With 21% of its population undernourished, nearly 44% of under-5 childrenunderweight and 7% of them dying before they reach five years, India isfirmly established among the world's most hunger-ridden countries. The situ-ation is better than only Congo, Chad, Ethiopia or Burundi, but it is worsethan Sudan, North Korea, Pakistan or Nepal.

The Hague: The popularDutch Queen Beatrix hasdismissed criticism from far-right Dutch lawmaker GeertWilders after her decision towear a headscarf during arecent visit to a mosque inUnited Arab Emirates.“It is really nonsense,” the 72-year-oldmonarch was quoted by reporters with heron a state visit to Oman, Agence FrancePresse (AFP) reported on Thursday,January 12.The row sparked when Queen Beatrixdonned a headscarf over her traditionalblack hat during her visit to the GreatMosque in Abu Dhabi.Inciting a new row, anti-Islam politician

Largest mosque of Central Asia’s ravaged by fireKazakhstan, January 16: Emergency officials say at least one person has died in a fire atthe largest mosque in Central Asia, in the capital of Kazakhstan. The Emergency Situa-tions Ministry said Sunday’s fire spread over an area of 800 square meters (8,600 squarefeet) inside the Khazret Sultan mosque in Astana.Laborers at the site of the 17,500 square-meter (188,000 square-foot) mosque, whichwas still under construction, said they heard screams from a man trapped inside thebuilding. Amateur footage uploaded to the Internet showed the building engulfed in bil-lowing black smoke. Emergency officials said the blaze was likely caused by weldingequipment that set fire to scaffolding installed beneath the central dome.

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SUPERPOWER?230 million Indians go hungry daily

This is according to the InternationalFood Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)which combines the above three indi-cators to give us a Global Hunger In-dex (GHI) according to which India is67th among the worst 80 countries interms of malnourishment.

That's not all. Data col-lected by GHI researchersshows that while there hasbeen some improvementin children's malnutritionand early deaths since1990, the proportion ofhungry in the populationhas actually gone up.Today India has 213 million hungryand malnourished people by GHI es-timates although the UN agency Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO)puts the figure at around 230 million.The difference is because FAO usesonly the standard calorie intake for-mula for measuring sufficiency of foodwhile the Hunger Index is based onbroader criteria.(Agencies)

Dutch Queen slamed Wilder'sHeadscarf Row, visit UAE mosque

Geert Wilders’ far right Party for Freedom(PVV), which backs Prime Minister MarkRutte’s ruling coalition government, posedquestions over the issue in the Dutch par-liament. The PVV said it regarded theheadscarf as a symbol of female oppres-sion and wanted to know whether Rutteagreed.In a fiery response, the queen made her com-ment on the third day of her state visit toOman, where she also wore a scarf over herhat while visiting a mosque. Princess Maximawas also seen wearing traditional dress andheadscarf during mosque visits with thequeen.The current row is not the first between thefar-right party and the popular queen. LastSeptember 2011, Wilders' Freedom Party(PVV) unveiled a proposed law to stripQueen Beatrix of all political powers, leav-ing her with a purely ceremonial role.

Mysore: The 225-year-old TipuSultan’s armoury, that has comein the way of the Mysore-Banga-lore railway doubling project, islikely to be lifted as oneunit and moved 200metres away at the earli-est. This could be the firstsuch attempt at moving aheritage structure in thecountry. The Railways,which has assigned Insti-tute of Engineers, Banga-lore Chapter, as a consult-ant, may call global ten-ders inviting agencies in-volved in bodily movingstructures or houses.Though such an exercise has notbeen undertaken in India, there area few agencies in the US, Switzer-land, Australia and Canada thathave moved churches and

Tipu's armoury to be shifted in one piecehouses.However, moving this two-century-old struc-ture could be tricky.The brick and lime armoury, which is 150

metres wide with walls up to 1.5 metres thick,weighs around 1,200 tonnes and is embed-ded 10 feet in the ground.The Railways abandoned the idea of acquir-ing land adjacent to the armoury owing to the

prohibitive price the land owner wasentitled to. The Railways is awaiting areport on the methodologies and tech-nology to ensure safety of the struc-

ture from the Institute of Engi-neers in a couple of days afterwhich it will invite tenders forthe relocation.The doubling work has beendelayed since the project in-volved multiple agencies like theRailways, State ArchaeologyDepartment and the Archaeo-logical Survey of India (ASI). In2010, the ASI stepped in andsuggested moving the armoury200 metres away. However, theRailways approached the Infra-

structure Development Department andKannada and Culture Department anddecided to consult various agencies inthe interest and sentiments of thepeople. (Cyber News)

Azad’s contribu-tion to azaadi

forgotten?

300 Muslims arrested foragitating against construction

of a temple on graveyard

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Editorial

Over the top‘Colourful' is a word much associatedwith elections in India. The ElectionCommission of India has just rein-forced that association, and also givennew meaning to that phrase ‘pink el-ephants' — no longer is it an allusiononly to alcohol-induced visions, or thefantasy land of ‘Dear Jessie' in theMadonna song.

But seriously, can there be the slightest doubt that theEC's order to cover up all statues of Chief MinisterMayawati and those of the elephant, her Bahujan SamajParty's election symbol, in election-bound Uttar Pradeshwith the politically neutral pink-coloured cloth or plasticsheets falls in the OTT category? The order is supposedto “ensure that these statues do not influence the minds ofthe electors, disturbing the level playing field” during theelection. What the cover-up has done is to ensure muchmore attention to the OTT statues than they would havereceived otherwise. There are other misgivings. The EC'sorder goes back to a 2009 petition asking it to freeze theBSP's election symbol on the ground that the statues, be-ing put up at the time at public spaces using public funds,would jeopardise free and fair elections. Disposing of thatpetition in 2010, the Commission — whose mandate toenforce the model code of conduct does not kick in untilthe election schedule is announced — promised to take“appropriate steps” at election time to ensure that the stat-ues would not give the BSP an “unfair advantage” overother parties. For the 2004 general election, it had orderedthe covering up of hoardings of Prime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee on national highways refurbished by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. The Janu-ary 8 order is even more bizarre.Let us consider the argument that the decision to erectpermanent stone images of the BSP's symbol using pub-lic funds was a deliberate and pre-planned act by ChiefMinister Mayawati, and hence needs to be neutralised.The problem is that there are no legal grounds to stop theBSP, or any other party, from erecting in non-election sea-son its symbols or statues of its leaders all over the coun-try. Especially in States that have produced charismaticmass leaders, there are countless statues of icons thatthe fortunate parties, whether in government or in the op-position, can play up during election season. Not that thereis any persuasive evidence that this makes a real differ-ence to poll outcomes. Petitions against the Mayawatigovernment questioning the use of public funds for self-serving partisan ends are pending before the AllahabadHigh Court and the Supreme Court of India. What the Elec-tion Commission must learn to do is understand the limitsof its power, even in election season, keep off the grass,and leave the matter to the people's court. (Agencies)

