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AP today threatened to widen its stir against the
Centre if it goes ahead with the contentious land bill
as party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
held a rally here against the legislation.
Narendra Modi government has been pursuing
anti-farmer and anti-poor policies because he has been
obliged by the big industrialist, now it is time to pay them
back, senior leader Ashutosh said. The Aam Aadmi Party
was today taking out a rally at Jantar Mantar that would be
addressed by Kejriwal. It will also stage a march towards
Parliament though AAP chief is not likely to join it.
Meanwhile. an inconsistent Delhi Daredevils will look
to break the home jinx when they take on struggling
Mumbai Indians in their sixth match of the IPL cricket
tournament at Feroz Shah Kotla tomorrow.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday inﬂicted a six-wicket loss on Delhi, handing them
their ninth straight home defeat since 2013.
Earlier the Jean-Paul Duminy-led side had bounced
back with two wins after two opening losses to snap
their 11-match losing streak. Winning two of their four
close encounters in this season, DD looked like a wellbalanced side until defending champions KKR exposed
their weaknesses. With a mix of youth and experience,
the batting seemed to respond well with the likes of
Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Duminy and Yuvraj
Singh coming good in the initial games.
Jaya case: SC verdict
on Bhavani 27 Apr
BEAR WITH ME
q‘We do not want to delay this matter any further’
NT Bureau
New Delhi / Chennai, Apr 22:
The Supreme Court will pronounce
on 27 April (Monday) its decision on
the issue of legality of appointment of
advocate Bhawani Singh as special
public prosecutor (SPP) to argue
before Karnataka High Court against
the appeal ﬁled by AIADMK general
secretary J Jayalalithaa challenging
her conviction and four-year sentence
in the disproportionate assets case.
Today, the apex court reserved its
judgement and noted that the appointment of the SPP prima facie
appears to suffer from irregularities
but it would not allow the de novo
2 teams leave for
Lanka to bring
back freed boats
A 30-feet idol of a polar bear welcomes visitors to a ‘summer snow
show’ exhibition at Valasarawakkam in Chennai.
Photo: K VIJAY ANAND
Modi to visit TN soon
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
keeps a close watch on all issues
happening within the country. To
address local issues in every State,
he has formed special committees,
said State unit president of the BJP
Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Addressing reporters here, Tamiliasai, said, ‘I had been to the national
capital after a call from the PMO, where
Modi interacted with me for over halfan-hour. He listened to all issues of
the State and he wanted to know the
expectations of the Tamil people’.
He insisted that the national parties
should respect regional units and give
an ear to them.
He promised to send his Cabinet
Ministers to tour the State and explain
the welfare measures being initiated
by the BJP government.
He said beginning next month,
a series of programmes have
been chalked out to ensure
Ministers meet public and get
Rain predicted
for city
to know their grievances.
The State BJP president further said,
‘By May-end of June, he has assured
to visit Tamilnadu and address a few
public meetings.
During the course of our meeting,
Modi enquired about farmers in
Tamilnadu and the water facilities
available for farming in Tamilnadu,
she said and added that she had
suggested interlinking of rivers, for
which she was preparing a report to
be submitted to the Prime Minister.
Rameswaram, Apr 22 (PTI):
Two teams of ﬁshermen left here
today for Sri Lanka to bring back 18
boats, released on the orders of a
court in the island nation, after getting
them repaired there, a top ﬁsheries
department ofﬁcial said. One group
would go to Karaiyur to bring back 12
boats and the other to Talaimannar
to get custody of six boats, Assistant
Director of Fisheries M Gopinath said.
He told reporters here that the team, comprising 143 ﬁshermen and boat mechanics,
would stay there, repair the boats and bring
them back. The total cost for each vessel
would come to about Rs 5 lakh, he said,
adding the government was taking all steps
to rehabilitate the ﬁshermen. Gopinath
said 20 other seized boats had sunk
while being anchored at various ports
along the Sri Lankan coast.
The team with the boats would be
handed over by the Coast Guard to
Sri Lanka at the International Maritime boundary line.
hearing before the high court.
‘We do not want to delay this matter
any further. The appointment of SPP
prima facie appears to be irregular
and bad in law. But this doesn’t warrant fresh hearing. We are not going
to allow de novo hearing,’ a bench
comprising Justices Dipak Misra, R
K Agrawal and Prafulla C Pant said.
The bench also allowed DMK leader
K Anbazhagan, who had ﬁled a petition seeking removal Bhawani as
SPP in the case, to ﬁle his written
submission before the high court
which will be considered by it before
passing its judgement on the appeal
by Jayalalithaa and others.
The fresh hearing by the larger
bench was completed in a little less
than two days.
The matter was referred to the larger
bench on 15 April when a bench
comprising Justices Madan B Lokur
and R Banumathi had delivered a
split verdict.
Jayalalithaa, her close aide Sasikala
and two of her relatives were sentenced to four years in the 18-yearold case.
On Tuesday, Jayalalithaa supported
in the Supreme Court the continuance of Bhawani as special public
prosecutor.
‘Bhawani Singh is not an intruder.
He has a notiﬁcation in his favour and
in such matters, the de-facto doctrine
comes in his favour,’ senior advocate
Fali S Nariman, appearing for the AIADMK chief, told a three-judge bench
headed by Justice Dipak Misra.
6% DA hike for
State govt staff
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
The Tamilnadu government today
announced a six per cent hike in the
dearness allowance for its employees
in line with the increase announced by
the Centre with effect from 1 January
this year.
An ofﬁcial release here said about
18 lakh government employees,
including those working in local bodies, government-aided educational
institutions, teachers, village assistants in Revenue department, anganwadi and noon-meal department
staff, panchayat assistants, writers
and those already getting DA would
beneﬁt by this.
Thanks to the DA hike, the increase
in salary for government employees
would range from Rs 366 to Rs 4,620
and the government would incur an
additional yearly expenditure of Rs
1,222.76 crore.
The DA increase would be paid in
cash with retrospective effect from 1
January this year, the release said,
adding that pensioners would also
be beneﬁtted.
Earlier, the State government hiked
dearness allowance in October and
December last year for its employees
and transport staff, respectively.
The DA for the State government
employees is regularly being increased to keep the rates on a par
with those for the Central Government employees.
Agri Krishnamoorthy
bail plea rejected
Punish those
spreading rumours:
Saravanan
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
A Tirunelveli court today denied bail
to former Minister Agri Krishnamoorthy. who was arrested in connection
with the suicide of a government
engineer.
When his bail plea came up for
hearing, District Principal Sessions
Court Judge, Justice Nasheer Ahmed
dismissed the plea after hearing both
sides (Krishnamoorthy’s counsel and
government pleader).
Opposing the bail petition, government counsel Sivalingamuthu said
that the case was in the initial stages
of investigation by the CB-CID, and
hence bail should not be granted.
Krishnamoorthy was arrested on
charges on graft and abetting the
suicide of the agriculture engineering department Assistant Executive
Engineer S Muthukamaraswamy.
He was arrrested on 4 April along
with a Chief Engineer in the Agriculture Department, Senthil who too
faces similar charges. The former
Minister was relieved of party post
and then dropped from the state
cabinet after Muthukumaraswamy
ended his life on 20 February and
opposition parties took up the issue.
Muthukumarasamy jumped in front
of a train after pressure was allegedly
exerted on him over recruitment of
seven drivers.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Following rumours that he was arrested for his alleged involvement
in smuggling of red sanders, actor
Saravanan today called on City Police
Commissioner and submitted a com-
SOS
GH gives new life to girl
q Rare surgery performed on 12-year-old from Ambattur
NT Bureau
Actor Saravanan addressing media
Chennai, Apr 22:
persons at the police commissionChennai Meteorological deerate in Chennai today
NT Bureau
to the genital organ was divided and
partment today said
Chennai, Apr 22:
connected to the upper portion of plaint seeking action against those
that there are
the second ureter on the left side.
chances of rain
A team of doctors from the Rajiv
spreading such fake news.
for the next 24
Gandhi Government General Hospital
After ten days of observation the
Addressing media persons here,
hours in several
today gave a new lease of life to a 12patient recovered and has been Saravanan, who shot to fame with
parts of Tamilnadu.
year old girl from Ambattur who had
discharged. Initially, with these com- the ﬁllm Paruthiveeran, said, ‘I was
The department
complaints of continuous urine leak.
plications the girl stayed away from shocked as I have been getting a
said that this was beschool as her friends teased her.
While addressing mediapersons
ﬂurry of calls asking me whether I was
cause of a rotation in the uphere today, urology department,
‘My daughter used to have continuous arrested for smuggling red sanders
per layer of the atmosphere,
senior professor, V Selvaraj said that
leaking and we had to force her to go to by Chittoor police since yesterday.’
that is prevailing currently to
the girl was found to have two urinary
school. Now after the surgery the girl has
‘A few people have been spreading
differential temperature and
tubes from her left kidney-- one opens
completed eighth standard ﬁnal exam,’ the news in social media networks.
pressure conditions in the upto the normal urinary bladder and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital urology department senior said Parvathi, the mother of the patient.
My father worked in police departper layer.
another opens in the female genital professors K Thiyagarajan and V Selvaraj along with the girl who underThe surgery was performed under ment and I will never indulge in such
This might result in showers in
organ. ‘This is the ﬁrst such case to be went a ﬁrst of its kind surgery at the hospital recently.
the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive cheap acts’, he said.
several parts of Tamilnadu, while
reported in the country,’ said Selvaraj. Later, she was referred to the govern- three hour surgery was performed. Health Insurance Scheme. In private
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22 APRIL 2015
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CHENNAI
Their wait continues...
Delay in opening new RDO building concerns residents
T
he wait is on for nearly eight months
now for the inauguration of the new
building for Revenue Division Ofﬁce (RDO),
which is located at the intersection of School
Road and Ambattur Industrial Estate Road.
