HYDERABADHitting back at Rahul

Gandhi for his attack onNDA government on farm-ers' issues and his pro-posed 'padayatra' inTelangana, state BJP saidon Friday the CongressVice President should firsttalk about the farmers' sui-cides during 2004 to 2014,when Congress was inpower.

In an open letter toRahul, Telangana BJPpresident and MLA GKishan Reddy said, "Haveyou consoled the familiesof deceased farmers andtried to offer them confi-dence? Don't you see sui-cides during your rule? Are

you not aware that UnionMinister Sharad Pawarsaid in Rajya Sabha that21,810 farmers committedsuicide in undividedAndhra Pradesh during2004-2014?

"The poor and the farm-ers are not remembered(by you) when in power.Everybody is rememberedafter losing power," hesaid.

Rahul is scheduled tovisit Telangana next weekto interact with farmersfacing agrarian crisis andalso to console families offarmers who allegedlycommitted suicide.

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Railways Unable to Meet Operational Cost ofPassenger Services, Says Government's Auditor

Aamir Khan does a cameo in PriyankaChopra-Ranveer Singh’s Dil Dhadakne Do! P8

NEW DELHIA MiG-27 aircraft of Indian

Air Force (IAF) crashed atTantipara in West Bengal'sAlipurduar region on Fridaykilling two civilians on theground though the pilot ejectedsafely. An IAF spokesperson in

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Indian Air Force's MiG-27 JetCrashes in West Bengal, 2People on Ground Killed

NEW DELHITRS lawmaker K Kavitha on

Friday sought Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's interventionto release central assistance forfarmers, who were hit byunseasonal rains in Telangana.

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TRS Lawmaker Seeks PM'sIntervention in Funds for FarmerAffected by Unseasonal Rains

MUMBAIA high-powered committee

led by the Chief Secretary willinquire into alleged corruptionin the transfer of land belong-ing to the Waqf Board, a seniorofficial said here on Friday.

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High-powered commit-tee to probe allegedWaqf Board corruption

NEW DELHITelecom Minister Ravi

Shankar Prasad on Friday saidthat Vodafone and Aircel are notmeeting some benchmarks forcall drops in Delhi whereasAirtel and state-run MTNL arewithin the limits.

"TRAI has reported thatMTNL is meeting all the benchmarks for all the net

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Vodafone, Aircel Not Meeting CallBenchmark in Delhi: Ravi Shankar Prasad

NEW DELHIRajya Sabha proceedings

were disrupted by repeatedadjournments today followinguproar by Congress, demandingthe resignation of UnionMinister Nitin Gadkari follow-ing a CAG report allegingirregularities involving loanextended to his family-linked Purti group. Slogan-

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Rajya Sabha Business Disrupted OverDemands for Nitin Gadkari's Resignation

SULTANPURVarun Gandhi took a sharp

jibe at cousin Rahul todaywhile handing out cheques tofarmers in his constituency inUttar Pradesh today.

Varun, who belongs to theBJP, represents Sultanpur inthe Lok Sabha; Rahul, 44, is theMP from neighbouring Amethi.

As Varun handed out cheques, from his parliamen-tary salary, to farmers who have suffered massive crop

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As Rahul Gandhi Champions Farmers'Rights, a Swipe From Cousin Varun

SASARAMA goods train derailed today

near Kumhau railway station inBihar's Rohtas district affectingtrain services on Gaya-Mughalsarai section of theEast-Central Railway (ECR).

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23 Coal-Laden Wagonsof a Goods Train Derailin Bihar's Rohtas District

JALPAIGURIAt least 150 shops, including

six selling fire crackers, weregutted in a fire which razedthrough the oldest market inJalpaiguri.

No casualty was immediatelyreported in the fire that brokeout at around 11.30 pm at Deen

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150 Shops Guttedin Jalpaiguri MainMarket Fire

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 370CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 23%Wind: 16Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 350CPrecipitation: 30%Humidity:54% Wind: 19Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 380CPrecipitation:10%Humidity:62%Wind: 23Km/hr

KOLKATAFor the first time since

becoming PrimeMinister, Narendra Modiis visiting West Bengalover the weekend and theonce-hostile MamataBanerjee will meet himseveral times. The WestBengal chief ministerinsists it is all forBengal's development.But the opposition sus-pects a quid pro quobetween the BJP and theTrinamool Congress onissues like Trinamoolsupport in Rajya Sabhato the CBI's probe in theSaradha scam.

Before the Lok Sabha

polls, Mr Modi tauntedMs Banerjee about thetainted Saradha chit fundchief buying her paint-ings for crores. Shethreatened to tie a ropearound Mr Modi's waistand send him to jail. Shemet the prime minister

formally for the first timeon March 9. Rivals sayshe has suddenly thawed.

"I have told beforealso, "parde ke pichedosti aur maidaan meinkushti" meaning friendsbehind curtains and

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As PM Narendra Modi Visits Bengal on Saturday,Chemistry With Mamata Banerjee Will Be Watched

Why was Rahul mum on farmers'suicides during Cong rule, asks BJP

NEW DELHIThe US Agency for

I n t e r n a t i o n a lDevelopment (USAID)Acting AdministratorAlfonso Lenhardtannounced a new USD1.5 million, three-yearaward to the Indian SelfEmployed Women'sAssociation (SEWA),the world's largestwomen's cooperative,with a membershipexceeding 1.9 million.

SEWA will partner

with government andcivil society stakehold-ers in Afghanistan andIndia to train more than3,000 Afghan womenacross five provinces invocational skills includ-ing embroidery, gar-ment stitching, foodprocessing and jewelrymaking, as well as inleadership and market-ing.

Making theannouncement during

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MUMBAITwo days after he was

convicted and sentencedto five years in jail in the2002 hit-and-run case,actor Salman Khan wastoday granted bail by aMumbai sessions courtafter the Bombay HighCourt suspended his sen-tence. In keeping with theHC directive, Salman sur-rendered before the ses-sions court and executeda fresh bail bond of Rs30,000.

Sessions judge D WDeshpande asked theactor to furnish a surety ofthe like amount withintwo weeks.

The 49-year-old actorappeared much relievedas he left the court for hisBandra home. Hundredsof exultant fans gatheredoutside the court as theactor arrived to complete

the legal formalities.As Salman, clad in blue

denim jeans and a whiteshirt, came out, the crowdcheered him.

Sessions court judge DW Deshpande had onWednesday sentencedSalman to five years' rig-orous imprisonment, but

hours later the high courtgave him interim bail fortwo days.

After admitting hisappeal against convictiontoday, Justice AbhayThipsay of the BombayHigh Court suspended thesentence and orderedgrant of bail. The actor

was asked to execute afresh bail bond. JusticeAbhay Thipsay has post-ed the appeal for hearingon June 15.

"This is not a casewhere I should keep him(Khan) in jail till hisappeal is heard and decid-ed. Why his right should

suffer when his appeal isadmitted and kept pend-ing?

"In many cases peoplehave suffered and spenttheir entire prison termonly to be acquitted laterby the High Court,"Justice Abhay Thipsayobserved, before stayingexecution of the 5-yearjail sentence awarded toKhan by the trial court onWednesday and orderingthat he be enlarged onbail.

Justice Thipsay hadgranted interim bail to 49-year-old Khan hours afterhis conviction and sen-tencing by sessions courtjudge D W Deshpande onthe ground that the actorhad not been suppliedwith a detailed and rea-soned order. The tenure ofthe 48-hour interim relief

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Bombay HC suspends 5-year sentence to SalmanKhan in hit-and-run case, actor out on bail

KIEVNearly 7,000 civilians have

been killed in the war in easternUkraine between governmentforces and Russian-backed sep-aratists since fighting eruptedin April last year, the nation'sPresident said on Friday.

Speaking before Parliament,Petro Poroshenko said that

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Ukraine President says almost7,000 civilians killed in war

NEW DELHISince the launch of the

ambitious 'Make in India'initiative, 46 licences havebeen issued in the defencesector to produce itemsincluding light armouredvehicles, artillery weaponsystems, UAVs and under-water systems, the LokSabha was informedtoday.

Minister of State forDefence Rao InderjitSingh said in a written

reply that private playershave also been given

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Make in India: 46 Production LicencesIssued for Defence Manufacturing

India, US, to strengthen livelihoodsof over 3000 Afghan women

NEWS IN BRIEF

LONDONPrime Minister David

C a m e r o n ` sConservatives won astunning victory inBritain`s election onFriday, which cut shortthe careers of his topthree rivals and put thecountry`s EuropeanUnion future in doubt.

Widespread predic-tions of a close contestwith the oppositionLabour party turned outto be wide of the mark,as Cameron won 331seats in the 650-seatHouse of Commons anda new term as head of a

majority Tory govern-ment.

The Tory victory wasfocused on England,however. North of theborder, nationalists wona historic landslide in

Scotland, just sevenmonths after losing areferendum on inde-pendence.

In another dramaticresult, the leaders of

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Japan and the Philippineswill hold their first jointnaval drill this month in theSouth China Sea near a dis-puted shoal claimed byBeijing, sources in Tokyoand the Philippines said.

The May 12 maritimesafety exercise, which willpractise the code forunplanned encounters at sea,known as CUES, is part ofan agreement signed byJapan and the Philippines inJanuary aimed at tighteningsecurity cooperation.

The nature of the trainingis unlikely to worry Chinaunduly, as it has conductedsimilar exercises with theUnited States in the past.

But the presence ofJapanese naval vessels in theSouth China Sea signalsJapan`s growing interest inthe region, and may irritateBeijing as criticism of its

land reclamation projectsthere mounts.

"The exercise will not befar from ScarboroughShoal," one of the sources in

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MUMBAIA fan of Salman Khan

allegedly attempted tocommit suicide outside theBombay High Court,which has suspended theactor's jail sentence of fiveyears for killing a home-

less man while drivingdrunk in 2002.

The police said the fanconsumed somethingunidentified and was takento Mumbai's JJ hospital.He allegedly said he

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Outside Court, Salman Khan FanTries to Kill Himself, Says Police

'Phir Ek Baar,Cameron Sarkar'Tweets PMNarendra ModiNEW DELHI

As British PrimeMinister DavidCameron won a clearvictory in the generalelection on Thursday,Prime MinisterNarendra Modi tweet-ed: "Phir Ek Baar,Cameron Sarkar!"

David Cameron andhis Conservative Partyhave gained an overallmajority in Parliament,

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HC directs authorities not to demolishslum at GhazipurNEW DELHI

The Delhi High Court has directed the authorities,including DMRC, not to evict the slum dwellers atGhazipur Dairy Farm in east Delhi nor demolish theirhomes till the next date of hearing on their plea seekingprotection from any move to demolish them.

Justice Rajiv Shakdher, while putting on hold the pro-posed demolition as apprehended by the slum dwellers,also issued notices to Ministry of Housing and UrbanPoverty Alleviation, city government, DMRC, EastDelhi Municipal Corporation, city police and DUSIBand sought their responses by May 13.

It also appointed a local commissioner who wouldvisit the place and report back to the court about the sit-uation at the slum.

The plea, filed by one of the slum dwellers, has allegedthat officials of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)have been threatening to evict them and demolish theirhomes and has sought protection from any such move bythe authorities.

The petition, filed through advocate Kamlesh KumarMishra, has submitted "there are immediate needs ofpublic toilets and Anganwadi Kendra and other civicamenities for the welfare of the economically and social-ly deprived women and children of the above cluster".

It has said the residents of the area have been livingthere for more than 20 years now and comprise of morethan 12 families.

It also claims that they have various proofs of resi-dence and identity including ration cards, election IDcards, Aadhar cards, BPL cards and electricity bills.

According to the slum dwellers, who primarily do thework of 'kabaadi', ownership of the land allegedly lieswith DMRC. Phase-IV of DRMC's metro line is expect-ed to go through this area.

First RAW officer appointed in UPSCNEW DELHI

Arvind Saxena, in-charge of Aviation and ResearchCentre of external snooping agency RAW, was on Fridayappointed as a member of UPSC becoming the first offi-cer of 32-year Research and Analysis Service to benamed to the commission.

After the appointment of Saxena, who was due toretire in August, Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) is left with only one vacancy. The UPSC is a 10-member body besides a Chairperson.

According to the order, Saxena's tenure will com-mence from the date he assumes the office of member,UPSC. After formation in 1983 of RAS service, all offi-cers who were with Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)were given option of either going back to their service orjoining the newly formed RAS along with their seniori-ty. Under the new rule, Saxena was absorbed as an RASofficer of 1978 batch.

The government had set afoot the process of includingSaxena, Director and ex-officio Special Secretary,Aviation Research Centre (ARC), in the UPSC in Marchwhen it gave additional charge to RAW chief RajinderKhanna as Director General (Security) which looks afterthe aviation wing and special forces within the organisa-tion. The ARC carries out aerial surveillance of bordersusing its unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircraftincluding MIGs and helicopters. It also has the responsi-bility with IAF to transport Special Frontier Force com-mandos.

Post-quake measure: NDMCCommissioner orders demolition driveNEW DELHI

Keeping in mind Delhi's high seismicity, the NorthDelhi Municipal Commissioner today directed all sixzones under NDMC to conduct special demolition driveagainst illegal structures in its areas on Saturdays, start-ing tomorrow.

