GUWAHATIFive coaches and the

engine of a passenger trainderailed in Kokrajhar dis-trict of Assam in the earlyhours today, seriouslyinjuring its engine driver

and causing minor injuriesto some passengers.

Northeast FrontierRailway spokesmanJayamta Sarma said thatthe accident occurred

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'Kejriwal Only Wants Drama, We Believe inGovernance': Kiren Rijiju

BJP Has Restored the Credibility of the PrimeMinister's Office: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Salman Khan to leave for Dubaion May 26 for AIBA P8

HYDERABADAs Andhra Pradesh continues

to reel under heat wave, ChiefMinister Chandrababu Naiduon Saturday announced a com-pensation of Rs 1 lakh each to

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Chandrababu Naidu announcescompensation as heatwave kills223 in AP, T'gana; Delhi recordshottest day

BULANDSHAHRA man who had written a let-

ter to Prime Minister's Office(PMO) during ManmohanSingh tenure seeking financialhelp for the marriage of his twosisters, on Friday, claimed tohave received a cheque of Rs.

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25-Year-Old Teacher in UPGets Financial Aid FromPM Modi's Office

FARIDABADA woman was allegedly

raped by her friend severaltimes here, police said onSaturday.

In her complaint, the womansaid that she was raped byNitish Patel many times fromSeptember 2012, they said.

The woman met the accusedin July 2012 when he visited anoffice where she used to work

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Woman raped by friend

JALANDHARConstruction work for Ram

Temple at the disputed site inAyodhya would start "soon" andbe "completed during thistenure" of the present NDA gov-ernment, controversial VHPleader Sadhvi Prachi said onFriday.

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Ram Temple will be Completed During thisGovt's Tenure: VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi

NEW DELHIAs the Aam Aadmi Party gov-

ernment completes its 100 daysin office, Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal will hold a 'JanSamvad' at Central Park inConnaught Place on Monday.

CM Arvind Kejriwal-ledDelhi government will com-plete its 100 days in power on May 24. He was sworn

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Arvind Kejriwal to highlight AAPgovt's 100 days work on Monday

NEW DELHIAmid a raging row over exer-

cise of powers in Delhi, Centreon Saturday said that full state-hood rights cannot be given toDelhi government unless thereis a general consensus in thecountry on the issue as it is thenational capital.

"Whenever there will be general consensus in thecountry on giving full statehood status to the nationalcapital, it is possible. But till that is not done, full

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No statehood rights to Delhi unlessthere is consensus: Jaitley

AGRAIn a condemnable incident, a

child was found working at apress conference called byJunior Human Resource andDevelopment (HRD) ministerRam Shankar Katheria at his

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12-Year-Old ChildFound Serving Water atPress Conference byJunior HRD Minister

NEW DELHIFormer Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai onSaturday called on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi duringa transit halt in the nationalcapital and discussed with himthe recent developments in thatcountry.

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Ex-Afghan prezKarzai calls onModi

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 440CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 16%Wind: 13Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 410CPrecipitation: 20%Humidity:54% Wind: 18Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 390CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:50%Wind: 19Km/hr

NEW DELHIFinance Minister Arun

Jaitley said on Saturdaythat the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) is hopeful ofwinning the Biharassembly election laterthis year and termed theRashtriya Janata Dal-Janata Dal (United)coalition as "impracti-cal".

"Our party hopes towin the polls that are tohappen in Bihar soon. Animpractical coalition isset to try and stop us. Iam sure we, along withour allies, will come topower in Bihar," MrJaitley said in a press

conference in NewDelhi.

Stating that the BJPhad become the centralcore of Indian politics,Mr Jaitely said: "we areon the centre stage".

"Our party and ourcadre are proud of ourperformance," the senior

BJP leader said on theoccasion of one-year ofModi government,adding, "The last oneyear has been historic forBJP."

Stating that now therewas "clarity of direction"and "policy paralysis has

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'We Will Come to Power in Bihar':Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Engine Driver and SomePassengers Injured asTrain Derails in Assam

NEW DELHIPitching for removal

of superiority of oneparent over the other,the Law Commissiontoday recommendedjoint custody of minorsto both the parents incase of a divorce, say-ing Indian custody lawsmust change with times.

The Commission'srecommendations oncustody laws assumesignificance as in Indiathe idea of shared par-enting is still new to

custody jurisprudence."Neither the father

nor the mother of aminor can, as of a right,claim to be appointedby the court as theguardian unless such anappointment is for thewelfare of the minor," itsaid in its report sub-mitted to the LawMinistry on Friday.

It said wherever pos-sible, courts should nowgrant joint custody ofminors.

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CHENNAIAIADMK general sec-

retary J Jayalalithaa wassworn in as the chief min-ister of Tamil Nadu forthe fifth time onSaturday, within a fort-night of the KarnatakaHigh Court acquitting herin a corruption case.

Jayalalithaa, 67, wasadministered the oath ofoffice and secrecy byGovernor K. Rosaiah atthe packed MadrasUniversity CentenaryAuditorium.

The governor alsoadministered oath ofoffice to the council ofministers in two batches.Including herself,Jayalalithaa will head a29-member governmentin the 14th Tamil Naduassembly.

While droppingM.S.M. Anand, ministerfor forests, and

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Jayalalithaa becomes Tamil NaduChief Minister for fifth time

NEW DELHIGovernment on Saturday

decided to take steps toenhance engagement of over-seas Indians in a variety ofsocial development philantrop-ic projects.

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Law Panel For Joint Custodyof Child in Divorce Cases

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIThe Prime Minister-led

selection committee couldnot arrive at a decision onthe appointment of chiefs ofCentral InformationCommission (CIC) andCentral VigilanceCommission (CVC) at ameeting held in New Delhitoday.

There will be anothermeeting on the issue shortly,official sources said.

The meeting was con-vened at the PrimeMinister's residence and wasattended by Home MinisterRajnath Singh, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley,Leader of Congress party inLok Sabha Mallikarjun

Kharge, Minister of State forPersonnel Jitendra Singh andsenior officials of PMO.

The selection panel was tofinalise the names ofInformation Commissionersin CIC and Vigilance

Commissioners in CVC, thesources said.

The post of ChiefInformation Commissionerhas been lying vacant forover nine months. Rajiv

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PM Modi Chairs Meeting on KeyAppointments, No Decision Yet

NEW DELHIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi onSaturday congratulatedJayalalithaa on her takingoath as Chief Minister ofTamil Nadu.

"PM @narendramodi

congratulates Jayalalithaaji on taking oath as CM ofTamil Nadu and conveyshis best wishes to her &her team," said a post onthe PMO Twitter.

Jayalalithaa, AIADMKsupremo, was sworn in as

Chief Minister abouteight months after shewas forced to quit overcorruption charges.

Twenty eight ministerswere also sworn in at theceremony.

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Parents threaten to protest overClass IX govt school kids failingNEW DELHI

An association representing parents of children study-ing in Delhi's government schools on Saturday threat-ened to stage a protest outside the residence of ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal over a "disproportionatelylarge" number of Class IX students failing the annualexams.

The All India Parents' Association (AIPA) has writtena letter to Kejriwal apprising him that a large number ofClass IX students have failed to clear annual examina-tion in 2014-15, the outfit's president Ashok Agarwal.

"Incidents of suicide by failed students have also beenreported by newspapers. The Delhi government shouldconsider either promoting these students to Class X orat least giving them a second chance to clear the examsand should hold remedial classes for them in eithercase," he said.

The AIPA in its meeting held recently at Jantar Mantarhad decided to stage a protest demonstration at officialresidence of the CM on May 24, if no favourableresponse is received on the demands, Agarwal added.

13-year-old drowns in swimming poolin presence of lifeguardsNEW DELHI

A 13-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool ofa government school in east Delhi's Farsh Bazar area.

Mukul Sharma, a class eight student of DAV publicschool in Dayanand Vihar, had gone to Delhi govern-ment-run Babu Ram School to learn swimming alongwith his cousin Vikas last evening when the incidenttook place.

Police have registered a case against the life guardspresent at the swimming pool for alleged negligence,which they said led to the boy's death.

Mukul, the only child of his parents, lived in Delhi'sVishwas Nagar area with the family and had joinedswimming classes two days ago.

According to police, Vikas had decided to sit besidethe pool seeing it crowded but Sharma went into it.

"Around 30 minutes later, other swimmers broughthim out of the pool. He was rushed to GTB hospitalwhere he was declared brought dead. He apparentlydied due to drowning. The body has been sent for postmortem which would establish the exact cause ofdeath," said a senior police official.

Vikas has also alleged that the tutor was sitting at acorner while children were playing inside the pool.

"We have registered a case under Section 304(A)against two life guards - Bhaskar Kaushik and JaiSingh. Further investigations are underway," he added.

Brothers die in Delhi road accidentNEW DELHI

Two brothers died here and three of their friends suf-fered injuries when their car jumped a divider, hit anambulance and fell into a canal, Delhi Police said onSaturday.

The accident took place on Friday night nearDharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre ineast Delhi`s New Ashok Nagar area.

Deepak, 20, Pawan, 18, Kuldeep, 22, Ravish, 19, andSunny, 20 left their homes in a car for a joy ride, policesaid, adding that the driver lost control of the vehiclenear the hospital and it jumped the divider.

"After jumping the divider, the car hit an ambulanceand fell into a canal. Passers-by made a call to police,"said a police officer. Deepak and Pawan, both brothers,were declared dead after they were taken out of thecanal while Kuldeep, Ravish, and Sunny were dis-charged after first aid. All five were residents ofTrilokpuri area in east Delhi.

'Delhi out of heritage city race', her-itage lovers dismayedNEW DELHI

The decision to pull Delhi out of the race forUNESCO World Heritage City tag has left history andheritage lovers disappointed.

"It is an anti-climax. All our efforts have come tonaught. And to remove it at the last moment is an anom-aly," says INTACH Delhi Convener A G K Menon wholed a team in preparing a voluminous dossier for thenomination.

"We worked so hard on it since the conception of theidea. We conducted seminars, workshops, quizzes andtried to reach out to the young and the old of the city inour bid for the final goal. The government's decision isheart-breaking," he told PTI.

The Centre today said that the tag, if granted, will puta "lot of restrictions" on carrying out infrastructureworks in the national capital.

But, Menon said, "the area nominated is barely 1.5 percent of the total Delhi area. It was the pride which wewere aiming for through this recognition but only ifdecision-makers could understand the value of heritagepreservation."

Menon claimed that "the government took this deci-sion without consulting any of the other stakeholdersconcerned."

"We live in a democracy and it is a federal structure.At least we should have been consulted before finalis-ing the decision."

The efforts to get the coveted tag was initiated by theSheila Dikshit government which commissioned IndianNational Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)to prepare a dossier for the bid.

Delhi's bid for the prestigious tag was being seen as arole-model for "other historic cities to follow suit".

"But, now this shocking news will set a very badprecedence," former Regional Director (North) of theArchaeological Survey of India (ASI), K K Muhammedsaid.

"It has dashed the hopes of so many people, who havebeen working for preservation of heritage in the coun-try. It was supposed to be a moral booster for them, butinstead it is a sad commentary," he said.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIThe Aam Aadmi Party

government has called fora two-day emergency ses-sion of the Delhi assem-bly from Tuesday to dis-cuss the Home Ministry'snotification givingabsolute powers to theLieutenant Governor inappointment of bureau-crats and clarifying thathe need not "consult" thechief minister on subjectslike police and publicorder.

The decision was takenin a cabinet meetingchaired by Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwaltoday. The Assembly ses-sion was originally sched-uled for June.

Mr Kejriwal had retali-ated to the notification bythe Home Ministry,issued on Thursday, byaccusing the Centre of"betraying the people ofDelhi" and attempting toprotect corrupt officers.Reiterating his allegationof the BJP using theLieutenant Governor togovern Delhi by proxy, hesaid, "The Prime

Minister's Office acts likethe Queen of Englandused to, with theLieutenant Governor asViceroy." The BJP, hesaid, is trying to "runDelhi with three MLAs";his Aam Aadmi Party hasthe remaining 67 seats inthe state legislature.

Today, Union Minister

Kiren Rijiju hit back say-ing the AAP leader onlywants "drama" while theNDA governmentbelieves in governance.