Months after UnionHRD Minister KapilSibal announcedgovernment'sintention of control-ling Internet content,green signal wasshown for prosecu-tion of firms likeGoogle andFacebook.The government on Fridaygave sanction for the pros-ecution of 21 Internet firms -including Google, Facebook,Microsoft, Youtube and Ya-hoo! - for carrying provocativecontent. The ministry of com-munications and informationtechnology filed a report in aDelhi court saying material onsocial networking sites couldinstigate public enmity andeven endanger India's unity.The move led to concernsthat it was a regressive stepthat would curb free speechonline. Following the sanctionfrom the ministry headed byKapil Sibal, Delhi Police canprosecute the firms. A Delhi-based journalist had filed a

When Maulana Azad said thathe was ahead of his time, hewas absolutely right. He wasborn on November 11, 1888 toan Indian father and an Arabmother in Mecca, today's SaudiArabia. His ancestors had cometo India from Herat, Afghanistanduring the reign of Babar andsettled down in Delhi. Theywere Sufis, the mystics whoseessential philosophy was basedon the concept of love of Godand universal brotherhood. Af-ter his father MaulanaKhairuddin went through thetrauma that followed the first warof Independence in 1857, he de-cided to migrate to Mecca. Bythe time Abul Kalam GhulamMohiuddin was born MaulanaKhairuddin was shuttling morefrequently between the desertkingdom and India where hehad numerous disciples. Finallyin 1890 he chose to settle downin Kolkata. He gave Abul Kalamthe traditional home-based edu-cation where Arabic, Persianand Urdu were taught along withIslamic studies.

HYDERABAD: Will India be observing the 54th death anniver-sary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad next month? May be. A fewinnocuous functions here and there and the day will be forgot-ten once again. It is a tragedy. Neither the Muslims nor theHindus wish to remember the one freedom fighter who suf-fered so many personal indignities to keep the country united.As the Muslim League and its followers fought for a separatecountry based on the two-nation theory, their main target wasMaulana Azad. For them, 'the showboy of the Congress', wasthe biggest stumbling block in arriving at a unanimity over theidea of Pakistan among the Muslims.

Azad’s contributionto azaadi forgotten?

Soon it became clear that AbulKalam was a genius and a rebel whostrove, though quietly, to develop hisown identity. He learned Hindi,Bengali, English and a couple of for-eign languages and delved into his-tory, geography, philosophy, cul-tures, physical sciences and litera-ture. By the time he was around 10years of age he had started writingpoetry in Urdu. Though in his teens,he had already made a name as awriter and journalist of whom thestalwarts of the day were in awe.

He also thought that the best way to reach out to the Mus-lims and change their attitude towards foreign rule was tolaunch a newspaper. Thus the weekly Al Hilal was born in1912. It took the country, especially the Muslims, by storm.Within a short span of time its circulation grew to over25,000, a phenomenon never heard of in Urdu journalismtill then. While the young minds started getting attractedto the ideology of Maulana Azad, the old guard put up astiff resistance. The British Raj, disturbed by the influenceAl Hilal and its editor was gaining, decided to ban the news-paper. Undeterred, he re-launched Al Hilal with a newname, Al Bilagh. That too was not tolerated. Al Bilagh was

outlawed and Maulana expelled fromBengal and interred in Ranchi. Thiswas the time when Gandhiji had notarrived on scene. They met in 1920and a strong bonding ensued.Maulana Azad was only 35 years ofage when in 1923 he was elected asthe president of the Congress. Hesaid it does not matter much if swaraj(independence) is delayed but hewould not give up on the Hindu-Mus-lim unity because if that is broken itwill be the loss of entire humanity.Maulana Azad was elected presidentof the Congress again in 1940. Evenwhen the Congress leadership hadbegun to believe that partition of thecountry was imminent, Maulana Azaddid not budge. Maulana Azad be-lieved in pluralism and proved hispoint through Islamic texts. He be-lieved in multi-culturalism, communalharmony and tolerance and spokeand wrote about them endlessly. Shallwe throw a scholar-leader likeMaulana Azad who looked into thefuture of India so clearly, into oblivionor shall we follow his footprints? Theanswer is in reviving his memory andpropagating his teachings.____Mir Ayub Ali Khan

Internet firms under scannerSibal cracks whip

complaint against the social networking sites saying they should beprosecuted for a series of criminal offences such as outraging religiousfeelings and distributing obscene material, some of which require thesanction of Sibal's ministry."The sanctioning authority has personally gone through the entire recordsand the materials produced, and after considering and examining thesame, he is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed againstthe accused," the ministry of communications and information technol-ogy said in a report filed in the court. "The documents and contentstherein are in the nature to instigate enmity between different groups ongrounds of religion, race, place of birth... and doing acts prejudicial tothe maintenance of harmony."Representatives for all 21 sites named in the original complaint havebeen ordered to appear in court on March 13 for the case to be takenforward. The Delhi High Court is also currently hearing an appeal from

the companies over an or-der requiring them to takedown the objectionablematerial.Supreme Court advocateMeenakshi Lekhi ques-tioned the government'spolicy on the issue, sayingit was pursuing an agendathat would affect anyonewho uses the Internet."They are obviously settinga precedent. When you talkabout the nude Sita by M.F.Husain, Sibal and the restof government defendedthis, but now when you aretalking about the senti-ments of their chief, theyare going to court," Lekhisaid. However, cyber-lawexpert Pawan Duggal saidthe Internet companies can-not shift blame concerningthe content uploaded ontheir websites to telecomoperators or any otheragency as they are man-dated to exercise due dili-gence themselves underthe Indian IT Act. "The judi-ciary will interpret the cur-rent law and for any changein the rules of law they haveto challenge its constitu-tional validity," he said.

