Indian-Born nurse death still a mystery

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Who was Adam Lanza
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Adam Lanza shot his mother at
her home before driving in her
car to the elementary school and
shooting dead 26 people before
turning the gun on himself
Adam Lanza went from
'genius' tech geek who grew up
in a $1.6million home to
heartless killer
The shooter, Adam
Lanza, 20, described as a 'ticking
time bomb' who suffered from
Asperger's syndrome and was
painfully shy and awkward
Peers remember him as
a quiet and extremely intelligent
student who kept to himself and
carried black briefcase to class
Brother Ryan, 24, an
accountant at Ernst and Young,
said Adam had personality
disorder
Gunman killed his
mother at home they shared in
Newtown, then stole her guns
and carried out massacre
Reporters broke the
ADAM LANZA
news of the massacre to Adam's
father, Peter, who is divorced
from the mother and lives in
Stamford, Connecticut with new
wife
Moved
to
tears,
President Obama says 'our
hearts are broken today'
Flags around America
being flown at half staff.
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Indian-Born nurse death still a mystery When your DOCTOR
ABUSES YOU
Jacintha Saldanha, the Indian-born nurse who was found hanged after taking a hoax call from an Australian
radio show to the London hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate Middleton
I
ndian-born Jacintha Saldanha, 46, apparently committed suicide
after answering the prank telephone call from two Australian
radio DJs to the hospital where Prince William's wife Kate
Middleton was admitted with acute morning sickness. Saldanha's
body was flown back from Britain on Sunday and was due be buried
at a cemetery in Shirva, 30 miles (50 kilometres) from Mangalore city,
after a funeral in the Catholic parish church. Members of the nearby
Nativity Convent told media that the community was saddened and
confused by the death of Saldanha, who moved to Britain about 12
years ago with her husband Benedict Barboza. The grieving children
of an Indian-origin nurse, who was found dead following a hoax call
to a London hospital treating Kate Middleton, on Saturday paid an
emotional tribute to their mother, saying her death has left an
"unfillable void" in their lives. "We will miss your laughter and loving
smile and memories we had together. The house is empty," said
Jacintha Saldanha's daughter Lisha, 14, and son Junal, 16, in a joint
tribute read out on their behalf during a mass held at Westminster
Cathedral. "We are shattered and there is an unfillable void in our
lives. We love you mum," they said. 46-year-old Saldanha's husband
Benedict Barboza held the hands of his children as they entered the
Worst case of a groping Doctor I've seen in 40 years:
Judge's attack on doctor
who fondled breasts of patient with injured wrist as he
jails him for 11 years
A
church. "They say she was a strong person, why did she take such
a drastic step," said Sister Benny D'Souza, describing the family as
"very generous and kind".
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NRI DOCTOR KILLS SELF AFTER
PARENTS REJECT BRITISH FIANCÉE
A
n India-born doctor in the U.K. has repor tedly committed suicide after his par
ents, citing cultural differences, disapproved of his plan to marry his British
fiancee and fellow physician, who also did not agree to a Hindu wedding.
Bangalore-born anaesthetist Madhu Honnaiah, 33, swallowed drugs from Singleton
Hospital in Swansea where he worked after splitting with fiancee Dr. Emma Wrighton.
An inquest heard his parents had objected to his engagement to British-born Dr. Wrighton,
32, who had refused to have a Hindu wedding, the Daily Mail repor ted.
Dr. Honnaiah was alone when he injected himself with two drugs used in surgery
seven months after their split.
The inquest heard Dr. Honnaiah had begun a relationship with Dr. Wrighton in 2008
while working in Liverpool. Dr. Wrighton then got a job in Australia but the pair stayed
in touch - and moved in together when she returned to Britain.
doctor who sexually
assaulted
women
patients during medical
examinations over three decades
was jaile d f o r 1 1 y e a r s
yesterday.
Dr Gousul Islam, 70,
regularly made inappropriate
comments and propositioned
patients and staff for sex.
In his consulting room at
a village surgery, he serially
groped teenage girls and
young women.
Under the pretext of
examinations, he fondled their
breasts, stroked their thighs
and touched them intimately.
The doctor asked the
women to undress in his
presence without a screen
and lie on his treatment couch
without a blanket or towel to
protect their modesty.
Judge Simon Lawler said
this was the 'worst case of its
kind by a professional man' he
had encountered in 40 years.
S h e f f i e l d C r o w n Court
heard that Islam single-handedly
Gousul Islam, 70, abused
young women under the
pretext of examinations
ran the Lyndhurst surgery in
Stainforth, Doncaster, until 2009.
He asked one teenager to
'strip off and go upstairs with him'
at his surgery and told her: 'You
are fit, you are stunning, you are
beautiful.'
Islam repeatedly asked her
to go on weekends away or
watch videos with him at his
house and told her he was not
interested in his wife.
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CHAMBER PRESENTS
QE-II DIAMOND
JUBILEE MEDALS AT
ITS ANNUAL WINTER
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Chamber presents QE-II Diamond Jubilee medals at its annual Winter Gala
Ajit Someshwar
As the President of Indo-Canada Chamber of
Commerce (1991-93) Ajit Someshwar
launched the Chamber’s Annual Awards,
which two decades later have become an
institution. He is an entrepreneur,
philanthropist, social activist. He serves on
EDC's board.
Anil Shah
Suresh Thakrar
As the founder director of IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce’s Golf
Committee, entrepreneur Anil Shah
launched the ICCC’s foray into
organized philanthropy. In its 15th year
now, the Golf Classic has contributed
to various charities in Toronto.
Suresh Thakrar has contributed
to the financial services industry
of Canada for over three
decades, & he has served the
Indo-Canada Chamber of
Commerce in different capacities.
He has served other boards like
Greater
Toronto
Airport
Authority & ROM.
Douglas Kelly
Geetha Ramesh
Douglas Kelly is a veteran journalist who
has a demonstrable track record of
achievements. As publisher of National
Post, Douglas has built bridges with
ethnic minorities in Canada. He is a
recipient of the Asia-Pacific Fellowship for
Journalists.
Dr. Geetha Ramesh has made sterling
contributions to the Indo-Canadian
community in Alberta. As the head of the
Alberta Council & National Director of the
ICCC, she has created a base for the
community to participate in the economic
fabric of province.
Harjit S. Kalsi
As an active member of the Indo-Canada
Chamber of Commerce for the last 20 years,
Harjit S. Kalsi’s has helped the Chamber
achieve its mandate of fostering CanadaIndia trade, and creating opportunities for
the Indian Diaspora in Canada.
Kanta Arora
Kanta Arora’s name is synonymous with
volunteerism, social work, commitment,
integrity and credibility. She is a role model in
volunteerism. Her broad vision for the IndoCanadian community's needs has paved the
way for its better integration.
Naval Bajaj
As the 25th President of the Indo-Canada
Chamber of Commerce, Naval Bajaj has
taken ICCC to a higher level of operations
by focusing key bilateral issues like energy
security, agriculture, nuclear cooperation,
civilian, defense & space technologies.
Imtiaz Seyid
Imtiaz Seyid has utilised his thorough
understanding of the multicultural
markets to knit broad alliances of different
communities in Canada; he has also
helped organizations such as the IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce gain
access to the mainstream.
Kasi Rao
Kasi Rao is Senior Advisor Indo-Canada
Chamber of Commerce. His policy advice
especially related to SMEs and Diaspora
helped ICCC organise the Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas Canada 2011, and build economic
bridges between Canada and India.
Rakesh Goenka
Rakesh Goenka pioneered Canada-India
collaboration in the IT sector through the IT
Group which was later merged with the IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce. His efforts at
creating economic synergies led to trade
policy formulations in Canada and India.
Renu Mehta
Sabi Marwah
Renu Mehta is a Communications
Specialist. She has been actively
involved in promoting opportunities and
representing immigrant communities to
integrate into the Canadian social fabric
though extensive involvement in various
diversity organizations.
Banker Sabi Marwah has tremendous
achievements in diverse spheres of
activities such as philanthropy and
promotion of arts and culture. He has helped
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce’s grow
within the Diaspora and integrate into
Canadian mainstream.
Soham Ajmera
Soham Ajmera is Chairman FGF
Brands Inc.
He founded
D o u g h
Delight in
1974 and is
today one
of
North
A m e r i c a ’s
largest
flatbread manufacturers. He
holds a patent for continuous
tandoor oven, and is a
philanthropist, contributing to
diverse causes.
Srini Iyengar
As President of EIPROC (An
organization of South Asian
Professionals) Srini raised funds
for the Stephen Lewis Aids
Foundation and CAMH (Centre
for Addiction and Mental
Health). Also
as President
he
was
responsible
f
o
r
providing
financial
scholarship
to many South Asian Students
attending first year University/
College. Srini has served for two
terms with Indo Canada Chamber
of Commerce as Vice President
of Membership and Finance.
He has actively mentored
many New Canadians over the
last 15 years and recently
received recognition from JVS
Toronto and TRIEC for
completing a mentoring program
with the Indo Canada Chamber
of Commerce’
Terry Papneja
While scaling great heights in his
profession as a dentist, Terry
Papneja has devoted his life to
educate
underprivileged
children in India through 'AIM
for SEVA' whose goal is to
empower them by creating
sustainable solutions to hunger
& poverty.
Venki Raman
A banker by profession, Venki
Raman is a motivational speaker
who mentors newcomers to
Canada. He is passionate about
the upliftment of the youth, and
constantly contributes his time
and energy for the betterment of
the
underprivileged
and
hospitals.
Bashir Nasir
As the official photographer of the IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce, Bashir
Nasir has chronicled the history of the
Chamber over the last three decades. He
has as seen ICCC grow to become the
largest Indian Diaspora organisation in
Canada.
Gopal Bhatnagar
Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar is a cardiac surgeon, an
expert in beating heart surgery, and chief of
staff at Trillium. His philosophy is that every
patient would get the operation they deserve
using world-class benchmarks as the
minimum acceptable standard.
Kant Kishore Bhargava
Kant Kishore Bhargava is Senior Advisor IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce. His analyses
and policy advice helped ICCC build economic
bridges between Canada and India, and
contribute to Canadian society in conjunction
with other diaspora organizations.
Kishore Doshi
Kishore Doshi is the Founding
President of the Indo-Canada Chamber
of Commerce. The organization he
started in a garage in 1977 has grown
to become the largest and oldest
business organisation of IndoCanadians in Canada.
Ravi Seethapathy
Through his academic research Ravi
Seethapathy has contributed to a more
'India-engaged' Canada. He has chaired/
served on many boards such as Ryerson
University, Canadian Club, Engineers
without Borders, Indo-Canada Chamber of
Commerce.
Salim Yusuf
Dr. Salim Yusuf has expanded our
understanding of the causes and prevention
of cardiovascular diseases. His INTERHEART
study of 28,000 individuals in 52 countries
demonstrated that 9 modifiable risks predicted
over 95% of heart attacks globally.
Sampat Poddar
Philanthropist
Sampat
Poddar believes rather than
financial assistance, the
needy are better served by
innovative ideas that result
in social and economic uplift
of the downtrodden; he has
spent a lifetime raising funds
for social innovations.
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US SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS WHO WAS
ADAM LANZA
US School Shootings - Who was Adam Lanza
(Contd. from page 1)
Crazed killer Adam Lanza was a 'ticking time bomb' who suffered from Asperger's
syndrome and was painfully shy and awkward, former classmates said yesterday. Last
night, a troubling portrait began to emerge of the 'Goth' loner, who dressed all in black and
was obsessed with video games. Others say Lanza used to be a mild-mannered student in
high school, making the
honor roll, and living with
his mother, Nancy Lanza,
who in turn loved playing
dice games and decorating
their upscale home for the
h o l i d a y s . Wi t n e s s e s s a y
Lanza was going from room
to room shooting people,
after first killing the
principal Dawn Hochsprung
and
the
school
psychologist Mary Sherlach
ADAM LANZA SHOT HIS MOTHER, NANCY LANZA, BEFORE
execution-style when they
DRIVING TO SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING
confronted him in the
26 PEOPLE INCLUDING 20 CHILDREN
hallway. The 20-year-old who shot dead 27 people in
America's worst-ever school killing - began his rampage by shooting his mother in the
face at the family's $1.6?million home in Newtown, Connecticut, dubbed America's 'safest
town'. He then then took three of her guns and drove her black Honda Civic to Sandy
Hook Elementary School around 9.30am, where he killed 20 young children and six adults
before shooting himself in the head. Lanza used two semi-automatic pistols, a Glock and
Sig Sauer, and reportedly wiped out an entire classroom of young children, then shot
several in a second class before taking his own life.
'NO CONNECTION'
While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school
shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder
a n d v i o l e n c e . A s p e rg e r ' s i s a m i l d f o r m o f a u t i s m o f t e n c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y s o c i a l
awkwardness. "There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent
behavior," said psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor at the
University of California, Los Angeles. Witnesses say Lanza was going from room to room
shooting people, after first killing the principal Dawn Hochsprung and the school
psychologist Mary Sherlach execution-style when they confronted him in the hallway.
Former classmate Olivia DeVivo said she remembered Lanza talking about 'blowing things
up', but added: 'I put that down to the usual talk of boys. I think he went so unnoticed
people didn't stop to think, "There's something going on here - maybe he needs some kind
of help?" 'No one is surprised. He always seemed like he was someone who was capable of
that because he didn't really connect with our high school, with our town.' Another former
school friend, Jamie Crespo, 19, said: 'He used to hang with the freaks, guys who dressed
in trench coats.' Other students remember him walking through school dressed in black,
carrying a black briefcase. Newtown High School's 2010 class president Ben Federman is
like the rest of his classmates - he can barely remember Adam Lanza. Mr Federman, who
was home from attending college at Vanderbilt University, told MailOnline that he had
Father: Peter, a wealthy executive for General Electric, who is believed to earn $1million
a year, moved out of the family home in 2006 However, he continued to provide well for
Nancy and their younger son, giving her the family home as well as nearly $325,000 a year.
One of Lanza's former classmates spoke of his 'noticeable decline' after his parents'
divorce. 'He was a loner at school and hyper intelligent,' he said. 'But in recent years he
disappeared off the radar.
'The word is that he was badly affected when his parents split and
that might be what pushed him over the edge. 'He was always weird but
the divorce affected him. He was arguing with his mother. He was a ticking
time bomb waiting to explode.'
A relative to the family said that Adam Lanza was 'obviously not
well,' adding that he often seemed troubled. They described Nancy as
being rigid and at times, overbearing.
Dan Holmes, owner of a landscaping firm who worked on the family's
home, said she was an avid gun collector: 'She told me she would go
target shooting with her kids.'
Sources close to the investigation also revealed last night that Nancy
had recently stopped hosting monthly get-togethers for neighbors in
order to look after her increasingly troubled son.
The 50-year-old is thought to have worked as a supply teacher at the
elementary school where the shootings took place.
Last night it also emerged Nancy was a member of the Doomsday
Preppers movement, which believes people should prepare for end of the world.
Her former sister-in-law Marsha said she had turned her home 'into a fortress'. She
added: 'Nancy had a survivalist philosophy which is why she was stockpiling guns. She
had them for defense.
'She was stockpiling food. She grew up on a farm in New Hampshire. She was skilled
with guns. We talked about preppers and preparing for the economy collapsing.'
Marsha added that her nephew had been raised by 'kind, nurturing' parents'. She said
she last seen Adam in June but recalled nothing appeared out of the ordinary.
'Nancy was a good mother, kind-hearted,' she added. 'She wasn't one to deny reality.
She would have sought psychiatric help for her son had she felt he needed it.'
Lanza's aunt, Marsha Lanza, said her nephew was raised by kind, nurturing parents
who would not have hesitated to seek mental help for him if he needed it.
The Crystal Lake, Illinois resident told the Associated Press she was close with Adam
Lanza's mother and sent her a Facebook message Friday morning asking how she was
R
yan Lanza is escor ted to a car outside his home in
Hoboken by law enforcement. Police said he has
been very cooperative during the investigation Ryan,
24, who was originally thought to have been the shooter,
was being questioned by police after he was arrested at his
home in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was on a bus on his way
home from work when he was being named as the gunman
and posted on Facebook that it wasn't him. Ryan Lanza had
been extremely cooperative and was not under arrest or in
custody by Saturday morning, but investigators were still
searching his computers and phone records. He told law
enforcement he had not been in touch with his brother since
about 2010. Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lanza's, said he
sent him a Facebook message Friday asking what was going on and if he was OK. According to Wilshe, Lanza's reply
was something along the lines of: 'It was my brother. I think
heard from many graduates from the class of 2010 and none of them can think of a single
friend Lanza had. 'The only time I ever saw him was in the hallway and he never seemed to
engage anyone. He was just focused on walking from one class to another,' Mr Federman
said. His only memory of the 20--year-old Lanza was the bizarre way he dressed - always
in button-down shirts that were too big for him. He also usually had pens in his shirt
pocket and usually carried a
black leather briefcase. 'You
noticed that because it was
different. He carried a
briefcase and not a backpack,'
Mr Federman said. Lanza
appears to have enjoyed a
normal childhood, attending
Sandy Hook Elementary and
then Newtown High School,
in the affluent town 60 miles
from New York.