North Delhi Municipal Commissioner Praveen KumarGupta directed Deputy Commissioners (DC) of all thezones to adopt a "zero-tolerance" approach and takestrict action against unauthorised constructions andencroachments on public land.

"Delhi is a high-seismic zone and prone to high-inten-sity earthquakes. In that situation, it becomes veryimportant to curb illegal constructions from safety pointof view, specially in densely populated areas. The spe-cial demolition drive would be conducted on Saturdays,"he said.

He added that the drive would be undertaken after con-ducting random survey by field engineers in all wards inthe six zones -- Narela, Rohini, Civil Lines, Karol Bagh,Sadar Paharganj and City.

"The Commissioner suggested that ward-wise teamsmay be constituted for detection of unauthorised con-structions so that action against the same may be takenat the ongoing stage and no such construction should beallowed to come up under any circumstances," he added.

The Commissioner further directed that the DCsshould personally ensure that at least "five major demo-lition actions" should be taken in their respective zone ina month, the NDMC quoted him as saying in a state-ment.

On April 25, after the 7.9 Richter Scale earthquake hitNepal, several aftershocks were felt in the national cap-ital.

Experts have warned that if a quake of such high inten-sity originates in Delhi, it could spell doom for the city,where unauthorised constructions abound in severalparts.

In consonance with the NDMC's direction, illegallyconstructed portions of properties, mostly commercial,Sukhlal Market, Pitampura Pepsi Rood, HimgiriEnclave, Majlis Park, Sanjay Nagar, Ram Pura, MalkaGanj, among others were demolished.

From January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015, a total of2,377 unauthorised constructions were booked, out ofwhich demolition action was taken against 876 proper-ties. Out of 1,856 demolition actions during the ongoingstage of illegal construction, two properties were fullydemolished while rest 1854 were partly demolished, itsaid.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIDubbing BJP and

Congress as two sides ofthe same coin, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwalon Friday said their politi-cal foes were trying theirbest to ensure that AAPfails to perform in Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) chief, however, saidthat his party governmentwill transform the city innext five years despite the"malicious intentions" ofother parties.

Hitting out at the Centreover "lack of communica-tion" between it and theDelhi government,Kejriwal said, "We strug-gled before the electionand only public supportedus. But our struggle hasstill not finished as the cen-tral government is tryingits best that AAP fails inDelhi.

"Delhi does not have fullstatehood status so in many

cases we have to write tothe central government. Inthe last three months, Ihave written many lettersand sent many proposalsbut there has been noresponse from the Centre.They have been sitting onthe letters sent by us."

Calling Congress andBJP as "two sides of thesame coin", the Delhi

Chief Minister said nopolitical party wants AAPto succeed. "BJP andCongress don't have prob-lem with each other. Theyhave problem with AAP,"he said

"If BJP comes to power,they give contracts toCongress members andvice versa. But in AAPgovernment, political con-

tracts are cancelled andonly 'aam aadmi' gets thecontract," Kejriwal saidafter distributing compen-sation cheques to farmerswho have suffered croploss due to unseasonal rainin Outer Delhi's Bawanaarea. Attacking the BJP-ledcentral government overcorruption, Kejriwal said,"Recently, the Anti-

Corruption Branch (ACB)of the Delhi governmentarrested a constable red-handed while taking bribe.We sent him to jail but wesoon started getting calls.The Commissioner ofPolice also called up ACBhead asking him to transferthe case to them.

"Why should we transferthe case when they cannotkeep a check on corrup-tion? Acting against us, theDelhi Police registered anFIR of kidnapping againstACB. Delhi Police is notdoing this but BJP is mak-ing them do this.

"When the case went tothe court, Delhi Police saidthat it doesn't come underDelhi government and wecannot arrest them. But thejudge refused to listen totheir argument and gavethe ACB three-day custodyof the constable. They alsolost the case in HighCourt," Kejriwal said.

BJP, Congress trying best to ensureAAP fails in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHIAt a time when farmers

are driving political cam-paigns, Arvind Kejriwalhas dedicated his outreachto Gajendra Singh, the manwho hanged himself at hisrally last month.

The Delhi Chief Ministershared the stage with mem-bers of Gajendra Singh'sfamily today at an event inBawana in the city's northand garlanded his photobefore naming a compen-sation scheme after theRajasthan farmer.

"Gajendra's deathreflected what was happen-ing all over the country. Heis not here today but hisdeath forced the govern-ment to think about com-

pensation. That is why wehave named our schemeafter him," Mr Kejriwalsaid.

He promised that the

Delhi government wouldgive jobs to GajendraSingh's children.

As part of the scheme, hedistributed nearly 100

cheques to farmers whohave suffered massivedamage to crops in recentmonths because of unsea-sonal rain.

Mr Kejriwal and his AamAadmi Party were sharplycriticized for not stoppingthe rally on April 22 afterthe farmer hanged himself.Mr Kejriwal gave a shortspeech before going to thehospital where GajendraSingh was declareddead.

"I think that was my mis-take. Probably I should nothave spoken after he wasseen on the tree. If that hashurt anyone's sentiments Iwould like to apologise,"Mr Kejriwal said two dayslater.

Arvind Kejriwal's Tribute to Farmer GajendraSingh, who Hanged Himself at his Rally

NEW DELHIDelhi University is set to announce by

next week its admission policy for theupcoming academic session with majorchanges likely on the cards, including forbringing the admission process online andintroducing a centralised policy for sportsquota admissions.

"A 23-member committee was formedby the varsity last month to review theadmission criteria ahead of admissions.

"After three extensive meetings anddeliberations on the proposed changes, thecommittee today submitted its recommen-dations to the university which will bereviewed by the Vice Chancellor," a seniorvarsity official said.

"Some major changes are expected inthe pattern and guidelines and the finalpolicy is likely to be announced nextweek," he added.

While DU is looking to make the entireadmission process online from the upcom-ing academic session, the policy for

admissions under sports quota is also setto be revamped.

"The committee has recommended thatinstead of colleges conducting separate fit-ness tests for admissions under sportsquota, the same should be centralised andbe conducted by the university," a com-mittee member said.

The admission process is likely to beginfrom June 2 and will be winded up byAugust 14.

DU had constituted the 23-membercommittee comprising the registrar, deansof various faculties, principals of variouscolleges and its Academic and ExecutiveCouncil members to look into the processof admissions for the various undergradu-ate courses for academic session2015-16.

The committee had in its earlier meet-ings decided to do away with any disad-vantage to the gap year students and saidthey will be treated on a par with freshschool pass-outs.

DU to soon announce admissionpolicy for upcoming session NEW DELHI

Delhi Metro servicebetween Tis Hazari andInderlok stations would bebriefly affected over theweekend due to mainte-nance and repair work.

Trains would operate ona single line between thetwo stations, which fall onthe Red Line (Line 1),with three intervening sta-tions namely Pulbangash,Pratap Nagar and ShastriNagar, on May 9 and May10.

"On Saturday the fre-quency of trains would beapproximately 18 minutesbetween 6 AM - 7:30 AMwhereas on Sunday thefrequency would be thesame between 10 AM -12:30 PM," a spokesper-son said.

Officials said this wasnecessitated due to trackmaintenance workbetween Pulbangash andPratap Nagar stations.

However, normal trainservices would remainavailable betweenInderlok to Rithala, andTis Hazari to DilshadGarden sections for thatduration.

NEW DELHIIndira Gandhi National

Open University (IGNOU)in its efforts towards offer-ing learner-friendly servic-es has launched an OnlineAdmission System (OAS).

The online admissionsystem was launched todayby in-charge ViceChancellor of IGNOUProf. Nageshwar Rao.

Applicants will now beable to submit their appli-cation forms online andreceive instant confirma-tion for successful submis-sion of their applicationforms through email andSMS, said Prof. Rao.

There is also a provisionfor online payment of pro-gramme fee.

The facility will be avail-

able for the ongoing July2015 admission session forall the 148 academic pro-grammes. The onlineadmission facility can beaccessed on official web-site of the universitywww.Ignou.Ac.In.

The last date for submis-sion of application formsfor bachelor preparatoryprogramme, certificate,advanced certificate andPG certificate programmeswill be June 15. The lastdate with a late fee of Rs300 will be June 30.

In case of master, bache-lor, PG diploma and diplo-ma level programmes, thelast date will be August 17without late fee andAugust 31 with late fee ofRs 300.

IGNOU launches onlineadmission system

NEW DELHIFormer Delhi Police offi-

cer Kiran Bedi says shefeels that the bail given toBollywood star SalmanKhan has given the impres-sion that VIPs and the richcan avoid jail with "bestlegal aid".

After the high court sus-pended Salman Khan'ssentence on Friday, Beditweeted: “General impres-sion gone down inSalman's Case is if u r aVIP/Celebrity/Privileged/Rich and u can access bestlegal-aid,you can avoidjail. (sic)"

On Wednesday, a lower

court in Mumbai had sen-tenced Salman to five yearsin prison for running over aman sleeping on a pave-

ment in Mumbai. Justhours later, the BombayHigh Court gave the actortwo-day interim bail.

Salman Khan hit-and-run case showsVIPs can avoid jail: Kiran Bedi

Minor boystabbed to deathin south DelhiNEW DELHI

A 16-year-old boy wasallegedly stabbed to deathby a youth in full publicview in Neb Sarai area ofsouth Delhi. The incidenttook place in front of theboy's mother with whomhe had gone to buy house-hold items at a weeklymarket on Wednesday'snight, police said, addingthat as per initial investi-gation, it appears to be acase of personal enmity.

When Ajit was buyinghousehold items alongwith his mother, theaccused, identified asVijay, reached there andstarted stabbing him.

Ajit's mother shoutedfor help, but no one cameto rescue him. By the timepeople reached, theaccused fled from thespot, police said."Afterreaching the spot, Ajit wasimmediately taken to anearby hospital where hewas declared dead onarrival," policeman said.

Delhi Metro service on Red Line tobe briefly affected over weekend

IGNOU launches onlineadmission systemNEW DELHI

Indira Gandhi NationalOpen University(IGNOU) in its effortstowards offering learner-friendly services haslaunched an OnlineAdmission System (OAS).

The online admissionsystem was launchedtoday by in-charge ViceChancellor of IGNOUProf. Nageshwar Rao.

The online admissionfacility can be accessed onofficial website of the uni-versity www.Ignou.Ac.In.

The last date for submis-sion of application formsfor bachelor preparatoryprogramme, certificate,advanced certificate andPG certificate pro-grammes will beJune 15.

NEW DELHITo commit a crime and

flee on a vehicle wouldsoon be a tough task forDelhi`s professional crimi-nals with police launching"Operation History-Sheeter", a first of its kindinitiative to curb crime inthe city by cancelling thedriving licence of tough-ened criminals.

Police maintain can-celling the driving licenceof criminals would bringdown their easy movementin the capital and thus leadto a drop in snatchings androbbery. "My aim tolaunch Operation History-Sheeter is to halt the easymovement of toughened

criminals in the citythrough the process of can-celling their drivinglicence," SpecialCommissioner of Police(Traffic) Muktesh Chandertold IANS. "The operationis in the initial stage andwe are taking the help ofthe transport authority andlocal police to make iteffective," he said.

Chander said the trafficpolice have compiled a listof over 6,000 history-sheeters -- an Indian policeterm for criminals withlong record of seriouscrimes-- with the help oflocal police.

"Now we are planning tosend the criminal history

details of these history-sheeters to the Delhi trans-port authority with arequest to cancel their driv-ing licences promptly,"Chander told IANS.

"Once the transportdepartment issues noticesto these offenders, we willsend policemen to ensurethat the offenders submittheir licences to the offi-cer," he said.

According to DelhiTraffic Police, there is aprovision in section 19 1(a)of the Motor Vehicles Act1988, under which habitualcriminals can be disquali-fied from holding a drivinglicence, but it is hardly putto use.

''Operation history-sheeter''to control Delhi crime

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NEW DELHIGovernment on Friday

dropped its plans to bringthe controversial landacquisition bill in LokSabha and has decided totake it up next week amidtalks that it could bereferred to joint committeeof Parliament.

The bill was last nightlisted for being taken up inthe House today. However,this morning it wasremoved from the list ofbusiness.

With the NDA yet toresolve the issue of ade-quate numbers in RajyaSabha to pass the bill asmost non-NDA partiesremaining opposed to it,Goverment is moving cau-tiously on the issue.

"It's a suggestion," a sen-ior Union minister saidwhen asked about the pos-sibility of referring theland bill to a joint commit-tee of Parliament afterintroduction.

Government earlier hadplans to bring the bill in

Lok Sabha today as it wasseeking to give anotherpush to the controversialbill despite not having thenumbers in the UpperHouse.

The bill, which waspassed by Lok Sabha inMarch, could not be taken

up in the Rajya Sabha fol-lowing which the relatedOrdinance had to be re-promulgated after prorogu-ing the Upper House.

A copy of the re-promul-gated ordinance wasplaced in the Lok Sabha onApril 20 and in RajyaSabha on April 23, theopening days of both theHouses in the second phaseof the budget session.

