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Jaya condoles
death of
partymen
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa today condoled the death of a
party functionary, who died due to an
electric shock while celebrating her
acquittal by the Karnataka High Court.
In a statement, she said she was
saddened to know that P Karan of
Harbour area, while planting pole for
the AIADMK ﬂag, was electrocuted.
She also said she was saddened by
the death of KO G Krishnan of Tirupur
and S Palanisamy of Coimbatore,
who died due to heart attack. She
announced Rs three lakh each as
solatium to bereaved families.
In another statement, she condoled
the death of party functionaries Murugan, Sivagnanam, Ayyathurai, Umar
Farooq, Ganesan, Ram and Sekar,
who died unable to bear the hurdles
faced by her. She also announced a
sum of Rs three lakh as solatium.
Clash, splash
Mitchell Starc has been an
immense boost: Mandeep
heir juggernaut having come to a halt against the batting
might of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians
face a virtual make or break situation when they take on
defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian
Premier League cricket in Mumbai tomorrow.
The loss last Sunday to RCB, after a superb ﬁve-game
winning streak, has come at the wrong time. But MI would
be seeking inspiration from their overall 10-5 win-loss record
against KKR who, however, won their
previous season-opening clash on 8 April by seven
wickets. On the other hand a victory would not only help
the Kolkata franchise bounce back into the pole position
currently occupied by the Chennai Super Kings.
Elsewhere, faced with irritants like the boundary issue
and China’s plans for infrastructure projects in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (PoK), Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will have a tough task as he meets the Chinese leadership
during his three-day visit to China from tomorrow which he
hoped will set a new milestonefor Asia.
Narendra Modi, who is undertaking his ﬁrst visit to China
as Prime Minister, will reach the ancient city of Xi’an, the
home town of President Xi Jinping, for a summit meeting,
an unusual departure from normal protocol and seen as a
reciprocal gesture by the Chinese leader who was hosted
by Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited India in September
last year.
Cool is the hot news
q Sudden rain surprises Chennai q Showers predicted for 3 more days
CHILL SPILL
Woman dies of
rabies after
puppy bite
Erode, May 13 (PTI):
A 45-year old woman died of rabies
here, days after she was bitten by
a puppy. Palaniammal of Ammapet
near here, bitten by two-month olddog about two weeks ago, died last
evening, police said today.
She had initially neglected the dog
bite and opted for home remedy for
the wound. Later when she developed
some ailment, she was treated in the
Pasteur Institute of India in Coonoor,
a leading institute in the production of
anti-rabies vaccine. Some days ago,
the woman returned to Ammapet and
her condition suddenly worsened and
she died last evening.
Wednesday turned out to be ‘wet’nesday for Chennaiites, as sudden showers brought a relief from summer heat. The sea too was not as usual. These are scenes from Guindy and Marina.
Photos: K VIJAY ANAND & A R JAYAKUMAR
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Starting this morning, Chennaiites
are breathing cool air and showers,
that have bought about a change
in the hot climate that the city people expected during this period of
summer.
And the good news is that the city
will receive rain for the next three
days.
An ofﬁ cial from the Met department said, ‘the sky condition would
be generally cloudy. We are expect-
ED summons SRK
for forex violation
q In trouble for
‘undervaluing’ KKR shares
Mumbai, May 13:
Riders co-owners, actors Shah
Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and her
husband Jay Mehta, have been
served Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons
for allegedly violating
Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA)
norms, ofﬁcial sources
said in Mumbai today
The ED move follows
a notice sent in March
in 2015 and Sharukh,
others would be required
to appear before the agency by
May-end.
The Knight Riders Sports Pvt Ltd
is suspected to have violated FEMA
norms by undervaluing its shares
in a transfer deal with Jay Mehta’s
overseas company, Sea Island
Investments Ltd.
However, none of
the co-owners have
ofﬁcially reacted to the
development.
A recent audit had
indicated that shares
sold to a private company based in Mauritius had been undervalued. Audit has
also found that the
company of Shah Rukh did a forex
violation of around Rs 100 crore.
The issue has been under investigation by ED since 2010-11.
ing rain or thundershowers in a few
areas. Circulation in the upper air
over Sri Lanka is moving northward
which is likely the reason that is
giving rainfall in coastal Tamilnadu
and scattered rainfall in the interior
parts of the State’.
While the upper air circulation
is expected to intensify into a low
pressure over South Bay, the stead
tilt to the west is shifting the possible low location towards Arabian
Sea. Meanwhile, ﬁ shermen have
been warned not to go to the sea.
Summer-rains so far
Showers during summer is not new
to these parts. Following is the list of
named storms that brought rains to
Tamilnadu during the month of May:
Akash, Aila, Laila, Bandu, Phet,
Viyaru/Mahasen
Further rainfall prospects will
depend on the future movement of
UAC and location of LPA genesis,
ofﬁcials said.
The maximum and the minimum
temperature for today was recorded
as 35 and 29 degree celcius respectively.
Manamelkudi in Pudhukottai district received the highest amount
of rainfall (seven cm) and Sivakasi
came a close second by recording ﬁve cm of showers. Coonoor,
Pamban and Sankaridurg got four
cm of rainfall each. Heavy rainfall
warning has also been given by the
weathermen who have predicted
isolated heavy to very heavy rain
over Tamilnadu and Puducherry.
‘Showers in the times of Agni
Natchathiram days is a surprising
one Chennai experiences hot and
humid days all the three major
seasons-- summer, winter and
monsoon. Thankfully, due to its
vicinity to the coastal area we get
a few amount of rainfall during the
Kathiri Veyil days’, Balaji, a resident
of Velachery said.
Talking about the hottest months,
a blogger said the cool breeze that
prevails now provides some respite
to the residents from the high temperature endured during daytime.
SC ruling on Central govt ads
q ‘Carry only photos of President, Prime Minister & CJI’
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
The Supreme Court today issued a
slew of guidelines on regulation of public advertisements and said that they
can carry pictures of certain dignitaries
like the President, Prime Minister and
the Chief Justice of India.
A bench headed by Justice Ranjan
Gogoi rejected the plea of the central
government that judiciary should
not tread into the territory of policy
decisions and said that the courts
can step in if there is no policy or
law in place.
It also asked the central government to constitute a three-member
committee to regulate the issue of
public advertisement.
The court accepted all major recommendations made by a committee on regulation of government
advertisements. It, however, did not
allow a provision for special audit of
award of government advertisement
More arrests in Saidapet
country bomb case
to media houses. It did not approve
one of the recommendations of the
three-member committee, headed
by eminent academician Prof N R
Madhava Menon, that government
advertisements should not carry photographs of any dignitaries including
the President and the Prime Minister.
The apex court had on April 24 had
set up the committee and decided to
frame guidelines to prevent ‘misuse’
of public funds by the government
and authorities in giving ads in news-
Out on bail, convict
caught for robbery
papers and television to gain political
mileage.
Earlier on February 17, the government had opposed the framing of
guidelines on regulating its advertisements, saying this did not fall under the
ambit of judicial purview as an elected
dispensation was answerable to Parliament.
It had also asked as to how would
the court decide which advertisement
has been issued to gain political mileage.
Appearing for the Centre,
Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi
had said that ‘there are matters which
should be left to the government and
are outside the purview of the courts’
and had added that the government
communicates to the public at large
through these advertisements on policy
and other matters.
Earlier, the court had refused to direct
stopping of publication of government
advertisements carrying photos of po-
litical ﬁgures saying that it would like to
hear the Centre and others on a courtappointed panel’s recommendations to
regulate publicity materials.
It had asked the Centre and others
including NGOs Common Cause and
Centre for Public Interest Litigation
(CPIL), which had ﬁled the pleas,to
submit responses on the panel’s report.
The three-member committee had
framed guidelines to regulate expenditure and contents of such advertisements paid out of tax payers’ money.
The committee, which comprised
T K Viswanathan, former Secretary
General of Lok Sabha and Solicitor
General Ranjit Kumar, had recommended that there should only be a
single advertisement, preferably by
Information and Broadcasting Ministry,
for commemorative occasions like birth
or death anniversary of an important
personality.
41 killed in brutal
attack by Pak ultras
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Police arrested a convict and his
shifted to various hospitals by resKarachi, May 13 (PTI):
accomplice for robbery at MKB Nagar
cue workers. The gunmen stopped
At least 41 people from minority
last night.
the overloaded bus, entered inside
It may be noted that on 5 May a
NT Bureau
annathan alleged that
Shia
Ismaili
community
were
today
The duo had stolen a two-wheeler and
it and open fire indiscriminately,
country bomb was hurled into
rowdy CD Mani had 15 ATM cards were found in their pos- killed and several others injured
Chennai, May 13:
the police said.
the construction site where one
illegally grabbed his session, police said. According to police, after eight gunmen entered their
City police this morning arrested
Jagannthanth,
a
builder
from
land
in
Pallikaranai
Nobody took the responsibility
bus
and
opened
indiscriminate
fire
a person from Jafferkhanpet who
Inspector Bala Murali was on patrolling
Saidapet
was
working,
foland
had
been
issuing
but
the Taliban and groups like
on
the
passengers
in
Pakistan’s
rounds
when
he
saw
two
men
on
a
bike
was allegedly involved in hurling a
lowing which on 10 May,
him threats.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi often carry out
at an ATM outlet. He found them suspi- southern port city of Karachi,
country bomb at a construction site
Jagan alias Jagansuch attack.
It has been reported that cious and took them to the station. One police said.
in Saidapet on 5 May.
nathan and Vinod
CD Mani for whom the of them was Vinod from Vyasarpadi,
Police and Rangers arrived at the
‘Eight armed men on motorcycles
According to police sources, Paul
alias Vinod Kumar
police is on the lookout who was an accused in a murder that opened fire on a bus at Safoora
scene and started manhunt.
