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New Delhi, Thursday, August 7, 2003
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Gay bishop: American Episcopal
leaders on Tuesday took the final
vote needed to confirm the openly
gay Rev V Gene Robinson as bishop
of the Diocese of New Hampshire.
They risk a possible exodus of conservatives who said their grief was
too deep for words. P13
Missing pieces: When a team of
trekkers of the Manali institute came
across some skeletal remains and
wreckage of an aircraft last week,
they helped solve the mystery of an
AN-12 aircraft and about 100 soldiers who had gone missing in February 1968 when they failed to return
from a routine sortie. P5
War of words: There was a sharp
response from India to Pakistan’s
comments on Prime Minister
Vajpayee’s remarks regarding a
temple at Ayodhya and charges that
there were terrorist camps in the
country. P8
How many polls: Chief Election
Commisioner J M Lyngdoh on
Wednesday said simultaneous
polls was anti-democratic in
character and said it would lead to
‘‘cheating like hell’’. However,
the EC is prepared to hold Lok
Sabha polls anytime, depending on
the exigency. P5
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MPs seek ban on Coke, Pepsi
AP
Stop serving colas in the House,
Sushma says inquiry is on
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Reports about
high levels of pesticides in
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other
aerated drinks had their fallout in Parliament on Wednesday. While chairman of the
catering committee E Ahmed
ordered that these soft be
banned from the Parliament
canteen, other Lok Sabha members demanded that they be
banned from the country.
Responding to the war-cry
against the multinational
companies
manufacturing
these drinks, health minister
Sushma Swaraj assured the
Lok Sabha that she had already ordered a ‘‘comprehensive inquiry’’ into these reports and would inform the
House about its findings at
the earliest.
The ban on the supply of
aerated drinks in Parliament
was announced by Ahmed in
the Lok Sabha during Zero
Hour when angry members
drew attention to the report
brought out by the Delhibased NGO, the Centre for
Science and Environment,
and asked the government to
act swiftly against the MNCs.
Formal orders banning the
supply of colas and other aerated drinks were issued by
Wednesday afternoon.
No aerated drinks were
served at the daily BJP press
briefing and it was stated
that the dispensing machines
and the refrigerators sup-
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plied by these MNCs would
also be removed from the
Parliament premises.
While seeking a ban on
the sale of aerated drinks,
the Lok Sabha members
also came down heavily
against the MNCs manufacturing them.
When the members persisted with the demand for a ban
on aerated drinks, the health
minister said the reports
were ‘‘serious and startling’’.
She said the government
would take necessary steps
‘‘keeping in mind the collective
wisdom
of
the
members’’.
Pollution board kills cola fizz: P8
Kolkata cracks the first whip: P8
Crushed paper glasses of Pepsi lie on a promotional poster featuring Bollywood actress Kareena
Kapoor during a protest against Pepsi and Coca-Cola by BJP activists in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Dubyaman: P13
CSE is not certified: Pepsi
FORGET COLA, WHERE’S CLEAN WATER?
Feb 4, 2003: CSE blew the cap
The new norms
on pesticides in bottled water
A few days later BIS adopted the
strict EU norms for pesticide levels
Drama and opposition forced it to
set up a committee to re-examine
its new norms
0.0001 mg/litre: The limit
July 18, 2003:
Ministry of health
decided to go in for
stringent levels for
pesticide content
and the PFA
was amended
of individual pesticide residue
0.0005 mg/litre: The limit
of total pesticide residue
Analysis to be done using internationally
established test methods
The catch: We have to wait till
January 01, 2004, for safer water.
Till then swig at your own risk
What about soft drinks?
BIS mark is optional for soft drinks.
On August 18, BIS may change its
rules for soft drinks and ask
manufacturers to use raw water
that meets bottled water norms.
New Delhi: Pepsi Foods
said the incorrect CSE report findings have created
unnecessary panic.
‘‘The sensational manner
in which the suspect data
has been put forth by CSE
has created a panic. The
data has been benchmarked
by them against EU norms
which are yet to be implemented even in Europe.
These then have been presented as some kind of
poison index, with highly
exaggerated claims of damage, that can be caused by
such trace presence,’’ a
Pepsi spokesperson told
this reporter.
The government has laid
out processes of accreditation that are carried out by
the National Accreditation
Board for Testing & Calibration for Laboratories to certify the capabilities of centres to carry out such tests.
The CSE lab that has reported these results is not so accredited or certified, the
spokesperson added. Pepsi
reiterated on Tuesday that
all its products meet all international standards and
deliver safe quality. TNN
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PAC report in a coffin, NDA govt breathes easy
By Rajesh Ramachandran
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Parliament’s powerful Public Accounts Committee
on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of refusing to submit a report on the ‘coffin scam’
and other improprieties in
Kargil-era defence purchases,
citing the defence ministry’s refusal to provide official documents as the reason.
But by administering this minor rap on the defence ministry’s knuckles, it has saved the
Vajpayee government from major embarrassment.
For had the PAC validated in
any way the Comptroller and
Auditor General’s report on
these improprieties, or probed
the ‘coffin scam’ further, it is
likely to have opened up a far
more damaging can of worms.
As things stand, no greater dam-
SC says Govt
staff can’t
go on strike
age has been done to the ruling
BJP’s image because the PAC
has not indicted the government
nor has it taken the issue any
further. Indeed, last year, N D Tiwari, who chaired the PAC at the
time, issued a similar criticism.
True to form, the Congress attacked the government for not
making the Central Vigilance
Commissioner’s report on the
defence deals available to the
PAC. Party spokesman Jaipal
Reddy said this was in breach of
privilege of the rights of the
most important Parliamentary
committee.
The party, however, evaded the
issue of why the PAC could not
come to any conclusion based on
the CAG report per se.
The PAC normally examines
the CAG report and orally examines officials of the relevant
ministry. In this case too, the
committee had examined de-
fence ministry officials.
In one of the sittings of the
committee, a member had referred to The Times of India article, ‘Kargil coffins bought at
twice the US price’.
The member wanted the CAG
to pursue ‘‘the matter and intimate the committee about the
veracity or otherwise of the cost
of aluminium caskets reported
in the article’’.
Kargil’s ghost still haunts PAC: P8
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
on Wednesday held that government employees, including doctors
working in state-run hospitals and
dispensaries, have no right — fundamental, legal, moral or equitable — to go on strike.
Disposing of a batch of petitions
challenging the ‘‘unprecedented’’
action by the Tamil Nadu government in dismissing about two lakh
employees who went on strike recently, the court said: ‘‘Government employees cannot hold society to ransom by going on strike.’’
A Bench of Justices M B Shah
and A R Lakshmanan, however,
said that if the employees felt aggrieved by any government action,
they should seek redressal from
the statutory machinery.
‘‘Strike as a weapon is mostly
misused which results in chaos
and total maladministration,’’ the
Bench said, adding: ‘‘Strike affects
society as a whole and particularly
when two lakh employees go on
strike en masse (Tamil Nadu), the
entire administration comes to a
grinding halt.’’
The Bench also agreed with the
contention of the state government’s counsel K K Venugopal that
90 per cent of the revenue raised
through direct tax was spent on
the 12 lakh government employees
in the state. Thus, in a society
where there is large-scale unemployment, ‘‘strikes cannot be justified on any equitable ground’’.
While lauding the Jayalalithaa
government for withdrawing the
dismissal orders against a large
number of employees except 6,072
whose cases would be resolved
by a panel of three retired high
court judges, the Bench hoped that
the reinstated employees would
‘‘take care in future in maintaining discipline’’.
The court also said though the
trade unions have a guaranteed
right for collective bargaining on
behalf of the employees, they have
no right to go on strike.
While dealing with the inconvenience caused to the general
public due to strike calls often given by political parties and trade
unions, the apex court made it
clear that ‘‘no political party or organisation can claim a right to
paralyse economic and industrial
activities of a state or the nation or
inconvenience the citizens’’.
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New Delhi: In the first serious
case of ragging in Delhi University, a Hindu College fresher was
stripped and ragged in the hostel
by several seniors on Monday.
The fresher was able to identify
one of the persons who ragged
him and lodged a complaint with
the hostel warden. The hostel committee has suspended the senior’s
hostel admission as ragging has
been banned by the Supreme Court. After the fresher complained
that the accused that threatened
him with ‘‘physical harm’’, the
warden on Wednesday approached
the police for protection.
For Vinayak Natarajan, a student of B Sc (Hons) Chemistry, the
agony began soon after he joined
the hostel on July 28. ‘‘I was ragged
till the wee hours. Besides wearing
formals and doing chores for seniors, I was asked to bend at 90 degrees despite a spinal injury,’’ said
Natarajan, who hails from Patna.
‘‘I was told that it had been happening for years and that hostel
traditions had to be honoured,’’
Natarajan added. This incident
occurred despite boards that
have been put up in various parts
of the college saying: ‘‘This is Hindu. We do not rag’’. On Monday,
however, Natarajan claimed a
group of seniors accosted him in
the hostel corridor and forced him
to take off his shirt.
‘‘Then I was asked to take off
my trousers as well and forced
to run across the corridor
shouting things which I am too
ashamed to repeat... I was also
asked to kiss a fresher like a girl
would,’’ he said.
Natarajan said he was being targeted by Vikrant Rohin, the brother of Bharat Rohin, who was an
MA student in the same college.
‘‘Bharat had taken admission in
the hostel on Monday. Vikrant was
staying with him illegally,’’ said
warden Anirudh Prasad. Vikrant
is an ex-student of Kirori Mal.
Holy Smoke! Jaipur dresses Kate
TOI
By Prakash Bhandari
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Jaipur: Titanic star Kate
Winslet, who is five
months pregnant from her
second marriage, will
wear loose kurtas and
gowns during her pregnancy. These clothes are to
be stitched in Jaipur. Shiva Vyas, a music lecturer
at a Jaipur-based institute
who spent a month with
the actress at her London
home recently, is designing the clothes.
Sitarist Shiva, daughter
of yoga teacher Daya
Vyas, is a friend of 27-yearold Kate and has given the
background music for Oscar-winning director Jane
Campion’s
film
Holy
Smoke. The movie, shot in
Delhi and Pushkar, has
Kate in the lead role.
Shiva got acquainted
with Kate when she visited India after the release
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Kate Winslet (C), with her daughter Mia and friend Shiva
Vyas, at her new home in London.
of Titanic in 1998. The actress wanted to get a feel of
the country before she
shot for Holy Smoke.
The movie is about an
Australian girl, who joins
a cult in India, and later
falls in love with the
cult leader and wishes to
marry him.
During her Jaipur visit,
Kate took yoga lessons
from Daya Vyas, who is
also credited with teach-
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ing yoga to Nicole Kidman
and Jane Campion. Kate’s
bonds with the Vyas family were strengthened
when the actress visited
Pushkar for the shooting
of Holy Smoke.
When Kate was expecting her first child from her
first husband, director
Jim Threapleton, she
would take guidance from
Daya on aasans over the
telephone. Says Shiva, ‘‘I
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was overwhelmed when I
got a call from Kate, inviting me to spend the summer at her new home in
London. Her bungalow
has eight rooms and there
are a host of maids to help
her.’’ Shiva says the house
is owned by her second
husband Sam Mendes, the
Oscar-winning director of
American Beauty.
Though Kate kept her
marriage plans with Sam
a secret for a long time,
Shiva claims that the actress had confided in her
about her decision.
Kate has sent a handwritten written letter to
Daya, describing the wonderful time she had with
Shiva. In her letter, she
also talks about the
clothes Shiva brought for
her and her daughter
Mia. As for Sam, she describes him ‘‘as very handsome and a incredibly
kind person’’.
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Thursday, August 7, 2003
Man held with fake US dollars
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Police have arrested
a
resident
of
Sahibabad for allegedly possessing fake US dollars.
Aftab Ahmed was sent to police custody by the court on
Wednesday. So far, two notes
of $100 have been recovered.
‘‘We have to question him
since it is the first case of
fake US dollars which has
come to our notice. It is important to know whether
Ahmed had circulated these
notes somewhere else,’’ a police officer said. Ahmed was
arrested on Tuesday when
the police received a call
from Ashoka Hotel.
According to a hotel employee, Ahmed and two of his
associates had come to the
money changer bank service
at the Central Bank of India
on Tuesday. ‘‘Ahmed handed
over two US dollar notes and
asked for Indian currency,’’
Kaul told the police. A suspicious Kaul, checked the notes
manually and was convinced
they were fake. Metropolitan
magistrate Chandrashekar
remanded Ahmad to police
custody for one day. The police later sent a team to
Sahibabad to confirm the accused’s residential address.
The Times of India, New Delhi
Link to NCR on cards
By Anuradha Mukherjee
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A direct Metro
connection between IGI
airport and Connaught
Place, Ghaziabad, Dilshad
Garden, Faridabad and
Gurgaon.
Too good to believe? Well,
if the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has it’s
way, all this may soon be a
reality.
According to DMRC
managing director E Sreedharan, the company is
pushing aggressively to
extend Line I between
Rithala and Shahdara towards Ghaziabad in Uttar
Pradesh and Line III between Dwarka and Barakhamba Road towards Dilshad Garden.
‘‘Both the Uttar Pradesh
and Haryana government
are keen for a Metro link,’’
said Sreedharan. He said
the Noida line was being
treated as a high priority
line.
He said DMRC has made
a proposal to the civil aviation ministry for a line between Connaught Place and
IGI Airport.
There is an alternative
proposal to link Dwarka
and Vasant Kunj via IGI
Airport at a latter stage.
Sreedharan, however, says
the latter is not financially
viable.
‘‘That line will be justified 10 years later. At the
moment, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon need the
Metro much more than IGI
Airport. The ridership in
that area is expected to be
very low — 25,000 per day,
whereas that should be the
average per train,’’ said
Sreedharan.
‘‘A dedicated Metro link
to the airport in Hong Kong
may be imperative where a
flight lands every 90 seconds, in Delhi that need
“There is work for everyone in TV”
Towards
Ghaziabad
Phase I Phase II
Proposed
Yamuna
Nagar
DU
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Vihar
Yamuna
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VIhar
hasn’t arisen as of now.
That line can be taken up at
a later stage,’’ he added.
On rehabilitation of residents affected by Line III,
Sreedharan said an amount
of Rs 200 crore has been
earmarked for compensation and rehabilitation.
‘‘We have only 25 months
for completing Line III. But
we are offering interim rel i e f
a n d
rehabilitation to
affected persons. We are also liasoning with DDA to provide
shops on nominal rent,’’ he
said.
‘‘We will pay rent up to
Rs 3,000 for those whose residential units are getting affected for three months,’’ he
said. He said DMRC has
also requested DDA to provide LIG and MIG flats at
construction rates to such
persons.
Sreedharan said the affected people could not be
rehabilitated in the commercial properties in the
station as they did not
match the commuters’
needs. ‘‘You cannot open a
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hardware shop there. Besides, we need outlets of a
certain standard that can
keep the station premises
clean,’’ he added.
But residents are clearly
not too impressed. ‘‘They
are asking us to find rented
accommodation for Rs
3,000. And then we may get
LIG flats for Rs 3.5 lakh,
which is almost the market
price. If we are paying money for what we are getting,
where does the question of
rehabilitation
arise?’’
asked Madhu Chadha, a
resident of 27, Pusa Road.
According to the residents, the Rs 9,000 that
DMRC was offering for
three months, is too meagre
an amount to hire suitable
accommodation.
‘‘We have been asked to
look for the accommodation ourselves. People are
not ready to rent us their
houses,’’ said Shagun Chadha, a resident.
‘‘Today we met DMRC director (planning & projects)
C B K Rao to discuss the issue of our rehabilitation.
He says we may get LIG
flats in Bindapur which is a
far cry from Pusa Road,’’
she added.
Q. How do you feel
about the competition
between actress?- ro
A: Lots of competition! One has to
create her own style to last here.
One has to be a little different to
stand out from the crowd.
Q. What are the requisites of
entering into serials?- gudoo
A: I would say firstly you have got
to be very dedicated. Professionalism is what's looked for in any
field, be true to your work and
whatever character you play. You
could also do an acting course
but the brighter side is that on TV
there is work for everyone.
Q. Is it difficult playing a negative
role in Lipstick?- gaurav_khetwni
A: Presently, no it isn't but earlier
it was. I have understood the
character so well that nothing is
difficult now.
Q. How was the transition from
modelling to acting?- vinu
A: Acting interests me more
because each day is a new day
for me.
Q. What are your forthcoming
projects?- doll
A: You'll see me next on TV
Sahara on the serial Pratima.
It will release in October.
Q. What is the future of serials?
- fem
A: I think it's growing every day,
this is one industry which has a
bright future.
Q. Your favourite soap?- sumit
A: My favourite is Lipsticks for
obvious reasons and then comes
Astitva and to top it Friends.
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Bomb hoax in Parliament
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A hoax call
about a bomb being planted
in Parliament left the police
in a tizzy on Wednesday afternoon.
The PCR received a call
that there was a bomb in Parliament at 12 noon. The call
was traced to an 11-year-old
boy, Vikas, from Nehru Vihar
in north Delhi. The boy re-
portedly told the police that
he had been influenced by
movies in making the call.
The boy is a student of
Class VII in a government
school. He is a resident of
Karala Kanjhwala and had
come to a relative’s place in
Nehru Vihar.
The police have asked
MTNL to disconnect the telephone connection.
K K Laskar
Mayur Vihar
bridge: Eight
months’ wait
for approval
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Justice R C Lahoti releasing Shiv Khera’s new book — Living With Honour, on Wednesday.
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Pay up for your mosquitoes
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The municipal
health department has
launched a combing operation in Seelampur and adjoining areas in east Delhi
to detect suspected breeding grounds of Aedes mosquito that spreads the killer
dengue fever.
The
operation
was
launched after a woman
suffering from dengue, reportedly a resident of Seelampur, admitted to Lok
Nayak Hospital last week,
fled from the ward without
informing the hospital authorities.
Municipal health officer,
K N Tiwari, said: ‘‘The address given by the woman
in Lok Nayak Hospital has
turned out to be fictitious.
We are trying to locate and
remove
the
breeding
ground that may have
caused dengue in this
case.’’
‘‘Residents would be
fined Rs 500 if Aedes larvae
Deadly dengue
• The number of dengue
cases in the city has
risen to 5
• 3 cases were reported
in the last 10 days
• Dengue claimed over
420 lives in Delhi in 1996
are detected in their houses,’’ he said.
Tiwari warned against
self-medication in the event
of dengue. ‘‘Asprin should
never be consumed in such
a condition,’’ he warned.
He added that sparselyused coolers are the most
common breeding ground
for the mosquito. ‘‘People
don’t use coolers as much
in monsoon as peak summer. Due to this reason they
don’t even replace the water stored in their tanks for
days,’’ he said.
A major sign of Aedes
mosquito’s presence are
daytime bites. ‘‘Aedes aegypti prefer to bite below
knees and elbows - a distinction from the malariacausing mosquito,’’ says
Tiwari.
Adding two teaspoons of
kerosene or petrol to stagnant water is a handy way
of keeping Aedes larvae
under check.
Tiwari claimed the municipal corporation has activated its drive against
vector-borne diseases after
the first pre-monsoon showers. ‘‘Precautionary measures like house-to-house inspection and making residents aware are in full
swing now,’’ he said.
He said over 600 volunteers from various schools
would assist the civic
agency in inspecting houses for presence of Aedes
larvae. It is crucial to detect
the suspected breeding
ground at the earliest to
prevent more cases in the
same area, he added.
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New Delhi: A bridge project
linking Mayur Vihar-I and
East End Apartment in east
Delhi has failed to take off
even after eight months it
was announced.
The Rs 6-crore project of
the Delhi government, which
could have saved motorists
from driving extra kilometres and the hassle of driving
through Noida, is awaiting
administrative approval.
The 136-metre double lane
bridge over Hindon River
and Ghazipur stormwater
drain was proposed by Delhi
urban development minister
A K Walia in December 2002
and its foundation stone was
scheduled to be laid on
April 13. No foundation stone
was laid as the project is yet
to be approved by the design
and expenditure estimates
committees.
With the state poll approaching, the chances of
the project being cleared are
dim. Flood control chief engineer A K Gupta said: ‘‘Even
if the project getsthe necessary clearances now, it will
not start before October as
the soil testing, design and
tendering of the project has
not been done yet.’’
The Delhi government
plans to construct the bridge
in coordination with Uttar
Pradesh irrigation department which will construct
about 56 metres of the bridge
from the Hindon river side.
‘‘The remaining 80 metres
will be constructed by us,’’
Gupta said.
Officials hinted that the
government was undecided
about the project. ‘‘It was
first proposed as a single
lane bridge, but was later
changed to a double lane one.
Now it has again been modified to a single lane bridge,’’
he said.
The Trans-Yamuna Development Board is the funding
agency for the project. But it
is learnt that the agency
whose annual budget is Rs 50
crore is reluctant to bear the
expenditure for the double
lane which is expected to
cross Rs 6 crore.
DELHI
Magic eye for safety
By Surabhi Upadhyay
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The south district police has launched a
pilot project in which ‘magic eyes’, and safety latches
are being installed in residential buildings. ‘Cross
bells’ which are meant to
ring in a neighbour’s house
when pressed by a resident,
are also being installed.
According to the police,
the installation drive is currently on in SFS flats Hauz
Khas, Greater Kailash,
some
apartments
in
Malviya Nagar, and DDA
flats in Kalkaji. The police
aims to carry out the drive
in middle and upper middle
class colonies and flats, as
most large bungalows in
south Delhi employ private
agencies for security.
Secure houses
• Police to install safety
devices in south Delhi
homes
• Magic eyes, safety
latches, and cross bells
on installation list
• Started in Malviya
Nagar, Hauz Khas, GK
and South Ex-I
• Expenditure per
house estimated
around 250
The cost of installing all
the three items will come to
Rs 250 per house and is being borne by the Delhi police as of now. An estimated
400 houses have been covered under the project so
far with an expenditure of
Six held for 18
robberies in city
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The south district police
claimed to have solved 18 cases of robberies
after the arrest of six persons on Wednesday.
‘‘We arrested them from near the Modi flyover on Mathura Road where they had assembled to carry out a dacoity. Firearms,
knives and motorcycles were seized from
them,’’ said Vivek Gogia, deputy commissioner of police (south). The accused were
found in possession of two motorcycles, a
scooter, two firearms and five live cartridges.
On interrogation, one of the accused, Ashfaq Rizvi, reportedly revealed that he was an
expert at snatching passports of those seeking visas in the embassy area. ‘‘Mainly those
passports bearing visa for US, UK or Canada
were targeted. They would hand over the
stolen passports to another accused Danny,
who worked as an agent. Danny would then
pass them to a man called Vinod. Rizvi and
his associates got Rs one lakh for each stolen
passport,’’ said Gogia. Vinod would then
hand over the passport to another man,
Basu, in lieu of Rs 4 lakh. Both Vinod and
Basu are absconding.
Police said, another accused, Amir, a graduate and a computer professional, was involved in a case of extortion along with
members of the Babloo Shrivastava gang.
around Rs one lakh.
‘‘We are giving special attention initially to houses
where senior citizens, single women or working couples reside. But our aim is
to reach every single house
in all residential colonies of
the district,’’ a senior police
officer said.
Police said that while
people have welcomed the
move, there are some problem areas as well. Residents
are open to the idea of magic eyes and safety latches,
but installing cross bells is
not always easy.
‘‘As far as cross bells are
concerned, we have faced
some resistance in a few areas, one of which is Masjid
Moth. People need an open
mind and realise that the
move is for their own safety,’’ said one police officer.
Policeman suspended
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A head constable with the Delhi
Police was suspended on Wednesday after he
beat up the helper of a mini bus near Rajghat.
The bus had allegedly come in the way of a
visiting foreign dignitary, after which the
helper was confronted by the constable.
Traffic was stopped to facilitate VVIP movement when the helper, Pushpinder Singh (18) asked the police
to allow the bus to pass. Police
said that he received injuries in
his left hand and was taken to
the LNJP hospital.
Appu Ghar
dummy run
backs autopsy
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: A dummy run of
the ‘My Fair Lady’ swing at
Appu Ghar carried out by the
police has supported the autopsy report of the victim,
Suresh Sehgal.
The dummy, reportedly, fell
off on the side rails during the
third run. The swing’s latch
was left open during the experiment to assess the impact
of a full spin of the swing.
‘‘The dummy fell off at the
same position where Sehgal
had reportedly fallen,’’ said a
senior police official.
Police have asked Appu
Ghar authorities to present licences from the police and India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO). They have also
been asked to specify the maximum weight of a person to be
allowed to get on the swing.
While most swings in Appu
Ghar have manual safety
latches, only some rides like
the ‘Appu Columbus’ and
‘Splash’ have hydraulic locks.
‘‘Latches are constructed
according to the technical requirement of the swings. Not
all rides need hydraulic latches,’’ said vice president of the
company, M S Jasra.
Girl harassed by father, brother
By Sachin Parashar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Sexual harassment is no
longer limited to the streets — or to offices. The Crime Against Women
(CAW) cell of Delhi Police recently received a complaint from an 18-year-old
girl, an east Delhi resident, of sexual
harassment by her brother and father.
She alleged that she and her mother
were brutally beaten by the duo when
they opposed plans to sell the house
they were living in. ‘‘We sent a team to
the girl’s Preet Vihar residence and
found that she was being harassed by
her father and brother to force her out
of the house,’’ said joint commissioner of police (CAW) Vimla Mehra. They
even made physical advances towards
the girl to achieve this end.
She said the family ran a business
but their main source of sustenance
was cash obtained by selling family
property. ‘‘They had sold a property
nearby and were planning to dispose
this house as well,’’ she said.
The girl and her mother were also
subjected to regular beatings by the
two, the police said.
‘‘During interrogation the accused
admitted that they had sexually harassed the girl to make her shift elsewhere,’’ said Mehra.
Unable to pay
dowry, cop
shoots himself
By Lalit Kumar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ghaziabad: A Ghaziabad police constable shot himself, reportedly, because he was unable to pay dowry for his
daughter’s marriage.
Police
said,
constable
Shyam Singh of the state
armed police returned from
duty in Police Lines to his
Govindpuram residence at
about 11 pm on Tuesday. He
then shot himself in the chest
with a locally-made pistol.
Singh’s neighbours said
while his wife and son were
away, his daughter, Archna,
was at home at the time of the
incident. She rushed to his
room on hearing the gun shot
but Singh was dead before he
could be taken to the hospital.
District police chief Chandra Prakash said: ‘‘The constable was suffering from depression as he was unable to
gather funds for Archna’s
marriage.’’ Singh was also upset about his son’s poor academic performance, said the
police chief.
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Plea to reject Housing Society Act
WEATHER
Rainfall likely at East: Orissa, Jharkhand, Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura,
WB, Sikkim and Bihar; North: Uttranchal, HP, UP,
Haryana, Punjab, J&K and Rajasthan; Central: West MP,
Chattisgarh and Vidarbha; Peninsula: Gujarat state, Konkan, Goa,
coastal AP, Telangana, coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,
Marathwada, Rayalaseema, TN, interior Karnataka; Islands:
Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep
INDIA
WORLD
Max Min
Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Kolkata
Bangalore
Ahm’bad
T’puram
Bhopal
B’eshwar
Pune
35
30
32
35
29
28
32
31
32
27
27
25
25
27
20
31
—
24
25
21
Guwahati
Dehradun
H’bad
Indore
Jaipur
Lucknow
Patna
Rajkot
Shimla
Srinagar
Max
Min
35
32
29
30
34
36
36
—
23
28
27
24
23
23
27
24
28
24
16
16
Max Min
Amsterdam
Bahrain
Bangkok
Beijing
Chicago
Geneva
Hong Kong
London
Los Angeles
Moscow
28
40
32
36
24
35
35
31
28
28
19
30
26
22
17
19
24
18
17
12
TRAIN RESERVATIONS
Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on
06.08.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations.
Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac
NORTH
4033
Jammu Mail
07.08
4645
Shalimar Exp
—
2403
Jammu Exp
10.08
EAST
2302
Kolkata Rajdhani 07.08
2304
Poorva Exp
07.08
2382
Poorva Exp
08.08
2312
Kalka Mail
N.A.
