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LUCKNOW, NOV 01: Thedriver and cleaner of a trucktransporting onions weremurdered on a highway inUttar Pradesh after a ganglooted the consignment,

police said on Friday.A 10-member gang has beenrobbing trucks carrying veg-etables from neighbouringMadhya Pradesh, police say.Jaunpur's Superintendent ofPolice Happy Guptan toldthat three members of thegang were arrested onThursday evening.They admitted to looting thetruck, which was comingfrom Tamil Nadu, on thenight of Oct 7-8 near Satarhiaand killing its driver and

cleaner. The criminals hadfollowed the truck comingfrom Tamil Nadu in twoIndigo cars. They interceptedit and told the driver that theywere from the Mandi Samitiand wanted to check the con-signment. The perpetratorsthen drugged the driver and

cleaner and shot them in thehead. While the driver's bodywas dumped in Sigramau inJaunpur district, the cleanerwas dumped in Sultanpur.A special task force of theUttar Pradesh Police nabbedtwo of the gang memberssoon after the Contd p2

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On pepper gas and pellet guns Hurriyat is

unhappy because the separatist sponsored

petition over their use in Kashmir ha s been

upheld by the High Court. And surprisingly

they are to move the Supreme Court to

challenge the decision of the State high

Court. Hurriyat is a strange conglomerate.

It betrays no trust for Indian institutions.

But when it comes to playing politics, it is

past master in emulating their maverick

masters across the border. Strangely, now it

has shown faith in Supreme Court and

intends to challenge the HCs decision. Ask

them why they were up in arms whenMaqbool Butt and Afzal Guru, after a sus-

tained legal process were hanged. With

what face they intend to move the apex

court. One, perhaps they seem to have lost

face and other probably they will create

another round of noises if SC rejects their

petition. As f ar as use of pellet guns and

pepper gas is concerned, it has effectively

controlled unruly or tutored hooligans who

create havoc on the streets with stones and

bricks. First security forces were derided

for resorting to firings but when they came

up with effective non lethal means Hurriyat

is peeved because when less blood is shed

it loses its sinister political presence. God

save Kashmiris from such groups, champi-ons of hate and enemies of peace.

RANASAHIB

Why Hurriyats is unhappy over HCs verdict?

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India may be one outside to a foreigner.It may be a big land mass with a hugepopulation. To him, it also may appeara vibrant democracy with great politi-cians. It is only the insiders calledIndians, who know how the country ismade to run. There is a sizzling sayingit is only the earthworm who knowsthe pecking of a bird or it is only thehorse who feels the taste of iron band inhis mouth.The same is being repeated by thepoliticians and leaders who are busymaking their own Indias, suiting andtailor made to their electoral needs.Unfortunately, India and Bharat aremade to fight with one another withalmost all present day politicians draw-ing a blank on Bharat and ill informedabout India. Whether the country ispassing through one of its da rkest peri-ods or a churning of disparate andderanged ideas is taking place, onlytime will tell. That indeed is a great dis-tance away, but immediately there is alaughter challenge going on betweenModi and anti Modi camps. View the

situation as dispassionately as possible,one is forced to take a 60-40 chances infavour of the Gujarat Chief Minister.Reasons are not far away; in fact theyare literally under our very nose. Wecan smell them but not see and thatmakes some spicy addition to the plot.The recent addition to the Modi dia-tribe is Kapil Sibal. In all fairness tohim, he is a good constitutional expertand a famous lawyer. But when itcomes to playing the game of politicsbefitting his stature, he too like hisoverzealous 10 Janpath camp followersadopts the same dubious line. Wonder,why such things happen. Sibal has cas-tigated Modi for his lack of knowledgeof Indian history. Agreed, the GujaratChief Minister did misquote history,maybe he does not know aboutAlexander or Takshishila. He ought toimprove on his history. On the otherside if Sibal is asked about Indian his-tory, many things of crucial importancetoo will not be known by him is anybodys gues s. Co ngress h as de velopedand crafted a Congress history of Indiawhere there is fewer places for Hinduculture and Sanskrit civilisation whichform the bed rock of Indian consciencecalled Bharatityata- Indianness. Manyin their camp are ill at ease why India

existed prior to 1947 forgetting conve-niently to the peril of the nation thatGandhi, Nehru Patel, Kriplani, Bhave,Sarojini Naidu, Rajendra Prasad andmany other eminent men vouched forthe basic and intrinsic spirit of Indian-ness. For the time being, let us assumedynasty democracy is good for thenation because it has produced greatstalwarts like Nehru and Indira. Law ofnature does not guarantee a string ofpolitical geniuses down the line in adynasty. Once, Dr Sarvapalli Gopal, thehistorian son of great DrRadhakrsihnan himself on radio talksaid that it was impossible for him toemulate his father. Biologically geneticcombinations define the inherent great-ness of a man or potential to becomegreat.But who will listen, Digvijay, Salman,Sibal, Tiwari, Ajay Maken and host ofdiehard Congressmen look the otherway, when hard biological truths stareon their face. Rajiv Gandhi was a pilot.Records say not an outstanding one,born in the first political family ofIndia; he was after the unfortunateassassination of his mother, hurled inthe midst of political heat. Ask any dis-passionate and impartial political com-mentator and he shall nurse no out-

standing opinion about his rule. Nowcomes Rahul and we have seen the poorgentleman is not made for politics butwho cares, his coterie will never coun-tenance with that. For them he is thebest choice India can have. Even theeconomist prime minister, who prefersto remain silent on crucial issues,thumped his chest to proclaim that hetoo was willing to work under Rahul.Sycophancy at its best or worst, butparanoia crossing limits. The nationwith heavy heart, has suffered Sibalsnotional loss theory in 2-G Spectrumscam and unfortunately we are madeto suffer his noxious and imprudentstatements again. Saying Modis ral-lies are driven by black money, may beeasy to say but hard to prove and ifthere is an investigation in this regard,why there was no such investigationwhen Indira addressed bigger ralliesor when Rajiv spoke at large rallies. Itis another specious argument which isbeing hurle d beca use Congr ess isunable to gather people in bigger num-bers com pared to Modis rallies . Truthis hard to face, it is bitter to swallow,but if take n in right earnest can be ofgreat help. Today Congress, Rahul andmen like Sibal have to face the truthand understand its silent language.

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SRINAGAR, NOV 01 :Describing NationalConference a movementof people rather than amere political party, ChiefMinister, Omar Abdullahwho is also working presi-dent of NationalConference, Friday askedhis party workers to give

befitting reply to thedetractors of the party byexhibiting unity, solidarityand commitment to the

public welfare."You are the torch bearersof great legacy of SheikhMohammad Abdullah andhis companions. Our partyconsiders power onlyameans to address andredress the socio-economicand political issues",he said adding that the faith

people had reposed in theparty and its leadership sinceits inception is the fountainhead of strength for NationalConference and this is grow-

ing continuously with self-less service of the masses.Addressing the office bearersof National Conference,Pulwama district, Omar saidthat National Conference has

passed through manyvicissitudes and faced vari-ous challenges successfullyand also offered sacrifices.He said that the workers of

Nationa l Confer ence havealways risen to the occasionto serve the people andstrengthened the party at alllevels. He said the comingyears will witness the added

spirit in the NationalConference workers. He saidthe combination of elderlyand young party workersworking jointly with each

other and blending experi-ence with enthusiasm isthe strong edifice onwhich party stands.Omar said that his govern-ment has reached out to allareas and all sections ofthe society on the socio-economic front duringthe last over four and ahalf years."Unparalleled initiativesand historic decisionshave been taken by the

presen t dispens ation toaddress economic,devel-opmentaland political issues in thestate", he said and urged

his party workers to makethe people aware of these

path b reaking steps all overthe state.The meeting among other

National Confer ence leade rswas also attended by theProvincial President,

National Confer ence,Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani.