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PRP leader aJagan man

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders from Kadapa, in-cluding ministers D LRavindra Reddy and MdAhmadullah on Thursdayurged AICC generalsecretary Ghulam NabiAzad not to take PRP MLCC Ramachandraiah into thestate cabinet.The leadersmet Azad and told him thattaking Ramachandraiah intothe cabinet would adverselyaffect the party’s image in thedistrict. Kamalapuram MLAG Veerasiva Reddy hasbeen campaigning againstRamachadraiah for quitesome time. Now with talkdoing the rounds thatRamachandraiah, also fromKadapa, is expected to be in-ducted into the cabinet alongwith another PRP MLAGhanta Srinivasa Rao nextweek, Veerasiva Reddyar r i ved in De lh i a longwi th two ministers andMLC P Chengal Rayudu.They reportedly told Azadtha t Ramachandra iahwas aJagan p roxy i nCongress. According tothem, Ramachandraiaht rans fe r red RaghuramCements owned by himto YS JaganmohanReddy who later changedi t i n to Bha ra th iCements.PTI

Faced with many problems,CBN is a

much worriedman now

Hyderabad, Jan 14:The Telugu DesamParty President andformer Chief MinisterMr Nara ChandrababuNaidu, who is makingflamboyant state-ments now-a-days and declaring that theTDP is sure to come to power in the nextelections, is in fact a totally worried and frus-trated person, according to insiders.It is this factor that forced Mr Naidu to go all-out, adopt anaggressive posture and wage a do-or-die battle of late, thesesources pointed out. On one hand, he is faced with theTelangana problem which is causing much worry as he wasunable to take any stand, in the face of stiff opposition toseparation from Seemandhra leaders and cadres of his party.If he takes a decision in favour of bifurcation of the State, hefeels the TDP would be wiped out in Seemandhra region;and if opposes separation, his party would suffer very heavilyin Telangana region. He is in a fix now, after having goneback on his earlier stand in favour of separate Telanganastate formation. In order to gain some ground in Telanganaregion, which is a must for his party to gain power, he istaking the risk of facing adverse weather in the region andadopting all possible tactics now.The second and more important factor that is causing muchworry to Mr Naidu is the stand being taken by the membersof Nandamuri family. The recent statement made by actorBalakrishna that he would contest the Assembly electionsand his elder brother Mr Harikrishna’s declaration that hewould work for the success of Balakrishna in the election, isseen as a threat to his leadership in TDP. (Agencies)

Criticises a section forusing incentives of-

fered by AP for bargain-ing with other States

for more concessionsChief Minister N. KiranKumar Reddy hascriticised a section of in-dustrialists for securingterms of investments in-cluding incentives offeredby the Andhra Pradeshgovernment and usingthem as tools to bargainwith other States for moreconcessions.

Be more honest with us, Kiran tells industry“It is unfortunate that our terms are used by industrialists tobargain with other States. The practice is unethical and in-correct. We want the industry to be more honest with us,”the Chief Minister said. He was addressing special plenaryorganised to promote the State as an investment destina-t ion as part of the two-day Partnership Summit 2012organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry which con-cluded on Friday. Mr. Reddy advised industrialists to holddiscussions with the government on their requirements andseek concessions, if any.

“You ask for it. We will give. But hold negotia-tions with the government on your requests,” heemphatically said. The State received 243 invest-ment proposals, valued at Rs. 6.47 lakh crore andan employment potential of 6.5 lakh in the formof memoranda of understanding and expressionof interest including the ones cleared by the StateInvestment Promotion Board in the past fewmonths. (Cyber News)

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JNNURM proposes, GHMC disposes

Hyderabad, : Shamshabad,the area where the world'sfifth largest international air-port is located, has nowturned into a hub of illegalconstructions. The area nowhas the highest unauthorizedconstructions outside theGreater Hyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC) limits.Also, compounding the prob-lem is the fact that the grampanchayat has no mecha-nism either to preventunauthorised constructions ordemolish them.While there are over 1,000unauthorised constructions,official figures say 723unauthorised constructions,all above ground+three floors,have come up in the area.Moreover, there are severalhundred structures of up toground+two floors. The

Students cooking sweet pongal on the eve of ‘ Pongal ‘ festival at MGR JanakiCollege, in Chennai.

Hitec City over bridge ready by MayHYDERABAD: Decks havebeen cleared for the comple-tion of the Rail Over Bridge(ROB) connecting Hitec Cityrailway station with Kukatpallyafter South Central Railway(SCR) recently gave the go-ahead for its construction of thebridge on the railway track por-tion at Hitec city railway stationrecently

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) hascommenced work and is planning to complete the four-lane overbridge by May.Although the project got off the blocks back in March 2007, issuewith clearances from SCR and administrative and financial prob-lems held up work. As per the original deadline, the over bridgewas supposed to have been ready by August 2008.The delay has seen construction cost escalate to Rs 47 crore fromthe original budget of Rs 24.38 crore. The HMDA has sought ad-ministrative sanction for the revised plan for the bridge. "SCR gavethe clearance for the revised foundation drawings a week ago; thesuperstructure drawings are still awaiting clearance by them. Workon the 30 metre track portion will be taken up by HMDA undersupervision of railway engineers," HMDA chief engineer. (TOI)

Cold wave to continue in AP for two more daysThe Meteorological Department on Sunday warned of continuation of cold wave to severe cold wave conditionsacross the state for next two days. Some places in Adilabad district recorded 4 degree Celsius temperature-thelowest during this winter. “Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions would continue to prevail over coastalAndhra Pradesh, Telangana and Rayalaseema regions during next two nights,” forecast by the Met Departmentsaid. As per the observations recorded at 8.30 am, the minimum temperature significantly fell at one or twoplaces over Telangana and Rayalaseema and fell at many places over coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Shamshabad a hub of illegal constructionsHyderabad Metropoli-tan Development Au-thority (HMDA), whichhas control over thearea and gives permis-sion for G+3 and abovebuildings, had recom-mended enforcementaction (demolition) foronly 32 buildings to theRanga Reddy districtcollector.A couple of weeks ago,the Shamshabad grampanchayat officials at-tempted to demolish afive-storied buildingand another building.However, they could bulldoze only one building that too partially due to non-availability of manpower and equipment to carry out the demolition work.With illegal constructions and unauthorized layouts going on unabated, the

