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Breaking through
P
rime Minister Narendra Modi today ofﬁcially announced his visit to China from 14 May on the
microblog website Weibo, saying he is looking forward
to have productive discussions with top Chinese
leadership.
‘Looking forward to visiting China from 14-16 May to
strengthen friendship between our two ancient civilisations and the two largest developing countries,’ Modi
wrote on the Chinese microblog that has over 500
million users.
‘Eagerly awaiting my visit to Xi’an, Beijing and Shanghai
and my productive discussions with President Xi Jinping
and Premier Li Keqiang,’ he said in another post.
This is the ﬁrst time his visit has been ofﬁcially announced.
Meanwhile, a top Maoist leader, who was wanted in
at least 20 cases in Kerala, his wife and three others,
were arrested on Monday near Coimbatore in what
is described as a ‘big breakthrough’ for the police of
four southern States. Kerala Home Minister Ramesh
Chennithala said that the arrest of Roopesh and the
others were made by Andhra police following a joint
operation undertaken by Andhra, Kerala, Karnataka
and Tamilnadu police.
He said this was a ‘big breakthrough’ and could be
achieved due to ‘co-ordinated’ efforts of the four State
governments.
Parents lodge complaint
against city school
Tragic Tuesday: 10 killed
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Parents of outgoing students of
Calibre International School at Krishnaswamy Avenue in Mylapore here
have ﬁled a complaint with the police
for allegedly refusing to refund the
caution deposit, which was supposed
to be given along with the transfer
certiﬁcate.
In their complaint, the parents have
stated that during the academic year
2013-14 they had paid a sum of Rs
25,000 towards refundable caution
deposit to the school. This was to be
refunded at the time when the school
management issued the transfer
certiﬁcate to students who wanted to
leave the school.
This year the management was
to have refunded the amount on 11
April, when they issued the TC. They
however did not and requested time
till 30 April to process the request,
parents alleged.
The amount was not given on 30
April also, they have said.
The parents have accused the
NT Bureau
Trichy / Tirupur / Pudukottai, May 5:
Ten persons were killed in different road mishaps that took place in
various parts of Tamilnadu since this
morning. Many were injured.
In a tragic incident, three persons
were killed in a road accident near
Trichy early today.
According to police sources, a private bus driven by one Raja Muhammad (45) was on its way from Chennai to Tuticorin, when it rammed into a
stationary lorry near Thuvarankurichi.
Police said, the lorry which was
transporting sand from Musiri to
Sivagangai, had its tyre burst and
was hence parked by the roadside.
With the front portion of the bus carrying around 35 passengers, bearing
the full impact of the collision, its drivers Raja Muhammad and Perumal
died on the spot.
school management of harbouring a
clear intention to defraud the parents
and embezzle the caution deposit.
‘This is highly illegal, arbitrary and
against the fundamental principles of
natural justice. So we have no other
option but to opt for legal justice’, the
parents said.
The complaint seeks immediate
police intervention and requested the
police to take appropriate action and
direct the school authorities to refund
the amount at the earliest.
Several parents have also paid
Rs 20,000 towards Advance project
collaboration charges. They wanted
that amount also to be refunded along
with the caution deposit.
The petition has been signed by
about 50 parents. The police have
promised necessary action, it is learnt.
Meanwhile, repeated attempts to
contact the school management
went in vain.
Madhuvanthi Arun, granddaughter
of dean and director of PSBB group of
schools Mrs YGP, is the correspondent of Calibre International School.
q 24 injured and hospitalised in road mishaps
q Victims include those returning from IPL match in Chennai
The lorry driver Kannan from Sivagangai who was changing the tyre too
was crushed to death.
The accident also seriously injured
12 others who were rushed to hospitals in Trichy for treatment.
Manapparai DSP Rajarajan along with
Valanadu Inspector Rajesh Kumar and
Thuvarankurichi ﬁre service arrived at
the spot and carried out the rescue work.
It has also been reported that
investigations have begun into the
accident which disrupted trafﬁc on the
Trichy-Madurai 4-way lane for about
two hours.
RTE compensation: CM
seeks PM’s intervention
Maoists arrest in TN:
Shocking details emerge
q Most-wanted Naxal is law graduate with IT diploma
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
In what is being seen as a major
breakthrough for the police of four
southern States, a top Maoist leader,
wanted in at least 20 cases in Kerala,
his wife and three others have been
arrested in Tamilnadu.
According to reports, Roopesh,
apart from being a Maoist, was also
a law graduate with a diploma in
Information Technology.
Roopesh, before he became in
charge of the Western Ghats zone of
the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
and the leader of the Maoist movement
in Kerala with his wife, had initially
joined the Communist Party of India
(Marxist-Leninist), according to reports.
Besides the couple, others arrested
were Anup from Kerala, Veeramani
from Karnataka and Kannan from
Tamilnadu, sources said, adding, all
would be taken to Kerala for further
5 lakh
traders shut
shop in TN
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
About ﬁve lakh traders across
Tamilnadu today downed shutters coinciding with the 32nd
Traders’ Day celebrations being
held near here.
Traders afﬁliated with the Tamilnadu Vanikar Sangankalin Peramaippu, a federation of various associations, converged at Vandalur
where a day-long conference is
scheduled.
President of the federation, A M
Vikrama Raja, has said that ﬁve
lakh members are attending the
conference.
Issues pertaining to traders will
be discussed in the day-long conference, an annual event held by
the federation.
Vanikar Sangankalin Peravai, another federation of traders headed
by T Vellayan, is holding a similar
conference in Thanjavur.
As announcements regarding
traders downing their shutters
today were prominently displayed
at various shops, people bought
essentials yesterday itself.
Roopesh
Shyna
questioning on the way to Andhra
Pradesh.
Roopesh is believed to be the mastermind behind the recent attacks in
Palakkad and Wayanad districts of
Kerala and has over 20 cases registered against him under UAPA, Arms
Act and Unlawful Assembly.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh
Chennithala conﬁrmed the development last night. Chennithala said this
was a ‘big breakthrough’ and could be
achieved due to ‘coordinated’ efforts
of the four State governments.
His wife Shyna, is a former Kerala
Roopesh had written
a novel in 2013 which
was published by two
publishing houses
in Kerala under
the titles ‘Maoist’
and ‘Vasanthathile
Poomarangal
(Flowering trees
of spring)’
High Court employee, intelligence ofﬁcials told a news channel. Moreover,
she came in the news in 2011 after she
wrote a letter to Kerala Chief Minister
Oommen Chandy, calling for action
against police officials for allegedly
harassing her 71-year-old mother and
her two children, said a report.
In another incident, an early morning
road mishap took the life two persons
and injured two others.
According to police sources, industrialist Saranraj (35) from Udumalaipet along with his friends Pankaj Kumar (38), Meshak (38) and Subhash
(35) had come to Chennai yesterday
for the IPL match in Chepauk.
While they were returning to Tirupur early this morning, the car being
driven by Subhash suddenly lost
control at Veppur near Cuddalore.
Police said, a speeding lorry then
rammed into the car at around 6 am, ﬂing-
ing Saranraj and Pankaj out of the car. The
two subsequently died on the spot.
Meanwhile, Subhash and Meshak
who were seriously injured were
rescued from the overturned vehicle
and admitted to Ulundurpet government hospital.
The Veppur police registered a case
in this regard.
In another tragic incident, five
persons were killed when a lorry hit
their bullock cart near Pudukottai
last night.
According to sources, a tipper lorry with
a burst tyre, ran amok near Arasampatti
and crushed devotees who were riding
a bullock cart carrying the idol of Lord
Sathyamurthy Perumal to Thirumayam.
It is reported that the devotees were
returning after attending a puja on the
occasion of Chithira Pournami.
The incident resulted in the death of
ﬁve persons and injured ten others.
Petrol bunk mobbed
near Tambaram for
selling adulterated fuel
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Around 50 customers laid seige
to a petrol bunk at RajakilpakkamVelacheri Main Road near Tambaram
this morning in protest against the
selling of adulterated fuel.
According to police sources, a
petrol bunk owned by Senthil Jyothi
of Ambattur was mobbed by angry
motorists after they realised that the
fuel was watery.
Following the protest, Senthil was
taken for interrogation.
Police said, the bunk received
20,000 litres of petrol in three cans
last night and Senthil had checked
only one out of the three.
It is reported that Senthil has also
agreed to compensate the customers
for their alleged loss.
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam
today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to ensure
that the provisions of the Right to
Education Act are strictly adhered to
by the Ministry of Human Resources
and the expenditure incurred by the
schools in the State, amounting to Rs
97.04 crore towards admissions, are
reimbursed.
In a letter to Modi, a copy of which
was released to the media here,
Panneerselvam said, ‘Based on
these unilateral and arbitrary amendments to the SSA Framework, the
claim of Rs 25.13 crore submitted by
Tamilnadu government for the year
2013-14 has not been admitted by the
Centre,’ Panneerselvam said.
The claim submitted for the year
2014 15, for an amount of Rs 71.57
crore, has been restricted to a measly
amount of Rs 14 lakh. This restriction
of the claim to Rs 14 lakh is because
the new framework makes expenditure incurred on children enrolled
in Class 1 and upwards eligible for
reimbursement, he said.
‘This is a completely arbitrary re-
NOTHING FISHY
As the ﬁshing ban is on, ﬁshermen are using the opportunity to mend their nets, repair boats and also to go to the sea along with their family
members and friends on a jolly trip. A scene near Marina.
Photo:BANAND
striction and violates the provisions
of Section 12 (1) (C) of the Act,
which provides for admitting children
belonging to weaker sections and
disadvantaged groups in pre-school
as well,’ the Chief Minister said.
Under RTE Act, 25 per cent reservation is provided to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups in
admission to private unaided schools.
As many as 49,864 children were
admitted under the RTE Act in 201314, and 86,729 children were given
admission in in 2014-15 in the State.
Judgment day for
Salman tomorrow
Mumbai, May 5 (PTI):
A Mumbai sessions court will pronounce its verdict tomorrow in the
hit-and-run case against Bollywood
superstar Salman Khan who, if convicted, could face upto 10 years in jail.
The judgement in the over 12-year-old
case, whose trial saw many twists and
turns, can make or mar the career of the
actor on whom ride investments of over
Rs 200 crore. A tight security blanket
will be thrown around the court when
sessions judge D W Deshpande pronounces the judgement tomorrow. Only
the lawyers, media and the court staff
will be allowed to be present.
While ﬁxing 6 May for delivering
the verdict last month, Deshpande
had directed the 49-year-old actor to
be present at 11.15 am. The popular
actor was tried afresh under the
harsher charge of culpable homicide
not amounting to murder which is
punishable with imprisonment upto
10 years. A Bandra Metropolitan
Magistrate, who conducted the
trial under lesser charge of rash
and negligent driving, which carries a maximum punishment of two
years, had in 2012 slapped the
more serious offence of culpable
homicide and committed the matter to the sessions court.
