NEW DELHI, MARCH 09"I am not helpless. I am a

very influential ExternalAffairs Minister."

This is how SushmaSwaraj replied to a tauntby an opposition leader in

the Rajya Sabha onMonday while she wasspeaking on the issue ofplight of fishermen andhow the issue has beentaken up with Sri Lanka.

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTTuesday, March 10, 2015

Anna Hazare to hit road against LandAcquisition Bill from March 30

HTC One E9 Launch, More Expected atFirm's 'Huge Announcement' in March

Ek Paheli Leela: Sunny Leone goesdesi in ‘Saiyaan Superstar’ P8

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09The Central Industrial

Security Force (CISF) plansto recruit 10,771 personnel bythe end of 2015, DirectorGeneral Arvind Ranjan saidon Monday.

"Three to five thousand per-sonnel are recruited every

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CISF to recruit nearly10,800 personnel in 2015

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09With crucial Bills like the

Land Acquisition, Mines andMinerals (Development andRegulation) Amendment Bill,Coal Allocation and theInsurance Law (Amendment)Bill lined up for passage inParliament, BJP on Monday

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BJP issues whip toMPs for passage ofcrucial bills

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Amid increasing Chinese

focus on the Indian Ocean,India is aiming to pitch in withall help to island nations likeSeychelles, Mauritius and SriLanka to "make up for the timelost". While defence

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India to extenddefence help to IndianOcean countries

MUMBAI, MARCH 09Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram

Naik on Monday said he shares"good relations" with stateChief Minister AkhileshYadav, but this is not liked by"some people". Maintainingthat he wants development ofUttar Pradesh, Naik toldreporters here "power and law and order situation is

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Some people don't like that I havegood ties with UP CM: Governor

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Over two weeks after the

Congress said its vice presi-dent Rahul Gandhi was onleave of absence to reflect onthe future of the party, thereappears no certainty about thedate of his return with partyleaders not willing to commiton the issue. Party functionar-ies IANS spoke to gave no firm indication whether

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Congress leaders non-committal onRahul Gandhi's return from leave

SRINAGAR, MARCH 09Former Jammu and Kashmir

Chief Minister Omar Abdullahon Monday said the chief min-ister of a state should be trust-ed to decide what is in theinterest of his state, otherwiseit was better to "dispense" thestate governments and rule

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CM should to be trusted to decidestate's interest: Omar Abdullah

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Ahead of the crucial Land

Acquisition Bill coming up forvoting in the Lok Sabha onTuesday, the Shiv Sena keptthe government on tenter-hooks by saying it has nottaken any decision on

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Shiv Sena keeps Govton tenterhooks overLand Acquisition Bill

PATNA, MARCH 09Two policemen shot each

other dead, following an argu-ment on Monday in Bihar,police said. The incident tookplace at Bikram block officein Patna, where they were onduty, Patna Senior

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Two policemenshoot each otherdead in Bihar

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Senior IAS officer K K

Sharma on Monday tookcharge as the chief secretaryof Delhi, a choice of the AamAadmi Party-led government.

"Sharma, a 1983-batchUnion Territory cadre IASofficer, today took charge aschief secretary of Delhi," saida senior government official.

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KK Sharma takes chargeas Delhi chief secretary

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 09At a time when secre-

tary-level talks betweenIndia and Pakistan havejust resumed, Pakistanenvoy Abdul Basit onMonday met separatistleader Syed Ali ShahGeelani in a redux of lastyear's event that led tobad blood between thetwo neighbouring coun-tries.

The Pakistan envoy'smeeting with the sepa-ratist leader yet againthreatens to sabotage thesemblance of normalcythat was returningbetween the two coun-tries with Indian ForeignSecretary S Jaishankar's

recent visit to Pakistan'scapital Islamabad.

Talking to scribes afterhis meeting with thePakistani envoy, Geelanisaid, "Pakistan HighCommissioner came to

me. We had a discussionon Indian ForeignSecretary's visit toPakistan."

"Prominent issue isthat Jammu and Kashmir

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Pak envoy Abdul Basit invites Kashmiriseparatist Geelani to 'Pakistan Day'

I am not helpless minister, butvery influential: Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Expressways connect-

ing the metro cities maysoon become a reality asthe government plans torevive the proposal tobuild high speed roadsin the country.

"Suggestions regard-ing setting up an expresshighway network in thecountry have also come... To build an express-way highway corridorsbetween metro cities,"Union Road Transport

Minister Nitin Gadkaritold reporters here.

The earlier proposal of

executing expresswaysin the country could not

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MATHURA, MARCH 09In a shining example of

communal harmony, aMuslim village head hasconstructed a temple inSahaar village of the dis-trict.

The construction of thetemple started about eightmonths ago and religiousceremony related to open-ing of the temple was per-formed yesterday.

"Pran Pratishtha (reli-gious ceremony) of deityShiv Ji and Hanuman Ji

was performed amidstchanting of Vedic hymnson Sunday," Ajmal AliSheikh, the Sahaar villagehead who has constructedthe temple said today.

"Few rooms adjacent totemple for the use of priestand other visitors would beconstructed shortly,"Sheikh said, claiming thathe had spent over fourlakhs from his pocket forthe construction. He saidthat he was feeling the

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Govt may revive plan to connectmetros with expressways

Muslim village head buildsa temple in Mathura district

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Opposition in Lok Sabha

on Monday tore into thecontroversial LandAcquisition Bill, saying its"draconian" and "anti-poor" provisions wouldhave a deleterious effect onIndia's food security.

The Opposition mem-bers, ranging from theCongress and TrinamoolCongress (TMC) to theLeft, BJD and AIADMK,launched a tirade againstthe Right to FairCompensation and

Transparency in LandAcquisition, Rehabilitationand Resettlement(Amendment) Bill 2015,

which was moved for con-sideration and passing byRural Development

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Opposition attacks govt in Lok Sabha over LandAcquisition Bill, dubs move 'pro-corporate'

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Parliament on Monday erupt-

ed in anger over a separatist'srelease in Jammu and Kashmir,prompting Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to share the"outrage" and denounce thedecision amidst his govern-ment's assertion that it is will-ing to make any sacrifice fornational integrity.

As opposition mounted anonslaught over freeing ofMasarat Alam by the J&K gov-ernment of which BJP is a part,Home Minister Rajnath Singhadmitted to "ideological differ-ences" with PDP and assertedthat "nobody, howsoever pow-erful", will be allowed to playwith national integrity.

Members in both Lok Sabhaand Rajya expressed "outrage"over the release of the sepa-ratist leader, calling the devel-opment as "anti-national" anddangerous to the country'sintegrity. They dared BJP topull out of the MuftiMohammad Sayeed-led gov-ernment on the issue.

Speaking in Lok Sabha,Modi said he shared the

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PM MODI DENOUNCES MASARAT ALAM'SRELEASE BY J&K GOVT, PDP REMAINS DEFIANT

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09President Pranab Mukherjee on

Monday inaugurated the CentenaryCommemoration of the First WorldWar by laying a wreath at Amar JawanJyoti here.

Writing in the visitors' book, he said,"On the centenary commemoration ofWorld War I, I join my fellow country-men in paying homage to the brave andvaliant sons of mother India, who laiddown their lives in the line of duty. Iam sure that our great nation will con-tinue to draw inspiration from the sac-rifice of these brave hearts."

The commemoration is in memory ofthe 1.5-million Indian soldiers who

fought in the war and the over 74,000of them who made the supreme sacri-fice and whose names are etched in

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Prez Pranab Mukherjee inauguratesWW-I centenary commemoration

SRINAGAR, MARCH 09Defending the PDP-led gov-

ernment's stand on separatistleader Masarat Alam's release,party leader Firdous Tak onMonday said that no illegalprocedure was followed whilereleasing the latter and theissue will not affect his party'salliance with the BJP.

Tak said, “There is no ille-gality in Masarat Alam'srelease and he has been

released on bail in all cases.”Further talking about the

PDP-BJP alliance in J&K, Taksaid that controversy overAlam's release will not affectthe coalition. “There is nothreat to our alliance with BJP.There is a mechanism inplace,” he said. He also added,“PDP believes reconciliationis a part of agenda. State gov-ernment is allowed to take

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Masarat Alam's release: BJPquestioned by allies, foes

Student deniedinternship inGermany over ''rapeproblem'' in IndiaNEW DELHI, MARCH 09

A professor from LeipzigUniversity in Germanydenied internship to anIndian male student citingthe "rape problem" in India,but later offered an apologywhen Germany`s ambassa-dor to India intervened andsuggested the professorneeded to "learn more aboutthe diverse, dynamic andfascinating" country.

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Congress on Monday won-

dered whether Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's claim of lackof knowledge over the releaseof separatist leader MasaratAlam was part of a "secretpact" between PDP and BJP inJammu and Kashmir.

The Prime Minister mustanswer to the people whether

his remarks about lack ofknowledge and lack of consul-tations on the issue meantwhether he was hoodwinkingor was there a secret pact or hewas totally ignorant, AICCcommunication department incharge Randip Surjewala toldreporters.

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Under attack over release of

separatist Masarast Alam inJammu and Kashmir, govern-ment on Monday admitted to"ideological differences"between BJP and PDP and saidit is ready to make any "sacri-

fice" for national integrity.Home Minister Rajnath

Singh asserted in Rajya Sabhathat no one, howsoever power-ful, will be allowed to playwith the unity and integrity ofthe country as he sought toallay concerns of members

over Alam's release.Singh, who made a statement

and replied to clarifications,insisted that there was "no hid-den agenda" in and the Centrehas sought answers from thestate government, in which

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MHA seeks fresh clarification over J&Kgovt's report on Masarat Alam's release

'Secret pact' between PDP, BJP on MasaratAlam release, wonders Congress

NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 10, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09In the wake of the recent

corporate espionage scan-dal, the CISF on Mondaysaid it will ensure tightaccess control and "anti-sabotage measures" at sen-sitive government installa-tions and ministries that itsecures in the national capi-tal. CISF chief ArvindRanjan said the force's"main focus" is to stop anyunauthorised entry intothese offices and enforcestrict access control allow-ing only those who haveeither IDs issued by thegovernment or authenticpasses, but made it clear thatit was not planning todeploy any new drill.

Refusing comment onspecific instances of thecase where Delhi Policearrested over a dozen peo-ple, including officials of

the Oil and DefenceMinistries among others, forallegedly leaking sensitivegovernment documents, hesaid, "The case is underinvestigation. I cannot com-ment much on it..."

"We will have to wait tillDelhi Police files a charge

sheet... We will ensure thatthe security measures atthese places remain tight,"he said while interactingwith reporters on the eve ofthe forces' 46th Raising Dayhere. "We have no plan tointensify our protocols but Ican assure (you) that anti-

sabotage checks and strictaccess control are done atall the government installa-tions we are deployed at,"added Ranjan, whose forcesecures government officesincluding Shastri Bhawanwhere the alleged espionageracket was detected.

The Central IndustrialSecurity Force (CISF) hascarved out a special unit,based in Delhi, within itsestablishment to securegovernment departmentsand offices of high-profileministries like Defence,Home and Finance.

On VVIP security dutiesrendered by the force, theDG said the number of itsprotectees has come downto about 30 from 44. "Thenumbers (of VVIPs/VIPs)have come down. The gov-ernment has also acceptedour proposal to review thestrength of our VVIP securi-ty unit every six months.

"One review has just hap-pened and we have enoughnumber of commandos tosecure the VVIPs under oursecurity umbrella," he said,refusing to disclose "thenames of our protectees".

Corporate espionage scandal: Main focus is to stopunauthorised entry into ministries, says CISF

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09The Delhi High Court on

Monday refused to give urgenthearing to a PIL seeking lifting ofthe ban on telecast of a controver-sial documentary featuring aninterview of one of the four con-victs in the December 16 gang-rape case.

A bench of justices B D Ahmedand Vibhu Bakhru said there is noso urgency in the matter and itwill be heard on Wednesday(March 11).

"It will be listed on Wednesday.Nothing so important, that itneeds to be heard today," the

court said.The court's response came after

two law students -- Arun Menonand Kritika Padode -- in theirpublic interest litigation (PIL)sought urgent hearing, saying theban on the documentary is a clearviolation of their fundamentalrights under Article 19 of theIndian Constitution.

The duo approached the highcourt after a trial court on March4 had banned until further ordersthe broadcast of the interview ofDecember 16, 2012 gang-rapeconvict Mukesh Singh, whichwas allegedly conducted in July

2013 inside Tihar jail here.Earlier, a trial court had

restrained the media from broad-casting or publishing the inter-view of Mukesh Singh after theDelhi police moved court for arestraining order against hisinterview. The Information andBroadcasting Ministry has alsoissued an advisory to all televi-sion channels to not broadcast thedocumentary on the victim.

