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Vijayakanth
& team
meets PM
NT Bureau
New Delhi / Chennai, Apr 27:
Leaders of various political parties
from Tamilnadu, rallied by DMDK
president Vijayakanth, today called
on Prime Minister Narendra Modi
in the national capital seeking his
intervention to stop Karnataka from
constructing Megathadhu dam across
Cauvery. They also submitted a
memorandum seeking thorough investigation in the encounter of 20
Tamils in Andhra Pradesh.
Vijayakanth yesterday called on
leaders of various political parties,
including M Karunanidhi (DMK),
Tamilisai Soundararajan (BJP),
EVKS Elangovan (TNCC), Vaiko
(MDMK), Thirumavalavan (VCK) and
G K Vasan (TMC). The leader of the
Opposition in the State Assembly
stated that he met the leaders to
discuss issues concerning the State,
ahead of his meeting with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi
today and invited them to be part of
the delegation.
As per his request, representatives
from various political parties joined
him today and the team left Chennai
airport early in the morning.
They met Modi in the afternoon and
submitted a memorandum seeking
his immediate attention on various
issues affecting the State.
Regd. No., TN/CC(S) DN/223/15-17, RNI No: 33810 / 82
Hitting back
ricket legend Sachin Tendular is an angry man.
He is annoyed at reports that his daughter Sara is
joining ﬁlms, terming the speculation baseless.
There was a report that Sara was gearing up to enter
Bollywood and will be seen romancing Shahid Kapoor
in a ﬁlm.
A furious Tendulkar wrote on Twitter: ‘My daughter
Sara is enjoying her academic pursuits. Annoyed at
all the baseless speculation about her joining ﬁlms.’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the cooperation of States and the role of the NDRF, media and
other agencies in the wake of the devastating quake in
Nepal that also hit India.
‘To all those saying #ThankYouPM- appreciate the
sentiment...real thanks should be to our great culture,
which teaches us ‘Seva Parmo Dharma’, he tweeted.
‘If we want to thank anyone, it should be the 125 crore
people of India who have made Nepal’s pain their own
& extended all help,’ Modi said.
Meanwhile, the BCCI is unlikely to act on the ICC’s
letter to its President Jagmohan Dalmiya in which it is
alleged that Board Secretary Anurag Thakur was photographed with a suspected bookie during a function
in Chandigarh. Media reports yesterday claimed that
BCCI was sent a letter by the ICC about Thakur being
seen with an alleged bookie Karan Gilhotra but Thakur
has not made any comments on the controversial issue.
SC nulliﬁes appointment
of Bhavani Singh
q But no fresh hearing needed, verdict can be delivered: 3-Judge bench
NT Bureau/PTI
New Delhi, Apr 27:
In a piquant verdict, the Supreme
Court today held that Tamilnadu
government has no right to appoint
advocate Bhavani Singh as special
public prosecutor (SPP) to appear in
Karnataka High Court for J Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets case even
while stating that there was no need
for fresh hearing into the case which
is now at the Karnataka High Court.
A three-judge bench headed by
Justice Dipak Misra said, though the
appointment of the SPP is bad in law,
it does not warrant de novo (fresh)
hearing of appeals of the convicts,
including the AIADMK chief.
The court is also reported have observed that corruption was a serious
issue, and added that the Karnataka
High Court in its verdict had to keep
in mind how corruption issues impact
the society.
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Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and two of her relatives
were sentenced to four years of jail term
in wealth case.
The apex court granted conditional bail to
AIADMK supremo.
SC extended the bail of Jayalalithaa till the
disposal of her appeal in the Karnataka HC. The
two-judge bench of the court gives a split verdict
over the legality of special public prosecutor
Three-bench Judge begins hearing.
SC reserves its judgement on the issue of legality
of appointment of Bhavani Singh as SPP
Nulliﬁes Bhavani Singh’s appointment as SPP in
Karnataka High Court
‘Tamilnadu has no authority to
appoint respondent number 4 (BhavaniSingh) as Special Public Prosecutor,’ the bench also comprising
justices R K Agrawal and Prafulla
C Pant said, adding that it does not
concur with the ﬁndings of Justice
Madan B Lokur that fresh hearing on
the appeal be conducted before the
high court.
The bench allowed DMK leader K
Anbazhagan and Karnataka to ﬁle
written submissions in the High Court
by tomorrow. According to reports
from Bengaluru, Anbazagan’s legal
team has ﬁled its submission later
in the day).
The Supreme Court said that High
Court can go ahead and pronounce
the verdict after considering the
submissions of Anbazhagan and the
State in the matter.
Dealing with the legal provisions
on the appointment of SPP, the
bench said Bhavani Singh’s appointment was only meant for the
trial in lower court.
On 22 April, the apex court had
reserved its judgement on the issue
of legality of appointment of Bhavani
Singh as SPP and noted that his appointment prima facie appeared to
suffer from irregularities but it will not
allow the de novo hearing before the
high court.
The bench had also allowed the
Nepal quake: Toll crosses 3,200
q Rain hampers rescue operation q Indian rescue team reaches Kathmandu
Telugu actor
among victims
Kathmandu, Apr 27 (PTI):
The death toll in Nepal’s devastating earthquake today crossed
3,200 with another 6,000 people
injured as rains and fresh tremors
hampered rescue efforts to locate
survivors trapped under tonnes
of rubble of ﬂattened homes and
buildings.
‘The death toll has reached 3,218
and over 6,500 are injured,’ said
Woman hangs self at
Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
Rameshwor Dangal, head of the
home ministry’s national disaster
management division. Ofﬁcials said
ﬁve Indians, including the daughter of
an Indian embassy employee, were
among those killed in the quake.
With no electricity, capital Kathmandu
resembled a ghost town with rains
pounding the city, forcing the closure
of the airport where chaotic scenes
were witnessed with stranded foreign
A young Telugu ﬁlm actor has
died in the Nepal earthquake.
K. Vijay, 25, was in Nepal along
with the unit of Telugu movie
etakaram.com for shooting.
Music director Kishan said in Hyderabad that he received information Monday that Vijay died when
they were returning from shooting.
The car in which they were travelling overturned. Vijay, a character
actor who was also the choreographer, died on the spot while three
others with him were injured.
Vijay hails from Bapatla in Guntur
district of Andhra Pradesh. The
ﬁlm industry has urged the government to bring home Vijay’s body.
The 20-member unit was initially
thought to be safe. Kishan said
the team had left Hyderabad on
15 April for Gorakhpur en route
to Nepal.
tourists desperate to go home.
Tens of thousands of people were
forced to spend the night sleeping on
city streets in makeshift plastic tents
barely shielding them from the pouring
rain. ‘Still raining, adds to the misery. Only
consolation is that it may ease the water
crisis in some of the shelters,’ Nepali
Times Editor Kunda Dixit tweeted.
He said Nepal urgently needs tents
and medicines. Earlier, fresh powerful
aftershocks yesterday triggered panic
among the stricken people and caused
avalanches on Mount Everest which
had taken a toll of 22 lives.
A strong 6.7-magnitude aftershock
followed by another measuring 6.5
on the Richter Scale, sent people
scrambling for open spaces.
The 7.9-magnitude quake on Saturday left a trail of devastation and
suffering, with people spending the
cold night in the open because of
fears of fresh quake.
1,053 people are reported killed in
the Kathmandu Valley alone. Ofﬁcials
fear the death toll could rise as desperate search for survivors continued.
Mass cremations were held here with
the toll rising throughout the day.
International rescue teams, including from India, have arrived here as
Nepal declared a state of emergency
in the wake of the disaster, the worst
in over 80 years of the country’s
recorded history. More than 700
disaster relief experts drawn from the
National Disaster Relief Force have
been deployed by India.
DMK leader, who had ﬁled a petition seeking removal of Singh as
SPP in the case, to ﬁle his written
submission before the high court
which will be considered by it before
passing its judgement on the appeal
by Jayalalithaa and others. The
matter was referred to the larger
bench on 15 April when a bench
comprising justices Madan B Lokur
and R Banumathi had delivered a
split verdict.
Earlier, Justice Lokur, heading the
two-judge bench, had allowed the
plea of Anbazhagan and ordered a
fresh hearing on the AIADMK chief’s
plea against her conviction, saying
the appeal proceedings, conducted
so far, have been vitiated.
However, Justice R Banumathi had
differed with Justice Lokur and held
that the SPP was duly authorised to
represent the state before the Karnataka High Court.
Daughter acting
in films: Sachin
annoyed at reports
Hospital
overflowing
Hospitals were filld with patients being treated on the
ground outside, homes and
buildings demolished and some
roads cracked wide open in
Kathmandu.
Mass cremations were held
here with the toll rising throughout the day.
Rescuers have been hunting for
survivors under heaps of debris with
bare hands as well as heavy equipment though the efforts have been
hampered due to fresh tremors,
thunderstorms and snowfall in the
mountain ranges.
Locals and tourists sifted through
mounds of debris for survivors.
Cheers rose when people were
found alive, though mostly bodies
were pulled out.
Lending a helping hand
India has mounted a major rescue and rehabilitation effort, deploying 13 military aircraft which
carried ﬁeld hospitals, medicines,
blankets, 50 tonnes of water and
other materials.
Robbers in underwear
strike in 4 shops
Mumbai, Apr 27:
Indian cricket legend Sachin
Tendulkar today expressed his
dismay at reports of her daughter
Sara making Bollywood foray.
In a tweet, Sachin Tendulkar, said, ‘My
daughter Sara is enjoying her academic
pursuits. Annoyed at all the baseless
speculation about her joining ﬁlms.’
There were reports in a section of
press that Sara Tendulkar was all set to
act in a movie. It was reported that she
would play the female lead in a Hindi
movie starring Shahid Kapoor as hero.
Sara is often seen with her mom Anjali at many public events. She was
spotted with Tendulkar at many
international cricket matches.
She is currently pursuing education from Dhirubhai Ambani
International School in Mumbai.
HC dismisses case
against Uttama Villain
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
The Madras High Court today dismissed a case ﬁled by VHP to ban
the release of Kamal Haasan starrer
Uttama Villain. A petition was ﬁled
by Vishwa Hindu Parishad seeking to
stay the release of the movie alleging
that a song in the ﬁlm ‘Oru Uthirathin
Vidhai’ was demeaning Hindu Gods.
