Though the State is reeling under power woes and party squabbles,astrologer says good times are in store as there will be normal rains,political stability and, of course, rise in prestige. REPORT ON P5

UoH AXES EDUCATION OF LOCALS

The move of the University ofHyderabad to convert aquarter-century-old publicschool on its campus thatcatered to the locals, reeks ofthe varsity’s desire to makeprofit, allege teachersopposed to the plan.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES

Vaishali Bisht’s theatreworkshopVaishali Bisht is conducting specialSummer Holidays theatre workshopsfor children between the ages of sixand 12. The course consists of 20classes held Monday to Saturday.Using theatre games and exercises,the workshop helps children usetheir imagination and get creative.Where: Road no 7,

Banjara Hills When: From April 15,

Monday to Saturday,4.30pm to 6.30pm

Contact: 94904 40986

Filmmaking workshopsfor childrenYavanika Films is conducting aunique filmmaking workshops thissummer vacation for children inHyderabad. Each participant willmake their own short film as part ofthe workshop. Even a parent andchild can register as one student pairto make a short film together.Where: Begumpet When: From April 24,

2pm to 7pm,Daily classes except on weekends

Contact: 94901 00404

Baisakhi Celebrations!This Baisakhi, Marriott Hyderabad

Hotel and Convention Center bringsyou a celebration with all the pompand fare of Punjab. There are specialtreats for children.Where: Okra,

Hyderabad Marriott Hoteland Convention Centre

When: April 14,12.30pm to 3.30pm

Contact: (040) 2752 2567

Special lunchA changing menu, with a widespread of food items, and specialpackages for kitty and group lunches.Where: Kailash Parbat

Above Ebony Gautier, 2nd floor, Road No 36, Jubilee Hills

When: OngoingContact: (040) 23558856

Malvani cuisineTaj Deccan is hosting Malvani FoodFestival at Spice Junxion. Enjoy ascrumptious spread of classic disheslike pandhara kombdiche saar, kalevatana ni gawarchi bhajji and puran poli. Where: Spice Junxion,

Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills

When: Till April 25Contact: (040) 6652 3939

Rhythm Dhol BassWorld famous Punjabi music bandRDB will perform live during theBaikashi mela. Dancer Shweta Sharmawill also be performing live.Where: LB StadiumWhen: April 14,

7pm onwardsContact: 89778 99777

Piano recital Alliance Française presents pianorecital by Daniel Gomez. Where: Alliance Française,

Banjara Hills(invites also available here)

When: April 12,6.30pm onwards

Contact: (040) 2355 4485

French animated film Alliance Française of Hyderabad presents Le chat du Rabbin, directedby Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar. Where: Alliance Française,

Banjara HillsWhen: April 18,

6.30pm onwardsContact: (040) 2355 4485

Punjabiyaan Di ShaanWith Baisakhi ushering in, mas-terchefs from Punjab, along with theskilled team of Radisson BluHyderabad, recreate the lip smackingauthentic Punjabi delicacies and anarray of cultural festivities.Where: Chill Restaurant & Terrace,

Radisson Blu Hyderabad,Banjara Hills

When: Up to April 14Contact: (040) 6733 1133

Hindi play performanceA Hindi play, To Be Or Not To Be, willbe performed. Where: Lamakaan,

Banjara HillsWhen: April 12,

8pm onwardsContact: 9642731329

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HOSPITALGeneral Hospital, Sec-bad 27505566Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills 23314095NIMS, Director, Punjagutta 23390933Osmania General Hospital 24600146Railway Hospital, Lalaguda 27001134Apollo, Jubilee Hills 23607777Care Hospital, Banjara Hills 30418888Care Hospital, Nampally 30417777Care Hospital, Musheerabad 30419000Care Hospital, Sec-bad 30416666Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar 39879999

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Residents of Moinabadtoday woke up to startlingnews. Night police patrol

found a badly charred body of ayoung woman in the roadsidebushes on Gandipet Road nearVIT College.

The body that bore torturemarks and with face smashed,

appears to be that of a womanaged around 22-23 years. Shewas dressed in blue jeans and a

shirt and her shoulder bag didnot contain anything that wouldgive police a clue of her identity.

Moinabad Inspector GSekhar Goud told Postnoon thatthe police are searching for miss-ing complaints to verify the iden-tity of the girl. He, howeverguessed it to be a sex crime.Goud has collected some telltaleevidences that could lead to thesuspects. However, nothing con-

crete has come up as yet thatwould lead to the arrest of thesuspects. The police have noti-fied colleges about the incident.It being a holiday today, collegeauthorities are yet to confirm ifanybody is missing.

The inspector said a policeteam has been formed to nab theculprit and identify the body.The body has been kept in theOsmania hospital mortuary.

Charred body of girl jolts Moinabad Police suspect that the girl might have been the victim of a sex crime. They are yet to trace her identity.

The police have notified colleges, but authorities are yet to respond as today is a holiday.

Govt employeemurder solved

The accused had killed the governmentemployee last year for having an extra

marital affair with his wife.

HYDERABAD: The mys-tery over a man’s brutalmurder here nine monthsago was solved todaywhich the GovernmentRailway Police (GRP)arresting the accused.

The sensational murdercame to light on July 16,2012, when body partswere found stuffed in twobags, which were dumpedat Visakhapatnam railwaystation. The body was lateridentified as that of JRamakrishna, 30, who wasunmarried and empl oyedwith animal husbandrydepartment of the Stategovernment. He was anative of Achanta town inWest Godavari district.

Love and lust led to themurder. The suspect, KRamesh, 25, a native of DSavaram village in East

Godavari district, has con-fessed to the crime, super-intendent of police (GRP,Vijayawada) Syam Prasadsaid. Ramakrishna haddeveloped relations with awidow and her twodaughters. Ramesh latermarried the elder daughterof the widow and on com-ing to know of Ramakr i -shna’s affairs, he decidedto eliminate him.

Ramesh invited Rama -k rishna for lunch on July15 and later they went toan isolated place to con-sume liquor. AfterRamakris hna lost con-sciousness, Ramesh hithim on his neck with asharp-edged weapon.

He chopped the bodyinto 11 parts and stuffedthem in two bags.

AGENCIES

The column that teaches everyonesomething new about the way theCity functions.

1 Will the City dwell on predictions?

An astrologer has predicted gooddays ahead for the City’s politicalscenario, adding that there will begood monsoons as well.

2 City may lose 25-year-oldschool for locals.

A school with 1,200 students onUoH campus may be converted toa Kendriya Vidyala, closing alldoors to locals and poor people in the area.

3 Will life of commutersimprove?.

Police have imposed stricter ruleson auto and taxi drivers and theowners of these vehicles. Howmuch of this is implementedremains to be seen.

4 Matters of importance take a back seat.

In the district review meeting,there was no mention of publicsecurity. No firm decision wastaken on public schools either.

5In Kiran dwelling inCongress’ past glory?

The CM has named welfare programmes after Indira Gadhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

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No EM doctors Last year we had reported how nei-

ther of the two leading public hos-pitals — Gandhi and Osmania —offered emergency medicine course.They did not even have trained EMdoctors, even though the number ofaccidents were on the rise. Thoughsome private colleges offered thecourse, they were not full-fledged orpostgraduation courses.

APRIL 11, 2012

SCR bags four ministryawardsThe ministry of railways has

awarded four performance effi-ciency shields to South CentralRailway (SCR) for 2012-13 at the all-India level. The four shields are traf-fic transportation, civil engineering,stores and comprehensive healthcare shields. In addition, 17 officersand staff of SCR are listed for therailway minister’s award for 2013.

TDP to get Rama Raodisqualified?The TDP has decided to disqualify

its MLC Boddu Bhaskara RamaRao, who recently joined the YSRCongress. According to information,TDP leaders will file a disqualifica-tion petition with legislative councilchairman Chakrapani on Thursday.Rama Rao is seeking Rajahmundryparliament ticket from the YSRCongress.

Reward for info onIndian MujahideenNational Investigation Agency

(NIA) has announced a cashreward on the heads of 12 wantedactivists of Indian Mujahideen. Foreach one, a sum of `10 lakh hasbeen fixed. According to the details,a non-bailable warrant was issued inSyed Maqbool’s crime case.Maqbool and few others from Punewere arrested for illegal activities.

Anti-encroachmentspreeIn a major drive against encroach-

ments, the town planning wing ofthe GHMC razed 1,381 encroach-ments. The drive was undertaken inthe wake of the Lokayukta’s ordersto submit a report on action takenagainst encroachments. A whopping515 encroachments were removedfrom Tolichowki junction toShaikpet.

LAST YEAR... HERE CIVIC

NEWS BRIEFS

`185is the subsidy price at which the CMwill give nine essential commodities,against the market price of `292 to

all white ration card holders.

5THINGS WELEARNT TODAY

NUMEROLOGY

The idea of thisschool was to

cater to the poor liv-ing around the uni-versity. The plan tochange it and make it a KendriyaVidyalaya doesnot make sense.

Vikram Raju, UoH staffSee page 6

Md NIZAMUDDINnizamuddin.a@postnoon.com

“Is it possible to ster-ilise monkeys like wedo to dogs?” was thequestion asked by

three MLAs at the HyderabadDistrict Review Committee(DRC) meeting at Jubilee Hallon Wednesday.

MLAs said this is a seriousissue in many areas, and onlythose who suffer it know aboutthe severity. This they remindedto those making fun of the issuein the meeting. GHMC commis-sioner Krishna Babu suppressedhis smile and said the troublewas with catching them. “It’s nomonkey business; capturingthem is a tough task,” he said.Instead of committing to theissue, the commissioner onlygave a vague response.

POWER HEATS UP TALKAs expected, water and electrici-ty problems reigned supreme atthe review meeting. Power crisisin the parts of the City, whereofficially it is three hours andunofficially six hours, made

almost all MLAs demand con-struction of sub-stations, whichhas been pending for years. Forinstance, there was governmentland in Petlaburj for this, but forreasons best known to the gov-ernment it does not yet have asubstation.

“If the government is strug-gling for day-to-day provisionof power, how would it provide10 MW power to the MetroRail?” asked Hyderabad MPAsaduddin Owaisi.

BJP MLA G Kishan Reddyregretted that the governmentwas wasting precious solarenergy. He said that the GHMC,in coordination with electricitydepartment, should help peopleget alternative power energysources. Minister for industriesGeeta Reddy, who presidedover the talks, said she will takeup the matter, but this led to afracas between the leaders andthe minister.

WATER PROBLEM HMWSSB denying water tothose with a meager arrear of`2,000 was cruel, opined manyMLAs. As others joined the

debate, the water board MD JSyamala Rao pacified them andsaid only those with an arrear of`10,000 and above will bedenied water. To mitigate thesuffering, Geetha Reddy gavepermission for each MLA to dig10 borewells in their areas todeal with the water shortage.

Krishna phase-III and itsimpact were elaborately dis-cussed. “We will be making thisa election issue,” said Owaisi.

SECURITY Asaduddin Owaisi lamentedthat the issue of security was noton the DRC agenda. Referring tothe Dilsukhnagar blasts he said,“Three specific warnings weregiven. It could have been pre-vented.” Even Sashidhar Reddy,member of Central CommitteeNDMA (National DisasterManagement Authority),acknowledged the negligence.

Some 3,500 CCTV camerasat a cost of `450 crore have beenplanned to be set up in the Statebut it is not budgeted, leadersregretted. “How serious are thepolice on the issue?” askedOwaisi. The issue of wine shops

in the vicinity of schools andreligious places did come up butdid not get enough attention.Some members alleged thatshop owners are bribing offi-cials and local leaders to shuttheir eyes to the violation.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS The pathetical condition of thegovernment school and vacantpositions of teachers wasbrought to the fore by Owaisi.According to him, the govern-ment was denying girls educa-tion by not providing toilets forthem. He challenged GeethaReddy to visit any school andsee if even one of them has ahealthy atmosphere. “Almost allgovernment schools have mal-nourished children. What is thegovernment doing?” he asked.

