BHATTA PARSAUL, JAN 14 Congress on Wednesday

launched its agitationagainst the land acquisitionordinance with a meetingof farmers in BhattaParsaul and accused theNarendra Modi govern-ment of “snatching awayall the rights” given to thepeople by the erstwhileUPA regime.

Addressing the gather-ing, former Union RuralDevelopment MinisterJairam Ramesh said theCongress-led UPA govern-ment had given the farmersrights to their land but theBJP regime was reversingthe measures.

Congress Vice-PresidentRahul Gandhi started theparty's protests in 2011,

from this village in GreaterNoida, against farm landacquisition, leading to theenactment of the LandAcquisition, Rehabilitationand Resettlement Act,2013, many of whosemeasures have now been

repealed by the ordinance.“Our law had said the

acquired land would begiven back to their ownersif it remains unused forfive years. But the BJPgovernment has done away

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MUMBAITemperature: 300CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 36%Wind: 14 Km/hr

SRINAGAR, JAN 14A day after National

Conference leaderOmar Abdullah wrote tostate Governor NNVohra pledging hisparty's support to thePDP for governmentformation in Jammu andKashmir, the MehboobaMufti-led party onWednesday rejected theoffer.

Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) spokesper-son Naeem Akhtar toldANI that the National

Conference has failed torealise it has beendefeated by people inthe Assembly Elections.

Omar, former statechief minister, yester-day asked GovernorVohra not to take anydecision on governmentformation without con-sulting his party.

Akhtar today allegedthe NationalConference was tryingto come back to powerthrough the back door.

“They are in no posi-

tion to decide who willform government inJ&K. They are trying toturn their defeat intovictory which is notpossible,” the PDPspokesperson said,adding “we are not giv-ing NationalConference a chance tocome to power throughback door”.

Last night also,Akhtar had said, "Ouragenda is not just tocome to power but use it

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTThursday, January 15, 2015

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NEW DELHI, JAN 14Noting the Centre should be

“more keen” than the SupremeCourt to hold true to its promiseof bringing river Ganga back toits pristine self, the apex court onWednesday asked the govern-ment if there is any chance ofcleaning up the 2,500 km longholy river during its current termin power.

"You should be more keen thanus... You said this (cleaning upthe river) for which you are socommitted. So, do you want tocomplete this task in this term ofthe government or not?” JusticeT.S. Thakur, heading the benchhearing a 30-year-old PIL to ridriver Ganga of pollution, asked.

In reply, Solicitor-GeneralRanjit Kumar assured the jobwould be completed by 2018.

This exchange came a day afterJustice Thakur, while hearinganother case on Tuesday, shared

in open court of how his officereceived a phone call from theoffice of Uma Bharti, Minister

for Water Resources andRejuvenation, asking if he wouldbe interested in taking part in a

function at Varanasi related to thecleaning of the holy river.

“I then told my office to con-vey to the minister that I onlyhear the PIL on Ganga clean-up. Imyself do not do the cleaning,”Justice Thakur shared in a lightervein.

In today's hearing, the Benchasked the government to provideconcrete steps in a report, whichwould in “layman's words”explain how the governmentwould go about in its task ofcleaning up the national river.

In an earlier hearing, the Benchhad referred to the Ganga as “alifeline of the people”.

“No matter what name yougive, Ganga Action orRejuvenation, we want you togive us details of the cleaning-upplans in such a manner that thecourt can verify the progress youmake. And fortunately, money is

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Will you finish cleaning up Gangathis term or not? SC to govt

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NEW DELHI, JAN 14A church here was van-

dalised early Wednesday,police said.

"Two people came on ascooter around 4.20 am. Oneof them entered the church's

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Churchvandalised inDelhi's Vikaspuri

NEW DELHI, JAN 14BJP MPs Harsh Vardhan

and Meenakshi Lekhi areamong the 21-memberElection Committee whichwill oversee the party's cam-paign for the February 7Assembly polls in the national

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Satish Upadhyay tohead BJP electioncommitte in Delhi

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Gold bars worth about Rs

70 lakh have been seized fromthe possession of five personsat the international airporthere. The accused, who wereallegedly trying to smugglegold bars into the country,

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Gold bars worthRs 70 lakh seizedat Delhi airport

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KOLKATA, JAN 14Author-politician Shashi Tharoor

said it was the Bharatiya JanataParty’s overwhelming victory inlast year’s Lok Sabha polls thatinspired him to write his latestbook, the last in his trilogy onIndia.

‘India Shastra: Reflections on theNation in Our Time’, which wouldbe released on Thursday at the

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Modi inspires Tharoor’slatest book

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Controversial BJP MP Sakshi

Maharaj on Tuesday said he wasunaware of any show-cause noticeserved on him by the party andsaid that even if he received one, itwas an “internal matter” of theparty. However, BJP organisationsecretary Ram Lal said that thenotice was served late Mondaynight. Party president Amit Shah

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Sakshi Maharaj: unaware ofshow-cause notice

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Seeking to downplay the contro-

versy over sudden sacking ofAvinash Chander as chief of theDefence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO), Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar on Wednesdaysaid that he had recommended that

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DRDO chief was removed to bring inyounger generation: Parrikar

KANGRA, JAN 14A clarified butter idol at a

temple in Himachal's Kangradistrict has turned out to be amajor draw for thousands ofdevotees on the occasion ofMakar Sankranti festival.

Braving rain, large numbersof devotees Wednesdaythronged the famous

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Clarified butter idol inHimachal temple big draw

RAMBAN, JAN 14With the arrest of two per-

sons, the police has claimed tosolve a seven-year-old murdercase which remained shroud-ed under mystery in thismountainous district ofJammu and Kashmir

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Murder mysterysolved after sevenyears in J&K

SRINAGAR, JAN 14One militant was killed

Wednesday in a gunbattlebetween the security forcesand separatist guerrillas inJammu and Kashmir`sBaramulla district, ending thegunfight, police said. A gun-fight started Wednesdaybetween the security forces

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One militant killed inKashmir, gunfight ends

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Congress launches protest againstland ordinance in Bhatta Parsaul

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Declining prices of global

crude oil kept the inflationrate at near zero level inDecember, raising the clam-our for interest rate cut byRBI to boost domestic man-ufacturing and spur econom-ic growth.

Wholesale price index(WPI) based inflationmoved up marginally inDecember to 0.11 percentfrom zero level inNovember, reversing the sixmonth declining trend.

The slight increase in

inflation rate was due tospurt in 'food items' basket.Food inflation in Decembermoved to 5-month high of5.2 percent, as per the gov-ernment data released today.

While inflation in pulses,vegetables and fruits washigher in December over theprevious month, it eased inwheat, milk and other pro-tein rich items like egg, meatand fish.

"To give a boost to thecapex cycle, there is anurgent need for lowering of

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Directors of Jharkhand

Ispat Pvt Ltd R. S. Rungtaand R. C. Rungta were onWednesday granted bail by aSpecial Court in connectionwith a coal blocks allocationscam case after they appearedbefore it in pursuance to thesummons issued againstthem. Special CBI JudgeBharat Parashar, who isexclusively dealing with allthe coal blocks allocationscam case, enlarged both theaccused on bail on a personalbond of Rs. 1 lakh each andwith one surety of the likeamount.

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NEW DELHI, JAN 14BJP leader

Subramanian Swamy onWednesday claimed thata person named 'Katy',whose name surfacedduring argumentsbetween Shashi Tharoorand Sunanda Pushkar,overheard by couple'sdomestic help NarayanSingh, is originallyKathy which is short forKatherine.

Swamy revealed theinformation today on hisofficial Twitter account.

According to reports,a mystery womannamed 'Katy' might bequestioned by the DelhiPolice in Sunanda deathcase after reports

emerged that the per-son's name was quiteoften mentioned duringfrequent fights betweenTharoor and Sunanda.

During interrogationNarayan Singh had toldthe Delhi Police that thecouple had a fight a day

before Pushkar wasfound dead. Reports alsosay that the domestichelp has revealed to thepolice that he oftenheard the name 'Katy'during Tharoor-Sunandaverbal duels.

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Subramanian Swamy's new revelationin Sunanda Pushkar death case

Coal scam: Twodirectors ofJharkhand com-pany get bail

Near zero inflation in Decemberraises rate cut demands

Won't allow NC to come to powerin J&K through back door: PDP

Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 170CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity:63%Wind: 10 Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 250CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity: 33% Wind: 10 Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 280CPrecipitation: 0%Humidity:66%Wind: 23 Km/hr

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

chief Arvind Kejriwal onWednesday reportedly saidthat only he knows how hespent 49 days as the chiefminister of Delhi with con-stant interference ofCongress.

“There was constantinterference from

Congress in every work.Only I know, how I spendeach day during my tenureas the CM,” Kejriwal saidwhile addressing a rally inDelhi.

Kejriwal further toldpeople that he would havenever resigned from thepost of CM if AAP would

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'Only I know how I spent49 days as Delhi CM,says Arvind Kejriwal'

SC grants MarineLatorre 3 monthsextension to stayin Italy NEW DELHI, JAN 14

The Supreme Court onWednesday granted threemonths extension toItalian MarineMassimiliano Latorre tostay back in Italy on healthgrounds. A three-judgebench led by Justice AnilR. Dave allowed the fur-lough for Latorre.

Centre's counselAdditional SolicitorGeneral P.S. Narasimhasaid the government is notobjecting solely on"humanitarian grounds".

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NEW DELHI, JAN 14Infosys CEO Vishal

Sikka on Wednesday metPrime Minister NarendraModi and disclosed thathis company will spendUSD 250 million (overRs 1,500 crore) to fundinnovations in softwareand services in India.

The chief of India'ssecond largest IT servicesfirm also discussed withModi ways in which thecompany can participatein the Prime Minister'svision of smart and digi-tally empowered India.

Infosys will developsoftware for managing

the kumbh mela sched-uled in Ujjain (MadhyaPradesh) in 2016, he saidin an interview.

Sikka, the first non-founder CEO of Infosys,said Modi has agreed todedicate the company's

Mysore campus as thefirst model smart city inthe country in April thisyear.

"Today, I had a meetingwith the Prime Minister.We had a talk on smartcities, smart infrastruc-ture, which is close to hisheart.

"And the other big areais innovation. PM has avision for innovation. Asannounced last week, we

have a USD 500 mil-lion Innovation Fund. Ofthis, we have decided thathalf of this, which is a lit-tle over Rs 1,500 crore,

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Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka meets PM Modi;dedicates $250 mn to innovate in India

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NEW DELHI, JAN 14Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

leader Shazia Ilmi is expected tojoin Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)on Thursday, reports said.

Ilmi is likely to contest DelhiAssembly Elections against AamAadmi Party (AAP) chief ArvindKejriwal from New Delhi con-stituency, reports stated onWednesday.

If the reports are true, it will beinteresting to watch the erstwhileallies taking on each other in thehighly-pitched battle for Delhi.

Imli had resigned from AAP lastyear, saying there was lack ofdemocracy within the party.

"There is lack of inner partydemocracy within the Aam AadmiParty. The party which talks about`Swaraj` has failed to apply itwithin the party," Ilmi had said.

Imli had unsuccessfully contest-ed the 2013 Delhi polls. The ex-AAP leader had lost the RK Puramseat to Anil Sharma of the BJP bya slender margin of 326 votes.

Ilmi also lost the GeneralElections from Ghaziabad con-stituency. She contested against

former Army chief General VKSingh and even lost her securitydeposit.

Commission on Monday sound-ed the poll bigul in Delhi. Votingfor Delhi Assembly Elections 2015would be held in a single phase onFebruary 7 with the counting ofvotes scheduled for February 10.

In the 2013 Delhi elections, BJPbagged 31 seats, AAP 28 andCongress 8 in the 70-memberAssembly.

The total electorate of Delhi is1.3 crore and the total number ofpolling stations are 11763. ModelCode of Conduct has come intoforce from today.

Shazia Ilmi likely to join BJP, maycontest against Kejriwal in Delhi polls NEW DELHI, JAN 14

Hours after Aam AadmiParty (AAP) chief ArvindKejriwal claimed that thereis a nexus betweenBharatiya Janata PartyDelhi unit president SatishUpadhyay and power com-panies, the BJP held apress conference onWednesday evening toclarify on the allegationsmade.

In his rebuttal to AAPchief Kejriwal's allega-tions, Upadhyay said thathe should either give proofof companies that he'salleging me to be part of orhe should quit politics. He,in the conference, alsogave Kejriwal 24 hourstime to come up with theproof to back his claims.

The Delhi BJP chief alsoadded that the party willdefinitely file criminaldefamation case againstthe AAP convenor ifKejriwal fails to provideany proof.