City
Centre
Water woes in Velacheri Not so convenient here
2 TUESDAY
5 MAY 2015
CHENNAI
Public toilet in Vyasarpadi remains shut
Erratic supply worries residents of AGS Colony
T
hough many localities in Velacheri get decent supply of water,
AGS Colony, situated in West Velacheri, has been facing difﬁculties due to
irregular supply of water. Residents
of First to Fifth Cross Street in the
locality are the worst affected. They
say the supply is inadequate and
Residents of First to
Fifth Cross Street in
the locality are the
worst affected
they have to manage with a meager
amount of water for days together.
'We have to use the hand pump
A view of AGS Colony Fifth Cross Street.
sometimes, but the water used to
tickle even after vigorous pumping.
'In the beginning, we did not get a
of prior intimation regarding water
Often what came out was soiled and proper response, but we continued
timings. Sometimes water is supplied
brownish liquid, unworthy of
to approach them and
at odd timings and few residents tend
consumption,' says
ﬁnally they have decided
to miss out on it.
Venugopalan, a resito take some action to
'If the authorities can devise a
HERI
dent.
improve the situation.
way of informing delays or change
VELAC
They have assured us
Representations
in timing, residents would benefit
an additional water pipeline and they
were made to the ofﬁgreatly from it,' says Padma, another
cials concerned, but resid e n t s have also promised to regularise the
resident.
did not get a proper response from water supply. But we want them to
Residents of AGS Colony continue
them. Still, they continue to voice honour their promises soon,' says
to remain hopeful that their water
out their issues. It was only recently Venugopalan.
woes be put to an end by the authorithat the authorities have promised to
One more issue that many localities,
ties concerned.
improve the situation.
including AGS Colony, face is the lack
- NT Bureau
BLOCK & TACKLE
The public convenience that was constructed at MPM Street in Vyasarpadi recently.
A
new public convenience
was constructed at MPM
Street in Vyasarpadi recently.
This facility, although completed, is yet to be opened for
public.
This street houses several
business establishments, educational institutions
in addition to a
fire and police
station. Therefore it is visited
by a good volume
of public. Hence residents had requested
for a
toilet here so that people don’t
use the pavements to defecate.
‘The unmanageable stench
had put residents here in a fix.
We were happy when the au-
thorities constructed a public
convenience, but now we hope
that it be opened. Its nearly
a month since the work for it
completed. We therefore urge
that the facility be opened at the
earliest,’ says Raja Rajeswari, a
resident
here.
‘ T h i s
street is
an important
R
U
B
M
PERA
l i n k
connecting
Perambur and the other parts
of North
Chennai and Purasawalkam.
Many buses ply through this
street and hence it is frequented
by the public. It is essential that
this street be maintained spic
Poles left on the pavement of Velacheri-Tambaram Road force pedestrians onto the
road.
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So it is high time the authorities concerned take steps to
open the facility,’ says Ramvir,
a social activist and a regular
here.
‘Another problem is the walls of
the toilet. This place is plagued
with posters so much so the
building does not look like a
toilet at all. Hence the urgent
need of the hour is to put it to
good use,’ says Vanaja, another
social activist.
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nearly a month ago
and is now being
misused
The object is
to insert the
numbers in
the boxes to
satisfy only
one condition:
each row,
column and
3x3 box must
contain the
digits
1 through 9
exactly once:
Easy nah?
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Around Town
CHENNAI
TUESDAY
5 MAY 2015
3
IT’S ADMISSION TIME
q Anna University to open 20 special counters for TNEA 2015
NT Bureau
Law courses from 8 May
Chennai, May 5:
With Plus Two examination results set to be announced on Thursday (7 May),
it will be time for students to decide on their next course of action - courses
to enroll in. Meanwhile, institutions are bracing up for the admission rush by
commencing sale of application forms for various courses.
BE applications
from tomorrow
Anna University will
issue application forms
for Tamilnadu Engineering Admissions
(TNEA 2015) from tomorrow.
As many as 2.4 lakh
application forms have
been printed to ﬁll over
two lakh seats under
Single Window Counselling (SWC). If necessary more forms will
be printed.
Notiﬁcation for TNEA
2015 was issued on
Monday. The forms
for BE/B Tech programmes will be sold
at 60 centres across
the State, including
20 special counters at
Anna University.
The last date for sale of application forms is 27 May. However, in Anna
University, Chennai, sale of forms will continue till 29 May. The last date to
submit ﬁlled-in forms is 5 pm on 29 May.
Forms are priced at Rs 500 for general category applicants and for applicants from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities they will
be sold at Rs 250. The list of centres is available in the university’s website
www.annauniv.edu/tnea2015.
Apart from 100 per cent seats in Government-funded engineering colleges,
65 per cent seats in non-minority private colleges and 50 per cent seats in
minority colleges would be ﬁlled through the SWC at Anna University.
Last year, 2,11,777 seats were available under SWC of which only 1,10,780
seats were ﬁlled and 1,00,997 remained vacant.
New DCP
for Kilpauk
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
The State government effected a
minor reshufﬂe of police ofﬁcers on
Monday.
Pravesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Coimbatore,
has been posted as DC, Kilpauk, Chennai Police. R Ramakrishnan, DC, Kilpauk, Greater Chennai Police, has been
posted as Commandant of Tamilnadu
Special Police Battalion, Pochampalli in
Krishnagiri district. J Gunasekaran, the
present Commandant of the battalion,
has been posted as Commandant of
Regimental Centre, Avadi. A G Babu,
DC, Law and Order, Salem city, has
been posted as DC Trafﬁc Madurai city.
P Rajan, Additional SP, Headquarters,
Villupuram, has been promoted as SP
and posted as DC, Crime and Trafﬁc,
Tirunelveli city. S Selvaraj, Deputy Commandant, XII Battalion, Manimuthar, has
been promoted as SP and posted as DC,
Law and Order, Salem city.
S M Mohammed Iqbal, Additional SP,
DVAC, Chennai, has been promoted
as SP and posted as DC, Intelligence,
Greater Chennai Police
Course in Japanese
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
The Language School of Indo-Japan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry is
commencing a freshers programme in
written and spoken Japanese. Classes
will be held on weekends from 10 May,
at the Chamber at 21, KB Dasan Road,
Teynampet.
For details, contact: 24352010/24354779, email: indo-japan@
ijcci.com; web: www.ijcci.com.
MBBS forms
from 11 May
The sale of MBBS and BDS application forms for the academic year
2015-16 will begin on 11 May.
The notiﬁcation inviting applications
for MBBS course will be published
in newspapers on 10 May, following
which sale of forms would begin.
Forms will be available at all 19 government medical colleges. Students
can also download it online. Sales
will last until 28 May. The deadline for
submitting ﬁlled-in application forms
is 5 pm on 29 May.
The form costs Rs 500. The merit
list is expected to be released on 12
June. Like last year, the number of
government seats will be 2,555.
If the Medical Council of India’s approval comes in for the government
medical college at Omandurar Estate
in Chennai, an additional 100 seats
will be available.
About 40,000 application forms will
be printed this year, similar to last
year. However, if more are needed,
they will be printed.
The Tamilnadu Dr Ambedkar Law University will issue
application forms for law
courses from 8 May.
The university is introduc-ing new integrated courses,
both for Bachelors and Masters, from the coming
academic year, according to Vice-Chancellor P
Vanangamudi.
The new programmes are BBA LLB (Hons), BCA
LLB (Hons) and LLM (Taxation), all regular streams,
and Master of Corporate Law (MCL) under the
distance education mode.
A total of 1,052 seats in the ﬁve-year BA LLB
programme and 1,262 seats in the three-year LLB
programme are available in the afﬁliated government law colleges.
Students from any stream can join the Bachelor’s
in Business Administration LLB (Honours) and the
Bachelor’s in Computer Application LLB (honours)
programmes.
Sale of application forms for the honours programmes will commence on 8 May. The last date
for issue and submission is 5 June. The rank list
will be published on June 12. Forms for the ﬁveyear BA LLB programme afﬁliated to government
law colleges will be issued from 14 May and the
last date for submission is 12 June. The rank list
will be published on 26 June.
For LLB (honours), LLM and MCL, forms will be
issued from 25 May and the last date for submission is 28 August. The rank list will be published
on 10 July for LLB (honours) and 9 September for
the other courses. For three-year LLB courses afﬁliated to government law colleges, forms will be issued from 25 May and the last date for submission
is 17 July. The rank list will be published on 31 July.
Application fee for general category is Rs. 1,000
for honours courses and Rs 500 for PG courses
and programmes afﬁliated to government law colleges. For SC/ST category it is priced Rs 500 and
Rs 250. Persons opting to get the forms by post
must pay Rs 100 extra.
Govt Arts College
issues forms
Most of the 62 Government Arts Colleges in
various parts of Tamilnadu have started issuing
applications from Monday. The remaining colleges would commence from Wednesday.
While SC/ST students need to pay Rs 2 as
application fee, others could obtain for Rs 27.
The application fee for Government aided
private colleges, however, ranges anywhere
between Rs 250 and RS 500.
Meanwhile, the State Higher Education Department has sent a circular consisting of 36 rules
to be followed by all Government aided colleges
and self ﬁnancing colleges during admission. It
includes the
cost of the application forms must be Rs 27
(Graduates) and Rs 42 (Post
Graduates). Application forms must contain the
full details of tuition fees and students admission
procedures.
The sale of applications must begin ﬁve days
before the Plus Two exam results and 10 days
should be given to submit the forms. The colleges should display the ranklist on their noticeboard within 11 days after receiving the forms
and admission list on 14th day.
Application forms which are submitted late must
be scrutinised separately. Maximum age for graduate degree course is 21. Except for general category, women and other categories will get three
years age relaxation and handicapped will get ﬁve
years age relaxation. Strict action will be taken
against colleges violating rules, were some of the
guidance given by the Education Department.
Not on the right track
q Transportation forums raise concern over slew of mishaps
C SHYAM SUNDAR
Chennai, May 5:
The Chennai Beach-TambaramChengalpet section is not only a
busy one for the Southern Railway
but infamous for the number of
mishaps reported each day on the
tracks at various places and near
level-crossings.
Given the situation, Southern Railway ofﬁcials, Railway Police Force
personnel, motormen, commuters
and representatives from trafﬁc and
transportation forums met in the
city recently to discuss the issue
of commuters illegally crossing the
tracks at different spots between
Chennai Beach and Tambaram
Railway Stations.
According to Anupam Sharma,
Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai, ‘The main
reasons for train-related deaths include disregard for the level crossing signals, use of mobile phones
while walking over the tracks and
avoiding foot-over-bridges.’
Every day, on an average, three
to four persons are hit by trains
while walking over the tracks. Also,
livestock and pet animals were hit
by the moving trains, he pointed out.
Commuters and representatives
of trafﬁc and transportation forums
said strict action should be taken
against those who cross the tracks
in a manner that invites danger.
‘People who trespass should be
booked and asked to pay the ﬁne.
Use of mobile phones
while walking over the
tracks and avoiding
foot-over-bridges are
reasons for mishaps
in the Chennai BeachTambaram section Railway authorities
Jaywalking along Railway tracks is said to be the main reason for
rise in mishaps.
