NEW DELHI, FEB 18Days after Bharatiya

Janata Party (BJP) MPSakshi Maharaj made con-troversial remarks askingHindu mothers to produceat least four kids,Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) chief MohanBhagwat has reportedlysaid, “our mothers are notbaby factories”.

“Hamaari maatayen fac-tory nahin hain, bachchapaida karna vyaktigat nir-nay hai (Our mothers arenot factories to producebabies, it's a personal deci-sion to give birth to achild),” the RSS chief said.

The remarks were made

by the RSS chief inKanpur on Monday duringtalks with delegates relatedto the Sangh Parivar,according to news reports.

In an apparent referenceto BJP MP SakshiMaharaj, Bhagwat saidthat one should think care-fully before making suchstatements.

The Unnao MP had trig-gered a controversy lastmonth after he said thatevery Hindu womanshould give birth to at leastfour children to protectHindu religion.

He said that out of fourchildren, one should join

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MUSCAT, FEB 18India on Wednesday told

Oman there was "multi-plicity of opportunities" tostep up bilateral tiesincluding as a supplier ofnatural gas even asExternal Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj said morereforms will be unveiled inthe coming days to attractforeign investment.

India and Omanreviewed their strategicties and decided to expanddefence and maritimecooperation in maintainingthe stability and security ofthe Indian Ocean region.

Swaraj, on her first offi-cial visit to oil-rich Oman,met her counterpart Yousufbin Alawi bin Abdullahand reviewed bilateral

political, economic,defence and security issuesas well as the regional situ-ation.

Swaraj, the first ExternalAffairs Minister to visitOman in seven years, alsocalled on its Deputy PrimeMinister Sayyid Fahd bin

Mahmoud Al Said and metMinister of the RoyalOffice and head of theDefence Council GeneralSultan bin Mohammed AliNuamani. Official sourcessaid the two sides exploredopportunities on how

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18The Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP) government in Delhiannounced, Wednesday, thatit plans to bid for coal blockto achieve its target of gener-ating 4,000 MW of power forthe city.

The AAP had made powertariffs in the national capital akey poll issue and promised50% cut in electricity bills inits manifesto.

As per reports, AAP plansto tie-up with a private com-pany to set up an ultra megapower plant to ensure ade-quate power to the city atcheap rates.

The decision came daysafter the Delhi governmentdirected finance and powerdepartments to immediatelysend their proposals forimplementation of the elec-tion promises to slash the

electricity tariffs by 50 percent till the audit by theComptroller and AuditorGeneral of the private powercompanies (discoms) is com-pleted.

The Kejriwal-led govern-ment has also directed theDelhi Jal Board to prepare aproposal on providing freewater up to 20,000 litres toevery household per month.

During its previous 49-daystint, the AAP-led govern-ment had announced a 50 percent subsidy on power con-sumption up to 400 units inthe national capital due towhich power bills of the con-sumers were cut by half. Thethen AAP government hadalso ordered a CAG audit intothe finances of three privatepower distribution companiesin the national capital.

The new government alsohas major plans to improvepower generation fromrenewable sources like solarpower.

Delhi has a power demandof about 5,000 MW and islargely dependent on otherstates to meet its require-ments.

Earlier, in an apparent dig atAAP over its poll pledge to

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Cheap electricity for Delhi: AAPgovt plans to bid for coal blocks

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18The European Union on

Wednesday welcomed PrimeMinister Narendra Modi`sstatement on religious free-dom and said that his remarkswere "entirely in line with theIndian Constitution".European Union Ambassador

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Welcome Modi's remarkson religious freedom: EU

NEW DELHI, FEB 18A Delhi court on

Wednesday ordered registra-tion of an FIR against AllIndia Majlis IttehadulMuslimin (AIMIM) leaderand MP Asaduddin Owaisi forallegedly giving hate speech

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Hate speech: Courtorders FIR against MPAsaduddin Owaisi

NEW DELHI, FEB 18A woman has topped the

Indian Forest Service (IFS)examinations, 2014 results ofwhich were announced onWednesday by Union PublicService Commission (UPSC).

As many as 85 people havebeen chosen for appointmentin IFS. Anshika Agrawal has

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Woman tops IFSexams

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18Defending her post Delhi

assembly polls statement -- "Itis not my defeat, it is a defeatof the BJP" -- former chiefministerial candidate KiranBedi Wednesday clarified thatshe said so because she had notfailed herself in person.

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I lose only when I failmyself: Kiran Bedi

BANGALORE, FEB 18Union Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar onWednesday said the govern-ment is working to make theprocess of exporting defencegoods easier and transparent inorder to give impetus to thedomestic manufacturing in thesector. "Defence is a sectorwhere demand is almost

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Govt to make defence exports easier toboost domestic manufacturing: Parrikar

GHAZIABAD, FEB 18About 1,000 people met

Delhi's new Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal at hisKaushambi office hereWednesday to apprise himabout their problems.

While Kejriwal gave them apatient hearing, the residentsparticipating in the Janata

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Arvind Kejriwal holds JanataDarbar in Ghaziabad

NEW DELHI, FEB 18State governments cannot

amend a procedural law withretrospective effect to providefor quota in posts after com-mencement of selectionprocess, the Supreme Courton Wednesday held. "In any

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States can't amendlaws with retro-spective effect: SC

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Family members of a 52-

year-old CPWD employee,who was killed in a road acci-dent involving a rashly drivencar, have been awarded acompensation of over Rs 25lakh by a Motor AccidentClaims Tribunal (MACT)

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Kin of CPWD employ-ee get over Rs 25 lakhcompensation

JAMMU, FEB 18Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) chief MuftiMohammad Sayeed onWednesday welcomed PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sstatement on religious minori-ties and said it will silence theloose canons and send a rightsignal to the world.

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PM's statements will silenceloose canons, says Mufti

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'Multiplicity of opportunities'in India, Sushma tells Oman

NEW DELHI, FEB 18A top Church leader on

Wednesday said President PranabMukherjee and CongressPresident Sonia Gandhi were"happy" that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had made a state-ment against religious violence.

The supreme head of UniversalSyrian Orthodox Church, MoranMor Ignatius Aphrem II, toldreporters that the President andthe Congress chief, whom he methere today, insisted that the attackon churches in the last few weekswas "not the way India behaves".

"...President and Sonia Gandhimentioned the statement of thePrime Minister and they allaffirmed that what happened dur-ing the last few weeks and months

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SURAT, FEB 18Prime Minister

Narendra Modi's pin-stripe monogrammedbandhgala suit, whichhogged limelight dur-ing President BarackObama's visit, went upfor auction in the dia-mond city onWednesday.

On the first of thethree-day auction,Rajesh Juneja fromSurat bid a whoppingRs 1.21 crore forModi's Navy blue suit.Juneja gave a writtenbid offering Rs 1.21crore for the suitwhich was the starattraction at the auc-tion. Juneja, who

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Rs 1.21 crore bid for PM NarendraModi's controversial pinstriped suit

'Prez, Sonia were 'happy'over PM Modi'sstatement againstreligious violence'

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NEW DELHI, FEB 18With total funds of

USD 4.1 billion,Indians rank 16th onthe new leakedHSBC list of Swissbank account holdersfrom over 200 coun-tries, while peoplefrom Switzerlanditself are on the top.

The list, made pub-lic by an internationalbody of journalistsICIJ (InternationalConsortium ofI n v e s t i g a t i v eJournalists), compris-es over one lakhHSBC customers andtheir bank accountswith balancestotalling over USD100 billion.

There are morethan 19,000 clientsnot associated withany country, ICIJ

said.In terms of money

in these accounts,account holders fromSwitzerland are on

the top (USD 31.2billion), followed byUK, Venezuela, USand France in the top

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Indians rank 16th on leakedHSBC list; Swiss on top

NEW DELHI, FEB 18A special court on

Wednesday granted bailto former Jharkhandchief minister MadhuKoda in a coal blocksallocation scam casedespite opposition fromthe CBI.

The CBI had thismorning opposed thebail pleas of MadhuKoda and seven othersalleging that they haveconspired and abusedtheir position to favouraccused firm Vini Ironand Steel Udyog Ltd inallocation of a coalblock.

The agency told

Special CBI JudgeBharat Parashar thatbesides Koda, the otheraccused in the case were

ex-Jharkhand ChiefSecretary Ashok KumarBasu, ex-Coal Secretary

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Coal scam: Special Court grants bailto ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda

Bhagwat after Sakshi Maharaj's remarks:Our mothers are not baby factories?

TIRUPATI, FEB 18Sri Lankan President

Maithripala Sirisena andhis wife Jayanthi PushpaKumari offered prayers toLord Venkateswara atTirumala here Wednesday.

The couple, who wereaccompanied by somecabinet ministers and topofficials, participated inthe pre-dawn rituals at thefamous hill shrine.

According to an officialof Tirumala TirupatiDevasthanam (TTD),which manages the affairsof the temple, the SriLankan president took part

in 'suprabhatha' conductedin the sanctum sanctorumof the temple.

Though the visiting dig-

nitary was entitled to adirect entry through theMahadwaram (main

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BENGALURU, FEB 18Making a strong pitch

to end India's depend-ence on defenceimports, PrimeMinister NarendraModi on Wednesdaypromised a conduciveenvironment for manu-facturers, including adiscrimination-free taxsystem, and asked for-eign firms not to be just"sellers" but "strategicpartners".

Inaugurating the 10th'Aero India' show here,

the Prime Minister saidwhile the country needsto increase its defencepreparedness and mod-ernise its forces due tosecurity challenges thatwere well known, itshould aim to manufac-ture 70 percent of mili-tary hardware domesti-cally in next five yearsand remove the tag ofbeing number oneimporter of defenceequipment. Stressingthat developing

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Sri Lankan president offers prayers at TirumalaPM Modi promises steps to boostdefence manufacturing sector

GENEVA, FEB 18Swiss police on

W e d n e s d a ysearched HSBCoffices here as partof its probe into"suspected moneylaundering" by theglobal bankinggiant, which hasbeen in news for aleaked list of itsaccount holders thatincluded 1,195Indian names.

The banking

major has comeunder the scannerafter a global exposeearlier this month bya grouping of inves-tigative journalistsdisclosed details ofover one lakhaccount holders inHSBC Genevabranch.

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Swiss police searchHSBC offices; bank

faces laundering probe

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Hitting back at the

Congress for takingpotshots at NarendraModi over putting hissuit on the block, BJP

on Wednesday said itreflects the fallingstandards ofCongress' politics andattacked its leader

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Congress' barb reflects fallingstandards of its politics, says BJP

NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | FEB 19, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, FEB 18The Election

Commission onWednesday sought dis-missal of a plea seekingcancellation of Aam AadmiParty's registration, sayingthere is "no lapse or anyundue haste" in grantingrecognition to the party.

The EC informed abench of Chief Justice GRohini and Justice R SEndlaw in response to thePIL seeking quashing ofthe registration of theArvind Kejriwal-led AAPon the ground that it hadallegedly used forged doc-uments to register itself.

"Registration to AAPwas granted after complet-ing all requisite formalitiesand requirements. There isno lapse or any unduehaste on the part of theCommission's office in thisregard, as alleged or at all,"the EC said in its affidavit.

The poll panel also saidthat though petitioner HansRaj Jain made the allega-

tions against AAP, he "hasnot impleaded the party asa respondent".

It also urged the highcourt to dismiss the pleasaying "there is no contra-vention of any provision ofthe law."

Taking note of EC's sub-mission, the court said thatit will consider the argu-

ments made by both theparties and pass an appro-priate order.

"Will consider the mat-ter. Judgement reserved,"the court said.

The court had asked theEC to give completedetails of registration ofAAP with it.

The court was hearing

the plea of Jain, who hadalleged that provisions ofState Emblem of India(Prohibition of ImproperUse) Act has been violatedby AAP as its registrationapplication contained the'chakra' logo as depicted inthe national flag.

Jain had alleged that"registration of AAP wasallowed (by the EC) in ahurried manner on thebasis of false and fabricat-ed documents withoutmaking any properenquiries".

He had claimed thatthere were discrepancies inresidential addresses givenby some AAP members intheir affidavits when com-pared to the addressesgiven in their voter identitycards or income taxreturns.

Jain had sought initiationof disciplinary actionagainst EC officials forallegedly failing to verifydocuments submitted byAAP members.

No lapse, undue haste in grantingrecognition to AAP: EC to Delhi HC

NEW DELHI, FEB 18 After AAP's landslide victory

in the Delhi assembly polls, thePolitical Affairs Committee(PAC) will meet this week to takea call on the party's future courseof action.

Although Delhi chief ministerand AAP's National ConvenorArvind Kejriwal has made hisstand clear that his party wouldfocus on the national capital,many leaders feel that the partyshould expand in other states,using Delhi's success as thelaunch pad.

The PAC, the top decision-making body in the party, willmeet in next two days, partysources said.

"There have been differentviews in the party on what shouldbe our strategy. This requires a lotof debating," said a senior partyleader.

After the Delhi assembly poll

results, there has beenno discussion inthe party aboutits futurecourse ofaction. Thelast meetingwas held todiscuss theCouncil ofMinisters andeven Kejriwalwas unwell formost of the pastweek.

While Kejriwal, in his speechafter swearing in, has said thatthe party would only focus onDelhi for the next five years,another senior party leaderYogendra Yadav, in his interac-tions with the media, has said thatthe party plans to focus on 4-5states.