"It's not worth respond-ing to Kejriwal who justwants drama. We don'tbelieve in drama but ingovernance," Mr Rijijutold reporters.

Mr Kejriwal and theLieutenant Governor,whose working relation-ship has never beensmooth, plummeted intotheir latest battle over anIAS officer described bythe Chief Minister as a"lobbyist for power com-panies". She was pickedby Mr Jung as Acting

Chief Secretary or thesenior-most bureaucrat inthe Delhi government.

Mr Kejriwal hasclaimed that an electedgovernment cannot besaddled with bureaucratsagainst its choice, a standthat has been backed byother heads of state gov-ernments.

Standoff with LG: Arvind Kejriwal callsemergency session of Delhi Assembly

NEW DELHIA day after Delhi Chief

Minister Arvind Kejriwalattacked the Centre, UnionMinister Kiren Rijiju todayhit back saying the AAPleader only wants "drama"while the NDA govern-ment believes in gover-nance.

Mr Kejriwal had yester-day accused the Centre ofattempting to run Delhithrough "backdoor" afterthe Home Ministry issueda notification givingabsolute powers to the LtGovernor in appointmentof bureaucrats and clarify-ing that he need not "con-sult" the chief minister onsubjects like police andpublic order.

"It's not worth respond-ing to Kejriwal who justwants drama. We don'tbelieve in drama but ingovernance," Mr Rijiju,who is Minister of State for

Home, told reporters on thesidelines of an event inNew Delhi. Mr Kejriwalhas been involved in a bit-ter fight with LG NajeebJung over transfer andpostings of bureaucrats inthe Delhi government.

Finance Minister ArunJaitley too had attacked the

AAP government, sayingthe people's experimenthas turned out to be "verycostly because governanceis not their political agen-da".

"Whatever is happeningin Delhi in last fewmonths, it seems comingdays may be painful. The

AAP government camefollowing a huge mandate.They should understandtheir responsibilities.People want governanceand not controversy. Sothey should understandtheir responsibilities andfulfill people's expecta-tions," he had said.

'Kejriwal Only Wants Drama, WeBelieve in Governance': Kiren Rijiju

NEW DELHIThe Centre`s notification placing

bureaucrats under the Lt.Governor`s administrative controlhas further intensified the turf warbetween Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal and Najeeb Jung,leaving legal eagles divided on theissue.

A section of lawyers felt there wasnothing wrong in the governmentissuing the notification with formerLok Sabha Secretary GeneralSubhash Kashyap saying what thegovernment has done is clarify theconstitutional position.

Others feel that it was an exerciseof power by the government whichmay not stand judicial scrutiny.

Holding that the issuance of thenotification was "absolutely justi-fied", jurist Shanti Bhushan said,"Only the Lt. Governor (NajeebJung) has the power to post andtransfer the bureaucrats on thedirection of the central government.Delhi government has no power atall (in this regard)."

"He (Kejriwal) should realize thatDelhi is a union territory adminis-tered by the central government"and the executive powers of Delhigovernment are limited, saidBhushan who was a union law min-ister in the post emergency Janatagovernment in 1977.

Agreeing with Shanti Bhushan,former judge of Delhi High courtand now a senior counsel in theapex court Rupinder Singh Sodhisaid: "I think Lt. Governor wasalways right and the power of serv-

ices (posting and transfer of bureau-crats) are always with the Presidentwhich are delegated to the Lt.Governor."

Sodhi said: "Unlike the stateswhere consultation by the governorwith the council of minister ismandatory, in case of union territo-ry it is a discretion which the Lt.Governor may exercise or not."

However, beyond the legalities ofthe issue, the former judge said thegovernment must function in amature manner under the constitu-tion and "Delhi government must berun in a gentlemanly way betweenthe two (Lt. Governor and the chiefminister). "Things have to be donecordially instead of taking a con-frontationist course," he added.

Taking a contrary view, seniorcounsels K.K.Venugopal andRajeev Dhavan disputed the validi-ty of the notification on the groundsof its constitutionality.

While Venugopal termed the cen-tral government notification as"unconstitutional and void", RajeevDhavan said, " These are unconsti-tutional. Such a change can only bemade by the paraphernalia and notby a notification."

Agreeing with Venugopal andDhavan, and describing theThursday notification as "illegaland unconstitutional", former solic-itor general and senior counselGopal Subramanium in his opinionto the Delhi government said that"It (notification) singularly lackspropriety when the President isseized of the issue."

Centre's notification in Kejriwal-Jungtussle leaves legal eagles divided

NEW DELHIDelhi BJP on Friday came

down heavily on ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal andalleged that he was creatingnew controversies and prepar-ing to again "run away" fromhis responsibilities on the "pre-text" of constitutional crisis inthe national capital. Earlier onFriday, in a frontal attack onthe Modi government, MrKejriwal accused it of trying torun Delhi through "backdoor"to protect the corrupt and saidit had "back-stabbed" the peo-ple of the city by issuing a noti-fication "siding" with theLieutenant Governor. "After

coming to power, the way inwhich Kejriwal is acting inchildish manner shows that hecannot fulfil the promisesmade to the people neithertoday nor in the next five yearsand hence he is creating newcontroversies and preparing toleave the Government on thepretext of constitutional crisis,"Delhi BJP chief SatishUpadhyay said.

Mr Upadhyay also said thatMr Kejriwal has the experienceof working as Chief Minister,is well educated and beforecontesting elections this timehe was well aware about thepowers of the elected

Government in Delhi."How strange it is that previ-

ously Kejriwal had resigned onthe issue of Lokpal only afterone and a half month this timehe is preparing to run awayfrom his responsibility on thepretext of Lt Governor," theBJP leader added. Hours afterthe Home Ministry issued thegazette notification saying itwas not mandatory for the LGto consult the Chief Ministeron matters like appointment ofbureaucrats, Mr Kejriwal saidit showed the nervousness ofthe BJP and the Centre over theanti-corruption efforts by hisgovernment.

Arvind Kejriwal Creating Controversiesto 'Run Away', Says BJP

Delhi Policeregisters twocases againstKumar VishwasNEW DELHI

Delhi Police has regis-tered two separate caseson complaints by DelhiCommission for WomenChief Barkha Singh overalleged inappropriatetweets on her by AAPleader Kumar Vishwasand in connection with thepurported misbehaviourby his supporters at aDCW press conference.

The first FIR was filedat Safdarjung PoliceStation in south Delhiwhile the second FIR wasregistered at IP EstatePolice Station in centralDelhi. Both the FIRs havebeen filed againstunknown personsalthough Vishwas will bemade a witness in the firstcase, police said today.

Barkha Singh had onMay 14 approached the LtGovernor and Delhi Policeseeking "stringent" actionagainst AAP leader KumarVishwas, alleging that hewas behind the posting ofa series of "inappropriate"and "objectionable" tweetson her.

NEW DELHITwo eminent lawyers

on Saturday termed"unconstitutional" and"illegal" the Centre'snotificatioAn givingabsolute powers to DelhiLt Governor in appoint-ment of bureaucrats andon subjects like policeand public order and saidthe Chief Minister'sauthority cannot beundermined.

After AAP governmentsought their opinion, con-stitutional expert KKVenugopal and formerSolicitor General of IndiaGopal Subramaniumquestioned the very foun-dation of the gazette noti-fication issued by theHome Ministry and won-dered whether it has req-uisite approval of thePresident.

In his opinion,Venugopal said if a dem-ocratically elected gov-ernment has been broughtinto power by the people,then the 'public servicesof the state' should becontrolled by the electedgovernment.

Giving a thoroughreview of the notificationlinking provisions in theConstitution andSupreme Court's ruling ina number of cases, hesaid the notification is"unconstitutional, illegaland void".

On appointment ofChief Secretary,Venugopal said"undoubtedly, the ChiefSecretary is the lynchpinof executive governance.He is to have the confi-

dence of the ChiefMinister and the Councilof Ministers, and so tooother secretaries to thegovernment.

"If government is givena Chief Secretary whoobeys the orders of theadministrator and not ofthe council of Ministersor the Chief Minister, thiswould be a sure recipe fordisaster."

The appointment ofsenior bureaucratShakuntala Gamlin asacting Chief Secretary byLG last week had trig-gered a full-blown warbetween the ruling AAPand the Lt Governor, withKejriwal questioning theLG's authority and accus-ing him of trying to takeover the administration.

In the notification, theHome Ministry said thatthe LG will have jurisdic-tion over matters con-nected with services,public order, police andland and he may consultwith the chief ministerwhenever he thinks nec-essary in issues of servic-es using his own "discre-tion". In his opinion,Subramanium said thenotification "is illegaland unconstitutional.Presumably, it has beenissued without the requi-site Presidentialapproval."

In a sharp reaction toissuance of the notifica-tion, Kejriwal accusedthe Centre of "back-stab-bing" the people of thecity by "siding" with theLt Governor and protect-ing the corrupt.

Centre's notification unconsti-tutional: Experts to AAP govt

Senior bureaucratAnindo Majumdarmeets Arvind KejriwalNEW DELHI

Senior bureaucrat AnindoMajumdar, who was removed asPrincipal Secretary from ServicesDepartment and GeneralAdministration Department (GAD),on Friday met Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal here. According to a seniorgovernment official, it was one-to onemeeting which lasted for around tenminutes. Majumdar was removed onSaturday by Kejriwal for issuing anorder notifying the appointment ofShakuntala Gamlin as the acting ChiefSecretary following a direction of LtGovernor Najeeb Jung.

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JAIPURTrain movement on the

Delhi-Mumbai tracks hasbeen disrupted sinceThursday evening whenthe Gujjars began theiragitation to demand fiveper cent reservation ingovernment jobs, withinthe legal limit of 50 percent.

The agitation has result-ed in cancellation anddiversion of many trainspassing through the route.Today, the August KrantiRajdhani Express sched-uled to depart from HazratNizamuddin Station inNew Delhi to MumbaiCentral has was cancelled.

A delegation of Gujjarcommunity would holdtalks with the government

at Bayana in Jaipur todayto discuss the issue of fiveper cent quota in jobs.

Gujjar leader KiroriSingh Bainsla took thedecision to hold talks withthe government yesterdayfollowing which the meet-ing was planned.

Mr Bainsla is not a partof the delegation whichwould hold talks with acommittee of three minis-ters, that comprises ofRajendra Rathore, ArunChaturvedi and HemSingh Bhadana.

"The meeting wouldtake place between theGujjar delegation andthree ministers at Bayanain the evening," IGBharatpur Biju GeorgeJoseph told PTI.

PATNASeven children were

injured on Saturday when abomb they found in a fieldin Bihar's Bhagalpur dis-trict accidentally exploded,police said.

The incident took placein Kathalbari in Bhagalpur,about 200 km from Patna.

"Some children, whowere playing in the field,found a bomb. As theywere not aware it was abomb, they hit it with abrick that resulted in theexplosion and injured

seven of them," Braripolice station officer-in-charge KK Akela said.

All the injured childrenwere admitted to a hospitalfor treatment.

NEW DELHIIn an apparent attack at

Congress' leadership creating aseparate power centre during theUPA regime, the BJP has said ithas restored the credibility, digni-ty, and stature of the PrimeMinister's Office during its one-year rule and the last word nowrests with the Prime Minister.

Addressing a press conference tomark the first anniversary of BJP-led government, senior BJP leaderand Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyasserted that the party has becomethe central pole of Indian politicsand the national polity will now beguided along pro-BJP and anti-BJP lines.

BJP also announced a host ofprogrammes including 5,000 pub-lic meetings across the country tomark the first anniversary of itsgovernment which all Union andstate ministers, party lawmakers,and office bearers will address.

Mr Jaitley also said minorities inthe country were safe and in thelast one year the government hasmade attempts to ensure there is nosocial tension.

He said that some incidents, likeattacks on churches were found tobe law and order issues, not com-munal ones.

"Today all such religious institu-

tions have been provided withsecurity, which was never there inthe past," he said.

On provocative statements madeby BJP leaders, Mr Jaitley said,they were told not to do so.

"The last year has restored thecredibility, dignity, and stature ofthe Prime Minister's Office. In thisgovernment, the last word belongsto the Prime Minister and that ishow it should be."

