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HARPREET SETHI RECEIVING HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL FROM HON. HARINDER S. TAKHAR,MPP MISSISSAUGA, MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND LINDA JEFFREY, MINISTER OF LABOUR.

MR. HARPREET SETHI HONORED WITH HER MAJESTY QUEENELIZABETH DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL

Will Quebecseparate fromCanada?

REPUBLICANS OFFICIALLY NOMINATEMITT ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT

TAMPA, Florida/BUREAU NEWSThe Republican Party has formally nominated FormerMassachusetts governor Mitt Romney as its candidatefor president of the United States. Assembled delegatesfrom around the country nominated Romney in aroll call Tuesday afternoon, giving him 2,061 votes,more than the 1,144 votes required to claim the GOPmantle.Romney's wife, Ann declared that her husband willlift up America if elected president. She talked ofher 43-year mar r iage to the jus t -nomina tedRepublican presidential candidate, speaking of herown experiences with muscular sclerosis and breastcancer and says her husband is a man who wakesup every day determined to solve the problems thatothers say can't be solved. Saying she was standingon the platform as a wife, a mother, a grandmother andan American, she said that Romney will not fail. In herwords, "This is the man America needs."

COVERAGE ON PAGE 4

Canadian housing became less affordable: RBCTORONTO/BUREAU NEWS

The Royal Bank says modest increases in home prices and mortgagerates slightly eroded Canadian housing affordability in the secondquarter. The RBC housing trends reports says it was the secondstraight three-month period in which housing affordability declinedin Canada. The erosion in the single-family home categories in thepast two quarters pushed the levels of these measures further abovetheir long-term averages in Canada; however, national figures areexaggerated by extremely poor affordability in the Vancouver-areamarket. Detached bungalows were 0.2 percentage points lessaffordable, while the measure for two-storey homes worsened by0.6 percentage points.The national numbers for bungalows was exaggerated by extremelypoor affordability in the Vancouver area, but had little impact on two-storey homes. The Vancouver-area continued to be, by far, the leastaffordable in Canada and was very close to the worst on record, saidthe report released Monday. Owning a home at market prices in Ontariotook a slightly larger share of households’ income in the second quarter,thereby extending the modest rising trends since 2009. The affordabilitysituation in the province, thus, continues to be somewhat morestrenuous than it has been historically, especially for the single-familyhome categories, where affordability has been hampered by some ofthe stronger appreciation in property values in Canada in the past year.Until very recently, homebuyer demand was quite brisk, and conditions

in key markets in the province were tilted in favour of sellers, whichfuelled price gains. Activity has moderated since then, however, and wehave begun to see some easing in prices on a month-to-month basis, al-though it is still uneven across local markets at this stage. RBC measuresfor all categories in Ontario exceeded their long-term averagesmodestly in the second quarter, increasing between 0.1 percentagepoints and 0.8 percentage points during this period.

ONTARIO COULD GET15 NEW RIDINGSOTTAWA/BUREAU NEWS

Due to an increase in population, Ontario could be getting 15new federal ridings. Ontario will gain 15 electoral districts as aresult of the increase in its population from 11,410,046 in 2001 to12,851,821, as captured in the 2011 Census.The proposed new electoral districts are located in the followingareas: Brampton (2), Cambridge, Durham (2), Hamilton, Markham(2), Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Simcoe, Toronto (2) and York.As well, despite a slight population decline, the commission hasmaintained 10 electoral districts in Northern Ontario as a minimumfor its effective representation. "Population shifts and increases,efforts to honour existing municipal boundaries whenever possible,and the establishment of 15 new electoral districts have requiredsubstantial adjustment to Ontario's electoral map," said theHonourable Mr. Justice George Valin, chair of the three-membercommission. Mr. Douglas Colbourne and Dr. Leslie Pal are the othermembers of the commission responsible for readjusting theprovince's federal electoral boundaries. Under the ElectoralBoundaries Readjustment Act, the commission's main aim inredrawing boundaries is to divide the province into electoral districtsas close to the average population as reasonably possible. Thepopulation of a district should remain within 25% of the averageonce consideration is given to communities of interest or identity,and historical and geographic factors. A commission can departfrom the 25% guideline to deal with extraordinary circumstances.The commission makes final decisions about where the electoralboundaries will be located after consultation, giving the public andmembers of Parliament an opportunity to express their views andparticipate in the process. Public hearings are scheduled to beginin Kenora on Oct. 9 and conclude in Toronto on Nov. 15.Exclusive zone forNRIs at Mohali

CHANDIGARH/PRIYA YADAVA sector, exclusively for NRIs, is likely to come up soon, helpingpeople settled abroad to invest back home and also feel safefrom land related crime. In a bid to showcase Punjab as an NRI-friendly state, the government has mooted an exclusive sectorfor NRIs in Mohali. The sector will offer not just plots to NRIsbut complete security of land, high-end commercial area besidesupscale facilities. The project, a proposal for which has beenprepared by the state government, is slated to have a grandunveiling - a delegation of Punjab government officials, alongwith deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, will make apresentation on it in Canada in September. Contd. on Page 5

QUEBEC/BUREAU NEWSA separatist party looks set toreturn to power in Quebec in anelection next week, but is unlikely towin enough support to pushthrough a referendum onindependence, according to a pollreleased on Tuesday.The CROP survey for La Pressenewspaper put the opposition PartiQuebecois (PQ) at 33 per cent public

support, down one percentagepoint from a poll done by the samefirm 12 days earlier. Quebec holdsa provincial election on September4. The newly created Coalition forthe Future of Quebec (CAQ),which is led by a former PQ cabinetminister, was at 28 per cent, upthree points, while the rulingLiberals dropped one point to 27per cent. Contd. on Page 5

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page 3 PREMIERE:SHIRIN FARHADKI TOH NIKALPADI

SUMANPREET CHANDI OF SURREY WAS CROWNED MISS CANADA PUNJABAN 2012 AT AN EVENT HELD LAST FRIDAY IN SURREY. JASMEENJOHAL FROM ABBOTSFORD WAS DECLARED FIRST RUNNER-UP AND PARMROOP CHANDI OF SURREY BEING THE 2ND RUNNER-UP.

Sumanpreet Chandi crownedMiss Canada Punjaban

Sonam Kapoor,Hema Malini at

IIJW 2012

SONAM KAPOOR AND HEMA MALINI AT THE INAUGRATION OFINDIA INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY WEEK 2012 IN MUMBAI.

Premiere: Shirin FarhadKi Toh Nikal Padi

Bollywood glitteratti turnedup in great numbers for thepremiere of Bela Sehgal'sdirector ia l debut Shir inFarhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi atCinemax in Mumbai.

KAREENA KAPOOR AND SAIF ALI KHANSPOTTED AT THE MUMBAI AIRPORT

Bollywood megastar AmitabhBachchan was clicked at an eventheld to flag off the 'Kaun Banega

Crorepati 6' Hot Seat van, at Filmcity inMumbai. Amitabh Bachchan wrote onTwitter: "All in a day - KBC pressconf forlaunch of HotSeat van, shoot for promosfor opener, for presscon on 29th, techrehearse, game, song." At the event,Amitabh Bachchan interacted with themedia and said: "The kind of knowledgethat I get from this show, I don't get it fromanywhere else. The knowledge that I getfrom here is quite useful."

Big B launches the hot seat of KBC 6Aiming to cater to thehuge market ofPunjabi audience

across the border, "Ajj DeRanjhe", an upcomingromantic comedy, is all set tobe released inP a k i s t a n . ? ? D i r e c t o r -producer of the filmManmohan Singh also saidthat the film will besimultaneously released inCanada, New Zealand, UK,USA, Australia andEuropean countries besidesIndia.

`Ajj De Ranjhe` to release in Pakistan



page 4 MR. HARPREET SETHIHONORED WITH HERMAJESTY QUEENELIZABETH DIAMONDJUBILEE MEDAL

ZANIB NAVEED IS NEW MISSPAKISTAN WORLD 2012The crowd came from all across the world last night (Aug. 24)

to watch as Miss Pakistan World 2012 was crowned at the10th annual Miss Pakistan World pageant at the Red RoseConvention Centre.

Zanib Naveed of New York, after beating out 18 other finalists, is thenewest Pakistani to be awarded the title.She stood proudly last night in front of an audience of close to 600people.Three Mississauga residents also pulled honorable titles.Sabiha Zahid from London (Britain) was the second runner-up, ZulaikhaKhan from Surrey (Canada) the third runner-up and Mariam Zahidfrom Vancouver the fourth runner-up.Mariam Dawood of Raeford, Nor th Carolina, was declared as MissCongeniality, Parmal Naseer of Hamilton (Canada) as Miss Popular-ity, Mariam Khan Ali of Copenhagen as Miss Perfect, Maria Mughal ofAuckland as Miss Talent and Sabiha Zahid of London as Miss Photo-genic.Shan Virk of Oakville near Toronto won the title of Mr Pakistan bybeating six other contestants. He was also declared Mr Perfect in aprevious round.Ali Haider Shah of Copenhagen was declared the second runner-up,and Sharjeel Arif Butt of Mississauga (Toronto) the third runner-up.Ahmad Saleem and Sharjeel Ali Butt of Mississauga were declaredMr Photogenic and Mr Popularity, respectively. Ali Haider Shah ofCopenhagen was declared Mr Personality.During the preliminary rounds, the contestants were asked questionsabout their attitude towards gay and inter-faith marriages and pre-marital sex, and their opinions on the current image of Pakistan in theworld and India-Pakistan relations.Dozens of young men and women of Pakistani origin from all over theworld had applied for the 10th edition of the pageant. But the list waspruned to just 11 women and seven men after pre-screenings.Miss Pakistan World president Sonia Ahmed thanked the par ticipantsand sponsors for making the pageant a success. "It was a difficultyear, but we pulled it through. I have done it for 10 years despite allthe difficulties and hope to do it for 25-30 more years,'' she said,thanking the audience.Canadian minister of state for spor ts Bal Gosal was among the audi-ence. He conveyed his government's best wishes for the pageant.

Mr. Harpreet Sethi honored with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medalachievements made by Canadians from all sectors of society. TheDiamond Jubilee is an oppor tunity to highlight the achievements offellow citizens who, like Her Majesty, have dedicated themselves tooservice to family, community and country.The national anthem, ‘O’ Canada’ kicked off the event followed by‘God Save The Queen’ and Hon. Harinder S. Takhar, MPP Mississauga,Minister of Government Services greeted everyone in his opening speech.The event recognised prominent Canadian Achievers from across thecountry. These included Harpreet Sethi along with Vasu Chanchlani,Dr. Barabara Olive, Kuldip Deepak, Harminder Dhillon, MichelleDiEmanuele, Harleen Garewal, George Hunter, Renuka Jeyanayagam,Vijay Kumar, Jim Murray and Dr. Colin Saldanha.Harpreet Sethi is the CEO of Grand Victorian Convention Centre andRadisson Plaza hotel in Mississauga, Ontario. He is also the Presi-dent of Black Diamond Enter tainments. He has won numerous awardssuch as Hotelier of the Year by Mid-Week, Builder of the Year byBuilder Architect Magazine, South Asian Person of the Year by Mid-week South Asian Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year by Indo CanadianChamber of Commerce and most recently declared as Recipient ofDiversity Award by Planet Africa.His philanthropic endeavours include presenting a gift of $500,000 asa charity to the William Osler Health Centre. He has also suppor tedvarious other charities such as Salvation Army ‘Toy Mountain’ cam-paign, CNIB, Sick Kids Foundation, BAPS, Centennial foundation, Pa-kistan Earthquake Relief, along with several others charities in Canadaand India.Mr. Harpreet Sethi while receiving the Medal, remarked,“I truly believe that with the right people around you – you can go far.In fact there is a saying that goes: If you want to go fast, go alone. Ifyou want to go far, go together! I have cer tainly found that goingtogether is the better route.”

Mr. Harpreet Sethi, CEO, Grand Victorian Convention Centreand Radisson Plaza Mississauga, and President, Black Diamond Enter tainments, was honored with Her Majesty Queen

Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal on Friday, August 24, 2012 at Com-mittee Room 230, Second Floor, Main Legislative building, Queen'sPark, Toronto.2012 marks the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne. The Diamond Jubilee is

an oppor tunity to honour our Queen's reign, her service and her dedi-cation to our country and to celebrate Canadian achievements of thelast 60 years along with our traditions, history, symbols, values, in-stitutions, and par ticularly about the role of the Crown in Canada.In keeping with the tradition of honouring Her Majesty's milestoneyears of service, this commemorative medal has been created tomark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty's accession to the Throne.The Diamond Jubilee Medal serves to honour the contributions and


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 breaking newsAnna lauds India Against Corruptionmembers' stir near PM's housepresident Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on Sunday, social crusaderAnna Hazare on Monday said the time has come to bring abouta change. Hazare left for Bangalore on Monday for an eight-day naturopathy treatment at the Jindal Naturopathy Centre.

"He wants to be ready for a country-wide tour which he plansto start after returning from Bangalore. There is no healthissue, he just wants to rejuvenate himself," said Datta Awari,an associate of Hazare at his native village Ralegan Siddhi.The Gandhian had earlier taken naturopathy treatment at thecentre for 15 days after his fast in Mumbai in August lastyear.

Before leaving for Bangalore, Hazare posted on his blogon the India Against Corruption website, congratulating theag i ta to rs . Hazare wi l l a l so wr i t e ano ther b logannahazarethinks.blogspot.com from Ralegan Siddhi.

"I watched the proceedings on television and was glad tosee that the activists did not take to violence even when policeresorted to lathi charge and used water cannons to dispersethem. I am proud of the young people and feel that the timehas now come to b r ing about a change . And th i s (nonviolence) is the right path to achieve our goal," Hazare saidin the blog.

Hazare urged the activists to maintain peace and that,dur ing the course of agi ta t ion, they should not damagenational wealth. "People should not feel any inconvenienceor hardship because of the protests. Yesterday, police beatthe activists, but the pain was felt by the nation," he said.

Hazare said the agitators were not seeking any personalfavour, but were protesting against the coal allocation issueand the waste of time in Parliament as the opposition hasstalled the proceedings. "Both the Congress and the BJP areresponsible for coalgate, yet they are passing the buck inParliament to mislead people", he said.

Hazare said the agitation in Delhi was just a beginningand that he was confident that the anti-corruption movementwill meet its goal.

PUNE/BUREAU NEWS : Applauding the non-violent agitationby India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwaland his supporters near the residences of Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:Often at the receiving end ofopposition's silence jibe, PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhbroke his silence over the coalblocks allocation issue whichrocked the Parliament for somany days. “As the minister incharge I take full responsibilityfor the decisions of theministry,” Singh said. “I wishto say that any allegations ofimpropriety are without basisand unsupported by facts. Theobservations of the CAG areclearly disputable.”

According to Singh, “TheCAG says that competitivebidding could have beenintroduced in 2006 by amendingthe existing administrativeinstructions. The premise of theCAG is flawed.”

