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All eyes on...
round 33.13 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 12 pm in 49 Assembly constituencies of
Bihar in a peaceful atmosphere. The highest turnout
has been recorded for Jamui district at 40.77 per cent
and the least has been for Khagaria at 30.55 per cent.
The polling for the first phase started slow, with a turnout of 7.2 per cent till 8 am, 12.82 per cnet till 9am and
20.15 per cent till 10am, but picked up in the following
hours, with 27.34 per cent till 11 am.
Voter turnout would be a crucial part as Bihar has
seen a low turnout in the past. In the general election
last year, Bihar saw a turnout of only 56.26 per cent as
opposed to the national average of 66.44 per cent. In the
2010 Assembly elections, the State recorded a turnout
of 52.67 per cent and in the Assembly election previous
to that in 2005, the turnout was merely 45.85 per cent.
In Mumbai, Shiv Sena activists today smeared black
paint on ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face
for refusing to cancel former Pakistan foreign minister
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book launch.
‘When I got out of my home this morning, a group
of Shiv Sainiks stopped my car. When I came out,
they smeared me with black paint. They abused me,’
Kulkarni alleged and said that his Observer Research
Foundation (ORF), a foreign policy think-tank, will go
ahead with the planned book launch by Kasuri later
today despite the attack.
Jaya flags off
422 new buses
FOR(E)FATHERS
q Rs 100 crore worth vehicles to ply on roads q Fresh routes too unveiled
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today
flagged off 422 new buses and 18
small buses at the Secretariat here.
The total cost of the vehicles was Rs
100.18 crore.
An official release here said the government led by Jayalalithaa has been
taking various steps to address the
transportation needs of the people.
Pointing out that transport plays a key
role in the development of the State,
it said the government has launched
new buses and new routes among
other things.
‘As part of the efforts, Jayalalithaa
today flagged off 50 buses for women
and children in 23 routes and four
buses in four new routes for the
Metropolitan Transport Corporation,
202 buses for State Express Transport Corporation, 25 buses for State
Transport Corporation - Coimbatore,
63 buses for State Transport Corporation - Tirunelveli and 78 buses for
State Transport Corporation - Salem.
GREEN SIGNAL
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa flagging off new buses at the Secretariat in Chennai today.
She also inaugurated 18 small buses
to be operated in hilly areas. These
vehicles were acquired at a cost of
Rs 100.18 crore.’
Industries and Transport Minister
P Thangamani, Chief Secretary K
Gnanadesikan, Advisor to Tamilnadu
government Sheela Balakrishnan,
Additional Chief Secretary (Transport department) T Prabhakara Rao,
Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Managing Director M Balakrishnasami and other higher officials were
present when the Chief Minister
flagged off the buses.
During the third week of June,
she launched various services in
the transport sector, including new
buses, at an overall cost of Rs 87
crore, it may be recalled.
As many as 290 new buses and 55 small
buses were launched by Jayalalithaa.
Further, she also inaugurated new
buildings for Transport department
officials and bus bays in different
parts of the State. She also inaugurated the Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s services between Koyambedu
and Alandur, another move to offer
better transportation to people.
Brisk polling in Bihar
SEEKING WISHES
Patna, Oct 12:
Around 30 per cent turnout was
recorded till noon of polling in 49 Assembly constituencies of Bihar which
was largely peaceful.
‘Till noon , 30 per cent turnout has
been recorded in all the 49 Assembly constituencies going to polls in
the first phase. Polling is peaceful
in the State as we have received no
information of any untoward untoward
incident,’ Additional Chief Electoral
Officer R Lakshmanan said.
While Banka has recorded a maximum turnout of 14 percent, Samastipur recorded the lowest turnout of
seven percent till 9 am.
Meanwhile, a CRPF commandant,
identified as PK Mishra, and his
body guard Mantu Kumar were
injured in a road mishap in Bihar’s
Munger district during patrolling of
elections. The motor-cycle borne
commandant and the jawan were
injured when they lost control of the
vehicle in order to save an animal,
Mishra, who has been admitted to
Sadar hospital, said.
Polling began amid tight security
in 49 Assembly seats spread in
10 districts of the State in the first
phase.
A total number of 1.35 crore elec-
The newly-appointed Chennai Police Commissioner T K Rajendran
called on Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today.
q Women queue up in large numbers
A large number of people performed poojas at various temples in
the city and other parts of Tamilnadu, to their departed ancestors
on the occasion of ‘Mahalaya Amavasai’ today.
Photo: M SRINIVASAN
Fake cop nabbed
at Secretariat
NT Bureau
and alerted his seniors. Soon,
Chennai, Oct 12: higher officials arrived at the
In a bizarre incident, a man posing spot, nabbed him and took him
for an inquiry.
as a policeman walked into
the Secretariat this morning BEWARE OF The police said, the man
where Chief Minister J Jay- DUPLICATES was identified as Dinesh
(30) from Kanyakumari,
alalithaa was scheduled to
and that he appeared depreside over a function.
mented. He was sayAccording to police
ing absurd things, posources, a man clad in
lice said, adding that he
khaki uniform entered
dressed in that way for
the premises in a twothe Kulasekarapattinam
wheeler. As the stars and
temple in Tuticorin for the
other tags on his uniform
Dussera festival which
hinted he was an officer of
begins today. Dinesh has
the Inspector rank, other
been detained in the popolice personnel saluted
The man who
on seeing him.
posed as police lice station and his vehicle
seized.
However, when he asked
Inspector
The police is probing fura Constable for directions, the latter got suspicious ther into the case.
tors were expected to cast their
votes for 49 Assembly seats for
which 583 candidates, including 54
women, candidates are in the fray.
The duration of polling on four constituencies - Alauli (SC), Beldaur,
Katoria (ST), Belhar - will end at 4
pm. The polling for the remaining 36
constituencies will be held between
7 am to 5 pm.
The duration of polling hours in 13
Assembly seats have been shortened
on the basis of assessment of law
and order situation with all these
constituencies falling in Naxal-hit areas, Additional Chief Electoral Officer
(ACEO) R Laxmanan said.
Of the total electors, there are
72,37,253 male, 63,17,602 female
and 405 third gender, he said.
Among the break-up of seats being
contested by different political parties
in the first phase, the BSP leads the
pack with 41 candidates, followed by
BJP (27), RJD (17), LJP (13), Congress (8) and RLSP (6). Among the
left front constituents, the CPI has
fielded 25 candidates followed by the
CPI-M at 12.
As many as 13,212 polling stations
have been set up for the first phase
for which 63,624 polling personnel
have been deployed, Laxmanan said.
College students pelt
stones at MTC bus
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
Students of Presidency College
carried out a road roko at Anna
Square this morning, in which an
MTC bus was damaged. According to sources, at 10 am, around 50
students assembled on the Beach
Road demanding that the college
union elections be conducted.
To control the agitating crowd,
police resorted to a mild lathi charge
causing the students to run into the
campus for cover. From there, they
began pelting stones which damaged a
45 E (Anna Square to Kilkattalai) bus.
The police detained two students
identified as Gopinath who is a second year MA student and Jai Singh
who is pursuing his MSc second year.
Moral police on the prowl...
q Students, educational institutions on confrontational course
30 school
children injured
in accident
Virudhunagar, Oct 12 (PTI):
Thirty school children were injured
after their van capsized into a stream
near Palyampatti in the distrcit this
morning, police said. The van of a
private school from Poyankulam was
coming with the chilren from Palyampatti this morning when it capsized
into a road side stream.
All the injured ahve been admitted to
a govenmnet hospital at Aruppukottai,
police said.
LAASYA SHEKHAR
Chennai, Oct 12:
Students straining at the rules of
educational institutions have been
making news for the past few weeks.
Last evening, hostel inmates of
Sairam Engineering College even
went on the rampage at the institution where there had been trouble
with the rules.
At the school level, the tussle
between a parent and the management of a prominent Anglo-Indian
School in the city has intensified
with the latter accusing the former
of allegedly defaming the institution.
It can be noted that the school imposed a fine of Rs 500 on a student
‘I once updated a picture from
my profile which also had my daughter.
She was apparently grilled by teachers
for having her picture on Facebook’
of class 2 as he had applied mehendi
during the holidays and there were
traces on his hand when school
reopened.
The news reached the media of
how the parent insisted on a receipt
and letter for the reason for levying the fine. He maintained that the
mehendi had almost faded when his
son returned to school after holidays.
In a tug of war between the parent D
Jayakumar and the school management, it was learnt that an apology
letter was also submitted by the parent for his ‘rude behaviour’.
Sources from Doveton Girls’ and
Boys’ Higher Secondary School
said, ‘as per the rules stated in the
institution’s hand book, any religious
symbol, including applying mehendi
or decorating themselves, is strictly
prohibited. We will be taking legal
steps if he continues to defame the
institution further.’
It is not an exaggeration to say that
many educational institutions follow
bizarre rules, putting the students in
a state of fright. Seeking anonymity,
a parent reveals the host of rules
followed by a school at Selaiyur. He
said their 14-year-old daughter is
so scared to be a part of Facebook
pictures. ‘I once updated a picture
from my profile which also had my
daughter. She was apparently grilled
by many teachers for having her pic-
ture on Facebook,’ he said.
Retired Professor in Sociology R
Sudharsan said these rules cannot
forbid students from seeking what
they wish. ‘Students find other ways
to socialise with the opposite sex if
institutions bar them from interaction. Most of them create a fake
Facebook account and carry on their
deeds,’ he added.
However, he is happy over the
change in the mindset of the parents.
‘Earlier, parents were in favour of
the rules as they felt that their ward
would not go astray in such schools.
But the fact is that there is a change
in trend and they are slowing questioning the silly rules,’ he pointed out.
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Order, order...
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
q This resident buys & sells rare textbooks in law
F
or lawyers , law books are like family members.
As a result, when they grow old they get worried about their care and future. For K S Mukundan,
a buyer and seller of law books also, they are his
life. ‘My father T A Srinivasan was a buyer and seller
of law books and I have grown among them. I have
even designed and placed the furniture to accommodate them’ he says pointing to the shelves and
cupboards that line the veranda and hall on the
ground floor of his modest home on Arundale Street,
off Kutcheri Road .
