NEW DELHI, FEB 22Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Sunday said it wasthe collective responsibilityof all parties to run the Houseas the government called foran all-party meeting ahead ofthe Budget session beginningMonday.

After the all-party meeting,Modi said, "The countrylooks at Budget session withhopes and aspirations. It iscollective responsibility of allparties to ensure it runssmoothly."

"I assure all parties thatissues raised by them will betaken up for discussion inParliament," he said whiletalking of the contentiousbills that are to be presentedin the Parliament.

Ahead of the all-party meet,Parliamentary AffairsMinister M Venkaiah Naidu

met Congress President SoniaGandhi in an apparent attemptto seek cooperation of thelargest opposition party whichthe government will requireparticularly in the RajyaSabha for conversion ofOrdinances into Acts.

He described the meeting as

"good".Later, he hosted a meeting

of leaders of all parties in bothHouses of Parliament andemphasised the need for aspirit of mutual cooperationduring the Budget sessionbeginning tomorrow.

"The government is always

willing to sit with oppositionto resolve differences on anyissue... A spirit of mutualcooperation is required toensure productive budget ses-sion," he said.

Referring to the controversyover Land AcquisitionOrdinance, he said the issueneeds to be addressed "sin-cerely" without politicisation.

"We are aware that landacquisition is an emotiveissue as it concerns farmers.We need to address this issuesincerely without unduepoliticisation," the Ministersaid.

Lok Sabha Speaker SumitraMahajan has also called ameeting today evening ofleaders of parties in the houseto ensure its smooth function-ing. The government's agendaincludes 44 items of financial,

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22Country's largest bor-

der guarding force BSFhas made a strong pitchfor a special 'borderservice' pay for its menstating the troops aredeployed well ahead ofthe Army along interna-tional borders and theyface the "first brunt" ofan enemy attack.

The 2.5-lakh strongBorder Security Force(BSF) has sought thespecial allowance on thelines of what is beinggranted to Army troopsunder Military Service

Pay (MSP) whendeployed in hard andharsh border areas, likeon the Indo-Pakistanborder.

The BSF, in a reportpresented to the UnionHome Ministry and the7th Pay Commission,said it meets the criteriafor qualifying under thiscategory like the Armyand other defenceforces, as it is the "firstline of defence on bor-ders with Pakistan andBangladesh and it facesthe first brunt of enemy

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LONDON, FEB 22Pitching for removal of

barriers that come in theway of setting up business-es in India, NRI industrial-ist Lord Swraj Paul hassaid the country can com-pete with China as 'suppli-ers of the world'.

Stating that non-residentinvestment was key toChina's growth, he alsourged the Indian govern-ment to give due impor-tance to NRIs looking toinvest in India, rather thanclassifying their capitalinflows as foreign invest-ments.

He said NRIs bringing ina certain amount of invest-ment can be offered Indiancitizenship by getting thenecessary laws passed byParliament, as a majority

government has come intopower after 30 years.

Paul, Chairman of theUK-based diversified con-glomerate Caparo Group,said that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's 'Make inIndia' campaign has hugepotential, if the govern-ment removes barriers that

come in way of businesses."The initiative is very

good. I think we need themachinery to see itthrough. If the PrimeMinister can make surethat some of the problemswhich come in the way ofsetting up industries are

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTMonday, February 23, 2015

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22A 34-year-old woman jour-

nalist here working with anEnglish newspaper hasalleged that she was raped byher friend.

Police is now on the lookout for the 38-year-oldaccused who was found to be

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Woman journalist allegesrape by friend in Delhi

MUSCAT, FEB 22Keen to bolster its strategic

ties with India, oil-rich Omanhas invited Indian industriesto establish more joint ven-tures in sectors like finance,insurance, engineering andtelecom as the "politically sta-ble" Gulf nation sought to

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Oman keen to boosttrade with India tocement strategic ties

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Congress leader Anand

Sharma on Sunday lashed outat the BJP-led governmentover the Land Ordinance Bill,saying the Centre is not sensi-tive about the woes of farm-ers. "Famers are in distressand the exports have also

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Congress targets Governmentover Land Ordinance Bill

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22Eager to win over middle

class after the Delhi poll deba-cle, Finance Minister ArunJaitley on February 28 isexpected to present a commonman friendly Budget by eitherraising tax slabs or hikinginvestment limit in savingsinstruments. Besides giving

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FM Jaitley may dole out tax sops inBudget to win over middle class

ETAH, FEB 22Despite controversy sur-

rounding its 'ghar wapsi' initia-tive, VHP national generalsecretary Ashok Tiwari onSunday said the programmewill continue till all those peo-ple who "left their home" havebeen reconverted.

"Ghar wapsi is not a badthing at all. It will continue till

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Ghar wapsi will continue:VHP gen secy Ashok Tiwari

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Congress president Sonia

Gandhi has assured the govern-ment of cooperation in ensur-ing smooth functioning of thebudget session of parliamentbeginning Monday,Parliamentary Affairs MinisterM Venkaiah Naidu said onSunday. Naidu reached out to

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Congress assures smooth runningof Budget session: Naidu

SRINAGAR, FEB 22A timely detection of three

improvised explosive devices(IEDs) and other arms andammunition by the army lateSaturday averted a majortragedy in Jammu andKashmir`s Kupwara district.

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Recovery of IEDsaverts major tragedyin Kashmir

DARBHANGA, FEB 22In a freak accident, a Bihar

Military Police (BMP) jawanon Sunday accidentally shothimself to death with his car-bine at police lines inDarbhanga district.

The victim, identified asNandkishore Singh, wascleaning his carbine when he

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BMP jawan accidentallyshoots himself to death

NEW DELHI, FEB 22The Chief Minister of Bihar,

former minister and Dalitleader Ramai Ram hasdemanded that he be appoint-ed as the deputy CM of thestate.

“I have demanded fromNitish Kumar that I be made

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Have asked NitishKumar to appoint me asdeputy CM: Ramai Ram

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India can compete with China assupplier to world: Lord Paul

PUDUCHERRY, FEB 22Opposition AIADMK on

Sunday lambasted the AINRCgovernment for causing 'chaosand confusion' in the workingof the free rice scheme, envis-aging supply of 10 kg rice toevery family in Puducherryand Karaikal regions.

AIADMK legislator AAnbalagan told reporters herethe scheme was one of the pollpromises by the ruling AINRC.Chief Minister NRangasamy,the party founderhad promised in the run up tothe 2011 poll that each familywould be given 20 kg free rice

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22Against the backdrop of leakage

of documents from his ministry, Oiland Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan on Sundayasserted that all those who subvert-ed the system would be punishedbut made it clear that the govern-ment was not targeting any particu-lar corporate.

He also said that his ministry isascertaining whether standard oper-ating procedures (SOPs) for han-dling confidential information wasviolated.

"Yeh kisi ek ke bare mein ya kisiek ki khilaf nahi hai. Hamare gharmein chori hui hai and humne com-petent system ko approach kiya ischeeze ko throughly investigatekarne ke liye. (this is not about any-one (corporate) or against anyone.Our house has been burguled and

we approached the competentauthority for investigation,"Pradhan said.

"One thing is clear that this gov-ernment will not allow anybody tosubvert the system. This govern-ment is determined to punish thosewho break law," he said here.

His comments came as the probeby Delhi Police continued toexpand with 12 people, includingfive executives of private compa-nies, being arrested and raids beingcarried out at various places. Thosearrested include two staffers of theministry.

According to police, some of theaccused allegedly used fake IDcards to gain access to ShastriBhawan, the building that housesthe Petroleum Ministry on the sec-ond floor, in the middle of the night

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Corporate espionage case: Thosewho subverted system will bepunished, says Oil Minister

AIADMK demandscontinuation offree rice scheme

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PATNA, FEB 22Ending days of

political drama,Janata Dal-United(JD-U) leader NitishKumar on Sundaytook oath as BiharChief Minister for thefourth time sayingthat he had onceagain assumed officewith full earnestnessand would work forthe development ofthe state with sinceri-ty.

Shortly after takingoath, while address-ing the press, Nitishsaid, “Once again Itake responsibility asBihar CM with fullearnestness.”

Recalling that peo-ple were unhappywith his resignation,

Kumar added, “Willwork to bring gloryto every person inBihar. My first prior-ity is development ofthe state.”

Bihar CM furtherthanked all digni-taries who attendedhis swearing-in cere-mony today at the

Raj Bhawan herewhich was adminis-tered by GovernorKeshari NathTripathi.

“Thankful to allguests who attendedmy swearing-in cere-mony, including for-mer PM HD

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Nitish Kumar takes oath along with 22other ministers, says will work with

PM Modi for Bihar's growth

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Terming the land ordi-

nance as anti-farmer,activist Anna Hazare,who will hold a two-dayprotest against it herefrom tomorrow, said onSunday that Delhi ChiefMinister ArvindKejriwal and RahulGandhi can join themovement but they willnot share the stage withhim.

They will have to sitamong the commonworkers, he said.

The 77-year-oldGandhian also said thathe has spoken toKejriwal on phone andhe will meet him tomor-

row to discuss the nextcourse of action.

"This ordinance isagainst the farmers. In anagriculturally dominatednation, when there is tor-

ture on the farmers thenall the people shouldstand united. So we wantthat any opposition partyor be it Kejriwal, all the

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Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi can joinprotest but not share stage: Anna Hazare

BSF wants special pay for being1st line of defence at borders

BHARATPUR, FEB 22Stating that the current

times are "favourable" forRSS, its chief MohanBhagwat said the outfitshould make it a priority tounite Hindus while at thesame time stressed thatevery faith should berespected as unity in diver-sity was India's strength.

"The present time isfavourable to us, and con-ditions are conducive sothat Karyakarta (swayam-sevak) should get to thisgreat work to makeHindustan a Vishwa Guru(world teacher)," Bhagwat

said on the concluding dayof a five-day workshop ofBharatpur Division RSSunit at Lohagarh Stadium.

Citing Israel's example,

the RSS chief said it gotindependence in 1948after India and many othernations kept attacking it,

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22With Railways reel-

ing under a financialcrunch, the number ofnew trains to beannounced in the RailBudget is unlikely to bemore than 100, muchless than what is thenormal practice everyyear. Rail MinisterSuresh PrabhakarPrabhu, who is consid-ered to be pro-reform,is unlikely to announcemany rail projectsdespite demands fromstates as several unfin-

ished works are alreadylanguishing over theyears due to lack offunds. It has been apopular practice of theRailways to announcelaunching of about 150to 180 new trains in itsbudget every year.About 160 trains wereannounced last year.

According to sources,Prabhu may just take adifferent approach bynot announcing toomany new trains in hismaiden budget speech

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Times are favourable for RSS: Mohan BhagwatRail Budget 2015: Less than 100trains likely to get green signal

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NEW DELHI, FEB 22Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday

asked Narendra Modi govern-ment to "loosen its purse strings"for promoting the Vedas as hasbeen done for minority institu-tions and proposed setting up acentre for Vedic learning.

"The government has givenmoney to madrassas. It is a goodthing. We are not criticising any-body. We do not disrespect anyother faith and it is not our inten-tion to belittle anyone. The Modigovernment talks of 'Sabka SathSabka Vikas' (equal growth forall), but don't our Vedas comeunder that," he said.

He was speaking at an interna-tional conference on Vedas hereand also sought to promote Vedicteaching around the world byproposing to establish a "Vedicvidyapeeth" (university).

"The organisers of this confer-ence have invested several hun-dred crores of rupees on thisevent. But, our government doesnot have money to spend onVedas. They can't loosen their

purse strings for that," Ramdevalleged.

"I think, given the importance

of this ancient wisdom of ourcountry, they (Centre) shouldhave poured in several thousandsof crores of rupees on it...Now,they are spending on Sanskritalso. But, for Vedas, there is no

money," he said.In his address, on the last day

of the conference today, Ramdev

also pitched for establishing aVedic temple-cum- universitythat would serve not just a mereworship place but also as aknowledge centre for propaga-tion of Vedic teachings.

He said even UNESCO hasacknowledged the importance ofVedas and called Vedic chants asa cultural heritage, and it wastime "our own government gaveit its due too".

"But, it is also my hope thatlike for Yoga, the Modi govern-ment would also do the needfulto promote Vedas," he said.

The yoga guru further said thatthere was a "gap in understand-ing" between the Vedic scholarsand scientists and "our aim andmission is to create a confluenceof ancient science and modernscience".

"People who know Vedic sci-ence, are not aware of quantumphysics, space science, chem-istry and other contemporaryareas and many of the modernscientists do not have idea aboutthe Vedic science. We want bothof them to interact with eachother and we will plan a meet oftop scientists and renownedVedic scholars soon for that," hesaid.

He said "communal discor-

dance, war-mongering and con-sumerism" were the aberrationsin today's world and the way outof the problematic situation isthrough Vedas.

"We should endeavour to builda Vedic India and ultimately aVedic world for benefit of allmankind. We want modernitywith spirituality," he said.

Ramdev also referred to spiri-tual guru Maharishi MaheshYogi's move to introduce a cur-rency 'Raam' named after theHindu deity and said it has beenaccepted by several countriesthough "India has still not recog-nised it".

He also lashed out at peopleand institutions who are runningyoga centres around the countryfor commercial benefits.

"Yoga is a spiritual essenceand it should not be marketed asa brand by anyone," he said atthe event where VHP patronAshok Singhal andShankaracharya of Jyotir MathSwami VasudevanandaSaraswati were also present.

Govt not spending money for promotion of Vedas: Ramdev

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Faced with the issue of

shortage of coins, DelhiMetro on Sunday set up an"exact change counters"across 20 busiest stationson its network to curtailqueuing or waiting time forpassengers. At these coun-ters, only those passengerswho tender exact changecan buy tokens. "This willavoid any queuing or wait-ing time for passengers asthey won't have to wait forreturn change after buyingthe tokens," a DMRC offi-cial said. Metro says, ashortfall of around "3 lakhcoins" per day has led to asituation where passengersare often having to forgothe change amount, leadingto many of them lashing outat the staff. "DMRC on anaverage faces a demand ofapproximately Rs 7 lakhcoins per day (of Rs 1, 2and 5 denominations).However, only about 4 to4.5 lakh (Rs) coins can bemade available to the 146stations on daily basiswhich creates a gapbetween demand and sup-ply," the official said. Thestations where these coun-ters have been made opera-tional are - New Delhi,Chandni Chowk, RajivChowk, Anand Vihar,Shahdara, HUDA CityCentre, Jahangirpuri,Uttam Nagar East, Saket,Dilshad Garden, KashmereGate, Badarpur, AIIMS,Vaishali, Karol Bagh,Seelampur, M G Road,Noida City Centre, R KAshram and Dwarka Mor.