When the issue ofCharminar pedestrian projectwas discussed, the MP claimedthat no ASI (ArcheologicalSurvey of India) permission wassought over the latest develop-ments. Commissioner Babu,however, refuted and said thatthis was not true as permissionwas indeed sought.

Terror off the agenda at DRC meeting

Despite the 21/2blasts, public

security was noton the DRC

agenda. Poor condition of public

schools wasbrought up but nofirm commitment

was given. TheMonkey menace

was another issuedealt frivolously.

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POLITICS

POLITICS

INKESHAF AHMEDahmed.m@postnoon.com

Chief Minister N Kiran KumarReddy, who hopes to lead theCongress during the General

Elections next year, has found a newmantra to please the party high commandand to draw people to the ruling party.

It is nothing new. Taking a cue fromlate chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy,Kiran has zealously begun naming everygovernment welfare programme after lateCongress leaders Indira Gandhi and RajivGandhi.

After taking charge as CM in times ofsevere political crisis, Kiran has launchedseveral pro-poor welfare programmes inthe State. A programme that is close to hisheart is the Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu, which isaimed at providing jobs to lakhs of unem-ployed youth of the State.

In the New Year, the chief ministerlaunched two new programmes and hasnamed them after Indira Gandhi. The firstwas Indiramma Kalalu (Indira Gandhi’sdreams) programme to promote the SC/STSub-Plan legislation across the State andAmma Hastham (mother’s hand).

These two programmes reflect the per-sona of Indira Gandhi and carries her

images prominently. According to a seniorCongress MLA, who is close to the CM,the main objective behind launching theprogramme was to use Indira Gandhi’spro-poor image to attract people andthereby reap the benefits at the next elec-tions. “Former prime minister IndiraGandhi still enjoys a huge fan followingacross the country. Her name is enough toget us votes. We just want to cash in on herpopularity as we have been doing for thelast three decades,” the leader said whilespeaking to Postnoon on Wednesday.

UGADI GIFTAs part of the New Year celebrations ofTelugu people, the chief minister willlaunch the revolutionary Amma Hasthamin Ravindra Bharathi today. As part of theAmma Hastham programme, Kiran willgive nine essential commodities in packsat the subsidised price of `185 as againstthe market price of `292 to all white rationcard holders in the State.

The essential commodities being sup-plied include wheat atta, pamolin oil,sugar, iodised salt, wheat, chilly powder,tamarind and turmeric powder. A total offive crore people from a total of 8.5 crorepeople of the State are expected to benefitfrom the scheme.

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There is good news forpeople of AndhraPradesh if we go by theUgadi predictions at the

official government function atRavindra Bharati today.

Dr CVB Subramanyam, anastrologer and vedic teacher andthe head of department of astrol-ogy department of Potti SriRamulu Telugu University, pre-dicted a good monsoon and nomajor upheaval in the State inthe days ahead.

“The government andadministration will be stable.

The AP government will host anumber of covetous internation-al events this year and gain pres-

tige. Since monsoon is likely tobe normal, farms will prosperand farmers will be fairly

happy,” according to theastrologer. “Leaders will committhemselves to the welfare of thepeople of the State and achievemany successes, as the year iscalled Vijayanama year.”

Predictions, however, threwup some troubling possibilities.Runaway inflation is likely to bea major issue. This means thegovernment will have to payextra attention to arrest pricerise.

Chief Minister N KiranKumar Reddy, PCC chief BotsaSatyanarayana and others greet-ed Subramanyam with a shawland a bouquet.

When the CM heard his ownzodiac predictions, his face was

wreathed in smiles. His joy wascontagious. Soon, Botsa, whowas sitting just beside him andother Cabinet colleagues weresmiling too.

Earlier in the day, the chiefminister attended Ugadi celebra-tions at Gandhi Bhavan, theCongress party headquarter,with Botsa Satyanarayana andother party leaders.

LOCAL LEADERS SKIPInterestingly, Hyderabad districtin charge minister Dr J GeetaReddy, Hyderabad MPAsaduddin Owaisi, MayorMohd Majeed Husain, localMLA Virasat Rasool Khan allskipped the function.

Cong still banks on IndiraKiran, realising that nothing inspires people as much as IndiraGandhi’s name, has named all welfare programmes after her.

New Year foresees cornucopia

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and APCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana atthe Ugadi celebrations at Ravindra Bharati. M ANILKUMAR

city THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 6EDUCATION

RAHUL RAMAKRISHNArahul.r@postnoon.com

The fate of the 25-year-oldschool located within theUniversity of Hyderabad

complex hangs on a loose thread.The school, originally meant toprovide education for childrenfrom families in rural areas locat-ed around the university, willsoon be closed and replaced by aKendriya Vidyalaya (KV), thanksto a decision taken by the UoHadministration and the govern-ing body of the KendriyaVidyalaya schools, KendriyaVidyalaya Sangathan.

As a consequence of thisaction, doors will be closed to thelocals, as KV caters to children ofCentral government employees,including defence forces.

The school has a strength of1,200 students and teaches uptoclass XII. Earlier, this school wasexclusively reserved for childrenfrom poor economic back-

grounds, from villages likeNallagandla, Gopanpally andsurrounding areas. “The idea ofthis school was to cater to thepoor living around the universi-ty and this has been in vogue for25 years. Now the plan to changeit and make it a KendriyaVidyalaya does not make sense,”non-teaching staff member of theuniversity, Vikram Raju, said.

This decision has not gonedown too well with the non-teaching staff of the university,many of whom send their chil-dren to this school. Furthermore,the school provides employmentto 43 teachers and 10 non-teach-ing staff. “The new rules framedfor the KV have put 23 teacherson deputation with the proposedKV for three years. After that,they are given an option to workas non-teaching staff in thefuture-functional KendriyaVidyalaya. Of the (other) 20,there is no clarification. In themeanwhile, there are no clear

terms and conditions over ser-vice benefits offered because ofthis transition. Parents will beforced to send their children toprivate schools and pay exorbi-

tant amounts as fees once the KVis established,” says Raju.

HIGH COURT WRIT PETITION A writ petition was taken up at

the AP High Court by JusticeNaushad Ali. The writ petitionfiled by United EmployeesUnion against the decision tomove and convert the school intoa Kendriya Vidyalaya said therewas no reason for this suddendevelopment. Under the agreedterms, the university administra-tion would have to bear the costof constructing a new buildingfor the Kendriya Vidyalaya, aburden that would prove finan-cially difficult for the varsity, thepetition said.

However, Justice NaushadAli refused to grant an ex parteinterim order to stall the estab-lishment of the new school andalso refused to stay the March 27notice issued by the presentschool at the instance of the uni-versity, requiring students totake their transfer certificates atthe end of the current year.Teachers opposed to the movesay the it’s a move to make profitfrom education.

UoH axes education of localsThe move of the University of Hyderabad to convert a quarter-century-old public school on its campus that

catered to the locals reeks of the varsity’s desire to make profit, allege teachers opposed to the plan.

ALEENA ALICEaleena.t@postnoon.com

When Sandeep Rajan, aprivate firm employeefrom Bangalore, came to

the City for an interview, he wasshocked to see the way auto andtaxi drivers hounded him at theSecunderabad railway station.

Finally, he managed to hirean auto to Uppal, where he wasput up. Noticing that Sandeepwas new to the City, the autodriver took him for a ride.Thankfully, he was able to trackthe location using GPS.

When he questioned the autodriver, the latter started gettingabusive and stopped the auto inthe middle of the road and askedhim to get down. Sandeep had tothen hire a radio taxi.

It is common for local resi-dents to face such a situation withauto drivers, or for that matter,even some private taxi drivers.

Citizens are unable to distin-guish between a genuine driverand those who cheat or areinvolved in criminal activities.

Most of these auto drivers arenot in uniform and do not wear a

badge for identification. Many ofthem do not even have therequired documents while driving.

“With the increasing crimerate, travelling by public trans-port is very dangerous. A fewdays back, I had hired an autofrom Begumpet to go toAmeerpet. Since the distance

was not much, the driver askedme to pay him `10 extra, towhich I agreed. However, afterreaching my destination, thedriver demanded `30 extra onthe meter, saying the place wasin the interior. When I threatenedhim to inform the police andasked him for his licence, he did

not have a licence and left theplace after using abusive lan-guage,” says Premalatha, a pri-vate firm employee.

Not denying the fact that theyhave been receiving a number ofcomplaints, mostly against theauto rickshaw drivers, the Citypolice said they will be imple-menting strict measures againstauto drivers who misbehave withpassengers. The police have nowasked auto owners to registerthemselves at police stations.

“As a part of the securitymeasure, all auto rickshaw own-ers in the Twin Cities are directedto register themselves at the traf-fic police stations. They havebeen directed to produce theiroriginal documents, like thedriving license, RC book, resi-dential proof as well as theirvoter ID card or Aadhaar card, tothe concerned traffic inspector.There are more than two lakhautos plying in the City and it isnot an easy task to identify theauto when a complaint is regis-tered. Most of the time, theowner sells his vehicle to some-one else, who further rents it outto a number of people, and the

RC does not change. The RTAwill have information about theowner at the time of registration,so tracking down the presentauto driver becomes a task. Toavoid all the confusion, we areplanning to start a database sothat we have concrete informa-tion. The drivers will have to dis-play all this information behindtheir seats so that even passen-gers will have a sense of securi-ty,” says commissioner of policeAnurag Sharma.

The cops also directed theauto owners to ensure that theregistration number is not onlyin the front and back of the vehi-cle, but also at the top, so that theelectronic surveillance camerascan easily identify them.

The auto unions, who wel-comed the step of the City police,said they will ensure all the own-ers follow the rules. “It is sad tosee how a few auto driversbehave with the passengers. Wewill ensure that all the driversfollow the rules,” said autounion leader Ammullah Khan.

The police say that they willsimultaneously keep a check onthe taxis as well.

TRANSPORT

Auto woes grip City, cops act With many auto and taxi drivers flouting rules, citizens feel public transports are no longer

safe. The police plan to step up security measures and impose strict rules.

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Man kills paramourover biryani

Mohd SUBHANmohd.s@postnoon.com

Awoman wasallegedly mur-dered by herlover on Monday

night at Uday Nagar inBanjara Hills simplybecause she forgot to takehome biryani for him.

Maniamma, 35, a nativeof Rajmandry, married JRam Babu 13 years back.The couple has a son,Santosh. They split up afew years back andManiamma moved toHyderabad with her son.They were both living inUday Nagar.

Maniamma was work-ing in a private firm andwas in a relationship withone Chary, a painter.

On Monday, Charycame home intoxicated. Hecalled for Maniamma andasked her to get biryani forhim on her way back fromwork. Chary was infuriatedwhen Maniamma returnedwithout the biryani. Hepicked a quarrel with herand sent Maniamma’s son tobuy the biryani. When theboy was out, Chary alleged-ly strangled Maniamma in afit of rage.

Santosh came home andfound his mother on thefloor.

He informed his neigh-bours who alerted theBanjara Hills police.

The police have bookeda case of murder againstChary who has beenabsconding. The police arelooking for him.

EYES WIDE SHUT

TRS Greater Hyderabad activists cover their eyes with blackbands to protest against the power tariff hike. M ANILKUMAR

Police say that the accused was infuriated after his loverforgot to bring home biryani. He strangled her and fled.

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People shop forpots, sugarcane

and mango leavesin markets across

the City in preparation for

Ugadi. SRINIVAS SETTY

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BusinessTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

10SPAIN RECESSION COULD CONTINUE INTO 2014The economic recession that has affected Spain since 2011 could

continue into next year despite forecasts that the Spanish econo-my could grow 0.80 percent over the next year, the EuropeanCommission said Wednesday.

Hiring on the risePOSTNOON NEWSfeedback@postnoon.com

The hiring activity in theCity has seen five percent growth in lastmonth (March) as com-

pared to previous month.Traditionally, March has alwaysbeen a month where recruit-ment slows down owing to theappraisal season. However, onyear on comparison, the NaukriJobspeak index is 13 per centhigher than March 2012 andstands at 1,334, according toNaukri Jobspeak report.

