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Honour, achievements
N
arendra in his monthly radio address (Man Ki Baat),
today expressed pride at the achievements of two
daughters of India -- Saina Nehwal who became the
world number one in badminton and Sania Mirza the
world topper in doubles tennis.
While congratulating them, Modi also expressed indignation at some people losing their balance at the loss
of India in the cricket world cup semi-ﬁnals, saying: My
countrymen, this is not good. There is no sport in which
there is no loss .... If our players lose sometime, then
we should keep their morale high in that hour of crisis.
‘We should learn from defeat. I am sure we will take
lessons from our defeat in future, won’t lose our balance
instantly and get into a blame game,’ he said.
Modi said his government would continue to move
ahead for the welfare of everybody, whether they be
Dalits, down-trodden, the deprived, tribals, villagers
and farmers.
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings coach was all happy
as his boys defeated Punjab by 97 runs in an IPL match
yesterday.
‘We are not going to think that which player is going
to come out and strike the ball. We could be three for
nothing in the next game and they have a match-winning
partnership but we are not going to think of those things.
We just need to cover every base. We are not going to
over complicate,’ he said.
Nepal quake: Death
toll crosses 1,900
MEN ON MISSION
q Thousands still trapped q Aftershocks in Kathmandu
Relief works are on in full swing in Nepal, where a massive quake
claimed the lives of over 1900 persons. Those who were rescued from
debris were rushed to hospitals.
We are with you: Modi
New Delhi, Apr 26:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India will make all out efforts
to help the people of quake-hit Nepal
and wipe their tears in this hour of
crisis, giving priority to saving
lives of those who might be
buried under the debris.
He said a number of rescue
teams along with sniffer dogs
have been sent to Nepal to
save as many lives as they can
after the earthquake caused
widespread damage in that
country yesterday.
I can feel what Nepal and its people must be going through since I
have seen closely the devastation
caused by earthquake in Kutch
(Gujarat) on January 26, 2001,
Modi said in his monthly ‘Mann Ki
Baat’ radio programme on AIR.
My dear brothers and sisters of
Nepal, India is with you in this hour
of grief. ... For 125 crore Indians,
Nepal is their own country and India
will make all efforts to wipe the tears
of every person in Nepal, hold their
hands and stand with them, he said
in the programme, much of which
he devoted to the recent calamities
and other human tragedies like
Actress arrested
in red sanders
case
storm in Bihar and efforts to rescue Indians from war-torn Yemen.
Observing that help has already
started and teams of experts have
been sent, he said the priority is
to rescue those people
who might be still alive
under the debris and all
efforts will be made to
save them.
‘Our focus will be to
rescue as many people
alive as possible.’
He said the relief and
rehabilitation work after
the rescue operations will go on
for a long time. Sharing his pain
over a series of natural calamities
hitting the region in the recent
past including yesterday’s quake
in Nepal, Modi said he was anguished and did not feel like going ahead with his radio address
today.
When I spoke to you last month,
hailstorms and unseasonal rains
had occured, devastating the farmers. A few days ago, a storm hit
Bihar killing many people and
causing a lot of damage. And now
on Saturday, this devastating earthquake has shaken the whole world.
Kathmandu, Apr 26 (PTI):
The death toll in Nepal from the
devastating earthquake mounted to
1,911 today as rescue efforts intensiﬁed, with international teams including from India sifting through tonnes
of rubble in search of survivors in the
Himalayan nation’s worst temblor in
over 80 years.
Fresh aftershocks jolted Nepal
and adjoining areas, as the country
declared a state of emergency in the
wake of the disaster caused by a
powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake
and over a dozen aftershocks that hit
the country yesterday.
The earthquake and the aftershocks left behind a trail of death
and destruction, ﬂattening houses
and buildings, including the iconic
Dharhara tower and the landmark
Darbar Square in the heart of the
capital, trapping scores of people.
Thousands of people spent last
night in the open in chilly weather,
anticipating more aftershocks.
The death toll touched 1,911 while
the number of injured reached 4,627
till this morning, according to the
Home Ministry.
Around 1,000 people are reported
killed in the Kathmandu Valley alone.
Ofﬁcials fear the death toll could rise
Choppers reach
Everest
as desperate search for survivors
continued.
Dozens of bodies have been taken
to hospitals here, many of which are
struggling to cope with the number
of injured. As many as 17 Mount
Everest climbers, including foreigners, were reportedly killed in an avalanche triggered by the earthquake,
the worst in over 80 years of Nepal’s
recorded history.
However, the Home Ministry put the
death toll due to the avalanche at 10.
According to reports, the route to
the base camp has been destroyed
and the Indian Air Force choppers
were trying to rescue the survivors,
around 100 in number who were said
to be safe.
Two Indians, including the daughter
of an Indian embassy employee,
were among those killed in the powerful earthquake, an Indian embassy
ofﬁcial said.
Four fresh aftershocks jolted Nepal today, measuring up to 6 on the
Richter scale, including one that was
reported to hit 41 km west-northwest
of Kirtipur.
However, there was no immediate
report of casualty following today’s
tremors.
According to Nepal Meteorological
Department, more aftershocks are
550 Indians evacuated
from quake-hit Nepal
q Toll touches 51 in Bihar
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Nearly 550 Indians have been
evacuated by the IAF from quake-hit
Nepal even as India stepped up its
relief and rescue mission with 10
ﬂights and 12 helicopters scheduled
to carry specialists and equipment to
Kathmandu today.
Since 10.40 pm last night, four
IAF aircraft have landed from Nepal
with 546 Indians on board. The ﬁrst
aircraft to land was a C-130J with 55
passengers on board, including four
infants, a defence spokesperson said
today.
Around midnight, a C-17 aircraft
landed with 102 passengers which
was followed by an IL 76 with 152.
Around 4 am, a C17 landed with 237
passengers, all who were evacuated
following the massive earthquake
that has claimed over 1800 lives.
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said
Indian authorities have responded
North, east India
shaken again
A high-magnitude quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale
today rocked many parts of East
and North India, including Delhi,
epicentre of which was Nepal.
Tremors were felt in various
parts of India, according to the
IMD.
The tremors, which were felt in
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Haryana and Punjab, triggered
panic and forced people to rush
out of their houses and ofﬁces.
There were no immediate reports of loss of life or damage to
property in Delhi.
very proactively, very swiftly and I
think every agency, every stakeholder in India who matters in providing
humanitarian assistance and disaster
relief operations in Nepal in times of
their need has been activated and the
response has been exceptional.
Today, we have planned to send 10
large bodied aircraft carrying loads of
equipment of behalf of the Army specially some of their ﬁeld engineering
companies, regiments...One aircraft
has already gone airborne and other
aircraft is getting ready. The operation will continue the whole day, he
said.
India, which was the ﬁrst to respond
to the Nepal crisis, is stepping up its
mission today. Eight ﬂights by the
transport aircraft are scheduled for
the day. They will be carrying equipment, relief material and specialist
to Nepal.Also on board with will the
Army forward hospitals.At least 12
helicopters will be sent to Nepal today to help with search and rescue
mission.
Govt detects over
Rs 7,800 cr blackmoney
Helicopters began landing at
Mount Everest base camp on
Sunday to rescue victims of an
avalanche that has killed at least
14 people, according to an AFP
correspondent at the scene.
Six helicopters landed at base
camp in Nepal, according to the
agency`s Kathmandu bureau chief
Ammu Kannampilly after weather
conditions improved overnight.
People being stretchered out as
choppers land - half a dozen this
morning, Kannampilly said in a text
message. ‘Weather clear, some
snowfall.’
A spokesman for Nepal`s tourism department, which issues the
permits to climb the world`s tallest
mountain, said that the death toll
had risen to 14 and could increase
further.
expected. Thunderstorms were supposed to make rescue operations
difﬁcult.
Many areas in the country have no
electricity for the past 24 hours and
authorities say the situation is likely to
continue for the next few days.
Vijayakanth
meets opposition
leaders
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Ahead of his meeting with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi
tomorrow, DMDK chief Vijayakanth
today called on leaders of various parties including M Karunanidhi (DMK),
Tamilisai Soundararajan (BJP), G K
Vasan (TMC) and TNCC president E
V K S Elangovan.
Addressing mediapersons after calling on Karunanidhi, Vijayakanth, said,
‘I met Karunanidhi to discuss about
Mekathadhu dam issue, Land Acquisition Bill, Tamil ﬁshermen and Mullai
Periyar issue. He assured to stand by
us in Mekathadhu problem’.
During the meeting, Vijayakanth was
accompanied by DMDK treasurer Sudheesh. DMK treasurer M K Stalin was
also present on the occasion.
Vijayakanth later visited Sathyamurthy Bhavan, where he met Elangovan and sought his support to ﬁght the
issues. TNCC leaders P Chidambaram, Kushbu, Thirunavukarasu were
present on the occasion. The DMDK
leader also called on Vasan and held
discussions with him.
Later, he drove to Kamalayalam, the
BJP’s State headquarters in T Nagar
and held discussions with State BJP
chief Tamilisai Soundararajan.
With Assembly elections due next
year, the meetings today are watched
closely by political analysts.
Kurnool, Apr 26:
Kurnool police arrested Neethu
Agarwal, heroine of the Telugu feature ﬁlm Prema Prayanam, for her
New Delhi, April 26 (PTI):
wing under the Finance Ministry procED registered as many as 105 fresh
by it during 2012-13. The agency also
alleged involvement in red sanders
Tirunelveli, Apr 26 (PTI):
essed country-wide Suspicious Transcriminal FIRs under the Prevention of
received a total of 87,79,082 Cash
Government detected a whopping
smuggling on Sunday. Rudravaram over Rs 7,800 crore of illegal monies
action Reports (STRs) it obtained from
Money Laundering Act (PMLA) apart
Transaction Reports (CTRs), 3,01,804
In a suspected case of murder for
police had registered a case against within the country and abroad during
various ﬁnancial institutions, the report
from its regular operations against
Counterfeit Currency Reports (CCRs) gain, an 82-year old woman was
Neethu Agarwal on detecting that 2013-14 as the elite Financial Intelsaid, the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
money launderers and hawala operaand 80,616 Non-Proﬁt Organisation done to death and and then hung in a
money was transferred from her bank ligence Unit (FIU) found all-time high
also detected proceeds of crime to the
tives in the said time period. The total
Transaction Reports (NTRs), the latest noose in her house in the district late
account to red sander smugglers and cases of suspicious transactions in the
tune of Rs 20 crore and seized assets
black money detected by FIU stands
updated report also submitted to the
last night, police said today.
to the tune of Rs 17 crore.
at Rs 7,848 crore during the last year,
Special Investigation Team (SIT) on
froze the account.
country’s economic channels.
Maruthathal, a widow and living
a senior Finmin ofﬁcial said who did
black money, said.