DMRC has also installed

'Point of Sale' (POS)machines at its 73 stationsincluding all stations of theAirport Express Line tofacilitate cashless transac-tion for passengers whowish to recharge their smartcards by using credit ordebit cards. "Thesemachines are available at'Customer Care Centre' ofthose stations and passen-gers can get their smartcards recharged by usingtheir credit/debit cards thuseliminating the need forcarrying cash to the counterall the time," DMRC said.

NEW DELHI, FEB 22The newly sworn-in

AAP government is look-ing to initiate discussionson its poll promises,including women's safetyand cheaper electricity, inthe brief two-day sessionof the Delhi Assemblywhich begins fromMonday. The session willalso see the newly electedlegislators being adminis-tered oath while the newSpeaker, too, would beelected during the two-daysitting. A senior member ofthe House will be nominat-ed as the pro- tem Speakerfor administering the oathto the newly-electedMLAs -- 67 from AAP andthree from BJP.

On the second day, DelhiLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung will addressthe House with his speechto provide a glimpse of thepolicies of the new govern-ment. The pro-tem Speaker

will then help elect theSpeaker and the deputySpeaker.

Sources said that theAAP government wouldstraight away want to dis-cuss its poll promises likecheaper power and freewater although they wouldprobably not get muchtime for that due to theshort duration of the ses-sion. Last year, formerCongress MLA ChoudhuryMateen Ahmed was thepro tem Speaker while for-mer AAP MLA MS Dhirwas elected as the Speaker.

Dhir, who later quit AAP,contested on a BJP ticketthis time but lost hisJangpura seat to AAP'sPraveen Kumar by a mar-gin of about 20,000 votes.

It has to be seen whetherthe AAP government willgive the Leader ofOpposition's post to BJP,which has only has threeMLAs.

Two-day Delhi Assemblysession set to begin Monday

DMRC sets up 'exactchange counters' toaddress coin shortage

NEW DELHI, FEB 22The first-of-its-kind

"Electropreneur park" tosupport start-ups in elec-tronic design and manufac-turing has been set at DelhiUniversity and willbecome functional fromnext month.

The said incubator hasbeen set up in the varsity'sSouth Campus by a consor-tium comprising SoftwareTechnology Parks of India(STPI), under UnionMinistry ofCommunications andInformation Technology,and India Electronics andSemi ConductorsAssociation (IESA) withan investment of Rs 21crore.

"We have signed an MoUwith the STPI and IESAhas also been involved inthe project. The park hasbeen set up on DU campus

and our students will be thebeneficiaries. The fundinghas been provided by gov-ernment through STPI,"DU Registrar Tarun Dassaid.

He said there was a a dis-connect between the devel-opments in industry andprogrammes in academicinstitutions.

"The park has been set upto bridge this gap and pro-vide an entrepreneurialplatform to students," headded.

"We have been seekingSTPI's help in past too forfunctioning of the comput-er centres in DU, installa-tion of various softwaresand hardware. Both ourcampuses are Wi-Fi zoneand we had roped in STPIfor facilitating that too,"Das said.

While the IESA is theimplementation agency for

the project, it has alsoroped in Cybermedia IndiaLimited (CMIL) to supportit in execution of the proj-ect.

With STPI providingfunding and managementof the incubation centreand DU the infrastructure,knowledge experts andincubatees, IESA andCMIL shall provide indus-try connect, mentoring,technical know-how, pro-motion and outreach inaddition to venture capitalaccess for the incubatees.

The park which is first-of-its-kind to be estab-lished in the country hasinfrastructural facilities,including world- class test-ing systems and measuringequipment, will becomefunctional next month.

A model of the park wasalso set up at the universi-ty's ongoing cultural and

academic festival"Antardhwani".

"The incubation parkaims at providing buddingentrepreneurs with toolsthat are generally veryexpensive. The Centre willnot only provide the infra-structure but enable accessto domain experts, men-tors, shared consultantsand services. It will alsohelp innovators seek fund-ing from foreign investors,venture capitalists andangel investors," said DrSanjeev Singh, member ofthe Projects MonitoringCommittee.

"At the park, we aim toset up 50 enterprises in fiveyears. We will invite ideasfrom young entrepreneursand a panel for expertsfrom industry and acade-mia. 10 ideas every yearwill be selected and nur-tured," he said.

DU signs MoU with STPI to establish 'Electropreneur Park'

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Away from political

limelight, BJP veteran LKAdvani was the cynosureof all eyes on Sunday ashe turned a 'groom' onceagain, exchanging the tra-ditional 'varmala' with hiswife Kamla on their 50thwedding anniversary.

Vice President HamidAnsari, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, severalGovernors and BJP lead-ers were among thosepresent to wish him on hisgolden wedding anniver-sary.

Renewing his marriagevows, 87-year-old Advanirelived his memories.Their daughter Pratibhamade a montage of theirgolden years of together-ness for the occasion.

Lt Governor of Delhiand Governors of UttarPradesh, Rajasthan and

Nagaland, some chiefministers, UnionMinisters fomrer minis-ters Praful Patel and RajivShukla and Amar Singhwere also present on theoccasion.

The event at his resi-dence started with a bha-jan by Chitra Roy, a disci-ple of Sri Sri RaviShankar of Art of Living

and thereafter there was'jaimala' (exchange of gar-lands or varmala) as is thetradition on a weddding.

Some Bollywood per-sonalities like VidhuVinod Chopra, Anu Malikand Gulshan Grover werealso there and so weresome religious leaderslike Swami Anadeshwaraand Swami Chidananda.

LK Advani renews weddingvows on 50th anniversary,

PM Modi wishes himNEW DELHI, FEB 22

CBI and CVC havegiven their views on theprovisions of the Lokpalamendment bill to a par-liamentary panel examin-ing it.

"We have got the viewsfrom Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) andCentral VigilanceCommission (CVC).These are under consider-ation of the committee," EM SudarsanaNatchiappan, who is head-ing a parliamentary com-mittee examining theLokpal Bill, said.

He said the committeehad earlier invited memo-randa containing views orsuggestions from the indi-viduals and organisationsthrough public advertise-ment on the proposedchanges in the anti-cor-ruption legislation and

they are being looked into."We are taking up the

matter of the bill one byone. We cannot given anytimeframe (as to when thepanel will be giving itsreport). But it is a priorityfor us," Natchiappan said.

A 31-memberDepartment RelatedParliamentary StandingCommittee on Personnel,Public Grievances, Lawand Justice, headed byNatchiappan, is examin-ing the Lokpal andLokayuktas and OtherRelated Law(Amendment) Bill, 2014.The Bill was introduced inLok Sabha on December 8last year.

The committee has beenmandated to examine thebill and submit its reportby March 25.

He said the Departmentof Personnel and Training,

nodal authority of the cen-tral government for anti-corruption matters, is alsoproviding its input on theproposed changes in theLokpal Act.

The amendments seeksto provide for the alterna-tive of leader of singlelargest Opposition partyin the Lok Sabha in theevent there is no Leader ofOpposition in the House,for being represented onthe selection panel forappointments of chairper-son and members ofLokpal.

It aims to provide forqualifications for appoint-ment of Director ofProsecution in the CBI forthe sake of its functionalindependence.

The bill also seeks to laydown the tenure of theeminent jurist nominatedas member of the Lokpal

and to provide for ascheme wherein the filingof information by the pub-lic servants is brought inharmony with the provi-sions of the respectiveacts, rules or regulationsas applicable to differentcategories of public ser-vants.

The Lokpal andLokayuktas Act providesfor establishment of aLokpal for the Union andLokayuktas for the statesto inquire into corruptioncharges against publicfunctionaries.

The Lokpal selectioncommittee, led by thePrime Minister, has as itsmembers the Lok SabhaSpeaker, the Leader of theOpposition in the LowerHouse, the Chief Justiceof India or a judge of theapex court nominated byhim, and an eminent jurist

who could be nominatedby the President or anyother member.

Ahead of the announce-ment of the general elec-tion last year, the UPAgovernment had appointedan eight-member searchcommittee in February ina hurry with Justice (retd)K T Thomas as its chair-person.

The other members wereKaki Madhava Rao (for-mer IAS officer), F SNariman (legal luminary),Prof Meenakshi Gopinath(educationist), M LKumawat (former BSFchief), H K Dua and ProfMrinal Miri (Rajya SabhaMPs) and S Y Quraishi(former Chief ElectionCommissioner).

But later both Thomasand Nariman had refusedto be part of the searchpanel.

CBI, CVC give view on Lokpalamendments to Parliamentary panel

NEW DELHI, FEB 22The government has approved projects

worth Rs 6,300 crore for socio-econom-ic welfare of the minority communitiesunder the Multi-sectoral DevelopmentProgramme (MSDP) in the 11th and 12thfive-year plans, a response to an RTIquery has revealed.

According to the response by MinorityAffairs Ministry, the programme wasstarted in the year 2008-09 in 90Minority Concentration Districts(MCDs). The reply stated that during the11th five-year plan, an amount of Rs3,780 crore was allocated out of whichprojects worth Rs 3734 crore wereapproved. In the 12th five-year plan,projects worth Rs 2,756 crore wereapproved and an amount of Rs 1,598.96crore had been released for the purpose.

However, there have been allegationsfrom several communities that the allo-cated funds have not been utilised prop-erly for their benefit.

Commenting on this, Minority AffairsMinister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that

several programmes were beingreviewed and states were being directedto spend the allocated funds properly.

"States like Kerala and MadhyaPradesh are spending the alloted fundsproperly while the same cannot be saidof states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar andWest Bengal. I have talked to chief min-isters of the states which are not spend-ing the funds properly," he said.

In the response to the RTI query, theMinority Affairs Ministry has said thatthe implementation of this programme isplanned at the level of blocks, towns, andcommunities. The block level commit-tees make plans for their blocks and for-ward it to the district level committee.The district committee reviews the pro-posal and sends it to the state level com-mittee. A committee at the central levelhas the authority to review and approveproposals. Muradabad based RTI activistSaleem Baig had sent the RTI query onthe welfare programmes being undertak-en for the benefit of minority communi-ties.

Rs 6,300 crore alloted forbenefit of minorities: RTI

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Family members of a

28-year-old youth, whowas killed in a road acci-dent involving a rashlydriven bus, have beenawarded a compensationof over Rs 13 lakh by aMotor Accident ClaimsTribunal (MACT) here.

MACT Presiding OfficerHarish Dudani directedOriental InsuranceCompany Ltd, insurer ofthe offending bus, to payRs Rs 13.72 lakh as com-pensation to the wife andfather of one Satish KumarSain, who died in 2013.

While holding the driverof the bus guilty of negli-gent driving, the tribunalrelied on the testimoniesof the victim's wife Poojaand an eyewitness anddocuments submitted bythem including the copiesof FIR and post mortemreport.

"In view of testimony ofvictim's wife and docu-ments on record the negli-gence of driver of offend-ing vehicle has been primafacie proved," the courtsaid.

According to the peti-tion, on October 1, 2013,

Sain was crushed underthe rashly and negligentlydriven bus while he wascrossing Pandara Roadnear India Gate here.

He was taken to RMLHospital where he wasdeclared brought dead, itsaid.

The driver in his state-ment had claimed that theaccident took place due tonegligence on the part ofdeceased himself.

The insurance firm,however, had filed offer ofsettlement and had offeredRs 11.54 lakh as compen-sation.

Rash driving: Kin of 28-yr-oldyouth get Rs 13.72L compensation

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Faced with the issue of shortage of

coins, Delhi Metro on Sunday set up an"exact change counters" across 20 busieststations on its network to curtail queuingor waiting time for passengers.

At these counters, only those passengerswho tender exact change can buy tokens.

"This will avoid any queuing or waitingtime for passengers as they won't have towait for return change after buying thetokens," a DMRC official said.

Metro says, a shortfall of around "3 lakhcoins" per day has led to a situation wherepassengers are often having to forgo thechange amount, leading to many of themlashing out at the staff.

"DMRC on an average faces a demandof approximately Rs 7 lakh coins per day(of Rs 1, 2 and 5 denominations).

However, only about 4 to 4.5 lakh (Rs)coins can be made available to the 146 sta-tions on daily basis which creates a gapbetween demand and supply," the officialsaid.

The stations where these counters havebeen made operational are - New Delhi,Chandni Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, AnandVihar, Shahdara, HUDA City Centre,Jahangirpuri, Uttam Nagar East, Saket,Dilshad Garden, Kashmere Gate,Badarpur, AIIMS, Vaishali, Karol Bagh,Seelampur, M G Road, Noida City Centre,R K Ashram and Dwarka Mor.

DMRC has also installed 'Point of Sale'(POS) machines at its 73 stations includ-ing all stations of the Airport Express Lineto facilitate cashless transaction for pas-sengers who wish to recharge their smartcards by using credit or debit cards.

DMRC sets up 'exact change coun-ters' to address coin shortage

Continuation 3NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

Govt reaches...legislative and non-legislative business.The session will begin with President

Pranab Mukherjee's address to members ofboth houses of parliament.

The NDA government will find it tough toget bills replacing six ordinances passed.

The government faces an uphill task in get-ting the bills aimed at replacing ordinancespassed as opposition parties have conveyedtheir firm stand against some of them includ-ing the land acquisition ordinance.

Though the government has held backchannel discussions on contentious bills withleaders of opposition parties, there is no signof a breakthrough so far.

An official release said that the financialbusiness (11 items) include presentation ofand discussion on general and railway budg-et, voting on demands for grants, supplemen-tary demands for grants for 2014-15 andexcess demands, if any, for 2013-14. The railbudget will be presented Feb 26, EconomicSurvey Feb 27 and general budget Feb 28.

The legislative agenda comprises introduc-tion, consideration and passing of seven newbills by both the houses including theFinance Bill, 2015 and bills replacing the sixordinances.