When the petition came up for hearing before Judge Raja, he dismissed
the case stating that there was no
prima facie case in it to accept the petition and hence dismissed the same.
The movie directed by Ramesh
Aravind, is slated for release 1 May.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
A woman ended her life at her
residence in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar
yesterday.
According to police sources, Subhasree Priya (23) who was married
NT Bureau
immediately alerted people around.
walking on the road with iron rod and
Police sources said that due to
to Jagadish Kumar for the past six
entering one of the burgled shops.
shortage of manpower in GuduSoon, it emerged that three other
Chennai, Apr 27:
months, took this extreme step reportThe footage showed them beshops in the area too were burgled.
vancheri police station, they found
A series of robberies rocked Uraedly due to family problems.
tween 2 and 2.30 am. As it was
it difﬁcult to provide security cover
The police were informed and
pakkam today, as burglars struck
dark and the men had apto inner areas. ‘The whole of GuduPolice said, Jagadish Kumar who at four shops on the same road
Sub-Inspector Dillibabu and othMan run over
parently switched off street
vancheri, Urapakkam and other
returned from work last evening, and decamped with cash worth
ers arrived at the spot and
NT Bureau
lights, their identity was
neighbouring areas come under our
looked through the bedroom window, Rs 35,300. Police are conducting
conducted investigations. In
Chennai, Apr 27:
unknown. But the police
limits and only handful of police perafter Subhasree did not answer the investigations with footage from a
total, Rs 35,300 was found
A man was killed after a lorry ran
said the footage would be
sonnel are there in the station,’ an
door bell, and saw her hanging from CCTV camera.
stolen. But goods were not
over him this morning on Poonamalle
helpful to nab the culprits.
ofﬁcial said.
the ceiling.
touched by the robbers.
The incident(s) came to light this
Dillibabu said they would inMeanwhile, the public have been High Road.
The Thiru Vi Ka Nagar police has morning, after one of the shopAs a play-school in the
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Picture of neglect
WALKERS DELIGHT
TANGEDCO ofﬁce at Saligramam needs a facelift
Pedestrians at Subramaniyam Street in Kodambakkam are happy as they get a
new footpath.
Photo: R THIYAGARAJAN
Action time
Corporation issues notices to
buildings in Kodambakkam
B
uildings in Kodambakkam are over a lakh, it is estimated.
being issued notices regarding
People, while welcoming the civic
the connection of new sewage lines. body’s action, also seek restoration
After years, the Chennai Corporation of Trustpuram canal.
has started plugging inlets in its storm
The canal which runs from Arcot
water drains.
Road and cut across parts of residenOfﬁcials have also given a three-day tial colonies in Trustpuram, Daspuram,
deadline for new sewage connec- Vannier Street, etc., ﬁnally merges
tions. ‘We are issuing notices under with Cooum river near Nungamthe Public Health Act to the large
bakkam railway station.
commercial establish‘This canal has almost
ments in areas
three kms distance and
including Koit was specially laid to
M drain the ﬂood water
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dambakkam,
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Rangarain the event of heavy
KODA
japuram, Trustrains during rainy season. But
puram, etc. Owne r s for the past few years people have
of hundreds of other r e s i d e n t i a l marred its position by dumping all
buildings will also receive notices by sorts of wastage. At the banks of the
next week,’ said an ofﬁcial.
canal, lot of unscrupulous activities
The Corporation is also planning are taking place. The position of the
to adopt effective steps to rectify the canal actually ruined the atmosphere
problems caused by sewer failure.
which is also a breeding place for
The number of illegal sewer connec- mosquitoes,’ says a resident.
tions from large buildings in residential
Very recently some work has taken
and commercial areas contributes is place to clean the canal but it is un-
The civic
body is also
planning
to adopt
effective steps
to rectify the
problems
caused by
sewer failure
fortunate there is no big progress.
On the contrary only rubbish gets
accumulated and consequently it affects the trafﬁc ﬂow also on most of
the peak hours. We earnestly hope
only the rain water to ﬂow in the canal
which can bring back the old charm
and glory, says another resident from
Trustpuram..
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Discarded items lie outside the TANGEDCO office at
Navaneethammal Street in Saligramam, pose a threat to visitors.
T
he Tamil Nadu Generation These items have been lying in the
and Distribution Corporation open for months together presenting
Limited (Tangedco) office in Sali- a very ugly picture at the entrance of
gramam poses an unsightly picture the ofﬁce and causing obstruction to
with discarded and rusty items lying the pedestrians’, says Gurumurthy, a
resident of the street.
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and on the side of the Tangedco of- strewn around.
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Another resident of the street says,
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She adds ‘senior ofﬁcers must inspect the premises and take steps to
clear the accumulated waste’.
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are a common sight in the street
corners usually. But it is surprising
to see the same condition outside a
government ofﬁce that is supposed to
be maintained well. It is hard for people with children and senior citizens
to enter the ofﬁce after this ordeal.
This place is frequented by residents
who come to pay their bills. Only if
the ofﬁcials provide a clean and safe
atmosphere, people will also carry
their responsibilities well. This acts
as a discouraging factor to those who
come to pay their bills’.
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CHENNAI
More number
of youngsters
opt for hair
transplant these
days despite the
procedure being
expensive as they
fear rejection
of marriage
proposals, say
doctors
HAIR
RAISING
ISSUES
Docs say stress,
q
smoking main reasons for ‘fall’
JAYANTHI PAWAR
Chennai, Apr 27:
It may just be another problem
for some, but for a few there
is a lot to ‘hair’ about. More
number of people in the
25-35 years age bracket in
the city are reporting hair
loss and are approaching
doctors, fearing rejection
of marriage proposals.
Nearly 70 per cent
of youngsters in the
age of 25 to 35 years
approach doctors to
undergo hair transplant
due to apprehensions that their
chances of getting married would
recede, said Dr C Bala Subramanian,
a homeopathy consultant at a private
clinic here.
Though the trend of transplant was
low among the people earlier, these
days at least 15 hair transplants are
performed in the clinic, and 70 patients
complaint of hair fall due to stress. he
added.
He also pointed out that there were
other factors that contributed to hair
loss including smoking.
‘Various reasons including stress,
hormonal imbalance, respiratory
T Nagar residents
look up to CM
q Seek solution to trafﬁc problems in locality
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
That T Nagar is bursting at its seams
and trafﬁc problems are mounting
is no longer news. Residents of the
locality are no pinning hopes on the
Chief Minister to ﬁnd a solution to
their long-pending problems including
those related to trafﬁc and civic.
T Nagar Exnora Innovators Club
conducted a special meeting recently
at Exnora International headofﬁce to
discuss trafﬁc congestion near pedestrian crossings and possible problems
due to proposed multi-storied parking
lot near Panagal Park among others.
Also, the meeting discussed removal of roadside eateries in T Nagar,
which are unhygienic and create a
major health hazard. Ofﬁce-bearers
from several civic Exnora units in T
Nagar participated.
T Nagar Exnora Innovators Club
president R Sridharan welcomed the
gathering and said, ‘problems in T
Nagar are mounting each day and we
need a concerted effort to ﬁnd a solution to these challenges. We should
be ready to take up these matters
with higher authorities, even the Chief
Minister if necessary.’
T Nagar Exnora Innovators Club highlighted a series of issues affecting the area.
Exnora International joint secretary
R Govindaraj said that although
there are numerous problems in T
Nagar the key issues faced by the
residents presently are absence
of multi-storeyed vehicle parking;
Trafﬁc congestion due to pedestrian
movement and Health hazard due
to roadside eateries. ‘We have been
representing to the concerned authorities to solve these long-pending
issues but no progress is seen. We
should therefore bring this to the notice of the highest authority,’ he said.
The pedestrian ﬂow at Usman Road
near Duraisamy Road junction, Ranganathan Street junction and Madley
Road junction is heavy and there
is a need to construct a pedestrian
subway or a foot-overbridge.
It was unanimously decided at the
meeting to personally submit an appeal to the Chief Minister seeking a
solution to the issues.
MONDAY
27 APRIL 2015
added. The doctor said that more hair
fall is seen at the top part of the head
which is due to the genes in the body.
The hair from the behind the head is
taken in strips and when taken the
skin and the fat will be present in
the hair. Which after cleaned will be
grafted in the bald portion.
Only one hair can be grafted at
a time and mostly the follicular
unit transplantation is performed
in the clinics. Following which the
hair starts growing in two or three
months,’ he added.
Other reasons attributed to hair fall
are smoking, Vitamin D deﬁciency
and obesity. Chronic viral infection
3
can also result in profuse hair loss.
Around 70 to 100 hairs fall every day
for a human which people mistake
and get worked up ending in getting stressed that causes more hair
fall. Among women, anaemia and
polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS),
hypothyroid are most common
cause for hair fall,’ he added.
The doctor also had a word of
caution for those looking at quick-ﬁx
solutions to the problem and said
powder/creams sold over the counter these days only gives an artiﬁcial
look to increase the density of the
hair. They are ﬁbrous substances
that last only for few hours.
disorders, sinus and heredity are attributed to hair loss but stress tops
the list and mostly men approach the
doctors. Though the procedure costs
around Rs 70,000 to Rs 90,000 people
do not hesitate,’ said a senior doctor at
a government hospital.
Explaining the procedure Bala
Subramanian said nearly six to eight
hours is needed to transplant around
600 to 700 hair by a team of six people and it is done at one stretch. The
microscope needed to perform the
surgery costs up to Rs ﬁve lakh and
a different set of equipment including
small scissors, needle are needed, he
Govt taking efforts to rescue
311 TN tourists in Nepal
Chennai, Apr 27 (PTI):
A total of 311 pilgrims and tourists from Tamilnadu are stranded
in quake hit Nepal and efforts have
been taken to ensure their safe return, besides setting up help desks,
the state government said today.
‘After the quake, the Tamilnadu
government immediately took efforts to see if people from the State
were stranded in Nepal and to rescue them,’ an ofﬁcial release here
yesterday said.
So far, information received
through the kin of those who had
gone to the Himalayan country
was that 311 people, including
pilgrims and tourists have been
stranded there.
