ISLAMABAD, MARCH 08Foreign Secretaries of

India and Pakistan couldmeet again though therewas no breakthrough dur-ing Foreign Secretary SJaishankar's talks here, atop Pakistani official saidon Sunday.

Advisor to PakistanPrime Minister onNational Security andForeign Affairs Sartaj Azizsaid that his country wantsto resolve all outstandingissues with India, includ-ing Kashmir, through dia-logue.

He was talking to mediahere, days after Jaishankarheld talks with hisPakistani counterpart

Aizaz Chaudhry but thetwo sides failed to decidethe resumption of peacetalks.

Aziz said despite nobreakthrough there washeadway for the next meet-ing between two foreignsecretaries.

He said Pakistan ForeignSecretary will visit Indiawhen his counterpartinvites him for resumptionof dialogue, RadioPakistan reported.

Aziz said there is a needfor comprehensive dia-logue process between thetwo countries to removelack of trust and address alloutstanding issues.

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTMonday, March 09, 2015

Ashutosh spills beans on AAP rift, says PrashantBhushan threatened to destroy party

Self-Driving Cars Could GenerateBillions in Revenue: US Study

Deepika Padukone to wear 20 kgarmour in ‘Bajirao Mastani’ P8

JAMMU, MARCH 08Jammu and Kashmir

Pradesh Youth Congress(JKPYC) on Sunday held hereprotest demonstrations againstthe release of top separatistleader Masarat Alam and

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JKPYC holds protestsover Masarat Alam'srelease, burns PM's effigy

RAMPUR (UP), MARCH 08Uttar Pradesh minister

Azam Khan has said thatEnglish medium schoolsmake education "ludicrous"and that they have been"exploiting and looting" theparents of poor students bycharging exorbitant fees.

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English mediumschools make educa-tion ludicrous: Azam

JAMUI, MARCH 08A Maoist, carrying a reward

of Rs 50,000 on his head wasarrested from a village inBihar's Jamui district, a policeofficer said on Sunday.

Acting on a tip off, a policeteam led by Superintendent ofPolice (SP), Operation, DNPandey raided Banadih village

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Wanted Maoistarrested in Bihar

PANAJI, MARCH 08Very few people in govern-

ment, both in the states as wellas at the Centre, were familiarwith rules of government busi-ness, Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar said onSunday. Speaking at a bookrelease function here, Parrikarsaid every time he became chief minister, he made it a

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Very few officials knowbusiness rules: Parrikar

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Contending that India has

never imposed restrictions onwomen, Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Sunday saidwomen like MaharaniLakshmibai should be broughtout of the pages of history andmade an inspiration for thenew generation.

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India has never imposed restric-tions on women: Rajnath Singh

\PATNA, MARCH 08Bihar Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar on Sunday sought anexplanation from the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP), which is apart of the coalition govern-ment in Jammu and Kashmir,over the release of separatistleader Masarat Alam.

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Nitish asks BJP to make its standclear on Masarat Alam's release

KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 08One year after the mysteri-

ous MH370 plane accident,the grieving family of anIndian-origin Malaysian ITprofessional is yet to performthe last rites for him as theyfind it hard to accept that they

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MH370: Family ofIndian-origin Malaysianstill clinging to hope

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Leaders across the political

spectrum on Sunday united inexpressing their grief at seniorjournalist Vinod Mehta'sdemise, attending his funeralto pay their respects to thememory of the former editor

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Politicos offer lastrespects to seniorjournalist Vinod Mehta

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08All IAS officers have been

asked by the Centre to com-plete the mandatory mid-career training, failing whichthey may lose promotions andother benefits.

The Department ofPersonnel and Training

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Complete mid-careertraining to avail promo-tion: Govt to IAS officers

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BEIJING, MARCH 08China on Sunday said

the border dispute withIndia has been "con-tained" as it soughtstronger ties for the reso-lution of the vexed issue,likening it with climbinga mountain that gets"tougher" towards thesummit.

Addressing his annualpress conference on thesidelines of the NationalPeople's Congress(NPC), China's legisla-ture, Foreign MinisterWang Yi said the Indianelephant and Chinesedragon should "do more"to strengthen bilateralcooperation to clinch a

final settlement of theboundary issue.

"As for China-Indiaboundary question, it is alegacy of history. Wehave worked on it formany years and madesome progress in theboundary negotiations,"

Wang said here in ana t iona l ly - t e l ev i sedaddress.

"It is like climbing amountain...The going istough because we are onthe way up. This is all themore reason that we do

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Border talks with Indiahas been contained: China

Jaishankar's visit paves way fornext FS meeting: Sartaj Aziz

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Former finance minis-

ter P Chidambram onSunday said the fiscalstimulus packageinducted between 2009and 2011 was a collec-tive decision of the gov-ernment that led tobreaching of fiscal andrevenue deficits andhigh inflation for whichpeople punished theUPA government in theLok Sabha elections.

In a speech that

analysed the first fullbudget of the Modi gov-ernment presented byFinance Minister Arun

Jaitley, he said the budg-et for 2015-16 has notpassed the test of equity,

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PATNA, MARCH 08Rare documents and

images, including a graph-ic depiction of the hangingof Bhagat Singh and histwo aides Rajguru andSukhdev, which werebanned during the colonialera, are now being pub-lished in three huge vol-umes.

Titled, 'Teen Shaheed'(three martyrs), the litho-graphed image publishedin Calcutta (now Kolkata)also depicts a cell filledwith revolutionaries

behind them and on theright side shows a ship fullof people being transportedto 'Kala Pani' (Cellular Jailin Andaman Islands) whileLord Krishna is shown onthe top in a halo, shower-ing blessings.

It was banned and seizedby the British governmentafter the trio were hangedin Lahore in 1931.

This graphic depiction ofthe hanging of the trio,captioned with the famouscouplet "Rang de basanti

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Chidambram blames high inflation forUPA's defeat in Lok Sabha elections

Bihar Archives to soon publishdocs, lit banned by British Raj

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KOCHI, MARCH 08Ahead of Monday's

debate on the Land Bill inLok Sabha, Congress MPJairam Ramesh on Sundayattacked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, saying onthe advise of US-basedeconomists, he was tryingto send a signal to the cor-porate world that "big bangreforms" were being car-ried out by him.

Ramesh, a key architectof the Land AcquisitionAct enacted by the previ-ous UPA government, also

slammed the prime minis-ter for undertaking foreigntrip when Parliament is insession and accused him of

"deliberately" showing"disrespect" to democraticinstitutions.

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Jairam Ramesh attacksPM Modi over land bill

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The Ministry of Home

Affairs (MHA) has sought areport from the Jammu andKashmir government onSunday, on release of hardlineKashmiri separatist leaderMasarat Alam, accused of mas-terminding the street violencethat rocked the Valley in 2010which resulted in death of over100 people.

According to reports, Alam'srelease heightened BharatiyaJanata Party's (BJP) worryabout the political cost of itsalliance with MuftiMohammad Sayeed's PDP andstraining the fledgling rulingcoalition.

J&K BJP president JugalKishore, earlier today, said thathis party was not in support ofreleasing Alam, and added thatthey would discuss the matterwith the People's DemocraticParty (PDP).

Further criticising the Muftigovernment, BJP legislatorssaid that they were not both-ered about the coalition gov-ernment, of which BJP is also apart, and demanded that the

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MASARAT ALAM RELEASE ROW: Home Ministryseeks report from J&K government

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Terming equality, liberty and dignity

as women`s "sacred rights", PresidentPranab Mukherjee on Sunday askedthe people to reaffirm their commit-ment to ensure gender equity andempowerment of womenfolk in India.

Presenting `Stree Shakti Puraskar`and `Nari Shakti Puruskar` for the year2014 on the occasion of InternationalWomen`s Day at a function inRashtrapati Bhavan here, the presidentsaid women`s rights are not a privilegethat they should seek.

"They have been a key element in thecodes of conduct that our ancient soci-eties prescribed for themselves more

than 3,000 years ago," Mukherjee said."Let us, on International Women`s

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President Pranab Mukherjeecalls for gender equity in India

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The release of hardline

Kashmiri separatist leaderMasarat Alam on Sunday trig-gered a major political contro-versy with BJP being ques-tioned by allies and foes alikeover its alliance with PDP,which is only one week old.

"Shiv Sena had been givingwarning signs on whatever hasbeen going on in Kashmir. It islike playing with fire," said the

party spokesman Sanjay Raut.He said forming a governmentwith PDP, with MuftiMohammad Sayeed, is "likeputting the country in dangerand the process of that hasbegun."

Raut, whose party is the old-est ally of BJP, underlined thatAlam is a "big danger for thecountry". Slamming Alam'srelease, Congress asked Prime

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Masarat Alam's release: BJPquestioned by allies, foes

PMO seeks LawMinistry's opinionon cow slaughter'model bill'NEW DELHI, MARCH 08

The Prime Minister'sOffice has sought LawMinistry's opinion onwhether the Centre couldcirculate the laws on cowslaughter as enacted bysome states, includingGujarat, as model billamong other states for theirconsideration for similarlegislations there.

In a letter to the legal armof the government, the

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JAMMU, MARCH 08VHP leader Praveen Togadia

on Sunday lashed out atJammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Mufti Sayeed forreleasing Masarat Alam,accusing him of toeing pro-Pakistan line and demanded re-arrest of the hardline separatistleader.

"Indian people have been let

down by the speeches of MuftiMohammed Sayeed and hisactions, while he should havethanked the people of Jammuand Kashmir who made himthe chief minister he thankedPakistan. Is he planning tocontest the next elections fromPakistan," VHP workingPresident Praveen Togadia told

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SRINAGAR, MARCH 08Strains showed up

on Sunday in theweek-old PDP-BJPcoalition governmentover the release ofhardline separatistleader Masarat Alam,

with the saffron partyslamming the "unilat-eral" decision andwarning that suchthings would not betolerated.

BJP said the deci-sion was not a part of

Common MinimumProgramme (CMP) onthe basis of which thealliance government isbeing run in Jammuand Kashmir but PDPdiffered, insisting thatit is in tune with the

CMP.State BJP chief and

MP Jugal KishoreSharma said his partywas not even consult-ed before the decisionwas taken.

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Strains in PDP-BJP government overrelease of separatist leader Masarat Alam

VHP leader Praveen Togadiademands re-arrest of Masarat Alam

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 09, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08In another big revelation exposing

fissures in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),party leader Ashutosh on Sunday saidthat Prashant Bhushan once threatenedto destroy the party, demanding ArvindKejriwal's resignations as party's con-vener.

Ashutosh said that many questionswere raised on Arvind during a partymeeting earlier, he got up to respond,but broke into tears instead.

“Kejriwal said - I fought againstRobert Vadra, Ambani and NarendraModi, but I can't fight with my ownpeople,” Ashutosh said.

Accusing the party rebels of conspir-ing against Kejriwal, he said, “We did-n't want this issue to go into public, butefforts were being made to removeArvind from convener's post,” adding,“Around August-September Prashantjiwrote to Arvind in strong words that hewill hold a press conference anddestroy the party, if he does not resignand Yogendra Yadav is not made partyconvener.”

He also said that when Arvind brokeinto tears, he went back home, held dis-cussions with his family and decided toquit politics.

“Prashantji and Yogendraji came tohis house and it was unanimouslydecided later in national executivemeeting that Arvind can take decisionstill Delhi polls. I was told by Ashish

Khetan and some other party membersthat Prashantji is openly saying thatAAP should not at all win Delhi polls,”he said.

Meanwhile, another AAP leaderManish Sisodia said, “In national exec-utive meet a decision was taken thatthere will be no bickering, 'tu tu maimai' wont be propagated.”

Ashutosh spills beans on AAP rift, says PrashantBhushan threatened to destroy party

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Days after he was

dropped from AAP'sPolitical AffairsCommittee, YogendraYadav on Sunday said hewants an end to the infight-ing in the party even as heasked workers not to losefaith in the party and itsidea and focus on eradicat-ing corruption.

"A lot of things havehappened in the last fewdays...I have requested allparty workers that whatev-er happens, do not losefaith and hope in the partyand its idea," he toldreporters here.

"Everybody is working

for the party...Infightingand similar other wordswere used in the last 5-7days. Party workers havecome with a lot of hopeand expectations, they donot want it should go onfurther and I also do notwant it to go on further," hesaid.

"I have also told partymen no more questions andanswers now. It is enough.Now work is to be done.We have not come here tofight with each other, weare here to remove corrup-tion," he said.

Yadav was here in con-nection with the party's 'JaiKisan Abhiyan' which waslaunched last month

against BJP government inthe state and the Centre tooppose "anti-farmers" poli-cies of the party.

Refusing to comment onthe party's internal matters,Yadav said, "I know a lot

of things have come in themedia during past fewdays. It was Holi season.Colours were thrown andmud was also thrown. NowHoli festival is over andnow work is to be started."

Asked over AAP leaderMayank Gandhi's threat toquit, he said, "I do not wantto take this matter further".

Gandhi had yesterdaythreatened to quit, accusinga "small group of partydecision-makers" in Delhiof targeting him for decry-ing removal of PrashantBhushan and Yadav fromthe party's Political AffairsCommittee.

Senior AAP leadersBhushan and Yadav, whowere on a collision coursewith party convener andDelhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, weredropped from the PoliticalAffairs Committee of theparty on March 4.

Yogendra Yadav asks AAP workers to put an end to infighting

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The father of the 25-year-old

girl, who was allegedly raped by adriver of Uber cab serviceprovider, on Sunday claimed thatthe word 'hotel' was not used in thein-camera proceedings in the courtyesterday, as reported by themedia.