The second floor has been specially designed for
this treasure. Books are arranged in rows in a huge
hall next to each other with just a passageway in between them for him to move about. ‘They are dusted
and sprayed with medicine and kept safely here. I
know the exact place of a book and when a buyer
In an effort to keep the city clean, mobile toilets have been deployed at various places in Vadapalani.
Photo: R THIYAGARAJAN
By the people, for the people
Mukundan’s family has been
engaged in the business of
purchasing and selling law
books for nearly a century. It
started when his grandfather
T A Santhanam took up the
task of finding the right buyer
for some of the books owned
by his friends
q Volunteers clean water body at park in Baskar Colony
K S Mukundan
Mukundan , the volume of whose business stands
unparalled in the whole of South India.. ‘Daily my
father used to go to the Madras High court to meet
advocates. In those days even when there was no
telephone he used to have a lot of outstation work.
Lawyers would write letters to him.’
He would then visit the place, see the books , fix the
price give the money and make arrangements for
the books to be parcelled to him.
This may be the computer age but law books are
wants it I take it out’, explains Mukundan.
invaluable. For the lawyer they are like a weapon to
be judicially used for victory. They bring more conMukundan’s family has been engaged in the busicentration and help in looking at a case
ness of purchasing and selling law books
from several angles . In those days
for nearly a century. It started when his
E
OR
each case was different and needed a
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grandfather T A Santhanam took up the
LA
different approach and creativity. Books
MY
task of finding the right buyer for some of
were in great demand. Now cases are not so creathe books owned by his friends.
tive and do not require extensive reading.’
‘Soon he was into the business of buying and selling
‘However I believe it is a cycle. A few years later
them. After him my father T A Srinivasan continued it
books will regain their importance again’, he says
and won over the goodwill of all the lawyers around.
Since I accompanied him everywhere from my childMukundan specialises in old law journals reports
hood I became his business heir. Justice Mohan, KS
and rare text books in law. He does not offer lendVenkatraman senior advocate KK Venugopal and
ing facilities. He can be contacted at 24984647,
solicitor general G Ramaswamy are some of those
9444142311.
who have been closely associated with us’ says
— NT Bureau
C
hildren’s park at Baskar Colony,
Saligramam has a jewel of its
own. It’s a small pond that is located
at the end of the park. But this pond,
which houses fish and ducks, also
accommodates garbage (plastic cups, bottles and
I
weeds).
This
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AL
P
kind of choked
DA
VA
the pond, making
life difficult for the
fish.
‘A strong stench emanates from the
pond sometimes and it becomes hellThe pond cleaned by residents.
ish for us in the locality’, says Meghana, a resident of Baskar Colony. Bank Enviro Team. Actor Mayilsamy connected to it, only one is workBut some respite is in the offing. On who is a resident of Baskar Colony, ing as the other is choked by plastic
the morning of 26 and 27 September, also took part in the cleaning drive. and garbage’, points out a staff who
students, walkers, Baskar Colony The actor also provided breakfast maintains the park.
It is learnt that the pond is ten feet
Residents Welfare Association Mem- and snacks for the participants that
bers and volunteers from Tree Bank largely consisted of students and deep and sometimes overflows during heavy downpour. The residents
group joined in a cleanup campaign. walkers.
‘Only if this pond is cleaned twice have lauded the efforts of the stuThe importance of this pond to the
local water eco-system cannot be a year, the bio diversity in this pond dents and volunteers for cleaning the
overstated. ‘Since the storm water can be maintained’, says Aravind- pond. Now, the pond offers a beautidrain is connected to this pond, the han, a resident. Two storm water ful sight to behold with a picture perground water level can be replen- drains, which collect excess rainwa- fect setting of charming white ducks
ished with the help of this pond’, ter from the streets, are connected swimming across with panache.
— NT Bureau
says Mullaivanam, a member of Tree to this pond. ‘Though two drains are
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FODDER for THOUGHT
TANUVAS uses new tech to come up with innovative products
Under the
National
Agriculture
Development
Programme
(NADP) project,
total capacity of
fodder production
has been
increased using
innovative
methods —
TANUVAS faculty
The innovative sprinkler.
S VISHNU SHARMAA
Chennai, Oct 12:
The Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal
Sciences University (TANUVAS) is
leading in cutting-edge technology while
handling many issues through its research farm, and bringing out innovative
products including on the fodder front.
This reporter headed to the university’s research unit at Madhavaram
recently to know more. TANUVAS’
research farm’s professor and head,
P Tensingh Gnanaraj, said, ‘I saw a
multisprinkler when I visited Israel
in 2012.’ He said, systems there
are designed to irrigate a minimum
of 10,000 acres. ‘On coming here,
I had to re-design the sprinkler to
suit Indian farms which are smaller
in size. That’s what led to this innovation.’
The sprinkler can be connected to
a water source through a pipe and
water is sprayed. It has 16 sprinklers
which can sprinkle 208 litres of water in a minute. Each sprinkler can
cover an area of four feet. It takes
approximately 30 minutes to irrigate
one acre.
In another handy innovation, he
said ‘when it comes to protecting
piglets from succumbing to pressure
exerted by mother on them, we have
come out with yet another innovation
called ‘farrowing crate’.
The crate comes with a dimension
of 6x7 ft. There is a tendency for
the mother pig to exert pressure by
rolling which can prove fatal for the
piglets. ‘Ten days before delivery,
we place the pigs in the crate: rods
here never allow the mother pig to
completely relax on the floor to exert
pressure,’ he explained.
It creates creep area for 10 to 12
inches from the floor and about 10
to 12 inches from the wall, taking
advantage of which the piglets can
escape, said Gnanaraj. This native
version is available at Rs 3,500 while
an imported crate can cost about Rs
26,000, he said.
Speaking about the hydrophonic
fodder unit, Gnanaraj said they set
up this machine under the National
Agriculture Development Programme
A view of the hydrophonic fodder unit at TANUVAS’ research unit at
Madhavaram.
(NADP) project which can produce one tonne fodder per day.
The machine is 16-feet wide and
30-feet long with the total capacity of fodder production being
eight tonnes.
There is a two-tonne air-conditioner inside and a 5,000-litre water
tank under it which can supply cool
water to the unit. Seeds like cowpea,
bajra, jowar, sun hemp are put on
trays and kept on the rods inside
the machine.
The sprinklers inside supply water
to the seeds once in three hours,
prompting them to sprout. The fodder can be used to feed all kinds of
livestock. The feed generated is in
the form of a mat, so there will be
no wastage, he says.
A crate created to protect piglets.
Taking the Kalam legacy forward
q Trust launched to propagate ideals of former Prez with slew of activities
WB youth
finds cure for
insulinoma
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
A 23-year-old youth from West
Bengal suffering from rare case of
insulinoma got a new lease of life,
thanks to medical help from a citybased hospital.
The medical help was provided
free of cost under the corporate social responsibility programme of the
hospital.
At a press meet here, Medway
Medical Centre CEO Dr T Palaniappan said Manas Manna, a welder
from Haldia district in West Bengal
came to them with complaints of repeated giddiness and fainting attacks
for nearly one year.
He said the patient was lethargic
and was not able to do his routine
work. He used to faint without any
warning signs. Though he visited
many hospitals in West Bengal and
Chennai, his problem continued.
When he came to us we did extensive
tests and found out it was rare case
of insulinoma.
Insulinoma is an insulin secreting
tumour present in the pancreas, the
incidence is one per million people.
In case of insulinoma, insulin is constantly secreted contrary to normal
situations wherein it is secreted after
a meal. Patient develops symptoms
of low sugar owing to constant secretion, said Palaniappan.
So the patient gets a habit of
constant eating every two hours to
prevent hypoglycaemia. Insulinoma
patients will have symptoms like
sweating, hunger, tremors, fainting.
A team of five doctors performed extensive surgery for seven hours and
removed the tumor. ‘While a surgery
of this sort costs about Rs 7 lakh, we
did this for free,’ Palaniappan said.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
Former President Dr A P J Abdul
Kalam is a man whose fame spread
far and wide and popularity was not
bound by caste or creed, said veteran
film music director Ilayaraja.
He was speaking at a programme
organised here yesterday by ‘House
of Kalam’, the family members of the
former President to launch an international foundation to propagate the
ideals of Dr Kalam and realise Vision
2020 propagated by him.
No filmstar or celebrity has a fame
that surpasses that of the former
President, said Ilayaraja.
‘I was travelling within the State recently and we stopped for a cup of tea
at a small shop only to see a garland-
Music director Ilayaraja with members of former President A P J Abdul
Kalam’s family at a function to launch ‘House of Kalam’ in Chennai
yesterday.
‘Indo-Japan ties will
drive cardiac care’
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
Technological collaboration between institutes in Japan and hospitals in India would be of great help to
patients with end stage heart failure,
said Chairman of Frontier Lifeline
Hospitals Dr K M Cherian.
Speaking at the 10th anniversary
celebrations of Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), the NCRM NICHE
2015 here, Cherian underlined the
importance of the muscle cell patch
based treatment developed by the
Osaka University team in Japan and
said it is a boon for end-stage heart
failure patients who have no options
except heart transplant.
Lauding the pioneering work by Prof
Yoshiki Sawa for developing it, he
said that collobaration between the
countries will see a great development in the field of medicine.
Agreeing the point, Dr Sujata Mohanty of AIIMS, New Delhi who spoke
on Corneal Regeneration in the
NCRM NICHE 2015. said, ‘Through
Acting Consul General of Japan Koji Sugiyama giving away prizes to
winners.
bridging the technological divide between institutes in both the countries
Ophthalmology and other fields of
medicine can also be progressed.’
The 10th edition of the national-level
quiz competition on stem cells for
the Fujio Cup, was won by Manipal
Institute of Regenerative Medicine,
Bangalore team.
Acting Consul general of Japan Koji
Sugiyama congratulated the winners.
Vice-Chancellor of Tamilnadu Dr
MGR Medical University Dr D Shantharam and Director of Loyola I-CAM
College of Engineering and Technology (LICET) Francis Xavier distributed certificates to the scholars of the
seventh batch of training programme
in Regenerative Medicine (TPRM).
Prizes to the winners of the poster
session on Regenerative Medicine
were given too.
For your eyes only
A free eye screening camp was held at Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts
& Science College in the city to mark ‘World Sight Day’.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
A free cataract screening camp for
the underprivileged was conducted
by Lions Club of Central Madras,
Sankara Nethralaya, NSS wing of
Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts
& Science College for Women,
Gurudev Medical Foundation &
Exnora North Chennai to commemorate ‘World Sight Day’ at
Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts &
Science College.
