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FLASH

TRS LEGISLATORS ARRESTEDA large crowd of activists from TRS and

YSRC under the leadership of MLAs ERajender and Pocharam Srinivas gatheredat the Vidyut Saudha today to protest theelectricity hike. They were taken into cus-tody. The incident generated tension and

created a traffic jam for over an hour.

WHEN SEX LEAVESTHE MARRIAGEVarious factors could lead tolack of intimacy in a rela-tionship. But what do youdo once it begins to take atoll on the couple?

T-MEN ALLEGE UNHOLY NAMEGAMES AT SECRETARIAT SHRINEA major controversy is brewing in the name ofregion and religion in the State Secretariat.The newly constructed temple is in news againfor a different reason after a constable shothimself in the temple on Monday.

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AUTHORITIES JOLTED INTO ACTIONWATER LOOT

Nine private wellowners have beenslapped with noticesfor illegally drawinggroundwater andselling it, after aPostnoon exposébrought the plunderto light on March29. The wells arelikely to be seizedand sealed.

REPORT ON PG 6

IPL-5SUMMER OF CRICKET

Summer has arrived and with it the fifth editionof the Indian Premier League. Nine teams will vie for glory

during the two months starting tomorrow as the cricket-crazycountry and the world wonder — will the Chennai Super

Kings continue their reign, or be usurped?

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Three women lost their gold orna-ments worth `3.5 lakh to snatchersin the City since yesterday. Two bike-

borne men whizzed past Anjamma ofGollakhidki locality in the Old City underKamatipura police station limits thismorning. Before she had time to react shesaw her gold chain in the hands of the pil-lion-rider. Anjamma was standing at thegate of her house when this happened,

police said.Another incident took place in

Srigaytri Nagar, Jillalguda under the LBNagar police station limits, where the 55-year-old Achamma was feeding her grand-daughter standing at the gate when twomen came and asked the way to someplace. As she was trying to speak, one ofthem snatched the gold chain on her neckand disappeared in a jiffy.

In the third incident, it was again bike-borne men who took away four tolas ofgold ornaments from, Ramadevi ofFalaknuma, who was on her morning walkon Monday. In all these incidents, fairlyyoung men were involved, the victims say.


BLavanya, 21, of Prakasam PantaluNagar, who had fallen in love with ayouth, K Rajesh, 22, and drank poi-

son on Sunday after he refused to marryher died in hospital, today. Rajesh hasbeen taken into custody on charge ofabetting suicide.

The sad end of the girl happened afterRajesh asked for two more years for mar-riage, but Lavanya’s parents were insist-ing that she get married.

Sub-inspector of Jeedimetla police

station Yousuf Jani said that a diary recov-ered from Lavanya’s room revealed howshe was being forced by her poor parentsto get married quickly. But she could notsuffer the thought of a life without herlover, Rajesh. The diary written in Teluguthrows light on the haplessness of a poorgirl who dreamed of a life with the man ofher choice. Lavanya’s father, B NarsinhRao, is a labourer and her mother is ahomemaker. Poverty made her quit stud-ies after intermediate.

K Rajesh lives in Maqdoom Nagar,Jagathgirigutta and is working with a private company.

CRIME

Snatchers get free run inCity: 3 more victims

Love story meets tragic end

4 injured as car rams into marketMohd [email protected]

Morning walkers and fruitvendors in the Kottapetmarket today screamed

and ran for cover as a speeding carlost its track and rammed into themarket. Four push-cart vendors suf-fered minor to severe injuries. Manyshops were damaged.

The incident made the wholearea astir with screams for help.Fruits and vegetables werestrewn around and were crushedunder the wheels. For 15 minutesthe area was in turmoil.

The car is owned by 24- year-old Varun Kumar, who is a resi-dent of Padmaja Residencyapartments in the telephonecolony of LB Nagar. He is a soft-ware engineer with a transna-tional software giant located inGachibowli. Preliminary inquiryby the police inspector SrinivasShivram Naidu of Chaitanyapuripolice station said Kumar wasdriving home after night duty. Heseemed to to be pretty tired anddrowsy and lost control of his

vehicle near the market. Kumarwas alone in the car.

Some passersby who escapedbeing hit told police the vehiclebehaved like a drunk man. Itzigzagged for a while and then

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Three of the four injuredhave been identified asHanumantu, Mohd Rafi, andTulsiram. A case has been

booked against Varun Kumar forrash and negligent driving. Hehas been taken into custody.

Kumar is said to have pleadedthat it was unintentional and hehad been feeling sleepy.

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Amajor controversy isbrewing in the name ofregion and religion in theState Secretariat. The

newly constructed temple is innews again for a different reasonafter a constable shot himself inthe temple on Monday.

The Telangana employeesassociation leader Srinivas Goudalong with some employees onMonday created a ruckus outsidethe temple. He found fault withthe government for allowing thetemple to be renamed as‘Jayadurga Temple.’ He allegedthat it was a conspiracy by theAndhra people. According to him,they want to grab theNallapochamma temple from theTelangana people.

It is an attack on theTelangana culture in the Statesecretariat, he said. He gave thegovernment an ultimatum, say-ing that in five days time the tem-ple’s original name must berestored. Currently, the boardreads ‘Sri Sri Sri Jayadurga temple’and ‘Nalla Pochamma temple.’The temple was originally calledNalla Pochamma temple andonly a few employees used to visitthe temple.

Now the temple has been

expanded and Brahmins wereappointed to perform poojas on aregular basis. A homam was alsoperformed when the new templewas thrown open to the public.

According to sources, all thepast Chief Ministers had visitedthe Nalla Pochamma templebefore they took over the gaddi atthe State Secretariat. But whenKiran Kumar Reddy came intopower, he renovated and had thetemple expanded.

Now a huge controversy is

brewing in the name of aTelangana temple being convert-ed into an Andhra temple.

Controversy however, contin-ues to shroud this place of wor-ship. Only yesterday, an SPF con-stable on night duty, shot himselfin the temple premises in the weehours of the morning.Fortunately, the bullet onlygrazed his shoulder and he is nowrecuperating in hospital.

Syamala, one of theTelangana employees working in

the Secretariat, found fault withthe authorities for allowing a tem-ple, masjid and a church withinthe Secretariat premises. She said,“Why do they first issue permis-sion and then create confusionlater on? We come to work at theSecretariat and not fight in thename of religion.” We do notknow where this controversy willlead us, she added.

The issue has been brought tothe notice of chief secretaryPankaj Dwivedi it is learnt.

POLITICS

T-men allege unholy namegames at Secretariat shrine

D Srinivas meets Sonia, Kiran to follow soon

Inkeshaf [email protected]

In a sudden developmentsenior Congress leader andformer PCC president D

Srinivas met AICC chief Sonia

Gandhi in New Delhi today.The meeting has assumed

importance in the wake ofsevere drubbing of the party inthe recent by-polls held in sixseats of Telangana and one seatof Andhra region. Srinivas, whowas nominated to the UpperHouse of AP last year after step-ping down from the PCC leader-

ship has reportedly appraisedthe party president about thecurrent situation of the party inthe State.

He is said to have informedher of the goings-on in the Stateparty and sought her interven-tion to solve many tangledissues. He has also impressedupon her on the urgent need to

resolve the Telangana issue asthe irresolution has been debili-tating for the party in electoralharvests. Srinivas is also sched-uled to meet Gulam Nabi Azadand Pranab Mukherjee. On theother hand, CM Kiran KumarReddy is also visiting New Delhitomorrow to meet the party’s topbrass including Sonia Gandhi.

POLITICS

NEWS BRIEFS‘CBI probe is muchado about nothing’

Vijaya Sai appliesfor bail again

CPI(M) State secretary BV Raghavuluhas said that the CBI investigation

is like the proverbial ‘much ado aboutnothing’. Talking to the media, he saidthat apart from higher officials andministers, who could be responsible forirregularities, names of private compa-nies were mentioned in the CBI charge-sheet. Even the supplementary sheet,does not name public representatives.

Auditor Vijaya Sai Reddy, who wasarrested in the illegal assets case

against YSR Congress chief YS JaganMohan Reddy has applied for bail. Inthe petition filed in the CBI SpecialCourt in Nampally, Vijaya Sai has statedthat the CBI had made false allegationsagainst him and claimed to be inno-cent. He alleged that MLA P ShankarRao’s petition was politically motivatedand there was no base for those allega-tions. He argued that the allegationagainst him was totally false.

DL seeks debate onland allotments

Health minister DL Ravindra Reddyhas demanded that the State gov-

ernment allow a discussion in theAssembly on land allotments since1995. He also demanded that the Stategovernment order a comprehensiveinquiry into the liquor shops and rationcards in Chittoor and Kadapa districts.He felt that the party’s winning chanceswere remote in the forthcoming by-elections.

Panchayat secretaryposts to be filled soon

The State government has accordedpermission for filling of vacancies of

panchayat secretaries (Grade IV) underDirect Recruitment. According to a GO issued on Monday, the governmenthas accorded permission to all the district collectors for filling the 2,677posts of panchayat secretaries by direct recruitment with the DistrictSelection Committee following theselection proces as per the existingselection rules.

M ANIL KUMAR


Inkeshaf Ahmed [email protected]

Andhra Pradesh State RoadTransport Corporation(APSRTC), one of thelargest public sector cor-

poration in the country, will soonintroduce Garib Rath along thelines of Indian Railways for poorand low income group people,who cannot afford expensive trav-el in air-conditioned buses.

In an exclusive interview, thevice chairman and managingdirector of APSRTC B Prasada Raosaid, “This year our motto will beto reach out to more people andprovide them better facilities. Wehave chalked out ambitious plansto achieve this aim. One of theplans is to provide high class ser-vice at affordable prices to help

low-income segment in the City.We will introduce air-conditionedbuses for them at cheaper rates.”

The corporation had recentlyintroduced Indira buses targetingthe middle-income groups. Raosaid that he has conceived a novelplan to create transportation facil-ities to over 5,000 villages wherethe corporation presently doesnot have proper services. He alsohas a proposal to make the SHGsrun by women partners inprogress. “My goal this year will beto introduce our services to morethan 5,000 villages where we don’thave regular connectivity. Toachieve this goal, we are planningto procure 1,000 buses with theassistance of Self Help Groupmembers and operate under theirsupervision. This will not onlymake them self-reliant, as there isscope for regular income for thesewomen, but also provide themconcession travel in our services,”

Rao said. Most of these villages the

APSRTC plans to link are affectedby Maoist problem. The officialsof the corporation are of the view

that making SHGs part of theireffort will also help in reducingMaoist problems. “Our ideabehind introducing this scheme,apart from gaining commercialbenefits, is to generate employ-ment. This will help them availcheap transport instead ofdepending on unsafe trasnportlike autorickshaws and othermeans of transport. I think it willhelp in curbing the extremistproblem as well,” he said.

Prasada Rao informed that hehad already held discussions withthe MD of Society for Eliminationof Rural Poverty (SERP) for theirnovel initiative. The MD beamedat his achievement of procuring4,000 buses, which includes allcategories of buses during the lastFinancial Year. “I am very happythat we have realised 4,000 buses.The corporation desperatelyneeded this as more than 7,000buses have already crossed 15

lakh km limits. If we did not availthis, the corporation would haveplunged into a big problem,” heexplained.

Special buses for ITprofessionals The corporation is also planningto introduce special buses for ITprofessionals and InternationalAirport bound passengers inHyderabad. The special buses willoperate as per the requirements ofIT employees and will have pick-up and drop facility. The MD saidthat they will also introduce nightservices for IT professionals fromvarious locations in Hyderabad.“We will operate special servicesfor IT professionals and for peoplewho want to go to the airport.These services will also include ACbuses. Apart from this, we will alsorun night buses for IT employeesto take them to their destina-tions,” he said.


When the Central govern-ment launched theInformation and com-

munication Technology (ICT)policy, it’s main objective was toimpart computer training to stu-dents early on in a bid to bridgethe digital divide in the country.It also wanted to prepare theyouth for greater participation inthe socio-economic develop-ment for the creation of a knowl-edge based society. However,this objective sadly remainedunfulfilled.

According to the latest CAGreport tabled in the Assembly,the initiative of imparting com-puter education to school chil-dren failed due to poor plan-ning, lack of compliance withtendering procedures, non-syn-chronisation of implementationschedule with academic years,failure to ensure continuedcomputer education after clo-sure of the project and poormonitoring. The State govern-ment has not addressed the con-cerns raised in the earlier CAGreport it was pointed out.

Some of the problems theproject faced were also listed outin the latest report. The projectcommenced in December 2009and computers were installed inschools till August 2010. Of the

1,975 computers installed in 184schools as many as 690 comput-ers were non functional.

Furthermore, out of the1,840 teachers meant for teach-ing in 184 schools, only 219 weretrained in the subject. Nearly 85schools out of 184 had noInternet connections and it wasnon-functional in some schools.

In some schools, where com-puters were stolen, there wereno replacements sent. There isno penal clause and a lot of defi-ciencies exist in the currentagreement.

Recommendationsn Specific milestones shouldbe fixed and incorporated in theagreements in respect of eachcomponent of the project dulyentailing penalties for non per-formance by vendors.n State government shouldensure strict compliance withthe goals of centres the ICT poli-cy and formulate a comprehen-sive plan to continue computereducation in schools.n Feedback on the implemen-tation of the project should beobtained through an indepen-

dent agency not associated withthe project.

ResponseMinister for IT PonnalaLakshmaiah, while acceptingthe audit observation, statedthat action would be taken formodification of the agreementto impose penalty for no provi-sion of all the services men-tioned in the agreement. He alsostated that component wise costdetails and services would alsobe incorporated in the MOUwith the contracting agencies.