WORKERS TORCH BEARERS OFNC'S HISTORIC LEGACY: OMAR

NEW DELHI, NOV 01:Some Union ministers areopposed to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh's visit toSri Lanka to participate inCHOGM later this month butthere is still time to take adecision, finance minister PChidambaram said on Fr iday."It's the decision that thegovernment will take. Thereis still time to take that deci-sion," he told reporters herewhen asked whether Singhwill travel to Colombo. "Ithink MEA spokesperson hasalready said that the processof decision-making is on andthe decision will be taken,"

Chidambaram added.To another question, he said,"I am aware that some minis-

ters were opposed to PrimeMinister's participating inCHOGM. Contd p2

Rift in UPA over PM's vis it t o Sri LankaNEWS IN BRIEF

Three killedin accident

SRINAGAR: Three personswere killed and seven othersinjured when the vehiclethey were travelling in col-lided head-on with a truck onSrinagar-Jammu NationalHighway on Friday, policesources said.A sports utility vehicle(SUV) carrying 10 personscollided with a truck comingfrom opposite direction atBarsoo near Awantipora, 35kms from here, this after-noon.Three of the occupants of theSUV died on the spot whileseven others were injured,they added. The SUV was onits way to Anantnag fromhere when the Contd p2

NRI remittance to

touch peak levelMUMBAI: The RBI moveto open a special window toattract NRI dollar depositsinto India, combined withthe strengthening of the USdollar against Indian rupee,has led to increased NRIremittances into the countryduring the past few months,which is now nearing arecord high level.Remittances by NRIsincreased by 27% betweenJanuary and September thisyear to $6.5 billion, which isthe highest since 2008, areport by remittance facilita-tor UAE Exchange noted.The report also estimates theyear-end figure Contd p2

In 1971 warIsrael providedarms to India

NEW DELHI: Israel secret-ly provided India weaponsand instructors in 1971 as it

prepared for the war withPakistan that led to the emer-gence of Bangladesh eventhough the two countries didnot have diplomatic rela-tions, according to a new

book by an American jour-nalist." The Blood Telegram" byGary Bass, which focusseson the manner in which USPresident Richard Nixonturned a blind eye to therepression of then EastPakistan by military rulerYahya Khan, offers a tanta-lizing glimpse Contd p2

JAMMU, NOV 01: Theentire leadership of BJPreached R.S Pura to take partin the massive public rallyorganized on the concludingday of its "Refugee Adhikaar

Yatra" on Friday. It wasorganized by R.S. PuraDistrict President Sat PalPappi. BJP Member of

Parliament & J&K PrabhariAvinash Rai Khanna, whilecongratulating the state teamfor successful conduct of theyatra, said that J&K is theonly state in the country

where more than 12 lakhpeople are living with the tagof refugees in independentIndia. He said that calling

them refugee is a curse andthe BJP will work to get itremoved and ensure that therefugees who have been agi-tating for the last over sixdecades are granted all therights which are beingenjoyed by other citizens ofthe country and they too livea dignified life.State President Jugal KishoreSharma reiterating party'scommitment for the cause ofrefugees, said that we are

born for the social serviceand whenever there is dis-crimination, neglect, injus-tice or atrocities, the BJPactivists have always been onforefront and our fight forrefugees and border peoplewill continue inside the state

assembly as well as on roads.Leader of BJP LegislatureParty Ashok Khajuria whileelaborating Contd p2

We shall strive to remove all refugee tags: Avinash KhannaJAMMU, NOV 01: Unionminister Ghulam Nabi Azadon Thursday said that therewas no Narendra Modi wavein the country and it was onlya creation of the media."There is no Modi wave -- itis media created wave -- it isno public wave," the Healthminister told reporters hereduring his two day visit to

border belts of Jammu."Despite adverse publicity(against Congress), we wereable to snatch Uttrakhandand Himachal Pradesh," hesaid adding the party will putup a similar performance inthe forthcoming polls in fivestates. On controversy overModi's statement in context

to Sardar Patel, he said thatas far as Congress is con-cerned, there is no controver-sy-- in fact when Nehru

became PM, Sardar Patelwas party to it. Replying to aquestion about his expecta-tions from Pakistan PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif, Azad

said "when Sharif wasannointed as PM, I was askedwhat was my expectationsfrom the new PM -- my reply

was I have zero expectations."The reason being inPakistan it is not leadership

but it is Army that calls theshots".

Pakistani Army was notinterested in improvement ofrelations with India -- as itfears that this Contd p2

No Modi wave in the country: AzadWhy to blame Modi forGujarat riots: KPS GillNEW DELHI, NOV 01:Former DGP of Punjab KPSGill, who had served as secu-rity advisor to the Gujaratchief minister in 2002, hassaid thatNarendra Modi can-not be blamed for post-Godhra riots as it is the jobof the police leadership torespond to law and order sit-uations."In law and order situations,it is the police leadershipwhich has to respond and notthe political leadership," Gillsaid when asked by reportersabout his assessment ofModi's handling of post-Godhra events.He was speaking at the

launch of his biography -"KPS Gill: The ParamountCop" on Thursday night,which was Contd p2

NEW DELHI, NOV 01:Union law minister KapilSibal on Friday seemed tosuggest that black moneywas being used in BJP's

prime ministerial candidateNarendra Modi's campaignand demanded a probe into it."Rs 10 to 15 crore is spent onstadiums. It should be inves-tigated as to what kind ofmoney is used to fund (therallies)," he told the mediawhile launching his personalwebsite.Sibal said, "he (Modi) hasmade speeches from podi-ums, cameras around you.Showing of beautiful stadi-ums." "If you really want to

bring back blackmoney - andthat should be the case asAdvani ji always says - thenthe Rs 10 to 15 crore is spenton stadiums. There should be

a debate. It should be investi-gated as to what kind ofmoney is used to fund (therallies)," he said.Accusing Narendra Modi of

engaging in "politics of lies",Sibal challenged BJP's PrimeMinisterial candidate to adebate as he stated that polit-ical discourse should movefrom individuals to issuesaffecting the country.Slamming Modi, whom hereferred to as the "perennialopponent" (nirantar virodhi)without, however, taking hisname, Sibal accused him ofspreading untruths aboutUPA.He sought to puncture theBJP's leader's repeatedrefrain that Congress haddestroyed the country."I am sorry that the issueswhich should Contd p2

Modi's rallies driven by black money: Sibal suspects Murders taking place over onions on highways

NEW DELHI, NOV 01:The Delhi high court onFriday commenced hearingon the confirmation of thedeath penalty awarded tofour convicts in theDecember 16, 2012, gang-rape case here.The prosecution said it hasall the evidence against thefour convicts awarded thedeath penalty by the trial

court.Special public prosecutorDayan Krishnan, starting thearguments, briefed the courtand said all the accused hadconspired to rob and rape thevictims."She (victim) was brutallygang-raped by each one ofthem. Even by the driver(Mukesh). They weren't sat-isfied with rape and inserted

iron rods into her. They both(the victim and her malefriend) were thrown out ofthe bus in naked condition,and that was done with theintention of killing them,"Krishnan said.Mukesh earlier in the trialcourt claimed that he onlydrove the bus and did notrape the 23-year-old studentof physiotherapy Contd p2

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Rift in ...We are aware of that."He did not identify the minis-ters but his comments cameagainst the backdrop ofCongress leader and Unionshipping minister GK Vasanurging the Prime Minister onThursday that India should

boycott the CHOGM keepingin mind the sentiments ofTamil Nadu parties.

Vasan said he met the PrimeMinister to apprise him of theview of the people in Tamil

Nadu and the unanimous res-olutionadopted by the stateassembly demanding thatIndia "completely" boycottCHOGM in Sri Lanka nextmonth."The Prime Ministerinformed that he would actkeeping the sentiments of

people of Tamil Nadu inmind over Sri Lanka. He hadassured to take a good deci-sion," he stated.

