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ACTIVIST LAUNCHES POLITICAL PARTY

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FRIENDS AND FOES

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi at Rajghat during ceremonies marking the 143rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In New Delhi on Tuesday. Gandhi's birth anniversary was observed all over the country with prayers and social activities. shahnawaz khan

Jaiswal stirs row

LUCKNOW, 2 OCT: Union Minister for Coal Shriprakash Jaiswal stirred a hornet’s nest with objectionable remarks against married women and marriage. The minister today tendered an apology for his observations after the Congress demanded an explanation from him. sns details on page 4

Fire at CMCH

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: A fire broke out, apparently starting from a short-circuiting air conditioner, inside the New Nursery Ward of Eden Hospital Building at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital tonight. Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was controlled in an hour. No one was hurt. sns

Tennis riches

MELBOURNE, 2 OCT: Organisers today claimed that the next Australian Open would be the sport's richest-ever tournament as they had boosted prize money to a record US$31.1 million in response to threats of a boycott from players. afp details on page 11

HK ferry disaster

HONG KONG, 2 OCT: A collision between a ferry and a pleasure boat in Hong Kong killed 38 people last night in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades. More than 120 passengers and crew were on the private vessel to watch a huge National Day fireworks display in Victoria Harbour last evening when the collision occurred. afp details on page 8

Lok Sabha poll: BJP to go it alone in Bihar?

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PATNA, 2 OCT: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had long been dictating terms to his alliance partner, the BJP, virtually decreeing who should be the NDA’s prime ministerial candidate, what virtues he must have and which BJP leaders should campaign for the coalition in Bihar. Fed up with the “dictatorial” approach of its senior alliance partner, to whom it handed over the throne of Bihar seven years ago, the BJP has now decided to take the bull by the horns by contesting all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. The party leaders have also begun cornering the JD-U and publicly questioning Mr Kumar’s claims of “good governance” and “rule of law” in Bihar. “Yes, the BJP is preparing for all the 40 LS seats in Bihar so that it could field its candidates on all the seats as and when the situation warrants,” state BJP chief C P Thakur said today, but added that nothing can be predicted in politics. “Well, politics is the game of the unpredictable. Anything can happen at any time and hence we have to be prepared for any sit-

BJP, Cong in war of words

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had long been dictating terms to the BJP, virtually decreeing who should be the NDA’s PM candidate, and what virtues he must have... uation,” he said, fuelling speculation that the partners are gearing up to dump each other. Another senior BJP leader, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, too, said his party was focussing on all the seats but he explained it in different terms. “Unless we strengthen our party base, how will we lend our support to the alliance partner? There's nothing unusual here,” asserted Mr Modi. The BJP is questioning the chief minister

for his bizarre move to heap praises on murder convict Ranbir Yadav, husband of party lawmaker from Khagaria Poonam Yadav, after he helped the former reach the rally dais by resorting to sheer lawlessness. A senior party leader, the BJP’s MP from Purnia, Mr Uday Singh, even organised a “Vedana rally” against the government on Sunday at which he publicly questioned Mr Kumar’s variety of good governance and development, and his tall claims to have contained corruption. Without mincing words, he said there was hardly any difference between the present NDA government and the previous RJD regime which was likened to “jungle Raj”. Yet another party leader, Mr S N Arya, who is mines and geology minister in the Nitish Kumar government, has mounted scathing attacks on the chief minister for failing to initiate any action against a “corrupt” official. “I have written several times to the chief minister seeking action against a corrupt official in the department but the government is sitting over the files… It’s very frustrating,” the minister has told a news channel.

Heartbreak: India win, but lose

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Slamming Narendra Modi's claim that public funds were spent on travel and treatment abroad of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Congress today said it was a “white lie”, but sidestepped questions on the expenses involved and who incurred them. “Whatever has been said in the public space is completely untrue, false and a white lie and time will tell that what we have said today is completely true,” Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters when asked how much money was spent for the purpose and by whom. Mr Modi and the BJP today asked the government to make public information on expenses incurred on Mrs Gandhi's foreign trips, a day after Mr Modi alleged that about Rs 1,880 crore had been spent on such trips. pti

COLOMBO, 2 OCT: India's quest to regain the World Twenty20 title came to a heartbreaking end after they were knocked out of the tournament despite a thrilling one-run victory over South Africa in the final Super Eights contest here tonight. Put in to bat, India scored 152 for six and needed to restrict South Africa within 121 to qualify for the semifinals on net run rate but Faf Du Plessis knocked the stuffing out of the Indian bowlers with a smashing half century that put paid to their hopes of making it to the knock-out stage. India's task was made all the more difficult after Pakistan comprehensively beat Australia by 32 runs in an earlier Super Eights match of the day as it strengthened their net run-rate. Australia and Pakistan qualify for the semi-finals from Group II. South Africa were all out for 151 in the penultimate ball to end their campaign after losing all three of their Super Eights matches. Ever since winning the inaugural edition in 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys have failed to reach even the semi-finals of the subsequent editions. Du Plessis hit 65 off 38 balls with the help

of six boundaries and two sixes, but more importantly, he dashed any hope of India making it to the last four. The defining moment came when Robin Peterson played a slow bouncer from Lakshmipathy Balaji towards short fine leg as South Africa reached 122 and it was cheered lustily by a sizeable group of Pakistani supporters who were waiting for the moment. For India, the magic figure was 121 and the start was a right one. Zaheer Khan bowled a perfect delivery first up to dismiss Hashim Amla. Irfan Pathan got Jacques Kallis to flick one which was taken by Rohit Sharma at midwicket. But then Faf du Plessis began taking on the Indian bowlers, dispatching everything out of sight as he raced to his half century in 29 balls. pti SEMI-FINAL LINE-UP: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (4 Oct) Australia v West Indies (5 Oct) TUESDAY’S MATCHES Pakistan beat Australia India beat South Africa MORE REPORTS ON PAGE 12

MEA consultant contract raises eyebrows

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: All consultants hired by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) in 2011-12, barring one, have been issued contracts specifying the amount to be paid for their consultancy services. The fee to be paid to the consultants ranges from Rs 35,000 to Rs 1 lakh. But one contract, issued to a former IFS officer, Mr Rajat Saha (1977 batch), is silent on the question of fee and has caused eyebrows to be raised within the government. Under the section, Remuneration, sub section, Consultancy Fees, the contract with Mr. Saha says: “The Employer agrees to pay the Consultant for the professional services rendered by him a consolidated fee to be paid in Indian Rupees as per the current guidelines for appointment of a

Consultant”. The MEA supplied copies of the contracts in response to a right to information (RTI) application. The absence of a consideration in the contract immediately raises a question about its legality, say experts. The consultant was hired to help the MEA organise the Second India-Africa Forum Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sources said hiring of retired officers to do jobs for the ministry is a rising trend. Ideally, to hire a consultant, the ministry should invite bids for the job needed to be done and then hire such qualified consultant who asks the least compensation to do the job. But of late, this process has been circumvented and instead of bids, the consultants are being hired on the basis of

nominations. The hiring of consultants as per general financial rules of the Government of India is only permitted for specialised jobs where requisite skills are not available within the ministry. But as a routine, retired employees are being hired to continue doing the job that they did before retirement, for which skilled personnel, though available in the ministry, is not free to be deployed. However, the point to be noted in this particular contract is that organising conferences surely does not qualify as a specialised job for the MEA. Further, what is also circumvented through nomination of such consultants is a price discovery process for fixing their fees. The MEA was asked to specify what the

fee fudge?

current guidelines for hiring a consultant are and in response this correspondent was asked to check the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) website. The DOPT website has a ‘Manual of Policies and Procedure of Employment of Consultants’ prepared by the Ministry of Finance, which is to be used by all government ministries. On page 4 of the manual, under the heading Forms of Contracts, it states: “1.8.1 Various forms of the contracts may be entered into by the Employer with the consultant depending upon the nature of the assignment. “Following are various forms of contracts: (i) Lump sum contract; (ii) Time based contracts; (iii) Success fee based contract; (iv) Percentage contract; turn to page 2

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Social activist and chief of India Against Corruption (IAC) Arvind Kejriwal today took the plunge into politics and released a draft vision document of his yet-to-be named party. From the dais with an imposing poster of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri as the backdrop, Mr Kejriwal (sns photo) said they will announce the party's name on 26 November, the day on which in 1949 the Constitution was adopted, as the group is yet to finalise the registration process. Explaining the rationale behind his move, he said the government has become insensitive to the demands of the public. “Anna wrote three letters to Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan. Not a single reply came. Congress today is not with the aam aadmi. Now there is no need to plead. We must contest elections,” he said. “When we raised issues regarding Lokpal, leaders had asked us why cannot we contest elections and then attempt on making laws. Now we will show them by contesting elections. From today, (the) people are entering politics. Corrupt leaders, count your days... All the parties have cheated us. We will not now request, we will not plead. Now it is a fullthrottle political battle,” he said. He said there was a time when people who fought elections were considered patriots but now people contesting elections are seen as hungry for power. “All parties are corrupt...Our party will change the system and not just the faces in Parliament,” he said. He said budgets should be made in streets and bylanes and not in Parliament and spoke about a Brazilian town which has adopted this method. “While many people say that direct power to the people is a weird idea, I can say it with all confidence that this is very much possible. We are working on a model for this and will implement it if elected to power,” he said while unveiling his party's draft vision document. He also announced a series of agitations against the Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government on the power and water tariff hike issue, threatening to gherao the Chief Minister's residence and snapping power to her house on 4 November if she does not withdraw the hike by then. Mr Kejriwal said his group will hold a Press conference this Saturday to make public sensational allegations against “two big leaders”. Mr Kejriwal left it to his colleagues

From today, people are entering politics. Corrupt leaders, count your days... All the parties have cheated us. We will not now request, we will not plead. Now it is a full-throttle political battle to refer to Mr Hazare, who had parted ways with the Kejriwal group 13 days ago and forbade them to use his name or photo in their campaigns. The draft vision document released at the function terms the decision to launch a party as the ‘quest for swaraj (self-rule) - from subjecthood to citizenship.’ It also seeks establishment of a Jan Lokpal, and electoral reforms to ‘eliminate role of money and muscle power’ from elections. “Citizens must be consulted on any decision that affects their livelihood. Broad ranging and fundamental administrative, police and judicial reforms need to be initiated so that the interface of common citizen with public functionaries is not marked by bribes, delay and indignity,” said the document. All public functionaries should be made accountable to people. Private monopoly on natural resources would not be allowed, it said.

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INDIA

Will give the govt a push if it’s falling: Sharad

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Supporters of India Against Corruption in New Delhi on Tuesday. sns

39 rhinos lost this year, says Assam minister GUWAHATI, 2 OCT: Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussian today admitted that the State has lost 39 precious one-horned rhinoceroses this year. The minister said that 11 rhinos were killed by poachers for their horns in various forest reserves in the state. The minister also revealed that Kaziranga National Park had faced severe flood this year and over 600 animals including rhinos died because of the natural disaster. Criticized for his callous approach to the preservation and conservation of forest and wildlife, the minister has announced that a 100-member team of Assam Forest Protection Force (ATPF) has already been assigned in Kaziranga park. A team of 50 AFPF members has already arrived in Kaziranga, Mr Hussian added. Earlier over 40 environment NGOs organized a demonstration in the city yesterday, demanding immediate action. They had also sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh urging his intervention in the matter. sns

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No rollback on FDI: Anand Sharma

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Unfazed by the strong opposition to allow FDI in retail, the government today made it clear that the decision will not be rolled back as it is in the interest of farmers and consumers. Addressing a group of farmers here, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading will help farmers in getting good price for their produce besides creating lakhs of jobs. “This decision is final. This decision will not be rolledback. We are not afraid of anything. This decision is taken in the interest of the farmers and consumers,” he told the farmers at the Congress headquarters. Seeking to allay fears that small shopkeepers would be impacted by big retail chains, Mr Sharma said the decision was taken after comprehensive consultations with all the stakeholders including farmers, con-

sumers and industry leaders. His assertion comes against the backdrop of strong opposition to FDI in retail with even UPA constituent DMK saying yesterday that it would back any opposition-sponsored resolution in Parliament on the issue. Some UPA allies including Samajwadi Party are also opposed to the decision and another outside supporter Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P), with two members in Lok Sabha, has decided to withdraw its backing to the government. Mr Sharma maintained that it is up to the state governments to permit global retailers to open stores in their respective areas. Lambasting Trinamull Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for opposing the FDI policy, Mr Sharma said she cannot “threaten” other states into not implementing the decision. “She cannot threaten Haryana, she cannot decide for Delhi or Rajasthan,” he said.

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: In a departure from its stand that it was not interested in ousting the UPA government, NDA ally JD-U today said it could support a no-confidence motion against government brought by other parties. “We are not focussed on ousting the government but if it is falling anyway, we will definitely give it a push,” party chief Mr Sharad Yadav told reporters. His statement came a day after Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said that her party planned to bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government in the next session of Parliament and sought support of other political parties in this regard. Mr Yadav, who had, hailed Miss Banerjee as a “tigress” while supporting her agitation in New Delhi, was however, dismissive of the formation of a federal front which Miss Banerjee appeared keen on. “NDA will not bring a no-confidence motion but if anybody else X Y Z brings it, we will weigh the option and decide. After all the biggest blow can come only from NDA side,” Mr Yadav, who is NDA convenor, said. To a specific question about his opinion on the possible emergence of a new front in the national politics, the JD(U) chief said it does not look possible “in absence of an axis”. “My personal assessment is that there can

MEA CONTRACT: (continued from page 1) (v) Indefinite delivery contract.“1.8.2 The lump sum contract is the preferred form of contract and under normal circumstances, the employer shall use this form of contract. The other forms of contract shall only be used under special circumstances, as specified in Chapter V”. The contract does not fall into the category of a ‘lump sum contract’ and a reading of the details of other types of contracts available on page 21-22 of the manual suggests that this contract does not fall into any of the other categories, as per the guidelines issued by the government of India. The contract, a copy of which is with The Statesman, has been signed for and on behalf of the President of India, Joint Secretary (E&SA), Mr Gurjit Singh, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India and for and on behalf of the consultant, Mr Rajat Saha. It is dated 15 April 2011 and raises verious questions. First, why is the amount specified in all the other contracts and not in this one? Second, if current guidelines are to be followed with regard to payment, is this contract illegal because it follows none of the guidelines issued by the DOPT? Lastly, if it is an illegal contract, signed on behalf of the President, where does the accountability lie?

TMC welcomes JD-U statement

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Trinamul Congress today welcomed NDA ally JD(U)'s assertion that it could support a no-confidence motion against UPA government brought by other parties and said it favoured a 'Federal Front'. “We welcome it. It is a changing situation now. Many parties will come forward to oppose the Centre's anti-people decisions. Yesterday, DMK had said that it would back any opposition-sponsored resolution in Parliament against allowing FDI in multi-brand retail,” senior party leader Mr Saugata Roy told PTI here. Another senior TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said his party was for a federal front comprising regional parties to counter the Congress-led UPA government. “Federal Front comprising regional parties in various states is the need of the hour as Congress and BJP have failed to give a proper direction in the present situation in the country,” Mr Bandyopadhyay said. pti be no such alliance now. Third Front or Fourth Front were possible when Janata Dal was a national party having presence in Bihar, UP, Orissa, Karnataka and some other states. The wheel moves only, when there is an axis. That axis is not there for the formation of a new front. “There are three alliances right now --UPA, NDA and Left. While Congress is the axis of UPA, BJP is the axis of NDA. In the Left Front, CPI-M is the axis. That's it,” Mr Yadav said. Mr Yadav said that he joined Mamata's agitation as the Trinamul chief was keen that he goes there. “I respect her a lot. I felt happy going there.” To a question on whether Trinamul Congress can be part of extended NDA in

future, the JD-U chief said that he had not gone to attend Miss Banerjee's agitation with any such motive. “Making assessments like NDA is expanding or contracting due to this will damage the united protest against FDI in multi-brand retail,” he said. Mr Yadav at the same time cryptically added “you wait. Whatever will happen will happen at the right time”. After the conclusion of the protest rally, Trinamul Congress leaders had also arrived at Mr Yadav's residence in the evening to chalk out future strategy, sources said. They said that Miss Banerjee was keen to address similar rallies in other states as well and Mr Yadav can join her in similar agitations in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh in futrue.

‘Mercy pleas should be put on Net’ press trust of india NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: The CIC has asked the President's office to place on its website periodic developments taking place on the mercy petitions pending with it. Considering the “anxiety” of the petitioners, whose clemency pleas are pending before the Secretariat, the transparency panel directed the Central Public Information Officer to place the order before the competent authority to make appropriate provisions for disclosing, possibly in the website, the progress made in the case of each mercy petition. Hearing the plea of Odisha-based Siva Sankar Chaini, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said: “It is likely that there is no single record containing the reason for any mercy petition pending for a period longer that what is reasonable. However, the anxiety of the citizens can also be understood when any particular mercy petition keeps pending for an unreasonably long period.” He said it would be necessary to publish, from time to time, the progress in the case of mercy petitions.

Singing praises of Modi ranjeet singh jamwal

CHANDIGARH, 2 OCT: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's prime ministerial aspirations may be far from being fulfilled yet, but he has found a die-hard supporter in a Haryanavi musician who has resolved to release one video song a month in his praise till he becomes the Prime Minister. The first song in the series ~ “Narendra Modi bane PM, No. 1 ho India hamara (Modi should become the PM, Indian should be No. 1)” ~ posted on the YouTube has already earned the songwriter, Mr Rocky Mittal of Kaithal in Haryana, brownie points from Mr Modi. While exhorting Mr Modi to take the PM’s post, the song portrays him as the only hope for a better future of India. Apparently impressed with Mr Mittal's song and devotion towards him, Mr Modi has invited him to join the BJP’s election campaign in Gujarat. And the former will soon visit the state with three new songs in Mr Modi’s praise.

“On preparation of these video songs, I have spent nearly Rs 2 lakh om making these videos. But I don’t care about the expenditure, as Narendra Modi is like God to me,” said Mr Mittal, who will be visiting Gujarat soon with three new songs in Mr Modi's praise. “Big people wait to meet him, but (Mr) Modi hugged me and we spent nearly half an hour together during the BJP’s just concluded National Executive meeting in Surajkund. For me, it was like talking to God,” he added. The songwriter claimed he was invited to meet Mr Modi after he was shown the video song by a BJP leader from Haryana. Denying association with BJP or any political party, Mr Mittal said the

development of Gujarat by Mr Modi has turned him into his follower. The musician said that he has come to his conclusion after doing research on Mr Modi and talking to people in Hareyana who have worked in Gujarat. “There have been no scams in Modi’s tenure. Unlike present day politicians, his character is good. The state has 24 hour power supply and vehicles don’t get stolen even if people leave them on the road,” Mr Mittal said.. Mr Mittal, who has mainly sung in regional languages in the past, is on high as his song on Mr Modi has given him a fan following, with the chief minister’s supporter’s praising and sharing his song on social networking sites. Out of work for nearly three years, Mr Mittal, father of a two children, depends on his family’s support to meet his expenditure.

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INDIA

KOLKATA WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 2012

India, Pak resume duel over Kashmir

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UNHQ, 2 OCT: India and Pakistan were back to sparring on Kashmir at the UN General Assembly, with Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rejecting the contention that Jammu and Kashmir is not an integral part of India. The war of words triggered by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari continued with the claim by Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Mr Raza Bashir Tarar, that Jammu and Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. Mr Krishna, speaking to the 193-member General Assembly yesterday, said that “an unwarranted” reference to Jammu and Kashmir was made from the UN podium. “We wish to make it abundantly clear that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.” Exercising Pakistan's “right of reply”, Mr Tarar maintained that Mr Zardari's reference to Kashmir in his speech last week seeking settlement of the issue in accordance with UN resolutions, which India had always rejected as outdated, was “not unwarranted”. “I did not expect that President Zardari would make a reference to Kashmir and once a reference from Pakistan at the highest level in the UN is made, then it is certainly the responsibility of India to state its stated position,” Mr Krishna told PTI here. Mr

Krishna today said his remark on Kashmir at the UNGA should be read in the right sequence. “Read this (reference to Kashmir) in the sequence in which it emerges,” he said, adding he had to respond to Mr Zardari’s speech. Asked whether Kashmir being raked up at international fora like the UN could be an irritant to efforts being made by the two countries to normalise their ties, Mr Krishna said: “We will continue our dialogue with Pakistan and the roadmap has been drawn and we will try to stick to the roadmap and let us see how it goes.” Invoking its own right of reply to Mr Tarar’s statement, India said the “gratuitous reference” to Kashmir by the neighbouring country is tantamount to interference in India's internal matter. Insisting that Jammu and Kashmir is and has always been an integral part of India, Mr Vinay Kumar, Minister at the Permanent mission of India said: “It is ironical that these comments have been made by a country which is persisting with its illegal occupation of a part of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir.” “The people of Jammu & Kashmir have peacefully chosen their destiny in accordance with democratic practices and they continue to do so. We therefore reject in their entirety the untenable comments from the distinguished delegate of Pakistan,” Mr Kumar said.

Tibetan burns self

SHIMLA, 2 OCT: A 27-year-old Tibetan man, Yungdrund, set himself on fire in Zatoe town in the Yushul region of eastern Tibet, according to the Central Tibetan Administration at Dharamshala. Wearing traditional Tibetan dress, Yungdrund torched himself in front of a row of shops in Zatoe,

shouting slogans for the return of the Dalai Lama and Gyalwang Karmapa to Tibet and asking the Chinese government to stop the exploitation of Tibet’s mineral and other natural resources. He also called Sikyong (the new title of the government-in-exile’s head) Lobsang Sangay “Tibet’s political leader”. pti

Tourists take boat rides during a Shikara Festival in Srinagar on Tuesday. afp

‘Gorshkov to be delivered in late 2013’ MOSCOW, 2 OCT: The scheduled delivery of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to the Indian Navy has been delayed further after its engine malfunctioned during sea trials in Russia. It is now expected to reach India in the fall of 2013. The date for the handover of the aircraft carrier refurbished in a Russian shipyard has slipped again, Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation confirmed yesterday. The previous official handover date for the carrier rechristened Vikramaditya had been 4 December 2012, but sea trials in September revealed the ship's boilers were not fully functional. The delay is the latest in a saga of hold-ups, cost overruns and mismanagement in a procurement programme disaster for Russia’s shipbuilders, with the original completion date of 2008 now a distant memory, Ria Novosti said. A state commission last week visited the Sevmash shipyard, which carried out the refit, and assessed the period necessary to fix the ship's propulsion system. “The commission came to the conclusion it was necessary to extend the handover date to fall 2013 due to the need to fix all the faults found, including the insulation of the ship's boilers,” a source told RIA Novosti. The handover date issue has been discussed

with the customer, the source added. The source of the problem, which reduced the ship's maximum speed from a design 29 knots to just 27.9 knots, was due to the use of low-grade Chinesemade firebricks in the boiler insulation instead of asbestos, he said. Last week, Chinese Defense Minister Yan Yujun flatly denied that any such locally made firebricks had been exported to Russia. “We checked this, and found that Chinese enterprises which make such firebricks for naval propulsion systems have never exported such products to Russia,” Mr Yan said in remarks quoted by local daily Beitsin Chenbao. India and Russia signed the original $947 million deal in 2005 for the purchase of the carrier, formerly the Russian Navy’s Admiral Gorshkov, but delivery has already been delayed twice, pushing up the cost of refurbishing the carrier to $2.3 billion. Sevmash shipyard director Vladimir Pastukhov was fired in 2007 over his poor management of the project. The Vikramaditya was originally built as the Soviet Project 1143.4 Class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov. The Project 1143.4 Carriers and a class of destroyers with the same engines have a history of boiler failures. pti

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Held for cannon sale bid

MUMBAI, 2 OCT: Three people were arrested yesterday for trying to sell an antique cannon they brought here from Panipat in Haryana, police said today. On a tip, police, disguised as customers, got in touch with Mr Pratap Pal Singh to buy the 350year-old cannon from him. pti

3 Air-hostess dies in mishap

CHENNAI, 2 OCT: A 20-year-old airhostess today died when she was thrown off during an adventure ride inside an amusement park on the city outskirts and three persons were arrested. Facility manager Raghu, machine operator Williams and helper Ashok have been arrested, police said. pti

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KOLKATA WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 2012

TENDER

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Yeddyurappa worries BJP statesman news service

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BANGALORE, 2 OCT: Rattled by the aggressive posture of former chief minister Mr B S Yeddyurappa, and his hints at leaving the party, the worried BJP central leadership went into a huddle here. Senior leaders Mr Arun Jaitley and Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, who flew into the city, however, failed to meet the BJP strongman, who chose to ignore their visit. Instead, he went to Shimoga to indulge in his pet passion of attacking state unit president, Mr Eashwarappa, and his successor, former chief minister Mr Sadanand Yeddyurappa Gowda. Snubbed by Mr Yeddyurappa, the central BJP leaders had no choice but to hold discussions with others, chose to including Mr Eashwarappa and Home Minister R Ashok. ignore the Even though they failed to interact with the media, visit and subsequent discussions with state leaders leaders’ visit their left no one in doubt about the seriousness of the situation in the party. and went to For public purposes though, Mr Jaitley was said to have visited Bangalore purely to watch a few Hockey India Shimoga, League matches. while The state leaders apprised their central counterparts of Yeddyurappa’s belligerence and his repeated attacks attacking Mr Mr on the party, not to mention their own embarrassment at Eashwarappa being needled. The BJP strongman, meanwhile, continues to cock a snook at party leaders, repeatedly criticising their functioning ~ not sparing central leaders, who he faults for failing to protect him. Until yesterday, he was criticising BJP President Nitin Gadkari, and General Secretary Ananth Kumar. Today, he said he did not feel the need to meet Mr Jaitley, as the party leaders had made him look like an accused. Mr Yeddyurappa lost his chief ministership in July last year after the Lokayukta charged him with being involved in encouraging illegal mining. Today, he is pushing the BJP central leadership to appoint him as the party’s state unit president, ahead of the Assembly elections due in May. He believes he alone can lead the ruling party to victory again. Finding that the central leadership is not encouraging him much, he has now resorted to attacking it and his colleagues in the state unit, starting with Mr Eashwarappa, Mr Kumar and Mr Gowda. Mr Yeddyurappa's bitter comments and hints at leaving the party have now become an almost daily affair. He even went to the extent of criticising Mr Gowda for inaugurating the first phase of the Bangalore Metro while Mr Yeddyurappa was in jail. The latest reason for his annoyance is the action taken against two of his loyalists ~ Mr A Manjunath, and Mr Dhanajay Kumar ~ for speaking against the party.