‘Those belonging to Tamilnadu are
safe in Nepal. The State govern-
ment has taken all efforts for their safe
return. Relatives of those stranded
need not be worried,’ it said.
New problems on
Old Trunk Road
Relatives of those in Nepal may
contact help desks in Tamilnadu
House in Delhi through 01121493460 011-24193456. They can
also contact the toll-free number
1070 in the ofﬁce of the Relief Commissioner here and 1077 to reach
control rooms in districts.
The government said officials
of Tamilnadu House in Delhi
have been instructed to take appropriate steps to rescue those
stranded and added that an official has been posted to liaison
with the External Affairs Ministry
on the issue.
Two ofﬁcials have also been posted at Delhi Airport to bring stranded
people to Tamil Nadu House and
to arrange for their return to their
respective towns in the State.
Music classes
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
Unison School of Music Technology will conduct a free work
shop and interactive seminar on
‘Introduction to classical western
NT Bureau
see trangenders troubling passers-by
signing’ on 28 April at 5 pm at
for money!’
Chennai, Apr 27:
Ramakrishna Mission MatriculaHe said many went to an extent
The Old Trunk Road off GST Road
tion Higher Secondary School,
of grabbing money from the comis in the news these days for being
Bazullah Road.
muters.
the venue for the ‘Friday Sandhai’
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areas of Pallavaram and Tirusulam
a haven for burglars which is evident
NT Bureau
Remembering Pitman
and is being used by more number
from the rise in theft cases in the lane.
Chennai, Apr: 27 of people after a ﬂyover came up to
The Stenographers Guild, T
‘Many cases usually go unreported.
Sneham Charitable Trust will dis- replace the level-crossing.
Nagar observed the 203rd birth
But the fact is that it is very easy to
tribute free medicines at 4 Anjaneanniversary of inventor of Engmug people as it is deserted,’ said
However, safety is an issue these
yar Koil Street, Porur for diabetic, days, especially for women, owing
lish shorthand, Sir Isac Pitman
Muthaiah, a resident of Pammal.
blood pressure, cholestrol and gen- to a slew of factors including poor
recently.
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eral ailments.
A press release said Additional
illumination.
Residents alleged that as the localSneham clinic would be open beChief Secretary and Commisity comes under the jurisdiction of
Sarath, a visitor to the market, said,
tween 9am to 11 am and 6pm to 8pm. ‘I was misguided about the Sandai
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candidates.
Ramakrishna Mission, Hanumanthaputheri, Chengalpattu,
Swami Gitasarananda was the
guest of honour.
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Brindavan Samithi, Sathya Sai
Seva
Organisations will organise Sai
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Chennai, Apr 27:
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asubramanian has said.
Classes
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duct free Thirupugazh classes on
Easwari Engineering College, a unit
Wednesdays between 6.30 and
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tions, here yesterday.
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to overcome them. Students have a
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Bill in balance
he Government moved the long-pending Constitution (122nd
Amendment) Bill, 2014, for the proposed goods and services
tax in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The leader of the Congress Party
in the House opposed the introduction on the ground that Friday
was reserved for private members’ bills. That shows how serious
our parliamentarians take important legislative business. Given the
serious nature of the Bill and the huge gains that are likely to ﬂow
from it, Parliament ought to be ready to sit even on the weekend to
consider and pass it.
Billed as the biggest tax reform since Independence, the
introduction of GST can change the country’s economic landscape,
making tax collections easier, roping in hitherto untaxed sections,
injecting uniformity and transparency in the taxation system, etc
There are many more gains that are set to ﬂow once the GST replaces
the current multipoint, multiple levies on goods and services. The
Bill has been talked about for more than a decade. It was ﬁrst mooted
by the Vajpayee Government sometime in 2003. It has gone through
several stages of deliberations within and outside Parliament. In fact,
the UPA Government had introduced its version of the GST Bill in
the previous Lok Sabha which was then referred to a committee. It
lapsed with the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha. Now, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitely is keen to have the Bill made into law as early
as possible. But the Opposition is deadest on obstructing its passage.
On Friday, when Jaitley introduced the Bill Sonia Gandhi led her
party members out of the House to protest its introduction. Her
party’s demand for the Bill to be sent to a committee was rejected
by Jaitley. Because the earlier Bill had already been examined
threadbare by a parliamentary committee, seeking its reference to
a committee was only meant to delay its passage. Jaitley ﬁrmly
said that the Bill will not be sent to a committee. The BJP, when in
opposition, had protested against the GST Bill brought forward by
the UPA Government. The Congress in opposition might be paying
it back in its own coin.
Crucially, the formula for sharing the proceeds from the GST too
has been worked out, with the Centre undertaking to protect the
revenue of the States for at least ﬁrst three years after its introduction.
The proposed GST Council, in which the States will enjoy a twothirds majority, would work out all contentious issues that may arise
in order to ensure that there is equitable distribution of the GST
collections and that the more prosperous States are not penalized
for better performance. These States too have been assured adequate
compensation for their superior performance as against the known
laggards among the States. As Jaitley said while introducing the Bill,
GST would lead to a win-win situation for both the Centre and the
States. Federalism can only emerge as a big winner once the GST
becomes a reality.
Hrithik Roshan @iHrithik
It’s so heartening. US, Pakistan,
China, Australia, India n many
more hv not wasted a moment 2
aid n help Nepal. At d core,
v know v r united.
Normalcy, a distant
dream in Nepal
Extent of quake damage far more than thought: UN
UNITED NATIONS:
The United Nations has reported that two districts close to the epicenter, Gorkha and Lamjung,
have been severely affected, but the extent has
not been fully assessed because transportation
networks have been crippled. Jamie McGoldrick,
resident coordinator of the United Nations said,
‘Search and rescue personnel will face the challenge of reaching villages nearer the quake’s
epicenter, where damage may be catastrophic.’
International aid agencies and governments
mobilized to respond to the earthquake in Nepal,
saying they faced challenges in getting assist-
Bitcoins ‘losing’ value
for cyber-thieves
criminals to convert it into other
forms of cash as soon as possible.
‘Most of them won’t keep bitcoins
- they don’t like the valuations
bitcoin has - so they just use it as
a layer of obfuscation, and move
it to a different form of money,’
Maor told The Register during
an interview at the RSA security
conference in San Francisco.
Many ransomware gangs use
people not directly connected
with the gang, known as mules,
to clean up the cash by paying
it into a legitimate bank account.
Mules generally get a 20 per cent
cut as a fee.
Volunteers carry the body of a victim
recovered from the debris.
ance to the country and distributing it amid the
widespread devastation there.
In the aftermath of the disaster, which has killed
more than 3,200 people, injured about 5,900 and
left many more homeless, development workers
said that continued aftershocks, a crippled transportation network and the loss of power in parts
of the country had made it tough to search for
survivors and distribute much-needed supplies.
Employees of aid groups have been affected
themselves as they organize responses to the
catastrophe. Sanjay Karki, the country director
for Mercy Corps, an international aid organization, said that some members of his staff had
lost their homes.
Picture of
despair
The nation of 27 million was in
political and economic disarray
well before a powerful earthquake that shattered buildings
and lives. And the natural disaster seemed sure to complicate
attempts to repair the rifts opened
by decades of war and political
paralysis.
Nepalis are known for their
toughness. Sherpas and Gurkhas, both Nepali peoples, are
so renowned for grit that their
names have become synonyms
for strength and bravery.
A Nepalese man walks through destruction caused
by earthquake.
Lost heritage
More than a thousand people
were killed after a powerful
earthquake measuring 7.9 on
Richter scale struck Nepal on
Saturday, flattening houses
and buildings. Some of the
structures that were damaged
include UNESCO World Heritage sites, and this devastation
has caused irreplaceable loss to
Nepal’s cultural heritage.
Dharahara Tower
Durbar Squares
Kalmochan Temple
Krishna Temple
Amitabh Bachchan @
SrBachchan
The tragedy of Nepal and North Indian states persists. More shakes
experienced .. and fear begins to
enter the framework ! Prayers
CHENNAI
People stand around damaged Durbar Square in
Kathmandu.
A million children
need help
LONDON:
There is still time to save lives that’s why governments and aid agencies
Sunday rushed doctors, volunteers and equipment to Nepal without waiting
for the dust to settle.
UN spokeswoman Orla Fagan, who is heading to Nepal, said preventing
the spread of disease is one of the most important tasks facing aid workers
who are arriving.
‘There are 14 international medical teams on the way and either 14 or 15
international search-and-rescue teams on the way,’ she said. ‘They need to get
in as soon as possible. They will use military aircraft to get them into Nepal.’
Diarrhea was already a growing problem and a measles outbreak was feared,
with vaccines in short supply, the UN warned in a report.
Substantial logistical hurdles remain, but there were hopeful signs as Kathmandu’s international airport reopened after Saturday’s crushing earthquake,
though there were still delays as aftershocks continued. Some aid vehicles
were able to travel overland from Indian to the stricken Nepalese city of
Pokhara.
‘That means supplies could potentially come in overland from India. That is
a positive sign,’ said Ben Pickering, Save the Children’s humanitarian adviser
in Britain. ‘The airport opening is a small miracle.’
Shinzo Abe to play new role
Japan PM wants to sell bullet trains to America
TOKYO:
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
visits the US this week, he will act
as salesman-in-chief by marketing
Japan’s high-speed rail system.
With the support of the government, Japanese companies are vying
for chances to join three fast-train
projects under consideration in the
US The three would link Los Angeles
and San Francisco; Dallas and Houston; and New York and Washington
with high-speed systems.
Exporting Japan’s bullet-train system, known as the Shinkansen, is an
important element of Abe’s strategy to
revive his nation’s economy. Winning
contracts in the US would help bolster
Japan’s bid to expand business in
other markets, particularly in Asia’s
developing nations, and compete with
rivals from China and Europe.
When he visits California as part
$68 billion. But it has
yet to choose a train
supplier. At 559 kilometers, the distance
between the two cities is similar to
that of the popular Tokyo-Osaka
route in Japan. There, the bullet
train runs every ﬁve to 10 minutes.
The trip takes 21/2 hours.
Abe also is expected to highlight
the latest achievement of the magnetic levitation bullet train being
developed by Central Japan Railway Co. The maglev train reached
a record speed of 603 kilometers
an hour) during a test run in Japan
last Tuesday.