As part of the plan, gov-ernment yesterday hasextended the session ofLok Sabha by three days,after a meeting of CabinetCommittee onParliamentary Affairs.

Sources in governmentsaid that they will firstmake an attempt to get thebill passed in both Houses.

NEW DELHIIndia's Tejas Light Combat

Aircraft project, in the worksfor over three decades, cameunder severe criticism fromCAG on Friday as it pointedout that its Mark-I version has53 "significant shortfalls"which have reduced its opera-tional capabilities as well assurvivability.

Not only that, IAF would be"constrained" to induct thefighter LCA without availabili-ty of a trainer model, thereby"adversely impacting pilot

training", the audit body said ina report tabled in Parliament.

The CAG noted that it wasdue to the delay in the manufac-ture and supply of LCA thatIAF had to go for alternativetemporary measures such asupgrading its MIG BIS, MiG-29, Jaguar, and Mirage aircraftat a cost of Rs 20,037 crore andrevise the phasing out of MiG-21s.

"LCA Mark-I, whichachieved Initial OperationalClearance (December, 2013)has significant shortfalls (53

permanent waivers/conces-sions" in meeting ASR (AirStaff Requirements) as a resultof which it will have reduced

operational capabilities andreduced survivability, therebylimiting its operational employ-ability when inducted into IAF

squadrons," the report said.Listing the shortcomings, the

CAG said that the LCA Mark- Ifails to meet the electronic war-fare capabilities sought by IAFas the Self-Protection Jammercould not be fitted on the air-craft due to space constraints.

Also, it said that the RadarWarning Receiver/CounterMeasure Dispensing Systemfitted on the aircraft had raisedperformance concerns whichare yet to be overcome tillJanuary this year.

It added that the shortcom-

ings in the Mark-I (increasedweight, reduced internal fuelcapacity, non-compliance offuel system protection, pilotprotection from front, reducedspeed) are expected to be over-come in the Mark-II model.

"LCA Mark-I does not meetthe ASR. The deficiencies arenow expected to be met in LCAMark-II by December 2018,"the CAG said.

While DRDO has alwaysshowcased LCA, christenedTejas, as an indigenously-developed aircraft and the

indigenous content of the LCAwas estimated by ADA to be 70per cent, the CAG said it "actu-ally worked out to about 35 percent" as of January this year.

Systems such as Kaveriengine, Multi-Mode Radar,Radome, Multi-FunctionalDisplay System and FlightControl System Actuators takenup for indigenous developmentcould not be developed suc-cessfully, resulting in LCA'scontinued dependence on theimport of these systems, CAGsaid.

NEW DELHIIndian Railways has not

been able to meet its opera-tional cost of passenger servic-es during the last five years,incurring a loss of nearly Rs.11,000 crore over this period,according to a report by theComptroller and AuditorGeneral of India (CAG).

The CAG in its latest reporttabled in Parliament today saidthe state-run transporterincurred losses in all categoryof passenger classes barringthe AC 3-Tier.

The loss incurred on opera-tional cost of passenger servic-es increased from Rs.15,268.41 crore in 2008-09 toRs. 26,025.46 crore in 2012-13, it said.

Railways was unable tomeet its operational cost ofpassenger services, increasedby 46.12 per cent during thelast five years as of 31 March2013, however, the expendi-ture under this head increasedby 55.31 per cent during thesame period, the report said.

The national auditorobserved that during 2012-13,there was a loss of Rs.

26,025.46 crore on passengerand other coaching services.The freight services earned aprofit of Rs. 33,221.24 crorewhich was utilised to compen-sate the loss of Rs. 26,025.46crore on operation of passen-ger services.

However, the Railways wasable to retain 21.66 per cent ofthe profit on freight earningafter subsidising the loss on

passenger services in 2012-13as compared to (-) 2.46 percent in the previous year,showing an improvement inthe operational profit.

It has found that all categoryof passenger services exceptAC 3-Tier incurred losses in2012-13.

All classes including AC-1,AC-2, AC Chair Car, Sleeper,Second Class, Ordinary and

EMU surburban servicesincurred losses during thisperiod barring AC-3. The pub-lic transporter earned profit inAC-3 class only. It earned Rs.494.99 crore profit in 2012-13.

Railways also witnesseddecline in operating ratio (per-centage of working expensesto traffic earnings). It deterio-rated to 93.60 per cent in2013-14 from 90.19 per cent in

2012-13.Net Surplus after meeting

dividend liability decreased toRs. 3,740.40 crore in 2013-14as compared to Rs. 8,266.25crore in 2012-13. It was lessthan the budget estimates by71.55 per cent.

The fund balances had alsodeclined from Rs. 15,654.68crore in 2008-09 to Rs.6,025.28 crore in 2013-14.

Indian Railways (IR) main-tains Depreciation ReserveFund (DRF) for replacementand renewal of existing assets.

Contribution to DRF was notmade on the basis of historicalcost, expected useful life andresidual life of the assets butwas dependent on the amountwhich the working expendi-ture could bear.

CAG has found a huge back-log of over aged assetsamounting to Rs. 47,310.94crore as on April 1, 2013, outof which railways had spentRs. 7,119.91 crore in 2013-14on replacement/renewal. Theremaining over aged assets inthe railway system wererequired to be replaced for saferunning of trains.

Railways Unable to Meet Operational Cost ofPassenger Services, Says Government's Auditor

NEW DELHIPurti group on said it has

not defaulted on loansfrom state-run IREDA andUnion Minister NitinGadkari was neverinvolved in its day-to-dayoperations, as Oppositiondemanded the Minister'sresignation over CAG flag-ging this issue.

"We have not defaultedon repaying the loan orindulged in any misutilisa-tion or misappropriation ofthe amount. The auditreport is on lapses or irreg-ularities in procedures fol-lowed by IREDA," PurtiSakhar Karkhana Ltd(PSKL) ManagingDirector Sudhir Dive toldreporters here.

The report of theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) mentionsthat in April last yearIREDA management hadinformed the CAG thatPSKL settled its entire loanoutstanding as per OTS

(one time settlement)norms, he added.

"While settling therepayment of the loan asper the OTS norms withIREDA, PSKL furnishedall necessary documentsand replied to all theirqueries to their satisfac-tion," he said.

Earlier this month, thegovernment's auditor hadflayed state-run IREDA for"violation of financial

guidelines" in connectionwith a Rs 48.65-crore loanto the Nagpur-based PSKLfor which its promotersand directors includingunion Minister of RoadTransport, Highways &Shipping Nitin Gadkarihad given "personal guar-antee".

PSKL was sanctioned aterm loan of Rs 48.65 croreby Indian RenewableEnergy Development

Agency Limited (IREDA)in March 2002 for settingup a 22 MW bagasse basedco-generation power proj-ect at Nagpur inMaharashtra.

On Gadkari's role in thefirm, Dive said theMinister was Chairman ofPSKL since 2000 to 2011and resigned in 2011. AsChairman he was notinvolved in the day-to-dayworking of the firm, asthere was a full time MD,he added.

Proceedings in the RajyaSabha were disruptedtoday by repeated adjourn-ments following uproar byCongress demanding theresignation of Gadkari fol-lowing the CAG report.

Dive declined to com-ment on the issue.

However, a source saidthat if opposition moves anotice on the issue, theMinister will reply on thefloor of the house and clearhis stand.

"He has nothing to hide.There has not been anyfinancial irregularities,"the source added.

On the charge thatIREDA could recover onlyRs 71.35 crore out of thetotal amount of Rs 84.12crore, Dive said the firmpaid over 84 per cent com-pared to an average recov-ery of 46.75 per cent of thetotal outstanding amount.

"The audit was conduct-ed on 29 firms, which hadsettled their loans throughthe OTS route. The recov-ery is low to an extent thatnot a single rupee of inter-est has been recovered in20 cases and in 9 cases theprincipal was also notrecovered," Dive said.

On disbursement of 25per cent of the loan amountin the first installment vio-lating IREDA's financialguidelines, Dive said it isIREDA's internal checksand balances and "how canPSKL be aware of them."

Purti group says it never defaulted on IREDA loan

Tejas Mark-I fails to meet IAF criteria, has 53 shortfalls: CAG

Govt may bring land acquisition bill next week in Lok SabhaPANAJI

Goa Chief MinisterLaxmikant Parsekar onFriday said that 38 propos-als for investment in thestate have been clearedwhich will generate 6,500jobs.

Mr Parsekar told PressTrust of India that theindustrial investment in thestate also includes twomarinas in Zuari river.

The local fishermen haveobjected to the marinas,fearing to lose their liveli-hood.

"We have allowed mari-nas with the condition thatthey should get all therequired clearances," thechief minister said.

The investment propos-als which have beencleared, include invest-ments in pharma, manufac-turing and tourism sector,he added.

With the total 38 propos-

als, the investment of Rs.2,138 crore has beenapproved which will gen-erate 6,500 jobs, MrParsekar said.

The state government, hesaid, has "made it manda-

tory that the industriesshould have at least 80 percent of its total employeesfrom Goa."

The chief minister saidthat the state governmentalso intends to promote theinvestment in theInformation Technology(IT) sector.

"We have organised anIT conference on May 22and 23 when state ITinvestment policy will alsobe released," he said.

The BJP-led governmenthas also identified twolocations - Tuem in northGoa and Chimbel nearPanaji to set up electroniccity and IT Park respec-tively.

Goa Government Approves 38 Investment ProposalsWorth Over 2,000 Crores, Will Generate 6500 Jobs

NEW DELHIIndian Prime Minister

Narendra Modi has defended hisgovernment`s decision to ban acontroversial documentary filmabout the fatal gang rape of awoman in New Delhi, saying itwas to ensure the dignity of thevictim was protected.

The film "India`s Daughter" -which features an interview withone of the men who raped andtortured a 23-year-old woman ona bus in December 2012 - wasbanned in March as his com-ments were considered to bederogatory towards women.

The director of the documen-tary, Leslee Udwin, said the banobstructed free speech, and crit-ics have said the move wasaimed at concealing widespreadmisogynistic attitudes in India.

In his first remarks about thecase, Modi told Time Magazinethat broadcasting the documen-tary would have "violated thedignity of the victim".

"I do not think it is a questionof freedom of speech, it is more aquestion of law and respectingthe victim and the judicialprocesses in this particular case,"told the magazine in an interviewpublished on Thursday.

"One aspect is that the identityof the rape victim should not berevealed which would have hap-pened if this interview was

allowed to be telecast."Two, the case is still sub

judice and the telecast which fea-tures the interview of the personwho is alleged to have committedthe crime could have impactedthe judicial process."

The documentary includes aninterview with Mukesh Singh,one of four men sentenced todeath for the rape and murder ofthe young physiotherapy student.In the film he attempts to blamethe victim for the crime and saysshe should not have resisted.

The four men have appealed tothe Supreme Court, which hasyet to fix a date for the hearings.

Singh`s comments grabbedheadlines in Indian newspapersand sparked outrage on socialmedia. Some people have ques-tioned whether the convictsshould have been given a forumto express their views.

PM Narendra Modi defends ban onDelhi gang-rape documentary

NEW DELHIChief Ministers from

Gujarat, Maharashtra andKarnataka will be inBeijing next week whenPrime Minister NarendraModi undertakes his firstvisit there, with focusexpected to be on attract-ing investments for theirstates.

Gujarat Chief MinisterAnandiben Patel, hercounterpart fromMaharashtra DevendraFadnavis and Karnataka'sSiddaramaiah will not bepart of the PrimeMinister's entourage butwill travel separately to bein Beijing when Modireaches there, sourcessaid heretoday.

The Chief Ministerswill be attending a pro-gramme in Beijing to beaddressed by the Prime

Minister, the sources said.The focus of the visit of

the Chief Ministers isexpected to be attractinginvestments for theirstates.

Modi, who will be inChina from May 14 to 16,has expressed confidencethat the trip will lay thefoundation for enhancingcooperation in a widerange of sectors andstrengthen stability,progress and prosperity inAsia.

In China, he said, hewill visit Xi'an, the nativeplace of President XiJinping, besides Beijingand Shanghai.

"Looking forward tovisiting China from May14-16 to boost friendshipbetween our 2 ancient civ-ilizations & 2 largestdeveloping nations," hehad tweeted in English

and Chinese two daysback.

"I eagerly await produc-tive discussions withPresident Xi Jinping &Premier Li Keqiang. I amconfident my visit will laythe foundation for furtherenhancing economic co-operation with China in awide range of sectors,"Modi had added.

"Am certain that myvisit to China willstrengthen stability,progress and prosperity inAsia," he added.

He said he was alsolooking forward to meet-ing the captains of indus-try in Shanghai and shar-ing with them the wonder-ful opportunities India hasto offer.

Besides China, Modiwill also be travelling toMongolia and SouthKorea.