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Jaiswal apologises for derogatory comments on women and marriage LUCKNOW, 2 OCT: Union Minister for Coal Shriprakash Jaiswal (photo) has stirred a hornet’s nest yet again following his objectionable remarks against married women and marriage. The minister on Tuesday tendered an apology for his sexist observation in the wake of the Congress demanding an explanation from him. Mr Jaiswal said he was sorry if his comment had hurt the sentiments of the fairer sex. He however maintained that his comment had been taken out of context. Already in the eye of the storm in connection with the Coalgate scam, Mr Jaiswal went overboard in his sexist comment during his birthday celebration in Kanpur on Sunday. A kavi sammelan had been organised as part of the celebration. It was at the sammelan that Mr Jaiswal spoke about marriage and mar-

ried women. Referring to the win of India over Pakistan in the T 20 cricket test series the minister drew an analogy between the two and said “nai jeet aur nai shaadi ka apna alag hi mahatav hota hai. Jaise Jaise samaye bitega jeet purani hoti jayegi. Jaise jaise samay bitata hai patni bhi purani hoti jati hai. Phir who mazaa nahi rehta.” (a new victory and a new marriage has a separate importance. As time passes the victory becomes stale. Similarly as time passes the wife also becomes stale. That enjoyment is no longer there then). This comment eventually stirred the women organisations to go up in arms and take to the streets. They burnt effi-

gies of the minister and garlanded his photographs with shoes in the industrial town on Monday. Many amongst them demanded that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Mr Jaiswal’s wife should give their opinion on this comment. They also sought to know whether Mr Jaiswal should be discarded or changed now that he had become stale as a husband. The BJP demanded the immediate resignation of the union minister for his derogratory remark against womankind. The party said it was unbecoming of a Union minister to have indulged in this kind of comparison and language. The CPM was also loud in its condemnation of Mr Jaiswal. The party summed the observation as derogatory and cheap. It held the comparison of a cricket match victory with that of a wife was an insult to the whole of the fairer sex. sns

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: The Supreme Court has upheld a law passed by Pondicherry assembly to attach the property of a private firm for duping investors, observing that innocent public end up losing their hard earned money on account of unscrupulous financial companies. A Bench of Mr Justice Altamas Kabir and

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Mr Justice J Chelameshar also ruled that even if the state enacts a law which is in conflict with a legislation passed by Parliament, it would still have validity if the statute has obtained Presidential assent. “We have to keep in mind the beneficial nature of the three legislations which is to protect the interests of small depositors

who invest their lifes earnings and savings in schemes for making profit floated by unscrupulous individuals and companies, both incorporated and unincorporated. “More often than not, the investors end up losing their entire deposits,” Justice Kabir, writing the judgement, said. The apex court passed the judgment

while dismissing the appeal of M/s New Horizon Sugar Mills Ltd, challenging the Pondicherry Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004 (Act 1 of 2005), ordering attachment of properties acquired by Pondicherry Nidhi Ltd said to be one of its own companies. pti

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Govt planning two ‘smart’ cities in each state Protests on press trust of india NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: The government is planning to develop two “smart” cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal mission. “We have an urban renewal mission which means that the Central government funds the cities and one of our programmes is that we propose to have two smart cities in every state,” Urban Development minister Kamal Nath told reporters here today. The minister said medium sized cities with half a million to one million population will be developed as smart cities and expertise of Austrian Institute of Technology had been sought for the purpose. Mr Nath was speaking after meeting a delegation led by Austrian minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology

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‘We want to seek assistance from the Institute on what kind of model smart cities we should look at’ Doris Bures here. “Now how do we define these smart cities, what will it cover....right from broadband, intelligent transport to carbon neutral (features), these are so many components...that is what we propose to collaborate with the Austrian Institute of Technology,” he said. “We want to seek assistance from the Institute on what kind of model smart cities we should look at,” he added. Mr Nath also said that medium sized cities like Ujjain or Jabalpur would be considered for the proposal to create smart cities. “We cannot take on very large cities for smart cities at this stage, we must recognise that. We have to take our medium sized

ones, so we want to look at cities with half a million population to one million population instead of trying to take on cities with ten million population,” he said. “We have discussed the possibility of collaboration between the Austrian Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Urban Affairs which comes under the ministry of Urban Development,” Mr Nath said. “We want to get technologies towards rapid urbanisation which we are going through, which includes smart cities, urban transportation facilities and their integration,” Mr Nath said. Austrian minister Mr Doris Bures expressed hope for a greater cooperation between the two countries. Mr Nath was questioned by reporters about reports that a team of officials was being sent to Chile to understand the defects in the airport metro. “It is not final yet, but there is an idea that it should be seen that if should study such a thing which had happened there. The report in this regard is not ready yet,” he said.

Late monsoon rally cuts early loss

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: India faced an eight per cent deficient rainfall than normal at the end of the four-month- long south-west monsoon season as a late rally washed away the spectre of possible drought. Belying fears of little rainfall due to adverse El Nino conditions, the month of September ended with a 11 per cent excess as the country received 192 mm rains as against the average of 173.5 mm, weather office data showed. The monsoon season begins with the onset of rains in Kerala usually on June one and ends on 30 September. The south-west monsoon entered the withdrawal phase on 24-25 September, but this activity has also been sluggish as east and northeast regions continued to get seasonal showers. The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh over the next three days. It has also forecast heavy rainfall over coastal Andhra Pradesh, North coastal Tamil Nadu, Rayalseema, Telangana and interior Karnataka tomorrow. “There has been no delay. The withdrawal process on monsoon begins in September and continues till 15 October,”

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ALSO BEEN SLUGGISH AS EAST AND NORTHEAST REGIONS CONTINUED TO GET SEASONAL SHOWERS IMD Director General Laxman Singh Rathore told PTI. He said soon after the withdrawal of south-west monsoon, the north-west monsoon season would begin by 20 October and continue till December. North-east monsoon is the major rainy season for Tamil Nadu accounting for 48 per cent of its annual rains. As per the latest data, the country received 819.5 mm rain against an average of 886.9 mm. More than 67 per cent of the country has got normal or excess rain this season Key rain-deficient regions include Punjab (-46 per cent), Haryana (-39 per cent), northern Karnataka (-35 per cent), Gujarat (-28 per cent), Saurashtra and Kutch (-34 per cent), Madhya Maharashtra (-25 per cent), Marathwada (-33 per cent), Western Uttar Pradesh (-28 per cent), Southern Karnataka (-24 per cent) and

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Kerala (-24 per cent). Monsoon witnessed a sluggish start this season with a three-day delay in onset. June and July saw 28 per cent and 13 per cent deficient rains respectively. The poor rainfall had prompted the government to unveil a slew of measures to cut the impact of impending drought. However, El Nino conditions in central Pacific which are known to have adverse impact on the Indian monsoon did not develop as forecast by international agencies leading to good rains in August and September. The country as a whole received one per cent excess rains in August and a whopping 11 per cent excess in September. Monsoon is crucial for agriculture in the country as it irrigates nearly 60 per cent of the cultivable land.

in Cauvery basin districts MANDYA/BANGALORE, 2 OCT: Protests over release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu entered third day today in the river basin districts even as the Karnataka government said it would file a petition in Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Prime Minister to review the decision of the Cauvery River Authority headed by him on water release. Vehicular traffic between MysoreBangalore remained disrupted following continued protests by farmers and pro-Kannada outfits in Mandya, Maddur, Gejjalagere and other areas. A group of farmers forced their way into Cauvery water pumping station in Torekadanahalli near Malavalli in Mandya district, from where Bangalore gets Cauvery water,and switched off the pumps, police said, adding, they dispersed the protesters and restored its working. At Malavalli, members of Rajya Raitha Sangha, a farmers' body, held a seminude protest. In Bangalore, proKannada activists gheroed Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and were later arrested. Farmers' bodies also held protest in the city and demanded the resignation of Shettar. Shettar, speaking at the Gandhi Jayanthi function in the city, said the government is filing a petition before Supreme Court praying for a direction to the CRA to review its September 19 directive for releasing 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. “We have to release water honouring the Supreme Court order. However, the government is committed to protecting the interest of farmers of the state”, he declared. Governor H R Bhardwaj advocated that an amicable settlement should be found to the Cauvery water sharing dispute. He said confrontational approach would not help solve the row. Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda who yesterday met the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said the protest should be on peaceful lines and none should politicise the issue. Complying with a directive of the Supreme Court to honour the CRA decision, Karnataka began releasing water from Krishna Raja Sagar and Kabini dams on Sunday to ensure flow of 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. pti

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Cong says TMC cosying up to BJP

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KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Citing the presence of JD-U chief and NDA convener Sharad Yadav at the Trinamul Congress rally in New Delhi, Congress leader Manas Bhuniya today alleged that the TMC was getting close to the "communal " BJP. “The minorities should draw a lesson from this and should understand that Miss Mamata Banerjee and her party the Trinamul Congress after leaving the UPA government is trying to get closer to a communal party, the BJP," Dr Bhuniya said. Dr Bhuniya alleged that the Trinamul Congress chief's sharing the dais with Mr Yadav in Delhi was a “clear indication” of her joining the BJP-led alliance's ranks. “It is a stepping stone to her joining the fold of the NDA,” he said. Dr Bhuniya, who recently resigned from the Mamata government, said, “She was in the NDA. She allied with the Congress. She again went back to the NDA. After that she stitched an alliance with the Congress. She is quite unpredictable.” He said that the Congress would fight such “opportunistic politics”. On the Trinamul supremo's indication that her party might bring a no-confidence motion against the Congress-led UPA government, Dr Bhuinya said, “If she wants to bring a no-trust motion in the House, let her bring it. The Manmohan Singh government will prove its majority.” Trinamul leader Saugata Roy said the Congress was playing the “communal card”, but there was no question of the TMC getting closer to the BJP. "We never invited Mr Yadav. But Mr

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee intends to retain the Micro- and Small-Scale Enterprises and Textiles (MSSET) Department, earlier held by the Congress, as she hopes to generate huge numbers of jobs through the formation of small industrial clusters. For instance, the chief minister has planned one lakh small establishments on a plot of land belonging to West Bengal Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (WBIIDC) at Bolpur, to sell handicrafts. With the state's industrialisation efforts stalled due to problems with land, smaller industrial units may be the key to employment generation. After the departure of the Congress from her Cabinet the MSSET and fisheries departments are now with the chief minister. Although she did not reveal her plans for expansion to the veteran ministers in her Cabinet, she told them that she would not part with MSSET, at least for the moment. sns

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Yadav came on his own as he, too, is supporting protests against issues like the entry of FDI in retail, the fuel price hike, the limitation of gas cylinders and the decontrol of fertilisers,” Mr Roy said. He also said his party will hold a similar protest meeting in Odisha on 11 October. Mr Roy also said that the Congress need not worry about the Muslims as both the Congress and the CPI-M have done little for the betterment of the poor.

WBHDCL may well be a non-starter anindita chowdhury KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The muchtouted West Bengal Highway Development Corporation ( WBHDCL) may end up as a non-starter due to the landacquisition policy of the state government which has made the expansion of highways almost impossible. Officials have ruled out any land acquisition for the improvement of the existing highways and roads. “We are not planning to acquire any land for widening the roads. Instead we would prefer to build good quality roads which will be durable enough to withstand damage for the next 25 years,” said an official. He added that even though there was right-of-way along all the national highways it was impossible to remove encroachers. “When we cannot acquire land for NH 34, it would be next to impossible to acquire land for our state highways. We are focused on improving the quality of roads and ensure durability,” he added. The state government has so far failed to acquire land for NH 34, holding up the four-laning process. Similarly, the widening of NH 35 was called off by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) over problems with land acquisition. WBHDCL has plans to

rebuild 4,505 km of roads including 19 highways and asked Rites to survey five roads across the state, including the 86 km Kolkata-Basanti Road. Rites has submitted an interim report. According to the report, tolling would be available for 50 per cent of the roads and the rest could be given on annuity where the state government would ensure that the private party does not suffer losses even if the toll collection is less than expected, due to inadequate traffic. However, state government officials admit that land acquisition is an absolute necessity for the expansion of the roads. They are apprehensive that in case there is no land acquisition it may be difficult to attract private parties to build these infrastructure projects due to uncertain returns. The state government's new land-acquisition policy is yet to see the light of the day. Although it was approved by the Cabinet, the policy was never notified or enacted and hence the old Land Acquisition Act of 1894 is still evoked for acquiring land from owners. The land-losers are also getting compensation at the rate fixed by the previous Left Front government but often they are unwilling to give up land, demanding compensation at market rates.

Coal mafioso arrested in Asansol

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DURGAPUR, 2 OCT: Alleged coal mafioso Kale Singh was arrested in Asansol today. He had earlier been arrested on 8 June 2011, after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assumed office and decided to declare war on illegal trafficking of the national property. Mr Singh gained notoriety when he was spotted handing over a cheque for Rs 1 lakh to former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya at a function in Khandaghosh near Burdwan on 11 October 2010, as a donation to help build a college. The act triggered a political controversy in the state, and the Left Front ~ facing heavy criticism ~ returned the cheque. Mr Singh, though, remained untouched. Today, police got information that Mr Singh was heading towards Nigha in Jamuria in his personal vehicle from Kolkata, on NH 2. He was intercepted the moment he got out of his car. Asansol Durgapur Police ADCP (Central) Suresh Kumar Chadivi said: "Yet another case of illegal coal trafficking has been pending against him since 2001. We had been looking for him for a long time.”

Land problems delay plans for open-air jail arunima ghosh

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KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Following problems in acquiring land for an open-air correctional home in Buniyadpur, South Dinajpur, the state Correctional Administration Department has decided to approach Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about increasing compensation for land owners. Although the decision to set up the correctional home was taken more than a year ago, the department has been unable to begin construction work following problems in acquiring 0.82 of 4.82 acres of land. Despite several efforts, the department could not convince the land owners to accept the compensation of Rs 1.45 lakh per decimal that is being currently offered by the state government. The land owners have demanded compensation at the rate of Rs 1.9 lakh per decimal of land along with a job for one member of their families. Thus, the department asked the district magis-

trate, Mr D D Goswami, to come up with a proposal for land acquisition. The proposal that has reached the department recently put the cost of acquisition at around Rs 1.55 crore, wherein the compensation has been calculated at the rate of Rs 1.45 lakh per decimal as decided by the government. Mr Goswami said several efforts have been made to convince the land owners to accept the compensation package offered by the state government. According to an official of the department, there are two solutions to the problem. The first is increasing the compensation package, which is unlikely since there cannot be an exception, and the second is forcible acquisition after handing over the compensation amount decided by the government. Since the issue is a sensitive one, the minister of correctional administration has decided to seek the opinion of the chief minister. Thus, the DM's proposal will be placed at the next Cabinet meeting.

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Vol. CXXXXVI 232 Incorporating and directly descended from THE FRIEND OF INDIA ~ Founded 1818. n Printed from Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar

ERIC HOBSBAWM And the end of an era

AN age ends with the passing of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the

greatest British historians of the 20th century, who died in London on Monday aged 95. He was indubitably one of the greatest historians of the world and it might be an understatement to regard his contribution to the discipline as seminal. And those who do not readily subscribe to the Marxist interpretation of history, would do well to reflect that while facts are sacred, interpretation must be a matter of subjective reflection. And if that interpretation is of abiding worth, it instantly places the likes of Hobsbawm, Christopher Hill and EP Thompson among the greats. He was born at a historic moment ~ four months before the Bolshevik revolution, indeed the days that shook the world. He witnessed the rise of the Nazis, an experience that drew him to the Communist movement. And he was steadfast in his support, refusing to condemn the ideology even when Stalinist repression was at its peak. He did incur criticism of those who were disillusioned as the ideology assumed a brutal face. Hobsbawm wasn’t the stuff of which revisionists and dissidents are made. He remained in the Communist Party until the British Communists had met their ideological eclipse, with the party reduced to a signboard entity. Many other intellectuals of his generation who had joined in the 1930s left in disgust in 1956, after the exposure of Stalin’s excesses and the Red Army invasion of Hungary. Hobsbawm remained in the party without being intellectually restricted by ideology, however. To the discipline of history, his contribution was more than phenomenal. He wrote more than 30 books, including the trilogy, The Age of Revolution, The Age of Capital and The Age of Empire. Quite exceptional was his periodisation of the trilogy ~ “the long 19th century” (a gem of an expression) ~ from the French Revolution in 1789 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Contrast that with the other classic expression ~ the “short 20th century” ~ that is mirrored in The Age of Extremes, from the 1914-18 war until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Altogether both centuries were marked by revolutions, wars, the spread of colonialism, and the collapse of the Communist ideology in its cradle of the USSR and Eastern Europe. As GR Elton, the British historian, had once remarked in another context, such accidents shape history as do profound developments. Above all, Hobsbawm’s economic history of the rise of industrial capitalism established him as a pre-eminent Marxist historian. In truth, since he came to this world, he was a witness to it all and had even influenced fellow-travellers in India, one of the last posts of the Communist ideology. Historical scholarship is the poorer with his death.

BLUESTAR’S SHADOW Long, vicious, agonising

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re-writing of the personal-security doctrine is imperative. Without apportioning blame for the obvious lapse that led to Lt Gen KS Brar (Retd) coming under attack in London ~ it was no stray mugging ~ a systemic upgrade is inescapable. Is the cover accorded to a ‘Z category’ protectee confined to Indian shores; does a “private visit” absolve the authorities of the onus of providing proximate security? That the UK is where proKhalistan forces simmer, and that they have been active elsewhere in Europe too (recall the assault on supercop Julius Ribero in Romania), is no secret. So whether the man who led the troops into the Golden Temple in June 1984 liked it or not, the agency protecting him ought to have alerted the Indian High Commission in London. The decorated soldier was on several hit-lists, but his “protection” was apparently limited to following drills prescribed in a manual. No real commitment: that was also evident when former army chief Gen AS Vaidya (Bluestar was conducted during his tenure) was assassinated in Pune. To have assumed that the Khalistan movement had dissipated was unprofessional, particularly in the context of current moves to raise a memorial to the “victims” of the controversial military action. How the assault will impact on the veteran only time will tell, but there could well be cries for more security from others on Khalistani “lists”. And would the “success” in London serve to re-ignite dangerous fires? Raisina Hill must do some serious thinking: Sushil Kumar Shinde’s theory of public memory being short could be disproved by further strikes. Bluestar is a fact of history, it cannot be undone. Whether warranted, inevitable, or a rash bid to re-assert authority will long be argued. What cannot be denied is that military action at the shrine is something that will neither be forgotten, nor perhaps forgiven. Yet there can be no pardoning the Indian state for its failure to protect the men who followed orders and conducted an operation that had essentially political importance. Also reopened by the foray in Oxford Circus is the wisdom of using the army in internal security roles: mercifully the anti-Maoist campaign has not gone the J&K and North-east way. As well as the folly of thinking the army is infallible: Nehru directed it to “throw the Chinese out of NEFA”, Indira sent it to the Golden Temple, Rajiv was conned into a “peacekeeping” mission in Sri Lanka. Each paid a price.

THE RURAL VOTE

Must be an inclusive exercise

THE anxiety of the Trinamul Congress to advance the West

Bengal panchayat elections before growing urban disenchantment spreads to rural areas has made the rigmarole still more complicated. The latest hurdle is decidedly official, one that the Chief Minister cannot brush off with a characteristically flippant wave of hand. The Election Commission of India has turned down the State’s plea that the revision of electoral rolls, an annual ritual that begins in October and concludes in January, be deferred. There is little doubt that the request has been politically driven, if advanced by the administration as a matter of form. Equally is it a party-driven anxiety that seeks to exclude an estimated 20 lakh rural voters from the rolls. In particular, the age-group that has become eligible over the past year and might not be wholly impressed with the perceived paribartan. This is plainly undemocratic and the plea to advance the elections to forestall any further erosion in the ruling party’s support cannot be accepted. The EC has been firm enough to adopt the right stand, even taking cognizance of the CPI-M and Congress opposition to the Trinamul’s manipulative gameplan. The electoral exercise in the quangos must be inclusive to the extent possible, complete with re-demarcation of constituencies and administrative arrangements. The exercise doesn’t lend scope for cutting corners. Rural elections are the bedrock of democracy. No less a critical factor is the timeframe of the panchayats, which can still be in operation till May 2013 according to the Panchayat Act. The ruling party’s plea, therefore, is not well-grounded even in terms of electoral engagement and the statute that governs the panchayati raj. Even if the government has its way and the polls are advanced, the victorious party in a particular panchayat can only savour its triumph without ascending the saddle till its moment arrives next summer. Given the volatile situation in several districts and sporadic interparty violence, a period of victory without power ~ which can be lucrative in the panchayats ~ can trigger a bout of restiveness, if not intensify political clashes.

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Who attacked whom? Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Sino-Indian War

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scene is an Indian prisoners of war camp in Tibet. One morning in early 1963, Lt. Tong, a Chinese translator takes four senior Indian officers out for a walk. They are allowed to sit near a mud wall on the outskirts of the ancient monastery where they have been kept under confinement. Tong does not let them peep over the wall, though they can hear voices speaking on the other side. A Hindi-speaking Chinese is addressing some Indian jawans. They debate the People’s Liberation Army’s pet subject since the capture of the Indians on the Thagla ridge a few months earlier; ‘admit that India attacked China first on October 20’, says the Chinese voice. A jawan speaks. He tells the Chinese that his company was sleeping when the Chinese poured down the ridge. How could India have started the war while sleeping? The Chinese officer calmly explains once again to the jawan that he only thinks of his own unit; everywhere else India attacked and China had no choice but to retaliate in self-defence. But the jawan is fearless and outspoken, he tells his interlocutor: “I do not know what you are talking about, but I know that the whole of my ‘buregade’ (Punjabi for ‘brigade’) was sleeping when you attacked us.” Indeed, everyone was sleeping when the Chinese mortars began shelling the bunkers on the Namkha Chu (river) on that fateful morning. Worse, the leadership in Delhi had also been sleeping (and dreaming of throwing out the Chinese). The Chinese have been repeating ad nauseam to the world that it was Nehru who attacked them. In the introduction of his Himalayan Blunder, Brig. John Dalvi, the Commander of the ill-fated 7 Infantry Brigade writes: “On 21 November 1962, I was woken up by the Chinese Major in charge of my solitary confinement with shouts of ‘good news, good news’. He told me that the Sino-Indian War was over and that the Chinese Government had decided to withdraw. When I asked the reason for this decision he gave me this (Beijing) inspired answer: “India and China have been friends for thousands of years and have never fought before. China does not want war. It is the reactionary Indian Government that was bent on war. So the Chinese counter-attacked in selfdefence and liberated all our territories in NEFA and Ladakh, in just one month.” He added: “We have proved that you are no match for mighty China”. But where was the question of the Indian Army ‘attacking China’ with no food, no clothes, no armament or ammunition supply? Other sources have also confirmed that the Chinese leadership believed that India attacked. On 8 November 1962, Dr Malcolm MacDonald, a former British High Commissioner to India, met Robert Donhauser, the US Consul-General in Singapore, to brief him about his visit to China and his lengthy discussions with Zhou Enlai and Marshal Chen Yi. The US official later cabled Washington: “Chou (Zhou) took exception to UK position that Peiping (Beijing) was aggressor in border dispute. (Zhou) stated he realized UK must support India as member of Commonwealth but did not have to charge Chinese (of ) aggression. (Zhou) wished to go to conference table but India had made impossible demands prior to discussions, particularly since territory under dispute was not Indian, but Chinese. MacDonald, of course, upheld UK position.”

