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INDIA’S MEATY ISSUES

A DANCE OF EMOTIONS

In a country where an estimated 40 per cent is vegetarian, the appetite for meat is on the rise.

Japanese kabuki star Ichikawa Danjuro died after a long battle with leukaemia. His death comes only two months after the traditional world lost Kabuki veteran Nakamura Kanzaburo, at 57. This dance form is slowly dying out. We tell you more about the art.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

WOMEN BEWARE The nation may be debating harsher punishment for molesters and rapists, but there is no respite for women in the City. About 25 cases of eve-teasing have been reported on the MMTS in January.

SRINIVAS SETTY

THE INSIDE STORY

This year, five documentaries from different parts of the world are vying for the Oscar for best documentary (feature). The range of the subjects, which these multiple awardwinning documentaries have explored, is a revelation and each one of them deserves to be seen and discussed.

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FOR THEM, IGNORANCE IS BLISS

When RTI activists of ITMD, an activist group from Hyderabad, filed an RTI application seeking details on how to report incidents of child labour, the reply to this question, among many others, revealed how PIOs are unaware of their own services.

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JOINT CAPITAL? WE DON’T WANT, SAY UNITED ANDHRAITES

Hyderabad, besides the gigantic public debt, is the bone of contention regarding formation of a separate Telangana state. Postnoon takes up with important political stakeholders three possible choices for the future status of Hyderabad: Joint capital, capital of Telangana and Union Territory. Today, it’s about joint capital. P5

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

city events

VALENTINE’S DAY 4-COURSE MEAL

There is a special meal at TGI Friday’s restaurants for Valentine’s Day. The four course meal combo is for two people. The dishes include roasted vegetable, goat cheese quesadilla, pot stickers, stuffed nachos, cheesy vegetable spring rolls and cottage cheese delight pizza.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES Industrial Exhibition is an ongoing event in the City. Where: Exhibition Ground, Mukarramjahi Road, Nampally, When: Up to February 15, 4pm to 11pm Contact: (040) 2460 3015

SHOWS Urban Ballet A French dance show blending classical and hip hop. Where: Shilpa Kala Vedika When: February 6, 7pm onwards Contact: (040) 2355 4486

The Landmark sale Landmark announces its sale of Up to 70 per cent off. Bestselling books starting at `49, 3 for 2 on the top 500 new releases are just some of the offers. Where: Landmark, When: January 25-February 25

Hyderabad 360 Live virtual and visual music by Puce Muse. Where: Qutb Shahi Tombs When: February 17, 7pm onwards Contact: (040) 2355 4486 Confluence Perfect Harmony Productions and Cisne for Arts bring together Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck & Edgar M for a trio concert. Where: Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hitec City When: February 8, 6:30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2311 2707 French Film Festival Six French films will be screened with English subtitles. Where: Prasads IMAX When: February 19-21 Contact: hyderabad.afindia.org Yudh Sai Shree Arts presents Yudh, a Bharathanatyam solo by Savitha Sastry on war. Where: Ravindra Bharathi When: February 19,

PRIDE PARADE: Members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community at the pride M ANIL KUMAR parade in Necklace Road. 7pm to 8:15pm Contact: (040) 2323 1245

Where: Truffles cafe Plot no. 376, Road no. 10, Jubilee Hills, When: Up to February 10 Contact: (040) 2355 0105

DINING Dakshin Ruchulu GreenPark brings all the South Indian cuisines under one roof. It includes dishes from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Where: Once Upon A Time, Hotel GreenPark, Greenlands, Begumpet When: February 1-10 7:30pm to 11pm Contact: (040) 6651 5151 Cafe Classics Month Truffles cafe pays tribute to some selective cafes and restaurants in India and the world. The cafe will be serving some of their special dishes.

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ART For 'HER' A tribute to Victim X, raising the conscience to respect womanhood through art. Exhibition of installations and mixed media art by a variety of artists. The preview is on February 4 at 6:30pm. Where: Ravindra Bharathi, Saifabad When: February 4-14, 11:30am to 7pm Contact: www.iconart.in The River Moving Within The River Moving Within is an exhibition of art work by Koeli Mukherjee

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Ghose. It is inspired by the works of Rumi and 'Narda Bhakti Sutra' and reflects a love for life. Where: Truffles Cafe, Jubilee Hills When: Up to February 8 Buy Art It is an anniversary art show of affordable art by 30 artists. All artworks are priced between `1,000 to `10,000. Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad When: January 18-February 18 11:30am-7pm Contact: www.iconart.in

Urban Stampede The run is aimed at encouraging amateurs and seasoned runners alike to take part in a sport that is enjoyable and beneficial. Where: CBIT, Gandipet When: March 3 Contact: urban-stampede.com

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Pochampally IKAT Mela Pochampally handloom park is organising 'Pochampally IKAT Mela 2013,’ a nine-day handloom exhibition of products like hand made bed and home linen, dress materials, silk and cotton saris, dupattas , table mats, covers, cotton shirts and kurtis Where: Minerva (Bibesia) Banquet Hall, Ground floor, Amrutha Mall, Somajiguda When: February 3-11 Contact: (040) 2355 8857

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SECURITY

Stricter vigil required The recent furore over ill-treatment of women including eve-teasing and stricter punishment have not yet shown a salutary impact on the scene. ANUBHA K SINGH anubha.k@postnoon.com

f the many eve-teasing cases reported in the City majority are from the MMTS passengers. It is not the teasing alone it is also violating the rules where men get into ladies’ coaches that bother the women commuters. “The problem is not just the harassment. We are in danger of getting our purses and jewellery snatched too,” said a woman commuter to HiTec City. Railway police blame the rush during peak hours and say the teasing is partly a product of such inhuman crowding. They may have a point but it does not explain everything. “We have received many complaints from women travellers about eve-teasing. To nab offenders we have appointed women police in civil dress in the ladies compartment. In January alone we have booked

25 cases of eve-teasing” said, DGP V Dinesh. Out of two women police one is always in civil dress travelling among the other women travellers so that they can easily nab offenders. “In addition to the women police we have also increased the number of home guards and railway police on the MMTS. Most of the cases are recorded from Begumpet to HiTeC City as the majority of female commuters travel along this route everyday,” he adds. Earlier if any case of eve teasing was booked the accused used to get away by paying a fine but that’s not the case now. “Thanks to the new laws a case is now booked under section 294 (obscene activity) of the IPC. Under the rule offenders are remanded and then sent to judicial custody,” said Ashok Kumar, inspector Railway Police. In addition to this, if a case is booked against second time offenders the police department

may get more tough and list his name in the history sheet. “As a result getting employment in any major firm, getting a visa and passport will also be diffi-

POLITICS

cult for the offender. In addition to this his moments will be monitored. If we don’t get stringent now these eve-teasing offenders may commit big sexual crimes in

future,” he adds. Police patrolling is also done along major routes of the MMTS between 4pm to 10pm, when the rush is the maximum.

POLITICS

Modi inspires Kiran? Don’t blame media, Cong tells Owaisi

The hat-trick victory of Narendra Modi on the plank of all round development, especially industrial sector, seems to have inspired AP CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy.

INKESHAF AHMED feedback@postnoon.com

n an attempt to encourage enough industrial growth and create employment opportunities to the youth of the State, the chief minister has shifted his focus on the issue, which can also boost his image. Keeping these objectives in mind, the CM took stock of the progress of various industrial projects that were secured during the global partnership summit after a gap of almost one year. Though, meetings at ministerial and departmental levels were held on many occasions to review the progress of these projects which promised to bring in about `6.5 lakh crore

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Fact sheet n n n

Total Investments promised `6.49,432 cr Proposals received - 243 Employment expected 6,78,597

investments into the State, the CM's review meeting is an important development in order to speed up the process of grounding these projects. During the meeting, Kiran was very specific about his plans. He directed officials to focus on the projects that havehigh employment potential on priority basis. The CM also asked officials to hold discussions with entrepreneurs and industrialists who have second

thoughts when investing in the State. “I want you to hold meetings with entrepreneurs who are rethinking about investing in the State. Tell them the need for setting up their projects and give them a chance,” Kiran said. A total of 243 investment proposals were secured by the State government. Out of these proposals, 10 have already commenced work and another 11 are expected to commence from March.

hile the flamboyant MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi continues to attract more and more hate speech cases, the PCC general secretary G Niranjan on Monday, ridiculed MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi's contention that media has distorted the speech of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi. At Gandhi Bhavan yesterday Niranjan said that the Hyderabad MP was neither defending Akbar's speech nor condemning it. He said Akbaruddin Owaisi speech was shown live by their mouthpiece 4TV and a report was also published in a daily. Now Asaduddin Owaisi was trying to escape the same by blaming the media.

Media may sometimes distort political statements, but they never spread communal hatred by misquoting speeches made in public meetings, he argued. Asking the MIM president to either accept and defend Akbaruddin's speech or condemn his views, he said that MIM's dual policy would not be tolerated by the Muslim community. He also accused the MIM of trying to exploit the sentiments of Muslims. AGENCIES

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GHMC

LAST YEAR... HERE Raking in on blind faith

ast year we had reported how there were several exorcists thriving in the City. So blind was people’s faith in them that they hung onto every word uttered by the exorcists. In fact, a young girl had even been detained and repeatedly exorcised by one such exorcist, who claimed that she had been possessed. But in the end all he had wanted was to sexually exploit her.

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

NUMEROLOGY

more private water tankers have been roped in by the HMWS&SB to supply water to City residents. Plans are on to bring on board an additional 125 tankers.

We will never accept the idea of making Hyderabad a joint capital. We don’t want the division in the first place. It will not serve any purpose at all. R Padma Raju, MLC See page 5

THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

Travelling by MMTS? You’re not guaranteed security. If you though travelling by MMTS was a quick and safe way to commute, think again. Nearly 25 cases of eve-teasing in MMTS were reported last month alone.

Is Kiran drawing inspiration from a certain counterpart? The chief minister is now shifting his focus to encourage industrial development and create employment opportunities for the youth in the State. Reminds you of someone?

MIM hard at work to frustrate BJP The temperature is rising in the GHMC building. All the drama the ruling MIM created during the GB meeting on February 2 was a cover to enable it to get a possible stay from Supreme Court on the HC order declaring the BJP winner of Langer House. Md NIZAMUDDIN nizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

he MIM which has unabashedly pulled all stops to prevent the BJP corporator of Langer House from taking oath is still hopeful that the Supreme Court will provide them a cover. “After several rejections, the apex court has recently accepted the case under special petition,” a source said. The hearing for admission may take place on February 14. The MIM floor leader, Md Nazeeruddin admitted it as much. Ravi Yadav who lost the case in the High Court does not wish to comment. “The case is in the court. What is there to talk about?” he said. Meanwhile BJP’s Uday Kumar, who was adjudged corporator of Langer House, is trying his best to win the case by filing a counter petition. “They will obviously lose but by all means I am trying to evade the possibility of a stay,” said the BJP aspirant. Even as the MIM and BJP wage a silent war in Delhi the TDP floor leader, Singireddy

Srinivas Reddy has demanded smooth functioning of the General Body meeting on February 6 or the removal of the mayor for failing his duties. “The decision of disqualification of the mayor now rests with the chief minister. If on February 6 a similar furor is created and the meeting is disrupted then I shall approach the governor. If the government is

Both the TDP and the BJP are sceptical about the General Body meeting, as the Budget is scheduled on the same day. not serious about finding a solution to this I shall approach the High Court,” he said. According to 679-B of the GHMC Act, the government’s power to remove the mayor or deputy mayor: (1) The government may by notification in the AP Gazette, remove the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor who, in their opinion willfully omits or refuses to carry out or disobeys

the provisions of this Act or any rules, by-laws, regulations or lawful orders issued there under or abuses his position of the powers vested in him. (2) The government shall when they purpose to remove the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor under sub-section (1), give the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor concerned an opportunity for explanation, and the notification issued under the said sub-section shall contain a statement of the reasons of the government for the action taken. (3) Any person removed under sub-section (1) from the office of Mayor or from the office of Deputy Mayor shall not be eligible for election to either of the said offices until the date

on which notice of the next ordinary elections to the Corporation is published in the prescribed manner. Both the TDP and BJP are sceptical about the General Body meeting, as the Budget is scheduled on the same day in the morning. “Is it a cinema to complete in two or three hours? All this will obviously have an impact on both important meetings. I shall make the house have an elaborate discussion on each and every item,” challenged Singireddy. The BJP corporators are readying themselves for the meeting. One talks of ‘throwing the mayor from building’, another talks of ‘suicide’, if oath is not given.

NEWS BRIEFS

Will the mayor lose out in the bargain? With the mayor playing dirty politics when it came to choosing a ﬂoor leader, others are demanding that he be ousted.