Shamshabad grampanchayat was di-rected to stop grantingbuilding permissionsfor G+2 floors.The decision wastaken by the specialofficer of thepanchayat as somebuilders had been tak-ing permissions forG+2 floors and puttingup more floors.The gram panchayatofficials claim 723identified unautho-rized constructions,427 illegal structurescame up in areas like

Madhuranagar, RB Nagar, Brindavan Colony, Adarshanagar and Rallagudaand most of them are commercial buildings. Structures had also come upin bio-conservation zone, where no big permanent buildings are permit-

ted. "Many builders raised the un-authorized constructions duringthe 45-day Sakala Janula Sammein Telangana region.Over 200 structures were identi-fied alone in Madhuranagar as itis located in the prime commer-cial area and show cause noticeswere slapped on builders. Wehave also stopped issuing newpermissions for up to G+2 build-ings," Shamshabad panchayatsecretary B Vasanthi told TOI.Sources said illegal construc-tions started after the RajivGandhi International Airport be-came operational in 2008. TheHMDA officials used to visit theareas til l the erstwhileHyderabad Urban DevelopmentAuthority (HUDA) existed. Butafter formation of HMDA and itsjurisdiction expanded, the au-thority did not bother to checkunauthorised constructions.

Hyderabad : For people in parts ofAndhra Pradesh, Sankranti is in-complete without cockfights and, likein the past, a ban could not preventthem from betting crores of rupeeson it this time either.Leading the violation of the ban werepowerful politicians of all hues, whoconsider the cockfight a part of theculture of the coastal Andhra region.The participants included film per-sonalities and businessmen.State legislators were not onlyinvitees at several cockfights but atleast six of them even inauguratedthe "gambling sport". Officiallybanned cockfights continue to

On Sankranti, cockfights thrive in Andhra despite banthrive, with people's representatives at district and village levels them-selves organising it in many villages.An estimated Rs.500 crore changes hands as thou-sands of people watched the cockfights in the vil-lages of East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishnadistricts. The fights continue during three-day cel-ebrations, which began Saturday.The fights between the specially bred and trainedcocks are organised in fields as thousands watchthem. Three to four inch knives are attached to thecocks' legs and the fight continues till the death ofone of the two birds in each round.Though police deny permission for the fights, organisers always havethe last laugh thanks to the support from ministers and legislators. A

state minister intervened when policerefused permission to supporters toconduct a fight in East Godavari dis-trict. Vanga Geetha, a member of theassembly from the same district,openly criticised police action againstcockfights in a vil lage in herPitapuram constituency. Ruling Con-gress party legislator Jogi Ramesh in-augurated the cockfight in Gudur vil-lage Krishna district. OppositionTelugu Desam Party (TDP) legislatorJ. Venkataramana kickstarted thefight at Chintapadu village in the samedistrict.Such fights are common in almost ev-ery village in Konaseema region ofcoastal Andhra. (Agencies)

HYDERABAD: A yearafter diverting a majorportion of the Rs44.26 crore fundssanctioned under theJawaharlal NehruNational UrbanRenewal Mission(JNNURM) for the‘Save Musi’ project toconstruct rubberdams and bridgesacross the Musi river,the GreaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC)is billing the CentreRs 60.13 crore for theproject.

The JNNURM funds were sanctioned by the urban developmentministry in 2005 under the ̀ Save Musi’ (Musi Revitalisation Project)that included the construction of retaining wall from Moosarambaghcauseway to Chaderghat causeway, sectioning of the Musi riverfrom Nayapul to Muslim Jung bridge, provision of promenadesbetween Shivaji bidge and Muslim Jung bridge including landscap-ing and repairs, restoration of bridges and provision of roads, cul-verts, drainage, footpaths and tiles to the north and south corri-dors of Musi. Apart from this, to maintain the water level in theMusi, two rubber dams, one opposite the AP High Court and an-other opposite Salar Jung Museum are being constructed. Now,with the Centre slated to release the funds under JNNURM for thefourth quarter, the GHMC has asked the state level coordinator ofAP Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation(APUFIDC) to consider the construction of the two rubber damsand other works under JNNURM and release the funds for thesame. However, in turn, the APUFIDC has asked the GHMC toget the approval of the state-level sanctioning committee of theJNNURM for its request to be considered. (NTN)

Unknown persons burnt Muslims two wheelers which are kept at theirhouses at Darab Gung Colony and, Banu Nagar (Madannapet).BurntVehicles belongs to Syed Aamir Ahmed a Student ,Syed Aqeel Hasana Kirana Shop Worker and Mohd Javeed Shareef.In picture officialfrom Clues Team , DCP and others can be seen.(Cyber News)

Muslims Vehicles Burnt

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Srinagar: Kashmir Valley wascut off from the rest of thecountry on Sunday as freshsnowfall forced cancellationof all scheduled flights andblocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu national highway, of-ficials said. The snowfallstarted across the Valley in-cluding Srinagar late lastnight, also crippling normallife as most of the people pre-ferred to remain indoors al-though the minimum tem-perature rose by several de-grees providing muchneeded respite to peoplefrom extreme cold.