Outside the house, headdressed the television mediafor a few minutes and ended hisdefence with an Urdu couplet.“Hazaaron jawaabon se acchihai meri khaamoshi... (Mysilence is better than a thousand

My silence is better thana thousand answers:

Manmohan Singhquestions)” The PrimeMinister's remarks cameoutside Parliament on a day heread out amid din in both theHouses his statement on thecontroversial coal block

allocations. The BJP, howeversaid the prime minister isblaming federalism and thefederal structure of thegovernment for being unable topush through a fair policy.Jaitley also described Singh’sattack on the CAG as an attackon a constitutional authority.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:As the police custody of formerHaryana minister Gopal Kandacomes to an end on Friday, copssay he has managed to passmuch of the blame for the suicideof his employee Geetika Sharmaon to co-accused ArunaChaddha. Sources said Kandahas told the police that he wasnot in touch with Geetika in thelast 45 days of her life and in noway could have instigated thesuicide. The fact that it wasAruna Chaddha, his keyemployee, who made manycalls to Geetika in the dayspreceding her suicide, has onlyhelped Kanda's case.Meanwhile, police confirmedthat Ankita, the other womannamed in Geetika's suicide note,had been traced in Singapore— five days after TOI hadreported that she could be inthat country. Police said onThursday they were in theprocess of serving her a noticeto join the investigation. Kandawill be produced in court on

Kanda blames aidefor Geetika suicide

Friday. Cops will seek anextension of his remand, arguing,among other things, that theywould need Kanda to be aroundwhen they question Ankita.According to a source, Kandahas told the cops that if Arunamade a number of calls to Geetikait was not because he had askedher to. "It's not my problem as Inever gave any such directionsto Aruna," he reportedly said.Even Geetika's family has statedthat on August 3, it was Aruna

who called them up. Around10pm the next day, Geetika'smother tried calling up Kandato ask what the problem was buthe did not take her call.

Kanda saw Geetika onCCTV, hired her Actor NupurMehta's name got drawn into theGeetika Sharma suicide probeafter police found Geetika hadaccused her of theft, in Goa,three years ago. Geetika wasallegedly under pressure fromher former employer GopalGoyal Kanda to withdraw thecomplaint against Nupur andher co-accused Ankita, who isnamed in the suicide note. WithDelhi Police now planning toquestion Nupur, TOI spoke toher about Geetika and thecomplaint she filed on thenight of September 20, 2009. "Itwas a day before my birthday,"says Nupur, "Ankita wanted toknow if Geetika had travelledabroad on a particular date.Although Geetika told her shehadn't, Ankita wanted to see herpassport.

Pakistan SC gives 3-week ultimatum to PM Raja Pervez Ashraf in graft caseISLAMABAD/BUREAU NEWS: Pakistan's apex court gave a three-week ultimatum to prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday towrite a letter to Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases againsthis boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. Ashraf appeared before thecourt following a show-cause notice regarding non-compliance ofits earlier order to write a letter to Switzerland. The prolonged strugglebetween the government and the judiciary has already sent Ashraf'spredecessor Yousaf Raza Gilani home in June.

PM Ashraf pleaded before the five-member bench that he requiredat least four to six weeks in order to consult his legal team and cabinetmembers to resolve the issue. "I need time to understand the matter...asit involves certain legal and Constitutional points," the premier told thecourt. He also requested the court to withdraw the show-cause noticesaying that it harms the country's sovereignty. "I am going to Chinaand if I visit with a show cause notice, it will give a negative impact tothe international community," Ashraf told the court. However, the courtdid not oblige him. "You have not appeared as an accused. You are therespectable prime minister of the respectable nation," respondedJustice Asif Saeed Khosa who was heading the five-member bench.

The court also insisted that he should make a commitment tonominate a person who could comply with the court order. "I am onlya political worker not a lawyer, I need to understand the case in order toresolve it," Ashraf said. The proceeding continued for more than an hourand the court finally adjourned the case till September 18, showing leniencyto the beleaguered government that has just few months left in the office.The PPP-led government seems determined to defend president Zardariand unwilling to write a letter. Talking to media on Monday, informationminister Qamar Zaman said that writing to Swiss authorities was in violationof the Constitution. "We are ready to offer more sacrifices for the sake ofdemocracy in the country," he added. The corruption cases againstZardari and his slain wife Benazir Bhutto date back to 2003 when theywere found guilty by a Swiss court of laundering millions of dollars inkickbacks from Swiss firms while they were in power. In 2008, Swissjudicial authorities closed the case and released $60 million worth ofassets frozen in Swiss accounts on the request of Pakistani authorities.However, in 2009, Pakistan's top court declared the amnestyunconstitutional, leaving its thousands of beneficiaries open toprosecution.

Exclusivezone for NRIs

at MohaliContd. from Page 1The delegation is scheduled tohave meetings with industrialistsin Canada besides Punjabi NRIsto woo them to invest in Punjab."We are in the process ofidentifying land for the projectand acquiring i t ," saidadditional chief administratorof Greater Mohali AreaDevelopment Authority(GMADA) Manjit Singh Brar."NRIs have their own issuesand concerns about investingin real estate and this exclusivesector promises to take care ofall the issues. It will have muchbetter security and high endfacilities for residents," saidspecial secretary, housing andurban development, PrithiChand. "Most complaintsmade to the police by NRIs arerelated to property. Often,relatives and even local goonstake over land belonging toNRIs, leading to dispute,leaving them (NRIs) runningfrom pillar to post for justice.An exclusive zone willsafeguard them against all this,"said an official. Will Quebec separatefrom Canada?

Contd. from Page 1CROP said the poll showed the PQ was likely to win a minority of seatsin the provincial legislature, forcing it to look to other parties for support ingoverning. Both the Liberals and the CAQ say they do not support anotherreferendum on independence for the predominantly French-speakingprovince. Previous PQ governments held province-wide votes on breakingaway from Canada, losing by a wide margin in 1980 but by only about 1percentage point in 1995. Party leader Pauline Marois vows to hold anotherreferendum if she wins power but declines to say when it would occur. Forthe time being she promises to focus on the economy, healthcare andeducation, assuming she wrests power from the ruling Liberals, asmost pollsters expect. The poll showed that Liberal Premier JeanCharest's government was set to lose after nine years in power.Charest is a former federal cabinet minister who jumped into provincialpolitics in 1998. The CROP telephone poll of 1,002 adults was conductedbetween August 24 and 26 and is considered to be accurate to within 3.1percentage points, 19 times out of 20.



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editorial/opinionAre Indians going MAD?TK Arun

Mutually-Assured Destruction, MAD for short, is a doctrineof deterrence that was much in vogue during the ColdWar. If either hostile power has sufficient destructive

power to annihilate the other, in the event of being attacked, thenneither has an incentive to strike first. This is the chilling logicunderlying MAD. A section of Muslims in India has reached theconclusion, it would appear, that this is the only way to secure theirsafety. It is a dangerous trend that could lead to widespreadcommunal polarisation, and has potential for untoldviolence.??Nearly 80 people have been killed and nearly five lakhdisplaced in Assam, most of them Muslims. In response, there havebeen a few attacks on people from the north-east in Pune andBangalore and a rowdy protest in Mumbai. A concerted campaign -essentially rumours spread via text messages - of impending attackson north-easterners sent thousands of them fleeing back home. The government says that some incendiary pictures, morphedfrom those taken in other countries in wholly different contexts,were spread among Muslims in India and that these pictures werethe handiwork of some people in Pakistan. The government ofPakistan denies any role in such incitement but says it will investigatethe matter if India submits any proof of Pak involvement.The Pakangle is a red herring. That there are multiple players in Pakistanwho are waiting to foment trouble in India is a given. More germane is the question, why are gruesome pictures ofviolence and killings so unquestioningly accepted at least bysections of Indian Muslims as proof of atrocities against Muslimsin Assam A follow-up is, what are the implications of Muslimsresponding to attacks in one part of the country with counter-attacksstaged elsewhere in the country against people wholly unrelated tothe original attackThe campaign to demolish the mosque at Ayodhya- spread over many years, many states, launched by the VishwaHindu Parishad and taken over and led by the BJP -marked thebeginning of a new chapter in alienation of Muslims. Itcommunalised popular consciousness as few campaigns have.??People performed, in far corners of the land, sacral rites for bricks

for a new temple to be built at the site of the mosque marked fordemolition, taking vicarious part in an act of communal enmity on ascale and in a manner reminiscent of Gandhi's mass mobilisation forthe national movement via a simple act of spinning yarn on a spinningwheel right at home.Communal riots followed in the wake of BJPleader L K Advani's Toyota rath, which wound its way across India.The mosque was finally torn down in 1992. The BJP saw a surge inits electoral popularity, many parties shed their allergy to it, and theBJP-led NDA ruled at the Centre for six years, from 1998 to 2004.TheSangh Parivar's cultural agenda made its way into official policy,school syllabi, think tanks and high offices. The chief of the RSS - the ideological fountainhead of the SanghParivar and the organisation that appoints the BJP's president andorganising secretaries - became a major newsmaker.Christianmissionaries were attacked in different parts of the country. Muslimssuffered organised killings in February 2002 in Gujarat and werevilified systematically as Pak agents and potential terrorists by theSangh Parivar and its leaders. Several Muslims were killed in stagedencounters in Gujarat. A tiny section of Muslims has been radicalisedand lured into terror, with active encouragement from Pakistan.TheNDA's defeat in 2004 seemed to put the brakes on a spiralling descent

into civil war. The UPA government set up a committee under JusticeSachar to report on the socioeconomic conditions of Muslims, andthe report revealedan extremely backward community. Efforts toinvest in their educational advance and integration into globalisedprosperity have been made more by Muslim organisations than byany government. The Congress is perceived as being manipulativeand secular in an opportunistic fashion. Communal riots in Congress-ruled Rajasthan have not helped. It is in this background that some Muslims seem to have adoptedMAD as their doctrine of deterrence. It presumes a communalresponse on the part of the entire Hindu majority and declares waron Hindus as a community.This will only serve to spread thecommunal virus among Hindus who have resisted it so far. For theRSS, there could be no consummation more devoutly to be wished:complete polarisation.Communal violence at any place must be actedagainst promptly and without fear or favour. Without this, appeals for tolerance have no meaning. This is theonly prophylactic against MAD.A nation cannot progress on thebasis of conflict contained only through MAD. For a nation to be anation, it needs not deterrence, nor even detente. It needs trust andharmony, it needs sanity.

Arif ZakariaEarlier this week for two day's Ilived with my rationed quota of5 sms's a day. The transitionwas discomforting. From aseamlessly endlesscommunication cauldron todrink from, here I was asked toquench my thirst with fivedrops. So I spent a zillion zenseconds in that one impulsivemoment, the moment where weturn messaging zombiesshooting random unnecessarymessages less out of necessity,more to keep an odd habitgoing. A sample to match mytheory- 'hey, whassup?- thereply- 'Same! Whassup with

A message too manyyou'? This small trigger couldlead to daily parameters beingexchanged from the color of thesky to a leaking tap needingrepairs. Sometimes a period ofinaction in an impulsive momentis a good thing. I realized towards the end of theday that I still had two sms's leftover from my rationed quota. Iwas careful, I was pragmatic andcontrolled my urge tocommunicate and discerned theimportant from the waste.Playing along my twitch Idiscovered at the end of play thatthese modern communicationtools become a force of habitand park themselves as play

things. Modern hands havenever been this busy. I'veobserved wise men and womenconstantly checking theirsleeping cell phones to getstatus updates, beep's fromfriends and the Black berrydevotees studiously keep trackof the red light flashing. Such isthe craving for communicationthat lack of mobile phone activityfor a short spell could lead toemotional upheavals and asense of identity loss.Psychologists will vouch forthese and many syndromesarising out of our present dayurge to constantly keep intouch.For the kindergarten

generation presentcommunication gadgets withtheir sophisticated applicationshave become virtualplaygrounds upon which theirsenses wander. I don't intendcoming across a cynic and Idon't undermine the importanceof modern communicationtools but the fact remains weare living in wastefulcommunication times. So muchtime and energy expended in ourdesperate urge to reach out. Dowe need all this chat andinformation? Can't our mindswander aimlessly for a whileand our hands bond in relaxedharmony?

India walking tightrope in intra-Islam cold war in West AsiaNEW DELHI/BUREAUNEWS: India is trying hardnot to take s ides in whatseems to be heading towardsan intra-Islam cold war inWest Asia . As ManmohanSingh heads to Iran later thismonth to participate in theNAM summit he is likely tobe p ressed to t ake theTehran l ine on Syr ia ,ce r ta in ly in h i s mee t ingswith both Iranian presidentMahmoud Ahmedinejad andthe Supreme LeaderAyato l lah Khamenei . TheNAM summit too wi l lprobably devote a lot of timeto the crisis in West Asia.

Gul f Coopera t ionCounci l (GCC) countr ies ,where India has high stakes;have been trying to get NewDelhi to see the evolvingcr is i s f rom the i r poin t ofview. For some time, GCCcountries have been tellingInd i a t o t r y t o i n f l uenceIran's behaviour, which theysee as destabilizing.

F rom Saud i Arab i a ' sShia unres t in i t s eas ternc i t y o f Q a t i f , t o t h econ t i nu ing ag i t a t i ons i nBahra in , the Sunni Arabsblame Iran for stoking theflames of sectarian conflict.

The s t rong s ec t a r i anove r tones t o t he con f l i c ta r e t oo obv ious t o beigno red . Saud i Arab i asupports the Syrian rebels,as does Turkey and Qatar.Iran is the regime's greatestbacker. The US is pushingfor Bashar-al Assad to beremoved because t ha twould be a huge b low toIran, which is now the soleob j ec t o f US i r e f o r i t snuc l ea r amb i t i ons . I nd i abe l ieves there i s a lo t o fex t e rna l i nvo lvemen t i n

Syria, and this, coupled withex t r emi s t g roups l i ke a lQaeda , add t ha t ex t r alethality in the violence. TheAssad regime is weakenedbut not weak enough to fallsoon, the rebels a re le tha lbut not organized enough tobe a c r ed ib l e a l t e rna t i ve .And , t he s t a l ema te cou ldcon t inue , g iv ing amp leoppo r tun i t y fo r ou t s i depower s t o i n f l uence t hecrisis, which they are.

Val i Nasr, Middle Eastexpert with Johns HopkinsUniversity, told TOI, "Syriahas already descended intoa civil war that reflects thebroader sectarian division inthe region.

The longer the confl ictin Syria festers the more itwill feed on growing Shia-Sunni tensions in the region,and the more likely it will bethat Syria will in turn inflamethose t en s ions . " I nd i a ' si n t e r e s t s — ene rgy anddiaspora — lie in the SunniArab world. Saudi Arabia isIndia's biggest oil supplier,and Qa t a r i s t he l a rge s tsupplier of gas.

Ind i a ' s s i x mi l l i on

expatr ia tes in the Gulf aremainly in the Arab countries.Riyadh and New Delhi arework ing on a b i l a t e r a lr e l a t ionsh ip tha t cou ld becrucial going forward. Qatar,Kuwait, Oman and UAE areall ramping up ties with Indiain va r i ous ways —inves tmen t , ene rgy,in f r a s t ruc tu re , t echno logye t c . Bes ide s , t heoverwhe lming ma jo r i ty o fIndian Musl ims are Sunni .The re a r e connec t i onsbetween radical extremistst ha t t a rge t I nd i a andcountries like Saudi Arabiaand the UAE.

Ind i a i s work ing t odeve lop a s t r ongre l a t i onsh ip w i th Saud iArabia separa te ly, the twocoun t r i e s coope ra t i ngquietly on areas that matterto both — like defence andcoun te r - t e r ro r i sm . Saud iArabia, in an unprecedentedmove ; depor ted a Lashkarterror is t , Zabiuddin Ansarialias Abu Jundal to India, inthe teeth of opposition fromi ts a l ly, Pakis tan . Ind ia i sdeveloping defence ties withSaudi Arabia, another first.