There is a minor dip of 1.1per cent in March 2013, whencompared to previous month inoverall job index in the country

owing to the ongoing appraisalseason However, this index hasshown an increase in hiring by11.5 per cent year-on-year.

Talking on the dip,Ambarish Raghuvanshi, CFOInfo Edge (India) said, “Wehave noticed a small correctionafter three successive months ofgrowth in the Naukri JobspeakIndex of 3 per cent, 10 per centand 4 per cent in December2012, January 2013 andFebruary 2013 respectively.While some of this can beattributed to seasonality, it isalso a fact that business confi-dence levels, which play astrong role in hiring intentions,continue to be fragile. A sustain-able positive trend will emergeonce the economy and the envi-

ronment are seen to be in agrowth mode.”

“A detailed analysis of hir-ing activity in the countryshows that almost all key indus-try sectors have seen dippingindices in March 2013 overFebruary 2013, barring pharma,construction and BPO sectors

— which have shown a growthof 14 per cent, 8 per cent and 6per cent respectively.

“The oil and gas sector haswitnessed the maximum dip inhiring (13 per cent) while IT-software services and the autosector saw hiring activity drop-ping by 5 per cent and 4 per cent

respectively,” the report said.“The hiring scenario looks

cautious with cities likeDelhi/NCR, Mumbai andChennai seeing a dip of 4 percent, 5 per cent and 11 per centrespectively in their hiringactivities in March 2013 com-pared to the previous month.Among the metros, Bengaluruand Pune maintained steadyhiring levels.

In March 2013, hiring activi-ty dipped by minor percentagesacross experience levels.Barring 0-3 years experiencelevels, which saw steady hiringactivity, there was a 1-3 per centdip in the hiring of professionalswith experience levels abovethis, compared to the previousmonth.

EMPLOYMENT

Despite downward performance forecast for many industries, City firms’hiring have increased by five per cent, says a report.

THUS SPAKEFrench banks will be required every yearto make public the list of all their sub-sidiaries everywhere in the world, coun-try by country and will be required todeclare the nature of their activities.

FRANCOIS HOLLANDECFRENCH PRESIDENT

Powerhouse Silicon Valley venturecapital firms on Wednesday joinedGoogle to launch a syndicate devot-ed to backing entrepreneurs buildingproducts for Google's comingInternet glasses. Venture capital firmsAndreessen Horowitz and KleinerPerkins Caufield & Byers teamedwith Google's investment arm toform the Glass Collective, an inde-pendent group devoted to fundingentrepreneurs in the "Glass ecosys-tem." "This is a platform so new, sounlike anything before, that we can'tguess what the killer apps will be,"said John Doerr of KleinerPerkins."But, believe me, they'recoming."

INVESTORS BACK GOOGLE

A Chilean court suspended construc-tion of what would be one of theworld's biggest gold mines onWednesday, accepting a complaintfiled by indigenous groups on envi-ronmental grounds. The project waslaunched in 2009 by Canadian min-ing company Barrick Gold, theworld's largest gold producer, afteran initial investment of $8 billion. Itplans to spend $8.5 billion more onthe unfinished Pascua Lama mine,which straddles the Chile-Argentinaborder at an altitude of 4,000 meters,and had hoped to start productionnext year. But local groups havelaunched a legal battle to halt theplan, citing concerns over possibledamage to a rive.

CHILE HALTS GOLD MINE

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$120 bnis the estimated cost of a high-

speed rail link connecting Melbourneto Brisbane via Canberra and Sydney.

It will take 40 years to complete, agovernment study showed.

BSE 18,490.8776.42

NSEPOUND `83.32DOLLAR `54.51

SILVER `51,900 for 1kg24CGOLD `29,500 for 10g

5,577.0518.35

Hiring growth rate insectors (March 2013)n Pharma: 14 per cent

n Construction: 8 per cent

n BPO: 7 per cent

n Banking: stable

n ITES: -4 per cent

n Auto: -5 per cent

n Oil & Gas: - 13 per cent

Hiring growth acrosstop cities in March ’13n Hyderabad: 5 per cent

n Bengaluru: 2 per cent

n Pune: 2 per cent

n Kolkata: -2 per cent

n Chennai: -11 per cent

n Mumbai: -5 per cent

n Delhi: -4 per cent

Key industry sectorshave seen dippingindices in March 2013over February 2013, barring pharma, construction and BPOsectors.

nationTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

11COUPLE COMMIT SUICIDE A couple allegedly committed suicide by setting themselves on fire over amarital discord in Aurai area, police said here today. Vinod Maurya (25) andhis wife Chandni, 23, had a dispute last night after which they set themselveson fire in Khamaria, they said.

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MUMBAI: Maharashtra HomeMinister R R Patil has orderedsuspension of 32 policemenafter an activist caught them oncamera allegedly acceptingbribes to turn a blind eye to anillegal structure.

The policemen are from theNehru Nagar police station insuburban Kurla.

The action follows anincriminating video thatactivist Kasim Shaikh hadrecorded at different periodsbetween March 9 and March 26.Though most of the suspendedcops are constables, but thoseranked above from the sub-inspector to inspector levelhave also faced action. PTI

SAHARANPUR: A 16-year-oldboy was shot at by unidentifiedpersons after they allegedlyfailed to kidnap him in HakikatNagar area in the district, policesaid.

Mani Chawla, son of a hotelowner, was taking a walk afterdinner last night when someunidentified persons tried to pullhim in a car, they said. WhenChawla resisted and cried forhelp, the alleged kidnappersfired at him, they said.

The victim who receivedinjuries on his waist is admittedin a hospital, they said. A casehas been registered. PTI

PANAJI: Pollution levels in theiron ore belts of Goa dropped con-siderably after mining activity wasbanned in September last, bringingthem within the permissible limits,according to the data placed beforethe Legislative Assembly.

Citing the data measured tillFebruary, Environment MinisterAlina Saldanha told the House yes-terday that the pollution levelsshowed a downward trend.

The Goa State Pollution ControlBoard (GSPCB) has been measuringthe pollution levels in the miningbelt at nine locations -- Curchorem,Honda, Codli, Assanora, Bicholim,Amona, Usgao, Sangume and

Tilamol. "Air is monitored throughthe presence of particulate matter of10 microns diameter (PM10) andPM2.5," she said.

These particles are harmful asthey can cause lung-related dis-eases. The data tabled on the floorof the House reveals that the PM10where in range of 77-80 microgramsper cubic metre, while the permissi-ble limit is 100 micrograms percubic metre.

The concentration of PM 2.5 inair stands between 15-40 micro-grams per cubic metre, well withinthe permissible limit is 60 micro-grams per cubic metre, Saldanhasaid. PTI

NEW DELHI: Bharti CMD SunilMittal and Essar group promoterRavi Ruia, who have been sum-moned as accused in the addi-tional 2G spectrum allocation

case, today appeared in a Delhicourt which posted the matterfor further proceedings on April16. The apex court will hear theirpleas on April 15.

Besides Mittal and Ruia, for-mer Telecom Secretary ShyamalGhosh, who was summoned bythe special CBI judge, alsoappeared in pursuance to thesummons issued against him.

The special court had onMarch 19 summoned Mittal,Ruia, who was then a Director inone of the accused companiesSterling Cellular Ltd and AsimGhosh, the then ManagingDirector of accused firmHutchison Max Telecom Pvt Ltd.

Their names were not men-tioned in the charge sheet filedby CBI on December 21, last yearin the case.

Besides the three, the courthad also summoned as accusedShyamal Ghosh and three tele-com firms Bharti Cellular Ltd,Vodafone India. PTI

KOLKATA: Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee, who wasadmitted to a private clinic herewith complaints of breathingproblem and palpitation, wasresting and her condition wasstable, doctors attending to hersaid today.

"Chief Minister is stable andshe is now resting in ourclinicunder the observation of a 10-member medical team led by DrSubrata Moitra," Belle VueClinic CEO K Tandon told PTI.

Tandon said some tests

including MRI, CTscan and blood exami-nations had been doneand some more testswere likely to takeplace today.

Banerjee wasadmitted to the clinicshortly after shereturned from Delhiyesterday in the afternoon. Shewas driven straight to the clinicfrom the airport. The decision toadmit her was taken after shecomplained of pain on both

shoulder joints, neck,back mainly over leftlumbosacral region andleft knee joints.

Banerjee was exam-ined on Tuesday bydoctors at AIIMS inDelhi who advised herto get admitted forobservation.

SFI members had blockedthe CM's passage in thePlanning Commission in Delhion Tuesday and manhandledfinance minister Amit Mitra. PTI

DELHI HECKLING32 cops caught on camerataking bribes, suspended

Mittal, Ruia appearin Delhi court GOOD COMPANY

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday. Manmohanis on a three-day official visit to Germany. PTI

2G CASE

ENVIRONMENTGoa pollution dipssince mining closure

Boy shot atafter failedkidnapping

CRIME

Didi's condition stable

The CBI had namedthe firms as accused inthe case relating to theDoT allocating additional spectrum,allegedly resulting in aloss of `846 crore tothe exchequer.

WorldTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

12FROM CHANDIGARH TO US COURT Described by President Barack Obama as a “trailblazer", Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan appearspoised to become the first South Asian judge in a US appeals court.

DELAYED JUSTICEFlorida executed a man Wednesdayfor abducting and murdering a 10-year-old girl in 1980, prison authori-ties said. Larry Mann, 59, was pro-nounced dead by lethal injection at7:19 pm. He was found guilty of kid-napping Elisa Nelson as she headedto school, and of later cutting herthroat and beating her head with apipe that had a concrete baseattached. The girl’s brother JeffreyNelson lashed out at a “fundamen-tally flawed... justice system thattakes over 32 years to bring to jus-tice a pedophile who confessed tokidnapping and murdering a 10-

year-old girl."

The wait is nearly over for thou-sands of readers eager to gettheir hands on the new novel bycelebrated Japanese novelistHaruki Murakami. At least onemajor bookstore in Tokyo is fling-ing open its doors at midnight tocater to the demands of the mostdedicated fans of the surrealist.The book’s named Shikisai woMotanai Tazaki Tsukuru to Kareno Junrei no Toshi. An unofficialtranslation renders it: “ColourlessTsukuru Tazaki and the Year of hisPilgrimage".

THE WAIT’S OVER

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500Kis the initial print run of Haruki

Murakami’s latest novel, acordingto publisher Bungeishunju. Online

giant Amazon Japan had taken20,000 pre-orders by the weekend.

Seventy per centof the sexual vio-

lence that is takingplace is actuallydone by men inarmed uniform.

Zainab BanguraThe UN special envoyon sexual violence in

armed conflict, on therising number of rapes

in Somalia .

2 soldiers dead in waveof Thai south attacksPATTANI: Two soldiers werekilled and six security officerswounded as insurgents mounteddozens of coordinated bombing,shooting and arson attacks inThailand’s deep south, police saidThursday. Government offices,mobile phone masts and conve-nience stores were among the tar-gets of 32 attacks on Wednesday.

‘Residents in Chinaordered to cull birds’ SHANGHAI: Residents of aChinese city were ordered to cull alltheir poultry as authorities steppedup attempts to halt the spread ofthe deadly H7N9 bird flu, statemedia reported Thursday.Thousands of birds and livestockwere slaughtered by the Tuesdaymidnight deadline in Nanjing, in theeastern province of Jiangsu.

Syria’s Al-Nusra pledgesallegiance to Al-QaedaDAMASCUS: The head ofSyria’s jihadist Al-Nusra Front haspledged allegiance to Al-Qaedachief Ayman al-Zawahiri, but dis-tanced his group from claims it hasmerged with Al-Qaeda in Iraq.This report is likely to bolster asser-tions by President Bashar al-Assad’sregime that it is fighting Islamist“terrorists".

‘Emergency’ in Brazilafter flood of migrantsBRAZILIA: Brazil’s northwesternstate of Acre declared a “social emer-gency” Wednesday as it attempts toslow a wave of undocumented immi-grants smuggled overland fromneighboring countries. “More than athousand illegal immigrants haveentered over the past month," saidNilson Moura, Acre’s secretary forjustice and human rights.