He graduated high school
NANCY LANZA'S HOME IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, WAS
in 2010 and refused to pose
RAIDED AFTER 2 PM FRIDAY AND SHE WAS FOUND SHOT
for the traditional high school
DEAD FROM AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE FACE.
yearbook picture - a rite of
passage in America. Instead,
a note on the page under his name states: 'Camera shy.' In 2007, when he was a freshman,
he was pictured along with ten of his classmates for a group photo of the 'Tech Club,'
which 'allowed students to explore technology and promote events' on student TV. In two
yearbooks from his time in high school - he wasn't even listed in one and his name appeared
under 'not pictured' in another. Richard Novia, the school district's head of security until
2008, who also served as adviser for the school technology club, said Lanza clearly 'had
some disabilities. 'If that boy would've burned himself, he would not have known it or felt
it physically," Novia told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "It was my job to pay
close attention to that.' Mr Novia described Lanza as 'a very scared young boy, who was
very nervous around people he could trust or he refused to speak with,' Novia said.
'Somewhere along in the last four years, there were significant changes that led to
what has happened,' Novia said. 'I could never have foreseen him doing that.' Yesterday
reports claimed he had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism where
sufferers experience difficulties with communication and social skills, which can lead to
isolation and emotional problems. Neighbor Justin Germak, 17, said he knew Lanza 'had a
condition'. 'You definitely noticed it. He was needy. He struggled to be social.' 'Everyone
just assumed he was a smart kid and that's why he didn't like talking to people all the time,'
Peter Lalli, 20, who graduated with Lanza in 2010, told the New York Daily News. 'He hung
out with the smart crowd.' Another former classmate said Adam has been 'a weird kid since
we were five years old.' Tim Dalton wrote on Twitter: 'As horrible as this was, I can't say I
am surprised...' Family friends said Lanza's problems started to escalate when his parents
divorced in 2008 after 18 years together. His father Peter, a wealthy executive for General
Electric, who is believed to earn $1?million a year, moved out of the family home in 2006,
citing 'irreconcilable differences'. The 52-year-old married librarian Shelley Cudiner last
year, and the couple moved 40 miles away to Stamford, Connecticut..
doing. Nancy Lanza never responded.
Marsha Lanza described Nancy Lanza as a good mother and kind-hearted. If her son
had needed counseling, 'Nancy wasn't one to deny reality,' she said.
Marsha Lanza said her husband saw Adam as recently as June and recalled nothing
out of the ordinary about him.
Adam Lanza shot his mother, Nancy, at the upscale suburban home they
shared together and then took three of her guns and drove to Sandy Hook
Elementary School about 9.30am One neighbor told MailOnline that her
daughters had visited the house while trick or treating on Halloween, and
that an older woman answered the door.
A man several houses down, who said he was friends with the couple,
declined to give his name, saying only that they are 'great people' and 'my
heart bleeds for them.'
Pia Conte, 47, who lives in the neighborhood and has two sons in their
20s, said Lanza and his girlfriend kept to themselves.
Ms Conte called the ordeal 'sad' for Lanza and his family, and suggested
that the violence is a portion of a much larger situation.
'Guns are easy to point to, but it's really a mental health issue.'
Catherine Urso, who was attending a vigil Friday evening in Newtown
said her college-age son knew the killer and remembered him for his alternative
style.
'He just said he was very thin, very remote and was one of the goths,'
she said.
Still, several local news clippings from recent years mention Adam Lanza's name among
Newtown High School's honor roll students.
He belonged to a technology club at Newtown High School that held 'LAN parties' short for local area network - in which students would gather at a member's home, hook up
their computers into a small network and play games.
Gloria Milas, whose son Joshua was in the club with Lanza, hosted one of the parties
once. She recalled a school meeting in 2008 organized by the gunman's mother to try to
save the job of the club's adviser. At the meeting, Milas said, Adam Lanza's brother Ryan
said a few words in support of the adviser, who he said had taken his brother under his
wing.
'My brother has always been a nerd,' Ryan Lanza said then, according to Milas. 'He
still wears a pocket protector.'
my mother is dead. Oh my God.' 'We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun
laws. We heard it af ter Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are
hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many
of them were five-year-olds. President Obama rightly sent his hear tfelt condolences to the
families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem.
Calling for "meaningful action" is not enough. We need immediate action.'
-Mayor Bloomberg
Peter Lanza declined to comment after police per formed a welfare check on him.
Mr Lanza learned of the tragic and senseless massacre by repor ters who had flocked to his
home.
He arrived shor tly after police left and asked what the problem was.
The President addressed a stunned nation five hours after the shooting and openly wept as he
spoke of the mindless shooting saying: 'Our hearts are broken today.'
Seldom has a head of state expressed greater public emotion in modern times.
Obama struggled for words, pausing several times as he wiped away tears saying, 'This evening,
Michelle and I will...hug our children a little tighter, and we'll tell them that we love them.'
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breaking news
Delhi gangrape: Main accused
reveals shocking details to police
The woman, a physiotherapy
student, was last night fighting for
her life in hospital. She had been
travelling home from watching a film
at a shopping mall in the south of
Delhi when she and a male friend
were attacked by a group of drunk
men on a largely empty bus. Police
say six men attacked the couple and
took turns to rape the woman as the
bus toured the city's streets on
Sunday. Tinted windows and
curtains kept them hidden and
prolonged the woman's suffering as
the rapists attacked her and her friend
with an iron bar before throwing
them out of the bus unconscious on
a city flyover. Television news
channels quoted police sources
saying the perpetrators had abused
the woman for being out at night
with a man and said they would
"teach her a lesson." Her condition
was described as critical amid reports
that she is on a ventilator and that
her intestines were so severely
ruptured surgeons had removed
them to prevent gangrene.
Thousands of protesters took to the
streets to demonstrate outside the
Indian parliament, the Delhi chief
minister's office and at the police
headquarters to demand urgent
Egypt braces for
protests, prosecutor general quits
Egypt braced for oppositionbacked protests against alleged vote rigging in the first
stage of a referendum on an
Islamist constitution, as the
country’s embattled prosecutor
general quit, just weeks after
being appointed by President
Mohamed Morsi.
Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah submitted his resignation yesterday to the head of the Supreme
Judicial Council after growing
demands from hundreds of public prosecutors asking him to
quit.
The Council will examine Mr
Abdallah’s resignation next
Sunday, a day af ter a final
round of voting in the referendum on Egypt’s draft constitution. The first round of voting
on the Islamist draft constitution took place on Saturday.
The prosecutor general was
appointed by the president by
vir tue of a controversial constitutional decree that was issued on November 22.
Massive protest has erupted after the Delhi gangrape that has shocked the nation.
action to protect women in the "rape
capital of India." Campaigners claim
there is an ambivalent attitude to
sexual violence against women in
India and that assaults are often
trivialised. Many were afraid to report
assaults because lack of sympathy
among police officers who
instinctively believe the woman
"deserved" the assault and the fact
that few offenders are convicted.
There were calls for the perpetrators
to be hung while some
commentators said convicted rapists
should undergo chemical castration.
Sonia Gandhi, India's most powerful
political leader, visited the woman in
hospital and called for urgent
measures to protect women, calling
the latest incident a "matter of
shame". There was an urgent need
to take "whatever steps are
necessary to undertake community
action, to strengthen law and order,
and to step up vigilance to protect
women," she added. Despite having
two million people fewer than
Mumbai, Delhi records considerably
more rapes. Last year there were 221
rapes in Mumbai while Delhi suffered
572. This year the number of rapes
in Delhi has increased to 635. Last
weekend a six year old girl was raped
by a neighbour in central Delhi while
a 24-year-old woman was raped by a
neighbour in the east of the city. Ram
Singh, main accused in the gangrape
of a 23-year-old girl from Dehradun,
has told the police that he had
brutally assaulted her because she
had resisted his attempt to rape her
and bitten him. According to police
sources, Singh was drunk and he
lost his cool when the girl bit him.
After he was bitten he and his friends
started beating the girl and her male
friend with iron rods. Ram Singh
revealed shocking and surprising
details to the police during
interrogation. According to police
sources Ram Singh made the plan to
strip the girl and her male friend, and
then threw them out of bus after
raping the girl. He had also snatched
three mobile phones belonging to
the girl and her friend so that they
could not dial anyone for help.
5
India’s black money loss
in 10 years: $123 bn
India lost $123 billion in black
money during 2001-2010, a
U.S.-based research and advocacy organisation said in a repor t. However, India’s loss is
far less than that of China,
which according to the repor t
suffered a loss of $ 2.74 trillion
during the same period (2001
to 2010), followed by Mexico
($476 billion), Malaysia ($285
billion), Saudi Arabia ($201 billion), Russia ($152 billion), the
Philippines ($138 billion) and
Nigeria ($129 billion).
India is the eight largest victim
of black money loses, said the
report ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2001—
2010,’ released by Global Financial Integrity (GFI). India is the
only South Asian country to figure in the top 20 list of such nations. In 2010 alone, the Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in
illicit financial outflows. “$123 billion is a massive amount of
money for the Indian economy to lose,” said Dev Kar, GFI lead
economist and co-author of the report. “It has very real consequences for Indian citizens. This is more than $100 billion which
could have been used to invest in education, healthcare, and
upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. Perhaps last summer’s electrical blackout would have been avoided if some of this money
had remained in India and been used to invest in the nation’s
power grid,” he said. While progress has been made in recent
years, India continues to lose a large amount of wealth in illicit
financial outflows, said GFI director Raymond Baker.
Gunmen kill 4 female polio
Four arrested, attempt to murder charge workers in Pakistan
to be invoked in Delhi gang rape case
Four men were arrested for
allegedly raping and brutally
assaulting a 23—year—old girl
in a moving bus with police on
Tuesday saying that it will
invoke attempt to murder charge
against them and seek a fast—
track trial for speedy justice.
The bus driver Ram Singh,
who along with six others,
allegedly gang raped the para—
medical student on Sunday
night, was remanded on Tuesday
in police custody for five days
in by a Delhi court to allow his
custodial interrogation.
The
police
told
Metropolitan
Magistrate
Namrita Aggarwal that the other
three arrested culprits, Ram
Singh’s brother Mukesh, Vinay
Sharma, an assistant gym
instructor, and Pawan Gupta, a
fruit seller, will be produced in
court tomorrow.
Doctors at the Safdarjung
Hospital, where the victim is
being treated, said she had
responded to the doctor’s call
and raised her hands in the
morning and even read
something which the doctors
wrote on a paper.
Delhi Police Commissioner
Neeraj Kumar told reporters that
the girl was in a “serious
condition” but was doing better
than yesterday. Dr B D Athani,
Medical Superintendent of
Safdarjung Hospital, said, “Her
condition is better than
yesterday. Her conscious level
is much better than yesterday’s.
She underwent a surgery on
Sunday.” The victim’s male
friend, an engineer who objected
the men making lewd remarks at
the victim, was also beaten up
during the incident, which led to
widespread outrage in Parliament
and outside and demand for death
penalty for rapists.
Investigators said that they
will seek a fast—track trial for
speedy justice in the case as well
as write a proposal to Union Home
Ministry seeking laws for
invoking death penalty for rapists.
The Police Commissioner
said the driver of the chartered bus,
which was not legally permitted
to run on normal routes, his
brother and two more people had
been arrested, while a massive
manhunt has been launched to
nab the remaining two accused.
He said the accused were on a
“joyride“.
“Disturbed” over the gang—
rape of a 23-year-old girl in a
moving bus here, the Delhi High
Court today assured women
lawyers that it was looking into
the “brazen” incident following
a plea for a court monitored
probe.
SAGHER AHMED, HEALTH MINISTER FOR SURROUNDING
SINDH PROVINCE, SAYS THE GUNMEN ON TUESDAY ALSO
WOUNDED TWO MEN WHO WERE WITH THE WOMEN.
A senior health official says gunmen have killed four women
working on a government polio vaccination campaign in the
Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi.
Sagher Ahmed, health minister for surrounding Sindh province,
says the gunmen on Tuesday also wounded two men who were
with the women.
The Taliban have spoken out against polio vaccination in recent
months, claiming the health workers are acting as spies for the
U.S. and the vaccine itself causes harm.
Ahmed says the shootings took place in a Karachi area populated
by ethnic Pashtuns. The Taliban are a Pashtun movement, and
many militants are reported to be hiding in these communities in
Karachi.
On Monday, police said a gunman killed a volunteer for the World
Health Organization’s anti-polio campaign in Karachi.
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editorial/opinion
MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012
Can we control the GUNS?
A
s we continues to mourn the
victims killed in a shooting
spree at Sandy Hook Elementary
School in Newtown, Conn., a
debate over gun control is
intensifying in the nation's
capital. President Barack Obama
has reportedly asked his cabinet,
led by Vice President Joe Biden,
to "formulate a set of proposals
that could include reinstating a
ban on assault rifles," the
Washington Post reports. And
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, D-Nev., recently said, "we'll
engage in a meaningful
conversation and proper debate
about how to change laws and
culture that allow this violence
to continue to grow … And every
idea should be on the table." But
how likely is gun-control
legislation, and could it pass?
And what does public opinion
have to say on the matter?
George Washington Today
talked with John Sides, a George
Washington
University
associate professor of political
science, to answer these and
other questions.
Q: Historically, what has public
opinion said when it comes to
gun control?
A: On the whole, there is mixed
support for stricter gun control
in the abstract, and less support
now than 10 or 15 years ago.
However, many specific guncontrol policies-like an assault
weapons ban and background
checks but not a handgun banare supported by majorities of
people and have been for some
time. Some relevant links are
here.
Q: Do mass shootings like the
one in Newtown have an
immediate impact on public
opinion? What about a longterm impact?
A: There was a spike in support
for gun control after Columbine,
but not after the Virginia Tech,
Tucson or Aurora shootings. So
these events do not necessarily
make a big difference. However,
two polls conducted after the
Newtown shooting-here and
here-suggest a small increase in
the percent of people favoring
new gun-control laws and a
larger increase in the percent
who believes that the Newtown
shooting reflects a broader
societal problem. But whether
these shifts continue or have any
long-term impact remains to be
seen.
Q: The way a question is asked
can change public opinion, you
recently wrote in your blog.
Discuss the effect, postNewtown, of framing a question
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that says guns could be carried
onto "school grounds."
A: In one study, people appear
more opposed to a law allowing
concealed weapons when it was
framed in terms of security than
in terms of individual rights. In
particular, the study described
security in this way: "laws
allowing citizens to carry
concealed handguns threaten
public safety because they
would allow almost anyone to
carry a gun almost anywhere,
even onto school grounds."
This suggests why an event like
Newtown could sway opinion: It
brings concerns about security,
and particularly that of
vulnerable populations like
children, to the foreground.
Q: Can we expect to see gun
control at the top of President
Obama's agenda this term?
A: It is difficult to see how he
could not act, even though he
made no specific promises in his
recent speech in Newtown.
There are, for example, things he
might do via executive orders or
bureaucratic rule making. He
could try to limit the capacity of
gun magazines or institute more
stringent background checks.
Q:The gun-control debate always
intensifies after a mass shooting
event but we haven't yet seen
Congress act. Will this time be
different?
A: The most important thing
right now is how congressional
Republicans respond. The White
House certainly cannot force
them to go along with anything.
Even public opinion might not
be a powerful enough force,
particularly if concern fades as
Newtown generates fewer
headlines. My early sense is that
at least some prominent
conservatives, rightly or
wrongly, do not see the need for
new gun-control measures. If
their perspective is shared within
THE BOTCHED TRANSITION
“
In terms of the scale of the challenge, and the preparedness to face
it, it’s like the BCCI has sent David to take on Goliath having slyly
nicked his slingshot
Last week,on the third day of the
thirdTest against England, Ishant
Sharma dropped a regulation
caught-and-bowled off Alastair
Cook. It was a ridiculously
simplechance;agentle,loopy,ribbonwrapped gift that hit the base of
the palm and popped out. It
wasacatchthatwouldbetakenninetimes
outof10,andthemisscouldbeblamedononeof
many things: complacency,
misjudgment, Murphy’s Law, the
law of averages, a momentary
brain-freeze, the positioning of
the stars… The commentators
blamed Ishant’s hair. They really
did.Hislong,unruly tressesgotin
his eyes, Commentator A
declared emphatically. It’s in his
follow-through that it’s a
problem, Commentator B added
with great gravitas. This
exchange marked the exact
moment
whena)
expert
commentary died and b) Indian
cricket ran out of excuses. Of the
last 12 Test matches Dhoni’s team
has played against top quality
opposition in the last 18 months,
they’velostten,wononeanddrawn
one. When they traveled to
England last year, they were
ranked No 1 in the world. Now,
they have slipped to No 5, ahead
only of Sri Lanka, West Indies,
New Zealand and Bangladesh.
How did things get this bad?
Sift through all the
explanations trotted out this
week, from spineless selections
to self-destructive hairstyles, and
a couple of things become clear.
One, the bunch of cricketers we’re
trying to replace are pretty close
to irreplaceable. Andtwo, the
Indian board couldn’thavemadea
bigger mess of replacing them
had they tried. We should have
seen this coming.
In Sourav
Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS
Laxman, India lost more than just
a pretty offdrive, solid technique
and liquid wrists. Despite the
caricatures we drew over a
decade-and-ahalf (Sourav was all
heart, Rahul studious, VVS made
the world a happier place), their
cricket was built primarily on steel
and a fierce ambition to do well
in different conditions. Then
there’s Anil Kumble, whose
the party, then there may not be
sufficient incentive to bring
Republicans to the table.
Republicans might instead try to
wait it out, in hopes that there
will be less urgency when the
new Congress convenes.
Q: If gun-control legislation
were to be introduced, what
might it look like?
A: I suspect it will be fairly
narrowly tailored. Part of that is
to conform to the Supreme
Court's rulings. Part of that is to
attract the support of the GOP,
which would likely balk at a
broader measure. Part of that will
likely
also
reflect
the
circumstances of the Newtown
shooting. So you might see
focus on those things-assault
weapons, large magazines-that
helped make the Newtown
shooting so deadly.
Q: What are its chances of
passing? Is stricter control
"unwinnable"?
