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Terror alert MISSIVE BID TO APPEASE TRINAMUL, SAYS CPM

Buddha gets
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, 27 DEC:
Ahead of the New Year, the
home ministry has sounded a
country-wide terror alert,
especially for Mumbai,
Ahmedabad, Goa and

Bangalore, after getting
intelligence inputs that Pakistan-
based group Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba
was planning to strike. Mumbai
police today meanwhile alerted
the immigration desk at
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport with a look-
out notice against four
suspected LeT terrorists lest they
flee the country fearing possible
crackdown. A massive manhunt
to nab them has been on for
almost a week as the Crime
Branch as well as Intelligence
Bureau agents claim the four
wanted LeT men are holed up
in the city. sns/pti
details on page 2
Trai move
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Mobile
subscribers may have to wait for
some more time to get relief
from unsolicited call and SMS, as
telecom regulator Trai is likely to
postpone the January deadline
to bring an end to such calls to 1
February. pti
details on page 8
Flights, trains disrupted
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA, 27 DEC:
Travellers had another harrowing
day today as dense fog played
havoc with flight and train sche-
dules, leading to cancellations,
delays or diversions. Many pas-
sengers were stranded at Delhi’s
IGI airport as well as railway stat-
ions due to heavy fog in the mor-
ning. Flight operations from NSC
Bose airport were also affected
today as a result of late arrivals
and cancellations of flights from
Delhi. sns (details on page 3)
Adarsh Society
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Scam-hit
Mumbai's Adarsh Housing
Society has failed to file its reply
to the show-cause notice served
by the Union environment mini-
stry asking why its controversial
31-storey building at Colaba
should not be demolished for
allegedly violating green laws.
“They have not filed the reply,” a
senior ministry official said,
adding the hearing of the case
has, however, been scheduled
for 29 December. The ministry
has already given two exten-
sions to the Society, which is in
the eye of a storm for constr-
ucting the high-rise allegedly
ignoring various norms, to file
the reply since it slapped its
notice on 12 November. pti
Orissa CM
CUTTACK, 27 DEC: Orissa chief
minister Mr Naveen Patnaik
was greeted with black flags
and protests during his visit
here today. Opposition
Congress activists protested as
his cavalcade entered the city
and in the process entered into
a tussle with the police.
Several Congress activists were
whisked away by the police
and detained. Congress leaders
here alleged that police had
assaulted one of their leaders,
a corporator. Agitated over the
police action, they also staged
a demonstration in front of the
local police station. sns
GOTCHA! Harbhajan Singh is exultant after dismissing Hashim Amla on Monday in the Durban Test.
Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan shone ~ and Rahul Dravid took his 200th catch ~ as India struck back to
dismiss South Africa for 131 runs in their first innings. In reply India were batting at 92 for four with an
overall lead of 166 runs. In Melbourne, England reigned supreme, a fine on skipper Ricky Ponting adding to
Australia's embarrassment. afp
PM writes PAC, offers to appear
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today wrote to
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee
offering to appear before it on the 2G spec-
trum scam and BJP leader Mr Murli
Manohar Joshi, who heads the committee,
has not ruled out accepting it.
Following up on his public statement
last week at the Congress plenary, Dr Singh
sent a letter to the PAC chairman stating he
was willing to appear before the PAC
should the Committee choose to seek clar-
ifications from him “though I believe there
is no precedent of the Prime Minister
appearing before a PAC”.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of
India, Mr Vinod Rai, also appeared before
the PAC today to explain his report on the
2G scam, which indicted former telecom
minister Mr A Raja and his ministry for cau-
sing a presumptive loss up to Rs 1.76 lakh
crore to the public exchequer by allocating
2G spectrum and licences to various pri-
vate players in a dubious manner in 2008.
Congress members of the PAC are
Skeletons tumbling out of Mayawati Cabinet
archana srivastava
LUCKNOW, 27 DEC: As chief minister
Mayawati embarks on her ‘operation
clean’ mission with just 18 months left
for the UP Assembly polls, it is her own
stable which is throwing up names with
questionable records. One of them was
sacked on Saturday following an indict-
ment from the Lok Ayukta, and two more
could face the axe at any time.
The minister of state for homeopathy
and religious endowment, Mr Rajesh
Tripathi, was sacked following an indict-
ment by Lok Ayukta Mr NK Mehrotra for
illegally grabbing government land.
(match reports on pages 11, 12)
reportedly insisting that the panel should
call the PM for “consultations”, accepting
his offer. But non-UPA members are
believed to have cited rules and proce-
dures to claim that they do not permit the
PM's appearance before the committee.
On his part, Mr Joshi said: “The PAC has no
power to summon any minister. But this
case is different because the Prime Minister
has himself offered to appear. This is not a
case of summons,” The PAC will take an
“appropriate decision at an appropriate
time” on the PM’s offer in accordance with
rules and procedures, he told reporters.
The land had been grabbed in the
name of Mukti Path Sewa Sansthan of
which Mr Tripathi is the president. The
sansthan runs a cremation ground locat-
ed on the banks of river Saryu in
Barhalganj, in Gorahkpur district. While
Mr Tripathi was initially credited with the
renovation of this ground, later the
Sansthan and its sister concern, the Jai
Mahakal Trust, had serious allegations
levelled against them.
At the cremation ground, it was
alleged, bodies could only be cremated
after payment of exhorbitant amounts.
Apart from this, Mr Tripathi was accused
of grabbing land belonging to the nar-
PC letter, finally
statesman news service
On ‘undemocratic’ traditions
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Three days after the media had BEHRAMPORE, 27 DEC: Reflecting on
reported on the Union home minister Mr P the democratic traditions of the Indian
Chidambaram's letter to chief minister Mr National Congress, party veteran and
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee slamming the state gov- Union finance minister, Mr Pranab
ernment for the alleged use of armed CPI-M cadres Mukherjee today explained why democ-
in parts of the state, including in the Junglemahal ratic values were missing in the Comm-
areas where the joint forces are deployed to flush unist parties, like those of India, China
out the Maoists, Mr Bhattacharjee today acknowl- and the erstwhile Soviet Union. The
edged receipt of the letter. Bolsheviks brought about a revolution in
In a cryptic remark while leaving Writers’ Russia, ending Czarist misrule, but they
Buildings for lunch, Mr Bhattacharjee said: “ I have retained power with themselves and the
received the letter. I will reply to it.” same thing happened in China where
Later at a Left Front rally in Dum Dum the chief the Communist Party assumed all pow-
minister said: “For the past few days the media had er after the end of the civil war there, he
been reporting about the letter, but I got it today said. When Congress won India's free-
and I would give a fitting reply. The letter was writ- dom, it helped frame the country’s
ten by the Congress to placate the Trinamul Constitution and handed over power to
Congress. Let me remind Mr Chidambaram that people through parliamentary demo-
just as the Trinamul is a Congress ally in the UPA, cracy, the minister stated before moun-
so is the Trinamul an ally of the Maoists. Does he ting a bicycle to flag off a cycle rally cel-
then support the Maoists?” ebrating 125 years of the Congress. sns
According to sources in the chief minister's
office, the letter dated 21 December and dis- been hounded out of their homes by the Maoists. A
patched by post the next day, was received by the number of them had already returned home, while
chief minister’s office at 11 a.m. today. some were still staying in relief camps. The allega-
With both the chief secretary and home secre- tion of armed camps was but a tissue of lies, he
tary away, the reply is likely to be drafted tomor- added.
row. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Partha
Interestingly, though the Union home minister
has asked for only “a line in reply” and a “discus-
sion” on the “sensitive” issue indications are that
the state government would go for a lengthy reply
Chatterjee, said: “Finally, the cat is out of the bag.
After the Union finance minister Mr Pranab
Mukherjee's categorical statement yesterday that
Mr Chidambaram had written the letter, the chief
In his letter to Mr Joshi, Dr Singh said denying the charges made about the presence of minister acknowledged receipt. We are keeping a
that he was making the offer in view of the harmad vahini (armed CPI-M cadres). watch on the situation and we'll spell out our stand
recent “propaganda” that the Prime Mr Chidambaram had complained in the past at the appropriate time.”
Minister was unwilling to be questioned by that the chief minister had sent a “curt and brief ” CPI-M general secretary Mr Prakash Karat said
a Parliamentary Committee. reply to his long letter on the deteriorating law and the letter was politically motivated and penned to
Mr Joshi dismissed suggestions that the order in the state. settle political scores. It isn't good for Centre-state
PAC was “rushing through” with the CPI-M state secretary Mr Biman Bose said the relationship, he said.
inquiry into the 2G scam. “We are working receipt of the letter during the day proved the The CPI-M Politburo also reacted to the devel-
as per schedule,” he said. He declined to Trinamul's charge that the CPI-M had lied about it opment and sought an explanation from the Union
comment on the Opposition’s demand for was baseless. The letter itself, according to him, home minister about the manner in which the con-
a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe. was an attempt by the Congress to keep its ally tents had been divulged to the media. “The media
On whether the PAC could go into the happy, even as it becomes captive in the Trinamul's had been fully briefed about the letter even before
issue of telecom licences from 2001 cover- hand. “Those who are trying to fish in troubled the chief minister got it. This shows that the pur-
ing the NDA period, Mr Joshi said: “If it is waters have links with the Trinamul,” he said. pose of the letter is to serve the political interests
required we will ask for it... If needed we Mr Bose also said the contents of the letter tal- of the Trinamul Congress which is part of the
can go into the past. There are no hurdles lied with what the media had reported. “This is Union government,” the Politburo said in a state-
in doing that. There are no restrictions that uncalled for, nor does it augur well,” he said, while ment. The CPI(M) said the Union home minister
we should limit ourselves to the CAG challenging the Trinamul to give details of the owed “an explanation for this partisan approach”.
report... PAC is independent in itself to killings of 96 people mentioned in the letter Mr Gurudas Dasgupta, CPI MP, said the political
probe.” Earlier, CAG Mr Vinod Rai was quiz- whereas the LF had details of 337 of its supporters motive of the letter was evident from the fact that
zed by the PAC for five hours, particularly killed since the last Lok Sabha polls. the Union home minister hadn't written any such
about how the figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore As for the allegation of armed CPI-M-cadres letter to Gujarat chief minister Mr Narendra Modi
had been arrived at as being the “presump- operating from camps in the Junglemahal areas, Mr during the pogrom in his state ~ forgetting, per-
tive” losses incurred due to spectrum allo- Bose said many CPI-M supporters and activists had haps, that a BJP-led NDA government was in power
cation. sns (more reports on page 2) been given shelter in party offices after they had at the Centre at the time of the Gujarat riots.
‘Kalmadi nephew shipped
out missing documents’
cotics department of the government of with the Lok Ayukta against the minister
India. The sansthan and the trust illegal- for higher education, Mr Rakeshdhar NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The Central Bureau of Investigation sus-
ly used the land for constructing shops. Tripathi, and the secondary education pects that missing documents related to the Commonwealth
Mr Tripathi was also charged with divert- minister, Mr Rangnath Mishra. Prelimi- Games (CWG) scam have been shipped abroad by the CWG
ing his MLA's development fund for the nary inquiries against the two have alre- Organising Committee chief, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, through his
sansthan’s activities. Complaints to this ady been carried out by the Lok Ayukta. nephew. The documents, which could expose more facets of the
effect were lodged with the Lok Ayukta It has been alleged that Mr Rakeshdhar scam, are in the custody of Mr Rahender Rao, Mr Kalmadi’s
two years back who looked into the Tripathi has amassed property worth nephew and have been taken out of the country, claimed a TV
same and found them to be correct. The crores while the allegation against Mr channel report, quoting CBI sources. The CBI, however, refused
Lok Ayukta recommended that Mr Mishra is that he has spent lakhs on to comment on the report. The channel claimed that Mr Rao had
Tripathi be removed from his post as he school and colleges where he or his rela- shipped out the documents to Minnesota well before the CBI
was misusing his political status and tives are on the managerial board. Mr raided Mr Kalmadi’s premises. Mr Rao heads the Squash
authority for serving the interests of the Rajesh Tripathi’s sacking has given grist Federation of India and was a senior officer in the country’s exter-
Sansthan. The CM sacked Mr Tripathi to the Opposition mill, particularly the nal intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing. He has been
late on Saturday evening. Samajwadi Party, which is baying for the investigated earlier by the RBI for commercial fraud. sns
Complaints have also been lodged ouster of the other two ministers.

Sahai blames Bengal govt for
high onion prices in state
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The Union min-
ister for food processing industries,
Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, blamed the
state government for its failure to
check the rise in price of onions.
Mr Sahai, addressing
a seminar in the city
today, said onions are
being sold at different
price in different parts of
Bengal ~ at Rs 70 a kg
in urban areas, and Rs
30 a kilo in rural areas
and suburbs. "This hap-
pens only because of
excessive hoarding and
failure of the state government to
take steps against hoarders," he said.
He also said that despite repeated
requests the state has failed to
amend the APMC (Agricultural
Produce Market Committee) Act that
restricts farmers from selling their
produce directly to the food process-
ing industry and to enter into con-
tract farming. Mr Sahai said he had a
discussion with the state agriculture
minister in this regard, but it yielded
no result. The state has
the potential to be the
best in the horticulture
and food processing
sectors, but it cannot
sustain growth as there
is no “third party”
investment in the agri-
cultural sector, he said.
Meanwhile, onion
prices stayed unchanged
at Rs 40-50 a kg in the retail markets
of the four metros today, while prices
of tomato and garlic continued to
remain a cause for worry. Nafed and
some other agri cooperatives have
started selling onion at Rs 35 per kg
at their retail outlets. sns
Land sharks on the prowl in Rajarhat, again
tarun goswami
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The Housing and
Infrastructure Development
Corporation (Hidco), after using ques-
tionable means to acquire land from
farmers to set up the New Town at
Rajarhat, is now looking the other way
when many of the latter have started
farming on the land acquired by the
corporation, even as the farmers them-
selves are alleging that agents of land
sharks have started buying land afresh
in Garageri, Shekharpur, Bramhapur
moujas which fall under Bhangar
Rajarhat Area Development Authority.
In Ghuni, Yatragachi, Kadamba-
pukur, Patharghata, Chapna and Rekjo-
ani moujas, the farmers have begun
cultivating paddy. Shallow tubewells
have been installed to lift water from
the Bagjola canal for irrigation ~ the
deep tubewells previously in use were
taken off service when Hudco acquired
the land. The farmers are also engaged
in vegetable cultivation along the bank
of Bagjola canal. "We are farmers. Land
was taken from us forcibly and we are
going to put up stiff resistance if Hidco
officials or even Mr Gautam Deb (the
housing minister) come here,” a farmer
said at Rekjoani. The farmers said some
local CPI-M leaders had asked them not
to cultivate land which do not "belong"
to them. “We chased them out and told
them not to come back,” they said. “We
have no faith in CPI-M or Trinamul
Congress," they said.
Hidco officials said they were keep-
ing an eye on the situation. “The issue
is sensitive and any attempt to use
force now could be counterproduc-
tive,” said a senior official.
It may be recalled that the informa-
tion that the state government would
stop purchase and sale of land in 21
moujas in Rajarhat in 1997 was leaked
out to land sharks, who bought land
outside these moujas at throwaway
prices from the farmers and later sold
them to Hidco at a premium.
Now, once again, the land mafia is
approaching farmers, making tall
promises in a bid to get land from
them. But this time they face resistance
from the local people. Mr Abdul Khalek
Molla, a farmer of Rekjoani, said agents
of land sharks are approaching them
and have indicated they are ready to
pay huge amounts. "We know what
they are promising is false. They are
gearing up to take over our land at
cheap prices. We have told our fellow
farmers not to get carried away by the
promises made by real estate agents."
"They have prepared a list of farmers
who have taken loans from the market
but are unable to repay it or whose
daughter's marriage is in the near
future or have personal emergencies,"
Mr Nilotpal Dutta, secretary of the
Rajarhat Jami Bachao Committee, said.
The land sharks are taking advantage
of the "political scene", Mr Dutta
added. "They and their agents are
receiving tacit support from local politi-
cal leaders of all hues," he said.
Deb announces panel
Housing minister, Mr Gautam Deb,
told the Assembly that he has asked his
department to constitute a committee
to look into the complaints of the farm-
ers of Rajarhat that they were given less
compensation for their lands. He
requested that the Congress leader, Dr
Manas Bhuinya, head the committee
and look into the farmers' grievances.