A press note said more than
200 persons were screened and
35 people referred for cataract
surgery.
Correspondent of Sri Kanyaka
Parameswari Arts & Science
College Ponnuri Venkata Krishna
Rao and principal T Mohanashree
inaugurated the camp.
Lions Club of Central Madras
S N Hari Narayanan and Exnora
Greater Chennai’s R Govindaraj
were present.
ed photo of Kalam. It was a surprise
to see the photo of the ‘Missile Man’
in a small shop. Such is the fame of
the former President, great were his
deeds which gave him such popularity,’ the veteran composer said.
Dr Kalam’s niece Naseema Maraikayar said the former President
was a man who believed in overcoming any obstacle he encountered in
life. ‘Hindrances are common, it is
up to us to overcome them with determination, he (Kalam) used to say.’
The International Foundation will
strive to take forward the ideals of the
former President to the masses and
inspire them, she said.
Member of House of Kalam Shiek
Dawood said they would be taking up
various activities in tune with the ide-
als of the scientist-turned-President.
‘We will soon intiate steps towards
environment conservation, interact
with the youth and take skill development works for them and undertake
work to promote agriculture,’ he said.
Acharya of Chinmaya Mission (Chennai) Swami Mithrananda said, ‘defeat
the defeatest in you,’ is the saying of Dr
Kalam that inspired him a lot.
‘I met him in the past and it was his
simplicity that impressed me very
much,’ he said and added ‘Chinmaya
Mission’s centenary celebrations
were kickstarted by Kalam which is
a matter of pride for us.’
Scientist Dr Ponraj and former advisor at Prime Minister’s Office M S
Vijayaraghavan were among others
present.
Devotional songs
The students of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya School, West Mambalam, will render devotional songs on 14 October at 7 pm in Ayodhya
Mandapam, Arya Gowda Road. This is part of the 20th year Sri Sarada
Navaratri mahotsavam organised by Sri Ram Samaj.
Painting contest
Sri Annai Kamakshi Kalaikudam enters its 20th year and mark the same
is conducting ‘Express with Colours’ painting contest on 18 October at
all branches.
Those in the age-group of 3 to 15 years can participate . Participants
can directly come to the institution and participate in the contest or
they can bring their work and submit them in any of our branches on
or before 18 October. Winners will receive gift vouchers worth Rs
2000. All the participants will receive a certificate and a gift voucher
worth Rs 200.
Vijayadasami admissions have commenced. Admissions are also open
for other classes like yoga, chess, violin, flute, Bharathanatyam, keyboard,
guitar, karate, vocal, veena, mridangam and Hindi.
It is located at KK Nagar and branches are at Ashok Nagar, Ramapuram,
Saligramam, Nanganallur and Tiruchi.
For enquiries, contact 979, Lakshmanaswamy Salai, KK Nagar. Phone:
044-24740429/ 9381024002 / 8144004001 or [email protected]
and [email protected]
For details log into www.sakkk.com.
Religious fete
NT Bureau
Sri Karpaga Vinayakar Temple will conduct Navarathri celebrations
from 13 to 17 October. Abhishekam, Manjal Kappu and Sri Lalitha
Sahasranama Archanai will be conducted to Sri Durga Parameswari
at 7.45 am and 6.30 pm. The temple is situated at Second Link Street,
Karpagam Gardens.
For further details contact 24914221 / 9444034221.
Lectures on health
Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College, Arignar Anna
Hospital of Indian Medicine Campus (near Anna Arch), Arumbakkam
will hold free lectures on yoga and naturopathy management for disease conditions like hypertension (13 October), respiratory disease
(14 Oct), women’s disorder (15 Oct), insomnia (16 Oct) at the college
premises.
Timings will be between 11.30 am to 1 pm. Special yoga therapy
sessions are held for general public and also patients as batchwise
from 9 am to 10 am and 10 am to 11 am for all days. Naturopathy
treatments like steam bath, mud bath, acupuncture, acupressure,
magneto therapy and diet consultations are also offered. For details,
contact 26222516.
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4 MONDAY
12 OCTOBER 2015
WHAT NEWS TODAY PRINTS IS NEWS THAT COUNTS
Women on top
W
omen are about to break the glass ceiling in the Indian Air
Force’s most glamorous and demanding stream of fighter pilots. It should be a matter of time before India catches up with Pakistan
which has already inducted four women as fighter pilots. This was not
an off-the-cuff decision but followed several Defence Ministry studies
recommending their induction. One study concluded that as women are
not medically inferior to men, they could fly fighter aircraft, drive tanks
or sail in warships. About 50 women pilots in the IAF fly transport
planes, some of them giant enough to give the Jumbos a complex, as
well as helicopters on supply and rescue mission. But they are excluded
from missions that involve helicopters taking up combat roles.
The decision also implies that these women will be permanent commission officers. This means in future they could be aspirants for top
posts in the IAF. But the more difficult decision of inducting women in
combat roles in the Army is pending probably due to myths regarding
rape and torture of female prisoners as well as issues of pregnancy. The
green signal for women fighter pilots has been easier because the fighting is from the confines of a cockpit where issues regarding the hyper
masculine military subculture are absent.
The counter-argument is that women fighter pilots might baulk at
bombing targets out of their so-called abhorrence for blood. This misses
the point that the selection of fighter pilots is among the most demanding. Aspirants are minutely screened for physical fitness and mental
strength before being accepted for initial training. As is the case with
men fighter pilots, women not displaying the required aptitude could be
transferred to the transport and helicopter streams. As far as their induction in front-line combat roles is concerned, it will be more prudent to
wait for studies being conducted in this regard by other countries and
then take a call. For now, women can exult that the 1992 opening up of
armed service for women is now reaching its logical conclusion.
W
CHENNAI
Vishal overcome!
hile the rest of India is discussing the Bihar elections, we in
Tamil Nadu, who always have our
priorities right, are debating the allimportant polls to the Nadigar Sangam (Nadigar Sangam in English),
which is widely accepted as the apex
body of actors due to two facts 1) its
words are taken as final in industryrelated issues. 2) There is no other
actors’ union.
The run up to the Nadigar Sangam
polls has been quite eventful with the
two camps, one led by the incumbent president Sarath Kumar and the
other by the challenger Vishal, going at each other with a vehemence
that would make Indo-Pak cricket
clashes in Sharjah seem as some
kind of artificially staged fights. No,
wait. That sounds wrong. Or perhaps
right. Never mind, the thing is the
campaign has been no-holds-barred
and vexatious and is bound to get
worse in the coming days, which of
course means that we in the media
may even forget to announce the winner in the Bihar polls. Not that you in
TN were keen on them anyway.
Here are the various questions on
the Nadigar Sangam elections that
are being asked everywhere and the
answers to them that you will see
nowhere.
Can you give a brief backgrounder
on how and why the Nadigar Sangam
was started?
Nadigar Sangam had its humble
beginnings in black and white photographs, when the leading actors
of entire south India (at that time strength to strength and built for itself
Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada film — Kollywood plot twist ahead — debts
industries too were headquartered in in crores of rupees. Seriously, how a
Madras) felt an umbrella organisation welfare union could run up debts is
that they can form and pose in front beyond logic. But it sure did. Howof when physical facilities for it were ever, ‘Captain’ Vijayakanth, who was
eventually constructed would be a helming the union at that time, had a
good idea. Otherwise, nobody knew smart brainwave: To raise funds from
what the Sangam was supposed to do the cash-rich NRIs by capturing them
then. To be fair, nobody knows what and threatening to screen Narasimha
the Sangam is supposed to now, too. for three consecutive days. Sure,
In the 50s, the actors do bought that would have worked wonders.
a large swathe of land in T Nagar But he actually organized smart star
(at that time T Nagar was a suburb. shows in places like Singapore and
The heart of the city comprised four Malaysia and raised money to pay
streets in Mylapore and five houses off the banks.
in Triplicane), but as they all were
What are the achievements of Nabusy with their shootdigar Sangam so far?
ing commitments, they
It has spearheaded
couldn’t come together
many fasts and proto get up a building for
tests on issues conK BALAKUMAR
the Sangam till the 70s.
cerning the film indusBasically being a union, the initial try, like Cauvery and Sri Lankan Tamfacilities, aimed at serving the bare ils. On issues like the arbitrariness
necessities of committed unionists, in waiving entertainment tax to films
were typically spartan: canteen, gym or threat to freedom of expression,
and auditorium.
the Sangam has quite rightly felt that
The 80s and 90s were mostly un- since it is a political matter involving
eventful for the Nadigar Sangam and governments, it better remain silent.
it was after the turn of the millennium
Now, tell us something about Sarath
that things began to really hot up, vs. Vishal fight?
which we will explain in response
After Vijayakanth quit the post,
to the next question as this answer Sarath Kumar made it to the top as he
seems to have crammed up enough had that one quality that is common
space already.
to all union leaders: He was mostly
Okay, what happened in the 2000s? workless.
Being a service-oriented organisaSarath, who has been the president
tion, whose members, among others, of the Nadigar Sangam for the past
were stars paid in crores and crores nine years, is opposed to Vishal in the
of rupees, the Sangam grew from elections because —talk of nuance—
C
Chetan Bhagat @chetan_bhagat
Vishal wants elections. Whereas
Sarath is all for elections where there
won’t be any election as such. Or at
least that is what it seems, as Sarath
camp keeps telling the Vishal group,
‘why can’t we just sit and talk and
sort out the issues? Why have these
polls and spoil the democracy in the
industry?’ Seems most reasonable.
Vishal and team, on the other hand,
is contesting the elections on the
powerful plank of change, which we
all know is an euphemism for, well, we
don’t know because we have never
seen change anywhere anytime. But
Sarath and co can still win on sympathy factor.
Sympathy? What for?
Sympathy for the fact that they have
Simbu on their side.
Whom are Kamal and Rajni supporting?
Kamal is seen to be backing the
Vishal group as he has proposed
Nasser’s name for the post of president. But since it’s Kamal, nobody,
which includes Kamal as well, will
say anything for certain. Rajni’s
position is like the story of Lingaa:
We have to basically keep guessing.
What is the first task facing the new
Sangam team?