Another section is of opinionthat the party should focus on

Punjab, a state which has fourAAP MPs and also has

"strong anti-incumbency"for ruling ShiromaniAkali Dal and the BJPand favourbale condi-tions for the AAP.The party is not plan-ning to contest Biharelections.However, there is a

demand for contestingMunicipal Corporation

polls in Mumbai andBangalore, where the party has abase.

"We have to take a call on thedivergent views we have.Secondly, we also need to takesome decisions related to theorganisation.

"We also need to take intoaccount our limited resources andthe strength of organisation indifferent states" the sourcessaid.

AAP's Political Affairs Committee to meet soon

NEW DELHI, FEB 18The Delhi High Court on

Wednesday refused to enter-tain a PIL seeking directionsto the government to keepcases of live-in relation-ships out of the purview ofrape under the Indian PenalCode.

The PIL also sought direc-tion with regard to the issueof police arresting a persononly on the basis of an alle-gation levelled by thewoman, prior to conductinga preliminary enquiry andobtaining a medical report.

Before arrest, sufficientcause should be recorded by

the officer to avoid falseimplication.

A division bench of ChiefJustice G. Rohini andJustice R. S. Endlaw refusedto entertain the plea sayingthat it is not in the discretionof the court to direct policewhom to arrest.

"How can court directpolice officer not to arrestanybody? Its not in the dis-cretion of court. We are notentertaining this plea," thebench said.

Seeking to control thepossible misuse of the rapelaw in the city, the plea filedby one Anil Dutt Sharma

said the complaint lodgedby the live-in partneragainst the other should beregistered under section 420(cheating), not section 376(rape).

The lawyer, who appearedfor Sharma, argued that asper records it has been seenthat in many instancescourts acquit men accusedof rape as women file falsecases.

"In more than 70 percentcases, the accused is foundnot guilty and the familymembers of the the accusedface humiliation in the soci-ety," he argued.

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Even before assuming

the office of Leader ofOpposition in DelhiAssembly, BJP leaderVijender Gupta onWednesday took the AAPto task over its dealingwith media.

Launching a scathingattack on AAP's seniorleader and Delhi MinisterGopal Rai, Vijender Guptatook to Twitter and said,"Gopal Rai has calledmediapersons Dalals. Idemand that he either apol-ogises or be removed forabusing journalistic profes-sion. If there is any truththen he should name suchpower brokers in mediainstead of casting asper-sion on integrity of entirejournalistic community."

“Delhi Minister GopalRai called mediapersons"Dalals".I demand that heeither apologises or beremoved for abusing jour-nalistic profession.

If any truth Mr. Gopal

Rai shud name such powerbrokers in media instead ofcasting aspersion onintegrity of entire journal-istic community.

He further went on to saythat Rai's highly objection-able statement on mediareeks of arrogance andshows the undemocratic

functioning of AAP-ledDelhi govt.

Mr. Gopal Rai's highlyobjectionable statement onmedia reeks of arroganceand shows the undemocra-tic functioning of AAP ledDelhi govt.

Delhi govt wants to tkdecisions under cloak of

secrecy i.e. against d veryprinciple of transparent &accountable governance.We oppose it.”

- Vijender Gupta( @ G u p t a _ v i j e n d e r )February 18, 2015

Vijender Kumar Gupta,one of the three successfulBJP candidates in DelhiAssembly, was todaynamed by the party as theLeader of Opposition.

A member of the BJP'sNational Executive, Guptawas elected from WestDelhi's Rohini constituen-cy and has also been thepresident of the BJP'sDelhi branch.

In the recently held Delhielections, the BJP suffereda rout by winning onlythree seats. The AAP thatwon landslide majority hadannounced that it will givethe BJP 'Leader ofOpposition' status in theDelhi assembly even if itfell short of the numbersneeded to qualify for thepost.

Soon after being named BJP's LoP in DelhiAssembly, Vijender Gupta slams AAP

Delhi HC refuses to entertainPIL on live-in relationship

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Aam Aadmi Party's Gokalpur

MLA Fateh Singh has beenpicked by the party to be thenext Speaker of Delhi Assembly,reports claimed on Wednesday.

Fateh Singh, who has defeatedBJP leader Ranjeet Singh by amargin of over 30,000 votes inthe recently held DelhiAssembly elections, mayresume the office shorty, as perANI.

The former BJP MLA anddeputy speaker of DelhiAssembly, Fateh Singh hadjoined the AAP in December2014, stating that the BJP makesempty promises and that he hadconfidence in AAP's actions.

51-year-old Singh is aBachelor of Arts from

Chaudhary Charan SinghUniversity in UP. He will suc-ceed MS Dhir as Speaker, whohad left AAP in November 2014and joined the BJP.

Fateh Singh had contested the1993 Delhi LegislativeAssembly elections on the BJPticket from the Nand Nagariassembly constituency, whichwas reserved for scheduledcastes. He then became themember of the First LegislativeAssembly of Delhi and waselected the deputy speaker from1995 to 1998.

Meanwhile, the AAP todaygranted Leader of Oppositionpost to one of the three success-ful BJP candidates in DelhiAssembly, Vijender KumarGupta.

New Delhi: After it came to noticethat pathology labs and private hospi-tals were taking irrationally highcharges for Swine Flu tests of patientsshowing symptoms of the fast-spread-ing disease in the national capital,Delhi government on Wednesday helda meeting with private laboratories tofix a rate cap for the tests.

Delhi government, in the meeting,set the rate for the tests at maximum Rs4500, which the labs were earliercharging upto Rs 10,000.

State Health Minister SK Jain con-firmed that the Delhi government hasissued order to all testing labs in Delhifreezing test charges of swine flu at Rs4500 maximum, while also adding thatmedicine stock has been doubled toaddress swine flu situation and ropedin 25 hospitals including private ones.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda hasalso written to the government of Delhiraising questions over the high ratesbeing charged for swine flu tests by the

private laboratories.Dismissing reports of shortage of

drugs for the virus, the Health Ministersaid, "There were some reports aboutthe lack of medicines and we checked,no dearth of medicines found."

Nadda on Tuesday had reviewed the

drug shortage for swine flu patientseven as the number of deaths due to thedisease rose upto 624 across the coun-try. Nadda held a high-level meeting inwhich a committee was formed to visithospitals and look into the drug short-age.

Swine flu: Delhi govt fixes tests chargesat Rs 4500, doubles medicine stock

AAP's Gokalpur MLA Fateh Singhto be Speaker of Delhi Assembly NEW DELHI, FEB 18

The four-day-old AAPgovernment will take adecision on Thursday onallowing entry for mediato the Delhi governmentsecretariat building aftermeeting senior media rep-resentatives, an officialsaid on Wednesday.

"We will be meetingtomorrow (Thursday)morning to sort out thismatter," said RatneshMishra, chairman of theDelhi Press AccreditationCommittee.

A delegation of five-sixsenior media personnelincluding photo, videoand print journalists willbe meeting representa-tives of the government inan effort to end theimpasse.

According to a seniorjournalist in the know,new guidelines on mediaentry and access to thesecretariat are likely to bereleased after the meeting.

The Arvind Kejriwalled-government has notallowed media persons toenter the Delhi Secretariatsince Monday, the newgovernment's first work-ing day leaving manyjournalists incensed.

The decision was takenfollowing a scuffle amongsome journalists, TV crewand photographers.

Following the alterca-tion, a press conferenceby Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia and Delhigovernment spokespersonNagendra Sharma wascalled off.

Decision on media entry onThursday: Delhi government

JAIPUR, FEB 18Haryana Chief Minister

Bhupinder Singh Hooda onWednesday claimed that AamAadmi Party will be confined toDelhi and its popularity graph willstart dipping within six months.

"People in Delhi will come toknow about the new AAP govern-ment's performance and its sustain-ability in the next six months and itwill shrink to its fold," he toldreporters here.

The Congress leader today inau-gurated NSUI office at Universityof Rajasthan here.

"AAP will have no impact in pol-itics of Haryana and Rajasthan andCongress will again emerge as analternative," Hooda claimed.

Recalling UPA government'sLand Acquisition Act, Hoodaalleged that by making amendmentto the act the Modi governmentwas going to "deceive" farmers.

Farmers of Delhi, Rajasthan andHaryana were not happy with theBJP rule as they were not gettingactual price of their crop produce,

Hooda alleged."Rajasthan is in severe grip of

swine flu, farmers are not gettingurea and water supply," he said andaccused Vasundhra Raje govern-ment of failing to fulfil promisesafter coming to power sinceDecember 2013.

Hailing NSUI students' unionvictory in Rajasthan's universities,

Hooda said,"the Congress willencourage NSUI youths to join pol-itics and provide them opportuni-ties." Earlier, speaking at the occa-sion, Rajasthan PCC chief SachinPilot said that it was after 12 yearsthat NSUI has swept the RajasthanUniversity polls. NSUI presidentRozi M John also addressed thestudents.

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Rape-accused Uber cab driver Shiv

Kumar Yadav`s application seeking torecall 28 prosecution witnesses in thecase for further cross examination wasrejected by a court here Wednesday asan attempt to "delay the proceedings".

"The application under considerationis thus nothing but an attempt to protractthe trial," said Additional SessionsJudge Kaveri Baweja.

She said that there was no change incircumstances except change of counsel.

Yadav`s defence counsel DharmendraMishra has submitted that the lawyerwho was previously associated with himwas not compete enough to defend him.

He has requested court to recall wit-nesses for certain clarifications, which

was opposed by Special PublicProsecutor Atul Shrivastava saying thatdefence is trying to delay the trial in thecase.

Meanwhile the court will hear finalarguments in the case Thursday.

The prosecution Jan 31 completedrecording of evidence in just 17 days.

According to police, the woman exec-utive was allegedly raped by 32-year-oldYadav inside his cab on the night of Dec5, 2014.

The court Jan 13 framed charges ofrape and causing grievous bodily harmand endangering the life of a woman,kidnapping a woman, criminal intimida-tion and voluntarily causing hurt againstYadav under various sections of theIndian Penal Code.

AAP will be confined to Delhi: Hooda

Court rejects Uber cab driverplea to recall witnesses

NEW DELHI, FEB 18Aam Aadmi Party on

Wednesday demanded anapology from BJP for ques-tioning the funding of theparty after the Centreadmitted before a DelhiHigh Court that there wereno violations of ForeignCurrency Regulation Actprovisions while acceptingdonations.

AAP said BJP had run acampaign against it over theissue during Delhi assem-bly polls and "misled" thepeople of the national capi-tal and the country.

"May I ask the FinanceMinister of the country

(Arun Jaitley) and top lead-ers of BJP who have beensaying that we have beencaught red handed and areinvolved in money launder-ing? "Will they apologise tothe nation for misleadingthe people of Delhi andmaligning the image ofAAP," senior AAP leaderAshutosh said.

The Centre todayinformed Delhi High Courtthat nothing has been foundagainst the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) in its proberegarding allegations that ithad received offshore fundsin violation of FCRA provi-sions.

AAP demands apology fromBJP after govt statement in HC

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | FEB 19, 2015 SAADDA HAQ

Cheap electricity...reduce power bills, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi wondered how such promises could bemade by political parties in states which aredependent on electricity supply from outside.

“During every election, political parties promisefree power… People need to think about thesepromises,” said Modi at a renewable energy con-ference in Delhi on Feb 15.

“The parties make these promises in suchstates who rely on electricity supply from otherstates, he added.

“Water accounts for a major chunk of the inputcost of farmers. The cost of water is basically dueto cost of power. We have to understand the prob-lems farmers are facing,” said Modi.

Reacting to Modi’s apparent dig at AAP, seniorparty leader and AAP’s Delhi Convenor Ashutoshurged the Prime Minister to help the state govern-ment to make power affordable.

“I don’t want to make any adverse comment onthe Prime Minister. I just want to make a requestto him on behalf of the party that he should helpus to make electricity affordable and cheaperbecause that will do a lot of good to the people ofDelhi and I hope that he also wants goodness ofpeople of state,” he said.

Indians rank...five. India is at 16th place on this parameter.In terms of the number of account holders, India

is at 18th place (1,668 account holders), whileSwitzerland is on the top again with 11,235account holders. Others in the top-five includeFrance, UK, Brazil and Italy.

ICIJ said that its "Swiss Leaks project is basedon a trove of almost 60,000 leaked files that pro-vide details on over 100,000 HSBC clients andtheir bank accounts.

The data of these accounts were "secretedaway by Herve Falciani, a former HSBC employ-ee-turned-whistleblower".

He turned the data over to the French govern-ment in 2008 and its tax authority launched aninvestigation.

French newspaper Le Monde obtained a ver-sion of the tax authority data and shared it withICIJ with the agreement that it would assemble aglobal team of journalists to explore the data andproduce this reporting project.

"The data comes from three types of internalbank files from different time periods. One reflectsclients and their associated private accounts atthe Swiss branch of the bank mostly from 1988 to2007.

The leaked files also include a snapshot of themaximum amounts in the client accounts during2006 and 2007, as also "notes on clients and con-versations with them made by bank employeesduring 2005".

About its findings, ICIJ said that the Swissbranch of HSBC "continued to offer services toclients who had been unfavourably named by theUnited Nations, in court documents and in themedia as connected to arms trafficking, blood dia-monds and bribery".

"HSBC served those close to discreditedregimes such as that of former Egyptian presidentHosni Mubarak, former Tunisian president Ben Aliand current Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad.