Awar d d eath ...who was returning home witha male friend after havingwatched a movie.A division bench of JusticeReva Khetrapal and JusticePratibha Rani heard the argu-ments of the prosecution onthe death reference and theappeals filed by the accusedagainst the sentence.The bench, posting the matterfor November 6, said it

would hear the matter on aday-to-day basis."We will hear the case on aday-to-day basis," the benchsaid.In the morning, before start-ing the hearing, the fatherand brother of accusedPawan and Mukesh informedthe court that their counselcould not turn up for the caseas he was attending someother matter in the SupremeCourt.To this, the bench gave coun-sel a last chance andadjourned the matter for onehour, saying it cannot grantany other date as sought bythem, as according to theSupreme Court's recent rul-ing, "criminal cases were to

proceed even without thecounsel...""We gave this date (on lasthearing) on your lawyer'schoice, if he doesn't want tocome, what can we do? Wecan appoint an amicus curae(government lawyer) for you,he will come on every date,"the bench said, refusing togive another date."The Supreme Court has saidwe cannot give dates in thecriminal cases. We have to

proceed even without cou n-sel," it added.The trial court on September13 awarded the death sen-tence to Mukesh, 26, AkshayThakur, 28, Pawan Gupta,19, and Vinay Sharma, 20,convicted in the case, andreferred the case to the high

court for confirmation oftheir sentence.Awarding death penalty tothe four, the court said their"hair-raising beastly andunparalleled behaviour" defi-nitely qualified as one of the"rarest of rare cases" thatdeserved the death sentence.A 23-year-old woman was

brutally gang-raped in a mov-ing bus by six people, includ-ing a juvenile. The accusedthen threw her and her malecompanion out of the vehicle,

stripped of clothing, to die bythe roadside on the coldDecember night.The woman died of graveintestinal injuries onDecember 29 at Singapore'sMount Elizabeth Hospitalwhere she was airlifted forspecialized treatment.One of the six accused wasfound dead in a cell in Delhi'sTihar Jail. A juvenileinvolved in the crime was, onAugust 31, sent by theJuvenile Justice Board to areform home for three years,the maximum term under the

juvenile law.

Why to ...attended by eminent person-alities like Punjab Kesarigroup editor in chief VijayKumar Chopra, IndianExpress editor in chiefShekhar Gupta, former CBIdirector PC Sharma and oth-ers.In the book, Gill has lavished

praise on Modi saying he had

"sincere" intentions to endthe violence and accusedother parties of trying todefame him."I realised that people of all

political parties who wereanti-Modi and anti-BJP weretaking advantage of this may-hem and making all efforts todefame Modi one way or theother," he says.He charged the policemenand the administration had

become communal after theincident in Godhra and Modi,who had just become thechief Minister, did not have

proper grip over the statemachinery.Speaking to reporters, he saidthat after taking charge as thesecurity advisor of the state,he had visited all placeswhere violence had taken

place and policemen from topto bottom refuted havingreceived any direction of thetype being mentioned.He also said a majority of thedeaths in the riots had taken

place in 5-6 incidents.Addressing the audience, Gillsaid some of his family mem-

bers did not like his com-ments.He told reporters that whilehis family members had beenreading newspapers, he hadexperienced the develop-ments.Gill had been appointed inMay, 2002, as the securityadvisor to Gujarat chief min-ister Narendra Modi to bol-ster efforts to effectively

check communal violence inthe state.Vijay Kumar Chopra, editorin chief of Punjab Kesari,lauded Gill's stint as DGP ofPunjab and said he had"infused a new life in a life-less police force".Comparing Gill with leg-endary Sikh general HariSingh Nalwa, Chopra said hehas been a big factor inrestoring normalcy in thestate wracked by militancy in1980s.

Shekhar Gupta said he hadthe fortune to be a fellowtraveller who witnessed Gillas a police officer in Assamwhere his reading of groundreality was far more realisticthan those around him.He added that in his interac-tions with Gill during hisreporting years, he realisedthat even in Punjab he coulddiagnose and predict situa-tions with great c larity.PC Sharma said Gill thor-oughly backed officers whohad worked under him.The biographer RahulChandan said he had grownup in Punjab and heard sto-ries about Gill and felt he hadengaged in a worthwhile pur-suit.

We shall ...on the need to take out thisyatra, said that the refugeesneed to be educated about thedual speak of NC andCongress leaders, who advo-cate that refugees should get

rights but don't explain as towho will grant these rightswhen both these parties are inthe government. He said thatthe people have made uptheir mind to teach NC andCongress a lesson for givingfalse slogans and promises.

National Executive MemberShamsher Singh Manhas saidthat refugees in J&K havealways been ignored and theycould not even become anMLA while those who settledin other states even becamePrime Minister, Dy. PrimeMinister and assumed manyother highest positions. Hesaid that false promises ofgiving plots, compensationand other packages are made

by Congress and NC but onground the plights of therefugees and border peopleare worst.State General Secretary &Yatra Incharge Rajiv Jasrotia

briefed in detail the groundrealities prevailing in theareas where refugee people

have been putting adding thatthe yatra has been successfulin its motive of highlightingthe problems of refugees.Suchetgarh MLA ShamChoudhary said that his con-stituency houses the popula-tion of border people as wellas refugees and they all have

been left at the care of God.He said that they are subject-ed to gross discriminationand injustice despite the factthat they too deserve thesame treatment as is meted to

other citizens.Refugee leader Ved PrakashSharma, on this occasion,regretted that after the parti-tion of the country till todaylakhs of refugee people havenot been treatment as human

beings and the future of theiryoung generations is also indark.Distt. President Sat Pal Pappiexpressed concern over inor-dinate delay in issuing castecertificates to the people onthe pretext of producing irrel-

evant documents.Distt. General SecretaryCapt. Karnail Singh present-ed vote of thanks.Dr. Jitendra Singh, ChanderPrakash Ganga, Col. UttamSingh, Ramesh Arora (Adv.),Chander Mohan Sharma,Ashok Koul, Suresh Jamwal,Sat Sharma (C.A), Er. GulamAli Khatana, Harinder Gupta,Munish Sharma, ChanderMohan Gupta, ParmodhKapahi, Aseem Gupta, SanjivSharma, Charanjit SinghKhalsa, Yudhvir Sethi, RajniSethi, Ravinder Raina, KaranSingh, Priya Sethi,Sukhnandan Kumar (MLA),Rashpal Verma, SanjayKhanna, Dev Raj Sharma,Vikram Randhawa, AmreekSingh, Dr. Gagan Bhagat,Raj Singh, Swarn Singh ChibJasbir Singh Lucky, BrijeshRana, Ashok Sharma, Ch.Bishan Dass, Rajan Gupta,Jasbir Samotra, VinodKumar, Lal Hussain Lodha,Ashish Sareen, Darminder

Kumar, Anju Dogra and oth-ers attended the rally....

No Modi ...will make them irrelevant,the minister said.Azad further said that fre-quent firing on the borderswill prove costly for Pakistanas it needs to understand thatgood relations with India isin its benefit.

Modi's rallies ...be discussed are not beingdiscussed ... They (BJP) donot have issues. Hence, theyonly talk about individuals ...One person can neither makenor is going to make thefuture of the country. Thecountry's future is decided by

policies and not a llegations.Unfortunately, for somedays, such an atmosphere has

been made that the talk ismore about individuals thanabout issues," Sibal said.Releasing a bunch of papersto show that UPA had per-

formed better than the BJP-led NDA government interms of GDPgrowth,increasing per capita income,

bringing FDI into the coun-try and so on, Sibal said thatif the above meant destroy-ing India, then BJP shouldremain permanently in oppo-sition so that the countrymay progress.Wondering why Modi didnot address press confer-ences, Sibal alleged theGujarat chief minister want-

ed a controlled audience sothat he can get away with hisuntruths.He also ridiculed the BJPleader over his "gaffes"regarding history during hisPatna rally, saying, "He doesnot know that Alexandernever reached the Gangariver, that ChandraguptaMaurya did not belong toGupta dynasty and thatTaxila is in Pakistan and notin Patna. How can some-

body, who does not know

history, create history.Surprised which history

book he read."Sibal also attacked Modiover BJP's alliance with ShivSena to question his affec-tion for people from Bihar."If he has so much affectionfor people from Bihar, heshould snap ties with ShivSena because they do notwant Biharis to live inMaharashtra," Sibal said.Taking a dig at Modi, Sibalsaid the BJP leader neveraddresses press conferences."He only delivers a speechand goes way ... he wants acontrolled environment," hesaid, adding that he hadnever seen the Gujarat chiefminister smile."Have you seen him smile. Ihave never seen him smile.He is always acrimonious,"the minister said.The Congress leader alsotook a swipe at Modi over hisremarks at a rally that Chinaspends 20% of its GDP on