In a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Shinkansen in October,
Abe said he had proposed to President
Barack Obama to roll out the maglev
train in the northeastern US as a symbol of bilateral cooperation.
NEWS MAKER
of the day
Shinzo Abe
of a weeklong tour that was to start
Sunday, Abe is expected to deliver
a speech seeking to persuade the
state’s leadership of the advantages
of the Japanese system, including its
strong safety record, reliability and
the availability of inexpensive ﬁnancing, Japanese ofﬁcials say.
The state broke ground in January on a high-speed link between
Los Angeles and San Francisco-a
signature project of Gov Jerry
Brown, with an estimated cost of
Aftershocks
continue
Nepal continued to experience
aftershocks the day after an
earthquake of magnitude 7.8.
The epicenter of a magnitude
4.5 earthquake that struck about
6 pm. Sunday was less than ﬁve
miles from the capital, Katmandu.
Sets off avalanche
A year after a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest ended
the climbing season, multiple
avalanches caused by the earthquake on Saturday rumbled
down a treacherous icefall and
slammed into the mountaineering base camp, killing at least 17
climbers and injuring at least 37
others, Nepalese ofﬁcials said.
A small avalanche on Pumori
mountain as seen from Everest
Base Camp, Nepal.
VOICE MAIL
Space crunch
Sir,
Most of the roads that are widened in Nanganallur are taken
over by those in apartments
to park their vehicles depriving
pedestrian space.
Even recently-laid pedestrian
platforms have been taken over
by vendors in Market Road,
Ram Nagar II Main Road and
adjoining streets. As a result,
senior citizens are put to greater
hardships.
RAGAV
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The falling value of bitcoins have
The Editor, News Today, 85, Mount Road,
made them much less attractive to
Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.
or e-mail to : [email protected] /
cyber-thieves, claims a security
[email protected]
expert.
The anonymity of the virtual cash
has made it a favourite with thieves
who blackmail victims with viruses.
Now hi-tech gangs quickly conL ICK
vert payments into other currenC
cies, said IBM security expert
Etay Maor in an interview with
Police forces and computer
PIC
The Register.
security ﬁrms have scored some
One bitcoin is now worth £155,
successes against ransomware
much lower than the £728 value
gangs. Computers involved in the
it hit in late 2013.
cryptolocker malware were seized
Decrypt keys
and the encryption system for the
Scrambling data with malicious program broken so victims could
programs known as ransomware get their data back without paying
- which demand payment from any cash.
victims to decrypt data - has
In addition, Dutch police have
been popular with some hi-tech
worked with security ﬁrm Kaspercriminals over the past few years.
sky Labs to analyse a server
The gang behind the notorious
seized during an operation against
cryptolocker program is believed
the coinvault ransomware.
to have made about £2m from
This led to the creation of a provictims before it was broken up.
gram that can decrypt scrambled
Bitcoins have been the preferred
data. The ﬁrm has also retrieved
payment method, said Mr Maor,
lots of encryption keys that can be
People pay tribute to victims of earthquake in Nepal inside a temple in Ahmedabad. In the other photograph, students light candles and pray
but the volatility of the currency
used to unscramble data.
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in Nepal
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CHENNAI
‘Our sense is that the dollar cycle
will get stronger in this quarter as
markets start factoring in the possible
rate hike in Fed.
The reaction might be happening before the Fed rate hike itself’,
Chakraborty said, adding that traditionally the April-June quarter leads
to some weakness in the rupee.
The rupee has been very volatile in
the past few trading sessions, which
is being attributed to a sell-off in
equities
‘We were expecting a move in INR
towards 64.5 by June-end and the recent price trend seems to validate our
view’, StanChart managing director
and head for South Asia Macro Research, Samiran Chakraborty, said.
The rupee has been very volatile
in the past few trading sessions,
which is being attributed to a sell-off
in equities triggered by worries over
the impact of the Minimum Alternate
Tax on FIIs.
The domestic currency shed Rs
1.20 over the last week to end at
63.56 against the greenback, making it the third consecutive week of
a drop.
Chakraborty said a higher-thanexpected March trade deﬁcit with a
very large decline in export growth
has put the spotlight back on overvaluation of the currency.
The merchandise exports declined
21.06 per cent for March, which upset
all calculations for the FY15 target.
This led to calls for supporting exports, which can get uncompetitive if
the currency is stronger.
He said that the ongoing depreciation will only correct the over-valuation and the Reserve Bank will ensure
there is no ‘ﬂare-up in depreciation’
by intervening.
The Reserve Bank has a stated
position of not intervening to protect
the currency at a level, but has gone
public with its view on intervening
both with selling and buying to curb
excessive volatility.
Between April 2014 and February
2015, it bought a net of $49.2 billion
to reduce the volatility on account of
higher inﬂows, which has taken the
forex kitty to record highs.
The total forex reserves stood at
$343.2 billion for the week ended
18 April.
After depreciating to an all-time low
of 68.85 against the dollar in August
2013 due to the high current account
deﬁcit and the US Fed’s ‘tantrums’ of
cutting the dollar infusion, the rupee
recovered fast to gain the lost territory due to unconventional measures
adopted by RBI and the government.
Govt hints on decision-making committee
London, Apr 27 (PTI):
Seeking to contain the adverse fall
out of MAT levy on foreign investors,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Indian government will
set up a high-level committee to sort
out the taxations issues of the past
and make the
system predictable.
‘Even though
it is only the
legacy issues
(concerning
taxation) that
haunt us, we
Arun Jaitley
recognise that
we must put a quick end to them. I am
considering a high-level committee to
explore what can be done to resolve
the past, and move beyond it in a way
that would provide real predictability
and certainty to investors’, he said.
‘This committee will be instructed
to report back expeditiously so that
Deutsche Bank
profits fall
Frankfurt, Apr 27 (AFP):
Deutsche Bank said Sunday its
proﬁts fell around 50 per cent year
on year in the ﬁrst quarter over legal
costs from a rate-rigging case brought
by US and British authorities.
Net proﬁts came to 559 million euros
($608 million) for the period running
from January to March, down from
1.1 billion euros in the same period
of 2014.
Hindujas dethroned
Brothers no longer top Britain’s rich list
London, Apr 27 (PTI):
NRI industrialists Hinduja brothers
have been displaced as Britain’s
wealthiest family on a rich list released here on Sunday which was
topped by Ukrainian music baron Len
Blavatnik.
Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja
with a fortune of 13 billion pounds
were edged out from the top spot
that they held in 2014 to the second
place this year by Blavatnik, who
has an estimated wealth of 13.17
billion pounds, on the annual ‘Sunday
Times Rich List’. ‘The wedding of a
Hinduja son in Mumbai cost 15 million
pounds. That was small change for
the brothers, who recently purchased
the Royal Bank of Scotland’s jewellery and diamond ﬁnancing business
in India for an undisclosed sum. It
has a loan book worth nearly 500 million pounds’, the newspaper said in
reference to Britain’s second-richest
billionaires. ‘All the businesses in
Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja with a
fortune of 13 billion pounds were edged out
from the top spot that they held in 2014 to the
second place this year by Blavatnik, who has
an estimated wealth of 13.17 billion pounds
their group of companies also give
two per cent of their average pre-tax
proﬁts over the previous three years
to charity. Healthcare
and education causes
are to the fore, and
also rural development
in India, as well as arts and cultural projects’, it said. Steel tycoon
Lakshmi N Mittal also registered a
loss of fortune, dropping to seventh
place from last year’s third spot with
a wealth of 9.2 billion pounds.
In contrast, NRI industrialist Lord
Swraj Paul held on to his 47th rank
with an estimated wealth of 2.2 billion pounds, up nearly 200 million
pounds from 2014. According to
this year’s analysis, the total wealth
of the
richest 1,000 individuals
and families in Britain
has more than doubled
in the last 10 years to
547 billion pounds. Nearly
35 of these individuals are
of Indian-origin, with ﬁve new entrants
in 2015.
Among the new entrants this year
are investment expert Ashish Thakkar
and industrialist Gautam Thapar and
family, who share the 217th rank with
an estimated wealth of 500 million
pounds each.
‘Global slowdown impacted
2014-15 exports’
Vijayawada, Apr 27 (PTI):
India failed to meet the
exports target of $340 billion set for 2014-15 due
to economic slowdown
in many countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitaraman said
Sunday.
The minister also said
that Finance Minister
Arun Jaitely has
agreed to review
the new 14-page
Income Tax return form.
‘We were unable to meet the
exports target
of last year due to the
5
High-level tax panel
on the cards?
Rupee to weaken
by June: StanC
Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI):
The rupee will continue to weaken
and may hit the 64.5 level against the
dollar by June-end, foreign brokerage
Standard Chartered has said.
The assessment is based on slump
in exports, factoring in expectations
of a US Fed rate hike by markets and
seasonal issues.
MONDAY
27 APRIL 2015
slowdown in targetted markets across the
world’, the minister said, adding these markets are yet to
recover from the
ﬁnancial crisis of
2007-08.
‘We are ready to meet the
future demand by improving the capacity building
and by taking many initiatives. One or two new markets would provide more
demand for our exports’,
she said. To a query, Sitaraman conceded the new
Trade Policy has been
delayed by a year.
‘This body will be instructed to report
back expeditiously so that early
actions can be taken’
early actions can be taken. We have
fashioned tax policies for the 21st
century. Our tax administration cannot afford to lag behind. We will not let
it’, Jaitley said.
He said the disputes now attracting
attention are legacy cases, which are
tax demands arising from actions that
the tax authorities and the judiciary
took before NDA government came
to power.
Explaining the levy MAT on foreign
portfolio investors, Jaitley said the
decision was taken not by the government but by quasi-judicial bodies,
which were created well before the
present government came to power
to reassure investors that the tax
system would be free of political in-
terference. Following a ruling by the
AAR, the revenue department has
sent notices to 68 foreign institutional
investors (FIIs) for payment of dues
totalling Rs 602.83 crore towards
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT).
‘However, we have made clear that
these rulings can be contested in
higher courts, which will respect due
process and have the power to quash
faulty decisions. We also made clear
that our international tax treaties cannot be overridden by these rulings’,
Jaitley said. He said since some of
the rulings of quasi judicial bodies
went in favour of foreign investors,
the tax department had little choice
but to respect these decisions.