"Kejriwal can't makebaseless allegations like

these, he should quit poli-tics," Upadhyay said,while further saying thatthe former Delhi chiefminister should answer topeople of Delhi for lying tothem over and over again.

Also present at the con-ference Delhi BJP unit vicepresident, Ashish Sood,said that he will resign ifallegations of a nexus with

the Delhi discoms areproven.

Kejriwal had alleged thatUpadhyay owns 6 compa-nies which install andreplace fast-running elec-tricity meters in Delhi andthat all of them work withpower discoms. "Heshould come clean on theconflict of interest,"Arvind Kejriwal had said.

Nexus with Delhi discoms: Satish Upadhyaygives Kejriwal 24 hours to prove allegations

NEW DELHI, JAN 14The Art of Living and the World Forum for

Ethics in Business will host a unique interna-tional Conference- 'The Corporate Cultureand Spirituality' at the Art of LivingInternational centre in Bangalore on January31, 2015 - February 1, 2015.

Sharing the information Sh Mahesh Gupta,Advisory Board member CCS and ChairmanKent RO Group said, "The genesis of theCorporate Culture Spirituality conferencetook place in 2003 at the International Art ofLiving Center in Bangalore, India and aftersuccessful editions at the EuropeanParliament in Brussels and in Singapore, thisis the eleventh edition in the series."

The 2 days summit will witness eminentGovernment heads, business and corporateleaders including Shri Vajubhai RudabhaiVala, Governor, Karnataka; Deepak Parekh,HDFC Chairman; Arundhati Bhattacharya,

MD, State Bank of India; Mr. D Sundaram;VP & Managing Director, TVS Capital FundsLimited; Mr. D Shivakumar, CEO-PepsiCo,India, Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman, HCL andmany others.

Also present on the occasion Smt TriptaDhawan, Member Board of Trustees, dis-closed, The Corporate Culture & SpiritualityConference is an annual event, where leadersfrom business, governance, academia, civilsociety and faith-based organizations cometogether to discuss and dialogue ethical waysof doing business and maximizing profit;while also keeping social good in mind."

The conference will be inaugurated by SriSri Ravi Shankar, Spiritual leader &Humanitarian and Founder, Art of Livingwho will also address the inaugural session.His vision behind the creation of this forum isencapsulated in his words, "Trust is the breathof business, ethics its limbs, to uplift the spir-

it, its goal"Speakers will address a variety of pivotal

issues impacting the global economy todayunder various sessions focusing on -Corporate Shared Value; EntrepreneurshipRedefined: Social Impact, Collaboration,Innovation and Growth; Business throughNon Linear Thinking; Unleashing the HumanPotential.

The CCS is fast becoming a must-attendevent for the corporate sector said Mr MaheshGupta , "This Conference is the need of thehour, as it focuses on the importance of cor-porate entities to practice good governanceand ethical values in building the foundationof their businesses. It gives a new perspectiveand dimension in this direction".

The conference has also constituted the 'SriSri Leadership Awards' that will be presentedin the categories of - OutstandingCorporation, Outstanding Individual and

Outstanding Innovation.The conference envisions a way-forward

map from the deliberations: RegionalConferences and the creation of a CCS com-munity. The regional conferences will addressthe needs of many companies who want toadopt the role of values in business and stake-holder interaction. The CCS community willencourage a continuous dialogue andexchange of value driven practices beingadopted by companies and their positive out-comes.

During the Conference, delegates will havean opportunity to network, interact and col-laborate with leaders and decision makers.Attendees will also be entertained by a spe-cial cultural program and an interesting exhi-bition that will showcase a day in the life of avillage habitat, illustrating the holistic impactof the Art of Living intervention in improvingthe life of the rural population.

Corporate and Business Leaders to connect for a Unique Conference on Business and SpiritualityIndia to host "The 11th Conference on Corporate Culture Spirituality"

NEW DELHI, JAN 14It was a rainy

Wednesday morning here,with the minimum temper-ature settling at 11 degreesCelsius - three notchesabove the season's aver-age. Officials said 60trains were delayed due tofog. According theNorthern Railway, 56trains coming to the citywere delayed while thedeparture time of fourtrains was rescheduled.Another three trains werecancelled. "The day willbe partly cloudy and lightrain or thundershowersmay occur in some areas,"an India Meteorological

Department official said.There was moderate fog

in the morning with thevisibility dropping to 400metres at 8.30 am.

The day's maximumtemperature is likely tohover around 17 degreesCelsius. The city received0.5 mm of rainfall till 8.30am Wednesday. Humidityat 8.30 am was 90 percent.

Tuesday's minimumtemperature settled fournotches below the season'saverage at 4 degreesCelsius, while the maxi-mum temperature settledtwo levels below the sea-son's average at 18.3degrees Celsius.

Rainy Wednesdaymorning in Delhi

NEW DELHI, JAN 14A day after eggs were

thrown at ArvindKejriwal at a rally inDelhi's Sultanpur MajraAssembly constituency,the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Wednesdayalleged that the incidentcould be a well plannedsetting between the AamAadmi Party (AAP) andthe Congress.

BJP leader MeenakshiLekhi while reacting toyesterday's incident saidthat AAP chief ArvindKejriwal will do anythingfor publicity.

"I maintain that AAPwas set up by theCongress. They have setup this game. Either

somebody who was disil-lusioned by AAP did it orit can be a settingbetween AAP and theCongress," she added.

The chief of BJP'sDelhi unit, SatishUpadhyay, also allegedthat the incident waswell-planned.

"This has been happen-ing to Arvind Kejriwalsince a very long time.These are all planned," hesaid.

Earlier on Tuesday,eggs and a stone werethrown at Kejriwal whilehe was holding his third'jansabha' in SultanpurMajra Assembly con-stituency in north westDelhi.

AAP, Congress hand-in-glove inKejriwal egg throwing incident: BJP

NEW DELHI, JAN 14A Delhi court on

Wednesday reserved itsorder on pleas of threeaccused who, along withCongress leader SajjanKumar are facing trial in a1984 anti-Sikh riots case,seeking transfer of case onthe ground of jurisdiction.

District Judge TalwantSingh, after hearing argu-ments of counsel for theCBI and accused, fixed thematter for January 31 forpronouncing order on theapplications.

Sajjan Kumar,Brahmanand Gupta,Peeriya and Ved Prakashare facing trial on chargesof murder and rioting inconnection with the case of

killing of Surjit Singh inSultanpuri area of West

Delhi.During the hearing,

counsel for accused VedPrakash argued that court

should implement theDelhi High Court's 2013order asking sessionsjudges to transfer the casesas per their jurisdiction.

He said the case relatedto the alleged incident inSultanpuri where VedPrakash was a resident andin terms of jurisdiction, thecase should be transferredto the Rohini districtcourts. Apart from VedPrakash, Gupta and Peeriyahave also filed similarpleas before the judge, whorecently took over charge,seeking transfer of the casefrom Karkardooma districtcourt in East Delhi toRohini district court ongrounds of jurisdiction.

CBI prosecutor DP

Singh, however, opposedthe plea saying as per theprovisions of CrPC, districtjudge does not have thepower to transfer a casefrom his division to anoth-er and this power lies onlywith the high court.

He sought dismissal ofthe pleas contending thatwhen the HC's 2013 orderwas passed, this case wasalready pending but theaccused did not raise thisissue at that time.

"They did not urge any-thing before the high courtwhen they had challengedframing of charges againstthem in the case. This isblatantly an attempt forforum shopping," heargued.

1984 riots: Delhi Court reservesorder on pleas for transfer of case

NEW DELHI, JAN 14In what might bring in

trouble for the BharatiyaJanata Party in the poll sea-son, party's DelhiCouncillor from Ward 188Neeraj Gupta, was caughton camera slapping aMCD Junior Engineer.

The BJP Councillor fromSangam Vihar East areaslapped the JuniorEngineer after a tiff overan an unauthorised con-struction in the area.

The Engineer was hadcome to put a stop to unau-thorised construction in thearea.

Reacting to the incident,BJP leader Nalin Kohlisaid that he was not awareof specifications of the

incident but no person orany public figure shouldslap anybody.

Delhi is scheduled to go

to polls on February 07 andthe BJP is engaged in apitched battle with AamAadmi Party (AAP).

Delhi BJP Councillor slapsMCD Junior Engineer

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Former Delhi chief min-

ister Sheila Dikshit onWednesday said she wouldnot contest the assemblypolls, however, she addedthat she would activelyparticipate in the cam-paigning.

"I had already said I willnot contest the elections,but will actively participatein the campaigning," shesaid.

Talking about Congressleader Ajay Maken, whowill be the face ofCongress's campaign,Dikshit said it is good thata leader from the new gen-eration has beenchosen.

"He has been the MP, has

worked in the Centre earli-er and has worked in myCabinet also. He is experi-enced and is the new face,"she added.

Delhi goes to polls onFebruary 7 and the count-ing date has been sched-

uled for February 10.Delhi has been under

President's rule sinceFebruary after the ArvindKejriwal-led Aam AadmiParty (AAP) governmentstepped down after 49 daysin power.’

Will not contest polls, but activelycampaign for Congress: Sheila Dikshit

Three youth taking selfies insideHanuman Mandir complex in Delhidetained, releasedNEW DELHI, JAN 14

Three youth, including one wear-ing a skull cap, were handed over topolice by worshippers when theywere clicking selfies inside thepremises of Hanuman Mandir com-plex in Connaught Place here.

The police, however releasedthem within minutes after a back-ground check.

As Delhi remains on high alertafter various terror strikes acrossthe world and in view of the com-ing Republic Day celebrations,worshippers at the temple raised analarm as soon as they saw the youthclicking selfies thinking that theywere taking pictures of the templepremises.

Two of the youth were Hinduwhile their Muslim friend waswearing a skull cap, said a policeofficial.

As an argument broke outbetween some of the worshippersand the youths, someone called thepolicemen stationed within thepremises.

"They took the youths to NewDelhi area's Connaught Placepolice station from were they werereleased after brief questioning,"said a police official.

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Will you...not a constraint for you in this case, you

have already spent Rs. 2,000 crore on this,”Justice Thakur orally observed.

Mr. Kumar submitted that a consortium ofIITs is preparing a road map. He said the gov-ernment is proposing a total 80 SewageTreatment Plants (STPs) which wouldprocess, in a day, 368 million litres of waterflowing into the river in the five river basinStates. The court directed the government topresent the status of 31 ongoing projects ofSTPs and 15 other STPs, which were in thebidding stage. Today's hearing primarilyfocused on the domestic sewage flowing intothe river. In October 2014, the bench hadreferred to the National Green Tribunal theresponsibility to monitor and inspect indus-trial units along the river and even cut offtheir water and power connections if theywere found to be polluting.

The Supreme Court has been hearing thisPIL since the early 1980s. Numerous ordershave been passed by it, directing authoritiesto protect the river. The petition was filed bylawyer M.C. Mehta highlighting the alarm-ing state of the river and its depletion owingto pollution.

'Only I....have won 36 seats in the last Assembly

elections.The AAP chief had quit as Delhi CM after

being in power of 49 days in the national cap-ital paving way for fresh Assembly elections.

Meanwhile, Congress leader SanjayNirupam said that Kejriwal only concentrat-ed on 'dharnas' and not work and is blamingCongress when asked about his resignationdespite unconditional support by Congress.

“Congress had extended unconditionalsupport to AAP and had not put any condi-tions before them. Kejriwal never wanted towork but only concentrated on 'dharnas',”Nirupam said.

Delhi Assembly polls will be held onFebruary 7 and counting of votes will takeplace on February 10.

Coal scam...justice if the two accused persons are

enlarged on bail...” the Judge said.Meanwhile, the CBI told the court that two

private persons Ramabatar Kedia and NareshMahto, who were also summoned as accusedin the case, have reportedly died and they areverifying the facts regarding their demise.

Besides the Rungtas, Kedia and Mahto theCourt has also summoned as accusedJharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd for the allegedoffences punishable under sections 120-B(criminal conspiracy) read with 420 (cheat-ing), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468(forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471(using a forged document as genuine) and477-A (falsification of accounts) of the IPC.

They were summoned as accused in a casepertaining to allocation of North Dhadu coalblock in Jharkhand to Jharkhand Ispat PvtLtd (JIPL) after the court took cognizance ofthe charge sheet on December 18, last year.During the hearing, senior advocate RameshGupta who appeared for the Rungtas and thefirms sought bail arguing that his clients haveduly joined the investigation and have coop-erated with the CBI in all manners and theyhave appeared in the court as soon as sum-mons were issued against them.

Senior Public Prosecutor A. K. Singhopposed their bail pleas contending thatalthough they were not required for purposeof investigation but their presence wasrequired during the trial.