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2G Spectrum scam: Raja and Radia may be grilled again by CBI

press trust of india
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The CBI is likely to
again question former telecom minister Mr A
Raja, corporate lobbyist Mrs Niira Radia and
others even as the probe agency may book
some of the people questioned in connection
with the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam under
the Official Secrets Act.
Mr Raja, who was grilled for 16 hours on
last Friday and Saturday, is likely to be quizzed
again as he failed to give satisfactory answers
to queries related to controversial advance-
ment of dates for allocation of spectrum and
alleged funding of some of the telecom com-
panies by his kin, official sources said here.
The 47-year-old DMK leader was asked to
clarify the contents of certain documents,
seized by the agency during its raids on
department of telecom offices in October last
year after registering a case against unknown
officers of DoT and telecom companies.
The CBI questioning also focused on
tapped conversation of Mrs Radia as it sought
more details and clarifications from him, the
sources said. Mrs Radia, who was quizzed at
her farmhouse earlier this week for four
hours, is likely to again face the CBI sleuths
who claimed to have recovered some docu-
ments from computers seized from her office
during searches on 15 December.
The CBI is also planning to question again
some of the former bureaucrats and alleged
hawala operators it had grilled earlier.
The CBI and Enforcement Directorate,
which have been told by the Supreme Court
to finish the probe by February next year, held
a meeting during which efforts to give
momentum to the process of tracing funds
were discussed by the sleuths, the sources
said.
Letters Rogatory (LR) would also be sent to
at least three countries including Singapore by
the CBI to know about the financial trail in the
multi-crore scam as the agency has alleged
that some of the relatives of the DMK leader
were associated with the case.
In a related move, the CBI is likely to book
some of the people whose premises were
searched in connection with the 2G scam
under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) after it
claimed to have found copies of certain classi-
fied government documents from the com-
puters seized during the raids.
The sources said legal opinion was being
sought on whether some of the people could
be booked under the OSA for procuring sen-
sitive documents classified as “secret”, “confi-
dential” and “restricted”.
The CBI had questioned Mrs Niira Radia for
four hours on December 21, 2010 at her farm-
house in south Delhi on her alleged role in the
Rs 22,000-crore 2G spectrum scam.
Mrs Radia was asked about her bank trans-
actions and her conversations by the
Enforcement Directorate (ED) which grilled
her on allegations of money laundering last
month.
Speaker to convene fresh meeting to end House stalemate
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: In a bid to end the government-Opposition standoff over the
demand for a JPC into the 2G spectrum issue, Lok Sabha Speaker Ms Meira
Kumar is expected to make another effort this week to bring the warring sides to
the dialogue table.
“The Speaker will call a meeting of important leaders this week to discuss on
how to break the deadlock. She is keen to have a meeting,” Parliament sources
said, adding that the meeting could take place before New Year. The “informal”
meeting could provide an opportunity to both parties who have taken a “hard
stance” on the issue and the Speaker could play the role of facilitator to break
the ice, they said. Ms Kumar had recently made a fresh appeal to political parties
to find a solution to the impasse over the Opposition demand for a JPC on the 2G
spectrum issue which washed off the entire winter session of Parliament.
“Dialogue is the only way to get a solution,” she said recently, adding “this has
commenced and I hope a positive result will come soon....” While the Opposition
stalled Parliament during the winter session over its demand for a JPC, the ruling
UPA has also remained adamant on not going for a JPC. sns

Terror alert in country

Japanese university sorry for death
of bullied Indian student
TOKYO, 27 DEC: A Japanese university today
apologised to the family of an Indian student who

ahead of New Year

press trust of india
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Ahead of the
New Year, the home ministry has sounded a
country-wide terror alert, especially for
Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa and Bangalore,
after getting intelligence inputs that Pakistan-
based group Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba was planning
to strike.
The Centre asked all the states to tighten
security by deploying additional forces at all
sensitive locations to prevent any terror attack.
The police of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa
and Bangalore have been put on high alert and
specific instructions have been issued for tak-
ing all possible steps to foil any attempt by LeT
terrorists to disturb peace, official sources said.
The intelligence inputs suggested that LeT
teams have already entered Mumbai and
Ahmedabad and may strike at any time. The
inputs also suggested that the terrorists may try
to target one of the properties of the Taj group
of hotels in Mumbai.
The software hub Bangalore and tourists
paradise Goa are also high on the list of terror-
ists. Security forces have already launched
“house-to-house” searches in some specific
areas in Mumbai.
Additional forces have been deployed in all
committed suicide in 2007, after leaving a note saying
he would kill himself because of bullying at school.
The student, then aged 20, at Otemon Gakuin Unive-
rsity in Osaka prefecture, jumped from a building
three years ago, leaving a note saying, “The bullying I
keep getting at school...Cannot take it any more.” afp
Probe into security lapse during PM’s visit
Look-out notice for LeT militants THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 27 DEC: Kerala Police have
begun a probe into a security lapse during Prime Mini-
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Mumbai police today alerted immigration desk at Mumbai's Chhatrapati ster Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Thrissur on 25 Dece-
Shivaji International Airport with a look-out notice against four suspected Lashkar-e- mber when a private car from a by-lane almost entered
Taiyyaba terrorists lest they flee the country fearing possible crackdown.Massive manhunt the main road through which his convoy was moving.
to nab them is on for almost a week as the Crime Branch as well as Intelligence Bureau “Policemen were posted there and it should not have
agents claim the four wanted LeT men are holed up the the city but are afraid of imminent happened. A report has been sought on how the lapse
arrest. occurred,” DGP Mr Jacob Punnoose said. He, however,
The Crime Branch issued look-out notice Monday morning which confirms that police said the car, driven by a local man, had not reached
have enough details about terror suspects to facilitate their interception at the airport. Last anywhere near the Prime Minister's car. The pilot vehic-
week end Crime Branch chief joint commissioner Mr Himanshu Roy had released a photo les of the convoy noticed the car and turned it away. The
of Walid Jinnah one of the four wanted men. Other three, who are all foreign nationals convoy had to be halted for a minute, he said. The conv-
claims police commissioner Mr Sanjeev Dayal, are Mahfouz Alam, Abdul kareen Moosa and oy was proceeding from Kuttanellur helipad to Thrissur
Noor Abu Ilahi. The police say they entered into the country crossing the Indo-Bangladesh Town Hall where the Prime Minister later paid homage
border. to veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran, who passed
Police sources claim the “missionaries of terror” are apparently finding it difficult to come away on 23 December, when the incident occurred. pti
out and strike because of massive manhunt. The state government has asked its newly
formed Force One as well as National Security Guards to be high alert. The Christmas festi- Marshal Arjan Singh visits WAC
ities have passed without unsavoury incident. The New Year bash during coming week-end NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The Marshal of the Indian Air
has put an enormous pressure on security forces. The police claim tey are confident of nab- Force Mr Arjan Singh visited the Western Air Command
bing the suspects provided they are holed up in any part of Mumbai. sns here today. He was received by Air Marshal Mr NAK
Browne, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air
sensitive and crowded places, including mar- the Akshardham temple in the Gujarat capital. Command and was presented a Guard of Honour. Air
kets, religious places, bus and railway stations. Terrorists had attacked Bangalore's Indian Marshal Browne briefed the Marshal on the achievem-
Both Mumbai and Ahmedabad had faced Institute of Science on 29 December, 2005 that ents of the Command. sns
several terrorist attacks in the past including killed a senior academician while on 25 July,
A man joins a protest by the Gujjar community in Ajmer
‘LeT militant participated in stone-pelting’
the 26 November, 2008 strike in the commer- 2008 six subsequent blasts killed 3 persons SOPORE, 27 DEC: A top Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba militant had
cial capital and 25 September, 2002 attack on and injured 20 others in the same city. on Monday against the court order on reservation. afp taken part in the recent unrest in Kashmir Valley and
had even hurled stones at security forces, police said
today. Adullah Yuni, a self-styled LeT division comman-

Icons fair game in Maharashtra politics

statesman news service
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Casting Maratha war-
rior Chhatrapati Shivaji’s Guru Dadoji
Konddeo into a caste mould ~ he was
Brahmin by birth ~ as an excuse to
denigrate him is the latest provocation
for Shiv Sena and its bete noire
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena to raise a
war cry, albeit separately, against the
Congress-Nationalist Congress Party
coalition in Maharashtra. Protesting
against the issue, they have called for a
bandh in Pune tomorrow. They had ear-
lier threatened to take to the streets all
over the state if the government tries to
surreptitiously propagate Brahmin vs
Maratha politics.
Cousins Mr Udhav Thackeray and Mr
Raj Thackeray today objected to the
removal of Guru Dadoji’s statue from
Lal Mahal, a municipal museum in
Pune, early this morning. Both Shiv
Sena and MNS have accused the state
government, the NCP in particular, for
fomenting a caste controversy in the
state.
Over a month, a little known
Sambhaji Brigade (named after Shivaji’s
son slain by Aurangzeb), a brain child of
MNC, has been campaigning across the
state taking serious objection to the
presence of Guru Dadoji’s statute inside
the museum. Last week, Pune
Municipal Corporation passed a resolu-
tion to shift the statue somewhere else.
In its place, the Congress-NCP ruled
civic body had decided to install a stat-
ue of Shahaji Raje, Shivaji’s father.
MNS president Mr Raj Thackeray
said he was not against bringing in
Shahaji Raje’s statue but not at the cost
of Guru Dadoji who he pointed out to assert that the Maratha warrior did
der in North Kashmir, is a Pakistani national and is one
of the most wanted militants in the Valley, DIG Mr Munir
Khan told reporters here. “The surprising thing is that
militants like Yuni not only sponsored the protests but
also physically participated in stone-pelting in Sopore,”
trained Shivaji in guerrilla warfare since not pick up his lessons in warfare at he said. The militant was involved in half-a-dozen
the age of seven. Shiv Sena executive “the feet of a Brahmin tutor.” The gunfights with security forces. pti
president Mr Udhav Thackeray gave a Sambhaji Brigade, which spearheads
call for Pune bandh for Tuesday and this new ideology, enjoys tacit patron- Nirupama Rao may visit Nepal
challenged the city’s municipality that age of NCP. They have openly ques- NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The foreign secretary, Ms Niru-
his party would “do everything to re- tioned the authenticity of history of pama Rao, is likely to visit Nepal next month. Nepal
install Guru Dadoji’s statue.” MNS pres- Maratha kingdom written by veteran has been in the news of late for its failure to form a
ident has asked the government not to writer Mr Babasaheb Purandare who is new government and India has been watching the
identify historical personalities by their considered an authority on the Maratha political drama with interest. Ms Rao’s visit is tentat-
caste. warrior. “His writings have no basis,” ively fixed from 18 January and she is likely to hold
Analysts claim Pune civic body’s claims Sambhaji Brigade although it discussions on a wide range of bilateral issues with
decision to segregate statues of Shivaji refrains from citing Mr Purandare as senior political leaders and government officials. sns
and Guru Dadoji is a conscious move Brahmin by birth.