The report, accessed by PTI, said as
As per a latest report prepared by the
She was said to be co-habiting
under the care of her nephew, was
not wish to be quoted.
a result of this electronic intelligence
STR is deﬁned as a transaction which found hanging with bleeding injuries
with Chagalamarri mandal president Finance Ministry, the FIU’s action led to
generated by FIU, the ‘I-T department
The huge amount of black money
gives rise to a reasonable suspicion and 14 sovereigns of her jewels reand YSR Congress leader Mastan the detection of unaccounted income of
could be detected during 2013-14, the
seized assets worth Rs 163 crore and
that it may involve proceeds of a crime moved at Vannikonendal near SankaVali, a lemon vendor turned red Rs 7,078 crore by the Income Tax deofﬁcial said, as the FIU witnessed an
the Service Tax department sealed
or appears to be made in circumstanc- rankovil around 11 pm last night.
sander smuggler, who produced the partment while the Customs and Service
about
100
per
cent
jump
in
receiving
assets
worth
Rs
17
crore
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or gives
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departments
detected
evasion
of
Rs
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to light when
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Published
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on behalf
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Private Ltd.,
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Guindy,
same
period.’
the
STRs
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61,953
dossiers
as
comreasonable
grounds
to
suspect
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750
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said
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grand
son
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see
her,
police
said
played
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pared to a mere 31 731 STRs received
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When lights failed to blink
2 SUNDAY
26 APRIL 2015
CHENNAI
FOOD FOR
THOUGHT
Malfunctioning trafﬁc signal at Porur junction irks motorists
T
o bring order to the chaos at
the Porur junction, new signals
have been erected and barricades
have been placed on Arcot Road to
prevent commuters from overtaking
and occupying the other side of the
road.
Due to non-functional signals at the
junction, a minimum of atleast ﬁ ve
policemen had to be in place at the
junction at any point of time.
A trafﬁc policeman at the junction
said, ‘we initially placed the barNew signals and barricades have been
ricades for a few metres after the
placed at the Porur junction.
median finished on Arcot
Road.
But that did not help.
signal working for a even during non-peak hours. The wait
So we had to furyear now. A few trafﬁc is much longer during rush hour.’
ther extend the barpolicemen are on duty
However pedestrians face tougher
R
ricades.’
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managing the huge task crossing the signal. ‘With the
A regular commuter
volume of trafﬁc. But this has sheer volume of trafﬁc, it is impossible
through the Porur junct i o n , not helped as trafﬁc gets blocked on for trafﬁc policemen to have control
Anand said,’I have not seen t h e Arcot Road for at least 10 minutes, over pedestrians,’ added Anand.
With the sheer
volume of trafﬁc,
it is impossible
for trafﬁc
policemen to
have control over
pedestrians
Many think the completion of the
ﬂyover work will address the problem.
‘Arcot Road will beneﬁ t a lot if the
ﬂyover is built. You should see that
during peak hours, many of the roadside vendors are forced to shift back
as vehicles take up the entire space,’
says Murugan, a vegetable vendor.
- NT Bureau
Herd of cows are seen feeding on garbage at Mangadu
Salai in Moulivakkam.
Photo: R THIYAGARAJAN
Pressing issues on this road
Residents
Corporation toilet needs immediate attention
C
orporation toilet at Vasantha Press Road lies in
a poor state calling for attention from authorities.
At one corner of the residential area lies the public toilet
that resembles a damaged
building.
to fix it. The toilet was not
maintained properly at all,’ said
Radha, a resident of the area.
Since the toilet is not serving
the purpose, people h a v e
started littering in
the open,
right next
to the facility. There is
a school very
close by. Drivers
and
nearby shop keep- ers who
used the toilet once, are now
forced to relieve themselves on
the road.
The floors are soiled and
muddy. The flush-tank was
found broken. There was no
water in the sink. The gents’
toilet was stinking and the
flushing system was nonfunctional.
‘It has been more than ten
years since the facility was
constructed. Within few years,
the equipment was damaged
and the ofﬁcials did not bother
Velacheri Main Road that is in bad shape.
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‘In the evening when one
passes the stretch, the stench
is so strong that people avoid
taking this way,’ said Rama-
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RAJ TV
10:00 PM Ullam Kollai Pogudhada
04:00 PM Porkalam
CHUTTI TV
07:30 PM News
08:00 PM Jaya Super Singer South
03:30 PM Movie Special
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08:00 PM Gunamakum Anbu
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KALAIGNAR TV
09:00 PM Chill Out
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07:30 PM Sakthi Pole Yaarumillae
Tamizhodu Vilayadu
say that the
authorities
moorthy, a shopkeeper in the area.
Residents say that the authorities
should either ﬁx the toilet or demolish
it fully. Else, the spot will soon start
w i t n e s s - ing evil practices.
should either
ﬁx the toilet
When contacted, civic ofﬁ cials
said there are
plans to demolR
ADYA
ish the toilet and
construct a ration shop.
or demolish it
fully
‘At present the residents have to
go all the way to ward 174 to get essential commodities from ration shop.
Hence to bring relief to the residents
we have proposed to construct a ration shop here with the MLA fund,’
they said.
- NT Bureau
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Woodlands Multiplex, Mayajaal Cinema, Sangam
Multiplex, Sri Ganga Cinema, Raj Theatre, Maharani
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IRIDIYAM
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Theatre, PVR Cinemas, Sangam, AGS, INOX National,
Abirami Theatres,
3062
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Past
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CHENNAI
SUNDAY
26 APRIL 2015
3
CM takes up Mekedatu
issue with Modi
q Hands over letter in person to PM in Delhi
Governor K Rosaiah launched the audio album of Thirukkural - Arathupaal
in Chennai yesterday. Music director Bharadwaj and Madras High Court
Judge Justice V Ramasubramanian are present.
Thirukkural, a treasure
for whole word: Guv
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Thirukkural is not only a treasure
for Tamils, but for the whole world,
said Tamilnadu Governor K Rosaiah.
Launching the audio album of
Thirukkural - Arathupaal rendered
in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi along with
the mobile application developed by
Bharadwaj Foundation in association with Ajax Media Tech Pvt. Ltd
here yesterday, he said the Kural
of poet Thiruvalluvar does not have
any religious foundation and is purely
humanistic.
Thiruvalluvar lays emphasis on
building a model society ﬁlled with
righteousness, compassion, love
and moral conduct. Thirukkural is
a glittering diamond in the crown
of Tamil language. The message
World Book Day
fete in Kovai
NT Bureau,
Coimbatore Apr 26:
World Book Day was celebrated at
Coimbatore District Central Library
on Saturday.
According to a press release, to
encourage book reading and to
stress the importance of books in
our daily life, the District Library
Authority along with Tamilnadu Science Organisation and Coimbatore
Readership Circle celebrated World
Book Day.
Coimbatore Readership Circle
president T S Siva was the chief
guest and District Library Ofﬁcer J
Karthikeyan was guest of honour.
Tamilnadu Science Organisation
(Coimbatore) president P Natarajan,
secretary R Kannabiran, Vijaya
Publisher’s M Velayutham, ATP
Limited Chief Administrator R Shanmugasundaram, Student Readership Circle ( Coimbatore Region)
head R Karthikeyan, Arivoli Iyakkam’s J Krishnamurthy and Bharathiyar University Employment and
Student Guidance Department
Director M Jayakumar spoke on the
occasion.
Coimbatore District Central Library
librarian M Pongothai welcomed the
gathering and librarian Saraswathi
proposed a vote of thanks.
given by Thiruvalluvar applies to
all times. ‘However, today we see
morality and righteousness slowly
deteriorating. The message conveyed in Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukkural
should be taken to the people
across the globe,’ he said.
‘We need more and more translations to come up not only in Indian
languages but also in foreign languages,’ he added.
The Governor congratulated music
director Bharadwaj and his team for
their initiative in bringing out an audio
album on all the 380 couplets of Arathupaal. It is interesting to note that
singing of couplet and narration of its
Tamil meaning is also rendered by
Tamil speaking persons drawn from
different walks of life from all over the
world, he said.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Tamilnadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam called on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in New Delhi on
Saturday and urged him to advise
Karnataka not to proceed with its plan
to construct a reservoir at Mekedatu
across river Cauvery.
In his ﬁrst one-to-one meeting after
assuming the ofﬁce of Chief Minister
in September last, Panneerselvam
handed over a letter seeking his intervention in the matter and the overall
Cauvery issue.
His visit comes ahead of a Karnataka all-party delegation’s proposed
meeting with Modi on the Mekedatu
row on 30 April to press its case for
building a dam at Mekedatu.
‘I request your personal intervention
in the matter and urge you to advise
Karnataka not to proceed with their
illegal plan of construction of reservoir
at Mekedatu, in the guise of supplying
drinking water, in utter disregard of
the ﬁnal order of the Cauvery Water
Disputes Tribunal dated 5 February,
2007,’ he said in the letter, copies of
which were released to the media.
He also urged Modi to direct the
Ministry of Water Resources to ac-
cede to the long-pending request of
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa for
the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water
Cuisine from coastal
areas dished out
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Cuisine from coastal regions of India
were made available at the monthly
food festival organised by SRM Institute of Hotel Management, Kattankulathur near Chennai on Saturday.
The main purpose of the festival is
to familiarise people in the diversity
of Indian cuisine. The menu boasted
about 45 to 50 special dishes from
various places of India like Tamilnadu, Andhra, Kerala, Karnataka and
Goa prepared by three chefs.
‘The food festival is conducted so
that it would be a learning curve for
the students,’ said executive chef S
Ramesh.
The students observe the workings
of a restaurant’s kitchen through this
food festival. Some of the dishes
offered were Manglore fish curry,
Prawn Gassi and Kerala ﬁsh curry.
‘The food festival conducted every
month helps me in learning new
SRM Institute of Hotel Management director D Antony Ashok Kumar
and executive chef S Ramesh at the coastal food festival at SRM Institute of Hotel Management, Kattankulathur near Chennai on Saturday.
things when it comes to the restaurant business, said Cheruba, a
student.
The event was inaugurated by
SRM Hotels and SRM Institute of
Hotel Management director D Antony
Ashok Kumar. The institute viceprincipal
T Ramesh was also present. The
food festival is on till 30 April.
Regulation Committee without any
further delay.
Citing media reports, Panneerselvam said ‘certain political party
IAF to get four
more Tejas: NAL
Chennai, Apr 26 (PTI):
The Indian Air Force is likely to get
four more indigenously made light
combat aircraft Tejas by the end of the
current ﬁnancial year from Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited, National Aerospace Laboratories’ Director Shyam
Chetty said here on Saturday.
‘The four aircraft may adhere to
international standards on end-to-end
accuracy,’ Chetty said, adding, further
research was on to meet the parameters stipulated by the IAF.
IAF had some concerns with Tejas’s
end-to-end accuracy and efforts
have been made to rectify it, he said
speaking to reporters on the sidelines
of the 68th CSIR-Central Leather
Research Institute Foundation Day
Celebrations here.
‘The Indian Air Force wanted eight
aircraft every year. We will be handing them four more aircraft by the end
of this ﬁnancial year,’ he said.
The country got its ﬁrst indigenous
light combat aircraft Tejas in January
‘Leather industry
to face challenges’
Priests hold
demo
Coimbatore, Apr 26 (PTI):
A group of Bramhins, mostly priests
of various temples, staged a demonstration here on Saturday protesting
against the recent incident where
some members reportedly belonging
to Dravida Kazhakam cut the sacred
thread of a 80-year old priest in a
temple at Chennai.
Holding placards, the agitators raised
slogan against the incident and sought
a ban on Dravida Kazhakam, for
indulging in activities against a community, police said. Participating in
the demonstration, founder-president
of Kongunadu Jananayak Katchi G K
Nagaraj also condemned the incident.
Tamilnadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam called on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at his residence in New Delhi yesterday.