Heavy snowfall cuts off Kashmir from rest of the countryAn official spokesman said moderate to heavysnowfall was recorded in the Valley, promptingthe authorities to issue an avalanche warningin the higher reaches close to the Line of Con-trol (LoC)."On the basis of information received fromSnow and Avalanche Study Establishment(SASE), a medium danger avalanche warninghas been issued for higher reaches of northKashmir," Coordinator Natural Disaster Man-agement Cell Aamir Ali said.The official said the areas prone to avalanchesinclude Khilanmarg, Uri, Chowkibal, Tangdar,Keran, Macchil and Gurez. "People living inthese snow bound areas above the height of7500 feet have been advised not to ventureinto avalanche prone areas during the next 24hours," Ali said.Srinagar recorded about six inches of snow,while the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in northKashmir was covered by about 18 inches ofsnow so far, the spokesman said.Snowfall ranging between eight inches to overone feet was also recorded in other parts of

the Valley including Pahalgam, Yousmargand Sonamarg, he said. Continued snow-fall also hampered efforts of the BorderRoads Organisation to clear the 300-kmSrinagar-Jammu National Highway, theonly road linking Kashmir with the rest ofthe country.Due to its closure, over 2200 vehicles arestranded at various places on the route,mostly Udhampur and Nagrota belts.Snow clearance machines were pressedinto service at Srinagar International Air-port since 4 am but due to poor visibilityand continued snowfall no flight could beoperated on Sunday, the spokesman said.Heavy snowfall along Jawahar Tunnel andBanihal and incessant rains on the otherside of the Pir Panjal left the road unsafe,he said. However, the spokesman said elec-tricity remained unaffected throughout theValley despite the snowfall. "The electricitydepartment maintained electric supplythroughout the valley despite the moderateto heavy snowfall," the spokesman said.

President Pratibha Patil interacting widows received Sena Medals(posthomously) during At Home function organised on the ocassion of Army

Day in New Delhi.

400 p.c. rise in fake currency circula-tion, says Finance ministry report

As fake currency continues to be pumpedillegally into the country, a latest governmentreport states that there has been a 400 percent increase in such counterfeit transac-tions in Indian’s financial channels.The report, compiled by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) underthe Union Finance Ministry states that during 2010-11 financial year(till March 2011), the agency detected. “4,23,539 incidents of FakeIndian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of over Rs 35 crore.”Such reports, called Counterfeit Currency Transactions (CCRs) in financial terms and sent by public and private sector banksto the FIU under provisions of the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA), were 1,27,781 incidents during the 2009-10fiscal. The menace of fake currency being stealthily introduced in country’s banking and other financial sectors are reportedregularly and the extent of the evil again came to the fore recently when a Delhi Police Special cell team seized fake currencywith a face value of Rs 2.24 crore and arrested two persons. The FIU report also revealed that the Rs 500 denomination notesbear the maximum brunt of counterfeiting in the country.

Italian boat tragedy:130 Indians rescued

New Delhi: Around 130 Indians were rescued onSunday from the shipwreck of the cruise liner, CostaConcordia, which hit rocks and badly listed near theItalian island of Giglio, late on Friday.Rescue workers are still searching for the survivors;around 4000 people were on board. The luxury114,500-tonne ship was operated by Costa Crociere,a unit of Carnival Corporation and Plc, the world'slargest cruise company.The stricken vessel was one of the group's mainassets in the lucrative European cruise market.Indian External Affair Minister SM Krishna has or-dered full rescue and relief operation. So far there isno confirmation of any Indian dead. Indian Ambas-sador to Italy also to reach accident spot by Mondaymorning. At least three people have died in the acci-dent. (Agencies)

300 Muslims arrested for agitating against constructionof a temple on graveyard

Police protection.When nearly 500 Muslims agitated, Police lathicharged them and arrested nearly 300 people.Damnagar PSI K S Titya has arrested 93 localMuslims for the violation of section 144.Muslim leaders wrote a letter to the District po-

Ahmedabad : Nearly 300 people were ar-rested while agitating against the construc-tion of Swaminarayan temple on Wednesdayin Damnagar city of Amreli, Gujarat.The agitation began when the local municipal authority allowedthe construction of Swaminarayan temple on the 30 thousandsq.ft of graveyard land sold to Purshottam Sanstha at Rs.18lacs by the district collector in 2002 against which Muslimswent to the local court.The issue was later resolved in the year 2006 but Muslimswhose relatives are buried on that land did not agree with thesolution and went to the court again.Ironically while the matter is still in the court local Municipalauthority allowed the construction on the temple on the dis-puted land and hence the infighting among the community be-gan. When the situation worsened, section 144 was imple-mented and the construction of compound wall began under

lice commissioner for the in-vestigation against the arrest.TCN has learnt that the issueis disputed since 1977 andhence the construction wasnot allowed since then.

Breaking her silence on theElection Commission's order todrape her statues and those ofelephants, Bahujan Samaj Partypresident and Uttar PradeshChief Minister Mayawati termedthe Commission's “one-sided”directive.Ms. Mayawati was critical of theCommission's action of removing two Dalitofficers (the former DGP, Brij Lal, and theformer Principal Home Secretary, KunwarFateh Bahadur). The BSP cadres wereconvinced that the decision to clothe thestatues was the outcome of an “anti-Dalit”and “casteist” mindset.

EC order one-sided, says MayawatiMs. Mayawati chose the occasion of her 56th birthday celebrationsat the BSP headquarters here to vent her ire on the Commission.She accused it of working under pressure from the Congress. Its“arbitrary” order was an insult to BSP founder Kanshi Ram, whohad “willed that her statue will be installed along with that of his.”

On the order to cover the elephant statues,Ms. Mayawati said these were in “swagatmudra” (welcome posture) – the embodimentof Indian culture – and, “they had not beeninstalled by her government in parks and me-morials on account of the elephant being thepoll symbol of the BSP.”

Ms. Mayawati gave enough indications that the issue would be apotent election issue and figure prominently in her poll speecheswhen she hits the campaign trail in February. “A new slogan, “khulahaathi ek lakh ka aur band haathi sava lakh ka” (covered statues of

elephants will prove more ben-eficial to the BSP in the polls)had been coined by angryparty workers,” she said. Theyhad redoubled their efforts tosecure the party's victory, shenoted. (Agencies)

Rajasthan announces aid forBhanwari Devi's children

Stirred by the plight of murdered nurse Bhanwari Devi's chil-dren who are facing social stigma, the Rajasthan govern-ment on Sunday announced a relief package to help themcomplete their education and lead normal lives. The threechildren were left with no means to survive after their father'sarrest in the infamous case. Unable to cope with the agonyand disgrace following the disappearance and subsequentmurder of Bhanwari Devi, Sahil (18), Ashwini (15) and Suhani(7) have been forced to stay indoors in their village, Borunda,near Jodhpur with their 70-year-old grandmother Pooni Deviand have been surviving on the meagre family pension.