2392
Magadh Exp
07.09
2402
Shramjeevi Exp
—
2418
Prayag Raj Exp
07.08
4056
Brahmputra Mail —
5622
North East Exp
—
2554
Vaishali Exp
07.08
2816
Puri Exp
—
2802
Purshottam Exp
—
8476
Neelanchal Exp
—
4230
Lucknow Mail
10.08
WEST
2904
Golden Temple Mail 08.08
2926
Paschim Exp
08.08
2952
Mumbai Rajdhani 09.08
2954
AG Kranti Rajdhani 09.08
2474
Sarvodaya Exp
—
1078
Jhelum Exp
—
2916
Ashram Exp
11.08
SOUTH
2616
G T Exp
07.08
2622
Tamil Nadu Exp
11.08
2432
Trivandrum Raj
12.08
2626
Kerala Exp
—
2618
Mangala Exp
—
2628
Karnataka Exp
—
2724
A P Exp
10.08
2430
Banglore Rajdhani 09.08
7022
Dakshin Express —
2 ac
Ac 3t
Sl
07.08 11.08
21.08 18.08
19.08 18.08
11.08
11.08
26.08
07.08
07.08
08.08
10.08
07.09
07.08
07.08
N.A.
07.08
13.08
07.08
15.08
15.08
12.08
11.08
07.08
06.08
13.08
07.09
07.08
07.08
27.08
13.08
11.08
07.08
07.08
15.08
12.08
—
18.08
18.08
17.08
07.09
07.08
07.08
21.08
22.08
12.08
07.08
12.08
10.08
13.08
08.08
08.08
11.08
07.08
07.08
20.08
11.08
08.08
15.08
11.08
07.08
07.08
08.08
06.08
19.08
26.08
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—
07.08
26.08
07.08
07.08
07.08
19.08
07.08
07.08
07.08
12.08
25.08
07.08
07.08
19.08
07.08
06.08
05.07
10.08
11.08
19.08
—
07.08
10.08
—
18.08
07.08
11.08
11.08
—
07.08
No. of passengers dealt on 05.08.2003 (Delhi Area): 55,301 (N. Rly. Area)
2,25,208. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all
subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for
computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345.
(Information supplied by Indian Railways)
Admission deadline extended: The Delhi government has
postponed the last date for taking fresh admissions, in its
schools, to August 14. The earlier deadline was July 31. TNN
New Delhi: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party secretary Vijender Kumar Gupta has appealed to L-G for rejecting
Delhi Cooperative Housing Societies Act. The bill, tabled by development minister Haroon yusuf, was passed
by Delhi legislative assembly last week. He said the Act
is anti-people. The residents of housing societies will
have to shell out more that Rs 1 lakh, depending on the
locality, to become a member. TNN
Online
record of
births and
deaths:
MCD, on
Wednesday,
started online registration of births
and deaths
in three of
its hospitals,
Hindu Rao
hospital,
Swami
Dayanand
hospital and
Kasturba
hospital.
Under the
new system,
records of
births and
deaths will
be transmitted electronically.
This is expected to
reduce the
time taken
for these
records to
reach the
office of the
sub-registrar. The
MCD plans
to create a
network of
hospitals
across the
city by giving each
one of them
access to
its system
with a password. TNN
DR. J. S. HASSANWALIA
(1950-2003)
For peace of the departed
soul, Kirtan and Antim
Ardas will be held on
Saturday, August 9th 2003,
at Gurudwara - Vasant
Vihar at 3.30 p.m.
Col. & Mrs I. S. Hassanwalia
Satnam and Manjit
Tej and Channi
Timmy and Anita
Malti, Shabani, Ayesha
Mrs. Hardarshan Sahi
Hiti & Suresh
Dr. Komal Sahi
‘Stop dalit eviction’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: National president of
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas
Paswan, on Wednesday, called for an
immediate stay on eviction of dalits
and demanded protection for their
temples.
Addressing a rally attended by
about 5,000 people at Jantar Mantar,
Paswan said the government’s decision to get the memorial of Babu Jag
Jivan Ram on Krishna Menon Marg
vacated was the latest instance of
atrocities against dalits.
Paswan, who is organising a
Third Front for challenging other
parties in the ensuing elections in
Delhi, said atrocities against dalits
had increased after the NDA
government came to power at the
Centre.
‘‘On the one hand the BJP is supporting the construction of a temple
in Ayodhya, on the other, ancient
temples of Sant Guru Ravidas are
being demolished in different parts
of the country,’’ he alleged.
He said two
of these temples, one in R K
Puram Sector 3
and the other
in
Tughlakabad,
were
damaged
recently and the
Ram Vilas Paswan
authorities had
failed to intervene.
Paswan claimed other instances
of atrocities against dalits included
the killing in Jhajjar in Haryana,
the incident in Talhan in Punjab
and the demolition of a dalit temple
near PGI Chandigarh.
Accompanied by other leaders of
the party, including Ramjee Lal
Suman, Ramdas Athawale, Ram
Chandra Paswan and Aman Kumar
Nagra, Paswan also met Lok Sabha
Speaker and presented a memorandum voicing their concerns.
Shiv Khera now
tells how to live
with honour
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: You Can Win by Living With
Honour. The statement made by Shiv
Khera just about summed up the essence
of his new book titled, well, Living With
Honour. The latest offering of the internationally acclaimed and best selling author was released by Justice R C Lahoti
on Wednesday afternoon.
Considering the fact that You Can Win
sold more than 8,00,000 copies in eight
languages, publishers Macmillan India
Limited had already arranged for 75,000
copies of the new book at the time of its
release. The launch function was one of
those rare occasions when the otherwise
shy and elusive author had a one hour interaction with the media.
The book, according to the author, provides solutions which are simple but not
easy, to live honourably in a corrupt environment. ‘‘The book provides solutions
and propels the reader into action with
direction leading to his destination. Being a victor or victim is a state of mind
and it helps us get out of this victim complex. We can put it into action now as it
equips us to face real life situations honourably,’’ said Khera.
Describing it as a self help book that
will have a permanent shelf life, Khera
said: ‘‘It talks about the C principle (rule)
that leads to character building through
value certification. From coach comes
character, courage and competence
leading to clarity that leads to
confidence.’’
Khera further stated that honourable
living is based on clarity of values which
helps us make value-based decisions. ‘‘To
implement these decisions you need
courage,’’ added Khera.
‘‘The way values have been brought out
in the book in today’s context is unique.
The values are in contemporary situations while the issues are not country,
culture or person specific. Some messages are perennial, as it is better to be
honourable than to be honoured,’’ Khera
said on his book.
Travel management course
New Delhi: Sri Venkateswara college is
introducing a one-year post-graduate certificate course in tourism and travel management (CTTM) from the academic session 2003-2004. All graduates with 55 per
cent marks in science and humanities are
eligible to apply for the course. The entrance test will be conducted on August
16, 2003 at 10 am in the college premises.
Last date of submission of application
form is August 14, 2003. the course fee is
Rs 10,000 per annuam payable in two instalments. Course commences from August 28, 2003. Final year students awaiting results can also apply. TNN
One killed in
accident on
Akbar Road
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: An autorickshaw driver died after
his vehicle was hit from
behind by a Maruti Zen
car on Akbar Road on
Wednesday
afternoon.
Ramji Das Kapoor, a
resident of Geeta colony,
was
taken
to
the
Ram
Manohar
Lohia
hospital where he later
died.
According to the police,
the errant car driven by
Ashok Suri, a resident of
Noida, hit the autorickshaw and then rammed
into another car parked in
front of it.
The handle of the autorickshaw
reportedly
pierced the
victim’s
stomach.
The driver
of the errant
Zen has been
arrested. A
case of causing death by
rash
and
negligent
driving has
been registered against
him.
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CEC fears ‘cheating like hell’
New Delhi: Chief Election
Commisioner J M Lyngdoh
on Wednesday said simultaneous polls will lead to
‘‘cheating like hell’’ which
cannot be tackled. This idea
is of anti-democratic character, he said. The Election
Commission (EC) is, however, prepared to hold Lok Sabha polls anytime, depending
on the exigency.
Dismissing Deputy Prime
Minister L K Advani’s idea
on synchronisation of polls
as ‘‘not a happy proposal’’,
he said, ‘‘There are certain
states which need special attention. In terms of elec-
toral records, it is very bad.
Obviously, we cannot allow
everybody to go to polls at
the same time. It is not a
good situation to have everybody going to polls at the
same time.
‘‘We won’t be able to pay
attention. They will cheat
like hell and we won’t know
what to do with that,’’ Lyngdoh said in an interview
with a news agency.
In any case, he said, why
should any state be oriented
towards Parliamentary elections? ‘‘There is nothing in
democracy which says Parliament is more important
than assembly. They all have
same weightage. ‘‘That understanding of democracy
any man in the world would
be able to appreciate. You
don’t have to be a politician
to understand it.’’
Asked whether the EC has
rejected the proposal outright and would it not formally consider the issue, he
said: ‘‘There is no question
of our not considering it. We
have to do that.’’
‘‘If they make constitutional changes, then we have
to implement it. We are not
interested in being a debating society,’’ he said. PTI
Kargil’s ghost still haunts
PAC and defence ministry
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The ‘‘coffin
scam’’ and other financial
improprieties in emergency
purchases of weapons and
equipment during the 1999
Kargil conflict continue to
create waves.
This time, Parliament’s
most important financial
watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC),
and the defence ministry
have locked horns over the
issue.
In an unprecedented development, the PAC has expressed its ‘‘inability’’ to give
its ‘‘findings’’ on the irregularities committed during
Operation Vijay because
of the defence ministry’s
‘‘refusal’’ to part with the
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on the
matter.
Tabling of the PAC report
created an uproar in both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on
Wednesday, with BJP MPs alleging the report had been
leaked even before being
placed in Parliament.
PAC chairman Buta Singh,
in the report, said: ‘‘The committee (members) are surprised that such a vital document (the CVC report), which
was essential for scrutiny of
these procurements, has
been withheld from them on
the ground of secrecy.’’
‘‘An anomalous situation’’
had arisen because the
Comptroller and Auditor
General’s report on the
Kargil procurements was
made public but ‘‘secrecy
was claimed’’ by the defence
ministry under procedures
and conduct of business of
the House to withhold the
CVC report.
The CAG report looked
into 123 contracts worth Rs
2,163 crore, out of the emergency weapon and equipment purchases worth Rs
2,175 crore made during the
Kargil conflict.
‘‘The
audit
report
highlighted that nearly all
the supplies were either
received, or contracted and
received, well after cessation
of hostilities and, therefore,
in no way supported the
operations,’’ said the PAC
report.
Congs opposes
clubbed polls
New Delhi: Congress
has termed the proposal for simultaneous assembly and LS
polls as ‘‘the hangover
of the BJP’s fascination from its Jan
Sangh days for a unitary-cum-presidential
system’’. Party leader
Devendra
Dwivedi
said this proposal ‘‘is
devoid of merit.’’ TNN
Holiday policy: The government told the RS that it was
considering a review of the holiday policy for government employees. As of now, there was
no plan to revert to a six-day
week from the present five-day
week. ‘‘A review of the holiday
policy is being considered,’’
said MoS Harin Pathak. TNN
Manmohan flexes
‘fiscal’ muscles
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Congress on
T u e s d ay
charged the
BJP-led Central government as being
responsible
for the ‘‘deteriorating’’ fisManmohan cal situation
of states in the country.
Initiating a short-duration
discussion on the subject in
the Rajya Sabha, Congress
leader and former finance
minister Manmohan Singh
urged the Centre to come to
the rescue of the states.
He warned that the projected eight per cent growth
would only remain a ‘‘pious
dream’’ if the government
failed to take a holistic and
integrated approach to improve the fiscal situation.
Singh said it was a good
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Taxpayers can file e-returns: Salaried taxpayers can file
their income-tax return electronically from Friday. The finance
ministry announced that this is an optional scheme and offers an
additional mode of filing of returns to salaried taxpayers. TNN
idea to put a cap on borrowing by the states but added
that this must be preceded by
steps by the Centre to restore
the fiscal health of the states.
Singh reeled out statistics
to say that combined fiscal
deficit of the Centre and the
states had gone up from 7.2
per cent of GDP in the eighth
plan to 10.4 per cent in 200203. Likewise, the debt of the
Centre and the states together, which accounted for 58
per cent of GDP in 1986, had
risen to a ‘‘horrendous’’ figure of 95 per cent of GDP in
2003, including the debt of
public enterprises.
Asserting that the fifth pay
commission recommendations, thrust upon the states,
had put a heavy burden on
their finances, Singh suggested that a mechanism
should be evolved to ensure
that future pay revisions
were done in a gradually.
Explosives seized
Mumbai: Intensifying their
drive against the storing of
explosives illegally, the city
police have seized a huge
stock of explosives, including detonators and gelatine
sticks, from Borivali in
north Mumbai and Thane
district and arrested one
person. PTI
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Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan with his disciple Soma Ghosh and Rajya Sabha
MP T Subbarami Reddy in New Delhi on Wednesday. The musician is scheduled to
perform in Parliament on Thursday.
’68 crash: After
35 years, a body
By Jagdish Bhatt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Shimla: The recovery of a
Sepoy’s body and the wreckage of an AN-12 aircraft
from the South Dakka glacier in Himachal has shed
light on the fate of about 100
soldiers who went missing
while on a routine sortie to
Leh on February 7, 1968.
Last week, a team of
trekkers of the Manali institute, on way to scale the
Chandra Bhaga-13 Peak, had
spotted some skeletal remains and wreckage of the
aircraft. The skeletal remains had been identified as
those of Beli Ram, a Sepoy,
from the service book found
in his coat.
The Air Force and the
Army have started the
process for bringing down
the remains of those aboard
the aircraft. It will be done
with help from the Himalayan Mountaineering
Institute and Allied Sports
Institute, Manali.
An IAF helicopter took off
thrice from the Sarsawa air
base in Saharanpur district,
Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday, but could not make it to
Manali, having to return on
all three occasions because
of bad weather. The chopper
was sent to have a preliminary look.
Director of the Manali institute Col H S Chauhan said
the Army and IAF had been
in touch with him. ‘‘The actual search for the bodies
will have to be done at the
ground; a helicopter can
land at the 16,000 ft high glacier, but it will have to keep
the engine running.’’
Chauhan said it had now
been confirmed there were
about 100 people, including a
six-member crew, on board
the plane. ‘‘The team that
spotted the skeletal remains
also saw some cap badges of
Army regiments, some personal belongings and a few
bones scattered over the
place, but there were no other bodies as such, except for
the skeletal remains of Beli
Ram,’’ he added.
From ragas to
riches (hardly)
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP T
Subbarami Reddy on Wednesday
donated his salary and monthly
allowance for two years to
shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, whose ill health and financial plight was highlighted
by the media recently.
‘‘It is a token of our love and
respect for the great artiste and I
urge other members of Parliament to come forward and help
the artistes,’’ Reddy said presenting a draft of Rs two lakh to
Khan, here.
Reddy will continue to send
his salary to Khan in Varanasi
for the next 19 months.
Describing Khan as an artiste
who represented ‘‘sarva dharma
sambhav, Reddy, who is also a
film-maker, said the country
should respect and take care of
the artiste community. PTI
Bradford may
move WIPO
New Delhi: American
author Barbara Taylor
Bradford, who has lost
the legal battle to restrain
a TV channel from telecasting a multi-part serial which, she claimed,
was a plagiarised version
of her novel A Woman of
Substance, may now
move the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) against the
violation of copyright
laws. TNN
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Set your house in
order first, Pak told
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: India on Wednesday took
strong exception to Pakistan’s comments on Prime Minister Vajpayee’s
remarks vis-a-vis Ayodhya and the allegations that there were terrorist
camps in the country.
External
affairs
ministry
spokesman Navtej Sarna said, ‘‘We are
disappointed at the tone and substance
of the comments made by the Pakistani foreign ministry on August 4. It
is the responsibility of the Indian government to protect the places of worship of Muslims and not incite communal violence.’’
Sarna said the ‘‘increasingly aggressive
tone’’
of
the
Pakistani
spokesman’s statements in the recent
past ‘‘suggests continuing unwillingness to acknowledge the failure of the
unproductive policies that Pakistan
has pursued so far’’.
He said Pakistan’s record on minorities hardly entitled it to pronounce on
treatment of minority issues in India.
‘‘Even Muslim minorities in Pakistan,
leave alone other religious minorities,
are insecure,’’ he said.
Islamabad’s charge about the existence of training camps for terrorists
in India, he said: ‘‘The less said about
the spokesman’s egregious comments
about terrorist training apparatus in
India the better. At least, he deserves
high marks for originality of invention.’’
Sarna urged Pakistan to shed its
‘‘negative mindset’’ and seize the new
spirit infused among the people of the
two countries by the initiative taken by
Vajpayee.
Islamabad has held that no terrorists were being trained on Pakistani
soil, denying defence minister George
Fernandes’ allegation that 3,000 terrorists are present in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir.
Asked whether the latest war of
words would impact on the technical
level talks slated to be held in Islamabad later this month to discuss resumption of air links, the spokesman
said: ‘‘We are following a step-by-step
process. We certainly hope that those
talks will take place as scheduled. We
have no reason to believe they won’t.’’
Pankaj Nangia
A jawan keeps vigil at India Gate on Wednesday. Security has been tightened with
Independence Day approaching.
Govt contradicts Army on WMD terror
New Delhi: The defence
ministry has ‘‘no credible or
corroborated intelligence inputs’’ to ‘‘indicate that Pakistan-trained terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir have weapons of mass
destruction (WMDs)’’.
Stating this in the Rajya
Sabha on Wednesday, defence
minister George Fernandes
added: ‘‘The government continues to monitor all developments and remains fully
committed to take all necessary steps to effectively safeguard India’s security and
national interests.’’
But the ministry and the
Army seem to be speaking at
cross-purposes. The Army’s
Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur, in an
official statement recently,
had obliquely indicated that
terrorists in J&K could have
chemical weapons. TNN
Pollution board kills
cola fizz in Kerala
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Thiruvananthapuram: Coca-Cola took
another blow on the contaminants controversy, with the Kerala Pollution Control
Board on Wednesday confirming the presence of carcinogens in the sludge waste
the firm was hitherto distributing, free of
cost, to local farmers as fertiliser.
The firm’s factory is located at
Plachimeda in Palakkad district and there
have been a series of complaints about the
firm over-drawing ground water and then
abut using contaminated ground water.
The issue is currently in court. Then,
around a fortnight before, a media channel
said the sludge left as a byproduct of its
manufacturing process was contaminated
with heavy metal residues, well beyond the
legal limit allowed.
The PCB probed and its chairman, Paul
Thachil, announced the finding on
Wednesday. He said their sample test
showed cadmium presence at 201.8 mg in
each kg dry weight, against the limit of 50
mg. lead, though, was less than the limit
alowed, 319 mg against the 500 mg limit.
“Results indicate that the concentration
of cadmium in the sludge is high and
hence a hazardous waste. It should not be
passed on to farmers as manure, nor
should it be used in the company premises,” said Thachil.
Industry minister P.K. Kunhalikutty, on
demands to have the factory closed, said
the goverment will not act in a hurry. However, in a statement the Cola major said
treated bio-solids generated at their Plachimada plant had no toxic elements. “Treated bio-solids generated at our Plachimada
plant in Kerala are being tested by various
national and international agencies, including state government agencies. Parallel samples are being collected from both
inside and outside the plant by these agencies,” the statement said.
Kolkata cracks
the whip first
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation health
department on Wednesday
seized bottles of soft drinks
manufactured by Coca-Cola
India and Pepsico India.
The West Bengal health department has decided to collect and examine samples of
Coke and Pepsi as well as other soft drinks. But it will take
a while to translate this intention into action as the department lacks the required
equipment,
director
of
health service Prabhakar
Chatterjee admitted.
During the day, mayor-incouncil
member
health
Pradip Ghosh led a delegation of civic health officials
and raided Kwality restaurant on Park Street. TNN
Coke for contract,
says Aamir Khan
Mumbai: ‘‘I have been drinking Coke every day. I can’t say
more. My contract with them
does not permit me to do so,’’
says actor Aamir Khan. Adman Prahlad Kakkar says: ‘‘I
think Coke and Pepsi have
struck a deal with the family
planning association to produce a product that will
make Indian men impotent
so that the country’s population comes down.’’ TNN
passes Bill
Indian mother in LS
to create
US to serve time Bodo Council
By Rakesh Bhatnagar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: An Indian woman working
with the World Bank in US has been ordered to undergo three months simple imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 by the
Supreme Court here for defying its repeated orders and violating an undertaking
that she would bring her child whenever
required by law in India.
Settled in the US, Hannah Grace Jude
has been convicted along with her 65-yearold mother, who has been asked to pay Rs
50,000 as fine for committing gross criminal contempt of court. Hannah had secured a divorce from her husband, David
Jude, from a US court. However, David got
their minor child’s custody from a Hyderabad family court in April 2000. Hannah
had abstained from its proceedings.
The couple got married in India in 1989
and settled in the US. Their relations became strained after the child’s birth. The
mother secured a protective order against
the husband from a Maryland court in the
US on the condition that the child would
not be taken out of America.
New Delhi: A Bill to create
an autonomous self-governing body for the Bodo tribals
in Assam was passed by the
Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The sixth schedule to the
Constitution (Amendment)
Bill, 2003, to create the
Bodoland Territorial Council
(BTC) within Assam with
legislative,
administratve
and financial powers, was
adopted by voice vote after a
brief discussion.
Replying to the debate,
minister of state for home
Swami Chinmayanand asserted that the Bill — based
on the tripartite agreement
among the Bodo Liberation
Tigers, the Assam government and the Centre on February 10 this year — would
provide adequate safeguards
for the non-tribals in the BTC
areas.
‘Face of riots’ quits
Gujarat for good
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: He was the face of the Gujarat riots.
And that, perhaps, will haunt him for the rest of
his life. But for now, Naseeruddin Qutubuddin
Ansari, 30, whose tear-stained face, blood-soaked
clothes and folded hands pleading for his life in the
face of a mob in last year’s pogrom here was
splashed in newspapers and magazines all over the
world, has decided to leave Gujarat for good.
Ansari, a tailor by profesion, has decided to take
the offer of West Bengal’s higher education minister, Mohammed Haleem. And shift to Kolkata,
where the government will provide him a rented
accommodation and a shop. Ansari, who is presently in Mumbai, told TNN he will be shifting his family, of his mother, wife and two children, shortly.
The offer came after a report appeared in the
magazine ‘Communalism Combat’ that Ansari
was finding it difficult to stay in Ahmedabad because all identified him with the photograph.
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Hindwan elected PSPRF chief:
NTPC corporate communications
chief P D Hindwan
has been elected
president of the
Public Sector Public Relations Forum. Hindwan was
elected unanimously for a period of two years
(2003-05) at the annual general
meeting in New Delhi. TNN
S Wadhera is PFC director:
Shyam Wadhera has taken over as
director (projects) of Power Finance
Corporation Ltd from K K Govil. Prior
to this, Wadhera was executive director (commercial), NTPC. TNN
NFL gets new director: R Jayamani has joined National Fertilizers
Ltd as director (technical). Till recently. Jayamani was posted as executive director, Rashtriya Chemicals &
Fertilizers, Trombay unit. TNN
Feedback from PSUs is invited.
Address mail to: News Editor, Times House,
The Times of India, 7 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi 110002. Fax (011) 371-5832, 332-3346.
email ID: [email protected]
‘Shipping is sailing smoothly’
Shatrughan Sinha is
busy these days. The Union
shipping minister moves
from committee meetings
and conferences to launch
parties and port user meetings. In an interview, the
minister speaks on issues
concerning the industry,
while remaining upbeat
about the sector’s growth
potential.
On tonnage tax
The government is considering modalities for its
introduction and a committee of six members —
two members each from
the ministry, CBDT and Indian National Shipowners’
Association — is finalising
these.
It has already had three
meetings. I have taken up
the matter with the finance minister.
Meanwhile, the industry is enjoying benefits un-
der Section 33 AC, expanding the scope to stimulate
our ship-owners to earmark higher funds for acquisition tonnage. To
make this section more attractive, government has
decided to allow deduction
of funds transferred under
Section 33AC while computing book profits for the
purpose of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT).
On foreign registries
by Indian shipping companies leading to low
tonnage
We do agree Indian national tonnage is low. However, this ministry has taken a number of policy initiatives in recent years.
Some of these include the
following:
● Import of all types of
ships have been included
in the OGL, subject to the
guidelines issued by the
shipping
ministry
on June
15, 2001
a n d
March 5,
2002.
● Companies
have been allowed to retain sale proceeds of their
ships abroad and utilise
them for fresh acquisition.
● Companies are now
permitted to get their
ships repaired in any shipyard without prior approval from the government.
● Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) releases foreign exchange for ship repair/dry
docking and spares for imported capital goods, without any value limit.
On age restrictions
and compulsory CAP
ratings on tankers
After the breaking-up of
oil tanker Prestige off
the coast of Spain on November 19, 2002, there has
been further concern
about the safety of old oil
tankers.
This has led to a further
ban on old tankers from
many European ports and
it is expected the MARPOL
Regulation 13G may be
made more stringent.
As a result, we may see
many such tankers available for trading between
Gulf, Africa and the Indian
ports, where there is a substantial requirement for
in-chartering.
Minimum
guidelines
have to be adhered to while
in-chartering foreign-flag
tankers to Indian ports.
They’re designed to discourage hiring of old
tankers — age and quality
caps.
BHEL sets up
Kota TPS unit
in record time
New Delhi: Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd has commissioned a 195 MW unit of Kota
Thermal Power Station in a
record time of 24 months and
19 days, setting a new benchmark in the execution of
thermal power projects.
This feat was achieved
through the joint efforts of
BHEL and Rajasthan Rajya
Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd
(RVUNL).
The commissioning of
unit-6 of Kota TPS in Rajasthan
has
surpassed
BHEL’s own record of commissioning the 210 MW unit7 at Raichur TPS in Karnataka in just under 26 months.
The early commissioning
resulted in a savings of nearly Rs 100 crore, RVUNL chairman R K Gupta said. TNN
Japanese delegation led by Masaaki Yamada, director (press)
JBIC (extreme left), at one of the Metro sites in the Capital.
Japanese team lauds Metro progress
New Delhi: A high-level public relations team from Japan
Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) visited the Delhi
Metro project site recently and interacted with Metro officials to discuss the PR strategy and planning adopted by the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation since its inception. The JBIC is
funding 64 per cent of the project cost through soft loans.
The articles published by the media on the project are being compiled into five volumes which would serve as important reference material for those undertaking case studies.
The delegation visited the Kashmere Gate site and travelled on the Shahdara-Tis Hazari section of the project. TNN
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Kalyan to defy Liberhan today CBI functioning freely: Atal
New Delhi: Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh will not
be appearing before the Liberhan Ayodhya
Commission on Thursday despite a clear order of the panel asking him to do so. Instead,
according to sources, counsel of Singh and
the Central government would raise queries
about the July 28 order of the commission.
Though the commission hadn’t received information from Singh till Wednesday, sources
Kalyan Singh
promise a ‘‘battle of wits’’ on Thursday about
the order. ‘‘By admitting that legalism is not as important as
public interest, the commission has generally admitted that
legally Singh cannot be summoned,’’ said a source. TNN
New Delhi: PM Vajpayee said that his government had not
interfered in CBI’s working with regard to the probe in the
Ayodhya case in which DPM Advani was an accused. Replying to a debate in the LS on the direction of the CBI investigation of the conspiracy angle of the case, he said the agency
had the full freedom to pursue an independent course. TNN
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Hi-tech Japan: Focus
and passion the keys
Tokyo: Japan’s world-renowned manufacturing industry owes a lot to people who devote themselves to the point of obsession to
one special area —like a scientist who counts
the number of eyelashes to develop mascara
for a cosmetics firm or a Sony employee who
knows all about human ears.
Wearing make-up is part of the daily
chores for Hideki Takahashi, 36, who works
at a laboratory in Yokohama, Tokyo.
“What makes Mickey Mouse different
from Minnie Mouse? —It’s eyelashes,” says
Takahashi who joined top cosmetics maker
Shiseido Co. Ltd. in 1991 and has been developing mascara for the past five years.
AFP
Sony’s audio engineer displays dozens of
silicon-made mold of human ears for the
sample to develop headphones.
AROUND THE WORLD
Reuters
A difference of a few millimetres matters
greatly to Takahashi. “I flatter myself that
I’m ‘Dr Eyelashes.’” Takahashi has taken
more than 10,000 pictures of 500 people’s eyes
and analysed the length and number of eyelashes and how much they are curled. His
team counted the number of eyelashes each
of these individuals had and found the average number of eyelashes was 135 for Caucasians and 105 for east Asians.