A: Personally, I see the odds of
it passing as less than 50-50. It's
not unwinnable, but it's not
necessarily likely either. The past
isn't always prologue, but many
mass shootings-including of a
sitting member of Congress in
Tucson-have not led to
legislation.
The Newtown
shooting is different than those
shootings in some respects,
especially because many of the
victims were young children. But
the magnitude of this tragedy
may not be sufficient to
produce stricter gun-control
legislation at the federal level.
Source - University of South
Carolina
INDIAN-BORN NURSE
DEATH STILL A MYSTERY
CONTD. FROM PAGE 1
Sister Jyoti, who gave only one name, said Saldanha's
mother-in-law was especially close to the nurse and was
heartbroken by the news. "It was a shock for us because she
was a lovely person to all," the sister said. Barboza and the
couple's two children, aged 14 and 16, were due to attend the
funeral at 4:00pm (1030 GMT), having arrived from Britain with
the body after a memorial mass in London's Westminster
Cathedral. Shirva is Barboza's home town, while several of
Saldanha's relatives, including her frail mother, live in the port
city of Mangalore. John Rodrigues, who returned to Shirva after
working in the oil and gas sector in the Middle East, said there
was still "a lot of confusion in people's minds over how she
died". A few days earlier the nurse put the hoax call through to a
This transition was never
going to be easy, but India
never gave themselves a
chance
retirement four years agois
perhaps the single biggest factor
in India’s dip. Ashwin and Ojha
can bowl 40 overs a day on placid
tracks, but the kind of intensity
Kumble and his pursed lips brought
to the pitch, delivery after probing
delivery, over after prying over, is
something that can’t be bought at
an auction.
We were used to approaching
overseas tours hoping not to
embarrass ourselves; a feisty
generation made us dream of
victories. Therewasan infectious
arrogance about the team that was
born out of sustained success
against the best in the world. Now,
Indian cricket’s arrogance is built on
a good four-over spell, a dashing 12ball 30 and the board’s billion-dollar
bank balance. The decline of India’s
batting line-up, even before the
retirements of Laxman and Dravid,
has had a big impact on the team’s
collective ability to fight back over
long periods. When they
occasionally go ahead in a game,
they still have the ability to push for
a win, but if they fall behind, they
almost always lose. Of the last 17
Tests India have played, they’ve
been involved in only two draws –
one against the West Indies in
Mumbai, off the last ball of the
match, and the other against
England in Nagpur, on a pitch
where a stalemate was always the
likeliest result.
colleague who relayed confidential details about Catherine's
health to the Australian DJs. An inquest into her death yesterday
heard that Saldanha left three suicide notes, with The Guardian
reporting that one of the notes criticised staff at the hospital. It
is believed the nurse's suicide note has left her grieving family
furious, with husband Barboza wanting an inquiry into the
incident. Speaking to the Daily Mirror about Saldanha's suicide
notes, a source close to the family said, "one of the letters, which
is the longest, deals with the hospital and is critical in its tone.
"Needless to say, Ben wants a full inquiry into what happened
and he wants to make sure the truth comes out. Within the letter,
Jacintha calls into question some of the treatment she received
at the hospital". In another note, the mother-of two describes
how she struggled to come to terms with the prank call by the two
Australian DJs. The third and final letter is practical and deals with
her funeral plans. During a five-minute hearing at Westminster
Coroner's Court yesterday, it was revealed that attempts were made
to revive the nurse but they were "to no avail". "Jacintha Saldanha
was found by a colleague and a member of security staff. Sadly
she was found hanging. There were also injuries to her wrist.
The London Ambulance Service was called to the scene. At this
time there are no suspicious circumstances," Detective Chief
Inspector James Harman said. Scotland Yard detectives are
examining the notes, as well as interviewing Saldanha's friends,
family and colleagues at the hospital. The hospital has defended
itself, saying it offered support to Saldanha and had stressed to
her she would not be disciplined for being taken in by what it
described as a "cruel trick". Australian police say death threats
have been made against Michael Christian and Mel Greig, the
DJs from Sydney's 2Day FM radio station who made the call
posing as the Queen and William's father Prince Charles. The
presenters made tearful apologies last week.
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MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012
community
Manchester - 153 languages
spoken by a population of 500,000
Rivalled only by New York and Paris for ethnic and linguistic mix
Indian and West African languages, Uyghur and Nahuati spoken
Study says number will only increase as students flood city
DIVERSE: A STUDY HAS FOUND 153 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN MANCHESTER
Its detractors try to portray
it as a cold, wet and
sometimes insular place. But
Manchester is actually one of
the most exotic cities in the
world, researchers claim. This
is due to its cultural diversity,
with at least 153 languages
spoken.
Tw o - t h i r d s
of
Mancunian school children
are bilingual, with the number
of languages likely to
increase, according to the
study
by
Manchester
University. The city is more
diverse than London, and
rivalled only by New York
and Paris for its ethnic and
linguistic
mix,
claims
Professor Yaron Matras, who
carried out the research.
'Manchester's
language
diversity is higher than many
countries in the world,'
Professor Matras said. 'It is
very likely to be the top of the
list in Europe, certainly when
compared to other cities of its
size.'
Wi t h a p o p u l a t i o n o f
500,000, Manchester is much
smaller than London, where
more than 300 languages are
spoken by eight million
inhabitants.
Professor Matras said:
'There are certainly a greater
number of languages spoken
in London but these are by
people who are passing
through
diplomats,
businessmen, etc - but in
M a n c h e s t e r, t h e f o r e i g n
language
speakers
are
residents.
'Around two-thirds of
Mancunian school children
are bilingual - a huge figure
which indicates just how
precious its linguistic culture
is. As immigration and the
arrival of overseas students
to the city continues, it's fair
to say that this already large
list is set to grow.'
Manchester's
rapid
growth began during the
Industrial Revolution, with
the city's textile trade
attracting workers from
across the empire, setting the
pattern for diversity.
The policy of recruiting
from abroad for public
services, such as the NHS,
has helped bring in some of
the more obscure languages,
the professor says.
These include more than
a dozen Indian languages, ten
f r o m We s t A f r i c a , t h r e e
Kurdish dialects, various
forms of the Romany
language
of
Eastern
European gypsies, Uyghur which is spoken by the
Muslims of north-west China
- and even Nahuatl, the
tongue of the ancient Aztecs
of Mexico.
Professor Matras said
the Census data released last
week underestimated the
number of multi-lingual
households in the UK, as
respondents were asked to
name their main language.
'Most
multi-linguals
speak a language other than
English at home, but use
English at work, in their place
of study, so they will answer
that English is their main
language, even though this is
not strictly accurate.'
White House Celebrates Guru Nanak's Gurpurab
for the third Time amidst applause from US Sikhs
WASHINGTON: Birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was
celebrated by the White House in the presence of 160 Sikhs from across
the United States. Senior officials from the Obama Administration turned
up to welcome Sikhs who were dressed proudly in their traditional
Punjabi attires, colorful turbans and business suites. Paul Monteiro,
Associate Director at the Office of Public Engagement, welcomed all
the attendees with Sikh greeting, “Waheguru ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji
ki fateh! This was received enthusiastically from a room packed with
Sikh representatives. He further stated, “The White House welcomes
the Sikh community and this is our third celebration during President
Obama’s presidency and we will continue on this path.” Gautam
Raghavan also from the White House Public Engagement office, said,
“This seems like a family event for all of us.” All of the speakers especially
acknowledged the presence of the families of victims of Oak Creek
Gurdwara who were invited to be part of the event.
The program started with an opening prayer by Amarpreet Kaur
Everest, a young girl from a pioneer family of Yuba City, California. She
ended the prayer with a Sikh calling, Bole So Nihal with a thunderous
response from all the Sikhs, ‘Sat Sri Akaal.’
Joshua DuBois, Head of the White House's Faith Based Initiative
and who counsel Obama on spiritual matters, said, "There is not any
week which goes by when we do not think about the Sikh community.
Just as we focused on Sikhs weeks immediately after the Wisconsin
tragedy. I want to assure you on behalf of President Obama that we
have deep commitment for the families of all those were affected." He
further stated, "We are so proud of our great relationship with the Sikh
community on Job training and environmental issues and we will
continue to expand our relationship." This was followed by a hymn
celebrating the advent of Guru Nanak by famous Kirtan singer from
Punjab, Bhai Niranjan Singh who was accompanied by Tabla Maestro
Sucha Singh of Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, Maryland . He sang
’Mitee Dhund Jag Chanan hoya, Satgur Nanak pargatiya’. The walls of
the Old Executive office building of the White House were reverberating
with the melodious voices of kirtan. Niranjan Singh sang two other
hymns written by Guru Nanak in the Sikh scriptures, Guru Granth Sahib.
In addition, a talented 20 year Sikh young man, Raginder Singh from
California, presented a musical number on violin in raag Bhairavi.
Grande Lum, Director of the Community Relations at the Justice
Department, declared, “We are proud of what we have been doing with
the Sikh community in the last ten years. I have spent more time on the
issues of the Sikhs than any other issue. Guru Nanak ji stood for equality
and justice and that is what our department stands for.”
Paul Monteiro further stated that “Due to the immense tragedy of
Oak Creek Gurdwara, a lot of focus of today’s event is civil rights but we
are continuously working on many comprehensive issues. He asked
how many of the attendees were Medical professionals and how many
were from the field of IT or education. We want your participation and
we would like you to spread the word all around the nation and Sikhs
should apply to serve the nation through the federal government as
White House is seeking new applicants.”
Amardeep Singh, who serves on the White House initiative on
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and an official of Sikh Coalition,
thanked Obama Administration for their support to the community. He
stated, “This administration has provided us an unprecedented access
in the aftermath of Oak Creek tragedy.”
Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and
Education, who played a key role in organizing the event at the White
House, said, “This is a proud moment for the entire community to
celebrate this great occasion at the White House especially in light of
the tragedy of Oak Creek and also while we are celebrating the 100th
anniversary of our first gurdwara in America. Sikhs ought to be involved
in all fields and all areas of the American society." He challenged that
Sikhs must resolve to elect a Sikh with full identity to US Congress in
the next twenty five years which was received with a resounding Jaikara,
a Sikh calling. A book on Golden Temple
Pavneet Singh, an official at the National Security Council at the
White House, said, “I am extremely proud to see this large presence. It
is important that we acknowledge that we are not single issue people
and we are not only Sikhs but we are involved in everything.
7
CITY OF BRAMPTON
DELEGATION HEADING TO
INDIA IN JANUARY 2013
I P8
AMAR KARMA'S 2 YEARS
Amar Karma organ donation society held their final event of the
year called Coffee & Cookies upon completion of their two years
in operation on Saturday, Dec 8, 2012 at Soccer Centre Brampton.
The purpose of this event was to review/celebrate projects of
2012, discuss plans for the next year. The event was a great
success. Information about organ and tissue donation was
discussed in details. Many active members of the community
attended the occasion and admired the works done by the youth of
GTA. Among the attendees was Federal MP from BramptonSpringdale Mr. Parm Gill, Malton MPP Jagmeet Singh, members from
Rationalist society, Members from Canadian Sahit sabha, Malook
Singh Kaahlon, Ajaib Singh Sangha, Parmpal Sandhu and Avtar
Aujla were also present at this event to celebrate with Team Amar
Karma. The group of volunteers has worked tirelessly, with limited
resource to highlight the subject of organ donation. Greater Toronto
area falls among the lowest organ donor rate areas. The society has
great plans in store for the upcoming year, and Loveen Kaur Gill,
founder and president of society appealed to the community to
involve their families, as their mission belongs to the entire humanity.
Amar Karma's upcoming event is third annual "Give Heart 2013"
that would take place on February 9, 2013 at Bombay Banquet Hall.
This event is society's way to celebrate Valentine's Day by involving
youth to advocate the actual giving of heart by donating it. Some
speech competitions are also under plans for this event along with
volunteer recognitions and dinner/Dance. For more information
about participation or sponsorships, call 416-444-4803 or email
[email protected] or visit www.amarkarma.org
Event: Statebank of India holds a Christmas Party on December
2, 2012
Venue: Clairstort Banquet Hall
Family's of Clients were invited
Participated by 200 people
Time: 8:30 - 11:00pm
There were raffle tickets, games and prizes
There was cultural program to entertain the audience
Mr. Tandon thanked all the participants
When your DOCTOR
ABUSES YOU
CONTD. FROM PAGE 1
When she was seven months pregnant he jabbed her in the
stomach and said: 'What are you doing with that thing inside you?
Get rid! I can't do anything with you with that inside you.'
She said she was subjected to more than 30 unwarranted
examinations from the age of 14 to 22. Another patient, an attractive
blonde, blamed Islam for ruining her sex life and wrecking her
marriage, throughout which she remained a virgin. She said she
went to the doctor in her 20s over her problems with intercourse
and the Doctor told her: 'Silly girl, your partner must be tearing his
hair out.' The woman said he made her feel like a 'freak' and he even
examined her 'down below' when she complained of a sore throat.
She said: 'You knew he was going to have a quick feel. You just
knew what was coming. Another victim complained the GP examined
her breasts even when she saw him for an injured wrist.
He also targeted his staff. Islam told a new practice nurse: 'You
will have sex with me.'
He propositioned the 27-year-old in his Mercedes car after
they went to an educational evening hosted by a pharmaceutical
firm. He told the married nurse an affair could 'spice up' a marriage
before he slid his hand under her skirt. He said he had 'needs' and
offered to take her to medical conferences abroad with him. She
rejected his advances and was so shocked that she quit.
Michelle Colborne, prosecuting, said Islam 'exploited the
naivety' of his patients and 'he succeeded because as the GP in a
close-knit community he was in a position of trust and status and
power.' Islam was finally caught when one victim went to police in
March 2010 and others came forward. He was suspended by the
General Medical Council and will now be struck off. The jury found
him guilty of indecently assaulting seven women patients between
1970 and 1995. Islam claimed to have acted with 'professionalism
and decorum' at all times and said the women were either mistaken
or had been lying. His barrister Vanessa Marshall said: 'This is
clearly a very sad day for Dr Islam. As a convicted man he knows
that the final stage of his life is ruined.
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City of Brampton delegation heading to India in January 2013
THE TRADE MISSION IS PART OF BRAMPTON'S INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING PLAN
BRAMPTON/BUREAU NEWS: The City of
The City of Brampton has invited members of the
B r a m p t o n i s p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e I n d o - C a n a d a local business community to participate in the mission.
Chamber of Commerce (ICCC)-led 15-day trade T h i s w i l l b e a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o m a k e c o n n e c t i o n s
mission to India from January 2 to 16, 2013. Mayor through networking with business owners and local
Susan Fennell, Regional Councillor and Chair of Indian entrepreneurs; develop business partnerships
E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t , G a e l M i l e s , R e g i o n a l and joint ventures; explore investment opportunities;
Councillor John Sprovieri, City Councillor Vicky and gain new customers. For information on how to
D h i l l o n a n d C o m m i s s i o n e r o f E c o n o m i c participate in the mission, email [email protected].
Development and Communications, Dennis Cutajar,
The international trade missions, as part of the City
Director of Economic Development Sohail Saeed of Brampton's International Business Development and
and Mayor's Chief of Staff Ian Newman, will be M a r k e t i n g P l a n , a r e f o c u s e d o n n e w b u s i n e s s
participating in the mission.
networking opportunities; exchange of new ideas with
"We are taking Brampton to the global stage in international government and business leaders; trade
order to create growth and long-term prosperity for and investment opportunities for the benefit of the GTA
our local businesses. It is our focus to build ties a n d l o c a l m a r k e t s ; a n d b u i l d i n g n e w b u s i n e s s
with the world's largest and most dynamic markets,"
relationships with people in different countries and
commented Mayor Susan Fennell.
cultures.
The India mission will focus on different
The six trade missions undertaken by Brampton
industry sectors including automotive parts, energy,
Economic Development Office in 2012 include:
education, food processing, mining, and
" Mission led by Ontario government - MIPIM, Real
infrastructure and information technology. The
Estate and Investment Trade Show, Cannes, France
delegation will meet with representatives from
" M i s s i o n l e d b y G r e a t e r To r o n t o M a r k e t i n g
central and state governments, as well as Canadian
A
s
s
o
ciation (GTMA) - Food and Beverage, Los
and Indian policy makers. Meetings will take place
in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Amritsar Angeles, California
" Mission let by GTMA - SIAL and FISPAL Food
and Delhi.
Services
Show, Sao Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil
" T h r o u g h o u r s t r a t e g y, w e w a n t t o b r i n g
"
M
i
ssion let by the City of Brampton in
together businesses, academics, innovators,
Association
with Ontario government - Fact Finding
investors and the different levels of government to
the global marketplace. By making connections Mission, Mumbai, Amritsar and Chandigarh, India
" Mission led by GTMA - ICT Futurecom, Sao
between our local and the international businesses,
we are looking to give our entrepreneurs the edge Paulo, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
" Mission led by Confederation of Greater Toronto
necessary to thrive and prosper in a world economy
C
h
i
n
e s e B u s i n e s s A s s o c i a t i o n - Tr a d e M i s s i o n ,
that is fiercely competitive," commented Regional
Councillor and Chair of Economic Development Gael Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong, China
Miles.
About Brampton: The 9th largest city in Canada, Brampton has a successful, well-diversified economy
and is home to more than 8,000 businesses. The City continues to retain a Triple 'A' credit rating by
Standard & Poor's, reflecting its successful economy and debt-free position. Brampton celebrates its
diverse population that represents people from more than 175 distinct ethnic backgrounds who speak
more than 70 different languages. Offering more than 6,000 acres of parkland, Brampton takes pride in
being known as the Flower City of Canada. Brampton has been designated since 2007 as an International
Safe Community by the World Health Organization. For more information visit www.brampton.ca
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WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER
RECEIVED THE QUEEN
ELIZABETH 2 DIAMOND JUBILEE AWARD AT ICCC WINTER GALA FOR HIS HARD
WORK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS.