‘The rule of law cuts both ways. We
cannot say it is undermined when
we take retroactive actions, and
at the same time seek to override,
retroactively, the decisions of our
institutions’, Jaitley said.
He said the 2015-16 Budget has
done away with taxation which could
be construed as unfriendly to investors.
While general anti-avoidance rules
has not been implemented, minimum
taxes on foreign portfolio investors
have been removed.
And perhaps most significantly,
when the courts decided in favour
of Vodafone and Shell in their longrunning multibillion tax disputes with
the Indian government, we did not
challenge their verdicts, he said.
‘Yet we have not been entirely successful in convincing investors of
the fairness of our tax system. New
cases of unexpected tax demands
have cropped up, the most recent one
being the MAT’, he said.
INDIA AFTER THE QUAKE
AI to Nepal’s rescue
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
Air India operated two ﬂights to Kathmandu, said
a press release here. The ﬁrst ﬂight operated from
Kolkata at 0700 hrs. The second ﬂight left from Delhi.
In view of previous cancellations of ﬂights to and from
Kathmandu and to give relief to stranded passengers
at Kolkata and Kathmandu, Air India on 27 April 2015,
plans to operate four additional ﬂights apart from the
normal ﬂights to the mountain destination.
Air India will operate AI1247 departure from Kolkata
1100, arrival Kathmandu 1245 hours local time.
The return ﬂight AI1248 will leave Kathmandu at 1345
and reach Kolkata at 1455 hours.
The ﬂight will be operated with an Airbus A319 aircraft
with 122 capacity.
Between Delhi and Kathmandu there will be two
additional ﬂights. AI1213 departure Delhi 0630 arrival
Kathmandu 0820 hours. The return ﬂight AI1214 will
leave Kathmandu at 0915 and reach Kolkata at 1040
hours. The second additional ﬂight from Delhi, AI1215
will leave Delhi at
1200 hours and
reach Kathmandu
at 1345 hours. The
return ﬂight AI1216
will leave Kathmandu at 1445 and arrive back in Delhi
at 1615 hours.
The ﬂight from Varanasi AI1251 will depart at 1215
hours and land at Kathmandu at 1325 hours. The return
ﬂight AI 1252 will leave Kathmandu at 1425 and reach
back Varanasi at 1505 hrs. All above timings being
local at the respective stations.
Air India has also reduced the one way fare between
Delhi / Kolkata / Varanasi and Kathmandu from Rs
14000/- to Rs 4700/- inclusive of all taxes.
Air India will also carry relief material free of charge
on priority basis, on its ﬂights to Kathmandu, both from
Delhi and Kolkata.
No major impact on cos
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI):
Indian companies operating in the earthquake-hit
Nepal on Sunday said there has not been any major
impact on their operations in the Himalyan nation.
FMCG ﬁrm Dabur said its factory building has developed cracks but there is no loss to life or property.
‘There has been no impact on our operations in Nepal
because of the earthquake. The factory building has
developed some cracks, but it will not impact operations. There is no loss of life or property’, Dabur India
Ltd spokesperson said. Beverages major Coca Cola
India said it has temporarily halted its operations in
Nepal a day after quake rattled the country.
‘We can conﬁrm that all our employees are both accounted for and safe. While our operations in Nepal
were largely unaffected, we are temporarily halting
our operations’, Coca Cola India said in a statement.
Coca Cola further said it is ‘currently working through
the Coca-Cola system to provide water to the affected
areas as soon as possible’.
Dabur also said that the company and its employees
in Nepal are involved in relief operations there.
ITC, which operates a subsidiary in Nepal, did not
comment on the impact of earthquake on its operations in Nepal.
Volkswagen chairman
steps down
Frankfurt, Apr 27 (PTI):
Ferdinand Piech, chairman of the board of Volkswagen
AG and a major ﬁgure in the German auto industry, has
stepped down after clashing with other board members
over his criticism of the company’s CEO.
Volkswagen said in a statement that Piech, 78, was
resigning with immediate effect.
Piech had said in an interview with Der Spiegel published
earlier this month that he was distancing himself from
CEO Martin Winterkorn. He did not publicly give a reason
for his remark. Volkswagen is proﬁtable and saw global
sales pass the 10 million mark last year as it pursues its
goal of dethroning Japan’s Toyota as the world’s largest
automaker.
Average pay hikes to
rise this ﬁscal: Survey
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): see the highest projected
The Indian industry is average increment at 12.1
projected to dole out an per cent whereas the lowaverage salary increase est rise is anticipated in the
of 10.7 per cent this ﬁscal retail sector at 9.4 per cent.
‘The average salary inwith junior management
level employees set to get crement across sectors
maximum pay hikes, says is projected at 10.7 per
cent in FY 2016,
a survey.
which is 0.4 per
In the current
centage points
financial year,
higher than prethe increase in
vious FY 2015
average sal(10.3 per cent)’,
ary as well as
it said. The highvariable pay is
est projected inexpected to be
crements across industries
higher than last ﬁscal’s.
Global consultancy ﬁrm are at the junior manageDeloitte’s Annual Compen- ment level at 11 per cent.
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27 APRIL 2015
CHENNAI
Lot of lessons to be
learnt, says Duminy
Daredevils skipper admits RCB proved too good
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI):
Delhi Daredevils skipper JP Duminy
admitted that his side was ‘outplayed’
in all departments of
t h e
game by Royal
Challengers Bangalore in an Indian
Premier League match
here yesterday.
Varun Aaron (2 for
24)
and
Mitchell
Starc (3
for 20)
produce
fiery
spells of
fast
bowling
t o
help RCB
first
dismiss
Delhi
Daredevils
for
a paltry
JP Duminy
95 after opting to ﬁeld at the Feroz
Shah Kotla and then chased down
the target in 10.3 overs with openers
Chris Gayle (62 not out off 40 balls)
and Virat Kohli (35 not
out off 23) remaining
unbeaten.
‘We were outplayed in
every department. Lot of lessons
to be learnt out of the
game. They took wickets
at regular intervals and we
could not
build a partnership,’
D u -
RCB captain Virat Kohli
felt they had got the
right combination
now and praised
Varun Aaron and
Mitchell Starc for
their efforts
JP Duminy’s early exit sparked
a slide as DD suffered a massive
defeat to RCB on Sunday.
India out of medal race
after loss to Georgia
Chengdu (China), Apr 27 (PTI):
India’s chances of a medal went
up in smoke as the team crashed to
a heavy loss against Georgia in the
seventh round of the World Women’s
Team Chess Championship here.
In a shocking turn of events, three
favourable positions were spoilt by
the Indians on last three boards as
Georgians coasted to 2.5-1.5 victory.
Reeling on six points after seven
rounds, the Indian women’s team is
out of contention now. Koneru Humpy
and Dronavalli Harika have done their
best for the team but the rest have cut
a sorry ﬁgure here.
Coming in to the most decisive
match of the championship, the
Indian eves had to win but the third
and fourth board were again disappointing. On the top board Humpy
drew quite easily as black against
Bela Khotenashvili who is the top
performer in the event thus far.
Harika had to win for the Indians to
have any chance and the Andhra-girl
tried her best only to lose heart and
the game against Lela Javakhishvili
petered out to a draw.
On the third board, Padmini Rout,
currently ranked the third highest
ranked Indian on ELO charts, yet
again fumbled with her openings
and was crushed by Meri Arabidze
of Georgia despite getting a drawing
chance in the game.
miny said at the post-match presentation.
‘We have a few days off and we
need to regroup and pick it up again.’
RCB skipper Virat Kohli was all
praise for the effort put in by his side.
He (Chris Gayle) is pretty cool on
the outside but pretty intense on
the inside. I am more expressive,
so it balances it out and that’s why
we open. ‘I think we have the right
combination now. We wanted to give
Varun (Aaron) a chance. He steamed
in and got wickets. This is the most
balanced combination we are playing. The way Mitch (Starc) picks
up wickets with his inswinging
yorkers, it is moral-boosting. The
last game we had a timely win.
Momentum is hard
to get. When
you get it you
shouldn’t
lose it,’ he
added.
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli powered RCB to a facile win.
Waqar’s pep talk
for Pak players
Karachi, Apr 27 (PTI):
Fed up with the spate of defeats in
Bangladesh, Pakistan’s head coach
Waqar Younis and his deputy Mushtaq Ahmed have had a heart-to-heart
to talk with the players and asked
them whether they were satisﬁed with
their coaching methods.
A source close to the Pakistan team
told PTI that after the defeat in the
only T20 international in Bangladesh
last Friday, Waqar and Mushtaq had
held a meeting with the players.
‘The difference about this meeting was that apart from the usual
discussions on what went wrong,
Waqar and Mushtaq asked the players whether they were not happy
Anand takes second
spot after Caruana draw
with their coaching methods and
wanted them to step down,’ the
source disclosed. ‘Waqar was very
emotional and said not only was
the reputation of Pakistan cricket
on line but his own reputation. He
asked candidly whether the players
had something to say to him and
whether he and Mushtaq should
step down,’ the source said. He
said the two former
bowling greats also
waded into the bowlers in
particular demanding to know
why they had not implemented and
executed the plans discussed before
the match in the team meeting.
‘Waqar was unhappy that the bowl-
ers didn’t try any variations in their
bowling despite being told clearly
this was necessary on the pitches
in Bangladesh,’ the source said.
Waqar in particular has come
under immense pressure after
Pakistan lost the one-day
series 0-3 as well as the T20
match and there have been
widespread calls for changes
in the cricket board as well
as the coaching staff. Some
former players have even
taken to social media to claim
that once Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif returned home from a foreign
tour there would be changes in the
board.
Bayern Munich wins
Bundesliga crown
Berlin, Apr 27:
Holders Bayern Munich claimed
their 25th German league title on
Sunday without kicking a ball -- the
ﬁrst of what they hope will be three
trophies this season as they chase a
repeat of their 2013 success.
The Bavarians, who are in the
Champions League and German Cup
semi-finals, have an unassailable
15-point lead with four games left
after VfL Wolfsburg lost at Borussia
Moenchengladbach on Sunday to
hand them a third straight league title.