Mascara development is challenging work
for Takahashi all the more because Japan’s
mascara market is booming. Troubled by the
weight of mascara, which makes it difficult
for eyelashes to retain their curliness, Takahashi recently developed the “PN Full Lash
Mascara,” made of ultra lightweight powder
the particles of which are hollow.
Koji Nageno, 45, accessory division manager at Sony EMCS Corp., has been developing headphones for the Sony group and is the
brains behind about 400 million headphones
sold over the past two decades.
After getting a degree in electrical engineering, he joined Sony in April 1980, a year
after Sony launched the Walkman. Nageno
was assigned to the section developing headphones in line with his hopes of working in
the audio business. His team has 100 siliconmade molds of human ears in addition to another 100 plaster molds and 300 samples of
ear holes. Sony now sells 30 million headphones worldwide every year. The smash-hit
products Nageno’s team developed include a
neck-band headphone. Reuters
Low-calorie watermelon
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Jerusalem: Israeli scientists said Tuesday
they have developed a low-calorie watermelon,
with all the sweetness but less sugar than common varieties. “The problem with watermelon
is that one tends to eat a lot and the calories accumulate,” said Shmuel Wolf from Hebrew
University, Jerusalem.
The calories in a watermelon come from the
sugar content. To create the diet melon, researchers isolated a variety whose sugar content is composed mostly of fructose. The researchers found natural varieties of wild melons with the high fructose percentage. “Fructose is the sweetest kind of sugar. You need less
sugar to make the melon sweet, so less calories.
Natural melons are very bitter, so our challenge was to make them sweet,’’ Wolf said. AP
Housework
keeps you fit
London: Women in Britain
were fitter 50 years ago because they ate better and did
more housework, according
to research published by Prima, a women’s magazine.
Whereas a typical woman
in 1953 ate 1,818 calories a day,
and burned 1,512 calories, her
counterpart today consumes
2,178 calories, and expends
just 556 calories daily. “We
found that women 50 years
ago didn’t have the labor devices we have today,” Ruth
Tierney, author of the article
said on Tuesday. “So they
used up a lot
of
calories
just in housework, sweeping the floor,
cooking the
meals every
night, and going to the
shops
most
days,”
she
said. To compensatewomen today
should walk
to shops instead of going
by car. AP
Models demonstrate spray-on ‘AirStocking’, a waterproof cosmetic for legs in a blend of
micro-fine silk particles as its base and a cosmetics foundation formula its colour, in
Tokyo on Wednesday.
Apes as programmers: A
Web site that spoofs the
computer programming industry by offering chimpanzees and baboons to
work for as little as 50 cents
an hour has taken its monkey
business too far, according to
the Iowa Primate Learning
Sanctuary. The Web site
touts a fictitious Des Moinesbased company called Primate Programming Inc.,
which it says was based on
work done at the primate
center showing apes can
learn language and perform
complex cognitive tasks. The
research center officials were,
however, not amused. AP
Popcorn as state snack:
Next time you order popcorn
at the movies or throw a bag
into the microwave, show a
little respect. That’s not just a
snack you’re getting. It’s the
“official state snackfood” of
Illinois, thanks to legislation
signed Monday by Gov. Rod
J Lo’s ‘identity’ is the love of her life
Move over Ben Affleck. Fiance Jennifer
Lopez’s identity is the most important
thing in her life. To drive home the fact
that her “humble” roots are all important
to her, the singer-actress, who grew up
in New York’s tough Bronx district, even
highlighted them in her hit song “Jenny
from the Block.” “I love the Bronx and
being Puerto Rican. My identity is the love of my life and
I’m very proud of that. I do miss being able to just walk
to the store. But I’m following my dreams and fulfilling
them now,” rate the music.com quoted J Lo as saying. ANI
Mars to get closer
Reuters
By Deborah Zabarenko
Washington: Mars is getting ready for its close-up,
with the red planet coming
as near to Earth this
month as it has in almost
60,000 years.
Its closest pass will
come on August 27 at 5:51
a.m. EDT, when Mars will
be less than 34.65 million
miles away.
The last time it came
nearer was around September 12 in 57,617 B.C.
when Mars came about
25,000 miles closer, at a distance of 34.62 million
miles from Earth.
“If Neanderthals had
telescopes, they would
have seen it a little bit bet-
ter than we
will on August
27,”
said
astronomer
G e o f f
Chester of
Mars
the
US
Naval Observatory in
Washington.
To backyard observers,
Mars will be the brightest
natural object in the sky
except for the sun and the
moon, Chester said. Even
though it will be close, it
will not look much bigger
than it usually does.
It will look like a brilliant pinkish object, about
the same size as a middling-sized crater on the
moon, Chester said. Reuters
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Blagojevich. Lawmakers who
backed popcorn for the honor turned their backs on Beer
Nuts, Lemonhead candy and
other goodies produced in
Illinois. AP
Fem-ale for women:
British beer-makers should
brew a real ale directed at
women, the chairwoman of
the Campaign for Real Ale
(Camra) said Tuesday.
“Someone in the industry
needs to lead the way by
launching an all-new beer
aimed at women — the
world’s first Fem-ale. This will
help dispel the myth that
beer is strictly for the boys,”
she said in London. Reuters
Shorts for uniform: A 12year-old girl frustrated to see
her police chief father arrive
home bathed in sweat wrote
to the interior minister of Germany’s largest state asking if
daddy could wear shorts to
work.Unfortunately for her,
the minister wrote back saying that rules were rules. AP
Vitamin C saves
non-smokers
By Maggie Fox
Washington: Vitamin C may
help prevent the damage
caused by second-hand tobacco smoke, offering a way for
people to protect themselves
from smokers, researchers
said on Tuesday.
A study of 67 non-smokers
exposed to environmental
smoke showed those who
took 500 mg of vitamin C daily had lower levels of a compound linked to the damage
done by tobacco smoke.
The study did not tell
whether the vitamin takers
were less likely to have cancer or heart disease, but Marion Dietrich of the University of California, found the results encouraging. “They
show that vitamin C may
protect non-smokers from
the oxidative damage caused
by second-hand tobacco
smoke,” Dietrich said.Reuters
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Jakarta, Bali
blasts linked
Jakarta:
Police
said
Wednesday a car bomb that
ripped through a Jakarta hotel contained the same cocktail of explosives as the Bali
bombs and Australia warned
that more terrorist attacks in
Indonesia could be imminent.
The parallels with last October’s attack on the island of
Bali reinforced suspicions
that Tuesday’s bombing of
the JW Marriott Hotel, which
left up to 14 dead and 150 injured, was carried out by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said
the Jakarta bombing had all
the hallmarks of JI. He
warned of possible new attacks by the Islamic militant
group with links to Al-Qaida
as early as Thursday. “We
think there is a real risk that
there could be further attacks,” Downer said. AFP
Gaddafi may take
Lockerbie blame
Washington:
Libyan
leader Muamar Gaddafi
could very soon take the
blame for the 1988 bombing of a US jumbo jet over
the Scottish town of
Lockerbie and pay its 270
victims $2.7 billion, The
Washington Post said
Wednesday.
Lawyers and diplomats
hope to sign an agreement
next week and deposit the
money in an escrow account at Switzerland’s
Bank of International Settlements, sources familiar
with the two-year-long negotiations told the daily.
Once the documents are
signed, Libya on August 14
would notify the UN Security Council that it assumes responsibility for
the deadly bombing.
The United Nations, in
turn, would lift its economic sanctions and Libya
would begin talks with the
US government that could
lead to the lifting of US
sanctions against the
north African country.
An agreement, a US official
who
requested
anonymity said, would
“pave the way for a dialogue” aimed at determining Libya’s interest in
weapons of mass destruction and in supporting military regimes.
“The answers to those
questions will help determine how quickly the issues in our relationship
will be resolved,” said the
official, adding that an
evaluation of Gaddafi
would take time. AFP
Palestinian
prisoners freed
Betunia, West Bank: Israel
began freeing hundreds of
Palestinian prisoners on
Wednesday in what it viewed
as a goodwill gesture to bolster a peace plan but Palestinians dismissed as a sham.
The first freed Palestinian
flashed the victory sign at
relatives waiting at a checkpoint just outside the West
Bank town of Betunia and
smiled broadly as he stepped
off an Israeli bus that
brought him from prison.
Others kissed the ground,
before climbing on to buses
that would take them home.
Reuters
Rift in church
over gay bishop
Minneapolis:
American
Episcopal leaders voted to approve the election of their
first openly gay bishop, risking a possible exodus of conservatives, who said their
grief over the decision was
‘‘too deep for words’’.
The Episcopal General
Convention on Tuesday took
the final vote needed to confirm the Rev V Gene Robinson as bishop of the Diocese
of New Hampshire.
The vote had been scheduled for Monday, but was delayed after last-minute misconduct allegations emerged.
Robinson was cleared just before Tuesday’s vote.
Presiding bishop Frank
Griswold, head of
the
church, said the vote places
‘‘squarely before us the question of how a community can
live in the tension of disagreement’’.
With his daughter, Ella,
and his partner of 13 years,
Mark Andrew, watching
nearby, Robinson expressed
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Court-martial: At least 45 officers involved in last month’s coup
attempt in the Phillippines face court martial proceedings. AP
Reverend Gene Robinson
his love for the church.
But Robinson acknowledged that many in the
church would be upset by the
decision. Griswold said the
bishops voted 62-45 to confirm Robinson’s election.
Immediately after the results were announced, more
than a dozen conservative
bishops surrounded Pittsburgh bishop Robert Duncan, who read a statement,
saying he and the others felt
‘‘grief too deep for words’’.AP
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The issue is how brazenly somebody has taken advantage of
so many loopholes our own government has left in the law.
— Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief, The Indian Express
FIIs yes, FDI no
Foreign investment in
Indian media
We hate to say, ‘we told you so’, but, well, we did tell you
so. For years, The Times of India warned the nation about
the perils of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in the
print media. Didn’t this contradict the support to liberalisation and globalisation extended cautiously by us and passionately by our sister publication, The Economic Times?
Not at all. We recognise the importance of the market and
the benefits of competition, but we also acknowledge that
some spheres must be kept beyond their ambit. No one
would seriously suggest that the executive, legislature, or
judiciary should be remote-controlled by people who are
not Indian citizens. The media not only acts as an
intermediary between institutions and the individual, it
also has a vital role to play in shaping public opinion.
Effective control of the media is thus a serious matter, with
ramifications on issues like diversity of opinion, freedom
of expression, and, indeed, national sovereignty. That’s
why the government had stipulated a 26 per cent equity cap
when it finally opened up the print medium to foreign
investment. Unfortunately, the government’s touching faith
that foreign investors would abide by the letter and spirit of
the law has been shown to be misplaced, especially after it
emerged that a shell company with a paid-up capital of just
Rs 1 lakh was controlling an influential news channel.
The realisation that editorial control is being exercised
through the backdoor by foreign moguls has prompted
most Indian media houses — including several which had
earlier supported limited infusion of FDI — to close ranks
under the banner of the Indian Media Group (IMG), led by
Sahara group chief Subrata Roy. Prime minister Vajpayee
recently assured the IMG that the nation’s laws on foreign
investment in media would be enforced in letter and spirit.
However, we would respectfully submit that there are too
many confusing norms for different segments, and no strict
regulator to enforce them. The government should make up
for past errors by now putting sensible regulations into
place, including a common policy that would cap foreign
investment in all media segments — including entertainment channels, news channels and the Internet — at
26 per cent. Of course, FDI would necessarily involve
strategic investors, who would wish to exercise editorial
control. On the other hand, foreign institutional investors
(FIIs) are purely interested in investing for returns, and
have no underlying political agenda. They thus represent
all the benefits of foreign investment, without any of the
drawbacks. That’s why, when it comes to the media, the
government should say yes to FIIs, no to FDI.
Pros and cons of
opinion polls
VIEW
They’re often ‘Right’,
Even when Wrong
ith elections in the air, pre-poll surveys are the
W
flavour of the moment. Parties are once again
turning to the professional pollster to assess their
overall chances, gauge the public mood, and also, if
possible, collect information about the prospects
of individual candidates. But given the notorious
inaccuracy of pre-poll surveys in this country, cynics
remain unconvinced. There are two things to be said
against this. The ‘record’ of Indian psephology is not
as bad as many believe. Starting with the first ever
countrywide survey carried out by a leading news
magazine — which accurately forecast a dramatic
comeback for Mrs G — the ‘successes’ of Indian
psephology have been many. It’s just that the ‘failures’
have received far greater attention. Even assuming
this isn’t the case, the accuracy or otherwise of
prediction alone cannot be a sufficient reason for
denying psephology the status of science.
Contrary to stereotype, science is not about
prediction. Indeed, the predictive power of science
differs widely from one subject to another. As a rule,
natural sciences are far more accurate in their
predictions than social sciences. This is not
because natural scientists are geniuses and others
charlatans, but because it’s easier to predict the
behaviour of an unthinking atom than a self-reflective
human being. That’s why it’s not just the psephologist
who often gets it wrong but also the economist, the
sociologist and the historian. Besides, the Indian
pollster faces enormous odds: A hugely heterogeneous
electorate, lack of historical data, multiplicity of parties and difficulties ‘translating’ vote shares into seats.
This is not to deny that many poll surveys in India are
guilty of mistaking statistical sophistry for scientific
analysis. But to suggest that the ‘objective’ ones have,
even in their ‘failures’, given us valuable insights into
the functioning of our democracy: From the changing
caste profile of the average BJP voter to the collapse of
the Congress coalition in the Hindi heartland.
COUNTERVIEW
It’s All a Load of
Hocus-pocus
ou get what you ask for. Based on an opinion poll
Y
conducted by the Literary Digest in the United
States in 1936, it was incorrectly predicted that FDR
would lose — mainly because of biases that caused
wealthy people to be over-represented in the poll.
Again in the 1948 elections the Republican candidate,
Thomas E Dewey, was made out to be the winner by
most polling agencies when, in fact, the incumbent
Harry S Truman won. This time it was because
of biases resulting in poorer people being underrepresented in the sampling. While it may be true
that since then psephologists seem to have got at
least a part of their act together by using so-called
sophisticated statistics and the laws of probability, the
whole process still remains an uneven endeavour
at best as it utilises impulsive, capricious and inconsistent humans as its frame of reference.
This, coupled with a Heisenbergian kind of indeterminacy effect — the act of observation tends to change
what is being observed — means opinion pollsters
could literally be shooting holes through their questionnaires and samples. The questions for instance
can often be loaded and lacking in clarity or be unbalanced, dual-response queries suffering from order
defects. The sampling on the other hand if it is not
technically sound or supervised could contain simple
randomising errors which are capable of skewing in
all kinds of partialities. Today, with a slew of elections
on the cards, there is likely to be a flood of opinion
polls across the country, from local quickies to crosscountry catch-alls. How valid will these exercises be
now that we know the factors and biases influencing
their results? Especially since — as one expert in the
field once put it so succinctly — it is ultimately journalists who end up writing the articles based on these
findings and not the survey organisations themselves,
thereby resulting in yet another possible distortion of
the truth — assuming it existed at all in the first place.
Managing the Aftermath of War
By Gautam Adhikari
Washington, DC: A murmur of disillusionment is growing gradually. It’s rising not
just from pacifists and those liberals who
opposed America’s current Iraq war from
the start. It’s coming from liberals who
supported the war’s stated purpose, as well
as from some neoconservatives who are
taking stock of execution and unforeseen
consequences while maintaining overall
approval of the war effort.
George W Bush still enjoys comfortable
levels of public support, as reflected in
opinion polls, though a narrower majority
(56 per cent) than at any point since 9/11
thinks he is doing a good job as president.
However, in public policy circles — in
Congress, the news media, opinion columns,
journals, and think tanks — scepticism
mounts steadily.
Questions about the war — its rationale,
its execution and its consequences — can be
classified into three broad categories. The
first, of course, is the obvious one, about the
failure so far to find weapons of mass
destruction, which had been cited by the
Bush and Blair governments as the official
reason for launching a pre-emptive attack
since it posed an “imminent”
threat to the US and Britain.
If it had been so, the war
would have been legitimate.
The
war’s
supporters
respond: “Yes, but the reasons
for war were many. Isn’t
ridding Iraq of Saddam and
sons good for the Iraqi people,
the Middle East and the
world? Won’t the war help
unleash a process of reform
in the Arab world, when Iraq
becomes a democracy and a
model of modernity for the region?” To
which the critics retort: “Maybe, depending
on many imponderables, such as the depth of
religious belief and influence of clerics,
external economic support, and the ability of
occupying powers to drive democracy into
the minds of unprepared people. But these
were not the stated reasons for war. The
question is: Was the Iraqi threat imminent
and, if it wasn’t, did Bush and Blair distort
the truth? If they did, the issue is a grave
one for democracy”.
The second category of questions is about
planning and implementation. Here, liberal
supporters of the war, including many
Democrats and a few moderate Republicans
as well as some neoconservatives, have
begun to wonder whether the Pentagon did
much anticipatory planning beyond the
capture of Baghdad and whether it levelled
with the public on cost and manpower
estimates for the occupation or the
war’s long-drawn-out aftermath of nationbuilding. Doubtless, the invasion itself was
conducted with amazing speed, military
efficiency and a level of technological
prowess that other nations cannot match.
Besides, Saddam’s sons have been killed
and Saddam himself may soon face the
same fate. But, what lies beyond and is the
US prepared for it?
Take cost, for instance. Currently, the
continuing conflict and occupation are
costing the US about $4 billion a month.
Last week, irritated senators asked Paul D
Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defence,
and one of the brains behind the war,
how much it would all amount to over a
reasonable period of time so that provision
could be made in the budget, which
faces a record deficit of $450 billion and
climbing. He couldn’t come up with any
satisfactory answer. L Paul Bremer, the US
administrator in Baghdad, told a TV channel
that reconstruction could cost “well above
$50 billion, $60 billion, maybe $100 billion”.
Furthermore, was there any serious
planning for the occupation and the
number of people that nation-building would
require? Or was the Pentagon misled by
Iraqi exiles into believing that it would
be a cakewalk with garlands after the
Americans took over? Was there too much
haste in racing to Baghdad with relatively
fewer troops in the interest of efficiency
without thinking of the aftermath? Are
the Shia-dominated regions of
the south safe while US troops
fight in the Sunni triangle
north of Baghdad?
Meanwhile, American soldiers are exposed to sudden,
increasingly
sophisticated
attacks inside Iraq and a few
die almost every day. The
Taliban and Al-Qaida are
trying to make a comeback in
Afghanistan, which is another whole messy story, while
US attention is diverted.
A third category of questions relates to
what the US should do now to rope in
international support for peacekeeping and
reconstruction. Hard-line conservatives
oppose any UN involvement in Iraq. Others,
many of whom supported the war, say this is
foolish. The US needs help. Other nations
can oblige — including France, Germany
and Russia — provided there is a UN cover
and that the US should arrange one.
That’s where India crops up often in
conversations these days. Some say India lost
an opportunity to show the US it was a friend
in need when it declined to send forces to
Iraq without a UN cover. But India has not
acted differently from, say, the World Bank,
which too said it would need UN-sanctioned
legitimacy in Iraq before engaging in
lending. However, with a UN cover of some
sort — there may be one worked out if Colin
Powell has his way — India should perhaps
seize the opportunity to project power on an
international scale in a key area of the
world away from its zone of direct influence.
It is not just the US that needs help. Iraq
needs it, badly. A significant peacekeeping
intervention by India can make a huge
difference for stability in a volatile region.
Cities of Despair
When Environmental Health Project, a
health consultancy, reanalysed statistics
from the national family health survey by
economic quintile, it came upon startling
results. The aggregated whole called urban
India hid colossal disparities between the
well-off and poorer sections. In fact, EHP
concluded that on almost all social indices,
the urban poor were worse off than their
rural counterpart. Siddarth Aggrawal,
country representative and urban
health director of EHP, spoke
to Vidya Subrahmaniam:
shifted to the states because of which there
has been a cut in Central outlay. But equally,
there’s been a trend towards reducing
subsidies and increasing privatisation.
But more than 80 per cent of healthcare is
already privatised.
This might seem outrageous, but there’s
almost no public healthcare for the urban
poor, except marginally in the larger cities.
Consequently, about 70 per cent of this
population — based on surveys done by
Oxfam in Ahmedabad and Indore — goes to
private medical providers who range from
doctors and compounders to quacks and
How did you arrive at your conclusions?
pharmacists. Private providers are cheap,
As a planner or programmer, I would accessible, offer credit and are often willing
never go by aggregate data. In a country of to go to the slums. I think the time has come
such diversities as India, the data needs to be for a paradigm shift in the way we look at
both section and region specific. Take infant healthcare. Healthcare has to be developed in
mortality rate. For urban India as a whole it partnership — between government, private
is 47 per thousand, for the urban poor it is 66 sector and the community. In cities where
and for the urban poor in a state like Madhya government has no infrastructure, it must
Pradesh, it is 99.4. Look at the enormous entrust the job of delivering healthcare to
inequities that the average masks.
non-profit NGOs and charitable institutions.
Your other finding is that in another 15 years, The official obsession with infrastructure
the urban population will outstrip the rural spending — buildings, OTs etc — is a big
population. Isn’t this dramatic?
folly. These invariably turn into long-term
Consider these figures: The all-India liabilities. Instead the government’s appopulation is growing at 2 per cent, urban proach should be: Minimise investments in
population at 2.75 per cent, large cities at fixed assets and invest in the facilities of
4 per cent and slums at 5-6 per cent. We call other players. Build a programme involving
it the 2-3-4-5 phenothe non-government
menon. Interestingplayers. Strengthen
ly, rural population
the role of parais growing at about
medics as counselThe
big
cities
will
grow
1.7 per cent, though
lors and as people
bigger. The relatively
rural birth rate is
who can do referrals.
smaller cities will burst.
high. So what we
This is where the
Slums already form
are looking at is
future lies.
40-50 per cent of the
massive migration
Surely, NGOs canpopulation in the metros. not have the same
into cities. And this,
In the coming decade,
when there is virintegrated perspecthis will be the fate of all
tually no healthcare
tive and powers
10 lakh-plus cities.
available for these
as the government?
sections. In India,
You talk of teaching
the focus has always been on rural primary hygiene in slums. But the slums have no access
care. Even the recording system in India is to water. Besides, why should the government
developed around the village. There is no be allowed to get away?
comparable system in the cities. Even in the
There can be no getting away from the
metros, slum is defined inappropriately, municipal corporation; it has to deliver basic
statistics don’t get updated, and there are services. The job of the NGOs should be to
vast hidden and missing pockets. There’s organise and empower the communities to
no data on construction labour, brick kiln demand services. There’s no question of
workers, pavement dwellers etc. If anything, letting the government get away either; it’s
the urban poor are being underestimated.
just that we are talking partnerships here.
So are we looking at a nightmare scenario?
Earlier, when the NGOs asked to be included,
Yes. The big cities will grow bigger. The the government was not responsive. Today,
relatively smaller cities will burst. Slums they are more ready to include us.
already form 40-50 per cent of the population The cost of treatment is already prohibitive.
in the bigger metros. In the coming decade, In a poor state like UP, it is said to have tripled.
this will be the fate of all 10 lakh-plus cities.
Ultimately it is about political vision.
All this cannot but impact on the health of Given political will, costs can be met
the whole urban population. Indeed, in a creatively. The thing to do is to merge and
situation where the urban poor serve you, access funds that are lying untapped in
there’s no way you can keep your child various departments. There’s a Rs 1,000insulated. Infection will reach you in some crore unutilised loan from the World Bank
form or the other. Even immunisation can- on which we are paying interest. Another
not protect your child unless there is collec- Rs 1,000 crore from HUDCO for urban
tive immunisation of the entire population.
sanitation. There’s also the urban national
How does this square with the cutback in slum development programme. Then there
health sector investment?
are programmes for poverty alleviation, etc.
Health used to be primarily a Central If somebody bothered to compute these
activity. Over the past 20 years, the focus has funds, they are sure to be surprised.
Q&A
Udayshankar
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Guru as Facilitator
Shows the Path
By Shammi Paranjape
CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS
Doublespeak
Each time prime minister Vajpayee makes
a controversial statement, he loses no time
in back-tracking. There are two very
distinct examples of this in the recent
past. In the aftermath of the Godhra
carnage, he shocked the nation by putting
the blame squarely on the Muslims (“Who
started it all?”), after which he tried to
mollify the irate masses. Recently, while
paying tribute to the late Paramhans at
Ayodhya, he declared that Ram mandir will
be built on the Ramjanambhoomi only.
Such impulsiveness is unbecoming of a
prime minister who represents over a
billion people in the world’s largest
democracy. We need to ask ourselves: Do
we really deserve a prime minister who
often forgets that he represents all Indians
cutting across religions and regions.
— Mujeeb Rahman, New Delhi
Foul Play
Sunil Gavaskar has initiated the debate on
sledging at the right time. In fact, some
Indians too have begun using it as an
on-field tactic a la the Aussies. But it’s
most shocking to hear that a few former
Aussie players have openly come out in
support of such foul tactics.
What is required at this stage is that the
umpires should stop pretending that there
is no sledging. It’s often seen that they only
From timesofindia.com
Mean Machines
All soldiers, including those who fly,
would like to die a martyr’s death in
line of duty. They would prefer to die
fighting for a cause. For such committed
individuals, there is no insult greater
than dying in an air crash. MiGs should
be used for dogfights with enemy
aircraft, not for killing our own warriors.
Bhagwan Chandnani, via e-mail
take action when there is excessive appealing or there are protests against their decisions. The ICC should now empower the umpires to take action, so that this practice can
be stamped out from the gentleman’s game.
— Saurabh Sinha, Bhilai
Soap Story
Nalini Singh’s article ‘Bottle Blonde Bahus’
(Aug 2), where she terms American soap
operas as WMDs is an unacceptable argument, almost bordering on the ridiculous.
In the Indian context these western soaps
are watched only by a minuscule minority
mainly comprising the upwardly mobile,
English-speaking, urban middle class.
Among the majority, it is the ‘K’ soaps
that rule the roost. Even MTV hasn’t been
able to make a dent in the Gen X values, as
they still swear by Indian traditions and
values. The changes that we witness are at
best superficial in nature. If we check the
audience ratings, it is the Saas-Bahu serials
that are still being watched by the whole nation with bated breath. Of late, if anything
has changed on Indian television, it is the
overflow of traditions, customs and piety.
These are the more regressive and potent
Weapons of Mental Destruction (WMD),
than the American soaps to which we neither directly relate nor identify with. These
are the products of the formulaic and
cliched thinking of our own scriptwriters
and not a part of some Hollywood soap
producer’s conspiracy. Local is what sells
among the audiences. Localisation cuts
through the globalisation process, and
nowhere is this more true than in the media
sector, especially television. Scare-mongering Indians and their culture are safe.
— Vissa Venkata Sundar, New Delhi
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A guru shows the path of
enlightenment to seekers. Gu
denotes darkness (ignorance)
and ru denotes the removal
of
that darkness. The
word guru has two other
meanings. In the first one,
gu signifies guna titha (one
who has transcended the
three gunas) and ru signifies
the formless aspect (one
who has grasped That). Gur
means heavy or weighty,
signifying the weight of the
guru’s wisdom, which can
benefit others.
The guru is both a formal
teacher and a spiritual
preceptor. He is a storehouse
of spiritual energy, which he
can transmit to others. He
helps the aspirant to polish
his inner self till it reflects
the light of truth. In the
Shirdi Sai Satcharita a
seeker asks Shirdi Baba:
“Where to go?” Baba replies:
“High up”. The seeker
then asks: “How to go
there?” Baba answers: “Take a
guide, he will take
you straight and
make you avoid
the ditches and
wild beasts in
the jungle”. Even
avatars like Rama
and Krishna subjected themselves
to the tutelage
of worthy gurus
like
Vashishta
and Sandipani.
The guru-shishya parampara honours the teacher as
God and promotes reverence
for vidya (knowledge). It
inculcates humility in the
student and respect and
gratitude in him for the
dispenser of knowledge.
Other noble virtues like
discipline, dedication, sense
of
duty, sacrifice and
compassion also evolve with
the guru’s help.
