P16&17 The floorboards creak and the lights flicker. Mysterious figures stalk the halls. Anguished shrieks and cries can be heard all night long. You may claim not to believe in the supernatural, but are you willing to spend a night in these spooky places? HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 27°C 32 PAGES ` 3 ‘OUTSIDERS SCRIPTING OLD CITY FLARE-UPS’ City police chief Anurag Sharma suspects that a gang or gangs from outside are stoking the communal fire. REPORT ON P3 DON'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS FOCUS NOW SHIFTS TO HYDERABAD Having achieved some sort of stability after the Union Cabinet expansion where the State got a fair share of berths, the focus of the party organisation is now shifted to strengthening of the APCC and grassroots. The leadership agrees that challenge for Congress in Andhra Pradesh now is to strengthen the party cadres, especially in the wake of political activism by rivals like the TDP and YSR the Congress. RICHA KARTHI’S BIRYANI A day after Hansika confirmed that she’s going to play the lead role in Karthi’s upcoming Tamil film Biryani, Richa Gangopadhyay has clarified why she had to opt out of the project. She was supposed to play the lead role, but the film’s director Venkat Prabhu chose Hansika just before the film was about to go on floor. P21 P5 OPTS OUT OF N SHIVA KUMAR
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P16&17
The floorboards creak and thelights flicker. Mysterious figures stalk the halls.
Anguished shrieks and cries can be heard allnight long. You may claim not to believe in
the supernatural, but are you willing to spenda night in these spooky places?
HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 HYDERABAD WWW.POSTNOON.COM WEATHER: A MIX OF CLOUDY AND CLEAR SKIES; 27°C 32 PAGES `3
‘OUTSIDERSSCRIPTING OLD CITYFLARE-UPS’City police chief Anurag Sharmasuspects that a gang or gangsfrom outside are stoking thecommunal fire.
REPORT ON P3
DON'T TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
FOCUS NOWSHIFTS TOHYDERABAD Having achieved somesort of stability afterthe Union Cabinetexpansion where theState got a fair share ofberths, the focus of theparty organisation isnow shifted tostrengthening of theAPCC and grassroots. The leadership agreesthat challenge forCongress in AndhraPradesh now is tostrengthen the partycadres, especially inthe wake of politicalactivism by rivals likethe TDP and YSR theCongress.
RICHAKARTHI’SBIRYANI A day after Hansika confirmedthat she’s going to play thelead role in Karthi’s upcoming Tamil filmBiryani, RichaGangopadhyay hasclarified why she hadto opt out of theproject. She was supposed to play thelead role, but thefilm’s director VenkatPrabhu chose Hansikajust before the filmwas about to go onfloor.
P21 P5
OPTSOUT OF
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city eventsTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
Film workshopA filmmaking workshop and a filmappreciation workshop is being held.The workshop is being held onweekends only. When: Ongoing,
1.30pm onwardsContact: 94904 40986
Violin recitalA solo violin recital by French musi-cian: Frédéric Pelassy is being held atAlliance Francaise, Banjara Hills onNovember 1. The event is open to allwith seats on first-come first-servebasis.Where: Alliance Francaise,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 3
When: November 1,6.30pm onwards
Contact: : (040) 2355 4485
Marital blitzLift Theatre Production from SouthAfrica will present it’s play MaritalBlitz at NIFT. Where:Nift,
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Play timeThe play Massage starring RakeshBedi will be staged at RavindraBharati.Where:Ravindra Bharati,
Saifabad
When: November 2,7.30pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2323 1245
Arabic food festHead to the Great Kebab Factory foran authentic and exotic food fest.Where: Great Kebab factory,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: Ongoing,7pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2330 2244
Kashmiri food festivalKoshur Saal, a food fest is being held
at Deccan Pavilion. Sample thedistinct flavours of Kashmir.Where:ITC Kakatiya,
Begumpet, When: Ongoing,
7pm onwardsContact: (040) 4008 1801
Rang spandA group show of paintings titledRang Spand is being held at DairaArt and Culture Centre.Where:Daira Art Centre,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 5
When: Ongoing,
11am onwardsContact: 80197 62868
Blue and whiteAn exhibition of handcrafted periodfurniture, exclusive porcelain vases,porcelain dolls and other home inte-riors is being held till October 31.Where:Arts Heaven Art Gallery,
Lakdikapul When: Ongoing,
12pm onwardsContact: 99495 71031
Photo exhibitionAlliance Française of Hyderabadinvites you to The Upside DownWorld of Philippe Ramette, an
exhibition of photos.Where:Alliance Francaise,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 3
When: Ongoing,9am to 6pm onwards
Contact: (040) 2355 4485
In tune with lifeJiva — In tune with life, an art exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 120 artists and art talksby experts on the concept of biodiversity is being held. Where: Iconart Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 12
When: Ongoing,11.30am to 7pm
Contact: 98499 68797
Tribute to MahatmaAn exhibition depicting the life ofMahatma Gandhi through the drawings of Late Venkateshwara RajuPalala is being held at SalarjungMuseum. Where: Salarjung Museum,
Afzal GunjWhen: Ongoing,
4.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2457 6443
Spiritual questA painting exhibition by Padma-nabh Bendre titled Spiritual Quest-Lord Shiva will be held. Where:Kalakrithi Art Gallery,
Banjara Hills,Rd No 10
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PONCHAMPALLY IKAT MELAPochampally Handloom Park is organising IKAT Mela 2012 where onecan buy a variety of products such as accesories, bed linen and muchmore from October 31 at YWCA, West Marredpally, Secunderabad.
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ART IMITATES LIFE: A visitor looks at the cartoons at the Cartoon Utsav-2012, Public Gardens. N SHIVA KUMAR
In a major break, the Cityand Cyberabad policehave arrested four differ-
ent gangs of snatchers andthieves and seized stolengoods worth nearly `20 lakh.This included gold jewelleryand 17 stolen bikes.
The first major nabbingcame from the LB Nagarpolice. They tracked downtwo youths, Dinesh Singh, 22,and Mukesh Singh, 21, whohave allegedly specialised insnatching. Police recovered 32tola of gold jewellery and twostolen bikes from them. Bothlived at Lalitha Bagh inUppuguda and are jobless.Police said the duo foundsnatching a profitable venture.
In another case, the Citypolice of Chilkalguda held PMohit Kumar and his friend
K Praveen Kumar and recov-ered 15 allegedly stolen bikesfrom them. Unlike the Singhs,these two had found bike-stealing a far easier crime.
In one more case the RGIShamshabad police arrested DRajkumar, 24, of Budhwel inMahbubnagar district andseized one stolen idol and sil-ver ornaments from his pos-session. He had ‘specialised’in temple thefts, police said.Another case of arrestinvolved, Naresh Kumar, 23,and Amjad Khan, 26, ofHUDA colony while theywere burgling a house.
CRIME
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
3City YESTERDAY’S QUESTIONWILL THE CABINET RESHUFFLE HELP PLACATE T LEADERS?
YES (A)
NO (B)
TODAY’S QUESTIONWILL AP CABINET RESHUFFLE STRENGTHEN KIRAN’S HAND INDEALING WITH DISSENT?A) YES B) NO
City police are vexed atthe growing number ofcommunal clashes inthe Old City of late.
police commissioner AnuragSharma said a gang or gangsfrom outside are believed to bebehind most of the troubles late-ly and the police were trying toidentify them.
“A mischievous gang seemsto be active in the City to createpanic. Preliminary investigation
throws light that no local per-sons are interested in kicking upa communal clash. The violencelast night in Ziaguda andSabzimandi is a sequel to thedeliberate attempt to disturbcommunal amity in the City,” he said.
Trouble erupted last night inSabzimandi and Ziaguda after areligious flag was burnt, whichis said to be a retaliatory act of asimilar incident that happenedtwo days ago. Soon two com-munities came face to face andviolence broke out and arson
took place. Some 10 shops wereset ablaze in Ziaguda and twoplaces of worship wereattacked. Soon police imposedprohibitory orders.
The commissioner toldPostnoon that detectives were atwork to trace those responsiblefor the violence and picketshave been set up outside impor-tant places of worship.
Meanwhile, the commission-er has put on high alert SouthZone police and Musheerabadpolice. Musheerabad had wit-nessed group clashes recently.
Senior officers are monitor-ing the situation and investiga-tions. Task Force and RapidAction Force have also beenposted at crucial points to assistthe local police. Police believethe key to the current spate oftrouble could be the issue thathappened at Musheerabad.Detectives in civil dress are alsoposted to ferret out informationon trouble makers, police said.As of now, there is no definiteclue to the elements indulging introuble, but police are hopeful ofa breakthrough soon.
BY OUTSIDERS, SHARMAThe police commissioner believes the recent communal tension could bethe handiwork of an outsider gang and police are stepping up security.
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TROUBLE ENGINEEREDBY OUTSIDERS, SHARMA
The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.
1 Looks like there is no respitefor City cops.
Just when the cops thought theycould take a breather after all thehardwork they put in for the CoP,communal tension in Old City hasreared its ugly head.
2 They’ve done a good job,but they need to do more.
The traffic cops might’ve done agreat deal to curb drunk driving,but when it comes to keeping acheck on vehicle modification theyhave a long way to go.
3 After Union Cabinet reshuf-fle, focus is now on AP.
Looks like it pays to be in the CM’sgood books. After all, he mighthave a big say in the State Cabinetreshuffle.
4 Standing Committee doessomething concrete.
After months of being lackadaisi-cal, the Standing Committeeseems to have got its act togetheras it approved several civic works.
5YSRC continues to be a threatto Cong and TDP.
Despite Jagan being in jail, babusfrom Congress and TDP continuecrossing over to the YSRC.
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Passion crime capitalLast year we had reported how a
youth had stabbed an engineeringstudent when she refused toreciprocte to his feelings. Shortly after,he himself committed suicide byjumping in front of a train. For a state where passion crimes are ascommon as the traffic on its streets,this incident was just another ‘featherin its cap’.
OCTOBER 30, 2011
4 killed, 18 hurt in City mishapIn a tragic accident, four people
were killed and 18 others sus-tained injuries when a vegetable-laden van lost its track and turnedturtle on Road No 1, Banjara Hills,early this morning. The deceasedhave been identified as GNarasimhalu, G Pentaiah, G ChinaKistaiah and M Ranga Reddy, allnatives of Pulapally of RR district.
Mayor of Seoul calledon City mayorKim, Young-bae Mayor of
Seongbuk-gu Seoul, Korea alongwith the delegation has called onMayor Mohd Majid Hussain onMonday. Mayor of Seoul congratu-lated Hussain for successfully con-ducting the Conference of Parties(COP-11) in the City recently. Thedelegation even presented the“Humanitarian Award” to the mayor.
Stolen car seized, one heldThe police team of LB Nagar
arrested B Mallesh, an alleged carthief, and has recovered a stolen carfrom his possession. The car wasstolen a few days ago from ShivaGanganagar of LB Nagar. The 30-year-old Mallesh is a resident ofSainagar in Kushaiguda and is saidto be a habitual offender. He hadbeen arrested in the past too.
Security guardelectrocuted, diesASur Bahadur, 43, a Nepali died of
electrocution on Monday atPooja commercial complex situatedin Malakpetgunj while he was tryingto fill water in a tank on the roof ofthe complex. When he tried to startthe motor he was electrocuted. TheChadarghat police have registered acase against the complex manage-ment and are investigating.
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`48Lis the amount allocated for the construction of two community
halls — one at Yadagiri Nagar andthe other in Yousufguda — at the
recent Standing Committee meeting.
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NUMEROLOGY
I have met theCM and
requested him toappoint me as thechairman of BCCommission. I hopethat he willrespond positive-ly to my request.
Many dangers thewantonly modifiedvehicles pose tocivic life, several
commuters, citizens and policeofficials admit that a lot more isto be done to regulate the City’sunruly traffic. While many havecome forward in praise of thetraffic police’s many campaignsagainst drunk driving, tintedwindows on vehicles, and freeleft, the need for carrying thegood work forward to checkmodified vehicles and pollutionis emphasised. But the policehave their own woes too.
Among many problems thatcripple the traffic police, the lackof coordination with the RTA isa major one. While officials fromthe traffic police departmentadmit that better coordination isyet to be achieved, the RTA haslagged behind in raising anysort of campaign against themany traffic issues we face inour times.
As admin inspector AVSrinivas says, “The RTA needsto begin rule enforcement strict-ly and coordinate with thepolice to help curb traffic issues.Getting a driving license is easi-er than booking a movie ticketthese days, which should saysomething about the kind ofdrivers we have on our streets.”
The fact that there are busi-nesses in the City that thrive onmodifying vehicles is an indica-tion of the blatant rule violationwe have in the City. “Peoplegenerally tend to resist changeas a natural habit. InHyderabad, all rules belong tothe rule books and stay in therule books. I agree that this is a
serious issue and it is to be takenup with the higher authoritiessoon,” said DCP of traffic policeMK Singh.
Officials from the depart-ment agreed that they wereshort of infrastructure and train-ing to recognise and apprehendvehicles modified beyond theiroriginal designs.
Citizens and commuters tooare in two minds about theentire department. “I deeplyrespect the traffic departmentfor enforcing the drunk drivingcampaign and the free left cam-paign. It has helped make ourroads safer. But the departmentneeds to focus on training thebottom ranks of their officers tobe more gentle and decent. Ialso hope that the Intelligent
Traffic Management System willhelp ease our traffic woes,” saysAneesh Kumar, an engineeringstudent.
“Perhaps, this departmenthas seen a facelift ever since CVAnand took charge. The depart-ment has been active bothonline and offline and they havemade good changes to traffic
policies. But a lot more has to be done, especially the security and policing on theORR road where so many people have lost their lives,”says Syed Mubbasheer, a HighCourt advocate.
Citizens also feel that theroot cause of rash driving in thisCity would be solved if thepolice department played a big-ger role during driving licensegrants. “There is so much cor-ruption and malpractice in theRTA that it is of no surprise thateverybody has a car or a bike todrive in the City. The policedepartment should look intothis urgently as it will help solve a lot of problems,” saysNeha Mitra, a call centreemployee.