Chief ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra,Karnataka to be in Beijing during Modi visit

Saturday | May 09, 2015

The Narendra Modi Government clearly shares theproblematic relationship that its predecessor govern-ment of the UPA, especially towards the end of its

tenure, had with non-governmental organisations and peo-ple’s movements in general. What began primarily as acrackdown on organisations protesting against the nuclearpower projects in Kudankulam and Jaitapur, has since thenacquired a sharper edge. If UPA II barred a dozen NGOsfrom receiving foreign donations and contributions, the BJPgovernment has not only frozen their accounts but alsoblamed them for economic ills. An Intelligence Bureaureport apparently blamed them for the slump in India’sGDP. In other words, NGOs are the major stumbling blocksto the government’s avowed pursuit of development. Aclaim that some NGOs — make that Christian NGOs — areengaging in proselytisation has also been floated. The pres-ent government and its leading spokespersons never tire ofreiterating their strange position on conversions, also pro-jecting the possibility of bringing forward a law to curbthem. The crackdown on NGOs in terms of putting a freezeon foreign donations they receive, on the ground of ForeignContribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) violations, is but amanifestation of the dim view the government has ofNGOs. U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma spoke atan event organised by a Delhi-based think tank of the chill-ing effect the government’s actions on this front may haveon civil society. Must all those who may have a dissentingview be identified as enemies of the state? By freezing theiraccounts, the government has almost forced the closure ofthe operations in India of Greenpeace, which was spear-heading the movement against a power plant in MadhyaPradesh. Bank accounts of the Ford Foundation and the Billand Melinda Gates Foundation and others are also seeming-ly under scrutiny. In a country, which as Ambassador Vermaestimates has some two million registered NGOs, the badpennies among them of course have to be tackled firmly.They should be held accountable for their actions underIndian law if any law is violated. Yet, as a nation India mustalso acknowledge the innumerable positive interventionsmade by NGOs, and their imprint on landmark Acts passedin Parliament. Whether it is about the Right to Food, Rightto Education or the National Rural Employment GuaranteeScheme, and the most fundamental of them all, the Right toInformation — which seeks to make the governmentaccountable to the public on its decisions — several keypieces of legislation owe in no small measure to NGO inter-ventions. The sledgehammer treatment now being metedout to NGOs does not behove this government. The clamp-down is nothing short of an extreme step. It will have thesame kind of chilling effect that a clampdown on freespeech will have.

BY PINAKI CHAKRABORTY

The Fourteenth FinanceCommission’s recommenda-tion to increase tax devolution

to 42 per cent of the shareable pool oftaxes has increased the flow of untiedresources (or resources transferredwithout condition) to States.Estimates show that post the 14thcommission award, the untied statu-tory transfers would be more than 70per cent of the aggregate resourcetransfers from the Union to theStates. Although this increase in theshare of untied funds is a markedimprovement in the structure of atransfer away from a conditional toan unconditional one, it is time thatattention is paid to reform the transfersystem by focussing on non-FinanceCommission transfer to enable Statesto effectively utilise the enhanceduntied fiscal space. This can only bedone by reforming the coverage, con-tent and architecture of the non-Finance Commission transfers and afurther consolidation of schemes.This article discusses this importantissue and provides a possible wayforward keeping in view the recom-mendations made by the 14th com-mission in this regard.

Budget and non-FC transfers

A major issue, post Budget 2015-16, is the sharp decline in allocationsto the social sector in the form of var-ious conditional grants to the States.This decline has happened to accom-modate a large increase in tax devo-lution. As per the Budget estimates,enhanced tax devolution shouldresult in an increase in the flow ofuntied funds to the tune ofRs.1,86,150 crore and a reduced flowof grants to the tune of Rs.87,730crore.

This decline in grants has happenedin two categories: in a specified listof schemes where the Centre’s contri-bution has been reduced, implying acorresponding increase in contribu-tion by the States and for a set ofschemes where Central support hasbeen withdrawn. Important schemesin the first category are the Rashtriya

Krishi Vikas Yojana, the IntegratedChild Development Services (ICDS),Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and alloca-tion for elementary education underthe midday meal schemes and theSarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)financed by the Gross Budgetary

Support (GBS). Major schemesdelinked from Central support are theJawaharlal Nehru National UrbanRenewal Mission, the BackwardRegions Grant Fund and NormalCentral Assistance. The UnionBudget does not provide the detailsof the additional contributions Stateshave to make for schemes whereCentral support has been reduced.This change in the structure of grantshas also to be viewed in the contextof a restructuring of Centrally spon-sored schemes (CSS). Despite thisemphasis on restructuring and recom-mendations made by various commit-tees in this regard, nothing much hashappened on the ground. In fact, CSSand other conditional grants as a per-centage of GDP have increased from0.67 per cent in 2000-01 to 1.39 percent in 2015-16. Post the 14thCommission’s recommendation, thereduction in grants to accommodate alarge increase in tax devolution — ofwhich many are CSS — is certainly astep in the right direction. However,this reduction in grants in quantumwithout clarity on the design, archi-tecture and sharing pattern betweenthe Union and States has the follow-ing implications for States: a) reduc-ing the share of contribution of the

Centre to CSS has the potential toreduce untied fiscal space availablefrom higher tax devolution as Stateshave to make a higher contribution tothese schemes now; b) this reductiondoes not automatically imply thatStates are insulated from the condi-

tionalities and ‘one size fits all’ CSSintervention and the uncertaintiesassociated with CSS fund flow.

Why restructuring is critical

In the last decade, the proliferationof big-ticket CSS has emerged as thekey fiscal strategy to transfer grantsto States to achieve a certain outcomein a specific sector, especially inhealth, education, agriculture andrural development. Though themoney allocated under CSS hasdeclined, these schemes, if notreduced in numbers, and, in manycases, consolidated and restructured,may result in States having to fundthese schemes with a higher match-ing contribution. And, they may haveto bear the same burden of CSS con-ditionalities, reducing fiscal autono-my and the available untied fiscalspace.

Restructuring is not only importantfrom the perspective of Statefinances. It is also about getting theexpenditure priorities right for boththe Union and the State governments.As articulated in the 14th commis-sion’s report, “between 2002-05 and2005-11, revenue expenditure by the

Union Government on State List sub-jects increased from an average of 14per cent to 20 per cent, and onConcurrent List subjects from anaverage of 13 per cent to 17 per cent.This implies a reduction in expendi-ture, in percentage terms, on Union

List subjects. Expenditure functionsunder the Union List fall predomi-nantly under General and EconomicServices. The share of expenditure onthese has progressively declined from66.3 per cent in 2001-02 to 53.2 percent in 2014-15(BE).” One of the pri-mary reasons for this is the prolifera-tion of CSS, especially in the socialsector and on right-based spending.For better service delivery outcome,these need to change as most of thesefunctions are primarily in the func-tional domain of the States. TheUnion government should move itsfocus from spending on overlappingfunctional domain to subjects thatsquarely fall in the functional domainof the Union, as in the Union List,and limit its intervention on the ‘StateList’ and ‘Concurrent List’ on sub-jects of national priority having aconsideration of externality.

Kind of restructuring

There are 34 schemes listed in thecategory where Central support isfully provided for in the Budget. FullCentral support is not 100 per centCentral funding. In these schemes,States have to make a matching con-tribution as per the existing fund

sharing arrangement. The distribu-tion of resources allocation acrossthese schemes shows that out of 34schemes, the aggregate share of 15schemes works out to be 1.72 percent of the total grants, with a totalallocation of Rs.2,039 crore and anindividual share of less than 0.5 percent of the total grants. Schemes withan allocation of less than one per centare five and their aggregate share intotal grant works out to be 4.09 percent, with a total allocation ofRs.4,849 crore. There are 10 schemeswith an allocation of less than 10 percent and their aggregate share in totalworks out to 24 per cent of the totalallocation, where the total allocationis Rs.28,000 crore. In other words, 70per cent of the total allocation is forfour schemes, namely, the NationalSocial Assistance Programme, exter-nally aided projects, schemesfinanced from the PrarambhikShiksha Kosh and the MahatmaGandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme with a total allo-cation of Rs.82,775 crore. The num-ber of schemes with a changing shar-ing pattern is 20. But in many ofthese schemes, the number of pro-grammes under each category as anumbrella programme if considered,would total 56. In this case also,seven schemes account for 85 percent of the total allocation. The majorschemes in this category are theNational Health Mission, the ICDS,and schemes for agriculture and sani-tation. Since resources are thinly dis-tributed with a tiny allocation acrossmany schemes, it is time theseschemes are consolidated and madeinto a few national schemes in keysectors; minor schemes can bedevolved down to the States withfunds.

Principles of restructuring

Also, with a significantly highertax devolution to the States, much ofthe expenditure priorities would haveto align in a manner as envisaged inthe Constitution. Sectors where sig-nificant State spending rather than a“one-size fits all” Union governmentscheme would be more appropriate

are health, education, agriculture andrural development. Now, the largerquestion crops up. When States arethe major spending entities in thesesectors, as these functions fall prima-rily in the functional domain ofStates, should they not be given thefiscal autonomy to carry out theirown programme to address differen-tial needs? In this context, should onebe too worried about the decline inspending in the Union Budget forsome of these sectors? Instead, thefocus should be to reform the non-finance commission transfers tomake the transfer system transparent,efficient and fiscally non-intrusiveunless required. It is also time wetake a comprehensive view of spend-ing by taking the Union and Stateinterventions in sectors where Statesare the primary provider of servicesrather than focussing on what is allo-cated by the Union Government.

Finally, this is not to argue thatCentral intervention does not have arole to play in development spending.Rather, such interventions should belimited to a few national priorities.As articulated in the 14thCommission report, the Union gov-ernment is currently transferringaround 63 per cent of the shareablepool of taxes to States in the variousforms of transfers. The commission’srecommendations have left a fiscalspace to the tune of around 15 percent of the shareable pool for theUnion government’s intervention onsubjects of a national priority in thesocial and economic services. Thisfiscal space, as argued in the report,should be used in the framework of“cooperative federalism” with theactive involvement of States on thedesign, architecture and implementa-tion framework of such schemes toavoid the proliferation of a ‘one sizefits all’ CSS, as was the practice inthe past.

(Pinaki Chakraborty is Professor,National Institute of Public Finance

and Policy, New Delhi. He wasEconomic Adviser to the Fourteenth

Finance Commission. The viewsexpressed are personal. )

BY BARADWAJ RANGAN

One of the more perplexingmoments on Season Four ofKoffee with Karan was when

Salman Khan made his first appearanceon the show and declared, “I am a virgin”.Host Karan Johar’s eyes popped, as dideveryone’s who’s read about the star’ssexual exploits. But Khan remainedgrave, as if he’d just announced he wasretiring from acting. Sneakily, Johar let usknow that Khan may not have beenentirely truthful. Earlier, he’d asked Khanabout girlfriends and the star had said hehad none. Johar smirked. Later, when heasked Khan how he handled ex-girl-friends if he bumped into them, Khan,forgetting he had none, said, “Some Iignore totally...” And we laughed.

But Balram Gehani didn’t. In BeingBhaijaan, a fascinating documentarydirected by Shabani Hassanwalia andSamreen Farooqui, this Salman Khan fanfrom Nagpur reveals that he liked theword “virgin” very much because Khanaccepted that’s what he was. As proof,Gehani said: Khan has never done a kiss-ing scene. And Gehani added, “I am 100per cent virgin and will remain one.”

The fact that a fan models his behaviouron a star is disturbing, but there’s more.Gehani believes India’s population isunder control because Bhai (Salman’spopular moniker) fans haven’t married.“That’s because Bhai himself hasn’t mar-ried. If Bhai gets married, at least 3-4crore men will get married. A year later,they will have children. The earth willtopple over and the world will end. He islike Vishnu’s avatar, who is balancing thewhole world on his finger.”

Gehani is exaggerating, but not much.Khan has been more or less god so far. Hewas god to the industry, balancing the boxoffice on his finger, summoning up block-busters out of thin air, thinner material.And he is certainly god to fans like ShanGhosh, who answers his phone with a ‘JaiSalman’.

The hero of the masala movie is a direct

descendent from our epics, an embodi-ment of good, a vanquisher of evil. AndKhan created his screen persona with a bitof mix-and-match: respectful to elderslike Rama, mischievous and flirty likeKrishna, and, off-screen, unattached likeHanuman. (It’s no accident that Khan’snext release is titled Bajrangi Bhaijaan.)Many fans buy this persona totally. Atleast fans from the India that mainstreamBollywood is trying very hard to forget.

These fans are ordinary people. Gehani

is working to reopen his father’s bakery.Bhaskar Hedaoo wants to earn enough forhis sister’s marriage. Shan Ghosh, a Bhailookalike who is called ‘Junior Salman’,is investing in real estate to move his fam-ily from middle class to upper class. Butthese real-life aspirations still come sec-ond to dreams of being Bhaijaan.

Shah Rukh Khan, with his NRI

romances and designer duds, embodiesaspiration or escapist fantasy. Aamir Khanis the thinking man’s actor. But nobodyspeaks to the real India that wants godlikeheroes and modern-day myths likeSalman Khan. He is the Rajinikanth ofNorth India.

After listing out the qualities of an idealwife, Ghosh says he doesn’t believe inlove. Bhai, after all, said that he wanted agirl just like his mother, and according toGhosh, “The marriage market doesn’t

have those kinds of girls anymore.”