A true guru guides you
on the spiritual path to
salvation. He promotes your
furtherance on the Godward
path. He is also the one who
grants great inspiration to
good works. ‘Gurur Brahma,
Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo
Maheshwara, Gurur Sakshat
Parabrahma, Tasmaye Shri
Guruvai Namaha’. In this
sloka the guru is compared
with the trinity of Gods —
Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara — because a sincere guru has to take on all
the three functions of the
trinity — creation (of good
qualities), sustenance (of
higher nature) and destruction (of negative qualities).
The best guru dakshina
is to adhere to the guru’s
words. Once, a guru sent his
pupil to collect dry ‘useless’
leaves from a forest as
guru dakshina. The disciple
searched long and hard
but was unsuccessful. Whenever he tried to gather the
dry leaves he would be
stopped by forest folk
collecting them for fuel to
heat water, humus for plants,
for
making
patravalis
(plates) or for preparing
herbal medicines. He went
back disappointed, without
the guru dakshina. His
guru said that the knowledge
he had gained of how
‘nothing was useless’, was
his guru dakshina, and his
purpose in sending the
student to the forest was to
teach him that.
By the gurus’
grace — guru krupa — everything
auspicious is obtained. However,
the path is not
easy. The disciple
has
to
offer
his ego at the
guru’s feet and
accept his inscrutable methods of
instruction. The
guru’s words may
not be an explicit command
(Sri Ramana Maharashi
hardly uttered a word to his
shishyas) — it may simply
involve a subtle fine-tuning
to the natural requirements
of a purified conscience. As
Sri Sathya Sai Baba says,
the ultimate goal of the
guru-shishya relationship is
to make the latter attain the
heights of self-awareness,
whereby dependence on all
external forms — even that of
the guru — is shed, and the
Param Guru or the Self is
gloriously revealed within.
Guru Purnima is celebrated on a full moon night in
honour of Ved Vyasa, the
Loka Guru. The full moon
symbolises the cool clear
light of the guru’s intellect
which alone can dispel ignorance. Guru Ved Vyasa
arranged and classified the
Vedas in their present order
and made them available for
the benefit of mankind.
Hence he is called Ved Vyasa.
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Rain Thoughts
Indra the
thunder wielder
slew the dragon (clouds)
then disclosed
the waters
and cleft the
channels of the
mountain torrents.
Rig Veda
✥
The thirsty earth soaks
up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes
for drink again.
The plants suck in the
earth and are
with constant drinking
fresh and fair.
Abraham Cowley
✥
And then the monsoon
came, and they
couldn’t have come
at a worse time, bang
in the middle of the
rainy season.
Spike Milligan
✥
There’s always a period
of curious fear between
the first sweet-smelling
breeze and the time
when the rains come
cracking down.
Don Delillo
✥
Still falls the rain —
dark as the world
of man, black as
our loss-blind as the
nineteen hundred
and forty nails upon
the cross.
Dame Edith Sitwell
✥
Rain is grace; rain is
the sky condescending
to the earth; without
rain, there would
be no life.
John Updike
✥
The world is a garden,
The Lord its gardener,
Cherishing all,
none neglected.
Adi Granth
✥
God makes his sun rise
on the evil and on
the good, and sends
rain on the just and
on the unjust.
Matthew 5.45
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Rupee Value
US $: 46.60
UK £: 75.30
Expansion drive
Getting new life
In the red
Haven Burke, (extreme left), chief
executive and Don Henshall, MD of
Krispy Kreme UK said it would open
an outlet at Harrods in October
2003 - the first of 25 stores planned
for UK and Ireland
Patrick Kron, chief executive
of Alstom said it received a $
3.2 billion refinancing deal in
which the government of
France will become the
company’s top shareholder
Cathay Pacific chairman James
Hughes-Hallett said Sars had a
devastating impact on its
business in the first half of the
year, resulting into a loss of
$159 million
Euro: 53.25
AFP
S Fr: 35.70
Yen (100): 40.05
Fine, remedies
for Microsoft
Brussels: The European
Commission
said
on
Wednesday it intends to
fine Microsoft for what it
called continuing abuses
of dominant market position and force it to change
the way it distributes its
Media Player software.
In its strongest statement yet in its 4-year antitrust probe against the
world’s largest software
company, the EU also said
it could order Microsoft to
open up the code for its
computer server software
to outside firms.
An EU spokesman said
the Commission felt it had
a strong case against Microsoft and the amount of
the fine would be linked to
the severity and duration
of Microsoft’s perceived
offence.
“At this stage, we have so
much evidence and we are
in possession of such substantive a file that we believe any decision we take
will withstand scrutiny of
the European court,” commission
spokesman
Tilman Lueder said.
It accused Microsoft of
leveraging its dominant
position in media players,
the software that plays
movies and video on computers,
and
low-end
servers which manage
everything from Web sites
to e-mail systems.
Microsoft said it has already taken steps to address the problems raised
by EU. It added that this
will lengthen the 3-year old
anti-trust probe.
In pre-market trade in
New
York,
Microsoft
shares were off 0.7 per
cent at $25.47.
The EU executive said it
was giving Microsoft a final chance to comment before it orders it to share
crucial server software
codes with competitors
such as Sun Microsystems
Inc and Oracle Corp. Reuters
NZ $: 28.15
S $: 27.20
Saudi Riyal 12.80
New Delhi: The government has
failed to keep its commitment
that consumers would pay just
Rs 72 plus taxes to cable operators from this month, till CAS is
in place.
It was on this premise that the
government had postponed the
implementation of CAS to September in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, after hectic lobbying by pay channel broadcasters (Star, Sony, Discovery).
But, August has seen cablewallah demanding their usual fees
and threatening to cut off cable
to those who don’t pay up. And,
they will continue to charge the
same in the coming months.
As a face saving measure, the
government had asked all pay
channels to go free-to-air from
August, till CAS was implemented starting September. Pay
broadcasters rejected the proposal after government postponed
CAS. The postponement was
done after pay broadcasters held
a meeting on July 4, with media
adviser to the I&B ministry and
PMO’s Sudheendra Kulkarni.
But the government’s commitment to consumers has been broken. While Rs 72 plus taxes continues to be the basic tier price,
users have no idea how to fight
the demanding cablewallah.
Cablewallahs, in turn, blame
broadcasters for continuing to
collect their dues. They maintain
that broadcasters have sent bills
for pay channels for August and
What to pay?
• Cable guy continues to
charge high monthly rental
• Operators put the blame
on broadcasters who have
failed to go free-to-air
• Consumers seek redressal
from government
have not made their channels
free-to-air. Consumers are confused and are trying to buy time
from operators by delaying payments, in the hope that government would come to their rescue.
Pay broadcasters on Tuesday
rejected ‘‘honeymoon offer’’, reiterating that consumers should
continue to pay current subscription. This decision was tak-
New Delhi: Ashok Leyland
on Wednesday announced
plans to invest Rs 140 crore
over the next two years to develop new platforms for
trucks. The firm is also planning to drive into the minibus market with a range of
products slated for launch by
the second half of this fiscal.
Unveiling the firm’s new
north
India
dealership,
Ashok Leyland MD R Seshasayee said the firm was
also revamping its debt to
emerge leaner. “We are raising fresh debt to retire some
old high-cost loans. This
along with the buoyancy in
the truck market, we expect
profitability to increase this
fiscal. In fact, we have al-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
A Chinese construction worker on a platform hanging out of a skyscraper building site in
central China’s Hubei province. Chinese work safety officials demanded urgent action after
43,286 people died in accidents this year. To improve safety, China’s State Council will
dispatch inspection teams to different industries across the country.
ready revised our growth targets to 15 per cent from 7 per
cent earlier this year.”
The company had a 54.8
per cent jump in sales to 3,461
units in July as opposed to
2,239 units sold in the same
month last year.
“The macro conditions
would remain favourable this
year and are also expected to
continue to be positive next
Telenet, which provides fixedline services under the brand
name Touchtel, on Wednesday launched SMS on fixed
line for its customers in Delhi
and NCR. The service will be
available to more than
1,00,000 Touchtel customers
in Delhi and NCR from Thursday. The service is priced at
80 paise per SMS and the
rates do not vary for an intracircle, inter-circle or international SMS. Customers can
send a message to fixed line
as well as WLL and GSM mobile phones. As an introductory offer, the first 100 SMS
sent till August 31, 2003 will
be free.PTI
SBI has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra to offer
farmers loan at a concessional rate of interest of 11
per cent for purchasing tractors. SBI
will become the preferred financier
for M&M in Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa and
West Bengal.
Ajit Ninan
Arcelor, Tisco pact for
automotive steel: Arcelor
the heels of acquiring Jenson
& Nicolson (Nepal) and auto
and industrial coating business from ICI Paints, Berger
Paints is now contemplating
acquiring stake in its technical
collaborator Nippon Paints of
Japan. The company has
earmarked more than Rs 100
crore for acquisitions, Berger
MD Subir Bose said. TNN
unveiled HumaCare Junior, a
free of cost, diabetic care kit
for children. It is aimed at
Type 1 diabetics and would
include syringes, needles, a
packet of alcohol swabs,
Aastha-a diabetes care magazine, a cool pouch for storing insulin and on special recommendation by the doctor a
free Glucometer to monitor
the blood sugar level. TNN
has granted Tata Steel a technology License for hot dip
galvanised products for the
automotive industry, to be
produced on Tisco’s line at
Jamshedpur. The agreement
covers both pure zinc HDG
and Galvannealed products.
Under the agreement, Arcelor
will grant Tisco a license for
using Extragal, including the
trademark. TNN
INTERNATIONAL
flaring and venting, from 1994
to 1998. AP
rea’s militant umbrella labour
group, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, were
also given a say in management’s decision-making
process. AFP
Shell to pay $49 million
settlement: Shell Oil Co
Hyundai, labour unions
reach accord: The labour
will pay $49 million to the
federal government to settle a
lawsuit over the unauthorised
release and burning of large
amounts of natural gas from
seven platforms in the Gulf
of Mexico, a prosecutor said
on Wednesday. Shell did not
have permission from federal
regulators to burn off the
gas and did not pay
required royalties on it to the
government, US attorney
Donald Washington said.
Washington said most of
the gas was disposed of,
through processes known as
union and management of
South Korea’s Hyundai
Motors have reached an
agreement on higher wages
and improved working conditions, ending weeks of
strikes, officials said on
Wednesday. The settlement,
which came shortly before
midnight Tuesday, includes an
8.63 per cent wage increase,
the introduction of a five-day
working week from September and other benefits. As
part of the agreement,
Hyundai Motor workers, a
powerful force in South Ko-
trucks. “We have earmarked
an investment of Rs 140 crore
for the project, which will
also develop new product
lines. The first product from
this project should be
launched in 2005.”
The firm is also planning
an entry into the fully-builtup business and will introduce the first model in the
second half this fiscal.
MTNL service for CUG
group: MTNL will launch
Hughes acheives CMMi
Level 5: Hughes Software
CUG (closed user group)
service for Dolphin cellular
subscribers from Thursday,
aimed at SMEs, hospitals,
sales teams and intercom
users. With a minimum requirement of five members
per group, MTNL will charge
Rs 200 per month, per member and waive off activation
charges. TNN
Systems announced it has
been assessed on the capability maturity model integration level 5, as defined by
Software Engineering Institute. ‘‘With this certification
HSS joins the select band of
companies worldwide to
achieve the highest level of
process maturity in accordance with the new quality
standards of SEI CMM,’’ a
Hughes statement said. TNN
MSN India, Hutch tie up:
Eli Lilly’s diabetes care
for children: Eli Lilly has
Berger eyes stake in
Nippon paints: Close on
fiscal, but there will be some
marginal corrections. These
corrections have to be addressed by initiatives like
fresh road projects and fleet
replacements by owners,” he
said.
Seshasayee said in view of
the tremendous growth in
the market and shifting demand trend, the firm is now
developing modular cabs for
New Delhi: Punjab National Bank is likely
to finalise its life insurance JV with USbased finance company, Principal, Vijaya
Bank and Berger Paints by October 2003.
After initiating internet banking on
Wednesday, PNB plans to launch a debit
card by the end of August 2003 to achieve
higher growth rate. PNB is offering the internet banking services in 42 major cities
through 208 branches, alreadynetworked
under a centralised banking solution. The
bank also plans to introduce electronic bill
payment and SMS alert facilities.
PNB CMD SS Kohli said in the insurance
venture PNB will hold 37 per cent of the Rs
110 crore paid up capital, while Principal
and Vijaya Bank will hold 26 per cent and 12
per cent respectively. The remaining 25 per
cent is likely to be hold by Berger Paints.
The bank decided to close down its mutual fund arm, PNB Mutual Fund, and transfer its corpus of Rs 126 crore to a new venture, to be promoted by the bank along with
Principal of US and Vijaya Bank. While
Principal will hold 65 per cent in the new
AMC, PNB will have 30 per cent and Vijaya
5 per cent.
In the mainline banking activities, the
bank is still continuing with its plans to return equity worth Rs 132 crore to the government, to improve the value of its shares
at par. With this, the government stake in
the bank will come down to 60 per cent.
Kohli said the bank had passed the resolution to return equity at par under the existing rules. If the rule is changed, the bank
would return the equity with a premium.
Elaborating on its future strategies, the
PNB chief said the bank has targeted 13-14
per cent jump in its business to over
Rs 1,30,000 crore in this fiscal.
Bayer Q2 net profit dips
56%:German chemicals and
pharmaceuticals maker
Bayer said its net profit fell
56 per cent in the second
quarter from the same period
last year, when earnings were
inflated by a one-time gain
from selling a subsidiary.
Net profit in the April-June
period fell to $145 million
from $293 million in the
same quarter a year ago.
The result fell short of the
expectations of analysts
MSN India, the online portal
of Microsoft will offer its popular instant messenger - MSN
Messenger and e-mail - Hotmail to all Hutch users across
the country and Orange users
in Mumbai, on their cellular
phones. MSN Mobile Hotmail
allows Hutch/Orange users to
receive and send e-mails from
their Hutch phones. TNN
Seagate’s programme for
PC users: Hard disc supplier Seagate Technology announced the ‘‘Peace of Mind’’
programme through the National Insurance Company for
PC users in India. The programme will offer a comprehensive three year computer
protection for a wide range of
PC components, including
disc drives. TNN
By Rashmee Z Ahmed
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
London:
One-hundred-and-fifty-four
years ago, Paul Julius Reuter, a Germanborn immigrant to Britain, used pigeons
to fly stock prices between the cities of
Aachen and Brussels. Two years later, he
had founded Reuters in London.
Today, his successors at the 3.6-billionpound Reuters Group, one of the world’s
leading news and financial information
providers, are relying on speed-thinking,
speed-typing and cost-effective Indians in
Hyderabad and Bangalore to tell the
world what to buy and sell.
The move, described by some as the
original pigeon-flyers pet plan, is thought
to be a key part of Reuters’ so-called
“business transformation” strategy.
The decision to migrate East and create
an allegedly “new content production facility in India to process and analyse raw
financial data” is likely to save it millions
of pounds. As also stave off pressure
from rivals Bloomberg and Thomson.
Though there are no firm figures, the
India operations will help with Reuters’
plans to slash costs by 440 million pounds
by 2005, Reuters’ Yasmeen Khan said.
With classic understatement, she said
the move was “bound to be good for local
(Indian) jobs as well”. But some experts
go much further. They say Reuters flight
to the tropics may mark a whole new
phase in India’s role as back-office to the
world. By moving its huge content operation to India, Reuters may almost be
demonstrating that India makes profound business sense for reasons other
than low labour costs.
“Our senior management is obviously
200 per cent sure about India’s infrastructure and all that. And since the new jobs
deal with financial information, there is
a level of skill required,” admits Khan.
According to current estimates, the
content operation provides data on more
than 960,000 shares, bonds and other financial instruments. It maintains and updates more than 200 million data records.
It dockets information on 40,000 companies. It processes financial information
from 244 exchanges and updates financial
data at 8,000 times per second rising to
23,000 times per second at peak times.
The content operation supplies data
which appears on Reuters screens used
by fund and asset managers.
And financial analysts believe that considering this is the backbone of the
Group, rather than Reuters news services
to media organisations, there has to be a
lot riding on the move. Reuters’ final costcutting and retrenchment plans will be
made public in six weeks’ time.
nounced that Subhinder
Singh Prem, will take over as
managing director of Reebok
India Company. Currently, the
oldest surviving member of
the company’s start-up team
in India, he brings invaluable
experience of buiding the
Reebok brand in India from
scratch to it’s current position
of strength and leadership in
the Indian market. Subhinder
has held various positions in
sourcing, product development, marketing and sales.
He will supported by a team
of functional directors —
Vishnu Bhagat (CFO), Reeta
Bhattacharya (HR) and Rahul
Singh (apparel & exports). TNN
estimated fiscal first-quarter
revenues would grow as
much as 4 per cent. ‘‘We are
starting to see some very
early signs that could be
interpreted as cautiously
optimistic,’’ John Chambers,
Cisco’s CEO said. AP
Cisco Systems’ profit rises: Cisco Systems Inc said
Yesterday’s results: Is it good
for India Inc if more IIT grads go
to work abroad?
its fiscal fourth-quarter profits
grew 27 per cent, despite a
decrease in revenues, as the
networking equipment giant
continued to control costs in
the challenging economy.
Executives, however, said
there are some early stirrings
of economic recovery and
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Reuters shifting
content business
Reebok India has new
MD: Reebok India has an-
surveyed by Dow Jones
Newswires, whose forecasts
ranged from $209 million
to $337 million). Bayer said a
slow economy had hurt
sales at key divisions such as
health care, polymers and
chemicals. Overall sales
fell by 3.3 per cent to
$8.20 billion. AP
Selling rate: Currency notes
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D I G E S T
SBI-Mahindra give cheaper loans to farmers:
Touchtel launches SMS
on fixed line: Bharti
en at a meeting of the CAS implementation committee in
Mumbai on Tuesday.
This means, a GK resident in
Delhi can restrict cable subscription to Rs 72 plus taxes from September, watching free-to-air
channels, whereas a Pitampura
or a Patparganj residents will
continue to pay upwards of Rs
250 till CAS is implemented in
their locality. The same holds for
other metros.
Assembly election in Delhi
will take place in November.
Candidates might be asked to explain as to why East or North
Delhi consumers pay Rs 250 for
cable subscription while an East
of
Kailash
resident
can
restrict cable TV viewing to
around Rs 100.
PNB to finalise
life JV by Oct
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Ashok Leyland to invest Rs 140 cr for new trucks
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Govt fails on cable bill promise
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Microsoft V-P Michael Rawding said Windows XP Media
Centre Edition pre-installed PC would be placed by
5 Japanese PC makers this autumn.
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ABB 380.40, 383.60, 374, 374.40
384.90, 384.90, 373.50, 375.30
Abbott (I) 303.05, 306, 303, 303.20
ACC 194, 200.65, 190.60, 199.35
185.15, 200.70, 185.15, 197.90
Adani Export 183.40, 185.75, 183,
183.70
185, 185.50, 182.55, 183.95
Adlabs Films 55.50, 56.70, 55.10,
55.70
55.50, 57.50, 55.25, 55.60
Alstom Proj. 117, 114.10, 115.70
105.90, 116.90, 105.90, 115.10
Andhra Bank 34.50, 33.55, 34
33.90, 34.15, 33.55, 34
Apollo Hosp. 140.10, 141.80, 136.05,
136.45
133.10, 141.90, 133.10, 137
Apollo Tyres 159, 163, 157, 161.70
159, 162.85, 156.50, 161.20
Arvind Mills 43.10, 43.40, 41.90,
42.50
42.75, 43.40, 41.90, 42.35
Ashok Leylan 145.10, 147.95,
143.15, 145.10
148, 148, 143.10, 144.65
Asian Paints 403, 415, 402.70, 404
402.10, 410, 402, 403.65
Aurobindo Ph 401, 407.50, 393.50,
400.40
392, 408.50, 390, 399.55
Aventis Phar 423, 440, 422.15,
426.20
413.90, 437.85, 400.50, 424.20
Aztec Soft. 22, 23.25, 22.55
22.10, 23.45, 21.85, 22.40
Bajaj Auto 644, 650, 632.05, 642.40
640, 650.40, 632.05, 646.65
Balaji Tele. 72.50, 68.45, 69.05
70.50, 70.80, 68.55, 69
Ballarpur In 57.05, 58.40, 55.50,
55.95
56.25, 58.35, 55.50, 55.90
Bank of Baro 119.90, 123.75,
116.90, 121.05
118.90, 123.60, 117, 120.55
Bank of Ind. 46.25, 47.50, 46.20,
46.35
47.30, 47.65, 46.20, 46.35
BASF 122, 123.75, 120.50, 121.25
115.50, 123.50, 115.50, 121.35
Bata (I) 38.40, 39.80, 38.30, 38.85
38.45, 40, 38.25, 38.90
Bayer Cropsc 191, 196.40, 190.10
194, 195, 189, 190
Bh.Earth Mov 78.70, 81.85, 80.50
79, 82, 79, 80.45
Bharat Elect 351.70, 355.95, 339.55,
342.20
350, 354.75, 338, 342.35
Bharat Forge 400, 407, 393.30,
395.80
400, 405, 395.05, 397.55
Bharti TeleV 53.90, 51.10, 52
54, 54, 51.40, 51.85
BHEL 272.40, 275.45, 264.35,
266.45
268, 275.40, 264.45, 266.25
Bombay Dyein 65.45, 67.20, 63.15,
63.75
68.90, 68.90, 63.05, 63.55
BPCL 268, 272.85, 261.30, 262.25
270, 272.80, 261.90, 262.65
Britannia 552, 539, 540.60
555, 555, 538.55, 541.10
BSES 292.50, 292.95, 282.05,
283.35
285.35, 292, 282.10, 283.80
Cadila Healt 238.05, 242.95, 232.60,
239.45
236, 243, 233, 237.90
Castrol (I) 202.55, 212, 202.50,
210.85
Century Enka 92, 94.50, 91.10, 92.20
91.10, 94.40, 91.10, 92.15
Century Text 104.90, 110.35, 101.80,
104.55
105.20, 110.30, 101.65, 104.20
Chambal Fert 14.55, 14.90, 14.75
14.75, 14.90, 14.70, 14.70
Chennai Pet. 62.50, 65, 61.65, 62.40
63, 65, 61.75, 62.55
Cipla 855, 870, 820, 829.95
840, 869.70, 811.15, 830.40
CMC 443.10, 455, 441.20, 445.75
455.50, 457, 443.10, 446.95
Colgate 149.50, 152.50, 146.65,