People’s review of govt performance held

Mayor assures GHMEU, cautions Ramky

Cops trace bomb hoax caller, detained

Road expansion to affect water supply

No question of bifurcation, say Andhra ministers. As talks of bifurcation heat up, Andhra and Seema leaders are adamant that no such thing will happen.

HMWS&SB makes summer plans well ahead. With looming crisis, the water board is roping in private tankers.

eople’s review of government’s performance and commitments under Millennium Development Goals was held at a hotel in Lakdikapul this afternoon. K Madhava Rao, former chief secretary, T Gopala Rao, chair, GO-NGO coordination committee, govt of AP, Prof Rama Melkote, academician, Prof K Ilaiah, participated.

uccumbing to the demand of the GHMEU, Mayor Majid Hussain in a letter cautioned Ramky to undertake works only after obtaining consent from the union. “This will pave the way to maintain a cordial atmosphere and strong relationship between employees who are apprehending an unforeseen employment threat from Ramky,” he stated.

he Saifabad police arrested the hoax caller, Naveen, who forced bomb disposal squad to conduct searches in the State Assembly, Secretariat and Birla Mandir recently. He was traced to Vadiyaram village in Medak district. The accused told the police that he made the call under the inﬂuence of liquor.

reas like Kukatpally, Qutbullahpur, Alwal, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Ameerpet and Erragadda will face a water supply cut due to the road expansion plan proposed by GHMC on the pipeline road from Madinaguda to Hafeezpet ﬂyover. The water supply cut will last from February 6 to February 7.

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BIFURCATION DEBATE

Joint capital? We don’t want it Hyderabad, besides the gigantic public debt, is the bone of contention when Telangana is separated. Here Postnoon takes up with important political stake-holders three possible choices on Hyderabad. But as the debate heats up, Seema and Andhra leaders are very clear about staying united. INKESHAF AHMED ahmed.m@postnoon.com

he best one could gather from sources on the reasons for the continued logjam on Telangana are two factors — a huge governmental debt and Hyderabad. Making Hyderabad the joint capital for a specific period is acceptable to pro-T parties but not to the united Andhra proponents from Rayala-Andhra.

BJP

Even for pro-T factors agreeing to the joint capital thing, it has to be for a period of five years or so. Eventually, Hyderabad must solely remain as the capital of Telengana, they say. Speaking to Postnoon the BJP floor leader in the AP Assembly E Lakshmi Narayana said that the party would agree to a joint a capital if the Centre specified the period.

TRS

TRS politburo and party programme committee chairman K Prabhakar also expressed similar

views. “The whole deadlock is because of Hyderabad. As the champion of T cause, our party has always said that Hyderabad should not be made a joint capital. But if the need arose, we will definitely extend our support to form a joint capital for a specific period of time. It should be not more than two years.”

TDP

Senior TDP leader and former Hyderabad mayor T Krishna Reddy adopted a favourable position about Hyderabad’s joint-sharing and said that if the Centre thinks that making Hyderabad a joint capital solves the problem, the party would welcome it. “We always demanded that the Centre should resolve the issue and we will cooperate. If joint capital brings a solution, so be it.”

UNITED ANDHRAITES

However, leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions summarily reject the proposal of making Hyderabad a joint capital. “We will never accept the

TDP leader T Krishna Reddy adopted a favourable position about the City being a joint capital and said that if it solves the problem then so be it. idea of making Hyderabad the joint capital. We don’t want the division in the first place,” says APCC general secretary and MLC R Padma Raju. He believes that the idea of making Hyderabad a joint capital will not serve any purpose. Former minister G Muddkrishnama Naidu also expressed similar views. “As a political outfit our party had extended support to the separate Telangana cause but the joint capital concept is not acceptable.” The vociferous united Andhra proponent Lagdapati Rajagopal outrightly rejects the division and therefore the joint capital issue is not considered.

DEFECTION TO YSRC

TDP alleges conspiracy POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com

DP politburo member Y a n a m a l a Ramakrishnudu (pictured) has said it was the corporate companies that have benefited during late YSR’s rule. And, they are now helping the YSR Congress in getting defections from other parties. In a statement yesterday, Yanamala stated that while Jaganmohan Reddy was master minding defections from Chanchalguda jail, YV Subba Reddy, was implementing them and the corporate industrialists were providing the fund. He said these industrialists were acting to safeguard the money they stole and the lands they had acquired. He also alleged that the iron-ore mine owners, who gained over `5,000 crore in Anantapur district and other directors were encouraging defections. Directors of anoth-

TDP sees a conspiracy in the ongoing defections to YSRC. It says many industrialists want the YSR raj to save their skins.

er company that got 1.4 lakh acres of mines in Khammam had also been providing funds. Yanamala alleged that the cement factories that got limestone worth `15,000 crore in Kadapa, steel factory owners, who got 14,000 acres of land, directors of companies, who got 28,000 acres in Prakasam, directors of granite mines, who got 10,000 acres, a company of Guntur which got 10,000 acres of mines, another SEZ which got 10,000 acres and port in East Godavari and Bauxite mines representatives, who got 10,000 acres were among those funding the exodus to Jagan’s party. He also mentioned that more companies that received favours from YSR were funding defections to Jagan’s party. He said while Jagan was planning all this from jail, YV Subba Reddy was acting as coordinator.

CRIME

Student sets self ablaze for T cause

WARANGAL: Vexed over the Centre’s inordinate delay in announcing separate Telangana State, a first year student of VITS Engineering College in Gurugonda village under Atmakur mandal, on Monday morning attempted suicide by burning himself. The student, K Neeraj Bharadwaj, of Gopalapuram village under Hanamkonda mandal in the district arrived in the college at 8.30am. The boy, who might have brought a kerosene bottle with him, doused himself and set himself alight. The fellow students rushed to the spot and put out the flames. The Atmakur police, who rushed to the spot on being informed, rushed him to the MGM Hospital, Warangal, where the doctors said the boy’s condition was precarious. Before resorting to the extreme action for separate Telangana, Neeraj reportedly scribbled his father’s name and

his telephone number on a peace of paper and left at the place. As the news spread like wild fire, the students of ABVP and TRSV organised a dharna before the hospital demanding that the ministers of the region resign immediately to mount pressure on the Union government to declare Telangana. Later, they went in a procession towards the residence of minister Basavaraju Saraiah. When the police obstructed them on the way, the irate students attacked the police vans. With this, the police took the students leaders into custody. NSS

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CHILD RIGHTS

For them, ignorance is bliss

YOUNG PATRIOTS

The State government department dealing with child labour seems to be unaware of the steps taken to curb the practice and the options available for rescued children.

Students queued up to catch a glimpse of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who was in the City to attend the ‘Lead India 2020: 2nd National Movements for Developed India’ function at M ANIL KUMAR LB Stadium on Monday.

N SHIVA KUMAR

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com

hen RTI activists of ITMD, an activist group from Hyderabad, filed an RTI application seeking details on how to report incidents of child labour, the reply to this question, among many others, revealed how PIOs are unaware of their own services. The RTI application, filed with the National Child Labour Project which is

According to the reply, the department had not spent or received a single rupee on curbing child labour, there are no schools or rehab centres for children rescued and moreover, there is no helpline available to report cases of child labour. a functionary of the State government under the labour department, sought details about the amount of money spent on curbing child labour and whether any special schools or rehab centres had been set up for the rescued children. Furthermore, the RTI application also sought to know if any helpline had been set up to report incidents of child labour. “According to their reply, they had not spent or received a single rupee on

curbing child labour, there are no special schools or rehab centres for children rescued and moreover, there is no helpline available for complaints or to report cases of child labour,” said Rahul Buddala, an RTI activist. The flip side is that there does exist several child helpline numbers which have been created especially for reporting incidents of child labour. Among them, 1800-425-2933 and 1098 are two national helpline numbers that have been put into service especially for this purpose. Another comic angle to the story is that when the RTI application questioned the procedure for reporting a child labour incident or violation, the reply to the RTI stated, “The inspectors of the notified area can be informed, who will then levy a fine on the employer.” “But when apparently there is no helpline number, where will these inspectors turn up from? And when they say they have no rehab centres or schools to rehabilitate these children, what will the inspectors do to these children?” asked Buddala. When Postnoon called a helpline to report an instance of child labour happening at an eatery in Banjara Hills, the response to the complaint was pathetic. The woman who answered the phone said that two aayah workers would soon report to the place where the child was being employed and take him away. “They will then take him to the nearest police station, where a case will be lodged against the employer and the child will eventually be freed,” said the helpline employee.

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POLITICS

THE SECRET WORKINGS OF INFORMATION COMMISSION

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com

he process to induct four more information commissioners into the State Information Commission is heading to a close. The four persons recommended for the posts are alleged to be a compromise. The whole process started in 2010. Files were shuttled through on candidate selection and by January 31, 2012, a selection committee (comprising Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy (in pic, left), leader of opposition Chandrababu Naidu, deputy CM Damodara Rajanarasimha Reddy, among others) met and selected eight people and sent the list to the governor (in pic, right) for approval. What made this whole process dubious was that there were no advertisements issued by the State government nor were applications called for the posts. Surprisingly, 153 applications turned up and when the file started moving through the chain of bureaucracy, 11 names were shortlisted. Eight were selected. As CJ Karira, an RTI activist, said: “Three of these eight people did not even submit a biodata, but simply sent a letter requesting a job. Two did not even mention their date of birth.”

Though the governor rejected the appointment of four new information commissioners last year, the CM has sent the file back to him with a frown. Postnoon investigates what happened behind the scenes.

What made this whole process dubious was that there were no advertisements issued by the State government nor were applications called for the posts of information commissioner. Surprisingly, 153 applications turned up.

And then there were four The four candidates whose names have been proposed by the Commission are:

Imtiaz Ahmed Shaik: Contested against Kiran Kumar Reddy in 2009 elections on a TDP ticket from Piler in Chittoor district. Recently joined the Congress.

L Tantiya Kumari: Daughter of former deputy CM and well known Congress leader Koneru Ranga Rao. She tried for a Congress ticket in 2009. She was also a ZPTC member from Congress.

M Vijayanirmala: Contested the 2009 elections on a PRP ticket. Reportedly close to a PRP MLA.

V Venkateshwarlu: Youth Congress (NSUI) functionary.

that Chandrababu Naidu did not agree with the final list and refused to sign the minutes of the meeting of the selection committee on February 8, following which even the governor rejected the proposal to recruit four more people into the service. Now, after a year of the file being sent back, the file has returned to the governor’s office. The governor is now apparently considering legal advice over this issue. This time though, there is a joke involved — the selection committee claims to have chaired a meeting before sending the file to the governor’s office again, but Chandrababu Naidu has been busy with his padayatra in rural Andhra. “If a person, who has got to be transparent and responsible as an information commissioner, is selected through a dubious

How these 153 people came to know about the recruitments is no mystery as it is obvious that only those roaming the corridors of power could know about the selection process. Before the selection of these eight people, a file noting made it mandatory for the applicants to reveal their caste and region. So, the details of the remaining

145 candidates, with their biodatas and application letters, were then finally resolved into a document with five columns — name, biodata, date of birth, caste, and region. This summary ran into 57 pages and was given to the selection committee on the night before January 31. “As per reports, the selection committee’s meeting lasted

about 35 to 40 minutes and by night, the government issued a press release containing the names, castes, sub-castes and regions of the candidates selected for the post. This shows us that the selection was made not on the basis of capacity consideration but caste and region considerations,” said Karira. Another twist to this story is

process, then where are we heading? People’s faith in these institutions will be rubbished. There is no institutional integrity or respect anymore,” said Karira. Rakesh Reddy, convenor of United Forum for RTI Campaign (UFRTI) which had submitted its plea to the governor over this issue, said, “The appointment is arbitrary. We are opposing the process, not the people involved. It seems like they are doing political rehabilitation work for their party members in the information commission.” Sources speculate that placing four people in the information commission for the next one year until the coming elections will ensure that no tainted records of the government can fall through the closet. A press conference on this issue is being held by RTI activists and a decision will be taken by afternoon.

