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Jayakanthan’s daughter
sticks to her stand
q Furore over writer’s ‘letter’ to Vairamuthu
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Jayakanthan’s letters (read short
stories and novels) were known for
raking up controversies. A week after
his demise, a letter (not) written by
him has triggered a fresh furore in
literary circles.
The latest issue of Kumudam carried
a letter, which it claimed as the last
communication from Jayakanthan.
The letter had rich encomiums on lyricist Vairamuthu’s short stories, which
are being published by the weekly.
Hours after the magazine hit the
stalls, Jayakanthan’s daughter Deepa
Lakshmi came out with a post on her
Facebook page, stating that the letter
was not at all penned by her father.
‘It would be unfair for anyone who
loved his writings to make such a
claim. Those visited him in his last
days would know that he was not in
a position to speak or write for many
months. I am recording my thoughts
here, as silence on such a matter
would be a crime,’ she said.
Giving more details on the health
condition of Jayakanthan during his
last months, she said, ‘when someone called on him, he would hold
their hands affectionately, but he was
not in a position to
express any opinion
or argue.’
Following this revelation by Deepa
Lakshmi, literarians
and social media ‘activists’ are up in arms
against the lyricist
Jayakanthan
and the magainze,
demanding at least a regret from them.
However, Vairamuthu asserted
that the letter was sent to him by
Jayakanthan.
When News Today contacted
Deepa Lakshmi, she stuck to her
stand and said she did not want to
go into the issue further, as they were
yet to recover from the shock of her
father’s demise (8 April).
Meanwhile, the truth comfortably
sleeps with Jayakanthan.
SC starts hearing
in Bhavani Singh
as SPP case
GO FOR GOLD
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
The Supreme Court today started
hearing a plea against the appointment of Bhavani Singh as the special
public prosecutor in the appeals filed
by AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa and three others in the Rs 66
crore disproportionate assets case.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra, R
K Agrawal and Prafulla C Pant started
hearing the matter from today and it is
expected to give its verdict before 12
May so that the Karnataka High Court
could decide one way or the other on
giving verdict in the appeals.
On 15 April, a bench of Justices
Madan B Lokur and R Banumathi
gave a split verdict on the validity of
the appointment of Bhavani Singh as
the special public prosecutor to represent the prosecution in the appeals
filed by Jayalalithaa and three others-Sasikala, Ialvarasi and Sudhakaran--in the Karnataka High Court.
Boy goes missing in
Thiruvottriyur
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
A 15-year-old boy is reportedly
missing since last evening from
Thangal in Thiruvottriyur area.
According to police, Karthik Raja, son
of Thangaraj and a resident of Sathananthapuram in Thangal, who had gone for
tuition last evening did not return home.
Thangaraj filed a complaint with
Thiruvottriyur police.
Shining bright
elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it would not
be bad if his government fulfilled about half the
promises made before the polls, in five years.
Addressing a gathering on the eve of ‘Civil Services
Day’, he also said that his government is trying try to
evolve a transparent system of rewards and punishment in order to fix responsibility and create competition
among officials to improve their efficiency.
I have a great experience with bureaucrats in the
last two months...I today confidently say that when
the government was formed, there was nervousness
whether they would be able to do or how much they
would be able to do or not’. Meanwhile, The continued
weakness in gold prices is likely to push up jewellery
sales on Akshaya Tritiya day Tuesday.
Akshya Tritiya is considered an auspicious day for buying gold, silver and other metals. Sales are expected to
rise as there is a “positive” buying sentiment this year with
gold prices ruling stable at around 26,000 per 10 grams.
It is also expected that Gold Monetisation policy announced by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget
may also prompt buyers to purchase gold today and
later monetise it with banks. About 2-3 weeks ago, he
said the sales were in slow lane due to the financial
year ending. Last year, jewellery sales remained low
on the day of Akshya Tritiya due to high gold prices
of about Rs 30,000 per ten grams, restricting buyers.
Brahmins attacked,
poonool cut in city
q BJP, Hindu outfits condemn attack q Four persons held
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Less than a week after Dravidar
Kazhagam (DK) led by K Veeramani
organised the controversial Thaali
removal programme, four Dravidar
Viduthalai Kazhagam volunteers
were arrested today for cutting the
sacred thread (Poonool) of Brahmins
in Mylapore. A couple of similar cases
were reported in West Mambalam
and Royapettah
According to sources, some elderly
Brahmins and a boy were manhandled and their poonool were forcibly
removed by four Dravida Viduthalai
cadres in Mylapore. Later, similar
reports emerged from Royapettah
and West Mambalam too last night.
Following a complaint to Mylapore
police, the four Dravida Viduthalai
cadre were held. No arrests have
been made in connection with the
other two reported incidents.
Meanwhile, State unit president of
the BJP, Tamilisai Soundararajan, in
a press release, said, ‘I was shocked
to hear that Dravidar Viduthalai cadres attacked a 80-year-old Brahmin
priest at Madhava Perumal Kovil Street
in Mylapore and cut his poonool. Also
an elderly man was threatened and his
poonool was cut in Sathya Narayana
Kovil street in West Mambalam too.
These are cowardly acts that deserve
strong condemnation’.
Interfering in the personal beliefs of
individuals is not right, she said and
added, ‘All political parties should come
together and speak against such inci-
dents. Those who disturb peace should
be punished severely by law’.
Condemning the attacks, BJP’s
National secretary H Raja speaking
to News Today said, ‘It is a dastardly
act. DK’s philosophy and principles
have failed to find favour with people
today, Hence outfits of their ilk are
going back to their old ways’.
‘Their much-publicised ‘thaali’ removal programme was a huge failure
as only less than a dozen attended it.
Now after attacking Thaali, they have
turned their ire towards poonool’.
‘I am in touch with those who were
attacked. Our party will not sit back
and watch those anti-social elements
who want to disturb and tranquility in
this part of the country. Their attempt
to disturb law and order in Tamilnadu
cannot be tolerated’.
Such acts also clearly show the
failure of Periayirsms in the State,
he added.
Talking to News Today, founder,
Hindu Makkal Katchi and Hanuman
Sena, S V Sridhar, said, ‘Had the
State and Central governments initiated strong action against DK cadres
when Thaali removal programme
was organised, they would not have
resorted to such mean protests’.
‘We consider poonool sacred. It
is worn not just by Brahmins, but
also Aryas and Vysyas. Such protests will trigger communal clash in
Tamilnadu’.
‘We want the police to not just take
action against the culprits, but also ensure protection of Brahmins’, he added.
‘Kejri is the
new Hitler’
q AAP has turned Khaap Panchayat,
say expelled leaders
The wait ended, so to say as people thronged jewellery outlets in T Nagar in large numbers on Akshaya
Tritiya today.
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Akshaya Tritiya: 2,000 kg
gold is the target today
q Sales expected to rise 25-30% this year
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Jewellery outlets in the city were flooded with customers since this morning,
as they wished to pocket some grams
of gold on the occasion of Akshaya
Tritiya. With city police and jewellery
outlets making necessary arrangements
to regulate the crowd, all was going well
along the bustling market streets in T
Nagar and Purasawalkam.
Also, officials have made special
arrangements like increasing the
number of buses around the city,
which has aided the public largely.
Meanwhile, the jewellery outlets are
aiming to surpass all records this year,
There are 12,000 big showrooms and
10,000 small outlets across Tamilnadu,
who are competing with each other to
pull in customers.
In 2011, 700-kg of gold was sold in
Tamilnadu on Akshaya Tritiya. While
720-kg was sold on 2012, it rose to
1,100-kg in 2013 and 1,500-kg in 2014.
‘So the sales is expected to touch
2,000-kg this year’, says an analyst.
The Confederation of All India Traders
(CAIT), in a release, said that this year the
jewellery trade is expecting an increase
of about 25-30 per cent, in comparison to
sales made last year on Akshya Tritiya.
The retailers feel that compared to
last year the sales have begun bright,
and even the advance booking have
been healthy this year. ‘The main
reason for expected spur in sales is
gold rate, which was Rs 2,800 last
year on the occasion, while this year
it is Rs 2,530’, says Madras Jewellers
and Diamond Merchants’ Association
president Jayantilal J Challani.
New Delhi, Apr 21:
Upset over their expulsion from
the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its
founder-leaders Prashant Bhushan
and Yogendra Yadav today said that
they made a huge mistake in not
judging the true colours of Arvind
Kejriwal.
Both Yadav and Bhushan reportedly
said that they were ‘badly hurt’ by last
night’s decision of AAP’s national
disciplinary committee, which also expelled two other rebel leaders Anand
Kumar and Ajit Jha for alleged ‘antiparty activities and gross indiscipline’
besides them.
‘I am not surprised as from the past
few days the matter had been moving
in such direction. Though I also cannot deny the fact that I am deeply hurt
by it. How would you feel if someone
drags and throws you out of your own
house,’ Yadav was quoted as saying
by the media.
Speaking to reporters today, Yadav
said, ‘Today, thousands of people
who joined AAP are feeling cheated.
How come two persons who are
a party to the dispute are judges?
Does it conform to the natural spirit
of justice.’
Yadav also categorically denied
doing anything which would have
weakened AAP. ‘I want to reiterate
‘The decision to expel
us is against the
principle of natural
justice. Those who
had made serious
allegations against
us are themselves
under scanner for
alleged misconduct’
even at this stage that we never left
the party, nor have we broken it,’
Yadav said.
Shanthi Bhushan lashes out at
Kejriwal
Lashing out at AAP chief and
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,
Shanti Bhushan, father of Prashant
Bhushan, today said, ‘We made a
mistake in judging Arvind Kejriwal.
It was a very serious mistake. He is
the new Hitler.’
The senior Bhushan further said,
‘I am wondering why they have not
removed me from AAP as yet.’
In another press briefing, Shanti
Bhushan’s son Prashant made a
scathing attack on Arvind Kejriwal
and called him a dictator, who has
turned AAP into a Khap Panchayat.
Super Kings set for battle royale
Bangalore, Apr 21 (PTI): and the onus would be on
The bowling, meanwhile, combinations in T20 format. While
The bowling, led by Ashish Nehra,
looks a tad weak in the McCullum has been a nightmare has also looked potent with Ishwar
Beaten in their respective last the star-studded batting
absence of Mitchell Starc. for bowlers, Smith has been in Pandey, Mohit Sharma and Dwayne
games, both Royal Challengers Ban- line-up to improve the sucVarun Aaron has failed to morale-destroying form, which was Bravo getting the necessary breakgalore and Chennai Super Kings will cess rate.
make an impression so far reflected in his 30-ball 62 against throughs for the team.
be hungry to prevail over each other
There is enough firepower
and Ashok Dinda might be the Mumbai Indians.
in the battle of wits when they lock in RCB batting with the likes
(Match starts at 8 pm IST)
included the playing XI tohorns in an Indian Premier League of Chris Gayle, the in-form
Both the openers will be looking to
morrow.
match here tomorrow.
AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli
carry forward the form against RCB.
The spin department is beThe Super Kings are placed second in the ranks.
Faf Du Plessis and Suresh Raina,
in the table with six points from four
No other batsman knows the Twen- ing handled by Yuzvendra Chahal, who became the first cricketer to play
games, while the Royal Challengers ty20 format better than Gayle. Out of on whom Kohli relies on a lot, and he 100 matches for one franchisee, have
are languishing at the bottom with just 53 occasions, the destructive West would like to continue with his form.
had a quiet tournament till now and
Indian has emerged as the top-scorer
two points from three outings.
On the other hand, CSK have will hope to be amongst runs.
clicked in almost all departments of
Under pressure after back-to-back on 25 occasions.
With 117 runs in four matches
Gayle would be desperate to brush the game so far in the tournament. including a half-century, skipper
defeats against Sunrisers Hyderabad
and Mumbai Indians, the Royal Chal- aside an unusual innings of 10 runs They won their first three games Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to
lengers will be keen to regain the mo- off 24 balls in the previous match against Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers contribute fruitfully to the CSK total.
mentum, but would face an uphill task against Mumbai Indians, and adopt Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians,
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who perbefore faltering against the current formed the rescue act along with skipper
against the two-time champions, who back his aggressive approach.
would be looking to earn the number
Surprisingly, Gayle has the dubious table-toppers Rajasthan Royals in Dhoni to give CSK bowlers a decent total
one position in the points table.
record of lowest strike rate of 41.66 in Ahmedabad in the last match.
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of several schools in and
around Nanganallur, falling
under Ward 167.
The roads have been relaid
and better lighting facilities
are also provided.
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‘Safety of the students is
our concern. We have erected state-of-the-art speedbreakers in front of Modern School in AGS Colony.
Government Girls Higher
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cheer among residents’,
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visit to the Independence
Day Park’.
‘We have erected a dozen
new high-power transformers in Ward 167 that comes
under the jurisdiction of
Nanganallur AE’, she added.
Says Umesh Marudachalam, a senior citizen, ‘Voltage fluctuations have come
down. But we want the
authorities to ensure that
there are no power-cuts
during summer’.
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Around Town
CHENNAI
‘Extended use of
mobile phones and
listening to songs
using earphones has
led to more number
of youths reporting
hearing problems,
with some cases being
permanent’
Ear’ed’
OUT
Overuse of earphones, cause for
increase in hearing problems: Docs
JAYANTHI PAWAR
Chennai, Apr 21:
Six out of 10 youngsters in the
city these days are seen with headphones plugged into their years
despite doctors saying that it is
one of the main reason for hearing
problems.
It is said that the number of cases
relating to ear-related issues have
increased in recent years and Dr
N Dhinakaran, head, ENT Department of a private hospital said that
listening to music using earphones
at 85 decibels for eight to 12 hours
Borewell mishap:
HC for
stringent rules
Chennai, Apr 21 (PTI):
The Madras High Court has sought
details from authorities concerned
on whether any ad hoc interim
compensation was granted to the
parents of a boy who died after
falling in an abandoned borewell
recently.
After ordering issue of notice to
government pleader STS Moorthy,
the First Bench comprising Chief
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and
Justice T S Sivagnanam directed
him to file a counter-affidavit within
four weeks and posted the matter
for further hearing to 18 June.
A two-and-a-half-year-old boy
died after falling into the borewell in
Vellore district on 12 April despite
rescue efforts.
Petitioner G Sivagami, an advocate,
highlighted many such incidents
and alleged that authorities had not
followed Supreme Court guidelines
to prevent mishaps with regard to
borewells. He also cited another
order passed by Madras High Court
in this regard last August.
a day can cause permanent hearing loss.
He further said that loud noises
including those due to heavy machines/equipment, usage of cell
phones can cause hearing loss as
sound travels directly to the inner
ear. This also damages the stereocilia, the tiny hair that is present on
the top of the inner ear. The noise
causes vibration that changes the
voltage in the hair cell which in
turn sends chemical messages to
the brain via nerves. Continuous
damage to the stereocilia will lead
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21 APRIL 2015
to hearing loss, Dhinakaran said.
However, the quality of the earphones also plays a crucial role
as in some when the volume is
increased the frequency of the
sound also goes up, which can be
dangerous.
That is not all, the ENT specialist said loudness is measured in
decibels and if music is listened
at an optimal volume then there
is no need to panic. Sometimes,
a patient has only temporary
hearing loss while sometimes it
is prolonged or even permanent.
Though
the ear can receive
sounds from 20 to 20,000
decibel continuous exposure can
cause damage. After which the
patient has to be treated with
audiogram and then rehabilitation
therapy, he said.
Dr D R Nageswaran, a senior
ENT consultant, said the trend
of continuous use of earphones
is rampant in the city, and hence
some cases are reported. That is
not all, continuous use of mobile
phones brings in more patients
complaining of pain - inside and
outside the ear.
He pointed out that the maximum a person can speak is
for 10 or 15 minutes not for
all calls though.
Dhinakaran advised patients
not to use earphones that
are inserted directly into the
ear canals because though
that can make the music
sound better it involves higher
risk of hearing loss. And a
break of 10 to 15 minutes
should be taken every hour to
help the ear recover from the
effect of strong sound waves.
Hence, it wouldn’t be wrong to
think twice before wiring up to
speak over the phone or listening
to one’s favourite numbers.
‘Students should
have multiple skills’
3
Stanley Hospital
observes
World Liver Day
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Stressing the importance of liver,
Department of Medical Gastroenterology at Government Stanley
Hospital observed World Liver Day
2015 here on Monday.
According to a press release,
dean of the hospital, Dr P Karkuzhali inaugurated the CME on ‘Rapid
Schedule Hepatitis B Vaccination
New Insights.’
In her inaugural address, she
stressed on the importance of liver
function, how to protect the same and
said Government Stanely hospital
is the only hospital that provides
composite liver care for all sorts of
patients suffering from various liver
diseases including facilities for liver
transplantation.
Dr M Manimaran said the Gastroenterology department has provided anti-viral vaccination against
both Hep B and C for more than
11,000 persons, 180 patients are
on anti-viral therapy against Hep B
and 148 patients with Hep C virus
are being treated at present.
Eminent hepatologist Dr N Murugan spoke about the importance of
vaccination and current advancement, how it protects against the
virus.
Head of the Department Dr A R
Venkateswaran, hepatologist Dr L
Thayumanavan and Dr D Nirmala
participated.
Designer expo
for women
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
A two-day designer extravaganza
-D’sire 2015 is on at Hyatt Regency
from Monday.
‘With Akshaya Tritya on, the designer show for jewellery and gift
items have come at the right time,’
Irai Anbu gave away medals and
said chief organiser and fashion
certificates to students. A total of
designer for D’sire Events and Ex250 students received medals. The
hibition Anita Agarwal.
best outgoing students from all
The two-day event will have
departments in UG and PG were
various exhibits including clothing,
honoured.
bags, footwear, accessories and
house items, she said.
Vignesh Sridharan, ECE, final
Kollywood actress Sakshi Agyear, was given ‘CTS Best Outgogarwal who inaugurated the event
ing Student Award’ sponsored by
Cognizant. Kummita Sriteja B Tech, said, ‘D’sire is a good initiative and
around 65 stalls have been put
final year bagged ‘Best Outgoing
up by upcoming talented designStudent of SSN CE’
ers from various cities like Delhi,
The college report for the year
Kolkata and Bangalore.’
2014-15 was presented and it was
Richa of Manchaha, a fashion
followed by entertainment projewellery
said, ‘Here, we aim to
grammes by students.
sell
our
non-allergic
products of
SSN College of Engineering presiall accessories including earrings,
dent Kala Vijayakumar, principal S
rings, bracelets and watches at this
Salivahanan and director (School
exhibition,
being conducted for first
of Management) B Srinivasan were
time
by
D’sire’.
present.
q SSN College of Engineering holds annual day
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Academic performance is only one
of the facets. It is like one kind of
flower in a park. Hence, students
should have multiple skills, which
will help them progress and achieve
in life, said Tamilnadu Tourism,
Culture & Religious Endowments
Chairman V Irai Anbu.
Participating at the 19th College
Day celebrations of SSN College
of Engineering at the college campus, OMR recently, he said positive
expectation leads to success and
students should believe that they
are the best and make a mark in life.
Inspector General of Police M
Ravi, who was present said, ‘You
(students) have been moulded in
a conducive environment. With
confidence, hard work, commitment,
Tamilnadu Tourism, Culture & Religious Endowments Chairman V Irai
Anbu giving away a certificate to a student during the 19th College Day
celebrations of SSN College of Engineering at the college campus, OMR
recently. Inspector General of Police M Ravi and the college president
Kala Vijayakumar are present.
focus and dedication, you can win
the world. Your future should be a
Senegal film fest in city
house built with good materials and
not junk ones.’
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Ambassador of Republic of Senegal, New Delhi, El Hadji Ibou Boye
speaking at the inauguration of Senegal Film festival in Chenani
yesterday. Actress Ramya Ramakrishna and Tamil Development and
Information Department Secretary M Rajaram are present.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation
(ICAF) in association with Consulate, Republic of Senegal, Chennai
inaugurated a three-day Senegal
film festival called ‘Retrospective
of Ousmane Sembene’ at Russian
Centre of Science and Culture here
on Monday.
Ambassador of Republic of Senegal, New Delhi, El Hadji Ibou Boye
Xala/1975/120 min 6 pm
Ceddo/1977/110 min 6 pm
Girl/1966/58 min 8 pm
inaugurated the festival in presence
of Tamil Development and Information Department secretary M Rajaram, Consul, Republic of Senegal,
Chennai, Ashok R Thakkar, ICAF
president Sivan Kannan and actress
Ramya Ramakrishna.
Cultural relations between countries
can be accentuated through film festivals, said ICAF secretary Thangaraj.
‘While the missions of the cinema
is to entertain, it must also inculcate strong values and motivation
among the audience. The inaugural
movie, Moolaade opposes women
suppression,’ said Radhamohan, a
movie buff.
He also added that the selection of
movies is very appropriate as they
subtly promote patriotic and religious
emotions.
Students of Maharishi Vidya Mandir participated in a mass meditation as part of ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ at school
campus, Chetpet in Chennai today.