"(It was) UPA's attempt to

reduce the stature of PrimeMinister's position by setting uppower centre outside the govern-ment. We always felt such a sys-tem cannot continue in a democra-cy and we have reversed that," MrJaitley said.

He also said that the party andthe government together displayeda lot of coordination and there isenthusiasm among party workersacross the country.

"Our party and our cadres are

proud of our performance," heasserted.

"Policy paralysis has beenreplaced by quick decision-mak-ing process, reluctance has beenreplaced by decisiveness."

"There is clarity of direction inthe government. A very big changeis that corruption has beenreplaced by transparent gover-nance. Crony capitalism has beenreplaced by liberal policy-basedgovernance," he said.

BJP Has Restored the Credibility of the PrimeMinister's Office: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Vidisha, MadhyaPradesh: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is about tocomplete one year inoffice, and the response toone of his flagship scheme,the Jan Dhan Yojana,which aims at encouragingfamilies across India tohave at least one bankaccount, has been wellreceived. Madhya Pradeshachieved its target of 100per cent enrollment beforethe deadline.

In Vidisha district, wemet 48-year-old GangaramAhirwar and his wifeShyama who were at agovernment run bank tocollect their pin numbersfor their brand new debitcards issued under thePradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana. Gangaram, whohas never been to school,

works as a daily wagelabourer, but both he andhis wife understand thebenefits of enrolling underthe flagship scheme.

"I have started savingmoney from what I earn,the insurance money willhelp my children in casesomething happens to mealso I can get a loan,"Gangaram said.

Vidisha was the first dis-

trict of Madhya Pradesh toachieve 100 per centenrollments under JanDhan Yojana - three lakh37 thousand people arepart of this scheme now.The MP government alsofor the first time has givenfarmers compensation forcrop loss this year throughJan Dhan Bank accounts.

"The villagers were quiteenthusiastic about opening

accounts. The scheme isalready benefiting the peo-ple. We have given themcompensation for cropdamage in their Jan DhanYojana bank accounts,"said Vidisha Collector MBOjha.

What seems to be work-ing for this scheme is thehigh levels of awarenessabout it, even in remotevillages. Many whoalready have accounts, arethinking of opening a sec-ond one under the scheme.

"Many from my villagehave opened bank accountsunder the scheme. I did notenroll as I already had anaccount. But now I feel Ishould as there are a lot ofbenefits like loan insuranceetc. It's a good scheme,"said Ram Manohar Vermaof Rangai village.

Jan Dhan Yojana Gets Overwhelming Responsein Madhya Pradesh, But Challenges Ahead

7 Children Injured in Bihar Blast

Gujjar Protests Enters Third Day, Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express Cancelled

KOHLAPURIn a sharp rebuttal to Congress' crit-

icism of PM Modi for his foreigntrips, BJP chief Amit Shah today saidthat former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh had taken the sameamount of trips, only that people did-n't come to know about it.

"I hear people saying that NarendraModi is only interested in foreigntours and has made a number of tripsin a year. But I want to say thatModiji has undertaken the samenumber of tours as former PMManmohan Singh. The only differ-ence is that people never came toknow about his tours," Mr Shah saidhere while addressing a BJP stateexecutive meet.

Mr Shah was addressing a stateBJP executive meet in Kohlapurwhere he also said that even the"staunchest opponents of the NDAcannot accuse the government of cor-ruption".

"There was corruption to the tuneof Rs. 12 lakh crore during the UPAgovernment," he added.

Listing out the achievements of theModi government, Mr Shah said thatIndia's growth rate was proof enough

of it's good work."When Modiji undertakes a trip

abroad, thousands of Indians wait towelcome him and foreign nations areeager to do business with India," hesaid.

'Manmohan Singh Took As ManyForeign Trips as PM Modi But People

Didn't Come to Know,' Says Amit Shah

NEW DELHIAttacking the government over

non-implementation of 'One-Rank-One-Pension' (OROP)scheme, Congress Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi today said he will"pressurise" the Centre to act onthe issue at the earliest.

After meeting a delegationfrom the ex-servicemen cell ofthe party today, Mr Gandhi saidthe UPA government had madeprovisions for the scheme andhad even allocated money but theNarendra Modi governmentfailed to implement the scheme.

"One year has passed of theNDA government and it has notproceeded ahead with the issue.They (ex servicemen) hadknocked the doors of the govern-ment, but nothing materialised.

Army, Navy, Air Force take careof the nation, secure our borders,their demands should be met," hesaid.

Accusing the government of

failing to act on the scheme, MrGandhi said, "We had allottedmoney and also taken a decision.One year has passed and thisshould happen at the earliest. We

will pressurise the governmentand ask them to take a decision atthe earliest".

Former Minister of State forDefence and Congress leaderJitendra Singh accused the gov-ernment of being anti-soldier. Hesaid the UPA government firsttook an initiative on the issue in2006, then in 2009 and2013.

Mr Singh said the party fearsthat the government was "dilut-ing" some of the provisions.

"There were some discrepan-cies of about 10-20 per cent inthe OROP scheme. We evencleared that in 2014. We alsoensured that handicap personsand widows would get benefit.But it has been a year now andthe government has still not

implemented OROP. This gov-ernment is anti-soldiers (saininkvirodhi). We had sat on a dharnaat Jantar Mantar on February 1this year. We were given anassurance by the government thatthe problem will be solved inseven days, but nothing has hap-pened yet," he said.

OROP, a long standing demandof ex-servicemen's associations,relates to payment of uniformpension to defence forces person-nel retiring in the same rank withthe same length of service, irre-spective of their date of retire-ment.

Colonel (retd) B C Lagwal,head of the party's ex-servicemencell in Himachal Pradesh,demanded that the governmentexpedite the process.

'Our Government Sanctioned Funds, NDA Did Nothing':Rahul Gandhi on One-Rank One-Pension Scheme

MUMBAICriticising the Modi

government, which com-pletes one year in office onMay 26, over its "false"promises, MaharashtraCongress on Friday said itwould hold protestsagainst the Centre on theday and observe it as 'pun-yatithi' (death anniversary)of 'achhe din'.

Targeting the Centre,Maharashtra PradeshCongress Committee(MPCC) president AshokChavan told reporters inMumbai that the party willstage state-wide protestsagainst the Modi govern-ment for giving "false"promises to the people towin elections and not tak-ing steps to fulfilling themin the last one year.

"In the last one year, thegovernment has failed tocheck price rise, improveemployment generation,bring black money back,deposit Rs. 15 lakh in thebank account of every citi-zen, increase MRP of agri-culture produce, deal firm-

ly with terrorism as well aswith Pakistan and China asit had promised beforeelections," he said.

"On election campaigntrail, the BJP had promisedto bring 'achhe din' in 100days of coming to powerand now they are shame-lessly saying that there wasno time-frame," he alleged.

With Mr Modi as itsPrime Ministerial candi-date, the BJP had used theexpression 'achhe din aanewale hain' (good days arecoming) as a poll slogan inlast year's general elec-tions.

Mr Chavan said on May26, 2014, crude oil per bar-rel was USD 110 and theprice of diesel was Rs. 63and petrol Rs. 80 per litre.

"Today, the price of abarrel is 66 USD. Butdiesel costs Rs. 59 andpetrol Rs. 73 per litre," hesaid adding that the cost ofessential commoditieshave also gone up.

Mr Chavan noted that1,200 farmers have com-mitted suicides in the statethis year and the govern-ment does not seem to beserious about providingimmediate relief.

Maharashtra Congress toObserve May 26 as Death

Anniversary of 'Achhe Din'

WASHINGTONLauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for proposing new public health standards

for emissions from coal-fired power plants, former New York mayor MichaelBloomberg has said he is impressed by the Indian leader's commitment to build aclean energy future for India. "Congratulations to Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi for taking such a bold step toward his vision of 'Swach Bharat -- Clean India'by proposing new public health standards for emissions from coal fired powerplants," said Mr Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Cities andClimate Change. "The Prime Minister and I discussed the harmful effects of coal pol-lution on his visit to New York last fall, and on my visit to India last winter," he said.

The Environment Ministry has come out with a draft notification that proposesstringent pollution norms, to be implemented in two years, for coal-based thermalpower plants. Mr Bloomberg said, "I came away from both meetings impressed by hiscommitment to building a clean energy future for India while clearing its air, and thisnew proposal will go a long way toward achieving those goals, while also making amajor contribution to the battle against climate change."

Impressed by Prime Minister Modi's Commitmentto Clean Energy: Michael Bloomberg

BY ANJALI MODY

Every year multiple agen-cies, private and public,tell us that an unaccept-

able number of school-goingchildren at age 14 are function-ally illiterate and that their num-bers are not declining. Teachersand teaching, almost everyoneis agreed, are at the heart of thisproblem. Every year a tiny frac-tion of hopefuls clears theCentral Teacher Eligibility Test(CTET) or TET exams neces-sary to a get a teaching job in agovernment school. There aremassive teacher vacanciesacross the country and the ques-tion that those responsible forCTET are grappling with iswhether the tests to qualify as aprimary schoolteacher shouldbe at the class 10 level or theclass 8 level. Lowering alreadylow standards for qualifyingteachers in order to fill the mas-sive teaching vacancies is clear-ly not the solution to the prob-lem of low learning outcomes inschools. Changes in pedagogyand improvements in teachereducation, however, top the listof necessary changes if weexpect the trend to reverse anytime in the future.

A promising start

The Union governmentappeared to get off to a goodstart with the announcement ofa teacher education mission.The Prime Minister inauguratedthe mission with great fanfare,speaking of a “five-year train-ing course” and exportingteachers across the world “inlakhs”. His government, how-ever, allocated only Rs. 180crore a year for five yearstowards this goal. This worksout to less than Rs. 400 perexisting teacher per year — aderisory sum that suggests thePrime Minister is prone toflights of fancy and that hisgovernment has absolutely nounderstanding of the enormityof the problem. Combined withcuts across the board in the

Centre’s education spending,the message that the govern-ment appears to be sending isthat mass public education isnot its priority; it just hopes theState governments will dosomething about it.

School education is, in themain, the concern of State gov-ernments. But it was to addressthe failure of State governmentsand the huge regional dispari-ties that the Centre intervenedin the first place. From a univer-sal mid-day meal scheme toSarva Shiksha Abhiyan, centralallocations have been responsi-ble for vastly increasing studentenrolment, attendance and com-pletion. However, their focus onnumbers — the quantifiablegoals beloved of both politi-cians and bureaucrats — hasignored the larger issue oflearning or the quality of educa-tion. The next logical stage, forany government serious aboutmass education in the country,would be to devise a sustainablepolicy for improving teachingand learning standards acrossthe country. The HumanResource Development (HRD)Minister, however, reinforcedthe impression that this govern-ment does not grasp what is atissue when she told Parliament:“Insofar as budgetary cuts withregard to Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan, Mid-Day MealsScheme and RMSA [RashtriyaMadhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan]are concerned, as you know, inhigher education there has beenan increase in allocation.”Comparing apples and orangesis a clumsy bureaucraticdefence.

Sadly, bigger budgetary allo-cations for higher education,even if true, do not signal agreater understanding of whathigher education in India needs.Over the years the MHRD andits clerically minded agent, theUniversity Grants Commission,have fuelled a race to the bot-tom, reifying credentials over

an education, setting up newinstitutions rather than strength-ening existing ones, and deny-ing universities autonomythrough the capricious use oftheir powers.

In the last year, the MHRDand the UGC have done practi-cally nothing to change course,implementing policy proposalsof the previous government. Sothe opening of new IITs andIIMs in all States continuesapace, even as existing oneshave problems filling facultyvacancies and grapple withissues of quality in research andteaching. The Choice-BasedCredit System (CBCS) and theuniform curriculum that goeswith it have been in the MHRDpipeline for years. This govern-ment takes credit for pushing itthrough. Its grammatically chal-lenged announcement describesthe CBCS as “providing formore choices for students to optfor employable courses througha system of flexible credits….”And, the UGC justifies its needthus: “Because of the diversityin the evaluation system fol-lowed by different universitiesin India, students have sufferedacceptance of their credentials,at times across the universitysystem, as well as the employ-ment agencies.” And so, themost significant ‘new idea’ inhigher education in the coun-try’s premier universities isreduced to “employable credits”and credentials that “employ-ment agencies” can read.