"India is ranked 16th among the countries withthe largest dollar amounts in the leaked Swissfiles," ICIJ said, while adding that the maximumamount of money associated with a client con-nected to India was USD 876.3 million.

There are 2,699 accounts linked to 1,688Indians on the list. Out of these, 1,403 clientaccounts were opened between 1969 and 2006.

Out of the total 1,668 clients associated withIndia, 51 per cent have an Indian passport ornationality, ICIJ said. The remaining accountswere liked to offshore companies, or were 'num-bered' accounts.

"The bank repeatedly reassured clients that itwould not disclose details of accounts to nationalauthorities, even if evidence suggested that theaccounts were undeclared to tax authorities in theclient's home country.

"Bank employees also discussed with clients arange of measures that would ultimately allowclients to avoid paying taxes in their home coun-tries," ICIJ said, while adding this included holdingaccounts in the name of offshore companies toavoid regulatory glare," it added.

The Swiss prosecutors are probing HSBCPrivate Bank as well as unknown persons for"suspected aggravated money laundering" activi-ties.

"Following the recent revelations related to theHSBC Private Bank (Switzerland), the public pros-ecutor announces the opening of a criminal proce-dure against the bank... For aggravated moneylaundering," the Swiss Prosecutors Office said ina statement.

The investigation comes against the backdropof allegations that the bank might have helpedwealthy customers to evade tax.

The list has 1,668 Indians, while the number ofactionable cases stands at 1,195 after taking intoaccount duplication and some other factors.Collectively, these accounts had a balance ofUSD 4.1 billion (Rs 25,420 crore) till 2007.However, all of those accounts may not necessar-ily have had illicit funds.

'Prez, Sonia ...to Christian churches is not the way Indian

behaves, this is not an Indian way of treating thepeople in this beloved country.

The visiting church leader met President andGandhi a day after he called on Prime Ministerand discussed the issues confronting the commu-nity including all the attacks.

"I believe it was very positive from all of them,from the Prime Minister, from Sonia Gandhi andfrom the President. They (Mukherjee and Gandhi)were all happy that that statement was also made(by the Prime Minister)," he told reporters in

response to a query on the issue.He said he has urged political leaders to "please

make sure and do all that they can to keep thespirit, the Indian spirit of tolerance, peaceful coex-istence of all and do their best to keep away thisideologies of extremism and fanaticism."

The Prime Minister had said his government willensure that there is complete freedom of faith andthat everyone has the undeniable right to retain oradopt the religion of his or her choice withoutcoercion or undue influence.

Modi has been under attack from oppositionand Christian groups of turning a blind eye to astring of recent attacks on five churches and aChristian school in Delhi,

"My government will not allow any religiousgroup, belonging to the majority or the minority, toincite hatred against others, overtly or covertly.Mine will be a government that gives equalrespect to all religions," he had said at a functionyesterday.

Rs 1.21 crore...emerged as the highest bidder for the suit on

day one, told a news agency,"I like Modi's hard-work, confidence and that is why he is my rolemodel. I want to keep the suit as a souvenir. If thebid goes up a little further, I will match it. But if itgoes up steeply, then I will think about proceedingfurther".

Earlier, NRI businessmen Viral Chowksi offeredRs 1.11 crore, while before him textile traderSuresh Aggarwal made an offer of Rs one crorefor the two-piece suit.

The first bid was made for Rs 11 lakh by aSurat-based chartered accountant Pankaj, whilefew minutes later, second bid of Rs 51 lakh wasmade by Raju Agarwal, an estate dealer.

"I have offered Rs 1 crore. This is work of char-ity and when the Prime Minister is doing for agreat cause like cleaning of Ganga, I decided togo ahead and buy the suit," said SureshAggarwal.

Giving a new dimension to the controversy, NRIGujarati businessman Ramesh B Virani, who hadparticipated in the Gujarat Vibrant Summit, saidhe had gifted the suit to Modi when had he goneto invite the Prime Minister for his son's wedding.

"At that time, he (Modi) told me that he has avery busy schedule ahead and also that he will bedonating the suit. I said there is no problem withthat. I told him that I want him to wear the suit onthe day of my son's wedding as a blessing," hesaid.

The suit that created waves and kicked up apolitical storm was auctioned today along with 455items that Modi had received as gifts during hisnearly nine-month long tenure to generate fundsfor the Prime Minister's ambitious 'Clean IndiaMission'.

Among other items up for auction are two T-shirts of Modi, including one gifted to him byCricket Australia during his visit to Australia inNovember. The T-shirts were among 237 clothesand textile items put for auction.

Congress' barb...Rahul Gandhi for his "clouded image" of seeing

only the exterior and not the actions and deeds ofthe Prime Minister.

BJP said there was a big difference between thethoughts of the two parties as Congress leadersare born with a silver spoon and dynastic mind-sets.

'Multiplicity of ...Oman can plug into the expanding opportunities

in India, including as a natural gas supplier.Given India's thirst for clean energy, the possi-

bility of revisiting an under sea pipeline was alsodiscussed, the sources said.

The External Affairs Minister told the Omanileadership that, "multiplicity of opportunities toexpand ties as India boosts growth," Ministry ofExternal Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddinsaid.

The two sides discussed the possibility ofincreased defence and security cooperation inIndian Ocean region, especially since it has beenfacing the problem of piracy.

The two sides especially took stock of the cur-rent level of cooperation between the Indian Army,Navy and Air Force with their Omani counterpartsand ways to boost the defence and security ties,Akbaruddin said.

"Obviously there are a lot of things to catch upon. The focus has been on strategic issues. Wehope this visit will set in motion a deeper engage-ment between Oman and India," he said, addingthe two sides focused on strategic aspects of rela-tions as maritime neighbours.

Coal scam...HC Gupta, and being politicians and public ser-

vants they might influence the witnesses in thematter.

"The prosecution case is based on oral testi-monies. The public servants, politicians are verymuch influential persons and their submissionsthat they were not arrested earlier reflects thatthey are very influential," the senior public prose-cutor VK Sharma told the court.

Sharma also told the court that Gupta had "mis-led" the Prime Minister's office regarding the rec-ommendation made by screening committee, ofwhich he was the Chairman at that time.

Their bail pleas, Special Public Prosecutor RSCheema said the witnesses might be influenced inthe case.

Koda, Basu, Gupta, public servants Bipin BihariSingh and Basant Kumar Bhattacharya, Kolkata-based Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd (VISUL)'sDirector Vaibhav Tulsyan, Chartered AccountantNavin Kumar Tulsyan and Koda's alleged closeaide Vijay Joshi appeared in the court followingthe summons issued against them.

The case pertains to alleged irregularities inallocation of Jharkhand's Rajhara North coal block

to VISUL.These eight accused appeared before the court

and their advocates moved separate bail pleas ontheir behalf.

Seeking bail, Koda's counsel told the court thatthe screening committee had already recom-mended allocation of coal block to VISUL and hehad nothing to do with it.

His counsel contended that Koda had co-oper-ated during the investigation and CBI had notarrested him, so there was no requirement tosend him to judicial custody now.

Similarly counsel appearing for the other sevenaccused contended that their clients had cooper-ated in the probe and there was no allegation thatthey would tamper with evidence or influence anywitnesses.

The court after hearing the arguments on thebail pleas reserved its order for 3 pm today. Thecourt had on January 20 summoned as accusedKoda and seven others.

The court had said that prima facie it was clearthat there was a concerted effort by way of a crim-inal conspiracy on the part of Gupta, Koda, Basu,Bhattacharya, Singh along with Joshi, VaibhavTulsyan, Navin Kumar Tulsyan and VISUL to facil-itate misappropriation of the important nation-alised natural resource of the country.

The court had taken cognisance of the offencesunder sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) readwith 420 (cheating) and 409 (criminal breach oftrust by public servants) of the IPC and under theprovisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Out of the eight accused persons, CBI did notcharge sheet Navin Kumar Tulsyan saying noprosecutable evidence could come on record dur-ing the course of investigation.

However, the court had summoned him as anaccused saying that being the chartered account-ant, Navin allegedly gave a false certificate tofacilitate VISUL to misrepresent about its net-worth and turn-over to acquire the coal block.

It had said there was no need for sanction undersection 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act toprosecute Gupta and Basu as they have sinceretired.

Bhagwat after...armed forces, one should be put in company of

saintly men and two should take care of family.On the issue of equal representation of women,

the RSS chief reportedly said, “Sabhi ko manchpar dikhna chahiye.”

PM Modi...domestic defence industry "is at the heart of the

'Make in India' programme", he said, "We will buildan industry that will have room for everyone - pub-lic sector, private sector and foreign firms".

"From sellers, foreign firms must turn intostrategic partners. We need their technology,skills, systems integration and manufacturingstrength," he said.

He said the foreign players can use India aspart of their global supply chain and India's frugalbut sophisticated manufacturing and engineeringservices sectors can help reduce costs.

Also India can be a base for export to thirdcountries, especially because of its growingdefence partnerships in Asia and beyond, he said.

He said the government was reforming defenceprocurement policies and procedures.

"There would be a clear preference for equip-ment manufactured in India. Our procurementprocedures will ensure simplicity, accountabilityand speedy decision making," he said.

Modi noted that his government has raised thepermitted level of Foreign Direct Investment to 49percent and this can go higher, if the projectbrings state-of-the art technology.

"We have permitted investments up to 24 per-cent by Foreign Institutional Investments. And,there is no longer a need to have a single Indianinvestor with at least a 51 percent stake. Industriallicensing requirements have been eliminated for anumber of items. Where it is needed, the processhas been simplified," he said.

"We have to equip ourselves for the needs ofthe future, where technology will play a major role.As a nation of one billion people, we also havehuge requirements for managing internal securi-ty," he said.

The Prime Minister said that effort is on toexpand the role of private sector, even for majorplatforms.

"Our goal is to provide a level playing field forall. We speak in terms of national capacity, notpublic sector or private sector," he said.

The Prime Minister told the participating over-seas delegations that for too many of them Indiais a major business opportunity with the reputationas the largest importer of defence equipment inthe world.

Sri Lankan president ...entrance), he reached the temple through the

Vaikuntam queue complex like a commoner.TTD Joint Executive Officer K.S.Sreenivasa

Raju and other officials welcomed the presidentand his entourage at the queue complex.

After participating in the rituals, Sirisena wor-shipped the deity.

TTD's executive officer D. Sambasiva Rao pre-sented him with 'laddu' (sweet), sacred silk cloth,books and memento of the presiding deity. Thepundits (priests) of the temple blessed him withVedic hymns at Ranganayakula Mandapam.

Later, speaking on behalf of the Sri Lankanpresident, the island's eastern province GovernorAustin Fernando said their four-day official visitwas successful.

Talking to reporters, he thanked the governmentof India for its warm hospitality.

He said it was heartening that during the newpresident's first visit to India several agreementswere signed. He also termed as 'fruitful' the talkswith Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PresidentPranab Mukherjee.

I lose only ...measuring success. One is the outer success

and another inner success. So given my circum-stances and capacity with which I approachedpeople and the campaign, I asked myself onequestion - Had I given my best shot," the formerIPS officer asked while launching her co-authoredbook at the ongoing Delhi World Book Fair.

"And I knew I had and that is why I said that Ididn`t lose. I lose when I fail myself and I win whenI win for myself," she added.

Bedi lost BJP`s bastion of Krishna Nagar in eastDelhi by 2,277 votes to the Aam AadmiParty(AAP) leader S.K. Bagga, an advocate, whopolled 65,919 votes to her 63,642 votes.

The Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) won only threeseats in the 70-member Delhi assembly, barelysurviving a complete rout from AAP who regis-tered a landslide victory with winning 67 seats inthe assembly.

Following this, many blamed BJP for makingBedi their chief ministerial candidate, ignoring itssenior party leaders.

Bedi, however, chose to stay away from furthermaking any political statement and focused onpromoting her book which she has co-authoredwith Pavan Choudary.

The book "Swachh Bharat Checklist" is aimedat taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s project"Swachh Bharat" to every household by encour-aging people to take more responsibilities.

"In India, cleanliness is still treated as anunskilled labour. Something that we can`t do onour own. In such a scenario, we can`t even thinkof having training centres to teach people how toindulge in cleanliness campaign and be an activeparticipant," she said.

"So the prime minister has done whatever hecan. Promoted it and earmarked funds from it.Now we(the people) have to take responsibility onour shoulders and ensure that we take the mis-sion forward," she added.

Bedi also said that during her campaign in thenational capital she was saddened to see filthyroads and pan-stained walls.

"When I saw Delhi like that, I was wondering isthis New Delhi or a gandi Dilli`( New Delhi or adirty Delhi). And, unfortunately, we have a largechunk of dirty Delhi to deal with," she said.

"If this is the state of national capital what wouldbe happening in other Indian cities," she won-dered.

Arvind Kejriwal ...Durbar (public meet) complained of the chief

minister giving an audience for just 10-12 people.Others were asked to wait for their turn.

Most complaints were related to police. Abouthalf of the visitors had come to greet Kejriwal withbouquets on being the chief minister of Delhi.

Most of them preferred clicking photographswith the new chief minister.

The visitors were attended from 10.00 am to12.00 pm before Kejriwal left the office for the day.

Govt to make...restricted to one buyer, i.e. the defence itself.

Export comes next. We are also working on mak-ing the process of export easier and many otherprocedural formalities simpler but more transpar-ent," Parrikar said in his opening remarks at thefirst day of 10th Aero India-2015.