The Rs 1.5-crore facility has been built
by Public Works Department (PWD), to
relocate the existing RDO office, which
lacks civic amenities and is located near TI
Cycles in Ambattur.
Subramaniyam, a pensioner from Thirumangalam, says, ‘People are still forced to
travel to Amnattur for their queries on various services like Old Age Pension (OAP)
scheme and even for obtaining of site
pattas, land assignments and transferring
of pattas’.
The RDO’s service also involves issuing
heir and community certiﬁcates, and is also
involved in organising general elections.
‘The old ofﬁce shares a common building with Ambattur Taluk ofﬁce and it lacks
space, water facilities and most importantly
toilets and ramps for the disabled’, exclaims
R S Latha, who resides at Anna Nagar
Western Extension. The new RDO occupies
a total built space of 6,000 sq feet, supporting a spacious parking area for both the
visitors and RDO ofﬁcials. The building is
located at the intersection of Padi Kuppam
Road and School Road.
The officials say that the new facility
will support a spacious visiting hall with
a help desk, separate toilets for
men, women and
R
NAGA
disabled at the
ANNA
ground ﬂoor, apart
from a rest room for
the staffs that can
accommodate 10 persons.
Also the visitors can convey their petitions
to the RDO at a generous hall in the second
ﬂoor. It has been said that the building has
excellent water facilities, good circulation
area to accommodate the visitors, conference hall, common ofﬁce room for staffs,
The Rs 1.5-crore facility
has been built by Public
Works Department (PWD),
to relocate the existing
RDO ofﬁce, which lacks
civic amenities
special ramps for the disabled, and a 2,000
sq feet three-bedroom facility for the revenue divisional ofﬁcer, to make the RDO
available throughout the day.
The new and spacious building waits for
its inauguration for past eight months and
sources say that the major reason behind
this delay has been procedural hiccups
involving the shifting of the existing RDO
ofﬁce. The locals feel that the new facility
must be opened for use soon and the authorities concerned must take steps quickly.
The newly constructed RDO building in Anna Nagar.
- NT Bureau
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enue in Besant Nagar has now turned
Pedestrians ﬁnd it more difﬁcult as
into a nightmare for motorists and they are not able to walk. Most roads
pedestrians.
have become unmotorable and people
A huge pothole on the middle of are seen fuming over the poor quality
the road is causing hardship for pas- of roads.
sersby. This stretch is very close
‘There is hardly any road
to the beach, and the place
maintenance. Every time
is visited by more than
we lodge a complaint,
R
hundred people everyday.
ADYA
the workers just fill the
pothole with loose soil and
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i n wash their hands off. The next time
Adyar share the same state. ‘The it rains all the mud spreads out and
beach is one place that adds beauty makes the roads slippery,’ says Prato the neighbourhood and even this nay, a resident.
is not maintained properly. This only
Another problem is the broken
shows the negligence of the ofﬁcials,’ speed breaker on the road. The main
says Ramki, a resident of this street.
idea behind installing speed breakers
The road is divided into two, and one was for the motorists and car drivers
side of it is battered. It is worse when to control their speed as this road is
it rains, as the water gets stagnated. close to the beach and more number
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of people go for walking in the evening.
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‘The Corporation should take up
repair works now during summer so
that road-users are not put to difﬁculty
during monsoon. And now with the
summer vacation already begun, more
people will be visiting the beach, so
ofﬁcials should ﬁx the stretch at the
earliest,’ people feel.
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CHENNAI
WEDNESDAY
22 APRIL 2015
MAKE YOUR
DAUGHTER
SELVAMAGAL
Exnora honours
Dr Panneerselvam
q About 2.25 lakh accounts opened
under Sukanya Samridhi in city
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Selvamagal Semippu Thittam
launched by the Department of Posts
has become one of the successful
schemes in the recent period, with
over six lakh accounts opened in
Tamilnadu, of which about 2.25 lakh
were in Chennai alone.
The scheme called as Sukanya
Samridhi across the country, was
launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on 22 January this year.
According to Postal Department
sources, the Tambaram division has
opened over 50,000 accounts becoming the best performance by a division
in the country so far. Also, the scheme
has brought in Rs 90 core investment
in Tamilnadu Circle alone.
One of the reason for its success
is that the scheme provides higher
interest rate than any other schemes.
Govt cancels land
allotment for
Coca Cola plant
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Amid stiff opposition from the locals
against Coca Cola’s proposed project
in Erode, Tamilnadu government on
Tuesday said it has cancelled allotment of 71.34 acres of land for the
company’s unit.
SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamilnadu
Limited) said it had a few days ago
sent a notice to the company for noncompliance of terms and conditions
for commencing the project.
‘The government has cancelled the
allotment of 71.34 acres of land to
Coca Cola. Non-compliance of terms
and conditions by the company has
been cited as the reason for cancellation of land allotment in the order,’
a top government ofﬁcial said.
On the reason given by the company for not starting production, the
ofﬁcial said,’they say that they had
not done feasibility study before and
now they claim that the project is not
feasible.’
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council meet
26 April
Photograph of mother or father and child
Birth certiﬁcate of the child
ID proof and address proof of the mother/father
No nomination for opening the account
It provides an interest rate of 9.2 per
centage, which will be credited to the
account directly. The Selvamagal
scheme also provides exemption
from income tax.
The scheme is applicable to a girl
child below 11-years-old and there is
no limit on the number of deposit in
a month or in a year. The minimum
deposit amount is Rs 1,000 and the
maximum amount that can be deposited is Rs 1.5 lakh every year.
According to the scheme, one can
pay money upto 14 years. When the
girl reaches 18-years, 50 per cent
of the amount can be withdrawn for
higher education and marriage. The
maturity amount can be withdrawn
only after 21 years.
If the depositor is unable to pay the
full amount within one month, the account will be discontinued, however
the money can be revived with Rs
50 as penalty. This scheme is available only at the post ofﬁces and not
through postal agents.
Why TN govt postponed
global investors meet?
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Tamilnadu government’s ﬂagship
Global Investors Meet (GIM) in
May was on Tuesday postponed to
September following requests from
overseas investors, who sought more
time to ﬁnalise the projects.
The meet was to be held on 23 and
24 May, as announced by former
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Assembly last year. She had said Rs 100
crore would be allocated to it.
Setting the tone for conducting
the event, the government had
undertaken roadshows in France,
United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea,
Singapore, Malaysia and Germany.
Similar roadshows were held in India
in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad and Coimbatore. Noting
that considerable interest was shown
in investing in Tamilnadu during
the roadshows, an ofﬁcial release
said ‘many foreign investors have
represented that they would be in
a position to commit much larger
investment with some more time
being made available to ﬁnalise such
investment proposals’. ‘Further, a
strong feedback has been received
from many foreign investors that the
event may be held after the summer
season. The Global Investors Meet
will now be held on 9 and 10 September in Chennai,’ it said.
‘So far, investments worth Rs
53,000 crore in sectors other than
energy and Rs 23,000 crore in the
energy sector, totalling Rs 76,000
crore, have been lined up for signing
of MoUs,’ the government claimed.
Meanwhile, various opposition parties have criticised the government’s
move to shift the meet.
q Chinese ﬁlm festival from 27 April
The schedule
Delhi, is organising Chinese ﬁlm festival from 27 to 29 April at The Red
Carpet Hall, RKV Studios, Vijaya
Garden, Vadapalani.
For more details contact 2821 2652.
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Yearly 10,000 - Rs 1.40 lakh (14 years) and Rs 5,26,050 (21 years).
Yearly 12,000 - Rs 1.68 lakh (14 years) and Rs 6,31,261 (21 years).
Yearly One lakh - Rs 14 lakh (14 years) and Rs 52,60,509 (21
years).
Year 1.5 lakh - Rs 21 lakh (14 years) and Rs 78,90,763 (21 years).
Bharat Vikas Parishad, Ashok
Nagar Kendra will conduct the
ﬁrst general council meeting of all
branches across Tamilnadu and
Puducherry on 26 April at 6 pm at
Jawahar Vidyalaya, Fourth Avenue,
Ashok Nagar.
According to a press release, oath
taking ceremony of new officebearers will be held, followed by a
special lecture on ‘Indian Spirituality’ by Hari Prasad of Vishnu Mohan
Foundation.
For details contact BVP president
S Srinivasan at 93810 97506.
Global Mobile App
summit 28 May
q Students to showcase their talents
From the land
of dragons
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation
in association with Embassy of the
People’s Republic of China, New
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Choolaimedu Exnora Innovator’s
Club felicitated Dr A Panneerselvam for receiving ‘Diabetes Awareness Initiative Award-2015’ from
6th World Congress of Diabetes
India, for creating awareness about
diabetes.
According to a press release,
Choolaimedu Exnora secretary S
Kasturi Rangan said that the Diabetes India Association and USV Limited have joined hands to institute
the ‘Diabetes Awareness Initiative
Award-2015’ for the ﬁrst time in India and Dr A Panneer Selvam was
one of the top 25 shortlisted winners
of this prestigious award.
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Bodyguards and Assassins at 6 pm
27 April
The Queen of Cooking at 8.15 pm
28 April
Country Wedding at 6 pm
28 April
Flower/Flower at 7.30 pm
29 April
Let’s Fall in Love at 6 pm
29 April
Desert Family at 7.30 pm
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
The ﬁrst ever Global Mobile App
Summit & Awards (GMASA-2015)
will be held at ITC Grand Chola here
for two days from 28 May.
The two-day summit will have
prominent speakers from the industry
both international and native, as part
of panel discussion.