FiguresProject cost Funds released Funds spentICT-5000 `335 crore centre-141, state 34.50 136.22 centre, 14.27 stateICT-1300 `87.10crore centre-15, state-5.00 9.75 centre, NILNote: Both the Centre and State were tardy in releasing funds for the programme

TRANSPORT

EDUCATIONPostnoon [email protected]

Balraj Goud, one of the kingpinsin the liquor syndicates, was

arrested by the ACB sleuths lastnight at Renigunta near Tirupathiwhile he was travelling in a train.According to reports, Balraj will beproduced in the ACB court today.The police is yet to confirm thenews of Balraj’s arrest.

According to sources, Balrajhad been absconding ever sincehis name figured in the liquorscam. He called up the ACBsleuths several times saying thathe would surrender in the ACBcourt. But he had been shuttlingfrom one place to another to avoidsurrender, causing the ACB someanxious moments. Excise officialstold Postnoon that Balraj, whostarted as a toddy seller, slowlyexpanded his liquor syndicatewith shops in Hyderabad,Rangareddy, Mahabubnagar andNalgonda district. Apart from hisshare in 100 liquor shops, Balrajinvested in about 60 shops.

He even contested on a PRPticket recently and lost miserably.Now political circles are worriedthat some more names, especiallyfrom the ruling party, will emergein the liquor scam if Balraj getstalking. Taking the threat percep-tion also into account the policeand ACB are keeping Balraj’smovements a secret.

ACB sleuthsarrest liquorkingpin

Garib Rath for City poor soonAPSRTC has big plans for the comfort of IT professionals. It also has a brilliant scheme to raise connectivity to 5,000 villages where the Maoist menace is acute

State fails in computer education


ICONIC CITYNehru Zoological Park

Hyderabad as a Cityhas a lot to offer interms of heritage

and sights. We takea look at the various

places that makethis City so special

No trip to the City iscomplete withouta trip to the Nehru

Zoological Park. It is easyto understand why ourzoo is the City’s pride —it houses over a 100species of animals fromtigers, crocodiles, pan-thers and deers to manyothers.

The 380 acre propertyis located near Mir AlamTank in Bahadurpura.

It would be foolish toregard a trip to the zoo asa activity just for childrenas anyone can spend anenjoyable day in the zoo.

Bring along a cameraand a bottle of water as

your companions. At thezoo you can see everyenclosure, observe ani-mals and how they live inin a simulated habitat.

The star attractions inthe zoo are the whitetigers, the elephants, thereptile enclosure (ithouses many exotic vari-eties of snakes) and thesafari. Recently fourcheetahs were added tothe endless list of attrac-tions.

You can also take atrain ride across the zooto see the various sights.We suggest that you paya visit to the zoo in thecooler months.

Aishwarya Yerra

FABRICATION

CLASSIFIEDS

Rahul [email protected]

TR Raja Bose, Tahsildar of theAmberpet mandal, hasserved notice to the privatewell owners, G Laxma Reddy

at Tilak Nagar and eight others whohave been drawing massive amountof groundwater and selling it forprofit. This had led to depletion ofgroundwater table in the nearbyareas. Postnoon had, in its edition ofMarch 29, exposed the scandal.

The Tahsildar has the authorityto seize and seal the well if it is usedfor commercial purposes.

“After being informed about thisparticular issue in Tilak Nagar, Ihave issued notices to G LaxmaReddy and others for pumping outgroundwater and selling it com-mercially. It is only a matter of timebefore such bore- wells are shutdown permanently and he will befined a heavy penalty as per theWALTA Act,” he said.

Laxma Reddy, it is alleged hasbeen operating this well for the pasteight years with impunity. The rea-son why no authority touched himtill now is because of his proximity toa cabinet minister, it is reported.People in the neighbourhood had

been complaining of their wellsgoing dry. Furthermore, eight morepeople involved in similar cases arealso being issued notices.

“Although many of these peopleinvolved may have political backingor support, there will be no leniencyagainst any of them. Strict actionwill ensue against any individualregardless of their background, ifthey are found to be involved insuch scams,” he said. G LaxmaReddy, the prime accu sed, wasunavailable to comment on hisinvolvement in the issue.

(With inputs from Md Inkeshaf Ahmed)

Notices issued againstwater exploitation

MPACTI‘Regretbeing inpolitics’

PCC chief BotsaSatyanarayana has

said that the way theACB has acted in theliquor syndicatesaffair with regard tohis Vizianagaram dis-trict caused him men-tal agony and he wasbeginning to regretbeing in politics.

It is being said thatBotsa Satyanarayanawas expressing hisanguish with his closeassociates. He is alsobelieved to be express-ing his doubts thatChief Minister N KiranKumar Reddy wasbehind the ACB raids.He is said to be tellinghis friends that he hasdone nothing wrong.

Referring to thecontroversy, the PCCchief reportedly toldhis friends that he wasstunned at the way hewas being targeted.

It may be men-tioned here thatGanesh, the ACB CI,has issued a legalnotice to the SIT chief,for abusing him inpublic for not impli-cating Botsa and hisfamily. It was also saidthat Botsa went toNew Delhi and com-plained to AICC gen-eral secretary GhulamNabi Azad that theChief Minister was try-ing to tarnish hisimage.

However, Botsadenies making a com-plaint to the AICCgeneral secretary.

Saibabatakes chargeas NFC chief

NSaibaba took charge as chiefexecutive of the Nuclear Fuel

Complex (NFC) on Sunday inplace of R N Jayaraj, who retired onMarch 31 on completion of two-year extended period of service.Saibaba was holding the post ofadditional chief executive.

Saibaba has vast experience inthe field of manufacturing of zir-conium alloy fabrication andstructure for the Indian NuclearProgramme, which are used inboiling water reactors (BWR) atTarapur (TAPS 1&2) and in severalpioneering contributions in themanufacture of critical core com-ponents of pressured heavy waterreactors, development of seamlesscalandria tubes for pressuredheavy water reactors and speciallyshaped pressure tubes foradvanced heavy water reactors. Hehad developed hexagonal chan-nels for prototype fast breederreactors and square channels forboiling water reactors through pil-ger route. He led the team in thedevelopment a new process formanufacture of double clad tubeswith zirconium lining. He madeinvaluable contributions in thefield of nuclear science and tech-nology.

After obtaining a bachelorsdegree in mechanical engineeringin the year 1975 from AndhraUniversity, he joined the 1975-76batch of the Bhabha AtomicResearch Centre Mumbai’s train-ing school for a one year re-orien-tation course in nuclear engineer-ing and topped his batch.

On successful completion oftraining, he was posted to theNuclear Fuel Complex from theBhabha Atomic Research Centre,Mumbai.

SRINIVAS SETTY

While hundreds of parc hed throats have been begging for water, ahan dful of people continue to exploit precious groundwater


Sudeshna [email protected]

Despite the soaring goldprices, City shoppershave had no qualmsinvesting in the pre-

cious metal. But for those ofwho’ve had to put gold shoppingon hold thanks to the jewellers’strike, there’s good news. Severaljewellery stores, while outwardlycomplying with the strike, offeredtheir customers backdoorentries.

More than 2,000 stores thatfall under several associationshave been on a strike since thelast 16 days to protest against theproposed increase in import dutyon gold and imposition of exciseduty on unbranded jewellery.However, this two week longstrike has left jewellers incurringheavy losses. It’s probably thisthat drove several gold stores inthe City to conduct backdoorbusiness.

“I had to buy somethingurgently last Friday and went toone of the jewellery stores inBasheerbagh. While one of themwas open with half shutter,three others let us inside fromthe backdoor. These stores hadwatchmen stationed outside,

who escorted customers intothe store through a smaller sideor back door. Much to my sur-prise and relief these storeswere conducting business asusual and I could buy whateverI needed,” says Rajitha M, an ITprofessional.

While shoppers heaved a sighof relief, this secret trade haslanded a few jewellerss into trou-ble. A leading store inBasheerbagh was fined a penaltyof `1 lakh by the associations forconducting business during thestrike period.

“Until Sunday, most of theshops in this area conductedbusiness on the sly but after thepenalty everybody is now scared.Today (Monday) everybody has

completely shut business. Theemployees of the stores even tookout a rally to put pressure on thegovernment,” says Balu, watch-man at M Gopal Das store, whohas been witness to all the hap-penings since the last two weeks.

“Our shop has been closedsince the last 16 days. Butdespite the strike we have tocome to the store and give ourattendance.

We sit here the whole daydoing nothing. I wonder whenthe strike will end. It’s a very dif-ficult for a man like me who is

the only earning member in thefamily,” says Srinivas K, employ-ee, Sri Krishna jewellers.

This is the first time that goldshops have been shut for solong. Compliance with the strikeis hitting the jewellers where ithurts. In the last 15 days storeshave incurred losses to the tuneof `6,75,000.

“We are going through a veryrough time. The governmentfails to understand that it’s a lossfor them and us,” complains PKrishna, manager PSatyanarayana jewellers.

Anubha K [email protected]

The Finance Minister’s budgeton 1 per cent excise duty on

unbranded jewellery is taking itstoll on the jeweller’s business inthe City. As the strike enters the17th day, the loss in trade is saidto be gigantic.

The shops under the TwinCity Jewellers Association, SarafaAssociation Chaar Kaman , TopMarket Jewellers Association,Hyderabad JewelleryManufacturers Association,Ameerpet Jewellers Association,Siddiamber Bazar Association areclosed since March 17 after thebudget announced duty hike.

Curiously, some brandedshops keep operating and smallershops keeping their businessclosed in reverence to their asso-ciations’ call has generated fric-tion and tension in the fraternity.Smaller shops too had been com-pelled to do backdoor businesssurreptitiously. However, all have

been ordered to fall in line fromtoday, it is learnt. “Yes, inbetween there were some shopsopen but they were granted per-

mission as they had their owncommitments to fulfill. Manyjewellers were allowed to performpuja on Ugadi day as it was an

auspicious day and new year too”said, Praveen Kumar, GeneralSecretary, Twin City JewellersAssociation.

Kumar also clarified a techni-cal point to deny any chasmbetween the big and small mer-chants. “Excluding the brandedshowrooms, all the local goldstores in the City had compliedwith the national bandh. Thebranded shops work according tothe directions of their centralwings located in Mumbai andDubai. We have requested themto keep their branches closed,”Kumar said.

“Our two main issues are: oneper cent of the sale amounttowards tax collected at source(TCS) and the 1 per cent exciseduty which will only give rise tosmuggling be scrapped,” said theAssociation leader.

It’s not the tax hike alone thatis bothering the jewellers. Thereis the fear of the law. For exam-ple, if you buy gold jewelleryworth `2 lakh and pay in cashyour jeweller is expected to col-lect `2,000 from you and remit itto government. The jewellers arefuming over the collection of taxand why make them responsiblefor remittance when the govern-ment can do it themselves.

STRIKE

TAXES

M ANIL KUMAR

Gold stores conduct business on sly

No of shops2000 plus

Losses incurred`6,75,000

Loss to the governmentMore than `1.5 lakhs

Total employees4 lakhs

Save us, Pranab is out to kill us, say jewellersCompelling us to collect extra tax from our customers will make them hostile and we will lose their goodwill, complain City jewellers


SPINNING A DIFFERENT TALEBehind the

yards of bright, colourful,delicate and intricate

fabric is the days of effortby the weavers.

It comes to you through along process that includes

spinning the yarn anddyeing it before being

woven into variousdesigns. The beauty of thefinal product has alwaysbeen admired but the art

by the skilled anddedicated hands

behind it somehow goesunnoticed.

N SHIVA KUMAR

NSE1kg= `57,700

SILVER10g= `28,2005,365.05 47.15

GOLD`81.05

POUNDBSE17,633.82 155.80 `50.55

DOLLARTUESDAY, APRIL 3, 20129Matters of saving and spendingBusiness

NUMEROLOGY

49NextGen Park Inns by

Radisson hotels are to openacross northern and central

India by 2024.

"The industry isunable to meet theminimum produc-tion demands dueto frequent powercuts and powerholidays. The hikein the power tariffwill further lead togreater burden forthe industry,"

Suchitra Ella, chairperson, CII,Andhra Pradesh

CHARGES ON RBC

US regulators on Mondayannounced chargesagainst Royal Bank ofCanada, accusing themajor Canadian bank of"washing" hundreds ofmillions of dollars thro -ugh fraudulent trading.The US CommodityFutures TradingCommission (CFTC) said ithad filed a complaint infederal district court inNew York accusing RBC of"conducting a multi-hun-dred million-dollar washsale scheme in connectionwith exchange-tradedstock futures contracts."The Canadian bank andfinancial services company does business in New York.

A federal judge in the heartof Silicon Valley said Mondaythat Google and Oracle havefailed to settle a patent dis-pute out of court and thatthe case will head to civiltrial. The suit is on track tostart on April 16. Oracle lastweek spurned a proposalthat Google pay about $3million in damages andpotentially cut the companyin for less than a percent ofAndroid revenue. Oraclerejected the offer as toolow. Oracle is accusingGoogle's Android softwareof infringing on Java com-puter programming lan-guage patents held by it.

STALEMATE

THUS SPAKE


Banks will have automatedinterface with stateGovernment. This fol-

lowed the Central Governmentasking the State level Bankerscommittee (SLBC) to give areport on the state of automa-tion of treasury operations in theAP.

However, the processes oftreasuries have not yet been fullyautomated to reap the benefits.

The State Governments allover have undertaken the exer-cise to fully automate the trea-sury operations including theinterface with the banks andthey are at various stages ofimplementation.

Traditionally the treasurieshave been sending bills andauthorisations in physical formfor effecting credits. This is time

consuming. The banks and the officials of

the State government haveagreed that full automation willfurther the interface betweenthe government treasuries andthe banks.