Good job cops, but a lotmore needs to be done
While most citizens agree that the traffic cops have done a great deal tomake roads safer, they need to do more and not rest on their laurels.
CAMPAIGN
Citizens also feel thatthe root cause of rashdriving would besolved if the copsplayed a bigger roleduring drivinglicense grants.
After almost 30 years theAhmednagar divisionnear Banjara Hills wit-
nessed visits by a high profiledelegation of MPs, MLAs andgovernment officials in their con-stituency. They also inauguratedseveral works. Mayor MohdMajid Hussain along with MP
Asaduddin Owaisi were wel-comed by residents.Accompanying them was MLAVizarath Rasool Khan.
The team toured the divisionand inaugurated a shoal ofschemes including MahilaBhavan, works (pipelines androads), distributed gas cylinders(under Deepam scheme), sportsmaterials to the youngsters,checks under urban communitydevelopment scheme, wheelchairs for handicapped.
The most important aspectsas part of development was flag-ging off of the APSRTC busesfrom the division and opening ofa ration shop.
Additional commissionersand zonal commissioner, engi-neer-in-chief, chief engineer,chief city planner, MRO, RDO and executive engineerwere also part of the team thattoured the area.
Mayor, MP, inaugurateseveral schemes in City POSTNOON NEWS
There was no use of theUnion Cabinet reshufflewithout changing the
PM as it was he who wasbehind all the scams that havetaken place in the country in
the recent years, TDP leader,Dadi Veerabhadra Rao said.What the UPA has done hasinsulted the intelligence of thepeople, he added. Rao said,promoting those involved inscams like Salman Khurshidwas a clear instance of theCongress arrogance and itsdefiance of public opinion.
Rao is sure that the
Congress party would notgive Telangana either.“Putting more on ministerialgaddi is no great way tofavour the State,” he said.Besides, by not including theleaders who were in the fore-front of the two movementsthe Congress leadership hadproved again that it was notready to make its stand clearon the T issue.
On the State governmentdecision to resume land allot-ted to Lepakshi KnowledgeHub in Ananthapur district,the TDP leader sought toknow why so much time wasrequired for it and why landsallotment to Brahmani Steels,Brahmani Airport, BrahmaniInfratech, Indu Tech,Kakinada SEZ were yet to beresumed. Meanwhile, anotherTDP leader Laljan Bashaalleged that YSR Congressleader YS Sharmila had hurtthe sentiments of Muslims byentering a mosque atChigicherla village inAnanthapur district.
Reshuffle a joke withoutremoving PM, says TDP
Focus now shifts to HyderabadHundreds of hopefuls in the Congress have begun lobbying in the right
earnest to corner PCC posts and other nominated posts in the State.INKESHAF [email protected]
Having achieved somesort of stability afterthe Union Cabinetexpansion where AP
got a fair share of berths, thefocus of the party organisationhas now shifted to strengtheningof the APCC and grassroots.
The leadership agrees thatthe challenge for Congress in APnow is to strengthen the partycadres, especially in the wake ofpolitical activism by rivals likeTDP and YSR Congress.
The party higher-ups want toresort to a short-cut of filling upthe nominated posts that wouldcome to some 10,000 and also fill-up the PCC hierarchy, which hasbeen pending since BotsaSatyanarayana was put at thehelms. Botsa had made severalattempts to get a go ahead fromthe party high command to reor-ganise the committee after takingcharge, but all his attempts wentin vain owing to different rea-sons. “The reorganisation of
APCC and 23 district Congresscommittees are pending since avery long time. Our presidenttried many times to reconstitutethese committees. Many politicalreasons like continuous by-elec-tions in the State and other rea-sons delayed the entire process.But, the Union Cabinet expan-sion has paved the way for thehigh command to undertake thisprocess,” APCC general secre-tary G Niranjan told Postnoon onMonday.
As far nominated posts areconcerned, many party leadersand hopefuls have already madethe rounds of the State top lead-ers including Chief Minister NKiran Kumar Reddy and PCCpresident Botsa. Lobbying is infull swing. “I have met the CMand requested him to appoint meas the chairman of BCCommission. I hope that he willrespond positively to myrequest,” said senior party leaderand former BC Commission
member Dr V KrishnamohanRao. Another Congress leaderPyata Ramesh hoped that theparty high command wouldspeed up the process of filling upof nominated posts as its handsare free now. A few days ago, theCM met party high commandleaders in Delhi and held discus-sions with them on filling up ofthese posts as well.
SENIOR LEADERS AIM HIGH On the other hand, many seniorparty leaders are hoping to getpromotions at the AICC levelincluding membership ofCongress Working Committee(CWC), the highest decisionmakes body of the congressparty. These leaders includeFormer PCC president DSrinivas, Rajya Sabha member VHanumantha Rao, and AICC sec-retary and MLC P SudhakarReddy. Rumours are alreadydoing the rounds that D Srinivasmay be appointed as AICC gen-eral secretary in recognition ofhis services to the party.Attempts are also being made by
the party high command to con-vince party MP KavuriSambasiva Rao, who resignedfrom his MP seat after not gettinga cabinet berth, by offering himthe CWC membership.
Banda eyeing S’badagain, threatens to quit
Former mayorBanda
Karthika Reddy,who hadunsuccessfullylobbied withher Congressparty for theSecunderabad Assembly seat lasttime, is now lobbying for thesame with a veiled threat of join-ing the YSRC if it is denied to her.
Sources said that she wouldswitch her party loyalty to theYSRC as the Congress was not infavour of her. But she would firstpressurise the party afresh beforecrossing over.
A keen contest for the seatis likely between her and theincumbent Jayasudha.
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Rao said promotingthose involved inscams like SalmanKhurshid was a signof the Congressarrogance.
Area visits were conducted wherein schemes such as MahilaBhavan and sports materials for youngsters were launched.
At the meeting of the StandingCommittee held on Monday,the members mostly focusedon pending relocation of poles
after widening of many roads that wereleading to accidents and the issue of gov-ernment lands being allocated to reli-gious structures.
Members from Congress pointed outthat these poles were causing accidents,particularly during the nights and askedthe mayor to immediately focus on thepressing issue. When the issue of landallocation to religious structures cameup for discussion, they vehementlyopposed the move saying that there weremany places of worship, but what citi-zens lack are graveyards. Instead of pro-viding space for religious structures the
government should give land for burialand cremation.
On the issue of occupation of parksand pending court cases, the membersfrom Congress asked as to what theCouncil was doing. For which the estate
wing was asked to produce related infor-mation by the next Standing Committeemeeting. The issue of hoardings alsobrought up, where the issue of delay ininduction of committee was also broughtto the fore. The other subjects discussedincluded, relocation of cell towers, theissue of which is also in the courts.
The mayor instructed the commis-sioner, GHMC to hold a meeting withcommittee members within two weeks’time with regard to shifting of electricalpoles. He also directed the commissionerto hold an enquiry on Srinivas, EE, elec-trical, South Zone. Action would be initi-ated based on the report in the nextstanding committee meeting. Directionswere given to AMOH (assitant medicalofficers of health) to inspect personallythe quality of oil, being used by vendors.The engineer-in-chief was asked to pro-duce a list of lakes, which have beenproposed by the next meeting.
Focus on pending issues
Elderly demand empowerment
Congress members argue that instead of allotting land for religiousstructures focus should be on providing space for graveyards.
The Care for Lonely event saw a large number of women participants in comparison to its last meet.
Senior women are coming out ofthe shadows. They too demanda right to choose the type of life
and partner. The clear evidencecame out at the ‘Care for LonelyElders’ organised by Thodu Needaon Sunday. The first such meetingheld in 2010 had just six womenparticipating, but on Sunday, twoyears after the organisation came
into being, 30 women participated.“It is revolutionary,” remarked
the founder-president NMRajeshwari. Of the 400 members ofThodu Needa, 120 are elderlywomen. In two years, the organisa-tion also blazed a trail by helping 40elders get married. The selection isleft to the individuals. The only con-dition the organisation puts in isthat the man and woman seeking tolive-in together or get married isthat either their spouse should be
deceased or they should be unmar-ried. The divorcee, another catego-ry, must be legally divorced to beeligible.
Loneliness is not a disease orsomething to be ashamed of,Rajeshwari said. Often, seniors livea miserable life as their wards areeither settled elsewhere or are busywith their lives and have little timefor the parents. The organisationhas conducted 16 such get-togethersin two years.
Approvedn Road widening from Quli Qutub Shah
Tombs to Old Bombay Highway – LandCompensation `22,97,923
n Hiring of vehicles (cars) to various offi-cers working in GHMC
n Road widening from Tarnaka to NagoleBridge, Administrative sanction for thepayment of land compensationamounting to `54,25,000
n Laying of BT road from Shastripurambus stop to railway gate atShastripuram main road, Shivrampallyin Rajendranagar `42 lakh
n Laying of BT road from NH 9 toShastripuram in Rajendranagar `41 lakhs.
n Construction of Community Hall atYadagiri Nagar, Vengala Rao Nagardivision, `22 lakh
n Construction of Community Hall oppPochamma Temple, Yousufguda division — `26 lakh
Adjourned n Development of road from Banjara
Hills Road No 2 to Jubilee Hills RoadNo 5 (Krishna nagar junction) viaAnnapurna Studio — `720 lakhs
n Consultancy for preparation fordetailed project report for improve-ment and modernisation of variouslakes / tanks of Hyderabad —`1,25,67,408
n Widening of Road from MoosapetCheruvu connecting to Railway Line viaIDL. Revised estimate worked out to`1517.35 lakhs.
QUAKETremors felt inState
Tremors werefelt in severalparts of the
State on Monday.The earth trem-bled for aboutthree secondsmaking the peoplerun out of theirhomes with panic.The quake was feltin Prakasham,Guntur, Nalgonda,Krishna,Khammam and RRdistricts. Tremorswere also felt inthe Krishna riverbasin area. NSS
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Even as the ruling Congressand the main OppositionTelugu Desam have been
trying to apply brakes to the YSRCongress, it seems to be surgingahead like a juggernaut by con-tinuing to attract members fromthese parties into its fold.
Both the Congress and TDPseem to be losing their base inWest Godavari district as a legis-lator belonging to the latterdecided to join the YSRCongress, a ruling party MLA onMonday too decided to defect tothe Jagan bandwagon.
The Congress legislator fromChintalapudi in the district MRajesh shifted his loyalty by call-ing on the YSR Congress hon-orary president YSVijayalakshmi and apprised herof his desire to quit the rulingparty and join her party soon.
He declared that he hadbecome a legislator because ofthe blessings of late YSR and wasable to develop his constituency.
It may be mentioned herethat TDP legislator from the dis-trict Vanitha had alreadyannounced her decision to quitthe party and join the YSRCongress.
Meanwhile, former TeluguDesam MLA from Payakaraopetin Visakhapatnam districtChengala Venkatrao called onVijayamma and joined the YSRCongress.
Meanwhile, the TDP leaderfrom Chintalapudi who contest-ed against Rajesh and lost in thelast election also announced hisdecision to join YSR CongressParty on November 4 at a publicmeeting in Kovvur to beaddressed by Vijayamma.
NSS
Exodus to YSRC continuesThe Congress and Telugu Desam seem to be losing
their base in the State as a number of members moveout of their fold to join the YSRC.
POLITICS
A TDP leader fromChintalapudi alsoannounced his decision to join YSRCongress
city TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 8INVESTMENT CLIMATE
This bit of news maywarm the hearts ofgrowth buffs. With ashare of nearly 8.4 per
cent, Andhra Pradesh has racedto the envious fourth position inIndia when it comes to the shareof private investments. This is ajump from the seventh position,two years ago.
Gujarat still occupies the top-most position followed by Orissaand Maharashtra. AP is only afew notches down fromMaharashtra.
Gujarat (12.5 per cent), Orissa(10.7 per cent), Maharashtra (8.9per cent) and Andhra Pradesh(8.4 per cent), Karnataka (7 percent) are the only states that con-tinue to draw private invest-ments, says an Assocham studyon outstanding investmentsacross the states 2012. “It’s nosurprise. AP still proves a betterbet for private investment thanmany others,” says a FAPCCIleader.
Besides, with a share of over
`82.9 lakh crore, the private sec-tor accounts for over 59 per centof the total outstanding invest-ments across India worth over`140 lakh crore as of June 2012.
“Flow of the private invest-ments is decided by the attrac-tiveness of investment opportu-nities as they are mostly drivenby profitability considerations,”says Ravindra Sannareddy,chairperson of AssochamSouthern Region Council.“Bureaucratic efficiency, infras-tructure facilities, and ease ofland acquisition influence theflow of private investments,”
said Sannareddy. “Tax conces-sions, product market conditionsand exit policies are effectivetools of private investmentattraction.”
Andhra Pradesh (8.4 percent) and Karnataka (7.2 percent) are other states with maxi-mum share in outstanding pri-vate sector investments acrossIndia. Kerala, Himachal Pradesh,Jammu and Kashmir,Uttarakhand and Assam havethe least share in India’s total pri-vate sector investments which iseven less than one per cent.
(Compiled by PK Surendran)
AP takes top rung in investmentThe State has climbed to the fourth position when it comes to number of private investments.
Till two years back, Andhra Pradesh was at the seventh position.
The first day of theInternational Conferenceon Green Buildings was
inaugurated at the HICC today.Prominent speakers and repre-sentatives of various agenciesfrom public and private organi-sations are participating.
The two-day conference willsee leading industry captainsand representatives of construc-tion sector and companiesaround the world presenting thesmart energy cities, a future concept.