He said that during the victim'sre-examination by the counsel forthe accused, she was asked inwhich "restaurant" she had gonewith her friends before the inci-dent.

He claimed that it was wronglyreported by the media that thedefence counsel asked his daughterabout a visit to a "Gurgaon hotel"with her friends before the inci-dent.

"This word 'hotel' has not beenused in the yesterday's proceed-ings. It gives a different meaning.This word has not been used in theFIR and charge sheet," he said.

The victim is being re-examinedin-camera bythe counselfor accusedShiv KumarYadav, whoseplea to recallseveral pros-ecution wit-nesses wasr e c e n t l yallowed bythe DelhiHigh Court.The state-ment wasrecord-

ed inthe presence of the judge and onlythe parties concerned. Sources hadsaid that Yadav's counsel had askedthe woman several questions relat-

ing to her outing with friends onthe evening ofDecember 5,2014, afterwhich she hadboarded thetaxi drivesn bythe accusedfrom VasantVihar and wasa l l e g e d l yraped by him.A d d i t i o n a lS e s s i o n s

Judge KaveriBawe ja ,

t h e

sources had said, disallowed sever-al questions asked by the defencecounsel and the woman alsorefused to answer them.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The State may have multi-

ple health benefits for thepoor under its variousschemes, but the ability ofthe poor man to access theseschemes is limited. TheDelhi High Court this pastweek passed an order askingthe All India Institute ofMedical Sciences, the DelhiGovernment, the Ministry ofHealth and the UnionGovernment to come up witha single-window mechanismthat would allow a poor per-son to access whatever bene-fits were due to him.

This is meant for everypublic hospital in the city.

The case in questioninvolved a daily wage earnerwho required a hip and kneereplacement. He did not havethe requisite finances.

His earlier petitions in theHigh Court had resulted inthe Delhi Government stat-ing that he was entitled to ahealth scheme wherein hewould be able to pay for hissurgery.

He had been forced to takerecourse to the High Courtafter the hospital and othergovernment authorities hadproved unhelpful in thisregard.

“The parties will addressthe court on the way forwardso that a single windowmechanism can be put inplace at each public hospitalfor patients belonging to theeconomically weaker sec-tions of society,” said JusticeRajiv Shakdher, while takingnote of the detailed steps thatthe petitioner, a differently-abled and poor man had to

take to get whatever wasentitled to him.

“We had sent an intern tohelp the poor man with thepaper work, but even withthis help, they faced numer-ous difficulties running frompillar to post,” said advocateAshok Agarwal, explainingthat two months were beenspent trying to get the moneydespite a court order.

“The reason it took overtwo months is because noclear directions have beengiven by the authorities atany level, and instead ofexpediting a one-windowenforcement mechanism, thepetitioner was expected tocoordinate and make multi-ple visits to the offices of thesub-divisional magistrate,AIIMS and the DHS(Directorate of Health

Service),” he said.According to the petition-

er’s as well as the lawintern’s statement, they weremade to go around in circlestrying to produce one formor the other whereas sudden-ly another authority wouldrequire a signature whichwas difficult for the petition-er to obtain.

In effect, the single-win-dow mechanism will nowhave to perform all the steps,which until now were per-formed by different govern-ment offices, like enquiringinto the financial position ofthe petitioner, communica-tion between the governmentand the hospital concernedand the sanction of moneyunder the scheme. The nextdate of hearing is onMonday.

Create single-window system forpoor to get health benefits: HC

No mention of word 'hotel',says Uber rape victim's father

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08An association for street vendors has

alleged before Delhi High Court thatgoods of roadside sellers were beingseized by police as part of its "anti- sabo-tage measures", which the organisationhas dubbed as a "fresh modus operandi" toharass squatters.

The allegation made by NationalAssociation of Street Vendors of India(NASVI) prompted a bench of justices BD Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva to askDelhi Police why it was "troubling" streetvendors when no survey regarding theirexisting numbers has been conductedaccording to law.

"Why are you (police) troubling them,when you have not conducted any sur-vey?" the bench asked.

NASVI alleged before the court that

goods of the vendors were seized, some-times at night, on the ground that theywere unattended.

It submitted that the seized goods wereonly released after the vendors were madeto fill a form.

NASVI alleged that it was a "freshmodus operandi to harass the vendors" andsaid that it would be filing a response tothe affidavit placed on record by DelhiPolice which has said that no street ven-dors have been evicted by it.

Delhi Police in its affidavit said that anorder has been issued by the AdditionalDeputy Commissioner of Police to carryout, on a weekly basis, anti-sabotagechecking at various sensitive areas and incompliance of the same it has seized anyunattended objects found in such areas,including Jama Masjid here.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Delhi Police will launch a

first-of-its-kind web-basedapplication through whichDelhiites will be able to regis-ter an FIR of motor vehicletheft online and track progressin investigation until a finalreport is filed in the court. Thismight be done in the next cou-ple of weeks.

The work on the online appli-cation, which will also beavailable in the form of an app,has been going on for the pastseveral months and technicaland legal aspects have beendiscussed with the Delhi Highcourt. “Our ambitious projectfor a totally computerised sys-tem from filing of FIR to sub-mitting of final report in case ofmotor vehicle theft is almostcomplete. We have got thedesired help from the HighCourt. Now, we have to installthe server and software incourts and we will be able tolaunch it very soon,” said DelhiPolice Commissioner B S

Bassi.According to police data,

theft of vehicles constituteabout one-fifth of the totalcrime reported in Delhi. This isa major cause of public frustra-tion and anger towards police,as people expect early recoveryof their vehicle and arrest of theculprit because vehicle theftcauses not only an economicloss but also loss of mobility.

The app will incorporate ele-ments to keep the complainantinformed of the efforts beingmade in the investigationprocess. A time-bound closureof undetected cases (whichhappens to be the fate in about90 per cent of the cases) withseamless acceptance of thesame by a competent court isgoing to be a part of the systemso that a person can file insur-ance claim on timely receipt ofthe closure report, police said.

Delhi Police has been rollingout a number of online initia-tives to make policing morefriendly and convenient.

Vendor goods being seized underanti-sabotage measures: HC told

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08Taking over as the new presi-

dent of Delhi Congress, AjayMaken on Sunday rapped AAPfor its "false promises" and saidChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalis making demands like fullstatehood and Haryana waterfor Delhi to cover his failures ashe knows these cannot be ful-filled.

The party, reduced to themargins of the city politics afterfailing to win a single seat inAssembly polls, put up a showof strength and unity asMaken's detractor and former

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshitalso turned up briefly at thefunction attended by almost alltop state leaders.

Noting that Congress facesbig challenge after losing threeelections in the city in 15months, he said the party canstage a comeback by "stickingto truth" as he cited BJP's drub-bing in the polls after it hadswept all seven Lok Sabha seatsin May last.

BJP lost due to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's"false promises", includingones on black money, he said.

Attacking Kejriwal, Makensaid he had "escaped" to natur-opathy treatment while hisparty was locked in an internalfeud. "Kejriwal goes to Modiand demands full statehood forDelhi, knowing well that BJP

did not make such a promise inits manifesto. He then demandswater from Haryana. Harayandid not give water to Delhi evenwhen both states were ruled byCongress. Why a BJP govern-ment then will give water toDelhi.

"He knows all these things.But he is doing so because hecan tell people later that he

could not fulfill his promisesbecause of all these things. Youhave to expose AAP govern-ment's failures," he said.

Maken was joined by hispredecessor Arvinder SinghLovely and senior party leaderMotilal Vora. Dikshit came fora while and left soon after pos-ing for photographs withMaken and other leaders.

Maken also took a dig atmedia and said it should decideif it was with Congress or BJPor AAP in the party's "fight fortransparency".

He said Modi stormed topower on the strength ofmedia's support to him but hecalled it 'bazaru' and hasbanned its entry in central sec-retariat.

"You presented AAP's ralliesattended by hundreds as onesattended by thousands but itsgovernment has banned yourentry in secretariat. You shoulddecide if you are with Congressor BJP or AAP in our fight fortransparency," he said.

Ajay Maken takes charge as Delhi Congresschief, raps AAP for making 'false promises'

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The national capital has

seen no let up in crimeagainst women as DelhiPolice has registerednearly 300 cases of rapeand more than 500 casesof molestation in the firsttwo months of this year.

The police, however,termed this rise in num-bers as a good sign sayingthat this means womentoday feel more comfort-able in coming out andreporting the incidentwhich was not the caseearlier.

"After the December16, 2012 incident, thesociety was forced tothink in this direction andsteps were taken. Womengot a new self confidenceas law was changed;police was sensitized.This caused a spurt of300 to 400 per cent rise incrimes against women in2013. The trend contin-ued in 2014 although itwas not that steep," Delhi

Police Commissioner B SBassi said.

"Now, if we see thosefigures in continuation in2015, we find that theyare almost similar, evenlower. I can say that it is agood thing that wheneverthere is a crime againstwomen, it doesn't remainhidden and that is thegood thing," he noted.

According to DelhiPolice data, nearly 300FIRs of rape were filed inthe first two months of2015 while FIRs regis-

tered under sections of354 and 509 (molestationand outraging modesty ofwomen) of IPC is morethan 500.

In 2014 (up to Dec 15),2,069 rape cases werereported as compared to1,571 cases in the corre-sponding period of 2013.

4,179 cases of molesta-tion of women werereported in 2014 (up toDec 15). Out of these, asmany as 67.17 per centcases have been solved.

The analysis of the data

available with police alsorevealed that nearly 96per cent rapes were com-mitted by those havingacquaintance with thevictim or her familymembers. Only in 4 percent cases, strangers werefound involved.

Talking about the issue,Bassi also emphasised onthe need of teaching selfdefence techniques towomen so that the physi-cal capacity gap betweenthem and men can bebridged. "We want self-defence to be part of girl'scurriculum since earlychildhood so that by thetime she becomes 15-year-old, when shebecomes vulnerable tomisdemeanours, she canfight back. We have set atarget of imparting suchtraining to one lakh girlsthis year and I am happyto inform you that tillMarch 8, we have trainednearly 26,000 girls," hesaid.

Nearly 300 rape cases in Delhi this year

Comprehensive online systemfor vehicle theft case soon

Trees felled inSurajpur wetland,says activistNEW DELHI, MARCH 08

The wetlands in UttarPradesh continue to be in adeplorable state. After the Dadriwetland, which has become avictim of encroachment, treesin the Surajpur wetland are pur-portedly being felled and soldoff as timber. Environmentalactivist Vikrant Tongad, whohas been raising the issue, saidthe trees are being felled in con-nivance with the employees ofthe Forest Department.Surajpur wetland has the pro-tection status of a reserved for-est area. Falling under the juris-diction of the Greater NoidaDevelopment Authority, it is anurban wetland.

Mr. Tongad raised the issuewith the authorities concernedand wrote to the Centre after hespotted two men carrying atleast 15-20 mature trees fromthe wetland late last year.

Mr. Tongad said he immedi-ately phoned the forest officialsand reported the matter.

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 09, 2015SAADDA HAQ

Masarat Alam ..."dreaded terrorist" be re-arrested.BJP added that the decision was not a part

of Common Minimum Programme (CMP)on the basis of which the alliance govern-ment is being run in Jammu and Kashmir butPDP differed, insisting that it is in tune withthe CMP.

"Masarat's release was wrong and uncalledfor. We oppose it. Those in helm of affairscalling Masarat a political leader, who spear-headed 'Go Back India' campaign inKashmir... it is ridiculous. Appropriate actionmust be taken. We do not bother about thegovernment," BJP youth wing state chief andMLA Ravinder Raina told reporters.

Notably, the development has compoundedthe embarrassment being heaped on BJP byPDP since the day of the government beingsworn-in.

While Sayeed has stressed that Masaratwas under preventive detention and therewas no case pending against him, accordingto reports, it would be difficult for the Muftigovernment to give an explanation to theNarendra Modi-led NDA government.

Meanwhile, seeking dismissal of the Muftigovernment over the release of the top sepa-ratist leader, J&K National Panthers Party(JKNPP) announced a two-day bandh inJammu starting today.

Strains in...Senior state BJP leaders met here today to

discuss the issue, he said, adding his partywill convey its "displeasure" to PDP leader-ship and ask it to follow the "coalition dhar-ma".

BJP has taken "very seriously" the "unilat-eral" decision of Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeed and the party is "deeplyhurt", he said about the release of the hard-line separatist leader which has kicked up amajor controversy.

He said Sayeed did not take its coalitionpartner BJP into confidence before taking thedecision to release Alam.

"We had no prior information or knowl-edge on his release. This is not our decisionand we had not given our consent on this," hetold reporters.

"We are not going to tolerate any suchstatement or any such decision which is notas per the Common Minimum Programmethat we had agreed upon. We have decided toconvey our displeasure to our partner so thatsuch things do not happen in future," he said.

He underlined that this issue does not fig-ure in the CMP.

Masarat Alam's...Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on

his stand over the "continuous adventurism"of the PDP-BJP government in Jammu andKashmir which was "endangering" the peacein the Valley.

"We strongly condemn the release ofMasarat Alam. Prime Minister, and BJP mustanswer as to why peaceful atmosphere ofJammu & Kashmir is being sought to be dis-turbed by successive unilateral moves byPDP-BJP government," AICCCommunication Department in-chargeRandip Surjewala said.

He recalled that the J and K Chief Minister,within an hour of swearing-in of the PDP-BJP government on Sunday last, had thankedthe separatists, terrorists and Pakistan forpeaceful polls instead of thanking the valourof people of Jammu & Kashmir, securityforces and Election Commission.

