hamiltonlasted less than a lap and handedthe championship lead back toAustralian Mark Webber.

It was Ferrari's first FormulaOne win at their home circuit sinceMichael Schumacher's victory in2006 and Alonso answered thefans' prayers despite being over-taken at the start by McLaren'sworld champion Jenson Button.

Button, who led for more thanhalf the race by little more thana second, finished runner-upafter losing out at his pitstopafter 36 of the 53 laps.

With Button's team-mateHamilton going out on the firstlap, Red Bull's Webber surged

five points clear despite finishingonly sixth. The top five are nowseparated by just 24 points, lessthan the 25 available for a vic-tory, with everything to play forand five races remaining.

Webber has 187, Hamilton182, Alonso 166, Button 165and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel163. Button denied Ferrari aone-two finish, with BrazilianFelipe Massa joining team mateAlonso on the podium in thirdas a sea of red-shirted fans in-vaded the track in jubilation.

"This is a good motivation forall of us but the remaining fiveraces are the really importantones," said Alonso, who startedon pole position and had earlierdescribed Monza as crucial tohis hopes of a third title after hecrashed in Belgium last month.

"We need to remain calm. This

was a good weekend for us. Spawas a bad weekend. We needto find some consistency in thefinal races," he added.

Massa had challenged Alonsoat the start, a seemingly futilegesture for a driver ordered tolet the Spaniard win in Germany,but his main contribution wasto knock Hamilton out of therunning at the Della Roggia chi-cane on the opening lap.

The two banged wheels in arisky bid by the 2008 championfor third place and Hamilton'sfront right suspension was bro-ken by the impact.

Hamilton's retirement was hissecond in three races, althoughhe won the previous race in Bel-gium, and his second in succes-sion in Italy.

"The championship is not overbut it's mistakes like I made

A dream win for Alonso today that lose world champi-onships," the Briton told re-porters.

Vettel was fourth, leaving hispitstop to the last lap after ear-lier suffering an engine problemand slipping behind Webber.

He cut his deficit to Webberfrom 28 to 24 points, with hisresult demonstrating that RedBull were in no mind for the'team orders' that led to Ferraribeing hauled before the gov-erning body last week.

Germany's Nico Rosberg wasfifth for Mercedes with compa-triot Nico Hulkenberg seventhfor Williams.

Poland's Robert Kubica waseighth for Renault with Schu-macher ninth in a Mercedes andBrazilian Rubens Barrichello, lastyear's winner for Brawn GP, tak-ing the final point for Williams.

No points for Force India

Force India returned emptyhanded for the fourth time thisseason with Vitantonio Liuzzifinishing 12th and Adrian Sutil16th at the Italian Grand Prix inMonza on Sunday.

It is third time in the last fourraces that Force India has failedto get a point in an otherwiseimpressive season.

Before this race, Force Indiahad returned without any pointsfrom the Chinese, German andHungary Grand Prix.

Sutil, who began 11th on thegrid, was pushed back to therear after an opening lap troublewhich also forced him an earlypit stop, but the German driverraced amazingly to move up.

He switched on to hard tyresand moved to 17 by the lap 18.In another five laps, he was intop-15. With the 16th-place fin-ish, Sutil dropped one positionto 10th.

Pakistan 294-8 (50 overs). England 295-6 (49.3 overs)

AGENCIES

LONDON, SEPT 12

England edged to a four-wicketwin over Pakistan at Headingleyto take a 2-0 lead in the one-day series.

Openers Kamran Akmal (74) andMohammad Hafeez (43) shared122 after Pakistan opted to bat,and Asad Shafiq hit 50 in their 294-8, Stuart Broad taking 4-81.

Andrew Strauss shared 146with Jonathan Trott, but fell for126 in the 45th over and EoinMorgan went in the next. Sixwere needed from the final overbut Michael Yardy and Tim Bres-nan guided their side home withthree balls left.

An exciting finish in good con-ditions was exactly what the se-ries needed, given England'sdominance in the Test andTwenty20 matches.

Another improved Pakistanperformance saw them comeagonisingly close, but they suc-cumbed to their seventh defeatin eight internationals againstEngland this summer.

The opening stand of 122 wastheir highest opening ODI part-nership against England andmore than the entire team made

on five occasions during the in-ternational matches on this trip.

Bresnan's first three overswent for 25, and the 50 part-nership was recorded in 53 ballscourtesy of a rare James Ander-son misfield.

The bright Leeds sunshineand flat surface gave little as-sistance to the bowlers, but Eng-land's fielding in general wasunusually lax and tactics withthe ball that previously provedso effective did not work.

Yardy has often stemmed thescoring with his unique brandof flat slow to medium left-arm,but he conceded 26 in his open-ing four overs.

It was Paul Collingwood whomade the breakthrough, ironi-cally with an off-cutter, to trapKamran marginally on the lineof off-stump when sweeping,while Hafeez was bowled viathe inside edge and pad offGraeme Swann, who foundsome spin and was relativelyeconomical.

Mohammad Yousuf againstarted slowly before graduallybeginning to find his touch.Things did not improve for Yardywhen he returned to the actionand was wristily flicked overmid-on for six by Yousuf.

Strauss leadsway for England

ICC to haltPak’s ’11 visit

to EnglandAGENCIES

LONDON, SEPT 12

ICC is expected to tell Pakistanthat they will not be returningto England next season, as a se-quel to allegations of spot-fixingcontroversy, media reports saidon Sunday.

According to The Sunday Tele-graph, England was going to bePakistan's second home as longas the security situation in theircountry was desperate.

The Pakistan-Australia Testseries held this summer was in-tended to be the first of severalneutral series staged here.

But at the ICC chief executivesmeet in Cape Town tomorrow,the ECB CEO David Collier is notgoing to offer Pakistan the samefacilities for 2011, as a conse-quence of the recent decline inthe tourists' popularity.

Earlier this year the ECB hadhoped that Pakistan would playIndia in England next summer,which would have been a realmoney-spinner as the two coun-tries meet so seldom and have suchlarge and passionate following.

According to the report, thereis a small window for a one-dayseries between Sri Lanka -- theother country to tour Englandnext season -- and Pakistan tobe staged in this country in July.

Sushil Kumar wins gold Wrestler Sushil Kumarrewrote the history booksonce again as he becamethe first Indian wrestler towin a gold medal in theWorld Wrestling Champi-onships. Sushil outwittedRussian grappler GogaevAlan 3-1 to win the finalbout of the 66 kg men'sfreestyle category to clinchthe gold medal. Accordingto international body's web-site (FILA), Sushil clinchedtwo crucial points in thefirst period while his oppo-nent only managed one.Argentina win hockey World CupCarla Rebecchi scoredtwice as Argentina werecrowned women's hockeyworld champions for thesecond time on Saturdayafter beating holdersNetherlands 3-1 in theWorld Cup final. It was Ar-gentina's third win over theOlympic champions in twomonths after they twicebeat them on their way toretaining the ChampionsTrophy in Nottingham inJuly. Earlier, England beatGermany 2-0 to win thebronze medal, also a re-peat of the result for thirdplace in Nottingham.Beckham back in action David Beckham returned tocompetitive action for thefirst time in almost sixmonths with a second halfsubstitute appearance forthe LA Galaxy in their 3-1win over Major LeagueSoccer rivals ColumbusCrew. He came on in the70th minute of the gameat the Home Depot Centerwith the Galaxy leading 3-0 against the Eastern Con-ference leaders onSaturday. ''It feels amaz-ing,'' Beckham said afterthe game, ''Doing rehabili-tation is kind of tough.That was a big win in a biggame,'' he said.

Rafi namedFPAI Player of the Year

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NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Churchill Brothers striker Mo-hammad Rafi was on Sundaynamed India’s Player of theYear by the Football PlayersAssociation of India at a glit-tering function held in theevening in New Delhi on Sun-day.

Dempo Sports Club’sJoaquim Abranches was de-clared Young Player of the Yearwhile another Churchill playerOdafe Okolie was named theForeign Player of the Year.

Dempo's Anthony Pereirawas named Fittest Player ofthe Year.

Pune FC and India goal-keeper Subrata Paul was cho-sen as the Fan Player of theYear while Dempo's ArmandoColaco won the Coach of theYear award at a glittering func-tion attended by Asian Foot-ball Confederation PresidentMohammed bin Hammam.

All India Football FederationPresident Praful Patel, othertop AIFF officials, nationalteam players and chief coachBob Houghton were also pres-ent on the occasion.

Bollywood actors and foot-ball enthusiasts John Abrahamand Rahul Bose were alsopresent.

"I thank all my team-matesfor helping me win thisaward," Rafi said.

Houghton said the biggeststrength of Indian footballteam is its unity and praisedFPAI President BhaichungBhutia for his leadership quali-ties.

"Indian football's biggeststrength is its team unity.Bhaichung is Indian footballicon but he is just like one ofthe members when he is withthe team," he said.

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With municipal elections draw-ing c loser, cand idates inSanguem continue to keep theirfingers crossed as the govern-ment is yet to come out withthe reservation policy for theSchedule Caste and ScheduleTribe candidates.

However, not withstandingwhat lies in store and whichseats would be reserved forSC/ST, the candidates are seenmoving in full swing to cam-paign for the ensuing municipalelections.

Ex-mayor and present rulingCouncilor Sanjay Raikar, whohas a hold and easy win factorfrom Ward No 9 of SanguemMunicipal Council (SMC), claimsto have no reason whatsoeverfor him to worry about his win-ning the elections, even if hisward is reserved for SC/ST.

“I can easily contest from theneighbouring ward and sure towin. I have worked for the coun-cil and have undertaken lot ofdevelopment projects in the mu-n i c ipa l a rea and a s suchwhichever ward I may contest,

Sanguem candidates keep fingerscrossed over reservations

voters will surely back my can-didature,” claimed Raikar.

Similar is the case with an-other ruling candidate Ro-mualdo Fernandes. ThoughFernandes has achieved muchdevelopment progress in hisward and is seen to be thevoter’s choice of the present lot

of councilors in SMC, things areexpected to be made difficultfor him if his ward is reservedfor SC/ST.

“However whatever may bethe situation, I am bound to getelected and I have full faith inmy voters,” opined Fernandes.

Fernandes through his per-sonal efforts had recently got amini children’s park near theHindu Crematorium in his ward.

Besides, Fernandes is largelyseen as one of the favourite can-didate among the locals as hehas been helping the people athis personal level in many cases.

The ensuing municipal elec-tions will also see most of thepresent ruling councilors tryingtheir luck for yet another term.Sanjay Raikar, Suryadatt Naik,Romualdo Fernandes, Agnelo FG da Costa and Sandesh Kos-sambe are all set to file theirnominations in the ensuing elec-tions.

nThe ensuingmunicipal electionswill also see most ofthe present rulingcouncilors tryingtheir luck for yetanother term.Sanjay Raikar,Suryadatt Naik,RomualdoFernandes, AgneloF G da Costa andSandesh Kossambeare all set to filetheir nominations inthe ensuingelections.

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NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

If you thought your moneywas safe in a nationalisedbank, then beware!

A sum of more than Rs 8lakhs deposited by a seniormanager with Dabur India Ltd,Sahibabad, in a government-controlled bank has vanishedowing to “online fraud”.

It was a nightmare for 54-year-old S P Yatri, who had abalance of more than Rs 8lakhs with the Punjab NationalBank, Extension Counter atDabur India Ltd in Sahibabad,to get an SMS from ICICI banksaying equated monthly instal-ment through electronic clear-ing system for February wasbounced.

Surprised over the text mes-sage, Yatri rushed to nearbyATM to find that he has a bal-ance of only Rs 526.

“I immediately contactedPNB call centre and intimatedthem regarding the same.

Later I was told by Irfan (callcentre executive) that morethan Rs 8 lakh has been fraud-ulently transferred to variousaccounts and was advised tolodge an FIR," a worried Yatrisaid.

When he contacted thebank, he was told the amounthas been transferred to 13 dif-ferent account holders of PNBin different States like Bihar,Maharashtra, West Bengal,Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

Realising that he has be-come a victim of online fraud,Yatri went to Preet Vihar policestation and lodged an FIR inthis regard.

Over half a year has passedby, but Yatri has only got as-surances from police and bankofficials. The senior manageris running from pillar to postto get his money back.

"I have written to UnionHome Ministry. Besides, I havemet senior police officials. ButI am yet to get anything con-crete. I have been duped by

the bank,” he charged.“Bank officials are so callous

that they do not respond tomy numerous queries. I see agreat struggle ahead to getmy money back,” he said.

Queries by PTI on email didnot elicit any response fromthe bank nor anyone could becontacted over phone.

When contacted, a seniorpolice official said, “the matteris being investigated.”

“According to preliminaryinquiries done by police, mostof these bank accounts arefake and opened by submittingforged documents and fake in-troducers. Despite the normsset

by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI), the PNB did not informme about 45 transactions thattook place within seven toeight days to divert all moneyfrom my account to others,"Yatri alleged.

“It is disheartening to notethat money is unsafe in na-tionalised banks,” he added.

Man loses Rs 8 lakhs kept in anationalised bank due to fraud

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The policy of forming medicalboards by armed and para-mil-itary forces has come under thescanner of the Delhi High Courtwhich favoured a “re-look” intothe process as fitness clearanceto aspirants was often given“wrongly” by doctors having nospecialisation.

The court noted that in sev-eral cases, candidates have“wrongly” been declared unfitin view of the absence of expertsof different fields in the medicalboard.

"Review/appellate medicalboards are constituted consist-ing of civil surgeon or personshaving no expertise at all in thespecialisation in the medicalfield involved," a bench com-prising Justices Geeta Mittal andJ R Midha said and asked theforces to ‘re-look” into the four-

decade old policy.The court fiat to the armed

and para-military forces cameafter it perused the report of anexperts' body constituted by it.

“We have found that a boardof experts constituted underour orders has differed in theirreports with the certification ofmedical unfitness of a candidateby a review/appeal medicalboard which did not include aspecialist.

‘This fact by itself manifeststhat the respondents and au-thorities need to re-look at thepolicy framed almost fourdecades ago,” the Bench saidasking them to place before it

the compliance report withinsix months.

The court also expressed itsanguish over the authorities ac-cepting certificate given by adoctor without having expertisein respective field.

“We are unable to compre-

hend to as to how a doctor nottrained in the field can given acertification for existence of acondition for which he does nothave specialisation or training.It is also unfortunate the au-thorities accept such certifica-tion without taking the opinionof the specialist," the bench said.

“The guidelines which wereissued by respondents are re-quired to keep pace with notonly the social developmentsbut with the developments intechnology and in medical sci-ence as well as availability ofsuperior diagnostic techniques,”the court said.

The bench disposed of a pe-tition filed by Kamlesh KumarKamal, who was declared unfitfor the post of Assistant Com-mandant in the Central ReservePolice Force, but was later se-lected after he submitted thefitness certificate given by ex-perts at a civil hospital following

Court fiat to armed forces onformation of medical boards

- People sit in a flooded phone booth at a bus station after heavy rains in New Delhi Ceaseless rain and the release of water from the northern Indian state ofHaryana in Yamuna River continue to flood the low lying areas of the capital, local media reported.

Hurriyat leader to be quizzed for ‘financial brain’s’ escapePTI

SRINAGAR, SEPT 12

Security agencies are probingthe role of a senior Hurriyatleader in helping Nasir Safi Mir,alleged to be the ‘financial brain’behind the Hurriyat Conferenceand other separatist leaders, toflee the country after paying fora forged passport from a south-ern State.

According to sources in cen-tral security agencies, Mir,against whom a non-bailablewarrant was issued last year,managed to flee the countryusing Nepal route from wherehe had used the forged passportprocured with the help of a sen-ior separatist leader in Kashmir.

The Hurriyat leader is allegedto have used the help of someover ground Hizb workers andgot the passport made from asouthern state, the sources said,adding Mir, who was releasedon parole, reached Dubai after

making a detour from Europeand Libya.

Mir was earlier arrested byDelhi Police in February 2006while carrying Rs 55 lakh froma Delhi-based jeweler along withsome explosives, but hadjumped parole which he hadgotafter several requests made byhis family to a court citing med-ical problems.

Now investigators claim thatsome clues have emerged indi-cating that a senior Hurriyatleader had helped Mir with mon-etary help and some assistancefrom Hizbul Mujahideen terror-ist group to procure a passportfrom a southern State to ensurehis quiet departure from thecountry.

The 39-year-old Dubai-basedbusinessman, who owns a car-pet showroom and money ex-change firms in Gulf, had beenregularly reporting to the near-est police station till earlier Oc-

tober 2008, but after that henever turned up at the policestation as well as at the courton the hearing date.

Mir, who was considered asa prize catch by the Delhi Policefollowing a well-executed oper-ation by Central security agen-cies, was suddenly missingwhich prompted the court toissue a non-bailable warrantagainst him.

Delhi Police had shown its in-ability to trace Mir, whom theyhad claimed was very much hid-ing within the country.

There have been technical in-tercepts where Mir allegedlyspoke to the separatist leader-ship after reaching Dubai.

A former Union cabinet min-ister had also taken up the caseof the release of Mir with thegovernment after Hurriyat Chair-man Mirwaiz Umer Farooq hadput this as one of the pre-con-

ditions for entering into a dia-logue.

According to the police files,Mir was last spotted publiclywith the Mirwaiz at a five starhotel in south Delhi in Septem-ber 2008.

During the interrogation, Mirhad allegedly told police thatthe money was meant for theMirwaiz and also claimed tohave spilled beans about hugeinvestments made by the Hur-riyat chairman in Dubai, theysaid.

Mir had alleged that the Mir-waiz had made certain invest-ments in buying shoppingspaces in Dubai besides invest-ing in his (Mir's) money exchangebusiness, the sources claimed.

Mir, whose father was pickedup in 2001 for funding militantgroups in Kashmir Valley, hasclaimed the money was part ofthe payment that “some officials

in Pakistan had promised to theMirwaiz for keeping his flocktogether in Srinagar”.

He had also claimed he usedto look after the Mirwaiz's for-eign trips. The Mirwaiz was notavailable for comments.

A resident of Lal Bazar in out-skirts of Srinagar city, Nasir quithis studies in 1983 to get intothe carpet business which hecontinued till 1990 after whichhe shifted to the national capitaland stayed in Lajpat Nagar areaof South Delhi.

In late 1990's, he went toDubai soon after his father wasarrested on charges of his linkswith terrorists.

Nasir had also told his inves-tigators that he first opened afirm named Kashmir MasterComputers, after which he pur-portedly set up a company,Failala, but shut it down in 1998.

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The water level in Yamunastarted receding today even asseveral low-lying areas alongthe river in the national capitalremained inundated with floodwater.The water level which hadtouched 206.78 metres ataround 7 pm last evening, 1.95metre above the danger markof 204.83 metres, came downto 206.49 at 10 am this morning,a senior official of the FloodControl Department of the Delhigovernment said.He said the water level is likelyto come down further byevening.Over 10 lakh cusec of water has

been released into Yamuna fromHathnikund Barrage in Haryanain the last four days, resultingin rise in the water level in Ya-muna.The rising river has flooded sev-eral parts of the capital includingGarhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pusta,Jagatpur Village and ShastriNagar. Areas near the ISBT werealsoflooded, prompting thousandsof people to stake shelter ingovernment relief camps and insafer areas.Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit andFlood Control Minister RajKumar Chouhan had yesterdayvisited several flood affectedareas to take stock of the reliefand rescue operations.

She ordered concerned agencies

to ensure proper food, medi-

cine, and drinking water supply

to people living in the relief

camps.

Dikshit had also asked people

not to panic and said every pos-

sible measures is being taken

to meet any eventuality.

Flood water has also entered

areas like Yamuna Vihar, Usman-

pur, Madanpur, Sonia Vihar,

Nigambodh, Jaitpur, Tibet Mar-

ket and Yamuna Bazar.

Many people living in low-lying

areas along the banks of the

river were seen lined up on the

footpaths on the ITO bridge

with whatever was left of their

belongings.

Water level in Yamuna starts torecede, Delhi remains inundated

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

Poverty can not be a reason toshow leniency towards a rape-accused, Bombay High Courthas said.Under section 376 of IndianPenal Code, minimum punish-ment for rape is seven years'srigorous imprisonment, and ajudge can give a lesser sentencefor “adequate and special rea-sons”.But socio-economic statusof accused is irrelevant for thispurpose, Justice A P Bhangaleof Nagpur bench of High Courtsaid in a ruling last week.Satinath Raut, a labourer, wasaccused of raping a 22-year-oldwoman at his village Warthi, inBhandara district. Raut enteredher house when there was no-body else at home except forher 3-year-old daughter, andraped the woman at knife-point.Sessions Court in Bhandaraawarded him seven years' im-prisonment in February 2007.In the appeal before the HighCourt, he pleaded that he had

a large family --- five childrenand an ailing mother-- thereforethe sentence may be reduced.Sessions Court could have beenmore lenient with him on thisground, his lawyer argued.But upholding the sentence, Jus-tice Bhangale said in his judge-ment that “socio-economicstatus of the accused or his re-ligion, caste, creed are irrelevantfactors”, as per Supreme Court'searlier rulings. “His socio-economic status can-not constitute 'adequate andspecial reason'. Punishmentwhich is to be imposed uponthe convict has to be propor-tionate to the crime commit-ted.The Court has to bear inmind the society's cry for jus-tice,” the judge said.Justice Bhangale however addedthat “it might have been other-wise, had the victim herselfcome forward with an affidavit(asking the court) to forgive theappellant and to pray for lenientsentence for him”.

Poverty no reason to reduce punishmentfor rape, rules HC

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The waif like models thatwalked the runway at the lastMen's Fashion Week in Milansignaled the death of beefcakein the international modellingscene. But the trend has beenbucked by the Indian shoreswhere the ramps are still popu-lated by quite some six packs.

The debate around emaciatedmodels has always centred onwomen, but the same minisculemeasurements now go for menin the fashion capitals of Europeand New York. But the modelsthat walked down the ramp atthe recently concluded VanHeusen Mens Week here werenot the delicate teenagers pop-ulating the international cat-

walks, but muscled men.And the brawn is here to stay,

says Milind Soman, India's firstmale super model.

“The international trend forandrogynous male models hasstill not caught up here. I thinkit will cause an uproar if a skinnychicken walks the ramp here,the audience will not accept it,”Soman told PTI.

Designer Jay Arora whocaused a flashbulb frenzy whenhe sent models dressed inbarely-there hot pants duringMens Week says that economicshas a part to play in the trend.

A large chunk of consumersfor designer menswear in Indiaaccording to him is the 'new ageman', who is not afraid to strayfrom the black suit routine. And

this new age man is also a gymfreak.

"The trend running throughall the collections was a lean sil-

houette. And to carry off the fit-ted look, you need a gym tonedbody. All the models work hardfor it and so do my costumers,"

said Arora.Where the masculine ideal

earlier was a buff 6-footer withsix-pack abs, the man of the mo-ment on the international cat-walks is the wraith like urchin.

Designer Anjana Bhargava isthankful that the trend is nothere yet and suggests that Bol-lywood, where former modelslike John Abraham and ArjunRampal are ruling the roost, mayhave something to do with it.

“They may not say so openlybut a Shah Rukh Khan or aHrithik Roshan is indeed rolemodel for many men, who alsobuy designer clothes. Bollywoodtrends quickly become popularand the trend in tinseltown isfor ripped bodies not skinnymen,” said Bhargava.

The models themselves rub-bish the trend, as a mere flashin the pan.

From Lalit Tehlan to KabirSingh, the most popular modelsall sport gym toned abs andmuscular physiques.

And they say that they wouldrather emulate British modelDavid Gandy, who became aover-night star after appearingin the Dolce & Gabbana perfumecampaign wearing only a pairof tight white briefs.

“The top earning malemodel today is David Gandy whois far from skinny. The trend forskinny models too I think toowill fade out and the tall mus-cular frame will again becomefashionable," said upcomingmodel Ravinder Kuhar.

Waif-like models trend still to catch up on India’s ramps

PTI

INDORE, SEPT 12

Madhya Pradesh is witnessinga rise in surrogacy as childlesscouples from India and abroadare thronging the state in searchof women who are ready to renttheir wombs for a price, doctorshave said.

The trend has consequentlyled to the increase in the num-

ber of women who are willingto become surrogate mothersto fulfil their financial needs.

“Surrogacy is thriving in Mad-hya Pradesh. People are noweconomically and mentallystrong and willing to sidesteptraditional beliefs to have chil-dren through this route,” infer-tility expert Dr Dinesh Jain toldPTI.

“Financial cost of surrogacyis five to six times lower in Indiathan European countries. Be-sides, it was difficult to get asurrogate mother in those coun-tries following stringent

laws in vogue there," Jain said.He said the number of women

who have no objection to be-come surrogate mothers tomeet their financial needs has

shot up in the State.Indore, Madhya Pradesh's

commercial centre, has becomea hub for surrogacy as childlesscouples, including non- residentIndians (NRIs), from all over theworld are flocking here, in-formed sources said.

According to them, In-VitroFertilisation (IVF) centres in Mad-hya Pradesh charge Rs 4 lakh ormore from a needy couple for

surrogacy. Advocate Piyush Jain, who

handles surrogacy-related cases,said a proper law should be input in place to deal with issuesarising out of this assisted re-productive technology (ART).

The Health Departmentshould keep an eye on clinicswhich are providing surrogacyfacilities to ensure that theywere following Indian Council

fo r Med i ca l Resea rch(ICMR)guidelines, he added.