Whoever wins, he has the responsibility to get down to work immediately and find out who won the Bihar
elections. Because there is no way
of knowing it from the papers for the
next two weeks.
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(Courtesy: Talk Media)
L ICK
PIC
Is there an award return office? And do
they then zap you men in black style so you
forget you ever got the award?
Divinity is experienced when the mind
is silent. Just like the wave is part of the
Ocean, we are not separate from the
Divine.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @SriSri
Made for India
Microsoft
working on a Dialer
app for Android
GUNS FOR GLORY
Folk dancers perform Dandiya, a traditional dance, during a rehearsal ahead of Navratri festival in Ahmedabad. In the other photograph, a view
of the sail boats taking part in the 47nd edition of the traditional Barcolana regatta in the gulf of Trieste, north-eastern Italy.
ISIS’s top leaders
killed in airstrike
Iraq claims chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi hit in raid
al-Baghdadi did not appear to be
among them, residents of the town
and hospital sources said.
Iraq said its air force had hit the meeting and had also struck a convoy that
ments from Islamic State said ‘rumours’ that an air strike had targeted
Baghdadi were false. The United
States military declined to comment
on the Iraqi military’s report.
A Twitter site which publishes statements from
Islamic State said ‘rumours’ that an air strike
had targeted Baghdadi were false
Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr-al
Baghdadi.
Microsoft’s Skype team is reportedly working on a new Dialer app
for Android that is being built especially for India.
Citing sources, report reveals
that Microsoft is developing an exclusive Dialler app for Indian audiences. The new Dialer is in line with
the company’s announcement of
the start of closed beta testing for
its Indian version of Skype.
With this app, Microsoft is aiming
at markets facing slow Internet issues. So, it isn’t surprising that the
company has chosen India for test-
ing the app. The company reportedly plans to test the app in India and
later roll it out to other markets too.
The company also plans to release
a Windows Phone app next year.
For now, it is still unclear if the
Dialer app will support video calling capability. However, the report
does mention supporting video
sharing in some format. The app
will work on 3G and also slower 2G
network.
The new Dialer app is expected to
release in the second week of December.
VOICE MAIL
Time for action
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as lot of accidents are taking place in the absence of the same.
They are not visible especially at nights. Further, I also request the Corporation to cover the potholes immediately to prevent fatal accidents.
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Mandavelipakkam
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BAGHDAD:
Eight senior figures from Islamic
State were killed in an airstrike while
meeting in a town in western Iraq, but
the group’s reclusive leader Abu Bakr
was carrying Baghdadi to attend it. It
said Baghdadi had been driven away
from the convoy in an unknown condition.The Iraqi military’s announcement was the latest unconfirmed report of the possible death or injury of
Baghdadi, who has survived a year
of US-led air strikes and multi-sided
wars in two countries since proclaiming himself caliph of all Muslims after his forces swept through most of
northern Iraq last year.
A Twitter site which publishes state-
‘Iraqi air forces have bombed the
convoy of the terrorist Abu Bakr alBaghdadi while he was heading to
Karabla to attend a meeting with
Daesh commanders,’ the Iraqi military said in a statement.
Daesh is the Arabic acronym for Islamic State, also known as ISIS or
ISIL. Karabla is a town in Iraq’s Anbar province near the Syrian border,
an Islamic State stronghold, not to be
confused with Kerbala, a Shi’ite holy
city in the south.
Turkey mourns
deadliest attack
ANKARA:
Thousands of mourners filled the
streets of Ankara and vented their
anger at President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan after 97 people were killed
in the country’s worst-ever terror attack, as the government raced to
identify the two male suicide bombers it blamed for the bloodshed.
Flags flew at half-mast across Turkey on the first of three days of national mourning declared by Prime
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, as questions grew over who could have
ordered Saturday’s bombings on a
peace rally in Ankara. Turkey’s proKurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party
(HDP), one of the groups that had
organised the rally, said it believes
the death toll now stands at 128.
The attacks have raised tensions
in Turkey just three weeks before
snap elections are due on 1 November and as the military wages
an offensive against Islamic State
(IS) jihadists and Kurdish militants.
With the country on edge, Erdogan
issued a statement condemning the
‘heinous’ bombings and cancelled
a planned visit to Turkmenistan but
he has yet to speak in public since
the attack that shocked the nation.
Belarus President wins fifth
term with landslide win
MINSK:
Alexander Lukashenko has won
a fifth term as president of Belarus
with a landslide victory that could
see an easing of relations with the
west and raise questions about his
ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Lukashenko’s re-election five years
ago led to mass protests and the
imprisonment of leading opposition
figures, but support for his 20-yearold regime has risen since he cast
himself as a guarantor of stability
in the face of economic crisis and
a pro-Russia separatist conflict in
neighbouring Ukraine.
Lukashenko won 83.5 per cent of
the vote, the central election commission said laste on Sunday,
slightly more than the 80 per cent he
Alexander Lukashenko
NEWS MAKER
of the day
won in the 2010 elections. Turnout
was 86.75 per cent, the commission
added.
The west has long ostracised Lukashenko’s Belarus described in
2005 by then US secretary of state
Condoleezza Rice as ‘Europe’s last
dictatorship’ over its human rights
Alexander Lukashenko,
who has ruled for 20
years, retained power
after winning 83.5
per cent of the vote
and could now see EU
sanctions lifted for four
months
record and clampdown on political
dissent. It has imposed economic
sanctions on some Belarusian officials and companies. Nevertheless,
Lukashenko’s criticism of Russia’s
annexation of the Crimea peninsula in Ukraine last year, his host-
ing of Ukraine peace talks and his
pardoning of six opposition leaders
in August suggest he is seeking to
improve his image in the west, observers say.
‘We have carried out everything the
west wanted on the eve of the elections. If there is a desire in the west
to improve our relations, nobody and
nothing can prevent that,’ Lukashenko said as he cast his vote. ‘The
ball is now firmly in the west’s court.’
Relations with Moscow, meanwhile,
have shown signs of strain. In September, Vladimir Putin approved a
plan to build an airbase in Belarus,
but early this month Lukashenko said
his country had no need for such a
base, appearing to bow to public protests on the eve of the election.
Enterprise
CHENNAI
SWISS SECRETS
iTunes for music
or money?
Investigations decipher code
language between bankers & clients
Zurich, Oct 12 (PTI):
As the famed secrecy walls of Swiss
banks crumble under continuing
global pressure, it now emerges that
secret codes were used not just for
account details but also for communications between the bankers and
their clients.
A number of such codes, including
‘iTunes’ and ‘gas’ for funds and ‘download’ for instruction to transfer the money
are coming to the fore after a number of
banks signed settlement agreements
with the US tax authorities.
The information being shared by
the Swiss government with India and
other countries on suspected black
money accounts is also removing the
layers of secrecy employed by the
banks to keep the clients and their
Kingfisher
Airlines in
trouble again
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI):
Kingfisher Airlines had allegedly
diverted a substantial chunk of Rs
4,000 crore in loans secured from
public sector banks to tax havens
which has now come under the scanner of the CBI that has expanded its
probe in the matter.
The material recovered during
searches on Saturaday indicated
that the airlines, which stopped
flights in October 2012, has allegedly diverted part of loans taken
from 11 nationalised banks, with
total exposure of Rs 4,000 crore,
to tax haven countries for different
purposes not specified in loan applications, sources claimed.
They claimed that the agency will
be expanding the ambit of the probe
from Rs 900 crore loan from IDBI
bank to loans received from 10 other
public sectors banks as well which
have total additional exposure of Rs
3,100 crore to the company.
money away from the preying eyes
of tax authorities and other enforcement agencies.
The fresh details are, however,
also adding to an already tough job
of unearthing the illicit funds as a
significant portion was diverted to a
number of other jurisdictions, including Singapore, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Hong Kong and Dubai, shows
the ‘Statement of Facts’ shared by
various Swiss banks with the US
Department of Justice.
The banks have also admitted to
assisting their clients in using sham
entities registered in various jurisdictions, bogus insurance products
and providing fake nominees to be
shown as ‘benefi ciary owners’ of
undeclared funds.
Reports 9.8% increase in consolidated profit
Bangalore, Oct 12 (PTI):
Country’s second largest software
services firm Infosys today posted 9.8
per cent increase in consolidated net
profit to Rs 3,398 crore for the quarter
ended 30 September, 2015.
The city-based firm had reported
a net profit of Rs 3,096 crore in the
year-ago period.
Consolidated revenue was up 17.2
per cent to Rs 15,635 crore in the said
quarter from Rs 13,342 crore in the
year-ago period, the company said in
a filing to the BSE.
Infosys had reported a net profit of
Rs 3,030 crore and revenues of Rs
14,354 crore for the April-June quarter of this financial year.
For 2015-16, the company gave a
revenue guidance of 13.1 per cent to
15.1 per cent in rupee terms. In dollar
terms, the company forecast growth
of 6.4 per cent to 8.4 per cent.
‘We are experiencing a once-in-ageneration opportunity for a services
smartphone. This phone will be connected to a grid and if somebody
in Anna Nagar wants a transport
vehicle, the message will be communicated to the driver who is close
by and the link is processed.’
Cargoji.com until now has enrolled
over 350 mini-trucks (TATA Ace,
Dost, Eicher, TATA 407, etc) of different categories spanning entire
Chennai.
Co-founder, Ashwin Gurunathan,
said, ‘Cargoji has forged ties with
FMCG, SMEs and major e-commerce
companies with close to 90 per cent
resource utilisation of its trucks every
month. The company is currently finalising contracts with big corporate
firms with a vision of process improvements in last mile connectivity,
Fill the pocket,
retain the person
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI):
As new-age firms dole-out fatter salaries to attract the most
skilled employees, companies
need to strengthen their work
environment, increase their staff
engagement and reward policies,
to hold on to talent.
‘Well funded organisations are
offering better
salaries and also
getting good talent. This is happening in
all the new age industries including
e-commerce’, mobile commerce
firm Paytm VP - Business Planning
and People Amit Sinha said.
‘The toughest challenge facing
most new technology companies
these days isn’t getting funded it’s hiring the best, most skilled
employees’, mobile app platform
Kryptos Mobile founder Anjli Jain
said and added that aggressive
venture capital funded IT/ITES
startups like Ola and Flipkart
are offering fatter salaries, stock
options and unique perks to lure
and retain the best talent in India.