Raj (32) from Nesapakkam is an
were arrested.
for, earlier ran a CD took place in 2014 and came out on bail Chorangi, Gulistan-e-Johar area
More than 60 people were on the
accomplice of land grabber and
Vinod, police
s h o p i n T e y n a m p e t few months ago. The other person was of Karachi, killing at least 41 pasboard the bus which was carrying
history-sheeter C D Mani.
said, is an accused
and was an associate identiﬁed as Sudhakar, his accomplice. sengers,’ a police official said.
the people of Ismaili community
Police said Paul Raj was apprein two murder casof Dindugal Pandiyan The duo had stolen a two-wheeler from
from Al-Azhar Garden area of the
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Lending a hand
The vanishing act
Faulty handpumps in Nanganallur need attention
Lake in Avadi taken over by encroachments
F
aulty handpumps in
Nanganallur need
attention
Handpumps play a vital role in solving water
problem. Few years ago,
the State government
ordered to install these
facilities across Nanganallur. During summer,
the pumps played an important role handling
water crisis.
Over the years,
they began to rust,
and their condition became very bad. The
issue has acquired importance as the summer
has set in.
At Third Main Road
falling under Ward 168
(near Sri Subramania
Swamy temple), a hand
pump cries for immediate
attention.
It is the only source of
water for several thousand families living in 13
streets in the locality.
The locals say that they
have made several complaints to the authorities
concerned. But nothing has yielded
any result.
There are few holes in the pipes
in the hand pump and they are not
rectied, they add.
We are forced to go longer distance
for water. This summer, life has become a hell for us, they say in chorus.
According to residents here, ‘many
depend on the hand pump and hence,
i t
needs to be
repaired’.
‘During
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ummer,
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we don’t get
enough water from the
tanks. So it is better to repair the
handpump for the welfare of residents,’ he adds.
‘We have to walk to other streets
where water is available and make
multiple trips to transport pots. Since
our streets are very narrow, no tanker
can supply water and we cannot
afford to buy water either,’ said A
Jeyalakshmi, a resident.
We are forced to draw water from
other streets and often residents
there raise concerns about availability
of water for themselves and turn us
away, alleged Kanthasamy, another
resident..
- NT Bureau
A view of Paleripattu lake.
The Paleripattu lake, which was once spread over
30 acres, has now been left behind with hardly
around eight acres
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ground water level. It is also the
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around eight acres.
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CHENNAI
Wishes pour
in for Jaya
WEDNESDAY
13 MAY 2015
THIS ARCH IS NO RIVAL
Free eye camp
for seniors
q Andhra, Odisha CMs
greet AIADMK supremo
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
and Odisha, Chandrababu Naidu and
Naveen Patnaik respectively greeted
AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa following her acquittal in a disproportionate
assets case.
‘Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Andhra Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Chandrababu Naidu spoke over
phone to Puratchi Thalaivi Amma
(Jayalalithaa) and have conveyed
their greetings,’ an AIADMK headquarters release said here yesterday.
Besides political leaders, noted
singer K J Yesudas, veteran actress
Sowcar Janaki, ﬁlm directors P Vasu,
Vikraman, Tamilnadu Iyal Isai Nataka
Mandram, president Deva, veena
maestro E Gayathri,
Tamilnadu Brahmin Association
chief N Narayanan were among those
who have greeted the AIADMK chief,
the party added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj,
Najma Heptullah, Ravi Shankar
Prasad, Tamilnadu Governor K
Rosaiah were among those who
greeted Jayalalithaa on Monday after
she was acquitted by the Karnataka
High Court.
An arch on the elevated stretch of Metro Rail track near Guindy is nearing completion.
Photo: A SHANMUGAM
Two FOBs at Vadapalani
to be completed by Nov
q Highways Dept has allotted Rs 69.43 crore for the project
SHWETA V
Chennai, May 13:
Two footover bridges (FOBs) that
are to come up at Vadapalani junction near Metro Rail station on 100
Feet Road will be completed within
six months, according to ofﬁcials.
To ease the traffic congestion,
the Highways Department has
handed over the project to construct the FOBs to Chennai Metro
Rail Limited (CMRL). A sum of Rs
69.43 crore has been allocated by
the Highways.
Heavy traffic has been steadily
increasing in the 100 Ft Road
- Arcot Road junction. The two
over bridges are built to reduce
this traffic congestion to a great
extent.
Metro Rail moves in the elevated corridor crossing the 100
Ft Road. Two over bridges are to
come up in the Vadapalani signal
junction along the metro track on
either side of the 100 Ft Road.
The new foot over bridges will
be 500 m long from the surface
and 5.5 m above the ground.
Metro Rail moves in the elevated corridor
crossing the 100 Ft Road. Two over bridges are
to come up in the Vadapalani
signal junction along the metro track on
either side of the 100 Ft Road
The FOBs are to come up near Vadapani junction on 100 Ft Road.
URC Construction took up the
construction work for two bridges
in 2014.
‘Currently, base work is been
done and now we are working
on to raise the pillar. We have
received the deadline to complete
this by November,’ an official
said.
Jayanthi, a resident of Vadapalani said, ‘We are happy that our
long-pending request to complete
the FOBs have commenced’.
She further said that, ‘It is ex-
tremely challenging to drive past
this stretch in a day-to-day basis.
From June, the crowd will be much
higher as everyone will be coming
back from their summer vacation.
People have also become a victim
to accidents and the safety has
become prime concern, especially
children and senior citizens. Now,
with all this work carried out, we
are hopeful that people will not face
any more hurdles.’
Motorists and residents who
face hardships are happy with
the rapid progress that is taking
place. Rahul, a motorist said,
‘Apart from FOBs, we hope that
the Metro Rail work will also be
inaugurated soon’.
It may be noted that CMRL has
Number of MBBS
seats to go up in TN
NT Bureau/PTI
Chennai, May 13:
An empowered committee of the
Union Health Department has approved the proposals to increase
number of seats at existing medical
colleges in Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Madurai.
The committee, headed by Health
Secretary Lov Verma, in its recently
held meeting, approved raising the
number of MBBS seats by around
2,500 in various medical colleges
across the country, according to the
minutes of the meeting released by
Health Ministry said.
The new seats will come up at new
and existing government colleges.
The decision comes in the wake of
the number of undergraduate seats
going down by 1,170 in 2014-15 after
the Medical Council of India (MCI)
rejected proposal of around 3,920
seats and approved only 2,750 seats.
Meanwhile, the issue of application forms for MBBS and BDS
courses offered in government
medical colleges in Tamilnadu began on Monday.
The last date for issue of forms is
28 May and the last date for submission of ﬁlled-in forms is 29 May.
The forms and the prospectus can
be downloaded from tnhealth.org.
Forms will be sold at all the 19
government medical colleges and
the dental college. The form costs
Rs 500 and is free for SC/STstudents who must produce a copy
of the caste certiﬁcate at the time
of purchase to avail themselves of
the facility.
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The new seats will
come up at medical
colleges in Coimbatore,
Kanyakumari,
Tirunelveli and
Madurai
‘The merit list of candidates will be
released on June 12 and the ﬁrst
session of counselling will be held
from 19 to 25 June,’ said Director of
Medical Education S Geetalakshmi.
Counselling will be held for 2,172
seats as of the 2,555 seats currently available, 383 seats will be
set aside for All India Quota (AIQ).
To questions about whether ad-
mission to the ESIC Medical College would be conducted, medical
education officials said that they
were awaiting information from
the Centre.
‘All efforts are being made to
ensure that the Medical Council of
India gives the approval to admit
students to the new college coming
up at Omandurar Estate,’ she said.
According to selection committee
secretary R G Sukumar, at present
803 seats were available in 13
self-ﬁnancing medical colleges and
1,020 seats in self-ﬁnancing dental
colleges.
Of the 100 seats in dental colleges, 15 would be allotted under AIQ.
First session of counselling will
be held from 19 to 25 June, says
Director of Medical Education.
received the mandatory clearance
for beginning services from the
Commissioner Metro Rail Safety
(CMRS) between KoyambeduAshok Nagar stretch.
A team of officials of the CMRS
from Bengaluru recently inspected the stations and the viaduct
of Chennai Metro Rail between
Koyambedu to Ashok Nagar and
pointed out some technical issues
that need correction.
Ofﬁcials noted that an inspection
of the stretch between Ashok Nagar to Alandur could not be carried
out owing to some issues. Also a
few rules have to be modiﬁed for
carrying out the inspection. After
this, the Centre has to give its
clearance.
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Appayya Dikshita Foundation (ADF) Kottivakam in association with
MN
Eye Hospital,
Sastri Nagar is
conducting free
eye camps for senior citizens living
in old age homes in ECR and OMR.
According to a press release, the
camps will held at Sri Vigneshwara
Old Age Home, Palawakkam and Sai
Saran Old Age Home, Palawakkam,
ECR on 15 May, Sree Sai Saran
Samaya Sweegruta Trust, Sholinganallur, OMR on 17 May and Devagi
Senior Citizen Home, Uttandi, ECR
on 20 May.
Also, senior citizens living in the
neighborhood areas at Palawakkam,
Sholinganallur and Uttandi can attend the free camp.
For details contact S Srinivasan at
97910 19450.
Trains to halt
at Danishpet
Southern
Railway has
announced
temporary
stoppage at
Danishpet
in Salem Jolarpet section for the
following trains for delegates attending a conference which is being held
from 22 to 25 May in the town.
Chennai Central - Erode Yercaud
Express (train no 22649) will stop
at 4.18 am on 21 and 22 May while
Chennai Central - Mangalore West
Coast Express (train no. 22637) will
stop at 4.19 pm. Chennai CentralCoimbatore Kovai Express (train
no.12675) will stop at 10.42 am on 21
May while Coimbatore - Chennai Central Kovai Express (train no.12676) will
stop at 5.08 pm on 24 May.