"Release of Masarat Alam, principal prop-agator of stone pelters, further endangers thehard-earned peace in Jammu and Kashmir(achieved) by determined resolve of peopleof Jammu and Kashmir as also our securityforces," he said.

Alam, the leader of the hardline-faction ofHurriyat, who had spearheaded the stone-pelting agitations in the Valley in 2008 and2010, was released from prison last night fol-lowing the new government's policy of free-ing political prisoners who do not face crim-inal charges.

Surjewala demanded that the PrimeMinister answer to the

nation whether he subscribes to such "ill-thought remarks and adventurism" by hisparty's coalition government in Jammu andKashmir.

Another Congress leader Manish Tewarisaid it was a peculiar situation that inKashmir, a separatist is released, in Jammu,BJP is protesting and in Delhi, it evadesquestions.

He tweeted, "Mr PM who is he, politicalprisoner or terrorist?"

VHP leader...VHP workers during its centenary celebra-

tions here.He questioned Sayeed's statement that

Alam was released following the judicialprocedure.

"If he says that judicial process was fol-lowed for his release then why was he behindbars for so long," Togadia said.

Togadia also demanded the immediate re-arrest of Alam.

"Masarat Alam who is responsible for thedeath of 120 youth in the Valley, who insti-gates youth to throw stones on our securityforces must be re-arrested immediately," hesaid.

Togadia claimed that there was no need forcontinuing with special status to Jammu andKashmir.

"Article 370 will go as it has to go, ifHyderabad and Junagarh that had followedthe same terms of accession as the Maharajaof Jammu and Kashmir did and if they didnot get any special status why there is a spe-cial status for Jammu and Kashmir," heasked.

PMO seeks...PMO has referred to a similar provision in

the Constitution that provides prohibition ofslaughter of cows and milch animals.

Article 48 of the Constitution states that"the State shall endeavour to organise agri-culture and animal husbandry on modern andscientific lines and shall, in particular, takesteps for preserving and improving thebreeds, and prohibiting the slaughter of cowsand calves and other milch and draught cat-tle."

The letter, sent recently, asked the LawMinistry to "examine and advice" whetherthe Acts enacted by few states can be circu-lated as model bill to other states so that theycan "exercise their choice of consideration tointroduce similar enactments".

The PMO letter also mentions that in 2005the Supreme

Court had upheld the validity of a lawenacted by the Gujarat government prohibit-ing cow slaughter.

Meanwhile, citing past precedents wherelaws on various matters were circulatedamong the states as model bill, sources in thegovernment said there was no bar on theCentre to send such a bill to states.

A draft model bill on flood zone protection,conservation and regulation of groundwaterare some of the measures that have been sentto states recently by the Ministry of WaterResources and Planing Commission andthese have been used by various state govern-ment to enact their own laws.

Several states like Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand and Gujarat have banned cowslaughter. Maharashtra is the latest state toput in place such a ban.

President Pranab...ensure gender equity and empowerment of

women in India to enable them to realisetheir full potential and participate meaning-fully in all aspects of our country`s develop-ment," the president said.

Mukherjee said there were, nevertheless,enduring societal perceptions and attitudeswhich inhibit the pace of improvement in thecondition and position of women in our soci-ety and economy.

"These call for urgent individual as well ascollective introspection. We must identifythese weaknesses and their root cause. Wemust make the required effort to remove thestructural and institutional barriers that inhib-it the economic and social transformation ofwomen in India," he said.

Giving an example, the president said vio-lence against women continues to threatenthe safety, well being and potential of womenand girls across our country.

Even their perception of their respectivevulnerabilities constrains their freedom ofmovement and access to education, work andessential services, Mukherjee added.

Jairam Ramesh...In an interview, Ramesh, a former Rural

Development Minister, contested BJP's standthat the Land Acquisition Law enacted dur-ing the Congress-led UPA rule was notfarmer-friendly.

He said the 2013 Law was done in a man-ner "most democratic, most consultative andmost participative" while the BJP promulgat-ed an ordinance, bringing changes in theLaw, "in an autocratic, completely high-handed and unilateral manner."

"Even the Rural Development Ministerwas kept in the dark. Only two hours to draftthe ordinance and get Cabinet approval.There was no discussion," he claimed.

Accusing the government of diluting theLand Acquisition Act by destroying two keypillars of the 'farmer-friendly law' -- the con-sent clause and the Social ImpactAssessment, Ramesh said, "This is to show asignal to the market and the corporate sectorthat they are doing big bang economicreforms."

Border talks...more to strengthen China-India coopera-

tion so that we can enable and facilitate thesettlement of the boundary question," he saidanswering a question from PTI about PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's expected visit andthe chances of a breakthrough in boundarytalks that have dragged on for years.

"The dispute has been contained. At themoment, the boundary negotiation is in theprocess of building up small positive devel-opments," Wang said in an elaborate com-ment on the issue ahead of the forthcoming18th round of border talks.

He also said that a warm welcome awaitedPrime Minister Narendra Modi when hemakes his first visit to China later this year.

"Last September, President Xi Jinpingmade an historic visit to India. Picture of thetwo leaders working at a spinning wheel inGujarat, the home state of Prime Minister,has spread far and wide in China.

"Chinese people believe in reciprocatingthe courtesy of others. I am sure when PrimeMinister Modi visits China later this year, hewill be warmly welcomed by the Chinesegovernment and people," he said.

Modi is expected to visit China before May

6, around the time when his governmentcompletes one year in office.

znvoking one of China's erstwhile top lead-ers, Deng Xiaoping who said that unlessIndia and China are developed, there will beno Asian century, Wang said: "China is pre-pared to work with India to implementimportant agreements reached by our lead-ers."

"Chinese dragon and Indian elephantshould join in a duet to work for the earlyrevitalisation of two ancient civilisations,common prosperity of the two emerging mar-kets and amicable co-existence of two largeneighbours," he said.

Jaishankar's visit...Although the recent visit by Jaishnakar was

in the context of SAARC countries, the twoforeign secretaries also discussed all issues,including the core issue of Jammu andKashmir, he said.

To a question, he said SAARC Summit2016 will be hosted by Pakistan and allSAARC leaders, including Indian PrimeMinister Nirandera Modi, will be invited.

Aziz said both the civilian and militaryleadership are on the same page and cooper-ating with each other on all issues especiallyin war against terrorism.

In August, India had called-off foreign sec-retary-level talks at the eleventh hour afterthe Pakistan High Commissioner in NewDelhi held consultations with Kashmiri sepa-ratists just before the meeting.

During the recent parleys, the two sidesraised their "concerns" but there was littleprogress on the much-hoped resumption ofpeace talks.

Bihar Archives...chola..." was found in the Bihar State

Archives (BSA), buried among some of therare documents that were proscribed acrossthe country during the colonial era.

"The civil disobedience movement in 1930had raised the national consciousness of themasses. And, the imperial government fearedunrest after the hanging of the trio, and hencemany literatures they thought could triggeranti-government resentment were impound-ed.

Chidambram blames...fiscal and financial stability and the test of

rising inequality while it had some goodaspects.

In his speech at the Loyola Institute ofBusiness Administration (LIBA) in Chennaiyesterday, Chidambaram, at no stage, hadtaken the name of President PranabMukherjee, during whose tenure as financeminister the stimulus package was decidedby the Union Government following the2008 economic crisis.

Chidambaram said he had only made apassing reference to the stimulus packagethat led to the Centre breaching targets on fis-cal and revenue deficits, current accountdeficit and the resultant high inflation led toa price situation that people punished thegovernment in the elections.

In the LIBA speech, the former financeminister said Jaitley has pushed the deadlineof curbing fiscal deficit to three per cent ofGDP to 2016-17 by another year to 2017-18.

As against a target of 3.6 per cent fiscaldeficit fixed by the UPA government for2015-16, he has relaxed it to 3.9 per cent ofGDP.

Through this, Chidambaram said, the NDAregime was planning to borrow an additionalRs.42,500 crore which the government wasplanning to spend not on plan expenditurebut on non-plan expenditure.

Replying to questions, Chidambaram saidthere was a need

for a fourth slab in the personal income taxrates.

He recalled that in his budget of 1997 hehad introduced three tax slabs but felt therewas need for a fourth slab since the liberali-sation was giving huge rise in income for cer-tain people.

The former finance minister said the gov-ernment's acceptance of the 14th FinanceCommission report, which increased thestates' share of divisible central taxes to 42per cent from 32 per cent, did not mean stateswere going to get more money. "This callsfor another long debate," he added.

He also defended the Minimum AlternateTax (MAT) which was introduced to forcecompanies which did not pay tax due toavailability of concessions, exemptions anddeductions to pay tax.

Very few...point to give a copy of the state govern-

ment's rules of business to every cabinet min-ister and secretary.

He, however, indicated that none of themmay have read the contents of the book prop-erly.

Parrikar said that barring a "few good sec-retaries" and experts, very few officials actu-ally knew the rules of business, which basi-cally dictate the formal protocol of gover-nance and decision-making.

"Every time I became the chief minister, Igave one copy of the rules of business of thegovernment of Goa 1991 to every cabinetminister and every secretary, but I don't thinkanyone read them properly," Parrikar said.

At the national level too, rules of businessare not known to secretaries, he added.

Nitish asks...government of BJP is completely responsi-

ble for it," Kumar told the media here."Earlier, the BJP was all excited to make an

alliance. So, now it should come forward andgive an explanation because the BJP is partof the ruling Government in Jammu andKashmir ," he added.

The Janata Dal (United) leader also askedthe BJP to make its stand clear on the issue.

"Whatever is happening they will have toclear it, they cannot avoid responsibility." headded.

Alam was released from the BaramullaPrison following the government's policy tofree political prisoners who do not face crim-inal charges.

Alam is the chairman of Muslim League, aconstituent of hard-line Hurriyat Conferenceled by Syed Ali Shah Geelani and is widelyseen as the latter's successor.

He had been convicted for organizing anti-India protests resulting into the death of 112people in stone pelting across the Valley dur-ing 2010.

India has...where nearly 5,000 girls, who had received

self-defence training from the force, dis-played their skills here on the occasion ofInternational Women's Day, Singh turnednostalgic for a while as he gave credit for hissuccess to his mother and wife.

He maintained that no man is ever com-plete without women and comprehensivedevelopment of a man is only possible withthe help of his mother, wife, sister anddaughter.

"I feel that through this self-defence train-ing programme, we can nurture self-confi-dence among all girls," he said and appreci-ated Delhi Police's efforts to impart defenceskills to nearly 26 thousand women within ayear.

The Home Minister said India has had atradition where man always bows beforewomen power. "Even while taking the namesof our gods, we first take the names of god-desses and then the God is complete," hesaid.

"Women have played an important rolewhether it is in the freedom struggle or in thefield of knowledge. I feel that women whohave done excellent work in the past, weshould pick them out of pages of history andteach that to our children," he said.

"We have never imposed any restriction onour women... If that would have been thecase Maharani Lakshmibai might have nottaken part in the freedom struggle with hernewborn kid tied to her back," he said.

Singh also quoted United NationsSecretary General Ban Ki-moon's statementwhere he had said, "When we unleash thepower of women, we can secure the future ofall".

The event which was organised by Northdistrict of Delhi Police saw girls displayingtheir newly-acquired self-defence tracksamid loud cheers by a packed house of thou-sands of girls at Delhi University's indoorstadium.

The Home Minister congratulated DelhiPolice Commissioner BS Bassi and his offi-cers and appreciated the work of ChiefInstructor Shiv Kumar and women SI KiranSethi - both of whom are black belt - for theiruntiring efforts in training women and girlsfrom various schools and colleges.

JKPYC holds ...sought reply from the Prime Minister,

Union Home Minister and RSS over theissue.

Led by JKPYC state President ShahnawazChoudhary, over 300 activists of YouthCongress raised anti PDP-BJP governmentand anti-Modi slogans in Press club area hereagainst the release of the separatist leader bythe PDP-BJP government in Jammu andKashmir.

The protesters questioned the BJP's silenceover the release of the separatist leader, whospearheaded 2008 and 2010 stone-peltingagitations in the Valley that left over 120 peo-ple dead.

They also burnt an effigy of the PrimeMinister alleging that his party (BJP) com-promised on the release of Alam.

Amid demonstrations, PYC workersblamed the double standard of the BJP on J-K issues, saying that it has betrayed the peo-ple of the state by giving support to the PDP.

They also condemned the "anti-national"statements of Mufti Sayeed in presence of thePrime Minister and also condemned thealleged silence of Modi on the matter.

Speaking to mediapersons, Choudhary saidBJP has formed the coalition governmentwith the PDP and is silent on every action ofthe PDP. "The Congress will never toleratehis release. If such anti-national, pro-Pakistan leaders are released, YouthCongress will continue its protest till thePrime Minister does not give a satisfactoryreply on the matter," he said.

"The Prime Minister, Union HomeMinister, RSS besides MoS in PMO DrJitendra Singh and Deputy Chief MinisterNirmal Singh, who belongs to Jammu region,should clarify their stand on the issue ofPDP's soft corner towards separatists andanti-nationals," the Youth Congress chiefsaid.

English medium ..."They have been exploiting and looting the

poor guardians of students. Then they dumpthe money in gunny bags and take themhome," Khan said yesterday while inaugurat-ing an educational body at Pather Khera here.

"English medium schools make educationjust ludicrous," he said.

The Urban Development minister said thatthere is a need to establish multiple educa-tional centers by persons who do not have theintention of doing business with education.

"Since I have been promoting the sincerestand honest education the principal of anacademy, run by one of the top most industri-alist of India, prays for the death of MulayamSingh Yadav and myself. They launch theirschools on the lease land and containextremely deplorable mentalities," he said.