147.15
151.40, 152, 147, 147.75
Container Co 378, 385.90, 376.75,
379.25
378, 385, 378, 380
Corpn. Bank 182.50, 185.50, 175.50,
177.45
181, 185.50, 176.05, 177.75
Crompton Gr. 76.25, 78, 75.60, 76.55
76.80, 77.90, 75.40, 76.45
Cummins (I) 76, 78.40, 75.50, 76.95
76.50, 78.40, 72.55, 76.75
D-Link (I) 75, 81.85, 74.90, 78.80
76.50, 82.15, 75, 78.90
Dabur (I) 57.40, 58.80, 57, 58.10
58.10, 59, 56.60, 58.10
Digital Glob 460, 464.90, 451.25,
458.85
456.35, 464.50, 451.90, 457.80
Dr.Reddy’s 1002.05, 1048, 1027.60
1010, 1047, 1005, 1028.60
Dredging Cor 340.10, 350, 340,
342.95
E-Serve Intl 630, 614, 614.40
625.05, 630, 611, 612.65
EIH 188, 193.50, 180.15, 193.15
184, 194.50, 184, 193
Engineers (I 287, 290, 281, 284.30
290, 290, 279.50, 281.95
Escorts 51, 52, 50.25, 50.85
51.55, 52.20, 50.10, 50.65
Essel Propac 191.40, 193, 185.50,
187.20
192.40, 192.85, 185, 186.45
Exide Inds. 89.25, 92, 89.10, 91
85, 92, 85, 91.45
Federal Bank 164.05, 168.80,
162.15, 164.05
166.85, 168.85, 163, 164.25
Finolex Cabl 109.50, 110.40, 105.80,
108.20
110, 110, 105.50, 106.65
Finolex Inds 38, 46.35, 37.70, 45.50
35.50, 46.30, 35.50, 45.40
Gail (I) 118, 120.60, 116.85, 119.10
117.75, 120.75, 116.65, 118.95
GE Shipping 58.30, 60, 57.55, 58.55
58.95, 60, 57.65, 58.35
Geometric So 334.90, 335.45, 328,
331.25
333.90, 335.50, 328.15, 331.65
German Remed 345.15, 354, 341.10,
346.95
346, 354.90, 346, 348.05
Gillette (I) 490, 469.20, 470.35
482, 488, 472.55, 474.50
GlaxoSmith.C 271, 272, 267.15,
267.95
280, 280, 260, 267.40
GlaxoSmith.P 404, 407.95, 401.65,
404.20
404.90, 411, 401.05, 404.75
GNFC 35.75, 37.20, 35.60, 36.50
35.75, 37.30, 35.45, 36.45
Grasim Inds. 556, 564, 543, 553.90
555, 564.50, 543.10, 552.10
GSFC 24.20, 24.75, 23.80, 23.90
24.90, 24.90, 23.80, 24.20
GTL 77, 79.70, 76.50, 77.15
76.85, 79.85, 76.50, 77.15
Guj.Amb.Cem. 220, 227.35, 219.20,
225.50
219.20, 227.90, 219.20, 224.80
Guj.Gas Co. 460, 450, 456.40
445, 460, 445, 456.15
Guj.Mineral 99.50, 102, 99, 100.30
99.25, 102.15, 98.70, 100.25
HCL Infosys. 153.70, 157, 152.50,
154.30
153, 155.75, 151.90, 153.65
HCL Techno. 170.45, 173.20, 168.50,
170.95
170.55, 173.40, 169.15, 170.70
HDFC 423.05, 440, 428.05
430, 441, 428.30, 431.35
HDFC Bank 277, 280.25, 269.95,
272.95
279.50, 279.95, 272.25, 276.60
Hero Honda 269, 272, 261.50,
268.30
263.05, 272, 260.20, 268.10
Hexaware Tec 144.45, 146.80,
140.10, 142
144.85, 146.85, 139.20, 141.50
Him.Fut.Comm 30.20, 31.25, 29.70,
30.60
29.90, 31.35, 29.65, 30.60
Hind Lever C 196, 198, 193.75,
194.05
197.50, 198, 193.30, 194.60
Hind.Oil Exp 33.50, 35.50, 34
34.35, 35.55, 33.65, 34.05
Hind.Zinc 48.70, 55.35, 54.60
Hindalco 862, 869, 832, 844.20
870, 870, 830, 844.85
Hinduja TMT 218, 205, 209.90
208.20, 213, 205, 209.60
HLL 161.90, 164.50, 159.65, 160.35
162, 164.60, 160, 160.55
HMT 19.50, 20, 19.25, 19.40
19.35, 20.10, 19.20, 19.35
HPCL 324, 336.85, 322, 329.25
324.90, 336.75, 322.10, 329.10
Hughes Soft. 303.10, 307.85, 296.20,
301.35
306, 308, 295.10, 301
IBP 615, 650, 637.25
628.90, 649.75, 621, 630.15
ICI (I) 130, 133, 129, 129.35
135, 140, 128, 129.05
ICICI Bank 151.80, 152.40, 146,
146.95
150, 152.90, 146.20, 147.15
IDBI 43.80, 44.80, 42.65, 43.15
43, 44.80, 42.65, 43.20
IDBI Bank 30, 31.50, 29.75, 30.80
29.90, 31.75, 29.15, 30.70
IGate Global 164.50, 168.20, 160,
164.05
163.90, 168.60, 159, 163.30
India Cement 28.50, 28.95, 27, 27.70
28.30, 28.80, 26.90, 27.65
Indian Alumi 139, 142, 140
147.50, 147.50, 138.10, 140.05
Indian Hotel 255, 272, 261.05
259, 271.90, 252, 261.55
Indian Oil C 470, 502, 465, 490.70
470, 501.90, 469, 486.45
Indian Ov.Bk 25.10, 25.45, 24.50,
24.85
25.45, 25.45, 24.55, 24.70
Indian Rayon 166.70, 174.80,
164.65, 168.20
164, 175, 163.55, 168.80
Infosys Tech 3681.25, 3688,
3485.10, 3504
3660.60, 3660.60, 3485.30,
3505.35
Infotech En. 101.50, 103.35, 100,
101.20
102, 103.60, 100.20, 101.35
Ingersoll R 249.30, 257.90, 247,
249.55
245.25, 259, 245.25, 248.65
IPCL 121.90, 124.75, 120.15, 123.35
121, 124.85, 120.55, 123.15
ITC 727.50, 740, 726.20, 729.75
735, 740.50, 727, 731.90
ITI 18.60, 19.50, 18.35, 18.85
18, 19.55, 18, 18.80
J&K Bank 213.75, 218, 210, 213.35
211.85, 217.20, 210.10, 213.15
Jaiprakash I 56.70, 62.45, 56.25,
61.55
56.85, 62.50, 56.30, 61.20
JB Chemical 223.95, 227.80, 217,
220.45
223, 227.80, 216.10, 219.90
Jindal Steel 532, 536.95, 515,
517.65
521.50, 536, 515, 519.05
Kochi Refin. 102, 107.45, 100.50,
103.80
102.35, 107.50, 100, 103.50
Kotak Mah.Bk 208.50, 210, 199.20,
201.90
204.50, 210, 198.10, 201.70
L&T 280.90, 268.65, 272.80
277, 278.50, 269.30, 272.65
LIC Hsg.Fin. 125.50, 127.35, 121.75,
122.50
124.50, 127.80, 121.30, 122.15
LML 37.70, 38.20, 37.05, 37.50
37.40, 38.30, 37, 37.45
Lupin 379.90, 390.50, 375, 384.30
381, 391.70, 377, 382.80
M&M 198, 200.90, 190.60, 193.95
195, 197.50, 191.20, 194.10
Marico Inds 173.05, 178, 176.60
175, 178.70, 174.50, 175.45
Maruti Udyog 192.90, 197.35,
189.60, 191.75
191.50, 197.50, 189.85, 191.60
Mastek 205, 209.20, 204.05, 206.70
207.90, 209, 204.40, 206.60
Max (I) 78.70, 78.75, 77.05, 78.40
77.50, 78.80, 77.05, 78.10
Mcdowell Co. 45.05, 45.50, 44.20,
44.60
44.50, 45.10, 44.15, 44.60
Merck 301, 304.20, 297.20, 297.40
307.70, 307.70, 296.40, 297.55
MIRC Electr. 439.95, 445.85, 411,
416.85
436, 444, 413, 417.80
Moser-Baer 264.95, 300, 244.95,
271.45
258, 299.85, 258, 272.80
Mphasis BFL 350, 356, 351.95
350, 355, 350, 353.55
MRF 1440.05, 1473.95, 1381,
1398.95
1440, 1469, 1370, 1398.05
MTNL 120.35, 124.90, 118.60,
120.50
120.50, 124.80, 119, 120.30
Mukta Arts 53, 54.45, 52.15, 52.55
52.25, 53.80, 52.10, 52.85
National Alu 113.55, 117.25, 110.50,
112.45
113.90, 117, 110.70, 112.25
Nestle (I) 579.30, 602.40, 577.10,
590.50
Neyveli Lign 35.60, 36.50, 34.60,
35.10
35.50, 36.50, 34.70, 35.05
Nicholas Pir 333.10, 334, 319,
324.55
337, 337, 320, 323.45
NIIT 122, 122.90, 119.15, 120.95
122.75, 123, 119.55, 121
Nirma 323, 324.60, 320
321, 326.95, 320, 321.90
Novartis (I) 247.05, 250, 246.25,
247.35
ONGC 470, 496.70, 482.15
473, 498, 471, 481.45
Oriental Bnk 158, 161.90, 153.60,
154.40
155.50, 162.05, 153.60, 154.65
P&G Hygiene 477, 488, 472.25,
487.60
Padmalaya Te 95, 96.50, 92.80,
95.15
95.70, 96.45, 94, 95.55
Pentamedia G 8.45, 8.62, 8.24, 8.49
8.35, 8.60, 8.25, 8.50
Pfizer 407.65, 415, 400, 403.50
409, 414.50, 400.10, 402.95
Philips (I) 98.05, 98.60, 95, 95.50
Pidilite Ind 275, 277, 272.05, 275.50
287.90, 287.90, 272, 275.10
Polaris Soft 111.30, 112.60, 108.15,
109.80
110.90, 112.70, 108.30, 109.50
Pun.Tractors 138.50, 141, 138.05,
138.60
139, 140.70, 138.50, 138.75
Ranbaxy Lab. 782, 799.85, 780,
792.15
782.50, 799, 778, 792.75
Raymond 127.90, 129.90, 125.10,
127.05
129.05, 129.45, 125.50, 127.15
RCF 32.10, 33.50, 32.85
32.70, 33.45, 32.50, 32.80
Rel Capital 74.70, 74.80, 72.10,
73.20
72.10, 74.80, 72.10, 73.05
Reliance Ind 345, 356.20, 343,
350.95
343.60, 356.40, 343.60, 350.60
Rolta (I) 69, 69.60, 68, 68.65
68, 69.70, 68, 68.45
SAIL 23.40, 24, 23.10, 23.55
23.45, 24, 23.10, 23.45
Satyam Comp 202, 205.75, 198.55,
201.85
202, 205.70, 198.65, 201.10
Saw Pipes 157.50, 160.85, 152,
154.50
158.80, 160.70, 152.25, 154.50
SBI 412, 419, 403.65, 407.35
410.70, 418.95, 403.55, 406.30
Shipp.Corpn. 75.25, 76.20, 72.10,
N m
MUTUAL FUNDS
Open-ended Schemes
N m
NA
R
As on 05/08/2003
Alliance Capital Mutual Fund
95 (D)
31.85
95 (G)
57.48
Basic Inds.(D)
17.05
Basic Inds.(G)
17.05
Buy India (D)
5.86
Buy India (G)
5.86
Capital Tax Relief’96
70.07
Cash Manager (D)
10.01
Cash Manager (G)
15.12
Cash Manager Instnl (D)
10.01
Cash Manager Instnl (G)
10.17
Cash Manager Instnl. (DD)
10.00
Equity (D)
18.68
Equity (G)
33.75
Frontline Eq(D)
12.69
Frontline Eq(G)
12.69
G-Sec Long Term (D)
11.85
G-Sec Long Term (G)
17.61
G-Sec Short Term (D)
10.19
G-Sec Short Term (G)
14.10
Income (D)
11.28
Income (G)
22.11
Income 54EA (D)
11.29
Income 54EA (G)
22.10
Income 54EB (D)
11.30
Income 54EB (G)
21.97
Income Q’ly (D)
10.42
Monthly Income (G)
17.80
Monthly Income (M’ly)
10.58
Monthly Income (Q’ly)
10.64
New Millennium (D)
4.30
New Millennium (G)
4.31
Short Term (D)
10.02
Short Term (G)
10.97
Short Term Fund Instnl(D)
10.02
Short Term Fund Instnl(G)
10.10
Birla Sunlife Insurance
Group Fixed Interest
11.09
Group Growth
13.77
Group Secure
13.56
Group Stable
15.02
Indiv.Pension Pol.Enrich
10.50
Indiv.Pension Pol.Growth
10.50
Indiv.Pension Pol.Nourish
10.51
Individual Builder
13.26
Individual Enhancer
14.20
Individual Protector
12.57
Benchmark Mutual Fund
Liquid BeES
1000.00
Nifty BeES
121.03
Nifty Junior BeES
201.50
Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund
Advantage (A)
31.08
Advantage (B)
31.08
Balance (D)
10.92
Balance (G)
10.92
Bond Index Fund (Div)
10.26
Bond Index Fund (G)
10.26
D Yield Plus(Div)
10.91
D Yield Plus(G)
13.65
Equity Plan
18.13
FMP Quarterly Group 1 (D)
11.10
FMP Quarterly Group 1 (G)
11.32
Float.Rate Long Term(D)
10.09
Float.Rate Long Term(G)
10.09
Float.Rate Short Term(D)
10.08
Float.Rate Short Term(G)
10.08
Gilt Plus-Liquid-(A)(D)
10.63
Gilt Plus-Liquid-(B)(G)
15.19
Gilt Plus-Liquid-(C-AD)
15.19
Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(A)(D)
11.58
Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(B)(G)
18.31
Gilt Plus-PF-(C-AD)
18.31
Gilt Plus-Reg.-(AD)
11.94
Gilt Plus-Reg.-(BG)
20.14
Gilt Plus-Regular-(C-AD)
20.14
INDEX (Div)
12.34
R
S
32.49
58.63
17.39
17.39
5.98
5.98
70.77
10.01
15.12
10.01
10.17
10.00
19.05
34.43
12.94
12.94
11.85
17.61
10.19
14.10
11.28
22.11
11.29
22.10
11.30
21.97
10.42
17.80
10.58
10.64
4.39
4.40
10.02
10.97
10.02
10.10
31.85
57.48
17.05
17.05
5.86
5.86
70.07
10.01
15.12
10.01
10.17
10.00
18.68
33.75
12.69
12.69
11.85
17.61
10.19
14.10
11.28
22.11
11.29
22.10
11.30
21.97
10.42
17.80
10.58
10.64
4.30
4.31
10.02
10.97
10.02
10.10
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
31.39
31.39
11.03
11.03
10.26
10.26
11.13
13.92
18.13
11.10
11.32
10.09
10.09
10.08
10.08
10.63
15.19
15.19
11.58
18.31
18.31
11.94
20.14
20.14
12.34
31.08
31.08
10.92
10.92
10.26
10.26
10.91
13.65
18.13
11.10
11.32
10.09
10.09
10.08
10.08
10.63
15.19
15.19
11.58
18.31
18.31
11.94
20.14
20.14
12.34
INDEX (G)
IT Plan A (Div Payout)
IT Plan A (Div Reinv)
IT Plan B (G)
Income Plus Inst. A(D)
Income Plus Inst. B(G)
Income Plus Plan A(D)
Income Plus Plan B(G)
MIDCAP (Div)
MIDCAP (G)
MIP Plan A (D)
MIP Plan B (Payment/G)
MIP Plan C (Payment/G)
MNC Plan A (Div Payout)
MNC Plan A (Div Reinv)
MNC Plan B (Gr)
Sweep Plan (D)
Sweep Plan (G)
Canbank Mutual Fund
Canbonus
Cancigo
Cancigo (G)
Canequity Tax Saver
Canexpo
Canexpo (G)
Cangilt PGS (D)
Cangilt PGS (G)
Canglobal
Canliquid (D)
Canliquid (G)
Canpremium
Canpremium (G)
Cantriple
Chola Mutual Fund
FMP Y’ly (D)
Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly)
Freedom Income (C)
Freedom Income (R)
Freedom Income-Inst Cum
Freedom Income-Inst Reg
Freedom Tech.(Cum)
Freedom Tech.(Reg)
Gilt Invst.(Cum)
Gilt Invst.(Reg)
Gilt Series (Cum)
Gilt Series (Reg)
Growth (Cum)
Growth (Reg)
Liq.-Cum.-Inst Cum
Liquid Instl. Div.Pay
Liquid-Reg.-Inst.Plus
Lq. (Cum)
Lq. (Reg)
Lq.Sr. Apr-06 (Reg)
MI Plan-Reg.-(B)
MI Plan-Reg.-(MD)
MI Plan-Reg.-(QD)
MI Plan-Regular-Cum.
Triple Ace (B)
Triple Ace (Cum)
Triple Ace (Reg)
Triple Ace Inst Cum
Triple Ace-Inst Reg
Deutsche Mutual Fund
Alpha Equity
Insta CP-Reg.(D)
Insta CP-Weekly(D)
Insta Cash Plus
Insta Cash Plus-(DD)
Premier Bond (Reg)
Premier Bond Instt.
Premier Bond-Inst(MD)
Premier Bond-Inst.(QD)
Premier Bond-Reg.(MD)
Premier Bond-Reg>(QD)
Short Maturity Fund
Short Maturity MD
Short Maturity Weekly (D)
DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund
Balanced (D)
Balanced (G)
Bond (D)
Bond (G)
Bond Fund - Instl.(D)
Bond Fund Inst.
Equity
NA
R
73.15
72.90, 76.05, 71.60, 73.20
Shyam Teleco 48.80, 49, 46.50,
47.30
48.50, 48.80, 46.50, 47.35
Siemens 368.75, 373.90, 367, 370
373.80, 375, 368, 371.35
Silverline T 6.35, 6.70, 6.56
SKF Bearing 68.50, 70, 67.70, 68.35
66, 69.90, 61, 68.30
Sonata Soft. 13, 13.14, 12.75, 12.97
13, 13, 12.70, 12.80
SPICE 37.50, 36.50, 37.25
SSI 97.50, 98, 93.85, 94.90
96.90, 97.80, 94, 94.80
STC India 96.25, 98, 96.90
97.50, 100, 97.50, 97.50
Sterl.Biotec 49.70, 47.95, 48.25
49, 49, 47.55, 48.35
Sterl.Optica 50, 52.30, 49.65, 50.60
50, 52.20, 49.50, 50.65
Sun Pharma. 438, 448, 432, 437.05
371, 449.80, 371, 438.20
Syndicate Bn 26.10, 26.25, 25.40,
25.80
25.90, 26.15, 25.40, 25.75
Syngenta (I) 125.90, 128, 125.10,
126.35
Tata Chem 82.20, 84.40, 81.05,
81.50
80.80, 84.40, 80.55, 81.60
Tata Elxsi 80.20, 82, 78.55, 79.65
65.50, 81.90, 65.50, 79.65
Tata Motors 232, 237.60, 229.05,
232.55
232.10, 237.95, 228.55, 231.65
Tata Power 156.10, 156.85, 150.35,
152.55
155, 156.75, 150.25, 152
Tata Tea 221, 227.70, 218, 221
223.90, 228, 218.10, 221.40
Tata Telcom 132.05, 137.95, 131,
135.85
132, 138, 130.65, 135.20
Thermax 244.70, 236, 238
241.15, 243.25, 236.10, 238.40
Thomas Cook 220.80, 226.55,
224.50
222.50, 229.90, 222.50, 224.65
TISCO 215, 221.70, 214.40, 217
215, 221.90, 214.05, 216.60
Titan Inds. 66.80, 64.50, 64.95
65.80, 66.70, 64.55, 65.05
TN Newsprint 57.15, 59.70, 58.05
58, 59.90, 57.20, 57.85
TN Petro 21, 20.55, 20.70
20.55, 21.15, 20.40, 20.65
Torrent Phar 272.90, 288, 267,
282.70
274.90, 288.35, 269, 282.60
Trent 205.25, 218.70, 211.85
192.50, 217.70, 192.50, 210.35
TVS Electron 71.75, 73, 70, 70.60
69.05, 73, 69.05, 70.80
TVS Motor Co 630, 640, 621, 628.70
581.80, 634.90, 581.80, 626.20
United Phosp 274, 279, 268, 271.35
275, 278, 269.40, 272.80
UTI Bank 78, 79.60, 76.70, 77.75
77.50, 79.50, 76.70, 77.65
Videocon Int 31, 31.30, 30.20, 30.65
31, 31.30, 30.20, 30.55
Vijaya Bank 26.05, 26.50, 25.55,
25.85
26.15, 26.45, 23.50, 25.75
Visual Soft 154.40, 154.75, 149.20,
152.90
154, 154.70, 150, 152.35
VSNL 116.90, 117.50, 115.30,
116.80
116.90, 117.50, 116, 116.80
Whirlpool 20.70, 21.10, 20.40, 20.50
21.50, 21.50, 20.30, 20.40
Wipro 950, 953.50, 911, 920.20
947.85, 958, 916.10, 921.75
Wockhardt 409.50, 439.30, 435.10
411, 436, 409, 432.10
Zee Telefilm 112, 116.90, 108.70,
115
110.40, 116.75, 108.80, 115.55
Zensar Tech. 78.90, 80.50, 77.50,
77.95
77.05, 81.35, 77.05, 78.20
B1 - GROUP
3
3M India 335.95, 336, 326.15,
326.25
334, 336, 327.15, 328.75
A
A Sarabhai 5.74, 5.30, 5.46
Aarti Drugs 34.50, 44.90, 42.15
Aarti Inds. 98, 105, 99.55
97, 104.70, 97, 100.60
Aarvee Denim 22, 22.10, 19.95,
21.05
Aban Loyd 295, 300, 290, 299.95
299.95, 310, 289.05, 296.85
ABC Bearings 18, 18.75, 18.20
ABG Heavy In 21, 22.50, 21
Abhishek Ind 9.40, 10.31, 9.36,
10.30
9.50, 10.25, 9.40, 10.10
Adam Comsof 5.11, 5.44, 4.75, 4.82
Addi Inds. 23.50, 27.85
Advani Oerli 37, 35.55, 36.30
37, 37, 35.50, 36.35
Advik Lab. 14.70, 14.25
Aegis Logis. 12, 12.80, 12.67
11.55, 12.80, 11.55, 12.80
AFT Inds. 54.30, 55.50, 52.10, 54.45
Aftek Infosy 307, 317.50, 302.85,
308
311.45, 317, 300, 307.30
Agro Dutch I 20.90, 21.25, 20.20,
20.30
21.70, 21.90, 19.50, 20.45
Agro Tech Fd 48, 49.50, 47.50, 48.50
47, 49.50, 46.75, 48.35
Ahmed.Elect. 66, 69.70, 68.30
67.95, 69, 67.50, 67.75
Ahmednagar F 58.50, 58.70, 56.50,
58.10
58.30, 58.45, 57, 57.15
Ajanta Pharm 42.65, 43.40, 41.20,
41.90
43.20, 43.60, 41.40, 42.15
Aksh Optifib 23.50, 24.15, 22.55,
22.85
23.30, 24.45, 22, 22.70
Albert David 38.95, 39, 37.35, 37.40
Albright & W 205, 204.95
Alembic 269.65, 271, 258.10, 265.50
267, 270, 259, 263.85
Alfa Laval 382, 390, 375, 380.40
380, 385, 375.10, 377.25
Alka (I) 1.51, 1.37, 1.51
Alkyl Amines 19.75, 20.40, 19.50,
19.60
Allahabad Bk 18.50, 18.70, 18, 18.35
18.60, 18.70, 18.25, 18.40
Alok Inds. 27.10, 27.70, 26.05, 26.25
27.25, 27.70, 26.10, 26.30
Alps Inds. 26.40, 27, 26.40, 26.50
Alstom 39.50, 41, 37.80, 38.35
Amara Raja B 63.15, 64.75, 64.20
63.80, 65.40, 63.80, 64.05
Ambica Agarb 41.90, 42.50, 38.10,
42.40
Ambuja Cem.R 6.50, 7.08, 6.40, 6.75
6.40, 7.10, 6.30, 6.70
Amex Info. 19, 20.50, 19.80
Amforge Inds 52, 54.70, 53.50
Amrutanjan 89, 84
Amtek 71, 74.95, 68.60, 73.80
Amtek Auto 232, 216, 217.80
218, 226.50, 216, 217.50
Andrew Yule 14, 14.99, 13.90, 14.32
R
N m
S
12.34
12.05
12.05
13.98
26.83
27.10
10.69
26.99
11.23
14.07
10.74
14.01
14.01
28.73
28.73
35.98
10.23
10.45
12.34
12.29
12.29
14.26
26.83
27.10
10.69
26.99
11.45
14.35
10.74
14.01
14.01
29.30
29.30
36.70
10.23
10.45
12.34
12.05
12.05
13.98
26.83
27.10
10.69
26.99
11.23
14.07
10.74
14.01
14.01
28.73
28.73
35.98
10.23
10.45
9.15
11.00
12.44
10.90
12.81
14.77
10.19
16.69
5.77
10.05
11.14
13.69
15.52
22.59
9.32
11.00
12.44
10.98
13.05
15.04
10.19
16.69
5.88
10.05
11.14
13.93
15.79
22.99
9.15
11.00
12.44
10.90
12.81
14.77
10.19
16.69
5.77
10.05
11.14
13.69
15.52
22.59
10.21
10.51
17.80
10.11
17.83
10.11
8.42
5.45
16.39
10.21
13.37
13.37
16.07
11.31
12.42
11.00
11.37
12.40
11.36
12.17
10.01
10.01
10.01
10.01
12.18
21.91
11.03
21.96
11.04
10.21
10.51
17.80
10.11
17.83
10.11
8.59
5.56
16.39
10.21
13.63
13.63
16.39
11.54
12.42
11.00
11.37
12.40
11.36
12.17
10.01
10.01
10.01
10.01
12.18
21.91
11.03
21.96
11.04
10.01
10.51
17.80
10.11
17.83
10.11
8.42
5.45
16.39
10.21
13.23
13.23
16.07
11.31
12.42
11.00
11.37
12.40
11.36
12.17
10.01
10.01
10.01
10.01
12.18
21.91
11.03
21.96
11.04
11.88
10.14
10.13
10.31
10.29
10.54
10.58
10.40
10.41
10.36
10.38
10.38
10.20
10.23
12.05
10.14
10.13
10.31
10.29
10.54
10.58
10.40
10.41
10.36
10.38
10.38
10.20
10.23
11.88
10.14
10.13
10.31
10.29
10.49
10.58
10.40
10.41
10.31
10.32
10.38
10.20
10.23
11.55
12.91
11.04
21.97
10.24
10.59
17.74
11.55
12.91
11.04
21.97
10.24
10.59
18.09
11.38
12.72
11.04
21.97
10.24
10.59
17.74
m
D
Daewoo Motor 4, 3.81, 3.87
Dalmia Cemen 214, 218, 207.50,
212.65
210, 215, 207.50, 209.70
Danlaw Tech. 30.10, 31.75, 29
Datanet Sys. 5.15
Datapro Inf. 0.65, 0.68, 0.58, 0.64
DCM 17.50, 18.10, 15.98, 16.37
18.25, 18.25, 16.15, 16.30
DCM Shr.Con 90, 86, 89
86.60, 91, 86.60, 88.90
DCW 22.10, 22.80, 21.20, 21.55
25.50, 25.50, 21.60, 21.75
Deccan Cem. 42.55, 47.65, 46
Deepak Fert. 24.60, 25, 24.25, 24.50
24.30, 25.15, 24.25, 24.80
Deepak Nitr. 61, 62, 60.10, 61.85
Dena Bank 19.45, 19.90, 19.10,
19.25
19.55, 19.90, 19.10, 19.30
Denso (I) 33.50, 35.25, 33.40, 34.60
B
Bajaj Auto F 61.90, 58.50, 59.25
60.90, 60.90, 58.85, 59.15
Bajaj Elec. 30.80, 34.55
Bajaj Hindus 134, 140.55, 129,
130.55
130, 141.20, 128.15, 129.95
Bajaj Tempo 251, 258, 240.05,
250.35
Bal Pharma 26.40, 27.10, 25.05,
26.05
Bal.Law.Vanl 16.10, 16.15
Balaji Dist. 7.50, 7.80, 7.30, 7.59
7, 7.70, 7, 7.65
Balkrish Ind 138.50, 139.50, 131.50,
131.55
Balmer Law.I 42.50, 43.80, 41.25,
43.05
Balmer Lawri 95, 89, 90
91.50, 92.40, 90, 90.25
Balrampur Ch 181, 171, 171.60
179, 180, 169.90, 171.35
Banco Prod. 69.10, 72, 69.65
Bank of Punj 23.40, 23.85,
22.60, 23.15
22.15, 23.80, 22.15, 23.05
Bank of Raj. 26, 26.60, 25.75,
26
26.40, 26.65, 25.80, 26
Bannari Aman 171.60, 176.40,
167, 167.30
171.10, 173, 167, 169
Bayer (I) 1300, 1350, 1334.75
Bayer ABS 94.65, 98, 95.75
96, 110, 93.65, 96.80
Bayer Diagno 225.10, 229.95,
229.75
Berger Paint 82.50, 84.40, 83
81.70, 83.90, 81.70, 82.55
BF Utilities 21, 19.75, 20
Bhagya.Metal 27.90
Bhansali Eng 56, 55.90, 58.05
Bharat Bijle 605, 633.50, 595,
633.05
Bharat Rasay 34.10
35.45, 35.45, 34.10, 34.45
Bhartiya Int 30.45, 28.65, 28.85
29.50, 29.90, 28.85, 29
Bhushan Stl. 61, 64.50, 62.10
BI 113.25
Bihar Caustc 24, 24.30, 23, 23.60
Bimetal Bear 135, 135.05, 130.10,
134.90
Binani Inds. 22.55, 24.85, 23.45
Biopac (I) 8.13, 8.14, 7.50, 7.81
Birla Corp. 37.25, 39.20, 36.50,
37.95
36.75, 39.50, 36.50, 37.65
Birla Eric. 16.85, 16.95, 16, 16.20
16.60, 16.75, 15.85, 16.10
Birla Glob.F 31.25, 32.35, 29.35,
30.25
31.40, 32.65, 29.05, 29.85
Birla Yamaha 23.55, 24.20, 22, 23.30
BITS 0.70, 0.81, 0.60, 0.68
BLB 7.10, 8.05, 7.10, 8
Blow Plast 18.50, 20.50, 17.05,
19.24
Blue Dart Ex 81.20, 83
83.50, 83.50, 82.10, 83.15
Blue Star 95.40, 96, 88, 90.15
96.50, 96.50, 90, 90.95
Blue Star In 133.30, 138, 132.90,
134.15
135, 136.40, 132.65, 133.75
BOC 36.50, 44, 42.10
44, 44.10, 41.60, 42.10
Bombay Burma 39, 40, 37, 39.95
38.50, 39, 38.50, 38.95
Bongaigaon R 49.50, 52.90, 51.80
50.40, 52.65, 50, 51.80
BPL 41.70, 37.50, 38.50
40.85, 40.95, 37.90, 38.35
BPL Engg. 6.90, 6.99, 6.20, 6.31
7, 7, 6.10, 6.15
BSEL Inform. 16, 16.05, 15.85, 16
13.60, 17.90, 13.60, 16
BSL 34.50, 34
34.15, 35.15, 34.15, 34.25
Burrough Wel 498, 499, 455, 467.70
Dewan H.Fin. 26.40, 25, 26.35
25.50, 25.95, 25, 25.55
DFM Foods 7.30, 8.15, 8.14
DGP Windsor 7.50, 7.25
7.10, 7.70, 7.10, 7.25
Dhampur Sugr 20, 20.35, 18.75,
18.85
19.80, 20.35, 18.85, 19.05
Dhanalak.Bnk 22.25, 22.40, 22
Dharamsi Mor 9.13, 9.46, 9.05, 9.07
Dhunseri Tea 22, 18.60, 18.80
Divi’s Lab 565, 567, 539, 544.10
556, 566.80, 538.25, 543.05
Dolat Inv. 4, 4.34
Dolphin Off. 14.50, 15.99, 15.72
Donear Inds. 140, 148, 140
DSJ Comm. 0.68, 0.70, 0.66, 0.69
0.70, 0.70, 0.65, 0.70
Duphar-Inter 142.70, 144.90, 140
E
Eicher 45, 43.75, 44
41, 45, 41, 44.95
Eicher Motor 155, 156, 153.50,
153.65
154.10, 155.50, 152.50, 153.30
EID Parry 119.90, 135, 130.40
120.05, 134, 118.30, 130.15
EIH Asso.Hot 15, 16
Eimco Elecon 59, 56.10
55.50, 60.50, 55.50, 59.15
Elder Pharma 71.50, 71.70, 67.90,
69.45
70.50, 71.80, 68.10, 68.60
Elecon Engg. 18.10, 19, 18.05, 18.65
Elect.Kelvin 7.95, 8.50, 8.38
Electro.Cast 296, 299.50, 295,
295.10
297, 300, 293.10, 293.45
Elgi Equip 42.80, 44.25, 41.80, 42.50
42.35, 44.50, 42, 42.50
Elgitread (I 222, 222, 210.95, 210.95
Elpro Inter 22.10, 21.65, 22
Emco 43.80, 45, 42.55, 42.95
Encore Soft 14.20, 14.70, 14, 14.20
Eonour Tech. 3.47, 3.35, 3.40
Epic Enzymes 13.10, 13.50, 12.10,
12.11
Esab (I) 41.65, 43.60, 42.35
43.50, 43.50, 42.10, 42.20
ESI 32.40, 30.40, 31.60
32.45, 32.50, 30.95, 31.15
Eskay K’N’It 4.89, 5, 4.35, 4.41
Essar Oil 9.95, 10.85, 9.90, 10.30
Essar Ship. 13, 13.50, 12.92, 13.02
Essar Steel 17.80, 19.50, 17.60,
18.85
18, 19.50, 17.60, 18.75
ETC Networks 56.35, 58.35, 55,
55.55
57.10, 57.95, 54.20, 55.35
Eurotex Inds 15, 15.20, 14.55, 14.57
14.95, 15.35, 14.80, 14.85
Eveready Ind 25.05, 25.50, 24.15,
24.50
25, 25.35, 24.35, 24.80
Everest Inds 95.45, 100.90, 94,
95.10
96.50, 100.35, 93.55, 95.10
Excel Inds. 105.85, 109.90, 104.65,
107.65
102.60, 108, 102.60, 106.50
C
Camlin 64.60, 72, 64.50, 70.40
Camph.& All 30.50, 30.90, 30.50
Canara Bank 103, 106, 100.25,
102.20
95, 106, 95, 102
Canfin Homes 37.85, 38.95, 37.50
37.95, 38.75, 37.15, 37.45
Caprihans(I) 24.10, 27.10
Carborundum 147.95, 148, 144.55,
144.95
144.10, 149, 144.10, 146.35
CCL Products 20.10, 19
Ceat 42.40, 42.70, 41.15, 41.50
42.20, 42.60, 40.10, 41.60
Centur. Bank 15, 17.54, 14.80, 16.54
15, 17.65, 14.80, 16.60
Cerebra Inte 5.07, 5.35, 5.19
CESC 47.30, 48.80, 45.80, 47
48.20, 48.85, 46, 46.95
CG Igarshi M 63.80, 65.85, 61, 61.55
64, 66.75, 60.10, 61.40
Chemfab Alk. 32, 29.50
Chemplast Sa 28, 27.60, 28
27.95, 27.95, 27.10, 27.10
Chettinad Ce 78.50, 81.95, 77, 79.20
Cheviot Co. 170, 181.40, 166.20,
173.65
Chola.Inv&Fi 52.50, 52.95, 50, 51.30
52.75, 53.10, 50.80, 51.05
Chowgule Stm 7.38, 7.50, 7.04, 7.18
Ciba Sp.Chem 119, 116.50, 117.20
Cinevistaas 29.15, 30, 29.10, 29.15
29.25, 30.70, 29.20, 29.40
City Union B 61.50, 62.35, 60, 60.80
60.20, 62, 60.20, 60.55
Clariant (I) 160.05, 163.95, 162.25
159.10, 163.60, 159.10, 162.70
NA
R
Floating Rate Fund
10.12
Floating(D)
10.03
Floating(WD)
10.01
Govt.Sec. (A-D)
11.97
Govt.Sec. (A-G)
20.31
Govt.Sec. (B-D)
10.74
Govt.Sec. (B-G)
14.21
Liquidity (D)
12.41
Liquidity (DD)
10.01
Liquidity (G)
15.00
Opportunities
11.69
Savings Plus
10.66
Savings Plus (MD)
10.29
Savings Plus (QD)
10.43
Short Term (G)
10.70
Short Term (WD)
10.04
Short Term(D)
10.20
Technology.Com
4.80
Top 100 (G)
13.25
Top 100(D)
12.38
Escorts Mutual Fund
Balanced (D)
13.19
Balanced (G)
14.65
Gilt (D)
12.34
Gilt (G)
13.51
Growth (G)
14.18
Growth (D)
12.95
Income (D)
10.55
Income (G)
18.92
Income Bond (D)
10.25
Income Bond (G)
12.18
Opportunities (D)
11.24
Opportunities (G)
13.46
Tax (D)
11.75
Tax (G)
11.75
First India Mutual Fund
Gilt
11.19
Growth
12.74
Income
11.20
Income Fund (D)
10.51
Liquid (D)
10.21
Liquid (G)
11.01
Short Term
10.73
Short Term (D)
10.27
Tax Gain
42.95
Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr.