India has equally stronginterests in Iran. As the bestrou t e t o Afghan i s t an andcen t r a l As i a , I r an i sinvaluable, quite apart fromi t s un ique pos i t i on a s aneighbour's neighbour. Indiaalso believes that after theIraq war, the ascendance ofthe Sh i a s makes I r anpower fu l i n t he I s l amicworld.

On Syria, India doesn' thave much of a relationshipwi th Assad , bu t there i s adeep distaste back home toallow external interventionlead ing to reg ime change .

That remains a key featurein India 's approach to theunres t . Af te r the secondGulf war, the power balancei n Wes t As i a sh i f t eddec i s i ve ly t owards Sh i aIran. Hezbollah was Iran'sproxy warriors, and in the2006 confl ict with Israel ,many fe l t Hezbo l lah wasbloodied but unbeaten.

Hamas, Israel's primarybugbear, may be Sunni, butthrew in its lot with Iran aswe l l . I r an ' s nuc l ea rambi t i ons s eemed l i ke ana tu r a l p rog re s s ion t oI r an ' s march t o r eg iona lpower status. All this haschanged w i th t he ArabSpr ing and t he ensu ingunrest of the past year. TheMus l im Bro the rhood i nEgypt has triumphed afterall. With Assad under fire inSy r i a , I r an w i l l l o se i t sbiggest a l ly, put t ing evenLebanon out of reach. Iraqis stuck in its own sectarianquagmire. Saudi Arabia hasre-established control overthe Sunn i Arab wor ld ,trying to quiet both Yemenand Bahrain. Saudi Arabiaand Iran are now two polarpo in t s f o r t he s ec t a r i anconflict. Ed Husain, WestAsia expert in Council forFo re ign Re l a t i ons ,Wash ing ton , s a id i n arecen t in te rv iew to CFR:"[T]here's been a regionalcold war that's been playingout in terms of who leadsthe Muslim streets, hearts,and minds; and Iran's claimi s be ing cha l l enged , " hes a y s . " S a u d i A r a b i a i ssaying, 'Look, we still leadthe va s t ma jo r i t y o f t hewor ld ' s Sunn i na t i ons . "India's choices just becameall the more difficult.

INDIA IS TRYING HARD NOTTO TAKE SIDES IN WHATSEEMS TO BE HEADINGTOWARDS AN INTRA-ISLAMCOLD WAR IN WEST ASIA.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 c o m m u n i t y

WASHINGTON/BUREAU NEWSAn elderly Sikh man was allegedly beaten up by his neighbour inNew Jersey following an altercation and was later arrested by thepolice because of keeping 'kripan', a Sikh article of faith.72-yeard-old Avtar Singh, a gas station owner and one of thefounding members of Glen Rock gurdwara in New Jersey, went tohis neighbouring shop owned by Edward Koscovski to requesthim to move his truck that was parked and blocking the entrance ofhis gas station. The request turned into an altercation in whichAvtar Singh was brutally assaulted.Police arrested Singh and charged him with possession of a weapon(kirpan). He was interrogated before anyone attended to his injuriesand then taken to the hospital and was handcuffed to the hospitalbed during his stay at the hospital. Singh was then taken to thepolice station and jailed till his family members filed his bailapplication, a daily reported.The incident happened on July 26, nearly 10 days before theshooting at Oak Creek gurdwara in Wisconsin. United Sikhs, a Sikhadvocacy group, contacted the Civil Rights Division and theCommunity Relations Service Division in the US Department ofJustice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as theState of New Jersey Attorney General's office for investigation andis following up on Avtar Singh's case to be heard next Thursday.

Elderly Sikh man beaten up inUS, arrested for keeping 'kirpan'

In 2004, as a step towards further simplification and liberalizationof foreign exchange facilities available to resident Indians, theReserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the Liberalised

Remittance Scheme (LRS). Thanks to this scheme, foreignremittances today can be freely made by residents to the extent of$200,000 per financial year. Remittances made under the LRS canbe used to buy property abroad or to invest in shares, mutualfunds or debt instruments in any foreign country without priorapproval of the RBI. While the scheme looks attractive on paper, itis ridden with several practical roadblocks. Confusion exists onwhat is allowed under the scheme, what documents are needed tobe submitted and so on. Let us try to throw light on these practicalaspects.

What can the LRS be used for?LRS can be used for:

Buying property abroadInvesting in shares, securities, bonds, mutual funds abroadOpening and maintaining foreign currency accounts with

banks outside India for carrying out the above mentionedtransactions

Gifts and donations abroadThe RBI prescribes separate limits for other remittances such

as travel, education or medical expenses (see table). These limitsare in addition to the limits prescribed by the LRS.

These limits are also gross limits. That is, you can remit up tothese limits out of the country irrespective of how much you bringin. For instance, if a customer decides to open a broking accountabroad and deposits $200,000 (under the Liberalised RemittanceScheme) and later that year, decides he wants to withdraw all hismoney and open an account at another financial institution, he will

Practical tips to use RBI'sLiberalised Remittance Scheme

not be able to do so.What is not permitted under the LRS?The following transactions are not permitted for remittance

under the LRS:Transactions that are explicitly prohibited by RBI such as

purchase of lottery tickets, sweepstakes etc

Remittance from India for margins or margin calls tooverseas exchanges

Remittances for purchase of FCCBs issued by Indiancompanies in the overseas secondary market;

Remittance for trading in foreign exchange abroad;

FOR SIKH'S IDENTITY-Mr . Singh International 2012

A MODEL DISPLAYS TRADITIONAL SIKH WEDDING GROOMATTIRE DURING THE MR. SINGH INTERNATIONAL 2009TURBAN PRIDE FASHION SHOW IN AMRITSAR LATE ONNOVEMBER 28, 2009. A TOTAL OF 30 CONTESTANTSPARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BYAKAAL PURKH KI FAUJ.

AMRITSAR/BUREAU NEWS: The "Turban Pride Movement" or theAkaal Purakh Ki Fauj (APKF), a voluntary organization, has decided todedicate the forthcoming Mr. Singh International 2012 to generateawareness about Sikhs globally. The Mr. Singh International would beheld in December, and for the contest, the auditions would be started inmore then 60 metro cities of various countries shortly. The award wasstarted in 2005 to attract the Sikh youth towards showbiz and popularizeSikh's identity and their culture. Besides participant's personality, hisGurmat knowledge, general knowledge ,Sikh martial art skills , folk dancebhangra and the ramp skills were also accessed.??Jaswinder said "Ouraim is to showcase the talent of these Sikh youths to the world andopen global venues and opportunities for them through this platform".

WASHINGTON/BUREAU NEWS: Over 500 guests are expected to joina gala event to raise funds for Punjab's needy students. This will be the 6thfund raising program titled 'Umeedan di Shaam' arranged by theWashington based Sikh Human Development Foundation at SheratonPremier hotel in Vienna, Virginia, on September 8, 2012. Sarbjeet Cheema, arenowned Punjabi folk singer from India is going to entertain the audienceand TV anchor and talk show host Gurmeet Sodhi from New York will bethe MOC of the event. SHDF provides scholarships for higher educationto needy students who come from households earning less than dollar aday per person. SHDF, since 2001, SHDF has provided 2373 scholarshipsand 774 students have already graduated and have become professionals.It recently gave the largest grant of $ 210,000 for the academic year ending

Washington Gala to Support Punjab Studentsin 2012 for scholarships to 504 students in 159 institutions/colleges inPunjab and other Northern Indian states. According to SHDF officials, 15scholarship recipients belonged to farmers' families where the farmer hadcommitted suicide to escape the excruciating debt burden. Dr. Harshi Bains,an accomplished ophthalmologist and a philanthropist from Texas will bethe keynote speaker and many leading personalities from across the nationwill be the guests of honor. Dhiyan Punjab Diyan will perform electrifyingGidha at the event making it a memorable event of the year. Gajinder SinghAhuja, Secretary General of SHDF, said, "We are heartened by the supportof so many far-sighted and generous donors from Washington area and allacross US to this noble initiative and it is only due to their generosity, livesof many young people have been transformed." Amar Jit Singh Sodhi,

Chairman of SHDF, said, "This initiative is so critical in the lives of somany young people in India and it needs whole hearted support ofeveryone." Dr. Rajwant Singh, Director and founding board member ofSHDF, said, "We are counting on the support of the community whowants to see Punjab flourish and we are confident that this event willagain be a resounding success." Dedicated to poverty alleviation, SHDFis perhaps the only Sikh organization which grants scholarships to needystudents for higher education in Punjab. SHDF is largely supported bydonors from Washington Metro area and by many successfulentrepreneurs throughout the US. Its programs have been endorsed andpraised by leading personalities from all over the world including PrimeMinister Manmoahan Singh.

JALANDHAR/BUREAU NEWS: Punjab Institute of MedicalSciences at Jalandhar run by a group of NRI Doctors from USAhas emerged as the premier medical teaching institute with BabaFarid university of Health Sciences declaring results for theacademic year 2011-12. Wherein Punjab Institute of MedicalSciences (PIMS) Medical College student Manpreet Kaur Bhattal(492/600) bagged the first position and Ashita Mittal (486/600)bagged the third position in the state. The first batch of Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences had 12distinctions, which is the maximum in the state. From the top 24positions in the university, 12 positions have been bagged byPIMS. While facilitating students in a function, Director PrincipalDr. Kulbir Kaur said, “This is the best result in the entire state andthe first batch of PIMS Medical College has been able to achievethis due to hard work of students and dedication of our efficientfaculty.” She went on to add, “We will make all efforts to bringPIMS to the top and maintain the position and soon PIMS will alsostand as a fine example of the first Ragging- free institution for theentire country.” Medical Superintendent Dr. SK Bansal, Vice-

Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences,Jalandhar student tops in the state

Principal Dr. Rajiv Arora, the entire college faculty along withstudents and staff were gathered to congratulate and motivate thestudents.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012c o m m u n i t y

WASHINGTON/BUREAUNEWS: S ikhs havewelcomed the visit by FirstLady Michelle Obama. SikhTemple's Secretary KulwantSingh Dhaliwal appreciatedher visit to Oak Creek andwelcomed her on behalf oft he S ikhs i n Wiscons in .First lady Michelle Obamaprivately met with families oft hose k i l l ed by wh i t esupremacist Wade MichaelPage in a massacre a t theSikh Temple of Wisconsin.

A t Oak Creek H ighSchoo l , t he f i r s t l adyexpressed her condolencesto Sec re t a ry o f t he S ikhGurdwara , Kulwant S inghDhaliwal and said, "It 's myhonor to be here with you.I 'm so r ry i t ' s unde r thesec i r cums tances , bu t I amanx ious t o mee t w i th t hefamilies and lend whateversupport I can."

Obama spent about 30minu t e s w i th t he S ikhfami l i e s . I n add i t i on , t hefamily of Oak Creek Lt. BrianMurphy, who was shot more

Sikhs welcome First Lady's healingtouch to Sikh Families of Wisconsinthan e ight t imes by Wade,met privately with MichelleObama in a separate room.Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal toldMrs. Obama, “it is very niceof you to come and share ourgrief. This means a lot to allo f u s and he lp s t hes i t ua t i on . We t ru lyapprecia te for you to taketime to visit all the affectedfami l i e s and convey yourcondolences and feelings.”He further stated, “First ladywas very gracious. She toldme that ‘please let me knowif I can do anything to help’.

Amardeep Kaleka , sonof Late Satwant Kaleka, whowas killed while he tried topro tec t o the r s , sa id abou tMichelle Obama's visit . "Itfelt sincere.

She knew abou t myfather and what he 'd done.She called him a hero . . . andsa id he shou ld beremembered fo r t he goodthat he had done."

Santokh Singh, who wasc r i t i c a l l y i n ju r ed i n t heshoot ing and was re leased

from Froedtert Hospital lastweek , sha red h i s f ee l ingswi th h i s nephew Gur j ee tSingh. "He's very excited. Hecan ha rd ly wa lk o r s t andbecause of the stitches, butwe're going," Gurjeet Singhsaid of his uncle.

Dr. Ra jwan t S ingh ,Chairman of the Sikh Councilon Religion and Education,and who has been in touchwith the White House sincethe t r agedy, s a id , “ Th i shealing touch by First ladyhe lps t he f ami l i e stremendously.

He r v i s i t goes a l ongway to assuage the feelingsof hundreds of Sikh familiesac ros s t he na t i on . S ikhcommuni ty i s t hank fu l t oObamas for their support andtheir kind gesture during thisdifficult time. Their embraceof the Sikhs represented thef ee l i ngs o f m i l l i ons o fAmer i cans du r ing t h i snational tragedy. All Sikhsac ross the US say : Thankyou Amer i ca ! We wi l lcontinue to offer our prayers

for the vict ims and Policeoff icer Brian Murphy whohas become a hero for theentire nation and Sikhs will

FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA GREETS SIKH TEMPLE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OFTRUSTEES KULWANT SINGH DHALIWAL, LEFT, AND OAK CREEK, WIS. MAYOR STEPHENSCAFFIDI, BEFORE TALKING TO VICTIMS OF THE AUGUST 5TH SHOOTING, THURSDAY,AUG. 23, 2012, IN OAK CREEK, WIS.

a lways be gra te fu l for h i ss e l f - l e s s and cou rageousacts.” Later Obama spoke ata campa ign even t and the

c rowd a t B rad l ey Techapplauded other members ofthe S ikh communi ty whenthey walked into the rally.

CHENNAI/BUREAU NEWS:The economic turmoil across theworld is proving beneficial toIndian banks, which have seengood growth in the NRI businesssegment. Lenders have seensignificant rise in non-residentexternal (NRE) and nonresidentordinary (NRO) rupee accountsand foreign currency non-resident (FCNR) deposits in thepast few months.

"Gold has reached its peakas a safe instrument and with thecurrent economic turmoil anduncertainty playing out, Indiansare shifting some of their fundsback home," said a senior officialfrom the State Bank of India,Chennai circle. The Chennai circlecomprises 700 branches and thiszone has registered a 17% growthin the NRI (NRE and NRO)business on a year to date basis.Virat Diwanji, executive vicepresident & head - branchbanking, Kotak Mahindra Bank,explains: "Flows to India havegone up phenomenally and thebiggest reasons are the exchangefluctuation and high interestrates in India. The dollar hashardened by Rs 6-7 in 5-6 months

Playing safe: NRIs stashmore money in India

and interest on NRE/ NROdeposits have also gone up andare now close to the domestic slabof around 8-8 .5%." What thatmeans is that money parked inthese accounts will earn muchhigher interest without exposingthe amount to currencyfluctuations . In fact, so profitableis this route that a new trend is

beginning to catch on with peopleborrowing money overseas at 3-4% interest and investing it in Indiato earn 8.5%, say banking sources.