ART industry, of which surro-gacy is a part, is estimated torun in several thousand croresin the country.

In India surrogacy is un-governed by any laws, thougha 2009 Law Commission reporthas stressed the need to regu-late ART clinics.

Thanks to childless couples, MP is witnessing rise in surrogacy

BJP warnsagainst moveto dilute Act

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

With the Cabinet Committee onSecurity set to meet tomorrow,the BJP today warned againstany move to dilute the ArmedForces Special Powers Act(AFSPA), saying it would "demor-alise" the armed forces in theValley.

“The BJP would like to warnthat any weakening of the AFSPAis unacceptable and no attemptbe made under political pressureto compromise the morale ofthe security forces who sacri-ficed their lives while fightingthe terrorists and ensuring se-curity,” party spokesperson RaviShankar Prasad said.

The CCS meeting, to bechaired by Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh, will discuss thesituation in Kashmir and con-sider options like partial with-drawal of AFSPA from certainparts of the State.

‘Cannot forcepregnant eve

to attend court’PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

A woman who is at an advancedstage of pregnancy cannot beforced to appear in a court, aDelhi court has said

It came to the help of an ex-pectant mother against whoma non-bailable warrant was is-sued by a lower court for notappearing in a dowry harass-ment case.

Additional Sessions Judge RK Gauba expressed the court'sdispleasure over the lower courtjudge not exempting the six-month pregnant woman frompersonally appearing in criminalproceedings.

The court also took exceptionto the lower court putting a con-dition as -- either accept thecharge or appear before it -- onthe lawyer representing thewoman seeking exemption fromappearance.

“The law does not permitthe court to put conditions ofthe kind indicated in the order.The requirement of the law forappearance of the accused issubject to just exceptions whichinclude physical impossibility,”ASJ Gauba said.

55-year-old man hacked to death by son

A 55-year-old man was killedallegedly by his son after he

objected to his drinking alco-holin Makkhanpur area, police

said here today. Ninnu Singhwas attacked with a spade byhis son Shilesh when he he triedto stop him from drinking.

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Unnecessary interferenceXavier D’Souza, Mapusa

Health Minister Vishwajit Rane says thatthe ‘GMC ragging is not so serious as tomerit my intervention’. It is the duty of thepolice to intervene, and for the Court todecide on the fate of the guilty. Who isVishwajit Rane in this equation to ‘inter-vene’? As for the guilty, they must be pun-ished and immediately booted out of GMC.

Not required Indians (NRIs)James Moraes, Cuncolim

Implementation of the Direct Tax Code willbe an attack on Goan seafarers. Thoughthey earn high salaries, they do not getpaid a single penny when they stay home;all employment is on a contract basis, withno job security.

These NRIs will be taxed as per DTC, ifthey stay home for more than two monthsin a year. Taxes, they say, are a must for thedevelopment of the country. But there areno benefits like job security, pensions, med-ical, etc., given by the government to sea-

farers. A Master or Chief Engineer of a merchant

ship will have to pay around Rs6 lakh peryear as taxes. Will the government guar-antee to compensate our families when weare out of a job? Absolutely not. The onlyway to survive now is to change one’s pro-fession, contest elections and ‘win’ the bestmoney-making job in India.

Colva heroesArwin Mesquita, Abu Dhabi

I appreciate the efforts of the Colva CivicConsumer Forum. It is amazing to see thepersistence and determination of a smallbut spirited group of people, fighting topreserve my beautiful village against theonslaughts of destructive builders, corruptpoliticians and other vested interests, whowant to destroy the village for personalgains.

Their efforts are a clear lesson to theoverall susegad Colvenkars that things canreally improve with a ‘can do’ attitude. Ihope more villagers join these spirited ac-tivists.

Another promise broken John Eric Gomes, Porvorim

The CM had assured the Assembly, theCourt and the public that the floating casi-nos would be asked to go ‘off shore’, asper the legal meaning, after the previousmonsoon! Since then, the vessels remainedin the Mandovi river and now, the cabinetis reportedly ready to permit them to op-erate at inshore locations inside the Man-dovi.

Another promise broken! The trust deficitbetween the government, the Courts andthe public continues to expand.

Will CM catch the culprit?Melson F M Louis, Margao

The behaviour of MLA and Managing Di-rector of Salgaocar Mining Industries PvtLtd (SMIPL) Anil Salgaocar, former ownerof M V River Princess, is highly irresponsible.He failed to remain present at a crucialmeeting of the State Disaster Management

Authority on 3 September 2010. Despitehis big talk and advertisements in all papers,it is clear he is not concerned to removethe vessel that caused severe soil erosiondamage to the world famous Candolimbeach.

If the same vessel grounding incidenthad taken place in any maritime countryin Europe, the Port Authority would havefirst arrested the master of the vessel and,after the Maritime Court of Inquiry, theowner of the vessel if he failed to pay thefine imposed.

But it is amazing to see how successivegovernments in Goa, including the oneheaded by ‘Holier-than-thou’ Parrikar, turneda blind eye to his misdeeds.

Will the State Disaster Management Au-thority headed by the Chief Minister Digam-bar Kamat recover the Rs125 crore quotedby salvage companies to remove the RiverPrincess from Anil Salgaocar for his negli-gence, and for the damage done to the en-vironment of Candolim?

Not its true selfNelson Lopes Chinchinim

Herald in the past always reflected the pulseof the people boldly and fearlessly. Now, itis appearing on the scene after the crimeis over, like the policemen. Has the tigerlost its teeth?

In bygone days, politicians were mortallyscared and spent sleepless nights, as majorissues touching the lives of the poor andthe helpless got exposure. But today, Heraldis singing the praises of politicians.

It appears to your readers that you areon the buttered side of the bread, mouthinggovernment views. The strength of thispaper and its survival through the mostturbulent storms are its glory and pride.

Bank guarantee fromSalgaocar?Vishant Shirodkar, Ponda

The sad chapter of the MV River Princesssaga has hopefully reached its climax. Itwas gross negligence on the part of Sal-gaocar Mining Industries (SMIPL) to leavethe ship stranded off the coast of Candolimfor the first few years. The governmentconfiscated the stranded ship from SMIPL,as it was not taking any action to removeit.

One would have hoped that the govern-ment would rectify what SMIPL could notdo, but there lay the tragedy. Successivegovernments failed to budge the ship forseven years and ended up destroying athree-km stretch of beach and the liveli-hoods of hundreds of villagers.

Crores of rupees have been spent onlawyers, consultants and geo-tubes. Nothingworked. Allegations were that CrossChemwas merely a scrap dealer and Jaisu was adredging company, ill-equipped to handlesalvage.

The government now has to award thetender to cut the ship and remove it. SMIPLhas no experience with salvage, yet it hasoffered to remove the ship free of cost.Ironclad contracts and bank guaranteesmust be obtained from SMIPL, to ensurethat the government is not left in anothermess if the company is unable to remove

Love is in all Creation

Transparency International has ranked mostcountries of the world in its Perceived Cor-ruption Index (PCI). The least corrupt is

ranked the highest, and the most corrupt thelowest. In 2001, India was ranked 72nd amongst91 countries surveyed. And in 2008, it was ranked85th amongst 180 countries. A cursory glance atthe list suggests that economic development isinversely related to the level of corruption, andthat poorer countries are likely to be more corrupt.

It is not known whether there has been anysurvey of Indian states to compile a national PCI.Not withstanding this, the thesis that corruptionis inversely related to the level of economic de-velopment may not hold good in all cases. Atleast, it is not true in the case of Goa, which hasthe highest per capita income in the country.

For its size, population and achievements, thevertical and horizontal spread of corruption inGoa is perhaps more appalling and frighteningthan in most other states. Like everywhere elsein India, corruption in Goa is election-centric.The abnormal number of assembly constituencies(40), the narrow victory margins, the nimblefooted loyalties of MLAs and the absence of cred-ible whistleblowers are some of the main factorsresponsible for corruption.

A speciality of politics in Goa is the liberal dis-tribution of cash by some ministers throughoutthe year, in addition, of course, to the widespreadmisuse of liquor and money power on the eve ofpolling day. Goa is perhaps the only state in thecountry where you can find a powerful politicianliberally distributing 100-rupee notes to all thosein the queue at his door on a scheduled day ofthe week. There may be only a few other con-stituencies in the country where voters are show-ered with liberal financial help during marriagesand deaths in the family, construction/repairs ofthe house or celebration of village festivals.

Goan politicians were late entrants to democ-racy, but quick learners. Politicians of few otherstates can equal their expertise in building per-manent vote banks, through extension of illegalpatronage. There are at least seven constituenciesin Goa where ministers / MLAs are heavily de-pendent on the votes of migrant labourers illegallysettled on comunidade or government land, andprovided with all civic amenities and goodies.

Goa has the highest ratio of government ser-vants to population. One in every five familieshas somebody in the family working as a full-

time government employee. The number of gov-ernment employees has increased from 40,000in the year 1999 to about 50,000 in the year2009. There is one ‘dynamic’ minister who openlyboasts of having “fixed” about 2,000 youth inthe departments controlled by him over the lastthree years.

It is axiomatic that those who liberally misusetheir money and official power to perpetuatetheir stranglehold on office, have to mobilisethose resources within the same political system.Corruption in Goa is, firstly, inbuilt into our dem-ocratic structure and, secondly, a product of wilypoliticians’ ingenious initiatives.

As soon as Goa became a state in 1987, it setup a constitutionally mandated Public ServiceCommission. However, the system managers tookcare to ensure that the Goa Public Service Com-mission (GPSC) dealt with recruitment, etc, onlyof Class I and II government officials, accountingfor hardly 10 per cent of the workforce. Govern-ment departments (Ministers?) directly recruitedClass III and IV employees. In many other states,there are Staff Recruitment Boards for Class IIIand IV employees. Goan politicians know wheretheir bread and butter comes from. They havenever considered the setting up of such a StaffRecruitment Board.

It is widely believed that the annual budgetedexpenditure on plan scheme generates aboutRs1,000 crore in unaccounted wealth. The PublicWorks (PWD), Transport, Planning and Develop-ment Authorities (PDAs), Forests, Mining, Revenueand Home departments are widely perceived ashotbeds of corruption. Consequently, these ‘lu-crative’ departments have to be equitably allottedto all the political parties forming a coalition gov-ernment, or to various factions in any single-party government.

Goa is, perhaps, one of the few states wherelucrative departments are publicly claimed andfought for by Ministers, and shamelessly debatedby civil society through the print and electronicmedia.

Not inherent in the structure but rooted in theingenious initiative of politicians are oft promotedmega-projects, which have an easy passage in adeliberately built corruption-friendly politicalstructure. The controversial Sports City for theNational Games, the so called International CricketStadium in an area reportedly classified as forest,and the proposed ‘Sea-Link’ between Mormugaoand Dona Paula are a few example of such mega-projects, which may only be only of marginalutility to the civil society but of immense earningvalue to the political class.

This smallest state in India has often made na-tional headlines for its mega scams. The nowaborted Regional Plan 2011, which sought to ‘re-zone’ overnight thousands of acres of agriculturalland as non-agricultural, the land-grab stampedein Goa by business houses from Mumbai andDelhi under the garb of SEZs, the perennial andwell documented allegations by the Oppositionin every Assembly Session about mega corruptionin almost every government department, are alltoo well known and documented to merit anyfurther elaboration.

In most states, corruption is synonymous withgovernment, in spite of well designed structuresand procedures for preventing / minimising / erad-icating and punishing corruption. In Goa, the po-litical class has worked overtime to prevent sucha structure.

Goa was a union territory until 1987, and theguidelines of the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) were applicable. When Goa became a state,these guidelines ceased to be applicable. No al-ternative guidelines were laid down by the gov-ernment. In a rare fit of anti-corruptionenthusiasm, the government set up a three mem-ber commission under the Prevention of Corrup-tion Act, 1988, to investigate into allegations ofcorruption against public functionaries, includingnon-officials. This commission was put to sleepin subsequent years, under the pretext that itwould be replaced by the institution of Lokayukta.The not-so-well-debated Lokayukta Bill has mostprobably been lost in the corridors of the Assemblysometime in 2003. Now, we have neither theAnti-Corruption Commission nor the Lokayukta!

In 2006, the Supreme Court directed all statesto enact a Police Act to promote transparent andfair Police administration in the country. TheApex Court in 2006 also gave a seven-point guide-line for the proposed Act. The Goa Police Bill wasdrafted and introduced in the Assembly, but hasbeen reportedly with the Select Committee forthe last four years.

Considering the tiny area and population ofthe state, Goa could have been an ideal laboratoryfor trying out innovative experiments to ensureclean, fair and transparent administration for en-vironment-friendly, sustainable and inclusive de-velopment. But, we have missed the bus. WillGoans ever be able to put Goa back on track?

(The writer is a former IAS officer and a formerChairman of the Mormugao Port Trust)

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Think about your teenagerAdelmo Fernandes, Vasco

The murder of 25-year-old Naresh Dourado from Vasco in a flat at Chicalim shockedthe people of Goa, as well as many Goans abroad. But what was equally shocking isthat the murder suspect is a 19-year-old teenager, who looks like the boy-next-doorthat plays football with his friends, goes for mass every Sunday and is an activemember of the local Parish youth.

How could a teenager commit such a horrific cold-blooded murder? Isn’t this awake-up call to parents to pay more attention to the behaviour of our children? Itseems necessary to keep some tab on the friends circle our children move in.

Teenage is that period of one’s life when one can go in the wrong direction and fallprey to vices. It is the time when a child enters adulthood and, if not guided right,could end up very confused and go down the wrong path.

Some parents seem to be too busy to give time to their teenaged kids. But of whatuse is all the money we earn, if our children fall prey to bad habits?

Some years back, a bunch of teenaged boys allegedly kidnapped and murdered ofone of their own friends. They are still behind bars. Promising lives have come upagainst road-blocks.

Constant fighting between parents, or extra-marital affairs also cause huge tensionin the family. Also, when the head of the family takes to drinking, it creates chaos athome. Children from such families tend to fall in bad company. Parents who haveteenaged children need to be careful about how they conduct themselves at home.

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By Arlette Azavedo

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Stop War, Start Tennis

It may have been the World’s No: 1 team, the Bryan broth-ers, that walked away with the US Open Tennis GrandSlam Men’s Doubles Championship, but it was the ‘Indo-

Pak Express’ of Indian Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi that captured the hearts of the nearly 25,000spectators assembled at the Arthur Ashe Stadium and millionsmore watching on television. The Indo-Pak pair went down6-7 (7-4) 6-7 (7-5) to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan;the closest match ever, neither side yielding a service break.Just five points separated the winners from the losers; the7-4 and 7-5 tie breaks, both heartbreakingly won by theBryans.

But though the match may have been lost, the messageof this remarkable pair easily won, not only because theywere crowd favourites. Bopanna and Qureshi have turnedtheir unique seven-year-long doubles partnership into amessage for peace across the long and tense border betweenIndia and Pakistan. In a tournament where teams led bybigger stars like Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi fell bythe wayside, their feat gives us a tantalising glimpse of thesports superpower that an India-Pakistan combine couldbe.

But that is in the realm of distant dreams. The fairytaleride of the Indo-Pak Express has a more compelling message,which everyone needs to hear. “Stop War, Start Tennis” istheir rallying cry. They are a living testament to the fact thatIndia’s people and Pakistan’s people are essentially one, andwant the same things. They are peace-loving, hard-workingand want to do better in life. They have no reason to seekenmity or hate each other. This was even more evident inthe stands, where the United Nations ambassadors of bothcountries − India’s Hardeep Puri and Pakistan’s Abdullah HHaroon − sat together, cheering and rooting for Bopannaand Qureshi to win.

The speech by Pakistan’s greatest tennis player after theyclaimed their runners-up trophy was the best part of theday. It far surpassed even the high level of play in the final.Qureshi said: “There’s a bad perception that Pakistan is aterrorist nation. We’re a friendly, loving, caring people. Wewant peace as much as you guys. May God bless us all. Youhave to understand there are extremists in every religion.But those small groups shouldn’t justify the thinking thateveryone is like them. Above all, everybody wants peace.Not everybody is an extremist. That’s my message and hope-fully everyone can understand that.”

Qureshi is no politician, but he can feel the pain of havingto see his country condemned variously as a ‘failed state’ ora ‘terrorist state’, just because of the actions of a few. Thathe and Bopanna can rise above the rhetoric, perfectly un-derstand each other, click together as a team and comewithin a few points of victory at the highest level of tennisin the world conveys a message that is much bigger thanthemselves. It shows them as true champions of humanity.

That’s because their partnership is not restricted to thetennis courts. They are close friends even off it. And it tells.As Qureshi says, “If me and Rohan can get along so well onand off the court, there’s no reason Indians and Pakistaniscan’t get along with each other.” It might sound naïve, butsometimes, life is as simple as that. Theirs is a partnershipthat has survived through the most terrible of tests − the26/11 Mumbai terror attack nearly two years ago. At an in-stinctive level they know that’s not what ordinary folk likethemselves, on either side of the border, want to happen.Qureshi calls Bopanna his “brother from another mother”.Maybe if all Indians and Pakistanis thought of each otherthe same way, a future free of hate and fear could be athand.

Small State; Big Corruption

Even in our daily struggle, we are loved. We are loved not inspite of the hardship, but through it. What we see as wrench-ing, intolerable, and life’s attack on us is in reality an expression

of love. There is a part of us that fears and protects, defends andexpects, and has a story of the way it’s supposed to turn out. Thatpart clenches in fear, feels abandoned and cursed. The secret is,it’s all love. Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in ourlife. If we were to go through our life without obstacles, we wouldbe crippled, and not as strong as we have become.

We know that in all things, God works for our prosperity; thathe has called us for a particular purpose. There are things we canunderstand only through our faith in God. Only by faith can wetouch God’s heart and know without a shadow of doubt that Hecreated the Universe – and Man. Through our faith we understandthat we need not have all the answers, even we continually seekthem.

I am amazed that God would grant me life and the grace toknow that He is my Redeemer, Creator, and Father, with such

power, glory, splendour, warmth and steadfast love. Do you toofeel like I do? Do you ever stop to consider the grandeur ofCreation? The more often I do, the greater and more awesomeGod seems. It is easier to trust Him in the smaller things of mylife.

We must find comfort in God, not in materialistic prosperity,for this world is not our home. We have the promise that throughevery step, the Spirit of God himself will sustain us. All thingshappen for good – even pain, loneliness, heartache, sickness,disease and poverty – for we have a gift in Jesus Christ that ismuch greater than anything this world has to offer.

It is for us to rely on God to answer all our needs. He knowsbetter than we, about what we do and do not need. How manytimes have you bought a new gadget and then found that you didnot need it? How many times have you worried yourself sick aboutsomething, that then never happened? The worrying was worsethan the actual eventuality…

God tells us not to get caught in worry. We must value God’s

opinions and truths more than ourselves or anyone else. He knowswhat we need before we do. God wants us to focus on what Hedesires of us. He wants us to seek the kingdom of God and Hisrighteousness. When we are too tired to take another step, Godsays, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I willgive you rest.”

We are frail humans, and change will come only when each ofus takes up our daily struggle ourselves and become more forgiving,compassionate, loving and, above all, joyful in the knowledgethat, by some miracle of grace, we can change.

No matter who we are, where we’re going, or where we’vebeen, we all struggle. Everyone has battles and, at one time or an-other, faces trials of existence. Such is life; sometimes simple,sometimes complicated. When we wake up with the choice toeither overcome all that holds us down by going against what op-poses us, or to surrender ourselves to failure, we all have theability to switch our fear of failure into energy to overcome anytrial; just as sure as we all have a spine.

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the ship, or causes further damage to thebeach or village.

Hindi zealotsKajal Chatterjee, Kolkata

No congratulations are enough for VivekShankar (‘Hindi Divas needed?’, Herald, 8Sept). Gujarat High Court Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay has ruled that neitherthe Constitution nor Indian law have spec-ified any language as ‘national’. By pro-jecting Hindi as India’s ‘national language’,linguistic zealots are merely committingContempt of Court. By calling Hindi the‘Rashtrabhasha’, these zealots are directlyinsulting non-Hindi speakers.

Though non-Hindi speakers pay thesame taxes as their Hindi-speakingbrethren, as much as Rs36 crore is sanc-tioned each year to promote Hindi – morethan the amount allocated for promotionof all other Indian languages put together!Hindi ‘lovers’ are tragically unaware thatby trying to impose Hindi upon the rest,they are not only doing a great disserviceto their own mother tongue, but alsoposing a serious threat to the integrityof this multi-lingual land.

Good luck GCAVishal D’Costa, Cuncolim

In October, Goa will host a one-day in-ternational (ODI) cricket match betweenIndia and Australia. Let us hope and praythat history does not repeat itself.

Goa Cricket Association (GCA) shouldlearn from its previous mistakes and en-sure that duplication of tickets is elimi-nated. Only one tamper-proof ticket perperson should be issued and alternatearrangements made for viewing the matchoutside on a giant screen, as the capacityof the stadium is only 35000 and cricketlovers from neighbouring states will alsothrong Goa. Good luck GCA.

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APPOINTMENTS

BY DR CIDALIA BODADE

Noel... Noel... Noel... Gone is the devoted husbandto Nayantara, the loving father to his beautiful chil-dren and the greatest gift life gave to me – a good

friend. A friend is a pricelessjewel that we cherish and treas-ure throughout life. That waswhat Noel was to me and myfamily.

If I had to describe Noel, Iwould say he was ‘The CompleteMan’. If Raymond had only tocast a glance at Vaddem Valley,where Noel lived, its search forthe perfect advertisement wouldhave culminated in the best pos-sible model.

Noel was just drop-dead hand-some. He had the gift of the gab, an abundant vocabularyand impeccable diction. This made him most wanted as acommentator for the FIFA Football World Cup. He knewjust the right word for that kick, or that brilliant move; notonly on the soccer field but even in his business and socialcircles. He was humane, and a great friend.

His close circle of friends came from every walk of life,and his love for them transcended all borders of class,riches, caste or creed. If Noel loved someone as a friend,he considered that person to be better than the best. Andthat’s how he treated him or her. I was fortunate to be oneof those who figured in his special friends list.

I knew Noel from childhood, since our parents werefriends. My father was a doctor in the Portuguese army,and lost his job when Goa was liberated. It was Noel’s fatherwho went out of his way and managed to get him a job atthe port.

Noel’s wife Nayantara and I got along very well from dayone. Our friendship blossomed, matured and fructified intosomething beautiful, and made our families come evencloser.

Noel just adored Nayantara. Once at the Musical Festivalon Baina beach, when he and I were watching Nayantaraand the girls performing on stage, I saw that lovelorn lookin his eyes as he looked at his lovely wife and I said to him:“Nayantara is so good and talented!” Noel turned to meand said: “Cidalia, she is the best – she has made my lifecomplete and given it a direction. I must have done some-thing really good in life to have found someone like her.She sings so well, manages the house, the cooking, thechildren and, most of all, both me and my mother withgreat élan. What more could I ask for? I have got it all.”There was an ethereal look on his face when he said thosethings, and I always wanted to convey this to Nayantara,but somehow never ever got the chance.

He was a real friend. When I told him I was going toEurope to be with my son, he was very happy. He helpedme get all my travel requirements together. On the day Iwas leaving, he called and said: “Bye, Cidalia, have a goodtime. Enjoy, have fun. You deserve it.” I never ever thoughtat the time that it would be the last time I would be talkingto him.

When Noel suddenly passed away on 13 September 2009,I was in Portugal. I became numb, and a gamut of emotionsovertook me when I got the news. I could not believe thatthe cruelest blow of fate had struck my dear friend. I calledNayantara from Portugal, but I was tongue-tied. I had nothingto say to her; I only listened to what she muttered betweensobs. When I returned on 25 September, I went directlyfrom the airport to meet Nayantara. We were both incon-solable when we met.

Knowing how close I was to Noel, some people told methat I had missed a beautiful funeral. It upset me. I cannotunderstand how funerals can be ‘beautiful’. It would havebeen the best thing in this world if that funeral had nevertaken place. In a way, I’m glad I wasn’t present at Noel’s fu-neral. I’m glad I never saw him in that coffin; because thememory that lives on in my mind is of a happy, laughing,vivacious, handsome Noel. That’s the way I will always re-member you – Noel.

A tribute to myfriend Noel daLima Leitao

Noel da Lima Leitao

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The probables for the post ofchief information commissioner(CIC) should be chosen from apool of eminent citizens pre-pared by a “consortium” headedby the chief justice of India withrepresentatives from the gov-ernment and public, incumbentWajahat Habibullah said today.

The selection of informationcommissioners at the trans-parency panel has sparked con-troversy with civil society groupsalleging that the Centre and theState governments were oblig-ing people loyal to them by giv-ing them these positions.

Habibullah who will be demit-ting office on September 30after a five-year stint in whichhe gave number of remarkablejudgements like disclosure offile notes and declaration of as-sets by judges was not in fullagreement with the views of

NGOs but accepted that se-lection process was not trans-parent.

“Those who are actually re-

sponsible for the appointment(of the CIC) like the prime min-ister, leader of the oppositionand Union ministers, these arethe supreme authorities to bethe representatives of the peo-ple because they have actuallybeen brought there through aregular democratic processwhile NGOs and others have notbeen brought there by regulardemocratic process.

“Given that, it is also true thatthe process (of appointment) isnot transparent,” he told PTI.

The selection for the post ofinformation commissioners isdone by a three-member panelof the prime minister, the leaderof opposition and a Union min-ister. But the list of

candidates for the consider-ation of the selection panel isprepared by Department of Per-sonnel and Training.