Goldsmiths Jayapaul and his son Muthukumar displaying their handiwork of miniature model of golden Chidambaram Natarajar temple and
Shivalingam, made as part of the consecration of the temple.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Leather industry will face a series of
challenges such as water, labour and
land for setting up factories in the coming
days, said CSIR-CLRI former director G
Thyagarajan.
Speaking at the 68th CSIR-Central
Leather Research Institute (CLRI)
Foundation Day celebrations at Adyar
yesterday, he said, ‘We must ﬁnd a solution for the above challenges to keep
leather industry going forward.’
‘Twenty ﬁve years ago when CSIRCLRI decided on modernisation, we
managed to do it in a harmonised
fashion with the existing scenario.The
leather industry is largely guided by
the CLRI. The industry does not take a
step forward if CLRI says no,’ he said.
leaders’ of Karnataka had expressed
views that ‘there is no need for the
government of Karnataka to get the
approval of the central government’
to construct reservoirs for drinking
water purposes.
‘Such an attempt will be a clear
violation of the ﬁnal order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. I would
also like to bring to your notice that
Karnataka has challenged the ﬁnal
order of CWDT and has also sought
clariﬁcations to the ﬁnal order which
are yet to be adjudicated.’
Also, the interlocutory applications filed by Tamilnadu against
Karnataka on reservoirs across
Cauvery and to withdraw the Global
Expression of Interest for technical
feasibility study to construct two
reservoirs at Mekedatu are also
pending before the Supreme Court,
he noted in the letter to Modi.
He reiterated that action of Karnataka to proceed with new irrigation, hydro power and lift irrigation
projects, and construction of check
dams ‘in the guise of drinking water
supply would be gross violation’ of
the notiﬁ ed ﬁ nal order of CWDT,
severely affecting water flow to
Tamilnadu.
Thyagarajan said that CLRI should
start thinking big. ‘Radical mordernisation is needed in the industry. CLRI
should approach the Tamilnadu
Government for a process site near
the sea. This will help in discharge
of efﬂuence from the process site.’
CSIR-CLRI former director T Ramaswami praised the institution and
hoped it remained a nation building
organisation.
During the celebrations certiﬁcates
and awards were distributed to both
students and staff. The institute released its annual report during the
celebrations. CSIR director (National
Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore),
Shyam Chetty and outstanding scientist (Director’s Grade), CSIR-CLRI,
Asit Baran Mandal also participated.
this year, three decades after the
Centre gave nod for its development.
The aircraft handed over in January could take off with only restricted
weaponry and sensors and tests with
a full range of weaponry was yet to be
done, he added.
‘We have missiles from countries like
Russia, France, and Israel. We have to
integrate them with the [Tejas] aircraft
and conduct tests,’ he said.
Scientists are presently conducting
trials for Tejas at the sea-based test
facilities at INS Hamsa in Goa, he said.
He also referred to some manufacturing issues concerning Tejas.
Bursting of high
decibel
crackers banned
Tiruvannamalai, Apr 26 (PTI):
Authorities of the renowned Sri
Arunacheleswarar temple here have
decided to ban bursting of high decibel crackers during the forthcoming
Chithirai festival.
The decision followed the recommendation of a team of Archaeological Department experts who
inspected the temple where the
renovation work was going on. It
was decided to renovate the temple
maintaining its heritage structure.
The practise of bursting high decibel
crackers was in vogue from time
in memorial. When the presiding
deities were being taken around the
streets of the temple, ﬁre crackers
would be burst.
Children and the art of Zentangle
NT Bureau
to the art workshop felt that these
Sundaram Finance
activities organised by Sundaram
Chennai, Apr 26:
conducted the
Finance every quarter at the NagFor about two hours on Saturday
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Rao
Park
was
a
very
useful
evening, some 30 children spent
weekend programme
way for their children to spend the
time away from playing games on
for children at the
weekend in the outside environs.
their computers and mobile phones
Nageswara Rao Park
They felt that the weekend at the
learning the art of creating a Zenpark activity allows them to express
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workshop were provided by Sunof the same age group.
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daram Finance. Certiﬁcates were
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4 SUNDAY
26 APRIL 2015
WORLD
Woman power in UN
DOWN THE WEEKLY LANE Cyber Buzz
IN SAFE HANDS
Google’s wireless
phone service
Since its founding 70 years ago, the
United Nations has been led by men,
a tradition that some women`s rights
advocates are determined to break
when the global body elects a new
secretary-general next year.
Equality Now, an international organisation that campaigns for the rights of women and girls,
launched an online campaign across social media on
Wednesday to promote female candidates to lead the
UN after current Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon steps
down at the end of 2016.
The campaign aims primarily at UN ambassadors
from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and
the United States, the ﬁve permanent members of the
UN Security Council, who traditionally select a single
candidate for ratiﬁcation by a majority vote of the 193
member states.
G
All at ease: Pentagon
A ﬂotilla of nine Iranian military and cargo ships that
US ofﬁcials feared was carrying arms to strife-torn
Yemen sailed northeast in the direction of Iran on
Friday, a move the Pentagon said helped to ease US
concerns.
The (Iranian) ships have turned around ... Obviously
what their onward plans are, we don`t know, Defense
Secretary Ash Carter told a small group of journalists
travelling with him after a trip to California.
It is a welcome event because it does contribute to
de-escalation and that`s what we`re trying to suggest
to all the parties there, is the best course, and those
parties include the Iranians, Carter said.
NATION
Modi in Metro
to Dwarka
For the first time, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi travelled by Metro from
Dhaula Kuan to Dwarka where he was
going for a function.
He took the Metro to avoid inconvenience to the public on the route because of the security
arrangements, sources said. The Prime Minister was to
attend a function of the National Intelligence Academy.
When the Prime Minister travels, the road is closed for
sometime for his movement.
The Prime Minister boarded the Airport Express Metro
at Dhaula Kuan station in south Delhi and got down at
Dwarka Sector 21 station in south-west Delhi.
The Prime Minister said he really enjoyed the Metro
ride. ‘Sreedharan ji would always tell me to experience
the Delhi Metro. Today I had the opportunity to do so on
the way to Dwarka,’ he tweeted. ‘Really enjoyed the ride.
Thanks Delhi Metro. Thanks Sreedharan ji!,’ he said.
Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital urology department senior professors K
Thiyagarajan and V Selvaraj along with the girl who underwent a ﬁrst of its kind surgery
at the hospital recently.
STATE
9 juveniles flee
from Chengalpattu
AIIMS in TN:
Search on for site
In a daring act, nine teenagers from the
government juvenile home in Chengalpattu
managed to escape after assaultling two
guards at the gate.
A hunt was immediately launched and ﬁve
of them were nabbed at Pulipakkam, a forest area in Kanchipuram district, in the wee
hours of today. Efforts continue to spot the
remaining four, police said.
According to police sources, the government home for juveniles has 32 inmates
and comes under the Social Welfare Department.
Last night, police said, nine boys were
found straying near the gate. When guards
Senthil and Palani questioned what they
were doing, the gang pounced on the duo
and began assaulting them.
Hearing the screams, people came to help,
by then, police said, the boys had ran out
the gates and escaped. Senthil and Palani
were rushed to Chengalpattu Governemnt
Hospital for treatment.
After visiting four places in the State to
zero in on the site to establish an All-India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the
team commissioned by the Union Health
Ministry visited Chennai before leaving for
Chengalpattu to carry out a study on a possible location there.
‘The State government proposed five
places including Erode, Madurai, Thanjavur
and Pudukottai and so far all have had their
own advantages and disadvantages evaluated,’ said Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare Dharitri Panda.
‘After visiting Chengalpattu, within two
weeks the preliminary report will be submitted to the Central government. And within
three days, the soil test reports will also be
obtained,’ said Dharitri.
‘The site would be finalised soon and
after getting clearance from the central
government the construction work will begin
approximately in four to six months,’ she
added.
Institute of Ageing
in Chennai soon
Earthquake shocks
north India
A high-intensity quake measuring 7.5 on the Richter
scale rocked many parts of East and North India, including Delhi, epicentre of which was Nepal.
Tremors were felt across eastern and northern parts of
India, said J L Gautam, Head Operations Seismology of
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
‘Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred today at 11.41
am between latitude 28.1 North and Longitude 84.6 East.
The epicentre was located in Nepal,’ an IMD statement
said. However, some reports said the magnitude was 7.8,
while an American data showed it as 8.1.
The tremors, which were felt in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, lasted for a minute,
triggering panic and forcing people to rush out of their
houses and ofﬁces. There were no immediate reports of
loss of life or damage to property in Delhi.
Ofﬁcials said Metro train services in Delhi were also
affected due to the earthquake. Mild tremors were felt
in various parts of Uttar Pradesh, triggering panic and
forcing people to rush out in the open.
CHENNAI
CITY
A high-level team from the Union Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare conducted an
inspection at King Institute of Preventive Medicine’s campus in Guindy to study the feasibility
of establishing an National Institute of Ageing
in the State.
The team was led by Joint Secretary in the
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dharitri Panda, Under Secretary L Chandrasekharan, J Balachander of JIPMER, N L
Sathish from Nimhans and Sachin Mahendru,
architect.
The team inspected the ten acres of land at the
institute that was presented by the State government. However, ofﬁcials said that eight acres
would be sufﬁcient to construct the centre.
Dharitri Panda said the project is an extension
of the Central government-sponsored National
Programme for the Healthcare of the Elderly.
‘The Central government will provide Rs 150
crore for the project of which Rs 100 crore will
be for non-recurring and Rs 50 crore for recurring.’ Meanwhile, the State government will
sponsor the land, electricity, water and other
allied infrastructure and clearance.
BUSINESS
Infosys down, but looking up
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka is upbeat about
the company’s prospects and said he was
conﬁdent that achieving revenue of $20 billion by 2020 is a ‘feasible and viable’ target
even as the company posted lower-thanexpected fourth quarter earnings yesterday. Terming the $20 billion revenue
as an ‘aspirational goal’, Sikka said this would require a growth rate of 13-14
per cent year-on-year cumulatively, which is ‘achievable.’
‘You can organise your thoughts on the model that you wish you can
achieve,’ Sikka said after unveiling the ﬁnancial results and added that $20
billion by 2020 in revenue, 30 per cent in operating margin and reaching
$80,000 revenue per employee ratio are feasible, desirable and viable.
Glass ceiling cracks
at airport again
In what has become a routine occurrence at Chennai airport, a glass
window cracked at
the airport premises for the 42nd time, sending passengers into
panic mode. According to police sources, at
around 11 am a glass window near gate 7 at
the departure cracked and fell to the ground.
No one was injured in the incident, police said.
It created a ﬂutter at the airport. However ofﬁcials immediately cordoned off the area. An alternative passage was opened for passengers.
This is the latest in a series of such incidents of
the collapse of false ceiling, glass doors and
panels and granite slabs at the new domestic
and international terminals of the airport, built at
a cost of over Rs 2,000 crore and inaugurated by
Vice President Hamid Ansari in January 2013.
SPORTS
van Gaal backs Giggs
as future United boss
Louis van Gaal has backed Ryan Giggs to succeed him as
Manchester United manager when the Dutchman eventually leaves Old Trafford. Giggs has been working as Van
Gaal’s assistant since the former Barcelona boss took over
at Old Trafford last year. The United legend had a spell in
temporary charge following the dismissal of David Moyes last season and van
Gaal believes Giggs would be the ideal choice to replace him in the long-term.
