Srinagar, October 14:

3rd Regional Judicial Con-ference (North Zone) on “Role of Courts in uphold-ing Rule of Law” from 18th to 20th October, 2013 at SKICC, Srinagar is being organized by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy in collaboration with National Judicial Academy (India) Bhopal in which Judicial Officers of six northern States viz., Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Allahabad, Him-

achal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana and Uttrakhand are participating. As per the statement is-sued today by Deputy Registrar, Mr Pankaj Ku-mar Gupta as many as 75 delegates from outside the State while 30 Judicial Officers of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir is participating in the con-ference. Apart from that, it is for the first time that about 20 Junior Advocates, 10 each from Jammu and Kash-mir Bar are going to par-ticipate in the Conference.

This innovative step has been taken by Chief Jus-tice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar to give a sense of participation to the Bar and to intellectual-ly expose them to the legal deliberations of highest or-der in which Judges from Supreme Court, Chief Jus-tice’s and Judges of other States besides Academi-cians of National Level are participating as resource persons.The main goal of Regional Conference is to facilitate

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Srinagar, October 14:

Taking strong notice of non compliance of Right To information Act (RTI) Act applicable to an application seeking matriculation and reg-istrarship certificates of Dr Shahsi Gupta Princi-pal Government Medi-cal College Jammu, the State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has sought personal ap-pearance of additional secretary helath and medical education on October 21. In its order received by KNS, the CIC has taken a strong exception of

the non compliance of RTI Act by health and medical education au-thorities who according to the Commission’s order have not provid-ed matriculation and registrarship comple-tion certificate of Dr Shashi Gupta Principal GMC Jammu as there is reportedly some dis-crepancy in the Date of Birth in his service records.The sources in CIC of-fice told KNS, that the application seeking the certificates of Dr Gupta was filed by Dr Indu Koul in June this year

See CIC on Pg. 11

Inquiry committee all praise for G.B. Panth faculty Pentavalent did not decrease the mortality rate

Srinagar, October 14:

Former director information Khawja Farooq Renzu Shah is among fifteen ‘prominent’ people from Jammu and Kashmir who joined Congress after their membership was accepted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday.Talking to Kashmir News Service, Prof Saif-u-Din Soz said a list of some prominent people was forwarded to the Congress High Command long ago but the UPA chairperson has ap-proved the names today only. “This is an achievement for the Congress par-ty in Jammu and Kashmir that people including the prominent citizens are joining which reflects the popularity of the party.”Prof Soz told KNS that very soon, the party will convene separate meetings in Srinagar and Jammu to welcome

the new entrants. “I am of the firm belief the new entrants will further

strengthen the party in the state and very soon you will see hundreds of

youth joining the party,” Prof Soz in-formed KNS.Former director information, Khawja Farooq Renzu Shah, while talking to Kashmir News Service said: “It is a proud moment for me that honor-able Sonia Gandhi has provided me a chance to work for strengthening of secular forces in Jammu and Kash-mir. I am highly privileged that I in my humble capacity has been chosen to put my efforts to work for the better-ment of the people.”The other ‘prominent’ people whose membership has been accepted by the Congress high command in Delhi are Mohammad Aslam Goni, Thakur Bal-bir Singh, Gurbachan Kour, Ghulam Hassan Gilani, Tassaduq Hussain, Shafiq Mir, Zahida Khan, Bashir Ah-mad Shah, Ghulam Hassan Rather, Gulzar Ahmad, Tafazul Hussain,

See Renzu on Pg. 11

Jammu, October 14:

A BSF jawan was in-jured in firing by Paki-stani troops on Monday afternoon across the international border in Samba district, about 50-km from Jammu city. As Pakistan yet again violated ceasefire, the Border Security Force (BSF) responded and firing is still on. “The jawan was hit in the abdomen in sniper fire at a forward post along the border at about 11am,” said PS Tomar, inspector general of BSF, Jammu frontier.According to reports, the jawan was guard-ing the post at Kothe, when he was hit by a

sniper.This is the fourth inci-dent of sniper fire on BSF personnel along the international bor-der this year. One jawan had died in August and two others were injured.

Around 9 pm on Sat-urday, Pakistan began firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector. The exchange of fire ceased at 4am on Sunday. No loss of life

See BSF Jawan on Pg. 11

Srinagar, October 14:

A 5-year area and sector specific Action Plan will be formulated for the rapid growth of Agriculture, Dairy, Poultry, Vegetable, Pasture and Fodder Development, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Fisher-ies and the other allied sectors possessing very high potential for generating employment and wealth in the State. For this pur-pose, a Committee comprising the Minister for Forests, Minister for Agriculture, Minister of State for Animal and Sheep Husbandry,

Vice Chancellors of both the Farm Universities of the State and the

Commissioner/Secretary, AgriSee Governor on Pg. 11

Srinagar, October 14:

Two days ahead of Eid-ul-Adha the markets today witnessed a huge rush of customers who have thronged to shops for Eid shopping. Reports reach-ing KNS, said that roads were jam packed with the shoppers and vehicles were seen waiting queues to ply.Men, women and the young hunted for hosiery items, bakery, poultry and mutton while a child’s preferred to buy firecrack-ers and toys to add to the joy of Eid, to celebrate the holy Muslim festival Eid-

ul-Adha which will be cel-ebrated on Wednesday.

After the pavement See Shopping on Pg. 11

Rigorous Life Imprisonment for three in Shopian

Srinagar, October 14:

Claiming ‘Septicemia’ (Blood Infection) as the major cause of recent in-fant deaths in G.B.Panth Hospital, the five-member Union Health and Fam-ily Welfare team Monday said that these infants were suffering from vari-ous diseases like pneumo-nia and meningitis while some of them were suffer-ing from liver disorders.Addressing a press confer-ence in Srinagar, Chair-man Adverse Events Following Immuniza-tions Committee (AEFI), Professor N.K.Arora said that an inquiry commit-tee was constituted to ascertain the causes of in-fant deaths in Kashmir af-

ter the State Government reported some adverse re-ports about the Pentava-lent vaccine."Children between the age of 45 days to four and a half month are vulner-able to diseases. The in-fants died in G.B.Panth Hospital were found in

thses age groups who were suffering from pneu-monia, meningitis, septi-cemia and liver disorder and the most common cause of the death and diagnosis was septicemia but there were unusual causes like liver disor-der,” Arora said.

He said their objective was that by the time they finish their job, they col-lect all the required infor-mation and therefore the whole of Saturday they spent the time discuss-ing all the cases with the G.B.Panth faculty.“We went through all the records meticulously and discussed the patients in clinical sense, gone through their laboratory records to reach at the bottom of the problem.” Arora told reporters.He said that on Saturday, “we decided to make the field visit and the purpose of the visit was three fold. One was we wanted to as-sess the whole health sys-tem and the way

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Srinagar, October 14:

The Minister for Rural De-velopment and Panchyati Raj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha has directed the di-visional adminis-tration Kashmir to put in place a fool proof mecha-nism and syner-gize their efforts, so that people do not face any in-convenience dur-ing the ensuing Eid.The Minister was chair-ing a high level meeting convened to discuss the arrangements being put in place in view of the en-

suing festivities of Eid-ul-Azha. The meeting was attended by Vice Chairman, Waqaf Board, Mr. M.Y. Qadri, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Mr. Shalinder

Kumar, Inspector General of Police, A.G. Mir , Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mr. F. A. Shah, Chief Engineers, PDD, R&B, Director CA&PD, DIG Traf-fic, RTO Srinagr,