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: AMERICA'S
WORST SCHOOL MASSACRES
1. Virginia Tech - 32 dead plus
the shooter, 16 April 2007,
Blacksburg, Virginia
Student Seung Hui Cho, 23,
killed two stuidents in a dorm and
then went through building of
classrooms armed with two
handguns, shooting at random
before killing himself.
2. University of Texas - 16
dead plus shooter, 1 August 1966,
Austin, Texas Former Marine
sniper Charles Whitman, 25,
armed with an arsenal of weapons
shot victims from the observation
deck of the campus tower. 3.
Columbine High School - 13 dead
plus two shooters, 20 April 1999,
Littleton, Colorado
Students Eric Harris, 18, and
Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire
outside the school killing students
and one teacher before shooting
themselves in the library. 4. Red
Lake High School - 9 dead plus
shooter, 21 March 2005, Red Lake,
Minnesota Jeffrey Weise, 17, goes
on a shooting spree at Red Lake
High School killing nine people,
including his grandfather, before
shooting himself. 5. University of
Iowa - five dead plus shooter, 1
November 1991, University of
Iowa Gang Lu, 27, a graduate
student from China killed five with
a .38-caliber revolver. He was
apparently angry because his
doctoral dissertation had not been
nominated for an academic award.
6. Amish schoolhouse massacre six dead plus shooter, 2 October
2, 2006, Nickel Mines,
Pennsylvania
Charles Carl
Roberts IV, 32, executes five girls
aged 7 to 13 before killing himself
in a small Amish schoolhouse 7.
Jonesboro, Arkansas - five dead,
24 March 1998, Jonesboro,
Arkansas Mitchell Johnson, 10,
and Andrew Golden, 8, took
seven guns to school and pulled
the fire alarm and shot students
as they headed for the exits. Four
died plus a teacher. The pair were
sent to a juvenile detention center
and released in 2005. 8. Cleveland
Elementary School - five dead plus
shooter, 17 January 1989, in
Stockton, California Patrick
Edward Purdy entered a
schoolyard and opened fire with
a semiautomatic rifle at Cleveland
Elementary School. Five children
died and 30 others were wounded
including one teacher. He then
shot himself. 9. University of
Arizona - three dead plus shooter,
28 October 2002, University of
Arizona Robert Flores, 40, a
nursing student shot an
instructor in her office before
entering a classroom and killing
two more teachers before
committing suicide. 10. Kent State
University - four dead, 4 May
1970, Kent State University in
Ohio National Guard troops killed
four students who took part in
anti-war protests on the campus
of Kent State University in Ohio.
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MUSKRAT FALLS
HYDROELECTRIC
DEVELOPMENT IN
LABRADOR GETS GREEN
LIGHT
I P10
The Harper Government
introduces the Safer
Witnesses Act
PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER AND DIANE FINLEY, MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, PRESENT TIMEA
NAGY, THE OPERATOR OF THE ONLY SAFE HOUSE FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO, WITH A PRIME MINISTER VOLUNTEER
AWARD NAMING HER THE YEAR'S EMERGING LEADER.
Western scientists use fossils
to discover the ancient equator
Researchers at Western University have discovered where
the equator was "precisely located" 450 million years ago,
which is an important breakthrough for paleontologists and
planetary scientists, as well as private and public mineral
resource companies. The findings have been published in the
journal Geology and were highlighted in today's Editor's
Choice section of Science. Jisuo Jin and Phil McCausland
f r o m We s t e r n ' s D e p a r t m e n t o f E a r t h S c i e n c e s l e d a n
international research team that successfully traced a 6,000kilometre stretch of fossils which proved the Ordovician
equator ran through Northern Greenland, Manitoba (Canada),
Utah and Nevada. The Ordovician geologic period, the second
oldest of six of the Paleozoic Era, began 488.3 million years
ago, following the Cambrian period, and ended 443.7 million
years ago. "If you consider the polar magnetic regions, you
would have found those regions located in quite a different
place 450 million years ago. And the equator, consequently,
was located in quite a different place too," explains Jin. "North
America has rotated approximately 90 degrees since the
Ordovician. What is North today would have been East."
"Because there are no hurricanes, there is no severe
disturbance in the sea at moderate depth, so the sediment
remains consistent for millions of years," says Jin. "By tracing
fossils and fossil records, we were able to locate the precise
location of the Ordovician equator." According to Jin, locating
past latitudes is vital to understanding anything that's
happened historically to the Earth, geologically. "If you want
to predict the occurrences of anything from coal deposits to
barrier reefs, you need to know the latitude," offers Jin. "By
precisely mapping and orienting the ancient Earth, we will have
a good starting point to explore and better understand the
evolutionary history of the planet, as well as the distribution
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of its various natural resources." Jin says while this is an
important finding for scientists, mineral resources companies
like Shell Oil will also find this discovery advantageous. "If
you can find the ancient equator, you can map all the latitudes,
and then you can predict what kind of minerals, rock, or
petroleum resources exist and where they are located," says
Jin. "For example, the famous Tyndall stone used for so many
public buildings in Canada occurs only along the ancient
equator from some 450 million years ago."
Jin says an all-important factor to the discovery was the
fact that today there are no hurricanes within 10 degrees latitude
o f t h e e q u a t o r. T h i s e q u a t o r i a l h u r r i c a n e - f r e e z o n e c a n
potentially be recognized in the fossil record of undisturbed
marine deposits. McCausland adds another determining
dynamic is the fact that ancient Ordovician geography is based
on permanent magnetic compass directions recorded in rocks
of that period. "These frozen-in-time paleomagnetic directions
give us a good estimate of where the ancient polar regions
were, but only if the Earth's magnetic field behaved then like
it does now - as a kind of giant bar magnet."
Baird Marks Human Rights Day
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement
on the occasion of Human Rights Day: "On this day, we recommit
ourselves to working toward the promotion of freedom, democracy,
human rights and the rule of law around the world. "The promotion
and protection of human rights is a cornerstone of our principled
foreign policy. Canadians can be proud of the values we hold and
promote around the world. "We have proudly encouraged the role
of women and girls in emerging democracies and we stand with
those, such as Malala Yousafzai, who have fought for fundamental
freedoms and human rights.
"Sadly, in North Korea, an estimated 200,000 political prisoners
remain in concentration camps where the regime forcibly prevents
its own people from finding a better life.
"InIran, egregious human rights violations are a daily
occurrence. Iran's persecution of religious minorities, including
Bahá'ís and Christians, is deeply troubling. Canadawill continue to
take a leadership role at the United Nations in condemning the
human rights situation in Iran. "On this day, we are reminded of
those who promote greater freedoms for all, such as Joseph Zen Zekiun of Hong Kong. "It is our common duty to defend the vulnerable,
to challenge the aggressor, and to protect and promote human rights
and human dignity abroad. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister
Harper, Canada will continue to be a principled voice in the world."
Gun laws in Canada help counter U.S.-style massacres
A firearms expert says Canada's tougher gun laws likely help
insulate this country from U.S-style massacres like the one in
Connecticut Friday that shocked the world. A gunman shot
and killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school
in the community of Newtown, making it one of the worst
school massacres in U.S. history. The gunman was also found
dead at the school, while his mother was found slain in her
home, for a total of 28 lives lost. It’s not yet been revealed
exactly how many or what types of weapons the 20-year-old
shooter used or how he acquired them. In many U.S. states,
weapons of many kinds are readily available for legal
purchase with just a driver ’s licence as ID. “I guess you could
say part of their problem would be the fact that their
constitution allows it, unlike in Canada [where] it's more of a
privilege,” said Tony Di Salvatore is a firearms instructor in
Surrey, B.C. It takes up to 60 days to obtain a firearm in this
country, after registering, taking a course and going through
background checks.
(Contd. on page 10)
OTTAWA/BUREAU NEWS: The Honourable Vic Toews,
Canada's Minister of Public Safety, today introduced amendments
to the Witness Protection Program Act. "Our Government is
committed to keeping our streets and communities safe. An
effective and reliable witness protection program is valuable in
the fight against crime, especially organized crime and terrorism,"
said Minister Toews. "Through the Safer Witnesses Act, our
Government is improving the federal Witness Protection Program
by making it more effective for those it's designed to protect
while being responsive to law enforcement needs." These
amendments will ensure better protection for those whom the
program is designed to help. This will be accomplished by
enhancing the program and providing better service to other
witness protection programs, through: improved processes to
obtain secure identity changes for witnesses in the provincial
program; broadened prohibitions against the disclosure of
information; expanded admissions for national security, national
defence and public safety sources; and extension of the amount
of time emergency protection may be provided.
"Our Government is committed to providing law enforcement
with the tools and resources needed to protect the safety of our
families and communities, including an effective Witness
Protection Program," added Senator Dagenais. Protection under
the federal Program is currently available to witnesses referred
from any law enforcement agency in Canada, as well as from some
foreign agencies. With the Safer Witnesses Act, federal
departments/agencies with a mandate relating to national security,
national defence or public safety will also be able to refer witnesses
to the program. The Safer Witnesses Act supports the Government
of Canada's Air India Inquiry Action Plan, released in 2010.
MP Parm Gill: 2012 House
of Commons Year in Review
Brampton: Meeting with
constituents in his BramptonSpringdale office Friday
morning, Member of Parliament
Parm Gill expressed a great deal
of satisfaction with the progress
made for Canadians this year in
the House of Commons. “Our
Government’s top priority this
year was to implement policies
that created jobs, grow the
economy and ensure longterm prosperity for
Canadian families,” said
MP Gill. “This year, our
Government passed an
extension of the Hiring
Credit for Small
Businesses,
completed
a
number of trade
agreements with
the
world’s
fastest growing
markets, and
experienced jobcreation and
e c o n o m i c
growth
that
continues to
lead the G7. We are seeing a
measurable positive effect from
our Economic Action Plan.” In
the fall session of the House of
Commons, the Government
successfully introduced and
passed new legislation on a
number of key issues, such as
doubling
and
making
mandatory the victim surcharge
for those convicted of crimes,
and changes to EI special
benefits. The Government also
introduced legislation to
decrease wait times for
extradition of foreign nationals
who commit violent crimes in
Canada, and to improve
accountability within the
RCMP. The Government’s fall
budget also drew a great deal
of attention, both inside and
outside of the House of
Commons. The Jobs and
Growth Act, 2012 implemented
a number of policies laid out in
the Government’s Economic
Action Plan tabled in March.
These included the hiring credit
for small businesses, tax credits
for green energy production,
and a number of measures to
improve cross-border trade.
“Since June 2009, Canada’s
economy has created almost
900,000 net new jobs,” said MP
Gill. The Jobs and Growth Act,
2012 will continue on this path
of economic growth, job creation
and ensuring prosperity for
Canadians for years to come.”
2012 also saw the passage
of Bill C-19, ending the
registration of non-restricted
long guns, and the Safe
Streets and Communities
Act. The act strengthened
many existing laws to
better protect children and
youth
from
s e x u a l
predators,
increase
penalties
f o r
organized
d r u g
crime,
e n d
h o u s e
arrest
for
s e r i o u s
crimes, and
enact other changes to keep
Canadians safe. MP Gill’s own
Private Member’s Bill, Bill C-394,
is undergoing study by the
Standing Committee on Justice
& Human Rights. Mr. Gill hopes
the bill will be passed through
the House early in the New Year,
and given Royal Assent soon
thereafter.
“Bill C-394 will be a valuable
tool in preventing the
recruitment of youth into violent
street gangs,” said MP Gill. “My
hope is that it is passed & given
Royal Assent as soon as
possible so it can be utilized by
law enforcement to combat
street gang recruitment and keep
our communities safe.” Early in
the New Year, MP Gill will begin
local budget consultations with
community members across the
country. “These meetings help
us to find the best ways to
strengthen Canada’s economy
with pro-growth ideas as part of
the next federal budget,” said
MP Gill. “I am proud of all that
our Government has achieved
over the past year, and look
forward to continuing on this
path in 2013.”
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Canada Highlights Continuing
Women's Rights Battles as It
Marks Human Rights Day
The Honourable Rona Ambrose,
Minister of Public Works and
Government Services and
Minister for Status of Women,
today issued the following
statement marking Human
Rights Day: "On Human Rights
Day, the final day of the 16 Days
of Activism Against Gender
Violence, we acknowledge this
cornerstone of democracy and
stand side by side with women
around the world. "Around the
world, women and girls continue
to experience discrimination as a
result of harmful cultural
practices and unjust laws. Too
often, women and girls are
subject to early or forced
marriage, are targeted by
violence simply for being who
they are and are prohibited from
going to school, having a job or
holding public office. Whatever
form this discrimination takes,
Canada will continue to speak
out against it and work with
others to effect real change in
the lives of women and girls.
"As the Minister for Status
of Women, I have made it a
priority to advocate for women
and girls in Canada and around
the world who continue to face
violence and discrimination in
their daily lives. On behalf of
Canada, I led the international
community in the establishment
of the Day of the Girl. The
message of this day is simple:
girls' rights are human rights; the
sooner in life girls know their
rights, the greater the chance
they will be able to exercise them
and become leaders. "Our
government is committed to
advocating the participation of
women at all levels of society,
especially as old regimes fall and
new governments emerge in
countries striving for progress,
freedom and dignity. That is why
Canada has provided almost $14
million in support toward ending
sexual violence and encouraging
the full participation of women
in emerging democracies.
"The Canadian government
will intensify its diplomacy and
development work to end early
and forced marriage in every
corner of the world. We take
pride in spearheading the
establishment of the Day of the
Girl and are committed to ending
violence against women and
girls. Where the human rights of
women are fully respected and
women play a vital role in
government and civil society, we
see more prosperous and
pluralistic states. On Human
Rights Day, let us redouble our
efforts to ensure that the active
participation of women and girls
in all aspects of society becomes
a reality in our lifetime."
No conflict in Carney vacation
with Liberal: Bank of Canada
OTTAWA /BUREAU NEWS : Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney
did not breach conflict of interest policy by vacationing at the home
of a Liberal Party lawmaker, his chief spokesman said on Monday,
following a report that the visit occurred while the opposition party
was seeking to recruit him.
Carney, who will become the
Bank of England governor in July,
finds himself at the center of
controversy after the Globe and
Mail newspaper reported new
details on Saturday about the
Liberals' efforts earlier this year
to woo him into running for
leadership of the third-place
political party.
A Bank of Canada
spokesman confirmed the report
that Carney and his family stayed
at Liberal legislator and finance
critic Scott Brison's home in
Nova Scotia during part of their summer vacation.
The news led some analysts to question Carney's judgment
and the central bank's political independence. The spokesman said
Carney and Brison had been personal friends for about a decade.
"The Bank of Canada's general counsel, who is responsible for
enforcing the bank's conflict of interest policy, has assessed that
this visit does not breach the bank's conflict of interest guidelines
in any way," the spokesman, Jeremy Harrison, said in a statement.
"Neither the Bank of Canada, nor Governor Carney, have an
actual or potential commercial or business relationship with Mr.
Brison," the statement said. "Mr. Carney's acceptance of hospitality
provided by a personal friend does not arise out of ‘activities
associated with official bank duties'. Nor can it be defined as partisan
or political activity." The Globe and Mail newspaper reported that
Brison, along with a number of other senior party members, have
expressed interest in seeing Carney lead the Liberal Party. The article
cited unnamed Liberal officials
as saying Carney asked
questions about the race. The
bank said it would not comment
on anonymous citations. Carney,
in an interview with the
newspaper, declined to answer
questions about any political
leanings. He said he had been
approached over the years by
people from across the political
spectrum
and
that
he
"obviously" did not act on any
invitation to seek political office.
"Different people, different
parties, different approaches,
different -- and you can say different levels of seriousness. And so,
I mean there's nothing striking about anything in the recent past,"
he said, according to a transcript provided by the central bank.
"Nobody did anything on my behalf. I never asked anybody to do
anything. I never made an outgoing phone call ... so take anything
you hear with a grain of salt." In public, Carney has repeatedly
batted away questions about any political ambitions, at one point
saying at a news conference in October: "Why don't I become a
circus clown? I appreciate the great concern about my career but I
have gainful employment and I intend to continue it. Then in a
November 7 television interview, Carney gave his clearest denial of
interest, saying "I have no intention of seeking political office."
Gun laws in Canada help counter U.S.-style massacres
(Contd. from page 9)
“It's … just not a five minute process,” Di Salvatore said. Di Salvatore said Canada's gun
controls used to be even stronger until the long-gun registry was dismantled this year. He
says it provided one extra check and balance to regulate weapons. Prime Minister Stephen
Harper signalled last week that his government might not act on recommendations from a
federal advisory committee to further loosen gun regulations.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012
Muskrat Falls hydroelectric
development in Labrador
gets green light
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. : Official
approval in Newfoundland and
Labrador and Nova Scotia has
pushed the Muskrat Falls hydro
megaproject from an idea three
decades in the planning toward
a $7.7-billion venture billed as
Canada's
new
energy
warehouse. Premier Kathy
Dunderdale sanctioned the
development late Monday with
full ceremony and a choir in the
lobby of the St. John's
legislature as Nova Scotia
private
utility
Emera
(TSX:EMA.TO - News)
simultaneously approved it.
She called it a turning point
in her province's history.1
"Harnessing
the
vast
hydroelectric power of the
Lower Churchill is a promise
that has been hovering on the
horizon for 50 years but has
remained just out of reach for
successive governments of
Newfoundland and Labrador,"
she told a crowd of supporters.
