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Auto, taxi fares to go up from Feb 1TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The fares of autorick-shaws and taxis in the city will be in-creased from February 1.

The city government is yet to an-nounce the new fares, but sourcessay for both autos and taxis, the me-ter down rates may be doubled andthe fare per km hiked substantially.

Currently, autos charge Rs five asthe minimum fare and Rs 2.50 perkm. In the new structure, the mini-mum fare will be Rs 10. For everykm, commuters will have to pay Rs3.50, the sources said.

Taxi passengers may have to payRs 15 as minimum charges. Forevery km, the charge may go up fromthe present Rs five to Rs seven.

City transport minister Ajay Mak-en said despite the fare hike, com-

muters will not have to pay any morethan what they had been paying.

‘‘It will not be a burden on thecommuter. In fact, with the hike,they will hopefully have an easierride. No more quarrels with the autodrivers over the fares.’’

Besides, a hike in the nightcharges is also expected.

‘‘Passengers will have to pay about20 per cent extra between 11 pm and6 am,’’ a source said.

Maken said, ‘‘We have made theautorickshaw unions accept a codeof conduct and we have also toldthem that a default will invite strictaction from our enforcement depart-ment. In all, about 22 unions have ac-cepted the code.’’

The source said, ‘‘The transportdepartment is getting a distance fare chart made.

This chart will cover about 2,500 destinations in the city. FromFebruary 15, auto drivers will have to fix this chart prominently intheir vehicles.’’

HP ministers quit: Two ministersof the P K Dhumal government in Hi-machal have resigned, fearing theymay not be nominated as candi-dates by the BJP for next month’sassembly elections.

Extradition treaties: DeputyPrime Minister L KAdvani said Indiawants to sign extra-dition treaties withas many countriesas possible in viewof the threats posedby terrorism. Hewas speaking to

the media before leaving for Franceand Qatar.

Notice to missionary: The Ker-ala police asked American mission-ary Joseph W Cooper, who was at-tacked on January 13 by RSS ac-tivists, to leave India within a week.

Ricin case: The London police onMonday mounted a major raid on amosque frequented by Islamic hard-liners, and arrested several personsin connection with the discovery ofricin on January 5. P11

Pak move: Pakistan is now con-sidering an alternative route for aproposed $ 3.2-billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan viaAfghanistan with an eye on the Indian market. P13

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Pak defiant,envoy istarget again

By Mahendra VedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: India has lodgeda strong protest with Pak-istan over the ‘‘unprecedent-ed harassment’’ of its charged’affaires (CDA) in Islam-abad, Sudhir Vyas, and de-manded that it follow diplo-matic norms and not vitiatebilateral ties further.

Vyas’ official vehicle, fly-ing the Indian flag, was re-peatedly blocked on Saturdayand again on Monday.

Vyas is known for his po-lite behaviour and patienthandling of situations undersevere provocation.

His continued harassment,even as India was lodging itsprotest, indicated the height-ened tension between the twocountries. But external af-fairs ministry spokesmanNavtej Sarna ruled out anymove to recall Vyas.

A number of Indian military attaches and coun-sellors posted in Pakistanhave been harassed, humili-ated and even beaten up in recent times.

New Delhi on Mondayhanded over a list of such re-cent incidents — seven ofthem against one diplomat,Vipin Handa, alone — to Pakistan’s acting high commissioner here, Jalil Ab-bas Jilani.

Islamabad, however, pro-fessed innocence and insteadcame up with a ‘‘disclosure’’

that it was Jilani, who wasbeing ‘‘aggressively chasedand harassed by Indian intel-ligence agencies for almosttwo weeks’’.

A press release by the Pak-istan High Commission heredid not explain why Islam-abad took so long to revealthat it had actually lodged aformal protest with the Indi-an foreign office regardingJilani on January 7.

The press release alsoclaimed that the Islamabadincidents were ‘‘non-exis-tent’’. But Sarna called thePakistani counter-charge‘‘motivated and baseless’’.

Jilani was summoned toSouth Block on Monday af-ternoon and in a note verbalegiven to him, Arun KumarSingh, MEA’s joint secretaryin-charge of the Pakistandesk, said: ‘‘Such harass-ment is unprecedented andamounts to a clear attempt by Pakistan’s intelligenceservices to thwart the CDA inthe performance of his diplo-matic duties.’’

Pay and violate, says DDABy Rahul Chhabra

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New Delhi: Union urban devel-opment minister Ananth Kumaron Monday legalised additionalconstructions in DDA and grouphousing society flats that wouldenable flat owners to build extrarooms in courtyards and on roofs.

The concessions would permitflat owners to increase the livingspace of their flats by 10 to 15 percent by covering open spaces, likecourtyards, on payment of a feeto the DDA.

Residents of self-financingflats and colonies with two-storeybuildings are likely to benefit themost. Such colonies include Vas-ant Kunj, Mayur Vihar, Safdar-jung Enclave, Naraina Vihar andEast of Kailash.

However, coverage of balconiesfor constructing rooms has notbeen legalised as this could endanger the structural safety ofa building.

The concessions in terms ofadditional coverage would le-

galise the illegal constructions al-ready existing in DDA coloniesand also allow others, who had re-frained from doing so till now, tobuild additional rooms.

However, as a majority of the3.25 lakh DDA flat owners have al-

ready illegally carried out addi-tional constructions, very few flatowners are expected to take upfresh constructions after the an-nouncement.

The sops offered on Mondayare in addition to 19 types of al-

terations permitted in DDA flats,and come at a time when Delhi isheading for assembly elections inNovember.

Most of the concessions an-nounced on Monday were draftedby an expert committee with aview to legalise the existing ille-gal constructions in DDA flatsand group housing societies.

‘‘The proposals of the commit-tee were once struck down by theministry as it was seen to be send-ing out a wrong message to thoseinvolved in illegal construction.A second committee reviewedand resubmitted the report andthe ministry hurriedly gave itsconsent,’’ said a DDA official.

Kumar said the DDA had beendirected to work out details forlevying a fee on flat owners whodecide to build extra rooms.

Dawood aide shot deadDubai\Mumbai: A Dubai-based associate of under-world don DawoodIbrahim, Sharad Shetty,was gunned down by twounidentified men at thePopular India Club herelate Sunday.

The club where 43-year-old Shetty was gunneddown is run by expatriate

Indians. Shetty, a residentof the UAE, was an activemember of the club.

Shetty owned twoDubai-based hotels andheaded the Rami Group ofHotels. The Mumbai policesaid they suspect Dawoodrival Chotta Rajan’s handin the killing. Agencies

Cell firms agree to a truceTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Cellular operators onMonday agreed to let their sub-scribers and those of private basicphone companies talk to one an-other, bringing relief to thousandsof consumers across the country.

They are also expected to an-nounce a range of tariff cuts with-in a couple of days. These develop-ments followed an assurance fromcommunications minister PramodMahajan of a fair network inter-connect agreement.

Industry sources said cellphoneusers could expect halving of cell-to-cell ISD rates, free incoming

calls and lowering of airtime rates.Cellular firms’ representatives

met Mahajan and assured him thatthey would immediately start rout-ing all calls, including limited mo-bility services.

Basic phone subscribers — par-ticularly those using mobile wire-less in local loop (WLL-M) service— of Tata Indicom, HFCL and Re-liance will now be able to talk tothose of AirTel, Hutch and Idea.

Consumers can now hope that infuture, they would not be held toransom because of quarrels be-tween phone companies.

‘‘Yes, I was aware that the MTNLhad cut off cellular subscribers,

while I was travelling abroad and,yes, I did not stop the MTNL fromdoing it,’’ said Mahajan.

Though he acknowledged thatconsumers suffered due to this, hesaid if cell operators continued toblock MTNL’s transit calls (of In-dicom and HFCL’s), he could notrestrain the state-owned companyfrom shutting doors to them.

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Traffic piles up near India Gate because of Republic Day rehearsals in New Delhi on Monday.

Mishap onKamrup Express againGuwahati: Passengers ofthe Howrah-bound KamrupExpress had a providentialescape on Monday whenthree bogies and the enginederailed after a bomb blaston the tracks in Karbi Ang-long district of central As-sam at around 1.30 am.

A North Eastern FrontierRailway spokesperson saidthe bomb, planted on thetracks, went off as the Dibru-garh-Guwahati-Howrah ex-press passed over it causingthe engine, an empty generalcompartment, a parcel van and a brake van to jumpthe rails.

Incidentally, the derail-ment of Kamrup Express is for the second time in ten days.

Emergency teams left forthe spot soon thereafter.

Police suspected the handof insurgents in the blast. PTI

• Pakistan told to followdiplomatic norms andnot vitiate ties further• New Delhi cites severalsuch incidents in recent times• Pakistan issues denial,says its envoy here isbeing harassed

TOUGH STANCE

• Use of electronic meters, display of fare chart, driving licence and badge to be mademandatory for operators• Transport dept will frame thefare conversion chart

THE DECISIONS

BJP move as poll nears allows extra rooms in courtyards, on roofs Graphic: Neelabh

The RepublicDay rehearsal ison for two hourseveryday from10 am and willgo on till Jan 25.

Full rehearsal on Jan 23

WHAT’S ON WHAT TO AVOIDThe BeatingRetreat rehearsal is onfrom 3.30 pmto 5 pm till Jan28. The final

ceremony is on 29

21Morning office-goers should notuse roads nearRajpath, IndiaGate till theRepublic Day

parade is over

In the eveningavoid roadsnear VijayChowk till the BeatingRetreat

ceremony is over

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Comment: Whether it is taxamnesty schemes or housingnorms, post facto regularisationis bad in principle. It only penalises those who follow the rules, and encourages futureviolations.

Comment: A higher fare is fine, butcan the state government guaranteethat auto rickshaw drivers will still not overcharge, and actually use their electronic meters? Ifnot, then what was all the song anddance about?

Comment: Good for Mr Mahajan. Alevel playing field is certainly a desirable objective. But we can’thelp wondering, what is the pointof having a supposedly independ-ent regulator if all problems eventually wind up being solved bythe government?

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Traffic caught inR-Day rehearsal

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New Delhi: The hectic beau-tification activity ahead ofRepublic Day celebrationshas started taking the shapeof a traffic hazard. The spellsof dense fog have compound-ed the problems resultingfrom ill-planned drives ofcivic agencies to paint roadmarkers, pavements androad railings.

According to the Delhitraffic police, incidents ofmotorists running into pave-ments and diversion sign-boards have shot up over thelast week due to fog. ‘‘The cal-lous nature in which diver-sion signboards are placed inthe middle of roads have nothelped the cause either,’’ saida traffic police official.

On several busy stretches,the workers hit the road dur-ing office rush hour causingtraffic snarls. New Delhi Mu-nicipal Council (NDMC)chairperson, P M Singh,

blamed the weather to an ex-tent. ‘‘Due to fog, the workershave not been able to domuch work late in theevenings. This forces them tospend longer time on roadsduring day time,’’ she said.

Singh said precautionswere being taken to causeminimal problems to drivers.‘‘The workers are usually as-signed to start work in theforenoon and finish it beforeevening rush hours,’’ shesaid. ‘‘We are running be-hind schedule due to the per-sistent fog,’’ said an official ofworks department of MCD’scity zone.

Deputy commissioner,Ashok Kumar, said: ‘‘Instruc-tions would now be issued toall staff to not to cause in-convenience to the publicwhile meeting the R-Daydeadline.’’ With the R-Day pa-rade rehearsal three daysaway, civic agencies are in ahurry to spruce up the city.

Eye conference duckskey concerns on Lasik

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New Delhi: Even as the AllIndia Ophthalmological So-ciety sought to allay fearson Lasik surgery, a leadingeye care company has de-cided to educate both doc-tors and consumers so as tominimise associated risks.

Significantly, the IndianJournal of Ophthalmology,the scientific offshoot ofthe society, while doing anassessment of its possiblerisks in its latest issue, hadpointed out that strongbusiness interests could in-fluence careful patient se-lection required to min-imise complications in anotherwise safe surgery.

‘‘It is a challenge to bal-ance economic pressuresagainst professional priori-ties. As a natural conse-quence, it is possible thatscreening criteria may bevariable or relaxed,’’ thejournal had said whilelauding the media’s effortsin creating awareness ofpreoperative assessment.

However, in a statementissued in New Delhi, the so-ciety did not spell out therisks that this surgerycould expose people to. Itsaid that Lasik is a ‘‘scien-tific, well-researched surgi-cal procedure with an es-tablished track record ofremarkable safety theworld over. The US FDAand other regulatory bodiesin other countries approvethis procedure.’’

The statement, a result ofa resolution passed at thegeneral body meeting ofthe society, did not spell outany action plan to ensurequality at all Lasik centres.

The journal, while com-menting on the differentcosts of the same procedureat centres across the coun-try, had pointed out that thequality of treatment is like-ly to be different in them.

Meanwhile, a leading eyecare company, Bausch &Lomb, announced it will getexperts to deliver lecturesand organise continuingmedical education pro-

grammes on Lasik. It said:‘‘While Lasik is a safe vi-sion correction procedure,it is critical for practition-ers to follow the criteria ofpatient selection to min-imise associated risks.’’

Earlier, the journal haddescribed how in most cas-es there is a decrease intear secretion following thesurgery. Night vision prob-lems may occur in somecases. Under correctionand over correction aftermyopic Lasik is not uncom-mon. Infection followingLasik is a potentially vi-sion-threatening complica-tion. The incidence is ex-pected to be one in 5,000.Among the other complica-tions, an inflammatory re-action, known commonlyas Shifting Sands Syn-drome, can occur throughsubstances such as talcfrom gloves, oil, wax,metallic fragments. A pro-gressing thinning of thecornea could be a potential-ly serious complication following Lasik.

Boy kills selfNew Delhi: A Class 11 stu-dent of Gurukul in GautamNagar hung himself at hisresidence on Sunday night.‘‘He did not want to go backto the school. On Sunday hisbody was found hangingfrom the ceiling fan. He hadwritten a note saying he didnot blame anyone,’’ said DCP(south) P Kamaraj. TNN

Dwarka seeksmore policemen

By Maneesh PandeyTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Dwarka sub-cityis witnessing a sudden spurtin crime. The police say thisis because the area force isshort-staffed.

Almost three lakh peoplereside in Dwarka, plannedfor a million-plus population.But there are only 48 policepersonnel for their security.The current strength of theforce falls short by about 40per cent.

Senior police officers ad-mitted these facts while lay-ing the foundation stone of apolice station in Sector 9 ofDwarka. Officers said the local crime figures in theyear 2002 have shown an increase of over 100 cases ascompared to 2001.

Deputy commissioner ofpolice (southwest), TejinderLuthra, said: ‘‘Last year, 426cases were reported asagainst 324 in 2001 and 308 in2000. So the crime rate hasrisen in the last three years.About 150, out of 400 housingsocieties, have been complet-ed. Once the residents movein, incidents of crime arelikely to go up further.’’

Dwarka becomes a desert-ed place by evening, an set-ting for all kinds of crime.

According to Luthra, all thiscalls for strengthening thepolice infrastructure. Spreadover 24 kms, Dwarka is nowbeing policed by two dis-tricts, southwest and west.

‘‘The southwest district,which has over 70 percent ofDwarka under it’s control,has three sanctioned policestations, including that ofsector 9. Two others are insectors 19 and 23. But theseare not fully operational asyet, ‘’ the DCP said, addingthat the three police stationswill be complete only by 2004.

The west district has foursectors to control and hasonly one police post, Matiala,that comes under the UttamNagar police station. ‘‘Thereis no full-fledged station yetto police Dwarka, falling inthe west district,’’ DCP(west), Dependra Pathak.

A local police officer said:‘‘Surprisingly, the growth ofcrime is faster than any oth-er area of the city. Murdershave set an alarming trend,with dead bodies beingdumped in large open areas.Cases of burglaries and acci-dents have gone up.’’

Luthra said several out-siders move around freely inthe locality. This can bechecked only through strate-gic picketing and patrolling.

Man held fortheft, cashrecovered

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New Delhi: The central dis-trict police arrested a personand claimed to have recov-ered a cash amount of Rs30,000 in Paharganj. Arjun KOdera, who works inUdaipaur and is a resident ofGujarat, had come to Delhiwith a contingent of 139 chil-dren and 17 team members totake part in R-Day.

Odera visited reservationcentre carrying a cashamount of Rs 60,000, whensomeone cut his polythenebag and stole away Rs 50,000.The accused was arrestedand he disclosed that he pur-chased a mobile from themoney. The accused, involvedin six thefts, has been cuttingbags using a blade.

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20-year-oldman abducted,captors askfor Rs 35 lakh

By Bhadra SinhaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Barely few daysafter a six-year-old boy waskidnapped from St Colum-ba’s school, a 20-year-old manwas abducted from north-west district on Saturday.

The victim is the only sonof a businessman and thefamily has already received aransom call demanding Rs 35lakh. Although the call wasreportedly made from Delhi,the police has not been ableto trace it so far.

A police officer said: ‘‘Thefamily has received threecalls so far. All calls weremade on the landline phone.’’The members, however, de-nied personal enmity.. ‘‘Thefamily does not suspect any-one. But we suspect abduc-tion as the victim is the onlyson and comes from a richfamily,’’ the officer said.

As per the FIR, the victimleft his house at 7.30 pm onSaturday and did not return.The family got alarmed andinformed the police.

On Sunday, the family re-ceived a call at 2 pm. The callwas received by victim’s un-cle. ‘‘The caller demandedransom and when the uncletried to question the caller,he hung up,’’ an officer said.

The family members im-mediately went to the policeand got a case registered. Thepolice added it was too earlyto say whether the victim hasbeen abducted by an organ-ised gang or known persons.‘‘The demand for ransomshows that it was pre-planned and well executed.We have spoken to victim’sfriends and relatives,’’ the of-ficer said. But the question-ing has not yielded much, hesaid.

Liquor vends women can visitBy Shivani Singh

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New Delhi: After much de-lay, Delhi has finally gotsome private liquor shops.These swanky shops are awelcome departure fromthe otherwise dilapidatedsarkari vends. They have allthe popular brands on theirshelves. What’s more, noweven women are daring towalk into these vends topick their favourite brand.

The privately-ownedliquor vends in N and Dblocks of Connaught Placeand six more in Naraina,Wazirpur, Vikaspuri, SadarBazar and Pitampura are al-ready giving the govern-ment vends a run for theirmoney. These are all self-service vends that sell Indi-an-made foreign liquor.

‘‘Since we opened on Jan-uary 9, we are getting about400 customers every day. Wemay not be exactly givingthem stiff competition, butthe nine government-ownedvends are feeling thepinch,’’ said P K Jain, man-ager of Diwan liquor shopin CP’s D Block.

He says the atmospherein these shops is not hostile.‘‘Men walk in freely withtheir families. Women donot feel intimated. In fact,we have about 15 womenvisiting our shop everyday,’’ said Jain.

The shop keeps 90 liquorbrands, which Jain claimsare very popular among thecustomers. ‘‘We have great

demand for premium andlower range liquor. As cus-tomers’ choice is our sellingproposition, there is noscope for brand-pushingthat is a common problemin the government-runshops,’’ Jain said.

Under its new excise poli-cy, the Delhi state govern-ment had planned to open 70private vends in the city.Through draw of lots, 65private players were short-listed in November lastyear. ‘‘But the process hit asnag when the Delhi high

court raised objections onopening shops in residen-tial areas. About 25 appli-cants did not have shops incommercial areas,’’ said anexcise department official.

Officials said some MLAsopposed the government’spolicy of doing away withthe provision of taking no-objection certificates beforeopening vends in their con-stituencies. Because of this,shops could not be openedin many areas.

‘‘In some areas, the resi-dents objected to opening of

new liquor vends. In theseplaces, we have asked thegovernment to shift theshop site to some other areain the same district,’’ saidan official.

While the opening ofliquor vends has only metwith partial success, the ex-cise department is hopingto get a better response forits move to allow sale ofbeer in departmental stores.The department invited ap-plications for it last monthand has got response from26 store owners already.

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Shopping for liquor may become hassle-free with private vends like these becomingmore common.

HC refuses stayin Katara case,trial begins

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New Delhi: The Delhi highcourt on Monday rejectedVikas Yadav’s applicationseeking a stay on the NitishKatara murder case trial inthe sessions court.

Soon after the plea for staywas rejected in the HighCourt, the additional ses-sions judge S N Dhingra atPatiala House courts beganthe trial. Rajya Sabha mem-ber D P Yadav’s son Vikas Ya-dav and nephew Vishal Ya-dav are accused of murder-ing Nitish Katara, after ab-ducting him from a party.

Accused Vikas Yadav hadalso moved another applica-tion in the sessions court,seeking an adjournment intrial on the ground that hiscounsel had not come to thecourt. Rejecting the applica-tion, the judge said: ‘‘This ap-plication is just another onein the series of such applica-tions seeking to delay the tri-al by the accused.’’

The judge observed thecourt had fixed the date fortrial with consent of hiscounsel, who had requestedfor a longer date himself.

Moreover, the accused hasnot just one but severallawyers for his defence inthis court, the judge ob-served.

The trial started with ex-amining of three witnesses— the police official who reg-istered the FIR, the doctorwho conducted postmortemon the charred body of thevictim and the fingerprintexpert.

The examination of finger-print expert would resumeon Tuesday. The case will beheard on daily basis.

Mobile judges for animalsTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Delhi highcourt recently directed its ad-ministration and the stategovernment to appoint twomobile magistrates to checkcruelty to animals before be-ing sent for slaughtering.

Since no action had beentaken by the Delhi govern-ment and the high court ad-ministration, which were di-rected to do the needful, thecourt registrar ‘‘is directed totake appropriate action,’’ a

Bench comprising JusticeUsha Mehra and JusticePradeep Nandrajog said.

‘‘A circular in this regardby the court administrationand the government be is-sued soon,’’ the court said.

It also directed the DelhiMunicipal Corporation(MCD) to frame bye-lawsabout transportation of ani-mals and asked the city gov-ernment to ensure that if avehicle carrying them waschallaned, it be released afterpayment of fine.

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Those who faced action feel cheatedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Union ur-ban development ministry’sdecision to legalise some ille-gal constructions in DelhiDevelopment Authority(DDA) flats brought cheer tolakhs of DDA residents onMonday but also hurt thosewho recently faced action bythe DDA for carrying out ille-gal alterations to their flats.

The minister’s announce-ment has left a questionmark over the cases of DDAflats whose allotments werecancelled for carrying out il-legal constructions that have

now been legalised.The relaxed rules that al-

low the building of semi-puc-ca structures on the terracehave also caused worryamong residents of co-oper-ating group housing soci-eties. They claim that ownersof the top-most flat may nowencroach upon commonspaces on the roof.

Following a press confer-ence where the Union urbandevelopment minister,Ananth Kumar, announcedthe relaxed rules a flat ownerasked him about the fate ofDDA flat owners who hadbeen penalised for carrying

out illegal constructions. Theminister failed to give a defi-nite reply and said DDAwould be asked to examinethe legal aspect .

Several flat owners, includ-ing 30 in Paschim Vihar, arefacing cancellation of theirallotment for using theirbackyards to build an extraroom.

Flat allotment of at least 30residents of self-financingscheme flats in Paschim Vi-har were cancelled by theDDA for carrying out illegalconstructions. Many movedcourt against the DDA drive.In many cases, the illegal

construction falls withinwhat not may be permissible.

The ministry’s largesse islikely to benefit flat ownerson the ground floor and onthe top floors.

Some flat owners accusedthe government of leavingresidents of flats on firstfloors in the lurch.

‘‘We have not been permit-ted to cover balconies tobuild extra room. On the oth-er hand our neighbours onthe ground floors would beable to build extra roomsover courtyards,’’ said GopalArora, a resident at DDA’sflats in Dilshad Garden.

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IN LOVING MEMORY OFSARDAR BIKRAM SINGH SOOD

1928 -- 2002We remember our dearest andcherish his memory with PahaliBarsi ka BHOG OF SRI AKHANDPATH SAHIB on Wednesday,22-01-03 at 11 a.m. followed byKirtan and Guru-Ka-Langar at 51Babar Road, New Delhi.

We will always remember the laughter and joy youbestowed upon our lives. Mrs Amrit Sood (Wife), Mrs. InduT. Singh, Mr Promodh Sood, Mr Bhupinder Sood (Children),Mr Joginder Singh (Brother), Mrs. Vimla Madan (Sister).

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Crime cools offin winter chill

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The long foggyspell has not only thrownnormal life out of gear, it hasalso forced criminals to re-main indoors, resulting in asudden dip in city crime.Even fatal accidents are onthe decline due to motorists’extra alertness.

Senior police officials saidthe crime figures startingJanuary 1, 2003, upto Janu-ary 17 registered a drop, com-pared to figures of the corre-sponding period in 2002.

The figures say it all: TheNew Delhi district reported70 IPC cases against 90 re-ported last year, the north-

west reported 321 IPC casesagainst 363 reported in thesame period. The north dis-trict registered 260 casesagainst 275 registered lastyear and central registered atotal of 97 IPC cases asagainst 120 in the same peri-od last year.

Although, figures were notavailable other districts,claimed a dip in crime too.

The officials said the onlyexceptions are smaller acci-dents which have been re-ported largely due to poorvisibility.

‘‘In 2002, 83 fatal accidentswere reported compared to76 reported so far this year.

No respite from cold in sightTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Met officedeclared another cold day onMonday with the maximumday temperatures dipping to6 degree Celsius below nor-mal to 15.5 degree C. Theminimum temperature was 1degree below normal at 5.8degree C.

Poor visibility led to thecancellation of many flightsand trains. The first flightfrom IGI airport could takeoff only after 10 am. Indian

Airlines has had to canceland reschedule some of itsservices from Delhi for thenext three days. Train trafficwas also hit badly with 11trains originating from Delhibeing rescheduled, and an-other six cancelled.

Northern HemisphereAnalysis Centre directorSurendra Kumar said thiswas due to the absence of anysystem (strong winds) in thenorth. ‘‘Moisture levels arealso very high. Maximum rel-ative humidity was 100 per

cent, while the minimumwas 59 per cent,’’ he said.

He said the western distur-bance detected in north Indiahad an effect only on Jam-mu’s weather. ‘‘Some snow-fall was caused there, but itmade no difference to Delhi.Another western distur-bance is building up overPakistan. If it reaches Indiain 24 hours, it will cause arise in temperature,’’ saidKumar.

But the respite is expectedto be temporary.

Burglars’ gang bustedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The east districtpolice claimed to have busteda gang of Nepalese burglarsin Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara,with the arrest of DharamSingh alias Mast Bahadur(20). The police recovered aknife from the accused, whodisclosed that he alongwithone Khatak Singh and GiriSingh burgled two shops inarea of police station SubjiMandi. In another case, theeast district police arrested

one Fakira Khan (55) of UPand recovered a locally-maderifle with two live cartridges.

Robbery case solved: Withthe arrest of three persons,the east district police claimto have solved a daylight rob-bery case reported from AzadNagar on January 16. Ac-cording to the police, twoboys had entered the victim’shouse on the pretext of re-pairing the sofa sets and thenstole some jewellery. The ac-cused were arrested fromPrem Nagar in Sultan Puri.

No takers for welfare schemesBy Radhika D Srivastava

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Several socialwelfare schemes run by theDelhi state government donot have any takers.

Sources in the social wel-fare department said eventhough many people mayhave applied, incompletepaper work prevented themfrom getting assistance.

At the beginning of lastyear, the government hadearmarked an amount of Rs2.5 crore for providing fi-nancial assistance to wid-ows. Only half the allottedamount, Rs 1.59 crore hasbeen spent so far. ‘‘The so-cial welfare department hasbeen able to give moneyonly to 1,041 widows againsta target of 2,500,’’ a sourcesaid.

The department also hasa scheme for providing

money for the marriage ofdaughters of widows. Anamount of Rs 75 lakh hadbeen allocated but only Rs66 lakh has been spent.

A scheme in which anamount of Rs 5,000 is givento a family on the birth of agirl child, has not invoked agood response. About Rs 10lakh was set aside for thisscheme and only Rs 2.5 lakhhas been spent till now.

In the budget for 2002-2003, a total amount of Rs4,834 crore had been allocat-ed for social welfareschemes. Of this, only Rs3,109 crore has been utilisedso far. Besides, Rs 404 crorehad been given for construc-tion work and only Rs 200crore has been spent tillnow.