While 10 new bills are slated to be intro-duced, the government's agenda includespassing of three bills pending in the LokSabha and seven in the Rajya Sabha. Thosepending in the Lok Sabha are: TheConstitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014relating to introduction of GST, The Lok Paland Lok Ayuktas and other Related Law(Amendment) Bill, 2014 and The Repealingand Amending Bill, 2014. After being passedby the Lok Sabha, these bills will be taken upby the Rajya Sabha.

Bills pending in the Rajya Sabha includefour bills already passed by Lok Sabha - TheCompanies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, ThePublic Premises Eviction of UnauthorisedOccupants) Amendment Bill, 2014, TheRegional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill,2014, The Repealing and Amending(Second) Bill, 2014, and the Payments andSettlement Systems(Amendment) Bill, 2014.

Other pending bills are: The Prevention ofCorruption (Amendment) Bill,2013 and TheConstitution (Scheduled Casts) Orders(Amendment) Bill, 2014.

The new bills pertain to on the NationalCooperative Development Corporation, theWarehousing Corporation, Andhra Pradeshreorganisation, arbitration and conciliation,repeal of appropriation acts, registration ofbirths and deaths, whistle blowers protection,Indian Institutes of Management, NationalAcademic Depository and Identification ofScheduled Castes.

The non-legislative business for the sessionincludes discussion on the motion of thanksto the President's address.

The first part of the session will continuetill March 20. The second part will com-mence after a month-long recess from April20 and conclude May 8.

There will be 20 working days during thefirst half of budget session and 13 in the sec-ond half.

During the intervening recess, standingcommittees will take up detailed examinationof the demands for grants of different min-istries.

Gandhian Anna Hazare is also scheduled tohold a protest against the land acquisitionordinance from Monday at Jantar Mantar.Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi isexpected to join protest by the party againstthe ordinance.

Janata Dal-United leader KC Tyagi said"morale of opposition will be high" follow-ing defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party in theDelhi elections.

Nitish Kumar ...Deve Gowda,” Kumar said, as per sources.Also, thanking Prime Minister Narendra

Modi for congratulating him on becomingCM of Bihar, the JD(U) said that politicalrivalry notwithstanding he would meet PMand seek Centre-State cooperation for devel-opment of the state.

"Politically we can be face to face witheach other. But, for the development of BiharI will have no hesitation to meet him andstress for healthy Centre-State cooperation,"Kumar told reporters, as per sources.

"Congratulations & best wishes to ShriNitish Kumar on being sworn-in as BiharCM," PM Modi had earlier tweeted.

Congratulations & best wishes to ShriNitish Kumar on being sworn-in as BiharCM.

At the same time, Kumar thanked formerCM Manjhi too for attending his swearing-inceremony. “I am thankful to Jitan RamManjhi, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, UPCM Akhilesh Yadav and Assam CM TarunGogoi,” he said.

In a special mention, Bihar CM said,“Congress chief Sonia Gandhi couldn't comebut she sent a letter through Motilal Vora, Ithank her.”

“RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav couldnot be present at the occasion because ofmarriage of his daughter and so was SP pres-ident Mulayam Singh Yadav,” he added.

The 63-year-old JD(U) leader was admin-istered the oath of office as the 24th CM ofBihar by Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi.

Along with Nitish Kumar, 22 ministersalso took oath at a simple ceremony at RajBhavan here. Most of the ministers were inhis earlier cabinet and are considered loyaland trusted.

To be noted is the fact that Nitish had driv-en JD(U) to severe ties with BJP in June 2013over elevation of Modi as his party's PM can-didate.

Moreover, his quitting after JD(U) drub-bing in general election last year was seen inpolitical circle was prompted by his hesita-tion to come face to face with his bete noire.

The oath function of Nitish Kumar at RajBhavan served as a big anti-BJP platformwith prominent leaders of parties opposed toBJP assembling at the function to show soli-darity.

AIADMK demands...every month if his party was voted to

power. But this had not been done.He said the decision to disburse Rs 300

per family instead of rice was confusingas government had further decided thatcash instead of rice would be availablethrough bank accounts of the wife orwoman member in the family.

A sizeable chunk of women had nobank accounts and Aadhaar cards towhich the cash disbursement would belinked had also not been issued to manyfamilies. Under the circumstances themodified free rice scheme to deposit thecash in the name of the wife or womanmember would meet with failure andwould be given up ultimately by the gov-ernment. Anbalagan said that the gov-ernment should desist from modifyingthe scheme and rice should continue tobe available on the basis of ration cardsthrough fair price shops.

Corporate espionage...to get hold of confidential documents and

allegedly sold them to purported agents ofcertain corporates.

The arrested executives belong to RelianceIndustries, Essar, Cairn and Reliance Group.

"Nobody is above law. Nobody will bespared. Law will take its own course,"Pradhan has said.

"Nobody will be spared... Nobody canbreach law, howsoever powerful he may be...We will not allow anyone to breach the sys-tem," he said.

India can...removed, India has tremendous potential,"

Paul said in an interview here.The USD 2 billion Caparao group is pres-

ent across 40 countries with a 10,000-strongworkforce, while India accounts for over 15per cent of its global business.

"I also believe that India should be compet-ing, in a friendly way, with China as suppli-ers of the world," he said, while adding thathis son and Caparo CEO Angad Paul hasrecently talked about the group expanding itsfootprint in India and for utilising it as anexport base.

The Caparo Group Chairman also calledfor giving the due importance to the NRIinvestors.

"The non-resident investment, whichhelped the Chinese to start with, is still treat-ed by India as foreign investment. The NRIsare even more loyal to India than even theresidents because they bring in the money toIndia.

"Why not offer, as a gesture to NRIs, thatthose who invest a certain minimum amountof money will be offered Indian citizenshipas a second passport. I know it needs a law byParliament, but now the government has amajority after 30 years and they shouldutilise it."

On the first eight months of the Modi gov-ernment, Paul said he is hoping for substan-tial changes over a five-year period, but it isnot possible to expect any miracle in one ortwo years.

On the upcoming Budget, he said, "I amlooking forward to the Budget. But again, doI expect miracles? No. Do I expect a verysensible Budget? I absolutely hope so."

Talking about the upcoming general elec-tions in the UK, he said it would prove to bea wake up call for the country's three mainpolitical parties and they must get their acttogether.

Britain goes to the polls on May 7 and theConservatives, Labour and LiberalDemocrats have been struggling to woo thevoters.

"No party deserves to be a single-partygovernment until they get their act together,nor in my view is there likely to be one," hesaid.

"The whole politics of this country hasgone down," he said, while adding that thingsgenerally change when things go that downlike it happened in India.

Arvind Kejriwal...workers should work together to take this

agitation forward," he said. Hazare also saidthat the Delhi Chief Minister has expressedhis desire to join the agitation.

"I told him that workers should not comeon the stage, they can join the agitation. Wewill talk on this in detail as I am meeting himtomorrow. We will talk and figure out thenext plan of action," he said.

Asked about Congress wanting to supporthis movement, the anti-corruption activistsaid said that political parties manipulatesuch situations against each other and if the

Congress Vice President wants to join theagitation, he can come and sit among thepublic.

"If a chief minister wants to come and be apart of our protest, he can. This ordinance isagainst the farmers and in favour of the cor-porates. It seems to be 'Achhe Din' only forthe corporates," he said.

Hazare, along with farmers' bodies, willhold a two-day protest against the ordinanceat Jantar Mantar here starting tomorrowwhen the Budget Session of Parliament willcommence.

BSF wants...and has been defending the borders of

India from the last 49 years".The force has said it is "ironical" and

"demoralising" for its men in bordercombat that they do not get specialallowances like their colleagues in theArmy as they are deployed in very muchthe same area and conditions.

"Ironically, the army personnel on Lineof Control and elsewhere are placed insimilar situations, similar area, facingsimilar enemy and similar threat,deployed in the similar hardships andsimilar climate are entitled for MSP,(but) the co-located BSF personnel getsnone. The force, raised in 1965 and cele-brating its 50 years in 2015, demandedthat the BSP should be given to its troopsat the rate of 30 per cent of their existingbasic pay.

BSF draws some parallels and excep-tions vis-a-vis some of its characteristicswhen compared with the Army.

"Like army, the BSF recruitment isconducted under tough physical/medicalguidelines and as a border man they areexpected to maintain the highest stan-dard of physical fitness and disciplinethroughout their service to be able toserve under toughest conditions.

"Unlike army, there being no conceptof peace station in the BSF, the majorityof BSF personnel are compelled to liveseparately away from their families dueto adverse service conditions. Thisinvariably results in an inevitable longseparation from family life and alien-ation from the same society from wherehe joined BSF at the tender age of 18plus," the report said.

The force said it has demonstrated itscapabilities and bravery alongside Armyduring the outbreak of various hostilitiesalong the Indian borders like the 1971war, the 1999 Kargil conflict and 'OpParakram' (post Parliament attack).

The force feels it has "neither the liber-ty nor the luxury to fail" and henceshould be considered for specialallowances like BSP which will not onlyboost the morale of its troops but willalso better the lives of its men whoremain away from their families for along-time when they are either posted atborders or for other internal securityduties like combating Left wing extrem-ism and countering insurgents in thenortheast.

Rail Budget...and instead do it gradually over the course

of the year."After weighing pros and cons of a radical

proposal of not to announce any new train inthe budget, it now seems that a revised pro-posal is being firmed up for going ahead withannouncement of limited number of newtrains," they said.

There might also be a proposal to brandsome of the trains in a move to generate addi-tional funds.

As per the proposal, these trains will carryadvertisements of some popular brands andmay even be named on them such as theCoca Cola Express or Haldiram Express.

The Rail Budget is also likely to have pro-posal for more unreserved trains with gener-al second class coaches such as the 'JanSadharan Express' on popular routes to facil-itate travel for the common man. Besidessome popular destinations will be connectedwith new service as tourist trains.

The Railway Budget will be presented inParliament on February 26.

Times are...but people there were united and commit-

ted to the nation building.Bhagwat said that the "uniting Hindu

Samaj should be done on priority and itshould be taken up as a campaign".

Exhorting activists to spread the messageof the Sangh, he said "take an oath under theflying saffron flag right today and go to everyvillage, street, and city to unite peopleregardless of their caste, creed, religion, pooror rich, illiterate or literate. Respect everyone's faith".

Bhagwat said, "Bharat is mother of everyone. Indian culture is a real Hindu Sanskriti.Respecting, protecting and propagatingsanatan sanskriti is the main objective of the

RSS"."Unity in diversity is the basis of India's

strength. Hence make your efforts tostrengthen RSS shakha for country's unityand integrity by providing high-level of cul-ture and values in life in every human-being," he added.

The RSS chief said that Sangh means a'sanskarshala' (culture school) where social,cultural and human values are inculcated in aperson.

Hailing workmanship of swayamsevaks,the RSS chief said swayamsevaks are alwaysready under any eventuality and exigency ofnatural disaster or environment-related prob-lems even before Army or police are called tohandle the crisis.

"A RSS worker never demanded a paisanor desired any kind of money or favour, buthe is trained to work for the nation and soci-ety," he said.

"This kind of public service is required inevery citizen and swayamsevaks can carrythis message up to villages and cities in abroader aspect to impart values to them," hesaid.

"Country is not just a piece of a map, but ithas got a broad meaning and impact. Countryis constituted of all kinds of flora and fauna,"he elaborated.

"RSS can not be compared with any organ-isation or sangh in the world because sanghand people affiliated to it are highly disci-plined, cultured, have great humanity andthey feel proud of their devotion to the coun-try," he said.

Recalling Isreal's past status, the RSS chiefsaid that "People brought prosperitythere...They changed Israel's registan tonakhlistan (sandy desert to oasis),". "Hencewe should get united to make India VishwaGuru among other nations," he added.

FM Jaitley...sops to the individual tax payers, he is also

expected to unveil initiatives to boost invest-ments by corporates and promote manufac-turing as part of the Make In India campaignthat aims to make India a global manufactur-ing hub and create jobs.

Jaitley, who in his maiden Budget in July2014 had outlined his approach to providingrelief to individual tax payers, is expected tocontinue this in the BJP government's firstfull year Budget on Saturday.

Last year, he had raised the personalIncome Tax exemption limit by Rs 50,000 toRs 2.50 lakh and also raised by same amountthe exemption from payment of I-T on sav-ings to Rs 1.50 lakh.

However, this time around Jaitley, accord-ing to experts, may choose only one of themas he looks at additional revenue to boostpublic spending and push economy to highgrowth path. He may also look to raise thetax exempted investment limit in healthinsurance as well as well as exempt savingsin pension schemes at all three stages --entry, accrual and withdrawal.

Another option before the Finance Ministeris to expand the scope of Leave TravelAllowance (LTA) and allow people to claimtax benefit every year.

The BJP government fared badly in therecently concluded Delhi Assembly elec-tions, wining only three out of 70 seats.

With the government focusing on core sec-tor, Jaitley may come out with tax savinginfrastructure bonds and greater tax relief forpayment of interest and principal on housingloan.

Last year Jaitley had raised the tax exemp-tion limit on repayment of housing loans toRs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh.

On the indirect tax side, the FinanceMinister will lay the ground for implement-ing the Goods and Services Tax (GST),which is expected to come into force fromApril 2016.

Towards this he may gradually raise theService Tax rate from the current 12 per centas the GST would have only one rate of indi-rect tax.

As regards the inverted duty structure theBudget may address the concerns of theindustry, especially in sectors such as auto,electronics and pharma.

Congress assures...the Congress party seeking its cooperation

for the smooth functioning of parliament.In a meeting with Naidu ahead of an all-

party meeting Sunday, Gandhi also raisedconcern over the Land AcquisitionOrdinance that awaits parliamentary nod.

"I told her (Gandhi) the ordinance wasbrought after enough consultation with allstates and stakeholders," Naidu told mediapersons here.

Describing the meeting as cordial, Naidusaid the opposition has every right to raiseobjections and "we (the government) respectthat".

Ghar wapsi...we bring back those people who left their

homes," Tiwari said while addressing a'Hindu Sammelan' here.

"India is a Hindu nation and no power inthe world can change that," he claimed.

He also demanded Bangladeshi immigrantsin the country to be sent back.

"Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have beeninfluencing elections results. This appease-ment policy is proving harmful for the coun-try and they must be sent back," Tiwari said.