11.49
FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr.
11.37
FT Asset Allocat.Infl
11.08
FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr.
11.85
FT Asset Allocat.Steady G
11.64
FT Balanced (G)
11.43
FT Gilt Invst (G)
13.66
FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B)
12.42
FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly)
11.47
FT Gilt Liquid (G)
11.41
FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly)
10.31
FT Index - BSE
11.06
FT Index - Nifty
11.71
FT Monthly Income (G)
14.20
FT Monthly Income (M’ly B
12.87
FT Monthly Income (M)
11.09
FT Monthly Income (Q)
11.18
FT PE Ratio
10.53
Franklin Balanced(D)
12.50
Franklin Balanced(G)
13.02
Franklin Bluechip (D)
13.65
Franklin Bluechip (G)
30.80
Franklin FMCG
12.03
Franklin Growth
7.27
Franklin Index
9.12
Franklin Index Tax
9.34
Franklin Infotech (D)
8.77
Franklin Infotech (G)
12.83
Franklin Internet Opp
5.45
Franklin Intl.
9.52
Franklin Pharma
11.54
Franklin Prima (D)
20.64
Franklin Prima (G)
45.69
Franklin Prima Plus (D)
17.48
Franklin Prima Plus (G)
32.07
Franklin T TMA (Dly)
1511.96
M
Classic Diam 47.10, 47.85, 46.10,
46.25
Clutch.Auto 13.47, 13.65, 12.75,
12.81
Coates (I) 108.05, 109.50, 109.30
102.35, 110.90, 102.35, 108.10
Cochin Minrl 19, 15.50, 15.95
Color Chips 8, 8.20, 7.65
7.90, 8.10, 7.60, 7.65
Colour Chem 235, 235.05, 232,
232.45
236, 237, 231.30, 232.90
Compucom Sof 23.75, 27, 25.85
Compudyne Wi 14, 14.40, 14.30
14.15, 14.40, 14, 14.15
Computech In 6.05, 6.11, 5.95, 5.96
6.25, 6.25, 5.90, 6
Cont.Const. 14.75, 16.60, 14.20,
16.55
Control Prnt 27.60, 28.25, 27.55, 28
Core Health. 6.55, 6.65, 6.26, 6.40
6.05, 6.60, 6.05, 6.45
Corom. Fert. 70.90, 71, 69.25, 70
71, 72, 70, 70.15
Cosmo Ferr. 9.20, 8.62, 8.76
Cosmo Films 92, 93, 89, 91.35
90.20, 92, 89.50, 90.25
Creative Eye 14.30, 14.78, 14.20,
14.58
14.25, 14.80, 13.80, 14.40
Crest Comm. 34, 32.80, 33.45
34.80, 34.80, 32.80, 33.60
CRISIL 363, 360, 365
359, 369.90, 359, 367.15
Cybertech Sy 9.40, 9.78, 9.25, 9.28
9.50, 9.90, 9.35, 9.45
Ankur Drugs 20, 22.25
Ansal Prop. 15.90, 14.40, 14.77
AP Paper 93, 97, 95.40
Apcotex Lat. 31.35, 30.15
32.75, 32.75, 30.10, 30.60
Aplab 33.75, 34.30, 31.05, 32
Aptech 56.95, 58.75, 54.60, 55.55
56.90, 59.10, 55.05, 55.75
Archies 60.35, 58.30, 59
60, 60.20, 58, 58.90
Arvind Rem. 5.60, 5.90, 5.14, 5.28
5.60, 5.95, 5.15, 5.35
Asahi (I) Gl 80.40, 84, 80, 81
81, 84.50, 79.50, 81.30
Ashapura Min 90.70, 92.10, 90.50,
92.10
Ashima 19.05, 18, 18.05
20, 20, 19.20, 19.35
Ashok Ley.Fn 55, 52, 52.05
53.70, 55, 51.05, 51.80
Asian Elect. 79, 82.35, 76.75, 77.35
79, 82.45, 76.85, 77.05
Asian Hotels 95.15, 101, 99
100.95, 101, 97.05, 99.65
Assam Co. 17.10, 21.05, 20.05
Astrazen.Ph. 370, 370, 361.10,
361.10
Atcom Techno 11, 11.19, 10.73,
10.98
10.75, 11.20, 10.70, 10.95
Atlas Copco 275, 266, 269
Atlas Cycles 80, 80.05, 79
77.10, 80.75, 77.10, 79.50
Atul 49.65, 47.25, 47.30
48.50, 48.95, 47.50, 47.60
Auto Axles 156, 159.35, 148.30,
155.10
153, 155, 149, 152.80
Avanti Feeds 32, 33.50, 32.15
Avery (I) 29, 33.50, 30.85
Avon Organic 56, 58, 54, 55.50
R
F
FAG Bearings 81, 82, 80, 80.50
79.10, 82, 78.75, 80.90
Fairfield At 18.80, 18.05, 18.84
FCGL Inds. 4.32, 5.18, 4.87
FCI OEN Con. 124, 113.75, 115.50
113.10, 118, 113.10, 115.10
FCL Techno. 25, 21.80, 22.05
23.95, 23.95, 21.65, 21.70
FDC 48.30, 49.50, 47.20, 48.25
47, 49.50, 47, 48.10
N m
NA
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S
10.12
10.03
10.01
11.97
20.31
10.74
14.21
12.41
10.01
15.00
11.92
10.66
10.29
10.43
10.70
10.04
10.20
4.90
13.52
12.63
10.12
10.03
10.01
11.97
20.31
10.74
14.21
12.41
10.01
15.00
11.69
10.66
10.29
10.43
10.70
10.04
10.20
4.80
13.25
12.38
13.36
14.83
12.34
13.51
14.39
13.15
10.55
18.92
10.25
12.18
11.24
13.46
11.75
11.75
13.19
14.65
12.34
13.51
14.18
12.95
10.55
18.92
10.25
12.18
11.24
13.46
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11.19
12.99
11.20
10.51
10.21
11.01
10.73
10.27
43.81
11.19
12.74
11.20
10.51
10.21
11.01
10.73
10.27
42.95
11.66
11.55
11.25
12.03
11.82
11.60
13.66
12.42
11.47
11.41
10.31
11.17
11.83
14.20
12.87
11.09
11.18
10.68
12.69
13.22
13.92
31.42
12.27
7.42
9.12
9.43
8.95
13.08
5.56
9.52
11.77
21.05
46.60
17.83
32.71
1511.
11.49
11.37
11.08
11.85
11.64
11.43
13.66
12.42
11.47
11.41
10.31
11.06
11.71
14.20
12.87
11.09
11.18
10.53
12.50
13.02
13.65
30.80
12.03
7.27
9.12
9.34
8.77
12.83
5.45
9.52
11.54
20.64
45.69
17.48
32.07
M
Fert.&Chem-T 28.65, 28.55
29.45, 29.50, 28.25, 28.65
Finan.Techno 22.95, 24.15, 19.80,
20.65
First Leasin 22.90, 23.45, 22.60,
22.70
22.05, 23, 22.05, 22.85
Flat Product 112.95, 115, 110,
114.05
Flex Enginer 17.70, 18, 17, 17.05
17.50, 17.70, 16.95, 17.20
Flex Foods 9.50, 11.10, 11
Flex Inds. 33, 30.55, 31.40
31.20, 32.65, 30.50, 31.20
Floatglass 34.85, 35.30, 33, 34.45
34.65, 35.55, 33.35, 34.45
Forbes Gokak 78, 101.20, 94.45
Fortune Info 22.50, 22.75, 21.60,
22.10
Foseco (I) 182.05, 187.80, 183.50
193.25, 193.25, 182, 185.30
Frontier Inf 3.82, 4, 3.81, 3.99
Fulford (I) 172.70, 180.20, 175.65
Futura Poly. 8.30, 9, 8.90
G
Gabriel (I) 145.70, 152, 140.35,
145.10
Galaxy Enter 32.15, 32.35, 28.30,
29.40
Gammon (I) 140.05, 136, 138.95
139.05, 144, 138, 138.15
Gandhi Sp.Tu 23.20, 24.85
Garden Silk 32.50, 33.50, 32, 33.20
32.10, 33.75, 32.10, 33.10
Garware Poly 33, 34.25, 32.55, 32.85
Garware Wall 22.10, 23, 22.90
Gati 47, 39, 42.55
Genesys Intl 39.50, 41.15, 38, 38.70
44, 44, 37.90, 39.50
Geodesic Inf 178.90, 185.95, 169.95,
170
George Willi 53.15, 51.65
51.80, 52, 51.40, 51.85
GIC Housing 20.35, 20.50, 19.55,
19.95
19.80, 20.50, 19.65, 20.05
GIVO 2.80
Glenmark Pha 312, 314.95, 301,
305.05
312, 313.95, 303, 307.25
Global Tr.Bk 23.05, 25.90, 22.85,
25.40
23, 25.95, 22.85, 25.35
GMR Techno. 18, 18.40, 17.30, 17.90
Goa Carbon 56.95, 57.45, 54, 54.60
Godavri Fert 92.85, 93, 91.10, 91.70
91, 92.50, 91, 91.45
Godfrey Phil 365, 392, 375.10
370, 390, 368.75, 381.30
Godrej Cons. 118.50, 120, 118,
119
118.50, 121.50, 118, 118.60
Godrej Inds. 33.10, 33.50,
32.65, 33.40
33, 33.70, 32.50, 33.45
Goetze (I) 42.90, 44.90, 42.50,
42.85
42, 44.10, 42, 42.45
Goldiam Int. 32, 31.75
Goldstn.Tech 20.10, 20.20,
19.55, 19.65
20.20, 20.25, 19.25, 19.80
Goldstn.Tele 8.05, 8.48, 8, 8.20
8.20, 8.55, 8.20, 8.25
Gonter Peip 7.37, 7.68, 7.26,
7.40
Goodlass Ner 260, 253.75,
254.30
256, 260, 256, 258
Goodricke 37.25, 38, 36, 36.45
Goodyear (I) 37.75, 38, 36.10,
36.65
Grabal Al.Im 25.80, 25
Graphite Ind 52, 52.40, 51,
51.65
51.55, 52.50, 51, 51.40
Grauer & Wei 34.50, 34.75, 30.10,
30.85
Gravity (I) 17, 18.05, 17.50
Greaves 22, 22.75, 21.70, 22.05
Grind Norton 137, 141.50, 132.70,
135
Gruh Finance 23.70, 24.55, 24
GTC Inds. 16.70, 17.50, 16.10, 16.42
17.85, 17.85, 16, 16.35
GTN Textiles 32.10, 32.95, 31.80
32, 32.35, 31.55, 32
Gufic Bio Sc 28.10, 28.60, 27
Guj.Alkalies 36, 36.75, 35.25, 35.75
35.50, 37, 35, 35.45
Guj.Amb.Exp. 17.30, 17.80, 17.25,
17.65
17, 18.30, 17, 17.95
Guj.Apollo E 61.50, 58, 59.05
Guj.Flouroch 78, 76.75, 79
78.50, 79, 76, 77
Guj.H.Chem 25.90, 26.45, 25.05,
25.20
25.80, 26.50, 25.15, 25.25
Guj.Ind.Pow. 27.50, 26.30, 26.85
26.60, 27.70, 26.15, 26.70
Guj.Sidh.Cem 6.75, 7.25, 6.60, 6.93
6.60, 7.25, 6.50, 6.90
Gulf Oil Cor 84, 87.50, 83.05, 83.50
H
Harr.Malayal 20, 21.45, 19.50, 19.90
19.75, 21.20, 19.50, 19.75
Hathway Bhaw 14.25, 13.50, 13.63
Havell’s (I) 158.45, 155, 160.40
155, 159.30, 155, 159.30
Hawkins Cook 19, 19.85, 19.50
Hazoor Media 13.75, 13.98, 11.80,
11.90
HBL Nife Pow 45.10, 46.50, 41.50,
42.55
HEG 50.60, 51.85, 51.25
51, 51.95, 50.60, 50.90
Helios & Mat 19.25, 19.75, 18.75
Henkel Spic 20.30, 20.55, 20, 20.15
Heritage Fds 70, 71.25, 71.10
69.55, 71, 69.55, 70.95
HFCL Infotel 22.05, 22.30, 20.50,
20.80
Hi-Tech Gear 162.50, 155
159.50, 160, 152, 152.10
Hikal 296.05, 313, 290, 290.50
340, 344, 290, 292.35
Himat. Seide 142, 144.95, 142.75
141.25, 144, 141, 141.50
Hind.Constn. 80.50, 83.90, 78, 79.65
80, 83.85, 78, 79.35
Hind.Inks&Re 270, 271, 268, 268.45
270, 272, 268, 268.20
Hind.Motors 13, 14.85, 14.42
13.35, 14.80, 13.35, 14.30
Hind.Org.Chm 22.75, 23.25, 22.55,
22.70
23, 23.15, 22.50, 22.70
Hind.Power 38.95, 40, 38.25, 38.40
Hind.Sanitar 78, 74, 74.95
77, 77.65, 74, 74.65
Hind.Spg &Wg 13, 12.50
12.50, 12.50, 12.50, 12.50
Hitachi Home 22.50, 23
22.80, 23.05, 22.50, 23
Honda SIEL P 124.95, 117.10, 120
117.10, 120, 116.05, 116.10
Hotel Leela. 25.10, 27.80, 24.75,
27.60
25, 27.65, 24.60, 27.25
I-flex Solu 1111, 1164, 1102,
1150.50
1135, 1163.95, 1102, 1147.90
IFCI 8.85, 9.35, 8.68, 8.81
8.90, 9.35, 8.65, 8.80
IL&FS Invt.M 23.50, 23.75, 22.60, 23
N m
S
m
m
m m
m
m
m
m
m
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m
m
W
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m
m
m
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MM
M
M
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M W
M W
M
L
Lakhani (I) 77, 72.65
Lakshmi Au.C 95, 95.80, 94, 94.35
96.30, 96.50, 92.95, 93
Lakshmi Elec 64.30, 68, 64.20
Lakshmi Mach 2748, 2760.15
2705, 2705.05, 2705, 2705.05
Lanco Inds. 14.25, 15.80, 14.88
Landmarc Lei 9.75, 9.01, 9.23
LCC Infotech 3.35, 3.80, 3.35, 3.70
LG Balkrish 144, 153, 141.50, 152.85
140, 154.90, 140, 151.70
Liberty Shoe 78, 79.50, 75.65, 76.25
75, 79.40, 75, 76.95
Lloyds Steel 4.40, 4.65, 4.31, 4.49
4.45, 4.65, 4.35, 4.50
Logix Micro. 17.90, 18.20, 17, 17.20
Loy.Tex Mill 72, 73.90, 70.30, 73.40
Lumax Ind 43, 43.30, 42, 42.70
42.70, 44.30, 42.70, 43
Lyka Labs 30.90, 31.85, 30.55, 30.65
31, 33.50, 30.50, 30.75
M
OCL (I) 153.30, 155.50, 147.10,
150.45
Odyssey Tech 17.35, 20.60, 16.50,
17.47
Oil Country 12.85, 14.24, 13.85
13.45, 14.30, 13, 13.75
Omax Autos. 52.10, 56.50, 53.30
54.95, 56.50, 52.80, 53.25
Ondeo Nalco 320.10, 313
Onward Techn 24.60, 25.40, 24.15,
24.30
24.70, 25.40, 24.25, 24.40
Opto Circuit 54.50, 58, 53.30, 54.20
Orbit Multi 0.43, 0.47, 0.39, 0.42
Orchid Chem 160, 164, 157.75,
161.95
161.10, 164, 157.50, 161.25
Orient Info. 34.25, 34.80, 34.30
33.60, 34.90, 33.60, 34.50
Orient Paper 27.75, 29, 27.15, 27.20
28.35, 28.55, 27.15, 27.30
Oriental Con 27.60, 27.50, 30.50
Oriental Hot 85, 84.90, 85
84.90, 85, 84.90, 85
Oswal Chem. 5.75, 5.79, 5.55, 5.68
5.85, 5.85, 5.60, 5.70
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w
M
M
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w
D
Krone Comm 94.80, 96, 88, 89.80
KSB Pumps 97.10, 93.55, 93.95
96, 97, 93.45, 94
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Panacea Biot 37.65, 37.70, 36.50,
36.60
36.40, 38, 36.30, 36.80
Pantaloon Re 122.10, 130.90, 126.60
129.70, 131, 125.10, 126.55
Paper Prod. 128.60, 124, 125
124, 129, 122, 125.75
Paramount Co 7.98, 9.38, 7.75, 8
Parekh Plati 9, 8.84
8.60, 9.10, 8.60, 8.95
Parry Agro 86.05, 90, 87.15
Parry’s Conf 125, 125, 120.10,
120.25
Patel Engg. 168, 167
Patspin (I) 13, 12.60, 12.80
12.10, 12.95, 12.10, 12.60
PCS Inds. 24.75, 25.40, 23.95, 25.05
Pennar Alum. 4.25, 3.80, 3.85
Pentagon Glo 1.86, 2.04, 1.90
Pentasoft Te 6.50, 6.60, 6.27, 6.34
6.90, 7, 6, 6.40
Pharmacia He 102, 104.30, 100.05,
103.50
100.75, 104, 100.50, 103.65
PHIL Corpn. 7, 7.08, 6.50, 6.90
6.70, 7, 6.70, 6.80
Phillip Carb 41.90, 42.50, 41, 42
3741 66
3765 62
1 13%
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1171 05
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3832 50
1184 45
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BSE SHARE INDEX
1203 60
Maars Soft 10.05, 10.11, 9.75, 9.99
10.30, 10.30, 9.80, 10
Macmillan (I 219.60, 215, 218.45
212, 219.90, 212, 216.70
Madhav Marb. 22.10, 22.20, 21.50,
21.90
Madhucon Prj 71.65, 72, 67, 71.85
Jagatjit Ind 24, 22.10, 23
Madras Alum 120, 132.50, 118,
Jagsonpal Ph 103, 105
122.90
106, 106, 100.55, 102.60
Madras Cem. 5801.45, 6190,
Jai Corp 76.95, 84.85, 72.10, 76.90
6165.75
Jain Irrig. 76.35, 79, 73, 74.15
6050, 6248, 5988, 6158.10
74, 79.80, 73.05, 74.45
Madras Fert. 21, 22.30, 20.75, 21.10
Jain Studios 16.75, 15.75, 16
21.25, 22.40, 21, 21.20
15.90, 16.10, 15.05, 15.50
Mah.Scooter 92, 88.60, 89.60
Jaipan Inds. 8.15, 8.29, 8.10
90.05, 91, 90, 90.25
Jay Bh.Marut 48.50, 50, 47.60, 49.25
Mah.Seamless 158.15, 159.50,
46.70, 50.85, 46.70, 49.30
156.10, 157.60
Jayant Agro 46.50, 47.20, 45.70,
161.95, 161.95, 157, 157.15
45.75
Mahavir Spg. 85, 87, 83.70, 84.50
45.50, 48, 45, 45.90
80.55, 87.40, 80, 84.30
Jaypee Hotel 11.50, 12.50, 12.03
Mahind.Gesco 17.15, 18.40, 18.20
Jayshree Tea 43.20, 43.75, 43.50
18.55, 18.55, 17.80, 18.10
43.05, 44.50, 43.05, 43.30
Mahindra Ugi 12.10, 13, 12.30
JBF Inds. 17.50, 15.85, 16
12.25, 12.80, 12.20, 12.50
JBM Tools 50.55, 50.50, 52.95
Majestic Aut 33.15, 33.50, 31.35,
51.50, 53.75, 51, 52.85
31.40
JCT 6.70, 7, 6.50, 6.85
Malwa Cotton 33.50, 34.70, 33.05
Jenson&Nicho 6.10, 6.55, 6.35
33, 35.90, 33, 33
6.35, 6.55, 6.25, 6.45
Man Inds.(I) 69.90, 72.90, 64, 65.85
JIK Inds. 19.85, 18.15, 20.05
Mangalam Cem 12.25, 13.40, 12.51
20.95, 20.95, 19.45, 19.60
12.40, 13.20, 12.15, 12.60
Jindal Drill 152, 161, 159.20
Manglr.Chem 6, 6.40, 5.96, 5.99
Jindal Iron 115.95, 123.90, 121.10
Manugraph In 30.15, 30.50
117, 124, 116.05, 120.50
Maral Overs 17.80, 18.05, 17, 17.10
Jindal Photo 55.75, 56.75, 53.60,
17.75, 18, 17.10, 17.40
55.10
Mascon Globl 10.25, 9.45, 9.49
56.90, 56.90, 53.65, 54.80
Matrix Lab. 618, 643.15, 639.15
Jindal Poly. 133.10, 133
Matsush.Tele 7.10, 7.49, 7.05, 7.36
133.10, 139.95, 133.10, 135.95
7.10, 7.40, 7, 7.10
Jindal Strip 233.90, 240, 232.55,
Matsushita L 50, 51, 50.05
235.30
Mefcom Capit 5.35, 4.56, 5.10
236, 239.70, 233, 235.20
Mega Corpn. 3.60
JJ Exporters 33.70
JK Corpn. 13.98, 14.20, 13.15, 13.35 Melstar Info 16.55, 16.60, 16
16.25, 16.65, 16, 16.10
JK Inds. 38.90, 39.50, 37, 37.35
Mercator Lin 112.95, 117.50, 103.20,
JK Synthetic 5.60, 5.82, 5.40, 5.55
JL Morison 130.30, 132, 129, 130.20 108.20
Metroche.Ind 23.05, 23
JMC Projects 23.85, 22.60, 22.95
MICO 6180, 6625, 6453.70
Jog Engg. 11.60, 11.30
6495, 6611, 6320, 6387
Jubilant Org 244.10, 250.90, 249.90
Mid-Day Mul. 18.50, 18.60, 18
243.25, 253.80, 243, 248.90
18.70, 18.70, 18.20, 18.20
Jupiter BioS 91.40, 93.50, 88, 89.35
Mindteck 16, 16.45, 16.15
Jyoti Struct 45, 46.65, 43.60, 44
Mirza Tanner 37, 37.10, 36.65
45.60, 46.80, 43.40, 44.30
37.40, 37.40, 36, 36.80
MM Forgings 129.45, 122, 123.05
Mobile Tele 8.30, 9.28, 8, 8.99
Kaashyap Rad 1.55, 1.60, 1.51, 1.57 Modipon 22.45
Kabra Extr 64.10, 64.45, 63, 64.20
Monalisa Inf 0.40, 0.44, 0.39, 0.42
63.90, 65.25, 63.50, 64
Monnet Ispat 50, 52, 49, 49.40
Kajaria Cer 36.50, 36.05, 37.50
Monsanto (I) 940, 976, 921.55,
36.55, 37.90, 36.10, 37.30
925.45
Kakatiya Cem 48.05, 45, 45.55
935, 980, 925, 931.15
47.10, 48.25, 45, 45.35
Morarjee Goc 15.30, 17, 16.85
Kale Consul. 39.05, 39.65, 38.60,
15.65, 17, 15.65, 16.95
38.90
Morepen Lab 9.51, 9.69, 9.35, 9.44
41.35, 41.35, 38.55, 38.75
9.55, 9.60, 9.35, 9.45
Kalpa.Power 43.50, 41.25
Morgan Stan 10.80, 10.95, 10.65,
42.35, 42.90, 42.35, 42.50
10.89
Kalyani Brak 341, 341, 341, 341
10.80, 11, 10.70, 10.90
Kalyani Shrp 7.20, 6.96, 7.14
Motherson SS 210, 212, 193.50,
Kalyani Stel 42.90, 44, 41.10, 41.95
201.35
Kanoria Chem 44
193.05, 201, 193, 199.70
39.50, 41.70, 39, 40.30
Moving Pictu 7, 6.50
Karnatak Bnk 82, 83, 80.25, 80.85
Mro-Tek 14, 14.05, 13.70, 13.79
82, 82.85, 80.50, 81.05
13.70, 14.10, 13.70, 13.90
Karur Vysya 230, 236.50, 226.60,
MRPL 23.15, 24.40, 23.75
228.25
23.40, 24.50, 23.10, 23.75
233.90, 237, 227, 229.05
Mukand 24.50, 25.85, 24.50
KDL Biotech 18, 18.20, 17.35, 17.45
25, 26, 24.20, 24.40
17.95, 18.40, 17.35, 17.55
Mukand Engrs 11.26, 11.73, 9.66,
KEC Inter. 23.95, 24, 22.90, 23
9.89
23.80, 24.20, 22.90, 23.10
11.50, 11.70, 10.75, 10.85
Kerala Ayurv 12.50, 13, 12.61
Munjal Auto 55.50, 55.75, 51, 52.45
Kerala Chem. 26, 27.10, 26.45
Munjal Showa 168, 165.05
Kesoram Inds 45.15, 47, 44, 45.20
168.75, 169, 164, 164.50
44.55, 46.80, 44.10, 45.35
Murd.Ceram 20.45, 20.50, 19.40,
KG Denim 21.90, 23, 21.70, 22.20
19.45
Khandwala Se 11.80, 10.75
Mys.Cement 11.60, 12, 11.10, 11.27
11.25, 11.25, 10.75, 10.75
11.50, 12, 11.10, 11.25
Khoday (I) 13.75, 15.70, 14.55
Kinetic Eng. 70, 75.35, 73.65
Kinetic Moto 31, 32, 30.75, 31.80
Kirloskar Br 132.05, 133.25, 128.30, Nagar.Agrich 16.95, 16.30, 16.85
Nagar.Const. 69.90, 70, 67, 68.95
128.80
Nagar.Fertil 7.10, 7.19, 6.95, 6.99
Kirloskar Oi 175.50, 176.50, 173,
6.95, 7.20, 6.90, 7
175.80
Nahar Export 26.40, 26.85, 25.55,
175, 176.75, 174.50, 176.05
25.70
Kit-Ply Ind. 5.61, 5.69, 5.33, 5.42
25.80, 27, 25.60, 25.65
5.30, 5.70, 5.30, 5.45
Nahar Indl.E 15.20, 16, 15.70
KLG Systel 35.65, 38.50, 36.25
Nahar Intl. 8.26, 8.95, 8.80
36.15, 38.70, 35.75, 36.35
7.20, 8.95, 7.20, 8.70
Kopran 46.40, 46.85, 43.65, 45.25
Nahar Spg. 106, 97, 98.25
44.40, 47, 43.90, 45.30
99, 101.70, 97, 98.60
Kothari Prod 177.70, 175.20, 176.55
Narmada C.Pe 16.05, 16.40, 16.15
179.95, 179.95, 177.25, 178.05
16.10, 16.40, 16, 16
KPIT Cum.Inf 173.90, 175.50,
Nat.Steel &A 13.42, 13.95, 13.30,
169.60, 171.35
13.52
175.95, 175.95, 169.15, 171.65
13, 13.95, 13, 13.80
KRBL 46.95, 50.50, 46.75, 48.80