Speaking to reporters here yesterday, GMASA president C R
Venkatesh said, ‘Our activities have
become mobile driven and the foundation for mobile apps have been
one of the biggest revolutions in the
recent times. So, we strongly felt the
need to provide a platform to share
the expertise and encourage the
budding entrepreneurs too, and thus
GMASA. It gives us double joy to host
it in Chennai which is fast gearing up
to the startup culture.’
GMASA will also bring together
visionaries who will share their expertise on what is inﬂuencing the
industry, the road ahead and insight
on how to succeed in this marketplace. Key speakers include Suneet
Tuli, CEO, Datawind, R Narayanan,
chairman of XCODE Life sciences ,
Gul Panag CFO of Mobie Fit, Kushal
Sangavi, business head of Reliance
Entertainment, Senthil, COO of Frilp,
Aloke Bajpai, CEO of IXIGO.com
among other prominent ones.
GMASA advisory member L
Hemachandran said, ‘GMASA will be
a good platform to gain international
acclaim as a GMASA award winner.
Any mobile app developer with an
app on the Google App or Apple
store can apply for GMASA awards.
GMASA also offers the winners a
chance to contact potential sponsors
and partners as well as workshops
on to how to turn your local app into
a global success’.
To encourage talented youngsters
and to recognise them, for the ﬁrst
time ever GMASA will have the Make
in India Student App Fest. Sensing
the need for a platform to help budding app developers, GMASA will
enable students to showcase their
innovative app or app idea, and also
provide an opportunity to get it off
the ground with the help of an angel
investor, he said.
To register for the summit and
the awards, students and young
business people can log on to www.
gmasa.org.
Recruitment drive
for docs to work in
Saudi Arabia
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
A delegation from Ministry of Health,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will conduct
interview for the recruitment of Allopathy Consultant / Specialist and
Resident Doctors in all Specialities at
New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai
from 21 to 29 April.
According to a press release, Consultant/Specialist Doctors below the
age of 55 years and Resident Doctors
below 45 years with two years experience are eligible. The selected doctors
will be provided attractive salary, free
food, accommodation and airticket
along with family visa. Interested doctors may send their detailed resume by
email to [email protected].
For more details, contact 044-2250
2267/ 5886/ 082206 34389 or visit
www.omcmanpower.com.
Cleveland V V Sundaram presented ‘Seva Ratna’ award to Sri
Parthasarathy Swami Sabha secretary M Krishnamurthy during the
38th year celebration of Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana held at
Cleveland, USA recently. Also, awards were presented to various
persons in recognition for their contributions to Classical Arts.
‘TN tribals have special skills in cutting trees’
q Red sanders smugglers lure them with huge money: HC Panel
Chennai, Apr 22 (PTI):
development of the hills covering
this month, prompting widespread
tribal community by name Malayalis.
Advocates Commission appointed by
Salem and Villupuram districts of
condemnation by political parties The lands are fertile but there was no
Amid the outcry over the killing
the Madras High Court has said a tribal
and rights groups in the State.
active cultivation of any crop except
of 20 woodcutters from Tamilnadu Tamilnadu.
by Andhra Pradesh Police, an AdAfter perusing the report, a bench,
The three-member Advocate Com- in a few pockets. And 90 per cent of
community of Kalrayan Hills possess unique
the population was in ‘pinching povvocates Commission appointed by
comprising Chief Justice Sanjay
mission was set up by the court on a
skills in cutting trees effortlessly
erty’. The court had earlier directed
the Madras High Court has said a
Kishan Kaul and Justice T.S. SivagPIL seeking a direction to the State
and without noise
the Advocate Commission to visit the
tribal community of Kalrayan Hills
nanam, directed the Government
and Central governments to frame
area and submit a report.
is lured by red sanders smugglers
Pleader to ﬁle the counter within
and implement a special scheme
with huge money as they possess
four weeks and to show develop- It appears that out of twenty peo- requirement of the development of
providing for the education, health,
The committee expressed satunique skills in cutting trees effort- ment works if any carried out in
isfaction about facilities such as
ple, who were recently shot down, social capital for them and sugges- road transport and employment
lessly and without noise.
the hills.
of residents of Kalrayan, Periya
drinking water and electricity but
twelve belong to the area’.
tions are contained at the end of the
Kalrayan and Chinna Kalrayan hill
underscored the requirement of
epilogue,’ the Bench said.
Highlighting the need for uplift‘It is interesting to peruse the
‘A suggestion was made to utilise
areas.
public health care centres and inment of the community identiﬁed
epilogue (of the report), which
the special skills in a development
Twenty woodcutters from the
as ‘Malayalis’, the Commission in
classiﬁes the tribals of their special
According to petitioner K R Tamizh- frastructure in schools and hostels
process rather than their lending
State were killed in ﬁring by Andhra
its 35-page report to the court has
skills as soundless woodcutters, hands to the red sander smugglers. Pradesh police in Seshachalam
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t is rare that the middle class compels the government to
review a decision especially when revenue dips, exports miss
the target and the reality of grandiose schemes like the Bullet
Train and a Mountain Corps against China begins to bite. But the
unthinkable has happened and the government announced putting
on hold all proposed changes in income tax returns. Actually, the
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) came out with a dozen
changes but two especially riled the netizens who promptly dubbed
it ‘taxterrorism’ First, making it mandatory to record all foreign
trips along with details about passport and source of money spent
and second, disclosing all bank accounts, open and closed, along
with details of deposits.
It helped that the net was abuzz with instances where the CBDT
has tainted the Modi government’s avowedly industry-friendly
image such as the $3.3 billion notice on Cairn for a transaction
which took place eight years back and tax notices worth $6 billion
on over 100 foreign institutional investors. Netizens also doubted
the wisdom of seeking details of all bank accounts when most
accounts are already linked to PAN cards and banks deduct tax on
interest above Rs 10,000.
Fresh from a visit to Europe and Canada where Modi strained every
nerve to convince their businessmen about his intention to create
investor-friendly conditions, this attempt to increase paperwork
would have indicated the opposite. There were convincing counter
arguments such as asking why the disclosure of bank accounts was
so offensive and what was the harm in informing the government
about foreign trips? But those who ridiculed the logic behind
seeking personal expenditure on foreign trips as long as income is
properly taxed won the day. However, it is not clear whether other
changes that escaped the self-absorbed netizens such as obviating
the need to send paper acknowledgement by post could also be
axed. But if changes are inevitable as the government goes after
black money to boost its coffers, it must ﬁll the vacancies in the
Income Tax Department so that the fat cats escaping the dragnet
can be tracked down.
The biggest holders of black money are real estate barons and
politicians (the land maﬁa). But acting against them will unsettle
an entire ecosystem that is vital to economic growth. Going after
benami land owners will send real estate prices crashing; this will
reduce home values and banks will have to start calling in their
loans to home buyers, or ask them to put up more collateral. In
a sense, acting against the biggest generator of black money will
mean entertaining a phalanx of vested interests who won’t want
property prices to crash. This is clearly not something Jaitley
will be able to do except over an extended period of time. A ﬁne
balancing act is needed.
Kiran Bedi @thekiranbedi
‘Early leadership’ begins with
‘Early Awareness’ for need
of being good humans ﬁrst:
For this v only need parents/
teachers to begin with..
2015 marks Earth Day’s 45th anniversary
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his year is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, in which economic growth and sustainability join hands.
The year in which world leaders ﬁnally pass a binding climate
change treaty. The year in which citizens and organisations divest
from fossil fuels and put their money into renewable energy solutions. These are tough issues but we know what’s at stake is the
future of our planet and the survival of life on earth.
‘75% of fossil fuels
must stay in ground’
Three-quarters of known fossil
fuel reserves must be kept in the
ground if humanity is to avoid the
worst effects of climate change,
a group of leading scientists and
economists have said in a statement timed to coincide with Earth
Day.
The Earth League, which includes Nicholas Stern, the author of several inﬂuential reports
on the economics of climate
change; Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a climate scientist and
adviser to Angela Merkel; and
the US economist Jeffrey Sachs,
urged world leaders to follow up
on their commitments to avoid
dangerous global warming.
Spelling out what a global deal
at the UN climate summit
in Paris later this year
should include, the
group demanded
governments
adopt a goal of
reducing economies’
carbon
emissions
to
zero by mid-century, put a price
on carbon and that
the richest take the
lead with the most aggressive cuts.
In its ‘Earth statement’, the
group said that three-quarters of
known fossil fuel reserves must
be left in the ground if warming
was not to breach a rise of 2C,
the ‘safety limit’ agreed to by
governments.
Find the animal
inside you
Google Doodle’s innovative quiz
The Google Earth Day doodle
is a ﬁrst of its kind doodle that
‘presents one of the Internet’s
favourite pastimes: a goofy
brated on 22 April 1970 and was
founded by US Senator Gaylord
Nelson. The original Earth Day
was attended by about 20 mil-
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2 a secular n harmonious
world..a reality check needed
on who the actual culprits wr
who attacked d priests.
quiz,’ that at the end of it tells
you which animal you are the
closest to.
The Google Earth Day quiz
works on ‘any up-to-date browsers on your mobile or desktop
browsers, including the Android
and iOS Google Apps.’
The ﬁrst Earth Day was cele-
LOST IN SPACE
In modern times
Earth Day conOn 22 April 1970, the first
tinued to grow
Earth Day was held, one of
over the years.
the most remarkable hapIn 1990, it went
penings in the history of
global, and 200
US democracy.
million people in
The movement went glo141 countries parbal in 1990 and is now celticipated in the event,
ebrated in over 175 counaccording to the Earth
tries across the globe.
Day Network.
This day was officially des Earth Day 2000 included 5,000
ignated as the internationenvironmental groups and 184
al Earth Day by the United
countries.
Nations in 2009
Hayes organised a campaign that
focused on global warming and
clean energy.