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LEGAL

Wanted: Reconciliation centres at City family courts Mediation centres could prove efficacious but the State has not taken any initiative in this direction. ALEENA ALICE aleena.t@postnoon.com

Experts say mediation centres will not only save marriages but also help children who are caught in the crossfire from going into depression.

amily conflicts are as old as the institution of marriage. Earlier in our country, these conflicts were solved by the elders of the family or the village elders. Later, courts started acting as arbiters of family disputes. More recently, family courts were introduced to help resolve family disputes, especially among married couples, by mediation. However, due to multifarious reasons, family courts are not able to impact this system as there are no reconciliation and mediation centres at any of the family courts in the City. Why the government has not taken the initiative is a mystery only it can explain. Experts say that reconciliation and mediation centres will not only save marriages from breaking up but also save children who are caught in

the crossfire of family conflicts from going into depression. “Many a times we get cases where children get caught in a

CIVIC

Two killed in wall collapse, one rescued

wo Palamur labourers were buried alive and another narrowly escaped when the compound wall of a dilapidated building crashed on them in P&T Colony of Dilsukhnagar on Monday morning. The mishap took place while the labourers were digging for construction of a cellar near the old building. While the three labourers were on the job, a wall of the adjoining building suddenly collapsed, trapping the trio. On being notified, the local police rushed to the spot and swung into action. With the help of locals, they were able to rescue one of the trapped men. However, despite their best efforts, they were unable to rescue the other two men as they were buried under the debris. The rescued labourer was rushed to the hospital. Senior GHMC officials rushed to the accident site and monitored the rescue operations. Leaders of TDP and YSRC demanded adequate compensation for the labourers who had been trapped. They also demanded stringent action against the builder for not taking adequate safety measures. NSS

family feud, because of which they go into depression. I can recall a case where a young boy was so depressed because of his

parents’ separation that he only started speaking after the age of six. In such cases, a mediation centre will help parents reach an agreement for the well-being of their children,” said advocate PV Janani. There are also cases where couples who considered divorce went through the option of reconciliation to save their marriage. “Not all couples who apply for a divorce have the patience to go though the process of reconciliation. However, if they are given time to explore that option, many of them realise that they want to save their mar-

riage,” she added. “In Andhra Pradesh, it is the judges who act as arbiters while the case is in the court. However, this is not sufficient. The couples who are going through the process of separation need time to resolve their problems, which cannot be given by the judge,” said advocate R Jain. Though there are a few such centres at the High Court, with the heavy backlog of pending cases, there is a need for more such centres in every family court. “Often, couples who come to the Secunderabad and other family courts are sent to the reconciliation centres at the High Court. As it is they are going through a tough time with the divorce. Added to that, if they are directed to go to far off places, they will obviously lose the patience to go in for reconciliation. So dedicated reconciliation centres at all the family courts is a must,” added Janani.

CIVIC

25 tankers to water City

SRINIVAS SETTY

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNA rahul.r@postnoon.com

he HMWS&SB, predicting a high demand for water tankers in the City, has roped in 25 private water tankers to supply water in and around the City limits. According to a statement from the HMWS&SB, 25 private tankers have agreed to supply water along with the water board. Another 125 water tankers are being roped in, said a senior official from the water board. Currently, each tanker makes eight trips per day in the City. The water board has been paying `200 per trip for free tankers and `225 for payment trips. In total, 728 private tankers supply water to customers in the City, out of which 126 tankers supply water free of cost to slums.

Last year, `400 was the price for a 5,000 litre tanker used by domestic consumers, while the same cost `515 for non-domestic consumers.

Last year, `400 was the price for a 5,000 litre tanker used by domestic consumers, while the same cost `515 for nondomestic consumers. The number of trips made by each tanker is usually eight to 10 a day. This summer, the number is slated to increase to 12 trips per tanker. “We predict an increase in the demand for water after the decision to

stop pumping water from Himayathsagar and Osmansagar in the months of April and May this summer. While more tankers will only solve the issue of transport, what remains to be seen is where the additional sources of water will be found to meet the demand,” said a senior official from the O&M department of the HMWS&SB.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

focus

TASTE FOR MEAT HAS ITS COSTS

LIFESTYLE

INDIA’S MEATY ISSUES

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2007 put India’s per capita meat intake at 5 to 5.5 kg — the country’s highest since records began, with further increases expected. RACHEL O’BRIEN MUMBAI: With German sausages, French duck breasts and homegrown chicken, Francis Menezes is cashing in on the growing appetite for meat among Indians — even in one of Mumbai’s most strictly vegetarian areas. In the upmarket neighbourhood of Malabar Hill, numerous shops, restaurants and even some apartment blocks remain meat-free. But Menezes, co-manager of the Cafe Ridge food store, says he does a brisk trade in “non-veg", especially with those who have studied abroad. “Things like Thanksgiving, which was never celebrated over here in Mumbai, is now being celebrated every year. The new generation are cool with eating anything," he said. India’s booming middle-class is driving the demand for meat in a country with a traditionally low intake — a survey in 2006 showed that 40 percent of the population were vegetarian. Fish and meat have long been part of other Indians’ diets but for many they used to be a rarity, said Arvind Singhal, chairman of the consumer consultancy group Technopak Advisors. “With rising disposable incomes, meat consumption is increasing," he told AFP. “Before meat would have been seen as for a special occasion." Members of the Jain faith and some groups within India’s majority Hindu religion hold vegetarianism as an ideal. Father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi espoused a meat-free diet as part of his non-violent philosophy. But fewer of the younger generation appear to feel the same. Despite coming from a “hardcore veg” Hindu community, bartender Ishita Manek is an enthusiastic member of the Mumbai Meat Marathon, a group that gets together every weekend to try out protein-heavy dishes. “It’s just to do with the country progressing. The mindset is changing and no one really sticks to traditional values anymore,” she said, although she admitted her mother dislikes her love of beef, a taboo under Hinduism.

middle-class diets, especially when cooked at the growing number of fast-food joints. While malnutrition is wide-scale among India’s poor, an estimated 63 million in the country had diabetes in 2012. “Industrial meat is adding to the crisis in health," said food security analyst Sangita Sharma. “Consumers are oblivious as to what is going on their plates."

COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES

A “CHICKEN REVOLUTION” There are no recent figures on overall meat consumption, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2007 put India’s per capita intake at 5 to 5.5 kg — the country’s highest since records began, with further increases expected. With chicken a favourite meat, the rapid rise of the domestic poultry market is a good indication of changing diets. Currently worth an estimated $9 billion, it is growing at an annual rate of 20 per cent, driven by broiler meat, according to

Technopak. Farm manager Vijay Sakhrani turned to the broiler business back in 1982 with 2,000 chickens. He now rears more than 800,000 a year as a contract farmer for Indian poultry giant Venky’s. “You have self-employment, you require a small space. In a small space you can do a lot of business," he told AFP in Koregaon Mul village, 30 kilometres from Pune, where he said numerous other farmers had followed his foray into poultry. Venky’s general manager Vijay Tijare described a “chicken revolution” going on in India

and one, he believes, that can supply the need for economical protein among the nation’s 1.2 billion people. The company’s thriving fortunes enabled it fund the takeover of the leading English football club Blackburn Rovers three years ago. With a median age of 26.5, India’s calorie needs are set to grow faster than the population, but the domestic supply of vegetable proteins has not kept up with demand and India is now the biggest importer of pulses. Others see mass-produced meat as only doing damage to

Changing consumption patterns also threaten to exacerbate the country’s environmental pressures. India is the world’s top buffalo meat exporter, despite the beef taboo, and the leading emitter of greenhouse gas methane from livestock, according to a report from the New York-based think tank Brighter Green last year. Citing water scarcity and intense strains on land, the group said it was crucial for India to promote plant-based diets and prioritise less resource-intensive industries than livestock. “With 500 million cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, camels, pigs, and billions of chickens, 600 million farmers and 1.2 billion people, the competition is on in India for natural resources," said its report. Singhal too expressed concerns, especially the challenge thrown up in diverting grains to animal feed, which critics say takes food away from the poorest members of society. He said one way to ease the pressures was to think beyond India’s traditional desire for self-sufficiency. He criticised a ban on poultry imports from the US, despite the fact that chicken legs are popular in India but often go to waste in America. The ban is purportedly to prevent bird flu but has been challenged by Washington as disguised trade restrictions. India’s per capita meat consumption for now remains well below the Asian average, but with its population due to become the world’s largest in coming years, analysts are calling for greater attention to how its food is produced. “India needs to realise it is not a vegetarian country," Singhal said. AFP

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Business

MOSCOW EXCHANGE SETS $4.6 BN IPO TARGET

Russia’s main stock exchange Monday set a valuation target of $4.6 billion for a domestic listing aimed at kickstarting stalled Kremlin efforts to build a global powerhouse out of the Moscow bourse.

BRITAIN-EU TIES

S&P FACES US SUIT

Battle looms at Brussels Cameron to push his demands for cuts to the bloc’s trillion-euro budget. LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron returns to battle in Brussels this week for the first time since he delivered a landmark pledge to to hold a referendum on his country’s relationship with the EU. Cameron will use the EU summit on Thursday and Friday to push his demands for cuts to the bloc’s trillion-euro budget, a quest which has already caused deep divisions within the 27nation European Union. The budget row comes hot on the heels of his announcement on January 23 that he wants to take back certain powers from Europe and then put the new terms to a public vote in Britain by the end of 2017. The question at this week’s summit is whether he will seek to smooth the ruffled feathers of his European partners and accept slightly less hawkish terms on the budget, in return for their support further down the line. Britain’s Europe minister David Lidington said Monday that Cameron would not accept a budget deal “at any price” — while adding that he had heard “open minds” regarding the

Cameron has won political capital at home with his referendum gambit, which has boosted his poll ratings among an increasingly eurosceptic British public and quelled his famously turbulent Conservative Party, for now at least. prime minister’s demands for treaty change. Cameron has won political capital at home with his referendum gambit, which has boosted his poll ratings among an increasingly eurosceptic British public and quelled his famously turbulent Conservative party, for now at least. But he will need the support of other EU leaders to successfully renegotiate Britain’s relationship with Brussels over the next two years, and may be minded to butter them up now. Many of them have run out

IMF, Afghanistan agree path to fresh aid WASHINGTON: The IMF said Monday it had reached agreement with Afghanistan on the reform path needed to unlock the next aid installment for the war-ravaged country. The International Monetary Fund granted Afghanistan a $133.6 million line of credit in November 2011 to help the country through the withdrawal of

foreign military forces in 2014. But to date the IMF has only disbursed two installments of about $18 million each. Following a two-week mission in Afghanistan, an IMF team reached “understandings” with the Afghan authorities on a reform path to allow fresh aid to be disbursed, the IMF said. AFP

of patience with what they regard as British demands for special treatment, especially when the possibility of a “Brexit” from the European Union is now real. A British government source said Cameron felt he had built a “strong alliance” among net budget contributors like Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands and was “hopeful of a better outcome” this week. German Chancellor and EU powerbroker Angela Merkel also appeared sympathetic to Cameron’s calls for more auster-

ity when a summit on the issue collapsed in November, the source said. His Brussels trip will not be the first time that Cameron has actually met some of his fellow EU leaders since he delivered his long-awaited speech in Europe. The British leader held talks with several of them, including Merkel, in the more relaxed and scenic surroundings of the World Economic Forum in Davos, late last month. The mood then was a largely conciliatory one with Irish PM Enda Kenny, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, saying the bloc would be “stronger if Britain is part of it”. But memories are still fresh of December 2011 when Cameron was the outcast of Europe, shunned by angry counterparts when he vetoed a crucial fiscal pact that was aimed at tackling the crisis. Cameron’s stance on the EU has also caused alarm in the US, long one of Britain’s closest allies. US Vice President Joe Biden said in a newspaper interview that Britain and Europe would both lose out if Cameron quits the EU. AFP

Tunisia in talks with IMF for $1.78 bn standby loan WASHINGTON: Tunisia is nearing agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $1.78 billion standby loan to protect the economy from external shocks, the IMF said on Monday. Negotiations for the Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement are at an “advanced stage,” the IMF’s mission chief to Tunisia, Amine Mati, said following meetings last month with Tunisian authorities.

“As stated by the Tunisian authorities, an arrangement with the IMF is being sought only as a precautionary measure to help support the country during the transition period and, if need be, cope with exogenous shocks that could come from the global environment,” he said in a statement. An IMF mission led by Mati held talks with Tunisian officials, private business and civil society leaders last month. AFP

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The US government plans to sue Standard & Poor’s over its rating of mortgage bonds at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis, the agency said Monday, slamming the case as “entirely” groundless. S&P said the Justice Department civil suit targets its ratings in 2007 of certain collateralised debt obligations, packages of mortgages that later plunged in value due to the US housing collapse, triggering the global crisis. S&P promised a vigorous defense, saying the suit would be “entirely without factual or legal merit.”

NUMEROLOGY

$477

is SK Telecom’s net profit for the fourth quarter.

ORACLE EXPANDS CAPACITY Oracle said it was buying Acme Packet for $2.1 billion in cash, helping the business tech group expand its capacity to deliver voice, video and data over IP networks. “The combination of Oracle and Acme Packet is expected to accelerate the migration to all-IP networks by enabling secure and reliable communications from any device, across any network,” the companies said. Oracle agreed to pay $29.25 per share in cash for the deal, which has been approved by the Acme board but needs shareholder and regulatory approval. Acme has some 1,925 customers in 109 countries.