DGM, SRTC and senior officers of Animal, Sheep Husbandry and SMC. Mr. Sagar also asked the Vice Chairman Waqaf

See Sagar on Pg. 11

Srinagar, October 14:

The Principal Sessions court Shopian Monday sentenced three mur-der convicts to rigor-ous life imprisonment with fine of Rs. 50,000. The three convicts in-cluding a father son duo were convicted for murdering a person when he was offering Azaan in 2007.The Hon’ble court of Principal Sessions Shopian today sen-tenced three convicts Abdul Rashid Wani son of Ahsan Wani, Sajad Ahmad Wani

son of Abdul Rashid Wani both residents of Heerpora, Shopian and Rafiq Takad son of Juma Takad resident of Rajouri to rigor-ous life imprisonment with fine of Rs. 50,000 for murdering Yaseen Wani son of Habibul-lah Wani resident of Heerpora, Shopian in 2007.The trio was convicted on Tuesday and the ar-gument for the verdict were held on Thurs-day. The prosecution succeeded in establish-ing the charge of 302/

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BSF jawan injured as Pak violates ceasefire

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‘Septicemia’ main cause of infant death

Sagar reviews Eid-ul-Azha arrangements

Renzu, Goni among 15 people join congress

Governor, CM for convergence of initiatives to enhance agri-productivity

Eid shopping going on in full swing

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Foods for strong bones

BCCI should come under the RTI act

Unsung hero makes a quiet exit

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Will convene special meetings to welcome new entrants: Soz

Srinagar, October 14: Immediately after the Congress High Command approved the membership of some prominent citizens from Jammu and Kashmir, Mohammad Aslam Goni, whose name surfaced in the list of new entrants, distanced himself from any association with the Congress party.Talking to KNS, Goni said: “This is baseless information. I have never ever met UPA chairperson Sonia

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Goni distances himself from Congress

Principal GMC Jammu DoB controversyCIC seeks personal

appearance of Ad Sec HME

Qazigund, October 14:

At least three Sarpanches were booked by police for ransacking the offices of the Assistant Development Commissioner Islamabad and Block Development Of-ficer Qazigund.Assistant Commissioner Development Islamabad, Abdul Hamid Wani told CNS that few Sarpanchas and Panchas are averse of development in Qazigund and reasons are better known to them.“These village representa-tives frequently raise hue

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3 Sarpancharrested for ransacking

offices

SKUAST-J Council meets

1 dies, 5 injured in road mishaps Srinagar, October 14: One per-son died and five others were injured in two separate road accidents across the valley.A truck bearing registration number Jk01B/5477 turned turtle and fell into a deep gorge near Captain Mode, Zojilla in the jurisdiction of Police station Sonamarg, Ganderbal, resulting in on spot death of the driver Mohammad Yousf Mir son of Assadullah Mir resident of Bonibagh, Kangan. Gander-bal police retrieved the body of the driver and handed it over ot his legal heirs after completion of all formalities.Meanwhile, a Tipper bear-ing registration number Jk13B/2517 collided with a Tata Sumo bearing registration number Jk03A near Akoora crossing, in the jurisdiction of Police station Mattan, Anant-nag. Two persons travelling in this Tata Sumo were injured in the mishap. Both the injured were shifted to Hospital for treatment. Mattan Police has registered a case in this regard. In another accident, a Tipper bearing registration number UP25AT/5954 and a Tavera vehicle bearing registration number Jk03C/8797 collided

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Tehsildar Srinagar (North) suspendedSrinagar, October 14: The gov-ernment has placed Tehsildar Srinagar (North) Bashir Ah-mad Rather under suspension following a preliminary report filed by a high level committee indicting the revenue officer of stamp duty evasion worth Rs 25 Crores approximately.Talking to Kashmir News Service, Shailendra Kumar the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir said the revenue officer has been placed under suspension today after an preliminary enquiry found him responsible for stamp duty eva-sion causing a huge loss to the state exchequer.“The preliminary enquiry committee comprising deputy commissioner Srinagar and two additional deputy commis-sioners has found that this fraud was going on for the last 12 to 18 months and accused Tehsildar has attested 1300 mutations on oral gifts. These mutations involve 1800 Kanals of land and Rs 25 Crores ap-proximately stamp duty has been evaded in these attesta-tions,” Kumar informed KNS. The divisional Commissioner Kashmir added the mutations can be attested on oral gifts only in blood relations but the accused revenue officer had generalized the rule.

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House damaged in fireSrinagar, October 14: Fire broke out in the residential house of Ghulam Rasool son of Mohammad Sultan resident of Shaheed Gunj, Srinagar, result-ing in partial damage to the house. Fire was brought under control with the help of fire tenders and local police.

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TUESDAY OCTOBER | 15 | 2013Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWSZABARWAN TIMES has started a series highlighting the achievements of various Districts during the present financial year, i.e; 2013-14 in central and

state sectors. This series will help to give wide publicity to the achievements and will provide general public a window to assess the claims and give honest feed-back. This effort will also help to encourage the dedicated manpower associated with the completion of different projects at district level. we solicit and expect full co-operation from the District Administration in this endour.

Today we showcase the South Kashmir’s Anantnag District.

District Anantnag land of Springs/Health Resorts /Shrines bestowed with Rich Irrigation Potential and known as food bowl of Kashmir as well as Gateway of Kashmir i) Geographical Area = 2917 Sq. Kms. ii) Total reporting Area = 72100 Hacters. iii) No. of Panchayat Halqas = 297 iv) Population of District Anantnag as per Census 2011 = 10.70 lacs Out of which Male = 5.53 lacs Female = 5.17 lacs v) ST Population = 1.08 lacs vi) Average House Hold size = 7.5 vii) Literacy rate = 64.33%

Major Health Resorts: Pahalgam , Achabal, Kokernag , Daksum, Verinag. Major Springs: Sherbagh Nagbal, Malaknag, Verinag (Source of river Jehlum), Kokernag, Achabal, Mattan etc.Major Shrines: Baba Hard-i –Reshi , Baba Zain-u- Din Wali, Baba Bamu-Din, Syed Jamal-u Din Bukhari (R.A), Ziyarati Sharif Kaba Marg etc.

Major Achievements:

Item Reference Year/Period Magnitude

A. Production ( Estimates)a) Fresh Fruit Production 2013-14 1.56 Lac tonnesb) Dry Fruit Production 2013-14 0.49 Lac tonnes

c) Mutton Production 2013-14 12.68 lakh Kgs

d) Wool Prouction 2013-14 3.58 lac Kgs

e) Rice Production 2013-14 1.519 lac tonesf) Vegetable production 2013-14 51220 tonnesg) Honey Production 2013-14 751.40 Qtls.

B. Major Projects going on for completion during the current Financial Year a.Water Supply Scheme Augmentation of Ananatnag WSS under “ Urban Infrastructure Dev. For Small & Medium Towns-UIDSSMT”.

Cost Rs.45.96 lacs Expenditure : Rs. 26.37 lacs.The Scheme is likely to be commissioned by ending 03/2014.

C. Other Flagship/ CSS Programes1. PMGSY : 166 Roads Schemes with Road length of 486.02 KM’s ,02 Bridges with Span of 30 Mts already completed

Expenditure incurred Rs. 139.03 Crore.