A plan for constructingand improving dhobi ghatshas also failed to take off.Although Rs 50 lakh was al-

located under this plan, nota single penny has beenutilised till now. The sourcesaid:‘‘It is sheer lack of ini-tiative. The officers simplydo not care to look aftersuch schemes.’’

The department’s pro-grammes for helping stu-dents from marginalisedcommunities have fared theworst. In 2002-2003, not asingle student applied forbenefits.

An official explained:‘‘We reimburse the amount

that the student spends in aprofessional coaching cen-tre while preparing for acompetitive exam.’’

City social welfare minis-ter Raj Kumar Chauhansaid: ‘‘ Although we try ourbest to publicise theschemes and encouragepeople, not many come for-ward.’’

He said: ‘‘We have put outadvertisements and hopethat those who cannot readwould be informed by thosewho are literate.’’

OBITUARYSH. CHAND BIHARI LAL GUPTAS/o Late Govind Narain Gupta

R/o D-16-A, Kailash Colony,New Delhi-48. Ph.: 26220964passed away on 20th January,2003 (Monday) at 5.30 p.m.

Cremation on 21st January atNigam Bodh Ghat at 12 Noon

Tiya on 22nd January at D-Block, Kailash Colony Park,

between 4 - 5 p.m.R. K. Gupta, K. K. Gupta, K.

Gupta, S. K. Gupta, (Sons) M.B.L. Gupta (Brother)

Scheme Amount allotted AmountspentWidow welfare Rs 2.5 crore Rs 1.59crore Marriage of widows’ Rs 75 lakh Rs 66 lakhdaughtersBirth of girl child Rs 10 lakh Rs 2.5 lakhDhobi Ghats Rs 50 lakh 0

Coffers full

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Man held formolestingstudent

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: A 30-year-oldman was arrested on Fridayfor allegedly molesting a firstyear student of KamalaNehru College. The accused,Jagjit Singh, works as a nurs-ing assistant with the Refer-ral and Research hospital.

The police said Singh mo-lested the victim when shehad gone to see a film atSangam theatre in R K Pu-ram. ‘‘The accused does notknow the victim. He saw heron Friday for the first time,’’a police officer from the po-lice station said.

The officer added the vic-tim had gone to see movie,Jism, on Friday afternoon.

‘‘Singh started followingher while she was in thequeue to purchase tickets,’’the officer said. When thevictim went inside the hall,the accused followed herthere too and saw the film.

When she came out of thehall, the accused allegedlymolested her.

Policemen caught sleepingTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Delhi Policeseem to be giving sleeping onthe job a rather literal turn.At a time when the force hasbeen put on high alert for theRepublic Day celebrations,two officials on duty werecaught napping.

The SHO and additionalSHO of the Mansarovar Parkpolice station were caught bythe deputy commissioner ofpolice (DCP) in the north-east district on Saturdayevening. The two were sup-posed to be on patrol duty.

They blamed the cold andsaid they were ‘‘resting’’ be-cause of the severe cold andfog. But what irked DCPVivek Gogia was that they

tried to mislead him when hemade inquiries.

‘‘The DCP refused to ac-cept any excuses,’’ an officersaid. Gogia, however, refusedto comment on the incidentstating it was an internalmatter. At 6 pm on Saturday,Gogia was on a surprise visitto some of the police stationsin his jurisdiction. His itiner-ary included a visit to theMansarovar police station.

‘‘Since it was a surprisevisit, subordinate officials inthe area were not informed,’’an official said.

The DCP sent a message tothe SHO and additional SHOasking them where they wereposted. ‘‘The two did not re-veal that they were at the po-

lice station. They claimedthat they were out pa-trolling,’’ the official added.

When the DCP tried to ver-ify this, he learnt that he hadbeen misled. He went to thepolice station without send-ing prior warning.

‘‘There he found themasleep,’’ the official added.The two tried to explain thatit was too cold outside, butthe DCP refused to accept thestory. They were later sent tothe district battalion.

Interestingly, due to thecurrent weather conditions,all the DCPs are patrollingtheir respective districts toensure that their subordi-nates are on field duty andnot ‘‘resting’’.

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DJB is a dead lossBy Shivani Singh

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Nirmala Saxe-na paid the last instalmentfor her two-bedroom flat inDwarka almost eightmonths back. But she is yetto get possession. And thehousing society will not al-lot the flat until Delhi JalBoard (DJB) provides waterconnection to each flat.

‘‘Our society applied fora water connection twoyears ago. We are yet to getit,’’ she said.

Dwarka, a subcity on theoutskirts of Delhi, is notthe only area devoid of reg-ular water supply. Resi-dents of several areas insouth and east Delhi havebeen surviving on bottledand tanker water for thepast few years.

Usha Walia, a schoolteacher living in Sarita Vi-har said: ‘‘I buy 20-litre Bis-leri bottles twice a week be-cause I do not get regularJal Board supply in myhouse. What is the point inhaving a public utilitywhen it cannot provide ba-sic facilities like drinkingwater?’’

Water shortage, contami-nation, excessive leakage,blocked drains, overflowinggutters — Delhiites have awelter of complaintsagainst the Jal Board. ‘‘If

the babus cannot manage,why can’t they pass on theirresponsibilities to privateplayers?’’ Walia asked.

The Delhi state govern-ment has started theprocess of privatising pub-lic utilities by opening uppower distribution to pri-vate companies. The pri-vatisation of DJB, however,is not on its immediateagenda.

‘‘Privatisation of DVBwas easy since the govern-ment had precedents to fol-

low,’’ said DJB chief P KTripathi. ‘‘We do not haveany precedent for privatis-ing water distribution,’’ hesaid.

Although Bangalore hasbegun the process of pri-vatising water supply, Tri-pathi said the experimentwas still under observation.‘‘The Jal Board in its pres-ent shape does not make acase for divestment. It doesnot provide a sustainablecompetitive environmentneeded to attract privateparticipation. Why would aprivate party be interestedin selling water when itfetches them just 35 paise

for 1,000 litres?’’ he said.Tripathi said Jal Board

needed a facelift in order tomake it a decent sellingproposition. The manage-ment has decided to startwith reforming consumerservices.

‘‘Commercialisation ofservices is our focus. Butrevision of water tariff isalso imperative to improvethe financial health of DJB.Even with greater efficien-cy, we cannot meet theshortfall in revenue,’’ hesaid.

As part of its reforms,Jal Board is introducing asingle window system. ‘‘To-day water supply depart-ment has 12 divisions, sew-erage has nine. Besides,there are 31 zones for col-lecting bills. For a singleproblem, consumers mayhave to make the rounds ofmore than three depart-ments,’’ he said. Tripathisaid Jal Board was aimingto give consumers a unityin command.

Chief minister SheilaDikshit, who is also DJBchairperson, said: ‘‘Theidea is to make optimumuse of our manpower. De-spite its huge staff, DJB isnot able to satisfy con-sumers. Since we can shedthis staff, we are workingtowards greater efficiency.’’

Get ready to go electricTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Delhi seems to be on its way to-wards obtaining a fleet of electric vehiclesfor public transport. The transport ministryis contemplating introducing battery-pow-ered three and eight-seater vehicles in selectpockets of the city.

As a fiscal incentive, the government hasdecided to waive off sales tax on these elec-tric vehicles, Delhi transport minister AjayMaken said. The fiscal incentiveis part of efforts to promote usageof ‘‘zero-emission’’ vehicles in theNational Capital Region.

‘‘We have started with loweremission technologies. We shouldnow go for zero- emission technologies,’’Maken said while inaugurating a trainingprogramme on alternative fuel vehicles, or-ganised by the Society of Indian AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM).

The government is also holding talks withvehicle manufacturers to start a project un-der which only battery-powered public trans-port vehicles will be allowed to ply in highlycongested areas and heritage sites across thecity. SIAM has already submitted a conceptpaper for the project to the ministry.

Under the proposal, 500 EVs would be in-troduced across Delhi in three years, with 100being introduced in the first phase. The man-ufacturers have also proposed the setting upof a vehicle park, which would be used forcharging the batteries.

‘‘The park should be managed by an inde-pendent authority and the supply of electric-ity to this unit should also be at a conces-sional rate,’’ SIAM officials pointed out.

Speaking at the ceremony, Maken said,‘‘We can proudly say that thereare 72,000 CNG-run vehicles inDelhi, including 3,200 DTC bus-es.’’ Orders for an additional 1,000CNG buses have been given toAshok Leyland and Tata Engi-

neering and they are likely to be inductedinto the DTC fleet by May this year.

‘‘Countries like Argentina are also chang-ing over to CNG or natural gas. But, the driv-ing force in Delhi is environmental and noteconomical as in these countries.’’ He saidthe efforts to reduce vehicular pollution herewould not have been possible without the spe-cial interest shown by the Supreme Court,automakers, Automotive Research Associa-tion of India (ARAI), transport companiesand the people.

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DRY DAYS: Are tankers a sustainable solution for poor water supply?

Some justlove to hurtthe Metro

By Purba KalitaTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:It’s a situa-tion full of paradoxes.Something belongs topeople and people them-selves are out to wreck it.

The Metro Rail is justweeks old, but it alreadyhas the scars of publicmisbehaviour. Brokenhandles and smashed

window panes, a non-functional door, scratchmarks on scratch-proofinteriors.

The escalator suddenlycomes to a halt at theKashmere Gate stationand officials discover thata man in his 40s haspushed one of the emer-gency buttons in a bid tosatisfy his curiosity.

Contrary to popular be-lief, the young have beenbehaving well. ‘‘It’s a per-sonal observation thatteenagers on the Metrohave generally steeredclear of any mischief andthe elders have proved tobe the black sheep,’’ saysan executive with anMNC, Namita Mehta,who is also a regular com-muter on the Metro.

‘‘Well, the first day ofthe Metro was bad withpeople trying to deface it.I suppose it has to do withpeople’s psychology to tryand fiddle with newthings. But, with passingdays, we have seen thatpeople are behavingthemselves,’’ says chiefPRO, Delhi Metro RailCorporation, Anuj Dayal.

‘‘We are soft on the peo-ple as of now but if thingsget out of control, thenpeople can be severely pe-nalised under the Opera-tion and MaintenanceAct,’’ says Dayal.

But laws, rules andpunishments have alwaysbeen there. Has that doneany good to bring downthe destructive tenden-cies in people?

A reason cited by for-mer professor of Psychia-try, All India Institute ofMedical Sciences, Deven-dra Mohan, is the criticaldistinction between ‘me’and the ‘government’.

‘‘People keep theirhomes clean but not pub-lic property. And until thedistinction is done awaywith, things won’tchange,’’ says Mohan.

NINAN’S CITY

WE ARELIKE THIS

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Can’t get any brighter...All due to the fog!

PRIVATISEPRIVATISE

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Militants askwomen in J&Kto quit jobs

By M Saleem PanditTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: A militant groupin Rajouri has asked Muslimwomen to quit their jobs byJanuary 25 and stay home, orface punishment, includingdeath.

Posters to this effect haveappeared overnight on themain walls of a mosque inShahdara Sharief. Similarposters appeared a few daysago too, asking Muslim fami-lies to marry off their daugh-ters by the age of 15.

The handwritten posterscarry the name of Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islamia (Huji). Theyhave been removed by the po-lice, said an official.

The Lashkar-e-Jabbar wasthe first militant group in Ra-jouri to come up with a codeof conduct for women. Theydemanded that women andeven girls, wear burqas whenout in public. They, too, hadissued threats for non-com-pliance. The issue hadevoked widespread criticism,and when women refused tocomply, Jabbar had resortedto acid attacks and finallykilled four women.

This time, they have founda fervent supporter in Huji.Besides the burqa diktat, theHuji has even supported Jab-bar’s demand that womenshould be accompanied bymen whenever they go out.

All womenshould takebaths at home and stay all thetimes in their homes, theHuji posters have declared.

BJP rakes up Ayodhya againTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The BJP willcontest the assembly pollsin MP, Rajasthan, Delhi andChhatisgarh later this yearon the basis of its tradition-al agenda — a Ram templein Ayodhya, the demand fora common civil code and ab-rogation of Article 370.

At a meeting on Mondayoffice-bearers from thesestates, Deputy Prime Minis-ter L K Advani clarified thatwhile the national agendafor governance would be theroadmap for the NDA gov-ernment at the Centre, theBJP must not hold back onpropagating its own policiesand ideology when it cam-paigns in these four states.

The ‘‘clarifications’’ fromAdvani and party president

Venkaiah Naidu mark a de-parture from the BJP’s ini-tial response to whether theGujarat formula would beapplied elsewhere. The ini-tial response was that as theCongress was in power inthese four states, the anti-in-cumbency factor would en-sure that shortcomings ofthe state governments on

the developmental and eco-nomic fronts would be in fo-cus, and the BJP’s agendawould be played lowkey.

But on Monday, theDeputy PM said: ‘‘The BJPis clear in its ideology andprogrammes. (The) BJP isnot apologetic about it.(The) NDA agenda is thecommon minimum agreed

programme for governance.(The) BJP has made this po-sition very clear to its alliesfrom the beginning.’’ AtMonday’s meeting, therewas consensus that the BJPwon Gujarat because it wasnot apologetic about its Hin-dutva agenda there.

Party spokesperson Muk-thar Abbas Naqvi said:‘‘The BJP will go to the pollsin these states on the basisof the common civil code,Article 370 and Ram Jan-mabhoomi, and there willbe no going back on this.’’Asked how the states wereinvolved as implementationwould require Central, notstate legislation, Naqvisaid: ‘‘Yes, these are nation-al issues, but are you sayingpeople in the states are notconcerned about them?’’

Panel on Kelkar makes more changesBy Smita Gupta

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Changes were incorporatedin the Rajnath Singh committee’s re-port on the Kelkar task force’s recom-mendations on taxes virtually minutesbefore it was handed over to BJP presi-dent Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.

This brought some of its commentsmore in line with the thinking of the fi-nance minister’s adviser, party sourcessaid.

The sources added that RajnathSingh met finance minister JaswantSingh on Monday.

To cite two instances of the changes:The Kelkar panel had suggested aboli-tion of taxes on dividends and to com-

pensate for the loss suggested that in-centives for infrastructure developmentor export zones be scrapped.

Originally, the Rajnath panel had saidit would go along with abolition of thedividend tax, provided the governmentretained its incentives for infrastruc-ture development which was crucial foreconomic development and employ-ment generation.

The party sources say the PM’sspeech at a SEBI function where hespoke of providing sops for the capitalmarket, created a problem for the Raj-nath committee, with some membersfeeling that Vajpayee had given a directsignal for the abolition of the dividendtax, and it would be better not to make

the party’s acquiescence to it condition-al on anything else. So the report now issilent on favouring the retention of in-centives for infrastructure develop-ment.

Similarly, the party’s opposition toscrapping of long-term capital gains taxon shares while hiking it on sales ofjewellery and real estate, as recom-mended by the Kelkar task force, alsodoes not find a mention now, the partysources said.

The Rajnath committee has alsofavoured raising the personal incometax exemption limit without removingthe standard deduction for the salariedclass and opposed any income tax on theagriculture sector.

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Junk old slogans, saysShourie in KeralaKochi: Cautioning government leadersnot to fall prey to sloganeering, Union dis-investment minister Arun Shourie has aword of advice for them if they want to dosomething for the people.

‘‘Buy a pair of ear plugs,’’ said Shouriewhile asserting that the time had come tojunk old slogans. Shourie made these re-marks while speaking at the valedictory ofthe Global Investor Meet (GIM) here Sun-day night in the backdrop of oppositionfrom some groups to Kerala opening up itsdoors for foreign investments.

‘‘Slogans only confuse people and dissi-pate our national resolve. In India, thosewho are out of office think that their job isto criticise those in the office. We have tobe deaf if we have to do anything,’’

Shourie said as he advised Kerala chiefminister A K Antony to buy a pair of earplugs after the GIM. Calling upon all peo-ple to change their mindset and start beingconfident about one’s own country,Shourie said for the last seven years, Indiahad been one of the five fastest growingeconomies in the world. ‘‘Today the coun-try has $72 billion of foreign exchange re-serves. Indian exports have gone up by 16per cent in one year and exports to the UShave shown a 21 per cent growth,’’ he said.

‘‘We must get into the frame of mind ofthe Chinese,’’ he said while underscoringhow they have immense confidence in thepotential of their country.

Shourie also said he was exasperated onhow wages for employees were still beingpaid for about 350 public sector units writ-ten off as non-functional. ‘‘Of the around1,000 PSUs, about 350 had been written offas non-functional, but wages for employeeswere still being paid,’’ he said.

‘‘How can we progress and implementprojects when Rs 40,000 crore is being

spent every year on subsidies?’’ he askedwhile noting neither the Centre nor thestates had the resources for setting up de-velopment projects.

In the last 10 years, the minister said, hehad studied 35 revival projects of PSUson which a huge expenditure wasincurred, but ‘‘not a single enterprise gotrevived’’. PTI

AP

Members of the Daksha Seth Dance Com-pany perform at the global investors meetvaledictory function in Kochi on Sunday.

ClarificationAdvani clarified that while the national agenda would bethe roadmap at the Centre, the BJP can propagate itsown policies when it campaigns in the four states.

U-turnThis is a departure from the BJP’s initial response towhether the Gujarat formula would be used elsewhere

ConsensusThere was consensus that the BJP won Gujarat be-cause it was not apologetic about Hindutva

Poll strategy

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The Times of India, New Delhi8 Tuesday, January 21, 2003

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I N D I AThe Times of India, New Delhi Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9

Chhota Rajanmay be behindShetty killing

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

& AGENCIES

Mumbai: Chhota Rajan issuspected to be behind thekilling of Sharad Shetty inDubai on Sunday. The Dubai-based Indian businessman,suspected to be an aide ofDawood Ibrahim, was shotdead by two unidentified per-sons at the Popular IndiaClub.

Rajan, who is in hiding atan undisclosed location, hasbeen in a battle with Dawoodfor the past few years.

In September, 2000 Dawoodhad sought to eliminate Ra-jan in Bangkok. But Rajan es-caped with bullet woundsand since then he has beenplotting to kill Dawood andhis aides like Chhota Shakeeland Sharad Shetty.

Rajan slipped in two hit-men into Dubai a few weeksago and they have been keep-

ing a close watch at Shetty’smovements. On Sundayevening, when Shetty (43)emerged out of his Mercedesto play billiards at the IndianClub two men pumped bul-lets into him.

The first bullet in his back,felled him after which sixbullets pierced his skull, po-lice sources said. In all, 20bullets were sprayed on him.The incident reveals that Ra-

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Border Security Force soldiers on camelback take part in the Republic Day Parade rehearsalin New Delhi on Monday.

SIT suspects Badallink in kidney scam

By Ajay BharadwajTIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chandigarh: The special in-vestigation team (SIT) prob-ing the clandestine kidneytrade has reportedly foundthat former chief ministerParkash Singh Badal was re-sponsible for providing pro-tection to the main accusedin the case.

SIT sources claimed the re-port might not be enough toimplicate Badal in the scam.

The reason for Badal turn-ing a blind eye to Sarin’s ac-tivities is not yet known tothe investigating officials.When contacted on Sundaynight, Shiromani Akali Dalchief Badal said: ‘‘It is a fab-ricated story meant to ma-lign a political opponent.’’

The SIT team believes themain accused, Dr P K Sarin,offered Rs 50 lakh each as do-nation to the former chiefminister during the Majithaassembly byelection in 2000and the state assembly elec-tions in 2002. In the run-up tothe state assembly elections,Badal reportedly visitedSarin’s residence in Amrit-sar where his mother handedover Rs 5,100 to Badal as par-

ty donation, and Sarin laterincreased it substantially,said SIT officials.

Sarin reportedly donatedRs 50 lakh during the Majithaassembly byelection. In re-turn, the then SAD-BJP gov-ernment obliged Sarin bywithdrawing the police caseregistered in connectionwith the clandestine sale ofkidneys in Tarn Taran in2000 and discreetly avoidednaming Sarin as an accusedin the one registered in Am-ritsar. The case pertains toactivities of touts operatingas conduit between kidneydonors and kidney recipientsin which three persons werepersecuted.

The fate of yet anothercase related to clandestinesale of kidneys registered inAmritsar in 1999 is notknown. The SIT claimed thatsome police officers posted inAmritsar during the SAD-BJP rule were repeatedlytold not to touch Sarin. It wasduring their regime that thetrade flourished to the hilt.

The matter was brought tothe notice of the health au-thorities as well, but nothingfollowed to contain it.

Centre’s talkswith NSCNput off, to beheld today

TIMES NEWS NETWORK ANDAGENCIES

New Delhi: In a suddenmove, talks between the Isak-Muivah faction of the rebelNational Socialist Council ofNagaland (I-M) and the Cen-tre to resolve the 53-year-oldNaga problem have been de-ferred to Tuesday.

In another development, adelegation from Manipur ledby chief minister Okrom Ibo-bi Singh pressed for preserv-ing the state’s territorial in-tegrity. The delegation metCongress president SoniaGandhi, former Prime Minis-ter H D Deve Gowda andCPM leader Sitaram Yechuri,among others, to emphasisethat the Centre should takean uncompromising stand onthe issue of boundaries ofstates in the North-East dur-ing the peace talks with theNaga leaders.

Nagaland chief minister SC Jamir, in turn, also reiter-ated that elected representa-tives of the state should alsobe involved in the ongoingtalks.

The NSCN (I-M), headed byIsak Swu and general secre-tary Thuingaleng Muivah,has in the past been a greatvotary of the ‘‘Greater Naga-land’’ concept, which incor-porates the Naga-dominatedparts of Manipur, Assam and

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• One-time Dawood aide.Also called Anna• Masterminded attack on Chhota Rajan• Involved in the murderof drug lord Irfan Gogha• Heavily into betting and match-fixing• Owned the Rami Groupof Hotels in Dubai

WHO’S SHETTY?

Kidman, Nicholson win tophonours at Golden Globe Los Angeles: The lineswere drawn and the battlejoined for Oscars on Sundayas one of the hottest con-tests for Hollywood’s top ho-nours narrowed at the Gold-en Globes with the dramaThe Hours and musicalChicago taking top awards.

The Hours claimed the ti-tle of best dramatic film andearned star Nicole Kidmanthe award for best actress ina drama for playing writerVirginia Woolf fightingmental illness.

Chicago, based on thepopular stage show aboutan aspiring actress whosemurderous ways makeheadlines, claimed threeawards, more than any film.It won for best musical orcomedy while stars RichardGere and Renee Zellwegerwon for best actor andactress in a musical orcomedy.

Jack Nicholson wasnamed best dramatic actor,his sixth Golden Globe foracting, as a retired insur-ance actuary pondering ifhis life was wasted in AboutSchmidt. Martin Scorsesewas given his due with abest director trophy for hisepic Gangs of New York. Hisfilm will likely join Hours,Chicago, About Schmidt,Adaptation as a serious Os-car combatant.

Gangs claimed one minoraward for best original songfor Irish rock band U2’s TheHands that Built America.

To play Virginia Woolf,Kidman wore a prostheticnose that gave even hermost ardent fans a hardtime recognising her. On-stage, Nicholson took noteof the difference in Kid-man: “Doesn’t Nicole looklovely with her own nose,”he said. Reuters

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I N T E R N AT I O N A L The Times of India, New Delhi10 Tuesday, January 21, 2003

DUBYAMAILWhat’s the similarity between Jug-Neelabh and Jaipal Reddy? They arespokesperson for the Congress.

— Kapil Sethi

This is a hopeless cartoon strip. Peoplewho like it and claim they have goodsense of humour are terribly wrong,because those who have good sense ofhumour will never like such PJs.

— Vivek

e-mail: dubya-man@indiatimes.com

Jail makes Downey Jrwiser: Actor Robert DowneyJr, whose bouts with cocaineaddiction have been front-page news, said he still bat-tles drug dependency butthat his experiences in jailand drug rehabilitation havemade him wiser. Talking to re-porters at the Sundance FilmFestival where he premieredhis first movie since complet-ing court-ordered drug reha-bilitation in July, Downey saidhe believed the public sawhim as more human now, dueto his troubles. “I’m a littleolder. I’m mildly wiser,”Downey, 37, said. “My fre-quent appearances on (cableTV show) Court TV havebrought me to another levelthan just always ‘the actingguy’... I think I’ve becomevery, I don’t want to say real,but I’m very tangible to peo-ple... because of my fallibili-ty.” Downey spent a year inprison starting in 1999 for co-caine possession, t hen land-ed a plum role on TV’s AllyMcBeal within a week of hisAugust 2000 release. Reuters

Kangaroo Jack jumps tothe top: A kangaroohopped past comedian Mar-tin Lawrence at the weekend

box office. Kangaroo Jack, acomedy about two haplesspals trying to retrieve missingmob money from a kangarooin Australia, edged into firstplace in its debut weekend,taking in $17.7 million, ac-cording to studio estimates

Sunday. National Security, anaction comedy starring Mar-tin Lawrence and Steve Zahnas ex-cops who crack a

smuggling ring, opened atNo. 2, earning an estimated$15.7 million. Last weekend’sNo. 1 film, Just Married, fell

to third place with an estimat-ed $12.5 million. The roman-tic comedy starring BrittanyMurphy and Ashton Kutcheras mismatched newlywedshas taken in $34 million sinceopening last weekend. ‘‘Atthis time of year when we areused to seeing all these Os-car contenders, we forgetthat something like this canbe very popular and take theNo. 1 spot at the box office,’’said Paul Dergarabedian,president of box office track-er Exhibitor Relations. ‘‘Peo-ple must really be in themood to laugh.’’AP

Seagal labelled liar:Steven Seagal is taking abeating in Brooklyn — la-belled a liar by lawyers andmockedby mob-sters. Sofar he’snot fight-ing back.Seagal’slatest roleis one hewas reluc-tant to ac-cept: starwitness in a racketeering trialtargeting the mob. He is ex-pected to eventually take thestand in the prosecution ofPeter Gotti, brother of the latemob boss John Gotti. ‘‘You’llfind out that the last thing hewanted to do was to becomea witness in a case like this,’’a prosecutor told the jury. Hedescribed Seagal as a victimof the Gambinos’ bid to infil-trate the film industry forprofit. The defence hasn’twaited to attack the actor’scredibility. Seagal ‘‘is a patho-logical liar,’’ defence attorneyGeorge Santangelo said dur-ing opening statements. AP

A model displays a red ensemble created by Japanesefashion designer Yohji Yamamoto in Paris on Sunday.

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Nicole Kidman and Jack Nicholson show off the best actress and best actor awards they won at the 60th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday.

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I N T E R N AT I O N A LThe Times of India, New Delhi Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11

UN inspectorssign deal withIraq for bettercooperationBaghdad: Iraq and the UNsigned Monday a 10-pointjoint declaration in whichBaghdad pledged to boost co-operation as disarmamentinspectors had demandedahead of their key compli-ance report to the SecurityCouncil next week.

The accord covers accessto all sites, including privatehomes, encourages Iraqi sci-entists to accept private in-terviews and appoints a teamfor a comprehensive searchfor warheads, chief UN in-spector Hans Blix an-nounced.

Talks had been devoted to“stocktaking of inspections,”and issues raised by them,presidential advisor Amer al-Saadi, who is in charge ofIraq’s disarmament dossier,told reporters.

“Access has been obtainedto all sites. This will contin-ue. The Iraqi side will en-courage persons to accept ac-cess also to private sites,”Saadi said after two days ofmeetings in Baghdad.

A list of scientists alreadysubmitted would be “supple-mented in accordance withadvice” from the inspectors,read the declaration releasedto the press.