Khan said that a building has been allottedto launch a school soon that shall function onthe pattern of Jauhar University where"imparting of education without mintingmoney by burning holes in the pockets of thepoor guardians would remain my modusoperandi."

Wanted Maoist ...last night and arrested the hardcore Maoist.He has been identified as Janaki Yadav

who was hiding at the residence of his rela-tive, SP Jayant Kant said.

A native of Dudhania village of the district,Yadav, said to be a self-styled area platooncommander of the proscribed CPI (Maoist),was wanted in over a dozen cases of naxalviolence, Kant said.

MH370: Family...would never see their only son again.Each time former estate worker G

Subramaniam sees a plane, the 61-year-oldfather is choked with emotion because itbrings back memories of Puspanathan whowas among the 239 passengers on boardMH370 on March 8 last year.

Since news of the missing aircraft madeheadlines a year ago, life has not been quitethe same for Subramaniam and his wife AAmurathnam, who still find it hard to acceptthat they would never see their only sonagain.

With the mystery of the Beijing-boundMH370 remaining unsolved and no wreck-age of the Boeing 777-200 aircraft or bodiesfound, the family has not performed any finalrites for Puspanathan, an IT graduate andmarketing manager at Petronas.

Subramaniam has not been sleeping well,has lost weight due to poor appetite andbecome reclusive. An avid Tamil movie fan,he has stopped going to the cinemas.

Amurathnam, also 61, refuses to hang upPuspanathan's portrait on the wall of theirhouse in Banting.

Adding to the couple's heartache is howsome neighbours have been treating themfollowing the tragedy.

Politicos offer...chairman of the Outlook India magazine.Among those present at the Lodhi cremato-

rium in the national capital were Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani,Union Informational and BroadcastingMinister Arun Jaitley, Minister of State forInformational and BroadcastingRajyavardhan Singh Rathore, former Delhichief minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi'sDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

The parties also recognised Mehta's contri-bution in the field of journalism, with theCongress saying that he had 'pioneered' ajournalistic stream that stood for liberal andprogressive values, while the AAP termedhim a 'versatile, frank and fearless editor'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also con-doled Mehta's demise.

"Frank and direct in his opinions, VinodMehta will be remembered as a fine journal-ist and writer. Condolences to his family onhis demise," he tweeted. Mehta passed awayin the early hours of the day after prolongedillness. He was one of the most influentialeditors and had launched a number of suc-cessful publications such as the SundayObserver, Indian Post, The Independent andThe Pioneer (Delhi edition).

Complete mid-career ...(DoPT) has written to states and central

government ministries to ensure that eligibleIAS officers undergo the training.

"I may also point out that mid-career train-ing is a mandatory training programmelaunched with the objective of improvingtheir next level competencies at specifiedstages of their careers," the DoPT letter said.

Accordingly, suitable directions may beissued to all eligible officers to enroll them-selves online to undergo this (Phase IV) ofmid-career training programme at the earliestso that the officers do not attract the provi-sion of IAS (Pay) Rules, 2007 denying thempromotion, it said.

A list of 211 eligible IAS officers has beensent with the DoPT letter asking the statesand secretaries of central government min-istries to provide them with the names ofother officers eligible to attend the training.

All suitable IAS officers have been askedto enroll themselves for the 10th round ofmandatory Phase IV training scheduled fromApril 6 to May 22 at Lal Bahadur ShastriNational Academy of Administration(LBSNAA) in Mussoorie.

There are 4,619 IAS officers working at theCentre and in the states against their sanc-tioned strength of 6,270.

Six months after talks withPakistan were called offForeign Secretary

Subrahmanyam Jaishankarlands in Islamabad today tokick off a new attempt toengage their government.While Indian officials havetaken care to downplay thevisit’s significance, calling it a“SAARC yatra not a Pakyatra”, it seems clear that thetrip has been made with a spe-cial emphasis on Pakistan. Thedecision to re-engage withPakistan, through whichevermeans, signifies two things:one that the decision to canceltalks in July 2014 was only atemporary one for PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, withthe assumption that talks couldbe restarted at a later point, andtwo, that engaging Pakistan isthe norm, rather than an aberra-tion.

However, the last six monthshave also seen several signifi-cant shifts inside Pakistanobserved during a recent visitby this writer;the foreign secre-tary may, therefore, find pick-ing up the threads of the talksmore complex than it was per-haps last July.

Shift in power balance

There is an obvious shift inthe power balance at the core ofPakistan: the civil-militaryequation. In recent weeks, it isclear that army chief GeneralRaheel Sharif has a new statureinside Pakistan, with primacyon all issues, not just the ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ operation and effortsagainst terror groups as part ofthe National Action Planannounced after the Peshawarschool massacre. The shift hasbeen acknowledged inWashington, where he wasreceived by the U.S. Secretaryof State John Kerry and inLondon, where he met PrimeMinister David Cameron. OnJanuary 6, the government alsoannounced that military courtswould take over many of theterrorism trials, as civil courts

are too slow, and judges are tooeasily threatened or influencedinto letting militants off.However, it would seem thegovernment of Mr. NawazSharif has come to terms withthe shift, and as a result, hisgovernment is enjoying a rarespell of stability compared tothe tensions with both theopposition and the military ofthe past. At a track-II confer-ence organised by the JinnahInstitute and Centre forDialogue and Reconciliation inIslamabad last week, diplomatswere heard saying the Army’sInter Services Public Relations(ISPR) was now taking overmany of the Foreign Office’sfunctions, and the shift inpower equations is importantfor India. Although the ArmyGHQ in Rawalpindi has alwayshad a veto on India-Pakistanrelations, there is a markedincrease in statements from theISPR wing in recent weeks thatshow a greater involvement inthe process as well. GeneralSharif’s visit to the LoC and theInternational Border just beforeMr. Jaishankar’s visit to accuseIndia of opening “indiscrimi-nate firing” and warn of a“befitting response” cannot beignored.

Related to this shift is the dra-matic change in Afghanistan-Pakistan relations in the pastfew months. Since his swear-ing-in, President Ashraf Ghanihas deviated from his predeces-sor President Hamid Karzai’sstance that Pakistan supportingthe Taliban was the source ofall of Afghanistan’s problems.Instead, Mr. Ghani visitedIslamabad directly after his firsttrip abroad to Beijing, and alsovisited the Army GeneralHeadquarters in Rawalpindi.The bonhomie has been recip-rocated in full measure byPakistan’s military, with visitsby General Sharif, his ISI chiefLieutenant-General RizwanAkhtar, and Corps commandersof Peshawar and the Southerncommand to Afghanistan in thepast month alone. Pakistan’s

military is also assuming a pri-macy in the soon-to-belaunched talks between theAfghan government and theTaliban, which also explainsthe welcome General Sharif has

received in the U.S., the U.K.and China. This dependencecould shift the balance on talkswith India, as Afghanistan hasso far been an important allyfor India on curbing theLashkar-e-Taiba.

Fighting ‘the terror within’

The other obvious turningpoint in the past few months inPakistan is the Peshawar mas-sacre, given the intense anger ithas generated, and the pushfrom Mr. Sharif’s governmentto fight “the terror within”Pakistan. According to the

Pakistan government 19, 272suspects have been arrested in19,789 countrywide operationssince the launch of the NationalAction Plan against terrorism inDecember 2014. Mr. Sharif is

doing this in the teeth of oppo-sition from many within hisown government who are closeto radicalised extremist groupsand from clerics across thecountry who at a conferencethis week of the IttehadulTanzeemat-e-Madaris, con-demned the government for its“unconstitutional steps.”

But despite all the actiontaken so far, no visible stepshave been made against thegroups that India has demand-ed: Hafiz Saeed remains free toaddress rallies, and givesspeeches at leading universities

in the country, while his com-manders on trial for theMumbai attacks live luxurious-ly inside the Adiala jail inRawalpindi, leading the U.S.National Intelligence Chief

James Clapper to conclude dur-ing a testimony last week, thatPakistan’s provision of “safe-havens” to the Lashkar-e-Taibawill remain a major irritant forties with India. It will be Mr.Jaishankar’s task to continue topush for a shift in this part ofPakistan’s policy.

“ There is an increasingacknowledgement in Pakistan’scivil society that the use of “ter-ror as a tool of foreign policy”has hurt Pakistan’s cause bothinternally, as well as in harmingthe cause of Kashmiri sepa-ratists they back. ”

Significantly, there is anincreasing acknowledgement inPakistan’s civil society that theuse of “terror as a tool of for-eign policy” has hurt Pakistan’scause both internally, as well as

in harming the cause ofKashmiri separatists they back.

“Pakistan committed the his-toric blunder of sending intrained and fully-armed non-state actors,” writes formerEditor M. Ziauddin in an edito-rial in The Express Tribune in aview that seems widely held,“we had seemingly succeededin reducing a six-decade-longfreedom struggle into a terroristadventure in the eyes of theworld.” The article also seemsto indicate that even as localsupport for training terrorgroups to attack India dries up,

the government will choose tostep up its attempts to “interna-tionalise” the political problemin Jammu and Kashmir, untilIndia and Pakistan are able torestart talks on the issue.

Finally, Mr. Jaishankar willbe expected to articulate theway forward on the nature ofthe dialogue itself. The twocore issues remain India’s con-cerns on terrorism andPakistan’s concerns onKashmir, and the need of thehour is to move ahead on themin a sustained manner, withoutthe breaks in dialogue that havedelayed them in the process.

Several Confidence BuildingMeasures need to be bolsterednow. While the LoC ceasefire isin danger of collapse anddemands new mechanisms tokeep it in place, others like anew visa regime, and measuresto facilitate trade and travelneed to be ratified.

A small start on CBMs couldbe made even if the foreign sec-retaries of India and Pakistanjust agree to revise the extreme-ly bellicose closing ceremonyat Wagah every evening. Thiswas requested by the BSF sol-diers themselves in 2010, citingheavy back and knee injuries ,but despite talks on the issue,neither India nor Pakistan havebeen able to give them anyrelief so far. Perhaps a lesson intheir plight is something bothforeign secretaries could drawon for other parts of the India-Pakistan dialogue as well: it isimportant to put one’s footdown firmly, but without dam-aging oneself in the process.

(Suhasini Haidar participatedin the Islamabad Dialoguetrack-II conference organisedby the Jinnah Institute andCentre for Dialogue andReconciliation on February 26-27, 2015.)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 09, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY ANIRUDH KRISHNAN

Most judicial systemsundergo periods ofhigh pendency and

delay in dispensation of justicewhich are usually followed by arealisation from within and giverise to widescale legislativereforms. While it was the LordWoolf Report and the ChiefJustice’s Working CommitteeReport that spurred such achange in the U.K. and HongKong, the Justice A.P. Shah-ledLaw Commission Reports num-bered 246 and 253 could poten-tially be what the Indian com-mercial dispute resolution sys-tem has been waiting for. Thesereports suggest widescalereforms by suggesting the enact-ment of an Act to amend theArbitration and ConciliationAct, 1996, and a “CommercialDivision and CommercialAppellate Division of HighCourts and the CommercialCourts Act” (CommercialDivisions Bill/Act), respective-ly.

In pursuance of its ‘ease ofdoing business’ propaganda andan overall attempt to attractinvestors, the Bharatiya JanataParty government is set to intro-duce these two bills in the budg-et session of Parliament. Ifpassed and implemented, theseenactments are likely to changethe face of commercial disputeresolution in India.

Commercial Divisions Bill/Act

The Commercial DivisionsAct introduces a commercialdivision in every high court hav-ing original jurisdiction (i.e.Madras, Delhi, Bombay,Calcutta and Himachal Pradesh)and commercial courts in suchdistricts, as the Central govern-ment, in consultation with theconcerned State government andChief Justice of the concernedHigh Court, may establish.These specialised courts willresolve all “commercial” dis-

putes of value of over Rs. 1crore. Simultaneously, the juris-dictional limits of all high courtswhich have original side juris-diction would be increased toRs. 1 crore across the country.These disputes will be heard byjudges who not only have abackground in commercial lawsbut will also receive specialtraining in this area.

The Act will have wide ramifi-cations as the term “commer-cial” is widely defined andincludes disputes ranging fromintellectual property rights dis-putes to disputes arising out ofjoint venture agreements andproceedings in aid of arbitra-tions. The Bill provides for a fasttrack mechanism with stringenttimelines. And for the first timeit introduces in the Indian sys-tem the concept of a case man-agement conference wherein aprocedural order is passed priorto trial, setting out a time table(including time-bound oral argu-ments supplemented with writ-ten arguments) which has to bestrictly adhered to. The court isgiven wide powers to ensure thatstrict compliance is enforced.Moreover, the court, too, is man-dated to deliver its judgmentwithin a period of 90 days.

The Bill adopts the “carrot andstick” approach and judiciouslyoffers “carrots” for complianceand provides courts the power towield the “stick” in case of delayby one of the parties. The Billalso makes mandatory the ‘costfollow the event’ regime, where-by, as a general rule, the partyagainst whom the order/judg-ment is passed bears the entirecost of litigation, subject toexceptions where delaying par-ties, even if successful, have tobear part of the cost.

While an earlier version of thisbill had been introduced duringthe United Progressive Allianceregime, the Bill, in the words ofthe Law Commission, did “not

make an effort to fundamentallyalter the litigation culture inIndia” and that the changes sug-gested were “cosmetic” innature. The Rajya Sabha hadraised certain valid concernsincluding the unworkability ofsome of the procedural measuressuggested. The LawCommission has carefully scru-tinised these objections andintroduced procedures whichhave been internationally tested(more specifically in the U.K.and Singapore).

