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Why God createdBradman beforeSachin? BecauseGod wanted tocreate a samplebefore the masterpiece!! AjinkyaPawar, Mumbai

Runo or records kanoor Sachin parbarse, har playeruska record todne kotarse, India jeete itneWorld Cups, ke harteam WC jeetne kotarse. DavidMewada, Dahisar

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ANALYSISRanjona Banerji

on the occasions when we

wont need Adarsh

neighbours p3

Rajiv Dogra

on making a difference in the

lives of the poor p15

Thomas L Friedmanon the not-so-obvious forces

behind the Mideast

revolutions p17

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Are you homeless or top honchos of2G telecom firms?

IRREGULAR Manjul

Conductor Zubin Mehta washonoured with a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in LosAngeles on Tuesday AP

> Stressed motormen revivedemands for assistant driversA day after a train driver died dueto a heart attack after running thelocal to CST, motormen in the citycomplained of increasing stress

levels and revived their demand foran assistant driver. They are alsowilling to do other jobs, which areless stressful. p2

> BCCI lodges complaint withICC over managers remarksThe BCCI has lodged a complaintagainst ICC general manager DavRichardson for speaking about MSDhonis ignorance about theumpire review system. Dhoni hadasked why Englands Ian Bell wasadjudged not out despite the TVreplays showing otherwise. p19

> Mamata wont contestWest Bengal pollsTrinamool Congress chief MamataBanerjee on Wednesday said shewont contest the upcomingassembly elections in West Bengal.It is not mandatory to contest theelections. I will campaign for myparty, she said. p15

> Nobel laureate Yunus oustedas Grameen Bank MDBangladeshs government firedNobel laureate Muhammad Yunusas head of Grameen Bank onWednesday. The bank, however, saidhe remained in charge and that itwould fight the decision.

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NETHERLANDS vs SOUTH AFRICATIME: 9.30AM

CANADA vs PAKISTANTIME:2.30PM

INVESTORS FIRM BECOMES A CORPORATE AGENT OF BAJAJ ALLIANZ

Sachin P MampattaMUMBAI

Warren Buffett, US investorand the third-richest man inthe world with a personalfortune estimated at $49 bil-lion (Rs220,000 crore) byForbes magazine last year,once said if he was ever in asinking ship with Ajit Jain,the head of his re-insurance

business, Ajit should besaved first.This regard for the Indian-

born executive,touted as oneof his successors, and his

mastery of insurance,is well-known, but Buffett hadnt

dipped toes in India in anyserious way yet.That changed on Wednes-

day when Berkshire Hath-away, the diversified holding

company for his investments,announced a plan to enter In-

dia by becoming a corporateagent for Bajaj Allianz Gen-eral Insurance.

The Sage of Omaha isalso expected to visit India

this month, along with Mi-crosoft founder Bill Gates, topersuade Indias billionairesto give more of their wealthto charity.

We found that both BajajAllianz and Berkshire Indiashare a common goal of pro-viding exemplary customerservice, added Arun Bal-akrishnan, chief executiveofficer of Berkshire India.

Based in Gurgaon, Berk-shire India will sell generalinsurance products onlineand through telemarketing.

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Warren Buffett is here, finally

Peter Lattman NEW YORK

The Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC) has accusedRajat K Gupta,for mer director ofGoldman Sachs and Procter &Gamble, of passing illegal tipsabout those companies to Raj Ra-jaratnam,Galleon Group founder.

Gupta, 62, who ran McKinsey from 1994 to2003, is accused of passing information on thetwo companiesear nings as well as word of War-ren Buffetts $5-billion investment in GoldmanSachs in 2008.

Over the last 18 months, federal prosecutorsin Manhattan have charged 46 people with in -sider trading; of those, 29 have pleaded guilty.Gupta was honoured with the highest trust

of leading public companies, and he betrayedthat trust by disclosing their most sensitiveand valuable secrets, said Robert Khuzami,SECs director of enforcement. NYT

Genpact, IIT Council, ISB back Gupta, p9How Gupta tipped off Rajaratnam, p14

Former Goldmanchief charged withinsider trading

Pradip R Sagar NEW DELHI

The CBI have asked senior offi-cials of Idea Cellular to explainthe companys acquisition ofSpice Telecom in 2008.The agencyquestioned Sanjeev Aga, CEO ofthe firm, in connection with the2G spectrum allocation scam. TheCBI also questioned the compa-nys CRO Pankaj Kumar.

Before the merger, both com-panies held 12 UAS licenses in sixcircles,said a senior CBI official.

In 2008, Idea Cellular picked up41.09% stake in Spice, he added.

In his report to the departmentof telecom the additional solicitorgeneral of India (ASGI), AmarjitSingh Chandhiok, said the Idea-Spice merger had violated themerger and acquisition norms.The deal had overlooked the lock-in period clause, which stipulatesthat a company cannot enter intoan agreement for merger beforethree years from the ef fective dateof being issued license.