Parrikar also hailed the growing interest in thegovernment's 'Make in India' initiative.

"Within two years, the interest in the defencesector and the manufacturing in the defence sec-tor has gone up tremendously and we expect a lotof business deals and deals which will take India'sdefence industry basically 'Make in India' for-ward," he said.

The Defence Minister also welcomed the enthu-siasm shown by various companies participatingin the 'Aero India 2015' exhibition.

Welcome Modi's ...Joao Cravinho, to a question from the media

here, said that Modi`s remarks were "upholdingthe basic principles of freedom of religion, werevery welcome and unremarkable".

He said Modi`s remarks are "entirely in line withthe Indian constitution, and it is not surprising hemade the remarks".

"We welcome that because we know very wellthere are elements of discordance resulting fromradical statements by different groups and it isimportant for political leaders to be aware of theexplosive potential of religious divisiveness andcommunal conflicts, and Prime Minister Modi`sstatements were highlighting such concern," hesaid. Modi said his government will ensure com-plete freedom of faith and will not allow any reli-gious group to incite hatred against others "overt-ly or covertly".

Addressing Christian leaders at a function here,the Prime Minister reached out to them, saying hestrongly condemned violence against any religion.

"We cannot accept violence against any religionon any pretext, and I strongly condemn such vio-lence. My government will act strongly in thisregard," he said.

Modi`s remarks in support of freedom of religioncame in the wake of a string of attacks on church-es in the capital and controversial utterances bysaffron right-wing fringe elements.

US President Barack Obama had during hisvisit to India last month said that "India will suc-ceed so long as it is not splintered on religiouslines".

Hate speech...last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh

Garg directed the Delhi Police to lodge a criminalcase against Owaisi, the MP representingHyderabad, under relevant provisions of the IPCon a private complaint.

The court passed the order on the complaint of

Ajay Gautam, social worker and a priest, seekinglodging of an FIR against Owaisi for his allegedhate speech in June last year.

The complainant said that on June 5, 2014, hehad read an article in the online edition of a news-paper in which Owaisi had allegedly delivered aspeech against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He said he had found it was not the first timethat the leader had delivered "hate speech andcreated terror and fear" in the minds of one com-munity.

The complainant sought lodging of FIR for thealleged offences of promoting enmity between dif-ferent groups on ground of religion, criminal con-spiracy and intentional insult with intent to provokewith breach of peace under the IPC among otherthings.

Woman tops...secured the first position, as per the list of suc-

cessful candidates released by UPSC.Of the 85 successful candidates, 32 are in

General category, 34 in Other Backward Classes(OBC), 13 in Scheduled Caste (SC) and six inScheduled Tribe (ST) category, it said.

UPSC conducted Indian Forest Service (Main)examination 2014 in November-December, lastyear. It was followed by Personality Test held inFebruary.

The Commission has a facilitation counter nearexamination hall building in its campus.Candidates may obtain any information or clarifi-cation regarding their examination or recruitmenton working days between 1000 hrs to 1700 hrs inperson or over Telephone Nos. 011-23385271,23381125, 23098543, the Commission said.

States can't...case, the State Government cannot pass any

order amending a procedural law regarding reser-vation in the matter of selection to posts, with ret-rospective effect, once the procedure of selectionstarts," a bench of justices S J Mukhopadhya andV Gopala Gowda said.

The verdict came on a batch of appeals filedagainst the 2004 judgement of the AndhraPradesh High Court.

The High Court had upheld the finding of theAndhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal sayingthe government can amend the procedural lawwith retrospective effect to provide reservation inthe selection process to fill up certain posts.

The state government, in pursuance of 1975'Presidential Order', had said that 70 per cent of"non-gazetted category posts other than LowerDivision Clerk or equivalent posts were reservedin favour of local candidates."

As per the government order, a combined meritlist a local and non-local candidates shall bedrawn up to fill up the vacancies.

Later, state government, on March 7, 2002,amended its order by "bifurcating combined meritlist into two parts i.E. one reserved for local candi-dates and another for both local and non-localcandidates."

Setting aside the HC order, the apex court said,"we hold that the G.O.Ms.No.124 dated 7thMarch, 2002 is prospective and is not applicableto the process of selection started pursuant toAdvertisement No.10 of 1999 including the 973executive posts which were ordered to be filled upby the High Court pursuant to the advertisement.

"The Tribunal erred in directing the APPSC tore-cast the merit list pursuant to G.O.Ms.No.124dated 7th March, 2002. The High Court by theimpugned judgment dated 27th December, 2004rightly held that the order passed by the Court willnot affect the appointments already made to theexecutive post between 2001-2002 but erred inholding that the selection is to be made in accor-dance with G.O.Ms.No.124 dated 7th March,2002."

Kin of CPWD...here. MACT Presiding Officer Harish Dudani

directed National Insurance Company Ltd, insurerof the offending SUV, to pay a compensation of Rs25,50,152 to the wife and two kids of oneMurgesh, who died after he was hit by the rashlydriven car near Chanakyapuri in 2013.

While holding the driver of the car guilty of neg-ligent driving, the tribunal relied on the testimoniesof Geeta, wife of the victim, and an eyewitnessand documents submitted by them including thecopies of FIR, post mortem report and mechanicalinspection report of the car.

In view of testimony of witnesses and docu-ments on record negligence of driver of offendingvehicle has been prima facie proved, it said.

According to the petition, Murgesh, who wasworking with Central Public WorksDepartment(CPWD) on a salary of Rs 24,000 permonth, was riding a cycle near Shanti Path inChanakyapuri on October 5, 2013 when a rashlyand negligently driven SUV hit him.

Due to the impact, he fell down and sustainedgrievous injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospi-tal where he succumbed to injuries two days later.

The petition was filed by victim's wife and twochildren claiming a compensation of Rs 30 lakhfor the untimely death of Murgesh.

During the proceedings, the driver and theowner of the car filed a joint written statementdenying the allegations and claimed they werefalsely implicated by the petitioners.

The insurance company, however, offered Rs14 lakh to the family members of the victim for set-tlement of issue, which was not accepted by thepetitioners.

PM's statements...Minister's response to the divisive policies of

certain elements did not come too soon but hisassertion on inclusive and pluralistic character ofthe country should help in sending right signals tothe world. "It will convey that the idea of India con-tinues to offer inspiration for peaceful coexistenceof communities and ethnicities," Sayeed said .

BY VIJAY PRASHAD

Libya’s “Islamic State” paraded21 Egyptian workers along theMediterranean. The IS fight-

ers, dressed in black, then killed theEgyptians, dressed in orange jump-suits. One of the IS men speaks, inEnglish, of the beheadings in Syriabefore he says, “… we are on thesouth of Rome, on the land of Islam,Libya, sending another message.” Itis a direct provocation to both theEgyptians and to the West. “The seayou’ve hidden Sheikh Osama binLaden’s body in, we swear to Allahwe will mix it with your blood.” Thebraggadocio is familiar, as are theacts.

Within 24 hours, Egypt and theWest responded as IS hoped. ThreeEgyptian jet fighters bombed eighttargets in the eastern Libyan city ofDerna, the hub of the “Islamic State.”Italy and France are eager to join inthe intervention. Sources in the citysay that some civilians (includingfour children) died in the Egyptianbombing, which also hit sites associ-ated with the entrenched Islamistmovement. Derna has been in theledger of political Islam since the1990s. That it is now in the claw ofthe IS should not be a surprise.Fighters from Derna have long goneto fight in the battlefields of modernjihad — Chechnya, Afghanistan,Iraq, and Syria. Foreign fighters,such as the speaker in the video, havealso been known to take refuge there.A pipeline drew fighters from Dernato northern Syria via Turkey, andthen back home. This pipeline waswell known to western, Gulf Araband Turkish intelligence. They hadallowed it to flourish. It is preciselythe social consequences of thatpipeline that worries the Europeans.

Kuwait on the Mediterranean

In 2008, Saif al-Islam Qadhafi tolda friend that he wanted to turn Libyainto “Kuwait on the Mediterranean.”Oil-rich Libya had not been able toconvert its wealth into a paradise forits people. Over the course of the ruleof his father, Muammar Qadhafi,Libya had turned the social wealthinto social goods — high social indi-cators demonstrate this fact amply.

By the 1980s, however, it hadbecome clear that the Qadhafi regimehad neither the imagination nor thewill to diversify Libya out of itsreliance upon oil exports and to drawthese newly educated people into thepolitical system. Qadhafi tasked Saifal-Islam to “modernize” Libya. They

drew on expatriate Libyans to“reform” the system — which meant,all too often, steady plans for givingaway national assets to private hands.Domestic unhappiness — even fromamong those who had no desire toremove the Qadhafi system — wascrushed. The most powerful chal-lenge to the state came from theIslamists — the Libyan IslamicFighting Group, whose memberswere thrown into prison, executed orexiled. Those in exile joined theinternational jihadi networks.

In 2011, discontent against theQadhafi regime drew people onto thestreets. The mélange of groups thatdesired something else was startling— there were the highly-educatedliberals who had benefited from theoil revenue, the diasporic businesselites who had been collaboratingwith Saif al-Islam, the old jihadiswho saw an immense opportunity,

ordinary Libyans who had stayed inthe shadows but now saw a place forthemselves. Rebellions are often pro-duced out of such diversity, andLibya in 2011 did not disappoint.Sections of the military hastilydefected to the rebellion, the city ofBenghazi was lost to the Qadhafis

and then the armed phase opened up.It would likely have taken a long timefor the rebels to succeed, but in thatinterim they would have had to createsome form of political agreement. Asit turned out, geopolitical enmityagainst Qadhafi from the Gulf Arabsand the West resulted in a NATObombardment that destroyed Libya’sinfrastructure. It produced the condi-tions for a free-for-all.

Libyan politics fragmented, withthe archipelago of cities being heldby their various militias, with foreignbackers finding their own friendshere and there, and with conflict overTripoli’s resources at the centre of theemerging civil war. Early signs ofdanger were callously ignored by thenew leadership — worker unrest inthe oilfields over wages and protestsby former fighters who wanted morefrom their new country. Neither theworkers nor the thuwar (revolution-

aries) saw the new government astheirs. The cult of the thuwar was allthat was permitted — the rebelscould hold onto their guns and betreated as saviours, but they were notintegrated into either a new militaryor into the new institutions.

Complex alliances

Absent political agreement, chaosbecame the mode in Libya from 2012onwards. The execution of Qadhafiin broad daylight had the same kindof effect as the execution of SaddamHussein in Iraq — in both cases,opportunities to allow these men andtheir supporters to surrender weresquandered. It was as if the new dis-pensation in both Iraq and Libyacould be created from scratch, withthe older regimes consigned to thedust heap. But these older currentsdid not disappear. They would reap-pear in ways unforeseen in westernand Gulf Arab capitals. In Iraq, manyBa’athists and cashiered army mencreated an alliance with the IslamicState. Much the same seems to havehappened in Libya. It is the onlyexplanation for the Islamic State’sability to take and hold Sirte, thebirthplace of Qadhafi and the epicen-

tre of his influence.

“The Islamic State in Libya is notmerely a Libyan problem but aregional one. The chaos in the coun-try has allowed radical Islamists fromacross North Africa to take refugethere.”

After NATO’s intervention in 2011,radical Islamists in Benghazi whohad fought on NATO’s side formedAnsar al-Sharia. It then turned on theWest and was party to the 2012 attackon the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi,during which the U.S. AmbassadorChris Stevens was killed. Recently, arogue Libyan general, Khalifa Haftar,has conducted Operation Karama(Dignity) against Ansar al-Shariawith mixed success. Many Ansar al-Sharia fighters have decamped toSirte and to Derna to join IS.

The Islamic State in Libya is notmerely a Libyan problem but aregional one. The chaos in the coun-try has allowed radical Islamists fromacross North Africa to take refugehere. As well, older connections withradical Islamists across the Saharadesert, in Mali for instance, are partof their world. Al Qaeda of theMaghreb, centred in Mali, had madealliances with disgruntled Tuaregnationalists, kidnappers of tourists,and trans-Saharan smugglers (of peo-ple, drugs and weapons). It operatedas much as a criminal gang as a fran-chise of al-Qaeda. IS has links tothese networks, including the traf-ficking of goods and people. Theseare moneymaking enterprises thathave supplanted older trades asnorthern Africa suffers from acutedesiccation caused by climatechange. Absent of alternatives, agrowing Sahara grows criminality.

Regional solutions

A source in the Pentagon suggeststhat Washington has no appetite for aserious engagement in Libya. Hespoke of the need to rearm and refi-nance the Egyptian military.Washington, it appears, would likeEgypt to take charge of this waragainst IS. But bombing runs byEgypt have reopened political fis-sures in Libya. The Muslim

Brotherhood-dominated governmentin Tripoli considers the Egyptianbombings a violation of Libyan sov-ereignty. Khalifa Haftar has, so far,supported them as he did the August2014 air strikes by Egypt and theUnited Arab Emirates around Tripoli.Egypt’s entry into the conflict is pre-cisely what the Islamic State wants.Egypt’s harsh crackdown on allIslamists will likely afford theIslamic State recruits inside Egypt.Pressure needs to be brought on theEgyptian government to cease itsharsh repression of its critics. Ratherthan maintain peace, this only createsthe most dangerous extremism.