Bayern beat Hertha Berlin 1-0 on
Saturday but had to put the champagne on ice until after second-placed
Wolfsburg’s match. They have 76
points from 30 games ahead of Wolfsburg on 61. Gladbach’s Max Kruse
scored in the 90th minute for a 1-0
victory that ended any mathematical
chance of Wolfsburg catching the
Bavarians. It also put second place
in danger with Gladbach four points
behind on 57 in third. Second-bottom
Paderborn squandered a two-goal
lead to draw 2-2 against Werder
Bremen in the only other game on
Sunday to join Hamburg SV, who are
in the relegation playoff spot after their
3-2 home win over Augsburg on Saturday, on 28 points. The Bundesliga
title is the second for Bayern coach
Pep Guardiola in his second season
at the club, as the Spaniard chases
a repeat of the league, cup and
Champions League treble they won
months before he arrived in 2013. ‘It
is something magniﬁcent to defend
our title and I can only congratulate
our coach and players,’ said Bayern
CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in a
statement. ‘They did it extremely well
in a year after a World Cup where
many of our players were competing.’
Bayern, domestic double winners
last season, face Guardiola’s old
club Barcelona in the Champions
League semi-ﬁnals next month and
have also reached the German Cup
last four where they take on Borussia
Dortmund next week.
Bravo keen to get
back into WI side
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne
Bravo is hugely popular in Chennai
for his celebratory jigs after taking
wickets for CSK in the IPL. The dynamic Caribbean star,
w h o
has been out of the
Test and ODI sides
for some time is eager
to wear the national
colours again.
Talking to reporters
after unveiling adidas'
new training gear, Bravo said 'My aim and drive
is to get back in the team. I
will deﬁnitely get back and it
is a matter of time and hopefully the
politics get sorted out.'
It may be noted that Bravo fell out
with the West Indies board during
last year's ODI tour to India in which
he was leading the side, after the
team left mid-way due to payment
disputes and was dropped for the
World Cup.
Meanwhile, the West Indies team
hasn't fared well recently and despite the defeat to England in the
second Test on Sunday, Bravo said
he was impressed with the team.
'I was very impressed especially
with the way they fought in the ﬁrst
Test. It is a young team
missing some
senior players.'
The West Indian all-rounder
had words of
praise for the
new coach Phil
Simmons.
'I have to give credit
to the new coach. He just
took charge and was able to get the
guys together to draw the ﬁrst match
against England who are among the
top three teams in Tests. But it was
unfortunate they lost the second.
There are some good signs and
things are looking for West Indies
cricket team.'
Logu downs Fahd
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
Logu (SIAA) beat Fahd (SIAA) 3-1
(72-28, 90(89)-0, 28-59, 74-26) in
a Group D Match of the SVS Abdul
Hadi Open snooker tournament
held recently.
Results: Group A: Mahesh
Adithya (TNBSA) bt Chitra Magimairaj (AACSA) 3-1 (46-57, 6939, 78-44, 69-34); J Varun Kumar (AACSA) bt Mahesh Adithya
(TNBSA) 3-1 (87(54)-32, 90-29,
54-62, 59-48).
Group C: Subbu (CUE ZONE)
bt Magesh (USA) 3-1 (34-60, 6455, 61-60, 66-58); Prem Prakash
(AACSA) bt Subbu (CUE ZONE)
3-2 (57-22, 33-69, 64-34, 22-57,
64-30).
Group D: Peter Paul (RLYS) bt
Fahd (SIAA) 3-2 (29-70, 82-37, 5262, 62-38, 61-26).
Group E: Sajiv Mathew (TC) bt
Vinay Kothari (SVS) 3-2 (3-62, 6457, 73-53, 15-58, 54-31). Group F:
Prabhu (MGC) bt Vinoth (SIAA) 3-1
(83-38, 41-42, 84-46, 70-17).
Group G: Jagan Williams (CDBSA) bt S H Kamaraj (SVS) 3-0 (6353, 53-37, 65-22). Group H: Freddy
(CB AY) bt Naresh (CUE BAL) 3-0
(82-45, 71-37, 80-2).
Other qualiﬁers: Parthiban (MDBSA) bt Dr. Natesh (TC) 3-1 (64-19,
40-76, 80-14, 69-16); S Magesh
(USA) bt Dhyan (Mr. CUE) 3-0 (6253, 66-11, 59-21). Sajiv Mathew
(TC) bt Srivatsan (SIAA) 3-2 (66-13,
43-67, 49-62, 63-16, 65-55); Kamaraj (SVS) bt M.K. Manoj (MGC) 3-1
(38-64, 73-27, 77-13, 60-49).
Vinoth (SIAA) bt Sri Krishna (MC)
3-0 (72-26, 60-36, 69-25); Subbu
(CUE ZONE) bt V R Sathish (TNCA)
3-0 (64-23, 81-21, 58-40).
The winners of various events in Rush Hastimal squash
tournament organised by Bhavan's Rajaji Vidhyashram in
Chennai with international player Dipika Pallikal.
Nishikori keeps
Barcelona title
Barcelona, Apr 27:
Top-seeded Kei Nishikori successfully defended his title at the
Barcelona Open by beating Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-4 in
Sunday’s ﬁnal.
The ﬁfth-ranked Japanese fought
back from early breaks in both sets
to claim his second clay-court title in
as many years at the Real
Club de Tenis.
Nishikori finished off
Andujar with a final
break to win in 1 hour,
34 minutes.
It was his second title
of the season and
his ninth career
title. ‘I didn’t
look to
defend my title, just to play my
best,’ Nishikori said. ‘I knew that
this was a tough tournament with
all the Spanish players. I just
tried to play
my best and
now I am
really happy.’
‘I knew that
he had a great
backhand
down the line
too, so I
had to move
the ball
around, and in
the last
two games I
played
really well,’
Nishikori said.
Shamkir (Azerbaijan), Apr 27 (PTI):
Former world champion ViswaChelsea edges closer nathan Anand played out an effortless
draw with Fabiano Caruana of Italy
to EPL crown
to ﬁnish second in Shamkir Chess
London, Apr 27: tournament here yesterday.
The man selling ‘Chelsea ChampiOn what turned out to be an easy
ons 2015’ scarves outside The Emir- day as black in the ﬁnal round, Anand
ates was a little premature but he is just had to follow his instinct as Caruunlikely to be asked for refunds after ana decided not to press the Indian in
they ground out a 0-0 Premier League a routine opening theory.
draw at Arsenal on Sunday.
World champion Magnus Carlsen of
Apart from three penalty appeals, Norway capitalised on a blunder by
the strongest of which saw Arsenal’s Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan to seal
goalkeeper clatter into Chelsea’s another super tournament victory.
Oscar in the ﬁrst half and put the Bra- Carlsen ﬁnishing with a tally of seven
zilian in hospital, there was precious points speaks volumes about the gap
little to raise the pulse on a dreary between him and the rest in terms of
afternoon in north London.
Kei Nishikori
rating points.
But while Arsenal’s frustrated fans
Carlsen took his rating to 2875
chanted “Boring Boring Chelsea” near points after his remarkable show
the end, Blues boss Jose Mourinho here and Anand not only entered the
will not care. He extended his un- 2800 club again but will also be seen
beaten record over Arsenal manager at number two in world rankings next
Arsene Wenger to 13 matches as month after a long time.
Chelsea, with ﬁve games left, protectThe Indian ace was at the top of his
ed their 10-point advantage over the game here and only Carlsen could
north Londoners whose eight-match supersede him in terms of points
winning league run came to an end. scored. While Carlsen won ﬁve and
‘I think boring is 10 years without drew four, Anand won three and drew
the title,’ Mourinho, whose side are six games here. Caruana and Wesley
the second-highest scorers in the So tied for the third spot in this 100000
Premier League this season, told Euros prize money tournament orreporters, referring to the last time ganised in memory of Grandmaster
Arsenal won the Premier League Vugar Gashimov, scoring an identical
Bayern Munich captured the Bundesliga title after a draw.
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CHENNAI
MONDAY
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Break-ins, breakdown
IS chief dead?
Rise in crimes in Goa puts visitors in a spot of bother
Conﬂicting reports on condition of al-Baghdadi
NT Bureau
The recent break-in into a locked house of Saligao in
Goa has given jitters to the locals and tourists as such
incidents are on the rise in the tourist paradise.
The coastal belt of Goa has become more prone to
burglaries, especially houses which remain closed
for months together. The recent incidents of crimes
would make thousands of tourists who throng the
sun-drenched beaches think twice before embarking
on a holiday from now on.
Why & what?
Unemployment is the prime reason for the escalating crime ratio’s
in the Union Territory. Migrants who find it difficult to find employement concentrate on the locked houses, which are around 8000 in Goa.
Where are the
owners?
The aesthitics of the State captivated a
lot of tourists, but the ground reality is
that many of the Goans migrate to other
places in search of better employment
opportunities.
Irresistibility of Goa’s charm hinder the
natives from selling their houses. Census data
show that Goa’s houses grew three times in relation to its decadal population growth which was at
8.2 per cent.
Going by
numbers
Goa has the highest
proportion of locked houses
in the country - as much as
1.4 per cent. Lakshadweep
and Meghalaya occupy the
second spot with 1.1 per
cent of their houses
locked.
Bigger States such
as Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and Rajasthan,
which routinely
witness migration by
individuals and families
to big cities in search of
work, have significantly lower
proportions of locked houses.
Going forward
North Goa District Magistrate has ordered that all the owners of residential accommodation, commercial
houses, hotels and paying guests should verify the bonafides of persons through their proof of valid
identity cards, and fill-in the tenant’s verification forms.These should then be sent to police stations
concerned for verification.
Jaya’s ‘May Day’
advice for cadres
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa today urged party MLAs
and workers to organise rallies in
Tamilnadu and Puducherry to mark
May Day.
In a message, she said the purpose
of celebrating Labour Day was to
enlighten the lives of workers.
She urged MLAs, MPs and partymen to participate in rallies and
events conducted to mark ‘May Day’.
Tehran, Apr 27:
In what could deal a severe jolt to
the extremist organisation Islamic
State, ‘Radio Iran’ has claimed that
ISIS caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
has died.
According to a tweet by the All
India Radio (AIR), Baghdadi’s
death claim has been made by
Radio Iran.