education, saying that thefacts were different as thecountry allocates only 4% ofits GDP under that head.Going poetic, he read out afew lines of verse, whichimplied that while lies have

been sold out, there was nobuyer at the shop of truths.He said that while the aver-age agricultural growth was1.84% under NDA, it

jumped to 3.43% dur ing theUPA regime. Similarly, whilethe average fiscal deficit

under NDA stood at 5.32%,

the UPA government hadseen that dip to 4.68%, headded."On average revenue deficit,the figure in NDA's rule was4%, but in UPA's tenure itslid to 3.14% ... The averagesavings rate was 25.64%under NDA but increased to33.02% with UPA," he said,claiming that UPA's achieve-ments were "mind-bog-gling".Belting out more compara-tive data, the law minister

said that the average invest-ment rate was 25.16% under

NDA, but had risen to35.44% during UPA's time in

power.While industrial growth was5.64% under NDA, the sameincreased to 7.5% between2004 and 2013 with UPA atthe helm.Similarly, the averagegrowth in services sector was7.68% during the NDAregime, but increased to9.65% under UPA, he said.Referring to the proposed"Statue of Unity" being builtin Gujarat, Sibal said thesense of unity "should be inthe hearts ... apologize forthe wrongs you did."His reference was likely tothe 2002 riots in Gujarat.

Murders taking ..incident. Three more werearrested Thursday night.The gang members con-fessed to carrying out a simi-lar murder of another truck

driver in Vardha inAzamgarh two months back,Guptan said. The cleaner ofthat truck escaped.That truck was, however,carrying tomatoes, whichquickly rotted and had to bedumped instead of beingsold.It was then that the gangdecided to hit trucks carryingnon-perishable items such asonion, police said.Police say there have beeneight such incidents on the

Allahabad-Manganwa road(from Rewa) and Allahabad-Varanasi road in the past twomonths."While we initially thoughthese are routine robberieswith the victims killed forfear of being identified later,the interrogation of the firstlot revealed bizzare aspectsof the crime," Guptan toldIANS.Officials blamed it all on thesteep hike in onion prices.An alert has been sounded

for onion robbers, who areon the run.

Not long ago, an egg ven dorwas shot dead in Etah districtas he had not sprinkledonions in an omelette servedto some youth.

Three killed ...accident took place, thesources said, adding theinjured were admitted to hos-

pital wh ere the condition offour of them was stated to be"critical".

NRI remittance ...to touch a record high at $8.5

billion.Average transaction volumeshave risen by about 27% thisyear and average transactionsize has risen by 7% to $830as compared to $775 in 2012,the report noted.It also pointed out that most

NRIs also choose to remitmoney into India for gifting

purposes during the festiveseason, apart from purchaseof gold and other investmentoptions like fixed depositsand real estate.UAE exchange also said thatremittances in the state ofKerala, the state that attractsmost remittances from alarge number of NRIs whoare in the Middle East, havealready crossed their annualremittance target within thefirst six months of the yearitself, recording inflows ofover Rs 75,000 crore.

In 1971 ...

of what was probably the

first instance of militarycooperation between Indiaand Israel.Quoting from the papers ofdiplomat P N Haksar, princi-

pal secreta ry to the thenPrime Minister IndiraGandhi, Bass describes themilitary supplies from Israelas a "surprising minor suc-cess" of India's efforts tomobilise the world commu-nity ahead of its interventionin East Pakistan."India did not have diplomat-

ic relations with the Jewishstate, and Haksar and manyIndian leaders were frostytoward it," Bass writes."But in July (1971), GoldaMeir, Israel's prime minister,secretly got an Israeli armsmanufacturer to provideIndia with some mortars andammunition, along with afew instructors. WhenHaksar pressed Israel forsupport, Meir promised tocontinue helping out."Bass' account is based onHaksar's meticulously main-tained records that are nowheld by the Nehru MemorialMuseum and Library inDelhi.The arms maker who provid-ed the mortars and ammuni-tion is identified as ShlomoZabludowicz. The book fur-ther states that Israel also"reportedly funneled aid tothe Mukti Bahini through anIsraeli government official"without giving furtherdetails.

The Mukti Bahini was theguerrilla force formed byBengalis in erstwhile EastPakistan after Yahya Khanordered a crackdown on sup-

porters of the AwamiLeague.Meir reportedly soughtdiplomatic ties with India forthe arms supplied in 1971.Former Prime Minister RajivGandhi initiated work ondiplomatic ties, which werefinally established in 1992,when P V Narasimha Raowas the premier

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JAMMU, NOV 01: Diwalior Deepawali also known asthe 'Festival of Lights' wascelebrated with lot ofenthusiasm and vigour inM.V. International Schoolon today 01/11/2013wherechildren exhibited great

involvement. A variety ofcultural inputs were con-tributed by the students onthe occasion, which wasboth colourful and musical.A theme based Inter-HouseCompetition was also pre-sented by the students. Thisdance program constitutedthemes like WomenE m p o w e r m e n t ,Worshiping of LordGanesha, igma based onHIV, etc. The Tiny Tots alsohad a gala day. They pre-

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NEW DELHI, NOV 01:Lauding the role of SeniorAdvocate Professor BhimSingh's fight for justice forPakistan and ForeignPrisoners , Apex Court onFriday said that it is becauseof the efforts of Singh thatPakistani and foreign pris-oners lodged in different

jails of India could have

been repatriated.Justice R.M. Lodhaobserved that, "whateverrelief the foreign prisonershave been able to secure, itis because of Prof. BhimSingh's selfless and forcefulcommitment to the cause ofcivil rights and civil liber-ties.Prof. Bhim Singh has beentaking up these cases beforeus with whole devotion. Hehas been spending money to

pursue the m atter for s ever-al years. We can say thatProf. Bhim Singh deservescommendation for hisexcellent work in thisregard."While expressing his grati-tude to the Supreme Courtfor lighting the lamp of

democracy through its his-toric judgments and orders

particularly relating to thecivil liberties of personsirrespective of their nation-alities, Prof. Bhim Singhsaid that more than 300 for-eign nationals fromPakistan, Pakistan adminis-tered Kashmir, Afghanistan,Iran and some other coun-tries who were detained indifferent Indian jails since1991 have been repatriated

to their respective countries.He said that there are nearly300 Pakistani prisoners,who are still languishing indifferent jails in India.Prof Bhim Singh expresseddeep shock on the failure ofthe Government of India torepatriate 21 mentally chal-lenged Pakistani prisoners,who have been languishingin different jails namelyJaipur, Sriganga Nagar,Jaiselmer, Amritsar for

years in spite of the direc-tion of the Supreme Courtof India to lodge such pris-oners in some safe houses.Prof Bhim Singh urged theSupreme Court to find away out for their human-liv-ing and survival with digni-ty. The court directed theAdditional SolicitorGeneral P.P. Malhotra, Sr.Advocate to file a statusreport on these petitions.Prof Bhim Singh also raised

the issue of 15 Bangladeshiprisoners lodged in OkhaMarine Police Station with-out any offence registeredagainst them. He made astrong plea to the court fortheir strong message to theUnion of India. Singh alsoappealed the Apex Court torelease Abdul Sharif, son ofGhulam who has beendetained in Central Jail,Amritsar from past 16years.