Bureaucratic control

The one major policy decisionin higher education mooted bythis government has been therollback of the four-year under-graduate programme (FYUP),which, Delhi University, backedby the United ProgressiveAlliance-run MHRD, had put inplace. The manner of the roll-back was, however, entirely inkeeping with the style of thegovernment’s past. Less than a

month after the new govern-ment was sworn in, the UGC, inconsonance with the BJP’smanifesto promise, issued adirective overturning its ownendorsement of the FYUP. TheMinistry also persists with thesort of political interference andbureaucratic control over insti-tutions that in the first place settheir downward course — med-dling with appointments, fillingup positions with ideologicalallies, and undermining inde-pendent institutions.

There is no surer sign of alack of ideas at the top thancleverly named new schemesand tech-fixes. The governmentis, according to the Minister,putting its weight behindMassive Open Online Courses,with a programme calledSwayam (Study Webs of ActiveLearning for Young AspiringMinds). The expectation is thatthe IITs and IIMs will post lec-tures online, which studentswho have not made it into theseinstitutions can access, learnfrom and, if they choose, obtaina certificate on the cheap (“justRs. 500”, according to theMinister). MOOCs are a usefultool where learning levels arehigh and Internet penetration isnot restricted to less than a fifthof the population (mostly men),the majority of who access theInternet on a phone.

But, tech fixes — unmindfulof the access to and cost ofphones, computers and data —are a thing with this govern-ment. Schools can now posttheir students’ progress reportsonline, and parents can keeptabs on their children’s home-work and attendance via mobilephone messages. And theMinistry also hopes to give“free of cost” access to NCERTschool textbooks via a mobilephone app.

The government has alsobegun what it claims is an“inclusive, participatory and

holistic” consultation for itspromised New EducationPolicy, through a website calledmygov.in. The website hasreceived suggestions and com-ments from between 300 and1,000 people (mostly men) ontwenty-two, sometimes overlap-ping, themes listed for discus-sion. In parallel, the Ministryhas set up a seven-tier consulta-tion starting with village educa-tion councils and ending with anational task force. The scale ofthe consultation (2.75 lakh vil-lage meetings to be held on oneday, 6,600 block level meetings,etc.) is designed to impress. Butlike the mygov.in exercise, justthe appearance of a wide con-sultation seems to be the goal.VECs, Block EducationOfficers, and the like areresponsible for administrativesupervision of programmes likethe SSA and are not concernedwith pedagogy or teacher train-ing or student learning. Thisentire exercise reeks of bureau-cratic inventiveness — to createa sense of purposefulness in theabsence of real purpose or toobscure processes whose out-comes will be delivered as a faitaccompli. Either way, we willnot know until the end.

A year is perhaps not longenough to make an assessmentof a government’s achieve-ments. But it is long enough tojudge whether the governmenthas set a forward course or if itis meandering without purpose.The HRD Minister is a consum-mate public performer, present-ing her Ministry in the mediaand in Parliament as purposeful,and herself as a facilitator of thePrime Minister’s ideas. Thetrouble is the Ministry is pur-posefully involved in bureau-cratic processes and the PrimeMinister appears to have nogood ideas. It looks like thisgovernment’s education policyis stuck in byways, with no clueof how to get out.

(Anjali Mody is a freelancejournalist and researcher )

Sunday | May 24, 2015

Last week, when nine well-known media housesbegan publishing directly to Facebook, allowing thesocial media giant’s 1.4 billion users to read stories

then and there, those in the embattled media industry wouldhave felt relieved and uneasy at the same time. Relieved,because of what, on the face of it, seems to be a sweet dealfor all the nine publishers that are part of Facebook’s directpublishing feature, Instant Articles. The New York Times,National Geographic, BuzzFeed, NBC, The Atlantic, TheGuardian, BBC, Spiegel Online, and Bild can sell advertise-ments on their own and keep all of those revenues.Alternatively, they can allow Facebook to sell and still keep70 per cent of the proceeds. For an industry that is strug-gling with the aftermath of the digital disruption, this is awelcome revenue-raising opportunity. According to the PewResearch Center’s State of the News Media 2015 report,revenues from print advertising fell in 2014 over the previ-ous year while revenues from digital advertising grew. Thecatch: the good showing of digital wasn’t even nearly goodenough to make up for print’s shortfall. In the U.S., printadvertising dollars fell by nearly a billion while digital dol-lars just about managed a growth of 100 million. Still, it isdifficult not to feel uncomfortable about Facebook’s grow-ing clout as a distributor of news. Top publishers are alreadyon board Instant Articles, and more are itching to followsuit. Their websites could increasingly become less rele-vant. As more and more publishers join it, each of themindividually will need Facebook more than it needs them.But avoiding a partnership with Facebook, as some publish-ers have suggested they would, isn’t a wise thing to do. Asthe Pew Research Center’s report put it, nearly half of thosesurveyed said they had accessed news on politics and gov-ernment on Facebook in the week before. Also, the platformattracts roughly a fourth of the display advertisement rev-enues and more than a third of mobile display advertisementrevenues. This is in sharp contrast to the experience of newsorganisations in garnering digital revenues. BefriendingFacebook now is a no-brainer, especially given that publish-ing houses long ago ceded control of news distribution totechnology firms. They have only themselves to blame.What they ought to ensure now is not to become toodependent on any one platform, even as they continue tobuild their identities both online and offline. Fortunately forthe publishers, the likes of Snapchat, Facebook’s promisingrival which has managed to woo the youth, do seem to givethe hope that the publisher-distributor relationship wouldn’tbe one-sided.

BY NAMAN P. AHUJA

Typical of the month of April,we’ve just had another biground of transfers of bureau-

crats, among them being the DirectorGeneral (DG) of the NationalMuseum, Delhi. Transfers are oftendone as a matter of routine. Perhapsthe Appointments Committee of theDepartment of Personnel andTraining, or the decision-makers inthe Prime Minister’s Office, has notbeen quite aware of the difficult his-tory the National Museum has hadwithout effective leadership foryears, and how such rapid transfersprevent this prestigious institutionfrom getting an opportunity to reviveitself.A misunderstood role

If the government particularlyrequires this DG’s services in anotherMinistry as a matter of priority, thenshould it not also consider the lacunait will leave in the nation’s most sig-nificant cultural repository? Onewonders if it has quite thoughtthrough how difficult it will be tofind a replacement immediately. Ordoes it imagine that the nation’s apexcultural institution can be lookedafter as an additional charge by anyone of the bureaucrats in the Ministryof Culture? It has been an impossiblyhard position to fill — it has lainvacant for long passages betweenvarious stopgap attempts at findingsuitable directors. Thus, the matter isabout how the very position of theNational Museum’s director is to betreated. Civil servants remainemployees of their Central govern-ment service first and foremost, andthe government can have them shunt-ed out on a whim, without a replace-ment in place or a deputy/additionaldirector to take over, or a strategicperiod of overlap with the next direc-tor to ensure a smooth handover. Thepredictable result is that a museumwhich has only just managed to starttaking steps back to normality, willbe left abandoned yet again. The roleof the museum and its director con-tinue to be misunderstood by govern-ments that have, time and again,demonstrated their inability to grasp

the rather specialised nature of theseinstitutions.

The quantum leap in mediaresponse and visitor numbers in thepast year signals the beginnings of animportant turnaround of a museumwhere the calibre of its moribundstaff had previously left everything tobe desired. Several of its galleriesthat have been shut for yearshave been reopened, andsystematic invento-ries of depart-ments thathave beenresistantto takes t o c ko ft h e i rhold-i n g sh a v eb e e ninitiated.The ball hasjust startedrolling for thetakeover of thosenational assets by youngercurators from older, retired ones.The museum has now started invitinginteresting exhibitions; mattersregarding the conservation of her-itage are being debated here alongwith intellectual discussions aboutthe meaning and diversity of culturalheritage.

This turnaround has been broughtabout in an institution which has beendeeply set in its ways, and we allknow that several attempts by previ-ous directors over the past decade ormore have not had this kind of suc-cess.

It is a rare thing to have civil ser-vants in the country who care enoughabout their postings in departmentslike Archaeology and Museums towant to stay on in those portfolios.However, this is not against the selec-tions of DGs from the IAS per se. Infact, the tenure of Dr. VenuVasudevan, the DG who has just beenasked to demit office, has demon-

strated this: that the museum andsuch institutions often need a strongadministrator sufficiently au fait withthe malaise in the system to be able toroot it out or at least sidestep it aswell as to be a participatory leaderrallying diverse stakeholders.

This is a

larger issueabout where the nation wishes toposition the DG of its NationalMuseum. A DG in Delhi normallyreports to any one of three joint sec-retaries in the Ministry of Culture! Asan astute New York-based museumadministrator who was once beingconsidered for the post famouslyquipped; “When Mrs Obama wantsto come to my Museum at the Met,her office calls the museum’s directorstraight. When the wife of an IndianPrime Minister wants to visit theDirector of the National Museum ofIndia, her office deals with no lessthan seven offices, before they canmeet officially!” The BritishMuseum is a non-departmental pub-lic body governed by 25 trusteeswhom the director turns to for ratifi-cation of most intellectual matterswhile rendering accounts to theSecretary, Department of Culture,Media and Sports through which it is

funded. America has an incorporatedAssociation of Art Museum Directors(AAMD) which protects the ethics ofthe museums, while each museumhas its own trustees and autonomy onits finances, salary scales, pensionsand insurance matters. In each case,the trustees or the incorporated asso-

ciation ensure/st h e

n e c e s -sary intellectual and

administrative autonomy required fortheir museums to withstand the vicis-situdes of changing political andmedia allegiances. If we want to beregarded as seriously as the super-powers, should we not pause to con-sider with what respect they protectthe keepers of their cultural heritage?

No doubt there are details in thosecountries which aren’t perfect either.Perhaps, with the right intervention,India can set a better example. Britishmuseums were dominated by thestate till major acts in 1963 and 1992reformed their status and gaveheightened autonomy to the Tate, theVictoria and Albert (V&A) Museumin London, and, above all, the BritishMuseum. Spain’s situation too hasbeen evolving, and now the Pradohas managed to win an extraordinaryamount of autonomy for its function-ing.

A significant profile

The fact remains that the rapidchange of officers in these portfoliosdoes not permit for any substantialinstitution-building. Apart from thatinstitution’s development, some-times, where a few nodal institutionsaccount for the majority of thenation’s interest in that industry (his-

torical art and heritage being acase in point), it affects the

entire field with mas-sive potential losses.

The stakeholdersin this institu-

tion rangefrom every-one who is inthe artworld, themedia and

t o u r i s mi n d u s t r i e s ,

apart from intel-lectuals and educa-

tionists. Thus, theposition is one that can

have a massive public pro-file, provided that there is the right

person in the job.

The economic worth of this portfo-lio includes crores worth of irreplace-able art. Like all assets, the commer-cial value of the fortune needs spe-cialist care and profiling. Museumslike the Metropolitan in New York orthe V&A in London make huge prof-its by using their original artworks assources of inspiration for artists anddesigners whose works are kept intheir glittering shops. These muse-ums also have a significant profile ofthe highest quality of research andpublishing at an academic and popu-lar level. And the deepening of theresearch and dissemination of theircollections gives the museum a rolein society that is far beyond one ofany immediate financial worth. Itscurrent value is always to be judgedagainst its potential and severalmuseums across the world haveleveraged their historical collectionsto create a degree of public participa-tion profoundly impacting peoples’

sense of their selves and identities.

For a policy change

As much as museum personnel pre-serve peoples’ histories and memo-ries, every single one of the objects inthat collection has its own history andits own biography. Its personnel haveto be able to read the thousand wordsthat every picture tells, and be able toreflect to its audience, the centuriesof learning of a civilisation that eachobject encapsulates. This comes fromyears of patient engagement with col-lections, with a continuity of scholar-ly involvement and, above all, a lovefor the objects.