This raises two questions. Did the Chinese really believe that India had attacked China in the West Kameng district? Why pretend that it was Nehru who attacked when it is so obviously not true? The answer is the Chinese probably knew that India was not prepared, further they wanted to teach ‘arrogant’ India a lesson for granting refuge to the Dalai Lama three years earlier. On 6 October 1962, Mao Zedong addressed several senior Chinese generals in Beijing: “It

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our area, but when we referred this to higher authorities the matter was dismissed: we were curtly told that there was no pirate radio transmitter on our side of the border. Subsequently it was confirmed that the Chinese had indeed sneaked in a pirate transmitter (near Bomdila) in the Tibetan labour camp. The aerial of their transmitter was concealed as a tall prayer-flagstaff.” This is probably how Mao was aware of Operation Leghorn. But there was something else. The Indian offi-

The fact remains that the entire ‘buregade’ (brigade), not to speak of the 4 Infantry Division, was sleeping that morning. In any case, who attacked in the eastern sector of NEFA (Walong) and Ladakh (Chushul), if not China? seems like armed co-existence won’t work. It’s just as we expected. Nehru really wants to use force. This isn’t strange. He has always wanted to seize Aksai Chin and Thagla Ridge. He thinks he can get everything he desires.” The Chairman continued: “Now the Indians want to fight a war with us. Naturally, we don’t have fear. (But) we cannot lose ground; once we lose ground it would be tantamount to letting them seize a big piece of land equivalent to Fujian province. …Since Nehru sticks his head out and insists on us fighting him, for us not to fight with him would not be proper. Courtesy emphasizes reciprocity.” Why? One of the reasons might be Operation Leghorn planned by a flamboyant new Corps Commander. On 3 October, Lt Gen Kaul took over Corps IV, a Corps especially created ‘to throw the Chinese out’. On his arrival in Tezpur, Kaul addressed the senior officers: “The Prime Minister himself had ordered these posts (near the Thagla ridge) to be set up and he had based his decision on the highest Intelligence advice.” The ‘intelligence’ inputs turned out to be a bad joke. Niranjan Prasad commented: “Explicit… was a warning that failure or dragging of feet in completing the task could result in serious consequences for those responsible.” It appears that the Chinese military intelligence had gathered that Indian forces were planning to start Operation Leghorn to occupy the Thagla Ridge on 10 October (the information was absolutely correct). As today Beijing can enter any computer system, in Mao’s days, the Chinese intelligence knew everything about Kaul’s and his acolytes’ plans. In his memoirs, Prasad recalls: “I had received reports of a pirate radio operating somewhere in

DEATH MALLIK PROSANTA KR (aged 86) — On September 27, 2012 at his New Alipore residence, Retd. Jt. Secy., GOI. Mourned by his wife Roma and family. Sradh ceremony on October 7, 2012. Contact: 09958821677.

cers on the ground had some doubts about the exact location of the boundary. When on 14 August 1962, Brigadier DK Palit, Director of Military Operations visited the Corps Headquarters in Tezpur, he was asked about the Thagla ridge. He said that the Army headquarters in Delhi had only received it the day before he left for Tezpur. He promised to look into this and send an answer ‘as soon as he could’. In his insider’s assessment of the conflict, War in the High Himalayas, Brigadier Palit recalls: “On my return to Delhi I referred the Thagla dilemma to the Director of Military Survey. The latter commented that as the existing maps of the area were ‘sketchy and inaccurate, having been compiled from unreliable sources’, the map coordinates of the new post quoted by the patrol leader were of doubtful accuracy.” Later Palit went to meet Dr S Gopal, the Director of the Historical Section, who told him that after the boundary talks with the Chinese in 1960, the Government of India had been aware that the actual terrain in the area of the trijunction was different from that depicted on the quarter-inch scale map of the Simla sheet. But Palit added: “What Gopal had not told me ~ and I found out only later ~ was that the Chinese had not accepted our arguments.” If Mao was aware of these doubts, he would have used it as a pretext to say that India walked ‘into China’, but the fact remains that the entire ‘buregade’, not to speak of the 4 Infantry Division, was sleeping that morning. In any case, who attacked in the eastern sector of NEFA ( Walong) and Ladakh (Chushul), if not China? The writer is an expert on China-Tibet relations and author of Fate of Tibet.

Barrier Reef Coral Cover Halved In 27 Years press trust of india MELBOURNE, 2 OCT: The coral cover of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage Site, has halved over the past 27 years due to cyclones, poisonous starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a new study has found. Researchers at Australian Institute of Marine Science in Townsville have found the loss of coral was caused mainly due cyclones and crown-ofthorns starfish. Coral bleaching was also to blame, the report was quoted by Australia’s ABC News as saying. The study has been published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. The report has warned the rate at which the reef was declining continued, its coral cover could halve again by 2022 and it may lose the biodiversity for which it was listed as a World Heritage Area in 1981. The study also argued that stopping the progress of the crown-ofthorns starfish was crucial to the recovery of the 3,000 km-long reef. One of the researchers, Mr John Gunn, said the future of the ecosystem could be under threat if the loss of coral is not stopped. “Accumulative impacts of storms and crown-of-thorns and two bleaching events have had a quite devastating effect over the last three decades,” Mr Gunn said, adding “We’re very concerned that this is a bit of a crossroads for the reef and this data is very authoritative.” “I can’t pretend that if we had this type of impact continuing and we had some of the possible impacts of climate change in the future that the Great Barrier Reef really is at threat,” Mr Gunn said. Mr Gunn, chief executive of the institute in Townsville, said damage to the reef was patchy, with some areas affected more than others. “There are parts of the reef that are still pretty much as we’d like the whole of the reef to be, and they give us some hope that that’s what we could achieve with the whole of it,” Mr Gunn said. “These are areas north of Cooktown and they’re pretty healthy reefs, in fact they’re beautiful. It’s the areas that really have these cumulative impacts, the three factors that we take account of in the study that have really come under sort of major pressure,” he said. “But even there, there are reefs that are still very, very lovely to visit,” he added.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Assertion in the midst of policy paralysis SIR, ~ Indian politics is in ferment again. There have been

protests against 51 per cent FDI in retail and the diesel price hike. But there are no alternative suggestions on reviving the economy and reducing the burgeoning deficit which has fuelled the high inflation. The inherent contradictions of politicians in general and the Opposition in particular defies logic. The government has gone against the people through this show of assertion in the midst of policy paralysis The Congress, in its 2009 election manifesto, had made a commitment on police and judicial reforms, food and social security, a high growth rate, curbs on inflation, a goods and service tax from April 2010, and increased investment in agriculture and infrastructure. Policy paralysis has impeded the implementation of these measures. The Prime Minister’s plea is unacceptable, specifically the lack of consensus and coalition compulsions. yours, etc., sanjukta sarkar, kolkata, 21 september.

Commitments to America SIR, ~ This refers to Seema Mustafa’s well-balanced article, “Close for comfort” (21 September). There is no denying that the majority of MPs are opposed to FDI in multi-brand retail, the hike in diesel prices and the restriction on subsidised LPG cylinders. This is evident from the simultaneous protests by the Trinamul Congress, the Left and the BJP. Significantly, the CPIM and the BJP recently called a bandh on the same day, one that Trinamul never opposed. The Congress-led UPA government, mired in corruption, is determined to push through anti-people measures under the guise of economic reforms. This is just a diversionary move. The CPI-M general secretary, Prakash Karat, has rightly stated that the Prime Minister’s commitments to

America are “above the interests of the people of this country”. yours, etc., arun bhaduri, kolkata, 22 september.

of thorium which began in 1909. I never said he held any press conference. Frankly, I do not think any reader will “construe” that the data in my article was provided by him. ~ Ed. S

Search for thorium Academic injustice SIR, ~ This is with reference to Sam Rajappa’s article, “Doomed UPA” (2 September). My name has been mentioned in the SIR, ~ Through these columns, I would like to draw the attenfourth paragraph ~ ‘According to K Balachandran of the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research, DAE...’ I have never convened a press meet. Neither have I interacted with any media person. If the text has been reproduced from our publications or my conference presentation, it should have been mentioned at the end of the first sentence which reads, “commercial exploitation of beach sand in India dates back to 1909 when Schomberg, a German chemist, was exploring for monazite occurrences in search of thorium for the gas mantles industry”. The views expressed subsequently are not mine; nor do I subscribe to those views. Any reader who finds my name can construe that the data presented or the views expressed are mine. This misconception needs to be cleared. Only the data pertaining to the historical background of monazite (first sentence) has been drawn from the official publication or the presentation at the conference. The rest of the article is based on the author’s perception. yours, etc., k balachandran, (officer-in-charge, atomic minerals directorate for exploration & research, department of atomic energy), thiruvananthapuram, 14 september.

✒ Sam Rajappa adds: I think Mr Balachandran protests unnecessarily. Nowhere in my article have I attributed anything to him except his historical narration of commercial exploitation

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tion of West Bengal’s education minister to the irregularities indulged in by the principals of colleges and vice-chancellors of universities at the time of recruitment of teachers. True the vacancies are duly advertised in newspapers. If an incumbent applies for regularisation of his post or promotion, experts are inducted into the selection committee to ensure that the “internal candidate” is chosen, and the other applicants ignored. External experts are made to ensure that the internal applicant is selected, if necessary by manipulating assessments before filling a vacancy for lecturer, reader or professor. Hargovind Khorana, who in 1968 shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine, disclosed after the award how he was rejected by a Delhi college in the early Fifties. Out of sheer frustration, he went back to a university in America. If a particular external expert refuses to toe the line, the other experts over-rate the internal candidate to get him in. In the mid-Seventies, I was a victim of such malpractice when I applied for the post of lecturer in the English department of VisvaBharati University. For me as for many others, the interview was a farce. A woman, an insider whose credentials were not above question, was selected. And the dissenting expert was dropped from the subsequent selection panels. The selection process can, therefore, be an instance of academic injustice and corruption. yours, etc., bibekananda ray, kalyani, 30 september.

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Thinking of history

Clean shot mm krishna prasad

IN a move that has received widespread apprecia-

tion in Pakistan, a police officer in Karachi has invoked contentious clauses of the Pakistan Penal Code to register a blasphemy case against Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. It is learnt that the officer was greatly upset after Pakistan’s humiliating defeat to India in a cricket match between the two countries in the ongoing T20 World cup on Sunday. Apparently, the officer was desperate to vent his frustration and hence took the tried and tested path of the blasphemy law. The officer has alleged that Virat Kohli showed deep disregard for the sentiments of a large number of people belonging to that country and that some of his shots were clearly blasphemous. “Virat Kohli”, the complaint reads, “behaved in an outrageous and unacceptable manner on Sunday night causing great mental agony to the citizens of Pakistan. He has hurt the beliefs and sentiments of an overwhelming majority of people. This constitutes a clear case of blasphemy under Articles 295A,B and C of the Pakistan Penal Code.” The officer also warned that condemning this act of registering a case against Kohli would also be blasphemous and hence anyone criticising this complaint would also be charged with blasphemy. Some groups have hailed the police officer as a “true son of the soil”. Soon after the case was registered, a mob threatened to punish Kohli if he ever set foot in Pakistan. In other news related to Pakistan, a Bangladeshi

tabloid claimed that Pakistan foreign minister Ms Hina Rabbani Khar and Pakistan People’s party leader Bilawal Bhutto were involved in a scandalous affair. It was also stated that President Asif Ali Zardari was unhappy with their relationship. Jest Kidding has learnt that a female politician from India considered to be among the most powerful women in the world has written a letter to the Pakistan president urging him not to oppose the relationship. “I am deeply concerned about your opposition to your son’s relationship. You do not know how it feels to be the parent of an unmarried son. You should be happy if your son wants to get married and settle in Switzerland. Such important events in life should not be delayed. If you do not let your son have his way now, many decades later you will regret to see your bachelor son leading the youth wing of your party, forever being a reluctant PM-in-waiting”, the letter read. In another interesting development of last week, many Indians have taken serious exception to Mr Narendra Modi’s statement alleging that Rs 1880 crore has been spent on the foreign trips of Mrs Sonia Gandhi. People have strongly condemned Mr Modi for misleading the public with such baseless statements quoting abysmally low figures. The writer is an engineer and, more importantly, an MBA which makes him think that he has the right to write anything about everything despite knowing nothing about anything. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @catasp247

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Hobsbawm (9 June, 1917-1 October, 2012) was one of the leading historians of the 20th century, perhaps even more highly regarded outside than inside the British Isles. He was a Marxist throughout his adult life and a member of the Communist Party for most of it, but his influence as an historian and political thinker far transcended those allegiances. He was a major figure in the creation of the discipline of social history, and the Age of... trilogy introduced and illuminated modern European history to a wide audience. In the 1990s he became, perhaps somewhat to his surprise, one of the major intellectual influences on Neil Kinnock and later on New Labour. Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria, grew up in Vienna, Berlin and London, studied at Cambridge and taught at universities throughout the world, but principally at Birkbeck College, London. His formative years were marred by the death of his father when he was 12 and his mother when he was 14, but his early life helped to give him a breadth of vision and experience, and a facility with languages, which benefited his later writings. He coped with those early tragedies in the 1930s, when the world was crashing around him, by a devotion to study and intellectual affairs. Leopold Percy Hobsbawm, Eric’s father, came from a lower middle-class Jewish family in London’s East End, his mother, Nelly Grü, from a similar family in Vienna. They met in Egypt but moved to Austria at the end of the First World War. There, Percy and his family ~ Nancy, Eric’s sister, was three years his junior ~ experienced increasing privation; a number of business ventures failed and, though Nelly attempted to develop a career as a writer, by 1929 they were living hand to mouth. As Hobsbawm wrote in his fascinating autobiography Interesting Times: “Few people I know have been as unsuited to earning their living in a pitiless world as my father.” After his death Nelly, temporarily destitute, lived with her mother and she and Eric earned money by giving English lessons. But she soon became ill; Nancy was sent to Berlin to live with her uncle Stanley and by 1931 Nelly, too, was dead. In the most intensely personal passages of Interesting Times, Eric expresses his love for her but also recalls that he lived then “most of the time at some remove from the real world ~ not so much in a world of dreams, but of curiosity, enquiry, solitary reading, observation, comparison and experimentation...” From 1931 Hobsbawm’s family was that of his uncle Stanley, initially in Berlin and then, after the rise of Hitler, in London. But even that family life was shortlived. Stanley’s wife, Gretl, died and Stanley moved in 1939 to Chile. Hobsbawm was completing his degree at Cambridge. It was there that he first formulated the topic that, he wrote, “permanently shaped [his] work as an historian ... the social influences which determine the form and content of poetry (and more generally of ideas) at different times.” Cambridge was “a strange new country”, Noel Annan’s “intellectual aristocracy”, but for most a continuation of their boarding schools. Hobsbawm’s time at King’s College was dominated by the Communist Party, within an intellectual milieu he recalled as introverted, in which research played little part and work stopped every afternoon for games. He was recruited into the Apostles, following Russell, Keynes, Wittgenstein, Moore and Forster. War service represented six wasted years ~ he became a Sergeant Instructor but was denied interesting postings, probably because of his European background and open Communism. Having married a fellow Communist, Muriel Seaman, he returned as a research student and then research Fellow to King’s, and began to teach at Birkbeck, which would form the centre of his professional life; only the New School for Social Research in New York rivalled it in his mind. He failed to obtain a number of posts at Cambridge ~ perhaps because of the milder British form of McCarthyism which affected a number of careers; the same cause is said later to have delayed his promotion

to a Professorship at Birkbeck. His first marriage failed, and in 1950 and, after a relationship which produced a son, Joshua, in 1962 he married Marlene Schwartz. “A Viennese-born girl in an ocelot coat” as Hobsbawm introduced her in Interesting Times, she simply made him happy. Their life together ~ with their children Andy (a digital media consultant) and Julia (CEO of Editorial Intelligence and a Professor of Networking) ~ in Hampstead and cottages in Wales, together with north London dinner parties, provided the stability missing in his earlier life. It did not, however, remove his pessimism about world events which characterised lunchtime discus-

As a social thinker who emerged as one of the major intellectual influences on Britain’s New Labour, Eric Hobsbawm’s desire to explain history interacted with his experiences of growing up in a Europe tending towards Nazism and fascism and found its overall expression in his Marxism sions at Birkbeck ~ made more convincing, and depressing, to his colleagues by his encyclopaedic knowledge of the arcane details of the politics of Italy, central Europe or Latin America. The research and writing of an historian cannot but be affected by the personal background, the intellectual milieu and the public events of his or her life. In Hobsbawm’s case, growing up in a Europe tending towards Nazism and fascism interacted with his desire to explain history, finding its overall expression in his Marxism. As an explanatory schema it imbues all his writings, as does the rationalism of the European enlightenment of the 18th century, an essential precursor of Marx. He gained from it, and from his own experience, an emphasis on economic interests as causal factors in human behaviour, often expressed in terms of class consciousness. In the process, he helped historians understand the motives of men and women in social movements ~ Primitive Rebels ~ written off as hopelessly utopian. He helped to rescue such movements from the “enormous condescension of posterity”, to borrow a phrase from his friend and colleague, EP Thompson. It was this research which perhaps most enhanced his reputation in Italy, the Iberian peninsula and Latin America, where he was fêted by historians and presidents. Marxism led Hobsbawm to look sceptically at other constructs such as national or ethnic identity, which might conflict with or impede the recognition of underlying economic or class interests. He was responsible, with Terence Ranger, for organising for the journal Past and Present the conference which must rank as the funniest, as well as profound, consideration of ~ in the words of their 1983 book ~ The Invention of Tradition. It contains descriptions by Hugh TrevorRoper of the invention of the Scottish kilt in the 18th century by an English Quaker, and that by Prys Morgan of the development of a homogenised Welsh costume for women ~ in the Mother Goose style ~ by Lady Llanover in 1834. But Hobsbawm drew from this and other examples a sense of the danger of the misuse of history, exemplified more recently in the conflict in the Balkans. It was this sense that national identity, constructed too often to serve the interests of politicians, could mislead peoples into disaster, that led him to a long-standing hostility towards Zionism. Historians praise his contributions in the 1950s to the “standard of living debate” and in the 1960s and 1970s to the creation of the discipline of social history.

Since Engels and Macaulay, historians have argued about whether the Industrial Revolution improved the condition of the working class. Hobsbawm used a range of historical sources to suggest that economic welfare declined in the middle of the 19th century, as a result of the rise of factories and industrial cities. In his 1971 essay “From social history to the history of society”, he provided a theoretical basis for the relatively new discipline of social history. Rooting himself, as always, in Marxism, he was also open to contemporary sociology ~ though he deplored its unhistorical nature. He urged historians, and himself, to break away from the early identification of social history with the history of labour. Social history should be concerned with behaviour and consciousness in a range of areas, including his beloved jazz. He also emphasised the importance of an internationalist outlook. Historians recognise that Hobsbawm’s greatest contribution to their subject lies in the trilogy which brought him and his topic to the attention of the history-reading public. The Age of Capital, 1848-1875, The Age of Empire and Age of Extremes: the short 20th century, 1914-1991 appear on bestseller lists. They also demonstrate Hobsbawm’s extraordinary knowledge of historical scholarship, his linguistic skills, retentive memory and, above all, his ability to synthesise and generalise from telling example. It would be overly cynical to suggest that Hobsbawm’s success as an historian stimulated jealousy. But the esteem in which he was held evoked hostility from those who could not forgive his Communism. An intellectual adherence to Marxism can, some argue, be explained in terms of the times in which he grew up; but to continue to defend the Communist Party long after the evidence of atrocities became known, is to some inexcusable. Historians do not exist to make moral judgements, but to explain. Hobsbawm’s adherence to the Communist cause stems from the circumstances in which, as a Jew, he was recruited in Berlin in 1932. It became later a consuming passion in a world of chaos and impending disaster. Living in different times, the extremity of that passion sometimes seems hard to understand. Today, few would be able to write of their politics ~ though they might of their religion: “The Party was what our life was about. We gave it all we had. In return, we got from it the certainty of our victory and the experience of fraternity.” It is possible that some part of his reluctance to disavow Communism even when it was failing stemmed from a wish not to betray the memory of former comrades. To be a Communist in the 1930s and ‘40s was dangerous. As he wrote: “We were not liberals. Liberalism was what had failed. In the total war we were engaged in, one did not ask oneself whether there should be a limit to the sacrifices imposed on others any more than on ourselves. Since we were not in power, or likely to be, what we expected was to be prisoners rather than jailers.” Like many others before and since he believed that the cause ~ in his case a utopian socialist society ~ justified the sacrifice that he and his comrades were willing to make, and also the loss of innocent lives. Hobsbawm’s clear-sighted analysis of the realities of contemporary politics made him attractive to Neil Kinnock, and later to New Labour when they were seeking an intellectual foundation for social democracy after the individualism of the Thatcher years and the failure of command socialism. Although his later scepticism about the Blairite project and his opposition to the Iraq war diminished his popularity with New Labour politicians, his influence as a commentator continued. It is marked by a deep allegiance to, and concern for, Britain, and it was no surprise to his friends that he became a Companion of Honour in 1998. He was proud of that, of his honorary fellowship of King’s College, of his many honourary degrees, and perhaps above all of his presidency of Birkbeck College. the independent

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The present Maharaja of Cooch Behar is evidently desirous to maintain the tradition that the Superintendentship of his State should be occupied by a member of the Indian Civil Service, and the announcement is made by our Darjeeling correspondent that Mr. E.W. Collin, late Commissioner of the Presidency Division, now on leave, will succeed Mr. A.W. Dentith, when the latter retires shortly from the service of the Raj. Mr. Dentith has been connected with the Cooch Behar State since 1908. He only arrived in this country in 1898, and a quite young official will therefore be succeeded in the Superintendentship of the State by one who must be on the eve of retirement. Mr. Collin arrived in India in 1878, and has passed nearly all his service in Bengal, the exceptions having been a few brief periods with the Government of India, as Private Secretary to the Finance Member, in the Foreign Department and the Financial Department. He was Collector of the 24-Pergunnahs in the later nineties, and afterwards Secretary to the Board of Revenue. Mr. Dentith, presumably, will revert to the Bengal service when he quits his present post. LOITERERS AT HOWRAH STATION Wholesale Arrests Some four months ago the railway officers of the East Indian Railway at Howrah started a campaign against station trespassers. In the course of a week a considerable number of persons were prosecuted. The Railway Police have recently undertaken the prosecution of such trespassers, a majority of whom were arrested in the waitinghall. Fifty-eight arrests were made on Wednesday, 37 on Thursday and 30 yesterday, under Section 122 of the Railway Act on a charge of trespass, a non-cognisable offence. The 58 men were produced before Mr. Mustafi, Deputy Magistrate of Howrah, and were fined as 2 each, or in default, 1 hour’s imprisonment. The next batch were similarly treated. The defence of most of the accused was that they were intending passengers and would have travelled on the date of arrest or the following day. The third batch will be tried today. The first forecast of the indigo crop of the United Provinces for 1912 says : The return published by the Irrigation Department for July 1912 shows an increase of 7 per cent over the indigo area of last year, the area irrigated from canals being 10,204 acres compared with 9,573 acres last year. In the eastern districts the area is reported to be practically the same as in last year. Sowings of indigo were made at the usual time, and germination was good, but the rains were late and the crop suffered in places from hot winds and drought. Since the middle of July the season has been favourable, and an outturn from 75 to 100 per cent of the normal is at present estimated. 5 October, 1912

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NO 25661 Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS 1 Back carrier or we might have mass redundancy (8) 5 Instruments gathered spuds etc (6) 9 French Connection cop, lowdown Doyle’s jacket conceals weapon (8) 10 Very large men rotting in grave (6) 11 Choice of ends for Notting ham leaguer as a rule (8) 12 Calling about article that’s been returned (6) 14 Administration bloke with a purchase is taking on the workers (10) 18 Adult helping to track teenag er (10) 22 Look at bible book, say, or have a nap (6) 23 A number of ships in Gabon going fast (8)

24 Where X meets Y after head ing off for a drink ... (6) 25 ... One unit of alcohol per haps a second ... before end of spree united in cell, drunk (8) 26 We stand by these, a feature of campsites around Spain (6) 27 Smacker grabs son’s back side before final round for charity (8)

DOWN 1 Replacement ruler is split round outsides of edging (6) 2 No runs scored in French cricket? Don’t believe this rumour (6) 3 Sierra vehicle 21 places ahead of VW beetle (6) 4 Caught by policeman crimi nal shows deference (10)

6 Sealed without enclosure? Envelope is due for a shred ding (8) 7 I said sentence in script right – it draws attention to the viewer (8) 8 Rio sent off and a miss from Valencia (8) 13 Has Eleanor permission to cut onions in half for pasta? (10) 15 Post-prandial request – you might need Visa with this (8) 16 Catch up about love on the edge and Mimi’s end, such was her life (8) 17 Check others with plenty of dosh will have time for hotel (8) 19 Footnote to story? (6) 20 Tone down one instrument after end of ballad (6) 21 For instance attire that’s top less and way out (6)

NOTE: Figures in parentheses denote the number of letters in the words required. (By arrangement with The Independent, London)

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38 die in Hong Kong ferry disaster

agence france-presse

HONG KONG, 2 OCT: Six crew members were arrested today over a collision between a ferry and a pleasure boat in Hong Kong that killed 38 people in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades, officials said. More than 120 passengers and crew were on the Hong Kong Electric company's vessel, the Lamma IV, to watch a huge National Day fireworks display in Victoria Harbour last evening when the collision occurred near Lamma island. Scores of people were thrown into the choppy water and the company vessel sank within minutes, leaving only its bow protruding from the waves. The stricken ferry limped to Lamma where its shaken but relatively unharmed passengers disembarked. “There was not enough time to put on a lifejacket, no time to fasten it. We tried to hold onto something above but we had no luck and we slipped,” one emotional woman huddled in an emergency blanket told reporters. Another survivor, clearly overwhelmed, said he had yet to hear any news of his children. “My two children are missing and I don't know where they are,” he said. Survivors were taken by boat to Hong Kong island, some three kilometres (two miles) to the east, where a fleet of ambulances whisked them to hospital. It was the deadliest maritime accident in the territory since 1971, when a Hong Kong-Macau ferry sank during a typhoon leaving 88 people dead. “Police arrested six individuals this afternoon... They are being investigated for endangering people's lives at sea,” security minister Lai

The bow of one of the stricken boats is seen partially submerged amidst rescue operations on Tuesday. afp

Tung-kwok said, adding that three crew from each boat had been detained. Police chief Tsang Wai-hung said the suspects “did not exercise the care required of them by

Maldivian ruling party MP murdered

MALE, 2 OCT: A ruling party lawmaker in Maldives was today stabbed to death on the stairs of his apartment here hours after he appeared in a television programme. Afrasheem Ali, 46, an MP from the Progressive Party of Maldives, was stabbed on back of his head, chest and neck. Ali's body was found by his wife on the stairs of their apartment building just past midnight. Police said Ali died before reaching ADK hospital. Speaking to reporters outside hospital, police commissioner condemned the attack in the strongest terms. Ali, a strong critic of former president Mohammed Nasheed, would receive a state funeral and would be buried after evening prayers. pti