Woman journalist ...

absconding after the complaint in the mat-ter was last night lodged at Vasant Kunjpolice station.

According to police, the complainant, whois a divorcee and the mother of an eight-year-old girl, met the accused in a club around sixyears back after which they became friends.

"The woman and the accused had alsolived together for a while in the past. Thewoman is a native of Jaipur but was settled inDelhi, working here as a journalist for anEnglish newspaper," said a police official.

Police have now formed teams to nab theaccused, the official added.

Oman keen...diversify its economy.Days after the maiden visit of External

Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Oman,her Omani counterpart Yousuf bin Alawi binAbdullah said his country was keen toenhance trade and economic ties with India.

"Oman is a strategic and important partnerto India in the Gulf region. Indeed, the two-countries are deep-rooted by geopolitical fac-tors and socio-cultural and historical valuesacross the Arabian Sea and the Indian Oceanas well," Abdullah said.

As the Sultanate's economy is being keen-ly diversified in other areas such as tourism,fisheries, investment and agriculture, it wasthe endeavor of the Omani government tofurther reinforce the economic and trade tieswith India by engaging in joint venture enter-prises ranging from finance, insurance, engi-neering, construction, investments andtelecommunications, he said.

The minister also lauded the role played bythe over seven lakh-strong Indian communi-ty in Oman's development.

The Indian community has contributed in"building, maintaining and reinforcing theinfrastructures of the country at large. Theyare very much welcomed in the Sultanate andtheir work is appreciated," Abdullah said.

Indians form the largest expatriate group inOman. They also repatriate around USD 3billion annually.

During Swaraj's meeting with Oman's topleadership, India and Oman reviewed theirstrategic ties and decided to expand defenceand maritime cooperation in maintaining thestability and security of the Indian Oceanregion.

Oman is a key trading partner of India inthe Gulf region with bilateral trade exceedingUSD 5.7 billion in 2013-14.

Congress targets ...experienced loss. We already feel that the

situation is grim enough but the governmentis not being sensitive about the issue which isof national interest. We will definitely bringthis in the Parliament," said Sharma.

"After the previous Winter Session, theBJP government has been bringing ordi-nances. It has embarked on the ordinanceroute to legislate and, therefore, there has tobe a parliamentary scrutiny. None of the ordi-nances are of national interest and in favourof the people. Therefore, it is the duty of theopposition to oppose this anti-people move,"he added.

Earlier in the day, veteran social activistAnna Hazare called for the Land OrdinanceBill to be taken back.

Hazare, who will be holding a protest atJantar Mantar against the recent amendmentsin the Land Acquisition Act by the Centre,said that the government should instead lookout for ways to improve the condition of thefarmers.

Recovery of..."A search party of the army operating in

the Warson area, five kilometres fromTrehgam town (Kupwara), detected threeIEDs in the hollow trunk of a tree along withother war-like stores in Gazrial Forest nearKhazan Mati Ridge," said a defencespokesman.

It resulted in the recovery of three IEDs,two weighing five kilogrammes and the thirdweighing a kilogramme along with threemortar bombs.

"Also, three UBGL grenades, 61 rounds ofAK-47 and one Chinese pistol with maga-zine. The IEDs were kept in readiness to beused with complete circuitry were found,"the official added.

BMP jawan ...accidentally pressed the trigger and fatally

shot himself in his head, Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Manu Maharaj said.

A native of Begusarai district, Singh wasserving with the BMP eighth battalion atDarbhanga, Maharaj said.

Have asked...the Deputy CM,” Ram was quoted saying

by reporters.The veteran politician has also served as

the transport minister in the Jitan RamManji's government.

After the end of political crisis in Bihar,Nitish is set to take oath as the chief ministerfor the fourth time today evening.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, West Bengal CMMamata Banerjee, Uttar Pradesh CMAkhilesh Yadav, Haryana leaders AbhayChautala, Dushyant Chautala and formerJharkhand chief minister Babu Lal Marandiwill attend the oath ceremony at Raj Bhavanwhere Nitish will be administered oath byGovernor Keshari Nath Tripathi.

BY SHAMIKA RAVIBY RAHUL AHLUWALIA

The Draft National HealthPolicy of 2015 released by theMinistry of Health and Family

Welfare, Government of India, is acomprehensive document. So com-prehensive, in fact, that it says too lit-tle by saying too much. A NationalHeath Policy is commonly read as apolitical statement which is meant toprovide a vision to the long-termhealth strategy for the country. Thelatest health policy speaks about awide variety of issues that plague ourhealth-care system — low publichealth expenditure, inequity inaccess, and poor quality of care. Italso suggests a variety of ways toaddress them, mainly focussedaround increasing governmentspending on health and expanding thepublic delivery system. However, thehealth policy fails to tackle head-onthe core problem of the Indian healthsystem — its management, adminis-tration and overall governance struc-ture, without which the measures itsuggests are merely symptomatictreatments, akin to putting a “Band-aid on a corpse.”

The policy draft itself provides evi-dence for this malaise. Russia andSouth Africa both spend a signifi-cantly higher amount on publichealth than India. In fact their spend-ing is even higher than the target setby the draft health policy, yet theyhave life expectancies that are worse,as in the case of South Africa, or onlymarginally better, as in the case ofRussia. On the contrary, Sri Lankaand Bangladesh are both countriesthat actually spend less on theirhealthcare (as a percentage of GDP)than India, yet both have better out-comes. Within India too, the draftpolicy notes that States with bettercapacity have utilised the NationalRural Health Mission (NRHM) fundsmore effectively, while States withpoorer initial conditions have beenleft with worse outcomes. The funda-mental difference lies in managementand governance structures.

Criticality of administration

The evidence from the draft policydoes not stand alone, and is, in fact,supported by a rich literature.

Globally, research findings havehighlighted the criticality of adminis-tration in improving health outcomes.Rajkumar and Swaroop in a 2008study find that the effectiveness ofpublic health spending in reducingchild mortality depends on the levelof perceived corruption. It is found

that higher integrity is associatedwith reduced child mortality. Guptaet al in a 2000 paper show that cor-ruption indicators (using Kaufman,Kraay and Zoido-Lobatón, 1999) arenegatively correlated with child andinfant survival, attended births,immunisation coverage and birth

weight. These results are robust evenafter accounting for spending on pub-lic health, education, and urbanisa-tion. In a study looking at the UnitedNations’s Millennium DevelopmentGoals, Wagstaff and Claeson in 2004conducted an analysis which showedthat across-the-board additions to

government health spending have nosignificant effect on underweightchildren, maternal mortality, or tuber-culosis mortality in poorly governedcountries. They defined poorly gov-erned countries as being one standarddeviation below the mean score onthe World Bank Country Policy and

Institutional Assessment (CPIA)index. They estimated that for across-the-board spending to have a signifi-cant effect on outcomes such as mal-nutrition and tuberculosis mortality,the CPIA score for a country has toget above the population-weightedaverage of 3.5. India’s score in 2011

and 2012 was slightly below thatthreshold. Bannerjee and others in2008 provided evidence from anexperiment within India. They findthat an incentive programmedesigned to increase nurse attendancein Rajasthan was initially successfulbut was eventually undermined by

the local health administration andworkers. They concluded that piece-meal attempts to improve healthdelivery would be ineffective untilhealth system reform becomes a toppriority for the stakeholders.

Governance structures

The weight of evidence clearlysuggests that if we want our healthoutcomes to improve, the Indianhealth policy needs to focus on howits health system is governed andmanaged. While our people areamong the best and brightest, longyears of neglect and misgovernmenthave vitiated our public managementsystems with perverse incentives. Itis easier and more sensible for peoplewithin the system to subvert theirjobs — through chronic absenteeism,endemic corruption and private prac-tice — than to actually do them. Thedraft policy mentions band-aids for afew of these problems, but it needs toprioritise and lay far greater focus onthe critical issue of governance andmanagement of the Indian health sys-tem.

Governance structures need to bal-ance responsibility, flexibility andaccountability (Feldman andKhademian, 2001) in order to carryout their functions. It is clear that oursystems today, at best, fix responsi-bility, but do not provide flexibilityand accountability —managers/bureaucrats need to dotheir jobs.

A useful, and not entirely radical,model to consider would be the onepioneered in India by the Tamil NaduMedical Services Corporation. It is aregistered corporation set up by theTamil Nadu government to procuredrugs for the public health system. Itis accountable to an independentboard of directors which includes thehealth secretary.

The corporation has an IAS officeras its managing director, and profes-sionals and academics are hired ortaken on deputation as deemed neces-sary. The model has proved so suc-cessful in improving drug supply inTamil Nadu that several other States,including Kerala, have adopted it asthe basis of their own governance

structure.

A similar governance structure atthe State level, albeit at a much larg-er scale, could be a suitable vehiclefor the coming expansion of publicdelivery in primary and preventivehealthcare in India. Present healthworkers and doctors who are employ-ees of the government can beabsorbed on deputation, while newhiring and capacity building can becarried out by the corporation.

Thus, they will not be hampered byeither restrictive government rulesfor employees, or the negative imagethat is associated with short-termcontracts which became the favouredcapacity building instrument for theNRHM. Internationally, this model isin fact already quite well establishedin the healthcare delivery space. TheNational Health Service of the U.K.,one of the largest organisations in theworld, already operates on a verysimilar model, with an executiveboard that is accountable to the secre-tary of health. Its mandate and targetsare set by the government, but itoperates as a largely independententity. Finances are devolved to localhealth boards, which ‘purchase’ orcontract NHS primary care providersand hospitals on a services renderedbasis, ensuring accountability at thelocal as well as the highest levels.

Whether or not this specific type ofmodel is adopted for healthcaredelivery in India, the more funda-mental point is that governance andmanagement of any health system isa core determinant of its effective-ness. The National Health Policy ofthe Narendra Modi governmentshould make it a prominent focus ofreforms, thereby announcing a tec-tonic shift in India’s healthcare sys-tem.

(Shamika Ravi is Economist,Brookings Institution, India Center,

and Rahul Ahluwalia is ResearchAssociate, Institute for Financial

Management and Research,Chennai.)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY DAMAKANT JAYSHI

Consensus with regards todrafting the newConstitution in Nepal

has become the most overusedword in recent times. This isespecially true of the propo-nents of single identityprovinces, which have come tomean single-ethnicity-basedstates in the mountains and sin-gle, or, at the most, two east-to-west state(s) in Tarai.Consensus is also being madeto mean agreeing with what theUnified Communist Party ofNepal (Maoist) and theMadhesi Morcha proposes onstate restructuring. Anythingelse is seen as either statusquoist, regressive, or violatingpast agreements struck withthese two political forces.

Admittedly, striking anagreement over new states isvery difficult. Party leadershave to watch out for their con-stituencies, political bases andtheir own careers. Some ofthem are willing to work out acompromise and end the dead-lock on the Constitution, butfear of charges of a sell-outfrom within their own ranksand an obstinate “progressive”commentariat are keeping themshackled. Moreover, there areleaders in every political partywho believe that they will loseif a compromise was reached.Of these, Dr. BaburamBhattarai, senior leader of theUCPN(Maoist) and formerPrime Minister is fast emergingas a leader of the ‘my way orthe highway’ brigade.

If differences between theIndia-brokered politicalalliance of parliamentary par-ties and the then outlawedrebels, the UCPN(Maoist),continues, there are real risksof squandering away all thegains made so far — the formalend of conflict that claimedover 17,000 lives in a decade,the end of a meddling andunaccountable monarchy,

inclusiveness, secularism andfederalism.

Failed efforts

Because the parties failed toreconcile their differences, thefirst Constituent Assembly(CA) elected in 2008 to draftthe statute in two years faileddespite giving itself two addi-tional years through four exten-sions. The political parties thenwent for the second electionwith the motive of drafting thenew statute through an electedCA. That was the originalintention of the parties, clearlystated in their manifestos untilthe election results forced achange of heart. Now this veryCA is termed “regressive.”

A false narrative is in circula-tion these days: That the NepaliCongress (NC) and theCommunist Party of Nepal(Unified Marxist–Leninist) areagainst consensus because theyhave a two-thirds majority inthe assembly, strengths that theUCPN (Maoist) and its thencoalition partner, MadhesiMorcha, never enjoyed in thefirst CA despite claims beingnow made on that front. Boththe NC and the UML have beenmaintaining, in private conver-sation as well as in public, thatthey are for consensus. Ofcourse, they also say they dis-agree with the meaning of theword — that it is consensusonly if they agree to Maoist andthe Madhes-based parties.

“Age-old state discriminationis real in Nepal; carving andnaming states won’t end it ifthere is no real decentralisationof power”

The seven-state ‘model’

It should be noted that thoseopposed to carving single-eth-nicity or identity states far out-number those advocating thisidea of federalism, both insidethe Constituent Assembly as

well as outside, demonstratedclearly through successiveelection results and publicopinion surveys in the last fouryears. The UCPN(Maoist) isrunning away from its avowedcommitment to the democraticprocess of voting — throughBhisma pratigya in its electionmanifesto in and through thepassing of the CA Rules ofProcedure in March 2014, fourmonths after the electionresults. Its leaders say they willreturn to CA only if their ideaof consensus is agreed to. Thisis not an allegation. Mr.Bhattarai and some Madhesileaders have been saying thatin public.

The UCPN (Maoist) leaderssay they would accept even theseven-state model proposedjointly by the NC and the CPN-UML a few months ago if thestates are named reflecting eth-nicity. Or, if the states are to benamed by state legislatureslater as suggested by the NC,then they would settle for noth-ing less than 10 provinces.Both these models, goes theirargument, would be progres-sive and end age-old discrimi-nation. The number of states,clearly then, is not an issuehere. But one continues to hearthe accusation that those pro-posing fewer states are “regres-sive” and “status-quoists.”

Let’s examine the claim thatethnicity-based states wouldend discrimination and wouldensure inclusiveness in an erst-while exclusive state. TheMaoist ‘model’ discriminatesagainst some communitiesdespite their larger population.For example, according to the2011 Census, Muslims(1,164,255) are more than dou-ble the number of Gurungs(522,641) and Limbus(387,300) but the Maoists haveproposed Tamuwan (forGurungs) and Limbuwan asstates. There are more Muslimsin Central Tarai districts bor-

dering Bihar than the entireGurung or Limbu population inNepal. It is also worth asking ifIndia would be open to such anidea.