Ghosh is from Chhindwara, about 3 anda half hours from Nagpur. His life hasmore bromance than romance. In the film,he tells Gehani he will come to Nagpur towatch the new Salman film with him. It’spractically a date. On his way there,Gehani wonders nervously, “How do Ilook? Will he be smarter than me?”

When Ghosh watches the Fevicol senumber from Dabangg 2, he is askedabout Kareena Kapoor. “I can’t even seeher,” he says. “If Salman Bhai is onscreen, I can only see him.” Ghosh notonly looks like Khan, he has chiselled hisphysique like Khan’s.

Gehani believes that building a Bhai-like physique is about masculinity. “If aman shows his body, he is successful. Itmeans he’s a man. If somebody beats up

two men, he’s a man. A man needscourage, and what gives him courage ishis masculinity”.

I asked Gehani if Khan’s sentencing hadmade him re-evaluate his fandom. He saidno. He explained what happened as“ooparwale ki marzi,” (god’s will.) Whichgod, he didn’t say.

NGOs in the firing line

In Salman they trust

Getting federal transfers right

A major issue, post Budget 2015-16, is the sharpdecline in allocations to the social sector in the form of

various conditional grants to the States. This decline hashappened to accommodate a large increase in tax devo-

lution. As per the Budget estimates, enhanced tax devolu-tion should result in an increase in the flow of untied funds

to the tune of Rs.1,86,150 crore and a reduced flow ofgrants to the tune of Rs.87,730 crore.

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The hero of the masala movie is a directdescendent from our epics, an embodiment

of good, a vanquisher of evil. And Khan cre-ated his screen persona with a bit of mix-and-match: respectful to elders like Rama, mischie-

vous and flirty like Krishna, and, off-screen,unattached like Hanuman. (It’s no accident

that Khan’s next release is titled BajrangiBhaijaan.) Many fans buy this persona totally.At least fans from the India that mainstream

Bollywood is trying very hard to forget.

Fight For Right

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Bombay HC...was to end today.A man was killed and four others were

wounded when Khan's Toyota Land Cruiserran over them while they were asleep on apavement outside a bakery in suburbanBandra on September 28, 2002.

"The normal rule is that when an appeal isadmitted and the sentence is under sevenyears, it (the sentence) is suspended. Why doyou (prosecution) want to depart from thisnorm?" Justice Thipsay said, rejecting prose-cution's contentions against the suspension ofsentence.

Since the term of the interim bail was toexpire this evening, the judge asked Khan tosurrender before the trial court, execute afresh bond of Rs 30,000 and furnish a suretyof the like amount for obtaining regular bail.

Anywhere between Rs 200 crore and Rs250 crore was said to be riding on the popu-lar actor and the court's order would come asa huge relief to the jittery Hindi film world,which kept its fingers crossed sinceWednesday's judgement of the trial court.

Hundreds of Khan's anxious fans had col-lected outside the high court and the actor'sBandra residence since early morning andthe mood was sullen.

Police contingents in riot gear deployed inboth places had a tough time regulating thecrowds that waited with bated breath for a'positive' outcome on Khan's appeal in thehigh court.

As the word came out that the high courthad stayed the sentence pending disposal ofKhan's appeal, exultant fans burst firecrack-ers, broke into a wild jig, hopped, jumpedand carried each other on shoulders, throw-ing traffic into disarray for a while.

Sweets were kept ready for celebrations inthe event of his prayer for bail being granted.Khan, who was at his Galaxy Apartmentsresidence in suburban Bandra, soon steppedout to loud cheers from delirious fans.

As the superstar, dressed in blue jeans,white shirt and sporting sunglasses, left forthe sessions court in his Mercedes SUV at thehead of a convoy of vehicles, jubilant sup-porters were seen sprinting in pursuit.

The crowds that had parked themselvesoutside the star's residence left only after hegestured them to return to their homes. Hefolded his hands in gratitude and waved atthem for a brief while before retreating fromthe balcony. His father, scriptwriter SalimKhan, mother Salma, brother Arbaaz and sis-ter Arpita also made a brief appearance onthe balcony with him.

While ordering Khan to be enlarged onbail, Justice Thipsay said he would expeditethe hearing on his appeal and posted the mat-ter for June 15.

noted that Khan has been on bail through-out the trial even after being slapped with theserious charge of culpable homicide notamounting to murder. He had earlier beentried by a Metropolitan Magistrate on thelesser charge of rash and negligent drivingcausing death.

"There are a number of arguable pointsraised about whether or not Khan was drivingthe car. It is also nobody's case that Khan willabscond if he released on bail, pendingappeal," Justice Thipsay said.

While setting out the bail conditions, thejudge said Khan will have to obtain the per-mission of the court before travelling abroad.Khan's passport is with the Bandra police sta-tion and he hitherto he used to seek police'spermission before going abroad.

During the arguments on admission ofKhan's appeal, defence counsels Amit Desaiand Shrikant Shivade said the trial court hadfailed to appreciate the fact that four prosecu-tion witnesseses, including the investigatingofficer, had maintained there were four per-sons present in the Toyota Land Cruiserwhen the accident took place and that it wasthe family driver Ashok Singh who was at thewheel.

Prosecutor Sandeep Shinde, while insistingon denial of bail to the actor, countered thedefence's argument, saying it was only at thefag end of the trial that Salman Khan hadmade a statement under section 313 of CrPCin which he claimed it was Singh who wasdriving the SUV.

The actor has challenged the findings ofthe trial court that he was drunk and wasdriving under the influence of liquor. Salmanhas also pleaded that the trial court hadwrongly convicted him under the culpablehomicide charge because he had no knowl-edge that he would meet with an accident.Sessions judge D W Deshpande had on May6 held Khan guilty of "all charges" levelledagainst him by the prosecution.

"All charges have been proved againstyou...What you have to say? the judge askedSalman who was in the dock.

"I hold that you were driving the vehicle.You were intoxicated. I also do not agreewith your plea that the person who had diedhad received fatal injuries after a cranedropped the car on the persons underneathwhile removing it," the judge had said.

He was apparently referring to thedefence's claims that Singh was driving thevehicle at the time of the accident and thatthe victims had received injuries after a cranecalled to lift the SUV had failed to haul it upin one go and dropped it on them.

Apart from being convicted of culpablehomicide, Khan was also found guilty ofoffences under section 279 IPC (rash andnegligent driving) and sections 337 and 338IPC (causing hurt by acts endangering life orpersonal property of others), which pre-scribes six months jail.

Besides, he was sentenced to undergo jailfor six months under sections 181 (drivingwithout licence) and 185 of Motor VehiclesAct (drink driving).

was found guilty under the BombayProhibition Act under section 66 (a) and (b)for which he received two months imprison-ment and fine of Rs 500. All sentences willrun concurrently.

Reacting to the high court order, the wife ofNoorullah Shaikh, the lone person to havebeen killed in the accident, said she has nocomplaint against it but insisted that the fam-ily should be rendered help.

"The order is right. The accident hasalready happened, whatever should have nothappened has already happened and the per-son once gone will never come back. Wehaven't got justice. Nobody is coming to us,they should help us. I had to work in homesto feed my children and raise them," she said.

Her son said,"I think the verdict is fine.Now that Salman has got bail he is happy. Heshould then do something to eradicate ourpoverty."

Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor,Sajid Khan and Rohit Roy welcomed theBombay High Court's decision to suspendKhan's sentence and grant him bail.

Industry veteran Rishi Kapoor, back onTwitter after a very short absence due to theonline trolls, said, "Back. Welcome reprievefor Salman. Unprecedented reaction to thisnews."

Filmmaker Sajid Khan tweeted,"@BeingSalmanKhan bollywood, fans andhis critics will all have to agree to this..Salman Rules Fridays... I am very happy forthe Khan family," Sajid Khan said.

"Looks like someone up there heard all ourprayers," actor Rohit Roy posted. ActressAmeesha Patel, who visited Salman at hisresidence yesterday, posted, "So happy tohear the good news that @BeingSalmanKhanhas got bail. Prayers of all have beenanswered."

As Bollywood heaved a sigh of relief, for-mer Mumbai police Commissioner and nowBJP MP Satyapal Singh struck a discordantnote.

"I had said even yesterday, it is very diffi-cult for the poor to get justice in this coun-try," Singh said, adding "it is very difficult topunish those who wield influence".

Outside Court...like to serve the sentence instead of his

hero.There have been protests outside the court

where some people gathered both in supportof the Bollywood mega star and othersdemanded stringent punishment for him.

Some protesters carried posters that read,"We are the city, we are not dogs," referringto tweets by members of the film fraternitylike singer Abhijit that have caused outragebecause they suggested that it was irresponsi-ble to be sleeping on the pavement.

A court in Mumbai decided earlier thisweek that Mr Khan was driving his TotyotaLand Cruiser while drunk and ran into agroup of homeless men sleeping on the foot-path outside a bakery. The judge said insteadof reporting the accident to the police, MrKhan "hid" in his home and later tried to geta driver employed by him to take the blame.One person was killed and four injured.

Japan, Philippines...Japan said, referring to a rocky outcrop

which China seized in 2012 after a three-month standoff with the Philippines.

The two-hour practise within Philippinesterritorial waters near Subic Bay, a formerUS Navy base, will involve a Japanese war-ship and a Philippines navy frigate, aspokesman at the Philippines Navy said.

A spokesman for Japan`s Maritime SelfDefense Force declined to comment.

China, which claims about 90 percent ofthe 3.5 million sq km (1.35 million sq mile)South China Sea, is asserting its territorialclaims by building a chain of man-madeislands on coral reefs in the Spratly archipel-ago.

The Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Bruneiand Vietnam also claim large parts of the sea.

Recent satellite images show China isreclaiming land around seven reefs in theSpratlys, and is building what appears to bean airstrip on one of the artificial islands.

Although it has no territorial claims in theSouth China Sea, Tokyo is worried thatBeijing`s domination of the region couldgive it control of international waterwaysthrough which a significant portion ofJapanese trade travels.

Japan`s military is considering joining theUnited States in maritime air patrols in theSouth China Sea as a counterweight to grow-ing Chinese power, sources familiar with thediscussions told Reuters last month.

That strategy, which is being encouragedby the Philippines, is spurring closer securityties between Manila and Tokyo. Theirdefence agreement in January also estab-lished regular vice-ministerial defence talksand exchanges of senior officers.

UK election...Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the

anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) allstepped down over their parties` electoraldrubbing.

Following his own re-election in Witney,near Oxford, Cameron travelled to London topay a visit to Buckingham Palace, where hewas reconfirmed as prime minister by QueenElizabeth II.

Bringing an end to five years of coalitiongovernment with the Liberal Democrats, heannounced to reporters in Downing Street: "Iwill now form a Conservative majority gov-ernment."

The result is an endorsement of theConservatives` austerity programme and islikely to see a continuation of cuts to publicspending as they seek to reduce a budgetdeficit of nearly GBP 90 billion (EUR 120billion, USD 140 billion).

The pound rallied and stocks rose asinvestors welcomed a clear result and a gov-ernment seen as more "business-friendly".

As he sipped a beer in the Draft House, abar near London`s financial quarter, 39-year-old Ben Woodthorpe said he was pleasedwith the result.

"I voted for the Conservatives becauseLabour is not competent on financial mat-ters," he said.

But the election exposed deep politicaldivisions and Cameron avoided triumphal-ism in his victory speech, promising to "bringour country together".

He said he would deliver on manifestopledges for the benefit of everyone in Britain,including a vote on the country`s member-ship of the European Union by2017.Cameron paid tribute to Labour leaderEd Miliband and his former deputy primeminister, Liberal Democrat leader NickClegg, both of whom stepped down Fridayafter a dismal result.

He also acknowledged the surge of theScottish National Party (SNP), promising togive Scotland "the strongest devolved gov-ernment anywhere in the world, with impor-tant powers over taxation".

"We can take these islands with all ourproud history and build an even prouderfuture. Together we can make Great Britaingreater still," he said.

Scotland voted to reject independence in areferendum last September, partly afterCameron promised it new powers.

But the SNP came close to a clean sweepnorth of the English border in Thursday`selection, winning 56 out of 59 seats, up fromjust six in 2010.

"It is an extraordinary statement of intentfrom the people of Scotland. The Scottishlion has roared this morning across the coun-try," former SNP leader Alex Salmond said,as he was elected to the seat of Gordon.

Most of the gains were at Labour`s expense-- in Paisley and Renfrewshire South, 20-year-old student Mhairi Black defeatedLabour`s campaign chief, DouglasAlexander, to become Britain`s youngest MPsince 1667.

Overall Labour lost 26 seats to finish on232, a poor showing for which Miliband saidhe took "absolute and total responsibility",before standing down as party leader.

It was also a terrible night for the centristLiberal Democrats, who lost 49 of their 57seats as voters punished them for entering agovernment with Cameron.

Clegg was re-elected but shortly afterwardsresigned the party leadership, saying: "Theresults have been immeasurably more crush-ing than I could ever have feared."