Several RTI replies from De-partment of Personnel and Train-ing have shown that bureaucratshave allegedly ignored peoplewith recommendation and in-stead placed totally new names

on the files. In some cases thesitting secretaries of the depart-ment have forwarded their ownnames for positions in the Cen-tral Information Commission.

Armed with these repliescivil society groups had de-manded changes in the selectionprocess of information commis-sioners and chief informationcommissioner. They started

applying themselves for thesepositions and also demandedthat the government shouldcome up with prescribed eligi-bility criteria for these positions.

“It is not a job that you needto apply for it. It is somethingthat is conferred in recognitionto your standing in the societyand that is how I would like tosee it. The only

flaw that I see here is whoshould recognise the standards,what are the base standards,what are the norms,” Habibullahsaid.

The commissioner suggestedsetting up of a consortiumheaded by the chief justice ofIndia with representatives from

government and public whichshould prepare a pool of emi-nent personalities from differentareas who are suitable for thepost.

"I have been thinking in termsof something like the SupremeCourt has. A consortium headedby the Chief Justice of India hav-ing representation from the gov-ernment and from the public.That consortium should be anall-India affair with representa-tives from the State as well asCentre.

“The consortium should pickthe prospective candidates andprepare a list and give that toselection committee headedwhich can select one of the can-didates. The proceedings of theconsortium should be transpar-ent and after that certainamount of confidentiality hasto be maintained to avoid un-warranted pressures,” he said.

Habibullah said once the con-sortium gives its recommenda-tion, the selection should beleft to the committee.

CIC probables should be chosenfrom a consortium: Habibullah

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The Delhi High Court has saidthat students accused of raggingshould not be expelled for lifefrom college as it will ruin theircareer and might turn them intoanti-social elements.

“A student in the hands ofprincipal/head is a child in thehands of a parent and a parentwould never want the career ofa child to be completely de-stroyed by expulsion which

necessarily renders him unfitfor any other career,” JusticeRajiv S Endlaw said.

The court made the obser-vations while directing DelhiUniversity to re-admit two of its

students who were expelled forindulging in ragging in 2009.

“No college would be willingto grant them admission to en-able them to complete theirstudies thereby leading to suchfrustration and disappointmentor despondency which may leadeven either to suicide or turnthem into anti-social elements,”the court said.

Directing the university andKirori Mal College to re-admitthe final-year students, the courtsaid that a harsh order like ex-pulsion results in bitternesswhich many a time might turna student into an anti-social el-ement.

The court passed the order

on a plea of students who saidthat they have already lost oneyear and their life and careerwould be ruined if they are notallowed to complete the courseas no other college would admitthem.

The petitioners had been pun-ished under the newly-promul-gated UGC regulations toprevent ragging and an FIR hadalso been registered againstthem.

Granting relief to the stu-dents, the court said, “To allowthe punishment as meted outto stand would also amount tonullifying what this court hadattempted to do by quashingthe FIR against the petitioners.

A Kashmiri woman walks behind concertina wire during a curfew in Srinagar.. India deployed thousands of security forces

on Sunday to enforce a new curfew a day after Muslims during Eid staged massive demonstrations against New Delhi's rule,

officials said. The Indian government has been trying to respond to the biggest separatist demonstrations in two years in

Kashmir that have killed 70 people so far and were triggered by the killing of a 17-year-old student by police in June. Most

deaths have been from police firing into protesters.

Student accused of ragging shouldnot be expelled for life, says HC

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

After Mayawati's magic inUttar Pradesh, social engineer-ing has become the buzzwordin poll-bound Bihar with Con-gress, RJD and JD(U)-BJP alliancegoing the extra mile to woo dif-ferent sections.

Congress, once dubbed as theparty of upper castes in Bihar,is attempting to attract the back-wards, who have been the main-stay of support for both RJDchief Lalu Prasad and (JD)U's Ni-tish Kumar.

Lalu Prasad, whose partyruled Bihar for 15 long years onthe back of the Muslim-Yadavcombination, is also reachingout to upper castes with the RJDchief time and again insistingthat he was not opposed to the“forward” communities.

Nitish Kumar, who had oncebeen the strategist for his friend-turned-foe Lalu Prasad, is notcomplacent and has unveiledplans to make a dent in the OBCand Dalit votebanks

in the State, cutting into thebases of the RJD chief and LJP'sRam Vilas Paswan.

Lalu and Paswan are fightingtogether a desperate battle afterbeing out in the cold followingdefeats in last two elections --2005 assembly polls and 2009Lok Sabha polls.

The recent nod of the Centrefor caste census despite voicesof protest within a section ofthe party, is reflective of the factthat Congress wants to be po-

Social engineering has become buzzword in Bihar

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

After tasting success in UttarPradesh, the poll-bound Biharis going to be a litmus test forRahul Gandhi, who is activelyinvolved in the party affairs inthe State.

The general Secretary in-charge of Indian Youth Congress(IYC) and NSUI started his foraysin Bihar earlier this year with aseries of meetings to preparethe ground for the

organisational elections in theIndian Youth Congress.

Earlier this month, he againheld meetings in the State andraised a number of issues andfocussed on development tomobilise the youth, farmers andother sections of the society.

Organisational elections forIYC have been successfully com-pleted in the State and a cadreof youth Congress is there inevery panchayat of the Statewhere Congress has politicallybeen on the sidelines for the

last 20 years.In every panchayat, the low-

est unit of elections, there aretwo elected representatives ofthe IYC.

Similarly, at the level of as-sembly segment and Lok Sabhasegment, there are two repre-sentatives each who are thetorch-bearers of the party in theState where the rganization hassuffered over the years as theparty has been out of power

for two decades at a stretchafter the Mandal politics.

At the State level too, thereare a set of office-bearers whoare working to improve thegraph of the party.

Party sources said several ofthese IYC elected memberswould be given party nomina-tion, even if they are not in aposition to win, so that theygain experience in electoral pol-itics in the long run.

In the last Lok Sabha election,Gandhi had actively lobbied forparty nomination for the youth

so that they get valuable expe-rience. Several of them wonbringing in a new

dynamism in the party affairs. Though the poll itinerary of

Gandhi in Bihar is yet to be pre-pared, party leaders said he isslated to address a series of ral-lies to enthuse the workers andthe cadres and bring back theold glory of the party in theState.

Like Uttar Pradesh, whereGandhi was instrumental in ini-tiating a policy of going it alone,in Bihar too the party will fighton its own without any alliance.

Congress is hoping thatGandhi's “right medicine” willhelp resuscitate the party inBihar.

“We were ill there (Bihar).We got a good doctor, who gaveus the right medicine. There isa change of mindset in Biharafter Rahul Gandhi's visit there.We will reach our destinationunder his leadership,” seniorparty leader and Minority Affairs

Minister Salman Khurshid hassaid.

The State, where six-phaseelections are being held begin-ning October 20, has seen Con-gress on crutches of RJD andthe LJP in the past.

In the 243-member assembly,Congress has only 10 members.The party won two out of the40 Lok Sabha seats in generalelections last year though it con-siderably improved its voteshare.

Eyeing a larger pie this timeround, Congress has alreadydone the spadework with thevisit of over a dozen Union min-isters in the State in the last twomonths. More ministersareslated to go to the State for elec-tioneering, particularly whenthe polls have been announced.

The Gandhi 'magic' was infull flow in Uttar Pradesh, wherethe party won an impressive 22seats in the 2009 Lok Sabha elec-tion, its best performance in 20years.

Elections will be a litmus test for Rahul

litically correct.It also indicated that the

party is in a mood to concedethe OBC space to RJD and JD-Uin Bihar and Samajwadi Party inUttar Pradesh, which had threat-ened to take to streets unlessthe government accepted castecensus demand. Congress is eye-ing a big game in Uttar Pradesh,where assembly elections arenot far away.

confidant Lalan Singh, a knownleader of the upper caste Bhu-mihar, parting ways from him.Singh is now reportedly eyeingCongress.

Later the Janata Dal Unitedtried to woo the caste leadersby revoking the suspension ofJagdish Sharma, who is a keyBhumihar leader in central Bihar.

Sources say that the RJDchief's other brother-in-law Sub-hash Yadav and a former minis-ter from his party AkhileshKumar Singh are also open tojoining Congress besides formerBJP parliamentarian SukhdevPaswan.

The projection of a Muslimleader as Congress' state unitchief is also likely to pose a chal-lenge the RJD-LJP combine,which recently declared its in-tention to have a deputy chiefMinister from the Muslim com-munity after declaring LaluPrasad as its chief ministerialcandidate.

The alliance has also pro-jected a Dalit deputy chief min-ister.

RJD, whose three out of thetotal four MPs are from the for-ward Rajput caste, is feeling thepressure to accommodate largenumber of upper caste candi-dates. A key upper caste leaderPrabhunath Singh, who wasonce a bitter critic of the RJDchief, joined his party recently,parting ways with Nitish Kumar.

An RJD leader, who did not

PTI

KENDRAPARA (Orissa), SEPT 12

A remote village in this coastal

district of Orissa lays claim to

fame for its marked aversion of

its residents towards litigation,

lawsuits and filing FIRs at the

police station.

Setting a sort of precedent,

litigation-shy villagers of Sana-

mangarajpur, about 25 km from

here, neither knock at the doors

of police station nor crowd the

local courts.

Disputes are settled amicably

in the local panchayat body.

At a time when breach of law

and registration of police cases

at the drop of hats has become

the order of the day, it sounds

incredible that locals of the par-

ticular village stay away from

police and court cases. Its a fit

case for others to emulate in

litigation prone areas, said

Umesh Chandra S ingh o f

Kendrapara bar association.

Nestled along Birupa River,

Sanamangarajpur is a compar-

atively developed village in

spheres of education and overall

economic condition of people.

Typical mindset of

peace-loving people here baf-

fles many. None could put forth

views on peoples aversion to-

wards litigation.

The village has about 40

households with 300 villagers.

It comes under my panchayat

jurisdiction. In my three-year

stint as Sarpanch, I have not

heard of locals filing FIRs with

police, said Snehalata Jena,

woman Sarpanch of Dhola gram

panchayat.

In villages that adjoin Sana-

mangarajpur, cases and litigation

abound. But the said village is

a glaring exception, noted

Laxmidhar Palei, member Dhola

panchayat samity.

The village boasts of the bet-

ter economic condition and

higher literacy village. Perhaps

this might have inculcated vil-

lagers distaste towards intricate

legal wrangles, Palei concluded.

Meet 88-year-old Bhaskar

Chandra Swain. He is the oldest

surviving villager.

“We dislike police station and

court of law. I do not remember

anybody from my village in-

volved in police or court litiga-

tion, said octogenarian Swain

in murmuring voice.

“I feel proud villagers are

maintaining tradition set by us”,

he concluded.

The ward member of the vil-

lage - Daitary Sahu – also spoke

on the same line while Udaynath

Sahu (60), a wealthy farmer, dif-

fers a bit.

None of us are involved in

criminal case. Couple of villagers

here are locked in civil cases

This remote coastal district in Orissa is averse to litigation

That possibly answers for theparty still keeping Lalu Prasad'scontroversial brother-in-lawSadhu Yadav in good humourdespite a section in its state unitbeing miffed over

his growing influence in theparty.

In fact, the influence of “out-siders” is growing in Bihar Con-gress.

Former State Agriculture Min-

ister and JD-U leader Nagmanimet Congress president SoniaGandhi on Thursday and isslated to formally join the partyin Patna on September 13.

Asked whether a dearth ofleaders in Congress in Bihar isresponsible for the party im-porting politicians from outside,Congress spokesperson ShakeelAhmed said, “It happens duringelections. It is true that the num-

ber of those joining Congressfrom other parties has increased.It's a positive sign.”

Nagmani belongs to the Koericaste, a farming communityfrom the OBCs whom NitishKumar had tried to woo by in-ducting Upendra Kushwaha inhis party despite protests byupper caste leaders.

This has led to Kumar's close

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

A Delhi court has said thatthe safety of a man in judicialcustody is the responsibility ofthe State and directed Tihar jailauthorities to conduct a probeinto alleged threat given byblade-wielding inmates to anundertrial for extorting money.

Additional Sessions JudgeKamini Lau took a serious viewof the complaint made by Sukh-pal Singh, a murder case ac-cused, before the court.

Singh, represented by advo-cates Naveen Gaur and KusumShaha, alleged that some un-dertrial prisoners who were car-rying blades with them issuedthreats to him in the jail

van during his transportationfrom the prison to the court in

August. They demanded Rs20,000, saying that if he doesnot pay up, he will face seriousconsequences.

“Allegations are serious and

cannot be ignored. Once a per-son is in judicial incarceration,his safety and security becomesthe concern of the State. Thecourts on being informed aboutany such threats received by theprisoner cannot brush asidethese instances lightly,” thecourt said.

The court directed the assis-tant commissioner of police(lock-up) and superintendent ofthe jail to conduct an inquiryinto the incident, identify thosewho extended these extortionthreats to Singh and keep themseparately.

“These persons are even oth-erwise a source of potentialthreat to other undertrial pris-oners and therefore once iden-tified, they are required to bekept separately,” it said.

ASJ Lau also directed thatSingh, who was lodged at TiharJail, should be transferred to Ro-hini jail for his safety.

Safety of man injudicial custody is

State’s duty : Court

PTI

VADODARA, SEPT 12

Thousands of tourists from Gu-jarat and neighbouring Maha-rashtra and Madhya Pradeshthronged Kevadiya here to enjoythe sight of an overflowing Nar-mada river and other places atthe Sardar Sarovar Dam site.

Maharashtra and MadhyaPradesh are among the benefi-ciaries of the Rs 40,000-croremultipurpose dam, whose foun-dation stone was laid by thenPrime Minister Jawaharlal Nehruin April 1961.

Taking advantage of the longweek-end the visitors throngedthe site, about 90km from here.

Gujarat Chief Minister Naren-dra Modi wants to develop Ke-vadiya as global tourist spot.“We will develop it as world

tourists site,” he told PTI.In fact, several Muslim and

Jain families preferred to cele-brate their respective festivals,Eid and Jain Samvatsary, at thedame site.

Bountiful rain in catchmentareas of Madhya Pradesh hasled the river to overflow for thesecond year in a row.

S Namdev, a Mumbai residentwho visited the site with hisfamily, said, “it was really a beau-tiful sight.”

Shamsad Banu from Ahmed-abad said “We decided to visitthe place to celebrate Eid andwe enjoyed it.”

Besides Narmada, two LordShiva temples, Nehru foundationstone spot and a wildlife sanc-tuary are some of the tourist at-tractions at Kevadiya.

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minorsPTI

MUZAFFARNAGAR, SEPT 12

Four persons were arrested nearhere for allegedly kidnappingthree minors from Haryana forbonded labour, police said today.

Promod Kumar (13), Surya-narain (15) and Pawan (16) wererescued after police intercepteda car on the Karnal-Meerut high-way yesterday, DSP Sushil KumarShukla said.

The car was intercepted afterthe children, abducted from Am-bala railway station, cried forhelp. The minors were residentsof Nojir village in Pratapgarhdistrict and were abducted whenthey were on their way toChandigarh.

The four accused includethree land owners and a cardriver. The car used in crime hasalso been seized.

During interrogation, it wasdisclosed that four children wereabducted but one of them man-aged to escape.

In a separate case, bodies ofthree children, aged one tothree, were found dead in CivilLine area here yesterday. Theidentities of these children areyet to be traced.

2 killed, 5 hurt in

accidentsPTI

GHAZIABAD, SEPT 12

Two persons were killed andfive other injured in separateroad accidents in the highwaynear Modinagar here, due towater-logging which wreckedthe road at various places, policesaid.

A Delhi-based trader and anauto-rickshaw driver were killedafter being hit by a truck. Fiveothers were injured when a pri-vate bus hit a three-wheeler yes-terday, they said.

Karunainspects

garden worksPTI

CHENNAI, SEPT 12

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MKarunanidhi inspected the on-going works of the city’s firstbotanical garden today.

“It will be opened for publiconce the works gets over”, hetold reporters.

According to Horticulture De-partment sources, neatly lined-up trees and aestheticallypruned plants have already havebeen planted in the 20 acre gar-den and construction of pondshas been completed.

The Rs eight crore garden,set to house some of the popu-lar exotic flora, would also haverare plant species, medicinal andaromatic herbs, many of themimported from various countriesincluding China and Thailand.

Huge laddu offered to

Lord GaneshPTI

PUDUCHERRY, SEPT 12

A huge laddu weighing about55 kg was offered to LordGanesh at a temple here on theoccasion of Chaturthi festivalyesterday.

The laddu was offered by asweet shop owner from Ra-jasthan, who has settled in theunion territory for the last sev-eral years.

R Vikaram told PTI that theladdu was prepared at his shopusing 20 kg of sugar, 18 kg ofoil and 15 kg of flour besidesother ingredients spendingabout Rs 15,000.

Meena inspires young girls in Orissa

PTI

KENDRAPARA, SEPT 12

Inspired by ‘Meena’ the fictionalgirl child character crafted byUNICEF through comics, cartoonand animation films, young girlsin two gram panchayats ofOrissa’s Jagatsinghpur districthave embarked on a mission toaddress issues and problems af-fecting rural life.

The ‘Meenas’, as the youngvolunteers of the project areknown, have taken up severalsocio-economic, health and san-itation issues while spreadingawareness among the people,particularly women in Bagadiaand Mangarajpur gram panchay-ats.

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NEW YORK, SEPT 12

New Yorkers held a commemo-ration ceremony on Saturdaynear Ground Zero to mark theninth anniversary of the terror-ist attacks on the World TradeCenter as the City debatedwhether a mosque and Islamiccommunity center should bebuilt near the site.

Thousands of relatives of the9/11 dead gathered in ZuccottiPark near Ground Zero for thenearly 3,000 people killed inthe terrorist attacks nine yearsago.

Family members and work-ers who are building the Sep-tember 11th Memorial andMuseum read the names of the2,752 World Trade Center vic-tims during the official memo-rial ceremony.

US Vice President Joe Biden,New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg, New York stateGovernor David Paterson andNew Jersey Governor ChrisChristie all read inspirationalpoems at the ceremony.

New York holds 9/11 memorials amid mosque debate

US Vice President Joe Biden (First, Left, Front) attends a commemoration ceremony to mark the 9th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, at the Zuccotti Parkin New York, the United States on September 11, 2010.

"No other place is as filled with our compassion, our love and our solidarity," said Mayor Bloomberg

while opening the memorialservice. "It is with thestrength of these emotions,as well as the concrete,glass and steel that isbrought in day by day, thatwe will build on the foot-prints of the past the foun-dation of the future."

Moments of silence wereheld at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m.,when the planes hit thetowers nine years ago, andat 9:59 and 10:28 a.m.,when each tower fell.Nearby, roses were placedin a circular reflecting poolto honor each of the dead.

On the backdrop of the9/11 memorial solemnity,however, is the dispute overthe building of a mosquetwo blocks away from theWorld Trade Center.

Alyson Low, whose sisterwas a flight attendant on Amer-ican Airlines Flight 11 thatcrashed into the north tower,came to the ceremony earlywith a poster in hand, whichread "Today is only about my

sister and the other innocentskilled nine years ago."

"No politics and no religiousoffense today. It's all about thevictims," Low told Xinhua be-fore the ceremony started.

Nick Chiarchiaro, wholost his wife during the ter-rorist attacks nine yearsago, believed the mosqueshould be moved away fromthe Ground Zero.

"To hate somebody becauseof religion is a crime. But Ithink the mosque must bemoved further away," saidChiarchiaro, who came fromNew Jersy to attend the cere-mony.

Talking about the war inIraq and Afghanistan,Chiarchiaro said it was notworthwhile. "They shouldpack their bags and comehome. It's all about money,and about oil," he said.

After the memorial cere-mony, hundreds of protest-ers were expected to gatherfor supporting and oppos-ing the planned Islamic Cen-ter near the World TradeCenter site.

In the city, around 7 pm, the"Tribute In Light" will beginshining until dawn.

US envoyheads to

South KoreaAGENCIES

SEOUL, SEPTEMBER 12,

Stephen Bosworth, Washing-ton's point man on NorthKorea, arrives in South KoreaSunday for talks with Seoulabout Pyongyang, two StateDepartment sources said.

Bosworth will be accompa-nied by US Ambassador SungKim, who represents the US atthe six-party talks on NorthKorea's nuclear program.

The on-again, off-again talksare among North and SouthKorea, China, Japan, the UnitedStates and Russia.

The American delegationwill have talks in Seoul, SouthKorea; Tokyo, Japan; and Bei-jing, China. They come at atime when Seoul blames NorthKorea for the sinking of a SouthKorean warship in March.

A South Korean report,whose findings have been en-dorsed by the US, alleged thata North Korean sub sank theCheonan warship with a tor-pedo, killing 46 sailors. NorthKorea denies it sank the ship.

AGENCY

ISTANBUL, SEPT 12

Polls opened in Turkey on Sun-day in a divisive national refer-endum over constitutionalreform seen as a crucial test forPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Er-dogan's government.

Erdogan has spearheadedthe ruling Justice and Develop-ment Party's (AKP) campaign infavor of the reform package, ar-guing that the 26 proposedamendments will bring greaterfreedom and democracy.

But opponents argue thatthe changes would underminethe independence of the coun-try's judiciary and threaten thesecularist principles on whichmodern Turkey was founded.

Torrential rains inundated Is-tanbul on Sunday, although itwas unclear what impact thatcould have on voter turnout inTurkey's biggest city. Almost 50million people are eligible tovote before polls close at 5p.m. local time (1000 ET). Tra-ditionally, Turkey has highvoter participation rates.

Turkish President AbdullahGul, Erdogan's AKP ally, wasamong Sunday morning votersin Ankara, the Turkish capital."In a democracy, the peoplehave the last word. Everyoneshould show respect for the re-

sults," Gul told journalists.Sunday's vote is taking place

30 years to the day since armyleaders seized power on Sep-tember 12, 1980, and estab-lished the country's presentconstitution. One element ofthe package of reforms offeredto voters would remove the ju-dicial immunity of those wholed that coup.

"Can there be anything wiserand more meaningful thangoing from a coup constitutionto the constitution of the peo-ple?" Erdogan said in an inter-view with CNN on Friday.

Erdogan was speakingaboard his campaign bus as hetoured Istanbul in a last-minutepitch to voters. Thousands ofenthusiastic supportersgreeted him as he attended Fri-day prayers at a mosque on theoutskirts of the city, chanting"Evet!" -- yes in Turkish and theslogan for those supportingconstitutional change.

The proposed reforms alsoinclude amendments to thecountry's judicial system andcurbs on the power of militarycourts. Other measures wouldguarantee gender equality andput in place measures to pro-tect children, the elderly andthe disabled and allow collec-tive bargaining for workers.

Turkish lawmakers approvedthe package earlier this yearbut not by the two-thirds ma-jority necessary for the govern-ment to press ahead without areferendum.

Turkey's opposition arguethat the reforms would furtherundermine the secular founda-tions on which modern Turkeywas established in 1923 andwould give the prime ministertoo much power over the judi-ciary, making him a "modern-day sultan."

Hasan Gerceker, the head ofTurkey's Supreme Court of Ap-peals, this week warned thatthe changes would politicizethe judiciary.

Berhan Simsek, head of themain opposition CHP's Istanbulbranch, said that by packagingthe judicial changes with lesscontroversial proposals, theAKP had "coated a poisonouspill with chocolate."

"This will put all thebranches of government intoone man's hand," Simsek said."It will be one-man rule, likeSaddam Hussein, or theFuhrer."

Analysts say Sunday's vote isthe latest confrontation in apower struggle between Erdo-gan's Islamist-rooted party andTurkey's secularist establish-

ment, which have repeatedlyclashed since AKP swept topower eight years ago.

The AKP narrowly avoidedbeing banned from politics in2008 when it was fined by thecountry's constitutional court -- the last bastion of secular op-position -- for allegedanti-secular activities. Thecourt has also blocked legisla-tion to lift a ban on Islamicheadscarves at public universi-ties.

"It started out as a referen-dum on constitutional reformpackage but it quickly devel-oped into a confrontation be-tween the government and theopposition. So it's really be-come a vote of confidence inthe government," an Istanbul-based journalist Andrew Finkelsaid.

Turkey's main Kurdish politi-cal party, the BDP, has called onits supporters to boycott thevote altogether, saying theirstruggle for greater autonomywill continue whatever the re-sult.

"Regardless of who wins, itwon't stop the war," MustafaAvci, the Istanbul co-chairmanof the BDP, said. "The referen-dum does not recognize therights of Kurds."

Turkish news agency DHA re-

ported clashes Sunday be-tween Kurdish protesters andTurkish police near BDP officesin the Mediterranean port cityof Mersin. Police fired tear gasand at least two vehicles wereset alight, DHA said.

Tensions also boiled over indowntown Istanbul on Fridaywhen Kurdish activists attackedbuses and police vehicles withstones, wounding at least onebystander.

According to the semi-offi-cial Anatolian Agency, oneTurkish soldier was killed afterstriking a land-mine in thesouth-eastern province of Siirt.

The predominantly Kurdishsouth-east has been the mainbattleground throughout the26-year war between the Turk-ish state and rebels from theKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Erdogan insists be will domore to defuse the simmeringconflict which has claimedthousands of lives -- but onlyafter winning the referendum.