12 die in Philippines school bus accident MANILA, 2 OCT: Ten schoolchildren and two adults were killed when their minibus collided with a truck in a rural area of the northern Philippines today, police said. The bus was carrying the high school students to classes in Sarrat town when it tried to overtake a bus only to smash into a truck coming the other way, said a police report. The minibus driver and his assistant were killed along with ten of their passengers ranging in age from 15 to 11, said regional police chief senior superintendent Marlou Chan in his report. afp

Protesters ransack police post at French embassy in Teheran

TEHERAN, 2 OCT: A small group of protesters, most of them women, today trashed an Iranian police post protecting the French embassy in Tehran and threw stones at visitors to the mission before being arrested, a diplomat inside said. The unannounced, violent demonstration lasted 90 minutes and involved around 15 people, the French diplomat said. “There was no damage to the embassy itself,” though the visitors ~ all of them Iranians applying for French visas ~ had to take refuge inside, he said. The police post ~ a one-man shelter for a uniformed member of Iran's diplomatic police ~ had its windows destroyed by stones but remained standing. There was no report of any officer being injured. afp

US professor held for stripping naked

WASHINGTON, 2 OCT: A US university professor was taken into protective custody after he took off his clothes in front of the class and started shouting at the students. A call came in to the local police dispatch centre “about a man in the Michigan State University Engineering Building shouting in the hallway”, a statement posted on the university website said. pti

Terror suspects bid to stop extradition

LONDON, 2 OCT: Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and three other terrorist suspects appealed to Britain's high court today in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to the USA. Al-Masri's lawyers said his health is deteriorating and that it would be oppressive to send him to the USA when he is in need of medical tests. Al-Masri, who turned London's Finsbury Park Mosque into a training ground for radical Islamists, is wanted in the USA on charges that include helping set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. ap

Two held in phone-hacking probe

LONDON, 2 OCT: British police today arrested two men as part of their ongoing investigation into breaches of privacy sparked by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. A 58-year-old was arrested in Kent, southeast England, and a 61-year-old journalist detained over suspected offences under computer misuse legislation and other laws, said a statement from London's Metropolitan Police. pti

Two S Korean nuke reactors shut down

SEOUL, 2 OCT: Two South Korean 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors were shut down today at separate plants, both as a result of unrelated systems malfunctions, operators said. The state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power said there was no apparent danger of a radiation leak at either reactor ~ at Yeonggwang on the southwest coast and Shingori on the southeast coast. afp

‘Chinese govt ships near disputed isles’ TOKYO, 2 OCT: Four Chinese government ships were in territorial waters around disputed islands in the East China Sea today, the Japanese coast guard said. The four maritime surveillance ships entered the waters shortly after 12.30 p.m, the coast guard said in a statement, adding that it was telling the ships to leave the area. “Patrol ships from our agency have been telling them to sail outside of our territorial waters. There has not been any response” from the Chinese ships, the Japan Coast Guard said. afp

law to ensure the safety of the vessels they were operating and the people on board”. “We expect other persons to be arrested,” he said. Lamma resident Clare Kirkman, who was

returning home from Hong Kong island aboard the public ferry, described scenes of panic and confusion as the craft started to take on water. “People at the front started screaming and saying

there was water coming in, and the boat was tilting to the side,” the 43-year-old Briton said. “Nobody had a clue what we had hit. There was complete panic. Nobody explained anything... The crew was terrible, useless.” Twenty eight people were certified dead at the scene and eight others were pronounced dead on arrival at various hospitals. Two more bodies were found aboard the ferry later. More than 100 others were injured. Mr Leung said he would set up a high-level enquiry into the incident but dismissed suggestions that Hong Kong needed to overhaul its maritime rules to cope with its growth as a hub of global trade and travel. “This is definitely an isolated incident. The marine territory of Hong Kong is safe,” he said. The Beijing-backed chief executive, whose new government has been rocked by scandals and protests against unpopular policies, declared three days of mourning starting Thursday. The Hong Kong Electric vessel was packed with staff and their families hoping to enjoy a night out on the water watching the fireworks against the city's glittering skyline. Five children were among the dead, officials said. Rescue teams in boats and helicopters spent the night scouring the sea around the site of the accident for bodies or signs of survivors, while dive teams entered the sunken boat. “The low visibility and many obstacles on board... made it difficult for rescue,” the Fire Services department said in a statement. The National Day holiday brought thousands of extra visitors to Lamma island, the thirdlargest island in the southern Chinese territory, with a population of only around 5,000 people.

46 students die in Nigeria shooting ABUJA, 2 OCT: Gunmen wearing military attire raided University hostels in a northern Nigerian town, killing 46 students in a deadly Independence Day massacre. The horrific attack occurred last night at the Adamawa State University in Mubi town in the northern state of Adamawa, prompting an exodus of frightened students. Gunmen invaded hostels of the Federal Polytechnic of the School of Health Technology and killed as many as 46 students and injured several others, police and school sources said. A spokesman for the Federal Polytechnic, who did not want his name mentioned, told PTI that the gunmen wore military attire and told the students to identify themselves by name. He said some of them were spared after mentioning their names but no reason was given by the assailants for the identification process. “The shooting took place on the night of Nigeria's 52nd Independence celebration, at about 10 pm, when the gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram, open fire on some students at Wuro Fatuje area of the city,” he said. pti

Ahmadinejad’s cameraman Saakashvili concedes seeks asylum in USA: Report defeat in Georgia polls press trust of india

he was here... his position on certain things became known to the Iranian government”. NEW YORK, 2 OCT: A cameraman who accompanied When Mr Golkanbhan's part of the Iranian deleIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN gation returned home last Thursday after General Assembly here has stayed back and applied Ahmadinejad's addressed the General Assembly on for an asylum in the USA over fears of being perse- Wednesday, the cameraman stayed behind, Mr cuted in his home country, a media report said O'Dwyer said. Since then, Mr O'Dwyer has filed an today. asylum application on Mr Golkanbhan's behalf. The New York City-based lawyer Paul O'Dwyer, who is attorney said that the filing provided his client working with US authorities on behalf of Hassan immediate protection from deportation. Golkanbhan, the cameraman who accompanied Mr Mr O'Dwyer called it a “very, very major decision”, Ahmadinejad, said his client is with implications for Golkanbhan's afraid of persecution because of his persecution fears wife and two children, who have perceived political beliefs, CNN fled Iran for a haven he won't disreported. close for their safety. “The Iranian government has a “He's perceived as not being a supporter, or being fairly long reach, and you know, we're concerned an opponent of the Iranian regime,” Mr O'Dwyer about what may happen to them if they're identified was quoted by CNN as saying. “Somebody who has by the government,” Mr O'Dwyer said. betrayed the regime and who can no longer be trustMr Golkanbhan is now waiting for an interview ed by them,” he said. with US authorities, which Mr O'Dwyer said could Mr O'Dwyer said while the cameraman didn't have happen soon ~ or months from now. Calls to the any suspicion cast on him before his trip to New Iranian mission at the United Nations have not been York, “there were things that he was expected to do returned, according to the report, and the wherethat he was uncomfortable with doing,” and “while abouts of Mr Golkanbhan are not clear.

TBILISI, 2 OCT: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today conceded defeat in parliamentary polls that were set to hand a shock victory to an Opposition coalition led by billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili. “It is clear that the (Opposition) Georgian Dream has won a majority,” Mr Saakashvili said in a televised speech. Without specifying the allocation of seats, he indicated that Georgian Dream would have the majority in the new parliament. “That means that the parliamentary majority must form a new government and I, as president, in the frame of the constitution, will facilitate the process,” he said. He said that his United National Movement party, which has dominated Georgia since the “Rose Revolution” in 2003, would go into opposition. “We, as an opposition force, will fight for the

US presidential debates start today press trust of india

WASHINGTON, 2 OCT: US President Barack Obama (photo, left) and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are running neck and neck in a series of national polls ahead of the first of the three presidential debates to be held in Denver tomorrow with economy and domestic policy to be on top of the agenda. Ahead of the Denver clash, the two leaders yesterday started making last minute preparations for what is the make or break moment for both Mr Obama and Mr Romney; who aspire to lead the country for the next four years. Fifty-one-year-old Mr Obama was huddling with his top advisers at a desert resort in Nevada, while 65-year-old Mr Romney was practicing with his close aides in Massachusetts where he also spent most of

the weekend working with his debate team. The debates, a regular feature of American presidential campaigns since 1960, allow a chance to measure up the leaders who would be president as they stand side-by-side. Being organised by the Commission on Presidential Debates, Mr Obama and Mr Romney over the course of this month would meet each other for three presidential debates. Besides the one at Denver on 3

October, the two leaders would debate again on 16 October in New York and 22 October in Florida. The two vice-presidential candidates, incumbent Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan of the Republican party, would debate each other in Kentucky. To be moderated by Lim Lehrer, host of the News Hour on PBS, the focus of the Denver debate would be on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each. The New York debate would be moderated by candy Crowley of CNN and would take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Hosted by Bob Schieffer of the Face the Nation on CBS News, the third and final debate in Florida will focus on foreign policy.

UK paying dearly for Assange press trust of india

LONDON, 2 OCT: It is costing a whopping 11,000 pounds a day for Britain to ensure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy here, does not flee the country. The final Bill could be much more as the 41-year-old continues to defy extradition to Sweden where he is suspected of sexually assaulting two women. Scotland Yard confirmed it costs 11,000 pounds every day to ensure that the Australian does not flee his bolthole at the Ecuadorean embassy, the Daily Mail reported. The police Bill for staking out the embassy where Mr Assange is holed up has already reached more than 1 million pounds. Officers have been watching the property in Knightsbridge, West London, since Mr Assange breached his bail and claimed asylum in June. They have been told to arrest him if he puts “one toe” outside. Ecuador granted political asylum to Mr Assange in August after he took refuge in the country's embassy in London. Ecuadorean foreign minister

Ricardo Pinto has warned Mr Assange he could be in the embassy for a decade if he is not allowed to leave Britain. Critics have called on the metropolitan police to end the costly stakeout. London mayor Boris Johnson confirmed the policing Bill between 20 June and 10 September was 9,05,000 pounds. If the costs continued at the average of 11,000 pounds a day the total would now be over 1.1 million pounds. Last week, foreign secretary William Hague admitted there is “no sign of any breakthrough” after meeting his Ecuadorean

counterpart Ricardo Pinto at the United Nations in New York. The comments came after the hacking activist accused the USA of persecuting WikiLeaks and torturing Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified documents. At least four metropolitan officers guard the embassy, on the second floor of a block of flats behind Harrods in Knightsbridge, West London, around the clock. They have set up a 250,000 pounds mobile command station on the doorstep of the building and occupy positions outside and in surrounding properties. Officers from every London borough, specialist police units and undercover squads have been brought in to join the open-ended stake out. Critics called on the police to end the stand-off but sources said the force cannot step back from its responsibilities to arrest Mr Assange for breaching his bail. Australian hacker-turned-activist is trying to avoid extradition from Britain to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault in August 2010. Mr Assange fears that he may be sent to the USA, if extradited to Sweden, and face charges punishable by death for publishing some 2,50,000 leaked American diplomatic cables.

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future of our country,” he said. He said that although there were “deep differences” between his party and the opposition, “democracy works and the Georgian people take the decision and this is what we deeply respect”. Mr Saakashvili conceded defeat after a bitter showdown intensified by a prison torture scandal that prompted nationwide protests ahead of the vote in the Western-backed ex-Soviet state. Ivanishvili had already declared victory yesterday immediately after several exit polls suggested that his coalition was ahead of the ruling party. His Georgian Dream Opposition coalition was leading the United National Movement by 53.19 to 41.51 per cent today after a quarter of electoral precincts declared results in the proportional ballot that will decide just over half of the parliamentary seats. afp

Syria crisis: Russia warns West MOSCOW/ADEN, 2 OCT: Russia today urged the West not to “search for pretexts” in order to conduct direct operations in Syria while also calling on Damascus and Ankara to exercise restraint along their flashpoint border. “In our contacts with Nato partners... we call upon them not to search for pretexts to carry out a military scenario or initiatives like humanitarian corridors and buffer zones,” Deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency. Russia opposes any military action against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as the violence rages, accusing the West of fuelling the 18-month conflict by allowing arms to flow to the Opposition. It has vetoed three UN Security Council resolutions condemning Assad's role in the unrest, with President Vladimir Putin blaming the violence on the West's approach to the conflict. Three Qaida suspects plotting Yemen attack killed Yemeni forces killed three suspected Al Qaida militants in a raid on their hideout in Aden, foiling a major plot to blow up targets in the restive southern port city, a security official said on today. “We raided a house in the Mansoura district... clashes broke out, three Qaida operatives were killed and four members of the security forces were wounded,” said an official on condition of anonymity. afp

Britain’s ‘cheapest house’ up for auction LONDON, 2 OCT: Britain's cheapest house ~ a three-bed semi in Teesside ~ is going under the hammer for a meagre 750 pounds. Estate agents are even willing to do a “two for the price of one” as the desperate owners are also auctioning a similar house in the road for about 1,000 pounds. Both the houses are in an area blighted by arson and anti-social behaviour, and have their windows barred against vandalism, the auctioneers admitted. However, they have attracted red-hot interest with one man making a 1046 km round trip for a viewing The Mirror reported. “There's no reserve price, which is unusual. We are looking for a quick sale and may do a 'buy one get one free',” Estate agent Richard Watson said. “We believe 750 pounds is the cheapest house even in the current market. “Let's face it, you couldn't get a banger for that ~ you're probably looking at a very posh fridge freezer,” he said. Similar houses to the 750-pound pad in Port Clarence, near Middlesbrough, would usually sell for 35,000 pounds. Estate agents Robinsons admits the area is not great and empty houses in the road tend to get vandalised. “You can get let them for 100 pounds-aweek so it's a good investment,” Watson added. He said that a lorry driver from Portsmouth has already been for a viewing and is keen to uproot his family. pti

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BUSINESS Sebi directive

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked all the entities under its jurisdiction to submit suspicious transaction reports (STRs) electronically through a new direct online gateway to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). FIU-India is the country's nodal agency for receiving, processing, analysing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions to various enforcement agencies and their overseas counterparts. pti

HDFC Securities

MUMBAI, 2 OCT: HDFC Securities today said it has been granted permission to distribute National Pension System products by sector regulator, Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority. The brokerage firm, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank, has been appointed as a point of purchase for the products, it said in a statement. pti

Infra report

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: A committee, headed by HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, will tomorrow submit its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on funding of infrastructure sector, the requirement of which has been estimated at close to US dollar one trillion during the 12th Plan period. pti

Karnataka Bank

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Karnataka Bank Ltd has launched ‘KBL Mobile’ under which customers can do mobile banking transactions by registering mobile numbers with the bank. The bank has set the transaction limit at Rs 50,000 per day inclusive of all transactions in the high-end mobile sets enabled with GPRS/J2ME (encrypted endto-end handsets). For other mobile handsets, under SMS mobile banking (unencrypted format) the limit is fixed at Rs 5,000 per day. Safety and convenience is the highlight of KBL Mobile, the bank said in a statement, adding that adequate caution has been taken in protecting the customer’s interests by introducing ‘two factor authentication’. sns

Handicrafts fair

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: More than 5,000 overseas buyers are expected to visit Asia’s largest Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF) beginning on 15 October. Altogether 950 product lines, designs, styles, raw material base and concepts will be displayed by over 2400 Indian exhibitors. The four-day B2B fair has been organised by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts. sns

NPAs rise

MUMBAI, 2 OCT: The nonperforming assets of the banking sector rose sharply to 1.28 per cent in financial year 2011-12 from 0.97 per cent a year ago due to high interest rates and slowdown in the economy. pti

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Kingfisher vows to pay salaries sns & pti

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Kingfisher Airlines, which had declared a partial lockout yesterday, said today it would resume operations in a few days and the backlog of March salary would be given to its employees soon. Top officials of the airline, who met DGCA chief Arun Mishra, also exuded confidence that foreign airlines and other investors were ready to invest in the beleaguered carrier. The airline had declared a partial lockout last night, grounding all its flights, after its engineers and pilots struck work on Friday to protest nonpayment of salaries since March. A representative of the protesters said: “The airline management has made such promises earlier too but not fulfilled them. So, we have adopted a wait and watch policy.” The airline CEO Sanjay Agarwal, who along with executive vice-president Hitesh Patel met Mr Mishra, blamed a small section of employees for the mess, saying it had led to suspension of all operations till 4 October. “We are hopeful that we will resolve the situation in the next few days. We

AIRLINES’ CEO MEETS DGCA CHIEF

A representative of the protesters said: “The airline management has made such promises earlier too but not fulfilled them. So, we have adopted a wait and watch policy” will take a call on 4 October on resumption of our operations,” Mr Agarwal said after his meeting with the DGCA. The airline would be using 10 aircraft ~ seven Airbus A-320s and three turboprop ATRs, to resume flights. He said the March salary has been paid to nearly half of the employees and the remaining ones would get it over in the “next few days”. Over 80 pilots and 270 engineers have been on intermittent strikes over the past few months. Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh today made it clear that the airline would not be allowed to fly if safety was compromised. “We will have to look at what their plans are.... we will take a decision after reviewing the situation,” he said. Asked about their efforts to woo FDI

into the crisis-ridden airline, Mr Agarwal said “the policy has just been changed. We are re-engaging with (foreign) airlines and non-airline investors with whom we had been speaking earlier. There is still very serious interest in Kingfisher.” Mr Agarwal said he had informed the DGCA that “it will still take 3-4 months to get the money into the airline, given the complexity of transactions. But we are confident that this will materialise soon.” The Kingfisher CEO said: “Our promoters and the UB Group have put in Rs 1,150 crore over the past five months... Everyone wants the airline to run.” About the airline's talks on de-freezing of bank accounts by the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs, Mr Agarwal said “we are

hopeful that the issues will be resolved in the next few days. It is no one's case, including the banks', to see the airline shutting down. Our talks are progressing well.” On the concerns of aviation regulator DGCA over safety issues, Mr Agarwal said “we assured the regulator that safety is not being compromised. After all, they have been involved with our (safety) audits day in and day out. There is no safety risk and the airplanes are safe. “But (with the engineers going on strike) we proactively cancelled flights so as not to inconvenience our passengers.” Asked whether they would talk to MRO specialist firm AirWorks or IndiGo to get the aircraft certified for flights, the Kingfisher CEO said he was hopeful that issues with the airline's own engineering team would be sorted out soon. “We will find a solution with our own team” and talking to other firms was “not a preferred route though we were exploring that option also,” Mr Agarwal said. At his meeting with the DGCA, the Kingfisher CEO briefed about the financial problems facing the carrier as well as the next steps being taken to restore normalcy.

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Global mergers and acquisitions volume dipped by 15 per cent to $1.8 trillion in the first nine months of this calender year, a report says. According to global deal tracking firm Dealogic, global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worth $2.14 trillion were struck during the corresponding period in 2011. A downward trend was witnessed in the Asia Pacific region as well, where M&As worth $350.1 billion was announced, a decline of 16 per cent from the corresponding period in 2011. A region-wise analysis shows that in the first nine months of this year, USA targeted M&As totalled $617.9 billion while Europe's share stood at $504.5 billion. M&A volume for Asia Pacific excluding Japan stood at $350.1 billion. According to market experts, the overall M&A landscape is witnessing moderation in the deal momentum due to the global economic concerns (mainly around Europe). Sector-wise, oil and gas led the global sector ranking with deals worth $222.6 billion,

NEW YORK, 2 OCT: Contrary to perception that having a criminal record can impede chances of getting a job, more than half (51 per cent) of the companies in the USA have hired such people, a new survey has said. Also, hiring managers at nearly two-third of the US companies believe that such persons should be upfront and honest about their conviction when seeking a job, it said. The study said having a run-in with the law can have long-term repercussions for job hunting, but organisations are open to giving people second chances. The survey, carried out by research firm Harris Interactive on behalf of a leading human capital solutions provider CareerBuilder, was conducted among nearly 2,300 hiring managers across the USA. Asked what job seekers with criminal records should do to make themselves more employable, 68 per cent of the hiring managers recommended being upfront and honest about the conviction and the stress faced by them. Other suggestions included being willing to work their way up, staying positive and preparing while in prison (by way of taking classes, getting a degree or vocational training). The hiring managers also asked such people not to apply for jobs where their record would automatically disqualify them. pti

‘Sensex to touch 20,000-mark soon’

Global M&A deals dip 15% in Jan-Sep: Report press trust of india

51% US firms hire staff with criminal record: Survey

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which amounted to a market share of 12 per cent mainly driven by the $18.2 billion Nexen acquisition by CNOOC on 23 July, Dealogic said. Moreover, globally, M&As worth $555.5 billion was announced in the July-September quarter, which was the lowest quarterly total since the third quarter of 2009. Meanwhile, among the Asia Pacific excluding Japan region, China continued to lead the country-wise ranking for the fifth consecutive time as it clocked deals worth $133 billion. At a time when most regions in the world witnessed a decline in M&A transactions, South-East Asia was the only region to record an increase compared to 2011. The South-East Asia region attracted $65.6 billion worth of deals in the first nine months of 2012, up 26 per cent from the corresponding period last year driven by the rise in volumes in Singapore and Indonesia, the Dealogic report said. Goldman Sachs led the global, US and Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) volume rankings in the first nine months of 2012, while Deutsche Bank led in Europe.

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: With the return of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and increased liquidity in the global markets, the focus is back on the Indian stock market where the benchmark Sensex is expected to reach the 20,000-mark in the near future, an Assocham study has said. At present, the Sensex is trading at 18,760 and the Nifty is at 5,650-5670. FIIs have brought in net Rs 19,000 crore ($3.5 billion) in the Indian stock market in September, the highest monthly inflow in seven months, building on the confidence that was brought in by some of the decisive reforms measures adopted by the UPA government in the past few weeks, it said. The bold initiatives by the government coincided with the quantitative easing of liquidity by central banks in the USA and Europe which are making desperate attempts to re-invigorate their economies. “On the other hand, the re-infusion

of confidence by the domestic and foreign investors in the Indian economy was needed desperately in India which was coming under pressure from sharp depreciation of the rupee and increasing current account deficit,” Assocham president Rajkumar Dhoot said. As compared to other classes of assets, the stock market has been a bad performer in the last three years. “While we often make this mistake of treating the stock market gains or losses notional, the setback in the market in the past three years had made life difficult not only for the retail and institutional investors but also India Inc., which had to heavily depend on debt rather than equity. The situation seems to be improving for this class of assets as well, if the Indian government continues with reforms,” the chamber said. “The result of weak equity market in the past few years was that debt servicing along with the rising interest rates became major issues for scores of Indian companies,” the study said.

Tata Motors cuts price BSNL eyes `30K cr revenues FM to meet industry leaders today of new Indica eV2 press trust of india

statesman news service

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Tata Motors today launched a new version of its compact car Indica eV2 at a price lower by Rs 23,000 than the existing model. "Tata Motors today launched the refreshed Tata Indica eV2, the most fuel efficient car in its class with a mileage of 25 km per litre, with new exteriors and additional convenience features," the company said in a statement issued here. The new version has been made even more economical with a reduction in price by Rs 23,000, the statement added. Now, the range is priced at Rs 401,162 (ex-showroom, Delhi) for the base variant, going up to Rs 487,619 for the top-end variant, it said. Tata Motors' move to reduce prices of one of its existing models by introducing a new variant is in contrast with other car makers, including General Motors, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra and Mahindra, who have either raised the prices of their vehicles or in the process of doing so, mainly due to adverse rupee movement and hike in input costs. The company claims the new Indica eV2 sports a stylish exterior. The exterior styling has been enhanced with new stylish headlamps, new front bumper, triple-step chrome tipped grille and an all new sporty rear spoiler with integrated stop lamp, in addition to sporty alloy wheels, attractive decals and signature tail light cluster, which was offered in the previous version. The car is available in three variants ~ Tata Indica eV2 LE (base variant), Tata Indica eV2 LS and Tata Indica eV2 LX (top-end variant).

IATA sees profits for airlines in Asia-Pacific statesman news service NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has forecast modest profits next year for the airlines in Asia-Pacific. A major reason for this upward revision by the IATA was better performance by the airlines through better matching of capacity to demand and various cost-cutting measures. Noting that the European sovereign debt crisis continued and China was experiencing moderate growth, IATA director general and CEO Tony Tyler said: “While some of these risks have diminished slightly over recent months, they continue to take their toll on business confidence. The outlook improvement is due to airlines performing better in a difficult environment.” The global airlines’ body estimated that Asia-Pacific airlines were set to post a $2.3 billion profit for 2012, which was $0.3 billion better than previously forecast. While European airlines were expected to post the largest loss of any region at $1.2 billion, worse than previously forecast, those from North America were estimated to post profits of $1.9 billion in 2012, up $0.5 billion from the previous forecast, IATA predicted.

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: State-run telecom major BSNL is aiming to generate revenues of Rs 30,000 crore in the ongoing financial year, a growth of more than seven per cent over fiscal 2011-12. “We are striving very hard to reach Rs 30,000 crore figure through our various initiatives and income from services. That would be very desirable situation,” BSNL chairman and managing director RK Upadhyay said here. Total revenues of the company for fiscal 2011-12 declined to Rs 27,933.5 crore, compared to Rs 29,687.62 crore it had posted a year ago. Mr Upadhyay said: “Apart from pure telecom services, we are working out additional scheme which should act as additional sources of revenues for BSNL to meet additional employee cost at least.” BSNL chairman & managing director sounded optimistic on improving quality of services under the company's ongoing expansion plan of GSM lines. The company has shortlisted Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE and

European Vendor Alcatel Lucent for its 14.37million line expansion. “We expect to commission equipment under phase-VII within six to eight months. With this, not only the capacity will increase but coverage will also increases. Earlier, there was a mention about congestion in certain part of the country on BSNL network. All these will be things of the past soon,” Mr Upadhyay said. Asked about the status of the grants from Universal Services Obligation Fund to support BSNL's loss-making landline business in rural areas, Mr Upadhyay said: “It is still under consideration of the government and not yet sanctioned.” During financial year 2011-12, BSNL didn't receive around Rs 1,600 crore viability gap funding for its rural landline operations from the government. This pulled down BSNL's income. The company's loss widened to about Rs 8,850.70 crore during 2011-12, mainly due to regulatory expenses and non-receipt of funds for its rural landline operations. The company had reported a loss of Rs 6,384.26 crore in fiscal 2010-11.