The offenders should not be allowed
to go scot-free. The majority of
victims in such train accidents are
youngsters. Awareness should be
created among college students and
youth about the dangers of crossing the tracks,’ said V Santhanam,
founder, Chromepet Rail Users
Forum.
‘In order to prevent people from
crossing tracks in an illegal manner, the Southern Railway has built
subways, foot-over-bridges and compound walls. The compound walls
are broken by anti-social elements,’
ofﬁcials pointed out.
Moreover, the commuters requested the ofﬁcials to provide escalators,
construct ramps (for the beneﬁt of
senior citizens and physically-challenged persons) and provide proper
illumination on the borders
of Railway stations and on station
roads.
Some motormen said that while
crossing tracks people tend to underestimate the speed of the train, which
resulted in fatalities.
Meanwhile, commuters in Perungalathur have sought a footoverbridge at Perungalathur Railway
station at the earliest as a large
number of people take risks, walking
over the tracks.
It may be noted that pedestrians
and motorists don’t pay heed to the
two-level crossings to go towards the
interior parts of Perungalathur and to
reach Grand Southern Trunk Road
and duck underneath and move on,
risking their lives and exposing their
vehicles to damage.
‘We have told the motorists, commuters and pedestrians to be patient,
but they don’t seem to care,’ a Railway staff said.
This impatience seems to be the
cause for several mishaps near
level-crossings and representatives of trafﬁ c and transportation
forums felt the authorities need to
initiate efforts to construct bridges
or subways at important stations to
replace level-crossings.
Summer school
from 17 May
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
The Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre will be organising a
three-day summer school on astronomy and astrophysics between
17 and 19 May for students studying in classes VII to IX. It will be
conducted at B M Birla Planetarium,
Periyar Science and Technology
Centre and will engage with topics
such as the fundamentals of celestial coordinate systems, cosmology,
and the evolution of stars. The
course will also have practical observational sessions. Fifty students
will be admitted.
For registration and further details,
contact 2441 0025.
104 Helpline
for students
As Plus
Two board
exam results
are to be announced on
Thursday, the
104 helpline
of the government is offering counselling for students to overcome fear and
anxiety. A team of about 25 special
counsellors are working round the
clock at the facility.
The special team would be attending to students of Class X and XII till
the end of this month. Parents also
could make use of this facility.
Odisha woman’s shoulder woes end in Chennai
q City doc performs rare surgery to provide solution to chronic problem
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
A 71-year old woman from Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, is happy. It is
because she would be free from
shoulder pain thanks to the surgery
performed by Dr A K Venkatachalam,
consultant orthopedic surgeon at
Meenakshi Multi-Speciality Hospital
at Mylapore here..
The woman - Mrs P Nair was suffering from left shoulder pain for the
last 15 years. This was part of her
widespread rheumatoid arthritis.
She didn’t get any relief from ayurvedic treatment. CT and MRI scans
showed advanced bone and soft
tissue destruction from rheumatoid
arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects all the
synovial joints. It ultimately leads
to joint damage and bony destruc-
tion. While pain killers and disease
modifying drugs may be useful in
the early stages, joint replacements
are the only way to cure the affected
joints. Multiple joint replacements are
required to keep the patient mobile.
As the bony destruction was advanced, Dr Venkatachalam, based
on the scan reports decided that a
reverse shoulder replacement was
the only option. He performed the
rare operation on Mrs Nair to restore
mobility. The operation took nearly
two and half hours, a release said.
Earlier in 2008, he had performed
bilateral knee replacements to help
her to walk.
In a reverse shoulder replacement,
the surgeon is faced with extensive
damage to the rotator cuff, joint
and bones. The rationale is that
instead of relying on the rotator
Why and what?
CT and MRI scans showed Mrs Nair was suffering from rheumatoid
arthritis which ultimately leads to joint damage and bony destruction.
While pain killers and disease modifying drugs may be useful in the
early stages, joint replacements are the only way to cure the affected
joints. Hence based on the scan reports, Dr Venkatachalam decided
to pefrom a reverse shoulder replacement.
The patient Mrs P Nair with Dr A K Venkatachalam after the surgery
in Chennai recently.
cuff tendons to initiate movement,
the surgeon relies on the Deltoid
muscle to initiate lifting of the arm.
The normal position of the ball in a
shoulder joint is at the upper end
of the arm bone while the socket
is at the outer end of the shoulder
blade. In this operation, the position of the two is reversed with the
ball being shifted to the shoulder
blade and the socket to the upper
end of the arm bone. The center
of rotation is shifted more outward
and this makes the Deltoid muscle
more effective.
The back side of the un-cemented
ball is coated with a ceramic material to allow osseo-integration by the
patient’s own bone. The ball will biologically integrate with her shoulder
blade. The socket is cemented into
the arm bone.
The patient has recovered well.
She will be totally pain free and recover full mobility after a course of
physical therapy. A reverse shoulder replacement calls for advanced
skills and training in shoulder joint
replacements says Venkatachalam
in the release.
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Seize the moment
T
o a question whether marital rape is likely to be criminalised
in India, the Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parthibhai
Chaudhar, has said that the concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot be suitably applied in the Indian context
due to various factors. These factors were the level of education, illiteracy, poverty, myriad social customs and values, religious beliefs and
the mindset of society to view marriage as a sacrament. According to
a study, about 75 per cent of married women in India are subjected to
marital rape, reinforcing the fact that we might be into the 21st century
but archaic feudal attitudes deny women their basic rights.
When sex is obtained by force, a threat of force, or physical violence,
it is a violation of marriage as an intimate bond in which both husband
and wife are equal partners. Indian laws on marital rape as mentioned in
Sections 375 and 376 of the IPC have to be amended to give the woman
the right over her body. A man can be punished for rape with imprisonment and ﬁne “unless the woman raped is his own wife”. Similarly,
the Indian Evidence Act prevents evidence of marital rape from being
admissible in court. How can the sexual trauma and emotional pain in
such an intimate relationship be ignored?
Unless the suggestion of the 172nd Law Commission is accepted,
proving marital rape in court, combining the provisions of the Domestic
Violence Act and the IPC, is virtually impossible. Surely, a married
woman cannot lose her individuality and the right to honour and dignity.
Are these not fundamental human rights, irrespective of marital status,
education or economic background? It’s high time we stopped using the
shield of social customs and religious beliefs to endorse retrogressive
interpretations of law. Ironically, within her marriage a woman can
protect her right to life and liberty, but not her body.
Rape in any form destroys a woman’s psyche because of the outdated
concept of penile/vaginal penetration. Law-makers in India assert
marital rape is not a crime which is why the 172nd Law Commission
of India has not recommended it be made a criminal offence while the
J.S Verma committee has recommended the opposite.
And so 75 % of women have to accept rape within marriage or opt for
divorce as a solution. Most ‘put up with it’ for the sake of family honour.
The Justice JS Verma Committee has rightly recommended that marital
rape should be made a criminal offence so that India stands alongside
the developed nations in upholding women’s rights, not merely mouthing empty platitudes.
Dalai Lama @DalaiLama
Because all religious traditions teach
love, tolerance and forgiveness, and share
a common goal, we can appreciate and
respect them all.
Kailash Satyarthi @k_satyarthi
Even today, many citizens and politicians
opine that banning #childlabour is impossible. I debunk this myth here.
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds perform for the crowd during the Dyess Big Country AirFest at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene,
Texas. In the other photograph, Breitling Wing Walking team celebrated their ﬁrst ﬂights in Japan by ﬂying in formation with Japanese Red
Bull Air Race Pilot Yoshihide Muroya, ﬂying his Breitling Extra 300L aircraft over the Seto Inland Sea close to Hiroshima, Japan.
Peace or piece?
q Taliban stresses preconditions for any talks with Afghan govt
DOHA:
Taliban militants meeting Afghan
ofﬁcials in Qatar reiterated their hardline stance on peace talks, ruling out
negotiations until US forces leave the
country and the insurgents are allowed
to open a political ofﬁce.
A 20-member Afghan delegation
over the weekend launched two days
of ‘open discussion’ with Taliban representatives in the Gulf emirate in their
latest attempt to end Afghanistan’s long
war. The militants emphasised their
preconditions for negotiations in a statement read out by their representatives at
the meeting and posted on the Taliban’s
ofﬁcial website.
‘One of the main external obstacle
(to talks) is the occupation of our
country by Americans... continuing the
occupation will mean continuing the
war,’ the statement said. ‘The mother
of all these miseries is their invasion,
which should end as a ﬁrst step toward
a peace dialogue between Afghans.’
the Run X20 with GPS is priced Rs
11,995. The company is offering
an EMI scheme to make the bands
more attractive to the Indian market.
For now, the biggest USP for
Times smartbands seems to be
Timex’s large service network, as
after-sales service is hard to ﬁnd
for the other brands in this space.
Mathur said the company is looking
at selling half a million smartbands
and smartwatches in India within a
couple of years.
‘Timex is known globally for watches that are heavy on technology and
good for the outdoors. But in India
we have been selling gold watches
for two decades. We want to shake
off that legacy,’ says Mathur, adding that the mantra now is smart,
not gold.
Timex is promoting the IronMan
range in India by focusing on the
usability of the smartbands and
not their specs like with other techdriven companies. With the ‘Show
yourself what you can do’ campaign
we are focusing on usability without
going deep down into specs,’ says
Mathur.
This is the ﬁrst time that a watchmaker has entered the smartband/
smartwatch segment in India, till
now a preserve of handset manufacturers like Samsung and Sony.
‘A reputed watchmaker entering
into this space will have an immediate advantage since they can
leverage their expertise in watch
design and brand name,’ says
Indranil Dutta, Insights Director,
eTech: IT & Telecom Practice at
IMRB International.
The statement came as a Taliban
suicide bomber struck a government
bus in Kabul today, killing one civilian and wounding 15 others in the
latest attack in the annual ‘spring
offensive’.
The insurgents also said they needed to set up a political ofﬁce for any
peace negotiations and demanded
that their leaders be removed from a
US ‘blacklist’.
‘For talks, an ofﬁce and an address
is needed. The Islamic Emirate does
not have an address for peace talks,’
the Taliban said, using their ofﬁcial
name. ‘We need an ofﬁce to issue
statements on peace and answer
questions. If there is an office...
baseless and biased accusations will
be prevented.’
Previous efforts to open dialogue
with the Taliban have failed.
The Taliban opened an office in
Qatar in June 2013 as a ﬁrst move
towards a possible peace deal. But it
shut a month later after enraging the
Doodle honours
journalist Nellie Bly
As a reporter, she defended the
poor and condemned the corrupt.
While Jules Verne’s characters
went ‘around the world in 80 days,’
Nellie Bly, the pseudonym for journalist Elizabeth Cochrane, broke
that record by more than a week,
which is one of many reasons
Google is celebrating the trailblazing reporter’s 151st birthday with a
musical Doodle.
Bly was born in Pittsburgh on 5
May 1864, and it was a scathing
‘letter to the editor’ to protest a
misogynistic article that launched
her remarkable career. Impressed
by the missive’s prose, the editor
for the Pittsburg Dispatch
offered her a
job at the paper - where
Cochrane began to use the
penname Nellie
Bly.