Save Medavakkam lake: Residents to govt
Special trains
from Egmore
to Tirunelveli
if this lake is not preserved. The
existing lake area so that it would
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serve as a good catchment lake.
feeder canals and inflow canals are
Southern Railway will run special
Chennai, Apr 21:
trains between Chennai Egmore and
all blocked due to filling of debris and
The Medavakkam Residents WelThe Medavakakam lake near Selaiwaste which prevents water flowing Tirunelveli to clear the extra rush of raffic.
fare Exnora met recently to discuss
yur, an important source of water for
Train number 06015 Tirunelveli Cheninto the lake.
long-pending
public
grievances
and
residents of several localities includnai Egmore superfast special train will
Among the resolutions passed at the
developmental activities in Medaing Medavakkam, has fallen into bad
leave Tirunelveli at 9:15 pm on 23 April
meet were efforts to remove the wild
vakkam. Office-bearers from civic
times due to poor maintenance and
and
reach Chennai Egmore at 9 am the
bushes around the lake area which is
Exnora units, residents welfare assoother issues, prompting residents to
next day. Train number 06016 Chen‘home’
for
poisonous
snakes
and
repciations
and
fl
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welfare
association
seek remedial action.
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tiles and a danger to the public who
Meanwhile, Medavakkkam Resi- participated the meet.
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walk along the main road as many
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24 April and reach Tirunelveli at 9.45
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tary, Exnora International presided
the deterioration of the water body
am the next day. The trains will stop at
have come up in the area.
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Yechury’s challenge
H
ow will you describe Prakash Karat’s ten-year long stewardship
of the CPI(M)? In one word: dismal. In 2005, the CPI(M) was
still a force in West Bengal, and it was doing backseat driving at the
Centre, exacting a price for its support to the UPA Government. For a
full decade as the general secretary of the party, Karat presided over
its abysmal decline in West Bengal. And in Kerala, the only other
state the CPI(M) was still relevant, he allowed internal factional fights
to surface openly in the public. If in the third state where the party
is still in control, it is not because of Karat, but due to its popular
and most austere chief minister Manik Sarkar, who has been in the
saddle by dint of that image since 1998. In short, Karat’s was the
most lacklustre headship of the CPI(M). He may pride himself on
his ideological purity but in terms of retaining and/or widening the
CPI(M) base, he was a total failure.
It is in this backdrop that the switch from Karat to Sitaram Yechury
at the 21st party conference in Visakhapatnam on Sunday gains
importance. Yechury, a near contemporary of Karat, can be expected
to be pragmatic rather than ideological. Schooled in the wily, some
people would insist wheeler-dealer, Harkishan Singh Surjeet’s
brand of permissive politics, Yechury has built friendships across
the political spectrum. Particularly, the party will now show greater
zeal in coordinating with the non-NDA parties in Parliament in order
to oppose the Modi Government. There are always factors which
prevail behind-the-scenes when it comes to the crunch. Indeed, if
he is a true disciple of Surjeet, who was one of the longest- serving
general secretaries of the CPI(M), deal-making with anyone and
everyone cannot be ruled out. After all, like Surjeet, Yechury too is
flexible (which is an euphemism in its widest sense).
It is remarkable that a majority of the politburo, especially those
loyal to Karat, were supporting Ramachandran Pillai for the party
general secretary’s post. However, the larger Central Committee
pressured them to come round on Yechury. The immediate challenge
for the new general secretary is to arrest the erosion in the party’s
support in West Bengal, the state it had ruled without interruption
for 34 years. A resurgent BJP is fast replacing the Marxists as the
main opposition force, at least at the popular grassroots level.
Besides, after the demise of Jyoti Basu, the party lacks a charismatic
leader who can stand up to the maverick, but still popular Mamata
Banerjee. Even in Kerala, the only other state, where traditionally the
CPI(M) has alternated in power with the Congress-led United Front,
the bitter feud between Pinarayi Vijayan and V. S. Achuthanandan
shows no sign of abating. Yechuri has his task cut out. Also, in these
commercial times, the relevance of the Left is also moot.
How many times have we looked
at a road’s name and wondered
about the distinguished person
after whom it is named? Have
we, at all?
Chinmayi Sripaada
@Chinmayi
Dr Raman Singh
@drramansingh
Akshay Tritiya marks occasion
of matured marriages & not for
child marriages. Let’s create a
society that expels anathema of
child marriage.
Google search
to promote
mobile-friendly sites
A member of the St Louis County Police tactical team fires tear gas into a crowd of people in response to a series of gunshots fired at police
during demonstrations in Ferguson. In the other photograph, an oil and gas waste water tank soars through the sky after an explosion near the
Greeley-Weld Airport in Greeley, Colo.
Sad state of Sana
25 die in airstrike, blasts in Yemen
SANA:
An airstrike apparently carried out
by the Saudi-led military coalition
set off a huge explosion on Monday morning in Sana, the capital of
Yemen, flattening homes close to the
site and shaking buildings as far away
as the outskirts of the city. At least 25
people were killed, according to witnesses and medical officials.
The explosion occurred around
10:30 a.m. in the Faj Attan area
of the city, near a mountaintop air
defense base that warplanes had
been bombing for days. Residents
speculated that a bomb had struck an
underground munitions depot, which
might have explained why the blast
seemed like an earthquake at first,
before erupting into a fireball seen
for miles around.
Sana has been bombed almost daily
for more than three weeks. The city
has been a stronghold of the Houthi
militia since September and a primary target for the Saudi-led aerial
offensive, which is meant to cripple
the Houthis and restore the exiled
Yemeni government to power.
Broccoli to fight
head & neck
cancer
WASHINGTON:
Broccoli may soon help protect
people from head and neck cancer in
a promising new treatment known as
‘green chemoprevention’, scientists
say. Researchers from the University
of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
and University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center (UPMC) CancerCenter have
found that a
broccoli sprout
extract protects
against oral
cancer in mice HEALTH
and proved tolerable in a small
group of healthy human volunteers.
The promising results will be further
explored in a human clinical trial,
which will recruit participants at high
risk for head and neck cancer recurrence later this year, said researchers at the American Association for
Cancer Research (AACR) Annual
Meeting in Philadelphia.
‘People who are cured of head and
neck cancer are still at very high risk
for a second cancer in their mouth or
throat, and, unfortunately, these second cancers are commonly fatal,’ said
lead author Julie Bauman, co-director
of the UPMC Head and Neck Cancer
Center of Excellence.
Today
Sana has been
bombed almost daily
for more than three
weeks, damaging
factories, gas stations
and residential
neighbourhoods
A man checked a house in Sana after a bombing that killed at least 25
people.
Residents who are unable or unwilling to flee Sana have been caught
in the rhythms of an insistent and
repetitive war: the daily circling of
warplanes, the careless firing of
antiaircraft shells at them and the
inevitably terrifying airstrikes. But the
explosion on Monday was different,
dealing a new psychological blow as
its shock wave knocked residents
from their chairs and beds and shat-
tered windows more than a mile
away. Flying debris slammed into a
taxi belonging to Hassan al-Raimi,
who had been waiting in line at a gas
station for more than a week, trying to
fill up on increasingly scarce gasoline.
‘After all these days, I have no fuel,
but a broken car,’ he said, blaming
the ‘Saudi aggression’ for all that had
befallen the city’s residents.
Hundreds of people across the city
were injured by the blast’s effects.
Patients arrived in ambulances and
trucks at the Yemen German Hospital, including one man whose legs
appeared to be broken. He grimaced
in pain as he was carried into the hospital by neighbors. ‘Look what you did,
House of Saud,’ he said, referring to
the Saudi royal family. ‘You killed my
daughter!’ He burst into tears.
The Saudi-led coalition has bombed
military installations across Yemen,
hoping to hobble the Houthis and
their allies, the Yemeni security and
military units that remain loyal to Ali
Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s former
president, who resigned under pressure in 2012.
And the winners are...
Pulitzer awards enter 99th year
NEW YORK:
The Post and Courier of Charleston,
SC, won the most prestigious of the
Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, for a
series on the high number of deaths
resulting from domestic abuse in the
state. The series, titled ‘Till Death Do
Us Part,’ was awarded the gold medal
for public service, the first Pulitzer the
paper has won since 1925.
The New York Times won in the
international reporting category for
‘courageous front-line reporting and
vivid human stories’ on the Ebola
outbreak in West Africa.
The Times also won the prize for
investigative reporting, for a series by
Eric Lipton on aggressive efforts by
lobbyists and lawyers to push state
attorneys general to drop investigations, change policies, negotiate
favorable settlements or pressure
federal regulators to benefit their
clients. It shared the prize with The
Wall Street Journal, which won for
a project that revealed to Americans
previously confidential data ‘on the
motivations and practices of their
health care providers.’
The Los Angeles Times won two
Pulitzers. Diana Marcum won the
feature writing prize for her stories
from the Central Valley of California
on how the state’s drought affected
the lives of residents.
Bloomberg News won its first Pulitzer, for explanatory journalism.
It went to Zachary R Mider, for his
reporting on how American corporations dodge taxes and get away
with it.
The Seattle Times won the breaking news award, for its account of a
deadly landslide, and for its follow-up
reporting.
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to
Anthony Doerr’s best-selling historical
novel, ‘All the Light We Cannot See,’
which unfolds in Europe during World
War II.
In general nonfiction, the prize went
to ‘The Sixth Extinction,’ by Elizabeth
Kolbert, which explores how climate
change is accelerating the mass
extinction of species. The drama
prize went to ‘Between Riverside and
Crazy’ by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
The winning series on domestic
abuse by The Post and Courier, its
executive editor, Mitch Pugh, said in
an interview, began when reporters
saw annual statistics that ranked
South Carolina the No. 1 state in the
country in the rate of women killed
by men.
The prize for breaking news photography went to the staff of The St.
Louis Post-Dispatch for ‘powerful
images of the despair and anger
in Ferguson’ after the shooting of
Michael Brown, an unarmed black
teenager, by Darren Wilson, a white
police officer, last summer.
There were roughly 1,200 journalism entries, Mike Pride, the Pulitzer
administrator, said while announcing the awards, which are now in
their 99th year. There were also
1,400 books, 200 music compositions and 100 plays considered. Two
categories, investigative reporting
and feature writing, were opened to
magazines this year, which prompted
60 additional entries.
SAN FRANCISCO:
Google is updating its search
algorithms to favour websites that
work well on mobile devices.
Sections of sites owned by the
European Union, the BBC and
Wikipedia currently fail the search
giant’s Mobile Friendly Test developer tool.
‘Mobile friendliness’ will affect
whose websites are poorly conhow prominently websites appear
figured for smartphone users that
in Google search results pages
optimising for mobile is no longer a
from 21 April.
matter of choice,’ he said.