RIL contests CAG’s jurisdiction press trust of india

NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Contesting CAG's powers to audit a private company, Reliance Industries has said it is ready for an audit of its flagging KG-D6 gas field by any government-appointed auditor subject of the scrutiny being carried out as prescribed under the signed contract or PSC. Just as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) prepared to begin audit of KG-D6 field spendings in 2008-09 to 2011-12, RIL wrote to the oil ministry saying under the CAG Act, the official auditor was “entitled to carry out an audit of the Central government, the state government or government body or bodies” only. The CAG in the first round conducted a 'performance' audit which is contrary to the provisions of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC), it wrote on 18 September.

KG-D6 GAS FIELD AUDIT

The company said CAG can audit ‘performance’ of DGH or the petroleum ministry, but not a private sector company like RIL which was functioning as a contractor RIL said it was open to financial audit of its spending on the field, which has seen production drop by over 55 per cent to 27.5 million cubic metres per day instead of rising to planned 80 mmcmd. It has opposed CAG doing a 'performance' audit wherein efficacies of process or technology used in the complex deep sea operations are called in for questioning by a nontechnical authority. Stating that it had as a one-time exception agreed to a CAG audit in 2009, RIL said in case the government insists on CAG doing further audit, the

same should be done with an assurance that the report will be given only to the ministry (and not to Parliament as is required under the CAG Act). Also, “all information submitted by contractor (RIL) during the course of the audit be kept and considered confidential and not disclosed to any third party,” it added. The company said CAG can audit 'performance' of DGH or the petroleum ministry, but not a private sector company like RIL which was functioning as a contractor. The PSC provides for the oil ministry appointing a representative to

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carry audit the contractor's accounts in order to verify the charges and credits. If the CAG is to be that 'representative', “it would be incumbent upon the ministry to invoke the process stipulated in Section 20 of the CAG Act relating to entrusting the CAG with the audit of an entity, the audit of which is not entrusted to the CAG by or under any law made by Parliament and provided that the provisions of Section 20 of the CAG Act can be made applicable to the contractor operating under the PSC,” it wrote. As an alternative, RIL suggested appointment of any auditor other than CAG as the government's representative to conduct an audit. The CAG had in its first round of audit questioned the 'reasonableness’ of costs incurred in the gas field development and said the government should revisit the profit sharing mechanism.

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NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: Captains of industry will meet the finance minister P Chidambaram tomorrow to impress upon the government to pursue with reform measures despite opposition from a few political parties. Representatives of the three chambers ~ Ficci, Assocham and CII ~ and the finance minister will interact to find ways to further improve corporate confidence and boost the economic growth, industry sources said. The meeting comes in the backdrop of the recent reform initiatives taken by the government, including FDI in multi-brand retail and allowing foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent in the domestic carriers. “We will tell the finance minister to stay on the path of reforms because that is the only way by which growth can be revived,” said one of the chamber's senior officials. Under the impact of global economic slowdown and domestic issues such as high interest rate, the country's growth has plummeted to 5.5 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year.

Bajaj bike sales down 15% in September NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, 2 OCT: The country's second largest two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto today reported 15.06 per cent fall in motorcycle sales at 3,15,314 units in September. The company had sold 3,71,208 units in the corresponding month last year, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) said in a statement. BAL said exports also fell by 6.12 per cent during the month at 1,33,222 units compared to 1,41,913 units in September 2011.

Skoda & Nissan sales up

Foreign car makers Skoda and Nissan have shown healthy jump in their September sales on the back of sharp rise in demand for their top models. Japanese car maker Nissan's sales increased 64.24 per cent to 3,574 units in September, driven largely by the uptick in its hatchback Micra and sedan Sunny during the month, the company said in a statement. For Skoda, a part of the German Volkswagen Group, it was the sedan Rapid which helped in it notching a 39 per cent jump in sales at 2,321 units, up from 1,670 units previously.

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SCIENCE

Memories of chocolate Buffs may have another reason to indulge in their favourite snack, says s ananthanarayan

snails. The test was then whether this exposure to epi affected the duration of memory. Episodes of lowering of the oxygen level, followed by training to keep the breathing tubes closed, were created with the epiexposed snails, in the same way as the snails in normal water. The results were startling – the epi-exposed snails were able to retain the learning for a whole 24 hours, which amounts to long-term memory, with the same training schedule that otherwise resulted in retention for only three hours. Repeating the training session even resulted in the learning persisting for three days! A further study was whether epi resulted in the memories being robust in the presence of memory extinction training. This is where a memory is over-written by a contrary memory. In this case, the snails were exposed to falling oxygen levels and not poked if they opened their breathing tubes. The lack of adverse stimulus leads to new learning, that breathing tubes may be opened and this would extinguish the earlier training. But in the case of epi-exposed snails, it was seen that they even resisted such extinction training – the lower frequency of tube opening instances persisted, even if there was no adverse consequence. The Journal of Experimental Biology paper also described other results that indicated that such long-term memory formation in snails did not arise from association with events, like predator activity, but through an effect at the level of nerve cells. And then, there are observations that the cacao-derived flavonoids actually improve the blood flows to the Central Nervous System, which helps generation of nerve cells and memory formation. This is not likely to be taking place in the case of the snail, as it has no circulatory system, but the good news for those who love chocolate is unmistakable! The writer can be contacted at [email protected]

All about slow viral infections It is believed that factors responsible for the development of such problems may occur as the result of disturbed immunological reactivity, says tapan kumar maitra that occur to humans and animals are characterised by chronic progressive developments that are often fatal. Viruses that cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy have been isolated and identified. The causative agents of kuru, CreutzfeldtJakob Disease and viliuisk encephalomyelitis have not been sufficiently studied. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis occurs as a result of chronic measles induced by a defective variant of the measles virus. The disease is characterised by a variety of symptoms associated with the nervous system's involvement through the proliferation of fibrous glia in the white brain matter, demyelination and fatty degeneration of nerve cells. The usual symptoms are headaches, dizziness,

irritability and memory and intellect becoming impaired. Young persons die of cachexia within a few months because vital organs get affected. In older patients, the disease follows a chronic course with remissions. Specific antiimeasles antibodies accumulate in titres of up to 1:16000 in patients' serum. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is marked by myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system being affected. As a result, motor function is disturbed. The causative agent is detected in the brain tissue by electron microscopy. The disease develops, as a rule, in persons with immunodeficiency (Hodgkin's disease, miliary tuberculosis, leukaemia, systemic lupus erythematosus and lymphogranulomatosis). It often occurs as the result of immunosuppression therapy such as

transplanting organs. Antibodies to papovavirus are found in the serum of sick persons. Kuru is a fatal endemic human disease characterised by severe disorders in the central nervous system. It is connected to the cannibalistic rituals of local tribes in the islands of New Guinea. Its infectious nature has been proven by the successful reproduction of the disease in chimpanzees inoculated with a suspension of the brain of persons who died of kuru. Pathohistological examinations of humans and monkeys revealed that

Discomfort that swells

prabhjeet singh sethi discovers that apt measures to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis are as good as ranking prevention higher than cure

CHOCOLATE

has been credited with numerous health benefits. For one, that it is packed, like red wine and green tea, with anti-oxidants. Then there are claims that chocolate can bring down the blood pressure. As it is usually rich in milk and cream, it is handy nourishment. And as if to balance the good things, chocolate is the despair of those trying to keep their weight down. The Journal of Experimental Biology carries an investigative report by Lee Fruson, Sarah Dalesman and Ken Lukowiak of the University of Calgary, Canada, Lymnaeidae, from the book Life of Animals by AE Brelun, from the Waterevereld to formally pin down the benefits of one antiwebsite, and Ken Lukowaik (right). oxidant found in chocolate. for the effect of one component of chocolate to nerve connections, through repeated Anti-oxidants are substances that neutralise be isolated. Memory itself is a complex experience or the effect of other processes that harmful agents that are created within living act to consolidate and permanently fix cells. The business of living needs substances to function, existing in different forms for immediate use, for a short time or in the long memories. get “oxidized” and this results in the release of term. The shortest lived memory, called The Hippocampus is an organ found in free radicals, which are charged particles that Sensory Memory, is the kind that is formed humans and vertebrates deep within the brain can overcome defences and enter cells, where and is associated with the task of consolidating they cause the cell to break down and die. Anti- after exposure to an item for less than half a second. There is a limit to how much can be memory. oxidants are able to block free radicals and limit the harm they do. Living things generate a perceived in such a short glimpse and what is Simplify the problem number of anti-oxidants to maintain free-radical perceived can be retained for barely a second, leaving one with an impression, rather than Given such complexity of memory mechanisms, balance, vitamins C and E being examples. detail. A slightly better form of memory is the not to mention individual personal history and Anti-oxidant supplements are often Short Term Memory, which can last for several associations that would help or hinder prescribed and foods rich in these substances seconds or a minute. This kind of memory remembering, there is scarcely possibility of are considered to promote health, delay signs arises when the subject has some spatial or assessing the effect of a single component of of ageing, alleviate cases of cancer or heart acoustic form, for example when one hears a diet, like flavonoids, on how well memories are disease and even relieve diseases of telephone number and remembers it till one formed. Ken Lukowiak and colleagues at degeneration of nerves, like Alzheimer’s or completes dialling the number. Calgary decided, nevertheless, to try and they Parkinson’s. The lower incidence of heart Increasing the level of order, for example by simplified the problem by examining the effect disease among the French, again, is believed to repeating the number as two halves, or as an of just one flavonoid, in the case of a simple arise from reservatrol, the anti-oxidant area code followed by the remaining digits as instance of memory formation where there component of red wine. two groups, can prolong or improve retention. were minimal factors to complicate the act of An important category of anti-oxidants in In contrast to these kinds of memory is the remembering — the case of a simple pond human diet is the group of compounds called snail, trained to remember a flavonoids. These are particular response to a change responsible for the colours of in the environment. petals and the leaves of plants The researchers limited the and they serve many functions of PARIETAL study to the effect of one plant life. Sources rich in flavoniod called epicatechin flavonoids are fruit, yellow LOBE (epi, for short), which is an vegetables, tea, the extract of FRONTAL important component of grape skin, which gives red wine LOBE its colour, and a very rich source OCCIPITAL chocolate. The memory event that was studied was learning is the cacao seed, which is used LOBE TEMPORAL related to a particular behaviour to make chocolate. Chocolate, in LOBE of Lymnaea stagnalis, the pond fact, is recognised as a mood snail, when the oxygen level of elevator and there have been the pond water reduces. The suggestions that it may contain snail usually breathes, or takes substances that improve mental in oxygen, through the pores of performance, particularly the its skin and this works well memory. when the water in the pond has But as the areas of health HIPPOCAMPUS adequate dissolved oxygen. But where flavonoids are getting if the oxygen level falls, the credit are affected by so many snail extends its breathing tubes factors, it has not been possible The Hippocampus is an organ found in humans and vertebrates above the surface of the water. to clearly associate the benefits deep within the brain and is associated with the task of This behaviour, however, can be with the flavonoids themselves. consolidating memory. discouraged, or stopped, by The hard evidence, in fact, is that Long Term Memory, which can last a long time, gently poking the breathing tubes when they flavonoids may not be as effective in the living like addresses, names and faces of people we are extended, and the snail then keeps the organism as they are in the laboratory. know, or events that we have experienced. tubes closed, more often than not, despite the In laboratory conditions, the anti-oxidant Even telephone numbers that we use often can lower oxygen level in the water. effect of flavonoids is found to be more be remembered for a long time, even life-long. This lesson, however, can usually last about powerful than vitamins C or E, which would The difference is that while short-term memory three hours, which is the extent of short-term make a strong case for their inclusion in diet. is encoded acoustically or visually, long-term memory of snails. Three hours after the snail But in the living body, it is found that memory is encoded semantically, or by has been taught to keep its breathing tubes flavonoids are not able to gather in high closed, they forget and revert to the normal concentration, as they are poorly absorbed and association with other events or other memories. behaviour of opening the breathing tubes what is absorbed is rapidly metabolised or At the physical level, short-term memory whenever oxygen levels fall. excreted. depends on transient patterns of The researchers then tried to see if the Flavonoids & memory communication between nerves and is limited presence of the flavonoid epicatechin affected As for the effect of flavonoids on memory, the to the activity of certain specific parts of the the duration of memory. A concentration of 15 difficulty in a meaningful study is that there are brain. Long-term memory, on the other hand, mg of epi per litre of pond water was identified too many factors that affect memory formation arises through the formation of more long-lived as not affecting the breathing behaviour of the

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spongiose affected grey brain matter which degenerated nerve cells. The incubation period lasts five to 10 years after which the first symptoms of the disease develops. These are impaired gait, excitation, rapid fatigue after which disorders related to the coordination of movements develop. Death occurs within one or two years. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is characterised by degenerative changes in the central nervous system, leading to convulsions, ataxia and disorders of vision and senses. Viliuisk encephalomyelitis is marked by the central nervous system becoming affected and commonly occurs among the Aborigines of Yakutia, Siberia. It becomes chronic once the oculomotor nerves get affected and mental disorders kick in. The chronic form lasts anything between a few months to one to four years, sometimes even up to 10 years.

Death occurs from severe trophic disorders and ascending urosepsis. The group of slow infections includes congenital rubella, Lassa fever, rabies, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Slow virus infections occur among animals (scrapie, maedi-visna, Aleutian mink disease, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, transmissible encephalopathy of mink and equine infectious anaemia). The factors responsible for the development of slow infections have not been clarified. It is believed that these diseases may occur as the result of disturbed immunological reactivity marked by the poor production of antibodies or production of antibodies incapable of neutralising the virus. It is possible that defective viruses persisting for a long period of time in the organism induce proliferative intracellular processes that lead to the development of slow infections among humans and animals. The writer is associate professor and head, Department of Botany, Ananda Mohan College, Kolkata

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SHARMA travels frequently between Kolkata and Chicago and has a swollen left foot that troubles him time and oft. This is probably because of Deep Vein Thrombosis, says his doctor. Now, what's DVT? The possibility of contracting this complication expands manifold during long journeys or staying immobile after joint Dr Biren Nadkarni replacement surgery. Generally, it is nothing more than a blood clot blocking the veins in the lower limbs. But taking it lightly might make matters worse. It might as well occur in other parts of the body, like the arms, intestines, liver and even the brain. So make it a point to punctuate your journey with some physical activity because staying glued to your seat for long periods encourages DVT. According to Dr Biren Nadkarni, orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon, New Delhi, not all swellings are potential indications of Deep Vein Thrombosis. "There are certain clinical symptoms that help doctors come to a decision whether it is DVT or not. For all that I know, it is the immobility after joint replacement surgery or a trauma that contributes towards this complication. For those skeptical about it, consult a doctor sooner than later," he says. To make things easy, here are some symptoms: ❏ Swelling of a body part; ❏ Pain or tenderness in the leg while walking or standing; ❏ Discolouration of the skin; and ❏ Enlargement of the superficial veins in the affected area. There are a multiple number of other factors contributing towards it. First, after an orthopaedic surgery, fat streams into the blood, paving the way for coagulation. Second, bed rest for a long period of time after a surgery thickens the blood due to inactivity. Third, smoking is detrimental to health and in some way makes an impact on essential wellbeing. Last but not least, obesity the silent killer - adds to the weight of the disease. According to what has been predicted by doctors, people beyond the age of 40 are susceptible to this disease. However, it might as well affect anyone else with qualifying symptoms. The most commonly and effectively used drug for its treatment is Warfarin, which has to be monitored carefully without with routine blood tests. If you have already fallen prey to this complication, don't skip your regular health check-ups and start believing in exercises. The consequences of taking DVT callously are mindnumbing. Apart from a swelling in the muscles of the affected area, clots might enter the lung capacity and cause pulmonary embolism, which is, in fact, one of the biggest threats to life. So if you do find yourself closer to such health problems, take the necessary steps. Direction of After all, prevention blood flow is better than cure. FACTFILE ❏ The World Health Organisation estimates that, on an average, one person is affected for every 20 long-haul flights carrying 300 passengers. ❏ More than 2.2 billion journeys are made by plane every year across the globe. Of this statistic, the number of travellers contracting DVT is mounting with every passing day.

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SPORT India B triumph

Murali Vijay (155) scored a superb hundred and shared a 192-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara (79) as India B walloped India A by 139 runs to emerge champions in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament, in Rajkot on Tuesday. Electing to bat, India B scored a mammoth 356 for six and then bundled out India A for 217 in 42.1 overs to claim the winners trophy at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. India A fought through in-form batsmen in Shikhar Dhawan (61) and Ajinkya Rahane (64) but their middleorder let them down while chasing a huge target. Rising young all-rounder Baba Aparajith scalped both Dhawan and Rahane and with that India A's challenge ended. Only Manish Pandey (47) and Abhimanyu Mithun (24) played some good knocks but that only reduced the defeat margin.

Fergie’s charge

Sir Alex Ferguson claimed on Monday that overseas players were more likely to dive than those from Britain, as he responded to complaints from Manchester City's Sergio Aguero that foreign imports had a tougher time with referees in the Premier League. The Manchester United manager admitted on Saturday that Luis Nani had imade a meal of a fall under a challenge from Tottenhamis Jan Vertonghen - theatricality which saw him denied a penalty - and that the Portuguese player "didn't need to do that."

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was America that won it. Rory McIlroy has two quick-thinking officials from the PGA of America and Lombard deputy police chief Pat Rollins to thank for his role in winning the Ryder Cup. Without them, he would not have made his tee time and the point he won against Keegan Bradley would have been awarded to America, handing the Ryder Cup to the hosts. The alarm was raised by 27-year-old Erica Stoll, a PGA transport official at Medinah, who noticed that McIlroy had not arrived by official car. A sweep of the course revealed that he was not on site, prompting an urgent call to her colleague Maggie Budzar at the team hotel. A frantic search of the players’ 14th floor by hotel housekeeping staff revealed one room still occupied. McIlroy was due off in the third match

of the morning, which was half an hour away. Budzar, 28, said: ‘I knew JP [JP Fitzgerald, McIlroy’s caddie] had left about an hour earlier. I knew his [McIlroy’s] tee time was 11.25 and he was the third group to go off. And we still hadnit seen him. ‘We tag-team with my colleague at the course, ticking them in and out. There was a huge crowd here waiting to video and photograph the players so everyone knew he [McIlroy] hadnit come down yet. The crowd were getting antsy asking where he was so I just lied and said he had already left. ‘And then I started getting worried that something had happened to him or that he had taken a different ride to the course. The hotel said he was maybe on the playersi floor. There was only one room still in use when housekeeping checked and a male voice said not to come in. We figured it had to be him because by now we knew he was-

nit at the course. I called the European tour officials to alert them. We then had someone go up to his room. He was in a panic when he came down.’ McIlroy was just emerging from his room when the staff member intercepted him at 11.52am. He was just taking a call from his manager, Conor Ridge, who had phoned to wish him luck. McIlroy had ignored a series of calls while in his room because he did not recognise the numbers. Only now did McIlroy understand the pickle he was in. ‘I woke up at 9am to call Caroline [Wozniacki, his girlfriend] who’s in Beijing. I was up for a while. I was just hanging around,’ he said. ‘I had a couple of missed calls from a number I didn’t recognise about half 10 so I didnit pick up. And then I got a phone call from my manager saying, ‘Are you at the golf course yet?’ I said ‘No, I’m not.’ He said, ‘But you’re teeing off in 25 minutes.’I said, ‘No I’m

not, it’s an hour and 25.’ He said, ‘You’re taking the mick, you are at the golf course.’ And I said, ‘No I’m not.’ He said, ‘Well, you’d better get there.’ ‘I was just lucky there was a state trooper [Rollins] downstairs who could put the lights on and get me past all the traffic. If we hadn’t had them on it would have taken another 10 minutes from the highway junction. I’ve never been as frightened going to a golf course in my life; once I got out on the golf course I calmed down a bit. Keegan [Bradley] said to me, ‘Is everything OK, no one’s hurt or anything?’ I told him everything was fine’. the independent

Win over Dortmund crucial to City hopes

Lampard’s future

As the changing of the guard continues apace at Chelsea, the long-serving Frank Lampard was on Monday night assured that he still had a part to play under the new regime. The 34-year-old's future is in doubt as his contract runs out at the end of the season and Chelsea are not in the habit of offering anything more than a one-year extension to thirtysomethings.

Brazil v Argentina

Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has called up uncapped striker Ignacio Scocco for Wednesday's friendly against Brazil. Scocco, 27, has scored six goals in nine matches this season for Argentina's Apertura championship leaders Newell's Old Boys. He will contest a starting berth with fellow strikers Hernan Barcos and Juan Martinez, who play at club level for Brazil's Palmeiras and Corinthians respectively. The match, to be played in the northern Argentine city of Resistencia, is the second leg of the so-called Super Classic of the Americas. Brazil won last month's first leg in Goiania 2-1 after Neymar converted a last-minute penalty.

Punjab champions

An own goal in the second minute of extra-time helped Punjab register a 2-1 victory over Air India and claim the second second Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship in Bangalore on Tuesday. Karnataka defeated defending champions Haryana 2-1 to finish third.

Kashyap, Sindhu in final

London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap and Ajay Jayaram set up the men's singles title clash between them after at the 77th Senior National Badminton Championship, in Srinagar on Tuesday. In the women's singles, defending champion P V Sindhu will meet Sayali Gokhale in the final.

Grid penalty

McLaren's Jenson Button will drop five places on the grid at the start of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix on 7 October owing to a gearbox change.

Adriano’s plan

Flamengo have given former Brazil football star Adriano a third warning in six weeks amid revelations the troubled striker is considering retirement. Flamengo football director Zinho met the unsettled 30year-old star on Monday to seek an explanation for his latest absence from training, on Saturday. "I've had a conversation with him and he told me that he missed the session because he was very confused," Zinho said. ians

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Manchester City players at practice on Tuesday.. afp

MANCHESTER/LONDON, 2 OCT: Manchester City may only be heading into their second Champions League game of the season but Roberto Mancini's side's clash with Dortmund may prove hugely significant for both. City suffered a 3-2 defeat to Real Madrid in their opening game despite taking the lead twice in the Bernabeu. This is only their second Champions League campaign after failing to get beyond the group stage last season. They only collected one point from their opening two matches a year ago and were always playing catch-up to Bayern Munich and Napoli. Twelve months ago they drew their opening home game 1-1 with Napoli before slipping to a 2-0 defeat in Munich, where Carlos Tevez refused to come off the bench. Mancini, who has admitted he considered a move for Dortmund's Poland striker Robert Lewandowski in the summer, will be desperate to be in a better position after two games this time around but they will face a stiff test against the German champions. Dortmund collected three points with a late 1-0 win over Ajax in their opening game. Mancini concedes that Wednesday night's match, which comes before a double-header against Ajax, who are rated as the group's relative weak links, will be key to his team's hopes of reaching the knock-out phase. The Italian said: "The group is very difficult. We didn't start too well because we lost against Real Madrid and for this reason it is important to play well against Dortmund." "It will probably be a similar game (to Napoli) because Dortmund are very good on the counter attack and it will be a difficult game. "But we want to go through to the second stage this year and this game will be very important." Mancini is adamant that his team have learnt the lessons from last season's campaign but is sure that if they can match their previous tally of 10 points it will be enough to progress. The 2-1 win at Fulham on Saturday - their first away victory of the campaign - at least kept them in touch in the Premier League although they remain four points adrift of leaders Chelsea after a fitful start to the campaign. Maicon remains doubtful with an ankle problem, while fellow defender Micah Richards is also unlikely to be risked as he has not featured this season due to a similar injury. Jack Rodwell is also struggling with a groin problem and is doubtful to face the German side. Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund, who managed just four points in the group stage last year, have also endured a patchy opening to the season. While Mancini was rowing with Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert during his team's 4-2 Capital One Cup defeat, Klopp was being sent to the stands for arguing with the fourth official in his team's 3-3 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.

But they picked up an impressive 5-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend. Although that victory moved them up to third in the Bundlesliga they are already seven points off leaders Bayern Munich. Germany defender Mats Hummels believes Dortmund's success at the weekend could still be a turning point in the season ahead of the trip to the Etihad Stadium. "A win like this certainly gives you more self-confidence for your next game," Hummels said. "We have a really tough task to come with (Manchester) City, but we are all looking forward to it."Of course we are going to try and keep our discipline, but also to take some courage out of the (Monchengladbach) game. "It was vitally important that we won and that we kept a clean sheet - and that we shook off a few insecurities."