2. Education: i) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan ( SSA)

488 Primary Schools opened, 522 Schools upgraded to the level of Middle Schools. Besides, 537 PS Buildings, 99 MS Buildings, 915 Additional Class Rooms and 358 separate Girls Toilets completed.

ii) Rashtriya Madyamikh Shiksha Abhiyan ( RMSA)

43 Middle Schools upgraded to the level of High Schools , 34 Existing High Schools/ Hr. Secondary Schools Strengthened, 16 Drinking Water/ Toilet units completed.

iii) Mid Day Meals Scheme ( MDM) 635 Kitchen Sheds at a cost of Rs. 6.73 Crore completed since inception.91195 Students (Class i-viii including KG) covered during current year.

3. Health : i) Construction of 300 bedded Hospital at MMAB Memorial Hospital Anantnag (state Sector)

Cost Rs.59.50 Crore. Exp. 22.31 Crore.The work on Main Structure “Wing C” and Common Entrance Block nearing completion.

ii) Trauma Hospital Bijbihara (State Sector) The work on the project is going on at a Cost of Rs.13.04 Crore.

iii) Treatment of Patients 2013-147.09 lac Patients treated in OPD and 56107 in IPD;1789 Major and 3576 Minor Surgeries performed under NRHM. 5872 Institutional Deliveries recorded.

4. Employment:Sheri- Kashmir Employment Welfare Package ( SKEWP) 2013-14

Against 5791 candidates enrolled,Voluntary Service Allowance to 5413 candidates has been paid amounting to Rs. 1.69 Crore.

D. Other Major Projects under Progress in the District:1. Govt. Degree College Kokernag Cost =Rs.12.87 Crore. Expenditure Rs.3.33 Crore2. Pushwara Bridge Under NABARD Cost Rs. 5.55 Crore Expenditure Rs. 3.05 Crore3. Construction of R/Wall at Ziyarat Sharief Aishmuqam Cost. Rs. 3.76 Crore Expenditure Rs. 1.50 Crore

With a rich political and literary history, Anantnag known for its fresh and life nurturing springs like Kokernag, Sherbagh, Martand and source of river Jehlum Verinag, the south Kashmir District has abundance of natural beauty as its famous tourist resorts Pa-halgam, Achabal, Kokernag, Verinag, Deksum and now the magical meadows situated all along Sinthan road attract thousands of tourists and lovers of nature every year. The district famously known as rice bowl of the Kashmir produces major portion of rice, fresh and dry fruits including a variety of walnuts and almonds. Anantnag has progressed rapidly during past few decades and is developing leaps and bounds in every field of life.

District Development Board Anantnag approves Annual Plan of Rs. 110.80 crore for the District

PMGSY KHIRAM TO SANGNARD PHASE-VII , COST = 172.66 Lacs, Year of Completion - 2011

HEALTH AND FITNESS

ZABARWAN TIMES Tuesday 15 October 2013

Blame the hustle bustle of daily life for your

extreme levels of fatigue and exhaustion, but at

times the reasons behind your feeling tired all the time go beyond a hectic

schedule.Looking at the sedentary lifestyle

of an average Indian office worker, at times it becomes difficult to pinpoint a single reason as to why fatigue is such a big part of daily life. If you feel ex-hausted every day, why not try some lifestyle changes or new habits for a week or two to see if your energy levels change?

Adjust your social calendar, stop working overtime, eat nutritious foods, sleep at regular intervals and try and trim down on alcohol and caffeine intake. However, if you still feel no change, then here are 5 most common

problems that might be the reasons be-hind your fatigue:

DiabetesDiabetes is one of the most com-

mon health conditions prevalent in India. People who suffer from diabetes are unable to use glucose in their body leading it to build up in the blood. It’s symptoms include extreme fatigue much beyond regular exhaustion, acute levels of thirst, weight loss, con-stant hunger, vaginal yeast infections, frequent urination and blurred vision.

There are two basic tests for dia-betes - the plasma glucose test, and the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The plasma glucose test evaluates an individual’s blood glucose levels on an empty stomach, while the OGTT re-quires blood samples before and after drinking glucose syrup.

ThyroidWhen one suffers from thyroid

problems, even daily activities that involve minimal physical involvement seem daunting. Both hyperthyroid-ism (the over-production of the thy-roid hormones), and hypothyroidism (the under-production of thyroid hor-mones), greatly affect energy levels.

Hyperthyroidism symptoms in-clude extreme weakness, muscle fa-tigue, difficulty in strenuous physical movement, drop in weight, increased heart rate, extreme thirst and reduced menstrual flows. Hypothyroidism symptoms include extreme fatigue, difficulty in concentration, water re-tention and subsequent weight gain, heavier menstrual flow, inflammation of the muscles and constipation. These thyroid conditions are easily detected with a blood test.

AnemiaAnemia causes extreme fatigue

mainly due to low red blood cell counts amongst other hemoglobin related ab-normalities. One may feel extremely weak and short on breath. This con-dition is more prevalent in women than in men, especially women who undergo heavy periods or who don’t consume recommended levels of iron. Experts suggest that pregnant women need extra amounts of iron in their daily food intake.Extreme fatigue, poor quality sleep, low concentration, rapid chest pains and headaches are some of the prominent symptoms of anemia. Go for a detailed examination if you think you suffer from anemia.

Feeling exhausted? It could be serious

Foods for strong bonesNo matter how old or young you may be, tak-ing care of your bones is a must. While most of us take them for granted, thinking they’re the stron-gest and hardest body part, over time bones can dete-riorate in quality. Osteopo-rosis, which is marked by a condition where bones be-come soft and crack easily, is no longer just a disease of the older generation. More and more youngsters are falling prey to this due to poor eating habits.

Milk There is reason why

your mother told you to drink your glass of milk daily. Milk is a vital source

of calcium as well as vita-min D. Research suggests that other dairy products like cheese and ice-cream are also good alternatives but while they contain cal-cium, most do not have vi-tamin D. You can always opt for a nonfat variety so that you get all the health benefits.

Nuts and seeds

Don’t underestimate your favourite nuts. Those like pumpkin seeds are rich in magnesium, which help with calcium metabolism. Other nuts like almonds and pistachios could also be consumed.

Walnuts Walnuts are full of

omega-3 fatty acid, which has numerous benefits. They also contain alphalin-oleic acid, which strength-ens the bones.

Carrots These vegetables boast

of alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and betacrypto-xanthin. Eat them raw in the form of salad.

Maternal obesity, diabetes lead to autism in kids (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images)

Diabetic and obese mothers are likely to give birth to a child with autism or another devel-

opmental disability, says researchers.

A major study conducted by researchers affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute found that mothers who were obese were 1-2/3 times more likely to have a child with autism as normal-weight mothers without diabetes or hypertension, and were more than twice as likely to have a child with another developmental dis-order.

Mothers with diabetes were found to have nearly 2-1/3 times the chance of having a child with develop-mental delays as healthy mothers. However, the proportion of mothers with diabetes who had a child with autism was higher than in healthy mothers but did not reach statisti-cal significance.

The study also found that the autis-tic children of diabetic mothers were more disabled -- had greater deficits in language comprehension and production and adap-tive communication -- than were the chi-dren with autism born to healthy mothers.

However, the children without autism born to diabetic mothers also exhibited impairments in socialization in addition to language comprehension and production, when compared with the non-autistic chil-dren of healthy women.

Children without autism of mothers

with any of the metabolic conditions dis-played mild deficits in problem solving, lan-guage comprehension and production, mo-tor skills and socialization.

“Over a third of U.S. women in their childbearing years are obese and nearly one-tenth have gestational or type 2 diabetes during pregnancy.