Museums of historical artefacts inIndia have a difficult role to play inour times. In a country where per-ceived ideas of “tradition” outweighthe “facts” of history, museums areoften the only places which canmaintain evidence of times past. Thisonerous responsibility requires a con-sidered and substantial knowledge ofthe interface of aesthetics and historywith politics and media. With such asignificant role to play, why arearchaeology and the museums notlooked upon as serious enough port-folios? What will it take to bringabout a change in perception andmore respect from politicians and thebureaucracy for these positions? Andwhat will it take to bring greater pro-tection to these vulnerable institu-tions? This will need a strategic poli-cy change that lends the museum notjust autonomy in its intellectualwork, but its director a higher andmore thought-out role in government.This requires the intervention of theCabinet Secretary, Parliament and theUnion Public Service Commission —three offices that remain quitedivorced from matters concerningculture — and who have shown alack of involvement in finding waysto grant such institutions their auton-omy and rules to govern their highestoffices.

(Naman P. Ahuja is Professor,Indian Art and Architecture,

Jawaharlal Nehru University.)

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The economic worth of this portfo-lio includes crores worth of irreplaceable art.

Like all assets, the commercial value of the fortuneneeds specialist care and profiling. Museums like theMetropolitan in New York or the V&A in London make

huge profits by using their original artworks assources of inspiration for artists and designers

whose works are kept in their glitter-ing shops.

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Jayalalithaabecomes...

P. Chendur Pandian (without any port-folio) in the O. Panneerselvam cabinet,she retained all other ministers withoutchanging their portfolios.

Jayalalithaa would, among others, lookafter the home and general administrationdepartments.

Panneerselvam will continue to hold thefinance and public works portfolios.

The colour green dominated at theswearing-in as Jayalalithaa`s saree, thering on her finger with a big green stoneand the backdrop of the stage were all ingreen.

Her close aide Sasikala too wore a greensaree.

It was not immediately clear why all thiswas in green, though it is said to be one ofJayalalithaa`s favourite colours.

The swearing-in also created an avoid-able controversy after a short version ofthe national anthem was played on theoccasion.

Before the ceremony, it was announcedthat the shorter version of the nationalanthem would be played followed byTamizh Thai Vazhthu (Invocation toMother Tamil).

To the surprise of many, just two linesof the national anthem -- the first line andthe last line -- were played and it was fol-lowed by Tamizh Thai Vazhthu.

After all the ministers were sworn in,the full version of the national anthemwas played.

On both the occasions, when the nation-al anthem was played, people present inthe auditorium stood in silence.

According to a former bureaucrat, play-ing the shorter version of the nationalanthem was not wrong and was permissi-ble.

State government officials were notavailable for clarification.

Another unique aspect was the swear-ing-in of the council of ministers in twobatches of 14 members each, afterJayalalithaa took oath.

The mood at the venue was festive andthe joy was infectious.

Members of the AIADMK were allsmiles though the event ended very quick-ly.

This was quite in contrast to the highlyemotional swearing-in of Panneerselvamas chief minister last year following theconviction of Jayalaltihaa by a Bengalurucourt.

Panneerselvam, who had then replacedJayalalithaa as chief minister, and his cab-inet colleagues wept openly during theswearing-in ceremony at the time.

A large number of people from variousparts of the state lined both sides of theroad starting from Jayalalithaa`s resi-dence till the venue of the swearing-in.

Pon Radhakrishnan, the union ministerof state for road transport, shipping andhighways, and other leaders such as H.Raja, L. Ganesan, and Sarathkumarattended the ceremony.

From the movie world, actorsRajinikanth, Prabhu, Gundu Kalyanam,music director Illayaraja and othersattended the function.

Special prayers were offered in templesby AIADMK cadres.

The AIADMK had won the 2011 assem-bly election and Jayalalithaa was subse-quently sworn in as chief minister.

In September 2014, she was disqualifiedafter a Bengaluru court sentenced her to afour-year jail term and fined her Rs.100crore in an 18-year-old disproportionateassets case.

The Karnataka High Court upheld herappeal and acquitted her of all charges.

AIADMK lawmakers, at a meeting atthe party headquarters on Friday, electedJayalalithaa as leader of the legislatureparty.

Subsequently, Panneerselvam resignedas chief minister, as did his council ofministers. Governor Rosaiah then invitedJayalalithaa to form the government.

PM Modi congratu-lates...

Modi had also congratulatedJayalalithaa soon after she was acquittedby the Karnataka High Court in the dis-proportionate assets case.

PM Modi Chairs..Mathur's term as chief of the transparen-

cy watchdog ended on August 22, 2014.Besides, there is a vacancy of threeInformation Commissioners in the CIC.

As per Right to Information Act, theCIC has one chief and 10 InformationCommissioners.

In CVC, Central VigilanceCommissioner Pradeep Kumar andVigilance Commissioner JM Garg hadcompleted their term on September 28 andSeptember 7, last year, respectively.

The CVC is headed by a CentralVigilance Commissioner and has twoVigilance Commissioners. Rajiv, a formerDirector General of Central IndustrialSecurity Force, is acting as interim chiefof the transparency watchdog.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi hadcriticised Prime Minister Narendra Modiover the issue of vacant posts of CIC andInformation Commissioners.

We Will Come...been fought down", Mr Jaitely said,

"Corruption has been replaced by trans-parent governance" and "crony capitalismhas been replaced by liberal policy."

He also said the last one year has"restored the credibility, stature of thePrime Minister's Office".

Engine Driver ...between Salakati and Basugaon at 5.15

am as the 55753 UP Sifung passengertrain was about to negotiate a bridge.

All the passengers of the train comingfrom Alipurduar in Bengal to Guwahatiwere transshipped from the accident site,Mr Sarma said.

While the engine driver was admitted tohospital, the passengers with minorinjuries were given first aid, thespokesman said.

As the railway track was blocked due tothe derailment, other trains might bedelayed, he added.

Law Panel...Recommending changes in the Hindu

Minority and Guardianship Act and theGuardians and Wards Act, the panel saideven after the Supreme Court's judgementin Gita Hariharan vs Reserve Bank ofIndia case, the mother can become a natu-ral guardian during the lifetime of thefather only in exceptional circumstances.

"This is required to be changed to fulfilthe principles of equality enshrined inArticle 14 of the Constitution," the lawpanel said.

The Commission said the amendmentsare necessary in order to bring these lawsin tune with modern social considerations.

Major amendments are recommended tothe Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, byintroducing a new chapter on custody andvisitation arrangements.

It said amendments to the Guardiansand Wards Act, 1890 will be relevant forall custody proceedings, besides any per-sonal laws that may apply.

The two draft bills proposed by thepanel to amend the existing laws also dealwith removal of preference for the fatheras the natural guardian under Hindu law.It says that both parents be granted equallegal status with respect to guardianshipand custody.

Ram Temple...would start soon. It would be completed

during the tenure of the current NDA gov-ernment," she told reporters at the side-lines of BJP Dalit Morcha NationalExecutive meet.

She said the final decision in this regardwould be taken in the two-day meeting ofthe VHP's Kendriya MargdarshakMandal.

"The two-day Kendriya MargdarshakMandal meet starts on 25th of this monthat Haridwar. Final decision about RamMandir's construction would be taken inthis meeting," Ms Sadhvi said.

Asked about her controversial remarksover Salman Khan's bail in hit-and-run-case, Ms Sadhvi insisted, "Malegaonblasts accused Sadhvi Pragya was deniedbail, rape victim nurse Aruna did not getjustice for 42 years and she died, howcome Salman got the bail so easily."

Ms Sadhvi had earlier allegedly saidthat Salman was granted bail as he was a"Khan".

Ms Sadhvi said she was not rapped byher organisation for the remarks.

She also criticised the BJP-SAD gov-ernment in Punjab for "discriminatingagainst" Dalits.

"The SAD-BJP government in Punjabdiscriminates against Dalits. This discrim-ination is not restricted to common manonly but it's meted out to ministers aswell," she claimed.

"Sarwan Singh Phillaur, a Dalit minis-ter, was asked to resign after his nameappeared in the Enforcement Directorateinvestigation in the drug smuggling case.But another minister Bikram SinghMajithia was given 'clean chit' despitebeing summoned by the agency for inter-rogation in the case," Ms Sadhvi said.

No statehood...statehood rights cannot be given to the

state government," Finance Minister ArunJaitley said.

He was asked about BJP's views ongranting full statehood to Delhi, as prom-ised by it in the past.

He, however, noted that the confusionover rights exercised by the Centre andthe elected government would lead to

"offices being shut down" and to avoidthat the Home Ministry had issued theclassificatory notification yesterday.

"If there is confusion, then offices willbe locked. And to ensure offices are notshut, it is Centre's responsibility to clarifyand Home Ministry has fulfilled thatresponsibility by issuing a classificatorynotification to make it clear what rightsrest with the Centre and what with theelected government," he said.

On the ongoing controversy between theLt Governor and chief minister ArvindKejriwal over appointment of officers, hesaid people of Delhi were waiting for gov-ernance by the elected government evenafter 100 days of being in power.

"The elected government should striveand the public is waiting for 100 days thatwithin the domain of those rights, it initi-ates steps to provide governance inDelhi," he said.

The Minister said Delhi is a UnionTerritory, which is today's constitutionaltruth and Union Territories are under theCentre, but Delhi and Puducherry thathave elected governments have separatearrangements, where some constitutionalrights have been given to them.

The rights not given to their electedgovernments rest with the Centre andthose rights are exercised by the LtGovernor, he said, adding that there is noscope for any grey area.

The Centre yesterday put its weightbehind Delhi LG who has been givenabsolute powers in appointment ofbureaucrats and he need not "consult" thechief minister on subjects like transfer ofsenior officers, police and public order.

Arvind Kejrial Government hadattacked the Centre over the notification,accusing it of trying to rule Delhi throughthe backdoor and protect the corrupt.

Arvind Kejriwal ...in as Chief Minister along with his six

ministers for the second time on February14, 2015.

During Jan Samvad, the AAP convenorwill highlight 100 days' accomplishmentsof his government.

The 100 days of AAP government hadseen a split in AAP after two of its promi-nent leaders, Prashant Bhushan andYogendra Yadav, were expelled from theparty.

Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP achievedlandslide victory in Delhi AssemblyElections 2015. The AAP won 67 seatsout of the total 70 seats of DelhiAssembly, reducing the BJP to three seatsand Congress to zero.

After coming to power, Kejriwal hadassured the people that his governmentwill root out corruption from Delhi andalso reduce the power and water tariffs.

ChandrababuNaidu...

the kin of those who have died of sun-stroke. “We are announcing Rs 1 lakh ascompensation for each victim of heatwave,” ANI quoted Naidu as saying.

He further said, "The toll so far due toheat wave in Andhra Pradesh may be over100."

However, officials have so far con-firmed that the heatwave has claimed atleast 223 lives.

While 128 persons have died inTelangana, the toll increased to 95 inAndhra Pradesh, where 15 more personssuccumbed to the heatwave, senior offi-cials said.

Earlier in the day, severe heat wave con-ditions have been reported in both AndhraPradesh and Telangana.

According to officials, 40 persons losttheir lives in Prakasam district of AndhraPradesh followed by Visakhapatnam 12and Srikakulam eight while in Telangana,28 persons died due to heat wave inNalgonda district followed by 22 deathsin Karimnagar and nine in Khammam dis-trict.

The toll pertains to the period from May18 till last evening for Andhra Pradeshand April 15 till the last evening forTelangana, the officials added.

Severe heatwave conditions prevailedover parts of Adilabad, Warangal,Hyderabad, Khammam, Mahabubnagar,Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Karimnagardistricts of Telangana.

Elderly people, daily wage labourers,beggars and people living on footpathshave been the worst hit.

The Hyderabad Meteorological Centrehas warned that severe heat wave condi-tions may continue for three more days inboth the states.

Khammam in Telangana today sizzled at48 degrees Celsius, the highest tempera-ture in the state this season. This alsobroke a 68-year-old record in Khammamwhen the town had recorded 47.2 degreeCelsius in 1947.

Nalgonda, Nizamabad andRamagundem also sizzled at 47 degreesCelsius. Mahabubnagar and Adilabadrecorded 45 degrees and Hyderabad 44degrees.

The south coastal Andhra region borethe brunt with many places recording

three to five degrees higher temperaturethan normal. A maximum temperature of47 degrees was recorded at Nandigamaand Vijayawada.