It will effect instant fundtransfer and quick credits to allbeneficiaries.

The Banks have alreadytaken up the issue with the prin-cipal secretary finance and otherofficials.

The government of India hassuggested to the SLBC to discussthe issue with the State govern-ment as a standing agenda andthe same was informed to theChief Minister Kiran KumarReddy.

The Minister for Finance

Anam Ramnarayan Reddy andother officials told the chief min-ister that the work was inprogress.

On the other hand theReserve Bank of India has for-mulated a model scheme foropening financial literacy andcredit counseling centers by allthe lead banks in the lead dis-tricts. These centers will beestablished at block level, dis-trict level, town level and citylevel.

The State level BankersCommittee will co-ordinate forthese centres both in public andprivate sector.

Presently 13 centers arefunctioning in the state in thenine districts and some more arein the pipeline.

Prudhvi Raju [email protected]

Technology keeps chang-ing. Any company whichis operating in the tech-nology space has to trans-

form itself often to survive and togrow in the industry. Gowra Bitsand Bytes (GBB) started in 2000associating components andbuilding up the computers. Thecompany has evolved with timeas IT solution provider andmarked `20.5 crore in 2010-2011.

“We were assembling differ-ent components and buildingand selling computers till 2005.We realised there is no valueaddition in the business andwant to add evolving new sys-tems to our portfolio. Thatpushed us to have tie-up withIBM to sell their branded person-al computers and servers,” saidSubbaram Gowra, founder andmanaging partner.

GBB started offering serverconsolidation in 2006 to furtherexpand its portfolio and adapt tothe new opportunities. It hasdeployed 40 smart data centressince the inception of service andemerged as one of the prominentbusiness partner of IBM, he said.

“We want GBB to offer a widevariety of solutions and projectas a complete IT consultant thanmere hardware seller. We areproviding internet, security, vir-tualisation, networking and dataleak prevention services and ser-

vice different needs of theclients” he said.

Talking about the futureplans, he said that the future ofstorage will be on cloud. It will bethe next emerging technology.GBB is already offering onpremise server solutions and ispreparing to offer cloud servicesfor small and medium businessesin the future.

“We are ramping up the cen-tre of excellence which will giveperspective to the industry tolearn the best practices on IBMblades and IBM storage,” he adds.

GBB is growing at 18-20 percent every year. Its clientele

includes industry majors fromeducation, pharma, telecomand banking. It is aiming to growat least 20-25 per cent in comingyears by expanding its servicesto the government and to ITindustry.

The company also expandedto software, by developing CRM(customer relationship manage-ment) software. It has sold 100licences in first three months oflaunch for various hardware ven-dors in different cities and is aim-ing to sell 1,000 licences.

It is also planning to replicatethis software and create tool forother industries like electronics.

Fresco, a branded fresh vegeta-bles division of AR Agro

Fields, a city-based company, hascommenced operations of India’sfirst and largest commercialhydroponic growing venture —Fresco Centre for PrecisionFarming (Fresco CPF) with thefirst planting of vegetables atShabad near City.

Hydroponics is the techniqueof growing without soil. It pro-vides a plant precisely what itneeds and when it needs it, saidRanjit Sirigiri, director, AR AgroFields.

“Hydroponics allows us toprovide consumers with thefreshest vegetables all year roundwith consistency in quality,” saidRohit Sirigiri, director. Coriander,Mint and Iceberg Lettuce are thefirst crop grown hydroponicallyat Fresco CPF.

In a City where water scarcityis felt round the year, such inno-vations may be the way out.Whether it works or not, the suc-cess of the project alone will tell,opine industry experts.

GBB eyes big bytefrom the cloud pie

Fresco togrowvegetablessans soil

n Elimination of risks associat-ed with human interference.

n Cost and time efficienttransactions.

n Quick settlement of claims.n Automatic instant reconcili-

ation of transactions.n Reduced paper work.n Efficient fund management.n Effective budgeting exercise.n Easy and perfect record

keeping in digital form

Benefits ofautomation

Banks to have interface with treasury

N SHIVA KUMAR

Subbaram Gowra, founder and managing partner, GBB

WASHINGTON: People of Indi -an origin are close to making oneper cent of America’s populationof 308.7 million with their num-bers shooting up by a whopping69.37 per cent over the lastdecade.

Indians are now the largestAsian subgroup in 25 states inAmerica, mainly in the South andMidwest, making them the maindriver in population growth ofAsian Americans, according to ananalysis of US 2010 Census databy the California based India-West newspaper.

The New York-Northern NewJersey-Long Island metro areahad 5,26,133 Indian Americans in2010, about 18.5 per cent of thenation’s total of 28,43,391 with adramatic increase in their num-bers from 16,78,765 in 2000.

While California had the mostIndian American residents at528,176, and New York was secondat 313,620. Indians have a higherpercentage as a ratio of a state’stotal population in New Jersey.

There are now 2,92,256 AsianIndians, as the Census Bureau

terms Indian Americans, in NewJersey, 3.3 per cent of the state’stotal population. Indian Ame -ricans in New Jersey numberedjust 1,69,180 in 2000, so their nu -mber has increased almost 73percent.

The next states after the topthree with the largest numbers ofIndian Americans in 2010 were: Te -xas, 24,5,981; Illinois, 188,328,Florida, 128,735; Virginia, 103,916,Pe nnsylvania, 103,026; Georgia,96,116; Maryland, 79,051; Massa -chusetts, 77,177; Michigan, 77,132;Ohio, 64,187; Washington, 61,124;and North Carolina, 57,400.

The Indian American popula-tion increased due to several fac-tors, including the influx of a largenumber of professionals, particu-larly those coming on H-1Bs,according to the India-West analy-sis.

India was also a leading sourceof foreign students from 2000-10.Many have stayed to continuetheir studies or to work in thecountry. Many others who immi-grated to the US in the 1980s and1990s have sponsored relativesunder the family visas. IANS

Indian Americans are the largestAsian group in six of the 10 largest

metro areas in the US. These withtheir national rankings by popula-

tion size listed in brackets were:Chicago (3), Dallas (4), Philadelphia(5), Washington, D.C. (7) Miami (8)

and Atlanta (9)

SHIMLA: Residents of theRohru rural belt in HimachalPradesh are living in fear of the‘wrath of god'. The cause of thescare is actually pneumonicplague caused by rats, but manyof them believe that every 10 to15 years supernatural forcescause the disease outbreak.

By their calculation, theseresidents of Rohru division inShimla district believe, the‘wrath of god’ will strike themsome time this year. Rohru andits nearby areas are home toaround 20,000 people.

These are the observationsof an ongoing study by theDepartment of CommunityMedicine at the Post GraduateInstitute of Medical Educationand Research (PGIMER) inChandigarh.

The Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR) sanc-tioned the study for two years toinvestigate socio-epidemiologi-cal factors related to the 2002plague outbreak in Rohru thatclaimed four lives.

Simultaneously, it’s trying toelucidate the sylvatic cycle ofplague bacilli transmission inareas around Rohru.

“Some of the locals inter-viewed do know that plague isspread by rats, through the biteof fleas living on the rats’ body. Amajority of them, however, con-sider it a wrath of god and super-natural forces," Sonu Goel, prin-

cipal investigator and assistantprofessor at PGIMER said.

He said local people believeenvironment plays a major rolein the spread of the plague.

“Most respondents who par-ticipated in functional group dis-cussions and in-depth interviewsare of the opinion that the plaguerepeats itself after every 10 to 15

years and an outbreak couldrecur again some time this yearwhen heavy snowfall is predictedby ‘devtas’ or local deities.”

The group has interviewedover 150 locals, including fami-lies of the 2002 plague victimsand the medical officers postedthere at the time of the diseaseoutbreak. IANS

Now one out of 100Americans an Indian

NEW DELHI: Television musicchannels in India were long agotaken over by adventure, loveand fashion-based realityshows. But melody is slowlymaking a comeback on thesmall screen thanks to newchannels that are offeringBollywood numbers from differ-ent eras 24X7.

Sony MIX, 9XM and thenewly-launched 9X Jalwa areamong those bringing backmusic to Indian television whilefocussing on film numbers.

The 9X network, which wasalready playing latest Hindimusic on 9XM, non-stopPunjabi music channel on 9XTashan and Marathi music on9X Jhakaas, has launched 9XJalwa, dedicated to music fromthe 1960s to early 2000.

There was a “huge demandamong viewers for melodiousBollywood music”, Amar Tidke,head (programming) and seniorvice president, 9X Media Pvt.Ltd, told IANS. “But then therewas no channel that playedthese timeless Bollywood hits

through the day.”In the 1990s, youth would

tune into MTV and Channel V tosatiate their music thirst. Butover time these channels wentbeyond music with shows likeRoadies, Splitsvilla and Dare 2Date, forcing youth to turn tothe radio for music.

It is this music space thatthe new channels are hoping totap on TV.

“Television puts the contextto a song; it’s a medium used byviewers to discover a song. Also,viewers first like to see the visu-als and the elements that makethe song familiar and this is pos-

sible on the television medium.“Radio, on the other hand,

is the medium that creates theimmediate connect of the lis-tener to the song after it hasbeen played on television,” headded.

Other existing music chan-nels include Sony MIX, B4UMusic, Mastii and MTunes.Some pep it up with animatedcharacters, while some offertime bands catering to differentage groups.

Explaining the rationalebehind launching Sony MIX, apure music channel, NeerajVyas, its executive vice presi-dent and business head, said “Atthe network level, music was anatural extension for MSMIndia. We have amazing brandsin the genres of general enter-tainment, movies and comedy.Hence, with music we found ourfourth pillar.”

So while some channels playold classics at night, some playlatest hits, and others play ever-green numbers throughout theday, one wonders what’s a heady

mix for a good music channel?“A good music channel is

one where everyone finds theirfavourites at their own suitabletime,” said Vyas.

“So we selected the best ofmusic from across all eras andscheduled it as per the genre’saudience profile. We did exten-sive research to identify theaudience profiles, which indi-cated that while youth was bigon music channels during thedaylight hours, it was the seniortarget group of 25-44 years thatsought music in the night,” headded, elucidating on the chan-nel’s content strategy.

According to PritikaMajumdar, 25, it is extremelyrelaxing to tune into a musicchannel at night, especially aftera hard day at work.

“Who has the patience towatch all the drama and cryingon TV after a working day? It’sbest to put on some music onTV. It also helps me remainupdated on the latest songs inupcoming films,” saidMajumdar. IANS

Indian TV gets melodious once more

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201210India unveiled India‑View

Fear of plague hauntingHimachal villages

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201211India unveiled India‑ViewNATION AT A GLANCETwo Indians drown inAustraliaMELBOURNE: Two Indians drowned ata northern New South Wales beach inAustralia while swimming with a group offriends. The two men, aged 24 and 25,were swimming with friends at BelongilBeach, Byron Bay, when they got into diffi-culty on Sunday noon, Australian newsagency APP reported today. Police said themen, who were not identified, were under-water for up to 10 minutes before theywere taken ashore, where rescuers andparamedics tried in vain to revive them. Themen got caught in a rip and people on thebeach raised the alarm. Lifesavers plungedinto the water and found them on theocean floor just beyond the surf break.

J&K informs Centre oftaking back projectsJAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir gov-ernment has informed the Centre of itsdecision to take back hydel power projectsfrom NHPC in the state, the Assembly wasinformed today. “The state governmenthas projected its case (taking back ofhydel projects from NHPC) to the Centralgovernment and the matter is under thediscussion,” Minister for PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said.The minister said this while replying duringthe discussion on a private member’s reso-lution in the House here. He further saidthat the state government is making con-certed efforts to get back all the NHPC-owned power projects in Jammu andKashmir.

VIP treatment to JagirKaur questioned

Jewellers clash with police duringa protest at Zaveri Bazaar inMumbai on Monday against thebudget proposal to bringunbranded precious jewelleryunder the Excise duty net.

AMRITSAR: Radical Sikh outfit DalKhalsa on Sunday took a dig at the Punjabgovernment for allegedly extending VIPtreatment to former minister Jagir Kaur,who is in jail for conspiring in forcibleabortion and abduction in the killing of herdaughter 12 years ago. “Punjab govern-ment is violating the Constitution byextending VIP treatment to Bibi Jagir Kaurlodged in Kapurthala jail, party’s secretaryfor human rights Pritpal Singh said.Blaming the jail ministry for flouting thenorms, he said it happens only in India,where political bigwigs and rich are con-sidered above the law.

NEW DELHI: The US hasannounced a bounty of $10million on outlawed Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa chiefHafiz Saeed, the mastermindof the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

This was stated by USUndersecretary of State forPolitical Affairs WendySherman while addressing agathering at the AmericanCentre here. She was replyingto a question on what the USwas doing to bring to justicethose involved in terrorattacks against India.

Saeed, the founder of terrorgroup Lashkar-e-Toiba, is onIndia’s most wanted list. Afterthe 26/11 attacks that left 166people dead, India has askedPakistan to hand him over.

Sherman, on a four-dayvisit to the country, met Indianofficials including Fore ignSecretary Ranjan Mathai dur-ing which a host of key issuespertaining to Indo-US tieswere discussed. Sherman isleaving for Patna today, thefirst visit by such a high-rank-ing US official to Bihar. PTI

Rajnish Singh

NEW DELHI: Strains in theirrelationship due to their child-less state could have led adefence ministry official tostrangle to death his wife in a fitof rage and then kill himself,police said Monday evening,three days after the bodies werediscovered in their south Delhihome.

According to police, KumarYashkar Sinha, 42, may havekilled his wife, ArchanaSharma, 32, because she wasunable to conceive even afterseven years of their marriage.