158 patients
get eye-glasses
As many as
249 patients
were screened
at a free eye
camp conducted by Singhvi
Charitable Trust at Panchayat Union
Middle School, T B Puram, Thiruvallur
on Sunday.
At the camp free eye-glasses were
given to 158 people and 15 were recommended for free cataract surgeries.
Also 63 people were treated for dental
ailments, a press release said.
TNEA: 1.51 lakh
applications sold
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
As many as 1,51,199 applications
forms have been sold till Tuesday
for Tamilnadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA 2105).
The application forms under
Anna University were issued from 6 May.
As many as 2.4 lakh application forms have been
printed to ﬁll over two lakh
seats under Single Window
Counselling (SWC). If necessary more forms will be printed.
The forms for BE/B Tech programmes will be sold at 60 centres
across the State, including 20 special counters at Anna University.
The last date for sale of application forms is 27 May. However, in
Anna University, Chennai, sale of
forms will continue till 29 May. The
last date to submit ﬁlled-in forms is
5 pm on 29 May.
Forms are priced at Rs 500 for
general category applicants and
for applicants from Scheduled
Caste and Scheduled Tribe
communities they will be
sold at Rs 250. The list
of centres is available
in the university’s website www.annauniv.edu/
tnea2015.
Apart from 100 per cent
seats in Government-funded
engineering colleges, 65 per cent
seats in non-minority private colleges and 50 per cent seats in minority
colleges would be ﬁlled through the
SWC at Anna University.
Last year, 2,11,777 seats were
available under SWC of which
only 1,10,780 seats were ﬁlled and
1,00,997 remained vacant.
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here is much hue and cry against the recent decision by the
Centre to monitor the activities and ﬁnancial books of foreignfunded NGOs. After a careful scrutiny, it has already cancelled the
registration of a number of such entities. Among them is the Ford
Foundation-funded Greenpeace. This has been done for the violation
of the provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulatory Authority.
Quite a few other NGOs have come under the scanner. Predictably,
the affected NGOs have accused the Government of vindictiveness.
Petitions are being signed by the interested parties to pillory the
Government for its axe on the civil society organizations. A few
are even planning to mount a legal challenge.
Without questioning the bona ﬁdes of some of these NGOs, which
are known to be doing good work in chosen ﬁelds of activity, it is
undeniable that a vast number have become a source of corruption
and even interference in the political affairs of the country. The
recent disclosures show a self-styled secularist warrior, one Teesta
Setalvad, and her NGO misappropriated funds for purely personal
use is only the tip of the scandal. To this day, it remains a mystery
how Setalvad’s NGO could take out full-page ads exhorting people
not to vote for the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led BJP in the 1996 Lok
Sabha election. The bill for the nation-wide media campaign may
well have run into tens of crores of rupees. How and wherefrom she
procured those funds needs to be explained. And the onus to make
her do that, even at this late hour, lies with those who are shouting
from housetops that the Modi Government is out to kill dissent.
But there is no way those congenitally programmed to be hostile
to anything associated with the Sangh Parivar will agree that the
ban on certain NGOs stems from their gross misuse of foreign funds
and their straying off from the stated goals of activism. Anyway,
we have always looked at suspicion at fully-paid charity workers.
Spending one’s time and, if possible, one’s own money to help
others is indeed a most honourable thing. Charity that entails selfsacriﬁce is always commendable. But when one dips into foreign
donations to live up a life of luxury in the name of this or that social
or environmental cause, one arouses deep suspicion.
Of course, not all foreign funding is suspect. The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation has done commendable work in ﬁghting polio
globally and is active in diverse ﬁelds to help the socially and
economically disadvantaged people. But this cannot be said about a
majority of NGOs which mix private greed with token philanthropy
to take everyone for a ride. The Government, on its part, should
distinguish between good and bad civil society activism so that good
work being done by a quite a few does not suffer.
Dalai Lama @DalaiLama
Kindness and compassion give rise to
self-conﬁdence, which in turn empowers
us to be honest, truthful and transparent.
Chinmayi Sripaada @Chinmayi
Now wondering how many civil engineers
actually got a class on earthquake ready/
proof construction in college.
CHENNAI
Fear grows in Bangladesh
Another blogger hacked to death Writers express anger, agony
DHAKA:
Machete-wielding assailants hacked
to death a self-professed atheist
blogger, the third such attack in four
months, raising fears about increasing radicalisation in the Muslimmajority South Asian country.
Police in the northeastern city of Sylhet said Ansar al-Islam Bangladesh, a
little-known extremist group, claimed
responsibility on Facebook for the
killing of 33-year-old writer Ananta
Bijoy Das hours after he was slain
in broad daylight on a busy street on
Tuesday. That claim couldn’t be veriﬁed and the police said they were still
investigating.
Bitter confrontation between the
government and the opposition over
last year’s national elections has
resulted in widespread violence in
Bangladesh and given rise to a political vacuum that experts say could aid
the rise of extremist groups.
The killings have taken place
against the backdrop of war crimes
trials in Bangladesh, stemming from
its 1971 war for independence from
Pakistan.
Mohammed Rahmatullah, a Sylhet
police ofﬁcial, said Das was killed
near his home by a group of masked
men as he commuted to work at a
local bank. He died on the spot after
being struck in the head and neck,
Cambodia welcomes
home 10th
century statue
PHNOM PENH:
Cambodia welcomed home a
1,000-year-old stone statue of a
Hindu god that was looted from a
temple during the country’s civil war
and spent the past three decades at
an American museum.
The 10th century sculpture of
Hanuman, was formally handed
over at a ceremony in Phnom Penh
attended by government ofﬁ cials
and the director of the Cleveland
Museum of Art, which acquired the
sculpture in 1982.
‘If Hanuman were alive, we would
see a smile on his face showing his
joy at being here among us where
he belongs,’ Deputy Prime Minister
Sok An said at the ceremony in the
Ofﬁce of the Council of Ministers.
SHAKEN UP
Rahmatullah said.
Das was a regular contributor to the
Mukto-Mona [Free-Thinker] blog, set
up by slain American-Bangladeshi
writer Avijit Roy. Roy, a well-known
critic of organised religion, was killed
in a similar attack near a book fair in
Dhaka in February.
In March, Washiqur Rahman, another follower of Roy, was killed in similar
fashion in Dhaka. The police arrested
two men, identiﬁed as students of Madrassas, or Islamic religious schools,
for Rahman’s killing. Both remain in
custody, but haven’t been formally
charged. They couldn’t be reached
for comment.
Police arrested an Islamist blogger
in the case of Roy’s killing and say
they are still investigating. The blog-
ger denied the accusation.
Tensions have risen in recent years
between secular and atheist bloggers
who criticize the inﬂuence of Islam on
This is the third attack in four
months, raising fears about increasing
radicalisation in the Muslim-majority
South Asian country
Bangladeshi society and conservative
religious groups that accuse them of
ridiculing their faith. Rallies organized
by a group of bloggers in February
2013 drew tens of thousands of
people.
Hefazat-e-Islam, or the Committee to Protect Islam, a platform of
Major El Nino declared by
Met ofﬁcials
SYDNEY:
A major El Nino event, which is
likely to lead to prolonged drier, hotter conditions across much of eastern
Australia, has been ofﬁcially declared
by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
According to the Bureau, an El
Nino occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern
tropical Paciﬁc Ocean become substantially warmer than average, causing a shift in atmospheric circulation.
The impacts of the event are likely
to be felt until autumn next year and
17 of the last 26 have resulted in
widespread drought.
‘El Nino events are not always associated with drought over Australia,
but they are often associated with
drought, with the main impacts over
eastern Australia,’ the BoM’s Dr
Lynette Bettio said.
However, the weather event is not
all negative with tropical cyclones less
frequent during El Nino.
‘We would expect the tropical cyclone
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Madrassa students, staged a massive counterprotest in March 2013,
demanding a blasphemy law to stop
bloggers who they say are critical of
the Prophet Muhammad.
Bangladeshi bloggers complain that
a culture of impunity is placing the
lives of secular writers at risk. Rajat
Kanti Gupta, a friend of Das’s, said:
‘We are losing bloggers one after
another. If the earlier murders had
been properly dealt with, this wouldn’t
have happened.’
Munirul Islam, joint commissioner of
police in Dhaka, said the serial killing
of writers was of ‘serious concern’. He
said, ‘It appears Ananta Bijoy Das is
the latest in a series of targeted killings,’ adding that the police needed
Impacts
Drier than average winterspring
Increased daytime temperatures in southern Australia from
winter onwards
Increased risk of frosts in winter due to dry soils and less cloud
Reduced snow cover and
shorter season
Early and more extreme ﬁre
season
Reduced chance of widespread ﬂooding
season would be below average,’ Dr
David Jones, who is also from the BoM,
said. But it only takes one bad cyclone,
so we want people to take care, but the
odds are reduced.
‘Every El Nino is different and we
know that some years like 1972,
1982 and 1994 really ﬁt the stereotype strongly, severe drought, very
hot daytime temperatures, bushﬁre
activity and so on.
more resources to combat such
attacks. Islam said the police were
investigating the claims of responsibility by Ansar al-Islam Bangladesh.
Security analysts in Dhaka say,
however, that extremist groups often
claim responsibility for attacks in
which they have no involvement.
Fit for a true fan
SAO PAULO:
Looking for a new way to pay
homage to your favorite sportsman
or singer?
At a salon just outside the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, artistic hairdresser Nariko is offering a stylish
option -- etching the proﬁles of the
famous onto the sides and back of
his clients’ heads.
The 27-year-old has been getting
creative for a about a year now,
reproducing images of rapper
Snoop Dogg, Jesus Christ and
even Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last
Supper on scalps.
‘Just like there are pictures and
paintings and it is called art, our
work is art too,’ Nariko said.