Criteria includes text size, the
‘This is particularly relevant for
amount of space between links and
online retailers.’
whether the content fits across a
The BBC said that while its bbc.
mobile screen.
co.uk domain failed
A Google repreLike the others on Sung’s list, Lee
SEOUL: to appear before a court to fi ght
the test, mobile usSir
sentative said moPrime Minister Lee Wan-koo attempts by prosecutors to arrest denied receiving illegal cash. He
ers would soon be
All eyes are on Israel as Presibile friendliness was
of South Korea said that he had him on corruption charges. He was even denied knowing Sung well.
automatically redident Reuven Rivlin granted Prime
‘one of many’ factors
offered to resign over a snowball- the first target in the Park govern- But his credibility crumbled fast
rected to a mobile
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an
used by the search
ing bribery scandal, dealing a ment’s widening investigation into as domestic news media revealed
version of the site,
extension of 14 days to form a
engine to rank recorruption allegations that were photographs, telephone records and
blow to Presim.bbc.co.uk, which did pass the
new government. After a surprise
sults, but in a blog post the compasaid to have taken place under her Sung’s diaries that indicated the two
dent Park Getest, and was responsive, meaning
election victory, Netanyahu was
ny said it would have ‘a significant
had spoken on the phone or met
predecessor, Lee Myung-bak.
it should adapt to fit the device on
un-hye, whose
on March 25 tasked by Rivlin with
impact’ on search results.
which it is being accessed.
Yet Sung, a former lawmaker and numerous times.
government has
forming the next government and
‘As people increasingly search
already been
Lee faced the increasing likelihood
chairman of a bankrupt construction
The EU and Wikipedia have also
given 28 days to do so, a period
on their mobile devices, we want
been contacted by the BBC for
company, did not go silently: He left that he would become the first sitting
rocked by a ferry
which expires this week. Ahead
to make sure they can find content
comment. The European Union’s
disaster.
prime minister to be questioned by
of the deadline, Netanyahu went
that’s not only relevant and timely,
home page appears to be the
prosecutors in a corruption inquiry.
Lee has been
early to Rivlin to formally request
MAKER
but also easy to read and interact
only part of its site to currently
In a statement sent to reporters,
under mounting
an extension of up to two weeks.
with on smaller mobile screens,’ the
fail the test. Google clashed with
He now has until May 6 to piece
pressure from Lee Wan-koo
Lee’s office said he had offered his
representative said. Google is also
the EU last week when European
together a ruling coalition.
resignation to Park on Monday.
within Park’s governing Saenuri
offering developer tools for making
Union competition commissioner
Party, as well as from the opposi- behind a memorandum and a tape
Lokesh, By email
Park, who was on a trip to South
websites compliant with the mobileMargrethe Vestager announced a
tion, to step down after an allegation of a telephone interview that he America, called Lee’s decision
friendly guidelines.
ADDRESS YOUR LETTERS TO :
complaint had been filed against
emerged this month that he took 30 gave to a South Korean newspaper ‘deeply regrettable,’ according to
Kevin Dallas, chief product ofGoogle over alleged anti-competiThe Editor, News Today, 85,
hours
before
he
died.
On
the
tape
million won, or $27,700, in illegal
her spokesman, Min Kyung-wook.
ficer at global payment processor
tive behaviour.
Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai cash donations from a South Korean and in the memo he detailed illegal South Korean news media quoted
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cash gifts that he said he had given unnamed top aides to Park as saybusinessman in 2013.
the changes.
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to its own shopping services above
newstodaynet.com /
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Anjan Lahiri
named new
Birlasoft CEO
Mindtree co-founder Anjan
Lahiri has been appointed as
the Chief Executive Offi cer of
Birlasoft, a global IT services
company of C K Birla Group.
Lahiri will lead a global workforce of over 4,000 employees
to steer Birlasoft in its phase
of growth, a statement by Birla
Group said on Monday.
He will also be responsible to
bolster company’s capabilities
in emerging areas of cloud and
analytics and to drive synergies
with global clientele, it added.
‘Birlasoft is going through an
interesting growth phase, and
Anjan’s appointment comes at
the right time. He brings with
him a rich experience of growing
organisations’, Birlasoft Chairperson Amita Birla said.
With Anjan, the aim is to make
delivery teams more agile to
changes emerging from end
customer behaviour and enable
customers to transform and
align to their business goals,
she added.
CRI diversifies
into high-end
pipes biz
CRI Pumps Ltd today said it
has entered the non-metallic
high-end pipes segment as part
of its rapid diversification strategy and will invest about Rs 120
crore in the initial phase.
The funding will be through
internal accruals and borrowings from financial institutions,
the company said in a statement
here.
It will manufacture PVC and
CPVC pipes with better durability at its two state-of-the-art
manufacturing facilities in Gandhinagar and Hosur to provide
an efficient pumping and plumbing ecosystem.
Its Gandhinagar and Hosur
units are expected to commence full-fledged commercial
operations soon. The Gandhinagar plant has successfully testmarketed its products, it said.
Who will be India’s
Shanghai knight?
Country gets ready to name President candidate for NDB
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI):
India is in the ‘final stages’ of
nominating candidate for the President’s post of the $100-billion New
Development Bank (NDB) to be
headquartered in Shanghai, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley has informed
fellow members of the five-nation
BRICS bloc.
‘As regards the President of the
Bank, we are in the final stages of
nominating the candidate’, Jaitley
said at the meeting of BRICS finance
ministers and central bank governors
on 16 April.
India will preside over its operations
for the first six years, followed by
five-year terms for Brazil and then
Russia. The bank will be established
by BRICS countries.
India has ratified the provisions under the Bank and Contingent Reserve
Arrangement (CRA).
‘We look forward to the ratification
India will preside over
its operations for the first
six years, followed by fiveyear terms for Brazil and
then Russia. The bank will
be established by BRICS
countries
by all other countries’, he said.
The announcement about the bank
was made in July last year at the
conclusion of the VIth BRICS Summit
at Fortaleza.
BRICS is a grouping of five major
emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The establishment of the bank will
help India and other signatory countries raise and utilise resources for
their infrastructure and sustainable
Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone
India, a subsidiary of Japanheadquartered Bridgestone
Corporation, as part of its strategy to open exclusive outlets,
inaugurated the ‘Select Store’ at
Udumalpet in Coimbatore today.
The exclusive showroom at
Udumalpet in Tirupur district
was formally inaugurated by
Bridgestone India, Zonal Head
(South), S Venkitachalam today,
a company statement said.
The inauguration of new outlet
comes in the backdrop of the
growth strategy undertaken by
Bridgestone India. The company
has over 360 Select stores in
the country.
development projects.
The NDB will be set up with a starting capital of $50 billion with a provision to increase it to $100 billion. Its
CRA will have a $100 billion fund.
During the meeting, Jaitley also said
India has been witnessing a series of
changes with the opening of markets,
along with radical tax reforms.
‘In India, we have of late seen a
huge sprout of changes. Our growth
has risen to a stable 7.5 per cent
Aadhaar is enough
proof for PAN card
NT Bureau / PTI
Chennai, Apr 21:
Aadhaar document will now be
enough for any individual to obtain
PAN card as the Income Tax Department has relaxed the cumbersome procedure of having multiple
documents to prove one’s own
identity.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT), the apex policy making
body of the I-T Department, has
recently issued a notification making the Elector’s Photo Identity Card
(EPIC) and Aadhaar, issued by the
Unique Identifi cation Authority of
India, valid proof of ‘date of birth’
for obtaining PAN card.
Till now, both these photo ID cards
were only considered as valid proof
for substantiating the ‘identity’ and
‘address’ of an individual and not
their date of birth.
‘The new notifi cation, in simple
terms, means that henceforth having only an EPIC or Aadhaar will
and our deficits have declined significantly... The impact of our reforms
appears to be very positive. We are
opening markets, easing business
activities and placing an emphasis
on infrastructure spending as well as
radical tax reforms’, he added.
The reduction in oil prices has
helped the reforms process in India
and ‘a lot will depend on how the
world economy will move ahead in
the next year’, he added.
He stressed on creating an additional mechanism to finance infrastructure in ‘our economies as well as
the developing world’.
On economic recovery, he said it
has been relatively weak, characterised by imbalances and build-up of
financial market risks.
‘Even more worrisome is the decline
in potential growth in both advanced
and emerging economies’, he added.
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YouTube,
Instagram can
boost learning
Toronto, Apr 21 (PTI):
Social media can be a powerful
educational device especially when a
student is not doing so well to begin
with, according to a new study.
Researchers investigated how an
after-school programme in Quebec
is revolutionising learning for at-risk
youth by using social media as a
teaching tool,
rather than
a classroom
annoyance.
They engaged with
students and educators at Maison
Kekpart, a Montreal-area community
centre for at-risk youth.
The centre offers a unique programme known as La Releve, which
provides professional work experience for young people facing academic challenges. Students ranging
in age from 13 to 17 participated in an
internship in multimedia production,
led not by traditional teachers, but by
artists who themselves are active in
those areas.The goal was to help kids
become more engaged in their formal
schooling by giving them the tools to
use social media to build the professional, civic and social competencies
that will guide them through their adult
life, researchers said.
‘Insurance is a
misunderstood term’
The Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT), the apex policy making body
of the I-T Department, has recently
issued a notification making the
voters and Aadhaar, issued by the
UIDIA, valid proof of ‘date of birth’
for obtaining PAN card
be enough a document for any
individual to obtain the PAN card.
These two documents will be valid
as the proof an individual’s identity,
address and date of birth, thereby
reducing the cumbersome procedure of having multiple documents
to prove one’s own identity. The
EPIC and Aadhaar are now unique
and all purpose identifiers’, a senior
I-T department officer said.
As part of the new notification, the
government has also made a “photo
identity card issued by the central
government or state government
or central public sector undertaking
or state public sector undertaking
or the central government health
service scheme photo card or exservicemen contributory health
scheme photo card” as the valid
proofs for establishing the date of
birth of an individual.
‘So, effectively now, there are a
total of 12 identity documents which
could be used to establish the date
of birth of an individual who is applying for a PAN card as compared
to the eight earlier. But for a common man, who is not in government
service, only an EPIC or Aadhaar is
required’, the officer explained.
Volvo’s new car
costs Rs 27 lakh
Bridgestone
eyes big
from TN
TUESDAY
21 APRIL 2015
ICICI launches ‘Tap-n-Pay’
Largest private sector lender ICICI Bank in collaboration with Tech
Mahindra launched a payment service ‘Tap-n-Pay’ based on the nearfield communications (NFC) technology, enabling customers make
over-the-counter payments without using cash.