THUS SPAKE The law (Food Safety and Standards Act) cannot be accepted wholeheartedly as small traders will suffer at the hands of ofﬁcials while implementing it., M KARUNANIDHI, DMK PRESIDENT

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nation

PC ASKS TAXMEN TO BOOST COLLECTIONS Finance minister P Chidambaram today asked revenue officials to beef up their tax collection efforts to achieve the budgeted target. The government has budgeted to collect over `5.05 lakh crore in the current fiscal from indirect taxes that comprise excise, customs and service tax, an increase of 27 per cent over realisation in the previous fiscal.

AICC MEETING

AERO INDIA 2013

‘Back to basics’

An IAF Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter plane lands during a rehearsal of the Aero India 2013 in Bengaluru on Monday. To be flagged off by defence minister AK Antony in the presence of 78 foreign delegations, services chiefs and other dignitaries, the event will witness about 60 civil and military aircraft, choppers and passenger planes in action in air and on the ground. The largest overseas participation is expected from the US,

NEWS BRIEFS Delhi waterlogged NEW DELHI: Commuters in the national capital and its suburbs had a harrowing time on Tuesday with several key roads waterlogged following heavy rains that saw the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 13.5 degrees Celsius. The weather department has forecast more rain and hailstorms later in the day. The overnight rains flooded roads leading to jams in several areas.

3 killed in accident ERODE: Three persons, including the bridegroom, were killed and 30 others seriously injured when the mini-lorry they were travelling in fell into a deep pit near here this morning. The mishap occurred when the driver lost control of the vehicle carrying 33 persons of the party near Varattupallam early morning.

Cop killed in shootout GIRIDIH: A policeman was killed in an encounter with the Maoists near Matrukha village of the district, police said here today. A Maoist was arrested after the gunbattle. The Maoists attacked the police team late night when it went to the village in search of an extremist involved in a jail van attack.

followed by Israel and Russia. There will be country pavilions from Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia and Ukraine. Organised by the defence ministry in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the trade fair will be spread across 125,000 square metres, with 650 exhibitors from 27 nations. PTI

FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP

Man held for PM, Mulayam cartoons LUCKNOW: A man has been arrested for “communal and inflammatory” posts on social networking site Facebook targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union communications minister Kapil Sibal and Uttar Pradesh’s ruling SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, police said on Tuesday. Sanjay Chowdhary, a resident of the Dayalbagh suburb of Agra, was arrested late Monday and his laptop, sim card and data card impounded. Police in Agra said the arrest, which some see as an attempt to muzzle freedom of speech and expression on social networking sites, that the arrest was made on “specific information” about certain “communal and inflammatory” posts by Chowdhary. However, officials here admitted that the “case became hypersen-

Chowdhary, a civil engineer and chairman of a public school, was booked under sections 153A of the IPC and 66A of the IT Act. sitive after some remarks were made on the SP chief”. SSP Agra, Subhash Chandra Dubey said police had acted “purely on law and order basis” in the matter. “We are not involved in the political angle of the whole issue, our concern were the inflammatory comments and posts on the Facebook wall of this man and we acted to prevent any communal flare up,” Dubey told IANS. Some officials, however, said

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the case was “fast tracked” once cartoons lampooning the three leaders were posted on his Facebook wall. Soon after his arrest, the inflammatory posts were deleted from his Facebook profile and later his account was deactivated. Chowdhary, a civil engineer and chairman of a public school, was booked under sections 153 A of the IPC and 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Last year, the arrest of two girls of a Mumbai suburb for commenting on late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had created a stir with Maharashtra Police being criticised in many quarters for its hasty decision. A sessions court in Palghar, Maharashtra, had later dropped the cases against the girls after the police filed a closure report.

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NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said the party should address basic problems first to face future political challenges, and added the party would be stronger if its constitution was implemented in letter and spirit. “The party would be stronger if the constitution was implemented in letter and spirit. It is a radical document which draws from the vast experience of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and others,” Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi quoted Rahul Gandhi as having told the All India Congress Committee office-bearers here.

The Monday meeting concluded Rahul Gandhi’s three-day “feedback-cuminteraction” session where he gave party leaders a chance to express themselves freely and suggest ways to strengthen the party. This was Rahul’s first formal interaction with AICC leaders after becoming vice president of the party. It was a clear sign of his lead role in future as his mother and party chief Sonia Gandhi stayed away from the deliberations. Rahul said he wanted to hold similar sessions with the state, district and block level party leaders. IANS

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

World

JAPAN FASHIONISTAS DEFEND ‘OBSCENE’ PHOTOGRAPHER Japanese fashionistas leaped to the defence of Tokyo-based Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee on Tuesday after he was arrested for selling books containing pictures of male genitals. Kee, who has snapped megastars including Lady Gaga and Super Bowl sensation Beyonce, was arrested Monday on suspicion of obscenity after selling the books at his Tokyo gallery.

MALI

REG PRESLEY DIES Islamists supply routes hit GAO, MALI: French fighter jets have pounded Islamist supply bases in northern Mali seeking to flush the insurgents out of hiding, as France and the US on Monday called for African troops to quickly take over the operation after a three-week campaign by Frenchled forces drove the extremists from most of their strongholds, including the cities of Timbuktu and Gao.

Biden praises France PARIS: US Vice President Joe Biden hailed France’s “decisive” intervention in Mali on Monday and joined President Francois Hollande in calling for UN peacekeepers to be quickly deployed to the country. The Vice-Presdient also joined Hollande in vowing to keep up pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme. AFP

A convoy of French army vehicles patrol on February 4, 2013 between Timbuktu and Douentza.

AFP

NORTH KOREA’S NUKE DREAMS

S Korea fears more on the way ‘N Korea may conduct multiple N-tests,’ says South Korea’s President. SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak believes North Korea could detonate multiple devices when it goes ahead with a nuclear test expected in the coming weeks or even days. In an interview published Tuesday in the Chosun Ilbo daily, the outgoing president also acknowledged the huge challenge the international community faces in seeking to wean Pyongyang off its nuclear weapons programme. The North has signalled that it will carry out a “higher level” nuclear test very soon, in a defiant response to UN sanctions

Kim and his smartphone SEOUL: A picture of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un with a smartphone has triggered fevered speculation about which brand is favoured by the leader of one of the world’s most repressive nations. The photo released by the North’s state media showed Kim presiding over a meeting with top national security advisers last week — a meeting believed to have been focused on Pyongyang’s threat

to conduct an imminent nuclear test. It also showed a black smartphone on the table next to Kim’s arm — as well as a lit cigarette in his hand.

imposed after its successful long-range rocket launch in December. Lee said “higherlevel” suggested Pyongyang might attempt to detonate several devices. “North Korea is likely to carry out multiple nuclear tests at two places or more simultaneously” in order to maximise scientific gains from an event that will be globally condemned, Lee said. Experts around the world are gearing up to analyse any test for what it might reveal about the current status of the North’s weaponisation programme.

NEWS BRIEFS Japan summons China envoy in island row

Myanmar rebels: Talks 2 Germans kidnapped in small step towards peace Columbia

Mexican oil plant blast due to gas build-up

TOKYO: Tokyo summoned China’s envoy Tuesday in protest at what it says was another incursion into its territorial waters, after Beijing’s ships sailed near islands at the centre of a bitter dispute. “The foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador over ships entering the waters near Senkaku islands,” said an ofﬁcial.

YANGON: Kachin rebels fighting the government in Myanmar’s far north said Tuesday that new peace talks held in China were a limited step towards finding a solution to the bitter conflict. The two sides discussed ways to establish communication channels, reduce military tension and work towards a surveillance system.

MEXICO CITY: The explosion that killed 37 people at the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil ﬁrm was caused by a gas build-up, ofﬁcials said Monday, ruling out a bomb attack. The announcement came four days after the blast, a delay that triggered much speculation about the cause of the blast at the complex.

BOGOTA: Leftist Colombian rebels said Monday they are holding two German hostages, seized weeks ago, whom they believe to be spies. National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas identiﬁed their captives as “Messrs. Breur Uwe and Breuer Gunther Otto, of alleged German nationality,” in a statement on its website, www.eln-voces.com.

Reg Presley, lead singer of British 1960s rock band The Troggs, has died aged 71, a friend said late Monday. Presley, best known for hits including Wild Thing and Love Is All Around, had announced a year ago that he was battling cancer and would retire from the band. Veteran music journalist Keith Altham, a close friend of Presley’s, wrote on his Facebook page that the singer had died “surrounded by family and friends” on Monday.

NUMEROLOGY

55 days

is the time that NASA’s huge SuperTIGER scientific balloon flew over Antartica, breaking the record for the longest flight of its kind, bringing back a wealth of data, the US space agency said on Monday.

RIOTS IN DHAKA A man was burned to death as riots rocked Dhaka ahead of a verdict Tuesday against a senior Islamist opposition ofﬁcial accused of genocide during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. Abdul Quader Molla, 64, assistant secretary general of the Jamaat-eIslami party, could be sentenced to death by the controversial International Crimes Tribunal following charges of rape, genocide and murder. Jamaat announced a nationwide strike after the tribunal on Monday announced the verdict would be delivered the following day.

Because of these (people’s) prayers God has given me this new life... this is a second life. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated. Malala Yousafzai Human rights activist

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Technology 3D PRINTING

FUTURE OF

HOUSING CHARLES ONIANS Dutch architect has designed a house “with no beginning or end” to be built using the world’s largest 3D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon. Janjaap Ruijssenaars, 39, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, wants to print a building resembling a giant mobius strip — a continuous loop with one side — with around 1,100 square metres of floor space using the massive D-Shape printer. The printer, designed by Italian Enrico Dini, can print up to almost a six-metre-bysix-metre square, using a computer to add layers 5-10 mm (a quarter to half an inch) thick. Ruijssenaars says the building could serve as a home or a museum and would have parts usually made from a concrete-like material printed using broken up rocks and an emulsion binding, while steel and glass would provide the facade. “It’s our ambition to have the first printed house, this printer has made art or objects for sea defences, but this is the first time to build something that can be lived in,” he said. Ruijssenaars said the plan was not initially to print the building but the hi-tech medium turned out to be the most appropriate. “We started to ask the question if a building can be like the landscape, in order to make a building that would not harm the landscape, or at least learn from the landscape,” he said. “We analysed that the essence of landscape is that it

Dutch architect to build house with 3D printer using materials such as a concrete-like material from broken rocks and an emulsion binding. has no beginning or ending, so it’s continuous, not only the fact the world is round but also water goes into land, valleys into mountains, it’s always continuous.” The Mobius-strip shaped result bears a striking resemblance to the art of another Dutchman, 20th-century designer and illustrator MC Escher. “In this design he’s definitely been an inspiration, I would say he’s the king of Mobius strips in drawing,” Ruijssenaars said. When trying to make a small model of the building, Ruijssenaars realised that whatever material you use, from paper to lead, “you have to make a strip and then bend it in order to make this Mobius strip.” “With a 3D printer, even a small model, we could make the whole structure from bottom to top without anyone seeing where it is begins or ends,” he said. Working with Dutch mathematician and artist Rinus Roelofs and Dini in

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The challenge is demonstrating that it’s possible to print real buildings in 3D and affirm that there is a new way to manufacture buildings. Enrico Dini Printer Italy, “we put the whole thing in the computer,” the architect said. A Brazilian national park has expressed interest in the building, which would cost around $5.3 million to construct, the architect said, or it could be built as a private home in the US. The project would take around 18 months to build and the printer “might be active for half-ayear,” Ruijssenaars said.

“The challenge is demonstrating that it’s possible to print real buildings in 3D and affirm that there is a new way to manufacture buildings,” Dini, 50, said by telephone from Italy. Dini, who gave up his well-paid job in robotics designing prototypes for the footwear industry to build his monster printer, said that 3D printing of buildings remains a hybrid process with other building techniques for reinforcement. “And it’s about being competitive with other construction techniques,” he said. One advantage of using printing is that you can easily build-in empty spaces for plumbing and electrics — and that you can use rocks found at the construction site, which could be almost anywhere. “The great thing about the printer is that you can take it somewhere and then print with the ground you find on location,” Ruijssenaars said. AFP

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop conceded that it is interested in the tablet space, but stopped short of offering any hard details on their short to mid-term plans. According to Elop, the Finnish phone maker is taking its time to "study" Microsoft's efforts with the Surface to decide how and when to enter the market. When asked about his choice of platform the executive said Nokia would consider any option, including Android, but made it clear that their focus is currently on Microsoft’s platform.