SC commends Bhim Singh's fight for justice for Pak & Foreign PrisonersJAMMU, NOV 01:-Minister for MedicalEducation, Youth Services &Sports, Taj Mohi ud Dinasked GMC authorities tochalk out effective strategiesto provide enhanced andtimely services to the people.The Minister said this whilereviewing the functioning of

Government MedicalCollege (GMC), Jammu andAssociate Hospitals at ameeting here on Friday.The meeting was attended byPrincipal Medical College,Dr. Shashi Gupta, MedicalSuperintendent GMC, Dr.Rabinder Rattan Pal, DeputyMedical Superintendent, Dr.Wasiq Rasool besides HoDsand senior faculty members.Addressing the meeting, theMinister directed the GMCauthorities to provide qualityand hassle free services to the

people for which he askedthem to augment all materialand human resources.Hedirected the PrincipalGMC to ensure that all thediagnostic equipments likeMRI, USG, X-Ray, CT Scan

etc remain functional roundthe clock for convenience ofthe patients. He also laidstress on filling up of vacan-cies of Prof, Ass/ Asst Profs,Lect, Registrars, Surgeons,Assistant Surgeons and paramedics immediately so thatthe patient care at GMC doesnot suffer.The Minister underlined theneed to start evening OPDs inorder to provide additionalfacility to the ailing people.He also enjoined upon themto strengthen EmergencyWard by making availabilityof additional staff and otherrequired items which will

further add to healthcare forthe patients. Earlier, theMinister conducted on-spotinspection of Emergency andother blocks and took stockof facilities being providedthere by the hospital adminis-tration.He directed MedicalSuperintendent GMC todeploy adequate number ofsecurity staff in the hospitalto safeguard doctors and

paramedical staff. Heappealed the patients andtheir attendants to cooperatewith the hospital administra-tion so that timely treatmentwould be provided to them.

Taj reviews functioning ofGMC, associate hospitals

SRINAGAR, NOV 01:Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiTaj, Ali Mohammad Sagarvisited three major old cityhospitals including JLNMHospital Rainawari, GousiaHospital Khanyar andMaharaj Gunj Hospital andtook stock of the medicarefacilities being provided tothe patients.Mr. Sagar while visiting vari-ous wards of these hospitalsinteracted with patients, theirattendants and enquiredabout the facilities being pro-vided to them. He directedthe hospital administration toensure arrangements andcleanliness in and aroundthese hospitals.While visiting JLNM hospi-tal, Mr. Sagar emphasised onsetting up of a special wardfor children, which is a longstanding demand of the

locals. He also inspectedongoing upgradation of thehealth institute and asked thehospital administration to

plant maximum number oftrees in the under construc-tion park of the institute,directed them to select a

proper space for parking ofvehicles.

During his visit to MaharajGunj Hospital, Mr. Sagarassured the release of fundsfor purchase of dental chairfor hospital and constructionof community hall in Boniyarin Maharaj Gunj.The Minister while visiting

Gousia Hospital, Khanyartook round of various wardsand enquired about the facili-ties being provided to the

patients. He asked the hospi-tal authorities to prepare adetailed report for purchaseof Laparoscopy for the hospi-tal.While interacting with poe-

ple, Mr. Sagar said that pres-ent government under theleadership of Chief Minster,Omar Abdullah is makingevery effort for the improve-ment and upgradation ofhealth sector to ensure betterhealth care facilities for the

people.Later, the Minister met manya public delegations who putforth their demands. He gavethem patient hearing andassured them that their gen-uine demands would be ful-filled on priority. He wasaccompanied by senior offi-cers of different departments.

Sagar visits city h ospitals, reviews facilities

SRINAGAR, NOV 01:Chief Secretary, MohammadIqbal Khanday after chairingreview meeting on develop-mental and other issues ofdistrict Srinagar here onFriday at SKICC completedhis weeklong interactionwith officers and public dele-gations of various far flungdistricts of Kashmir valley.The stocking of essentialcommodities for winter sea-son, Advance Action Plan ofsnow clearance, power sce-nario besides other vital sec-tors like PHE, Education,Health and above allMuharram arrangementswere reviewed on the occa-sion.The meeting was attended byDivisional CommissionerKashmir, Shailendra Kumar,

District DevelopmentCommissioner, Srinagar,Farooq Ahmad Shah, Headsof various departments andofficers of Srinagar district.Reviewing the stock andsupply position of essentialcommodities, ChiefSecretary asked Director

CA&PD to engage privatedealers for distribution ofessential commodities till thevacancies referred to SSBare filled up. Expressing sat-isfaction over the procure-ment of sugar, ChiefSecretary said that subsidyon sugar given by govern-ment is continuing and con-sumers should avail theincentives being provided tothem.Taking review of power sce-nario, Chief Secretary askedPDD authorities to publicisethe power cut schedulethrough print and electronicmedia, adding that strict

adherence to the scheduleshould be ensured.Chief Secretary directedCommissioner SMC andR&B for ensuring snowclearance not only on mainroads but also in lanes and

bye lanes to facilitate themoment of people andsmooth transport.Reviewing arrangements forMuharram, Chief Secretaryasked the concerned authori-ties to extend all possiblefacilities to the people partic-ularly in Shia dominatedareas during these auspiciousdays.Chief Secretary also took

stock of the pace of roadwidening and removal of

bottlenecks in Srinagar city.He directed for speeding upthe work and streamliningthe traffic on roads in theSrinagar city.On this occasion, DDCSrinagar while apprisingabout the activities of districtadministration said that outof approved district plan ofRs. 6668.89 lakh for currentfiscal out of availability ofRs. 2349.68 lakh, Rs.1253.07 lakh expenditure has

been recorded amounting to53 percent of the total alloca-tion.

Presenting overview ofCA&PD department in dis-trict Srinagar, the meetingwas informed that there are196204 rationed families,748 Annapurna Families,492 sale centres and 414 k-oil depots.Similarly, there are 1.85 lakh

power consumers, out ofwhich 1.42 lakh are domesticconsumers while the demandof electricity in peak hours is585 MW and average elec-tricity being supplied is 450MW besides revenue gener-ated upto September 2013comes to Rs. 133.84 crore.Chief Engineer, MechanicalDepartment apprised themeeting that mobilisation ofmen and machinery for snowclearance shall be activatedinstantly after snowfall and

control room set up for thepurpose will be made opera-tional from November 15this year. He said 19 snow

ploughs, 4 snow cuttermachines have been keptready for snow clearance

besides keeping standby 6plough machines.

CS concludes week long interaction withofficers, public delegations of valley

KULGAM, NOV 01:Minister for Social Welfareand ARI Trainings Ms.Sakina Itoo said that govern-ment has taken several initia-tives for the upliftment anddevelopment of the backwardsections of the society livingin remote areas of all threeregions of the State. She saidextending basic amenitiesincluding adequate supply of

portable drinking water, elec-tricity, better road connectiv-ity, besides education and

better healthcare facilities hasbeen given top priority sothat people do not face any

problem for want of thesebasic amenities.This was stated by theMinister while addressing alarge gathering of people and

public representatives at vil-lage Pahloo of Noorabadconstituency in districtKulgam here on Friday.She said that the state gov-ernment is well apprised ofthe problems and difficulties

faced by the public and iscommitted to solve them on

priority. She said Govt led byChief Minister, Mr. OmarAbdullah has launched num-

ber of developmental proj-ects across the State whichare yielding fruitful resultsand people are benefited atlarge.She reiterated the govern-ment's commitment of deliv-ering justice at the door stepof people and in this regardvarious revolutionary actssuch as PMGSY, RTI,

besides establishment ofPanchayat Raj System in theState have been implementedState to make people active

participants of the democrat-ic setup.Ms. Sakina also took stock ofvarious developmental works

being executed in the variousareas of the Constituency.She directed the concernedofficers to take up the neces-sary steps for the redressal of

public issues in the area.On the occasion, various dep-utations met the Minister and

brought several issues in hernotice.The Minister gave patienthearing to the deputationistsand assured them that all gen-uine demands will be ful-filled in phased manner.On the occasion the people ofthe area appreciated theefforts made by the Ministerin the development of thearea. They said that lot has

been done and more effortsneed to be for the upliftmentand betterment of the peopleof the area.