The government has alsosought an explanation from Tiharjail authorities over how the con-vict was interviewed while beingin judicial custody.

A similar petition was filed lastweek, by a law student, who hassought lifting of the ban on theground that it is "nothing but ahonest look at the mind andmindset of one of the convictedrapists of the young woman".

Today's plea, which was men-tioned before the bench by advo-cate Naman Joshi also soughtdirection to the Bar Council ofIndia to expedite action againstthe two lawyer -- advocate A PSingh and M L Sharma -- whohad allegedly made derogatoryanti-women remarks in the docu-mentary.

Dec 16 gang-rape documentary: HC refusesurgent hearing on PIL to lift ban

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09The father of the woman execu-

tive allegedly raped by a Uber cabdriver said on Monday that hisdaughter was traumatised due toirrelevant questions being asked bydefence counsel in the case.

"My daughter is traumatised.The defence counsel of accusedare putting irrelevant questionsduring her cross-examination," thevictim`s father told reporters.

Additional Sessions JudgeKaveri Baweja recorded the state-ment of the woman executive in anin-camera proceeding.

Meanwhile, the victim told thecourt that she could not attendcourt proceedings on weekdaysdue to her job, and requested thatcross-examination be conductedon the week-end. The court askedher to move an application in thisregard. Her cross-examination islikely to continue on Tuesday.

Testifying as a prosecution wit-

ness, the woman was recalled forfur-

ther cross-examination after DelhiHigh Court allowed the plea ofaccused Shiv Kumar Yadav torecall some of the prosecution wit-nesses, including the victim, forfurther cross-examination.

The victim appeared in the courtwearing a black burqa. The highcourt on last Wednesday hadallowed Yadav`s counsel to cross-examine 13 prosecution witnesses,

including the woman, again "in theinterest of justice".

The court`s order came onYadav`s plea challenging the trialcourt`s February 18 order denyinghim permission to recall the wit-nesses. The prosecution had onJanuary 31 completed recording ofevidence in just 17 days.

According to the police, thewoman executive was allegedly

raped by 32-year-old Yadav onthe night of December 5, 2014,in the cab she had hired to headback home in north Delhi`s

Inderlok area. The accused drivertook the woman to an isolatedplace where he raped her. Thecourt had on January 13 framedcharges of rape, causing grievousbodily harm and endangering thelife of a woman, kidnapping awoman, criminal intimidation andvoluntarily causing hurt againstYadav under various sections ofthe Indian Penal Code.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09The Delhi High Court has

expressed displeasure at the"apathy and insensitivity" ofthe central and city govern-ments on creating publicawareness about laws andpunishment for offencesagainst women and children.

A division bench of JusticeKailash Gambhir and JusticeSunita Gupta said it wastotally "aghast and sad-dened" to find the steepincrease in the cases ofcrimes against women.

Hearing a plea, where ithad asked the two govern-ments to create awareness ofsexual offences and the lawin the capital, the benchslammed the central andDelhi governments for nottaking adequate steps to edu-cate people on the issue

through the visual medium."While adjourning this

matter, we express our dis-gust and displeasure at theapathy and insensitivity ofthe central and Delhi govern-ments for having failed totake steps to produce even asingle documentary...."

"...or for that matter takethe help of any other visualmedia to educate people ofDelhi about the nature ofsexual offences concerningwomen and child and createawareness about existinglaws and stringent punish-ments provided against suchoffences despite severaldirections by this court," itsaid. "In contrast, one indi-vidual, a British filmmaker,could make a documentaryfilm on the brutal gang rapethat has managed to kick up

a storm and trigger a furorein India," the courtremarked. The bench alsotook note of the latest statis-tics from the National CrimeRecords Bureau (NCRB), asper which on an average "93women are raped every dayin India". "This is despite theinitiation of various steps bythe government and also thepassing of the Criminal Law(Amendment) Act, 2013....

"...but what is in a badtaste are the irresponsibleand vile statements madevery often by erudite peoplewho hold reputable positionsand place in diverse fields,and show no signs of shamewhile voicing their warpedand misogynistic ideals," itobserved.

The bench said freedom ofspeech and expression is

granted to the citizens underarticle 19(1)(a) of theConstitution of India and thisfreedom does not confer anabsolute right to expressone`s thoughts freely.

The court opined thateffective progress wouldrequire a change in mentalityand social patterns, a grow-ing awareness of women`srights issues and violenceagainst women, "from a veryearly age, children - girls andboys - should be educated onhuman rights and genderequality".

A systemic change is aneed to sensitise and educatepeople, it said, adding thatlegislative reform must,therefore, be accompaniedby campaigns to raise aware-ness and educate womenabout their rights.

Delhi HC slams government onawareness about laws for women, kids

Defence lawyer asking irrelevantquestions: Uber rape victim's father

BENGALURU, MARCH 09Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's

insulin dosage has been reduced, and hissugar level and cough has come down, asenior Doctor treating him at the naturopa-thy institute here said on Monday.

"He is responding well, insulin dosagehas been reduced and his sugar level andcough has reduced now compared to whatit was before," Dr Babina Nandakumar,Chief Medical Officer at Jindal NatureCure Institute on city outskirts, said.

She said, "He is being treated with allprescribed therapies and massages; hisdiet consists of juices, kashayas, chapatis,soups, cooked vegetables."

"Kejriwal's parents are also respondingwell to our treatment," she added.

The 46-year-old Aam Aadmi Partyleader was admitted to the Institute for a10-day nature cure treatment for his per-sistent chronic cough problem and uncon-

trolled sugar level on Thursday last.Kejriwal is staying in an accommoda-

tion with two bedrooms, a hall and a treat-ment room, called "Nest" at the Institute, aspecialty charitable naturopathy and yogahospital in an eco-friendly campus of 100acres.

A set of four senior doctors, including anacupuncturist, physiotherapist and a yogaofficer, are taking care of Kejriwal.

AAP chief's parents also are undergoingnaturopathy treatment. His father is suffer-ing from constipation and the mother fromdiabetes and arthritis.

The AAP leader has come to Bengaluruamidst internal turbulence in the party andit's after effects following the party'sNational Executive meeting in New Delhithat eased out founder members YogendraYadav and Prashant Bhushan from thePolitical Affairs Committee, the party'skey decision-making body.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09The Delhi High Court

has reserved its order on aplea of real estate tycoonsSushil and Gopal Ansaland two of their employ-ees, against a lower courtsummonning them on acomplaint of AVUT con-vener that they abused her.

Justice SP Garg reservedthe order after hearing allthe related parties in thecase.

Neelam Krishnamurthy,convener of theAssociation of Victims ofUphaar Tragedy (AVUT),representing the victimsand families of those killedin the Uphaar Cinema fireof June 13, 1997, wasallegedly abused by Ansalbrothers and two of theiremployees.

The high court in July2007 had stayed the sum-mons issued by the lower

court against Sushil Ansal,Gopal Ansal and hisemployees DeepakKathpalia and P.S. Sharmaon their plea seekingquashing of summons.

Krishnamoorthy hadalleged that the twoemployees of Ansal broth-ers had abused and threat-ened her at the behest oftheir employer.

She had alleged that herpictures were taken onMay 10, 2007, when shewas coming out of thecourtroom of trial court,where trial against theAnsal brothers and otherswas on for their allegedculpability in the June 13,1997, tragedy.

Krishnamoorthy had losther two minor children inthe fire in which 57 otherswere asphyxiated duringthe screening of Hindiblockbuster "Border".

Arvind Kejriwal's insulin dosage comes down

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09Concerned over lack of

coordination and cooperationbetween various departmentsin cleaning river Yamuna, theNational Green Tribunal hassaid it has all the "trappingsof the civil court" and itsdirections on this and otherissues should be compliedwith without any "default anddelay".

"This tribunal has all thetrappings of the civil courtand is to evolve its own pro-cedure in consonance withthe principle of natural jus-tice. The decisions or thedirections of the tribunal areto be executed as a decree ofthe civil court. Consequentlyfor execution and implemen-tation of the directions issuedby the tribunal, by the provi-sions of the Code of CivilProcedure including attach-ment of property and arrest,could be taken recourse to.

"This is in adhesion to andnot in derogation to the pow-

ers of the tribunal to have itsorders to be executed inaccordance with law if neces-sary including consequencesof disobedience of the orderof the court. We have men-tioned this aspect to dispelthe impression that the ordersof tribunal can be avoided byany authority or the govern-ment without any justifiable

reason," a bench headed byNGT Chairperson JusticeSwatanter Kumar said.

The observations camewhile monitoring the imple-mentation of its "Maili seNirmal YamunaRevitalisation Project 2017".

The tribunal, which hadcalled meeting of thePrincipal Committee as well

as senior most officers fromthe Haryana and Delhi onFebruary 25, expressedregret that "none of the agen-cies has taken any effectivesteps in furtherance to thejudgement of the tribunal atthe ground level".

It passed a slew of direc-tions for effective and expe-ditious implementation of itsjudgement including installa-tion of CCTV cameras anddeputation of special force tohelp and cooperate with theDDA to ensure no dumpingtakes place.

The tribunal also directedthe authorities to carry out"physical demarcation" ofthe floodplains of Yamunawithin three weeks.

It also directed theCommittee to check whetherthe Common EffluentTreatment Plants installed inDelhi's industrial clusters arecapable to treat the quantumof trade effluent that is beingdischarged by the industries.

Yamuna cleaning: Our orders can't beavoided, says National Green Tribunal

NEW DELHI, MARCH 09As the Modi

Government facedOpposition heat inParliament over LandBill, anti-corruption cru-sader Anna Hazare onMonday announced hewill set off on a month-long `padyatra'(march)from March 30 to opposethe proposed legislativechanges which he dubbedas "anti-farmer".

Hazare will start his`sangarsh yatra' (agita-tion) from Sevagram,which houses an ashramof Mahatma Gandhi here,and end on May 1 at theRamlila Maidan in Delhi.

Talking to newspersonshere, he said the cam-paign aims to mobilisepublic opinion against the`anti-farmer' LandAcquisition Bill, whichwas moved for considera-tion and passing in Lok

Sabha today.The 77-year-old social

activist, who reachedhere last night, held dis-cussions with his closeassociates over the detailsof the yatra. Hazare said15,000 farmers will con-verge at Sevagram beforethe start of the 1,100-kmjourney. They will bejoined by farmers fromPunjab, Haryana andRajasthan en-route toDelhi.

He will visit BhagatSingh's village in Punjabon March 23, on thedeath anniversary of theiconic revolutionary. Hemade it clear that nopolitical leader will beallowed to share stagewith him at the RamlilaGround where the marchwill conclude. "Violencewill not be allowed at anycost. Otherwise themarch will be suspend-ed," Hazare said.

Anna Hazare to hit road against LandAcquisition Bill from March 30

Uphaar fire: HCreserves order on

Ansal brothers' plea

Govt seeks reporton Assam youth'sthrashingNEW DELHI, MARCH 09

Minister of State for Home Affairs KirenRijiju on Monday said the government hassought a report on the incident in which a 22-year-old boy from Assam was brutally beatenup by goons in the Amar Colony area of thenational capital. Rijiju also said the govern-ment has taken the incident `very seriously`.

"Every such issue is taken very seriously.Let the report on this matter come. We haveraised the issue in the Parliament," Rijiju said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police Commissioner BSBassi said that the incident is being investigat-ed and denied that it could be a case of racialdiscrimination.

"We are listening to both sides and examin-ing on Assam boy issue. This is not necessari-ly a racial discrimination case," Bassi said.

Earlier, an Assamese student was brutallybeaten up by the goons in New Delhi. The vic-tim`s family has claimed that it is a case ofracial attack on the north east student who isundergoing treatment at the Sir Ganga RamHospital after he suffered fractures in his limbsand jaw. Police is investigating the matter;however, no arrests have been made yet.

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 10, 2015SAADDA HAQ

PM Modi ..."outrage" and would take whatever action

is required. Asserting that the release of theseparatist leader was not acceptable, Modisaid his government won't tolerate any com-promise with the nation's integrity.

He said the Centre has sought clarificationsfrom the state government and will act afterthe response is received. "Parliament, in onevoice, has condemned this type of action. Iassure the country and the House that what-ever is happening there (in J and K), theUnion government was neither consulted notinformed... Government does not accept suchaction.

"In one voice, we express our anger againstthose supporting separatists and misusing thelaw. In the coming days, we will take what-ever action is required and we are committedto the nation's integrity," Modi said. TheHome Minister, who made statements in boththe Houses, asserted that Jammu andKashmir was, is and will be an integral partof the country and "no one, howsoever pow-erful, will be allowed to play with the securi-ty, unity and integrity of India."

Rejecting allegations of a "hidden agenda"behind the decision to release Alam, he said,"We are ready to make any sacrifice for thenational integrity." He assured Parliamentthat the Centre will not shy away from issu-ing "strongest advisory" and will inform theHouse about action taken in the matter.