It can be noted that a
Guardian report last week claimed
that Baghdadi had received serious ‘life-threatening’ injuries during a US-led airstrike in March
and that the strike had left him
seriously wounded.
The report added that Baghdadi
was no more in control of daily
operations of ISIS as he had not
been able to recover.
However, there were similar reports of Baghdadi being ‘seriously
injured’ in US-led air strikes last
year, but they were not confirmed.
The Pentagon had refuted the
latest report of Baghdadi being
injured, saying there was no evidence to prove that the ISIS chief
had suffered injuries when the USled coalition planes bombarded the
al-Baaj a district of Nineveh, near
Syrian border on 18 March.
‘Thirukkural should be
taught in every school’
Bill to clip
powers of
Lanka Prez
Colombo, Apr 27:
Sri Lankan President Maithripala
Sirisena today presented a bill in
parliament for a key amendment to
the Constitution that seeks to dilute
powers of the President.
The 19A amendment was introduced after last week’s aborted
attempt caused due to disruption
by supporters of former president
Mahinda Rajapaksa.
‘It has always been my desire to
prune Presidential powers. You all
will agree that I have been very generous,’ Sirisena told the House.
Sirisena’s opposition coalition had
pledged to do away with Presidential
authority to make parliament more
powerful, as their main plank in the 8
January presidential election which
resulted in a stunning defeat for
Rajapaksa. Sirisena described the
amendment as a historic occasion
where all Legislators are presented
with the ﬁrst such opportunity in 37
years.
Sri Lanka switched to an executive president-headed government
in 1978 from a Westminster-style
system. The 19A ran into a snag as
some of its key provisions transferring
powers of the president to parliament
were subject to a national referendum
by the Supreme Court.
BJP MP Tarun Vijay handing over the ﬁrst copy of the book ‘Bharatiya Kudumbam: Nerimuraigal 1000’ to
VIT Chancellor G Viswanathan. Senior BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan and VIT Vice-President G V Selvam
are among those present.
NT Bureau
Viswanathan, the ﬁrst copy of which 50 per cent of the population. It is
Vellore, Apr 27: was received by BJP MP Tarun Vijay. the country’s responsibility to provide
In his speech, Tarun Vijay said, quality education to these students’.
BJP MP Tarun Vijay, who has
‘In a study conducted by PISA on
been propagating the cause of ‘In order to propagate the teachpromoting the Thirukkural, has said ings of poet Thiruvalluvar and the 73 country on school education in
‘it (Thirukkural), which serves as a Thirukkural, I started the organisation the country. The Netherlands stood
guidance for living should be present called ‘Thiruvalluvarin Maanavarga- on top, while India was ranked 72nd.
in every home and should be taught lum Ilaignargalum’. Thirukural which It is because the country funds 50
serves as a guidance for living should per cent of the money on education’,
in every school’.
He was speaking at a national be present in every home and should he added. On the occasion, VIT
vice-president G V Selvam honoured
seminar organised by VIT University be taught in every school’.
VIT Chancellor Viswanathan said, students who were able to recite all
in association with Vidhya Bharati. On
the occasion, a book titled Bharatiya ‘Our country is one of the countries to the 1330 couplets of the Thirukkural.
Kudumbam: Nerimuraigal 1000 book have developed the earliest. People Senior BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan
was released by VIT Chancellor G under the age of 25 make up around was also present.
Public vandalise MTC bus at Selaiyur
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
An MTC bus was vandalised at Sithalapakkam in Selaiyur this morning.
According to police sources, a
woman identiﬁed as Umapathy who
was riding on a two-wheeler tried to
overtake an MTC bus (B51 which
shuttles from Saidapet to Karanai)
and was subsequently hit.
Umapathy who did not suffer any
injuries picked up an argument with
the bus driver, Premkumar.
Police said, the fight escalated
and Premkumar reportedly slapped
Umapathy.
Following which, onlookers damaged the bus and beat up Premkumar
and the bus conductor.
After the police arrived, the injured
were rushed to Chrompet Government Hospital.
The Pallikaranai police has registered a case and is inquiring.
The Pentagon had
refuted the latest report
of Baghdadi being
injured, saying there
was no evidence to prove
that the ISIS chief had
suffered injuries
The ISIS overran a huge swathe
of Iraq and Syria in June last year
and established the so-called
‘Islamic State’ across occupied
areas and anointed Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi as its caliph. Declaring the Caliphate, Baghdadi who
rarely makes public appearances,
appeared at a mosque in July,
demanding all Muslims to pledge
allegiance to him.
The US has imposed a bounty
worth $10 million on the al-Baghdadi’s head.
Despite a spate of coalition
strikes on ISIS in Iraq and Syria
since August last year, the extremists continue to advance and
unleash bloodshed and terror.
Similar reports of Baghdadi being
‘seriously injured’ in US-led air
strikes came up in November last
year as well.
But later such reports were debunked after Baghdadi made his
appearance.
Senior Iraqi officials then said
that the ISIS leader could have
been wounded, but his right-hand
aide Auf Abdulrahman Elefery had
perished during the air strike. Taking to the social media, the ISIS
militants said that their leader was
not travelling in the same convoy
as that of Elefery. Feared IS chief
Baghdadi carries a USD 10 million
bounty on his head.
The ISIS recently carried out
mass execution in Iraq’s Anbar
province, executing over 300
people of a tribe that had joined
the fight against the Islamic State.
Capgemini snaps
up IGate
Bengaluru, Apr 27:
French IT giant Capgemini is acquiring Nasdaq-listed IGate for $4.04
billion -- in one of the biggest M&As
in the IT services space to take on
rivals like IBM and Accenture.
The French IT major bought Igate
for $48 a share and the combined
entity would have 12.5 billion euro
in revenues.
HP’s $13.9 billion acquisition of
EDS in 2008 is one of the biggest IT
services deal so far. More recently,
Canada’s CGI acquired UK’s Logica
for $2.6 billion.
IGate has revenues over $1.2 billion, an operating margin of 19 per
cent and a global employee base of
33,000. The deal is expected to be
immediately accretive to Capgemini’s operating margin and earnings
per share. ‘The combined group
strengthens Capgemini’s position as
a leading company in IT services,
outsourcing and consulting, with an
estimated combined revenue of 12.5
euro billion, combined operating
margin above 10per cent and around
190,000 people serving clients worldwide.
Capgemini chairman and CEO, Paul
Hermelin welcoming ‘new talents and
leaders to our Group, who share our
convictions and professional culture.’
This acquisition is in line with the
Capgemini group’s strategy. North
America, the largest and most innovative market for IT services, would be
by far the ﬁrst market of the group,
with approximately 30 per cent of
the combined group revenue for
2015. With Igate, Capgemini would
quicken its pace to respond to key,
fast-growing and innovative markets.
Special team to
probe murder
NT Bureau
Chennai, Apr 27:
Three special teams have been
formed to investigate the murder of
a real estate businessman in Kundrathur. According to police sources,
Palani (56), a resident of Periyar
Nagar was hacked to death by an
unidentiﬁed gang last night.
Police said, he was targeted by
gangsters two years ago as well.
Below par Knights
enter CSK’s den
Consul General of Indonesia to India Saut Siringoringo called on
Tamilnadu Governor K Rosaiah in Chennai today The meeting was
described as a courtesy call.
BCCI unlikely to discuss
Thakur-bookie issue
‘Everyone knows who runs the ICC.
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI):
The BCCI is unlikely to act on the Since skeletons of N Srinivasan-run
ICC’s letter to its President Jagmo- administration are tumbling out of the
inside the dugout after rain forced han Dalmiya in which it is alleged closet, the former president is trying
NT Bureau
abandonment of their clash against that Board Secretary Anurag Thakur to malign Thakur’s image. There
Chennai, Apr 27:
was photographed with a suspected was absolutely no discussion at the
table-toppers Rajasthan Royals.
Enduring an erratic campaign so
bookie during a function working committee meeting and inAnd before the
far, defending champions Kolkata
formally we all agree that Srinivasan
in Chandigarh.
abandoned game,
Knight Riders face a stiff challenge
is behind all this,’ a WC member,
Media
reports
yesterKKR
had
lost
to
when they take on the smooth-sailing
day claimed that BCCI who was present during four hour
Sunrisers HyderaChennai Super Kings in an IPL
was sent a letter by the long meeting yesterday, told PTI.
bad, a game in
cricket match here tomorrow.
When asked if Dalmiya will act on
ICC about Thakur being
which
the
team’s
KKR are currently placed third on
seen with an alleged this ICC letter, the source emphatibatting frailties
the points table with three wins, two
bookie Karan Gilhotra cally denied any such move.
were thoroughly
losses and one abandoned match.
but Thakur has not made
‘Dalmiya and Thakur share a nice
exposed by a strugCSK, on the other hand, have lost
any comments on the working relationship as they together
gling side ﬁghting to
only one game in six outings and are
controversial issue.
ousted Srinivasan from his hot seat.
stay aﬂoat.
steady on the second position.
T h e m e d i a r e p o r t s Also we ﬁnd it weird that just after
In fact, all their
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led
Even left-arm spinner Ravindra wins have come
and Dhoni, has come good in trying
quoted from a letter by CSK low price demerger was quesside, dominating on home turf, is
times then the bowling has also risen Jadeja, whose non-performance against teams which have turned out ICC CEO Dave Richardson about tioned, ICC came up with this letter,’
coming off a massive win over Kings
was under the scanner came good to be laggards of this season.
Thakur being seen with Gilhotra, he said. A member of the Srinivasan
XI Punjab in which they thrashed the to the challenge.
in the previous game to pick three
Led
by
Ashish
Nehra
and
Ishwar
If the batting, led by Gautam Gam- the BCCI members are not paying faction said the Tamilnadu strongteam by 97 runs.
If the big names in Chennai’s Pandey, CSK’s bowling arsenal has Kings XI wickets and break the op- bhir, has been inconsistent, then heed to the issue as they feel, it is man knew well that the current disbowling attack has been a bit patchy the handiwork of ICC Chairman N pensation won’t do anything but this
batting order, like Dwayne Smith, looked well equipped and delivered position back.
was his way of ‘retaliating.’
Srinivasan.
KKR,
meanwhile,
cooled
their
heels
whenever
required.
and a cause of concern.