It is naive to believe that aerialbombardment here or there will sortout the problems with the IslamicState. We have entered a new periodin the history of the region. Longer-term strategies need to be workedout. Last August, the foreign minis-ters of North Africa met in Cairo todiscuss the security challenge posedby Libya. They zeroed in on twoimmediate steps that need to betaken. First, that a unified govern-ment be formed in Tripoli. The onlyway to allow for this to happen is forthe “cold war” between regional par-ties to be ended. Tensions betweenthe Qatar-Turkey backed Tripoli gov-ernment and the Saudi-UAE-Egypt-West backed Tobruk governmentremain. The UN cannot facilitate adialogue unless the regional enmityis lessened and unless pressure isbrought to bear on all sides to join apolitical process. Second, that thecountries “organize a commoneffort” to deal with the issue ofporous borders and trafficking.Included in this should be the traf-ficking of jihadis from Libya toSyria, and from the world into Libya.Nothing has been done on this front.If a regional solution is not incubat-ed, Libya is in danger of becoming aSomalia on the Mediterranean.

(Vijay Prashad, a columnist forFrontline, is the Chief Editor at

LeftWord Books.)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | FEB 19, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY RAHUL TONGIA

The Renewable Energy(RE) Global Investor’sMeet inaugurated by

Prime Minister Narendra Modion February 15 invited partici-pation in funding India’s REgrowth ambitions, whichinclude almost 1,00,000 MW ofgrowth in solar power in justseven years (about 40 per cent oftoday’s total installed capacity)and some 50,000 MW of windpower. This is bold and ambi-tious to say the least. The eventwas a success, finding invest-ment commitments for some 2,60,000 MW of RE!

But a serious question facingIndians is whether at a timewhen most people are strugglingto keep the lights on at home,because of the shortage ofpower, do citizens really careabout carbon emissions and cli-mate change, which havebecome the primary rationale forpushing green energy? Also ifIndians are as notoriously price-sensitive as pundits claim, howmuch of a premium will they bewilling to pay for RE?

Let’s not beat around the bush— RE, attractive as it mightsound and improving in priceperformance every year, doesrequire support. Support isn’tinappropriate, especially giventhe benefits of RE, but there arealso externalities of another kindincluding implications for therest of the grid. This needs deep-er analysis.

In the West, utilities arealready worrying about theUtility Death Spiral, where REand storage and smart gridsmean some consumers reduce, ifnot cut off, their utility purchas-es. This raises costs for the restof the grid, which must still keepthe system in balance and stable,and also serve the least prof-itable consumers. This promptsothers to exit the system, and soon. While India isn’t quite thereyet, we must first understand

that an end consumer opting forRE and finding it worthwhile isbased on his/her comparingretail tariff with generationcosts, which aren’t comparable.First, distribution has its owncosts, even after accounting forsavings in distribution losses.Second, retail tariffs for so-

called paying customers (espe-cially commercial and industri-al) are artificially high, sincethey cross-subsidise other users.

Contextualising RE

Renewables in India are dif-ferent from renewablesdeployed in the U.S. andEurope, and understanding thedifferences is the key to viablepolicies. The triad of “usual”challenges of renewablesremains in India, such as: inter-mittency/variability; location-specific potential (concentratedin areas sometimes away fromconsumers or the grid); andhigher costs. However, there arespecific differences and needsthat demand deeper analysis forthe long-term viability of renew-able energy.

In India, our peak demand ismostly in the evening, and the

sun surely isn’t very bright at 7p.m. Storage technologies areniche and expensive today, sosolar power helps with energy(kilowatt-hour) needs, but notwith our capacity needs. Wind isnot much better, given its sea-sonality.

“Renewables in India are dif-ferent from renewablesdeployed in the U.S. andEurope, and understanding thedifferences is the key to viablepolicies”

One of the typical calculationsthat power systems operators dois estimate how much RE thegrid can handle. Typical figuresfrom elsewhere are in the rangeof 20-30 per cent, with morerequiring significant invest-ments in transmission or peakerplants. India is different becauseits grid is very weak and unsta-ble, and instead of having a rea-sonable reserve margin (whichis typically 15-20 per cent in theWest), there is a shortfall in thegrid, officially in the range of 5per cent or so, but actually muchhigher. The grid is kept afloatthrough massive “load-shed-ding” (feeder-level cut outs ofsupply).

There are other technical rea-sons why the Indian grid isweak, including lack of ancillaryservices (systems designed tokeep the grid stable, instead ofjust pricing kilowatt-hours), andeven a lack of time-of-day pric-ing for bulk procurement of

power. There are few peakerplants (which would operateonly some 5-10 per cent of hoursin a year), since there isn’t suffi-cient incentive for these.Without incentives for plantsthat can ramp up quickly butmay not get used much, howwill the grid handle 20 per centrenewables?

Even worse, the types ofplants capable of fast rampingare limited in near-term growthin India — hydropower (due toland and social/environmentalchallenges) and natural gas (dueto supply constraints).Hydropower has an additionalconstraint when consideringpeaking or storage — its addi-tional duty for water manage-ment (irrigation) limits whenwater can be stored versusreleased. Also, natural gas hasoverwhelmingly been built forbaseload needs (with combined

cycle plants), which cannot meetpeaking requirements.

Making RE sustainable

Renewables can and shouldplay a greater role in our sustain-able energy future, but we needproper accounting and spe-cialised effort to understandtheir grid implications and scal-ability. As part of a recent bookon Making Renewable PowerSustainable in India, launchedby Piyush Goyal, Minister forPower, Renewables, and Coal,we at Brookings India identifieda number of policy imperativesfor making RE sustainable.While the technical details needworking out, especially in termsof regulations, support andincentive mechanisms, gridmanagement, etc., we also iden-tified a need to ramp up skillsand innovation. All solar cellsare imported today — thisshouldn’t remain so. The firststep towards making RE sustain-able is a nuanced examination ofthe issues and trade-offs, anddialogue among all the stake-holders, especially state utilities,which ultimately deliver elec-tricity to consumers.

Renewables have a brightfuture, and must play a leadingrole in India’s power securityand growth. They aren’t a silverbullet, but a vital tool in thebroader spectrum of India’senergy future. Most importantly,renewables should not beviewed in isolation, as a drop-insupply-side solution, but ratheras part of a transition if nottransformation of the grid,which includes variable anddynamic pricing, distributedgeneration, storage technologiesand smart grids. If RE is referredto as the energy source of thefuture, that future is well-nigh.

(Rahul Tongia is a Fellow atBrookings India, and AdjunctProfessor at Carnegie MellonUniversity. He is also Advisor,

Smart Grid Task Force,Government of India)

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Relations between India and Sri Lanka have not justbeen reinforced during the visit of PresidentMaithripala Sirisena but have also gained new

direction and momentum. As Sri Lanka’s closest neigh-bour that has ethnic links to its most significant minority,India is a huge influence in the island nation’s political,economic, social and cultural consciousness, and itsworld view. President Sirisena was hewing to a long andunbroken tradition of newly elected leaders making NewDelhi the first port of call for foreign visits. But in adeparture from the routine nature of such visits, both sidessigned four substantive agreements. Of these, the agree-ment on Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of NuclearEnergy was the most significant as it imparts a new strate-gic element to bilateral relations. Since 2010, Sri Lankahas wanted to utilise nuclear energy in industrial applica-tions as well as in fields such as medicine and agriculture.Two years ago, Colombo had indicated it was exploringsuch an agreement with Islamabad, with which too it hasa warm bilateral relationship. Its decision to move aheadon this front with India shows the maturity of the new SriLankan leadership and the importance it attaches to itsrelations with New Delhi. The agreement envisages“exchange of knowledge and expertise, sharing ofresources, capacity building and training of personnel inpeaceful uses of nuclear energy”. Two years ago, SriLanka had also expressed safety concerns arising from thegeographical proximity of the Kudankulam nuclear reac-tors. That the signatory to the agreement on the SriLankan side was Power and Energy Minister ChampikaRanawaka who had voiced the concerns, shows thatColombo is now sufficiently reassured. The two sideshave also agreed to enhance their defence and securitycooperation in the existing trilateral format with theMaldives. New Delhi should press any security concern itmay have, such as that which arose with the docking of aChinese submarine in the Colombo harbour, without dic-tating Sri Lanka’s choice of friends and allies. The travailsof fishermen on both sides of the Palk Bay received atten-tion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PresidentSirisena pledging to resolve them in a “constructive andhumanitarian” way. Sensibly, fishermen’s associations onboth sides are to continue talks begun two years ago tofind their own solution. There were no public statementson the Tamil question during the President’s visit.Nevertheless, this remains top of the agenda in bilateralrelations. New Delhi must encourage Sri Lanka’s newleadership to be determined in addressing the issues ofethnic reconciliation and power-sharing with Tamils.

The Islamic State in Libya is not merely a Libyan prob-lem but a regional one. The chaos in the country hasallowed radical Islamists from across North Africa to

take refuge here. As well, older connections with radi-cal Islamists across the Sahara desert, in Mali forinstance, are part of their world. Al Qaeda of the

Maghreb, centred in Mali, had made alliances with dis-gruntled Tuareg nationalists, kidnappers of tourists,and trans-Saharan smugglers (of people, drugs and

weapons). It operated as much as a criminal gang as afranchise of al-Qaeda. IS has links to these networks,including the trafficking of goods and people. Theseare moneymaking enterprises that have supplanted

older trades as northern Africa suffers from acute des-iccation caused by climate change. Absent of alterna-

tives, a growing Sahara grows criminality.

Renewables in India are different fromrenewables deployed in the U.S. and

Europe, and understanding the differencesis the key to viable policies. The triad of

“usual” challenges of renewables remainsin India, such as: intermittency/variability;location-specific potential (concentrated inareas sometimes away from consumers orthe grid); and higher costs. However, there

are specific differences and needs thatdemand deeper analysis for the long-term

viability of renewable energy.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | FEB 19, 2015 SAADDA HAQ

GUWAHATI, FEB 18BJP National Executive

Committee member fromAssam Prodyut Bora onWednesday resigned fromBJP alleging subversion ofdemocratic tradition in thecentral government and theparty and bringing PrimeMinister Narendra Modiand his confidante AmitShah in the firing line.

Bora, in his four-pageletter to BJP presidentAmit Shah, cited the caus-es for his resignation as theparty was reportedly con-sidering induction ofCongress rebel and formerminister Himanta BiswaSarma into the party andmove to make SiddharthaBhattacharya as BJPAssam unit president.

Bora questioned if Modihas "damaged" the demo-cratic tradition of the coun-try. "Today, the ForeignMinister barely knows thatthe Foreign Secretary isabout to get fired; cabinetministers cannot evenappoint their own OSDs(Officers on Special Duty);

and power is increasinglybeing centralised in thePrime Minister's Office(PMO). This makes mewonder: does the cabinetsystem still exist in thiscountry?"

"I am mortified to seethat no cabinet minister, nonational office bearer, nomember of parliament hasdemonstrated the courageto question Modiji on thesubversion of this finedemocratic tradition", hestated.

Bora, a graduate of StStephens College, Delhiand an IIM, Ahmedabad,passout, also questionedAmit Shah's "highly cen-tralised style of decision-making" that "has ensuredthat many party officebearers feel highly disem-powered.".

"Moreover, in any organ-isation, the style of theleader is quickly copied bythose below him/her. WhatI am seeing in the party - atleast in my state - is theflowering of junior AmitShahs, with a tenth of your

capability and ten timesyour arrogance", hecharged.

Referring to Assam, Borasaid the state "still won-ders" after nine monthswhat happened to theannouncement of PrimeMinister Narendra Modiduring his election cam-paign here that should BJPcome to powerBangladeshis (illegalmigrants) have to pack

their bags.Bora, who had unsuc-

cessfully contested againstHemant Biswa Sarma inthe last Assembly Election,said: "I do not have anyfaith in the politicalintegrity of many of ourMPs and MLAs. And tothink that the party hopesto win the 2016 VidhanSabha elections with thesefifth-columnists at thehelm!"

BJP leader in Assam quits party, brings Modi in line of fire

GUWAHATI, FEB 18Assam Chief Minister

Tarun Gogoi onWednesday accused thecentral government of notreleasing funds allocated tothe state for variousschemes.

The reaction came a dayafter BJP Lok Sabha MPBijoya Chakrabortyaccused the state govern-ment of misappropriatingfunds released by centralgovernment for variousdevelopmental works.

"In 2014-15, Rs.2,591.62crore was received by thestate so far against the totalcentral fund allocation ofRs.7,161.57 crore," Gogoisaid.

He said the state govern-ment had already submit-ted to the centre utilizationcertificates against various

schemes under 2013-14financial year.

"We have submitted uti-

lization certificates to thetune of Rs.5,236.98 crorefor 2013-14. Sometimes it

takes time but we havesubmitted utilization cer-tificates against most of the

amount," he said, addingthey did not receive fundseven for those schemes for

which the state governmentsubmitted the utilizationcertificates for the previous

year.Gogoi said that while the

centre allocated

Rs.1,258.86 crore againstIndira Awas Yojana (IAY)in 2014-15, the state has sofar received onlyRs.730.99. "Similarly, thecentre had allocatedRs.1,405.16 crore againstSarva Siksha Abhiyan(SSA) in 2014-15, but wehave so far received onlyRs.829.74 crore. Anamount of Rs.1,269 crorewas allocated under differ-ent water resourcesschemes including theflood management pro-gramme. However, wehave so far received onlyRs.22.83 crore," Gogoisaid. He said that there areother schemes such asMahatma Gandhi NationalRural EmploymentGurantee Act (MNREGA),National Rural HealthMission (NRHM) and

other central schemes forwhich substantial amountis yet to be released.