Amendments

An attempt is also being madeto encourage arbitration, whichis a form of alternative disputeresolution wherein private par-ties, usually by consent, appointan arbitral tribunal to adjudicateon the dispute outside of the reg-ular court system. One of themajor problems that haveplagued this system is excessivejudicial intervention and the pro-posed amendments are primarilyaimed at reducing such interven-tions.

“ One of the major problemsthat have plagued the system ofarbitration is excessive judicialintervention, which the pro-posed amendments aim at reduc-ing. ”

Today, interventions by courtshappen at all stages — pre-arbi-tration proceedings for appoint-ment of a tribunal and post-arbi-tration challenges to the award.The proposed amendmentsrestrict the scope of pre-arbitra-tion review to a “prima facie”review of the existence of anarbitration agreement and nar-row down the scope of the chal-lenge of an award by prohibitingan analysis on merits.Specifically, the scope of chal-lenge to a foreign award hasbeen greatly narrowed.

Perhaps the biggest shortfallof the present arbitration regime

is the fact that a successful partyin arbitration is not in a positionto enjoy the fruits of its successfor many years as the mere filingof a petition challenging itsvalidity renders the arbitralaward unenforceable. The LawCommission has suggestedamendments to Section 36 of theAct and a losing party willhenceforth have to satisfy aCourt as to why it is a fit case forthe arbitral award to be stayedand the Court will have powersto order the losing party todeposit part of the award suminto Court.

Another major area where theproposed amendments wouldmake a significant difference isin relation to neutrality of thearbitral tribunal which is consti-tuted. The Supreme Court ofIndia, in Indian Oil v. RajaTransport, has declared a tribu-nal appointed by a public sectorundertaking comprising its ownemployees to be valid subject tocertain narrowly carved outexceptions. This decision issought to be legislatively over-ruled by incorporating theInternational Bar Associationguidelines on conflict of interestas a schedule to the Act.

Further, the proposed amend-ments suggest a more realisticinterest and costs regime, per-mitting compound interest to beawarded and incorporating the“costs follow the event” rule asthe base rule in relation to arbi-tration.

The investment treaty arbitraltribunal in White Industries v.Union of India has held that theIndian system does not provide“effective means” for a foreigninvestor to enforce its rights.The bills proposed to be intro-duced in the budget session notonly expedite commercial dis-pute resolution but also effec-tively disincentivise initiation offrivolous proceedings.

However, enacting a law isonly part of the solution; imple-menting it effectively by select-ing the right personnel is asimportant. Effective implemen-tation of the Lord Woolf reportresulted in eradicating frivolouscommercial litigation in theU.K. — statistics suggest thatthe number of litigations initiat-ed fell by around 80 per cent.Commercial dispute resolutionin our country is at its crossroads and the enactment of theselaws and their implementationover the next couple of yearswould determine whether inIndia the maxim ‘Ubi jus ibiremedium’, i.e. every right has aremedy, translates into some-thing more than a de jure princi-ple.

(Anirudh Krishnan, an advo-cate of the Madras High Court,

has been a consultant to theLaw Commission for draftingthe reports mentioned herein.

E-mail: anirudh@aklawcham-bers.com)

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The Modi government’s decision to engageIslamabad can only be welcomed given the deci-sion to open up to South Asia in a big way.

Several key initiatives of the government are contingenton a peaceful South Asia. And, there is little doubt thata peaceful region will be key to realising India’s owngrowth potential. Even if there has been little change inthe attitude of Pakistan’s permanent establishmenttowards reining in anti-India terror groups, talks held byForeign Secretary S. Jaishankar with his Pakistani coun-terpart Aizaz Chaudhry in Islamabad could hold the keyto the future of the bilateral relationship. The two metafter India abruptly cancelled what were billed as “talksabout talks” between Foreign Secretaries last year fol-lowing a meeting between separatist Hurriyat leadersand the Pakistani envoy in Delhi. As has become thenorm in India-Pakistan relations, the cancellation cameafter Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, along with otherSAARC leaders, was invited to attend Narendra Modi’sswearing-in ceremony last May, raising hopes for a pos-itive engagement. Since then, Pakistani and Indianforces have been exchanging fire intermittently acrossthe Line of Control and the international border. So, theModi government’s decision to send its new ForeignSecretary is a step in the right direction even as a fullresumption of dialogue between the two countries isawaited. Both sides said little that departed from thecustomary exchange of political rhetoric. The Modigovernment has had enough time to understand theissues at hand and must now take a call on how to moveforward with Pakistan. There are two options before thetwo governments — to pick up the threads of the “twoplus six” structured dialogue agreed to in 1997 whichhas made little or no progress — or agree to a new struc-ture more in line with 21st century realities. But giventhe track record of bilateral negotiations, it is unlikelythat the latter option would be pursued. There is no rea-son the two sides should not try to frame a new structureof negotiations that jettison the past agendas. Sir Creek,Siachen, terrorism and Kashmir are all known and iden-tified issues in bilateral ties; even the resolution of the“easier” issues has proved elusive given the blow-hot,blow-cold nature of the relationship. If the oft-repeatedstatement that countries can’t change their neighbours isto have substance, then both Mr. Modi and Mr. Sharifhave a golden opportunity to take bilateral ties to a newlevel. Mr. Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit is a promisingfirst step.

An attempt is alsobeing made to

encourage arbitration,which is a form of

alternative disputeresolution wherein pri-

vate parties, usuallyby consent, appoint an

arbitral tribunal toadjudicate on the dis-

pute outside of theregular court system.

One of the majorproblems that have

plagued this system isexcessive judicial inter-

vention and the pro-posed amendments

are primarily aimed atreducing such inter-

ventions.

A ‘Pak yatra’ as ‘SAARC yatra’?

INTIMATE ENEMY: “A TURNING POINT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN PAKISTAN IS THE PESHAWAR MASSACRE, GIVEN THE INTENSEANGER IT HAS GENERATED, AND THE PUSH FROM THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT ‘THE TERROR WITHIN’.” PICTURE SHOWS A GRIEV-ING MOTHER IN PESHAWAR WHO LOST HER SON IN THE MASSACRE BY TALIBAN GUNMEN.

FARIDABAD, MARCH 08All shops remained shut and

people staged demonstration inprotest against the alleged vandal-isation of vechiles during a schuf-fle between two groups in a hous-ing society at Sector-3 ofBallabhgarh in the district on theHoli day. The demonstration large-ly remained peaceful, which con-tinued for the second day today,even as police increased the forceand also closed the road for traffic,a police official said.

ACP Ballabhgarh GajendraSingh discussed with people abouttheir demands and assured themaction against the accused, whowere still at large, they said,adding following which protestingpeople ended their demonstration.

The agitating people have beendemanding arrest of those respon-sible for hooliganism and alsoaccused police of being a mute

spectator when two men came toharass the protestors.

The ACP also said two vehicles,on which the accused had comeand allegedly attacked the parkedvehicles, have been impounded.

He said the police teams werealready on its way to nab theseculprits in a matter of few days,adding that he would also ask theconcerned SHO to beef up securi-ty in the sector. On the day of Holia minor fight took place on notgiving side to a vehicle as the res-idents were enjoying the dance onthe beats of the drum on the mid-dle of the road. The petty issueturned violent when the residentsbeat up the group of 10-12 menwho came in the SUV. However,some time later the group camealongwith other vehicles armedwith iron rods and attacked theparked vehicles in the sector yes-terday.

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CHANDIGARH, MARCH 08Haryana Agriculture

Minister Om ParkashDhankar on Sunday saidthat the state is all set tointroduce a Bill for "pro-tection and upkeep" ofcows in Budget Session ofthe Assembly beginningtomorrow.

In the proposed 'GovanshSanrakashan and GauSamvardhan (CowProtection and CowConservation andDevelopment) Bill' effortswill be made to ban cowslaughter and for conserva-tion and better care ofindigenous cattle, he said.

"For the scientific testand analysis, governmentis considering to establishlaboratories to differentiatebeef from meat of that ofother animal species. Testreports of these laborato-ries will be valid evidencein the court of law,"Dhankar said adding that

sale of packaged beef hasbeen banned in the state.

The minister noted thatthere were some 3,000cows in the state in 400cow shelters run by NGOs.Besides, some 1.5 lakhcows roam in fields orstreets.

He said that the existingcow sheds will be upgrad-ed and made self-suffi-cient.

"Special efforts will betaken for availability ofBeta ? Carotene and A-2milk protein in the milk ofindigenous cows which arebeneficial for control ofdiabetes and cholesterol inhuman beings and alsoknown for better digestibil-ity.

"The focus will also beon establishing a brand forthe milk of indigenouscows and ensuring A-2milk at remunerativeprices," Dhankar said.

The state will provide

financial and technicalsupport to cow welfareorganisations likeGaushalas, Gau-Grah,Gau-Abhyaranya, Gau-Sadan, Gokul Gram thatare engaged in mainte-nance and care of sick,injured, stray and uneco-nomic cows, he said.

"The government willtake necessary steps to pro-vide incentives for market-ing and processing of milkfrom indigenous cows," headded.

Besides, the state gov-ernment will organise an'Agri

Leadership Summit' atGurgaon between March13 and 15 where Rs 5.70crore will be disbursed toowners of top qualityMurrah buffaloes, Harianaand Sahiwal cows, theminister informed.

From the coming finan-cial year, HaryanaGovernment will provide

subsidy to the tune of 50per cent on establishmentof dairy unit of indigenouscows.

In addition, incentivemoney in the range of Rs10,000 to Rs 20,000 willbe provided to the ownersof top quality indigenouscows, he said.

During the summit, overa lakh farmers will learnthe agriculture productiontechniques, input, directmarketing and other relat-ed intricacies, he said.

More than 20,000 farm-ers are likely to partner inpromoting agriculture pro-duction techniques, induc-tion of new farmer-friendlytechnology, food process-ing and other such uniqueinitiatives at the summitthrough seminars anddebates, he informed.

The Agriculture ministerpointed out that the summit"aims at keeping spotlighton production and the pro-

Haryana govt to introduce Billon banning cow slaughter

AHMEDABAD, MARCH 08A case that brings back

murky memories of 2012Delhi rape case, a 6-year-oldwas brutally assaulted on theeve of Holi at Sola area ofAhmedabad.

The incident surfaces at atime when there's outrageacross the country overNirbhaya documentary.

Kaushal AnilsinghChauhan, 24, a native of UttarPradesh, assaulted the six-year-old girl in Sola area hereon Friday by inserting an ironrod into her private parts, Solapolice station inspector BVGohil said. Chauhan has beenarrested. The officer saidChauhan did not rape theminor but has been bookedunder IPC section 375 (d)

(manipulating any part of thebody of a child so as to causepenetration of the privatepart), as per the new anti-rapelaws and under relevant sec-tions of Protection ofChildren from SexualOffences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

The incident took placewhen the girl was playing atan under-construction sitenear Sola over-bridge, hesaid. According to prelimi-nary investigation, there wassome old rivalry betweenChauhan, who worked assecurity guard at the site, withthe girl's parents, who alsoworked there as labourers,said Gohil. The girl has beensent to Sola civil hospital andher condition is stated to bestable, he added.

People protest against van-dalism in a housing society

PATNA, MARCH 08Bihar Chief Minister Nitish

Kumar will lead JD(U) leaders andworkers while observing a 24-hourfast in the state on March 14 protest-ing against the land acquisition billand other policies of the NDA gov-ernment at the Centre.

The JD(U) has decided to observe24-hour fast on March 14 next toprotest against the NDA govern-ment's land acquisition bill and otherpolicies having wider ramificationfor the country and its people,party's state unit president BashisthaNarayan Singh told reporters.

The party functionaries willobserve the fast at the party officehere, he said.

Simultaneously, party workerswill observe fast at the district andblock levels on the same day to

apprise the people about the pitfallsof the land acquisition bill, Singhsaid.

The JD(U) will also formulate ahost of agitational programmes infuture to sustain its campaignagainst the NDA government on ahost of issues affecting the people,he said.

The state unit JD(U) presidentrefused to get drawn into compari-son after being asked about the for-mer chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhiand his former cabinet colleagues'day-long fast to be observed tomor-row. "Though I have nothing to sayon the fast to be observed by Manjhiand his men tomorrow, one thing isclear that the former chief ministerhas been working at the behest of theBJP for past many months," Singhsaid.

Nitish to lead JD(U) fast on landacquisition bill on March 14

PATNA, MARCH 08Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan

Ram Manjhi on Sunday said theNitish Kumar government shouldhave accorded more priority onremoving poverty than indulging inshowpiece development projects.

"Nitish Kumar believes more inpomp and show instead of develop-ment. He indulges in many thingsthat are not needed with an intentionof becoming an international person-ality," Manjhi, the one time protegeof Kumar, told reporters here.

"Some constructions like theInternational Museum, ConventionCentre, new building for LegislativeAssembly, new residences for legis-lators were not necessary at all as weare fighting against poverty in thestate. There was no need for thesebuildings," Manjhi said.

The former chief Minister said theold Patna Musuem could have beeneasily expanded to cater to the pres-ent day visitors, but Kumar insteadopted for an International Museum.

"Spending Rs 500 or 700 crore onmuseum or other buildings shouldhave been thought about only after

paying attention to the problemsfaced by our people like teachers,contractual workers, policemen andhome guards," he added.

Manjhi resigned from the ChiefMinister's post on February 20 afterholding it for nine months that werefraught with bickering within the JD(U). Kumar replaced him by embark-ing on his fourth term as the CM.

About decisions taken by him but

subsequently annulled by Kumar,Manjhi claimed these were pro-peo-ple and would have had long-termimpact on the betterment of Bihar.