The Court after hearing the submissionsgranted bail to the Rungtas and posted thematter for further hearing on February 2.

Subramanian Swamy's...Swamy's revelation comes a day after

Tharoor said that the BJP leader shouldreveal the identity of the 'killer' to the police.

Responding to queries from reporters at theDelhi airport, Tharoor said, “If he (Swamy)knows the murderer then let him tell thepolice.”

Reacting to Tharoor's charge, Swamy,while speaking to a news channel said, “Inever said that I known who the murderer is,I said that Shashi Tharoor knows who themurderer is."

Alleging that Tharoor was part of the con-spiracy to kill Sunanda, Swamy said that ifhe had known the killer he would have toldthe police long ago.

Swamy was among the first to allege foulplay in the death of Sunanda Pushkar. Heclaimed that Sunanda was silenced as she hadwanted to tell the truth about murky dealingsin the IPL.

Delhi police has already questioned afriend of Sunanda, who had dropped her to asouth Delhi hotel from the airport. The policehas said that 12 more people includingTharoor will soon be questioned.

Pushkar was found dead in her south Delhihotel room Jan 17, 2014 in mysterious cir-

cumstances. Police registered a murder caseearlier this month based on a final medicalreport by AIIMS which said she died due topoisoning.

Prior to her death, Sunanda was embroiledin a spat with Pakistan-based journalist,Mehr Tarar, whom she accused of stalkingher husband.

Congress launches...with it... They believe in ‘ghar wapsi’ not

‘zameen wapsi’ (return of land) to farmers,”Mr. Ramesh said, in an apparent swipe atreligious conversion programmes of variousHindutva outfits.

The ordinance has given absolute power tothe government, he said and refuses to giveany say to the villagers in the land acquisitionprocess.

“We had taken away rights from districtcollectors and given them to you. The BJPgovernment has again snatched them fromyou and given them to collectors,” he toldfarmers. This is an atrocity against farmersand democracy as well, he said.

Mr. Ramesh is part of the three-membergroup set up the party to finalise its strategyon the land ordinance issue. The other twomembers are former Commerce MinisterAnand Sharma and former Food Minister K.V. Thomas.

Infosys CEO...will be dedicated to just innovation in

India. We will call it Innovate in India,"Sikka said.

On smart cities, he said Infosys campusesare one of the most amazing places in theworld. They are green and energy efficientand work as smart units.

"Our Mysore campus is a small smart city.It has 30,000 people living and working thereat any given day. We are going to make ourMysore campus the first model smart cityand the PM has very graciously accepted ourinvitation to the Mysore campus and dedicateit to the nation in April," he added.

Spread over 350 acres, Infosys' Mysorecampus, which also houses its university, hasmore than 200,000 trees and is energy-effi-cient."We want to make this a part of PM'svision for smart, digital and swacch India.Everything is digital, it is completely digital(referring to the campus, including toilets),"Sikka said.

Elaborating on the discussion aroundKumbh mela, Sikka said post the meeting,the teams have already started brain stormingon the solutions.

"Ujjain is very close to where I was born. Iwas born in Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh andwe will be very happy to do that. We havebeen thinking about how we will do this, tomake software for the kumbh mela, clean toi-lets. It was a very very productive meeting,"he said.

The CEO added that the company will lookat offering software for participants andorganisers.

"Clean toilets is (also) one of them (initia-tives) as lakhs of people will be using them,things like self cleaning toilet, water free uri-nals, etc," he said.

Sikka is also scheduled to meet FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley later today for pre-Budget consultations.

former SAP Board member, who spent hisgrowing years in Gujarat said, he shared hisnostalgia about Uttarayan (Makar Sankrantiin other parts of the country) with Modi.

On his Budget expectations, Sikka said thegovernment should make the environmentbusiness friendly.

There is an increasing role that the govern-ment can play in ensuring a smooth flow ofideas and skill.

"Our expectations would be to make, tax,tariff structure and trade easier," he added.

SC grants...He said the trial is held up despite the con-

stitution of a special court and prosecutor.Mr. Latorre and fellow marine Salvattore

Girone are accused of shooting dead twoIndian fishermen off Kerala coast mistakingthem as pirates. Justice Kurian Joseph, alsoin the Bench, specifically asked the govern-ment the status of the trial. He said the pend-ing writ of Italy challenging Indian court'sjurisdiction should be listed immediately forhearing.

Near zero...lending rates. Since the inflation is largely

under control, we urge the RBI to ease themonetary policy stance," industry bodyFicci's President Jyotsna Suri said.

The data showed inflation in fuel andpower segment contracted sharply by 7.82percent, as against 4.91 percent in November.

The Reserve Bank, which has kept keyinterest (repo) rate unchanged at 8 percent, isscheduled to announce its next monetary pol-icy on February 3.

Global oil prices have slumped to near 6-year low of around USD 46 a barrel helpingimporting countries like India to cut back ontheir dollar payments as well as ease retailprices, which in turn calm inflation.

The retail inflation measured on consumer

price index (CPI) for December too hadinched up to 5 percent while it was 4.38 per-cent in November.

The data further revealed that the inflationin the primary articles segment shot up to2.17 percent in December, as against adecline of 0.98 percent in November.

CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjeesaid the industry body hopes that the "con-ducive inflationary situation" would spurRBI to move away from its inflation- centricapproach to "policy making and focus onrejuvenating growth in the economy andindustry, in its forthcoming monetary poli-cy".

The WPI inflation was on the decline sinceJune before it inched up marginally inDecember.

The rate of price rise was also slower at1.57 percent in December as compared to2.04 percent in previous month.

Meanwhile, the government has reviseddownwards the October WPI inflation to1.66 percent as against the earlier estimate of1.77 percent.

ICRA senior economist Aditi Nayar saidthe December prints for CPI and WPI infla-tion have been lower than the consensus, andthe fall in crude oil prices has further bright-ened the outlook for low inflation, fuel subsi-dies and the current account balance.

"We maintain our expectation that the RBIwill commence a rate cut cycle post the pres-entation of the Union Budget at the end ofFebruary 2015," she said.

Research firm Nomura expects the sharpfall in input costs to boost corporate profitmargins in 2015 and act as a tailwind toIndia's growth recovery.

Chairman and Managing Director of AngelBroking Dinesh Thakkar said that in the nearfuture, inflation is expected to be structurallylower on account of lower crude oil pricesand broader interest rates to fall at least by100 basis points over next 12 months, whichwould be one of the key catalysts for eco-nomic growth going forward.

The WPI data further showed that inflationin beverages and tobacco was also on declinein December as was in the case of machineryand machine tools.

The inflation also eased in cotton textileand man-made textiles segments.

Won't allow...as a means to bring peace and stability in

Jammu and Kashmir."He said that if cobbling up a government

had been the sole aim of the PDP, it wouldhave staked its claim by now.

"Now the NC has sent a letter to theGovernor offering support to us and wewould have staked claim by now, had we justbeen interested in coming to power," he said.

Asked about the talks with BJP on govern-ment formation, Akhtar said the back channelcontacts were on.

"The structured dialogue has not started yetbut back channel talks are in progress," hesaid without elaborating further on the issue.

PDP and BJP have been in talks but failedto reach any agreement even three weeksafter the results came, following which theGovernor's Rule was imposed in the state lastweek.

The Assembly polls, whose results weredeclared on December 23 last, threw up afractured mandate. PDP emerged as the sin-gle largest party with 28 seats in the 87-mem-ber House. BJP bagged 25 seats, NC 15 andCongress 12.

Omar had resigned last week as the care-taker chief minister.

Meanwhile, Congress' Salman Soz todaysaid his party was ready to support the PDPfor government formation.

“PDP had rejected NC's support earlier aswell. It is political posturing; perhaps NCwants people to know that they had extendedunconditional support but PDP did not takeit,” Soz said.

“We are ready to extend support to PDP ifthey ask for it,” he added.

Modi inspires...Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival

(AKLF), is a portrait of under-transformationcontemporary India.

“It [the idea of the book] took shape in mymind after the election. If there had beenmore continuity in government, I might havebeen inclined to await the 70th or 75thanniversaries to conclude the trilogy. But thisnow seemed like a moment to be seized,” Mr.Tharoor said.

“Each of the three marks a moment — the50th anniversary of Indian independencewith ‘Midnight to the Millennium’; the 60thwith ‘Elephant Tiger’; and now the seachange “Modi-fication” of the country in2014,” said the best-selling author who hadswitched over to politics after he joinedCongress in 2009 from being a top diplomatin the United Nations.

He said only two sections of the book areabout the Modi regime while rest take abroader view of the historical legacy, cultur-al evolution and national challenges.

“It’s too early for a report card. Still, sinceyou ask, 8 out of 10 for rhetoric, 2 out of 10

for results. Mr. Modi’s fine sound bytes havenot seen much implementation so far,” theCongress MP from Kerala said.

Mr. Tharoor, who felt “honoured” to acceptPrime Minister’s invitation to join the‘Swachh Bharat’ mission of the NDA gov-ernment, has praised him on a number ofoccasions, however, dismissed suggestionsthat he is a secret admirer of the PM.

“I had merely recognised some positivelanguage, some unexceptionable schemesand a handful of policies consistent with myown view of the national interest. I havefound far more to be highly critical about.The book demonstrates that fully,” the seniorCongress leader said.

When asked how tough it was for him toensure that his book was not politically-biased, Mr. Tharoor said he has been writingfor a very long time now, even before hejoined the Congress.

”I hope my readers feel that I have things tosay that go well beyond my role as an oppo-sition MP,” said Mr. Tharoor.

‘India Shastra’ is a collection of 99 essaysthat seek to paint a portrait of a society influx, battling issues of contention and facingenormous challenges and opportunities in thesecond decade of the 21st century.

“Modi’s foreign policy shows a lot of con-tinuity from ours, as I have shown in thebook. It is part of normal opposition politicsto twit him on his frequent absences — butwhat is substantively more important is theextent to which his foreign trips serve ournation’s domestic purposes. Here the jury isstill out,” he said.

DRDO chief ...the top position should be held by someone

from a "slightly younger generation" and notby someone who was on contract.

"Such senior positions should not be oncontract. There are so many eligible persons,we will find someone good from the DRDO,senior most person of a cluster head will headthe organisation," Mr. Parrikar told journal-ists here.

He maintained that there was no controver-sy in as Dr. Chander’s tenure had ended inNovember last and was extended on contrac-tual basis due to the previous government’sdecision.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet(ACC), headed by Prime Minister NarendraModi, had on Tuesday "approved the termi-nation of the contract" of Dr. Chander witheffect from January 31.

He was also Secretary, Defence Researchand Development and Scientific Advisor tothe Defence Minister. Dr. Chander hadretired on November 30 last year, on attain-ing 64 years of age and was given a contractfor 18 months till May 31 next year.

Dr. Chander was the chief architect of Agniseries of ballistic missile systems.

However, the government action was ques-tioned by senior Congress leader DigvijaySingh who tweeted: "Avinash ChanderDRDO Chief dismissed 15 months before histerm expired. Would Government pleaseexplain?"

Sakshi Maharaj...felt his statements were “damaging.”The Unnao MP has been asked to explain

within 10 days his remark that every Hinduwoman must bear four children, and earlierabout Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godsebeing a “patriot.” The remarks had causedwidespread outrage and were condemned.

The Congress, however, said the show-cause notice was not enough. “SakshiMaharaj is symbolic of the politics of divi-sion. Prime Minister’s silence and such mildaction encourages such statements,”Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said.

Church vandalised...premises and smashed a glass window. He

also threw the statue of Mother Mary on thefloor," Assistant Father Balraj of Our Lady ofGraces Church in Vikaspuri area said.

The incident was captured on a CCTVcamera installed inside the church. Policesaid they were collecting the footage and toidentify the attackers.

Recently, two churches in separate areaswere allegedly attacked.

Satish Upadhyay...capital. The Election Committee, which

was announced on Tuesday, will have animportant role to play in forming the pollstrategies.

The committee, to be headed by Delhi BJPchief Satish Upadhyay, has all seven DelhiMPs -- Vardhan, Lekhi, Pravesh Sahib SinghVerma, Udit Raj, Manoj Tiwari, RameshBidhuri and Mahesh Girri.

Apart from these MPs, Rajya Sabha mem-ber and former Delhi BJP president VijayGoel, senior party leader Jagdish Mukhi,Vijay Kumar Malhotra, councillor AshishSood, Vijendra Gupta, Mange Ram Garg,Kamal Jeet Sehrawat are among the leaderswho have been included in the party'sElection Committee.

Upadhyay also involved party leaders R PSingh, Dr. Anil Jain, Shyam Lal Garg, RekhaGupta and Shyam Lal as special invitee in thecommittee.