"The investment avenuesand earning potential is muchhigher in India and the money caneasily earn 300-400 bps interestwithout any currency exposure,"said Diwanji . Tax planners saythat's not an illegal route either aslong as it isn't funny money."There is no restriction onremittances into India as long asthe source of such funds islegitimate," said Kartik Jhaverifounder and director, TranscendCapital.NRE accounts can besavings , current, recurring or fixeddeposit accounts and the balanceheld in these accounts is freelyrepatriable. Also the interestearned is exempt from income taxwhile the balance held is exemptfrom wealth tax though thespecifics depend upon the NRI'scountry of origin. "When it comes

to income tax, it depends onwhich country the NRI residesin and the status of the doubletax position between thatcountry and India," said Jhaveri.The route has become sopopular that banks arewitnessing a bulge flow.According to Diwanji the"incremental inflow" of money

into NRE accounts has seen a"one-and-a-half to two timesincrease since December 2011".The reason: the January 2012deregulation that allowed NREdeposits to be tagged todomestic rates and also allowedflow from NRE to NRO accounts.NRO accounts too can be inthe form of current , savings,recurring or fixed depositaccounts but these are rupeedenominated. Banks havealready seen a major spurt ininflows particularly in marketswhere remittances aretraditionally high. Take Kerala-based Federal Bank, which hasseen its NRI business registera yearon-date growth of 17%from Rs 11,185 crore at the endof last year to Rs 13,117 croreon August 14. The company'scustomer base is around 50lakh, with the NRI segmentconstituting eight lakhcustomers .



canadaPM HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF RESPON-SIBLE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH

Wholesale salesdown in June

Jack Laytonremembered

Bank of Canada governorMark Carney apologizes for$100 banknote controversy

OTTAWA/BUREAU NEWS : Prime Minister Stephen Harper visitedMinto Mine, a copper-gold mine in Yukon, to highlight the economicbenefits of responsible resource development in the region and towitness the signing of an agreement that will help Yukon furtherbenefit from resource development. The visit took place during thePrime Minister’s seventh annual Northern Tour, taking place fromAugust 20-24, 2012. "Our Government is committed to ensuring thatNortherners benefit from the tremendous natural resource reservesthat are found in their region," said the Prime Minister. "For thebenefits to flow, it is necessary to get resource projects up andrunning in an effective and responsible way and to put agreementsin place with territorial Governments to ensure that revenuesgenerated by these initiatives stay up North."

While in Minto, the Prime Minister witnessed the HonourableJohn Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and NorthernDevelopment and the Honourable Darrell Pasloski, Premier of Yukon,sign amendments to resource revenue sharing agreements whichwill ensure a greater portion of the revenues generated from themining and resource economy in Yukon will be available for use inthe territory. These amendments to the resource revenue sharingprovisions of the Yukon Northern Affairs Program DevolutionTransfer Agreement and The Canada-Yukon Oil and Gas Accord,will allow Yukoners to benefit from arrangements similar to thoserecently agreed to in principle with the Government of the NorthwestTerritories. These amendments will provide the Government of Yukonwith an immediate improvement in its resource revenue provisions,and the option to adopt arrangements consistent with those agreedto in principle with the Northwest Territories.

The Harper Government believes that reviews for major resourceprojects must be based upon sound science, balanced input andthat they must have clearly defined timelines. The Harper

Government's aim is a Northern regulatory regime that is moreeffective and predictable while safeguarding the environmentalhealth and heritage of the region and providing meaningfulAboriginal consultation.

Greater predictability, timelier reviews, reduced regulatoryburden and duplication, are improvements we are working towardsthat will position the North for job creation and long-term economicgrowth. In addition to improving regulatory processes, the Harper

Government is also undertaking other initiatives, such as developinggeological maps of the North to help prospectors find energy andminerals, and the resource revenue sharing agreement signed today,which will help ensure the prosperity of Yukon for years to come.Under its Northern Strategy, the Harper Government remainscommitted to promoting social and economic development, andensuring that Northerners have greater control over their economicand political destinies.

OTTAWA/BUREAU NEWS:Statistics Canada sayswholesale sales fell slightly inJune after four months ofincreases. The agency sayswholesale sales were down0.1 per cent in June to $49.9billion. A decline in themiscellaneous subsector wasalmost entirely offset byincreases in five of the sevensubsectors. Sales of the miscellaneoussubsector were down 6.4% inJune. Although four of the fiveindustries in the subsectorposted declines, theagricultural supplies industrywas by far the largestcontributor to the change.Excluding the miscellaneoussubsector, wholesale salesrose 0.9%. The largestadvance in dollar terms was

in the motor vehicle and partssubsector. This fifth consecutiveincrease was attributable tohigher sales in the motor vehicleindustry. Sales in the machinery,equipment and suppliessubsector rose by 1.3% in June,a third consecutive gain. Overall, three of the fourindustries in the subsectorreported higher sales. The food,beverage and tobacco subsectorcontinued the upward trend thatbegan at the end of 2009. Saleswere up 0.3% in June, followinga 1.3% advance in May.

Wholesalers in sevenprovinces reported lower sales inJune. These declines were largelyoffset by higher sales in Ontario.

Ontario, which accounts forroughly 50% of total wholesalesales, reported sales growth of1.2% in June, the fifth increase

since the beginning of 2012.The June advance was mainlya result of higher sales in themotor vehicle industry.INCREASE IN INVENTORIES

Inventories rose 0.4% to$60.2 billion in June.Inventories were up in 16 of the25 industries.

The largest inventoryincreases in dollar terms werein the construction, forestry,mining and industrialmachinery, equipment andsupplies industry and the othermiscellaneous industry. Theinventory-to-sales ratio rosefrom 1.20 in May to 1.21 in June.The inventory-to-sales ratio isa measure of the time in monthsrequired to exhaust inventoriesif sales were to remain at theircurrent level.

OTTAWA/BUREAU NEWS:Bank of Canada Governor MarkCarney apologized on Mondayfor bank note changes thatspurred criticism to accuse thecentral bank of racism. Theinitial design for the new C$100note featured a picture of anAsian woman but this wasscrapped after some focusgroups in October 2009 raisedquestions about her ethnicity.Some of the participants said the

Asian woman did not representCanada; some said other ethnicgroups should be shown as well,says a report obtained under theAccess to Information Act.

When the bill was releasedinto circulation last year, theAsian woman had been removedand replaced by a woman wholooked to be Caucasian,prompting complaints fromChinese groups and mediacommentators. In the bank's firstformal apology in nearly adecade, Carney said the Bankhad never intended bank notesto feature people whorepresented only one ethnicgroup. “The $100 bank notecelebrates Canadian medicalinnovation. In the early stagesof developing the themes of all

the bank notes in the polymerseries, focus groups were usedto test what types of imagesbest evoke the themes” MarkCarney said in a statement.“One of these was aphotoshopped image based onan original photograph of aSouth Asian woman lookingthrough a microscope.” “As isalways the case, in thesubsequent design of the actual$100 note the designers created

an original set ofimages from theground up. On theactual bank note theresearcher was drawnso as to not toresemble an actualperson. Therefore, thefinal image did not lookthe same as thephotoshopped imageshown to the focus

groups. All of this occurred in theearly design stages before thefinal design was presented to,and approved by, myself and theSenior Deputy Governor.

In the development of our$100 bank note, efforts by thebank note designers to avoiddepicting a specific individualresulted in an image that appearsto represent only one ethnicgroup. That was not the Bank'sintention and I apologize to thosewho were offended - the Bank'shandling of this issue did notmeet the standards Canadiansjustifiably expect of us. We willbe reviewing our design processin light of these events. Our banknotes belong to all Canadians,and the work we do at the Bankis for all Canadians.”

TORONTO/BUREAU NEWS:Thousands gathered in NathanPhillips Square Wednesday tomark the one-year anniversary ofJack Layton’s death. NDP MPOlivia Chow was joined byhundreds of people in Toronto —along with others in similar eventsacross the country — to celebratethe life of her husband JackLayton, one year after he diedfrom cancer. The memorial eventis being called a "celebration oflove, hope and optimism," areference to a portion of Layton'slast letter which was to be readduring the ceremony. "Today is asad day but it is also a good day aday to remember Jack’s life, a dayto remind ourselves of the valueshe taught us, a day to renew ourcommitment to continue hiswork," NDP MP Olivia Chow toldthe crowd assembled in NathanPhillips Square. Layton's son,Mike, thanked Canadians for theirsupport that enabled the familyto get through what he calls "thisvery difficult time.''

During his tour of the FarNorth, Prime Minister StephenHarper also expressed hiscondolences to the entire Laytonfamily. Layton, who led the federalNDP to Official Opposition statusfor the first time in the party'shistory in May 2011, steppeddown in late July of that year totend to his health. The former NDPleader passed away from canceron Aug. 22, 2011.

PM PARTICIPATES INOPERATION NANOOK12 I P10

TORONTO/BUREAU NEWS : Stimulating the economy ultimatelyfalls on the heads of the private sector, Finance Minister JimFlaherty said Monday. "We've done a lot through the tax systemto encourage Canadian executives, business people, to startutilizing some of the capital they have on their balance sheets,"said Flaherty. "At a certain point, it's not up to the government to stimulate theeconomy, it's up to the private sector, and they have lots of capital."Flaherty said the government has already introduced measures in

Private sector should be responsible for stimulating economy, Flaherty saysthe budget — such as the accelerated capital cost allowance andthe mining exploration credit — to compel Canadian corporations toinvest some $525 billion of dead cash back into the economy. Beyondthat, he said, it's up to the corporations. Last week, Bank of Canadagovernor Mark Carney told Canadian companies that are holdingon to piles of cash because of global economic instability to give itback to their shareholders. The bank governor was responding to aquestion about a previously released Canadian Labour Congressstudy that suggests Canadian businesses are sitting on some $500

billion in cash assets. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said,on a global scale, there is "money sitting on the sidelines'' that canrevive the world economy.Flaherty said Monday the general attitude at the annual summerretreat he attended with CEOs was that Canadian businesses needto move away from this time of uncertainty. "The Canadian economyis doing relatively well and for Canadian businesses this is anopportunity to invest, especially in infrastructure and long-termprojects in Canada," he said.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012c a n a d aEmployment insurance recipientsdown in June: Statistics CanadaOTTAWA: he number of peoplereceiving regular employmentinsurance benefits fell in June.Statistics Canada reports 507,600people were receiving EI benefitsthat month, down from 512,100 inMay.

According to the agency, thenumber of beneficiaries declinedslightly in Nova Scotia and edgedup in Ontario and Prince EdwardIsland.

To receive EI benefits,individuals must first submit aclaim. The number of claimsprovides an indication of thenumber of people who couldbecome beneficiaries.

The number of initial andrenewal claims rose 3.4% to231,600 in June, following a declineof similar magnitude in May.Claims increased in NewBrunswick, Alberta, Quebec andManitoba.

Claims fell 4.6% in PrinceEdward Island, while there waslittle change in the otherprovinces.

There was little or no changein the number of beneficiaries inthe majority of provinces in June.

In Nova Scotia, the numberof beneficiaries fell 2.0% to 29,400.

In Prince Edward Island, thenumber of people receivingregular benefits rose 3.7% to8,700, following a 1.8% increase inMay.

In Ontario, the number edgedup 1.3% in June to 150,500,following two months of declines.

Nationally, the number ofpeople receiving regular EIbenefits fell by 62,900 (-13.1%)between June 2011 and June 2012.Of the 143 population centres, 123showed declines, while 16 postedincreases. There was no changein 4 centres.

In Newfoundland andLabrador, the number ofbeneficiaries fell in four of the fivecentres in the 12 months to June.The largest decrease was in St.John's, where the number ofbeneficiaries fell 17.7% to 3,100.

In Prince Edward Island, thenumber of people receivingbenefits fell 18.0% to 1,500 inCharlottetown. The number ofbeneficiaries was little changedin Summerside.

All five population centresin Nova Scotia had fewerbeneficiaries in June than 12months earlier. The largestpercentage declines were in

Kentville, Truro and Halifax. InHalifax, the number ofbeneficiaries fell 14.9% to 4,300.

The number of peoplereceiving benefits fell in five ofthe six centres in New Brunswickin the 12 months to June, withthe largest decline occurring inFredericton. In Saint John, thenumber of beneficiariesdecreased 5.5% to 2,100. InMoncton, the number ofbeneficiaries rose 4.8%.

Among the 33 populationcentres in Quebec, the numberof beneficiaries declined in 26,while it increased in 4 and wasunchanged in the remaining 3.The largest percentage declinesoccurred in Val-d'Or, Rouyn-Noranda, Dolbeau-Mistassiniand Rivière-du-Loup. InMontréal, there were 42,900people receiving regular EIbenefits, down 8.8% from 12months earlier.

In Ontario, 40 of the 41centres had fewer beneficiariesin the 12 months to June. Thelargest declines occurred inWoodstock, Stratford,Leamington and Windsor. InToronto, 51,200 people receivedbenefits, down 17.0%.

In Manitoba, there werefewer beneficiaries in three of thefour centres. In Winnipeg, thenumber of beneficiariesdecreased 7.1% to 4,600.

All eight population centresin Saskatchewan continued topost year-over-year declines.The number of beneficiaries inRegina fell 19.8% to 700, while inSaskatoon, it declined 12.0% to1,300.

In Alberta, the number ofpeople receiving benefitsdecreased in 11 of the 12 centres.In Edmonton, the number ofbeneficiaries dropped 37.8% to5,900, and in Calgary, it fell 33.9%to 6,500. Cold Lake, Lethbridge,Red Deer, Medicine Hat andWood Buffalo also had year-over-year declines of 30% ormore.

In British Columbia, 20 of the

25 centres posted declines in the12 months to June, while therewere increases in 4 and nochange in 1. The largest declinesoccurred in Penticton, Squamish,Vernon, Williams Lake,Kamloops, Quesnel andKelowna. In Victoria, the numberof people receiving benefits fell17.5% to 2,400, while inVancouver, it decreased 16.6% to20,500.

CANADIAN SECURITIES HOLDINGS BYFOREIGN INVESTORS DOWN

OTTAWA: Statistics Canada says non-residents reduced theirholdings of Canadian securities by $7.9 billion in June, followingtwo straight months of acquisitions totalling $36.3 billion. Canadianinvestors added $3.9 billion of foreign securities to their portfolio,mainly US government bonds.

The agency reports foreign investors reduced their holdings ofCanadian bonds by $7.8 billion in June, the largest divestment sinceDecember 2008. This resulted from a $17.5 billion retirement ofmaturing instruments, mostly Canadian dollar denominated bondsfrom the federal government and its enterprises. These retirementswere moderated by non-resident investment in Canadian bonds onthe secondary market in June, mainly government securities.

Non-resident investors purchased $0.8 billion of Canadianmoney market instruments in June, down from $7.3 billion in May.Foreign investment of $2.2 billion in federal paper was partially offsetby a reduction in foreign holdings of government enterprise andcorporate paper. Canadian short-term interest rates fell to their lowestlevel in 2012 by month-end.

Non-residents sold $0.9 billion of Canadian stocks in June,following a $2.1 billion investment in May. Sales were focused onshares from the energy and gold sectors. Canadian equity priceswere up 0.7% in June, following three months of declines.

Canadian investors acquired $4.1 billion of foreign bonds inJune, the largest acquisition since November 2010. Activity was ledby $3.0 billion in acquisitions of US government bonds, largely short-

term instruments, and was the largest such purchase in over fiveyears. The remainder of the activity was largely composed ofpurchases of corporate debt in the maple bond market. The spreadbetween Canadian and US long-term yields narrowed in June butremained favourable for investment in Canada, as the Canadian dollarappreciated against its US equivalent.

Canadian investors reduced their holdings of foreign equitiesby $0.2 billion in June, as prices in major world equity marketsincreased after posting sizable declines in May. Sales of non-USforeign stocks, a first divestment in these instruments since April2011, were moderated by further acquisitions of US stocks over themonth.