"The most important
benefit of this development is
that it allows us as
Newfoundlanders
and
Labradorians to stand tall and
proud on the national stage,
knowing that as our forebears
persevered to etch an existence
on the edge of the North
Atlantic, so will we with
unrelenting focus and steadfast
determination overcome all
obstacles and transform
challenges into success."
Muskrat Falls, a joint venture
between Newfoundland and
Labrador's Crown corporation
Nalcor Energy and Emera, is
expected to produce power by
2017.
Nalcor would build the dam
and power station in Labrador
as well as transmission lines on
the island of Newfoundland.
That is expected to cost about
$6.2 billion. Emera would build
a 180-kilometre subsea link that
would transmit the power from
Cape Ray in southwestern
Newfoundland to Lingan, N.S.,
in Cape Breton. At a news
conference late Monday in
Halifax to announce Emera's
decision, company CEO Chris
Huskilson said the cost of the
subsea link has been revised to
$1.52 billion. "This is a go,"
Dunderdale told reporters as the
St. John's sanction ceremony
wrapped up. Nalcor has already
spent $317 million on
preliminary engineering and
construction work at the
Muskrat Falls site near Happy
Valley-Goose Bay. With official
approval, that work is about to
escalate, said Nalcor President
and CEO Ed Martin.
"We're ready to go and
we'll start moving our heavy
equipment tomorrow. "We're
moving ahead with the project."
Critics say Dunderdale has
not proven the case for Muskrat
Falls, and have accused her of
fast-tracking a project without
legislative committee scrutiny or
debate that could burden future
generations if it soars over
budget.
Foreign affairs minister sends letter asking
clemency for death row Canadian
CALGARY/BUREAU NEWS :
The Canadian government has
sent a letter to Montana's
governor requesting that he
spare the life of death row
inmate Ronald Smith. The Dec.
10 letter from Foreign Affairs
Minister John Baird to
Montana's outgoing Gov.
Brian Schweitzer is almost
identical to one sent to the
Montana Board of Pardons and
Parole a year ago prior to the
Alberta man's clemency
hearing. It makes it clear that
the Federal Court ordered the
federal government to support
Smith's case for clemency.
"The government of
Canada requests that you grant
clemency to Mr. Smith on
humanitarian grounds," writes
Baird. "The government of
Canada does not sympathize
with violent crime and this letter
should not be construed as
reflecting a judgment on Mr.
Smith's conduct." Smith has
been on death row since
admitting he murdered Thomas
Running Rabbit and Harvey
Madman Jr. near East Glacier,
Mont., in 1982.
The Harper government
initially refused to back Smith's
calls for clemency, saying he
was convicted in a democratic
country. But the Federal Court
ruled Ottawa must follow a
long-standing practice of
lobbying on behalf of
Canadians sentenced to death
in other countries. One of
Smith's lawyers, Don Vernay,
wasn't
sure
why
the
government sent the second
letter to Schweitzer. No one in
Braid's office was available for
comment. "They just wanted
to, I guess, put their two cents
in which didn't really say too
much, did it? It's the same
lukewarm letter," Vernay said in
an interview with The Canadian
Press on Monday.
"I guess they just want to
go on the record because
they're
probably
like
everybody else wondering
what's going on here? 'We
should make sure we get on the
record just to appease the
masses in Canada who are
against the death penalty.'"
The Montana Board of
Pardons
and
Parole
recommended against granting
clemency to Smith. The matter
is now in the hands of
Schweitzer, a two-term
Democrat, who is to officially
leave office in a matter of weeks.
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NO QUESTION OF
CALLING OFF INDO-PAK
SERIES: BCCI
No question of
calling off Indo-Pak
series: BCCI
NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS :
The BCCI on Tuesday shot
down
BJP'sdemand
of
cancelling the Indo-Pak limitedovers cricket series in the wake
of visiting Pakistan interior
minister Rehman Malik
"insulting" India, insisting that
the matches would be held as
scheduled. "There is no
question of calling off the tour.
All the arrangements have been
made and the tour was planned
much earlier. Politics should not
be mixed with sports and the
tour will go on," senior BCCI
official and IPL Chairman Rajiv
Shukla told . On Monday, in the
Parliament, the BJP had accused
Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde of remaining silent by
not responding appropriately to
Malik,
who
triggered
controversy by equating 26/11
Mumbai attack with Babri
Masjid
demolition
and
describing LeT terrorist Abu
Jundal as an operative of Indian
intelligence agency.
GUJARAT STATE CHIEF MINISTER NARENDRA MODI, IN ORANGE AT BOTTOM, GREETS HIS SUPPORTERS AFTER CASTING HIS VOTE
IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN AHMADABAD.
AHMEDABAD/BUREAU NEWS: Exuding confidence and flashing
a victory sign, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on
Monday said that he was sure that the voters will cast their ballot in
favour of the Bhartiya Janata Party. "I thank all the voters. In this
election, people of Gujarat will make a hat-trick by giving a third term
to us. People of the state will once again vote BJP to power. The
sentiments of people here is giving you an clear indication of that,"
Modi told reporters, after casting his vote at Nishan High School in
Ranip locality.
He also termed the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections as a
"historic" one as it has been contested on the issues of good
governance. "This election will be historic one in India as it has
been contested on the issues of good governance and development
plank. And has been contested with people's participation," Modi
said. "It is a very peaceful election, it was such an election which
has been contested by the people of Gujarat themselves. It was an
election where youth and women folk had taken up the responsibility
on their shoulders," he said. "It will also be a memorable one since
for the first time 3D technology was used here, which has never
been done in world before.," Modi added, referring to use of 3D
Holographic technology to air his poll speeches at different locations
simultaneously. "In the field of technology people will have to
acknowledge Gujarat's mettle. This is my firm belief," Modi said. “I
have always worked for six crore Gujaratis. I feel that working for the
people of my state is also serving the nation in way because Gujarat
is an integral part of India." Modi said to a query on whether he will
be going to Delhi. Modi, who is contesting from Maninagar Assembly
constituency, is locked in a direct contest with Congress candidate
Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a new
entrant testing political waters for the first time.
Rs 600/month enough to feed
family of 5: Sheila Dikshit
RS 600 PER MONTH ENOUGH TO FEED FAMILY OF 5: SHEILA DIKSHIT
NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS: They listened to chief minister Sheila
Dikshit in silence but couldn't hide their disbelief. Speaking on the
occasion of the launch of Delhi government's cash-for-food
programme, Annshree Yojana, on Saturday, Dikshit argued that Rs
600 - the cash subsidy - was adequate for buying the monthly "dal,
roti and chawal" for a poor family of around five.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was on the stage at Thyagaraja
Stadium to launch the scheme. Many of the voiceless beneficiaries
- who had been herded into the stadium to witness the launch of the
scheme which UPA believes will be a game-changer - couldn't swallow
this glib remark. As they trooped out of the venue, long after the
applause had died down, the women whom the scheme seeks to
empower said they didn't need to do any sums to tell you that rations
for families with five to seven members would come for Rs 1000-Rs
3000. Asked if Rs 600 was enough, women from a slum in west Delhi
said they were under siege - illness, lack of shelter, inflation. The amount
of Rs 600 was nothing but a 'sahara' (support), said Maya Devi.
'Cash will give people choice'
"Something is better than nothing,"remarked others. Another
woman, Ganga Devi, said she spends Rs 3000 on rations every month
for a family of seven. "How can I manage it in Rs 600? This is just a
support," she agreed. Radha from Rohini showed a bank passbook
of her no-frills account and her Aaadhar-UID card to prove that she
was indeed a beneficiary. Her husband, Ravi Singh, a daily wager
stood next to her. Asked how the couple would use the money,
Radha was candid. "I will spend it on the most urgent needs of the
family," she said. Experts involved in the planning for the scheme
feel that the Rs 600 subsidy will have to be eventually enhanced if
one was to be realistic. The scheme seeks to empower the eldest
woman of the beneficiary family with a no-frills account where the
subsidy will be delivered every month based on the Aadhar-UID
number as identity proof. Announcing that Delhi government had
set aside Rs 200 crore for funding the Annshree subsidy, the CM
said the scheme will ensured that no one goes hungry.
"We got a voluntary organization to carry out a study in the
target population to see if people wanted cash or ration. We found
that 99% people wanted cash as women felt it would give them the
freedom to buy what they need. For instance, some women said
they could buy medicines if a family member was ill," Dikshit added.
About 13,300 people will benefit from the scheme with immediate
effect and the government has a target to register a total of 2 lakh
beneficiaries. These are being chosen from a state survey of most
vulnerable carried out in 2009. The scheme applies only to those
who do not get the benefit of subsidized rations under PDS. All
beneficiaries will get the subusidy from April 1, 2012 onwards.
Kejriwal writes to PM for release of Indian hostages
NEW DELHI: Expressing deep concern over the plight of 17 Indian crew
members of MT Royal Grace who have been held hostage by Somali pirates
since March 2, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has
written to the PM to resolve the issue soon. Kejriwal also asked the government
to reinforce naval presence in the Indian Ocean. "It is regrettable that even
after nine months, the government has not taken any steps that could
resolve the situation or even offer some ray of hope. The family members of
these unfortunate victims have been left with no option but to stage dharna
before various ministries in the capital. They cannot but conclude that this
indifferent treatment has been meted out to them because they are just aam
aadmi,'' Kejriwal said in his letter.
He added that this was not an
isolated incident and Somali
pirates had repeatedly attacked
seafarers. "Nearly 150 hostages,
Indians disproportionately more
than the rest, are still languishing
in the captivity of the pirates,''
he said. The party has
demanded the government take remedial measures.
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New Delhi has rubbished
Malik's assertions. Senior BJP
leader Yashwant Singh said,
"The Indo-Pak cricket series
(commencing on December 25)
should be cancelled.
"What kind of goodwill we
are creating by playing cricket
matches after Malik's visit," he
told
reporters
outside
Parliament House. "...our Home
Minister has shown weakness
by not responding to Rehman
Malik in kind. He should have
immediately responded, if he
(Malik) used hard words, he
(Shinde) should have used
hard words," Sinha said.
"If you (Malik) insulted
India, you (Shinde) should
have said we don't accept it.
He (Shinde) should have
contradicted the Pakistani
Interior Minister's statement
then and there." India are
scheduled to play two
Twenty20s and three onedayers against Pakistan
starting December 25.
Digvijaya Singh had
patronized SIMI activists,
dacoits: Minister
INDORE/BUREAU NEWS: Home minister of Madhya Pradesh
Umashankar Gupta on Monday alleged that Congress general
secretary Digvijaya Singh was patronizing SIMI activists and
dacoits while he was chief minister. He claimed that it was the BJP
government that destroyed the network of SIMI in Malwa and
dacoits in Chambal. "We have taken action against the SIMI and
wiped out dacoits from state," Gupta said adding that they are
confident to come to power in state for the third consecutive
time. Gupta was reacting to the statement of Digvijaya Singh in
which he had alleged that BJP government of state is not acting
against saffron terrorist. After the arrest of Dashrath Chaudharyan accused in Samjhauta blast --from a village in Ujjain district by
National Investigating Agency, Digvijay Singh has alleged that
Samjhauta blast accused was hiding in state for a long time but
the state government failed to trace him. Singh has also said that
BJP government is not acting against saffron terrorist. Reacting
to this Gupta said SIMI was very active during the Congress rule
in state and all the terrorist attacks in country were linked to this
region. Despite this no action were taken against SIMI and they
were operating freely. It was the BJP government which destroyed
the SIMI's network in Malwa and also ended dacoits of Chambal.
HSBC accounts of Indians
under I-T lens: Chidambaram
NEW DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the
income tax department was probing the HSBC list of accounts held
by Indians abroad, while securing the passage of the Prevention of
Money Laundering Bill in the Rajya Sabha. "HSBC list of accounts is
being investigated by the income tax department and other
departments," Chidambaram said in his reply to the discussion on
the money laundering bill. The case of money laundering, he explained,
would arise only if there was a predicate offence and the proceeds of
that were used for money laundering purposes. The Prevention of
Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill was passed by voice vote. It
seeks to widen the definition of money laundering to include
concealment, acquisition, possession and use of proceeds of crime
as criminal activities. The bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha. It
provides for removal of the Rs 5 lakh limit for fine laid down in the
existing Act. Chidambaram's statement that the I-T department was
probing the list of nearly 700 foreign accounts held by Indian
individuals/entities came a month after Aam Aadmi Party national
convener Arvind Kejriwal accused the government of not acting
adequately on a list of HSBC accounts, including those held by top
industrialists, shared by the French government in June 2011.
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Car bomb follows airport attack in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD/BUREAU
NEWS: At least 19 people were
killed and 74 injured when a
powerful car bomb exploded
close to government offices in
Jamrud town of Pakistan's
northwestern Khyber tribal
region on Monday. The
explosion follows a deadly
Taliban assault on the airport in
Peshawar over the weekend
which left 15 people dead, 10 of
them attackers, underlining the
strength of militants in the
country's restive tribal regions
and adjoining areas. Monday's
car bomb attack, according to
officials, used an estimated 90
pounds
of
explosives.
Intelligence officials said
explosives were packed into a
Suzuki Alto car and detonated
through a remote device.
Bloodied pieces of human flesh
littered the blast scene, along
with blood-stained clothes,
school books, children's shoes
and mangled metal. The blast
ripped through at least 20
vehicles and 17 shops. "Nineteen
people were killed in the blast.
Fourteen bodies were brought to
this hospital while three people
died of their wounds on way to
hospital in Peshawar," said Dr
Sameen Jan Shinwari at Khyber
Agency's hospital in Jamrud.
"Four women were among those
killed and they were all Afghans,"
Shinwari said. "At the moment
we're not in a position to tell what
exactly was the motive behind the
attack," said Khyber region's top
administrative official Mutahir
Zeb. No one has claimed
responsibility for the attack, but
security officials believe that a
pro-government Zakakhel tribe
could have been the target.
Members of this tribe have been
targeted by Taliban earlier as well.
Christians most
populous of world's
religions: Report
WASHINGTON: Christians are
the world's biggest religious
group, numbering some 2.2
billion people, according to a
study released on Tuesday by the
Pew Forum on Religion and
Public Life. Pew assembled data
on the size and geographic
distribution of eight major
religious groups, including nonbelievers. It found that Christians
make up about 32% of the world's
population,
followed
by
Muslims, the second largest
group, with 1.6 billion adherents.
Hindus were the third largest
group, numbering about one
billion (15%), followed by
Buddhists, at 500 million (seven
percent) and Jews, who number
14 million (0.2%) The worldwide
demographic study of more than
230 countries and territories
found that more than eight people
in 10 - about 5.8 billion people identify with a religious group.
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Kate Middleton makes first
appearance since hospitalization
THE PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE MADE HER FIRST
PUBLIC APPEARANCE ON SUNDAY SINCE HER
HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACUTE MORNING SICKNESS.
LONDON/BUREAU NEWS: The pregnant Duchess of Cambridge
made her first public appearance on Sunday night since her
hospitalization for acute morning sickness. Looking healthy and
strong, the former Kate Middleton presented awards at the BBC
Sports Personality of the Year prizes, which were broadcast
throughout Britain. She wore a dark green outfit and seemed
composed and comfortable, showing no signs of the acute
morning sickness that had led to her recent hospitalization. She
had not been seen in public since leaving King Edward VII Hospital
in London on Dec. 6. At the time, officials said the duchess would
be resting. At the conclusion of the gala show, she presented the
lifetime achievement award to Sebastian Coe, the newly elected
chairman of the British Olympic Association and a two-time
Olympic middle-distance champion, and the sports personality of
the year award, won by Tour de France and Olympic champion
Bradley Wiggins. Palace officials have said the Duchess is in the
first 12 weeks of her pregnancy. It would be the first child for her
and her husband, Prince William. It was also her first public
appearance since the apparent suicide of a nurse at King Edward
VII Hospital who was the victim of a prank call by two DJs from an
Australian radio show. She and William have said they were deeply
saddened by the nurse's death.
Security scare for schools in US town
NEW YORK/BUREAU NEWS: Schools in a Connecticut town
near where a gunman massacred 28 people at another school last
week were briefly locked down Monday after security jitters. Public
schools in Ridgefield were "put in lockdown" and police were
deployed at each building after reports of a "possibly suspicious
person who might be armed", the school authorities said.
About two hours later, the security blanket was lifted. "The
police have given the all clear. After an extensive search, no
dangerous activity was discovered," the school system said on
its website. Ridgefield is close to Newtown, where a deranged 20year-old resident entered the elementary school on Friday and
shot 28 people, including 20 small children. In nearby Redding,
schools were locked down as a precaution, police said. Ridgefield
is about 30km from Newtown. In Redding, about 16km from
Newtown, police gave no indication of whether there was a threat.
"Schools are in lockdown as a precautionary measure, that's all I
can say," a Redding police dispatcher said.
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CHOOSING
ART FOR
YOUR HOME
S
electing and displaying art
is an art in itself. You will
be definitely appreciated
for the time you invest by
finding more satisfaction both in
the art and in your home.
If you regularly visit
galleries and museums,
you probably already have
a good sense of what kind
of art appeals to you. If not,
there are many opportunities
to browse art in your own
city at local exhibitions and
art fairs. Visiting art
exhibitions will broaden your
horizon and will give you an idea
of the works of different artists
both veterans and young. Nowa-days, you can buy art online by
doing your research.
Having a clear idea about your
art preferences is definitely a
boon. Art that is too large will
overwhelm and art that is too small
will be lost and look out of
proportion. Measure the space
you want to hang the art and
leave enough 'white space' so
that the painting will not become
a part of the crowd. As a rule,
paintings should be hung so
that the center of the painting
is at eye level. Sculpture may
sit on the floor, a table.