CLASSIFIEDS
Mumbai) of Motion. I say that the Assurances, and therefore, it is there is no relief claimed by final stage for ex parte order per the Schedule annexed to ing at Vinayak Bhawan, 501, BH/12, BH/14, BH/15, BH/16, Class-I Contractors of P.W.D.
EDUCATIONAL Notice of Motion was made just and proper to join the me against the Respondent. In and I do not want to take any the Chamber Summons and Rabindra Sarani, Kolkata- BH/20, BK/18, BK/19, BK/20, (R&B) & bona fide outsiders
... Respondent
I, Kirit Jaswantlal Kothari, absolute in terms of prayer Respondent as Defendant No. the aforesaid circumstances, chance and out of abundant the Chamber Summons taken 700005. BK/21, CG/14, CH/12. for the work: “Construction
WALK-IN Interview age 56 years, Indian (b). I say that the Defendant 2 for getting the name of the the provisions of Section 80 is caution, I want join the out by me be made absolute ....Petitioner For Broadway Realtors Pvt. of English-medium
before the Selection Inhabitant, residing at Crown- has been served by publica- Defendant deleted from the not applicable and hence I am Respondent as Defendant No. with costs. Whereas the abovenamed Ltd. Government Madrasah at
Committee along with B/102, 1st Floor, Vasant tion. I say that I have also filed Agreement for Sale Dt. 13-3- not giving Notice U/Sec. 80(2) 2 to the above suit. Sd/- Petitioner who is the son of Kalyan Roy Banjetia, Berhampore in the
Original Testimonials and Marval, Western Express affidavit of Evidence and 2007. I, therefore, pray that I of C.P.C. to the Respondent as 6. I say and submit that Advocate for Plaintiff the deceased has applied for Executive Director District of Murshidabad
attested copies will be held on Highway, near Samarpan, compilation of original docu- may be allowed to join the the said Notice is not required. there is no delay in taking out Sd/- letters or administration P-593, Purnadas Road under Berhampore Division
05-01-2011 at 11-30 a.m. in the Borivali (East), Mumbai- ments. Respondent as Defendant No. 5. I say and submit that till Chamber Summons as I want Plaintiff before the Ld. Chief Judge of Kolkata-700029. C01304 No.-1, PWD during the year
Chamber of the Teacher-in- 400066, the plaintiff above- 3. I say and submit that even 2 as per Schedule annexed to now question of joining the to join the Respondent as VERIFICATION this Ld. Court on 17-04-2010 in 2010-11”. Estimated Amount:
Charge for appointment of named, do hereby state on though Respondent is not nec- the Chamber Summons. I say Respondent has not arisen. I party Defendant No. 2 as a I, Kirit Jaswantlal Kothari, respect of the Debts worth Rs. Rs. 4,94,81,543.00. Earnest
Guest Teachers (Honorary) in TENDERS
solemn affirmation as under: essary and proper party in the and submit that the say and submit that even formal party and no relief is age 56 years, Indian 5,62,345.00. Left behind by the Money: @2% for each work
the following subjects: 1. I say that I have filed the above suit and direction can Respondent be joined as Hon’ble Court has never claimed against the Inhabitant, the plaintiff late Durga Devi Saraff who INDIAN CENTRE FOR as Per G.O. Last date & time
Mathematics, Chemistry, above suit against the be also given to the Defendant No. 2 to the above raised the issue regarding join- Respondent and if this abovenamed, residing at died on 28-12-2007 who used ADVANCEMENT OF of receiving application: 10-01-
English, Bengali, History, Defendants for declaration Respondent herein to delete suit as a formal party and no ing Respondent as party Hon’ble Court comes to con- Crown-B/102, 1st Floor, Vasant to reside at 501, Rabindra 2011 up to 2-30 p.m. Period of
RESEARCH AND
Sanskrit, Computer that / the Defendant has no name of the Defendant from relief is claimed against the Defendant No. 2 to the above clusion that there is delay, the Marval, W.E. Highway, near Sarani, P.S.: Jorabagan, sale of technical biding docu-
Application for Commrce. EDUCATION, HALDIA
right, title and interest in the Agreement for Sale dated 13-3- Respondent. suit. I say that the Notice of same be condoned in the inter- Samarpan, Borivali (East), Kolkata-700005. ICARE Complex ment: 13-01-2011 from 12 noon
Teacher-in-Charge suit flat i.e. B-102, 1st Floor, 2007. However, the matter is 4. I say that the Notice as Motion is decided and made est of justice. Mumbai-400066, do hereby Now it is notified for to 4 p.m. Time and date of
Abhedananda P.O.: Hatiberia-721657
Vasant Marval, Western being heard ex parte, out of contemplated U / Sec. 80(2) of absolute in terms of prayer 7. In the above circum- solemnly affirm and say that General Information that any- received of technical bid: 18-01-
Mahavidyalaya abundant caution, I want to C.P.C. is not required and so (b). There is no observation by stances, I pray that I may be whatever stated in the forego- one having any objection Dist.: Purba Medinipur 2011 up to 2-00 p.m. Time and
Express Highway, near
Sainthia, Birbhum C01303
Samarpan, Borivali (East), join the Respondent as also leave to file the suit as the Hon’ble Court that the allowed to implead and / or ing affidavit is true and cor- against the said application NOTICE INVITING date of verification & scruti-
Mumbai-400066 and also for Defendant No. 2 to the above required U/Sec. 80(2) of C.P.C. Sub-Registrar will be neces- join the Respondent as rect to my knowledge and may appear either in person TENDER ny of Original Documents by
LEGAL NOTICES direction, directing Sub- suit. I further say that even is not necessary. The said sary party. However, as stated Defendnat No. 2 to the above belief. or through authorised agent Sealed quotation(s) are invit- the “Screening Committee” on
Registrar of Assurances, the even without joining Notice be dispensed with as above, now the matter is at suit and allow amendment as Solemnly affirmed at before this Learned Court on ed from the experienced and 20-01-2011. Date of displaying
CORRIGENDUM Respondent herein, to delete Respondent this Hon’ble Mumbai 11-01-2011 at 10-30 a.m. and to reputed manufacturer(s) / the list of qualifying bidder:
In the Legal Notice column the name of the Defendant Court can also grant mandato- This 15th day of September, file written objection, if any, supplier(s) for the supply of 25-01-2011. Place and period of
of the Classified Section on from Agreement for Sale ry order and direction, direct- 2010 thereagainst, in default the sale of financial bidding docu-
700 Nos. Computers for
Page 2 of our edition dated dated 13th March, 2007 exe- ing the Respondent to delete Identified & explained by said application shall be decid- ment: At the office of the con-
Wednesday, 8 December, 2010 Research and Development
cuted between Capt. Ashok the name of the Defendant Kolkata : Statesman House, 4, Chowringhee Square Mumbai : 5, Kasturi Buildings Jamshedji Tata Road, me ed ex parte. Centre at ICARE Complex, cerned Executive Engineer
the 1st Notice with Headline Sharma and his wife with the from Agreement for Sale Dt. Kolkata-700 001 Tel: (033) 22127070-76, 22127990-92 Mumbai-400 020 Sd/- By Order from 12 noon to 4-00 p.m on
“In The Bombay City Civil Fax: (033) 2212-6181 / 9473 Tel: (022) 2202 1045, 2202 1394, Fax: 2204 4877 Haldia. Specification: Dual
Plaintiff and Defendant and 13-3-2007. I say that the Plaintiff Dipak Kumar Roy 04-02-2011. Time and date of
Court At Bombay, Borivali Respondent is not joined as a Email: thestatesman@vsnl.com Email: sman@vsnl.com, rishi.bhandoo@gmail.com
Sd/- Superintendent Core 2.5 GHz or Pentium IV- receipt of financial bid: Up to
also for permanent order and advt@thestatesman.net
Division Dindoshi” was pub- party Defendant because I am Bangalore : 4301, High Point IV 45, Palace Road, Before Me City Civil Court, Calcutta 3.0 GHz, 1GB Ram, 160 GB 2-00 p.m., 10-02-2011 (as indi-
injunction, restraining the Delhi : Statesman House, 148, Barakhamba Road, Bangalore-560 001
lished in error. The correct Defendant, his servants claim- not claiming any reliefs Tel: (080) 22259129/ 22204813 Advocate for the Plaintiff Dated: 23-12-2010 C01305
HDD, NIC Card, 15” TFT, cated in Clause 3 of NIT) at
New Delhi-110 001 Tel: (011) 2331 5911
notice pursuant to the order ing through or under him against the Respondent. I say Fax: (011) 2331 5295 Email: tsmbangalore@yahoo.com, thestatesman.sangeeta@gmail.com (B0003) C01302 Keyboard, Mouse. the Office of the
dated: 28-12-2010 is as given from selling, transferring, reliefs which are asked by me Email: sman@nde.vsnl.net.in, delhistatesman@yahoo.com Chennai : Fagun Mansion (4th floor) 26, Ethirai Road, Completion period: 01 (one) Superintending Engineer,
below: 3/10, INS Building (3rd floor) Rafi Marg, I, DEBANANDA Singha,
alienating, incumbering and / in the plaint can be granted
New Delhi-110 001, Tel: (011) 2371 8434
Chennai-600 105,Tel: (044) 28278037, 28279984 PUBLIC shall henceforth be known as
month. Quotation to be sub- Central Circle, PWD. Time
IN THE BOMBAY or creating any third party without joining Respondent Fax: 28224800 Email: statesman@eth.net
mitted deposited within 12-01- and date of opening
Email: shivaji.samaddar@gmail.com rajeshkanna5000@rediffmail.com NOTIFICATIONS Debanand Sinha, vide affi-
CITY CIVIL COURT AT rights in the suit flat and / or as party Defendant to the suit. Ishan House (2nd floor) A-90, Sector IINOIDA, 2011 (3 p.m.) along with ST & “Financial Offer”: At 2-30
BORIVALI DIVISION However, out of abundant Hyderabad : The Statesman Limited 2nd Floor, GENERAL NOTICE davit sworn before Notary p.m. of 10-02-2011 by the
raising any loan and / or mort- UP 201 301
UNI Building A.C. Guards IT Clearance Certificate.
DINDOSHI MUMBAI gaging the suit flat to any caution and as the suit is for Tel: (0120) 95120-3052911, Fax: (0120) 95120-2547216
Hyderabad-500004, Ph.: 040-2339 1739
In the City Civil Court Public, 24-Parganas (North), Superintending Engineer,
at Calcutta Opening date & time: 12-01-
Chamber Summons No. third party or any institution ex parte evidence and hearing Siliguri : Plot No. 13A, Dabgram Industrial Growth Centre Email: thestatesman.hyd@gmail.com West Bengal on 22-11-2010. Central Circle, PWD /
P.O. Fulbari, Dist. Jalpaiguri, Siliguri-734218 Before the 2011 at 3-30 p.m.
562 of 2010 and for interim and ad-inter- and unless directions is given Lucknow : 2/2, Butler Palace (Near Jopling Road) C01300 Chairman, Screening
Tel: (0353) 2568063, 2568615, 2568787, 2568685. Ld. Chief Bench Secretary
In im reliefs. by this Hon’ble Court, the Fax: (0353) 2568296, Email: kkchy1108@sify.com
Lucknow-226 001, Ph.: (0522) 2206705, THE FOLLOWING plot Committee. All other details
Respondent will not delete 9415920949 Email: soumen.bose@rediffmail.com L.A. CASE NO. 11 OF 2010 Date: 24-12-2010 information regarding said
S.C. Suit No. 1174 of 2009 2. I say that the Defendant is slg_statesman@yahoo.co.in holders of Ujjaini Project at
name of Defendant from Ranchi : 11/C, Road#1, Ashoknagar, Ranchi - 834 002 In the Matter of: (B0001) C01301
N.I.T. will be available from
Kirit Jaswantlal Kothari my son and the suit flat is in City Office: H/0 Mr. S. K. Raha, 1st Floor (opp. Jayenpur failed to comply
Kanchanjungha Stadium) 16, Bidhan Road, Fax: (0651) 2247054
... Plaintiff the joint names of myself and Agreement for Sale Dt. 13-3- Email: binodenarayansingh@yahoo.co.in
Durga Devi Saraff, since with our Clause No. 6 as stip- the Office of the
Siliguri-734015. Tel: (0353) 2524077 N.I.T. NO.-25 OF
-Vs- my son – Defendant herein. I 2007, it is necessary to join the deceased, wife of late Om ulated in the Booking Superintending Engineer,
Bhubaneswar : Plot 3A, Zone B, Sector A, Mancheswar Bhopal : Mr. Yogesh Kumar D-Sector-294 Nehru
Murugesh Kirit Kothari say that after filing the above Respondent to the suit as Nagar, Kotra, Bhopal, (M): 9424242664 Prakash Saraff, used to reside (Business Proposal) form and 2010-2011 OF SECC Central Circle, PWD,
| Industrial Estate, Bhubaneswar-751 010.
... Defendant suit, I applied for ad-interim Defendant No. 2. I say that the Tel: (0674) 2588060/61/62/2586371, Raipur : Mr. Manish Saluja 53, Sahid Samarak Complex at 501, Rabindra Sarani, P.S.: hence the Management is (PWD) (ABRIDGED) Berhampore, Murshidabad on
-And- reliefs and His Honour Judge Agreement for Sale Dt. 13-3- Telefax: 0674-2588061 Bombay Market, G.E. Road, Raipur 492001 Jorabagan, Kolkata-700005. compelled to invoke the Superintending Engineer, any working date.
State of Maharashtra Shri S. W. Chavan was pleased 2007 is registered document Email: tamasamitra@yahoo.com, statesmanbbsr@vsnl.net Tel.: 5035985, (M): 9425202097 -And- Clause No. 6. Central Circle, PWD invites Superintending Engineer
(through Sub-Registrar of to grant ad-interim order in registered with the office of AIR-SURCHARGE; Kathmandu — 15 Paise, Eastern Region — 10 Paise In the Matter of: Plot Nos.: AC/17, AG/11, application for Pre-qualifica- Central Circle, PWD
Assurances, Borivali, terms of prayer (b) of Notice the Sub-Registrar of All other stations in India — 15 paise Rajesh Kumar Saraff, resid- AJ/11, BH/1, BH/2, BH/3, tion of tenders from Enlisted (B0002) C01299

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INDIA KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010 3

Fog disrupts flights, train

‘SC should intervene in recovering black money stashed abroad’
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The senior BJP leader, Mr LK CBI raids. The loot has not been recovered yet, but if
Advani, today sought to give the Supreme Court a larger some action has started, the principal determinant has
part of the credit for compelling the government to take been the Supreme Court. I hope in a matter linked up with

services in Delhi & Kolkata

ians & sns several flights were disrupted for the
second consecutive day on Monday
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA, 27 DEC:
Flight and trains schedules were
as fog enveloped the national capi-
tal, leaving a large number of pas-
action against corruption but expressed the hope that the this problem of corruption the Supreme Court will once
apex court would play a role to ensure that black money again play a decisive role,” Mr Advani wrote in his blog.
stashed away in foreign banks was brought back to the He further added: “If for several months now the only
country as well. word heard and reverberating in every nook and corner of
“The JPC has not been set up; but Mr A Raja has been the country is corruption, the credit for this goes to three
removed, the Maharashtra CM (chief minister) changed, constitutional authorities, the Supreme Court, the parlia-
and Mr Suresh Kalmadi and his colleagues subjected to ment and the Comptroller and Auditor General.” sns
Maoists damage INFORMATION WANTED INFORMATION WANTED

again disrupted today as heavy fog sengers stranded.

enveloped the National Capital. The
weather office, however, forecast a
sunny day ahead.
Many passengers were stranded at
the Indira Gandhi International
Airport here with several flights run-
ning behind schedule.
The India Meteorological
Department (IMD) said the fog
would clear, making way for a sunny
day. “As the sun comes out and
winds start to blow, the fog will clear
up,” an IMD official said.
The minimum temperature was
6.1 degree Celsius, a notch below
the average for this time of the sea-
son. The maximum is expected to
hover around 19 degree Celsius, he
added.
The heavy fog also caused humidi-
ty levels to escalate as the maximum
was recorded at 100 per cent, he
said.
The minimum temperature, how-
ever, is expected to rise in the next
few days as showers are expected in
the next couple of days, the official
said.
The coldest day of the season so
far was 22 December when the mini-
mum temperature dipped to 5.2
degree Celsius.
The civil aviation minister, Mr
Praful Patel, today said the heavy fog
in the national Capital has decreased
the visibility below 50 metres due to
which even the state-of-the-art
instrument landing system (ILS)
CAT-III B wasn’t effective.
Maintaining that the authorities
had managed to handle the situation
Kingfisher Airlines
announced the launch of five new
today
flights on its domestic network
including two for Jabalpur and
Belgaum from Mumbai.
The new flights to be introduced
include Mumbai-Jabalpur, Jabalpur-
Indore, Indore-Mumbai, Mumbai-
Belgaum and Belgaum-Mumbai.
In a statement, the executive vice
president (commercial) Kingfisher
Airlines Limited, Mr Manoj Chacko,
said while flights to Belgaum will
commence next year from 10
January, the flights from Mumbai to
Jabalpur and Indore will commence
from 24 January.
Meanwhile, flight operations in
the morning from Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose airport were affected
for the second day today as a result
of poor visibility caused by dense fog
in Delhi.
Jet Airways had to cancel its flight
from Kolkata to Port Blair because
the aircraft which was to be used in
this sector was scheduled to come
here from Delhi. Because of delayed
arrival from Delhi due to fog in the
Capital, the stipulated last time of
departure for flights from Kolkata to
Port Blair was over. As a result of
which the flight had to be cancelled
today.
Departure of all morning flights
from Kolkata to Delhi was delayed by
about two hours. Flights coming
here from Delhi were also behind
schedule between one and two
hours.
WEATHER PLAYS SPOILSPORT~ A soft drinks vendor near India Spice jet had to cancel one of its
rail tracks, NMDC
shipments halted
statesman news service
RAIPUR, 27 DEC: Iron ore shipments by
NMDC Ltd, India’s largest iron ore producer
and exporter in the public sector, were halted This is the photograph of Promi
This is the photograph of Deluah
Molla, S/of Jaitun Molla of Goyas,
today from its key mines in Chhattisgarh after Chatterjee, D/of Pradip Kr. Chatterjee of
Vill.: Khaprel Bazar (near Habibpur OP),
Vill.+P.O.: Goyas, P.S.: Karipur, Dist.:
Maoists damaged rail tracks, police officers P.O.: Medinipur, P.S.: Kotowali, Dist.: W. Nadia, who has been missing since
said. Medinipore, who has been missing since 21-10-2010 from Residence.
Description of this missing person is:
The sabotage derailed a train loaded with 20-10-2010 from residence.
Description of this missing person is: Age: 10 years; Complexion: Dark;
iron ore and railway authorities were working Age: 15 years; Complexion: Sallow; Height: 4’-5”; Wearing: Red shirt &
hard to clear tracks. “The iron ore transporta- Height: 5’-6”; Wearing: Churidar;
Language: Bengali.
Black pant. Language: Bengali.
Please inform whereabouts of the
tion has been stopped since Monday early Please inform whereabouts of the missing person to the Spl. Supdt. of
hours as the tracks have been damaged by missing person to the Spl. Supdt. of Police, C.I.D. (W.B.), Bhawani
Maoists, some 25 km away from Bailadila hills Police, C.I.D. (W.B.), Bhawani Bhavan,
Kolkata-700027. Ph.: 033-24506120.
Bhavan, Kolkata-700027. Ph.: 033-
24506120.
in Dantewada district, where NMDC has five ...5521(2)ICA/2010... ...5527(2)ICA2010...
mines,” a senior company official told The
Statesman requesting his name be withheld
as he is not authorised to speak to the media.
A local police officer Mr Gaur Gopal said
that an engine with six goods wagons carrying
iron ore derailed at Kaimloor in the insur- Results of 346th Bangalakshmi Draw held
gency-riddled Dantewada district and the rail- on 27-12-2010 at Tarapada Memorial
Hall, 37, G.C. Ave., Kolkata-13.
way authorities were working hard to resume Present
services. The accident site is located some 420 Sri Kingshuk Pal
km south of capital Raipur, under Waltair divi- Smt. Krishna Chakraborty
1st Prize: One:
sion of the East Coast Railway. Rs. 5,00,000: V-315869
“Maoists have damaged the tracks with a 2nd Prize: One:
Rs. 1,00,000: V-306849
basic intent to halt iron ore shipment of the 3rd Prize: One:
NMDC. A few leaflets of Maoists were found Rs. 50,000: W-396740
4th Prize: Rs. 5,000 each: 89480
at the damaged tracks site in which rebels 5th Prize: Rs. 1,000 each
have vowed to carry more such attacks on rail 13469 28389 34575 58685 17507
tracks,’’ said Mr SRP Kalluri, district police 49947 48794 56149 91480 26072
6th Prize: Rs. 500 each
chief of Dantewada. He added that police 84055 50166 50579 78287 73359
have stepped up vigil around rail tracks in the 90460 69704 40515 13633 92417
7th Prize: Rs. 50 each
forested parts of the district where Maoists 8005 8099 0236 9356 7748
are traditionally strong. 6237 0806 8875 9039 5172
The NMDC has normal dispatches of 8464 4129 7263 7022 7220

Gate in New Delhi waits for the sky to clear on Monday. afp
2790 7689 7072 4134 1437
well, the minister said flights cannot flights as a result of delay in Delhi. 56,000 tons a day but its shipments have been 8th Prize: Rs. 20 each
operate if the visibility is less than 50 Some of the flights in the afternoon hit hard in the recent months in the wake of 1992 2959 8417 1639 7476

metres. and trained pilots to land even when Despite the airlines having the ser- leaving Kolkata were also delayed as the Maoists often calling shutdowns in the
6686 0157 4792 2741 1914
7875 2075 8084 6278 8564
The technologically superior ILS the runway visibility is just 50 vices of more than 2,000 pilots a result of delayed arrivals and area and the railways withdrawing rakes fear- 5649 7987 3901 7324 5044

CAT-IIIB allows compliant aircraft metres. trained to use CAT II and CAT III ILS, departure in the morning. ing attacks by the guerrillas. Claim by 25-01-2011. Claim for prizes above
Rs. 5,000 shall be received and paid by the
Directorate of State Lotteries, rest by
Stockists. Official Result Sheet Final. 69,

ED confiscates Adnan’s property

Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata-700013.