"I noticed that 10 pre cent of thecost of projects was going to contrac-tors as benefits. This amounted to Rs4,000 crore per annum. I thought ifthis money goes to people from thedeprived sections of the society," hesaid.

Nitish govt not keen on realdevelopment of Bihar: Manjhi

Army destroys IEDin AssamGUWAHATI, MARCH 08

A powerful Improvised Explosive Device(IED), weighing about 15 kg, was recoveredand destroyed by the Army in Assam'sChirang district while an activist of MULTAoutfit was nabbed in Dhubri district.

Acting on specific information from thepolice about a suspicious object found onPatiladaha-Panbari Road in the district,troops under the Red Horns Division accom-panied by Army Bomb Disposal personnelcarried out thorough search, a defencespokesman said.

During the search, the IED was foundunder a culvert and was later defused, thespokesman said.

In another incident, a militant of theMuslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam(MULTA) was nabbed in a joint operation bythe Army and police forces from Baijer Algavillage in Dhubri district today, he said.

A 9 mm pistol along with four rounds ofammunition was recovered from his posses-sion.

GUWAHATI, MARCH 08The Nagaland government is yet

to make any arrest in connectionwith Thursday`s incident when amob broke into Dimapur`s high-security central jail and killed arape accused in full public view.

A Nagaland Police official inDimapur said efforts were on toidentify those involved in thekilling of Syed Farid Khan and thatthey would be brought to booksoon.

The Nagaland authoritiesSaturday handed over the body ofKhan to his family in Khatkhatiarea on the Assam-Nagaland bor-der. Later, his body was taken to hisnative village in Assam`sKarimganj district.

Tension has gripped Badarpurarea in the district after the arrivalof the body as the people are agitat-

ed over the brutal killing. Therewas, however, no untoward inci-dent reported from the area.

Khan`s brother Jamal UddinKhan, claimed that his brother wasframed in the rape case as the med-ical examination of the girl, whoalleged rape, indicated that therehad been no sexual assault.

Syed Farid Khan, a 35-year-oldsecond hand car dealer, wasaccused of raping a 20-year-oldNaga woman on February 23 and24 at different locations. Policearrested Khan on February 25 and alower court sent him to judicial cus-tody.

Khan was dragged out of the jailby an angry mob, paraded nakedand then thrashed to death onThursday, forcing the authorities toclamp curfew in Dimapur district.

A Nagaland Police official said

"The situation has improved but wehave decided to continue the curfewin Dimapur. There have been ade-quate deployment of forces in andaround the town to ensure that thereis no backlash."

Meanwhile, the Nagaland andAssam governments put the forceson alert to ensure security to all thenon-locals living in both the states.

Assam Chief Minister TarunGogoi asked police and other secu-rity forces to be alert and said nonon-locals should feel insecure dueto what happened in Dimapur.

Gogoi Saturday blamed the cen-tral government for the incident inDimapur and said the security in thejail was under the central forces,who failed to stop the lynching.

"It is the centre which is responsi-ble for ensuring the security of theinmates," he said.

The Assam chief minister has alsowritten to union Home MinisterRajnath Singh to ensure that properaction was taken against thoseresponsible for thelynching.

He also appealed to NagalandGovernor P.B. Acharya (who is alsoholding charge of Assam) to takenecessary action to ensure that theguilty were booked and punished.

Several organisations in Assam,including the All MinorityStudents` Union, Saturday helddemonstrations at different placesin the state to protest against thebrutal killing.

Nagaland Chief Minister TRZeliang on Friday suspendeddeputy commissioner and superin-tendent of police of Dimapur dis-trict for their failure to tackle thesituation.

No arrest yet in Dimapur lynchingcase; victim's body reaches Assam

GURGAON, MARCH 08Samajwadi Party chief

and parliamentarianMulayam Singh Yadavhas recovered "well"from suspected swine flueven as some tests werestill awaited, doctors atthe Medicity Medantahospital said here onSunday where he isbeing treated.

His son and UttarPradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav, alongwith parliamentarianwife Dimple Yadav, vis-ited him during the day.

Mulayam SinghYadav, a former unionminister and UP chiefminister, was admitted tothe hospital earlySaturday for suspectedswine flu. According todoctors, Yadav had

symptoms of swine fluand has been tested forthe same. Some testreports are still awaited.

AK Dubey, medicalsuperintendent of thehospital told IANS:"Yadav`s condition ismuch well as comparedto Saturday. There was

no fever and the bloodparameters of the patientare clear." "We can`tclearly say that thepatient is suffering fromswine flu as some testsreports are still awaitedwhich are expected tocome by late evening onSunday."

NEW DELHI, MARCH 08The allocation of IAS,

IPS and IFS officers forthe newly-formed state ofTelangana and residuaryAndhra Pradesh has beenfinalised by the Centre.

A total of 133 officers ofIndian AdministrativeService (IAS) have beenallocated Telangana cadre,whereas 161 have beengiven Andhra Pradeshcadre, a gazette notifica-tion issued by the Centresaid.

As many as 95 officersof Indian Police Service(IPS) have been givenTelangana cadre and 116have got Andhra Pradesh.Similarly, 58 officers ofIndian Forest Service(IFS) have got Telanganaand 69 AP cadre, it said.

The allocation of the

three all India servicesofficers is based upon therecommendations of a six-member committee led byformer Central VigilanceCommissioner PratyushSinha.

Earlier, Andhra Pradeshhad a total authorisedstrength of 376 IAS, 258IPS and 149 IFSofficers.

The Ministries ofPersonnel, Home andEnvironment have issued alist mentioning the names,batch and cadre for IAS,IPS and IFS officers,respectively.

Telangana, the country's29th state, came into exis-tence on June 2 last yearand started functioningfrom that day. It was bifur-cated from AndhraPradesh.

Allocation of IAS, IPS, IFS offi-cers to Telangana, AP finalised

Another Nirbhaya-like casein Ahmedabad? 6-year-old

assaulted with iron rod

Mulayam Singh Yadavrecovering well: Doctors

Wanted Maoistarrested inBiharJAMUI, MARCH 08

A Maoist, carrying a reward ofRs 50,000 on his head was arrest-ed from a village in Bihar's Jamuidistrict, a police officer said onSunday. Acting on a tip off, apolice team led by Superintendentof Police (SP), Operation, DNPandey raided Banadih village lastnight and arrested the hardcoreMaoist. He has been identified asJanaki Yadav who was hiding atthe residence of his relative, SPJayant Kant said. A native ofDudhania village of the district,Yadav, said to be a self-styled areaplatoon commander of the pro-scribed CPI (Maoist), was wantedin over a dozen cases of naxal vio-lence, Kant said.

Four children charred todeath in GhaziabadGHAZIABAD, MARCH 08

Four children were charred to deathand another severely injured after analleged explosion of their car loadedwith crackers in Farrukh Nagar here,police said on Sunday. Aksha (6),Farhaan (8), Sarika (3) and Farhan (8)lost their lives after they entered a carparked outside their house and fullyloaded with crackers, exploded todayin Farrukh Nagar town underSahibabad police station area, ASPVipin Tada said. The fifth child Krish(7) sustained severe burn injuries andhas been admitted to a private hospi-tal, he said. Aksha and Farhaan werethe children of Rizwan; Sarika, thedaughter of Furkhan; Farhan, son ofSazid and Krish belonged to Praveen,police said. The incident was a resultof negligence on part of the car ownerRizwan who had parked the unlockedcar loaded with fire crackers outsidehis house, following which the chil-dren playing outside entered the car,SHO Upendra Yadav said.

The CentralI n t e l l i g e n c eAgency will make

one of the biggest over-hauls in its nearly 70-yearhistory, aimed in part atsharpening its focus oncyber operations andincorporating digital inno-vations, CIA director JohnBrennan said.

Brennan said he is cre-ating new units within theCIA, called "mission cen-tres," intended to concen-trate the agency's focus onspecific challenges orgeographic areas, such asweapons proliferation orAfrica.

The CIA director saidhe also is establishing anew "Directorate ofDigital Innovation" tolead efforts to track andtake advantage ofadvances in cyber tech-nology to gather intelli-gence.

Historically, electroniceavesdroppers at theNational Security Agencyhave been at the cuttingedge of digital innovationwithin the US govern-ment. But the CIA felt thatit had to reorganize tokeep up with the techno-logical "pace of change,"as one official put it.

Brennan said the newdigital directorate willhave equal status withinthe agency with four otherdirectorates which haveexisted for years.

"Our ability to carry outour responsibilities forhuman intelligence andnational security responsi-bilities has become morechallenging" in today'sdigital world, Brennansaid. "And so what weneed to do as an agency ismake sure we're able tounderstand all of theaspects of that digitalenvironment."

Brennan briefed a smallgroup of reporters on thechanges on Wednesday,on the condition they didnot publish until he toldCIA employees on Friday.

Stepping up the CIA'sexpertise in cyberspacemay help it counter tech-nological innovations andsophisticated use of socialmedia by militant groupssuch as Islamic State. Itcould also mitigate whatU.S. officials have said isdamage to intelligencegathering caused by for-mer NSA and CIA con-tractor Edward Snowden.

The 10 new "missioncentres" will bring togeth-er CIA officers withexpertise from across theagency's range of disci-plines to concentrate onspecific intelligence targetareas or subject matter,Brennan said.

Competition betweenspy agencies and betweenunits within agencies hasled to "stove piping" ofinformation that should

have been widely sharedand to critical informationfalling through bureau-cratic cracks, Brennan andother U.S. intelligenceofficials said.

"I know there are seamsright now, but what we'vetried to do with these mis-sion centres is cover theentire universe, regionallyand functionally, and sosomething that's going onin the world falls into one

of those buckets,"Brennan said.

The CIA currently oper-ates at least two suchinterdisciplinary centres,covering counter-terror-ism and counter-intelli-gence.

Reaction to the CIAreorganization was mostlypositive, although someveterans acknowledged itwill likely prompt bureau-

cratic friction within thespy agency.

"I think that this willstrengthen the CIA signif-icantly over time," formerCIA acting director anddeputy director MichaelMorell said.

"There are short termcosts...A lot of things towork out," Morell added."And there are going tobe...senior people with

heartburn."

Sen. Richard Burr,chairman of the SenateIntelligence Committee,praised Brennan's moves.

"This reorganizationwas driven not by anyinstitutional failure, butby the realization that theworld has changed overthe course of the last 70years. In many ways, theDirector's proposal is long

overdue," Burr said in astatement.

Created in 1947, theCIA is divided into fourmajor directorates. Two -the Directorate of Scienceand Technology, whichamong other activitiesinvents spy gadgets, andthe Directorate ofSupport, which handlesadministrative and logisti-cal tasks - will retain theirnames.

NEW DELHI | MONDAY | MARCH 09, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. The currency convertibility concept in its originalform originated inA. Wells AgreementB. Bretton Woods AgreementC. Taylors AgreementD. None of the above\

2. In the state of India, the State Financial Corporationhave given assistance mainly to developA. agricultural farmsB. cottage industryC. large-scale industriesD. medium and small-scale industries

3. The central co-operative banks are in direct touchwithA. farmersB. state co-operative banksC. land development banksD. central government

4. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up inA. 1794 B. 1894C. 1896 D. 1902

5. States earn maximum revenue throughA. land revenueB. custom revenueC. commercial taxesD. excise duties on intoxicants

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(B), 2 (D), 3(B), 4(B), 5(C)

TODAY’S STARARIES A relationship that may have in the past been based primarily

on intellectual interests may take a sudden turn towardromance. If you aren't careful, Aries, this could turn into anobsession! Relax and enjoy it, but accept your partner as heor she is - warts and all! There are indications of possiblechanges in your life, either on a personal or business level.

TAURUS If you've been feeling under the weather, expect to feel strongertoday than you were before, Taurus. Your enthusiasm is up and newideas are flowing into your brain. Whatever you work on today shouldreally stand out. You will experience a new sense of power and opti-mism. Don't be too intense, though. Others might get the wrongimpression. Be your usual sensitive self and all will be fine.

GEMINI Creative projects may take on a new intensity now. New ideas andvisions may appear out of nowhere. Whatever you're working oncould have new meaning for you and others. Your physical energy isdriven by your efforts to express yourself, so you might keep work-ing for a long time. Sex and romance also take a center stage in yourpriorities, Gemini. You feel passionate about everything!

CANCER Expect some changes in your household today, Cancer. You couldfinally be making some repairs or remodeling or redecorating. It'salso possible that someone could move in or out. A visitor could alsocome to your door with interesting information that could changeyour life in some way. Whatever happens, don't expect a peacefulevening at home. There's likely to be a lot of activity!

LEO You're a sociable person with a gift for small talk and interestingdiscussions. Today you will find some amazing information thatwill keep your conversations fascinating for months. It couldinvolve a new discovery, possibly in a foreign land. A friend or rel-ative you haven't seen for a while could reappear. This is a dayfull of surprises, Leo, so be prepared for just about anything!

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LIBRA You could be planning a major journey of some kind, Libra. Itmay be a long vacation or travel to foreign countries, or itcould be an intellectual or spiritual journey into new schools ofthought. Your mind is sharp now, so you will learn quickly andretain more. This is a good time to play detective, or perhapsyou will simply want to lose yourself in a good mystery novel.

SCORPIO You're practical and down to Earth, Scorpio. Today your intu-ition is more active than usual. You might receive some pow-erful messages from the higher planes that open up newdoors for you. Don't ignore them. Think about what's in thembefore you accept or reject them. You could also tune in morestrongly than usual to the thoughts and feelings of others.