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ohn Kerry seized the reins of US diplomacy on Monday, winning a warm welcome from State Department staff as he took over from Hillary Clinton in what he described as a “homecoming.” Proving that “the Foreign Service is in my genes,” Kerry brandished a battered copy of his first diplomatic passport, issued at the age of 11 when his diplomat father was posted to Berlin. And he triggered laughter from hundreds packed into the bureau’s grand entrance when he mused “Can a man actually run the State Department?” before admitting with some selfdeprecating humor: “I have big heels to fill.” The new secretary of state paid tribute to Clinton, who followed Condoleezza Rice into the job and stepped down on Friday after four years in office. “Job well done. The nation is grateful. The world is grateful. Thank you, Hillary Clinton, and thank you, her team,” Kerry said. He later wrote on the official State Department blog about “a day of milestones,” saying that “in more ways than one, it’s a homecoming.” Following a round of weekend phone calls with some world leaders, Kerry on Monday spoke with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, as well as his French and German counterparts Laurent Fabius and Guido Westerwelle. “You can imagine that this is a week of introductions, or at least an initial few days of introductions,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. AFP

SECOND REVOLUTION LOOMS OVER LIBYA LETTER FROM LIBYA

David Hume Scottish philosopher

Kerry takes State reins

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS Salman Khan is at it again. The Khan’s back-to-back hits at the box office seems to have made him outspoken and lacking in respect and has said something bad about SRK’s acting skills. Let’s see how the other Khan reacts.

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wo years after the start of the uprising that ousted Moamer Gaddafi, Libya’s new rulers are under attack for lack of reforms and face protests on February 15 being touted by some as a “second revolution”. Faced with growing rumblings in the street, the authorities have put security forces on high alert ahead of the protests as well as celebrations two days later marking the second anniversary of the “February 17 Revolution” that led to Kadhafi’s ouster and being killed in October 2011. Demands by opposition groups range from a ban on officials of the former regime from holding public office to the disbandment of armed militias and a reform of the higher education system. Chants at protests are increasingly resembling those staged during the uprising against Kadhafi: “The people demand the fall of the (new) regime.” A leaflet circulated in Tripoli calls for a “popular revolt” and a civil disobedience movement to bring down the regime.

It encourages Libyans to stock up with food and fuel in anticipation of what it says will be a complete shutdown of the country following the February 15 protests. It is unclear who is behind the leaflet and the calls for protests but Libyan officials and several organisations, including Islamic groups, accuse remnants of the former regime of fomenting protests to “sow disorder and instability”. In Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi — cradle of the antiGaddafi rebellion — the calls have been relayed on social networks by several groups backed by supporters of federalism and various civil society groups. “The calls to demonstrate are justified because of several accumulated problems, such as inflation, the high cost of living and high unemployment among the youth,” Mohamed al-Mufti, a former political prisoner under Gaddafi’s regime, told AFP. “This movement is also politically motivated given their demands for federalism and the challenges posed to the decisions and choices of the assembly and the government.” Zahia Attia, a political activist, said he “would stage a sit-in and organise peaceful protest marches to denounce the national assembly for its failure to make progress on issues like

national reconciliation, allocation of resources ... and drafting of a constitution.” The new Libyan authorities, meanwhile, are trying to learn from incidents in neighbouring Egypt, where deadly riots erupted last month around celebrations there marking second anniversary of the start of the revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak. Libyan authorities have held several meetings to organise festivities planned for February 17 and to step up security ahead of the February 15 demonstrations. Libya’s Interior Minister Ashur Shwayel expressed his fears “that the protests of February 15 may not be peaceful in nature,” but insisted that “every citizen had a right to

express his political opinion”. Libya’s mufti, the highest religious authority, has also urged that demonstrations be held in a peaceful manner. Amor Bushala, a member of an organisation of civil groups, said his organisation would participate in February 15 demonstrations “only if they are peaceful.” “Appeals must focus on correcting the process of revolution and not challenge the national assembly or the government which are legitimate institutions,” he said. Users of social networks such as Facebook have resisted calls to protest against the government and national assembly, insisting that “these institutions are legitimate and there is no reason to dispute them.” AFP

EDITORIALS Withering before blossoming

ashmir’s ﬁrst girl band has disbanded after receiving death threats and rape threats online. The police claim to have identiﬁed most of the perpetrators and have said they could be arrested soon. However, what does the state have to say about bigots and zealots issuing diktats in the name of religion against the rights of citizens accorded by the constitution? All right, we can take it easy that the person who issued the fatwa is in many ways ‘deaf’, and he has his right to opinion when saying that “All bad things happening in the Indian society are because of music”, but he should have stopped there. He must not have said “The girls must stop”. Perhaps he has not heard that his right ends where someone else’s nose begins. And his comments are an outright infringement on the rights of those girls he wanted to stop. Quite casually, the chief minister of J&K leaves the decision to the girls if they want to continue or not and has said the state will provide security to the girls. Now he need not bother about it, as the girls have disbanded. But what about doing something about the one who shot his mouth off?

READERS’ VIEWS

Why we love Malala

ecause she is undaunted despite being pushed to hell and making a comeback. Because Malala is clear about what she wants to do in life though she lives in a nation that does not provide the atmosphere for people with dreams to bloom, especially trying for a girl: This is a second life... this is a new life... I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

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workplace

HONEY, I HAD A JOB! A man was jailed for four years after staging a £9,000 robbery at his former workplace in an effort to convince his wife he had a job. He was working at a discount store and had taken to sleeping in his car. To stop his wife’s questions on his state, he committed the crime.

FOLLOWING YOUR HEART

KNOW YOUR COMPANY

Passionately at work

arini Rao, besides being a mesmerising Hindustani vocalist and a Chartered Accountant, is mostly known for her unique terracotta jewellery. From being a customer to fulfilling the desire to customise her jewellery, designing for friends and acquaintances to retailing online, Harini has come a long way. Her designs went to Bangalore and came back materialised and ready to wear. A couple of years ago she apprehensively put up her first stall during a cultural fest at her former workplace. To her surprise, she was out of stock in no time. Today her Facebook page is buzzing with pictures of terracotta necklaces, earrings, anklets, bracelets and pendants with constant hike in the number of likes and orders, of course. Now she is an excorporate employee investing all her time in creating what she loves and is making a comfortable living from it. KANCHAN AGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com

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lright, the secret of happiness is simple: Find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it,” said inspirational speaker Robin Sharma in his first book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Taking this advice to heart and acting on it are a few city entrepreneurs who make and sell what they love and have successfully converted their hobbies into full-time professions without any academic support whatsoever.

No matter the number of degrees or qualifications you gather, there is always a one part of you which harbours that dream profession — the one you are truly passionate about. We speak with some who made their passion their profession.

Meghna Cherukuri spent a lot of her childhood making sketches of lehengas, kurtas and other Indian garments. In spite of her love for clothes, when it was time for her to go to college, she was forced not to opt for fashion designing. “Back then people saw it as a kind of tailoring. So my father didn’t really think it was a good idea,” she says. But when you have talent for something, you cannot help but let it out. Even as a commerce student at St Francis degree College, Meghna made best use of her dressing sense and mixed and matched her clothes in all interesting combinations. Aiding her passion was the admiration and compliments

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hasing what she truly loves is another young entrepreneur Akanksha Bhandari whose cupcakes are fast becoming a musthave at any gettogether. This 21year-old fresh graduate was selling cupcakes to her friends, common friends and other customers even before she realised her true calling. “As I kept delivering these casual orders, I realised this was my calling and decided to pursue it seriously.” Although her parents are fabulous cooks, Akanksha’s cupcakes are a result of her fearless experiments in her kitchen. Her parents, she says are the force behind her decision to continue her dream of being a cupcake maker. “My dad has always asked me to do what my heart tells me to,” she says.

These women have chosen difficult paths but the ones that bring them true happiness. They do not wake up each day cringing about going to work. she received at her workplace from her colleagues. Although she went to acquire her MBA degree after graduation, she is now a full-time fashion designer. It started off when on being encouraged and pushed by family and friends, she assembled a small collection of anarkalis and lehengas and displayed it at a

small exhibition. She was discovered by The Project (a designer store) and since then there has been no turning back. Being your own boss comes with a quota of challenges, overcoming which is part of being a grand entrepreneur. These young women have chosen difficult paths but the ones that bring them true happiness. They for sure do not wake up each day cringing about going to work. “It takes a lot of hard work but when you see the final product, there is satisfaction. You have to be patient and passionate. Without patience, your passion can turn your venture into a messy affair,” concludes Akanksha.

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Confidence in the business world in London is at an 18-month high according to surveys published by both Icaew/ Grant Thornton and Lloyd’s Bank with the former predicting that the surge in its Business Confidence Monitor Index from +4.2 at the nd of last year to 12.8 now suggests the economy will grow by 0.4 per cent in the first quarter, avoiding a triple dip recession.

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Explain how the missed work days hurt the business, too. Often an employee is unaware of how calling off impacts sales, service or company image. Discuss the speciﬁc cost of the employee absences to your business. After the meeting, monitor his/herattendance and address any additional concerns as soon as they arise.

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Students from fashion institutes such as NIFT, NIFD, Hamstech and Raffles vied to take home the award for the best Cancer Prevention Theme at the Apollo Cancer Hospitals Fashion Show on Cancer Prevention' held on Monday at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills. The jury consisted of actress Shriya Saran, fashion designers Shilpa Reddy and Asmita Marwa & Dr. Vijay Anand Reddy, director, Apollo Cancer Hospital.

SPECIAL REQUEST

The cast of Special Chabbis, starring Akshay Kumar, Kajal Aggarwal were in the City on Monday to promote the ďŹ lm. Music director MM Keeravani was also there at the event The promotion was held at a popular jewellery store in the City, at the special request of Kajal who wanted to give her fans a treat.The ďŹ lm will release this Friday.

Fair & Lovely foundation on Monday commenced their search for A FAIR CHANCE The female applicants for their country-wide scholarship programme.Through this scholarship initiative, the Fair and Lovely Foundation strives to empower the women and give them the opportunity to pursue higher education.

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health

SICK PERSON CONTAMINATES OFFICE BY LUNCHTIME A sick person who reports for duty can contaminate more than half of his office's common surfaces with virus or the bugs by lunchtime, says a study. Some of the bacterial hot spots include phones, desktops, tabletops, doorknobs, photocopiers, elevator buttons, the office fridge and tea vending machines.

ORAL HEALTH

Time to visit your dentist? While we run behind quick fixes for whiter, sparkling teeth, oral health is often neglected. Gingivitis is a sign of this. DEEPASHRI V

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o your gums bleed when you brush or floss? It could be due to an inflammation of the gums, known as gingivitis. The gums turn red. According to medicalnewstoday.com, gingivitis almost always starts off with the formation of plaque, a thin film of bacteria. If plaque is not cleared on time, it leads to a harder deposit on the teeth, called tartar. Tartar is not easy to remove and one needs to visit a dentist to get their teeth polished or cleaned. “Gingivitis is a dental problem where the gingival gets swollen up,” said Dr Tanuja Khurana, clinical endodontist at Pearly Teeth Super Speciality Hospital, Vikrampuri. “The gingival gets swollen up. There are different stages.” She said gums have to be “knife edge flattened” against the teeth. In gingivitis, a pocket like cover forms over the teeth, pushing the gums inward. This is the first clinical sign and plaque keeps accumulating. “Foul smell, foul taste, bleeding in the particular area (it can be one tooth or the entire set of teeth) are the initial signs,”

she said. “Regular cleaning has to be done. Massage your gums in a circular motion. If the pockets deepen, it affects the bone.” She said one must visit a dentist at least once in six months or a year for cleaning. “It is very common in India,” said Dr Salahuddin Faruqui, dental surgeon at Salahuddin’s dental clinic at Tolichowki. “If it is neglected and people buy over-the-counter medicines, the cause is not removed, only the symptom is.” He said gingiva is a tissue that protects the teeth’s internal environment from the external one. If this seal breaks, bacteria grows. He said pregnancy gingivitis is especially common, as women’s eating habits change, and gynaecologists should educate them about the same. He added that there are several reports suggesting gingivitis causes premature pain in women. The bacteria is ingested by the mother and affects the child. “Cleaning is something (only) a dentist can do,” he said. “In some cases, if even scaling doesn’t help, we prescribe some antibiotics.”

Do whitening toothpastes work?

ccording to an interview with Alan Carr, doctor of dental medicine, published in mayoclinic.com, whitening toothpastes do remove superficial stains like those made by coffee. However, long-term usage can damage the enamel, he said. It also said that some pastes have a chemical which gives an “optical illusion” of whitening. “It does work, but I have noticed longterm side effects in patients,” Dr Tanuja said. “It does remove little stains. But the best way is to get scaling done once in six months, followed my normal maintenance.” She said

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those who just buy these pastes off the counter and solely depend on them have side effects. Dr Salahuddin said he would never recommend whitening toothpastes to his patients. He said hydrogen peroxide compounds present in them, deoxidises the stain and removes it, but like how chemicals remove stain on cloth but spoil the cloth in the long run, the same happens with teeth. “Tooth enamel loses its life in a year or so. It leads to sensitivity. It is transmitted to the gingiva and that also gets affected.”