‘I expect that he (Giggs) will be the next manager after I am gone,’ van Gaal
told MUTV on Friday. ‘Now I have the responsibility.
oogle is trying to shake up the
wireless phone industry with
a low-priced service designed to
pressure major carriers into making
it more affordable for people to get
online and use Google’s services.
The service, called Project Fi, debuted recently, about two months
after Google revealed its plans to
expand its ever-growing empire into
providing wireless connections for
smartphones.
Google Inc. is selling the basic
phone service for USD 20 a month
and will only charge customers for
the amount of cellular data that they
use each month, instead of a ﬂat rate.
Each gigabyte of data will cost USD
10 a month. That means a customer
could sign up for a plan offering three
gigabytes of data and get USD 20
back if only one gigabyte was
used in a month.
Most wireless phone carriers allow
their customers to roll over unused
data into another month of service
without refunding any money.
Project Wi-Fi initially will only be sold
to a narrow audience that owns the
Nexus 6, a smartphone that Motorola
Mobility made with Google’s help.
Google’s pricing setup makes
project Fi less expensive than most
of the comparable plans offering by
the four biggest wireless phone carriers Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and
Sprint.
The monthly prices for a single line
of smartphone service with up to one
gigabyte of cellular data at those carriers range from USD 45 to USD 50
compared to USD 30 from Google,
before subtracting any potential credits for unused data.
The major carriers, though, offer a
variety of family plans that could still
be better deals than Project Fi. Those
bundled plans allow several phone
lines to share a pool of cellular data.
Besides trying to bring down the
prices of wireless phone plans,
Google is promising subscribers that
their Nexus 6 model will automatically connect with the fastest network
available.
The monthly
prices for a
single line of
smartphone
service with up
to one gigabyte
of cellular
data at those
carriers range
from USD 45
to USD 50
compared to
USD 30 from
Google, before
subtracting
any potential
credits for
unused data
Rather than building its own
network, Google is leasing space
on cellular towers built by Sprint
and T-Mobile, which are hoping
the deals will boost their proﬁts
without costing them too many
customers tempted to defect to
Project Fi.
Google is promising Project Fi
will automatically switch over to
an available Wi-Fi network if that
is running at a higher speed than
the cellular alternatives.
Invisible inks could help
foil counterfeit products
S
cientists have invented new inexpensive ﬂuorescent inks that
could be used as multicoloured barcodes for consumers to authenticate products that are often counterfeited.
Consumers can snap a photo with their smartphone, and it will tell
them if the item is real and worth the money, researchers said.
The new ﬂuorescent inks give manufacturers and consumers an authentication tool that would be very difﬁcult for counterfeiters to mimic.
These inks, which can be printed using an inkjet printer, are invisible
under normal light but visible under ultraviolet light.
The inks could be stamped as barcodes or QR codes on anything from
banknotes and bottles of whisky to luxury handbags and expensive
cosmetics, providing proof of authenticity, researchers said.
We have introduced a level of complexity
not seen before in tools to combat
counterfeiters, said Sir Fraser Stoddart,
from Northwestern University, senior
author of the study
A key advantage is the control one has over the colour of the ink;
the inks can be made in single colours or as multicolour gradients.
An ink’s colour depends on the amounts and interaction of three different ingredient molecules, providing a built-in molecular encryption
tool. Even a tiny tweak to the ink’s composition results in a signiﬁcant
colour change.
We have introduced a level of complexity not seen before in tools to
West Indies’ Sunil Narine has again been reported
combat counterfeiters, said Sir Fraser Stoddart, from Northwestern
for a suspect illegal bowling action by the on-ﬁeld
University, senior author of the study.
umpires during Kolkata Knight Riders’ Indian PreGlobal ratings agency Standard & Poor’s revised upward its outlook on
mier League (IPL) 2015 match against Sunrisers
Our inks are similar to the proprietary formulations of soft drinks.
Tata Power to ‘stable’ and reafﬁrmed its B+ rating on the company citing
Hyderabad on April 22. The two on-ﬁ eld umpires
One could approximate their ﬂavor using other ingredients, but it
the progress, though slow, on tariff revision and stake sale.
who reported Narine for suspected illegal action are
would be impossible to match the ﬂavor exactly without a precise
The agency said it sees the Tata Group-promoted utility’s cash ﬂows and
Richard Illingworth and Vineet Kulkarni.
knowledge of the recipe, said Stoddart.
liquidity to improve on likely approval for compensatory tariffs for its Mundra
A suspected illegal bowling action report has been
With a manufacturer controlling the ink’s recipe, or chemical comproject and once it receives the proceeds from its 30 per cent stake sale in
ﬁled by the match ofﬁcials on certain deliveries bowled by Sunil Narine of
position, counterfeiters would ﬁnd it virtually impossible to reverse
the Arutmin coal mine in Indonesia for USD 500 million. Tata Power’s cash
Kolkata Knight Riders during the Pepsi IPL 2015 match between Sunrisers
engineer the colour information encoded in the printed barcodes,
ﬂows and liquidity are therefore likely to improve slower than we expected
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Enterprise
CHENNAI
Airtel’s gift for
broadband customers
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
In a bid to boost its landline business, country’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel will be launching
unlimited voice calling schemes for
its broadband customers.
The company will come out with two
plans offering unlimited local calls for
Rs 49 per month and unlimited local
and STD calls for Rs 99 per month.
The company has about 14.89 lakh
broadband customers at the end of
December last year.
In an industry ﬁrst, it will announce
that its broadband customers can enjoy free voice calls to any network in
the country 24x7, the company said.
State-run BSNL has also announced
free voice calling from landline phones
during night hours starting from May 1.
Customers can enjoy unlimited free
local calls with the pack priced at
Rs 49 per month and unlimited free
STD+local calls at Rs 99 per month to
any network, anywhere in the country
to both landlines and mobile phones
round the clock, the company said.
Airtel currently provides ﬁxed-line
telephone and broadband services
for homes as well as ofﬁces in 87
cities across the country.
‘Average pay hikes to
increase this ﬁscal’
Junior management level employees to be beneﬁtted
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
The Indian industry is projected to
dole out an average salary increase
of 10.7 per cent this ﬁscal with junior
management level employees set
to get maximum pay hikes, says a
survey.
In the current ﬁnancial year, the
increase in average salary as well as
variable pay is expected to be higher
than last ﬁscal’s.
Global consultancy ﬁrm Deloitte’s Annual Compensation & Beneﬁts Trends
Survey India for 2015-16 said pharma
sector would see the highest projected
average increment at 12.1 per cent
whereas the lowest rise is anticipated
in the retail sector at 9.4 per cent.
The average salary increment
across sectors is projected at 10.7
FIIs hike stake in
HDFC to record high
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Emerging as one of the most-liked
stocks by foreign funds, mortgage
giant HDFC Ltd has seen overseas
investors raise their stake in it to a
record high of nearly 80 per cent
during the quarter ended March 2015.
The mortgage ﬁnancier has also
become the ﬁrst listed Indian company among 30 Sensex ﬁrms to have
around 80 per cent shareholding by
foreign institutional investors (FIIs).
Cumulative FII holdings in the company rose to 79.65 per cent in the
January-March quarter this year from
78.49 per cent in the three months
ended December last year, data from
stock exchanges showed.
Moreover, the shareholding of overseas players or FIIs in HDFC has been
steadily rising since September 2013.
The rise of overseas shareholding
in the mortgage lender, one of the
highest among the country’s 30 listed
blue-chip companies, coincides with
Peak power
deficit in March
improves : CEA
SUNDAY
26 APRIL 2015
overall bullishness shown by foreign
entities in the Indian stock market.
According to market experts, overseas investors have shown interest in
HDFC because of the smart returns
given by the company.
In May 2012, HDFC’s board had
approved raising the FII limit in the
company to 100 per cent.
During the January-March quarter,
FIIs have invested more than Rs
36,000 crore in Indian equities on
the back of ongoing reform initiatives
taken by the Central Government.
Besides, the overall holding of
institutional investors also rose to
88.39 per cent during January-March
quarter this year from 88.29 per cent
at the end of December 31, 2015,
mostly on account of additional share
purchases by FIIs.
The domestic institutional holdings
stood at 8.74 per cent as on March
31, 2015, down from 9.8 per cent in
October- December quarter of 2014.
Banking, Financial Services and
Insurance (BFSI) is expected to see
the highest average variable pay
at 19.4 per cent whereas the lowest
is expected to be in logistics
sector at 15.6 per cent
average variable pay at 19.4 per cent
whereas the lowest is expected to be
in logistics sector at 15.6 per cent.
The survey said that better pay,
better career opportunities and need
for work life balance have emerged
as top reasons for attrition across
industries.
In 2014-15, the highest attrition of
21.9 per cent was seen in the ITeS
(Information Technology enabled
Services) sector.
To bring down attrition and ensure
retention of employees, the survey said
companies adopt various measures
including long term incentive plans.
Other such steps include strong
performance based variable pay, and
monetary/non monetary recognition
awards, it added.
5
Titan Eye Plus plans
expansion mode
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Tata Group firm Titan Company
plans to open 60 new ‘Titan Eye
Plus’ outlets during the current ﬁscal
as part of an aggressive expansion
strategy for the prescription eyewear
products and sunglasses.
Besides, it is also looking at increasing distribution of its in-house
brands -- Fastrack and Glares
-- this year.
We have decided to have an equal
focus on prescription eyewear
products and sunglasses. We feel
sunglasses category has a huge
potential. We plan to expand aggressively and open 60 new outlets
this year, Titan Company Eyewear
Division CEO Ravi Kant told PTI.
At present, there are over 300
Titan Eye Plus outlets in the country.
To expand its footprint across the
country, the company will open
stores for the ﬁrst time in 20 towns,
Kant said.
Originally a watch manufacturer
and retailer, Titan has expanded
into jewellery and eyewear markets
over the years, while it also retails
personal accessories such as bags,
belts, wallets and perfumes.
per cent in FY 2016, which is 0.4 per
centage points higher than previous
FY 2015 (10.3 per cent)’, it said.
The highest projected increments
across industries are at the junior
management level at 11 per cent.
Across 18 sectors, 250 organisations participated in the survey.
According to the survey, average
variable pay is expected to be 17.4
per cent this ﬁscal compared to the
year-ago period when it stood at 17
per cent.
When it comes to sectors, Banking,
Financial Services and Insurance
(BFSI) is expected to see the highest
Ratan Tata picks
up stake in Xiaomi
No works at DoT without
advance payment: BSNL
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Iconic business leader Ratan Tata
has acquired a stake in Chinese
handset maker Xiaomi, the first
investment by any Indian in the
smartphone maker.
The company declined to disclose
the quantum and value of the stake,
which Tata Group’s former chief has
picked in his personal capacity.
We are truly excited to have Mr Tata
on board. We will seek his advice in
our journey to becoming an Indian
company, Xiaomi India Head Manu
Jain told PTI.
Tata, who retired as head of over
USD 100-billion conglomerate in December 2012 and currently serves as
chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has
emerged as a major venture capital
investor since his retirement.
He has already made personal investments in homegrown e-commerce
players like Snapdeal, Urban Ladder,
Bluestone and Cardekho.com. In
March this year, he also invested in
mobile commerce ﬁrm Paytm.
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
State-owned telecom firm BSNL
has directed its circle heads not
to carry out works at Department
of Telecom ofﬁces in their regions
without advance payments or prior
permission from the head ofﬁce here.