'Phir Ek Baar,...defying predictions of a hung verdict."Congratulations @David_Cameron. As

you rightly pointed out- its "Phir Ek Baar,Cameron Sarkar!" My best wishes," PMModi tweeted, acknowledging a phrase thatwas inspired by his party's catch-phrase "Abki Baar, Modi Sarkar!"

As PM Narendra...fighters on the field. This is their ideology.

So if a friendship has developed behind thecurtains then why hide it?" asked SuryaKanta Mishra of the CPM.

"Actually Mamata Banerjee realised theCBI enquiry into Saradha scam could embar-rass her further. So now she is trying to makeadjustment with Modiji so that he may giveher relief from the enquiry," said Congress'Abdul Mannan.

Mr Banerjee cites courtesy and Bengal'sdevelopment needs and, on the latter, she willmeet PM Modi on Saturday evening, besidesat public functions. "State demands. When heis coming, it is the courtesy of the govern-ment to meet the prime minister, to givesome memorandum to him regarding devel-opment of the state, whatever we are facingnowadays," she said.

The BJP insists there is no new bonhomie."Some are saying that we have joined handsbut let me assure you that our ideologies aredifferent and we cannot come together onequal terms," said Siddharth Nath Singh, BJPleader in charge of Bengal.

But all eyes this weekend will be on thechemistry between Ms Banerjee and PMModi - acidic, as in the past, or a new com-pound.

Why was ...farmers ended their lives during the last 10

years when Congress was in power, Reddysaid Congress ruled the country for 57 yearsin the 68 years since independence.

Citing some land allotments reportedlymade to private companies in Hyderabadwhen Congress was in power, Reddy allegedthat the Amethi MP "appears to have forgot-ten about lakhs of acres handed over to cor-porates by Congress government".

"Gandhi remained silent when large num-ber of farmers committed suicides inMaharashtra and when lakhs of acres wasgiven away to bogus investors in undividedAP," he alleged.

The Congress Vice-President is giving awrong interpretation when farmer-friendlychanges are proposed by the present NDAgovernment to land acquisition bill, Reddyalleged.

"The proposed changes are aimed at pro-moting manufacturing sector for the purposeof job creation. Gandhi should come toTelangana only after giving an answer to thefarmers suicides from 2004 to 2014," he said.

India, US,...his visit to SEWA's Hansiba store in New

Delhi this week, Acting AdministratorLenhardt said, "The strategic partnershipamong the US, Indian, and Afghan govern-ments is a significant contribution to region-al stability and prosperity.

The empowerment of women and girls isessential for sustained peace and progress.By partnering with such an immensely tal-ented and committed organization as SEWA,our three governments are helping thousandsof Afghan women lead healthy and produc-tive lives."

US Ambassador to India Richard R Vermaadded, "A key goal of US collaboration withIndia is to harness the strengths and capabil-ities of both countries to tackle developmentchallenges around the world. Our partnershipwith SEWA to benefit Afghan women is agreat example of the expanding India- USglobal partnership."

This new partnership builds on an earliereffort in which SEWA, USAID, and theIndian and Afghan governments collaboratedto improve the economic and social condi-tion of 150 Afghan women and their families.The initiative helped triple the averagemonthly income of the participants.

Make in ...produce electronic warfare systems, air

defence weapons, and armoured panels forhelicopters among other items.

In a separate written response, Mr Singhsaid Airbus has informed that the group isready to invest in India, to produce in Indiaand to source from India, thus contributing tothe 'Make in India' policy.

"There is no agreement between the gov-ernment and the Airbus on this yet," he said.

He also said "Israel, Japan, and Republic ofKorea have evinced interest in the defencesector under the Make in India initiative."

"The government has not signed an MoUwith any foreign country yet under Make inIndia initiative for manufacturing defenceequipment or weapons," he said.

Responding to another question, DefenceMinister Manohar Parrikar said in a writtensubmission that as per the draft Research andDevelopment (R&D) contract with Russia,the delivery of fifth generation fighter air-craft can commence after 94 months from thestart of the contract which has not yet beensigned.

Under the preliminary design contractsigned in December, 2010, the expenditurecommitted so far is Rs. 1,418.91 crore.

Vodafone, Aircel...work related parameters for 2G and 3G

services ... Vodafone and Aircel are not meet-ing the benchmark of less than or equal to 3per cent for the parameter 'worst affectedcells having more that 3 per cent traffic chan-nel (TCH) drop," Mr Prasad said in a writtenreply to Rajya Sabha.

The minister cited the performance moni-toring report of the Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India for the period endingDecember 31, 2014 to share the data on calldrop rate.

TRAI measures performance on call dropthrough two parameters -- less than or equalto 2 per cent call drops and worst affectedcells having more than 3 per cent TCH drop.

"TRAI has further reported that all theservice providers are meeting benchmarkrelated to call drops for 3G services.

For 2G services, all the service providers inDelhi Service area are meeting the bench-mark of less than or equal to 2 per cent forthe parameter call drop rate," Mr Prasad said.

As Rahul Gandhi...loss because of unseasonal rain, he said,

"Ask other MPs if they too will donatemoney to farmers in distress." Without nam-ing Rahul, he said, "you can even ask theAmethi MP this." His audience laughed.

Rahul, Vice President of the Congress,which collated a colossal defeat in last year'snational election, is leading his party's cam-paign against the BJP's new land reforms,

describing them as "anti-farmer." The gov-ernment says the new rules are key for devel-opment and infrastructure like major high-ways, and will elevate farmers from poverty.

Rajya Sabha ...shouting Congress members trooped into

the Well demanding Mr Gadkari's resigna-tion, forcing Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien tofirst adjourn the House for 10 minutes andthen again till 1200 hours.

Indian Air ...Delhi said there were two civilian casual-

ties.SDO Samiran Mondal said the pilot suf-

fered some injuries and was taken to the hos-pital.

The aircraft took off from Hasimara airbaseat 8:20 pm and crashed near Alipurduar townaround 8:30 pm.

Due to the impact of the crash, some of thetin shades of nearby shanties were blownaway.

Apart from an IAF team, Red Cross offi-cials have also reached the site.

A court of inquiry has been ordered.

TRS Lawmaker ..."I seek your immediate intervention to take

steps to release the Central government'sshare of input subsidy from the NationalCalamity Fund at the earliest so that thefarmers who are struggling in this hour of cri-sis can be provided adequate relief," she saidin a memorandum, which was released afterthe TRS lawmaker called on the PrimeMinister in New Delhi.

She said that 50,000 acres of agriculturelands and 32,000 hectares of horticulturelands were damaged due to the unseasonalheavy rains in Telangana during March andApril.

Raising the issue of a separate High Courtfor Telangana, she said that the UnionCabinet must take a decision in the regard.

Ms Kavitha further sought setting up ofTurmeric Board for the welfare of turmericfarmers in the country.

High-powered...asked all departments to conduct a detailed

inquiry on officials who were on deputationto the Waqf Board and were allegedlyinvolved in irregularities related to transferof land, Principal Secretary of the MinoritiesDepartment Jayashree Mukherjee said.

The ATS Shaikh Commission constitutedto find out irregularities in transfer of Waqfland has recommended criminal actionagainst those involved in alleged land grab-bing and illegal deals, she said.

Referring to the commission's report, shesaid that the committee would take actionagainst officials who were allegedly involvedin irregularities.

23 Coal-Laden...There was no report of any casualty, a rail-

way official said."Twenty three coal-laden wagons of a

goods train derailed due to a mechanicalproblem at around 12:20 PM," DivisionalCommercial Manager (DCM) ofMughalsarai Division Ashis Kumar said.

"No casualty or injury to anyone has beenreported in the derailment," he said.

The train service on Gaya-Mughalsaraisection has been disrupted due to damage tothe track following derailment, he added.

A team of railway engineers fromMughalsarai have been rushed to the spot torepair the track, the DCM said, adding thetrain service will be restored by tonight.

150 Shops...Bazaar complex, the main market in the

district.Thirteen fire tenders were pressed into

service. The fire could be doused at 5 am, afire brigade official said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascer-tained, he said.

As the fire spread to the shops selling fire-crackers, it produced deafening sound andsmoke.

Former Chairman of Jalpaiguri municipali-ty Mohan Bose said that shops allegedly ille-gally stockpiling white spirit, used in paints,were also gutted.

The extent of damage is yet to be ascer-tained.

Ukraine President ...more than 1,000 people remained unac-

counted for.The figures mark a sharp increase from the

most recent United Nations tally of around6,100 people killed.

Addressing an Assembly packed with sol-diers, Poroshenko said that 1,657 Ukrainiantroops had also been killed in combat whichhe described as aggression from Russia.

Moscow has always denied supplying sep-aratist rebels with either equipment or man-power, but it has been open in its diplomaticsupport for the separatists.

Poroshenko said Russian involvement inthe war had forced Ukraine to seek to alignfurther with the West.

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1. In which decade was the ARRL founded?A. 1940s B. 1930sC. 1920s D. 1910s

2. Who invented the Seed Drill?A. Jethro Tull B. Arlo GuthrieC. Woodie Guthrie D. Thomas Hines

3. What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in1929?A. 7-Up B. Yoo-HooC. Pepsi D. Hawaiian Punch

4. For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remem-bered?A. Computers B. TelescopesC. Radio-Telegraphy D. Steam Boating

5. Who invented Automobiles using gasoline?A. Leo H Baekeland B. Karl BenzC. Evangelista Torricelli D. Kirkpatrick Macmillan

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(D) 2(A), 3(A), 4(A), 5(B)

TODAY’S STARARIES Try not to do everything all at once today, Aries. Your social life

is heating up and you may be in a frenzy preparing for all thegatherings you've been invited to. All this on top of your regularworkload could send you into a tailspin. Pace yourself. Get yourwork done first before thinking about your social life. Remember,if you were unemployed, you wouldn't be able to go out at all!

TAURUS It looks like your ship is about to come in, Taurus. The planetary config-uration indicates that you can expect additional financial resources,perhaps a raise. You deserve it! You've been working long and hardthese past several months. You've earned the respect of authority fig-ures and the admiration of peers. Be careful not to fritter away the extramoney. Put some aside for a rainy day.

GEMINI Take extra care with your appearance today, and clean the house abit this morning. You may have some visitors, Gemini. Invite them inand make them comfortable. It's likely that they can be of great ben-efit in furthering your career. Perhaps one of them is well connect-ed in a company you've long wanted to work for. Or maybe you willget an interesting stock tip. Stay alert!

CANCER You may feel wanderlust and crave something new and differ-ent in your life. You just can't help but be a bit bored by thedullness of the routine. If adventure is what you want, why notplan an exotic trip? Even if you don't have the money now, youcan still start doing some research. Just knowing that you'regoing to go someday will help raise your spirits, Cancer.

LEO Keep your eyes and ears open today, Leo. You may receivesome important information on specific ways to increase yourincome. This is just one of the many wonderful things boundto happen to you. You're looking great and people areresponding to your warm, pleasant manner. Bask in the glowof all the goodwill surrounding you. It won't last forever!

VIRGO You may be privy to some important knowledge, Virgo. Perhapsan article gives you the impetus you need to invest in a promis-ing stock. Perhaps you learn a famous person is coming to townto give a lecture. If your heart starts to race the minute you hearthe news, this should be all the motivation you need to take thenext steps. Good things are bound to come your way if you do.

LIBRA A visit to a local museum or art gallery may move you totears, Libra. Suddenly, you're aware of all the beautyaround you and inspired to create some original works ofyour own. You do have a strong creative bent, so why notsee how far your talent will take you? If possible, spend theevening surrounded by loved ones.

SCORPIO There are no half measures today, Scorpio. You feel every emotionto the nth degree. This could make for an intense day. Make an effortto calm down. Rather than inject your opinion into every conversa-tion, make it a point to step away from the group. The talk is animat-ed enough without you stirring things up further. Spend the eveningwith loved ones. They will be more tolerant of your mood.

SAGITTARIUSYou're likely feeling a desire to do something different and a littlecrazy. Today you may fulfill that desire by attending a groupevent, perhaps a concert. Or you could indulge a childhood fan-tasy and go to the circus. Whatever you do, take along the spe-cial someone in your life. The fun you're bound to have will be somuch sweeter when shared with a loved one.

CAPRICORN You have many talents, Capricorn. Today's astral energy indicatesthat your abilities will be rewarded. Congratulations! You've certain-ly worked long and hard to achieve your goals. Why not make plansto celebrate? Call some friends or your partner for an impromptuget-together. You can meet at the local bistro and bask in the happyenergy of success. The first round of drinks is on you!

AQUARIUS You're looking gorgeous today, Aquarius, and have likely noticedthe admiring glances you've received. Your passion is runninghigh, and you may be able to spend this evening with a specialsomeone. Fulfill your romantic fantasies. Light candles, use yourbest china, and dress with sensuality in mind. Your partner willappreciate the effort. You're bound to have a wonderful evening.

PISCES This could be your lucky day, Pisces, especially in matters of theheart. You may feel particularly close to your special someone, aswell as others in your immediate circle of friends. This is due in partto the planetary configuration. It shows your intuition and optimismrunning high. Use this to your advantage, especially if you have tosell something. Keep your expectations realistic.