Our finding that these maternal condi-tions may be linked with neurodevelopmen-tal problems in children raises concerns and therefore may have serious public-health implications,” said Paula Krakowiak, a bio-statician affiliated with the MIND Institute.

The study included 1,004 mother/child pairs from diverse backgrounds enrolled in the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment Study (CHARGE), most of them living in Northern California, with a small subset living in Los Angeles.

The children were between 24 and 60 months old, born in Cali-fornia and resided with at least one biological parent who spoke either English or Spanish.

There were 517 children who had autism; 172 with other develop-mental disorders; and 315 were de-veloping normally. The participants were enrolled between January 2003 and June 2010.

The researchers obtained de-mographic and medical information

for the mothers and their children using the CHARGE Study Environmental Exposure Questionnaire, a telephone survey, the study participants’ birth files and medical records. The primary metabolic conditions of inter-est were type 2 diabetes or gestational diabe-tes. Women were considered diabetic if the condition was noted in their medical records or if during the telephone surveys they an-swered yes to the questions

Among children whose mothers were diabetic during their pregnancies, the study found that the percentage of children with autism born to women with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes -- 9.3 per cent -- or developmental disability -- 11.6 per cent -- was higher than the 6.4 per cent of children born to women without these metabolic conditions.

Maternal obesity, diabetes lead to autism in kidsScientists are trying to build hu-man brain using the world’s most powerful computer.It is intended to combine all the information so far uncovered about its mysterious workings -- and replicate them on a screen, right down to the level of indi-vidual cells and molecules.If it works it could be revolu-tionary for understanding dev-astating neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Par-kinson’s, and even shedding light into how we think, and make decisions.Professor Henry Markram, based in Switzerland, is lead-ing the project and will be working with scientists from across Europe including the Wellcome Trust Sanger Insti-tute at Cambridge.They hope to complete it within 12 years.“The complexity of the brain, with its billions of interconnected neu-rons, makes it hard for neurosci-entists to truly understand how it works. Simulating it will make it

much easier -- allowing them to manipulate and measure any as-pect of the brain,” he said.Housed at a facility in Dusseldorf in Germany, the ‘brain’ will fea-ture thousands of three-dimen-sional images built around a semi-

circular ‘cockpit’ so scientists can virtually ‘fly’ around different ar-eas and watch how they commu-nicate with each other.It aims to integrate all the neuro-science research being carried out all over the world -- an estimated

60,000 scientific papers every year -- into one platform.The project has received some fund-ing from the EU and has been shortlisted for a 1 billion euro EU grant, which will be decided next month.When complete it could

be used to test new drugs, which could dramatically shorten the time required for licencing them than human trials, and pave the way for more intelligent robots and computers.There are inevi-tably concerns about the conse-quences of this ‘manipulation’ and creating computers, which can think for themselves. In Ger-many the media have dubbed the researchers ‘Team Franken-stein’.But Prof Markram said: “This will, when successful, help two billion people annually who suffer from some type of brain

impairment.”This is one of the three grand challenges for hu-manity. We need to understand earth, space and the brain. We need to understand what makes us human,” he added. Our brains have 100 billion neurons.

Human brain to be built using supercomputer

10 Foods you can’t live withoutYes that’s right! Here’s a list of healthy and

nutritious foods that you simply cannot ignore. These foods are tasty, aid fitness, and should be consumed on a regular basis to ensure you eat a well-balanced, all-round healthy diet.

The vegetarians among you will need to find alternatives and substitutes for a few, but don’t worry - there are plenty of plant based healthy foods in this list of 10 foods you can’t ignore.

Lots of fish rich in Omega 3 - A fatty fish rich in Omega 3 is really important to get your ratio balance to 1:1 (Omega 3 : Omega 6). The top 5 fish for this purpose are - Mackeral, Trout, Her-ring, Tuna, and Salmon. Vegetarians should take Omega 3 supplements, if a fish oil supplement is a no no. Here is the low-down on the supplements.

Broccoli - The benefits of broccoli are many. This is one vegetable that is a tasty addition to your salad if cooked well and can be a fun addi-tion to your daily dinner. And absorbent broccoli does a great job of soaking up fats and helping flush excess out of your system.

Eggs - This is one addition to the diet that even vegetarians should partake in. With healthy fats and proteins, eggs are great for a filling break-fast and if you eat these you won’t need to eat again in a hurry. Eggs can be enjoyed in a spicy masala curry as well as a great dish for dinner, for

those who cant stand to eat them along. Here are some recipes for unique ways to cook eggs.

Spinach - Another must have vegetable made popular by Popeye, this fictional character got it right! Spinach offers calcium and magnesium in plenty, pairs well with meat of any kind, can be sauteed, steamed, thrown into soups, or eaten raw, and provides roughage. As flexible as they come, this green vegetable has so much nutrition that it’s hard to ignore.

Berries - So rich in antioxidants and so low in sugar, most berries are right up there with foods we should try to get out hands on as often as possible. These are the most nutritionally dense fruits you can eat. Read more about the best fruits here.

Nuts - Macadamia, almonds, pistas, most nuts are great because they are a great filler be-tween meals, they actually keep you full, and they are rich in proteins and good fats. Keep some nuts handy on you and they will prevent you from reaching for that bag of chips. Read more about the best snacks to keep you full.

Tomatoes - Is it a fruit? Is it a vegetable? The fact is that tomatoes are loaded with nutrients that’ll complete any breakfast, lunch or dinner - making each meal healthier and more filling. Tomatoes have lycopene and red orbs which are

well known for their cancer-defending proper-ties. They are full of Vitamin A and Vitamin K, which help in keeping your blood pressure levels under control.

A good steak or bacon now and then - Every once in a while it’s good to have a good chunk of red meat. This is because red meat contains ani-mal fats and proteins and on the whole makes for an extremely wholesome and satiating meal. And unless you are properly satiated with your food, you are not eating well. A nice rack of lamb will do very well too.

Dark chocolate - For that sweet tooth it is important to keep some dark chocolate handy. This will help you overcome the urge for reaching for some unhealthy, sweet dessert that it’s best you say away from whether you are skinny, fat, or somewhere in between. Dark chocolate that contains at least 60% cocoa is good for heart and liver health.

Red wine - You will be doing your body a lot of good if you switch from your favourite drink to red wine because of its antioxidant properties. Good health doesn’t have to be about neglecting all indulgences, and if you think of red wine as an indulgence, it’s time you didn’t. In fact, red wine is a clever alcohol choice.

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may not help patients with relapsing-

remitting multiple sclerosis, according

to a new study. Multiple sclerosis is a

chronic, incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects about 2.5 million people worldwide. Some pa-tients use, or have tried, ome-ga-3 fatty acids supplemen-tation to control the disease because the essential fatty acids could theoretically have anti-inflammatory and neu-roprotective effects in mul-

tiple sclerosis, the authors wrote in their study back-ground. Oivind Torkildsen, M.D., Ph.D., of Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and colleagues in-cluded 92 patients with mul-

tiple sclerosis in their double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to examine whether omega-3 fatty acid supple-mentation as a monotherapy (single therapy) or in com-bination with subcutaneous (under the skin) interferon beta-1a could reduce disease

activity. Half of the patients (46) were given omega-3 fat-ty acids - 1350 mg of eicosa-pentaenoic acid and 850 mg of docosahexaenoic acid daily - and the other half (46) were administered placebo. Af-

ter six months, all patients received interferon beta-1a three times a week for another 18 months. Research-ers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure disease activity by the number of new T1-weighted gado-

linium-enhancing lesions in the brain. “The results from this study did not show any beneficial effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on disease activity in multiple sclerosis as a monotherapy or in combination with in-terferon beta.