Meanwhile, CFO resigns
Infosys also said its chief financial officer Rajiv Bansal has resigned from
the company. He will be replaced by M D Ranganath, who has been with
the company for nearly 15 years.
‘Rajiv Bansal, executive vice president and CFO since October 2012, has
informed the company of his intention to resign’, Infosys said in a statement.
He will be replaced by M D Ranganath at the close of business today. Bansal
will continue as an advisor to the CEO and the Board through 31 December,
2015 to provide a smooth transition.
‘Ranganath has been appointed as CFO and Key Managerial Personnel
effective 12 October, 2015’, Infosys said in a filing to the BSE. Currently the
executive vice president and head of Strategic Operations, Ranganath has
held several leadership positions during a tenure of nearly 15 years with
Infosys.
company to help businesses maximise their
potential with technology... I am encouraged by
our progress. While results in any one quarter
are transitory snapshots
of a long journey, we do
see our focussed execution along
Finance Minister pitches for WB reforms at meet
governmental
consensus-building on development issues. Jaitley represented
the constituency
consisting of the
countries -- Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India in this ministerial-level forum.
Jaitley further emphasised on the
responsibility of the developed countries to fulfil their commitment of
mobilising $100 billion per annum for
climate finance, which should be from
new and additional sources.
He said that the consultations on the
World Bank’s proposed ‘Environment
Transporting made
easy with Cargoji
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
To make the process of moving
household items, parcels, perishables
and small business consignments
for families, SMEs and small time
retailers easy, a new online logistics
firm, Cargoji, was launched in the
city recently.
Launched by Suresh Kumar and
Ashwin Gurunathan, ‘www.cargoji.
com’ can be used to move anything
in intra-city delivery, ranging from
household shifting, food delivery and
business related deliveries etc.
Speaking to the media here, Suresh
Kumar said, ‘This is the first initiative
where we want to empower the drivers of mini-trucks and small transport
vehicles, by giving them the latest
‘There is definitely an increase
in the average salary offered
to the employees. As per my
understanding, there has been
around 30-40 per cent increase in
average salary. And the biggest
reason for this is the aggressive
goals of the funded startups
combined with the availability
of funds’, Aristotle Consultancy co-founder Deepak
Dhamija said.
Executive recruitment
firm Hunt Partners managing partner Suresh Raina said: ‘Meaning,
Engagement and Compensation
are the three essentials to any
corporate role and compensation
has always been used as a lever
by firms to attract talent’.
Meanwhile, in order ot contain
attrition because of this factor,
organisations should stick to
basics like competitive pay, good
working environment, providing
good opportunities for professional growth, and offer lifestyle
perks, work from home benefits,
better facilities.
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Infosys steals Q2 show
Sustain the development,
says Arun Jaitley
Lima (Peru), Oct 12 (PTI):
India has made a strong case for
shareholding of the World Bank
Group to reflect the share of developing countries in the global economy
and demanded a significant increase
in capital of the multilateral lending
agency to meet financing needs.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaking in the Plenary Meeting of the
Development Committee here emphasised the need for bigger financing and implementation plans by the
World Bank Group to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs).
Development Committee is the
ministerial-level forum of the World
Bank Group and the IMF for inter-
MONDAY
12 OCTOBER 2015
return-loads and customized cargo
solutions.’
Ashwin added, ‘Keeping in mind
about the technological need and
ease it provides to transportation
business, we have introduced the
Cargoji mobile app, which will prove
helpful to both the customers and
the drivers’.
Additional Commissioner, Customs,
Yamuna Devi, said, ‘We are happy
to see this new initiative, benefitting
the mini-truck drivers and the general
public. Cargoji’s project is different
and helps the common man. I would
urge the company to enlist women
drivers also, who are serious and
careful in work, which will help the
business and the customers in an
effective way.’
‘CSR spend
to rise’
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI):
Corporates can allocate Rs 20,000
-25,000 crore for their social responsibility initiatives, but there is a need
for greater sensitisation for the companies to give back to the society,
says non-profit organisation Smile
Foundation.
‘As the CSR spending is still not
completely mandatory for the corporate yet, we expect a surge in the
coming years when companies start
witnessing the changes that start
taking place at the grassroot levels’,
Smile Foundation co-founder Santanu Mishra said.
On the number of corporates who
have mandated Smile Foundation for
their CSR activities this year, Mishra
said ‘.. in total, be it a big or small
support, around 100 corporates supported us last year alone, including
Ericsson India, Canara HSBC OBC
Life Insurance and Indigo’.
Mishra believes it makes business
and economic sense for the organisations to form partnership and achieve
the joint agenda of social development in an area of their choice.
‘Such partnerships can play a
complementary and supplementary
role with the government mission of
contributing towards social development in a much bigger way.
and Social Framework’ must ensure
that the new framework is realistic,
simple to implement and affordable
in terms of cost and time.
Jaitley said, ‘I must, however, add
that the countries in my constituency are bucking the trend and are
expected to post reasonably strong
growth with India likely to grow at
around 7.5 per cent, Bangladesh
at 6.3 per cent, Sri Lanka at 6.5
per cent and Bhutan at seven per
cent’, he said.
Terming SDGs as ambitious, he
said they would require ambitious
financing and implementation plans.
The bank needs to work on human
development, economic growth,
jobs and social protection.
E-retailers sales
flouting
FDI norms: CAIT
New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI):
Traders body CAIT has alleged
that e-commerce firms such as
Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal
are violating FDI norms by holding
forthcoming festive season sales
and it has complained to the Commerce Ministry.
‘These companies solicit general
public into their respective sales
by big advertisement campaign
on print, electronic and social
media... the advertisements addressed to the public in general
tantamount to retail trading’, Confederation of All India Traders said
in a statement on Sunday.
It added: ‘These companies claim to be a marketplace and therefore can
provide only a technology
platform for the sellers
who are registered with
them. Since ownership of
inventory does not hold
by the said companies
they can not offer ‘sale’
or ‘discounts’ in totality
on their online portals but
they are doing so which
also establishes that they
are not marketplace and
as such openly flouting
FDI policy’.
The body also said it
has complained to the
Commerce Ministry to
take action against these
companies.
our strategy starting to
produce encouraging
results for our clients,
shareholders and Infoscions’, Infosys CEO
and MD Vishal Sikka
said.
Infosys COO UB
Pravin Rao said the company had
strong all-round growth during the
quarter, driven by recent initiatives
around service differentiation, improvement in client mining and higher
focus on winning large deals.
In dollar terms, the net profit grew
0.2 per cent to $995 million, while
revenues rose 7.2 per cent to $4.6
billion in the July-September quarter
of 2015-16.
During the July-September quarter,
Infosys and its subsidiaries added 82
clients.
The company added 8,453 employees in the said period from June
2015 quarter, taking its total headcount to 1,87,976 as of September
30, 2015.
The company’s attrition level was
at 19.9 per cent in the said quarter
as compared to 19.2 per cent in the
June quarter and 24.8 per cent in
the year-ago period.
The company declared an interim
dividend of Rs 10 per equity share.
CITI elects
new chairman
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) announced leadership
changes with election of Naishadh Parikh as its new chairman and Binoy
Job as its secretary general.
‘The new leadership team was elected at the CITI Board meeting held on
10th October at Mumbai. Naishadh Parikh takes charge at a critical time,
when the textile sector is going through a challenging time for the domestic
as well as for the global industry. Naishadh Parikh brings with him more
than 35 years of experience in diverse industries including textiles’, CITI
said in a statement.
Hyosung Corp
enters Pune
Kalyani Group said Hyosung T&D India, a subsidiary of the South Korean
major Hyosung Corporation, will set up its greenfield manufacturing facility
in Khed City near Pune.
‘The company will produce high voltage gas insulated switch gears and
related accessories using state of art technology for domestic markets and
thus contributing in enhancement of the electrical transmission efficiency
and reliability’, Kalyani Group said in a statement.
It further said: ‘Hyosung has leased about 14 acres of land to set up its
project and plan to go in production by June, 2016’.
Flipkart opens fulfilment
centre near Gurgaon
E-commerce giant Flipkart announced the opening of a fulfilment centre in
Luhari, close to Gurgaon, to meet the growing needs for consumer electronics and durables in the northern region. With this new facility, Flipkart now
has a total of 17 warehouses covering 1.5 million square feet of storage
capacity across the country, the company said in a release.
It said this warehouse has been primarily set up to stock consumer electronics and durables like TVs, washing machines, refrigerators, ACs and
microwave ovens.
Stating that the new facility has a total storage capacity of close to five
lakh cubic feet spread over one lakh square feet, Flipkart said the service
would facilitate quicker deliveries of consumer electronics and durables to
the northern parts of the country.
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12 OCTOBER 2015
Sports
CHENNAI
Germany, Poland
head to Euro 2016
Albania makes history Ireland heads for play-offs
Paris, Oct 12 (AFP):
World champions Germany secured
their place at Euro 2016 despite
labouring to a 2-1 win at home to
Georgia, while Poland also qualified
for next summer’s finals after beating
the Republic of Ireland 2-1.
Germany needed just a point
against Georgia in Leipzig to guarantee themselves a top-two finish in
Group D but Max Kruse’s 79th-minute
winner ensured Joachim Loew’s
men progressed as group winners
on Sunday.
Thomas Mueller had given Germany the lead shortly after half-time,
converting a penalty for his ninth
goal in the qualifiers, before it was
cancelled out almost immediately by
Jaba Kankava.
‘We’re happy on the whole to have
secured qualification but displeased
with our last two matches,’ said Loew,
who had seen his team lose 1-0 to
Ireland on Thursday.
‘This is not our standard, there’s still
a lot of work ahead of us,’ he added.
Robert Lewandowski equalled
former Northern Ireland striker David
Germany’s Thomas Mueller celebrates his goal against Georgia during a Healy’s 13-goal record for a single
European Championship qualifying
Euro Group D qualifying match in Leipzig on Sunday.
campaign as Poland claimed second
place in Group D.
Grzegorz Krychowiak netted a
13th-minute opener for the Poles in
Warsaw before Jon Walters levelled
from the penalty spot shortly after.
But Lewandowski’s 15th goal in his
Albania makes history
Earlier, Albania qualified for their
first major international tournament
as they beat Armenia 3-0, while
Romania also booked their place
at the finals after a 3-0 win in the
Faroe Islands.