‘The world’s leaders in Kyoto, Japan, in late 1997, acknowledged
the scientiﬁc fact that the leading cause of global warming is carbon
emissions from fossil-fuel consumption, and that something must be
done to address those rising emissions,’ Hayes told National Geographic.
In 2010, for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, 225,000 people
gathered at the National Mall for a climate rally.
Earth Day Network launched a campaign to plant 1 billion trees,
which was achieved in 2012, according to the organisation.
For many, climate change seems like a remote problem, but the
reality is that it’s already affecting people, animals and places around
the world.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
One billion people still live on less than $1.25 per day. One of the
biggest controversies over a treaty has been the issue that developing countries don’t want to give up economic growth no matter the
environmental cost.
GRASSROOTS
Over 400,000 people came together in New York City for the biggest climate march of all time. Their call for action from the city streets
reverberated around the world. They rallied for their leaders to recognize the catastrophic implications of climate change.
TIME FOR A TREATY
Over the past 20 years, there have been a series of failed attempts
to create an effective international treaty on climate change mitigation. In 1997, the ﬁrst major international agreement was passed, The
Kyoto Protocol. Since then, many Summits and many efforts to come
to agreement ‘Rio, Copenhagen’ have ended in a ﬂop.
lion Americans. The Earth Day
movement went global in 1990
and is now celebrated in over
175 countries across the globe.
22 April was ofﬁcially designated as the international Earth
Day by the United Nations in
2009.
C
‘The big decisions that lie ahead are
not just for world leaders and policymakers. Today, on Mother Earth Day,
I ask each one of us to be mindful of
the impacts our choices have on this
planet, and what those impacts will
mean for future generations,’ says UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Change begins here
Khushbu Sundar
@khushsundar
Chevrolet’s concept
car gets real
DETROIT:
Self-driving cars just became a
lot more interesting all of a sudden. GM has taken the wraps off
the Chevrolet FNR, an autonomous
electric vehicle concept designed
in Shanghai by the company’s Pan
Asia Technical Automotive Center
From friend to foe?
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PIC
can take advantage of the car’s
various sensors and roof-mounted
radar, which map the surrounding
environment and help determine
the best route to your destination,
along with help from an artiﬁcially
intelligent personal assistant.
Once underway, the seats can
This image by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a group of galaxies known as Stephan’s Quintet. In the other photograph, shows
the Eagle Nebula’s ‘Pillars of Creation.’ These pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, one of NASA’S crowning glories, marks its 25th
anniversary on 24 April.
Egypt’s former Prez
sentenced to 20 years
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swivel 180 degrees (pictured be(PATAC). It’s intended as a showlow). This way can have a convercase and trial balloon for some of
sation with the people in back, and
the automaker’s current research
if you’re like me, immediately hurl
and upcoming tech, but it’s the stylSir,
Sri Lanka’s opposition lawmakfrom a sudden
ing above all that
ers demanded the removal of an
bout of car sickgrabs you. The
CAIRO:
in 2013 after an acrimonious year in
have faced the death penalty. The
anti-graft panel chief alleging biness. You can
FNR looks like a
Egypt’s former president Mohamofﬁce. Tuesday’s verdict stemmed
former president was convicted of
ased conduct after she summoned
also drive the
Hot Wheels car
ed Morsi has been sentenced to
from deaths during violent clashes
inciting his supporters to use vioformer President Mahinda Rajapakcar yourself with
for The Matrix.
between Muslim Brotherhood suplence and detain and torture opposi20 years in prison over the killing
sa to appear before the commission
tion demonstrators.
of demonstraporters and protesters who opposed
gesture control,
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although I’d recommend facing
capsule, with crystal laser headbreaking of election laws.
his palace in
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front again ﬁrst.
lights and taillights, dual swing
of
the
day
MPs loyal to the former presi2012, the ﬁrst
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dent staged protest demanding
ing
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brief
hearing
in
a
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has
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verdict
to
be
driving cars are-not to mention how
hubless wheel electric motors.
that Wickramasingha withdraw
crowded
courtroom
in
a
police
acadscripted
and
controlled
by
the
govissued
against
much closer they are to actual proSit inside it, and behold the inthe notice issued to Rajapaksa.
ernment and entirely unsupported
the country’s
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duction, and even those are pretty
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tual dashboard beneath the almostADDRESS
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LETTERS TO :
elected lead- Mohamed Morsi
leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.
ﬁgure from the Muslim Brotherhood
impact of incredible styling when
horizontal windshield. You can’t
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er. Morsi, who was elected presiIn the same verdict, Morsi and 14
and a former minister under Morsi,
Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.
combined with so many examples
start the car without it recognizing
co-defendants were acquitted of a
said in a statement in Istanbul redent the year after Egypt’s 2011 revor e-mail to : [email protected] /
of
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CHENNAI
Wendt India
sales up 13%
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
Wendt (India) Limited, a joint venture between Wendt GmbH, Germany and Carborundum Universal
Limited of the Murugappa Group,
on a standalone basis has achieved
sales of Rs 10,650 lakh during the
year ended 31 March, 2015, recording a 12 per cent growth.
A company release here today said
the domestic sales were Rs 7,890
lakhs which was 11 per cent higher
than the last year. The major industry segments which attributed to the
growth of domestic business were
auto, auto component, engineering, cutting tool, ceramics, glass,
refractories.
The export sales demonstrated a
reasonable growth with the current
year sales at Rs 2,670 lakhs, a growth
of 14 per cent over the last year. This
was mainly on account of higher exports to countries like UK, USA, UAE,
Spain, Belgium, Austria, Australia.
Accordingly, the proﬁt after tax for
the year has been at Rs 1485 lakh,
higher by 25 per cent over the previous year.
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22 APRIL 2015
5
India steels the show
q Retains third slot in global production in Q1
In March, the country’s
crude steel production grew
by 10 per cent to 7.2 MT, while
the global average declined
by 2.7 per cent
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI):
India retained its position as the
world’s third-largest steel producer
with a production of 14.6 million
tonnes (MT) in the ﬁrst three months
of 2015.
World Steel Association data
showed that the country’s production grew by 9.4 per cent in JanuaryMarch quarter this year compared
with the ﬁrst three months last year.
In February, India toppled the US to
become the world’s third-largest steel
producer, after China and Japan.
‘India maintains the distinction of
being the third-largest steel producer
in the world in the ﬁrst three months
of 2015’, Steel and Mines Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar tweeted after
the ﬁgures were announced.
In March, the country’s crude steel
production grew by 10 per cent to 7.2
MT, while the global average declined
by 2.7 per cent.
Wipro Q4 proﬁt,
Rishad on a high
NT Bureau
Board from 1 May. The
younger sibling Tariq is
Bangalore, Apr 22:
associated with Wipro
IT major Wipro Ltd TuesFoundation.
day elevated its chairman
Rishad will continue to
Azim Premji’s son Rishad
run Strategy and Mergers
to the company board in an
& Acquisitions in addition
apparent succession planto his new responsibilities
ning on a day it posted 2.1
overseeing the Technolper cent increase in March
ogy Office, Inquarter proﬁts.
vestor and GovThe country’s
ernment Relathird largest
tions, and Wipro
software servVentures.
ices ﬁrm posted
Welcoming
a net proﬁt of Rs
Rishad to the
2,286.5 crore in
Board, IndeJanuary-March
pendent Director
2015, 2.1 per
Rishad Premji
and Chairman,
cent higher than
Board GovernRs 2,239.1 crore
38-year-old
ance and Nomia year-ago. The
Rishad
net proﬁt growth, joined Wipro nation Committee, Wipro Ltd,
which is in line with
in 2007 and
Ashok S Ganguly
expec t a t i o n s ,
was helped by has played a said, He brings a
unique blend of
robust momen- critical role
in defining
exceptional stratum in infrastructure and health- the company’s tegic insights,
understanding of
care services.
strategy
the technology
The 38-yearlandscape and
old Rishad,
diverse business expertise.
joined Wipro in 2007
These past eight years have
and has played a critigiven Rishad an in-depth
cal role in defining the
view of the organization and
company’s strategy and
makes him well positioned to
driving its Mergers and
guide Wipro and carry the
Acquisitions function. In
mantle of ownership in the
2014, he spearheaded
years ahead’.
the setting up of Wipro
Commenting on his apVentures, a $100 million
pointment, Rishad Premji
fund focused on investsaid, ‘It is an absolute priviing in new age start-ups
lege and honor to be invited
building cutting edge
to the Board of Wipro, a
technologies.
company built over the past
Harvard-educated
70 years on the bedrock of
Rishad, the eldest of the
uncompromising integrity
two sons of Azim Premji,
and the hard work of thouis at present chief strategy
sands of Wiproites’.
officer and will join the
China, which produces half of the
world’s steel saw a decline of around
2 per cent to clock 203.5 MT in the
ﬁrst three months of the year.
On the other side, world number two
Japan saw a fall of 3 per cent to report
steel production of 26.74 MT during
the January-March period.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said India
needs to boost its steel production
to surpass China to become the
biggest producer in the world, after
it overtook the US.
Pact with Bangladesh
Meanwhile, India and Bangladesh
have agreed on the extension of
Protocol on Inland Water Transit and
Trade (PIWTT) with the provision of
automatic renewal in line with the proposed amendment to BangladeshIndia trade agreement.
The Indian government has said
the decision was taken during the
Secretary-level talks between the
two countries.
‘It was also agreed between the two
countries that a draft agreement for
the regular movement of passenger
and cruise vessels would be shared
by India with Bangladesh through the
diplomatic channel,’ said an ofﬁcial
statement by the Ministry of Shipping.
Both the sides were conﬁdent that
deliberations would go a long way
in the development of inland water
transport and coastal shipping for
enhancing connectivity and trade
and commerce between the two
countries, it said.