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DID YOU KNOW? Human brain is the most complex The human brain is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter known in the universe. It controls over 100 billion nerve cells and generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world's telephones put together moving at speeds 150 to 250 miles per hour.

PIONEERS James D Watson James Dewey Watson is American geneticist who played a leading role in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1962. After studying at two universities, he went to the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory and joined Francis Crick to study nucleic acid molecules. With Maurice Wilkins, the trio made a paramount leap in understanding heredity.

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FASHION AND HEALTH

Tattoos may increase risk of skin cancer: Doctors

NEW DELHI: Tattooing, so popular among the young, can increase the risk of skin cancer, say doctors. According to doctors, inks used in tattoos may contain toxic elements, which can cause skin cancer, especially blue ink, the age-old colour of choice for tattoo artists, which has cobalt and aluminum. Red ink may have mercurial sulfide and certain coloured inks often contain lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, titanium and other heavy metals. "The equipment used in tattooing and body piercing, if contaminated with infected blood, can risk transmission of blood-borne viruses such as HIV, Hepatitis B and C and various skin cancers like squamous cell, carcinoma and melanoma," Dr DJS Tula, consultant plastic surgeon at Delhi's BLK Hospital, told IANS. "Everyone who gets a tattoo doesn't get skin cancer. But they have increased risk as most tattooists use ink which is arsenic. Many youngsters don't realise the damage tattoos cause to their skin. They want them for a lifetime. Certain designs are deep penetrated into the skin and damage muscles," Tula added. Experts also say that a tattoo should not be done near a mole (nevus). "One needs to know the changes occurring in a mole - symmetry, border, colour, size, shape and texture. If there is a tattoo around it or on it, the key warning signs on the mole cannot be noticed and it might later evolve into melanoma or another skin cancer," oncologist Dr Amit Kumar told IANS. "One should choose a hygienic place for a tattoo where needles are properly sterilised. Tattoos between the mid ribs and upper shoulders should be avoided," said Jane Ruth, a dermatologist. Other fairly common skin risks associated with tattoos include allergic reactions to certain tattoo inks. But infection just after a tattoo can be treated with antibiotics. Experts also say that there are risks involved in removing tattoos like hypopigmentation (loss of skin colour) and as hyperpigmentation (skin darkening) where the tattoo was. On the contrary, tattooists in the city claim that tattoos do not lead to skin cancer or other blood-borne disease. "One should go to a professional tattooist. A professional will use only organic inks. The best inks are imported from the US, Britain and Australia. Some Chinese inks available at cheap rates in the market might be harmful," said Anu Singh, who owns Tattoo Empire of India. "Aftercare procedures should also be followed to avoid infected on the inked skin. My clients have not had any cancer or skin disease. There might be a slight inflammation for a few days after the tattoo is made," Singh added. IANS

Doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Corner

50-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with an injury to his right foot, when a bike hit him from back. He fell on ground and found difficult to walk after that. He was brought to the hospital. Myself: Any other injuries? Patient: No M: Can you walk? P: No On examination, it was found that his foot was turned slightly inwards. But there

BREAKTHROUGH

New drug can stop Alzheimer's early

Toxic chemicals used in tattoos and designs that penetrate deep into the skin put people at a higher risk of getting skin cancer.

LONDON: A new drug for Alzheimer's has shown "encouraging" results in early trials on mice, claim British scientists who believe that it can stop the disease before it seriously affects a person's mental abilities. In early trials conducted on mice they found the compound reduced by a third the number of 'plaques' on the brain, which are associated with the disease. The drug also doubled the number of new nerve cells in a particular region associated with memory, The Telegraph reported. David Allsop, professor of neuroscience at Lancaster University, said he and colleagues were "highly encouraged" by the results. "Many people who are mildly forgetful may go on to develop the disease because these senile plaques start forming years before any symptoms manifest themselves," he said. "The ultimate aim is to give the drug at that stage to stop any more damage to the brain, before it's too late," he added. "These are promising earlystage results, and several years more work will be required to assess the potential of this approach," said Dr Eric Karran, director of Alzheimer's Research UK. The findings were published in the journal PLoS ONE. PTI

Dr Ganesh Chunduri

INJURIES YOU CANNOT SEE

were no cuts. There was some swelling on outer side of the foot, which was not painful. X-rays of the foot and ankle were looking normal. However, there was something bothering me. Why did his foot seem like it was turned slightly inwards... and only slightly? I spent 15 minutes looking at the foot and then suggested getting X-rays of his

foot in different positions to check further. The new X-rays showed a dislocation of a small foot joint, which I have never seen in my 15 years as an orthopaedic surgeon. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure about it either. However, the inward turned foot and injury from the back of the foot were bothering me. I suggested a CT scan to look at the foot in greater

detail. I had to wait for one day for the CT scan result as it was a holiday the next day. When the patient came back, the dislocation was very clear on the scan as compared to the X-ray. I thought, a simple observation of the foot turned slightly inwards is so important for the diagnosis. The writer is a consultant

orthopaedist at Oxygen Hospitals, Vikrampuri. You can contact him on 7702446000.

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Entertainment A NEW FLAVOUR

CINE BYTES

BOMAN IRANI

roped in for

PAWAN KALYAN, TRIVIKRAM’S film

Iddharammayilatho to be shot in Spain

uri Jagannadh’s upcoming ﬁlm Iddharammayilatho is going to be shot in Spain from February 8 onwards. Allu Arjun, Amala Paul and Catherine Tresa are playing the lead roles in this romantic and action entertainer. Last month, the ﬁlm was shot near Bangkok. Bandla Ganesh is producing it and Devi Sri Prasad is scoring the music.

Basanthi goes on floors

rahmanandam’s son Gautham will soon be seen in a film titled Basanthi. Chaitanya Dantuluri, who had earlier made Baanam, is directing the film. The film’s principal shooting began yesterday and the first schedule will go on till end of February. Anil Bhandari is the cinematographer.

Mirchi set for a big release

rabhas, Anushka and Richa Gangopadhyay starrer Mirchi is all set for a big release on February 8. In Hyderabad alone, the film will be released in 60 theatres and it’s likely to release in more theatres. The film has been given a U/A certificate. Koratala Shiva has directed the film. Devi Sri Prasad has scored the music and the audio has already become a huge hit.

oman Irani, one of the most popular character artistes in Bollywood, is all set to make his debut in Telugu cinema. He has been roped in for an important role in Trivikram Srinivas’ upcoming film which has Pawan Kalyan

and Samantha in lead roles. Praneetha Shubash is going to play the second lead in this family entertainer. In the past, Boman Irani had played important roles in some highly successful films like Munnabhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai and 3 Idiots which were all directed

by Rajkumar Hirani. The principal shooting of this untitled Trivikram Srinivas’ film has already begun and currently the film unit is in Hyderabad. The film will be shot in Pollachi and Boman Irani will join the cast soon. There’s still a big suspense over Boman Irani’s role in the

film, but it might very well be one of the most important roles in the film. Moreover, it’s the first time that Trivikram is going to work with such a big actor from Bollywood. Previously he had cast Sonu Sood, Sayaji Shinde and Makarand Deshpande in some of his films.

Entertainment TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 CINE BYTES

DOING GOOD

Kajol supports cause, says it's payback time

ctress Kajol, who with husband Ajay Devgn has been actively involved in social work, says getting associated with causes is part of social responsibility. "I believe it is part of our social responsibility. We feel the need to give back and in a different way, not in regular cinematic way," Kajol says. IANS

Prabhudheva is not an interfering actor

hen he is an actor, he just acts, says choreographer-turned-director Prabhudheva who never interfered while shooting for Remo D'Souza's ABCD. "This is not the ﬁrst ﬁlm I am working under some other director's supervision. I am used to working like that. If I am acting, I will only act. I don't interfere with other things," he says. IANS

Tigmanshu Dhulia returns to acting

fter his highly-acclaimed debut in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur, ﬁlmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia, currently swamped with two back-to-back directorial undertakings. He will also act in Ketan Mehta's Mountain Man, a biopic on the unsung Bihari hero Dashrath Manjhi, who dug a road through a mountain from his remote village to the nearest city. IANS

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DOES HIS BIT FOR CHARITY

ollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana says that celebrities supporting a cause helps in grabbing more eyeballs. The Vicky Donor actor is supporting Coca Cola, NDTV's Support My School, campaign. "Television is all about TRPs and when celebrities are involved, more people watch the show," he says. An endeavour to get better facilities in schools in rural and semi-urban towns, Support My School campaign has impacted as many as 100 schools by providing them with improved amenities like access to clean water, proper sanitation, and sports facilities among others. "We are not supporting the campaign, it is supporting us. The right to education is important and it is a mandatory for every school to support the weaker section in the society," he says. According to the actor, the cause is moving in the right direction and should continue to grow like this. "We have completed 100 schools and the target is 250. The idea is to keep on doing this. We need to think about the future and support this cause," he says. IANS

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CINE BYTES

Kim to launch sixth fragrance

ocialite Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West, is working on her sixth perfume called Pure Honey. She may launch it in September this year. “I am super involved from start to finish — on bottle design to ad campaign. I had this really great honey idea, so we moved away from just florals,” digitalspy.co.uk quoted Kim as saying. IANS

When Arquette took a cab driver for dinner

ctor David Arquette took a cab driver to a restaurant for a meal with his cousin. “When I dropped them off at the restaurant, I said I would wait for them to ﬁnish. But they insisted I come inside and join them instead of waiting outside,” femaleﬁrst.co.uk quoted the unnamed cab driver as saying.

e’s the sexiest man in the world, not to mention a rising star, and he’s soon to be a dad! So how is Channing Tatum preparing for the arrival of his first baby with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum? With lots of chocolate. “We don’t know” if it’s a boy or girl, the Mississippi native says. “We’re going to be surprised. It’s one of the only real surprises you’re ever going to get that’s legit.” Meantime, Tatum says, his wife is experiencing a craving, albeit an understandable one. “She never really ate sweets before,” he says, “but she loves sweets now. She loves chocolate and that whole thing, but nothing really out of the ordinary, nothing like pickles and icing, nothing weird.” And oh, one other thing about Jenna’s pregnancy: “I think it’s one of the sexiest things ever!”

Girls Aloud says no to alcohol

Jenna’s Pregnancy:

“ONE OF THE SEXIEST THINGS EVER”

he members of Girls Aloud band have reportedly banned drinking alcohol around them in order to help their colleague Sarah Harding. Harding is recovering from her alcohol addiction and her fellow band members — Cheryl Cole, Kimberly Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts — are doing every possible thing to support her. IANS

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KAKURO How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column refer-

QUICK CROSSWORD enced by the number. Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so

on... So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run. Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

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52 Completely contemptible 57 Out in front 58 Causing heebie-jeebies 59 Landscaper’s supply 60 McHenry and Knox 61 Laundry apparatus 62 There are two in mathematics

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Chai Time TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 6-2-2013

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ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

You look very cheerful and dynamic in your efforts. All undertaken work will end without putting in too much efforts. There might be minor issues with friends but they will be resolved. You gain through ancestral property.

STRIP TEASE AGNES

Your stock is set to pile up and you will get good respect in the society. Friends and close relatives will help you at the time of need. Good opportunities come to you; hard work needed to implement them. Business will improved.

All work will get completed successfully as per your expectations. You act smartly according to the prevailing situation. Friends and partners will respect your words and suggestions. You take decisions after due consideration of pros and cons.

All planned work will be successfully completed. Parents will be happy as you will be more affectionate towards them and care more for them. Good news about your children’s achievements will cheer you. You will get work done successfully.

New and trustworthy friends will join your list. Bright chances to buy a house or vehicle as loan will get sanctioned. You involve in various religiousrelated works. Businessmen will see a flourishing time and profits are likely to jump.

Businessmen see a steady growth. You need to manage issues, which will arise at home wisely. You understand and fulfill needs of your subordinates and get jobs done perfectly. Financial position will improve and you will be comfortable.

You consult wellwishers and partners while taking important decisions. Though businessmen will earn good income, they need to postpone making fresh investments. Be cordial with friends and relatives. You complete all work quickly.

A strong financial position is seen. Your income will be good and come without hurdles. Friends will help you as per your expectations, which will make you happy. Deals you undertake will go smoothly and bring attractive gains.

Businessmen will face competition wisely and win over competitors and march ahead. You talk wisely and convince most to accept your decision. Some are likely to get good fortune opportunities, which will make them financially comfortable.