NEWS BRIEFS

KOREAN CONUNDRUM

SEOUL: North Korea has beenrepeatedly moving multiplemissiles around in an apparentbid to confuse outside intelli-gence gatherers ahead of anexpected launch, Yonhap report-ed Thursday.

According to intelligenceanalysis cited by the SouthKorean news agency, two mid-range Musudan missiles havebeen repeatedly moved in andout of a warehouse facility on itseast coast.

At the same time, at leastfive mobile launch vehicles havealso been spotted swappingplaces and positions.

“There are signs the North

could fire off Musudan missilesany time soon," an intelligencesource told Yonhap.

“But the North has beenrepeatedly moving its missilesin and out of a shed, whichneeds close monitoring."

Another source suggestedPyongyang was hoping to“fatigue” South Korean and USintelligence gatherers who havebeen on a heightened state ofsurveillance alert sinceWednesday. The mid-range mis-siles mobilised by the North arereported to be untestedMusudan models with an esti-mated range of anywhere up to4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles).

Kimland moves missiles

SEOUL: Even Kim Jong-Un’s threats of nuclear warcan’t divert world attentionfrom the main event on theKorean peninsula this week -- the launch of Psy’s hugelyanticipated follow-up to hisglobal hit “Gangnam Style".

The new single“Gentleman” will hit onlinemusic stores worldwideFriday.

An anti-US propagandaposter showing a fist crush-ing a US soldier is shown onthe streets of the NorthKorean capital Pyongyang.

The onlylaunch worth worrying about

PSY FEVER THE TIME’S NOW

Immigration activists gather on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for an All In for Citizenship rallyApril 10, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tens of thousands of reform supporters gatheredfor the rally to call on Congress to act on proposals that would grant a path to citizenship for an esti-mated 11 million of the nation’s illegal immigrants. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

North Korea on Thursdayrenewed a threat to perma-nently close its Kaesong jointindustrial zone with SouthKorea, blaming the “confronta-tion” policies of the South’snew president, Park Geun-Hye.

Guam on high alertGuam has raised its officialthreat level and on Thursdaytested its emergency alert sys-tem after warnings from NorthKorea identifying the island asa potential missile target.

NK blames South

Two mid-range Musudan missiles have been repeatedly moved in and out of a warehouse facilityon its east coast, intelligence reports said.

Microsoft is investing in TV in a bigway with its next Xbox console aspart of a fight for the living room.Multiple sources familiar with thecompany's Xbox plans haverevealed to The Verge thatMicrosoft will introduce a featurethat lets its next-generation consoletake over a TV and set-top box in asimilar way to Google TV. Weunderstand that the next Xbox willrequire an online connection to usethe entertainment services, allow-ing them to be always-on forstreaming and access to TV signals.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

The personal computer is in crisis,and getting little help fromMicrosoft’s Windows 8 softwareonce seen as a possible saviour.Research firm IDC issued analarming report Wednesday forPC makers such as Dell andHewlett-Packard saying world-wide shipments of laptops anddesktops fell 14% in the firstquarter from a year earlier. That isthe sharpest drop since IDCbegan tracking this data in 1994and marks the fourth straightquarter of declines. Gartner arival research firm, estimatedglobal shipments sank 11.2%,which it called the worst dropsince the first quarter of 2001.Gartner blamed the rise of tabletsand smartphones, which are sap-ping demand for PCs.

NEXT BOX AND CABLE

END OF PC?

This morning, payments startupRibbon announced support for“in-stream” payments onTwitter.com, allowing users toclick a button directly within atweet in order to make a pur-chase without having to leave theTwitter.com website. However, itappears that Twitter has alreadyshut this feature down – almostimmediately after its publicdebut. Ribbon Co-founder HanyRashwan has confirmed thatTwitter has indeed shut themdown, and the company is now inthe process of trying to contactTwitter to discuss. It’s possiblethat the way Ribbon implement-ed the in-stream payments usingTwitter Cards was a violation ofTwitter’s Terms of Service.

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Technology 13BACK TO BASICS

FIX ITREUBEN EASEYAgence France-Presse

An innovative project inLondon is helpingpeople to prolong thelife of their electronic

devices by repairing them andencouraging others to do learnto do the same.

If you're the kind of personwho owns a mobile phone heldtogether with sticky tape, oryour laptop is running moreslowly every time you flip itopen, the Restart Project couldcome in extremely handy.

It brings together volunteerrepairers, technology enthusi-asts and engineers -- and saysthat in tough financial times it is"preparing the ground for afuture economy of maintenanceand repair".

At a recent event in the hipPrimrose Hill district, a steadystream of visitors — of all ages— arrived clutching computersand other broken-down items,many having heard about theservice via Twitter.

At tables dotted around theroom, repairers helped open up

the devices for inspection whileon the wall, a list kept track ofwhich problems had beensolved and which had not.

"Why throw somethingaway when you can fix it?" saidphotographer Jon Freeman,who walked away a happy manafter having his girlfriend's lap-top fixed.

He said he only wished hehad heard about the service ear-lier as he had recently paidApple for a new power cord forthe laptop.

"It would have been simpleto fix — Apple charge £65 ($100,76 euros)."

Diogo Castro, a Portugueseman in his 20s, was not quite solucky with his computer, butdid get some valuable adviceabout what was wrong. "Myfirst idea was to get a new onestraight away, but unfortunatelyI couldn't because of the money,so this project helped me a lot,"he said.

Founded in 2012, the RestartProject is the brainchild of twoadoptive Londoners, UgoVallauri, from Italy, and JanetGunter, a British-American.

Having worked in the develop-ing world for several years, theywere frustrated by the amountof waste they saw wheneverthey returned to the West, andlooked for a way to encouragepeople to repair and reuse theirbroken gadgets.

"Every time we'd come backhere we would see peopleupgrading, tossing perfectlygood technology, or giving upon things without even havingopened them," exclaimedGunter. "Would you take yourcar to the dump when you'venever even popped open thebonnet?"

Environmental goals aside,the pair also hope the eventswill help counter the feelings of

"disempowerment" people mayfeel from understanding virtual-ly nothing about how everydayobjects work.

"When something breaks,people don't know what to doabout it," said Vallauri. "They'velost trust in regards to profes-sional repairers, they are pushedby markets and advertising toalways look for the next bigthing. People feel this frustra-tion and tend to just get moreand more new things, asopposed to making the best useof what they already have."

The 'Restart parties', as theyare known, offer largely freerepairs for all but the biggestitems.

A key plank of the project'sethos is to promote the work ofskilled local repairers, andrevive some of Britain's war-time tradition of 'make do andmend'. As the project grows,Gunter and Vallauri plan to startlobbying manufacturers todesign more durable and easilyrepairable products. They havealso led workshops with stu-dents in local schools and uni-versities.

'Don't despair, repair' - keepingelectronics in austerity Britain

Repairers try to fix gadgets at the Restart Project in North London.

A key plank of theproject's ethos is topromote the work ofskilled local repairers,and revive some ofBritain's war-time tradition of 'make doand mend'.

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

CommentTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

14HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTSIt’s Ugadi, new year for Telugus and Kannadigas. What must one wish foron the occasion of new year? Round-the-clock power and water supply atlesser rates, no corruption, good weather, prosperity for all, and less politi-cal piffle.

Hungary may havebeen hit hard bythe recession, butbudgetary con-straints are not

stopping Prime Minister andavid football fan Viktor Orbanpumping millions of euros intoinitiatives aimed at bringingfootballing glory back to thecountry - with the hope ofattracting fans to the polls in2014.

A capacity crowd of 16,000turned up on a freezing Marchday for the last football derbybetween Ferencvaros and Ujpestin Budapest's shabby 39-year-old Florian Albert Stadium.

The ground is now beingdemolished to make room for abetter, newer one: a controver-sial project all paid for byHungary's cash-strapped butfootball-friendly government,which has led an overhaul insports funding since its land-slide election victory in 2010.

At half-time beneath thedank stands at Ferencvaros,Tibor Kovesdy, a lifelong sup-porter of Fradi, as the club iscommonly called, told AFP hecouldn't wait for the new stadi-um.

"I don't bring my children

here as it's not a pleasant or safeenvironment. This club deservesa better home," he said.

Under the country's mosthigh profile football fan, thegovernment has earmarkedpublic funds for new footballstadia.

But the gifts being showeredon the sport are seen by manyHungarians as a luxury at a timewhen the country is strugglingto keep down its budget deficitand one of the highest debt bur-dens in Europe.

"Football stadia should beself-financing!" read a banner ata recent student protest againstcuts in education spending.

"That money could pay forover 1,000 teachers instead ofone stadium with a question-able return," one student said.

Orban sees it differently.Speaking last month at a

youth football academy hefounded in his home village ofFelcsut, he said: "The future ofevery country is shaped by itsyouth, (which) reinforces theimportance of the governmentprioritising sport."

An amateur player withFelcsut even during his firstterm as prime minister in 1998-2002, the 49-year-old Orban isoften seen in the stands at hisfavourite club Videoton andrarely misses a national game.

He is the first Hungarianleader to focus on football sincethe communist state helped the

legendary Ferenc Puskas andhis "Golden Team" to the heightsof world football in the early1950s.

As communism ran out ofsteam, however, sports infras-tructure was left to rot and afterthe leap to capitalism in 1989,private investors failed to stepin, deterred by the meagre poolof TV and sponsorship moneyand near-empty stadia.

STADIA WILL BE RARELY IFEVER FULL

Kovesdy remembers goingto Budapest derbies in the 1960sthat drew crowds of 70,000.These days, Fradi, Hungary'sbiggest club, attracts just over5,000 fans on an average match-day.

"Why should anyone investwhen the new stadia will berarely if ever full," Gaby Kovacs,who runs the blogHungarianFootball.com, toldAFP.

Increasing average atten-dance at top division games to10,000 by 2018 from the current3,000 is part of a masterplandrawn up by the HungarianFootball Association (MLSZ),whose head Sandor Csanyi is aclose friend of Orban and one ofHungary's richest businessmen.

The prime minister has alsochannelled corporate moneytowards youth development,new clubs and training pitchesin return for tax breaks, andhiked the central budget alloca-tion for football, much of itdevoted to infrastructure.

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Hungary hungry forfootball glory

Myanmar copsstruggle to adapt

After decades in the shad-ow of the military,Myanmar's ragtag

police force has found itselfthrust onto the security frontline

-- and under fire for failing tostop a wave of religious unrest.

Under the former junta thatruled the country also known asBurma for almost half a century,

any sign of unrest was quicklyquelled by soldiers.

But since a new reformistgovernment took power two

years ago, the job of maintainingorder has been largely left to

police who lack basic equipmentand only have about a year of

training."The police were never well-

equipped," said an officer with20 years in the force who did not

want to be named."Under the military govern-

ment, nobody cared about thepolice," the officer said. "Still

they don't care now, but we'rethe first to be blamed when

something happens even thoughwe tried our best to protect the

people."The challenges are immense

in a society testing the limits ofits new-found freedoms, includ-

ing the right to protest.A botched raid on a demon-stration at a copper mine in

November sparked an outpour-ing of anger after police used

phosphorus against protesters inthe harshest crackdown since

the end of military rule.Dozens of monks and vil-

lagers were injured in the inci-dent at the Chinese-backed

Letpadaung mine -- a disastrousoutcome that analysts blame

mainly on incompetence.

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Some people have a flair for making trouble. When you knowthere's trouble brewing and when those responsible for

security take measures and devise steps to anticipate it, some LIPs(Less Important Person) relish in jumping right into the eye of thestorm, only to castigate their protectors for the consequences oftheir wilfulness. In the incident where Mamata Banerjee chose to

enter the office of the planning commission through the maingate where SFI students were waiting to protest when she would

show up is plain irresponsible on Didi's part. And then she goes onto say why must she adhere to police directives of entering the

premises through the VIP gate. Lucky for her, most of the heat wassuffered by her financial minister (let this be a warning to

followers of Didi). The reason that Didi gave was that she is an LIP.Everyone can see that she did this for political reasons. Just so thatsome justification can be had for the incidence of violence perpe-trated by Trinamool Congress goondas against students belongingto rival parties. And about her not being a beggar,there may besuggestions that are contrary to her claims, for the primary reasonfor her Delhi visit was to seek financial help from the Centre forher 'poor' state. Not heard of the saying 'Beggars can’t bechoosers', eh, Didi? If West Bengal languishes in dire need ofinvestment and the prosperity that follows with it, it is her fault.Her ‘fight for farmers’ has made her infamous for being anti-industrialisation and for this she’s only to blame.