Gunners in battle

Arsenal will be aiming to dispel concerns about its defensive strength when it hosts Olympiakos in the Champions League on Wednesday. Arsenal's unbeaten start to the season ended Saturday when Chelsea capitalized on weak and uncertain defending at set pieces to win 2-1 in the Premier League. It's an area where Arsenal appeared to have improved this campaign but manager Arsene Wenger was highly critical, saying the defending was "unacceptable" and lacked authority. Germany center back Per Mertesacker could be recalled on Wednesday after being dropped for the Chelsea game as Arsenal and Olympiakos meet in the group stage of European competition for the fifth time in four seasons. Schalke 04 host Montpellier in Group B of the Champions League on Wednesday with the Royal Blues looking for a second successive European win on the back of a poor performance in the German league. Both Schalke and Montpellier were on different ends of 2-1 scorelines when they started their European campaigns a fortnight ago as the Royal Blues of Schalke won at Olympiakos while Montpellier lost at home to Arsenal. Schalke won all three home group games when they reached the Champions League's last four in 2011 and are looking to pick up their second straight win to take control of the group. Montpellier warmed up for their trip to Gelsenkirchen with a 2-0 win at Nancy on Saturday, their first win in four Ligue 1 games, while Schalke were held 2-2 at newly promoted Fortuna Dusseldorf last Friday. Wednesday’s fixtures: Zenit v AC Milan Schalke FC v Montpellier, Málaga v Anderlecht, Real Madrid v Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb v Dynamo Kyiv, Porto v Paris Saint-Germai, Arsenal v Olympiakos, Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund

Ballack retires

BERLIN/NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: ExGermany captain Michael Ballack has retired from all football, according to reports in the German media on Tuesday, with the former Chelsea star currently without a club. Having turned 36 at the end of last month, Ballack has been without a team after his two-year deal at Bayer Leverkusen expired in May. Since leaving Leverkusen, Ballack had been reported to be negotiating with clubs in north America's MSL and Australia's A-League. Ballack made the last of his 98 appearances for Germany when he captained the team during their friendly defeat against Argentina in March 2010 having made his national debut back in April 1999 against Scotland.

India probables

India today named 31 probables for their international friendly match against Singapore scheduled to be played on October 16 in Singapore. All the 20 players who were in the squad in India's recent Nehru Cup triumph found place in the list of probables named by coach Wim Koevermans. The final list of 20 players would be announced after the first round of I-League matches. The probables: Subrata Pal, Karanjit Singh,

Subhasish Roychowdhury, Arindam Bhattacharya. Nirmal Chhetri, Syed Rahim Nabi, Khelemba Meetei, Gouramangi Singh, Raju Gaikwad, Gurwinder Singh, Denzil Franco, Mohanraj, Shouvik Ghosh, Prateek Chowdhary, Mohanraj Pradeep. Anthony Pereira, Clifford Miranda, Romeo Fernandes, Mehtab Hossain, Sanju Pradhan, Jewel Raja Shaikh, Alwyn George, Lenny Rodrigues, Francisco Fernandes, Rocus Lamhare, Lalrindika Ralte. Manandeep Singh, Robin Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Joaquim Fernandes, Jeje Lalpekhlua.

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Australian Open prize hike MELBOURNE, 2 OCT: Australian Open organisers Tuesday boosted prize money to a record Aus$30 million (US$31.1 million) as they responded to threats of a boycott from players agitating for a greater share of revenue. Tennis Australia chief executive Steve Wood said the Aus$4 million hike for the 2013 event was the single biggest increase in the history of the opening Grand Slam of the season. "We are proud to announce this major increase in prize money," he said of a rise that makes it the sport's richest-ever tournament. "We have led the world in prize money for these incredible athletes and we want to ensure that the Australian Open continues to make a major contribution to the financial wellbeing of professional tennis players." It follows reports in August that players on the ATP Tour, which runs the men's game, were considering a boycott of January's tournament to try to gain a higher percentage of Grand Slam event revenues for themselves. At issue is the pay of lower-ranked players, who often exit in the first round after making the long journey Down Under. While this year they pocketed Aus$20,800 ($21,600 US) for a first-round defeat at the Australian Open, some players struggle to make ends meet during the year as they pay for much of their own expenses and travel. Without a high profile, they are also unable to score lucrative sponsorship deals that could help sustain their careers. Wood said Tennis Australia officials were seeking further input from the players about a fairer distribution of the prize money. "We are supporting the lower-ranked players in their quest for compensation," he added. Australian Open director Craig Tiley said the prize money break-up would be determined after he meets ATP players' council representatives including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in Shanghai this weekend. But he said the increases would be weighted towards those who lose in the early rounds, adding that the reaction so far from players was good. "They were very appreciative that the Australian Open has again stepped up, given them the number and gone significantly higher than probably they were expect-

Nadal’s return

DUBAI, 2 OCT: Rafael Nadal is set to make his long-awaited return to tennis at an Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament in December. Organizers of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship said on Tuesday in a statement that Nadal is set to join a field including Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and David Ferrer. The tournament runs from 27-29 December. Nadal hasn't played since losing in the second round of Wimbledon in June. He is recovering from a partially torn patella tendon in his left knee. Nadal said last month he had no timetable for his return and the 11-time Grand Slam champion hopes to play in the Australian Open in January. ap ing," he told reporters at the tournament launch at Melbourne Park. ATP chief Brad Drewett said he was encouraged by the move. "We welcome the increase in prize money for the 2013 Australian Open and acknowledge the ongoing efforts of Tennis Australia to recognise the role of the players in the success of the tournament," he said in a statement. "We also look forward with confidence to continuing these successful discussions with a view to a longer-term understanding." When reports of a possible boycott emerged, Tiley said he did not view them with alarm, and made clear the prize money issue was not just a Grand Slam problem. "It's an all-sport problem and I think the entire sport needs to sit down and help address the issue, because at the lower ranks of our sport the prize money hasn't changed in 25 years and that's just not good enough," Tiley said. In other Australian Open news, organisers said the Hawk-Eye line-call system will be used on five courts next year, up from three previously. They also said a third retractable roof, currently being built on Margaret Court Arena, will be in place for the 2015 event. The event already has retractable roofs on the Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena. afp

Mourinho, Ancelotti looking to build on winning starts PARIS, 2 OCT: Two-time Champions Leaguewinning coaches Jose Mourinho (in top photo) and Carlo Ancelotti will be looking to guide Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain respectively to a second successive victory in the group stages on Wednesday. Both Mourinho and then Ancelotti failed to deliver European club football's premier trophy with Chelsea - galling for both that the relative novice Roberto di Matteo succeeded where they failed last season. The pressure is very much on both men this time round as Mourinho, who has won with Porto and Inter Milan, has yet to deliver the trophy to Real - they have gone out in the semi-finals in the past two seasons. Ancelotti, twice a winner with AC Milan, might be in his first Champions League campaign with the French side but their Qatari backers will be expecting a long run in the competition after laying out millions of euros on players. Both have tricky away trips Real to Dutch giants Ajax and PSG to Porto. While Real grabbed a late but deserved 3-2 victory at home to Manchester City in the first game, Ajax fell to a late goal away at Borussia Dortmund. Since the victory over City Real have looked a different side to the one that had fallen eight points behind bitter rivals Barcelona in La Liga, and while the gap remains the same the 'meringues' have won both their subsequent league games, thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 5-1 on Sunday. Mourinho will have to juggle his line-up as it is a crucial week with a trip to Barcelona coming this weekend where defeat would dim their hopes of retaining their title

after just seven games of the season. The Portuguese handler, however, is not willing to choose a second string team against Ajax despite having beaten them in all four of their most recent Champions League encounters and not conceding a goal. "Ajax are constantly having to rebuild their side but always seem to find new and interesting players, men who want to make a name for themselves and fight for the cause," said the 49-year-old. Ancelotti also has a key match to look forward to at the weekend, Sunday's always highoctane trip to historical rivals Marseille and with the chance of leapfrogging them at the top of the table if they win there. However, the Italian has been at pains to keep his players minds focussed on the Porto game especially as they like PSG won their opening game, the Portuguese side beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 away while PSG thrashed Dynamo Kiev 4-1. "This is a crucial match for us in terms of the Champions League group," said Ancelotti. "If we win then we are in pole position to progress as one of the top two and further down the line it may allow me to rotate the squad a bit more." Ancelotti's former side AC Milan would kill for three points on Wednesday away at Zenit St Petersburg to alleviate both the pressure on coach Massimiliano Allgeri and give them some much needed impetus in what has been a desperately disappointing start to the season. Milan opened their campaign with a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Anderlecht while Zenit fared worse losing 3-0 away at Malaga. afp

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Australia qualify despite loss, Pakistan through too Doherty out of the ground in the 15th over. Two balls later, Kamran Akmal was dismissed in Starc’s next over. Earlier, Australia’s captain George Bailey won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat. The Pakistan team line-up has one change, Abdul Razzaq replaces Yasir Arafat.

Rehman facing ban

Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman is facing a two-year ban from cricket for failing a dope test in England. The 32-yearold left-arm spinner was representing Somerset in County cricket last month and is not part of the ongoing World Tw e n t y 2 0 squad in Sri Lanka. According to a report in a local daily in Pakistan, the England and Wales Cricket Board has informed the PCB about Rehman flunking the test. Rehman is the 17th player worldwide and third from Pakistan to have failed a dope test. Fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar had also tested positive. Though not part of the World T20 squad, Rehman is a regular member of the Test and oneday squads. In 17 Test matches, he has taken 81 wickets and 21 in 25 ODIs. The Pakistan Cricket

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FIBT World Cup, Cesana: Leading positions after the 2-Men Bob: 1 Simone Bertazzo & Matteo Torchio (Ita 1) (1st Run: 55.43secs & 2nd Run: 55.53secs) 1min 50.96secs 2 Beat Hefti & Thomas Lamparter (Swi 1) (55.65 & 55.45) 1:51.10 3 Thomas Florschuetz & Kevin Kuske (Ger 3) (55.58 & 55.53) 1:51.11

GOLF The European Tour Africa Open, East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape: Collated final round scores & totals (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 73): 265 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 62 67 67 267 Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 69 64 65 69 268 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 68 66 69 269 Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 71 65 67 66 270 Alastair Forsyth 69 66 68 67 272 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 69 69 64 70 273 Danny Willett 67 68 65 73 274 Craig Lee 68 67 68 71, Lyle Rowe (Rsa) 73 68 65 68 275 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 73 66 71 65, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 69 66 70 70, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 68 70 69 68, Matthew Baldwin 72 64 70 69 276 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 64 69 72 71, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 65 68 73 70, Branden Grace (Rsa) 77 63 69 67, Shaun Norris (Rsa) 67 70 69 70 277 Richard Bland 67 69 69 72, Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 70 69 70 68, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 69 69 68 71, Benn Barham 70 66 70 71, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 71 70 65 71, David Drysdale 72 69 69 67, Dawie Van Der Walt (Rsa) 70 70 69 68, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 69 68 69 71, Tommy Fleetwood 69 66 72 70, Tim Sluiter (Ned) 68 69 69 71, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 71 70 69 67

BIATHLON

E.ON IBU World Cup 4, Oberhof: Leading final positions after the Men's Mass Start 15km: 1 Andreas Birnbacher (Ger) 38mins 34.600secs 2 Simon Fourcade (Fra) 38:58.900 3 Emil Hegle Svendsen (Nor) 39:04.200 4 Jakov Fak (Cro) 39:08.500 5 Fredrik Lindstrom (Swe) 39:09.500 6 Alexis Boeuf (Fra) 39:11.300 7 Arnd Peiffer (Ger) 39:14.100 8 Daniel Mesotitsch (Aut) 39:15.100 9 Anton Shipulin (Rus) 39:22.600 10 Carl Johan Bergman (Swe) 39:22.800 Men's Mass Start World Cup Standings: 1 Andreas Birnbacher (Ger) 60pts 2 Simon Fourcade (Fra) 54 3 Emil Hegle Svendsen (Nor) 48 4 Jakov Fak (Cro) 43 5 Fredrik Lindstrom (Swe) 40 6 Alexis Boeuf (Fra) 38 7 Arnd Peiffer (Ger) 36 8 Daniel Mesotitsch (Aut) 34 9 Anton Shipulin (Rus) 32 10 Carl Johan Bergman (Swe) 31 Overall Men's Biathlon World Cup Standings: 1 Emil Hegle Svendsen (Nor) 328pts 2 Martin Fourcade (Fra) 317 3 Tarjei Boe (Nor) 308 4Andreas Birnbacher (Ger) 297 5 Carl Johan Bergman (Swe) 290 6 Benjamin Weger (Swi) 268

CYCLING UCI Road World Tour Down Under, Adelaide: Leading positions after Stage 3 (Unley Victor Harbour, 134.5km): 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 3hrs 21mins 55secs 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ - BigMat at same time 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling at same time 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank at same time.

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Raza Hasan (right) in Colombo on Tuesday. afp

agencies COLOMBO, 2 OCT: Pakistan beat Australia by 32 runs in a key group two Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Tuesday. They qualified for the semi-finals later thanks to a better run-rate than India. Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal took three wickets, while Mohammad Hafeez and Raza Hassan took two each. Australia’s Michael Hussey, who remained not-out, scored the highest with 54 runs off 47 balls. Australia also qualified for the semi-finals. In the first innings, Nasir

Jamshed hit 55 off 46 balls to steer Pakistan to 149-6 against Australia. The left-hander smashed four boundaries and two sixes after Pakistan, who were sent in to bat on a slow pitch at the Premadasa stadium, had lost the openers by the sixth over. Jamshed put on 79 off 55 balls for the third wicket with Kamran Akmal, who made 32 before both batsmen were dismissed in the space of three deliveries. Abdul Razzaq marked his return to the side in place of Yasir Arafat to make 22 from 17 balls. Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc claimed

Jayawardene shielded from over-rate hassles

agence france-presse PALLEKELE, 2 OCT: Hosts Sri Lanka have used a bagful of tricks to outwit rivals on their way to the World Twenty20 championship semi-finals -- even changing captains for a match to further their cause. Eyebrows were raised when Kumar Sangakkara, and not regular captain Mahela Jayawardene (in photo), walked out to toss in yesterday's last Super Eights match against England in Pallekele. Both Jayawardene and designated vice-captain Angelo Mathews were part of the playing 11, but the team sheet had senior pro Sangakkara as skipper in an extraordinary turn of events. Jayawardene explained later the change was made to prevent him and Mathews from missing out on the semi-finals since both of them were already serving a one-match notice for slow over rates.

Board (PCB) has withdrawn Abdul Rehman from the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. “Frankly speaking I really don't know how this test has come positive because I don't remember taking any medicines or prohibited items that might contain banned substances,” Rehman said from London. The Test spinner will know soon whether he can continue playing in England for Somerset in the county championship or will have to face a ban after he returned positive in a dope test carried out there. “People are talking about a two year ban but from what I know even if they ban me it should not be for more than two months since I have not used any performance enhancing substances,” Rehman said. The Sialkot-born spinner has made a big impact for his county, taking nine wickets in an innings in one match and is their leading wicket-taker in all forms of the game. Rehman was overlooked by the Pakistani selectors for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka and this prompted him to sign a deal with Somerset.

SCOREBOARD 3-20 for Australia, who advanced to the semi-finals after impressive victories in their previous two matches. Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez was leg-before to Starc in the second over, before Imran Nazir was snapped up at mid-off when he mis-hit a drive off Shane Watson. Jamshed reached his halfcentury with a boundary off Brad Hogg and celebrated the landmark by lofting the next ball for a six to bring up 100 of the innings. He was caught in the deep trying to hit spinner Xavier

“The intention was not wrong,” Jayawardene said after the 19-run win over England that knocked the defending champions out of the tournament and lifted the hosts and the West Indies into the semi-finals from group one. “I had a warning for an overrate issue, and if it happened again I could have missed the next match," he said, adding: "It's a tough system and it's tough to bowl 20 overs in one hour and 20 minutes in a tournament like this. We try our best, but the penalties are harsh. We don't want to miss the big games, so we did it with the right intentions. Angelo Mathews was on the same offence, so if he got nailed he would have missed the game as well. We had to find someone who didn't have a rap sheet and Kumar fitted the bill.” Jayawardene revealed team manager Charith Senanayake had verified the rules and consulted the International Cricket Council's code of conduct before making the change. “I am sure they will change the rules after this, but hopefully not in this tournament,” he said. Dominant Sri Lanka won all three Super Eights matches to top the group. The International Cricket Council didn't specifically address the issue on Tuesday but said it will review the rules in the tournament aftermath. "As is always the case, the ICC will be reviewing the playing conditions and the code of conduct at the conclusion of the event," an ICC spokesman Samiul Hasan said on Tuesday.

Pakistan Hafeez lbw b Starc 4 Nazir c Bailey b Watson 14 Jamshed c Warner b Doherty 55 Akmal c White b Starc 32 Akmal not out 9 Razzaq c Watson b Cummins 22 Afridi b Starc 4 Malik not out 4 Extras: (lb 2, w 3) 5 Total: (6 wickets; 20 overs) 149 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-29, 3-108, 4-108, 5-136, 6-144 Bowling: Doherty 4-0-27-1, Starc 4-0-20-3, Watson 4-0-23-1, Cummins 4-0-42-1, Maxwell 1-06-0, Hogg 3-0-29-0.

Australia Watson lbw b Raza Hasan 8 Warner lbw b Hafeez 8 Hussey not out 54 Bailey lbw b Saeed Ajmal 15 White c Nazir b Hafeez 12 Maxwell c Hafeez b Hasan 4 Wade b Ajmal 13 Cummins lbw Ajmal 0 Starc not out 1 Extras: (b 1, w 1) 2 Total: (7 wickets; 20 overs) 117 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-19, 3-44, 4-58, 5-65, 6-110, 7-110. Bowling: Hafeez 4-0-22-2, Hasan 40-14-2, Ajmal 4-0-17-3, Afridi 4-033-0, Malik 2-0-19-0, Gul 2-0-11-0. Man of the Match: Raza Hasan

Didn’t click as a team: Dhoni press trust of india COLOMBO, 2 OCT: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today conceded that his side did not click as a team in all departments of the game and that led to their early ouster from the World Twenty20 here today. India beat South Africa by one run in their last Super Eights match here but that was not enough for them to make it to the semifinals. They needed to beat South Africa by 31 runs for a berth in the knock-out stage which they could not do. Dhoni, however, said that he was satisfied with the overall performance of his side. “We failed to click as a team. Our batting and bowling and also fielding were patchy, brilliant at different times. But all the three departments of the game did not click together at a particular match. But overall I'm quite happy with how the team performed,” Dhoni said after India's victory over South Africa. “If you take the Australia game out where the rain intervened, we performed brilliantly and can't have control over how other teams performed and how they impacted on our team,” he said. “There were instances where we should have had 10-15 runs more on the board. We lost too many wickets early,” he added. Dhoni said that his top-order batsmen failed often in the tournament and that was one of the reasons why the team could not post or chase big totals. “We are team which capitalised on good starts. Often we are two or three down in the first 10 overs in this tournament. Because of that we could not capitalise after 15 overs and we ended up 10 to 15 runs less. We have some big hitters who can score 10 to 15 runs more than other teams at the end

overs. But that did not happen,” he lamented. Asked why spinner R Ashwin was brought late in the South African innings if the aim for India was to restrict South Africa within 121 if they have to qualify for the semifinals, he said, “The plan was to get through the first six overs and then attack the South African batsmen. “But once they were nearing 122, there was no point bringing your trump card upfront.” 'After they crossed 122, we had to win the match and I brought Ashwin,” he said. South Africa captain A B de Villiers was a disappointed man as he said that his side had let the country down. “Disappointed isn't the word to describe it, we've had a poor tournament. We've let the country down and that's what hurts most. We did all the preparation possible, we thought we were ready but was not,” he said. “We had the best 15 players in the country but the guys, including me, did not click. Faf du Plessis played well, he is the only shining player but unfortunately we lost and failed to qualify for the semifinals,” he added. Man-of-the-match Yuvraj Singh said that he was happy to have done his bit in India's win today but disappointed that they were out of the tournament. “I heard some people said what Yuvraj was doing in the playing eleven. But I am happy that I could take some wickets because I did not do much with the bat,” said Yuvraj who took two wickets and scored 21 runs. “Twenty20 is unpredictable and we are disappointed that we could not qualify for the semifinals,” added Yuvraj. Asked about his fitness level, he said, “I am fit enough to play for India and I will get even fitter if I play more and more Test and ODI cricket.”

SCOREBOARD India Gambhir b M Morkel 8 Sehwag b Peterson 17 Kohli c de Villiers b Kallis 2 R Sharma lbw b Peterson 25 Y Singh b M Morkel 21 S Raina run out 45 Dhoni not out 23 Extras: (LB-10, NB-1) 11 Total: (For 6 wickets) 152 Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-30, 3-36, 4-68, 5-112, 6-152. Bowling: D Steyn 4-1-26-0, M Morkel 4-0-28-2, J Kallis 3-024-1, R Peterson 4-0-25-2, J Botha 3-0-30-0, F du Plessis 10-3-0, JP Duminy 1-0-6-0. South Africa Amla c Sehwag b Khan 0 Kallis c Sharma b Pathan 6

de Villiers b Yuvraj 13 du Plessis c Raina b Yuvraj 65 Duminy c Gambhir b Balaji 16 Behardien c Raina b Khan 13 Peterson b Khan 10 A Morkel b Balaji 10 Botha c Raina b Ashwin 8 Steyn not out 0 M Morkel b Balaji 6 Extras: (LB-3 NB-1) 4 Total: (All out in 19.5 overs) 151 Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-16 3-46 495 5-107 6/127 7/127 8/138 9/145 Bowling: Zaheer Khan 4-0-22-3, Irfan Pathan 3-0-26-1, Yuvraj Singh 4-0-23-2, Rohit Sharma 10-13-0, R Ashwin 4-0-27-1, L Balaji 3.5-0-37-3. Man of the Match: Y Singh

England not good enough, says Broad agence france-presse

PALLEKELE (SRI LANKA), 2 OCT: England captain Stuart Broad (in photo) has admitted his inexperienced team was “not good enough” after the defending champions crashed out of the World Twenty20. England's 19-run defeat against Sri Lanka hereyesterday was their second loss in three Super Eights games and paved the way for the hosts and the West Indies to advance to the semi-finals from group one. “You can look at the missed opportunities. But I think throughout the whole tournament, we've not quite been good enough,” Broad said last night as his team prepared for the long journey home. England, who won the 2010 title in the Caribbean under Paul Collingwood, beat only New Zealand in the Super Eights but could have made the semi-finals had they defeated Sri Lanka. Sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga dashed the champions' hopes with three wickets in his first over that reduced England to 18-3 chasing Sri Lanka's 169-6. Broad's men ended on 150-9 following a halfcentury from Samit Patel and his 51-run stand for the eighth wicket with Graeme Swann, who swung his bat to hit 34 off 20 balls with four boundaries and a six. Patel finished with a glorious 67 off 48 balls, but the effort came too late to save England from an

early exit. “It was very disappointing to have gone out, because I believe we do have the firepower in that changing room to go far,” said Broad. “It was frustratingly close.” The man who could have changed England's fortunes was star batsman Kevin Pietersen, the man of the tournament in 2010

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who was confined to the TV studio in Colombo after being axed for disciplinary reasons. Pietersen was cast into international exile after sending text messages to South African players that contained criticism of then England skipper Andrew Strauss during the recent Test series. Broad refused to dwell on Pietersen's absence, but admitted his side lacked experience to match the firepower of the other teams. “What you get with young guys is some days of

absolute brilliance, and other days a bit of averageness,” he said. “I think, as a team, we've probably shown that. “It has been a learning experience for us. Obviously, we did not have enough players firing at the same time. “The talent is certainly there. You see on the domestic scene that these are the guys who are performing week in and week out. “But it's a learning experience when you come into the international scene. “We've got guys here who have not played a lot of international cricket. But as long as we learn from it, we will develop.” In London, England coach Andy Flower says the team's rift with Pietersen could soon be resolved, possibly paving the way for a recall for the flamboyant batsman for the upcoming tour to India. Pietersen has been out of favour with England management since being dropped for sending "provocative" texts to South Africa players about then-test captain Andrew Strauss in August. After weeks of talks, however, Flower says the dispute "is nearing an end now — in a positive way, I hope." Flower says there should be an announcement in the "next 36 hours" about Pietersen's future, which could mean the South African-born player receiving a belated central contract and maybe a place in the squad for the India tour starting on 25 October. Flower says "if we get some of the formal legal proceedings out of the way, then we'll get on to the cricket thereafter."

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Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain Rainfall 3 mm Yesterday’s readings Max temp up to 5.30 p.m. was 34.0 (+1) Min temp up to 8.30 a.m. was 26.7 (+2) Relative humidity Max 94%; Min 62% Relative humidity at 8.30 a.m.: 80% (-1) and at 5.30 p.m.: 75% (-5) Hooghly river tides at Garden Reach Oct 3: High water 2.26 p.m. 5.71 mt l Oct 3: Low water 11.16 a.m. 2.25 mt Oct 4: High water 2.46 a.m. 5.89 mt l Oct 3: Low water 11.23 p.m. 2.10 mt Moon rises today at 7.22 p.m.; sets tomorrow at 7.59 p.m. Last quarter Oct 8 Sun sets today at 5.23 p.m.; rises tomorrow at 5.30 a.m.

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City barricaded ahead of anti-film protests statesman news service

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Bracing for the twin rallies by Muslim organisations on two consecutive days, 4 and 5 October, in the heart of the city, huge barricades are being constructed at Esplanade and near Ho Chi Minh Sarani to tackle the protestors. Following a meeting at Writers’ Buildings with the chief secretary, home secretary and officials of Kolkata Police on last Monday the

Additional forces of Armed Police will be deployed at the protest venue to maintain law and order

public works department was asked to construct scissors barricade at three spots on Jawaharlal Nehru Road to keep out the pro-

testers. While on 4 October, Sidiqullah Chowdhury would be holding a rally at Shahid Minar, another rally would be held by an umbrella organisation of Imams under the banner of Aashiqan-e-rasool on the next day. Kolkata Police have asked PWD to erect the barricades at both ends of the Park Street flyover and also beneath it. Barricades will be erected at Ho Chin Minh Sarani crossing to prevent the protesters from advancing towards the USIS Library or the American consulate.