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Huawei has launched two newsmartphones under its Honorbrand in India, the recently intro-

duced Honor 4C, as well as a new 'madefor India' handset, the Honor Bee. Thecompany also launched a power bank inIndia, the Honor AP007.

The firm has priced the Honor 4C at Rs.8,999, and the Honor Bee (seen below) atRs. 4,999. Both smartphones will beavailable exclusively on Flipkart, starting6pm Friday. The company is touting alaunch offer of 10 percent discount onprice. The Honor AP007 power bank hasbeen priced at Rs. 1,399.

The Honor 4C features a 5-inch HD(720x1280 pixels) TFT IPS display. It ispowered by a 64-bit 1.2GHz octa-coreHiSilicon Kirin 620 processor coupledwith 2GB of RAM. The dual-SIM dualstandby Honor 4C smartphone runsAndroid 4.4.2 KitKat with Emotion UI3.0 skin on top.

The smartphone sports a 13-megapixelrear autofocus camera with an f/2.0 aper-ture, LED flash, and a Sony CMOS sen-sor, while it also houses a 5-megapixel

front camera. The handset packs 8GB ofinbuilt storage that can be expanded via

microSD card (up to 32GB). The Honor 4C is

backed by a 2550mAh battery.

Connectivity options include Bluetooth v4.0,A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPRS/ EDGE, 3G,Micro-USB, and a 3.5mm audio jack. It weighs162 grams, and has dimensions of71.9x143.3x8.8mm.

The Honor Bee is also a dual-SIM dual standbyhandset (Micro-SIM), and features a 4.5-inch(480x854 pixel) display. The smartphone runsAndroid 4.4 KitKat with Huawei EMUI 3.0 Liteon top.

Powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core SC7731Cortex-A7 processor coupled with 1GB of RAM,the smartphone bears 8GB of built-in storagethat's expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).The Honor 4C sports a 8-megapixel rear autofo-cus camera with dual-LED flash and a CMOS,apart from a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.The smartphone is powered by a 1730mAh bat-tery.

Connectivity options on the Honor Bee includeBluetooth v4.0, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,GPRS/ EDGE, Micro-USB, and 3G. It measures66.7x134.3x10mm.

The Honor AP007 power bank features a13000mAh battery, and three LED indicators.Only available in Grey colour, it outputs power in5V, and has a 300 charge cycle lifespan.

Honor 4C and Honor BeeBudget Dual-SIM Smart -phones Launched in India Google Drive has

been using OCR(optical character

recognition) technology toallow scanned documentsuploaded to the cloud stor-age service to be editedand indexed. Google onWednesday expanded theOCR capabilities withinGoogle Drive by addingsupport for over 200 lan-guages.

Google stressed that thereason to expand the OCRcapabilities is that most ofthe information in theworld is still stored inphysical forms (books,newspapers, and maga-zines among others) andnot digital. For the uniniti-ated, optical characterrecognition converts a dig-ital image with text intodigital documents usingcomputer algorithms.Images can be processed in(.jpg, .png, and .gif) files orin PDF documents.

Users can start using theOCR capabilities in Driveby uploading scanned doc-ument in PDF or imageform after which they canright-click on the docu-ment in Drive to open withGoogle Docs. After choos-ing the option, a document

with the original imagealongside extracted textopens, which can be edit-ed. Google notes that userswill not be required tospecify the language of thedocument as the OCR inDrive will automaticallydetermine it. The OCRcapability in Google Driveis also available in Drivefor Android.

The company has alsolisted some limitations ofthe OCR technology, stat-ing it will work best oncleanly scanned, high-res-olution documents. Whilehas claimed that it is stillworking to improve per-formance on poor qualityscans and challenging textlayouts. The company alsolists that OCR will take

longer than other uploadsin Drive.

Google details how it'sOCR technology workswithin Drive, "To makethis possible, engineeringteams across Google pur-sued an approach to OCRfocused on broad languagecoverage, with a goal ofdesigning an architecturethat could potentially workwith all existing languagesand writing systems. Wedo this in part by usingHidden Markov Models(HMMs) to make sense ofthe input as a wholesequence, rather than firsttrying to break it apart intopieces. This is similar tohow modern speech recog-nition systems recogniseaudio input."

Google Drive's OCR CapabilitiesExpanded to Over 200 Languages

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Your mobile phone, laptop, andportable media player all havedigital-to-analogue converters

(DACs) in them. This is the compo-nent that accepts the digital signalfrom your media and converts it intoan analogue signal that your speakersand headphones can comprehend.However, in most cases, this is asmall component that is no largerthan your fingernail, and offers onlybasic conversion of the signal. Butwhat if you could ignore the basicconverter and switch to a device that

converts the signal with greater preci-sion?

That is what MSB Technologyoffers with the new Select DAC. TheAmerican company proudly manu-factures the entire product in-house atits factory in California. We met thefounder of MSB Technology,Lawrence Gullman, who explainedthe technology that went into creatingthe new Select DAC.

"We worked on the new SelectDAC from the ground up. The devicecontains eight pairs of MSB Hybrid

DACs and the Galaxy Femto 77Clock, which is among the best jitterclocks in the world. There are alsooptional replaceable input and outputmodules, so you can easily upgradeyour Select DAC in the future. A oneyear free upgrade is offered to cus-tomers of the Select DAC if weupgrade the technology going for-ward, and above that, customers areguaranteed a ten-year upgrade path.This means that if the product or anindividual component are upgradedafter a year but before ten years, the

customer has to option to upgrade bypaying only the difference in pricebetween components," said Mr.Gullman of the Select DAC.

We had a chance to listen to theSelect DAC in a system also com-prised of Jeff Rowland amplifiers andthe legendary Bowers & WilkinsNautilus speakers. The results wereastounding, with fantastic soundstag-ing and depth offered by the MSBSelect DAC.

MSB Technology products are nowavailable in India through distribution

partner Audio Vision India. AVI isone of the first major importers ofhigh-end audio equipment in Indiaand has an established reputation inthe industry. The company also han-dles India distribution for a variety ofother brands, including Bowers &Wilkins, Magnepan, Jeff Rowland,Rotel and many more.

The firm has not provided the priceof the Select DAC in India, but togive users some perspective - it costs$90,000 (roughly Rs. 57,50,000) inthe US.

MSB Technology Comes to India With Flagship Select DAC in Tow

The US government ismoving too slowlyto counter the

Islamic State group's fast-paced online propagandaand vast recruitmentefforts, experts and law-makers said Thursday.

The large scale and thelightning tempo of the ISgroup's social media cam-paign poses a dauntingchallenge, particularly fora government bureaucracyill-equipped to respondquickly or to experiment,experts said.

The IS can rely on "avery large number of peo-ple" to promote their mes-sage online and "it canafford to have 2,000 peoplewho tweet 150 times aday," said J.M. Berger, afellow at the BrookingsInstitution.

"It can afford to have aratio of two or threerecruiters to every onepotential recruit who mightcarry out a lone wolfattack," Berger, who has

tracked the IS and otherextremist groups online,told the Senate HomelandSecurity committee.

The United States or oth-ers opposed to the IS willneed to deploy similarnumbers, and declassifyphotos, videos or otherintelligence that canexpose the failures of thejihadists in areas under itscontrol, Berger and otherexperts said.

Daveed Garstein-Ross, asenior fellow at theFoundation for Defense ofDemocracies, said "the USgovernment has to be ableto be more quick to react,to be able to respond at thesame kind of speed" as thejihadists online.

In some cases, falseclaims by the IS have beencarried by news media, andthe US government neededto quickly release informa-tion to show an accuratepicture that could undercutthe jihadists, hesaid.

In Online War With IS, USBehind the Curve: Experts

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CHENNAIMumbai Indians defeated

Chennai Super Kings by sixwickets in a breathtaking finishto record their fifth successivewin of the Indian PremierLeague here on Friday.

Needing 30 runs off the last12 balls, Hardik Pandya (21 notout of 8 balls) and AmbatiRayudu (34 off 19) smashedleft-arm spinner Pawan Negifor 25 runs in the penultimateover to tilt the high-pressuregame in Mumbai's favour.

Mumbai took two balls toknock off the five runs neededin the final over, ending at159/4. Super Kings had recov-ered to post 158 for five in 20overs.

Pandya was the star of thenight as he backed his effort onthe field by hitting three sixesin the 19th over, proving to bethe difference in the end.

Super Kings remained at topin the points table despite theirfirst defeat at home this seasonwhile Mumbai added to theirremarkable turnaround with a

fifth win in as many games.They are now fourth in thestandings with six wins and

five losses.The away team made a flying

start in the chase, racing to 61

for no loss in six overs.Parthiv Patel (45) was

aggressive from the outset, get-

ting his first four with a exqui-site punch on a length ball frommedium pacer Mohit Sharma.

Simmons soon joined in pun-ishing the bowlers, especiallyin-form speedster AshishNehra, smashing the experi-enced Indian for a six and cou-ple of fours.

Having already off to theirbest start of the season,Mumbai were cruising at 84 forno loss in 10 overs.

The momentum shifted dra-matically in the next over whenR Ashwin removed the openersin space of four balls, sendingthe partisan crowd into a fren-zy.

And soon it became 86 forthree as Dwayne Bravo had hisWest Indies teammate run outKieron Pollard with a spectacu-lar direct hit. Super Kings wereright back into the game out ofnowhere.

Mumbai, needing 58 runs offthe last 30 balls, were now rely-ing heavily on skipper RohitSharma and Rayudu. The sea-soned pair took the team closer

the to target by hammeringNehra for 17 runs in the 17thover, their team still needing 34off 18 balls.

While Rohit got out, Rayuduled his team to a thrilling win.

Earlier, M S Dhoni (39 notout off 32 balls) and Negi (36off 17) smashed 55 off the lastfive overs to push their team toa fighting total after it struggledfor runs in major part of theinnings.

The home team had a ratherquiet start by the standards oftheir explosive openers as theyreached 44 for one in the firstsix overs.

Brendon McCullum (23 off11) was given a life early onwith Harbhajan Singh droppinga simple catch at backwardsquare leg off left-arm spinner JSuchith.

It seemed the New Zealanderwill make Mumbai pay for theirmistake when he hit three suc-cessive fours off medium pacerVinay Kumar. However, muchto the relief of the visitors, thedangerous batsman was caught

at deep mid-wicket the next ballafter he mistimed another hitoff the Karnataka bowler.

His opening partner DwayneSmith (27 off 34) too was holedout at deep-midwicket, as wellas Suresh Raina (10), who wassent back with a brilliant run-ning catch by Hardik Pandya,leaving Super Kings at 67/3 in10 overs. Pandya was the catch-er in all three dismissals.

Faf du Plessis (17) and Dhonithen gathered 39 runs for thefourth wicket but just whenthey looked ready for the deathovers onslaught, the SouthAfrican fell to a leaping catchby Simmons off pacer MitchellMcClenaghan.

Dhoni now had Negi by hisside and the Delhi based crick-eter, coming ahead of RavindraJadeja, did not disappoint hisskipper, smashing four foursand a six in quick time.

The captain too got into thegroove late into his innings,collecting two sixes and asmany boundaries to the delightof his fans at Chepauk.

IPL 2015: Mumbai Indians breachCSK's fortress with fifth straight win

NEW DELHIDelhi Daredevils (DD) on Friday

survived a scare at the SwamiVivekanand airport in Raipurwhere their flight was supposed toland.

According to reports, the planein which the members of IndianPremier League (IPL) franchiseand other passengers were travel-ling had a narrow escape from col-liding with another plane at therunway.

The Indigo flight ferrying theDelhi team was scheduled to landat Raipur but a Kolkata-boundplane was already stationed totake-off from the runway. Butthanks to the skills of the pilot, amajor tragedy was averted.

The Delhi team are in Raipur fortheir scheduled 12th match of the2015 IPL season against SunrisersHyderabad. The match will beplayed on Saturday at Shaheed

Veer Narayan Singh InternationalStadium.

Daredevils lost to Kolkata atEden Gardens by 13 runs yester-day. Jean-Paul Duminy-led side is

currently placed seventh in thepoints table with four wins out of11 games and are virtually out ofthe play-off reckoning.

Reports also cited that the

Directorate General of CivilAviation (DGCA) was notified ofthe fiasco but the civil aviationregulatory body is yet to release astatement about the incident.

Delhi Daredevils survive flight collision scare at Raipur airport

NEW DELHIIndian men's hockey

team captain Sardar Singhhas been recommended forthe prestigious RajivGandhi Khel Ratna awardwhile 11 other names,including six women, havebeen put forward byHockey India for theArjuna award.

Sardar has led the Indianteam to many successes inthe international arena inthe last 12 months, includ-ing the gold medal at theAsian Games last year anda direct qualification for2016 Rio Olympic Games,besides a silver in 2014Commonwealth Games.

Under his captaincy,India also finished third inthe Sultan Azlan Shah Cuplast month. Sardar hasalready been conferredwith the Arjuna award in2012. For the Arjunaawards, HI has recom-mended Danish Mujtaba,Dharamvir Singh, V RRaghunath, P R Sreejeshand S V Sunil among men,while Asunta Lakra,Deepika, Rani, Ritu Rani,Sushila Chanu andVandana Katariya got thenod among women.