Members of many opposition parties,including Congress, TMC and RJD, walkedout of the House expressing their dissatisfac-tion with the government's reply. Facingattack for allying with PDP, Modi told oppo-sition parties that they may attack BJP politi-cally for having a tie-up at some other timebut "on these issues of national integrity, amessage should not go out that we are divid-ed."

To questions raised by opposition mem-bers, the Prime Minister shot back, "Don'tteach us patriotism.... BJP has no reason tokeep silent as we are the people who sacri-ficed Shyama Prasad Mukherjee."

Citing the Home Minister's statement, hesaid, "we have sought more clarificationfrom the state. We will inform Parliament onthe action taken." Rajnath Singh said theCentre had sought queries from the state gov-ernment as soon as Alam was released onSaturday.

The state government has replied but theCentre is not satisfied, the Home Ministersaid, adding further clarifications have beensought. Admitting to "ideological differ-ences" between BJP and PDP, Singh tried toturn the tables on Congress, saying, "Wehave never had any relationship with the PDPin the past. They are with us only for 10 days.Whatever influence is there, it must be yourson them."

Congress had run a coalition governmentwith PDP in the state for nearly six yearsbetween 2002 and 2008. Singh said the stategovernment has informed that 27 criminalcases, including attempt to murder and sedi-tion, had been registered against Alam and hewas detained under the Public Safety Actafter he got bail in all the cases.

MHA seeks...BJP is a part, over the decision to release

Alam."There is no doubt that there are ideologi-

cal differeneces between BJP and PDP. Wehave never had any relationship with the PDPin the past. They are with us only for 10 days.Whatever influence is there, it must be yourson them. You had been with them in power inpast..," he told the Congress, which has had acoalition government with PDP in the stateearlier.

Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir was, isand will be an integral part of the country, theHome Minister said, "no one howsoeverpowerful will be allowed to play with thesecurity, unity and integrity of India. We areready to give any sacrifice that is required."

Singh said he was speaking on behalf ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi who waspresent in the House as he insisted that therewas "no hidden agenda" or behind the scenetalks" over government formation in Jammuand Kashmir.

There is "no question of any compromisewith a traitor," he said.

"Our agenda is never hidden. Our agenda isalways very open. We are not the one whooperate behind curtains," he said as hedescribed the meeting between Modi andMufti Mohammed Sayeed ahead of govern-ment formation as "normal courtesy".

The Home Minister said as soon as Alamwas released on Saturday, the Centre hadsought clarification from the state govern-ment.

Masarat Alam's...decisions for peace in state.”Alam's release from Baramulla jail sparked

outrage in Parliament today, with Oppositiondemanding the BJP to break alliance with thePDP in J&K.

Meanwhile, PM Narendra Modi also issueda statement in Lok Sabha that whatever hap-pened in the J&K after the formation of thePDP-BJP government, Centre was neitherinformed nor consulted and his governmentwill take necessary action.

'Secret pact' between...to Modi and the BJP, he said what action

the government intended to take if the "stone

pelting age" reappeared in the valley with therelease of the separatist.

Noting Chief Minister Mufti MohammadSayeed's claim that there were 1000 suchpeople, he sought to know from the PrimeMinister whether the release of such ele-ments would not affect the hard earned peacein the valley.

He also wanted to know whether the talkwith separatists would be carried out withinfour corners of the Indian Constitution or itwould be an "open" dialogue.

Surjewala also asked the governmentwhether Modi has changed his stand on theissue of abrogation of Article 370 giving spe-cial status to Jammu and Kashmir and on theissue of continuance of AFSPA in the state.

Party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi took toTwitter to take a dig at the Prime Ministerand BJP.

"A party constantly speaking on national-ism & aganst separatism & terrorism inopposition now supine & impotent againstcoalition compulsions!", he tweeted.

Striking a similar note, party MP and for-mer IYC chief Rajeev Satav tweeted: "Whatis a man called who compromises with hisideologies? What will you call such anorganization?"

Student denied ...replies to the Indian student by professor

Annette Beck-Sickinger of Leipzig`sInstitute of Biochemistry had gone viral onvarious social networking websites withmany questioning their authenticity.

"Unfortunately I don`t accept any Indianmale students for internships. We hear a lotabout the rape problem in India which I can-not support. I have many female students inmy group, so I think this attitude is some-thing I cannot support (sic)," read the screen-shot of an email sent by the professor.

"Many female professors in Germanydecided to no longer accept male students forthese reasons, and currently other Europeanfemale association are joining. Of course, wecannot change or influence the Indian socie-ty, but only take our consequences here inEurope," read another email Beck-Sickingerwrote to the student.

But soon after the German embassy inIndia on Monday uploaded a letter byGermany`s ambassador to India MichaelSteiner on its website, there was no doubtabout the authenticity of the emails.

In a scathing letter to the professor, Steinerwrote: "I would encourage you to learn moreabout the diverse, dynamic and fascinatingcountry and the many welcoming and open-minded people of India so that you could cor-rect a simplistic image, which -- in my opin-ion -- is particularly unsuitable for a profes-sor and teacher."

Later, Beck-Sickinger said she was sorryabout the emails.

"Of course I have nothing against maleIndians and I have accepted several Indianstudents in the past," The Huffington Postreported her as saying.

"However my lab is full and I currentlycannot take any student. This led to anunpleasant discussion with one of the Indianstudents," she said.

Prez Pranab ...stone on the pillars of India Gate.The period 2014 to 2018 is being com-

memorated as the Centenary of the FirstWorld War. Wreaths were also laid byDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the threeService chiefs, French Army chief Gen. Jean-Pierre Bosser and diplomatic representativesfrom 14 countries.

Gen. Bosser, Chief of Staff of the FrenchArmy, is here at the invitation of his Indiancounterpart, Gen. Dalbir Singh.

This forms part of the French government'stribute to the sacrifice of Indian soldiers wholaid down their lives for France's freedomduring World War I, the French embassy saidin a statement.

Between 1914 to 1918, around 90,000Indian soldiers fought on French soil, ofwhom more than 8,500 perished.

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, which tookplace in March, 1915, remains etched in ourmemory as their most heroic feat, said thestatement from the French embassy.

Opposition attacks...Minister Birender Singh.Several opposition members particularly

opposed the NDA government's move to doaway with Section 2 and 3A of the existingland acquisition law which provided forsocial impact assessment before land transferand safeguarding the interest of farmers.

Participating in the discussion, JyotiradityaScindia (Congress) said the law in its presentform would allow private entities to takeaway multi-crop land, which will put at stakefood security of the people of the country.

"Is the government trying to reduce thiscountry to an importer of foodgrains? If thisbill gets passed, farmers will give up allexpectations from this country," Scindia said.

Kalyan Banerjee (TMC) accused the gov-ernment of taking away farmers' rights andsaid his government will oppose the Bill"tooth and nail" to safeguard their interests.

"This government is for the corporates, thisgovernment is anti-poor, anti-farmers andwill sell the country to industrialists,"Banerjee said.

Opposing the "draconian" provision, C NJayadevan (CPI-M) said the rehabilitationand compensation as provided in the Billwould adversely affect the interest of farm-

ers.The government has a clear intention to

have a "pro-corporate and anti-farmer" landacquisition law, he said.

The Land Acquisition Bill, which seeks toreplace an Ordinance issued in December toamend the Land Act 2013, was introduced inthe Lok Sabha on February 24.

Pak envoy...issue must be resolved by dialogue

between India and Pakistan," Geelani said,and added, "Around 150 dialogues betweenIndia and Pakistan have taken place, but noneof them have come to a conclusion."

Basit also invited Geelani for the PakistanDay on March 23.

Sources said that the duo also discussed thepolitical developments in Jammu andKashmir.

Responding to queries over the Basit-Geelani meet, Minister of State forParliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvitold ANI, "The Government of India has keptits stern watch on developments in Jammuand Kashmir....won't take any step whichisn't in interest of state."

Meanwhile, Opposition pulled the Modigovernment up over the issue. SeniorCongress leader Rajeev Shukla said,"Government must lodge its protest againstthis. Such meetings cannot be allowed."

Congress leader form the Valley, SaifuddinSoz added, "Instead of holding SAS Geelaniresponsible, Government of India shouldconfront Pakistan over this."

Jaishankar's visit — a part of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's SAARC Yatra ini-tiative — came long after Indo-Pak talkswere derailed after Basit had met Kashmiriseparatist leaders in August last year.

The Modi government had then called offthe secretary-level talks scheduled betweenthe two countries as a mark of protest overPakistan envoy's gesture and has since main-tained that its neighbour either talks to Indiaor separatists.

Jaishankar, during his Pakistan visit, haddiscussed bilateral relations and raised theissue of ceasefire violations in Kashmir.

I am...Rajeev Shukla (Cong) had said the remarks

by Sri Lankan Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe about "right to shoot intrud-er" in the context of Indian fishermen was aslap on the face of India and showed help-lessness of External Affairs Minister "who isnot even allowed to share dais with (USPresident Barack) Obama" during his recentvisit here.

He said even the neighbouring nations hadstarted taking India lightly after PrimeMinister Narendra Modi rolled out red carpetfor their leaders during his oath ceremony inMay last year.

Deputy Chairman P J Kurien wanted theword "helpless" to be expunged but Swarajsaid there was no need for it.

In a retort to Shukla's remarks, Swaraj said,"I am not helpless. I am a very influentialExternal Affairs Minister. During PresidentObama's visit I sat with my PM where Ishould have been seated. You see the pic-tures."

Replying to clarifications sought by mem-bers on the fishermen issue, Swaraj said shehad, during her recent visit to Sri Lanka,strongly put forth India's views and com-ments by Wickremesinghe who had suggest-ed that Indian fishermen may be shot if theyintruded into his country's waters.

Muslim village...need of a temple in Nagla Gajai area of the

Sahar village since long."It grew more last year when I saw ladies

coming to village Sahaar on the occasion ofShiv Ratri to pay their obeisance to deity,after travelling about four kilometers?,Sheikh stated.

Congratulating Shiekh for constructing thetemple, former UP minister Laxhmi NarayanChoudhary said, "This is a commendablework and it will certainly bring both the com-munities together."

Choudhary has represented the Chhattaassembly constituency three times earlier.

The harmony between both the communi-ties is an example for others, villagers said.

The commendable work of Ajmal AliSheikh is being lauded by villagers of notonly Nagla Gajai area but also by neighbour-ing villages also.

"It is real work in the direction of bringingboth the communities closer," Zahid Ali ofneighbouring Dautana village said.

Govt may ...move forward due to delays in land acqui-

sition and construction of existing roads.The ministry is currently working on

restructuring the National HighwaysAuthority of India (NHAI) for greater trans-parency and faster decision making at thebody.

Gadkari said Afghanistan and Nepal havesought support from India for developmentof infrastructure in their countries.

"They (Afghanistan and Nepal) hadreached out to us and sought support from usfor their infrastructure development, we arealso looking at how NHAI can take projectsin those countries also," the minister added.

Last time restructuring at NHAI happenedin 2009 to enhance its institutional capacity.It was done to make it a multi-disciplinaryprofessional body with quality financial

management and contract managementexpertise.

NHAI was constituted through theNational Highways Authority of India Act,1988. It became operational in February1995 and is responsible for the development,maintenance and management of nationalhighways.

Some people...looking up" in the country's most populous

state.To a question on UP Minister Azam Khan

complaining to the President about he being"overactive" as Governor and making "polit-ically motivated" statements, Naik avoided adirect reply but said he has "good relations"with Yadav.

"Some people don't like this," he said,without naming anyone.

Asked about some Mumbai-related issues,Naik opposed construction of a Metro Railcarshed in Aarey Colony, which has densetree-cover.

The former Mumbai MP said he hadrequested Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis to protect the financialcapital's green cover at any cost.

Naik said he had also asked Fadnavis toensure proper rehabilitation of Taraporeatomic power project-affected people andwelfare of leprosy patients.

The Governor said he had asked electedrepresentatives from Mumbai to follow up onissues related to the metropolis so that he canconcentrate on matters in Uttar Pradesh.

CM should ...the decision to release separatist leader

Masrat Alam was J&K Chief Minister MuftiMohammad Sayeed's ploy to ensure that thediscourse was about anything but the BJP-PDP alliance.

"God knows I hold no brief for MuftiSayeed but a CM has to be trusted to decidewhat is & isn't in the interest of his/her state.

"And if you can't trust a CM to decide whatis right then it's better to dispense with stategovernments & govern from Delhi directly,"Omar posted on Twitter.

The National Conference working presi-dent was apparently referring to the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's statement inParliament where he said the Centre was nei-ther consulted nor informed about the releaseof Alam.