PM participatesin OperationNANOOK 12OTTAWA: Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the site ofOperation NANOOK 12, an annual operation in the North aimedat exercising Canadian sovereignty, and participated in anemergency response simulation. He was joined by Peter MacKay,Minister of National Defence and General Walter Natynczyk,Chief of Defence Staff.

“Canada’s North is a cornerstone of our Government’sagenda and a sovereign country must have the ability to defendits territory, all of its territory,” said the Prime Minister. “TheCanadian Armed Forces and other government departments aredoing a terrific job of defending our interests and preparingCanada for a possible emergency or security issue in the North.That is why our Government is committed to supporting our menand women in uniform to ensure they have the right equipmentto get the job done.” Led by Canada Command, OperationNANOOK 12 supports a key objective of Canada’s NorthernStrategy: to protect and defend Canadian sovereignty.

Operation NANOOK 12 is a joint Royal Canadian Navy,Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force and Special Forcesoperation, which works with other federal departments andprovincial, territorial, regional and international partners, in orderto provide a visible presence in the Arctic and demonstrateCanada’s ability to respond to emergency situations in the region.It builds upon previous NANOOK operations conducted everysummer since 2007, primarily in the eastern and high Arctic.

Operation NANOOK 12 is centred on two scenario-drivenevents in two separate locations in Canada's high North. Thefirst involves the deployment of land and air forces to the WesternArctic to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a securityevent in Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories. The second involvesthe deployment of Canadian Armed Forces land, sea, air andspecial operations forces to the East to the Hudson Bay/HudsonStrait and Churchill, Manitoba, to intercept a vessel of interest.

Both scenarios will underline the primary focus of theCanadian Armed Forces at home to safeguard the nation, deterthreats to our security, and respond to emergencies anywhere inthe country. They will also help the Canadian military developand maintain strong relationships with local authorities andindigenous populations, and make use of the unique expertise ofthe Canadian Rangers.

NDP call for proper review of Nexen takeoverOTTAWA: NDP Industry critic,Hélène LeBlanc (LaSalle-Émard),and Natural Resources andEnergy critic, Peter Julian(Burnaby-New Westminster), areconcerned about theConservatives’ refusal to have aparliamentary committee studythe offer made by the ChinaNational Offshore OilCorporation to purchase theNexen Oil Company.

New Democrats recentlyasked the Conservative Chairsof the Standing Committees onNatural Resources and Industry

to hold hearings to assess theimpact of this takeover valued at$15.1 billion. In response, theChairs said they had no plans toreview this issue.

“The Conservatives arehiding one of the most significantforeign takeovers in thiscountry’s history from thepublic,” said LeBlanc. “Thisdecision driven by Conservativearrogance and it goes againstthe interests of Canadians. Thepublic has a right to know thefull details of this deal.”

“We are in favor of foreign

investment,” said Julian. “But thegovernment must always ensurethat this type of takeover is inthe best interest of Canadians.By refusing to do this, theConservatives are neglectingtheir responsibilities and castingaside the basic principles oftransparency.”

Of particular concern is thecomplete lack of commitmentfrom the China National OffshoreOil Corporation to any level ofenvironmental protection.Further, the Chinese corporationhas made no commitment to

protect Canadian jobs, toallocate some profits to localcommunity development, or toconsult First Nations in theregion. “This process once againunderscores the importance ofcareful review of foreigntakeovers under the InvestmentCanada Act. The NDP has longcalled for this type of oversightbut Conservatives havecompletely refused to show suchleadership”, said Leblanc.

HUDAK TO PREMIER: FREEZE, FIX, REDUCEQUEEN’S PARK: Everywhere Ontarians look there are signs of great potential for a growing economy anda rising standard of living, so while the past nine years may be the best this government can do, it’s notthe best Ontario can do, PC Leader Tim Hudak said today.“For the first time since the election, the government has inadver tently acknowledged the depth of thehole it’s dug, by scrambling for teachers union legislation because it has run out of money to buy his wayback to ‘labour peace’,” Hudak said. “The question now is, what happens next? We see an oppor tunityto push forward with our Ontario PC ideas to finally put the brakes on government overspending – bestcaptured as Freeze. Fix. Reduce.”The proposed teachers’ legislation remains ‘half a loaf’, in this regard, Hudak noted. “It doesn’t addressthe far bigger challenge of reining in the cost of the Broader Public Sector. After all, there are thousandsof collective agreements to go – and we’re running out of time.” Given that the government is out ideasfor safeguarding Ontarians’ priority programs like front-line health care and classroom education, Hudakelaborated on his own: Freeze: An immediate, wage freeze for all of us in the public sector – doctors,teachers, firefighters – for a saving of $2 billion annually, to give us the breathing room to tackle theunderlying, structural causes of overspending. Fix: A fundamental change to the entire approach towardgovernment with structural reforms, including increased competition for government services; zero-based budgeting; fixing a broken arbitration system that awards outsized settlements with no regard fortaxpayers’ ability to pay; and reform to lopsided labour laws that favour union bosses.



indiaIndia building bridges withex-Maldives presidentKanda blames aidefor Geetika suicide

Coalgate: Chidambaram questionsBJP's no-debate stand

Congress likely toappoint Virbhadra asHimachal unit chief

Ramdev faces I-T poser on aide's Rs 45 crore wealth

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS: Former president and Maldives' dictator of 30 years MaumoonAbdul Gayoom has sought an audience with Indian leaders, including PM Manmohan Singh,amid the growing anxiety in both Male and New Delhi over the Commission of NationalInquiry (CNI) report likely to be tabled in next week. CNI was set up to probe the eventsleading to the alleged coup that overthrew Mohamed Nasheed's government in February.

Government sources here said that Gayoom sought to discuss the development in the IndianOcean archipelago with Singh. "The former president had himself taken the initiative for avisit to India and talks are on to facilitate it,'' said an official. He added that though no dateshave been finalized for his India visit.

While Indian officials speak favourably about Nasheed, Maldives' first democraticallyelected president, New Delhi has also been building bridges with Nasheed's rivals and thedecision to host Gayoom is a part of that exercise. Thasmeen Ali, the leader of DhivehiRayyithunge Party (DRP) - the main rival of ousted Maldivian Democratic Party - met Singhearlier this month to discuss the situation in Maldives.

Former president Nasheed and his successor Mohamed Waheed have visited India afterthe February 7 'coup'. Gayoom is still a formidable figure in Maldives, looked upon by manyas trying desperately to make a comeback riding piggyback on Waheed. In fact, the presidenthimself was seen by many as Gayoom's lackey after he accommodated many of the formerdictator's loyalists, including his daughter, in the Cabinet. Gayoom himself returned to Malebarely a month after Waheed took over.

Government sources said that under these circumstances it is impossible to ignore Gayoom,who appeared before the CNI recently but went on to say that he will not accept the panel'sreport if it concluded that Nasheed indeed was illegally deposed. In his interaction withIndian leaders, Nasheed has consistently maintained that Gayoom was the brain behind theplot to unseat him and that eventually he would get rid of Waheed when his purpose isserved. Nasheed led a MDP delegation to India earlier, and the party made it clear that it willsettle for nothing less than reinstatement of the ousted president if CNI confirms coup.While Indian officials speak favourably about Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically electedpresident, New Delhi has also been building bridges with Nasheed's rivals and the decisionto host Gayoom is a part of that exercise.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:As the police custody of formerHaryana minister Gopal Kandacomes to an end on Friday, copssay he has managed to passmuch of the blame for the suicideof his employee Geetika Sharmaon to co-accused Aruna Chaddha.Sources said Kanda has told thepolice that he was not in touch withGeetika in the last 45 days of herlife and in no way could haveinstigated the suicide. The fact thatit was Aruna Chaddha, his keyemployee, who made many calls toGeetika in the days preceding hersuicide, has only helped Kanda'scase. Meanwhile, police confirmedthat Ankita, theother womannamed in Geetika'ssuicide note, hadbeen traced inSingapore - fivedays after TOIhad reported thatshe could be inthat country.Police said onThursday theywere in theprocess of serving her a notice tojoin the investigation. Kanda willbe produced in court on Friday.Cops will seek an extension of hisremand, arguing, among otherthings, that they would needKanda to be around when theyquestion Ankita. According to asource, Kanda has told the copsthat if Aruna made a number ofcalls to Geetika it was notbecause he had asked her to. "It'snot my problem as I never gaveany such directions to Aruna," hereportedly said. Even Geetika'sfamily has stated that on August3, it was Aruna who called themup. Around 10pm the next day,

Geetika's mother tried calling upKanda to ask what the problemwas but he did not take her call.Kanda saw Geetika on CCTV,hired her Actor Nupur Mehta'sname got drawn into the GeetikaSharma suicide probe after policefound Geetika had accused her oftheft, in Goa, three years ago.Geetika was allegedly underpressure from her former employerGopal Goyal Kanda to withdraw thecomplaint against Nupur and herco-accused Ankita, who is namedin the suicide note. With DelhiPolice now planning to questionNupur, TOI spoke to her aboutGeetika and the complaint she

filed on the night of September20, 2009. "It was a day before mybirthday," says Nupur, "Ankitawanted to know if Geetika hadtravelled abroad on a particulardate. Although Geetika told her shehadn't, Ankita wanted to see herpassport. She asked me toaccompany her to Geetika's hotelin the Dona Paula area ofGoa".According to Nupur, Ankita"took away Geetika's laptop bag fromher room, opened it, checked thepassport for travel dates, satisfiedherself that Geetika had travelledabroad on the date she had askedabout, and then told me she wouldreturn the bag around 10am.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS: Congress is giving as goodas i t ge t s wi th f inancemin is te r P Chidambaramcounte r -a t t ack ing oncoalgate by asking why BJPis b lock ing a deba te inParliament if the opposition issure that it has a strong caseagainst the government.

"If BJP has such a strongcase, why don't they debatethe subject in Parl iament ,"Chidambaram said, reactingto BJP leader Arun Jaitley'sassertion that NDA will insiston i t s demand tha t Pr imeMinis te r Manmohan Singhquit over the alleged scam.Outlining BJP's tough stance,Ja i t ley sa id , "Our s t ra tegydoes not permit that we allowthe government to useParliament to end this debatewithout any accountability."In response , Chidambaramasked, "That is what I wouldlike to ask them.

Why debate the issue onTV. Why not in Parliament?"The clash between the legaleagles provides a foretaste ofthe face-off over the CAGrepor t s l amming thegovernment fo r no tauctioning coal blocks whenParliament meets on Monday.The government i s in nomood to relent and intends tomatch BJP's aggression with

Sonia Gandhi having made itclear that Congress must takethe battle to the oppositioncamp. "There is no questionof being defensive," said agovernment manager.

Lok Sabha speaker MeiraKumar is expected to call amee t ing o f l eaders onMonday and the governmenthopes that this will provideproof tha t mos t pa r t i es inParliament favour debate topro longed d i s rup t ion o fParliament.

It is expected that mostnon-UPA parties like SP, BSP,BJD, JD(S) wi l l endorsegovernment 's posi t ion. Theruling coalition is preparingi t s de fence wi th jun iorministers briefed by the Groupof Ministers on media aboutcounter ing BJP al legat ionstha t the PM oversaw amass ive bungle in coa la l loca t ions when he he ld

charge of the portfolio. OnSaturday, I&B min is te rAmbika Soni briefed juniorministers on how to respondto Jaitley's attack soon afterthe BJP leader had finishedspeaking. Congress has beenenerg ized by a mora le -boos t ing win fo rChidambaram in the SupremeCourt which junked JanataParty president SubramaniamSwamy's plea to implicate thef inance minis ter in the 2Gcase . SC ' s v iew tha tChidambaram had no role inpricing of 2G spectrum is ahuge relief as the minister hasemerged as a mainstay in thegovernment . Governmentsources fe l t BJP hasoverp layed i t s hand inal lowing Swamy to set theagenda on Chidambaram. TheSC ruling will hurt the BJP'scredibility with its allies andother parties it hopes to ropein against the government onCoalga te , f ee l Congressmanagers.

There is a growing viewin Congress that BJP will notf ind i t easy to sus ta in i t st ac t i cs as i t wi l l beincreasingly quest ioned onwhat it hopes to achieve. Theargument that it wants to pindown the PM under a grafscandal does not explain whyit is blocking a debate.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:Congress is likely to appointVirbhadra Singh to head itsHimachal Pradesh unit amidpressure from the septuagenarianroyal whose rebellious tone hasraised the hackles of the partyleadership ahead of assemblypolls. Singh's appointment willmake him the Congress face inthe December battle against BJPin the hill state whose politicalsignificance has far exceeded itssize in view of circumstances.Congress is eager to wrest thestate from BJP to reverse thedownslide that started with astring defeats, especially thedecimation in UP and Punjab, andthe near-shock upset inUttarakhand. Given that comingbattles are in HP and Gujarat,Congress thinks it has betterchance in the hill state to score awin over its arch-rival. A formerCM, Singh is wary that Congressbrass may sideline him in theevent of party victory and thetop post may be given to Unioncommerce minister AnandSharma. His fears have grownever since he had to resign fromthe Union Cabinet over a courtorder on corruption chargesagainst him. His rebellious edgeshowed this month when heexpressed dissatisfaction withthe "insignificant" leadersentrusted with the task ofcampaign committee and offeredto quit all poll panels.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWSThe black money campaignthreatens to recoil on yogaexponent Baba Ramdev, whois facing difficulty inresponding to an Income Taxquery where the departmenthas sought to know how hisclosest aide Balkrishnamanaged to acquire Rs 45crore in personal assets as onApril 1, 2008. In fact ,Balkrishna's association withPatanjali Yogpeeth Trust as itslifetime general secretary hasbeen only since 2005. Sourcesin the I-T said that Balkrishna,who joined the Patanjali

Yogpeeth Trust in 2005,declared in 2008 that hismonthly income variedbetween Rs I lakh and 5 lakhin the three years. The"mismatch is a significant partof the detailed assessment oftransactions and functioningof the Ramdev's PatanjaliYogpeeth Trust carried out bythe I-T recently. The I-T auditreport has been sent toRamdev for his responsebefore tax demands are raised.Ramdev's empire is controlledby his f lagship PatanjaliYogpeeth Trust, which isheadquartered in Haridwar.

Besides Patanjali, there areother trusts and severalcommercial enterprisesassociated with the yoga guru.No tax is paid on income fromany of these sources. For allpractical purposes,Balakrishna was running theshow at Patanjali YogpeethTrust, which at one point alongwith i ts other ayurvedicventures, had a turnover ofmore than Rs 1,000 crore. Thetrusted Ramdev aide had alsosigned the trust document asRamdev's nominee. Besidesthe I-T probe, the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has begun

proceedings under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) andthe Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA),where the agency has alreadyissued notices to Ramdev andother members of his trusts forcertain foreign transactions.Tax authorities, however, saidthese are independentassessment and has nothing todo with Ramdev's campaignagainst black money and theanti-UPA posture he adoptedtowards the end of h isRamlila Maidan stir a fewweeks ago.