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Two of Swords – You’re getting into desiring the extremes and that makes you get stuck in a rut. Make compromises and toe the middle path for a change.

LEO:

The World – There are times when everything seems to be going right, and you have all that you need. Yet, you feel as though something is missing. Worry not.

LIBRA:

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Death – This is not the card of physical death. So don’t worry. It means change, renewal and regeneration. You will be forced to get used to a new environment.

SAGITTARIUS:

Two of Pentacles – Work-life balance has gone off-kilter. You need to work a little more to regain that balance. Stop working after office hours and head home.

TAURUS:

Ten of Wands – You’re overburdened by someone else’s (and your own) expectations. Release the pressure; think differently; act confidently and march ahead.

CANCER:

The Magician – Intuition is heightened. You’re at the right place at the right time and things move along pretty well. It might be a good time to ask for a raise.

VIRGO:

The Tower – There are changes happening around you. The sooner you accept them, the better. Get rid of any self-doubt as it will only get you down. Be confident.

SCORPIO:

The Wheel of Fortune – What goes around comes around. It’s difficult to live life wondering what consequences your actions will have later. Pay attention.

CAPRICORN:

Eight of Wands – You’re feeling lucky because you get what you need at this point in time. Being at the right place at the right time brings lots of luck.

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PISCES:

Three of Wands – The wait is over. That project you’ve been eyeing is yours and things move at a rapid pace now. You’re confident of working on it successfully.

NUMBER GAME

– Someone may try to put a spoke in the wheels to derail your plans. Don’t get emotional about anything and don’t let your guard down any time.

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AQUARIUS: Five of Swords

POOCH CAFE

You encourage subordinates and get work done smoothly and successfully. Dull period for businessmen will come to an end and brisk business will start with their efforts. You take bold decisions and complete all work successfully.

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Page of Swords – Gauge requirement in a particular situation and act accordingly. Does it require you to be more intellectual or emotional? Go with the flow.

NON SEQUITUR

Longstanding debt issues will stand resolved. Your administrative capabilities will improve. A peaceful situation will prevail at home. Family members will be in good harmony and support you. Plan for future and implement necessary actions.

SUDUKO

Be careful while expressing opinions as it might land you in trouble. Businessmen will achieve good growth. Income will come from multiple channels so that you will feel comfortable. You will be more affectionate towards family.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

This year, five documentaries from different parts of the world are vying for the Oscar for Best Documentary (Feature). The range of the subjects which these multiple award winning documentaries have explored is a revelation and each one of them deserves to be seen and discussed.

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS

Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat gets a camera in 2005 to document a non-violent resistance movement in Bil'in, a West Bank village as Israel begins constructing a fence. Over the next four years, Emad Burnat begins documenting the life of his youngest son, apart from the resistance movement, violent attacks which begin to have a deep impact on his family and personal life. 5 Broken Cameras is an extra-ordinary account of people living life on the edge. In 2009, Emad Burnat collaborated with Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi to complete the documentary and it was finally released in 2011.

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE

ow To Survive A Plague narrates the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the US and how two organisations ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and TAG (Treatment Action Group) joined hands to bring sweeping changes in terms of how AIDS patients are treated in the society. Directed by David France, the documentary features top politicians like George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, Jesse Helms and Ed Koch and several AIDS researchers and activists like Mark Harrington and Larry Kramer. A must-watch considering the sensitivity of the subject.

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

alik Bendjelloul’s heartwarming documentary Searching for Sugar Man narrates a real story of two Cape Town fans, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, who are desperate to find out what had happened to their icon, an American musician named Sixto Rodriguez. Surprisingly, Rodriguez’s career never took off in his native country but his music inspired millions of people in South Africa and other neighbouring countries in the 70s and 80s. The documentary was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival last year and since then it has been a major success at several film festivals.

THE INVISIBLE WAR

ne of the most powerful documentaries ever made The Invisible War is about sexual assault in the US Military. Directed by Kirby Dick, the documentary features several veterans who recount the incidents which led to sexual assaults on them and gives an indepth view into how the military handles such cases. After its screening at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, it made so much impact that the US military swung into action and announced a series of steps that’ll be taken to tackle the problem in the armed forces.

THE GATEKEEPERS

ix former heads of Shin Bet, Israel’s security agency, come together to talk about the role which the secret service group played from the days of the Arab-Israeli War in 1967 to the present date. Directed by Dror Moreh, the documentary touches upon sensitive issues like torture and targeted assassination which have been widely used to suppress anyone whom the state considers as an enemy. The powerful imagery of the documentary is a reflection of its turbulent history since the last 40s and several real incidents are either recreated using CGI or shown through archival footage.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

FOOTBALL FIXED

UGLY SIDE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

JAN HENNOP THE HAGUE: Football on Monday vowed to fight the scourge of match-fixing but warned a joint effort was needed to tackle the problem after police unveiled a massive criminal network that rigged hundreds of top-flight matches. Europol said a five-country probe had identified some 380 suspicious matches targeted by a Singapore-based betting cartel, whose illegal activities stretched to players, referees and officials across the world and at all levels of the game. Matches included two Champions League games, one of them in England, and World Cup qualifiers, netting criminals more than eight million euros ($11 million, 6.9 million pounds) in profit. "It is clear to us that this is the biggest investigation ever into suspected match-fixing," Europol director Rob Wainwright told a news conference in The Hague, adding that the fall-out hit at the heart of the world game's reputation. "It is the work of a sophisticated organised

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Football corruption is helping fuel the criminal underworld's domination of prostitution, drug-trafficking and gun-running.

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Criminals netted more than eight million euros ($11 million, 6.9 million pounds) in profit.

crime syndicate based in Asia and working with criminal facilitators around Europe," said Wainwright. He added: "Match-fixing is a significant threat to football... involving a broad community of actors. Illegal profits are being made that threatens the very fabric of the game." World governing body FIFA said closer cooperation was needed between

football's authorities and law enforcement agencies to crack down on match-fixers. "FIFA and the football community are committed to tackling this problem, but we will not succeed alone," said FIFA's own "corruption buster" Ralph Mutschke, a former Interpol executive and police officer. "The support of law enforcement bodies, legal investigations, and ultimately

tougher sanctions are required, as currently there is low risk and high gain potential for the fixers." European governing body UEFA for its part said it was already working with the authorities "on these serious matters as part of its zero tolerance policy towards match-fixing in our sport. "Once the details of these investigations are in UEFA's hands, then they will be reviewed by the appropriate disciplinary bodies in order that the necessary measures are taken," it added in a statement. Monday's revelations come after Interpol last month warned that global football corruption was helping to fuel the criminal underworld's domination of prostitution, drug-trafficking and gun-running and in the wake of several high-profile scandals. The global policing body's chief Ronald Noble said last November it expected to make arrests in Singapore over last year's Italian illegal betting scandal after links were suspected between one suspect and crimelord Tan Seet Eng or Dan Tan. AFP

Spain football boss denies knowing of doping MADRID: The head of the Spanish football league, Jose Luis Astiazaran, on Monday flatly denied allegations that top flight side Real Sociedad bought doping products under his presidency from 2001-2005. "During my period as president of Real Sociedad, I never had knowledge or suspicion of illegal practices in relation to the medical services, which always worked with the utmost ethics and professionalism" Astiazaran said. "If I had, I would have acted forcefully and with due diligence," he said in a statement posted on the home page of the Professional Football League. Astiazaran said Real Sociedad had always cooperated closely with the doping control authorities. "There were never any incidents in the innumerable drugs tests carried out," he said, describing the allegations as "absolutely inopportune and false". Astiazaran was reacting after Inaki Badiola, who was president of Real Sociedad during 2008, claimed in an interview with sports daily AS that the Basque club had illegally purchased doping products for six years before his arrival. Badiola said he believed the doping products may have come from Eufemaniano Fuentes, a doctor at centre of a major blood doping scandal who is currently on trial in Madrid for giving transfusions to high-profile professional cyclists. Badiola told the paper he had records of payments made for the products and an email from one of the team doctors asking for permission to buy them. AFP

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VINA DEL MAR

Chile marks new start

Nadal's return from an injury layoff will be the focus of attention in Chile. ALLAN KELLY Agence France-Presse PARIS: Rafael Nadal's return to action after a seven-month injury layoff will be the focus of attention in tennis in Chile this week. The 11-time Grand Slam champion has been on the sidelines since he was beaten in the second round at Wimbledon by Czechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lukas Rosol in late June. During that time, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have won Grand Slam titles and, as the other member of the sport's Big Four, the question is whether the Spaniard will ever be able to compete again at the highest level. Nadal has been careful to play down expectations. Yes, he still has some pain from his troublesome knees and no, he does not expect to immediately rediscover his old winning ways in his first tournament back at Vina del Mar in Chile, the starter for the claycourt season that climaxes with the French Open in Paris in May/June. "Of course I still feel pain in the knee that sometimes stops me from playing, but

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal returns a ball during a training session in Vina del Mar in Chile on Monday. AFP/RAUL ZAMORA

you have to start sometime and I am here to try and give my best and hope that my knee comes through it," he added. "Undoubtedly the clay surface is a little less aggressive on my knee," he said. "My

WORLD TITLE BOUT

aim is to compete courageously and hopefully the knee will stand up to it. "There is always the possibility that I will lose in the first round after so many months without competing."

FORMULA ONE

Mercedes: new adventure for Hamilton JEREZ, SPAIN: Lewis Hamilton unveiled Mercedes' new car for the forthcoming Formula One season here on Monday, hailing the team's drive and determination to win the championship as beyond compare. The Briton described his arrival as "the start of a new chapter... a new adventure" and said he was excited to unveil the F1 W04 "Silver Arrow" at the Spanish circuit of Jerez. "I have never seen a group of people that is hungrier for success than this one," he added. "I can't wait to drive it and see where I can make a difference to help push the team forward with Nico (Rosberg)... "We are playing a long game here but I know we will have success together and I'm excited to be a big part of making it happen." Hamilton and Rosberg posed with the car, which had its first run out at the Andalusian circuit and will be put through its paces for the next four days in testing in time for the Australian GP in Melbourne in March.

NBA

Devon injury delays Griffin hurt, Clippers fall Kell title bid again DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Undefeated British welterweight Kell Brook will have to wait again for his first world title bout after a scheduled fight with Devon Alexander on February 23 in Detroit was postponed on Monday. Alexander, a 25-year-old American, suffered a biceps injury during training that forced an indefinite postponement of the International Boxing Federation crown he won last October with a unanimous decision over Randall Bailey.

It's the second delay for the bout, which had been planned for January 19 in Los Angeles but was pushed back after Brook suffered an ankle injury in December. Brook, a 26-year-old slugger from Sheffield, is 29-0 with 19 knockouts, while Alexander is 24-1 with 13 knockouts. The fight card will continue with hometown favorite Cornelius Bundrage, 32-4 with 19 knockouts, defending his IBF junior middleweight crown against fellow American Ishe Smith, 24-5 with 11 knockouts.

WASHINGTON: With NBA All-Star forward Blake Griffin injured by a pre-game left hamstring strain, the Los Angeles Clippers lost their third game in a row, falling 98-90 at Washington on Monday. Griffin had started 197 consecutive games before missing the contest for the Clippers, who have been without All-Star guard Chris Paul for the past eight games as well due to a knee injury. Martell Webster made 5of-6 shots from 3-point range to lead the Wizards with 21 points while Brazil's Nene and Garrett Temple each scored 15 points and John

Wall added 13 points and eight assists for Washington (12-35). Emeka Okafor had 14 rebounds and Trevor Ariza added 10 points off the bench for the Wizards, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Jamal Crawford scored 28 points and Eric Bledsoe scored 17 points and passed off nine assists for the Clippers, who still lead the Pacific division at 34-16. DeAndre Jordan contributed a career-high 22 rebounds in a losing cause. It was the first victory for the Wizards over the Clippers since January 31, 2008.

SOCHI GP

2014 OLYMPICS

Russia on track for 2014 GP

MOSCOW: Russia is ready to host the Formula One Grand Prix in Sochi after it holds the Winter Olympic Games in the southern Black Sea city in 2014, President Vladimir Putin told the motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone on Monday. Putin has already agreed with Ecclestone to hold Formula One races at a circuit being built around the Sochi Olympic Park, the first time Russia will have

Injured Blake Griffin of Los Angeles Clippers watches from the bench, the game againAFP st Washington Wizards on Monday.

hosted such an event. "I am happy to say that our project is developing," Putin told Ecclestone at a meeting in Sochi, in comments released by the Russian government. "Out of six kilometres (of track), over three kilometres have already been asphalted. It's true that this is not the final layer but it shows that work is going in the necessary direction."

Putin indicated that Russia was still aiming to hold its first Formula One race in the Olympic year of 2014, as previously envisaged. "I think that as we planned we can hold our first races in October 2014," Putin told the Formula One supremo. The project will use infrastructure built for the games including a stretch of public roads.