SAGITTARIUSTravel by air seems possible today, Sagittarius. The appeal of for-eign countries may be too strong to resist. If you don't have a pass-port, you'd better apply! Friends may be planning a trip abroad andinvite you to accompany them. Your sense of adventure shouldensure that you won't say no, but if you're tempted to for any reason,reconsider! Travel is important to you right now.

CAPRICORN The Universe is encouraging you to listen today, Capricorn.This isn't a day for polemic speeches. It isn't a day to try to winothers over to your point of view. Really listen to what yourfriends, loved ones, colleagues, and neighbors say with all ofyour attention and empathy. You will strengthen your bondswith everyone and may be surprised at what you learn.

AQUARIUS Sudden opportunities for advancement may come your waytoday, Aquarius. Innovative ideas may have paved the way foryou, so your skills and abilities are appreciated now. A newawareness of your objectives has made your own path clearer toyou, and you may be ready to make your plans a reality. Don't beafraid to take the lead if necessary. You're a natural leader!

PISCES New and expansive ideas for investing time or funds couldmake a big difference to your future income. Today you feelespecially in control of your life. You should have the power toput your plans in motion. All signs look good for new goals andnew enterprises. As long as you hang onto your self-confi-dence, you should be able to make them a reality. Go for it!

Self-driving cars could generatebillions of dollars a year in rev-enue from mobile internet serv-

ices and products, even if occupantsspend only a fraction of their freetime on the web, according to a newstudy by McKinsey & Company.

The study, released Thursday, alsoprojects that widespread adoption ofself-driving cars could lead to a 90percent reduction in U.S. vehiclecrashes, with a potential savings ofnearly $200 billion a year from sig-nificantly fewer injuries and deaths.

In addition, the McKinsey studywarns of several risks to establishedcompanies, including vehicle manu-facturers, dealers and even insurancecompanies.

McKinsey projects that future own-ers of self-driving cars could save upto 50 minutes a day, some of which islikely to be spent surfing the web.

The consulting firm estimates theadditional free time in the car couldgenerate about $5.6 billion a year indigital revenue for each additionalminute that vehicle occupants spendon the internet - as much as $140 bil-lion if half their free time in the car,or roughly 25 minutes, is devoted todaily web surfing and shopping.

The revenue may be divided amongthe vehicle manufacturers, theirmajor hardware and software suppli-ers and web-based providers ofgoods, information and services.

In the future, "people will be ableto shop for services or products from

their mobile devices or from embed-ded systems in the vehicle," saidHans-Werner Kaas, senior partnerand head of McKinsey's automotivepractice. McKinsey said that whiletraditional automakers, especiallypremium brands such as DaimlerAG's Mercedes-Benz andVolkswagen AG's Audi, already arebeginning to implement advanceddriver assistance systems on theircars, they face new challenges infielding fully autonomous cars from"attackers," non-traditional compa-nies that do not have legacy vehicleplatforms or sales and service net-works.

Those outside challengers include

such newcomers as Tesla Motors Inc,as well as tech giants such as AppleInc and Google Inc, both of which arepoised to build self-driving cars.

The gradual shift to self-drivingcars, which may automakers don'texpect to accelerate until after 2025,could trigger other profound changesin the auto industry. Those include ashift among insurers from coveringrisk of human error to risk of techni-cal failure; a shift from franchiseddealer service to independent shopswhere autonomous vehicles can drivethemselves for repairs and mainte-nance, and fewer trips to the shop asmore cars are diagnosed and updatedwirelessly.

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Hundreds of millions of Windows PC users arevulnerable to attacks exploiting the recentlyuncovered "FREAK" security vulnerability,

which was initially believed to only threaten mobiledevices and Mac computers, Microsoft Corp warned.

News of the vulnerability surfaced on Tuesdaywhen a group of nine security experts disclosed thatubiquitous Internet encryption technology couldmake devices running Apple Inc's iOS and Mac oper-ating systems, along with Google Inc's Androidbrowser vulnerable to cyber-attacks.

Microsoft released a security advisory on Thursdaywarning customers that their PCs were alsovulnerable to the "FREAK" vulnerability.

The weakness could allow attackson PCs that connect with Webservers configured to use encryptiontechnology intentionally weakened tocomply with U.S. government regulations banningexports of the strongest encryption.

If hackers are successful, they could spy on communi-cations as well as infect PCs with malicious software, theresearchers who uncovered the threat said on Tuesday.

The Washington Post on Tuesday reported that white-house.gov and fbi.gov were among the sites vulnerable tothese attacks, but that the government had secured them.

Security experts said the vulnerability was relativelydifficult to exploit because hackers would need to usehours of computer time to crack the encryption beforelaunching an attack.

"I don't think this is a terribly big issue, but onlybecause you have to have many ducks in a row," said IvanRistic, director of engineering for cyber-security firmQualys Inc .

That includes finding avulnerable web server, breaking the key,finding a vulnerable PC or mobile device, then gainingaccess to that device.

Microsoft advised system administrators to employ aworkaround to disable settings on Windows servers thatallow use of the weaker encryption. It said it was investi-gating the threat and had not yet developed a securityupdate that would automatically protect Windows PCusers from the threat.

Apple said it had developed a software update toaddress the vulnerability, which would be pushed out tocustomers next week.

Google said it had also developed a patch, which it pro-vided to partners that make and distribute Androiddevices.

Microsoft Warns Windows PCs AlsoVulnerable to FREAK Attacks

CIA to Make Sweeping Changes, Focus More on Cyber-Ops

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SYDNEY, MARCH 08All-rounder Glenn Maxwell

led a brutal Australian assaultwith his maiden ODI hundredas the four-time winners over-came a spirited Sri Lanka by64 runs and inched closer tosecuring a quarterfinals berthin the cricket World Cup, hereon Sunday.

Opting to bat in the Pool Amatch, Australia posted amammoth 376 for nine againsta hapless Sri Lanka side,before the islanders' inningsended at 312 in 46.2 overs.

Kumar Sangakkara tried tomake a match of it, notchingup his 24th ODI ton during aninnings that saw him complete14,000 runs in this format,only the second player afterSachin Tendulkar to reach themilestone.

After the veteranSangakkara's dismissal,Dinesh Chandimal kept SriLanka alive with a swashbuck-ling 24-ball 52, but theislanders were rocked after thebatsman was forced to retirehurt at a crucial juncture due toa hamstring injury.

Earlier, besides Maxwell'sswashbuckling 53-ball 102,which was the second fastestWorld Cup hundred, theAustralian scorecard was stud-

ded with three fluent half-cen-turies in a formidable middle-order batting performance.

Maxwell got to the three-fig-ure mark in just 51 balls, just

one short of the World Cuprecord held by Ireland's KevinO'Brien.

Skipper Michael Clarke (68),Steve Smith (72) and all-

rounder Shane Watson (67)showed rampaging form dur-ing the course of their fifties asAustralia sent the Lankans on aleather hunt in front of apacked house at the historicSydney Cricket Ground.

When their turn to bat came,Sri Lanka were served well bySangakkara's 24th ODI centu-ry, Tillakaratne Dilshan (62)and Chandimal. Sangakkara hit11 boundaries whileChandimal struck eight foursand a six.

But in the end their effortsproved to be much less thanwhat was required, with theasking rate heading north witheach delivery.

Chandimal retiring hurt atthe start of the 42nd overaffected the Lankans' momen-tum and they failed to recoverfrom that blow, losing skipperAngelo Mathews and ThisaraPerera in quick succession.

When Chandimal walkedout, Sri Lanka were 280 forfour with the game seeminglyheading towards a close finish.But the Australians capitalisedby taking a couple of quick

wickets to shut the door on theopposition.

James Faulkner emerged asthe most successful bowlerfrom the Australian side,returning impressive figures ofthree for 48, while there weretwo wickets apiece forMitchell Starc and MitchellJohnson, who made a come-back after being hit for sixboundaries in an over byDilshan at the start of Lankaninnings.

For the hapless Lankans,pace spearhead Lasith Malingawas the only bowler to hold hisown with figures of 2/59 in hisquota of 10 overs.

The Aussies, left rattled by aone-wicket loss to NewZealand in their previousmatch, came out all guns blaz-ing today and even thoughexplosive opener DavidWarner (9) was out early, thehosts simply decimated the SriLankan bowling attack.

The assault started withClarke and Smith combiningfor a 134-run third-wicketstand during which the skip-per's confident demeanour put

to rest any speculation regard-ing his fitness after a hamstringsurgery, which had createddoubts about his participationin the World Cup.

While Smith smashed sevenfours and a six during his 88-ball stay in the middle, Clarkestruck half a dozen fours and asix in his 68-ball knock.

This was followed by a bru-tal assault by Maxwell, duringwhich the imposing all-round-er whacked 10 fours and foursixes, completely taking thewind out Sri Lanka's sail.

The ferocity and disdain withwhich he hit the islanders allover the park had the packedstadium on its feet even as theLankans scurried for cover.

He shared a 160-run fifth-wicket stand with fellow all-rounder Watson, who roaredback to form after a prolongedwretched run with the bat,striking seven fours and a cou-ple of sixes in a 41-ball effort.

For the Lankans, ThisaraPerera also picked up a coupleof wickets in his nine overs butthey cost a whopping 87runs.

ICC World Cup: Glenn Maxwell's swashbuck-ling ton powers Australia to 64-run win

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 8 Olympic bronze medallist Saina

Nehwal’s quest for becoming thefirst Indian woman to win the mostprestigious All England badmintonchampionship ended in agony aftershe suffered a heart—breaking lossto Spain’s Carolina Marin in thesummit clash here today.

The World No. 3 Indian let go ofa huge opportunity to script historyas she squandered an openinggame lead to go down 21-16 14-217-21 to the reigning world champi-on in the women’s singles finalthat lasted for little over an hour.

Olympic bronze medallist,Saina, thus, failed to emulate herlong-time coach PullellaGopichand (2001) and legendaryPrakash Padukone (1980), whohad won the prestigious title in thepast.

Saina, who has been competingat the All England since 2007, hadnever lost to Carolina and lookedon course for an encore before theWorld No. 6 Spaniard scripted aremarkable comeback in the sec-ond game to put paid to theIndian’s hopes at the BarclaycardArena.

A billion hopes rode on Saina asshe geared up for the finals withcricket legend Sachin Tendulkaralso wishing her luck throughsocial networking site twitter, butthe Indian ace failed to live up tothe expectation.

After suffering heartbreaks at thesemifinals of the event in 2010 and2013, it was yet another case of sonear yet so far for the girl fromHyderabad, who has at least 16international titles in her kitty.

After dominating the openinggame completely, Saina was lead-ing 11-9 in the second but loststeam after the break, as Carolinafought back brilliantly and baggedeight out of the last nine points.

In the decider, Carolina stampedher authority with her sharpsmashes and better movement to

completely make it a one-sidedcontest as Saina could only watchher hopes go up in smoke.

Saina, who had defeatedCarolina in the finals of the SyedModi International championshipat Lucknow in January early thisyear, started as the hot favourite.

Sporting a black dress, Sainastarted off with an unforced errorbut soon brought out her power-packed smashes to lead 4-2. Theleft handed Carolina concededpoints in unforced errors to allowSaina lead 8-4 but every time theSpaniard won a point her celebra-tion was vocal, perhaps to putmental pressure on the Indian.

Saina exploited the chinks inCarolina’s defence as she drew herclose to the net and gathered pointsto go into the break with a 11-6lead.

Carolina showed her brilliancethrough her exceptional smashesand soft touches at the nets but

they faded in front of Saina’s bril-liance as the Indian led 14-8.

Carolina lacked the variety ordeception to trouble Saina as shemoved into game point at 20-11when her rival found the net. TheSpaniard, however, was not goingto give it away easily as she savedfour straight game points beforethe Indian closed it with a brutalsmash.

The second game saw the duoplaying some excruciating ralliesearly on but Saina’s dominancewas written all over it as the Indianled 6-1. Carolina reduced the gapto 5-6 but Saina waited for herrival to commit errors and wentinto the interval with a 11-9 lead.

After the break, Carolina swungthe momentum in her favour as shevaried the pace and fought firewith fire in the rallies to quicklyget into the lead at 12-11 for thefirst time in the match.

The Spaniard increased the gap

to 17-14 with the help of betterplacement and accurate strokes.She moved into a six game pointadvantage with a smash and thenroared back into the contest whenthe Indian hit wide.

In the decider, Carolina onceagain led 3-1 early on and soonzoomed to 6-2 as there was a visi-ble change in Saina’s demeanour.Her strokes started going way-ward, even her service returnswent wide and her movement grewslower.

Carolina’s smashes found theIndian napping on more than oneoccasion and another unforcederror meant the Spaniard was lead-ing 11-4 at the break.

The pressure of playing in thefinals probably got to her asSaina’s game crumbled inexplica-bly. In the end, it was a down-the-line smash from Carolina, whichput the lid on her All Englanddreams.

Sensational Saina sails intoAll England finals

NAPIER, MARCH 08The New Zealand jug-

gernaut continued to roll inthe cricket World Cup asthey defeated a spiritedAfghanistan by six wicketsfor their fifth win in a rowin Pool A, here on Sunday.

Chasing a modest 187,New Zealand rompedhome with 13.5 overs tospare with opener MartinGuptill being their topscorer with a 57-runknock. Afghanistan owedtheir total to NajibullahZadran (56) and SamiullahShenwari (54), who struckfighting fifties after left-arm spinner Daniel Vettorirocked their middle-orderwith a four-wicket hauland in the process the vet-eran New Zealand bowlertouched the 300-ODIwickets milestone.

Vettori broke the back ofthe Afghanistan battingorder by taking four wick-ets at the expense of just 18runs as the Asian nation

posted a modest 186.Electing to bat, the teamfrom the troubled nationwas in a spot of bother,having lost six wicketswith just 59 runs on theboard but Zadran andShenwari revived theirinnings with some grittybatting.

