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The big opening
before cricket
takes over
Melbourne, Feb 12:
Melbourne and Christchurch are
all decked up to host the opening
ceremony for the eleventh ICC World
Cup 2015, which will see India defending the crown they re-claimed in
2011 on home soil.
The Melbourne celebration at Sidney Myer Music Bowl will involve
World Cup players and legends,
cultural and music performances, a
spectacular ﬁreworks display and a
yet-to-be-revealed ‘special moment.’
Victorian Minister for Tourism, Sport
and Major Events John Eren said
Melbourne would now be the scene
of the opening event, the ﬁrst match
on Australian soil when Australia will
play against England on 14 February, and the ﬁnal at the Melbournbe
Cricket Ground (MCG) on 29 March.
‘We are delighted that Melburnians
and visitors from all over the world will
have a chance to attend this once-ina-generation event at the Sidney Myer
Music Bowl,’ Eren was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia (CA) website.
At the core of all these activations,
is the rebranded ofﬁcial website www.
icc-cricket.com .
Stage set at Srirangam
q 2.70 lakh voters, 322 polling stations,
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
If you have been on social media (twitter, facebook & whatsapp et al), you
would have doubtless been a recipient
of the many memes on DMDK supremo Vijayakanth. Those
spoofy jokes on him are
all over the social media
platforms like a rash.
But the DMDK thinks it
is time to put a full stop to
them as the memes seem Vijayakanth
to have crossed all manner of personal decency. Many of the
memes, to be honest, make uncharitable
connection to Vijayakanth’s apparent
lack of ﬁnesse with English pronounciation and his alleged drinking habits.
Anyway, DMDK men led by party
whip Charamohan and MLA Nallathambi today called on City Police
Commissioner and submitted a
complaint seeking action on those
making these memes on their leader
in facebook, twitter and whatsapp.
They alleged that it the whole thing is
demeaning. It is wrong to make fun
of such a senior politcian and sought
action against those spreading them.
The complaint has been forwarded
to Central Crime Branch for further
investigation.
Rcently several posts making fun of
Vijayakanth have gone viral. He was
spoofed as spelling US President
Obama as ‘Onga Appa Amma’, Kungfu Panda as ‘Kumkuma Poo Bonda’
and Kejriwal as ‘Kajal Agarwal’.
93 squads, tight security
NT Bureau
Trichy, Feb 12:
The day is here. People of Srirangam are heading for a crucial day (13
February), as they will vote in one of
the important by-elections in the history of Tamilnadu.
Amid charges and counter-charges,
the city police has ramped up surveillance and security in the temple town
ahead of the by-election.
A separate pre-poll security scheme
has been put in place to deal with
emergency situations involving the
central paramilitary forces and check
poll code violations.
There are 322 polling stations in
the constituency in which 230 are
under rural category and 92 under
urban category.
Total General electors as per the
q Manish Sisodia likely to be Deputy CM
q AAP boss meets Guv for govt formation
BERTH
CONFIRMED?
Satyendra Jain
Saurabh Bharadwaj
Asim Ahmed
Jitendra Tomar
Gopal Rai
Sandeep Kumar
Reports also said that the party
may keep three of its former ministers out of its new Cabinet. Kejriwal is expected to retain Satyendra Jain and Saurabh Bharadwaj
but Rakhi Bidlan, Girish Soni and
Somnath Bharti are unlikely to get
ministerial berths.
The other likely ministers are:
Asim Ahmed (Matia Mahal), Jitendra Tomar (Trinagar), Gopal
Rai (Babarpur) and Sandeep
Kumar (Sultanpur). The Delhi
government has the provision for
six ministers.
Chief minister-designate Kejriwal
will take oath at Ramlila Maidan —
which was witness to his swearing-in
ceremony last year as well, when his
AAP supported by the Congress had
formed a government that lasted for
49 days.
Reports said he met Lt Governor
Najeeb Jung and presented the
Cabinet list.
On Tuesday too, after securing a
landslide victory and being elected
leader of the AAP Legislature Party,
Arvind Kejriwal Najeeb Jung and
staked claim to form the government
in Delhi.
Kejriwal, who was accompanied
by Manish Sisodia, was with Jung
for around 25 minutes.
After the meeting, Raj Niwas
issued a press release saying
the Lt Governor would send his
report with his recommendation
to the President to enable government formation, a formality under
the rules.
Four special video surveillance teams have
been formed exclusively for covering the
expenditure during campaigns of the four
recognised political parties- AIADMK,
BJP, DMK and CPI(M)
ﬁnal publication made on 5 January
is 2,70,129 in which 1,33020 are
male, 1,37,096 are female and 13 are
transgenders.
Among the 29 candidates in fray,
22 are independent. The polling will
be held from 7 am and 6 pm amid
unprecedented security.
As many as 15 Flying Squad Teams,
12 Static Surveillance Teams, 12
Video Surveillance Teams have been
formed for monitoring and curbing the
distribution of money / gifts / liquors,
etc. for votes.
Four Special Video surveillance
Teams have been formed exclusively
for covering the expenditure during
campaigns of the four recognised
political parties- AIADMK, BJP, DMK
and CPI(M).
Additionally, 50 Special Squads
have been manned exclusively by
q AAP chief calls on PM q Discusses Delhi Statehood
TEA PARTY
Arvind Kejriwal calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s
residence in New Delhi today.
New Delhi, Feb 12:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
told Delhi Chief Minister-designate
Arvind Kejriwal that the Centre will
think on the issue of giving complete
Statehood to Delhi, Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) MLA Manish Sisodia
said today said.
Kejriwal and Sisodia met Modi at
Prime Minister’s ofﬁcial residence
- 7, Race Course Road - this morn-
The former
Union Minister
was also quizzed
by sleuths from
Economic Offences
Wing, apart from the
special team
on certain points from him.
Asked whether Tharoors’ domestic help Naryan Singh will also be
questioned again, Bassi had said,
‘The witnesses who were at home or
were present at the hotel, there are
few clariﬁcations which need to be
Central Armed Police Force personnel from 9 February. In total, 93
squads are plying in the constituency.
According to sources, 461 persons
were arrested under preventive
sections. During the inspection by
various squads, 22,204 vehicles have
been checked and totally a sum of Rs
64,18,500 has been seized so far and
also 293 vehicles.
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday appealed
to the people of Srirangam to cast
their votes to reafﬁrm their faith in
her leadership.
‘Every vote for the party candidate
S. Valarmathi will be considered as
a vote for me, your beloved sister,’
Jayalalithaa said, urging the voters to
ensure a massive victory so that all
other candidates forfeited deposits.
Modi not to attend
Kejriwal’s swearing-in
ing. The meeting lasted about 15
minutes. After the meeting, Sisodia
told the waiting mediapersons that
they invited the Prime Minister for
Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony to
be held on Saturday.
‘We had a cordial talk with Prime
Minister over tea on the issue of
complete Statehood for Delhi,’ said
Sisodia, and added, ‘we invited the
Modiji for the swearing-in but he
Sunanda death: SIT
questions Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi, Feb 12:
Almost a week after quizzing Sunanda Pushkar’s son Shiv Menon in
connection with her mysterious death,
Delhi Police’s Special Investigation
Team today questioned former Union
minister Shashi Tharoor. Personnel
from Economic Offences Wing were
also reportedly present during the
enquiry.
Tharoor was questioned at south
Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar Police station.
The SIT team had earlier questioned
him on 19 January at its Anti Auto
Theft Squad (AATS) ofﬁce in south
Delhi’s Vasant Vihar.
Delhi Police Commissioner BS
Bassi told reporters had on Wednesday said Tharoor will be quizzed
again because we need clariﬁcation
elhi’s Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal
today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
discussed a range of issues related to the national
capital including granting full Statehood.
Kejriwal, who was accompanied by senior AAP
leader Manish Sisodia, reached the PM’s residence
around 10:30 a.m and the meeting lasted for around
15 minutes.
‘Arvind told the Prime Minister that both the Centre
and the State government enjoy strong majority,
therefore, it is a golden opportunity for both to work
together to make Delhi a better city,’ Sisodia told
reporters after the meeting.
Kejriwal also invited Modi to his oath-taking ceremony at the Ramlila Grounds on 14 February. However,
the Prime Minister expressed his inability as he would
be out of the city on that day.
Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was today
questioned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for
the second time in last four weeks in connection with
the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Tharoor was quizzed at the SIT ofﬁce in Vasant
Vihar in south Delhi on various aspects leading to
Sunanda’s death.
This is the second time that Tharoor faced tough
questions by the Delhi Police which had earlier examined him on 19 January.
V’kanth’s memes:
DMDK moves
against them
Who is who in
Kejriwal Cabinet?
New Delhi, Feb 12:
With just two days left for the
swearing in of AAP leader Arvind
Kejriwal as Delhi Chief Minister,
hectic parleys are underway over
who will make it to the Cabinet.
According to repors, the party
is likely to give a more prominent
role to senior party leader Manish
Sisodia. He is likely to be made the
Deputy Chief Minister.
D
Moving forward
obtained from them too.’
‘There are many things emerging
from the analysis of the statements
so far but we will be able to reach a
conclusion only after the investigation
is over,’ he had added.
Menon was questioned by the Spe-
cial Investigation Team on February
5. The police team probing the case
has questioned at least 15 people.
Tharoor, a Congress MP, his staff
members and close friends were
among those quizzed by the Delhi
Police.
Former Samajwadi Party leader
Amar Singh and senior journalist Nalini Singh, too, have been questioned
by police. 52-year-old Sunanda was
found dead in her suite at a ﬁve star
hotel in south Delhi on the night of
17 January, 2014, a day after she
was involved in a spat with Pakistani
journalist Mehr Tarar on microblogging website Twitter over the latter’s
alleged affair with Tharoor.
Police had last month ﬁled a murder
case as part of its probe.
said that it would not be possible for
him to attend it due to prior commitments.’
He further said, ‘We spoke to him
on giving complete statehood for
Delhi as this is an opportune time
when AAP government will be in
complete majority in Delhi and the
BJP government is also in complete
majority at the Centre.’
Modi told Kejriwal that the Centre
will think on the issue of giving complete Statehood to Delhi.
Yesterday, Kejriwal met President
Pranab Mukherjee and thanked him
for his blessings and guidance.
The President, in turn, gifted Kejriwal two books - ‘Constitution of India’
and ‘Thoughts and Reflections’,
authored by him.
Manish Sisodia termed it as a
courtesy visit and said there was no
special agenda.
‘We met the President this time.
We thanked him for his guidance
and blessings. When we had been
demanding dissolution of the Delhi
Legislative Assembly, there was
a lot of cooperation from him... He
expressed happiness and gifted
Arvindji two books,’ Sisodia said.
Man kills debtor,
sets himself on fire
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
A money lender and a borrower were
killed when the latter set ﬁre to the two,
following a dispute at Guindy last night.
According to police, Amul Raj (45)
from Maduvinkarai in Venkatapuram
near Guindy, had lent Rs two lakh to
Shanmugam (50) of the same locality
two years ago, to set up a shop.
It is reported that Shanmugam
lives with his physically-challenged
wife Rajeshwari (40). Police said, of
late, Amul Raj had been pressurising
Shanmugam to repay the loan, and
last evening, a talk over the borrowed
money began between the two.
During the argument, Shanmugam
and his wife reportedly said that they
would die as they are unable to repay
the money. Following this,
Amul Raj said that he would kill himself instead and poured kerosene on
him and the couple, in a bid to scare
them. He, however inadvertently set
ﬁre which spread to the three of them.