The AKP has triumphed em-phatically in every major elec-tion since 2002 and Sunday'sreferendum offers an indicationof the party's enduring popular-ity ahead of next year's parlia-mentary elections.

Kamer Katirci, a 19-year-oldfirst-time voter, said he in-

AGENCIES

WASHINGTON, SEPT 12

Sarah Shourd will be allowed toleave Iran on $500,000 bail butstill faces trial with two otherAmericans on spy charges

Iran is to release one of thethree American hikers detainedlast year, state media reportedtoday, citing health grounds.

Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, aTehran prosecutor, said author-ities would release SarahShourd on $500,000 bail andallow her to leave the country.Shourd's mother had said shehad been denied treatment forserious health problems, in-cluding a breast lump and pre-cancerous cervical cells.

Shourd was detained withtwo friends, Shane Bauer andJosh Fattal, along the Iran-Iraqborder in July 2009 and ac-cused of spying.

Dowlatabadi gave no detailson when she would be re-leased. He said the conditionsof her bail did not bar her fromleaving the country, althoughshe still faces trial with theother two Americans, who re-main in custody.

"Based on reports and theapproval of the relevant judgeabout the sickness of Ms

Shourd, her detention was con-verted to $500,000 bail, and ifthe bail is deposited, she canbe released," Dowlatabadi wasquoted as saying.

Shourd, who has been heldin solitary confinement, was tohave been released yesterdayas an act of clemency to markthe end of Ramadan, after theintervention of Iran's president,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Butthe judiciary abruptly haltedthat planned release, indicatingsuch a decision would firsthave to go through the courts.

Iran has accused the threeAmericans of illegally crossingthe border and spying. Theirfamilies say the Americanswere hiking in Iraq's scenicnorth and that if they crossedthe border, they did so unwit-tingly.

The prosecution's caseagainst the three is nearly com-plete and a judge has issued in-dictments for all three oncharges of spying, Dowlatabadisaid. "The suspects did not con-fess but we have enough rea-sons in hand for their spyingcharges," he said.

It was not immediately clearwhether a bail payment to Iran-ian authorities would violate

US trade sanctions or whethera special waiver would be re-quired. The prosecutor re-jected any link between thedecision to grant Shourd bailand the return to Iran in July ofShahram Amiri, a nuclear scien-tist. Iran had accused the US ofabducting Amiri, while Wash-ington said he was a willing de-fector who later changed hismind. In the past, Ahmadinejadhas suggested the three Amer-icans could be traded for Irani-ans claimed to be held by theUS.

In the last year, Iranian au-thorities have allowed bail orconverted jail sentences tofines for two other high-profiledetainees. In May, the Frenchacademic Clotilde Reiss wasfreed after her 10-year sen-tence on espionage-relatedcharges was commuted to afine equivalent to $300,000.

The Canadian-Iranian jour-nalist Maziar Bahari was freedon $300,000 bail in October2009 after nearly four monthsdetention after the crackdownafter the country's disputedpresidential election. He waslater sentenced in absentia tomore than 13 years in prisonand 50 lashes.

Iran grants bail todetained US hiker Shourd

PTI

NEW YORK, SEPT 12

A controversial US pastor, whodrew global outrage for hisplans to torch copies ofQuran, has vowed that he willnever do so, even if a mosqueis built near Ground Zero, thesite of the 9/11 terror attackshere.

"We will definitely not burnthe Quran, no," pastor TerryJones of Florida said.

"Not today, not ever," he saidwhen pressed whether hisplanned move to burn 200copies of Quran on the ninthanniversary of the 9/11 terrorattacks may take place at alater date.

He explained that it wouldnot happen even if a Islamiccentre and mosque is built nearGround Zero.

Jones had earlier yesterdaysuspended his plans to burncopies of the Quran, claimingthat he received a pledge froma Florida Imam that theplanned Islamic cultural centrewould be moved elsewhere.However, the Imam refuted hisclaim and said the "deal" ex-

isted only in Jones' mind."Even though we have not

burnt one Quran, we have got-ten over 100 death threats,"Jones said.

"We feel that God is tellingus to stop, and we also hopethat ... maybe that will openup the door to maybe (wewill) be able to talk to theimam"

The pastor's threat to burncopies of the holy Quran hadstirred outrage in Islamicworld, with Kings and Presi-dents of Muslim nations join-ing hands to condemn hisplans and asking US PresidentBarack Obama to intervene tostop it.

Obama, on his part, said, thepastor's move could lead to "re-cruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda."

In his Eid greetings,Obama said this year's Eid isalso an occasion to reflect onthe importance of religioustolerance and to recognisethe positive role that reli-gious communities of allfaiths, including Muslims,have played in American life.

Will never burnQuran: US pastor

Turks go to the polls in crucial referendum

REUTERS

TOKYO, SEPT 12

China's most senior diplomathas called on Japan to immedi-ately release the captain and 14crew of a fishing boat seized indisputed waters last week

State Councillor Dai Bingguowarned Tokyo to make a "wisepolitical decision" over the mat-ter.

On Friday, China postponeda session of planned diplomatictalks after a Japanese courtruled the boat's captain couldbe detained for another 10

days. Prosecutors say his vessel

deliberately rammed Japanesepatrol boats.

The area where the Chinesetrawler was seized on Tuesdayis close to uninhabited islands,known as Senkaku in Japan andDiaoyu in China, which are con-trolled by Japan but alsoclaimed by China and Taiwan.

Closer to Taiwan, the islandsand Taiwan itself were ceded toJapan by the Manchu emperorin 1895. After Japan's defeat inWorld War II, Taiwan was re-

turned to the Kuomintang gov-ernment, but not the islands.

"We have maintained the po-sition that we will solemnlyhandle the case in strict accor-dance with domestic law”

On Sunday, Dai increasedpressure on Japan by summon-ing its ambassador, UichiroNiwa, to again demand the re-lease of the fishermen.

It was the fourth time thatthe Japanese envoy had beencalled to the foreign ministryover the incident, but corre-spondents say it is highly un-

usual for someone as senior asthe state councillor to inter-cede.

Dai advises China's leaderson foreign policy and serves onthe State Council, outrankingthe foreign minister within theCommunist Party.

"[He] solemnly stated theChinese government's majorconcerns and urged Japan notto misjudge the circumstancesand to make the wise politicaldecision of immediately return-ing the Chinese fishermen andtheir boat," the official Xinhua

news agency reported. Meanwhile, Japanese coast

guard officials took the trawlerand its crew out to sea off thesouthern island of Okinawa totest its capabilities and recre-ate the circumstances of thecollision to help investigators.

Officials are also reportedlytrying to ascertain if the boat il-legally entered waters whichJapan considers its territory.

The Chinese foreign ministrysaid it firmly opposed any formof investigation by the Japan-ese authorities into the inci-

dent."Japan's so-called gathering

of evidence is illegal, ineffec-tive and futile," spokeswomanJiang Yu said. "China urgesJapan to stop actions that esca-late the situation."

But Niwa gave no indicationthat Japan was preparing toback down.

"We have maintained the po-sition that we will solemnlyhandle the case in strict accor-dance with domestic law", hesaid, according to the Kyodonews agency.

Top Chinese diplomat demands Japan release fishermen

‘Forces needto finish job inAfghanistan’

AGENCY

MADRID, SEPT 12

NATO chief Anders Fogh Ras-mussen vowed to keep the al-liance's troops in Afghanistanfor the time needed to finish itsmission, in an interview with aSpanish newspaper publishedSunday.

"Defeat is not an option, wewill win. The Taliban will neverwin, nor will they return topower. Never will we allow Al-Qaeda to have refugeAfghanistan," the newspaperABC quoted Rasmussen as say-ing in its Spanish translation.

He said NATO's InternationalSecurity and Assistance Forces(ISAF) were making progressand that Al-Qaeda no longerhas a sure refuge inAfghanistan.

He noted that Al-Qaeda andits ally the Taliban were underpressure especially in theirstrongholds of Helmundprovince and Kandahar.

Rasmussen also stressed thatWestern forces would not with-draw from Afghanistan in 2011,but undertake a gradualprocess of transferring respon-sibility for maintaining securityto the Afghans as conditionsallow.

Serbia indicts9 in Kosovo

killingsREUTERS

BELGRADE, SEPT 12

Serbia has indicted nine formerparamilitary members over thekilling of 43 ethnic Albaniansduring the 1998-99 Kosovoconflict, the country’s warcrimes prosecutor’s office said.

The move appeared to be asign of Serbian resolve to dealwith its wartime past and bur-nish its effort to join the Euro-pean Union. A crucial conditionfor Serbia’s membership is thatit prosecute atrocities commit-ted by Serbs during the 1990swars in Croatia, Bosnia andKosovo.

The indictment was theproduct of a decade of investi-gation, and was one of themost significant since pro-Western Serbian authoritiesstarted arresting former mili-tary, paramilitary or police fig-ures on suspicion of war crimesafter the ouster of PresidentSlobodan Milosevic in 2000.

Nine men who served with aparamilitary unit known as theJackals were indicted in con-nection with the killing of theethnic Albanian civilians in theKosovo village of Cuska on May14, 1999.

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

India and Japan havereached an in-principle agree-ment on trade-opening part-nership and it is likely to besigned during Prime MinisterManmohan Singh''s visit toTokyo in October.

With the operationalisationof the pact, products runninginto thousands -- ranging from

steel and apparel to drugs andmachinery -- will be traded be-tween the two countries eitherwithout duty or at substantiallyreduced tariffs.

"We have reached an agree-ment in negotiations on theJapan-India Economic Partner-ship Agreement (EPA) undernegotiations since, 2007," asenior official said here.

He said that a team of nego-tiators, led by Commerce Sec-retary Rahul Khullar, returnedfrom Japan on Friday andgroundwork for signing theEPA has been laid.

The Prime Minister is slatedto be in Tokyo next month forthe India-Japan Summit.

Comprehensive in nature,the EPA will cover both --trade in goods as well as in-vestments and help boost theUSD 11 billion bilateral com-merce.

However, sensitive items inagriculture and employment-oriented sectors have beenkept out of the purview of thepact.

Since India has a large num-ber of items which are sensi-tive, it may have a biggernegative list than Japan.

The negotiations for the EPAhave been conducted for threeyears but efforts to conclude ithad intensified at the begin-ning of this year.

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Tax Advantage Fund - Eco Plan (G) 24.74

Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.44

Tax Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) 24.65Birla Sun Life Advantage Fund (D) 90.78

Advantage Fund (G) 167.55

Basic Industries Fund (D) 30.26

Basic Industries Fund (G) 109.70

Buy India Fund (D) 27.83

Buy India Fund (G) 45.84

Commodity Eq - Global Agri Plan - Retail Plan (D) 15.40

Commodity Eq - Global Agri Plan - Retail Plan (G) 15.40

Commodity Eq- Global Multi Com Plan - RP (D) 12.53

Commodity Eq - Global Multi Com Plan - RP (G) 12.53

Commodity Eq - Global Precious Metals Plan -RP (D) 13.45

Commodity Eq - Global Precious Metals Plan -RP (G) 13.45

Dividend Yield Plus (D) 16.04

Dividend Yield Plus (G) 89.71

Equity Fund (D) 80.35

Equity Fund (G) 285.74

Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 22.86

Frontline Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 89.59

Frontline Equity Fund - Plan B (D) 13.54

Frontline Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 13.54

India GenNext Fund (D) 15.64

India GenNext Fund (G) 25.79

India Opportunities Fund – Plan A (D) 18.76

India Opportunities Fund - Plan B (G) 55.09

India Reforms Fund (D) 11.56

India Reforms Fund (G) 11.56

Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (D) 13.70

Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (G) 18.66

Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (D) 13.39

Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (G) 13.95

International Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 8.54

International Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 8.54

International Equity Fund - Plan B (D) 9.49

International Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 9.49

Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 13.89

Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 15.03

Midcap Fund - Plan A (D) 26.54

Midcap Fund - Plan A (G) 120.04

Midcap Fund - Plan B (D) 15.15

Midcap Fund - Plan B (G) 15.15

MNC Fund (D) 83.24

MNC Fund (G) 206.00

New Millennium (D) 14.16

New Millennium (G) 20.39

Pure Value Fund (D) 17.17

Pure Value Fund (G) 18.33

Small and Midcap Fund (D) 13.59

Small and Midcap Fund (G) 13.59

Special Situations Fund (D) 10.93

Special Situations Fund (G) 10.93

Tax Plan (D) 49.71

Tax Plan (G) 14.17

Tax Relief 96 (D) 90.54

Tax Relief 96 (G) 12.22

Top 100 Fund (D) 15.77

Top 100 Fund (G) 22.71

CCanara RobecoEmergEquities (Bonus) 20.02

EmergEquities (D) 16.51

EmergEquities (G) 23.92

Equity Diversified (Bonus) 25.77

Equity Diversified (D) 25.73

Equity Diversified (G) 56.57

Equity Tax Saver (D) 22.21

Equity Tax Saver (G) 26.97

F.O.R.C.E Fund - Retail Plan (D) 14.09

F.O.R.C.E Fund - Retail Plan (G) 14.08

Infrastructure (D) 18.99

Infrastructure (G) 23.85

Large Cap+ Fund (D) 10.17

Large Cap+ Fund (G) 10.17

DDWSAlpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) 18.11

Alpha Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) 83.24

Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) 14.49

Alpha Equity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) 17.33

Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (D) 28.78

Investment Opportunity Fund - Regular Plan (G) 41.54

Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (D) 14.38

Investment Opportunity Fund - Wealth Plan (G) 18.80

Tax SavFund (D) 14.15

Tax SavFund (G) 15.14DSP BlackRockEquity Fund - Regular Plan (D) 55.30

Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) 17.50

Focus 25 Fund (D) 11.04

Focus 25 Fund (G) 11.04

India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (D) 21.04

India T.I.G.E.R. Fund - Regular Plan (G) 51.59

Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (D) 10.83

Micro Cap Fund - Regular Plan (G) 17.84

Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (D) 31.70

Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (G) 90.93

Small and Mid Cap Fund (D) 17.83

Small and Mid Cap Fund (G) 19.45

Tax Saver Fund (D) 13.49

Tax Saver Fund (G) 18.12

Technology.Com - Regular Plan (D) 25.18

Technology.Com - Regular Plan (G) 34.48

Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (D) 21.19

Top 100 Equity Fund - Regular Plan (G) 99.89EdelweissAbsolute Return Equity Fund (D) 11.32

Absolute Return Equity Fund (G) 11.32

ELSS Fund (D) 20.53

ELSS Fund (G) 20.54

Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan A (D) 11.67

Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan A (G) 12.81

Nifty Enhancer Fund - plan B (D) 12.72

Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan B (G) 12.72

Nifty Enhancer Fund - Plan C (D) 11.33EscortsGrowth Plan (D) 13.70

Growth Plan (G) 82.82

High Yield Equity Plan (Bonus) 14.76

High Yield Equity Plan (D) 12.54

High Yield Equity Plan (G) 14.72

Infrastructure Fund (D) 9.29

Infrastructure Fund (G) 9.28

LeadSectors Fund (D) 12.27

LeadSectors Fund (G) 12.27

Power and Energy Fund (D) 14.89

Power and Energy Fund (G) 18.57

Tax Plan (D) 11.49

Tax Plan (G) 53.46

FFidelityEquity Fund (D) 22.93

Equity Fund (G) 36.24

India Growth Fund (D) 12.46

India Growth Fund (G) 12.46

India Special Situations Fund (D) 17.36

India Special Situations Fund (G) 19.14

India Value Fund (D) 11.85

India Value Fund (G) 11.85

International Opportunities Fund (D) 13.50

International Opportunities Fund (G) 13.50

Tax Advantage Fund (D) 20.26

Tax Advantage Fund (G) 22.57FortisChina-India Fund (D) 9.10

China-India Fund (G) 9.10

Dividend Yield Fund (D) 11.66

Dividend Yield Fund (G) 18.93

Equity Fund (D) 11.46

Equity Fund (G) 33.89

Future Leaders Fund (D) 10.44

Future Leaders Fund (G) 10.49

Opportunities Fund (D) 10.43

Opportunities Fund (G) 20.05

Sustainable Development Fund (D) 11.96

Sustainable Development Fund (G) 13.13

Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (D) 11.62

Tax Advantage Plan (ELSS) (G) 14.59FranklinAsian Equity Fund (D) 10.51Asian Equity Fund (G) 10.51Build India Fund (D) 13.09Build India Fund (G) 13.09FMCG Fund (D) 42.44FMCG Fund (G) 67.61India Bluechip Fund (D) 43.00India Bluechip Fund (G) 214.83India Flexi Cap Fund (D) 17.11India Flexi Cap Fund (G) 33.78India High Growth Companies Fund (D) 13.79India High Growth Companies Fund (G) 13.79India Opportunities Fund (D) 15.86India Opportunities Fund (G) 33.00

India Prima Fund (D) 46.28

India Prima Fund (G) 297.02

India Prima Plus Fund (D) 30.64

India Prima Plus Fund (G) 228.22

India Smaller Companies Fund (D) 14.47

India Smaller Companies Fund (G) 15.63

India Tax Shield (D) 34.28

India Tax Shield (G) 208.50

Infotech Fund (D) 20.36

Infotech Fund (G) 59.81

Pharma Fund (D) 31.26

Pharma Fund (G) 59.07

Templeton India Equity Income Fund (D) 16.28

Templeton India Equity Income Fund (G) 20.97

Templeton India Growth Fund (D) 59.68

Templeton India Growth Fund (G) 126.86

HHDFCCapital Builder Fund (D) 27.43

Capital Builder Fund (G) 113.22

Core & Satellite Fund (D) 24.06

Core & Satellite Fund (G) 42.33

Equity Fund (D) 52.43

Equity Fund (G) 285.29

Growth Fund (D) 35.20

Growth Fund (G) 89.88

Infrastructure Fund (D) 13.12

Infrastructure Fund (G) 13.12

Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 40.88

Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 139.64

Long Term Equity Fund (D) 14.11

Long Term Equity Fund (G) 17.06

Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (D) 16.05

Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund (G) 16.05

Premier Multi-Cap Fund (D) 17.23

Premier Multi-Cap Fund (G) 30.38

Tax Saver (D) 67.93

Tax Saver (G) 241.79

Top 200 Fund (D) 50.43

Top 200 Fund (G) 213.36HSBCDynamic Fund (D) 10.53

Dynamic Fund (G) 10.53

Equity Fund (D) 28.23

Equity Fund (G) 104.59

India Opportunities Fund (D) 17.81

India Opportunities Fund (G) 35.73

Midcap Equity Fund (D) 16.26

Midcap Equity Fund (G) 26.49

Progressive Themes Fund (D) 12.57

Progressive Themes Fund (G) 14.77

Tax Saver Equity Fund (D) 14.20

Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) 15.40

Unique Opportunities Fund (D) 11.65

Unique Opportunities Fund (G) 11.65

IICICI PruBank& Financial Services Fund - Retail Plan (D) 18.92

Bank& Financial Services Fund - Retail Plan (G) 18.92

Discovery Fund (D) 21.84

Discovery Fund (G) 50.38

Dynamic Plan (D) 18.84

Dynamic Plan (G) 105.40

EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (D) 18.53

EmergS.T.A.R. Fund (G) 37.22

Equity Opportunities Fund (D) 12.72

Equity Opportunities Fund (G) 13.64

FMCG Fund (D) 37.84

FMCG Fund (G) 66.16

Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (D) 15.96

Focused Bluechip Equity Fund (G) 15.96

Fusion Fund (D) 14.66

Fusion Fund (G) 15.55

Fusion Fund Series - III Retail Plan (D) 13.19

Fusion Fund Series - III Retail Plan (G) 13.19

Growth Plan (D) 18.10

Growth Plan (G) 133.69

Indo Asia Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) 10.48

Indo Asia Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) 10.48

Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (D) 12.61

Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (G) 31.32

Power (D) 17.98

Power (G) 114.77

Services Industries Fund (D) 13.72

Services Industries Fund (G) 18.23

Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.98

Target Returns Fund - Retail Plan (G) 13.98

Tax Plan (D) 21.50

Tax Plan (G) 144.21

Technology Fund (D) 16.96

Technology Fund (G) 16.96

R.I.G.H.T. Fund (D) 12.31

R.I.G.H.T. Fund (G) 12.31IDFCClassic Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 16.09

Classic Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 22.24

Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 13.16

Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 16.04

Equity Fund - Plan B (D) 11.07

Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 13.19

Imperial Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 16.43

Imperial Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 19.88

India GDP Growth Fund (D) 15.36

India GDP Growth Fund (G) 17.79

Premier Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 28.54

Premier Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 35.22

Small & Midcap Equity Fund (D) 16.09

Small & Midcap Equity Fund (G) 19.50

Strategic Sector (50-50) Equity Fund -Plan A (D) 14.64

Strategic Sector (50-50) Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 14.80

Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (D) 16.35

Tax Advantage (ELSS) Fund (G) 20.41

Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) 15.31

Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) 15.31

INGC.U.B. Fund (Bonus) 18.75

C.U.B. Fund (D) 13.69

C.U.B. Fund (G) 18.75

Contra Fund (B) 16.97

Contra Fund (D) 14.48

Contra Fund (G) 16.97

Core Equity Fund (D) 20.55

Core Equity Fund (G) 38.84

Dividend Yield Fund (D) 22.35

Dividend Yield Fund (G) 24.59

Domestic Opportunities Fund (D) 14.66

Domestic Opportunities Fund (G) 38.82

Midcap Fund (D) 18.26

Midcap Fund (G) 22.99

OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund - Plan A (D) 11.44

OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund - Plan A (G) 11.44

OptiMix Multi Manager Equity Fund - Plan B (G) 11.67

OptiMix Retireinvest Fund - Series I (D) 12.98

OptiMix Retireinvest Fund - Series I (G) 12.98

Tax SavFund (Bonus) 30.46

Tax SavFund (D) 15.01

Tax SavFund (G) 30.42

JJM Agri & Infra Fund (D) 3.09

Agri & Infra Fund (G) 3.09

Basic Fund (D) 12.92

Basic Fund (G) 18.50

Contra Fund (D) 6.11

Contra Fund (G) 6.11

EmergLeaders Fund (D) 9.52

EmergLeaders Fund (G) 9.49

Equity Fund (D) 15.25

Equity Fund (G) 37.47

Financial Services Sector Fund (D) 10.73

Financial Services Sector Fund (G) 10.73

HI FI Fund (D) 6.17

HI FI Fund (G) 6.17

Large Cap Fund (D) 14.14

Large Cap Fund (G) 19.23

Mid Cap Fund (D) 19.92

Mid Cap Fund (G) 29.07

Multi Strategy Fund (D) 14.76

Multi Strategy Fund (G) 15.87

Small & Mid-Cap Fund - Regular Plan (D) 6.57

Small & Mid-Cap Fund - Regular Plan (G) 6.57

Tax Gain Fund (D) 7.88

Tax Gain Fund (G) 7.88

Telecom Sector Fund (D) 8.78

Telecom Sector Fund (G) 8.78JP MorganIndia Tax Advantage Fund (D) 15.19

India Tax Advantage Fund (G) 18.76

India Equity Fund (D) 12.67

India Equity Fund (G) 13.64

India Smaller Companies Fund (D) 8.38

India Smaller Companies Fund (G) 8.38

KKotak30 (D) 33.16

30 (G) 105.13

Contra (D) 18.70

Contra (G) 23.20

EmergEquity Scheme (D) 13.29

EmergEquity Scheme (G) 13.30

Lifestyle Fund (D) 12.60

Lifestyle Fund (G) 14.55

Midcap Fund (D) 19.71

Midcap Fund (G) 28.33

Opportunities Fund (D) 16.02

Opportunities Fund (G) 49.51

Select Focus Fund (D) 12.45

Select Focus Fund (G) 12.45

Tax Saver (D) 12.00

Tax Saver (G) 19.59

LL&TContra Fund (D) 11.19

Contra Fund (G) 11.19

Global Advantage Fund (D) 7.60

Global Advantage Fund (G) 10.96

Growth Fund (D) 18.59Growth Fund (G) 39.36Hedged Equity Fund (D) 10.10Hedged Equity Fund (G) 14.23Infrastructure Fund (D) 7.98Infrastructure Fund (G) 7.98Midcap Fund (D) 25.08Midcap Fund (G) 43.45Multi-Cap Fund (D) 15.80Multi-Cap Fund (G) 19.82Opportunities Fund (D) 20.23Opportunities Fund (G) 46.19Small Cap Fund (D) 6.19Small Cap Fund (G) 6.19Tax Advantage Fund – Series I (D) 16.91Tax Advantage Fund - Series I (G) 23.01Tax Saver Fund (D) 15.67Tax Saver Fund (G) 16.87LICInfrastructure Fund Series 1 (D) 10.04

Infrastructure Fund Series 1 (G) 10.04

MF Equity Fund (D) 10.78

MF Equity Fund (G) 27.35

MF Growth Fund (D) 11.85

MF Growth Fund (G) 13.37

MF India Vision Fund (D) 9.45

MF India Vision Fund (G) 9.45

MF Opportunities Fund (D) 10.94

MF Opportunities Fund (G) 19.21

MF Tax Plan (D) 10.82

MF Tax Plan (G) 30.23

MF Top 100 Fund (D) 8.51

MF Top 100 Fund (G) 8.51

MMirae AssetEmergBluechip Fund (D) 11.30

EmergBluechip Fund (G) 11.30

Global Commodity Stock Fund - Regular Plan (D) 11.62

Global Commodity Stock Fund - Regular Plan (G) 11.62

India Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (D) 15.24

India Opportunities Fund - Regular Plan (G) 16.43Morgan StanleyA.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (D) 15.78