Already in
Germany, Poland, Albania and Romania joined already qualified Wales,
Belgium, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, England, hosts France, Iceland,
Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland in the 24-team finals.
last six matches won it for the home
side, consigning the Irish, who saw
John O’Shea sent off late on, to November’s play-offs.
‘We are all disappointed after doing
brilliantly against Germany (last time
out). We let ourselves down. We
had the confidence and expected to
win,’ said Ireland defender Seamus
Coleman.
‘We have a big month now in November and we have to get going
again.’
In the group’s other game, Steven
Fletcher scored a hat-trick as Scotland finished their unsuccessful campaign with a 6-0 mauling of Gibraltar
in Portugal.
Defeat at home to Serbia on Thursday had left Albania needing three
points in Yerevan to edge ahead of
Denmark to claim second place in
Group I and they made the most of
their second chance.
Kamo Hovhannisyan turned into
his own net to give Albania a ninthminute lead before Berat Xhimshiti
made it 2-0 midway through the
first half.
Substitute Armando Sadiku then
added a third 14 minutes from time as
Gianni De Biasi’s side secured their
spot at next summer’s tournament
in France.
‘This has been a big success, that’s
obvious,’ De Biasi said.
‘Every victory makes us happy, but
this one is the most valuable.’
Portugal, already through as group
winners, registered their seventh
successive qualifying victory as they
overcame Serbia 2-1 in Belgrade.
The visitors were without the rested
Cristiano Ronaldo but took a fifthminute lead through stand-in skipper
Nani as the ex-Manchester United
winger converted the rebound after
Danny’s shot was saved by Vladimir
Stojkovic.
Serbia replied through Zoran Tosic
on 65 minutes but Joao Moutinho’s
terrific curling strike handed Portugal
all three points as the hosts saw both
Aleksandar Mitrovic and Nemanja
Matic sent off late on.
Romania punches ticket
Romania nailed down the second
qualifying spot in Group F after easing
past the Faroe Islands in Torshavn.
Constantin Budescu scored twice
with Alexandru Maxim also on
target to ensure Romania went
through as group runners-up
behind European Championship
debutants Northern Ireland, who
rounded out their qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw in Finland.
TN skipper praises
‘brilliant’ Crist
Indore, Oct 12:
Experienced campaigner Jalaj
Saxena completed his 11th first class
hundred but the Madhya Pradesh
middle and lower order struggled
to resist as Tamilnadu seized three
points from the drawn Ranji Trophy
match, here yesterday.
Replying to visitors’ massive 596 for
nine declared, Madhya Pradesh were
all out for 407 despite openers putting
on 213 for the first wicket.
Tamilnadu captain Abhinav Mukund was obviously happy with the
effort and said ‘Aswin Crist was
brilliant. We were one bowler short
(off-spinner Malolan Rangarajan)
and I would say the bowlers did a
commendable job,’ said Mukund.
Crist was quick and importantly
bowled into the stumps. ‘That was
the most effective way of bowling
on this pitch. He has the air speed
Chennaiyin FC players celebrate a goal.
to make an impression,’ Mukund
pointed out.
The 21-year-old Crist gained support from the spinners who kept the
pressure on, especially Shah, who
was outstanding in the first session.
‘All the bowlers excelling today bodes
well for the team,’ felt Mukund.
Starting at overnight 181 for no
loss, Saxena and his opening part-
‘Rohit made batting look
easy on tough pitch’
Dhoni praises Rahane; laments poor
death bowling
Kanpur, Oct 12:
It was a hard fought day for India
on the field as they were made to
chase 304 under the sweltering heat
of Kanpur. India fell short by five runs
of the target and Rohit Sharma’s magnificent 150 in the run-chase went
in vain. Giving him good company
at the other end and sharing a 149run stand for the second wicket was
Ajinkya Rahane. For Dhoni, the duo’s
partnership was one of the biggest
positives to take away from the loss.
‘The way Rohit and Rahane batted, it looked as if the pitch became
quite easy to bat on. But it could be
because of the quality they have in
their batting that it seemed it was
easy to bat on,’ Dhoni said. ‘I felt Rohit took the risks of going for the big
shots very well. When you’re chasing
300, you have to keep taking risks at
regular intervals, and I felt that’s what
he did brilliantly.’
Elaborating further on Rohit’s century, Dhoni said, ‘The way Rohit carried on after getting a hundred was
impressive. It was very hot and humid, but it was remarkable to see him
carry on. We have a lot of positives
that we can take out of this game.
But, there are a few areas where
we have to work, and as individuals,
take responsibility of those particular
occasions. Other than that, it’s quite
good. I felt the first 35 overs were very
good for us, when we were bowling
and batting.’
Dhoni also cited R Ashwin’s absence in the middle of the innings as
a crucial turning point in the game.
Ashwin suffered a side strain while
fielding a ball off his own bowling, and
Rohit Sharma
ner Aditya Shrivastava (90) batted
for some time together before
left-arM spinner denied the latter a
century by trapping him.
After that Saxena completed his
hundred but could not last long
and host’ batting line up crumbled.
Only wicket-keeper batsman Naman
Ojha (87) fought well but others
fared poorly.
Anderson out
of Aussie tour
Wellington, Oct 12:
All-rounder Corey Anderson has
been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour
of Australia with a back injury and
been replaced by Mitchell Santner,
the team said on Monday.
The 24-year-old Anderson suffered the
injury on New Zealand’s tour of England
and had not recovered sufficiently to
shoulder a bowling workload, selector
Gavin Larsen said in a statement.
‘Corey hasn’t been able to recover as
quickly as we hoped and we’ve chosen
not to try to rush him back,’ said Larsen.
‘We’ve always said there were a
number of checkpoints for him to meet
before our departure date, and we’re now
in a position to confirm he’s not ready.
Materazzi dedicates
victory to ‘Big B’
Margao, Oct 12 (PTI):
Chennaiyin FC coach Marco
Materazzi dedicated his side’s
4-0 win over FC Goa in a third
round match of the Indian Super
League football tournament here
to Bollywood superstar Amitabh
Bachchan, the father of club coowner Abhishek.
‘It was a fantastic win, my
boys combined as a team. I have
worked on our previous mistakes
and made four changes and it
worked well,’ Materazzi said after
the match yesterday.
‘I dedicate the victory to (Amitabh)
Bachchan as well as my players,’
Materazzi said about Bachchan
who turned 73 on Sunday.
Talking further about his side’s
comprehensive win, he said, ‘We
started with the right attitude and
kept the same throughout the
match which helped us to create
so many chances.
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‘Unlike in the last two matches,
today we had the right understanding between defenders, midfielders
and the strikers which helped us in
our win,’ stated Italian Materazzi,
a World Cup winner.
‘I know the quality of each
of our players because I have
made up the team. Second half
in Delhi we probably deserved
to score. What was missing
in the previous game was the
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come out on top
though he returned later to bowl, he
couldn’t prolong and had to make his
way back to the dressing room.
‘I had eight overs of Ashwin, which
I felt I really missed in this game. Of
course, he got injured - we can’t really
help. Till that point of time, the game
was on and we were not giving runs
to them. After that, the few overs that
were shared by Raina and Binny,
conceded a fair amount of runs. If
we had our specialist in the side the
amount of runs they scored wouldn’t
have been the same. I think around
270-280 is what they would have got.’
Death bowling was certainly something to work on in the coming ODIs
reckoned Dhoni. ‘The death bowling
was not good.
NT Bureau
trophies, while K
Govindaraj, presiChennai, Oct 12:
dent of Basketball
Income Tax, Chennai, beat ONGC,
Federation of India
Dehradun 70-56 in the final of the 2nd
was the chief guest.
Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All-India
Earlier, in the
Basketball Tournament 2015, organfirst match of the
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evening, hosts ViThe Chennai team began aggresjaya Bank survived
sively and never allowed ONGC a
a late scoring spree
look-in and the scoreline reflected
from Kerala State
their dominance. ONGC’s international forward Yadwinder Singh had The Income Tax team, which won the title in the 2nd Electricity Board
an altercation barely a few minutes Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty All India Basketball Tourna- (KSEB) to finish
third.
into the first quarter with Income Tax ment 2015 at Bengaluru.
Results -- Finals:
backup centre Ravi Kumar. Veteran
The final score of 70-56 underlined Income Tax, Chennai (Ram Kumar
ONGC centre Murali Krishna rushed
to his teammate’s defence. All three the dominance of the Income Tax in 22, Rikin Pethani 19, Akilan Pari 10)
players were immediately disquali- this tournament, as the side finished bt ONGC, Dehradun (Vishesh Bhfied from the game and were sent to with a perfect 5-0 record from the riguvanshi 24, Riyazuddin 14) 70-56.
the stands. The impact hurt ONGC’s league stages and knockouts.
Most Valuable Player: MA RaAC Swain, general manager, Per- ghuram from Income Tax, Chennai;
frontline much more, as they were
already missing premier centre Am- sonnel Department of Vijaya Bank Most Promising Player: Ram Kumar
distributed the individual and team from Income Tax, Chennai.
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right distances between attack,
midfield and defence. Today we
had this and we didn’t let them
play their match,’ he said.
Chennai’s marquee player and
last season’s top-scorer Elano
had a slow start to this season by
his standards, bringing him some
criticism ahead of this game. Materazzi defended his star player. ‘I
am the one who judges the form of
Elano, it’s not anybody else.
Younis set to go past
‘legend’ Miandad
Abu Dhabi, Oct 12:
Younis Khan is poised to surpass
Javed Miandad as Pakistan’s greatest
Test match run scorer, but refuses to
be considered the equal of a man he
describes as a ‘legend and an idol.’
The 37-year-old needs just 19
more runs in the three-Test series
against England starting on Tuesday to pass Miandad’s tally of 8,832
runs scored in 124 matches during
an illustrious career which stretched
from 1976 to 1993.
Younis has so far scored 8,814 runs
in 101 Tests, with a Pakistan record
of 30 centuries.
‘It would be great to achieve the
record. I never thought I would do it
at the start of my career,’ said Younis.
‘Passing Miandad would be
great but I am in no way close to
the great man who is a legend of
Pakistan cricket.’
He added: ‘Even after passing
his tally of runs I would not be
able to attain the heights that Miandad achieved. He was idolised
by millions.’