While Shanmugam died on the way to
the hospital, Amul Raj passed away at midnight. Rajeshwari had suffered 40 per cent
burn injuries and is undergoing treatment
at Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital.
ROSE IS THE DOSE
Love is in the air as the Valentine’s Day is here. A bouquet shop at
R A Puram has stocked ﬂowers to cater to its customers who want
to say it with a rose.
Photo: K VIJAY ANAND
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12 FEBRUARY 2015
City
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Move towards development
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Several parks in Adambakkam to get facelift
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esidents of the neighbourhood renovation work is going to
are a happy lot with sveral help us a lot. Children would be
parks at Adambakkam getting a encouraged to go out and play now.
fresh look. Some of those which Recreational activity goes hand-inwill get a fresh lease of life will be hand with their academics.’
Adambakkam’s Bharat Park (at
‘Spending time in the tranquil
Mahalakshmi Nagar), South Sector atmosphere at these parks in the
Kundrakudi Nagar Park and Nethaji evenings would dilute stress. The
Street Park at Nilamangai Nagar.
only wish is to not prolong the
Interestingly,
the
maintenance work,’ said Ravi,
Nethaji Street Park at
a resident of Nethaji
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of yoga centre, planting new
Councillor of Ward
trees and providing better gates
No 165 Naresh Kumar, says, ‘In and sitting facilities are additional
all these parks, we have set up features at these parks.
new children’s play equipment
Shobana, a resident of Nilamangai
and a gym for women. The slides Nagar said, ‘positive developments
and swings are painted colourfully. in the parks come as boon for us
These play equipments are of latest to maintain our health. We will now
design. Playing and socialising for be able to walk or jog and thus, nd
children has become easier now.’
time to focus on health and tness
Rajesh, a parent, said, ‘with the aspects of life.’
summer vacation fast approaching,
— NT Bureau
A ower vendor
at Porur signal
waits for
customers by
displaying her
stock
A view of a recently renovated park in
Adambakkam.
In all these parks there will
be new play equipment and
a gym for women
PHOTO: K VIJAY ANAND
Fresh lease of life
Empty plots
at AGS Colony
Phase 3 are
filled with
wild bushes
and this has
become a
habitat for
reptiles
Wild growth cleared at vacant plots in Mugalivakkam
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A earth moving vehicle clearing plots in
Mugalivakkam
acant plots lled with wild
growth at AGS Colony Phase
3 in Mugalivakkam are being cleared
after the death of a cow reportedly
due to snake bite.
‘An earth moving vehicle
was employed and the
plots were cleaned,’ said
K S Kannan of AGS Colony
Phase 3.
‘Many residents throw garbage
into vacant plots. These plots are
lled with wild bushes, which is a
comfortable habitat for snakes,’ says
Kannan.
A large number of vacant plots
in the neighbourhood serve as
unauthorised sites for dumping of
municipal waste. The decaying
waste
often
poises
health risks to the citydwellers as insects and
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rodents breed there.
Some plots in the city, which
don’t have outlets to drain away
rainwater, serve as the breeding
ground for mosquitoes. The various
efforts of the Corporation authorities
including de-fogging have gone in
vain.
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their unofcial dumping ground for
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CHENNAI
TNEA applications
to be issued in May
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
As Plus Two board exams are to be
completed by April, Anna University
has decided to issue applications for
Tamilnadu Engineering Admissions
(TNEA) from ﬁrst week of May.
In Tamilnadu, the Plus Two exams
will be held from 5 to 31 March
across 2,300 exams centres. As
many as 8.82 lakh students will appear for the exams.
Similarly, the CBSE exams for
class XII will be held from 2 March
to 17 April. About 10 lakh students
would appear for the exam across
the country.
At the coordination committee
meeting of TNEA held at Anna
University here on Wednesday, the
authorities have planned to print 2.4
lakh applications forms this year.
The counselling process for 539
engineering colleges and 44 B Arch
institutions in the State would start
in the last week of June, as done
last year.
According to TNEA secretary V
Rhymend Uthariaraj, the counselling
will take place at Anna University,
Chennai and applications will be issued at 60 centres across the State,
including Anna University, Chennai,
government and government-aided
engineering colleges.
Last year, Anna University printed
2.4 lakh application forms. Over 2.13
applications were sold and about
1.80 lakh forms were submitted.
About 80,000 seats fell vacant at the
end of counselling.
TOWARDS
a better
TOMORROW
q e-CAP disposes e-waste
in an eco-friendly way
SANGEETHA R
Chennai, Feb 12:
Gadgets tend to make people’s lives
simpler and have been associated
with them for a long period, and its use
is continuously increasing owing to
advancements in technology. However
their disposal and recycling becomes a
nightmare.
To create awareness and to educate
the society on the safe disposal of
e-waste, Tes-Amm, Industrial Waste
Management Association (IWMA), CII
YI (Young Indians) and Report Bee
launched a free programme e-CAP
(e-waste Collection and Awareness
Programme) in 2013.
The programme aims to collect ewastes from schools and educate
students about the hazards of e-waste
and promote environment friendly solu-
To create awareness on safe disposal of e-waste, a free
programme e-CAP (e-waste Collection and Awareness
Programme) has been launched. It aims to collect
e-wastes from schools and educate students about the
hazards of e-waste and promote environment friendly
solutions for disposing electronics
tions for disposing electronics. Striving
towards a safer and sustainable environment, executive member of Young Indians, Santhosh Varghese says, ‘E-waste
contains toxic substances, including
heavy metals and harmful persistent
chemicals. These can have an adverse
impact on both human health and environment’.
While stressing on the need for spread-
Two Chennaiites win
prestigious scholarship
The TOEFL scholarship winners with US Consul
General Phillip Min and executive director of TOEFL
Programme Jennifer Brown at an event in Chennai
yesterday.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Two Chenanai students are
among 10 Indians, who have
received the 2014 TOEFL
scholarships handed out by
Educational Testing Service
(ETS).
The two city scholars in
the list are Padmapriya Duraisamy and Anoop Rajappan.
The scholarships are aimed
at helping students to further
their education at any of the
9,000+ institutions around
the world that accept TOEFL
test scores.
Presenting the scholarships,
US Consul General, Phillip Min said, ‘As the oldest
standardised test for English,
the TOEFL test has played an
instrumental role in preparing
Indian students to acquire
superior English-language
skills. This has in turn helped
thousands of students to excel in their careers by helping
Five IIT-M alumni
honoured by ACM
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Five IIT-Madras alumni are
among 47 members recognised this year by
Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM) for their
contributions to computing.
According to a press release, the 2014 ACM Fellows
hail from some of the world’s
leading universities, corporations, and research labs, and
have achieved advances
in computing research and
development that are driving innovation and sustaining economic development
around the world.
The ﬁ ve IITM alumni who
have achieved ACM’s
most prestigious grade are
Parthasarathy Ranganathan
(1994 BTech, Electrical Engineering For energy efﬁ ciency and
server architectures), Srinivas Devadas (1985 BTech,
Electrical Engineering - To
secure and energy-efﬁcient
hardware), Ramakrishnan
Srikant (1990 BTech, Computer Science & Engineering
- Knowledge discovery and
data mining), Aravind Srinivasan (1989 BTech, Computer Science & Engineering
- Algorithms, probabilistic
THURSDAY
12 FEBRUARY 2015
Association
for Computing
Machinery (ACM)
will formally
recognise the 2014
Fellows at its
annual Awards
Banquet in June in
San Francisco.
methods, and networks) and
S Sudarshan (1987 BTech,
Computer Science & Engineering - Database education, query processing, query
optimization and keyword
queries).
The 2014 ACM Fellows
have been cited for contributions to key computing
fields including database
mining and design; artiﬁcial
intelligence and machine
learning; cryptography and
veriﬁcation; Internet security
and privacy; computer vision
and medical imaging; electronic design automation; and
human-computer interaction.
ACM will formally recognize
the 2014 Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet in June
in San Francisco.
them gain admission into
the best courses and institutions across the world.’
Meanwhile, the TOEFL
Programme executive
director Jennifer Brown
said, ‘ETS is pleased to
offer the TOEFL Scholarship to exceptional students in India. We are
continuously focused on
the educational advancement of students here and
are committed to identifying and helping those who
are dedicated to their
higher education goals.’
She said over the past
four years, ETS has
awarded scholarships to
the tune of $240,000 to
help TOEFL test takers
in India further their undergraduate or graduate
studies.
ETS has TOEFL test
centers in several cities
throughout India, as well
as the Resource Centre
Programme to assist Indian students.
ETS offers a variety of
resources to help students prepare for the
TOEFL iBT test and build
English skills.
Spl trains to
Tirunelveli,
Kovai
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Southern Railway
will run special trains
between Chennai,
Tirunelveli and Coimbatore to clear extra
rush.
Train number 06024
Tirunelveli-Chennai
Central superfast
will leave Tirunelveli
at 7.10 am on 13, 20
and 27 February and
reach Chennai Central
at 8 pm. Train number
06025 Chennai Central-Tirunelveli will
leave Chennai Central at 10am on 16, 23
February and 25 March
and reach Tirunelveli at
11.30 pm the same day.
Train number 06026
Chennai Central-Coimbatore superfast will
leave Chennai Central
at 10.30 pm on 13, 20
and 27 February and
reach Coimbatore at
6.40 am the next day .
Train number 06027
Coimbatore-Chennai
Central superfast will
leave Coimbatore at
11.30 pm on 15, 22
February and 1 March
and reach Chennai
Central at 7.15 am the
next day.
ing awareness on e-waste particularly
targeting the student community of city
schools, he says,
‘To ensure that the future generation
starts caring for the environment at an
early age and by propagating this idea
through the students and teachers,
we believe that the message of safe
disposal of e-waste will reach the public
at large’.
The reasons cited for increase in ewaste generation are said to be rapid
growth in technology, affordable prices
and increasing usage, which has led
consumers end up discarding their
older electronics for newer ones.
Shankar from e-CAP says, ‘The use
of electronic devices has proliferated
in recent years and the quantity of
devices that are disposed have also
3
been increasing rapidly. E-waste
poses a grave danger to environment
and people when it is not disposed in
the right way’.
‘Proper awareness among consumers is imperative and initiating
a training programme for the representatives from the schools was no
easy task. Throughout our campaign,
teachers played a crucial role and
were eye-openers to children’, he
states.
To address the growing problem
of e-waste in the city, he says, more
programmes and events in favour
of environment awareness must be
carried out in schools in regular time
intervals for a greater impact on the
society. ‘Also, we have planned to
club our project with Swachh Bharat,’
he adds.
As part of the awareness programme e-waste collection bins
were distributed to the schools
visited by e-CAP members to dispose their old electronic devices for
recycling.
The campaign that was held in last
November and after its completion,
e-wastes were collected from the
schools. The schools that contributed more were awarded prizes. Also,
students and teachers who have
contributed most were awarded
with cash prizes and certiﬁcates,
to encourage them to participate in
more such programmes in future.
Meanwhile what happens to the
collected e-waste? Tess-Amm, an
eminent recycling organisation
collects e-wastes from schools,
segregates and disposes it in an
eco-friendly manner.
For details visit: www.e-cap.in
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n the last decade, everything that had to be manufactured in
India and exported, were being imported from various parts
of the world. That’s why our import bill has grown substantially.
Therefore, the new initiatives of the government whether it is Make
in India or Digital India or Skill India, should all converge so that
India can grow at 9-10 per cent per annum and create jobs. The
Make in India looks at 25 sectors --- it looks at core competencies of
India across the sector and how India can penetrate global markets.