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THE BEAST WITHIN

tELEVISIONTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

WHAT’S HANNIBAL ABOUT?Hannibal explores the early relationship of ThomasHarris’ famous characters, renowned psychiatristHannibal Lecter and gifted FBI criminal profiler WillGraham. 15

Q: What do you feel aboutplaying Hannibal?Laurence Fishburne: I don’tne cessarily have a set idea ofwho this guy is. I don’t do th -at, try to define things like th -at, but it sounds good. It sou n -ds like I might be able to act u -ally pull it off (inaudible).

Q: Judging by the first twoepisodes, it was differentfrom everything we saw.Fishburne: This is a goodthing! Good. I feel the sameway. I mean, when I watchedit, I was like ‘I have never seenthis show on television’.

Q: Why do you think it’s dif-ferent? Fishburne: Bryan Fuller’simagination and the way wework, the way in which he isable to take these alreadyexisting characters and enterinto their world and sort ofreshape it for us and make itfresh and new is what I thinkis going on.

Q: And what do you think itadds to the horror genre?Fishburne: I don’t know. Idon’t think it’s about addingto the genre particularly. Ithink it is in and of itself, itcomes out of a particulargenre, but I don’t think it canonly be defined as thatbecause at the same time,there’s this wonderful dramathat is being played out withour three characters. There’sthis wonderful sort of cat-and-mouse between WillGraham and Jack Crawfordand then Hannibal and WillGraham, and then Hannibaland Jack Crawford. That isoutside of the horror show.

Q: Is there anything you cantell us about your character? Fishburne: What can I tellyou? You will meet JackCrawford’s wife.

Q: Is it difficult for you toplay with your real wife? Isn’tit awkward?Fishburne: No, but she’sincredible though. And it isn’tawkward. Well, we haveworked together before.

Q: You receive a lot of scriptsevery day, so when you read

this story, what did you find?Fishburne: I liked it. A friendof mine approached me. ChrisBrancato was the guy thatapproached me and weworked together on a moviecalled Hoodlum about 16 to 17years ago. So when he said itwas really good, I was likeokay, and he was right, it’sreally good. And then I heardthat Mads and Hugh were castas Hugh as Lecter andGraham and I thought, okay,these are really, really goodactors and I would be happyto join them. And also, mywife is making a show here inToronto and so it gave me anopportunity to make a showhere in Toronto. So for all ofthose reasons, I said yes.

Q: With your character, hehas like an admiration orsomething? Fishburne: I think there is arespect. I think they respecteach other’s minds. JackCrawford heads up thebehavioural science unit.That is a pretty specific thing.That is talking about howpeople’s minds work andHannibal Lecter is a greatpsychiatrist, so these guys arereally interested in the work-ings of the human mind and Ithink they admire each otherfor that.

Q: Why do you think we areso attracted to characters likeHannibal Lecter? Fishburne: I thinkbecause we all have it inour hearts. I think thatit’s just a fantasy that is

expressed beautifully in thischaracter. Not only does hedo that, he does it with style. Q: What is the main challengefor you in a character likethat, if there’s one there? Fishburne: Just finding thebalance, making sure that weare honestly doing our jobstrying to find these guys,these people, that are doingthese horrible things, andthen having some kind of lev-ity to it, making sure thatthere’s enough humour in it,so that it’s not all like this.The biggest stuff right now isjust trying to figure out howto get this right and how toget the tone right so that theaudience wants to come back.That’s the challenge and thatis storytelling. What does itlook like, what does it feellike, does it make sense?We’ve got a bunch of charac-ters and we’ve got a bunch ofkillers and it’s all sort of inter-connected and so trying tomake sense out of it is quitedifficult.

Q: How did you find Gu i l l e -rmo as a director ?Fishburne: He was great; hewas so much fun. He’s awe-some. Him, David Slade,Michael Rymer, all the castthat we’ve had on the showhave been really good.

Q: Do you haveany favouritescenes so far? Fishburne: Ilove everyscene that Ih a v ep l a y e dw i t hH u g hD a n c y

and every scene that I’veplayed with Mads. I’m justreally — these guys are reallywonderful, they really are.

Q: So what’s next for youafter the show? Do you haveany plans? Fishburne: Promoting theSuperman movie this summer.

Hannibal is the latest AXNoriginal series which is atreat for the viewers who

love the genre of crime.Watch it on AXN at 10 pm

every Friday.

You have knownhim as Morpheus

in the Matrixmovie series, now

see LaurenceFishburne as Jack

Crawford in themuch talkedabout series

on AXN,Hannibal.

Here’s whatthe actor

had to sayabout hisnew role.

Finding the balance

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of cat-and-mousebetween Will Grahamand Jack Crawfordand then Hannibaland Will Graham, andthen Hannibaland JackCrawford.

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18BAREFACED LIARFormed in 2002, Barefaced Liar is an amalgamation of the distinct and eclectic musi-cal taste of its members, Akshay Chowdhry (Vocals, Guitars), Sumant Balakrishnan(Guitars, Vocals) and Dushyant Purohit (Bass).Watch them perform at Hard Rock Cafetoday at 9pm.

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TO GREATER BEGINNINGSTeam Path Finders from MRCE, Faridabad, were crowned Imagine Cup 2013national winners for their project Swasthya Sanjivani which aims to provideaffordable, approachable and quick healthcare services to people in remoteareas. The team is set to represent India at the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals inRussia. The Imagine Cup is an event organised by Microsoft.

INSPIRATIONAL JEWELLERYPatny Jewels launched their traditionalfestive collection for the Ugadi special

sale. Patny jewels will also belaunching their exclusive showroom

at Begumpet.

KIDDIES HAVENToonzRetail India Pvt Limited launched its one stop store for kids in the City.

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CHINESE LAB REVEALS H7N9 SOURCEA top Chinese biology lab ascribed the H7N9 avian influenza to genetic reassort-ment of wild birds from east Asia and chickens from east China. The researchersfound that no genes in H7N9 were traceable to pigs, thus excluding pigs as inter-mediate hosts for the deadly new strain of bird flu, reports Xinhua. IANShealth

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Tag AlongTag Along lets you notifyyour friends and workoutbuddies that you'reheaded out for an activi-ty and would like some-one to, well, tag along.

They get a notification and can choosewhether to tag along or ignore. It's asimple, low pressure way to invitefriends to join you without texting orcalling all of them. itunes.apple.com

Otitis mediaInflammation of the middle ear is acommon cause of earache in children.Acute otitis media is infection andinflammation of the middle ear. Otitismedia with effusion (also know as glueear) is when fluid (often sticky and thick)builds up behind the tympanic mem-brane (ear drum). It is common in child-hood and may resolve spontaneously,leading experts to think that it may be anatural phenomenon. bbc.co.uk

Life is not exactlyRatatouilleThe rat and the mouseare far more dangerousto humans than anyother animal. They carry

at least 20 pathogens that cause differ-ent diseases. It is estimated that theyhave caused the deaths of more peoplein the last thousand years than all warsin the world put together. health24.com

Gholam A PeymanGholam is a recipient of National Medalof Technology and Innovation, an honorfor technological achievement,bestowed by the US President. He is alsoa prolific and successful inventor.Gholam Peyman has, thus far, beengranted 136 US patents covering abroad range of novel medical devices,intra-ocular drug delivery, surgical tech-niques, as well as new methods of diag-nosis and treatment. en.wikipedia.org

NEWS BRIEFSAPP-LY YOURSELF HOUSECALL DID YOU KNOW? PIONEERS

How many times havewe looked at KatrinaKaif and marvelled ather for her milky-

white complexion or ogled atHrithik Roshan’s rippling mus-cles. Many products in the cur-rent market might even promiseyou that and more. This cream,that lotion, this supplement andthat drink...

Acting is not just aboutdolling up and looking good infront of the camera. It requires alot of effort and a lot of sacrifice.Yet the burden of their personaand the fans does not allow thema moment’s rest. Take Bollywoodfor example. Every other weekyou will have shoots beingstalled thanks to actors beinginjured on the sets or taking ill.Why, the whole country withbated breath and eager ears fol-lowed the health condition ofAmitabh Bachchan and SalmanKhan when they were in hos-pital due to accelerated

health problems. Bipasha Basurecently revealed her CDs onexercises were inspired by herbattle with osteoarthritis.

Tollywood actress KritiKharbanda tells us about whatactresses have to face. “For me, itis the sun which seems to be mymortal enemy. I have been aller-gic to the sun since childhood,but do actors have a choice? Howlong can you work with onlysunscreens? Then shooting inextreme weather conditions isnot ideal for anyone, especiallyif you notice that the heroine ismostly clad in a chiffon sariwhile she serenades the hero insub-zero temperature.”

According to Kriti, skin prob-lems is what actresses are scaredof. After all, it’s your face whichis your bread and butter. Samegoes for models as well. Withirregular working hours, applica-tion of so many chemicals, thenputting and remove the layers ofmake-up, the numerous thingsbeing applied to the hair, the listof health problems just growslonger.

“People think an actor has arosy job, because all they have todo is smile for the camera ordance around the trees. Peoplewill be the first to comment thatthe actor is becoming fat or thatshe is aging so fast. But no oneknows the real reasons for thebag under her eyes or the wrin-kles on her skin are induced dueto long hours of standing on herfeet, exposure to the sun orshooting for 20 hours straight,”explains Kriti.

Dr Kiran Kumar A, dermatol-ogist and cosmetologist atMedwin hospital says, “For any-

one in the media industry, espe-cially those facing the cameralights suffer from a whole hostof problems and first signs ofthese manifest on the skin. Takefor instance models; actors atleast have the liberty to removemake-up and their shoots usual-ly consists of breaks, but modelshave no such luck. Firstly, theyhave to be figure conscious as aresult of which compromises aremade on lifestyle choices anddiets. Then the constant applica-tion of make-up and the variousother chemicals the face is sub-ject to, leaves the skin tatteredbeyond repair. Stress and pres-sure on the job is also seen onthe skin in the form of acne,pimples or bags under the eyes.Also medication cannot beapplied during the day sincetheir job does not allow it.Exposure to the sun is anotherdemon actors have to battlewith. Then frequent changes indiets. All this wreaks havoc onthe body in more ways thanone.”

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IT’S ALL ABOUT LOOKSFacing the camera might seem the best job in the world, but the effort to maintain that

image comes at the cost of one’s health. We find out the face outside the arclights.

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WASHINGTON: Natural sub-stances extracted from green orunroasted coffee beans can pre-vent diabetes and improve glu-cose control, a new study hasfound.

US researchers found thatchlorogenic acids in coffee canhelp control elevated bloodsugar levels and body weightthat underpin type 2 diabetes.

Researcher Joe Vinson, whois with the University ofScranton in Pennsylvania, point-ed out that coffee, due to its pop-ularity, is a major dietary sourceof these substances.

The high temperatures usedto roast coffee beans to makethem suitable for use in coffeebreaks down much of the chloro-genic acids. Thus, the focus hasbeen on using concentratedextracts of green coffee beans.

“One large study indicated a50 per cent risk reduction forpeople who drank seven cups ofcoffee a day compared to thosewho drank only two cups a day,"Vinson said.

In a previous study, Vinsonfound that overweight or obesepeople who took such an extractlost about 10 per cent of theirbody weight in 22 weeks.

The new study sought todocument the effects of variousdoses of a commercial green cof-fee extract on the blood sugarlevels of 56 men and womenwith normal blood sugar levels.