The declaration wassigned during a workingmeeting between UNMOVIChead Blix and IAEA directorgeneral Mohamed ElBaradeiand Iraqi officials at the for-eign ministry. Saadi de-scribed the meeting as “con-structive and useful”. AFP

Pak slams Akash test: India’s latestmissile tests display an ‘‘obsession with

war,’’ a senior Pak-istani official saidMonday, adding Pak-istan won’t be drawninto an arms race. In-formation ministerSheikh Rashid Ahmedsaid Pakistan wouldnot be intimidated ‘‘nomatter how many testsIndia conducts.’’ Hesaid, ‘‘This reflects In-dia’s obsession with

war. We do not want to join the armsrace... But we know how to defend.’’ AP

SAARC summit: Pakistan on Mondaysaid India should attend the SAARC sum-mit proposed to be held in Islamabad lat-er this year, before commenting on hav-ing Kathmandu as a permanent venue forthe summit. Foreign office spokesmanAziz Ahmed Khan said, “India shouldstop throwing the spanner in the works,like it has been doing in the past. Itshould come and attend the summit. PTI

PoK and Mangla dam: Pakistan’seconomic discrimination of Pakistan-oc-cupied-Kashmir (PoK) took deeper rootsin recent days over the issue of raising theheight of Mangla dam, built on riverJhelum. General Musharraf had an-nounced a substantial package for PoK inSeptember 2002, on the occasion of in-augurating the expansion plan. However,it recently came to light that Pakistan isbacktracking on its promises to PoK whilecontinuing with the construction work.Urdupoint of January 13 cited demandsof the prime minister of PoK where he in-sisted on formalizing the agreement per-taining to royalty and power tariffs to bereceived by PoK for electricity generatedfrom Mangla. PoK has always been de-prived of royalty for power generation inits province, unlike the other provinces inPakistan. The Water and Power Develop-ment Authority (Wapda) has outright re-jected the demands of PoK and differenti-ated them in comparison to the otherprovinces. Apart from depriving PoK of itsroyalty, the chairman of Wapda, Lt. Gen.Zulfikar Ali Khan, has slapped higherelectricity tariffs for PoK while the samewere being reduced for the otherprovinces. This discrimination has madethe people of PoK wary of Pakistan gov-ernment’s promises and is opposing theproject.

● Strategic Foresight Group

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British anti-war protesters demonstrate outside army headquarters in Northwood,Middlesex, on Sunday.

Police raid Londonmosque, arrest seven

By Rashmee Z AhmedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

London: As police launched an un-precedented raid on one of London’slargest mosques, the peace-loving In-dians who founded it have revealed thechain of “official inaction and mili-tant threats” that transformed their“House of God into a terrorist haven”.

The Finsbury Park mosque in northLondon was raided overnight by 150policemen in connection with the in-quiry into Ricin, the deadly poisonfound 10 days ago.

For years the mosque has repeated-ly been linked to alleged internationalterrorists. Police said it was an “intel-ligence-linked” operation, searchingfor key men and documents. Sevenpeople have been arrested under theanti-terrorism Act.

But speaking exclusively to TheTimes of India, Masroor Ahmad origi-nally from Lucknow, revealed that itwas originally founded for Indians andpeople from the Indian sub-continent.

He said he founded it with fundsfrom the local South Asian communi-

ty, Saudi King and Ken Livingstone’sLondon authority to create the “poten-tial heart of the local community andpeaceful house of God”.

But today’s massive modern mosqueis the stronghold of a fiery IslamistEgyptian preacher, Sheikh AbuHamza al-Masiri, who has preached toZacharias Moussawi, the alleged 20thhijacker of the 9/11 planes, shoe-bomber Richard Reid and other Is-lamist extremists.

Ahmad, who says threats and intim-idation from Hamza’s men have kepthim away from the mosque for twoyears, insists: “Originally it served apeaceful sub-continental group of wor-shippers, Indians, Pakistanis and Ben-galis, which is to my mind, all originalIndians anyway. The Arabs had anoth-er mosque nearby and it was unfortu-nate that Algerians and Hamza’s mili-tants seized control from us”.

The mosque’s original trustees, whoincluded two Indians and a Pakistani,complained to the police and asked forprotection against Hamza’s takeoverbid, he said.

Pak responsible for J&K terror: BlackwillBy Chidanand Rajghatta

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

San Jose: In contemporary Americanpolitical-diplomatic lexicon, there is nosuch term as a freedom fighter, at leastnot to describe those who terrorise andkill indiscriminately as they are doingin Kashmir.

That was the stark message issued bythe US ambassador to India, RobertBlackwill, at the golden jubilee celebra-tion of the IIT here on Saturday in re-sponse to a bleeding heart question froman alumnus about the need for lookinginto the causes underlying terrorism.

Blackwill left little doubt that he heldPakistan directly responsible for terror-ism in Jammu and Kashmir, a view thatis not shared or echoed publicly or en-thusiastically by the state department.

“The US will continue to urge Presi-dent Musharraf to do everything in hispower to end permanently terrorist in-filtration into Jammu and Kashmir,” hesaid, asserting that the LoC “cannot bechanged by violence.”

“I don’t want to enter into a philo-sophical debate about murderers. Let usplease name those for what they are whomurder innocent for political motives

and who seek to bring down the very pil-lars of democracy — in New York, inWashington, at the assembly in Srina-gar, at Parliament in New Delhi,” Black-will grated, amid applause from mostlyNRI tech-heads.

Specifically, Blackwill referred angri-ly to the beheading of three young girlsin Jammu and Kashmir. He said somepeople were of the view that when iden-tifying terrorists, there was a need toconsider history, circumstances and oth-er subtleties. “To the contrary I say thatdefeating terrorism for the US and Indiais not subtle. It is a matter of survival for

ourselves, for our democratic values, forour religious freedom, for our children,for everything we hold dear,” he said.

The US ambassador lavished praiseon the IITians with the usual caveatsand criticism about what India needs todo to about the slow pace of reforms.

Thanks to the IIT system, “what isgood for India is great for the US too,” hesaid, a proposition that could well be re-versed judging by the fact that the gold-en jubilee celebrations of India’s mostfamous school is being held in SiliconValley (and not India) and has attractedmore than 2500 alumni.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Conceptually, India being a declared nuclear state with ano-first-use doctrine, it must have a nuclear triad with

the strongest arm being at sea — underwater.

— Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Chief of Naval Staff

Sri Ramakrishna Parama-hamsa’s advice to house-holders is: ‘‘A little spiritualdiscipline is necessary inorder to know what lieswithin. The painter firstdraws the outlines and thenfills in the details and coloursat leisure. The moulder firstmakes the image out of clay,then plasters it, gives it a coatof whitewash, and last ofall, paints it with a brush.All these steps must beundertaken successively.’’This is Ramakrishna’s first‘commandment’.

His second commandmentis that householders mustcarry out their worldlyduties, but fix their mind onGod, so that they act whileremaining absorbed in theSelf. The mind of the yogiis always fixed on God, andhe is completely absorbedin the Self. The house-holder can achieve the yogi’sstate of mind by performinghis duties unselfish-ly, without desiringresults. ChantingGod’s name and glo-ries while doinghousehold chores orother work helpsin achieving thissingle-minded focuson God.

Ramakrishna’s third com-mandment is: ‘‘To practisespiritual discipline is tounderstand and feel theformlessness of God. Sup-pose there are treasures in aroom. If you want to seethem, you must take thetrouble to get the key andunlock the door. After thatyou must take the treasuresout in the light. But supposeyou lock the room, standoutside the door and say,‘Hey, I’ve opened the door.Now I have broken the lockof the chest. I have allthe treasures’.’’ This wouldobviously not work.

Ramakrishna’s fourthcommandment is intenselove and bhakti for God. Hesays: ‘‘Vaishnavas dividespiritual seekers into differ-ent classes — the beginners,those struggling to see God,the perfected ones and thesupremely perfect.’’ He whohas just set foot on the path isa beginner. He who has forsome time been practisingspiritual disciplines, likeworship, japa, meditation,the chanting of God’s name

and His leela, is a strugglingsoul. He who has known frominner experience that Godexists is a perfected soul.

The supremely perfectedone is he who thinks of Godday and night and beholdsHim everywhere. It is likea man seeing flames every-where after he has gazedfixedly at a flame for sometime, says Ramakrishna. Onenever loses consciousness.So how can a householder beunconscious if he is alwaysthinking of consciousness?

Ramakrishna makes iteasy for every householder toseek the Divine within him.The householder’s doubtscan be removed by God’sgrace, he says. This gracedescends upon the devoteeonly after he has prayedwith intense yearning inhis heart and practisedspiritual discipline.

For Ramakrishna, Godis like a mother who feels

compassion forher child when thechild comes run-ning to her.

To sustain thisintensity, Sri Rama-krishna’s fifth com-mandment to thehouseholder is toseek satsang or holy

company.The householder must

be in a state of mind wherehe does not enjoy any conver-sation but that of God.Intense continuous yearningmakes God come to thehouseholder.

Ramakrishna stresses: ‘‘Ifa householder analyseshimself, he does not findany such thing as ‘I’. Take anonion and peel off the outerskins. As you peel the layersone after another, youfind that ultimately, nothingremains. That is the wayto pure consciousness, bypeeling away the layersformed on it by ego.’’

The real nature of Brah-man is egoless. A manbecomes silent when heattains perfect knowledgeof Brahman. Then the ‘I’becomes like a salt doll andmelts in the ocean of exis-tence and becomes one withit. Ramakrishna says thatyou need not be a sanyasi ora renunciate to achieve thisstage. You can do it evenas a householder.

Ramakrishna’s StepsTo Self Knowledge

By Shyamal Datta Gupta

By M Hasan Jowher

Justice delivered! Gujarat punishes theguilty. Dharma and secularism win. Hindusshow solidarity with Muslim victims.

On December 15, 2002 Ayub Mansuri wasamong the many who were hoping againsthope to hear such a verdict from the people’scourt. That the reverse happened with theBJP winning a landslide victory unnervedhim, raising some fundamental questions.Serious questions, not just for the thousandsof Mansuris, but for every thinking Indian.

Ayub is a weaver, or rather was. He lost ahand to the madness that swamped Gujaratafter Godhra. Before that he had clothedmany an Indian. With his rudimentaryknowledge and business sense, he is in noposition to offer expert analysis. But inhis own way he understands concepts likeequality and justice. And he wonders if lifewill ever be the same again for him and themany thousand others in his communitywho lost their all in those frenzied months.He wonders why the 2,000 plus Muslimskilled did not merit even a mention in theentire election campaign that revolvedaround the 58 Hindus brutally massacredin the Sabarmati Express.

The irony that Ayub finds difficult tocomprehend is the virtual clean chit handeddown to the accused by more than half thevoters. Even those guilty of heinous crimes,including the accused in the infamousNaroda Patia carnage, won handsomely.The BJP swept central Gujarat where themaximum killings took place. Its victorymargins receded away from the epicentreof violence. Ayub is frightened at theimplications of this.

Most political pundits were carriedaway by the BJP’s successive losses in thepreceding three years in Gujarat, includingin the municipalities and panchayats.Mr Modi’s predecessor, Keshubhai Patel,was replaced after four years of non-performance. Within weeks, Godhra andpost-Godhra happened. So, by its own admis-sion, the BJP was unable to showcaseanything. Except, of course, the revengeriots: The gaurav yatra was a masterly craft-ed strategy based on allusion and innuendo.

As I brood over Ayub’s dilemma,Shankarbhai and Vinodbhai of VinobaBhave Ashram walk into my office. InMehsana district, in villages around IdarTaluka, Muslims who lost all they had, arestill not allowed to return, they complain.They have resided and worked there fordecades and must return to their home,insist these two Gujaratis. Clearly they havenot understood the election verdict. Theyalso show me a list of some 24 names, of peo-ple who have lost their homes, shops, every-thing but received no compensation at all.

Ayub seems to have reconciled to the factthat the guilty will never be punished. ButShankar and Vinod clearly have not. Wemust pursue them till the end, they say. AGod-fearing man, Shankar is firm in his

convictions and beliefs: Bhagwan ke yahander hai, andher nahin (God might delay, butwill not deny justice). As Ayub, Shankar andVinod go over their experiences, our staffwonders who would win if we were toconduct a quick poll amongst us on India’smost feared chief minister. We don’t have toconduct the poll. We know the answer. Ironiccontradictions of democracy? Yes, consider-ing who the popular verdict favoured.

Sometime ago, Jug Suraiya wrote apoignant piece in these very columns, distin-guishing between Crowd India and MobIndia. If Shankar, Vinod and Ayub had readit, they might want to spell democracy asdemoc(k)racy. Or perhaps demo(b)cracy. Butis Ayub’s plight entirely due to saffronexcesses? Hasn’t the Indian Muslim leader-ship contributed to his dispensability signi-ficantly? In 52 long years they gave him notone university, not one national newspaper;neither a scheduled commercial bank nor aTV channel. They did not bother to explainto the Hindu majority the real meaning ofIslam, the true character of the Somnathplunderer or to dispel the myths thatMuslims marry more and breed much. Theycould not be bothered to explain theKashmiri atrocities: To point out that theviolence was more political than communal,indeed that in Kashmir far more Muslimshad died than Hindus. They were unable todraw the attention of Hindus to the historyof Kashmir, to why J&K has its own flag andconstitution or why its chief minister wasuntil recently called prime minister.

Instead, the Muslim political leadershipremained preoccupied with obscurantismand tokenism: Shah Bano, Haj subsidy,Republic Day boycott and so on, even as thetag of ‘appeasement’ stuck to Muslims. Thiswas a cruel mockery given the sharp declinein their share in employment, industry,banking and defence. For its part, the clergyfailed to clarify controversial concepts likekafir and jehad in the Indian context. Theywere busy meddling with matters temporal.Despite losing Babri masjid — and hundredsof other mosques and thousands of innocentlives — they will not introspect on thebankruptcy of their vision and crores ofAyub Mansuris will continue to be crushedbetween militant Hindutva and an irrespon-sible Muslim leadership.

Vinod and Shankar can return none ofAyub’s dead relatives, burnt property or lostlivelihood. But they give him somethingmore important. A hope. Faith that truth willtriumph one day and justice will be done.Somehow Ayubknows that as longas there are Hinduslike them he has afuture in India. Cit-ing the essence ofdharma, the duo as-sures him that theGujarat experimentcannot be repeatedelsewhere in India.

Ayub’s DilemmaHope in the Form of Shankar and Vinod

Triad UntestedThe Indian nuclear deterrent capability is on way togetting a triad base with the proposed acquisition of twoAkula class submarines, the 122-M long range bombersand the aircraft carrier, Gorshkov. When India wentnuclear in May 1998, these columns took the positionthat nuclear arms were a necessary evil in a worldalready too full of them. That done, it was imperativethat we put in place a credible minimum deterrent. Thenuclear triad is an attempt in this direction. To be sure,the package is prohibitively expensive. At $3 billion,it is a shade less than one per cent of the GDP. Forcomparison, consider the 1.3 per cent share investednationally on healthcare. However, such is the imperfectenvironment around us — with a nuclear challengenever really too far away — that the demands of thesocial sector have often to take a back seat to security.In recent months, we have witnessed a fair amount ofnuclear sabre-rattling by Pakistan, with very littleinternational adverse reaction against it. Fortunately,India’s strategic triad underpins the doctrine of no-first-use which is a non-provocative deterrent posture.

The new acquisitions are likely to fuel fresh worriesabout an arms race on the subcontinent. That GeneralMusharraf will seek to augment his nuclear arsenal, ifonly to counter domestic criticism, goes without saying.It is a matter of some comfort though that currentlythere aren’t too many sources willing to oblige him.Neither the US nor Russia — the primary sources ofsupply for the present — will equip Pakistan withnuclear subs or long-range bombers. Nor will Pakistan’seconomic situation allow such extravagant purchases.Nonetheless, we may well be up against another kindof race on this count — between Indian political parties.Perhaps we should remember that these purchasescome at the end of long negotiations which beganseveral yeas ago. Indeed, a Soviet nuclear submarinewas leased out to India during the ’80s and theIndo-Russian defence cooperation has a 40-year-longhistory. The Indian nuclear programme itself goes backa long way. In other words, it is best that attempts toattach party labels to such acquisitions are resisted.Managing a strategic nuclear triad is a complexbusiness and our political leadership — not merely theprime minister — should know better than to playpolitics with it. For a country aspiring to be a responsi-ble nuclear power, restraint should be the watchword,not jingoism of the sort increasingly on display.

Statuary WarningThe DMK’s sudden discovery of the dangers ofprivatisation is not opportunism as familiar to alliancepolitics. It is more a case of preparing the groundfor the party’s inevitable exit from the NationalDemocratic Alliance. At its recent meeting, the DMKexecutive asked the Union government to stop thesale of profit-making PSUs to avert large-scaleunemployment and retrenchment. Such a reversal ofthe party’s stance on the NDA’s policy of economicreforms, which was pursued vigorously by the DMK’sown nominee in the Union cabinet, Murasoli Maranas industry minister, is obviously a reaction to theBJP’s renewed interest in the AIADMK, and theemergence of J Jayalalithaa as a de facto BJP ally. WithBJP functionaries confirming the party’s growingproximity to the AIADMK and shift away from theDMK, M Karunanidhi had to begin making noisesso that the parting of ways would be attributedto a ‘principled position’ and not to the DMK’sdeclining value for the NDA.

However, such posturing betrays the decreasingcontent to the DMK’s politics as well as policies.Mr Maran was a greater champion of privatisation thanother NDA constituents and was least moved by thesangh parivar’s swadeshi lobby against opening theIndian market to foreign goods. In fact, at the WTOmeeting in Seattle, Mr Maran sneered at Bill Clinton’sattempt to placate protesters, saying that he “actuallyspoke like Lenin or Stalin”. Of course, reforms are moreeasily debunked with Mr Maran away for medicaltreatment in the US, and the DMK unlikely to getindustry or any other important portfolio. Clearly,Mr Karunanidhi seems to be running out of not onlyideas but even worthy issues to challenge the AIADMKand the BJP. The most it has been able to come upwith in Tamil Nadu is a campaign to have statues ofKannagi, the heroine in the epic Silappathigaram, inChennai and all district headquarters. Why? To redeemthe ‘‘Tamil pride’’ wounded by Ms Jayalalithaa notrestoring the one damaged statue of Kannagi on theMarina beach. If such is the course and content ofpolitics that Mr Karunanidhi is now reduced toscripting, then, surely, the veteran has lost his touch. Itis time to call it a day and hand over the baton to sonM K Stalin whose name at least would lend somecredibility to the DMK’s new economic platform.

Going BananasThat popular song ‘Yes, we have no bananas’ couldbecome a reality in 10 years, warns Belgian plantpathologist Emile Frison in the New Scientist. Thesterile, seedless banana hasn’t, she says, had sex foryears and only genetic manipulation can keep diseasesat bay. Ms Frison warns that the banana’s extinctioncould hurt impoverished Africans. However, it couldalso upset the USA’s health-conscious citizens. In herbook, Bananas: An American History, Virginia Jenkinscites a 1999 estimate that the per capita consumption inthe US is as high as 75 bananas a year. The banana, sheadds, kept re-inventing itself as America’s favouritefruit. The thick skin allayed concerns about dirt. WhenAmericans began to worry about high calories, thebanana was recommended as a snack full of energybut low in fat. Given the continuing popularity of thefruit in today’s unipolar world, Ms Frison need notworry too much about its extinction. The US can becounted on to ensure that its citizens do not go bananasin the absence of the fruit. After all, it was the Yankee,Minor Keith, who set up the corporate United Fruitto ensure that Guatemala became one vast bananarepublic to cater to the nutritional needs of the greatUS market. So much so that United Fruit’s corporatebase in Guatemala was itself called Bananera. Andattempts by Bermej and Arbenz to redistribute landwere pre-empted by United Fruit and John Foster Dulleswho denounced these elected leaders as Soviet satellites.The wheel has now turned full circle with IllinoisUniversity law professor Francis Boyle writing in arecent issue of CounterPunch that the US had become abanana republic since George W Bush was not electedby the majority of the people but anointed by fivesupreme court judges. A world without bananarepublics would be most welcome, but life withoutbananas is hard to imagine. http://spirituality.indiatimes.com

Leading scientist R Rajaraman believesthat the setting up of a nuclear commandand control structure in India is notsufficient reason to discount the N-threatin the subcontinent. Cautioning restraint,this professor of theoretical physics atJawaharlal Nehru University tellsRashme Sehgal that the public mustbe made privy to more details aboutnuclear arms safety issues:

What does it mean to have a nuke commandin place?

All it means that in the event of a nuclearcrisis, we now have a set of proceduresin place. The nuclear command and controlstructure is led by the prime minister.This implies that in a crisis situation variousnuclear, strategic and political expertswill give their inputs before the commandauthority decides on how to respond. Theresponse generally means giving codedsignals — the pressing of a button is onlya euphemism.What kind of procedures?

The general impression up to now isthat India’s nuclear weapons are not perma-nently deployed. Whether that turns outto be eventually the case is a key issue.For example, after an alarm about a nuclearattack is raised,we have anywherebetween five andsix minutes to react.We can respond intwo ways. First, tobe cautious andcareful. Second, toreact immediately,which requires thatwe keep our wea-pons on a hair-trigger alert. I preferthe former becauseif weapons remainpermanently deplo-yed, the threat of a nuclear war cannotbe ruled out.

Besides, India has a no-first-use policy. Butthat loses its meaning if weapons remain ina ready-to-use state. To the other side, itappears no different from a first-use posture.If it’s not the case already, it’s time to ensurethat we stay in a state of de-alert. Thesimplest way to do this would be to storeweapons away from delivery vehicles, so thatit requires anything between 6 and 24 hoursto deploy them. This gives the leadershiptime to assess a threat and figure out anappropriate retaliatory response. It also dis-pels false alarms about an anticipated attack.Why is this so important?

At the time of a military crisis, whennuclear anxieties are at their peak, a built-intime gap between the decision to launch andthe actual attack may make all the differencein averting an unwanted nuclear war.What kind of nuclear build-up do you foreseein the coming months?

The Indian doctrine depends on massiveand rapid retaliatory attack. The word‘rapid’ raises the possibility of keeping some

of the weapons ready for first strike.Pakistan has always said that it will keepthe first-strike option open. For us to have acredible no-first-use, the government mustannounce a unilateral de-alert.

We shouldn’t produce more and moreweapons. Rather, we should concentrateon techniques of survivability. In terms ofunacceptable damage to any responsibleleadership of an adversary country, it’ssufficient to target two Hiroshima bombson two of their major cities. This will killseveral lakh people. We should focus onsurvivability, and on keeping a few weaponsto inflict such a damage. It would be amistake to enter into competition as hap-pened during the Cold War. We don’t needhundreds of nuclear weapons, when wealready possess enough to destroy the enemy.What about Mr Musharraf’s recent statementthat he wouldn’t have hesitated to nuke Indiaif we had attacked Pakistan?

President Musharraf is playing a danger-ous game of brinkmanship. This must not bematched by a similar response from our endas that will only add to the threat perceptionon their side. Bluster aside, Pakistan’s actu-al response will depend on several impon-derables such as the influence of religiousextremists in decision-making, the role of

the US, etc. If Indiahas 150 N-weaponsin a ready-to-launchposture, that by it-self will prove amajor destabilisingfactor and will keepus, day after day,on the brink of anuclear war. The USkeeps more than1,000 N-weapons ina ready-to-fire posi-tion. Presumably, asimilar number isdeployed by Russia.

The Bush-Putin agreement signed last yeardid not make any commitment to reducingnumber of deployed weapons below 1,000.

France and UK have no visible enemies.Yet they continue to keep the weapons. Thatshows how hard it is to de-escalate. Bureau-crats and military structures don’t allow it.Regrettably, I expect India to increase itsweapons up to between 1,000 and 2,000, basedon our stock of plutonium and the triadstrategy that underlies our N-doctrine. Pak-istan will be under pressure to match this.Why is the average Indian scientist so littleinformed about what is going on?

In India, the public has been kept out ofthe N-debate. In the US, a large numberof nuclear experts resides in universities.Most leading scientists who participated inthe Manhattan project, when the firstbomb was made, went back to universitiesand are consultants to the government,military and the Congress. In India, acorresponding expertise outside govern-ment doesn’t exist. This has resulted in anabsence of meaningful public debate onnuclear arms safety aspects.

Bomb Doubts

THESPEAKING

TREE

At the time of a militarycrisis, when nuclearanxieties are at theirpeak, a built-in timegap between thedecision to launchand the actual attackmay make all thedifference.

Q&A

Exclusive EducationIn the news story ‘Get ready to pay morefor college education’ (Jan 12), withdrawalof the state from education is an IMF-WorldBank inspired attitude. In JawaharlalNehru University (JNU), New Delhi, tomaintain the democratic character ofeducation, the admission of students fromdisadvantaged (economically or socially)sections is encouraged. This is embeddedin JNU’s admission policy where studentsfrom rural backgrounds are givendeprivation points over and above thequota for reservation.

Every year, the maintenance grant to theuniversity is cut drastically. JNU studentsspend on an average Rs 1,500 per monthapart from tuition fees. If the proposal ofmobilising 25 per cent of the grant fromstudents is implemented, students would berequired to pay at least Rs 4,000 per month.This would mean a virtual ban on studentsfrom disadvantaged sections into highereducation. When there is need for a moreegalitarian spread of education at all levels,the government is thinking of making itaccessible only to those ‘who can pay’. Thehue and cry being made about the increas-ing pressure on the fiscal deficit is nonsensi-cal, since the government spends a meagre3 per cent of the total GNP on education, ofwhich only 0.39 per cent is spent on highereducation (Source: GOI, 1995). The real

purpose that these reports serve is to makeeducation a commodity for private investorsto reap profits. In the process, however, theones who would suffer the most would bestudents belonging to disadvantaged andeconomically weaker sections. Such an elit-ist bias towards education must be exposed.— Rohit, President, JNU Students’ Union(JNUSU), via e-mail

Remove DivideThe Central government’s failure to addressissues of the disabled is distressing. Wehave made repeated requests for makingstructural changes and including theeducation of disabled children as a subjectfor the ministry of human resources deve-lopment. But this has fallen on deaf ears.

In the 1960s, the disabled were a part ofthe ministry of education. But the govern-ment turned the clock backward and placedthem in a category under the ministry ofwelfare along with scheduled castes andscheduled tribes. It is now called theministry of social justice and empower-ment. Although many acts have beenpassed in Parliament, there still exists adichotomy between the two ministries,thereby creating a divide.— Mithu Alur, founder chairperson, SpasticsSociety of India, Mumbai

Stop MeddlingThe removal of Maharashtra chief ministerVilasrao Deshmukh is another example ofthe high-handedness of the central highcommands of our so-called national parties.Such changes often lead to politicalinstability. In fact, the growth of regionalparties in several states can be directlytraced to the humiliating treatment metedout to local leaders by callous andinsensitive central leaders.— Mahikshit Desai, Mumbai

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Freedom from Fear

He alone is wisewho fears not another,

nor makesothers afraid.

Guru Tegh Bahadur✥

Fear is a prison thatquickly circulatesthrough the entiresystem, paralysing

the will, producing aqueer sensation in

some part or theother of the human

body. Yes, fear isthe cause of many

diseases. Fearlessnessensures health.Do not fear. For

God is near!J P Vaswani

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The person who takesthe vow that he will

cause no fear toanyone is the person

to whom nothingcan cause fear

anymore. The personwho causes no

disquiet to the worldis the person who

is not perturbed bythe world.

Manu Smriti✥

Fear is the mainsource of superstitionand one of the mainsources of cruelty.To conquer fear is

the beginningof wisdom.

Bertrand Russell✥

If it is fear youwould dispel, the

seat of that fear is inyour heart.

Kahlil Gibran✥

The wise man inthe storm prays toGod, not for safety

from danger,but for deliverance

from fear.Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Fear is never a goodcounsellor and

victory over fearis the first spiritual

duty of man.Nicolas Berdyaev

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Vitamin makersface bitter truthThe world’s largest vitamin manu-

facturers suffered a legal setbackwhen a US appeals court ruled that

overseas customers have the right topress anti-trust charges against them inAmerican courts even if they boughttheir vitamins abroad.

In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court pan-el reversed a US district court ruling thathad dismissed the American price-fixingcase against Aventis, Roche, BASF andother vitamin makers. The three biggestvitamin makers have already settled law-suits filed by US customers for more than$ 1 billion, and Friday’s ruling couldratchet up the pressure on them to settlewith the foreign customers as well.

“Any reasonable company that wantsto put this behind them should seriouslythink about settling these claims,” saidPaul Gallagher, an attorney representingsome of the plaintiffs. Roche spokesmanPaul Minehart said the company was dis-appointed with the ruling and planned toappeal, either to a panel of the full ap-peals court or the US Supreme Court.

BASF issued a similar statement, call-ing the appeals court ruling “incorrect”.“BASF intends to vigorously challengethe DC Circuit Court of Appeals’ decisionby seeking further review, including, ifnecessary, by the US Supreme Court.”

Aventis spokeswoman Patricia Munzerdeclined comment. The lower court hadruled that the plaintiffs—food growersand manufacturers from South America,Australia and Ukraine—could not sue un-der US law because they did not buy theirvitamins in the United States.