She developed a reputation as a defender of the marginNellie Bly
alized, covering
slums, conditions for working girls and
even getting expelled from Mexico for
exposing ofﬁcial corruption.
In 1887, she moved to the New
York World and worked under the
one and only Joseph Pulitzer. Here
she would reach the pinnacle of her
career by writing Nellie Bly’s Book:
Around the World in Seventy-Two
Days. The World printed daily updates of Bly’s adventure and when
she completed the ﬁnal leg back
from San Francisco to New York,
she was saluted with brass bands
and ﬁreworks everywhere she went.
The Google Doodle features a
song written by Karen O of the band
Yeah Yeah Yeahs and is accompanied by an animation honoring Bly
as a civil rights pioneer
Her Royal Highness...
Timex goes smart
with two smartbands
NEW DELHI:
American watchmaker Timex has
entered the smartband market with
two Ironman activity trackers. For
now, the two models, Move X20
and Run X20, will be available exclusively on Amazon.in.
‘The initial response has been very
good and we old over 35 watches in
the ﬁrst hour,’ said Anupam Mathur,
head of sales and marketing. The
Move X20 is priced Rs 8,995, while
They have ruled out
negotiations until US
forces leave the
country and the
insurgents are allowed to
open a political ofﬁce
Prince William with his wife
Kate and new born baby Charlotte
LONDON:
Britain’s newborn princess has been
named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana,
royal officials said Monday. The
princess is the second child of Prince
William and his wife Kate, the Duchess
of Cambridge. The baby will be known
as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
Charlotte, the feminine form of
Charles, is a nod to the newborn’s
grandfather, Prince Charles. The middle names honor Queen Elizabeth II,
the infant’s great-grandmother, and the
late Princess Diana, William’s mother.
The princess is fourth in line to the
throne after Charles, William and her
older brother Prince George.
William and Kate introduced the
baby princess to the world on Sat-
urday evening, just 12 hours after
Kate checked into a London hospital
to give birth. The baby weighed in at
8 pounds, 3 ounces (3.7 kilograms).
Bookmakers had taken huge
amounts of bets on the name, with
Alice, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Victoria,
Olivia and Diana among the most
popular guesses.
Earlier on Monday, bells at Westminster Abbey pealed and gun salutes
were ﬁred across London in honor
of the newborn princess. Dozens of
deafening volleys were fired from
Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
William and Kate’s new daughter is
the ﬁrst British princess who won’t face
royal discrimination because she’s a
girl, but that doesn’t mean her life will
be a fairy tale.
Is Kerry adding insult to injury?
WASHINGTON:
Kerry was trying to convince the
Israeli public with the energy of the
innocent that they had nothing to
worry about. The world would ﬁnally
be a safer place, and the nuclear deal
with the world’s number one sponsor
of terrorism would protect Israel, the
US Secretary of State claimed.
Apparently, Kerry, with his selfproclaimed 100 per cent voting record
on Israel in the US Senate, does not
understand a thing about the people
of Israel; otherwise, he would not
have insulted them by suggesting that
Israel’s criticism of the Framework
Agreement between Iran and the six
world powers was hysterical.
The Israeli people knew long before the Lausanne agreement that
Obama would sign a bad deal with
Iran because they know that Kerry
and Obama do not understand the
Middle East.
For the Israelis, it is absolutely clear
that closing a nuclear deal with Iran is
equivalent to making a pact with the
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of the day
devil similar to Chamberlain’s ‘Peace
in our time’ agreement with Hitler.
After all, they have learned to take
genocidal threats seriously; and they
have heard Iranian leaders say that
the annihilation of the Jewish state is
‘non-negotiable’.
So if you want to understand the
mood in Israel after Lausanne, it’s like
the second part of Jackson Brown’s
song ‘Before the Deluge’.
Yes, there is anger and frustration
in Israel about the deal with Iran; but
that doesn’t make Israel’s criticism of
the Iran deal hysterical.
Firstly, if the Israeli opposition to the
Framework Agreement is ‘hysterical’
as Kerry claims, how can it be that
many rational nuclear experts and experienced politicians outside of Israel
share their concerns in every aspect?
Could it be that it is Kerry who is becoming increasingly hysterical in the
way he reacts to critics, apparently
because he doesn’t have answers
to the questions about the many
loopholes in the agreement? After
all, Kerry has repeatedly shown that
he is not able to act rationally when
he is about to lose a political battle.
Only last year, he warned Israel that
it would become an apartheid state
and that the Palestinians would start
a new Intifada if the US-sponsored
negotiations with the Palestinians
should fail.
then-Afghan president Hamid Karzai
by styling itself as the unofﬁcial embassy for a government-in-exile.
The election last year of President
Ashraf Ghani, who pledged to make
peace talks a priority, as well as supportive signals from the militants’
erstwhile backer Pakistan, has raised
hopes of dialogue.
Meanwhile, despite those positive
signs following two days of informal
talks in Qatar, a wave of Taliban attacks targeting police checkpoints
late last night in the remote Afghan
province of Badakhshan, killed at least
16 policemen.
Woman who hit
leader with
mango rewarded
CARACAS:
A woman who bashed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on the
head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in
a surreal tropical tale that has gone
viral in Venezuela.
The 52-year-old president was driving a bus through a crowd last weekend in the central state of Aragua
when someone in the crowd tossed
the fruit at him. ‘It says: ‘If you can,
call me’,’ the former bus driver said
later during the week, as he displayed
the fruit with a name and phone number scrawled on it on television.
‘Marleny Olivo had a problem with her
house. (Ofﬁcials) called her. She was
scared. She couldn’t believe it was true.
... I’ve approved an apartment for you,
Marleny, as part of the ‘Grand Venezuelan Housing Mission’,’ he added,
vowing to eat the mango. Venezuela’s
ever ebullient cybersphere did not miss
a beat, with the president’s populist
gesture drawing admiration and derision, plus plenty of jokes.
‘If for a mango they give you apartments, then you know what to do: throw
him a pineapple!’ quipped Dolar Today,
a website that quotes the black market
for dollars and is hated by Maduro.
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Sir,
This week anxious students and
parents are expecting examination results. Post results every parent should
be vigilant and spot any warning signs
of depression and take their children
for psychological counselling if they
ﬁnd children depressed. Often their
inability to open up their bottled-up feelings to the right person, who can give
timely and correct advice, makes them
take some extreme step like suicide.
Parents should identify the natural
flair of children and allow them to
pursue that, instead of pushing them
to do things they dislike and try to live
their own unrealized dreams through
their children. Yoga and personality
development courses should be made
compulsory in educational institutions
with special emphasis on self-esteem
and self-conﬁdence.
T S KARTHIK,
Valasaravakkamand politics of India.
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Enterprise
CHENNAI
TMB teams up
with LIC
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank recently signed an MOU with Life
Insurance Corporation of India as
a co-partner for launching ‘Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’
(PMJJBY).
A press release here said, the
agreement was signed by the bank’s
chief general manager S Selvan Rajadurai, and LIC’s Senior Divisional
Manager L Chendurnathan, in the
presence of the bank’s MD & CEO
H S Upendra Kamath.
This scheme will offer a life insurance cover of Rs two lakh at just
a premium of Rs 330 per annum
to all savings bank holders of the
bank in the age group 18-50 years.
After enrollment, coverage will be
available up to 55 years of age for
existing members.
This is the lowest insurance premium for pure term insurance available in the market. This scheme is
available in the bank’s 431 branches
all over India for all existing and new
savings bank account holders.
The booming story
of Indian e-tail
Expected to touch $50 bn by 2020: Report
NT Bureau / PTI
Mumbai, May 5:
The country’s e-tail market is expected to grow 10 times from its
current level to $50 billion by 2020,
primarily driven by better internet
penetration and higher incomes, said
a report on Monday.
‘E-tail is the most recent segment,
but its highest growth rates and
success will be the key driver of the
overall e-Commerce market’, said a
UBS report.
The Internet & Mobile Association
of India (IAMAI) estimates that the
overall Indian e-Commerce market, of
which e-tail is a segment, is currently
worth $16 billion.
The report made a speciﬁc mention of the Indian Railway Catering
IPOs to rise and consolidate
The over $6-billion e-Commerce market in India will see IPOs gaining traction, preferably in the US, as well as see several consolidation
moves in the next 2-3 years, experts said.
Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) funds turned towards
the Indian market around 2008-09 after the sub-prime crisis hit the US
and the debt problems in Europe. These funds started investing in the
nascent online shopping market, where they expected huge returns in
the medium-to-long term, they added.
and Tourism Corporation
(IRCTC) as ‘the best example’ of a successful Indian
e-Commerce venture.
‘We estimate that IRCTC
had an estimated total
sales of $3 billion in 2014
with an online penetration
level of 43 per cent. Its success in-
Rahul Yadav makes
everyone look up
Resigns from Housing.com Slams board in letter
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
The drama at Housing.com seems
to have ﬁnally come to an end with
its CEO Rahul Yadav resigning from
the startup in a dramatic fashion.
In a letter to investors announcing
his resignation, Yadav called them
intellectually incapable to have a
sensible discussion and said he
doesn’t have time to waste with
them.
‘Dear board members and investors, I don’t think you guys are intellectually capable enough to have
any sensible discussion anymore.
This is something which I not just
believe but can prove on your faces
also!’ he said in the letter.
‘I had calculated long back (by
taking avg life expectancy minus
avg sleeping hrs) that I only have
~3L (hours) in my life. ~3L hrs are
certainly not much to waste with you
guys!’ he said.
‘Hence resigning from the position
‘Dear board members and investors, I don’t
think you guys are intellectually capable
enough to have any sensible discussion
anymore. This is something which I not just
believe but can prove on your faces also!’
of Directorship, Chairmanship and
the CEO position of the company.
I’m available for the next 7 days to
help in the transition. Won’t give
more time after that. So please be
efﬁcient in this duration,’ he added.
The Board is expected to meet
today to take a call on Yadav’s
resignation.
The portal has for the ﬁrst time,
since its inception three years ago,
started an advertising campaign
-- Look Up -- in the last few months.
The ﬁrm has chalked out aggressive expansion plans after receiving
funding from SoftBank and was
looking to acquire data research
Make ADB
‘bigger and better’
Should aim for $20-bn by 2020: Jaitley
Baku/New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
Pitching for a ‘bigger and better’
Asian Development Bank (ADB),
with annual business worth $20
billion by 2020,
Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley on
Monday sought
its support on
development of
smart cities and
industrial corridors, as also
for government’s
Arun Jaitley
ﬂagship programmes.
Jaitley said India is now Asian
Development Bank’s largest client
and the partnership should move to
the next level.
‘In addition to supporting conventional infrastructure projects, we
would like a deeper engagement
on development of Smart Cities,
April is Ashok
Leyland’s month
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Hinduja Group ﬂagship company
Ashok Leyland has reported a 43
per cent growth in sales during the
month of April.
A statement here said, total sales
stood at 8,435 units in the month,
compared to 5,897 units a year ago.
Medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales rose 45 per cent to 6,549
units from 4,523 units, while light
commercial vehicle sales increased
37 per cent to 1,886 units from 1,374
units a year ago.
FTA may give China
an edge: Assocham
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
A free trade agreement (FTA) between India and China may put India
at disadvantage as China enjoys an
edge in the manufacturing sector
as well as tariff rates, according to
Assocham.
TUESDAY
5 MAY 2015
Industrial Corridors, Rail transport
and manufacturing and job creation
through ﬂagship initiatives of Make
in India and Skill India’, he said.
Speaking at the First Business
Session of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) at Baku in Azerbaijan, Jaitley
said, ‘ADB should aim for annual
business of at least $20 billion by
2020.
‘Twenty by Twenty’ should be our
corporate goal, the Mantra.”
‘ADB not only needs to become
bigger, it also needs to become
better, as a model among the MDBs
(multilateral development banks)’,
he added.
The Finance Minister also said India is expected to grow at 7.5-8 per
cent in both 2015 and 2016, which
reafﬁrms the country’s ‘fascinating
growth prospects’.
ﬁrms, According to reports, investors in the ﬁrm were mulling removal
of Yadav because of his conduct
and differences in strategy plans,
according to sources.
In December last year, the portal
got funding of $100 million from Japan’s Softbank. Till now, it has got
funding of $120 million from other
investors including Helion Ventures,
Nexus Ventures and Qualcomm
Ventures.
Except for Qualcomm, all other
investors have representation in the
Board of Housing apart from Yadav
and other co-founder of Housing.
com Advitiya Sharma.
Biz confidence
for April-June
declines
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
The level of optimism about business environment among chief ﬁnancial ofﬁcers in the country declined
in April-June period largely owing to
slower pace of reforms than initially
expected and weak proﬁt level of the
corporates, says a report.
According to a survey by analytics
ﬁrm Dun & Bradstreet, the CFO Optimism Index has registered a decline
for the third consecutive quarter, but
remained high on yearly basis.
The Composite CFO Optimism
Index for April-June period of 2015
declined by around 4.9 per cent on
quarter-on-quarter basis but rose by
about 24.5 per cent on year-on-year
basis.
‘The optimism level among the
CFOs has failed to revive for the
third consecutive quarter as optimism
pertaining to the domestic macroeconomic scenario remains dented’, Dun
& Bradstreet India director - Risk
Management Solution Arvind Raghav
said. Majority of CFOs expect level
of ﬁnancial risks on the company’s
balance sheet and risk appetite to
remain unchanged during April-June
quarter of 2015.
Washington, May 5 (PTI):
Keeping a secret is akin to carrying
a physical weight and it can diminish motivation, making people less
productive at work, a new study has
found.
‘The more you feel preoccupied
by a secret and are thinking about
it, the more you are using your
personal resources - cognitive and
motivational - the
less energy you
feel you have available to pursue other tasks’, said
Michael Slepian, lead author of the
study and a researcher at Columbia
Business School.
‘You see things around you as
more challenging. It’s the same
outcome as when you are carrying
a heavy burden’, he said.
In our personal lives, this dynamic
can lead us to withdraw from people,
activities, and relationships. In the
workplace, it can result in decreased
productivity and engagement.
‘Being preoccupied by a secret at
work can be demotivating. And we
know if you are less motivated, you
perform less well’, Slepian said.
In a series of studies, Slepian,
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
Gold imports surged 19.5 per cent
to reach $34.32 billion in 2014-15
due to declining prices and easing
of restrictions by the Reserve Bank.
Imports of the metal were $28.7 billion
the previous ﬁscal, 2013-14.
Increase in gold imports impacts
the country’s trade deﬁcit, which has
reached $137 billion in 2014-15, and
the current account deﬁcit (CAD).
The imports almost doubled in
March to $4.98 billion which pushed
the trade deﬁcit to a four-month high
of $11.79 billion for the month, according to the Commerce Ministry
data.
India is the largest importer of gold,
which mainly caters to the demand of
the jewellery industry.
The Reserve Bank and the government have maintained that the CAD
level is comfortable, but the spike in
gold imports may spark fresh worries.
It has narrowed to 1.7 per cent for
the ﬁrst nine months of the previous
ﬁscal. According to the Reserve Bank
data, in the April-December period of
last ﬁscal, CAD stood at $31.1 billion
or 2.3 per cent of GDP.
along with co-researchers Nicholas
Camp of Stanford University and EJ
Masicampo of Wake Forest University, asked participants to think of
either a ‘preoccupying’ secret or a
‘non-preoccupying’ secret and
then to judge the steepness of a
hill.
Individuals’ perception of
‘hill slant’, as this
test is known,
has been shown
to vary depending
on whether subjects
are carrying additional weight.
The results were consistent: those
participants who were asked to recall a preoccupying secret judged
the hill to be steeper, and therefore
more forbidding, just as if they were
lugging a heavy load.
For workers pinned down under
the weight of their secrets, the best
solution is simply to get them off
their chests, Slepian said.
‘Sometimes people feel like the
right thing to do is to keep the
secret. But by doing that, you may
set yourself up for negative consequences’, he said.
Indian pros
‘pose’ to
impress: Study
Cisco gets new CEO
Swiss Minister to visit country
Swiss Economic Affairs Minister Johann N Schneider Ammann will be on a two-day visit to India starting
from 15 May as the both countries seek to boost their bilateral ties.
This would be the ﬁrst visit by a Swiss Minister since Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government came
to power in May, 2014. It also comes at a time when India is making efforts to track black money stashed by
its citizens abroad and is in discussions with Swiss authorities to gather more details in this regard.
Swiss Ambassador Linus von Castelmur said Schneider Ammann would be here for two days from 15 May.
‘On 15 May, he will hold meetings in New Delhi with Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Skill Development Rajiv Pratap Rudy’, the
Ambassador said.
Volkswagen India sales up 18%
Volkswagen India on Monday reported 17.77 per cent increase in sales at 3,572 units in April.
The company had sold 3,033 units in the same month last year.
The increase in sales comes on the back of recent successful launches of the new Jetta and Vento Magniﬁc,
Volkswagen India said in a statement.
branch through bank correspondence/bank mithras for willingness to
enroll in the PMSBY scheme.
The premium of Rs 12 will be debited from the SB account holders on
or before 31 May and
the policy will commence
from 1 June. The insurance coverage under
the scheme is that the
SB account holder will
be covered against any
accidental death or permanent disability like irrecoverable loss of eyes
or hands, feet, a compensation of
Rs two lakh will be paid or for any
permanent disability like irrecoverable
loss of eye or hand or feet a compensation of Rs one lakh will be paid to
the nominee or to the account holder.
The PMSBY scheme will be open
till 31 August.
Gold imports up
19.5% in FY15
Work secrets: Gossip
more, turn productive!
Networking giant Cisco on Monday said it has appointed Chuck Robbins as its chief executive ofﬁcer.
Robbins will take over from John Chambers, who will assume the role of executive chairman and continue
to serve on the Board of the over $47 billion ﬁrm.
‘This is the perfect time for Chuck Robbins to become Cisco’s next chief executive ofﬁcer. We’ve selected
a very strong leader at a time when Cisco is in a very strong position’, Chambers said.
Robbins, who has most recently served as Cisco’s senior vice president of worldwide operations, was also
elected to the Board of Directors, effective 1 May, 2015.
United India inks pact
with Vijaya Bank
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
United India Insurance Company
Ltd. recently signed a MOU for insuring the SB account holders under The
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana with
M/s.Vijaya Bank at their
Head Ofﬁce, Bangalore.
According to a press
release, the MOU copies were exchanged by
United India Insurance
CMD Milind Kharat and
Vijaya Bank MD & CEO
Kishore Sansi.
Also present were other senior executives from Vijaya Bank and United
India Insurance Co. Ltd.
Under the above scheme, the Saving Bank account holders of Vijaya
Bank can opt by ﬁlling an application giving authorisation to the bank
dicates that the Indian
consumer is willing to
accept technology if it
is a compelling value
proposition’, the report
stated.
The marketplace
model of e-tailing will
gain prominence ‘as it is scalable and
requires less capital and time than
other models’.
‘Current regulations and the presence of large unorganised sellers
(mom-and-pop shops) also support
this model’, it added.
Multi-product e-tailers (Flipkart, Amazon India and Snapdeal) are moving
towards the marketplace model while
e-tailers in niche categories such as
furniture, baby products and grocery
have hybrid business template, the
report pointed out. At the same time,
it played down investor concerns
about e-Commerce being a bubble
in India are ‘misplaced’.
‘Analysis of the supply chain for
ofﬂine retail by category implies adequate margins for e-tail in future’, the
report stressed.
5
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
Want to make your ﬁrst impression
do the job for you? Well, your online
proﬁle picture may be the best bet
here. A signiﬁcant number of Indian
professionals feel that ﬁrst impression
about another individual depends on
his or her’s online proﬁle image, says
a survey.
Further, the survey by professional
networking site LinkedIn found that
about 35 per cent of Indian professionals felt that it was important to
regularly update their proﬁle picture.
‘Overall, more than one in three
Indian professionals across all age
groups said their first impression
about someone is based on their
online proﬁle picture, second-highest
globally after China (38 per cent).
Interestingly, this figure was the
highest among Indian millennials
(those aged 18-34 years)’, it said.
According to the survey, about 42
per cent of the Indian millennials
admitted to being more careful about
their proﬁle picture on professional
networking sites.
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5 MAY 2015
CHENNAI
Yusuf’s cameo was
crucial: Pandey
Warner’s early dismissal did the trick, says Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav struck quick blows to derail SRH’s chase against
KKR yesterday.
Kolkata, May 5 (PTI):
Kolkata Knight Riders batsman
Manish Pandey credited all-rounder
Yusuf Pathan’s quick-fire cameo
for the comprehensive 35-win over
Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL T20
cricket tournament here.
Put in to bat, KKR stuttered after a
ﬂying start but Pathan’s 30 not out
from 19 balls pushed their total of 167
for 7 before Sunrisers Hyderabad fell
short by 35 runs.
‘I was batting well, if I got through,
probably more runs could have come.
In the end, Yusuf’s knock of 30 not
out from 19 balls was a crucial one.
It was a very good score on this
wicket,’ Pandey told a post-match
news conference.
He also hailed the effort of their
spin duo of Brad Hogg and Johan
Botha for doing a ﬁne job in absence
of the spin spearhead Sunil Narine,
who is yet to get a clearance for his
suspected bowling action.
‘We’re missing Sunil obviously.
He’s been a great part of KKR team
but I think Johan Botha and Brad
Hogg are making a lot of difference
to the side. They bowled in a crucial
time of the game. Hogg has been
phenomenal for us.
He’ll go
a long way.’
KKR are eyeing six points
from their next two
concluding league
games at home
against Delhi Daredevils (on 7 May)
and against
Kings XI Punjab (10 May) to virtually
seal a last-four spot.
‘We have the the home advantage.
We had a really good outing today.
Both batsmen and bowlers did everything as was targetted. We have to
win all the upcoming games,’ he said.