They got a glucose tolerancetest to see how their bodiesresponded to the sugar. Thenover a period of time, they took100, 200, 300 or 400 mil-ligrammes (mg) of the extract ina capsule with water.

Follow-up glucose tolerancetests showed how the green cof-fee extract affected their responses.

The study was presented at aAmerican Chemical Society’smeeting in New Orleans. PTI

Green coffeeextract canprevent diabetes

RESEARCH

Egg white protein canlower blood pressure

WASHINGTON: Here isanother reason why you shouldinclude eggs in your diet!

Egg white protein can loweryour blood pressure as effective-ly as low doses of medication,according to a new study.

“We have evidence from thelaboratory that a substance inegg white - it’s a peptide, one ofthe building blocks of proteins -reduces blood pressure about asmuch as a low dose ofCaptopril, a high-blood-pres-sure drug," said study leaderZhipeng Yu, of Jilin University.

Yu and colleagues fromClemson University, studied apeptide called RVPSL. Scientistspreviously discovered that thesubstance, like the family ofmedications that includes

Captopril, Vasotec andMonopril, was an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE)inhibitor.

It has a powerful ability toinhibit or block the action ofACE, a substance produced inthe body that raises blood pressure.

They set out to further docu-ment RVPSL’s effects, using lab-oratory rats that develop highblood pressure and are stand-ins for humans in such earlyresearch on hypertension.

The results of feeding thesubstance were positive, show-ing that RVPSL did not haveapparent toxic effects and low-ered blood pressure by amountscomparable to low doses ofCaptopril.

“Our results support andenhance previous findings onthis topic. They were promisingenough to move ahead with fur-ther research on the effects ofthe egg white peptide on humanhealth," Yu said.

Yu noted that the researchwas done with a version of thepeptide that was heated to

almost 93 degrees Celsius dur-ing preparation - less than thetemperatures typically used tocook eggs.

He cited evidence fromother research, however, thategg whites may retain their ben-eficial effects on blood pressureafter cooking.

Yu believes that egg whitepeptides, either in eggs or as asupplement, could become use-ful as an adjunct to high-blood-pressure medication.

For now, he said people withhigh blood pressure should con-sult their health care providerbefore making any changes.

The study was presented ata meeting of the AmericanChemical Society in NewOrleans. PTI

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BERLIN: German scientistshave implanted pacemakersin the brains of patients suf-fering from depression, withremarkable results.

Researchers from theBonn University Hospitalimplanted pacemaker electrodes into the medial forebrain bundle in the brainsof patients suffering from

major depression. In six out ofseven patients, symptomsimproved both considerablyand rapidly.

The method of Deep BrainStimulation had already beentested on various structureswithin the brain, but withclearly lesser effect.

The results of this newstudy have now been

published in the internationaljournal Biological Psychiatry.

“The effects, as well as thespeed of the response has sofar not been achieved withany other method," says Prof.Dr Thomas E Schlapfer fromthe Bonn University HospitalDepartment of Psychiatryand Psychotherapy.

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Pacemakers for depression patientsbreakthrough

Experts say theeffects and thespeed of responsehave not beenachieved with any other method so far.

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Taapsee is a certifieddiver now

After Trisha andCharmee, it is Taapsee’s

turn to boast about herscuba diving skills. Duringher recent trip to Maldives,she reportedly took anexam to get a scuba divinglicence and she managed topass it. “Yayyyyyyy n m alicensed scuba diver!! Partof another world now.(sic),”she posted on Twitter.

Iddarammayilatho’steaser goes viral

The first teaser of Allu Arjun’supcoming film

Iddarammayilatho has become arage on the internet. The makerswere quite surprised to see thatthe teaser got more than fourlakh views in less than 48 hours.Amala Paul and Catherine Tresahave played the lead roles. PuriJagannadh has directed the film.

Navdeep, Sneha Ullalteam up

Navdeep and Sneha Ullal areteaming up for a romantic

entertainer titled Antha NeeMayalone. The film is going to bedirected by Krishna and Swaraj isgoing to score the music. “Anabsolute romantic comedy!!Looks like it cud be my muchawaited break :) #excited (sic),”Navdeep tweeted.

CINE BYTES

After a string of action entertainers,Manchu Manoj is going to dab-

ble with the romance genre in hisupcoming film Potugadu. The

film has as many as four heroinesand buzz is that it’s the Telugu remake of a

Kannada superhit film titled GovindayaNamaha. Sakshi Chowdhary, Simran Kaur

Mundi and Nathalia Kaur have beenfinalised to play the lead roles and themakers are still in search for one more

heroine. Recently, a song was cannedon Manchu Manoj and Sakshi

Chowdhary in couple of landmarks inBijapur. Incidentally, the Kannada ver-

sion of this song, Pyarge Aagbittaite,was one of the biggest hits in 2012.

Pawan Wadeyar is directing the filmand Sirisha, Sreedhar are producing

the film under Ramalakshmi CineCreations banner. Talking aboutthe film, the producer said, “Werecently spent `50 lakh to shoota song on Manoj and Sakshi in

Bijapur in locations likeIbrahim Roza and Gol

Gumbaz. The song will be oneof the major highlights of the

film. Currently, the film isbeing shot in Bangalore and

we’ll soon move toHyderabad.” Nathalia Kaur is

going to join the film unit inBangalore and on the other

hand, Simran Kaur will be play-ing a Brahmin girl.

Most of Manchu Manoj’s filmstarting from Nenu Meeku Telusa?

to his recent film Uu KodatharaUlikki Padthara have had him

playing quirky roles which are oftenaction packed. In a way, Potugaaduwill be his first full fledged roman-

tic entertainer; however, the pro-ducer has revealed that

Hollywood stunt directors aregoing to choreograph the

action sequences in the film.Manoj had suffered numer-ous injuries while perform-ing action sequences in his

previous films and hespent a lot of time recu-

perating from the injuries.

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TURNING LOVER BOY

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BOTTEGA VENETA TO OVERTAKE LUXURY MARKET BOTTEGA VENETA is expected to overtake the eight per cent growth forecast

for the global luxury goods market this year. The brand saw profits boost of 46.7 per cent in 2012, as reported in February.

From the White Sands

fashion

For the first time, Carriageworks atEveleigh Sydney became thenation's style attraction asAustralia's most innovative fashion designers, red carpetcelebrities and retailers join in astyle-packed spectacular event from April 8-12 to unveil the Spring Summer collections.

22&23D&G TAX EVASIONITALY'S TAX Commission has fined fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana $441 million for tax evasion. The

decision confirmed to Reuters by Italy's tax agency relates to payments the agency says should have been made when thedesigners sold their brands to their own Luxembourg-based holding company GADO in 2004.

This season of fashion at Sydney also welcomed leading fashion tradefair, 'Premiere', giving industry guests access to additionaldesigner, footwear and accessory brands. The preliminary lineup for the individual collection shows included designers

such as Alex Perry, Lisa Ho, Easton Pearson, Ginger & Smart,Manning Cartell, Camilla and Marc, Alice McCall, We AreHandsome, Romance Was Borne, Michael Lo Sordo, JaysonBrunsdon, Bec & Bridge, Aurelio Costarella and many more.

“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia provides anunrivalled platform for Australia’s design talent to show-case their vision to a worldwide audience beyond theevent’s physical footprint and into the digital world withover half a million followers, fans and conversationalists.This season’s event is taking place at our new home andwas opened by Camilla and Marc in honour of their 10year anniversary. Additionally, Jayson Brunsdon will alsocelebrate 10 years of his eponymous label, and AurelioCostarella will join an illustrious few marking 30th yearsin the business in 2013,” said Jarrad Clark, Director ofGlobal Production, IMG Fashion Events and Properties.

Clark also confirmed, “Australian fashion icon AlexPerry will return to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion WeekAustralia runway alongside a number of designers makingtheir debut, including Vanishing Elephant, Phoenix Keating,Serpent & the Swan, Season 4 Project Runway Australia winnerChristina Exie and Kahlo. Rounding up the solo shows, we wel-come our designers involved in our group show launch pads: NewGeneration, Swim and The Student showcases, which are sure to pro-vide some future stars.”

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ACROSS1 Indian princess5 Bass or treble, eg9 Falls behind in the end14 Furnace waste15 Like old age?16 Lacking skill17 Shrimp discard18 Send forth19 Out of port20 Many are mailed out monthly23 Yonder damsel24 Pinheads25 Striker’s substitute27 Trip to the summit30 Reeking33 How many it takes to tango?34 ‘My humble

apologies!’37 Resell tickets at

jacked-up prices38 Depict by drawing40 Given a PG or R42 Black-and-white ocean beast43 Protective covering45 Hospital supply47 TV-viewing room48 Extremely servile50 Letter abbr for gents52 Vintner’s valley53 A little drunk55 Do simple math57 Kipling was one62 First-class, in slang64 It may never be enough65 Cast ballots66 Mister, in Madrid67 Major burden68 Knocks the socks off of69 Provoked (with ‘on’)70 Smart-mouthed71 Toddlers’ snoozes

DOWN1 Invite letters2 Opposite of aweather3 Depilatory on store shelves4 Set on fire5 One expecting payment6 Establish a maximum for7 Sword-and-sandal flicks8 Big cheese in Greece9 Catastrophes10 Aardvark’s snack11 Automotive interior features12 Blunted weapon13 Twinkler in the sky21 Holds the deed on22 Hallucination drug26 With the bow, in music27 Sky-bearer of myth28 Ice cream effect29 Type of lead30 Terminer’s partner31 Stomach ailment32 Wings’ measures35 Baby diaper problem36 Map abbr39 ___ Scotia41 Worst kept, as a motel44 It prevents you from dropping

dead46 Large flat-topped hill49 Brazil’s ___ Paulo51 Very wooded53 Heavy British weight54 Rack up, as debt55 Rounded church area56 Bottom-of-the-barrel bit58 In the ___ (well-informed)59 Corn-growing state60 Dance unit61 Dick Tracy’s sweetheart63 Bartender Szyslak on ‘The

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26THOUGHT OF THE DAYWhen you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed tomake you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. Clifton Fadiman

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How to play kakuroKakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku insome ways. But is also suitably different. The keyquestion: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well hereare the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakurogrid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It hasrows and columns, and dark cells like in a cross-word. And, just like in a crossword, some of thedark cells will contain numbers. Some cells willcontain two numbers.

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

Within each collection of cells — calleda run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be usedbut, like sudoku, each number may only be usedonce.

Let’s have an example to explain this conceptmore clearly:

In the image above, which shows a section ofa 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 under-neath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could bethe answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combi-nation? Well, this is done through eliminationand cross-referencing. For instance, as you workout the answers for other kakuro clues, this willnaturally limit the valid combinations, and hencethe answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it con-tains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers tothe vertical run underneath the number 30 andthe 11 refers to the two cells to the right, hori-zontally, of the number 11.

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ARIESComforts in your life are set toincrease. Unexpected fortune islikely to keep you financiallystrong. Avoid being selfish andgive shape to innovative plans.Success is certain for you. Becareful in food habits. You gainan upper hand over enemies.

ARIES: Seven of Swords –If you’re in doubt about something,hold off making a decision untilyou’re absolutely certain. You willcome across many such situations.

GEMINI: Six of Wands –Your mind opens up to new possibil-ities. If you get a brilliant idea andknow it can work, how about givingit an honest push to test your own.

LEO: Five of Wands – Con -flict, contradiction and confusionmight make you take some wrongdecisions. Put off all important worktill there is more clarity.

LIBRA: The Fool – You’re inthe first steps of an exciting newjourney. You’re learning somethingnew and are excited about beingassociated with a new project

TAURUS: Seven of Pentac -les – Avoid picking a fight with some -one you know for sure you need inthe near future. By antagonisinghim/her, you run a risk of obstacles.

CANCER: Nine of Pentacles– There are many people around youwilling to help and get you on theright track. You must be in the frameof mind to accept help.

VIRGO: The Hermit –Spiritual awareness will make yourealise many things about yourself.You need to disconnect with thematerial world for some time.

SCORPIO: Ten of Pentac -les – A fruit diet will be good to reju-venate you. A detox session willcleanse you from within. It will alsohelp you think clearly.