However, the total wastoo small for their bowlersto defend against a teamwhich is in great form.Skipper BrendonMcCullum yet again pro-vided a fiery start to theKiwis as he blasted 42 runsoff just 18 balls. He strucksix fours and cleared theboundary ropes one time.

After his dismissal, therun-rate dipped but Kiwiskept going calmy towardsthe victory target even asthe Afghans fought theirhearts out. KaneWilliamson (33) andGuptill added 58 runs forthe second wicket beforethe former's run out. Ross

Taylor came to the creaseand reamined their till therun-chase buisness wasfinished.

Earlier, Kiwi pacemanTrent Boult (3/34)accounted for JavedAhmadi (1) in the third ballof the second over andVettori removed the otheropener Usman Ghani (0).Ghani could not even openhis account as Vettori cas-tled him. When Vettoribowled Nawroz Mangal(27) for his second wicketin the 16th over, Vettoribecame the first Kiwibowler to claim 300 wick-ets in ODIs.

Later he added scalps ofrival skipper MohammadNabi (6) and Afsar Zazai(0). It was Zadran, whotook the Kiwi attack by thescruff of its neck, hitting a-run-ball 56, which waslaced with 10 boundaries,including two sixes. It washis second One-day half-century.

Cricket World Cup 2015: NewZealand record another easy win,defeat Afghanistan by 6 wickets

MUMBAI, MARCH 08Skipper Vinay Kumar took

five for 34 as defending cham-pions Karnataka skittled outTamil Nadu for 134 on theopening day of the RanjiTrophy cricket tournamentfinal, which saw 14 wicketstumble at the Wankhede stadi-um in Mumbai on Sunday.

The holders wrapped up theTamil Nadu first-innings in62.4 overs, just 28 minutesafter the tea session.

At stumps, Karnataka werestruggling at 45 for four after14 overs, trailing by 89 runs.

Tamil Nadu batsmen startedthe innings with a cautiousapproach and kept consumingballs.

Electing to field, Karnatakabowlers made the best use of

the slightly green top wicketand made early inroads.

Vinay Kumar started the slidein the seventh over, when hetrapped opener Murali Vijay legbefore, leaving Tamil Nadu at13 for one.

He struck again two overslater to get rid off BabaAparajith (1) with an inswing-ing delivery, which sneakedthrough the young batsman’sdefences.

Dinesh Karthik scored 11 off20 balls but was unlucky to begiven caught behind as the ballhad grazed his chest, furtherreducing the side to 34 forthree.

Tamil Nadu kept losing wick-ets at regular intervals and thepressure kept mounting withthe runs trickling in at a snail’s

pace.Things didn’t improve for

Tamil Nadu as Vijay Shankarwas plumb leg before to aVinay Kumar delivery, leavingthe side reeling at 49 for four.

The Tamil Nadu captain,however, couldn’t capitalise onthe reprieve.

Indrajith and MalolanRangarajan did the repair jobfor the side and added 31 runsfor the seventh wicket. Off—spinner Rangarajan (11) per-ished when he gloved a short-pitched ball from AbhimanyuMithun to leave his side stum-bling at 100 for seven.

Apart from Vinay Kumar’sfive-for, Mithun scalped threefor 54, while H S Sharath andAravind Shreenath picked up awicket apiece.

In reply, Karnataka, too, fal-tered in their first innings, los-ing three wickets for 16, asTamil Nadu sought to make afightback.

Opener KL Rahul (1) retiredhurt in the fourth over after tak-ing a single. He had hurt him-self while fielding. It signalledKarnataka’s slide as they lostthe other opener R Samarth inthe next ball.

Samarth struck three fours inhis 17-ball 14 before beingcaught at second slip by MuraliVijay off LaxmipathyBalaji.

The title holders lost ShishirBhavane in the next over, whenIndrajith caught him at the thirdslip off PrasanthParameswaran. Leading runscorer for this season with 912

runs, Robin Uthappa, failed toscore a run. He was caught byIndrajith at third slip off Balajiin the sixth over.

Balaji struck again to dismissManish Pandey (6) in the 12thover leaving Karnataka totter-ing at 31 for four.

Karun Nair (9 not out) hadnight watchman AbhimanyuMithun (14 not out) for compa-ny at the end of day’s play.Brief scores:

Tamil Nadu (1st innings):134 all out (Abhinav Mukund35, Baba Indrajith 27, AswinCrist 21; R Vinay Kumar 5 for34, Abhimanyu Mithun 3 for54)

Karnataka (1st innings): (RSamarth 14, AbhimanyuMithun 14 not out, Karun Nair9 not out).

Ranji final: 14 wickets fall on opening day

The actor who has beenmissing in action afterhis last outing One By

Two, talks about his plans

He’s been missing in action.We haven’t seen Abhay Deolon or off screen for quite awhile. Has he moved to theUS permanently? Deol whoseunderstated performances inDev D, Shanghai and ZindagiNa Milegi Dobaara made himone of the most natural actorsseems to have cut loose fromthe film industry. In an aninterview from the USA,Abhay clears the air about hisfuture.

It’s been a while since wesaw you on screen. Whereare you? Have you migratedto the US?

(Laughs) I haven’t migratedto the US!

Your last Bollywood outingOne By Two proved to bedamaging on many counts.In hindsight, do you think itwas premature for you toturn producer?

Nope, I learnt a lot in myouting as a producer and it hasopened many new doors forme. In life you only learn bytaking chances.

You also took on the musicmafia in Bollywood. Is therea sense of vinidication sincenow Zee Music has openedup as a feasible alternativeroute for movie producersto release their sound-tracks?

It’s good that Zee hasopened up their own compa-ny. I hope in the future, film-makers have more than one ortwo choices. For a market tothrive, there has to be a levelplaying field for all profes-sionals.

In spite of such thoughtfulperformances in recentfilms like Shanghai andChakrvayuha why do wesee so little of you onscreen?

It’s a media-driven worldand I guess I need to be moremedia savvy. I’m also verypicky with my films. It’s hardto find the right fit. After somany years I still need to fitin! I’ve heard many peoplesay that to me. Maybe that istrue maybe or maybe that isnot, I believe if a filmmakerwants to work with you and

use you for what you havethen he/she will do it. That’show both Oye Lucky andDev.D happened.

Do you think Americanfilmmakers take Bollywoodseriously?

American filmmakers. as Ihave understood, look atBollywood with an amusedcuriosity. Musicals, tradition-ally, are rare in Hollywood, sothat automatically puts all ofBollywood into one genre.Bollywood also relies muchmore on spectacle thanHollywood barring the super-hero movies. Bollywood forthem is a genre by itself. Theword brings up images ofbright colours, music, specta-cle, beautiful women andmuscular men. Funnilyenough, most of them haven’tseen any Bollywood film butthe name is something theyare aware of. Oxford diction-ary, zindabad!

Which films so far havebeen the most satisfying andmost unfulfilling for you?

Most satisfying would beDev.D, Shanghai andManorama Six Feet Under.They were heavily driven bythe characters. Least satisfy-ing would be the ones where Ididn’t have much to do. Ileave that to you to decide!

You’ve always been a bit ofa maverick. I remember youdid a course in welding?

Ups and downs come and

go, the important thing is tolive them fully and under-stand them. The more experi-ences you have, the more youunderstand as long as youremain open.

Any chances of turningdirector in the near future?

Right now, most of myfocus is on the acting and pro-ducing front. All my energiesare concentrated on makingthe next film that will breakthe mold. I have no plans toturn director, I wouldn’t gothere until I feel sure that I amready.

When do we see you andPreeti Desai tie the knot?How would you define your

relationship with her?

(Laughs) I’m often askedthis question! Not anytimesoon. I don’t define relation-ships that can’t be. It’s every-thing and nothing at the sametime. The kind that that makesyou learn how to live and howto be.

When do you return toIndia?

I will return soon. I’m hav-ing too much fun here in theUS! I have two confirmedprojects back at home, a bigcommercial film and a smalloff beat radical one. I mayhave found the perfect bal-ance.Subscribe to me onYouTube

'Lather, rinse, repeat'is no longer themantra to shiny,

silky hair. The 'No Poo'movement has taken theWest by storm, with every-one from Gwyneth Paltrowto Robert Pattinson andAdele ditching the shampoo.

Believing that chemicalslike sodium lauryl sulfateand sodium laureth sulfate inshampoos adversely affectthe scalp and hair, more andmore people are choosing towash their hair with plainwater or baking soda. As thephenomenon seeps intoIndia, women here too canfind their own substitutes forshampoos — the magicpotion for beautiful tressesmay just be in your kitchen.Chamomile tea

We've all heard howchamomile tea is good forour health. Turns out, it's justas good for hair too.Chamomile is known to pre-vent the scalp from dryingand also softens hair, makingit a good hair cleanser. Pourstrained chamomile tea over

wet hair, massage the scalpand rinse it off with water.And yes, it smells wonderfultoo!

Amla (Indian gooseberry)Remember how your

granny sneered at the fancyshampoos in the bathroom

closet and trusted her home-made amla paste instead?Well, she was right. Amlacontains vitamin C that pre-

vents scalp infections andeven boasts of deep condi-tioning properties, whichleave hair smoother. Washyour hair with amla twice aweek and your hair won'tmiss shampoo.Lemon

Given the pollution in ourcountry, lemon is a goodalternative for a haircleanser. It has anti-bacterialproperties that help in keep-ing the scalp clean and non-greasy. Dilute the lemonjuice with water. Apply thelemon rinse on your scalpand massage well. Leave onfor a few moments andrinse.Beer

You may curse it for yourbeer belly, but beer is a mir-acle worker in the shower.Not only does it act as acleanser, but also adds vol-ume to the hair. The carbo-hydrates in beer are believedto hydrate hair, while thewheat proteins strengthen it.So next time, pour the beerbottle over your hair insteadof chugging it down.

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Go the desi way with no shampoo

They had a success-ful run for almostfour years and five

seasons – the first weekof the sixth season waspretty good with respectto ratings. This successof Aahat prompted thechannel and the makersto take a big leap of faith.They have no decided tomake Aahat a weeklyshow, which will air fourtimes a week fromMonday to Thursday.This new schedule willcommence from March23, 2015. The show willbe aired at the 11pmtimeslot.

That’s not all;Fireworks Productionhas also roped in thesexy siren – SunnyLeone to play a pivotalpart in one of theepisodes. And no this isnot for the promotions ofEk Paheli Leela.Incidentally, Sunny willbe the first B-townactress associated withthis show – so we hear.

While it would begreat to see Sunny Leoneon the small screen, wewonder if she’s be able topull off a role like we’veseen in Aahat – melodra-matic and mostly alwaysover the top. Well we areeagerly waiting to seethis special episode star-ring Sunny, aren’t you?

Sunny Leone tofeature in Aahat! Abhay Deol: I have two confirmed

projects in hand- a big commercialfilm and a small off beat one

The Star Wars actor madeheadlines when he crashed aplane at a golf course in Los

AngelesBeing a fan of a legendary actor,

you would not wish to see yourfavourite star for the first time whenhe has been seriously injured. Butthat’s what happened with DrSanjay Khurana, who was present atthe golf course where HarrisonFord’s plane was crashed. WhenIndian-American doc reached thecrash site, he could see that the pilotwas seriously injured, but it took amoment for him to recognize that it

was none other than Harrison Fordhimself.“I’m a child of the ’80s, Iam big fan of Mr Ford”, saidKhurana, an Indian-American spinesurgeon.”My initial fear was thiswas going to be one of those veryserious, very tragic injuries rightaway. Fortunately, he was remark-ably intact,” he added. But once hechecked all the vital signs of life, DrKhurana was relieved that his child-hood hero was not seriously injured.

“I don’t think I would have everimagined waking up that morning,that after an early day of surgery, I’dsee an airplane crash,” he said.

Harrison Ford’s rescuer, anIndian American doctor,

turns out to be his big fan!

According to the latestreport, DeepikaPadukone is going to

wear 20 kg armour for SanjayLeela Bhansali’s upcoming peri-od drama ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Thefilm brings together the on andoff screen couple, Ranveer Singhand Deepika Padukone secondtime after ‘Ram Leela’.

Throwing light on the newproject, Deepika will playMastani in the film and she willbe seen performing few actionsequences. To make the characterlook more authentic, the actresswill be wearing heavy armourweighing around 20 kg.

A source reveals, “She is cur-rently preparing for one of hertoughest shoots. For certain partsof the film, she will have to wearan armour weighing over 20 kg.”

Deepika will also have to per-form action scenes in it. “It is anintense war sequence and she hasbeen learning sword fighting,among other things, for the same.She has now begun wearing thecostume and practising her stuntsas she will have to look effortlesson screen,” adds the source.

Earlier, Deepika had worn a

ghagra weighing 30 kgs in 'Ram-Leela'. For the character ofMastani, Deepika is also takinglessons in martial arts and swordfighting. Meanwhile, the shoot-ing of the movie has alreadystarted with Ranveer Singh andPriyanka Chopra who is playingKashibai, the great Maratha war-rior Bajirao’s first wife. Deepikawill now join the cast and crew in

Rajasthan on March 8.Sanjay Leela Bhansali's direc-

torial venture 'Bajirao Mastani'also stars Aditya Pancholi as thevillain.

The periodic drama is based onPeshwa Baji Rao and his roman-tic saga with his first wifeKashibai and second wifeMastani. The film will hit thetheatres on December 25, 2015.

Deepika Padukone to wear 20kg armour in ‘Bajirao Mastani’