CSK owes it to
Dhoni, says Raina
‘Bravo’s run-out of Kohli turned game in our favour’
Suresh Raina
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Praising Chennai Super Kings’
team effort in the crucial win against
Royal Challengers Bangalore here on
Monday, top-order batsman Suresh
Raina credited skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni’s leadership qualities
for the side’s excellent showing in
the IPL.
Man-of-the-match Raina top-scored
with 52 as CSK posted 148 for nine
in 20 overs and the bowlers combined well to defend the total. The
left-handed batsman was pleased
with the table-topper’s successfully
defending a modest score thrice in
the competition so far - 150 vs Delhi
Daredevils and 134 vs Kolkata Knight
Riders.
‘It is overall a team effort whenever
you are defending 140 plus. I have
been with CSK for eight years. It is
about how you remain positive. That
is one aspect. I must say that Dhoni
led the team very well during the last
four games. You must remember that
we defended 130-140 earlier on,’
Raina said at the post-match press
conference.
Apart from the seven catches, two
good run outs, especially the one
Arsenal closes in on CL spot
London, May 5:
Arsenal all but sealed Champions
League qualiﬁcation for an 18th
successive season after they eased
past relegation-threatened Hull
City 3-1 in the Premier League on
Monday.
Alexis Sanchez’s
deflected freekick
wrong-footed
stranded keeper
Steve Harper to
hand Arsenal
a 28th-minute
opener before
Aaron Ramsey
doubled the advantage four minutes later when
his shot was diverted into the net
via a Hull defender.
Sanchez rounded Harper to add
his second in ﬁrst half stoppage
time and, though they improved
after the break, Hull’s solitary
response came from Stephen
Quinn’s 56th minute header.
Arsenal, in third, have 70 points
from 34 matches and trail secondplaced Manchester City, who have
played a game more, on goal difference.
Hull sit one point and place
above the relegation zone and
face the daunting prospect of
games against Tottenham Hotspur
and Manchester United among
their remaining three ﬁxtures.
‘The most important thing was the
victory today because the team is
in a very good
moment,’ Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla, who dictated proceedings
throughout, told Sky Sports.
‘We want to win the title next year.
We want to get second place this
season but the most important thing
now is qualify for the Champions
League, win the FA Cup and then
prepare well for next season.’
BCCI to probe Srini’s actions
during presidency
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
Promising to clean up cricket,
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur
hinted at initiating a probe against
N Srinivasan in order to pave the
way for his ouster from the ICC
chairman’s post.
The internal feud within the
BCCI took an ugly turn last week
with Thakur launching a stinging
attack on Srinivasan, saying that
he should actually share information on bookies with his own family members ‘whose involvement
in betting has been proved.’
Thakur believes that it is Srinivasan’s actions, during his presidential term, that need to be
probed. ‘The SGM is an option
and BCCI will probe all details.
But we don’t want to do any
witch hunting. If there is proof
against anyone action will be
taken. Srinivasan is BCCI’s nominee in ICC till September and
based on the proof, we will take
the decision on him continuing or
not then,’ Thakur told television
channels.
against Virat Kohli (48) helped CSK
bundle out RCB for 124 in 19.4 overs.
Dwayne Bravo reacted well to run
Kohli out off his own bowling and
Raina admitted that it was the turning point in the unsuccessful chase.
‘The run out had set the tone ﬁrst.
We all know Virat is a very good
player whenever he has to chase.
I would say that run out was very
crucial because they were 35 for 2
and suddenly he got out and they
were 35 for three and this changed
the momentum for us. Yes, they had
a very good
partnership going, especially Virat.
He has won lot of matches for us
(India) and when he got out that
changed the game for us,’ said Raina.
Praising the team’s ﬁelding, he said,
‘It all started from the ﬁelding effort.
Whenever a side is ﬁelding well, it is
confusing to the batsmen and you
tend to give dot balls. Therefore,
when your side comes up with good
ﬁelding, that gives the team a lot of
good games.’
The two-time champions have once
again occupied the top spot in the
table with 7 wins from 10 matches
and Raina, who has contributed with
256 runs, is happy with his and the
team’s performance so far.
Pandey was looking good on 33
from 26 deliveries but was run out as
their middle-order had another forgettable outing while none of their batters managed to convert their starts.
He further backed his fellow batsman especially Suryakumar Yadav
who’s going through a rough patch.
‘The middle order is the backbone
of the team. It’s their job to take the
team through and make it
safe for the side. We did
pretty good. We’re just
waiting for Surya for
some good knocks for
him. He’s a great hitter.
Hopefully all of us will
come good in the future games.’
On Yadav’s unorthodox technique,
he said, ‘It’s risky but it fetches runs.
In Twenty20, batsmen have to invent
runs. This is his batting style but on
other side, it’s a bit risky but as far as
runs are coming it’s good.
Umesh Yadav’s double-wicket ﬁrst
over, in defence of 167, proved decisive and the fast bowler said SRH
skipper David Warner’s wicket was
important for the team.
‘Warner’s wicket was very important for us. We wanted
an early wicket and we
were extremely happy
to get his wicket. We
had a particular plan for
him and it worked,’ said
Umesh who cleaned
up Warner (4) and
Naman Ojha (0) in
the ﬁrst over and ﬁnished with 2 for 34.
Skipper Gambhir
was pleased with the
team’s allround effort
and stated that opting
to play three spinners
worked for them. KKR
played Johan Botha in
place of Pat Cummins and the South
African returned ﬁgures of 4-0-32-1
Trott calls time on
England career
London, May 5 (AFP): helping us win more silverware.’
England batsman Jonathan Trott
The West Indies series saw Trott
announced his retirement from inter- recalled by England for the ﬁrst time
national cricket.
since his premature exit from the
Trott struggled on his return to the 2013/14 Ashes series in Australia
Test arena during England’s 1-1 following the ﬁrst Test in Brisbane
drawn series with he West Indies in with what team ofﬁcials later said was
the Caribbean concluded Sunday, ‘situational anxiety.’
managing just 72 runs in six innings
England captain Alastair Cook,
including three ducks.
paying tribute to Trott, said: ‘It has
been an absolute honour to play
‘This was a tough decision to
alongside Trotty in every
make but I don’t feel my game
one of his 52 Tests.
is at the level you need to
‘He can be incredbe at to play for Engibly proud of all he
land,’ said Trott yesterhas achieved in
day in an England and
his career and it
Wales Cricket Board
is no coincidence
statement.‘I was honthat his time in inoured to be given the
ternational cricket
opportunity to come
has seen the team
back and play internaachieve some very
tional cricket again and
special things often
I’m disappointed it didn’t
with Trotty at the heart
work out.
of our success on and off
‘I want to take this opJonathan Trott
the ﬁeld.’
portunity to thank everyone
Cook added: ‘To come back from
who has helped me and given me the
chance to represent England and to events around the Brisbane Test in
thank supporters for all their backing 2013 and earn a place back in this
over the years. ‘I also want to wish side is testament to his character and
the lads all the very best for what will spirit, and although things didn’t work
out as we all hoped on this current
be an incredibly exciting summer.’
The 34-year-old Trott, who intends tour, he gave absolutely everything to
to continue his county career with the Three Lions every time he wore
Warwickshire, added: ‘I’ve had in- the cap.’ Following Trott’s exit from
credible highs and some real lows in the Australia tour, where he strugan England shirt but wouldn’t change gled against the short ball and the
pace of left-arm fast bowler Mitchell
a thing.
‘I look forward to continuing my Johnson in particular, England lost
career at Warwickshire and hopefully the Ashes 5-0.
Serena blows away
Sloane Stephens
Madrid, May 5:
World number one Serena Williams
extended her unbeaten record this
season to 22 matches with a routine
6-4, 6-0 win over Sloane Stephens
to move into the third round of the
Madrid Open on Monday.
Serena hasn’t been beaten in the
Spanish capital since 2010 and was
never troubled by her fellow American as she booked her place in the
last 16 in under an hour on court.
The 19-time Grand Slam champion
will face either Victoria Azarenka or
Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round
on Wednesday. ‘She’s such a tough
player. I’ve never won a 6-0 set
against her before, and I don’t think I
can ever do that again,’ said Serena.
‘Today I thought to myself, ‘Wow,
this is one of the reasons I love this
surface.’ It just gives you so many
chances to get in the point and play
yourself into the match. I really love
playing on the clay.’
Caroline Wozniacki set up a third
round meeting with Agnieszka Radwanska as her promising start to the
clay court season continued with a
7-5, 6-0 win over American qualiﬁer
Christina McHale.
The world number ﬁve reached the
ﬁnal in Stuttgart last month and had
too much for McHale after battling
back from 4-2 down in the ﬁrst set.
Radwanska had an even more
comfortable route into the last 16 as
Serena Williams
she needed just over an hour to dispose of Australian Casey Delacqua
6-2, 6-1.
Wozniacki leads the head-to-head
between the pair 7-4, but this will be
their ﬁrst meeting on outdoor clay.
There will also be a battle of former
US Open champions in the last 16
as veterans Samantha Stosur and
Svetlana Kuznetsova face off.
Kuznetsova battled past home favourite Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 5-7,
7-5 after over two-and-a-half hours
on court, whilst Stosur eased past
Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-2.
Big-serving Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey booked their
places in the second round of the
men’s event.
Isner overcame France’s Adrian
Mannarino 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, whilst Querrey edged past Australian qualiﬁer
Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-7 (5/7),
6-3. US Open champion Marin Cilic
won just his third match of the year
with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Jiri Vesely.
Rafael Nadal’s conquerer at the
Barcelona Open last month, Fabio
Fognini, eased into round two 6-2,
6-3 over Santiago Giraldo.
Meanwhile, 11th seed Feliciano
Lopez needed three sets to beat
Germany’s Benjamin Becker 7-5,
3-6, 6-4.
while Brad Hogg (4-0-17-2)
and Piyush Chawla (4-016-1) dominated the SRH
batting line-up.
‘It was a professional effort after they had
put us in.
160-
Yusuf Pathan
165 on this
wicket was a very
good total.
Everyone chipped in and
it was very satisfying to
see the guys hit the
ball well. The spinners
d i d extremely well out there.
‘Umesh got us off to a great start with
those two wickets in the over.
Varun, Balaji
register wins
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
J Varun Kumar of Tamilnadu and
Balaji Reddy of Karnataka registered
facile wins in their opening matches
of RKG Pro Snooker Series 2015 Chennai leg at Cosmopolitan Club
here. The series is organised by Cue
Sports India, Sport India and Yasin
Merchant Snooker Academy.
Varun knocked out Karan Bhandari
of Gujarat in straight set of frames
3-0. After winning two frames 5236 and 55-36, Varun encountered
stiff resistance in the third frame but
pulled through owing to his experience.
Balaji Reddy also registered win
over Maharashtra player Rishabh
Panchamia.
Local lad Peter Paul staved off stiff
challenge from Shasham Singhai of
Madhay Pradesh, to enter the third
round.