CAPRICORN: Page ofWands – Creativity is at its peak. Youget new ideas and want to be able toput them to good use. Forget aboutbeing practical for some time.

SAGITTARIUS: The Hang -ed Man – You’re seeing life from a verydifferent perspective and not everyonemay be able to understand your pointof view. Don’t try to force your ideas.

AQUARIUS: Queen ofPentacles – Finances are in focus. Youneed to organise inflow and outflowof money is a proper way to ensurethat all loose ends are tied up well.

PISCES: The Devil –Temptation for more things materialis making you do some very irra-tional things. Get a hold of yourselfand think of the long term.

TAURUSExpenses likely to go beyondcapacity, but you will be ableto handle the situation wisely.Help through womenfolk and aluxurious lifestyle likely. Newfriends will be added to yourcircle and through them youare likely to derive benefits.

GEMINIHappy events likely to take pla -ce at home and keep all happy.Success in all work; even thosethat faced hurdles will get com-pleted now. Newlyweds are tobe blessed with an offspringsoon. Some might face prob-lem in govt-related work.

CANCERA good turning point makesyour life very cheerful. Hurdlesin performing good events willbe over and you will succeedin performing them. Debtissues will get under control.Financial position will becomevery strong to cheer you up.

LEOMedical expense towards par-ents is likely to go up. You arelikely to get good and vitalposition in the society as wellas at workplace. Court verdict islikely to go in your favour mak-ing you happy. You win overyour enemies and march ahead.

VIRGOChildren make you proud andhappy. Also, their attitude willchange and they co-operatewell with you. Unwanted men-tal tension and health problemlikely to upset you. You are like-ly to face opposition in thefamily; handle it politely.

LIBRAHappy events likely to takeplace at home. Be careful whileexpressing opinions. Influx ofvisitors likely, which will keepyou and your family memberscheerful. Financial inflow will begood. Benefit through maternalrelatives is most likely.

SCORPIOBlood relatives will support you,which will make you happy. Becareful in implementing plansas disappointment is likely.Some likely to get a respectfulposition in the society and com-forts. Businessmen likely to faceproblem from govt officials.

SAGITTARIUSAvoid unwanted argumentswith family members, whichmight spoil the atmosphere.Financial constraints and men-tal tension likely; be careful.Health problems likely; staywith healthy food habits. Tripsundertaken will be successful.

CAPRICORNDelayed marriage talk will re -sume and progress well. Empl -o y ees advised to complete allwork with proper planning andin stipulated time to get favourfrom superiors. Businessmenadvised to keep a watch ontheir staff as sabotage is likely.

AQUARIUSBe careful while driving as aminor accident is likely. Father’sbusiness will flourish, which willbring cheer to all the familymembers. Unexpec ted eventstaking place for your benefitwill surprise you but cheer you.Couples remain cordial.

PISCESExpenses will exceed income,upsetting you. If you act in thepresent circumstances with aproper plan success will beyours. Avoid unwanted discus-sions and waste of time. Avoidfollowing women’s advises asyou could get into trouble.

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Gerard’s fans wanthim in action films

Gerard Butler says hisfans wish he does more

action films. He hasworked in romantic filmslike P.S. I Love You and TheUgly Truth. “People tend tosay, ‘Why the **** don’tyou stop doing love sto-ries? If I see you in anotherlove story I’m going to puta knife through yourbrain,’” femalefirst.co.ukquoted him as saying. IANS

Cranston, Rebel Wilsonjoin Kung Fu Panda 3

With a combined $1.3 billionfrom the first two install-

ments, it should come as no sur-prise that Kung Fu Panda 3 is inthe works. The main players fromthe cast of the previous parts arereturning, including Jack Blackand Angelina Jolie. THR reportsthat Breaking Bad star BryanCranston and Pitch Perfect stand-out Rebel Wilson are joining thevoice cast as well.

X-Men script fantastic,says Jackman

Hugh Jackman says the scriptof X-Men: Days of Future Past

is fantastic, and that he can’t waitto reunite with stars from the tril-ogy. “I owe, in a way, everythingto (director) Bryan Singer. Thefirst film I did in America was X-Men. Wolverine is a character I’veloved playing and I can’t believeit’s going to be my seventh timeplaying it. It just blows me away,”said Jackman. IANS

CINE BYTESFATIGUE, NOT BREAKDOWN

Mental breakdownremarks were blownout of proportion:

Actress Zoe Saldanahas, for the first time,addressed the mental

breakdown rumours follow-ing the success of Avatar,insisting that the incidentwas completely blown out ofproportion.

The 34-year-old, whoshot to super stardom in2009 after featuring in JamesCameron’s sci-fi epic, saidthe media made too much ofthe quotes she gave and itreally was not as bad, report-ed Daily Star.

“That was completelyblown out of proportion.That was so exaggerated andso ridiculous. It’s no differ-ent than what a child doesafter you’ve had a birthdayparty (for the child). Thechild has been so stimulatedby everybody, in every direction, consistently, youfeel depleted.

“You use so much sero-tonin that you feel, notempty, but you feel a littletired and depleted and youhave to fill your well of ener-gy and of happiness and youhave to pay attention toyou,” she said.

After the completion ofthe film, Saldana had saidshe has been left mentallyexhausted and had sufferedan emotional breakdown.

PTI

sports 29FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

INORBIT CORPORATE T20 CRICKET LEAGUE

Brilliant Chess Academywill conduct the 83rd

Brilliant trophy open chesstournament on April 13 and 14under the auspices of the AP

Chess Association at BrilliantGrammar High School.

Special prizes will begiven to top 2 places in Under-6, 8, 10, 12, 14 age groups boys

and girls separately. Entries close by 1.00pm

on Saturday. Further detailscan be had on the number 92473 99717.

Chess in city

NEW YORK: Bernard Hopkins(above), the oldest boxer to win amajor world title, said onWednesday that he will defend hisInternational Boxing Federationlight-heavyweight crown later thisyear against German Karo Murat.

Hopkins broke his own worldrecord by nearly two years lastmonth by winning a unanimousdecision over Tavoris Cloud at theage of 48 to take the title.

“Yes my next fight is the manda-tory Murat,” Hopkins confirmed ina posting on his Twitter page, laterposting that the fight would happenin July or August.

Promoter Richard Schaefer toldESPN that the Barclays Centre inNew York or Boardwalk Hall inAtlantic City were likely venues forthe fight. AFP

WASHINGTON: Defending NBAchampion Miami, playing withoutits top stars, clinched this season’sbest NBA record and a home-fieldadvantage in the playoffs with a103-98 victory Wednesday atWashington.

Ray Allen scored 23 points tolead the Heat, who lacked LeBronJames due to a sore right hamstring,Dwyane Wade with a knee bruiseand ankle sprain, Chris Bosh withthe flu and Udonis Haslem with asore right ankle.

The Heat set a new team recordfor victories in a single season with62 and ensured they will finish atopthe San Antonio Spurs, the leadersof the NBA Western Conference, forthe top playoff seed.

At 62-16, Miami had alreadyclinched the top Eastern Conferencemark.

Rashard Lewis scored 17 pointsfor the Heat. while Shane Battieradded 15 points and Mike Millerhad 14 points and eight reboundsfor Miami. AFP

Stars rest as Heatclinch playoffhome-court edge

DUBAI: Bahrain has beenrounding up pro-democracyactivists ahead of its controver-sial staging of the April 21Formula One Grand Prix twoyears after a bloody crack-down, Human Rights Watchsaid on Wednesday.

“Bahraini authorities arecarrying out home raids andarbitrarily detaining protestersin advance of the Formula 1Grand Prix weekend,” the NewYork-based watchdog said.

“These raids and detentionssuggest that officials are moreconcerned with gettingactivists out of circulation forthe Formula 1 race than withaddressing the legitimategrievances that have led somany Bahrainis to take to thestreets,” said HRW’s MiddleEast director Sarah LeahWhitson.

“The Bahraini authorities

have a responsibility to ensurethe safety of those attendingthe Formula 1 Grand Prix, butthat should not extend toarresting people for exercising

their legitimate rights to freespeech and assembly.

“Night-time raids of target-ed people by masked officerswho show neither arrest nor

search warrants appear intend-ed to intimidate them, theirfamilies and their supporters,”she said.

Opposition groups announ -ced Wednesday they wouldorganise a nine-day campaignof rallies and demonstrationsacross Bahrain under the slo-gan of “Democracy is ourright”.

The “peaceful escalationwill include a bundle of politi-cal and public activities... andan increase in protests andpeaceful rallies,” said the oppo-sition, which is led by Al-Wefaqmain Shiite formation.

The statement made nomention of the Formula Onerace as a motive for the protestswhich will begin on Friday.

Bahrain was rocked bymonth-long pro tests led by thekingdom’s Shiite majority inearly 2011 too. AFP

A Bahraini protestor holds a banner south of Manama against theupcoming Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. AFP/ MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH

SEW’s Himanshu (R) receives the man-of-the-match award for the hundred he scoredagainst Anthelio Business of just 54 balls.

SEW 221 for 1 in 20overs (Himanshu101, Nithin 79)

beat Anthelio 113/All-out in 16 over’sPraveeth 4 for 13

Cognizant 160 for 8in 20 overs (Roy 95)beat Sagarsoft 118 for 9in 20 overs (Satheesh33, Srinivas 3 for 23)

TATA 166 for 8 in20 overs (Deenakaran57 Yakub 3 for 33 beatNMDC 142 all-out in15 overs (Yakub 57,Chethan 5 for 24)

Yashoda Hospitals:101 all-out in 17 oversChakri 3 for 19 lost toCA 102 without loss in9 overs (Chakri 58)

Last-Eightline up

Capgemini vsWorldview Sew vs Vast

Technologies HSBC vs Net crackerCognizant vs Jysha

Techno

IBF LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

Ageless Hopkinsto defend crown

Bahrain accused of excessesPlainclothes police officers have arrested 20 people so far in raids.

NBA

SEW,Cognizant,Net Cracker,HSBC enterquarter-finals

sports 30AUGUSTA MASTERS PREVIEW

FED CUP

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

JIM SLATER Agence France-Presse

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA: As AugustaNational clings tightly to golfing tra-ditions, its rich and powerful mem-bership has tried to stay with thetimes in order to reflect changesbeyond the confines of the privateclub.

A club founded 80 years ago thatonce mandated black caddies and didnot invite a black golfer to theMasters until 1975 became the site ofthe first major won by a black playerwhen Tiger Woods captured the 1997Masters title.

Women’s activists were so upsetat the men-only status of AugustaNational that they staged a protestacross the street from the club duringthe 2003 event, when the Masterstelecasts dropped commercials overfears of action against advertisers.

But oh how the times havechanged. Augusta National wel-comed its first black member in 1990and its first women members,

financier Darla Moore and former USSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice,were unveiled last August.

“I hope the experience for Condiand Darla as members of our club hasbeen every bit as rewarding for themover the last eight months as it has

been for their fellow members,”Augusta National chairman BillyPayne said Wednesday.

“It’s just awesome. We have beenvery excited about it. These twoladies have been very special and ithas just been delightful.”

ALLAN KELLY Agence France-Presse

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA: Ted Potter set thestage for the 77th Masters by winning the tra-ditional eve-of-tournament Par-3 Contest onWednesday, while tennis star CarolineWozniacki provided comic relief.

The 29-year-old American debutant card-ed a five-under 22 on the nine-hole par-threelayout, which lies adjacent to the famedAugusta National course.

That left him in a five-way tie for the leadalong with Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson,Nick Watney and Ernie Els. Potter thensealed a solo win on the second hole of theensuing playoff against just Kuchar andMickelson, the two others having opted out.

By winning, Potter invited the curse ofthe Par-3 contest to fall upon his head as, sin -ce 1960 when the family and friends knocka -bout was first held, no winner has gone on towin the green jacket four days later. The gla -mour team of the day, however, was undo -ubtedly Rory McIlroy with his tennis-play-ing girlfriend Wozniacki on the bag, whichproduced the unlikely scenario of autographhunters surrounding both player and caddie.