With regard to development of
the entire protocol route under the
regional IDA (International Development Association) assistance of
World Bank, while welcoming the
proposal Bangladesh agreed to
revert after obtaining approval from
the concerned authority on its side.
Wage revision: NLC for
amicable settlement
Bank of Baroda managing director and CEO Ranjan Dhawan, executive director B B
Joshi and other higher ofﬁcials at the inauguration of e-Lobby at Kodambakkam branch
in Chennai recently. The bank opened four such facilities in Chennai metro region.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
NLC has said discussions are being
held with recognised unions to arrive
at an amicable settlement over wage
revision.
In a statement, the public sector
major said recognised unions of NLC,
being aware of the constraints of NLC
management, are demanding for the
ﬁtment beneﬁt as of Coal India, additional increments and to continue
the allowances and other beneﬁts
on percentage basis on the revised
basic pay.
Even though offer was made for
a good lumpsum beneﬁt or Salary
package not exceeding Coal India,
they are not agreeable and discus-
LIC Housing Finance
posts Rs 378 cr proﬁt
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
LIC Housing Finance has
posted a marginal 2.2 per
cent increase in net proﬁt
to Rs 378.18 crore for the
quarter ending March and
decided to pay a dividend
of Rs 5 per cent on equity
share of Rs two.
The housing ﬁnance ﬁrm
had posted a net profit
of Rs 370.02 crore in the
same period of 2013-14.
‘After providing for the
Deferred Tax Liability of Rs
30.53 crore, the net proﬁt
for the quarter stood at Rs
378.18 crore,’ the company
statement said.
‘LIC Housing Finance
Ltd has recommended a
dividend of Rs 5 per equity
share of Rs 2 each (250
per cent) subject to approval of the members of
the company at the forthcoming Annual General
Meeting,’ it said in a BSE
ﬁlling.
Total income has increased to Rs 2,860.59
crore for the quarter under
review, from Rs 2,477.94
crore a year ago.
For 2014-15, the company’s net proﬁt crept up
to Rs 1,386.18 crore, from
Rs 1,317.18 crore in the
previous ﬁscal.
Total income (201415) too went up to Rs
10,798.65 crore in the
January-March quarter,
from Rs 9,334.66 crore
in the year-ago period,
it said.
LIC Housing Finance
closed at Rs 437.55
apiece on the BSE on
Friday, down 3.10 per
cent.
‘We are encouraged by
the strong growth in disbursements, which was
consistent throughout the
year and improving in the
fourth quarter. Signiﬁcant
improvement in asset quality is another area of success during the year. We
are confident of a very
good FY16,’ company’s
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer
Sunita Sharma said.
sions are being held to arrive at an
amicable settlement, it said.
NLC said further: The management
is sincerely looking forward to settle the wage revision without much
prolonging. Accordingly, apart from
other proposals, a package was
offered wherein the linkage of allowances/beneﬁts will continue to be under the existing pay structure/system
only and a monthly good lump sum
amount (inclusive of interim relief already paid) varying progressively for
various grades may be considered as
a package settlement which will give
an appreciable monthly increase in
salary (with no linkage to allowances/
attendant beneﬁts) of employees in
various grades.
DOCUMENT MISSED
My Client Mr.P. Kaliprasanna, missed his
Original Settlement Deed on 13.04.2015,
around 6 pm at PONDI BAZAAR Road,
Chennai 17. The Doc. No: 6680/2009
dt - 09.09.2009. If any one found the
above said document please inform
immediately to my client / myself to
above mentioned address or nearest
police station.
A.M. SALEEM, B.A.B.L., Advocate
No.135, Addl Law Chambers,
High Court Building, Chennai-104
SPRINGS OWNERS
ASSOCIATION
REGN NO: 241/2013
85/5, 1st MAIN ROAD, RAJAJI NAGAR,
THIRUVANMIYUR, CHENNAI-600 041
Notice is hereby given that the
second Annual General Meeting of
the Owners of Springs Apartment,
Thiruvanmiyur will be held on
Sunday the 17th May 2015 at 10.30
AM at Party Hall, Club House,
Springs Apartment to approve
Accounts for the period ending 31st
March 2015 and other items.
Dt.20/4/15
SECRETARY
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to inform to the General
Public in that my Client Mr. DINESH
RAM son of Sokarath Ram,
residing at No.2, Kalaignar Street,
Karayanchavadi,
Poonamallee,
Chennai - 56, lost his sale deed
document registered at Kundrathur
SRO as document No.3395/2010,
dated on 30-3-2010, which
comprised in the Survey Numbers
of 43 and 45 of Kozhumanivakkam
Village, Sriperumbudur taluk,
Kancheepuram District a total
extent of 620 sq.feet in Plot No.49
at Mahalakshmi Nagar, bearing
Patta No.144, when he ride in a
motor bike from Nellima Nagar
to Mangadu on 18-4-2015 at 10
A.M. hence if any one ﬁnds the
said documents it may kindly hand
over it to me or to my client as
stated above and it is also hereby
informed that any one deals the
said property without my client’s
knowledge and consent is doing so
at their own risk and cost.
G.KALAIVANNAI, B.A., B.L.,
Advocate, Chennai - 600 056.
Cell No. 9841410024
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Sports
CHENNAI
Sehwag credits Mitchell, Axar
q ‘Super’ win for Punjab q First defeat for Rajasthan
Ahmedabad, Apr 22 (PTI):
After edging out Rajasthan Royals
in a nail-biting IPL game, Kings XI
Punjab captain Virender Sehwag
credited local boy Axar Patel and
Australian allrounder Mitchell Johnson for the victory.
It was a good game for us. Mitchell
Johnson bowled and batted well,
credit of the victory should go to
Mitchell and Axar, Sehwag told
reporters after Kings XI Punjab defeated Rajasthan Royals in a pulsating ‘Super Over’ contest.
Chasing 192, Punjab spinner Axar
Patel blasted a four of the last ball
to take the game into a tie. Shaun
Marsh then cracked three boundaries
to amass 15-2 in the Super Over,
before Mitchell Johnson dismissed
Shane
Watson and later James Faulkner
was run out as Rajasthan suffered
to their first defeat following five
straight wins.
Luck favoured us but in next games,
we will focus on good cricket
rather than depending upon luck,
Sehwag said.
Glenn Maxwell was in good form in
previous IPL, but this time his form
is concern for the team, Sehwag
said adding that he will soon come
back to form.
Rajasthan’s Chris Morris, who
bowled the super over, said the score
of 192 was not easy to chase.
Morris said he was bowling in a
Super over for the ﬁrst time but he
did not feel any pressure. The South
African pacer also praised Ajinkya
Rahane,
describing him as one of India’s
best player, whose good form will
help Rajasthan.
When asked whether they will try
the bench-strength of the team, Morris said the decision will be ﬁnally
taken by the team management, but
all the players are doing pretty well
in the nets and they can take the
players, who have not played yet in
next games.
Earlier, Rahane’s classical as-
‘Luck favoured us but
in next games, we will
focus on good cricket
rather than depending
upon luck’
Mitchell Johnson celebrates the wicket of
Super Over
sault enabled Rajasthan Royals to
pile up a decent 191 for six after being
put into bat by rival captain Sehwag.
Rahane smashed his way to 74 off
54 balls with six boundaries and two
sixes as he laid the foundation for a
reasonable total adding 95 for the
opening wicket with skipper Shane
Watson (45 off 35 balls, 5x4, 2x6).
Karun Nair 25 off 12 balls also provided some muscle along with Stuart
Binny who clipped 12 off four balls.
Axar Patel was the pick of the bowlers with two for 30. It was Rahane,
who set the tone with a flurry of
boundaries as Watson was content
playing the singles and giving more
strike to the India international.
Waiting for a
place in Test
side: David Miller
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI):
The David Miller style of play is
suited more to shorter formats but
the big-hitting batsman dreams of
playing Tests for South Africa to this
date, having made a name for himself
in ﬁve years of international cricket,
Shane Watson in the
complimented by a successful stint
in the IPL.
If Miller eventually fulﬁlls his ‘dream’
of donning whites, he will follow the
path of Australian David Warner who
went on to make it big in ﬁve-day
cricket after being branded a T20 specialist in the early part of his career.
It is my dream (to play Tests) and
Coulter-Nile picking wickets, phased out against the strong I am working really hard for that. I
know it may take some time but I am
KKR line-up, led by skipper Gautam Gambhir.
prepared
to wait and be patient for my
Assistant coach Praveen Amre, however, remained optimistic and termed this failure as a one-odd outing. He promised chance. As I said, it is my dream to
the team would once again get back to winning ways against to play Test cricket for South Africa,
their fierce city rivals. ‘We still have three games here and Miller, who is an integral part of Kings
the two away wins were also important for us. I think the next XI Punjab squad in the IPL, told
PTI today.
game we play against Mumbai Indians will be very important
Though Miller only plays T20s and
for us, said the former India cricketer.
Mumbai, on the other hand, have had a terrible run in ODIs for South Africa, he is a regular
season eight so far with four losses and a single win in their for Dolphins in the four-day competition back home. His last ﬁrst class
five games.
The bottom-placed side did come good in their previous knock was a 50 off 98 balls, showing
match against Royal Challengers Bangalore but were tested he can playing the waiting game and
even after posting 209 runs on the board after batting first. he is not all about brutal force.
Miller had a decent run in his
The top-order though did come good against RCB with Lendl
Simmons and Unmukt Chand getting fifties and skipper Rohit maiden World Cup though South
Africa lost yet another tense match
Sharma also hitting a valuable 15-ball 42.
Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is also in top form after by going down to New Zealand in the
picking 8 wickets from 4 games, a rank behind top wicket- semiﬁnals, failing to shed the perentaker Tahir (10 scalps in 5 matches). Not to forget Bhajji’s nial chokers’ tag once and for all.
value with the bat after the lower-order tonker hit 24-ball 64 The dangerous left-hander, however,
feels otherwise.
in a losing cause against Kings XI Punjab.
The focus is very much on doing
well for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL but
I do feel that we played quite well as
a team in the World Cup. And I don’t
feel the chokers tag holds anymore. I
think we have shed that off long ago,
asserted Miller.
Delhi Belly for Mumbai
Rohit Sharma
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI):
An inconsistent Delhi Daredevils will look to break the home
jinx when they take on struggling Mumbai Indians in their
sixth match of the IPL cricket tournament at Feroz Shah
Kotla here tomorrow.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday
inﬂicted a six-wicket loss on Delhi, handing them their
ninth straight home defeat since 2013.
Earlier the Jean-Paul Duminy-led side had bounced
back with two wins after two opening losses to snap
their 11-match losing streak.
Winning two of their four close encounters in
this season, DD looked like a well-balanced side
until defending champions KKR exposed their
weaknesses.
With a mix of youth and experience, the batting
seemed to respond well with the likes of Mayank
Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, Duminy and Yuvraj Singh
coming good in the initial games. But Iyer, Yuvraj
and Manoj Tiwary squandered away decent starts
against a potent KKR attack.
Even the bowling, which had looked impactful with Imran Tahir, Amit Mishra and Nathan
Bayern Munich,
Barcelona in last four
Paris, Apr 22:
Doubles from Robert Lewandoski
and Neymar inspired Bayern Munich
and Barcelona respectively into the
Champions League semi-ﬁnals on
Tuesday.
Lewandowski`s brace came in a
crazy ﬁrst half where Bayern rattled
ﬁve goals past a demoralised Porto
side, who had come into the game
leading 3-1 after the ﬁrst leg and
with real hopes of reaching their ﬁrst
semi-ﬁnal since they won the trophy
in 2004.
The game ended 6-1 and a 7-4
aggregate victory for Bayern and extended their coach Pep Guardiola`s
remarkable record in the competition
where in six campaigns he has never
failed to reach the last four.
While Bayern president Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge said `We have seen
something miraculous`, Guardiola
poured praise over his players.
‘At this moment, it`s easy to love my
players,’ beamed Guardiola.
Not even splitting his trousers
CITY SPORTS
VIT to organise
sports camp
Neymar
while shouting instructions from the
sidelines could take away the joy the
44-year-old Spaniard felt.
‘Ah, they broke. It`s not so bad, I`ll
just put on a new pair for the next
game,’ said Guardiola.
For his opposite number, Julen Lopetegui, it was a devastating evening.
‘The ﬁrst half here in Munich cost us
everything, we were punished and
now we have to pick ourselves up
again,’ said Lopetegui.
Neymar also scored his double in
the ﬁrst half for Guardiola`s former
side Barcelona -- whom he guided
to two Champions League trophies
in his spell there -- as they eased to
a 2-0 win on the night and a 5-1 aggregate win over French champions
Paris Saint Germain.
‘I am very happy with the season I
am having and we need to continue
like this to achieve our objectives. We
need to keep going and get to the
ﬁnal,’ said Neymar, who took his tally
to 30 goals for the season.
‘In my ﬁrst goal Iniesta did everything. All I had to do was dribble past
the goalkeeper and score.’
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was
delighted with the result in what was
his 50th match in charge and still on
course for a treble this season, all
the more extraodinary that rumours
earlier in the season suggested his
job was at risk after apparently falling
out with Lionel Messi.
Anand crushes
Wesley So
Shamkir, Apr 22 (PTI):
Five times world champion Viswanathan Anand scored a crushing
victory against leader Wesley So
of United States in the ﬁfth round
of Shamkir Chess 2015, being held
in the memory of Vugar Gashimov.
After four draws on the trot,
Anand’s chances finally came
against the in-form So who had
been tormenting opposition till he
ran in to Anand on Tuesday. The
Indian ace was at his tactical best
at ﬁrst and then his machine-like
technique came to the fore for the
ﬁrst victory in the tournament.
Anand took his tally to three points
in the process in the strongest
tournament of the year and can
now look forward to the remaining
tournament with a lot of conﬁdence
post the only rest day.
Meanwhile, world champion Magnus Carlsne of Norway came up
with some remarkable positional
chess to outclass Maxime VachierLagrave of France. The Norwegian
emerged as the new leader in the
tournament on four points and
Wesley So on 3.5 points slipped to
Imran to replace
injured Sohail
second spot after being upstaged.
Anand jumped to third spot with his
victory. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia on 2.5 points was undergoing
a painful defense in the ﬁfth round
against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
of Azerbaijan in the last remaining
game of the ﬁfth round while the
other two games in the ten-player
round-robin tournament ended in
draws.
Karachi, Apr 22 (PTI):
Pakistan’s list of injured players
continued to grow as PCB announced
that pace bowler Imran Khan will be
replacing the unﬁt Sohail Khan for the
two Tests in Bangladesh.
An ofﬁcial of the PCB said that Imran,
who was originally named in the Pakistan A squad that would be touring Sri
Lanka from this week, was now being
sent to Bangladesh to reinforce the
Test squad.
Sohail Khan has still not recovered
completely from his back problem and
doctors have advised him further rest,
the ofﬁcial said.
While Imran will ﬂy to Bangladesh
young left arm pacer, Zia ul Haq will
replace him in the Pakistan A squad,
he conﬁrmed.
Sohail was named in the Pakistan
squad for all three formats for the
Bangladesh tour but a day before the
team’s departure he complained of a
back strain and MRI scans showed he
required rehabilitation and rest.
Keeping the players in it
q Mental conditioning coach Badri on how Dhawan raised the bar
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
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with Badri Narayanan, who co-found- strengths. The two worked with the
VIT will conduct free summer
ing himself and maintaining focus for
Chennai, Apr 22: ed ‘Quantum Leap Sports Perform- Australia tour and the World Cup
sports camp for school students
2015 in mind and for the tough condilonger periods, said Badri, who has
ance’, in Chennai along with renowned
The change in fortunes was rather
between 30 April and 20 May
seen Dhawan undergo a wonderful
ﬁtness trainer Ramji Srinivasan.
tions that the opening batsman would
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encounter on the trip. ‘He was keen
Badri, who works with high-proﬁle
in the squad was under scrutiny to
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the sacriﬁces for success.’
process, he said and added that
helping out Dhawan for over a year
the space of a few weeks. That was
Chancellor G Viswanathan,
Talking about how they went about it,
is ‘what I am trying to achieve with
now and is the man responsible for
Shikhar Dhawan’s story in Australia
said,.’over 1500 students from
Badri said ‘we had a lot of visualisation
Dhawan, who is a great student and
the revival. ‘He (Dhawan) wanted to
earlier this year. A Test series and
various schools in Vellore and
sessions and the goal was to ensure
is always on time and shows a lot of
perform consistently at the highest
a tri-series that fetched moderate
its adjoining areas will attend
commitment.’
level and be the best batsman,’ said
that he became a player who can see
returns put question marks over his
the camp. It is being organised
both sides of the coin (success and
free of cost. Free transport facilBadri said sport was not only about
selection for the World Cup. However, the QLP co-founder of the left-handed
ity will be provided from Katpadi
failure), and be prepared to handle it.
opener.
skills and technique as the mental asthe Delhi southpaw turned it around
Chitoor bus stand’.
pect played a huge role and this is one
Heaping praise on the cricketer, We wanted to ensure that he always
rather spectacularly and was India’s
Training will be provided in
area in which Dhawan has improved
Badri said, ‘he is a very dedicated fel- works on the processes irrespective
highest run-getter in the showpiece
athletics, basketball, football,
of scores.’
low. When he came the brief was clear
over the years.
event (with 412 runs inclusive of two
volleyball, karate, yoga, gym‘His (Dhawan’s) perspective has
- he wanted to give his best, always.’
centuries and a ﬁfty).
Having worked with top-ﬂight sportnastics, chess, table tennis
changed. So has his stance and
spersons over the years, Badri knows
Further, the mental conditioning
One of the reasons behind the
among others. The camp will be
the way he approaches each match.
how to keep them ﬁghting ﬁt, physiexpert said, initially the focus was
change in fortunes was the mental
inaugurated by Viswanathan on
Badri Narayanan
Keeping things simple is the key now.’
cally and mentally.
understanding Shikhar’s psyche and
conditioning work he had been doing
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Now an app for
unreserved rail tickets
q It will be Available between Egmore and Tambaram stations
Of likes,
trends, hashtags
qHow BJP govt making
effective use of social media?
NT Bureau
The BJP led NDA government recently released a social media campaign
titled ‘NDA government in Action’ to highlight how Modi magic has wowed
investors and how the government’s performance has trumped UPA.
Let us look into the details on how the government has been using social
networking sites as a platform to reach the masses.
Hitting the headlines
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l
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media push also forced
traditional media to follow him. While Modi rarely gave interviews,
the media still reported on his gigantic rallies and tweets, allowing
him to keep control of the narrative.
When a young working woman tweeted her disappointment over
poor response time to the complaint of leakage in her cooking gas
connection, little did she expect a call from Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan himself. Pradhan’s call, in turn, was prompted by
a PMO missive seeking detailed report and steps being planned
to improve the system.
The problem started with the woman’s lodging the ‘lodge a complaint’ option in the Interactive voice recorder (IVR). Having failed
to get a response, she made a call to the 24-hour emergency
response number for Delhi. Within an hour, technicians came to
her house and ﬁxed the leakage.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj takes time out from her
work schedule to check her twitter notiﬁcations and responds to
them at the earliest. She has been addressing concerns of people
stuck in Yemen and extended support in getting the citizens their
passports.