It is hereby directed not to carry out
any work on behalf of DoT without
receipt of written sanctions from
DoT and without advance payment
for carrying out such work, according to an internal letter issued from
BSNL corporate ofﬁce last week to
circle heads.
BSNL is a public sector unit under
the DoT and was created after government carved out services from the
Department in 2000.
The letter asked BSNL Chief General Managers to instruct all the
unit heads of their circle including civil engineering and electrical
wings to strictly
comply with these
instructions.
The letter said:
The claims are
raised on DoT
after completion
of the work and
in most of the cases such amounts
remain unrealised and thus appear
outstanding amount in the books
of accounts as claims recoverable
from DoT.
According to BSNL employee union
representatives such unpaid bills are
estimated to be over Rs 300 crore.
BSNL is, on one hand, taking
loans for undertaking capital works
and is paying interest on such loan
amounts and on the other hand
there is no reimbursement for the
works executed on behalf of DoT.
This situation leads to the double
financial burden on BSNL and
weakens the ﬁ nancial position of
BSNL, the letter said.
It further said that the balances
appearing in the claims recoverable
from DoT always invites queries from
the auditors.
These circles are generally unable
to provide satisfactory reply to auditors for such huge outstanding due to
non-availability of written sanction of
DoT. This result in audit qualiﬁcations.
Such audit qualiﬁcations has been
appearing in the accounts year after
year,’ the letter said.
A BSNL ofﬁcial said that DoT head
ofﬁce here is ﬁnding it difﬁcult to pay
for works that have not been budgeted or sanctioned by it.
If DoT circle ofﬁces take prior permission from DoT headquarters then
it will be convenient for BSNL to carry
out work,’ the ofﬁcial said.
‘Smartphones still Goodyear looking at India
with ‘renewed interest’
expensive for many’
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Delayed summer and unexpected
rains brought the country’s peak
power deﬁcit down to 3.2 per cent
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
in March, according to ofﬁcial data.
Even as it expects Internet users in
Peak power deﬁcit -- shortage in
India to double to 400 million by 2018,
electricity supply when demand is at
BCG said prices of smartphones -- an
its highest -- stood at 4.7 per cent in
important driver for net penetration
March 2014.
According to data by the Central -- are too expensive for many in the
country.
Electricity Authority (CEA), the power
Exuding optimism on the increasrequirement in March was 1,38,938
ing Internet penetration in one of
MW of which the supply was 1,34,532
MW leaving a shortfall of 4,406 MW. the world’s fastest growing digital
economies, Boston Consulting Group
As per a government official, the
(BCG) said online users can grow to
reason for improvement is unexpected
as much as 550 million by 2018.
rains and delay in arrival of summer.
The study has underlined three
Northeastern states of Assam, Megfactors for such impressive growth
halaya, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal
figures - expanding reach, more
Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram saw
affordable access and improved
a sharp rise in peak power deﬁcit last
awareness.
month at 11.3 per cent. This deﬁcit
On affordable access, the study
was 5.5 per cent in March 2014.
said that the availability of low-cost
Peak power deﬁcit in the southern
region states of Tamilnadu, Karna- Internet-enabled devices will be the
taka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, key for growing Internet penetration
Kerala, Puducherry and Lakshad- among lower-income population.
Nearly two-thirds of mobile phones
weep last month was 3.1 per cent as
sold in India today are Internet ready,
compared to 6.3 per cent in March
but the least expensive models still
last year.
North Indian states of Delhi, Pun- cost USD 60 or more (about Rs
jab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, 3,850). This is too expensive for
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajas- many. Prices need to come down,
the study pointed out.
than recorded a shortage of 6.2 per
However, this is changing, it added.
cent last month.
IT sector records
$ 11.5 bn deal value
The study has underlined three factors for
such impressive growth ﬁgures - expanding
reach, more affordable access and
improved awareness
Domestic handset makers like Lava
and Intex are selling affordable
smartphones in the range of Rs
2,900-4,500 and according
to market insiders, this
number is increasing.
BCG said it expects
Internet users to at least
double from 190 million in
2014 to 400 million in 2018,
adding our most aggressive
forecast predicts as many as 550
million users in 2018.
The study pegs connected urban
Internet population to grow from
130 million to 300 million during the
period, but more than that it is the
rural population that will make the
biggest strides.
But the real action will take place
in more rural areas, where the user
base could easily expand by up to 40
per cent per year from 60 million in
2014 to 280 million in 2018, it noted.
Access is expected to continue
to expand as disposable incomes
continue to climb. The proportion
of households that can afford Internet connectivity -- deﬁned
as those with more than
USD 3,300 (about Rs
210,000) in annual income -- is projected to
rise from 56 per cent in
2013 to 67 per cent in 2018.
The continuing decrease in
data plan prices has also helped to
make Internet consumption more
affordable. Telecom carriers are
increasingly offering a range of inexpensive, bite size plans while facilitating the ease of making payments
with one time processing options, the
study said.
It further said that network availability needs to catch up with the
expected increase in the installed
base of net enabled devices.
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
US-based tyre major Goodyear is
looking at India with ‘renewed interest’, expecting to grow signiﬁcantly
in the country which is one of its
biggest markets in Asia.
Its arm Goodyear India is looking to bring in products with new
technologies such as the recently
launched Assurance TripleMax, in
order to be among the top two-three
players in passenger cars tyres
segment.
With the new government bringing in reforms, there is a positive
feeling... India is now seen with a
renewed interest at the corporation
level, absolutely, Goodyear India
Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Rajeev Anand told PTI.
Outlining the company’s ambitions,
he said: We want to be in the top
two to three players in the passenger car tyre market in India.
While he did not share any ﬁgures,
Anand said Goodyear India has
been on a steady growth path in the
last three-four years.
We have been growing in line
with the automotive sector and a
little more accelerated versus (tyre)
industry growth, he added.
Goodyear, which entered the
Car exports from India
declined in 2014-15
Indian market in 1922, has two
manufacturing plants at Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Ballabgarh
in Haryana.
Highlighting the signiﬁcance of the
Indian market, he said the Indian
arm a very significant player accounting for 15-16 per cent of the
Goodyear’s Asia-Paciﬁc business.
In the Asia region, he said China
and India are the two top markets
for Goodyear.
When asked if the company
planned to make any fresh investments, Anand said: There are investment requirements which are in
line with market growth. Every year
we have been investing.
He declined to share details
stating it would be done with the
approval of the company’s board
of directors.
Last week, the company launched
its Assurance TripleMax tyre targeted at drivers of mid and premium
passenger cars, which comprise
about 25 of the total consumer replacement market in India.
The company claims its new product reduces braking distances by
more than two meters on wet roads,
while also increasing fuel savings
and a high level of tyre durability.
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tive solutions, Grant Thornton India LLP
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Led by e-commerce PE invest- Partner Harish HV said.
Going forward, the outlook for
ments, the technology sector in India
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Europe, the biggest market
exports of passenger cars
corporate India’s deal making spree
recorded the highest deal value of
for compact cars from India, declined 35.42 per cent to
Passenger car exports
looks bullish amid a stabilising capiUSD 11.5 billion from around 400
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Indian Private Equity &
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64,994 cars.
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Sports
Kings XI coach rues
dropped catches
Rohit praises
Malinga McClenaghan
Mumbai, Apr 26 (PTI):
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was effusive in his praise for his
bowlers, who defended a modest 157
against Sun Risers Hyderabad in an
IPL cricket game here yesterday.
‘It was a brilliant bowling performance as defending 157 was not easy.
The bowlers executed the plans superbly and as a captain it was easy for
me. This performance will be a great
conﬁdence booster for the matches
coming ahead,’ said Rohit.
Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga grabbed
4 for 23, including three in his last
over, while New Zealander Mitchell
McClenaghan was equally impressive
with ﬁgures of 3 for 20.
‘I am very satisﬁed with our performance. Both Malinga and Mitchell
bowled very well and according to a
plan. We knew we had to get rid of
their top two batsmen (Dhawan and
skipper David Warner) as quickly as
possible as they are their main batsmen,’ said Sharma.
Sharma said he had mentioned
earlier too that Malinga, who was off
colour a bit in earlier games, was just
one game away from rediscovering
his wonted form.
‘I had said this earlier too that Malinga is just one game away. He has
done it again and again for MI in the
past. He keeps it simple, bowls yorkers and I had a lot of hope even when
he was not bowling well.
Today was a perfect platform for him
to get into form,’ said the MI skipper.
The victory was only the second for
MI in seven games and has boosted
the team’s conﬁdence, said Rohit.
CSK skipper, coach happy with ‘convincing win’
DOUBLE
TROUBLE:
Brendon
McCullum and
Dwayne Smith provided
another blazing start for
CSK in the win against
Kings XI Punjab.
Photo: A R Jayakumar
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 26:
Disappointed with his team’s
massive IPL loss to Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab coach
McCullum
Sanjay Bangar criticised the ﬁelding and said the dropped catch of
Brendon McCullum proved to be
decisive.
Punjab lost by 97 runs while
chasing a mammoth target of 193, which Chennai
made on the back of McCullum’s 44-ball 66 and
Mahendra
Singh Dhoni’s 27ball 41.
‘When you
play a team
like Chennai, you want
to make life
easier for
your bowlers. You
drop McCullum and (Suresh)
Raina,
then I think you are
asking for trouble. But from
there on I felt that in the
second innings the ball did
turn a lot more. It made batting a bit difﬁcult for us,’ Bangar said in the post-match
Anderson inspires
England to win
St George’s (Grenada), Apr 26 (AP):
Inspired by James Anderson’s ﬁery
burst with the second new ball and
his brilliance in the ﬁeld, England
defeated the West Indies by nine
wickets on the last day of the second
cricket Test.
Anderson’s three wickets for 16 in
eight overs, allied to his two catches
and a sharp, direct hit run out, triggered a stunning West Indies collapse from 202-2 at the start of the
day, with a lead of 37, to 307 all out
yesterday.
As England set out for the winning
goal of 143, Jonathan Trott was
bowled in fast bowler Shannon Gabriel’s opening over without scoring.
Captain Alastair Cook, unbeaten on
59, and Garry Ballance, 81 not out
and dropped twice, completed the
job against lacklustre bowling with an
unbroken partnership of 142.
Balance passed 1,000 runs in his
17th innings, the third fastest in England Test history, and Cook, with 76
in the ﬁrst innings, ﬁnally got among
the runs to scrubs those critics off
his back.
The West Indies was set back
Wozniacki
in final
CHENNAI
James
Anderson
when medium-fast bowler Jason
Holder was taken off on a stretcher
after damaging his left ankle as he
planted it to deliver to Ballance in his
second over.
Ballance was missed at 15 and 67
at slip by Devon Smith off Marlon
Samuels, but the West Indies seemed
resigned to the outcome.
The result was a disappointment
for the locals in the biggest crowd of
the match, but celebrated by 2,000
jubilant travelling supporters, witnesses to England’s
ﬁrst away victory since late
2012 in Kolkata, India.
England takes a 1-0 lead
into the third and ﬁnal Test
at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Friday.
Anderson’s decisive spell
began with his seventh delivery, a ﬁerce bouncer that
Kraigg Brathwaite could
only parry to gully after
adding 15 to his overnight
101.
Brathwaite lasted 252
balls, and done the most to
make observers believe West Indies
could bat out the last day on a ﬂat
pitch and earn a second straight draw.