A.C.E. Fund (Across Capitalisations Equity) (G) 15.78

Growth Fund (D) 21.59

Growth Fund (G) 66.24

PPrincipal Dividend Yield Fund (D) 18.34

Dividend Yield Fund (G) 24.85

EmergBluechip Fund (D) 26.88

EmergBluechip Fund (G) 33.98

Growth Fund (D) 25.01

Growth Fund (G) 55.20

Large Cap Fund (D) 20.12

Large Cap Fund (G) 29.36

Personal Tax Saver Fund 101.84

PNB Long Term Eq Fund - 3 Year Plan - Series 1 (D) 12.32

PNB Long Term Eq Fund - 3 Year Plan - Series 1 (G) 12.32

PNB Long Term Eq Fund - 3 Year Plan - Series II (D) 12.67

PNB Long Term Eq Fund - 3 Year Plan - Series II (G) 12.67

Resurgent India Equity Fund (D) 13.39

Resurgent India Equity Fund (G) 94.22

Services Industries Fund (D) 13.51

Services Industries Fund (G) 15.24

Tax Savings Fund 80.41

QQuantumLong-Term Equity Fund (D) 22.80

Long-Term Equity Fund (G) 22.61

Tax SavFund (D) 22.61

Tax SavFund (G) 22.62

RRelianceBankFund (Bonus) 107.13

BankFund (D) 42.74

BankFund (G) 107.12

Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 86.31

Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (D) 50.94

Diversified Power Sector Fund - Retail Plan (G) 86.31

Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (B) 13.07

Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.07

Equity Advantage Fund - Retail Plan (G) 13.07

Equity Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 15.58

Equity Fund - Retail Plan (D) 15.58

Equity Fund - Retail Plan (G) 15.58

Equity Linked SavFund – Series I (D) 15.35

Equity Linked SavFund - Series I (G) 15.35

Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 37.82

Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (D) 26.71

Equity Opportunities Fund - Retail Plan (G) 37.82

Growth Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 83.63

Growth Fund - Retail Plan (D) 61.80

Growth Fund - Retail Plan (G) 504.17

Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 12.08

Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (D) 12.08

Infrastructure Fund - Retail Plan (G) 12.08

Long Term Equity Fund (D) 17.23

Long Term Equity Fund (G) 17.23

Media & Entertainment Fund (Bonus) 32.29

Media & Entertainment Fund (D) 23.21

Media & Entertainment Fund (G) 32.29

Natural Resources Fund (Bonus) 10.68

Natural Resources Fund (D) 10.68

Natural Resources Fund (G) 10.68

NRI Equity Fund (Bonus) 41.14

NRI Equity Fund (D) 24.48

NRI Equity Fund (G) 41.14

Pharma Fund (Bonus) 52.33

Pharma Fund (D) 39.03

Pharma Fund (G) 52.33

Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (B) 13.22

Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (D) 13.22

Quant Plus Fund - Retail Plan (G) 13.22

Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (D) 25.54

Regular Savings Fund - Equity Option (G) 32.76

Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (D) 17.67

Tax Saver (ELSS) Fund (G) 22.67

Vision Fund - Retail Plan (Bonus) 47.66

Vision Fund - Retail Plan (D) 46.29

Vision Fund - Retail Plan (G) 283.80ReligareAGILE Fund (D) 6.53

AGILE Fund (G) 6.52

AGILE Tax Fund (D) 7.41

AGILE Tax Fund (G) 7.41

BankFund - Regular Plan (D) 16.32

BankFund - Regular Plan (G) 21.01

Business Leaders Fund (D) 12.62

Business Leaders Fund (G) 12.62

Contra Fund (D) 13.06

Contra Fund (G) 16.89

Equity Fund (D) 12.96

Equity Fund (G) 12.97

Growth Fund (D) 13.13

Growth Fund (G) 13.14

Infrastructure Fund (D) 9.02

Infrastructure Fund (G) 9.02

Mid Cap Fund (D) 15.72

Mid Cap Fund (G) 15.71

Mid N Small Cap Fund (D) 15.70

Mid N Small Cap Fund (G) 15.71

PSU Equity Fund (D) 11.95

PSU Equity Fund (G) 11.95

Tax Plan (D) 15.22

Tax Plan (G) 18.38

SSaharaBankand Financial Services Fund (D) 16.12

Bankand Financial Services Fund (G) 31.99

Growth Fund (D) 31.73

Growth Fund (G) 84.63

Infrastructure - Fixed PricOption (D) 13.02

Infrastructure - Fixed PricOption (G) 17.80

Infrastructure -Variable PricOption (D) 13.51

Infrastructure -Variable PricOption (G) 18.38

Midcap Fund (Bonus) 33.68

Midcap Fund (D) 18.03

Midcap Fund (G) 33.68

Midcap Fund (Growth Auto Payout) 33.68

Power & Natural Resources Fund (D) 12.65

Power & Natural Resources Fund (G) 14.83

Star Value Fund (D) 12.33

Star Value Fund (G) 13.41

Super 20 Fund (D) 11.74

Super 20 Fund (G) 11.74

Tax Gain (D) 17.75

Tax Gain (G) 39.81

Wealth Plus - Variable PricOption (D) 23.23

Wealth Plus - Variable PricOption (G) 23.23

Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed PricOption (D) 22.42

Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed PricOption (G) 22.42

Bankand Financial Services Fund (D) 16.12

Bankand Financial Services Fund (G) 31.99

Growth Fund (D) 31.73

Growth Fund (G) 84.63

Infrastructure - Fixed PricOption (D) 13.02

Infrastructure - Fixed PricOption (G) 17.80

Infrastructure -Variable PricOption (D) 13.51

Infrastructure -Variable PricOption (G) 18.38

Midcap Fund (Bonus) 33.68

Midcap Fund (D) 18.03

Midcap Fund (G) 33.68

Midcap Fund (Growth Auto Payout) 33.68

Power & Natural Resources Fund (D) 12.65

Power & Natural Resources Fund (G) 14.83

Star Value Fund (D) 12.33

Star Value Fund (G) 13.41

Super 20 Fund (D) 11.74

Super 20 Fund (G) 11.74

Tax Gain (D) 17.75

Tax Gain (G) 39.81

Wealth Plus - Variable PricOption (D) 23.23

Wealth Plus - Variable PricOption (G) 23.23

Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed PricOption (D) 22.42

Wealth Plus Fund - Fixed PricOption (G) 22.42SBI Blue Chip Fund (D) 13.25Blue Chip Fund (G) 15.20Infrastructure Fund - Series I (D) 11.16Infrastructure Fund - Series I (G) 11.16Magnum Comma Fund (D) 17.68Magnum Comma Fund (G) 26.18Magnum Contra Fund (D) 24.34Magnum Contra Fund (G) 61.05Magnum EmergBusinesses Fund (D) 19.38Magnum EmergBusinesses Fund (G) 43.66Magnum Equity Fund (D) 33.78Magnum Equity Fund (G) 44.77Magnum FMCG Fund 29.96Magnum Global Fund (D) 34.00Magnum Global Fund (G) 60.83Magnum IT Fund 21.74Magnum Midcap Fund (D) 19.60Magnum Midcap Fund (G) 25.55Magnum Multicap Fund (D) 14.45Magnum Multicap Fund (G) 19.02Magnum Multiplier Plus (D) 62.58Magnum Multiplier Plus (G) 88.14Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (D) 29.92Magnum NRI - Flexiasset Plan (G) 29.81Magnum Pharma Fund (D) 33.45Magnum Pharma Fund (G) 40.47Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (D) 42.94Magnum Tax Gain Scheme (G) 62.99One India Fund (D) 11.79One India Fund (G) 11.79PSU Fund (D) 10.90PSU Fund (G) 10.90ShinseiIndustry Leaders Fund (D) 11.82

Industry Leaders Fund (G) 11.82Sundaram BNP Paribas Capex Opportunities Fund (D) 14.12

Capex Opportunities Fund (G) 26.84

Equity Multiplier Fund (D) 12.08

Equity Multiplier Fund (G) 14.81

Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (D) 16.74

Financial Services Opportunities - Retail Plan (G) 21.07

Growth Fund - Regular Plan (D) 13.09

Growth Fund - Regular Plan (G) 98.02

India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (D) 13.33

India Leadership Fund - Regular Plan (G) 43.47

Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (D) 13.55

Media & Entertainment Opportunities - Retail (G) 17.16

PSU Opportunities Fund (D) 11.86

PSU Opportunities Fund (G) 11.86

Rural India Fund (D) 14.92

Rural India Fund (G) 16.39

S.M.I.L.E Fund - Institutional Plan (D) 14.23

S.M.I.L.E Fund - Institutional Plan (G) 36.59

S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (D) 14.12

S.M.I.L.E Fund - Regular Plan (G) 36.32

Select Focus - Retail Plan (D) 11.97

Select Focus - Retail Plan (G) 92.42

Select Midcap - Regular Plan (D) 20.50

Select Midcap - Regular Plan (G) 164.07

Select Small Cap Fund (D) 14.84

Select Small Cap Fund (G) 14.84

Select Thematic Energy Opportunities Funds (D) 8.92

Select Thematic Energy Opportunities Funds (G) 8.92

Tax Saver (OE) (D) 12.40

Tax Saver (OE) (G) 46.24

TTataCapital Builder Fund (D) 15.12

Capital Builder Fund (G) 16.19

Contra Fund (D) 16.10

Contra Fund (G) 18.30

Dividend Yield Fund (D) 22.02

Dividend Yield Fund (G) 33.99

Equity Management Fund (D) 14.32

Equity Management Fund (G) 15.43

Equity Opportunities Fund - Plan A (D) 23.67

Equity Opportunities Fund - Plan B (G) 86.60

Equity P/E Fund (G) 49.27

Equity P/E Fund – Trigger Option A 5% (D) 40.59

Equity P/E Fund - Trigger Option B 10% (D) 42.09

GrowEconomies Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (D) 11.90

GrowEconomies Infrastructure Fund - Plan A (G) 11.90

GrowEconomies Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (D) 12.71

GrowEconomies Infrastructure Fund - Plan B (G) 12.71

Growth Fund (Bonus) 42.92

Growth Fund (D) 18.89

Growth Fund (G) 47.23

Infrastructure Fund (D) 24.13

Infrastructure Fund (G) 36.65

Infrastructure Tax SavFund (D) 18.07

Infrastructure Tax SavFund (G) 18.07

Life Sciences & Technology Fund (D) 34.07

Life Sciences & Technology Fund (G) 67.78

Mid Cap Fund (D) 16.41

Mid Cap Fund (G) 19.11

Pure Equity Fund (D) 39.28

Pure Equity Fund (G) 104.43

Select Equity Fund (D) 49.21

Select Equity Fund (G) 68.60

Service Industries Fund (D) 20.77

Service Industries Fund (G) 25.88

Tax Advantage Fund - 1 (D) 16.55

Tax Advantage Fund - 1 (G) 16.55

Tax SavFund 47.21TaurusBonanza Fund (D) 44.11Bonanza Fund (G) 43.83Discovery Fund (D) 17.98Discovery Fund (G) 17.96Ethical Fund (Bonus) 24.89Ethical Fund (D) 18.66Ethical Fund (G) 24.90Infrastructure Fund (D) 14.72Infrastructure Fund (G) 15.70Star Share (D) 41.82Star Share (G) 59.40Tax Shield (D) 22.71Tax Shield (G) 38.29

UUTI BankSector Fund (D) 25.90BankSector Fund (G) 44.61Contra Fund (D) 13.64Contra Fund (G) 14.78Dividend Yield Fund (D) 15.70Dividend Yield Fund (G) 32.74Energy Fund (D) 13.56Energy Fund (G) 11.97Equity Fund (D) 48.02Equity Fund (G) 54.33Equity Tax Savings Plan (D) 17.56Equity Tax Savings Plan (G) 41.30India Lifestyle Fund(D) 11.87India Lifestyle Fund(G) 11.87Infrastructure Advantage Fund - Series I (D) 9.55Infrastructure Advantage Fund - Series I (G) 9.55Infrastructure Fund (D) 20.92Infrastructure Fund (G) 36.73Leadership Equity Fund (D) 14.90Leadership Equity Fund (G) 16.07Long Term Advantage Fund (D) 13.41Long Term Advantage Fund (G) 13.41Master Equity Plan Unit Scheme 50.09Master Plus Unit Scheme (D) 60.86Master Plus Unit Scheme (G) 84.41Master Value Fund (D) 25.53Master Value Fund (G) 55.63Mastershare (D) 32.07Mastershare (G) 54.31Mid Cap Fund (D) 25.99Mid Cap Fund (G) 34.92MNC Fund (D) 37.47MNC Fund (G) 58.04Opportunities Fund (D) 14.35Opportunities Fund (G) 26.87Pharma & Healthcare Fund (D) 29.23Pharma & Healthcare Fund (G) 35.83Transportation and Logistics Fund (D) 18.33

Transportation and Logistics Fund (G) 30.02

Wealth Builder Fund (D) 14.59

Wealth Builder Fund (G) 16.74

Wealth Builder Fund - Series II - Retail Plan (D) 15.37

Wealth Builder Fund - Series II - Retail Plan (G) 19.11

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BOARD MEETINGS

India, Japan reachmarket-opening pact

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

The end use of moneyraised by companiesthrough initial public offer-ings (IPOs) should be moni-tored by the CorporateAffairs Ministry in coordina-tion with market regulatorSEBI, a parliamentary panelhas said.

The Standing Committeeon Finance, which scannedthe provisions of the Com-panies Bill 2009, has sug-gested that the end use ofIPO funds be monitored bythe Registrar of Companies(RoCs), along with the SEBI.

"The fresh explanationproposed by the Ministryfor mandating SEBI with re-gard to monitoring of utili-

sation or application of enduse of monies received bythe Company does not ap-pear to be tenable, as thisfalls in the domain of theROCs, who have to ensurethis in coordination withSEBI," the panel said in itsreport.

Currently, the MCA,through technical scrutinyof balance sheets, keeps acheck if companies areusing IPO proceedings aspromised in the prospectus.Section 55A of the Compa-nies Act 1956 does notgrant SEBI powers to lookinto the end-use of IPOsand limits its jurisdictiononly till the issue of the IPOand not beyond it.

MCA has for long been

asking SEBI to devise waysof monitoring the end useof money collected throughIPOs to keep a check onvanishing companies.

The Committee furthersaid that it relies on the J JIrani Committee report thatthere should be harmonybetween regulators withproper demarcation of ju-risdiction in the CompaniesBill.

"The Committee wouldemphasise in this regardthat sectoral regulatorslike SEBI should continueto provide for a more de-tailed or stringent regula-tions, consistent with thebenchmarks proposed inthe Bill. With this ap-proach, there would be

harmony between the pro-visions of the Bill and rulesprescribed by different reg-ulators," it said.

India Inc has raised Rs46,778 crore through theIPOs in the current fiscal,23 times higher than Rs2,034 crore mopped up inthe last fiscal, accordingto a study by Prime Data-base.

The study said that mostthe complaints regardingprice-rigging and mis-utili-sation of IPO proceeds havebeen of less than Rs 500crore.

In 2008-09 and 2009-10,of the 60 complaints, 50were below Rs 500 croreand just 10 were more thanRs 500 crore.

IPO funds should be monitored: panelQatar to haveBoeing

facility soon PTI

DUBAI, SEPT 12

Boeing will soon open a full-fledged facility in Qatar, a topcompany official has said,adding there is an urgent needof field infrastructure for theupkeep of aircraft. Paul Kin-scherff, the company''s presi-dent for the Middle East told alocal newspaper that given thecircumstances opening a full-fledged office in Qatar has be-come a necessity.

Boeing is currently operatingfrom Dubai. Kinscherff toldQatar''s Tribune that the num-ber of Boeing aircraft in Qatarhad gone up substantially inthe recent past and the trendwas expected to continue.

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In a decision that would have ramifications forseveral buyouts of companies in India, theBombay High Court has held that the tax de-partment has jurisdiction to issue notice toVodafone to pay a tax liability of Rs 12, 297crore for its 2007, Hutch-Vodafone deal. Atissue was whether the tax department had theright even to issue a show cause notice toVodafone regarding the deduction of tax.Vodafone took the position that this transac-tion was between two non-resident compa-nies, and therefore ‘de hors’ the jurisdictionof the Indian tax department. On the otherhand the tax department held the stand thatthe underlying assets of this transaction werein India. Therefore the transaction was taxablein India. At the outset, Vodafone has chal-lenged the issue of the show-cause notice is-sued to it as to why withholding tax was notdeducted on the sale. This matter was takento the Supreme Court that asked the Assessingofficer to pass a preliminary order on its ownjurisdiction. The Assessing officer passed anorder stating that he was within his right toissue notice for the failure to deduct tax atsource. AT THE BOMBAY HIGH COURT Against this order Vodafone filed a writ peti-tion before the Bombay High Court. The con-tention of the company wasthat the sale was undertakenby two non-resident compa-nies outside India and there-fore no tax was payable. TheCourt had originally askedVodafone to submit its docu-ments to the tax department;that made out a case that taxwas had to be deducted on the said transac-tion. This was challenged in the Bombay HighCourt. The present judgement has upheld thedepartment’s stand that tax is deductible. TheCourt has now asked the tax department towork out the appropriate quantum of capitalgains that would accrue in India. IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE TAKEOVERS The Vodafone case has several implications forforeign companies that would be targetingcompanies in India. Even if the takeover is bytwo non-resident companies and the sale isnot in India, the very fact that the assets orbusiness is in India, the tax department wouldhave claim to tax on the capital gains thatwould be made. This principle is based on thepremise that where property is situate inIndia, any gains arising from the sale of suchproperties would attract tax, even if the saleis in the guise of sale of shares of companiesthat are not resident in India. For these non-resident companies are transacting in proper-ties that are situate in India and thereforewould be liable to tax.

In the present case, the department was notin a position to lay hands on the documentsthat were executed in the sale. For in the caseof non-resident companies, the documents donot lie in India, but registered in the countrieswhere the transactions take place. In most ofthese cases, the companies are registered intax free havens; an ideal locale for any taxplanning. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS What are the implications of this judgementfor mergers and acquisitions in India? Untilnow, it was a common practice for foreigncompanies buying into the Indian market tostructure deals whereby the entire transactionwas done abroad. In several smaller deals,nothing changes on the ground level in India.The change of ownership does not affect theIndian operations since, the same propertiesand personnel continue. But this judgementof the Bombay High Court would prompt thedepartment to look at several of the largerbuyouts that have happened in the recent

past. The Vodafone case could have bearingon the SABMiller – Foster and the Sanofi Aven-tis – Shanta Biotech deals. In many of thesecases total information on the transactions isnot available even to the Indian associates.Further the paper work is structured in a man-ner that there is little by way of actual trans-action. In the Vodafone case while VodafoneInternational Holdings BV, a Netherlandsbased entity acquired the entire holdings ofCGP(Holdings) Ltd a Cayman island companyfrom Hutchison Telecommunications Interna-tional Ltd for $11.2 billion, in terms of sharetransactions only $1 share was transferredfrom the latter company. The documentation,on which the department relies to build up itscase, is often missing and not available to In-dian tax authorities. The High court has, how-ever, accepted the arguments that while theshares of a foreign company may be locatedoutside the country, the attendant commercialrights being located in India are subject toscrutiny by the tax department to decide uponits taxability. INTERNATIONAL TAXATION IN INDIA With the several mergers and acquisitions tak-ing place in the country, international taxationis a growing field in the country. The SupremeCourt in two landmark decisions Azadi Bachao

Andolan and Wallfort Sharesand Stock Brokers have heldthat ‘taxpayers are entitled toarrange their affairs in a man-ner to pay the least amount oftax and that the department isnot entitled to disregard it onthe ground of motive. Howevera ‘colourable transaction’ can

be disregarded by the tax department. TheSupreme Court has held that taxpayers do nothave an obligation fill the coffers of the gov-ernment but can arrange their affairs in a man-ner that allows them to legally pay the leastamount of tax. The first judgement came in re-sponse to the Mauritian route of tax planningwhereby companies were being registered inMauritius only to save capital gains tax. Thesecond judgement was on the common prac-tice of dividend stripping whereby taxpayerssell their shares in mutual funds after the fallin value on the declaration of a dividend. Ona similar plane several foreign companiesholding assets in India are attempting to avoidcapital gains tax on the sale of their assets byarranging to sell their shares outside India. Itis being argued that the sale of share abroaddo not invite tax in India, since these transac-tions have taken place outside the Indian tax-ing jurisdiction.

The Bombay High Court has attempted readinto this argument the fact a non residentcompany has assets in India, these come withthe purview of the taxable jurisdiction of thestate and that as per the current tax laws, thistransaction is taxable in India. While the deci-sion has gone against Vodafone; it is not theend of the issue. The matter will be carried tothe Supreme Court for a further clarification. THE NEW TAX CODE In the continuing attempt to enlarge upon thejurisdiction of the tax authorities in India, thenew Direct tax Code bill has a clause 5(4)(g)wherein a foreign company whose Indian as-sets are more than 50% of total assets, is to betransferred outside India, the said transfer willbe deemed to be income arising in India. Thusforeign companies will have to pay tax on anytransfer where if their more than half theirtotal assets are constituted by Indian assets.

Well the Vodafone case is by no means over,but its ramifications will be discussed and de-bated for a long time in the future

(The author of the column is a retired Chief Commissioner and the views

expressed, his personal.)

Tax Dept vs Vodafone

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

State-owned Shipping Corpo-ration of India (SCI) will be in-vesting up to USD 4 billion inthe next four-years, targetingto double its tonnage to 10 mil-lion dead weight tonnage(DWT), a top company officialsaid.

"Going forward, in the nextthree-four years our overallspend will be about USD 4billion," SCI CMD S Hajarasaid.

Through the investment, SCIis targeting to double its capac-ity to 10 million DWT from thecurrent 5-million, he added.

"It will be six million in a

year's time and around eightmillion tonnes in the nextthree years and we hope to laythe chart for 10 million in thenext five years, double ofwhat we are today," Hajarasaid.

Overall for the shipping in-dustry, things will "really im-prove" after calendar year2011, till when there will be alot of supply-side pressure be-cause of an excess number oforders made between 2004-08,he said.

"That pressure will be com-ing-off as there were very feworders placed between mid-2008 and 2009. So we will havesome respite beyond 2011."

SCI recently announced a fol-low-on public offer which willsee the Government divestingmore and Hajara was quoted assaying that the proceeds will beused to fund its expansionplans.

The company, which ownsand operates about 35 per centof Indian tonnage, is also seri-ous about backward integra-tion and has recently calledexpression of interests fromprivate shipyards for purchas-ing a stake, Hajara said.

"We would like to have astake in a shipyard...and theproposals will come in by earlyOctober. After that, there willbe due diligence for all the

projects and we will see whichsuits us," he said.

"By March (2011) or a littlelater" SCI will be working witha shipyard," Hajara said.

There has been a "remark-able recovery" in the containerliner vertical this fiscal whichhas resulted in the companycoming back into the black inthe June quarter, he said

Hajara sounded concernedabout the bulk carrier segment,saying the market is "topsy-turvy" because of over-supplyand chances of revival are grimtill the end of calendar year2011. As for tankers, it is moresteady and will continue thatway, he added.

SCI to invest $4b to double tonnage

PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

After making waves abroadwith its fashion products madeout of Delhi's garbage, the en-vironment-friendly technologyof 'upcycling' recently patentedby India and will soon ventureinto the country's domesticmarkets.

Away from the ramp showsand fashion week's glitratti,Delhi's waste is turned into de-signer bags, belts, seat belts,footwear, lamp shades andsaris by 'upcycling' waste thatincludes washing, drying andpressing plastic bags intosheets which are then exportedto countries like France, UK,Denmark, Japan, Israel and Aus-tralia by an NGO, ConserveIndia.

"When we first began thebusiness, we decided that ourproducts would be a better fitin foreign markets than in theIndian domestic market. Itwould put us in higher valuemarkets and could earn morefrom our bags to then re-investin education and welfare proj-

ects for our workers," saysAnita Ahuja, who founded 'Con-serve India' with her husband,Shalabh Ahuja in 1998.

"The materials we use comefrom rubbish dumps and fac-tory waste piles. We learnt thatthere would be resistance inIndia to wearing what was oncerubbish, however much it iswashed and turned into trendydesigns," she says.

"But attitudes are starting tochange. More and more, Indi-ans understand the importanceof preserving as much of theworld's resources as possible,and want to make the state-ment that they care about theenvironment. We believe thatthis is the perfect opportunityfor Conserve India to launch inits home market," says Ahuja.

Recycling is downgrading asthe virgin material is morecostly than the recycled prod-uct but upcycling is value addi-tion as the end product whichis more costly than the virginmaterial.

The desire to reduce India'smountain of waste, improve

energy efficiency, and helpsome of Delhi's poorest out ofthe city's slums to improvetheir lives was the driving forcefor birth of Conserve India.

"Its a hybrid and sustainablemodel. The processes to makeour accessories are specificallydeveloped to be energy effi-cient as far as possible and tokeep out polluting dyes andchemicals," says Ahuja.

Not only polythene wastebut old sari, denims and rubberfrom old tyre tubes is upcycledfor fancy end products. Hun-dreds of city-rag-pickers andkabadiwalas collect waste bydoor to door campaign and aretrained to segregate the wastecolour-wise.

Nearly 10,000 tonnes ofwaste is generated everyday inDelhi. An estimated 3.5 lakhragpickers clean up 20-30 percent of the city's solid waste,out of which 1.5 lakh collectwaste directly from house-holds.