Prem C Jain, chairman of theIndian Green Council and GreenBuilding Congress delivered thetheme address and welcomedthe delegates. Jamshyd N Godrej,chairman of CII-Sohrabji GodrejGreen Business Centre andMarita Ljung, State secretary,ministry of enterprise and ener-gy, Sweden addressed the gath-ering. B Sam Bob, principal sec-
retary to the governmentaddressed the importance ofgreen buildings. He said the onlychallenge posed by green build-ings is the upfront cost of con-struction. Sam stressed the needfor a collective effort to promotegreen buildings in times ofsevere power outages, especiallythe ongoing power crunch in theState right now.
Bob said the green buildingeffort has been seeing anunsteady enthusiasm but itneeds a sustained effort. Since itis going to be the future trend, itis better to get prepared.Hyderabad was on par with the
rest of the cities in the world interms of energy conservationand eco-friendly green buildingpromotion, he said.
Various awards were givenout to school children for theirparticipation and in the Green Icontest.
Three architecture studentswere also awarded for their par-ticipation in the architecturaldesign competition.
According to the UN report,by 2030 it is predicted that 68Indian cities will each have morethan one million inhabitants, andsix megacities, more than tenmillion each. The rapid growthof cities causes a large number ofchallenges, including insufficientpower supply, unreliable publictransportation systems and limit-ed access to adequate medicaltreatment. As of now,Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai,Bangalore, New Delhi, Sultanpurare among Indian cities that havebeen seeing some surge in energy efficient green buildings.
Energy efficient buildings are the futureThe two-day International Conference on Green Buildings will see leading industry captains, representa-
tives of construction sector and companies around the world presenting the concept of smart energy cities.
According to a UNreport, by 2030, 68Indian cities will havemore than one millioninhabitants, and sixmegacities.
BusinessTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
9HONDA IN TIE-UP WITH MALAYSIA'S PROTONThe parent of automaker Proton will enter a partnership withJapan's Honda, the companies have said, in the troubledMalaysian car manufacturer's latest stab at revival through a foreign tie-up.
Any business shouldstand apart from com-petitors by doingthings better and
uniquely without ignoring thevalue addition it provides to thecustomer. Anuj Tripathi (right),a post graduate in biotechnolo-gy, saw the business opportuni-ty and started a research train-ing institute in 2009. Heobserved that short-term cours-es with industry-oriented syl-
labus with high teaching stan-dards can bring value additionto the students. His business ini-tiative, Clini India, a trainingacademy for clinical researchand management, has seenaround 100 per cent growth in
revenues year on year andtrained over 450 students in dif-ferent clinical research courses.
Talking about the idea, hesays, “The idea was to bringexperts from the industry astrainers and to offer short termcourses which act as a bridge tostep in to the industry after theirgraduation. The initial invest-ments were very less as westarted the training centre at asmall rented property. Overtime, we have increased theoffice space in accordance withthe number of enrolments.
“Clinical research is an ever
growing industry. It is a contin-uous process and does not getaffected with the economic fac-tors like recession. Ever phar-maceutical company should gowith the trails before launchingtheir medical devices or drugs.It takes almost 12-15 years indeveloping a medicine. There isa lot of work during this processthat is outsourced to IT majorsin the country. These companiestake care of functions like clini-cal data management and phar-macovigilance. With this, thereis a need and demand for corpo-rate and management skills for
the pharmacy and medicalgraduates.”
On the growth of business,he says, “Effective marketingalso played a crucial role inbringing the students to theinstitute. There is a need formarketing across the platformsmoderately in the growing time.There are students who don’tread a newspaper but activeonline. Word of mouth is alsovital in bringing new enrol-ments. Quality training alsohelped us to get enrolmentsthrough referrals,” he says.
The business has expandedto other cities through fran-chisee model. “It helps you tocut down risk and share revenues. By this model, we can concentrate on growthrather than getting too much into internal operations.The company has its networkspread across Kolkata, NewDelhi and Lucknow. It will soonstart its operations in Bangaloreand Mumbai. It is also takingclinical trial assignments fromthe companies, where the teamwill do various things like med-ical writing and regulatory submissions.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple onMonday announced that theexecutive in-charge of Maps,Siri and other software in its cul-ture-changing iPhones is leav-ing as part of a shakeup in theupper ranks of the company.
Apple chief Tim Cook saidthe departure of Scott Forstalland enhanced roles of Jon Ive,Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and
Craig Federighi were part of amove to better integrate hard-ware, software, and services.
Analysts creditthe Apple "ecosys-tem" of covetedapps, sleek gadgets,and carefully curatedservices such asiTunes with making the
company a dominant playerin modern mobile Internet
lifestyles.Forstall had been
billed as one of theApple executives withthe potential to be a capti-
vating pitchman forthe company's prod-
ucts, helping to fill theshoes of late co-founder
Steve Jobs at launchevents.Forstall will leave Applenext year and serve as an advi-sor to Cook until his departure.
Ive will have "HumanInterface" with devices added tohis role as leader of IndustrialDesign at Apple. Ive is creditedwith being the person behindthe look and feel of Apple gad-gets. AFP
New Zealand's competition watchdoggave a green light on Tuesday toBritish telecom giant Vodafone'sNZ$840 million ($689 million) bid forTelstraClear, Australian carrier Telstra'slocal subsidiary. The New ZealandCommerce Commission said itreached the decision after examining the deal's potential impact on a range of telecommunications markets in NewZealand, including broadband andmobile phone services. "The commis-sion is satisfied that the proposedacquisition would be unlikely to sub-stantially lessen competition in any ofthe relevant markets," chairman MarkBerry said in a statement. Thetakeover is expected to create a com-pany capable of challenging TelecomCorp's market dominance in NewZealand.
TELSTRACLEAR DEAL
Czech state-run power group CEZ said Monday it had rejected an appealby France's Areva against its elimina-tion from a tender to build two newunits at its Temelin nuclear plant inthe southern Czech Republic. Alongwith US giant Westinghouse andRussia's Atomstroiexport, Arevaplaced a bid in July for the contractworth an estimated 200-300 billionkoruna (8-12 billion euros, $10.5-15.7billion). A winner is expected to beannounced in late 2013. CEZ ruledAreva out of the tender on October 5.The French state-run company thenfiled an appeal. According to theCzech daily Lidove noviny, Areva hadrefused to set a fixed price for thecontract and a completion deadline.
AREVA APPEAL REJECTED
NUMEROLOGY
$5.4bnis the worth of projects South Africa
has cleared in renewable energygeneration sector.
Clinical precision mattersClinical research industry has a huge requirement for qualified manpower.
iPhone software head out in shake-up
Clini India has seenaround 100 per centgrowth in revenuesyear on year andtrained over 450 students.
nation TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 10ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
POLITICS
It’s literally a battle over gunsin one assembly constituen-cy in Himachal Pradesh.And the guns have to do
with the apple crop. A battle haserupted between arch rivalsCongress and the BJP over theinstallation of anti-hail guns bythe ruling BJP in the apple heart-land of Jubbal-Kotkhai in upperShimla. The Congress smells arat in the installation of the guns,whereas BJP is saying thesehelped save apples worth croresduring the flowering and fruitsetting season from hailstorms.
The state, in 2010, installedthree anti-hail guns in Deorighat,Kathasu and Braionghat inShimla. Horticulture ministerNarinder Bragta and Congress’Rohit Thakur are training theirguns at each other, the third timein a row, from this constituency,which is also the state’s applebasket. Both the candidates arealso prominent apple growers.
“The contract for installingguns was given to a firm with noproprietary experience of its ownand it teamed up with a cloudseeding company. It’s a sheerwaste of central government
funds,” Thakur said.He said that the damage to
the crop was greater in the areaswhere the guns had beeninstalled. Justifying the guns,Bragta told IANS they are stillonly at the trial stage.
“Initially there were somehiccups in the operation of thecannons. But now, the guns areefficiently quelling hailstorms,”
he said. Bragta said one anti-hailgun would only cover one sq km.“In the past two years, there wasno report of damage to the cropin the areas where they wereinstalled. However, the damagewas more in those areas not cov-ered by them.”
He said a `374 crore proposalto purchase anti-hail guns wassubmitted to the central govern-
ment this year. The idea was toinstall 300 guns across the stateto adequately cover the entirefruit-growing areas.
Bragta blamed the centralgovernment for not includinghailstorms as a national calamity.The fruit growers are compensat-ed when they are covered undera national calamity.
The guns contain cannons
connected to a weather radar.When clouds with potential torelease hailstones are formed, theguns send shock waves into thepressure areas, puncturing theclouds and sending down rainrather than hail.
The anti-hail gun techniquehas been functioning successful-ly in the US, Mexico, Canada andTurkey and European countries.
Observers say the issues inthis constituency are almostalways about apples. While theBJP is taking credit for increasingfarm subsidy on anti-hail nets to`50,000 this year, the Congressclaims that it would provide asubsidy of up to 80 per cent.
“The bumpy 80-km-longTheog-Kotkhai-Hatkoti-Rohrustretch is also a major issue,” anobserver said. The state govern-ment allocated the World Bank-funded road widening project,which would serve as a lifelinefor Shimla’s apple belt, toChinese firm Longjian Road andBridge Company Ltd in 2008.
The road was to be complet-ed within 36 months. In August,the government cancelled thecontract with the company.
Thakur said apple cropworth over `1,000 crore wasdamaged in the past four years.
Bragta admitted to a delay inthe project’s execution butblamed the company.
Polling for the 68 assemblyseats in Himachal Pradesh willbe held Nov 4. The votes will becounted only on Dec 20 after theGujarat assembly polls are over.
Battling over guns and applesin poll-bound Himachal
Krishna’s loss may not be Cong’s gain Krishna is no doubt the tallest Congress leader in the state, and he has a reputation for bringing all sectionsof the party together. However age is no longer on his side. Worse, the party is bitterly divided on caste lines.
SM Krishna quit as externalaffairs minister ostensiblybecause the Congress wants
the services of its tallest leader inKarnataka to recapture power inthe state in the assembly polls,due early next year. A grandplan, no doubt.
The catch, however, is thatthere are few takers for this spin,even within the Congress unit inKarnataka, which is riven bygroupism and differences ofcaste. If Krishna, who has beenreplaced by Salman Khurshid asIndia’s foreign minister, returnsto active state politics, it will bethe second time in just over fouryears that he has moved from
centre to state.After being chief minister for
five years from 1999, the partywas defeated in the 2004 polls; inDecember that year, he wasmade Maharashtra governor.
In March 2008 he quit as gov-ernor to return to state politics,and actively campaigned for theCongress in the assembly polls ofMay that year. The Congress didnot gain much, and the BJP cameto power for the first time in thestate. There was much hype,though, in 2008 when Krishna re-entered Karnataka politics as hewas leaving mostly an honorarypost of governor, usuallyreserved for either ageing lead-
ers or trouble-makers for the rul-ing party at New Delhi.
This time, however, if hereturns to Karnataka, he will bereturning after losing one of themost important portfolios in theUnion government. Krishna wasthe first external affairs ministerfrom Karnataka; the most impor-tant central ministry held byleaders from the state in the pasthad been railways.
Krishna is no doubt thetallest Congress leader in thestate, and he has a reputation forbringing all sections of the partytogether. However, at 80 years,age is no longer on his side.
Worse, the party is bitterly
divided on caste lines with apowerful group of Lingayatcommunity leaders openly cam-paigning to remove the presentKPCC chief G Parameshwara.
Parameshwara is a Dalit butknown to be a staunch followerof Krishna, who belongs to theVokkaliga community.
Krishna, meanwhile, has alsolost much clout in his home dis-trict of Mandya over the years.Given this backdrop, the age fac-tor and the lukewarm responsehe would get from some sectionsin the state Congress, Krishnacan at best play a minimal role,despite the grand things hisparty might say. IANS
Issues in Himachal Pradesh almost always revolve around apples. And this time it looks likethe political apple cart in the region might just be upset over the anti-hail gun technology.
The anti-hail gun tech-nique has been func-tioning successfully inUS, Mexico, Canadaand Turkey andEuropean countries.
nationTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
11DEPRESSION BRINGS HEAVY RAINS IN TNA deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, which would further intensify intoa cyclonic storm, today brought heavy rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu,especially in coastal areas, prompting the government to declare a holidayfor schools.
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NEWS BRIEFSTECH-UPDATEMPCC planslink via video conferenceNAGPUR: The MaharashtraPradesh Congress Committee(MPCC) is gearing up to stream-line its functioning well ahead ofthe Assembly elections in 2014and planning to link all city anddistrict units via video confer-ence to strengthen its organisa-tional network.
“This will be probably firstever experiment by a state levelpolitical organisation to reachout to district and taluka leveloffice bearers and have a directcommunication with them tostrengthen the network and pre-pare themselves for next bigevent,” MPCC presidentManikrao Thakre said.
The network of video confer-encing is in progress and about50 per cent has already beendone.
About 57 city and 40 districtunits will be linked which willenable them to speak to stateoffice bearers sitting at one place.
Chief minister, his cabinetcolleagues and principal officebearers of Congress will speak toparty workers and officials ofdistrict units right from the partyHQ at one time, Thakre said.
PTI
Four die in UP accidentLUCKNOW: Four people, including a child,were mowed down on Monday night by atruck in Muzaffarnagar district, police said.The accident happened in the Civil Lines areain Muzaffarnagar, when the speeding trucklost control and hit a car. It then sped away,only to run over five people on the Jansathbridge. Police said four people including acouple, a child and another youngster, werekilled on the spot, while another injuredwoman is admitted at a medical facility in acritical condition. The truck driver wasarrested after a long chase, police said.
Boy killed, 5 injured in Assam blastGUWAHATI: A minor boy was killed andfive others were injured as suspected mili-tants carried out a grenade attack in Assam’sUdalguri district Monday evening, policesaid. The motorcycle-borne militants lobbedtwo grenades at the crowded market in thetown, about 80 km from Assam’s main cityGuwahati. While one grenade exploded, theother did not, police said. Six people includ-ing the minor boy were injured, police saidadding that the boy breathed his last whileon the way to hospital. The deceased wasidentified as Naresh Shah, police added.