It can be used for merchant payments by merely tapping a NFC-enabled
mobile phone or a tag on the counter.
The service is a close-end one, only for a close group of customers,
like canteen payments at the work place, and not universal like a debit
or credit card, the banks said in a statement, adding the merchant will
have to first register for the service and then enroll customers for using it.
Federal Bank offers health insurance
South-based lender Federal Bank on Monday said it will be offering
a health insurance of Rs 1 lakh for all new savings accounts under a
tie-up with Max Bupa.
It will be offering a cover of Rs 1 lakh against a premium payment of
Rs 1,000, the bank said in a statement.
The cover provides for in-patient treatment, all day-care procedures
up to the sum assured, it said.
HCL Tech net profit
at Rs 1,683 crore
Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI):
Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo
Auto India (VAI) on Monday launched
V40 Cross Country petrol variant at
Rs 27 lakh.
The new Cross Country petrol variant will be available in T4 engine, 1.6
GDTi 4 cylinder, 6 speed automatic
transmissions with class-leading
180HP and a 240Nm torque.
The GTDi (Gasoline Turbocharged
Direct Injection) concept would offer
low fuel consumption.
CAMS Repository Services chairman Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra and
others at a conclave on New Insurance Bill in Chennai Monday.
NT Bureau
Chennai, April 21:
‘Insurance is a completely misunderstood term these days. It has
to be prepared for risks, which is
not only for the high profile people,
but for the masses’, said chairman
of CAMS Repository Services Ltd.
2014-15’.
Insisting on the need for digitisation
of policies, he said, ‘In many cases
even the family members of a policy
holders are unaware of the claims, or
policy holder loses his policy documents, which makes it difficult to rebuild. Hence platforms like this could
CAMSRep in association with Madras
Management Association (MMA), arranged for
a conclave on New Insurance Bill, to deliberate
its impacts on policy holders
(CamSRep), Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra,
while addressing mediapersons here
yesterday.
CAMSRep in association with
Madras Management Association
(MMA), arranged for a conclave on
New Insurance Bill, to deliberate its
impacts on policy holders.
Mehrotra said, ‘CAMSRep sees
a multifold jump in e-insurance accounts and conversion to electronic
form of insurance policies, from physical form, during the financial year
What is h’app’ening at
Commerce Ministry?
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI):
The Commerce Ministry is pressing ahead with its
efforts to build mobile applications which will offer all
stakeholders, including exporters and importers, all the
relevant information and notifications on their smartphones.
The ministry has set up a committee to decide on types
of apps to be developed for each organisation in the
ministry, sources said.
play a huge role to aid them in claiming the amount’. Further Mehrotra
said that digitisation and e-accounts
will not take away the physical presence of the organisation in any way.
‘IRDAI demands that the digitised
policies have to be kept in a different
financial infrastructure, in between
the policy issuer and policy holder,
and repository services act as the
bridge’, said CEO of CAMSRep, S
V Ramanan.
DOCUMENT MISSED
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE
AT MADRAS
(Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction)
Original Petition No.571 of 2013
In the matter of the Indian
Succession Act, XXXIX of 1925
And
In the matter of Certified copy
of the last will And Testament of
K. Sathiaseelan (deceased)
Mrs. R. Aishwarya,
wife of K. Ramapandi,
No.6, Vyasaroyapuram Agraharam,
Pechiamman Padithurai,
Simmakkal, Madurai
Pincode - 625 002
... Petitioner
Vs
1. Mrs.S.Sundari,
W/o. Late K. Sathyaseelan,
Door No.7/17, Vellala Street, First Lane,
Ayanavaram, Chennai - 600 023
2. Mrs. S. Sumathi, W/o T. Sreenivasan,
PUBLIC NOTICE
No.8/2/56,
This is to inform that I
Siruvaninathi Street,
Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Madurai - 14
have obtained the proposed
3. Mr. S. Sivakumar,
environmental clearance before
S/o. Late K.Sathyaseelan
Door No.7/17, Vellala Street, First Lane,
the state level Environment
Ayanavaram, Chennai - 600 023
impact Assessment Authority
4. Mr. S. Dineshkumar,
Tamil Nadu for the purposed
S/o. Late K.Sathyaseelan,
Door No.7/17, Vellala Street, First Lane,
of Savudu Deposit quarry
Ayanavaram, Chennai - 600 023
at S.F.No 264 (P) Sundal
5. Mr.T.Sreenivasan, S/o. N.Thiagarajan,
Eri (PWD Tank), Vallakottai
No.8/2/56, Siruvaninathi Street,
Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Madurai - 14
Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk,
... Respondents
Kancheepuram District with a
All persons claiming to have any interest
lese extend 1.26.0 Ha.
in the Estate of the above named
deceased Thiru. K. Sathyaseelan who
The same approved by
was residing at No.23 Tirupachiswarar
the
SEIAA-TN/F.No.1081/
Street, Ayanavaram, Chennai - 600 023
and who died on 16.3.1999 are hereby
EC/1(a)/346/2013,
Dated
cited to come and see the proceedings
20.05.2013 and copy of the
on 30.4.2015 at 10.30 a.m. before the
clearance available in the State
Hon’ble Master - High Court of Judicature
at Madras and file their objections, if they
Pollution Control Board and
think fit, before the grant of Letters of
also website of the SEIAA TN
Administration.
at http://selaa.tn/gov/in and
Dated at Madras on this 17th day of April
2015
a copy same is being sent to
Mr. S. Gurumurthy,
the Regional Office of Ministry
The Assistant Registrar O.S. - I,
High Court, Madras,
Government and Forest, Govt. of
Madras - 600 104
India located at Bangalore.
M/s. Aiyar & Dolia, V. Kalyanaraman,
Thiru G. Bakiyaraj,
T.Natarajan, Advocates
No.29 & 71, Law Chambers,
101, Cekkangulam Village,
Private Ltd., M-7,
Thiru-Vi-Ka
Industrial
Estate, Guindy,
High
Court Buildings,
Rajagulam
PO,
Madras - 600 104
My Client
Mr.P. Kaliprasanna
missed his Original settlement
dated on 13.04.2015, around 6 pm
at PONDI BAZAAR Road, Chennai
17. The Doc. No: 6680/2009
dt - 09.09.2009. If any one found the
above said document please inform
immediately to my client / myself to
above mentioned address or nearest
police station.
A.M. SALEEM, B.A.B.L.,
Advocate
No.135, Addl Law Chambers, High
Court Building, Chennai-104
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to inform that I
My Client V.Palayam, S/o.
have obtained the proposed
Veerabatheran, No.15/14, Perumal
environmental clearance before
Koil First Street, Virugambakkam,
the state level Environment
Chennai-600 092, is one of the
impact Assessment Authority
share holder of the property,
Tamil Nadu for the purposed of
cent to $270 million, while revenue and 3,944 (net) employees, taking
NT Bureau
measuring an extent of 2400 sq.ft
Rough
Stone
&
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Quarrying
Chennai, Apr 21: rose 9.5 per cent to $1.49 billion in the total headcount to 1,04,184 as
at New No.15, Old No.14, Perumal
at S.F.No 458, 459/1A, 459/1B2
IT services firm HCL Technologies Q3 of FY15 from the year-ago period. on March 31, 2015.
Koil First Street, Virugambakkam,
(P), 479/3B, 492/1A1, 492/1A2,
HCL has signed 14 transformational
‘HCL continues to deliver broadtoday reported a 3.6 per cent increase
Chennai-600 092, S.No.90/2,
492/1B1, 492/1B2, Pakkam
in net profit at Rs 1,683 crore for the based growth across geographies, engagements during this quarter addVirugambakkam
Village,
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verticals and horizontals. This quarter ing up to more than USD 1 billion of
Mambalam-Guindy Taluk, the
quarter ended 31 March, 2015.
Kancheepuram District with a
lese extend 2.34.0 Ha.
Partition Deed dated 02.03.1964,
The Noida-based firm had posted saw our revenue increase by 14.4 per total contract value, led by consumer
The same approved by
Doc. No.570/1964, SRO, Saidapet
a net profit of Rs 1,624 crore in the cent (last 12 months year-on-year) services, manufacturing and public
the
SEIAA-TN/F.No.2815/
and Settlement Deed dated
corresponding quarter last fiscal, HCL in constant currency and we gained services verticals. The company’s
EC/1(a)/1973/2014,
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cash
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clearance available in the State
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Pollution Control Board and
not traceable. If any person have
President
&
CEO
Anant
Gupta
said.
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was up 11 per cent at Rs 9,267 crore
also website of the SEIAA TN
a claim or found the said deed
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driven from industries like consumer ments have impacted our cash flows
sponding period a year ago.
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CHENNAI
Gambhir credits bowlers for win
‘I am building on confidence from WC,’ says KKR’s Umesh
Delhi
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI):
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper
Daredevils
Gautam Gambhir credited
his bowlers for their comskipper J P Dumiprehensive six-wicket win
ny said the dreadful
over Delhi Daredevils in
start pegged the team the IPL twenty20 match
at the Feroz Shah Kotla,
back and when bowl- here yesterday.
Morne Morkel (2 for
ing they didn’t put the 30)
and Umesh Yaball on a good spot dav (2 for 18) bowled a
tight line to help Kolkata
consecutively
restrict Delhi to 146 for
8 and Gambhir heaped
enough
praise on his bowlers, especially Umesh Yadav.
‘A lot of credit needs to go to the
bowlers, especially Umesh, he’s
been unbelievable, especially that
last over he bowled,’ he said after defending champions Kolkata
overhauled the 147-run target in
18.1 overs.
‘It’s a luxury to have Morne,
Umesh and Sunil in the same team.
All that matters for KKR is how
many points we have. It doesn’t
matter how many runs I get,’ he
added.
Adjudged man-of-the-match,
Umesh Yadav, who was part of the
Indian World Cup team, said he
tried to bowl yorkers in the death
SVS Club to host
open snooker tourney
Afridi rules out
ODI comeback
Karachi, Apr 21 (PTI):
Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder
Shahid Afridi has ruled out any
chance of making a comeback to
one-day International cricket, insisting
the new players needed proper time
to settle down in the national team.
Afridi, who left for Dhaka with a few
other players including Ahmed Shehzad to play the lone T20 international
against Bangladesh, said he has no
intentions of going back on his decision to retire from the ODIs.
‘My decision is final. We have to
understand that the new players will
take time to adjust and settle down
and we have to give them proper time
for this,’ Afridi told reporters before
his departure. Afridi retired from ODIs
after the World Cup, having appeared
in 400 games. He is now focusing only
on T20. He said all his efforts are now
focused on building a strong team,
which will be capable of winning the
next World T20 Cup in India in 2016.