Results: Varun Kumar (TN) beat
Karan Bhandari 3-0 (52-36, 5536, 66-54); Peter Paul (TN) beat
Shasham Singhai (MP) 3-2 (59-09,
77-17, 32-65, 49-56, 78-25); Balaji
Reddy beat Rishabh Panchamia
(Mah) 3-0 (80-59, 65-20, 63-40);
Pranit Ramachandani (TN) beat
Amee Kamani (MP) :: 3-0 (76-30,
74-28, 75-25).
TDCA coasts
to victory
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
Tiruvallur District Cricket Association (TDCA) registered a comfortable
87-run win over Anna Violet CA in
the Stag Little Champ Trophy 2015
U-12 boys cricket tournament here
yesterday.
Electing to bat, TDCA chose to bat
after winning the toss and made 132
for 1 in 20 overs. In reply, Annai Violet
CA was shot out for 45.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Srinivasa Rao, president of
Tiruvallur District Cricket Association.
Former Ranji cricketer Maruthi and
founder of Stag Sports Babu were
present.
Scores: TDCA 132 for 1 in 20 overs
(Pradeep Visha 50, S Karan 51 n.o)
beat Annai Violet CA 45 all out (J
Varunkumar 2 for 9).
Under-16: Budding Star CA 115 for
9 in 22 overs (Adithya Venkatesh 45,
Akshay 34, Salman Arafat 2 for 10,
Thajith 2 for 12) beat Annai Violet CA
90 all out (L Mohanraj 40, J Akshay
3 for 14).
Sharath jumps
to career-high
rankings
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
India’s top table tennis player
A Sharath Kamal has jumped 12
places to reach a career-high 32 in
the latest ITTF rankings and joining
him in the top-100 for the ﬁrst time is
young compatriot Soumyajit Ghosh,
who has
moved up to 95.
Sharath’s steep rise in the world
rankings comes at the back of an
impressive sixth place ﬁnish at Asian
Cup in Jaipur where he beat three
top-20 players.
More recently, he withdrew from
his third round match at the World
Championships in Suzhou, China,
following a hip injury.
Mixed Bag
CHENNAI
TUESDAY
5 MAY 2015
7
NET
EFFECT
q Neutrality issue: FB to allow more
websites to join its Internet.org scheme
Stirring debate
VIT Chancellor G Viswanathan giving away the Chancellor’s gold medal
to Damini Agarwal at the University Day celebrations on Monday.
VIT Chancellor wants
more funds for education
NT Bureau
Vellore, May 5:
VIT University Chancellor G
Viswanathan has urged the government to increase expenditure
on school education and higher
education.
He was speaking at the University Day and Annual Sports Day of
VIT University here yesterday.
Viswanathan while stating that
the government needs to increase
its expense on school education
and higher education, stressed the
need to provide quality education
to youth as those aged below 25
‘India has
potential to
grow at 9 to10 %’
Baku/New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
Government has initiated a large
number of reforms in its ﬁrst year of
governance to encourage investments
and the country has the potential to
grow at 9-10 per cent, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley said.
‘I do believe that India has a 9 or 10
per cent growth potential. To achieve
that we have to invest a lot into rural
infrastructure and irrigation that’s one
area we can move up,’ he said.
Besides, he said, a lot of investment is
required in the infrastructure sector so
that it has beneﬁcial impact on manufacturing. ‘It’s only then we can achieve
a 9 to 10 per cent growth rate and once
we are able to do it for a decade or so,
we can lower poverty rate. It’s only then
I will feel excited about it,’ he said in an
interview to CNBC TV in Baku, capital
city of Azerbaijan.
Jaitley was in Baku to attend the annual meeting of the Asian Development
Bank. The NDA government will on
May 26 complete one year in power
following last year’s general elections.
‘Never in the Indian history, we have
had the government which in the ﬁrst
one year has undertaken such a large
number of reforms,’ he said.
The government has opened up almost every sector for investment, he
said, adding that whether it is domestic
or international ‘there is an additionality
of investment’.
‘We are trying as far as possible to
ease our processes and when I say
ease our processes, environment
clearances are much faster, infrastructure projects are now pushed, people
don’t get harassed, there is no single
whisper of corruption,’ he added.
On Goods and Services Tax (GST),
Jaitley said, there is broadly consensus
on the issue. ‘I have convened several
meetings of State Finance Ministers. I
have spoken to most political parties
and broadly there is a large consensus,’
he said.
years account for 50 per cent of
the country’s population. He reiterated the need to grant autonomy
to higher education institutions.
Viswanathan said the university
was focussing more on research
and publishing research articles.
The Chancellor’s gold medal, cash
prize and certiﬁcate were given to
Damini Agarwal of B.Tech Bio Informatics, said a press release.
VIT vice-presidents Sankar Viswanathan, Sekar Viswanathan and G V
Selvam and vice-chancellor V Raju
were among those who participated
in the event.
NT Bureau
In a twist in the net neutrality issue, Facebook has said it
was opening up Internet.org, which provides connectivity
to people in developing nations, to external applications.
The move came after prominent news organisations in the
country said that they would withdraw from the programme,
claiming that it acted as a deterrant to net neutrality. Meanwhile, a look at crux of net neutrality and the circumstances
that made Facebook come up with a new plan.
Internet, by its birth and conception represents freedom - to access information, whenever a user wants. By its own deﬁnition, the free
spirit of Internet cannot be controlled by any
telecom operator or any organisation.
With this concept in mind, the controversy
over net neutrality pitched in. The controversy
later engulfed Internet.org, which had partnered Reliance Communications to provide
free internet access to 33 websites. Following
the controversy, companies such as Cleartrip
pulled out of Internet.org, while Flipkart severed ties with Airtel Zero.
The new hope
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l
What & How?
The Indian angle
It all started with Airtel’s introduction of a marketing
platform ‘Airtel Zero’ on 6 April which aimed to make
Internet access special for special and privileged
companies, who would pay Airtel for ensuring a faster
hassle-free internet experience for their end customers.
It may be noted that Facebook had partnered with
Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in
India in February. But a number of e-commerce ﬁrms
and content developers pulled out of the service subsequently as activists claimed it violated principles of
net neutrality
Moving forward, as a country with more
than a billion population, India holds immense
potential towards becoming a global hub for
innovation and drive digital enablement of
masses and organisations. Free and unrestricted access to Internet will play a pivotal
role in moving forward in this journey. There is
a need for stringent regulations to ensure that
such incidents of playing with the freedom of
Internet don’t occur again.
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AAP to decide on
Vishwas after report
q ‘He is yet to receive notice from DCW’
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
The AAP today said that it will
decide the next course of action on
the controversy surrounding Kumar
Vishwas, accused by a party volunteer of not rebutting ‘rumours’ about
an illicit liaison with her, only after he
receives a notice from DCW.
The Delhi Commission for Women
(DCW) had yesterday issued summons to Vishwas and his wife after
the volunteer approached it claiming ‘false rumours’ of his having
illicit relationship with her were
ruining her reputation and that he
should come forward to clarify.
In a tweet, AAP leader Somnath
Bharti said further course of action
Kumar Vishwas
The Delhi Commission for Women
(DCW) Monday issued summons
to Vishwas and his wife after the
volunteer approached it claiming
‘false rumours’ of his having illicit
relationship with her were ruining
her reputation and that he should
come forward to clarify
in the matter relating to Vishwas will
be decided after receiving notice in
this regard.
‘So far @DrKumarVishwas has
not received the notice from DCW
n on its receiving v will decide next
course of action @AamAadmiParty,’
he tweeted.
In another tweet, he wondered
what happened to the complaint ﬁled
against him with the Commission and
said, ‘Wish that DCW should focus on
actually distressed women n genuine
cases.’
The DCW had summoned Bharti
last year following allegations he
had led a group of AAP workers, who
misbehaved with a number of African
women on the pretext of a raid on an
alleged drug and prostitution ring in
South Delhi. The complainant in the
matter relating to Vishwas claimed
she had also written separate letters
to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
and the police commissioner apprising them of the same.
She has alleged Vishwas took
no action towards dispelling the
‘rumours’ while Kejriwal did not take
note of her complaint.
Fresh quake
jolts Nepal
Kathmandu, May 5 (PTI):
A fresh tremor of magnitude 4.0
today jolted the quake-hit Nepal,
where the death toll from the April
25 deadly temblor has risen to over
7,500.
The feeble tremor at ‘6:39 am, was
epicentred on the border of Dhading and Nuwakot districts,’ National
Seismological Centre chief Lok
Bijaya Adhikari told PTI.
The two districts which are the
part of Nepal’s Bagmati Zone have
suffered extensively in the 25 April
earthquake which left a trail of death
and destruction.
Several aftershocks have followed
since the 7.9-magnitude quake,
which besides claiming an overwhelming number of human lives
from the remote Sindhupalchowk
district to the heart of the capital
in Kathmandu, have turned people
anxious and paranoid.
‘143 aftershocks of magnitude
greater than 4.0 on Richter Scale
have occurred after the April 25
quake,’ Adhikari said.
‘Today, we also did survey of
some of the eastern parts of the
country like Sindhuli and Udayapur
districts and assessed the damage
there and relief requirements further
thereof,’ he added.
Tamilnadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peramaippu’s president
A M Vikrama Raja at the 32nd Traders’ Day celebration at VGP Thidal at
Vandalur today. Peramaippu’s general secretary K Mohan, treasurer
V Govindarajulu are among those present.
RCB seeks consistency and Kings XI scalp
Bengaluru, May 5 (PTI):
Royal Challengers Bangalore
(RCB) would seek to consolidate
their position in the top four, while
the bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab
would try to end a four-match losing
streak when the two sides lock horns
in an Indian Premier League cricket
match here tomorrow.
Placed fourth in the points table,
RCB is coming off a 24-run defeat at
the hands of Chennai Super Kings
yesterday.
The hosts, led by Virat Kohli, would
be the favourites to emerge victorious against Kings XI Punjab, whose
chances of making the playoffs are
all but over after seven losses from
nine matches.
RCB have four wins and as many
losses in nine matches they have
played so far, while KXIP remained
at the bottom with four points
against their name.
RCB would like to forget their
defeat against CSK and return to
winning ways at the crucial business end of the season. In fact,
a loss here and there could spell
doom for the hosts.
RCB could not get past the paltry
CSK total of 148 for nine as they
were all out for 124 following a
horrendous batting display during
which they lost seven wickets for
27 runs in 5.5 overs.
RCB have struggled to come
good before their home crowd and
lost three matches before pulling
off a 10-over-a-side match against
Kolkata Knight Riders.
With the likes of the big-hitting
Chris Gayle, who missed out
against CSK, A B de Villiers and
Kohli himself in the team, the hosts
can fancy their chances at Chinnaswamy stadium.
Mandeep Singh, hero against
KKR, was unfortunately run out in
the last match but he would look to
impress one more time.
de Villiers, who made 21 in the
last game, would be eager to get
a big one, which is due from his
willow.
On the bowling
front, Mitchell
Starc has infused
confidence into
other RCB bowlers, which was
reflected in the
last game where
David Wiese and Harshal Patel,
took two wickets. The Australian
bowler ended with ﬁgures of three
for 24 in four overs.