NEW YORK: World numberone Serena Williams and hersister Venus will join SloaneStephens and Varvara Lepche -nko on the US Fed Cup teamfacing Sweden later this mon -th, the US Tennis Associationsaid Wednesday. The moveensures the Williams sisters,

two-time defending Olympicwomen’s doubles championsas well as the 2000 SydneyOlympic winners, will be eli-gible to play in the 2016 Rio deJaneiro Olympics. SerenaWilliams, a 15-time GrandSlam singles champion, is alsothe reigning Olympic singles

champion. The Americans, allranked in the WTA top 30, willplay host to Sweden at DelrayBeach, Florida, on April 20-21,with the winner qualifying forthe 2014 World Group and theloser relegated with no chanceto win the trophy next year.“I’m really excited about the

team that we have,” US FedCup captain Mary Joe Ferna -ndez said. “We have great tal-ent and depth, which is a per-fect combination.” VenusWilliams is ranked 22nd, sixspots behind Australian Opensemi-finalist Stephens and fiveahead of Lepchenko. AFP

Williams Sisters to lead US agaisnt Swedes

I think life is all about having a balance, andtrying to find equilibrium and not getting

things one way or the other, and I feel very balanced.Tiger Woods

All the demons are gone. They were gone as soon as Igot off the 18th green. What’s done is done and itdoesn’t matter.

Rory McIlroyI’m a little bit nervous heading in because I’m notcompeting the week before, as I have for many yearsin the past. Having that open week, I’m a little bit ner-vous Phil Mickelson

I’ve answered that a hundred times. You’ve got twosets of fans [at Ryder Cup], and here you’ve got fansthat are wishing 92 players play well.

Bubba Watson

US government is investigating the incident in anindependent manner and would keep the IndianGovern ment apprised of full facts of the incident.

Ian PoulterObviously the notion of being the best player inthe world is exciting, and when you get as far asNo. 3 in the world you want to entertain that.

Justin Rose

What they have to sayEvent holds on to tradition

A groundskeeper waters the ninth green prior to the start of the 2013 Masters Tourna -ment at Augusta National Golf Club on Wednesday. AFP/HARRY HOW

Potter walks awaywith par-3 crown

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA:Successfully navigating thetricky three-hole stretch of

Augusta National’s backnine known as “Amen Cor -ner” could be the differen cebetween victory and de featin this week’s 77th Masters.

The testy par-4 11th, decep-tive par-3 12th and tempt-

ing but dangerous par-513th holes lurk at the far

corner of the famed 7,435-yard layout, lined by pine

trees and guarded byswirling winds that seem to

have

a life of their own.“You get down there

and (the late club founder)Bobby Jones has turned

this fan on down there andit swirls,” Woods said.

Woods is favoredthanks to victories this year

at Torrey Pines, Doral andBay Hill where he showed

the form that oncedominated golf,

notably withimpressive putting.

World numberone Woods has not

won a majorcrown since the

2008 US Openand has not

taken a Masterssince 2005, but

moving closer tothe all-timerecord of 18

majors won byJack Nicklaus

would end any doubt he isback in peak form. But ev -en he cannot afford to takeAmen Corner for granted.The 505-yard 11th ranked

second-hardest among lastyear’s 18 holes, only the

par-4 first proving tougherto the world-class field.“Eleven is a way differ-

ent hole,” Woods said. “Wedidn’t have that span of

trees down the right-handside that we do now and

the tee was much farther upand to the left. We used tobe able to hit driver down

there. Seve (Balleste ros)and Raymond (Floyd) alw -

ays said to just hit it ov erwhe re the gallery is. Th at’sthe angle you want to come

fr om. Well, you can’t getover there anymore. Hi tting

a good drive will lea ve mesomewhere between 8-iron

to 5-iron in there.” AFP

Amen Corner to be a problem

Tiger Woods of the US hitsa shot during a practice

round at the 77th Mastersgolf tournament at

Augusta National GolfClub on Wednesday in

Augusta, Georgia. AFP/JEWEL SAMAD

SCORECARDKINGS XI PUNJAB VS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Kings XI Punjab

M Singh c Bravo b Nannes 9 (10)

Gilchrist*† c Hussey b Nannes 9 (6)

M Vohra c Hussey b Jadeja 16 (11)

DJ Hussey c Bravo b Ashwin 41 (36)

G Singh c Nannes b Bravo 31 (26)

A Mahmood c Ashwin b Morris 8 (7)

R Sathish c Morris b Bravo 8 (6)

PP Chawla c Vijay b Bravo 4 (5)

RJ Harris c Bravo b Morris 0 (2)

P Kumar run out (†Dhoni) 3 (5)

P Awana not out 1 (5)

Extras (lb 6, w 2) 8

Total (all out; 19.5 overs) 138

Bowling O M R W Econ

MDP Nannes 3.5 0 17 2 4.43

AS Rajpoot 1 0 10 0 10.00

CH Morris 4 0 27 2 6.75

RA Jadeja 4 0 29 1 7.25

DJ Bravo 4 0 27 3 6.75

R Ashwin 3 0 22 1 7.33

Chennai Super Kings innings

M Vijay not out 50 (50)

MEK Hussey not out 86 (54)

Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3

Total (0 wickets; 17.2 overs) 139

Bowling O M R W Econ

P Kumar 2.2 0 18 0 7.71

RJ Harris 4 0 30 0 7.50

A Mahmood 4 0 34 0 8.50

P Awana 2 0 20 0 10.00

PP Chawla 4 0 21 0 5.25

R Sathish 1 0 15 0 15.00

Chennai Super Kings won by 10 wickets

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

31

METRE 6S 79 7DineshKarthik

(MI) 93*HIGHESTSCORE

BESTBOWLER 4-134S 289 21Dinesh

Karthik(MI)

SunilNarine(KKR)

ViratKohli(RCB)

The Royal ChallengersBangalore, who are setclash with the Kolkata

Knight Riders at theChinnaswamy Stadium today,would be going into the matchwith a new found confidence.

In their previous match, theChallengers defeated SunrisersHyderabad with a convincingvictory. Skipper Virat Kohli’sperformance was outstandingas he lead his team from thefront hammering an unbeatenquickfire 93 off just 47 deliver-ies.

RCB’s victory against SRHcame after thier defeat in amatch which ended in a superover against the same oppo-nents.

While the Challengerswould go into their next matchfeeling positive and very confi-dent, the same cannot be saidfor the Knights who have man-

aged to draw blood on a singleinstance from the two matchesthey played this season.

KKR won the tournamentopener against the DelhiDaredevils with a comfortablesix wickets victory but failed torepeat the same when they lost

to Rajasthan Royals after beingbundled out for 125, falling 19runs short.

The Knights have players toboast off, with the likes of skip-per Gautam Gambhir, YusufPathan, Jacques Kallis, BrettLee and Sunil Narine makingtheir presence felt in the play-ing XI but if they fail to firetoday, then RCB is sure to runaway with the match.

The Challengers also have aline up which could intimidatethe opponents. The name‘Chris Gayle’ is enough to senda chill done the spines of therivals. And with players likeKohli, AB De Villiers andMuttiah Muralitharan amongthe others, the Challengers canbe counted as one of the bestteams in the Indian PremierLeague.

G. APARNA SAI

[Yusuf] Pathan is amatch winner and isgoing to do somethi -ng special in this tou -rname nt. I have a lotof beli ef in him andthe team backs him.

Gautam GambhirKKR skipper

P W L T PT NRMI 3 2 1 0 4 +0.850

RR 2 2 0 0 4 +0.600

RCB 3 2 1 0 4 +0.352

SRH 3 2 1 0 4 +0.083

KXIP 2 1 1 0 2 +0.986

CSK 2 1 1 0 2 +0.296

KKR 2 1 1 0 2 -0.231

DD 3 0 3 0 0 -1.024

PW 2 0 2 0 0 -1.915

P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie;NR-net run rate; PT-points

Kallis, Leewalk therampThey have been playing

cricket all these years butyesterday was a different

ball game altogether for KKR assome of their stars like JacquesKallis and Brett Lee walked theramp with models at an event.

KKR captain GautamGambhir, Lee, Manoj Tiwary,Kallis, Sunil Narine and EoinMorgan were present in theevent organised by watch-mak-ing company Seiko.

The players walked the rampwith ease. They did not findthemselves out of place. As theofficial watch partner of KKR,Seiko will benefit from market-ing and visibility rights for thenext two years including Seikobranding on player headwearand in KKR brand collaterals. PTI

RCB VS KKR AT 4PMON SET MAX

RCB look to tame Knights

DineshKarthik (MI)183 runs

IPL 6 BATTLE OF THE TITANS

aparna.s@postnoon.com

Pune Warriors must be theonly team in the history ofthe Indian Premier League

which has consistently under-performed in every season it fig-ured in the history of the tour-nament.

The Warriors clash withRajasthan Royals on their hometurf today but, keeping in mindthe past performances of PWI,they hardly look threateningagainst the Royals, a side whichcurrently has a 100% win recordthis season.

This will be the third seasonthat the Warriors have playedin, but this side has already beenmarred by its share of contro-versies including the ousting offormer Indian captain, SouravGanguly.

If Pune Warriors fail to post

a victory soon, then they wouldundoubtedly find themselvesstaggering at the bottom rungsof the points table and maybehave only Delhi Daredevils forcompany, a side, which surpris-

ingly failed to win any of thethree matches they have playedin this edition of the tourna-ment, so far.

The Royals from Rajasthanhave a completely contrastingstory to narrate. Under the cap-taincy of The Wall, RahulDravid, RR have performedconsistently and are currentlyplaced at the second spot on thepoints table, after MumbaiIndians. — AS

PWI: Down in the dumps

PWI VS RR AT 8PMON SET MAX

Sunil Narine(KKR), KevonCooper (RR)

6 wickets

sportsTHURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

32RANGERS CHIEF GREEN SORRY OVER RACISM CHARGERangers chief executive Charles Green apologised on Wednesday after hewas charged by the Scottish Football Association over claims he maderacist comments. In a recent interview Green said that he referred to for-mer Rangers director Imran Ahmad as his "little Paki friend".

MISGUIDING WARDSSYDNEY: The coach of Aussie Rulesclub Essendon was accused onThurs day of injecting a blacklisteddrug while his players were givenanother substance anti-doping regu-

lators say should be banned, a reportsaid. James Hird allegedly injected asubstance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency before and duringthe 2012 AFL, Fairfax Media claimed.

Oz coach accusedof injectingbanned drug

Conte lets rip as Juvecrash out to Bayern

JUSTIN DAVISAgence France-Presse

TURIN, ITALY: Juventuscoach Antonio Conte hascalled on Italian football toget its house in order or

risk becoming a lost giantof European football, fol-lowing their quarter-finalexit from the ChampionsLeague to Bayern Munichon Wednesday: Juve wereoutclassed 2-0.

KIERAN CANNINGAgence France-Presse

BARCELONA: Barcelonasurvived a huge scare fromParis Saint-Germain onWednesday to qualify forthe Champions Leaguesemi-finals for the sixthsuccessive season on awaygoals after a 1-1 draw atthe Camp Nou.

The 2-2 draw betweenthe pair in last week'squarter-final first leg hadhanded the advantage tothe Catalans, but with starplayer Lionel Messi (inblue jersey above) onlystarting the return as a sub-stitute due to a hamstringinjury, they seemed ner-vous throughout and PSGdeservedly went in frontjust after half-time through

Javier Pastore.However, with Messi

summoned from thebench, Pedro fired home 19minutes from time to sendBarca into the last four.

BARCELONA HAILSUPERSUB MESSI Barcelona assistant manag-er Jordi Roura hailedLionel Messi's desire afterthe World Player of theYear helped guide theSpanish giants past ParisSaint-Germain.

"He is so important andhis presence on the fieldconditioned the game afterwe had conceded a goaland made an impact on theopponent. Once again hehas shown his competitivespirit,” Roura said.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Barça sneakinto semis

Barcelona survive scare to reachsemi-finals, thanks to Messi.