Omar said Sayeed did not want the dis-course in the state to be about PDP's alliancewith BJP and the chief minister had succeed-ed in the plan due to the uproar over Alam'srelease.

"Mufti wants the discourse to be about any-thing but his alliance with BJP, his hugs withNaMo (Narendra Modi) & the hollow CMP(Common Minimum Program) & so far hisscript is working," he said.

Congress leaders...Gandhi will return from his leave to attend

the first half of the budget session of parlia-ment which concludes on March 20.

A party functionary, who did not want to benamed, said Gandhi may come back from hisleave "after two-three days".

He said a session of the All India CongressCommittee (AICC) was expected to takeplace in the middle of April but its dates havenot been finalised as yet.

"That date can be given once he (Gandhi)comes back," the functionary said.

He said there were demands that Gandhishould be made party chief at the session.

"There is a feeling that Gandhi should getmore free hand to implement his ideas aboutthe party," he said.

Another party leader said Gandhi may notcome back from leave before the first half ofbudget session. Party leaders said Gandhiwas unlikely to join an agitation by the partyfrom Bhatta Parsaul to convey its oppositionto the land acquisition bill.

The Youth Congress is planning to launch a"Kisan Satyagrah" from Bhatta Parsaul inUttar Pradesh which would culminate inDelhi on March 16.

Party spokesperson Abhishek ManuSinghvi had said last month at the start of thebudget session that Gandhi had requested for"some time to reflect on recent events and thefuture course for the party".

"This introspection is important for theparty in view of the forthcoming All IndiaCongress Committee session," Singhvi hadsaid. Since the party`s drubbing in the LokSabha elections last year and its defeat insubsequent assembly polls, Gandhi has heldwide interactions with party leaders.

CISF to recruit...year. As per the increased demand in view

of the prevailing security environment, weplan to recruit 10,771 more personnel in ourforce in 2015," he said at the annual pressconference on the eve of the CISF`s 46thraising day. "A total of 8,826 personnel wererecruited in 2014," he said at the CISF head-quarters in New Delhi. The CISF was estab-lished in 1969 with a strength of 3,129 per-sonnel. The strength of the force has grownexponentially to reach 1,41,635 and theyhave been providing security through 313units in the force`s security wing and 91 unitsin the fire wing.

BJP issues...night issued a whip to all its MPs to ensure

their presence in the Lok Sabha and Rajya

Sabha for this week.According to sources, the party issued the

whip to ensure passage of all the crucial bills,seeking to replace the related ordinancespromulgated by the Government recently.

"A whip has been issued to all partyMembers in both the Houses for the entireweek up to Saturday," a top BJP source saidhere tonight.

Starting with the Land Acquisition Bill,which is expected to be taken up in LokSabha tomorrow for passage, theGovernment is bracing itself for theOpposition's demand for voting and divisionin all these crucial Bills.

Sources said that the Mines and MineralsBill, besides the Coal Allocation Bill wouldbe taken up for consideration and their pas-sage in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow.

The crucial Insurance Amendment Billseeking to raise the FDI ceiling in insurancesector to 49 per cent from current 26 per centlimit is also likely to be taken up in RajyaSabha later this week, they said.

The discussion on the controversial LandAcquisition Bill has already started in theLok Sabha and it will be put to voting afterthe discussions on it were over by tomorrow.

India to ...component will not be a major part of the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to thethree countries, starting tomorrow, he willseek to deepen the security ties.

Asked why India was focusing on IndianOcean region, a source said "if you don't doit, someone would be there to do it. We arejust making up for the lost time".

China has been making inroads into theseisland nations with infrastructure projectsthat has raised India's eyebrows.

In Seychelles, Modi will inaugurate thefirst of the eight Coastal Surveillance Radar(CSR) system India is setting up there.

The first CSR would be based in MaheIsland, capital of Seychelles.

"This is part of the capability enhancementproject for Seychelles in which India is help-ing," defence sources here said.

They added that CSR will be based onIndian band and will have electro-optic sys-tem besides Automatic Identification System(AIS).

The plan is to have eight such radars forSeychelles with five on the mainland andthree on the outlying islands.

These radars, to be manned by SeychellesCoast Guard, will be able to give live imagesof the coast to the main station.

Asked if these CSRs would be linked toIndia's Information Management andAnalysis Centre (IMAC) of the Navy,sources said it can eventually.

Shiv Sena ...supporting the legislation or otherwise."We have given our suggestions to the

Prime Minister in writing. We will actaccording to the direction of the party chiefUddhav Thackeray," party leader SanjayRaut said, indicating that the bill in its pres-ent form was not accepatable to the party.Shiv Sena is the second largest constituent ofthe BJP- led NDA, having 18 members in theLower House and three in the Upper House.

Its ambivalance is significant at a timewhen almost the entire opposition is rangedagainst the controversial legislation whichthe Congress and other parties are accusingof being "pro-corporate" and "anti-farmers".

In the Lok Sabha today, Sena MP ArvindSawant said the government should look atthe possibility of taking land of farmers onlease rather than acquiring it as it wouldensure steady flow of income to the displacedpersons.

He also demanded that the governmentshould not do away with the consent clauseand the requirement of social impact assess-ment for acquiring land, while regretting thatpeople whose land were acquired 25 yearsago were yet to be rehabilitated properly.

Reports had it that Union Minister NitinGadkari and also Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadanvis had reached out to theSena leadership in a bit to seek its support.

While the Modi dispensation has adequatenumbers in the Lok Sabha, it is not in amajority in the Upper House.

Two policemen ...Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana

said. "We have started the investigation toascertain the actual reason behind the inci-dent," he said. According to police, they hada heated argument over some issue, follow-ing which both shot each other dead withtheir service rifles.

KK Sharma...Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had

earlier this month approved the appointmentof Sharma, who was serving as the ChiefSecretary of Goa. Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal's first choice for the ChiefSecretary's post, R S Negi, was rejected bythe Home Ministry on the ground that he wasnot senior enough to hold the post and not inthe higher pay scale of Rs 80,000.

The Home Ministry had also told the Delhigovernment that appointment of Negi aschief secretary would be unfair to a dozen ofUnion Territory-cadre officers who are seniorto him and serving in different posts.

Sharma had assumed the charge of chiefsecretary of Goa in September 2014. Beforethat, he was advisor to the Administrator ofChandigarh.

BY N. RAM

It takes a special political tal-ent and habit of mind to bansomething that you haven’t

seen, that the rest of the worldwill not just see but is set tocentre-stage as part of a globalcampaign against rape, otherforms of violence againstwomen, and gender inequality.The grounds cited to justify thegovernment’s decision to banIndia’s Daughter, LesleeUdwin’s documentary on theNirbhaya gang rape and murdercase and the responses to it,which NDTV was scheduled tobroadcast on InternationalWomen’s Day, suggest apathology of arbitrariness, irra-tionality, fact-denial, and con-fusion. To be fair, the vilifica-tion of the film, sight unseen,and why and how it was madecame not just from the govern-ment but also from other politi-cal parties, some feminists, and,of course, rival television chan-nels.

The objections

If over-the-top allegationssuch as “a conspiracy todefame India” can be ignored,the grounds cited to justify theban narrow down to three. Theyare that (a) broadcasting or oth-erwise disseminating India’sDaughter, and especially theinterview with Mukesh Singh,the convicted rapist and killer,will threaten public order by“encouraging and inciting vio-lence against women,” instill-ing fear in them, and leading to“a huge public outcry and seri-ous law and order problem”;(b) providing a platform for aman convicted of rape and mur-der to “use the media to furtherhis own case” when an appealis pending in the SupremeCourt of India is sub judice;and (c) the “permission condi-tions” laid down by the Tiharjail administration were “vio-lated” by the documentaryfilm-maker.

Let us take up each objectionin turn.

India’s Daughter is a power-ful, sensitive, and well-craftedexploration of the life anddreams of Nirbhaya and herprogressive and nurturingworking class family who soldancestral land and made othersacrifices to see her through herpara-medical education. Thecentral, liberating theme of thedocumentary, a simple state-ment that a narrator attributesto Nirbhaya, is “a girl can doanything.” The tension betweena life shaped by this unshake-able inner conviction and heart-rendingly cut short and the out-rageously reactionary socialattitudes, expressed without theslightest inhibition and cap-tured on camera, gives India’sDaughter its power. The centralnarrators are Nirbhaya’s par-ents who want her story to betold, real name, provenance,and all. The unprecedented out-pourings of solidarity andprotest on the streets, led byyoung women and girls whoconfront the police with nothought of physical safety andare deterred neither by watercannons nor tear gas shells,offer the documentary a cathar-tic start. There is no editorialis-ing but the message comesthrough.

As for motive, the test of anycreative work is sincerity. Canthere be any doubt after watch-ing India’s Daughter that thefilm-maker was inspired by thetremendous response on thestreets of India, which gavehope to her personally and torape victims and campaignersagainst gender inequality andviolence against women aroundthe world?

The interviews

What about the interviewswith Mukesh Singh and the twodefence lawyers? Indianauthorities, who assigned guiltby transference to the film forthe convict’s lack of remorseand for his “chauvinistic andderogatory view regarding

women in general and the vic-tim in particular,” have beenacting as though interviews andinteractions with convictedcriminals were something newto journalism and documentary

film-making. Literary journal-ism has thrived on such foraysinto the world and mind ofthose who have committed themost heinous crimes. In ColdBlood by Truman Capote is oneof the finest works in the genreand is sometimes called theoriginal non-fiction novel. It isthe story of the massacre in1959 of a farmer, his wife, andtwo of their children by twohardened criminals, Richard‘Dick’ Hickock and PerrySmith. The writer, who wasgiven unusual access, did sev-eral interviews with both killersafter they were convicted andcame up with an unforgettablepsychological portrait of capitalcrime. The Executioner’s Songby Norman Mailer, which re-tells in spare, non-judgmentalprose the story of a double mur-derer, Gary Gilmore, is anothercelebrated work in the samegenre, although Mailer took adifferent route to his material

from Capote.

Journalists and film-makersrarely take the straight route tothe material they are deter-mined to get. Textbooks on

investigative journalism, andthe canons of literary non-fic-tion, make an allowance for theuse of deception when it comesto gaining access to otherwiseinaccessible material — pro-vided the pursuit is in the pub-lic interest.

“Can there be any doubt thatthe film-maker was inspired bythe tremendous response on thestreets of India, which gavehope to her personally and torape victims and campaignersaround the world? ”

I have been given access toall the material communica-tions between the documentaryfilm-maker and the authoritiesand they establish that at nostage did Ms Udwin resort todeception. She made it clearfrom the start that she wouldlike to gain access to the con-victs in the Nirbhaya case. Inher first official letter, dated

July 22, 2013, co-signed by anIndian director, to VimlaMehra, Director-General(Prisons), New Delhi, MsUdwin sought the jail adminis-tration’s help with a documen-

tary film “we are committed tomaking in the public interest”that would go deep into “theissue of gender-based violenceagainst women in India” andhelp “understand mindsets thatindulge in such heinous crimesall over the world.” Sherequested permission to inter-view convicts of gender vio-lence in Tihar Jail (after obtain-ing their consent, of course) “asthe basis of a documentary thatdares to go beyond the ordinaryin understanding the issue fromthe source of the action.” Shegot lucky with Mukesh Singhand there can be little doubtthat without the interview withhim, her documentary wouldhave none of the power it has.

The question whether thisinterview was sub judice hasbeen answered clearly in astatement issued by the EditorsGuild of India opposing theban. “The Nirbhaya incident,”

the Editors Guild has pointedout, “has been an obvious mat-ter of public interest and hasbeen through all the stages ofinvestigation, trial, and confir-mation by the High Court, beensubject to a widespread publicdebate and discussion, protestsand demonstrations, andenquiry by the Justice VermaCommission that suggestedreform of the law. To raise theissue of sub judice now at thestage of final appeal in theSupreme Court and seek to stilldiscussion is absurd. Judges,particularly in the SupremeCourt, are by training and tem-perament immune to the hap-penings in the public sphereoutside the court, and it is aninsult to the Supreme Court tosuggest that the airing of theconvict’s perverted viewswould tend to interfere with thecourse of justice.”

Flawless compliance

Finally, did the documentaryfilm-maker violate “permissionconditions,” as Home MinisterRajnath Singh has alleged inParliament? A close reading ofthe relevant papers establishesthat this is one of those rarecases where compliance withthe procedures and conditionsprecedent was flawless everystep of the way.

The government has with-held from the public the factthat the original condition laiddown, in an official letter,dated July 26, 2013, from theoffice of the Director General(Prisons) that permission wasbeing given for “releasing thedocumentary film which isbeing made for purely socialpurposes without any commer-cial interest” was droppedafter the film-maker wanted achange in the language. Thatletter was superseded byanother, dated August 20,2013, from the Superintendent(Jails), Prison Headquarters,Tihar, which laid down thecondition that “the completeunedited, raw footage of the

shoot in the Tihar Jail premiseswill be shown to the DelhiPrison Administration toensure there is no breach ofPrison security.”