The district court threw out the case,citing federal statutes that make the USSherman Anti-trust Act inapplicable toconduct overseas unless it has “a direct,substantial, and reasonably foreseeableeffect” on domestic commerce. But two ofthe three appeals judges disagreed, con-cluding that any victim can stake a claimas long as they can show that the globalcartel affects US commerce.

The panel also expressed concern thatshielding the cartels’ overseas profitscould leave them with an incentive to col-lude, even if they’re sued successfully inthe US. “Disallowing suits by foreign pur-chasers injured by a global conspiracy be-cause they themselves were not injuredby the conspiracy’s US effects runs therisk of inadequately deterring global con-spiracy,” the appeals judges wrote. Gal-lagher said that the impact of the deci-sion will go beyond the conspiracy. “Whatthis means is that companies who en-gaged in anti-competitive conduct andthought that they would only be exposedin the US to liability for the effects oftheir actions in the US must now realisethat they are exposed to liability for theeffects of their conduct worldwide.” Reuters

PHARMAWATCH

Switch over toVAT will bringdown prices

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The switch-overto value-added tax (VAT)from sales tax by all statesand Union Territories fromApril 1 is expected to have apositive impact on prices ofgoods, Central revenue offi-cials said.

Additional secretary (rev-enue) Anupam Dasgupta anddirector Abhay Tripathi al-layed fears of a spurt inprices after changing over to

the new system of taxation atthe state level. ‘‘Introductionof VAT in other countrieshas had a price lowering im-pact,’’ Dasgupta asserted.

Dasgupta said implemen-tation of VAT is expected toincrease the states’ revenuein the long run and have a‘‘softening effect’’ on prices,with the effective tax burdencoming down. But, in theshort run, prices of someitems may surge.

The revenue officials listedout a number of economic

benefits from VAT. They saidthe system will unify the In-dian common market, pro-vide for uniformity of taxrates at the state level and en-courage efficiency in produc-tion and distribution ofgoods.

With the introduction ofVAT, a number of state-levelimposts such as luxury tax,entry tax, turnover tax andpurchase tax will also bedone away with along withthe sales tax.

The revenue officialspointed out that the generalrate of VAT, which will be ap-plicable to most commodi-ties, will be 10-12.5 per cent.At present, the average rateof sales tax charged by anumber of states, mostlythose in south India, is 15-17per cent. These states willbring down the general rateof tax to 12.5 per cent. In thecase of other states, the aver-age rate of sales tax now isaround 10 per cent and intheir case, the general VATrate will be maintained at 10per cent. Even then, some ofthe other state levies will bedone away with and this willresult in a lowering of prices.

VAT, being a value-addedtax, will be levied at everystage of value addition, butwhile taxing the output, a taxcredit will be allowed for thetax borne by the inputs. Thisway VAT ensures that thereis no cascading effect or thetax-on-tax effect, the officialsexplained.

Pakistan changes pipeline planBy Sanjay Dutta

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Pakistan is weighing analternative route for a proposed $-3.2-billion gas pipeline from Turk-menistan via Afghanistan with an eyeon the Indian market, with ADB docu-ments indicate that internationallending agencies are set to ‘‘activelypursue India’s involvement as theprincipal consumer of the gas’’.

‘‘Economics drive the prospect ofany trans-regional energy project. Asthe biggest consumer of gas in the region, there is need to bring India onboard,’’ Pakistan’s petroleum secretary Abdullah Yosaf said. TheADB documents identify India as themain potential buyer of the Turkmengas and key to its long-term economic viability.

The development coincides with NewDelhi’s indication to Iran that it was will-ing to talk business if Islamabad normalis-es trade ties by restoring the most favourednation status to India. Teheran’s efforts at

persuading India to accept an Iranianpipeline passing through Pakistan had sofar been unsuccessful as Indian govern-ment refused to be part of any energy sup-ply scheme passing through Pakistan.

The 1,500-km-long trans-Afghan pipeline(TAP) is expected to transport about 30 bil-

lion cubic metres of natural gas annually.Pakistan is now studying a new route for

the pipeline from Turkmenistan’sDaulatabad gas fields, south-east of capitalAshgabat, to Multan via Afghanistan’s Her-at and Kandahar (See Chart). According toYosaf, it will be easier to extend thepipeline to Delhi from Multan.

The pipeline had been planned from theDaulatabad fields to Lahore via Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul. The project got stalledwhen the CentGas consortium led by USenergy major Unocal withdrew in 1998 to avoid being seen as supporting the Talibangovernment. The project was revived in De-cember when Afghan president HamidKarzai, Pakistani prime minister Zafarul-lah Khan Jamali and Turkmenistan presi-dent Saparmurat Niyazov signed an agree-ment defining the legal mechanisms forsetting up a consortium to build and oper-ate the pipeline.

According to Yosaf, the feasibility studyof the new route for the pipeline, costingupwards of $ 1 million, will be completedby June.

Bharti cuts lossas customers upMumbai: Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd said onMonday its quarterly (Oct-Dec 2002) lossshrunk 83.1 per cent as its customer basejumped 148 per cent over 2001. The resultssent its shares soaring more than 14 percent to Rs 24.50 at BSE, while the bench-mark exchange index was down 0.39 percent. Bharti — 16 per cent owned by Singa-pore Telecommunications — said its third-quarter consolidated net loss narrowed toRs 7 crore from Rs 41.7 crore a year earlier.

Total income doubled to Rs 850 crore fromRs 420 crore.

Bharti said in a statement rapid expan-sion with the rollout of 16 projects gave it anearly mover advantage, boosting its sub-scriber base to 3.09 million at the end of De-cember, up 21 per cent from the precedingquarter and 148 per cent higher from a yearearlier. It said the growth of long distancetraffic on India’s mobile networks had alsohelped. Long-distance telecom rates in In-dia have dropped sharply over the past yearamid stiff competition, enhancing the us-age of cellphones for long-distance calls.

Bharti offers cellular services in 15 out of22 telecom circles, covering 93 per cent ofthe mobile phone market. The company,which has a 26.5 per cent market share inthe mobile customer base, said operatingprofit for the past quarter rose 93 per centfrom a year earlier to Rs 240 crore and 98per cent from the preceding quarter.

“We have been able to contain our ex-penses to the level of the previous quarterand hence improve our profitability tobring about a sequential reduction of 95 percent in our net losses,” chairman SunilBharti Mittal said. It had posted a net loss ofRs 130 crore in previous quarter. Reuters

Mohammed Ilyas

Communications minister Pramod Mahajan flanked by RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani (right) andBSNL chairman Prithpal Singh at the inauguration of Supercom India 2003, in New Delhi onMonday. Ambani said people should have affordable, high speed access to voice, video, dataon their mobiles, which could cross 100 million in India within a few years. Prithipal Singhsaid the world added 276 million mobile users in the past three years, while landline phonesgot 243 million subscribers in 100 years.Parliament nod not needed

for HPCL, BPCL sale: AGNew Delhi: Attorney General Soli Sorabjee has said thesale of stakes in two state-run oil refiners does not needparliamentary approval, a senior government officialsaid on Monday. The government referred the proposedsale of cash-rich Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd andBharat Petroleum Corp Ltd to the attorney general lastmonth after opposition lawmakers demanded parlia-mentary approval for the sale.

“He (the attorney general) has submitted his report. Itis in the disinvestment ministry’s favour. No parliamen-tary approval is needed,” the official, who did not wantto be identified, said. The official said the privatisationpanel was likely to meet at the end of January to discussthe sale of HPCL and BPCL. Reuters

The Times of India, New Delhi, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Bratz as a brandToy maker Takara and musicgroup Avex plan to jointly provide American fashion dolls “Bratz” as a new lifestyleproposition for young womenin Japan. Price: $ 21

Toyota makes a WishToyota Motor Corp’snew “Wish” model. The seven-passengerminivan will retail inJapan for between$13,458-$18,198

Jewellery exports to shineIndia is likely to export gems andjewellery worth $ 9.58 bn in thecurrent year, up from $ 8.71 bn in2002. Exports of gold jewellery isexpected to surge 20-30% in2003 from $ 1.38 bn last year

Coke inks deal with Vivek OberoiBy Jayanta Ghosh

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Coca-Cola hasroped in young celebrityVivek Oberoi for promotingCoke brand. Oberoi will soonbe featured in new televisioncommercials for the cola.

“The cola major’s objectiveis to expand the celebritybase by roping in primarilythe young ones to promotethe brand in summer 2003,”

industry sources said. Coca-Cola is yet to decide on howto feature Oberoi, either withKhan or with Roshan or fea-turing him solo TVCs.

Coca-Cola may featureOberoi in a separate freshcampaign with a new punch-line “Piyo thanda jiyo than-da”, along with Rai.

Another possibility isCoca-Cola featuring Oberoiin “Life ho to aisi” campaign(to give it a boost) which has

taken a backseat to the grow-ing popularity of Khan-led“Thanda matlab Coca-Cola”.

There has been a debate inCoca-Cola whether to put“Life ho to aisi” campaign onthe backburner, which is los-ing sheen to the “Thanda”promotion. Coke officialssaid they were debating anddiscussing the possibilitiesand a final gameplan wouldbe reached soon regardingpromotions and celebrities.

Swati Chakrabarti

Ascon survey: Bettergrowth by 21 sectors:Twenty-one sectors havedone better than expectedand recorded growth duringthe first nine months of 2001-02 in areas of production,sales and exports in the faceof industrial recovery, accord-ing to a CII-Ascon survey.‘‘Manufacturing sector is do-ing better than before,’’ it said.sectors which witnessed ex-ports growth were aluminium,cars, motorcycles, mopeds,steel, polyester filament yarn,tea and textile machinery.Interconnect hearingadjourned for a day: Tele-com tribunal TDSAT on Mon-day adjourned for a day thehearing on a petition on inter-connect filed by cellular oper-ators against basic players of-fering WLL mobility services.The move came in the wakeof cellular operators’ sched-uled meeting with telecomregulator TRAI and also withcommunications ministerPramod Mahajan.

ICICI Bank to cut long-term deposit rates: India’ssecond largest bank, ICICIBank on Monday said it willcut interest rates on long-term deposits by a quarterpercentage point fromWednesday. It will offer 5.50

per cent on deposits with aterm of 91 to 180 days, 5.75per cent on deposits with aterm of 181-days to one year,6 per cent for maturities ofmore than one-year but lessthan 2 years and 6.25 percent for above 2 years.

Insurance firms shouldcheck frauds: Governmentasked the insurance compa-nies to evolve an institutionalmechanism to check frauds.In developed countries, thismechanism costs around 10per cent of the total premiacollections. According to aKPMG survey, 61 per cent ofIndian insurance companiesare vulnerable to such frauds,considering increased num-ber of players with openingup of the sector, banking sec-retary Vineeta Rai said whileaddressing an internationalconference on frauds organ-ised by IRDA.

Corporation Bank net up66% at Rs 152 crore: Cor-poration Bank has reported a66 per cent rise in net profit atRs 151.81 crore for the thirdquarter ended December 31,2002, compared to Rs 91.45crore in same period of previ-ous fiscal. Total income alsoincreased to Rs 693.14 croreas against Rs 602.08 crore inQ3 of last fiscal, CorporationBank CMD Cherian Varghesesaid.

SRF net up 113 per cent,shelves share buyback:SRF Ltd has reported 113 percent higher net profit for thirdquarter ended December 31,2002 at Rs 6.54 crore on21.58 per cent higher netsales of Rs 173.29 crore.While announcing third quar-ter results, SRF’s board ofdirectors also decided not toproceed with the share buyback scheme announcedearlier, a statement said.

Canara Bank reports83% growth in net: Ca-nara Bank has reported a82.59 per cent growth in itsnet profit at Rs 292 crore forQ3 ended December, 2002,up from Rs 160 crore in thesame period of previous fis-cal.

Discovery to air The BluePlanet in India: DiscoveryNetworks said its widely-ac-claimed natural history film“The Blue Planet” narrated byDavid Attrenborough will beaired in India from January 23in a 10-part series, saidDeepak Shourie, MD, Discov-ery Networks India.

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Kmart names presidentJulian Day CEO: Bankruptdiscount retailer Kmart Corpsaid on Sunday it namedPresident Julian Day to theadditional post of chief executive officer and thecompany plans to emergefrom Chapter 11 bankruptcyprotection around April 30.Day succeeds James Adam-son, who will continue toserve as the company’s chair-man through the final stagesof Kmart’s reorganisation. Hewill serve as non-executivechairman. Day played a keyrole in Kmart’s five-year busi-ness plan, approved by thecompany’s board last week.

Vivendi has no commenton new list of suitors:French media giant VivendiUniversal declined commenton reports it was being flood-ed with new interest in itsU.S. entertainment operationsincluding Hollywood’s Univer-sal Studios. Oil tycoon MarvinDavis, whose $20 billion bidfor the U.S. entertainmentarm was rebuffed late lastyear, put out feelers at theweekend by indicating he waspreparing a new bid. The WallStreet Journal had reportedthat the list of firms interestedin bidding now included Lib-erty Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and GE’s NBC division.“We have no comment,” saida Vivendi spokesman in Paris.

Belgium’s Agfa to selltesting units to GE: Bel-gian image technology com-pany Agfa Gevaert said onMonday it sold its x-ray andultrasonic inspections sys-tems unit to GE Aircraft En-gines, a unit of General Elec-tric Co, sending its sharesclimbing. The unit, which cantest the structure and toler-ance of materials withoutdamaging or deforming them,accounted for approximately220 million euros ($234.4 mil-lion), or 4.5 per cent, of Agfa’ssales in 2002, Agfa said in astatement. The agreement —which requires regulatory ap-proval — does not cover ana-logue x-ray films, a spokes-woman for Agfa said.

Siemens wins ordersworth 1.3 billion euros:German industrial giantSiemens AG said its PowerGeneration unit had won or-ders in Germany, Spain, Mo-rocco and Mexico worth acombined total of over 1.3 bil-lion euros ($1.39 billion).

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ABB 275, 279, 271, 278.05268.10, 279, 268.10, 276.25

Abbott (I) 305.05, 307.50307, 310, 306.50, 307.40

ACC 152, 153.95, 149.40, 150.05153, 153.85, 149.40, 150.10

Adani Export 143.05, 144.50, 138.50,141.95

139.15, 143.40, 139.15, 141.90 Adlabs Films 61.50, 62.70, 60.80,61.40

61.80, 62.60, 61, 61.45 Alstom Proj. 51.50, 51.85, 50.05,50.90

51.50, 51.80, 50.35, 50.70 Andhra Bank 25.45, 27.20, 27.05

26.15, 27.25, 25, 27 Apollo Hosp. 111.45, 108.15, 108.60

110.70, 111, 108.05, 108.55 Apollo Tyres 129.95, 132.25, 128,128.80

130.95, 132.50, 128.10, 128.70 Arvind Mills 24.10, 24.60, 23.50,23.65

24.50, 24.55, 23.55, 23.70 Ashok Leylan 98, 100.45, 97.05,97.40

99.50, 100.80, 97, 97.40 Asian Paints 335, 335.90, 333.50,334.30

336.10, 336.10, 332.05, 334.65 Aurobindo Ph 270, 276.45, 258.25,260.10

270, 276.25, 259, 260.30 Aventis Crop 158.05, 162.90, 157.35,158.15

159.05, 159.75, 158.05, 158.65 Aventis Ph. 310, 313.95, 307.25,307.30

310, 312.35, 306.05, 306.80 Aztec Soft. 31.75, 27.40, 28

31.50, 32, 27.50, 28.05 Bajaj Auto 524.80, 533.50, 518.05,529.10

516.10, 534, 516.10, 529.45 Balaji Tele. 84, 84.90, 83.50, 83.75

84, 84.95, 82, 83.70 Ballarpur In 43.10, 43.55, 42.40,42.75

43.50, 43.60, 42.50, 42.75 Bank of Baro 78.45, 79.60, 76.25,78.90

77.90, 79.70, 76.30, 78.90 Bank of Ind. 41.60, 42.40, 40.85,41.80

41.20, 42.40, 40.65, 41.75 BASF 119, 113.30, 114.45

116.90, 117, 113.25, 114.60 Bata (I) 32.75, 33.10, 32.55, 32.60

33.20, 33.20, 32.40, 32.65 Bh.Earth Mov 84.35, 85.30, 80.65,81.05

84.30, 85.45, 80.30, 81.45 Bharat Elect 190, 196, 184.10,185.15

191.25, 195.10, 184.20, 185.70 Bharat Forge 225, 238.90, 236.65

226.65, 238, 226.65, 235.20 Bharti TeleV 21.90, 25, 21.45, 24.95

21.75, 25, 21.40, 24.90 BHEL 183.50, 183.70, 179.50,179.85

180, 183.50, 152.90, 179.85 Bombay Dyein 46.60, 47.50, 46.55,47.35

47.30, 47.40, 47, 47.20 BPCL 229, 230.65, 224, 226

228.50, 234, 225, 226.55

Britannia 515, 518, 512, 512.05515, 515.90, 510, 514

BSES 223, 230, 221, 227.50222, 230.85, 220, 226.45

Cadila Healt 129, 133, 128.90,129.95

130.90, 132.50, 129.35, 129.70 Castrol (I) 205.15, 206.90, 204.05,204.45

206.40, 206.85, 203, 204.30 Century Enka 91, 87.85, 88.05

88.30, 90.50, 88, 88.20 Century Text 56.30, 57.40, 54.70,54.85

56.70, 57.40, 54.65, 54.85 Chambal Fert 13.25, 14.25, 13.90

13.40, 14.25, 13.40, 13.90 Chennai Pet. 29.50, 29.65, 29, 29.05

29.10, 29.40, 28.95, 29 Cipla 901, 861, 868

876.20, 882.95, 861, 868 CMC 590.05, 594.70, 582.20, 587.10

587.10, 595.50, 582.50, 588.10 Colgate 133.80, 134.85, 134.30

134.80, 134.80, 134, 134.40 Container Co 232.10, 233.90, 226,226.75

232.75, 234, 226.20, 226.90 Corpn. Bank 133.50, 149, 132.50,147.75

133.90, 148.60, 133, 146.70 Crompton Gr. 54.80, 55.60, 53.60,53.75

52.90, 55, 52.90, 53.80 Cummins (I) 50.45, 49.75, 49.95

50.10, 50.10, 49.75, 50 D-Link (I) 59.35, 58.55, 58.60

58.50, 59, 58.45, 58.55 Dabur (I) 47.90, 51.55, 47, 48.95

47.50, 51.60, 47.05, 49.15 Digital Glob 600.25, 602.20, 591.60,595.10

599.70, 600.45, 591.60, 595.55 Dr.Reddy’s 980, 959.05, 960.75

975, 975, 959.10, 961 Dredging Cor 300, 287.10, 287.30e-Serve Intl 551, 555, 545, 552.65

553, 555, 548, 550.20 EIH 186, 180, 182.85

187.50, 187.50, 182.20, 182.35 Engineers (I 298, 299.90, 290.10,291.90

296, 300, 291.30, 293.30 Escorts 45.50, 44.50, 44.55

46.50, 46.50, 44.30, 44.75 Essel Propac 185, 188, 181, 181.35

188.75, 188.75, 182, 182.60 Exide Inds. 93.45, 89.05, 90

90.10, 91, 89.90, 90 Federal Bank 96.50, 98.60, 95.65,96.60

97.45, 98.75, 96.20, 96.70 Finolex Cabl 96.70, 94, 94.90

95.10, 95.75, 94.15, 95 Finolex Inds 30, 30.40

30, 30.50, 29.75, 30.30 Gail (I) 73.45, 74.90, 73.80

73.60, 74.95, 72.55, 73.75 GE Shipping 33.75, 33.90, 33.40,33.70

34.05, 34.05, 33, 33.55 Geometric So 459, 462.90, 448.50,450.45

461.90, 463.90, 448.10, 450.80 German Remed 248, 246.10

251, 253.45, 248.10, 250 Gillette (I) 312.30, 317, 311, 312.20

317.50, 317.50, 301, 308.80 GlaxoSmith.C 265.50, 267, 265,266.55

265.05, 267.20, 265, 265.45 GlaxoSmith.P 303.75, 306, 303,304.10

304.90, 306.25, 302.55, 304.85 GNFC 30.60, 31.35, 30.55, 31.10

31.50, 31.50, 30.60, 31.05 Grasim Inds. 314, 311.10, 312.90

316, 316, 311.30, 312.70 GSFC 23.45, 23.50, 22.65, 22.85

23, 23.90, 22.60, 22.90 GTL 89, 85.20, 85.75

88.15, 88.60, 85.35, 85.80 Guj.Amb.Cem. 165.75, 163.80,164.15

167.80, 167.80, 164, 164.20 Guj.Gas Co. 445.20, 459.85, 444,446.80

464, 465, 448.50, 449.65 Guj.Mineral 95.05, 95.75, 92.25,92.30

97.10, 97.10, 92, 92.25 HCL Infosys. 86.75, 87.05, 84.15,84.20

87.65, 88.75, 84.10, 84.25 HCL Techno. 168, 169.70, 165.10,165.50

169, 169.50, 165, 165.60 HDFC 370, 374.90, 367, 373.40

370, 375, 366, 372.45 HDFC Bank 224, 225.80, 221.05,224.40

224, 225.50, 222, 223.90 Hero Honda 246.50, 247, 239,239.85

246.50, 247.40, 239, 239.85 Hexaware Tec 154.65, 156.40,147.80, 149.05

156, 156.35, 147.65, 149.60 Him.Fut.Comm 36.10, 36.45, 35.20,35.70

36, 36.25, 35.20, 35.70 Hind Lever C 170.05, 171.95, 170,170.25

174.95, 176.50, 169.70, 171.45 Hind.Oil Exp 21, 21.45, 20.90, 20.95

21.60, 21.60, 20.60, 21 Hind.Zinc 17, 17.25, 17.05

17.45, 17.45, 16.95, 17.05 Hindalco 594, 603.75, 599.35

598, 603.70, 595.55, 598.90 Hinduja TMT 278.10, 288.50, 284.30

279.70, 288.50, 279.70, 284.15 HLL 178, 176.20, 177.95

177.80, 178, 175.80, 177.65 HMT 18.95, 18.45, 18.50

18.60, 19.25, 18.30, 18.40 HPCL 299, 306.60, 297.15, 299.10

300, 306.25, 296.05, 300.20 Hughes Soft. 172.80, 167.25, 168

170.90, 171.95, 167.50, 168.25 IBP 254.50, 256.25, 252.20, 252.35

252, 257, 250, 252.10 ICI (I) 119.40, 120.90, 118.75,120.80

119, 120.10, 117.10, 119.70 ICICI Bank 144.50, 147.25, 143.10,143.65

144.40, 147.45, 143, 143.70 IDBI 21.60, 23.45, 23.30

22.25, 23.45, 21.95, 23.35 IDBI Bank 29.95, 30.30, 29.60, 30

30.10, 30.45, 29.10, 30.05 India Cement 18, 18.10, 17.60, 17.80

18.05, 18.15, 17.65, 17.75 Indian Alumi 113.55, 118, 115.95

115.40, 115.50, 115.40, 115.40 Indian Hotel 188.80, 182.90, 183.65

186, 190, 183.30, 183.95 Indian Oil C 250.80, 245.10, 245.15

249.95, 249.95, 245.10, 245.70 Indian Ov.Bk 17.40, 18, 17.85

17.60, 18, 17.35, 17.90 Indian Rayon 95.50, 99, 96.20

95.50, 99.20, 95.20, 96.10 Indo Gulf Co 53.50, 54.45, 53.20,53.35

53.75, 54.45, 53.30, 53.40 Infosys Tech 4577, 4600.20, 4518,4526.60

4609.70, 4609.70, 4517, 4529.15 Infotech En. 182.85, 184.40, 175.70,176.55

183, 184.25, 176.10, 177.35 Ingersoll R 232, 237, 228, 233.50

235, 237.90, 227, 235.15 IPCL 87.10, 87.45, 85, 85.20

87, 87.45, 84.85, 85.15 ITC 679.90, 682, 677.50, 678.80

679.50, 681.90, 677, 678.75 ITI 19.50, 19.90, 19.50

19.70, 20.35, 19, 19.70 J&K Bank 120.95, 122.90, 119.50,120.50

122, 123, 119.15, 120.85 Jaiprakash I 33, 33.80, 32.70, 33.15

32.70, 33.90, 32.70, 33.25 JB Chemical 204, 207, 202.20,203.20

204.50, 207.90, 202, 203.25 Jindal Steel 374, 383, 369, 378.60

341, 379.90, 341, 376.85 Kochi Refin. 49.90, 50.40, 48.40,48.65

49, 49.50, 48.30, 48.55 Kodak (I) 348, 348.50, 348

347.95, 348, 347.95, 348 Kotak Mah.Fi 166.10, 167.50,164.10, 165.40

167.10, 167.10, 164, 164.25 L&T 202.55, 203.50, 198.05, 198.35

202.70, 203.50, 197.85, 198.50 LIC Hsg.Fin. 67.70, 67.75, 67.10,67.30

68.85, 68.85, 67.20, 67.60 LML 35.50, 36, 35.05, 35.25

35.20, 35.80, 35, 35.15 Lupin 164.90, 165, 159.10, 159.70

164.80, 165.35, 159.10, 159.75 M&M 111.30, 112.25, 110.20,110.40

111.50, 112.25, 110.20, 110.40 Marico Inds 168, 171.50, 171.20

170, 170, 166.20, 169.45 Mascot Systl 138, 138.10, 134.15,134.85

136.50, 137.90, 134.30, 134.70 Mastek 570.35, 586.30, 567, 580.25

569, 587, 569, 580.20 Mastershare 10.75, 10.85, 10.70

10.75, 10.80, 10.70, 10.70 Max (I) 81, 81.60, 79.15, 79.75

80.95, 81.65, 79.05, 79.50 Mcdowell Co. 43.10, 44.70, 43, 44.15

42.75, 44.65, 42.75, 44.10 Merck 268, 258, 260

257.10, 260, 256.55, 259.95 MIRC Electr. 378.40, 365, 366.70

394, 394, 365, 370 Moser-Baer 202.50, 192, 192.75

202.05, 202.90, 192, 193.05 Mphasis BFL 745, 730, 732.10

749, 749, 726.30, 731.30 MRF 877, 880, 865, 877.35

877, 880, 865, 869.70 MTNL 92, 88, 88.20

91, 91, 87.80, 88.30 Mukta Arts 65, 67.75, 67.20

66, 67.60, 65.70, 67.30 National Alu 88.75, 85.80, 86.25

88, 88.25, 85.80, 86.30 Nestle (I) 535.40, 540, 535, 536.10

540, 540, 534, 536.55 Neyveli Lign 24.80, 24.95, 24.60,24.70

24.80, 24.95, 24.65, 24.70 Nicholas Pir 249.85, 254.45, 249.10,252.05

249.10, 254, 249, 250.10 NIIT 171.70, 171.90, 165.60, 167.20

170.70, 171.95, 165.40, 167.45 Nirma 235, 236.50, 233, 234.65

226.10, 237.70, 226.10, 234.40 Novartis (I) 274.10, 281, 272.10, 278

254, 281, 254, 278 ONGC 374.90, 382, 375.95

374.25, 382, 374.25, 375.35 Oriental Bnk 60.45, 62.65, 59.70,61.95

60, 62.60, 60, 62.15 P&G Hygiene 385, 396.50, 394.70

403, 403, 394.05, 395.30 Padmalaya Te 96.60, 98.50, 96,96.30

98, 98.50, 95.65, 96.45 Parke Davis 163.75, 163.70, 165.50

165, 165, 163, 163.45 Pentamedia G 20.50, 18.70, 18.75

20.30, 20.70, 18.65, 18.85 Pfizer 363, 380, 369.75

377.75, 377.75, 370, 370.40 Philips (I) 94, 97.95, 92, 93.50

94.20, 94.60, 94.20, 94.60 Pidilite Ind 251.25, 253, 249, 250.35

250, 253.95, 250, 253.65 Polaris Soft 157, 157.65, 151.70,152.55

156.95, 157.50, 152.20, 152.90 Pun.Tractors 153.35, 155.20, 152.05,152.60

156, 156, 151.65, 152.25 Ranbaxy Lab. 626.40, 646.50,645.30

633, 646.50, 630.35, 644.95 Raymond 102, 99.50, 100.10

101.50, 101.90, 100, 100.25 RCF 19.25, 19.90, 18.05, 18.95

19.15, 19.90, 18, 18.95 Rel Capital 53, 53.80, 52.55, 52.70

53.65, 53.90, 52.55, 52.85 Reliance Ind 293, 294.50, 288.60,289.50

292.55, 293.95, 288.75, 289.85

Rolta (I) 86, 83, 83.5586.20, 86.20, 83, 83.55

SAIL 10.15, 10.45, 10.10, 10.3010.20, 10.45, 10.15, 10.30

Satyam Comp 262.20, 263.90,258.80, 259.20

263, 263.45, 258.95, 259.75 Saw Pipes 92.55, 94.45, 91, 91.45

92.25, 94.50, 91, 91.60 SBI 293.95, 295.50, 289.10, 290

293.50, 295.60, 289.50, 290.55 Shipp.Corpn. 58.85, 59.40, 57.60,57.80

58.95, 59.80, 57.55, 57.85 Shyam Teleco 53.10, 54.50, 52.50,52.75

54.50, 54.50, 52.25, 52.90 Siemens 323.95, 325, 316, 323.75

320, 327, 316.55, 324.50 Silverline T 17.25, 17.55, 15.90, 16

17.40, 17.50, 15.85, 16 SKF Bearing 45.85, 46, 45, 45.10

45.25, 46.20, 45, 45.20 Sonata Soft. 19.75, 20, 17.70, 17.90

19.10, 19.70, 17.70, 18 SPICE 33.60, 33.45SSI 101.50, 105.10, 100.10, 100.95

99.80, 104.90, 99.80, 101.10 STC India 105.55, 110.75, 101.85,102.60Sterl.Biotec 44.50, 44.90, 44, 44.50