Chomsky, 81 others press trust of india

Cong cautious on Phone Nos.: 2236-4688 / 89.

demand Sen’s release
indo-asian news service
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Support continued to mount for jailed rights
activist Dr Binayak Sen, with noted American scholar Noam Chomsky
and 81 other intellectuals and academicians today expressing shock
at the life sentence awarded to him and a protest staged here to
demand justice for him.
“Dr Binayak Sen has never resorted to violence against any other
person, never incited anyone else to resort to violence, never entered
into any conspiracy against the constitutional order of the country
and never entered into regular service of any organisation that was
involved in any such conspiracy, for furthering its cause,” a statement
issued by Prof Chomsky and the others said.
“Yet he has been handed down this sentence whose savagery is
unbelievable. Such an action on the part of the state in the name of
preserving the constitutional order will only serve to undermine that
constitutional order itself,” the statement, signed by professors,
activists, lawyers and eminent personalities like Romila Thapar,
Mushirul Hasan, Ashok Mitra, Prashant Bhushan and Teesta Setalvad,
said. The Raipur district and sessions court had on 24 December sen-
tenced Sen, a doctor by training, to life imprisonment for sedition and
links with the outlawed Maoists.
“The damage done by this shocking verdict to our constitutional
order must be undone. The higher judiciary of the country must hear
his appeal expeditiously, must grant him immediate bail till the end
of the appeal process, and must judge his case with enlightened rea-
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has
confiscated eight flats and five car parking spaces of singer
Adnan Sami in a high-rise building here and slapped a Rs
Telangana issue NEXT ATTRACTION
New Year Bumper Draw on 04-01-2011
347th Bangalakshmi Draw on 17-01-2011
20 lakh fine on him for acquiring assets without permission statesman news service
of the Reserve Bank of India as he was a Pakistani national.
The properties, located in Oberoi Sky Garden Housing Society NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: With the separate Telangana statehood
in posh Lokhandwala complex in suburban Andheri, were demand hotting up ahead of the submission of the Justice
Appointment
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Management (acquisition and transfer of immovable December, the Congress central leadership has started treading Friday & Sunday.
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immovable property in India without taking permission of against each other cutting across political party lines ~ the
the RBI. The properties were confiscated following an order Congress national spokesman Mr Shakeel Ahmed today said:
passed by the Foreign Exchange “The Congress is not against smaller states, but it is for evolv-
Management Act adjudication ing a consensus (in Telangana’s case) for which attempts have
authority. Confirming the been made. Srikrishna report is expected now and after that
development, Sami's lawyer Vibhav the UPA government will take a final decision.”
Krishna told PTI, “We have received a The Congress spokesman refused to spell out the party’s
copy of the order but the properties position on the Telangana issue, maintaining that the party will
have not yet been confiscated. We be able to give its reaction only after the Srikrishna panel sub-
have a right to appeal before the mits its report. Mr Ahmed also declined to answer queries
appellate forum of FEMA and we shall about Congress MPs from the Telangana region going on an
exercise this right within two days.” indefinite fast in Hyderabad from today to press for withdraw-
Sami had purchased these al of police cases registered against all pro-Telangana state-
properties in 2003 for Rs 2.53 hood students. “These are specific issues concerning the state.
crore. In 2008, he gifted five flats The Congress in-charge of Andhra Pradesh (the Union law
and three parking slots to his wife minister Mr Veerappa Moily) would respond to them.”
Sabah Galadari, a UAE national. The Congress dismissed the pro-Telangana TRS chief, Mr K
Later, his relations with Sabah Chandrashekhar Rao’s offer of merging his party with the
turned sour and she filed a Congress in the event of Mrs Sonia Gandhi deciding in favour
divorce case against him. Sabah of creation of Telangana state to be carved out from Andhra
claimed that the flats gifted by Pradesh.
Sami now belonged to her, Mr Ahmed described the TRS chief ’s offer as a “political
although he disputed her plea in stunt.” He alleged: “There is nothing new in Mr Chandrash-
the court which declared their ekhar Rao’s remarks. He is playing politics aimed at taking
marriage null and void. political advantage. His agitation is for political purpose.”
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Management, Kolkata, among others.
Speaking out against the judgment at a protest rally here, activist
and author Arundhati Roy said there was lack of evidence in Sen’s
case and while they know that they can appeal in the higher courts,
“the process is the punishment”.
Sahba Hussain, a researcher, asked: “If the government can do this
with Binayak Sen, a person who has worked so much for the poor
and is internationally acclaimed, then what hope is there for the
common man?”
The protesters, numbering about 300, also sang songs reiterating
their demand. They also carried huge posters with an enlarged pho-
tograph of Sen looking through the barred window of a police vehi-
cle and with the words “Brazen Injustice” imprinted on it.
According to Mr Gautam Navlakha, an activist, the court ruling was
“a miscarriage of justice”.
Social activist Swami Agnivesh said: “The allegations are wrong. If
someone sees the content of the letter they will laugh. As for the alle-
gation that he met Maoists in the jail, it was for their medical treat-
ment.”
Meanwhile, former Delhi High Court chief justice Mr Rajinder
Sachar, who is also a member of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties
(PUCL) of which Sen is a vice president, said protests and candlelight
marches will be organised across the country.
indo-asian news service
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Bombay High Court
today allowed reality TV show Bigg Boss to
be aired at prime time slot of 9 p.m. but
directed that “no obscene language and
visuals, including beeps” will be allowed.
The court observed that the channel
could air Season 4 of Bigg Boss at 9 p.m.
following an undertaking given by the peti-
tioners Viacom18 that they would not
screen any dialogue that is required to be
beeped or any obscene gestures made by
the participants.
They are also not to give out the footage
of the show to news channels. A vacation
Bench of Mr Justice SJ Kathawalla and Mr
Justice UD Salvi had earlier allowed Colors
channel to air the show at 9 p.m. while
directing the information and broadcast
ministry (I&B) to file its reply.
Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. last week filed
a petition in the high court after the I&B
ministry issued a fresh order, directing
them to shift the show from the 9 p.m. slot
to 11 p.m. slot as its content was objec-
tionable and not fit for children.
On 8 December, a Division Bench of the
high court had directed the ministry to
issue a fresh showcause notice to the peti-
tioners, giving specific material against
which it had objections. The I&B ministry
was also asked to pass an appropriate
order only after hearing Viacom18’s reply.
Initially, the ministry had issued notice
to Colors on 16 November, directing it to
shift the reality show away from prime time
as the show offended “good taste and
decency”.
“Yes, we can now air the show on its
original time of 9 p.m. The court has given
this ruling,” a source from Colors channel
said. Bigg Boss features a group of celebri-
ty participants locked up in a house for
three months without any access to the
outside world, including newspapers or
television.
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Decision on privilege motion against three Trinamul legislators deferred after Opposition leader’s request to Assembly Speaker
statesman news service after Opposition leader in the Assembly Mr the previous session. the session. “It is a the House. This is a serious offence,'' the Trinamul MLAs today admitted that they had
Partha Chatterjee wrote to the Speaker. The Speaker, who was supposed to take a matter of courtesy. Speaker said. The Speaker hoped all of received copies of the privilege notice, he had
KOLKATA, 27 DEC : The state Assembly The privilege motion sought termination decision today on the issue, said it was fur- This is a serious them would appear in the House in the next given them extra time. “Our intention is not to
Speaker, Mr HA Halim (photograph right), of membership of three Trinamul legislators ther deferred because of a letter from the matter. What hap- session to explain their conduct and take any revenge but to make the members
today once again deferred decision on a ~ Mr Arup Biswas, Mr Firad Hakim and Mr Leader of Opposition, Mr Partha Chatterjee, pened was that reminded them that it would be their last disciplined,” Mr Halim added. He said the
privilege motion against three Trinamul Dibyendu Adhikari ~ for allegedly obstruct- requesting him to defer the verdict since the they confronted chance to explain themselves. members should remember that Assembly is
Congress legislators till the next session, ing the Speaker from leaving the House in Trinamul Congress MLAs were boycotting me, the Speaker and no other members in Mr Halim also said that since the concerned always very liberal but not helpless.

Matua meeting to rope in
rivals, Mamata uncertain
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Can leaders of the
Trinamul Congress and the CPI-M ~
sworn enemies ~ be seen sharing the
dais tomorrow when the All India Matua
Mahasangha holds a rally at Esplanade ?
Both the parties have been vying with
each other for wooing the AIMM which
controls a sizable number of backward
class votes. In an apparent balancing act
the AIMM invited both the parties to
attend its rally. The CPI-M has instruct-
ed state housing minister Mr Gautam
Deb to address the rally after it came to
know that the Trinamul chief Miss Ma-
mata Banerjee may be present. How-
TRENDS AND TRADITIONS ~ Chhou dancers at a rally on World Thinkers'
ever, Trinamul sources said four party
and Poets’ Peace Meet 2010 in Kolkata on Monday. sns leaders would attend the meeting and
Miss Banerjee is not among them. The
Trinamul has been enthused by the
support it has got from unusual quarters
~ Yoga exponent Ramdev and other
religious preachers and their followers.
It has already established contact with
the Matuas while recent remarks of
Ramdev have come as an additional
gain. Guru Ramdev started praising Miss
Banerjee for her “simplicity”. He even
asked his followers to help her to oust
the CPI-M from power. The railway min-
ister has, so far, allotted Rs 1.20 crore
for the advancement of Thakurnagar,
the original home town of the Matuas.
To woo the Matuas, the Trinamul
Congress is leaving no stone unturned to
woo them. The CPI-M has also been try-
ing to get the support of Binapani
TENDER
Thakur, head of the Matua
Mahasangha. But the CPI-M's overtures
haven't, so far, yielded much results. Miss
Banerjee has established a good rapport
with Binapani Thakur recently. Mss
Banerjee also sought to get the support
of the followers of Loknath Thakur
when she announced the setting up of a
reservation counter at Chakla and laying
of railway tracks from Gumoh to Chakla.
On the other hand, Mr Deb said the
CPI-M had long been championing the
cause of the politically displaced people
and refugees. Will he like to be seen in
the company of Trinamul leaders ? “I
am told that Miss Banerjee is also invit-
ed. Let's see what exactly happens”,
added Mr Deb. sns

Intuc to oppose DPL bifurcation Mamata meets Governor

DURGAPUR, 27 DEC: The state's latest decision
to bifurcate Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL) has
created a flutter among employees and the
Intuc-affiliated workers’ union has decided to
launch an agitation to protest against it. It may
be recalled that an earlier move to bifurcate DPL
was stalled following agitations by unions. The
employees have no clue as to when the decision
would be implemented.
A circular to separate the coke oven unit from
the power plant was issued by the managing
director, Mr Mriganka Majumdar, on 23
December. The circular reads: "Functioning of
some service departments of DPL requires to be
decentralised in such a manner that the power
plant and coke oven can start functioning as
independent business.”
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Railway
Mr Umapada Das, general secretary of the minister Miss Mamata
Intuc-affiliated workers’ union, alleged that the Banerjee met the Governor
circular was issued by the MD on 23 December this evening. Though she
to create confusion among employees.”When said it was a courtesy visit,
the employees joined office after three days of party insiders said she discu-
leave they were shocked to see the circular. The ssed with the Governor the
MD has gone on leave after issuing the circular,” existence of CPI-M armed
he said adding that the union is consulting legal camps in Junglemahal.
experts and under no circumstance will they Meanwhile, yoga exponent
accept bifurcation. He said the power plant is Guru Ramdev said at the
incurring a loss while the coke oven unit is mak- Merchants’ Chamber of
ing profit.” In the last financial year the power Commerce that he is willing
plant had incurred a loss while the coke oven to campaign for Miss Banerj-
unit made a profit of Rs 2 crore.” The proposal ee in the Assembly polls “if
was shelved following movements by the union. she ensures that no corrupt
Mr Majumdar could not be contacted despite leader will contest in the
repeated attempts. kanchan siddiqui election.” sns

Maoists torch CPM Buddha warns corrupt

workers’ houses, comrades of stern action
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today again
PCPA calls strike sent a stern message to corrupt CPI-M workers to behave or
else face action. He said this on a day the state government
MIDNAPORE, 27 DEC: Houses of two CPI-
M workers ~ Mr Ranjit Adhikari and Mr
Naren Bera ~ were ransacked and set
ablaze by suspected Maoists at
Bachurkhoar and Ruasai in Nayagram area
in West Midnapore, last night. However,
there was no casualty as all the family mem-
bers, including Mr Adhikari and Mr Bera
had been living elsewhere. Mr Bera is a for-
mer member of CPI-M local committee.
In another incident, three persons were
arrested from Nachhipur in Lalgarh today.
Arms were also seized. Seeing them loiter-
ing in the area, residents became suspi-
cious of the stangers. Later, they handed
them over to police. Meanwhile, the
People’s Committee against Police
Atrocities (PCPA) has convened a bandh in
West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia dis-
trict on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest
against the arrest of the PCPA secretary, Ajit
Mahato. sns
NRS employee arrested
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Sushil Mrida,
a group D staff of NRS Medical
College and Hospital, was arres-
ted tonight on charges of moles-
tation. Police said a woman was
molested when she was returning
after giving some medicines to
her father. sns
admitted having received a letter from Union home minister
Mr P Chidambaram wherein the CPI-M is accused of running
armed camps in Junglemahal. The chief minister criticised the
Congress saying that they (Congress) have always aided and
abetted businessmen and corporate giants, putting the com-
mon people in “extreme pains”.
“We have seen Congress in the past and are again seeing
them these days. There is no dearth of scams and hoarding,
when they are at the helm of affairs at the Centre. When the
price of onion was rising, they allowed a section of business-
men to export onions. When the prices shot up beyond limits,
they allowed the same businessmen to import onions. On
both occasions, a section of hoarders and businessmen made
huge profits. The same happened with sugar. They have divid-
ed India into two ~ one, hungry India and the other, the India
of crorepatis. If we, in the states, want to fix the prices of mus-
tard oil or sugar to help the poor, our supplies will be stopped.
There has been no revision of these policies,” said Mr
Bhattacharjee. The chief minister was addressing a Left Front
public meeting in the Dum Dum Central Jail grounds today.
Senior Left Front leaders were present on the occasion.
“Trinamul Congress has taken charge of this very Congress
in our state. One minister of central government is de-regular-
ising petro-prices and increasing them every other month and
another is increasing railway freight charges, which is bound to
have a domino effect on the prices of essential commodities,”
said the chief minister. “We believe that Trinamul did not win
more seats in the Lok Sabha and following local body polls. We
(Left Front) lost. People had voted for them (Trinamul) out of
dissatisfaction with our behaviour. They have punished us. Our
party men who have committed mistakes have to admit it.
There is no place for people in our party who indulge in
money-making and harbouring anti-socials.’’ sns

Tall promises, but no effort

to solve drainage problem
anindita chowdhury
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Tall promises made three years
back about a holistic approach and comprehensive
plans to solve the drainage problem in and around
Dum Dum NSC Bose Airport have come a cropper
and now the state government has again set up a
committee to solve the perennial problem of water-
logging in the area.
Way back in July 2007, after a heavy downpour
that continued for three days at a stretch and flood-
ed the city and its suburbs, the state finance minis-
ter, Mr Asim Dasgupta, had made grand plans and
announced that two new canals would be excavat-
ed to improve the drainage system of the areas
particularly in and around the airport, Dum Dum,
Kamarhati, Baranagar, Panihati and Jessore Road. A
comprehensive plan was drawn up which included
excavation of a canal running parallel to Jessore
Road and meeting Bagjola Canal. Another was to
serve as a link between Belghoria Expressway and
Fatesha Canal which would finally meet Bagjola via
Noai canal. PWD was to be the nodal department
and desilting of existing canals was to be taken up.
Three years on, there has been no improvement
in the situation though. Waterlogging continues to
be a perennial problem for the airport prompting
the authorities to complain to the Union Cabinet
Secretary against the state government. Following
the complaint the chief secretary, Mr Samar Ghosh,
has again formed a committee this time with the sec-
retary of the municipal affairs department at its
helm. The chairpersons of five municipalities, inclu-
ding North Dum Dum, South Dum Dum, Madhy-
amgram, New Barrackpore and Rajarhat, the irriga-
tion department secretary, CEO, KMDA, district mag-
istrate of North 24 Parganas and managing director,
Housing and infrastructure development corpora-
tion (Hidco) are members of the committee.
Interestingly, neither the chief secretary nor the
municipal affairs secretary, Mr Alapan
Bandopadhyay, is aware of the previous compre-
hensive plan or how far the work had progressed.
At its first meeting it has been decided that a
fresh detailed project report (DPR) would be pre-
pared to take up desiltation of the blocked
drainage channels. Certain short-term measures
would be undertaken like cleaning up channels by
respective municipilities. Funds are yet to be allot-
ted which would be done once the DPR is ready.