He took a dig at theBharatiya Janata Party andsaid the popularity of theBJP-led NDA governmentat the Centre is decreasingin Assam and other parts ofthe country. "The numberof central ministers visitingAssam and other northeast-ern states has increased butstill their popularity isgoing down," he said.

"The prime minister talksof Make In India pro-gramme. However, theyhave suspended the bene-fits under the North EastIndustrial and InvestmentPromotion Policy (NEI-IPP). So who will come toAssam or Nagaland or toother states in the region toinvest?" Gogoi asked.

Tarun Gogoi accuses Centre of not releasing allocated funds

PATNA, FEB 18The Patna High Court on

Wednesday modified its previousorder and gave freedom to the JitanRam Manjhi government to takedecisions but directed that theirimplementation should be only afterFebruary 21.

The order was passed by a bench ofChief Justice L Narsimha Reddy andJustice Vikash Jain on a PIL filed byJD(U) legislator Niraj Kumar.

"Take decision but implementationshould be deferred till February 21,"the bench said.

The Manjhi government will seek aconfidence vote on February 20.

The state government had sought amodification on the court's earlierorder and the case was taken uptoday. The new counsel of the stategovernment Varun Sinha argued thatthe PIL was not maintainable.

On Monday, a direction was givenby a division bench comprisingJustices Iqbal Ahmad Ansari andSamrendra Pratap Singh on the samePIL that respondents should not takeany decision having financial impli-cations, except for routine matters.

Besides Manjhi, there were three

other respondents--the chief secre-tary, the principal secretary to thegovernor and the principal secretaryto the chief minister.

The petitioner's counsel PK Shahi,an ex-advocate general of the state,had then drawn the court's attentionto policy decisions taken by Manjhi,who, he said, did not have therequired strength to run the govern-ment.

He had highlighted decisions like

reserving work for SC/ST contractsup to Rs 70 lakh, lowering attendancefor school students from 75 percentto 60 percent for general categoryand 55 percent for SC/ST for availingbenefit schemes like free cycle anduniform, besides free electricity tofarmers having up to five acres.

Shahi had also referred to a similardecision by the Supreme Court in thecase of government of JagdambikaPal in Uttar Pradesh.

Patna HC allows Manjhi govt to takedecisions but defer implementation

Patna: Unable to decidewhether JD(U) or BJP would sitin the opposition gallery duringBihar confidence vote onFebruary 20, an all-party meet onWednesday left the decision onSpeaker Uday NarayanChaudhary amid walkout by BJP.

JD(U) Legislature party leaderin the Assembly Vijay Chaudharymade a fervent appeal to theSpeaker to accord his party thestatus of opposition party andrecognise him as the Leader ofOpposition during the confidencevote.

Chaudhary told reporters thatsince his party has decided tovote against the confidencemotion by Chief Minister JitanRam Manjhi who has beenexpelled from the party and

declared an unattached member,it should be allowed to sit in theopposition gallery.

Former chief minister NitishKumar also backed Chaudhary'splea.

"We have claimed the opposi-tion seat on the basis of our num-ber and argument that since wehave to oppose the trust vote weshould be given opposition statuson the day," Kumar told reportersemerging from the LegislativeCouncil of which he is a member.

He said a similar plea has beensubmitted in Legislative Counciltoo to accord status of oppositionparty to JD(U).

Current Leader of Oppositionand BJP leader Nand KishoreYadav countered Chaudhary'sargument by saying that confi-

dence vote is for the Cabinet andexcept for Manjhi other ministersdespite being suspended remain amember of JD(U).

"How can JD(U) sit in bothtreasury and opposition sides?"Yadav told reporters.

Before walking out of the meet-ing, the BJP leader accused theSpeaker of adopting a "partisan"approach and "running Assemblysecretariat as JD(U) party office."

Manjhi who was invited to themeeting in the capacity as leaderof the House did not attend it.Legislature party leaders of RJD,Congress and CPI werepresent.

"We waited for Manjhi for good15-20 minutes but he did not turnup for the all-party meeting,"Speaker Uday Narayan

Chaudhary told reporters during ameeting of Press AdvisoryCommittee meeting of theAssembly.

Flanked by BJP leader andDeputy Speaker Amrendra PratapSingh, the Speaker said membershave to sit according to arrange-ments made by him.

"Chief Minister Jitan RamManjhi will sit on his originalchair marked for the CM despitebeing declared unattached but hisother seven ministers who arestill part of JD(U) despite beingsuspended will have to sit along-side their party colleagues," theSpeaker said.

The Speaker said that he hasgiven permission for live telecastof Assembly proceeding onFebruary 20 by TV channels.

Bihar Speaker authorised to decide onseating arrangement for Feb 20 trust vote RAIPUR, FEB 18

Five Naxals, three ofthem carrying cashreward, on Wednesdaysurrendered in insur-gency-hit Bijapur districtof Chhattisgarh citingdisappointment overexploitation of lowerrank cadres and womenby senior leaders.

The cadres, working atdifferent capacities of theoutlawed CPI (Maoist) inthe jungles of Bijapur,turned themselves inbefore senior police offi-cials this afternoon,Bijapur Superintendentof Police (SP) KL Dhruvtold a news agency.

Of the surrendered out-laws, Somdu Ram Poyam(30), a divisional com-mander rank cadre, was a

prominent Naxal leaderhandling the 'communi-cation wing' in WesternBastar division ofMaoists, the SP said.

Poyam was tasked withrepair and maintenanceof electronic gadgetsused in communicationpurposes and lookingafter the communicationsystem within the outfit,he said, adding that hewas carrying a reward ofRs 8 lakh on his head.

Lacchuram Bhaskar(27) and SomaruPodiyami (22), who werecarrying rewards of Rs 3lakh and Rs 1 lakhrespectively, are twoother important rebelsamong the surrendered,he said.

While Bhaskar was a

deputy commander ofplatoon number 2 of mil-itary company of Maoist,Podyami was a localoperation squad member(LOS), the SP said.

Rest of the surrendered- Lachhu Hemla (18) andSukhram Podiyami (19) -were lower rung cadresand active in the region,he added.

In their statement, sur-rendered ultras said thatsenior leaders wereallegedly exploitinglower rank cadres in theregion and extortingmoney from poor vil-lagers, the SP said.

As per the policy ofChhattisgarh govern-ment, necessary assis-tance will be provided tothem, he added.

HYDERABAD, FEB 18Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

will need over 10,000 hospital man-agement professionals in the comingfive years, according to health caremanagement and research instituteIIHMR Bangalore.

"There are an estimated 5,000 pri-vate hospitals in the country, barringsmall and medium clinics and aboutseven per cent of these are located inAP and Telangana," Indian Instituteof Health Management Research(IIHMR) Bangalore, Director,Biranchi N Jena, told reporters heretoday. "There is a current require-ment of 1,500-2,000 hospital man-agement professionals in these twostates, but due to non-availability ofqualified professionals, they find itdifficult to manage," he said.

He said the paucity of qualityhealth care professionals will deep-en further in the coming years asmany new hospitals will come upand over 10,000 hospital manage-

ment professionals will be requiredby 2020 to meet this growing gap.

Quoting a report of draft NationalHealth Policy, Jena said the Indianprivate health care industry isexpected to grow from currentaround USD 40 billion to USD 280billion by 2020, adding, there is ahuge shortage, running into a fewlakhs, of health care staff across alllevels in various states of India inthe public and private space.

Total healthcare expenditure inIndia was only 3.9 percent of GDP,compared to 8.9 percent for Brazil,6.2 percent for Russia and 5.2 per-cent for China. IIHMR offers a two-year full-time Postgraduate Programwith specialisation in Hospital man-agement, Health Management andHealth Information Technology, hesaid. To a query, Jena said IIHMRhas four campuses across the coun-try and expansion plans are thereand based on demand they will opennew campuses.

AP, Telangana will need 10,000healthcare professional by 2020

NEW DELHI, FEB 18The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

on Wednesday alleged that theJanata Dal (United) is misusing theoffice of Bihar Assembly SpeakerUday Narain Choudhary, addingthat Sharad Yadav-led party wantsto stay in power and also play therole of opposition.

"The JD(U) is accusing the BJPof misusing the office of theGovernor. But the JD(U) is misus-ing the office of the Speaker. TheSpeaker's post has its dignity. Butthe way the Speaker is behaving inthe Assembly by addressing theLeader of Opposition Nand KishoreYadav in a letter as BJP leader inthe House. We oppose this as whenwas it decided that Nand KishoreYadav is not the Leader ofOpposition," BJP spokespersonShahnawaz Hussain said.

He also questioned the role of theSpeaker for giving the JD (U) the

right to power as well as opposi-tion.

"Does the Speaker has the right togive one party the power as well asopposition? The BJP is opposingthis," he said.

The BJP leader also criticised theJD(U) for parading and proving itsmajority in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

"First, it should be proved on thefloor as to who has the majority. Isit Nitish Kumar or Manjhi ji? Andthis cannot be decided neither in theroad nor in the lawns of theRashtrapati Bhavan," Hussain said.

Earlier on Tuesday, the JD(U)suspended seven MLAs owing alle-giance to Chief Minister Jitan RamManjhi, ahead of the February 20trial of strength for him on the floorof the Bihar Assembly.

Meanwhile, the BJP has boy-cotted an all-party meeting accus-ing the Assembly Speaker offavouring Nitish Kumar.

JD(U) misusing office ofAssembly Speaker, alleges BJP

AHMEDABAD, FEB 18After remaining behind

bars for seven and a halfyears, former Gujarat topcop DG Vanzara onWednesday walked out ofSabarmati Jail.

Vanzara was granted bailby the Bombay High Courtin the fake encounter caseof Ishrat Jahan and threeothers.

As Vanzara walked outof jail, a large number ofsupporters were presentoutside the premises towelcome him.

Vanzara, during his stintin the city crime branch ashead of State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS),was made an accused infake encounter cases ofSoharabuddin Sheikh,Tulsi Prajapati and Ishrat

Jahan, by the CBI.The former top police

officer was arrested onApril 24, 2007 by CIDcrime in connection withthe 2005 SohrabuddinSheikh fake encountercase, and since then he isbehind bars.

The court had askedVanzara to submit a suretybond of Rs two lakh.

Vanzara was DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP) in the city crimebranch, when a Mumbra-based college girl Ishrat,Javed Shaikh alias PraneshPillai, Amjadali AkbaraliRana and Zeeshan Joharwere killed in anencounter with Gujaratpolice on the outskirts ofthe city on June 15,2004.

Ex-Gujarat top cop DGVanzara walks out of jail

CHANDIGARH, FEB 18The Haryana govern-

ment has increased theminimum monthly wagefor industrial labourersand those engaged inbrick-kilns by Rs173.25.

Besides, the minimumdaily wage has beenhiked by Rs 6.66.

With this enhance-ment, an unskilledlabourer would get aminimum wage of Rs5,812.75 per month, aspokesman of LabourDepartment said heretoday.

He said these wageshave been raised in viewof 75 points increase inprice index and wouldbe effective fromJanuary 1, 2015.

The spokesman saidthe government hasmade a provision in theMinimum Wages Act tofix minimum wages onthe basis of ConsumerPrice Index for thoseworking in more than 48declared scheduledemployment, industriesand shops.

Under this provision,after every six months,the Consumer PriceIndex is reviewed in themonths of January andJuly and accordingly,the minimum wages arefixed so that the labour-ers get their due in viewof inflation, hesaid.

He added that in caseof unskilled labourers,the monthly wage would

be Rs 5,812.75 and thedaily wage would be Rs223.56.

In case of semi-skilledlabourers (A) category,these would be Rs5,942.75 and Rs 228.56,respectively.

Similarly, in case ofsemi skilled (B) labour-ers, the wage would beRs 6,072.75 per monthand Rs 233.56 perday.

For skilled (A) catego-ry, it would be Rs6,202.75 and Rs 238.56,and for skilled (B) cate-gory it would be Rs6,332.75 and Rs 243.56.

A highly skilledlabourer would get amonthly wage of Rs6,462.75 and a dailywage of Rs 248.56.

Five naxals surrender in Bijapur

Haryana increases minimum monthlywages for industrial labourers

Xiaomi India, at theMi 4 launch eventlast month, had

confirmed that all theXiaomi smartphones thathave been sold inIndia will

receive the MIUI 6update in the comingweeks.

Xiaomi's 2013 flagshipsmartphone, the Mi 3,

received the MIUI 6update in January

b a s e d

on Android 4.4 KitKat,and now it is turn of the4G-enabled Redmi Note4G.

As per user reports, theXiaomi Redmi Note 4Ghas started receivingMIUI 6 (v6.3.5.0) updatebased on Android 4.4.4KitKat OTA (over-the-air) in India and Taiwan,

a little later than the firstweek of February aspromised by the compa-ny.

Several Redmi Note 4Gusers in India have postedabout update on the MIUIforums. The officialchangelog for the newupdate is not availablecurrently.

According toTheNextDigit, the MIUI6 (v6.3.5.0) update forthe Redmi Note 4G isnow available to down-load and is about 577MBin size. The stable MIUI6 (v6.3.5.0) update pri-marily brings fix for cam-era lag and music play-back issues, apart from

other performanceimprovements.