The bodies of Sinha and hiswife were found Friday at their

Hudco Place residence, flatnumber SB-101, in south Delhi.

“Even after seven years ofmarriage the couple was child-less. Archana was undergoingtreatment for the last fourmonths and that might have ledto a dispute between them onMarch 30,” Station House OfficerDefence Colony police station,

Vijay Singh told IANS.Singh added that Archana’s

post-mortem report, releasedMonday evening, and policeinvestigations revealed that shewas strangled by Sinha, wholater immolated himself.

“However, the remainingdoubts in the case will becleared after Sinha’s post-mortem report, which is likelyto come late Monday night,”Singh said.

The post-mortem reportalso revealed that Archana wasstrangled by her own dupattaaround 12 to 18 hours before herbody was recovered following apolice call at 1.44pm on Friday.

Investigators suspect that

the deaths took place between11pm on Thursday, when Sinhahad a telephonic chat with oneof his relatives, and 7am onFriday as Sinha had not pickedup the newspapers which weredelivered at that time, said theofficial.

Singh did not ruled outother causes, including finan-cial crisis, sudden provocationor work related stress as Sinhahad mentioned some seniors ofpressurising him in his person-al diary.

Sinha was a Deputy Directorat the Directorate General ofMedical Services while his wifewas a classical dancer and theygot married in 2005.

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadugovernment has come up with anovel idea to keep beneficiariesof a government scheme, underwhich milch cows, sheep andgoats are distributed for free tolandless poor, motivated inrearing the animals byannouncing prizes worth thou-sands of rupees for best main-tenance.

In a recent order, the stateAnimal Husbandry, Dairyingand Fisheries Department sec-retary Gagandeep Singh Bedireferred to a director of AnimalHusbandry and VeterinarySciences’ report whichobserved that most beneficia-ries of were first time animalowners and skills on animalrearing were imparted to themto maximise production andproductivity.

DAHVS has recommendedthese awards to encourage thebeneficiaries to follow goodmanagement practices to rearthe goats/sheep and milchcows, Bedi said.

Ten prizes for best main-

tained milch cows in each dis-trict, 15 prizes for best main-tained goats/sheep in each dis-trict and merit certificates tofive committed veterinaryassistant surgeons in each dis-tricts who have taken specialefforts at motivating ownersunder the schemes will beawarded, he said.

A total estimated cost of`3.99 lakh and `6.045 lakh forprizes in milch cows andsheep/goats categories respec-tively will be realised from theavailable contingency fundunder the scheme.

Milch cow owners whostand first, second and thirdwill get prizes worth `5,000,

`4,000 and `3,000 respectively,while seven others will get aconsolation prize worth`1,000.

However, to make the idearealise its intention to thefullest, prizes will be given inthe form of concentrate feedprocured from the Tamil NaduCo-operative Milk Producers’Federation under the brand of‘Aavin.’

Funds for the same will betransferred to respectiveDistrict Milk Producers Unionsand Aavin will adjust the fundstowards supply of concentratefeed on a daily basis, he said.

The scheme of distributingthese animals was launched byChief Minister Jayalalithaa onSeptember 15 last year.

The state government hadearlier issued orders for dis-tributing goats/sheep to overseven lakh landless poor fami-lies and milch cows to over60,000 needy families living inthe rural areas over a period offive years.

PTI

Prize for best reared cattle

Fishermen prepare their meal on their boats on the riverGanga in Kolkata on Monday. PTI

COOL KITCHENS

Did he kill wife over childless state?

US announces $10mbounty on LeT founder

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201212Around the World Beyond Borders

The Today/Good MorningAmerica ratings battle inten-sifies with Palin up against

guest host Katie CouricThe former governor of Alaska

and 2008 Republican vice-presi-dent nominee, Sarah Palin, willguest co-host on NBC’s Today pro-gram this week.

Palin, who is also a contributorto Fox News Channel, will joinMatt Lauer and Ann Curry at thenews desk, according to the week-end Today program.

“No, this is not an April Foolsjoke,” Business Insider writes,pointing out that Palin’s appear-ance will coincide with that ofKatie Couric, who is guest-hostingABC’s rival Good Morning Americaprogram all week.

Forbes speculates that NBC is“flipping out” that Couric, who hashosted its Today program in the

past, will steal away valuable view-ers. The publication’s contributorexplains that Couric is best knowfor the CBS Evening News withPalin, in which she couldn’t name anewspaper she read for informa-tion. Speaking about her up-com-ing television appearance, Palintold the Breitbart News. “I see thisas a good opportunity to bring anindependent, common-sense con-servative perspective to NBC. We’regoing rogue and infiltrating someturf for a day.”

And when asked about the factshe would be pitted against Couricshe replied “Game on.”

“Set your alarm clocks for6.59am, America,” The New YorkTimes advises, reporting that GoodMorning America had beenexpected to out-rate Today for awhole week for the first time since1995.

Granny ballerinas all set to win BURANOVO: ValentinaPyatchenko, 74, pulled on herdancing shoes — a pair of slip-pers woven from lime tree barkwith several holes in the soles —and prepared to perform.

Pyatchenko is one of theBuranovskiye Babushki (theBuranovo Grannies), a group ofelderly village women who werechosen to represent Russia inthe Eurovision Song Contest,despite a lack of obvious show-business attributes.

Their performance of theirsong, “Party for Everybody”, withsimple dance moves in the barkslippers, charmed viewers inRussia and is now one of thefavourites to win the contest inBaku in May.

“We don’t know how oldthese shoes are. They’ve beenrepaired so many times, but Idanced in them anyway, andthey’ve already got holes,”Pyatchenko told AFP as she gotready to go on stage.

Aged from 43 to 76, thewomen live in a village of wood-en houses in the Udmurtiaregion in the foothills of the Ural

mountains. Most worked infarming and still spend theirtime tending animals and gar-den plots.

But the Eurovision sparklehas now reached their village ofBuranovo around 30 kilometres

(18 miles) from the nearest town,Izhevsk.

In the village hall where theyrehearse, their diploma asEurovision contestants hungproudly next to a notice about aSaturday-night disco.

On stage, the women record-ed video messages for televisionchannels in Ukraine, Cyprus andArmenia, singing and waving oncue, even if some gently shookout tired legs.

The next day they were due toget up at 5am to fly to Moscow toperform for a foundation headedby the president-elect’s wifeLyudmila Putina. But they insist-ed that fame had not changedthem.

“We don’t see ourselves asstars. We are just normal granniesfrom Buranovo. Everyone says‘stars, stars’, and we find it funny,”said Yekaterina Shklyayeva, 74.

Two of the women worked asmilk maids, one was a teacher,another worked at a kindergartenand one was a bookkeeper. AFP

A facelesswinSYDNEY: A painting of a facelessman by Tim Storrier on Friday wonAustralia’s most prestigious por-traiture prize, the Archibald, alongwith a cheque for Aus$75,000(US$78,000).

The work, entitled TheHistrionic Wayfarer (After Bosch),features a pith-helmeted figurecarrying a backpack with his dogSmudge perched on top. The fig-ure has glasses but no face.

Storrier, who beat 40 otherfinalists, said it was a self-portrait.“It is based on a painting byHieronymus Bosch, called theWayfarer, painted in 1510 wherethe figure is believed to be choos-ing a path or possibly the prodigalson returning,” he said.

Smudge was present at theawards ceremony in Sydney. AFP

The Archibald Prize is regardedas the most important portrai-

ture prize in Australia. It was firstawarded in 1921 after a bequestfrom JF Archibald, the editor of TheBulletin who died in 1919.

The Eurovision Song Contest isan annual competition held

among active member countries ofthe European Broadcasting Union(EBU). Each country submits theirsong to be performed live on TVand viewers vote for the mostpopular song.

Seven of the eight members of the singing group “BuranovskiyeBabushki” (Buranovo Grannies), sing during a rehearsal at thelocal club in the village of Buranovo. AFP/NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

A senior employee (L) of Japanese shoe cream maker Columbus polishes shoes of a newlyrecruited employee during an entrance ceremony at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo onMonday. Nine newly hired employees learned how to use the company’s shoe polishing creamfrom senior staff by having their shoes polished by them and practicing their freshly learned skillsby returning the favour polishing the senior employees’ shoes. AFP/YOSHIKAZU TSUNO

IN HIS SHOES?America to wake upto Palin’s Today

Hungary’s President Pal Schmittafter filing his resignation. AFP

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201213Around the World Beyond Borders

GLOBE AT A GLANCESyria accepts April 10peace deadline: AnnanUNITED NATIONS: UN-Arab Leagueenvoy Kofi Annan on Monday said SyrianPresident Bashar al-Assad had accepted anApril 10 deadline to start implementing apeace plan, as more than 30 people diedin new clashes. Annan said Syria hadagreed to “immediately” start pullingtroops out of protest cities and complete atroop and heavy weapon withdrawal byApril 10.

West Africa leaders hitMali with sanctionsDAKAR: West African leaders slappedcrippling sanctions on Mali’s new juntaahead of emergency UN talks on Tuesdayon the troubled nation, half of which is nowheld by Tuareg rebels and Islamist fighters.As Mali slid further into chaos under mili-tary rulers who seized power on March 22,France called for an emergency meeting ofthe United Nations Security Council.

Parents of Travyon seekUS federal probeMIAMI: The family of Travyon Martinwho shot dead by a neighbourhood watchguard asked US federal officials to probe“suspicious” actions by Florida officials onthe night of the shooting. The attorney forthe family sent a letter to the US JusticeDepartment urging it to review the role ofFlorida State Attorney Norm Wolfinger, whohas since recused himself from the case.

Myanmar, N Korea infocus at ASEAN summit

Senegal’s new president Macky Sall(L) receives a decoration after theswearing-in ceremony in Dakar onMonday. AFP

Former FARC hostages are seen inBogota, Colombia, following theirrelease by the FARC rebels whoheld them hostage for 10-12 years.

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian lead-ers met on Tuesday for an annual summitset to be dominated by Myanmar’s historicreforms, North Korea’s planned rocketlaunch and strategic maritime disputeswith China. Leaders of the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) con-vened in the Cambodian capital.

Scandal forcesHungarianprez to quitBUDAPEST: Hungary’s PresidentPal Schmitt, a close ally of PrimeMinister Viktor Orban, caved inMonday to mounting pressure toquit after he was stripped of his1992 doctorate title for plagiarism.

Rumours he might resign firstarose on Friday, a day afterBudapest’s SemmelweisUniversity stripped him of hisPhD, but Schmitt clung on, insist-ing that he could “see no link”between the plagiarism affair anda need for his resignation.

The university found last weekthat Schmitt copied “word-for-word” large passages of other writ-ers’ work in his thesis on the histo-ry of the Olympic Games.

In parliament Monday,Schmitt insisted he had done“honest work” and claimed theuniversity had “no right” to striphim of his doctorate. AFP

Seven killed in UScollege shootingSuspect of Korean origin opens fire in religious college campusOAKLAND: Seven peoplewere killed and three injured onMonday when a gunman wenton a shooting rampage at a pri-vate California religious collegenear San Francisco, police said.

The suspect — a local eth-nic Korean resident who sur-rendered soon after the attacks— stood up in a classroom atOikos University in EastOakland and shot one person atpoint blank range in the chest,then sprayed the room withbullets, a witness recounted.

The gunman, described aslooking “crazy,” then allegedlywent on a shooting spreethrough the Christian college,where victims were found in anumber of locations when offi-cers arrived after being alertedby a string of 911 calls.

Police did not immediatelysay what type of firearm theshooter used, or if he used mul-tiple weapons.

Some 35 people were in ornear the building at the time. Ofthose, 10 were hit and five werepronounced dead at the scene.Two others died later in hospi-tal.

Survivors were later foundhiding in locked classroomsand offices.

“There are seven (families)now that are having to dealwith this horrendous act,”Oakland City Council presidentLarry Reid told CNN.

The gunman was detainednear a Safeway supermarket inthe neighbouring city ofAlameda, where he had fledafter the massacre, saidOakland police chief HowardJordan.

Jordan said the suspect wasbelieved to be a former studentat the college with no previouscriminal record.

“He is a Korean national,”Jordan said, without specifyingif he was from South or NorthKorea, and gave his name asOne Goh, age 43.

South Korea’s Yonhap newsagency, citing officials at theSouth Korean consulate in SanFrancisco, identified the shoot-er as Ko Won-Il.

Lisa Resler, 41, said she wasleaving the Safeway supermar-ket in Alameda with her daugh-ter when she saw a young Asian

man wearing a hat being con-fronted by store security. Shedescribed him as looking “verysedated” as he was handcuffed.

Within minutes of the mid-morning shooting, SWATteams took up position aroundthe building, some smashingglass with sledgehammers andrushing inside as officershelped students evacuate thecampus, the San FranciscoChronicle reported.

A wounded woman said theshooter was a man in her nurs-ing class who rose up and shotone person in the chest, thenbegan firing wildly in the class-room.

City Council president Reidsaid the motive for the killingswas unclear. “That informationwill come out during the legalprocess that he now finds him-self in,” he said. AFP

SWAT officers walk near the area where the shootings tookplace at a private college in Oakland. AFP/KIMIHIRO HOSHINO

Wife of a British serviceman, who was killed in theFalklands war looks at his name in the memorial at theNational Memorial Arboretum in England. AFP

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner throwsflowers to the sea paying homage to the war veterans and thefallen of the Falklands conflict. AFP

30 YEARS ON THE PAIN REMAINS

AFP

TALK BACKCatchy pageI read your Knowledge Central column titled'What are the chances?' I really liked thatone. The facts of other interesting andunusual things were quite amazing. Thepage is attractive and catchy, butwhat I felt was that informationabout the mega million lotteryjackpot should have been more andsome background story with otherrecords related to that could haveadded value to the article.Nevertheless, you do publish things ofextreme interest. Keep the good workgoing, and thank you for making me amore knowledgable person.