The subsequent official cor-respondence establishes that inDecember 2013, Ms Udwinbrought some 13 hours of raw,unedited footage recordedwithin Tihar Jail for screeningbefore the review committeebut after viewing it over twodays, December 9 and 10, thecommittee discovered nothingnegative that could lead to abreach of prison security.However, finding the review-ing task too taxing, it request-ed a shortened version of thefootage. The editing work tooksome time and during this peri-od, with regime change hap-pening in New Delhi, thePrison Administration seemsto have got cold feet.Numerous emails and lettersfrom Ms Udwin and herlawyers went unanswered andfinally in June 2014, when“cut-down material” runningfor about 15 minutes, whichwould be the only footagegoing into the documentary,was screened before thereviewing committee, someeditorial objections wereraised that had nothing to dowith the conditions laid down.

The Central governmentneeds to realise that its objec-tions to India’s Daughter haveno leg, social, moral, or legal,to stand on and that the longerit is in denial about this, themore embarrassing it will getfor India’s image in the world,on the gender and free speechquestions. The Prime Ministerwould do well to undo the ret-rograde ban immediately, fail-ing which he could allow it tolapse when it is challenged inthe Supreme Court, as it surelywill be.

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 10, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY VASUNDHARA SIRNATE

Hannah Arendt wrote Eichmann inJerusalem: A report on the banali-ty of evil in 1963, a report on the

trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officercharged with carrying out the Reich’s“Final Solution.” She wrote of Eichmann,“Despite all the efforts of the prosecution,everybody could see that this man wasnot a “monster,” but it was difficultindeed not to suspect that he was aclown.” She found him quotidian, almostunremarkable. She, controversially, didnot believe him to be a fanatic or asociopath, but described him as someonewho had made stupid choices for profes-sional advancement.

India’s Daughter, a reconstructive doc-umentary by Leslee Udwin on theNirbhaya gang rape, that has now beenbanned by the Bharatiya Janata Partygovernment, essentially presents the“monsters” that raped the woman aseveryday men, like Arendt presentedEichmann. In doing so, the film offers adamning portrayal of Indian patriarchyand misogyny.

Some years ago, a friend confided inme that in a fit of rage her husband hadshouted that he wished she would be gangraped because she deserved it. Then hepaused and said, “No, I think I wantsomething worse than that to happen toyou. I want you to die.”

I watched India’s Daughter before thegovernment banned it. As I listened to therapist explain how he and the othersthought about women, I realised therewas little difference between them andthis husband. But that’s where the simi-larity ended. He was an upper caste male,an IIT aristocrat living in Silicon Valley,studying at a top business school. Theonly other difference was that he neveracted on his thoughts.

Problematic documentary

India’s Daughter is problematic onmany counts. First, the appeals process ofthe rapists, sentenced to death in 2013, isstill on. There is good reason to fear thatthe release of the documentary could hurtthe appeal. However, while the trial wasongoing, no one raised the argument thatthe mobs outside the Delhi court, which

were baying for the blood of the rapists,were hurting the actual trial and sentenc-ing.

The second problem comes from thosewho say that the film is orientalist andcolonial. Yes, a non-Indian person madethe film, and her gaze on Indian society isnot as nuanced as an Indian’s would be,especially an Indian steeped in criticaland social theory. But none of these is a

ground for dismissing the film or banningit.

Third, the film is said to glorify therapists and promote voyeurism. However,believing that is to misread the film. Thefilm is not focussed on rape victims.Udwin is trying to understand why rapistsrape. This is not unlike the work ofMahmood Mamdani (When VictimsBecome Killers) and Scott Strauss, whohave tried to understand the Rwandangenocide also from the point of view ofthose who killed. It is not unlike what theBehavioural Sciences Unit of the FederalBureau of Investigation does in theUnited States. Also, if there is a charge ofvoyeurism, should depictions ofAuschwitz cease completely, becausethey may prompt people to become neo-Nazis?

The film gives the rapists a voice and indoing so shows them as ordinary boyscapable of unspeakable horror.Bollywood has done far more to propa-gate rape culture through its ChikniChamelis and Munnis than Udwin’s filmdoes (which has a very limited reach

since the average Indian does not watchBBC documentaries). Even“Raanjhanaa,” a film released after theanti-rape agitation, glorifies stalking, thusbearing testimony to how little the move-ment changed mindsets, even while itachieved far-reaching legal reforms.Heroines in Bollywood films are con-stantly scripted to reward the attentions ofa stalker, a sexual harasser and a malewho steals their dupattas. Fathers are

scripted like Rapunzel’s abductor; theylock their daughters in the house, whothen has to wait for rescue.

Udwin’s voice is conspicuous by itsabsence in the film. She does not judgewhat the men say. The men range fromthe rapists to the defence lawyers for therapists. They say things like, “Ours is agreat culture. There is no place forwomen in it.” A lawyer says that hewould burn his daughter in front of hiswhole family if she engaged in premaritalintercourse. Another likens a woman to aflower and later to a piece of jewellery.One of the strongest feminist voicescomes from the girl’s father, while adecidedly patriarchal voice comes fromthe wife of one of the accused, who askswhy no one is bothered about her protec-tion. A husband, she says, has to protecthis wife. If her husband is sentenced todeath, who will protect her?

The film tells us how these particularrapists think. In doing so, however, weare forced to confront that this is what wehave heard men from every demographicsay, across the country. This is why it has

become a political problem. It is franklyembarrassing for a political class thattalks about ‘India Shining’ and ‘Make inIndia’ and emptily parrots the words“women’s empowerment” to have thisseen internationally. Meenakshi Lekhisaid that the film would deter tourism,while Venkaiah Naidu stated that the filmwas part of an anti-India conspiracy.

Age-old thinking

This thinking has existed in India forcenturies — much before Udwin madethis film. Khaps in India have been say-ing such things about women for a longtime. One of the defence lawyers askswhy his clients have been singled out forpunishment when many sitting Membersof Parliament have rape charges againstthem. The rapist, Mukesh Singh, alsouses the cliché, “it takes two to clap.” Hequestions the woman’s character, askingif a ‘decent’ girl would be out on thestreets that late. In doing so, he echoesHindu godmen who have said similarthings. For instance, Asaram Bapu said,“The victim daughter is as guilty as therapists. She should have called thembrother and begged them to stop.” RamSewak Paikra, a member of theChhattisgarh BJP unit said, “No one com-mits rape intentionally. It happens bymistake.”

We are still a country where manybelieve that women have lesser intrinsicworth. Between the rapists in the filmwho tried to “teach her a lesson,” some ofour political leaders, NRI aristocrats andmale relatives, rioters who use rape as aweapon against women, unconstitutionalvillage councils that sanction gang rape,policemen who violate women in cus-tody, and the Army that has been accusedof rape in Kashmir and the Northeast,there is a stunning and shocking same-ness.

This sameness of Indian male behav-iour across professions, classes, caste andreligion is the context in which the filmshould be seen. The film only tries tounderstand one case, but in doing so ithelps to reflect on how ordinary men arecapable of stomach churning violence, nomoral capacity, and remain unaware —like the rapist in the film — that theyhave done something monstrous.

Vigilantism in DimapurTuesday | March 10, 2015

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When mobs take the law into their own hands,a common justification is to cite India’s slowand often biased judicial system. This was

not one of those cases. Ten days after a reported rape inDimapur, Nagaland, a mob broke into the city’s CentralJail, dragged Syed Farid Khan, the man accused of hav-ing committed the crime, into the streets of the city, andstripped, beat and lynched him, all the while filming thecrime on their phones. There was no delayed justice, nocompromised police force, no shocking acquittal here,yet the mob decided to kill a man who merely stoodaccused of a crime. The fact that the deceased was aMuslim — or a “Bangladeshi”, as has become the short-hand in large parts of India including its northeast —was central to the mob’s fury. Using violence to act outcaste and religious hatred has a long and inglorious his-tory in India, and sexual violence too frequently hasunderpinnings of caste and religious hatred to it. A soci-ety’s violence and bigotries do not exist in silos, yetIndia has made the dangerous mistake of beginning toaddress its sexual violence problem as if it were alocalised infection rather than a metastasising cancer.Respecting the rule of law is as important when con-demning a rapist’s actions as it is when condemningthose of a murderous mob. A society that believes thatevery woman, irrespective of her moral or sexual choic-es, has the right to her own body, must also believe thata person, irrespective of the crime he is accused of, hasthe right to the due process of law. One that believes inmeting out its own version of subjective ‘justice’ isequally likely to condone a father killing his daughterfor having premarital sex as it is to encourage the mur-der of a suspected rapist. It would be wrong to see thisact of mob ‘justice’ as a response to India’s heightenedrevulsion of rape; it is in fact to be seen as a part ofIndia’s growing violence and lawlessness which has sodiminished and endangered the lives of its women. Themob in Dimapur did not make its streets safer forwomen; it made its air more dangerous for everyone.The new conversation that India began in December2012 should have led to a re-evaluation of all our big-otries and prejudices, all the demons within; instead, anincomplete revolution has taken place, one that may doas much harm as good, and is no closer to a fuller ideaof justice. The brutal vigilantism of the kind that waswitnessed in the Dimapur killing does India no good anymore than the crude misogynist remarks of the defencelawyers in the India’s Daughter documentary.

NO LEG TO STAND ON

If over-the-top allegations such as “a conspiracy todefame India” can be ignored, the grounds cited to

justify the ban narrow down to three. They are that(a) broadcasting or otherwise disseminating India’sDaughter, and especially the interview with MukeshSingh, the convicted rapist and killer, will threatenpublic order by “encouraging and inciting violence

against women,” instilling fear in them, and leading to“a huge public outcry and serious law and order

problem”; (b) providing a platform for a man convictedof rape and murder to “use the media to further his

own case” when an appeal is pending in the SupremeCourt of India is sub judice; and (c) the “permission

conditions” laid down by the Tihar jail administrationwere “violated” by the documentary film-maker.

India’s Daughter is problematic on manycounts. First, the appeals process of the

rapists, sentenced to death in 2013, is stillon. There is good reason to fear that the

release of the documentary could hurt theappeal. However, while the trial was ongo-

ing, no one raised the argument that themobs outside the Delhi court, which werebaying for the blood of the rapists, werehurting the actual trial and sentencing.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 10, 2015SAADDA HAQ

AHMEDABAD, MARCH 09The Gujarat High Court adjourned hear-

ing on a plea filed by slain Congress MPEhsan Jafri's wife Zakia Jafri to sort outsome discrepancies in the translation ofdocuments submitted by SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) probing the2002 riots case.

Jafri had filed a plea before the GujaratHigh Court challenging an order of theAhmedabad metropolitan court which hadupheld SIT's clean chit to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and 59 others in connec-tion with the 2002 riots case.

Justice S G Shah posted the matter forfurther hearing on May 5 after ZakiaJafri's advocate M M Tirmizi showedsome discrepancies in the translation oforiginal documents.

After this development, advocate A YKogze of the Supreme Court-appointedSpecial Investigation Team (SIT) soughttime to verify discrepancies, which led tothe adjournment.

The Gujarat High Court also ordered thetranslation branch of the registry and SITto verify discrepancies in original docu-ments.

On December 26, 2013, MetropolitanMagistrate B J Ganatra had rejectedZakia's protest petition challenging theSIT clean chit to Modi.

On March 15, Zakia had filed a petitionbefore the high court and prayed for therejection of the magisterial court's orderwhich had validated SIT's closure report.

Zakia Jafri's petition had demanded"making Modi and 59 others accused inthe 2002 riot cases".

The petition had alleged that the magis-trate had simply accepted contentions inthe closure report with "non- applicationof mind".

The petition had also alleged that thedestruction of key records was carried outto ensure injustice to victims, an act inwhich the Chief Minister's office and thehome department were involved.

On February 8, 2012, the SIT had filed aclosure report giving a clean chit to Modiand others.

On 28 February, 2002, after the Godhratrain carnage, 68 people, including formerMP Ehsan Jafri, were killed by a mob atGulberg Society here during theriots.

Gujarat HC adjournshearing on Jafri'swidow Zakia plea

HYDERABAD, MARCH 09Ten legislators of the opposition TDP

were suspended on Monday from theTelangana Assembly for the entireBudget Session for stalling the proceed-ings.

Speaker S Madhusudana Charyannounced the suspension of the TeluguDesam Party members after Minister forLegislative Affairs T Harish Rao moveda resolution.

As soon as the House met, the secondday of the Budget Session, the ministerasked the members to apologise forshowing disrespect to the nationalanthem by their unruly conduct duringthe governor's address to the joint sessionof the legislature on March 7.