Govt working hard for, socio-economic develop-ment of people living in remote areas: Sakina

Asks officers to work with honesty, dedication and coordination to ensure better services, redressal of public issuesJAMMU, NOV 01-

Divisional Commissioner,Jammu, Shantmanu onFriday convened a meeting ofsenior officers to review thearrangements regarding visitof sub-committee on theaction taken on 137th reportof rehabilitation of J&Kmigrants of the departmentrelated parliamentary stand-ing committee on HomeAffairs to Jammu andSrinagar from November 5 to7.Preparations regarding thevisit of parliamentary sub-committee to Purkhoo andMuthi migrant camps on

November 6 and interactionwith migrants on November7 were discussed in details.Divisional Commissionerdeputed liaison officers withthe sub-committee for the

smooth conduct of their tourin Jammu.It was decided that Relief andRehabilitation Commissioner(Migrants) Jammu, Mr VinodKoul would be coordinatingthe meeting of KashmiriPandit migrants with the sub-committee while PRO

Custodian General wouldcoordinate in arranging meet-ing of West PakistaniRefugees, POK Refugees,POJK Refugees and ChhambRefugees of 1947, 1965 and1971 with the parliamentarysub-committee on November7.

Later, a meeting of the parlia-

mentary sub-committee withthe Chief Secretary wouldalso be convened. The com-mittee would be visiting tran-sit camp Vessu Anantnag andinteract with the migrants atSrinagar on November 5.Various arrangements regard-ing comfortable stay of thesub-committee were also dis-cussed.Relief and RehabilitationCommissioner (M), Jammu,Vinod Koul, Joint DirectorInformation Jammu, Mrs.Smita Sethi, Joint DirectorHospitality and ProtocolJammu, Mrs. Indu KanwalChib, Deputy Director, StateMotor Garages Jammu, Z. H.Choudhary besides seniorofficers of other departmentswere present in the meeting.

Divisional Commissioner reviews arrangementsfor visit of Parliamentary Sub Committee

REASI (BIDDA),NOVEMBER 01 - Self Helpgroups are vital for the devel-opment of remote villagessays Deputy CommissionerReasi, Dr. Shahid IqbalChoudhary, who was here toinaugurate 7th Amul exclu-sive outlet in the district at126 Bn CRPF, HeadquarterBidda. Addressing the gath-ering, Deputy Commissionersaid Self Help Groups can

play a vital role in improvingthe employment scenario.Quoting the example of Amulsuccess story, he said a smallmovement started in 1946 isnow India's largest milk man-ufacturer which is cateringthe demand of over 1.2 bil-lion people across the coun-try and providing livelihoodopportunities to 32 lakhfarmers.Giving the detail, Aditya

Gole, Senior Executive,GCMMF Ltd. (Amul) saidthat, at present Amul is

procuring 466 crore litres ofmilk per annum from thefarmers across Gujarat andhaving a turnover of aroundRs. 14000 Crores makingAmul Asia's largest milk

brand. The motive behind theopening of Amul exclusivestore at 126 Bn CRPF Biddais to facilitate the Jawanswho are serving the nation atthe higher peaks and toughmountain terrains.Among others, GM SalalPower station, AG Ansari,Superintendent of police,Reasi, Sharif Chauhan,Commanding Officer 126 BnUdai Pratap Singh and offi-cials from Salal Power sta-tion, CRPF and civil digni-taries also graced the occa-sion.

Self Help Groups vital for devel-opment of remote villages: DC

SRINAGAR, NOV 01:Police raided the residence ofDemocratic PoliticalMovement Chairman FirdousShah and arrested him duringwee hours of Friday.However, other activists ofthe organization managed toescape from the scene.DPM spokesperson said thatscores of activists includingGeneral Secretary, AdvocateMuhammad Shafi Reshi hadassembled at Shah's AbiGuzar residence."These activists were mullingto leave for Sopore to wel-come the arrival of Syed AliGeelani there. However, a

police party from Khotibaghpolice station raided thehouse and arrested FirdousAhmed Shah," he said.Shah was lodged in KB

police station.Meanwhile, police did notallow scores of Hurriyat (G)leaders including spokesper-son Ayaz Akbar to joinGeelani at Sopore and placedthem under house arrest.

Ayaz Akbar said that healong with Pir, Saifullah was

placed under house arrest."Altaf Ahmed Shah wasreleased after 10 on Fridaywhile one of the leaders ofHurriyat (G) Raja Mehrajwas detained in police sta-tion," he said.Those who accompaniedGeelani includedMuhammad Ashraf Sehrai,Altaf Ahmed Shah, AdvocateMuhammad Shafi Reshi,Khwaja Firdous Ahmed,Muhammad Imran andMuhammad Shafi Lone.

Police raids DPM Chairmanhouse; Places Ayaz Akbar and

others under house arrest

SOPORE, NOV 01: People

Friday alleged that soon afterthe departure of Syed AliGeelani from Iqbal MarketSopore, CRPF and police

personnel flexed their mus-cles on people who were rais-ing anti-India slogans.However, terming the allega-tions baseless, a police offi-cial said that hundreds ofyouth participating inGeelani's rally pelted stoneson police and CRPF person-nel deployed in Sopore.

According to reports, asthousands of people startedmarching from Sopore toDoabgah, scores of youthwho were part of the rallyresorted to stone peltingwhich created panic there.Those people who were notaware about this develop-ment ran for safety.

Police and CRPF personnelresponded with tear gasshelling and charged peoplewith canes. In order to dis-

perse agitated youth policeresorted to aerial.

An eyewitness said that

peace disturbed in the townafter Geelani left the venue."Youth were seen collectingthe stone as Geelani Sahabwas read to leave the venue.Everything was peaceful tillthen, even Geelani Sahabappealed to youth to be

peaceful and not to resort toviolence," he said.

Police official said that itwas necessary for the policeto respond as the processionwas big and laxity could have

proven fatal. "We brought sit-uation under control andeverything is normal there,"he said.

Lashing out at these stone-pelters, Geelani in hisaddress at Dobgah Soporesaid that these stone-pelterscan't be pro-freedom people."These are men from differ-ent security agencies whowant to disturb my rallies anddefame me. I appeal peopleto identify them and keepthem at bay during our ral-lies," he said.

Violence broke out in Soporeafter Geelani's departure

JAMMU, NOV 01: Stating

that the right to organizepeaceful protests is aninalienable right of the peo-

ple in a democratic polity,State Secretary CPI (M)Mohammad Yousuf Tarigamion Friday appealed all the

political parties and tradeunions irrespective of theiraffiliations to rise to the occa-sion against denial of demo-cratic rights in the state.Addressing a press confer-ence at Jammu, Tarigamicondemned the police crack-down against workers ofChenani-Nasari four-laneroad & tunnel project inJammu region. He said theway right to peaceful protestsis being stifled; it will onlyencourage the emergence ofautocratic and violent forcesin the society. He demandedimmediate release of workerswho have been detained by

police in false and frivolouscases.The CPI (M) leader observedthat democratic process

should not be misconstrued

only with the electioneeringprocess but the same meansprotection of constitutionalguarantees of democraticrights which include civil lib-erties and right to protest aswell.Tarigami said the manage-ment of the project shouldcarry the workers along andnot to take them at a ride."The management should lis-ten to them, talk to them;engage them allow them to

protest and accommodatetheir long pending demands,"he remarked.Tarigami said: "It is unfortu-nate that during the recentlyconcluded autumn session oflegislative assembly inSrinagar, the employees were

protesting outside the assem-bly premises in favour oftheir long pending demands."It was only after the stategovernment was compelled

by us to issue a statementwhich was done half hearted-ly."

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NEW DELHI: AnirbanLahiri has his eyes trained onthe 50th Indian Open, start-ing November 7 at the DelhiGolf Club - a course wherehe has enjoyed huge success.The tree-lined and narrowDGC is rated as one of themost difficult golf courses onthe Asian Tour but Lahiri hasenjoyed great outings win-ning three Asian Tour titles."A lot of the players fearDGC, it's probably one of thefeared courses on Tour. I'mcomfortable at the Delhi GolfClub. For me, the IndianOpen has been good, movingfrom one favourite venue toanother. I'm looking forwardto a win," said Lahiri.Lahiri said that winning his

National Open remains asone of his top priorities in hisgolfing career. He hasenjoyed some measure ofsuccess in the Indian Open in

the past, finishing tied third,15th and fifth in 2009, 2011and 2012 respectively."It's going to be a historicevent. Everyone mention it'ssuch an important event forthe Indians, there is so muchhistory and tradition behind

it. It's like a major for all ofus. I know Jeev (MilkhaSingh) even he wants to winthe Indian Open before heretires."That's what it means tosomeone like Jeev who haswon so many events aroundthe world. Being the 50thyear, it's going to be special.It's one of the longest run-ning in Asia and one of our

biggest," said the 26-year-oldLahiri.He said the Indian Open has

played a huge part in launch-ing the careers of manyIndian golfers includingthree-time winner JyotiRandhawa, Arjun Atwal,who is the first Indian to winon the PGA Tour and CMuniyappa."It would be very special if Ican win it. When I was play-ing junior golf, everyonewanted to turn amateur very

quickly as the top amateursget to play in the IndianOpen. It's a very specialevent even to play as an ama-teur. We tried our heart out asan amateur just to play and towin it would be absolutelyfantastic," he said.