AARUSHI MURDERCASE: VAGINALSWABS WERECONTAMINATED, CFSLEXPERT SAYS I P12


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012india

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS: Mining group VedantaResources paid $5.69 million (about Rs 28 crore) to politicalparties in India in last three years. Without disclosing thebeneficiaries, billionaire Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta inits annual report for 2011-12 stated that it paid $2.01 millionto political parties in 2011-12. This donation was, however,lower than $3.66 million it had paid in 2009-10, when lastgenera l e lec t ions were held in the country. A companyspokesperson did not reply to the queries. According to itsannual reports, Vedanta has paid $8.29 million to the politicalparties since 2003-04, when it got listed on London StockExchange. However, it did not make a single donation for threeyears between 2006-07 to 2008-09. "During the year, the groupmade political donations in India of $2.01 million either througha trust or directly in respect of the Indian general election.The board believes that supporting the political process inIndia will encourage and strengthen the democratic process,"

Mining group Vedanta paid Rs 28 croredonation to political parties in last 3 yearsit said in its annual report for 2011-12. However, the miningconglomerate recently came under fire from a UK-basedshareholder advisory group Pirc over its practice of makingpolitical donations. Reportedly, Pirc has advised Vedantashareholders to withhold votes on its report and accounts atthe annual general meeting on August 28 and protest againstthe practice.

Vedanta, which has emerged as a mining and naturalresources giant in last one decade, had reported revenues ofover $14 billion during the last fiscal. Its subsidiaries includeSterlite Industries, Sesa Goa, Cairn India and Hindustan Zinc.In February, the company had announced restructuring of itsgroup structure. As per this, all the group firms will comeunder the banner of Sesa Sterlite, except Konkola CopperMines (KCM) in Zambia and Vedanta will continue to be theparent firm of the two firms (Sesa Sterlite and KCM). Therestructuring is likely to be completed by 2012-end.

BILLIONAIRE ANIL AGARWAL-PROMOTED VEDANTA IN ITS ANNUALREPORT FOR 2011-12 STATED THAT IT PAID $2.01 MILLION TO POLITICALPARTIES IN 2011-12.

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:The cross-examination of CentralForensic Science Laboratoryexpert BK Mahapatra in theAarushi-Hemraj murder casecontinued on Friday withcounsels for doctors Rajeshand Nupur Talwar asking himwhy DNA samples found onthe slides of the vaginal swabhad not matched with thesamples taken from Aarushi'sbed sheet. Mahapatra toldcourt the "same could not beestablished because the swabswere contaminated and noconclusive proof could bedrawn from them". Askedwhether he followed guidelinesof the National AccreditationBoard while conductingexaminations on varioussamples, Mahapatra replied he

Aarushi murder case: Vaginal swabswere contaminated, CFSL expert says

had never seen thoseguidelines and he followed theExecutive Procedure Manualkept in the laboratory. Askedby the defence whether he hadvisited the scene of crime withthe CFSL team, he replied in thepositive. The Talwars alsoasked him why some eightexhibits - numbered D56 to D80-mentioned in his reports werenot discussed in court.

CHANDIGARH/BUREAU NEWS:Punjab government has sought Rs1,000 crore financial assistancepackage for creating necessaryinfrastructure to developknowhow for production ofalternate crops and their postharvest handling, as a major pushfor diversification of agriculture.The state wants its farmers to stopproducing rice, which is taking ahuge toll on the undergroundwater resources. Punjab chiefminister Parkash Singh Badal metUnion agriculture minister SharadPawar in New Delhi on Saturdaymorning at his residence andstressed that diversification ofagriculture is the need of the hourto bail out the beleagueredpeasantry of the state from theconventional wheat-paddyrotation, besides motivating themto go for other alternate crops byensuring remunerative returns.

Punjab seeks Rs1,000-crore packagefor crop diversification

NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:India is weighing threeinvestment options in Iran'sChabahar port with a totalinvestment of Rs 300-400 crore.India's role would be crucial inthe second phase of the port'sexpansion and New Delhi islooking at Chabahar as a gatewayto Central Asia, bypassingPakistan. Ministry sources saidthat two teams of experts -constituted by Indian PortsAssociation (IPA) - had visitedthe port and identified the scopefor investment. "Almost 70%work in the first phase has beencompleted. Iran has investedabout $340 million in the venture.Our role would be in the secondphase. We have submitted thethree investment options to the

India eyeing Iran's Chabahar portfor direct access to Central Asiaministry of external affairs," saida shipping ministry official.

One of the three investmentoptions is to construct andoperate a multi-purpose cargoberth at Chabahar with aninvestment of about $20 million,sources said. The second optionis to build a container terminal atan estimated investment of $30

million. And, the third plan is todevelop yet another biggercontainer terminal at a cost ofabout $65 million.

"The government has totake call on how these projectscan be executed, though public-private-partnership (PPP) islikely to be the preferred mode.The government might have toput some "risk capital" forsmooth execution of theseprojects," a senior ministryofficial said. India's interest inthe Iranian port is not only to geta direct access to Central Asia,but also to facilitate import ofminerals from Afghanistan viaChabahar. Iran has plans toexpand the port in five phasesand to ramp up its capacity to 20million tonnes by 2020.



indiaindiaindiaw o r l d At less than a million,Indian-Americans shinein US poll campaign

WASHINGTON: Less than a million Indian-Americans - as little as0.5% of the US voting population - are expected to cast their votesin the upcoming presidential elections, but community leaders andrising political stars who trace their roots tothe sub-continent are getting anunprecedented share of attention in the run-up to the November polls.

Five Indian-origin candidates - fourDemocrats and one Republican - remain inthe fray in the Congressional elections thatwill take place concurrently with thePresidential poll on November 6. And threeother political stars, who have already madeit to high office at the state level, are listedas marquee speakers at the Republican and Democratic conventionstaking place in the next fortnight. Congressional hopefuls who remainin the scrap after a lengthy and expensive primary season includeDemocrats Upendra Chivukula from New Jersey, Ami Bera fromCalifornia, Manan Trivedi from Pennsylvania, Syed Taj fromMichigan, and Ricky Gill from California. Another candidate, TulsiGabbard, who is a practicing Hindu but not of Indian origin, isconsidered a shoo-in for the House because she has fought her waythrough the primaries from a Democratic pocket borough in Hawaii.

But these rising stars pale before Indian-American politicalheavyweights some of whom are being spoken of as future aspirantsfor high office in Washington DC. California's Attorney GeneralKamala Harris, daughter of an Indian mother and an African-American father, is listed a marquee speaker at the DemocraticNational Convention in North Carolina next month (Sept 3-6), whileLouisiana governor Bobby Jindal and South Carolina governor NikkiHaley, both second generation Indian-Americans who have takenthe conservative political route, are among the "headliners" at theRepublican National Convention at Tampa, Florida, next week.

TWO DEAD IN SHOOTING OUT-SIDE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

NEW YORK: Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in ashooting outside the Empire State Building on Friday, a New York policesource said. One of the dead was the shooter. The shootings occurredjust outside the city's iconic skyscraper, a massive tourist attraction, atthe height of the summer travel season and just after the morning rushhour. The intersection at the heart of midtown Manhattan was quicklyshut down. A police source said the assailant, who worked nearby, wasbelieved to be a disgruntled employee who fired at a person againstwhom he had a grievance. The nature of the grievance was not known.



10 DEADLY MISTAKES BUYERSMAKE WHEN PURCHASING A HOME

1 MAKING AN OFFR ON A HOMEWITHOUT BEING PREQUALIFIED.Prequalification will make yourlife easier-so take the time tospeak with a lender. Their spe-cific questions in regard to in-come, debt, etc., will help you de-termine the price range you canafford. It is an impor tant step onthe path to home ownership.2 NOT HAVING A HOME INSPECTION.

Trying to save money today canend up costing you tomorrow. A

qualified home inspector will de-tect issues that many buyers canoverlook.3 LIMITING YOUR SEARCH TO OPEN

HOUSES, ADS OR THE INTERNET.

Many homes listed in magazinesor on the internet have alreadybeen sold. Your best course ofaction is to contact a Realtor. Theyhave up-to-date information that isunavailable to the general publicand are the best resource to helpyou find the home you want.

4 CHOOSING A REAL ESTATEAGENT WHO IS NOT COMMITTEDTO FORMING A STRONG BUSINESSRELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.Making a connection with the rightRealtor is crucial. Choose a pro-fessional who is dedicated toserving your needs-before, dur-ing and after the sale.5 THINKING THERE IS ONLY ONEPERFECT HOUSE OUT THERE.Buying a home is a process ofelimination, not selection. Newproper ties arrive on the marketdaily, so be open to all possibili-ties. Ask your Realtor for a com-parative market analysis. Thiscompares similar homes that haverecently sold, or are still for sale.6 NOT CONSIDERING LONG-TERMNEEDS.It is important to think ahead. Willthe home suit your needs 3-5 yearsfrom now?7 NOT EXAMINING INSURANCEISSUES.

Purchase adequate insurance.Advice from an insurance agentcan provide you with answers toany concerns you may have.8 NOT BUYING A HOME PROTEC-TION PLAN.This is essentially a mini insur-ance policy that usually lasts oneyear from the close of escrow. Itusually covers basic repairs youmay encounter and can be pur-chased for a nominal fee. Talk toyour agent to help you find theprotection plan you need.9 NOT KNOWING TOTAL COSTSINVOLVED.Early in the buying process, askyour Realtor or lender for an esti-mate of closing costs. Title company and attorneyfees should be considered. Pre-pay responsibilities such as Ho-meowner Association fees andinsurance must also be taken intoaccount. Remember to examineyour settlement statement prior

to closing.10 NOT FOLLOWING THROUGHON DUE DILIGENCE.Buyers should make a list of anyconcerns they have relating toissues such as; cr ime rates,

schools, power lines, neighbors,environmental conditions, etc.Ask the impor tant questions be-fore you make an offer on a home.Be diligent so that you can haveconfidence in your purchase.

Oh, By the Way™… whenever youcome acrosspeople who arethinking aboutbuying or selling ahome and whowould appreciatethe kind of serviceoffer, I'd love to helpthem. So, as thesepeople come tomind just give me acall with their nameand businessphone number. I'llbe happy to followup and take care ofthem.

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How about a splash ofblack in your home?Black is indisputably the

colour that spells suavestyle and sophistication.

But does it really work that wellwhen you pull it out of thesartorial confines, into the wallsand upholstery of your homes?Most interior designers anddecorators state that black doesmake a statement but it has itsown drawbacks too. The colour has the quality tomake things look smaller thanthey are and that is why it ishugely popular among the well-endowed men and women. Theybank upon this dark colour toindiscreetly take away a fewpounds off them! And this is justwhat black does even to your

home. It tends to make it looksmaller. Ketki Passi, interior designer,explains, "Any dark colourmakes rooms look smaller. And Ibelieve that a black floor orceiling is not really advisable.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012property & decor

India beat NZ by aninnings and 115 runs

Veteran actor AKHangal passes awayINDIA UNDER-19S CELEBRATE THEIR WORLD CUP TRIUMPH, AUSTRALIA V INDIA, ICC U-19 WORLD CUP, FINAL, TOWNSVILLE.

Veteran actor AKHangal, who wasadmitted to the Asha

Parekh hospital in Santa Cruz,almost a week back, has passedaway. He was 97 years old.Hangal was admitted to theAsha Parekh Hospital inSantacruz on August 16, afterhe slipped and fell in hisbathroom on August 14,fracturing his right femur(thigh) bone. Initially, he wasexamined at home and put onmedicines. However, later, hewas shifted to the hospital'sICU and put on ventilatorsupport as his conditiondeteriorated. Hangal, who hadbeen in and out of hospital witha history of pulmonarytuberculosis, chronic kidney

disease and hypertension,needed to be operated howeverthe doctors felt he was unfit togo under the knife.Theyesteryear actor, who has actedin over 225 films, is best known

for character roles in films likeNamak Haram, Sholay, Shaukeen,Aaina, Bawarchi and others. Notso long ago, the 97-year-oldactor had said in an interview, "Ihave lived my life on the sets.

R ASHWIN (CENTER) CELEBRATES THE WICKET OF ROSSTAYLOR WITH TEAM-MATES.

U-19 INDIAN CRICKET TEAMWON THE WORLD CUP

Unmukt Chand led India to World Cup glory at Tony IrelandStadium, his unbeaten century ensuring his side saved itsbest batting performance for when it counted most, pulling

off the highest successful chase at this venue to beat defendingchampions Australia in the final. Chand, who was ably supportedby Baba Aparajith and Smit Patel, secured India's third Under-19world title, after triumphs in 2000 and 2008. Chand and Patel sharedan unbroken 130-run stand for the fifth wicket, after India had slippedfrom 75 for 1 to 97 for 4. At no stage of the chase did they let theasking rate climb too much, and several huge hits on the homestretch ensured the target was achieved in the 48th over. Smit pullingTurner to the midwicket boundary was the signal for thirteen Indiansto sprint to the middle, carrying flags and piling on to their heroes. Chand's innings was the defining performance of the World Cupand he chose the perfect moment to produce it, outshining his worthycounterpart William Bosisto, whose 87 had dragged Australia from38 for 4 towards a competitive score. Bosisto finished unbeaten forthe fifth time in six innings, ending the tournament with an averageof 276. He would have gladly swapped that for a more human figure,though, in return for not dropping Chand when India needed 49 off41 balls. India's manic celebrations at the finish indicated a releaseof tremendous pressure that had built up during the pursuit.They had lost Prashant Chopra early and, in Mark Steketee's secondover, Chand was lucky to survive a close lbw shout. He was on 3 atthe time. Like in the semi-final, Chand was a nervy starter, playingand missing and edging past his stumps. At the other end, however,Baba Aparajith began to play an array of exquisite drives on the offside, and Chand soon found his touch too. When Gurinder Sandhuwas brought into the attack in the ninth over, Chand attacked himright away, cutting in the air to the backward point boundary andlofting on the up for six over long-off. The 50 partnership came off48 balls. Aparajith showed he could play the short ball too, controlling

a hook off Steketee to the fine-leg boundary. India had been 11 for 1after four overs. They were 60 for 1 after ten. The Chand-Aparajithpartnership had produced 73 when Aparajith was caught on thedrive by Turner at extra cover, two balls after he had driven Sandhufor another sublime four. Turner made another quick breakthrough,catching Hanuma Vihari off his own bowling for 4. As Vijay Zolwalked in, Chand went up to him, had a chat and patted him on theback, but he edged to Peirson for 1 off 14balls. Contd. on Page 21

KAMAL PASSI CELEBRATES THE WIN WITH SOME INDIAN FANS

Emraan gets to kissboth Bipasha and Esha

This boy can never be anactor. Look at those eyes.He looks terrified in front

of the camera," says the originalstar of our huge and complex filmfamily clan, aunt Poornima.Poornima, Emraan'sgrandmother, was a star back inthe day. "I can understand whythis heroine doesn't want to workwith him," she concluded. Shewas referring to a test photoshoot picture of Emraan with anew female star, which we hadtaken on the star's insistence, asa kind of 'casting test.' Notsurprisingly, just as aunty hadprophesied, the heroine said aflat 'no'. And with that, it wassunset at dawn for Emraan. Evenbefore the first rays could shineon his career, it was plunged intodarkness. Unlike my othernephew Mohit Suri, who alwayswanted to direct, Immy hadalways wanted to possess thebest toys that the marketplacehad to offer. Luxury cars used tomake him drool, and the idea ofhuge villas brought a dreamylook to his eyes. Acting, he felt,was the key which would unlock

Alibaba's cave for him. So, hechucked up his job as anassistant director for which hegot a measly 3000 a month, andgathered enough courage to tellme about his dream. However his

dreams had turned into anightmare. He was declared deadon arrival. It was then that Istepped in. The sanskrit word'guru' means one who bringslight out of darkness. Like a trueteacher, I claimed his darkness,and helped him to journeytowards his own light. Thosewere tough days for him. I tookhim with me everywhere. He wasassaulted by my world-view24x7, and attempted to whip uphis inner spark. Like a gardener,I was trying to create the rightsoil for him to grow and flower.