On the other side, KXIP have made
changes in their playing eleven, often resting Glenn Maxwell and David
Miller, without much gain. Their
batting has been a great letdown
compared to last year when they
reached the ﬁnals.
Virender Sehwag, Shaun Marsh
and Maxwell have not managed to
make the kind of impact they were
expected to ahead of the tournament.
KXIP’s bowlers too have been
a huge disappointment with pace
spearhead Mitchell Johnson being
the biggest ﬂop. Barring pacer Sandeep Sharma and left-arm spinner
Axar Patel, the KXIP bowling has
never looked threatening.
(Match starts 8 pm)
The Internet.org
application offers free
access
to basic
internet
services
on mobile
phones, as well as access to
Facebook’s own social network
and messaging services.
It aims to bring ﬁve billion people online in partnership with
tech giants like Samsung and
Qualcomm.
It claims that the platform has
made free basic Internet services available to more than 800
million people in nine countries,
including India. With the opening up of the platform, people
will be able to search and use
the services that meet these
guidelines.
Docs at Stanley
Hospital remove
tumour from child
NT Bureau
Chennai, May 5:
A team of doctors from the Government Stanley Hospital here removed
a tumour the size of a ping-pong
ball from the chest of a four-year-old
through a pint-sized hole.
Addressing mediapersons here
yesterday, paediatric surgeon Dr R
Senthil Nathan said P Varshini, had
endured breathlessness since she
was about two months old. She was
admitted at the Government Hospital
of Thoracic Medicine in Tambaram
after her parents suspected the problem to be tuberculosis.
Chest X-rays showed a growth in
her posterior mediastinum, which
is part of the cavity that separates
the lungs from the chest. She was
referred to the Government Stanley
Hospital, and CT scan showed that
the tumour that was compressing her
areola tissue and the lymph nodes
close to the airway, thus causing
breathlessness.
‘We decided to use the VATS (Video
Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery)
techique to remove the tumour,’ said
the doctor.
Explaining the surgery procedure,
the doctor said ‘a 1-cm hole was cut
and a video telescope with a camera
attached to it, is inserted. This will
transmit the images as we made the
incisions.
‘The ﬂuid in the tumour was sucked
out and then we cut out the cyst,’ he
added.
Varshini’s case was tricky, doctors
said. Her tumour was asymptomatic.
‘In any other private hospital, this
would have cost four lakh. But the
surgery at Stanley, was done for free
and the costs under the the Chief
Minister’s Comprehensive Insurance
Scheme,’ Dean Karkuzhali said.
BCCI finalises
B’desh schedule
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI):
The Indian cricket team will tour
Bangladesh next month to play a
one-off Test and three one-day internationals.
India will leave for Bangladesh on 7
June and the ﬁrst Test will be hosted
in Fatullah -- the venue will host a
Test after nine years -- starting 10
June. The touring side will also play
a practice game prior to the start of
the Test match, according to a BCCI
media release.
The focus will then shift to Mirpur for
the three ODIs on 18, 21 and 24 June
and the team will depart a couple of
days later.
With monsoons forecast during the
month of June, all ODIs have been
assigned a reserve day.
Bangladesh have never hosted
a Test in the months of June, July,
August and September due to the
rainy season. But this year after, the
India series, South Africa will also
tour Bangladesh during July-August.
Bangladesh are currently hosting
Pakistan and the hosts have been in
top form after blanking the tourists 3-0
in the ODIs and the one-off Twenty20.
The ﬁrst of the two Tests ended in a
high-scoring draw.
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WHERE THEY STAND
TEAMS
STARC HAPPY TO
LEAD PACE PACK
Anirudh all
the way
The cheergirls of both the
CSK and the Royal Challengers shook their legs in
between overs for peppy
numbers of music composer Anirudh, Although some
tracks from recent Tamil ﬁlms
were played, the maximum
were Anirudh’s popular ones.
People cheered whenever
a song of the Kolaveri composer was played yesterday.
Mat
Lost
Tied
N/R
10
7
3
0
0
PTS
14
Rajasthan Royals
11
6
3
0
2
14
Kolkata Knight Riders
10
5
4
0
1
11
RCB
9
4
4
0
1
9
Delhi Daredevils
9
4
5
0
0
8
Sunrisers Hyderabad
9
4
5
0
0
8
Mumbai Indians
9
4
5
0
0
8
Kings XI Punjab
9
2
7
0
0
4
TOMORROW’S MATCHES
RCB vs Kings XI Punjab at Bengaluru, 8 pm
M
itchell Starc was riding the highest high of his cricket career, winning
the World Cup for Australia at home with most wickets in the tournament. Then his knee gave in and he was out for about a week and
a half. But ever since he has joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL
2015, Starc has resumed from where he left at the MCG.
In six matches the Aussie left-arm pacer has picked up 11 wickets including
three three-wicket hauls. The last of it came against Chennai Super Kings on
a wicket that is not known to be too kind to the fast bowlers. His ﬁgures of 3
for 24 included a wicket-maiden in which he got rid of Dwayne Smith, and it
was the very ﬁrst over of the match.
Though RCB restricted CSK to 148 for 9, the batting collapsed in the runchase and handed the hosts a 24-run win.
After the match Starc spoke to <I>iplt20.com<P> about his leadership role
in the RCB this season, the simplicity of his T20 bowling plans and revisited
his battle with Brendon McCullum.
Q: You had a bit of break after the successful World Cup campaign but
you haven’t lost any of your magic...
A: I was only out for nine days, so it wasnt much of a break. I was just getting
my knee right. It is great to come over here and contribute to RCB. Unfortunately
we didn’t get over the line today but I have enjoyed bowling here.
Q: You obviously haven’t had any difﬁculty in adjusting to the Indian
wickets after bowling in Australia all summer.
A: It is Twenty20 cricket and in this format you cannot over-think. I try to
keep my plans simple because you don’t need to complicate things when you
have only got 24 balls to bowl. I try to make the minor adjustments, if need be
on the day, but overall I try to keep it the same and execute those 24 balls.
Q: You have turned the fortunes of RCB’s bowling attack around since
you have joined them. The team sure depends on you a lot.
A: I will not say they depend overly on me but I like to try and lead the attack
in my own way. It is quite a young bowling unit. I worked with Alan Donald
in the team last season and this year we have pretty much the same attack,
plus one or two fast bowlers. We try to work together and talk about our plans
before each game. I try to bring in some of my experience and lead the boys
along the way.
Q: Did you enjoy revisiting your battle with Brendon McCullum?
A: I did. It was my ﬁrst game against CSK since I joined the team this season.
I think the World Cup ﬁnal counts for a few extra but he has got the stick on
me in the IPL so far.
Won
Chennai Super Kings
It was a hot day and
Chennai Super Kings
continued its hot run at
home, by notching up a
ﬁfth straight win at M A
Chidambaram stadium
yesterday. All-rounder
Dwayne Bravo did the
star turn with a run-out
of RCB captain Virat
Kohli. For the fans, it
was another day to
revel under the sun
despite a rare failure
for dashing opener
Dwayne Smith.
Photos:
M SRINIVASAN
NO
MONDAY
BLUES FOR
YELLOW
GANG
Chips
Chepauk
Hi-five for CSK
Bravo, Bravo
If one was at the stadium last
evening, they would have mistaken Chennai for Trinidad and
Tobago. The locals cheered West
Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo
all the way as he effected two
dismissals - Virat Kohli and Dinesh
Karthik off successive deliveries.
His acrobatic efforts won CSK the
match. Hence there were shouts
of Bravo all around the stadium.
Cops, claps
Security was tight and policemen were deployed in
large numbers in and around
the stadium. Those inside the
venue were the happier lot.
Those who stood guard stood up and applauded
when Suresh Raina reached his half century. There
was cheers everywhere then.
It is home sweet home for CSK.
The M A Chidambaram stadium
has become a favourite hunting
ground the Men in Yellow. The
team led by M S Dhoni registered its ﬁfth win in the stadium
on Monday.
They know the conditions in their
own backyard and managed to
put up a superlative effort. Also
the fact that locals cheer their
home team, has given them more
conﬁdence.
Kathiri Veyyil,
no factor
The ‘dog days’ began yesterday. Braving
the heat, people gathered in large numbers in
the stadium for the 4 o’clock start. For a major
portion of the match, many had to sit under the scorching
sun. But that didn’t seem to bother them as long as there
was some electrifying performances on the ground.
FLIGHT & LIGHT
Bombay Velvet is my most
intense role: Ranbir Kapoor
H
While everyone prefers to stay away from the sun this summer, this ﬂight has no other option than racing
with the rays.
Photo: M SRINIVASAN
e has mostly fronted romantic
and coming-of-age roles but in
‘Bombay Velvet’ Ranbir Kapoor will
be seen in his most intense avatar, something that the actor found
both fascinating and challenging.
Set against the backdrop of 1960s
Prohibition era Bombay, the Anurag
Kashyap-directed movie juxtaposes
a man’s ambition to grow at all costs
with that of a city.
‘It is my most angry role, it is very
intense. I have never even slapped
in my earlier movies. The intensity
is there because of the place that
Johnny comes from. His aggression is
about survival. It is not out of choice,’
Ranbir told PTI here. The 32-year-old
actor, who along with the entire star
cast is in Goa for the ﬁlm’s promotions, said Kashyap helped him a lot
to get into the skin of the character.
‘Anurag has that intensity. The world of
ﬁlms like ‘Barﬁ’ and ‘Bombay Velvet’ is
not familiar to me. The credit should go
to the directors. I am just an instrument.’
Ranbir learnt the cage fighting
style besides mastering the ‘tapori’
language of that era for which his
reference point was Johnny Walker
from the Guru Dutt-Madhubala starrer
1955 ﬁlm ‘Mr & Mrs 55.’
‘He spoke the tapori language of that
era but since I have an urban image, I
had to ensure that it does not turn out
to be a caricature,’ he said.
— PTI
Priyanka Chopra’s
piece of heart
Actress Priyanka Chopra says her
ﬁlm ‘Mary Kom’ is piece of her heart
and she thanks friends and family for
making it a successful venture.
‘Mary Kom’ won the Best Popular Film
at the 62nd National Film Awards presented by President Pranab Mukherjee
on Sunday. The actress took to her
micro-blogging website Twitter to share
the news and calling the ﬁlm ‘a piece
of my heart.’ ‘It’s so gratifying when
something u worked so hard on is acknowledged... Thank u to the national
awards for MaryKom .. A piece of my
heart,’ Priyanka tweeted.
The ‘Fashion’ actress also thanked
the cast, crew and the production unit
of the ﬁlm ‘Mary Kom’ on Twitter.
In the title role of the biopic of reallife boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom,
Priyanka played a fearless woman who
becomes an icon through her determined pursuit of sporting excellence.
Priyanka, who is inspired by the boxing champion, has credited the award
to ‘womanhood’ as well.
‘Most of all mangtec this is a win for
womanhood.. U inspired me to be all
that u are and I carry that in my heart
always.. Thank u Mary,’ she wrote.
— PTI
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