But Anderson, who surpassed Ian
Botham as England’s highest wickettaker in tests in Antigua last week,
also removed the usually dependable
veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 7 to a catch to second slip;
it bounced from Ian Bell’s grasp to be
taken, with a juggle, by a fully
stretched Cook.
press conference.
‘We would have probably restricted them
to a 170 total. And, that would have been
lesser pressure when we are chasing. As
I said the ball just started to jump and stop
and turn quite a bit in the second half of the
game,’ he added.
Placed at the bottom heap, Kings XI Punjab will have to stage a massive recovery
to stay aﬂoat but Bangar was conﬁdent of
the team’s chances.
‘It is going to be a very close ﬁnish as you
see at the point table that apart from the
top two, all the other six teams still have a
chance to make it to the play-off stage. We
are no different. We are very conﬁdent and
expect ourselves to be part of the top four,’
he said. Kings XI captain George Bailey
said at the presentation, ‘Full credit to CSK.
They smothered us in all three facets. We
made things pretty difﬁcult for ourselves,
dropping a few catches. We are battling
to ﬁnd the momentum and consistency.
We just have to ﬁnd a way to put the bad
stuff behind us and move on. It is about
getting some momentum and conﬁdence.
The senior players must stand up and we
must put in a Kings XI performance on the
board.’ Meanwhile, the winning team’s
coach Stephen Fleming said he was very
happy with the team’s performance.
‘We are not going to think that which
player is going to come out and strike the
ball. We could be three for nothing in the
next game and they have a match-winning
partnership but we are not going to think
of those things. We just need to cover
every base. We are not going to overcomplicate,’ he said. Fleming said the side
successfully created pressure on the rival
team. ‘Our players set the tone when they
played spin on the six overs and Dwayne
Smith attacking the leg-spinner. But we
knew it was going to be difﬁcult in the
second innings especially when you are
under pressure. Looking at our performance I must say it was very very polished
game. That is pleasing,’ he said. Skipper M
S Dhoni, said at the presentation: ‘I think it
was one of the most convincing victories we
have had throughout the IPL. The spinners
made the most of it. He (Nehra) is fantastic.
He has experience, which really counts.
He has not slowed down with age. Even
if he does not swing the ball, he uses the
angles. Mohit was good and Ishwar gave
us the breakthrough, which was important.
They (openers) play fearless cricket and
at the same time play measured cricket.
Even Smith does not play too many fancy
strokes. That is why they are more successful than other openers.’
Moody slams poor
batting display
Mumbai, Apr 26 (PTI):
SunRisers Hyderabad coach Tom
Moody was scathing in the criticism
of his batsmen, saying their chase of
a modest 157 was ‘disastrous’.
‘At the end of the day, that was a
very bad loss for us. We bowled and
ﬁelded well apart from the wides that
we bowled. Our bowlers executed all
our plans well. We restricted Mumbai
to a total we thought was 15-20
runs lighter of where they could
have probably got to, around the
170-run mark. But a disastrous
batting performance left us well
short and
embarrassed,’ said Moody after
MI restricted his team
to 137.
Moody said Saturday’s
batting display showed his
team’s over-dependence on openers Shikhar Dhawan and captain
David Warner who fell in a short span
of time after adding 45 runs and the
innings went into a tail-spin.
‘Certainly today’s performance
reﬂected that for sure. Leading into
this tournament, leading into today’s
game, we had the utmost conﬁdence
in the middle order stepping up when
the opportunity presented.
Neymar, Messi help
Barca beat Espanyol
Today there was the perfect opportunity for our middle order to build
on a very good platform both Shikhar
and Dave gave us in the chase. We
failed
dismally,’ he said.
He did not agree to the suggestion
that the team’s batting was a bit weak
overall.
‘Is that your assessment? I don’t
think so. I think we have a pretty
good side. We went in with an
extra fast bowler today therefore we had to sacriﬁce an
overseas all-rounder or
a batsman. Therefore it
puts that little bit more pressure or the opportunity for
an Indian player to step
up and make his mark that
was opportunity wasn’t
taken today.
‘But overall, I don’t think we have
got a weak batting side, we have got
a strong batting side but we felt today
the right decision today was to play
both (Dale) Steyn and (Trent) Boult
against Mumbai Indians and I think at
the halfway mark you could probably
say that was the right decision,
restricting them to the total they
made.
Fans turn violent
at Belgrade derby
Belgrade, Apr 26:
Thirty-ﬁve police ofﬁcers were hurt
and 41 fans arrested in a violent Belgrade derby between Red Star and
Partizan on Saturday.
‘Hooligan behaviour has led to
slight injuries to 35 police ofﬁcers,’
the Serbian Interior Ministry said in
a statement. ‘Police reacted professionally and efﬁciently, quelling a
conﬂict started by fans which could
have led to calling the game off
and other serious consequences.
‘Before, during and after the game,
41 individuals were arrested and police also turned back a van from (the
northern city of) Zrenjanin loaded with
rocks and bricks.’ The match ended
in a 0-0 draw that left league leaders
Partizan ﬁve points clear of secondplaced Red Star with six matches
remaining. The start of the game,
which has a long history of crowd
trouble, was delayed for 45 minutes
after home Red Star fans pelted riot
police with seats and ﬂares, forcing ofﬁcers to retreat from the north tier that
houses the club’s diehard fans. When
reinforcements arrived the police
returned to the terraces and pushed
the supporters back. One area of the
north tier was emptied and when the
match ﬁnally got underway it produced a tepid ﬁrst half with Darko
Lazovic going close for champions
Red Star and Stefan Babovic missing a good chance for Partizan.
Anand outplays
Mamedyarov
Stuttgart, Apr 26:
Caroline Wozniacki will play Angelique Kerber in the ﬁnal of the PorShamkir (Azerbaijan), Apr 26 (PTI): ond seed Fabiano Caruana of Italy in
sche Grand Prix after they won their
Five-time world champion Viswa- the last round.
succession after exit behind them in order to concenBarcelona, Apr 26:
semiﬁnals in contrasting fashions on
It turned out to be another exciting
trate on winning third-place nathan Anand found his way back to
53 minutes for a
Neymar scored the opener to conSaturday.
the 2800 rating club and jumped to day as last-placed Michael Adams
in La Liga.
lengthy protest with
tinue his rich vein of form as 10-man
Wozniacki beat second-seeded Si- Barcelona won a one-sided La Liga
of England made some amends for
the referee but EsThe Frenchman now second spot in world rankings after
mona Halep 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, while home derby against Espanyol 2-0 on Satpanyol failed to
beating local hero Shakhriyar Mam- himself and defeated Anish Giri of
has 22 league goals
Holland.
favorite Kerber defeated Madison urday while Antoine Griezmann’s
apply any conin an impressive debut edyarov in the eighth and
Brengle of the United States 6-3, 6-1 double helped Atletico Madrid
certed pressure
In another decisive
season at the Calderon penultimate round of
on Barca in the
in just under an hour.
game, lowly placed
after heading Atletico into Vugar Gashimov
beat Elche 3-0.
remainder of the the lead 10 minutes into the second memorial here.
Vladimir Kramnik
It will be Wozniacki’s second ﬁnal
Brazil’s Neymar followed
match.
of Russia improved
half and then slotting home from
With his secat Stuttgart after she lost in 2011 to his two goals against
his tournament
close range 14 minutes from the end. ond victory on
X a v i
Paris St Germain in the
Germany’s Julia Goerges.
standing at the excame
In between a Raul Garcia shot from the trot in the
The fourth-seeded Dane needed Champions League
pense of Maxime
distance sneaked past the dive of strongest tournaalmost three hours to prevail over on Tuesday by slotVachier-Lagrave of
ment of the year,
keeper
Przemyslaw
Tyton
and
into
Halep, winning four games in a row ting home after
Neymar
France. The other game
Anand made sure of at
the corner after 63 minutes.
in the third set to go 5-1 ahead. After Luis Suarez dumof
the
day
between Mamedov and
least
a
second
place
ﬁ
nish
as
the
mied
a
cross
after
missing three match points and being
Diego Simeone’s side have 72
broken while serving for the match, 17 minutes.
points, seven more than fourth- Indian ace took his tally to 5.5 points Caruana also ended in a draw.
o n
With Carlsen leading and Anand on
Wozniacki broke the Romanian again
With Barca pickplaced Valencia who play Granada out of a possible eight.
for
the
final
three
World champion Magnus Carlsen of his toes, Caruana and So share the
to close out the win.
ing holes in Espanon Monday. Elche are 14th on 34
minutes for his 500th
third spot on 4.5 points each and the
Norway remained in front after
Despite the loss, Halep will move yol’s defence, Lionel
points.
La Liga appearance
up to No. 2 when the world rankings Messi doubled the lead
settling for a draw with erstwhile Italian is likely to go all out against
Barca lead La Liga with 81 points,
for Barca who have
are updated on Monday, jumping over from a tight angle after 25
leader
Wesley So of United States. Anand which might give the Indian an
ﬁve more than Real Madrid who
moved five points
Maria Sharapova, who lost to Kerber minutes before Jordi Alba
The Norwegian took his tally to six extra chance to catch up with Carlsen
play Celta Vigo on Sunday.
ahead of Real Madrid
on Thursday.
was sent off early in the second
‘It was a complete game from us ... points out of a possible eight and in the event of the Norwegian drawing
at the top of the table.
Kerber has a 5-4 record against half.
to
win a derby you have to play like remains a half point ahead of Anand his game. Kramnik, Mamedov and
Deep in stoppage
Mamedyarov have an identical 3.5
Wozniacki, winning in the Stuttgart
The dethat,’
Barca midﬁelder Andres Iniesta with just one round remaining.
time Espanyol’s Hecpoints for a shared ﬁfth spot while
Carlsen,
however,
has
a
clear
edge
second round in 2012.
fender was
told
reporters.
tor Moreno was also
Adams, Vachier-Lagrave and Giri
to
win
the
title
as
he
is
set
to
play
Kerber won her fourth WTA in Char- s h o w n
‘The best part of the season is still to
sent off after being
with
lowest
seed
Rauf
Mamedov
of
share the eighth spot on three points
leston this month, while Wozniacki two yelgiven a second yellow come and the hard bit as well. They
Azerbaijan
in
his
ﬁ
nal
round
game
in this 100000 Euros prize money
won her 23rd in Kuala Lumpur last l o w
are
all
ﬁ
nals
from
here
and
there
card. Griezmann’s two goals helped
while Anand will have to tackle sec- tournament.
cards in
month.
Atletico put their Champions League won’t be much between the teams.’
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CHENNAI
Srirangam Jeer
safe in Nepal
Tiruchi, Apr 26 (PTI):
The head seer of the famous
Sri Rangathaswamy temple in
Srirangam and a group of devotees, who had gone to Nepal on
Mukthinath Yatra, were safe and
had reached Bagdogra when the
massive earthquake struck the
Himalayan nation, temple ofﬁcials
said today.
Sri Ranganarayana Jeer of the
Sri Ranga Narayana Jeer Mutt
and his team had completed their
pilgrimage as per schedule. He
would return to his mutt in Srirangam tonight, they said.
The Jeer accompanied by 127
devotees had left Chennai for
Mukthinath on April 20. Some
members of the team felt the
impact of the tremor when they
were near Bagdogra in West
Bengal on way to Delhi after the
pilgrimage was over. Sri Ranga
Narayana Jeer Mutt was established by Sri Ramanujar, an 11th
century Vaishnavite saint, who
administered the temple about
970 years ago.