..in Raaz 3. His uncle and mentor Mahesh Bhattwrites about the making of Brand Emraan

HYDERABAD/BUREAU NEWS: Even the rain gods couldn'tsave New Zealand's batsmen from looking woeful. It rainedfor more than an hour but to the relief of the Indian playersand the Sunday crowd, play was underway two hours afterthe scheduled start. The reluctant Kiwis took to the fieldand 100 minutes later it became clear why they would have

preferred the rains to continue. It took India only 61.5 oversin 235 minutes of play - 24 minutes after the tea break - towrap up the Kiwi innings and record a comprehensive inningsand 115-run win to go one-up in the first of the two-matchseries at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

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HIT OR FLOP MIDWEEK

UpcomingBOLLYWOOD Movies

RAAZ 3RELEASE DATE: 07-Sep-2012STARING: Emraan Hashmi, BipashaBasu, Jacqueline FernandezDIRECTOR(S): Vikram BhattPRODUCER(S):Mukesh BhattWRITER :SHAGUFTA RAFIQUE

ENGLISH VINGLISHRELEASE DATE: 21-Sep-2012STARING: Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou,Priya Anand, Adil HussainDIRECTOR(S): Gauri ShindePRODUCER(S): R. Balki, RakeshJhunjhunwala, R.K. Damani

24X7 RAFTAARRELEASE DATE: 19-Sep-2012STARING: Emraan Hashmi, NehaDhupia, Sagarika Ghatge, AdityaPancholiDIRECTOR(S): Shamim DesaiPRODUCER(S): Vashu Bhagnani

JALPARI - THE DESERTMERMAIDRELEASE DATE: 31-Aug-2012STARING: Lehar Khan, KrishangTrivedi, Harsh MayarDIRECTOR(S): Nila Madhab PandaPRODUCER(S): Sushilkumar Agrawal

WRITER: Aditya Chopra

JOKERRELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2012STARING: Akshay Kumar, SonakshiSinha, Attaul Awal Hamid, ShreyasTalpade, Prakash RajDIRECTOR(S): Shirish KunderPRODUCER(S): Farah Khan,Akshay Kumar

BARFEERELEASE DATE: 14-Sep-2012STARING: Ranbir Kapoor, PriyankaChopra, Ileana DDIRECTOR(S): Anurag BasuProducer : Ronnie ScrewvalaMusic : Pritam Chakrabor tyAbout Movie:- Barfee is an upcomingHindi romantic, murder mystery filmRanbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra andIleana D’Cruz in lead roles.

Movie Review

Cast: Boman Irani, Farah Khan,

Daisy Irani, Shammi

Direction: Bela Bhansali Sehgal

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes

Critics Rating: 3/5

STORY: Lingerie salesmanmeets well-rounded girl - both40 plus. And Parsi.MOVIE REVIEW: So what'syour size, huh? 38D? 36B?30A!!?? Your s ty le? Push-ups, satin, lace? Umnnn, ifyou need any advice on this,meet Farhad Pastakia ( BomanIrani), salesman at Tem TemBra and Pan ty s to re , whoknows h i s b ras and boobslike he knows his dhanshak. So when a ' 36B ' Sh i r inFuggawala ( Farah Khan)ambles in to h i s s to re , h i sheart uplifts like a 'wonderbra'fo r the f i r s t t ime; and heknows he's finally found his'size'. Or like mommie (DaisyIrani) says, " Farhad ka murgajaaga! " While he's a pro at'sizing' up women, Farhad is

clueless about the As and Bsof romance . To add to h iswoes, he's harrowed by hisdominating mother, to f indhim a girl (from a diminishingpopulation of dikris). Shirin(secretary of the Parsi Trust)is as comfy about this 40-plusromance as she's about herlove handles, breaks into aBolly-jig, wears fluorescentbras ( fo r h i s bu lg ing eyeson ly) , t eaches h im aboutsqueezes ( read : hugs)and inv i tes h im over fo r'coffee after-date'. But hold on, like any otherlove-story, there's a booby-trap in this bra-cup of a love-affa i r too . Wi th a l l theCyruses, Ferozes, Perizaads,salli botis, dikras, dikris - thisone is ful l of stereotypical

bawa-isms, hilariousin pa r t s ; swee t aslagan-nu-custard insome, and mos t lyendearing. The storydoesn't ride throughtoo many h ighs ,lows , conf l i c t s o rdrama, and i s asstraightforward as Farhad'smatrimonial column. BomanIrani's performance is utterlybelievable. Size does matter.Of the heart that is. And inthis quaint love story he's allheart, honest and adorable.

Farah Khan's debut is asheer surprise; she 'slips' intothis role beautifully. So whatif she's not size-zero, with anabso lu te ly na tu ra lper formance she makes apretty figure. Daisy Irani and

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Mira Nair's 'Reluctant Fundamentalist' goes to Venice

When Shatrughan sawSonakshi's item number...H'wood girl Pinky Campbellto enter B'wood

When Shatrughan sawSonakshi's item number...

Priyanka's big claim in B-town!

Ayushmann says he'll sing in every film of his

Film:Ek Tha Tiger

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Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal PadiShirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi

Shammi aun ty (Farhad ' sgrandmom), team up to addfe l ine fami ly d rama toFarhad's boring life. Bela, inher debut, delivers a breezyromance , wi th no th ingcomplicated; everything too-good-to-be-true.

The Bollywood touchesare en te r ta in ing , bu t thesongs (and some scenes )slacken the pace. This is noepic love tale, but it's worth awatch for those who like theircinema as buttered as theirbun maska.

Subhash K Jha

The core cast ,Riz Ahmed,Kate Hudson,KeiferSutherland and Live

Schreiber would accompanyMira to Venice and then to theToronto Film Festival. Says Mira,

"The four main actors are goingto be there with me in Venice .

Then we move to Toronto whereour film will be premiere in theGala section on 8 September. Soit's one hectic festival binge forus." Mira's film's are no strangersto Venice. Says Mira,"Mississippi Masala was my

first film at theVenice Film festivalwhere we won threeawards and that wasa really terrific send-off for the film intothe internationalmarket. Then wewent to Venice withM o n s o o nWedding. It wonthe Golden Lion.My Vanity Fair was

also in Venice. Then I took myshort film featuring Natalie

Portman and Irrfan Khan toVenice. But yes, this is special.No Indian film has been theopening film at the Venicefestival. This landmark honour ofopening at the Venice FilmFestival has really broughtattention to our film."

And it's not just the VeniceFilm Festival at the end of thismonth. Sighs the beleagueredfilmmaker, "There's the Veniceopening, and the Gala premiereat the Toronto Film Festival andthen the London FilmFestival...It's a lot of work.

We're making posters, anddoing wall-to-wall internationalinterviews." Mira plans to sellThe Reluctant Fundamentalist inToronto. "We've many buyerstracking the film. It occupies anunusual landscape. We shot inthree continents with actors fromboth sides of the world. Iconceived it as a coming of agestory about a young man in lovewith America who ascends theAmerican Dream and falls out of

love with it. And he finds himselfin the process. It's a thriller, ahuman thriller. My first film ofthat genre. Thanks to the brilliantShimit Amin , the film looks taut.Everyone is noticing Shimit'sediting work." Mira is currentlyshooting a short film entitledWords With God. Says Mira,"The film questions the validityof God. A child sees Godeverywhere and we who think weneed a special room to house Goddon't understand the essence ofGod." Mira would shoot fourdays in a duplex apartment inMumbai, then two days on thestreets of Mumbai. Says Mira, "Isigned on to do this 1 ½ years ago.While I was editing The ReluctantFundamentalist I was workingwith Zoya on this project. It's alittle insane when I've to takeReluctant Fundamentalist toVenice at the end of this month."

It took Mira three years toadapt novel to screen. "Andanother year and a half of soliddhakkas to get finance ."

When it comes to B-town, a good remakeis the best form of

flattery. And one person, whohas got her game-plan bang-on,is the gorgeous PriyankaChopra. In the last one year, theactress has been part of twoblockbuster Big B remakes,Agneepath and Don 2, andproudly so. She even went onto say, "My next film, Zanjeer, isalso the remake of an AmitabhBachchan movie. I think that'smy 'thing' now, I'll just keep

doing all blockbuster Big Bremakes!" We say keep up the'Big' dream, PC!

Hollywood actress PinkyCampbell, who ispopularly known for her

commercials with GeorgeClooney and soccer star DavidBeckham, this India's face forLamborghini cars is all set to beintroduced in Bollywood flicks asthe new sex siren. B-towninsiders reveal, "Pinky ispresently in Mumbai tosign a probable an eroticsex thriller directed byace filmmaker known forhis sequels of horrorand thrillers inBollywood."

S u b s e q u e n t l y ,Pinky, who also modeledfor commercials likePepsi, Target,Budweiser, Citibank, andMartini. Whencontacted, Pinky

refused to disclose her plans."It is too early to talk," sheadded. In Mumbai, this Indianorigin Los Angeles model turnedactor has also done her firstLamborghini campaign with anupcoming designer and recentlyfeatured in true blood as sexyfaerie most famous HBO seriesin Hollywood.

Ayushmann Khurrana'sdebut in Vicky Donorshowed that he didn't

just have histrionic skills buta l so had se r ious voca lchords. With Pani Da still on top ofthe char t s and ge t t ingnominated at award shows,the actor has decided to beltout a few more numbers forRohan Sippy ' s next , and asong in his own film NautankiSala. The actor never took

his musical talent seriously,say sources . "He neverthought o f i t a s a ca ree ropt ion . However, a f ter h isVicky Donor track did well, herealised that this could be hisUSP - a singing star," said asource. The actor says, "I'lls ing a coup le o f songs inevery film I am a part of. I'lls ing a t l eas t one song inRohan's film. I think it will bean unusual song on the linesof Nautanki Sala'.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012cricket

KIWIS TURN TURTLE, SUCCUMB TO INNINGSDEFEAT AS ASHWIN AND OJHA DOMINATE

UPCOMING CRICKET MATCHES AND SERIES

HYDERABAD: Even the raingods couldn't save NewZealand's batsmen fromlooking woeful. It rained formore than an hour but to therelief of the Indian playersand the Sunday crowd, playwas underway two hoursafter the scheduled start.The reluctant Kiwis took tothe field and 100 minuteslater it became clear whythey would have preferredthe rains to continue.It took India only 61.5 oversin 235 minutes of play - 24minutes after the tea break -to wrap up the Kiwi inningsand record a comprehensiveinnings and 115-run win togo one-up in the first of thetwo-match series at the RajivGandhi International CricketStadium.The visitors were bowled outfor 164 with off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin doing

VVS Laxman drops MS Dhoni from dinner listH Y D E R A B A D / B U R E A UNEWS: It may be true thatVVS Laxman listened to hisinner voice and decided tocall it quits, but it may be alsotrue that the inner voice wasreacting to the hurt caused

by recent incidents, on thefield and outside it. A varietyof reasons were floated anda c ross sec t ion o f peop lewere blamed - from formerp layers , se lec to rs ,

c o n t e m p o r a r i e s ,commenta tors and mediapersons - but Laxman keptquie t . Those who bel ieved'time will tell' did not have towait long, though. Just a fewdays after the announcement,

Laxman dropped the first hint.That Dhoni could have beenone of the reasons fo rLaxman's retirement becameclear on Tuesday night whenthe Indian sk ipper d id not

figure among the invitees toa dinner Laxman hosted at hisnew residence in Manikonda.I f the inv i tees were on lyseniors , i t would have lef tsome room for doubt, but thefact that Gautam Gambhir wasa l so par t o f the g roupsuggested something else.

The Hyderabad ipersonally went to pick upSachin Tendulkar, VirenderSehwag, Zaheer Khan andGautam Gambhi r f rom theteam hotel a t 8 .30 pm anddropped them back very latein the night.

On Saturday, Laxman hadmentioned that it was difficultto reach Dhoni. One wonderswhether he tried to reach himon Tuesday too , bu t th i sinc ident lends credence tothe speculat ion that Dhonimay have had a ro le -however small - in Laxman'sretirement.

Dhoni confirmed with aclear "no" that he did not getany invite from Laxman for thedinner. The skipper clearlyseemed i l l a t ease whi leanswer ing ques t ions about

Laxman. When asked whatcou ld have made theHyderabadi retire from thegame suddenly, he sa id :"You need to ask Laxmanabout it." Asked to commenton the latter's statement thati t was d i f f i cu l t to ge tthrough to him, Dhoni said:"Wel l , you th ink i t ' s acontroversy but people whoknow me have a lwayscompla ined tha t I amsomeone who is difficult toget hold of.

That 's the reason whyLaxman couldn't get to me.It's not something new. I amt ry ing to improve bu thaven't been able to do so."Meanwhi le , Sach inTendulkar l a te r twee ted :"Went to VVS Laxman ' shouse to have dinner. It isalways special to meet him.Such a wonderful guy, sosimple and down to earth..."Tendulkar also said they hadice-cream on way to theirhotel as well. "On our wayback to the hotel a quick stopto have minus 4 ice-cream,was a true delight."