Filing of nomination papers for comingDelhi elections begins tomorrow.

The last date for filing nominations isJanuary 21. The date of scrutiny is January22, while candidates can withdraw from theelectoral battle by January 24.

Counting of votes for the election to the 70-member Assembly will be held on February10, ahead of the expiry of President's Rulewhich was imposed in the national capital onFebruary 15 last year.

In last Assembly polls in Delhi in 2013December, BJP had bagged 31 seats in addi-tion to one by its ally SAD, falling short of asimple majority in the 70-member House.AAP had won in 28 seats, followed by eightof Congress.

Gold bars...were intercepted by customs officials after

their arrival from Singapore here on Monday."On detailed examination of their baggage

and personal search, four passengers hadconcealed gold bars in their rectum and onein his scarf," a press release issued today bythe customs said.

A total of 28 pieces of gold bars (of 100gms each) weighing 2.8 kgs were recoveredfrom them. The value of the seized gold isassessed to be Rs 70 lakh, it said.

Clarified butter ...Brajeshwari Devi temple here to pay obei-

sance and have a glimpse of the idol made of15 quintals of clarified butter, a temple offi-cial said.

Prepared by 14 priests, the idol will remainon the pedestal of the goddess till Jan 20, theofficial Pawan Badyal said.

Installed on Makar Sankranti, the idol isprepared by using 'ghee', donated by thedevotees. The priests purified the idol withholy water 108 times.

Makar Sankrati is celebrated as a week-long festival at the temple.

According to legend, when the goddesswas injured during a fight with the demons,her wounds were treated with butter by godson Makar Sankranti.

The clarified butter, when removed fromthe pedestal Jan 20, will be distributedamong the devotees. It is believed that itcures chronic skin ailments and pain in thejoints.

One of the busiest shrines in north India,the Brajeshwari Devi temple witnessesmajority of devotees coming from Punjab,Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and UttarPradesh.

Murder mystery ...Mohmmad Yousuf, a resident of Halla

Dhundrath, here lodged a complaint that hiscousin identified as Ghulam Qadir was miss-ing for more than a month.

"Investigations were launched after thecase was registered, but as there was neitherany witness nor any clue, the case remainedshrouded in mystery," a police officer privyto the case said.

Later the case was handed over to the SIT."During the course of investigation we

identified an individual who had seenGhulam Qadir for the last time. On question-ing he revealed that he saw three personsgoing towards Dumni Galli forests," saidAjay Chib station house officer Ramban.

The witness further told that after sometime he saw only two of them returning. Oneof the accused identified by the witness waspicked up for questioning and during hisinterrogation he revealed the name of hisother accomplice.

"Two of the accused identified asMohammad Sharieef and Ghulam Nabi werearrested by the police and an FIR was regis-tered against the two. On interrogation theyaccepted to have killed Ghulam Qadir bypushing him from the cliff in the remote for-est," the SHO said.

He said that motive behind the murder wasstated to be some property related dispute.

Later clothes and some pieces of boneswere recovered from the place where theyhad pushed the victim.

"The bones and the pieces of the clotheshave been sent to the forensic science labora-tory (FSL) for further investigation. The twoaccused are in police custody and after weget the report from the FSL, they will be pro-duced before a court," the officer said.

One militant...and holed up guerrillas in Kashmir`s

Baramulla district."On specific information about the pres-

ence of militants in Sofi Hamam locality ofSopore town, security forces today(Wednesday) morning surrounded a house,"a senior police officer said here.

The police officer also said that the gunbat-tle broke out after the hiding militants openedfire on the security forces on being chal-lenged. Reports had earlier said that the secu-rity forces believed the guerrillas were relat-ed to Lashkar-e-Toiba.

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Editorial4 NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | JAN 15, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY MIHIR SHAH

Advocates of uncondition-al cash transfers claimthat they can be both

emancipatory and transforma-tive. They argue that people arequite capable of making rationaldecisions. And that this kind ofbasic income support canimprove their lives.

I have no quarrel with theclaim that we must trust thepoor. Such suspicion is part ofan elite mindset, which we mustfirmly reject. However, what isequally true is BabasahebAmbedkar’s reminder that wemust not romanticise the poor.We need to bear in mind that his-torically Indian society has hadmore than its share of prejudiceand discrimination, based espe-cially on caste and gender.Robust empirical evidence sug-gests that access to food, ratherthan cash, favours childrenrather than just adults, and girls,not just boys. Income supportgoes a long way in providing amodicum of security to thoseleft out of the mainstream devel-opment process. But the prob-lem with regarding uncondition-al cash transfers as transforma-tive silver bullets in themselvesis that we may leave unattendedmany fundamental requirementsof poverty elimination, withoutwhich cash transfers will just notwork.

What will cash do withoutessential capabilities and skills?Development is much moreabout empowering the poor andcreating concomitant conditionsthat allow them to translate theiraspirations into tangible out-comes. A key part of these con-ditions is possessing requisitecapabilities to be relevant in arapidly evolving economy.Transmitting these skills is acompletely different ball gamethan just transferring cash to thepoor.

Providing linkages

What will cash do without for-ward and backward linkages?Poverty elimination demandssustainable livelihood optionsand these require not just cashbut vital inputs (such as water orraw materials or veterinary serv-ices) and a market, where theoutputs produced could be sold.It is good to see the NationalRural Livelihoods Missionworking not only on skills, butalso on assuring these forwardand backward linkages.

Can cash work for the unor-ganised poor when faced withexploitative markets? As anystudent of the poor in Indiaknows, when individual smalland marginal farmers enter anymarket, they face extremelyonerous conditions. The nexusof interlocked markets presentsgrievously unfair terms for themand most of the time they end upmaking distress sales, gettingeven deeper into debt. It is forthis reason that recent work onfarmers’ poverty has focussed somuch on building powerful eco-nomic institutions of the poorsuch as Self-Help GroupFederations or Farmer ProducerOrganisations, so that they cancompete on better terms in themarket. A mere transfer of cashwithout this major innovationwill do the poor little good.

Can cash work for the unor-ganised poor when faced withunresponsive governments?Another reason why the poorneed to be organised is to gener-ate greater accountability of sys-tems of governance that are theweakest in our most deprivedregions. When the poor getorganised, especially when ledby women, we get much higherquality of mid-day meals andprimary health centres.Removing poverty without

strengthening systems of publichealth delivery is almost incon-ceivable in the poorest regionsof India. And without strength-ening Panchayati RajInstitutions, governance reformand better public service deliv-ery will continue to remain apipe dream. The 12th Plan RajivGandhi PanchayatSashaktikaran Abhiyan is asource of much hope in thisdirection.

What will people do with cashwhere there are no options? Oneof the fundamental requirementsfor cash transfers to succeed isthe availability of affordablehigh quality options for the poorso that they can choose the bestservice provider. But as therepeated experience of theRashtriya Swasthya BimaYojana shows, the poor havehardly any options for proper

health care or for any other basicrequirements of life. Indeed, thedanger, as I have witnessed overthe last 25 years first-hand, isthat the poor are caught in a ter-rible web of low quality local,private providers of health andeducation. Cash transfers with-out strengthening quality ofservice provision could end upeven making things worse in thisrespect.

In large parts of rural India,

market failure is rampant. Here,a range of public goods andinfrastructure need urgent provi-sioning. The trustworthy benefi-ciary of our direct cash transfercannot arrange for this all byherself. No one has ever stoppedthe private sector from goingthere but there is no incentivefor a profit-seeking capitalist totravel to these impoverishedregions of India. What the mar-kets cannot do, what the privatesector will not do, the Statemust.

The Indian challenge

Governments in all developednations in Europe, the U.S.,Canada, Japan, Australia, SouthKorea, Singapore and many oth-ers have provided their citizenssocial security, education, healthcare, mass transport etc. Suchpublic investments also generate

many positive externalities andspur private investment; they areindeed, a precondition for it.Cash transfers cannot be a sub-stitute for this. The challenge weface in India is of massive gov-ernment failure in these crucialsectors. We need to extend theprocess of reform to these keyparts of the economy, where thestate is in close interface withour most vulnerable regions andpeople.

The almost irresistible seduc-tiveness to the idea of cashtransfers is a reflection of greatintellectual, policy and politicalennui. Since real change is hardto come by, why not go with alazy short cut? Just give every-one a dole. Which is whatunconditional cash transfers are.In fact, cash transfers are justone element of India’s anti-poverty programmes. They workonly when they are accompaniedby other enabling changes, eachof which addresses key elementsof the poverty syndrome inIndia.

We have many such condition-al cash transfer schemes, which Istrongly support because theirsuccess is contingent uponsomething more than mere cashtransfer: such as the creation ofdurable assets under MahatmaGandhi National RuralGuarantee Act; incentivisingeducation of girls and disincen-tivising their early marriage inthe Ladli Lakshmi Yojanas ofmany States; or the JananiSuraksha Yojana that incentivis-es institutional deliveries. Thereal challenge is to reform theirfunctioning and improve theirquality, learning creatively frombest practices set up by manyStates, so that these programmescan deliver up to their realpotential.

(Mihir Shah is an economistwho was Member, PlanningCommission from 2009 to 2014.He has lived and worked at thegrass-roots in tribal central Indiafor the last 25 years.)

Alot has changed in Delhi in the last one year.Between the last election in December 2013 andthe next in February 2015, Delhi would have seen

the ups and downs of both the Bharatiya Janata Party andthe Aam Aadmi Party. After the hung Assembly of 2013,when the AAP made a brilliant debut and formed a gov-ernment with the support of the Congress, Delhi votedoverwhelmingly for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election in2014. Now, however, the contest seems more even in theAssembly election, called after no party was able or will-ing to form a government. What was without doubt a votefor the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate NarendraModi last year in the Lok Sabha election is unlikely to berepeated this year in the Assembly election, when theissues and the candidates are very different. AAP fire-brand Arvind Kejriwal is not taking on Narendra Modi,but just another BJP leader. Unlike in a Lok Sabha elec-tion, when the AAP could not have expected to be accept-ed as a serious contender, in the Assembly polls the fast-growing party is attracting more volunteers and resources.Mr. Kejriwal and his advisers, who messed up theirchance in government by first pursuing unsustainablepopulist measures and then opting out of governance,seem to have learnt from their mistakes. After raisingdoubts in the public mind over their ability to govern,AAP leaders now appear keen to demonstrate that they aremore than a bunch of anarchist protesters and that theyintend to back systemic changes and push for Delhi’sdevelopment in a practical manner. In 2013 they rode onthe promise they held; in 2014 they paid for failing todeliver; and this year they have more of a programme tooffer. As for the BJP, whether in Maharashtra, Haryana orJharkhand, it has been unable to rise to the levels of itsLok Sabha success in Assembly elections. Mr. Modiseems to find it harder to win individual States for hisparty than he did to win the Lok Sabha election. Ofcourse, some of the difficulties have been on account ofthe BJP’s own chosen strategy of ditching alliance- part-ners in the search for absolute glory. In Delhi, a tradition-al stronghold, no ally could have added greatly to its voteshare, and the party is preparing for a straight contest withthe AAP. In 2013 the BJP had to fight the Congress andthe AAP almost with equal vehemence; now, however, theCongress, no longer in power at the Centre or in theNational Capital Territory of Delhi, is seen as a lesserthreat. The AAP, with a more sober style that is very dif-ferent from the idealistic foray of 2013 and the overambi-tious leap of 2014, is seeking to close the gap with theBJP. In any case, this election is likely to be more decisivethan 2013.

Another election in DelhiThursday | January 15, 2015

SAADDA HAQ

BY DEVDUTT PATTANAIK

When the Pandavas invitedKrishna to be the chiefguest at the coronation of

Yudhishtira, Shishupala felt insultedand began abusing Krishna.Everyone became upset, but notKrishna who was listening calmly.However, after the hundredth insult,Krishna hurled his razor-sharp discusand beheaded Shishupala. For thelimit of forgiveness was up.

Charlie Hebdo, a French satiricalweekly, published cartoons; offen-sive cartoons that I have never seen,and would never have, had someonenot killed its staff. With that Charliebecame a person, a victim, a martyrto the cause of the freedom of expres-sion. We became heroes by condemn-ing the killing. And so millions havewalked in Paris to declare that theyare Charlie.

Will there be a march where peopleidentify themselves with Charlie’skillers? Is that allowed? Who are thekillers? Muslim, bad Muslim, madMuslim, un-Islamic Muslim? Theeditorials are undecided, as in theattack in Peshawar on schoolchild-ren. The victims there did not evenprovoke; their parents probably did.