Anirban Lahiri eyes winat 50th Indian Open

BANGALORE: Indianbatsman Virat Kohli onFriday said the new ODIrule, which enforces an extrafielder inside the 30-yard cir-cle at all times, should belooked into as it is workingagainst the bowlers."In batting-friendly condi-tions, it is very hard for thecaptain to contain runs andhas been difficult for the

bowlers . Hence, the ruleshould be be looked into asfar as keeping five fielders(inside the circle) is con-cerned," Kohli told reportersat the pre-match press con-ference."It is ICC's decision to giveus the rule. So I can't com-ment more," he added.With this new rule in place,India and Australia togetherhave scored a phenomenal2,565 runs from four ODIsso far, excluding the 295 thevisiting team scored in theabandoned one-dayer inRanchi.Indian skipper Mahendra

Singh Dhoni also had com-mented that a few Indian

bowlers felt it would be b et-ter to put a bowling machinein the field instead of theyrolling their arms in theongoing ODI series, afterthey were being hit all overthe park by Australia.Kohli said the rule of fivefielders inside the circle puts

part-time bowlers, who werebig weapons in ODIs be fore,out of contention.

"Yuvraj Singh bowled sowell for us in so many gameswith four fielders inside thecircle.

Now, none of the teams canuse part-time bowlers prop-erly because of the fifthfielder. In conditions, whichare batting-friendly, it is veryhard for the captain to con-tain those runs," the Indianvice captain explained.Asked about the morale ofthe bowlers after being hit

for big scores, Kohli said itwas necessary for bowlers tohave confidence otherwiseteam's winning momentumgoes for a toss."If bowlers don't have theconfidence, it will be diffi-cult for the captain to containruns. Bowlers did face diffi-culty in this series due to thenew rule. We have no choice

but to play ac cording to therule," he said.More often than not, Kohlisaid "it is bowlers who winthe games for the team"."Whichever team bowledwell, has won the game,though they were tight," headded.Australian wicketkeeperBrad Haddin said the teamswould get used to the newrule in the due course of timeand would slowly get a hangof what is a good score."The more you play (with thenew rules) you will get moretrends and patterns to seewhat is a good target," saidHaddin.

Bowlers face difficulty due to new ODI rule: Virat

In a long 24 year journeyeverything changes. ForSachin Tendulkar things

have been no different. Hestarted out as a marauding 16year old who wished to tameevery bowler he faced. He

wasn't afraid to launch intothe legendary Sir RichardHadlee in 1989 when hefaced him in New Zealand.And this had come at the

back of h is assault on Abd ulQadir in Pakistan in hisdebut series in 1989.The Qadir story goes thus.The match, a 50 over ODI,had been curtailed to a 20-20

because of rain. With a hugecrowd waiting patiently foraction, the organisers had lit-tle choice but to reduce it toa 20 over a side game. The

match was played in fullseriousness and Pakistanscored a healthy 157 in their20 overs. India, in reply, hadlost a flurry of wickets tostart with and whenTendulkar walked in to joinhis captain K Srikkanth theasking rate was touching 13runs per over.The match was all but lost.

Srikkanth asked the youngman to get some valuable

batting practice an d much tohis surprise was told thatSachin was still keen on try-ing to win the match forIndia. The captain consentedresulting in the start of theTendulkar show.He soon hit Mushtaq Ahmedfor a couple of sixes and

announced his intent loudand clear. At this the greatQadir is said to have walkedup to him and said "bachheko kyun mar rahe ho. Agardum hai toh mujhe mar kedikhao." Sachin, forever

respectful, had respondedsaying Qadir was a geniusand wouldn't allow Sachin toget after his bowling.What followed was may-hem. Qadir was literallytoyed with and Sachin hithim for 4 sixes in an over.Qadir, a true sportsman,came up to him post matchto congratulate him on his

performance and has goneon record to say that herealised that day itself thatthis man possessed specialtalent.

BANGALORE: Jude FelixHockey Academy- (JFHA)will conduct DreamworldIndia U-16 inter-schoolhockey tournament at theKSHA stadium for the thirdyear in succession, from

November 7. The final isslated for November 10under lights.Six teams Bishop CottonsHS, Rashtriya MilitarySchool, RDT HS forInclusive Education, SportsSchool Kudige, Maria

Niketan HS and St Paul HighSchool from Chennai will

play the tournament on around-robin format with thetoppers battling for top hon-ours. The academy will dis-tribute hockey sticks signed

by Indian hockey captain

Sardar Singh to all partici-pants."The matches will be of 30minutes duration while

penalty corner s will be one-on-one battle between anattacker and the defending

goalkeeper," Felix saidIn an attempt to provideoverseas exposure to hisacademy students, Jude has

planned to take 24 players inthe age group of U-12, 14,16- and 18 to Singapore for aone-day hockey carnival.JFHA has also partneredwith Red RibbonRevolution, an initiative toeradicate the stigma and dis-crimination against childrenliving with HIV and AIDS,and bring them to the main-stream.

JFHA school's tourney from Nov 7

NEW DELHI: Indian play-ers enjoyed a good day on theATP Challenger tour as YukiBhambri reached the singlessemifinals of the Traralgonevent in Australia whileSomdev Devvarman andSaketh Myneni reached thequarterfinals of theCharlottesville event in theUnited States.Eighth seed Yuki pippedfourth seed JapaneseTatsuma Ito 6-4 1-6 7-5 inthe quarterfinal, which lastedone hour and 46 minutes.The 277-ranked Yukiavenged his last year's defeatin Kyoto against the higher-ranked Japanese, who is 105

places above the Indian inthe ranking chart.Yuki next faces second seedand 138-ranked James

Duckworth. Yuki had lost tothe Australian last week

when they clashed in thequarterfinals of MelbourneChallenger. Meanwhile, inthe CharlottesvilleChallenger, second seedSomdev scored an easy 6-26-3 win over DenisMolchanov of Ukraine to

progress to the next stage. Heis now up against seventhseed American RhyneWilliams. Joining him in thesingles last-eight wasMyneni, who brushed asidethe challenge of AmericanChase Buchanan 6-4 6-4 inone hour and 22 minutes. Henext faces Jesse Levine ofCanada.However, Somdev's cam-

paign in the doubles compe-tition ended in the quarterfi-nals. He and Sanam Singhlost 4-6 2-6 to second seeded

Americans Austin Krajicekand Tennys Sandgren.

Yuki in semis, Somdevand Myneni in quarters

SHANGHAI: Long-hittingAmerican Dustin Johnsonmatched the Sheshan GolfClub course record to surgeinto a commanding five-

stroke lead after the secondround of the $8.5 millionWGC-HSBC Championstournament on Friday.On a day when first roundleader Rory McIlroy's sea-son-long struggles returnedto haunt him on the back nineand pushed the NorthernIrishman back into a tie forsecond with AmericansBubba Watson and BooWeekley, Johnson was in aclass of his own.He plundered six birdies inthe first seven holes en route

to a nine-under-par 63 onanother pleasant day atSheshan to rocket up theleaderboard after ending thefirst day in a tie for eighth.

"I played really well the lasttwo days," said Johnson, who

posted a 12-under-par 132halfway total."Yesterday, I was one-overthrough nine holes and then

played good on the frontside, which was my backside, and then I started right

back up today and playedreally good on the front."Johnson is an aggressive

player and he vowed to try toincrease his lead, rather than

protect it, over the final tworounds.