Considering thatXiaomi is rolling out theMIUI 6 update based onAndroid KitKat, we canexpect the Android 5.0Lollipop-based updatewill still take some timeto reach the handsets.

Xiaomi smartphones set

to receive the MIUI 6update in early Marchinclude the Redmi 1S andRedmi Note.

Xiaomi India last weekannounced that theRedmi Note 4G will notbe sold using its flashsale model, and that cus-tomers could buy thesmartphone without reg-

istration via Flipkart.To remind you, the

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G,priced at Rs. 9,999, hadtill last week been madeavailable via a flash salemodel for online sales ofthe smartphone in India,and via an offline salesmodel through exclusiveAirtel stores.

NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | FEB 19, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

With MWC 2015around the corner, areport has come out

suggesting that CheetahMobile in partnership withBenQ will launch three newsmartphones at MWC namedthe BenQ B50, B502 and F52.

According to Taiwaneseblog Sogi.com, BenQ andCheetah Mobile plans tolaunch these smartphones inTaiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia,and may launch them in moremarkets as well.

As yet there are no specifica-tions for the BenQ B50 andB502. The report has only pub-lished few specifications of theBenQ F52, which is supposedto be a high-end device out thethree upcoming smartphones.

As reported, the BenQ F52will run on Android 5.0Lollipop and features a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pix-els) display. It is said to bepowered by an octa-coreQualcomm SoC (unknownchipset and clock speed) thatsome reports are speculating tobe the Qualcomm Snapdragon810.

On the camera front, theBenQ F52 is said to sport a 13-megapixel rear camera withLED flash and an 8-megapixel

front-facing camera. There are

no other details known as yet.

BenQ, is not the only

Taiwanese computer displaym a n u f a c t u r e r

that has beenl a u n c h i n gphones, withAOC alsodoing thes a m e .Recently itannounced anew entry-level smart-phone in India- the AOC E40- at Rs. 5,299.The dual-SIM(regular-SIM)AOC E40 runsAndroid 4.4.2KitKat andfeatures a 4-inch WVGA(480x800 pix-els) display; ad u a l - c o r e1 . 2 G H zp r o c e s s o r ;ARM Mali-400 GPU;512MB ofRAM; 4GB ofinbuilt storage,e x p a n d a b l evia microSDcard (up to32GB); a 2-

megapixel rearcamera with LED

flash; a 0.3-megapixel (VGA)front-facing camera, and a1600mAh battery.

1. The meridian passing through London is called theA. equatorB. Tropic of CancerC. Prime Meridian of 0º MeridianD. Tropic of Capricorn

2. The most recent era of the geological time scale isA. Mesozoic B. cenozoicC. Triassic D. paleocene

3. The low heating capacity of which of the types ofcoal reduces its value as an industrial fuel?A. Anthracite B. Bituminous coalC. Lignite D. Peat

4. The most important factor that is affecting all thechemical weathering processes isA. vegetation B. topographyC. climate D. None of the above

5. The longest river in the Common wealth of inde-pendent states is theA. Irtysh river B. Ob riverC. Yenisei river D. Volga river

6. The monsoon climatic regions areA. South-east Asia including Australia, Africa,AmericaB. Europe and South AmericaC. Asia, Africa and AntarcticaD. None of the above

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(C), 2 (B), 3(D), 4(C), 5(D), 6(A)

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TAURUS Someone, perhaps a person involved with a group you're in, mayask you to help in some way today. You probably don't want to do it,Taurus, possibly because you have plans. Don't be afraid to say no.Your creative energy should be high and your imagination workingovertime, but other responsibilities interfere with your doing anythingabout it now. Note your ideas and come back to them later.

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CANCER Some rather depressing information could come to you today fromfar away, Cancer. This is less likely to be about your immediate situ-ation or circle of friends than it is about something social or politicalin nature. It's probably the subject of a lot of talk around you. Youmight need to run some errands in your community, but for somereason you can't. Relax. Tomorrow should be fine.

LEO You've been working hard to improve your financial situation, Leo.You might be on the verge of attaining what you want, but temporaryobstacles could get in your way. You could be in a bit of a panic, won-dering if this means you will never get where you want to be. Don'tworry. That isn't the case. You just need to assess the situation andfigure out what to do to get over this hurdle.

VIRGO A partner might be feeling rather down and need you to cheer him or herup, Virgo. Too many social invitations could come your way today. Youmay have to turn one of them down. You may not be in the mood forsocializing and need to be alone to organize your thoughts. One of theevents could be business related and you may feel obligated to go. Putin an appearance. Don't feel compelled to stay long.

LIBRA Today you might enjoy planning to have some visitors stay withyou for a while, Libra. Worry about developments on the job orunfinished chores of your own might have you feeling a bitstressed and under the weather. You need to look at your situa-tion objectively. It isn't all that bad, just something that needs tobe done. Get it handled and then reward yourself somehow.

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SAGITTARIUSSome professional colleagues might be coming to visit, Sagittarius,and you may not be looking forward to it. You could be worried. Howwill it go? Will you make a good impression? Don't drive yourselfcrazy. It will be fine. Family members should be doing well regardingtheir responsibilities, although you might be a bit worried about themtoday. Relax. All is going to go very well.

CAPRICORN Today you might need to run some errands, Capricorn, but they mightprove difficult for a number of reasons. The errands could be personal orbusiness related. Communication may be temporarily blocked.Messages may not be delivered or you could be playing phone tag. Ondays like this, you need to make a special effort to keep cool. Nothing isso important that you have to drive yourself crazy.

AQUARIUS You might reflect on recent successes in business and moneyand suddenly feel a strong sense of gloom, wondering if it's goingto continue. Don't panic, Aquarius. It isn't a vision of the future. It'sonly a temporary feeling. Work it off through exercise or throwyourself into a task. Meditation could also help. Get the endor-phins going and your optimism and enthusiasm should return.

PISCES Work that could advance you professionally could take youaway from loved ones, Pisces, and cause some emotionaltension. You might feel down because you'd rather be withyour loved ones but feel it's important to move ahead now.Try to make up for it with some quality time. It's crucial tomake the most of the current planetary positions. Everyonewill be glad when you see results.

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CANBERRA, FEB 18Shakib Al Hasan and

Mushfiqur Rahim struck resilienthalf-centuries as Bangladesh gotpast a fighting Afghanistan by105 runs in their opening poolmatch of the cricket World Cup,here on Wednesday.

The Shakib (63 off 51 balls)and Rahim (71 off 56 balls) liftedBangladesh to 267 after theywere struggling at 119 for four. Inthe process, the two shared afifth-wicket partnership of 114runs to take the Tigers to a com-petitive total.

In reply, the Afghans were bun-dled out for a meagre 162 in 42.5overs.

They had far from an ideal startas the Afghans lost three wicketsfor as many runs on the board.Nawroz Mangal (27) andSamiullah Shenwari (42) stead-ied the boat for a while, puttingon 62 runs for the fourth wicket.

After Mangal and Shenwari'sgot dismissed in quick succes-sion, leaving Afghanistan reelingat 78 for five again, skipperMohammad Nabi and NajibullahZadran (17) shared 58 runs forthe sixth wicket to keep the hopesof the team from war-torn nationalive.

But just when Bangladesh werepreparing to press the panic but-ton, Mashrafe Mortaza sent theAfghanistan captain back for a

well-made 43-ball 44 that includefive boundaries with the last ballof the over, while Shakib-al-Hasan dismissed Zardan with thefirst ball of the very next over tovirtually end their hopes of mak-ing a comeback. With the score-card reading 136 for seven, it wasjust a matter of time beforeAfghanistan innings folded.

Although Mirwais Ashraf (10)

and Aftab Alam (14) tried hard toapply themselves the Bangladeshbowlers tightened the nooze.

For Bangladesh, Mortaza wasthe pick of the bowlers with fig-ures of three for 20, while Shakibtook two for 43. Earlier, electingto bat, Bangladesh were set for abigger score, but the wickets ofShakib and Rahim not onlystirred a collapse but gave the

Afghan bowlers a new lease oflife as Mortaza and company lostfive wickets for just 34 runs inthe last five overs of the innings.

An inspired spell of bowlingfrom Mirwais Ashraf (2/32) sawAfghanistan push Bangladesh onthe backfoot as the medium-pacer sent openers AnamulHaque and (29) Tamim Iqbal (19)back in the hut early.

Soumya Sarkar (28) andMahmudullah (23) then tried totake stock of the situation only tosee Shapoor Zadran (2/20) strikeback with another set of wickets.

The tall new-ball bowlertrapped Sarkar lbw for 28 andsoon got Mahmudullah caughtbehind for 23 as the Afghan fanscelebrated like crazy.

Shakib and Rahim thoughthwarted all Afghan plans as theduo mixed the right dose of cau-tion and aggression to bring somesanity to the innings.

Shakib, registering his 27thODI fifty, hit six fours and a sixin his 51-ball stay while Rahim,notching up his 19th ODI half-century, also hit six fours and asix during his 56-ball blitz.

The duo also managed to ekeout 48 runs from the powerplayovers between 36-40.

But the Afghans never lostfocus as the Mohammad Nabi-led side came back in the 45thover to see pace spearheadHamid Hassan (2/61) clean updangerman Shakib and bowl outSabbir Rahman (3) in his verynext over.

Mortaza struck a nine-ball 14but medium-pacer Aftab Alam(2/55) clean bowled him. The tailcouldn't survive the disciplinedbowling as the No.11 TaskinAhmed (1) fell on the last deliv-ery of the innings.

ICC World Cup: Shakib, Rahim hit fiftiesas Bangladesh post 105-run win

ZURICH, FEB 18Known to rise back after every

debacle, Viswanathan Anandmade another strong comebackdefeating Hikaru Nakamura ofthe United States in the fourthround of the Zurich Chess Classichere on Wednesday.

Trailing Nakamura by a fullpoint at the start of the contest,Anand knew he had to win to goahead and the Indian ace came upwith a brilliant game on all countsto floor Nakamura, who recentlywon the Gibraltar open.

Under a unique points systemthat gives two points for a victoryand one for a draw in Classicalgames, Anand took his tally to sixpoints and is now a full pointahead of nearest contenderNakamura. The other games ofthe fourth round were drawn asVladimir Kramnik signed peacewith his Russian colleagueSergey Karjakin while LevonAronian of Armenia achieved thesame result against FabianoCaruana of Italy.

Kramnik holds the third spot onfour points with four draws thusfar while, Aronian, Karjakin and

Caruana have three points apiece.There is just one more game inthe classical remaining postwhich the players will changegears and play five rapid game.However in rapid, only one pointwill be awarded for each winwhich means that the pointsscored in the Classical formatmight prove crucial for finalstanding.

Anand was at the top of hisgame against Nakamura. In theQueen's gambit declined, the fivetimes world champion had beatenMagnus Carlsen also in the worldchampionship and Nakamuratook a different version of theopening.

Anand had a tight grip on thesituation and black remained pas-sive for the major part of the

game. The lead that Nakamurahad enjoyed over Anand probablyplayed its part as the Americanwas content to defend rather thanplay his trademark counter-activechess. "I am happy with my playhere, obviously it's nice to makesome points and both my whitewins were very convincing,"Anand said in the post-game chat.

As it happened in the game,Nakamura fell prey to some enor-mous pressure on the queen side.Anand penetrated with his majorpieces first and then finished offthe game when his knight joinedthe party. The game lasted 41moves.

Caruana had to defend a slight-ly inferior position againstAronian but the Italian was not inany danger out of a Queen's gam-bit declined where the formerplayed white. The pieces changedhands at regular intervals and thegame was drawn in 35 moves.

Results round 4: V Anand (Ind,6) beat Hikaru Nakamura (Usa,5); Levon Aronian (Arm, 3) drewwith Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 3);Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 4) drewwith Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 3).

Viswanathan Anand beats HikaruNakamura to jump to sole lead

RIO DE JANEIRO, FEB 18World number three Rafael Nadal

made an impressive return to compe-tition after an Australian Open quar-ter-final loss, dispatching Brazil`sThomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday atthe ATP Rio Open.

Defending champion Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, neededonly 91 minutes in advancing to asecond-round matchup Thursdayagainst Spanish compatriot PabloCarreno Busta.

In the host city for next year`sOlympics, 2008 Beijing Olympicgold medal winner Nadal improvedto 15-0 on Brazilian soil, having wontitles at Costa do Sauipe in 2005, SaoPaulo in 2013 and Rio last year.

The 28-year-old left-hander beganhis 2015 season in Doha, where helost in the first round while defendinghis title. At the Australian Open,Nadal saw a 17-match win streakagainst Tomas Berdych end with asurprise exit.

Clay-court maestro Nadal, whoseeks his sixth French Open title in arow and 10th overall on RolandGarros clay later this year, elevatedhis play in the second set of his firstmatch on the surface since last June`sGrand Slam final victory over NovakDjokovic.

Bellucci`s third double fault of thematch handed Nadal a break after

five prior missed chances for a 3-2lead, but the Brazilian broke back inthe next game to level the openingset.

Top seed Nadal and 64th-rankedBellucci exchanged breaks in thenext two games before Nadal brokeagain for a 5-4 edge and held to takethe first set after 51 minutes on aservice winner.