Aradhana Agarwal,Journalist's Colony

Football fantasticThe way football is covered in Postnoon isreally nice. Read the article about chances ofvarious Top Teams entering into Champion’s

League semi-final. Being aBarcelona supporter, I always lookup for the latest news as I usuallymiss the telecast. Felt really goodto learn that they still have agreat chance of making it to thesemi-finals. Also loved the cen-tre spread with all the funnypictures and amazing statis-

tics about probability of variousunusual happenings, winning jackpot beingthe highest.

Sailaja Reddy, Banjara Hills

Must-see movieThe centre-spread of March 27 was of greatinterest to me. The movies that were listedwere some of the best in modern cinemaand together are the vortex of fictionfor audience of every agegroup. ‘Hunger Games’ isfast paced and creates anadrenaline rush in the view-er and has indeed outdonemost other fiction basedmovies. The character ofKatniss Everdeen inspires thevalue of loyalty and perseverance amongyoung teenage girls. The movie indeed con-veys a message of pride and honour to theyoung audience.

Swathi ReddyAmeerpet

Be sensitive to all lifeThe article regarding 'Fighter' on March 26addresses an issue that has long prevailed

not only in Hyderabad but inour whole nation where theshow of wealth is moreimportant than the safetyof another being. There isno reason behind bring-ing home an animal thatcannot survive theatmospheric conditions

of India. It is pure torture for the animaland as a precautionary measure the ARPF orany animal welfare organisation should puta ban on the sale of species that cannotendure extreme climatics.

PL ShastriBanjara Hills

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201214Fair, free and forthrightComment

If you’re a social-public network addict,especially of Facebook, this piece is foryou.

No technology is an unmixed blessing. If itis human invention, it is bound to be a dou-ble-edged sword. So is the popular social net-work to which our kids are hopelessly glued.Facebook could usher in Arab Spring, banishgovernments. It helps people connect fromany part of the globe; a lot of noble works getsupport, yeah, yeah, yeah... but listen... We allknow what happened to Shashi Tharoor afterhe twittered! But do you also know severaleyes that we hate are throwing a sidewayglance at the social networks for clues?

Read this news TIME reported some timeback. “A Quebec woman is claiming her insur-ance company revoked her health benefitsafter discovering photos on the social network-ing site that showed her having fun. NathalieBlanchard, who had been on paid sick leaveafter getting a diagnosis of depression, saysinsurer Manulife stopped sending monthlychecks saying her Facebook photos illustratedshe was well and enjoying.” (ha... ha)

And, for your information, other unpopu-lar eyes — income tax, detectives, police, yourdetractors — too take a peep into your entries.Don’t say they can’t because you have thepassword and you have the power to denyfriendship. Bah, a fat lot of help. It is like thechap who lost his trunk to a thief consoledhimself saying, “That fool of a thief has tobring my trunk back to me for its key is withme!”

Read this scribbling by a technologist inindianpulse.in. “Normally, the data on webpass through several special computers called‘routers’, which are controlled by differententities and it is quite possible someone maybe reading the data which is sent to orreceived by facebook.com. There is a biggerrisk when someone is using Facebook over apublic/shared network like free WIFI or in anoffice, school, or cyber cafe, airports, etc.Since these networks are shared by many peo-ple, others who are in the same sub-networkcan easily spy on data.”

‘Netologists say nothing that goes on thecyber slate is safe enough. Maybe the goodold letter still remains a safer bet but we can’t

go back to pen and ink. So, what we can do isexercise restraint and be temperate.

There is a grain of truth in what Unionminister Kapil Sibal said about the need tolasso the Net but damned he knew how to doit. For example, under the news of Kapil’s out-burst on a TV channel website, the first com-ment was, “Kapil sleeps with …..” Tailend: An IAS officer of the Kerala cadre,after retirement, thought of getting intoFacebook. He was captivated by its charm andbegan to tom-tom the nobility of his charac-

ter. He portrayed the self as an ideal husband,a doting father and great friend.

His son who happened to read this told hisclose friend, “You know, he is the biggest liargod has ever sent down the pike. If I write hisbiography, it will instantly get an ‘A’ tag andwill sell like hot pizza! But being his son, Ican’t. I wish somebody exposed him!”

I wish the son himself exposed his dadbecause it will be darned authentic.

The writer works for Postnoon.

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STOP BEING UNFAIRto the fairer sex

Media is abuzz with sto-ries of women being

harassed, tortured andmurdered for failing to bear

male children. The latest case inthe media limelight is from

Rajasthan, where a newborngirl has been rejected by the

biological mother and the stateHigh Court has taken suo motocognisance of the issue. Barely

a month back, this paper hadreported the story of a woman

murdered by her husband inHyderabad for failing to bear

him a male heir. These barbaricincidents point to the hypocrisythat is deeply entrenched in ourculture, which we flaunt to therest of the world as exemplaryin its treatment of women. In

towns and cities across thecountry, thousands of selectiveabortions are carried out aftersonography tests — shockingstatistics reveal that the ‘edu-

cated and aware’ urban folkbutcher unborn girls many

times more than their ruralcounterparts. If we have any-

thing left of conscience anddignity, we should clean up ourAugean Stables before decrying

the ‘moral degradation’ beingbrought about by influence of

Western culture.

WHY WE LOVE...the IPL

Roads are less congested,easing early return

home where a happyfamily sits together and watch-es one channel, whether under-

stood by all members or not,after a consensus — that is the

power of the Indian PremierLeague for you. And not theleast, the cheerleaders who

provide the visual treat.

Hard TalkPK Surendran

HR consultantSuprethaAmancherla

For theinterview

Nervousness is acommon feelingbefore any inter-

view but at this stagesmart work is neededmore than hardwork.The interviewer willtake in all the tinydetails into account.Apart from having theright paper work, theattitude of the jobseeker will also play avital role. The job seek-er should keep his coolwhile attending suchinterviews. The inter-viewer is not theenemy, and also notyour friend. Yourbehaviour towards theinterviewer should beappropriate.

Preparation for aninterview will alwaysbe helpful. A candidatewill be called for theinterview for possess-ing the qualities thatthe company is lookingfor. Understanding thiswould help the jobseeker relax before theinterview as their bodylanguage is also takeninto account.

A smartly dressed,confident candidatehas more chances ofbeing hired than a ner-vous job seeker. Butover confidence in ajob seeker is a letdownand the person willhave limited chancesof getting the job.

Being honest andspeaking oneps mind will help boththe interviewer and theinterviewee. Make sureto dress appropriately.Keep in mind yourclothes should not beshabby or stained. Thejob seeker must also dohis ground work aboutthe company before hisinterview.

Having said all theabove, getting a job willdepend completelyones luck and charm-ing abilities. So puttingon a confident attitudeand a smile will neverlet a jobseeker down.All the best.

(The author is headof creative department

at Purple Haze projekts)

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 15At the workplace

Play it with confidence

CONGRATULATIONS! Your months of waiting, lookingfor the right job is finally overand you have been asked tocome in for an interview. Justthinking about it makes youfeel extremely jittery and youponder over how to sell yourexperiences, attitude and skillsto the employer. There will be alot of people telling you whatyou need to be doing and notbe doing and all of this mayseem extremely overwhelmingbut if you just keep a few ofthese pointers in mind, yourinterview will be a cakewalk.

RESEARCHDo your research about thecompany that you would like towork for. Read up about thecompany online or speak topeople who work there. Apartfrom researching about thecompany, find out more aboutthe position you are applyingfor, so that when you appear forthe interview, you have a clearidea. Make notes of what youwant more information on andbe sure to ask the employer afew questions. Doing researchregarding the company and theposition you are applying formakes a good impression.

PRACTICERemember how you practisedyour speeches out loud duringelocution competitions back inschool? Well, practising outloud for an interview is some-

thing similar. When you do thatstanding in front of a mirror, ithelps you to mentally highlightall your skills that you wouldlike to put across to your empl -oyer during your interview. Youwill definitely sound more pol-ished, concise and less nervous.

APPEARANCE One of the key factors of havinga lasting impression is to dressappropriately for the interview.Wearing dark coloured, conser-vative, crisp suits (for both menand women) makes for a goodchoice. If you are applying for ajob where the dress code ismore casual, men could opt fora buttoned down, colouredshirt with a tie and womencould choose to wear a nicedress or a skirt which is not toohigh with a pleasant blouse

which isn’t too revealing. Avoidwearing excess perfume, jew-ellery or make-up. Keep it to th -e minimum. Personal hygieneis also extremely important.

LANGUAGEDo not try to sound too cockyor cool by using inappropriateslang words as they could sendyou out of the door ratherquickly. Make sure to use pro-fessional language.

It’s an endless list that dic-tates as to how one shouldappear for an interview. Whilesome people may already knowthese things, there are a fewpointers on etiquette that onemustn’t forget. They are:n Be punctual — Have enough

time to get to the interview sothat you won’t arrive pantingand sweating. Aim to arrive at

least 15 minutes before theinterview. If you are runninglate, make sure to notify therecruiter and extend an apol-ogy and let them know ofyour estimated time of arrival.

n Be aware of your body language — while shakinghands, make sure your grip isfirm and confident. Keepyour posture straight butavoid looking like a cardboardcut-out.

n No negative remarks — Bevery positive. Avoid makingany negative remarks aboutyour previous employers orcolleagues because your fut -ure employer is more likely tocall and inquire about you inyour previous organisation.

n Be confident — Avoid tap-ping your feet or shifting inyour seat. It will only reflectthat you are nervous andapprehensive. Be confidentand be sure about what youwant to say.

n Answer questions promptly— Your recruiter/interviewerhas a lot of other people tointerview so whenever a que -stion is asked, make sure toanswer to the point and notbeat around the bush.

n Keep your emotions in check— Don’t sound overly desper-ate for work. Maintain thethree c’s during the interview— cool, calm and confident.You know you can do the job,make sure that the interview-er believes that too.

Last week, we provided some tips as to how you could send your resumes to companies throughrecruitment agencies. This week we help you ace an interview

Sana [email protected]

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201218Holistic view of mind, body and soulH‑FactorRest canundo damageto heart cellsLONDON: The damage to cardiaccells after a heart failure can beundone by allowing the heart torest, according to new study.

Findings from an ImperialCollege London study in rats showthat the condition’s effects on heartmuscle cells are not permanent, ashas generally been thought. Thediscovery could open the door tonew treatment strategies.

Heart failure means the heartmuscle is too weak or stiff to pumpblood as effectively as it needs to,and it is commonly the result of aheart attack. Around 750,000 peo-ple in the UK alone are living withheart failure.

Severe heart failure carries a riskof death within one year which isworse than most cancers, and newheart failure treatments are badlyneeded, the European Journal ofHeart Failure reported.

Patients with advanced heartfailure are sometimes fitted with aleft ventricle assist device (LVAD).The LVAD is a small pump thatboosts the function of the heart andreduces strain on the left ventricle,the biggest chamber of the heart,which pumps blood around thebody’s main circulation.

In 2006, researchers at Imperialled by professor Magdi Yacoub,showed that resting the heart usingan LVAD fitted for a limited time canhelp the heart muscle recover,according to a university statement.

The Imperial researchers stud-ied the changes that occur in heartmuscle cells during heart failure inrats, and whether “unloading” theheart can reverse these changes.

“If you injure a muscle in yourleg, you rest it and this allows it torecover,” said Cesare Terracciano,from the National Heart and LungInstitute (NHLI) at Imperial, whosupervised the study.

“The heart can’t afford to rest - ithas to keep beating continuously.LVADs reduce the load on the heartwhile maintaining the supply ofblood to the body, and this seems tohelp the heart recover,” saidTerracciano.

IANSA

nita and George had aperfectly happy mar-riage. For most of theirfriends, theirs was an

ideal relationship. But whenGeorge was caught romancinganother woman, all suchnotions came crashing down.When Anita demanded anexplanation for this betrayal,pat came George’s reply: “It wasall about the sex, honey. While Istill love you, in bed it’s a big let-down. We hardly ever get anyaction these days.”

How many times have youheard of such a situation rock-ing an otherwise happy mar-riage?

Couples with incompatiblelibidos are gradually becomingall too common these days.More often than not this lack ofaction in bed can also drive awedge in a relationship. In fact,

according to marriage counsel-lors, lack of sex is one of thereasons for the increase inmarriages falling apart. Whilecouples may not address thisfactor directly, and firstapproach a counsellor withother problems, in due courselack of sex emerges as the actu-al bone of contention.

“We see a lot of cases whereone of the two partners beginsto show a drop in libido, thusaffecting the frequency of sex,”says Dr Savita Date Menon,

clinical psychologist. “For a while the couple may

choose to ignore it, but as timepasses, the lack of physical inti-macy starts to strain their rela-tionship. Marriage is not allabout sex, but there’s no deny-ing that sex plays a big role. Sojust like how a financial crisiscan cause problems in a mar-riage, so can lack of or with-holding sex.”

Earlier, it was thought thatwomen had a lower libido thanmen due to various physiologi-cal reasons. “These days, how-ever, we notice that even mensuffer from low libido causinghis partner to suspect him with-out reason,” says Dr Savita. “Shebegins to think that she is notdesirable enough, or suspectthat something is wrong withtheir relationship.”

Given the fact that mostcouples work extremely longhours, have different shifts andmeet less frequently or are sim-ply too exhausted, sex would bethe last thing on their minds.Mostly, couples try to sort outissues. However, if one of them

is in the mood and the other isnot and is denied sex often,he/she can end up feeling angryand rejected.