"The players who wehave recommended for theawards have proved them-selves on the field through

their play and their repre-sentation in the nationalteams have made Indiaproud. They have wonIndia accolades on theinternational platform andI am confident that Indiawill stand up and givethem their due credit bybestowing them with theawards that they so rightlydeserve," HI SecretaryGeneral Mohd MushtaqueAhmad said.

"Being bestowed withthe Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna or an Arjun award iseach player's dream andthey all work extremelyhard for this nationalrecognition," he added.

Sardar Singh recommended forRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

NEW DELHIThe three young female ath-

letes, who survived an attemptedsuicide bid after alleged harass-ment by seniors at the SAI Centrein Kerala, are stable now even asa medical board was constitutedby the Sports Ministry to investi-gate the incident.

"We have constituted a medicalboard (for the inquiry into theincident) and our priority is tosave the lives of those athletes(girls)," Sports MinisterSarbananda Sonowal said on thesidelines of a conference inDelhi.

In a tragic turn of events, ayoung athlete AparnaRamabhadran died and three ofher colleagues were battling forlife after they ate a poison fruitunder an apparent suicide pactfollowing alleged harassment byseniors at the Sports Authority ofIndia centre in Kerala.

All the four were undergoingtraining at the Water SportsCentre of the SAI in Alapuzha.

A stunned Sports Ministryswung into action by ordering aninquiry and directing SAIDirector General Injeti Srinivasto rush to Kerala for an on thespot assessment.

The condition of the three ath-

letes, who survived the attempt,is said to be stable. Kerala HomeMinister Ramesh Chennithala,

who visited the girls at the hospi-tal, promised an unbiased probe.

Alapuzha Medical collegeHospital superintendent SantoshRaghavan told PTI that the threegirls continue to be critical, buttheir condition had stabilised.However, there is no specificantidote for the poison they con-sumed.

Aparna, the girl who lost her

life, had been undergoing train-ing at the water sports trainingcentre of Sports Authority of

India for the past five years.Her mother Geeta said her

daughter continued in the hosteldespite the harassment becauseof the family's circumstances.

Aparna wanted to get a job toprovide a better life to heryounger brother, an eighth stan-dard student at a local school.While her father is a worker in ahouse boat, her mother is an

anganwadi worker. All the fami-ly's hopes rested on the rowingchampion, who had brought lau-rels to the state.

Geeta said Aparna had told herabout the "mental and physicalharassment" meted out to themby seniors at the SAI hostel whilefighting for life at the hospital.

"Mother please forgive me. Idid this due to harassment of sen-ior 'chechis' (elder sisters). Will Inot survive?," Aparna was quotedas saying by her mother hoursbefore she breathed herlast.

Geeta also said her daughterhad no intention of committingsuicide, but took the extreme stepas there was no other optionbefore her following the continu-ous harassment. "My daughterhad come home for 'Vishu' festi-val on April 15 and had told me itwas difficult to share a room withthe seniors. When the hostel war-den was informed, she had prom-ised to shift her to another roomwithin three months".

But Geeta said her daughterlater gave the impression that allwas well at the hostel as she didnot want to cause any worry toher parents. "But in the hospitalbed, while battling for her life,my child told me the truth about

the seniors. Two seniors used toconstantly harass Aparna and theother girls, due to which theyconsumed the poisonous fruit,"Geeta said. The senior athletes,who have been accused ofharassment by the girls, claimedthat they did nothing that couldhave caused any stress.

"They are saying that weragged them and gave them a lotof trouble. On Saturday, we hadkept a small party to celebratewinning medals at the NationalGames. At night, some of theseathletes brought beer into theirrooms. The girl who died, someof her friends gave them beer.None of us even knew about itbut the word spread that thesegirls were drinking and somehowour madam found out," said oneof the senior athletes.

Meanwhile, Kerala HomeMinister Ramesh Chennithalasaid the matter is being investi-gated but the priority remainssaving the survivors.

"The priority is to look afterand give all medical facilities tothe girls. second part is the inves-tigation and it's not proper on mypart to say anything at this time.But there will be an impartialinquiry which will reveal the rea-sons of this suicide.

SAI athletes stable now, Ministry sets up medical board

BARCELONADefending champion and

series leader LewisHamilton outpacedMercedes team-mate NicoRosberg to top the practicetimes on Friday despitefeeling worried about hiscar`s inconsistent perform-ance in gusty winds at theCircuit de Catalunya.

The 30-year-old Britonconceded that he was con-cerned by the set-up of hiscar and the conditions.

Asked if he was happywith the balance of theMercedes, Hamiltonreplied: "At the momentI`m not.

"I don`t really knowwhy. It felt very inconsis-

tent throughout the lapbecause the wind is up anddown. In some placesyou`re getting gusts, butsometimes you`re not get-ting a gust.

"Sometimes it`s over-steer, sometimes its under-steer. Sometimes it`s fine,perfect. Then, the next lap,it`s different.

"So that makes it verydifficult to find the set-up.I don`t know if there is lessgrip because this is whatwe started with today --it`s like Melbourne."

Hamilton added that hewas also concerned at thedetermined manner inwhich Rosberg had appliedhimself on Friday.

Lewis Hamilton`s mixed messagesafter setting Barcelona pace

MADRIDSerena Williams`s stun-

ning 27-match winningstreak was snapped inresounding fashion byPetra Kvitova on Fridayas the Czech progressedto the Madrid Open final6-2, 6-3.

Kvitova will faceRussia`s SvetlanaKuznetsova in Saturday`sfinal after she also pulled

off a big upset in beatingdefending championMaria Sharapova 6-2, 6-4.

However, there was nosuch upset for homefavourite and four-timechampion Rafael Nadal ashe moved into the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 winover Grigor Dimitrov.

Kvitova has onlyrecently returned to thetour following a two-

month break after admit-ting to feeling physicallyand mentally exhausted,but she looked the fresherplayer in wrapping upvictory in just over anhour on court.

"I was very slow off themark. After my serve Iwasn`t moving as well asI should have. I wasn`t init, I wasn`t Serena today,"said Williams.

After a tight start,Wimbledon championKvitova reeled off fourconsecutive games from2-2 to take the first set.

Kvitova then stormedinto an apparently unas-sailable 5-1 lead in thesecond.

However, Williams hadbattled back from threematch points downagainst Victoria Azarenka

on Wednesday andensured a nervy end forKvitova by getting one ofthe breaks back to closeto 5-3.Yet, there was to beno repeat of the 19-timeGrand Slam champion`sheroics earlier in theweek as Kvitova brokeagain on her first matchpoint to seal her first vic-tory over Williams in sixattempts.

Serena, Sharapova stunned, Nadal ousts Dimitrov in Madrid

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

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If you feel tired and drowsythe whole day even after agood night's sleep, it could be

due to obesity and depression, anew research has found.

Obesity and depression -- notonly lack of sleep -- are underly-ing causes for regular drowsi-ness, the findings showed.

"Obesity and weight gain pre-dicted who was going to havedaytime sleepiness," said JulioFernandez-Mendoza, assistantprofessor of psychiatry at thePenn State College of Medicinein the US.

"Moreover, weight loss predict-ed who was going to stop experi-encing daytime sleepiness, rein-forcing the causal relationship,"Fernandez-Mendoza noted.

The association between bodymass index and sleepiness wasindependent of sleep duration,meaning obese people may be

tired during the day, no matterhow much they sleep at night.

The primary underlying mech-

anism that makes obese peoplefeel overly tired is likely low-grade chronic inflammation. Fat

cells, particularly from abdomi-nal fat, produce immune com-pounds called cytokines that pro-

mote sleepiness, among othereffects.

The researchers measured self-reporting of excessive daytimesleepiness (EDS) at baseline andagain an average of 7.5 yearslater in 1,395 men and women.

Depressed individuals in thestudy also had high incidence ofEDS. Physiologic sleep distur-bances, including taking longerto fall asleep and waking up inthe middle of the night, explainedtheir daytime drowsiness.

Feeling overly tired during theday can reduce job productivityand increase errors and absen-teeism and may lead to more seri-ous issues like automobile acci-dents.

These findings could lead tomore personalized sleep medi-cine for those with EDS.

The researchers published theirfindings in the journal Sleep.

Feel sleepy at work? Here's who should be blamed!

The moment the newsof a dance offbetween Priyanka

Chopra and DeepikaPadukone on BajiraoMastani surfaced, peoplehave been extremelyintrigued to know what isthe dance form. Initially, itwas thought to be a lavanitrack, a traditionalMaharashtrian dance form.But it turned out, it wasn’tlavani that these beautiesare piece up together but aMaharashtrian folk danceform called Pinga!

From what we hear it is aplayful dance form per-formed by married womenof the village when theyare back in their father’shouse for a few days. Thewomen worship Mangala-Gauri for five Tuesdaysdue to which they fast allday.

They are also required tostay awake all night and sothat they manage to do so,

they play these games, oneof them being Pinga. Now,a source from the sets sug-gest, it is a very tediousdance form and SanjayLeela Bhansali being him-self, didn’t rest until thesteps were correct.

The source also revealedthat it took the actresses anhour to get into the nauvarisarees as they are prettylong. While Deepika islooking gorgeous in thesaree, PC just takes yourbreath away, said the

source. The shooting of the track

has been wrapped uprecently.

Now this dance off isgetting increasingly inter-esting and we can’t wait towatch its outcome!

Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra performingPinga in Bajirao Mastani and not lavani Director SS

Rajamouli’s forth-coming project

Bahubali: The Beginningis all set to release on 10thJuly. Karan Johar who willbe presenting the project isassociating with the direc-tor for the very first time.

Although, news is thatKaran Johar does not haveone but two films associa-tion with Rajamouli. Theproducer turned directorand now actor will be asso-ciating yet again with theace director Rajamouli onanother project. Karan willbe presenting Rajamouli’snext outing Baahubali 2 aswell. Made on a magnifi-cent scale, Baahubali is thefirst ever Indian film that

transcends regional bound-aries and has a pan-Indiaappeal. Both of them aredeveloping a great workingrelationship and it wouldbe interesting to see theseentities join hands again on

another project.It is said that Karan Johar

has chalked out a lavishplan to promote Bahubaliin huge scale and is in norush to release the secondpart soon after the first part

sees the light. A little birdietells us that KJo will lockthe release date of part 2only after seeing the suc-cess of Bahubali: TheBeginning.

While SS Rajamouli ishailed as the biggest andbest of best, for Hindi cin-ema he is relativelyunknown. The projectmarks coming together oftwo biggest creative forcesfrom different areas ofexpertise. Karan has likedRajamouli’s work in thepast and is quite excited tojoin hands for yet anotherproject. Moreover, Karanhas also seen a few rushesof Baahubali and is veryhappy with the way it’slooking!

Karan Johar to back SS Rajamouli’s Bahubali 2

Amitabh Bachchan: Pikuis a mad film!

This weekend Amitabh Bachchan, DeepikaPadukone, Irrfan Khan have come up with a superbfamily film. The film has already received great

reviews from critics and on the first day seems to be doinggreat at the ticket windows. However, the lead actor of thefilm terms this film as a mad film. Wonder why he saidso?

The makers of the film just shared a video online fromthe making of the film, which shows how Amitabhapproached the character. The video is called 60 days 60shots of Amitabh. The video clearly shows the hard workput by AB to make his character of Bhaskor Bannerjeeperfect. The nuances that he brings to the character makeseveryone laugh during the shooting of the film. It wasduring one of the scene shoots that Irrfan Khan shrieksout “Chup” and makes everybody go silent. Amitabhcouldn’t stop himself from laughing and ends up funnilysaying, “We are all mad people and we are making a madfilm.”True enough. After watching all the promotionalvideos and songs of the film, we also feel that this movieis surely a mad caper. The amount of fun that is seen inthese making videos seems to have been reciprocatedonscreen as well because when we reviewed the film, wecouldn’t stop ourselves from going ROFL.

Aamir Khan willsoon be seen in DilDhadakne Do shar-

ing screen-space withPriyanka Chopra, AnushkaSharma and RanveerSingh for the firsttime!Insider sources revealthat Aamir will feature inDil Dhadakne Do in a spe-cial cameo!

This information is notknown to a lot of people

but we heard that Aamirwill be playing a part in thefilm! We are yet to find outwhat Aamir’s role will beabout.

The source furtherrevealed that DDD’s direc-tor Zoya Akhtar organizeda special screening of thefilm early this week forAamir Khan. Aamir wasreally pleased to watch the

film and he even sat downwith Zoya to discuss thefilm at length with her.Only yesterday, FarhanAkhtar and RiteshSidhwani were spottedhanging out at the former’shouse.

Dil Dhadakne Do isabout the dysfunctionalMehra family, PC andRanveer play siblings in

the film while Anil Kapoorand Shefali Shah play theirparents.

Anushka Sharma isRanveer’s love interest inthe movie while PC andFarhan Akhtar seem tohave a thing going on inthe film. Now that weknow that Aamir also starsin DDD we are all themore excited about thefilm! What about you?

Aamir Khan does a cameo in PriyankaChopra-Ranveer Singh’s Dil Dhadakne Do!