Delhi Government's move forprivatisation of waste collec-tion has threatened the livli-

hood of city rag-pickers butthose employed with 'ConserveIndia' are lucky as traininggiven to them not only givesthem more monthly incomecompared to their self-em-ployed counterparts but alsogives them chance to changetheir profession as well.

"We emphasise on trainingas these people do not haveskilled sense. We train them torun some machines. They workfor eight hours. Later, they goup the chain based on theirperformance. They become fac-tory workers and some also be-come managers," says Ahuja.

Ratan, a 30-year old rag-picker says his life has beentransformed ever since hejoined Conserve India.

"Local goons hired by con-tractors wanted to collect haftaand even threaten with direconsequences if we continue tocollect waste without givingmoney to them. But, I was luckyto get a job in Conserve Indiaand I earn more without worry-ing much for future," he says.

Around 1000 of rag-pickers

have been given employeecards and the NGO is tryingthat Delhi government createsan official register to recogniseragpickers and give them theirright to a fair wage.

Once the waste reaches theoffice, its upcycled and Anitaalong with her team of design-ers design different accessoriesfor the end products.

"We have got very good re-sponse in foreign countries as alot of respect is there for upcy-cled and environment-friendlyproducts. We hope for same re-sponse in India also," says Ahuja.

Conserve India observes fairtrade practises that contributeto sustainable development byoffering better trading condi-tions to, and securing therights of marginalised produc-ers and workers.

The NGO is shifting its officefrom Delhi to Haryana where itplans to set up its upcyclingcentre. "We will institutionalisethe technology as other NGOshave shown interest in it. Wealso have some feelers fromsome state govts," says Ahuja.

Designer bags, belts, saris out of Delhi waste

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

India's demand for gold has re-duced to half due to its soaringprices, a top industry officialhas said.

"The country's demand forgold has come down to lessthan one tonne per day, ascompared to the normal de-mand of 2 tonnes due to itshigh price," the Bombay BullionAssociation (BBA) PresidentSuresh Hundia said.

The demand in Mumbai bul-lion market has also reduced to250 kg per day as compared tothe normal demand of 500 kgper day, Hundia said.

"We expect a correction inthe prices of gold to Rs 18,200

to Rs 18,500 per 10 grams,after which the demand willstart picking up," he said.

Jewellers are expecting arise in demand after thecommencement of theGanesh Chathurthi festivaland forthcoming Navratrinext month.

Gold retreated from its his-toric peak levels at the bullionmarket on Thursday on emer-gence of profit selling by stock-ists and speculators amidstbearish global sentiment.

"Local, retail buying was vir-tually nil on account of the yel-low metal's steep surge,"traders said.

Standard gold (99.5 purity)was quoting at Rs 19,075 and

pure gold (99.9 purity) at Rs19,170 per 10 grams in theMumbai bullion market lastweek.

In the international market,gold fluctuated near a 10-weekhigh as concerns the economicrecovery is sputtering spurreddemand for the metal to pro-tect wealth. It has steadiednear USD 1,257 an ounce as eq-uity markets stabilized and theeuro rose, encouraging in-vestors to delve back intoriskier assets.

In local markets, some retailcustomers preferred to sell oldscraped gold jewellery at exist-ing higher levels amid reportsof a marginal fall in global mar-kets.

Retail customers postponedtheir decision to buy new jew-ellery for the festival and mar-riage season at such highlevels, which also kept preciousmetals in negative zone, goldtrader Amit Jhaveri said.

Gold prices are expected totrade with a positive biasowing to slow growth in the USand worries over Europeandebt crisis re-emerging, hesaid.

These factors are expectedto boost demand for the yellowmetal as a traditional safe-haven asset. Demand for goldis also expected to rise on theback of festive season, therebysupporting prices on the up-side, Jhaveri said.

Gold glitters, but demand takes hit

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) hassaid it has issued guidelines for secu-rities trading using wireless technol-ogy.

Last month, the Securities and Ex-change Board of India (SEBI) had issuednecessary guidelines for providing "se-curities trading using wireless technol-ogy" which includes devices such as

mobile phone and laptops with datacard.

To avail of the facility, trading mem-bers will have to submit an applicationthat will be followed by a system audit.The application should also includevendor certificate and self-certificationby the member, a BSE statement saidhere.

As per the pre-approval requisites,the software and the system proposed

for securities trading should be dulycertified by the BSE-empanelled sys-tem auditor. Audit charges for thesame will be debited to the member'ssettlement account pursuant to thesystem audit/approval by the ex-change.

Only on fulfilment of the require-ments mentioned in the Sebi/BSE circu-lars, permission for commencingsecurities trading using wireless tech-

nology would be granted, it said. As per the approval requisites, BSE

said in case of failure of the wirelessnetwork, alternative means of commu-nication for placing orders should beavailable to the clients. Members attheir end are required to comply withthe operational specifications and riskmanagement mentioned in the SEBI cir-cular, besides following the BSE-pre-scribed rules.

BSE issues mobile phone trading guidelines

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

Interests of oil marketing firmsalone is not reason enough todecontrol diesel prices, asdoing away with the Rs 1.71 alitre subsidy on the fuel wouldhit the common man, Oil Sec-retary S Sundareshan has said.

"There is a vast body againstdecontrolling the diesel pricesand the government will take awider view, not just the com-mercial interest of the oil mar-keting companies, beforearriving at a decision," he saidhere yesterday.

On June 25, after a lot ofdithering, the governmentfreed petrol prices (which wereraised by Rs 3.50 a litre) fromits control. It also increasedprices of diesel by Rs 2, LPG byRs 35 and kerosene by Rs 3 alitre to cut down on the hugeoil subsidy burden and thushelp the oil marketing compa-

nies reduce losses running intotens of thousands of crores.

The government had thensaid that it would eventuallylink diesel prices too to marketrate.

Wholesale prices-based infla-tion jumped to 10.55 per centin June, owing to the passthrough effect of the June 25hike in prices of petroleumproducts. A further hike indiesel rates could have a rippleeffect on prices of goods ofdaily use, as still about 65 percent of freight traffic is carriedthrough road.

On the proposed uniformpricing of natural gas, he saidthe issue will take some time toevolve due to the complex na-ture of its implementation.

"Maybe in the course of thenext year we would move to asituation where there could bea pool pricing of gas irrespec-tive of the source, international

or domestic, and gas could beuniformly priced," Sundareshansaid.

To a question on whetherthe proposal to issue free LPGconnections to BPL families willdefeat the price decontrol ob-jectives, Sundareshan said halfof the funds for waiving the de-posit amount for cooking gasconnection will be met by di-verting the CSR (corporate so-cial responsibility) funds of theoil companies, while the restwill be borne by the govern-ment.

Explaining the broader ob-jective of the proposal, he said,"the government wants to in-crease the LPG coverage to 75per cent of the households by2015 from the present 50 percent. But we want to ensurethat the benefits of such awider reach of this essentialfuel should not be limited onlyto the better off."

Diesel decontrol sensitiveissue, needs time: Oil Secy

PTI

BOSTON, SEPT 12

With a net worth of USD 62 bil-lion, Indian business tycoonMukesh Ambani would be therichest man on earth in 2014,according to a forecast issuedby the prestigious Forbes mag-azine.

"One of the predictions isthat Reliance Industries' chiefAmbani, who currently has anet worth of 29 billion dollars,pips the world's richest manMexican businessman CarlosSlim to top Forbes' rich list in2014," it said.

Ambani's net worth swells toUSD 62 billion while Slim is "hithard by Mexican political, fi-nancial chaos," according to theprediction by Forbes.

53-year-old Ambani cur-rently ranks fourth on Forbes'list of the world's billionaires.

Forbes has listed a number

of events that could happenover the next 10 years in thefield of politics, energy, med-icine, finance, society andtechnology. The publicationasked its staff and contribu-tors to forecast some of the"noteworthy events" till2020.

"A vision of the comingdecade sketched from realdata, projections and factswhenever possible -- thoughwe've injected a dose of rigor-ous science fiction to fill thegaps," Forbes said about itsspecial 2020 report called'What Happens Next -- OurLook Ahead'.

Another forecast in the fieldof finance and economics is offraudster Bernard Madoff'sdeath in his prison cell in 2011.The convicted Ponzi-schemeperpetrator is found hanging

in his cell and "prison offi-

cials will not rule out foul play,"according to the Forbes fore-cast.

"Futurism favours the bold.Look more than 30 yearsahead... and critics will forgiveyour inaccuracies. We've at-tempted a thought experimentwith far tougher standards:predicting the future that's justaround the corner," Forbessaid.

In 2012, social networkingsite Facebook debuts on NAS-DAQ. Its IPOs value USD 40 bil-lion and founder MarkZuckerberg becomes the first20-something who is worthUSD 10 billion-plus.

Then by 2020, Wal-mart em-ploys five million people world-wide and its sales pass the onetrillion dollar mark. The com-pany "cites successful India andBrazil expansions" for the land-mark.

Mukesh to be richest manin world in 2014: Forbes

PTI

BHOPAL, SEPT 12

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd(BHEL) is planning to float aNon-Banking Finance Co (NBFC)along with a strategic partnerto finance power projects.

"BHEL will soon set up anNBFC," company officials said.

The engineering and manu-facturing firm has alreadystarted the process to select aconsultant, who would under-take a feasibility study and ad-vise it on setting up the NBFC,they said.

BHEL, a Navratna companyhaving cash reserves of over Rs10,000 crore at its disposal, hasfloated a tender for appoint-ment of the consultant lastweek and is likely to make anappointment by next month,the officials said.

The company plans to lever-age the funding support to at-tract potential customers forits equipment, they said,adding that at the same time, it

wanted to optimise returns onits cash reserves of Rs 10,000crore, mostly parked in low-yielding government securities.

"The proposed NBFC will actas our investment arm. BHELwill pick up a minority stake inthe proposed NBFC and getother strategic investors onboard," the officials said.

NBFC would be a separateentity and BHEL would con-tinue its focus on power equip-ment manufacturing which isits core business, they added.

The BHEL's move would def-initely help the growing privateparticipation in power sector,the officials said.

Private players, which con-tributed as much as 45 per centtowards capacity addition in2009-10, are facing severe fundcrunch as traditional sourcessuch as the stock market andexternal commercial borrow-ings have dried up because ofthe economic downturn, theysaid.

BHEL to floatNBFC firm

Dhanlaxmieyes Rs 1k-crNRI deposit

PTI

MUMBAI, SEPT 12

Dhanlaxmi Bank is on a drive toramp up its NRI deposit baseand has devised some plans tomore than double this businessto Rs 1,000 crore by the end ofthis fiscal.

"We plan to take our NRI de-posit base to around Rs 1,000crore from the present Rs 400crore by the end of FY11,"Dhanlaxmi Bank Branch Bank-ing & NRI Business Head SalilDatar said.

The lender's NRI depositbase was around 5% last fiscal,and this year it wants to takethis to around 10% of the over-all deposit base by mainly fo-cussing on its core market ofKerala. Currently, it gets almost95% of its NRI business fromthe Gulf markets, he said.

India is the largest recipientof foreign remittances with aUSD 47.9 billion flowing in asof March 2010.

Datar, however, noted thatthough the country as a wholesaw a meager 0.67% growthagainst a much higher 7.27% inthe y-o-y period, the bank hasseen this jumping by nearly12%, taking its base from Rs350 crore last fiscal to Rs 400crore by the end of Q1 FY11.

Lotto to upretail reach

in India PTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Italian sportswear brand Lottois working on strengthening itspresence in India by expandingretail reach and driving volumegrowth. "India is a strategicmarket for Lotto as the countryoffers strong growth opportu-nity in the sportswear seg-ment," Sports Lifestyle Pvt Ltd,MD or Lalit kishore said. SportsLifestyle is the exclusive li-censee for Lotto in India.

In Asia, India currentlycomes at number three afterJapan and China in terms ofturnover contribution to Lot-to''s global sales. "India sales isgrowing at 40% rate every year.

In the next three years, Indiashould be at par with Japan,"Kishore said. In 2009-10, Lottodid sales of Rs 45 crore India.

The company is expandingthe number of exclusive retailoutlets across the country be-sides investing in marketing ac-tivities.

Amway mulls2nd facility

in IndiaPTI

BADDI, SEPT 12

Amway India, a direct sellingFast Moving Consumer Goods(FMCG) company, planned toset up their second manufac-turing facility in the country inSouth India, a senior companyofficial said.

It would help the companyto boost its sales and increaseits product range, Amway IndiaLegal and Corporate AffairsVice-President Yoginder Singhtold visiting journalists to its fa-cility here.

The company, a 100 per centsubsidiary of US-based AmwayCorporation, had been wit-nessing a 25 per cent year-on-year growth in its revenues, hesaid.

"If we continue to grow (inthis rate), we will have a newfacility. It may be in SouthIndia...", he said.

Boom timefor skilled:

expertsPTI

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Happy days are here again forskilled professionals, mainly inIT, telecom and financial serv-ices sectors, as they are draw-ing multiple job offers fromcompanies'' faced with talentshortage, experts said.

As companies look to ex-pand amid revival in the eco-nomic climate, jobopportunities are amplifying,resulting in multiple offers forprofessionals at a particulartime.

"A growing trend of multiplejob offers for professionals,mainly in junior and middlelevels, has become visible inthe past two quarters, as com-panies short of talent are gear-ing up to hire robustly,"Human Resource serviceprovider Ma Foi Randstadpresident(Staffing & Training)E Balaji said.

RodiumRealty looksfor investor

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MUMBAI, SEPT 12

BSE-listed realty firm RodiumRealty has said it is looking atroping in a strategic investor tofund its over Rs 200-crore proj-ects now under progress andcould dilute 5-7 per cent eq-uity.

"We are looking at roping ina strategic investor and are inpreliminary negotiations with acouple of HNIs and industrialgroups. We could dilute up to7 per cent depending uponwhat the investor brings to thetable," Rodium ChairmanDeepak Chheda said.

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If you had been following thisprofession in the time of theancient Greeks, your task

would have been both simplerbut also more complex. QueenCleopatra , used b lue eyeshadow made from ground lapislazuli stones for her upper eye-lids and malachite for her lowerones. She darkened her eye-brows and eyelashes with kohl- fine powdered lead sulphidemixed with sheep's fat - andmade her lips and cheeks redwith the aid of red ochre (ironstained clay). Her palms werepainted with henna to give thema youthful pink glow.

Henna, made from Egyptianprivet, was also used by womenas a nail varnish after it wasthickened with catech - a tan-nin-containing substance fromthe wood, bark or fruit of treessuch as the acacia.

In ancient Greece, white faceswere deemed to be more beau-tiful than rouged cheeks. Sowomen smeared ceruse - whitelead mixed with fat, oil or eggwhite - on their faces.

The women from both theseeras got ill from the lead poi-soning and sometimes died. Acommon 17th century rouge in-gredient and freckle removerwas mercuric chloride, a poisonso deadly that one gram cancause death.

Today’s ScenarioBeauty has been a concern ofmen and women since ages.Today’s hectic lifestyles leavesus with very little time for per-sonal grooming than we had be-fore. This has caused people -essentially women - to turn in-creasingly to professionals fortreatment to give them that'manicured' look. Moreover, asa larger number of women beginto work outside their homes,the need to appea r we l lgroomed and attractive has as-sumed greater importance. And,modern-day chemists have en-sured that make-up is no longerfatal.

Whose Line? Earlier, this career was consid-ered appropriate only for thosewith limited financial resources,schooling and social status.Today, however, this field at-tracts entrants from all strata ofclass and education. Now, asconsciousness of the appearancegrows, more and more men arecoming in as both providers andseekers of beauty care. Men arebecoming beauty conscious inrecent times, so even men cantake it up as a career.

Success in this field has norelationship to the age or genderof the practitioner.

Qualified Personnel Today's beauty and health ther-apist is a highly qualified pro-fessional, using a battery ofelectronic equipment and highlyspecialised techniques for bothface and body. There are strictrules concerning hygiene andclinical procedures.

General Eligibility&Curriculum Academic qualification is not amust for the beautician course,but there are institutes, which

offer admission with preferencefor those who have passed theirStd X, Std XII or graduationetc., depending on the institute.The course depends on institu-tions that have a 1-year courseas well as crash courses for two,four or six months. You alsoget a degree certificate. Someinstitutions also offer placementjobs on successful completionof the course.

Syllabi In this syllabus a candidate istaught to groom and take careof different body parts like face,hands, legs, skin, nails, bodycare, make-up, facials, massageand diet. Students are educated

in a variety of scientific and busi-ness subjects such as chemistry,sanitation, hygiene and sales.Prospective beauticians may alsochoose to participate in an ap-prenticeship program that com-bines classroom and on-the-jobtraining. Hairdressing includestreatment of the hair, as well asstyling and cuttings. The entirecourse trains aspiring beauti-cians to efficiently manage andadvise their clients on the cor-rect way of hair care and stylingas well as self-grooming to en-hance one’s personality.

Eligibility To get a Bachelor's degree inCosmetic Technology, one needsto complete Std XII. Courses un-dertaken to pursue careers asmanicurist (care of hands andfingernails), electrologist andaesthetician are usually of muchshorter duration. However, oneis required to undertake appren-ticeship, which might last forabout two to three years.

1. EducationalQualification (MedicalProfessional)

(a) Pass in Senior SecondaryExamination (10+2) or equiva-lent recognized examination inmedical stream. There is no re-striction with regard to themarks secured in Senior Second-ary Examination or subjects studied.

2. AgeThere is no restriction with re-gard to the age of the candidateor marks secured in Senior Sec-ondary Examination or subjects studied.

Process to be a Cosmetologist(Medical Professional)

To be a Cosmetologists /Der-matologist one has to followthe below given steps:-

Step 1To be a Medical Cosmetologistor Cosmetic Dermatologist oneneeds to have an MBBS as hisfirst step towards this profession.

Step 2After getting MBBS done oneneed to have Post graduate de-gree in Dermatology (MD ordiploma/DNB).

Process to be a Cosmetologist(Non- Medical Professional)

Non-Medical Cosmetologistdoesn’t need any professionalqualifications. Those who have

a keen interest inbeauty care canenter the fieldafter completingschooling at aminimum age of16 years.

The JobAlthough tastes and trends inbeauty keep changing, the basicjob of a beautician remains thesame. Beauticians are responsi-ble for making their clientswhether male or female look at-tractive. The tedious and time-consuming process of workingtowards looking good is nolonger the privilege of the richand famous. Just look aroundyourself and you will find thefashion/beauty conscious inhab-itants of Indian cities and towns,making a beeline for the beautyparlours in order improve theirappearances. Beauticians takegreat risks by altering theirclients' -appearances. Risky, be-cause the smallest of step canmar an individual's beauty and charm.

Tasks include:As a beautician, one has a wholerange of specialisations tochoose from: beauty therapy,hair styling, make-up, massage,facials, manicure, pedicure, elec-trolysis, herbal beauty care, etc.

* Cosmetology - care andtreatment of skin, hair, face andbody and covers diet and exer-cise as well.

* Assessment and treatmentof skin and body problems.

* Slimming treatments in con-junction with a recommendeddoctor's diet.

* Cosmetic sales. * Application of specialised

make-up techniques. * Manicure and pedicure. * The application of a variety

of electrical equipment and spe-cialised massage techniquessuch as reflexology, aromather-apy and manual lymph drainage.

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This has ensured that 93% ofthe company's students availedbank loans for full advance feepayment to the particular col-leges and universities. Also, thecompany prides itself in beingthe only consultancy in India tohave an exclusive tie-up with aUK bank to facilitate assuredstudent banking for all its stu-dents immediately on arrival, asaccount opening for studentsin UK is a tough task for the ini-tial six months.

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CAREERS & EDUCATION

Goa's pristine beaches have always been a topdraw for visitors the world over, but when itcame to learning how to attend to those tourists,

it would always be outside the state. The landscape is beginning to change, though.

Tourism and hospitality institutes are setting up shopin the tiny coastal state. Over the past five years, morethan eight hotel and hospitality institutes have set upbase here, taking the total to over 15.

In the same period, more than 300 new hotels haveregistered to launch operations in the state. All this,despite tourist inflow dropping by nearly 30%, postthe 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and the economicslow-down, pointing to the state’s untapped potential.

For institutes catering to tourism and hospitality,the environment seems perfect: Robust year-roundtourism activity, with hotels from starred resorts toboutique homes providing the training ground.

“We first set up base in Agra, which has tourists vis-iting all year round, and then in Shillong. Goa being atourist destination was a natural choice, after our Shil-long campus,” says Rahul Ratan Jha, Business Head,Development — Heritage Institute of Hotel & Tourism.

Most tourism training institutes started during thelate 1990s in places with year-round tourist traffic.Even as Goa is considered to be the world’s favouriteholiday destination, private institutes first set up basein Agra, Shillong and Kerala, ostensibly because these

have greater domestic tourist traffic. While more than 62 lakh domestic tourists visit

Kerala every year; the number of Indian travellers toGoa is a little over 30 lakh. Similarly, Rajasthan andAgra receive an average 10 million Indian travellersannually.

Goa, though, has other pluses apart from the un-tapped potential: A fairly large English-speaking pop-ulation, activities like the International Film Festivalof India and the state-sponsored wine festival. Besides,studying in Goa is often a style statement for studentsfrom the rest of the country.

“Tourism being the economy’s mainstay, it is easierfor people here to accept the service industry as acareer path. So, unlike places like Kerala and Kolkata,where people focus on courses like engineering, ourinstitute has been easily accepted here,” says IIASSchool of Management’s Assistant Vice-President Anirud-dha Das.

Indeed, Goa’s association with tourism is long, andruns deep. The local population has not only interacted,but also earned its income from long-stay tourists whohave been flocking to the state since the 1960s. Mosthomes along the northern coast have let out rooms toguests, sometimes even moving into neighbouring vil-lages to open up to tourists.

Nearly 12% of the state’s 14 lakh people work abroad,mainly in the service industry, according to a recentGoa migration study. Their families back home are alsoin some way associated with tourism — from lettingout bikes on hire or serving as local tourist guideswhile serving their guests authentic Goan food.

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By Caetano de Abreu

When Corporate Indiawas fighting recession,which fortunately aced

up, there was discontinuity inthe employment sector, withmany being unfortunate to re-ceive the Pink Slips, and left towander in despair after makingplans for a rosy future, andhoping that the dark cloud ofgloom would pass away. In India,the global financial meltdownaffected somewhere throughthe midway, the industrial andcommercial sectors with the fu-ture of most of the aspirantsremaining fuzzy and uncer-tain and hoping against hopethat the gloomier tide willreverse and usher in a positivescenario.

Nevertheless, the tide is re-versing with revenge for the as-p i r an t s who can beg indreaming again, albeit cau-tiously, as the future still remainsuncertain and no one knowswhen the manna from heavenswill discontinue, and the unfor-tunate reality could strike withforce the hope of unemployedmillions who just to see light atthe end of dark and periloustunnel, are waiting on thefringes to avail of employmentfacilities, which is ever elusive.

Although the blush of pinkslips is fading away the cautionremains in vigour, however thecorporate world has com-menced hiring in a big waywhich can be seen from the ad-vertisements appearing in ourmedia in regards to placementswhich is a very difficult propo-sition just to be ignored.

The Placement market issteadily on the rise since lastyear. It is important to note that

although Corporate India wasearlier in grips of recession pe-riod some of the Companieswere not affected by the globalmeltdown and thus they kepthiring the competent personnelin the niche sector. As of now,besides the regulars, the Indus-trial sector is on the lookout forthe qualified, experienced, andcompetent personnel to fill thevacancies to assuage demands,which can be said that thanksto new entrants the Industryis showing signs of robust-ness in health-care, manu-fac tur ing in f ras t ruc ture ,hospitality, power and steel,banking and insurance, andother facilities which are allequally paying. The same canbe attributed to the corporateworld's strategic planning bykeeping in mind long term talentneeds and not short-term needswhich can be re ferred tohiring/firing.

With newer options it looksthat the employment bubble isgoing to last for a while withan estimated 8 to 9 per centgrowth per year unless someother calamity occurs. However,keeping the dark thoughts tomyself I must mention the hotjobs which are much in demandalongwith the qualification re-quired.

Insurancel Assistant Agency Manager:

a Diploma/ Degree in Insur-ance studies or PG, MBA inmarketing

l Junior Adviser, 10 + 2 or anyDegree from a recognizedcollege

l Assistant Claims Executives,Degree/PG, MBBS, BAMS,BHMS or a Degree in Law.

The Top Institutes for this

segment is: Institute of Fi-nance, Banking, and Insur-ance (various Centres').

Retail -l Assistant Inventory Control

Manager, with Diploma orDegree in material manage-ment, or Degree in BusinessAdministration, Economics,or Statistics.

l Floor Manager should pos-sess PG/Degree in RetailManagement.

l Quality Assurance shouldhold Post-Graduation inquality management.

The Institute to look forward isInstitute of Retail and Fash-ion Studies (various Centres')

Public Relationsl Media Relations Trainee

should have a degree or PGin Journalism, PR, Advertis-

ing and Mass communica-tion.

l Content Writer, a Degree/PGin Journalism, PR, Advertis-ing, Mass Communication.

l Client Servicing Trainee,with BBA/MBA althoughsome of the employersprefer a degree in Journal-ism.

l The Xavier Institute of Com-munications, Mumbai is thedemanded outlet.