44, 44.90, 44, 44.55 Sterl.Optica 58.65, 59.95, 58.25,58.70

58.50, 59.85, 58.15, 58.85 Sun Pharma. 302, 303.50, 298,298.65

303.50, 303.50, 297, 298.35 Syndicate Bn 16.85, 18.35, 18.05

17.60, 18.40, 17.50, 18.05 Syngenta (I) 127, 128.55, 128.45Tata Chem 62, 62.60, 60.05, 60.35

62.50, 63, 60, 60.25 Tata Elxsi 87.90, 88, 85.10, 85.40

86.65, 87, 85.30, 85.55 Tata Power 111.70, 113.70, 113

112.90, 113.55, 112, 113 Tata Tea 169, 172, 169.45

169.35, 172, 167.20, 169.50 Tata Telcom 135.20, 139.30, 137

139, 139, 136.10, 136.95 TELCO 165.25, 167.40, 163.30,163.75

166, 167.50, 163.50, 163.80 Thermax 148.95, 154.40, 147.30,152.25

151, 154.90, 144.60, 151.90 Thomas Cook 229, 238.70, 227.05,229.40

238.95, 249, 225.70, 230.05 TISCO 154.10, 156.70, 155.20

153.70, 156.70, 153.70,155.20 Titan Inds. 77, 79.90, 76, 76.30

77.70, 79.90, 76.15, 76.65 TN Newsprint 44.40, 45.50,44.25, 45.40

44.05, 45.30, 43.55, 45.10 TN Petro 20, 20.25, 19.75, 20

20, 20.10, 19.55, 20.05 Torrent Phar 223.55, 229.90,220.50, 225.20

226.50, 227, 220.30, 225.55 Trent 169.95, 173, 166, 166.20

168, 173, 165.50, 166.80 TVS Electron 83.60, 84.40, 81,81.20

83.45, 84.20, 80.35, 81.10 TVS Motor Co 529, 511.10, 515

528.50, 528.50, 511.50,515.60 United Phosp 167.40, 163,163.85

168.40, 168.40, 163.10,164.15 UTI Bank 44, 45.50, 44.90

44.95, 45.30, 44.25, 44.80 Videocon Int 30.95, 31.40, 30.60,30.65

31.30, 31.45, 30.55, 30.65 Vijaya Bank 16.05, 16.80, 15.90,16.70

16.50, 16.80, 15.65, 16.70 Visual Soft 236.50, 238.90, 230.80,232.40

235.90, 238.95, 230.10, 232.60 VSNL 90.80, 88.75, 89.40

90.90, 90.90, 88.80, 89.35 Whirlpool 19.80, 19

19.20, 19.40, 19.05, 19.15 Wipro 1520, 1536, 1480.10, 1491.70

1519.90, 1534, 1480, 1495.55 Wockhardt 473.95, 474, 468.10,471.40

470.05, 472, 468.10, 469.40 Zee Telefilm 94.80, 97.50, 89.40,89.85

93.90, 94.65, 89.55, 90 Zensar Tech. 110.40, 113.90, 105.15,106.15

109.10, 113.85, 104.90, 106.20

B1 - GROUP

33M India 312, 302, 304.20

311, 311, 305, 308.65

AA Sarabhai 5, 5.10, 4.75, 4.90Aarti Drugs 31, 33.25, 32.80Aarti Inds. 68.25, 68.85, 67, 67.50

68, 68, 66.10, 67.10 Aban Loyd 177, 176.70, 178.65

175, 178.35, 174.90, 178.35 ABG Heavy In 16, 13.75, 14.70Abhishek Ind 8.70, 8.50

8.80, 8.80, 8.50, 8.60 Advani Oerli 33, 31.50, 32.45

33, 33, 31.30, 32 AFT Inds. 47, 46.55, 47Aftek Infosy 255.40, 243.10, 244.60

252, 254.80, 243.10, 245.45 Agro Dutch I 13.25, 13.35, 13.30

12.65, 13.65, 12.65, 13.30 Agro Tech Fd 37.50, 37.40, 37.75

37.60, 37.60, 37.60, 37.60 Ahmed.Elect. 54.75, 54.75, 53.95,54.20 Ajanta Pharm 36.50, 37, 35, 35.40

37.20, 37.20, 36.30, 36.40 Aksh Optifib 25.25, 22.75, 22.95

23.10, 23.90, 23.10, 23.25 Albright & W 187.30, 192Alembic 177, 172.80, 173.95

177.50, 178, 172.95, 173.05 Alfa Laval 252.50, 249, 249.55

254.75, 255, 250, 250.45 Allahabad Bk 14.25, 15.50, 15.30

14.35, 15.40, 14.15, 15.20 Alok Inds. 14.15, 14.50, 14, 14.05

14, 14.60, 14, 14.05 Alps Inds. 19.85, 19.20

21, 21, 21, 21 Alstom 24, 24.35, 23.80, 24.25Amara Raja B 65.40, 66, 65.05,65.35

65.05, 65.80, 65, 65.10 Ambica Agarb 61, 69.30, 54, 56.75Ambuja Cem.R 3, 3.05, 3

3.05, 3.10, 3, 3 Amrutanjan 80.75, 82.35, 80, 81.65Amtek 53.70, 54, 52.20, 52.25Amtek Auto 192.95, 196.30, 191.95,192.55

195.80, 195.80, 195.80, 195.80 Amtrex Hitac 21, 20, 20.75

20.05, 21.95, 20.05, 21.20 Andrew Yule 17.20, 18.50, 16.60,16.95AP Paper 43.35, 43.25Aptech 43, 44, 39.15, 39.95

43, 44, 39.60, 40.05 Archies Gret 72.25, 72.20, 73

74, 74, 72, 72.55 Arvind Rem. 7.25, 7.40, 7.15, 7.25

7.20, 7.40, 7.15, 7.20 Asahi (I) Gl 36.20, 39, 37.95

38.95, 39, 37.65, 38 Ashapura Min 100.10, 102.95,102.15Ashima 15.20, 15.10

14.25, 14.25, 14.15, 14.15

Ashok Ley.Fn 46, 47, 45.60, 45.7044.50, 46.35, 44.50, 45.65

Asian Elect. 24.50, 25.35, 24.25,24.95

23.75, 25.25, 23.75, 25 Asian Hotels 69.80

74.50, 74.50, 70, 71.95 Assam Co. 16.95, 16.20, 16.70Astrazen.Ph. 360, 360, 360, 360 Atcom Techno 16.60, 16.15, 16.25

16.55, 16.55, 16.10, 16.20 Atlas Copco 237.10, 238.05

237.15, 239, 237.15, 238.05 Atlas Cycles 65.55, 72.50, 71

69, 72.45, 69, 72 Atul 34.50, 35.05, 35

34.40, 35.75, 34.40, 35 Auto Axles 95, 97, 96Avanti Feeds 23.50, 23.85

BBajaj Auto F 48.70, 49.90, 48.65,49.10

49.50, 50, 48.60, 49 Bajaj Hindus 58

59, 59, 57.40, 57.75 Bajaj Tempo 101.25, 104Balaji Dist. 7.50, 7.65, 7.40

7.50, 7.65, 7.35, 7.45 Balaji Hotel 4.55, 4.50Balaji Indl. 3.75, 3.65Balmer Law.I 55, 60, 52, 53.30Balmer Lawri 94.45, 88.10, 89.15

89, 92.50, 88.40, 89.35 Balrampur Ch 109.30, 110, 107.20,109.25

111, 111, 107.60, 108.50 Banco Prod. 48.60, 48, 48.75Bank of Punj 15, 15.55, 14.75, 15.30

15.10, 15.60, 14.50, 15.30 Bank of Raj. 17.25, 17.55, 17.20,17.25

17, 17.55, 16.95, 17.25 Bannari Aman 138.05, 137, 137.05

140, 140, 138.65, 140 Bayer (I) 1200, 1210, 1200

1180, 1205, 1180, 1200 Bayer ABS 85, 85.50, 80.40, 81.15

85.80, 85.80, 80.10, 81.05 Bayer Diagno 215.75Berger Paint 74.20, 75, 74, 74.20

74.30, 75.40, 74.10, 74.95 Bharat Hotel 25.70, 25.70, 25.70,25.70 Bhartiya Int 24.10

24.15, 24.65, 24.10, 24.25 Bhushan Stl. 33.90, 35.40, 32.35,33.70Bimetal Bear 107.10, 107.05Binani Inds. 17.20, 17.40, 17.05,17.25Birla Corp. 16.05, 16.35, 16, 16.25

16.20, 16.45, 16.20, 16.25 Birla Eric. 13.95, 13.50, 13.85

13.65, 14, 13.65, 13.75 Birla Glob.F 11.70, 13.75

13.50, 14.40, 13.50, 13.95 Birla Yamaha 17.45, 17.50, 16.50,16.55BLB 5.45, 5.45, 4.80, 5.15 Blow Plast 12.70, 12.60, 13.20Blue Dart Ex 72.90, 73.25, 71.20,72.10

71, 72.90, 70.50, 72.30 Blue Star 75, 75.70, 75

75.05, 75.95, 75, 75 Blue Star In 174, 179, 173.80,174.65

177.30, 179.95, 173.20, 174.60 BOC 29.80, 30.70, 29.05, 29.20

30.10, 30.70, 28.80, 29.10 Bombay Burma 39, 38, 44.80

41, 41, 40, 40 BPL 44.75, 45.25, 43.45, 43.75

44.20, 45.50, 43.10, 43.55 BSEL Inform. 14.90, 15, 14.50, 14.65

14.55, 15.25, 14.55, 15 Burrough Wel 220, 225.05, 224.50

222.85, 227.80, 222.85, 224.60

CCamlin 58.25, 61.70, 60.80Canara Bank 55.20, 59.35, 58.80

55.75, 59.30, 55.75, 58.75 Canfin Homes 26.60

26.85, 27.10, 26.65, 26.90 Carborundum 111.50, 114, 109,

109.15111.25, 114.50, 109.70,

109.70 Carrier Air. 99.50, 99.90, 97.85

98.50, 98.50, 98.50, 98.50 Ceat 32.10, 32.40, 31.75,32.10

32.40, 32.50, 31.60, 32.05 Centur. Bank 10.30, 10.45, 10,10.20

10.10, 10.30, 10, 10.15 CESC 19, 19.25, 18.75, 19.15

18.50, 19.55, 18.50, 19 CFL Capital 1.65, 1.75CG Igarshi M 46, 47.50, 45.70,47.20

46.15, 47.25, 45.50, 46.85 Chemplast Sa 29.50, 30, 29.60

29.70, 30.70, 29.30, 29.80 Chettinad Ce 43, 44, 42, 43.10Chola.Inv&Fi 42.25, 42.90, 42

41.50, 42.25, 41.30, 41.50 Ciba Sp.Chem 107.20, 107.55,107.40

110.95, 111, 109.55, 109.55 Cinevistaas 33.50, 33.75,32.70, 32.75

33.25, 33.90, 32.60, 32.60 City Union B 36.50, 37.45, 36.40,36.75

37, 37.50, 36, 36.70 Clariant (I) 144.30, 146.25

145, 147, 143.25, 147 Coates (I) 104.50, 107.95, 104, 105

105.35, 107.45, 104.50, 105 Colour Chem 244, 244.10, 241,241.20

243.50, 243.80, 241, 241.15 Compucom Sof 25.75, 27, 26.45Compudyne Wi 25.20, 25.30, 24.80,25.10

25.45, 25.60, 24.90, 25.20 Computech In 6.60, 6.65, 6.50, 6.55

7.10, 7.10, 6.50, 6.60 Corom. Fert. 65.05, 67, 64

66, 66, 63.55, 63.90 Creative Eye 13.65, 13

13.35, 13.35, 13.05, 13.10 Crest Comm. 32.50, 32.75, 31.50,31.60

33.45, 33.45, 31.75, 31.85 CRISIL 284, 270.10, 270.15

280.50, 284.95, 274.15, 275.10 Cybertech Sy 12.60, 12.80, 12.35,12.45

12.70, 12.70, 12.30, 12.40

DDaewoo Motor 1.65, 1.80, 1.45, 1.70Dalmia Cemen 145, 151

144.60, 144.60, 144.20, 144.40 DCM Shr.Con 54.50, 52.65, 53.20

55, 55.40, 53.15, 54 Deccan Cem. 37.20, 38.25Deepak Fert. 17.45, 18, 17.75

17.25, 17.95, 17.25, 17.80 Deepak Nitr. 50.95, 52.95, 50.50

Dena Bank 16, 16.70, 16.4016.60, 16.70, 16.15, 16.40

Denso (I) 23.50, 24.60, 24Dewan H.Fin. 21, 22, 21.85

21.40, 22, 21.40, 21.85 Dhanalak.Bnk 18.70, 19, 18.25,18.65DPIL 32, 35DSQ Software 14.95, 15, 14.30,14.40

14.90, 15.05, 14.30, 14.35 Duphar-Inter 120, 122, 121

EEicher Motor 87, 83.90, 84.45

85.65, 88.50, 82.80, 84.30 EID Parry 81.50, 83.45, 80, 81.75

79.10, 82, 79.10, 81.35 Elbee Servic 12.10, 12.25, 11.80Elder Pharma 37.30, 37.50, 35.65,35.75

37.50, 37.50, 36.10, 36.30 Elect.Kelvin 7.50, 7.60, 7.30, 7.40Electro.Cast 241, 241.75, 237,237.75

240, 252, 236, 237.70 Elgi Equip 20, 20.45, 19.70, 20

19.65, 20.50, 19.65, 19.85 Elgitread (I 180

180, 180, 180, 180 Emco 34.90, 33, 33.15Esab (I) 40.70, 41.10, 40.50, 40.65

39.80, 41.40, 39.80, 40.70 Eskay K’N’It 3.95, 4.05, 3.55, 3.90Essar Oil 5, 5.20, 4.95, 5

5, 5.15, 4.95, 5 Essar Ship. 6.25, 6.60, 6.35Essar Steel 8.95, 9.30, 8.85, 8.90

9.05, 9.30, 8.80, 8.90 Eternit Ever 32.50, 32.05, 32.45

32.40, 32.40, 31.80, 31.90 Eveready Ind 14.65, 14.95, 14.70

14.70, 15.05, 14.70, 14.80 Excel Inds. 98.45, 101.80, 95.05, 96

96.55, 101.75, 95.15, 96.25

FFAG Bearings 52.50, 54.25, 52.80

53, 53.65, 52.50, 53.30 FCI OEN Con. 91.05, 91, 92

90.55, 92.50, 90.55, 92.05 FCL Techno. 22.60

23.50, 25.40, 23.50, 24.60 FDC 34.15, 34.50, 32.85, 33.05

33.40, 33.75, 32.90, 32.95 First Leasin 18.50, 17.55

17.40, 17.70, 17.40, 17.60 Flex Inds. 18.60, 19.10, 18.50, 19.05

18.80, 19.20, 18.80, 19.10 Floatglass 16.25, 15.75, 16.05

15.50, 16.50, 15.50, 16.30 Forbes Gokak 63, 63.50, 62.75Foseco (I) 103.05, 103.30

102.75, 103, 102.75, 103 Fulford (I) 92.40, 93, 91.30, 91.35

GGammon (I) 104.75, 99.25, 100.25

102, 102.95, 101.10, 101.45 Garden Silk 28.20, 32.50, 30.75

28.50, 32, 28.40, 30.55 Garware Wall 19.70, 20.20, 20Gati 32.50, 31.30, 31.35Genesys Intl 67.80, 65.15, 65.25George Willi 56.10, 57.50

56.20, 59.40, 56.20, 57.65 Glenmark Pha 259, 261.90, 248, 249

258.05, 264, 246, 247.70 Global Tr.Bk 17.95, 18.90, 17.90,18.55

18.20, 18.95, 17.80, 18.55 GMM Pfaudler 63.10, 66.55Godfrey Phil 335, 332

335, 339.50, 335, 339.50 Godrej Cons. 101.30, 103, 100.75,101.45

100.25, 102.50, 100.25, 101.95 Godrej Inds. 19, 17.70, 18.15Goetze (I) 23.10, 23.35, 22.60, 22.90

22.10, 23.10, 22.05, 22.95 Goldiam Int. 27, 27.25, 26.90, 27.05Goldstn.Tech 44.95, 45.10, 43.15,44.20

45.10, 45.25, 43.55, 44.30 Gonter Peip 4.45, 4.50, 4.25, 4.40Goodlass Ner 161.95, 163.90, 163.15

162, 164, 162, 163.05 Goodricke 27.95, 28, 27.60, 27.95Goodyear (I) 29.20, 28.50Grabal Al.Im 20.30, 21.90Graphite Ind 29.40, 29.90, 29.20,29.30

30, 30, 29.35, 29.40 Gravity (I) 9.50, 9.90Greaves 12.95, 14, 12.15, 12.30Grind Norton 95.85, 98, 94.25, 96Guj.Alkalies 34, 34.35, 32.50, 32.95

34, 34.30, 32.30, 32.90 Guj.Amb.Exp. 9.25, 9.75, 9.35

9.20, 9.95, 9.20, 9.60 Guj.Flouroch 73.50, 75

74.90, 75.40, 74.25, 74.95 Guj.H.Chem 17.70, 18.20, 18.15

17.70, 18.25, 17.65, 18 Guj.Ind.Pow. 20.20, 20.25, 19.40,19.50

20, 20.10, 19.30, 19.50 Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.95, 3.75, 3.85

3.65, 3.90, 3.65, 3.85

HHatsun Agro 67.85, 61, 66.85Havell’s (I) 120

116.90, 116.90, 110, 111.70

HBL Nife Pow 22.80HEG 29.10, 30.45, 29.50

29, 30.35, 29, 29.70 Henkel Spic 24.50, 22.05, 22.40

22.40, 22.45, 22.15, 22.25 Hi-Tech Gear 113, 108.50Hikal 134.30, 127.50, 129.80

135, 135, 127.50, 130 Himat. Seide 102, 96.10, 99.90

102, 103.50, 96.25, 98.20 Hind.Constn. 60, 71, 69.25

70.55, 70.95, 68.10, 69.65 Hind.Inks&Re 340.50, 355.75, 344.95

359, 359, 343, 345.05 Hind.Motors 10.80, 11.25, 10.85

10.95, 11.25, 10.80, 10.85 Hind.Org.Chm 20.80, 21.75, 20.55,20.70

20.35, 21.65, 20.30, 20.70 Hind.Power 22.60, 22.80, 22.35,22.45Hind.Sanitar 37.05, 37.10, 37

37, 37.90, 37, 37.70 Honda SIEL P 122.30, 123

122.30, 122.30, 122.25, 122.25 Hotel Leela. 16.15, 14.95, 15.05

15.65, 16, 15, 15.05 Hughes Tele. 6.25, 6.30, 6.20, 6.25

6.20, 6.35, 6.10, 6.20

II-Flex Solu 902, 938, 919.25

908, 938.40, 905, 923.10 IFCI 5.70, 5.95, 5.90

5.75, 5.95, 5.70, 5.90 Ind.Swift 88.90, 90.40, 86.65, 87.55India Glycol 33.90, 34.75, 33.60,34.45India Gypsum 22.50, 21.30, 21.50

22.70, 22.75, 22.10, 22.10 India Nippon 190

203.90, 204, 190, 190 India Polyfi 4.25, 4.50, 3.75, 4Indian Card 39.60, 40.30, 39, 40.20

40.10, 40.50, 40.10, 40.40 Indian SeamM 14, 13.65Indo Nationl 345

341, 341, 340, 340.05 Indo Rama Sy 30.40, 31.50, 30.05,30.10

30.50, 31.60, 29.95, 30.05 Indraprast.M 12.50, 12.55, 12.40

12.05, 12.60, 12.05, 12.50 Indus.Inv.Tr 16.75, 16.60, 17Indusind Bnk 17.35, 17.90, 17.60

17.10, 17.95, 17, 17.70 Inform.Tech. 2.45, 2.20, 2.25ING Vysya Bk 255, 256, 252.05, 255

256, 257.50, 252, 253.85 Insilco 15.80, 16.05, 15.95Intelvisions 5.70, 6.40Inter.Travel 24.25, 23.75, 24.50Invest.Trust 22, 19.25, 19.45IP Rings 40.90, 42, 41.30IPCA Lab. 197.35, 197.75, 189,190.05

196.50, 198.50, 188.15, 190.15 Ispat Inds. 5.50, 5.70, 5.40, 5.50

5.50, 5.65, 5.45, 5.50 IT & T 35, 36, 33.60, 34.05

35.90, 36.15, 34, 34.50 ITC Hotels 47, 49.90, 48

44.55, 49.70, 44.55, 48.25 IVRCL Infras 54.50, 55.10, 54, 54.85

53.50, 54.40, 52.80, 53

JJagatjit Ind 26.20, 26.85, 26.45Jagsonpal Ph 92, 93.95, 90, 93.95 Jai Corp 37, 36.60, 36.80

37, 37, 36.75, 36.80 Jain Irrig. 44.55, 47, 46.15

45.60, 47.30, 45.60, 46.05 Jain Studios 20.05, 19.30

20.50, 20.50, 19.05, 19.35 Jayant Agro 54.75, 54.75, 53, 53.05 Jaypee Hotel 9.05, 9.75Jayshree Tea 38.50, 38.50, 35, 35.35 JCT 4.50, 4.30, 4.35Jenson&Nicho 5.70, 5.60, 5.70

6.70, 6.70, 5.50, 5.65 JIK Inds. 31.25, 25.30, 26.80

27.90, 27.90, 23.10, 27.30 Jindal Iron 65.50, 71.10, 65.25, 66.80

66.50, 71.40, 65.95, 66.90 Jindal Photo 27.80, 26.95, 27

27.65, 27.65, 27, 27.05 Jindal Poly. 100.55, 103

107.20, 107.20, 102.75, 104.95 Jindal Strip 142.40, 145.95, 140.05,141.55

140, 145.75, 140, 141.30 JJ Exporters 25.50, 24.40JK Corpn. 10.70, 11, 10.65, 10.70

10.95, 11.25, 10.65, 10.65 JK Inds. 29, 29.50, 28.50, 28.70JK Synthetic 3.10, 3.15Jubilant Org 145, 154.40, 140.65,154.20

149.85, 151.25, 140.05, 151.25 Jupiter BioS 47.80, 48.30, 46.85, 47Jyoti Struct 17.30, 17.75, 17.20

17.50, 17.50, 17.40, 17.40

KKajaria Cer 17.50, 18, 17.70

17.95, 18, 17.75, 17.75 Kakatiya Cem 22.25, 22

22, 22.35, 21.70, 21.95 Kale Consul. 44.40, 43.50, 43.60

44.10, 44.75, 43.30, 43.50 Kalyani Brak 260, 265, 255Kanoria Chem 42.15, 42.15, 42.15,42.15 Karnatak Bnk 71.40, 72.40, 70, 70.10

73.50, 75, 70.25, 70.50 Karur Vysya 171, 172.80, 167.55,169.35

170.05, 173, 166.10, 168.75 KDL Biotech 17.15, 17.30, 17.20

17.15, 17.25, 17, 17.05 Kesoram Inds 27.10, 27.50, 26.70,26.85

27.75, 27.75, 26.90, 27 Khandwala Se 8.45, 8.05, 8.40

8.35, 8.80, 8.10, 8.15 Kinetic Eng. 70.50, 72.35, 69.10,69.15Kinetic Moto 34.20, 33.50, 34

33, 34.65, 33, 33.50 Kirloskar Br 100, 100.50Kirloskar Oi 57.05, 60

57, 60, 57, 58.60 KLG Systel 40, 37.40, 37.75

38.50, 38.80, 37.30, 37.50 Kolar Inform 19.40, 17.75Kopran 41, 42.80, 40.70, 41.65

41, 42.85, 40.60, 41.05 Kothari Prod 155.05, 162, 161

164, 164.95, 161, 161.10 KPIT Cum.Inf 193.50, 198.65, 190.50,196.20

193.70, 198.70, 192.25, 195.75 KRBL 18, 18.45, 18, 18 Krebs Bioche 114, 108.05, 108.40Krishna Life 2.15, 2.40, 1.90, 2.10Krone Comm 62.25, 63.50, 61.75,63.05

62.95, 62.95, 61, 61.55 KSB Pumps 67.25, 68.75, 68

66, 69, 66, 67.55

LLakshmi Au.C 78.25, 78.30, 78

79.85, 81.90, 79, 79.95 Lakshmi Mach 1130, 1125, 1185

1150, 1185, 1150, 1184 Landmarc Lei 13.75, 14LCC Infotech 5.30, 4.80

5.40, 5.40, 4.85, 4.90 Liberty Shoe 54.45

53.05, 54.45, 53.05, 54.45 Lumax Ind 30.45, 30

30.10, 30.10, 30, 30 Lyka Labs 31.75, 30, 30.15

30.70, 31.50, 30, 30.10

M

Maars Soft 14.50, 14.85, 14.10,14.15

14.90, 14.90, 14.05, 14.15 Macmillan (I 171.75, 168.40, 168.55

171.50, 171.85, 168, 169.30 Madras Alum 49, 47.10, 48.60Madras Cem. 3800.15, 3860, 3700,3779

3820, 3820, 3671, 3701.30 Madras Fert. 10.65, 10.75, 10.55,10.70

11.05, 11.05, 10.50, 10.65 Madura Coats 39.20, 40

40, 40, 40, 40 Mah.Scooter 61

61.75, 61.75, 60.70, 60.90 Mah.Seamless 153, 154.75, 152.75

158.90, 158.90, 152.85, 153.45 Mahavir Spg. 66.50, 67.50, 65.50,66.60

67.95, 67.95, 66.10, 66.30 Mahind.Gesco 14.40, 14.25, 14.40

14.50, 14.75, 14.10, 14.15 Manglr.Chem 4.55, 4.75, 4.60Maral Overs 14.55, 15.25, 14.95

15.30, 15.30, 14.90, 15.15 Matsush.Tele 5.45, 5.70, 5.60Medicorp Tec 42, 44.20

41.50, 44.70, 41.50, 44.70 Melstar Info 28.10, 27.10

28.05, 28.15, 27, 27.20 MICO 3660, 3600.05, 3607.50

3550, 3650, 3550, 3614.60 Mid-Day Mul. 18.90, 19.20, 18.25,18.30

18.80, 19, 18.35, 18.45 Mindteck 25.65, 26.85, 25.60Mirza Tanner 30

30.10, 30.15, 29.75, 29.95 MM Forgings 119Modi Rubber 18.60, 20.60Monsanto (I) 517, 466, 472