The provocation in Charlie’s casewas this: perceived insult to theProphet Muhammad, hence Islam.Charlie, however, was functioningwithin the laws of a land renownedfor the phrase, “Liberty, Equality andBrotherhood!” Islam is also aboutbrotherhood (Ummah, in Arabic) andequality, though not so much aboutliberty since Islam does mean sub-mission, a submission to the word ofgod that brings peace.

Managing the measurable

The two siblings, believers inequality and their own version of lib-erty decided to hurt each other, oneemotionally, the other physically.Emotional violence is not measura-ble. Physical violence is. That makesthe latter a crime that can be proven,hence a greater crime, especiallywhen emotional violence is directedat something as notional as religion.Because we are scientific, you see.

And here is the problem — meas-urement, that cornerstone of scienceand objectivity.

We can manage the measurable.

But what about the non-measurable?Does it matter at all? Emotions can-not be measured. The mind cannot bemeasured, which is why purists referto psychology and behavioural sci-ence as pseudoscience. God cannotbe measured. For the scientist, god istherefore not fact. It is at best anotion. This annoys the Muslim, forhe/she believes in god, and forhim/her god is fact, not measurablefact, but fact nevertheless. It is sub-jective truth. My truth. Does it mat-ter?

Where do we locate subjectivetruth: as fact or fiction? Some peoplehave given themselves the “Freedomof Expression” and others have giventhemselves a “God, who is the oneTrue God.” Both are subjectivetruths. They shape our reality. Theymatter. But we just do not know howto locate them, for they are not meas-urable.

We cannot measure the hurtCharlie’s cartoons caused the Muslimcommunity. We cannot measure theMuslim community’s sensitivity or

over-sensitivity. But we can measurethe outcome of the actions of thekillers. We can therefore easily con-demn violence. That it caused hurt,rage, humiliation, enough for somepeople to grab guns, is a non-measur-

able assumption, a belief. Belief is ajoke for the rational atheist.

The intellectual can hurt withhis/her words. The soldier can hurtwith his/her weapons. We live in theworld where the former is acceptable,even encouraged. The latter is not. Itis a neo-Brahminism that the globalvillage has adopted. Those who thinkand speak are superior to those whobeat and kill, even if the wounds cre-ated by word-missiles can be deeper,last longer and fester forever. Gandhi,the non-violent sage, is thus pittedagainst Godse, the violent brute. I,the intellectual, have the right to pro-voke; but you, the barbarian whoonly knows to wield violence, haveno right to get provoked and respondthe only way you know how to. Ifyou do get provoked, you have torespond in my language, not yours,brain not brawn, because the brain issuperior. I, the intellectual Brahmin,make the rules. Did you not knowthat?

Non-violence is the new god, theone true god. When we say violence,

we are actually referring only to thephysical violence of the barbarian.The mental violence of the intellectu-al elite is not considered violence. So,one has sanction to mock Hinduismintellectually on film (PK by

Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir Khan)and in books (The Hindus: AnAlternative History by WendyDoniger), but those who demand thefilm be banned and the books bepulped are brutes, barbarians, ene-mies of civic discourse, who resort toviolence. They are not as bad as theCharlie killers, but seem to be on thesame path.

Role of the thinker

We refuse to see arguments as bru-tal bloodless warfare, mental war-fare. We don’t see debating societiesas battlegrounds. Mental torture, weare told, is merely a concept, nottruth: difficult to measure henceprove. The husband who mentallytortures can never be caught; the hus-band who strikes the wife can becaught. We empathise with the latter,not the former (she is over-sensitive,we rationalise). Should the mentallytortured wife kill her husband, it isshe who will be hauled to jail, not thehusband. Her crime can be proved.Not his.

The thinker we are told is not adoer. The killings provoked by thethinker thus goes unnoticed. Thethinker — the seed of the violence —chuckles as the barbarian, whoseonly vocabulary is physical, will becaught and punished while mentalwarfare will go on with brutal preci-sion. When the ill-equipped barbar-ian even attempts to fight back usingwords, we mock him as the troll.

In Sanskrit, the root of the worldmaya is ma, to measure. We translatethe word as illusion or delusion but ittechnically means a world construct-ed through measurement. Thus, thescientific word, the rational world,based on measurement, is maya. Andthat is neither a good or bad thing. Itis not a judgement. It is an observa-tion. A world based on measurementwill focus on the tangible and loseperspective of the intangible. It willassume measured truth as Truth,rather than limited truth.

Those who felt gleeful self-right-eousness in mocking the Prophet arein maya. So are those who took suchserious offence to it. The killer is inmaya and so is the killed. Those whojudge one as the victim and the otheras the villain are also in maya. We alllive in our constructed realities, somebased on measurement, some indif-ferent to measurement, each oneeager to dismiss the other, renderingthem irrelevant: The other is the bar-barian who needs to be educated. Theother is also the intellectual who isbest killed.

Essentially, maya makes us tojudge. For when we measure, wewonder which is small and what isbig, what is up and what is down,what is right and what is wrong, whatmatters and what does not matter.Different measuring scales lead todifferent judgments. Wendy Donigeris convinced she is the hero, and mar-tyr, who fights for the subalternIndian in her writings. DinanathBatra is convinced he is the hero whoopposes her wilful misunderstandingof sanatana dharma. Baba Ramdevfeels he has a right to demand thebanning of PK. And the producers ofthe film respond predictably aboutthe freedom of speech and rationality,

as they laugh their way to the bank.Everyone is right, in his or her maya.

Every action has consequences.And consequences are good and badonly in hindsight. The age ofEnlightenment was also the age ofColonisation. The most brutal warsof the 20th century, from the worldwars to the Cold Wars, were secular.Non-violent thought manifests itselfin non-violent words which give riseto violent action. The fruit is measur-able, not the seed. To separate seedfrom fruit, thought from action, islike separating stimulus fromresponse. It results in a wrong diag-nosis and a wrong prescription. Thekiller does not kill thought. Thethought creates more killers.

What goes around always comesaround. Outrage over violence feedsoutrage over cartoons. Hindu philos-ophy (not Hindutva philosophy) callsthis karma. We don’t want to breakthe cycle by letting go of either non-violent outrage or violent protests.Ideas such as maya and karma annoythe westernised mind for they disem-power them: they who are deter-mined to save the world with measur-ing tools dismiss astute observationof the human condition as fatalism.

In his past life, Shishupala was thedoorkeeper Jaya of Vaikuntha whowas cursed by the Sanat rishis that hewould be born on earth, away fromVishnu, for daring to block theirentry. The doorkeeper Jaya arguedthat he was doing his job but thecurse stuck and Jaya was reborn asShishupala. Vishnu had promised toliberate him and to expedite hisdeparture, Shishupala practisedviparit-bhakti, reverse-devotion, dis-playing love through abuse. So heinsulted Krishna, knowing full wellthat Krishna was Vishnu and wouldbe forced to act. There is a limit toforgiveness. But there should be nolimit to love.

(Devdutt Pattanaik writes and lec-tures on mythology in modern times.Visit: www.devdutt.com)

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The two siblings, believers in equality and their ownversion of liberty decided to hurt each other, one

emotionally, the other physically. Emotional violence isnot measurable. Physical violence is. That makes thelatter a crime that can be proven, hence a greater

crime, especially when emotional violence is directed atsomething as notional as religion. Because we are

scientific, you see. And here is the problem — measure-ment, that cornerstone of science and objectivity.

What will cash do without essential capabilitiesand skills? Development is much more about

empowering the poor and creating concomitantconditions that allow them to translate their aspira-

tions into tangible outcomes. A key part of theseconditions is possessing requisite capabilities to be

relevant in a rapidly evolving economy.Transmitting these skills is a completely differentball game than just transferring cash to the poor.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | JAN 15, 2015SAADDA HAQ

TIRUCHI, JAN 14Railway employees

attached to the SouthernRailway Mazdoor Union(SRMU) staged demon-strations at various placesin Tiruchi RailwayDivision on Tuesday con-demning attempts to priva-tise railways and bring inforeign direct investmentinto the sector.

Demonstrations wereheld inside the DivisionalRailway Manager’s officepremises and in front of theArmoury Gate at Ponmalaiin Tiruchi, and at variousplaces in Ariyalur,Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur,V i l l u p u r a m ,V r i d d h a c h a l a m ,T i r u v a n n a m a l a i ,Cuddalore Lalgudi,Thanjavur, and

Kumbakonam.The protesters demanded

implementation of the 7thPay Commission reportwith effect from January 12014, merger of 100 percent Dearness Allowancewith salary, and immediate

disbursement of 25 percent interim relief.

Scrapping of new pen-sion scheme, disbursementof pension with socialsecurity and removal ofanomalies in the Sixth PayCommission and so on.

SRMU protests privatisation, FDI

HYDERABAD, JAN 14The three-day Sankranti festival kicked off

with fervour and gaiety across Telangana andAndhra Pradesh on Wednesday with the cele-bration of Bhogi on the first day.

This is the first Sankranti, the harvest festi-val, after Telangana was carved out of AndhraPradesh as a separate state.

Towns and villages in both the Telugu statescame alive with the festivities with people set-ting bonfires on the streets with agriculturaland household waste.

The celebrations began in the early hours ofthe day with people cleaning their houses andburning old items with a belief that new thingswould usher into their lives.

People gathered at street corners in the earlyhours of the day and lit up a Bhogi fire inwhich unwanted goods like old clothes, matsand broom sticks were burnt.

Men, women and children went around thebonfires with prayers. Some sang and danced.

Bhogi is also known as Indran and is cele-brated in the honour of Indra, the Hindu god.Hindus worship Indra for good harvest and

prosperity.Andhra Pradesh Minister for Major

Irrigation D Umamaheswar Rao participated inBhogi in Vijayawada. Transport Minister SRaghava Rao took part in the bonfire inOngole.

Villages wore festive look with women dec-orating the entrance with intricate rangolidesigns. Young men took to kite flying.

After thoroughly cleaning their houses,women set cow-dung balls called 'Gobbemma'and placed it among the rangoli patterns. Theyalso put fresh harvest of rice, turmeric and sug-arcane.

The houses were decorated with marigoldflowers and mango leaves.

'Haridasus' and 'Basvannas', the uniquelyattired alm seekers with ornately decorated ox,made rounds of the villages.

The families, after offering prayers in tem-ples, prepare various dishes, especially Pongal- made of rice and dal.

Decoration of bulls, cock-fight, bull-fightand other rural sports mark the three-day festi-val.

Sankranti kicks off with Bhogi in Telangana, Andhra

KAZIRANGA, JAN 14Three poachers were on

Wednesday killed in twoencounters with forest guardsin Kaziranga National Park inAssam.

On a tip off about the entryof a group of poachers into thePark, forest guards launchedan operation in BurapaharRange, Divisional ForestOfficer S K Sil Sarma said.

On facing the forest guards,the poachers fired at them andin an encounter one poacherwas killed around 3 AM nearBorghat forest camp, Sarmasaid.

On being chased, the twofleeing poachers engaged in afierce gun battle with the

guards for about 25 minutesbefore they were killed, hesaid.

Two 303 rifles fitted with asilencer and one round ofammunition as well as a 9-mmpistol with nine rounds ofammunition were recoveredfrom the slain poachers, theDFO said.

The poachers were suspect-ed to have come from adjacentKarbi Anglong hills side, hesaid.

Patrolling against poachingin the World Heritage Site hadbeen intensified after onerhino was killed on Januaryone this year and two onJanuary four, forest depart-ment officials added.

RAJNANDGAON, JAN 14Naxals axed to death a

30-year-old man at a vil-lage in Chhattisgarh'sRajnandgaon district onsuspicion of him being apolice informer.

Victim KashiramUkandi, a resident ofKondawahi village in

the district, had onMonday gone to meethis ailing wife inNavagaon where shewas staying at her par-ent's place, Aundhipolice station in-chargeP D Chandra said today.

On getting informationthat Kashiram was in

Navagaon, the Naxalsreached there onMonday night, draggedhim out of the house andaxed him to death, thepolice officer said.

The Naxals left a noteat the murder spot whichpurportedly stated thatthey had killed

Kashiram as he was apolice informer, he said.

In the note, the rebelsalso claimed to have ear-lier this month killed ayouth Manish, hailingfrom Bihar's Darbhangadistrict who was work-ing at a cloth mill inNagpur, for being a

police informer in thearea. Meanwhile, thepolice recoveredKashiram's body fromthe spot and sent it forpostmortem. A case wasregistered and search forthe Naxals involved inthe killing was on,Chandra added.