“Police officers have told us to erect the barricades by night and keep them ready on the flanks of the road. They will be put up at the relevant spots at around 12 noon and then again removed once the protests gets over in the evening. We have been told to make them really strong to hold off an irate mob,” said an official. Ahead of the Panchayat polls the city police is quite apprehensive about such protests over the controversial film, Innocence of Muslims.

Only last week, a similar protest had thrown city traffic completely out of gear. Senior officials are unwilling to take any chances, particularly because the state government is against the use of force to bring things under control if the rallyists get unruly. As had been done during Muharram, it is likely that live bullets will not be provided to the constables. Instead of live bullets plastic or rubber bullets may be used in the event things go bad. Additional forces of Armed Police will be

deployed at the protest venue to maintain law and order. Senior officers posted at Hare Street and Shakespeare Sarani police stations have been asked to make necessary arrangements for additional deployment. “We feel that similar directive will be given for 4 and 5 October rallies as well. But, we will know by tomorrow as requisition for armed police arrangements are usually sent a day ahead of any scheduled programme,” the officer said.

Panel to probe charges of funds misuse against former VU head statesman news service

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: A two-member inquiry committee has been set up by the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education (WBSCHE) to probe into the alleged misappropriation of UGC funds by Professor Swapan Pramanik, the former ViceChancellor of Vidyasagar University (VU). The inquiry committee comprises Professor Subha Sankar Sarkar, V-C of Netaji Subhash Open University and Mr Gour Krishna Pattanayak, the finance officer of Jadavpur University. The issue came to light after Mrs Archana Thakur, deputy secretary of UGC, wrote to the VU

authorities asking him to explain the misappropriation of Rs 60,976 that the former V-C was granted for his trip to Beijing to attend the 36th World Congress of Sociology, held between 7-11 July 2004. It was accused in the letter that Prof. Pramanik used unassigned funds of UGC, though he was not entitled to do so. Following this, the higher education council asked the university authorities to form a two-member internal inquiry committee. But the authorities could not discuss the issue at the council meeting as some council members owing allegiance to Trinamul Congress allegedly tried to shield the former V-C. Hence, the council decided to initiate its own inquiry.

It was accused in the letter that Prof. Pramanik used unassigned funds of UGC, though he was not entitled to do so

“If it is found that the former V-C misappropriated the UGC funds, he will be asked to pay back the amount. The varsity authorities might have to return the money to UGC, depending on the findings of the inquiry committee,” said an official of the state higher education council.

Nepalese with undeclared currency arrested at airport

statesman news service

IN MAHATMA’S FOOTSTEPS ~ On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in Kolkata on Tuesday. dilip dutta

Railways not to recover service tax on tickets booked till 30 Sept

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Modifying its previous order, Indian Railways has decided not to recover the service tax on tickets booked till 30 September for journey on any date from 1 October onwards. The service tax has come into effect since yesterday for train travel in all air-conditioned classes and first class, raising the fares by 3.708 per cent on an average. In its 27 September order, the Railway Board had said, the service tax shall also be applicable to pre-booked tickets. The difference due on this count will be recovered either by the TTEs during the journey or by the railway booking offices, it had said. “Our commercial department wrote to the Railway Board seeking a clarification on the issue. In response, the Board has communicated the modified formula,” Eastern Railway spokesperson, Mr Samir Goswami, said.

New trains to manage rush

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: To manage the extra rush of passengers Eastern Railway will run two pairs of special trains ~ Sealdah-Anand Behar and Asansol-Patna on 5 October. Up Sealdah-Anand Behar (03189) special will leave Sealdah at 9.05 a.m. on Friday, 5 October 2012 and reach Anand Behar (near Delhi) at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday. Down Anand Behar-Sealdah (03190) special train will leave Anand Behar 12.30 p.m.on Saturday, 6 October 2012 and arrive at Sealdah at 11.05 a.m. on Sunday.

PRS at Koilaghat building completes 25 yrs

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) at Old Koilaghat building, Kolkata completed 25 years today. The PRS was started in 1987, marking the switchover from manual to automated reservation system in the railways. South Eastern Railway organised rally this morning to commemorate the occasion. GM Mr A K Verma was present.

Death of a voice

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: Rabindra sangeet exponent Aditi Sengupta (76) died in the city today. She was associated with Gitabitan for decades. Trained by Debabrata Biswas, Sengupta was associated with the movement to spread Tagore songs among the youths. Some of the Rabindra sangeet sung by her that took a new dimension included “Rupsagore dub diyechi arup ratan”. She is survived by a son and daughter.

‘Hijacker’ businessmen arrested

DURGAPUR, 2 OCT: A trader’s group had formed a hijacker’s gang and had captured a lorry laden with resin polyester worth nearly Rs 1 crore from Ajhapur location in Burdwan on NH-2. With the help of CID, police arrested three businessmen from Maniktalla and New Alipore in Kolkata and Howrah. The arrested traders, Mahendra Vohra, Rudra Dutt Dubey and Harvinder Singh, were sent to police custody for seven days by the CJM’s Court in Burdwan today.

KMC drive to set up community toilets faces hurdles KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)'s drive to set up community toilets in the city has received a major setback following objections from various quarters. The Centre has given Rs 17 lakh to set up each community toilet. The two-storeyed buildings will house toilets and wash rooms for women on the ground floor and for men on the first floor. The KMC put granite stones on the walls to strengthen them. KMC has also proposed to set up mobile toilets in the congested central business district. “There is an acute shortage of toilets in the city, particularly for women, and mobile toilets would be of great help,” said senior civic officials. The KMC proposes to set up 66 community toilets in the city out of which construction of 30 has begun. But the move received a jolt as owners of buildings where the toilets are coming up are raising objections. They met senior officials and said they

would not allow any construction as the toilets would not be cleaned daily and would be stinking after a month. The residents of Beliaghata Main Road said the toilet that is coming up almost opposite Khanna High School will force people to walk on the carriage-way risking their lives. The toilet on Lenin Sarani is facing a similar problem. Civic officials said the toilets will be maintained by local youths and they will engage sweepers to clean them. They said the one on Southern Avenue opposite the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture is cleaned regularly and the residents of the area did not raise any objection. “It is very difficult to work in a city where people are more inclined to raise objections before the commencement of any project and it is difficult to make people realise the ground reality,” said civic officials. sns

KOLKATA, 2 OCT: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department last night arrested a Nepalese national from NSC Bose International Airport for carrying undeclared foreign and Indian currency worth about Rs 39.87-lakh. The arrested person, Mani Ram Adhikary (35), flew in from Singapore at 11.30 p.m. by a Silk Air flight. He runs a shop in Singapore and came to Kolkata, apparently, to meet relatives. According to Customs sources, AIU officials got suspicious about his appearance and body language, as the pockets of his trousers were bulging out. On being questioned, Mr Adhikary failed to give a satisfactory reply. After frisking him, officials found 9,450 US dollars; 73,000 Singapore dollars; 500 Brunei dollars and 1,33,000 Indian rupees. Put together, the seizure amounted to about Rs 39,87,767. Officials also found in his baggage a gold chain with a diamond pendant; a diamond-studded bracelet; an i-Phone 4S; a Samsung Galaxy S3

mobile handset and a 40-inch Samsung Smart TV. While boarding the flight at Singapore airport, he neither made a declaration about the money or the items he was carrying, Customs officials said. “The passenger failed to produce any valid document in support of possessing and importing the items and the currency. Following this, we immediately arrested him and seized all he had under provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 and the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992,” said a senior Customs official posted at the NSC Bose Airport. The arrested man was today produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Barasat. The court released him on bail. Customs officials said they were investigating if Mr Adhikary had indeed come to Kolkata to meet relatives or had some other intentions. “He is an educated person and a frequent flier aware of all norms. Hence, it is really suspicious as to why he was carrying such a huge amount of money and valuable items without making the mandatory disclosure,” they said.

The foreign and Indian currencies and other items seized by the Customs. sns

Haldia port officials to stage demonstration

biswabrata goswami

HALDIA, 2 OCT: Amidst the ongoing crisis at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), which is deteriorating fast with every passing day, the port officials at Haldia port have called a mass convention on various demands tomorrow. The convention has been called at a time when the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) will convene another meeting tomorrow with all its stakeholders to resolve the ongoing impasse at HDC. The previous meeting last Thursday had failed to yield a solution. KoPT Chairman Manish Jain, however, hoped that tomorrow’s meeting will break the deadlock and appealed to everyone to be present. The port officials at HDC, on the other hand, are all set to convene a mass convention to protest against the actions taken by the KoPT management in the past few days. “We will demand immediate resumption of cargo handling at mechanised Berths 2 and 8. Through our convention, we will demand immediate withdrawal of sus-

pension and transfer orders against Mr Ramakant Burman who had been leading our movement to protect the port from imminent losses. This apart there are various demands that include dredging at Eden channel,” said a senior port officer. Meanwhile, as a result of the ongoing deadlock, port operations at Haldia are getting affected and crores of rupees are being lost in trade by way of shutdown of cargo handling at berths two and eight, where Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT), a special purpose vehicle of the LDAABG consortium, has been charged to operate. “It is crucial for KoPT that HBT remains at HDC as it earns Rs 150 per ton as royalty for the 40,000 ton that is handled at these two berths. The royalty per ton for the other berths is a mere Rs 25,” a port officer said. Today, there is a clear divide in the ranks of stakeholders. There is one group at Haldia that is pitching for HBT. This group, which includes the Haldia Dock Officers’ Forum and Haldia Dock Bachao Committee, wants the port to survive. The other group, which supports the private company operating at other berths, wants HBT to wind up operations at the port, even if this results in a slide in KoPT’s revenue, a senior port officer said. “Instead of addressing the

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basic problem, the KoPT, meanwhile, has made its junior assistant manager a scapegoat by suspending him from his job merely based on the district intelligence report, to resolve the dispute. But, a large section of port officials and a shipping circle believe that the report was made either on the influence of the port chairman Mr Manish Jain or on the influence of Mr Adhikari,” a Congress-backed trade union leader, who did not wish to be named, said. The port officials said as the recent stand-off is continuing to affect trade, the port is losing Rs 80 lakh per day owing to the shutdown of two mechanised berths. This apart, many shipping companies are now diverting their vessels to nearby ports thereby leading to more losses of the Haldia port.

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FILMS & SPORTS

LEISURE

THE STATESMAN KOLKATA WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 2012

12:45AM Red Dawn 3:05AM Child's Play 2 4:35AM The Art of War 7:00AM The Making of : Speedy Singhs 7:30AM The Island 10:10AM Blade II 12:25PM Ong Bak 3: The Final Warrior 2:20PM Final Destination 5 4:15PM Blood Diamond 9:00PM Rush Hour 3 10:55PM Final Destination 2

4:00AM Vipassana Discourse 8:30AM Charanon Ki Saugandh 12:00PM Kunwara 6:00PM Phir Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet 9:00PM Kshatriya: The Warrior

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9:30AM Bengali Feature Film Repeat 2:00PM BFF 5:30PM Bhalo Theko 6:00PM Aaj Bangla Live 6:30PM Radhuni 7:00PM Khabarer Aakash 8:00PM Charge Sheet 8:30PM Exclusive Akash 9:00PM Garmagaram 10:00PM Biswa Barta 10:15PM Khelar Aakash 10:30PM Aakash Barta Live

12:00PM DTM 2012 H/ls : Oschersleben 1:00PM Man City TV : Fulham vs. Manchester City 4:00PM WWE: Vintage Collection 5:00PM Football League Show 6:00PM Footbrazil 6:30PM UEFA Champions League 2012/13 : Benfica vs. Barcelona 9:25PM UEFA Champions League 2012/13 : Zenit St Petersburg vs. AC Milan 11:30PM UEFA Champions League 2012/13 : Ajax Amsterdam vs. Real Madrid

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9:00AM Teleshopping 9:30AM Kagaar: Life on the Edge 12:25PM Movie Fare 12:30PM Teleshopping 1:00PM Bombay 3:55PM Movie Fare 4:00PM Teleshopping 4:30PM Jhalak 5:00PM Mohabbat 7:55PM Movie Fare 8:00PM Bichhoo 10:55PM Movie Fare 11:00PM Teleshopping

10.30AM Arakshaniya 12.30AM Sadhak Bamakhyapa 1.00PM Prathama 2.00AM Palabadal 3.00PM Cine 6.00AM Amar Bangla 6.30PM Rojgere Ginni 7.00PM Apur Katha 7.30PM Arakshaniya 8.00PM Sholoana 8:30 Binni Dhaner Khoi 9.30PM Palabadal 10.00PM Sadhak Bamakhepa

1:00PM Dial C for Cricket 2:00PM Chilli Factor 2:30PM BWF Super Series Premier 2012 : Semi Final: Li-ning China Masters 7:00PM Sportszone 7:30PM Bundesliga H/ls 8:30PM Sportszone 9:00PM Cricket Central 9:30PM Dial C for Cricket 10:30PM Sportszone 11:00PM Cricket Central 11:30PM Lords of the Game

09:00AM Dead In Three Days 11:30AM Brothers 03:30PM Butterfly Anf Sword 05:15PM A Cock And Bull Story 07:00PM In Focus: Western Diango Kill 09:00PM In Spotlight: True Stories The Circle 11:00PM Owning Mahowny

12:00AM Wanted 12:30AM Baazi 3:35AM D 5:00AM Telemart 6:00AM Dum 8:50AM Vinashak 11:40AM Coolie No. 1 2:10PM Swarg 5:20PM Indian 9:00PM Taqdeerwala

6:30AM Puber Alo 7:00AM Aaj Sakaler Amontrone (Live) 9:00PM Chirantani 10:00PM Gaan Aajkal 11:30AM, Aaj Sakaler Amontrone 2:00PM TVC 2:30PM Bhalo Achi, Bhalo Theko (Live) 5:30PM Chirantani 7:30PM Gaanbhashi Live 9:00PM Amar Shahar 9:30PM Playback

11:30AM Bundesliga H/ls 12:30PM Chilli Factor 2:00PM Fuel TV 2:30PM Osim Bwf World Superseries 2012 : Final: Victor Korea Open 7:00PM Chilli Factor 7:30PM Fuel TV 8:00PM Davis Cup 2012 H/ls : Spain vs. USA 9:00PM Bundesliga : Werder Bremen vs.Bayern Munich

4:15AM Hook 6:40AM Revolver 8:55AM The Eye 10:45AM Beverly Hills Cop 12:45PM Cruel Intentions 2 2:10PM Angels & Demons 4:30PM Drunken Master 7:00PM Black Mask 2: City of Masks 9:00PM Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 10:45PM Return to the Blue Lagoon

1:00AM Ek Aur Jaanbaaz Khiladi 4:00AM Aashirwad 7:00AM Jaan-E-Mann 10:00AM Meri Jung: One Man Army 2:00PM Kayda Kanoon 5:00PM Dirty Khabar 6:00PM Yeh Kaisa Karz 9:00PM Koi... Mil Gaya

9:00AM Ek Mutho Asha 9:30AM Duo Rani 10:00AM Pasher Barir Meye 12:00PM Ek Mutho Asha 2:00PM Pasher Barir Meye 2:30PM Duo Rani 5:00PM Olympicnic 6:00PM BFF 9:00PM Ek Mutho Asha 9:30PM Duo Rani 10:00PM Pasher Barir Meye 10:30PM Janmantar 11:00PM Noti Binodini

2:00PM Italian Serie A 2012/13 : Parma vs. AC Milan 4:00PM FIM Motocross of Nations 6:00PM FIM Motocross World Champion ship 2012 : Mx1 & Mx2 7:00PM Rebel TV 19 7:25PM AFC Champions League 2012 : Quarterfinal, Leg 2: Bunyodkor vs. Adelaide United FC 9:30PM Score Tonight

5:15AM A Passage to India 8:00AM Dirty Work 9:30AM Dead of Winter 11:15AM Blood Red 12:45PM Movers & Shakers 2:15PM The Curse of Inferno 3:45PM 3:15 5:15PM Desperate Hours 7:00PM Clambake 9:00PM Sibling Rivalry 10:45PM Follow that Dream

11:55AM Movie fare 12:00PM Teleshopping 12:30PM Gehri Chaal 3:25PM Movie fare 3:30PM Teleshopping 4:00PM Flashback 4:30PM Pyar Jhukta Nahin 7:25PM Movie fare 7:30PM Ek Hi Bhool 10:25PM Movie fare 10:30PM Teleshopping 11:15PM Black Cat

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3:00PM Desperate Housewives (Season 8) 4:00PM Two and a Half Men (Season 2) 4:30PM The Big Bang Theory (Season 2) 6:00PM Jr Masterchef (Season 1) 7:00PM Koffee with Karan (Season 2): Shah Rukh, Rani and Kajol 8:00PM Two and a Half Men (Season 2) 8:30PM The Big Bang Theory

4:00PM Ishti Kutum 4:30PM Maa 5:00PM @bhalobhasha.kom 5:30PM Chirosathi 6:00PM Bhasha 6:30PM Ishti Kutum 7:00PM Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe 7:30PM @bhalobhasha.kom 8:00PM Maa 8:30PM Tapur Tupur 9:00PM Sindoor Khela 9:30PM Sansaar Shukher Hoy Romonir Gune

3:00PM Undercover Boss (Season 1) : Tower Hamlets 4:00PM The Graham Norton Show (Season 8) : Helen Mirren, Emily Blunt, Ed Byrne 5:00PM Top Gear (Season 16) 6:00PM Come Dine with Me (Season 2): Belfast 7:00PM Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Season 5): Ray-Smith 8:00PM Spooks (Season 8) 9:00PM Walking with Dinosaurs

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12:00PM Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam 3:00PM Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga 3:30PM Apne Rang Hazaar 6:30PM Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 7:00PM Yeh Kaali Kaali Raatein 7:30PM Vikram Bhatt's Haunted Nights 8:00PM Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage 8:30PM Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali

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1:00PM Saware Sabke Sapne : Preeto 2:00PM Haar Jeet 3:00PM Baba Aiso Var Dhoondo 6:30PM Baba Aiso Var Dhoondo 7:00PM Haar Jeet 7:30PM Gyaan Guru 8:00PM Dwarkadheesh : Bhagwan Shri Krishna 8:30PM Saware Sabke Sapne : Preeto 9:00PM Jamuna Paar 9:30PM Mi Aaji Aur Saheb 10:00PM Baba Aiso Var Dhoondo 10:30PM Haar Jeet

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2:30PM Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte 4:00PM Phulwa 4:30PM Parichay: Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka 5:00PM Sasural Simar Ka 5:30PM Na Bole Tum... Na Maine Kuch Kaha 6:00PM Uttaran 6:30PM Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

12:00PM Punk'd 12:30PM Yo Momma 1:00PM Popcorn Tv 1:30PM 30 Rock 2:00PM The Office 2:30PM That 70s Show 3:00PM The Exes 6:00PM Seinfeld 7:30PM Hope & Faith 8:30PM My Boys 9:30PM 30 Rock 10:00PM Seinfeld 10:30PM Goodness Gracious Me 11:00PM That 70s Show

11:00AM It Only Hurts 1:00PM Rules of Engagement 2:00PM Oprah 3:00PM The King of Queens 6:00PM India’s Glam Diva 7:00PM Rules of Engagement 8:00PM Oprah 9:00PM Rules of Engagement 10:00PM America’s Next Top Model

2:00PM Bindass Buzz : Top 8 2:30PM Bindass Blitz 5:00PM Bindass Bolly Buster Top 20 Countdown 7:00PM Khan Sisters 8:00PM Big Switch 9:00PM Khan Sisters 10:00PM Aloo Chaat 10:30PM Beg Borrow Steal 11:30PM Aloo Chaat

9:00 AM Wild Tales 10:00 AM Adiboo Adventures 10:30 AM All For Kids 11:00 AM Dex Hamilton 11:30 AM Papyrus 12:30 PM Bindi 1:00 PM Adiboo Adventures 2:00 PM Amazing Spiez 3:00 PM Legend Of Eaye 4:00 PM Wild Kratts 5:00 PM Papyrus 5:30 PM Papyrus 6:00 PM Dex Hamilton 8:00 PM Amazing Spiez

12:30PM Afsar Bitiya 1:00PM Punar Vivaah: Zindagi Milegi Dobara 1:30PM Pavitra Rishta 2:00PM Phir Subah Hogi 2:30PM Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3:00PM Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein 4:00PM Pavitra Rishta 4:30PM Dance India Dance L'il Masters (Season 2)

6:30AM Vignettes 7:30AM Big Bang Mornings 12:00PM MTV Rush 12:30PM Music Xprs 2:30PM Vignettes 3:00PM Music Xprs 5:00PM MTV Groove : Khans 5:45PM Music Xprs 7:00PM MTV Rush 7:30PM Music Xprs 9:00PM Roots 9:30PM Vignettes 10:00PM Top 20 11:30PM Music Xprs

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1:00PM Taboo : Addicted 2:00PM Air Crash Investigation : The Plane that flew too high 3:00PM Inside : Tokyo Mafia 6:00PM Prehistoric Park 7:00PM Mystery Files 7:30PM Mad Scientists 8:00PM Tiger Man of Africa : Baby Steps 9:00PM 9/11 and the American Dream 10:00PM Air Crash Investigation

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2:00PM Poh's Kitchen : Fish with Neil Perry 2:30PM What's with Indian Men : Guwahati 3:00PM It Happens only in India : Delhi 6:00PM My Holiday Hostage Hell : Bolivia 7:00PM Eat Street 7:30PM South American Food Safari 8:00PM Market Value 9:00PM Eat Street 9:30PM David Rocco's Dolce Vita 10:00PM Escape West Coast

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1:00PM Good Afternoon India 2:00PM IBN News 2:30PM Thunder Down Under 6:00PM Good Evening India 7:00PM IBN at 7 7:30PM Thunder Down Under 8:00PM 8 PM Prime 9:00PM India at 9 10:00PM Face the Nation 11:00PM Late Night Edition

2:00PM Austin Stevens Adventures 4:00PM The Crocodile Hunter (Season 6) 5:00PM The Most Extreme (Season 4) 6:00PM My Extreme Animal Phobia 7:00PM Animal Planet Safari 8:00PM South Pacific 9:00PM Life of Mammals

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BEETLE BAILEY SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Burgher, 5 Motte (Bergamot), 8 Grounds, 9 Spire, 10 Extortionate, 11 Remedy, 13 Geneva, 16 Kaleidoscope, 19 Young, 20 Examine, 21 Event,22 Tidings.

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Website to facilitate blood donation launched

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DURGAPUR, 2 OCT: Every year, India needs about four crore units of blood. Only a meagre five lakh units is available in the country, though. So this industrial town has come to the rescue of people in desperate need of

blood by floating a website bearing the contact details of donors across the state, along with their blood groups. The theory is that it's not that people don't want to donate blood, they're just not aware of the need. The website, www.durgapurbloodforum.co.in, was floated on the occasion of International Voluntary Blood Donors' Day

yesterday. It is meant to serve as a platform for creating a knowledge bank and an information warehouse taking advantage of the developments in Internet technologies and healthcare, said Durgapur Sub-Divisional Hospital Blood Bank in-charge Indrajit Majhi,

Dr M K Nandi, a senior pathologist at the hospital said: “This will encourage the collection, compilation and collation of the knowledge generated in blood-care through the networking of blood banks, educational and research institutions, government agencies and generation of awareness among individuals on donation and

safety of blood." The website was launched by the NGO Durgapur Sub-Divisional Voluntary Blood Donors’ Forum. The group, a collaborative effort dedicated to those willing to donate blood for the cause has been operating here since 2001, with initial support from a mere 89 donors.

"The forum today has expanded to a fraternity of over 3,000 blood donors, organisers, motivators, associates, and 300 lifemembers from all walks of life,” said Mr Kobi Ghosh, secretary of the organisation. "Our Forum has a well-equipped team of competent, dedicated and experienced honourary social workers today."

Puja shoppers at Esplanade crossing in Kolkata on Tuesday. biswajit ghoshal

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Guv pays tributes to Mahatma, leaves FDI to PM BARRACKPORE, 2 OCT: Governor M K Narayanan, while paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary today at Gandhi Ghat in Barrackpore, said that the FDI problem is no longer a state affair. The occasion was also graced by Barrackpore Commissioner Sanjay Singh and PWD Minister Sudharsan Ghoshdastidar. "FDI is not only a state problem now, it is of national importance. Our Prime Minister is a good economist and he will take a better decision," said Mr Narayanan. Mr Kamal Das, a local Trinamul leader said: "I don't support FDI in multi-brand retail." Mr Debi Ghosal, Congress president of North 24-Parganas said: "The Prime Minister wants to impose FDI here to improve the financial condition of our country. So, I support it." Meanwhile, Trinamul Congress supporters today held a motor-bike rally to protest the Centre’s decisions on LPG, diesel and FDI. Around 10,000 bikers participated in the rally. Trinamul leader Mukul Roy, and state Food Minister Jyotipriya Mullik participated in the rally. It began from River Research at Bijapur

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Governor M K Narayanan at Barrackpore’s Gandhi Ghat (left). A TMC rally to protest the petrol price hike and FDI in retail (right). tapasi basu

around 9.30 a.m. and terminated at Sodepur. Mr Partho Bhowmik, MLA of Naihati, Mr Subhrangshu Roy, MLA of Bijapur and others protested against FDI in multi-brand retail.