Winter games to cost $50 billion MOSCOW: The Winter Olympics to be held in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi in one year's time will cost a total of $50.0 billion, a Russian deputy prime minister said. "It's true that the figure is approaching this ceiling. In principle it has already been reached.â&#x20AC;? Dmitry Kozak said.

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PAKISTAN’S TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA

Steyn heroics see Proteas home SCOREBOARD

Dale Stey n struck with the second new ball to secure a 211-run win for South Africa on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan. COLIN BRYDEN Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG: Dale Steyn struck with the second new ball to secure a 211-run win for South Africa before lunch on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday. Steyn dismissed overnight batsmen Asad Shafiq and Misbah-ul-Haq inside his first three overs with the new ball to sweep away the last serious resistance by the tourists. He also took the last two wickets to finish with 5/52 and match figures of 11/60. Wicketkeeper AB de Villiers held five catches to add to the six he took in the first innings. He equalled the world record set by Jack Russell for England against South Africa

on the same ground in 1995/96. He also became the first player in Test history to make a century and claim ten or more dismissals in a match after hitting an unbeaten 103 in the second innings. Graeme Smith, captaining a South African Test side for the 100th time, said his men had achieved a peak of excellence on the second day when they bowled out Pakistan for 49 and then stretched their lead beyond 400 with solid batting. “Day two was the standard,” he said. “We reached the height that we can achieve as a team.” Staying at that level was the challenge. “To keep backing up performances is the key for us. We have to focus on keeping standards high.” Shafiq’s dismissal ended a

ICC TEST RANKINGS

Amla ranked number-one DUBAI: South Africa’s Hashim Amla became the first batsman since Ricky Ponting to head both Test and ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts. Amla leads a number of South Africa players who continue to make impressive gains in the latest Test Player Rankings. South Africa players now head the ICC Test Player Rankings tables for batting, bowling and all-rounders after the side’s 211-run win over Pakistan in the first Test on Monday. Dale Steyn broke the 900-rating points barrier for the second time in his career to retain his number one position in the Test bowlers rankings, and Jacques Kallis still heads the ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders. PTI

South Africa’s Dale Steyn gets a high five from the protea mascot on day four of the first Test against Pakistan on Monday. AFP/STRINGER

stubborn fifth wicket stand of 127 with Misbah. The pair added 20 runs to the overnight total of 183 for four in the five overs that had to be bowled before the new ball could be taken. Only another four runs were added before Steyn had Shafiq caught at second slip by Jacques Kallis for 56 in the third over with the new ball. Shafiq had faced 168 balls and hit nine fours In his next over Steyn had Misbah caught behind for 64, made off 167 balls. Sarfraz Ahmed chopped a ball from Vernon Philander on to his stumps and Saeed Ajmal provided De Villiers with his tenth catch of the match when he gloved a lifting ball from Morne Morkel to the wicketkeeper.

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

India take on Lanka After losing to England, India will have to pull up their socks before locking horns with Sri Lanka.

MUMBAI: After suffering a 32-run loss against defending champions England, Mithali Raj led Indian team would have to pull up their socks before locking horns with Sri Lanka in a must-win game for both the teams in ICC Women’s World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium today. With all the teams in Group A having won a match each, the hosts would try to keep their dreams afloat in the series, by winning the crucial league game to qualify for the knock out stages. After a comprehensive 105-run win against West Indies, the Indian eves strug-

gled to chase down England’s target of 272. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, had caused the biggest upset of the tournament with their win against England but in their second match lost to West Indies by 209 runs.

A record opening wicket stand of 175 between India’s Murugesan Tirushkamini and Poonam Raut, set up a huge total for the hosts to defend against the Caribbean island side in the first game and India would hope the openers provide them a good platform, after they missed out against England. With vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur notching up her maiden century (unbeaten 107) in the previous game, India’s middle order would be bolstered, though other players would have to pitch in to support her. PTI

South Africa, first innings 253 Pakistan, first innings 49 S. Africa, second innings 275/3dec Pakistan second innings (overnight 183-4) Md Hafeez c De Villiers b Philander 2 Nasir Jamshed c Peterson b Steyn 46 Azhar Ali lbw b Kallis 18 Younis Khan c De Villiers b Morkel 15 Misbah-ul-Haq c De Villiers b Steyn 64 Asad Shafiq c Kallis b Steyn 56 Sarfraz Ahmed b Philander 6 Umar Gul c De Villiers b Steyn 23 Saeed Ajmal c De Villiers b Morkel 11 Junaid Khan lbw b Steyn 9 Rahat Ali not out 3 Extras (b4, lb4, nb4, w3) 15 Total (100.4 overs) 268 Bowling: Steyn 28.4-10-52-5, Philander 22-360-2, Morkel 25-7-89-2, Kallis 15-5-35-1, Peterson 10-3-24-0

LOCAL SPORTS Shravanthi to lead HYDERABAD: Shravanthi Naidu is set to lead the Hyderabad Senior Women’s Twenty - 20 cricket team which will participate in the South Zone Inter State Senior Women’s T20 tournament to be played at Chennai from February 22 to 28. The Squad: Shravanthi Naidu (capt), Mamtha Kanojia, Sunita Anand, M. Shalini, M. Revathi, Ananya Upendran, Soujanya Nath, S. Arundhati Reddy, S. Sowmya, V.M. Kavya, G. Sangeetha, Sindhuja Reddy, Rachana S. Kumar, M. Keerthana, S.R. Gayathri

LEAGUE CRICKET A-4 to 11 one-day Youth 102 (D. Arvind 7/23, Jitender Goud 3/4) lost to Amberpet 107/6 (Mubhasher 36 n.o., Pavan 3/39, Kiran Yadav 3/30). Lal Bahadur 218/8 (Md Gaffar Khan 67, Dineshmohan 53, Sridhar Chapa 32 n.o., Vijender Reddy 3/42) BT Mahaveer 177/7 (Sudhaker 31 n.o., Vamshi 3/47, B.H. Raj 4/36).

Zonah beat HCCL HCCL (114/8 in 20) lost to Zonah (115/4 in 17.3) (Atif Hyder 50, Bilal Azam 47, Shane 24, Mohammed Akram 5/2)

CFOOTBALL RICKET BBRIEFS RIEFS Chance to impress selectors

Injured Agarkar to miss Irani tie ED slaps notice on RR

Llife membership for Strauss

MUMBAI: The five-day Irani Cup match between Mumbai and the Rest of India, commencing at the Wankhede Stadium here tomorrow, offers a good chance for some India rejects to press for recalls and other aspirants to showcase their talent in front of the national selectors. Rest of India, led by one-day discard and hard-hitter Virender Sehwag, has a good allround team on paper as the list includes the likes of Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth — eager for India call-ups after being ejected out of the team on basis of form or fitness or both. PTI

MUMBAI: Newly-crowned Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai will be without their captain Ajit Agarkar for the Irani Cup tie against the Rest of India because of a groin injury. “Agarkar has been ruled out of the match because of a groin injury, which he picked up during the final. The team will be led by Abhishek Nayar, but there won’t be any replacement for Ajit,” said Mumbai Cricket Association’s joint secretary Nitin Dalal. Agarkar bowled an inspired spell, along with junior pace partner Dhawal Kulkarni, in the second innings of Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede Stadium. PTI

LONDON: Former England captain Andrew Strauss was on Monday awarded honorary life membership of the MCC, the prestigious English institution responsible for safeguarding the game’s rules. Strauss, 35, guided England to consecutive Ashes victories over Australia in 2009 and 2011 before announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket in August last year. He is the 27th former England skipper to become an honorary life member of the MCC and joins a select group of current and former players, umpires, administrators and journalists. AFP

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: IPL team Rajasthan Royals was slapped with a penalty notice of approximately Rs 100 crore by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged violation of forex laws, a move which comes barely two months before the sixth edition of the high-profile league gets underway. The Enforcement Directorate, which issued the penalty notice after two years of investigations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), has sent out three separate notices to the IPL franchise totalling to Rs 98.5 crore plus some other similar notices earlier, sources said. PTI

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

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CECH WINS PLAYER AWARD FOR SIXTH TIME Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was named Czech Republic player for 2012 winning the award for the sixth time. The 30-year-old 98-times capped goalkeeper — who won the Champions League last season over Bayern Munich — beat Bundesliga duo, Theo Gebre Selassie and Petr Jiracek.

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Beckham could bring US-like boost to PSG In America, David Beckham gave the second-tier sport a new lustre. JIM SLATER Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON: David Beckham (right) gave Major League Soccer a huge boost from his arrival in 2007 to his departure two months ago, raising the US profile of the league and football far above his $32.5 million contract. Now at Paris Saint-Germain, the 37-year-old former England captain who played for Real Madrid, AC Milan and Manchester United is in position to raise the profile of France’s Ligue 1 and notably the team from the City of Light. Beckham joined the French club last week after leading the Los Angeles Galaxy to the past two MLS titles, the buzz around him having boosted the value of

every team in the US league and strengthened the sport’s American foothold. “Seldom does an athlete

redefine a sport. David not only took our franchise to another level but he took our sport to another level,” said Tim

Leiweke, president of Anschutz Entertainment Group, owners of the Los Angeles Galaxy. And because Beckham’s contract included a deal to become an MLS owner at less than the market value he helped create, Beckham might yet return to America as owner of a new or existing club. “My commitment to the league stays the same,” Beckham said. “I still want to be part of this league... My ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future.” In his injury-hit first US campaign, “Beckhamania” saw 300,000 jerseys bearing his name sold, higher attendance and television ratings whenever he took the field and new investors who boosted the league from 12 to 19 clubs.

SCIENTIFIC STUDY

‘Messi agility’s all in the mind’

LONDON: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi (right) may owe his trademark feints and body swerves to the fact his brain is busier than that of a less gifted player, according to a study into a footballers’ minds. Researchers at Britain’s Brunel University found that highly skilled footballers are able to activate more areas of their brain than novices when an opposing player approaches, enabling them to react to their

moves more successfully. Published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the research found that experienced players are able to suppress the urge to react instinctively, making them less likely to fall for opponents’ attempts to trick them. As part of the study, 39 players ranging from beginners to semi-professionals lay in an MRI brain scanner and watched clips of a junior international-

level player running towards them with the ball. Occasionally, the oncoming player would produce a deceptive manoeuvre and participants had to decide in which direction they need to move in order to counter. They were then grouped according to how well they performed in the task, revealing that strong performers were more attuned to the actions and movements of opponents. AFP

FOOTBALL BRIEFS Troubled Gazza seeks treatment in US

France ready to test weakened Germans

Togo peace shattered as Fan attacks Wycombe Adebayor attacks coach goalkeeper

LONDON: Paul Gascoigne has been admitted to a treatment centre in the United States just 24 hours after his agent revealed the troubled former England star was losing his battle with alcoholism. Gascoigne, who has struggled with alcohol problems for many years, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in 2008.

PARIS: A French side that has started life in promising fashion under Didier Deschamps will pose a serious test to Germany on Wednesday, with the visitors arriving in the French capital deprived of a host of leading players. This encounter has been shoe-horned into a busy period of the club season.

NELSPRUIT, SA: The fragile peace between Togo coach Didier Six and his star player Emmanuel Adebayor has been shattered following the team’s quarter-ﬁnal loss to Burkina Faso. In the aftermath of Sunday’s 1-0 extra-time defeat, Adebayor rounded on the inexperienced Six in a no-holds-barred attack on the Frenchman’s management.

LONDON: Wycombe goalkeeper Jordan Archer became the second goalkeeper this season to be attacked by a fan when he was assaulted in the closing stages of his side’s 1-0 victory against Gillingham in a League Two clash at the Priestﬁeld Stadium on Monday. Archer is on loan at Wycombe from Tottenham.

‘Hope Cole turns jeers to cheers’ STEVE GRIFFITHS Agence France-Presse LONDON: England manager Roy Hodgson hopes Ashley Cole (above) will be treated with respect when the much-maligned Chelsea defender wins his 100th international cap in Wednesday’s glamour friendly against Brazil. Cole has endured a difficult relationship with English fans, who regard him as one of the poster boys for all that is wrong with the modern game, but Hodgson is keen to see the leftback given a good reception by the Wembley crowd when he reaches the impressive century landmark. “These are things that occurred in the distant past when I wasn’t even in the country,” said Hodgson. “The media have a lot of power and that does have an effect on people. It’s a fact of life. “If Ashley has had that treatment neither him or I can do anything about it. “I judge him as a football player. Is he going to be the right man to help England win football matches? That’s what really interests me.

I judge him as a football player. Is he going to be the right man to help England win football matches? That’s what really interests me. Roy Hodgson England manager