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UK terror: Indian among 9 charged TENDER

press trust of india
LONDON, 27 DEC: Nine men, mostly of Pakistani
and Bangladeshi origin, have been charged with
conspiracy to cause explosions and plotting terror
attacks in Britain, a week after they were arrested in
a series of raids across England and Wales.
One of the accused Gurukanth Desai, 28; is of
Indian origin, who was arrested from Cardiff. Police
said they have charged the men, all aged between
19 and 28, with plotting an explosion or explosions
~ “of a nature likely to endanger life or cause seri-
ous injury to property” between October and
December, in a run up to the Christmas.
The men have also been charged with involve-
ment in preparation of an attack by having down-
loaded and researched methods, materials and
scouted potential targets.
Two others were arrested from Cardiff, two from
East London and four from Stoke-on-Trent, the
West Midlands police said. The men arrested from
Cardiff were identified as Omar Sharif Latif, 26; and
Abdul Malik Miah, 24.
Those charged from London are Mohammed
Moksudur Rahman Chowdhury, 20, and Shah
Mohammed Lutfar Rahman, 28.
The four charged from Stoke-on-Trent are
Nazam Hussain, 25; Usman Khan, 19; Mohibur
Rahman, 26; and Abul Bosher Mohammed
Shahjahan, 26. In all, 12 men were arrested in raids
co-ordinated by the West Midlands Counter
Terrorism Unit on 20 December, but three were
released without charge.
They will appear at City of Westminster
Magistrate's Court later. The nine men are also
accused under 5(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006.
Ms Sue Hemming, head of the Crown
Prosecution Service Counter Terrorism Division,
said: “I have advised the police that nine men
should be charged with conspiracy to cause explo-
sions and with engaging in conduct in preparation
for acts of terrorism with the intention of either
committing acts of terrorism, or assisting another
to commit such acts”. She added: “Lawyers from
the CPS Counter Terrorism Division have been
working with the police on this case from an early
stage and were on hand to give advice while the
men were interviewed.”

24 militants killed in Pak

PESHAWAR, 27 DEC: At least 24
militants were killed today in Pakistan,
including 18 when a US drone unleash-
ed six missiles on terrorist vehicles and
compound in the restive north Wazirist-
an tribal region. Violence also rocked
the nearby tribal areas as six more
Taliban fighters including a key comm-
ander were killed in number of flare-
ups between paramilitary forces and
militants in Swat. Meanwhile, two Nato
gunship helicopters violated Pakistani
airspace and flew over its northwestern
border with Afghanistan today, a secu-
rity official said. The helicopters cross-
ed the border in Torkhum area of Khyb-
er tribal region and flew one kilometre
inside Pakistani territory, the official
said. pti
Seven killed in Iraq blasts
BAGHDAD, 27 DEC: Two suicide bomb-
ers today blew themselves up and kill-
ed seven people at the government
compound in the provincial capital of
Ramadi, local officials in the Iraqi prov-
ince of Anbar said. Insurgents frequ-
ently go after government targets in
effort to destabilise the US-backed
authorities, especially now as Ameri-
can troops prepare to leave by the end
of next year. ap
Musharraf slams Sharif
ISLAMABAD, 27 DEC: Former Pakistan
President Pervez Musharraf has accu-
sed former Premier Nawaz Sharif of
supporting Baloch nationalist leaders,
charging that the PML-N chief was
trying to draw “political mileage” from
the Baloch unrest. Gen. Musharraf,
who has in the past alleged that India
was backing the Baloch rebels, has
once again said the that Jamhoori
Watan Party leaders Shahzain Bugti
and Brahamdagh Bugti were “getting
arms from India through Afghanistan”.
pti
Khodorkovsky found guilty
MOSCOW, 27 DEC: Russia's former oil
tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his
business partner Platon Lebedev were
found guilty of embezzling 218 tonne
of oil worth $97.5 million by a Moscow
court today. Khodorkovsky and Lebed-
ev, who have already spent seven years
behind bars for tax evasion, are facing
new charges of embezzling 218 tonne
of oil from Khodorkovsky's former oil
firm Yukos and laundering over 3 billio-
n rubles ($97.5 million) in revenues.The
two men face up to 14 years in jail, th-
ough a sentence has not yet been han-
ded down in the much publicised case
which the defendants claimed was
politically motivated. ians
Message ‘decoded’
WASHINGTON, 27 DEC: Nearly 147
years after the American Civil War, a
message in a bottle sent to Confede-
rate general during the Siege of
Vicksburg, one of the key turning
points of the war between the states,
has been deciphered.
The glass vial stopped with a cork
contained a coded missive to Lt.
General John C Pemberton, who was
besieged in the Mississippi city by
Union forces led by Ulysses S Grant.
After six weeks, people in Vicksburg
had resorted to eating cats, dogs and
leather, and making soup from
wallpaper paste. The encrypted six-line
message was dated 4 July, 1863, the
date of Pemberton's surrender, and
would have offered no hope to him. pti
Package bomb found at
Greek Embassy in Rome
associated press
ROME, 27 DEC: A package bomb was found at the Greek Embassy in
Rome today, three days after mail bombs exploded at two other
embassies injuring two people.
Greek foreign ministry spokesman Mr Gregoris Delavekouras said
from Athens that no one was harmed in the latest incident, in part
because heightened security measures had already been put in place.
“The Embassy was evacuated and the staff assembled some distance
away from the building, so that everyone could be accounted for,” he
said. “There were already heightened security measures at the Greek
and other Embassies, so the procedure that had to be followed was
clear. The matter is now in the hands of the Italian police.” Mail bombs
exploded Friday at the Chilean and Swiss Embassies, injuring two peo-
ple who opened them. An anarchist group with reported ties to Greek
anarchists claimed responsibility. Police, carabinieri and firefighters
massed around the building today while the Greek Embassy staff lin-
gered outside. The street, in the residential Parioli neighborhood,
People overturn an ambulance in anger after medical services were slow remained open to traffic. Reports of suspicious packages at the
to arrive following an accident. Atleast 16 people, including nine children
died in two traffic accidents in China, one of which involved a pile-up of Embassies of Venezuela, Monaco and Denmark were false alarms,
more than 100 cars. afp police and news reports said. There have been several other reports of
suspicious packages in recent days that turned out to be false alarms.
Pope behaving like Western politician: Chinese media
press trust of india associations in China, which Beijing argued need no world's changes, and it should not attempt to do so.”
approval from Vatican. In its editorial titled Vatican In recent years, the Vatican has tried several times to
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NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE
BEIJING, 27 DEC: Resenting Pope's accusations that must stop interfering in China, the newspaper said, interfere with the Catholic conferences held in China,
China has imposed restrictions on freedom of reli- “The Vatican is the only country in Europe that has and even threatened to punish participating priests, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
gion, the official media today said the pontiff sound- not established official diplomatic relations with it said adding that “its stubborn entanglements with BALANAGAR, HYDERABAD-500 625
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of faith, patience and courage of the faithful of the always done. This irritated the Pope, who wants to ranks perhaps for the first time, Global Times, said in
church in mainland China, that they may not lose lord over all Catholic believers in the world,” the a lengthy feature Communist party members that An ADDENDUM to the existing RFP hosted in our NRSC
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‘S Korea not afraid of war with North’ Monster blizzard hits USA,
the korea herald/ann peace," President Lee said. "We have
clearly realised the fact that only
SEOUL, 27 DEC: President Lee
Myung-bak today said that South
strong counteractions to military
provocations are able to deter war and
causes travel chaos
Koreans should not fear war with safeguard peace." NEW YORK, 27 DEC: Flights to and from three of New York's major airports
North Korea although his government He said the South had tolerated the have been suspended as America's East Coast braved a monster blizzard that
is eager to keep peace on the penin- North's belligerence in hopes of main- upset vacation travel plans of thousands of airline, bus and rail passengers.
sula. taining peace on the peninsula, but he Incoming and departing flights were suspended at New York's John F.
"If (we) are afraid of war, we can stressed that his military should cope Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, as well as Newark Liberty International
never prevent war," President Lee said with any future attacks without mercy. Airport in neighbouring north New Jersey since yesterday, Port Authority
in his bi-weekly radio address, the last President Lee also reiterated calls spokesperson Ms Sara Joren said.
of this year. for the South Korean people to boost Airlines scrambled to rebook passengers on thousands of cancelled flights
His remarks represent Seoul's firm unity in dealing with the North, a but said they did not expect normal service to resume until tomorrow.
stance to deal resolutely with the longstanding source of ideological More than 2,000 flights were cancelled by major airlines, 1,444 of them at
Communist neighbour's provocations rifts. Kennedy and La Guardia Airports and Newark Airport, The New York Times
down the road. The Conservative Lee "There can't be 'you' and 'me' sepa- reported.
administration came under harsh pub- rately when it comes to national secu- Spill-back cancellations affected hundreds of other flights from Chicago
lic criticism for being too feeble and rity with our life and the country's fate and Atlanta, and even from London and Paris. The misery for travellers in the
passive in handling the North's deadly at stake," President Lee said, adding USA came as passengers trapped by freezing weather in Europe began
artillery attack on the Yellow Sea bor- the North's goal is to split public opin- returning home as flights resumed normal service on Christmas Day.
der island of Yeonpyeong last month. ion here. American Airlines spokeswoman Ms Mary Sanderson said that the carrier
It was the North's second major "If our people become one and would cancel another 171 flights today in and out of major airports from
unprovoked attack on South Korea show united power, North Korea can't Washington through Boston.
this year following the torpedoing of a dare to challenge us," he said. "We The heavy snow falling from Virginia up the East Coast yesterday also
naval ship in March that killed 46 learned valuable lessons from the affected travel on the roads and the rails. Massachusetts state police report-
sailors. Yeonpyeong incident." Concluding ed numerous crashes. Amtrak stopped train service yesterday afternoon
"North Korea committed the provo- his speech, the President said South between New York and Portland, Maine, as well as between Newport News
cations without reluctance, misjudg- Korea aspires to reunify with the and Richmond, Virginia, media reports said. pti
ing our patience and desire for North peacefully.

Cape Town finally gets Mandela street PEOPLE PLACES

indo-asian news service New Delhi, have already honoured Mandela.
Yet, the home of South African parliament
LONDON, 27 DEC: South Africa's Cape will not give the 92-year-old leader of the
Town city has finally decided to name a African National Congress (ANC) a grand
street after Nelson Mandela whose election city-centre thoroughfare, the British daily
as President marked a historical victory of said. Nelson Mandela Boulevard will simply
the anti-apartheid movement in the country replace Eastern Boulevard, a fast three-lane
16 years ago, the Guardian carriageway that descends into the city just
reported here. The after the junction of Settlers' Way and (Cecil)
city is about to Rhodes Drive. "It has been a protracted busi-
become one of the ness," said Mr Owen Kinahan, who has sat
last in the world to on a series of failed street-naming commit-
name a street after tees since he joined the city council in 1996.
the former South "But we make no apology. Ours is a deeply
African President, scarred society and it is important that the
who served 27 process be conciliatory rather than divisive."
years in jail before Cape Town's tardiness is in part because of
being released in the fact that it is governed by the Opposition
1990. Most major Democratic Alliance and its main constituen-
cities in the cy is not black but "coloured" descendants
world, of slaves and the indigenous Khoisan.
including Whites with financial muscle have a dispro-
Indian portionate say in the running of the city.
Capital Local politicians have also run scared ever
since Democratic Alliance mayor Peter Mar-
ais lost his job for announcing in 2001, wit-
hout public consultation, that the city-centre
streets of Wale and Adderley would be given
the names of Frederik Willem de Klerk and
Mandela in recognition of their joint 1993
Nobel Peace Prize. But 20 years of dithering
and bad decisions have not only left the city
without a Mandela Boulevard. Its poor black
areas carry street names such as NY112 ~
generally believed to stand for Native Yard.
Kinahan, a Democratic Alliance politician,
denies this. "They are the first two letters of
Nyanga, one of the early townships," he
claims. Removing the NYs is not on the cur-
rent agenda and, even though it is promi-
nently located, the new Nelson Mandela
Boulevard is shorter than a much-used sub-
urban rat run, Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, na-
med after an apartheid Prime Minister. Man-
dela's name heads a list of 30 prominent
people after whom streets are to be named,
one of whom is heart-transplant pioneer
Christiaan Barnard.
Lovergirl singer
Teena Marie dies
LOS ANGELES, 27 DEC: Grammy
nominated R&B singer Teena
Marie, known for her famous
single Lovergirl has died at the age
of 54. Marie, who rose to
prominence in the '70 and '80s,
was found dead by her daughter in
her Los Angeles home on Sunday,
according to her manager, Mike Gardner, reported CNN.
pti
What car, asks drunk Australian driver
MELBOURNE, 27 DEC: The police in an Australian state
were left stunned when a man driving his car after being
drunk five times the legal limit said he was "unaware I
was driving a car". A highway patrol car was in
Whitehorse Road Box Hill at about 8.25 p.m. yesterday
when a car went past, said Victoria Police spokesman
Sergeant Wayne Wilson. "This was nothing unusual
except police attention was drawn to the vehicle as the
driver was tooting his horn and waving at police as he
drove past," The Age quoted Wilson as saying. ians

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EDITORIAL KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010 6

Vol. CXXXXIV 306 Incorporating and directly descended from THE FRIEND OF INDIA ~ Founded 1818. n Printed from Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar A member of the Asia News Network