Naxals kill 30-yr-old man in Chhattisgarh for being 'police informer'

Forest guards kill three poach-ers in Kaziranga National Park

PATNA, JAN 14With his role considered

important in the unified JanataParivar ahead of the crucialBihar Assembly elections, lead-ers from partner parties made abeeline at the feast hosted byRJD president Lalu Prasad onthe occasion of MakarSankranti.

The 10, Circular Road resi-dence of former chief ministerRabri Devi, where Prasad hadthrown his Sankranti feast, wasabuzz with activity.

JD(U) president Sharad Yadav,INLD chief Abhay Chautala,JD(U) general secretary K CTyagi and Uttar Pradesh ministerOm Prakash Singh representingSamajwadi Party chief MulayamSingh Yadav exchanged bon-homie over 'Dahi Chura' (flat-tened rice and curd), the custom-ary food on Sankranti at Lalu'sfeast. Senior JD(U) leader Nitish

Kumar was, however, missing ashe was indisposed and takingrest.

Later, Lalu paid a visit toKumar and said, "There is nodistance between me and NitishKumar."

Former Union minister PremChand Gupta and a host of RJDleaders played host at the feast,which saw party workers swarm-ing the venue from across thestate.

Bihar Chief Minister JitanRam Manjhi was the first VIP toarrive at the venue in the morn-ing. Lalu received him warmlyand got him seated with anotherJD(U) leader and Public HealthEngineering Department minis-ter Mahachandra Prasad Singhand former RJD MP from SaranPrabhunath Singh.

The RJD supremo himself tookcharge to serve curd and jaggeryto Manjhi and other leaders.

PATNA, JAN 14Asserting that all par-

ties of the Janta Parivarare united, RashtriyaJanata Dal ( RJD) supre-mo Lalu Prasad Yadav onWednesday criticizedBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader SushilKumar Modi for makingirrational statements inthis regard.

"Is he the spokespersonof the Samajwadi Party?Has he left the BJP?"Lalu said when asked tocomment on SushilModi's remark that themerger has come to anend because SamajwadiParty (SP) chief Mulayam

Singh Yadav is notready.

"We all are together.And we want other peo-ple also to join," headded.

Lalu said the BJP anda certain section of themedia is eager to knowas to when the merger ofthe Janta Parivar wouldtake place.

"The merger hasalready taken place.Why you people are sotensed about it?" hesaid.

The former Biharchief minister furthersaid that Mulayamwould very soon make

an official announcementin this regard.

"The announcement hasalready been done.Mulayam Singhji (Mulayam Singh Yadav )will announce. Shouldeverybody keep onannouncing it?" he said.

Lalu also took a jibe atthe 'Swacch BharatAbhiyan' launched byPrime Minister NarendraModi-led government atthe Centre. "The cleaningdepartment is with theBJP and the people ofIndia have given themthis responsibility. Andwe are here to govern," hesaid jokingly.

Lalu takes on Sushil Modi,says 'Janta Parivar is united'

Leaders make a beeline at LaluYadav's Makar Sankranti feast

CHANDIGARH, JAN 14Light rains Wednesday lashed

most of the places in Punjab andHaryana, intensifying the coldwave conditions in both thestates.

UT Chandigarh was the coldestplace in the region as it recordedminimum at 5.8 deg C, while thecity received rainfall of 1.7 mm, aMeT Department report saidtoday.

Amid piercing cold wave con-ditions prevailing in the region,Amritsar recorded minimum at7.7 deg C, up by four notchesabove normal. The city receivedrainfall of 10 mm.

Ludhiana and Patiala, whoseminimum were 10 deg C and 10.4deg C respectively, were lashedby 2.8 mm and 0.8 mm of rains.

In neighbouring state Haryana,Hisar, Karnal and Narnaul record-ed minimum at 11 deg C, 10.6deg C and 9 deg C, respectively,four notches above normaleach.

Ambala, whose minimum was10.4 deg C, Hisar and Karnalrecorded rainfall at 1.9 mm, 3.2mm and 1.2 mm respectively.Bhiwani's minimum settled at 10deg C with rainfall of 2 mm.

A few trains were running latebecause of poor visibility at someplaces in the region.

Shatabdi train between Delhiand Kalka via Chandigarh wasrunning behind schedule by overtwo hours, while super fast trainbetween Sainagar Shirdi andKalka was running behind sched-ule by over five hours.

RAIPUR, JAN 14The Jheeram valley attack by

naxals, which almost wiped outtop Congress leadership inChhattisgarh in 2013, was part of atactical counter offensive cam-paign (TCOC) by ultras against thedemocratic set-up of the state gov-ernment, according to the finalchargesheet filed by the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA). Thechargesheet says that DarbhaRegional Committee, CentralRegional Command CPI (Maoist)-command II, Military Company-IIand PLGA Platoon had effectedthe ambush in Jheeram Ghati inBastar district on a Congress rallyon May 25, 2013 in which 27 peo-ple were killed and 33 othersinjured. Top leaders, includingstate unit president of party,Nandkumar Patel, former Unionminister Vidyacharan Shukla, ex-opposition leader Mahendra

Karma were among those killed inthe attack.

The chargesheet says the attackwas aimed at creating terror in theminds of people and over 150ultras took part in it. When con-tacted, state Congress general sec-retary Shailesh Nitin Trivedi saidthe NIA chargesheet was repletewith anomalies. "The NIA findingthat opposition (Congress) leaderswere killed to destabilise stategovernment was unpalatable andcontradictory," he said today.Trivedi said NIA chargesheet was"silent" on the crucial point of whythe Congress rally was not provid-ed with adequate security on thefateful day despite the palpablethreat to it. "If Maoists wanted todestabilise government they couldhave done so by targetting 'VikasYatra' taken out by CM RamanSingh which had passed throughBastar.

GUWAHATI, JAN 14The Assam Government

has directed the DeputyCommissioners of all dis-tricts and theCommissioner of PoliceGuwahati to prohibit ani-mal races and fights inAssam in compliance witha Supreme Court order.

Assam Home Secretaryand Commissioner L SChangsan in an order onJanuary 12 to the DCs andthe Commissioner ofPolice said, "This may becomplied with priority inview of the bulbul/buffalofights organised during theMagh Bihu Festival (todayand tomorrow)."

Changsan directed theofficials to deploy suffi-cient personnel at placeswhere such fights are held,seize all birds and animalswhich are being used for

such fights."Prosecute persons who

own such birds/animalsincluding those who con-duct or organise suchfights since allowing thesefights to continue wouldbe a gross violation of theorder of the HonourableSupreme Court of India,"she said. The HomeCommissioner said thejudgement and order ofthe Supreme Court onMay 7, 2014 in the AnimalWelfare Board of India vsA Nagaraja and otherscase was forwarded to theofficials on September 10for taking necessaryaction.

NGO Humane SocietyInternational/India haswelcomed the state gov-ernment directive inresponse to their jointappeal with the Animal

Welfare Board of Indialast week to ChiefMinister Tarun Gogoi urg-ing him to take action tostop the buffalo and bulbulfights.

HSI/India managingdirector N G Jayasimha ina press release today said,"We are grateful to theGovernment of Assam forthe directions they haveissued. We hope that thedeputy commissionerswill ensure that this isimplemented in letter andspirit and that no animal ismade to suffer for the sakeof our entertainment."

Meanwhile, many of theorganisers of such buffa-lo/bulbul fights insistedthat they cannot forego theage-old traditions of BihuFestival, and that theyalways ensure no animalsare injured.

Assam moves to prohibit animal fights during Bihu

VIJAYAWADA, JAN 14Andhra Pradesh Chief

Minister N ChandrababuNaidu, Singapore's Home,Commerce and IndustriesMinister S Iswaran and ateam of Singaporean techni-cal experts today conductedan aerial survey of the pro-posed capital city regionhere.

They interacted withindustrialists atVisakhapatnam and flewdirectly to the capital cityregion on a special flight,officials said.

After the aerial survey,they landed at Gannavaramairport where several AndhraPradesh ministers includingDevineni Uma MaheswaraRao, P Narayana, KRavindra, MPs K Srinivasand K Narayana besidesDistrict Collector A Babu aswell as other officials gavethem a grand reception, theysaid.

Singapore ministerIswaran expressed satisfac-

tion with his tour and saidthat a world class capital citywould be constructed withina short time.

He also greeted the peopleof Andhra Pradesh on the

occasion of Sankranti(Pongal).

Some local businessmenand industrialists broughttheir proposals and businessplans to the AP CM.

BENGALURU, JAN 14Efforts are on to ensure

all 11.27 lakh childrenaged below five years inthe city are covered underthe pulse polio immunisa-tion drive that will be heldon January 18 andFebruary 22.

Officials of the BruhatBangalore MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) and thosefrom the health depart-ment under the Bengaluru(Urban) district aregeared to achieve 100 percent pulse polio coverage,said N. Shantha Kumari,city Mayor.

Appealing to parents to

bring their children agedbelow five years on bothdays for the polio drops,she said that 2,970 booths

would be set up across thecity in all hospitals, mar-kets, railway stations, busstops, malls, medical col-

leges and other publicplaces. While the pro-gramme will be imple-mented by the BBMP in135 wards, the remaining63 wards will be coveredby the health department.

While there will be 447stationary teams, therewill also be 422 mobileteams that will go aroundthe city administering thepolio drops. The immuni-sation drive will see theinvolvement of 14,358volunteers, she said.

She also said that anawareness rally will betaken out from M.G.Statue on M.G. Road on

January 16.BBMP Commissioner

M. Lakshminarayan saidthat focus will be on cov-ering children of migrantworkers, especially theconstruction workers.“We have already heldcoordination meetingswith the Confederation ofReal Estate Developers'Associations of India andBuilders’ Association ofIndia in thisregard.”

He pointed out that forthe past four years, nocase of polio had beenreported anywhere in thecountry.

Pulse polio immunisation drive on Jan 18, Feb 22

AP CM, Singapore team conductsaerial survey of capital region

Jheeram attack was against demo-cratic setup of the state: NIA

Rains in Punjab, Haryanaadd to winter chill

Microsoft today dis-cussed how it isenabling an all-

new category of devicescalled 2-in-1s which areaffordable, deliver greatperformance and help yoube more productive. Whilesmartphones are very per-sonal and laptops are pre-dominantly viewed as workdevices, 2-in-1s offer theflexibility of having boththe efficiency and produc-tivity of a PC and the easeand mobility of a tablet.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Vineet Durani,Director - WindowsBusiness at MicrosoftCorporation India Pvt. Ltd.said, “The technology land-scape has changed phenom-enally over the past fewyears, and with it so has theway consumers use theirdevices. While smart-phones have become anintegral part of life, peoplealso need devices that helpthem create while on themove such as a studentworking on an assignmentor a sales professional sub-mitting a customer propos-al. Windows 2-in1s excel atthese tasks and we areexcited about this new cate-

gory of devices we areenabling.”

Windows 2-in-1s offerconsumers the efficiency ofa PC and the mobility of atablet all in one device.They are also the onlydevices in the market whichallow multiple useraccounts, so you don’t haveto worry about your childwiping off your officeemail. Windows 2-in-1sallow multi-tasking, so youcan listen to music, chat onyour favourite social net-work and work on yourpresentation, all at the sametime. Windows 2-in-1scome pre-installed withWindows 8.1, a one-yearsubscription to Office 365and unlimited cloud storageon OneDrive. Best of all, allWindows 2-in-1s areequipped with all-purposeports that can connect to theTV via HDMI, the Internetvia a dongle or a key-board/printer/mouse/head-phone via a USB port. 2-in-1s have a detachable/con-vertible keyboard whichmeans you can customizethe way you use the devicedepending on whether it isfor creation or for con-sumption.

Windows 2-in-1s aretoday being adopted acrossa broad category of userssuch as students, govern-ment workers, sales agents,professionals and retail pro-fessionals.

Apart from this, there is

an increasing need for first-time jobbers to possesscomputing skills andWindows-based 2-in-1swith Office 365 pre-installed are ideal to acquirethese skills early in life.Starting at prices as low as

INR 9,990, Windows 2-in-1s are today available fromvarious multinationalOEMs such as HP, Acer,Lenovo, Dell, Asus andToshiba as well as fromlocal OEMs such as iBall,Xolo and Notion Ink.

NEW DELHI | THURSDAY | JAN 15, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. In an atomic nucleus, neutrons and protons are heldtogether byA. gravitational forces B. exchange forcesC. coulombic forces D. magnetic forces

2. 'No two electrons in an atom can have the same setof four quantum numbers' isA. Newton's law B. Bohr's lawC. Aufbau principle D. Pauli's exclusion principle

3. According to Avogadro's Hypothesis, the smallestparticle of an element or a compound, that can existindependently, is called ____ .A. a molecule B. a cationC. an anion D. an atom

4. Atoms of an element differ from those of all otherelements inA. atomic number and electronic configurationB. number of neutrons and number of valence electronsC. atomic number and number of valence electronsD. number of neutrons and electronic configuration

5. Nuclear fission is caused by the impact ofA. neutron B. protonC. deuteron D. electron

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

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although it might be muddled and you could be perplexed abouthow to deal with it. Don't try to force the issue. Write down yourideas and return to them later. Someone close might feel unwell,and you may want to spend some time with him or her. This mighttake some effort, but it won't go unappreciated.