But Make in India cannot happen without Digital India because
India has been a reluctant manufacturer and a reluctant urbaniser. If
India needs to achieve a quantum jump, the broadband, the spectrum
behind it, the country needs to use technology to leapfrog. What
Digital India aims to do is to provide the technology, the broadband
and the spectrum behind it. But manufacturing and technology alone
cannot help you ---- you can grow faster but that will be jobless
growth. What Skill India does is to create skills for a vast segment
of population so that as India manufactures, as India urbanises, as
Indians moves from rural to urban areas, as it happens in economic
development, you keep creating jobs. This is what happens when
economy expands.
If you look at the history of the world, in 1975, China and India were
at the same level of growth. China was also a reluctant manufacturer
and a reluctant urbaniser. But in 1975, the Chinese Communist Party
decided they will manufacture for the rest of the world and they will
urbanise. So, they started creating new manufacturing cities. When
they started creating manufacturing cities, people moved from rural
areas to urban areas. People moved, young workers moved, wives
and children moved to new manufacturing cities. Since 1975, China
has created 400 new cities --- it’s mid-boggling. China grew at an
average 10 per cent per annum. If you grow at 10 per cent, you
double your income in 7 years. Therefore, between 1975 and 2010,
China’s income grew 16 folds. It lifted almost 800 million people
above the poverty line. Therefore, India has no other option but to
grow at 10 per cent per annum and that’s feasible.
For India’s GDP to grow at that level, manufacturing must grow
at 14-15 per cent and, therefore, Make in India is a very critical
programme for the government. Make in India has identiﬁed sectors,
it is working in partnership with the private sector, we are working
in partnership with different ministries across the government and
its ambition is that manufacturing must drive India’s growth. And,
therefore, to our mind we need unleashing of creative energy in
India. India must become a nation of job creators rather than being
job seekers.
We must create young entrepreneurs. And, we need to unleash
the energy of India in terms of entrepreneurship. We should not be
a nation of manufacturers but we should also become a nation of
design and innovation. And, actually the innovative spirit of India
must push the growth to a high trajectory.
You can’t be a manufacturer without being competitive. This is
globalised economy and we are in a globalised market. You have to
penetrate the global market and be a part of global supply chain. So,
you can’t manufacture without being competitive. Being a reluctant
manufacturer and a reluctant urbaniser, India can use technology to
leapfrog, it can skip some processes of growth.
If you want to be inﬂuential, give
praise when due, criticism when
due. U won’t be liked always, but
your voice will count.
Chetan Bhagat @chetan_bhagat
Rules fr a peaceful soul-Trust
noone, stay positive, spread happy
vibes, eat, pray, love..Oh n did i
mention-TRUST NOONE !!!??
Trisha Krishnan@trishtrashers
Genetic code for dog &
human parasite cracked
MELBOURNE: world are potentially exposed to the
Scientists have mapped the genetic roundworm T canis, researchers said.
code of a parasite that infects young
It can also be fatal to young pupchildren and puppies worldpies, especially if untreated, when
wide, opening the door for new
hundreds of worms up to 15 centimetres in length can pack out the
drugs and diagnostic tests for
HEALTH
the disease it causes.
entire small intestines. The
Today parasite causes the condiThe parasite causes toxocariasis, a disease that mainly affects
tion toxocariasis when
young children and is of worldwide sopassed from infected dogs to hucioeconomic importance as hundreds mans through contact with faecal
of millions of humans across the material, researchers said.
VOICE MAIL
Vanishing playgrounds
Sir,
It is unfortunate that a lack of open spaces and playgrounds has forced
children in cities to stay indoors and remain glued to computers and other
electronic gadgets.
The current generation plays all outdoor games like cricket, football, tennis
on computers! Physical play is the best way to refresh the mind and is what
helps children maintain good health and concentrate on their studies. It is in
play that children learn some of life’s most important lessons, like learning
to lose but not to be a loser, and not letting success go to their heads nor
failure to their hearts. It also involves leadership and team-building skills,
all of which cannot be taught in a classroom.
T S KARTHIK, Valasaravakkam
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CHENNAI
Obama seeks war powers
Vows Islamic State is ‘going to lose’
WASHINGTON:
Vowing that Islamic State forces are
‘going to lose,’ US President Barack
Obama urged Congress to authorise
military action against terrorists who
are cutting a swath across the Middle
East. Yet he ruled out large-scale US
ground combat operations reminiscent of Iraq and Afghanistan.
‘I’m convinced that the United States
should not get dragged back into
another prolonged ground war,’ the
president said at the White House as
he set Congress on a path to its ﬁrst
war-powers vote in 13 years.
Despite Obama’s words of reassurance, initial reaction in Congress
amounted to bipartisan skepticism, with
much of the dissatisfaction centered
on his attempt to ﬁnd a political middle
ground with respect to ground forces.
Republicans expressed unhappiness that he had chosen to exclude
any long-term commitment of ground
forces, while some Democrats voiced
dismay that he had opened the door
to deployment at all.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also
said Obama had ruled out air support
for US -trained rebels battling Syrian
President Bashar Assad, adding,
‘That’s immoral.’
Under Obama’s proposal, the use
of military force against Islamic State
ﬁghters would be authorised for three
HOLY SMOKE!
President Barack Obama was joined by Secretary of State John
Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the White House
Roosevelt Room as Obama asked Congress for war powers but
ruled out large-scale battle.
years, unbounded by national borders. The ﬁght could be extended to
any ‘closely related successor entity’
to the Islamic State organization that
has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria,
imposed a stern form of Sharia law
and killed several hostages it has
taken, Americans among them.
‘Make no mistake. This is a difﬁcult
mission,’ Obama said in seeking action
against a group that he said threatens
America’s own security. He said it will
take time to dislodge the terrorists,
especially from urban areas.
‘But our coalition is on the offensive.
ISIL is on the defensive, and ISIL is
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going to lose.’ ISIL is one acronym for
the Islamic State group.
The 2002 congressional authorisation that preceded the American-led
invasion of Iraq would be repealed under the White House proposal, a step
some Republicans were unhappy to
see. But a separate authorization that
was approved by Congress after the
11 September 2001, terror attack
would remain in force, to the consternation of some Democrats.
At the heart of the debate, the struggle to deﬁne any role for American
ground forces is likely to determine
the outcome of the administration’s
Under Obama’s
proposal, the
use of military
force against
Islamic State
ﬁghters would be
authorised for three
years, unbounded
by national borders
request for legislation. White House
spokesman Josh Earnest said the
proposal was intentionally ambiguous
on that point to give the president
flexibility, although the approach
was also an attempt to bridge a deep
divide in Congress.
While asking lawmakers to bar
long-term, large-scale ground combat operations like those in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama said he wants
the flexibility for ground combat
operations ‘in other more limited circumstances.’ Those include rescue
missions, intelligence collection and
the use of special operations forces
in possible military action against
Islamic State leaders.
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at the heart of
Milky Way
LONDON:
Researchers have found the ﬁrst
direct observational proof of the
presence of dark matter in the
innermost part of the Milky Way,
including in our own cosmic neighbourhood and around the Earth.
A new study demonstrates that
large amounts of dark matter
exist around us, and also between us and the
Galactic centre. The result
constitutes a
fundamental
step forward in
the quest for the
nature of dark matter.
The existence of dark matter in
the outer parts of the Milky Way is
well established. But historically it
has proven very difﬁcult to establish
the presence of dark matter in the
innermost regions, where the Solar
System is located.
This is due to the difficulty of
measuring the rotation of gas
and stars with the needed precision from our own position in the
Milky Way.
Colombia races to meet
V-Day’s rose demand
BOGOTA:
Work is hectic these days for El
Redil, as the ﬂower company based
in the savanna surrounding the
Colombian capital Bogota hurries to
meet orders from all over the world
for Valentine`s Day.
‘If you don`t do well in Valentine`s
it`s a lost year,’ said manager Fernando Arenas during an AFP tour of
the fragrant-smelling
rose farms in the town
of Nemocon.
‘We want to take
three million stems
from this farm,’ added Arenas, as he
walked through the
company`s greenhouses, while busy
women in leather gloves clipped
roses of all colors.
Dozens of workers dethorn the
roses, classify them and transfer
the flowers to wire racks, as well
as prepare attractive bouquets that
they hope will make someone`s
Valentine`s Day.
The ﬂowers are shipped fresh to
Colombia -- the world`s second-largest
ﬂower exporter after the Netherlands
-- ships up to 1,000 different types of
ﬂower, including exotic orchids, but the
rose is the undisputed queen
people thousands of
miles away and kept
cold throughout their
journey. Refrigerated
trucks take the ﬂ owers to an airport in
Colombia and from
there they go to the
rest of the world.
Miami and Amsterdam are the
two main global distribution points.
Yellow roses are popular among
young people, lilacs are preferred
by the Japanese, but mostly the
classic red are the roses chosen for
Valentine`s Day, the El Redil staff
said. The popular rose of the time
‘is a matter of fashion,’ said Arenas.
Colombia -- the world`s secondlargest flower exporter after the
Netherlands -- ships up to 1,000
different types of ﬂower, including
exotic orchids, but the rose is the
undisputed queen.
Colombia is celebrating its 50th
anniversary of the ﬂower export business, and helping its rise to the top is
the role of the United States market
as its star client.
The United States makes up about
75 per cent of the Latin American
country`s sales, followed by Russia, Japan and Britain, according to
Asocolﬂores, the group that brings
together most ﬂower producers in
Colombia.
Raunchy testimony at
Strauss-Kahn trial
PARIS:
Half-way through his three-week
trial for aggravated pimping, ex-IMF
boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has
been forced under days of judicial
questioning to explicitly detail his
history of, in his own words, ‘libertine’
sexual practices.
Strauss-Kahn pleads innocence,
saying he had no way of knowing the
women who took part in his orgies at
luxury hotels in Paris, Brussels and
Washington, weren’t freely consenting libertines like himself, but in fact
prostitutes paid for by some of his 13
co-defendants in the case.
The trial is scheduled to run until 20
February. While much of the courtroom testimony is raunchy, here is a
PG-selection of some of the attentiongrabbing testimony made so far:
Ex-prostitute known as ‘Jade,’ testifying about a 2009 orgy with StraussKahn at a Belgian sex club.
‘It was a slaughterhouse. They were
Strauss-Kahn, in response to questioning over the frequency of his
orgies during the period in which he
is accused of organising a prostitution ring.
‘We met 12 times in four years. It
wasn’t the frenetic, unbridled activity
that the investigating magistrates’
report makes out. At the time, I mention without pretension, I had other
things to do.’
Strauss-Kahn, in response to questioning about why
MAKER he didn’t suspect
the women he
spontaneously had
sex with in a restaurant basement
were prostitutes.
‘What can I say? It’s nothing to
be proud of, but there have been
10 times that I’ve found myself in
a situation where a woman threw
herself at me.’
Strauss-Kahn, explaining how the
function of IMF chief limited his oc-
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of the day
lying
on the mattress in all
directions. It was a
rather degrading scene. I didn’t know
whether these people had showered.
I didn’t want any part of it.’
Ex-prostitute known as ‘Jade’, testifying about how she only realised
Strauss-Kahn’s identity after she
saw him on television sometime
after one of his orgies. ‘That’s him,
but with his clothes on.’
casions for sex parties. ‘I had a very
hectic life, with just a few outlets for
recreation, and these sessions were
part of that.’
Co-defendant Fabrice Paszkowski,
testifying about the organization of
Strauss-Kahn’s orgies.