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to visit the concerned
NEW DELHI:
people take refuge on a street after an aftershock shock Kathmandu.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar post ofﬁce and enquire about the
Prasad has ofﬁcially launched India rates based on weight. But with the
Post’s ﬁrst Android app: Post Info, new app, all you need to enter is:
which is now ready for download. Weight in grams; Insured amount
Centre for Excellence in Postal and COD amount. Based on the
inputs, the app
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app, India Post also
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CHENNAI
Ask questions on
MyITreturn.com
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
E-filing platform myITreturn.com
announced the launch of ‘Ask a
Question’ feature on its mobile app,
a service targeted to keep individual
tax ﬁlers updated with their Incometax return details.
According to a press release, with
this service individual tax ﬁlers can
ask a question related to taxes from
their mobile phone itself and interact
with a tax expert.
Anshal Thakur of myITreturn said,
‘We are extremely happy to launch
this exceptional interactive feature,
which will help us to build closer
relationship with our users. With our
innovative solutions using technology, we are just one click away to
resolve all the speciﬁc or general
queries related to Income Tax within
24 hours’.
The app is completely free to use,
and is currently available for Android
users on Google Play Store. Alternatively, users can also log in tohttps://
myITreturn.com/app.
Jaya’s return
rejuvenates industry
Biz leaders hopeful of prosperous investment climate, strong leadership
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa’s acquittal by the Karnataka
High Court in the disproportionate
assets case has spread relief among
businessmen and industry experts
in the State who feel that the verdict
will boost the business sentiment in
the region.
In a press release here, adviser to
FICCI president and former secretary to President of India, P Murari
mentioned that this will pave the
way for holistic growth of Tamilnadu
and fulﬁllment of the grand Vision
2023 which was envisioned by Jayalalithaa to make the State ‘Numero
Uno’ in India.
FICCI Tamilnadu State council
‘The acquittal will foster greater growth
in Tamilnadu industrial scenario,
especially in the infrastructural sector
where the State requires her leadership
and guidance which will help in speedy
economic growth’
chairman Rafeeque Ahmed said that
the acquittal will foster greater growth
in Tamilnadu industrial scenario, especially in the infrastructural sector
where the State requires her leadership and guidance which will help in
speedy economic growth.
The statement said that FICCI is
Railway Ministry
rallies for GST
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
Pitching for support from political
parties on the goods and service tax,
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on
Tuesday said the comprehensive
indirect tax reform will make India
single largest market in the world.
‘I think one good step which the
government has taken is to get GST
done but that is only a part of the
story. I think the other part I hope
my other friends in other parties and
others will cooperate so that we can
create a single largest Indian market
which will be 1.25 billion customers’,
he said here.
A large market which will be rivalling
other markets of the world and therefore India should implement GST, he
said at an event organised by FICCI.
Lok Sabha has already passed a
Constitutional amendment bill for
implementation of GST last week
after Congress MPs walked out of the
house.
The main opposition Congress’ ﬂoor
managers in the Rajya Sabha have
made it clear to the government that
Since the government is short of numbers
in the Upper House, it is toying with an
idea of referring the GST Bill to the Select Committee
it will not be possible for them to back
the bill without referring it to a Select
Committee.
Since the government is short of
numbers in the Upper House, it is
toying with an idea of referring the
GST Bill to the Select Committee.
The emissaries from the government have already completed their
discussions with political parties on
the issue.
Government is hopeful of support
from DMK, SP, BSP, Left and JD(U)
on the issue but remains apprehensive that it may become tricky for
them to support the bill if Congress
plays up the issue of larger Opposition unity.
There are only two working days left
in both Houses.
Prabhu said the Indian industry must
prepare itself to take advantage from
global mega-trade agreements.
‘We must prepare domestically to
change our own markets and our
own systems, own procedures to
take advantage of this emerging opportunities’, he added.
He cited example of China as a
country that brought changes in its
system to join the World Trade Organisation and beneﬁted most even
thought it joined the global platform
after India.
‘China is the single largest country
which has beneﬁted the most from
the WTO. It has become the largest exporter in the world and as a
consequence the biggest producer’,
he said.
enthused by her acquittal and is conﬁdent that the region has greater days
in store especially with the Global
Investors Meet which is scheduled on
9 and 10 September 2015 which will
ensure greater participation from International Investors which eventually
will translate into a very prosperous
investment climate with such a strong
leadership in place.
Chairperson of CII Southern Region,
Rajshree Pathy said, ‘the State will
now be in a position to attract more
investments and create employment
opportunities under Jayalalithaa’s
government’.
Nasscom’s regional head for South,
K Purushothaman, stated that TN
was suffering from a policy paralysis
until now. He added that the slow
pace of reforms and economic activity in the State is now expected to
speed up.
President of Southern Indian
Chamber of Commerce Jawahar
Vadivelu noted that the ‘verdict
would pave the way for increased
stability in the region’.
Ashok Leyland net
proﬁt at Rs 335 crore
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Ashok Leyland, the ﬂagship company of Hinduja Group, has reported
sales revenues of Rs 13,562 crore
as against Rs 9,943 crore in the
previous ﬁscal.
Speaking at a press meet here,
managing director of Ashok Leyland
Vinod K Dasari said EBITDA stood
at Rs 1,027 crore during FY 14-15
against Rs 117 crore in the previous
ﬁscal. Proﬁt before tax (PBT) and
exceptional items stood at Rs 341.26
crore during FR 14-15 against a loss
of Rs 596.88 crore in the previous
ﬁscal. Net proﬁt was at Rs 334.80
crore, against Rs 29.38 crore in the
previous ﬁscal.
He also said during the year the
company generated surplus cash of
around Rs 2000 crore, aided by positive accruals, qualiﬁed institutional
placement (QIP), sale of non-core
assets, and reduction in working
capital, all of which resulted reduction in debt, he said.
It has been a very gratifying year.
All their efforts towards the transformation of the company in terms
of pruning costs, rationalising overheads, reducing working capital, and
Ashok Leyland managing director
Vinod K Dasari at a press meet in
Chennai Tuesday.
at the same time investing smartly
in new products and network are
paying off.
I am conﬁdent that coming years
will see us build on this momentum.
Their market share in M and HCV
segment has improved, with domestic sales of 66,442 vehicles, he said.
This was possible because of enhanced product range with market
leaders like 3718, Boss, Captain and
JanBus, as well as continued network expansion across the country,
despite downturn.
He also said while volume in LCV
dropped, they retained domestic
market share in the 2.5T LCV segment on the back of the Dost Strong,
an out-performer.
CFO of the company Gopal Mahadevan was also present.
Govt unveils roadmap
for M2M communications
WTO deal: India
concerned
over slow progress
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
India on Tuesday expressed concern over slow progress in ﬁnalising
the agenda for the Nairobi ministerial
meeting of WTO members in December to resolve pending issues of Doha
round.
At the meeting, India wants to bring
back issues related to the long-stalled
Doha round including agriculture
(export subsidies, cotton and ﬁshery
subsidies), intellectual property rights,
market access and services.
‘What is happening essentially (in
the WTO) is a debate going on for
setting an agenda for the ministerial
meeting. The date for setting up an
agenda seems to be approaching fast
but we seem to be going nowhere.
This is a clear indication that in the
multi-lateral fora, we will continue to
show being busy without producing
much’ Commerce Secretary Rajeev
Kher said at a FICCI event.
The next Ministerial Conference,
which is the highest decision making
body of the World Trade Organization, is scheduled from 15-18 December in Nairobi, Kenya.
WEDNESDAY
13 MAY 2015
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
The government on Tuesday unveiled the roadmap for
machine-to-machine (M2M) communications which will
act as a reference document for all such deployments
and enable it to realise policy goals of ‘Make in India’ and
‘Digital India’.
‘M2M has great potential to transform India and it is
going to be key enabler for the government vision of
Digital India, Make in India and proposed smart cities in
India’, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while
releasing the roadmap.
M2M communications or ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is a
network of devices that communicate among themselves
using internet or wireless connectivity without human
intervention.
‘The adoption of M2M based applications in areas like
healthcare, tele-education, smart grid, smart building,
smart city etc have enormous potential to boost the socioeconomic development of the country’, Prasad added.
G K S HOLDINGS LIMITED
Regd. Ofﬁce : Rosy Tower,
3rd Floor, 8, Mahatma Gandhi Road,
Chennai – 600 034
CIN NO.L70109TN1983PLC080147
TEL: 28260929 / 28269247
FAX: 91 (0)44-28253316
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.gksholdingsltd.in
IDBI Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director M S Raghavan inaugurating
the bank’s new branch at Guduvancheri in Chennai Monday.
India to become largest
food processing nation
NOTICE
Pursuant to Clause 41 of the Listing
Agreement, Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Company will be held on Monday , 25th May ,2015 at Mangalam- B,
Suite No. 202, 26, Hemanta Basu Sarani,
Kolkata – 700001 to consider and approve the Audited Financial Results of the
Company for the Financial Year ended 31st
March, 2015.
For G K S Holdings Limited
Sd/R N Pachisia
Place: Kolkata
Director
Read
Every evening
NOTICE
My client intends to purchase from
1) Mr. S. Subramani, son of Late.
Sengayiamandhir, 2) Mrs. Pushpa
Nagaraj, D/o. Late. Sengayiamandhiri
Date: 12.05.2015
and 3) B. Subbammal, D/o. Late.
Sengayiamandhiri the property being
all the piece and parcel of land at
Kilai Village, Sripuerumbudur Taluk,
Kancheepuram District, bearing survey
no. 264/3A1 measuring an extent of
31.5 ares (approximately 78 cents) and
CIN: L31200TN1975PLC006966
survey no. 264/3B1 measuring an extent
Registered Ofﬁce: New No 67, (Old No 19),
of 14 ares (approximately 35 cents).