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
If UGC has its way, universities
will soon have their own police
stations for quick handling of crisis
and preventing untoward incidents
on campus.
In a set of guidelines framed for
enhancing students’ safety and
security on campuses, University
Grants Commission (UGC) has
said university police station can
go a long way in ‘instilling’ a sense
of security amongst students and
scare amongst ‘nuisance makers
and petty criminals’.
The guidelines suggest adoption
of some of the best practices implemented by campuses worldwide
like the ‘Warn Me’ model developed
by University of California, Berkley,
helping in sending of emergency
messages through Internet and
mobiles. It also pitch for providing
short-distance escort services to
students attending varsity organised evening
concerts and other events.
The ‘Guidelines on Safety of
Students on and off Campuses
of Higher Educational Institutions’
have been shared with all varsities
by UGC, asking them to amend
their ordinances and other relevant
People at a special camp held at Sir Theagaraya College in Washermanpet, Chennai today as part of the
national electoral roll puriﬁcation and authentication programme.
statutory provisions to ensure the
directions are implemented in the
best interests of students. About
the university police stations on
the campus, it said ‘ofﬁcials of such
a station can not only handle any
crisis situation in an instant but also
prevent untoward happenings by
security measures like night patrols
and so on’. The UGC guidelines
take a holistic view of the campus
security measures and the problems confronting students during
their academic years.
‘It is understandable that classes,
study, research, meetings, ﬁ lms
or concerts can keep students on
campus till late at night. Police
ofﬁ cials can provide on-demand
short- distance escort services
to students as they walk down to
hostel or nearest taxi or bus-stand
etc,’ the guidelines said.
The student community can be
encouraged to form a group of
Community Service Officers to
provide such service on rotation
basis. Higher education institutes
can also provide ‘Night Safety Shuttle’ facility to such students which
offer door-to-door pick and drop
services, it added.
is again unique. With 24X7 media
glare, the anarchist formation used
every space to catch attention. Some
dramatics, either in the form of sloganeering or leadership gimmicks
are always used in electoral politics’.
‘From ‘Garibi Hatao’ to ‘Acche Din’
are catchy words that touch the cords
of common voters. But what AAP has
done in the name of farmers’ rally is
touching lowest level of politics. In
another attempt of embarrassing the
Centre, AAP tried to create a drama
which turned out to be a tragedy,’ the
editorial said.
It further said that ‘for catching the
public attention through media, instigating some supposed to be farmer to
enact a suicide attempt and the person
actually losing his life is dirty politics,
which should be discarded outright.’
Captian Cook
hails Anderson
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
India today said that it would evacuate on priority 18 members of the
country’s Under-14 girls football team
which is stuck in Nepal following a
massive earthquake.
In a tweet, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, ‘We will
evacuate India’s U-14 girls football
team on priority’.
The scared Indian girls and two
support staff had decided to sleep
outside their rooms at Hotel View
Bhrikuti in Kathmandu for the fear
of further aftershocks.
They were practicing in the stadium for the third-place play-off
against Iran when the earthquake
shook the venue and adjoining
areas yesterday. The Indian team
had earlier lost to hosts Nepal in
the semiﬁnals on Friday.
‘We were doing the practice just
before the start of the third place
play-off against Iran and then we
saw the stadium shaking. There
were hundreds of people there to
watch the match. We ran to the
middle of the pitch and remained
there as we saw buildings collapse
in the adjoining areas. It was a
real scary moment for us,’ coach
Maymol Rocky had told PTI from
Kathmandu.
‘These girls are not even 14 and
they have not experienced this kind
of scary moment in their lives,’ she
had said.
Shaken by the tremors, the Indian girls as well as the Iranians
had reached the team hotel and
decided to sleep in open space
inside the hotel premises and not
in their rooms. ‘The place is still
experiencing aftershocks even now
and the girls are scared to sleep in
their rooms inside the hotel. We are
staying outside the hotel but inside
its compound in the open space tonight. The hotel staff is kind enough
to provide us food and sleeping
material. There is also no electricity outside. We know we will not be
able to sleep tonight. The girls are
really scared and want to go back
home immediately,’ she had said.
New Governors likely
after Budget session
To ﬁll vacancies in nine States
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
The NDA government is planning
to ﬁll up vacancies of governors in
nine states after the Budget session
of Parliament as one incumbent is
holding the charge of four States
while ﬁve others are in-charge of at
least two States each.
‘We have to sit and decide... may be
after the Parliament session,’ Home
Minister Rajnath Singh told PTI when
asked about possibilities of ﬁlling up
vacancies in Raj Bhavans.
There are vacancies in Raj Bhavans
in Bihar, Punjab, Assam, Himachal
Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Telangana.
The post of Lieutenant Governor in
Puducherry is also lying vacant.
West Bengal Governor Keshari
Nath Tripathi is holding the additional
charge of Bihar, Meghalaya and Mizoram while Nagaland Governor
Padmanabha Acharya is in-charge
of the Raj Bhavans in Assam and
Gajendra suicide was
AAP’s drama: RSS
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
The RSS has alleged that farmer
Gajendra Singh’s suicide was a
‘drama’ enacted by AAP which turned
out to be a ‘tragedy’, and advised
the party to take right lessons from
the incident.
Calling AAP’s recent farmer rally
as one that touched the ‘lowest
level’ of politics, the RSS mouthpiece
‘Organiser’ has hit out at the party
saying such ‘dirty’s politics should
be discarded.
Challenging AAP’s ‘party with a
difference’ tag, the piece argues that
AAP has added to Indian politics an
entertainment value that is unique and
has gone to the extent of enacting a
drama in the name of farmer’s suicide.
‘The kind of entertainment value
AAP has added to Indian politics
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team stuck in Nepal
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Varsities to have
police stations
SUNDAY
26 APRIL 2015
Written in the backdrop of farmer’s
suicide that shook the country, the
article further goes on to question
the genesis of AAP and asks, ‘Is AAP
really a party with a difference’.
‘The script, drama and presentation
of this loose political formation are
proving to be sensational but foreign
to be part of India’s democratic culture,’ the editorial said.
The editorial goes on to argue
against that difference, saying, the
emergence of Aam Aadmi Party on
India’s political scene, many believed,
was a dramatic departure from the
existing political culture.
It said after its brief political stint in
Delhi in 2013 and then its political
face contesting from Varanasi, many
started arguing that AAP is turning
out to be like any other political party.
The Narendra Modi government,
which assumed charge in
May 2014, has appointed
Governors to 11 States
Tripura. Haryana Governor Kaptan
Singh Solanki has been given the
additional charge of Punjab Governor and administrator of Chandigarh,
Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh
is holding the additional charge of
Himachal Pradesh.
Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul
is in-charge of the Raj Bhavan of
Manipur too. E S L Narasimhan,
who was the Governor of undivided
Andhra Pradesh, continues to be the
Governor of both Telangana and
residuary Andhra Pradesh after the
bifurcation while Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lt. Gen (retd) Ajay Kumar Singh is
holding the additional charge of the
LG of Puducherry.
The Narendra Modi government,
which assumed charge in May 2014,
has appointed Governors to 11
States. They are Ram Naik (Uttar
Pradesh), C Vidyasagar Rao (Maharashtra), P Sathasivam (Kerala), Vajubhai Vala (Karnataka), Om Prakash
Kohli (Gujarat), Balram Das Tandon
(Chhattisgarh), Mridula Sinha (Goa),
Kalyan Singh (Rajasthan), Keshari
Nath Tripathi (West Bengal), Solanki
(Haryana) and Padmanabha Acharya
(Nagaland).
Kamla Beniwal, who had a running
battle with Narendra Modi when he
was the Gujarat Chief Minister and
she the Governor of the State, was
Plea in SC for probe
into farmer’s death
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
Days after a farmer from Rajasthan
allegedly hanged himself during an
Aam Aadmi Party rally here, a PIL
has been ﬁled in the Supreme Court
seeking a court-monitored judicial
probe into the incident that took
place in full public view.
The PIL, likely to be listed for hearing during next week, has sought
directions to the Centre and State
governments to take immediate
necessary steps to prevent farmers’
suicide and fixation of ‘adequate
compensation’ to their dependents
in the event of deaths.
The plea, filed by advocate G L
Mani, has quoted the National Crime
Records Bureau statistics and said
that 13,574 farmers had committed
suicide in 2012. ‘According to NCRB,
46 farmers commit suicide every day
in India. A total of 2,96,438 farmers
committed suicide in India between
1995 and 2013,’ it said.
It also alleged that ‘there are so
many farmers who are committing
suicide every day and neither the
Central government nor the state
governments concerned are taking
any steps to prevent’ these.
Besides the Prime Minister’s Ofﬁce
(PMO), the plea has made Ministries
of Social Justice and Home and
Affairs and all States and Union Territories (UTs) as parties in the case.
The petition has sought a series of
directions which include calling for
records and details from the Central
and State governments regarding
farmer suicides since 1995. On 22
April, 41-year-old Gajendra Singh,
committed suicide by hanging himself
from a tree in full public view in
the presence of Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal at Jantar Mantar here.
sacked after being transferred to
Mizoram.
Aziz Qureshi, who had moved Supreme Court objecting to the Union
Home Secretary nudging Governors
to quit ofﬁce, was ﬁrst shifted to Mizoram from Uttarakhand and was ﬁnally
sacked on 28 March.
Similarly, the Lt Governor of Puducherry, Virendra Kataria was also
shown the door by the government.
UPA-appointed governors Sheila
Dikshit (Kerala), M K Narayanan
(West Bengal), Ashwani Kumar (Nagaland), B L Joshi (UP), B V Wanchoo
(Goa), Shekhar Dutt (Chhattisgarh)
and V K Duggal (Manipur) were
forced to resign after the NDA government came to power.
V Purushothaman, Governor of
Mizoram, had resigned after he was
transferred to Nagaland, while Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan tendered his resignation when
he was shifted to Mizoram.
Deadline to file assets
details extended
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI):
The Centre has extended till 15
October the deadline for Central
government employees to file the
details of their assets and liabilities,
along with that of their spouses and
dependent children, as mandated
under the Lokpal Act.
The last date for ﬁling such returns
was 30 April. The date has now been
extended till 15 October, 2015, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. This
is third such extension of dates for
submitting the returns by employees.
As per rules, notiﬁed under the Lokpal
and Lokayuktas Act, every public servant
shall ﬁle declaration, information and annual returns pertaining to his assets and
liabilities as on 31 March every year or
on or before 31 July of that year.
For 2014, the last date for ﬁling
returns was 15 September, which
was later extended to December-end,
then till 30 April, and now up to 15
October, 2015.
Kings XI, SRH in cellar battle
Mohali, Apr 26 (PTI):
While Punjab are lying
Placed in the bottom half of the
St George’s, Apr 26:
we did was a great effort, down to
last with four losses
attitude, character and a lot of skill,’ points table, both Kings XI Punjab
England captain Alastair Cook
and SunRisers Hyderabad would
gave the credit for Saturday’s sec- he added after England went 1-0 up
from six matches,
be looking to get out of the rut when
in the series.
ond-Test win over West Indies to
Hyderabad are slightly
James Anderson after the seam
‘You can always improve on a per- they clash in an IPL cricket match
bowler’s blistering spell in the morn- formance but the lads were brilliant. here tomorrow.
ahead on net run rate
While Punjab are lying last with
ing transformed the game.