The heatwave, attributed to dry windsblowing from the north, has badly hit nor-mal life in both the states. Streets in manytowns wore a deserted look as people pre-ferred to stay indoors to escape the sun'sfury. Traffic was thin on the roads ofHyderabad during day time.

Heatwave conditions, Thursday, pre-vailed over some parts in the districts ofKrishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore ofCoastal Andhra Pradesh and Chittoor ofRayalaseema.

The maximum temperature of 46degrees Celsius was recorded atNandigama, they said, adding heat waveconditions would continue till tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Delhi recorded its hottestday of this summer at 44.5 degreesCelsius, five notches above the normal.However, the weatherman hinted at thelikelihood of some relief in the form ofdust storms or thunderstorms tomorrowacross northern India.

The heatwave also intensified in Odishaas the mercury inched above the 40-degree mark at 19 places in the state whilethree more deaths due to the swelteringconditions were reported today, taking thetoll to 26, said the office of the specialrelief commissioner.

Titlagarh recorded the highest maxi-mum in the state at 46.2 degrees whileJharsuguda and Bhawanipatna recordedhighs of 46 degrees. The Odisha state cap-ital of Bhubaneswar sizzled at 42.7degrees.

Back in the northern plains, UttarPradesh saw the mercury cross the 41degree mark in most of the districts.Allahabad recorded the highest maximumin the state at 47 degrees, which was fivenotches above the normal, followed byBanda at 46.6 degrees, Varanasi (45.8degrees) and Sultanpur (45.6 degrees).

UP capital Lucknow saw the maximumtouch 44.4 degrees even as weather offi-cials forecast rain/thundershowers at iso-lated places along with dust storms andthunderstorms accompanied by squallstomorrow at other areas of the state.

The two neighbouring states of Punjaband Haryana, too, reeled under the heat-wave.

Bhiwani in Haryana witnessed a high of45.2 degrees, four notches higher than thenormal, while Hisar saw the maximum goup to 44.7 degrees.

The Union Territory of Chandigarh,which was hit by a dust storm thisevening, recorded the season's hottest dayso far at 43.4 degrees.

In Punjab, Amritsar saw the mercurysettle five notches above the normal at43.6 degrees while Ludhiana sweat it outat 43.5 degrees.

The MeT office has forecast duststorm/thunderstorm accompanied withsqualls at wind speeds exceeding 45-kmph at isolated places in Haryana andPunjab over the next two days.

The desert state of Rajasthan sawJaisalmer recording the highest maximumat 46.5 degrees followed by Kota with ahigh of 45.4 degrees as heat wave condi-tions prevailed at a few places in the Kotaand Bikaner divisions and in isolatedareas of Jodhpur division.

The heat wave conditions are likely tocontinue in isolated pockets of Rajasthaneven as a thunderstorm is likely at someplaces in the state in the next 24 hours, theMeT office said.

There was slight respite from the heat-wave in the Vidarbha region ofMaharashtra as the temperatures droppedin several areas even though Chandrapurrecorded a high of 47 degrees.Chandrapur had yesterday recorded amaximum of 47.6 degrees.

Nagpur, which had recorded a high of47 degrees for two consecutive days earli-er this week, today saw the mercury settleat 45.1 degrees.

25-Year-Old...50,000 from the PMO.25-year-old Manjit, a teacher in private

college, said that the cheque is attachedwith a cover letter addressed to him andsigned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,wishing bright future for his sisters.

Mr Manjit, the resident of Jatpura vil-lage, had sent the letter last year stating heearns Rs. 2,200 per month teaching in aprivate college in a nearby village ofKhadana.

In the letter, he had said that he has nomeans to get his two sisters married.

He had urged the PM either to get him asuitable job, or remit funds enough tomarry both his younger sisters, or arrangedowry items needed for the marriage.

Mr Manjit said though he appreciatesthe PM's gesture but the amount is notsufficient.

He claimed that he had demanded Rs.3,64,000 to meet the marriage expenses.

Woman raped ...then. They became friends and in

September 2012 Nitish went to her houseto meet her.

After talking for a while, he asked her tomarry him.

The woman, a divorcee, refused but theaccused kept insisting.

He then raped her when she was homealone, police said.

A few days later, he called her up andwanted to have a physical relationshipwith her.

On her refusal, he said that he hasfilmed the incident and would make thevideo public if she does not agree to hisdemand. She then agreed to his demand,she said in the complaint filed yesterday.

Later, Nitish demanded Rs 1 lakh topurchase a flat. When she refused, hethreatened to upload the video online,police said.

The victim then paid him Rs 50,000 bycheque.

Post this incident, the woman shifted tovarious places but the accused kept fol-lowing her.

She alleged that in April this year, theaccused again raped and blackmailed her,asking her to pay Rs 5 lakh while offeringto return the video CD.

The victim, however, didn't pay theamount.

A case was registered against theaccused with Old Faridabad police stationunder relevant sections of the IPC today.

Police have started investigating thecase, investigating officer InspectorKrishna Devi said.

12-Year-Old...house in Agra on Friday.The minister had invited the press on the

occasion of the government's one yearanniversary where a child was spottedserving water and sweets to the guests andpicking up the glasses. The child admitson camera that he is 12-years-old andnods when asked if he works here.

What makes the matter worse is that MrKatheria's house is on the Agra Universitycampus where he used to teach.

The minister brazenly defended himselfsaying it was not a case of child labour asthe boy was part of the family, while hisspokesperson called the boy the son of aparty worker.

Ex-Afghan prez..."They (Modi and Karzai) discussed the

recent developments in Afghanistan. ThePrime Minister reiterated that India andAfghanistan share age-old ties. Indiadeeply values the friendship of the Afghanpeople. India stands with the people ofAfghanistan as they build a united, stable,democratic and prosperous nation," anofficial release said here.

Modi assured Karzai that India will con-tinue to provide assistance to all the peo-ple of Afghanistan based on their needsand priority, the release said.

"Prime Minister lauded formerPresident Karzai's leadership for theextraordinary progress made byAfghanistan in this century and his contri-bution to strengthening relations betweenIndia and Afghanistan," the release added.

Meanwhile, Modi today hailedBollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan forhis Rs 11 lakh contribution for the victimsof the Nepal earthquake which was madeto the Prime Minister's National ReliefFund (PMNRF).

"I thank @SrBachchan ji for donatingRs 11 lakh to the PMNRF for NepalEarthquake Relief. This is a very kind &compassionate gesture," Modi said in atweet.

Steps to scale...fourth meeting of the Board of Trustees

of India Development Foundation ofOverseas Indians (IDF-OI) chaired by theMinister for Overseas Indian AffairsSushma Swaraj.

IDF-OI is a not-for-profit Trust set-upby MOIA in 2008 to serve as an avenuefor overseas Indians to contribute toIndia's social development efforts.

The meeting reviewed the functioningof IDF and its action plan for 2015-16.

"It decided to enhance engagement withoverseas Indians and increase the numberand variety of projects. The Board revisedthe mandate of IDF to seek contributionsfrom overseas Indians for the three flag-ship programmes of the Government ofIndia - Namami Gange, Swachh Bharatand Swachh Vidyalaya," the OverseasIndian Affairs Ministry said.

Previously, IDF had focussed mainly onphilanthropic activities by overseasIndians.

The Board also decided that Indian dias-pora can also contribute through IDF toprojects identified by state governmentsas well as projects implemented byNGOs.

The participants in the Board meetingincluded prominent Indians and NRIsincluding Yusuff Ali, Joginder Pal Sanger,Subhash Jindal, B K Agnihotri, AshokChowgule and Bindeshwar Pathak.

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Microsoft Corp andSalesforce.comInc held "signifi-

cant talks" this spring butfailed to agree on a price,CNBC reported, citingpeople familiar with thematter.

Microsoft was willing tooffer about $55 billion forthe world's biggest makerof online sales software.Salesforce founder andChief Executive MarcBenioff had expected asmuch as $70 billion,CNBC reported on Friday.

A potential bidder can goup to $70 billion on thehigh end and Microsoft,Oracle Corp andAmazon.com Inc are thecompanies most likely tobe suitors, FBR CapitalMarkets analyst Dan Ivessaid in an email to Reuters.

Salesforce shares rose asmuch as 4 percent in after-noon trading, whileMicrosoft shares fell 1 per-cent.

Apart from the high ask-ing price, Microsoft ChiefExecutive Satya Nadellawas somewhat reluctant topull the trigger on a deal ofsuch size and consequencefor his company, CNBCsaid.

Microsoft and Salesforcedeclined to comment onthe report.

"Salesforce is the golden

jewel in the cloud, given itsleadership position andstellar brand and distribu-tion, all that would have fitwell within the Microsoftecosystem in our opinion,"Ives said.

San Francisco-basedSalesforce leads the globalcustomer relationship man-agement (CRM) market,which is valued at $23 bil-lion annually, according totech research firm Gartner.

CRM software helpscompanies organise andtrack sales calls and leads.

Salesforce provides itsservices online, with nosoftware directly installedon PCs, making the com-pany attractive to technol-ogy giants such as Oracleand Microsoft, who havebeen late entrants into thefast-growing cloud com-puting market.

Bloomberg reported lastmonth that Salesforce hadbeen approached by apotential buyer. This trig-gered speculation thatMicrosoft, Oracle, IBM ,Amazon and SAP couldbe in the running forSalesforce.

Microsoft is currentlynot weighing an offer forSalesforce, Reuters report-ed this month, citing twopeople familiar with thematter.

SAP Chief ExecutiveBill McDermott said onWednesday that his com-pany would not buySalesforce. He said SAP'srichly valued rival wasunlikely to be acquired byany other player in theindustry.

Salesforce, which wasvalued at $48.4 billion as

of Thursday's close, report-ed a profit for the first timein seven quarters thisweek.

Salesforce shares wereup 1.7 percent at $74.16 inafternoon trading on theNew York StockExchange. Microsoftshares were down 1 per-cent at $46.93 on theNasdaq.

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1. Ramapithecus and Cro-Magnon man are consideredA. ancestors of modern manB. ancestors of monkeyC. ancestors of lionD. None of the above

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TODAY’S STARARIES You may feel living your life is like crossing a desert, but

fortunately, Aries, today brings your oasis. Take advantageof it! Some people you've met over the past few weekscould turn out to be more interesting than you originallythought. It's up to you to change those parts of your per-sonality that have been holding you back.

TAURUS Certain questions about your family life aren't as cut anddried as you might think, Taurus. This can be the casewhen emotions are involved. Yet more than anyoneelse, you need to be careful not to hurt anyone's feel-ings. Today something could happen that will let youcontrol the situation while controlling your emotions.

GEMINI Gemini, you may have had some confused emotions aboutyour relationship or family over the past few days. You maynot have been able to fully express your worries to others.But today these emotions will find a way to come out. Lookaround you. There might be someone right next to you whocan help with your problems.

CANCER You could write fiction or journalism well today.There's a good possibility that you have given somethought to a literary line of work. Why do you hesi-tate? It's never too late. Find the time to write astory. If you have a negative attitude about thethings you do, how will you get anything done?

LEO Leo, you don't have to be at everyone's beck and call allthe time. This is exhausting, and you lose contact withyourself. You should try to take some time out today.Take a good look at your life to see where you're going.Go for a walk or take a long bubble bath. Things will bemuch clearer after a relaxing day of reflection.

VIRGO Is it possible you're too demanding, Virgo? Today's planetaryaspects may be asking you this question. You're choosy aboutthe people you spend time with, and you have a tendency toask them to go too far for you. Sometimes you have troubleknowing your limits where other people are concerned. Youmight want to think about this.

LIBRA Today's a day to daydream, although this may not be anactivity you usually do. You may even feel as if you're onvacation. Let's just hope people don't ask you a lot of diffi-cult questions, because your answers will be anything butclear. But you shouldn't have to carry the weight of theworld on your shoulders every day, Libra.

SCORPIO If you have someone special in your life, Scorpio, todayis a perfect day to stop playing at being your partner'sparent, as you sometimes seem to do. Reverse roles,and let other people take care of you. The world won't fallapart if you let go for a while. No matter what happens,a day like today should open your eyes.