Second Floor, Dr Ranga Road,
Any person having any right, title, claims
Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004.
Tel: 044 – 2498 8056, Fax: 044 – 2498 8058,
or interest over the said property or any
objections of any manner whatsoever
Website: www.sspower.com
to the above proposed transaction
NOTICE
are hereby called upon to notify the
NOTICE pursuant to Clause 41 of the
undersigned in writing with supporting
Listing Agreement is hereby given that,
documents within 7 days from the date
a meeting of Board of Directors of the
of this publication.
Company is scheduled to be held at
If no such claim is received, it would
3.00 P.M on Friday, the 29th May 2015,
be deemed that the above mentioned
at the registered ofﬁce of the Company
owners have a clear and marketable title
inter alia, to consider, approve and take
to the property speciﬁed above and that
on record the Audited (Standalone and
no persons has any claim over the same
Consolidated) ﬁnancial results of the
and /or claims if any will be deemed to
Company for the Quarter and year ended
have been waived.
31st March, 2015.
Sd/By Order of the Board
S. Satish, B.Com, B.L, A.C.S, M.B.A
For S & S POWER
Advocate
SWITCHGEAR LIMITED
Law Ofﬁces of Satish
Sd/24, Duraiswamy Road,
(D.SADASIVAM)
T. Nagar, Chennai – 600017
COMPANY SECRETARY
: 044-42694878
Place : Chennai
Chennai
600 032 and printed Phone
by him
at Frontline Printers
Email : [email protected]
Date : 13th May, 2015
5
Spanish firm’s
‘desi’ plans
Spain-based switch maker Simon, which is relaunching its
entire India operations, sees the
country as its second-largest global market after China.
The company is investing around
Rs 25 crore in next three years on
R&D, marketing and branding and
will also upgrade the quality and
expand range of its products here.
‘We are looking at India to be our
second-biggest global market
after China... India’s mid-segment
population is growing and hence we
would have greater opportunity in
the high-end segment products’, Simon Holding SL International Business director Luis Baselga said.
However, Baselga did not mention
any time frame for the expansion.
Uber to focus on
Asian region
App-based taxi aggregator Uber
has raised a total of about $2.8
billion in its last couple of funding rounds which will primarily be
used for investments in India and
China, the company’s Asia head
has said.
These rounds will help the USbased ﬁrm, present in 311 cities
in 57 nations, to expand in India
where it faces stiff competition from
taxi hailing app Ola, which recently
acquired TaxiForSure and raised
$400 million.
‘In the last couple of months, Uber
has raised money with India and
China in focus. These are very big
markets and priority for us and we
feel they will help us drive growth
for the ﬁrm’, Uber’s head of Asia
Operations Allen Penn said.
Telenor gets
new president
Norwegian telecom major Telenor
Group on Tuesday said it has appointed Sigve Brekke president
and chief executive ofﬁcer (CEO)
effective 17 August, 2015. He
will succeed Jon Fredrik Baksaas.
Currently, Brekke is the executive
vice-president and head of Telenor
Group’s Asia operations. He joined
Telenor in 1999 and has held
several executive positions in the
company since then.
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to inform that my
client
Mr.P.S.KASIRAJAN
S/o
P.Chinnamani residing at Door
No.13/9, Kattuponniamman Nagar,
1st Street, Chennai- 600 019
purchased 2400 sq.ft. of land at
Village No.84, Thiruvellavoyal Patta
No.96, S.No.127/1, Plot No.19 by vide
of Document No.5067/1990. He lost
his original document on 22.04.2015
while travelling in Bus route No.56
from Ajax to Rajakadai. If the above
document found please inform to my
address or to my clients address.
Advocate
R.GOKULAKRISHNAN
No.860, Kamatchi Complex,
T.H.Road, Thiruvottiyur,
Chennai-600 019.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
(ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION)
PROCLAMATION No. 6 OF 2013
In EP No.177 of 2005 In ARB.Case No.SK/SF/1 of 2005
M/s.Sundaram Finance.Ltd.,
No.21 , Patullos Road, Chennai 600 002.
Applicant/Decree Holder
-Vs1. M/s.New Horizon Sugar Mills Ltd.,
Pondy-Villupuram Road, Ariyur, Kandamangalam Post, Pondicherry 605 102
2. Mr.v. Kannan,
Secrur (Ariyur), Kandamangalam Post, Pondicherry 605 102.
3. M/s.v. Baskaran,
Secrur (Ariyur), Kandamangalam Post, Pondicherry 605 102.
Respondents/Judgment Debtors
In the above mentioned Proclamations/Suits, the Nazir, High Court, Madras
will sell by Public Auction, the properties being Schedule Property - Item No.1
All that piece and parcel of land and building situated at present New No.199,
previous door Nos.118, 83 and 84, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai
600 004 measuring an extent of 5300 Sq. Ft. comprised in S. No.2159, R.S.
NO.1832/9 and bounded on the North: by Land belonging to T.N. Krishnaswamy
Iyer, South by : House & Land belonging to Mr. Ramanathan Iyer, East by : Land
belonging to T.N. Krishnaswamy Iyer, West by : Royapettah High Road, Situated
within the Jurisdiction of Registration District of Madras and Sub Registration
District of Mylapore belonging to 2nd and 3rd Judgement Debtors, at 4.00 p.m.
on 03rd day of June 2015 at the premises Itself.
Details and copies of the Public Auction sale and Proclamation will be
contact the Advocates for Decree Holders M/s.S. Vasudevan, K. Krishnaswamy
& Abdul Quddhose, on mobile Nos.9840340123, 9566268730 and 9840060123
respectively.
SCHEDULE PROPERTY
ITEM No.1
All that piece and parcel of land and building situated at present New No.199,
previous door Nos.118, 83 and 84, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai
600 004 measuring an extent of 5300 Sq. Ft. comprised in S. No.2159, R.S.
NO.1832/9 and bounded on the
North by
: Land belonging to T.N. Krishnaswamy Iyer
South by
: House & Land belonging to Mr. Ramanathan Iyer
East by
: Land belonging to T.N. Krishnaswamy Iyer
West by
: Royapettah High Road
Situated within the Jurisdiction of Registration District of Madras and Sub
Registration District of Mylapore belonging to 2nd and 3rd Judgement Debtors.
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Auction Venue : At the premises known as
present New No.199, previous door Nos.118, 83 and 84,
Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004
Time
: 4.00 p.m. on 03.06.2015
Participants should keep the amount ready for payment of 25% on the date
of auction.
S.VASUDEVAN, K.KIRSHNASWAMY, ABDUL QUDDHOSE,
Advocates
New No.32. Old No.16. I Floor Erra
Chetty Street Chennal 600 001.
Private Ltd., M-7, Thiru-Vi-KaBalu
Industrial
Estate, Guindy,
Counsel for Decree holder
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
S&S POWER
The government is aiming to make
India the largest food processing
SWITCHGEAR LIMITED
hub in the world, Food Processing
Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said
on Tuesday.
Addressing the Food Conclave here
organised by the CII, Badal said the
government has recently allocated re- largest producer of food to processor economy, raise farmer incomes, and
generate employment’, Khambatta
maining 17 food parks out of the total of food’, Badal said.
sanctioned 42 Mega Food Parks.
Emphasising on the role of food said.
In March this year, Food Processing
Besides, the Centre has also set up processing sector in the country,
a special fund of Rs 2,000 crore for Rasna chairman and managing di- Ministry had allocated 17 mega food
providing ﬁnance to the small units rector Piruz Khambatta said during parks across the country to State govto be set up under these food parks, the past 5 years (ending 2012-13), ernments and private ﬁrms, including
the sector grew at 8.4 per cent com- Adani Ports & SEZ, envisaging an
Badal said.
‘Much of the wastage in India takes pared to 3.3 per cent agricultural investment of over Rs 6,000 crore.
A mega food park provides various
place at the farming, harvesting and growth and 6.6 per cent manufacturfacilities to food processors, farmstorage levels unlike in the West ing growth.
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Sports
6 WEDNESDAY
13 MAY 2015
KP ‘devasted’
Irked as Strauss rules out his comeback
London, May 13 (AFP):
Star batsman Kevin Pietersen said
he was devastated after being informed by newly-appointed England
director of cricket Andrew Strauss
that he would not feature for the
national team over the home summer because there was a massive
trust issue.
Strauss, in his ﬁrst press conference
since being appointed to the director
role after the England and Wales
Cricket Board sacked Paul Downton,
stopped short of saying there was no
way back into the international setup for fellow former England captain
Pietersen, adding: ‘He is not banned
from the side but I can give him no
guarantees for the
future.’
Pietersen, 34, England’s leading
all-time run-scorer across all formats,
was sent into international exile last
year following the team’s 5-0 Ashes
thrashing in Australia.
But the South Africa-born batsman
was given hope of an international
recall when new ECB chairman
Colin Graves said there could be a
way back if he scored enough runs
in county cricket.
‘I am absolutely
devastated that it
looks like my hopes
of an England recall
have been brought
to a close’
Yet just hours after he made his
maiden ﬁrst-class triple century for
Surrey yesterday, Pietersen was told
by Strauss there was no prospect of
him being selected by England in the
immediate future -- and in practice
that may mean the end of Pietersen’s
international career.
‘I am absolutely devastated that it
looks like my hopes of an England
recall have been brought to a close,
especially given everything that has
been said and asked of me, said Pietersen in a furious attack in his column
for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
They have used the word trust to
justify not selecting me, well, trust is
a two-way thing. I couldn’t believe just
half an hour after I had my meeting,
the result of it was on the internet and
on the BBC airwaves.
Kevin Pietersen
Barcelona’s
youth team to
play in India
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
India could soon experience the
beauty of Spanish football from
close quarters with Catalan giants
Barcelona’s youth team participating as special invitee at the BRICS
U-17 Football Cup, to be held here
in April 2016.