TAURUS Today you may spend some time by yourself working on yourown projects, Taurus. The desire to spend time alone with aspecial someone may also interfere with plans you've alreadymade to attend a social gathering or event involving a lot ofpeople. You won't want to give up either, so you might try tofind a compromise of some kind. Think about it.

GEMINI Various personal issues might be on your mind today, Gemini.You could want to work them all out without distractions, so youmay decide to spend part of the day alone. Responsibilities fromthe outside world might make it impossible for you to take asmuch time as you'd like. Don't let it get to you. Work out the mat-ters that seem most pressing and save the rest for later.

CANCER You could be expecting an important letter, call, or emailtoday, Cancer, and sit on the edge of your chair waitingfor it. This might be from a friend or lover. It could bedelayed, and this might get you flustered. Distract your-self and do something else while you wait. If you makegood use of the hours, the time will fly by.

LEO Unfounded worries about money could plague you today, Leo.Someone close may have given you some incorrect information,perhaps about your financial situation, but more likely regardingtrends in the economy that could affect your finances. Don'twaste time worrying. Check out the facts before driving yourselfcrazy. You will probably find that you've been misinformed.

VIRGO You don't worry too much, Virgo, but today might be different.Insecurity may arise about a partnership. This might be a currentor potential romantic relationship. Perhaps there has been little ifany communication between you and your insecurity is coming tothe forefront. Don't let fear or shyness keep you from meeting thisperson halfway. Your insecurities are probably unfounded.

LIBRA Worries about health and work might be on your mind today,Libra. You could be stressed out over whatever you're doing,and this might have you feeling less energetic than usual. It'sa good idea to work a little to lessen the stress in your life. Thisfeeling is going to pass whatever you do. Try to rest a little andhave some fun in spite of the stress.

SCORPIO Today you may want to set aside some time to spend withclose friends or a love partner, Scorpio. Other responsibilitiescould have you on your own, taking care of errands and otherimportant matters. You may have the feeling of being lonely ina crowd. Don't waste time feeling sorry for yourself. Take careof business and get back to your loved ones.

SAGITTARIUSToday you might concentrate on projects. These could berelated to your personal relationships. Whatever the nature ofyour tasks, Sagittarius, don't be surprised if you find them con-fusing. You might be tempted to chuck it all and go out, but thisisn't a good idea. Better to try to make sense of the confusionthan put it off. It won't get any better with time.

CAPRICORN Capricorn, making or receiving an important letter or callregarding money might be on your agenda today, but circum-stances beyond your control could delay it. This could provefrustrating. Take care of whatever you have to do. Distractyourself if you have to sit and wait. Nothing is worth stressingover. The call will come in time, so just relax.

AQUARIUS Worries about money might plague you today, Aquarius. Theymight have little, if any, basis in fact, as you're probably frettingover possibilities that aren't likely to ever manifest. A little cautionwith regard to budgeting and spending today certainly won't hurtyou. It's best to be objective and see the situation as it really is.Otherwise, you could make yourself crazy over nothing.

PISCES Today you could look in the mirror and be appalled by what you see,activating your insecurity about the way you look. This could sendyou looking for various treatments. Go ahead if you want, Pisces, butyour impressions are clouded right now and you probably look farbetter than you think. If you get together with a love partner, this per-son's reaction should give you the reassurance you need.

Microsoft is taking the fightto Android and haslaunched all new afford-

able 400-series smartphone, theLumia 435 and Lumia 435 DualSIM. The Redmond giant has alsolaunched the Lumia 532 andLumia 532 Dual SIM, sporting alayered design.

The Lumia 435 and Lumia 532will start rolling out in February inselect regions including Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, the MiddleEast and Africa.

The Microsoft Lumia 435 hasbeen priced at EUR 69 (approxi-mately Rs. 5,100), while theMicrosoft Lumia 532 will be avail-able at EUR 79 (approximately Rs.5,800) before taxes and subsidies.The company notes that the pricesof the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532will vary by market and operator.

Notably, Microsoft India, at thetime of writing, had listed theLumia 435 Dual SIM and Lumia532 Dual SIM tipping that thedual-SIM variants of the handsetswill be headed to thecountry.

Both the new Lumia smart-phones come with the latestWindows Phone 8.1 with theLumia Denim update. The Lumia435 and Lumia 532 feature a suiteof Microsoft services includingMicrosoft's Office suite (Word,Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote),Outlook, Skype, OneDrive (up to30GB of free cloud storage), and

can down-load more apps from WindowsPhone store. Both the new Lumiahandsets also come preloaded withHere Maps. Both the Lumia 435and Lumia 532 feature a 4-inchWVGA (480x800 pixels) LCD dis-play, and their dual-SIM variantshave identical specificationsexcept the additional SIM card

slot.

The Lumia 435 is powered by a1.2GHz dual-core QualcommSnapdragon 200 processor where-as the Lumia 532 packs a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200processor clocked at 1.2GHz. Bothfeature 1GB of RAM, 8GB ofbuilt-in storage, expandable stor-

age support via microSDcrad (up to 128GB), and1560mAh battery.

The Lumia 435 sports a2-megapixel fixed-focusrear camera, while Lumia532 includes a 5-megapixel fixed-focuscamera. Both pack a 0.3-megapixel front-facingcamera as well. The com-pany touts that both theLumia 435 and Lumia532 come with LumiaCamera app.

The Lumia 435 andLumia 532 will comeBright Green, BrightOrange, White and Blackcolours, and supportMicro-SIM cards.

Commenting on thelaunch, Jo Harlow, corpo-rate vice president forphones at Microsoft said,"With the Lumia 435 andLumia 532, we've realisedour goal of creating themost affordable Lumiadevices to date, openingup the opportunity toreach those people who

are buying a smartphone for thevery first time. Lumia 435 andLumia 532 deliver competitivehardware alongside innovativesoftware that will continue toreceive the very latest updates andenhancements, keeping users up-to-date with the best newfeatures."

Microsoft Lumia 435, Lumia 532Launched Alongside Dual-SIM Variants

On Tuesday,Micromax's YuYureka smartphone

went on sale for the firsttime and YuTeleventures, a sub-sidiary of Micromax saysit offered 10,000 units forsale via Amazon India.However, it is now beingalleged that only 3,000units were even available,and even fewer wereactually sold.

The Yu Yureka is basedon the Cyanogen OS, andwent on sale exclusivelyon Amazon India. Thecompany announcedearly closure of registra-tions dues to "over-whelming response",claiming over 3 lakh reg-istrations for the flashsale.

After the sale yesterday,it was announced that10,000 units went out ofstock in 3 seconds. Thequick close of the salealso generated plenty ofnegative sentiment onlinewith many prospectivebuyers turning to Twitterto vent after failing to gettheir hands on a unit.

One consumer claims tohave noticed somethingwhich, if true, would meanYu has misled people.

Blogger Abhay Ranaposts that only 3,000 unitswere available for sale,and that only 2,657 wereactually sold. On his blog,Rana shared details aboutthe lightning deal whichare available if you invokeAmazon's API, showingthat only 3,000 units wereavailable, and only 88 per-cent were claimed.

He verified this usingAmazon's Deals API,which bloggers can use toshowcase deals on their

site, to earn from referrallinks. Whenw e

checked the third party siteRana used to see theresults, we saw the follow-ing information on thispage:

The Hurl site is used fordemonstrating APIs, andthe steps that Rana has list-ed appear legitimate, how-ever, there is plenty ofscope for missed detailshere. We reached out toboth Yu and Amazon onTuesday evening, when thestory first broke, to clearup the issue.

While a spokespersonfrom Yu categoricallydenied the suggestion thatless than 10,000 units were

sold, we were told thatmore information

w o u l dcome when the units

are shipped. We contactedmultiple Amazon Indiaspokespersons, but havegotten no response at thetime of writing this report,nearly 24 hours after wegot in touch.

While it is possible thatthere were multiple dealcodes, or some other tech-nical reason why it appearsthat only 3,000 units weresold, it appears as if theblogger is correct aboutthis matter, unless Yu orAmazon can produce somemore information showingthe details of the phonessold.

Micromax's Yu Yureka CourtsControversy Over Number ofUnits Sold in First Flash Sale

Microsoft Enables New Category of Affordable Devices Called 2-in-1s

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MELBOURNE, JAN 14Former Australia batsman

Dean Jones believes Test skipperVirat Kohli must have a say inthe selection of the new Indiacoach which will be decided afterthe cricket World Cup startingnext month.

Incumbent India coach DuncanFletcher's contract with the BCCIexpires after the World Cup thatwill conclude on March 29 and acouple of names are alreadydoing the rounds as who could bethe possible replacements.

In an exclusive chat with PTI,team director Ravi Shastri hadhinted that he will be willing totake a permanent role with theteam post the World Cup. MikeHussey's name was also mootedas a rumour, but the cricketer hasruled himself out of the runningfor the time being.

"Virat Kohli is the Test skippernow and he will be the ODI andT20 captain in the time to come.So he must have someone he iscomfortable with and togetherthey must work for the better-ment of Indian cricket," saidJones.

"They need to come out of themess their Test team is in, and anew aggressive captain with anew coach should help achievethat. And they have a lot of timeon their hands, to pick a propercoach after the World Cup andthe IPL. There is a good 3-4months to settle down on somegood choices."

India have slipped to numberseven in the latest ICC Test rank-ings, placed just above West

Indies, Bangladesh andZimbabwe. While that is anembarrassing position to be in, itcannot be rectified until later inthe year as India's next Testassignment is a bit unknown.

"The question to ask here isthis, have they got the bestcoaching staff that money canbuy?" said Jones, when asked ifthe BCCI's deep pockets havebrought good enough supportstaff to the team mix.

"Have they got the best staffavailable at the moment? Clearlythe results haven't shown so."India had changed their supportstaff after the 1-3 Test series lossin England. Joe Dawes and

Trevor Penney were sacked,while Shastri, Sanjay Bangar, RSridhar and B Arun had come intheir place.

"Changing staff again andagain isn't a solution either andcertainly not one that I recom-mend. But then has there been adifference in performance fromEngland to Australia, particularlyof the bowlers? They bowledshort and wide in England andthey have bowled short and widein Australia. And India have lostboth series despite playing somecompetitive cricket," Jones said.

"What India need, and what theBCCI can afford, is a properbowling coach.

Someone needs to be talking tothese young bowlers all the time,before and after the matches aswell as during the breaks.Support staff can only do somuch.

"A proper bowling coach, a bigname, an ex-cricketer might beable to help these young bowlersbetter. They have the pace andthe ability to swing the ball, theyhave the talent. They just don'tknow to use it," he opined.

Jones then added another plau-sible theory for Indian cricketgoing ahead.

]"Look the problem for Indiahas been very simple. They can-not get 20 wickets. If they cannot

do it with four bowlers, theymust do it with five bowlers.Look at R Ashwin. He is a decentbat. Wriddhiman Saha has goodtechnique too," he said.

"In overseas Tests these twowill have to do the job of thesixth batsman and India need toplay four other bowlers, an extraspinner along with Ashwin andthree medium-pacers. Their top-five batsmen have been brilliantand must shoulder the burden ofscoring runs.

"It will give Kohli more controland more options to play aroundwith. He looked clueless whenthey were getting hit all over thepark the other day. Australiascored 200 runs in one session.And the Indian attack was bowl-ing short and wide after playingin this country for the last twomonths. You cannot bowl likethat in one-dayers or the outcomewill be pretty similar," Joneswarned.

With the exception of one ortwo names, pretty much the samebowlers will represent the Indianteam in the upcoming tri-seriesand the World Cup. Asked if thisis a cause for concern, Jones said:"Limited-overs cricket is a differ-ent ballgame. India definitelyhave a chance because their bat-ting is quite good and they canchase targets. "The bowlers havepace and swing so they can usethat in ODI matches here as wellif they bowl well. But if theydon't bowl proper line andlengths, how many times will thebatsmen rescue the team, even inODI matches?" he signed off.

Virat Kohli must have say in newcoach selection: Dean Jones KINGSTON, JAN 14

West Indies chief cricketselector Clive Lloyd hassaid the omission ofDwayne Bravo and KieronPollard from the ICCWorld Cup squad is no actof victimisation for theirroles in the controversialabandoned tour of India.