474, 474, 467.05, 469.90 Morepen Lab 29.25, 29.90, 28.55,28.60

29.05, 30, 28.50, 28.55 Motherson SS 65.50, 65, 66

64.50, 69.80, 60.50, 65.65 Moving Pictu 24.45Mro-Tek 18.80, 19.25, 18.75

19.25, 19.35, 18.75, 18.85 MRPL 6.95, 7.05, 6.90, 6.95

6.95, 7.10, 6.95, 6.95 Mukand 16, 17, 16.10

18, 18, 16, 16.15 Mukand Engrs 12.75, 13.25, 13.20

12.80, 13.20, 12.80, 13.05 Munjal Showa 150, 153, 146, 151.70

153.70, 155, 150, 152 Mys.Cement 6.70, 6.95, 6.60, 6.90

6.75, 6.90, 6.70, 6.85

NNagar.Fertil 6.20, 6.55, 6.20

6.35, 6.55, 6.20, 6.25 Nahar Export 19.10, 19.50, 18.90,19.25

19.20, 19.40, 19.10, 19.40 Nahar Spg. 80.55, 82.95, 79.90,80.50

81.40, 83, 80, 80.25 Narmada C.Pe 14.25, 14.90, 14,14.15

15, 15, 13.75, 14.20 Narmada Cem. 19.95, 21, 19.05,20.95Nath Seeds 9.50, 9.80, 9.40, 9.50

9.70, 9.85, 9.45, 9.50 Navneet Pub. 131, 132.50, 130,132.05

131.15, 133.75, 131.15, 132.60 Nedungadi Ba 11, 10.25Nelco 32.90, 33.50, 32.25, 32.40

33.60, 33.60, 30.55, 32.35 Neuland Lab. 52.10, 53.50, 53.25NHN Corpn. 11.50, 11Nilkamal Pls 30, 30.25, 29.05, 29.40

29.80, 30.50, 29.50, 30.30 NOCIL 7.15, 6.90, 6.95

7.20, 7.20, 6.90, 6.90 Noida Toll 6.50, 6.90, 6.50, 6.90 Nova Petro. 41

46, 46, 41.10, 42.05 NRB Bearings 61.20, 60.95, 62

60, 62, 60, 62 Nucleus Soft 102.10, 102.90, 99.65,100.50

104, 104, 100.15, 102.20

OOCL (I) 67.90, 69.80, 65.50, 66.80Odyssey Tech 14.40, 14.60, 14, 14.05Oil Country 8.10, 8.05

8.45, 8.45, 7.90, 8 Omax Autos. 35.80, 35.90, 34, 34.10Onward Techn 35, 32, 32.15

34.35, 35, 31.55, 32.15 Opto Circuit 36.30, 34.55, 34.95Orchid Chem 77.95, 78.30, 75.55,75.65

76.20, 78.20, 75, 75.45 Orient Info. 57, 59.60, 56.70, 57.45

57.80, 59.45, 56, 56.85 Orient Paper 19.10, 20.35, 19.10,20.35 Oriental Hot 72, 71, 73.95

67.25, 71.75, 67.25, 71.75 Oswal Ag.Mil 2.60, 2.75, 2.70Oswal Chem. 4.75, 5.05, 4.70, 4.90

4.75, 5.20, 4.75, 4.90 OTIS Elevato 317.95, 319

310.10, 310.10, 310.10, 310.10

PPadmini Tech 5, 5, 3.95, 4 Panacea Biot 280

272.15, 280, 272.15, 278.90 Pantaloon Re 53.75, 53.80, 52.50,52.65

54, 54.15, 52.50, 53 Paper Prod. 136, 131.10, 131.90

135, 135, 131.40, 132.30 Paramount Co 8.85, 8.80, 8.95Parekh Plati 8.60, 8.90, 8.50, 8.60

8.30, 8.85, 8.30, 8.65 Patel Engg. 145.20, 141.50, 145PCS Inds. 19.10, 19.50, 19Pentagon Glo 2.80, 2.60Pentasoft Te 9.20, 8.75

9.10, 9.10, 8.65, 8.75 Pharmacia He 142, 149.65

144, 144, 142, 142.10 PNB Gilts 25.50, 26.25, 25.30, 25.40

24.95, 26.15, 24.95, 25.30 Premier Inst 161.05, 165, 156.05,160.80

160, 163, 158, 158.65 Prism Cement 5.25, 5.30, 5.20, 5.25

5.20, 5.30, 5.15, 5.20 Pritish Nand 26.45, 26.50, 24.20,24.65

26.20, 26.65, 24.30, 24.60 Priyad.Cemen 10.60, 10.65

10.60, 10.65, 10.60, 10.65 PSI Data Sys 86.95, 81.80

81.10, 85.95, 81.10, 82.40 PSL Holdings 46.25, 47, 45.40, 46.35

44.50, 46.50, 44, 46.10 Pudumjee Pul 22.05, 22

23.50, 23.50, 22.05, 22.30 Pun.Communi. 61.10, 63.25, 61.50

63.05, 63.50, 57.15, 61.50 Pun.Nat.Bank 77.25, 82.50, 76, 81.70

77.80, 82.40, 75.25, 81.40

RRadico Khait 31.25, 33, 32.25

28.95, 32.60, 28.95, 32.45 Rain Calcing 8.15, 8.20, 7.65

8.25, 8.40, 7.60, 7.65 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 18.20, 18.10

18.50, 18.50, 18.50, 18.50 Rajesh Exp 83.20, 82, 83.20

81.10, 81.10, 81.10, 81.10 Rallis India 75, 77, 74.10, 74.40

78, 78, 74, 74.65 Rama Newspri 3.70, 3.75, 3.70

3.70, 3.85, 3.70, 3.70

Ramco Inds. 153.25, 153.50, 148.30,151.75

154, 157.40, 151, 152.45 Ramco Systm 495.95, 557.20, 495,554

494, 555.95, 493.50, 544.95 Ravalgaon Su 1970, 1999, 1930,1957Rayban Sun O 57.05, 57.20, 56.05,56.65

59, 59, 56.25, 56.75 Reckitt Benc 244.25, 245

245.30, 245.70, 245.30, 245.60 Rel.Ind.Infr 35.05, 35.50, 35.30

34.80, 36, 34.80, 35.55 Relaxo Footw 17.15, 17.40Revathi Equ. 101.05, 111, 105.90Rico Auto 130, 130, 130, 130 Roofit Inds. 6.10, 6.45

6.05, 6.45, 6.05, 6.35 RPG Cables 8.90, 8.55

8.70, 8.80, 8.50, 8.70 RPG Life Sci 31.20, 30, 30.20

30.80, 31.10, 30, 30.35 RS Software 33, 34, 32.60

34.50, 34.50, 32.70, 32.95 Ruchi Soya 32.05, 32.15, 32.10

33, 33.80, 32.15, 32.20

SS Kumars Nat 4.40

4.50, 4.50, 4.35, 4.40 S.E.Asia Mar 46.75, 48, 46.65, 47.75 S.I.Bank 39.95, 41.15, 40.80

40.65, 41.30, 40.20, 40.95 S.I.C.Agency 8.20, 8.85, 8.20

8.50, 9.35, 8.20, 8.60 Saint-Gobain 9.10, 9.50, 9.35Salora Int. 52.60, 52.95, 51.65, 51.70

53, 53.85, 51.05, 51.65 Samtel Color 31, 31.90, 29.85

31, 31.10, 30.10, 30.60 Sandesh Ltd. 115, 109, 111.40

114, 114, 110, 112.45 Saregama (I) 69, 70, 68.55, 68.90

70, 73.70, 68.35, 69.30 Sarita Synt. 2.50, 2.85, 2, 2.70Satnam Over. 18.95, 19.75, 18.50,18.50 Savita Chem. 57.25, 57.85, 56.55,57.45

57, 57.70, 56.50, 57.30 SB&T Intl. 37.50, 37.75, 36, 37.35

37.50, 37.90, 35.70, 37.20 Schenec.Beck 50Selan Explor 11.25, 11.10, 11.50Sesa Goa 78.55, 79.80, 75.35, 75.90

77, 79.45, 75, 75.85 Sh.Cements 54.10, 54.75, 53.15,54.45

52.50, 54.95, 52.50, 54.45 Sh.Rama Mult 9.90, 9.25

10.50, 10.50, 9.20, 9.25 Shamken Mult 9.70, 9.70, 9.70, 9.70 Shasun Chem. 107, 99, 99.50

105, 106.55, 99, 99.40 Shaw Wallace 34.25, 34, 35.50Shetron 7.50Shrenuj & Co 32

32.10, 32.10, 32.10, 32.10 Siltap Che. 47.95, 49.50, 49.15

47.85, 49.40, 47.30, 49 Sintex Inds. 29.70

27.15, 30.90, 27.15, 29 Sirpur Paper 33.10, 33.15, 33, 33.10

33.15, 33.15, 32.20, 32.35 Siyaram Silk 35.65, 36.10Skanska Ceme 201.25, 202.60Snowcem (I) 22.95, 23.70, 22.75,22.80

23.15, 23.20, 22.70, 22.70 Softsol (I) 10.10, 10.65, 10, 10.10Software Tec 16, 16.30, 15.70, 16.10

18.80, 18.80, 15.50, 15.80 Solectron C 33, 34.70, 32.20, 33.45Sona Koyo St 59, 63.90, 59Soundcraft I 69.90, 63.45, 67.50SPIC 7, 7.20, 7

7, 7.20, 7, 7 SPL 23SREI Int.Fin 8.50

8.75, 8.75, 8.50, 8.65 SRF 23.50, 23.80, 22.50, 22.65

24, 24, 22.60, 22.65 SRG Infotech 1, 0.95, 1

1.05, 1.05, 1, 1 Sri Adhikari 90.75, 95.10, 90.50,90.80

91.70, 95.20, 90.25, 90.95 Sri Vish.Cem 129.05, 138, 129.05,138 State Bnk Bi 525, 540, 532.45State Bnk My 425.95, 435State Bnk Tr 426, 441, 431Sterl.Inds. 138.50, 140, 137, 137.95Stock Net In 1.70, 1.80, 1.65, 1.70Su-raj Diam. 13, 12.60, 12.75

14.40, 14.40, 12.25, 12.80 Subex System 102, 102.05, 96, 96.65Subhash Proj 19.25, 20.75, 19.25,20.75 Sulzer (I) 110.90, 109Sun Earth Ce 3.85, 4

3.85, 4, 3.85, 3.85 Sundaram Cla 196.65, 204.90,200.45

200, 205, 200, 202.50 Sundaram Fst 334.10, 332.10, 334

338.25, 341, 333.20, 341 Sunflag Iron 5.90, 6.20, 5.75, 5.85Supreme Inds 110.25, 110

110.25, 111, 110, 110.05 Supreme Petr 9.50, 9.80, 9.15, 9.30

9.25, 9.60, 9.20, 9.30 Surana Tele 15.45, 16.30, 16.05

15.10, 16.55, 15.10, 15.80 Surat Elec. 65Surya Roshni 13.90, 14.10, 13.50

13.55, 13.70, 13.50, 13.55 Sutlej Inds. 41.35, 40

41, 41, 40.50, 40.50 Suven Pharma 135, 142, 137.20Swaraj Engin 200, 199.90

196, 200.50, 195.50, 198.90 Swaraj Mazda 71.05, 73, 69.15,69.90

72, 72.95, 71.25, 71.70

TT Spiritual 184, 180, 183Taj GVK Hotl 40.95, 40, 40.15

40.10, 44, 40.05, 42.10 Tata Coffee 72.75, 72.90, 72.85

73.10, 73.95, 72, 72.45 Tata Finance 17.50, 17.85, 17.30,17.50

17.45, 17.90, 17.25, 17.65 Tata Honeywl 335, 322, 327.50

350, 350, 321.50, 323.05 Tata Infomed 85, 83.55, 83.80

86, 86, 84.15, 84.45 Tata Infotec 228, 229, 221.55, 222.40

229, 229.90, 221.10, 222.75 Tata Invest. 83.90, 84.90, 83.05,84.60

85, 85, 83.75, 84 Tata Sponge 41, 42, 34.60, 35

40.65, 42.50, 34.35, 35.10 Thiru A.Sug. 22.25, 22

21.30, 23.80, 21.30, 23.80 Thirumalai 56.80, 57.95, 57.70

56, 58, 56, 57.40 Tide Water O 1291, 1290, 1300Timex Watch 9.80, 10, 9.85Timken India 28.50, 28.95, 27.95,28.20Tips Indus. 47.50, 47.85, 46, 46.30

48.50, 48.50, 45.10, 46.55 TN Telecom 12.70, 13, 12.50

12.95, 12.95, 12.40, 12.40 Torrent Guja 6.55, 5.50, 5.75Tourism Fina 8.10, 8.85, 8.65

8.30, 9.15, 8.20, 8.65 Transport Co 23

23, 23, 23, 23 Transw.Infot 102, 103, 102.50Trigyn Tech. 27, 27.20, 25.55, 25.70

26.90, 27.10, 25.55, 25.65

As on 17/01/2003Alliance Mutual Fund 95 (D) 27.90 28.46 27.9095 (G) 48.45 49.42 48.45Basic Inds.(D) 11.90 12.14 11.90Basic Inds.(G) 11.91 12.15 11.91Buy India (D) 4.61 4.70 4.61Buy India (G) 4.61 4.70 4.61Capital Tax Relief’96 56.48 57.04 56.48Cash Manager (G) 14.66 14.66 14.66Equity (D) 15.05 15.35 15.05Equity (G) 26.24 26.76 26.24Frontline Eq(D) 10.46 10.67 10.46Frontline Eq(G) 10.46 10.67 10.46G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.28 11.28 11.28G-Sec Long Term (G) 16.62 16.62 16.62G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.11 10.11 10.11G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.69 13.69 13.69Income (D) 10.91 10.91 10.91Income (G) 21.19 21.19 21.19Income 54EA (D) 10.92 10.92 10.92Income 54EA (G) 21.18 21.18 21.18Income 54EB (D) 10.93 10.93 10.93Income 54EB (G) 21.05 21.05 21.05Income Q’ly (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53Monthly Income (G) 16.60 16.60 16.60Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.39 10.39 10.39Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.34 10.34 10.34New Millennium (D) 4.21 4.29 4.21New Millennium (G) 4.22 4.30 4.22Short Term (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08Short Term (G) 10.65 10.65 10.65Benchmark Mutual Fund Nifty BeES 110.26 — —Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Advantage (A) 24.69 24.94 24.69Advantage (B) 24.69 24.94 24.69Balanced (D) 9.13 9.22 9.13Balanced (G) 9.13 9.22 9.13Bond Plus (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36Bond Plus (G) 11.03 11.03 11.03Cash Plus (G) 16.11 16.11 16.11Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.66 10.66 10.66Equity 12.97 13.10 12.97FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.35 10.35 10.35FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.35 10.35 10.35FMP Long Term - A (D) 10.92 10.92 10.92FMP Long Term - A (G) 10.92 10.92 10.92FMP Long Term - E (G) 10.71 10.71 10.71FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.81 10.81 10.81FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.03 11.03 11.03FMP Q’ly Group 2 (D) 10.55 10.55 10.55FMP Q’ly Group 3 (G) 10.73 10.73 10.73FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.55 10.55 10.55Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.72 11.72 11.72Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.35 17.35 17.35Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 12.05 12.05 12.05Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.05 19.05 19.05Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.45 10.45 10.45Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.20 14.20 14.20IT A (D-Payout) 11.49 11.60 11.49IT A (D-Reinv) 11.49 11.60 11.49IT B (G) 13.45 13.58 13.45Income Plus (A-D) 11.08 11.08 11.08Income Plus (B-G) 26.08 26.08 26.08Index Fund (D) 11.14 11.19 11.14Index Fund(G) 11.14 11.19 11.14MIP A (D) 10.72 10.72 10.72MIP B (G-Payout) 13.36 13.36 13.36MIP C (G-Payout) 13.36 13.36 13.36MNC A (D-Payout) 23.28 23.51 23.28MNC A (D-Reinv) 23.28 23.51 23.28MNC B (G) 29.16 29.45 29.16Midcap (Div) 10.98 11.09 10.98Midcap (Growth) 10.98 11.09 10.98Sweep Plan (G) 10.10 10.10 10.10Canbank Mutual Fund Canbonus 7.60 7.74 7.60Cancigo 11.10 11.10 11.10Cancigo(G) 11.76 11.76 11.76Canequity Tax Saver 9.60 9.67 9.60Canexpo 11.67 11.89 11.67Canexpo(G) 11.67 11.89 11.67Canganga 8.02 8.16 8.02Cangilt PGS (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70Cangilt PGS (G) 16.32 16.32 16.32Canglobal 4.78 4.87 4.78Canincome Income 10.34 10.34 10.34Canincome(B) 10.34 10.34 10.34Canincome(G) 10.64 10.64 10.64Canliquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05Canliquid (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78Canpremium 13.25 13.48 13.25Canpremium(G) 14.05 14.30 14.05Cantriple 19.99 20.34 19.99Chola Mutual Fund FMP Y’ly-Cum 10.49 10.49 10.49Fr.In.-STF(Half Y’ly) 10.85 10.85 10.85Freedom Income (C) 17.16 17.16 17.16Freedom Income (R) 10.20 10.20 10.20Freedom Tech.(Cum) 8.88 9.06 8.88Freedom Tech.(Reg) 5.64 5.75 5.64Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.89 15.89 15.89Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.71 10.71 10.71Gilt Series (Cum) 13.00 13.26 12.87Gilt Series (Reg) 13.00 13.26 12.87Growth (Cum) 12.74 12.99 12.74Growth (Reg) 10.67 10.88 10.67Liquid Series-Div.Payout 10.41 10.41 10.41Lq. (Cum) 12.06 12.06 12.06Lq. (Reg) 10.32 10.32 10.32Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.70 11.70 11.70Triple Ace (Cum) 21.31 21.31 21.31Triple Ace (Reg) 11.39 11.39 11.39Triple Ace(B) 11.84 11.84 11.84DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.36 9.36 9.22Balanced (G) 10.46 10.46 10.30Bond (D) 11.76 11.76 11.76Bond (G) 21.27 21.27 21.27Equity 13.88 14.16 13.88Govt.Sec. (A-D) 12.57 12.57 12.50Govt.Sec. (A-G) 19.38 19.38 19.26Govt.Sec. (B-D) 10.80 10.80 10.80Govt.Sec. (B-G) 13.81 13.81 13.81Liquidity (D) 12.40 12.40 12.40Liquidity (G) 14.57 14.57 14.57

Opportunities 8.60 8.77 8.60Short Term 10.34 10.34 10.34Technology.Com 4.85 4.95 4.85Dundee Mutual Fund Balanced 7.61 7.61 7.61Corp. Bond (D-Half Y’ly) 10.20 10.20 10.20Corp. Bond (D-M’ly) 10.09 10.09 10.09Corp. Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.18 10.18 10.18Corp. Bond (D-Y’ly) 10.55 10.55 10.55Corp. Bond (G-App) 12.88 12.88 12.88Liq. (D-W’ly) 10.02 10.02 10.02Liq. (G-App) 13.92 13.92 13.92Public Sector (D-M’ly) 10.08 10.08 10.08Public Sector (D-Q’ly) 10.17 10.17 10.17Public Sector (D-Y’ly) 10.54 10.54 10.53Public Sector (G-App) 13.31 13.31 13.31Public Sector (Half Y’ly) 10.18 10.18 10.18Sovrn. Trust (D-HY’ly) 10.67 10.67 10.66Sovrn. Trust (D-M’ly) 10.42 10.42 10.42Sovrn. Trust (D-Q’ly) 10.69 10.69 10.68Sovrn. Trust (G-App) 17.07 17.07 17.07Sovrn. Trust (Y’ly) 11.30 11.30 11.30Tax Saver 9.27 9.27 9.27Escorts Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 11.84 11.99 11.84Balanced (G) 13.08 13.25 13.08Gilt (D) 11.58 11.58 11.58Gilt (G) 12.66 12.66 12.66Growth (G) 12.44 12.62 12.44Growth (D) 11.27 11.44 11.27Income (D) 10.47 10.47 10.47Income (G) 17.75 17.75 17.75Income Bond (D) 9.63 9.63 9.63Income Bond (G) 11.40 11.40 11.40Opportunities (D) 11.03 11.03 11.03Opportunities (G) 12.21 12.21 12.21Tax (D) 10.04 10.04 —Tax (G) 10.04 10.04 —First India Mutual Fund Gilt 11.19 11.19 11.19Growth 10.59 10.80 10.59Income 10.95 10.95 10.95Income Fund (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74Liquid (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18Liquid (G) 10.66 10.66 10.66Short Term 10.32 10.32 10.32Short Term (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18Tax Gain 37.32 38.07 37.32Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Franklin Balanced(D) 10.38 10.54 10.38Franklin Balanced(G) 10.81 10.97 10.81Franklin Growth 5.71 5.82 5.71Franklin Index 8.30 8.38 8.30Franklin Index Tax 8.48 8.56 8.48T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.11 10.11 10.06T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.72 10.72 10.66T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.70 10.70 10.70T G Sec (D) 11.75 11.75 11.69T G Sec (G) 20.26 20.26 20.15T G Sec Tr (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51T G Sec Tr (G) 11.24 11.24 11.24T Income (D) 11.33 11.33 11.27T Income (G) 22.02 22.02 21.91T India Growth 13.24 13.50 13.24T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Liquid (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01T Liquid (G) 14.82 14.82 14.82T Liquid Plus 11.17 11.17 11.17T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00T Monthly Income (G) 13.44 13.44 13.37T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.81 10.81 10.76T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.44 10.44 10.38T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.37 10.37 10.32GIC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.25 10.46 10.15D’Mat 7.97 8.13 7.97Debt (G) 10.37 10.37 10.37Fortune 94 7.17 7.31 7.17G Plus II 10.26 10.47 10.16Gilt (G) 10.29 10.29 10.29Liquid (G) 10.62 10.62 10.62HDFC Mutual Fund Balanced 10.89 11.05 10.89Childrens Gift-Invst. 12.27 12.39 12.27Childrens Gift-Savings 12.91 13.04 12.91Gilt-Long Term (D) 11.08 11.08 11.08Gilt-Long Term (G) 13.90 13.90 13.90Gilt-Short Term (D) 10.14 10.14 10.14Gilt-Short Term (G) 11.46 11.46 11.46Growth 8.87 9.05 8.87Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 10.91 10.91 10.80Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 33.89 33.89 33.55Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 34.30 34.30 33.96Income (D) 10.98 10.98 10.93Income (G) 14.47 14.47 14.39Liquid (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08Liquid (G) 11.90 11.90 11.90Short Term (D) 10.15 10.15 10.13Short Term (G) 10.83 10.83 10.80Tax 2000 (D) 12.75 13.00 12.75Tax 2000 (G) 14.22 14.50 14.22HSBC Mutual Fund Cash Fund 10.07 10.07 10.07Equity 10.37 10.58 10.37Income-Invest. 10.33 10.33 10.33Income-Short 10.10 10.10 10.10Inst. Income-Invst. 10.36 10.36 10.36Inst. Income-STP 10.10 10.10 10.10ICICI Prudential Life Insurance L.Link Balancer 12.24 — —L.Link Maximiser(G) 11.53 — —L.Link Pension Balancer 11.31 — —L.Link Pension Max.(G) 11.24 — —L.Link Pension Protec.(I) 11.40 — —L.Link Protector (I) 12.72 — —L.Time Balancer 12.24 — —L.Time Maximiser (G) 11.53 — —L.Time Pension Balancer 11.31 — —L.Time Pension Max.(G) 11.24 — —L.Time Pension Prot.(I) 11.40 — —L.Time Protector (I) 12.72 — —IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 10.38 10.58 10.38Balanced (G) 10.28 10.48 10.28Benefit Debt (QD) 10.48 10.48 10.32Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 10.73 10.73 10.57Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.73 10.73 10.57Benefit Fund Debt(G) 10.73 10.73 10.57Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 11.80 11.80 11.80Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.10 10.10 10.10Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.59 11.59 11.59Child Benefit 17.10 17.42 16.59

Child Benefit 16.87 17.19 16.36Deposit 371 Days (D) 10.71 11.14 10.51Deposit 371 Days (G) 10.71 11.14 10.51Deposit-54 EA 14.86 14.86 14.86Deposit-54 EB 14.86 14.86 14.86Equity (D) 10.07 10.26 10.07Equity (G) 9.55 9.73 9.55Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.80 11.80 11.80Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.52 11.52 11.52Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.33 13.33 13.33Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.67 11.67 11.67Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.39 10.39 10.39Growth (D) 10.19 10.38 10.19Growth (G) 10.24 10.43 10.24Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.28 11.28 11.22Income (D-Q’ly) 10.94 10.94 10.89Income (G) 14.34 14.34 14.27Index 8.42 8.51 8.42M’ly Income(G) 11.22 11.22 11.17M’ly Income(MD) 10.63 10.63 10.57M’ly Income(QD) 10.63 10.63 10.58Short Term (D) 10.19 10.19 10.16Short Term (G) 10.66 10.66 10.63Tax Savings 14.58 14.87 14.58IL&FS Mutual Fund Bond (B) 10.69 10.69 10.69Bond (D-Q’ly) 11.00 11.00 11.00Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.64 11.64 11.64Bond (G) 16.04 16.04 16.04Bond Short Term (D) 10.21 10.21 10.21Bond Short Term (G) 10.90 10.90 10.90E-Com (D) 2.99 3.05 2.99E-Com (G) 2.99 3.05 2.99Fixed Maturity Mar 02 10.69 10.69 10.69Gilt Long Term (D) 11.30 11.30 11.30Gilt Long Term (G) 12.29 12.29 12.29Gilt Short Term (D) 10.68 10.68 10.68Gilt Short Term (G) 11.42 11.42 11.42Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.74 10.95 10.74Growth & Value (G) 12.02 12.26 12.02Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.49 9.68 9.49Index - BSE Sensex 9.45 9.55 9.45Index - Nifty 9.47 9.56 9.47Liquid Account Call 10.52 10.52 10.52Lq. A/c (D) 10.07 10.07 10.07Lq. A/c (G) 11.09 11.09 11.09ING Mutual Fund Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.71 6.81 6.71Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.71 6.81 6.71Capital Portfolio 10.78 10.78 10.78Gilt Portfolio 10.42 10.42 10.42Growth Portfolio (D) 6.31 6.44 6.31Growth Portfolio (G) 7.55 7.70 7.55Income Portfolio (G) 15.83 15.83 15.83Income Portfolio (I) 10.83 10.83 10.83Income Short Term 10.35 10.35 10.32Invst. Portfolio 9.28 9.47 9.28Savings Portfolio 10.31 10.31 10.31Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.62 10.62 10.62Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.66 12.66 12.66JM Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.63 9.77 9.63Balanced (G) 16.78 17.03 16.78Basic 16.18 16.42 16.18Equity (D) 7.96 8.08 7.96Equity (G) 7.52 7.63 7.52G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.62 10.62 10.62G-Sec (G-Reg) 18.07 18.07 18.07G-Sec PF 18.30 18.30 18.30G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.63 10.63 10.63High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.35 10.35 10.35High Lq. (D) 11.89 11.89 11.89High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.31 10.31 10.31High Lq. (G) 16.56 16.56 16.56Income (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48Income (G) 24.64 24.64 24.64Income Bonus 11.17 11.17 11.17Income Serial 00 (D) 10.57 10.57 10.57Income Serial 04 (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70Short Term 10.19 10.19 10.19Short Term (G) 10.56 10.56 10.56Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund K Bond Whole.(B) 10.60 10.60 10.60K-30 12.17 12.39 12.17K-Balance 10.44 10.63 10.44K-Bond Depo(D) 10.94 10.94 10.94K-Bond Depo(G) 15.59 15.59 15.59K-Bond Short Term (D) 10.09 10.09 10.09K-Bond Short Term (G) 10.64 10.64 10.64K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly) 12.12 12.12 12.12K-Bond Whole(D) 10.74 10.74 10.74K-Bond Whole(G) 15.90 15.90 15.90K-Gilt Invst. (D) 10.95 10.95 10.95K-Gilt Invst. (G) 19.69 19.69 19.69K-Gilt Savings (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51K-Gilt Savings (G) 14.78 14.78 14.78K-Gilt Serial 03 (D) 10.39 10.39 10.39K-Gilt Serial 03 (G) 13.90 13.90 13.90K-Gilt Serial 05 (D) 11.17 11.17 11.17K-Gilt Serial 05 (G) 13.66 13.66 13.66K-Gilt Serial 07 (D) 12.19 12.19 12.19K-Gilt Serial 07 (G) 16.07 16.07 16.07K-Gilt Serial 11 (G) 14.99 14.99 14.99K-Gilt Serial 13 (D) 12.94 12.94 12.94K-Gilt Serial 13 (G) 16.20 16.20 16.20K-Gilt Serial 19 (D) 10.69 10.69 10.69K-Gilt Serial 19 (G) 15.53 15.53 15.53K-Liquid (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02K-Liquid (G) 11.95 11.95 11.95K-MNC 7.90 8.04 7.90K-Tech 3.29 3.34 3.29LIC Mutual Fund Bond (D) 11.23 11.23 11.23Bond (G) 16.92 16.92 16.92Children’s Fund 11.48 11.60 11.48Dhanaraksha 89 11.09 11.20 10.75Dhanasahayog A 8.35 8.44 8.19Dhanasahayog B 8.35 8.44 8.19Dhanasahayog C 18.36 18.54 17.99Dhansmriddhi 2.36 2.39 2.36Equity Fund 6.26 6.26 6.26Govt. Sec. (D) 11.51 11.51 11.51Govt. Sec. (G) 16.41 16.41 16.41Index (Nifty) 10.09 10.19 10.09Index (Sensex Adv) 10.08 10.18 10.08Index (Sensex) 10.10 10.20 10.10Liquid (D) 10.46 10.46 10.46Liquid (G) 10.62 10.62 10.62Tax 7.74 7.90 7.74PNB Mutual Fund Balanced Growth (G) 12.57 12.57 12.38Balanced Growth (I) 9.85 9.85 9.70Debt (G) 18.25 18.25 18.16Debt (I) 13.73 13.73 13.66

Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Balanced (D) 9.11 9.27 9.11Balanced (G) 9.87 10.04 9.87Child Care Gift 11.41 11.70 11.13Child Care Study 11.50 11.67 11.21Dynamic Plan 11.75 11.96 11.75FMCG (D) 7.40 7.53 7.40FMCG (G) 8.07 8.21 8.07FMP - D-Y’ly 10.74 10.74 10.52FMP - Half Y’ly 11.78 11.78 11.66FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.77 10.77 10.66FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.48 10.48 10.37FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.31 11.31 11.20FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.56 10.56 10.50FMP - Q’ly (G) 11.79 11.79 11.73FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.63 11.63 11.57FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.49 10.49 10.44FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.40 10.40 10.35FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.61 11.61 11.55FMP - Y’ly 11.86 11.86 11.62FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.65 11.65 11.42FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.57 10.57 10.36FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.39 11.39 11.16FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.06 11.06 10.84FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.74 10.74 10.53FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.54 10.54 10.33FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.21 10.21 10.00Flexible Income 11.02 11.02 11.02Gilt Invst. (D) 11.95 11.95 11.95Gilt Invst. (G) 18.52 18.52 18.52Gilt Treasury (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70Gilt Treasury (G) 14.33 14.33 14.33Growth (D) 9.69 9.86 9.69Growth (G) 19.94 20.29 19.94Income (D) 11.15 11.15 11.15Income (G) 18.25 18.25 18.25Index 9.27 9.27 9.27Liquid (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83Liquid (G) 14.70 14.70 14.70Long Term 11.48 11.48 11.48MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.48 10.48 10.48MIP - Cum. 12.77 12.77 12.77MIP - Half Y’ly 10.71 10.71 10.71MIP - Q’ly 10.56 10.56 10.56Power 13.65 13.89 13.65SPICE 33.69 33.69 33.69Short Term 11.18 11.18 11.18Short Term (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70Sweep 10.45 10.45 10.45Tax (D) 9.51 9.68 9.51Tax (G) 13.03 13.26 13.03Technology 3.33 3.39 3.33Reliance Mutual Fund Growth (D) 22.94 23.40 22.94Growth (G) 31.05 31.67 31.05Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.51 11.51 11.51Income (D-M’ly) 11.21 11.21 11.21Income (D-Y’ly) 11.58 11.58 11.58Income (G) 19.04 19.04 19.04Income Q’ly (D) 11.32 11.32 11.32Liquid - Cash (G) 10.61 10.61 10.61Liquid - Treasury (G) 14.50 14.50 14.50Liquid Super Cash(G) 10.22 10.22 10.22Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.34 10.34 10.34M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.72 10.72 10.67M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.67 10.67 10.62Monthly Income (G) 13.26 13.26 13.20Short Term 10.07 10.07 10.07Vision 27.74 28.29 27.74SBI Mutual Fund MSFU Contra 10.52 10.70 10.52MSFU FMCG 5.93 6.03 5.93MSFU IT 5.87 5.97 5.87MSFU Pharma 9.15 9.31 9.15Magnum Child’s Benefit 10.79 10.92 10.47Magnum Equity 8.44 8.59 8.44Magnum Global 7.31 7.44 7.16Magnum IC (Cash) 13.41 13.41 13.41Magnum IC (D) 10.54 10.54 10.54Magnum Index 9.90 10.00 9.90Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.08 10.08 10.08Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 10.86 10.86 10.86Magnum Tax Gain 12.39 12.61 12.39Sundaram Mutual Fund Balanced (App) 10.62 10.78 10.62Balanced (D) 10.62 10.78 10.62Bond Saver (App) 20.02 20.02 20.02Bond Saver (D) 10.80 10.80 10.80Gilt (App) 11.66 11.66 11.66Gilt (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17Growth 12.63 12.88 12.63Income Plus - App 10.87 10.87 10.87Income Plus - Div 10.62 10.62 10.62Money (App) 12.52 12.52 12.52Money (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.20 10.20 10.20Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.05 10.05 10.05Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.08 10.08 10.08Select Debt DAP (App) 11.10 11.10 11.10Select Debt DAP (HYD) 11.10 11.10 11.10Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.79 10.79 10.79Select Debt DAP (YD) 11.10 11.10 11.10Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.24 10.24 10.24Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.24 10.24 10.24Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.04 10.04 10.04Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.24 10.24 10.24Select Debt STAP (App) 10.34 10.34 10.34Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.34 10.34 10.34Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.14 10.14 10.14Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.34 10.34 10.34Select Focus 10.90 11.12 10.90Select Mid Cap 10.77 10.99 10.77Tax Saver 8.97 8.97 8.85Standard Chartered Mutual Fund Dynamic Bond(G) 11.14 11.14 11.14Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(A) 11.15 11.15 11.15Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(D) 10.69 10.69 10.69GCF (D-D’ly ) 10.46 10.46 10.46GCF (D-W’ly) 10.22 10.22 10.22GCF (G) 11.13 11.13 11.13GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly) 11.27 11.27 11.27GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.01 11.01 11.01GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 11.55 11.55 11.55GGSF-IP (G) 11.54 11.54 11.54GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.61 10.61 10.61GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43GGSF-ST (G) 10.79 10.79 10.79GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.49 11.49 11.49GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.21 11.21 11.21

GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 11.38 11.38 11.38GSSIF-IP (G) 14.56 14.56 14.56GSSIF-ST (D) 10.23 10.23 10.23GSSIF-ST (G) 11.94 11.94 11.94Sun F&C Mutual Fund Balanced (G) 7.09 7.20 7.09Bond Fund - Growth 18.60 18.60 18.60Bond Fund - Income 10.91 10.91 10.91Emerging Tech.(G) 3.38 3.45 3.38FIS-Intl. Plan 10.22 10.22 10.22FIS-Long Term 11.12 11.12 11.12FIS-Medium Term 10.61 10.61 10.61FIS-Short Term 10.50 10.50 10.50FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.03 — 9.95FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.72 — 10.64FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.45 — 10.36FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.08 — 9.98FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.58 — 10.47FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.47 10.47 10.36FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.46 — 10.14FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP1 10.77 — 10.44FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 10.71 — 10.38FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.51 — 10.19FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.23 — 9.92M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.63 10.63 10.63M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.58 10.58 10.58M’ly Income (G) 13.17 13.17 13.17MVB (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74MVB (G) 17.21 17.21 17.21MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00MVL (Dp) 10.73 10.73 10.73MVL (Np) 13.92 13.92 13.92Personal Tax Saver 46.94 46.94 46.94Resurgent (I) Equity 13.21 13.47 13.21Value (D) 8.75 8.93 8.75Value (G) 17.21 17.55 17.21Tata Mutual Fund Balanced 13.96 14.20 13.96Gilt Sec. (App) 20.06 20.06 20.06Gilt Sec. (Reg) 13.03 13.03 13.03Income (App) 20.25 20.25 20.15Income (D-App) 11.70 11.70 11.64Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.94 10.94 10.89Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.71 10.71 10.66Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.38 10.38 10.27Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.38 10.38 10.27Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.38 10.38 10.38Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.38 10.38 10.38Life Science & Tech. 8.71 8.86 8.71Liquid (App) 13.87 13.87 13.87Liquid (Reg) 11.11 11.11 11.11M’ly Income 10.91 10.91 10.86Pure Equity 9.77 9.94 9.77Select Sector 7.82 7.96 7.82Short Term Bond (App) 10.46 10.46 10.46Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.44 10.44 10.44Tax Savfund 11.15 11.34 11.15Young Citizen’s 10.71 10.87 10.39Taurus Mutual Fund Bonanza Ex.(G) 10.76 10.95 10.73Discovery Stock 3.93 4.00 3.92Libra Bond (D) 11.64 11.64 11.61Libra Bond (G) 11.99 11.99 11.96Libra Gilt (D) 11.09 11.09 11.07Libra Gilt (G) 11.42 11.42 11.39Libra Tax Shield 8.68 8.68 8.68The Starshare 6.19 6.30 6.17UTI Mutual Fund Bond (G) 17.63 17.63 17.55Bond (I) 11.27 11.27 11.22Brand Value 8.01 8.01 7.85CCP 12.96 13.34 12.96CRTS 92.81 92.81 90.03Equity Tax Savings 10.72 10.72 10.61G-Sec (G) 16.35 16.35 16.35G-Sec (I) 10.91 10.91 10.91Grandmaster 93 9.32 9.32 9.13Index Select Eq. 13.69 13.96 13.69Mahila Unit Scheme 12.24 12.24 11.87Master Growth-1993 14.25 14.25 13.97Master Index 10.34 10.34 10.29Mastergain 92 9.96 9.96 9.76Masterplus 91 16.74 16.74 16.41Money Market (G) 16.80 16.80 16.80Money Market (In) 16.70 16.70 16.70Nifty Index 6.67 6.67 6.63PEF 12.53 12.78 12.53Petro 12.58 12.58 12.33Pharma & Healthcare 10.64 10.64 10.43RBP 1994 18.07 18.43 17.16Regular Income 10.44 10.44 10.38Service 13.84 13.84 13.56Software 8.12 8.12 7.96UGS 10000 10.46 10.67 10.46ULIP 12.74 12.74 12.55US 2002 5.90 5.90 5.81US 64 6.25 — 6.13US 95 (G) 19.65 19.65 19.26US 95 (I) 12.21 12.21 11.97Variable Invt.(ILS) 10.29 10.44 10.29Zurich India Mutual Fund Capital Builder (D) 9.42 9.61 9.42Capital Builder (G) 11.01 11.23 11.01Equity (D) 12.59 12.84 12.59Equity (G) 23.02 23.48 23.02High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.71 11.71 11.71High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.45 11.45 11.45High Int. (D-Y’ly) 12.08 12.08 12.08High Int. (G) 21.42 21.42 21.42High Int. Stp (D) 10.38 10.38 10.38High Int. Stp (G) 10.94 10.94 10.94Liquidity - Call (Dd) 10.32 10.32 10.32Liquidity - Call (G) 10.52 10.52 10.52Liquidity - IP(D) 11.29 11.29 11.29Liquidity - IP(G) 13.02 13.02 13.02Liquidity - SP(D-W’ly) 10.50 10.50 10.50Liquidity - SP(G) 12.38 12.38 12.38Liquidity - Sp(D-D’ly) 10.50 10.50 10.50Prudence (D) 14.29 14.58 14.29Prudence (G) 24.58 25.07 24.58Sovereign Gilt - IP(D) 11.07 11.07 11.07Sovereign Gilt - IP(G) 14.26 14.26 14.26Sovereign Gilt - PP(D) 11.40 11.40 11.40Sovereign Gilt - PP(G) 16.03 16.03 16.03Sovereign Gilt - SP(D) 10.85 10.85 10.85Sovereign Gilt - SP(G) 12.35 12.35 12.35Tax Saver (D) 15.35 15.66 15.35Tax Saver (G) 19.34 19.73 19.34Top 200 (D) 11.96 12.20 11.96Top 200 (G) 17.54 17.89 17.54International Funds (Last Traded) Franklin Intl. 10.00 10.00 9.95

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Sensex slips 29 pointsMumbai: A sharp setback in information technology (IT) coun-ters, drove the Sensex lower by another 28.50 points to close at3341.89 on the stock exchange on Monday, following heavy offeringsby institutional investors and operators, reflecting weak WallStreet advices.

Dealers attributed the steep decline in software stocks to a 48points drop in the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index last Friday.The Dow Jones industrial average also dipped by 111 points.

Select old-economy stocks registered losses on local fund selling,but the decline in IT shares were more pronounced.

The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened moderately lower at3364.53 and immediately touched a high of 3368.03. Later it metwith strong resistance and dipped to a low of 3338.09 before con-cluding at 3341.89 from last Friday’s close of 3370.39, a fall of 0.85per cent.

The broad-based BSE-100 index also moved down by 9.87 pointsto end at 1648.83 from previous close of 1658.70. (PTI)

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Zimbabwe were acclaimedas the shock team of the

1999 World Cup in England.Although they failed to winsome key, winnable matches,they still finished fifth in thecompetition. And that’s be-cause they won the gamesthat counted — against Indiaand Cup favourites SouthAfrica — and finished abovethe likes of even West Indies,Sri Lanka and hosts England.

However, ground realitieshave changed dramatically inthe last four years. On the onehand, skipper Heath Streak— despite the ignominy ofhis land being grabbed by the

Mugabe regime — is proudlyleading his team while on theother, there are murmurs ofsome more players consider-ing a shift in view of the so-cio-political upheavals in thecountry. The disturbancesmay well play a role in theperformance of the team inthe World Cup.

In 2002, Zimbabwe man-aged to win only four matchesout of 15 but they have alwaysbeen recognised as “fighters.’’

They may choke, like their

elder South African brothers,but would still be a hard nutto crack. The home condi-tions, along with a neat com-bination of experience andyouth, should certainly suitthem. The only noteworthyomission from their squad isformer skipper and prolificscorer Alistair Campbell. Butthe presence of players likeAndy Flower, Grant Flower,Heath Streak and TravisFriend will certainly boostthe confidence of the

younger players. DionEbrahim, in for Campbell,will get another chance toprove his worth at the biggeststage of them all, alongwithMark Vermeulen.

Zimbabwe’s strength alsolies in its array of utility all-rounders with Grant, Dou-glas Merillier, Streak, Whit-tall, Blignaut and SeanErvine, all likely to play theirbits and pieces parts.

However, they have not in-spired much confidence in the

way they have shaped up inthe One-dayers last year, win-ning only four out of the 15they contested in 2002. Andthe selectors, by messingaround with the captaincy re-cently (Zimbabwe can boast ofaround half a dozen formerskippers in the present squad)have only created unneces-sary hassles for the team.

Zimbabwe may will find ittough to reach the Super Sixdespite the home advantage.Mugabe’s ‘‘15-man Army”better watch out: they mayhave to come up with some-thing extraordinary or else...

—C Shekhar Luthra

CMYK

Hopes and wishes from mother Avtaar KaurIN THE FAMILY

Zimbabwe: Politically incorrect

Zimbabwe will be hoping that Alistair Campbell’s (left) omission will not cost them dear.

HARBHAJAN SINGHBorn: July 3, 1980A Gursikh boy, he was born in thenakshatra of Poorva Bhadrapadaand Kumbha rashi. His solar sign isCancer and the lagna consist ofMars and its lord Mercury withRahu in 11th house. A prominentSun is in the 10th house whereas inthe fate house a bright Venus is present. Rest of theplanets are causing Gaj Kesari Yoga.

In the World Cup 2003, he has to prove himself as a realspin doctor. He will try to attack and will bowl best to

the better batsmen especially against Pakistan, Aus-tralia and also England and Zimbabwe. During thesematches his Sun is his bold and brave strength, whichwill help him get rid of the best opposing batsmen. Hewill play a fair part in at least the first four games. Hemay not secure any awards but will help lift the confi-dence in the Indian team in the preliminaries. He willforce people to realise that One-day games can be wonby bowlers. In this World Cup he will prove to be one ofIndia’s best bowlers.

In this World Cup, Bhajji will not only come up as astorming spinner but he may take the highest numberof wickets among the Indian bowlers.

—Pt Kewal Anand Joshi(Senior astrologer and columnist)

What Indian stars can hope for during the CupSTAROSCOPE

‘Till sometime back all this seemed like a dream. Therewas nothing happening in Harbhajan’s career andeverything seemed to have come to a naught. But thenGods smiled on us and he started doing well. I just hopeit goes on like this and he wins the World Cup for all themothers in the country. Generally, I try to staycalm when he’s playing but do get tensed attimes, especially when he comes out to bat.World Cup being such an important event, Idon’t think it’s going to be any different.

BIRTHThe home of cricket inwhat is known as The LastOutpost of the British Em-pire, Kingsmead has along and proud history. Itsproximity to the Durbanbeaches and central shop-ping district make it an in-tegral part of the city’seclectic atmosphere.

LIFELINESCapacity: 25,000Highest innings score:280/4 (50 ovrs) SA v Pak,1998 Lowest innings score:144 (46.5 ovrs) Pak v WI,1993 Top individual score:128, Brian Lara (WI) vPak, 1993 Best individual bowling:5/25, Waqar Younis (Pak)v SA, 1993

FIXTURES February 11: Bangladeshvs Canada February 26: England vs India March 3: South Africa vs Sri Lanka March 15: Super SixgameMarch 20: Second semifinal

Kingsmead, DurbanTHE BATTLEFIELDS

THE PITCH The jury is still out over the truth behind the legend that Dur-ban’s tide affects the pitch at Kingsmead, but there is no ar-gument about the fact that for most of its illustrious history thevenue has been a fast bowler’s paradise. Peter Pollock, MikeProctor, Vince van der Byl and Malcolm Marshall all plied theirtrade with success. The recent seasons have seen the pitchslow down, even to the extent of being lifeless. If play is in-terrupted or delayed by rain, the track can freshen up, offer-ing movement to the seamers, but it can also become slight-ly sluggish, holding up the ball and making strokeplay difficult.The toss seems to make little difference, under lights it is adifferent matter entirely, with the team batting second aver-aging a 70 percent win rate compared to the conventional 56 per cent for day-time second innings. The heavy dew is also a factor. — Asia Features

Brian Charles Lara —elegance personi-

fied, devastation person-ified, determination per-sonified. Lara has agreat eye. He’d ratherpick individual coloursthan see them all inwhite. “It’s better to loseto you, than your neigh-bours,” he had said toKenyan skipper MauriceOdumbe in Pune afterWest Indies lost to Kenyain a World Cup tie.

Neighbours? SouthAfrica. In the quartersagainst the Porteas inthe same tournament,Lara rose like a Gulliveramong the Lilliputians.His ‘Nelson’ (111) cameoff 94 balls, and the Pro-teas fell short of the Car-ribean total (264) by 19runs. Lara won his bat-tle, if not the war. BobWoolmer, prior comingto the Cup, in his night-mares had seen eitherLara or Tendulkar’s wil-low hitting them out. Hisfears had come true.

Controversies and incidentsTHE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GOOGLY

Ajit Ninan

He must be the most innocu-ous looking batsman incricket right now. Always ar-riving at the crease wrappedin helmet, elbow guard andthigh pad, he appears like abunny rabbit thrown to apack of wolves that pacebowlers of the day are. But inthe last five years, YousufYouhana has ensured thatthe wolves kept howlingwithout as much as gnashingtheir teeth, leave alone dig-ging them in to his flesh.

The two remarkable traitswhich helped Youhana keeppace bowlers and spinners atbay his natural strokeplayand nimble footwork, whichhave often drawn him com-parisons with the elegant Za-heer Abbas and the mastertrickster Javed Miandad.

While the manner inwhich Youhana walks intospinners and lofts them overthe straight field reflects hisgraceful footwork and pen-chant for slow bowling, thebreathtaking carpet drivesagainst fiery pace bowlersare so effortless that they ap-pear to be sheer magic of his

exquisite timing.Coming into the interna-

tional scene a bit late com-pared to most of his contem-poraries, Youhana, now inhis late twenties, needed notmore than a couple of yearsto establish himself as one ofPakistan’s frontline batsmen.

In fact, his ascension couldhave come about a bit earlierif he had sorted out his im-petuosity.

If Youhana of today is amore matured player, it isthanks to Javed Miandad thecoach. It was he who was in-strumental in transforming

the rabbit into a hare byteaching him a few tricks andironing out a few flaws, thebiggest of which was his ob-session with the lofted drive.

How well these attitudinaland style changes haveworked for Youhana could beseen from a One day strikerate that hovers around 70per cent. This may not putYouhana on the samepedestal as the world’s best,but it is certainly somethingthat would prompt mostbowlers at the coming WorldCup into devising a way toget rid of him quickly.

—Paul Benjamin

Prof J R R Tolkien wasone day marking exami-

nation papers when he dis-covered a blank answerbook sheet with the enig-matic line— “In a hole inthe ground there lived ahobbit”. From whencecame the bestseller TheHobbit. For an otherworld-ly environ the book de-manded, he is said to havebeen inspired by the townof Hogsback in the mysti-cal Amatola mountains ofthe Eastern Cape province. Perhaps another English-man, Naseer Hussain, could do with a visit to the placebefore his side takes on the Aussies in the province’s sea-side resort of Port Elizabeth. You see it’ll take a long-winded flight of imagination to beat them. Mysticstuff, that.

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Any Japanese travelling to the Northern Capeprovince would do well to leave their ‘San’ at home.

There are enough native ones here. The honorific of theLand of the Rising Sun denotes the true hunter-gathererin this region. Still persisting in a culture that forms a vi-tal step in the evolution of modern man, the San peoplelive in the Kalahari desert region. Do not go by theirdiminutive stature or docile demeanour; they are some ofthe most hardy and skilled hunters in the world. Thosegoing to Kimberly for the matches may do well to lookaround careful as they may be rewarded with an en-counter with a culture that’s harks back to the misty eraof pre-history.

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The amount of gold that the country’s mineral richeshas added to the world’s coffers is anyway phenome-

nal. For now, it may well be the turn of Polly and his boysto get the golden hue if they triumph. The Mail &Guardian paper puts this figure at a resounding 30 mil-lion rand if all the combined bonuses on offer are addedup. Looks like Jo’Burg might just live up to it’s reputationas the city of gold for Pollock and Co.

■ After scoring 6 vs. Scot-land, 14 vs. New Zealandand 0 vs. Pakistan, Aus-tralian wicketkeeperAdam Gilchrist must havebeen a frustrated man.Then inspired by a tele-phone call from his moth-er back home in Lismorehe reached 50 off 34 ballsand the innings yielded 63off 39 balls, including 12fours against Bangladesh.■ Zimbabwe, after win-ning their first ever One-dayer against Australia atTrent Bridge by 13 runsin the 1983 World Cup, losttheir next 18 games. All ofthem in World Cups - fivein 1983, six in 1987-88 andseven in 1991-92.■ The only cricketer tohave appeared in the firstsix World Cups, JavedMiandad bid farewell atthe National Stadium, Ka-rachi finally (vs. Englandon March 3, 1996) aftercoming out of retirementseveral times. A specialcash award of Rs 6,00,000came his way for his par-ticipation over 21 years.■ Three batsmen man-aged to score over 400 runsin the 1987-88 RelianceWorld Cup - two of themwere Australia’s openingpair of David Boon (447 atan average of 55.88) andGeoff Marsh (428 at 61.14).The only other batsman toreach the target was Eng-land’s Graham Gooch (471at 58.88).

—Rajesh Kumar

GOLDEN MOMENT

One-day bowlers areheavily restricted:wides are strict,bouncers limited andfield settings tight. SoJacques Kallis’ as-sault on the West In-dies with the newball in 1998 broughta new exhilaration tothe One-day game.He bristled aggres-sion as he targetedthe bodies, throatsand heads of theCaribbean tourists.While he gave awayfour no-balls and twowides, the tacticworked superbly asKallis took 3 for 24and the West Indieswere bowled out for219. Post-match thetourists made half-hearted attempts tosuggest that thebowling assault hadbeen personal andunsporting, but no-body took that seri-ously.A San family on the sands of the Kalahari desert

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The slip between the Cup and the leapTURNING POINT

On a warm sunny day on June 22, in the first semi-final between Englandand India at Old Trafford in the ‘83 World Cup, England captain Bob Willis

won the toss and decided to bat. After the openers, Graeme Fowler (33) andChris Tavare (32), smoothly took the score to 69 in 17 overs, Roger Binnywas introduced in the attack. The move altered the course of the innings.He dismissed both the openers and later on, Amarnath (2/27) and Azadbowled splendidly, conceding 55 runs from 24 overs and never allowing thebatsmen to settle down as the hosts were dismissed for 213. Kapil, by dis-missing three tail-enders, finished with 3 for 35.

The Indians did get the start they wanted but Gavaskar (25) andSrikkanth (19) were out in consecutive overs and the game was finelypoised at 50 for two but Amarnath and Yashpal resurrected the innings.Amarnath (46) departed at 142, trying for a second run which was not there.Sandeep Patil, who had hit Willis for 24 runs off one over a year before in aTest match on the same ground, batted with his usual belligerence. He hita breathtaking 51 not out off 32 balls, guiding India to a six-wicket win af-ter the dismissal of Yashpal, who scored 61. Amarnath was deservingly ad-judged Man of the Match. Actually, his all-round performance was a majorboost for the Indians as was proved by the final. —Rajesh Kumar

Daryll Cullinan: I’d rather want to believe that Brian Lara was misquoted, ashe had later claimed. But people will never be able to know the truth on this.To be honest, we were stung by this as Brian and other West Indians havebeen very close to South African cricket. In fact, Brian played a couple of yearsfor Northern Transvaal in South Africa and there wasn’t any such incident re-ported. Whether he said it or not, we were badly hurt losing that quarter-finalin Karachi. Some members of the side were determined to give it back by anemphatic victory which didn’t come about.Brian tendered an apology but waspretty stiff when we met at the bar the next day.

— as told to Dinesh Chopra

Facts and figuresMOMENTS

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‘I’D WANT TO BELIEVE THAT LARA WAS MISQUOTED’

The Times of India, New Delhi, Tuesday, January 21, 2003

The red hanky men Mohinder Amarnath, once a man inblue, has singled out Virender Sehwag,a present man in blue, to present Indiawith the united colours of a World Cupwin. Jimmy paaji is it the red hankyconnection? Jeeyo mere lal

Quote pe quoteWhen I play, I don‘t look at eyeballs or any other balls. I look atonly the cricket ball.— Arjuna Ranatunga during 1996WC dismissing Shane Warne’sglares during the finals

The ‘death’ of ugly AussieIt seems like a routine. Whenever the ugly Aussie rears it’s head (referLehmann’s racist remarks) a call comesfrom Down Under, “ENOUGH”. It’s RickyPonting once again assuring a cleanWorld Cup. Match referees may note

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SPORTS DIGESTDelhi struggling at 90-4:Delhi were placed at a pre-carious 90 for four wickets intheir first innings on the sec-ond day of their Under-17 Vi-jay Merchant Trophy finalmatch against Uttar Pradeshat Kanpur on Monday. Re-plying to Uttar Pradesh’s firstinning total of 232, Delhistruggled to reach 90 atclose at the Kamla ClubGrounds. Piyush Chawlaclaimed two wickets while AliMurtza and Ashwani scalpedone each for U.P. Earlier, re-suming at their overnight187 for six, UP added 45more runs before beingbowled out for 232 beforetea. PTI

ITF starts rating sys-tem: Aiming to help tennisplayers around the world findgood matches, the Interna-tional Tennis Federationstarted a new rating systemon Monday. The system ofratings from 1 (beginner) to10 (professional tour level)was adopted immediately byAustralia. The ITF said it ex-pected that very soon, thevast majority of playersworldwide would have an In-ternational Tennis Numberrating. It said fewer than 20nations now have rating sys-tems, and these would re-main alongside the ITN sys-tem. AP

IOC probing torture al-legations: The IOC is in-vestigating allegations thatIraqi leader Saddam Hus-sein’s eldest son — whoheads his country’s Olympicassociation — tortured andjailed athletes, an officialsaid in Lausanne, Switzer-land on Monday. “We’ve re-ceived the complaint andwe’re dealing with it,” IOCEthics Commission officialPaquerette Girard Zappellisaid. She said she could notcomment further while theinquiry was under way. InDecember, the London-based human rights groupIndict demanded that theIOC expel the Iraqi NationalOlympic Committee from itsranks. Agencies

Cash bonanza forsquash players: Pak-istani President General Per-vez Musharraf on Mondaypromised lucrative cashprizes to encourage young-sters to compete for thecrown of world squashchampion. “I promise tenmillion rupees (around$170,000) for a player whowill win the world title forPakistan and five million ru-pees (around $85,000) for aplayer who wins the BritishOpen title,” Musharraf an-nounced. Pakistan, once amighty force in worldsquash, have fallen off in re-cent years and have not wonany international event sinceJansher Khan carried off theBritish Open in 1997. AFP

Inter-collegiate volley: St Joseph College Boys ofTrichy and SAAP Academy(Visakhapatnam) girls regis-tered wins on the openingday of the four-day P B Sid-dartha all-India Inter-SportHostel and inter-collegiatevolleyball tournament atVisakhapatnam on Monday.In the boys section, StJoseph College (Trichy) rout-ed host P B Siddartha Col-lege (Vijayawada) 25-16 25-15 25-18 while in girls sec-tion SAAP Academy(Visakhapatnam) defeatedSAI (STC) Talcherry 25-2119-25 25-14 25-11. PTI

CAPITAL SPORTMedia XI triumph: MediaXI defeated Corporate Spon-sor’s XI by 36 runs in the CRYCadence Corporate CricketChallenge match on Sunday.The special match helpedraise Rs 42,000 for CRY thatwould go towards the educa-tion of 50 children from CRYprojects.Media XI: 153 for 6 in 20 0vers (SunilNarula 53 n.o, Amit Bhattacharya 37;Sharad 3/18) beat Corporate Sponsors’XI 117 all out in 17 overs (Rajiv 43,Sreekant 24; G S Vivek 3/13).Inter-Rly hockey: Centralmen defeated Railway Board13-0 while Northern thrashedRDSO 20-0 and DLW drew 2-2 with RCF in the Inter-Rail-way hockey tournament.Northern women drew goalless with Central.