Johnson matches course recordto surge clear in Sheshan

Modesty is signature of Sachin Tendulkar's class

PARIS: World number oneRafa Nadal broke the stub-

born resistance of Poland'sJerzy Janowicz's to win 7-5,6-4 and reach the last eight

of the Paris Masters onThursday.In the semifinals of the Parisevent - one of only threeMasters titles the Spaniardhas yet to win - Nadal faceslocal favourite RichardGasquet who, along withSwiss Stanislas Wawrinka,have completed the ATPWorld Tour finals lineup.Both players won their third-round matches at Bercy butit was Canadian MilosRaonic's defeat by TomasBerdych that sent them intonext week's season-endingshowdown in London.They join Nadal, NovakDjokovic, David Ferrer,Juan Martin del Potro,

Berdych and Roger Federerin next week's showpiece.All eight reached the ParisMasters quarterfinals onFriday.

World number two Djokovicand 17-times grand slamchampion Roger Federer,who is ranked sixth, alsoadvanced.

Nadal, who has yet to winthe Miami and ShanghaiMasters either, broke deci-sively in the 11th game ofthe opening set and, after anearly trade of breaks in thesecond, got the upper handwhen he took Janowicz'sserve again in the fifth game.The Pole, who broke into thelimelight by reaching lastyear's final at Bercy wherehe lost to Ferrer, containedhis frustration but Nadal'stop spin was eventually toomuch to handle.

SOFIA: Ana Ivanovic over-came Sam Stosur 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 on Thursday for her secondstraight victory in the groupstage at the season-endingWTA Tournament ofChampions.The two-time tournamentwinner played very aggres-sively to win the opening setin just 30 minutes. Stosurthen broke Ivanovic's serve

in the second set to go up 5-3. But Ivanovic got the early

break at 2-0 in the third setand cruised from there.She will play Russia's ElenaVesnina on Friday with both

players still trying to secure aspot in the semifinals.Vesnina outlasted Bulgaria'sTsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 4-6,6-0 for her first victory at thetournament.

Rafael Nadal on track forelusive Paris Masters title

Ivanovic beats Stosur atTournament of Champions

MUMBAI: Girls' top seedAkanksha Nitture and boysfourth seed Faiz Nasyam reg-istered contrasting victoriesto emerge champions, in theKhar GymkhanaMaharashtra State RankingUnder-10 Junior TennisTournament.

Nitture, of New HorizonPublic School, New Panvel,overcame second seed SmitaWalhekar 5-3, 4-0 in the

girls' final, while Nasyamupset top seed Leston Vaz 4-0, 4-1 in the boys' champi-onship round.

Nine-year -old Nittureignored the early challengefrom a spirited Walhekar inan exciting opening set

before winning the secondwithout dropping a game. "Itook time to settle down atthe start of the match," saidan elated Nitture.

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Even as political parties take to the rallycircuits demonising their opposition, weneed to be proud of this robust campaign-ing and electoral process. We have con-ducted it better: from mega phones andrickshaws, wall posters and TV advertise-ments, talk shows, on-the-stumpharangues, the internet and cellphone,through low-tech and high-tech, over jun-gle and stream, ballot-box to EVM; thanany other country.It is a superb no-holds-barred venting ofthe national spirit that can only be subvert-ed by the violence that silences. That iswhy electoral violence, the threat of suddendeath that our politicians risk when theyattend and address public meetings, is pos-sibly the unkindest cut of all.And to use such violence, or permit it tohappen by default, as a political tool, istruly despicable in its subversion. Is thiswhat happened in the Hunkar Rally atPatna where Mr Narendra Modi addressedlakhs of people recently?If the Indian Mujahideen and its ilk thrivesin India, it does so with the patronage offorces both within and without this country.

Being soft on such terrorism is not at all agood turn done to millions of law abidingand patriotic Indian Muslims.It is this sinister and primitive stratagem ofthe politics of assassination, engineeredriot, stampede, etc. that can stifle ourvibrant democracy. In Pakistan, wherenon-state actors are pampered and main-tained by the state, several politicians havebeen silenced. It has become such aFrankenstein that no one is safe. ThePakistani Taliban and others are quite will-

ing to bite the hand that feeds and even dic-tate terms today.

The politics of assassination has taken itstoll in gun-happy America too. It killsPresidents, but school children, rock stars,people in congregations and gas stationstoo, because even though they say a fishrots from the head down, it actually does sofrom the gut outwards.We have done it too, killing in politicalvengeance, in riots and pogroms, and

almost without protest in this highly popu-lous country. We have also killed twomembers, perhaps three, of the rulingGandhi family. And we have martyredMahatma Gandhi. And many far less exalt-ed.

Mr Rahul Gandhi is not wrong when hethinks he might be a target too. It would bea pity in the extreme to silence this harm-less young man. He is, after all, cluelessabout the needs of the country despite hispolitical lineage and years in politics. Thisthreatening of political lives also tends tohave the opposite effect from the oneintended. This, and the muzzling of theotherwise opinionated that we have onlyseen here during the Emergency.The one truth, therefore, that we tend to

take for granted, is the level of freedom ofopinion and expression, of conscience, we

enjoy in this country. We must be proud ofthe purple prose of our editorials and thehectoring tone of our TV anchors for thisreason alone. We must appreciate the live-ly debate between invited speakers on ourtalk shows even though the Indian way is tospeak all at once and freely interrupt eachother!Let alone the hyper-sensitive regimes and

structures of most of the neo-colonial andemerging world, the West is, even today,far from tolerant, and nowhere near as free.They are devotees of order and thehomogenised opinion, one dominant eth-nicity, one dominant religion, one set of

beliefs, a single narrative. Free thinkers arefringe operators,regarded as weird andbarely tolerated. Minorities are exotic andurged to merge with the mainstream.Racism is rampant. Quite often all therainbow people are subjected to violenceand worse.Wikileaks exposes and President BarackObamas phone-tapping of his Europeanallies and countless Americans are justcases in point of the paranoia that rules theidea of Western security. America is capa-

ble of being just as sinister as anything thepathologically aggressive ISI can dream

up. This despite also being the land of thefree and the home of the brave.When, in great metropolises such asLondon, Paris or New York, diversity isallowed its play without murderous reac-tion from opposing forces, it is cited is as amark of civilisation and is celebrated. ButWestern civilisation has to remind itself tobe tolerant. It does not come naturally to apeople with crusades, which are just jihadsby another name, in their genetic memory.And yet, in venal, corrupt, age-old India,we can, and mostly do say whatever wewant. Hinduism preaches it. So doesBuddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, etc alongwith non-violence, even Indian strains ofSufi influenced Islam say the same thing,as does an Indianised Christianity. Weknow how to embrace diversity. It runs inour genes.The British, affected by their Indian expo-sure, did have us locked up in political pris-ons, but not that many at that. The Mughalshad their enemies murdered, but mostly therivals to power from their own families andthose in territories they conquered.We, even in the formation towards a nationstate, have never indulged in massive geno-cide, ethnic-cleansing, or the bloodbaths ofreligious war, except at Partition. This

country is essentially peaceful, god-fearingand blessed. Many the world over realise it.We who are born here tend to think nothingof it. But we do nevertheless benefit from itdespite increasing lawlessness of late.The Soviets and the Chinese have mur-dered their own citizens in their tens of mil-lions for being misfits, mildly critical orrabid dissidents, with almost no distinctionmade between minor and major affront.They say the best predictor of future humanbehaviour is past behaviour. Let us hopethen that we vote for peaceful change toModi Raj rather than a maintaining of thestatus quo out of habit or risk aversion.What will we get if Congress comes backeither at the head or at the tail-end of acoalition?We will certainly get more povertarian pol-itics! There will be no justice brought to allthe masses of corruption perpetrated overthe last few years. RaGa will continue torule from the wings in tandem with hismother. Dynasty wi ll become a non-issuejust like the foreigner issue before it.Populism will be applied with a passion.Business and industry, GIP, infrastructure,security, diplomacy, reform, progress, prac-tically everything else will languish.

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