Lanka plans more on nuke plantCOLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government isplanning to increase diplomatic engagementon India’s controversial Kundankulam nuclearpower plant over safety issues, an officialsaid here on Monday. Increased diplomaticexchanges are necessary for Sri Lanka tobecome more involved in the nuclear powerplant being built in south India, externalaffairs ministry secretary K Amunugama toldthe media, reported Xinhua.
CLASSICAL TOUCH
Russian artistes perform ‘Bolshoi’ ballet in New Delhion Monday. PTI/ ATUL YADAV
MUMBAI: The ReserveBank of India on Tuesdaycut a key policy ratio by 25basis points to release `175billion into the system forlending, but left policy ratesunchanged, hoping this willpush growth but also keepinflation under check.
The cash reserve ratio,or the money againstdeposits which commercialbanks have to retain in theform of liquid assets such ascash, has been cut to 4.25per cent from 4.5 per cent atpresent. All the other policyrates and reserve ratioswere, however, keptunchanged.
These changes wereeffected during the secondquarter review of the mone-tary policy for this fiscalconducted by RBI governor
D Subbarao at the centralbank’s headquarters at MintStreet in downtownMumbai.
"The persistence ofinflationary pressures evenas growth has moderated,remains a key challenge. Inthis respect, India is anexception to the globaltrend, which underscoresthe role of domestic struc-tural factors," he said.
The market sentiments,accordingly, were hit andthe sensitive index (Sensex)of the Bombay StockExchange fell to 18,506.83points, immediately afterthe policy review, to log an
intra-day loss of 128.99points, ot 0.69 per cent.
A day before the review,the central bank had said inits formal assessment ofmacro-economic and mone-tary developments for theJuly-September quarter,that inflation was likely topersist for some time.
It revised upward itsprojection for inflationbased on wholesale pricesto 7.7 per cent from the ear-lier estimate of 7.3 per centand lowered the forecast ofcountry's economic growthfor this fiscal to 5.7 per centfrom the 6.5 per cent earlier.
IANS
POWER PLAY
RBI eases liquidity, butleaves rates unchanged
Bank rate:9 per cent
Repurchase Rate:8 per cent
Reverse Repurchase Rate:7 per cent
Marginal Standing FacilityRate: 9 per cent
Cash Reserve Ratio:4.25 per cent
Statutory Liquidity Ratio:23 per cent
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
12people are killed across six US
states in storm-related incidentsas Sandy comes crashing ashore.
A 13th fatality is confirmed inCanada
80mhpThe storm retains
hurricane strength with maximumsustained winds of up to 80 miles per
hour (130 kilometers per hour).
14A replica of the HMS Bounty that
starred in Hollywood moviessinks in towering waves off
North Carolina. The Coast Guardrescues 14-member crew in adramatic helicopter rescue.
1985The New York Stock Exchangeand the Nasdaq, the world's
biggest financial markets, sus-pend trading for a weather eventfor the first time since Hurricane
Gloria in 1985.
$20bnDisaster estimator Eqecat says
damage from Sandy could hit asmuch as $20billion.
Darknessdescendson New
YorkNEW YORK: “Franken-storm” Sandy sent crip-
pling floods pouring ontoNew York streets Monday,
provoking a power plantexplosion, blacking out
much of Manhattan andleaving widespread storm
devastation.The storm left at least
one person dead inAmerica's biggest city,
while emergency servicesstaged many rescues ofpeople trapped in their
homes and in a hospitalwhich lost power. At least
12 people were killedMonday in the United
States and Canada as themegastorm Sandy slammedinto the US East Coast, tear-
ing down trees and powerlines with hurricane-
strength gusts.Local officials in New
York, New Jersey,Pennsylvania, WestVirginia and North
Carolina reported 10 dead,and Toronto police said a
Canadian woman waskilled by flying debris.
Seawater burst thebanks of the East and
Hudson rivers, submergingroad and subway tunnels.
Power was cut to about500,000 homes across NewYork City's five boroughs,
including 250,000 inManhattan. Gale force
winds pushed over a craneon a skyscraper and tore offthe facade of another build-
ing. A falling tree killed aman in the Queens bor-ough, firefighters said.
AFP
NEW YORK: Monsterstorm Sandy swept awall of churning seawater and driving rainonto the eastern UnitedStates on Monday, flood-ing the heart of down-town New York andleaving at least 13 dead.
Seawater coursedbetween the iconicskyscrapers of NewYork's financial district in
lower Manhattan, flood-ing subways and roadtunnels and shorting outthe power grid, plunginghundreds of thousandsinto darkness.
Further south, vastswathes of the easternseaboard found them-selves under water andon inland mountainsSandy's rain-heavyclouds had merged with
a cold weather front todump tons of snow onhigher ground.
The catastrophe com-pletely overshadowedthe US election race, forc-ing a halt to campaigningjust eight days beforeAmericans are due to goto the polls to choosebetween PresidentBarack Obama and chal-lenger Mitt Romney.
Death, darkness as
Fire fighters use a saw in an attempt to remove a par-tially collapsed door due to Hurricane Sandy on
October 29, 2012 in New York, United States.
(Above) The facade ofan apartment building
collapsed in theChelsea neighborhood
of Manhattan, NewYork. (Below) Waves
crash against a previ-ously damaged pier
before landfall of Sandy in Atlantic City, NewJersey. Storm-drivenwaves crashed ashoreand flooded seafrontcommunities across aswathe of the easternUnited States.
12&13
Power outage seen on MOnday in Manhattan,New York. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50
million people in the Mid-Atlantic area of theUnited States, is expected to bring days of rain,high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closureof all New York City bus, subway and commuter
rail services as of Sunday evening.ALLISON JOYCE/GETTY IMAGES/AFP
STORM UPDATESn The centre of Sandy
makes landfall along thecoast of southern NewJersey near Atlantic Cityat around 0000 GMTTuesday.
n Shortly before landfall,the superstorm technical-ly becomes Post-TropicalCyclone Sandy as it col-lides with a cold frontcoming down fromCanada
n Heavy snow is reportedin parts of West Virginia,Maryland and NorthCarolina as Sandy mergeswith the descending coldfront from Canada
n State-by-state tallies byUS media show some sixmillion American house-holds without power
n Coastal areas ofMaryland, Delaware,Massachusetts and LongIsland, New York seewidespread flooding astelevision pictures showwooden boats carryingstranded residents tosafety
n President Barack Obamacuts short election cam-paigning in Florida andrushes back toWashington to managestorm response
n Obama addresses thenation, warningAmericans up and downthe Eastern Seaboard thatSandy could cause fatali-ties and urging residentsto heed advice from localauthorities
n Republican presidentialchallenger Mitt Romneycancels all campaignevents on Monday andTuesday as pundits pon-der how the storm willinfluence the WhiteHouse race just a weekbefore election day
n Thousands of flights arecancelled at airports inmajor cities up and downthe coast, causingwidespread travel chaosjust before Halloween
Hurricane Sandy hadkilled 67 people as it torethrough the Caribbean,and reports of moredeaths began to arriveafter it made landfall at8:00 pm (0000 GMT) inNew Jersey and began towreak havoc in theUnited States.
Local officials in NewYork, New Jersey,Pennsylvania, Maryland,
West Virginia and NorthCarolina reported 13dead in storm relatedincidents, and Torontopolice said a Canadianwoman was killed by fly-ing debris.
Authorities warnedthe threat to life andproperty was "unprece-dented" and orderedhundreds of thousandsof residents in areas from
New England to NorthCarolina to evacuatetheir homes and seekshelter. Falling treesdragged down powercables, plunging millionsof homes into darknessas night fell, while stormwarnings cut rail linksand marooned tens ofthousands of travelers atairports across theregion. AFP
Frankenstorm hits
N plant in New Jersey put on alertWASHINGTON: A nuclear power plant in New Jersey
declared an alert Monday from mega-storm Sandy as waterpassed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported,the US nuclear regulator said. The Oyster Creek nuclear powerplant, in Ocean County just north of the resort of Atlantic City,
was already on a scheduled outage as the massive stormmade landfall on the Atlantic Coast.
Sandy sinks ship; crew rescued, captain missingWASHINGTON: Hurricane Sandy sank a tall ship off NorthCarolina Monday, killing one crew member and leaving the captainmissing as 14 others were plucked alive from lifeboats by the USCoast Guard. Claudene Christian, 42, was found "unresponsive" atsea and taken by hospital to hospital amid a dramatic rescue oper-ation in wild Atlantic Ocean swells whipped up by the storm. Herdeath was later confirmed by the hospital.
(Above) Rising water, caused by Hurricane Sandy,rushes into a subterranian parking garage onMonday in the Financial District of New York,United States. Below Monitors above the S&P100 Stock Index Options (OEX) pit at the ChicagoBoard Options Exchange (CBOE) which wouldnormally be filled with financial news and infor-mation are blank on October 29, 2012 inChicago, Illinois.
A homeless woman packs her belongings under theheavy rain on a street in downtown Washington DC,Monday. AFP/MLADEN ANTONOV
US ELECTIONS
CommentTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSThere’s nothing man can do when nature decides to punish us. As US isbeing battered by the ‘Frankenstorm’ Sandy here we are being warnedabout Storm Nilam. Man has been battered before, but we won’t be coweddown. With the means what’s left, we will stand up and start again.
Super storm Sandy is abona fide disasterimpacting millions ofAmericans, but asfloodwaters surge
ashore one week from electionday, a discomfiting politicalquestion emerges.
Which candidate stands tolose the most?
President Barack Obama isin office and the man at thehelm. He could sink or swim onhis handling of the federalresponse to such a serious crisisthat has already claimed 13 USlives and caused millions indamage.
Mitt Romney, who aims tounseat Obama on November 6,has shown compassion for vic-tims and has called on support-ers to help fellow Americans inneed, but with no official role inresponse operations risksappearing left out.
“Right now, with the stormmaking landfall and affecting asmany as 50 million people, thepriority has to be on safety andon relief efforts,” a Romneycampaign official told AFP lateon Monday.
“And a lot of campaign deci-sions have to be made with thatin mind.”
The White House offeredsimilar declarations, stressingthe “safety and security ofAmericans” was the top priorityand acknowledging that twofull days of campaigning couldbe lost due to the storm.
“We have to focus on not thecampaign and not the election,but on making sure that all fed-eral resources are both preposi-tioned and in place to helpstates and localities respond tothe storm,” Obama spokesmanJay Carney said.
“THAT’S OUR FOCUS RIGHTNOW”But there is an election to winand, with virtually everyoneagreeing that the presidentialrace will go down to the wire,neither candidate will want tolose ground on the closingstraight.
It will take some expertpolitical cunning, however, todetermine when and how todart back out on the campaigntrail full time without appearingcallous or insensitive to theplight of storm victims.
Stumping for votes inVirginia when more than1,70,000 customers are withoutpower would hardly appear tobe a winning strategy, and yetthe state is one of the nation’stop three political battle-grounds, along with Florida andOhio.
On Sunday, Obama advisor
David Axelrod had worriedpublicly that the storm woulddampen turnout in the earlyvoting so vital to the president’shopes in states like Virginia.
“Obviously we want unfet-tered access to the polls becausewe believe that the more peoplecome out, the better we’re goingto do,” a blunt Axelrod said.Historically, a large electionturnout has generally favoredDemocrats.
But trouble looms for con-servatives in Virginia’s ruralsouthwest, where residentswere in for a major snowstormthat could keep many in thelargely Republican region awayfrom the polls.
Another place the stormcould directly affect the vote isPhiladelphia, the Democraticbastion in left-leaningPennsylvania.
Nearly 400,000 people werewithout power in and aroundthe city on Monday night.Democrats need Philadelphiansto vote in large numbers; if theystay home it presents an oppor-tunity for Romney to snatch avital state.
The storm also offeredopportunity, albeit on a politicalknife-edge, for Obama, allowinghim to pose as a cool, effectiveleader, marshaling governmentresources at a moment when cit-izens most need them. AFP
Show them the way
Recently there was some disturbing news about the alarming attrition rates in the CRPF andthe BSF. However, now the CRPF has taken up a programme that sets an example for
many institutions to follow. Nearly 400 girls from tribal areas in Jharkhand are being impartedtraining by the CRPF through the civil outreach programme in self-defence, nursing, house-
keeping and computers. And not just that, similar programmes have been started in other partsof the country that are strife, too. Well, there’s nothing new about it, one may say. Efforts havebeen made and are being made at all fronts for the upliftment of women. Yet, the sad truth iswe are eons away from reaching where all is fine and fair. Caught in the crossfire between thenaxals and the government forces, these girls did not have much scope for hope... in any way.
Not only that the programme will be an excellent diversion for their minds and hearts drainedof hope, this will broaden their horizon, provide new vistas that will inspire them and give them
choices and empower them to make a choice. That’s what’s needed — not tall speeches.
Who’ll bell the cat?
Too much exposure and no implicationseems the latest trend on the national
scene. While whistle blowers are doing agood job the ruling UPA appears decidedto rubbish all and adopt the attitude ofthe ostrich. In this scenario the mostvexed are the common people who whilepaying higher and higher taxes areunable to decide who is right. The re-entry of Gandhian Anna Hazare is boundto kick up more muck in the already slimyscene but, pray, who will bell the cat?
EDITORIALS
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No man eversteps in the
same river twice,for it’s not thesame river andhe’s not thesame man.
Left widowed and homelessin a country where she isunwanted, Rahima longs
only to flee strife-torn Myanmaron a perilous journey made by
thousands of other MuslimRohingya before her.
Hundreds of thousands of thestateless people — considered bythe UN to be one of the most per-
secuted minorities on the planet— have left aboard rickety boats
in past decades, and there aresigns of another exodus looming.“We are like dead people. I want
to go to another country. I can-not keep suffering like this,” saidRahima, 55, whose husband and
25-year-old son were killed inBuddhist-Muslim clashes in
western Rakhine state in June.“I don’t have enough food. Howlong can I keep living here?” she
asks. A fresh wave of violencehas left dozens more dead anddisplaced about 30,000 people.In the past Bangladesh was thedestination of choice, but it has
now closed its doors, turningaway boatloads of Rohingya
who attempted to flee the vio-lence in June. Yet for many
Rohingya, the chance of a newlife overseas is worth the risk.