But the UCPN(Maoist) doesnot want to discuss the merit ofits proposal. The proposal isseen as a panacea for ending“age-old Pahade Bahun-Chhetri domination and dis-crimination.” Muslims havebeen alleging they have beentreated as second-class citizensin an overwhelmingly Hindu-majority nation. But it isimpossible to raise these ques-tions.

Numbers too are selectivelydeployed to suit one’s argu-ment. On the one hand, somepundits point out that personsof Madhesi origin are under-represented in governmentagencies; in fact, much belowtheir population (a valid point,although some among themhave been benefiting from thestate disproportionally to theiractual numbers). But when itcomes to carving outprovinces, here’s what is beinginsisted: one or two in theplains and either nine or eight(or even more) in thehills/mountains, despite thepopulation being roughly equalin these two regions. Madhes isbeing made out to be monolith-ic and homogenous, which it isnot. Tharus in the westernplains resent being clubbed asMadhesis.

The Constitution-draftingprocess is stalled also due topetty interest of some leaders.The parties were close to strik-ing a deal on the Constitutionas the self-imposed January 22deadline to deliver theConstitution approached, butfive districts in the Tarai —Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari inthe east and Kailali andKanchanpur in the west —apparently got linked to age-old “Pahade Bahun-Chhetri

domination.” If these fivebecame part of hilly states, itbecomes regressive. But if theybecame part of the states inTarai, it would herald a breakof the age-old discrimination.That’s on the surface, though.

Many influential NC, UMLand Madhes-based party lead-ers including Prime MinisterSushil Koirala, K.P. Oli,Krishna Prasad Sitaula, BijayaGachchadar, Ram JanamChaudhary and Upendra Yadavrepresent electoral constituen-cies from these five districts orwant to represent these infuture. They fear for their elec-tion prospects if the states aremerged into mountain or Taraistate.

Finally, is the spirit of JanaAndolan and Madhes move-ment being dishonoured as isbeing alleged? The ideals ofrepublicanism, federalism, sec-ularism and inclusiveness areset to be institutionalised fur-ther through the newConstitution. No agreement inthe past specifies number ornames of provinces. Most par-ties have committed to ademocracy which is republic,federal and secular and inclu-sive in character. No one,except pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu rastra, RastriyaPrajatantra Party Nepal, isopposed to these ideals.Therefore, just agreeing to aparticular criterion of namingstates in a certain way wouldneither make one progressiveor regressive; nor would itmake the parties an upholder orviolator of past agreements.

Age-old state discriminationin Nepal is very real. Carvingand naming states in this or thatway won’t end discriminationif there is no real decentralisa-tion of power, fair distributionof natural and state resourcesand unencumbered representa-tion of communities in gover-nance.

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If taken at face value, President Barack Obama’s clos-ing address to the Summit on Countering ViolentExtremism could signal a repositioning of the offi-

cial White House line on the war against global terror-ism. The President’s speech was a carefully calibratedresponse to the recent wave of attacks by militants fromthe Islamic State (IS) in those countries that are part ofthe U.S.-led war in Syria and Iraq. Rather than the shrillnotes of threat and retribution that usually attend U.S.policy rhetoric on the global war on terror, what theSummit heard from Mr. Obama were thoughtful insightsinto the human rights origins of terrorism. Speaking to agathering of Ministers from nearly 70 countries, the UNSecretary-General and other senior officials, Mr. Obamamade two significant points. First, he made an exception-ally strong plea to cut through the terrorist narrativebased on “twisted interpretations of Islam” that allowsgroups like IS to act in the name of Islam. Secondly, hedirected the attention of his audience to the need to trans-form the environments of economic impoverishment inwhich young people, trapped without education or anyavenues of advancement, turn rich pickings for terroristrecruiters. “So if we’re serious about countering violentextremism, we have to get serious about confrontingthese economic grievances,” he declared. While Mr.Obama deserves credit for outlining a nuanced view ofthe social origins of terrorism, and a more humane, long-term and inclusive approach to a possible solution toextremism, it would be unrealistic to expect a radicalshift in U.S. policy towards this phenomenon. Despitethe softer rhetoric, the Obama administration’s responsehas been far sharper and intensive than what was viewedas the heavy-handedness of his predecessor in office inconducting its global war against terror. Across Pakistan,Yemen and Somalia, the Obama administration launchedmore than 390 drone strikes in its first five years. This iseight times as many as were launched during the entireGeorge W. Bush presidency. The bombing of IS bases bythe U.S.-led coalition of nations in Syria and Iraq is partof the continuum of war set by the invasion of Iraq by thesame forces in 2003. Fighting them today is a deadly andruthless war machine operated by religious extremists.IS is a deadly menace to the civilised world, with its actsof public brutality designed to radiate terror. While theU.S. and its allies are compelled to root out this sinisterchallenge, the imperative is for the global community tomove ahead on issues such as Palestine which could con-ceivably lend more moral force to anti-IS operations inthe Middle East.

State Watch 5NEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 23, 2015SAADDA HAQ

CHANDIGARH, FEB 22Polling to Punjab's six

municipal corporations onSunday passed off peace-fully as an estimated 70 percent of nearly 8 lakh elec-torate sealed the fate of1,263 candidates in thehustings.

"The polling passed offpeacefully...There was noreport of major violencefrom anywhere...All EVMsfunctioned properly", StateElection Commissioner S SBrar said. He said that asper initial reports, an esti-mated 70 per cent pollinghas taken place. However,reports of minor incidents,including scuffles had beenreported from Pathankot,Bathinda and Patiala.

The results will beannounced on February 26.

The polls are assumed as

litmus test for SAD-BJPcombine which have beenruling the state for morethan seven years.

In most of corporations,the Independents projectedthem to be of Aam AadmiParty (AAP) followerseven as the party is notcontesting the elections.

The polling was held formunicipal bodies ofPhagwara, Pathankot,

Hoshiarpur, Mohali,Bathinda, Moga and bye-elections to two wards ofPatiala MunicipalCorporation and one wardof Jalandhar MunicipalCorporation.

70 per cent of the total of7.90 lakh voters sealed thefate of candidates for 298wards for these civic polls.

Elections were held for50 wards each of the cor-

porations of Bathinda,Mohali and Moga, 49wards each of Hoshiarpurand Pathankot and 47wards of Phagwara.

Four candidates havealready been elected unop-posed on three wards ofPhagwara and one ward ofHoshiarpur, Brar said.

The key players in thefield are ruling SAD-BJPalliance candidates, oppo-sition Congress and con-testants of Peoples Party ofPunjab (PPP).

Aam Aadmi Party whichswept Delhi Assemblypolls, has stayed awayfrom the civic polls.

Congress, which isalready facing infightingover leadership issue in thestate, is aiming to strength-en its position at groundlevel. Key issues in the

run-up to the polls includedshortage of drinking water,poor condition of roads,sewerage, waterlogging,parking problems, heaps ofgarbage, problem of strayanimals and encroach-ments in market corridors.

Both Akali and BJP arecontesting the civic bodypolls jointly, though boththe parties are locked intough fight from their ownrebels.

Akalis are facing rebelsfrom several wards ofMohali and Moga whileBJP candidates are facingthreat from their partymenin Phagwara, Hoshiarpurand Pathankot.

Both BJP and Akalis hadexpelled over 100 candi-dates for not withdrawingtheir nominations in favourof party candidates.

Punjab municipal polls pass off peacefully

PATNA, FEB 22Back in the saddle for

the fourth time in the polit-ically important state ofBihar, Nitish Kumar isknown as Chanakya instate politics for his care-fully crafted behind-the-scene moves and hisemphasis on growth anddevelopment.

The soft-spoken seniorJD(U) leader has his taskcut out this time as thestate is in election modewith polls just five monthsaway. With Sunday'sswearing in, 63-year-oldKumar is back in the ChiefMinister's chair he had quiton May 17, 2014 overJD(U)'s debacle in the gen-eral election.

After stepping down,Kumar, despite resistancefrom JD(U) legislatorsagainst his resignation,had his way and hand-picked Jitan Ram Manjhito succeed him on May 20,2014.

But, within eight monthsof the decision Kumar wasforced to change the plotin the wake of dissentagainst him by Manjhialong with a section ofJD(U) ministers and legis-lators. BJP used the dis-sension to the hilt andextended support toManjhi. But, the floor testcould not be taken asManjhi tendered his resig-nation ahead of the vote onFriday last.

With the swearing in, amajor crisis for Kumar hasended but some big chal-lenges lie ahead for thesocialist leader.

Besides, repairing the"damage" done by Manjhito "sushasan" (good gover-nance) as Kumar said onFriday, the wily politicianhas to allay the fears ofpeople that company ofRJD leader Lalu Prasad,who has been convicted ina fodder scam case, doesnot mean return of "jungle

raj" as alleged by rivalBJP.

This would have seriousrepercussion for Kumar, ashe has to lead his partyJD(U) and allies RJD,Congress and CPI toAssembly election in thestate before November 25this year.

During his earlier stint aschief minister, Kumar hadinitiated a series ofreforms and stressed onincreasing enrolment ofstudents, building roadsand bridges and improvinghealthcare facilities.

BJP, whose relationswith Kumar turned bitterafter he led his party tosevere ties with it on June16, 2013 following eleva-tion of Narendra Modi, hasalready coined a slogan"jungle raj II" , warningpeople of "looming dangerof Kumar joining handswith Lalu". Kumar hasdefended his decision tojoin hands with Lalu, say-

ing the bigger challenge atpresent was to take on BJP.

Recently he used the titleof a Bollywood film "MainHoon Na" to instill confi-dence in people and give aguarantee that nothing badwould happen till he wasaround.

The engineer-turned-politician's first tenure asChief Minister was for justseven days from March 3to March 10, 2000 whenhe had to quit in theabsence of majority. Hereturned to the CM's chairon November 24, 2005 asNDA leader.

His third term startedfrom November 26, 2010when he led NDA to win atwo-third majority with206 seats in the 243-mem-ber Bihar Assembly.

After parting companywith BJP, the magic figureof 117 eluded him whichhe cobbled up only withthe help of Congress andCPI.

Nitish Kumar - the 'Chanakya' ofBihar politics has his task cut out

PATNA, FEB 22With senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar all

set to take charge on Sunday as Bihar ChiefMinister for the fourth time and party work-ers in a festive mood, several posters andhoardings ridiculing former Chief MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi and rival BJP have sur-faced around his residence.

In varied colours and sizes, the posters arepropped on bamboo poles for several metresalong the stretch of 7, Circular Road which isKumar's residence.

Drawing inspiration from the'Mahabharata', one poster shows Kumardressed as Arjun, shooting arrows at hisrivals, including Manjhi and senior BJPleader Sushil Kumar.

Another one portrays Manjhi on a sinkingboat surrounded by BJP leaders from thestate.

Yet another portrays Kumar being eulo-gized by saffron party stalwarts like formerPrime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LalKrishna Advani. The words that they said in

his praise are prominently printed to grab theattention of passers-by.

However, when asked why the posters ridi-culing Manjhi or BJP have been put up, JD(U) leaders said they were not the handiworkof the party.

"These posters are not put up by our party.They are individual posters and could havebeen put up by our supporters," said JD (U)spokesperson and MLC, Neeraj Kumar. Thespokesperson added that some of the posterswhich are in bad taste could have beenpropped up by rivals of JD(U) to show theparty in bad light.

"We don't want to ridicule anybody. Ourwell-wishers would certainly not indulge insuch things," he added.

Neeraj Kumar pointed out that it was theBJP which had always played the game ofposters.

"Nobody has forgotten, how it showed ourleader Nitish Kumar at the feet of RJD ChiefLalu Prasad with Manjhi sitting on a throneand laughing. It was a big insult to ourleader, but we kept quiet," he added.

The JD(U) spokesperson said such posterssend bad message to the society, and addedthat he will see to it that they are removedfrom the road outside Nitish Kumar's resi-dence.

Posters ridicule Manjhi, BJP outside Nitish residenceAHMEDABAD, FEB 22

Congress party workersdistributed free masks andmedicines to residents inGujarat as a precautionarymeasure to fight swine flu.

More than 11,000 people,including children, reported-ly took part in the campaignorganised by the party onSaturday.

"I request BJP to play thepolitics later. Today it is ourresponsibility to save peo-ple`s life. They should comeout and distribute medicines,set up quarantine wards inevery district, doctors to betrained and arrange for vacci-nation," said Congress leader,Arjun Modhwadia.

In Jaipur, people also per-formed a prayer ceremony

seeking blessings to helpcombat the disease.

Meanwhile, Union HealthMinister, J P Nadda, duringhis visit at a hospital inSiddharth Nagar district inUttar Pradesh urged people totake immediate precautionarymeasures.

"One method is that oneshould take self precaution-ary measures to fight againstswine flu and the other way isthat the patients have to betaken to hospital at the righttime so that they receivetreatment and are saved,"said Nadda.

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on

Sunday termed senior Janata Dal(United) leader Nitish Kumar'sswearing-in as Bihar CM as 'jungleraj part II'.

Shortly after Nitish Kumar tookoath as the Bihar CM, senior BJPleader and party spokespersonShahnawaz Hussain took to Twitterto take a dig at the newly anointedchief minister and former CM LaluPrasad Yadav and indirectly alsowarned people of Bihar of a "loom-ing danger of Kumar joining handswith Lalu".

“Nitish takes oath with the supportof Laloo ji. Jungle Raj-2 continues inBihar,” (sic) Shahnawaz Hussaintweeted.

In another tweet he wrote -"Nothing has changed in Bihar.Ministers of Manjhi government willcontinue in Nitish Kumar's govern-ment as well. With Lalu support, jun-

gle raj will continue. 66-year-old Janata Dal-United

leader was administered the oath ofoffice as the 24th chief minister ofBihar today by Governor KeshriNath Tripathi.

Along with Nitish Kumar, 22 min-isters also took oath at a simple cere-mony at Raj Bhavan here. Most of

the ministers were in his earlier cab-inet and are considered loyal andtrusted. Nitish Kumar had resignedas chief minister last year after theJD(U)'s rout in the Lok Sabha polls.Jitan Ram Manjhi, who was madechief minister in May 2014, resignedon Feb 20 after falling out withNitish.