Natco Pharma 89.70, 89.95, 85.10,
47.50, 49.70, 46.95, 48.50
85.45
Krebs Bioche 165, 173.80, 164.05,
85, 89.80, 84.80, 85.30
170.55
Nath Seeds 10.25, 10.60, 10.20,
Krishna Life 2.22, 2.38, 2.25
10.41
10.20, 10.60, 10.10, 10.30
National Fer 59.10, 61, 58.65, 58.90
National Per 1210, 1159.05
NA
R
Nava Bh.Ferr 96, 97, 91.50, 91.75
94, 95.50, 91, 91.75
R
S
Navneet Pub. 143, 145.40, 139,
139.95
143.50, 145.50, 138, 140.35
NCL Inds. 8.70, 9.25, 8.20, 9.03
Nelco 31.45, 33.50, 33
35.25, 35.25, 31.85, 32.25
Neuland Lab. 113.25, 120, 111,
114.80
NHN Corpn. 11, 11.90
Nilkamal Pls 37.50, 39.90, 37.75
38.90, 40.50, 37.60, 38.25
Noble Explo. 7.45, 7.05, 7.10
NOCIL 10, 10.03, 9.80, 9.86
10.30, 10.30, 9.75, 9.75
Noida Toll 6.99, 7
7.05, 7.15, 7.05, 7.05
Nova Petro. 42.50
39, 39, 36.65, 36.70
Novopan Inds 35.90, 34.05, 34.85
34, 35.95, 34, 35.95
NRB Bearings 93, 92, 92.15
99, 99, 91.05, 91.20
NRC 17.25, 18.50, 16.70, 17.82
19.70, 19.70, 16.75, 17.80
Nucleus Soft 65.35, 66.85, 65.30,
65.45
61, 66.90, 61, 65.85
m
m
m M
m
m
m M
m
m W
m W
NSE SHARE INDEX
N
I
R
22.35, 23.45, 22.35, 22.75
Ind.Swift 87, 98.75, 91.15
Ind.Swift La 27.50, 28.45, 25.10,
27.30
27.40, 28.30, 26.80, 27.15
India Foils 9.55, 9.30, 9.50
9.50, 9.75, 9.25, 9.65
India Gelat. 19.20, 17.95, 18.95
India Glycol 46.80, 48.85, 45.25,
46.35
India Gypsum 36.25, 36.45, 34.50,
34.85
33, 35.95, 33, 35.80
India Nippon 298, 300, 293.55,
295.20
294.90, 298, 286.05, 293.10
India Polyfi 5.50, 5.89, 5, 5.51
Indian Card 58.20, 66, 61.55
65, 65, 61.15, 62.10
Indian Hume 1201.85, 1154.75,
1159.35
1232.60, 1232.60, 1184.25,
1184.50
Indian Resor 60, 70.80, 67.20
Indian SeamM 17.35, 17.85, 17.50
Indo Gulf Fe 67.10, 67.60, 66.80, 67
68.50, 68.50, 66.55, 66.95
Indo Mat.Car 85, 87, 83, 86.35
Indo Nationl 330.85, 335, 330.85,
334.60
Indo Rama Sy 34.40, 33, 33.90
33.50, 34.20, 33, 33.80
Indraprast.M 16, 16.30, 16.25
16.20, 16.40, 16.05, 16.25
Indus.Inv.Tr 17.25, 17
Indusind Bnk 25.40, 26.10, 24.75,
25.55
25.75, 26.30, 25, 25.65
ING Vysya Bk 461, 476, 460, 464.10
458, 475, 458, 461.75
Insilco 15.65, 16.30, 16.10
Inter.Travel 34.85, 35.30, 33.50,
34.20
IOL Broadban 11, 12.56, 10.30,
11.31
Ion Exchange 30.30, 30.50, 28.60,
28.85
IP Rings 80, 79.50, 86.35
IPCA Lab. 329.95, 335, 326, 328
327, 336, 321.50, 328.70
Isibars 7.10, 7.40, 7.02, 7.20
Ispat Inds. 11.60, 12.25, 11.50,
11.65
11.40, 12.25, 11.40, 11.75
IT & T 11.95, 11.56, 11.95
12.10, 12.20, 11.60, 11.80
ITC Hotels 69.50, 75.30, 69, 73.55
68, 75.25, 68, 73.30
IVP 26, 27.50, 26.90
27.80, 28, 26.20, 27.40
IVRCL Infras 82.75, 85.80, 82, 82.50
82.30, 86, 82, 82.90
0 63%
41, 42, 41, 41.20
Phoenix Lamp 18.80, 19, 18.50,
18.75
Pioneer Embr 31.50, 32.50, 32.40
Plastiblend 43.95, 44, 42.85, 42.95
PNB Gilts 24.20, 23.65, 23.80
23.80, 24, 23.60, 23.95
Polyplex 77, 83.20, 82.90
77.50, 84, 76, 82.35
Praj Ind. 64.95, 63
63.60, 63.70, 62.50, 62.80
Precision Wr 35.15, 35.90, 35.05,
35.50
35.90, 35.95, 35, 35.90
Premier Auto 5.51, 6
Premier Inst 280.50, 266, 268
273.50, 274, 265.50, 269.75
Premier Tyre 9, 8.50, 9.50
Prism Cement 9.50, 10.45, 9.05,
10.38
9.40, 10.50, 9.10, 10.25
Pritish Nand 29, 28
29, 29.20, 28.10, 28.55
Priyad.Cemen 16.10, 17.74, 17.21
14.55, 17.65, 14.55, 17.25
Prraneta Ind 4.08, 4.48, 4.07, 4.40
PSI Data Sys 70.50, 71, 70.35, 70.60
69.65, 71.60, 69.50, 70.90
PSL 61, 62.15, 58, 58.60
57.15, 61.95, 57.15, 58.25
Pudumjee Pul 26.95, 28, 26.05, 27
27, 27.90, 26.05, 26.30
Pun.Alkali 9, 9.50, 8.90, 9.05
Pun.Chemical 119, 127.75, 124.20
Pun.Communi. 51, 53, 50.60, 50.80
Pun.Nat.Bank 154, 156.70, 149.40,
152.75
156.50, 156.90, 149.20, 151.15
R
Rain Calcing 21.90, 22, 20.90, 21.40
20.20, 22, 20.20, 21.25
Raj.Spg.&Wvg 24.50, 25.80, 25.35
24.60, 25.15, 24.60, 24.75
Rajesh Exp 100, 100.50, 99.85,
100.45
99.90, 100.25, 99.90, 100.25
Rajshree Sug 22.70, 23.80, 22.25,
22.65
19, 24, 19, 22.50
Rallis India 72.05, 73, 69.70, 70.80
70, 73.25, 67.90, 70.55
Rama Newspri 6.29, 6.45, 5.80, 6.31
5.70, 6.50, 5.40, 6.25
Ramco Inds. 233.50, 212.35, 213.40
216, 223.95, 214, 215.70
Ramco Systm 268, 280, 266, 268.30
267.05, 280, 264, 268.10
Rane Brake 180, 186, 182.10
Rane Madras 71.75, 67.25, 69.60
71, 73.50, 69, 69.90
Ravalgaon Su 2250, 2399, 2337.35
Rayban Sun O 50.80, 51, 49.50,
49.55
Reg.Ceramic 33.40, 31.10, 31.20
30.60, 32.50, 30.60, 31.20
Rel.Ind.Infr 45.60, 47, 45.95
46.55, 47, 45.25, 45.60
Relaxo Footw 23.50, 23.05, 23.50
Revathi Equ. 122.50, 124.25, 121,
122.45
Rico Auto 213.50, 224.50, 207.50,
210.05
213, 221, 200.50, 215.45
RPG Cables 12.95, 13.26, 12.51,
12.80
12.80, 13.50, 12.70, 12.80
RPG Life Sci 30.15, 30.45, 29, 29.20
32.50, 32.50, 28.05, 28.85
RPG Transmi. 9.65, 9.97, 9.31, 9.65
10.85, 10.85, 9.30, 9.45
RS Software 23.30, 23.40, 22.75
22.70, 23.40, 22.70, 23.05
Ruchi Soya 42.50, 45
44.15, 46.30, 42, 44.10
S
S Kumars Nat 7, 7.30, 7
7.20, 7.30, 7.05, 7.25
S.I.Bank 52.55, 53, 51, 51.50
52.40, 53.30, 51.30, 51.60
S.I.C.Agency 12.50, 12.60, 12
12.30, 12.30, 12, 12
Sabero Org. 14, 12.50, 12.70
13.75, 13.75, 12.40, 12.95
Saint-Gobain 16.80, 16.95, 16
Sakthi Sugar 20, 21, 18.95, 19.53
20.50, 21.10, 18.90, 19.30
Salora Int. 45.40, 43.15, 43.30
45, 45.40, 44.50, 44.55
Samkrg Pist. 54.90, 51, 52.65
Samtel Color 28.50, 28.70, 27.80, 28
28.60, 28.60, 27.90, 28
Sandesh Ltd. 117.60, 117.50, 120
118, 120, 115.75, 118.15
Sangam (I) 26.40, 28.15, 26.90
26.15, 27.95, 26.15, 27.10
Sanwaria Agr 26.95, 25.10, 25.90
Saregama (I) 52.55, 53.10, 51, 51.75
54.90, 54.90, 51.20, 51.55
SAT Invest. 15, 15.07, 12.70, 12.77
Satnam Over. 48.50, 51.90, 47.25,
49.20
47.70, 50.40, 47, 49.80
Satvah.Ispat 15, 14.50, 16
Saurash.Cem. 13.70, 10.50, 12.27
Savita Chem. 98, 100.95, 96, 98.50
98, 100.85, 95, 97.65
SBI Home Fin 14.50, 14.95, 14.35,
14.60
14.10, 15, 14.10, 14.60
Schenec.Beck 73.10
Schenec.Herd 35, 35.10
Seagull Leaf 9, 9.25
Search Chem. 20, 20.90, 19.80,
20.50
19.50, 21.20, 19.50, 20.10
Selan Explor 15.01, 15.15, 15
Sesa Goa 160.40, 164, 159, 161.95
162, 164.10, 158.75, 162.35
Sesha.Paper 66.80, 67, 62.90, 63.30
68.10, 68.10, 62.60, 63.80
Sh.Cements 96.50, 102.70, 94, 97.20
96, 102.70, 93.50, 96.30
Sh.Digv.Cem. 45.05, 45.10, 37.10
Sh.Rama Mult 8.35, 8.39, 7.92, 8
8.45, 8.45, 8, 8
Shah Alloys 79.10, 71.75, 73
Shalimar Pai 42.55, 43.50, 40.35,
41.10
Shamken Mult 11.90, 13.20, 10.60,
12
10.70, 11.75, 10.05, 11.25
Shamken Spin 5.36, 5.35, 5.59
Shanti Gear 130, 134, 129.35
131, 133.75, 130, 131
Shasun Chem. 250, 260, 247.10,
256.25
246, 260.90, 246, 255.35
Shaw Wallace 50, 51.85, 49
Shirpur Gold 28, 25.70, 26.95
29.20, 29.20, 27.05, 28.15
Shiv Vani Un 18, 21.95, 20.60
Shrenuj & Co 33, 34.50, 31.55, 33
33, 36.45, 30.15, 32.60
Shriram Inv 17.70, 17.95, 17.30,
17.65
Shriram Tran 17, 17.15, 16.65, 16.90
16.75, 17.30, 16.75, 16.80
Siemens VDO 70, 71, 68.25, 69.80
Siltap Che. 69, 72, 67.40, 68.35
70, 72.50, 67.40, 68.30
Simbh.Sugar 13.10, 13.50, 12.75,
13.15
Simplex Conc 66.50, 67, 63
Sintex Inds. 53.80, 54, 50, 50.20
54.90, 54.90, 50.10, 50.10
Sirpur Paper 61.75, 62, 59.25
61.70, 62.25, 59.05, 59.45
Siyaram Silk 49.30, 50.90, 49.65
Skanska Ceme 235, 229, 230
232.15, 232.15, 229, 230
Snowcem (I) 19.75, 20.25, 19.60,
19.90
19.60, 19.95, 19.35, 19.55
Soffia Soft. 17.30, 17.50, 17.40
17.75, 18.65, 17.50, 18
Softsol (I) 13.15, 15.49, 13, 13.32
Software Tec 11.32, 11.79, 10.96,
11.16
11.35, 11.90, 10.80, 11.05
Solectron Ce 52, 52.50, 48.55, 49.75
Solvay Pharm 166.10, 167, 161.10,
165
Sona Koyo St 143.90, 146.75, 141,
145.15
Spel Semicon 3.70, 4, 3.55, 3.75
SPIC 8.10, 8.50, 8.32
9.25, 9.25, 7, 8.35
SPL 24.60
24.05, 24.05, 23.95, 24
SQL Star Int 7.80, 8.09, 7.87
SREI Int.Fin 11.50, 12.80, 12.35
11.80, 12, 11.70, 11.90
SRF 25, 25.20, 24.80, 24.95
22, 25.40, 22, 24.95
SRF Polymers 22.60, 23.60, 22.40,
22.90
SRG Infotech 0.92, 0.95, 0.86, 0.87
0.95, 1, 0.85, 0.90
Sri Adhikari 67.90, 70, 67, 67.85
69, 69.90, 66.85, 67.45
Star Paper 20.05, 20.50, 19.75, 20
20.25, 20.60, 19.50, 19.90
State Bnk Bi 1146.50, 1185, 1148.35
State Bnk My 1329.10, 1468,
1390.15
State Bnk Tr 1052.75, 1100, 1059.85
Std.Indust. 6.45, 6.85, 6.40, 6.51
6.15, 6.85, 6.15, 6.45
Sterl.Inds. 365, 400, 371.75
Sterl.Tools 64, 67, 63.85
Stl.Strips W 16.80, 16.95, 15.80,
16.50
Su-raj Diamn 15.55, 15.90, 15.50,
15.65
15.55, 15.95, 15.55, 15.60
Suashish Dia 22.75, 23, 22.80
Subex System 145.55, 153, 145,
149.95
Subhash Proj 29.50
30.90, 31, 29, 29
Subros 74, 87.10
Sulzer (I) 142, 140, 142
Sundaram Cla 335, 347.60, 327,
331.65
333, 347.95, 333, 334
Sundaram Fst 499, 519, 502
502, 515, 502, 508.55
Sunflag Iron 8.26, 8.75, 8.05, 8.23
Super Spin. 88.40, 88.80, 85
Supreme Inds 143.95, 145.95, 141,
TOID70803/CR1/16/M/1
TOID70803/CR1/16/C/1
TOID70803/CR1/16/K/1
TOID70803/CR1/16/Y/1
CMYK
141.65
147.50, 147.50, 140, 141.50
Supreme Petr 16.40, 17.40, 16.25,
16.90
15.70, 17.45, 15.70, 16.90
Surana Tele 14.95, 15.45, 14.65,
14.70
15, 15.60, 14.70, 14.75
Surat Elec. 114, 108.25, 108.65
Surya Roshni 21, 23, 20.25, 21.55
21, 22.95, 20.25, 21.70
Surylak.Cott 34, 34.80, 33.25
34.10, 34.20, 33.50, 33.50
Sutlej Inds. 54.90, 55, 53
54, 57.85, 53.30, 53.90
Suven Pharma 216, 232.90, 228.95
Swaraj Engin 214.75, 205
203, 210, 203, 205.55
Swaraj Mazda 142.80, 143, 138.10
142, 142.70, 137.05, 137.05
Syncom Form. 24.50, 22.75, 24
Synergy Log 8.10, 8.81, 7.95, 8.55
T
T Spiritual 190
Taj GVK Hotl 58.05, 65, 58, 61.45
61, 65, 58.50, 61.05
Tanfac Ind. 18.35, 19.20, 18.25, 19
TASC Pharma. 10.80, 12.25, 10.80,
12.25
Tata Coffee 114, 118.85
113.90, 119.40, 113.90, 118.85
Tata Finance 52.70, 54.90, 49.10,
50.60
52.10, 55, 49.10, 50.60
Tata Honeywl 262.05, 264.05, 257
262, 262, 255.10, 259.45
Tata Infomed 143, 145.40, 141,
141.65
140.50, 145.60, 140.50, 141.50
Tata Infotec 232, 243, 229, 235.45
Tata Invest. 155.70, 158, 151, 153.25
153.90, 158.90, 152.25, 153.55
Tata Metalik 58, 59.50, 57.50, 58.40
57, 59.70, 56.25, 59
Tata Sponge 59.80, 66.30, 59.05,
63.40
60.20, 66.40, 59.50, 63.10
Tata Teleser 12.31, 13.50, 13.41
12.60, 13.50, 12.20, 13.30
Tele Data In 36, 36.85, 35, 35.40
Texmaco Ltd. 66, 68, 67.20
Themis Medic 44.25, 46, 44.25
Thiru A.Sug. 30.35, 31.45, 30.70
32.15, 32.15, 30.10, 30.10
Thirumalai 67.10, 70, 67, 68.65
70.20, 70.20, 66, 68.20
Tide Water O 1110, 1115, 1100
TIL 16.50, 15.90
15.25, 16.30, 15.25, 16
Timex Watch 13.59, 14.50, 13.50,
13.54
Timken India 40.25, 40.90, 39.60,
40.05
Tinplate Co. 25.20, 25.50, 24.30,
24.65
Tips Indus. 43.55, 44, 43, 43.45
44.05, 44.50, 43.15, 43.60
TN Telecom 11.50, 11.40, 11.90
11.50, 11.85, 11.30, 11.70
Todays Writi 39, 41.40, 38.30, 40.35
38.90, 41.80, 37.15, 39.90
Torrent Guja 17.25, 18, 16.25, 17.10
Tourism Fina 11, 11.10, 10.70, 10.72
11, 11.15, 10.75, 10.75
Toyo Rolls 49.50, 51, 48.60, 50.50
Transnat.Sec 24.75
Transpek Ind 23.50, 24.50, 22.35,
22.80
Transport Co 29.50, 30.95
30.10, 31.40, 29, 31.40
TRF 39.90, 47.35, 39, 46.75
Trigyn Tech. 20.65, 21.25, 20.05,
20.45
21, 21.25, 20, 20.35
TTK Healthca 26, 30, 25.50, 26.35
TTK Prestige 10.02, 10.75, 10.17
10.10, 11, 10.10, 10.70
Tube Invest. 130, 136.25, 129,
133.45
128.50, 137, 128.50, 133.10
Tudor India 19.90, 18.80, 18.95
Tuticorin.Al 4.50, 5, 4.67
TV 18 107.40, 111.50, 106.10,
107.70
108.50, 112, 106.25, 107.55
TVS Autolec 140, 144.65, 130,
137.80
TVS Srichakr 57.35, 57.60, 56.50,
56.80
U
UB Holdings 24.10, 24.40, 23.50, 24
Ucal Fuel 234.95, 236.40, 227,
230.65
230.10, 235, 228.25, 228.85
Ugar Sugar 59.90, 61.90
Ultramarine 79, 79.80, 78.05, 79.75
Unichem Lab 205.15, 210.95,
205.10, 209.65
202.05, 214, 202.05, 210.95
Uniflex Cabl 5.55, 6.09, 5.51, 5.90
Union Bank 40, 40.30, 38.15, 38.30
39.90, 40.35, 38.10, 38.35
Unitech 59.50, 54.25, 54.50
57, 57, 53.10, 53.40
United Brew. 99, 103.80, 100
United We.Bk 26.10, 26.75, 26.50
26.15, 26.65, 26.15, 26.25
Univer.Cable 13.10, 14.35, 14.15
13.85, 13.85, 13.85, 13.85
Upper Ganges 23.40, 26.85, 22.70,
25.35
23.20, 26.80, 22.60, 25.05
Usha Martin 35.25, 35.55, 32, 32.95
35.45, 35.45, 32.25, 32.85
Usha Mat.Inf 4.71, 5, 4.89
4.65, 4.80, 4.65, 4.80
Uttam Galva. 15.70, 16, 15.25, 15.30
15.80, 16.05, 15.20, 15.35
V
Vaibhav Gems 27.10, 27
Vanavil Dyes 45.40, 45.50, 45.20,
45.25
Vardhman Pol 50.30, 52, 50.25,
51.60
50, 52.35, 50, 51.45
Vardhman Spg 90.50, 88.15, 88.20
86, 91.95, 86, 88.35
Varun Ship. 15.60, 15.99, 15.20,
15.54
15.80, 16, 15.15, 15.35
Vashisti Det 13.15, 13.70, 12.92,
12.94
12.90, 13.70, 12.90, 13
Venky’s (I) 55.10, 53.15, 54
54.20, 55, 53.30, 54.50
Veronica Lab 7.45, 7.75, 7.40, 7.73
Vesuvius (I) 94.95, 100, 97.45
96, 99.45, 96, 97.25
Viceroy Hot. 12.10, 11, 12
Videocon Apl 11.25, 11.50, 11.20,
11.35
11.70, 11.70, 11.20, 11.30
Videocon Fin 23.80, 22.70, 24.91
21.10, 25.75, 21.10, 25.30
Vidhi Dyestu 15.15, 14.75, 14.85
Vikrant Tyre 15.90, 17, 15.55, 15.69
Vinati Org. 20.20, 20.85, 20, 20.80
Vindhya Tele 29.50, 30.50, 28.80,
29.30
31.15, 31.15, 29, 29.45
Vintage Card 8.19, 8.70, 8.33
8.15, 8.55, 8.15, 8.30
Vinyl Chem. 10.66, 11.25, 10.65,
11.09
10.95, 11.25, 10.80, 11.20
VIP Indus. 25.20, 25.90, 24.75, 24.85
25.50, 25.85, 24.55, 24.70
Visaka Ind. 37.05, 37.90, 36, 36.30
37, 37.80, 36.05, 36.35
Visesh Info 6.20, 6.40, 6.02, 6.34
6.25, 6.45, 6.05, 6.15
Vision Organ 2, 2.05, 1.97
2, 2.05, 1.95, 1.95
VJIL Consult 8.50, 8.27
Voltas 88, 90, 86.75, 87.05
87.50, 90, 86.40, 87
VST Indus. 152.50, 157.50, 152
151, 158, 149.50, 151.10
VST Tillers 32, 34.40, 33
VXL Instrum. 30.50, 31, 29.15, 29.35
W
Walchandngr 43.35, 44, 42.55
42, 43.40, 42, 43.40
Warren Tea 41.50, 47, 43.20
Wartsila (I) 113
113.50, 117.10, 113.10, 115
Wellwin Ind. 12.55, 14.60, 14.44
12.90, 14.70, 12.90, 14.40
Welspun (I) 40.55, 43
Welspun Guj. 23.70, 23.85, 21.80,
22.25
Wendt (I) 382.70, 425, 415
West Coast P 183, 185, 180.10,
183.75
180, 185, 180, 181.35
Widia (I) 114, 120, 113.55, 116
Wim Plast 44, 43, 43.15
Wimco 27.50, 28, 27.55
27.65, 28.35, 27.50, 27.55
Wockhardt Lf 28.10, 28.70, 27.60, 28
28.50, 28.75, 27.55, 28.05
Wyeth 342, 350, 330.30, 333.45
340, 350, 331.15, 333.05
Y
Yokogawa Blu 66, 68.90, 64.75,
65.05
67, 68, 65.05, 66.70
Z
Zandu Pharm 1791, 1850, 1849.75
1800.05, 1830, 1800, 1820
Zenith Comp. 12.20, 12.75, 12.10,
12.39
12.05, 12.75, 12.05, 12.15
Zenith Exp. 37.05, 40.25
Zenith Info. 13.45, 12.52
12.30, 13, 12.30, 12.45
ZF Steering 115.50, 121, 118.80
Zicom Electn 33, 34.50, 33.65
Zigma Soft. 3.71, 4.45, 4
Zodiac Cloth 123.05, 124, 117.55,
117.80
122, 122.35, 119.50, 119.95
Zuari Inds. 31.80, 32.85, 31.20, 31.55
31.30, 32.50, 31.20, 31.35
OID ‰ ‰ † CMK
The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday, August 7, 2003
All Black Lomu is back
Recovering from a rare kidney disorder,
Jonah Lomu could return for All Blacks
in the World Cup this October. Lomu’s
Wellington coach delayed naming his
line-up for a friendly, after the giant
winger declared himself available
Box office raid
Old Lady, Pitbull to part?
Baiching Bhutia is all set for the
silver screen. Both coach Bhowmick
and Bhutia will play themselves in a
Bengali film. “I’ve done ad films
before. But feature films are a
novel experience,” said the star
Combative midfielder Edgar Davids could
be moving on, after spending three years
with Juventus, Italian football’s ‘old lady’.
‘Pitbull’ Davids would be an asset to any
side, with both cash-rich Chelsea and
Barcelona apparently keen to sign him
Anju George leaps to silver at IAAF Grand Prix
AFP
CRICKET UPDATE
I had never considered the
possibility of my action
being illegal. This is how
I have bowled from the
start. I even considered
taking up leg-spin as I can
bowl that pretty well.
Backlash over McGrath tirade
Sydney: Cricket Australia were deluged with 15 days of complaints from
the cricket public and there was a
backlash from sponsors over fast
bowler Glenn McGrath’s verbal
tirade in the West Indies, the sport’s
leading administrator said on
Wednesday.
CA chief executive James Sutherland told a business lunch here that
Cricket Australia was inundated with
phone calls and e-mails following McGrath’s vein-popping rant at Windies
batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan on the
Caribbean tour in May.
—Muttiah Muralitharan
SPORTS DIGEST
AFP
“I can assure you it created a stir in
our office,” Sutherland told the
luncheon. A contrite McGrath later
apologised to Sarwan and publicly expressed regret at his behaviour but
there are still significant ramifications for the sport in Australia.
“The damage that that caused Australian cricket and arguably our
brand could never be measured but
judging by the reaction we got from
the media and the public there was no
doubt there was a diminution as a result of that unfortunate incident,”
said Sutherland. AFP
WC school cricket Kiwi opener dates
Australian captain Ricky Ponting plays a stroke on his way to scoring a century during the third and final One-day international against Bangladesh in Darwin on Wednesday. Australia thrashed Bangladesh by 112 runs.
Actress Sharon Stone blows
kisses to the crowd before throwing out the first pitch before the
Los Angeles Dodgers versus
Cincinnati Reds game on Tuesday
in Los Angeles.