‘People say that at these soirees,
the girls were gifts, but in fact at
these parties the gift was Dominique
Strauss-Kahn.’
Strauss-Kahn, responding to a
judge’s description of him as ‘once
one of the world’s most powerful
people.’
‘That’s certainly what some people
think, and I believe the IMF saved the
world from a crisis that could have
been as bad as that of 1929.’
Strauss-Kahn lawyer Henri
Leclerc, explaining the difficulty
Strauss-Kahn had in identifying his
sex partners as prostitutes. ‘I dare
you to distinguish between a prostitute and a naked socialite.’
Enterprise
CHENNAI
Improving biz environment & tax issues on agenda
Istanbul, Feb 12 (PTI):
Committing to resist protectionism, the G20 nations have pledged
to improve business environment
to promote growth and strengthen
transparency to prevent cross border tax evasion.
The G20 Ministers also expressed
concern over terrorist activities and
called upon the member nations to
expeditiously comply with international norms concerning exchange
of information and freezing of terrorist assets.
The communique issued at the
end of the two-day meeting of G20
Finance Ministers and central bank
governors also underlined the
need for IMF quota reforms to give
greater representation to emerging
economies.
India was represented by Minister
of State for Finance Jayant Sinha
and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
at the meeting.
Observing that global economic recovery continues to remain uneven,
E-Hotel wins
global award
E-Hotel’s general manager Gaurav Gupta receiving the ‘Best Small
Hotel’ award for India from International Property Awards’ chairman
Stuart Shield in London recently.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
City-based E-Hotel was awarded
as ‘Best Small Hotel’ from India in
category of Asia-Paciﬁc at a presentation held at the London Marriott
Hotel Grosvenor Square, recently.
According to a press release, the
best hotels and hospitality related
companies from more than 50 countries across the world have been
competing to achieve the International Hotel Awards. E-Hotel was
awarded given the quality of design,
construction and presentation of
individual properties and property
developments, interiors, architecture
and marketing.
Honour for NIIT
chairman
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
NIIT Group’s chairman and cofounder, Rajendra S Pawar, has been
honoured with Lifetime Achievement
Award by Geospatial Media.
Pawar received the award for his
decades of service and leadership
in helping Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) and associated technologies germinate and grow in India
since the late 80s. This year, the
awards were judged by an independent jury under the chairmanship of K
Kasturirangan, former head of ISRO.
On receiving the award, Rajendra S
Pawar said, ‘I am humbled and honoured to receive this award. It gives
me great pleasure to see our efforts
of driving GIS proliferation in India
over the last 28 years, receive leading industry recognition. Servicing
the largest number of users, NIIT has
seen GIS evolve into an all-pervasive
technology that is helping organizations make informed decisions.
About the award, E-Hotel’s managing director, Kavita Singhania, said ‘I
am extremely happy and proud that
E Hotel has been conferred with the
prestigious IHA award and that too
get this in ﬁrst year of hotel operations. This shows that our commitment to maintain high product quality
and guest experience which are our
main ethos too’.
General manager Gaurav Gupta
received the award for India from
International Property Awards’ chairman Stuart Shield and the world’s
most travelled man, Fred Finn, at
the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor
Square.
India has called for expeditious implementation of the automatic
exchange of tax information saying it would help in tracking illegal
money stashed in foreign banks.
Raising the issue Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha advocated
‘full and fast implementation’ of Automatic Exchange of Information
within the agreed time-frame.
‘This would help India to trace transactions of money illegally earned
or stashed in foreign banks without paying appropriate taxes in the
countries where those transactions took place’, Sinha said.
it will provide
some boost
to global
growth with
varying implications across
economy.
The communique also called
for addressing
the issues concerning volatile ﬁnancial ﬂows. ‘We
will cooperate to manage spillovers
arising from our domestic policies.
We will stick to our previous ex-
Curtains to go up
on TN’s investor
meet
‘Automotive dealers are
cautiously optimistic’
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
A curtain raiser to the Tamilnadu
Global Investors Meet 2015 is to be
held on 14 February here.
According to a press release, the
event on Saturday will witness a host
of dignitaries and bigwigs from the business world coming together to discuss
the growing scope of investment in the
State. Apart from this, the event will also
see the signing of seven major MoUs
between the Tamilnadu government
and Renault & Nissan automobile,
Mahindra & Mahindra, CPCL, MRF,
Lotus Footwear, Shri Sudhan Textiles
Mills, and Amway.
The pacts will be signed in the presence of Chief Minister Panneerselvam,
Minister for Industries, P Thangamani
and Chief Secretary K Gnanadesikan.
The projects to be ﬁnalised include
CPCL’s resid upgradation project in
North Chennai, Amway India’s manufacturing facility at Nilakottai in Dindigul,
Shri Sudan Textiles Mills Limited’s yarn
project, Lotus Footwear’s new unit on
111.34 hectares in Tiruvannamalai.
The meet will be held in May.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Sewells Group recently released
the results of their fourth Automotive Dealer Confidence Index
(ADCI) survey for India. This is
the final edition of the year 2014
and captures sentiments of auto
dealers in the October -December
quarter.
A press release here said, the
overall ADCI stood at +7 compared
with +14 at the end of previous
quarter.
Optimism levels across vehicle
categories have tempered slightly
as compared to the results at the
end of the previous quarter.
The Automotive Dealer Confidence Index is calculated on the
basis of the survey conducted in
the beginning of January 2015.
Responses were received from
172 dealers, across 125 cities,
representing 31 different brands.
The key highlights from the survey are, passenger car dealers
Britannia revenue growth at 14%
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Britannia Industries Ltd on
Wednesday reported its Q3 consolidated revenue of Rs 2,015
crore which is a growth of 13.7 per
cent and a 42 per cent increase in
proﬁt from operations.
A press release said, for nine
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
BankBazaar.com recently revealed its Online
Financial Product Purchase -The Customer
Insight Report, highlighting key trends that will
have a signiﬁcant impact on the industry in
coming years. The report emphasises on the
shift in consumer mind-sets from traditional
buying habits to faster and easily accessible
online portals.
A press release said, the report analysis show
that younger consumers (below the age of 40),
from top 10 cites of India, have started searching for loans online before choosing a product.
Almost 74 per cent of consumers who took a
loan less than three months back, researched
for it online, as compared to only 46 per cent
who did so a year back. The report reiterates
the change in potential consumer purchase
behaviour as 75 per cent of respondents stated
that they would research online before applying
for a loan.
31per cent of the online consumers searched
jab National bank, Karur
vysya bank, Oriental bank
of commerce, Sundaram
BNP Paribas, LIC Housing
Finance, India Bulls.
CREDAI Chennai president Ajit Chordia said, ‘This
is a one of a kind home loan
mela bringing all leading
bankers under one roof.
We guarantee a unique
experience for the customer
and exciting options to
choose from.
change rate commitments and will
resist protectionism’.The member
nations committed to boost investment in their countries via concrete
and ambitious investment strategies
that will also support ‘our’ collective
growth objective.
Expressing disappointment over
delay in IMF quota reforms, the
communique said ‘We reaffirm
that their earliest implementation
remains our highest priority for
the Fund. We continue to urge the
United States to ratify the 2010 reforms as soon as possible’.
Emerging counties, like India,
China, Brazil and Russia have been
asking for increased voting rights in
IMF, which would reﬂect their growing share in the world economy.
Quota reform, if implemented, will
increase India’s voting share from
current 2.44 per cent to 2.75 per
cent, following which the country
will become the eighth largest quota
holder at the IMF, up from 11th
position.
the communique said
‘we are determined to
overcome
these challenges and
... achieve
our objective
of strong, sus- tainable and balanced growth, and create jobs and
foster inclusiveness’.
Taking note of the sharp decline
in oil prices, the communique said
months ended 31 December
2014, consolidated revenue was
Rs 5,743 crore which is a growth
of 13.7 per cent.
Standalone revenue for Q3 was
Rs 1,834 crore, which is a growth
of 13.6 per cent and for the nine
months was Rs 5,254 crore which
is a growth of 13.9 per cent.
Consumers compare
and buy, says survey
CREDAI’s plans for Chennai
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
CREDAI, the apex body
of the organised real estate
developers and builders
across India, is organising
a home loan mela at Vijaya
Mahal, Pondy Bazzar on
13, 14, and 15 February
from 10 am to 8 pm.
According to a press release, it will be attended by
leading bankers across the
city, such as, Axis bank,
ICICI, HDFC, SBI and Pun-
What India wants?
SWITCHING
TECHNOLOGIES
GUNTHER LIMITED
Regd. Ofﬁce : B9 and B 10,
MEPZ Special Economic Zone,
Kadapperi, Chennai 600 045.
CORRIGENDUM
The Un-Audited financial result
for the quarter ended 31st
December 2014 published in
News Today dated 31.01.2015 in Page
No.3 carried the 6th Column heading
shall read as previous accounting year
ended 31.03.2014 (Audited) instead of
previous accounting year ended
31.12.2014 (Audited)
Director
for offers from a bank apart from the one in which they
have their accounts. On the other side only 15 per cent
of the ofﬂine consumer actually did the same.
Social Media and other online portals played a very
important part with peer reviews and opinions of friends
and family being the norm in most purchases.
Founder & CEO Adhil Shetty said ‘In the last three
months, BankBazaar.com, has grown by 3x. This has
made us the single largest digital platform for ﬁnancial
services in India.
continued to remain optimistic
about business prospects in spite
of a duller than expected festive
period.
The index for passenger cars
segment stood at +9 at the end of
Oct-Dec quarter, as compared to
+8 at the end of July - September
quarter.
The index for two-wheeler dealers saw a significant dip in the OctDec 2014 quarter when compared
with the July - September quarter
of 2014.
The index moved from +35 at
the end of Jul-Sep quarter to +10
at the end of
Oct-Dec quarter of 2014, indicating a drop in optimism levels of the
two-wheeler dealers.
Overall, the ADCI at the end of
Oct-Dec quarter stands at +7 indicating an optimistic sentiment.
However, the fact that it has
dropped from +14 at the end of the
previous quarter points to a slight
tempering of dealer sentiment.
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henceforth be known as
HABIB.
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NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Coromandel International Limited’s Managing director Kapil
Mehan has decided to step down
due to personal reasons.
An official statement here said,
he has some family commitments
in Delhi and therefore has to relocate to Delhi. He is being relieved
with effect from 13 February 2015.
In the interim vice chairman, V
Ravichandran, will guide the team.
Ravichandran has in the past
been the managing director of
Coromandel and was largely successful in the profitable growth in
the company’s fortunes during the
years from 2006 to 2010.
Ravichandran is an experienced
professional and a veteran in
the fertiliser business and the
organisation looks forward to his
guidance in leading the team at
Coromandel International into the
future, the statement said.
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NATIONAL PLASTIC
TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Mydaughter, Bhavana, daughter
of Thisru P.S. Prakash Rao, born
on 26th September 2001 (native
district: Mumbai-Maharastra),
residing at No.401, Devi Narayana
M.G.N. Enclave, Poonthottam
1st street, Pazhavanthangal,
Chennai-600 114, shall
henceforth be known as
BHAVANA PRAKASH RAO.
P. VEENA
17th December, 2014 (Mother)
Folio
No.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
The largest direct-selling FMCGcompany in India, Amway India is all
set to commission its upcoming plant
near Madurai by the end of this year.
Speaking on the sidelines of a product launch in Chennai yesterday, chief
marketing officer of Amway India,
Sundip Shah said, ‘We are working
closely with the government to deﬁne
a legislation to cover direct selling.