Congress workers distribute medicines tocombat swine flu in Gujarat

BJP takes a dig at Bihar CM NitishKumar, says 'jungle raj-2 continues'

Man commits suicide afterpoisoning daughtersHYDERABAD, FEB 22

A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide afterkilling his two daughters in Telangana's Mahabubnagardistrict, police said on Sunday.

S Kurumanna, who did some small business, gavepoison-laced cold drinks to his three daughters inGadwal town at around midnight yesterday. Later, healso consumed the poison along with liquor, they said.

All the four family members collapsed soon afterconsuming the drinks. However, Kurumanna's eldestdaughter Kurumakka (9) managed to go to a relative'shouse in the neighbourhood to inform them about theincident. Subsequently, all of them were shifted to anearby hospital, Gadwal Circle Inspector G Sureshsaid.

"Kurumanna, Kurumakka and his 5-year-old daugh-ter Indu died while undergoing treatment. The conditionof his other daughter Nani is stable," Suresh said.

As per preliminary investigation, Kurumanna wasfrustrated due to problems with his wife Rajamma, whodid not look after their daughters, the inspector said.

His wife had left them two days back and he was alsofinding it difficult to meet the family expenses, headded.

A case has been registered and further probe is on intothe incident.

AHMEDABAD, FEB 22The Gujarat Assembly

would be holding electionfor the post of deputyspeaker on Tuesday, asSpeaker Ganpat Vasavahas contracted swine flu.

The budget session ofthe Assembly is going tostart from Monday. Vasavawas admitted to a hospitalin Surat yesterday afterbeing diagnosed withswine flu.

Forms for the electionare to be filed on Monday,while the election will takeplace on Tuesday, said theAssembly secretariat.

According to BJPsources, party MLANeemaben Acharya, whorepresents Anjar in Kutchdistrict, was being consid-ered as a possible nomi-nee, though there wereother options too.

Congress demanded thatas per the tradition, thepost should go to the oppo-sition.

"There is a tradition inthe Lok Sabha and manystate Assemblies that thedeputy speaker belongs tothe opposition. It was a tra-dition in Gujarat too, butBJP discontinued it," saidthe Leader of OppositionS h a n k a r s i n hVaghela.

"We demand that thepost should be given toCongress. If the BJP gov-ernment insists that one ofits MLAs should get thepost, then we will put upour candidate and force itto hold an election," hesaid.

Vaghela also demandedthat this time the deputyspeaker should be from aDalit community.

Gujarat to elect deputy-speakeras Vasava down with swine flu

CHANDIGARH, FEB 22The Haryana govern-

ment has decided to set up'gau abhyaranyas' (cowsanctuaries) for the conser-vation of stray cows in thestate.

These will be set up atstrategic locations in thestate, including in Sirsaand Bhiwani districts,Haryana Agriculture,Animal Husbandry andDairying Minister OmPrakash Dhankar said in astatement issued here.

There are about threelakhs cows in the state,including 1.5 lakh straycows, he said.

To strengthen and effec-tively implement completeban on cow slaughter, anew legislation has beendrafted which would betabled in the budget ses-sion of the state Assembly

beginning next month,Dhankar said.

Once the legislation ispassed, the state govern-ment would effectivelyimplement the GauSamvardhan Act all overthe state, he said.

The minister said that thestate government wouldalso provide subsidy onpurchase of buffaloes andbullock-carts.

Subsidy to the tune of 50per cent would be given tothe farmers for setting updairy units for indigenouscows and mini-dairy units,he said.

"A sum of Rs 77.9 croreGausamvardhan projecthas been approved by thecentral government underthe National Programmefor Bovine Breeding andDairy Development forintegrated development of

indigenous cattle, includ-ing Hariana, Sahiwal andGir, in the state.

"The scheme would beimplemented in five yearsand a provision of over Rs25 crore has been made forthe first year," hesaid.

Dhankar said for furtherencouraging farmers torear good quality indige-nous cattle breeds of highmilk yield, the state gov-ernment has decided tostart performance record-ing for these breeds andprovide cash incentivesranging from Rs 10,000 toRs 20,000 on the basis ofmilk yield.

Dhankar said that sub-sidy of 50 per cent wouldbe provided for setting updairy, piggery, sheep andgoat units by ScheduledCaste families.

Cow sanctuaries to be set up in Haryana

J&K Council polls:Cong asks its MLAs tovote for NC nomineesJAMMU, FEB 22

Congress has appealed to all its MLAsto vote for National Conference candi-dates in the upcoming elections to theJammu and Kashmir LegislativeCouncil.

"Jammu and Kashmir PradeshCongress Committee PresidentSaifuddin Soz has requested allCongress MLAs to vote for the two can-didates fielded by National Conferencefor election to the Legislative Council,"a party spokesman said here today.

He said the legislators had assured Sozthat they would follow the instructionsof the party leadership and would votefor the NC candidates.

"The legislators also raised manyother issues in the meeting such as defi-ciency of medicines for patients whohave been tested positive for swine flu.The members also complained that themasks needed for the public were notavailable," the spokesman said.

Congress and National Conferencehas agreed on a deal during the RajyaSabha elections in which NC had agreedto support Congress candidate GhulamNabi Azad and in return Congress wouldsupport NC candidates in the LegislativeCouncil polls.

MUZAFFARNAGAR, FEB 22The BSP has said the presence of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi andother BSP leaders at the pre-wed-ding ceremony of SP supremoMulayam Singh Yadav's grand-nephew and RJD chief LaluYadav's daughter that both partiesare in collusion and trying to"befool the common man".

Talking to media-persons hereyesterday, BSP National GeneralSecretary Nasimuddinn Siddiquisaid that BJP's and SP's internalpolicy is the same and both are try-ing to befool the people of the state.

He further charged, "The com-

mon man is living in a fearfulatmosphere while the SP govern-ment was claiming to provide afearless society for the people instate. Referring to the shooting ofgangster Vicky Tygai in the jailpremises, Siddiqui said that the lawand order situation in Uttar Pradeshis "very bad". He also mentionedthat the BSP is increasing its politi-cal strength and it would contestalone in UP Assembly polls in2017. Criticising the BJP-led cen-tral government, he said the BJP "isdoing favours to industrialists andis not sensitive towards the com-mon man".

BJP, SP trying to befoolcommon man: BSP

Internet laggard Cubaonce again pledgedonline access for all its

people on Friday, acknowl-edging the country cannotdevelop without being bet-ter connected.

Only a tiny fraction ofCubans have access tohigh-speed Internet. Cubanofficials have been promis-ing better Internet servicefor years but have cited theUS economic embargo andpolitical aggression as rea-sons for its stunted devel-opment. The recent US rap-prochement toward Cubahas added pressure on theCommunist-led island tomodernize.

"The will exists on thepart of the (rulingCommunist) Party and theCuban government todevelop the informationsociety and put the Internetat the service of everyone,"First Vice-President MiguelDiaz-Canel said at the clo-sure of a three-day technol-ogy conference.

Diaz-Canel, 54, is first inthe line of succession

behind 83-year-oldPresident Raul Castro andhas been advocating a moreopen Internet since becom-ing vice-president twoyears ago. His remarks onFriday were covered byofficial media.

The conference broughttogether technology expertsfrom across the Caribbeanisland, with state-controlledmedia promoting voicescalling for Cuba to catch upwith its neighbors. TheGeneva-based InternationalTelecommunications Union(ITU) ranks Cuba 125th outof 166 countries intelecommunications devel-opment, the lowest in theAmericas. It says about 25percent of Cubans havesome online access.

Ordinary Cubans mostlyhave access to state-con-trolled Intranet at work-places and schools, or canpay for expensive Internetsessions by the hour atoffices of the state telecom-munications monopolyEtecsa. Cuban serversblock access to anti-Castro

sites and pornography.The United States has set

connectivity as a priority inits new relationship withCuba, making telecommu-nications equipment, tech-nology and services amongthe first exemptions to theembargo after Washingtonand Havana announced onDec. 17 they would restorediplomatic relations.

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of central FranceB. swift, dry, cold northerly wind that blows downfrom the western Alps and the plateau of SouthernFrance and out over the MediterraneanC. wind that blows for 100 days a year and maycause extensive frost damage to plantsD. All of the above

2. The main period of Mesozoic era includeA. Triassic period and Cretaceous periodB. Jurassic period and Triassic periodC. Triassic period, Jurassic period and cretaceousperiodD. cretaceous period and Jurassic period

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5. The model which explains the various types ofigneous rocksA. rock cycleB. Bowens reaction seriesC. both are similar termsD. None of the above

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TV Channels Schedule TODAY’S STARARIES Career and financial successes might finally come your way after

months and perhaps years of striving, Aries. The emotional sup-port you receive from those who've been working with you can bevery gratifying, and it's likely to last for a long time. If you like whatyou're doing, chances are you will be doing it for a while. If you'recommitted to your profession, keep up the good work.

TAURUS A complex creative project could require some in-depth researchtoday, Taurus, and you could spend much of the day online or inthe library. This is probably a subject you love, so you won't mindthe time you put in. The inspiration that comes your way couldwell last for a while. You might be able to treat this project as abusiness enterprise and give it more substance.

GEMINI Financial growth adds to a growing sense of self-worth, Gemini,especially since your current situation should continue. You mayhave a vivid, emotional dream. Perhaps it involves a long-term loveinterest, and your relationship is fast approaching the do-or-diestage. The meaning of the symbols should be fairly clear. What dothey mean to you and how can you apply them to your situation?

CANCER Romance blossoms for you today, Cancer, and commitment or mar-riage may be just over the horizon. You and your beloved may haverecently reached a new understanding that has bonded you moretightly. Don't feel silly if you spend the day together walking aroundin a romantic haze. That's perfectly acceptable - it's part of the joy oflove, and it could well last for a while. Make the most of it.

LEO Service to others might take up a large part of your day, Leo,perhaps on an artistic level or maybe in the form of sharingpsychic or healing energy. Don't think your efforts are unap-preciated. Those you're helping may be reticent about sayinganything, but your efforts aren't lost on them. Think of it like abank. Your friends will be there for you when you need them.

VIRGO The words for today are "romance" and "creativity," Virgo.Romance is enhanced by passion generated by a gratifyinglove relationship that will probably last for a long time. Thissame relationship, and its emotions could give rise to artisticinspiration that can produce works of a quality that surpriseseven you. Don't exhaust yourself. Know when to stop.

LIBRA Has a new housemate recently moved in, Libra? If so, you canexpect this person to live with you for a while. This is good,because he or she is likely to be very loving, supportive, and ableto bear his or her share of the household responsibilities. You andthis person, along with any others who live with you, couldbecome very close and possibly even friends for life.

SCORPIO A love letter or perhaps a poem or other artistic work dedicatedto you could make your day, Scorpio. A warm feeling of beingcherished and adored could stay with you throughout the day asa result. Hang on to this rosy glow when things get rocky, espe-cially on the job. The feelings expressed in this communicationwill probably last for a long time, so be prepared.

SAGITTARIUSA love relationship that's been around for a long time could beenhanced today by an increased level of sensuality, Sagittarius.Intense emotion could pervade your being, making it difficult to con-centrate on much else. You will probably spend the day looking for-ward to when you can be alone with your beloved. The passion thatpervades your lovemaking now is worthy of a romance novel.

CAPRICORN Artistic activities or those involving healing are enhanced today,Capricorn. Whatever you try is going to be more a part of yourvery being than it would be at other times. Love, art, psychic orspiritual activities - all should take on a new meaning for you atthis time. This condition should last for a long time. Make themost of this energy now and your skills should continue to grow.

AQUARIUS Love takes on an idealized and fairytale aura today, Aquarius,as you and a current or potential partner spend time alone,talking or just enjoying being together. The warmth, affection,and high regard you have for each other are apparent toeveryone. The nice thing about it is that these feelings arelikely to last. Look forward to many such days.

PISCES A meditation circle or other group activity devoted tospiritual pursuits could be on your agenda today,Pisces. It's important that you attend, as you need alittle peace and quiet, as well as the support fromothers in the group. The affection you all feel for oneanother permeates the evening. Bask in it and writedown any revelations that come to you.

As the US Federal CommunicationsCommission prepares to vote on newrules for high-speed Internet service,

one aspect of the rules is drawing criticismfrom both opponents and proponents of tighterregulation.

The FCC, which is set to vote next week toregulate Internet service providers more liketraditional telephone companies, has introduceda so-called "general conduct" provision in thelatest version of the rules that aim to ensure netneutrality, the principle that all web trafficshould be treated equally.

In the general conduct provision, the FCCwill say that Internet providers' actions cannotbe harmful to consumers or content providers,and will outline seven elements that the regula-tors would consider in reviewing potential vio-lations of that standard, agency officials havesaid.

But the Internet providers, who reject thetougher regulatory regime, as well as advocatesof stronger regulation, both say that this gener-al conduct provision is too vague. They havemade a last-ditch effort to push for changes,according to FCC disclosures, filings and inter-views with lobbyists and activists.

Although the FCC has not publicly disclosedspecifics of the seven factors, an FCC spokes-woman told Reuters that three of those guid-ance criteria are related to impact on competi-tion, innovation, and free expression.

Industry sources say the other four criteriafocus on impact on broadband deployment andinvestments; whether actions in question arespecific to some applications and not others;whether they comply with industry best stan-dards and practices; and whether they takeplace without the awareness of the end-user, theInternet subscriber.

Telecom and cable lobbyists say the rules'vague guidelines could effectively require thecompanies to consult the FCC every time theywant to create a new service, to make sure itdoesn't run afoul of the rule.

Net neutrality advocates for their part, worrythat the rules will lack clarity for both theInternet providers and potential complainants,making them harder to administer and poten-tially leading to arbitrary interpretation.

Rare agreement by two sides"A 'general conduct rule,' applied on a case-

by-case basis with the only touchstone beingwhether a given practice 'harms' consumers oredge providers, may lead to years of expensivelitigation to determine the meaning of 'harm'(for those who can afford to engage in it)," theElectronic Frontier Foundation, a net neutrality

advocate, said in a filing submitted onThursday.

The shared concern by industry groups andactivists is a rare example of the two sidesbeing aligned in the long-running debate overwhether Internet service providers should besubject to tighter regulation.