Omega-3 fatty acids do not help sclerosis patients

New way to treat prostate cancer in men A new treatment for

prostate cancer can free the disease for nine in ten men without debilitating side effects, say scientists.

The result offers new hope for tens of thousands of men with prostate cancer.

It is hoped the new treatment, which involves heating only the tu-mours with a highly focused ultra-sound, will mean men can be treated without an overnight stay in hospital and avoiding the distressing side ef-fects associated with current therapies.

In a study, the scientists found that focal HIFU, high-intensity fo-cused ultrasound, provides the ‘per-fect’ outcome of no major side effects and free of cancer 12 months after treatment, in nine out of ten case,” the Telegraph reported.

Traditional surgery or radiother-apy can only provide the perfect out-come in half of cases currently.

Experts have said the results are ‘very encouraging’ and were a ‘para-digm’ shift in treatment of the disease.

It is hoped that large-scale trials can now begin so the treatment could be offered routinely on the NHS within five years.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will say in new guidance next week that the treatment is safe and effective and larger scale trials should go ahead.

Focal HIFU involves careful selec-tion of tumours, as small as a grain of rice, within the prostate gland and tar-geting them with highly focused ultra-sound to heat them and destroy them.

The advantage over previous HIFU and other treatments is that damage to surrounding tissue is mi-nimised, meaning there are far fewer

side effects. In the study, 41 men were treated

with focal HIFU. After 12 months, none were incontinent and one in ten suffered impotence. The majority, 95 per cent, were free of cancer after 12 months

“This changes the paradigm. By focusing just on the areas of cancer we reduce the collateral damage to surrounding tissue,” said Dr Hashim Ahmed, who led the study at Univer-sity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Col-lege London. “Our results are very encouraging. We’re optimistic that men diagnosed with prostate cancer may soon be able to undergo a day case surgical procedure, which can be safely repeated once or twice, to treat their condition with very few side-effects. That could mean a sig-nificant improvement in their quality of life.

“This study provides the proof-of-concept we need to develop a much larger trial to look at whether focal therapy is as effective as the current standard treatment in protecting the health of the men treated for prostate cancer in the medium and long term,” he stated.

The Gallbladder is a vital part of one’s body. This pear-shaped organ is situated right under the liver and stores bile - the digestive enzyme pro-duced by the liver.

The main function of gallbladder in the body is to digest the fats. However, problems with the gallblad-der and biliary system are very common and might consist of swelling of the bile ducts and gallbladder, stones forming in the gallbladder, lack of free flow of the bile and muscular spasms of the bladder. Dr Kapil Kochhar - Senior Consultant Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery at Artemis Health Institute -

takes us through gallbladder problems and helps us un-derstand them in detail.

Gall bladder stone is also known as cholelithiasis. The stone can slip into the bile duct leading to jaundice, pancreatitis and renal failure. Secondly, cancer of the gall-bladder is a major complica-tion. Because the gallbladder is closely attached to the liver, it spreads very easily to the liver and in 90% of the cases the diagnosis is so late that the hope for cure is lost.

Symptoms of a gallblad-der attack are:

Regular upset stom-ach after eating heavy/fatty meals.

If someone experiences/feels acidity or heaviness in the upper part of the abdo-men or centre of chest regu-larly.

Acute pain in chest. Vomiting. The pain fever and vom-

iting along with occasional

mild jaundice is what is com-monly called a gallbladder attack.

However, symptoms of cancer of the gallbladder are few and range from dull ache to jaundice which is usually severe. It might be associated with weight loss and even

itching all over the body due to jaundice.

The commonest cause of aggravation of gallbladder disease, or a gallbladder at-tack, is eating fatty meals. It happens mostly after eating out, and eating deep fried or cheese-heavy foods.

A simple ultrasound is the most effective tool for di-agnosis of gallbladder stone. For difficult diagnosis and es-pecially cancer, a gallbladder CT scan and even MRI may be needed.

The only and most ef-fective treatment for extreme cases of gallbladder stone dis-ease is removal of gallbladder by surgery.

Expert advice: Understanding gallbladder attack

Agencies

NCP chief and Union Ag-riculture Minister Sharad Pawar, speaking at a pro-gramme organised by BJP

leader Nitin Gadkari’s Purti Group here on Saturday, said “there should be no untouchability in social and

political spheres of life”. It assumes significance in

view of Pawar’s recent face-off with ally Congress on the issue of the ordinance on convicted MPs and his par-

ty’s tussle with the Congress in the state. Though NCP of-ficially played it down as a “non-political” programme,

insiders feel Pawar’s second attendance this year at Gad-kari’s programme, that too despite BJP leaders Gopinath Munde and Devendra Fad-navis recent ridicule of Ajit

Pawar as Maharashtra’s Lalu Prasad who would be sent to jail, is a political message to the Congress.

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Andhra bifurca-tion: Seemandhra lawyers to protest

in Delhi RAJAHMUNDRY: Scores of

lawyers from 13 districts of See-mandhra region will hold a pro-test in New Delhi on October 18 to mount pressure on the Centre to concede to their demand for a united Andhra Pradesh.

According to Seemandhra Law-yers Joint Action (JAC) convener Muppalla Subba Rao, over 1,000 lawyers will protest at Jantar Man-tar in the national capital.

Also, the JAC has decided to ab-stain from court till October 26, he said.“There is no question of calling off the strike until a statement is made in favour of united Andhra,” Rao said.More than 35,000 law-yers from 13 Seemandhra districts are participating in various pro-tests organized by non-political JACs against the Cabinet decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, he said.“We are demanding that MPs resign from their posts, so as to cre-ate a political crisis to bring pres-sure on the Union government.

Tourism industry springs back to life in Puri after Phailin onslaught

Agencies

PURI: Contrary to expectations, the tourism industry at Puri sprang back to life on Monday, only two days after cyclone Phailin swept through the beach town. Industry sources said the occupancy status in hotels spiralled to an unex-pected 80 percent from just 5 percent recorded on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday.

“We have started receiv-ing inquiries from tourists, who are eager to visit Puri. Bookings are being made in full swing,” said Yugabrata Kar, secretary of Odisha tour operators’ association.

“We have completed the restoration in our ho-tel after cyclone cause mi-nor damage. Guests would start coming either from Monday evening or Tues-day morning. Bookings are full for the next fifteen days,” said Mayfair Hotel’s manager (Puri) Sanjeeb Pattnaik.

Hotel Association of Puri’s (HAP) secretary Rajkishore Patra said near-

ly one lakh tourists arrived in Puri between Sunday evening and Mon-day afternoon. “Inflow of tourists gained momentum after the How-

rah and Delhi bound trains started running from Sunday evening,” Pa-tra said.

Many tourists, who were evacu-ated from Puri to nearby hotels in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and other non-coastal districts in the event of

the cyclone and high tide warnings, are back in Puri. Though power sup-ply was not restored till Monday afternoon, the hotels are using genera-tors to generate backup power sources.

The beach was abuzz with activity as tour-ists in large numbers thronged the shore on Monday after the turbu-lent sea turned tranquil.

Earlier the tourism industry suffered body blow following large-scale cancellations of bookings from Thurs-day. Tourism director Manoranjan Pattnaik on Saturday said the tour-ism and hospitality sec-tor in the state incurred loss in crores. “Luck-ily, the tourism sector

started limping back to normalcy in quick time. This is a good sign,” Pattnaik said.