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani too follows Modi’s footsteps in allocating time to social media. She asked a blogger on Twitter, to
come and meet her with regards to his suggestions on the Right to
Education Act. (@realitycheckind has been writing blogs critizing
the RTE Act for a long time.)
Modi’s Online
Triumph
It may be noted that Modi has over
11 million followers on twitter. Apart
from that, he is hugely popular on the
world’s largest social media networkFacebook.
Be it sharing photos and videos or
updating about is bilateral visits, Modi
does it all to connect with his nearly
28 million fans on the social network.
And apparently, he is the secondmost popular politician on Facebook
according to a report.
Stats said it
US President Barack
Obama, whose Facebook
page has some 42 million
likes is the most eminent
politician on facebook.
Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney comes
in behind Modi with almost 11
million likes.
In comparison to non-political celebrities, Portuguese
soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has more than 102 million Facebook likes.
NT Bureau/PTI
Chennai, Apr 22:
Next time a train ticket examiner
(TTE) demands for a suburban ticket
at the station, whip out your smart
phone. The facility of booking tickets
using a mobile application has been
well received by commuters.
Starting from today, rail commuters
can use a mobile phone application
to obtain tickets in the unreserved
category as the Indian Railways
yesterday unveiled the initiative for
paper less ticketing.
‘We have launched a mobile-ebased
paper less unreserved ticketing
application’, said a senior Railway
Ministry ofﬁcial.
Having booked a ticket using the application, a commuter need not take
a printout of the same and can show
its soft copy on the mobile to the TTE.
In Chennai, passengers can obtain
tickets to station between Egmore
AP encounter:
CPI(M) demands
CBI enquiry
NT Bureau
Chennai, April 22:
CPI (M) will be organising fast at
Dharmapuri tomorrow demanding
a CBI enquiry against the fake encounter by Andhra Pradesh police
on 20 Tamilnadu workers’, said
Sate unit secretary of the party G
Ramakrishnan,
Addressing media persons here,
he said, ‘It is ridiculous that an
encounter was carried out against
the innocent workers of Tamilnadu,
rather than on the maﬁa who are
involved in smuggling. Also the
encounter appears to be completely
fake’.
It may be recalled that the 21st
national conference of CPI (M)took
place between 14 and 19 April at
Vishakapattinam, in which Sitaram
Yechury was elected as the party’s
new general secretary. G Ramakrishnan was among the 16 members others elected to the party’s
political leadership committee.
Ramakrishnan said that the party
has come up with various resolutions highlighting the major issues
affecting the lives of common man
in the country that includes the need
to empowering women, improve the
safety of women, to pass the bill on
rights of differently-abled, protest
against the decision of TRAI on
net neutrality and ensure safety of
Tamil ﬁshermen.
Storms kill 32,
80 hurt in Bihar
Connecting people
Patna, Apr 22:
At least 32 people were killed and
more than 80 injured after storms
hit three Bihar districts of Purnia,
Bhagalpur and Madhepura Tuesday night.
‘32 people dead, over 80 injured
in late night storm in three Bihar
districts,’ the Principal Secretary to
disaster management department
said, as per <I>PTI<P>.
The State government has
launched relief and rescue operations in the two affected districts.
The government has also announced a compensation of Rs 4
lakh each for the kin of the victims.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will
also conduct an aerial survey of the
two districts.
‘The incident took place in the
night. I will personally take stock of
situation in Purnia and Bhagalpur,’
Nitish said.
‘We are assessing the situation, all
appropriate measures will be taken,’
the Chief Minister added.
CPI MP T K Rangarajan and Southern Railway General Manager Ashok
Kumar Agarwal inaugurating the new smart phone application at
Egmore Station in Chennai today.
and Tambaram. Tickets can be ob- within ﬁve kilometers form any of the
tained if the passenger is 15 meters
stations.
away from the track and must be
As per the plan, one may download
the application from the Google
App store for Android-based mobile
phones. After the download, the user
will get a registration ID number for
creation of a railway e-wallet.
Money for buying tickets will have to
be loaded through the e-wallet mobile
payment system either online or at a
ticket counter at any station.
Passengers have the option of topping up the e-wallet at ticket counters
or on the IRCTC website using a
credit or debit card, the ofﬁcial said.
Besides booking tickets, one can
even renew season tickets using the
application, which the ofﬁcial said will
be a great help for commuters in the
unreserved ticketing segment.
A railway source said that in case the
journey does not commence within
purchase of the ticket, the commuter
will be treated as travelling without a
ticket. Such tickets cannot be cancelled
as well, added the source.
AAP stages rally
against land bill
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI):
AAP today threatened to widen
its stir against the Centre if it goes
ahead with the contentious land bill
as party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a rally here
against the legislation.
‘Narendra Modi government has
been pursuing anti-farmer and antipoor policies because he has been
obliged by the big industrialist, now
it is time to pay them back,’ senior
leader Ashutosh said.
The Aam Aadmi Party was today
taking out a rally at Jantar Mantar
that would be addressed by Kejriwal.
It will also stage a march towards
Parliament though AAP chief is not
likely to join it.
‘We warn Modi and his government
that AAP will not let that happen
and today thousands of farmers are
coming from all across the country
to register their protest and to tell the
government that if it doesn’t stop the
Bill from becoming law there would
be an all India movement and they
would teach the government a lesson,’ Ashutosh said.
Lashing out at the Centre, party
leader Sanjay Singh said the party
Members of AAP opposing the controversial land acquisition bill at
Valluvar Kottam in Chennai today.
will ﬁght against the ‘deadly Act’ tooth
and nail. The party said farmers from
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab,
Haryana, Odisha, Bundelkhand and
Poorvanchal belt of Uttar Pradesh
are participating in the rally to protest
against the Bill. ‘The BJP says that
GST: TN’s
plea to Centre
they have made necessary changes
in the Act. This is nothing but a joke.
What compelled the BJP to change
the provisions of the Act, just after
nine months in power. This is nothing
but a move to beneﬁt its industrialist
friends,’ Singh said.
Sushma renews old
friendship with
African counterpart
Jakarta (Indonesia), Apr 22 (PTI):
The
formal setting of a diplomatic
Information & Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore is planevent
gave way to the charm of old
ning to rope in Modi to participate in a ‘Talkathon’ wherein he would
friendship when External Affairs
take direct questions invited on the social media from the citizens. The
Minister Sushma Swaraj spotted
event is organised to mark one year completion of NDA government.
her South African counterpart
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane engrossed in discussion with Swedish Foreign Minister.
After the opening ceremony of
the Asia Africa Conference here
today, when Sushma came out,
she spotted Mashabane who was
in conversation with Swedish Forpeople on the occasion of the annual
Jaipur, Apr 22:
eign Minister Margot Wallstrom.
Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
He said India has been a land of
today offered a chadar on behalf of
The two Ministers met with great
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the
sages, saints and prophets for thouenthusiasm and hugged just like
dargah of Suﬁ saint Khwaja Moindud- sands of years.
old friends asking about families
din Chisti.
Recalling Khwaja Moinuddin Chishand well-being of each other, atti’s message of amity to his followers,
The Prime Minister has offered this
tracting the attention of diplomats
Modi said it continued to be relevant.
‘chadar’ praying for peace and progress
gathered in the hall.
and prosperity of the nation, Naqvi said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi
‘I was asking from my officials, if
also handed over a chadar to be ofA message from the Prime Minister
you (Mashabane) have come. It’s
was read out after the chadar was
fered at the dargah, a party release
so great to see you,’ Sushma was
said. She handed over the chaadar
offered.
heard saying. The discussions reAccording to an ofﬁcial release yes- to party leaders at her residence in
mained informal with MEA officials
the capital.
terday, the Prime Minister greeted the
terming the meeting as a ‘streeshakti’ (women power) moment.
The talks hovered from personal
health to families and children.
South African Minister for International Relations, Mashabane, who
had been ambassador to India,
introduced Sushma to Swedish
Foreign Minister. The two Mministers mentioned the upcoming
visit of the
President Pranab Mukherjee to
After Rahul Gandhi’s statement, Un- India, it means that 125 crore peoNew Delhi, Apr 22:
the Scandinavian country.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gan- ion Minister holding Ministry of Commu- ple of India should have access to
After the brief interaction of 10
Internet. We are committed towards
dhi today raised the issue of Net Neu- nications and Information Technology
minutes,
Sushma left to meet Fiit,’ he said.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, said
trality in India in the Lok Sabha.
jian
Foreign
Minister for a bilateral
It was earlier reported that Rahul
the government has never come
He said, Net Neutrality was a simple
meeting. Sushma arrived here yesunder the pressure of any corporate
had sought suspension of Quesconcept that says that all citizens
terday on five-day visit to attend
tion Hour in Lok Sabha and gave a
should get equal access to the Internet. and it will not happen in future either.
the 60th commemoration of the
notice
for
an
adjournment
motion
to
He added that it is Prime Minister
‘But this government wants to divide the
historical 1955 Asian-African Condiscuss the matter of Net Neutrality
Narendra Modi’s vision that Internet
Internet and hand it over to a few big
ference and the 10th anniversary
immediately. An adjournment mocompanies. India needs a Net Neutral- should be available to people in a
Madras University Vice-Chancellor R Thandavan planting saplings
of the New Asian-African Strategic
tion involves an element of censure
non-discriminatory manner.
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NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 22:
The Tamilnadu government today
reiterated its stand that the Centre
should evolve a broad consensus
on critical issues before introducing
the Constitutional Amendment Bill
on GST.