This frustration can gradu-ally build up and lead to thedeprived having an affair oropting for a divorce. A case instudy is of the man who filed fordivorce, as his wife had beendenying him sex.

“One of the reasons womenshow a low libido could be thatthey have been taught to sup-press their feelings,” Dr Savita.“Hormonally and socio-cultur-ally men may have a higher sexdrive.”

Dr Savita adds, “The currentlifestyles and schedules leavemost couples with little time tospend with each other, let alonefor comfort time or romance.When they do get time, it isspent worrying about pendingchores or other such things.”

Hence, it is important forcouples to set aside some ‘us’time and work on keeping thatspark alive. After all, every mar-riage does take some amount ofwork to keep it going.

When sex leaves the marriageVarious factors could lead to lack of intimacy in a relationship. But what do

you do once it begins to take a toll on the couple?

Signs to watchout forn Incompatible libidosn Lack of interest in meeting

each other half way whenworking on differences

n When one role becomes pre-dominant (that of father ormother) and they forget howto be a wife or husband

n Begin to feel interested in other people outside themarriage

AHERMIN

Ranjani [email protected]

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201219Holistic view of mind, body and soulH‑Factor

“Parents needto be motivated ”

Coping with autism is never an easy task. But these kids need special care. On the occasion of World Autism Week, we take a look


For a parent his/her childmeans the world to them.They weave their dreams andhopes around their child’s

future. But what happens when a par-ent discovers that his/her child isautistic? Dr Praveen Saxena, a radiol-ogist at Dr Saxena’s Centre forProgressive Medicine experienced itwith his son who was born in 1996.By the time he turned 16 months, hewas diagnosed with autism.

To start off with Dr Saxena’s sonseemed to be just like any other nor-mal child, till the doting parentsnoticed that he had begun to becomestrangely detached. When theychecked with the boy’s paediatrician,they were told that it was normal for aboy to develop slowly. Dissatisfiedwith the response, the Saxenas finallyvisited a child psychiatrist who con-ducted a few tests and confirmedtheir worst fears – their son was autis-tic. The news came as a shocker forthe Saxenas and their initial reactionwas denial. “I did not have much ideaabout autism,” Dr Saxena says.

Understandably, this was a diffi-cult phase for the Saxenas. In fact, itis so for several parents whose chil-dren are diagnosed with autism.Adding to their despair is the fact thatmost people are still not aware of thiscondition.

Interestingly, early interventioncan work wonders. “Autism whendetected early can be treated muchmore effectively. Between the ages of1.5 and 5 is the golden period of treat-ment,” says Dr Kalyan Chakravarthy,child psychiatrist at RainbowHospital. Early signs aren Children fail to interact with their

parents, they seem aloofn They don’t begin talking like other

children their age and avoid eyecontact

n They seem to focus on inanimateobjects like pens, keychains orleaves

n They can’t express themselves orfollow commands or instructions

n They respond to noises from inani-mate objects rather than to humanvoices

n Their behaviour maybe repetitiven They lack imaginative play and

what interests them fails to interestother children their age“While autistic children may have

an above average IQ, they have aproblem with their attention span.They usually excel at one particularthing and should be encouraged todo so,” says Dr Chakravarthy.

When it comes to coping withautism, both the child and the par-ents need to be prepared. Talkingabout dealing with an autistic childDr Saxena says, “Treatment does notend with treating the child. The par-ents need to be prepared. Parentsmay react differently to the situationin the sense that some may be sensi-tive to such an issue while some oth-ers may not be so.”

Dr Saxena mentions that it isimportant that parents be proactive.Motivation he highlights is anotherelement which is important for par-ents whose children are autistic. Hesays, “Earlier we had joint familiesbut now with the growing number ofnuclear families, motivation needs tobe there.” Motivation helps the par-ents face the situation and in turnhelp their children cope with the situ-ation. Dr Saxena mentions thatimprovement is there but for any-thing it takes time, today his son isbetter than before but for him too ittook 1- 2 years. “Everything takestime,” he says.

Awareness forAutistic peopleRahul Vaishnav

NEW DELHI: Whether an unreasonable airlinedenies them a seat or an inconsiderate doctorrefuses to examine them, autistic people have forlong faced unnecessary discrimination for nofault of theirs. Experts nonetheless believe thatawareness and a little empathy are the only solu-tions to improve the situation.

Worldwide, April 2 is celebrated as the WorldAutistic Awareness Day to highlight the need tohelp improve the lives of children and adults withAutism.

Autism is an incurable complex neurobiologi-cal condition that impacts communication,behaviour and social relationships and affects 1in 110 people. It is the fastest growing global dis-order.

“Autism is an invisible condition, that is, anautistic person may not necessarily be on a wheelchair or on crutches, so people don’t accommo-date for the person,” Merry Barua, founder ofNGO Action for Autism (AFA) said. “People tendto relate autism with rude behaviour and this isall because of lack of awareness,” she added.

“I have had parents who complained that howsome dentists refused to check their autistic kidsbecause they won’t sit still. The doctors neitherhad the time nor the patience,” said Barua.

For 36-year-old Abha Singh, it was a harrow-ing experience when she decided to fly with herautistic daughter.”She was sitting on her seat andjust flapping her arms. The next thing we wereasked to get off the flight as my child was apotential risk to the passengers,” an infuriatedSingh said.

The parents further agreed that raising anautistic child can be quite draining. However, atthe end of the day the smile and cheers on theirkid’s faces is all that matters.

“Raising an autistic child is tiring. But I knowthat my child is doing the best he can and is veryhappy in his school with his friends so that sati-ates me,” said Indrani Basu about his 19-year-oldautistic son. However, according to Barua, theone question that every parent with an autisticchild fears is what will happen to their childrenafter them.

Agreed Basu: “It’s the worst nightmare. Butwhat we can do is to focus on today and work fortheir better tomorrow.” Basu, who is also the par-ents training coordinator with AFA, said the NGOalong with several other organisations have plansto set up residences for autistic people soon.

According to psychiatrist Samir Parikh, chiefof mental health and behavioural sciencesdepartment of Max Healthcare, apart from theawareness and empathy, it’s the parents whoneed to stop blaming themselves.

“The best solution is to be well informedabout the condition and your childs’ abilities andhave realistic expectation,” he added. IANS

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201220Spotlight

Shaaron & RashidSanjay & Rekha Malpani

Amir Baig & Sana KhanRukhaiya KhanRaja

Sohail & MehboobNeha AgarwalAbhiram Agarwal & Rohit Reddy

Designdreams

Cambodian wonder

Musical hungamaThe 14th Annual Day celebrations of JB

Educational Institutions, Yankapally,Moinabad was held on Saturday. There wasenthusiastic participation by the students

and teachers in the day-long event. G Sudhir,special chief secretary, Government of AP

and J Bhaskar Rao, president, JB EducationSociety, inaugurated the event. A perfor-

mance by Indian Idol Sreeram Chandra wasthe highlight of the event.

Art lovers gathered on Monday for a preview ofthe exhibition titled Angkor Wat — an Indian

perspective. The paintings are being exhibited atthe ITC Kakatiya in collaboration with the

Kalakriti Art Gallery.

Tollywood actor Raja, AmirJawed, Sanjay and Rekha

Malpani were spotted at thelaunch of A POR

Contradictions, a designer storeby Abhiram Agarwal in Jubilee

Hills on Monday.

Visitors admire a painting Parvati & Anil

SRINIVAS SETTYSRINIVAS SETTY

Prominent producer Dil Raju isgoing to be conferred with theprestigious Nagireddy Award for

producing Prabhas, Kajal starrerMr.Perfect. B Venkatrami Reddy, son ofveteran director Late B Nagireddy, hasinstituted this award which will beaward to a prominent film personalityand the first award is being presented toDil Raju. “This award will be presentedto producers who make quality filmswhich promote family values. Theaward committee constitutes of veteranactors and directors like GollapudiMaruthirao and Singeetham SreenivasaRao and this year, the committee has

decided to confer Dil Raju with thisprestigious award for producingMr.Perfect,” B Venkatrami Reddy said.The award ceremony will be held onApril 22 and several bigwigs from theindustry are expected to attend it.

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The marketing campaign ofRajinikanth’s upcoming

magnum opusKochadaiyaan has already

begun. Couple of days ago, ErosInternational, one of the pro-

ducers of the film, unveiled thebehind the scenes footage of the

film. The video showcases thefilm’s cast and crew talking

about their experience so far.Kochadiayaan is the first Indian

film which is being made withperformance capture technolo-gy and currently the film unit isshooting in a studio in London.

This technology was extensively

used in films like Avatar andTintin. Talking about making of

the film, Rajinikanth said,“Kochadaiyaan is one of the

most challenging films of mycareer. Since we are using per-formance capture technology,

we have to imagine everythingas there are no sets around us.”

The film also stars DeepikaPadukone, Sarath Kumar,

Shobana, Nazar and Rukmini.Soundarya Rajinikanth isdirecting the film and KS

Ravikumar has written thefilm’s script. AR Rahman is

composing the music.

KOCHADAIYAAN marketing campaign begins

Dil Raju to be conferredwith Nagireddy Award

The audio of Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Haasan starrerGabbar Singh is going to be launched on April 15.We hear that the producer Ganesh Babu has decid-

ed to go all out to promote the film and the campaign isgoing to start from the day of the audio launch itself.Sources say that, the principal cast and crew will fly toTirupati on April 15 and unveil a song there and fromthere they’ll fly to Vizag to unveil another song. The sameevening, the entire cast and crew will assemble inHyderabad for the official audio launch which is touted tobe the biggest ever event in recent times. Rumours areabuzz that Chiranjeevi might attend the event along withRam Charan Tej, although there has been no official con-firmation so far. Harish Shankar has directed the film andDevi Sri Prasad has composed the music. The film is slat-ed to release on May 9.

GABBAR SINGH’Saudio launch on April 15

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Jism 2 a marketinggenius: Arunoday

Sonakshi inOnce UponA Time . . .

Actor Sonakshi Sinha is all set to essay therole of a gangster's moll in the sequel to

Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai oppo-site Akshay Kumar. “Its official! @son-

akshisinha is part of one of the films I'm lookingforward to watching the most. ONCE UPON ATIME IN MUMBAI..AGAIN," Sonakshi Sinha's

brother Luv said on Twitter. Earlier Kareena Kapoorand Kangna Ranaut were reportedly approachedfor this role. This will be Sonakshi's third outing

with Akshay. She has teamed up with the actor inShirish Kunder's Joker and Prabhu Deva's Rowdy

Rathore. Both the films are slated to release thisyear. The sequel to Once Upon a Time in Mumbai,

which also stars Imran Khan, is be directed byMilan Luthria. Akshay will be playing Shoaib, a

character modelled on underworld don DawoodIbrahim in the movie. PTI

Actor Arunoday Singh, whohas been tapped to play

one of the two male leads inJism 2, says the film is a mar-keting genius. Be it producerMahesh Bhatt’s entry into theBigg Boss house to offer thelead role to adult film starSunny Leone or the nude pro-motional pictures, ever sinceits announcement the filmhas been grabbing eyeballs.

And Arunoday says it willwork in the favour of the film.“The film is a marketinggenius. Every move by themakers is very smart and thatis the reason the film was

being talked about so mucheven before it went on floors.Now, it is up to us to pull itoff," Arunoday. The 28-year-old actor, who alongwithactor Randeep Hooda willplay Leone’s love interest inthe sequel to the John-Bipasha starrer, was all prais-es for his female co-star. “She(Sunny) is very beautiful. Idon’t judge anyone by thework the person has done inthe past. She may be a pornstar but Jism 2 is not a pornfilm. People should keep thatin mind," said the actor.

PTI

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@SrBachchanT 701 — The pain not so badtoday, but still there... spoke todoc, recommends some tabletsfor relief... hope it lasts tilltomorrow night !

@udaychopraOk i’m back... I found myBalance... kinda! Actually aprecursor to balance, calledFalling. Apparently you can’tfind balance without falling!

@bomaniraniLost my sleep again! Dontknow why... Nothings reallybothering me... except for thefact that I am losing mysleep!!!!

@NeilNMukeshShooting at the race course inChennai. Ran four roundsalready ! Not sure how manymore ! Eventually it’ll be a 2min sequence in the film.

@juniorbachchanExactly a year ago the countrywent CRAZY!!! What a match,what a team... WHAT ANIGHT! Memories still sofresh. #bleedblue #world-champs

@sonamakapoorCan’t figure out who is sexier@NoReservations or Hughlaurie. Watching House andNo reservations is my fav pasttime ever.

If Hollywood has the Razzies, Bollywood hastheir very own annual Golden Kela Awards.The award-winners might be dreamgirls and

chocolate boys but in Bollywood talent is alsonecessary. This was proved right when actorDeepika Padukone and choco-boy actor ImranKhan were named as the worst actress and worstactor at the fourth annual Golden Kela Awards.The next winner should be no surprise as ShahRukh Khan's Ra.One was named as the worstfilm and it's director Anubhav Sinha, the worstfilmmaker. The song Teri Meri from SalmanKhan's Bodyguard, that was liked many, wasnamed the Most irritating Song. Prateik Babbarfetched the Worst Supporting Actor award forDum Maaro Dum and Aarakshan, while ChiragPaswan was named the Worst Debutante forMiley Na Miley Hum.