In this regard, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Brazilian representatives to organise
the tournament.
The competition will provide an
opportunity to the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) to assess the
team’s preparation for the 2017 U-17
World Cup.
The tournament will strengthen
even more the relations between
BRICS nations using football a
catalyst to create communities, encourage friendship and bring young
people of different BRICS cultures
even closer, said Joao Gilberto Vaz,
Project Leader and Tournament
Organiser at an ASSOCHAM event.
CHENNAI
Zak, Iyer guide
Delhi to easy win
Dhoni rues poor batting display
Raipur, May 13:
Opener Shreyas Iyer struck an unbeaten 70 after veteran pacer Zaheer
Khan led a brilliant bowling show as
Delhi Daredevils (DD) notched up
a comprehensive 6-wicket win over
table toppers Chennai Super Kings
(CSK) in their IPL 2015 match here
on Tuesday night.
Electing to bat, CSK scored just
119/6 with Zaheer returning with superb ﬁgures of 2/9 from his 4 overs
and Albie Morkel chipping in with 2
wickets as DD produced a disciplined
bowling show at the Shaheed Veer
Narayan Singh International Stadium
Chasing the small target of 120,
DD, who are already out of contention for a play-off berth, lost 2 quick
wickets to be reduced to 24/2 in the
5th over as opener Quinton de Kock
(3) and captain JP Duminy (6) were
out cheaply.
But young Iyer and veteran Yuvraj
Singh (32) repaired the DD innings
with a 69-run stand for the third wicket
and set up the easy victory with 3.2
overs to spare. 20-year-old Iyer, who
was dropped on 32 in the 9th over,
hit 10 fours and a six in his 49-ball
unbeaten knock on a slowish track
while Yuvraj, who was out in the 14th
over, struck 4 boundaries and a six
in his 28-ball innings. Iyer hit the winning run, a single, as Delhi reached
120 for 4 in 16.4 overs. For Chennai,
Ishwar Pandey and Pawan Negi took
two wickets apiece. Today’s win was
DD’s ﬁfth from 13 matches and in the
process they snapped their 4-match
losing streak this season though they
still remain on 7th spot in the league
table with 10 points with 1 match left
For CSK, the loss means they are yet
to seal a play-off berth though they still
remain on top of league table with 16 points
from 13 matches with one match left to play
to play. Interestingly, DD snapped
their 7-match losing streak against
CSK in the IPL.
For CSK, the loss
means they are yet
to seal a play-off
berth though they still
remain on top of league
table with 16 points from
13 matches with one
match left to play. CSK
restricted to 119/6 Earlier, C S K
found scoring difﬁcult on a pitch which
had patches of grass as they failed
to build partnerships while losing
wickets at regular intervals. CSK,
one of the most consistent IPL sides,
made a slow start and
lost three wickets by
the halfway mark
before top-scorer
Faf du Plessis (29
off 23 balls) and captain MS Dhoni (27 off
24 balls) tried to repair the innings
with a 36-run stand for the fourth
Armaan Ebrahim gets
young achiever award
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
Armaan Ebrahim, the world’s youngest racer to drive the A1GP was
presented with the Young Achiever
Award by the Rotary Club of Madras
here yesterday.
Having won both National Karting
and National Racing Championships
at the age of 14, Armaan has since
then always been on the mind of the
selctors for around the world.
Armaan, 25, is the son of former F3
Champion Akbar Ebrahim. His family was seen at the award ceremony
to show their encouragement and
support to him. He is ready to race in
the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Series which kickstarts in Fuji, Japan,
this year and though it is not yet ofﬁcial he is eagerly looking forward to it.
‘Finance is a big factor that determines how long we stay in this
racing circuit. Not everyone has the
money to keep on surviving in this
motorsports. But Meco Motorsports,
my father’s driving academy is there
to hepl and support talented racers
from the country. Youngsters who
are interested in the sport can contact
us and we will provide the best help
that we can’, he said after receiving
the award. He also thanked the members of the Rotary Club of Madras for
bestowing him with such an honour.
Armaan also shared the details of
the motorsport and narrated his experinces that led him on the path of
victory. ‘I had to work as a part time
mechanic and even clean toilets to
learn racing for free. Motorsports is
not an easy task. One need to nspend
all their hardwork, dedication and time
to achieve greatness in this ﬁeld’, he
added.
S N Srikanth, president, Rotary Club
of Madras, who presented the award
to Armaan expressed, ‘It is an honour
Guardiola backing
Barca to win
AS Venkhat Ramani, president elect & chair, Awards Committee look on
while Armaan Ebrahim receives the award from S N Srikanth, president
of the Rotary Club of Madras.
to present this award to Armaan, who has become an idol of sorts for youngsters at a very young age. It is also a delight for the Rotary Club of Madras to
give away this award to our very own boy from Chennai for his tremendous
achievement in the ﬁeld of formula racing.’
Pakistan blame
game in full flow
wicket but in vain. For Delhi, veteran
pacer Zaheer (2/9) and Morkel (2/21)
were the top bowlers while Gurinder
Sandhu and Jayant Yadav took a
wicket apiece. In-form opener Brendon McCullum struggled at the crease
and was the ﬁrst Chennai batsman to
be dismissed in the sixth over bowled
by Zaheer for just 11.
The Kiwi drove into the hands of
Delhi captain Duminy at mid-off off a
fuller ball outside the off-stump.
Sports camp
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
The School of Physical Education
and Sports from Hindustan University
will conduct the Hindustan Summer
Sports Camp for school students
(Boys and Girls) from 20 to 30 May
between 6.30 am and 8.30 am at its
college premises.
The camp includes badminton,
basketball, cricket, football, horse
riding, tennis and volleyball. This
is the second free summer sports
camp for sports lovers which is been
held by the group. The insititution is
well-known for its curricular and cocurricular activities provides platform
for students to excel in the ﬁeld of
sports. They aim to provide training
to students by international players
and experts in various ﬁelds within
its campus as part of their regular
programme every year. Last date for
registration is 18th May.
The venue for the summer sports
camp is Hindustan University, No.1,
Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Padur,
Chennai. For online registration, visit
www.hindustanuniv.ac.in/summersportscamp2014. For further details,
contact 8056296924/ 9952035336.
Djokovic,
Sharapova win
Karachi, May 13 (AFP):
Pakistan’s cricket chiefs face a
battle to address the reasons behind
Rome, May 13:
their disastrous tour to Bangladesh as
In women’s
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic rethey gear up for their ﬁrst home series
action,
top-ranked
against Test opposition in six years.
turned from three weeks off and
Pakistan slumped to ninth in the showed some signs of rust in a
Serena Williams
Mueller, but Barcelona advance to ICC one-day international table 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over Spanish
cruised past 39thface either bitter rivals Real Madrid -- their lowest since rankings were opponent Nicolas Almagro at the
or Juventus in the ﬁnal.
Italian Open on Tuesday.
introduced in
ranked Anastasia
Having won 16 titles as a player, 2002 -- after losDjokovic was poised to close the
Pavlyuchenkova
then a further 14 in four years as ing the ODI sematch out in straight sets with a
head coach at the Camp Nou, Guar- ries to minnows
5-2 lead in the tiebreaker but Al6-1, 6-3 in just
diola is backing Barcelona to claim Bangladesh 3-0,
magro won five consecutive points
over an hour
their first European crown since threatening their
to force a third.
2011 at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium participation in
‘In the important moments today
on June 6.
the 2017 ChamI did feel a little uncomfortable. to No. 174 after missing the secI want to congratulate my players, I pions Trophy in
Maybe that’s from lack of playing,’ ond half of last year for left foot
am really happy to be their manager England where
Djokovic said. ‘I’m sure I’ll be back surgery, appeared to injure his left
knee at 2-2 in the third set when
on a day like today, said Guardiola, only top eight teams will feature. The on track in no time.’
he came up awkwardly after atas Bayern denied Barcelona a ﬁrst tourists also suffered their ﬁrst ever
In women’s action, top-ranked
win in Munich at the ﬁfth attempt.
Twenty20 defeat against Bangladesh. Serena Williams cruised past 39th- tempting to retrieve a ball far off
Pep Guardiola
court.
But I hope Barcelona can now win Although they managed to win the ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova t h e
The Spaniard
their ﬁfth Champions League title two-Test series 1-0 with victory in the 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour; and
went over to his
Munich, May 13 (AFP): overturn a three-goal deﬁcit in Mu- in Berlin.
second Test last week, the national Maria Sharapova opened her bid
chair briefly durnich when the unmarked Medhi
Bayern Munich coach Pep GuarYou can only beat Barcelona when pastime of inquisition and blame for a third Rome title with a secing the middle of
Benatia headed home on seven you take the ball away from them, game is back in full ﬂow.
diola is now backing his ex-club
ond-round win over 52nd-ranked
the game and
minutes at the Allianz Arena.
Barcelona to win the Champions
with it they are so strong. We didn’t
Legendary paceman and 1992
Jarmila Gajdosorubbed his
But Barca effectively make the most of our chances in the World Cup-winning captain Imran
League after his Bavarian giva. The thirdknee but
booked their place in the ﬁrst leg, but here we did’.
ants bowed out 5-3 on aggreKhan termed the Bangladesh oneseeded
Berlin final on June 6
gate in the semi-ﬁnals.
It wasn’t enough at the end of the day series defeat as unimaginable
decided
when Luis Suarez twice day, but there you go. I hope the while former captain Ramiz Raja
Guardiola’s Bayern exitto play
set
up
Neymar
to
score
ed at the last-four stage for
Spanish league has the rights to described it as the lowest point in
on.
for the visitors before be screened in Germany soon, so country’s cricket history.
the second year running,
half an hour had been that fans here can appreciate what
despite ending Barcelona’s 18As a bewildering number of former
played.