East meets West~II

WEAK FOUNDATION
Dr Sen’s conviction raises questions
THE judgment delivered by Mr BP Verma, second Additional
District and Sessions Judge, Raipur, holding Dr Binayak Sen,
Narayan Sanyal and Pijush Guha guilty of sedition will doubtless
be scrutinized by a higher judicial forum. The three men, sen-
tenced to rigorous life imprisonment, have said they plan to
appeal their conviction and, quite apart from the fact that every
convicted person, unless destitute, does appeal a severe jail term,
a study of the judgment would explain why they might find it nec-
essary to do so. Essentially, the prosecution’s case is that Sanyal
was a member of the CPI (Maoist), a banned organisation, and
was involved in seditious activities. The case against Guha, a
Kolkata businessman, is that some magazines of the banned
organisation were seized from him, leading to his arrest. The
charge against all three ~ which adds up to the seditious con-
spiracy ~ is that Sanyal, while in jail, handed over letters
addressed to his party colleagues to Dr Sen, who was assisting
with his medical treatment. Dr Sen is accused of having passed
these letters on to Guha who, in turn, passed them to Maoists in
the jail.
Any fair analysis of Mr Verma’s 92-page judgment would suggest
that the judge appeared to accept everything the prosecution con-
tended, and rejected almost everything that the accused said in
their defence. It would seem the judge overlooked even inconsis-
tencies in the State’s assertions made before different judicial
forums ~ for instance, the Chhattisgarh Police told the Supreme
Court that Guha was arrested from a hotel. But police told Judge
Verma that Guha was arrested from the street, and said they had
made a typographical error in their submission to the apex court.
Dr. Sen’s conviction hinges essentially on three contentions – that
he introduced Sanyal to the owner of a house as a potential ten-
ant, that he met Sanyal 33 times in jail and that he had close rela-
tions with two persons the police allege were hardcore Maoists.
However, the judge ignored the defence contention that the land-
lord’s statement was obtained under duress because the police
was in a position to implicate him in the arrest of another Maoist
from his house. Dr. Sen produced evidence to show that his visits
to Sanyal were in his capacity as a human rights activist and a
physician, and after taking permission from the Senior Superin-
tendent of Police. The visits, he contended, were carried out in the
presence of jail officials. It would not be unreasonable for us to
ask that if these acts were seditious, why were not the officials
who facilitated the visits and were present when the alleged trans-
fer of letters took place also charged?
We are driven to the conclusion that it is a fragile country which
convicts citizens for possession of allegedly seditious literature, or
imprisons for life rights activists for passing on letters. Even if eve-
ry fact cited by the prosecution were true, and every assertion
made by the defence devoid of merit, this judgment would arouse
unfavourable comment. Democracy can’t rest on such weak foun-
dations.
HOPE IN THE HILLS
Consensus on poll a welcome step forward
WHATEVER the reason for the shift in the Gorkha Jan-
mukti Morcha’s strategy that has paved the way for elections, it is a
welcome step towards forming an interim authority that will hope-
fully usher in an era of peace. This is what the morcha’s rivals have
been demanding. It had also been the main contention of the sta-
te government in the five rounds of tripartite talks held so far in
Delhi. Elections would seem to be the best guarantee that the mu-
nicipal and panchayat administrations in Darjeeling will not be
monopolised by a single party or, as is more likely, by an individ-
ual heading the dominant outfit. If democratic institutions have
survived elsewhere in the state, there is no reason why the dark
memories of the Ghisingh era should make it difficult for the same
traditions to prevail in the hills. It is a different matter that Bimal
Gurung, during his latest talks with the Union home minister, has
been convinced that his demand for a nominated interim council
is wholly impractical in the sense that it is not the answer to the
restless climate. A continued stalemate would also work against the
morcha which has led the people to believe that it can extract con-
cessions from the Centre. The only alternative was to agree that
elections be fought on the basis of organisational strength, as
Gurung may have sensed that on this basis he had the upper hand.
More important is whether hill parties have conceded that the
first priority is to get the local administration to function effec-
tively rather than to insist on additional areas in the plains ~ an
issue that has become highly contentious. The Hill Council run by
the Gorkha National Liberation Front had disgraced itself with the
misuse of Central funds. While the Centre may have pledged an
adequate flow of funds, the expectations are that they will see
results on ground. Hill leaders cannot escape basic responsibili-
ties by harping on extraneous issues like the transfer of depart-
ments which are currently under Writers’ Buildings. The interim
council formed on the basis of elections needs to provide essen-
tials, not raise false hopes.
Time To Uphold The Sanctity Of The Poet’s Dream
mohit chakrabarti
WITH the march of time and the compulsions
of a rapidly changing world, Visva-Bharati has
denuded some of its finer facets of growth and
development. The soul of the university has been
destroyed. It is no longer a university where the
language of the mind and the heart is best expres-
sed in her own incomparable and unparalleled
ambience of the vast open arena, the star studded
sky, the moonlit night, the thrilling study of the
language of silence in and around or the song of
the crickets amidst the loneliness. Such features
are now totally extinct. It is a lost paradise.
A “symphony of response between life and
world” that ensures creativity, critical and reflec-
tive thinking is one of the most vital components
of education that Tagore had introduced in Visva-
Bharati. The school, in his perception, is nothing
but an endearing and living embodiment of sym-
pathy, love, freedom and joy. What, then, is the es-
sential role of an institution? To quote Tagore: “The
primary objective of an institution should not be
to educate one’s limbs and mind to be in efficient
readiness for all emergencies, but to be in perfect
tune in the symphony of response between life
and the world, to find the balance of the harmony
which is wisdom. The first important lesson for
children in such a place would be that of improvi-
sation, the constant imposition of the readymade
having been banished from here. It is to give occa-
sions to explore one’s capacity through surprises
of achievement. I must make it plain that this
means a lesson not in simple life, but in creative
life.” (“The Teacher”, The Religion of Man, George
Allen & Unwin, London, 1953, pp 178-179). In
addition to “having”, living, loving and being are
the finer strands of the poet’s dream now almost
lost in the midst of pseudo-modernism.
Visva-Bharati is the only university whose identi-
ty is ever glorified in the great sayings of the
Upanishad ~ Anandarupamamritam yadvibhati
and Yatra visvam bhavatyekanidam ( Where the
world makes its home in a single nest?)
It is time now to uphold the sanctity of the
poet’s dream. The creative and aesthetic world of
Visva-Bharati ought to be revived by those who
believe in Tagore’s philosophy of life and educa-
tion. In his words: “The educational institution,
therefore, which I have in mind has primarily for
its object the constant pursuit of truth, from which
the imparting of truth naturally follows. It must
not be a dead cage in which living minds are fed
with food artificially prepared. It should be an
open house, in which students and teachers are at
one. They must live their complete life together,
dominated by a common aspiration for truth and
a need for sharing all the delights of culture. In
former days the great master craftsmen had stu-
dents in their workshops where they cooperated
in shaping things to perfection. That was the place
where knowledge could become living ~ that
knowledge which not only has its substance and
law, but its atmosphere subtly informed by a cre-
ative personality. For intellectual knowledge also
has its aspect of creative art, in which the man who
explores truth expresses something which is
human in him ~ his enthusiasm, his courage, his
sacrifice, his honesty, and his skill. In merely acad-
emical teaching we find subjects, but not the man
who pursues the subjects; therefore, the vital part
of education remains incomplete.” (An Eastern
University: Creative Unity, Macmillan & Company
Limited, London, 1962, pp 186-187.)
Is the present ambience at Visva-Bharati con-
ducive for the children to enjoy “the freshness of
their feeling for Nature, a sensitiveness of soul in
their relationship with their human surroundings
like gaining an instrument in truth by bringing out
its music”? Perhaps, their inner desires run counter
to the morning chant ~ Baitalik. She is our own,
the darling of our hearts, our Santiniketan./ Our
dreams are rocked in her arms./ Her face is a
fresh wonder of love every time we see her,/ For
she is our own, the darling of our hearts./ In the
shadows of her trees we meet,/ In the freedom of
her open sky./ Her mornings come and her
evenings/ Bring down heaven’s kisses,/ Making us
One can ascend the highest peak of the first class in the
examination even with a dead mind. We are regularly
accustomed to this fact in our country
feel anew that she is our own, the darling of our
hearts.
The poet’s dream of education for the advance-
ment of learning and excellence is yet to be trans-
lated in terms of comprehensive education. Per-
haps Tagore had anticipated the crisis. As the poet
wrote in his essay, Ashramer Siksha: “The educa-
tion of the Ashrama is to live in fullness. One can
ascend the highest peak of the first class in the
examination even with a dead mind. We are regu-
larly accustomed to this fact in our country. It is
seen that the very good students of the college
secure titles of honour but never secure the world.
From the very beginning, I had the resolution that
the boys of the Ashrama would remain curious of
having immediate relations all around. They will
seek, examine and collect. Here the teachers
whose visions spread beyond the horizon of books
would assimilate”. (Siksha, Visva-Bharati, 1973).
What is more painful is that the aim of Siksha-
Satra, the “Poet’s School”, as Tagore had named it,
has not been realised partly because of its present
curriculum. “The aim of Siksha-Satra is, through
experience in dealing with the over-flowing abun-
dance of child life, its charm and simplicity, to pro-
vide the utmost liberty, within the surroundings
that are filled with the creative possibilities with
opportunities for the joy of play ~ the reaping of
succession of novel experience, to give the child
freedom of growth which the young tree demands
for its tender shoot, that field for self-expression in
which all young life finds both training and expe-
rience.” (The Visva-Bharati Bulletin, Visva-Bharati,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
1928, No 9).
Ironically, one might recall the invaluable con- MEHROTRA SHANTI — In fond and lov-
tribution of Leonard K Elmhirst to Visva-Bharati. ing memory, who left us this day,
Referring to the activities of Siksha-Satra, he wrote: forty-two years ago. “Some may
“Records are kept and reports and accounts are think we’ve forgotten you, when
written up, revised and corrected giving scope for they see us smile, but they little
literary training in its most interesting form. Geo- know the heartache, that is hidden
logy becomes the fertility of the plot; chemistry the all the while”. — Beni, Leela and Brij.
use of lime and manures of all kinds of spray and
disinfectants; physics the use of tools, pumps, the
study of water-lift and oil engines, entomology the
control of plant pests (ants, caterpillars, beetles)
and diseases (leaf curl, wilt, bacterial attacks); orni-
thology, the study of birds in their relation first to
the garden plot and to the world in general.”
(Rabindranath Tagore: Pioneer in Education,
John Murry, London, 1961, pp 73-74).
Keen intelligence, kindliness of heart, culture
and distinguished manners ~ all these form the
finer essence of the poet’s dream. Are we ready to
fulfil and disseminate that dream? It might be use-
ful to recall the poet’s words. “The expressive side
of Santiniketan ashram, that alone is mine. It has
no doubt its executive side, there are experts to
look after that. What I had wished for was to give
vent to the human hunger for form, for self-expres-
sion. I had looked for a forest retreat, tapovan, as
its proper ambience. Not in the midst of sordid
city-built houses, but under the blue canopy, from
morn to eve I had longed to be a playmate of these
boys and girls. I have had, naturally, to introduce
other utilitarian activities as well. But you will not
find me in these. I am where life is trying to ex-
press itself.
The classes that I have started or taught here are
secondary. My real work has been to awaken, in
Nature’s vast playground, the tender grace of
childhood, its budding effort, the first rays of
knowledge falling across its horizon. Otherwise I
would have been swamped by the trivia of routine,
statute and syllabus.”
(Concluded)
IN MEMORIAM
DEB AJOYENDRA KRISHNA — Re-
membered in silent tears today and
everyday. — Migo, Kanak.
(PL2577)
GANGULY SUDHANGSU KUMAR —
Left us on December 27, 1980.
Missed by Chhanda, Babu,
Munmun, others.
(PL2528)
(BPL2576)
Playboy Founder
Engaged At 84
stephen foley
NEW YORK, 27 DEC: Proving it is never
too late to find love, Hugh Hefner, the
founder of Playboy magazine ~ and
the most famous wearer of dressing
gowns in America ~ has become en-
gaged again at the advanced age of 84,
making this what he says is “the happi-
est Christmas weekend in memory”.
The octogenarian lothario popped
the question to his current “number
one girlfriend”, Crystal Harris, at the
Playboy Mansion on Christmas Eve,
meaning that the British-American
glamour model, singer and actress will
soon become the third Mrs Hefner.
Ms Harris is 24 years old and the
daughter of two British amusement
park entertainers who moved to the
United States.
In the new year, there will be issues
of romantic disentanglement and ques-
tions over the future of Hefner’s reality
TV show, The Girls Next Door, which
follows life at the mansion and the leg-
endary womaniser’s relationship with a
trio of girlfriends, who ~ as well as Ms
Harris ~ include the 21-year-old identi-
cal twins, Kristina and Karissa Shannon.
For now, though, all is giddy excite-
ment in the mansion, at least according
to Hefner’s Twitter feed, where he hint-
ed at his latest engagement on Christ-
mas Day.
“After the movie tonight, Crystal & I
exchanged gifts. I gave Crystal a ring. A
truly memorable Christmas Eve,” he
wrote, adding: “When I gave Crystal the
ring, she burst into tears. This is the
happiest Christmas weekend in memo-
ry.” And yesterday, he made it unam-
biguous: “Yes, the ring I gave Crystal is
an engagement ring. I didn’t mean to
make a mystery out of it. A very merry
Christmas to all.”
Ms Harris caught Hefner’s eye in
2008, while she was studying psycholo-
gy at San Diego University and was mo-
delling on the side. She met the entre-
preneur that year and the pair quickly
became romantically involved. This
time last year she was feted as Playmate
of the Month in his magazine and had
joined the cast of Playboy Bunnies liv-
ing at the mansion and featured in The
Girls Next Door. A YouTube clip of her
trying on sexy Halloween outfits for her
husband-to-be was a minor internet
sensation earlier this year.
the independent

UP IN THE AIR
Beijing struggles with a smoking ban
THE decision of Beijing’s local authorities to put in place a ban
on smoking in indoor public places, workplaces and public trans-
portation by 2015 might seem to some to be a somewhat laboured
effort to keep up with the rest of the world. The ban was announ-
ced first in 2008 ~ at the time of the Olympics ~ but hasn’t been
successfully implemented, which might seem a little strange to
observers of a regime that is used to getting its way. In effect, the
ban wasn’t successful because it was never implemented very seri-
ously. And by saying that they would take until 2015 to bring it
into force, Beijing’s health authorities would appear to be con-
ceding that the implementation wouldn’t be as easy as making an
announcement and allowing things to fall into place.
Bans of this sort become difficult to implement when authori-
ties do not leave enough space for those indulging in a habit that
isn’t outlawed. Every country in the world ~ with the possible
exception of Bhutan ~ is quick enough to mop up revenues from
sale of tobacco, and hence unwilling to enforce an outright ban
on sale and consumption. Having made their money, governmen-
ts are notoriously laid back about creating spaces where the smok-
er may indulge in a manner he causes no harm to the non-smok-
er. Every major airport in India, for instance, has at least one shop
selling cigarettes.
Yet many do not have smoking rooms, Kolkata being a prime
example. This forces people to lurk in toilets or in other far from
salubrious corners in order to light up. They inflict their addiction
on the non-smoker and make a mockery of the ban. Until such
time sale of tobacco is banned, there is need to create spaces,
small spaces, where smoking is permitted; this is the key to a suc-
cessful ban. This is possibly the reason why Singapore, among the
first countries in Asia to clamp down on smoking and certainly the
most aggressive with implementation, is today a place where the
smoker knows he has a place and seeks it. Beijing, and many other
places, could learn from this.
Where passing on letters is sedition
SIR, ~ It is India’s tragedy that if the government wants to
punish anybody, it can introduce a law like the stringent
Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act. A glaring example is Dr
Binayak Sen a Chhattisgarh-based doctor and civil rights rights
activist. He along with the Maoist ideologue, Narayan Sanyal,
and Kolkata businessman, Piyush Guha ,were convicted by the
Second Additional District and Sessions Judge, VP Varma, for se-
dition, conspiracy and waging war against the State. They have
been sentenced to life imprisonment. Dr Sen was in jail with-
out trial for two years before the Supreme Court granted him
bail. The Chhattisgarh government has made a contrived attem-
pt to prove his guilt. It had to justify that Dr Sen was guilty
throughout. The sentence has been condemned by Justice
Rajindar Sachar. Earlier, 22 Nobel laureates had petitioned the
Prime Minister for his release.
It is a sad state of affairs. With respect, may I ask whether the
verdict reflects a measure of collusion between the government
and the lower judiciary, as Swami Agnivesh has observed.
Those who have instigated riots for mass murderers and those
who have swindled billions of rupees are roaming free. Are they
not waging war against the country?
Dr Sen has been convicted because he played the role of a
messenger. He had met Sanyal on 33 occasions with the per-
mission of the jail authorities. It is suspected that the letter he
delivered was a plant. What kind of justice is this? The people
are entitled to an answer. The judgment is a blot on the Indian
judiciary.
The media has enough time and space for the likes of Niira
Radia. It must now raise its voice for Dr Sen, a doctor of inter-
national renown. Hopefully, he will get justice in the higher
court. Till then he deserves interim bail.
yours, etc., bidyut kumar chatterjee, faridabad, 25 december
CBI and Kalmadi
SIR, ~ This is with reference to the report that the CBI has
raided Suresh Kalmadi’s residential and office premises. Consi-
dering the manner in which the supposedly premier inves-
tigating agency conducts raids, I guess the state police would
certainly do a better job. The CBI tacitly condones the tamper-
ing with incriminating documents, even destruction of evi-
dence. It has on occasion botched up the investigation, thereby
defeating the very purpose for which it was engaged.
Our criminal justice system hinges on evidence. If this evi-
dence can be corroborated, it can lead to prosecution and con-
viction. If the CBI is clueless about the documents or any other
form of evidence, efforts to nail the accused can be fruitless.
The news of the raid on Kalmadi’s house and office is ridicu-
lous. People in general have lost trust in the CBI. Immediately
after the CWG games, Kalmadi was snubbed by the Prime Minis-
ter. He was not invited to the official reception as the CWG
showcased an overwhelming scam. And yet the CBI decided to
conduct the raid after three months. Is this investigation, a
cover-up, a smokescreen or, shall we say, a red herring to mis-
lead the people. The investigating agency has lost its credibili-
ty. Kalmadi has been given a long rope, and he may well have
the last laugh.
The CBI’s style of functioning confirms the general belief that
it works under political influence and the directives of the polit-
ical masters. Its investigation is at best partial, one in which the
people have no faith. Why did the CBI delay the raid on
Kalmadi’s premises? Misgivings that scam-related evidence
must have been destroyed over the past three months are not
unfounded.
yours, etc., sk shah, new delhi, 25 december.
Cloak and dagger
SIR, ~ Three officials of the organizing committee of CWG ~
TS Darbari, M Jaychandran and Sanjoy Mahendroo ~ are now
in Tihar jail. One of them reportedly expressed his willingness
to turn approver in the case, thereby spilling the beans in due
course of time. The CBI (often referred to as the Congress
Bureau of Investigation) did not like the proposal, and simply
ignored it.
Now two other jail inmates, Amit and Nishant, have alleged
before the court that they were provided with a knife by the jail
staff to kill the guilty CWG organising committee officials. A
knife was indeed found in their possession in course of a
search. If they could be killed, there would be no scope for a
judicial confession under Section 364 CrPC.
A court in Delhi has ordered a probe into the allegation of
the two inmates. Should the judge proceed in the right direc-
tion, he might be transferred. And that transfer will be descri-
bed as a routine one. There may even be another probe into the
unscheduled transfer, indeed a probe too many that might yield
nothing at the end of the day. Meanwhile, the CBI will contin-
ue to trumpet its work relating to interrogation, raids and
seizure of documents
yours, etc., nk das gupta, kolkata, 27 december.