The government has taken the initiative and now deliberating with all
concerned.’
Sundip Shah said that plans were
afoot to turn the Rs 550 crore unit
into a manufacturing centre catering
to international markets.
He also said that the company was
hoping to double its sales of the protein segment from the current Rs 300
crore by the next ﬁve years.
With a turnover of Rs 2,046 crore in
last ﬁscal, the company is expecting
a ﬂat growth in the next two ﬁnancial
years. ‘After that, the growth will be
in double digits,’ Shah said.
Amway India would also look at
setting up farms in the country to
produce ingredients for its largest
selling product Nutrilite.
Amway launched All Plant Protein
Powder under the Nutrilite brand
yesterday. The company has aggressive plans to grow Nutrilite in to a Rs
1,800 crore brand in ﬁve years, from
its current valuation at Rs 1,200 crore.
Regd Office: Thiru Complex,
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Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the company will be held on
Friday, 13th February, 2015 at the
to consider and approve, inter
for the quarter and nine months
ended 31-12-2014.
For NATIONAL PLASTIC
TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
E.BALASUBRAMANIAN
Company Secretary
Place: Chennai
Date: 06.02.2015
SHIVA PRASAD PADHY
COMPANY SECRETARY
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Amway to open
plant in Madurai
G20’s gameplan
for global growth
Rockwell ties up
with MS, Cisco
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Rockwell Automation, provider of
industrial automation and information solutions, has collaborated with
Microsft and Cisco for joint solution
development and integrated solutions
and services.
Managing director of Rockwell Automation India, Dilip Sawhney, said,
‘Beginning our operations 32 years
ago in India, we ﬁnd that manufacturing industry here is changing and
will change more radically in the next
ﬁve years.’ He was speaking on the
sidelines of ‘Rockwell Automation on
the Move 2015’ here yesterday.
Explaining about the conference,
he said, ‘Manufacturers are interacting on the topics related to power
control information, industrial applications and the advancements in
technology which will help them to be
more productive and efﬁcient. Every
manufacturer will be enlightened and
learn the success path through stages
of Connected Enterprise.’
Regional marketing director, Asia
Paciﬁc, John Watts, said, ‘Manufacturing industry continues to emerge
and evolve rapidly in countries like
India, China and South East Asia.
Thus, we are developing products
relevant to the market in these
countries. Rapid industralisation
and higher economic growth are the
principal reasons for the development
and thus, we are strengthening our
presence here.’
THURSDAY
12 FEBRUARY 2015
NAME CHANGE
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residing at D.No.32,
West
Street,
Tirupur-641 604, Tirupur
District, Tamilnadu,
shall henceforth
be known as
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V.DHANABA
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The property measuring an
extent of Ac.1.66 1/2 cents in
S. No.273/2, in Nainaragaram
village, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli
District, is mortgaged with
my client bank. The original
document, being sale deed
bearing Document No.1127 of
2007, SRO-Idaikal, is started to
be lost in transit. Anyone having
the same in their custody or any
claim based on the said document
or any objection or claim over
the property, may contact in
the address given below with
necessary proof within seven
days from the date of this
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is received within seven days
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STATE BANK OF PATIALA
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All that piece and parcel of the following movable things belonging to and in the
name of Mr.J.Lucas in the premises at Flat 1B, Northern Block, Ground Floor, Plot
No.13,14, Saravana Apartment, Mayor Radhakrishnan Nagar, Kolapakkam, Chennai
- 600 116 for sale on as is where is basis
Hall: 1. Fans (two) 2. Tube Light (one) 3. Akai Television 4. Onida DVD Player
(one) 5. Sofa set 6. Raj stepwear (one) 7. Fish Tank (one) 8 Dressing table (one)
9. Wash basin (one).
1st Bedroom
1.Sofa (one) 2. Table (one) 3. Bench (one) 4. Plastic cover (one) 5. Portable Table
(one) 6.Iron Box (one) 7.Wall clock (one) 8. Fan (one) 9. Tube light (one) 10. Suit
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(empty) (one) 14. Books in the shelf 15. Reebok Bag(one) 16.Mini Gas stove (one)
16. Water cans (three).
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Grinder (one) 4. Tube Light (one) 5. CFL Tube light (one) 6. Mixie (one) 7. Vessels
Pooja Shelf
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12 FEBRUARY 2015
Sports
CHENNAI
Pak ponders options
ahead of opener
Murray cruises;
Wawrinka struggles
Misbah, one of the best ﬁnishers: Waqar
Stan Wawrinka
Tennis
Coach bets big on Afridi
Adelaide, Feb 12:
Pakistan have found some momentum ahead of the World Cup but
have not settled on their best line-up
for their tournament opener against
champions India this weekend, coach
Waqar Younis said.
Victories over Bangladesh and England this week have given the 1992
champions a real surge of conﬁdence going into Sunday’s
match in Adelaide against
a team they have never
beaten at the World Cup.
‘We needed momentum,
we didn’t really play any
really good cricket in the
recent past,’ Waqar told reporters after the four-wicket
victory over England.
‘So the momentum and the conﬁdence we got from these last two
games will deﬁnitely help.
‘India has always been a tough
opponent so we’re not going to take
it easy. We’re going to make sure
we wake up on that morning in a
positive frame of mind and look to
win this time.’
Waqar hailed Misbah-ul-Haq as
one of his country’s best ever oneday ﬁnishers and said, ‘he reads the
game really well.’
‘He reads the scoreboard really well
and as a captain he also takes the
responsibility. Sometimes, when you
lose early wickets, he gets enough
time and he is a big hitter also. I
don’t know if I should say it, but for
Pakistan, for someone batting at
No. 5 or No. 6 he’s deﬁnitely
at the top.’
Waqar was also delighted
by the contribution of Umar
Akmal, who helped Misbah
add 133 runs in 22 overs
for Pakistan’s ﬁfth wicket in
a stand that effectively won the
match.
Pakistan lost several players to
injury and suspension for the tournament but Waqar said his main
problem in ﬁnding the right balance
was their lack of all-rounders, barring 34-year-old Shahid Afridi.
‘It’s difﬁcult to have the right combination, you want to have seven batters, sometimes you want to have ﬁve
C ity S port s
'Six Samurai'
comes up trumps
The 'Six Samurai' team which won the title in the
PSN Sarma Centenary All-India Bridge tournament in
Chennai.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
'Six Samurai' team, represented
by Vijayaraghavan Subramaniam,
Raj Mohan, D Vijay, Sunil, Srihari
and P Sridhar won the PSN Sarma
Centenary All-India Bridge tournament 2015 here recently.
A press note said Nest Inn was
second, followed by 'Eye of Tiger'
and Kamalakar's team was fourth.
Vijayaraghavan and Rajmohan
made it a perfect double by winning
the pairs event as well. In second
place was Uttam and Sekar followed
by Ramakrishnan & Banu Shankar.
Snooker tourney
The Sheth Shashikanth Memorial open snooker tournament has
attracted the best players from the
State as well as top ranked players
from across India, besides the veteran Arvind Savur, (coach of world
champion Pankaj Advani).
A press note said those in the
fray for the top prize of Rs 50,000
are Faisal Khan, Lakshman Rawat,
Lucky Vatnani, Varun Kumar, Manish Jain and Himanshu to name
a few. Adding colour to this event
will be the highest ranked Indian
woman cueist in the world, Chitra
Magimairaj.
Shashikanth was a popular snooker player (and a cricketer) who spent
inumerable hours in promoting
young talent on the baize.
JIT wins one
more title
Pakistan
coach Waqar
Younis heaped
praise on captain
Misbah-ul-Haq after
the warm-up win
over England.
bowlers
so
sometimes something
has got to give,’ he
said.
‘I think we are going to sit down in the
next three days and
see what’s going to
give. We don’t really
have that ‘X-factor’ of
all-rounder, maybe a
batsman who can bowl
fast.
‘But we’ve got Afridi,
we’ve got to really trust
him, he’s in good nick and
batting well, so still three
more days to ﬁnd the best
team to play the Indians.’
Almagro upsets
Robredo
Sao Paulo, Feb 12:
Three-time Brazil Open champion
Nicolas Almagro defeated secondseeded Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-6 (1)
in the tournament’s second round on
Wednesday. Almagro served 10 aces
and had no double faults in the match
between Spaniards at the clay-court
tournament in Sao Paulo.
The unseeded Almagro won the
tournament in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
Robredo, ranked 17th in the world,
won the title in Brazil in 2009. In other
second-round matches, fourth-seeded
Leonardo Mayer of Argentina defeated
Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4,
3-6, 6-1, while lucky
loser Facundo Bagnis
of Argentina, who beat
defending champion Federico Delbonis in the
first round.
Misbah-ul-Haq
Rotterdam, Feb 12:
Andy Murray rebounded nicely
from his Australian Open disappointment as the Scot defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2 on
Wednesday to reach the second
round of the ATP Rotterdam World
Tennis event.
The world number four who lost
the Grand Slam title bid 10 days
ago to Novak Djokovic, hammered
the 109th-ranked Mahut to hand
the Frenchman a 30th career
defeat by a top 10 player.
While the Scot eased through
in 93 minutes, fourth seed Stan
Wawrinka had to overcome a
second-set blip in which which his
game went completely off the boil
before ﬁnally recovering to defeat
Dutchman Jesse Huta Galung 6-3,
3-6, 6-3.
Even then Wawrinka needed six
match points to seal victory over
Srini’s big move towards
re-entering BCCI fold
CSK
to be transferred to wholly-owned subsidiary
N Srinivasan
Chennai, Feb 12: Srinivasan told reporters after the
The Board of Control for Cricket meeting.
He also added, ‘The Board considin India (BCCI) president-in-exile
N Srinivasan led India Cements’ ered a proposal for reorganisation of
board has approved the transfer of Chennai Super Kings Cricket under
which ownership of the franchise
Indian Premier League (IPL) team
will be issued to the shareholders
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to a
of India Cements, subject to neceswholly-owned subsidiary Chensary approvals.’
nai Super Kings Cricket Limited.
A decision to this effect was
Srinivasan, was barred
Cricket
taken at a board meeting of the
by the Supreme Court from
company, held yesterday.
contesting any polls of the board
‘Pursuant to the decision of Board till he gave up ownership of the IPL
of Directors of India Cements, the team. Though he conﬁrmed transfer
company transferred the IPL fran- of stakes, he did not specify who
chise rights to its wholly-owned sub- would be at the helm of Chennai
sidiary Chennai Super Kings Cricket,’ Super Kings Cricket.
KKR, MI to kick off IPL-8
New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI):
Defending champion Kolkata Knight
Riders and former winner Mumbai Indians will kickstart the eighth season
of Indian Premier League (IPL) at the
Eden Gardens on 8 April.
A total of 60 matches, including the
four playoffs, will be played over a
period of 47 days.
The MCA International Stadium at
Pune will host three home games of
Kings XI Punjab, whilst the Dr. YSR
ACA-VDCA Stadium at Visakhapatnam will host three home games of
Sunrisers Hyderabad.
After a hiatus in 2014, the Shahid
Veer Narayan Singh International
Stadium at Raipur will once again
stage two home games of Delhi
Daredevils. Rajasthan Royals will
a player ranked a lowly 248th in
the world in just over an hourand-a-half.
‘It’s never easy to start, but getting through is the most important,’
said Wawrinka.
‘Match conditions are always
different than practise.
‘But I’ve been training well and
I’m pleased to have won.’
Wawrinka, ranked ninth in the
world, will next play Spaniard
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who
beat Uzbek Denis Istomin 7-6
(7/5), 6-4.