In his address at the meeting of
the Union Finance Minister with
Empowered Committee of State
Finance and Taxation Ministers at
New Delhi, copies of which were
released to the media here, Minister for Commercial Taxes and
Registration M C Sampath said
the Centre’s current proposal to
introduce the Amendment Bill and
then to evolve a
consensus on various aspects
of GST, especially the actual tax
rates and tax bands, through the
GST Council was not acceptable
to the State.
‘’A broad consensus on the critical issues should be evolved on
these critical issues through the
Empowered Committee before the
enactment of the Bill is taken up’,
he said.
‘Petroleum and petroleum products should be totally kept outside
the purview of the GST in order to
protect the ﬁ scal capacity of the
States’’, he said, adding, enabling
provision should be made for the
States to levy higher taxes on tobacco and tobacco products similar
to what has been permitted to the
Centre.
Sampath said taking into account
the permanent losses that would
accrue to the State, 100 per cent
compensation should be provided
to the States for the entire period
of ﬁve years.
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WHERE THEY STAND
TEAMS
I enjoyed
bowling
to Dravid:
Vettori
W
hen you tell Daniel Vettori
that he is a quintessential
nice guy of cricket, he
gives you an embarrassed smile.
Soon, it turns into a cheeky grin
when he tries to convince you that
he is not all that nice after all and
that his impeccable moral image
is the one he has portrayed to the
public. It is hard to believe but you
smile and move on.
There are of course, 705 international wickets and 6989 runs,
but Vettori’s worth to New Zealand
cricket goes much beyond that. He
has now called time on his playing
career and taken up coaching. He
has been with the Royal Challengers Bangalore for a while and now
Vettori has signed a contract with
Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash
League.
In a chat with iplt20.com, RCB’s
head coach reﬂects on his cricketing journey and his transition from
playing to mentoring.
Orange Cap
Ajinkya Rahane (305 runs)
Purple Cap
Imran Tahir (DD) - 10 wickets
Maximum Sixes
Brendon McCullum (CSK)
11 wickets
Highest
Strike Rate
AB de Villiers (RCB) 221.15
Best Bowling
Figures
JP Duminy (DD) - 4/17
Best Economy Rate
Sandeep Sharma
(KXIP) - 5.55
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
PTS
Rajasthan Royals
6
5
1
0
0
10
Chennai Super Kings
4
3
1
0
0
6
Kolkata Knight Riders
4
3
1
0
0
6
Delhi Daredevils
5
2
3
0
0
4
Kings XI Punjab
5
2
3
0
0
4
Sunrisers Hyderabad
4
1
3
0
0
2
Mumbai Indians
5
1
4
0
0
2
RCB
3
1
2
0
0
2
TOMORROW’S MATCHES
Delhi Daredevils VS Mumbai Indians, Ferozeshah Kotla, Delhi, 8 pm
Injured Finch
ruled out
of IPL-8
Aaron Finch
Daniel Vettori
Q: You spent half your life playing for New Zealand. How different
is life now?
A: It is very similar. I’ve stepped right back into the touring schedule, so
it is pretty much the same as of now. You associate your life with being
on tour whether as a player or a coach. And it is pretty much the same
Q: The ability to deceive the batsman with your guile and playing
those subtle mind games is a big part of spin bowling. Did you put
a lot of emphasis on that as a spinner?
A: I wouldn’t say I played mind games but you’re right in that you always
have to out-think the batsman or at least have an understanding of what
he is trying to do. Most good spin bowlers around the world are generally
one step ahead of the batsman. I think playing T20 and one-day cricket
helps because you get to understand when a batsman is trying to be aggressive. There are still many exceptional batsmen around, the wickets
are ﬂat and grounds as small. These are challenging times for spinners
and tough formats.
Q: Could you name one batsman in your Test career you really
enjoyed your battles with?
A: In Test cricket it has to be Rahul Dravid. I think he was an exceptional
player of spin bowling due to his ability to read lengths. That is the toughest batsman to bowl to someone who can pick that length early and get
back and then forward when they have to. I never felt like I bowled a ball
that really troubled Rahul. You feel pretty paralysed.
A
ustralia T20 skipper Aaron Finch has been ruled out
of remainder of the Indian Premier League due to a
hamstring injury that he suffered while batting for Mumbai
ham
India
Indians last week. Finch, who was assisted from the ﬁeld
after he was yelling in pain during Mumbai’s match against
Rajas
Rajasthan in Ahmedabad, successfully underwent surgery
on his left hamstring and is expected to be out for 12 weeks.
Cricke Australia Physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said: After
Cricket
returnin to Australia injured from the IPL, Aaron had scans that
returning
conﬁrm
rmed a high grade hamstring injury. As such, Aaron was
assesse by a surgeon who felt that he would have a better
assessed
outcom with surgery.
outcome
Aaron subsequently had surgery yesterday that has gone well.
Aaron w
will now commence his rehabilitation and we expect that
rehabil
rehabilitation to take up to 12 weeks.
Th 28-year-old had tweeted on Tuesday night, explainThe
ing that he was hospitalised for one night but appearing
o
optimistic that the surgery went well.
Finch has played only three matches this season for
Mumbai. He scored ﬁve, eight and 10 not out before
h
hurting his hamstring while taking a single during a match
at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Starc ready &raring to go
Mitchell Starc
Q: Is Ashwin someone who excites you in particular?
A: Yes, he has been around for a long time and been successful. He is one
guy who is always developing himself and updating his game to go with the
new challenges. That is a sign that he is an exceptional spin bowler.
Q: You have been with RCB for a while now and recently signed up
with Brisbane Heat. Can we expect to see you coaching a ﬁrst-class
or an international team in the near future?
A: I just stumbled upon coaching; it wasn’t a role that projected in at
the latter stages of my career. But opportunities like this with RCB and
Brisbane are few and far between. With these two roles, it was only after
the offers that I really wanted to do it. But whether that transitions into a
full-time role is difﬁcult to say.
Keen to take ﬁeld after missing early
IPL action this season due to a knee
injury, Royal Challengers Bangalore
pacer Mitchell Starc today expressed
his desire to play against Chennai
Super Kings today. After leading
Australia to a successful World Cup
campaign, Starc was forced to sit out
of RCB’s initial games due to a niggle in his knee but the left-arm pacer
is itching to bowl in the T20 league.
‘I have got to bowl in training now, so
we will see how it goes. But the knee
feels good and if it was up to me I am
available to play, he told reporters on
the eve of the IPL match.
The 25-year-old player said that he
is disappointed to have missed the
initial action but will try to be among
wickets if given a chance. ‘I am disappointed not to be here at the start of
the IPL, but I am here now so I will try
and catch up, and take a few wickets
when I get the chance,’ he added.
Starc further said it is nice to be training with RCB mates after three weeks
of rest. ‘I have had three weeks off from
cricket, so it is nice to train with the team
and be back in Bangalore with boys,’
he said. Asked about his transition
from ODIs in Australia to T20s in India,
Starc said he would adopt the same
approach what he adopted in last IPL.
‘It is still T20 cricket, so my plans
aren’t going to change. The way I
bowl is regardless of where we are.
I played in the IPL last year and will
probably take that same approach
into it this year,’ he said. Starc further
said he would hopefully improve on
things, which he learnt from last year.
There were some things I learnt
from last year that I will hopefully
improve on this year,’ he said.
Starc said he is a more complete bowler
this year than he was in the previous season in the 50-over format. Even though
the youngster hasn’t played much in the
shorter version this year, he still exuded
conﬁdence about his T20 plans.
In 50-over format, yes. I have not
played too much T20 since last IPL - just
a couple of Big Bash games. But I am
quite conﬁdent of my plans with the white
ball, whether it be T20 cricket or 50-over
cricket ... I am looking forward to doing
a good job for RCB and hopefully contribute in winning some games,’ he said.
CONVOY FOR CAUSE
Udhaya
plans big
A
Shruti says
thanks
Shruti Haasan has thanked industry
bodies for their support, following the
dismissal of the case ﬁled by Picture
House Media Ltd against her.
The Hyderabad District Court had
dismissed the case on Monday after
the producers withdrew the case.
Shruti says, she is very thankful to
SIAA for its intervention. The actor has
also withdrawn the defamation claim
against the producers for misrepresentation and revealing misleading
facts to the media.
— NT Bureau
ctor Udhaya, who started his career with Thirunelveli, is
eagerly waiting for the release of his next Aavi Kumar.
Speaking about the ﬁlm, Udhaya, says, ‘It is an eerie thriller
and there are enough sequences to keep the audience engaged’.
The actor, who chose to donate his body organs on his birthday
today, said, ‘Following Aavi Kumar, I will start shooting for a
comedy thriller titled Utharavu Maharaja. It has an interesting
storyline’.
He has come out with a pre-production teaser for project. Touted
to be a psych-comedy, the movie would go on ﬂoors soon.
‘The role is one where people will wonder
if he’s a psycho
or mentally-challenged or just acting crazy,
across four separate get-ups’.
Asked whether he would act
in his brother A L Vijay’s direction in the lead role, Udhaya
says, ‘I have never asked my
brother to direct me or cast me
in a ﬁlm. It’s not something that
I ever plan to do, unless he
himself asks and even then I’d
want it to be a meaty role before
I agree.’
— NT Bureau
Udhaya
P Suseela to
be honoured
Legendary playback singer, P Susheela will be honoured on the occasion
of International Mother’s Day by Raindropss, a youth-based social organisation. The association is known for
spreading social awareness through
entertainment and media.
Raindropss will felicitate P Susheela for her outstanding contribution
towards the music industry on 9
May, on the occasion of International
Mother’s Day. Music director A.R Reihana will preside over the grand celebrations. This celebration has been
planned at Anandham Illam, a free
home for senior citizens in Ambattur.
— NT Bureau
Police vehicles being paraded on GST Road in Chrompet as part of
a new initiative by Chennai Police commissioner.
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