Logistics:l Junior Fleet Supervisor

should have a PG in LogisticManagement.

l Warehouse Assistant shouldhave a degree in MaterialManagement.

l Distribution Officer a PG inSupply Chain Managementis essential.

Human ResourceManagementl Training and Development

Executive: what is essentialthat you should have a De-gree/PG in Business Admin-i s t r a t ion , Pe r sonne lManagement/HR Adminis-tration.

l Staff Management: In thissector, a course in LabourLaws is essential, not for-getting the PG from recog-nized universities.

Indian Institute ofManagement (variouscentres)As we can discern for each job,a number of courses we haveto undergo to finally capti-vate what our hearts arebent to achieve so what weare waiting for?

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When you walk into thecanteen, do the livelyconversations stop?

Do the groups quickly disbandas everyone scrambles to headback to their offices? Do youthink to yourself, "Was every-body's break really over or werethey just trying to avoid me?"

If any of the following situa-tions describe you, these mightbe the reason you feel left out:

1. "The Sky isn't really blue -it's actually cyan"

Do you incessantly spout un-necessary or obscure informa-tion that would make a sadtrainspotter jealous? Get rid ofthe "know-it-all" attitude or you'llmake a career of lunching alone.

2. Chains of LoveAre you never around becauseyou're always out on a "smokingbreak?" Limit your puffs to stan-dard break times.

3. Workaholic WannabeDo you stroll in late, take extralong lunches and don't reallystart to roll-up your sleeves anddig into some serious work untilabout 2 p.m.? Then, do youmake sure everyone sees youworking past 5 p.m.? Well you'renot impressing anyone; ratheryou're annoying those who al-ready have put in a full day be-

fore you even get warmed up.

4. Hello Magazine - Office Edi-tionYou're very good at filing awayinformation - about everyonein the office! If you want to keepfriends, learn to keep a secret.5. Devil's AdvocateDo you feel compelled to takethe other side of every argumentjust to make a point? Well stopit! Nothing is more exhaustingfor your colleagues than know-ing you're always ready to chal-lenge them no matter what theysay.

6. NatteringDo you go round the office forc-ing one-way conversations onyour innocent victims? If theonly response you receive is,"Right, umm, r ight , " thenthey're not interested in yourblather. Now get back towork!

7. Oh my ba-a-aby!Related to the nattering talkeris the baby babbler who inces-santly gushes about her chil-dren. Only family and closefriends should be privy to detailsabout every syllable uttered,step taken or nappy dirtied. It'swonderful that you love yourbaby, but just keep the braggingbrief.

8. Mr. Un-CleanLeaving dishes in the sink, oldfood in the fridge, food splat-tered inside the microwave andcrumbs on the break table is asure-fire way to annoy fellowworkers. Clean up your act.

9. What's that on your nose?Do you constantly follow yourboss around, laugh at all his/herjokes and drop her name incountless conversations? If so,then you are an ‘arse-licker’. Workingin an office does require a certainamount of "schmoozing" theboss, but you don't have to tieyourself up in knots to impresshim/ her - while alienating every-one else in the office.

10. Big mouthAre your phone conversationsloud enough to be from thespeaker phone even thoughthey're not? Dial down the vol-ume to keep the peace.

If you recognise yourself inany of these scenarios, takeheed. It's time to change yourways. Of course you can neverplease everyone, but healthy in-teroffice relationships are nec-essary to properly perform yourduties and for future advance-ment in the company. So get ridof some of your annoying habitsand you're sure to gain somenew friends.

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Yogita Naik(10), Std IV, St Joseph’sSchool, Sao Jose de Areal wins a gift

voucher of Monginis worth Rs. 75/-

Gopal L Naik (15), Std IX, Shree Shan-tadurga Vidyalaya, Pirna wins a giftvoucher of Monginis worth Rs. 125/-

Yogita Naik(10), Std IV, St Joseph’s School, Sao Jose de Areal

Ansley M Rodrigues (10), Std V, Fr.Agnel Multipurpose HS., VernaFelix R Sequeira (13), Std VII,

Progress HS., HS

Gopal L Naik (15), Std IX, Shree ShantadurgaVidyalaya, Pirna

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Hello Friends,

I can see the excite-ment on your faces

right here, do you know that? You are allhappily enjoying your holidays and havingfun with the festivities – so much so that itis very difficult for your parents to get youto eat or sleep. Very often, in our enthusi-asm of celebrating festivals, we forget itsvery essence. How can you celebrate Gane-sha’s birthday and forget all about him andwhat he stood for?

He was a child just like you. He was playfuland fun-loving – but he never did anything todisplease or hurt his parents, family orfriends.

Have you seen the body of Ganesha? Mostof you would say yes, and then add laughinglythat he is not only fat, but he has a big headand big years too, along with a big stomach.But they symbolised his virtues-he listenedcarefully to what people said and did notpretend to be listening; he spoke less andheard and observed more keenly he concen-trated on whatever he was doing or supposedto do; he thought big but led a very simplelife; he was a no-nonsense person who didnot tolerate injustice being done either tohim or others. There is a balance of goodand bad in this world he maintained calmnessin both, good and bad times. This allowed himto adapt to different situations and be effi-cient at all times.

If you try to follow these virtues, you toowill be able to aim for and achieve yourgoals, however impossible it may seem. Re-member, the world is at your feet and yoursfor the asking and taking, but at the sametime you must maintain a certain amount ofself control, lest you fall one day.

Here’s Wishing one and all A Happy GaneshChaturthi

Cheerio

A Message

From Ganesha

My Pavilion

Breejam, Std III, Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao

Ganesh Chaturthi

Happy

Colour Me

Our Children, Our Life LineBy Caetano de Abreu

When we broach the sub-ject of children, weshould contemplate

first of all, upon what we are,

what we could have been, andwhat should the faith and futureof our children be. This meansthat we should not think only ofour family’s continuity but alsocontemplate on their future as in-dividuals.

The family’s name can be usedonly as the stepping stones for abright and uneventful successsans any unwarranted interfer-ences which might emerge atsome later phase in their lives.

We, in this age of globalisationtend to impose upon our children,our own mode of fraternal conti-nuity, especially in our choice ofprofession. For instance a doc-tor’s son should follow in his fa-ther’s footsteps and become adoctor too. This way of thinking

is absolutely ridiculous , unlessof course the child has a likingand an aptitude for his father’schosen profession and desires topursue it himself in future. Other-wise, we tend to transgress into

the ambit of child’s fundamen-tal rights by making vital for

him/her. This, in the long runwill not reap any dividends for

the child. On contrary, itwill only add to the longlist of the child’s aspira-tions that the parentsor family have tried toor succeeded in throt-tling.

The kind of educa-tion that a child receivesat home reveals thebehavioural pattern ofthe child, as he/she willendorse whatever theparents might indulge inat home in the presenceof the child, or what-ever is taught to thechild(ren). I inadver-tently aver that I shouldnot express anythingabout a child’s rights,as in the contemporarycircumstances a child isbent upon stressing po-

litical and judicial principles tohis/her own advantage, leavingthe parents or family in a dilemmaabout whether the principles andvalues that they are inculcatingin their child is right or wrong.

The case in point could be thatwhen parents behave in a particu-lar manner, a child will automati-cally follow their exampleunderstanding that his/her par-ents’ behaviour is the correctway to behave and should thus befollowed. We can therefore notblame the child for behaving in anunruly manner when our genesare ingrained with the sameparochial misconduct. We are ata loss, when we seem unable totry and rectify our children’s de-portment, never ever admitting,

or rather unwilling to admit thefact that the mistake lies withinourselves as parents or as a fam-ily.

Parents, while working to-wards familial continuity, alwayshope for a male child when thebirth of a girl child is as good ashaving manna sent from heavens,if not better.

And when parents are deprivedof their much coveted son, due tovariegated physical complications,the blame automatically is im-

pugned upon mother as if thebirth of a child or its gender isdecided by the mother and notthe Almighty Creator. Ergo thereason that fratricides occur andwe the fence-sitters applaud withgusto.

It was brought to my noticethat families fancy a male childout of greed towards continuity oflineage, as they do not want theirassets in somebody else‘s custody.This is a line of though which Ifind ludicrous, as I find nothingwrong having a girl-child. I per-sonally feel that having a girl islike being endowed with blessings

from Above as the girl will stressupon parental continuity althoughmarried to someone from the out-side, which a boy cannot do as thespouse that he brings in will dom-inate him to follow her rules andnever otherwise, she being totallydevoted to her own family and hermarriage is out of convenienceand purpose to appease parentaldogmas and traditions.

The matters reported fromGoan environs are many and farbetween to even discuss nor de-

liberate, which makes me wonderif we are really educated to facelife in its proper perspective orare we still following the princi-ples of Stone Age traditions withdogmas inculcated upon us by ourand incomprehensible and unreal-istic parents who feel that ourchildren should be our life lineand there should be nothing elseto contravene those exalted prin-ciples scripted by God Himself, orso it seems.

We, today are living our life ina fast lane where every effortcounts. And, with dearth of em-ployment we cannot abide nor beenclosed in our age old traditionswhere earlier parental rule wascounted as supreme and we, thechildren had to follow the diktatsof our hearts without hurting ourparents and as such be progres-sive and illustrated to face life inour own terms which can betermed as seeking into the portalsof world’s acceptability. Whichmakes me say that we are our par-ents’ children but that account ofcontinuity of our patrimony is notrelevant in the world that we livein.

And so, let’s live and work tothe fullest within the ambit of ourdecency and let our parents judgeus for the continuity of their life-line.

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ABC Boys beat Swindon Boys 5-3 via the tie-breaker to emergechamps in Benaulim interwardfootball tournament organisedby Swindon Boys, Benaulim atXhemumoll-Bandar, Benaulimon Sunday. Both teams were tied1-1 at the end of regulation pe-riod.

Both ABC and Swindon dis-played attacking football andkept the Sunday crowd on theirtoes. There were few chancesat either end with both teamdefenders playing their heartout in keeping their citadel in-tact.

Josli put ABC into the lead.The second session, contin-

ued in the same vein with boththe teams playing absorbing soc-cer. Swindon struck the rhythmand Nelson equalised with asnap shot.

In the ensuing penalty shoot-out, Frazier, Cedric, Agnel andAlfred were on target for ABCwhile Hanky and Zamoro nettedfor Swindon.

ABC were richer by Rs 15,000while Swindon had to settle forRs 10,000.

Fo l low ing p r i zes wereawarded: Best half of the tour-

ABC Boys win Benaulim Trophy

The captain of ABC Boys receiving the Benaulim interward Trophy from Mickky Pacheco, MLA in thepresence of Dr Hubert Gomes and opthers at Benaulim on Sunday. Photo: Third Eye

nament: Agnel (St Sebastian).Best forward of the tournament:Crickson of Real Benaulim. Bestdisciplined team: St Anthony’sCalvaddo. Best defender of thetournament: Vincy (Real Be-naulim).

Best goalkeeper of the final:Salem (Swindon Boys). Best

forward of the final: Nelson(Swindon Boys). First goal ofthe final: Jesli (ABC Boys). Besthalf of the final: Frazier (ABCBoys). Best defender of thefinal: Popu (Swindon Boys).Youngest player of the tour-nament : R ichie (SwindonBoys).

Mickky Pacheco, MLA was thechief guest and gave away theprizes. Dr Hubert Gomes, socialworker, was the guest of honour.Ex-MRF goalkeeper Avertano Fur-tado, Mathew Diniz, CarmelinaFernandes, Sarpanch VP Be-naulim and Stanley Fernandeswere the special invitees.

Kingf isher P ro League:Churchill Brothers v. Faria SportsManagement, Tilak Maidan,Vasco, 4.15 p.m.

3rd Division football: DonBosco Oratory, Fatorda v. St Se-bastian YC, Dando ground, 4p.m.

Our Lady of Fatima Cup soc-cer: Sporting Club of Davorlimv. Parish Youth, Nuvem, Di-carpale Panchayat ground, 4.45p.m.

St Joseph Festival soccer:Dramapur SC v. Assolda SC,Dramapur ground, 4.30 p.m.

Sao Jose de Areal PanchayatCup soccer: Sao Jose de ArealSC v. Varca SC, Padribhat ground,Sao Jose de Areal, 4.30 p.m.

st joseph festival

soccerHERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARGAO, SEPT 12:

Betalbat im Sport ing Clubswamped Don Bosco Oratory,Fatorda 3-0 to cruise into thequarter-final of 34th St JosephFestival inter-village football or-ganised by Dramapur SC atDramapur ground, on Sunday.Betalbatim were leading 1-0 athalf time.

Betalbatim spearheaded byDenzil Rogtao dominated theproceedings as he troubled the

rival defence with well orches-trated raids and unleashed anumber of spot shots.

Denzil put Betalbatim inthe lead early, after he pickedup a pass from Johnson D’-Sousa.

Stung by the setback, DonBosco tried their best to regroupand made a couple of forays intothe rival territory but it wasdealt firmly by Betalbatim de-fenders.

Crossing over, there was nolet up and Betalbatim attackedthe rival citadel repeatedlywith Denzil being on the ram-

page.Betalbatim increased the lead

when Hayston D’Costa’s freekick from outside the boxcrashed into the net giving nochance to the Don Bosco keeper.

Don Bosco, despite trailing0-2, did not show any urgencyand were a pale shadow ofthemselves as they hardly testedthe rival keeper.

Betalbatim did not lose ap-petite for more goals with Den-zil, who was a thorn in the rivaldefence, struck a second timeto complete his brace late inthe second session.

Betalbatim Sporting too goodfor Don Bosco Oratory

Aldona panchayat U-16 boys who secured first place at State LevelPYKKA TT at Indoor Stadium, Campal were felicitated by St ThomasBoys School, Aldona. The team – Vishal Robertson, Alister Pereira,Rahul Wadekar, Melvick Mascarenhas and Saish Naik with Headmaster,Fr Johnson Gonsalves and PE teacher, Pratap Volvoikar.

gold silver

trophyHERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Chandor Club came from behindto beat Raia Sporting Club 6-4via the tie-breaker to romp intothe quarter-finals of 29th GoldSilver Rolling Trophy inter-villagefootball tournament organisedby Navelim Sporting Club atRosary ground, Navelim on Sun-day. Chandor were trailing 0-1at half time.

Raia went into the attack right

from the start and made a cou-ple of forays into the rivalpenalty area. Their persistentraids paid off when AllisterFernandes slotted past therival goalkeeper with a stiffshot.

Raia had more opportunitiesbut their forwards frittered awayeasy scoring chances in idealpositions.

Chandor tried their best toneutralise the lead but it wentin vain as the rival defenderswere alert in frustrating the rivalattacks.

Crossing over, Chandor weredesperate and went all out andgot several chances to score inthe initial period but Lady Luckdidn’t seem to favour them.

Chandor made their last-ditchefforts and found successthrough Sammy Dias.

In the ensuing tie-breaker,Sammy Dias, Benny Peixoto,Peter Peixoto, Leo Menezes andFelix Peixoto were on target forChandor while Adolfo Cardozo,Oilex Oliveira and Don Fernan-des converted for Raia SportingClub.

Chandor beat Raia Sporting,move into last eight

areal panchayat

cupHERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARGAO, SEPT 12

Maina Sports Club blanked Am-belim Sports Club 2-0 to enterthe quarter-finals of Sao Jose deAreal Panchayat Cup inter-villagefootball tournament organisedby Sao Jose de Areal Sports Clubat Padribhat ground, Sao Josede Areal on Sunday. There wasno score at the lemon break.

In an evenly fought encounterespecially in the first half,chances were far and few as thedefenders of both teams did notallow any space to manoeuvreinside their penalty areas.

Crossing over, Maina up an im-proved display and called the shotsagainst Ambelim’s citadel. Mainabroke the deadlock soon after thebreak when striker Primo Fernan-des’ snap shot saw Ambelim goal-keeper caught by the sunrays andthe ball escaped his clutch.

Despite being a goal down,Ambelim were not willing to callit a day as they made concertedefforts to equalise but their ef-forts proved futile as the rivalstubborn defence was alert infoiling their attempts.

Jossie Fernandes doubled thelead with a stiff grounder forMaina in the 40th minute.

Samson Fernandes of Ambe-lim whose heroic efforts wentin vain was named man-of-thematch.

Maina oust Ambelim, in quarters

HERALD SPORTS REPORTER

MAPUSA, SEPT 12

The Federation Group B fixturesare set to kick off in Goa onTuesday, but there is still con-cern about the venue. Matchesare scheduled to be played atDuler Stadium, Mapusa but dueto the heavy rains it has beenimpossible for the hardworkingground staff to prepare the play-field.

Already five ProfessionalLeague matches were post-poned and one match wass h i f t e d t o a d i f f e r e n tvenue.

Out of the three Goan clubsparticipating in the qualifiers,Sporting Clube de Goa has beenhit the hardest as they have notbeen able to play a single matchthis season.

Vasco Sports Club have playedtwo matches, having also the

Duler to stage Fed CupGroup B matches

privilege of having a run out inthe Charity match opener. SesaFootball Academy had two out-ings.

“It is an unfortunate situa-tion to be in, going for the Fed-eration Cup qualifiers withoutany competitive matches underour belt,” stated coach Alex Al-vares.

Regardless of the situation,Alex believes his players arementally prepared for the en-counter. “We have been in pre-season training for a long timeand I have a young squad mixedwith experienced players whojust want to get out there andplay,” remarked Alex.

With Tuesday just around thecorner, the Bardez football fanswill be hoping that the venue isready so that they can cheer ontheir favourite clubs.

Just last season the GFA or-ganised a U-19 I-league clusterand as such the locals are crav-ing for more high quality foot-ball.

Vasco Sports Club take onSesa on September 14 andSporting Clube play MalabarUnited on September 15. Thewinners are due to meet on Sep-tember 17.

Anurag 7th atJunior Nationals

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Anurag Mhamal (2207) of Goaplaying black drew with FIDEMaster Girish Koushik (2342)of Karnataka in 115 moves ofan irregular d4 pawn openingin the last round of the 36thNational Junior Chess Cham-pionship in Delhi to tally 8points and stand 7th in a toughfield.

In the 41st move the gamehad entered the end gamewith each player having fivepawns and a knight. On the61st move Anurag managedto win a pawn and was eye-ing a possible victory. How-ever, Girish won the pawnback on the 81st move andresulted in a draw on the115th move.

Fourteen-year-old Anurag isGoa’s second highest ratedplayer after Bhakti. He is verytalented and is considered bymany top coaches of India ca-pable of reaching the highestlevels of chess.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARGAO, SEPT 12:

Sarzora Sports Club will organ-ise their 2nd All-Goa Dalton Fer-nandes memorial inter-villagefootball tournament on October

5 at Government Village ground,Sarzora. The winners and run-ners-up will take home Rs20,000 and Rs 15,000 respec-tively. Details may be obtainedfrom Joe Furtado (9921448901).

Dalton soccer at Sarzora

TT at CampalHERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, SEPT 12

The Panjim Table Tennis Club inassociation with SAG and JCI,St. Inez will organise an All-GoaMajor Ranking TT tournamentfrom September 16 to 19 at 4p.m. at indoor stadium, Campal.

The tournament will be heldin cadets, sub-juniors and juniorscategories for boys and girls.

Entries may be submitted toIrwin Cordo (9860187323),Noel Estibeiro (9890057200),Lenny Rosario (BPS, Margao)or at Sunny Sports, Panjim orShree Mahalaxmi Temple Hall,Panjim by September 14. De-tails may be obtained fromS a n d e e p H e b l e o n9326129171.

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Former State hockey player Lloyd Macedo, vice-president, Goans Hockey, addressing 90 probables (50 boys and 40 girls) at the selection trialsto select the Goa unified hockey team for Unified Junior National Hockey Championship to be held in Pune from September 20 at Peddemground, Mapusa on Thursday in the presence of coaches Alexander Remedios and Victor Albuquerque.

SPORTS

DANDO

Orlim SC 6 3 3 0 16 8 +8 12

Carmona SC 5 3 1 1 11 4 +7 10

Varca SC 5 2 2 1 13 11 +2 8

St Sebastian SC 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 7

Cavelossim Y.A 5 2 0 3 7 7 0 6

U Boys of Dando 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4

Dando Boys Club 5 1 0 4 9 18 -9 3

CHAPORA

ABC, Arambol 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7

Chapora YS 2 1 0 1 3 6 -3 3

Nagoa Sporting 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2

Arpora Sporting 3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 2

Vagator PY 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1

TIVIM

BAFF 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 9

FC Sanquelim 4 3 0 1 17 7 +10 9

YSC, Colvale 4 3 0 1 8 5 + 3 9

Sirsaim SWC 4 2 0 2 10 8 + 2 6

St Christopher 3 0 0 3 4 11 - 7 0

Eagle SC 4 0 0 4 4 24 -20 0

ANJUNA

Holiday, Arpora 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 9

PVC Assn 3 2 1 0 10 1 + 9 7

St Sebastian, Mapusa 4 2 0 2 7 6 + 1 6

Adarsh YS 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6

Sai Avtar SC 5 1 1 3 12 14 - 2 4

Guirim YCA 3 0 0 3 1 20 -19 0

SIOLIM

FC Siolim 4 2 1 1 6 4 + 2 7

Xetrapal SC 3 2 1 0 5 3 + 2 7

Siolim Sodiem CA 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7

Cunchelim SC 4 2 0 2 10 6 + 4 6

Holy Cross SC 3 1 0 2 8 6 + 2 3

Tropa Sports CA 4 0 1 3 1 11 -10 1

GFA THIRD DIVISION LEAGUES T A N D I N G S

VERNAM W D L F A GD P

UC Utorda 4 3 1 0 13 5 + 8 10

Verna SC 4 3 0 1 11 3 + 8 9

Pax of Nagoa 4 1 1 2 5 4 + 1 4

PY Nuvem 4 1 0 3 4 11 - 7 3

St Rock YC Calata 4 1 0 3 3 13 -10 3

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat presenting the Sirvodem Cup to the captain of Rosary Zorivaddo, Davorlim in the presence of SAG’s ExecutiveDirector V M Prabhudesai after the finals of Young Boys of Sirvodem interward football championship at SAG ground, Sirvodem, Margao onThursday. Rosary Zorivaddo beat Fabric Boys of Nagmodem 4-2 in the finals. Avertano Furtado, Pio Pereira, Zarina Shah, Dayanand Deulkarwere among those present.

The finalists at All-Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament alongwith Richard D' Souza, Prashant Kakode, Narahar Thakur and others atPanjim Gymkhana hall on Thursday.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Twenty-eight years ago, at the 1982 AsianGames in New Delhi, Gian Singh Cheemaproudly wore India colours as he ac-cepted two bronze medals. Less than amonth from now, at the CommonwealthGames, his son Gurbinder Cheema willtry to add another international medalto the family cabinet.

Except, in Gurbinder's case, he'll besinging God Save the Queen

Gurbinder, 31, was born in Englandand is a British citizen. He's already aCommonwealth Games medallist, havingwon England a bronze in weightliftingat the 2002 Manchester Games. CheemaSr, though, holds an Indian passport de-spite having lived in the UK for 47 years,after his family moved there when he was11.

"I am happy my son is competing and Ihope he makes it to a podium finish," GianSingh told from Birmingham on Thursday.

"But otherwise, though I live in England,my heart beats for India. I want to see Indiado well at the Games."

Three other players of Indian origin - Ra-jivv Ouseph (badminton), Iqbal Ubhi andParag Patel (both shooting) - will don theEngland jersey at the Games.

"My grandfather migrated to Englandfrom Punjab," said Ubhi (43). "I was bornand brought up in England." He was in

India during this year's CommonwealthShooting Championships, winning a sil-ver and a bronze in the 25m centre firepistol.

His sons, Amann and Amit, incidentally,are table tennis players and are followingthe sport professionally.

Ouseph (24), the current world No 14,traces his lineage to Thrissur, Kerala. TheEngland No 1 became the first badmintonplayer of Indian origin to win the men's sin-gles title at the English National Champi-onships in 2008.

Ken Pereira, a veteran of over 300 inter-national caps, is captain of the 16-memberCanadian hockey team. His family was orig-

inally from Goa and his father migratedto Canada in 1967. Among his teammatesare Sukhwinder (Gabbar) Singh and Kee-gan Pereira.

Sukhwinder is from Punjab and hadearlier represented India in the juniorsbefore migrating, while Keegan was sixwhen his parents moved to Canada fromMumbai.

Jasver Singh, a former Punjab Policesub-inspector, who migrated to Canadais a regular member of the Canadian lift-ing squad. He even turned out for themin the 2008 Olympics.

He has for company among the lifters,Parm Phangura, also from Punjab.

Another Punjabi, Arjan Bhullar, abronze medallist at last year's Com-

monwealth Championships, is Canada'srepresentative in the +120kg wrestlingevent, while the seventh person of Indianorigin in the Canadian team is HirendraBhartu. The 51-year-old is the world'stop-ranked player in Lawn Bowls.

Priyesh Bhana and Arun Panchia areboth Black Sticks - part of the 16-memberNew Zealand hockey squad. They wereboth in Delhi earlier this year, for thehockey World Cup.

Meanwhile, Australia have a two-time World Championship medal-win-ning gymnast in their squad, with theunlikely name of Prashanth Sellathu-rai.

Goan to lead Canada hockey team at CWG

HERALD SPORTS DESK

PANJIM, SEPT 12

Social activist, Adv Aires Ro-drigues today refuted as “incor-rect” Goa Cricket Associationpresident Dayanand Narvekar’sclaim that “GCA does not comewithin the ambit of RTI Act as ithas not received any assistancefrom the Government.”