SAGITTARIUSYou won't be able to fix your indecisiveness, Sagittarius.You just need to give yourself some time. The directionyour life is taking isn't clear at the moment. There aregreat changes going on inside you. So, even though itmay sound like strange advice, don't do a thing about it!Let the situation get clearer before you act.

CAPRICORN You have a strange and wonderful day ahead, Capricorn. Onceyou've finished your work, you may want to either draw or writesomething that will help you remember today for a long time.You're beginning to see the results of recent changes in you, andyou're looking for a way to express them. It may be difficult to findjust the right words. But aren't you a natural-born writer?

AQUARIUS You have a nice day in store, Aquarius. People may seem moreattentive to your needs and generally very pleasant. You may not beused to this kind of treatment! You feel more outgoing and sociablethan ever. You could take advantage of the day's tolerant atmos-phere to meet people you may have been too afraid to introduceyourself to. They will surely have some new things to teach you.

PISCES Today is a day for healing and reconciliation. You may have beenfeeling abused and mistreated lately by someone (or a few peo-ple) in your family over the past few weeks. You're now ready fora new start, because you were able to work things out and you'velearned something from what happened. Take the time to savorthe moment, and spend some time with the people you love.

Alongside theLenovo A6000Plus, the Xiaomi

Mi 4i (Review) will go onsale without invites onMonday and Tuesday onFlipkart, as part of the e-commerce website's elec-tronics sale. Lenovo hadannounced its open saleearlier this week.

Unveiled with much fan-fare at the firm's Global MiPhone Premiere event lastmonth, the Xiaomi Mi 4i isthe company's first smart-phone to have beenlaunched first outside ofChina. It has been priced atRs. 12,999.

To recall, the Xiaomi Mi4i features a unibody poly-carbonate build, and has asoft touch matte finish withan anti-grease coating. TheChinese company claimedthat the Mi 4i featuringdual-SIM dual standbysupport is 12 percent thin-ner than the Mi 4 and isalso 13 percent lighter, at7.8mm and 130 gramsrespectively. Both SIMcard slots support 4G LTEconnectivity, and the phoneis compatible with LTEbands in India.

It sports a 5-inch full-HD(1080x1920 pixels) fullylaminated OGS CorningConcore IPS display. TheMi 4i's display has a pixeldensity of 441ppi, and aSunlight Display featurethat optimises the displayfor visibility under brightlight. The smartphone runsMIUI 6 based on Android5.0 Lollipop, and supports6 Indian languages - Hindi,Bengali, Kannada, Telugu,

Malayalam, and Tamil.

It is powered by a 64-bito c t a -c o r e

Snapdragon 615 processorcoupled with an Adreno405 GPU and 2GB of

RAM. The smartphonesports a 13-megapixel rearcamera withf / 2 . 0a p e r -

t u r eand dual-tone flash. It alsopacks a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The Xiaomi

Mi 4 bears 16GB of inbuiltstorage, with no expansionslot. The Mi 4i includes a3120mAh battery, and sup-

ports a quick chargefeature that

charges the battery up to 40percent in 1 hour, and 100percent in 3 hours.

Xiaomi Mi 4i to Be Available in OpenSale Without Registration Next Week

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Market research firm Gartner Inc estimated 7.3million Chromebooks would be soldthis year, helped

mainly by demandfrom the educationindustry.

Chromebooks arecomputers poweredby Google Inc'sChrome OperatingSystem, designed to beused primarily online.

Gartner said its sales esti-mate was an increase of 27percent from 2014, when theeducation industry accountedfor 72 percent of sales.

Despite an interest aboutChromebooks among small andmedium businesses, demand frombusinesses was yet to pick up,Gartner said.

N o r t h

America wasthe biggest market in 2014,accounting for 84 percent sales. WhileEMEA fetched 11 percent sales, Asia pacific contributedless than 3 percent, with demand in Australia, NewZealand and Japan.

Earlier this month, Google in partnership with Xolo andNexian launched two new Chromebooks in India - bothpriced at Rs. 12,999.

The Xolo Chromebook features 11.6-inch display with

200 nit brightness, anunknown resolution and is

powered by a Rockchip3288 processor clubbed

with ARM Mali 760quad-core GPU and

2GB of RAM.Featuring a 16GB

eMMC storage, thelaptop includes a

HD (720x1280pixels) resolu-

tion webcamfor record-ing videosand video

c h a t -t i n g .

Connectivityfeatures of the Xolo

Chromebook include twoUSB 2.0 ports, SD card reader,

HDMI, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.Xolo claims that its Chromebook can run for up to

10 hours on a single charge. The laptop measures290x205x17.9mm and weighs 1.15 kgs. The Nexian AirChromebook features nearly the same specifications asthe Xolo Chromebook. The Mountain View giant alsoannounced that in the coming months, new Chrombooksfrom Asus (including the Chromebook Flip andChromebook C201) and Samsung will also be made avail-able in India.

Global Chromebook Sales Set to Hit7.3 Million Units in 2015: Gartner

Microsoft, Salesforce TalksReportedly Fell Through on Pricing

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KOLKATATwo-time former champions

and the most consistent team ofthe season, Chennai SuperKings will lock horns with latebloomers Mumbai Indians in ahigh-voltage IPL summit clashhere tomorrow, bringing the 47-day T20 extravaganza to a rela-tively controversy-free end.

Ever since the 2013 spot-fix-ing scandal, controversy hasdogged Chennai Super Kingsand this season too the under-valuation of the franchiseacquisition to a trust for Rs 5lakh came under theEnforcement Directorate scan-ner. But it was nowhere close tothe furore that was generated in2013.

Season eight was not entirelyfree of drama with reports of abookie approach, some uglyon-field brawls and breach ofprotocols.

In the middle of all this, theMahendra Singh Dhoni-ledCSK has gone about their jobwith absolute precision.

This will be another shot atredemption for Dhoni's men,who were denied a third title byMumbai Indians at the samevenue, on May 26, two yearsago.

Table toppers CSK had lost tosecond-placed Mumbai Indians

by 25 runs in the first qualifierbut they won when it matteredthe most -- in the second quali-fier last night -- to make theirsixth final appearance in eightattempts.

Fresh from their three-wicketwin against Royal ChallengersBangalore in Ranchi, CSK willbe in red hot form whileMumbai Indians, who got afour-day rest after directlyadvancing into the final, may

have to watch out for compla-cency.

CSK are a team known tokeep their nucleus intact andthis season too they have somesenior players who are gettingthe job done, and if one addsthe 'Dhoni Touch' then the yel-low brigade looks invincible.

Left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra,who clinched the man of thematch against RCB for his3/28, has been a revelation with

22 wickets to his tally.They also have one Mr

Cricket, and a familiar Aussie,who will turn 40 in four daystime.

Playing his third match thisseason, Michael Hussey stoodin the path of the spiritedKohli's men with a defiant 56 intheir modest chase of 140, andwhile fielding he gave morethan 100 per cent in an age-defying display.

Having clinched their maidentitle here in 2013, MumbaiIndians' road to the final hasbeen typical -- rising like theproverbial phoenix.

Having suffered five lossesfrom first six matches thatincluded a four-match losingstreak to kick off season eight,MI showed resilience winningseven of their last eight match-es to finish the league stage ona high.

In their last league, whichwas a do-or-die contest againstSunrisers Hyderabad, MIdished out their best this sea-son, destroying their opponentsfor 113 and then chased it downwith more than six overs tospare.

MI will be looking forward toplay at the venue where theytasted their maiden success andwhere their skipper RohitSharma had scored an ODIworld record 264 against SriLanka in November last year.

Openers Parthiv Patel andLendl Simmons have alsostruck a good balance.Simmons has been in red hotform with the five fifties -- themost by a Mumbai batsman in asingle edition of the IPL alongwith JP Duminy (2009) andSachin Tendulkar (2010).

This will be MI's third final

and they had faced the sameopponents on both the previousoccasions -- in 2010 they hadlost to CSK by 22 runs while in2013 they won by 23 runs.

As for the battle inside thebattle, the Eden track, whichhas been conducive to slowbowling, will pit two India off-spinners against each other inone of the most tempting con-tests.

Making a grand comeback tothe Test side, Harbhajan Singh,who has had some memorablemoments at the ground includ-ing a hattrick, will look forwardto cast his magic for MI, whileDhoni will be reliant on RAshwin.

As the track for the final willbe a "fresh and sporting one",there will be plenty in the off-ing for the pacers as well.

Lasith Malinga, who haduprooted Hussey's leg-stumpwith a toe-crushing yorker inthe final two years ago, willonce again be looking to giveMI early breakthroughs.

The CSK pace duo ofDwayne Bravo and Nehra willalso have their hands full asthey also will be eyeing thePurple Cap for the leadingwicket-taker.

MI's Kieron Pollard hadscored a match-winning 60 not

out in the 2013 final as theWindies big hitter will be avital cog in their wheel, as thelikes of Dhoni and Raina forthe CSK.

Teams (from)Mumbai Indians: Rohit

Sharma (c), Lendl Simmons,Parthiv Patel, Ambati Rayudu,Hardik Pandya, Keiron Pollard,Lasith Malinga, HarbhajanSingh, Mitchell McClenaghan,Abhimanyu Mithun, AdityaTare, Jasprit Bumrah, JoshHazlewood, Marchant deLange, Pawan Suyal, ShreyasGopal, Pragyan Ojha, AidenBlizzard, Akshay Wakhare,Nitish Rana, Sidhesh Lad,Jagadeesha Suchitch, UnmuktChand and R Vinay Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings: MSDhoni (c and wk), DwayneSmith, Michael Hussey, Faf duPlessis, Suresh Raina, PawanNegi, Dwayne Bravo, RavindraJadeja, R Ashwin, MohitSharma, Ashish Nehra, MattHenry, Samuel Badree, KyleAbbott, Andrew Tyye, IrfanPathan, Mithun Manhas, RonitMore, Rahul Sharma, AnkushBains, Baba Aparajith, IshwarPandey, Pratyush Singh andEkalavya Dwivedi.

Match starts 8pm IST.

IPL 2015 Final: Mumbai Indians vsChennai Super Kings - Preview

KOLKATAMumbai Indians skipper Rohit

Sharma on Saturday urged histeammates to put up one last effortagainst Chennai Super Kings in thefinals, saying all their hard workwould go in vain if they failed towin the IPL T20 cricket tourna-ment at the Edens Gardens onSunday.

Mumbai Indians had an ominousstart to their season eight campaignlosing four matches on the trot butthey turned the tables in style win-ning seven of their last eightmatches to finish second in theleague round.

Terming their passage into thefinal as the biggest thing, Sharmasaid: "At the end of the day, youwait for this all important day towin the Cup. No matter what wehave done in the past if you don'twin the final all your hard workwill go in vain. We don't want that.We completely agree we didn'tstart well but we always believedthere's character in the team."

"We're lucky that we're in thisposition and it's because of all thehard work we have put in over amonth and a half. We have all the

potential, it was a matter of puttingit together and translate it intowins.

"As a captain it's important forme to say it's one last effort weneed. We are really determined tochange the table. I'm pretty sure theboys are experienced enough toknow the importance of thematch," Sharma told a joint newsconference with CSK's SureshRaina on the eve of the final.

Having got a recall into the Testsquad, veteran offspinnerHarbhajan Singh may be lookingforward to his favourite groundEden but Sharma urged to live inthe present. "I don't think there'stoo much about this mental edge.It's important what you do on thatparticular day. All his good per-formances will be there back of hismind, confidence will be there.

"It's important for him to stay in

present and not to carry too muchof baggage of behind. I'm sure hewants to do well here, he's up for itand ready to go." Second placedMumbai Indians beat the sameteam in the first qualifier to direct-ly enter the final while the MSDhoni-led side had to win the qual-ifier two against Royal ChallengersBangalore yesterday.

That gave the Mumbai Indiansfour days' of break and Sharmasaid they're rejuvenated to take onCSK again.

"It's always very good to getbreaks especially after the kind ofcricket we've been playing overfour-five months. It's important toget the freshness back and get backrejuvenated. The break really helpsin a long tournament," he said.

"The kind of weather we get it'spretty tough when you travel andplay. It's always good to have abreak. When you qualify from toptwo, you get this opportunity." Thiswill be MI's third final and theyhad faced the same opponents onboth the previous occasions -- in2010 they had lost to CSK by 22runs while in 2013 they won by 23runs.