The TDP members, on their part,rushed to the speaker's podium demand-ing action against the ruling TelanganaRashtra Samithi (TRS) legislators whoallegedly attacked opposition membersduring the governor's address.

Amid pandemonium, Harish Raomoved the resolution for suspension ofthe TDP members for the rest of the

budget session, and it was adopted byvoice vote.

Sampath Kumar of the main oppositionCongress party apologised to the housebut clarified that it was not a deliberateshow of disrespect to the nationalanthem.

Earlier, a meeting of leaders of all par-ties called by the speaker decided that themembers who showed disrespect to thenational anthem should apologise.

This was decided after they saw thevideo footage of the governor's address.

Some opposition legislators had dis-rupted the proceedings by raising sloganswhen the national anthem was beingplayed before and after the governor'saddress.

They also stood on the tables, tore thecopies of the governor's speech andhurled it at him.

Leader of the Opposition, K JanaReddy, said the entire footage should beseen and action be taken against all themembers found indulging in unrulybehaviour, irrespective of their partyaffiliation.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Raosaid even if members of his party showdisrespect to the national anthem orindulge in misbehaviour, they won't bespared.

Defending suspension of the TDPmembers, he said if necessary more strin-gent action will be taken to ensure thatthe proceedings of the house are conduct-ed in a smooth manner.

"We will be very tough," he said andcriticised TDP members for stalling theproceedings.

Referring to threats by some TDPmembers that they will not allow theassembly to function, the chief ministersaid the government was determined torun the house, come what may.

When some opposition membersexpressed the view that TDP membersshould not have been suspended for theentire session, the TRS chief said thegovernment would consider the issueafter a couple of days.

Meanwhile, the TDP members staged aprotest in the Assembly premises againsttheir suspension.

GUWAHATI, MARCH 09Opposition members in Assam

Assembly on Monday questionedCongress MLA SiddiqueAhmod's reported statement in apublic meeting accusing ChiefMinister Tarun Gogoi of failingto take action despite beinginformed that the rape accused,who hailed from Karimganj,would be dragged out fromDimapur Central Jail.

The opposition members askedhow Ahmod knew that theaccused Syed Farid Khan wouldbe dragged out of the jail inNagaland as asserted by him at atelevised public meeting yester-day.

Abdur Rahim Khan (AIUDF),Padma Hazarika (AGP) and otheropposition members demanded

clarification from the govern-ment as the statement was madeby a ruling Congress MLA andmake its stand clear.

Otherwise there would be a law

and order situation, they said.Former minister Ahmod was

seen making the statementagainst the Chief Minister at apublic meeting televised by local

news channels yesterday.Intervening, Parliamentary

Affairs Minister RockybulHussain accused the oppositionof trying to get 'political mileage'out of the issue which being asensitive one should not be madea political one.

Speaker Pranab Kumar Borahsaid there could not be any dis-cussion in the House based on'hearsay' and advised that a letterbe written to the Centre for veri-fying Ahmod's statement.

Later, Ahmod modified hisstatement and told the media thathe had only informed Gogoi thattrouble was brewing inNagaland.

Meanwhile, Assam PCC presi-dent Anjan Dutta has issued ashow cause notice to Ahmod

directing him to give his replywithin three days from today.

Informing reporters about theshow cause, Dutta said furthersteps would be taken againstAhmod if the reply was not satis-factory.

Syed Farid Khan, remanded tojudicial custody in DimapurCentral Jail on February 25 afterhe was arrested the day before onsuspicion of raping a woman inDimapur, was on March 5dragged out by a mob that brokeinto the jail.

\Khan was stripped naked,severely beaten up, tied to amotor cycle and dragged for 7km to the centre of Dimapurtown, as he died of his injuriesalong the way and the mob hunghis body at the clock tower.

Dimapur lynching: Opposition questions CongressMLAs statement accusing Assam CM Gogoi

SRINAGAR, MARCH 09Heavy snowfall threw normal

life out of gear in Jammu andKashmir on Monday, disruptingelectricity, road and air linksbetween Kashmir Valley and therest of the country.

The strategic Jammu-SrinagarNational Highway No. 1Aremained closed for the secondday on Monday while air traffic,which was suspended on Sunday,was resumed in the morning.

Trains' movement in Kashmirwas also suspended because ofgathering snow on the rail tracks.

Overnight rain and snowfalltoppled electric poles in manyparts of Kashmir, including inSrinagar city, disrupting electric-ity supply.

"All flights were cancelled yes-terday afternoon due to accumu-lation of snow on the runway.However, snow was cleared andflights operated as per scheduleon Monday," an airport officialsaid here Monday.

Srinagar received 18 cm ofsnowfall during the past 12 hours

and the minimum temperaturewas recorded at minus 0.3 degreeCelsius on Monday.

In Gulmarg town 30 cm snow-fall was recorded, and mercurydipped to minus 7 degrees belowthe freezing point, the weatheroffice said.

The state administration post-poned all secondary educationboard and university examsscheduled for Monday. "Freshdates for the postponed paperswill be notified separately,"authorities said.

The Met Office said the weath-er will improve after March 9."Weather will remain mainly dryin the state during the next 24hours," a meteorological depart-ment official said.

In Ladakh region, Leh townrecorded the minimum tempera-ture of minus 2.4 degrees andKargil town was colder at minus6.4 degrees Celsius.

"The night temperature inJammu city was 9.8 degreesCelsius", the officialadded.

Snowfall hits power, airlinks in Jammu and Kashmir

Eight militant outfitsin Asssam, 5 of thembanned: GovtGUWAHATI, MARCH 09

There are eight militant outfits in Assamwith five of them declared as banned organi-sations, Panchayat Minister RockybulHussain said in the Assembly on Monday.

Replying on behalf of Chief Minister TarunGogoi who holds the Home portfolio to aquestion of Ali Hossain (AIUDF), Hussainsaid the banned organisations are ULFA-Independent, NDFB-Songbijit, KamatapurLiberation Organisation (KLO), CPI-Maobadi and Harkat-ul-Muzahideen (HuM).

The eight underground outfits are ULFA-I,NDFB-S, KLO, CPI-Maobadi, HuM, KarbiPeoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT), MuslimUnited Liberation Army (MULTA) andJamaat-ul- Mujahideen- Assam Module(JMB).

On their membership strength, Hussain saidULFA-I has 240 members, NDFB-S 250/270,KLO 70, CPI-Maobadi 30, HuM 40, KPLT40, MULTA 140, and JMB 20.

PATNA, MARCH 09Former Bihar chief minister Jitan

Ram Manjhi, along with cabinetministers of his erstwhile regime,on Monday sat on a protest fast atGandhi Maidan here against theNitish Kumar governmentannulling decisions taken by hisministry.

Along with a few rebel Janata Dal(United) MLAs, Manjhi and mem-bers of his erstwhile cabinet todaysat on the fast under the statue ofMahatma Gandhi here as theyprotested against the Nitish Kumargovernment's scrapping of 34 deci-sions that were taken by their min-istry.

Launching a scathing attack at hisone time mentor Kumar, Manjhitold reporters that the decision toscrap cabinet decisions was"najayaz" (illegal).

Defending his decisions, Manjhisaid all the decisions taken by hiscabinet were "genuine" for welfareof poor.

He trashed argument of shortageof fund to finance these decisionssaying "actually Nitish Kumar is

using money in 'pomp and show' tocarve out his name instead of devel-opment."

Projects worth thousands ofrupees like international museum,convention centre, new building forLegislative Assembly, new resi-

dences for legislators were not nec-essary at all as we are fightingagainst poverty in the state. Therewas no need for these buildings, hesaid.

Narendra Singh, Brishen Patel,Nitish Mishra, Mahachandra PrasadSingh and other ministers of theManjhi cabinet, along with somedissident JD(U) MLAs likeGyanendra Singh Gyanoo, PoonamDevi, senior leaders ShivanandTiwari and Shakuni Chaudhary saton the protest fast with Manjhi.

The fast has been organised underthe banner of newly floated organi-sation "HAM" (Hindustan AwamiMorcha) by Manjhi and his sup-porters. The protestors wore Gandhicap with HAM written on it to drawresemblance with Aam Admi Party(AAP) of Delhi chief ministerArvind Kejriwal.

Jitan Ram Manjhi sits on protest fastagainst annulment of his decisions

JAMMU, MARCH 09Criticising BJP for its

"suicidal surrender and U-turn on its jingoistic rheto-ric" on the release of hard-line separatist leaderMasarat Alam, Jammu andKashmir National PanthersParty (JKNPP) on Mondaysaid the party had compro-mised on all its policies forthe sake of power. "Weaccuse BJP for its suicidalsurrender and U-turn on itsjingoistic rhetoric. The stateunit of BJP owes an expla-nation to the people of statefor its criminal silence overthe spate of announcementsand measures announcedby PDP in furtherance of itshighly controversial agen-da," JKNPP Chairman,Harsh Dev Singh toldreporters here.

"BJP in its outlandish

ambition to remain inpower seems to haveignored the fact thatMasarat Alam had waged awar against the nation, car-ried a huge reward on hishead for pro-secessionistactivities, was detainedunder PSA and otheroffences more than a dozentimes and has furtherwarned to carry forward theanti-India campaign imme-diately after his release," headded. Asserting thatJammu and Kashmir can'tbe made a hostage to poli-ticking by BJP-PDPalliance, Singh lambastedthe saffron party for its"utterly meek and shamefulresponse" in the face ofaggressive posturing by itsalliance partner for promo-tion of its avowed agendain the state.

Ultra outfit UPLF'Chairman' injuredin encounterDIPHU, MARCH 09

Militant outfit United People's LiberationForce's (UPLF) 'Chairman' Dhananjay Dalogopuwas seriously injured in an encounter with policein central Assam's Karbi Anglong district onMonday.

On information about the presence of a five-member group of the UPLF in the Borlangphaarea of the district, police launched an operationtoday, Superintendent of Police Mukdhya JyotiMahanta said.

In the ensuing encounter within the deep forests,about 8 km away from Borlangpha police station,the UPLF chief was injured and a pistol with anempty cartridge and three rounds of ammunitionwere recovered from him, Mahanta said.

Dalogopu alias Ratan Dalogopu alias Kala wasinvolved in many extortion incidents after he hadjoined the outfit about a year and a half ago andtook over its reins after the arrest of its ChairmanGajao eight months ago, the SP said.

Dhananjay, a former insurgent of the DimaHasao Daogah (DHD) that had laid down arms in2003, was admitted to Diphu Civil Hospital.

TDP legislators suspended from Telangana Assembly

BJP compromising on all itspolicies for power: JKNPP

No threat to ouralliance with BJP,Masarat Alam's releaseis not illegal: PDPSRINAGAR, MARCH 09

Defending the PDP-led govern-ment's stand on separatist leaderMasarat Alam's release, partyleader Firdous Tak on Monday saidthat no illegal procedure was fol-lowed while releasing the latter andthe issue will not affect his party'salliance with the BJP.

Tak, while speaking to ANI, said,“There is no illegality in MasaratAlam's release and he has beenreleased on bail in all cases.”

Further talking about the PDP-BJP alliance in J&K, Tak said thatcontroversy over Alam's releasewill not affect the coalition.

“There is no threat to our alliancewith BJP. There is a mechanism inplace,” he said

'Abhayam' helpline tonow cater whole Gujarat

AHMEDABAD, MARCH 09On the occasion of International Women's Day,

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel extended theservices of 'Abhayam', a women's helpline, to entireGujarat. Till now, the '181' helpline, which aims toprovide timely assistance and guidance to women incase of any emergency or violence against them, wasavailable only in two cities and one district in thestate. This toll-free helpline was first made opera-tional in February last year in Ahmedabad and Suratcities, and Gandhinagar district, an official releasesaid. "In the last one year, more than 17,000 womenhave called on this helpline and received timely assis-tance from trained counselors," it said.

"This is a toll-free helpline, which will remainactive round the clock. Any woman can seek assis-tance, guidance or advise from this helpline. For thosewho will be in need of immediate help, we will reachto them through these 37 Abhayam rescue vans,"Patel said during the inauguration ceremony.

This helpline has been linked to other helplines like'108' (emergency) and '1098' (child helpline), so thatwomen can get all the necessary help from one place.

Apart from helping women in case of emergencies,the helpline also provides guidance related to physi-cal and mental health, legal provisions, child birth,government schemes for women and other women-oriented issues, it said.

JAIPUR, MARCH 09Rajasthan Chief Minister

Vasundhara Raje, who is alsoholding the Finance Ministry, willpresent the annual budget of thestate for the fiscal year 2015-16on Monday. Chief Minister Rajewill make presentation of thebudget for FY 2015-16 in theHouse today at 1100 hrs, ChiefWhip KL Gurjar had told a newsagency yesterday.