No untouchability in politics, says Pawar

Ex-Congress leader Mo-han Dharia, who opposed

1975 Emergency, dead

PM under pressure to give Lanka visit a miss

Agencies

Former Union minister and one of the Congress leaders who opposed the imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi, Mohan Dhar-ia died on Monday morning following a prolonged ill-ness. He was 88.

Dharia, who was active in politics since the Inde-pendence struggle, went on to become a Union minister

in Gandhi’s government. He distanced himself from politics about two decades ago and devoted himself to Vanrai, an NGO, which he formed for water conserva-tion.

Along with Chandra

Shekhar, Ram Dhan and Krishna Kant, Dharia was one of the four ‘Young Turks’ who opposed the imposi-tion of Emergency in 1975. All these leaders had social-ist background before they joined the Congress.

Dharia was imprisoned during the Emergency and was later re-elected from Pune as a Janta Party candi-date. He was also a minister in the Morarji Desai gov-

ernment. Dharia was appointed deputy chairper-son of the Plan-ning Commission when Chandra Shekhar was Prime Minister.

H o w e v e r , Dharia is famous in Maharashtra for Vanrai, the NGO which has been instrumen-tal in water con-servation projects

in around 200 villages. His programme was such a suc-cess that Maharashtra gov-ernment started construct-ing `vanrai’ bunds in the state. He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

Agencies

The pressure from major polit-ical parties in Tamil Nadu is likely to cast a shadow on the decision to be taken by Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh on participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka next month.

Not just chief minister Jaya-lalithaa or DMK chief M Karu-nanidhi, even local Congress leaders - including some Union ministers from Tamil Nadu - have urged the PM to exercise his options carefully lest India’s participa-tion snowballs into a major political row in the state ahead of the 2014 polls.

With the Congress keen on cobbling a winning alliance, the issue of attacks on Indian fishermen and resettlement of Sri Lankan Tamils are seen as “sensi-tive” subjects that can be played up by rivals to corner the UPA government, according to local party leaders.

Union ministers GK Vasan and V Narayanasamy, are known have to appealed to the PM to avoid participating in the CHOGM from November 15 to 17.

They do not think that the successful completion of provin-cial elections in the north, which

saw the victory of the Tamil Na-tional Alliance, has softened the stand of the TN parties. Therefore, they do not want the UPA govern-ment to annoy any of its potential allies.

Last week, when external af-fairs minister Salman Khurshid visited Colombo, he refrained from giving any commitment on the question of the PM’s partici-pation. Khurshid, however, said he would attend the CHOGM For-eign Ministers’ meet, held ahead

of the summit.The preparations

for CHOGM, which is a matter of prestige for Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse, has seen active cam-paign by bodies, in-cluding the Amnesty International calling for not holding the summit until an inves-tigation is carried out into alleged human rights abuses in the

2009 civil war.Even as Britain is facing pressure to lead a boycott, and with Canada indicating that it will not attend unless specific criteria are met, India’s Sri Lanka experts have warned that New Delhi would have to weigh pros and cons of the PM’s non-partic-ipation.The dangers of pushing Sri Lanka into a corner, especially in a situation where China is es-tablishing a big presence in the island, cannot be ignored.

Cyclone Phailin results in floods in Odisha, 2 districts badly hit

Agencies

Death toll mounts to 25; govern-ment describes situation in Mayurb-hanj and Balasore districts as “criti-cal”

The death toll in calamity-rav-aged Odisha on Monday mounted to 25 with four more persons perishing in several areas of the State in the af-termath of cyclone Phailin that trig-gered heavy rains and floods in some districts.

The government described the situation in Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts as “critical”.

Relief and rescue operations have been launched in the af-fected areas.

“The situation due to floods caused by cyclone induced rainfall is critical in Mayurb-hanj and Balasore districts where major rivers like Bud-habalanga and Subarnarekha are in spate following sudden inflow of water,” Special Relief Commissioner P.K. Mohapatra said.

Though water level in rivers in Bhadrak also rose menacingly fol-lowing heavy rains, the situation in the district is now under control, he said.

Describing the situation grim es-pecially in Balasore, the official said water level in Budhabalanga has risen to 9.24 meters against the red mark of 8.13 at Gobindpur near NH-5.

Similarly, Subarnarekha was now

flowing at 11.7 meters against the danger level of 10.36 meter at Ra-jghat near Jaleswar, he said, adding 39 panchayats in four blocks of Bala-sore were under the grip of flood.

Steps have been taken for air-dropping of food packets in flood-hit areas of Balasore where NDRF had been deployed, while water level in rivers in Mayurbhanj has started re-ceding, Mr. P.K. Mohapatra said.

It is apprehended that river Bud-

habalanga might further rise in Bala-sore in view of heavy rains in the catchment areas, officials said.

Similarly, the Jalaka was flow-ing at 6.73 meters against its danger level of 5.50 at Basta. Small rivers like Sona, Gangahar, Kansa and Bausa were also in spate in Balasore district, they said.

The flood water of Buddhabalang had entered many low-lying areas of Balasore Sadar and Remuna blocks near Bhubaneswar while several

places under Baliapal and Bhograi were affected by the water from river Subarnarekha.

Flood waters from the Jalaka had entered many villages under Basta block. Roads between Basta and Baliapal and Balasore and Jaleswar were submerged with flood water with over 3 feet water flowing on the roads and the places remained cut off.

Personnel from the National Di-saster Response Force and Oris-sa Disaster Response Action Force had arrived in the areas for carrying out rescue opera-tion, they said.

Flood fury also loomed large over Ganjam, worst hit due to the cyclone ‘Phailin’ left the dis-trict with a trail of devastation.

Rivers Rushikulya and Badanadi had crossed danger level at Aska, 40 km from Bhu-baneswar, on Monday morning though there is no report of any loss but even as engineers of the state water resources de-

partment are keeping a watch on the situation.

“The water level of both the rivers is likely to recede by this evening,” said R.N. Swain, chief engineer-cum-basin manager of Rushikulya, Bansadhara and Nagabali rivers.

Now the Badanadi was flowing at 36.15 meters at Aska against its dan-ger level 35.42 meters while Rushi-kulaya’s level at Aska stood at 34.75 meters against it danger level 33.85 meters.

Agencies

With the manifestation of goddess Dur-ga in several incarnations the celebrations are also taking novel forms.

The temporal power seems to have met the divine incarnation of the goddess in a spatial set up that resembles the Collector-ate. At Appu Ghar, the auto drivers union has set up a pandal that is a replica of the Collector’s Office. The flexible banner with some touch up resembles the colonial con-struction with balustrade.

colourful cultural programme was pre-sented by women and children consist-ing of group dance and dandia on Sunday evening at Sri Durga Puja being organised by Utkal Sanskrutika Samaj near All India Radio at Daspalla Hills. It was followed by ‘Annaprasad’. Traditional “pushpanjali” and “sandhya aarti” are being offered to the goddess everyday. The immersion will take place on Monday evening. Secretary Bijoy Mahapatra and member R. K. Mishra oversaw the arrangements. With the trend of creating cinema settings for celebrations catching up, a pandal of that style was set up near the Circuit House. Traffic islands were also colourfully decorated with series lighting.

With diverse views on the celebration of Vijayadasami, some organisations conduct-ing Sarannavaratri celebrations have con-cluded them on Sunday. A few are however continuing till Monday.

More than 1,000 devotees worshipped goddess Durga as ‘Mahishasuramardini’ at the Sri Sathya Sai mandir at MVP Colony.