Deepika andImran get worstactor awards

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Taylor Swift won her second con-secutive entertainer of the yearaward at the Academy of CountryMusic Awards on Sunday night,

just 24 hours after she was saluted by firstlady Michelle Obama for her charity workon The Kids’ Choice Awards. Even bySwift’s lofty standards, it was an outstand-ing weekend — though tempered with alittle melancholy. After hugging her way tothe stage, she took a moment to say helloto Kevin McGuire and his family. McGuire,a high school football player and Swift fanwho has cancer, was to have been Swift’s

date to the awards, but he was hospi-talised and couldn’t make it. “He’s nothere but I promised him I would give hima shout out,” Swift said of the Somerdale,NJ, resident. The 22-year-old Swiftbecomes the second woman to win theaward twice after Carrie Underwoodaccomplished that feat before Swift. Shebeat out an all-male field that includedKenny Chesney, who was shut out at theawards after leading all nine nominees .Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and KellyClarkson were the night’s top winnerswith two awards each.

SWIFT wins Entertainer of the

Year Award

Canadian pop sensationJustin Bieber on Sundaynight grabbed the Fan

Choice Award at the JunoAwards, Canada’s music kudos-fest. “As we all know, I have thebest fans in the world … this is foryou,” Stratford, Ontario-bornBieber said while thanking hisfans at home via a pre-taped seg-ment that aired during the JunoAwards on the CTV networkSunday night. Bieber last year alsowon the 2011 Fan Choice trophy,which is voted on by local Canadians.On the juried front, a Christmasalbum won the Juno for Best CanadianAlbum of the Year, but not Bieber’sMisletoe. The evening’s top honour wentto Michael Buble’s latest best-selling holi-day album, titled Christmas.

JUSTIN BIEBER,

Michael Buble win big atCanada’s Juno Awards

In what appears not to be anApril Fool’s Day joke, Variety

reports that Ashton Kutcher is setto play Steve Jobs in an upcomingindie pic from Swing Vote director

Joshua Michael Stern. The film,titled Jobs, will be written by Matt

Whiteley and chronicle the lateJobs’ journey “from wayward hip-

pie to co-founder of Apple,” according to the report. He issaid to start filming in May after Two and a Half Menwraps its current season. (It is worth noting, as well,

that Kutcher is not yet officially set to return foranother season of the CBS hit.) Jobs died in

October after a battle with cancer. An e-mail to Kutcher’s rep was not

immediately returned.

Ashton Kutcher to play

Steve Jobs?

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201226Chai Time

How to play KakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is alsosuitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku,can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in acrossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will con-tain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro,the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in therow or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly:In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you

will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. Thismeans that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14.Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is donethrough elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work outthe answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid com-binations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

KAKUROACROSS1 Spot of light on a radar

screen5 A considerable distance9 Hard-twisted cotton

thread14 Verdi opera15 Throw down the gaunt-

let16 ‘... old lady who lived in

___ ...’17 Monkey in a noted trio19 ‘That's ___ your head!’20 Stevedores' grp21 Miles of film22 Malaria symptom23 ‘People might be listen-

ing’25 Shakespeare tragedy28 Use foul language29 After-dinner scraps30 Hydroelectricity struc-

ture31 Out of the ordinary34 Parcel (with ‘out’)35 It may involve raised

voices38 Separator of continents39 Arabian Peninsula port40 Cheat on a test, in a

way41 A big, swinging party43 Baseball arbiter, for

short44 ‘Got two fives for ___?’45 Postal map divisions49 In up to one's neck51 Falls in New York53 ‘... lived happily ___

after’54 ‘___ move on!’55 Weapon for a gangster56 Become ready to pluck58 Hangout during prohibi-

tion60 ‘Sacro’ adherent61 Boys in kilts62 Cabinet dept formed

after the 1970s oil crisis63 Flowery verse64 Largest continent65 Agrees nonverbally

DOWN1 Washbowls2 Stay out of sight3 Form a conception4 Forty-niner's tool

5 ‘Like ___ in the head-lights’

6 Ex-quarterback Brett7 Opera diva's solo8 Brother or brother-in-law:

Abbr9 Music to a comedian's

ears10 Magazine copy11 Harbored, as from

danger12 Chaney of horror13 Brain test (Abbr)18 Plain as day22 Be present at24 Overly quick25 Church instrument26 After curfew27 Writing on the wall29 ‘There's ___ every

crowd!’32 List ofplayers33 Needed a good rub-

down34 Evil nation in the Bible

35 Gulf War missile36 Fleshy fruit, as a pear37 Stereotypical American

dessert42 ‘The Compleat Angler’

author Walton44 The ‘A’ of CIA46 1988 Winter Olympic

Games site47 Cleared the

slate48 Merry wood-

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50 Pigmentedparts of eyes

51 ‘___ saymore?’

52 ‘Take ___compli-ment!’

54 Figs onschool tran-scripts

56 Mr Van Winkle57 UN workers' rights grp58 Hearst's kidnappers, for

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LIBRAEmployees are in a comfortable situation.Some have bright chances to get desir edtransfer. Though savings increase, expe ‑n ses will compete with them. Politi ciansneed to keep cool and low profile.

CAPRICORNUnwanted discussion might bringhumiliation to you. Try to avoid it. Somehave bright chances to go for a pilgrim‑age. Employees might get specialfavours as superiors extend support.

TAURUSMixed events will take place. Be carefulbefore undertaking any work. Minor te ‑nsions likely. Employees might be up setwith turn of events at workplace. Busi ‑nessmen need to be alert and clever.

LEOCertain problems will be over on theirown and keep you relaxed. Good newsthrough telephone is set to arrive. Along‑time problem will be soon resol ‑ved. Brothers will be of great help.

SCORPIOYou may be forced to spend by gettinginvolved in new efforts. Be slow andsteady to avoid unwanted trouble andwasteful expenditure. Minor accidentslikely, hence be careful while driving.

AQUARIUSLong standing dues get collected whichmake you financially strong. Enmity be ‑tween close relatives will go. Pl an to doa big project will materialise. S o me havebright chance to buy a vehicle.

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SAGITTARIUSUnexpected financial fortunes likely forsome. Old debts will get cleared. Youwill sell a house or plot for expectedprice. Employees get recognition fromsuperiors for their hard work.

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Three of Cups –Celebration time!Bring out the bubblyand celebrate yoursuccess. Itʼs impor‑tant to do so toattract more positiveenergy into your life.

The Empress – Loveis in the air. Youplan a string of par‑ties in this happyholiday season andin one of those gath‑erings you meet thelove of your life.

CANCER LEO VIRGO

The Moon – Pay att ‑ention to what yourmother is saying.She may seem con‑fused and may notbe making sense. Butthere are subtle mes‑sages that help you.

Ten of Wands – Donʼtbelieve everything yo ‑u see or read. Exer ‑cise restraint whenasked for your opin‑ion about something.Be skeptical and mea‑sure your words.

Judgment – You willeventually get what isdue to you. You maynot need to do muchto get it. Just go withthe flow of life and itwill come your way.

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Five of Cups – Youʼvelost something valu‑able and cannot get itback. Your willpowerand strength is put tothe test. You emergefrom this experiencestronger.

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Five of Swords –Avoid fights, argu‑ments and disagree‑ments. Youʼre likelyto feel unsure andnot in the mood forcompany. Keep alow profile. Itʼll settle.

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Veteran Japanese figure skater Akiko Suzuki has high hopes for the future after making her international breakthrough on the world stage at the age of 27 years with a bronze.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 201228The games people playPlaying Field

Days after turning 27,Suzuki saved whatwould have been a dis-appointing world

championship week on theFrench Riveria for the Japanesewomen, who had won four of thefive titles prior to Nice.

Two-time world championMao Asada slumped to sixth and17-year-old Kanako Murakamidropped from second after theshort programme to fifth overall.

But up stepped Suzuki skat-ing to “Die Fledermaus” to surgeunexpectly from fifth onto thepodium behind winner CarolinaKostner of Italy and Russia’sAlena Leonova.

“I want to put this medal onmy coach’s neck,” said Suzuki,whose early career had been

blighted with her struggle withanorexia.

Suzuki had been one of therising stars of Japanese women’sfigure skating before her battlewith the eating disorder almostended her promising career atthe age of just 16. She missed theentire 2003-2004 season.

The skater from Aichi, whotrains in Nagoya, finished just11th in her only previous worldappearance in 2010, after makingher Olympic debut earlier thatyear with an eighth place inVancouver.

She now hopes to focus onnext season and her bid to com-pete in the 2014 Sochi Games.

“I think missing last year’sworld team gave a lot of motiva-tion to train harder. This is my

first world medal and I am 27years old.

“So after one year I have myfirst medal. This is the first pre-sent I got after turning 27,” saidSuzuki.

She added: “I am very, veryhappy to have won a medal. But Iwanted to give a clean perfor-mance and get a medal with it. So

I have a few regrets about that.“In my free skating the last

triple Lutz is something I alwayswork on. I really wanted to nail it,but couldn’t. I still need to workon it.”

The medal capped a success-ful season for Suzuki who beatOlympic silver medallist Asada towin the NHK Trophy and finishedrunner-up to the 2008 and 2010world champion at nationals andsecond to Kostner at the GrandPrix final.

Her bronze brought Japan’sfinal tally to four medals withDaisuke Takahashi and YuzuruHanyu winning silver and bronzein the men’s event and NarumiTakahashi and Mervin TranJapan’s first pairs medal withbronze.

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I think missing lastyear’s world teamgave a lot of motiva-tion to train harder.This is my first worldmedal and I am 27years old.

Veteran Akikosaves Japan’s pride

Miller named for Hall of Fame feteBASKETBALL: Reggie Miller, who played his entire 17-year career with the Indiana Pacers, was named to theAmerican Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. Miller is thePacers all-time leading scorer and a five-time NationalBasketball Association all-star. "It's a humbling experience,obviously," Miller said. "To be part of this exclusive club isspecial. It's a proud day for me."

Pedrosa held for fake boat licenceMOTORCYCLING: Spanish motorcycling star DaniPedrosa was arrested over holding a false boat licence hislawyers announced on Monday. The 26-year-old, a two-time250cc world champion and also once in the 125cc category,was arrested and then later released on Saturday along with20 others in Valencia the local justice authorities revealed.Pedrosa admitted to making a mistake.

Bucks boost playoff hopesBASKETBALL:The Milwaukee Bucks gave their play-off hopes a boost by routing the Washington Wizards 112-98 Monday behind an attack led by Monta Ellis and MikeDunleavy, who scored 17 points each. Brandon Jenningsfinished with 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds,while Ersan Ilyasova had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee.


NEW DELHI: The IndianPremier League faces a test ofits popularity as the fifth edi-tion of the money-spinningTwenty20 event gets underway this week amid concernabout cricket fatigue amongviewers.

The IPL, which began in2008 as a high-octane mix ofglamour, entertainment, richpurses for players and theexcitement of slam-bangcricket, has had a difficult rideover the past four years.

It has been hit by infight-ing, problems with teams,criminal investigations andcorruption allegations.

Fresh doubts have beenraised after a fall in viewershipfigures last year and a report-ed decline in sponsor interest,with the tournament comingsoon after the Asia Cup inBangladesh and India’s tour ofAustralia.

“By the time this one ends,all doubts will be put to rest,”IPL chief Rajiv Shukla toldAFP. “The excitement is build-ing up nicely. We in the BCCI(Board of Control for Cricketin India) are not worried atall.”

The IPL, which featuresworld stars playing for richfranchise owners, is beinginvestigated by governmentagencies for alleged fraud andforeign exchange violations.

Its founder Lalit Modi, whowas suspended from theleague in 2010, is holed up inLondon as he faces Indiangovernment and BCCI chargesof misappropriation of funds.

Among the 10 IPL teams,Kochi have been thrown outfor non-payment of fees, whilethe Rajasthan Royals andKings XI Punjab face arbitra-tion in cases filed by the BCCI.

The owners too are feelingthe pinch. Pune, owned by the

Sahara group, want their fran-chise fees of a whopping $370million reduced. TheRajasthan Royals are in talksto sell a majority stake.

As viewership declined lastyear, when the event startedjust after India won the WorldCup at home, some sponsorschose to turn their back onwhat was once considered asafe bet for advertisers.

Business newspapers havereported that at least threeregular advertisers — Parle,LG Electronics and Godrej -have backed out from the IPLthis year.

“Advertisers are starting tolook at other options,” saidAlok Bharadwaj of Japaneseelectronics group Canon,which has decided to cutdown its advertising spend inthe tournament by 80 percent.

“Each year the rates havegone up by 15-20 percent andthe returns are not directly

proportionate,” Bharadwajtold the Times of India.

The Champions LeagueTwenty20, an offshoot of theIPL that involves leadingdomestic teams from aroundthe world, lost its title spon-sors, AirTel, after just one yeardue to lack of interest amongfans.

Former first-class cricketerShishir Hattangadi, who onceworked on the team manage-ment of Sachin Tendulkar-ledMumbai Indians, said the IPLwas suffering from a poorlong-term development plan.

“It was inevitable,” he said.“Team compositions changeevery year which has confusedthe loyal fan. There is also thefatigue factor of watching toomuch cricket.”

The 76-match tournamentfrom April 4 to May 27 has thenine teams playing each otheron a home and away basisbefore a four-game play-off.

The International CricketCouncil has refused to carveout a window for the IPL in itscalendar, so bilateral tours willrestrict the top world starsfrom playing in the entiretournament.

England’s Kevin Pietersenwill not be available for morethan a month, and leadingAustralians will be availableonly after their tour of theWest Indies ends on April 27.

Pakistani players, who areusually a major draw in India,have been kept out of thetournament since the secondedition, reportedly due tosecurity fears. AFP

How long willthe zing last? Australia’s Anastasia

Rodionova has set up asecond-round clash

with Spanish tenth seedAnabel Medina Garrigues atthe WTA Tour’s Charlestontournament after a hard-fought victory in the openinground on Monday, reportedthe Sydney Morning Herald.

Rodionova beat qualifierMelanie Czink 6-2 2-6 6-1 toadvance while world No.27Medina Garrigues defeatedqualifier Melanie Oudin 6-44-6 6-0 as the main drawaction got underway at theclay court event.