Mixed Bag
CHENNAI
MONDAY
12 OCTOBER 2015
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‘BJP ready to face
TN Assembly polls’
AIADMK general secretary and Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa with the new district secretaries of the AIADMK in Chennai today.
Tamilnadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan at an event to mark
the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayanan at the Kamalalayam
in Chennai today.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
The BJP is geared up to face
forthcoming Assembly polls in
Tamilnadu and work is on to prepare the manifesto, the party’s
State unit president Tamilisai
Soundararajan today said.
Addressing mediapersons after taking part in a function to
celebrate the birth anniversay of
political and social activist Jayaprakash Narayan here, Tamilisai
said, ‘We are ready for the elections in the State. Our cadres are
interacting with people to ensure
welfare measures implemented
by the Narendra Modi government
are highlighted’.
Heaping laurels on JP, she
said, ‘his birth anniversary is
celebrated as anti-corruption
day to ensure a society without
corruption’.
He (JP) always thought about
the common man and his welfare, she said.
‘We need leaders like him today
to inspire people to fight aginst
eveils in society,’ Tamilisai said.
She paid floral tributes to a portrait of Jayaprakash Narayan on
the occasion at Kamalayalam.
Senior BJP leaders L Ganesan and H V Hande were also
present on the occasion.
Team AIADMK
meets Jaya
CM gives advice to newly elected district secretaries
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
The newly elected district secretaries of the AIADMK from various parts
of Tamilnadu today called on party
supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalaltihaa here and sought her blessings.
According to a release from the
AIADMK headquarters, Jayalalithaa
conveyed her wishes to the new
office-bearers and gave them necessary advice. She urged them to give
their best to the party.
With just months left for the Assembly elections, new office-bearers were appointed to various posts
of the AIADMK after intra-party elections. Jayalalithaa released their
TN govt says no to
coal-bed methane project
NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 12:
In some good news for farmers in
the delta region, the State government has decided to accept the report
of the technical experts’ committee
constituted to study the impact of
Coal Bed Methane (CBM) extraction
project on environment, sea water
intrusion, food security and livelihood
of farmers in Cauvery delta region.
It has decided not to give permission
to the Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited (GEECL) to proceed with
the project.
A GO was issued by Additional
Chief Secretary, Industries department, Government of Tamilnadu, C V
Sankar, recently in this regard.
The order states that the expert
Parrikar rakes up
HR violations in PoK
Panaji, Oct 12 (PTI):
Human rights violations by the
Pakistani Army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as well as
Balochistan and Sindh need to be
highlighted on the global stage,
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.
Speaking at a fund-raising function held at Bambolim late last
evening, Parrikar said ‘it was
about time that Pakistan’s role as
a terror-breeder is brought out in
the open on a global stage’.
‘It is time for India to throw
light on human rights violation in
Pakistan. It has to be dealt with
seriously. You find kids being
murdered, butchered in Peshawar.
You find people going to mosques
for prayers being killed.’
committee was constituted based on
a GO dated June 30, 2014, under the
chairmanship of the Chairman of the
Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board
(TNPCB).
The committee submitted its report
on 28 July, 2015. The committee
pointed out the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) report submitted
by GEECL lacked data on the ground
water flow pattern in the project area,
data on micro elements and the possibility of methane leaking through
the aquifers.
Further, the report stated that
GEECL did not submit letters of consent from the authorities concerned,
the Central Ground Water Board and
Public Works Department (PWD),
for huge withdrawal of ground water
Walking to save
Yamuna river
Agra, Oct 12 (PTI):
Hundreds of river activists and environmentalists organized a walk demanding release of water in Yamuna
and speed up cleaning programmes to
save the river from further degradation.
The march, a part of the River Connect Campaign, commenced from
Haathi Ghat near Agra Fort to Etmauddaula view point park last night.
Dr Devashish Bhattacharya, an
environmentalist, said the march was
organized to draw attention towards
receding water levels of the river which
also pose a threat to the foundation of
Taj Mahal. ‘We need a minimal flow of
water in the river not only for drinking,
but also for the safety of the Mughal
monuments along its banks,’ he said.
Dr Anand Rai, ex-NASA scientist,
said Yamuna was a repository of
culture and religion. ‘Its reduction to a
sewage canal was a matter of serious
concern,’ he said.
Sena activists smear
paint on writer Kulkarni
Nagar Sathya), South Chennai South
(G Senthamizhan), Kancheepuram
Central (Thandarai K Manoharan),
Vellore East (V Ramu), Villupuram
South (Kathir Dhandapani), Erode
Urban (VP Sivasubramani), Coimbatore Urban (P R G Arunkumar) Nilgiris
(KR Arjunan) and Perambalur (R D
Ramachandran). District presidium
chairpersons too have been named.
Many Ministers continue to retain
the district secretary posts, including T K M Chinnaya (Kancheepuram East), B V Ramana (Tiruvallur
West), K C Veeramani (Vellore
West), Mukkur N Subramanian
(Tiruvannamalai North), M C Sampath (Cuddalore East), Edappadi
K Palaniswamy (Salem Rural), P
Thangamani (Namakkal), Thoppu N
D Venkatachalam (Erode Rural), M S
M Anandan (Tirupur), S P Velumani
(Coimbatore Rural), R Vaithialingam
(Thanjavur South), K A Jayapal (Nagapattinam), R Kamaraj (Tiruvarur),
C Vijayabaskar (Pudukkottai), Sellur
K Raju (Madurai), Natham R Viswanathan (Dindigul), K T Rajendra Balaji
(Virudhunagar) and S P Shanmuganathan (Tuticorin).
Jayalalithaa also appointed new
secretaries for party’s other units,
including Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Karnataka, Maharashtra,
Kerala, New Delhi and Andaman
Nicobar.
How the action
unfolded...
Yuvaraj seeks to grab
attention during surrender
MALAVIKKA SRIDHARAN
Chennai, Oct 12:
Clad in a black shirt and lungi,
Yuvaraj was cheered as he came to
surrender before the CB-CID police
on Sunday. After sandalwood brigand Veerappan gave the police a
hard time before he was shot dead
some years ago, it was the turn of
the founder of Dheeran Chinnamalai
Gounder Peravai Yuvaraj to pose a
headache for the security forces and
hog the limelight.
Wanted by the State police, Yuvaraj, went into hiding soon after the
gruesome murder of Dalit youth D
Gokulraj in June and had successfully managed to evade arrest for
over 100 days.
Yuvaraj, also wanted in seven other
cases, was cheered by his supporters
during his entry into the CB-CID office
at Namakkal on Sunday.
Security was beefed up with around
800 police personnel from in and
around the district summoned to
maintain law and order during his
arrest.
Yuvaraj had earlier released audio
clips and had even announced his
surrender date. He had given television interviews while on the run from
the police in the last 80 days or so.
Attempts to disrupt book release event of former Pak Minister
Mumbai, Oct 12 (PTI)
Shiv Sena activists today smeared
black paint on ORF chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face for refusing
to cancel former Pakistan Foreign
Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s
book launch.
‘When I got out of my home this morning, a group of Shiv Sainiks stopped my
car. When I came out, they smeared
me with black paint. They abused
me,’ Kulkarni alleged and said that his
Observer and Research Foundation
(ORF), a foreign policy think-tank, will
go ahead with the planned book launch
Now, Kashmiri
writer returns award
Srinagar, Oct 12 (PTI):
Noted Kashmiri writer and poet
Ghulam Nabi Khayal has joined the
bandwagon of authors returning their
Sahitya Akademi awards, saying the
minorities in the country today feel
‘unsafe and threatened’.
‘I have decided to return the award.
The minorities in the country are feeling unsafe and threatened. They feel
their future is bleak,’ Khayal told.
Khayal, who won the prestigious
honour for his book ‘Gashik Minaar’
(Luminaries) in 1975, said he would
soon return the cash prize and copper
plaque to the Akademi.
‘The government has failed in fulfilling its duty of protecting the minorities
as enshrined in the Constitution of the
country,’ he said.
‘I cannot witness such worst situa-
for the project. The report also cited
the study undertaken by the United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) which pointed out possible
hydro-geological disturbances in the
area due to the extraction of ground
water.
Based on these recommendation,
the State government has decided
not to give permission for the Coal
Bed Methane (CBM) extraction
project and corresponding orders
have been issued. Further, the GO
has recommended to the Union
Government to drop the proposals to extract CBM in the Cauvery
delta districts and also urged it to
consult the State government before
launching any initiatives about this
project.
names a few days ago.
As the AIADMK will normally be the
first party to kickstart election works,
these district secretaries have a big
task ahead before them.
Last week, while releasing the new
office-bearers list, Jayalalithaa asked
AIADMK members to extend their full
cooperation to them.
Stating that the new officebearers are entitled to carry out
their duties with immediate effect,
Jayalalithaa urged them to give
their best to the party.
The newly-appointed secretaries
include North Chennai North ( P
Vetrivel), North Chennai South (K S
Seenivasan), South Chennai North (T
tion as a mute spectator. So, I have
decided to return the Akademi award
in protest against the growing hatred
against minorities in India,’ he said.
This is the first time that a Kashmiri writer has decided to return the
literary honour to protest the ‘communal atmosphere’ in some parts of
the country ‘which is spreading its
tentacles from Maharashtra to Uttar
Pradesh and elsewhere’.
‘After the BJP-led government assumed power in India, an alarming
communal situation has started arising. Adverse regional and religious
polarization is happening in entire
India and Jammu and Kashmir is no
exception,’ he added.
The writer said the religious harmony and secularism of the country
is under threat today.
by Kasuri later today despite the attack.
‘We won’t be cowed down by such
events and the book launch will happen
as planned,’ he said and soon after was
present at a media interaction along
with Kasuri while still drenched in paint.
Mumbai police spokesperson
Dhananjay Kulkarni said the incident
occurred in front of Kulkarni’s house
near Kings circle in suburban Matunga at around 9.30 a.m.
‘About 5-7 persons shouted some
slogans and threw colour or ink on
him,’ he said, adding city police will
provide security for the event to prevent any untoward incident.
The attack drew sharp condemnation from parties, with Congress saying that “the idea of India as the most
liberal democratic country, despite all
our neighbours having gone the other
way, is being destroyed in the root’.