IPL 8: Don't want hardwork togo in vain, says Rohit Sharma

NEW DELHIThe Enforcement

Directorate (ED) will belooking at three IPLmatches after making twoarrests on Friday over bet-ting charges according tothe report published inIndian Express newspaperon Saturday.

Raids were taken placein Delhi, Mumbai andJaipur on Friday. The EDstated that they have gotleads of big bookies whohaven't got caught andthey feel certain matchesin this season's IPL havebeen fixed.

The Ahmedabad unit ofED arrested two bookiesfrom New Delhi on Fridayand both of them havebeen identified. Anothersuspect is from Thane inMaharashtra and the EDhas notified summons afterthe suspect admitted him-self to the hospital on basisof health issues.

In Jaipur two peopleevaded arrest. The suspectfrom Thane has been

asked by the ED to appearin front of them inAhmedabad on Monday.

The findings of EDaren't yet known to the IPLbody or the BCCI, accord-ing to the report.

Several documents andlinks have been found bythe ED and that has servedas clues in terms of thearrests made. A network ofbetting is also being inves-tigated.

Earlier, the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) hadunearthed a massive bet-ting and money launderingracket after a series of raid

in several cities acrossIndia.

Five bookies had beenarrested under Preventionof Money Laundering Act(PMLA). Soon after thattwo men arrested by theEnforcement Directoratefor running a hawala rack-et and betting syndicaterelated to IPL, has beentaken by the agency toAhmedabad, Gujarat, forinvestigation.

The raids were expectedto continue in the next fewdays and the ED havestarted to get to the base ofit.

ED to look at three IPL matches after makingtwo arrests over betting charges: Reports

KOLKATAStar left-hander Suresh

Raina feels that ChennaiSuper Kings' stupendoussuccess as the most consis-tent team in the eight edi-tions of Indian PremierLeague cricket tournamentshould be attributed totheir skipper MahendraSingh Dhoni's leadershipskills.

"MS is the most consis-tent captains (in the game)that we have. That's whywe are in the final sixtimes from eight appear-ances," told a news confer-ence at the team hotel onthe eve of the final.

Mumbai Indians deniedCSK a third title in the2013 final at the samevenue and the loss was stillfresh in their mind, Rainasaid.

"When you're taking onMI, you have to really playvery good cricket. We stillremember the loss againstthem in the 2103 final,"Raina said on a cautious

note.Stressing on the impor-

tance to enjoy the proceed-ings, CSK middle-ordermainstay said that key tosuccess would be to builda partnership on a slowEden Gardens track.

"Wickets get slow after10 overs so if you havepartnership you can put onbig totals with big playerslike Dhoni, Bravo downthe order. It becomes diffi-cult for other teams tochase down."

With Harbhajan Singh

back in his best, Raina saidthey would have to playwatchful cricket early on."Eight to 12 we have to batsensibly. They have goodspin line-up in Harbhajan.It becomes difficult tocome back if you get nerv-ous. T20 format is veryshort and you don't haveplan B. We would look toplay positive cricket.We've have to enjoy eachand every ball," one ofIndia's most experiencedlimited overs cricketersaid.

Asked whether theyhave choked in atleastthree finals as only twicethey have emerged cham-pions, Raina said: "Twoteams play and one has towin. There will be pres-sure, you have to play onmerit. If you get nervousyou're going to lose thebattle."

Raina lauded their bowl-ing unit for making the dif-ference. "Our bowlers aredoing well, executing theirplans beautifully. Nehrahas been exception, alsoMohit Sharma, Ashwin,everyone is chippingin."

Although Raina hasn'thad a great IPL by his stan-dards, he is not really per-turbed as long as CSK areon track to win the covetedtrophy.

"We still reached thefinal. It's not about theindividual form. We stillhave one more game to.We have done really wellin batting department."

MS Dhoni's consistent leadership iskey to CSK's success: Suresh Raina

PARISFrench Open defending

champion MariaSharapova said that she ishappy to see other playersget married or have a babybut wanted to stay focusedon tennis as it comes toherself.

The world No. 2, whocame to Paris with a claytitle won in Rome lastweek, has collected all fourGrand Slam trophies sinceshe claimed the maidenvictory in 2004 inWimbledon as a 17-year-old, including twice inRoland Garros, in 2012and 2014.

Talking about on-courtlife and off-court happinesson Friday, the 28-year-oldRussian said: "We are ath-letes and we are here to doour jobs. We sometimesforget that tennis is quite ashort period of our lives,and especially for women,"Xinhua reported.

"Maybe men last a littlebit longer. For a womanthat wants to have children

and a family, it can be quitetough to prolong yourcareer," she said.

Just 40 days ago,world No. 3 men's sin-gles player AndyMurray got marriedwith his long-time girl-friend, and the top seedhere, Novak Djokovicbecame a dad last fall ashis wife gave birth to ababy.

"It's been great tosee so manym o r efamilym e no nt h etour.

That's been nice," com-mented Sharapova. "But

I'm not sure Ilike to

u s et h e

wordb a l -ance ,

because when you try tobalance things out you're

only just good at a coupleof things."

"I want to be great at onething. I know it's some-times impossible to begreat at ten things. If I tryto be great at ten othersports maybe I would beso-so.

"I have chosen a sportthat I could evolve in andbe great at. I have beenvery committed to mysport and trying to be the

best I can be at it.When I have the

time to enjoymy life

a n dt o

b e

happy away from thecourt," she said.

Sharapova starts herdefending campaignagainst Estonia's KaiaKanepi in the FrenchOpen, which gets under-way on Sunday.

Maria Sharapova wants tostay focused on tennis

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

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The term "binge drinking"refers to drinking heavilyover a short period of time

with the intention of becomingseverely intoxicated.

It can be harmful in a numberof ways. It may put a person atrisk of alcohol poisoning, whichcould be lethal. That one aside,many personal injuries, brokenwrists and ankles are a result offalling down when drunk. Caraccidents caused by drunkendrivers are still sadly so com-mon. Some of the indirect dan-gers include unplanned pregnan-cy, even "almost-rapes", unwant-ed casual sex, unnecessaryfights, weight gain caused by thesugar in alcohol and the postdrinking munchies. So how canyou trick yourself into abstainingfrom binge drinking?

Firstly, it would help to beaware of how much you are actu-ally drinking and learn how alco-hol affects you as an individual.We all have different reactionsthat are determined by variousfactors. For example, womengenerally have less water in thebody, which means that womendo not dilute the alcohol asquickly as men do. Women alsohave less of the liver enzymesthat metabolize the alcohol.Women's hormonal levels alsohave an effect on how fast ourbodies eliminate the alcohol.

Our weight affects our BAC(Blood alcohol content), the ratioof alcohol in our blood. To put it

simply, binge drinking leads toquick intoxication by getting theBAC ratio high.

According to Evans, Glen and

Robert O'Brien (1991) TheEncyclopedia of Alcoholism: At0.07 and higher, we have a verynoticeable speech impairmentand disturbance of balance;impaired motor coordination,hearing and vision; feeling ofelation or depression; increasedconfidence; may not recognizeimpairment.

Can you see how this could bedangerous?

The biggest cause of bingedrinking is culture and peers. We

drink because all our friendsdrink and when we go out atnights especially on the week-end, we tend to want to get intox-icated together. Some people

drink to feel better.

If it is a recent setback like abreakup, make sure that you arein control and aware that youmay be using alcohol to feel bet-ter. Be mindful as you can end upfeeling even more depressedwhen it wears off. If you suspectthat you are possibly depressedand not coping, then seek adviceand help instead of masking itwith drinking.

Reduce the amount of alcohol

you consume on a night outMake it a rule and a habit to

have a glass of water in betweenevery drink. Set a limit for your-self and stick to it. Keep in mind

the above data and rememberthat you don't have to keep upwith anyone. If you are a woman,make sure that you are consum-ing less than your male friends, ifyou have heavier friends, thesame rule applies. Drinking aglass of water, in between drinks,will help you "keep-pace" withthem as well.

Remember that we get verythirsty when we drink and thetrick is to drink water. If wedon't, we tend to drink more

alcohol to quench the thirst.

Drink slowlyIt is not a race. Find alcohol

that you enjoy the taste of so thatyou can relish it like yourfavourite iced drink. Make sureyou have a good meal beforeyour drink and if that was notpossible, then try to eat whileyou drink.

Have "small" drinks and dilutein as much soda or water as youcan. If you don't like the taste ofalcohol, then guess what? Youshouldn't be touching it! Berational. Many people mix theirdrinks with colas and juices tomask the taste of the liquor,which is quite absurd. If you aregoing to drink, then do so as aresponsible adult. Find the drinkthat you enjoy the taste of and sipit. If it is a wine or beer and ifyour chosen drink is a spirit,dilute it in water or soda, this willkeep the added sugar contentdown.

Enroll one or two of your closefriends in your decision to not getdrunk and look out for eachother. And girls, too many bingenights will take a toll on yourlooks. You go out to socialize andtalk or even to dance. Try toremember that alcohol is not thereason for socializing, but justthe by-product.

(Malti Bhojwani is the founderof Multi Coaching International,

a Life Coach, an NLP practi-tioner, a workshop leader.)

Tricks to stop binge drinking

Hritik Roshan has just complet-ed the Bhuj schedule of theepic historical drama,

Mohenjo Daro. The film reunites himwith his Jodhaa Akbar director,Ashutosh Gowariker. The latter islooking for a huge hit, after deliver-ing two duds in What’s YourRaashee? and Khelein Hum Jee JaanSey. The movie also casts popularSouth actress, Pooja Hegde, oppositeHritik Roshan.

The movie is set around 3000 BCin one of the oldest civilizations ofthe world, so there is some prettyexciting stuff to look forward to inthe film. Ashutosh is adept in han-dling such historical subjects as hehad proved himself with Lagaan andJodhaa Akbar. And with Hritik, freshoff the success of Bang Bang, givinghim company, it’s one of the mostawaited films next year.

Well, the unit has completed a 101-day long schedule at Bhuj, the sameplace where Ashutosh had shot hiscareer-defining movie, Lagaan.Hritik has retweeted a picture of him-

self along with Ashutosh and PoojaHegde, originally tweeted by the leadactress. Mohenjo Daro also stars

Arunoday Singh, Kabir Bedi andManish Choudhary. It’s scheduled torelease in August 2016

Hritik Roshan completes 101-daylong schedule for Mohenjo Daro

Actor Aamir Khan,who has done afilm around cricket

and is now working on amovie on wrestling, hopesto feature in a project onchess, a game which heenjoys playing.

The 50-year-old waspresent at the inaugurationof the third edition of theMaharashtra Chess Leaguehere on Friday. On beingasked if he’d like to do afilm around chess, he said:“I would love to do a filmon the game of chess if ascript comes to me. But Idon’t work towards scripts.I like the scripts to come tome organically. Let’s see ifsomething comes up.”

Aamir added: “I loveplaying chess and play itwhenever I gets the time. Iplay on a very amateurlevel but I love this game alot.” He finds his “Dhoom:3? co-star Katrina Kaif tobe a good competitor in chess. ”She is a good chess player. I almost lost when I played with her,” he said.

After wrestling and cricket, AamirKhan wants to do a film on chess!

Awhile ago it wasreported thatSalman Khan had

moved to High Court seek-ing permission to travelabroad. The BajrangiBhaijaan has to perform atthe Arab Indo BollywoodAwards (AIBA) on May29. The actor will leavefor Dubai on Tuesday.

A source exclusively toldus, “Salman is leaving forDubai on May 26 to per-form at the AIBA awardsthat are taking place onMay 29. “As per courtorders, the actor needs tomake a legal appeal eachtime he plans to leave the

country since he is con-victed in the 2002 hit-and-run case.

Varun from Al BustanGroup, which is organisingAIBA had confirmed thatSK would attend the eventin the last week and thereis no legal problem for himto travel abroad.

His statement reads,“There r no legal problemsfor Salman Khan to travelabroad. He’s confirmed toperform a grand act atAIBA on 29th May. Hewill reach Dubai on the28th of May and performon 2 Songs at theAIBA.”

Salman Khan to leave forDubai on May 26 for AIBA