Net neutrality advocacy groups have for yearssought stricter regulations, including a ban onInternet providers blocking or unfairly slowingdown any web content or providing faster

access in return for payment.Companies say they don't oppose those spe-

cific rules, but that a stringent new regulatoryregime would stifle investment.

The Federal Communications Commissionwill vote on the new rules on Feb. 26. Lobbyistssay the FCC is unlikely to change the generalconduct rule so late before the vote, but thematter is expected to spill over into Congress,where Republican lawmakers hope to counterFCC's regulations with new laws.

On US Net Neutrality Rules, 11th-Hour Push Against Vague Rule

Nasa has announcedthe winners of itsfirst Mars Balance

Mass Challenge thatasked for design ideas forsmall science and tech-nology payloads thatcould provide dual pur-pose as ejectable balancemasses on spacecraftentering the Martianatmosphere.

Texas-based TedGround was awarded$20,000 for his idea tostudy the Martian atmos-phere by releasing mate-rial that could be seen andstudied by other Martianspacecraft in orbit and onthe ground.

A team of engineersfrom Grand Rapids,Michigan, received an

honourable mention and$5,000 for their idea tostudy Martian weather bylooking at wind patternsnear the planet's surface.

"The 219 submissionsfrom 43 countries to theMars Balance MassChallenge show the inter-est the public has indirectly engaging withNasa," said Nasa chieftechnologist DavidMiller. "The two winningideas highlight howeffective these activitiescan be at helping Nasabring innovative ideasinto our missions," headded. The Mars BalanceMass Challenge wasannounced in September2014. The payloadswould serve two roles:

perform scientific ortechnology functions thathelp us learn more aboutthe Red Planet and pro-vide the necessary weightto balance planetary lan-ders. "We want citizens tojoin us on the journey toMars," said George Tahu,programme executive forMars Exploration at Nasaheadquarters inWashington, DC.

Submissions to thechallenge ranged fromanalysing Martian weath-er or the Martian surface,to demonstrating newtechnologies such as 3Dprinting or parachutes, topre-positioning suppliesfor future human mis-sions on the planet's sur-face.

Nasa Announces Winnersof First Mars Challenge

Cuba, Sorely Lagging Online,Says It Wants Internet for All

The US government onFriday advised LenovoGroup Ltd customers to

remove "Superfish," a pro-gram pre-installed on someLenovo laptops, saying itmakes users vulnerable tocyberattacks.

The Department ofHomeland Security said in analert that the program makesusers vulnerable to a type ofcyberattack known as SSLspoofing, in which remoteattackers can read encryptedweb traffic, redirect trafficfrom official websites tospoofs, and perform otherattacks.

"Systems that came with thesoftware already installed will

continue to be vulnerable untilcorrective actions have beentaken," the agency said.

Adi Pinhas, chief executiveof Palo Alto, California-basedSuperfish, said in a statementthat his company's softwarehelps users achieve more rele-vant search results based onimages of products viewed. Hesaid the vulnerability was"inadvertently" introduced byIsrael-based Komodia, whichbuilt the application describedin the government notice.

Komodia CEO BarakWeichselbaum declined com-ment on the vulnerability.

Lenovo apologized late onFriday in a statement for"causing these concerns

among our users" and said thatit was "exploring every actionwe can" to address the issuesaround Superfish, includingoffering tools to remove thesoftware and certificate.

"We ordered Superfish pre-loads to stop and had serverconnections shut down inJanuary based on user com-plaints about the experience.However, we did not knowabout this potential securityvulnerability until yesterday(Thursday)," the Lenovo state-ment said.

"We recognize that this wasour miss, and we will do betterin the future. Now we arefocused on fixing it," the com-pany said.

US Government Urges Lenovo to RemoveSuperfish Software From Laptops

SPORTSSPORTS 7SAADDA HAQNEW DELHI | MONDAY | FEB 23, 2015

MELBOURNE, FEB 22shikhar Dhawan smashed a

rollicking 137 as India rode ona clinical display to break theirWorld Cup jinx against SouthAfrica with an emphatic 130-run victory in a group B matchhere on Sunday.

Dhawan's career-best 137propelled India to a comfort-able 307 for seven before thebowlers performed brilliantlyto bundle out the Proteas for177 in 40.2 overs in whatturned out to be a rather lop-sided contest at the packedMelbourne Cricket Ground.

This was India's maidenWorld Cup win against SouthAfrica after having lost theclashes in 1992, 1999 and 2011.

With two wins from as manymatches, India now have a verygood chance of qualifying forthe quarterfinals as group lead-ers.

It was yet another commend-able show by the Indians, whocame into the tournament witha string of poor results in thetri-series preceding the mega-event.

Mohit Sharma (2/31 in 7overs), Ravichandran Ashwin(3/41 in 10 overs) andMohammed Shami (2/30 in 8overs) kept the opposition bats-men under tight leash for betterpart of the innings.

The bowling unit fired in uni-

son as South Africa neverrecovered once skipper AB deVilliers (30) fell short of hiscrease with Mohit's accuratethrow on top of the stumpssending the destructive playerback in the pavilion.

De Villiers and Du Plessiswere going strong at one stageadding 68 runs for the thirdwicket as South Africa reached108 for two before the skippergot run-out.

Du Plessis (55) tried his bestto stem the rot but once he mist-imed a pull-shot off Mohit toDhawan at covers, it was just amere formality for the 'Men InBlue', who hardly put a footwrong in front of the 86,786crowd of which at least 75,000were Indian supporters.

With Sachin Tendulkar cheer-ing them from the stands, it wasan electric atmosphere at theMCG as Dhoni's men canteredhome in style. The Indian dress-ing room erupted in joy and theplayers hugged each other afterlast man stading Imran Tahirwas trapped LBW by RavindraJadeja.

Earlier, Dhawan bludgeonedhis way to a career-best knockas India posted a commendable307 for seven against the titlecontenders.

Dhawan's 137 off 146 ballscoupled with Ajinkya Rahane's60-ball 79 set the platform for a

commendable total despite yetanother mini-collapse at thedeath when the winners lost

five wickets for 46 runs in thelast 6.3 overs.

En route his seventh ODI ton,that had 16 boundaries and twosixes, Dhawan earned the dis-tinction of achieving the high-est score by any batsman in aWorld Cup game against SouthAfrica.

The Delhi left-hander's love

affair with South African bowl-ing continued as this is his sec-ond ODI hundred against the

Proteas in successive ICC tour-naments, after having scoredone back in 2013 in aChampions Trophy game inCardiff.

The Indian top-order onceagain fired beautifully. Dhawanand Virat Kohli again had aproductive partnership thatyielded 127 runs for the second

wicket.Kohli (46, 60 balls) again was

playing the role of an anchor

before a moment's indiscretionsaw him gift his wicket to leg-spinner Imran Tahir by postinghis long hop straight to Faf duPlessis at short mid-wicket.

However, Rahane was in amood to make amends for hisfailure during Pakistan game ashe matched Dhawan stroke forstroke during their rollicking

125-run stand for the thirdwicket in only 16.3 overs.Rahane hit seven fours andthree sixes with

Dhawan, who has regainedhis form just when it mattersthe most, started his inningsfrom where he had left offagainst Pakistan.

It started with a clip offVernon Philander to square legboundary followed by a squaredrive off Dale Steyn. Thencame an attractive cover driveas Dhawan got going. Anywidth outside the off-stumpwas dealt with ferocity.

With the MCG track offeringeven bounce, the ball came tobat beautifully, just what theDelhi left-hander required.

It couldn't have been a bettervenue for Dhawan than theMCG as Melbourne is his sec-ond home, where he stays withhis wife Ayesha and three chil-dren, when he is not on tour.

Dhawan did give a chance at52 when his flashy cut shot wasdropped by Hashim Amla atbackward point off Parnell'sbowling but there was no look-ing back after that.

The shot that got him his cen-tury was also just a pushthrough the cover point regionoff Parnell that reached bound-ary. The celebration was typi-cally Dhawan, helmets off, batraised and the arms stretched

like wings with a sense of satis-faction in that wide grin.

His first six was a slowerdelivery from Steyn that hepicked early while the secondone was the shot of the Indianinnings. It was a flicked six byDhawan off a Morne Morkeldelivery.

It was a case of pure hand-eyeco-ordination as Morkelbowled one fuller onto his legsand he whipped it over deepsquare leg with a little shuffle.

Rahane also showed why heis rated so highly by one andall. The six over long-off ofSteyn's bowling was a puredelight as was his step out offTahir to dispatch him for themaximum.

For South Africa, Steynbowled a brilliant last over withfour dot balls to end with fig-ures of 1/55 while MorneMorkel had 2/59 from nineovers.

Parnell recorded the worstfigures of 1/85 off 9 overs withconsolation wicket of Dhawan.Vernon Philander's (0/19 in 4overs) injury also did createserious problems for theProteas when Indian top orderwent all guns blazing.

Shikhar Dhawan leads India to130-run win over South Africa

NEW DELHI, FEB 22Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri's

purple patch continued as heclinched the Hero Indian Openafter a thrilling fight at the play-off with overnight leader SSPChowrasia on a pulsating day atthe prestigious Delhi Golf Clubhere on Sunday.

With overnight leaderChowrasia returning with five-over 76, Lahiri, who was sevenstrokes behind the Kolkata golferafter the third round, carded two-under 69 in regulation to go intothe play-off after a roller-coasterday which saw fortunes fluctuat-ing too often.

In the play-off, Lahiri, the top-ranked golfer in the field, didn'tput a foot wrong as he fired abirdie in the 18th hole afterChowrasia failed to recover froma disappointing tee shot.

World no 39 Lahiri thus wonhis second European Tour title inthree weeks. He had won theMaybank Malaysian Open earlierthis month.

"It is incredible. Starting today,I didn't think I had a chance. Itwas one of the toughest days ever

where I've played at Delhi GolfClub. This has been a childhooddream so it is very special to keepthe Indian Open trophy at home.The way Siddikur and Chowrasiahave been playing, it was hard tocatch them," Lahiri said.

"Personally I wanted to playwell and give myself a chance onthe back nine. It was an impor-tant week for me. The leaders hada tough break and I feel lucky

and fortunate."I didn't know how the leader

group was playing. It was onlyuntil the ninth green when I sawthat I was one shot back. When Imade the turn, I was two back. Ithas happened here before. Thefact that I've been in similar situ-ation on this golf course beforereally helped me.

"Honestly, it is hard to come toterms. Six months back, I was at

Qualifying School so it feels likeI've skipped a couple of steps towhere I'm now," he added.

The tricky DGC bared itspangs on the final day asovernight leader Chowrasiastumbled on a bogey and doublebogey to allow Siddikur Rahman,who was behind the Indian bytwo strokes, lead the course afterfour holes early in the day.

Lahiri, meanwhile, turned onthe heat and blasted birdies at thefirst, second and fifth to totalnine-under, same as Chowrasia,after five holes.

Chowrasia earned his place atthe top back when he picked hisfirst birdie of the day at theeighth hole to lie nine-underalong with Siddikur.

At the turn, Lahiri slipped afterhe dropped a shot on the ninth.

The script became more inter-esting when Siddikur dropped abogey at the sixth and Chowrasialost another stroke at the seventh,which pushed the Kolkata golferat no 4, while Lahiri and DanielChopra took the tied second spotat nine-under.

The back nine was a roller-

coaster ride as Lahiri found him-self just two strokes behind afterthe front nine. The difference fur-ther reduced when Chowrasiadropped a bogey at the 12th buthe picked up a birdie at the 15thhole.

It was the 16th hole whichchanged the complexion of thematch as Chowrasia and Lahirifound themselves at seven-under,courtesy a bogey and birdie bythe former and later respectively.The duo then parred to next twoholes to go into the play-off.

Meanwhile, Siddikur's hopeswent up in smoke when hedropped five shots, including ahat-trick of bogeys, in six holesfrom 10th to 16th to slip out ofthe competition.

The play-off brought backmemories of the Panasonic Openwhen Chowrasia had beatenRahil Gangjee and Mithun Pererain the play-off in November lastyear.

Lahiri became the first Indianto win the tournament after 2009when C Muniyappa had lifted thetrophy at the DGC here.

In-form Anirban Lahiri lifts Indian Open title

NEW DELHI, FEB 22A dogged Somdev

Devvarman retained the DelhiOpen title with a comeback winover Yuki Bhambri, whosegame crumbled despite earlypromise in the summit clash,here on Sunday.

Somdev, who has a penchantof wriggling out of difficult sit-uations, was down by a set andtrailing 0-2 in the second setbut went on to register a 3-6 6-4 6-0 win to claim his secondDelhi Open title in a row.

With this victory, Somdevended a long title-less runwhich began after winning thistitle last year.

"Maybe this is the turningpoint for me. I am not playingmy best tennis. My friend andidol Andy Roddick told me thatplayers win when they playtheir best but when you manageto win when you are not play-ing your best, it tell a lot aboutthe player," a relieved Somdevsaid after his win.

Somdev said he was nothappy with how the season haspanned out for him so far andhopes that this title will turnthings around for him.

"I hope this is the turningpoint. So far save Delhi, it hasbeen average season for me bymy standards. It was disap-pointing because I worked very

hard," Somdev said.The two players stuck to the

baseline for a major part of thematch and it was Somdev'sdefense versus Yuki's attackinggame. Eventually it wasSomdev's perseverance andtremendous fighting spirit thatwon him the match.

Yuki, who was hitting cleanand with authority, was letdown by a series of unforcederrors and he could neverrecover after losing his serve inthe third game of the secondset. He capitulated in the thirdset, failing to even get on boardin the decider.

"I have never been in situa-

tion like this. I let my servicegames go and paid a price forthat," Yuki said when askedabout his third set collapse.

"I lost it somewhere towardsthe end of the second set. Iexpected him to comeback, Iwas mentally prepared for thatfight. But I let it get to me," hesaid.

Yuki said beating three top-150 players in the tournamenthas given him lot of confi-dence.

"Normally you end up win-ning the title if you do that. Butmaking the final feels good andI feel there is improvement inmy game," Yuki said.

Yuki had two chances to goup early but he squandered bothin the third game, thanks tounforced errors.

Yuki got another chance tomove ahead in the seventhgame when Somdev lost fourpoints from 40-15. After serv-ing a double fault to give Yuki abreakpoint, Somdev came upwith a stunning forehand win-ner, setting it up on secondserve.