Aires alleged that “Narvekar’sstatement was contrary to thefactual position and the standtaken by his “own Governmentthat the GCA has been a bene-ficiary of Government largesse.”

Aires stated that an exampleat hand was the “land admea-suring 1,30,328 sq meters atTivim which has been leased bythe Goa Government to the GCAon a 99-year lease at a nominalrent of Rs 50,000 per year forthe construction of a cricket sta-dium.” He added that BCCI mayhave not taken any assistancefrom the Government but thatthe GCA definitely had.

Aires said that he GCA presi-den t shou ld p resen t the

Supreme Court judgment thathas declared that BCCI does notcome under the RTI Act. He al-leged that the “Delhi High Courthad clearly ruled that the BCCImay be a private body, but itperforms a public function andtherefore comes under Article226 of India’s Constitution (pub-lic scrutiny).”

Aires remarked that the “GoaGovernment had by an OfficialGazette dated July 8 notifiedthat all sports organizations andState Sports Associations rec-ognized by Sports Authority ofGoa would be covered underthe RTI Act and that this notifi-cation had not been challengedby GCA.”

Stating that the RTI Act en-sures transparency and account-ability in the functioning of anyorganization, Aires wondered,“why the GCA was not makingitself subject to public scrutiny.”

In a lighter vein, Aires re-marked that “despite all the bat-ting and fielding by GCA, he wasconfident of clean bowling.”

GCA’s claim onRTI Act refuted

AGENCIES

BIRMINGHAM, SEPT 12

Liverpool had goalkeeper PepeReina to thank for earning hisside a point in a goalless drawat Birmingham in the PremierLeague on Sunday.

The Spain international pro-duced two superb saves in thefirst half to deny CameronJerome and Craig Gardner asBirmingham, which remainsunbeaten after four games,had the better of a match

which was short of clear-cutchances.

Liverpool lacked bite up front,with Fernando Torres marshalledwell by the Birmingham centerbacks Roger Johnson and ScottDann, and was restricted to ef-

forts from long range whichfailed to seriously test goal-keeper Ben Foster.

Liverpool moves onto fivepoints whi le Birminghamclimbs into the top five on sixpoints.

Liverpool Goalkeeper Pepe Reina makes a brilliant save against Birmingham.

Liverpool, Birmingham play goalless

Porto rally to secure 3-2

win over BragaAGENCIES

LISBON, SEPT 12

FC Porto twice rallied beforeVarela’s second goal clinched a3-2 win over Braga in the Por-tuguese league on Saturday.

Porto stayed top of the leaguewith its fourth straight victory.Varela’s 70th-minute winnerkept it four points clear ofGuimaraes and five above Braga.

Luis Aguiar opened for thevisitors with a 30-meter effortin the 16th, then Varela headedhome a pass from Hulk in the33rd to equalize.

After Lima’s thunderous 61st-minute strike, Hulk drew Portoeven again two minutes laterwith his league-leading fourthgoal. But Varela used some neattouches to score his secondsoon after and clinch victory.

Also, Olhanense maintainedits unbeaten record with a 0-0draw at Sporting Lisbon.

AGENCIES

MADRID, SEPT 12

Nelson Valdez scored in eachhalf as promoted Herculesstunned Spanish championBarcelona 2-0 at the Camp Nou,while Jose Mourinho won hishome coaching debut in RealMadrid’s 1-0 victory over Os-asuna on Saturday.

Paraguay striker Valdez beatVictor Valdes in the 27th minute.He latched on to Tiago Filipe’scentering pass from a swift coun-terattack to beat the goalkeeperin the 59th for his second goal,sealing Barcelona’s first leaguedefeat at home since May 2009.

While Barcelona controlledthe play, Bojan Krkic, David Villaand Gerard Pique all missed first-half opportunities.

Madrid, meanwhile, reboundedfrom an opening draw at Mallorcawith a convincing win at the San-tiago Bernabeu stadium. RicardoCarvalho shot into an open goalin the 48th minute after receivingfrom Cristiano Ronaldo.

Osasuna ‘keeper Ricardo Lopezmade a number of goal-savingstops on Gonzalo Higuain andRonaldo throughout, including apoint-blank chance that fell backto the Portugal forward to feedpoaching defender Carvalho forthe winner. Atletico Madrid andValencia maintained their perfectrecords after both made it twostraight wins to start the season.

Diego Forlan capped an im-pressive Atletico buildup withhis league-leading third goal inthe 11th minute before Tiagoheaded home with 10 minutesremaining to secure a 2-1 victoryat Athletic Bilbao.

Striker Sergio Aguero movedthrough three Athletic defendersalong the left side before cen-tering to Sabrosa Simao, whosmartly laid off for Forlan tosend a shot inside the far post.

Substitute Diego Costa led acounterattack that saw Simao’stough shot stopped but Tiagowell placed to score from therebound before Fernando

Hercules stuns Barcelona, Madrid beats Osasuna

Llorente redirected one back forthe hosts in the 88th. ButAguero is set to be sidelinedafter injuring his left knee inthe 53rd and miss its next leaguematch against Barcelona.

Valencia joined Atletico on sixpoints but below on goal differ-ence with a 1-0 win over RacingSantander, which dropped to 0-

2. Madrid has four points andBarcelona three, same as Her-cules.

Moments after Santandergoalkeeper Antonio Rodriguezhad saved from striker Aritz Adu-ritz in a one-on-one situation,Hedwiges Maduro headed pasthim in the 47th at the Mestallastadium.

Cesena stuns Milan 2-0

AGENCIES

ROME, SEPT 12

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinhomade their debuts for AC Milanbut the Rossoneri were stunned2-0 by freshly promoted Cesenain the Serie A on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic started but hardlymade an impact and Robinhoreplaced Ronaldinho in the 56thminute, after Erjon Bogdani andEmanuele Giaccherini had al-ready scored for Cesena, whichwas playing its first Serie A homegame in nearly 20 years.

Ibrahimovic punctuated thepoor performance by smackinga penalty off the post in the86th. “Unfortunately we onlyhad the entire squad togetheron Thursday, but that’s no ex-cuse. We lacked nastiness andthere are no squads easy to beatin football,” new Milan coachMassimiliano Allegri said.

Allegri indicated that his for-wards need to help out moreon defense.

AGENCIES

CENTURION, SEPT 12

An all-round effort by JacquesKallis (43 runs and three wickets)helped Royal Challengers Ban-galore began their ChampionsLeague campaign with a re-sounding nine-wicket win overminnows Guyana at SuperSportPark on Sunday.

Experienced duo of JacquesKallis and Rahul Dravid (33 off34) begin well in pursuit of ameager 104-run target set byGuyana and putup a 75 - runs tand be fo reDravid was cleanbowled by off-spinner RoystonCrandon in theeleventh over.

R o b i nUthappa (25 off8) started offwhere he left inthe Indian Pre-mier League (IPL)and spanked aboundary andtwo s ixes o f fChristopher Barnwell. He com-pleted Challengers' victory inthe next over.

E a r l i e r, t h e C a r i b b e a nchampions Guyana had no an-swers to on-song Royal Chal-l enge r s Banga lo re (RCB )bowlers who made life diffi-cult for the batsmen through-out the 20 overs and in theend bowled a helpless teamout for a paltry 103.

For RCB, Jacques Kal l istoyed with the inexperiencedGuyanese batting line-up andpicked up three wickets ,while Praveen Kumar tooktwo wickets with his naggingline and length. Dale Steyn,

Nayan Doshi and Anil Kumblealso chipped in with a wicketeach.

For Guyana, none of thebatsmen except ChristopherBarnwell crossed the 20-runmark.

Royal Challengers' bowlersproved Anil Kumble's decisionto bowl first right as both DaleSteyn and Praveen Kumar sti-fled Guyana's batsmen fromthe word go with their disci-pline.

After keepingGuyana openersquiet initially,Praveen struckfor Royal Chal-lengers as he gotr id of openerTravis Dowlin (10of f 17 ) in h i sthird over.

Ra m n a re s hSarwan startedoff brilliantly,hitting a six overextra cover offJacques Kallis,b u t t h e n

chopped a straight delivery onto his stumps.

S Chattergoon (18 off 17) be-came the victim of one-hand-pick-up throw by CameronWhite that hit the stumps di-rect.

Narsingh Deonarine tried tobreak the shackles, but he tooholed out at deep mid-wicketto Ross Taylor.

Kallis then came back to taketwo quick wickets (Jonathan Fooand Derwin Christian). SouthAfrican pacer Dale Steyn did theclean-up job after that with twolate strikes that ended theCaribbean champions' inningsfor a paltry 103.

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REUTERS

NEW YORK, SEPT 12

It was all too easy for Kim Cli-jsters at the US Open. And alltoo hard for Roger Federer. Cli-jsters won her third women'ssingles title with ridiculousspeed, thrashing her nervousRuss i an opponent Ve raZvonareva 6-2 6-1 in less thanan hour yesterday.

For the second year in a row,Clijsters celebrated her victoryby fooling around with her in-fant daughter on the centrecourt. The photographers linedup to start snapping away butJada protested. ''No photos, nophotos,'' she told them.

Clijsters giggled and thecrowd at Arthur Ashe Ashe Sta-dium lapped it up.

''I'm very excited that I wasable to defend my title,'' Clijstersaid. ''It's always an honour togo back to a place, especially aGrand Slam, where you've donewell and you've won.''

Zvonareva was reduced totears, hiding her head under hertowel as she sobbed. The sev-enth-seed had played some bril-liant tennis to get to the finalbut these were not her finest59 minutes.

It was not Federer's greatestday at Flushing Meadows either.For the first time since 2003,the Swiss master will not be ap-pearing in the men's singles finalafter his loss in the semi-finalsto Serbia's Novak Djokovic.

''I'm not as disappointed as Iwould have been in the final.That's the only positive news toenjoy anything out of it,'' he said.

Federer had two match pointsin the final set, which lastedlonger than the entire women'sfinal, but missed his chancesand Djokovic went on to win 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5.

''It's one of those matches thatyou will remember for the restof your life,'' said Djokovic. ''Iam very proud of myself.''

His reward was a place in today'sfinal against the world numberone Rafa Nadal, who sailed throughwith a 6-2 6-3 6-4 victory over Rus-sia's Mikhail Youzhny.

Nadal has never won the USOpen but it will take an extraor-dinar y per formance f romDjokovic to deny him this time.

''I have tried my best for a lotof years,'' Nadal, who has notdropped a single set in the tour-nament, said. ''So now after alot of work I am here and I'mhappy for that.''

US Open:1,2,3 for Clijsters

Nadal is now tantalisingly close to com-pleting a career grand slam. Only six men,including Federer, have achieved the featand Nadal only needs the US Open to be-come the seventh.

If he does it later today, the24-year-old will be secondyoungest.

''I feel great,'' Nadal said. ''It'snot a dream, because a dreamis to win the tournament.''

Nadal's only moments of con-cern against Youzhny were latein the match when he droppedserve for just the second timein the tournament and had hisleft foot retaped and bandagedbecause of a blister.

Djokovic's victory put the Ser-bian into his third grand slamfinal. The world number threemade the US Open final in 2007,losing to Federer, but won theAustralian Open the followingseason. At 23, he has time onhis side and the game to match.

The biggest questions abouthim have revolved around tem-perament. He has been labelled

a quitter whenever he has failedto finish a match.

In the third set against Fed-erer, he repeatedly smashedhimself in the head with hisracket in an attempt to motivatehimself. It worked and by theend, he was on his knees plant-ing a sloppy kiss on the court.

''(I have) many, many moreyears to come. I look forwardto it,'' he said. ''I'm working hardon my game. I'm getting somethings together and hopefullyon the court it's gonna pay off.''

His victory robbed the tennisworld of what might have beenthe ultimate grand slam final.Federer and Nadal have playedeach other in the Wimbledon,French Open and AustralianOpen finals, but no two menhave ever met in the finals ofall four majors.

''I would have loved to playagainst him here,'' Federer said.''I won't watch but I hope he wins.''

Clijsters won her first USOpen title in 2005 but was un-able to defend her crown be-cause of an injury. She missedthe next two years after takingtime off to start a family.

She won it again last year inher comeback to grand slam ten-nis and Saturday's win saw herbecome the first woman to suc-cessfully defend her the crownsince Venus Williams in 2001.

''When I started my US sum-mer, the US Open was my maingoal,'' Clijsters said. ''It was anew situation for me as well,going back to the Grand Slamwhere I was actually defendingmy title for the first time. Nothaving been able to do that in2006 was frustrating at the time.''

Kim Clijsters of Belgium with daughter Jada celebrates her winover Vera Zvonareva of Russia in the women's final with thetrophy at the US Open 2010 tennis tournament in New York.

Djokovic stuns Federer, faces Nadal in final

PTI

CENTURION, SEPT 12

Captain Michael Klinger smasheda blistering 78 as he led SouthAustralia Redbacks to an 11-runvictory over giant killers HighveldLions in a Champions LeagueTwenty20 match here today.

Klinger led from the frontwith a stroke full 48-ball inningswhich had six fours and five sixesin it to take his side to 178 forsix after they struggled on alively SuperSport park pitch.

He got an able ally in CallumFerguson, who scored a 27-ball47 with seven fours and the duoshared 97 runs from just 57 ballsfor the third wicket after theRedbacks were put into bat.

Highveld Lions, who stunnedMumbai Indians in their openingmatch on Friday, were on courseof their chase of a stiff target of179 as they raised 90 for threeat the halfway mark before theylost way later.

Opener Jonathan Vandiar, whotop-scored with 71 against Mum-bai Indians, could not repeat hisform today as he was out in thefirst over, dragging a Shaun Tait

Klinger blitz gives Redbacks victory

29 suspected in ‘spot-fixing’ in IPL2: Reports

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LONDON, SEPT 12

The spot-fixing controversy in-volving Pakistani trio has notonly rocked internationalcricket, but unearthed severalcricketers' involvement withshady characters, with reportstoday claiming that as many as29 players, including two Aus-tralians, were suspected to beinvolved in spot-fixing at the IPL2 in South Africa.

According to a leading Lon-don newspaper The SundayTimes, some high-profile nameswere included in a secretdossier compiled by the ICC'santi-corruption and securityunit.

However, the list didn't in-clude any cricketer from Englandor Pakistan, as their players didnot take part in last year's IPLdue to security reasons, the dailysaid.

''Some betting patterns werevery suspicious at IPL 2,'' the re-port said quoting a source.

There have been concernslooming large over the integrityof the cash-rich T20 league forsometime now, whose commis-sioner Lalit Modi has been sus-pended ove r co r rup t ionallegations, but England playersare expected to be available forthe whole of next year's IPL forthe first time.

The Pakistan cricketers --Salman Butt, Mohammad Asifand Mohammad Aamer -- wereat the centre of the spot-fixingcontroversy following a Britishtabloid's expose that the Asifand Aamer deliberately bowledno-balls in the Lord Test againstEngland.

Meanwhile, a fourth Pakistanplayer Wahab Riaz's name hasemerged in the sopot-fixingepisode and would be ques-tioned by the Scotland detec-tives on September 14.

express delivery to his off stump.Captain Alviro Petersen (35-

ball 56) kept the Lions on coursewith some aggressive battingbut once he was out in the 13thover, the South African side'srun chase lost direction. Withthe asking rate mounting, Lionslower order batsmen failed todeliver at the slog overs.

Lions needed 32 form the lasttwo overs and Robert Frylincksmashed two sixes off Tait in thepenultimate over before he wasout in the same over. That left19 runs to be scored from thelast over for a victory which Lionstailenders could not achieve.

For Redbacks, Tait, who gener-

ated a lot of pace with some deliv-eries touching 150kmph, was themost successful bowler with threefor 36 from his four overs. DanielChristian chipped in with two wick-ets while Aaron O'Brien got one.

Earlier, Klinger smashed a blis-tering 48-ball 78 to lead Red-backs to 178 for six. SouthAustralia lost opener Daniel Har-ris (13) and one-down GrahamManou (12) cheaply to reach 65for two at the halfway mark be-fore pressing the accelerator.

The Australian Twenty20 run-ners-up side scored 113 runs inthe second half of their inningswith opener Klinger and Australiainternational Callum Ferguson(47) raining fours and sixes. Theduo shared 97 runs from just 57balls for the third wicket to helptheir side post a challenging total.

The duo were particularly severeon pacers Zander de Bruyn andEthan O'Reilly and with Fergusonsmashing the two bowlers forthree fours in the 16th and 17thovers respectively. He was run outin the 18th over after hitting sevenfours in his 27-ball innings.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Formula OneGrand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy on Sunday.

AGENCIES

MONZA, SEPT 12

Fernando Alonso seized alonged-for victory in his firstItalian Grand Prix for Ferrari onSunday while Lewis Hamiltonlasted less than a lap and handedthe championship lead back toAustralian Mark Webber.

It was Ferrari's first FormulaOne win at their home circuit sinceMichael Schumacher's victory in2006 and Alonso answered thefans' prayers despite being over-taken at the start by McLaren'sworld champion Jenson Button.

Button, who led for more thanhalf the race by little more thana second, finished runner-upafter losing out at his pitstopafter 36 of the 53 laps.

With Button's team-mateHamilton going out on the firstlap, Red Bull's Webber surged

five points clear despite finishingonly sixth. The top five are nowseparated by just 24 points, lessthan the 25 available for a vic-tory, with everything to play forand five races remaining.

Webber has 187, Hamilton182, Alonso 166, Button 165and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel163. Button denied Ferrari aone-two finish, with BrazilianFelipe Massa joining team mateAlonso on the podium in thirdas a sea of red-shirted fans in-vaded the track in jubilation.

"This is a good motivation forall of us but the remaining fiveraces are the really importantones," said Alonso, who startedon pole position and had earlierdescribed Monza as crucial tohis hopes of a third title after hecrashed in Belgium last month.

"We need to remain calm. This

was a good weekend for us. Spawas a bad weekend. We needto find some consistency in thefinal races," he added.

Massa had challenged Alonsoat the start, a seemingly futilegesture for a driver ordered tolet the Spaniard win in Germany,but his main contribution wasto knock Hamilton out of therunning at the Della Roggia chi-cane on the opening lap.

The two banged wheels in arisky bid by the 2008 championfor third place and Hamilton'sfront right suspension was bro-ken by the impact.

Hamilton's retirement was hissecond in three races, althoughhe won the previous race in Bel-gium, and his second in succes-sion in Italy.

"The championship is not overbut it's mistakes like I made

A dream win for Alonso today that lose world champi-onships," the Briton told re-porters.

Vettel was fourth, leaving hispitstop to the last lap after ear-lier suffering an engine problemand slipping behind Webber.

He cut his deficit to Webberfrom 28 to 24 points, with hisresult demonstrating that RedBull were in no mind for the'team orders' that led to Ferraribeing hauled before the gov-erning body last week.

Germany's Nico Rosberg wasfifth for Mercedes with compa-triot Nico Hulkenberg seventhfor Williams.

Poland's Robert Kubica waseighth for Renault with Schu-macher ninth in a Mercedes andBrazilian Rubens Barrichello, lastyear's winner for Brawn GP, tak-ing the final point for Williams.

No points for Force India

Force India returned emptyhanded for the fourth time thisseason with Vitantonio Liuzzifinishing 12th and Adrian Sutil16th at the Italian Grand Prix inMonza on Sunday.

It is third time in the last fourraces that Force India has failedto get a point in an otherwiseimpressive season.

Before this race, Force Indiahad returned without any pointsfrom the Chinese, German andHungary Grand Prix.

Sutil, who began 11th on thegrid, was pushed back to therear after an opening lap troublewhich also forced him an earlypit stop, but the German driverraced amazingly to move up.

He switched on to hard tyresand moved to 17 by the lap 18.In another five laps, he was intop-15. With the 16th-place fin-ish, Sutil dropped one positionto 10th.

Pakistan 294-8 (50 overs). England 295-6 (49.3 overs)

AGENCIES

LONDON, SEPT 12

England edged to a four-wicketwin over Pakistan at Headingleyto take a 2-0 lead in the one-day series.

Openers Kamran Akmal (74) andMohammad Hafeez (43) shared122 after Pakistan opted to bat,and Asad Shafiq hit 50 in their 294-8, Stuart Broad taking 4-81.

Andrew Strauss shared 146with Jonathan Trott, but fell for126 in the 45th over and EoinMorgan went in the next. Sixwere needed from the final overbut Michael Yardy and Tim Bres-nan guided their side home withthree balls left.

An exciting finish in good con-ditions was exactly what the se-ries needed, given England'sdominance in the Test andTwenty20 matches.

Another improved Pakistanperformance saw them comeagonisingly close, but they suc-cumbed to their seventh defeatin eight internationals againstEngland this summer.

The opening stand of 122 wastheir highest opening ODI part-nership against England andmore than the entire team made

on five occasions during the in-ternational matches on this trip.

Bresnan's first three overswent for 25, and the 50 part-nership was recorded in 53 ballscourtesy of a rare James Ander-son misfield.

The bright Leeds sunshineand flat surface gave little as-sistance to the bowlers, but Eng-land's fielding in general wasunusually lax and tactics withthe ball that previously provedso effective did not work.

Yardy has often stemmed thescoring with his unique brandof flat slow to medium left-arm,but he conceded 26 in his open-ing four overs.

It was Paul Collingwood whomade the breakthrough, ironi-cally with an off-cutter, to trapKamran marginally on the lineof off-stump when sweeping,while Hafeez was bowled viathe inside edge and pad offGraeme Swann, who foundsome spin and was relativelyeconomical.

Mohammad Yousuf againstarted slowly before graduallybeginning to find his touch.Things did not improve for Yardywhen he returned to the actionand was wristily flicked overmid-on for six by Yousuf.

Strauss leadsway for England

ICC to haltPak’s ’11 visit

to EnglandAGENCIES

LONDON, SEPT 12

ICC is expected to tell Pakistanthat they will not be returningto England next season, as a se-quel to allegations of spot-fixingcontroversy, media reports saidon Sunday.

According to The Sunday Tele-graph, England was going to bePakistan's second home as longas the security situation in theircountry was desperate.

The Pakistan-Australia Testseries held this summer was in-tended to be the first of severalneutral series staged here.

But at the ICC chief executivesmeet in Cape Town tomorrow,the ECB CEO David Collier is notgoing to offer Pakistan the samefacilities for 2011, as a conse-quence of the recent decline inthe tourists' popularity.

Earlier this year the ECB hadhoped that Pakistan would playIndia in England next summer,which would have been a realmoney-spinner as the two coun-tries meet so seldom and have suchlarge and passionate following.

According to the report, thereis a small window for a one-dayseries between Sri Lanka -- theother country to tour Englandnext season -- and Pakistan tobe staged in this country in July.

Sushil Kumar wins gold Wrestler Sushil Kumarrewrote the history booksonce again as he becamethe first Indian wrestler towin a gold medal in theWorld Wrestling Champi-onships. Sushil outwittedRussian grappler GogaevAlan 3-1 to win the finalbout of the 66 kg men'sfreestyle category to clinchthe gold medal. Accordingto international body's web-site (FILA), Sushil clinchedtwo crucial points in thefirst period while his oppo-nent only managed one.Argentina win hockey World CupCarla Rebecchi scoredtwice as Argentina werecrowned women's hockeyworld champions for thesecond time on Saturdayafter beating holdersNetherlands 3-1 in theWorld Cup final. It was Ar-gentina's third win over theOlympic champions in twomonths after they twicebeat them on their way toretaining the ChampionsTrophy in Nottingham inJuly. Earlier, England beatGermany 2-0 to win thebronze medal, also a re-peat of the result for thirdplace in Nottingham.Beckham back in action David Beckham returned tocompetitive action for thefirst time in almost sixmonths with a second halfsubstitute appearance forthe LA Galaxy in their 3-1win over Major LeagueSoccer rivals ColumbusCrew. He came on in the70th minute of the gameat the Home Depot Centerwith the Galaxy leading 3-0 against the Eastern Con-ference leaders onSaturday. ''It feels amaz-ing,'' Beckham said afterthe game, ''Doing rehabili-tation is kind of tough.That was a big win in a biggame,'' he said.

Rafi namedFPAI Player of the Year

AGENCIES

NEW DELHI, SEPT 12

Churchill Brothers striker Mo-hammad Rafi was on Sundaynamed India’s Player of theYear by the Football PlayersAssociation of India at a glit-tering function held in theevening in New Delhi on Sun-day.

Dempo Sports Club’sJoaquim Abranches was de-clared Young Player of the Yearwhile another Churchill playerOdafe Okolie was named theForeign Player of the Year.

Dempo's Anthony Pereirawas named Fittest Player ofthe Year.

Pune FC and India goal-keeper Subrata Paul was cho-sen as the Fan Player of theYear while Dempo's ArmandoColaco won the Coach of theYear award at a glittering func-tion attended by Asian Foot-ball Confederation PresidentMohammed bin Hammam.

All India Football FederationPresident Praful Patel, othertop AIFF officials, nationalteam players and chief coachBob Houghton were also pres-ent on the occasion.

Bollywood actors and foot-ball enthusiasts John Abrahamand Rahul Bose were alsopresent.

"I thank all my team-matesfor helping me win thisaward," Rafi said.

Houghton said the biggeststrength of Indian footballteam is its unity and praisedFPAI President BhaichungBhutia for his leadership quali-ties.

"Indian football's biggeststrength is its team unity.Bhaichung is Indian footballicon but he is just like one ofthe members when he is withthe team," he said.

Kallis on the kill for Royals

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