“There is nothing to do here,so it’s natural to try to find some-
thing better,” said Kyaw HlaAung, a Rohingya community
leader in Sittwe. He hopes moreof his people will be able to setoff as soon as the weather per-mits. But for the retired lawyerhimself, who says he spent 14
years in jail for defending farm-ers’ rights, the thought of leaving
is too heart-wrenching.“How can we abandon all
the mosques downtown, howcan we abandon our land?” he
asks. AFP
Mitt Romney shows Republican National Committee chairman ReincePriebus (R) and US Senator Rob Portman an iPad with an image ofHurricane Sandy aboard the campaign bus.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
15NEWS CORP INTO PENGUIN?Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has expressed interest in buying book pub-lisher Penguin Group, potentially undermining merger discussionsbetween Penguin and Random House, people familiar with the situationsaid.
DID YOU KNOW...
$345000is the amount CEOs anticipate mak-
ing in 2013, a 10% increase fromthe $314,000 average expected
compensation this year. Actual aver-age compensation in 2011 was
$301,000. This was the result from anew survey by ExpertCEO.
Sun PharmaThe company makes pharmaceu-ticals and API for world markets.India and the US account for over75% of our turnover. Sun Pharmais the fifth largest and the mostprofitable pharmaceutical compa-ny in India as well as the largestpharmaceutical company by mar-ket capitalisation on the Indianexchanges. The Indian pharma-ceutical industry has become thethird largest producer in theworld and is poised to grow intoan industry of $ 20 billion in 2015from the current turnover of $ 12billion.
Because you’remost likely in a
cubicle or otheropen office area,
you inevitably willoverhear others’
conversations.Maybe you’ll hearsomething about
a project you’reinvolved with and
you believe youhave something
to contribute. Yes,if you go over andjoin the conversa-
tion, you couldprovide valuableinsight. However,
you might also beviewed as a
busybody.
If you’re anattendee to ameeting be ontime. If you can’tmake a meetingor you’re goingto be late, letsomeone know.Don’t arrive lateand ask for arecap. Doing sowastes everyoneelse’s time. Tostart meetingslate to accommo-date latecomersis unfair to thosewho showed upon time and onlyencourages morelateness in thefuture.
KNOW YOUR COMPANY
WORK CULTURE
MAKING WORK FUN
workplace
You know it’s time to arrange a fun team building activity when there arenewcomers and they have to acclimatise to the group. Here are some fun
team-building exercises that can help lift spirits at the workplace
LASER TAG
Frustrated at work?You can vent all your
frustrations out by zap-ping your colleagues atyour next team buildingexercise. Laser tag as ateam building activitywill help reduce stressand foster bonding andteam spirit among them.Go the Barney Stinsonway and get theemployees out for agame of laser tag as“playing laser tag isawesome”. Book a slotat SVM Mall, wherelaser tag has beenrecently introduced, andzapp your colleaguesand take a hit at the bosstoo.
BOWLING
Bowling is the most enjoyable team-building game. It is highly competitive so you can encourage bonding among the colleagues
if you get them as a group to compete against another group. Once your team is designated,choose topics of discussion to help them bond throughout the season. There are many bowling alleys that you can visit in the Cityincluding the ones at SVM Mall, Xtreme Sports Bar and the like.
PAINTBALL
Who can forgetthe “Bazinga”
moment whenSheldon from BigBang Theory sacri-fices himself andthus inspires hisfriends to avengehis hit in the paint-ball competition.Follow the lovablenerdy scientists andgo for a paintballgame with yourcolleagues for ateam building exer-cise. L'l Champsand CrossfirePaintball are theplaces in the Cityyou can go for agame of paintball.
GO KARTING
Are you one of those who is excited by speed? Then going for gokarting. It is a perfect way to show off your driving skills to
those who are not cut out for speed. This will be a very popularoption among the male employees but might not be so much
among the female ones. After confronting adrenaline-fuelled work-mates on track with a burning desire to win, you are bound to get
Choosing the correctlocation and theright team buildingactivity is no
child’s play. An offsite or a team
building exercise can be eas-ily related to a “make it orbreak it” scenario where apoorly chosen activity canruin the purpose of the pro-
gramme and will result inwasting time and energy ofthe employees rather thanbenefiting the organisation.
If done right, the exercisehas many benefits includingimproving communication,boosting morale, motiva-tion, learning effectivestrategies, improving productivity, and many others. We bring you the top four fun team buildingexercises.
Classic Icebreakers
CHANGING FASHION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
18KARAOKE BEATS And they are back with a bang! Tuesday Night Karaoke with KJ Zaid ishere to kick start the week for you. 1+1 all night long. Come sing yourheart out to some of the best collection in town.
A LIGHTMIXActorTamannaahditched theglycerine andglitter for anapron onMonday. Shewas the chiefguest at thecake mixingevent held atTaj Banjara.
A BETTERCHANCEJohn Wright, BrandAmbassador of theSouthern Instituteof Technology andformer coach of theIndian NationalCricket team (R)announced addi-tional scholarshipsfor the John WrightScholarships at SIT,New Zealand. TheJohn WrightScholarships are anexclusive opportu-nity for aspiringIndian students tolive, learn and workin New Zealand.
STYLE FOR A CAUSE
spotlight
Fashion Yatra is one of the biggest exhibitions of its kind, showcasing designer gar-ments, jewellery and lifestyle products from all over the India. Kamini Saraf the
organiser of the event believes in fashion for a cause. The City’s socialites howeverwere not shy of loosening their purse strings for a cause.
SIMPLE MECHANISM COULD TREAT ALLERGIESA discovery based on a synthetic molecule could pave the way for quick-actingremedies for a host of acute allergic reactions. Researchers from StanfordUniversity and University of Bern found that a new synthetic molecule namedDARPin E2-79, disarms IgE antibody, instrumental in triggering acute allergies.health
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
19Sleep to stay healthy
Eating well and adequate exercise are not the only prerequisites to a healthy and long life.Recent studies have spoken about how lack of sleep can actually be a cause of death.
SLEEP TROUBLE
MapMyRideThe mobile app uses thebuilt-in GPS technologyof your phone to trackyour outdoor fitnessactivities and helps youachieve your health and
fitness goals. Step out your front door,hit the road or trail, and this app willeffortlessly record metrics includingduration, distance, pace, speed and elevation.
ImpetigoImpetigo is a very contagious bacterialskin infection. It is most common in pre-school children. People who play close-contact sports like rugby and Americanfootball are also at risk. Impetigo is notvery common in adults. Impetigo canalso be called school sores. Impetigo iscaused by streptococcus (strep) orstaphylococcus (staph) bacteria.Methicillin-resistant staph aureus(MRSA) is becoming a common cause.
Baby’s head is1/4 its lengthA baby’s head is one-quarter of its totallength, but by age 25will only be one-eighth of its totallength. As it turns out, our adorablyoversized baby heads won’t change sizeas drastically as the rest of our body. Thelegs and torso will lengthen, but thehead won’t get much longer.
James BlackSir James Whyte Black was a Scottishdoctor and pharmacologist. Black estab-lished the physiology department at theUniversity of Glasgow, where he becameinterested in the effects of adrenaline onthe human heart. He went to work forICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, whilethere, developed propranolol, a betablocker used for the treatment of heartdisease. He was awarded the NobelPrize for Medicine in 1988.
NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS
Rishika had the job of herdreams. A popular high-profile PR executive shewas in the best phase of
her career. Just like many peopleof her age she followed the mottoof work hard and party harder.But soon she started to feelfatigued and developed varioushealth ailments. Rishika in theinitial 25-years-of her life hadalways prided in the fact that sheate well and exercised adequate-ly. What was the reason for thesudden deterioration in herhealth? Rishika approached herdoctor searching for answers. “Like healthy food and exercise,sleep is equally important,”explained her doctor. Accordingto studies, 90 per cent of thecases, people suffering fromsleep disorders and chronic sleeploss also suffers from anotherhealth condition.
CAUSES OF SLEEPLESSESSTalking about the causes of lackof sleep, Dr Aftab Ahmed, seniorphysician, Apollo Hospital,
“When a patient comes to uscomplaining about lack of sleepone looks at the various causes. Itcould be anxiety or stress, related
to some disease such as lung dis-ease, sleep apnea, asthma or gas-tric problems such as acidity.”
Sometimes the lack of sleep
may not be because of a medicalcondition but lifestyle relatedsuch as long work hours and reg-ular late night parties. Studentsalso prior to exams tend to spendlonger hours in the night studying.
“Night shift disorder occursin people who work in shifts, thefluctuating levels of melatonine(hormone) can affect them.Another common cause is Jet lagdue to international travel,” saysDr Ahmed.
EFFECTSThe lack of sleep can have manyeffects on a person. Dr Ahmedsays, “The first possible problemone may come across is effect onone’s day-time work. Their per-formance, thinking and judge-ment will be affected. Depressionmay also be a concern. Lack ofsleep may actually cause a smallproblem to increase or aggravatesuch as diabetes and hyperten-sion.” A person’s socialbehaviour and appearance may
be affected and thus the waypeople look at you will alsochange.
Lack of sleep may also be aconcern when one is driving orin a job that requires driving.Falling asleep behind the wheel or lack of concentrationwhile driving is a cause of manyaccidents.
Various studies have attribut-ed the lack of sleep to be a factorfor other problems such as obesi-ty, irregular heart rhythm, heartailments and stroke.
Lack of sleep need not be thedirect cause unless when itcomes to ailments such as sleepapnea. Dr Ahmed explains,“People with sleep apnea tend tobe obese and may develop bloodpressure more than someonewho does not have sleep apnea.”
SLEEP REQUIREMENTSKeeping our fast-paced lives inmind one needs to adjust ouractivities to get a minimumamount of sleep. Dr Ahmed says,“New borns (0-2 months) maysleep for 12-18 hours, pregnantwoman for eight plus hours,adults may sleep for seven hoursand school children (5-10 years)may sleep for eight hours. Theamount of sleep a person needsdepends on the age and dailyactivity. According to a recentstudy, a person who sleeps forsix to seven hours everyday livesthe longest.”
If a person is unable sleep fora few days to a week it is acuteinsomnia and if they do not sleepfor a month or more it is chronic.If a person is unable to sleep for along time it is important theyvisit a doctor.
You know you aresleep deprived if:n You start falling sick
even if you are one ofthose who usually neverfalls sick
n You notice a loss inappetite
n Excessive fatiguen You are unable to
concentrate and fulfilbasic day to day work
n You are unable toremember basic day-to-day things
Sleep debt
Sleep debt refers to thecumulative effect of not
getting enough sleep. Ifsomeone has a large sleepdebt then they may sufferfrom emotional and physicalfatigue.
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SYDNEY: Pancreatic cancer,which tops mortality rates of allcancers, with Apple's founderSteve Jobs being its most famousvictim, is many diseases rolledinto one, says new research.
A large-scale analysis doneby the Institute for MolecularBioscience (IMB), University ofQueensland, defines the com-plexity of underlying mutationsresponsible for pancreatic can-cers in more than 100 patients.
The analysis, Australia's con-tribution to the InternationalCancer Genome Consortium(ICGC), brings together theworld's leading scientists toidentify the genetic drivers behi -nd 50 different cancer types, thejournal Naturetoday reported.
"We found over 2,000 mutat-ed genes in total, ranging fromthe KRAS gene, which wasmutated in about 90 per cent ofsamples, to hundreds of genemutations that were only pre-sent in one or two per cent oftumours," said professor at theIMB, Sean Grimmond, accordingto an IMB statement.
Pancreatic cancer is one ofthe few for which survival hasnot improved substantially overthe past 40 years.
Andrew Biankin, professor atGarvan Institute of MedicalResearch, along withGrimmond, led an internationalteam of more than 100researchers who sequenced thegenomes of 100 pancreatictumours and compared them tonormal tissue to determine thegenetic changes that lead to thiscancer.
"In this study, we found a setof genes, the axon guidancepathway, that is frequently dam-aged in pancreatic cancerpatients and is associated with apotentially poorer outcome forthose patients. It is a new mark-er of pancreatic cancer that canbe used to direct prognoses andtreatments," said Biankin. IANS
Pancreaticcancer, manydiseases rolledinto one
RESEARCHToronto-based researchers have found that theinfluenza vaccine could be an important treatment for maintaining heart health.
STUDY
EXPERIMENTS
TORONTO: Getting a flu shot cancut risk of heart disease by 50 percent and cardiac deaths by 40 percent, a new study has claimed.Toronto-based researchers found thatthe influenza vaccine could be animportant treatment for maintainingheart health and warding off cardio-vascular events like strokes andheart attacks.
Dr Jacob Udell, a cardiologist atWomen’s College Hospital and theUniversity of Toronto, and col-leagues looked at published clinicaltrials on this subject, dating back tothe 1960s.
“For those who had the flu shot,there was a pretty strong risk reduc-tion,” Udell said. The flu vaccineprovided an approximate 50 per centreduction in the risk of a major car-diac event (heart attack, stroke, orcardiac death) compared with place-bo after one year of follow-up.
A similar trend was seen for theflu vaccine reducing death from anycause (approximately 40 per cent).The influenza vaccine reduced car-diovascular events and cardiovascu-lar death in people with or withoutheart disease.
The combined studies examineda total of 3,227 patients, with analmost equal split between patientswith and without established heartdisease.
Half of the participants were ran-domly assigned to receive flu vaccineand those that did not typicallyreceived a placebo vaccine. Udellsaid these results provide support forcurrent guideline recommendationsfor influenza vaccination of individ-uals with a prior heart attack, but fora different reason than simply reduc-ing flu risk.
Although it was encouraging to
see a reduction in non-fatal cardiacevents, Udell said a large, lengthiermulti-national study would compre-hensively demonstrate the vaccine'seffectiveness to reduce fatal cardiacevents and save lives.