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Indian students rank2nd last in global test

MUMBAI: Across the world, India is seenas an education powerhouse - based largelyon the reputation of a few islands of aca-demic excellence such as the IITs. Butscratch the glossy surface of our educationsystem and the picture turns seriously bleak.Fifteen-year-old Indians who were put, for the first time, ona global stage stood second to last, only beating Kyrgyzstanwhen tested on their reading, math and science abilities.India ranked second last among the 73 countries that par-ticipated in the Programme for International Student Assess-ment (PISA), conducted annually to evaluate education sys-tems worldwide by the OECD (Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development) Secretariat. The survey isbased on two-hour tests that half a million students are putthrough. China's Shanghai province, which participated inPISA for the first time, scored the highest in reading. It alsotopped the charts in mathematics and science."More than one-quarter of Shanghai's 15 year olds demon-strated advanced mathematical thinking skills to solve com-plex problems, compared to an OECD average of just 3%,"noted the analysis. The states of Tamil Nadu and HimachalPradesh, showpieces for education and development, wereselected by the central government to participate in PISA,but their test results were damning.15-yr-old Indians 200 points behind global topperTamil Nadu and Himachal, showpieces of India's educationand development, fared miserably at the Programme forInternational Student Asssment, conducted by theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentSecretariat. (Cyber news)

Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler iscrowned by Miss America 2011 Teresa

Scanlan after being named MissAmerica 2012 during the 2012 Miss

America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

New Delhi: As per a re-lease by Datawind, themakers of "World'scheapest tablet PC"Aakash , a contest to de-velop apps for its prod-uct has begun.Datawind has invited students fromall over the country to design inno-vative softwares and applications(apps) that can make the best useof Aakash's potentials and produc-tivity. The company said that the

Apps for Aakash tab-let can winyou R 1 lakh!

best fiveapplications will get an

award of Rs 1 lakh and a share of theadvertising revenue that is generated from their apps. The

company is also in talks to provide internet access at an affordablerate of Rs 99 per month.The last date of submission of entries is 20th February, while the

final app need to be submittedby 29th February. Details aboutthe contest can be found onaapkiapp.com. (Cyber News)

“Let us see who knows these animals,” Sapna teacheropens the colourful touch and feel picture book muchto the excitement of the children. They start identify-ing the animals. Slowly, Ms. Sapna changes her ques-tions to ask, which of the animal has the longest neckto which Jiya springs up to point to the giraffe. The‘Ready to school' class generally progresses with chil-dren brushing up alphabet, matching different shapesand colours and joining puzzles.Well, all these are some of questions activity and re-source centres and play schools are teaching as thekindergarten admission season in schools starts. Manyparents enrol their children at least a month or twobefore the admission season to enhance such ‘inter-view' skills. While some of these are students whohave been to a play school, many others seek suchprofessional help if they do not speak English at home.Working professional S. Lavanya's daughter, Shreeja,has quite a busy schedule. Until noon, Shreeja is oc-cupied in a kindergarten, which she is going for atleast a year now. In the evenings, since the last threemonths she spends an hour at an activity centre. “Idid not see much progress in my child from the kin-dergarten school with 15-20 children in the class. Asthe interview season was getting closer I wanted herskills to be brushed up with some personal attentiongiven to her,” says Ms. Lavanya, who has enquiredwith friends what are the general questions asked inthe two schools she has zeroed on.

The tough task of preparing children for interviews

Parents say in one school A to Z are kept on a table and the candidate is asked to pick up one letterin the alphabet. One of the toughest questions is when schools ask the candidates to fix up puzzles.Sometimes the panel tests something you least expect. A chocolate was given to a child to seewhat she would do after opening the wrapper. The child asked for the dust bin and the interviewerswere impressed.Play schools say parents who come on transfer to the city and working profession-als generally look for such coaching. The fee for a month ranges from Rs.2,000 onwards. Suchclasses, however, have not seen many takers this year. (The Hindu)

Pre-schools say demand has been less this year for classes thatprepare children to face L.K.G. interviews

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How to apply Make-on your face type and occasion. Make-up has the ability to make or breakyour look and hence, it is important that you do it the right way.How to apply make-up: Preparing faceTo begin with you will need to prepare you face for make-up. It is like

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clean your face with a goodcleanser. You may choose thecleanser according to your skintype. If you have oily skin, trycleansers which will absorb ex-cess oil from your face.Rinse your face with ice coldwater. Ice cold water helps inclosing the open pores and atthe same time will keep oil se-cretion at check.Choose foundation: Choose afoundation that is close in colorto your complexion. There arenow both oil based and aquabased foundations available inthe market for you to choosefrom. You may test the coloralong with your jaw line to de-termine the right shade. If youare going for a party during daytime, you can also settle fortinted moisturizer.Apply foundation: Before ap-plying foundation apply premieror moisturizer on your face. Thiswill help you to even out thefoundation easily. According toprofessional make-up artists notapplying premier is a make-upcrime.

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Youngest MS Profes-sional From Pak Dead

Lahore : Arfa Karim Randhawa, theworld's youngest Microsoft certifiedprofessional has died in a hospitalhere at the age of 16, her family said.Randhawa was admitted to a militaryhospital in Lahore two weeks ago af-ter she suffered epileptic seizuresthat caused brain damage on Dec 22.Doctors pro-nounced her deadlate last night."Arfa washospitalised in acritical conditionwith meagrechances of survivalbecause of a se-vere attack of idio-pathic epilepsy fits.There were almostno signs of life asneither her heartwas functioning norblood was circulating to the brain," senior neurosurgeonZafar Iqbal said.Her father, Col (retired) Amjad Karim said "It is hard tobear the loss but I request the people of Pakistan to helpfulfil her dreams in the education sector."Microsoft owner Bill Gates, who invited Randhawa to visithis company's headquarters in the US in 2004, had of-fered to bear the expenses of her treatment in Americabut the teenager could not be taken abroad due to herfragile health. Randhawa was only nine when she be-came the youngest Microsoft professional after complet-ing her MCP in 2004. (Cyber News)

Violence against women risesIslamabad- Violence against women in Pakistan -- from domestic inci-dents to sexual assaults -- was on the rise in 2011, with 8,000 casesreported to the authorities. According to incidents registered at police

stations, courts and complaint cells, there was a 13percent increase since 2008, News reported Sunday.