Amir Mir ISLAMABAD

In the second high profile assassi-nation over Pakistans controver-sial blasphemy law in less thantwo months, suspected PakistanTaliban members on Wednesdaygunned down Shahbaz Bhatti, the

federal minister in charge of mi-nority affairs. Salman Taseer, thegovernor of Punjab, was shot deadby his bodyguard in January foradvocating changes in the samelaw that impose the death penaltyfor opposing Islam.

Bhatti, the only Christian in thefederal cabinet, was aware of thethreat to his life.He had left a video-taped message with the BBCandAl-Jazeera TV station to be broad-cast in the event of his death. Bhat-ti said he was threatened by the Tal-iban and al Qaeda, but that thiswould not deter him from speakingfor oppressed and marginalisedpersecuted Christians and otherminorities in Pakistan.I will dieto defend their rights,he said.

The assassins left a letter claim-ing they represented the PakistanTaliban and they killed Bhatti be-cause he was leading a committeeset up with the objective to changethe blasphemy law. The law is partof the 1973 Constitution of Pak-

istan and is often exploited by fa-

natic Muslims to intimidate theminorities in Pakistan.

The attack took place around11.15am when Bhatti was on hisway to a cabinet meeting from hisIslamabad residence. Eyewitnessesand police sources said four men ina white Suzuki stopped his vehicle.Two of them opened fire with au-tomatic guns. Thirty bullets werefired, ten of which hit the target.

Local police sources said theminister had two police cars to es-cort him, but he refused to bringthem with him on Wednesday. In-dia has condemned Bhattis assas-sination. We condemn this das-tardly crime.Our prayers are withthe bereaved family and the peopleof Pakistan, the ministry of ex-ternal affairs said. (With AP inputs)

Related reports, p17

Minister shotdead in Pakistan

Shahbaz Bhatti, only Christian minister infederal cabinet, opposed blasphemy law

He left behind videotape saying there was athreat to his life; role of Pak Taliban suspected

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Rajat Gupta

Vineeta Pandey & NaveetaSingh NEW DELHI. MUMBAI

Social networking site Twitteris playing a crucial role in therescue of Indians trapped inLibya. As on Wednesday night,6,177 Indians of the total 18,000were evacuated. Those strand-ed are using Twitter to send outdesperate messages, promptingthe central government to stepup its evacuation efforts.

Is there any evacuation planfor the people stuck in Brega?Could you arrange for a boat tothe port there? HHHEEELLPPP!!!, read one tweet.

Foreign secretary Nirupa-ma Rao was quick to tweetback: Could you please giveme a contact number for any ofour people in Brega? We wantto help.

Other tweets contained sug-gestions related to rescue op-erations. A user said, Thereare ab[ou]t 800 Indians at Mis-urata. LISCOs private port canhandle ships upto 250,000 dwt.Our ships can berth there.Rao replied back saying,Thank you. We r working onsending a ship to Misurata forevacuation.

The Indian Air Force is ex-pected to fly an IL-76 aircraft,which can ferry 300 people, toLibya on Thursday.

The Ministry of external af-

fairs (MEA) has also roped inprivate carriers like KingfisherAirlines and Jet Airways tohelp with evacuation efforts.The MEA will foot the bill forthe evacuation.

Libya: Tweetsguide Indiasevacuationefforts

Sumit Moitra KOLKATA

In the stand-off between the gov-ernment and the locals over theJaitapur nuclear power plant, theformer has blinked first. A day af-ter the state arrested 11 villagersnear the proposed plant site oncharges of rioting, Nuclear Pow-er Corporation of India (NPCIL)has hinted that it plans to sub-stantially increase compensationto project-affected people.

We are in the process of fi-

nalising a very attractive reha-bilitation package, which isabout 10 times the existing one,NPCIL chairman and MD SKJain said on Wednesday. NPCILwill also pay a higher purchaseprice for land already acquired.

Jain said while land-loserswere earlier paid money only forthe land sacrificed,the new pack-

age was a comprehensive one.Every family that has given landwill be entitled to free housingwith basic amenities and an an-nuity from LIC for 20 years.

Other provisions include twoyears daily wages for agricultur-al labourers; lifetime pension forsenior citizens and women; and ajob for one family member or Rs5lakh cash in lieu of that. NCPILwill also spend a part of the corpusset aside for corporate social re-sponsibility activities in Jaitapur.

CBI quizzes Idea top brass

Shahbaz Bhatti

Based in Gurgaon,Buffetts firm BerkshireIndia will sell generalinsurance productsonline and throughtelemarketing

NPCIL to pay more toproject-affected people

10-fold hike in Jaitapur package?

DHONI, BEWARE!First WC upset: Ireland beat England, play India next

Kevin OBrien hit the fastest World Cup hundred. He scored a century in just 50 balls and helped Ireland stun England by three wickets

in a record World Cup chase in Bangalore Getty Images Report, p19