Novak Djokovic
game unbeaten run with a
a good player Lionel Messi is on a players and captains line up to have
Sharapova was leading
Bayern produced a regular basis. He was a pleasure to their say, those who currently govern 6-2, 3-1 when her Australian
3-2 semi-ﬁnal, second-leg
win in Munich.
rousing second-half per- coach when I was at Barcelona and the game are pointing their ﬁngers opponent retired with a right shoulformance with goals by Robert he has demonstrated yet again what towards the system over which they der injury.
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CHENNAI
Reprieve for
children
Cabinet approves amendment
in Child Labour Act
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 13:
The Union Cabinet today approved
amendment in Child Labour Act allowing children above 14 years to
work in non-hazardous industries
run by family.
This means children less 14 years
of age can help the family in ﬁelds,
forest or home-based enterprises,
provided it is only during holidays
or after school hours.
Children between 14 and 18 years
will not be allowed to work in hazardous industries.
The fresh legislation proposes a
complete ban on child labour up to
14 years in any organization, big or
small. There is no penalty provision
for parents for the ﬁrst offence but
repeat offenders may be subject to
a monetary ﬁne with the likelihood
of imprisonment. However, the
employer would be liable for punishment even for the ﬁrst offence.
The Labour Ministry had initially
proposed that end-users of products
should also be punished if a product
was made by a child below 14 years.
The Ministry of Women and Child
Development (WCD), however,
opposed this on two grounds. One,
that it will be impractical to assess
the participation of a child in a
home-based profession and, two,
the legislation was open to abuse
by police and authorities.
The original one
The original child labour law banned employment of children below 14 in
only 18 hazardous industries. children less than 14 years are permitted
to work except in prohibited sectors such as domestic work, automobile
workshops, bidi-making, carpet weaving, handloom and power loom
industry and mine The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill,
2012, introduced in Rajya Sabha recommended a complete ban on child
labour until they ﬁnished elementary education, guaranteed under the
Right to Education Act.
Activist wants total ban
Nobel Peace Prize Kailash Satyarthi has often spoke about the urgency of
passing the Child Labour (Amendment) Bill,
2012 in the coming Parliamentary session.
HIS DEMANDS:
All forms of child labour should be prohibited up to the age of 14. As of today,
child labour is prohibited only in select
industries identiﬁed as hazardous.
Up to the age of 18, no child should be
employed in the worst forms of child
labour, such as begging.
The law should be made more deterrent
by increasing the ﬁne amount and period
of imprisonment.
The law must address the accountability of those employed in enforcement
agencies, such as factory inspectors and
Kailash Satyarthi
labour inspectors, and if children are found
working within their jurisdiction, they must be held responsible.
Child labour must be made a cognisable and non-bailable offence, so that
even the common man can report such cases and action can be taken
immediately.
Rehabilitation should be made an integral part of law on child labour.
1,859 child labourers rescued
A total of 1,859 child labourers were rescued in Erode district last year,
a senior ofﬁcial has said.
Last year, 1859 child labourers were rescued in the district and of them
833 had been admitted to 28 special schools for education and others to
regular schools, Labour Welfare Commissioner P Amudha said. Speaking at the national Child Labour Project review meeting here, she said
parents should stop sending children below 14 years to work.
for a summit meeting, an unusual
departure from normal protocol and
seen as a reciprocal gesture by the
Chinese leader who was hosted by
Modi in Ahmedabad when he visited
India in September last year.
‘I am looking forward to the trip to
China... the 21st century belongs to
Asia,’ the Prime Minister told Chinese
media ahead of his visit.
The Prime Minister, who spoke in
Hindi, hoped that his visit will ‘further
deepen’ India-China relations and
set a ‘new milestone’ for Asia and
developing countries. ‘I believe that
my trip to China will not only deepen
the China-India friendship, but also
set a new milestone for the
relations between developing countries in Asia as well as around the
world. There is no doubt about that,’
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Trouble for Robert Vadra
Panel to probe land deals in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 13:
In what can spell trouble for
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra,
the Bharatiya
Janata Party
government
in Haryana
has decided
to constitute
a high-level
panel to investigate the
land deals
during the
Robert Vadra
previous Congress regime. The government
under the leadership of Manohar
Lal Khattar is in the last stage
of finalising the panel, which is
expected to be headed by former
Supreme Court judge Justice
The BJP government under the leadership
of Manohar Lal Khattar is in the last stage
of ﬁnalising the panel, which is expected to
be headed by former Supreme Court judge
Justice Swatanter Kumar
Swatanter Kumar.
A report published on a newspaper’s website has quoted
BJP’s Haryana in-charge and
national general secretary Anil
Jain as saying, ‘We are surely
going ahead with formalising a
commission to look into all the
land deals.’
In March this year, Comptroller
and Auditor General in its report
attacked the previous Bhupinder
Singh Hooda regime saying
that ‘undue favours’ were given
to builders, including Robert
Vadra’s Skylight Hospitality.
In its report for the year 201314, tabled in the Haryana Assembly, the official auditor had come
down heavily on the Town and
Country Planning Department.
‘....the department neither at
the time of granting in-principle
approval nor at the time of formal
approval for transfer of licenses
ensured that net profit beyond 15
per cent of the total cost accrues
to public exchequer,’ the CAG
report said. The BJP and other
Congress rivals had trained their
guns on the previous Bhupinder
Singh Hooda government accusing it of showing favours to
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in his land deal with realty
giant DLF.
Though the report did not name
Vadra, his company, Skylight
Hospitality, was named. Skylight
Hospitality, the report noted, sold
a prime 3.5 acre piece of land in
Manesar in Gurgaon district to
DLF in 2008 for Rs 58 crore.
Earlier, senior IAS officer Ashok
Khemka had ordered the scrapping of the land deal, terming it
as illegal. However, the previous
Hooda government gave clean
chit to Vadra in the land deal.
Fake certiﬁcate:
AAP Minister in soup
Bar Council asks Delhi Police
to initiate probe
New Delhi, May 13:
In more trouble for Law Minister Jitender
Singh Tomar, Delhi Bar Council has sent a
report to the city police, saying that prima
facie it has been proved that the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) leader is guilty in the
fake certiﬁcate case.
Tomar has been facing charges that the
academic certiﬁcates he submitted while
ﬁling nomination for Delhi Assembly polls
held in February this year were fake.
Jitender Singh
The Bar Council, in its complaint to Delhi
Tomar
Police, has stated that by means of false
representation and on the basis of forged mark sheets and degree
claimed to be a Graduate in B Sc and on the basis of forged Provisional LLB certiﬁcate claimed to be a Law Graduate and on the
basis of such false representation and aforesaid forged documents,
Tomar obtained enrolment with the Bar council of Delhi with enrolment No. D/ la4 /2011.
‘It is, therefore, requested that a detailed preliminary enquiry / investigation, in accordance with law, may be conducted with respect to
the aforesaid alleged forged documents for commission of offences
punishable under the Indian Penal Code and report may be submitted before the council on or before 28.O5.2O15,’ the complaint said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier defended Tomar,
accused of faking his law degree, and called for a ‘public trial’ of the
media. If Tomar had done any wrong, he would have surely asked
him to step down, Kejriwal.
‘I am not Tomar`s relative or friend. I had sought an explanation
from Tomar on the controversy. He gave a satisfactory answer and
said he wasn`t at fault as his degree is genuine,’ Kejriwal said.
The Delhi High Court last month informed that the Delhi Law
Minister’s provisional certiﬁcate is ‘fabricated’. Bihar’s Tilak Manjhi
Bhagalpur University had submitted before the HC that Tomar’s
provisional certiﬁcate is ‘fabricated and does not exist in the institution’s record’.
Tomar has claimed that he had completed his law education from
the particular university.
Tilak Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Bihar placed before the court
its enquiry report stating that the serial number of the provisional
certiﬁcate in the record showed the name of some other person and
not that of Tomar.
Bar Council members of Delhi, who wanted to be impleaded as a
party in the petition, had informed the court that they have received
information from Avadh University that Tomar’s graduation degree
is allegedly ‘fake’.
My visit to China will
set new milestone: PM
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
Faced with irritants like the boundary issue and China’s plans for
infrastructure
projects in
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK),
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will have
a tough task
as he meets Narendra Modi
the Chinese leadership during his
three-day visit to China from tomorrow which he hoped will set a ‘new
milestone’ for Asia.
Modi, who is undertaking his ﬁrst
visit to China as Prime Minister, will
reach the ancient city of Xi’an, the
home town of President Xi Jinping,
WEDNESDAY
13 MAY 2015
he told state-run CCTV ahead of this
visit. He said India and China have
made great progress in bilateral relations in recent years and managed
their differences with patience and
maturity. ‘”Interacted with the Chinese
media, where I highlighted the strong
potential of India-China ties,’ Modi
tweeted.
‘I talked about our shared responsibility to help developing nations,
especially in poverty eradication,’
he added.
In another tweet, he said, ‘Asia,
being the land of Buddha has the
responsibility to ensure that this is a
century free from war.’
Modi noted that he had met President Xi three times during the last
one year and held extensive talks on
a wide range of issues.
Sports stars to act as SAI mentors
Teenager killed
during fireworks
display
Nagercoil, May 13 (PTI):
An 18-year-old boy was
killed when a cracker accidentally fell on him and
exploded during the annual ﬁreworks display at a
temple festival near here in
Kanyakumari district today,
police said.
A large number of people had gathered at the
temple in Kootaalumoodu
to witness the spectacular
fireworks show when the
mishap occurred early this
morning. Due to some hitch,
one of the crackers shot into
the air fell on Jebin Sekhar,
who was watching the event
from the terrace of a nearby
building, and blew up his
head, killing him on the
spot, police said.