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PERSPECTIVE
A long history of indebtedness
Asim Dasgupta
introduced attractive
terms like alternative
planning and zero
deficit budget to divert
the people's attention
from the staggering
indebtedness since the
beginning of 1990,
says
biswadeb chatterjee
WEST Bengal’s bankrupt situation has been ex-
posed and state finance minister Asim Dasgupta can-
not hide it any longer. This has resulted in a hue and
cry from the opposition. But the financial crisis in the
form of growing indebtedness began virtually when
the first Left Front government assumed power in
1977. It inherited a surplus fund of Rs 200 crore from
the Congress government but turned it into a fiscal
deficit or indebtedness of Rs 8,857 crore by 1991. It
rose to Rs 1,46,563 crore by 2004 and has reached the
staggering figure of nearly Rs 2,00,000 crore implying
a per capita debt burden of Rs 22,000 if the state’s
population is taken to be nine crore.
Mr Dasgupta introduced attractive terms like alter-
native planning and zero deficit budget to divert the
people’s attention from the reality since the begin-
ning of 1990. The biggest lie that has been preached
is that the state’s GDP (income) growth exceeds that
of the country as a whole. It means the state’s income
growth has been spectacular. But he has never
explained why the impressive income growth cannot
raise the tax effort and employment level. Instead he
is trying to make states’ revenue position more uncer-
tain by introducing a uniform tax on goods and ser-
vices (TGS).
Mr Dasgupta’s claim on West Bengal’s income
growth is based on data provided by BAES, a state
organisation under his own department. But these
are not matched by national estimates. Since 1991,
all-India surveys have placed West Bengal among mid-
dle income states along with Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Even here, West
Bengal recorded the minimum income growth. For
example, in 1991 and 1996, while income grew in the
said mid-income states by average rates of 11.5 per
Voices of the new generation
THE Security Council heard the voices of young
people from around the world in an open debate in
New York on the most vital challenges facing their
generation on issues such as terrorism, climate
change, poverty and conflict. Over 150 New York City
school students and other young people from around
the world took part this week in the event, entitled
“Your World, Your Future: Voices of a New Gene-
ration,” which sought to bring the voices of youth
who make up half of the global population directly to
the council.
“You have a stake in our debates every day, but
today you and your generation will have a
voice as well,” said US Ambassador to the UN,
Susan Rice, current president of the Council
who let organised the event. “This type of
informal meeting is not what we usually do,
but in my opinion, it’s one of the most impor-
tant events this month,” she added. Young
people around the world between the ages of
13 and 21 were invited to tell the council,
through video and written submissions,
about the most vital challenges to peace and
security facing their generation. Some 1,000
young people from 90 countries took up the
challenge, US mission said in a press release.
A 17-year-old girl from Venezuela encour-
aged world leaders to “exchange a weapon
for a smile”. A young girl from eastern DRC
appealed to leaders to help “bring back
durable peace to our country”. A young man
from Tunisia described terrorism as the most serious
threat to international peace and security today.
“The message these young people send us today is
very simple and direct. Act. Deliver. Match words
with deeds,” noted Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
who also addressed the event. “We have no shortage
of crises before us. The Security Council must deliver
– now. Not in some far-off future.”
Mr Ban, who grew up in South Korea, said he felt
very strongly that he could have been one of them,
after listening to the voices of the young people. “I,
too, grew up in war. I, too, saw my village destroyed,”
he told. “The United Nations helped rebuild my coun-
try. It shaped my life. It defined who I am. For my gen-
eration, the United Nations was a beacon of hope. It
should be for this new generation as well.”
The UN had proclaimed the International Year of
Youth on 12 August 2010 in an effort to harness the
energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s
youth in overcoming the challenges from enhancing
peace to boosting economic development. The Gene-
ral Assembly called on governments, civil society,
individuals and communities worldwide to support
activities at local and international levels to mark the
event.
Myanmar cyclone: According to a new UN assess-
cent and 11.6 per cent, the respective rates were 7.4
per cent and 6.6 per cent for West Bengal. In those
two years, similar growth rates for all types of states
were 11.2 per cent and 10.6 per cent. (EPW, 30
October, 1999). If Mr Dasgupta had been serious
then, the situation would have been much better
today. Instead, he took to jugglery with figures to
make the state annual budget as attractive as possible
amidst clapping by ruling party MLAs. Negligence of
agriculture when land reform and agricultural devel-
opment were considered synonymous and destruc-
tive trade unionism by Citu caused the situation to go
out of control. As a result, the India Today survey,
among 29 states for the period 2006-10, has ranked
FROM THE UN
ment, local communities in Myanmar have shown
remarkable resilience in coping with the destruction
caused by Cyclone Giri which killed 45 people and
affected 260,000 two months ago. Substantial food
and emergency shelters were distributed.
“Humanitarian emergency assistance is forthcom-
ing, and people are slowly starting to rebuild their
communities with what little they have left and the
aid they are receiving,” UN resident coordinator
Bishow Parajuli told international donors on his visit
to Yangon. He visited several villages in Rakhine state
to see relief and recovery efforts.
According to a release, the humanitarian commu-
nity in Myanmar needs funding. He said that only
$20.5 million of the estimated $57 million required
for both emergency and early recovery phases have so
far been allocated by donors. “People are in dire need
of more permanent shelter structures and livelihood
support,” he said.
He called their resilience remarkable. “The destruc-
tion in these villages has been massive. Up to 70 to 80
per cent of all houses were completely destroyed and
schools and health facilities are severely damaged.”
According to government estimates, 20,000 houses
were completely destroyed, leaving over 100,000 peo-
ple homeless, and 56 per cent of schools have col-
lapsed or have been damaged. Some 17,500 acres of
agricultural land and nearly 50,000 acres of agricul-
tural ponds were also destroyed.
Ecosystems: The General Assembly has approved a
new international body to reverse the unprecedented
loss of species and ecosystems vital to life on Earth
due to human activity.
In a resolution adopted by consensus, the world
body called on the UNEP to take necessary steps to
set up the Inter-governmental Science Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. “IPBES repre-
sents a major breakthrough in terms of organizing a
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KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010
West Bengal 16th with a GDP growth rate of 7.6 per
cent when the same at the national level was 8.2 per
cent. (India Today, 29 November, 2010)
Low income growth has caused low tax effort (tax
to income ratio). The state’s own tax effort was at a
low level of 6.8 per cent in 1990-91 which further
declined to 5.07 per cent in 1999-2000. Mr Dasgupta,
being the planning minister, never tried to improve
the situation. Rather he has bargained with the
Centre to raise the state’s plan allocations each year
but only to refund the Centre’s matching grants fol-
lowing the state’s inability to provide the money
needed. So the situation has deteriorated over time as
the latest RBI estimate has put the state’s tax effort at
global response to the loss of living organisms and
forests, freshwaters, coral reefs and other ecosystems
that underpin all life, including economic life, on
Earth,” UNEP executive director Achim Steiner said.
It caps 2010 as the International Year of Biodiver-
sity to raise awareness and generate public pressure
for action by global leaders on the vital link between
biodiversity, ecosystems and survival, based on the
premise that the world’s diverse ecosystems purify
the air and water that are the basis of life, stabilize and
moderate the Earth’s climate, renew soil fertility and
pollinate plants.
As to the economic costs, the UN-backed
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
study last year estimated a loss of natural cap-
ital due to deforestation and degradation at
between $2 trillion and $4.5 trillion every
year “a staggering economic cost of taking
nature for granted.” It said an annual $45 bil-
lion investment in protected areas alone
could secure delivery of ecosystem services
worth some $5 trillion a year.
Children’s rights: The UN forum in Morocco
has adopted a declaration which has called
for further action to safeguard children in the
Arab world and their rights, including mea-
sures to protect them from violence and to
end child labour and early marriage.
The Marrakesh Declaration also called for
better data on issues related to the protection
of children from violence, exploitation and abuse,
according to a news release issued by Unicef at the
fourth high-level Arab Conference on Children’s
Rights.
“Across the countries in the region, important
achievements have been made with respect to several
MDGs including significant reduction in both infant
and child mortality and high rates of enrolment and
gender parity in primary education,” said Shahida
Azfar, Unicef acting regional director for the Middle
East and North Africa. “However, these gains conceal
widening gaps between the richest and poorest chil-
dren, which requires prioritizing the delivery of inter-
ventions to children who are the most deprived, who
suffer the greatest discrimination and who fall further
outside existing safety nets.”
According to Unicef, countries in the Middle East
and North Africa continue to be plagued by violence
against children. Some 89 per cent of children in the
region are subject to physical or psychological pun-
ishment, and 3.5 million women aged between 20
and 24 were married before they turned 18. In addi-
tion, female genital mutilation affects 96 per cent of
women in Egypt, 93 per cent in Djibouti and 89 per
cent in Sudan.
anjali sharma
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7
4.4 per cent to be the minimum among the 17 cent). Unofficial estimates have put West Bengal’s fig-
non-special category states. Hence not a single ure at around 40 per cent. West Bengal’s combined
all-India study has vindicated Mr Dasgupta’s poverty ratio is at 24.7 per cent indicating that, offi-
claims. cially, one out of every four persons here is poor. The
Low income, low tax collection and dein- state ranks 10th in rural poverty and 11th in com-
dustrialization all have intensi- bined poverty among all the 35
fied unemployment and poverty states and UTs in the country.
in West Bengal. The state’s un- The state has (Planning Commission Expert
employment figure has reached witnessed low Group Report, 2008; NSSO
77 lakh in 2006 compared to 12 Report)
lakh in 1977 making an average revenue collection Since Mr Dasgupta is both
increase by more than two lakh
against a substantial finance and planning minister,
a year. In the next three years, he cannot escape the responsi-
jobs available amounted to rise in bility for both of development
8,200; 4,800 and 3,400 respec-
administrative and revenue mismanagement.
tively although the Economic The financial crisis which began
Review of the state government expenditure, to intensify two decades ago
puts the unemployment figure has been the root cause. In
at 63 lakh which is hardly believ- including on salaries 1995-96, the revenue deficit
able. The figure is likely to was 52 per cent which grew to
exceed one crore as, in the mostly to strengthen 72.9 per cent in 2006-07 which
decade following 1993-94, the party organisations. was only lower than Chattish-
unemployment rate increased in garh, Haryana and Orissa. The
the state from 10 to 15 per cent ratio further rose to 78.05 per
when it was only from 6 to 7.3 per cent at the cent in 2009-10 when it was only 16.19 per cent for
national level. West Bengal ranked second, all the states taken together. On the other hand, the
after Kerala, in respect of such increase with revenue collection in respect of West Bengal’s GDP
4.9 per cent. was only 11.9 per cent in 2008-09 which was the min-
It is notable that during that time the unem- imum among the 17 non-special category states bar-
ployment rate declined in states like Haryana, ring Gujarat.
Gujarat, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh while The state has witnessed low revenue collection
it was within one per cent in some other against a substantial rise in administrative expendi-
states. Mr Dasgupta’s claim that unemploy- ture, including salary, mostly to strengthen party
ment has similarly increased in all states is organisations. In the 2005-08 period, the revenue col-
false. But has he really any answer to (1) why lection as a proportion of GDP was 10 per cent when
West Bengal accounts for 17 per cent of the revenue expenditure was 13 per cent. At the same
country’s total unemployment, (2) why the time, development expenditure as a proportion of
state accounts for 11 per cent or the maximum GDP was 6.2 per cent or the minimum among the
of country’s educated unemployment whose states. Besides, non-development expenditure as part
figure exceeds 35 lakh; and (3) why the state, of total expenditure was much higher at 43.6 per cent
unlike the leading ones, has more of rural accompanied by an interest liability of 31.8 per cent.
(26.6 per cent) than urban unemployment (24.0 per West Bengal, once a prosperous state, has been
cent) when the figures were 11 per cent and 16.6 per made to move to the brink of underdevelopment and
cent countrywide. (NSSO Report, 2006) bankruptcy. But the party has prospered at the
Huge rural unemployment has caused massive expense of the state.
poverty in West Bengal. According to the latest official
estimate for 2004-05, the state’s rural poverty (28.6 The writer is associate professor of economics,
per cent) is larger than the all -India level (28.3 per Durgapur Government College
100 YEARS AGO TODAY
NEWS ITEM
TOLLYGUNGE HORSE SHOW
A Successful Function
(By Our Special Commissioner)
The Tollygunge Horse Show has now reached its 16th anniversary and from small beginnings has gradu-
ally gone forward till today it is one of the best shows of its kind in India. It was originally intended to
make this a horse, cattle, poultry, and dog show, but for some reason or other it was not found possible
to work all these various things in together and to do the necessary judging all in one day, and so every-
thing excepting the Horse Show has been deleted. Even so, I think that things are a bit rushed through
in one day. It would be far better if the show were fixed for some other time than the Christmas week and
more time devoted to it. A two-days' show would mean comfort as opposed to what is now the case. This
year also a very awkward date was chosen, as the day before the Viceroy's Cup is always a busy one and
most people whom the Horse Show interests are racing people and would therefore naturally like to have
the time to themselves in Calcutta. It would have been far better to have had this show earlier in the year,
say before the opening of the Calcutta first meeting, or even before the first of the Extras. The programme
this year was somewhat differently arranged and one of two classes which last year did not fill have been
cut out, notably those for the Remounts. This, I personally think, is a pity, although it is realised that the
Stewards have had to cut their coat according to the material available, and last year certainly the response
made in the entries was not encouraging . There is also a further difficulty about the exhibition of
remounts. Most of these horses are unbroken and thee is no inconsiderable risk attached to sending them
through traffic to the Tollygunge Club from the Remount Depot, at Garden Reach. A suggestion that this
class should be judged at the Remount Depot was not quite practicable, as the public would get no show
for the money that they spend.
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BUSINESS & Finance KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010 8

Tata International
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Tata
International (TIL) today announced
acquisition of 76 per cent stake
Ministry for
`2,000 cr equity
each in Chennai-based firms Bachi
Shoes India Pvt Ltd (BSIPL) and
Euro Shoe Components Pvt Ltd.
However, the financial details were