Jamalpur accident toll rises to 10 DURGAPUR, 2 OCT: The death toll in Burdwan’s Jamalpur road mishap increased to 10 today, as four more people died. The victims were members of a cremation party bringing the body of Baneswar Murmu (65) from Sarangpur in Polba in Hooghly to a burning ghat in Telkupi in Jamalpur ~ about 50 km from Polba. They had come in two medium trucks. On the way back to Polba, the driver of one of the trucks, carrying 37 people, lost control. The vehicle hit a roadside shop and overturned in Chowberia village crossing in Jamalpur. It was a blind turn and the driver couldn’t estimate the distance as he was drunk, said Burdwan Sub-Divisional police officer Amlan Kusum Ghosh. Six people died on the spot and four others succumbed at Burdwan Medical College & Hospital. Two of Baneswar's sons ~ Mr Sanatan Murmu and Mr Jiu Murmu ~ were injured, and his son’s brother-in-law, Ananta Murmu was killed. The deceased were identified as: Abdul Soren (32), Budhan Murmu (30), Ananta Murmu (35), Badal Hembram (45), Amar Murmu (15), Kesto Soren (35), Jhilu Maddi (45), Dukha Maddi (23), Bapi Murmu (22), Mihilal Hembram (22). At the same Chowberia crossing, eight members of a family were crushed to death on 6 October 2008, when the tractor they were riding toppled into a canal. Today, traffic experts from Kolkata inspected the turn, with an eye toward fixing it to prevent future mishaps, officials said. sns

Cong ropes in big names to promote Abhijit BEHRAMPORE, 2 OCT: Congress is going to rope in a number of star campaigners for the party candidate, Mr Abhijit Mukherjee, who is contesting the by-election in Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency. Mr Mukherjee, an MLA from Nalhati and the son of President Pranab Mukherjee, has come out as a strong contender because the Trinamul Congress fielded no candidate for the by-election. AICC observer Mr Shakil Ahmed told reporters today that the party campaign would be backed by celebrity campaigners and parliamentarians like film star Rajbabbar, cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin and Gulam Nabi Azad who will attend Mr Abhijit Mukherjee this week. “The ground-level feedback on the Jangipur by-election has been very positive and we are hopeful to retain the seat,” said Mr Ahmed, adding that Mr Abhijit Mukherjee would carry forward the development programmes initiated by his father. Attending a programme on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, Mr Ahmed justified his party's stand on FDI and accused the BJP of having a double-standard on the issue. “In the Vision Document prepared by the BJP in the year 2002, 100 per cent FDI was advocated. How was the vision lost? Ask the BJP,” he said. The CPI-M candidate Muzaffar Hossain is likely to cash in on the party campaigns by highlighting the failures of the former MP Pranab Mukherjee, whose resignation after becoming President caused the vacancy at Jangipur. sns

Mr Mullik said: “Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi yesterday. We will not accept FDI in retail."

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: CERTAIN LBW WORKS AT CHAKABAMA MIL STATION. : Rs. 19.40 lakh (Rupees nineteen lakh forty thousand) only. : 08 (eight) months. : Rs. 38,800 in the shape of Call Deposit Receipt from any Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable. : Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any Scheduled Bank in favour of AGE (I) Zakhama. : 12 Oct., 2012.

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: SPECIAL REPAIRS TO BLDG. NO. T-12, T-19 & T-20 AT CHAKABAMA MIL. STATION. : Rs. 17.40 lakh (Rupees seventeen lakh forty thousand) only. Completion period : 06 (six) months. Amount of Earnest : Rs. 34,800 in the shape of Call Money of the contractors Deposit Receipt from any not enlisted with MES Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable. Cost of tender : Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any Scheduled Bank in favour of AGE (I) Zakhama. Last date of receipt : 12 Oct., 2012. of applications Eligibility Criteria: : ‘E’ Class, Category: a(i). (a) For MES enlisted contractors (b) For other contractors : Meeting enlistment criteria of MES with regard to having satisfactorily completed requisite Value of Works, Annual Turnover, Working Capital, Fixed Assets, No recovery outstanding in any Govt. Deptt., Security clearance etc. Date of issue of tender : On or after 13 Oct., 2012. Date of receipt of tender : 14 Nov., 2012 up to 12-00 hours

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HQ 137 Works Engineers, C/O 99 APO, on behalf of President of India, invites applications from eligible, enlisted contractors of MES and enlisted / unenlisted contractors working with other Govt. Departments meeting eligibility criteria for selection of contractors for issue of tender of undermentioned work: Name of work : SPECIAL REPAIRS TO ROAD LEADING FROM STATE HIGHWAY TO MES IB INCLUDING PROTECTIVE WORKS AND ROAD FURNITURE AT MASIMPUR MIL STATION. Estimated Cost : Rs. 14.00 lakh (Rupees fourteen lakh) only. Completion period : 04 (four) months. Amount of Earnest : Rs. 28,000 in the shape of Call Money of the contractors Deposit Receipt from any not enlisted with MES Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable. Cost of tender : Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any Scheduled Bank in favour of GE Silchar. Last date of receipt : 12 Oct., 2012. of applications Eligibility Criteria: (a) For MES enlisted : ‘E’ Class, Category: a(i). contractors (b) For other contractors : Meeting enlistment criteria of MES with regard to having satisfactorily completed requisite Value of Works, Annual Turnover, Working Capital, Fixed Assets, No recovery outstanding in any Govt. Deptt., Security clearance etc. Date of issue of tender : On or after 13 Oct., 2012. Date of receipt of tender : 10 Nov., 2012 up to 12-00 hours.

: SPECIAL REPAIR TO BLDG. NO. T-57, T-58 & T-62 AT CHAKABAMA MIL. STATION. : Rs. 18.64 lakh (Rupees Eighteen lakh sixty four thousand only). Completion period : 06 (SIX) months. Amount of Earnest : Rs. 37,280 in the shape of Call Money of the contractors Deposit Receipt from any not enlisted with MES Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable. Cost of tender : Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any Scheduled Bank in favour of AGE(I) Zakhama. Last date of receipt : 12 Oct., 2012. of applications Eligibility Criteria: (a) For MES enlisted : ‘E’ Class category: a (i). contractors (b) For other contractors : Meeting enlistment criteria of MES with regard to having satisfactorily completed requisite Value of Works, Annual Turnover, Working Capital, Fixed Assets, No recovery outstanding in any Govt. Deptt., Security clearance etc. Date of issue of tender : On or after 13 Oct., 2012. Date of receipt of tender : 12 Nov., 2012 up to 12-00 hours.

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: SPECIAL REPAIR TO ROAD ADJACENT TO PUMP HOUSE NO.2 AT CHAKABAMA MIL. STATION. : Rs. 13.60 lakh (Rupees thirteen lakh sixty thousand only). : 04 (FOUR) months. : Rs. 27,200 in the shape of Call Deposit Receipt from any Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable. : Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any Scheduled Bank in favour of AGE (I) Zakhama. : 12 Oct., 2012.

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Art sells but artisans suffer

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SHANTIPUR/PHULIA, 2 OCT: While Bengali handloom saris in high-end fashion outlets are proving as popular as ever in Durga Puja shopping trends, the handloom industry in Shantipur and Phulia remains troubled, despite government initiatives to improve the production capacity and income of its weavers and designers. The majority of weavers are under the control of private workshop owners, living near or below the international poverty line, and unable to change their circumstances because of requirements imposed by their employers. There are around 70,000 weavers working in Shantipur and Phulia. Of these, around 6,000 work for government-supported consortiums, following initiatives by the Union Ministry of Textiles. In 2007, the ministry set up the Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (IHCDS) to improve the production and livelihoods of the area's weavers and designers, and there are 20 similar schemes around India. Various self-help schemes were implemented through public-private partnerships between weavers’ consortiums and the textile ministry, with weavers paying around 20 per cent and the government

loaning the remaining 80 per cent. In Shantipur, a design studio was constructed, increasing the number of sari designs from 500 per year, to 4,000, which has increased the monthly incomes of the designers in one cluster from around Rs 2,500 to Rs 8,000. IHCDS leaders hoped to “develop a spirit of entrepreneurship” among the weavers, said the textile ministry's Cluster Development Executive, Mr Saumen

Phulia's weavers are under the control of local handloom workshop owners, who will not allow their employees to join consortiums without paying a large advance ~ usually between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000. One IHCDS consortium leader ~ Mr Sailen Dalal of the Shantipur Handloom Weavers’ Consortium ~ described the workshop owners as “capitalists, like the British used to be,” saying that they exploit the weavers and “steal their money”. Mr Dalal's consortium, which he oversees with six other “master weavers”, employs around 250 weavers, who earn Rs 280 per sari. Weavers work on handlooms at home, meaning that the consortium is able to employ greater numbers of women. The ratio of women to men in the consortium is around 40:60, said Mr Gopal Pramanik, another master weaver. By contrast, weavers working for private workshop owners are paid between Rs 120 and Rs 130 per sari, using the handlooms of the workshop owners. Consortium saris are sold to companies like FabIndia, Salvatera Home, the All India Handloom House, and CCIC for between Rs 300 and Rs 700. Workshop saris are sold for between Rs 250 to Rs 500 in local markets or taken to metropolitan markets like Manglahaat and Orissahaat. Mr Shyamal Das, a

5K??AII\5MA=J Mapdar. But despite initiatives like these, “The handloom industry here is not good,” he said, and when government funding for the IHCDS in Shantipur and Phulia ends this December, it may deteriorate further. So far, there has been no word from the central government about renewed funding for the scheme. As was the case before IHCDS was implemented, most of Shantipur and

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ENGLISH MOVIE Resident Evil Retribution Fame South City Mall 8:55am, 1:45pm, 6:40pm, 8:40pm Inox Forum 11:50a.m 4:35p.m 9:20p.m 11:15p.m Inox City Centre 9:10a.m 2:05p.m Inox Swabhumi 12:15p.m 10:30p.m PVR Howrah 10:30am 12:35pm 8:20pm 10:25pm

HINDI MOVIE Omg Oh My God Fame South City Mall 9:00am, 11:35am, 1:30pm(G), 5:10pm, 7:50pm, 10:30pm Fame Hiland Park 9:15am, 11:55am, 2:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:55pm, 10:10pm Hind Fame 9:50am, 3:25pm, 6:05pm Inox Forum 9:10a.m 11:45a.m 2:20p.m 7:55p.m 10:30p.m Inox City Centre 9:00a.m 2:25p.m 7:55p.m 10:55p.m Inox Swabhumi 9:45a.m 12:40p.m 5:00p.m 7:50p.m Inox Rajarhat 9:00a.m 2:20p.m

7:50p.m 10:50p.m Inox Liluah 9:00a.m 2:45p.m 8:15p.m 10:45p.m

HINDI MOVIE PVR Howrah 10:15am 12:55pm 3:35pm 5:40pm 6:15pm 9:45pm Basusree 12 noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m. Elite 12 noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Ellora 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m., Mohua 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Navina 2.30 p.m., 7.30 p.m., Priya 12 noon

Kamal Dhamal Malamaal Fame South City Mall 9:00am, 11:50am, 3:45pm, 7:40pm, 10:30pm Fame Hiland Park 9:00am, 2:00pm, 4:45pm, 10:55pm Hind Fame 12:30pm, 10:00pm Inox Forum 9:00a.m 1:45p.m 6:30p.m 11:30p.m Inox City Centre 9:00a.m 11:30a.m 5:00p.m 10:30p.m Inox Swabhumi 9:50a.m 2:00p.m 7:35p.m 10:25p.m Inox Rajarhat 9:15a.m11:30a.m 4:55p.m 10:30p.m Inox Liluah 11:30a.m 4:50p.m 10:30p.m PVR Howrah 12:45am 3:45pm 6:45pm Ashoka 2.45 p.m., 8 p.m. Indira 6 p.m., 8.30 p.m. Metro 6 p.m. Paradise 3 p.m., 9 p.m.,

Heroine Fame South City Mall 10:50am, 2:15pm, 5:00pm, 10:40pm Fame Hiland Park 9:05am, 5:05pm, 10:30pm Hind Fame 8:45pm Inox Forum 9:00a.m 2:45p.m 5:00p.m Inox City Centre 11:10a.m 4:05p.m 9:35p.m Inox Swabhumi 11:00a.m 5:00p.m Inox Rajarhat 9:00a.m 2:30p.m 8:00p.m Inox Liluah 9:00a.m 7:40p.m PVR Howrah 9:45am 2:40pm 9:05pm Ashoka 12 noon Paradise 12 noon, 6 p.m.

Jism 2 Indira 12 .30 p.m.

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weaver employed by a private workshop owner, said he earns Rs 130 per sari, contributing around one-third of his four-person family's daily income of about Rs 300. Mr Soumen Biswas ~ also employed by a workshop owner ~ makes Rs 125 per sari, and is the sole wage earner in his family of four. Both Mr Das and Mr Biswas said that they would like to work for a consortium and earn more money, but that they cannot afford the advance required by their employer. Mr Das' employer, private workshop owner Gopal Dalal, said he makes a profit of Rs 30 per sari. When asked what his employees would need to do to leave his employ, he said that they would need to pay “between Rs 10,000 and Rs 12,000.” But while it is easy to criticise this kind of exploitation, Mr Mapdar said, “In reality, the handloom industry is being held up by the private workshop owners. Banks won't recognise poor weavers with no assets. Weavers need them for collateral security, and most of them don't have their own handlooms." Mr Mapdar continued, “The issue here is funding and awareness. The IHCDS project will end in December, but these people need continuous help and nurturing. Initiatives should be taken by the government to provide replica cluster models for all the weavers.”

around town

THE AUTUMN OF BENGAL ~ The Goddess’ image at Behala Club; kash blossoms. dilip dutta

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HINDI MOVIE 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:10pm(G), 6:00pm, 7:05pm(G), 8:00pm, 9:00pm, 10:00pm(G), 11:00pm Fame Hiland Park 10:00am, 11:50am, 12:55pm, 2:40pm, 3:50pm, 6:45pm, 8:05pm, 9:45pm Hind Fame 10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:00pm Inox Forum 10:00a.m 11:50a.m 1:00p.m 4:00p.m 5:40p.m 7:00p.m 8:35p.m 10:00p.m Inox City Centre 10:00a.m11:50a.m 12:55p.m 3:50p.m5:05p.m 6:45p.m 8:00p.m9:40p.m Inox Swabhumi 10:15a.m1:15p.m 3:15p.m 4:15p.m6:15p.m 7:15p.m 9:15p.m10:15p.m Inox Rajarhat 10:00a.m 11:55a.m 1:00p.m 3:00p.m 4:00p.m 6:00p.m 7:00p.m 9:00p.m 10:00p.m Inox Liluah 10:00a.m 11:50a.m 12:55p.m 3:50p.m 5:20p.m 6:45p.m 9:40p.m PVR Howrah 9:30am 12:30pm 3:30pm 6:30pm 9:00pm Ashoka 5.15 p.m. Navina 12 noon, 5 p.m. Priya 4.35 p.m., 9.35 p.m. Roxy Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.

BENGALI MOVIE Abosheshey Fame South City Mall 2:40pm, Fame Hiland Park 11:45am Inox City Centre 2:45p.m Inox Rajarhat 12:10p.m Priya 2.20 p.m.

Accident Fame South City Mall 5:00pm Fame Hiland Park 7:30pm Inox City Centre 7:00p.m Inox Swabhumi 2:15p.m Inox Rajarhat 5:25p.m Inox Liluah 2:20p.m Metro 3 p.m. Prachi 12 noon Mohua 5 p.m. Priya 7.15

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Khoka Babu Minar, Bijoli, Chhabighar 3 p.m., 5.45 p.m., 8.30 p.m.

Paglu-2 Pushpashree 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 7.45 p.m. Prachi, 2.30pm, 5.15pm, 8pm Indira, 3pm

Awaara Indira Noon

ILEAD in association with Reca presents an educational workshop on Training Session for NAR-INDIA MLS is a sharing of comprehensive home information among real estate professionals at ILEAD, 113J, Matheswartola Road, Tposia, Kolkata - 700 046 on Oct. 3. 2012; 3.30pm to 5pm

EATING OUT

Sudhu Aamar Gaan Ellora, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm

New Health & Coffee Menu at Nosh

Passport Minar, Bijoli, Chhabighar, 3 p.m, 5.45 p.m., 8.30 p.m.

Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India presents Silk Fab an exhibition cum sale of exquisite silk handloom Fabrics at Bhawanipur, Gujarati Education Society, 5, Lal Lajpat Rai Sarani(Elgin Road) Kol - 20 till October 5, 2012; 11am to 8pm.

Exhibition of Paitings The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents an exhibition of works by Somnath Horem K.G. Subramaniam, Manu Parekh,Chitrovanu Mazumder, Arpana Caur, Chandana Hore, Mahmud Husain Laskar and others at Seagul Foundation, 36C, S.P. Mukherjee road, till October 19, 2012; 11am to 7pm (except Sundays)

Durgaa Dipti Chakrabarti’s exhibition, Durgaa, is on at the Academy of Fine Arts, west gallery, till 9 October, 3 pm to 8 pm. Inauguration: Today at 6 pm.

Paroma Sasha Shop presents pre-puja exhibition of saris, garments and accessories at Sasha Shop Ground Floor 27 Mirza Ghalib Street Park Street on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

SPORTS Table Tennis Tournament LIC Eastern Zone organises All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament 2012-13 at DPS, New Town till october 4, 2012; 9.30am onwards

SCHOOL FIESTA Horlicks Wizkids 2012 Horlicks Wizkids 2012 by Krayon, South Asia's largest interschool fiesta is scheduled in Kolkata on October 3rd and 4th, 2012 at Sangit Kala

onwards.

WORKSHOP Educational Workshop for Real Estate

EATING OUT

SPECIAL EVENTS

the delicious yet low-on-calorie food or re-energise yourself with the sizzling assortment of Coffees from all around the world especially hand picked to suit your palate! Nosh, the 24 x 7 Bistro of the Chrome Hotel (226, A. J. C. Bose Road, Kolkata- 700020) from 29th September, 2012 onwards The lunch will be served from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm and dinner from 7:30 pm till 10:30 pm.

The Big Ben (In The Kenilworth ) 1&2 Little Russel Street Shakespeare Sarani Catch all the action of ICC World Cup over a special food and beverage menu with exciting offer at The Big Ben

SPECIAL EVENTS ICC World Cup 2012

This weekend warm up with

EXHIBITION Silk Fab

Mandir, 9:30 am A still from OMG Oh My God! showing at Fame, Inox, PVR Howrah , Basusree, Elite, Ellora, Mohua

CARNIVAL CANVAS

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012. 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

DECLARATION Purba Medinipur No.: JS-1997/LA/1I-47/12

Dated: 27-09-2012

Whereas the Governor is satisfied that land is needed for a public purpose not being a purpose of the union, namely, viz., for Re-excavation of Rivers & Reconstruction of flood protective embankment under KaliaghaiKapaleswari-Baghai Basin Drainage Scheme in the Mouza- Sekbar, J.L. No. 06, P.S. Bhagawanpur, Dist. Purba-Medinipur it is hereby declared that a piece of Land comprising Revisional Settlement plots as detailed below and measuring, more or less, 0.53420 hectares (1.320 acres), bounded as specified below is needed for the above said public purpose at the public expense within the aforesaid mouza-Sekbar. 2. The declaration is made, under the provisions of Section-6 of Act 1 of 1894, to all whom it may concern. 3. A plan of the Land may be inspected in the office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Purba Medinipur (L.A. Cell), at Tamluk. LAND SCHEDULE Mouza: Sekbar, J.L. No.: 06, P.S.: Bhagawanpur, District: Purba Medinipur. R.S. Plot Nos. in full :

1

2

3

3/538

3/539

3/540

3/541

&

3/542

R.S. Plot Nos. in Part : Nil. By the Order of the Governor, Shekhar Dutta, I.A.S., Joint Secretary, Land & Land Reforms Deptt., Govt. of West Bengal.

DECLARATION Purba Medinipur No. JS-1991/L.A./1I-44/12

Dated: 27-9-2012

Whereas the Governor is satisfied that land is needed for a public purpose not being a purpose of the union, namely viz. for Re-excavation of Rivers & Re-construction of flood protective embankment under KaliaghaiKapaleswari-Baghai Basin Drainage Scheme in the Mouza-Siulipur, J.L. No. 60, P.S.: Bhagawanpur, Dist.: Purba Medinipur; it is hereby declared that a piece of land comprising Revisional Settlement plots as detailed below and measuring, more or less, 1.14125 hectares (2.820 acres), bounded as specified below is needed for the abovesaid public purpose at the public expense within the aforesaid Mouza-Siulipur. 2. The declaration is made, under the provisions of section 6 of Act 1 of 1894 to all whom it may concern. 3. A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Purba Medinipur (L.A. Cell) at Tamluk. LAND SCHEDULE Mouza-SIULIPUR, J.L.No.-60, P.S.-BHAGAWANPUR, Dist.-PURBA MEDINIPUR. R.S. Plot in Full and Part: R.S. Plot Nos.

Specific portion of the plot

Area in Acres Hectares

5 8 9 12 13 14 18 20 23 24 27 28 31 32 35 36 40 41 44 49 50 56 57 58 67 68 74 67/1099 4/1102 4/1103

Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Western Full Full Northern

0.290 0.040 0.060 0.130 0.080 0.070 0.040 0.140 0.110 0.140 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.060 0.060 0.060 0.050 0.020 0.030 0.120 0.060 0.040 0.040 0.070 0.010 0.020 0.450 0.380

0.11736 0.01619 0.02428 0.05261 0.03238 0.02833 0.01619 0.05666 0.04452 0.05666 0.02024 0.02024 0.02024 0.02024 0.02024 0.02428 0.02428 0.02428 0.02024 0.00809 0.01214 0.04856 0.02428 0.01619 0.01619 0.02833 0.00405 0.00809 0.18212 0.15379

By Order of the Governor, Shekhar Dutta, I.A.S., Joint Secretary, Land & Land Reforms Deptt., Govt. of West Bengal.

C M Y K

SPECIAL EVENTS T20 Mania at Virgose Virgose (In Hotel Hindusthan International ) 235/1 AJC Bose Road Screening of live matches on giant screen with lip smacking starters named after your favourite player’s; 7pm

DECLARATION Purba Medinipur No.: JS-1994/LA/1I-46/12

Dated: 27-09-2012

Whereas the Governor is satisfied that land is needed for a public purpose, not being a purpose of the Union, namely viz. for Re-excavation of Rivers & Re-construction of flood protective embankment under KaliaghaiKapaleswari-Baghai Basin Drainage Scheme in the MouzaKaduajalpai, J.L. No. 17, P.S. Bhagawanpur, District: Purba Medinipur; it is hereby declared that a piece of land comprising Revisional Settlement plots as detailed below and measuring, more or less, 1.55807 hectares (3.850 acres), bounded as specified below is needed for the abovesaid public purpose at the public expense within the aforesaid Mouza-Kaduajalpai. 2. The declaration is made, under the provisions of Section-6 of Act-1 of 1894, to all whom it may concern. 3. A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Purba Medinipur (L.A. Cell), at Tamluk. LAND SCHEDULE Mouza: Kaduajalpai, J.L. No.: 17, P.S.: Bhagawanpur, District: Purba Medinipur. R.S. Plot Nos. in Full & Part. R.S. Plot Nos.

Specific Portion of the Plot

Area in Acres Hectares

6 15 24 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 18/295 33/298 33/299 33/321 6/353 14/354 29/356

Southern Southern Northern Full Full Northern Northern Northern Northern Northern Full Northern Northern Full Southern Southern Northern

0.760 0.010 0.110 0.330 0.140 0.110 0.220 0.170 0.130 0.150 0.210 0.240 0.340 0.020 0.800 0.050 0.060

0.30757 0.00405 0.04452 0.13355 0.05666 0.04452 0.08903 0.06880 0.05261 0.06071 0.08499 0.09713 0.13760 0.00809 0.32376 0.02024 0.02428

By Order of the Governor, Shekhar Dutta, I.A.S., Joint Secretary, Land & Land Reforms Deptt., Govt. of West Bengal.

NOTIFICATION Dakshin Dinajpur No.: 01/BOP/01/12-13

Dated: 04-09-2012

Whereas the functions of the Central Government under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Act-I of 1894), in relation to the acquisition of land for the purpose of the Union have been entrusted to the State Government by Notification No. S.O. 782(E), Dated: 25th October, 1985 of Rural Development Department issued by Government of India in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and published at pages 1 to 3, Part II, Section-3, of the Gazette of India extraordinary, under Clause (1) of Article 258 of the Constitution of India. And whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be needed to be taken by the Central Government at the public expense for a public purpose being a purpose of the Union, namely, for the Establishment of New BOP for BSF at BERAKUTI in the Mouza: ATILA, Jurisdiction List No.: 221, P.S.: TAPAN, District: Dakshin Dinajpur, it is hereby notified that for the above purpose a piece of land comprising L.R. Plots as detailed below and measuring, more or less, 2.0850 hectare (5.150 acres), bounded as specified below is likely to be needed within the aforesaid mouza. This notification is made, under the provisions of Section-4 of Act I of 1894, to all whom it may concern. A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Land Acquisition Collector, Dakshin Dinajpur, Balurghat. In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Governor is pleased to authorise the officers for the time being engaged in the undertaking, with their servants and workmen, to enter upon and survey the land and do all other acts required or permitted by that section. Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the acquisition thereof, may, within thirty days after the date on which public notice of the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an objection in writing before the Collector, Dakshin Dinajpur. LAND SCHEDULE Mouza(s): ATILA, Jurisdiction List No.: 221, P.S.: TAPAN, District: DAKSHIN DINAJPUR. L.R. Plot Nos. in full: Plot Nos.

Specific portion of the plot

Area in Acres Hectares

323

Full

1.39

0.5627

324

Full

0.90

0.3644

325

Full

0.80

0.3239

326

Full

0.31

0.1255

328

Full

0.57

0.2308

330

Full

0.83

0.3360

L.R. Plot Nos. in Part: Plot Nos.

Specific portion of the plot

Area in Acres Hectares

329

Except Middle

0.350

0.1417

By the Order of the Governor, Durgadas Goswami, District Magistrate, Dakshin Dinajpur & Ex-Officio, Joint Secretary to the Department of Land & Land Reforms, Government of West Bengal.