NAME CHANGE
I, KIRTHI SRINIVASAN, w/o
Thiru V.Balaji Srinivasan born
on 11th April 1968 (Native
district- Bangalore : Karnataka)
residing at Old No 14, New
No.28, 7th Main Road, Raja
Annamalai Puram, Chennai600028, Tamil Nadu, India,
shall henceforth be known as
KIRTHI ACHAR SRINIVASAN
KIRTHI SRINIVASAN
CHENNAI, 09.05.2015
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI):
One of the athletes, 15-year-old Sonowal, said in the Lok Sabha in a
Rattled by the suicide attempt of Aparna Ramambhadran, died and suo moto statement. As part of the refour young athletes in Kerala, the three others, all undergoing training vamp, the Ministry has recommended
Sports Ministry is set to revamp SAI at Water Sports Centre of SAI in Alap- the involvement of counsellors to help
centres across the country and could puzha, were hospitalised after they the the trainees. An Assistant Director
ate a poisonous fruit in an apparent of SAI will be stationed at Alappuzha
request ‘iconic sportspersons to act
suicide pact owing to alleged harassuntil normalcy is restored, Rudy said.
as trainee mentors’ as part of a series
ment by seniors.
‘Psychology counsellors may be
of changes it seeks to bring about.
‘We may request iconic sportsperIn a heartbreaking turn of events sons to adopt SAI centres and act as engaged to counsel the trainees so
last week, a young athlete died and SAI trainee mentors. This will not only that they can come out of the emothree of her colleagues battled for life inspire young SAI trainees but also tional trauma. Particular care would
after they attempted suicide at the enable them to emulate the qualities be taken to ensure psychological and
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WHERE THEY STAND
TEAMS
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
Chennai Super Kings
Mat
13
8
5
0
0
PTS
Kolkata Knight Riders
12
7
4
0
1
15
Sunrisers Hyderabad
12
7
5
0
0
14
Rajasthan Royals
13
6
5
0
2
14
RCB
11
6
4
0
1
13
Mumbai Indians
12
6
6
0
0
12
Delhi Daredevils
13
5
8
0
0
10
Kings XI Punjab
12
2
10
0
0
4
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TOMORROW’S MATCH
Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders ,
Mumbai, 8 pm (IST).
I had a plan for
Dhoni: Zaheer
Mitchell Starc has been an
immense boost: Mandeep
With 13 points from 11 matches, the Royal Challengers Bangalore are in the reckoning for a place in the Playoffs. The Virat
Kohli-led team have been on a winning streak after a shaky start to the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2015. As they look to
break into the top four, RCB will face-off against the Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on May 13th.
Speaking to the media ahead of the match, the young RCB batman Mandeep Singh said, We have done well in the last
six-seven matches. We are taking one match at a time without thinking too far ahead.
Reecting on the team’s run so far, he said, There was a problem with the coordination and combinations were not up to
the mark (early on). Now the combinations have been set right. After playing four-ve matches, we got to know of the right
combinations. We know who will open, who will play in the middle-order, etc.
Elaborating on space that the team nds itself in, he said, The team’s morale has been high for the last ve-six matches.
We lost one game against the Chennai Super Kings. In that match we had a few run outs. (However, now) everybody is in
positive frame of mind.
The arrival of Mitchell Starc made a huge difference to the side. The team has gained a lot of condence due to the presence of Mitchell Starc. He is bowling at his best, he added.
While the bowling line-up were boosted by the arrival of the Australia fast-bowler, RCB have been riding high on the performances of their top-order. Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers have been crucial to the team’s victories. They are
the best in the world in this format. Their experience denitely helps. If one of them clicks, then the opposition nearly always
end up on the losing side. It is good that our best players are playing the maximum number of balls, Mandeep said.
The 23-year old himself played a key role with the bat in one of the earlier matches. Mandeep, who starred in the team’s
win against Kolkata Knight Riders, said he has been learning from the international players in the side, especially from AB
de Villiers. ‘I had tried to follow AB (de Villiers) but got bowled in the rst match. Then I asked him about his batting and he
explained to me about his approach. Not that he always goes for the unconventional shots. For example in the last match,
when he came up the order he played more cricketing shots.
It’s do-or-die game for MI
Their juggernaut having come to a halt against the batting might
of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians face a virtual
make or break situation when they take on defending champions
Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League cricket here
tomorrow.
The loss here last Sunday to RCB, after a superb ve-game
winning streak, has come at the wrong time. But MI would be
seeking inspiration from their overall 10-5 win-loss record against
KKR who, however, won their previous season-opening clash on
April 8 by seven wickets.
MI would have loved to go into the tough battle with their tails
up instead of licking their wounds inicted by the brutal assault
on their bowling attack by A B de Villiers who smashed 133 not
out off just 59 balls.
Having just 12 points in their kitty with tomorrow’s last home
game at the Wankhede Stadium followed by their concluding away
match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 17 in hand, MI have
very little margin of error to play with.
MI need to pull up their socks and put behind the humiliating
39-run loss to RCB in their home bastion when they take on the
formidable Knight Riders who go into the game placed second
on the table.
They may, however, not be entirely without a chance of making
a play-off berth even if they lose against the Knight Riders, who
are on a three-game winning roll. But then their progress would
not be in their own hands.
Back again on the cricket eld after almost a year long lay-off,
Zaheer
Zaheer Khan continues to be a thorn in the esh for opposinot only keeps
tion batsmen. The left-arm pacer single-handedly set-up the
the opposition in
match for his team against table-toppers Chennai Super
Kings in Raipur as the Delhi Daredevils look to exit the
check with his own
tournament on a high.
bowling but also by
Whether it his IPL franchise or the state side or the
national team, Zaheer not only keeps the opposition in
guiding the bowling
check with his own bowling but also by guiding the bowlunit and leading
ing unit and leading from the front. He is seen plotting and
from the front
planning the downfall of the batsmen and egging his fellow
bowlers on. In the game against CSK too, while he sent back
Brendon McCullum upfront and later accounted for MS Dhoni to
nish
with 4-1-9-2, he was instrumental in setting elds and setting the
batsmen
up in collusion with his fellow bowlers, eventually restricting the MS Dhoni-led
side to a paltry
119. While speaking to iplt20.com after the comprehensive win, Zaheer mentioned that mentoring
comes naturally to him.
The Man of the Match said that it is about sharing his experience with the others and enjoying the
challenge as he works to keep himself going.
Excerpts from the interview:
Q: What was it that worked for you today?
A: The wicket was a bit on the slower side, so the variations came in to play. And once I hit my
rhythm and the line and length was good, it was easier to play with the eld setting also. That’s
what I guess worked for me today.
Q: Bowling to an in-form Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith, what was the plan and
what was your advice to Shahbaz Nadeem?
A: Nadeem obviously is a very good spinner and he bowls well with the new ball, so we didn’t really
have a chat. Spin in not my strength. I was just focusing on my bowling today and yes, when you
have Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith coming at you hard, it is not easy. They have been very
consistent and have been giving CSK good starts. So it was a good challenge and I enjoyed it today.
Payum Puli to clash with Puli
Sogusu Perundhu
gets U
Actor Suriya, lmmaker Venkat Prabhu, music composer Yuvanshankar
Raja among others at a media meet held in Chennai.
Masss is Suriya's
special: Venkat Prabhu
The cast and crew of Masss gathered
under one roof for the media meet of the lm
directed by Venkat Prabhu. The movie stars Suriya and
Nayanthara in the lead roles. Produced by Studio Green,
the movie has music by Yuvanshankar Raja. Plans are on to
release it 29 May.
Suriya said, 'it is a different story and it is away from the mad crowd
of horror lms. It has a new premise. Credit should go to Venkat Prabhu.'
He said, 'Venkat Prabhu lms are different from each other. Masss is a
wholesome entertainer. Novel ideas have been used in making this lm.
Yuvan's background score adds value'.
'Nayanthara and Pranitha have given their best. The movie will take
Tamil cinema forward.'
On his part Venkat Prabhu, said, 'It is a Suriya lm. I just narrated
an one-liner to him initially. But we later added enough commercial
elements in it to appease Suriya fans'.
'There are no smoking or drinking scenes in it', he added.
Actors Karunaas, Premji Amaran, Sriman, producer
Gnanavelraja, cameraman R D Rajasekar and
music composer Yuvanshankar Raja
were also present.
-NT Bureau
Late lmmaker Rasu Madhuravan's Sogusu Perundhu
has been censored and given
U certificate. Sogusu Perundhu, written and directed
by the late Rasu Madhuravan, features Jaani, Yuvan,
Manisha Yadhav, Swathi,
Ilavarasu, Singam Puli and
Bonda Mani. As for the story
of Sogusu Perundhu, it tracks
how different people behave
on a long bus journey. Plans
are on to release the movie
at the earliest.
-NT Bureau
Come 17 September (Vinayaka Chathurthi day), Vishal
starrer Payum Puli will be
released. Sources say after
the new dikat by Tamnil Film
Producers Council that big
movies shoiuld release only
on festive days, buzz is that Vijay’s Puli will also be released
on the day.
It would mean a direct gjht
between Vishal and Vijay.
Payum Puli is directed by
Suseenthiran while Puli is by
Simbhu Devan.
Meanwhile Vishal is upbeat
about the movie and says the
climax has come good.
-NT Bureau
Papanasam first
look poster out
The first look poster of Papanasam was out today. It is a remake of Malayalam hit Drishyam.
Gouthami is making a comeback
with the lm. Papanasam also stars
Asha Sarath, Anant Mahadevan,
Kalabhavan Mani and Nivedha
Thomas. Produced by Suresh
Balajie, George Pius of Wide
Angle Creations and Rajkumar
Sethupathi of Raj Kumar Theatres
Pvt Ltd. Papanasam has music by
Ghibran.
Much recently the teaser of Papanasam was out on youtube and it
won the admiration of fans.
-NT Bureau
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