In the evening, special bhajans were ren-

dered by samithi singers and devotees, and ‘Shodashopachara puja’ was performed.

Special “rupa, deepa, and nakshatra ha-

rathi” was offered. B. Ramgopal, president, Bothra Shipping Company, P.R.S.N. Naidu,

convener, Sri Sathya Sai City Seva Samithi,

and actor Purnima were among the large number of devotees who participated.

Novel touch to Vizag’s Durga puja celebrations

IAS officer suspended for issuing UP temple

letterAgencies

LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party government on Sunday suspended IAS officer Sarvesh Chandra Mishra for issuing a “misleading” letter to sum-mon top police officials for a meeting “to discuss the reconstruction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya”. Mishra was the home secretary when he issued this letter on October 9.

After TOI reported about this controversial communique on Saturday, Mishra was transferred and put on the waitlist while section officer Prem Kumar Pandey was suspended immediately. Now, a day letter, Mishra has been suspended, too, and attached to the Revenue Board.

A terse note issued to the media about Mishra’s suspension on Sunday says that Mishra was guilty of signing the letter having a wrong and controver-sial issue in the subject line which had nothing to do with the meeting for which it was sent to police and home department officials. “The letter created a lot of confusion and sent a wrong message to the people,” the government’s release says.

The subject line of the letter informing about a meeting to be headed by principal secretary (home) RM Srivastava on October 14 at 6pm stated that a meeting had been called to discuss the bill in Parliament for the construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya on the lines of the reconstruction of Som-nath temple.

The TOI report about this letter on October 12 created a flutter in the state government the prin-cipal secretary (home) hurriedly called a press conference where he apologised and said it was a gaffe. The principal secretary had admitted that prima facie secretary (home) Misra was at fault since he must have seen the draft and signed it be-fore it was dispatched to officials.

Agencies

PUNE: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni attributed his sides 72-run loss to Australia in the first ODI on Sunday to the lacklustre performance by his pacers and poor shot selection by his batsmen.

“The way we started, we weren’t able to build part-nerships. We should have got closer. I am disappointed with the shot selection of our batsmen today. Once you are set it’s important to carry on,” Dhoni said after the match.

“We were in a decent position to chase down and at one point the game was 50/50. It was important the batsman carried on till the Powerplay. We could have done that but we played shots that were not really intended. That harmed us,” he said.

“It’s important that when we chase we have to make solid partnerships, especially between the 25th and 35th over and you can’t lose any wickets at that period,” he added.

He said considering the wicket here, lack of genuine fast bowlers had hurt his side.

“We don’t have genuine fast bowlers, we have more swing bowl-ers, so we couldn’t generate the bounce that the Australian bowlers did. The bowlers had to hit the deck

from the start. If you can dig it in, you get extra bounce,” he reasoned.

Defending his spinners, Dhoni said, “The spinners did well though when we finished off (the Australian

innings), we gave too much runs away.”

A delighted Australian captain George Bailey credited the win to team effort.

“It was a fantastic all-round per-formance. We spoke about that be-fore the game. We had to do that right through the series, and get contributions regularly, if we want-

ed to beat India in this series,” said Bailey who was also adjudged the man-of-the-match for his 82-ball 85 in his side’s innings.

Bailey praised his bowling for ty-ing down the Indian bats-men.

“There were a couple of times India got on top, but to our bowlers credit, our bowlers found a way to fight back. Johnson has been really impressive over the last couple of months, and was impressive in Eng-land too. He definitely gave us a great start,” he said.

He also heaped praised on his batsmen for piling up a mammoth score of 304 for eight.

“Yeah, putting on 300 was really good and we had contributions right down the order. The 100-run stand set a great plat-form, and Maxwell pro-vided great impetus in the middle, with Faulkner and the bowlers hitting well at the end,” he said. “It was important to have even contributions through the

order. We were looking at 300 from the start so it was important we started well. But it is going to be a bit of a war of attrition this series, so now on to the next one,” he added.

Saina Nehwal looking for first title in 2013 at Denmark OpenAgencies

Denmark: Rejuvenat-ed after a one and a half month break following the IBL, defending champion Saina Nehwal will now eye her maiden title of the sea-son when she competes at the USD 400,000 Denmark Super Series Premier which begins with the qualifiers here on Tuesday.

“I am the defending champion in Denmark. It will be tough but I am ready for the challenge of defending the title,” Saina told PTI.

“I have been in good form in the IBL. I will give my 100 per cent and I hope to do well in Denmark,” added the fourth seeded Indian, who will open her campaign against Bulgaria’s Stefani Stoeva, ranked 58 in World, on Wednesday.

The World number four Indian was in supreme form in the inaugural IBL as she finished the tour-nament unbeaten, hav-ing won all seven of her matches.

She skipped a few tour-

naments after that to shake off the tiredness and has now regained her strength to compete with the best.

“After the IBL I was tired but I had a good break and I trained hard for the last one and half months and I am fit now,” Saina said.

The 23-year-old has not been in the best of form this season and also had some in-jury concerns and it reflected in her performance as she could only man-age quarterfinals and semifinals. So, if she can defend the crown here, it would be her first title of the year.

It won’t be an easy ride as Saina is likely to face World No. 6 Ji Hyun Sung of South Korea in the quarters and if she keeps her 4-0 record intact then she is expected to be up against top seed Chinese Li Xuerui, who will start her

campaign against India’s Arundhati Pantawane.

Another Indian in wom-en’s singles, World Cham-pionships bronze medallist P V Sindhu will face a diffi-

cult opponent in World No. 17 Eriko Hirose of Japan in the first round.

Agencies

Christian Horner has said Red Bull were ini-tially unsure which of their drivers’ strategies would ultimately win out in the Japanese GP - and insists Mark Webber would have been free to challenge Sebastian Vettel for victory in to the closing laps.

The World Champions’ decision to run split pit strategies with their two drivers in Sunday’s race proved a talking point after Vettel, who had run third to Webber and long-time race leader Romain Grosjean through the first two stints, overhauled both thanks to a long-running two-stop plan and claimed his fifth successive vic-tory.

Webber, meanwhile, was switched onto a three-stop strategy mid-way through the race - a decision the Australian later revealed had “surprised” him and which he had questioned over team radio when the details were relayed to him.

Horner told Sky Sports F1 immediately after overseeing his team’s second one-two finish of the season that they had made Webber make an

additional pitstop owing to excessive tyre wear on the Australian’s car by the end of the opening stint, later adding the tyres had been at “100%

wear”.Speaking to reporters on Sunday night at Su-

zuka, Horner insisted that while either strategy

could have proved the more advantageous one, it was Vettel’s immediate pass on Grosjean for the lead after his final stop that ultimately made the difference.

“There are always decisive moments in any race and any championship and I think the deci-sive moment today was really in the first stint,” the Red Bull Team Principal said in reference to Webber’s higher tyre wear.

“Then of course Sebastian was able to make that move on Grosjean very quickly.

“He knew that Mark had gone a difficult route - it wasn’t clear at the point that we went [way] that which was going to be the quicker way to the end of the race.

Potentially the three-stop looked it but ef-fectively we hedged our bets, split the cars which was then tactically [it was a question of] what do you do as Lotus? Which one do you cover? It was the best option for us as a team.”

While Vettel caught and passed Grosjean within three laps of his final pitstop, Webber took far longer to pass when he caught up with the Lotus, despite the advantage of fresher me-

dium tyres, with the 37-year-old only complet-ing the move with two laps to go.