When asked will Raje be able topresent the budget as she wasdown with fever, Gurjar said,"The God will keep her fit andshe will present the full budget..Nothing to worry". Raje, who had herbirthday yesterday, was down with fever and not meeting public toreceive their wishes, according to a CMO spokesman. In the aftermath ofsuspension of 8 Congress MLAs from the House on March 3 for theremaining period of the ongoing session by the Speaker, Leader ofOpposition (Congress) Rameswhar Dudi said the Congress LegislatureParty (CLP) will meet on Monday at 9 am at PCC to decide whether theremaining 16 party MLAs would attend the budget presentation by Rajeor not. The MLAs were suspended after a proposal moved by govern-ment chief whip was passed by the House. Earlier, Dudi had said thatCongress decided on the very day of suspension that no MLA wouldattend the budget presentation. At least 40 persons, including RajasthanCongress chief Sachin Pilot and 10 policemen, were injured on March 3when police tried to stop party workers who attempted to 'gherao' theAssembly to protest against Centre's ordinance on land acquisition Act.

Rajasthan CM Raje to presentannual budget today

D-Link, the popularTaiwdfanese net-work devices

manufacturer, appears setto launch its first Androidtablet in India - the D-Link D100 - as it has

been made availableonline via e-commercesites.

Priced as low as Rs.12,534, the D-Link D100tablet is up for purchase

via several third-party e-commerce sites in thecountry. D-Link has notyet issued any officialpress statement regardingthe launch of the tablet.

The single-SIM voice-calling D-Link D100tablet runs Android 4.4.2KitKat out-of-the-box

and features a 7.85-inchIPS LCD display with anHD resolution of1024x768 pixels. It ispowered by a 1.3GHzquad-core processor(unknown chipset) cou-pled with Mali-400 MP2GPU and 1GB of RAM.

The D-Link D100

sports a 5-megapixel rearcamera without flash anda 2-megapixel front-fac-ing camera. It includes16GB of inbuilt storage,which is expandable viamicroSD card (up to32GB).

Connectivity optionson the D-Link D100

include 3G, Wi-Fi,Bluetooth, Micro-USB,GPS/ A-GPS, and OTGsupport. The devicepacks a 4000mAh bat-tery, and can be pur-chased via eBay (Rs.12,534), Snapdeal (Rs.13,304) and Flipkart (Rs.13,545).

Earlier this month,AOC - which is knownfor manufacturing com-puter displays - hadlaunched the AOCD70V50G tablet in Indiaat Rs. 7,750. The AOCD70V50G tablet will beavailable in mobile retailstores in metro and minimetro cities.

The company alongsidealso announced thelaunch of the AOC E40and AOC M601 smart-phones, which werealready revealed for theIndian market late lastyear. The AOC E40 andAOC M601 have beenpriced at Rs. 4,490 andRs. 7,990 respectively.

NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MARCH 10, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. Our financial system has provided for the transfer ofresources from the centre to the states; the importantmeans of resource transfer areA. tax sharing B. grant-in-aidsC. loans D. All the above

2. Debenture holders of a company are itsA. shareholders B. creditorsC. debtors D. directors

3. Excise duty is a tax levied on theA. import of goods B. export of goodsC. production of goods D. sale of goods

4. In pursuance with the recommendations ofNarsimhan Committee, the RBI has framed newguidelinesA. to govern entry of new private sector banks tomake the banking sector more competitiveB. to reduce the freedom given to banks to rational-ize their existing branch networkC. to setup more foreign exchange banksD. to lend more easily for industrial development

5. Which of the following is the first Indian privatecompany to sign an accord with Government ofMyanmar for oil exploration in two offshore blocksin that country?A. Reliance Energy B. Essar OilC. GAIL D. ONGC

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES Take care that your self-esteem doesn't depend on what

other people tell you, Aries. One minute a bit of flatterymay send you high as a kite, and the next minute somecriticism may have you feeling down in the dumps. Doyour best to not let others blow you up and then deflateyou as if you're nothing but a balloon.

TAURUS Your self-esteem should be good now, Taurus. Youwill find that you can make great strides on long-term projects. This is a good day to put your nose tothe grindstone and get to work. There's an extra bitof productive force in the day that will help youachieve just about anything you set your mind to.

GEMINI You may be a bit aggravated today, Gemini. Peopleseem to be more of a hindrance than a help to you. Don'tbe too accusatory until you make sure that you're oper-ating honestly and productively. You may automaticallygo into defensive mode and end up accusing someoneof the very thing that you're guilty of.

CANCER You have a unique opportunity to review plans and foundations thatyou've recently put into place, Cancer. As carpenters say, "Measuretwice and cut once." This is a key time to review your plans andmake sure your structure is secure. If there's any doubt about whatyou've completed so far, consult someone whose expertise you trust.It may be worth it to start over using a new plan.

LEO Your laziness isn't making it easy to get out of bed, Leo.In fact, all you may want to do today is absolutely noth-ing. Unfortunately, this may not be possible. Whether it isor not, you can make the best of this feeling as long asyou keep yourself in the right frame of mind. Find the ele-ment of fun in everything you do, including your work.

VIRGO You may but heads with someone who's equally unwilling tobudge, Virgo. Use this conflict as a lesson in perspective.Understand the motivation of the opposite side. The life lessonyou may need to learn probably has to do with discipline and theneed for honest sweat from your brow. Don't be afraid to work alittle harder than you have been to make your dreams come true.

LIBRA You may run into roadblocks today, Libra, but don'tworry. These are things you are capable of workingaround. The tricky part of the situation is that noneof these blocks is likely to budge, and you may haveabsolutely no understanding of why they're there.Try not to take this barricade personally.

SCORPIO Your mind is sharp today, and your willingness to work isequally strong, Scorpio. Use this powerful combination offorces to your full advantage. You will find that your brain islike a powerful steel trap. There is very little that will escapeyour attention. The most important thing for you to remem-ber is to not let other people obstruct your progress.

SAGITTARIUSYou may get out of bed with a jolt, Sagittarius, indicative of the factthat there are forces prodding you from almost every direction. It mayseem like you're in high demand, so do your best to appease thosewho need your attention. The key for you is not to get overwhelmedto the point where you can no longer function at all. Go at your ownpace and you will meet with tremendous success.

CAPRICORN It isn't a good idea to blame your troubles on others, Capricorn.The only one that you really have to blame is you. You will findthat your mind is active today and that it might send you aroundin circles unless you make a conscious effort to slow it down andget it going on the right path. Deal with the facts of the situationinstead of the emotions that may arise from it.

AQUARIUS Today it may seem like you're trapped in a powerstruggle that you can't get out of, Aquarius. The prob-lem is that this struggle may have very little to do withyou and your actions. There's a strong, limiting forcethat is asking you to slow down. Try your best not toget involved with conflicts that don't concern you.

PISCES Your solid, grounded, and steady approach may be chal-lenged today, Pisces. Someone with a strong ego couldpunch holes in the plan you've so carefully laid out. Tryto stick with the facts and do your best not to let this turninto some sort of popularity contest. Be humble anddirect. Try not to be too emotional or sensitive.

HTC will make a "hugeannouncement" this month,says company's American

wing President, Jason Mackenzie.

In an interviewwith BusinessInsider atM W C2 0 1 5 ,

Mackenziesuggested thatcompany willannounce some-thing big around mid-to-end of March that willdifferentiate betweenSamsung and the iPhone, butdidn't share what exactly thelaunch will be.

"When I look at the flagship [theM9], I see we're building the mostpremium device," Mackenzie toldBusiness Insider. "But I can't stopthere. We have a huge announcementin middle to late March aroundextreme differentiation betweenSamsung and the iPhone. It solveskey pain points."

It is being speculated that HTC willlaunch another high-end smartphone,such as the rumoured HTC DesireA55 or HTC One E9 (like last year'sOne (E8)) along with a phablet vari-ant dubbed HTC One M9 Plus.

Another set of reports suggest HTCwill also launch an cloud storage

service to rival Apple'siCloud and Samsung's

All Share PlayCloud.

I f

H T Cp u r e l ygoes for as m a r t p h o n elaunch, we mightsee the rumouredlite variant of the flag-ship One M9, suggested to be theHTC Hima Ace aka HTC Desire A55aka HTC One E9 (A55) according toUpleaks, a tipster who has been tip-ping information about this particulardevice since last year. The smart-phone in the meanwhile has also been

leaked in purported live images onthe Weibo social network.

Upleaks tips the HTC One E9 willfeature a 5.5-inch QHD display, andrun on a 64-bit 2GHz octa-core(Cortex-A53) MediaTek MT6795processor coupled with PowerVRG6200 GPU and 3GB of RAM. Theremaining specifications are said tobe identical to the HTC One M9, witha 20-megapixel rear camera, and a 4-

UltraPixel or 13-megapixel front-facing camera depending on

the market.

The tipped spec-i f i c a t i o n s

m a t c ht h o s e

leakedl a s t

month, whenUpleaks had sug-

gested the device tolaunch in Desire series and

not be a variant of the HTC OneM9. But on Tuesday, the tipster againsuggested the device to be calledHTC One E9 like the plastic variantof HTC One (M8) launched as theOne (E8).

Meanwhile, purported live imagesof the HTC One M9 Plus are alsomaking rounds over the Web.

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ADELAIDE, MARCH 09Bangladesh rose to the occa-

sion to knock England out of thecricket World Cup with a 15-runwin in the Pool A encounter hereon Monday, setting up a poten-tial quarter-final clash withdefending champions India.

Put into bat, Bangladesh rodeon Mahmudullah's resilient cen-tury to post 275 for seven andthen put up a spirited bowlingshow to pack England for 260runs in 48.3 overs.

Man of the MatchMahmudullah (103) struck hisfirst ODI ton to lift Bangladeshfrom 99 for four to a respectablescore after stitching a crucial141-run fifth-wicket partnershipwith Mushfiqur Rahim (89).

England medium pacersJames Anderson and ChrisJordan bagged two wicketseach.

England started the chase on adecent note even after openerMoeen Ali (19) was run out butthe top-order batsmen failed toconvert their starts and let go ofthe advantage in the must-wingame.

Bangladesh bowlers, ably ledby Robel Hossian (4-53), struckat crucial junctures to put

England in trouble.Ian Bell tried to do the rescue

act with a hard-working 63 butHossian got the opener caught

behind in the 27th over.The middle-order wobbled

only to be held by Jos Buttler(65), who fought hard but hisseventh ODI fifty was notenough to save England's fadingfortunes. Chris Woakes (42 notout) battled hard till the end butgot little help from the tail asHossain cleaned up the final twobatsman with good seam move-ment. Hossian got good supportfrom captain and pace spear-head Mashrafe Mortaza (2-48)and Taskin Ahmed (2-59).Buttler and Woakes, with theirseventh-wicket 75-run partner-ship, looked like taking theThree Lions to a win at onestage, but Bangladesh were justunstoppable on a day thatbelonged to them.Mahmudullah betteredBangladesh's previous individ-ual best of 95 made by TamimIqbal against Scotland earlierthe tournament.

He, along with MushfiqurRahim, who smashed his way to89 off 77 balls, liftedBangladesh from a sloppy startby adding 141 runs for the fifthwicket.

The partnership was anotherWorld Cup record for theBangladesh side.

Paceman Anderson had pro-vided England a fiery start byremoving both the openers --Imrul Kayes (2) and TamimIqbal (2) -- in his first two oversbut the following batsmenshowed a lot determination.

Mahmudullah first shared a86-run stand with SoumyaSarkar (40) to stabilise theinnings and then combined withRahim to stitch up a decenttotal. Mahmudullah's 103 cameoff 138 balls with seven hits tothe fence and two over it andRahim punished the Britishbowlers by eight fours and a six.

Bangladesh could have scoredmore but Jordan bowled a fan-tastic penultimate over in whichhe gave away just three runs andtook a wicket too.

Scores: Bangladesh- 275—7(Mahmudullah 103, MushfiqurRahim 89; James Anderson 2—45, Chris Jordan 2—59) def.England- 260 (Jos Buttler 65,Ian Bell 63; Rubel Hossain 4—53, Mortaza 2—48, TaskinAhmed 2—59), by 15 runs.

Bangladesh knock England out of World Cup,likely to face India in quarter-finals

HAMILTON, MARCH 09He has impressed with his miser-

ly bowling effort in the ongoingcricket World Cup but seamerMohit Sharma says credit alsogoes to the new ball bowlersMohammed Shami and UmeshYadav, who have put the rival bats-men under lot of pressure.

Mohit has got six wickets in fourmatches but more importantly hasbeen among the most economicalof Indian bowlers with an econo-my rate of 3.90.