"This number is still unrepresenta-tive of the issue on the ground, asour social norms prevent a majorityof the cases from being reported,"said Omer Aftab, national coordina-tor of the White Ribbon CampaignPakistan.The campaign is one the biggest efforts to end vio-lence against women. It relies on volunteer support andfinancial contributions from individuals as well asorganisations. Bani Amin, inspector general of police(IGP) Islamabad, said cases filed at women's policestations remained in double digits for all months of theyear. There were many cases last year in which womencould not get justice because police were slow to takeaction, the daily said. (Agencies)

A man, injured by a bomb attack on a Shi’ite Muslim procession, is transported to ahospital in Khanpur town, located in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The homemade

bomb exploded on Sunday near the Shi’ite Muslim procession in the centralPakistani town of Khanpur, killing 18 people and wounding 30, police officials said.

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Adlb

UAE to be global hub of green economyDUBAI - A long-term national initiative to build green economy in the UAEunder the slogan “A green economy for sustainable development” waslaunched on Sunday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.Through this initiative, the UAE aims to become one of the world leaders in this area as well as a centre for theexport and re-export of green products and technologies, and to maintain a sustainable environment to supportlong-term economic growth. The initiative includes a range of programmes and policies in the areas of energy,agriculture, investment and sustainable transport in addition to new environmental and constructional policies thataim to raise the quality of life in the country. While announcing the initiative, Shaikh Mohammed asserted that theUAE, under the leadership of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, seeks to become aglobal hub and a successful model of the new green economy, so as to enhance the country’s competitiveness andsustainability of its development and preserve its environment for future generations. (Gulf News)

New Delhi: Former PakistanPresident General PervezMusharraf has said he is "rea-sonably sure" that the militarywould not resort to a coup in hiscountry but would support theArmy if it takes over. He alsosays he is open for an alliancewith cricketer-turned-politicianImran Khan, but will not serveunder him if elected to power."I don't think Army intends to take over. Theenvironment is not at all conducive for the Armyto take over. I think the Army understands that,"he told Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocateprogramme on CNN-IBN. Asked if he wouldback a coup, Musharraf said, "I am reason-

Open for an alliance withImran Khan's party: Musharraf

ably sure that army coup will not take place butmy support always remains with the Army.I've been an armyman and I can never imagine tobe against the Army...I am with the Army, I will standby the Army." On the possibility of an alliance withImran Khan's party Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, he said,"If they want an alliance, certainly I would like tohave an alliance. "We have to come with a thirdpolitical option because the two political optionspresently and in the past have been tried andfailed...there is a need of coalition of forces whichcan bring about that third political option which candeliver to Pakistan," Musharraf, who intends toreturn to Pakistan from self-exile later this month,said. He said he was aware of people in Khan'sparty who keep saying that they will not get intoan alliance with him."But they don't have a vision, they don't under-stand what they are talking. They go into the fieldand lose and then (people) choose same partythen Pakistan suffers," he said. (Agencies)

Marines urinating ondead Taliban identified

Washington: Two ofthe soldiers appear-ing in a shockingvideo showing ma-rines urinating oncorpses of theTaliban militants havebeen identified, evenas top US officialsstrongly deplored theincident."Two of the culprits and theirunit involved in the shamefulact have been identified," CNNreported quoting a Pentagonspokesman. "We cannot re-lease the names of the unit aswell as the culprits at this timeas the matter is being investi-gated," a Marine spokesmanhe unit was deployed to Af-ghanistan mainly in Helmand

province in early 2011 and hadreturned home in September orOctober, the TV channel said.The US cable network quoteda Marine officer saying that themilitary was "confident thattroops involved in the inflamma-tory video were from the thirdBattalion of the second Marineregiment based at CampLeteune, North Carolina."

So you think you are tough?: A total of 20 women, mostly college graduates,participated in the training session, which was the first open group training for female

bodyguards in China. All trainees will have to undergo 8-10 months of training to developsufficient skills to serve their clients. The company will offer the best trainee a chance to

attend further study at the International Security Academy in Israel.

Girl who fell 6 floors got uppromptly and didn't cry

Those who rushed to her aid stillcan't believe she survived plunge

Dubai: A seven year-old Egyptian girl has miraculously survived afterfalling from a window on the top floor of a six-storey residential build-ing in Sharjah's Nabbah area late night on Thursday.The girl, identified as Dunia, suffered fractures on both her hands andis now recuperating at Al Qasimi Hospital. "Alhamdolillah, [thank God]she is alright. It's a miracle. I can't thank God enough for saving herlife," said her father. The incident took place around 9.45 pm at theYusuf Al Maskari building behind Al Mubarak Centre."My heart was in my mouth. I was dreading the worst but before Icould help her she got up on her own. She was shivering and writhingher hands but looked completely unscathed. She was not even cry-ing. I have never seen anything more incredible," he said.The building watchman Mohammad Nurul Anwar, 30, said he heard acommotion and rushed out. "A huge crowd had gathered around thegirl. She looked dazed and kept staring at her hands. Soon an ambu-lance came and she was taken away to the hospital."Anwar said the girl had been warned against leaning out of the win-dow in the past. "I had reprimanded her several times but she wouldnever listen. I had warned her parents too," said Anwar, pointing to aspot in the sandy parking area where the girl fell. He said the child'sparents were not at home at the time of the incident. "She was alonein the one bedroom apartment with her two younger sisters," he said.

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MSD gets one-Test ban forslow over rate

India captain MS Dhoni paid the price for going into thethird Test in Perth with four pacers as he got a one-matchICC ban for his side's slow over rate.