The 98th-rankedRodionova will have her workcut out for her when shefaces clay court specialistMedina Garrigues, who haswon 10 WTA titles on the sur-face - more than any otheractive player.

Medina Garrigues fin-ished with one ace, one dou-ble fault and won 62 per centof her first serve points in thetwo hour, 29 minute match.

Former US Open quarter-finalist Oudin had two doublefaults and won 54 per cent ofher second-serve points.

Rodionova was the onlyAustralian to post a victory onMonday with 16th seedJarmila Gajdosova bowing outto Swiss qualifier StefanieVoegele 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Jelena Dokic meanwhilewas forced to withdraw fromher first-round match due toinjury, down 4-3 in the firstset to Galina Voskoboeva ofKazakhstan.

It is the second time in amonth Dokic has succumbedto the same wrist injury afterlasting just nine minutes inher opening-round match atIndian Wells in March beforewithdrawing.

Unseeded CanadianAleksandra Wozniak outlastedAmerican 11th seed ChristinaMcHale 7-5 5-7 6-4 in a twohour, 48 minute marathonmatch. Wozniak, a formerworld No.21, fired three acesand won 70 per cent of herfirst-serve points.

In other matches onMonday, 14th seed PolonaHercog cruised past Japaneseveteran Kimiko Date-Krumm6-4 6-3; Argentine up-and-comer Paula Ormaechea sur-prised No.15 seed ChanelleScheepers 6-1 1-6 6-4.

Australian world No.5Samantha Stosur begins playon Tuesday against JamieHampton who defeated fel-low American SloaneStephens 7-5 7-6 (7-1).

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NEW ORLEANS: TheKentucky Wildcats won itseighth national championshipon Monday, holding off theKansas Jayhawks with a 67-59victory to capture its firstNCAA division one title since1998.

Guard Doron Lamb scored22 points for Kentucky whichled by as many as 18 points inthe first half of the Americancollegiate showdown at theSuperdome in New Orleans.

Kentucky improved to 111-46 overall in the NCAA tourna-ment, and has now won thenational titles in 1948, 1949,1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998and 2012.

Top-seeded Kentuckystormed to a huge first halflead and then led by as manyas 15 points with just over fiveminutes remaining beforeKansas rallied to close the gap.Kentucky led 41-27 at halftime.

The Jayhawks narrowedthe Wildcats’ lead to 62-57with 1:37 left in the game butKentucky made five of sevenfree throws down the stretchto clinch the title.

Kentucky’s star freshmanAnthony Davis finished with16 rebounds and six blockedshots. But Davis struggled in

the shooting departmentgoing one-of-10 for just sixpoints.

Guard Tyshawn Taylor fin-ished with 19 points and for-ward Thomas Robinson had 18points and 17 rebounds forsecond seeded Kansas.

Kentucky posted victoriesover Western Kentucky (81-66),Iowa State (87-71), Indiana(102-90) and Baylor (82-70) toreach its second consecutiveFinal Four tournament.

This was the second meet-ing of the year between thetwo with Kentucky also win-ning back in November 75-65.

The Wildcats have a 21-6all-time record over theJayhawks, who were playing intheir eighth national champi-onship game.

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Eloy Vargas #30, Darius Miller #1, Anthony Davis #23 and TwanyBeckham #10 of the Kentucky Wildcats celebrate defeating theKansas Jayhawks 67-59 in the National Championship Game ofthe 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament.

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Wildcats are NCAA champs

NEW YORK: Jeremy Lin was in goodspirits following surgery to repair adamaged left knee, joking with his fol-lowers and posting photos of himselfin his hospital bed as he recovered onMonday.

The New York Knicks point guardtweeted that the minor surgery per-formed by team orthopedistAnsworth Allen was a success. Theoperation was to repair a small tear inthe meniscus of the left knee.

Lin tweeted: “Praise God for a suc-cessful surgery...road to recovery! Letsgoo. Much love to the fans for yoursupport and kind words.”

Lin also thanked the doctors andnurses and joked about connectingwith his fan base via his social net-working Facebook page.

“Be on the lookout...gonna have arandom Q&A with the fans tonight onhttp://facebook.com/jeremylin7when the painkiller drugs wear offlol.” Lin is expected to miss about sixweeks while he recovers.

That would have him likely miss-ing the rest of the NBA regular season,which ends on April 26.

Lin, who was born in California toparents from Taiwan, became aninternational sensation as the firstAmerican of Chinese or Taiwanesedescent to play in the NBA.

He said last week that he’d feltpain in his knee after the Knicksplayed a stretch of four games in fivenights and had missed three gamesbefore Saturday’s announcement.

Lin, who graduated from academ-ically oriented Harvard University,rather than one of America’s collegebasketball powerhouses, was cut bytwo NBA clubs before getting hischance with the Knicks.

Lin onroad torecovery

Jeremy Lin


MADRID: Real Madrid go intothe second leg of their ChampionsLeague quarter-final againstAPOEL Nicosia on Wednesdayknowing that the hard work hasalready been done, but full ofrespect for their opponentsaccording to Brazilian full-backMarcelo.

After the 3-0 victory in Nicosialast week Madrid can, barring amiracle, almost certainly look for-ward to a semi-final place againstthe winner of the tie betweenBayern Munich and Marseille.

Bayern are set to defend a 2-0lead over the French side inMunich and look to be favouritesto meet Madrid in the semi-final.

“I think for APOEL to reach thequarter-finals they can’t be a weakteam, they have beaten Lyon to getthis far and we have great respectfor them,” Marcelo said.

“All players want to win theChampions League and I am nodifferent, but there are manygames ahead of us still.

“Madrid is always favourite towin any competition in which itcompetes, but we still have a lot ofwork if we are to be championsthis season.

“We have to go into the gameon Wednesday with our headsright and we’ll do all we can tomake sure we go through,” headded.

Marcelo has been joined byteam mates Xabi Alonso and com-patriot Kaka in stating what the

goals are for what remains of theseason.

“The objective is to win boththe league and the ChampionsLeague,” agreed both players.

Madrid are certainly still oncourse for the first half of that dou-ble.

An important 5-1 victory onSaturday away to Osasuna, a prob-lematic trip for Madrid in the past,means ‘Los Blancos’ remain 6points ahead of Barca at the top ofLa Liga with 8 games remaining.

Cristiano Ronaldo was key onSaturday, scoring a double andcreating two more for his side, in astadium in which he had failed towin or score on his previous twovisits.

The Portuguese star has alsospoken of the club being on theright track for a Champions and LaLiga double.

Another player hitting form atjust the right stage of the season isKarim Benzema who scored two inthe first leg in Cyprus and alsograbbed a brace against Osasunaincluding a stunning volley thathas been likened to Dutch legendMarco Van Basten’s most spectac-ular efforts. APOEL, the firstCypriot team to reach the knock-out stage of the ChampionsLeague, started this season’s jour-ney back in July in the secondqualifying round with a 2-0 victoryat Albanian side Skenderbeu, andsince then have produced someincredible performances.

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) in action against Apoel during their UEFAChampions League first leg quarter-final football match at the GSP Stadium in the Cypriot capitalNicosia on March 27, 2012. Real Madrid won 3-0. AFP/JACK GUEZ

Real look to finish off APOEL

LONDON: Chelsea interim man-ager Roberto Di Matteo haswarned his players that Benficastill pose a serious threat to theirdreams of reaching theChampions League semi-finals.

Di Matteo’s side are firmfavourites to advance to a last fourclash against Barcelona or ACMilan after Salomon Kalou’s sec-ond half strike clinched a 1-0 winover Benfica in the first leg lastweek.

Benfica posed little threat tothe Blues in Portugal, but DiMatteo is adamant the Lisbon clubare capable of upsetting the oddsat Stamford Bridge, especially ifChelsea produce the kind of slop-py defending that almost gifted

Aston Villa a draw on Saturday.Di Matteo’s men conceded

twice in three minutes late in thematch before eventually runningout 4-2 winners at Villa Park andthe Italian is determined to stampout that kind of complacency

ahead of the Benfica showdown.“We won’t switch off. Only 50

percent of the job has been donebecause qualification is over twogames,” Di Matteo said.

“We have put ourselves in agood position but Benfica awayfrom home are a very strong sideand they are capable of scoring aswell so there will be no compla-cency from our side at all.

“I think we’ve been battlingvery well in the last three weeks, wehave shown that on several occa-sions.

“The reaction after Villa drew(level) was fantastic from the teambecause we could have capitulat-ed, but we went the other way andhad this strong desire to win the

game.”Di Matteo’s calm and under-

stated leadership has helpedChelsea get back on track with sixwins in the eight matches since hetook over from Andre Villas-Boas.

While Villas-Boas becameembroiled in power struggles withseveral senior players in a bid tostamp his authority on the dress-ing room, Di Matteo has managedto keep those stars onside to suchan extent that some are calling forhim to be given the job on a per-manent basis. Even difficult deci-sions like leaving Frank Lampardon the bench for the first legagainst Benfica — the kind of gam-ble that proved so costly for Villas-Boas.

‘We won’t take Benfica for granted’BENFICA POSED LITTLETHREAT TO THE BLUES INPORTUGAL, BUT DIMATTEO IS ADAMANT THELISBON CLUB ARE CAPABLEOF UPSETTING THE ODDS ATSTAMFORD BRIDGE


BARCELONA: Barcelona coach PepGuardiola believes it is crucial his forwardline is on song against AC Milan as he fullyexpects the Serie A leaders to score at theCamp Nou in their Champions Leaguequarter-final second leg clash on Tuesday.

The defending champions cruisedthrough the last round with a 7-1 thrashingof Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg at

home with Lionel Messi scoring a recordfive goals in the process, but this tie isevenly balanced after a 0-0 draw at the SanSiro last week.

Milan defended solidly and were ableto break up Barcelona’s quick passingthrough the midfield. They now know thata score draw will see them through to thesemi-finals. Guardiola realises that theonus is on his players to break down theItalian side’s solid defence.

“I’m pretty sure that they are going toget a goal and so it is down to us to try andfind the way to create chances because ifthey have to defend with eight players inthe penalty then they will do,” saidGuardiola. “We are now in the latter stagesof the competition and this is a key matchwhich we have to win. We need to find away to score goals and so we will have towith strong rhythm, press forward.”

There’s no stopping Man UtdBLACKBURN: ManchesterUnited went five points clear atthe top of the Premier Leagueafter late goals by AntonioValencia and Ashley Young sealeda 2-0 win at struggling Blackburnon Monday.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s sidelooked set for an evening of frus-tration at Ewood Park as an enter-taining game appeared to beheading towards a goalless draw.

But Valencia broke the dead-lock in the 81st minute with asublime finish from an acuteangle before Young sealedUnited’s 10th win in 11 top-flightgames five minutes later from theedge of the area.

The result leaves United clearfavourites to secure a fifth title insix seasons. They will go eightpoints clear at the summit if theydefeat QPR at Old Trafford intheir next match as nearest rivalsManchester City are not in actionuntil late Sunday afternoon.

“It was a long night we had topersevere and we got our rewardsfor it,” said Ferguson.

“We weren’t making clear cutchances, we put in a lot of greatcrosses but didn’t finish them off.

“We had them under the coshbut they were dangerous on thebreak. The goals came so latewhich typifies the history of theclub.”

His Rovers counterpart SteveKean remained positive that theycould avoid relegation - the resultsaw them drop into the bottomthree virtue of a worse goal differ-ence to QPR.

“It will go to the wire, if wetake the positives from tonightand set that standard for the nextseven games,” he said.

“If we play like that we willpick up plenty of points.”

With the title race at a criticalstage, Ferguson had attempted toease the pressure on his players

by taking them on a golfing week-end to St Andrews.

And it looked like the trip toScotland had the desired affect asthe visitors dominated the open-ing exchanges at a ground wherethey had won just twice in theirprevious 11 top-flight visits.

Blackburn had already sur-vived a narrow escape afterHernandez spurned a finechance from close range follow-ing a delightful Wayne Rooneypass when the Mexican hit thepost five minutes later after con-necting with Valencia’s low crossat the near post.

Hernandez wheeled away

believing he had scored but wasleft holding his hands on his headafter realising his shot had comeback off the post and hit PaulRobinson, the Blackburn keeperreacting quickly to prevent theball crossing the line.

It was the closest Unitedcame to scoring in a goalless first-half.

United keeper David de Gea,who was dropped afterBlackburn’s shock 3-2 win at OldTrafford at the end of December,saved his side with an excellentsave in denying Junior Hoilettfrom 25-yards in the 18th minute.

Phil Jones helped save Rovers

from relegation last season.But the England international

let his former club off the hookon his first return to Ewood Parksince joining United last summerwhen he headed wastefully widefollowing another excellent crossfrom the tireless Valencia.

Former England goalkeeperRobinson was at his best in thesecond-half to frustrate Rafael daSilva’s rasping diagonal strikebefore de Gea almost allowedBlackburn to make a 61st minutebreakthrough.

Morten Gamst Pedersen didfind the net for Rovers with anexcellent finish from the edge of

the are but the goal was ruled outafter the ball was adjudged tohave gone out of play beforeSteven Nzonzi crossed for theNorwegian international.

But United sealed victorywith two goals in the closingstages. Rovers keeper Robinsonwill feel he should have done bet-ter for Valencia’s goal, a powerfulambitious effort nine minutesfrom time after Rafael’s pass.

Substitute Young made surewith a well-executed finish fromthe edge of the area to giveUnited what could prove to be apriceless five point lead.

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Manchester United’s English forward Ashley Young (R) scores his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football matchagainst Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, Blackburn, north-west England on Monday. AFP/ANDREW YATES

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