"The way Shami and Umeshbhai are bowling, it has helped mea lot. They have been bowling real-ly well and have been able to exerta lot pressure up-front. My job is tomaintain that pressure, so thatAshwin and Jadeja are benefittedfrom it later on," Mohit said at thepre-match press conference on theeve of their match against Ireland.

"So it helps me a lot that thebatsmen are under pressure and myjob then will be to bowl to mystrengths which I have been doingfor the last 10 years."

Mohit has got wickets withshort-pitched deliveries and feelsthat a lot of batsmen are takenaback by the pace of his bouncers.

"Nobody expects my bouncer tocome so fast because it skids aswell. That?s a plus for me becausemy bouncer catches the batsmenoff guard and as a result there willeither a top edge or they will getbeaten. I have been hit for foursand sixes also off my bouncers butthat's how it goes," said the 23-year-old Haryana seamer.

The Rohtak-born Mohit agreedthat although they have bowledwell as unit, they do have room forimprovement as they are yet to betruly 'tested' in slog overs.

"Well, there's no limit to doingwell, what we have to keep in mindis that we have not yet faced any

pressure situation. We haven't hadto bowl in the slog overs and thereare other things where we have thescope to do well."

The youngster also agreed thatSeddon Park being comparativelymuch smaller ground thanAdelaide Oval, MCG or theWACA would need to adjust thelength on this ground.

"There will be a difference inyour thinking when you have toplay in smaller grounds after play-ing in big grounds for a long time.You will have to change your lines,but we can't keep thinking toomuch about the size of the ground.

"It's the same for both teams,what we have to do is concentrateon our strength and try and do thebest of our abilities," Mohit said.

Although he was included after

Ishant Sharma was ruled out,Mohit said that the time he spentand the match-time he got at Perthduring the tri-nation ODI serieswas worthwhile.

"I don't think I had any less totime acclimatise to the conditionsas I was part of the tri-series whichwas played over more than twoweeks, which I think is goodenough to get the hang of condi-tions.

"Being professionals, we do real-ize what to do and what not to. Iplayed a match in Perth also, so Ihad the understanding of the con-ditions. We have been practisinghard in the nets and that helps a lottoo. So there wasn't great difficultyis adjusting to the conditions."

Although Ishant couldn't be partof the campaign, Mohit said that

his inputs have been invaluable."When I came over to Australia,

Ishant helped me a lot. During ourtraining sessions, he helped withhis inputs like what should be thelength with the new ball and withthe old ball. Ishant has visitedAustralia twice, so he has the expe-rience and is quite aware of theconditions there.

"It helped a great deal that weused to discuss these things duringpractice sessions. And all of us thefive bowlers used to spend a lottime together so that we can shareour experiences with each other."

India's fielding has been good onmost occasions barring last matchwhere they dropped four catchesbut the pacer said that fieldingcoach R Sridhar is "working hardwith the boys."

World Cup 2015: Good performance by MohammedShami, Umesh Yadav helped me, says Mohit Sharma

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 09After her dreams of win-

ning All England bad-minton championshipended in agony with adefeat in the final, a crest-fallen Saina Nehwal onSunday said it was her lackof focus and nervousnesswhich led to her loss.

Olympic bronze medal-list Saina today let go of ahuge opportunity to scripthistory as she squanderedan opening game lead to godown 21-16 14-21 7-21 tothe reigning world champi-on Carolina Marin of Spainin the women's singlesfinal.

just lost focus and beganhurrying, which was notright," Nehwal said afterthe match.

"Playing against topplayers anything can hap-pen at any stage, and you

can always get nervous atsome point in time. That'swhat happened here," sheadded.

It was a case of so nearyet so far as the World No.3 Indian failed to emulateher long-time coachPullela Gopichand (2001)and legendary PrakashPadukone (1980), who hadwon the prestigious title inthe past.

Saina, who has beencompeting at the AllEngland since 2007, hadnever lost to Carolina andlooked on course for anencore before the WorldNo. 6 Spaniard scripted aremarkable comeback inthe second game to putpaid to the Indian's hopesat the Barclaycard Arena.

"This is quite amazingfor me. I lost to her everytime before, so to beat her

like this, and in this tourna-ment, is very specialindeed," said Marin.

After dominating theopening game completely,Saina was leading 11-9 inthe second but lost steamafter the break, as Carolinafought back brilliantly andbagged eight out of the lastnine points.

In the decider, Carolinastamped her authority withher sharp smashes and bet-ter movement to complete-ly make it a one-sided con-test as Saina could onlywatch her hopes went up insmoke.

Marin said: "At 9-11 inthe second I heard mycoach calling to me. I stuckto my game plan and triedto make less mistakes. Icould feel it was beginningto work but then it startedworking very quickly."

All England championship:I lost focus and got nerv-ous, says Saina Nehwal

HAMILTON, MARCH 09Ireland face defending cham-

pions India on Tuesday where ashock victory would put theminto the World Cup quarter-finals and leave either Pakistanor West Indies facing elimina-tion.

Non-Test playing Irelandhave already hunted down twoFull Members -- the WestIndies and Zimbabwe -- in PoolB so far on their way to sixpoints from four matches butknow they will expect nomercy against India who havewon all four matches so far tocomfortably reach the last-eight.

"I don`t think their guard willever be down and they`re notgoing to look to lose anymomentum from their point ofview. Whatever they decide todo is out of our control," said

Ireland captain WilliamPorterfield.

Ireland are no strangers toupsetting big teams.

They famously oustedPakistan from the 2007 WorldCup held in the West Indies ontheir way to the Super Eightswhere they beat Bangladeshand then defeated England inthe 2011 tournament.

Ireland started their campaignwith a shock four-wicket winover former champions theWest Indies and then outlastedUnited Arab Emirates by twowickets.

They came down with a nastybump against rampaging SouthAfrica in their third match, los-ing by 201 runs, before theyupset Zimbabwe in a five-runthriller in Hobart on Saturday.

"We`ve just got to keep allthe momentum and keep

improving the little things andkeep taking things forward,"

said Porterfield, whose teamplay Pakistan in their last group

match in Adelaide on March15.

"We`ve been able to winthree from four so we`re doingsomething right along the way,"said the Irish captain whoseteam has lost both their one-dayinternationals against India --the last in the 2011 World Cup.

Porterfield hopes his bowlerslift their performance against abatting power-house like Indiaafter conceding 304 runsagainst the West Indies and 411against South Africa.

In contrast, India captainMahendra Singh Dhoni ispleased with his bowling whichwas considered a weaknessbefore the tournament.

"I feel the contribution of allthe bowlers is superb," saidDhoni of his attack who bowledthe West Indies out for just 182in their last game and SouthAfrica for 177.

"Umesh (Yadav) is bowling

well, he is bowling quick.(Mohammad) Shami has takenthe extra responsibility ofbowling with the new ball, andit gives Mohit (Sharma) a bitmore time in the middle orderwith a bit more feel, and he hasbeen very consistent."

Dhoni admitted the shorterboundaries in New Zealand,where they play their firstmatch after four in Australia, isa concern.

"Yes, the short boundarieswill be a bit of a concern, butoverall, again, it will be goodexposure for the bowlers, thereason being we are nicelypositioned in the table rightnow, but we would still like togive our best," said Dhoni.

It`s understood that India willtry their bench strength beforethe quarter-finals by resting oneof their frontline fast bowlers.

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Ashutosh Gowariker, who has previouslydirected Hrithik in ‘Jodhaa-Akbar’, will bedirecting this movie. This much anticipat-

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Sunny Leone never ceas-es to set the screensablaze with her ultimate

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Sunny sported a westernlook ‘Pink Lips’ and ‘BabyDoll’. While ‘Desi Look’from ‘Ek Paheli Leela’ is afusion song. Now her latest‘Saiyaan Superstar’ is a desiretro. Looking at this track,one realizes that desi hasn’tever been so terrific. From thecostumes to her expressions –Sunny is just the perfectactress for this number. Herlook is a desi one, with atouch of western. The beautydons golden traditional dresswith heavy jewelry and redhot lips along with a bindi tocomplete her desi form. Thewestern touch is provided byher goggles and of course herbold expressions throughoutthe song.

Everything about this songensures splendid entertain-ment. Tulsi Kumar has lenther vocals and Amaal Malik

has done the composition.Though the desi beats and theactress’ looks are definitelygood, she could have donebetter with the moves. Thesong makers have tried tosomewhat recreate ShilpaShetty’s famous item song‘Dilwalon Ke Dil Ka KararLootne’. While Shipa is defi-nitely the better one in termsof moves, Sunny is the cham-pion when it comes to looks.‘Saiyaan Superstar’ wouldhave been more of a hit ifSunny had worked more onher steps. Anyway, thisdamsel’s unmatched beautyand hotness very well makethe song one of the best desitracks Bollywood has had in along time.

Besides ‘SaiyaanSuperstar’, the filmmakershave recreated famous looksof the past throughout themovie. They have apparentlybeen inspired by ZeenatAman’s bold avatars she hassported many a times duringher filmy career, especially in‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’.Director Bobby Khan con-firmed this, “The way SSScaptured Zeenatji’s beautywas beautiful. When Ibounced the idea off Sunny,she immediately approved.However, Sunny Leone’s lookis more demure as comparedto Zeenatji’s bold toplessavatar. Sunny would nevergo topless and neither

would I let her. Our filmhas glamour butwe’ve keptIndian senti-ments inmind, whichis why shewore aspaghetti topwith her sari.”

EK PAHELI LEELA: Sunny Leonegoes desi in ‘Saiyaan Superstar’

Megastar Aamir Khan andsuperstar Aamir Khanwill jointly launch the

trailer of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’smuch anticipated film, BrokenHorses’, his debut Hollywoodventure.

The film has been written;directed and produced by the film-maker himself and the trailer willbe released on Tuesday.

Both Big B and Aamir share agreat rapport with Vidhu Chopra.Aamir has starred in Chopra’sblockbuster movies like, ‘3 Idiots’and ‘PK’ and Amitabh too workedin Vidhu’s movie, Eklavya: TheRoyal Guard. He is also workingon upcoming film that is beingdirected by Bejoy Nambiar andproduced by Chopra.

"I am grateful to AmitabhBachchan and Aamir Khan whohave agreed to launch the trailer of

my first Hollywood film ‘BrokenHorses’. It is a very special filmfor me and special people launch-ing the trailer will make themoment even more memorable,”said Chopra who is looking for-ward to the release of ‘Broken

Horses’ that stars Spanish actorMaría Valverde and American starThomas Jane.

Distributed and marketed byFox Star Studios in India, ‘BrokenHorses’ will hit the theatres onApril 10.

Big B, Aamir to launch Chopra’s‘Broken Horses’ trailer

Dharma Productions‘Brothers’ starringAkshay Kumar and

Sidharth Malhotra wasreleased online and it showstwo rival brothers pittedagainst each other in boxingarena. The two estrangedbrothers’ sports beard andthey seems sharing a strained

relationship.Akshay Kumar tweeted

about the exclusive first lookof the film#Here's the firstlook of my next film@Brothers2015 exclusivelyfor you guys, would love toknow your thoughts.

'Brothers' directed by KaranMalhotra is an official remake

of the 2011 Hollywood movie'Warrior'. It tells the story oftwo estranged brothers. Theytook part in mixed martial artstournament and their pastcome into forefront.

In the Hindi remake,Akshay Kumar and SidharthMalhotra play two estrangedbrothers. Jackie Shroff appar-

ently plays the role of thefather, essayed by Nick Noltein the original.

'Brothers' shows AkshayKumar and Sidharth Malhotrasporting a rugged looks.

The film is being producedby Karan Johar andJacqueline Fernandez will beseen as the leading lady.

The ‘Haider’ actressShraddha Kapoorslammed International

Women's Day (March 8,Sunday) in a country wherewomen in the abused every nowand then. She asked women tostand up against any kind ofabuse towards them and also befearless.

Shraddha (26) criticised thecelebration of InternationalWomen's Day through a seriesof tweets, saying a single occa-sion is not enough to rememberthe injustice women go throughevery day.

"Every 20 mins or so, there isa rape happening in our coun-try. And today we are 'celebrat-ing' womens day. No single daycan express the injustice thatwomen have to go througheveryday. To be objectified,abused and treated worse thangarbage. Stand up against thisabuse, not just today but everyday," she wrote.

Shraddha asked women to befearless. "Love and respect toall you lovely ladies out there!ALWAYS keep your head upand NEVER stop being FEAR-LESS!!!

#ProudToBeAnIndianWoman

," she added.The Aashiqui 2 star, who is

the daughter of Bollywood vet-eran actor Shakti Kapoor, said"women empowerment is thebest change to make the world abetter place".

EVERY 20 MINSRAPE ISHAPPENING INOUR COUNTRY,SHRADDHAKAPOOR

Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra in ‘Brothers’