Wawrinka won the first set in
34 minutes but struggled in the
second set as he seemed to lose
concentration.
But in the third set, the 2014
Australian Open winner went up a
break for 3-1 and slowly regained
command.
CSK’S MATCHES
vs DD,
9 April at Chennai
vs SRH, 11 April at Chennai
vs KKR, 14 April at Kolkata
vs RR,
19 April at Ahmedabad
vs RCB
22 April at Bengaluru
vs KXIP 25 April at Chennai
vs KKR
30 April at Chennai
vs RCB
4 May at Chennai
vs MI
8 May at Chennai
vs RR
10 May at Chennai
vs DD
12 May at Raipur
vs KXIP 16 May at Mohali
play their home games at the Sardar
Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera,
Ahmedabad, and another venue that
will be conﬁrmed shortly.
The Pepsi IPL 2015 ﬁnal will be
played at the Eden Gardens in
Kolkata.
IPL Chairman Ranjib Biswal said
he was really excited and was looking forward to the upcoming edition
of the T20 league.
‘The top players from all over the
world will be seen in action this year
at the Pepsi IPL 2015. I am looking
forward to some exciting contests
in the middle. Over the next couple
of weeks, the teams will strengthen
their squads in preparedness for the
2015 edition of the Pepsi IPL. I am
excited to join the fans to see a lot
of exciting cricket over the next three
months,’ he said.
Nadal gears up
for Rio run
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 12:
Rafael Nadal flew into Brazil to
defend his title at the Rio Open
-- but also to experience ﬁrst-hand
‘the incred- i
ble energy’ of
the city’s
world-famous
carnival.
‘I really
want to learn
about the
carnival in Rio. It
has an incredible energy,
carnival
here is like a religion,’ the
world number
t h r e e from
Spain told reporters shortly after his arrival.
‘I was always fascinated by the
carnival and was eager to see it live.
It will be a show,’ said Nadal, who
will join a parade on Sunday with
compatriot David Ferrer and Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten.
Dutee Chand shines as records tumble
The victorious JIT team.
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Jeppiaar Institute of Technology,
Sriperumpudur added one more title
in the Tamilnadu Inter-Engineering
Sports (TIES) 2015 at Chennai
recently.
A press note said in the event
involving some 139 teams, JIT
boys came up trumps. State star
Ajinkye Mane, Arun Harikumar, Amit
Khan,Vijay and Shesank Rai Manohar were the star players for JIT.
In the ﬁrst round, the JIT cagers
beat SVCE 46-22, and then posted
a 51-16 win over over Saranath College, and SKP College 67-34.
In the quarter-finals, the starstudded JIT boys beat St Joseph's
College 44-26 and in the semi-ﬁnals
they eased past PABCET 37-20.
In the championship match against
PSNA Engineering College, Dindigul,
the winning score was 75-53.
JIT director N Marie Wilson congratulated the players for the victory.
Scores: Finals: JIT 75 ( Ajinkye
Mane 22, Arun Harikumar 20, Ameet
Khan 16) beat PSNA 53 (Rohith 18,
Saravanan 12).
Semifinal: JIT 37 (Shesank Rai
Manohar 10, Jayadeep 10, Vijay 11)
beat PAPCET 20.
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (PTI):
Controversial teen sprinter Dutee
Chand cornered glory by clinching
the women’s 100m gold with a new
meet record as athletes continued to
raise the bar in the blue-riband track
and ﬁeld events of the 35th National
Games here yesterday.
In overall standings, Services
Sports Control Board (SSCB) remained the undisputed numero uno
on the 11th day of competitions with
107 medals (66 gold, 19 silver and 22
bronze). Haryana rose to the second
spot with 71 medals (30 gold, 25
silver and 16 bronze) while Maharashtra slipped to third on account of
lesser gold medals with a total tally
103 27 gold, 40 silver and 36 bronze).
The 100m sprints were lined up
early in the evening ﬁnals and as was
expected, Odisha’s Dutee displayed
blazing form to break the meet record
for a third time in the Games and
comfortably notch up the women’s
gold with an effort of 11.76sec.
Dutee Chand
‘The weather here has really helped pionships,’ said the 19-year-old, who
my performance, it is neither very is ﬁghting a legal
cold nor very hot, which has helped
battle to get an international ban
my body to perform to the opon her lifted for failing a
timum. Although, I could not
controversial gender test.
produce my personal best of
Kerala’s Santhini
11.73sec but I am glad
Vallikkad stopped
that I have managed
the clock at
National
to do so well after
11.84sec to win
the good showing
the silver, while
in the National ChamMaharashtra’s
G
Games
Rashmi Sheregar was a close third
with a timing of 11.87sec.
Among the men, Haryana’s
Dharambir stunned one and all by
breaching the 100m meet record of
10.52sec to snatch the gold with a
timing of 10.46sec.
‘I was here to compete in the 200m
race but when I felt that my body
has acclimatised pretty well to the
weather, I decided to try my luck in
the 100m as well. I was not even
thinking of a medal, let alone a gold,’
a grinning Dharambir, who idolises
Usain Bolt, said after his stunning
triumph.
The silver was clinched Odisha’s
Amiya Mallick (10.64sec) and the
bronze was grabbed by Maharashtra’s Krishnakumar Rane (10.65sec).
The men’s 400m event also had
a new meet record when SSCB’s
Arokia Rajeev ﬁnished the race in
46.40sec to beat the previous mark
of 46.97sec set by Paramjit Singh
back in 1997.
Mixed Bag
CHENNAI
Aamir roasted for
remarks on AIB Roast
Mumbai, Feb 12:
seemed to quite enjoy
himself, so when Aamir
Director Anurag Kashyap who
said what he had to
hasn’t taken too kindly to what
say about the Roast
Aamir Khan had to say about
being violent, Kashyap
the AIB Roast, the much
was quick to reply. But
controversial show starthis time he chose to
ring Karan Johar, Arshow what Aamir
jun Kapoor and
had to say about
Ranveer Singh
adult content when
that was pulled
Aamir
Khan
Delhi Belly was up
down from
for release.
YouTube due to its content.
Kashyap posted a link on his
At a recent event, Aamir said, ‘I
Facebook page where Aamir had
was most disappointed in what I
spoken in defence of the DK Bose
was hearing. I completely believe
song. Aamir had said, ‘I have alin freedom of speech but we have
ready informed my audiences that
to understand that we all have a
it is an adult ﬁlm. Please do not
certain responsibility. When I heard
go with your kids and those who
what was being told to me, it was a
have a problem with this kind of
very violent event. Violence is not
language shouldn’t come either. I
just physical, it can be verbal or
emotional. When you insult some- try my best to inform the audiences
before-hand. Then they can decide
one you are perpetuating violence
themselves. If the audience is adult,
and you are boasting to the world
they can decide themselves. So
‘Look how violent I am’.
from my end I do all these things
Anurag Kashyap was one of the
for my fans.’
people present at the Roast and
Manjhi’s loyalists
conﬁdent of victory
Patna, Feb 12:
Upbeat after being asked to prove
his majority on the ﬂoor of the State
Assembly on 20 February, Bihar
Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s
loyalists were today conﬁ dent of
their victory with the BJP’s support.
‘We are 100 per cent sure that
Manjhi would prove his majority
with BJP’s support,’ State Minister
Bhim Singh, one of the leading vocal supporters of Manjhi, told the
media here.
According to Brajesh Malhotra,
secretary to Governor Keshri Nath
Tripathi, the ﬂoor test would be taken
up through either lobby division or
secret ballot, immediately after the
governor’s address to the joint sitting
of the State legislature on the opening
day of the budget session.
The Governor’s decision came
Wednesday night after a set back
NT Bureau
Tiruchi, Feb 12:
Pragyan ‘15, the annual techno-management fest of National Institute of
Technology, Tiruchi is to be conducted
from 26 February to 1 March.
According to a press release, the
events in this year ranges from programming competitions like ByteCode, to brain
teasing events like Pragyan Main Quiz;
from core engineering competitions like
Junkyard Wars, to robotics events like
RoboWars; from management events
like Dalal Street, to innovation competitions like Inspinature; and from fun events
like water rockets, to landscape events
like Aakriti. This year’s edition will even
host out of the box events like Crime
Busters, as well as a star gazing session.
This edition of Pragyan, which has
the theme ‘Space’ will witness guest
lectures by Marshal Straballa (designer
of Burj Khalifa), Amit Ranjan (co-founder
of SlideShare), Jill Tarter (American astronomer), among many other big names.
The fest also hosts Crossﬁre, where
influential people from across the
country participate in a series of panel
discussions on various topics relevant
to India and the youth. The 2015 edition
of Pragyan will see a heated debate on
the topic ‘Putting an Indian on the moon
seems easier than keeping an Indian
street clean’.
Eight workshops will be held during
Pragyan ‘15. Also, a number of exhibitions are to be held and this year’s edition
will see exhibits of a brain controlled
helicopter by Pantech Solutions, a high
precision ﬂight simulator by Flight4Fantasy, NAO - a programmable humanoid
robot by Aldebaran, and the best of all,
a 12 billion year old moon rock sample
provided by the NASA space research
center in Houston.
For more information, visit www.pragyan.org.
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (PTI):
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
and TDP President N Chandrababu
Naidu today began a day-long tour to
Warangal district in Telangana, his
ﬁrst visit since the formation of the
new state. Naidu left for Warangal
from here this morning and reached
the city in the afternoon. He is scheduled to address party activists and
leaders in Warangal and hold meetings with TDP’s constituency-wise
incharges till tonight.
TMC president G K Vasan releasing the membership drive forms in
Chennai today.
NT Bureau
Vasan urged the State
Chennai, Feb 12:
government to ensure
Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC)
that efforts were made to
president G K Vasan today hit out at
the Centre for reportedly reducing
solve various problems
the allocation under the prestigious
including the Law
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
College students’ protest
Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MNREGA) for Tamilnadu and said
and the impending stir
steps should be taken to make availby transport
able th full quota for the State.
department staff
Addressing mediapersons here,
Vasan took a dig at the BJP government for cutting down on the allot- and added that a large number of
ment for the scheme named after the
men, women and youth were enrollFather of the Nation and one of the
ing in the TMC.
previous UPA government’s ﬂagship
After an extensive enrolment proprogrammes.
gramme taken up by the TMC,
Stating that the Centre’s decision to
the party would take up one near
hold back funds for the scheme was
colleges in all the 234 Assembly
affecting the lives of several women
constituencies in the State from 16
from underprivileged sections in
February.
Tamilnadu, the TMC leader said
Vasan also urged the State govthat the government should inititate
ernment to ensure that efforts were
measures to release the full funds
made to solve various problems
under the same.
including the Law College students’
Vasan said that the party’s member- protest and the impending stir by
ship drive was making good progress
transport department staff.
Other side of AAPkiwal
Chennai, Feb 12:
Arvind Kejriwal, a simple or any other
common man wearing mufﬂer around his
neck is known to every other person as an
Income tax ofﬁcer. But not much is known
about his life and his family who has been
a pillar of support to him.
Kejriwal and his wife Sunita were batchmates training for tax ofﬁcers and their relationship can be deﬁned as love at ﬁrst sight.
When Kejriwal walked up to her to propose,
she immediately accepted his proposal and
are now married for nearly 20 years.
Sunita has been a caring wife, before she
starts off to work she prepares an elaborate
meal every day for Kejriwal, who is a diabetic. It doesn’t stop here, she also checks
NT Bureau
Chennai, Feb 12:
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said the Tamilnadu
government, after getting permission from the Centre, will send a
rescue team of 150-ﬁshermen to
Sri Lanka, to repair and bring 81
boats (which are in the island nation’s custody).