Veteran teacher Sethubai Rajagopalan, receiving the ‘Guru Sironmani’
award instituted by Mudhra and Sankara Eye Hospital from Swami
Apavargananda of the Ramakrishna Math at a function to mark the
61st Jayanthi celebrations of Kanchi Seer Jayendra Saraswathi in
Chennai yesterday.
Mishra keen to cement spot in ODIs
Kanpur, Oct 12 (PTI):
Making traditional leg-spin look attractive and effective in the opening
ODI against South Africa, India’s Amit
Mishra is keen to hold on to his ODI
spot after an impressive return to the
limited-overs field here.
Mishra made his presence felt
in the five-run loss against the
visitors on Sunday with the allimportant wickets of Hashim Amla
and David Miller. The Delhi-born
player, who has made a place for
himself in the Test squad, now
wants to become an ODI regular
as well. Before the match at Green
Park, Mishra last played an ODI
against West Indies last year.
‘It is a great feeling to come back
into the ODI side and straightaway
put up a good bowling performance,’ Mishra told BCCI.TV.
‘From here on I would only look
to better my performances if I get
a chance in the forthcoming ODIs.
I feel whenever you play for India
you need to have self confidence.
Irrespective of the fact that you
are taking wickets or not; the most
important thing is to bowl well and
pitch the ball in the right areas.
‘I believe I am bowling well at
the moment and I am enjoying
every bit of it. I am looking
to take as many wickets as possible at the
moment and bowl according to the match
situation,’ he added.
Mishra did his bit for the
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side
as he picked up two wickets in
his 10-over spell, giving away just
47 runs. The 32-year-old player
said that he worked to a plan that
worked well for him.
‘I made a conscious effort to flight
the ball and mix the deliveries. I
didn’t want the batsmen to settle
and get used to a particular type
of delivery. The aim was to keep
mixing it up and I believe I was
successful in it to some extent,’
he said.
Mishra cleaned up a dangerouslooking Amla (37) in the 24th over
with a straight on faster one
and the South African runmachine saw the ball brush
his pads to crash on to the
stumps. Mishra said that
aiming at Amla’s weakness
was his target.
‘We know that Hashim Amla
plays a lot on the back foot. My
aim was to bowl a straight line to
him and get the ball to brush his
pads or get him out bowled.
‘That is exactly what happened
during the match. I tossed up a
few to him and got the ball to spin.
But then, after a lot of spinning
deliveries I surprised him with my
straighter one. He got beaten and
I got him bowled,’ Mishra said.
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Kamal Haasan
to do a
Tamil-Malayalam
bilingual
I see
shortcomings in:
myself Amitabh
Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who has
achieved immense success in his
four-decade-old career, says he is not
incomparable. I don’t believe that I am
incomparable and I am the owner of
any big titles. Every day is a learning
experience. Everyday I see there are
shortcomings in me. You learn from
working with the younger generation
who are very proficient,’ Bachchan,
who turned 73 recently, said.
The Don star feels there should be
no comparison between Indian cinema and Hollywood. To compare ourselves with other (west) industry is a
very natural and normal phenomena.
We appreciate what the west does. We
appreciate the way they make movies.
However, we need to be proud about
our own industry and our own talent.
The degree of talent that exists in our
artistes both in technology and creative
field is huge,’ he said. The Naseeb star
feels earlier the dancing and singing part
from Indian films was criticised but now
the film industry abroad looks upto Indian
cinema.
There was a time for many many
years when the western world didn’t
look upon us too kindly. They didn’t
like the way our films were made. They
didn’t like the dance and singing routine.
‘They are economically more superior to us. Now they have understood
what our circumstances are and they
are appreciating our kind of cinema
as well..they see the values that we
bring in our stories. Besides they see
the great amount of technology that
we have today,’ the Sholay actor said.
— PTI
Brett Lee excited
about acting career
q Makes his debut as hero with ‘unINDIAN’
F
ormer cricketer Brett Lee is
turning full-time actor with IndoAustralian romantic comedy, unINDIAN and he says he is excited
about the film, which is set to hit the
screens on 15 October.
The former fast bowler will be
sharing screen with Indian actress
Tannishtha Chatterjee in the film
which has been helmed by Sydneybased Indian director and producer
Anupam Sharma.
I am super excited about the
movie and I m very pleased that it
is all done and dusted now, Lee told
PTI at the red carper launch of the
film in Melbourne.
We think there is a great message
in the film that love has no bounda-
ries. My character has fallen in love
with a beautiful Indian woman, Lee
said. Lee revealed he took a fiveweek acting camp with vocal specialist Bill Pepper and acting expert
Kevin Jackson in Sydney in order
to prepare for the role.
I did take four or five weeks acting coaching before the shooting of
the film. Little bit of crash course,
Lee said. One of the most popular
Australian cricketer in India, who
has managed to say a dialogue
in Hindi in the film, said he would
love to go down the track of acting
career.
There are few offers from other
Bollywood directors and I would
love to go down the track. However,
Saiyami Kher
right now I am concentrating on my
Australian film.’
The film was launched at a gala
events organised in Melbourne
and Sydney last week which was
attended by several dignitaries and
community members.
Sharma said the movie will hit
around 100 screens across Australia this week. ;I am pretty numb
and overwhelmed about the film.
The response so far has been
amazing during the two launches,’
Sharma said. We are looking at options to launch the film in India but
right now we are concentrating on
Australian screens.
In August this year, unINDIAN was
selected to be screened at Montreal
World Film Festival, where it had its
world premiere.
It is an honour and a pleasant
surprise to be selected to Montreal
and also have the world premiere
there, Sharma said.
The film also stars John Howard,
Tiriel Mora, Maya Sathi, Arka Das,
Sarah Roberts, Adam Dunn, Nicholas Brown, Kumud Merani, Supriya
Pathak, Akash Kurana and Gulshan
Grover, with a special appearance
by Pallavi Sharda.
The film is produced by Sharma
and Lisa Duff, from a story and
screenplay by Thushy Sathi, with
executive producers Devendra
Gupta and Chandru Tolani.
— PTI
Nanum Rowdy
Thaan from
21 Oct
Get, set,
go for
G V Prakash
Vijay Sethupathi - Nayanthara starrer
will be out on 21 October. The movie
is produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar
Films and directed by Vignesh Sivan.
Anirudh has composed music. Nayanthara’s character name in the film
is Kadambari while Vijay Sethupathi
plays Pondy Pandi.
Nayanthara has dubbed her own
voice for the first time in Tamil cinema
with Nanum Rowdy Thaan. Nayanthara plays a hearing impared in the
film. Plans are on for a releas soon. Vijay Sethupathi fans are happy with the
image make over he had in the film.
The movie would be released by
Lyca Interationals.
— NT Bureau
After a grand success in Trisha
Illaina Nayanthara, actor-music composer G V Prakash has started his
next venture Bruce Lee with a grand
muhurrat in Chennai today. On the
auspicious Mahalaya Amavasya day,
a traditional pooja was conducted to
start the shoot. Bruce Lee is directed
by Prasanth Pandiyaraj, a former associate of Pandiraj of Pasanga fame.
With all ur love and blessings Here
is the first look of #BruceLee #bilingual @p_santh @selva_kenanya
#BruceLee, tweeted G V Prakash.
— NT Bureau
What is
Ajith’s next?
Saiyami Kher replaces
Keerthy in Mani’s film
M
irziya actress Saiyami Kher,
who was last seen in Telugu
film Reya, has reportedly bagged a
role in ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s
next yet-untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual, which features Karthi and Nani
in the lead.
Saiyami is not playing the second
lead, but she has been roped in for
a brief role. Nothing more is known
about her role as of now, a source
from the film’s unit said.
The project, which features Nithya
Menon as the female lead, has gone
through lot of changes in the last
couple of months.
It was initially planned as a Tamil
revenge drama and was slated to go
Kamal Haasan would be acting
in a Tamil-Malayalam bilingual
helmed by National Award winning
Malayalam director TK Rajeev
Kumar next.
‘Discussions have been going
on for a while and a script will be
locked soon. But Kamal will work
on the project before beginning the
comedy penned by Mouli,’ revealed
a source close to the actor.
Interestingly, director TK Rajeev
Kumar made his directorial debut
with 1989 film Chanakyan, starring Kamal Haasan, and this new
project will see them teaming up
after nearly 26 years.
In 2010, the director had expressed a desire to work with Kamal
again and it looks like that wish has
finally been fulfilled.
Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that
Cheekati Rajyam strikes a chord
with the Telugu audiences.
The film’s audio launch is likely to
take place in both Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana.
on the floors this December.
Last month Mani Ratnam decided
to make it as a bilingual and pushed
the film to next year, forcing actor
Dulquer Salmaan, who was earlier
roped in to play the lead, to walk out
of the project.
Telugu actor Nani replaced Dulquer.
The latest update is that actress
Keerthy Suresh has quit the project
too. Keerthy was to play one of the
female leads. She met Mani Ratnam
last week and conveyed her decision
to exit the project and he respected
it,’ the source said. The film will have
music by A.R Rahman and Ravi Varman will crank the camera.
— NT Bureau
W
hat’s next for Ajith after Vedalam? Sources close to the actor said
that he is all set to announce it very soon. Meanwhile shooting for
Vedalam is completed and post production works are on at hectic pace.
The movie stars Ajith, Sruthi Haasan and Lakshmi Menon. Plans are on
to release the same in a gala manner on Deepavali day.
Meanwhile sources said that he (Ajith) will announce his next only after
Vedalam is released. They were quiet when asked whether Billa and
Arambham fame Vishnuvardhan would direct the actor for his next or not.
— NT Bureau
Chiranjeevi
150th film to be
announced 16 Oct
Four more days to go for Telugu
actor Chiranjeevi fans to celebrate,
as a formal anonoucement on the
top actor’s 150th movie will be
made on 16 October.
Speaking at a recent promotional
event of his upcoming film ‘Bruce
Lee’, Ram Charan, who is going to
produce his dad’s landmark movie,
said, ‘We will be making an announcement on that day about who
will be directing the project. The film
will begin in January.’
Tipped to be a remake of Tamil
hit Kaththi which had Vijay in lead
role, the yet untitled movie will have
script by A R Murugadoss. It will
be a directorial of VV Vinayak. So,
the countdown has started, one
has to say.
— NT Bureau
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