However, you can always
experiment keeping in mind the
art work. The art work should
become a part of your house. It
should not stick out as a sore
thumb. Placing art in the wrong
place takes away its very essence.
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Create your home gym
W
hile a common complaint of most
people is that they don't find time to
go to the gym, there is always the
option of utilising a small space in your home
for working out.
Get equipped
When putting your home gym space
together, it's important to purchase the right
equipment. If you're just starting training, it's
best to keep the machines to the minimal. A good
exercising mat is needed for push-ups, other
stretching exercises and yoga. Buying a small treadmill
or a stepper can be good to get some cardio. A fitness
ball and dumbbells help as well.
Designed to fit
Adding mirrors in your gym space can
help. It will not only make the space appear
larger than it actually is, but also enable you
to see what you're doing right or wrong. A
music system can also help to keep your mood
upbeat.
Be careful
Always use equipment that is tested. Ask
a fitness enthusiast to help you purchase
machines for your home gym. Faulty
equipment can cause you injury.
ADD ROMANCE TO YOUR BEDROOM
I
nterior architect Nisha
Jamvwal tells us about 17
ways to make your bedroom
look romantic. This is perhaps
the most romantic space in the
house, where you spend the
maximum time at night and
lounge during the day. A little
creativity and some ingenuity,
and viola - a mundane space
can translate into a coffee-table
book example of dazzling
romantic style. Let me show you
how...
Private sanctuary
Making your bedroom into a
cave-like cosseted private
sanctuary is treating yourself to
intimate moments of recharging
your tired batteries in an
atmosphere of romance,
comfort, passion and that
inimitable feeling of being loved
and protected. Your bedroom
can then become that escape
retreat where you would
unwind from a rushed, trafficangst day.
Large, thick mattress to sink
in
The
most
important
accoutrement in a bedroom is
of course a large king-size bed or
a show stopper four-poster
antique bed that is grand and
luxurious, with an eighteen inch
mattress that allows you to sink
into the soothing relief of
unwinding away from cares.
There is a certain romance in a
cosseting deep mattress.
Soft cosetting bed-head
Dramatic shapes for bed-heads artistic,
novel,
creative,
extraordinary, transform this highutility area into a statement of soft
romantic mood.
The padding and fabric make for
a romantic feel.
A cosy boudoir
Create a private nook by adding
furniture usually considered
living room pieces.
A light armchair, an under-thebed upholstered seater on
castors that can be pulled out, a
lazy boy, an interesting ottoman,
sofas, rocking chairs, matching
overstuffed loveseats can prop
this room up to have a
passionate lounge feel.
Window seat
A bay window or a cantilevered
slab of stone out of the window
using brackets beneath,
creates an additional window
seat or a box window where you
could spend time ruminating or
even reading a book.
Intimate bistro
A round breakfast table of 30"
diameter, set with two chairs,
invites private conversations,
is great for secret breakfast
away from the rest of the home.
That post passion morning cup
of tea with your lover opposite
you, is an inimitable moment
that you hold within you
through the day.
WAYS TO DO UP YOUR BATHROOM
Y
ou are having a par ty when you realize that your not-sowell-kept bathroom has spoiled the good impression your
living room decor had managed to make on your guests.
Here are a few must-haves in your bathroom:
- A bottle of mouthwash.
-A set of clean hand towels.
- Facial tissues (in a decorative dispenser).
- A tube of hand-lotion and moisturizer.
- A non-skid mat in the tub or shower area.
- A night-light so that guests don't have to fumble for the light
switch in the dark.
- A hair dryer and an assor tment of clean hair brushes.
- Apar t from the regular wall mirror, place a mirror with one magnified side and one regular side on the bathroom counter.
- Clean unused towels on the towel bar.
- A fresh new roll of toilet paper and a back-up roll in the cabinet.
- A small supply of feminine hygiene products should be stored
out of sight, but in an easy-to-find place.
- Extra unused toothbrushes.
- At least one wastebasket.
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Give your bedroom a Grow vegetables in your apartment
makeover in 5 easy steps W
I
f you're all for comfort and want to give your bedroom a makeover,
but without spending too much money, Shabby chic is a great
decorating theme. Here are some simple steps to decorating a
Shabby chic bedroom. The Shabby chic style: What is this style?
It's one where you find something worthwhile at your flea market
trips. It could be distressed furniture, antique pieces, old-fashioned
patterns and romantic/feminine touches. Anything that invokes
thoughts of comfort and relaxation with elements like faded
furnishings defines shabby chic style. It's not sloppy: There's a
difference between making your bedroom look cozy or comfortable
and undone. If you are choosing Shabby chic furniture pieces, opt
for throws that are a bit formal. Also, make sure that your items don't
appear too distressed or old otherwise they will cheapen the look of
your room. Recycle
something old:
The advantage of
this style is that
you
get
to
recyclable and use
your old things and
give them a new
lease of life. So
instead of a new
bedspread, use one
of
your
grandmother's
hand-made quilts.
You can also
search
antique
stores for unique
items, which can
add some history
and character to
your bedroom!
Don't match your
stuff: Don't match your dresser, cupboard and nightstands. Instead,
find different pieces of antique furniture that complement each other.
Same rules apply to the linens.
ith the congestion of
urban city life,
vegetable gardens for
apartment dwellers seem like an
impossible prospect. However,
the concept of kitchen gardens
is picking up in India, as more
people staying in apartments
want their own home-grown
vegetables.
Gardens can grow on a balcony,
along a fence, or even in
containers in an apartment
window. With a little bit of
research and creativity, you can
enjoy fresh herbs and vegetables
even in your own high-rise
building. We talk to Mullaivan,
founder of an organisation that
donates free saplings to people.
Deciding on what to grow:
If you stay in an apartment, you
will not have the freedom to grow
a full-fledged kitchen garden, but
you can grow certain veggies in
smaller areas. You can grow
vegetables like brinjal, tomato,
spring onion, radish and
capsicum, salad greens like
cucumber and lettuce leaf and
essential herbs like coriander,
mint, curry leaf, green chilly etc.
But, it will be difficult to grow
onions and potatoes. Selecting
containers: You need to consider
two factors while selecting
containers — the vegetable you
want to grow and the space
available. Plants like curry leaf or
chilly will require a much smaller
pot, as compared to vegetables
like cucumber and capsicum,
which will require a bigger pot.
Window boxes are ideal
for flats as they look attractive
and are convenient.
Stone pots or terracotta
pots allow plants to breathe freely,
but are difficult to shift.
Wooden containers shield
plants from heat but they might
give out a foul smell.
Place plastic saucers
under the pot as this will prevent
water and soil spillage.
You can also use old
buckets and wire baskets for
hanging smaller plants.
Try to avoid using
containers with a small opening.
Make drain holes in all the
pots.
Seeds: Seedlings are easily
available in various nurseries and
should be planted carefully,
without harming the tender roots.
Even seeds from tomatoes or bitter
gourd can be used.
Soil: It is the most important
thing to be considered. Soil
should be light, disease-free and
have the capacity to hold
moisture. Organic manure or
compost can make for wonderful
growing medium. You can add
organic kitchen waste to it.
Watering: Plants need
constant moisture, with most
plants requiring daily watering.
But excessive watering is not
good either and may lead to
diseases. Fertilisers: Most
chemical fertilisers are easily
available in the market but liquid
organic fertilisers are the best
option. Another option would be
to water the plants with a solution
made with neem leaves or flowers.
Insects and diseases: Regular
checks on the plants is a must.
'Companion gardening' is the best
bet to keep insects away. For
example, planting garlic between
tomatoes will keep pests away.
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LADY IN BLACK! PRIYANKA CHOPRA SIZZLES AT EVENT
BOLLYWOOD DIVA PRIYANKA CHOPRA STUNS IN A SHORT BLACK DRESS AS SHE ATTENDS A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR BLENDER'S
PRIDE FASHION TOUR IN MUMBAI .
T20 KINGS - INDIA, PAKISTAN or ENGLAND?
India have a great chance of climbing
to the top of the ICC T20I
championship table if they manage
to win all four matches scheduled to
be played against England and
Pakistan before the end this year.
India are set to play England in a
two-match Twenty20 International
series, starting in Pune tomorrow,
before squaring off against archrivals Pakistan, in another two-match
series, commencing in Bangalore on
December 25. Victory in all four
games for India, currently ranked
third on the T20I table with 120
ratings points, will not only propel
them to number one position with a
gain of 12 rating points but will also
open up a five-point lead over current
table toppers, Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni
celebrates India's victory over
Pakistan in the 2007 World T20 final.
This will be the first time that India
have a chance of making it to the
No.1 spot in the T20I championship
table since it was launched in October
2011. But if India lose even one of
the four matches, the best they can
hope to end 2012 is at the number
two place, while losing all four could
mean slipping down to as low as
seventh position with 106 ratings
points.
England and Pakistan could hope to
push up a place if they win their
games against India. Meanwhile,
South Africa could rise up to number
two spot if they win the series
against the New Zealand 3-0. But the
final positioning for South Africa will
be determined by the outcome of
India's series against England and
Pakistan. India need to put behind
the humiliation of losing the Test
rubber against England and regroup
quickly to take on the confident
visitors in the two T20 Internationals
and then Pakistan for 2 T20 Games
and then 3 ODIs. Pakistan tour will
commence with a T20 match in
Bangalore on Dec 25 and another
T20 on Dec 28TH while the three
ODIs will take place in Chennai
(December 30), Kolkata (January 3)
and Delhi (Jan 6).
This is the first time in five years that
Pakistan will be visiting India for a
bilateral cricket series. Ties between
the two countries' were hit after the
2008 Mumbai attacks. Under-fire for
the first Test series loss to England
in 28 years and and with his captaincy
under the scanner, skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have to
put these issues on the back burner
and motivate his teammates for the
shortest format of the game.
To the home team's advantage, a
younger lot of players - some of who
were not part of the Test series like
flamboyant all rounder Suresh Raina,
Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu would give India the much-needed
edge and enthusiasm. All three are
very good T20 players and would
also bring the extra zip and verve in
the fielding department which was
absent in the Tests. They have all
been busy playing in the Ranji
Trophy for their respective units and
will be match fit too.
The likes of Suresh Raina will give
India fresh legs for the T20 series.
Getty Incidentally Sharma, who has
been in good form with the bat in the
Ranji Trophy recently, had topscored with an unbeaten 55 when
the two teams last met in a T20 game,
won by India by a whopping margin
of 90 runs in Sri Lanka earlier
this year during the ICC T20
World Cup. Yuvraj Singh, who
f l o p p e d i n t h e Te s t s e r i e s
barring a fighting 74 in the
opener at Ahmedabad, is back to
the format in which he has excelled
in the past.
Contd. on Page 18
Jeev beats Jimenez as Asia stun Europe to win Royal Trophy
BRUNEI/BUREAU NEWS: Jeev
Milkha Singh rolled in two massive
putts for birdies on the 16th and 17th
holes to score a full point over
veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez and
help Asia clinch the Royal Trophy
only for the second time in six
editions. Jeev`s effort tied the match
at 8-8 and, in the first sudden death
play-off, the Korean duo of K T Kim
and Y E Yang defeated Ryder Cup
hero Nicolas Colsaerts and
Francesco Molinari to grab the
Royal Trophy for Asia after the end
of three exciting days at The Empire
Hotel & Country Club. Kim showed
no nerves as he drained his 15 footer,
and then Colsaerts` putt, which was
half that distance, agonisingly slid
past the hole giving Asia an amazing
win. They had trailed 0.5-3.5 after the
first day and then reduced the margin
to one point on
the second
d a y.
They won the singles 4.5 to 3.5 to tie
match. Jeev, who celebrated his 41st
birthday on Saturday, had three
birdies in a row from 15th to 17th.
Jimenez was 1-up after 15 but Jeev
won the 16th to equalise and then
won the 17th to go ahead. He held
on the lead on 18th to get the point.
"It really was a great win for Asian
golf. The past three days were really
exciting and it feels nice to win
the Trophy for the team,"
said Jeev. The win
sparked off scenes of
celebrations
with
`Gangnam` style dance
around the 18th green.
Individually, Olazabal
halved his match with
Kiradech Aphinbarnrat as did KT
Kim against Gonzalez Fernandez
Castano and then Wu Ashun halved
his match against Edorado Molinari.
The wins for Asia came from Jeev
over Jimenez by 1-up, Yoshinori
Fujimoto beat Marcel Siem 1-up and
Y E Yang 2-up over Francesco
Molinari. For Europe, Colaserts
beat Bae Sung-moon 1-up and
Henrik Stenson beat Ryo Ishikawa
1-up. It was hard to envisage an
Asian win after they were routed 3
in the Foursomes matches on day
one. But they pulled back to within
a point of a European team
containing six players with Ryder
Cup experience by claiming the
Fourball session 3-1. It was still a
tall order for Asia against European
opponents who have become
accustomed to running away with
the Singles.
Scarlett Johansson
nude photo hacker
jailed for ten years
LOS ANGELES/BUREAU
NEWS : A man, who hacked
the emailaccounts of stars
including Scarlett Johansson
and Christina Aguilera has been
jailed. Christopher Chaney, who
leaked nude pictures of
Johansson that were meant for
her
then-husband
Ryan
Reynolds, was sentenced to ten
years in prison, reported TMZ
online.
The 35-year-old targeted
over 50 people in the
entertainment
industry,
including Mila Kunis. He
pleaded guilty to charges
including wiretapping and
unauthorised access to a
computer. Chaney leaked
photos of Aguilera after
sending an email from
the account of her
stylist,
Simone
Harouche, asking for
scantily
clad
images. The singer said ahead of
his sentencing, "That feeling of
security can never be given back
and there is no compensation
that can restore the feeling one
has from such a large invasion
of privacy."US District Judge S
James Otero sentenced Chaney
in LA following a video
statement from Johansson.
Aguilera, Kunis and Johansson
agreed to have their identities
made public to raise awareness
about online intrusion. Chaney
had also targeted two women he
knew. He was originally arrested
in October 2011.
SRK to sport never-seen-before action
hero avatar for Chennai Express
O
ne is Bollywood's uncrowned king of romance, known to
strike a pose on streets while singing for the woman he's
wooing. The other is famous for making masala action films,
where the hero gets down and dirty, beats up a dozen baddies and
makes cars fly. So what can you
expect when Shah Rukh Khan (his
last release, the Rs. 100 cr grosser,
Jab Tak Hai Jaan, reaffirmed his
romantic hero status) and director
Rohit Shetty come together?
It seems, next year, SRK will
don a completely new avatar. The
actor's next is Rohit Shetty's action
film, Chennai Express, in which he
stars opposite Deepika Padukone.
Rohit, part of whose fame rests on
being the director of Ajay Devgnstarrer Singham (2011), is all set to
make SRK perform stunts like he never has before. A source close to
Chennai Express says, "Rohit's films are popular for the action
scenes. Whether they are comedies, like the Golmaal series, or they
involve hand-to-hand combat, like Singham did, they have masala
action, and Chennai Express will be no different. Audiences would
never have imagined SRK performing stunts of this sort."
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AIFF appoints former SC judge as
independent one-man committee
NEW
DELHI/BUREAU
NEWS: The All India Football
Federation has appointed
Retd. Justice A K Ganguly, a
former Supreme Court Judge,
as an independent "one-man
committee" to furnish a
verdict on the legality of
Mohun Bagan`s actions.
Mohun Bagan`s fate in the ILeague hangs in balance with
the AIFF yet to decide on a
punishment for pulling out at
the interval during their
derby against East Bengal on
December 9. Ganguly has
been appointed to "hold and
undertake as expeditiously as
possible, detailed evaluation
of all aspects arising out of
or related to the match,
including the consequential
resultant
effect
in
consonance with applicable ILeague regulations 2012-13".
According to the AIFF
statement, Ganguly will be
"giving
directions
accordingly and is expected
to commence hearing on the
subject issue from
24th December
2012 in New
Delhi".
"AIFF
and
Mohun Bagan`s Syed Rahim
Nabi got injured after he was
hit by a stone. A day
Mohun Bagan shall be given
an opportunity to appear in
the hearing through their
respective authorised/legal
representatives," it further
said. During the violence,
after, Nabi underwent surgery
on the cheekbone, which
ruled out the India midfielder
for at least six weeks. He was
hit during the violence that
erupted in the gallery after
their highest paid striker and
captain Okolie Odafa was redcarded for showing dissent.
The match was held up for
about 15 minutes during the
first half added time. Mohun
Bagan, who were trailing 0-1,
refused to turn up in the
second half, forcing the match
to be abandoned.
According to AIFF`s Clause
22, if a team withdraws in the
middle of a match, it stands
to be suspended from the ILeague for the current season
and the following two
seasons unless it is dubbed
a force majeure.
The FIFA rule states that if a
missile of any kind lands on
the ground or if a player is
injured, then a team has every
right to walk off. However, in
this case, Mohun Bagan
played out the stoppage time
in the first half after Nabi was
hit.
MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012
Anand hopes for IOCIOA conflict solution
before Olympics
K O L K ATA /
BUREAU NEWS:
Five-time world
champion chess
Grand
Master
Viswanathan
Anand Monday
hoped the conflict
between
the
International
Olympic Committee
(IOC) and the
Indi a n O l y m p i c
Association (IOA) will be sorted out before the 2016
Olympics. "We still have a couple of years to solve the
problem, so I am not too concerned," said Anand, when
asked about the IOC deciding to suspend the IOA for not
following the IOC charter in conducting its election. "The
main thing is to do well at the Olympic Games.