In a statement here, he said
that State Fisheries Department
Assistant Director and Inspector
have already been sent to Sri
Lanka with necessary documents
after Indian consulate ofﬁcial sent
an e-mail on 11 February that
attempts were being made to
release the boats seized by the
Lankan Navy.
He also recalled the various letters by AIADMK general secretary
J Jayalalithaa to the Centre urging
steps to release these boats.
Reports said on Wednesday
that Sri Lankan government has
decided to release all the ﬁshing
boats in its custody following New
Delhi’s intervention.
The island government had
asked Indian ofﬁcials to produce
the documents of the boats for
verification in Sri Lanka, said
reports.
Gopinathan, Assistant Director of Fisheries, was quoted as
saying by PTI that the ﬁsheries
department ofﬁcials would leave
Chennai
with the registration certiﬁcate
of the fishing boats, under the
custody of Sri Lanka.
The documents would be produced at the local court in SriLanka and after veriﬁcation, they
would be released by the Court,
he said.
Senior BJP leaders, including
Leader of Opposition Nand Kishore
Yadav, former deputy chief minister
Sushil Kumar Modi and Usha Vidhyarti have made it clear that party
would support Manjhi in the assembly.
State BJP president Mangal Pandey
said the party wants Manjhi back. Nitish Kumar along with 130 legislators
of his JD-U, the Rashtriya Janata Dal,
the Congress and the Communist
Party of India, met President Pranab
Mukherjee in Delhi Wednesday night
to show his strength.
Battle lines were clearly drawn in
Bihar as Chief Minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi, expelled from the ruling
JD-U on Monday and sought to
prove his majority on the floor of
the assembly even as his predecessor Nitish Kumar staked
claim to form the government and
accused Manjhi of ‘horse-trading’.
AP CM visits
Telangana
for first time
Vasan slams Centre
on MNREGA scheme
Pragyan ‘15
from 26 Feb
to former Chief Minister and Janata
Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar as
the Patna High Court stayed his
recognition as legislature party head
replacing Manjhi. This decision has
given strength to Manjhi’s loyalists
JD-U legislators.
‘We are hopeful, sure and certain
that BJP would support a Mahadalit
Chief Minister Manjhi,’ Rajiv Ranjan,
a JD-U legislator of Manjhi’s camp,
told media here. Ranjan, who was
appointed chief whip of the party
by Manjhi, said that more than ﬁve
dozen party legislators of Nitish Kumar’s camp are in touch with them
to support Manjhi.
Another minister and a supporter
of Manjhi, Vinay Bihari, said he was
conﬁdent of Bharatiya Janata Party’s
support and boasted that several
JD-U legislators were in touch with
them.
on her husband once in a while from his
aides regarding his food intake and reminds
him to drink warm water from a ﬂask.
With ﬁles mounting up in their apartment
in Delhi, Kejriwal and his activists spend
long hours looking into the ﬁles, while his
wife on the other hand in the kitchen cooks
meals for every single person in the room.
While Kejriwal was involved in politics,
his wife had to ensure that both their children Harshita and Pulkit led normal lives
and had to make sure that they weren’t
affected by fame.
Initially, Harshita
would be disturbed with the attacks on her
father, but by the time Kejriwal resigned,
she had become immune to the criticism.
Kejriwal’s parents Govind Ram and Geeta
have been constant source of support for
Kejriwal. In 1980, Govind Ram ensured that
his son’s education was never interrupted,
despite losing his job. It was this kind of
support from family members that made
sure that Kejriwal could successfully enter
activism and politics.
Joint director of Medical Service Dr Murali Krishnan speaking at a CME
programme on antibiotics resistance bacterial emergence - A global
threat to mankind, organised for government doctors in Kanchipuram
recently. Deputy director Health Servcie Dr Krishna Raj, State president,
Indian Aacdemy of Padeatrics, Tamilnadu unit Dr Yoganand are also seen.
India worried
over US police
attitude
New Delhi, Feb 12 (PTI):
Reacting strongly to reports of excessive force
used by American police
against an Indian national,
India today raised the
issue with the US and
demanded expeditious investigation into the matter.
A senior official in the
US embassy here was
called to the South Block
by the External Affairs
Ministry ofﬁcial incharge
of the Americas division
to convey India’s concern
in the matter.
Concern was expressed
at what appears from media reports the excessive
use of force by police.
India has requested expeditious investigation
and sharing of information
about the probe and action taken, spokesperson
of External Affairs Ministry
Syed Akbaruddin said.
He had earlier said that
Consulate General in Atlanta was in touch with
police authorities and will
provide all assistance.
7
TN to send
spl team to bring
boats from Lanka
q ‘BJP will support a Mahadalit CM in Bihar’
SOME TWITTER REACTIONS
Rehan @rehanpawaskar: Apparently, @aamir_khan got a Delhi
Belly after consuming Roasted AIB. A virus called Hypocrisy is detected in his digestive tract.
holy cow @holycowindia: It is not Aamir khan fault.... satyamev jayate has changed his life for ever ... he has forgotten that Delhi Belly
was produced by him :O
Poonam Gill ?@neelu06: @_DeepaBhatia @aamir_khan love
aamir but this is double standards... Dk Bose...short term memory
loss gajani?
sumit ?@sumitsaurabh: Aamir khan called AIB Roast a shameful act !
Yes Aamir , How could we forget that Delhi Belly was a spiritual
Family movie ! #SlowClap !
Maitreyee Manglurkar ?@wisenotherwise: OMG! @aamir_khan
called the #AIBknockout VIOLENT Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Good marketing for #SatyamevJayate I guess!
THURSDAY
12 FEBRUARY 2015
SRI MALINI SPINNING MILLS LIMITED
Regd. Off. : Sandhiyur Post, Mallur-Via,Trichy Main Road, Salem - 636 203.
PART I
Sl.
No.
STATEMENT OF UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31/12/2014
3 Months
ended
(31.12.2014)
Particulars
(Unaudited)
Income from operations
(a) Net sales/income from operations
(Net of excise duty)
(b) Other Operating Income
Total income from operations (net)
2
Expenses
(a) Cost of materials consumed
(b) Purchases of stock-in-trade
(c) Changes in inventories of ﬁnished goods,
work-in-progress and stock-in-trade
(d) Employee beneﬁts expense
(e) Depreciation and amortisation expense
(f) Other expenses(Any item exceeding 10% of the total expenses
relating to continuing operations to be shown separately)
Total expenses
3
Proﬁt / (Loss) from operations before other income,
ﬁnance costs and exceptional items (1-2)
4
Other income
5
Proﬁt / (Loss) from ordinary activities before ﬁnance
costs and exceptional items (3 + 4)
6
Finance costs
7
Proﬁt / (Loss) from ordinary activities after ﬁnance
costs but before exceptional items (5 - 6)
8
Prior Item And Exceptional items
9
Proﬁt / (Loss) from ordinary activities before tax (7 + 8)
10
Tax expense
11
Net Proﬁt / (Loss) from ordinary activities after tax (9 + 10)
12
Extraordinary items (net of tax expense ` _____Lakhs)
13
Net Proﬁt / (Loss) for the period (11 + 12)
14
Share of proﬁt / (loss) of associates*
15
Minority interest *
16
Net Proﬁt / (Loss) after taxes, minority interest and
share of proﬁt / (loss) of associates (13 + 14 + 15) *
17
Paid-up equity share capital (Face Value of the Share Rs.10 each)
18
Reserve excluding Revaluation Reserves as per balance
sheet of previous accounting year
19.i. Earnings per share (before extraordinary items)
(of ` /- each) (not annualised):
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Preceding
Corresponding
Year to date
Year to date
Previous year
3 Months ended 3 Months ended ﬁgures for current ﬁgures for the
ended
(30.09.2014) (31.12.2014) in the period ended
previous year
(31.03.2014)
previous year
(31.12.2014) (ended 31.12.2013)
(UnAudited)
(Audited)
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
(Audited)
1
(a) Basic
(b) Diluted
19.ii Earnings per share (after extraordinary items)
(of ` /- each) (not annualised):
(a) Basic
(b) Diluted
See accompanying note to the ﬁnancial results
0
0
0
0
0
4.16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.01
0
0
0
4.16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.6
0
0
1.19
0
0
1.69
0
0
4.94
0
0
0.36
0
0
10.77
0
1.83
3.43
0.8
1.99
0.79
2.48
5.65
10.59
12
12.36
21.41
32.18
-3.43
0
-1.99
0
-2.48
0
-10.59
0
-12.36
0
-28.02
0
-3.43
0
-1.99
0
-2.48
0
-10.59
0
-12.36
0
-28.02
0.01
-3.43
0
-3.43
0
-3.43
0
-3.43
0
0
-1.99
0
-1.99
0
-1.99
0
-1.99
0
0
-2.48
0
-2.48
0
-2.48
0
-2.48
0
0
-10.59
0
-10.59
0
-10.59
0
-10.59
0
0
-12.36
0
-12.36
0
-12.36
0
-12.36
0
0
-28.03
0
-28.03
0
-28.03
0
-28.03
0
0
-3.43
631.81
-1.99
631.81
-2.48
631.81
-10.59
631.81
-12.36
631.81
-28.03
631.81
0.25
0
0.25
0
0.29
0.25
0
0.25
0
0.25
0
0.25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NOTES:
1. The Unaudited ﬁnancial results duly recommended by Audit Committee was taken on record by the Board of Directors at its meeting on 10th February 2015
2. The company operated only on one segment during the year.
3. There are no investors complaints pending either at this beginnning or ending of this quarter.
4. Figures are regrouped and reclassiﬁed whereever necessary.
PART II
Sl.
No.
A
1
2
Particulars
Select Information for the Quarter Ended 31.12.2014
3 Months
Preceding
Corresponding
Year to date
Year to date
Previous year
ended
3 Months ended 3 Months ended ﬁgures for current ﬁgures for the
ended
(31.12.2014)
(30.09.2014) (31.12.2013) in the period ended
previous year
(31.03.2014)
previous year
(31.12.2014) ended (31.12.2014)
PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING
Public shareholding
Number of shares
Percentage of shareholding
Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding **
a) Pledged / Encumbered
Number of shares
Percentage of shareholding(as a % of the total
shareholding of promoter and promoter group)
Percentage of shares
(as a % of the total share capital of the company)
b) Non - encumbered
Number of shares
Percentage of shares (as a % of the total shareholding
of the Promoter and Promoter group)
"Percentage of shares (as a % of the total
share capital of the company)"
1699675
29.94%
3977900
1699675
29.94%
3977900
1699675
29.94%
3977900
1699675
29.94%
3977900
1699675
29.94%
3977900
1699675
29.94%
3977900
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
70.06
70.06
70.06
70.06
70.06
70.06
70.06%
70.06%
70.06%
70.06%
70.06%
70.06%
Particulars
B
PUBLIC NOTICE
P Anandi w/o Y Pandi, a
resident of A2, Indus Yamuna
Apartments, Ilangovan Street,
East
Tambaram,
Chennai
- 600059, lost
document
pertaining to the ownership
of properties (Survey No.11/9
Acre 0.10 Cents, 15/2 Acre 0.31
Cents, 15/6 Acre 0.14 Cents,
15/10 Acre 0.12 Cents, 16/6 Acre
0.08 Cents Totally 0.75 Cents) in
Madura S Mambakkam, which
were registered Doc.No.1569,
in Salavakkam Sub-Registrar
Ofﬁce in 2012, while relocating
from an earlier address to the
present one, on 25th January
2015. Since she was unable
to ﬁnd the missing document
despite her best efforts, those
coming across it should either
hand it over to her or me. If
anyone misuses the document,
it will not affect my client in any
manner.