Hussain available: Nasser Hussain, who resigned as England captain after the first Test against South
Africa, has told the England selectors
he will be available for selection for
next week’s third Test. Hussain’s
availability was welcomed by the
chairman of selectors, David
Graveney, as there had been speculation the Essex batsman would follow pace bowler Darren Gough’s example and announce his retirement.
“It’s good news for everyone,”
Graveney told the website on
Wednesday. Hussain, 35, surprised
most observers by resigning his post
after last Monday’s drawn first Test
against South Africa at Edgbaston.
Ralf hearing on August 19: Ralf
Schumacher’s culpability for a crash
in last weekend’s German Grand Prix
will be decided on August 19 in a
hearing before the FIA’s International
Court of Appeal. The BMW-Williams
driver was blamed for the crash at
the start of Sunday’s German GP.
Stewards ruled he will have to start
10 places down on the grid from his
qualifying spot in the August 24 Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
Schumacher appealed the decision
but said he would accept any ruling
by the FIA body. Heading into the
first corner of the race on Sunday,
Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello of
Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen of
McLaren collided with all three cars
too damaged to continue. AP
Assam Rifles team clinch
wushu title: Assam Rifles martial
art team has won the National
Wushu Championship claiming four
gold medals, as many silver and two
bronze medals. The 12th National
Wushu Championship was held in
Chennai from August 1 to 4. Altogether 35 teams from all over the
country participated in it, according
to an Assam Rifles release. PTI
BETTING METER
TENNIS
2003 US Open (men’s winner)
R Federer 3/1
A Roddick 4/1
A Agassi 5/1
L Hewitt 6/1
JC Ferrero 16/1
M Philippoussis 16/1
(as per ladbrokes.com)
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DD Sports — Federation Cup semifinal (6pm):
Mahindra United vs Vasco Sports Club (Salt Lake
Stadium, Kolkata).
Ricky makes final point
Darwin:
Ricky Ponting
scored his fourth One-day
century of a productive year
as world champions Australia crushed minnows
Bangladesh by 112 runs in
the final One-dayer to sweep
their series 3-0 at Marrara
Oval here on Wednesday.
Skipper Ponting’s rich
scoring form continued with
101 off 118 balls including
four sixes and two fours to
push Australia to 254 for seven off their 50 overs after
winning the toss.
Bangladesh were always
up against it, even with Australia going into the match
without top-line paceman
Glenn McGrath and Brett
Lee, and were dismissed for
142 off 47.3 overs.
Medium-pacer Ian Harvey
claimed four for 16 off 6.3
overs, left-arm spinner Brad
SCORE BOARD
Australia:
A Gilchrist c Sarkar b Rafique
31
M Hayden c & b Rafique
42
R Ponting c Tushar b Tapash
101
D Martyn b Kapali
1
A Symonds run out (Hossain)
0
M Bevan b Mortaza
57
I Harvey c Rafique b Mortaza
5
B Hogg not out
4
Extras: (lb 7, w 5, nb 1)
13
Total: (For 7 wkts, in 50 overs)
254
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-112, 3-113, 4114, 5-241, 6-247, 7-254.
Bowling: Mortaza 10-2-41-2, Tapash 100-63-1 (1 nb, 1 w), Mahmud 8-0-57-0,
Rafique 10-0-31-2 (1 w), Kapali 10-1-431 (2 w), Hossain 2-0-12-0.
Bangladesh:
H Sarkar lbw b Gillespie
1
J Omar lbw b Harvey
16
H Bashar c Ponting b Bichel
2
S Hossain c & b Hogg
27
T Imran run out (Hogg)
1
M Ashraful b Harvey
4
A Kapali c & b Hogg
49
K Mahmud run out (Williams/Hogg)
5
T Baisya c Ponting b Harvey
11
M Rafique not out
8
M Mortaza b Harvey
2
Extras: (lb 11, w 5)
16
Total: (All out, in 47.3 overs)
142
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-24, 3-27, 4-30, 536, 6-102, 7-119, 8-119, 9-136.
Bowling: Gillespie 10-6-16-1, Williams
10-2-32-0 (2 w), Bichel 10-1-35-1, Harvey 6.3-0-16-4, Hogg 10-0-32-2 (3 w),
Symonds 1-1-0-0.
New Delhi: The first ever World Cup
cricket tournament for schools will
be held in the Capital from December
1 to 13. This league-cum-knockout
tournament, organised by Delhi Public School (DPS) Society, will last over
two months and would be conducted
as per international rules. The duration of the game would be 40 overs
each. The under-18 cricket tournament for schools, first of its kind,
would witness over 100 teams from all
over the world. The tournament will
be held in three phases. TNN
Mumbai: The BCCI is likely to
change the dates of the three-day tour
opener between Board President’s XI
and the visiting New Zealand cricket
team to be held at Rajkot from September 26-28. The Kiwis, who are
scheduled to arrive here on September 23, might have to travel all the
way to Vishakhapatnam in AP to play
their first practice match against India ‘A’. “It will be easy for the visitors
to travel from Rajkot to Ahmedabad,
the venue of the first Test match,” a
BCCi official said. PTI
Hogg chimed in with two for
32 off 10 overs and Jason
Gillespie had a superb spell
of one for 16 off 10 overs with
six maidens. Ponting led by
example in winning his 37th
match in his 47th game as national One-day skipper.
He snapped up two catches
after earlier posting his 14th
One-day International century. The Bangladeshis had one
of their best spells in the
field on tour when they
claimed three Australian
wickets for two at one stage.
Mohammad Rafique started the ball rolling with the
prized wicket of Adam
Gilchrist for 31. AFP
Ajit Ninan
Warne will have to book
his Victoria seat first
Melbourne: Disgraced Australian
leg-spinner Shane Warne will not
be an automatic selection in the
Victorian cricket team after serving his 12-month drugs ban, state
coach David Hookes said on
Wednesday.
Warne’s ban for testing positive
to banned diuretics expires on February 10, making him eligible to
play for Victoria the following
weekend. Victoria play a one-day
match against Tasmania on February 14 and a Sheffield Shield match
against Tasmania starting two days
later.
Further complicating where and
when the champion leg-spinner
makes his return is Australia’s
tour of Sri Lanka in mid-February
and the fact Warne’s club team St.
Kilda is likely to be playing on February 14.
There is also a potential third final of the triangular One-day International series against India and
Zimbabwe set down for February
10.
Hookes said Victoria would not
automatically recall Warne for the
matches against Tasmania and
would want to ensure he was
match-hardened after such a long
inactive spell. “I would hope that
Warney feels comfortable enough
with the workload that he’s done
that he would be ready to play,”
Hookes said. AFP
Mr Misdemeanour... so far
Sept 1994 Indian bookmaker pays
Warne (and Mark Waugh) for pitch-information
and weather conditions. Duo fined by ACB.
1997 Warne storms out of a function after
a journalist cracks a joke on his weight.
April 1999 Seen smoking after just
agreeing to a $200,000 deal for a
Quit-Smoking campaign.
Feb 2000 Photographed smoking by
a teen-ager in New Zealand. Warne grabs the
youth's bag and swears at him after boy
refuses to hand over film.
June 2002
Selection in doubt after
Warne admits ‘dirty talk’ over the phone with a
nurse while playing for Hampshire in England.
Dec 2002
Dislocates
bowling shoulder. Returns to
action for Victoria in less than
four weeks.
Feb 2003
Tests
positive for banned
diuretic, Moduretic.
Says administered
by mom. Banned
for one year by an
ACB tribunal.
Ban ends
on Feb 10,
2004
‘We don’t just sledge, we play great too’
By Nitin Naik
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Legspinners! Synonyms scheming and philosophical pop up when you
mention the tribe. Shane
Warne deserves to be in the
list too. His ‘understudy’ Stuart MacGill is hopeful of his
name becoming synonymous
with the mesmerising and
complex art. The man who
wrecked Bangladesh with 17
wickets at 12.88 spoke to this
paper from Trentbridge. Excerpts.
Steve Waugh said recently
that Shane Warne will have to
fight hard to get back in the
side because you are bowling
so well...
I’m absolutely flattered as
the comment comes from a
champion like Steve, who I’ve
admired and respected. It’s a
gigantic compliment.
Despite having a much
better strike
rate
than
Shane Warne
you’re still labelled as his ‘understudy’.
Shane will always be the
greatest wrist spinners of all
time. The fact that I have
managed some level of success playing on the same
stage with him is very fulfilling. I am an Australian Test
player, not anyone’s ‘understudy’.
The Aussies tour India next
year. You said recently that
one of your goals was to help
Australia win a Test series in
India?
I toured India in 1998 but
played only a side game in
Jamshedpur. I enjoyed that
experience. 2004 will be huge.
I didn’t visit India in 2001
where we were close to winning. If picked I would love to
bowl to Sachin and co.
How do you feel as a practioner of a dying art?
Yeah it’s scary. Myself,
Shane and Kumble are doing
a fair job at the moment. But
there aren’t too many on the
horizon. I don’t know the
scene in other countries, but
in Australia I haven’t seen
any kid bowling wrist spin
with any potency. An excess
of one day cricket and emphasis on low economy rates
is responsible for this.
There’s been a lot of talk on
sledging recently.
Aah there it comes.
(laughs). Everyone feels all
that the Aussies do is sledge.
But we play some decent
cricket as well. Most of the in-
ternational cricketers get
along extremely well with
each other. If sledging was so
rife as it is made out to be, you
wouldn’t see the camraderie
that one sees today. Players
are representing their countries. Is it a crime if they occassionally wear their emotions on their sleeve? I don’t
think so. People going on and
on about it are doing a disservice to the game.
Ian Chappell commented
that he would rate Mark Taylor as a better captain that
Steve Waugh. Comment.
When Mark Taylor retired
I was extremely nervous as I
had never played under anyone else. Mark was very innovative, vocal and flamboyant
as a captain. Steve doesn’t say
a lot. But you know how badly he wants to win. I love his
intensity.
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Madhu continues winning streak: In Hyderabad, Rajesh
Choudhry and P Madhu of Army Yatching Node (AYN) continued
their winning streak in the Standard and Radial class races on
second day of the Laser National Championship being held at
the Hussain Sagar lake here on Wednesday. Sailing under strong
and heavy wind conditions with a speed of 12-14 knots, Madhu
won both the races scheduled for the day making a clean sweep
of all four races held so far in the radial class. PTI
CW panel completes review
Pankaj Nangia
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
DELHI BID FOR 2010
New Delhi: The Commonwealth
Games Federation evaluation commission completed its technical review of
the various venues in Delhi, one of the
bidding cities for the 2010 Games, here
on Wednesday.
The panel officials, headed by
Richard McColgan, will now evaluate
their findings before submitting a final
report to the Commonwealth Games
Federation General Assembly meeting
to be held in Jamaica, Kingston on
Nov ember 13.
The commission has already visited
the Canadian city of Hamilton, the other city in the bidding fray, last month.
The Chief Executive Officer of the
commission, Michael Hooper said at a
press conference that the panel will
seek clarifications if needed before finalising the report. ‘‘We are satisfied
with the responses. The five-man commission will evaluate the findings before finalising the report’’.
He refused to answer the question
whether Delhi will get the Games.
Michael Hooper, the Commonwealth
Games CEO, adresses a press
conference on Wednesday.
IOA’s Arjuna appeal to Govt.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association president Suresh
Kalmadi appealed to the government to consider all candidates recommended by the Arjuna Awards committee.
Kalmadi told reporters at the concluding press meet of the
Commonwealth Games Federation evaluation commission
that all the candidates were deserving as they have done the
country proud by winning medals. ‘‘Our athletes had done
well in the international arena and they had earned around 30
medals. There is nothing wrong if the government recognises
their efforts’’ The IOA chief added the governement should
okay the list as a ‘‘one-time exception’’. The Arjuna committee
headed by legendary footballer PK Bannerjee had recommended 21 names for the Arjuna awards and nominated two
for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. But Sports Minister
Vikram Verma insisted that the panel should prune the list to
the customary 15 and name only one for the Khel Ratna.
Rangers win: Blazeflash
Royal Rangers defeated
Gabriel Glorious Football Club
2-0 to book a super league
berth in the DSA league at the
Ambedkar Stadium. Daniel
Mughal scored a brace for the
winners. Rangers stand at 19
points from 7 matches while
Glorious have 12 points from 6
matches. In another match,
Bangadarshan scraped past
Delhi Veterans 2-1. TNN
‘‘We’re here to to assess the facilities
and submit a report to the General Assembly’’ he said.
However, he said that while some of
the facilities met the international requirements they needed refurbishing,
and added that some new venues may
have to be built since the Games were
slated to be held seven years from now.
The chairman of the commission,
Richard McColgan, said the panel was
impressed with the co-ordination of
various levels.
Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi said India deserved to host the Games as ‘‘India is
the leading light of the Commonwealth
movement’’. Asia has hosted the Games
only once — Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
Regarding the inclusion of cricket as
one of the disciplines Kalmadi said the
issue would be taken up once India is allotted the Games. ‘‘Once the Games is
allotted we’ll have to hold discussions
with the ICC to get the best teams for the
competition’’.
INDIANS ABROAD
Tania wins Kids Championship
New Delhi: Golf prodigy Tanya Wadhawa, who returned
a Grand Slam of wins in the Junior International Golf
Circuit last year, put up yet another superb display on the
World Junior Golf Circuit this year, with one win and two
runner up finishes in three appearances. The 10-year old
Tanya, a product of the prestigious David Ledbetter Academy, captured the US Kids World Championship at
Williamsburg, Virginia. She won by five strokes over her
nearest rival, Christina from Texas. In addition to her title win, she also won in the Chipping and Putting contest
in her age group category. PTI
Evangeline in fine form
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Evangeline, who finished third in her last outing
in Bangalore, is in fine nick. She is expected to lift the Calcutta Fillies Trial Stakes, the main event of the Kolkata races
scheduled for Thursday.
Selections: Camballo Handicap: 1,800m: 1.30pm: Moon Quest 1, Predecessor 2, Sugar Daddy 3. State Treasure Handicap: 1,000m: Sergeant Slipper 1, Athinai 2, On The Bit.
Sunbird Cup: 1,200m: Great Ambition 1, Amaryllis 2, Arian 3. Calcutta Filies Trial
Stakes: 1,400m: Evangeline 1, Imperial Pearl 2, Land of Fantasy 3. Commuter Cup:
1,200m: Allabreva 1, Arcaro 2, Immaculate 3. Bachelor’s Wedding Handicap: 1,200m:
Midas Touch 1, Aiberni 2, Abridge 3. Nightjar Handicap: 1,000m: 4.55pm: Schumacher
1, Alminstar 2, Meadow Royale 3.
Tulip impresses: Tulip, Sirrgaa, Elsalto and Super Max
were impressive in the morning try-outs here on Wednesday.
Inner-sand: 800m: Sirrgaa (Pramod) and Elsalto (R Kumar) - 49 secs: they moved nk
& nk with plenty in hands. Tulip (Pawan) and Tennis Girl (Manoj) - 49 secs: former easily
thrashed the latter by 8L. Super Max (Imran) - 48 secs: moved on a tight leash in the
straight, note. Gold Ring (Shah) - 52 secs; pleased. Blue Black (Pawan) - 52 secs.
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71-year-old Indian record
swept away by Argentina
Pune: A record set by Dhyan
Chand’s legendary Indian
hockey team at the 1932 Los
Angeles Olympic Games
could well be dead and buried.
The largest international
men’s victory — a 24-1 rout of
the United States — has been
eclipsed twice over in the Pan
American Games hockey
tournament now under way
in Santo Domingo.
Just as 71 years ago, it’s the
hosts that suffered such mortification. The aggressors,
stepping into the boots of
The Wizard’s band, have been
Argentina. Led by the scoring
feats of the dynamic Jorge
Lombi, the favourites bombarded The Dominican Republic 30-0 last Saturday.
Lombi scored nine goals in
the massacre and the poor
Dominicans were to suffer
Race for qualification hots up
AP
By Errol D’Cruz
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Eyeing the magical figure of 9.5 points from a
possible 13, which nearly guarantees qualification,
overnight leader R B Ramesh and Sriram Jha agreed for a
quick draw in the 10th round of the National B Chess Championship. The players on board two and Indian Airlines
teammates S Satyapragyan and Rahul Shetty followed suit
after the latter tried for about an hour to force a result. PTI
US’ Daraspreet Kainth (L) challenges Chilean Matias
Amoroso during the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic recently.
yet again. This time at the
hands of Chile who slammed
25 without reply against the
hosts on Sunday.
The FIH is obliged to accept
the results as official as the
Pan American Games will
qualify the winner automatically for the Athens Olympics.
In 1987, the FIH did not accept as official the largest international victory, at any
level. The result: Pakistan 55
Macau 0! That happened in
Karachi in 1987 at a junior
tournament. The FIH’s reasons for downplaying the
scoreline is still obscure. But
it is believed that Macau
fielded players not quite 15
years of age in an under-21
tournament. The S. Koreans
who played Macau later beat
them 30-0!
Advani and Joshi win
New Delhi: National Champion Pankaj Advani, former national champions Yasin Merchant and Devendra Joshi
recorded contrasting victories
to book their places in the
knock-out stage of the 4th NSCI
All-India Invitational Snooker
Championship.
While Advani and Merchant
had no problems in getting the
better of Mukesh Rehani (4-1)
and Sourav Kothari (4-0) respectively, Joshi had to overcome a
stiff challenge from Rishabh
Thukral.
Thukral, who had lost to Advani on Tuesday, made a promising start by winning the first
frame 69-19 on Wednesday but
lost the next two 74-14, 58-50 to
lose the initiative.
However, Joshi failed to keep
the momentum going which allowed Thukral to come back
and level the frame score at 3-3.
In the decider, the experienced Joshi came up with a
break of 62 to take the tie. He
now plays Advani to decide the
top player in Group A.
Meanwhile, Advani beat veteran Mukesh Rehani 99-19, 7351, 34-71, 71-25, 86-17 to ensure a
quarterfinal berth.
Advani played well in patches
and even recorded a break of 63,
the highest in the championship so far, but seemed unhappy with his game. PTI
‘Kobe’s sex scandal good for NBA’
Dallas: Kobe Bryant’s sex assault scandal could be a great
benefit for the National Basketball Association in the eyes of
one club owner.
Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner whose outspoken
comments against officiating
and the league have brought
more than one million dollars in
fines, told the television show
Access Hollywood that the case
“is great for the NBA.”
Bryant, an All-Star guard who
has led the Los Angeles Lakers
to three NBA titles, faces life imprisonment if convicted on
charges that he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Colorado. “From a business perspective, it’s great for the NBA,”
Cuban said. “It’s reality television. People love train-wreck television and you hate to admit it,
but that’s the truth. That’s the reality today.” AP
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No increase in Awards,
panel to meet again
By Raju Bhattacharjee
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The stalemate has been resolved. The Arjuna Awards Committee
conceeded that it was unaware about the
14-plus-one winners stipulation and has
agreed to prune the list later this week.
“I have received a call from the sports
ministry and we have been asked to meet
once again,” former international footballer, P.K. Banerjee, and chairman of the
Awards Committee revealed to the Times
News Network on Wednesday.
Banerjee said that the committee is going to meet in the Capital on August 9 or
10 to rework the list. He also informed
that they have to decide on the Rajiv Khel
Ratna award too.
The committee had recommended 21
names for the Arjunas this year, as opposed to the stipulated 15. They had also
short-listed athlete K.M. Beenamol and
shooter Anjali Bhagwat for the Khel Ratna award, and had recommended to announce both names as joint winners.
However, the government refused to increase the number of awards, even refusing to prune the list by itself. Vikram Verma, the Sports Minister mentioned that
ARJUNA CONTROVERSY
government would not shorten the list
and that it should be done by the Awards
committee.
Banerjee admitted, while taking full resposibility for the controversy over the
prestigious awards, that the committee
was not fully clear about the rules and regulations. “I should confess that we were
not fully aware about the rules and regulations. I discussed this issue with several
bureaucrats and lawyers over the last couple of days. And it’s true that the committee is bound to work under the guidelines.
“We don’t have power to increase the
number. We increased the number as the
committee felt that India had performed
rather well at the last Asian and Commonwealth Games. So there were really
more than 15 sportspersons who deserved
this Award,” said Banerjee.
Banerjee also hinted that now the committee has to ignore those name whose recommendations came well after May 31. “I
have also spoken to lawyers over this issue and they feel we can consider those
cases which reached on June 2 because
May 31 was Saturday but not beyond that.”
Big spending Chelsea
buy Veron and Cole
London: Manchester United
have agreed to sell Argentine
internat i o n a l
Juan Sebastian
Veron to
Chelsea for
15 million
pounds.
The 28year-old
Veron
midfielder,
who cost 28 million pounds
when he joined United from
Italian club Lazio in 2001, is
now set to hold contract talks
with the big-spending London
club. In a statement to the
London Stock Exchange on
Wednesday, United confirmed
they had accepted Chelsea’s
bid “subject to contract and
player medical”.
Chelsea chief executive
Trevor Birch told the club’s
website: “They have accepted
our bid of 15 million pounds.
“And now providing he
wishes to speak to us we can
proceed with negotiating personal terms and putting him
through a medical.”
Chelsea will be anxious to
agree personal terms with
the Argentine quickly as the
deadline for registering players for the Champions League
third qualifying round is 11
a.m. on Thursday.
United said that 2.5 million
pounds of the 15 million fee
was “conditional on the performance of the Chelsea team
over the next four seasons”.
Veron would be the sixth
high-profile signing made by
Chelsea since the takeover by
billionaire Russian businessman Roman Abramovich last
month.
On
Tuesday,
Chelsea
agreed a fee of 6.6 million
pounds with West Ham United for promising young England midfielder Joe Cole.
That came after they had
signed up Ireland winger
Damien Duff from Blackburn
Rovers for 17 million pounds,
West Ham defender Glen
Johnson (up to 6.0 million),
Cameroon midfielder Geremi
(6.9 million) and England defender Wayne Bridge (7.0 million). Reuters
UEFA’s nominees: Zinedine
Zidane, Ronaldo and Ruud
van Nistelrooy were among the
nominees for UEFA’s annual
awards, for outstanding performances during last season’s UEFA competitions. Zidane and Juventus’ Pavel
Nedved were each nominated
for both the best Midfielder
and Most Valuable Player
awards. Agencies
Anju delighted with silver, not with jump
By Sunil Warrier
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: India’s top long jumper,
Anju Bobby George, was on the podium in only her third big event after
being trained by US Olympian Mike
Powell and signed by top US-based
sports management firm, HIC. At the
DN Galan athletic meet, part of the
IAAF Super Grand Prix series, in
Stockholm (Sweden) on Tuesday,
Anju got the silver with 6.49 metres
for which she earned 2400 euros.
With the Top Guns in long jump
taking a break, the event had a restricted field of six jumpers at the
Stockholm Olympic Stadium. Sweden’s Carolina Kluft won the gold (6.59
metres) while Concepcion Montaner
of Spain took the bronze (6.48 metres).
The effort is far from Anju’s best,
yet praiseworthy. She had finished
fourth (6.51 metres) in a topclass field
at the Berlin Golden League and seventh (6.54 metres) in the Madrid Super Grand Prix. All the six participants jumped well short of their best.
‘‘I’m delighted to have won a silver,’’ said Anju from Stockholm. ‘‘But
I am not very happy with the jumping. My knees were extremely stiff
after the flight from Madrid. Though
my running was good, I was unable
to stretch and could not gain the
height to make good jumps.’’
Anju, ranked No. 9 on the IAAF
computer, seems to have overcome
stagefright, something she was extremely wary of, having not participated in high quality events.
Only one of her six jumps was in-
valid. She jumped 6.42, 6.41, 6.49, 6.41
and 6.36 metres in the other five.
‘‘Yes, now I’m very confident,’’
added Anju. ‘‘I have overcome the
nervousness and the fear. I find that
all participants are doing well individually, but when it comes to competition there is lot of tension. I’m confident that I should be able to jump
6.80 to 6.90 metres shortly.’’
Anju, who will be participating in
the World track and field championships in Saint Denis (Paris) later
this month, has a personal best of
6.74 metres with 6.65 metres as her
best this year. It was the second consecutive time that Anju defeated
Montaner, who has a world ranking
of No.7 and a year’s best of 6.69 metres. None of the competitors managed to come close to their best.
Mahindras set up title clash with Md. Sporting
By Nilankur Das
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Kolkata: The Goan challenge in the
Tata Federation Cup ended in silence
of the virtually empty Salt Lake Stadium stands. But Vasco didn’t let go
without a fight. And their trend of
scoring in the dying moments almost
remained intact but for a fully
stretched Sunder Rajan under the
Mahindra United bar managing to
paw out a well-placed right footer
from K Ajayan in the injury time. In
the end, Mahindra made it to the final
of the 25th edition of the Federation
Cup beating Vasco 2-1 on Wednesday
evening.
Mahindra’s both goals came in the
first session, both scored by Togo’s
Raphael Patron following defensive
errors. Ajayan scored the lone one for
Vasco, also following a
the battle won by
FEDERATION CUP David Booth’s boys.
faulty clearance by
Arun Malhotra.
Perriera, though blamed it on the
After their conquest of Tollygunge lack of time his boys got to recover
and East Bengal, Vasco were carded following a very tough quarterfinal
to put up a fight.
against favourites
They did, but it was
East Bengal. “The
too little too late. Toboys were tired and
tal lack of cohesion
it took us quite
among the midfieldsometime to settle
ers coupled by utter
down today. Mahinconfusion in the dedra took full advanfence, hardly helped
tage of that. But I
Vasco.
am proud of my
They were comboys for making it
pletely outplayed by
this far,” Perriera
the Mumbai outfit
said in the postin the first session
match news conferand their two-goal
ence.
lead into half-time
The first goal
was more than half
looked coming any
moment right from the start. Vasco’s
defenders Vinu Jose, John Dias and
Sebi Dias were shaky to say the least
— their clearances rebounding off
their teammates and creating opportunities for Mahindra. Patron himself
missed more than one such chance.
The first strike came in the 17th
minute when Patron thighed in a
James Singh cross.
The corner off the right-flank was
preceded by one from the left which
Vasco goalkeeper Saji Joy fisted away
only to see the ball rebounding off the
back of Ajayan and going out for a
corner grazing the far post. The following corner produced the goal.
The second strike came six minutes later. James curled in a centre
from the right which Patron slotted
home with a slight deflection.
Raul, not Becks is real hero
Tokyo: David Beckham may have proven his multi-million
euro (dollar) worth by scoring his first goal for Real Madrid in
an exhibition match here, but there is still room for improvement in his superstar ranking among Japanese women.
The 28-year-old England captain was ranked only fourth
among the all-star lineup of the Spanish champions in a popularity poll ahead of their easy 3-0 win over J-League club FC
Tokyo in a pre-season exhbition match on Tuesday night. Of
100 single Japanese women interviewed at the venue, Tokyo’s
National Stadium, just 15 named Beckham as the player they
had come to cheer for, according to the Sankei Sports daily.
The women were aged between 17 and 34.
Raul got the nod from 31, Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos 23 while 16 named French playmaker Zinedine Zidane
their favourite.
Portuguese genius Luis Figo placed behind Beckham with
nine votes. Beckham’s England colleague Steve McManaman
got three votes, and Fernando Morientes one. AFP
Bankrupt Tyson
needs win over
Don King
New York: Mike Tyson could
knock out more than $27 million in
debt that left
him in bankruptcy by winning a court decision over expromoter Don
King in a $100
million lawsuit
set for a September trial.
The lawsuit
is listed as a “litigation asset” in
Chapter 11 bankruptcy papers
filed here with the US Bankruptcy Court. Tyson claims King
duped him into signing a deal
while in prison for rape and
wrongly took millions.
Tyson, who rejected a $20 million settlement offer from King,
detailed a lifestyle of excess that
saw his $400 million in boxing income over the past 20 years spent
on lavish luxuries.
The 37-year-old former heavyweight champion, who once commanded 30 million dollars for
pay-per-view boxing spectacles,
had his debts detailed in court papers by The New York Times,
which found he spent 400,000 dollars a month.
“I have been in financial distress since 1998,” Tyson said in an
affidavit. “Since that time, although my fight income, various
asset sales and litigation recoveries have enabled me to pay a lot of
my debt, I am still unable to pay
my bills.”
Future fight earnings and money from the sale of a mansion in
Connecticut will help pay off a
nine million-dollar divorce settlement to ex-wife Monica Turner,
who has a lien on his Las Vegas
estate. AP
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