Tendulkar condoles
Keshri’s tragic death
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
SVS Abdul Hadi Open Snooker
Tournament 2015 held in memory
of Abdul Hadi, an amatuer billiards
and snooker player of SVS Club, will
get underway here tomorrow. The
tournament has attracted the top talent from Tamilnadu including
Varun Kumar, Pranit,
Prem Prakash, Loganathan, Rafath Habib,
Vijay Nichani, Girish,
Sree Krishna and the
highest-ranked Indian
woman cueist Chitra
Magimairaj.
A press note said the
matches will be played on
a knockout-league format. The
final will be held 30 April and the
tournament has attracted 86 entries
from all over the State. The winner
will take home Rs 20,000 while the
runner-up gets Rs 15,000.
Besant Nagar 'A' in final
Besant Nagar Club 'A' defeated
Egmore Tennis Club 4-1 to qualify
for the final of the 'A' Zone SanmarTNTA Chennai City Club tennis
league championship.
Result: Besant Nagar Club 'A' bt
Egmore Tennis Club 4-1.
Nedumaran sizzles
G Nedumaran came up with an allround effort (82 & four for 15) to lead
SRMC RI & RC to a 151-run win
over FSCA in the TNCA-Tiruvallur
DCA League fourth division here.
Scores: III Division:SSCA 255
for
9 in 30 overs (E Rajesh 46,
Santhosh 33, Karthik 6
for 41) beat SRF 130
in 30 overs (Karthik
54, E Rajesh 4 for
41, Umesh 3 for 21).
Sri Vaishnavi 203
for 8 in 30 overs (Sekar
42, Akash Naveen 70)
beat Stag 192 in 29.2 overs
(Raju 50, Anbu 39, Premkumar
35, Jaffer 4 for 60).
IV division: IEC 164 for 7 in 30
overs (Suriyapprakash 35, Krupa
Shankar 49, D Sivasubramani 3
for 37) beat CPCL 108 in 26 overs
(A Gopi 30, Akif 4 for 28, R Lokesh
3 for 28).
SRMC 205 for 6 in 30 overs (Vignesh 61, Lavith 51, Abhi 47, S Santhosh 3 for 54) lost to WABCO India
209 for 6 in 27.1 overs (Santhosh 52
n.o, Abhiram Paleru 37, Jaikrishnan
30, Harish 3 for 53).
overs.
‘I’m just focussing on my line and
length, that’s it. I had a lot of confidence from the World Cup. I just
wanted to use the pace and skiddy
bounce on this wicket,’ he said.
‘If I’m bowling length in the last
overs it’s very easy to hit sixes,
that’s why I was bowling the yorkers,’ he added.
Leggie Piyush Chawla who
reached the 100-wicket milestone
yesterday said he was happy to
became the fourth bowler to take
100 wickets in the IPL.
‘Yes, obviously because we all
know it is a prestigious tournament.
Players from across the world come
to play in this tournament and it is
quite challenging. Reaching that
landmark of 100 wickets is something I will cherish,’ he told iplt20.
com.
Asked if he had planned the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer and Yuvraj
Singh, - who were getting in the
groove, Chawla said, ‘I knew I just
had to follow my basics and bowl
at a good pace. I knew I couldn’t
really flight (the ball) too much on
this ground because there wasn’t
much help from the wicket. It was a
little bit on the slower side so I was
using a flatter trajectory today and
it helped me a lot.’
Asked if the approach of batsmen to leg-spinners in T20s had
changed over time in IPL, Chawla
said, ‘If you see, lot of leg-spinners
have picked wickets in recent times.
You know, batsmen sometimes look
at a leg-spinner as a scoring option.
On the other hand we leg-spinners
have (used) that attacking thinking
(to our advantage) as well; we know
that we might go for a couple of
boundaries but (at the same time)
we might get wickets (due to that).
As a leg-spinner I am more than
happy conceding two boundaries
and getting a wicket.’
I’ve improved as
a batsman: Cook
Grenada, Apr 21:
England captain Alistair Cook
is convinced he has improved
as a batsman despite failing to
score a Test century since 2013.
The opener will attempt to reverse a run of low scores
when England begin the
second test against West
Indies in Grenada on
Tuesday, having managed
only 24 runs in the drawn
first test.
‘I did have a look back in
early February, watched
a little a bit and it has
changed quite a lot,’ he
told the
BBC.
‘It’s evolutionary -- if you
tried to go back to
exactly what you did it
would probably be really unnatural.
‘I’d like to think my game has
improved over time, I definitely
believe it has, it’s just different.’
While the heat has been on
Cook, he said the criticism does
not worry him and he would continue to trust his methods.
‘I have been lucky that I have
had a very simple game plan on
the mental side throughout my
career and it definitely works,’
he said.
‘I am a resilient guy
who can try and play
each ball on its merits
for a long period of
time, that is kind of
what my success
has been built on so
that hasn’t changed.’
Spinner James Treadwell, impressive in
the first test, is a
major injury worry
after hurting his
arm diving for a ball
in Antigua. His place
could go to all-rounder
Moeen Ali.
West Indies have dropped
spinner Sulieman Benn and
have added quickie Shannon
Gabriel to the squad.
Nadal brushes aside
Djokovic threat on clay
Alistair Cook
Anand, Kramnik
share spoils
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI):
Shamkir (Azerbaijan), Apr 21 (PTI):
Sachin Tendulkar condoled the
Five-time world champion Viswanathdemise of young batsman Ankit Kean Anand drew with old foe Vladimir
shri, who passed away after a freak
Kramnik of Russia in the fourth round
on-field collision during a Cricket Association of Bengal’s senior one-day
of Shamkir Chess 2015, held in
knock-out match on 17 April.
Barcelona, Apr 21: the time. Djokovic was as good
the memory of Grandmaster Vugar
‘Saddened by the demise of Ankit
A red hot Novak Djokovic is be- then in 2011 as he is now. He had
Gashimov.
Keshri. A promising career aborted by
ing tipped to end RafaHl Nadal’s an impeccable year in 2011 as well
With his fourth straight draw in one
stranglehold at Roland Garros in as he is having in 2015.
an unfortunate incident on field. May
of the strongest tournament of the
‘I have to congratulate him.
June but the Spaniard dismissed
God give strength to his family and
year, Anand maintained a fifth per
the threat as being no different to
‘The rest of the players have to
friends to cope with this loss,’ Tencent score but the Indian will need
those he has faced before.
accept that at the moment he is the
dulkar wrote on his Facebook page.
some victories in the remaining five
The Serbian world number one world number one with all he has
Keshri was in hospital for the past
rounds if he has to come closer to the
has been an unstoppable force in achieved this year,’ added Nadal,
three days and was showing signs
leading group.
recent weeks, winning 17 matches who has had a patchy year after
of recovery till Sunday evening when
Wesley So of United States conRafeal Nadal
RafaHl
making his comeback in Januon the bounce and becomhe was given oral food. However, in
tinued
with his rampaging act in the
ary following another lengthy
ing the first man to win the
the early hours of this morning, Keshri
tournament
and cruised to his third
injury and illness break.
season’s first three Masters
suffered a massive cardiac arrest and
victory
in
four
games at the expense
titles.
‘This year I have to do
was put on ventilator before he was
of
lowest
ranked
Rauf Mamedov of
things right, get back to a
He comfortably beat
declared dead.
Azerbaijan.
very
high
level
to
face
him
Nadal
on
his
beloved
The 20-year-old, a talented rightWesley took his tally to an astoundon the court,’ Nadal said.
red clay in last week’s
hander, had captained the Bengal
ing
3.5 points out of a possible four
Monte
Carlo
Masters
‘Tennis-wise,
I
feel
a
lot
better
U-19 team in Cooch Behar Trophy
semi-finals, and the naand is now trailed by World champion
than a few weeks ago. I am goand was in the 30-member India U-19
ture of Djokovic’s 6-3, 6-3
ing to try to get as far as I can
Magnus Carlsen of Norway who
probables list for the 2014 Colts World
mauling
means
plenty
and
to
play
as
well
as
I
can,
moved to three points following a
Cup in the United Arab Emirates. He
are backing him to complete
topping
the
level
I
showed
in
draw with Michael Adams of England.
was also playing for Bengal A (U-23
his collection of grand slam titles Monte Carlo.’
Kramnik, who has scored one vicside) in CK Nayudu National Chamthis year by winning his first French
Meanwhile, Marc Granollers of
tory besides three draws, remained
pionship.
Open.
Spain eased past Marinko Matoin sole third position on 2.5 points
‘Fielding at sweeper cover, Keshri
But as far as Nadal is concerned, sevic of Bosnia 6-2, 6-3 in the first
while Anand remained on joint fourth
rushed to take the high catch as left2015 is no different to 2013, 2012 round.
spot on two points along with Maxime
arm pacer Sourav Mondal too ran on
or even 2011.
Granollers will play sixth-seeded
Vachier-Lagrave of France.
his follow through. It was as freak an
‘Djokovic was good in 2011, in Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in the next
Anish Giri of Holland, Fabiano
accident as possible,’ Bengal A coach
2012, 2013 as well as in 2015. round, and said he would need to
Caruana of Italy, Shakhriyar Mamclinching the win with a powerful will play either Paolo Lorenzi of
Jaideep Mukherjee, who was present
Sometimes you win more and play ‘his best version to stand a
edyarov of Azerbaijan and Mamedov
Italy or countryman Nicolas Almaforehand passing shot.
at the ground, told PTI.
some you win less,’Nadal, who chance’ against the Frenchman.
gro
on
Wednesday.
Pablo
Andujar
Gabashvili
takes
on
defending
share the sixth spot on 1.5 points
Former Bengal spinner Shiv Sagar
has triumphed at the French Open
In a late match, Teymuraz Gaof
Spain
and
France’s
Benoit
Paire
champion
and
top-seeded
Kei
while Adams on one point is in last
in
nine
of
the
last
10
years,
told
Singh, who was one of the first perbashvili of Russia made fewer
Nishikori of Japan in the second were among other first-round winreporters at the Barcelona Open.
position in this 100000 Euros prize
sons to attend Keshri and tried resuserrors throughout to beat Pablo
round. Eight-time champion Nadal ners on Monday.
‘It is difficult to win everything all Carreno Busta of Spain 7-5, 6-4,
money tournament being played
citation, was in deep shock after the
under round-robin basis.
young cricketer’s tragic death.
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CHENNAI
Bandung for
a bonding
q Asian, African nations seek to enhance cooperation
qSushma to attend q Modi to give summit a miss
NT Bureau
Having recovered from her leg injury, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today
embarked on a five-day visit to Indonesia to attend the 60th commemoration of the
Asian African Summit (or Bandung Conference). She will also attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership.