SAVANT ELECTED MCAPREZ; SHETTY TO QUITMUMBAI/BUREAU NEWS: RaviSavant, the man at the centre ofBollywood superstar Shah RukhKhan's public spat with MumbaiCricket Association (MCA)officials at the Wankhede Stadiumduring the IPL a few months back,is now the interim MCA president.In the elections held on Friday forthe post following the passingaway of Vilasrao Deshmukh,Savant beat Ratnakar Shetty by10 votes to five. Seventeenmembers of the MCA managingcommittee voted, after whichShetty, currently a vice-presidentof the MCA, chose to quit fromhis post, saying he had lost theconfidence of the managingcommittee. Shetty, who is also theBCCI's Chief AdministrativeOfficer (CAO), has been a bitterrival of Savant, a charteredaccountant by profession, in theMCA. "He said he would quit, buthe hasn't given anything in writingas yet," MCA joint secretary PVShetty told TOI. "He has to submithis resignation first," said anotherofficial. Savant, who was the MCA'streasurer, will now head the body tillthe next elections, to be held next

year. Mayank Khandwala, a part ofthe group headed by former Indiaskipper Dilip Vengsarkar, replacedSavant as treasurer. "I am pleasedthat my name was accepted after thepresident (Savant) proposed it,"said Khandwala. It is learnt that allthree members of the MC from theVengsarkar group - curator NadeemMemon, former India stumperChandrakant Pandit besidesKhandwala - voted for Savant . "Ourleader, Vengsarkar, wanted us tovote for Savant. Savant has been inthe MCA since 1990 and the goodthing is that he isn't a politician,which means he will remainaccessible to us. The problem withShetty was that he is already anofficial with the BCCI. So how canhe also be the MCA chief ?" revealeda member of the Vengsarkar camp.Shetty is a key man of ex-MCA chiefand NCP supremo Sharad Pawar,while Savant heads the BalMahaddalkar group. It would beinteresting to see how Savant steersthe MCA ship, currently in choppywaters, thanks to the debts due tothe huge expenditure incurred onbuilding the refurbishedWankhede Stadium.

the most damage with hissecond six-wicket haul in thematch.He finished with figures of sixfor 54 to add to his six for 31in the first innings. These arethe best figures for an Indianbowler against NZ in Tests.The Kiwi resistance crumbledafter 100 minutes of playwhen umpire Steve Davisruled McCullum leg before toUmesh Yadav. The dashingopener, who shook his headin disbelief as he walked backto the pavilion, shouldconsider himself a bit unluckyas it looked like the ball hadhit the bat before striking thepads.McCullum had stayed at thecrease for 174 minutes andfaced 130 balls while making42 (3x4). This was the much-needed breakthrough for theIndians as the spinners tookover and the visitors lost their

last seven wickets for 26 runs.Ashwin cleaned up RossTaylor (7) and then Ojha gotthe prized wicket ofWilliamson.The Kiwi batsman was beatenby a ball that turned andbounced and he edged to slip,where Virender Sehwag pulledoff a brilliant one-handedcatch. Williamson, who hadlooked good in the firstinnings too before perishingwhile trying to cut Ojha,recorded the highest score forany New Zealand batsman inthe match. His 52 (4x4) cameoff 163 balls in a 197-minutestay at the wicket.Thereafter, there was nostopping the Indians asAshwin got rid of DanielFlynn (11; 54b 1x4) and thedangerous James Franklin (5;17b, 1x4), who had made anunbeaten 43 in the firstinnings.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 cricket

Our Olympic medalists truly inspire me: Irfan PathanIrfan Pathan on his recent heroics in Sri Lanka, World Cup

dreams, brother Yusuf and more in a dil se chat withAhmedabad t imes. The swing is back, and so is that

charming smile which makes women go weak in the knees.Selected against Sri Lanka only after Vinay Kumar got injured,Irfan Pathan responded with two consecutive man-of-the-match performances. Not only did he f inish as the mostsuccessful Indian bowler in the ODIs, Irfan also cemented hisplace in Team India for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

As we catch up with the star all-rounder at his bungalow,Irfan is in a jovial mood. As someone knocks on the gate,the prankster yells, "Arre, ghar pe koi nahin hai!" beforebursting into laughter and opening it.

Wi th a ch i ld l ike g l ee , he t e l l s u s , " I go t back toVadodara only on Sunday afternoon and ammi prepared fouryummy dishes in the evening, including the mouth-wateringbiryani! For us, a family dinner is the best way to celebratea special occasion." And least you thought he would reston his laurels, Irfan quickly dispels those fears, "I am athome for this holy month but soon, I will be off to NationalCr icke t Academy Banga lo re fo r some in tense p rac t i sesessions." Excerpts from the interview:CONQUERING LANKA

D e s t i n y p l a y e d i t s p a r t , b u t I w o r k e d h a r d t o o !Sometimes, pressure makes you do stupid things. I am gladt h a t I k e p t m y c o o l i n t i g h t s i t u a t i o n s . I l o v e t a k i n gchallenges head on and this performance has given me alot of confidence!

EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTSBecause of the experiences I have been through in life,

I have calmed down a lot . But on a couple of occasions(during his five wicket haul and hitting a winning four), Iwas so involved in the moment tha t I ce lebra ted in ananimated manner. Sometimes, it 's important to let yourselfgo !YUVI ROCKS!

Just a day before the World Cup team was announced,I was at Yuvraj Singh's home. I am delighted to see himback and i t ' s nothing short of a miracle! He looks veryconfident and that 's bad news for our opponents!T20 WORLD CUP DREAMS

Quite a few members from the 2007 World Cup winningteam are there and that experience will help. Also, the factthat we have played in Sri Lanka recently will act as a hugeadvantage .'OLYMPIC' TALK

In Sri Lanka, Gautam (Gambhir) was following everyIndian athlete 's performance in London very closely andkept us updated. I was following my favourites closely onthe internet - Saina Nehwal and Vijender Singh. I am trulyinspired by these six medallists and believe some of themwill win gold next time!GAME FREAK!

Of la te , I have developed a keen in teres t in onl inegaming and I love slaying zombies on the web (laughs)!ALI THE GREAT

If I ever feel low, I just look at Muhammad Ali's careergraph for inspiration. Besides, I love some of his sayings!

YUSUF WILL BE BACKAs professional cricketers, we know that ups and downs

are a part and parcel of the game. Yusuf is a lion-heartedguy and a true fighter. He remains focused as ever and isworking very hard. I believe he will soon make a comebackto the national team.

Chand ton gives India Under-19 World CupIndia 227 for 4 (Chand 111*, Patel 62*) beat Australia 225 for 8 (Bosisto 87*, Sandeep 4-54) by six wickets

CONTD. FROM PAGE 17India were suddenly 97 for 4. They would have been five down hadPeirson held a tough chance off Chand in the 19th over, when hewas on 38. Patel was let off by Peirson too, on 2, and he madeAustralia pay. Patel was the cool partner that Chand neededand the two batsmen focused on keeping wickets in hand for theend game, finding the boundary occasionally but taking singlesand two frequently. The asking rate touched six an over for the firsttime when there were 17 left; India needed 102 and they had thebatting Powerplay to come. In the final over of fielding restrictions,Chand heaved Turner for perhaps the biggest six hit at Tony IrelandStadium during this tournament. It nearly went on to the roadbeyond the midwicket boundary. William Bosisto made anunbeaten 87, Australia v India, ICC U-19 World Cup, final,Townsville, August 26, 2012 The equation had boiled down to 49off 41, and then Chand chipped Gregory straight to midwicket,where Bosisto dropped a sitter. Three balls later, Chand launchedGregory over the straight boundary, a blow that was bound tohave broken Australia. He hit another six off Gregory, his fifth ofsix, over cover to bring up his century and stayed on to finish thejob. India's batsmen came good after their bowlers had a hot andcold day, their first such performance in this tournament. India hadwon the toss for the first time at this venue and Sandeep struckwith his fourth delivery. He bowled an inswinger that Jimmy Peirson shouldered arms to,hit off stump, and celebrated with the nonchalance of a man whohas made an early wicket a habit. In his second over, Sandeephad the o ther opener Cameron Bancrof t lbw, reducingAustralia to 8 for 2. The other new-ball bowler Kamal Passiwasn't as successful. At the end of their first spells, Sandeephad figures of 5-2-8-2 and Passi 4-0-24-0. Chand brought onhis offspinner in the 11th over and Aparajith went round thewicket immediately to the left-hand batsman Kurtis Patterson

and bowled him. In the next, Ravikant drew an edge fromMeyrick Buchanan and Australiawere 38 for 4. Bosisto andTravis Head had to rescue the innings, like they had againstEngland and Bangladesh. They had barely got started when

Head, on 5, cut Ravikant to point where Akshdeep Nath droppeda straightforward chance. He was lucky to survive an lbw appealfrom Aparajith on 20 as well and went on to score 37 out of a 65-run stand with Bosisto.

THIS TEAM SECURED INDIA THEIR THIRD WORLD CUP AT THE UNDER-19 LEVEL



ICC ODIODIODIODIODI RankingTeam Matches Points Rating

England 21 2534 121South Africa 14 1687 121India 30 3598 120Australia 25 2801 112Sri Lanka 32 3470 108Pakistan 25 2620 105West Indies 20 1879 94New Zealand 17 1258 74Bangladesh 16 1134 71Zimbabwe 14 700 50Ireland 6 207 35Netherlands 4 63 16Kenya 4 45 11

ICC TTTTTest est est est est RankingTeam Matches Points Rating

South Africa 25 3002 120England 36 4195 117Australia 34 3952 116Pakistan 29 3148 109India 29 3004 104Sri Lanka 29 2834 98West Indies 28 2509 90New Zealand 21 1670 80Bangladesh 12 0 0

ICC T20T20T20T20T20 RankingTeam Matches QFY Points Rating

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South Africa 6 1 1 777 130England 7 1 3 904 129Sri Lanka 5 8 593 119India 5 8 553 111West Indies 6 1 0 663 111Pakistan 9 1 7 983 109New Zealand 7 1 2 708 101Bangladesh 5 8 476 9 5Australia 6 1 1 560 9 3Ireland 7 1 1 615 8 8Zimbabwe 5 8 234 4 7

India beat Maldives 3-0 in Nehru Cup

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NEW DELHI/BUREAU NEWS:India did not have to look forPlan B even though coach WimKoevermans had it ready for theirsecond engagement againstMaldives in the Nehru Cup at theJawaharlal Nehru Stadium hereon Saturday.

Frequent visitors Maldiveswere left wondering what struckthem when Syed Rahim Nabi'slow cross hit the arm of leftbackMohammed Shifan on the strokeof haft-time. Sunil Chhetriconverted the resultant penaltyand went on to add one morewith a spectacular diving header.

In between, Nabi, who wasindefatigable and persistentdespite heavy underfootconditions adding to the odds,nodded in a Clifford Mirandaflag-kick. It was a trademark Nabistrike, arriving unnoticed andattacking the far post.

The hallmark of India'sgame on Saturday was searingruns by the retractable wingersand constant interchange ofpasses between the central

midfield duo of Mehtab Hossainand Lenny Rodrigues. Theconsistent and precisionspraying of passes kept Nabi asbusy as a bee and theexperienced left back was notone to complain.

It was a tough ask forMaldives to find an answer tothe attacks from the flanks andMehtab's tireless and intelligentanchoring of the midfield. Nabi'srepeated efforts in the firstsession finally paid off at thestroke of half-time. Hisattempted cross struck theoutstretched arm of Rilwaninside the box and referee HamadHashmi had no hesitation inpointing to the spot. TheMaldivians protested but itdidn't distract Sunil Chhetri whocalmly fired his right-footer pastMohammed Imran, the Maldivesgoalkeeper. The timing of thelead was a repeat of India'sopening game against Syria andit turned out to be crucial. Tillthe time they surged ahead,India had the game under

control. Maldives captain andattacking spearhead Ali Ashfaqwas mostly kept quiet by thehardworking Mehtab andRodrigues. The latter did sliponce, dithering on the ballmidway through the first session.Abdullah Asadullah snatchedthe ball and picked out Ashfaqwhose goal bound shot was keptaway by the Subrata Paul, whowas a tower of strength underthe Indian bar. Maldives weretotally overshadowed in thesecond session as Koevermans-professed passing game wasgiven expression almost to thefull. Often the pretty patternsthat the men in blue weavedevoked huge applause from theaudience. Chhetri's divingheader to Francisco's cross wasa culmination of a style thatpromises to entertain. Theevening, however, belonged toNabi, who reminded all thatduring his junior days he was astriker but was forced into adefensive role because the teamwanted him to.

INDIAN PLAYER SYED RAHIM NABI SCORING INDIA'S 2ND GOAL AGIANST MALDIVES DURINGTHE NEHRU CUP MATCH IN NEW DELHI.

Andy Murray’s wait for a ‘big’ success despite beingone of the strongest contenders in the era of Federer,Nadal and Djokovic ended with his demolition of 2012

Wimbledon champion at the London Olympics. Murray’striumph at the event had thrown open the upcoming US Openturning it into a title that would have four legitimate suitorsrather than the usual troika of a Djoker, a Spanish freak and aSwiss Maestro. However, as it turned out, Nadal won’t becontesting the final Grand Slam of the year due to fitnessconcerns making it again a fight among the top three minusthe Spaniard. Out of the four Grand Slam events of the year,three have so far witnessed a different champion. Nadal’sabsence from the fourth has surely come as a dampener. Thetop three men have conquered each that includes NovakDjokovic (AustralianOpen), Rafael Nadal(French Open) andRoger Federer(Wimbledon). Now, forthe romantics, a fairytale ending that will capan exciting year for themen’s tennis would be Britain’s eternal hope of a Grand Slamchampion being fulfilled. It is fast becoming a regular sight atthe Slams watching Murray wiping his tears while holding therunners-up trophy waving at the crowd as it cheers him up.Well, the Scot cried again. And the reason was his 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 win over favourite Federer. The win can become a career-defining moment for the 25-year-old if he manages to landhimself among the Grand Slam winners. And end the prospectof being labelled as an underachiever.

Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal, the firstever shuttler from India to win an Olympic medalat the 2012 Games in an exclusive interview with

zee news said ‘’it feels great that Indian players got 6medals at London Olympics. I can see the blissfulnessamongst every Indian and I myself feel really proud thatIndians are doing so well insports.’’ In a free-wheelinginterview withZeenews.com’s SwatiChaturvedi on her chat showKahiye Janab, Saina said ‘’Ihope we shall bring moremedals for our country infuture and on theIndependence Day this is the best gift to India’’. On beingasked how does it feel when you see Indian flag in thestadium, she said “it feels great that we are serving ourcountry, every year we are playing so many tournamentsand making Indians proud. So feeling of getting a bronzemedal at Olympics when you are standing on the podiumcannot be expressed. When hard work and sacrifices thatmy parents, coaches and players whom with I play givesthis much recognition feels great. Everything comes inyour mind when you are standing on a podium andrepresenting your country. It’s a very special feeling. I’msure all the medal winners are feeling the same. Achievingyour parents dream is such a big thing and after youachieve it, the bliss inside can’t be explained. Happinesswe get after achieving this much is totally different.

India beat NZ by an innings.....(Contd. from page 17)The visitors were bowled out for 164 with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin doing the most damage with his secondsix-wicket haul in the match. He finished with figures of six for 54 to add to his six for 31 in the first innings. Theseare the best figures for an Indian bowler against NZ in Tests. The Kiwi resistance crumbled after 100 minutes of playwhen umpire Steve Davis ruled McCullum leg before to Umesh Yadav. The dashing opener, who shook his head indisbelief as he walked back to the pavilion, should consider himself a bit unlucky as it looked like the ball had hit thebat before striking the pads. McCullum had stayed at the crease for 174 minutes and faced 130 balls while making 42(3x4). This was the much-needed breakthrough for the Indians as the spinners took over and the visitors lost theirlast seven wickets for 26 runs. Ashwin cleaned up Ross Taylor (7) and then Ojha got the prized wicket of Williamson.The Kiwi batsman was beaten by a ball that turned and bounced and he edged to slip, where Virender Sehwag pulledoff a brilliant one-handed catch. Williamson, who had looked good in the first innings too before perishing whiletrying to cut Ojha, recorded the highest score for any New Zealand batsman in the match. His 52 (4x4) came off 163balls in a 197-minute stay at the wicket. Thereafter, there was no stopping the Indians as Ashwin got rid of DanielFlynn (11; 54b 1x4) and the dangerous James Franklin (5; 17b, 1x4), who had made an unbeaten 43 in the first innings.

Job first, hockey medal can waitMichael Nobbs, the Australian coaching the Indian hockey team, made a telling statement about his players. In the

wake of India's worst show at the Olympics, Nobbs said: "Some of the players are just happy being Olympians." IfNobbs is right, the attitude reflects one that exists at domestic level where, for long now, one discerns players'

aspirations diminish once they land a job.It was an open secret that India and Pakistan practise 'disguised professionalism' inhockey, flouting the fine print in the Federation Internationale de Hockey principles relating to the game's archaic amateur code.Given hockey's status of 'national sport' and the prestige attached, institutions like the former Indian Airlines, the Petroleumcompanies, the Railways, the Police, the banks and corporates like Tata's and Mahindras (though not any longer) recruitedplayers with the sole purpose of fielding hockey teams.

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