“The use of the vaccine is stillmuch too low, less than 50 per centof the general population; it's evenpoorly used among health careworkers. Imagine if this vaccinecould also be a proven way to pre-vent heart disease,” Udell said in astatement.
The study was presented at the2012 Canadian CardiovascularCongress.
PTI
Vaccine may cutheart disease risk
Progress in fixing a source of genetic diseasePARIS: Scientists on Wednesdayreported that, in pioneeringexperiments on human eggs,they had replaced a geneticmechanism blamed for cripplingdiseases.
The laboratory breakthroughcould one day lead to human tri-als to avert so-called mitochon-drial disorders, they said.
Other experts praised thework but sounded caution.
Described in the journalNature, the research aims atsidestepping genetic defectshanded down by the maternalline through cellular mecha-nisms known as mitochondria.
These are tiny structures thatconvert fats and sugars to ener-
gy for the cell.They only carry a few dozen
genes, or about 0.1 per cent ofthe DNA code, and are separatefrom the nucleus of the cellwhich contains the remainder.
However, when mitochon-drial genes carry a defect, theimpact can be huge. Eye disor-ders, cardiac malfunction, dia-
betes, gastrointestinal and mus-cular diseases and even kinds ofdementia can result.
A team led by ShoukhratMitalipov at the Oregon Healthand Science University inPortland, Oregon, said they hadreached a milestone in years-long research to replace faultymitochondria. AFP
EntertainmentTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
21
Trisha returns to work
Nearly ten days after herfather Mr Krishnan
passed away in Hyderabad,Trisha has finally returnedto the sets of her upcomingTamil film. “Back on set...Guess d show must go on...Thank u all again for dlove..(sic),” she posted onTwitter.
Chammak Challo’s trailerlaunched
The trailer of Neelakanta’s upc -oming film Chammak Challo
was launched yesterday in PrasadLabs. Varun Sandesh is playing thelead role and Sanchita Padukone,Katherine Tresa are making theirdebut with this film. It’s the firsttime Neelakanta is dabbling witha triangular love story.
Pawan Kalyan goes toEurope
After shooting continuously fortwo months for Puri
Jagannadh’s Cameraman GangaTho Rambabu, Pawan Kalyan has
reportedly taken time off andhas gone on a holiday to
Europe. It’s been morethan a week since thefilm released and wehear that the actor will
return soon toHyderabad
and startshooting
forTrivikramSrinivas’upcom-
ingfilm.
CINE BYTESCHANGE OF ROLES
Aday afterHansika con-firmed that she’sgoing to play the
lead role in Karthi’s upcomingTamil film Biryani, RichaGangopadhyay has clarifiedwhy she had to opt out of theproject. She was supposed toplay the lead role, but thefilm’s director Venkat Prabhuchose Hansika just before thefilm is about to go on floors.Talking about the develop-ment, Richa said, “I opted outof Biryani due to changes in therole and the script. Thanks toVenkat Prabhu sir for acceptingmy decision. Hope I get towork with him in the future.All the best to Team Biryani.”Last year, she started her careerin Tamil cinema with a bangwith films like Selvaraghavan’sMayakkam Enna and Dharani’sOsthe. After that she wasoffered the lead role in PremSai’s Tamilselvanum ThaniyarAnjalum which is being pro-duced by Gautham Menon;however, she didn’t take up therole. Currently, she has fourTelugu films in pipeline includ-ing Prabhas starrer Mirchi, AlluArjun’s Iddarammayilatho,Nagarjuna’s Bhai and RaviTeja’s Sir Vacharu.
RichaKarthi’s
opts out of
Biryani
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NEW INNINGS
‘Tughlaq’ is a dream rolefor any actor: Yashpal No one is happier than actor
Yashpal Sharma who billedthe character of Tughlaq fromthe Delhi Sultanate dynasty as a"dream role for any actor." "Atfirst when they called me, I saidno. But, when I later read the playwith consciousness, I washooked. I couldn't stop. And, forme playing this is a lifetime expe-rience, more than my film or TVcareer and I'm very proud of it.”
‘Rush’ more satisfyingthan `100 cr film
Emraan Hashmi’s film Rushreleased October 26 to a
lukewarm response, but for theactor, it remains a special film.
He says the movie is muchmore satisfying than his other
hit films as he managed to ful-fill the wish of its original direc-tor Shamin Desai, who died ear-
lier this year.IANS
Adnan Sami who roped inbig names like Rani
Mukerji and Govinda for hismusic videos, says, "I always
believe that you may have themost amazing line-up of artistto be part of your project butat the end of the day it is the
content of your project thathas to is great,” Sami told IANS.
Content makes an album successful
IT WAS SAFE TO DEBUT WITH FAMILYENTERTAINER SOTY, SAYS ALIA
Though she is opento exposing and
doing intimatescenes on screen,
Alia chose to make a safedebut with Karan Johar's
family entertainer Studentof the Year. The 19-year-old
is the daughter of film-maker Mahesh Bhatt, who
is known for bold filmsand has churned out films
including Raaz, Jism andMurder.
"I don't considerkissing a taboo. I won't doit (expose) for the heck of
it. If the script demandsand it is justified.. will do
it. Like in Student of TheYear I have worn a bikini.
I was very comfortabledoing that because it wasrequired and it isn't that I
haven't worn bikini in reallife," Alia told.
She follows Bhattcamp films and there are afew she likes while othersshe does not. "I love their
(Vishesh Films') films. Butthat doesn't mean I loveall their films. There are
films that I don't like and Itell them about it too butthere are films that I love
as well," she said.Considering the kind of
films they make, Alia feelsit was safe for her to
debut with a family enter-tainer like 'SOTY'. PTI
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CLEARING DOUBTS
Bond is back with $77.7millionTwo weeks ahead of its US
debut, Skyfall scored animpressive $77.7 million from 25foreign markets this weekend. Inmost territories, the 23rd JamesBond flick improved significantlyon Casino Royale and Quantumof Solace, which went on to earn$427 million and $418 million,respectively. In UK, Skyfallopened with an estimated $32.4million.
‘Breaking Dawn - Part 2’ending bizarre: Pattinson
Actor Robert Pattinson saysthe ending to The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -Part 2 is bizarre. The final part
releases next month and it hasalready been revealed that theending differs from the book.“It’s very strange, the ending,but it kind of works in a verybizarre way,” digitalspy.co.ukquoted Pattinson as saying.
Actress Helena BonhamCarter is happy with
being offered film roles forolder women. “Mother and
granny parts? I am up forthem. Fine by me. Actually, Ido truly believe that ageing
has made me a far betteractor,” contactmusic.com
quoted Carter as saying. IANS
Helena Bonham Carter’s improved acting
YOKO ONO DIDN’T BREAK UPTHE BEATLES:
Beatles legend Paul McCartneysays that bandmate JohnLennon’s wife Yoko Ono didn’tbreak up the band. In an inter-view, McCartney, 70, denied the
popular wisdom that Lennon’s relationshipwith Ono was the catalyst that led to theband’s break-up, The Guardian reported.
While McCartney said that he hadfound Ono sitting in on Beatles recordingsessions difficult he also said, “She certain-ly didn’t break the group up, the group wasbreaking up.” He also went as far as topraise her influence on Lennon’s solocareer.
“I don’t think he would have written‘Imagine’ without Yoko, so I don’t thinkyou can blame her for anything. WhenYoko came along, part of her attraction washer avant garde side, her view of things, soshe showed him another way to be, whichwas very attractive to him.
“So it was time for John to leave, he wasdefinitely going to leave one way or anoth-er,” he added.
McCartney placed more blame for thegroup’s demise on Allen Klein, the busi-nessman, who succeeded former managerBrian Epstein in 1967. PTI
PAUL McCARTNEY
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ACROSS1 Casper, for one6 Forbidden perfume?10 Modeling medium14 Agree to more issues15 Month on the Hebrew calendar16 Like a yellow banana17 One reason for a 38-Across19 Small handfuls20 Title for an orchestra
conductor21 Capable of being shaped
or bent23 Dot-___ (Internet startups)25 ___ of passage26 Movie based on a Broadway
musical32 Retract, as a statement33 Al Jazeera viewer, typically34 Is stricken with37 Thing on a list38 Polar outerwear40 Pickling herb41 Craggy prominence42 One-person performances43 Bulgaria”s capital44 Miss America venue, once47 Ivory partner50 ___ monster (large lizard)51 Retirement savings54 Kitchen add-on59 Official stamp60 Thanksgiving symbol62 Arm-twist63 Debussy”s “Clair de ___”64 Made a mistake65 Once-over giver66 Pre-1917 ruler67 Ancient alphabetic characters
DOWN1 .035 ounce2 Mythical first lady on Mt.
Olympus
3 It may be enough4 Arranges, as a dinner table5 Nervous, impatient
or restless6 Washington state city7 “Much ___ About Nothing”8 Having no hair up there9 Language written with Persian-
Arabic letters10 Book or movie reviewer11 “The sky”s the ___!”12 Bobber”s quest13 “Oui” and “si”18 Farmer”s moneymaker22 Illicit exam aid24 Terrifying26 Hearts, for one27 Not fooled28 ___-friendly software29 Round-topped topper30 Aggravate31 Flight-regulating agcy.34 CD player ancestor35 Got down36 Vanquish, as a dragon38 Capitol Hill figure39 Chicken ___ king40 Physician, familiarly42 Eyelid inflammation43 Checkout device44 Branch in a trophy room45 More shipshape46 Olympic skatingchamp Kulik
47 Occur next48 Actor Noah or Wallace49 River in Missouri52 Coated with gold leaf53 African antelopes55 Very light brown56 Ripped57 Oak, maple or apple58 Wraps up61 Paternity test factor
KAKURO QUICK CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
Chai TimeTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
26THOUGHT OF THE DAYChildren begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them;rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde
SCRIBBLING PAD
PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: “How do you play kakuro?”, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.
However, in a crossword the numbersreference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are allyou get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.
Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.
Let”s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:
In the image above, which shows a section ofa kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers “26”and “14” in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...
So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.
Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.
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STAR POWER
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ARIESPoliticians are advised not totake controversial decisionsagainst high command.Litigations in ancestral proper-ty likely. Spouse might befaced with menopause prob-lems, take good care. Avoidanger.
ARIES: Four of Wands –Good deeds beget good deeds; pos-itive action will, in turn, attract posi-tive action. People around you willrespect your goodwill.
GEMINI: Three of Swords– You stick to the commandmentsand don’t want to do anything toupset your chances of being seen asa perfect companion.
LEO: Queen of Swords –Women who are expecting will startgetting anxious about the babythat’s coming soon. Talk to your part-ner about your fears.
LIBRA: Three of Pentacles– Exercise caution with new invest-ments and what you do with moneyyou have recently come into. Checkthe credibility of schemes.
TAURUS: Temperance –You will tend to believe reportsabout a person. But check for your-self before you take a decision basedon these reports.
CANCER: Ace of Wands –Don’t take any and every advice thatpeople hand out to you. You need todo the job of a gatekeeper in order toprotect your emotions.
VIRGO: Page of Wands –Spare the rod and spoil the child?Not your style. But being too muchof a control freak means that youstop enjoying life.
SCORPIO: The Sun – Youmay have to put in some extra workin order to get something you reallywant. Don’t be afraid of hard work. Ithas never killed anyone.
CAPRICORN: Queen ofCups – There are shooting stars thatare believed to fulfil your wishes. Ifyou believe it to be true, it must betrue. Faith can move mountains.
SAGITTARIUS: Ten ofSwords – Someone from your past isremembering you and is making youthink of the good old times when lifewas so much more simpler.
AQUARIUS: Ace of Swords– You’re getting carried away with the‘type’ of person someone is made outto be. You’re therefore hesitating tointeract with this person. Think again!
PISCES: The Magician –Use the weekend to plan your future.Spend some time alone to workthings out and start afresh. Plankeeping in mind your limitations.
TAURUSCourt verdict will go in yourfavour. Businessmen will getsops from the Govt. Blood rel-atives will extend their support and co-operation.Unmarried women are advisedto keep away from love affairs.
GEMINIPoliticians are expected to beneutral without joining anygroup politics. Marriage talkswill progress well andfavourable decision will betaken soon. Businessmen willadopt new and innovative tech-niques and earn good profits.
CANCERThough inflow of money isgood, expenses will spoil yourmood. Politicians will get goodsupport from co partymen.Your new suggestions andadvises are welcomed byeveryone and get implement-ed.
LEOBlood relatives will extend theirfull support. You will getexpected price for the plotwhich you own and hence sellthe same to buy a new house.You will clear major portion ofyour old debts. Businessmenwill make profits.
VIRGOInevitable expenses are likely toincrease.Govt. works will endfavourably and without delay.Sudden turning point likelywhich will yield good results.You will perform sister's mar-riage in a grand manner. Assetsthrough father will come by.
LIBRAGovt. works might get delayed.Take proper advise about thecourt case from your advocateand take appropriate action.Health problem likely,takeproper care.Solution to longpending problems will befound.
SCORPIOYour social status is set toincrease. Your problems, ten-sions and worries will be over.Some have bright chance to goabroad. Employees will begiven additional responsibili-ties. They will face hurdles, butthey will succeed.
SAGITTARIUSPoliticians will be closely moni-tored by the high command,hence advised to be careful inthe activities undertaken. Helpswill come through to solvemajor debts from friends andwell wishers. Businessmen willget profitable deals.
CAPRICORNYour interest in religious activi-ties will increase. Visa whichhas been delayed since longwill be received now. VIPfriends will get introduced. Youwill get an opportunity to meetyour old friends and close rela-tives in a get together.
AQUARIUSOld problems might resurfaceagain and put you under ten-sion. Need not worry but actswiftly so that you will be ableto solve the same.Financialposition will be strong.Youmight sell one of your assets tosave another one.
PISCESGood turning point likely incourt case. Businessmen willwork hard and get good result.Friendship circle is likely toincrease.Employees might faceopposition at work place. Doyour duty without hesitation.