We should not lose focus. I hope the situation with the
federation is sorted out. Our sportspersons will remain
athletes irrespective of whether they take part under the
(Indian) flag or not," Anand said on the sidelines of a
promotional event here. Unless the suspension is revoked,
Indian sportspersons will not be allowed to participate in
the Olympics under the national tri-colour.
T20 KINGS - INDIA, PAKISTAN OR ENGLAND?
Contd. from Pg.17
Dashing opener Virender Sehwag has opted out of the twomatch series, which ends with the last match at Mumbai on
December 22, and it has given the chance to Ajinkya Rahane,
who warmed the bench right through the Test series, to open
the innings with Gautam Gambhir. Rahane had impressed with
a 61 when the two teams met in a T20 game last year in England
at Manchester and would be eager to get going after playing
Ranji Trophy games for Mumbai. Dhoni, himself a superb T20
and 50-over batsman, would be the late-order game changer,
and with Virat Kohli, who had rediscovered his touch with a
patient 103 in the last Test at Nagpur, will give extra impetus
in the batting and fielding sections. The new ball bowling has
a fresh look to it in the form of Ashok Dinda, Abhimanyu
Mithun , Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Parwinder Awana - with
veteran Zaheer Khan opting out. Dinda and Awana had been
part of the Test squad in the latter stages but did not get a
game while Mithun has been added as a replacement for his
injured Karnataka teammate, R Vinay Kumar.
Spin bowling department will be manned by R Ashwin, who
would be extra keen to impress after a disappointing show
with the ball in the Test rubber, Ravindra Jadeja, who made
his Test debut at Nagpur, and Piyush Chawla, who too was
part of the team in the drawn final game.
England have made wholesale changes in their squad with
triumphant Test skipper Alastair Cook returning home and
replaced at the helm by hard-hitting middle order batsman
Eoin
Morgan
who was part of
t h e Te s t t e a m
but did not play
a single game.
Morgan is also
the
stand-in
captain for the
injured Stuart
Broad, replaced
by James Harris,
who
has
returned home
along with many
other members of the team, notably Kevin
Pietersen.
The absence of Pietersen, who played a big role in England
winning the Test rubber, would be welcomed by India. The
star batsman is no longer part of the England Twenty20 team.
England have included T20 specialists like Alex Hales, Jos
Butler, Jade Dernbach, James Tredwell, Michael Lumb, Luke
Wright and Danny Briggs - some of who have been part of the
development squad which played a few matches in Navi
Mumbai when the Test matches were on.
Retained from the Test squad along with captain Morgan are
Tim Bresnan, wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow, Samit Patel and
Joe Root, who made an impressive Test debut in the final
match. Bresnan and Patel also had the opportunity to play in
two and three Tests while Morgan and Bairstow did not.
India have lost three T20 games, all in bilateral series, between
the two sides. They had lost bilateral matches played at Lord’s
in June 2009 and the next two held at Manchester and Kolkata
in August and October last year. The game here would be the
first T20 International played at the swanky Sahara Stadium
on the city’s outskirts which hosted IPL matches last year. It
has a capacity of 43,000.
India: Mahendra Sing Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya
Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh,
Ambati Rayudu, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja,
Piyush
Chawla,
Ashok
Dinda,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,Abhimanyu Mithun and Parvinder Awana.
England:
Eoin Morgan (capt), James Harris, Jonny Bairstow, Tim
Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Butler, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales,
Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Samit Patel, Joe Root, James
Tredwell and Luke Wright.
PAKISTAN : ODI squad: Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez,
Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Kamran
Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul,
Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar.
T20 squad: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal,
Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Saeed
Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Umar
Gul, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad.
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BOLLYWOOD Movies
MATRU KI BIJLEE KA MANDOLA
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jan.-2013
STARING:Imran Khan.... Matru
Khan
Cast: Salman
ha
Sonakshi Sin
Sonu Sood
a
Vinod Khann
Prakash Raj
yal
Deepak Dobri
ee
Nikitin Dh r
'Dabangg 2'
Music Director: Sajid-Wajid
Producer: Arbaaz Khan , Dhilin H. Mehta
Director: Arbaaz Khan
Action / Social
Hindi
Movie Review and Story
Dabangg 2 is an Indian masala film directed, written and produced by
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Pankaj Kapoor.... Harry Mandola
DIRECTOR(S):
Vishal Bhardwaj
PRODUCER(S): Vishal Bhardwaj
Ajay Devgn Kumar Mangat Pathak
Arbaaz Khan. It stars
Salman Khan and
Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles, with Prakash Raj playing the role of the
main antagonist. It also has Vinod Khanna, Deepak Dobriyal and Nikitan
Dheer in supporting roles. It is a sequel to the 2010 film Dabangg and is set
in the city of Kanpur. The distribution rights were sold to UTV Motion
Pictures for a price of 140 crore, the highest for a Bollywood film till date.
'DHOOM 3' IS 50 PERCENT
COMPLETE: ABHISHEK
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Anushka Sharma.... Bijlee
AKAASH VANI
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jan.-2013
STARING:
Kar tik Tiwari.... Akaash
Nushrat Bharucha.... Vani
DIRECTOR(S):
Luv Ranjan
Producer : Kumar Mangat Pathak
Abhishek Pathak
DABANGG 2
RELEASE DATE: 21-Dec-2012
STARING: Salman Khan, Sonakshi
Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Prakash Raj
DIRECTOR(S): Arbaaz Khan
Producer : Arbaaz Khan, Dhillin Mehta
Music: Sajid - Wajid
Film:
Talaash (New)
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JEE LE ZARAA
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Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Talaash (New)
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Heer
Jiya Lage Na
Ishq Shava
Dagabaaz Re
Apnaa Mujhe Tu Lagaa
Challa
Fevicol Se
Talaash (New)
Muskaanein Jhooti Hai
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RELEASE DATE: 28-Dec.-2012
STARING: Mahaakshay Chakraborty,
Rajpal Yadav, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vaishali
Desai, Mukul Dev, Hiten Paintal
Shawn Arranha
Premal Goragandhi
DIRECTOR(S):
PRODUCER(S):
RACE 2
Actor Abhishek Bachchan, who
is currently working on the third
film of the "Dhoom" franchise,
reveals that the film is 50 per cent
complete. "The status of 'Dhoom
3' is we are currently about 50
per cent through, we have just
come back from a marathon
schedule in the States (United
States). Now we resume our
indoor work in Mumbai," the 37year-old said here Sunday at the
Big Star Entertainment Awards.
Katrina Kaif, the newest entrant
into the "Dhoom" group, also
talked about her upcoming films
here. "At the moment we are
shooting for 'Dhoom 3' with
Aamir (Khan). Then in February
I will start a film with Hrithik
Roshan, which is an action film,
it's romantic-action kind of a
drama film," Katrina said.
"Dhoom 3: Back in Action" has
Aamir Khan in a negative role
while Abhishek and Uday
Chopra reprise their characters
of Jay and Ali respectively.
RELEASE DATE: 25-Jan-2013
STARING: Saif Ali Khan.. Ranvir Singh
Anil Kapoor....
John Abraham.... Armaan Mallik
Deepika Padukone.... Elena
DIRECTOR(S): Mustan Burmawalla
PRODUCER(S):
Kumar S Taurani
Genre :Action,Suspense,Thriller
MAIN RONY AUR JONY
RELEASE DATE:
2013
STARING:
Priyanshu Chatterjee.... Tej Singh
Kareena: I can't dance
as much as Karisma
Awards still make
Sandali Sinha.... Priya
DIRECTOR(S):
Rajesh Ram Singh
Producer: Nandita Singha
Lyricist : Rahat Indori Rahul B. Seth
TABLE NO. 21
RELEASE DATE: 4-Jan-2013
STARING: Rajeev Khandelwal
Tena Desae, Paresh Rawal
DIRECTOR(S): Aditya Datt
PRODUCER(S): Viki Rajani
Sunil A Lulla
Genre : Thriller
SRK EXCITED
INKAAR
18-Jan. 2013
RELEASE DATE:
STARING: Arjun Rampal
Chitrangda Singh
Gaurav Dwivedi
Sandeep Sanchdev
DIRECTOR(S):
Sudhir Mishra
Producer: Prakash Jha
Genre : Romance,Crime
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has
won a plethora of trophies in
his two-decade career in the
Hindi film industry, but the
awards still leave him excited as
ever. The actor won two awards
- Entertainer Of The Year and
Best Romantic On-Screen
Couple along with co-star
Katrina Kaif - for his film "Jab
Tak Hai Jaan", at the Big Star
Entertainment Awards held here
Sunday night. " 'Jab Tak Hai
Jaan' will always be a special
film for me. I will always be
thankful to Yash-ji. I get really
excited with awards.
No matter how many I have
got, they have the same affect
on me, like they did when I was
new in the industry. I almost
become like a kid in the candy
store," said Shah Rukh.
Shah Rukh and Katrina were
also named the Best Romantic
On-Screen Couple for the same
film. "This was the first time I
worked with her and see what
happened! Katrina is a very
hardworking girl and it was a
pleasure working with her. And
as far as romance is concern, I
am the best one here," quipped
Shah Rukh.
"Jab Tak Hai Jaan" was Yash
Chopra's last directorial
venture, before he passed
away Oct 21.
From Shah Rukh Khan, Salman
Khan, Katrina Kaif to newbies
like Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun
Kapoor and Yami Gautam - creme
da la creme of Bollywood ramped
up the glamour quotient at the
Big Star Entertainment Awards
held here Sunday night.
The most deserving entertainers
and achievers across 27
categories, including film,
television, music, dance and
sports were honoured at the
ceremony held at the Andheri
Sports Complex. Those who
graced the glitzy gala with their
presence
were Abhishek
Bachchan, Akshay Kumar,
Anurag Basu, Arjun Kapoor,
Ayushmann Khurrana, Deepika
Padukone, Kareena Kapoor,
Katrina Kaif, Prabhudheva,
Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan,
Sonu Nigam among others.
Kareena Kapoor, who also
performed at the awards, looked
elegant in all-black outfit as she
walked the red carpet and posed
for the shutterbugs. "I go on
awards for performances. I have
been called here for performance
as well. I like to dance, of course,
I can't dance as much as (sister)
Karisma (Kapoor). But dance has its
own excitement for me. So when
people call me to perform, I like it,"
said Kareena. The actress, who
earned rave reviews for her
performance in "Heroine", attributes
her success to her fans. "I think
whatever we are today is because of
our loyal fans who go to watch our
films. Like I am a director's actor, I am
a fans' actor too," she added.
MUMBAI MIRROR
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jan-2013
STARING: Sachiin Joshi....
Abhijeet Patil
Gihani Khan.... Rani
Prakash Raj.... Shetty
Vimala Raman.... Jia
Prashant Narayanan.... Prashant
DIRECTOR(S): Ankush Bhatt
PRODUCER(S):
Raina Sachiin Joshi
Genre : Crime,Thriller
RAJDHANI EXPRESS
RELEASE DATE:
4-Jan. 2013
STARING:
Leander Paes.... Keshav
Jimmy Sheirgill.... D.Y. Commis
DIRECTOR(S):
Ashok Kohli
Producer: Ritika Kohli
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Demi Moore's daughters 'cut off
contact with her again' following
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Upcoming
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recent 'erratic behaviour'
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
RELEASE DATE: 28 Dec. 2012
STARING: Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami,
Rajat Kapoor...
Director : Deepa Mehta
Producer : David Hamilton
Story : Midnight's Children is a gloriously
D
emi Moore's daughters have reportedly cut
off contact with her once again.
The 50-year-old actress is allegedly being given
the cold shoulder by Rumer, 24, Scout, 21, and
Tallulah, 18, just months after they reconciled
following a bitter fallout.
The trio, her daughters with ex-husband Bruce
Willis, have allegedly tired of her constant
partying and erratic behaviour.
Heigl's 'fight' with
'Iron Man' director
rich, sprawling story, told by a persuasive
narrator, who has magical powers and a
most inventive grasp of the truth. Our hero
Saleem Sinai was born to a wealthy Indian
family in Bombay, or so we are led to
believe.
PROMISED LAND
RELEASE DATE: 11 Jan. 2013
STARING: Frances McDormand ,
Lucas Black , Matt Damon ,
Rosamund Pike , Rosemarie DeWitt
Summary:A salesman for a
natural gas company experiences
life-changing events after arriving
in a small town, where his
corporation wants to tap into the
available resources.
JACK REACHER
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 04, 2013
STARING: Tom Cr uise, Rosamund
Pike, Rober t Duvall...
PRODUCER(S): Tom Cruise
DIRECTOR(S):Christopher McQuarrie
STORY: A city is thrown into chaos following a shooting that leaves five dead.
What at first seems like a simple case to
solve becomes complicated when the
accused requests that Jack Reacher be
put on the case.
Genre : Crime, Drama
Actress Katherine Heigl and " Iron Man" director Jon
Favreau knocked off a glass while fighting over a bill here.
T
hey were out for an
official meeting at the
Chateau Marmont here.
The former "Grey's
Anatomy" actress and the
director insisted on paying
the bill following the meet,
but in their eagerness to
pay, accidentally knocked
over a glass of water as
they each attempted to grab
the bill, reports
contactmusic.com.
"When the waiter brought
the bill, Jon tried to grab
it - but high handed Heigl
ripped it right out of his
paw and shouted 'It's on
me'," a source told the
National Enquirer.
"But Favreau wouldn't
hear of it.
Snatching it back quickly,
he recoiled in horror as
Heigl, making a desperate
dive for it, knocked over a
glass of water," the
source added.
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
Garrett Hedlund to return for 'Tron 3'
RELEASE DATE: Dec 21, 2012
STARING: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin,
Isla Fisher, Jude Law...
DIRECTOR(S):Peter Ramsey
STORY: Rise of the Guardians is an epic
adventure that tells the story of a group
of heroes each with extraordinary
abilities.
Genre : Adventure, Animation
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD
The 28-year-old actor, who plays Sam Flynn in the Disney sci-fi franchise, is set to reprise his role in
the follow-up movie and revealed he is ''very excited'' about the project, reports femalefirst.
When asked about his return to the film during the press conference of his film "On the Road",
Garrett said: ''Yeah. Are we gonna break this now?
Disney's very excited. That's about that. You know, yeah, I'm very excited, Disney's very excited.'' In
the 2010 installment " Tron Legacy", Hedlund played the son of original actor Jeff Bridges' character
Kevin Flynn from the 1982 film "Tron", but his role in the sequel is being kept secret along with the
plot. Joseph Kosinski will direct the film.
RELEASE DATE: 15 Feb. 2013
STARING: Bruce Willis , Cole Hauser
Patrick Stewar t , Jai Courtney
Genre: Action, Thriller
Summary: A Good Day to Die Hard
is the fifth installment of the Die Hard
film series, starring Bruce Willis in
the lead role. Bruce Willis
(John McClane) travels to Moscow.
LES MISERABLES
Golden Globe
nomination ffeels
eels
surreal: Cooper
The 37-year-old is up for Best
Actor in the Musical or Comedy
category for his role in "Silver
Linings Playbook" and he says
he couldn't believe it when his
name was read out, especially
because it's not a big budget
film. ''It's a small film and it's a
word-of-mouth movie. The fact
that it's getting this kind of
attention [means] hopefully more
people will go see it,"
contactmusic.com
quoted
Cooper as saying. ''We loved
doing it. We care so much about
the film and it's amazing to be
recognised. And then on a
personal level, it's just surreal...
I grew up as the nerd who would
wake up to watch the (Golden
Globe) announcements. To hear
(presenter and 'Hangover' costar) Ed Helms say 'Silver Linings
Playbook' was just incredible,"
she added. The stars who are
nominated in the same category
are "Bernie" star Jack Black,
Hugh Jackman of "Les
Miserables", Ewan McGregor for
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
and Bill Murray from "Hyde Park
on Hudson". The 70th annual
Golden Globes will take place in
Los Angeles Jan 13.
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 18, 2013
STARING: Hugh Jackman, Anne
Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Helena
Bonham Car ter...
DIRECTOR(S): Tom Hooper
PRODUCER : Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
STORY: Set against the backdrop of
19th-century France, Les Misrables
tells an enthralling story of broken
dreams and unrequited love, passion.
Genre : Drama, Music, Musical
LILO 'UP FOR HIRE
AS CELEB GUEST'
Lindsay
Lohan
reportedly wants to hire
herself out as a celebrity
guest for weddings and
special occasions to
clear her outstanding
debt. The 26-year-old
actress has accumulated
debts of 1.8 million
pounds in unpaid taxes
and legal fees. "Book
one of Hollywood's
biggest movie stars
now!" the Daily Star
quoted the US agency
123Talent as writing in
bright pink lettering on
their website. According
to the New York Post, the website reads, "Not only is Lindsay an
Actress but she is also a Fashion Designer, Model and
Recording Artist."
The website, which also includes a hastily photo shopped
composite of the 'Parent Trap' star, goes on to list all of her film
and television stints.
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bollywood
Too Hot? Adult 'Inkaar' Promo
Gets in Trouble
Sudhir Mishra had to re-dub the promo of film starring Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh after it was
awarded an 'A' certificate by the Censor Board
Poonam Pandey is better than Bipasha:
JISM DIRECTOR
Amit Saxena, who directed Bipasha Basu in 'Jism' (2003), is also directing
Poonam Pandey in her Bollywood debut, 'Nasha'.
S
axena is very impressed with Poonam's talent and her ability to
emote before the camera. " Poonam is a natural when it comes to
facing the camera. She grasps the script so well that working with her
is a cakewalk," he said, adding, "Poonam is a director's actor.
I think she is far more talented than Bipasha.
The future looks very bright for Poonam in Bollywood."
Apart from Amit, the crew members are also impressed with Poonam.
Says a source on the outdoor set, "Just watching Poonam on the sets
is amazing. She is very passionate about her work and her
concentration shows how focussed she is."