Here is a look at the relationship and its significance for India, rest of Asia and
Africa.
Modi’s absence
The conference will see participation by Heads of States from
major Asian and African powers like China, Japan, South Africa, etc.
Citing the Budget Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had expressed his inability to attend the commemoration. He
had written to Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressing his
regrets for not being able to attend the meet.
He also invited Widodo to visit India and said he was looking
forward to visiting Indonesia at a mutually convenient time.
What’s on
the table?
Forerunner to NAM
Started in 1955, leaders and representatives from 29 Asian and
African countries, most of them newly independent, gathered in
Bandung to discuss issues to promote economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism. The conference is a stepping
stone for setting up the Non-Aligned Movement during cold war-era.
The conference led by Indonesia’s independence hero Sukarno
galvanised global stalwarts like Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser and
India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, whose famous ‘Panchsheel’ doctrine was incorporated in 10 principles of international
peace and cooperation in declaration.
The movement’s latest conference will
lay emphasis on promoting unity and
cooperation among Asian and African
nations by solving common problems
prevailing in the nations like the need
to reform the United Nations Security
Council, combating terrorism and poverty, etc.
The significance
Africa and Asia have many similarities in terms of multi-culturalism,
religion and ethnicities and the problems faced by them are similar.
Around 106 of 190 member countries in the United Nations are in
the Asia and Africa continents which emphasises the need of development.
Metro Rail- RSS
inspected at
Koyambedu
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
The Commissioner for Metro
Rail Safety (CMRS) S K Mittal
inspected the RSS (Receiving
Sub-Station) at Koyambedu this
morning.
According to a metro department
source, the RSS holds the electric
lines which will deliver power to the
remaining stations. Such visits and
checks are routine and mandatory
for the commencement of the metro
rail operations.
On Monday, a team members of
CMRS in Bengaluru, had recommended sanction for Chennai Metro
trains after inspecting the stations
from Koyambedu to Ashok Nagar.
In the next few days, more stations
are scheduled to be inspected.
BSNL workers staging a protest in front of the office at Anna Salai,
Chennai, today pressing for various demands.
Association of Bengal’s Senior oneday knock-out match on 17 April.
‘The boy is not there with us and
it is very disturbing. You can’t
replace what the family has lost.
But I can assure you one thing
that we (KKR) would go out there
and do whatever we can for the
family.
‘We would always be there and
hopefully we could contribute
as much as we could. We will
do anything possible for them,’
said Gambhir after the defending
champions’ six-wicket win over
Delhi Daredevils.
7
BJP’s counter to
Rahul’s remark
q At least we are not a suitcase govt: Union Minister
New Delhi, Apr 21:
Union Minister Ravishankar Prasad
today countered Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s ‘suit-boot’ jibe
at the Narendra Modi government by
saying that the BJP is at least not a
suitcase government.
When asked what he felt about
Rahul’s remarks made in Lok Sabha
on Monday, Prasad said, ‘At least
we are not a suitcase government.’
He did not explain what he meant
by that, but it looked like a reference
to various allegations of corruption
made on the government during the
10 years of UPA rule.
Prasad’s remarks were a part of a
scathing package launched by the
BJP after Rahul’s speech on the
controversial ordinance on land and
other agrarian issues.
On Monday, the NDA government
tabled the re-promulgated land
ordinance in the Lok Sabha amid
loud protests by the Congress and
the Trinamool Congress, which also
staged a walkout over the issue.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi
later in the day met farmers at her
Hit & run case:
Salman faces
verdict 6 May
Mumbai, Apr 21:
A court trying Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run
case has fixed 6 May as the date of
pronouncement of verdict after prosecution and defence concluded their
arguments Monday.
While Salman’s lawyer argued that
the evidence of eyewitness Ravindra
Patil should not be accepted because he passed away and was not
available for cross-examination, the
prosecution said ample opportunity
had been given to defence earlier for
cross examining this witness.
Patil was police bodyguard of Khan
at the time of the accident and he had
filed a complaint alleging the actor
was in an inebriated condition when
he rammed his Toyota Land Cruiser
into a bakery in suburban Bandra
on 28 September, 2002 killing one
person and injuring four others.
In a related development, sessions
judge D W Deshpande, on a plea of
Khan, issued contempt notices to
inspector of Bandra police station
for recreating the crime scene and
to two city newspapers for publishing
photographs of a police team recreating the same.
The newspapers had published on
Sunday news and photos showing
a police team from Bandra police
station driving in a vehicle from J W
Marriott Hotel in Juhu to the accident
spot to prove that it takes 30 minutes
to cover this distance of around 8 km.
Will do all possible for
Ankit’s family: Gambhir
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI):
Kolkata Knight Riders captain
Gautam Gambhir has said that his
IPL franchise will go all out to support late Ankit Keshri’s family after
the young Bengal player passed
away post a freak on-field collision.
Barely five months after the Phillip
Hughes tragedy, the cricket world
is once again mourning the loss
of yet another young player. The
20-year-old Keshri breathed his last
after suffering a cardiac arrest post
an injury sustained during a Cricket
TUESDAY
21 APRIL 2015
residence to
listen to their
concerns
about the new
land bill. ‘The
Congress party criticising
the ordinance
route
is a like
Ravishankar Prasad
a devil quoting scriptures,’ Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah
Naidu said. ‘Their record is the
worst. They’ve issued 456 ordinances in 50 years, 77 ordinances
in Nehruji’s period, 77 in Indiraji’s,’
he said.
Meanwhile, attacking the Congress
for spreading ‘disinformation’ against
the government on the land bill, BJP
today said the opposition’s criticism
on issuing ordinances was like ‘the
devil quoting scriptures’.
Bringing out the past record of
previous Congress regimes, the
ruling party said a record number of
ordinances were issued during the
time and the opposition parties had
no right to accuse them of ‘murder
of democracy’
Congress party
criticising the ordinance
route is a like a devil
quoting scripture
— Venkaiah Naidu
The BJP also armed its MPs with
records of previous regimes on ordinances and asked them to ‘expose’
those criticising them before the crucial land bill is taken up for passage
in Parliament.
‘Congress party criticising the Ordinance route is like a devil quoting
scriptures.Their record is worse.
They have issued ordinances umpteen number of times. 456 ordinances were issued in last 50 years,’
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M
Venkaiah Naidu said.
He said while 77 ordinances were
issued during Jawaharlal Nehru’s
time, as many as 77 ordinances were
issued during six years of Indira Gandhi’s regime, when three ordinances
were issued every two months and 35
ordinances were issued during Rajiv
Gandhi’s time.
CRIME BEAT
Convict ends life at Puzhal prison
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 21:
A man who was sentenced to life committed suicide at Puzhal prison this
morning.
According to police, Jayakumar (39) from Vyasarpadi who was involved in a
number of thefts and murder cases, was remanded in Puzhal prison for a life
term. Recently, he jumped parole and issued threats to a retired inspector of
police Sugumar from JJ Nagar, who arrested him while in service.
He has been behind bars for the past eight years, police said. This morning,
he was found hanging in his prison cell. His body was sent to Royapettah
Government Hospital.
Net cafe owner in trouble
A woman has filed a complaint against the owner of a browsing centre in
Ennore, alleging that he had taken pictures of her on his phone yesterday.
According to police, Elcy (19), wife of Stalin and a resident of Second Street
in Karunanidhi Nagar in Tondiarpet, was at a browsing centre in Ennore.
Police said the owner of the centre one Jyothikumar, is accused of clicking
Elcy’s photograph using his mobile phone.
Elcy has filed a complaint with the R K Nagar police station.
Man hangs self at govt hospital
A man ended his life at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital this morning by
hanging himself, apparently being unable to cope with ill-health.
According to police, Pasupathy (23), son of Thirunavukkarasu and a native
of Panruti in Cuddalore was admitted to Ward 243 on 16 April and diagnosed
with an intestine malfunction.
This morning, police said, at 3.30 am he was found hanging from the exhaust
fan of the bathroom.
Hut gutted in fire at Kasimedu
A hut caught fire in Tondiarpet this morning. According to police, the hut
occupied by a couple Mani and Velankanni caught fire due to a gas leak. No
causalities were reported in the incident.
Police said, some articles including a television set and clothes were damaged in the fire. Fire service were pressed into service to douse the fire.
The talented right-hander had
captained the Bengal U-19 team
in Cooch Behar Trophy and was in
the 30-member India U-19 probables list for the 2014 Colts World
Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
He was also playing for Bengal A
(U-23 side) in CK Nayudu national
Championship.
The incident happened at the
Salt Lake ground during a oneday match between local giants
East Bengal and Bhowanipore
club.
Zaheer set for return
Students of Chatrapati Sivaji Higher Secondary School, Chennai,
pose with the cartoon character Dora during a painting contest held
on the physio. Like today he did bowl
New Delhi, Apr 21 (PTI):
‘We still have three games here
at the school yesterday.
and the two away wins were also imin the nets, so we are very positive
Delhi Daredevils are expected to
about it,’ Amre said after Delhi’s six- portant for us. I think the next game
get a boost ahead of their IPL match
we play against Mumbai Indians will
against Royal Challengers Banga- wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders
at Feroz Shah Kotla, here last night. be very important for us,’ said the
lore on Sunday with pacer Zaheer
former India cricketer.
Khan likely to recover from his
The Jean-Paul Duminy-led
side did bounce back from
injury and make a comeback
‘We can’t complain about the
its opening two losses to
into the team, the side’s aswicket. Whatever wicket is there,
snap their 11-match los- we have to play good cricket and I
sistant coach Praveen Amre
has said.
think today we were just short of 20
ing streak in the cash-rich
NT Bureau
volvement in the issue, following the
league, but the team suf- runs,’ he added.
Zaheer has been struggling
recent seizure of a huge consignment
Chennai, Apr 21:
fered their ninth straight
to get fit since the time he
Opting to field, KKR restricted Delof red sanders near Avadi.
A former Tamilnadu Minister’s
home loss when they were
joined the Daredevils’ trainhi to 146 for eight and then reached
It may be recalled that a joint team
hand is suspected behind red sandoutplayed by the defending
ing session ahead of IPL seathe target in 18.1 overs. Morne
of Andhra Pradesh police and forest
ers smuggling, a ‘well-organised
champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
son eight and Amre assured that the
Morkel, Piyush Chawla and manofficials gunned down 20 men from
inter-State illegal trade’ according
of-the-match Umesh Yadav shared
Amre though is still confident of
left-arm pacer will soon take the field.