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THE MAGIC OF NUMBERS
CINE BYTESWill Smith raps 'FreshPrince' theme
Will Smith performed animpromptu set at actress
Gabrielle Union's birthday party.The actor backed up by produc-er and beatboxer Doug E Fresh,took to the microphone at theMiami event for snippets ofSummertime and the theme toThe Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Bieber gets inked
Justin Bieber may be wise beyondhis years. The pop star posted a
photo on Instagram of a fresh owltattoo on his forearm along with
the caption, "Befo the paps getme." Rapper Drake also has an
affinity for the nocturnal bird, get-ting a tattoo on his shoulder blade
and using it as a mascot for hisOVO (October's Very Own) brand.
Zooey reprises World SeriesNational anthem Gig
New Girl star Zooey Deschanel lenther vocal chops to Game 3 of the
2012 World Series between the SanFrancisco Giants and the Detroit
Tigers, singing the national anthem.More of a diplomat, the star tweetedprior to the game: "I am rooting for
BOTH teams!!! Go #Tigers! Go#Giants! Can't wait for the game!"
'Argo' climbs to top of USbox officeArgo has climbed one place to top the US box office this weekend. The
Ben Affleck-directed thriller knocked previous chart-topper ParanormalActivity 4 off the summit after grossing $12.35m. The horror sequeldropped to number four, earning $8.67m in its second week on release.
Multi-layered drama epic Cloud Atlas made its debut at number three with $9.4m,narrowly beaten out by Hotel Transylvania, which jumped two places from lastweek's number four position and grossed $9.5m. Other debuts this week comefrom Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which entered at number five with $8m, and teencomedy Fun Size, which grossed $4.06m to slip in at number ten. The LiamNeeson-starring action film Taken 2 dropped three places to number six, whileKevin James's Here Comes the Boom remains steady at number seven. Finally,supernatural horror Sinister also fell to number eight, from its previous position ofsix, and Alex Cross plummeted four places to number nine.
HCA inter-school Coca Cola U-16Quarter-finalsKV Bolarum 120 (Praneeth Raj6/31) lost to St Andrews HighSchool 121/3 (Mohul Bhowmick44).Bhavans Junior College “A” 282/5(M.K. Sai Sandeep Naidu 110,B. Rahul 100) lost to WesleyJunior College “A” 286/7 (ChristyVictor 112, C.H. Rakesh Kumar58 n.o.).HPS B 329/2 (Sai Charan 153n.o., Sandeep Goud 111 n.o.) btGowtham M S 168 (Raja 100).Cal P S 399 for 2 (G. VinithReddy 126, Bharath Raj 199) btMahbub C HS 35 (AbhinavKumar 5/23, Satwik 4/3).HPS R 218 (M. Abhirath Reddy74) lost to Nizamabad 221/7(Wajeed 82).Bhavans “B” 143 (Azmath Khan5/20) lost to Boys Town 145 forno loss (Yudish Surpanani 76 n.o.,Abdul Khaled Qureshi 58 n.o.).
All India Women’s U-19 one-day Super LeagueGroup AMPCA 168/8 (Sneh Rana 4/27) btPunjab 148 all out(Taniya Bhatiya54, Preeti Yadav 4/26).Maharashtra 149 (SmritiMandana 61, S.R. Mosalgi 20, K.Joythi 2/13, G. Chandra Lekha3/35, L. Lavanya 2/28) lost to152/3 (C.H. Jhansi Lakshmi 42, N.Anusha 43 n.o., K. Anjali Sarvani22 n.o., Devika Vaidya 2/34).Group BHyderabad 98 all out (SnehaMorey 20, Humaira Kazi 2/9,Sarika Koli 2/9) lost to Mumbai99/8 (Sarika Koli 26, MugdhaJoshi 24, Praneesha 3/15,Arundhati Reddy 2/10).UPCA 99 all out (Shaya Singh 28,Harleen Kaur Deol 4/17, SusmitaNegi 2/19) bt HPCA 81 all out(Deepti Sharma 3/16,).
sports 29DOPING SCANDAL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
HYDERABAD: The following bowlershave been selected to undergo coach-ing at the Hyderabad Cricket Academyof Excellence (HCAE). All the selectedplayers are to report to the chief coachof HCAE at 6.30am from November 1.
Selected Players: A Varun Goud, R.John Abraham, Ankit Singh Mallik,Rishab Kishore, Ashish Srivastav, OmerKhan, B. Pritam Krishna, S. Osama,C.H. Mandeep, S. Prashanth Raj, E SreeCharan, S Yudish, Hriday Vikas Billa,Sachin Tandle, Karan Kannan, ShivamVarshnev, Kranthi Vinay Kumar, SyedAhmad Shajeel, Manish Parashar, SyedMohd. Rayyan, Melbinto, T.D.N.Chaitanya, Mickil Jaiswal, VijanderSingh Bhakuni, Mohammed Abrara,Roshan Jain, Mohd Abdul Faraz,Rishab Singh, N. Vamshi Krishna,Rahul, N.V. Nitish Koundinya, Satwik,P. Abhishek Raj, G. Sanjay Raj, R.Abhinav Dayanand.
LONDON: Steven de Jongh(right) has stepped down fromhis role as Team Sky’s sportingdirector after admitting tousing performance-enhancingdrugs during his career, theBritish team announced onMonday.
“Steven de Jongh has leftTeam Sky following three sea-sons as sports director,” read astatement from Team Sky.
“After the team reaffirmedits position on anti-doping,Steven disclosed that he hadtaken a banned substance earlierin his career as a professionalrider.”
De Jongh, 38, wrote in a let-ter published on www.cycling-weekly.co.uk that his decisionto dope was an individual onenot soemthing imposed onhim by ambitious team chiefs.
“I’ve been shocked by thestories and rumours of organ-ised doping programmesbecause I’ve simply never seenanything like that.
“My experience was verydifferent. My doping was doneby me, and nobody ever forcedme. Of course, I always knew itwas wrong and was scared ofthe risks I was taking. And Iwill always regret what I did.
“I took EPO on a few occa-sions from 1998 to 2000. It wasvery easy to get hold of and Iknew it couldn’t be detected.
“With the steps we’ve been
taking in cycling there is a bet-ter chance than ever to com-pete in a clean sport.”
De Jongh, who enjoyedmodest success as a riderbefore retiring in 2009, is thethird staff member to leave theteam after Sky announced azero-tolerance stance on dop-ing in the aftermath of theLance Armstrong scandal.
Senior sports director SeanYates announced his retire-ment from professional cyclingon Sunday, while AmericanBobby Julich left the squad last
week after admitting that hetook banned blood-boosterEPO during his racing career.
Team Sky principal DaveBrailsford said: “There’s no do -ubt about Steven’s work withus or his approach. He’s been ahighly valued sports directorand colleague over three sea-sons. Steven deserves ourrespect for the courage he’sshown in being honest aboutthe past and it’s right that wedo our best to support him. Hehas our best wishes for thenext step in his career.” AFP
Steven de Jonghleaves Team Sky
Steven de Jongh stepped down as Sky’s sporting directorafter admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.
LEAGUE CRICKETGOLF
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad: TrueScholar, Silver Island, Lavish Giftand Odalis caught the eye whenthe horses were excercised herethis morning.
(rb) 58, 600/42.5 Former finishedin front. Aoura Aoura Aoura (rb)2y.Zorro The Legend (rb) 58.5,600/44 Latter moved well andfinished together. Rohini Star(app) 1-0, 600/47 Easy.Manipulator (Dileep) 1-0, 600/45Easy. Guiding Light (rb) 58.5,600/44 Moved on the bit.Tillcowscomehome (rb) 58,600/44 Urged. La Buena (rb)Shatakshi (rb) 1-1, 600/45 They
finished together. Odalis(Alikhan) Bharatanatyam (rb) 57,600/43 Former superior. StylishChieftan (rb) Homely Helo (rb) 1-3, 600/47 They were easy.2y.Kohinoor Thunder (RavinderSingh) 1-1, 600/45 Easy.2y.Lavish Gift (Anil) Ice Rain (app)59, 600/44 Former finished infront. Komo Komo Komo (rb) 1-3, 600/47 Easy. Rob Roy (rb) 1-3,600/47 Easy. Craven Cottage (rb)1-2.5, 600/46 Easy. Daniella(Deep Shanker) 1-3.5, 600/48Moved freely. Silver Island (rb) 55,600/41.5 Impressed. Merry Maid(rb) Classic Crown (B.Shinde) 1-1.5, 600/46 They moved together.
Sand Track 1000 Metres:
Sugar Deal (rb)2y.Mr.Mellon/Stupendous(M.Mark) 1-14, 800/1-0, 600/46They moved together. Molla (rb)Dakshayani (rb) 1-16.5, 800/59,600/45 Former finished in front.Brianna (rb) 2y.Senure/Karinae(rb) 1-16.5, 800/1-2.5, 600/47.5Former finished a length in front.Maharadhi (rb) Arudra (rb) 1-15,800/1-0, 600/46 A fit pair. NovayaZemlya (rb) 1-11.5, 800/57,600/44 Pushed. Kohinoor Angel(rb) 1600/600 in1-12.5, Eased.Okai Okai Okai (rb) 1-13.5,800/58.5, 600/45 Moved well.Sand Track 1200 Metres:2y.Princess Cruise (Imran Khan)2y.Most Impressive (Sreekant) 1-33, 1000/1-16.5, 800/1-0,
600/44.5 Former finished well infront. True Scholar (rb) 1-27,1000/1-10.5, 800/56, 600/42Pleased. Royal Craft (rb) 1-34,1200/600 in 44 Easy.Noted on 29/10/2012.Sand Track 800 Metres:Killer Instinct (rb) 1-0, 600/44Moved well. Regal Groom (rb) 1-2, 600/46 Easy. Original Gladiator(app) Noble Honour (app) 1-3,600/47 They moved freely.2y.Kohinoor Thunder (RavinderSingh) 1-3, 600/47 Easy.Noted on 28/10/2012.Sand Track 800 Metres:Bold Brigade (rb Over Taker (rb)59, 600/44 Former finished infront.
True Scholar, Odalis catch the eyeHYDERABAD TRACK WORK
Bowlers for under-16 camp
ZHENGZHOU, CHINA:Rory McIlroy beat Tiger Wo -ods by a single shot on Mon -day in a big-money 18-holeshowdown between the world's top two before a fren-zied Chinese audience whoseenthusiasm literally knew nobounds. Crowd etiquettecrumbled as the golfersplayed out their "Duel atJinsha Lake" for a prize potreportedly worth $2 million.Fans jumped the ropes, stoleballs and clogged up the fair-ways to get a better vantagefor photographs.
McIlroy and Woods hadboth flown in late Sunday forthe one-day event after play-ing elsewhere — McIlroyhaving come second at theBMW Masters in Shanghai,and Woods finishing fourthat the CIMB Classic in swel-tering Malaysia.
But the players had anytiredness quickly extin-guished by a surreal and lav-ish opening ceremony inZhengzhou, in China'sinland east.
They were greeted bydrum majorettes, fireworksand speeches from local dig-nitaries before clanging a cer-emonial Chinese gong andhaving their handprints andautographs immortalised inclay.
McIlroy carded a fiveunder par 67 on the 7,039-yard, par-72 layout at theJinsha Lake Golf Club, andworld number two Woodsregistered a 68. AFP
Fan frenzyengulfsWoods,McIlroy
sports TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 30RETIRING RIGHT
SOUTH AFRICA’S TOUR OF AUSTRALIA
The Master of the off-driveonce again got his timingright.
Sourav Ganguly finally badefarewell to all competitive cricket,at the age of 40.
The good thing aboutGanguly is that he timed his exitsvery well. He quit Test cricket at36 with his cricketing powers stillgood. He did not wait to be to beshown the door.
And Ganguly knows best. Hehad to wait nearly four years afterhis first international match,where he scored just three againstthe West Indies, before earning arecall.
This always rankled with him.He was supposedly dropped forbeing ‘arrogant and aloof’.
That was a reputation whichhe carried right from his schoolplaying days. Coming from anaffluent background, Gangulyhad an air about him.
But this attitude helped to adda new dimension to India cricket.Ganguly played an important rolein changing the attitude of Indiancricketers.
India were always taken forgranted by many of the teamsbecause of their timid behaviour.The humbleness of cricketerswere often exploited by sledgingand abuse.
After taking over as captain,
Ganguly instilled aggression inhis players. Thankfully he had abunch of youngsters who willing-ly adopted the no-nonsense atti-tude.
India were playing betterunder him and they wanted toshow their toughness.
The purists and the mediafrowned on him. His shirt wavingincident in England after the teamclinched the Natwest Trophy in2002.
But what Ganguly did was to
repeat what England all-rounderAndrew Flintoff did in India.Once again it was partiality onpart of the critics to single outGanguly. Indian cricket had hadenough.
The aggro reflected on the per-formances. India were becoming aforce to reckon with.
He often got into hot waterwith the authorities. His constantbattles with former coach GregChappell are well-documented.
But nothing can take away
Ganguly’s contribution as one ofIndia’s most successful captainand batsman.
His 7212 runs in 113 Tests ataverage 42.17 and and 11363 41,02runs in 311 one-dayers bear testi-mony to his prowess as a bats-man.
Inspired by David Gower,Ganguly had the same grace asthe England batsman. His off-sidedrives were a joy to behold and heoften pierced gap with precision.
Ganguly had his ups and
downs in Test cricket but healways came back strongly.
Just before his retirement in2008, Ganguly struck a rich vein ofform, particulary in 2007.
His early Test career wasmarked by a weakness against theshort ball which exploited by theopposition. But he worked on itand towards the end of career hadgot over it.
But one-day cricket was hisforte. He formed a great openingpartnership with SachinTendulkar and both put up someexciting and fast scoring partner-ships.
Ganguly always destroyedspinners in the one-dayers. Hewould often dance down the pitchand hit the ball straight for sixes.
He wasn’t among the bestjudge of a run and was somewhatof a specialist in run outs.