Nadal broke to start the second setand broke again at love for a 3-0edge, taking 14 of the first 20 pointscontested, and held twice for a 5-1

edge.On Nadal`s third match point

chance of the seventh game, Belluccihit a forehand long to surrender thebreak and the match, falling in thefirst round for the fourth time in fiveevents this year.

Bellucci made 31 unforced errorsto only 12 by the Spaniard.

Nadal went 25-3 on clay last yearand won three titles on the surface.He has the best clay court record inthe Open Era at 318-24, including45-7 in career clay-court finals.

Defending champion RafaelNadal advances in Rio Open

KARACHI, FEB 18Pakistan's World Cup campaign hit

another snag when the nationalteam's fielding coach Grant Ludenthreatened to step down complainingof misbehaviour from three seniorplayers.

According to details the incidentwhich is yet to be confirmed by thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB),Luden complained that ShahidAfridi, Ahmed Shehzad and UmarAkmal had misbehaved with himduring a training session yesterday.

"Luden sent a message to the PCBChairman threatening to resign as hecould not tolerate such insultingbehaviour from the players," onesource said.

Luden apparently complained toShahryar Khan that some of the play-ers including these three were notcooperating with him in the trainingsessions that hindered his work.

"Luden has complained that thethree players allegedly used abusivelanguage on Tuesday."

Luden has in his message to Khanthreatened that if the players don'tchange their behaviour he will resignfrom his post.

The source said that after gettingthe message, the PCB Chairman hadspoken to the team manager, NavedCheema, head coach Waqar Younis

and Luden and discussed the issuewith them.

"He has assured Luden his con-cerns will be looked into and theplayers will not be allowed to misbe-have in future," the source added.

Interestingly the training regimebeing implemented by Waqar and histeam of coaches has already appar-ently become a sore point in the team

with some players who have com-plained that they are left exhaustedbefore matches by the tough sched-ule. The team management is alsounder fire for their selections madefor the opening match against Indiawhich Pakistan lost on Sunday.

The PCB hired Luden last year aspart of its overhauling of the team'ssupport staff.

Pakistan fielding coach complains of players'abusive behaviour, threatens to step down

MUMBAI, FEB 18Retired batting great

Sachin Tendulkar onWednesday said he hadto work the hardest toreach the top, whileadding that he alwaysbelieved in letting hisbat do the talking in hisglorious 24-year-longcricket career.

"In my career I had anumber of challenges. Onceyou are among the best, thefight was about being right atthe top. (For) Someone to beright at the top, I havealways had to be the one towork the hardest. I alwaysbelieved that my bat shoulddo all the talking," he said atthe launch of a car here.

Tendulkar also said theadvent of T20 cricket haschanged the complexionof the sport.

"I always thought Testcricket and one-daycricket were the onlyformats. Twenty yearsago, nobody dreamt ofT20 cricket and in thelast 5-7 years, since theintroduction of T20 cricket,the game has changed. I find

simi-lar-

ity between BMW (andT20), who have been marketleaders for innovation and

new ideas," he said.After being part of a

record six editions,Tendulkar is all set to see hisfirst World Cup match fromthe stands when defendingchampions India take onSouth Africa on February 22at the Melbourne CricketGround.

"...Upcoming gameagainst South Africa, myfirst World Cup game whichwill be from the stands,"Tendulkar, who is ICC'sbrand ambassador, hadrecently tweeted.

The batting maestrowas part of the 2011

World Cup win-ning squad led

b yMahendraS i n g hD h o n ia n dplayedin arecords i xCups,a dis-

tinction he shares withPakistan great JavedMiandad.

I had to work hardest to reachtop, says Sachin Tendulkar

MELBOURNE, FEB 18The Indian cricket team

sweated out at the netstoday ahead of its Sunday'sWorld Cup clash againstSouth Africa, who aredrawing on the deep insightof Gary Kirsten, India's for-mer coach, to prepare forthe tie.

Kirsten, who was India'scoach from 2008 to 2011,has been roped in as a con-sultant for the World Cupalong with formerAustralian batsmanMichael Hussey and pacelegend Allan Donald.

The trio has a combinedexperience worth 26,845runs and 602 wickets at theinternational level.

The runs are what Kirstenand Hussey have scored atthe international levelacross formats, while thewickets are Donald's col-lection during his 12 yearsin international cricket.

The three were seenkeeping a hawk eye on theproceedings during SouthAfrican team's training ses-sion at the St Kilda's OvalJunction ground.

The Indians, on the otherhand, had a strenuous ses-sion at the same groundafter a couple of days' rest

following their morale-boosting victory over arch-rivals Pakistan.

However, doubts overBhuvneshwar Kumar's fit-ness continue to be a con-cern for the team as theseamer looked far fromconvincing during the nets.

Bhuvneshwar, who hadsuffered an ankle injurybefore the start of the Testseries against Australia andonly played the last Test inSydney where he bowledway below his best, lookedout of sorts and unfit today.

Meanwhile,, Hussey,who would again be play-ing in the eighth edition ofIPL for Chennai SuperKings, was keeping a closeeye on the South Africanbatsmen, especially thelikes of JP Duminy andQuinton de Kock as theywere playing the spinners atthe nets.

A couple of left-arm spin-ners were seen bowling asDuminy and De Kock,along with Hashim Amlawhen they were batting inthe nets.

One of the net bowlers ofIndian origin was asked ifthere was any specificinstruction from the coach-es, he smiled.

South Africa drawfrom Gary Kirsten's

India experience

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Stardust to Maxim-the queen of fashionSonam Kapoor just

rules. As if this isn’tenough, the ‘fashionista’is out to create her ownworld of fashion. Admirersof the Kapoor girl’s stylehave a good reason to waitfor September. The actress,along with her sister RheaKapoor, is launching afashion brand thisSeptember. The name ofthe brand is as stylish asSonam. Made from the ini-tials of the sisters’ names,it is titled ‘Rheson’ andpronounced as reason. Thebrand would be high-streetand provide affordabledaily wear.

Rhea shared how the twoof them came up with theidea, “Sonam and I havebeen working on this foryears, literally. Sonam hada lot of offers to becomethe face of a brand and betheir ambassador, but wenever wanted to do that.We have been workingtogether and I have beenstyling Sonam for years.There are so many girlswho follow Sonam’s fash-

ion on social media. Butwe never wanted to justput our names on some-thing and call it ours.”

Yet another report to fas-cinate fashion lovers is theaffordable prices of theclothes. It starts from justRs 400 right up to Rs4000. Here is what SonamKapoor has to say on thisjoyous occasion, “Wewanted to work on some-thing that is owned by usand had our personal touchon every level. So finally,we got a true partner inShoppers Stop, as they sawthe potential in this and weare finally launching inIndia in September thisyear. Our brand is calledRheson, a combination ofRhea and Sonam” Afterthey launch the brand,there will be 40 to 50 newpieces coming in everycouple of weeks.

Sonam and Rhea wantthe attire to be aspirational.They would be creatingoutfits that every girlwould want to wear so thatshe feels beautiful and atthe same time comfortablewearing it.

Sonam, sister Rhea open newclothing brand ‘Rheson’

Varun Dhawan’s dark thriller‘Badlapur’ is a must watchfilm and Bollywood showers

praise on the film and stupendousperformance of Varun andNawazuddin Siddhiqui. The specialscreening of the film was attended byBollywood biggies and all of themapplauds the film and the perform-ances.

After watching it at a specialscreenings, filmmaker HomiAdajania tweeted, "Just saw@Badlapur..A psychological rollercoaster to savour! Big shout out to#sriram raghavan @Varun_dvn#anilmehta @Nawazuddin_S.KILLER!"

Karan Johar, who introduced VarunDhawan in his home production'Student of The Year', tweeted aboutVarun’s awesome performance. Hewrote, "#Badlapur is absolutely stun-ning! @Varun_dvn made me so soproud! He is exceptional!!! And it'sdoesn't get better than nawaz!! Mustwatch!!"

Filmmaker Shashank Khaitan, too,tweeted, "Watched Badlapur lastnight. Its a Crazy Good Film from thevery First frame. @Varun_dvn what aperformance. Madness in the eyes.Loved it."

Director Kunal Kohli wrote on

Twitter, "#BADLAPUR lookingsuperb. Best of Luck lil bro@Varun_dvn Go Kill it !!!!"

Actor Salil Acharya tweeted, "so ijust walked out of #badlapur wow mybrains still trying to process wat i justsaw @Varun_dvn is magnificent ,astonished by him..this film willmark a new beggining for@Varun_dvn its his finest and i do

feel the audiences will not be dissa-pointed #Badlapur..special mentionfor #radhikaapte and @humasqureshisuperb indeed #nomakeup pure char-acter luvd it #bravo #Badlapur."

The revengeful drama directed bySriram Raghavan also stars YamiGautam in the female lead.‘Badlapur’ will hit theatres thisFriday.

Bollywood goes gaga over‘Badlapur’, Varun Dhawan

Arecent report proves how a merely41 second video can go viral with-in minutes. What makes this video

the hot topic is the famous ex-couple itfeatures. Ranbir Kapoor was seen gifting abeautiful bouquet to his previous girlfriendDeepila Padukone on Valentine’s Day. ButRanbir-Deepika jodi fans need not let theirhopes reach the skies as they will onlycome crashing down when they learn thetruth! The incident was not a real affair- itwas just a part of the filming of upcoming‘Tamasha’.

A video went viral on Youtube as itshowed Rabir gifting flowers to Deepika.Through the clip is not clear, it shows adark room with some light at the other end.A staircase is visible, with a girl stood onit. On the front, a man’s head can be seenand he gets up as the director says“action”. The two then walk toward eachother and it is when they come to light thatone can recognize them as Ranbir andDeepika. He walks up to her and handsover the bouquet. The two indulge inchitchat for a second or two, followingwhich Ranbir takes the flowers back andreturns to where he was seated earlier.

The video might be a cause of complain

for Ranbir. Last year, it was reported thatthe actor was disappointed at the leakedpictures and videos from the sets of‘Tamasha’ as the team filmed in France.Ranbir was angry and requested directorImtiaz Ali to increase the security on thesets to avoid any such incidents. But Alas!Even this little talk made its way out andcreated headlines. The reason of Ranbir’sdiscomfort is apparently his previous ladylove Deepika- the other lead of this film.People are creating ‘Tamasha’ and hypeover these photos that show the ex-coupletogether.

While Ranbir gifted flowers to Deepika,though not really, he spent Valentine’s Daywith Katrina in Delhi. Katrina is currentlyshooting for ‘Fitoor’, but spared sometime and flew to Delhi for the lovely occa-sion. Though he had a romantic weekendwith Kat, the actor wasn’t exactly honestwhen he was previously asked about hisplans for 14th February,” I don’t think Ihave ever celebrated Valentine’s Day. Ithink it was created by Archies gallery,Hallmark and all… not really something totake that seriously at all.” Katrina wouldbe in Delhi for quite some time and is like-ly to meet Ranbir’s sister Ridhima overthere.

Deepika, Ranbir’s Valentine's Day reunion video goes viral

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might havesmitten one andall with heroomph factoron silver screenbut she also hasone hidden tal-ent. SexyMalaika is avery expertcook and shehas served deli-cious dishes onFarah Khan’snew food basedshow, ‘Farah KiDaawat’.

Malaika hasstunned one andall in thekitchen with her culinary skill. The actress shot herepisode with Farah on Tuesday and ace comedian cumactor Manish Paul lends her helping hand. Farah Khanhad already shot episodes with her B-town friends likeAbhishek Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Boman Irani and SonuSood. The celebrities have showed their cooking skillsand now many more celebrity guests are yet to shoot forthe show. Shahrukh Khan who is a very good friend of thefilmmaker will also spice up Farah’s kitchen. 'Bigg Boss8' winner Gautam Gulati lends support to Alia. Star cou-ple and new parents Genelia D’Souza and RiteishDeshmukh would show be part of Farah’s culinary jour-ney. The ad of the show is on air and the full episode willbe aired on Colors channel from Feb 22. So, do not forgetto tune into Colors and see how expert is our celebritiesin cooking.

Malaika serves hot andspicy on ‘Farah Ki Daawat’

Producer DaggubatiRamanaidu passesaway at 78

Noted producer DaggubatiRamanaidu dies inHyderabad today after

battling against cancer for a longtime. He was 78. He breathedhis last in a hospital inHyderabad.

"Ramanaidu, who was under-going treatment for prostate can-cer, passed away at a privatehospital. His body is being shift-ed to his studio for public to paytheir last respects," the veteran'spublicist said. Mr Ramanaidumade over 150 films in severallanguages including Hindi andholds the Guinness WorldRecord for producing the high-est number of films. His moviesinclude, "Prem Nagar", ‘JeevanaTarangalu’, ‘Soggadu’,‘Kaliyuga Pandavulu’, ‘CoolieNo 1’ and ‘Ganesh’ and Hindifilms include ‘Prem Nagar’,‘Dildaar’, ‘Maqsad’, ‘Insaaf’,‘Tohfa’, ‘Anari’ and ‘HumAapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain’.He made several movies underhis banner Suresh Productions.In the later part of his career, MrRamanaidu joined politics. Hewas the Telugu Desam MP fromBapatla in Guntur between 1999and 2004. Producer DaggubatiRamanaidu is also the recipientof the Padma Bhushan and theDadasaheb Phalke awards.

The Telugu film industry hasexpressed shock over the demiseof Ramanaidu. He introducedmany artists to the film industry.

May his soul rest in peace!