So, how does Poonam keep herself so focussed? "
I am very passionate about my work. For me, work always comes
first," the actress says, adding, "I listen to music to keep me charged
up." And which is her current favourite?
"I am sexy and I know it," she concludes with a wink and a wicked
grin.
Sonakshi's wedding gift
TO VIDYA A SECRET
Sonakshi Sinha was in her element at an event
yesterday to announce her as the brand
ambassador of a real estate, textile and
hospitality conglomerate
As it was the day of Vidya Balan's marriage, she
was asked what present she would give the
newly-wed. And whether she would gift one of
the properties that she endorses?
Sona replied, `I am the brand ambassador, not
the owner that I can gift properties to
whosoever I wish. And won't the tax authorities
hound me if I do so?` When the question of
Vidya's gift persisted, the lady said, `I have
decided on what to gift her and that's a secret.`
My son still not
ready to face camera
Yesteryear actress Poonam Dhillon, who is set to don the director's hat, is not
launching her son Anmol in the film, as he is personally not ready to face the
camera.
"I am not launching my son in my first film. In fact, I am launching myself as a
director. There are two years or so for him. He himself does not want to face the
camera unless and until he is all ready," the 50-year-old said here Sunday at the Big
Star Entertainment Awards.
"Many offers have come to him but he always rejects, saying 'I want to be fully
ready, today's scenario is not such that you come half prepared on camera'. Everyone
says he is all ready, has good looks but he says no and I like that attitude," she
added.
Poonam believes this is the best time for the film industry and even she plans to
face the camera yet again.
"I think the standard of everything, be it actors or the filmmaking has increased so
much that I am waiting now to do good films again and work with good actors. It is
the best time for the filmmakers and actors today," Poonam said.
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PRIYANKA CHOPRA TO DJ
IN TOP MUMBAI CLUBS
Priyanka Chopra will be seen
DJing her single, "In My City",
and partying with her fans here
Friday night. "I will be going to
different clubs tonight (friday
night) in Mumbai and will be
DJing and partying for a few
minutes with my fans. We tried
the same thing in Delhi and
Bangalore and it was a big hit, "
an excited Priyanka said at a
press conference here. An
initiative by Blender's Pride
Fashion Tour, the actress will be
visiting four clubs - Hard Rock
Cafe, F-Bar, Ghost and Hype Friday. The actress also clarified
that she will not be performing.
"I am not performing tonight, I
will just be DJing. I will perform
live when the label decides to, "
she said. On her album's release,
Priyanaka said that she will be
releasing one soon once a few
singles are liked by her fans.
"This is how it is done in the US.
They release a single, let it grow
and then release another one. So
I guess we will be releasing an
album during spring, summer
next year, " she said.
Priyanka also revealed that she
will be singing a few lines in Hindi
in the rest of her singles. "There
are a few Hindi lines in my songs,
" she said.
Emotional dependence
harms a relationship:
CHITRANGADA
How important is fitness to you
It's a visual medium. How you
look is very important. I work out
four days in a week. What you
eat is important. I have never
been on a diet. I have been
careful of what I eat. Being
informed of the kinds of food is
more important, instead of
shocking your system with a
crash diet.
Tell us something about your
soon to be released film Inkaar
The film is about sexual
harassment in an ad agency. It's
all about power struggle which
takes place at all levels and not
only in the corporate world.
Where there is a power equation,
there will be harassment; the sad
part is that it's easier to prove
rape but not harassment.
Do you think enough is being
done in India to stop sexual
harassment at the work place?
Rules are getting better.
Government mandates are
become stricter after some high
profile cases came to light. There
is bound to be some collateral
damages, when women try to
break the ceiling.
Coming from Bollywood, did you
notice such things taking place?
In our industry, things are fair at
certain levels. No one is there to
force you to do anything, what
you get is what you want. There
are power equations in this
industry also. The bigger the
price, the more the power
equation. It has always been
there but that's also now
changing.
Your film Hazaaron Khwaishein
Aisi , years after its release, is
still being screened at festivals.
I am surprised. It's a huge
compliment for me. It was my first
film and for it to get such
reception till now is like a divine
coincidence at different levels as
I did never wanted to become an
actor.
You said you never wanted to
become an actor...so what was
your career aspiration before
stepping into films?
I wanted to be a newsreader, a
TV interviewer, a curator in a
museum because I love history
and facts.
Hope Katrina lives up to
‘Dhoom’ expectations: Esha
"I am sad that I am not a part of the whole franchise. But I wish
Katrina lives up to the expectations that comes with the Dhoom tag.
I am sure she will because she is a brilliant actress," said Esha. The
31-year-old actress delivered one of the major hits of her career with
the Aditya
Chopra film, where she proved her
dancing mettle with the film's title track
Dhoom machale. Asked about her
plans to return to the silver screen,
Esha, who was last seen in mother
Hema Malini's Tell Me O Kkhuda,
said, "If any decent offer comes
my way then I will accept it.
Acting is my first love and
I am really
l o o k i n g
forward to it."
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daily rues
Time for split captaincy? Sunil Pakistani
Tendulkar's fall
from graces
Gavaskar backs Virat Kohli
THERE'S A GROWING CHORUS ASKING FOR DHONI'S REPLACEMENT AS TEST CAPTAIN -- AND
SOME OF THE VOICES ARE WELL RESPECTED.
The last time England won a Test
series in India, present England
skipper Alastair Cook was barely
a month old. On Monday, Cook
proudly led his team to a historic
victory, even as MS Dhoni
stoically contemplated yet
another debacle. In a sense, Dhoni
can consider himself fortunate to
be leading India in this era. Back
in the 1970s, Ajit Wadekar won
India three Test series in a row;
including two historic away
triumphs against England and
West Indies. But one 0-3 loss
against England in 1974 and he
was gone. From Bishen Singh
Bedi to Kapil Dev to Sunil
Gavaskar, nobody has been given
a longer rope as Indian skipper
than Dhoni. Dhoni has led India
to 0-4 drubbings in Australia and
England -- and survived. Hard-won
victories against lowly ranked
teams like New Zealand and West
Indies were allowed to lull India
into a sense of complacency, even
though the alarm bells should
have been clanging.
The chickens finally came home
to roost against England. It is
possible that a weakened,
transitional team would have lost
anyway.
But
Dhoni's
unimaginative field placements,
whimsical team choices, ignoring
of certain players -- Rahane has
been warming the benches for over
a year now -- and needless clashes
with curators certainly didn't help.
If anything, his lack of effective
leadership probably cost India the
series. Has the time come for a split
captaincy? There's a growing
chorus asking for Dhoni's
replacement as Test captain -- and
some of the voices are well
respected. As a selector several
months ago, Mohinder Amarnath
had asked for a change in Test
leadership, something that cost
him dearly. But even legends like
Sunil Gavaskar and former
chairman
of
selectors
Krishnamachari Srikkanth have
said that Dhoni needs to go. So
has another former great, Abbas
Ali Baig. On Monday, Gavaskar
told a TV channel, "Till the fourth
day of the Nagpur Test, I would
have backed Dhoni. Now that Virat
has come up with a hundred under
trying circumstances where he
India paid the price of too much
bravado: Nasser Hussain
LONDON/BUREAU NEWS :
India paid the price of thinking
that preparing turning tracks
would be enough to beat
England in the just-concluded
Test series as the visitors had
better tweakers to exploit the
dustbowls, feels former England
captain Nasser Hussain.
India lost 1-2 against
England in the four-match series
that concluded with a draw
yesterday in Nagpur, which was
dominated by the Alastair
Cook's men. "India are not the
side they were. If I was putting
together a composite side from
the two teams I would start by
picking the whole England
attack. England, for once, had
better spinners than India in
Indian conditions," Hussain
wrote in his column for 'The
Daily Mail'. "The tourists were
fitter, both physically and
mentally, and hungrier for Test
cricket. India would not have
been able to take four wickets late
in a day, after two sessions
without a wicket, as England did
on Saturday. "India went one up
and just thought they could
prepare a turning pitch and
England would crumble. They
showed too much bravado. And
England made them pay very
heavily indeed for that," he
added. Looking back at the
series, Hussain said England
showed tremendous resolve to
bounce back from the crushing
nine-wicket loss in Ahmedabad.
"...but the second innings
there proved a turning point both
in this series and in the future of
this team. Without it things could
look very different now."
"...when Alastair Cook
scored a big hundred in a losing
cause in Ahmedabad in that
second innings things changed.
It was the moment the captain said
to his team: 'Hang on, there are
no demons here. The ball is not
spinning both ways. If we show
some character, application and
belief we can do this.' And since
then the transformation has been
astonishing," Hussain said.
"Everything England have done
since then has been right. And
their business has been
conducted in a quite ruthless
manner. There has been no dillydallying, no worrying about
reputations. This has been
anything but a closed shop," he
added. He praised spinner Monty
Panesar and attacking batsman
Kevin Pietersen – both of whom
turned it around for England in
the second Test in Mumbai. "Tim
Bresnan has been a very good
cricketer for England but as soon
as Cook and Andy Flower
realised they had made a mistake
in not picking Monty Panesar for
the first Test the Yorkshireman
was gone. "England basically
had to nail everything to win this
series after going one down and
they did it. Look at Kevin
Pietersen. He was a frenetic wreck
in the first Test and only had a
couple of days to come up with a
defensive technique against his
old nemesis, left-arm spin. What
happened? He went out and
smashed 186 in Mumbai," he
explained.
Sangakkara maintains Sri Lanka's chances of draw
HOBART/ AUSTRALIA : Kumar Sangakkara frustrated Australia on the final day of the first test,
reaching his half century by lunch Tuesday to maintain Sri Lanka's chances of saving the match. Sri
Lanka resumed the day on 65-2, 328 runs short of the winning target, and Sangakkara edged his side
closer to the draw with a nerveless 58 not out at Bellerive Oval. The only moment of alarm for Sangakkara
came three overs before the interval when he successfully appealed an lbw dismissal by Shane Watson.
Replays showed he was struck outside the line of the stumps. Two balls later, Thilan Samaraweera was
beaten by a climbing delivery that just clipped his body and sped past wicketkeeper Matthew Wade
down the leg-side for four. Samaraweera was on 17 at lunch, leaving Mahela Jayawardene as the only
man dismissed so far Tuesday. The captain edged Peter Siddle low to Michael Clarke at slip for a 77-ball
19. Again without the injured Ben Hilfenhaus, Australia's attack toiled on an abrasive fifth-day pitch.
Spinner Nathan Lyon probed, the pacemen extracted reverse swing from the old ball and Mitchell Starc
got one to climb and hit the swinging Sangakkara on the arm. After dismissing both openers in Monday's
final session, Australia's bowlers might have expected to add to their haul early on the final day but
Sangakkara and Jayawardene continued to attack only the occasional poor ball and turn down singles.
The pace suggested the Sri Lankans, who have never won in 10 tests in Australia, believe they have
little chance of making a target of 393, which would be their highest ever winning total. The West Indies
made the highest successful run chase against Australia with 417-8 at St. John's in 2003.
curbed his natural game, he
discovered a good part about
himself. He is ready to take on the
mantle of Test cricket. That needs
to be looked at in a positive manner
by everyone concerned as that is
where the future lies." Srikkanth
said, "Dhoni's become stale and
doesn't know what to do when
things go out of the way. He
shouldn't be the Test captain
anymore. Had I been the chairman
of selectors, I would have picked
Dhoni as a wicket-keeper batsman
but it is time to look beyond him as
a Test captain."
However, one official privy to the
developments in the BCCI said a
section of the board favours
Gautam Gambhir as Test skipper.
"Most cricketers in the team and
board members feel that Gautam
Gambhir should be tried at the top.
He is the third highest run-getter in
this series for India and in the
current circumstances he is the best
bet to lead the team," said another
official. Gambhir's success as
skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders is
said to be working in his favour. He
has led India to six one-day
internationals and won all of them.
Besides, he is 31 and has his best
years as a batsman ahead of him. "I
think Gambhir at the top and Virat
Kohli as his deputy is the way to
go about," said an official. Even the
seniors within the cricket team that
Gambhir is the best bet at the
moment to lead. "They feel it is too
early for Kohli to get the reins," the
official said. Of course, ultimately,
the decision may not rest with the
selectors, as Mohinder Amarnath
has pointed out.
ISLAMABAD/BUREAU NEWS
Sachin Tendulkar must be
regretting his "blunder" of not
calling it a day in March 2011
when India won the Cricket World
Cup, said a leading Pakistani
daily on Tuesday. An editorial in
the Dawn described Tendulkar's
"fall from grace in the ongoing
cricket series against England",
and said that it has not only
dismayed millions of his fans
across the world but has also
compelled critics to ask him to
hang up his boots. "Rated as
perhaps the greatest post-war
batsman, Tendulkar has been a
picture of misery in the four-match
series, struggling to put together
a decent score against an
opposition which by no means
can be dubbed as menacing for a
player of his class and stature,"
said the daily. It observed that
Tendulkar's rare but continued
failure with the bat in 2012, both
at home and abroad, has drawn
boos and jeers from the crowds,
even in places like Mumbai,
Ahmedabad and Nagpur where
he has been revered as a demigod
since making his international
debut 24 years ago. "His former
colleagues Sourav Ganguly,
Rahul Dravid and a few others
have openly criticised him for not
looking the part anymore, mainly
due to his slow reflexes and poor
shot selection." The daily noted
that Tendulkar is certainly not the
first Asian batsman to face this
unpleasant situation. "A number
of great players before him,
including compatriots Sunil
Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, our own
Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram
and Zaheer Abbas, and several
others have been forced out of
cricket after repeated failures or
have simply faded into history
after refusing to quit the game at
the right moment," it added.
The daily cited the example
of one of Australia’s most
successful
captains
and
batsmen, Ricky Ponting, who
retired after realising that he
could no longer cope with the
rigours of international cricket.
"Tendulkar, unfortunately,
has not been able to choose his
departing moment and must now
be ruing the blunder of not
having called it a day in March
2011 when India won the ICC
Cricket World Cup."
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1-3 Manchester City: Yaya
Argos add to offence and defence Newcastle
Toure seals victory to quell Toon fightback
TORONTO: The Toronto Argonauts Football Club announced
today that import DL Adrian Awasom and import WR Tyler Beiler
have both signed contracts with the club.
Awasom began his career in 2005 when he signed with the New
York Giants and spent three years there, earning a SuperBowl
championship in 2007. He later signed with the Las Vegas
Locomotives of the United Football League where he won two UFL
championships. Awasom spent 2011 training camp with the
Minnesota Vikings.
Tyler Beiler played college football at Bridgewater College in
Virginia. He attended both San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh
Steelers training camps in 2011 and 2012 respectively. While at
Bridgewater, he was named the Virginia State Player of the Year
after recording 17 touchdowns and more than 1,300 receiving yards.
LONDON/BUREAU NEWS: The champions took a two-goal
lead into the break, but a resurgent second-half performance from
the hosts threatened to level things before the Ivorian secured all
three points Manchester City boosted their title credentials with
a somewhat fortunate 3-1 victory over a struggling Newcastle
side at St James’ Park. After dominating the early stages of the
match, the Magpies’ defence capitulated for the rest of the first
half as City’s attacking players came to life. And the visitors
eventually took the lead after some clever play between Yaya
Toure and Samir Nasri left Sergio Aguero with a tap-in. The
champions found a second courtesy of a Javi Garcia header, but
Alan Pardew’s men fought hard in the second period, and soon
clawed one back through a Demba Ba header. The hosts pushed
for an equaliser, but Yaya Toure sealed three points for the visitors
with a goal against the run of play. Pardew was forced to change
shape from the side that faced Fulham last weekend, as James
Perch stepped in for the injured Hatem Ben Arfa allowing Papiss
Cisse to revert to a more familiar role partnering Demba Ba in
attack. The visitors made three changes from the Manchester
derby, with Kolo Toure, Javi Garcia and Carlos Tevez all coming
into the side and Mario Balotelli – who had a poor game against
Manchester United last time out – not even named in the squad.
Newcastle looked likeliest to take the lead early on, with Cisse
forcing Joe Hart into a fantastic save in the opening minutes of
the match after a Danny Simpson cross found the Senegal
international with space 12 yards from goal. But it was the
champions who took the lead, after a fantastic pass from Yaya
Toure left Nasri one-on-one with Tim Krul. The Frenchman allowed
the keeper to rush out of his goal before squaring the ball to
Aguero, who tapped in to an open net.
CRICKET SCHEDULES 2012-2013
ICC Test Ranking
INDIA VS ENGLAND 2012-13
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
South Africa
England
Australia
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
West Indies
New Zealand
Bangladesh
29
41
38
29
37
32
31
27
15
3566
4825
4332
3148
3879
3062
2809
2126
0
123
118
114
109
105
96
91
79
0
INDIA VS PAKISTAN 2012-13
ICC ODI Ranking
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
England
South Africa
India
Australia
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
West Indies
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Netherlands
Kenya
25
18
30
28
34
28
25
21
20
14
6
4
4
3016
2170
3598
3164
3717
2907
2206
1636
1434
700
207
63
45
121
121
120
113
109
104
88
78
72
50
35
16
11
ICC T20 Ranking
Team
Sri Lanka
West Indies
India
England
South Africa
Pakistan
Australia
New Zealand
Bangladesh
Ireland
Zimbabwe
Matches QFY
Matches
12
13
11
14
13
18
15
13
8
8
7
15
17
14
20
18
26
20
18
11
12
10
Points
1524
1585
1322
1647
1526
2088
1615
1261
668
659
306
Rating
127
122
120
118
117
116
108
97
84
82
44
SRI LANKA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
2012/13
NEW ZEALAND TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA
2012/13
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