Bravo and Pollard werenot named in the 15-mansquad announced to con-test the World Cup whichbowls off in Australia andNew Zealand Feb 14,reports CMC.

Speaking on SportsmazZone Monday night, Lloydthe chairman of selectors,defended the decision notto select the twoTrinidadian cricketers,insisting that it was notvictimisation and that itwas time to try somethingdifferent. "There was twodays of discussions withthe three others selectorsand the captain and therewere very strong argu-ments for the players andwe came out with what wethought was a pretty goodteam," Lloyd explained.

"It was not easy to leaveout those two guys. It is adiscussion that went onand on and in the end wethought that we have somany all-rounders. Wewere trying to see if we canintroduce some new facesand as far as I am con-cerned I think we have agood all-round one-dayside."

Bravo and Pollard werealso overlooked for thefive-match ODI seriesagainst South Africa start-ing Friday.

Lloyd's comments fol-low similar sentimentsfrom the West IndiesCricket Board (WICB)president, Dave Cameronrejecting claims that thetwo all-rounders were axedfrom the World Cup squad.

"Let people understandthat we have been at thebottom rung of the ladderfor the last eight years ormore with the same play-ers, recycling people allthe time," Lloyd said.

"The point is that nowwe tried to see if we canchange things. It is obviouspicking a West Indies teamis not easy. If you look atthe stats of our players,they are not wonderful sowe will be picking playersaveraging 20, 25, someeven 19...We starting fromscratch." Like the squad inSouth Africa, the WorldCup unit will be skipperedby rookie fast bowler JasonHolder who featured on thetour of India last Octoberand who has played justthree Tests and 21 ODIs,replacing Bravo who tookover from Darren Sammyin May, 2013. St.Vincentand the Grenadines PrimeMinister Ralph Gonsalves,who brokered an agree-ment between the players,the WICB and playersunion, WIPA.

NEW DELHI, JAN 14Former ICC president

and current Cricket SouthAfrica (CSA) CEO,Haroon Lorgat says he isstill not aware why theBCCI is upset with him buthopes his strained relationwith the Indian boardwould heal with time.

Lorgat and the BCCI haddifference of opinion on afew key issues during histenure as the ICC chieffrom 2008 to 2012. Someissues which they dis-agreed included theDecision Review System(DRS) and the Lord WoolfCommission, which wasinitiated by Lorgat.

Things got more bitterwhen the BCCI expressedits opposition to theappointment of Lorgat asCSA's CEO after left the

post of president inInternational CricketCouncil. With CSA eventu-ally appointing Lorgat asits CEO in July 2013, therewere speculations thatIndia's proposed tour to

South Africa in Decemberthat year might be calledoff.

BCCI later agreed to ashortened tour only afterthe CSA agreed to barLorgat from dealing with

matters related to India andfrom attending ICCExecutive Meetings asCSA representative.

Lorgat was also in themiddle of an ICC inquiry,which eventually clearedhim last year of allegedinvolvement in the FTPmanipulation charges lev-elled against the BCCI byDavid Becker, who was theICC legal adviser through-out Lorgat's tenure as CEOof the world body.

However, Lorgat said heis still in dark aboutBCCI's reservationsagainst him. "I clearlydon't understand what theissues are. I think that ismore relevant to be ascer-tained from the BCCI.Nobody could tell (whatthe issue are). Not even mypresident is aware of what

the issue is, what thewrongdoing is. So we areall in the dark as far as thatis concerned," he toldESPNcricinfo.

"The tour went on, andthere have been attempts toget together. But I can't tellyou what the issue is thatupsets them about myself,"Lorgat added. Lorgat hadmade a press statement thathe will work on betteringthe relations with theBCCI.

Asked how he intendedto go about it, he said:"Well, we must wait. Timecan heal things. I haveeven offered to apologise ifI am told what I'd donewrong. If I think it's wrong,I must apologise, that'd bethe right thing to do. Butuntil I am told, there isnothing I can do."

Still don't understand why BCCIwas upset with me: Haroon Lorgat

DUBAI, JAN 14Australia's three-time World Cup

winner Adam Gilchrist has heapedpraise on South Africa captain AB deVilliers, describing him as the "mostvaluable cricketer on the planet".

"De Villiers is the most valuablecricketer on the planet. His versatili-ty is extraordinary and he is amazingto watch," said Gilchrist, who is sixthin the list of leading run-getters in thehistory of World Cup and with 52dismissals is the most successfulwicketkeeper.

"He's so inventive ... He can play atouch game or a power game. Then,he can also keep wickets. He's alsoone of the best fielders in the worldand recently has taken some wicketswhen he had a bowl. And he leads histeam very well, so, I think he's themost valuable cricketer around."

De Villiers will feature in his thirdCricket World Cup. In 175 ODIs, the30-year-old has scored 7,210 runswith 18 centuries and 42 half-cen-turies. He has captained South Africain 56 ODIs, winning 31 matches.Behind the stumps, he has accountedfor 88 batsmen.

Closer to home, Gilchrist alsotipped Australia's Mitchell Marsh tomake a big impact in the tournamentalongside David Warner, while hebelieved that India's MS Dhoni andVirat Kohli would have a big say in

the destination of the prestigious tro-phy. Australia and New Zealand willhost the quadrennial event for thefirst time in 23 years. Sharing hisexcitement about the event to be heldfrom February 14 to March 29,Gilchrist said: "I think next month'stournament is going to be reallyexciting. Conditions, particularly inAustralia, are going to be conduciveto high scores, entertaining cricketand flamboyant play.

"In New Zealand, there are moreresult-based wickets on offer, asthere's normally a bit in them for thebowlers. The batsmen might strugglea bit more over there but I think we'regoing to see an exciting and a closetournament." The ICC Cricket Hallof Famer also reflected on World Cup1999, 2003 and 2007, whichAustralia won in three different con-ditions and against three differentoppositions.

AB de Villiers is most valuable cricketer on planet: Adam Gilchrist

Dwayne Bravo, KieronPollard omission no

victimisation: Clive Lloyd

SYDNEY, JAN 14The countdown is on for

the 11th Cricket World Cupand the likely winner is stillguesswork a month out in oneof the most evenly-matchedand security-conscious tour-naments staged.

Australia will share thehosting of next month`scricket showpiece with NewZealand, 23 years after theyco-hosted the event whenPakistan beat England in thefinal at the MelbourneCricket Ground.

Hosts Australia and defend-ing champions India may bethe top two ranked teams butany of a half-dozen sidescould lift the trophy onMarch 29 at the MCG.

The Australians, under theaggressive coaching ofDarren Lehmann, are gun-ning for their fifth WorldCup, while India stopped theAussies from winning afourth straight title in thequarter-finals of the last tour-nament in India in 2011 andhave winning recent ODI

form.There may be fitness

doubts over skipper MichaelClarke, with an imposeddeadline of February 21, butthe Australians possess someof the biggest names in worldcricket -- David Warner,Steve Smith, Brad Haddinand Mitchell Johnson.

It will be how the team han-dle the external pressures asthe host nation that will

decide their winning chances.The Australians didn`t copein 1992 and they missed outon the semi-finals.

Sri Lanka, the 1996 cham-pions, have by far the mostexperienced squad withMahela Jayawardene, KumarSangakkara and TillakaratneDilshan all playing more than300 ODIs.

South Africa, who havecome close but have yet to

win the World Cup, arealways a threat under the cap-taincy of AB de Villiers,while New Zealand andPakistan have the firepowerto cause problems in this for-mat.

The jury is out onEngland`s chances after theystripped Alastair Cook of thecaptaincy less than twomonths out from the WorldCup and installed EoinMorgan in his place.

But former Australia Testbatsman Mike Hussey ratesEngland as a `dark horse.`

"They`ll fly under the radara little bit, no one`s reallygiving them a lot of chance,"Hussey said.

"They`ve got some reallyexperienced, quality playersbut they`ve also got somereally good underrated play-ers, guys like Moeen Ali andChris Woakes, very underrat-ed and if they can just gettheir confidence up and movethrough the tournament, theycan be a bit of a darkhorse."

Countdown on for evenly-matched,security-tight 2015 Cricket World Cup

MELBOURNE, JAN 14Yuki Bhambri was the

only Indian to cross thefirst hurdle in theAustralian Open qualifierstoday while SomdevDevvarman andRamkumar Ramanathanfell by the way side afterfeaturing in tight matches.

Yuki, ranked 314th,knocked out Russian 15thseed Evgeny Donskoy 4-66-1 8-6 in his first roundmatch at Show Court 2.

The 22-year-old nowfaces Japanese YoshihitoNishioka, who outplayedChile's Gonzalo Lama 6-26-1.

Nishioka is placed 149places above Yuki but theIndian will take confidencefrom the fact that inDonskoy he beat some-body who is ranked as highas 129th.

Somdev, who is goingthrough a very lean patch,

lost 4-6 6-3 4-6 to lower-ranked American AustinKrajicek. The 284th-ranked Ramkumar wentdown fighting to 254th-

ranked Nils Langer ofGermany 5-7 6-4 4-6 in hisopening qualifying roundof the first Grand Slam ofthe season.

Yuki wins but Somdev, Ramkumarbow out of Aus Open qualifiers

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The Tamil superstaris ready to delight theaudience with thisintriguing drama thisFebruary. The 1:34minute trailer intro-duces the audiencewith the main charac-ters in the movie.

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The other actorsshown in the trailerare K Vishwanath,Parvathi , Urvashi,Pooja Kumar, Jayaram

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Mohit says, “I am anardent admirer of mycousin, Alia.

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Mohit is currently busy withhis next venture ‘HumariAdhuri Kahani’ with VidyaBalan and Emraan Hashmi

playing the lead roles. Therenowned director was recentlyseen at the Renault Star GuildAwards 2015, an event held onSunday, January 11, 2015.

Till date Alia has perfectlyportrayed all the roles she wascast in. From her debut in

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about the movie. He alsotweeted “thoroughlyenjoyed the shoot with thecast of Dolly Ki Doli on

Comedy Nights with Kapil.Episode airs on 18thJanuary, do watch it andenjoy”. The erstwhile actorshared several photos of theepisode and the entire castlooked stoked to be part ofthe movie and the show.

This episode of ‘ComedyNights with Kapil’ is filledwith all the fun, mockery,song and dance. Due to thefact that, ‘Comedy Nightswith Kapil’ is an exception-ally popular show, it willsuccessfully present a sneakpeek to showcase what themovie is all about.

Interestingly, this isArbaaz Khan’s first time onthe show while Sonam hasbeen on CNWK before. Thestylish and dazzling divawore a gorgeous lehengafor the show and lookedabsolutely stunning in it.

Her male co stars lookedcasual and in a mood forsome fun, which they mostcertainly had on the show.

‘Dolly Ki Dol’i has beendirected by Abhishek Dograwho is a debutant director.It stars Sonam Kapoor inthe main lead and is readyfor its release. This moviewill be released on screensacross the nation on 23rd ofJanuary. Dolly Bindra has acameo role and there is asizzling hot item numberwhere Malaika Arora Khansets the screen on fire.Audiences should alsowatch out for Saif Ali Khanin this movie, because hetoo has a cameo. Theposters and trailers alreadyhave audiences glued and itwill definitely be interestingto see their reactions afterthey’ve watched the movie.

Kamal Haasan in never-seen-before avatar in ‘Uttama Villain’

Shahrukh Khan has beenonce again immortalizedand this time not as wax

model statue but in life-size 3Dprinted model. VFX division ofhis production house RedChillies and 3D design firmAutodesk India has gifted thesuperstar the unique gift.Shahrukh Khan stands in thissignature pose spreading hisarms, known best to the worldfor the lifesize 3D printedmodel of SRK.

“It’s the first 3D printed life-size model done byRedchillies.VFX and Autodeskteam. It is overwhelming howtechnology has gone forward. Iam grateful to be a part of thisamazing technology.

This is outstanding and I amdying to show it to my kids. Itssilver and shiny statue of minein my classic pose. I want tothank Keitan, Harry, RedChillies VFX team andAutodesk team who haveworked on it. It’s the figure ofwork I have done for all these

years,” said SRK.The actor shared the pictures

on his social media fan pageand wrote, "How fantastic ismy Team Red Chillies.VFX.Fully made in India the first 3Dlifesize printout. My bestB'Day present!

"Excited about this technolo-gy so I will over load you all

with more images. 1st ever inthe world!! Made in India!

"Even the folds in the shirtand trousers are captured insuch detail...and if I may addthe dimples too."

This life size model has beendesigned in India and is thefirst of its kind around theworld.

Shahrukh Khan immortalisedin life-size 3D printed model