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WHERE THEY STAND
TEAMS
Kings XI coach
hails Sandeep,
Anureet
AHMEDABAD:
While the Rajasthan Royals are
undefeated in the IPL 2015, the
2014 finalists, Kings XI Punjab have
lost three of their four matches. The
George Bailey-led side will be faced
with a tough task when they take on
Shane Watson’s men in Ahmedabad
on 21 April.
Coach Sanjay Bangar, while addressing the media ahead of the
match, said, ‘We want to play the
kind of cricket that Kings XI Punjab is
capable of playing. We’re not really far
away, because we’ve been doing a lot
of things right. And it’s just a matter of
doing the things right for a bit longer.
There have been phases where we
have been able to execute the plans
we want to, it’s just a matter of giving
the finishing touches. I’m pretty sure
the team will be able to do it.’
Speaking about the challenge awaiting them, the KXIP coach said, ‘IPL
in itself is a very competitive format.
All the teams are pretty strong. So
irrespective of which opposition, we
will try and test our own abilities and
our own processes, and achieve what
we’ve set out to achieve. I don’t think
it’s going to be any different for any
other opposition.’
Kings XI Punjab themselves were
in an enviable position in the previous season. While the entire team
was contributing to their unparalleled
success in the 2014 season, Glenn
Maxwell and David Miller were key to
their victories. The duo are yet to get
going this season.
Speaking about their form, Bangar
said, ‘They are very much used to
pressure. Both are great international
g
cricketers,, both have great
international experience. They know how to
handle pressure. It’s just a matter of
time. You need to be patient at times,
because in cricket, there are times when
things won’t go your way. But it doesn’t
take long for the tide to turn, and we all
have confidence in their abilities.’
Anureet
Samantha
does a dual role
There are reports that actress
samantha has completed shooting
for her
portions in 10 Endrathukulla. The movie directed by Vijay Milton
has Vikram in the
lead.
Remember, Vijay Milton is on
a high after the
success of Goli
Soda. He shot a
major portion of
the Vikram films in
Nepal.
Sources say that Samantha had appeared in dual roles in the film. One of
her character is a Nepalese girl.
— NT Bureau
Mani’s big
thanks
Patience, key
for Smith’s
bull run
double of 192 in
the third Test at
the Melbourne
C r i c k e t
Ground in
which he
w a s
also
t h e
team’s captain.
Smith, who
captained
the side
a f t e r
the first
Test following
a se-
vere
h a m s t r i n g
injury sustained by
regula
ar capregular
tain M
Michael
Clarke,
Steve Smith
compl
complimented the Indian side for
giving his team a tough fight and
singled out speedsters Varun Aaron
CAPTAIN
OF THE
CRUISE
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
PTS
Rajasthan Royals
5
5
0
0
0
10
Chennai Super Kings
4
3
1
0
0
6
Kolkata Knight Riders
4
3
1
0
0
6
Delhi Daredevils
5
2
3
0
0
4
Sunrisers Hyderabad
4
1
3
0
0
2
Kings XI Punjab
4
1
3
0
0
2
RCB
3
1
2
0
0
2
Mumbai Indians
5
1
4
0
0
2
TOMORROW’S MATCHES
q Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Vizag, 4 p.m (IST)
q RCB vs CSK at Bengaluru, 8 p.m (IST)
q Australia’s star batsman says IPL great for cricket
MUMBAI:
MBAI:
Australia’s capg, Steve
tain-in-waiting,
es calm deSmith, attributes
meanour and the repetitive
ting ready for the
process of getting
on-field battle as mantras for his
ssful run over the last
highly successful
obably just my patience
few years. ‘Probably
ons. I am preparing the
and preparations.
same way forr every game, making
ng the same things over
sure I am doing
and over with my routines,’ Smith told
raction when asked the
PTI in an interaction
uccess. ‘When I get out in
secret of his success.
m starting the same each
the middle I am
g to build an innings, give
time and trying
ce before I start playing
myself a chance
s. That’s probably the
any big shots.
secret to my success,’ he explained.
courge of India’s bowlSmith, the scourge
ecent tour to Australia
ers on the recent
red four centuries and
when he scored
turies in the four-Test
two half centuries
he Gavaskar-Border
rubber for the
he exposure of playing
Trophy, felt the
against these bowlers helped a lot in
ns.
his preparations.
hat to expect from Indi‘We knew what
lot of their
an bowlers. A
bowlers,
I have
seen
quite
a bit. It’s
part of international cricket. It
was just one of those
things that every time
I came
c
up against them
I managed
m
to get some
ru
uns. It was a good (Ausruns.
tralian) summer
for me,’ he
said
modestly.
The ‘good
su mmer’
fetched the
boyish-looking
Smith - who a
lso excelled in the subalso
sequent World
d Cup for
champions
Australia by
logging 402
runs in eight
games at a
superb average of 67 - a whopping 769 runs at
an average of 128.
His four Test tons included a near
Mat
and Umesh Yadav as bowlers with
potential. ‘They (India) a
are a very good
cricket side. They have got
g some good
young bowlers coming though. I think
Varun Aaron was one that really impressed me. The pace a
and aggression
I guess he showed th
throughout was
really good. Umesh
U
Yadav
was another one that’s got
a lot of pote
potential as well,’
said Smith who scored
a ton in ea
each of the four
Tests.
The 2525-year-old middle order b
batsman, who
started his career as a
leg spin b
bowler before
becoming a top class willow wielder, also credited
T20 cricket - like
li the Indian
Premier League in which he
currently plays for Rajasthan
Royals - for d
developing the
art of pacing his innings in
the shorter fo
formats.
‘I enjoy play
playing any cricket. T20 is great
gre for cricket.
It has certain
certainly taught me
a lot, partic
particularly about
pacing my iinnings when
it comes to limited overs
forms of the game and I
think IPL ha
has been great
for that as w
well.’
‘The youngsters
young
get lot
opportuni to play in
of opportunity
situ
similar situations.
It’s a
terrific learn
learning curve for
p
any young player.’
abo chances
Asked about
of Royals clin
clinching the IPL
crown for the second time,
Smith - who led the team in
the first four games when Shane
exp
Watson sat out, expressed
the optimism that the team w
would reserve
play-off
its best for the play-offs.
‘Yes, we have always got that belief.
W started the
We
c
competition
well,
b
being
five (wins)
fr five (games).
from
S hopefully we
So,
c continue to
can
p some good
play
cricket and play our best cricket, come the
business end (play-offs),’ he said.
— PTI
Unmukt
happy to come
good finally
BENGALURU:
Mumbai Indians batsman Unmukt
Chand on Monday heaped praise on
team coach Ricky Ponting saying ‘if
he believes in you, he backs you to
the hilt.’
Unmukt played a match-winning
knock (58 off 38 balls) against Royal
Challengers Bangalore on Sunday to
steer his team to an 18-run victory,
their first win of the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL).
‘Ricky is such a positive guy and so
full of energy. He really boosts your
morale, which is so important at this
level. The best thing about Ricky is
that if he believes in you, he backs
you to the hilt,’ Unmukt was quoted
as saying by iplt20.com.
Ponting was known to be an aggressive player and captain during his playing days and when the
22-year-old was asked if his way of
coaching is the same, he said: ‘Oh,
he is. You
really cannot
make
out whether
he is
coaching or
C
oming from a family of cinema, Aishwarya
R Dhanush made her directorial debut
with 3. Now comes her second venture
Vai Raja Vai.
In a chat wirth News Today, the filmmaker shares
about Vai Raja Vai, her future ambiotions and more.
Q: Your first film was with
w
your husband
(Dhanush). How difficult it was directing someone else in your next?
A: I should say working with Dhanush gave me
enough experience. I learnt a lot directing him. I
took it as a challenge when I started Vai Raja Vai
and thankfully all has come good.
still playing. He is still so aggressive,
you can only imagine how he would
have been during his playing days.’
The young batsman was happy to
make an impact for Mumbai Indians.
‘It took a long time for me to do
something of note in the IPL. I haven’t
played many matches; last year I got
one match, this season I played one
then didn’t play the last game. It’s
been tough for me but I am happy that
finally I could spend some time in the
middle and score some runs,’ he said.
When asked how tough is it for a
young cricketer to be batting in a
crunch situation like he was against
RCB, he said: ‘IPL is a long tournament and one thing you want as a
youngster is to play all the matches.
You are eager to go out there and
perform. So, it’s been difficult in that
regard.’
‘You get to learn a lot in this situation
as well. You have to tell yourself to be
patient and keep believing that your
chance will come. And when it does
come, you have to pounce on it with
both hands,’ Unmukt said.
Unmukt Chand
Q:What are the
challenges faced by
women filmmakers?
A: Today women
filmmakers are making movies on varied
themes. Gone are
those days, when
they were branded as
those who can make
only romantic movies.
Given an opportunity,
I would love to do an
action film.
Q:What kind of film is VRV?
A: It is completely different from 3. It would be
a different film for Tamil audience. A genre which
is rare here. But there are enough commercial
elements in the film. There is mix of youngsters
and experience in the film. Gautham Karthik, Priya
Anand, Taapsee, Vivek, Daniel Balaji and Manobala among others have acted.
‘IPL is a long
tournament
and one thing
you want as
a youngster
is to play all
the matches.
You are
eager to go
out there and
perform.
So, it’s been
difficult in
that regard’
Q: What are the
challenges you face
as mother as home
and filmmaker on
the sets?
A: My children understand me well.
Whenever I shoot in
city, they know I will
return home soon. But
when I shoot outside,
they know to take care
of them well and wait
for me to return. I have
lovely kids.
Q: Will you direct
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam has
your father in futhanked media friends
ture?
and said their support
Q: How was itt to sh
shoot in a cruise?
A: It is the dream
has brought him joy.
A: We shot in a luxury cruise ship for over 12
of every filmmaker
His recent release
days. A major portion of the second half is set in the
to direct my father
OK Kanmani has
cruise. It was a relishing experience and weherever
(Rajinikanth). But I
become a huge hit.
the ship was docked, we shot the exterior portions.
don’t think that I have
In a letter signed
enough experience
by him, which was
Q: Your artistes say you are a task
ask master.
ma
to direct him. He is a
released to the meA: I think a filmmaker should know all crafts of
legend.
dia, Mani Ratnam,
cinema. Wherever needed, he/she has to be a task
— M BHARAT
said, ‘Thank you so much
master. I love multi-tasking. After all, a director is
KUMAR
for your support, review and love’.
called the captain of the ship.
You have been an integral part of my
journey so far. Looking forward to your
Aishwarya R Dhanush
continued support and love’.
on the sets of Vai Raja Vai
— NT Bureau
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