F. CECIL DEVARAJ,
B.A., B.L., Advocate,
7, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar,
Rajakilpakkam, Chennai - 73
Mobile: 97100 03564.
INVESTOR COMPLAINTS
Pending at the beginning of the quarter
Received during the quarter
Disposed of during the quarter
Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter
3 MONTHS ENDED 31.12.2014
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement For Companies (Other than Banks)
Standalone / Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities Particulars
AS AT 31.12.2014
A
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
1
Shareholders’ funds
(a) Share capital
(b) Reserves and surplus
(c) Money received against share warrants
Sub-total - Shareholders' funds
Share application money pending allotment
Minority interest *
Non-current liabilities
(a) Long-term borrowings
(b) Deferred tax liabilities (net)
(c) Other long-term liabilities
(d) Long-term provisions
Sub-total - Non-current liabilities
5
Current liabilities
(a) Short-term borrowings
(b) Trade payables
(c) Other current liabilities
(d) Short-term provisions
Sub-total - Current liabilities
TOTAL - EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
ASSETS
1
Non-current assets
(a) Fixed assets
(b) Goodwill on consolidation *
(c) Non-current investments
(d) Deferred tax assets (net)
(e) Long-term loans and advances
(f) Other non-current assets
Sub-total - Non-current assets
2
Current assets
(a) Current investments
(b) Inventories
(c) Trade receivables
(d) Cash and cash equivalents
(e) Short-term loans and advances
(f) Other current assets
Sub-total - Current assets
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
TOTAL - ASSETS
2
3
4
B
Place
Date
: Salem
: 10.02.2015
AS AT 30.09.2014
631.87
0.25
0
632.12
0
0
0
0
0
787.5
0
787.5
631.87
0.25
0
632.12
0
0
0
0
0
857.69
0
857.69
0
0
8.68
0
8.68
1428.3
0
0
7.13
0
7.13
1496.95
0
0
0
0
71.45
0
0
0
0
141.65
71.45
141.65
0
0
0
0.07
0
0
0
0
2.43
0
0.07
1356.78
1428.3
2.43
1352.87
1496.95
By Order of the Board
Sd/- K.S.S. PRAKKAASH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
8THURSDAY
12 FEBRUARY 2015
, CHENNAI
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Blowing hot &
cold over warm-up
games
A
s the clock ticks away for the
World Cup proper, teams are
ﬁne-tuning their preparations
and zeroing in on the combinations
that would probably bring them glory
with warm-up games. The practice
matches leading into this year’s
showpiece event have gone on ex-
of practice games, but a bit more time
in the middle does help.’
Meanwhile, Pakistan coach Waqar
Younis, whose team has won both the
games leading in to the World Cup,
said they (victories) don’t mean much
and added that one couldn’t derive
conclusions from them.
He did admit that winning these
games would give the side a lot of
confidence and they would take
Watch out for AB
& Maxi, says Akram
Quote hanger
‘I don’t have too many trophies. We are chasing
one at the moment and if we get that it will be nice
to have a replica’
— Brendon McCullum, when asked if he’ll need
more space to display his New Zealand
Sportsman of the Year award
pected save for the few unexpected
results like New Zealand trumping
South Africa and Zimbabwe shocking
Sri Lanka.
The warm-up games themselves
prove to be opportunities for the teams
to experiment and don’t have ofﬁcial
status. Former Indian captain Sunil
Gavaskar, while commenting on the
India-Australia encounter the other day
was quite critical of sides opting to give
all the 15 members a hit and wanted
captains to take these outings seriously
and play it as 11-a-side ones.
Incidentally, Indian captain M S
Dhoni remarked after the
win over Afghanistan on
Tuesday that he was not
one who fancied these
practice matches and
said, ‘I’m not a big fan
positives into the opener against
arch-rivals India.
Gavaskar was of the opinion that
playing matches was a better option
than
nets and said the
teams need to
take warm-up
fixtures more
seriously.
While it
would be
foolish to
read too much
into performances in
these
hit-
Waqar Younis
outs, they could indeed help players
struggling for form to get into the
groove. Once the tournament gets
underway, the players would be under pressure to do well straightaway
though the format does allow the participating sides the luxury of bouncing
back even after a slow start.
For India, the defending champs, who
open their campaign in a high-voltage
clash against Pakistan on Sunday,
the two practice ﬁxtures should have
served as pointers to a possible starting
XI and who slots in where.
After a horror tour for the Indians
which has seen them notch up no
victory until the Afghanistan
match, things
c o u l d
p r o b ably turn
around when the real action starts.
— C SHYAM SUNDAR
SYDNEY:
Legendary Pakistan paceman
Wasim Akram believes dashing
batsmen AB de Villiers, Glenn
Maxwell and David Warner will
dominate the World Cup during its
marathon six weeks.
‘I am sure Maxwell, Warner and
de Villiers will ignite this World
Cup,’ Wasim said. ‘These three
players have the ﬁrepower to take
the game away in a blaze and it
would be hugely exciting for the
crowds to watch them.’
de Villiers hit the fastest one-day
hundred off just 31 balls against
the West Indies, barely a month
out from the World Cup and will
be key to South Africa landing their
ﬁrst title.
Australians Maxwell and Warner
hit belligerent
hundreds in the
warm-up game
against India
at Adelaide
on Monday to
signal
w h a t
t h e y
e iin
n
have
store for
the opponents.
Wasim
said any bowler would dread
bowling at these batsmen. ‘It will
be a big challenge for the bowlers,’
said Akram. ‘I would always go for
taking their wickets rather than
trying to contain them because
if they stay longer they will pose
trouble for you.’ ‘Pitch the ball, let
it get swing and get them out is
my advice.’
Wasim said on current form
Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa are the teams to beat.
‘For me Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa are the top favourites as they have been playing
consistent cricket for the last few
months and the co-hosts have
the advantage of playing in their
familiar conditions which for me is
a big advantage.’
He said the format of the World
Cup will allow teams to recover. ‘I
think results of the warm-up games
will count for nothing,’ said Akram.
‘The format of this World Cup is so
good that it allows a team to stage
a come back even if they lose the
ﬁrst one or two games and from the
quarter-ﬁnals onwards it will depend
on
o
n how you play on the day.’
AB de Villers
Indian captain M S Dhoni
has said he isn’t a fan of the
warm-up games.
Maxwell
Clarke to
miss opener
vs England
SYDNEY:
Australia captain Michael
Clarke was Thursday ruled
out of his country’s World
Cup opener against old rivals England after battling to
shake off fully his hamstring
problems.
Coach Darren Lehmann confirmed that Clarke would
not play at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground on Saturday
but should feature in Australia’s second game against
Bangladesh in Brisbane on 21
February.
‘He’s not playing Saturday,’
said Lehmann. ‘We’re really
happy with his progress. We’re
going to stick with the plan
and he`s going to play against
Bangladesh.’
Clarke, 33, top scored with 64
opening the batting in Wednesday’s 188-run warm-up win
over the United Arab Emirates
in Melbourne where he also
bowled two overs.
He was captaining Australia
for the first time since his
hamstring surgery almost two
months ago. ‘He’s very keen to
play against England,’ added
Lehmann.
‘We had a chat. We’re making
sure he’s 100 per cent ready to
go for Bangladesh. We’re really
comfortable with the decision.’
— PTI
K E Gnanavel Raja
Suriya’s Haiku
S
uriya’s maiden production venture has been titled as Haiku.
The ﬁlm is directed by Pasanga
fame Pandiraj and has children
playing the lead roles. The ﬁlm
features Bindu Madhavi in an
Three
cheers for
A R Rahman
A R Rahman’s hands are full.
Besides a couple of Hindi ventures and some foreign ﬁlms, he
is currently busy scoring music
for three ﬁlms in Tamil. Rahman
recently started composing
for Suriya’s 24 and the lyrics
are written by Kaviperarasu
Vairamuthu.
Interestingly Rahman is also
busy with Gautham Menon’s
upcoming film with STR and
the lyrics are penned by Vairamuthu’s son Madhan Karky.
Also Rahman is scoring music
for his mentor Mani Ratnam’s Ok
Kanmani. The movie stars Dulqur
Salman and Nithya Menon in the
lead roles. Wish Rahman scale
greater heights this year.
— NT Bureau
important character, Suriya and
Amala Paul are playing guest roles.
Says Pandiraj, ‘The ﬁlm is about
the world of tiny tots. It is said to
be entertaining and educative ﬁlm’.
— NT Bureau
A
ctor Siddharth’s most awaited Enakkul
Oruvan will be out 6 March.
Produced by CV Kumar, Ennakul Oruvan
is directed by debutant Pawan
Kumar and the ﬁlm will be released by Dream
Factory. It is a remake of Kannada hit Lucia.
Deepa Sannidhi plays the heroine and Siddharth
will portray two looks in it. The ﬁlm is psychological thriller.
Music is by Santosh Narayanan.
The movie also has Srushti Dange, Aadukalam
Naren, John Vijay,
Yog Japee, Mahadevan, Ajay Rathnam, Ramdoss
and Uday Mahesh in the cast.
— NT Bureau
Siddharth and Deepa
Sannidhi in
Enakkul Oruvan
Bobby Simha
Enakkul Oruvan to
be out in March
Paambu
Saai goes
on ﬂoors
Paambu Sattai, produced by
R Sarath Kumar, Radhika, Listin Stephen of Magic frames in
association with Manobala’s
Picture House, went on ﬂoors.
Bobby Simha of Jigarthanda
fame is the hero while Malayalam girl Keerthi Suresh is the
heroine.
Adam Dasan, former assistant
of Shankar makes his debut as
director. K G Venkatesh is the
cameraman while Ajesh Ashok
of Airtel Super Singer debuts as
music director.
— NT Bureau
Yennai Arindhaal to
be screened in Japan
Y
ennai Arindhaal starring Ajith, Anushka
and Trisha will have a release in Japan’s
Saitama city. Two shows will be screened on
14 and 15 February.
The movie has music by Harris Jayaraj.
Gautham Menon has directed the movie. Ajith
plays Sathyadev, a cop in the ﬁlm.
Says Gautham, ‘The story traces the journey
of a man between the age of 12 and 38. There’s
action, romance, and even a family drama to.
Travails of the man makes up the movie.’
Produced by A M Rathnam, the movie was
released in maximum screens on 5 February.
— NT Bureau
Studio Green
acquires
Rajini Murugan
Studio Green K E Gnanavel Raja
has acquired the Tamilnadu theatrical rights of Sivakarthikeyan’s ﬁlm
Rajini Murugan. The ﬁlm is directed
by Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
fame Ponram and is produced by
Thirrupathi Brothers with Eros International releasing it worldwide.
Malayalam actress Keerthi plays the
female lead with Raj Kiran and Soori
in the cast. Music is by D Imman.
— NT Bureau
Nagarjuna,
Karthi get
going
O
n Wednesday, Nagarjuna and
Karthi starrer, being produced
by PVP Cinemas went on ﬂoors. It is
a bi-lingual being made in both Tamil
and Telugu.
Directed by Vamsi Paidipally. the
ﬁlm will be an inspiration of French
flick The Intouchables. Nagarjuna
would play a patient, Karthi would
be his caretaker, Sources say that
Karthi will share the screen with Sruthi
Haasan.
— NT Bureau
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