IAF win: Indian Air Forcedefeated Nivia Moghuls 3-0

in the DSA-SAIL Senior Divi-sion Football League.

Sahibzada Ajit Singh cricket tourn-ment: RR Gymkhana bt Sri Guru GobindSingh College by 9 wkts — SGGSC: 110all out in 31.5 overs (Udit Kumar 21, RajivArora 19, Aveeraj Chawla 3/10, Chetan

Sharma 2/21) RR Gymkhana: 111/1 in10.3 overs (Sandeep Angurala 57, Chetan34 n/o, Udit Kumar 1/11)Rajiv Gandhi memorial U-17 cricket:Gold Star: 224/8 in 35 overs (DineshKaushik 68, Gurpreet Singh 39) SuperStar Club: 225/6 in 34 overs (HarishPandey 72 n.o., manas Malhotra 43).

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Fresh talks to sortLankan pay crisisColombo: Sri Lanka’s crick-et board on Monday openedlast-ditch talks with the na-tional team to resolve a paycrisis that threatened to scut-tle the country’s participa-tion in next month’s WorldCup. The Board of Controlfor Cricket in Sri Lanka(BCCSL) said it began anoth-er round of talks with skip-per Sanath Jayasuriya, whois currently leading the teamin Australia.

“The talks are still on andwe are hoping the matter canbe resolved, but there is nobreakthrough yet,” an offi-cial of the BCCSL said.

The BCCSL is battlingagainst time after breachinga January 17 deadline set bythe ICC for Sri Lankan play-ers to sign contracts to play

in the World Cup.“In the event the squad

members fail to sign the con-tracts, the BCCSL will be re-luctantly compelled to availitself of all remedies avail-able to it,” the board had saidin a two-page statement onSunday.

A top cricket board sourceindicated the options includ-ed fielding a second-stringsquad or completely pullingout since Jayasuriya’s menwere making totally unac-ceptable demands.The players were insisting ona 20 percent share of theBCCSL’s guaranteed fee of$6.4 million from the WorldCup, but the authorities wereonly willing to offer 10 per-cent plus an incentive pay-ment.AFP

Khurasia cracks 74Kochi: Requiring 230 for awin, Madhya Pradesh an-chored by captain AmayKhurasia’s unbeaten 74, were126 for five in their second in-nings against Kerala on thethird day of the Ranji TrophyPlate Group semifinal hereon Monday.

Earlier, Ker-ala, resuming at theirovernight score of 78 for five,lost two quick wickets. How-ever, a fighting 82-run eighthwicket partnership betweenSureshkumar (58) and Anan-thapadmanabhan (28) helpedKerala make 185.

Narendra Hirwaniclaimed four for 58 S Pandeythree for 42. Kerala had made

156 in the first innings whilethe visitors scored 112. Mad-hya Pradesh will have adaunting task and theirhopes rest on their captainwho batted brilliantly onMonday, despite the team los-ing wickets at the other end.

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ed seven boundaries offSreekumar Nair over long offand came off 87 balls.

At close, Tomar was keep-ing him company with seven.

Brief scores: Kerala: 156 and 185 (SunilOasis 33, M Sureshkumar 58, K N Anantha-padmanabhan 28; Hirwani 4/58, SanjayPandey 3/42) vs Madhya Pradesh: 112 and126 for five (A Khurasia batting 74; TinuYohannan 2/17, Sreekumar Nair 2/49,Anan-thapadmanabhan 1/29). PTI

Close battle expectedTIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Sohna StudMillion has always witnesseda close finish ever since itwas instituted in the late 90’s,except for the last seasonwhen Perfect Venue wonclearly.

During the1998-99 season, an outstationhorse aptly christened Good-will Hunter had pipped thelocal challenger, WinningWave. The history of closefinishes was also extended bySpeedy, Oath and Desert Ea-gle in the season of 2000-2001.Speedy headed out Oath, whoin turn also got a head better

of Desert Eagle. Going by theprevious performances, aclose contest can’t be ruledout on Tuesday.

Pledge is favoured:Pledge should claim theSohna Stud Million.

Selections: KhaliliGinger Plate (div.I):1,100m: 1.45pm: Di-

vine Power 1, Fire Spell 2, Cyber Storm 3.Khalili Ginger Plate (div.II): 1,100m: Mag-ical Hawk 1, Mountain Breeze 2, DivineDame 3. Conquering Hero Plate: 1,200m;Harmonic Glory 1, Mia Senora 2, Prince ofCheats 3. Conquering Hero Plate (div.II):1,200m: Octavia 1, Strides of Success 2,The Mob 3. Sohna Stud Million: 1,200m:Pledge 1, Posen 2, Hopes Are High 3. RafahPlate; 1,600m: Power of Zero 1, Clyde Bar-row 2, Acacia Blossom 3. Top Glad Plate;1,600m: 4.50pm: My Great Hope 1, GoldenBell 2, King of Sirsi 3.

Team TVS tothe fore

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Team TVS re-tained their national champi-onship position in the MRFnational motocross 2002, heldin Bangalore, for the thirdtime in a row. According toinformation received here,Bangalore lad C Vijaykumarof Team TVS dominated thefinal leg and was declared thebest racer by the organisers.

Vijaykumar was a clearwinner in the opening roundof the Indian Experts — For-eign Open class upto 250 cc.He later won the round twoas well and took his final tal-ly to 197 in this category.

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THE FEVER RAGES: International cricket caps on sale in the Capital on Monday.

‘ICC fraudulently added clauses’TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Delhi highcourt has fixed January 22as the date for pronouncingits judgment on a PIL chal-lenging the controversialICC players’ contract, amidprotests from the lawyersof multinational companysponsors that it had no ju-risdiction over the matter.

Appearing for Pepsi In-dia, senior advocate andformer Union minister PChidambram cautionedthe court that though PepsiIndia has accepted thecourt’s notice on the issue,its parent company Pepsi

International would notcomply it. Seeking dis-missal of the PIL, Chi-dambram said that the dis-pute was best settledthrough arbitration.

Senior advocate KapilSibbal, who appeared onbehalf of the petitioners,said that it was a ‘‘real pub-lic interest litigation’’ andthat the court should goahead and pass its order.

Sibbal charged the ICCwith fraudulently addingrestrictive clauses afterICC’s agreement with mar-keting agents World SportsGroup-News Corp was ap-proved by the ICC execu-

tive Board in May 2000 inParis. Sibbal pointed outthat neither the tender pa-pers nor the agreementdrafted by chartered ac-countants Nicholson andGraham contained any re-strictions on teams/play-ers or umpires.

Reminding the court that

India was an 80 percentrevenue earner for the In-ternational Cricket Coun-cil (ICC), Sibbal said: ‘‘IfIndia is not allowed to play,why should India-basedsponsors be allowed to sendthe money earned on this

land to foreign counter-parts? Why should they beallowed even tax exemp-tion if India was not al-lowed to play? That’s thelong and short of this PIL,’’Sibbal said. A divisionbench comprising ActingChief Justice DevinderGupta and Justice BadarDurrez Ahmed reservedthe judgment for Wednes-day after hearing the coun-sels from all the parties.

In a hearing lasting al-most three hours, the ICC’scounsel argued that the PILwas “not maintainable in acontractual field.” Backedby representatives from the

ICC’s sponsors LG and Pep-si, the counsel said theCEA was as per the EnglishContract Law and thus un-fit for an Indian court oflaw. Gopal Subramanium,appearing on behalf of Sa-hara, refuted this sayingthe Supreme Court hadruled during the 1994 TVrights case that it was thefundamental right of thepublic to beentertained/educated.

The most dramatic de-bate involving two formerministers and legal heavy-weights centred around therelease of foreign exchangeto the sponsors.

CRY children with a cheque from earnings raised during acharity match in the Capital on Sunday.

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T I M E S S P O R TThe Times of India, New Delhi Tuesday, January 21, 2003 17

SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE

India take revenge and 3rd placeDhaka: India defeated rivalsPakistan with a golden goalin extra time to clinch thethird place in the SAFFchampionship on Monday.Striker Abhishek Yadavsecured the victory for Indiawhen his header from a cross by Roberto Fernandesentered the Pakistan net inthe 9th minute of extratime.

Veteran striker I.M.Vijayan scored the first goalfor India in the 56th minuteof regulation time, headingin a cross from Alvito D Cunha.

But Sarfaraz Rasoolequalised for Pakistan in the72nd minute with a headerfrom a pass by Ayaz Moham-mad, forcing the game intoextra time.

Bangla clinch title:Bangladesh broke the heartsof the plucky Maldives onMonday as they clinched theSouth Asian Football Federa-tion title in a dramatic penal-ty shoot-out. The two sideshad been drawn 1-1 after reg-ulation time with R Kanchanscoring for Bangla and AliUmar drawing level for theMaldives. AP

Milan holdtop spotRome: League leaders ACMilan showed their fightingspirit by coming from behindto edge Piacenza 2-1 at theSan Siro to keep their placeat the top of the table in Italy.Milan, chasing their 17thchampionship, have 39 pointsfrom 17 matches, three morethan Lazio who leapfroggedInter Milan into second spoton goal difference after beat-ing Udinese by the samescoreline at the StadioOlimpico.

Inter Milan meanwhilesaw their title hopes suffer amajor setback after beingcrushed 4-1 at Perugia. In an-other match, French strikerDavid Trezeguet scored ahat-trick as title-holders Ju-ventus thumped Chievo 4-1 tomove to within a point of In-ter. Alessandro Del Pieroscored the other goal with a20th minute penalty butmissed another.

Real Madrid held:Demetrio Albertini’s firstleague goal for AtleticoMadrid, a free kick two min-utes into injury time, earneda 2-2 draw at local rivals RealMadrid. The outcome of thethrilling game, in whichReal’s six- game winningstreak came to an end. AFP

Anand downs PonamariovWijk Aan Zee (The Nether-lands): V Anand settled olds c o r e sb e a t i n gW o r l dChampionR u s l a nPonomari-ov ofUkraine toremain injoint leadafter theseventh round of the 65thCorus Chess tournamenthere.

Anand, who lost his WorldChampion crown to Pono-mariov last year, registeredthe victory in 34 moves.Dutch Grandmaster LoekVan Wely defeated Jan Tim-man and continued to leadthe tables along with Anandon 5 points.

However, the otherovernight leader and world’shighest rated woman, Judit

Polgar drew a tense gamewith top seed andBraingames championVladimir Kramnik andslipped to joint third spot on4.5 points.

Joining her on the thirdspot was Spaniard AlexeiShirov, who humbled EvgenyBareev of Russia.

In the Grandmaster ‘B’tournament, former worldjunior girls championKoneru Humpy finally tasted

success, cruising past localhope GM Harmen Jonkman.Top seed GM Zhang Zhongrecorded his sixth win on thetrot crushing GM ArkadijNaiditsch of Germany. TheChinese leads with a hugegap of 1.5 points, having 6.5points in his kitty.

The Labourdonnais varia-tion of the Sicilian has foundfew takers in elite chess cir-

cles for past many years butAnand has not quite been anactive advocate of the sys-tem. And he demonstratedprecisely why with his whitepieces on Sunday.

Ponomariov continuedwith dangerous play and ac-cepted a pawn sacrifice byAnand as early as on the 10thmove.

An alert Anand quickly de-veloped his initiative andjust five moves later theUkrainian was fighting a lostbattle.Results (round 7): V Anand (5) bt R Pono-mariov (Ukr, 2.5); Loek van Wely (5, Ned) btJan Timman (Ned, 1.5); A Shirov (Esp, 4.5) btEvgeny Bareev (Rus, 3); Judit Polgar (Hun,4.5) drew with Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 3.5);Alexander Grischuk (Rus, 4) bt MichalKrasenkow (Pol, 2.5); V Topalov (Bul, 3.5)drew with A Karpov (Rus, 3); T Radjabov (Aze,3) drew with V Ivanchuk (3.5).Standings (after round 7): 1-2. Anand, VanWely 5.0 each; 3-4. Polgar, Shirov 4.5 each;5. Grischuk 4.0; 6-8. Ivanchuk, Kramnik,Topalov 3.5 each; 9-11. Karpov, Radjabov,Bareev 3.0 each; 12-13. Krasenkow, Pono-mariov 2.5 each; 14. Timman 1.5. PTI

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Abhay Kumar of India (C) vies for the ball with Pakistan’s Zakir Hussain (R) during their matchin the SAFF championship at Banghabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday.

SAF FOOTBALL

Henry triple tricks HammersLondon: Thierry Henry’shat-trick saw champions Ar-senal re-establish a five pointlead at the top of the Pre-miership with a 3-1 victoryover West Ham which re-turned the visitors to the bot-tom of the table here at High-

bury on Sunday.In the day’s other match

Fulham midfielder SeanDavis’ 39th minute goal gavethe Cottagers a 1-0 win overMiddlesbrough that liftedJean Tigana’s team to 15th inthe table, eight points clear of

the relegation zone. Middles-brough stayed in 12th spot.

At Highbury, the build-upto Henry’s first two goals wascontroversial with West Hamreduced to 10 men after SteveLomas was sent off for thefirst goal penalty. AFP

CORUS CHESS

Sasikiran, Hari leadafter Round FourMumbai: Grandmasters KSasikiran and P Harikrishnaled the table with 3.5 pointsafter four rounds in the Na-tional ‘A’ Chess Champi-onship here on Monday.Woman Grandmaster D Hari-ka, Woman InternationalMaster Nisha Mohota andWIM Aarthie Ramaswamyled the field with 2.5 points af-ter three rounds in theWomen’s Championship.

In an interesting battle inMen’s group GM DibyenduBarua defeated IM R BRamesh to gain a point.Barua, playing white, facedthe Alekhine defence fromRamesh and eventually de-feated him in a marathon bat-tle which lasted 80 moves.

In the much awaited battlebetween Sasikiran and veter-an GM Pravin Thipsay, Thip-say, playing white, adoptedthe Ruy Lopez opening. Tocreate a better position, he at-tempted an exchange sacri-fice by giving his rook forSasikiran’s bishop.

Sasikiran handled the po-sition correctly denyingThipsay the edge. Time cast-ed shadow on the game withthe players playing theirmoves with few seconds lefton the clock taking full ad-vantage of the 30 seconds ad-ditional time.

Sasikiran managed hispieces well and forced Thip-say to resign on the 69thmove. PTI

Owen can bet on horsesLondon: England strikerMichael Owen will not face a

F o o t b a l lA s s o c i a -tion probefollowingnewspaperallegationson Sundaythat he betheavily onm a t c h e sinvolving

Premiership clubs. Britain’sSunday Mirror tabloid ac-cused Liverpool forwardOwen of setting up accountsin the name of his father Ter-ry and betting more than $3.2million on both football andhorse racing.

But on Sunday, Owen said:“I have done nothing wrongand I can’t understand whypeople think I should have. I

can’t believe some of thehurtful allegations that havebeen thrown at me, especial-ly as they are so inaccurate.”

The Sunday Mirrror saidOwen had bet on matches in-volving both Chelsea andManchester United. Butthere was no suggestion thatOwen had wagered money onLiverpool. FA rules ban play-ers from betting on games inwhich they can have a directinfluence but do not preventthem from gambling on othermatches.

“Michael Owen will notface any investigation fromthe FA with regard to reportssurrounding betting on foot-ball in a Sunday newspaper,”FA spokesman Adrian Bev-ington said. “The rules re-garding betting on footballprevent any players from

placing bets on fixtures in-volving them directly.”

Meanwhile horse ownerOwen said he would still con-tinue his involvement in thatsport. “This publicity willnot stop my love for horses.They are my main hobby out-side of football. “My girl-friend Louise and I are ex-pecting our first baby soonand this and our new home -complete with stables - willkeep me more than occupiedin the future,” he said.A spokesperson for Owenadded: “In regard to the alle-gations in a Sunday newspa-per, Michael’s father Terryhas confirmed he opened anoffshore betting account twoor three years ago and hasalso used this to place bets forfriends and family, occasion-ally including Michael. AFP

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Arsenal’s French striker Thierry Henry (L) scores his second goal against West Ham at Arsenal footballground in London on Sunday.

Daniela aims to eclipse VenusMelbourne: Daniela Hantu-chova has already proved sheis more than just a pretty face- now she wants to hammerhome the point. The Slova-kian seventh seed enters adaunting Australian Openquarter-final with mightyVenus Williams here onTuesday in a replay of lastyear’s three-set third-roundbattle.

Hantuchova’s gutsy per-formance 12 months ago - shelost 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 - served asspringboard for a successful2002, the 19-year-old winningher first title and reachingthe Wimbledon and US Openquarter-finals. But her super-model looks and occasionalappearances on the catwalksof European fashion showshave meant that the mediaspotlight has not always fo-cused on Hantuchova’s ten-nis.

Hantuchova is irritated by

being tagged ‘a new AnnaKournikova’ and has wearilyvolleyed away questionsabout her glamorous profileduring her steady progressinto the last eight in Mel-bourne. A victory overWilliams would leave no-onein doubt as to her quality as atennis player - and Hantucho-va believes she can send theerratic Williams packing.

“Last year it was veryclose,” Hantuchova said. “Ihave learned a lot since lastyear, and I’ve got more expe-rience - so hopefully I will beable to go one step furtherthan last year.

“I was really, really close tobeating her last year. Maybe Ineeded more experience thenand that’s something I feelI’ve got now. I feel ready and

very optimistic.”Hantuchova said running

Williams so close before hadgiven her the confidence forher breakthrough season in2002, which saw her win amaiden tour victory andearn $1.2 million in prizemoney. “This is where it allstarted. Even though I didn’tbeat her, that match gave mea lot of confidence and mademe realize that I’m rightthere with the top players,”she said.

Hantuchova will also beencouraged by the fact thatWilliams ’ form has fluctuat-ed so far in Melbourne. Thefour-time Grand Slam win-ner looked a couple of notch-es below her best in beatingAustralian Nicole Pratt 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. AFP

INTERNATIONALFOOTBALL English Premiership: Arsenal 3 WestHam 1, Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 0.Ital-ian Serie A: AC Milan 2 Piacenza 1, Ata-lanta 2 Roma 1, Chievo 1 Juventus 4,Lazio 2 Udinese 1, Modena 0 Brescia 0,Perugia 4 Inter Milan 1, Torino 0 Como 0.Spanish Primera Liga: CD Alaves 1 Os-asuna 1, D Coruna 2 Athletic Bilbao 1,Mallorca 1 Recreativo Huelva 1, RacingSantander 0 Real Betis 1, Rayo Vallecano0 Valladolid 1, Real Madrid 2 AtleticoMadrid 2, Sevilla 0 Malaga 0, Villarreal 0Espanyol 0.GOLFUS PGA, Sony Open, Waialae CC, Hon-olulu, Hawaii: Final round scores (USunless stated, par 70): Els won at sec-ond playoff hole: 264 Ernie Els (Rsa) 6665 66 67, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 66 64 6569, 266 Chris DiMarco 65 66 69 66, 268Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 69 65 66, JerryKelly 68 68 67 65, 269 Stuart Appleby(Aus) 68 71 67 63, 270 Briny Baird 68 65

67 70, Chris Riley 65 69 69 67, Joe Du-rant 67 69 67 67, Fred Funk 66 68 69 67,Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 66 66 69 69MOTOR RACINGDakar Rally, Sharm el-Sheik: 17thstage & final stage, 34 kilometers (21miles) Leading Cars: 1 Ari Vatanen (Fin)and Kristina Thorner (Swe) 16 minutes 32seconds, 2 Luc Alphand (Fra) andMatthew Stevenson (Gbr) at 1:16, 3 Jut-ta Kleinschmidt (Ger) and Fabrizia Pons(Ita) at 1:19, 4 Miki Biasion (Ita) andTiziano Siviero (Ita) 1:24, 5 StephaneHenrard (Bel) and Bobby Willis (Gbr) at1:48. Overall Standings: 1 Hiroshi Ma-suoka (Jpn) and Andreas Schultz (Ger) 49hours 8 minutes 52 seconds, 2 Jean-Pierre Fontenay (Fra) and Gilles Picard(Fra) at 1hour 52minutes 12seconds, 3Stephane Peterhansel (Fra) and Jean-Paul Cottret (Fra) at 2:16:28, 4 CarlosSousa (Por) and Henri Magne (Fra)2:27:47, 5 Giniel De Villiers (Rsa) andPascal Maimon (Fra) 2:45:55

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T I M E S S P O R T The Times of India, New Delhi18 Tuesday, January 21, 2003

McEnroe stays in thespotlight: John McEnroehasn’t been far from attentionat the Australian Open. Firsthe was being threatened withphysical violence by an iratecoach. On Monday, he wason the TV news kicking afootball Australian-style.McEnroe, who is working fora local television broadcaster,found himself in the spotlighton Sunday when BrentLarkham, brother and coachof Australian player ToddLarkham, said he had threat-ened to punch the formerworld number one. Brent wasupset after McEnroe criti-cised Todd’s performance inhis straight sets loss to Lley-ton Hewitt on Thursday night.Larkham won one game inthe first set and one in thethird against Hewitt. McEnroecriticised some of ToddLarkham’s playing as “pitiful”.

Rosewall’s cake: Aus-tralian tennis great Ken Rose-wall on Monday was hon-oured on what is the 50th an-niversary of his first win in the

Australian Open — a victorythat made him the youngestever man to claim the title, at18 years, 2 months in 1953.In all, Rosewall won the Aus-tralian Open four times, andas well as holding the distinc-tion as the youngest winner,he also holds the record asthe oldest winner. He was 37years, 2 months when hewon for the last time in 1972.

Up to her: Martina Hingiswould face no problem fromher injured ankle if she de-cides to return to tennis, ac-cording to her surgeon. HeinzBuehlmann operated onHingis in May. He told aSwiss newspaper on Sundaythat her ankle has healedproperly. “Martina can playagain,” said Buehlmann.“Martina has had this prob-lem for four years, but thejoints of her foot are ab-solutely OK.” Hingis said lastweek that she had no idea ifshe would return to tennisand didn’t have a time-framein mind. Buehlmann said herbarrier would be mental.

M E L B O U R N E M A S A L A

El Aynaoui scripts the big shockBy Rohit Brijnath

Melbourne: Younes ElAynaoui is a delightful Mo-roccan who lists among hisgifts an ability to speak Ara-bic, Portuguese, Spanish,English, French and Italian.Yesterday, though, over foursets and 3 hours and 30minutes he was content to lethis racket do the talking, andevidently it spoke a languageLleyton Hewitt could notdecipher.

The marauding Moroccanbroke home town hearts and

defied the No.1 seed’s will,winning 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) 6-4, in a performance he haswaited 31 years to produce.Hair stood on end as, appar-ently, did John McEnroe inthe commentary box to ap-plaud.

Most of the smoke thatcovered Melbourne on Mon-day like a grey cloak arrivedfrom bush fires, but some ofit surely was rising from He-witt’s ears on account of ElAynaoui’s fiery display. For agentle, gangly fellow (6ft 4in),El Aynaoui wreaked some

impressive carnage, servingwith such consistent ferocity(33 aces, 70% first serves)that Hewitt was restricted toimpersonating a lamppost.

Hewitt, whose usual con-

sistency on the return sug-gests he is fitted with a supe-rior radar, failed to break ElAynaoui even once. Whenasked, Hewitt’s last memoryof such an occurrence was

when he was 16, though it is atrifle difficult to send backserves if you can’t hit them.

But El Aynaoui adroitlymixed muscle with craft: heloped to the net, rallied fromthe back, sliced backhandsthat hovered and sat softlylike a landing dragonfly andconstructed inside out fore-hands (he had 24 winners)that hissed out of reach.Down a mini-break in thethird set tie-breaker, he evenfashioned a lob volley winnera few feet from inside thebaseline. Later he men-tioned, as if it needed saying,that at 31 he is a late starter.

Hewitt pounded his racket,eyeballed linesmen, beratedphotographers, and if he hasthe manners of a streetfight-er, it is that primitive lust forbattle that sustains him. Hav-ing accumulated a 3-1 careerrecord over El Aynaoui, hepatiently waited for the Mo-roccan’s errors, like always,to flow. Instead, El Aynaoui’sstandard of play refused tosubside, and if Hewitt wasastonished, he was in goodcompany. El Aynaoui wassurprised too.

Elsewhere, there was actu-ally some tennis, most no-

tably at the Vodaphone Are-na where Andy Roddick, over3 hours,14 minutes, made atelling transition from boywonder to grown up con-tender. The American hasbeen busy, he says, enhanc-ing his fitness, adding dimen-sions like the volley to hisgame and learning to takeout frustration on his oppo-nent and not his racket. To-day, it was all on display as hecame back to oust MikhailYouzny, 6-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2. As areward, he gets El Aynaoui inthe next round.

James Blake was less cir-cumspect in his strokeplay,the American’s idea of achange of pace on his bull-whip forehand being harderand more harder. More went

out then in, and RainerSchuettler prevailed 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-3. Earlier, in a women’smatch that could have curedan insomniac, SerenaWilliams hit 27 unforced er-rors in 17 games and still beatEleni Daniilido 6-4 6-1. KimClijsters was less troubled indemolishing Amanda Coet-zer 6-3 6-1.

The Indians had a perfectday out with Leander Paes-David Rikl beating JamesBlake-Mark Merklein 6-4 4-66-2 and entering the quarterfinals. In the mixed, MaheshBhupathi-Iroda Tulyaganovaovercame Nathan Healey-Evie Dominikovic 7-6 1-6 7-6,while junior Somdev DevVarman beat Rick Schmidt 5-7 6-4 6-2.

But the day belonged to ElAynaoui, whose nerves jan-gled only when he went downbreak point when serving forthe match. It was a reminder,fleeting only, that he was hu-man after all.

Last year when he won inDoha, he apparently receiveda congratulatory call fromthe King of Morocco. A fewmore wins here and the mes-sage might be delivered inperson.

Reuters

Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco goes for a smash againstLleyton Hewitt of Australia at the Australian Open on Monday. El Aynaoui knocked world number one Hewitt outwith an upset 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory in the fourth round.

Men’s (Round 4): 31-Rainer Schuet-tler (Ger) bt 23-James Blake (US) 6-3,6-4, 1-6, 6-3; 9-Andy Roddick (US) bt25-Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-7 (4/7), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; 18-Younes El Aynaoui(Mor) bt 1-Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-7(4/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.Women’s (Round 4): 25-MeghannShaunessy (US) bt 20-Elena Bovina(Rus) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; 1-Serena Williams(US) bt 18-Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-4,6-1; 8-Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt 10-Chanda Rubin (US) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; 4-Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt 19-Amanda Co-etzer (Rsa) 6-3, 6-1.

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