No let up for India in Adelaide

M E L B O U R N E :Coming back from aknee injury, SaniaMirza face a sterntest to improve herGrand Slam recordwhen she opensher Australian Opencampaign againstBulgaria's TsvetanaPironkova on Mon-day.The injuriescrippled the later-half of Sania's 2011season and she isshort of match prac-tice since the US Open.Only twice has world No 105 Sania man-aged to reach the second round of a Ma-jor in the last two seasons.Doing well is very crucial for Sania sinceshe needs to improve her ranking to be

Shahrukh Khanmeets Beti B…

In the past few months, Bollywood star,Shahrukh Khan was so busy that he was notable to make time to even get a glimpse ofAsh-Abhi’s little bundle of joy, Beti B.Better late than never, SRK finally found timeto visit the Bachchan parivaar.Confirming the news, Big B wrote on his blog,“Shah Rukh drops by to meet the ‘littleone’, a few others too from the fraternityvisit the still in wonder bundle… and wespend all our time in trying to spend asmuch time as possible with her!! Simplepleasures of life..!!” Amitabh Bachchanwrote.Khan’s relationship with the Bachchans,hasn’t been all that good. However, both thefamilies maintained a cordial relationship,whenever they crossed each others path.Shahrukh Khan is soon going to start shoot-ing with Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma fortheir upcoming, untitled flick, also making thereturn of Yash Chopra.

Kareena gets naughty & flirtyHere is the latest poster of one of the most awaited flicks, Ek Mein AurEk Tu. The pic has Kareena Kapoor pinching Imran khan’s butt. Thefilm, its songs and all the poster has so much of freshness in them.The first promo of the flick immediately caught the attention of manyyoungsters, instantly. Kareena and Imran too make a sweet lookingcouple, on screen. All the posters of the film tap their notoriety, andthis one too is no different.

Ranbir flies to NYfor Nargis Fakhiri!

If you think Ranbir Kapoorand Nargis Fakhiri parted

ways ever since ‘Rockstar’released; think otherwise.The actor recently flew to

New York to dine with Nargiswho has been residing there

for a while.Apparently, Ranbir was chilling out atLondon when Nargis ordered him tocome to NY. No sooner did he hear hervoice, than Ranbir rushed to her. Ranbir-Nargis had categorically denied anythingbrewing between them during the film-ing of ‘Rockstar’ when onlookers hadconfirmed their relationship owing to theirclose proximity on the sets.In fact, the sources had also added then,that Ranbir was fond of Nargis somethingwhich is quite evident now that Ranbirwas on his toes to meet Nargis and even-tually went on a romantic date with her.

PrPrPrPrPreeti Jhangiani iseeti Jhangiani iseeti Jhangiani iseeti Jhangiani iseeti Jhangiani isbacbacbacbacback in actionk in actionk in actionk in actionk in actionPreeti Jhangiani, who turned producer with "SahiDhande Galat Bande", in which she was seen as a newsreporter, is ready for her full-fledged acting comebackwith "Yeh Hai Mumbai".Preeti, 31, who made her Bollywood debut with"Mohabbatein", is looking forward to the acting assign-ment. "Preeti is very excited about this film, as it is anheroine oriented film and she has a very interesting rolein the film," said a source close to the actress who ismarried to Parvin Dabas and took a break after the birthof her son.

Three Khans in a row, Whatmore could Katrina ask for?

Katrina Kaif is all set to romanceher ex’s rival, Shahrukh khan. Theactress recently shot for Salman’sEk Tha Tiger and now, she hasmoved on to the King Khan.Shahrukh’s movie will be directed by YashChopra, who will be directing films after eight longyears. Yash Chopra’s son, Uday Chopratweeted, “Launching my dad’s film today

with a little pooja at YRF… shootstarts tomorrow with

@ iamsrk

and Katrina Kaif.. Dad directing after Veer- Zaara.”The film goes on floors today, i.e. Monday. The yet to be titledflick will be shot in London, Thailand and India and is said tobe a pure epic love story. Music of the film by A R Rahmanand lyrics by Gulzar. Anushka Sharma also plays a pivotalrole in the film. Whats more interesting is thatKatrina will then move on to Aamir khan,to shoot Dhoom 3, post shooting withSRK.

Ben Hilfenhaus cleaned up the India tail withthree wickets in five balls, Australia v India.

Perth: Test match cricket is a five-day affair, nobody toldthat to MS Dhoni & Co, though, as India folded in half thattime to succumb to their seventh straight away Test loss,four of which have been innings defeats. The loss also sawthe Australians regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy, lead-ing the series 3-0 with one Test left.

Australia humiliate India; clinch series

difficult for the much-vaunted bat-ting line-up as a four-minute milewas for distance runners pre-RogerBannister.

On this occasion, they failed toeven pass 200 — for the fourthtime in six innings in this series— getting dismissed for 171 tolose by an innings and 37 runs.Close to the end, there was a poi-gnant sight indicative of India'sbatting woes. Off the last ball ofBen Hilfenhaus' 18th over thatyielded three wickets, UmeshYadav defended one ball thatwent past the bowler. With fourslips, a gully, a leg-slip, a shortleg, and neither a mid-off nor mid-on, there was a run to be had,maybe even two. Virat Kohli justturned his back and stood in the

ndia's chances of stretching the match intothe fourth day were slim, not as slim as amisfiring batting line-up that failed to cross300 yet again, a barrier that is proving as

crease. One couldn'tblame him after he sawthree tailenders fall in thespace of five balls. Off thesecond ball of the nextover, by Peter Siddle, itwas all over. Kohli edgedone to the wicketkeeper.Tailenders or frontline bats-men, both were clueless.To be fair to Kohli, he wasthe only batsman to put upany semblance of a fight.His 136-ball 75 was a sternreminder to his critics thatthe Delhi batsman is thefuture.

Testing time for Sania Mirza after injury

eligible for a di-rect entry intothe LondonOlympics.W i n n i n gmatches inGrand Slamhelps rankingimprove consid-erably but theroad is tough forthe Indian.Pironkova, whois currently worldNo 48, is a tal-ented youngsterwho reached

Wimbledon semifinals in 2010 and quar-ter-finals last year although shestruggled at other Grand Slams in thesame period. Sania has played oneevent in lead up to Australian Open andlost in the qualifiers.

After demolishing India in Perth, Michael Clarkemade it clear that there will be no let up in pres-sure and his team would go all-out to win inAdelaide.

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