The wickets have been slow and
despite having a
four losses from six matches, Hyhard to force a result on but we’ve
A draw looked the likeliest outcome
derabad are slightly ahead on net
put in a lot of hard work and got our
when play resumed on the ﬁfth and
similar win-loss count
run rate despite having a similar
reward today.’
final day but Anderson removed
three West Indies batsmen with the
While the plaudits for Anderson, win-loss count.
Hyderabad, on the other hand,
Both sides come into the match
second new ball, including Kraigg
England’s all-time top wicket-taker in
have similar concerns to deal with.
after losing their respective previBrathwaite for 116, as his team
tests, were thoroughly deserved, a
Their batting is relying heavily on
ous encounters.
claimed six wickets before lunch.
superb unbeaten 182 from Joe Root
the top half contributing a mere 49
the side but he too came a cropper
skipper David Warner and opener
in the ﬁrst innings won him the Man
For Punjab, particularly, it was a
‘The new ball was really crucial. It
runs to the total in a stiff chase.
in the face of pressure created by
Shikhar Dhawan and even though
of the Match award.
demoralising loss given that
was all about trying to put the ball
both have done reasonably well so
The likes of Virender Se- CSK bowlers, especially the spin
in the right areas and credit Jimmy,
‘We were ruthless today,’ said Root. the side was restricted to
duo of R Ashwin and Ravindra
far, lack of support in the middle
hwag, David Miller, Shaun
95 for 9 while chasing a stiff
what an outstanding spell that was,’ ‘It is a great win to take forward for
Jadeja who shared five wickets
order has made them ineffective.
Marsh and Glenn Maxwell
said Cook who ended unbeaten on
the rest of the series and the sum- target of 193. This was their
between them.
have not managed to
The bowling was markedly better
second lowest 20-over score
59 as England, with Gary Ballance
mer.
make the kind of impact
Punjab’s bowlers too have been a
in the previous match with both
in eight IPL seasons.
making 81 not out, reached their
‘There are so many positives for us
they were expected to
huge letdown with pace spearhead
pace spearhead Dale Steyn and
target of 143.
The side’s batting, considall to take and it’s fantastic. I can’t
ahead of the tournament. Mitchell Johnson being the biggest Trent Boult delivering and they
‘I can’t fault the lads, it was a tough
wait to get back out there in Barba- ered its strength on paper,
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TEAMS
Kohli backs Saha
as Test ‘keeper
New Delhi:
India’s Test captain Virat Kohli feels
that it will be difﬁcult to replace someone like Mahendra Singh Dhoni but
Wriddhiman Saha according to him
‘deserves’ to don the big gloves for
the national team for the ‘next ﬁve to
six years.’
Asked about who according to
him is ideal to replace Dhoni behind the stumps in the longer
version, Kohli batted for the
Bengal stumper.
‘It’s a huge responsibility for anyone to
replace someone
like MS Dhoni. I
have learnt from
him a lot. As far as
replacements are
concerned, there are
‘keepers like Saha,
Dinesh Karthik, Parthiv
Patel and Sanju Samson,’ Kohli said at
a promotional
event in the city.
‘But if you
ask me
personally, Wriddhiman
Saha deserves
a
go. He has played as replacement a n d
we all know that he is a world class wicketkeeper. He is 30 now and he also realises
that he needs a longer rope. I am excited
about him and believe that he deserves
to be India ‘keeper for next 5-6
years,’ India’s Test captain
made his choice clear.
On how he is growing in
his role, Kohli replied, ‘I believe in giving ownership of
the team to everyone.
I speak to all the
players. To bring
everyone on the
same page, you
need to treat
different individuals differ-
ently.
I am
learning the
ropes
and probably
also getting calmer.’
T h e
last statement was
intended at
a scribe,
who asked
whether
now being a businessman
would make
h i m
‘calm’, and
K o h l i
smilingly
counterquestioned,
‘I will answer that when you tell me how is my calmness related to my business investment.’
Asked about the youngster, who has
caught his attention in the IPL, Kohli named
Mat
Lost
Tied
N/R
PTS
Chennai Super Kings
6
5
1
0
0
10
Rajasthan Royals
7
5
2
0
0
10
Kolkata Knight Riders
5
4
2
0
0
6
Delhi Daredevils
6
3
3
0
0
6
Sunrisers Hyderabad
6
2
4
0
0
4
Kings XI Punjab
6
2
4
0
0
4
RCB
5
2
3
0
0
4
Mumbai Indians
7
2
5
0
0
4
TOMORROW’S MATCH
Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mohali, 8 pm (IST)
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Haryana
leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as the
‘bowler to watch out for’.
‘Yuzvendra Chahal according to me has
a lot of conﬁdence in his abilities. He is full
of self-belief and is ready to bowl to
any ﬁeld I give him. He was also
our best bowler during the
last season,’ Kohli said
while speaking
at the launch
o
f
his
chain of
fitness centres at a city hotel.
RCB came back to
winning ways yesterday and
according to the skipper whether,
it’s India or for an IPL franchise, a ‘loss
always hurts.
‘If you feel that it’s only when you play
for India, a defeat would matter and when
you are playing for a franchise, it’s not like
that, then I think that’s a wrong attitude to
play cricket. For me, each and every loss
matters,’ the stylish right-hander said.
Kohli said that he has already told Chris
Gayle to ‘bat freely’ and has consciously
decided that he and AB de Villiers’ ‘batting
order’ will be close to each other.
‘Actually Gayle was taking too much pressure on himself and thought that he has to
perform in each and every game in the same
manner. We have told him to go out there and
play his game freely. It’s also our responsibility (him and de Villiers) and that’s why we are
batting closer to each other. With AB, you
don’t need to speak to him much. He knows
his job,’ the RCB skipper said.
Our middle-order needs
to wake up: Rahul
Mumbai:
There was huge excitement when the
Sunrisers Hyderabad picked Dale Steyn
and Trent Boult in their playing eleven.
The prospect of two exciting swing bowlers
bowling in tandem with an Indian pace battery providing ideal cushion was well worth
watching. Everything went according to
script as the Sunrisers bowlers did an outstanding job to restrict the Mumbai Indians
to just 157. The run-chase almost felt like a
meager formality as Shikhar Dhawan set the
ball rolling with partner David Warner in the
ﬁrst ﬁve overs of the match. But then began
a sudden slide as Warner and Dhawan fell
in quick succession leaving the job to a frail
Sunrisers middle order that was yet to make
a mark in the competition.
Won
It was a perfect opportunity to prove that
the side wasn’t merely dependant on the
openers and had enough batting depth to
take the side through if the openers failed.
But to their dismay what followed was yet
another poor batting performance from the
middle order that helped Mumbai Indians
register a much need win in the tournament. KL Rahul one of the key batsmen in
the Sunrisers batting line-up agreed that
the form of the middle order was a cause
of concern.
Speaking to iplt20.com after the match,
he said, ‘It is the batting and especially
the middle order which is a worry for us.
Mumbai Indians did bowl well, but more
than them bowling well it was just a bad
performance with the bat.’
Photos:
A R JAYAKUMAR
It
was all fun
at M A Chidambaram Stadium as fans
of Chennai Super Kings
gathered in large numbers
to watch the hosts play
Kings XI Punjab yesterday.
They were entertained
thoroughly by a splendid
show by the CSK.
CHEERS,
CHANTS &
CELEBRATIONS
Relationship with neighbours on
win-win mode: Ram Madhav
q ‘Modi regime will not compromise on India’s priorities’
India and her ties with neighbouring nations were in focus as BJP
national general secretary Ram
Madhav had the audience in rapt
attention during an interaction at
Chinmaya Heritage Centre in Chennai on Saturday.
He touched upon the Narendra
Modi-led dispensation’s efforts
to improve relationships with the
neighbours and the efforts taken
since the day the Prime Minister
assumed ofﬁce.
‘Today, we have a government at
the Centre, which is working for good
relations with foreign countries, especially our neighbours, on a mature
level,’ Ram Madhav, who is also director of India Foundation, said while
delivering a lecture on ‘India and Her
Neighbourhood: Opportunities and
Challenges’ organised by Chennai
chapter of Chinmaya Academy of
Management as a part of Chinmaya
Birth Centenary Celebrations. The
session was chaired by former diplomat G Parthasarathy.
‘Unlike the previous time (regime)
where the tendency to overlook
controversial issues that came in
the way of stabilising relationships
on the pretext of avoiding unpleas-
ant consequences existed, this is
an administration that is willing to
engage neighbouring nations in a
more friendly manner without losing
sight of our own priorities,’ he said.
Referring to ties with Sri Lanka, he
said today there had been a remarkable improvement on that front.
‘The ties have improved to the
extent that our Prime Minister could
get the jailed ﬁsherman (from Tamilnadu) released. Similarly, ofﬁcials
from Sri Lanka could call us to seek
the release of ﬁsherfolk imprisoned
in our land. Foreign relations are
based on principles of respect for
each other, engaging with one with
an eye on growth for the respective
nations on social and economic
fronts,’ he pointed out.
‘Our ties with foreign countries are
based on win-win mode, while taking care not to lose out on our own
interests,’ he said.
‘During the Prime Minister’s recent visit to China, we could clearly
convey to China the need to stop
border inﬁltration,’ the senior BJP
leader said.
‘Though China is a difﬁcult neighbour to handle, we are stressing the
need to forge better ties, while keep-
BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav
said ‘from being restricted to mere romantic
sloganeering our foreign policy
should be more pragmatic’
BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav at a session on ‘India
and Her Neighbourhood: Opportunities and Challenges’ organised
by Chennai chapter of Chinmaya Academy of Management. Former
diplomat G Parthasarathy and head of Chinmaya Mission Swami
Mithrananda look on.
ing India’s priorities in mind.’ ‘Today,
we even extended a friendly hand to
a small country like Mongolia, which
in 2008 declared India as its third
neighbour. A special Parliamentary
session is being held there on Sunday as a token of the renewed ties
based on goodwill during Modi’s
visit,’ he said.
‘From being restricted to mere
romantic sloganeering our foreign
policy should be more pragmatic.
We in the past were instrumental in
churning out the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and when the country
faced issues with China in the past,
none of the NAM nations came forward to help us,’ Ram Madhav said.
Now, culture, heritage and traditions have become tools to enhance
relations with foreign countries, he
noted.
Referring to the reluctance in
India for sensitising the masses
on foreign policy issues in the
sub-continent, he said awareness
levels were higher in nations like
the US and Israel. It (awareness) is
so high that governments there are
forced to think many times before
framing foreign policies.
‘Even if a single American soldier
breathes his last on foreign soil,
people are up in arms against
the government, while on the
other hand when our diplomats,
soldiers die abroad, things barely
get noticed.’
On the country’s defence system,
he said the Central government
was preparing the nation to face
any threat at any time. He said
steps were being taken to acquire
36 ﬁghter aircraft.
Efforts to promote indigenisation
of defence equipment production is
gaining momentum, he remarked.
Former Minister H V Hande, senior BJP leaders L Ganesan and
M Chakravarthy, head of Chinmaya
Mission - Chennai Swami Mithrananda, and T R Jawahar of News
Today, Maalai Sudar and Talk Media
were among those present.
Director of Chinmaya Academy of
Management Geetha Menon welcomed the gathering.
--NT Bureau
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