By then Vettel was too far out of reach for any late charge. But had he not been, or there been more of the race still to run, Horner says both drivers were aware they would have been free to fight it out despite the German being on the brink of his fourth world title.

“We’d discussed it before the race that the drivers were free to race each other today,” the Englishman added. “At one point in the race it looked like Grosjean, if he held Sebastian up, they would both come up and Mark would be at the better tyre at that point and have the better chance of winning.

“But Sebastian making the move early and quickly and getting past Grosjean and building a bit of a lead was critical for his race.”

Horner added: “When Mark pitted with ten or 11 laps to go and went on to the soft tyre he obviously closed on Grosjean pretty quickly but then came across a bit of traffic and unfortu-nately he didn’t go past Grosjean too quickly. That killed off any chance he had of winning the race.”

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Red Bull say Mark Webber would have been free to have run at Sebastian Vettel in Japan

Agencies

Juan Martin del Potro said he was playing even better than when he won the 2009 US Open after pushing Novak Djokovic to the limit in a gripping Shanghai Masters final. The towering Argentine won this month’s Japan Open and beat world number one Rafael Nadal in the Shanghai semi-finals,

before coming up just short in a third-set tie-breaker with Djokovic.

But the six-foot-six inch (1.98 metre) del Potro has shown he is primed for an-other assault on the majors with three titles this year

and two appearances in Masters finals.

“I think I’m playing even better than many years ago,” the 25-year-old world number five told reporters in Shanghai.

“I couldn’t win a Grand Slam like I did in 2009 but I have reached finals in the Masters. I have already won three tournaments. I beat the top guys, which is fantastic for me,” he added.

“I think I’m playing even better than 2009 or 2008 or last year. That’s important. That’s a good thing for the future. I still have the same goal, which is getting clos-er to the top guys. If I keep working like this, I hope I

can be there one day.”Before Tokyo, del Potro

won in Rotterdam and Washington this year and lost the Indian Wells Mas-ters final to Nadal. He beat world David Ferrer in the Wimbledon quarter-finals before losing to Djokovic in the semis.In Shanghai, the stunning 6-2, 6-4 vic-tory over Nadal -- handing the Spaniard only his fifth defeat this year -- quali-fied del Potro for the World Tour Finals in London. He said he was still not quite in the same league as the quartet known as tennis’s ‘Big Four’: Nadal, Djokovic, Andy Murray and Swiss great Roger Federer.

Agencies

New Delhi: Former Sri Lankan captain Ar-juna Ranatunga said that BCCI should come under the Right To Information (RTI) act as

they are not answerable to anyone,not even to their union sports ministry. The 49-year-old, who played 93 Tests and 269 ODIs, was addressing the media after a seminar at the

FICCi here Sunday.When asked whether the rise of Twen-

ty20 will lead to India playing lesser number of Test matches in the near future, Ranatunga said, “I think that BCCI should come under

the Right To Information (RTI) act as they are not answerable to anyone,not even to their union sports ministry. That’s why they do whatever they want. In Sri Lanka, at least we have the right to criticise Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in parlia-ment and get itcorrected.”

The former captain under whose leadership Sri Lanka won the world Cup, feels there was a time when the budding cricketers of Sri Lanka looked upto India for learning the nuances of the game but this can no longer happen due to the ad-vent of Twenty20.

“It’s unfortunate that most young-sters only want to play the shorter ver-

sion for financial gains. Let’s be very clear that India won’t have any more Sachin Ten-dulkar or a Sunil Gavaskar. You won’t find the elegance of Tiger Pataudi,” said Ranatunga.

Del Potro warns he’s hitting the heights

BCCI should come under the RTI act,says Ranatunga

Agencies

Rahul Dravid has largely been in the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar, despite his humungous achievements right throughout his career. And that is how it was till the very end. When the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 final ended the other day, Ten-dulkar got a hero’s farewell, while Dravid — bidding a final adieu to the game — made a quiet and unceremonious exit. Dravid would have taken it in his stride, like he has all along in his career.

Dravid does not have the magnetism of Tendulkar, the cockiness of Virender Se-hwag, the aesthetics of VVS Laxman, the swagger of Sourav Ganguly or the bludgeon-ing power of MS Dhoni. What he has is quiet confidence — in large measures — which helps him get the job done.

Whatever the situation, Dravid would always be the first one to put his hand up. There can-not be a better example of a team man who has taken up multiple responsibilities with such selflessness and effectiveness. He has done vir-

tually everything a person can possibly do on a cricket field. He has bowled, kept wickets, opened the innings, functioned as finisher, has been a phenomenal slip catcher. You name it,

he has done it, and what’s more. If it’s done by Dravid, it would be perfect. Take any great match from the last decade that India won: Hyderabad and Taunton 1999, Kolkata 2001, Adelaide 2003, Rawalpindi 2004, Dravid always had a hand in

while others walked away with the glory.Unlike other seniors in the team, Dravid

readily agreed to bat at any position, be it Tests or One-Day Internationals (ODIs). It speaks vol-

umes about his versatility and the ability to put the team interests before self. He was the go-to man in every sense of the word. Captains knew that if no one else was will-ing to take up a challenge, there was always Dravid to turn to.

Here is a man who has been the epitome of sustained excellence in an international career spanning 16 spectacular years, over 500 matches for the country and scoring 24,000 runs and 48 hundreds. He has also been exemplary in his conduct on and off the field — arguably India’s greatest-ever cricketing ambassador. The gems that he mouths are sheer delight to the ears: be it the Bradman Oration or insightful inter-

views in the media. It’s a pity while one great cricketing son is heaped in hosannas, another cricketing son — not far behind in terms of crick-eting excellence and achievement — is largely ignored as both say sayonara to the game.

Rahul Dravid: An unsung hero makes a quiet exit

Aussies to keep injuries secret for Ashes: Report

Dhoni blames poor shot selection, poor bowling for loss

Agencies

SYDNEY: Australia will protect information about player injuries so as not to cede any com-petitive advantage to England in the coming Ashes series, a report said on Monday.

Officials will not divulge the nature of any injuries suffered un-less the player is ruled out of a Test match, according to Cricket Austra-lia’s general manager of team perfor-mance Pat Howard.

With the first Test getting under-way at Brisbane’s Gabba on Novem-ber 21, Michael Clarke’s side already has players unavailable through in-jury -- fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson and Jackson Bird, while the skipper has chronic back trouble.

But after losing the July-August Ashes series 3-0 in England, Austra-lian officials are changing their ap-proach, starting with the state of the team’s injuries.

“If a player suffers an injury that rules him

out of the match, we’ll tell you,” Howard told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“But if it doesn’t rule him out... we’ve got a chance to get a player up in a day or 36 hours

to play. If he can play the Test match, and keep playing but he’s got a minor calf injury, really

should we be telling you that? “Every sportsman has got a little niggle. In a

Test match, a player can play in 24 hours’ time. We can turn injuries around in 24 to 48 hours...

it’s not like some of the other sports.” The fact that players’ fitness

problems can be turned around so quickly in a five-day match with the help of the team’s medical staff has convinced Australian management that the less they say the better, the newspaper said. Howard’s stance was endorsed by Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland when it was announced at a briefing with se-nior CA officials in Sydney, it said. “I don’t think we should be giving up competitive advantage in the middle of the game,” Sutherland said.

After series losses in India and England -- Australia have won only one of their 10 Tests this year and that was in January against Sri Lanka in Sydney -- it appears any edge they can manage over the old enemy is be-

ing seized. “We do think if we play our best we will win,” Howard said.