That aside, his skills extendedto decent slow medium bowlingwhich were useful on many occa-sions. He was also a good catcher.
Ganguly has now become aTV commentator and a good oneat that.
So where does Ganguly standin terms of Indian cricket? His bat-ting certainly contributed in Indiaclimbing up the cricket rankings.
But he will always be knownas a top class captain. Many mayquestion his astuteness but resultsback up his credentials.
The single-most factor whichGanguly did was he converted abunch of gentleman cricketersinto ‘No more Mr Nice Guys’.
Dada finally bids farewellIndian cricket’s Dada, Sourav Ganguly finally bade farewell to all competitive cricket, at the
age of 40. The good thing about Ganguly is that he timed all his exits very well.
SYDNEY: South Africa bowlingcoach Allan Donald Tuesdaycalled his country’s current paceattack the best he has seen, asthey fine-tune ahead of a threeTest series against Australia.
Donald in his prime was oneof the best fast bowlers ever seenin Test cricket, ripping throughopposition batsmen with partnerShaun Pollock, but even headmitted the current crop was aleague above.
“I would have to say that,yes,” Donald told reporters.
“I’m not just saying that,because I was part of an attackwith Shaun Pollock and myself
and a few others, and I say thathumbly and respectfully, I thinkthis is as good as it gets.”
South Africa jetted intoAustralia Sunday aiming to con-solidate their position as thenumber one Test team, whichthey earned in August with aseries triumph in England.
Much pre-series media atten-tion has centred on the quality ofthe South African pace attack,led by Dale Steyn, VernonPhilander and Morne Morkel,and how Australia’s top orderwill deal with them.
Donald, who terrorisedopposition batsmen in the 1990s,
said the South African bowlers’greatest asset was their ability towork as a group.
“They’ve been bowlingtogether for quite some time,” hesaid.
“Momentum’s been builtover the past couple of years,consistency in selection and it’snice to have a group of guys thatknow what they’re about.”
Australian coach MickeyArthur, himself a South African,acknowledged earlier this monththat his top order batsmen face a“baptism of fire”.
“It’s going to be about thebatters,” Arthur said of the
series.“It is going to be about which
top six can adapt better, whichtop six is going to be more con-sistent over the three Test series. Ithink both top sixes are in for areal baptism of fire.”
Australia head to the firstTest in Brisbane next week withEd Cowan opening the inningsalongside big-hitting DavidWarner.
They will be followed to thecrease by Shane Watson and then165-Test veteran Ricky Ponting,who is in fine touch, scoring 350runs at an average of 125.00 inhis last three first-class games.
Proteas pace pack best ever: DonaldSouth Africa bowling coach Allan Donald called his country’s current pace attack the best he has ever seen.
TWELFTH MANBabu Kalyanpur
sports TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 31FORMULA ONE
DIFFICULT SCHEDULE ANGER ISSUES
SCOTT WILLIAMS Agence France-Presse
PARIS: Andy Murray predictedscheduling trouble for futurelate-season ATP events once theWorld Tour Finals leave Londonafter 2013, with the new com-pacted annual calendar likely toforce some hard choices amongplayers.
He spoke before his second-round start at the Paris Masters,a week after leaving organisersin Basel, Switzerland, high anddry by withdrawing with a backinjury from that event.
Now Paris Bercy and tourna-ment director Guy Forget is pay-ing the price as well with theinjury absence of world numberone Roger Federer, which leavesNovak Djokovic on course to topthe year-end rankings for the sec-ond straight year. Djokovic lostthe ranking to the Swiss after 53
weeks when Federer won theWimbledon title.
But the ATP said that Federerended any chance of a return tothe year-end top spot as he lostthe weekend Basel final to JuanDel Potro and then withdrewfrom Paris with niggling injuries.
Djokovic started the year bydefending his Australian Opentitle and boasts a circuit-leading
70-11 match record going intoParis.
With the race for the final twospots in the year-end event goingdown to the wire in Paris beforeMonday’s start of the eight-manwrap-up, injury retirements fig-ure in the equation as well.
In Valencia a week ago,London contenders Jo-WilfriedTsonga and Janko Tipsarevicboth quit first-round matches inpain.
Murray said that with theLondon season-ender startingnext Monday without a gapbetween the end of Paris and thefirst round-robin match in theBritish capital, players areunlikely to be willing to riskplaying three weeks in succes-sion. That was not the case untilthis year, when the ATPsqueezed an extra two weeks ofplay out of the calendar, yieldingan ending on November 12.
GORDON HOWARD Agence France-Presse
NEW DELHI: Ferrari team chiefStefano Domenicali admittedthat title-chasing Spaniard Fern -ando Alonso does not have thefastest car as he urged a concert-ed push for victory in the seaso -n’s final three Formula One races.
Speaking after SebastianVettel’s fourth consecutive win inSunday’s Indian Grand PrixDomenicali said there was nopoint “crying about Red Bull’scar” and that Ferrari had to playto their strengths to close the 13-point gap in the drivers’ stand-ings.
“It is clear at the moment thatRed Bull has a better car,” saidDomenicali. “But what can wesay? We cannot cry. We need towork hard. Full stop.
“By saying that they arestronger, we don’t have tochange the approach we keep in-house. I have said to my team,‘listen, in 1982 at the World Cupof football, our team (Italy) wasnot the strongest, but we won thetitle’.
“We have the luxury of hav-ing Fernando with us, who is thenumber one driver, so it is some-
thing we will do and fight upuntil the end.”
Two-time world championAlonso, bidding to stopGermany’s Vettel, 25, becomingthe youngest triple champion inthe sport’s history, has declaredhe remains “100 per cent con-vinced” that he will win the title.
Asked about the optimismshown by Alonso, who finishedsecond in India, Domenicali said:
“I am always optimistic. In life itdoesn’t change to be negative, itdoesn’t give you points. If youhave the right approach with theguys, we can maximise what wehave. This is what I have told mypeople. When you are fightingyou have to be brave to use thethings you have in the best wayyou can. There are also the otherswho are fighting, and we have torespect them. But their life will
not be easy until the end.”Domenicali avoided making
any claims about the potential ofthe team’s forthcoming upgradesfor their car for the final threeraces. He said all that matteredwas what happened on the track.
“If I say something it doesn’tchange what we can do,” he said.“What I say to my people is try todo the best and we see if what wecan do is enough.”
SYDNEY: Police were called tobreak up a fight between tennisplayer Bernard Tomic and amale friend after a night of par-tying, reports said on Tuesday.
Queensland state policesaid they attended a distur-bance at Surfers Paradise, onthe Gold Coast, early Mondaymorning but no arrests weremade or charges laid.
“We spoke to a couple ofmales and that was it,” a policespokesman told AFP.
According to the Gold
Coast Bulletin, police “separat-ed the two men before the ten-nis ace turned on officers”.
“He reminded police of‘who he was’ and accused offi-cers of running a hate cam-paign against him,” the news-paper said. Tomic, who has notwon a match since the secondround in Bangkok more than amonth ago, is no stranger tocontroversy, with a case relatedto alleged traffic offences duebefore a Queensland court incoming days. AFP
Stefano: Red Bull is fasterFerrari team chief Stefano Domenicali admitted that Fernando Alonso doesnot have the fastest car as he urged a push for victory in the final 3 races.
Murray blames tightcalendar for pullouts
Tomic brawls with bud
Williams indoubt aboutBotha bout
SYDNEY: Former All Blacksstar Sonny Bill Williams onTuesday said his heavy-weight boxing bout againstSouth African Francois Bot -ha was in doubt after pick-ing up an injury playingrugby in Japan.
Williams, who in Augustquit the world championNew Zealand team to takeup a club contract in Japan,injured his pectoral muscleplaying for the PanasonicWild Knights on Saturday.
He arrived in Sydney onTuesday to prepare for theBotha fight next month butsaid he needed to have scanson the injury before decidingwhether he went ahead withthe bout.
“At the moment, it (thefight) is a little bit in doubt,”Williams told Fox Sports atSydney airport. AFP
BOXING
sportsTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
32GAVASKAR FEARS FOR 'VULNERABLE' INDIA Sunil Gavaskar says England's "final frontier" could prove to be just a smallhurdle as they bid for a first Test series win against "vulnerable" India inalmost three decades. Gavaskar said India were going into the series witha "wobbly" batting line-up and a weak-looking pace attack.
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SERIE A AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
MIKE MCGRATH Agence France-Presse
LONDON: Alex Ferguson haswished referee Lee Mason "goodluck" in Wednesday's tie betweenManchester United and Chelsea,just three days after their fieryStamford Bridge clash ended incontroversy.
The fall-out from United'sthrilling victory on Sunday is setto continue beyond Wednesday'sgame, when the PremierLeague's top two will meet forthe second time in a week.
Roberto Di Matteo's sidehave accused referee MarkClattenburg of using "inappro-priate language" towards theirplayers during Chelsea's 3-2defeat, prompting the FootballAssociation to launch an investi-gation. The Metropolitan Policeare also looking at how a stewardwas injured as United celebratedJavier Hernandez's controversial75th-minute winner.
"Good luck to the referee,"
said Ferguson when asked if hehad a message for Mason.
All eyes will be on the manwith the whistle afterClattenburg dismissed BranislavIvanovic and Fernando Torres onSunday before allowing Herna -ndez's goal to stand despite theUnited striker appearing to beoffside. It is expected to be anoth-er hot-blooded clash, althoughboth teams will make changes totheir starting line-ups.
United winger Nani insistshe is in "perfect condition" as heprepares to make a rare start thisseason, amid speculation sur-rounding his long-term future atOld Trafford.
The Portugal winger, 25, wasonce again an unused substitutein the win over Chelsea butshould be part of a much-changed side returning toLondon for this fourth-round tie.
Nani cast doubt over hisfuture last week following theclub's Champions League victo-ry over Braga when he respond-
ed to questions about his futureby saying: "God only knowswhat awaits me."
He will nonetheless hope tostart against Chelsea, havingseen both Antonio Valencia andthe fit-again Ashley Youngselected ahead of him on Sunday.
"I am in perfect condition,"said Nani. "I am physically goodand feeling confident. I am thesame Nani as always."
United manager Fergusonadmitted he would "changesome players" ahead of thereturn to Chelsea.
Hernandez, Ryan Giggs, An -derson, Paul Scholes and DannyWelbeck could feature, while ce -ntre-back Scott Wootton, Belgiandefender Marnick Vermijl,Michael Keane and Nick Powellare also in contention. Chelseawill also make changes, althoughsome of Di Matteo's adjustmentswill be forced as Ivanovic, Torresand John Terry are banned andFrank Lampard is recoveringfrom a calf injury.
Chelsea, Man U brace for reunionAlex Ferguson has wished Lee Mason "good luck" in Wednesday's tie between Man U and
Chelsea, just three days after their fiery Stamford Bridge clash ended in controversy.
Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Oscar (2nd L) vies with Manchester United'sEnglish midfielder Tom Cleverley (L) during their previous encounter onSunday. AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS
JUSTIN DAVIS Agence France-Presse
MILAN: Juventus will aim tomake it 49 matches unbeatenwhen they host Bologna onWednesday, while followers ofSerie A will hope there is norepeat of the refereeing contro-
versies which marred some wee -kend matches. Juventus werebeneficiaries of at least onewrong refereeing decisionSunday, defeating Catania 1-0 tomaintain a three-point lead overNapoli despite their hosts havinga valid goal disallowed for aninexistent offside.
Catania have not been theonly team complaining of incon-sistency, but since then the focushas been on Juve.
Juventus director generalBeppe Marotta on Monday wasforced to "categorically reject" allnotions of a conspiracy revolvinground the Old Lady of Turin.
However it is only now thatItaly's most titled Serie A club isfinding redemption, severalyears after a 'calciopoli' match-fixing scandal saw Juventusstripped of two league titles(2005 and 2006).
Catania president AntoninoPulvirenti, who was ordered offthe bench on Sunday, later com-plained that protests from theJuve bench had forced the matchreferee to change his mind anddisallow the goal.
Claims that the linesman incharge was a fan of Juve havesince been made, and denied,however the events have raisedquestions over the professional-ism of officials in one of theworld's top leagues.
Juventus's Arturo Vidal of Chile celebrates after scoring during the ItalianSerie A match on Sunday at Massimino Stadium in Catania. AFP
SEOUL: Ulsan Hyundai willtake nothing for granted inWednesday's AFC ChampionsLeague semi-final return leg,despite a handy lead over Bun -yodkor, after a bitter exit thelast time they were in this posi-tion. After last week's 3-1 winin Tashkent, the South Koreanside are favourites to reachtheir first Asian club final andset up a showdown with oneof two teams from SaudiArabia's Jeddah — two-timewinners Al Ittihad, or Al Ahli.
While Ulsan haven't won insix K-League games, they areon a seven-match hot streak inAsian competition and in lineto become the fourth Koreanclub in four years to reach theChampions League final.
Last week they came backfrom a goal down againstUzbek champions Bunyodkorat Jar Stadium, thanks to goalsby Brazilian forward Rafinhaand South Korean internation-als Kim Shin-Wook and Lee
Keun-Ho. But Kim Ho-Gon'steam are unlikely to take thingseasy in front of their home fansafter their heartbreak of 2006,when they beat JeonbukMotors 3-2 away but weretrounced 4-1 at home by theirK-League rivals in the secondleg. The current team is verydifferent from the squad of2006 with defensive midfielderKim Young-Sam the only sur-vivor of that campaign.
While the 2006 team waslargely inspired by the mercuri-al Lee Chun-Soo, the currentside have numerous threatswith the pace of wingers LeeKeun-Ho and Kim Seung-Young, the fine-finishingRafinha and giant forward KimShin-Wook.
Rafinha has been a revela-tion since joining Ulsan fromJapanese side Gamba Osaka,scoring four in their last threeChampions League gamesincluding two in the 4-0 quar-ter-final win over Al Hilal. AFP
Juventus take on Bologna Ulsan Hyundai wary ofnew Asian heartbreak