A wide backhand fromSomdev handed Yuki the breakand the Delhi youngster consol-idated it with an easy hold inthe next.

Yuki emerged a better playerin long rallies, that featured thefirst set, and reaped reward forhis effort as he earned threebreak chances in the ninthgame. Somdev saved the firsttwo but Yuki sealed the openingset with a cracking forehandwinner.

Somdev had the chance tograb early initiative by break-ing Yuki in the first game of thesecond set but he squanderedthree chances.

Yuki though did not miss hisopportunity. He earned twochances with a backhand win-ner and Somdev only helpedYuki's cause by hitting a fore-hand wide on the firstchance.

DUNEDIN, FEB 22A spirited Afghanistan gave

Sri Lankan a mighty scare butveteran batsman MahelaJayawardene struck a resilientcentury to help the Islanderspull off a slippery 4-wicketwin in their Pool A match ofthe cricket World Cup, hereon Sunday.

Chasing 233 for a win at theUniversity Oval, Sri Lankawere reduced to 51 for fourbefore a 126-run fifth wicketpartnership between Mahela(100) and skipper AngeloMathews (44) helped themscrape to their target in 48.2overs.

Openers Lahiru Thirimanne(0) and Tilakaratne Dilshan(0) disappointed big time withnew-ball bowlers DawlatZadran (1-44) and ShapoorZadran (1-48) making earlyinroads.

Kumar Sangakkara (7)couldn't stay long as first-change pacer Hamid Hassan(3-45) got the veteran bats-man cleaned up and soon sentDimuth Karunaratne (23)back in the hut. Mahela, regis-tering his 35th ODI century,and Mathews then did thegrinding bit for 28 odd oversas the duo combined the rightdose of caution and aggres-sion.

But just when the Lankansthought that they are runningaway with the game, Mathewswas run out in the 41st overand Hassan scalped Mahela,who struck 8 fours and a sixin his 120-ball stay, soon afterto take them by the sword.

Jeevan Mendis (9 not out)and Thisara Perera (47 notout) then stitched an unbeaten58-run partnership, maintain-ing a run-rate of over 8, totake Lanka over line.

Perera kept his cool till theend to smash 6 fours and a sixin his 26-ball blitz. TheIslanders survived a jittery

moment in the 48th over whenHassan got Mendis caughtbehind only to see the thirdumpire overturn the decisionafter the left-hander's referral.Sri Lanka required 14 runs towin at that time.

The little bit of luck is whatLanka needed as they finallyregistered their first win afterlosing to New Zealand in thetournament opener.

The Mohammad Nabi-ledside though are proving to bereal challengers in their maid-en 50-over World appearancebut are yet to register a win intwo games.

ICC World Cup 2015: Sri Lankascrape past Afghanistan by 4 wickets

Somdev Devvarman retains Delhi Opentitle with win over Yuki Bhambri

RIO DE JANEIRO,FEB 22

Top seed anddefending champi-on Rafael Nadalslumped out of theATP Rio Open onSaturday, losing hissemi-final to ItalianFabio Fognini inthree sets.

Fognini, who hadlost his four previous meetings with the 14-time grandslam champion, won 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to Sunday`sfinal where he will play Spaniard David Ferrer.

Ferrer reached the trophy match earlier with a 7-5, 6-1win over Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurerin 1hr 24min.

Nadal, who only came off court at 3:30 am after hisovernight quarter-final win over Uruguayan PabloCuevas, was visibly fatigued as he allowed his earlymomentum to slip, crashing out after 2hr 17 min.

"I am very pleased as I played the best in the world onthis surface," said 28th-ranked Fognini.

Ferrer twice dropped serve against Haider-Maurer in atight opener on center court at the swish Rio Jockey Clubbut the Spaniard moved through the gears to break in the11th game and then motored through the second set.

The women`s final will pitch 16th-ranked Italian SaraErrani, the top seed, against 75th-ranked Slovak AnnaSchmiedlova on Sunday.

Errani came past fifth-seeded Swede Johanna Larsson7-5, 6-3 while sixth seed Schmiedlova shocked second-seeded Romanian hope Irina Begu 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Rafael Nadal loses in Rio semis

Every woman dreams of thick,silky, lustrous hair. So, if youwant to be the envy of all your

friends follow our TenCommandments, for beautifulhealthy hair.

Protect your hair

Yes, protection is one of the bestway to keep all your hair troubles atbay. Try to protect your hair fromextreme temperature, sun, dirt andpollution. These can be responsiblefor causing infection on your scalp,which will lead to hair fall, dandruffand other hairproblems.

Handle with care

After a shower, make sure youdon't brush your hair immediately, asthis can cause hair damage. Wet hairis weak and fragile. So, wait untilyour hair dries up and then gentlycomb your hair.

Condition your hair

To avoid frizzy hair, make sure youmoisturise your hair with a good con-

ditioner. After conditioning your hair,wash it off thoroughly and then allowit to air-dry.

Don't make hair styling a habit

Most hair styling products generatelots of heat, which can damage hair,if you them on a regular basis. Neveroveruse, your hair styling products,and always use a good hair serum, tominimise damage.

Avoid tying your hair tight

The more you twist and turn yourhairband, the more you will be dam-aging your hair. Instead, of tying yourhair all the time, leave it loose or usea headband or a clip.

Cleanse your hair thoroughly

The most important reason for hairfall is dandruff and an itchy scalp.Therefore, maintain optimum cleanli-ness, if you want to flaunt your hairin public.

Prepare your hair mask

Once a week, treat your hair to a

good hair mask, this will give yourhair some essential nutrients. Hairmasks are easy to prepare. Simplymash a banana, add some egg, mix itand apply it on your hair. Wash it offafter 30 minutes.

Eat right food

Besides, treating your hair to agood hair mask and conditioner, youalso need to give essential nutrientsfrom fresh fruits and vegetables. Eata balanced diet, this will help yourhair grow quickly and add lustre andshine.

Oil your hair

Make sure you oil your hair at leastonce a week. Oiling your hair once aweek is very important, as it boostsblood flow to the scalp. You caneither use coconut oil or almond oilto get shiny, thick hair.

Brush your hair regularly

Brush your hair, to spread the natu-rally present oil across the scalp. Thiswill help to add lustre and shine toyour hair.

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Acourt session ofSalman Khan’s hit-and-run case was

held on Friday. The prose-cution team of MumbaiPolice urged the court toorder the actor to presenthis driving license.Pradeep Gharat- the PublicProsecutor made thisrequest before D WDeshpande- the AdditionalSessions Judge. But thisapplication was opposedby Shrikant Shivade- thedefense lawyer.

The prosecution statedthat Salman did not have alicense when he negligent-ly drove into a bakery on28th September 2002. Inthe incident, three peoplewere injured and one per-son lost his life. Salmanwas then accused of driv-ing under the influence ofalcohol. An official from

the Regional TransportOffice testified before thetrial court. He said thatSalman did not have alicense in 2002. It was in2004 that he got his driving

license. Shrikant Shivadethen opposed the prosecu-tion when they urged thecourt to order the produc-tion of driving license.Shivade said that it was not

maintainable under theregulations of MotorVehicles Act. Then JudgeD W Deshpande declaredthat he will give a ruling onMonday.

Hit-and-run case: Prosecutionasks for Salman’s license

Good news for‘ D i l w a l eDulhaniya Le

Jayege’ fans. MumbaiMaratha Mandir hasdropped the plan to put acurtain down on thelongest running film in thehistory of Indian cinema,Kajol and Shahrukh Khanstarrer, ‘DDLJ’. Thedemand for the film andthe request from the fanshas finally compelled theMaratha Mandir manage-ment to drop their plan tostop the screening of theiconic romantic flick aftertwo decades.

No sooner, it wasannounced by the owner ofMaratha Mandir that theuninterrupted long runningKajol, Shahrukh starrerwill be stopped, microblogging sites are floodedwith requests to reinstatethe movie. The MarathaMandir phone did not stopringing ever since thenews was declared, "Ourphones have kept ringingfrom then. People havebeen calling and telling us,requesting us not toremove the show. Theywant to watch it even now.My team has been floodedwith phone calls after YashRaj called the film off thetheatre", confirmed ManojDesai, managing directorof the Maratha Mandir.

"Aditya Chopra is not inthe country right now andhe will be back onTuesday. So we will all sitfor a discussion and decidewhat needs to be done. But

for now, the film will runfor one more week. OnFriday morning too, wehad the show and it got atremendous response"

Crowd gathered in frontof Maratha Mandir to gettheir tickets on Friday."Today, there was a foot-fall of about 300 peoplefor the show. People wereclapping, singing andwhistling throughout theshow", Desai said.

"While leaving the the-atre, they spoke to themanager and told him,'Yeh film ko mat nikalo.Hum logo ne bohut baardekhi hai aur abhi bhibohut baar dekhenge'.They don't want it to end",he added. In the pressrelease issued by YRF, thetiming seemed to be theproblem between the twoparties.

"While the theatre man-agement was happy tocontinue the film for aslong as it continued todraw in the audiences,owing to logistical issuesof their staff having towork inordinately longhours to accommodate anadditional early morningshow, it was mutuallydecided to end the filmshistoric & record breakingrun", the press releasesaid.

The final decision wastaken only after meetingthe Yash Raj Films onWednesday.

However, the officialwebsite of YRF hasreleased an article, accord-ing to which the authori-ties have “decided toimmediately reconsidertheir decision. Given this,it has been mutually decid-

ed to continue the screen-ing in the same 11:30 ammorning show – withoutbreaking the uninterruptedrun of the movie.”

Yahoo! ‘DDLJ’ to continuescreening at Maratha Mandir

Badlapur’ bringsback the audiencesto the theaters! The

dry spell at Bollywoodbox office ends with thisfilm!

‘Badlapur’ clocks in animpressive Rs 7 Cr+ onopening Friday with solidgrowth in evening andnight shows. Superlativeword of mouth and reportswith a great start to thisspectacular film with bril-liant songs.

The film had been oneof the most awaited filmsof 2015. Both the criticsand the industry peopleare talking about theunique plot of ‘Badlapur’and Varun Dhawan's trans-formation from a 'Student'to a 'Hero'. SriramRaghavan's sheer excel-lence in cinema, hasserved a masterpiece thatwill be milestone in thegenre of thrillers.

Well! there is great news‘Badlapur’ has garneredRs 7Cr + & counting on itsvery first day, which isremarkable! Though beingan adult film, VarunDhawan has outdone him-self and given a brilliantperformance, he has beenreceiving rave reviews!and the film is said to dosteady business over theweekend, with a massivejump in collection owingto weekend. His more sogrey character is beingraved about by all theaudiences who have seenthe film.

‘Badlapur’ has broughtback the audiences to thetheaters and the film is

said to end the dry spell atBollywood box office, wecan say that with this filma good year has begun forthe film industry!!

Essaying the role ofRaghu, Varun Dhawan hasessayed a dark and seriousrole for the very first timein his career. NawazuddinSiddique plays a pivotalrole in the film and hisperformance is commend-able.

The music of the filmhas caught up massivelyand the audiences aregoing gaga over the tracksof the film. From therevengeful Jee Karda to

the soulful Jeena Jeenaevery song in the movieadds to the impact of thefilm. ‘Badlapur’ is arevenge drama with a psy-chological twist, and all inall a complete package ofa MUST GO WATCHFILM!!

Well! kudos to team‘Badlapur’ for such a fly-ing start, to find out howRaghu completes hisBadla, Catch Badlapur at acinema near you.

‘Badlapur’ produced byDinesh Vijan of MaddockFilms and ErosInternational is directedby Sriram Raghawan!

'Badlapur' mints in Rs 7crore on the very first day

Disrespecting women while rejoicing himself isHoney Singh’s hobby. The rapper finds utmostdelight in the senseless merriment he indulges in

while singing or rather blabbering equally senselesslyrics. He has once again proven his unmatched talent inthis foolishness with his latest video. With this newmusic video, Yo Yo Honey Singh shows how he justcan’t stop feasting his eyes on scarcely dress girls.Neither can he control his limitless urge to chatter awaythe witless lyrics that he proudly calls his rap songs.Meant just for the brilliant audience like the rapper him-self, the video has hit Youtube.

The latest 3 minute mockery is called ‘Birthday Bash’and makes one wonder who on earth would want such anonsensical bash for their birthday. Well, one who woulddefinitely want is no doubt Honey Singh. The song is fullof dumb lyrics that hardly constitute a proper song whenheard from the rapper’s mouth. Honey’s partner in thiscrazy show is none other than the lyricist Alfaz. Thelyrics make sure that Alfaz would be nominated andwould even secure a great position, beating the greatestof lyricists like Javed Akhtar. But sadly, he would behonored with the award titled The Most Idiotic Lyrics ofthe millennium.

Birthday Bash: Girls shakingbooty in Honey Singh’s new video

Kareena Kapoor Khangrabs eyeballs with heramazing fashion

sense, and of course- herhotness! This time, theactress preferred the cool tohot at a recent event. Bebowas seen at the launch ofone of the leading icecream brands of theworld. She launchedthe premium icecream brand Magnumin Delhi on 18thFebruary. Kareenawas seen wearing adazzling golden gown

at the occasion. The actress kept the accessories andmakeup to a minimum, but looked riveting with herhair tied back. She chose light pink lipstick to go with herfull-sleeved golden gown. She looked most elegant withthe updo and her neutral makeup.

She posed with Magnum-on-wheels at the launch. Asshe stood, she posed with an ice cream bar in her hand.Such an appeal is sure to draw swarms of customersto Magnum ice cream. She spoke at the event andrevealed how much she loved to chill with ice cream, “I am a true Magnum loyalist. Myinternational vacations are never complete without indulging in a bar of the ice cream.It’s made from pure Belgian chocolate and that, for me, is the ultimate pleasure. I’mexcited that it will now be available in Delhi.” Kareena has had an association with thebrand since the last year. “We started this association in 2014 when they offered me tobe the brand ambassador and now its been a year. The journey has been great. As a kidI always used to have Magnum ice-cream whenever we went abroad for vacations. So itwas quite an honour for me when they asked me to be the face of the brand after theycame to India. I am happy that they have continued their association,” she said.

GoldenKareenaKapoorbeats theheat withMagnum