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WHERE THEY STAND
TEAMS
DD skipper backs
struggling Yuvraj
Mat
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R
Rajasthan Royals
8
5
2
0
1
Chennai Super Kings
6
5
1
0
0
10
Kolkata Knight Riders
6
3
2
0
1
7
RCB
6
3
3
0
0
6
Delhi Daredevils
7
3
4
0
0
6
Sunrisers Hyderabad
6
2
4
0
0
4
Kings XI Punjab
7
2
5
0
0
4
Mumbai Indians
6
2
4
0
0
4
CSK vs KKR at Chennai, 8 pm (IST)
Keshri is KKR’s 16th man
KOLKATA:
In a noble gesture, Kolkata Knight
Riders (KKR) included deceased
cricketer Ankit Keshri as the 16th
member of their side in an IPL T20
cricket match against Rajasthan
Royals at Eden Gardens, here. The
home side handed over a cheque
for Rs 10 lakh to the Ankit’s family.
‘We’re too happy to do so and it’s
an opportunity for KKR in a small
way to remember Ankit and the premature end he faced,’ CEO and MD of
Kolkata Knight Riders Sports Private Ltd
said in a letter to the Cricket Association
of Bengal. The CAB also displayed a
portrait of Ankit with a caption -- ‘Ankit
Forever’ -- all over the stadium.
Earlier former India captain
Sourav Ganguly had decided to
give away his BCCI pension for
this year to the deceased former
Under-19 Bengal captain’s family.
In another tragic on-ﬁeld incident
after Phillip Hughes’ death last November, the East Bengal cricketer
passed away three days after sustaining a head injury during a CAB senior
one-day knock-out match against
Bhowanipore SC on 17 April.
Ankit was in hospital for three days
and was showing signs of recovery
but died on 20 April early morning
Varun Aaron
DELHI:
Playing at the Ferozeshah Kotla, this time as part of the
visiting team, Varun Aaron dealt two telling blows to push
the Delhi Daredevils on the back-foot. The Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer claimed Yuvraj Singh and Angelo
Mathews off successive deliveries to leave the hosts reeling on 39 for four and tip the scales in his team’s favour.
Making good use of the bounce and conditions at the Kotla,
the pacer helped set-up RCB’s second successive victory.
Speaking to ipt20.com after the comprehensive win, Aaron
said working with Dennis Lillee, and inputs from Allan Donald
and Bharat Arun had helped him sharpen his craft.
EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERVIEW:
S
Sivappu to
release soon
ivappu, directed by Sathya
Siva will be released soon. It is
a movie about the lives of Lankan
Tamils, who reached shores of
Tamilnadu for safety. The movie
is completed and plans are on to be
released by one Desikan. Rahunanthan’s music is another highlight, say
sources. The movie stars Rupa Manjeri and Naveen Chandra in the lead.
Says sources, ‘Impressed by the
acting skills of Raj Kiran, Desikan
agreed to release the same’, Says
Sathya Siva, ‘We have captured
the pain and agony of Tamils, who
are driven out of their homes in the
neighbouring nation’.
Cinematography is by Madhu Ambat. Produced by Muktha R Govindh
and Punnagai Poo Geetha..
— NT
Bureau
Still from Sivappu
Q: You took
the two wickets that
broke DD’s back. What were
your plans when you were running to bowl to Yuvraj Singh
and Angelo Mathews, two very
dangerous batsmen?
A: There was obviously planning around
Angelo (Mathews) and Yuvi bhai (Yuvraj Singh).
In T20 you always plan, but rarely
things go according to plan. It just
came off really well today for all of us.
qqq
Q: Could you elaborate on the plan you had?
A: We just wanted to bowl hard lengths
in the beginning and luckily the
wicket was doing a little bit and
that just worked for us.
Q: What was it that
Dennis Lillee and you worked
on that has made a difference?
A: It’s not just Dennis Lillee, obviously
that (stint) helped me a lot. But even before
coming into this match I spent some good time
with AD (Allan Donald) and Bharat Arun at the
nets and that also really helped me. The areas that
he helped me on were just basic stuff; he helped me
with the technique and that just helped me be more
accurate. We worked on my bowling action.
Q: How has it been playing with Mitchell
Starc?
A: Mitch (Starc) is great. Having Mitch in the
team is an asset for any team. He is a great
bowler and a good team man as well. He
gets that wicket upfront which makes it
easier because the opposition goes on
the back-foot right there. It is good
fun playing with Mitch.
Q: There was bounce in
the wicket. Did that help you?
A: Yes! Bounce in the wicket always helps,
especially when it goes through well with good
bounce. This wicket was really pleasing to bowl on
after bowling in Bangalore for the past two matches.
qqq
Q: Are you disappointed on missing out on
a hat-trick?
A: Yes it is (disappointing). But it’s never really under your control, especially with the white ball
which doesn’t do much. Maybe if you are
bowling with a red ball you have a
better chance, but well, it
is luck.
Q: Those
two wickets came after changing ends. Did the
change of ends help in any way?
A: No, not at all. I felt that I had
bowled the ﬁrst two overs well too. It is just
three edges (resulted in) three boundaries;
that happens in T20. I just backed myself to
come back and bowl two good overs after that.
qqq
Q: How have you worked on bringing more
discipline in your bowling?
A: I went to Australia and I had a stint with Dennis
Lillee for a week (and) that really helped me a lot.
I was disappointed not make it to the World Cup
and I had time in my hands. So before the Irani
Trophy, I had gone over there (to Australia) and
then I immediately picked up six wickets (on
return). I felt I was bowling well in the ﬁrst
Q: RCB must be in
two-three matches (too), but just the
a good space with back-toodd over was going wrong. I was
back wins under the belt?
just waiting for a match like this
A: Deﬁnitely, we are in a good place
to come up with a good
now. This is what we always spoke about
performance.
since last year that these are the performances that RCB is all about - comprehensive wins, because we have got the
talent and we have got the players. I
am really glad that we have put in
two really great wins.
Fear Factor
A
Comedy, cops
hild artiste-turned-hero Mahendran and Manishajith come
together for a comedy caper titled
Vindhai. Directed by Varmam fame
Lara, it is a fun-ﬁlled entertainer that
has a huge star cast. Produced by
Annai Pudhumai Matha Films, it has
music by Williams and cinematography by Ratheesh Khanna.
Speaking about the ﬁlm, Lara, says,
‘Police stations are generally looked
after a massive cardiac arrest.
The 20-year-old, a talented righthander, had captained the Bengal
U-19 team in Cooch Behar Trophy
and was in the 30-member India
U-19 probables list for the 2014
Colts World Cup in the United Arab
Emirates. He was also playing for
Bengal ‘A’ (U-23 side) in CK Nayudu
national championship.
— PTI
Working with Lillee
helped big-time: Aaron
Still from Vindhai
C
11
TOMORROW’S MATCH
Ankit Keshri
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI):
The costliest buy this season, Yuvraj Singh has not set the IPL
ablaze the way he was expected to but his Delhi Daredevils captain
J P Duminy has backed the star player to come good in the later
stages of the T20 league.
Yuvraj, bought for Rs 16 crore, has scored 124 runs in seven
innings at an average of 17.71 with just one half century to his
name. The costliest player in the IPL managed 2 runs off 5 balls
in Delhi’s demoralising 10-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers
Bangalore here last night.
Duminy feels it is not fair to single out a player in the team’s inconsistent run, which has seen them lose four out of their seven games.
‘It is easy to criticise him. He has not had great opportunities in
the matches we have done well and I think he will be the ﬁrst to
admit that he would have loved to contribute but it is not because
of one guy’s performance that we are losing.
‘He is a massive player for us and I have all the conﬁdence that
he is going to come good for us in the later parts of the tournament,’
said the South African, who has been in decent touch, scoring 222
runs at 44. While Yuvraj is yet to ﬁre, another senior player Zaheer
Khan is yet to take the ﬁeld for Daredevils amid rising speculation
over the fast bowler’s ﬁtness. Duminy said he would be available
for the 1 May game against Kings XI Punjab.
‘I think he (Zaheer) is about 95 per cent ﬁt to be honest. My thinking
is, he will be up for selection for the game on the ﬁrst. His progress
has been good, he has been very determined to comeback and
represent Delhi,’ said Duminy.
He also said it wouldn’t be right to make drastic changes despite
a heavy defeat they suffered. ‘We have been inconsistent in both
batting and bowling department and as I said earlier, we need
to take a lot of lessons out of today’s game, take a hard look at
ourselves. It is not about pointing ﬁngers. Each of us could have
done 10 per cent better. Plus, we should not take the credit away
from RCB, the way they came out and bowled.
PTS
up as a place where people go only
in crisis. The place generally wears
a morbid look. In Vindhai, a couple
takes refuge in a police station and it
chronicles their fun-ﬁlled moments in
a police station’.
Those in the cast includes Manobala, Mahanadhi Shankar, Kadhal
Sugumar, Scissor Manohar among
others.
— NT Bureau
fter Ennamo Nadakuthu, actor Vijay Vasanth and filmmaker Raj Pandi come together
for second time. Titled Achamindri, the movie is produced
by Triple V Records V Vinoth
Kumar.
Srishti Dange is the heroine, while the cast includes
Karunaas, Samuthirakani, Radharavi, Saranya Ponvannan,
Bharath Reddy, Ashwin and
Devadarshini. Cinematography
is by Venkatesh and music is by
Premji Amaran.
It is a commercial entertainer and
there is loads of action in the ﬁlm,
says the director.
Achamindri has romance, comedy
and emotions at rifgt mix and audience will love it, he adds.
— NT Bureau
I
t is the season of horror thrillers
making waves in Kollywood. Joining the list of movies on such genre is
Sowcarpet. Directed by Vadivudayan
of Karan-starrer Thambi Vettothi
Sundaram fame, the ﬁlm, as the title
suggests, will be set in the backdrop
of Sowcarpet area in Chennai.
Produced by Shalom Studios, the
movie has music by John Peter and
cinematography by Srinivasa Reddy.
Srikanth plays the role of a ghost buster
while Rai Laxmi dons the role of a ghost.
Shooting for the movie is on in and
around Tambaram.
One
more in
the list
Srikanth, Lakshmi Rai
in Sowcarpet
— NT Bureau
Still from Ennamo Nadakuthu
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