not disclosed by the company.
“These acquisitions will augment
TIL's presence in the manufacture
and export of footwear and take
capacity to over five million pairs
per year,” TIL said in a statement.
At present, TIL has a capacity of
around three million pairs a year.
“The Bachi family will continue to
hold the residual stake in Bachi
Shoes India Private Limited,” the
statement added. pti
ONGC plan
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: ONGC will pump
in Rs 95 crore in Pawan Hans
Helicopters, raising its holding to
49 per cent from the present 21
per cent in the government-owned
chopper operator, a top official said
today. “ONGC currently holds 21.5
per cent equity in Pawan Hans,
which they are now raising to 49
per cent by way of infusing Rs 95
crore,” Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd
(PHHCL) chairman and managing
director Mr RK Tyagi said here. pti
Hyundai Motor
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Hyundai Motor
today said it would invest Rs 400
crore over the next three years to
set up a diesel engine
manufacturing plant with an
installed capacity of 1.5 lakh units
per annum. The company will
expand its vehicle production
capacity to 6.7 lakh units by next
year at its two facilities and plans to
roll out three new models in 2011.
“The feasibility study for the diesel
engine plant has been completed
and we will announce the location
in the next few months,” Hyundai
Motor India managing director and
CEO Mr Han Woo Park said. pti
Hind Copper divestment
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Disinvestment
in state-run Hindustan Copper,
which aims to raise Rs 4,000 crore,
has further been deferred and may
now take place either in February
or after the Budget, a top official
said. Earlier, the follow-on public
offer (FPO) of the company was
expected to open on 6 December
and close on 9 December, but it
was deferred to January next year.
“Department of disinvestment and
ministry of mines have so far not
finalised a date for the FPO and
now it is likely to be either in
February or after the Budget,” a top
company official said. pti
BHSIL to stop trading
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Shares of Bajaj
Hindusthan Sugar & Industries
(BHSIL) will stop trading on the
bourse from 30 December as the
company will be merged with
another group firm Bajaj
Hindusthan. “Trading in the equity
shares of BHSIL shall be suspended
with effect from 30 December
2010 on account of merger of the
company with Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd
(BHL),” the Bombay Stock Exchange
said in a statement. pti
Price Watch
Commodity Rs Change*
per Kg
Rice Gobind Bhog 45
Sugar 33.50
Moong Dal 73
Chana Dal 45
Masoor Dal 59
Arhar Dal 66.90
Mustard Oil 63. 9 0- 84
Sunflower Oil 72.9 0-1 25
Potato 12
Onion 60
Source: Spencers
* From previous day
Increase Decrease No Change
in Air India
press trust of india
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: The civil aviation min-
istry has recommended an equity infu-
sion of Rs 2,000 crore in Air India in the
next financial year after the beleaguered
national carrier gets Rs 1,200 crore soon.
“Equity infusion of Rs 1,200 crore in
Air India is expected in a few days... We
have asked from the government further
equity infusion of Rs 2,000 crore to be
provided in the coming year's Budget,”
civil aviation minister, Mr Praful Patel
told reporters on the sidelines of a func-
tion to induct the first seaplane by Pawan
Hans Helicopters Limited.
He said he was hopeful of the govern-
ment looking at the proposal “objective-
ly” and added “anyway, the Group of
Ministers is seized of the matter. It is the
commitment of the government to help
it (Air India) out and ensure that the
national carrier is in good health”.
Maintaining that Air India should live
up to the people's expectations at a time
when competition was the name of the
game, he said “I would like to see it per-
forming better. Some parameters have
been met but a lot more needs to be
done”.
Pointing out that the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) was working on the airline's
RBI cuts SLR for RRBs
press trust of india
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: The Reserve Bank of
India today announced reduction of
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), require-
ment for lenders to keep a portion of
deposits in government securities, cash
and gold, by one percentage point to 24
per cent for regional rural banks (RRBs).
This is in line with the similar cut
announced in the monetary review for
banks earlier this month as part of its mea-
sure to bring more liquidity into the sys-
tem. The new requirement for the RRBs is
effective from 18 December.
“It has been decided to reduce the SLR
for RRBs from 25 per cent of their Net
Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) to 24
per cent with effect from 18 December,”
the RBI said in a notification.
The new measure would mean that
RRBs can now keep less of government
Trai may defer implementation
of norms on pesky calls
press trust of india
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Mobile subscribers may
have to wait for some more time to get relief from
unsolicited call and SMS, as telecom regulator
Trai is likely to postpone the January deadline to
bring an end to such calls to 1 February.
On 1 December 2010, Trai had come out with
guidelines on unsolicited telemarketing call and
SMS, to be implemented from 1 January 2011.
According to Trai sources, the telecom opera-
tors will delay the implementation by a month
time because of certain security concerns.
Now the registration of the telemarketers and
subscribers will start from 15 January.
According to industry sources, the telecom
operators need time to meet contractual obliga-
tions with various telemarketing companies for
which they require at least three to four months
and that is the reason they are seeking more time
to implement Trai guidelines on pesky calls.
“We have approached Trai to give telecom
operators some more time to comply with the
necessary security concerns and also that they
can set up their infrastructure to filter the calls in
order to stop unsolicited telemarketing calls,”
proposal to restructure its debt, he said:
“The exercise will help Air India reduce
the interest on loans and also enable
moratorium on the repayment of loans”.
The exercise is likely to be completed by
January-end.
Responding to a question on the han-
dling of the fog situation by the Delhi
and other airports in the country, Mr
Patel said it was being handled in the
best possible manner.
“We have been able to handle the situ-
ation compared to the conditions pre-
vailing in Europe where there was utter
chaos (due to heavy snowfall),” Mr Patel
said.
The minister said all operations under
category-IIIB instrument landing system,
that allows an aircraft to take-off in a vis-
ibility of 50 metres, were being carried
out as per the standard norms “applied
anywhere in the world”.
“The criticism of the preparedness to
Mr SS Beriwala (L), president, Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce, welcomes Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Union food
deal with the fog is unwarranted. All
Indian carriers are operating within the processing industry minister, to the 109th annual general meeting of the chamber in Kolkata on Monday. sns
safety parameters. Indian carriers and
pilots are CAT-III B compliant in large
numbers,” Mr Patel said.
Nowhere in the world can any opera-
tion take place when the visibility drops
‘9% growth possible Promoters hike stake
below 50 meters, he said in reply to this year itself’
questions.
statesman news service
in Unitech
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: India can have nine per cent
growth this year itself if the economic conditions in
Europe remains stable, Mr Kausik Basu, chief eco-
nomic advisor, Union finance ministry, said here
press trust of india
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: India's second-
increased to 48.57 per cent from 47.39
per cent.
Last year in June, the company had
securities and have more lendable today. largest realty firm Unitech today said that issued 22.75 crore warrants convertible
resources for credit needs. He said the inflationary situation in the country is its promoters had increased their stake in into equal number of equity shares at Rs
The system is facing acute liquidity also much better now than earlier. So the rate of the company by 1.18 per cent to 48.57 50.75 per share. These warrants are con-
crunch, specially on account of the IPOs price rise can be at six to seven per cent by the end per cent by converting warrants worth Rs vertible into equity shares at the afore-
and FPOs of certain public sector under- of this year. He was speaking at the 109th annual 224.7 crore. said price within a period of 18 months,
takings, advance tax payments and huge general meeting of the Merchants' Chamber of In a notice to the Bombay Stock which is on or before 28 December 2010.
cash balances with the government. Commerce. Exchange, Unitech said that its commit- “With this allotment, the allottee has
The RBI had also blamed high cash bal- Mr Basu said that along with growth, the benefits tee of directors, at a meeting held on 22 exercised the conversion right with
ance with the government for aggravating of development must reach the lower strata of the December 2010, had allotted 5,90,34,352 respect to all 22,75,00,000 warrants in
liquidity strain in the system and asked it to society. equity shares of Rs 2 each at a premium total upfront payment of balance 75 per
loosen purse strings for easing the situa- Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Union minister for food of Rs 48.75 per share to Harsil Projects cent of the issue price within the period
tion. “We expect the government to spend processing industry, urged the members of the Pvt Ltd, a promoter group company. of 18 months, and hence after this trench
and reduce the cash balance and ease the chamber to invest five per cent of their total invest- Unitech managing director Mr Sanjay of conversion, the company has no war-
liquidity position. Although the govern- ment in the food processing sector to support the Chandra said that the promoters had rants outstanding for conversion,” the fil-
ment is spending, it is not enough,” the farmers. Criticising the Planning Commission's poli- paid Rs 224.7 crore, which is 75 per cent ing said.
RBI Governor Dr D Subbarao had said cy, he said that the focus should be on post-harvest of the total value of the warrants. On 22 December, Unitech promoters
recently. management. There should be vertical integration “We paid 25 per cent of the amount 18 hiked their stake in the firm to 47.39 per
The liquidity crunch in the system can in the agriculture sector, he said. months ago when the warrants were cent for about Rs 192.12 crore. In June,
be gauged from the fact that the RBI inject- Mr Sahai said that per hectare production in India issued,” he added. the promoters increased their stake in
ed more than Rs 1.40 lakh crore through was only 30 per cent of the global average. Hence The company said that the promoters' the company by 0.42 percentage points
repo (short-term lending against govern- financial support should be given to the farmers so shareholding in the company after such to 46.72 per cent by converting warrants
ment securities) window today itself. that productivity per hectare can increase. allotment on conversion of warrants had worth Rs 76.44 crore.
Home ministry Govt to decide on idle
approval needed coal blocks next month
GSM mobile operators' association COAI chair- for ferry services press trust of india priority for the government and we
man Mr Rajan S Mathew said. press trust of india can take the coal blocks back, if these
The major operators in the country includes, NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The govern- are not developed in a given time-
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Tele Services and NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The shipping ministry ment today said it would decide next frame,” Mr Jaiswal said.
Idea Cellular. today said it might have to seek home min- month the fate of captive coal blocks The other companies which were
However, industry sources added, telecom istry's approval for starting ferry services lying idle with 82 companies, includ- issued show-cause notices include
operators have approached Trai and the from Maldives and Singapore as the pro- ing ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and Mr Navin Jindal-led Jindal Steel and
Department of Telecom (DoT) to seek up to four posed venture to boost tourism includes NTPC, that have been issued notices Power Ltd, Vedanta Group firm
months extension in order to set-up proper infra-
structure that can be put in place to stop the tele-
going through the coasts of Pakistan.
“The only problem is that the route
for not developing the blocks within
the stipulated time.
Sterlite Industries, Mr Sajjan Jindal-
led JSW Steel and GMR Energy.
marketing calls. would include touching the coastline of “We have received their (compa- In a similar drive undertaken earli-
“It is unlikely that telecom operators will meet Pakistan. Therefore, approval from the min- nies') replies and are compiling er, the government had taken back
the 1 January deadline, as it needs time to put in istry of home affairs is also required,” a them. We will take the final decision 11 coal blocks.
place infrastructure so that you can filter the calls shipping ministry official said. in January on the issue,” coal minis- The coal ministry had also held a
and stop pesky calls. The operators are asking Maldives sent a proposal for commencing ter Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal said. review meeting in July with the con-
one to four months time in order to comply with this service to the ministry of external Since October, the government cerned companies, which have been
Trai's guidelines,” AUSPI secretary general Mr SC affairs during the Saarc (South Asian has issued notices to 82 firms to allocated a total of 207 coal blocks
Khanna said. Earlier, Trai in its guidelines had said Association for Regional Cooperation) weed out non-serious players that for captive use under various power,
a hefty penalty of up to Rs 2.50 lakh will be meeting this year. The suggestion was then have failed to develop, within the cement and steel projects.
imposed for violation of the telemarketing guide- forwarded to the ministry of shipping. The stipulated time, the coal blocks allot- In 2009-10, India produced about
lines, which could be followed by blocking repeat ministry has also received a similar offer ted to them for captive use. 532 million tons of coal. However,
offenders' connections. from Singapore. “Interest has been received While threatening to withdraw efforts to raise coal production suf-
A different set of numbers starting with '70' will from Maldives and Singapore,” the official their coal blocks, the government fered a setback this year due to an
be issued to telemarketers so that any unregis- said, adding that Singapore had offered to had asked the firms to explain their environment ministry directive to
tered subscribers can identify commercial calls commence a ferry service from Singapore to positions. put a large number of coal blocks
and decide whether to accept or reject them. Kolkata. “Enhancing coal production is a under 'no-go' mining area.

Sony lines up $1.2b to hike production 50% of FDI in first half of FY’11
press trust of india
TOKYO/NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Electronics major Sony
Corp plans to invest 100 billion yen (about $1.2 billion)
to increase the production of image sensors that are
extensively used in digital cameras and smartphones.
The proposed investment would also help the entity
to double the production capacity for CCD and CMOS
image sensors. Sony today said it would pump in 100
billion yen by year ending 31 March 2012. The company
would use the money for Sony Semiconductor Kyushu
Corp's Nagasaki Technology Center.
“These investments will further strengthen Sony's
production capacity for 'Exmor' and 'Exmor R' CMOS
image sensors to meet increased demand from markets
such as those for smartphones and digital still cameras,”
Sony said in a statement.
Sony is the leading player in the CMOS image sensors
market for digital cameras. With increasing use of digital
cameras and smartphones, the demand for the image
sensors is expected to rise in the coming years.
“The investment plan includes the transfer of the
Sony is the leading player in the approximately
level of approximately 25,000 wafers per month to
50,000 wafers per month by end of
went to Maharashtra, NCR
March 2012," it said. press trust of india more attractive FDI destinations than states with
CMOS image sensors market for Sony India bets big on sales poor roads and power facilities.
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Maharashtra and the “Infrastructure in these areas has improved con-
digital cameras. With increasing Consumer electronics giant Sony India today said it was National Capital Region accounted for more than siderably and that is making them attractive desti-
use of digital cameras and expecting to witness a 54 per cent jump in sales to Rs 50 per cent of foreign direct investment inflows nations for FDI in India,” said Mr Rakesh Joshi, an
smartphones, the demand for the 5,700 crore this fiscal on the back of its enhanced distri-
bution network, aggressive marketing campaign and
into the country during the first half of 2010-11,
says the latest industry ministry data.
international trade expert at the Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade.
image sensors is expected to rise newly-launched products. Maharashtra attracted the maximum foreign Karnataka was the third-most preferred FDI des-
The company said it clocked sales worth Rs 2,600 direct investment (FDI) of about $2.67 billion (Rs tination in the country, attracting $1.04 billion dur-
in the coming years crore in the first half of the 2010-11 financial year, a 46 12,275 crore) during April-September 2010, ing the period, followed by Andhra Pradesh ($491
per cent increase compared to the same period last fis- accounting for 34 per cent of the total FDI in the million), Madhya Pradesh ($398 million) and Tamil
cal. “Sony aims to clock a turnover of Rs 5,700 crore country during the period. Nadu ($331 million).
semiconductor fabrication facilities from Toshiba Corp... this financial year, which would be a 54 per cent Delhi's National Capital Region (NCR), including FDI flows into different states in India have
refurbishment of a part of the above semiconductor fab- increase over the last fiscal,” the company said in a parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, received $1.96 increased steadily since the early 1990s, when the
rication facilities into new wafer lines capable of manu- statement. Sony India had reported sales worth Rs billion (Rs 8,961 crore) of FDI during the period. Indian economy was first opened up to foreign
facturing CMOS image sensors,” the statement noted. 3,700 crore last fiscal. NCR accounted for 20 per cent of the total FDI investment, Joshi said.
The proposed move along with 40-billion-yen invest- The key strategic pillars of growth include sales chan- in the country. During the period, India attracted Less developed states such as Rajasthan received
ment announced in September would lead to a rise in nel expansion, service operation enhancement, aggres- $11 billion of FDI, the data said. $13 million of FDI during the period, while Orissa
Sony's total production capacity for CCD and CMOS sive brand promotion and introduction of an innovative According to experts, the good infrastructure of and Uttar Pradesh attracted $11 million and $80
image sensors. The capacity would rise from “current product line-up, it said. states such as Maharashtra and Delhi made them million, respectively.

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Inflation will
come down
to 5.5%: Govt
CHANDIGARH, 27 DEC: Inflation is
expected to come down to 5.5 per
cent by March 2011, Prime Minister's
Economic Advisory Council chairman,
Mr C Rangarajan said today.
Besides, the PM panel also sees the
country to achieve a GDP growth rate
between 8.5-9 per cent in the current
fiscal. “I think by March (2011), we
can expect (WPI) inflation to come
down to 5.5 per cent,” Mr Rangarajan
said on the sidelines of the 93rd
annual conference of Indian
Economic Association here.
“I think any level of inflation
beyond five per cent (threshold level
of inflation) is uncomfortable,” he
asserted. The wholesale price index
based inflation stood at 7.48 per cent
in November against 8.58 per cent in
October while food inflation shot up
to 12.13 per cent for the week ended
11 December.
Asked about the possibility of hard-
ening of interest rate in January in the
wake of double digit food inflation, Mr
Rangarajan said it would depend
upon how inflation behave in the
coming weeks. pti
Price rise likely to
continue: Chamber
sns & pti
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: The year 2011 may con-
tinue to trouble the government on the food
inflation front and put pressure on the manu-
facturing sector due to hyper-inflation, says an
Assocham paper on “Realising the Objective of
Stabilised Inflation”.
Assocham said in the paper: “2011 may con-
tinue giving pain to the government on the
issue of food inflation and put pressure on the
manufacturing sector due to hyper-inflation.”
Wholesale price inflation in the country fell
to 7.48 per cent in November, prompting the
government to say that it will go down to
around six per cent by March 2011.
However, the skyrocketing prices of onion,
garlic and tomato have dampened the govern-
ment and the RBI's estimates. Food inflation
for the week ended 24 December surged back
to double-digit level at 12.13 per cent, after the
three weeks' slide towards single-digit level.
“The major drawback of the country's infla-
tion control strategy is that it always considers
inflation as a seasonal and temporary prob-
lem”, it said.
“Besides the domestic climatic conditions,
external market conditions, logistics deficien-
TENDER
cy, unauthorised hoarding and ineffective agri-
culture policy too have been the major causes
of inflation,” it added.
Global crude oil prices are also hovering
around $95 per barrel due to increased
demand in Europe on account of an unusually
freezing winter.
“The current food inflation needs to be seen
from two angles: one, there is a shift in income
brackets with the growth of the middle-class, as
a result of industrialisation and growth of ser-
vices raising demand pressure” according to
the paper. “...and two, the gap between pro-
ducer prices and consumer prices is widening
with retailing at consumer level a highly prof-
itable job as demand pressure increases,”
Assocham said. The Assocham papers put the
origins of the present inflationary pressure in
food and fuel prices hike in the first half of
2009-10.
“By the second half of 2009-10, mainly
helped by the persistent supply side pressures
and bad monsoons, it (inflation) was gener-
alised,” it said.
Assocham attributed the moderation in food
inflation in November to factors such as
increase in supply due to new crop arrivals in
the markets.

SSTL service in UP
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Sistema Union Bank ups
Shyam Tele Services Limited
(SSTL), which owns MTS brand,
today said it had started its mobile
base rate by
services in UP East and West and
was expecting to invest Rs 150
crore in networks, marketing and
50 basis points
retail set-up in the above circles. press trust of india
“MTS would now be able to
address the telecom needs of over MUMBAI, 27 DEC: State-owned Union Bank of India
80 per cent of India's population today raised base rate (the minimum lending rate) by
and about 92 per cent of the data 50 basis points to nine per cent in line with other
market potential in the country,” lenders. The revision is in alignment with the current
SSTL CFO Mr Sergey Savchenko rate scenario as also the increase in the cost of funds,
said in a Press release. pti Union Bank of India informed the Bombay Stock
Reliance Money Exchange (BSE).
NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Anil The base rate is the lowest rate below which banks
Ambani group firm Reliance cannot offer loans. In order to bring in more trans-
Money Infrastructure Ltd (RMIL) parency, the base rate was introduced as a replace-
today said it had sold 1,000 kg ment for the benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR)
gold coins till November and from 1 July 2010.
aimed to double sales by With the increase in base rate, all kinds of loans
March-end. “The one ton gold taken from Union Bank of India, including corporate,
coins sales landmark, valued at housing and auto loans, would be dearer by at least
over Rs 200 crore, in less than 50 basis points (0.5 per cent) for new borrowers. GOVERNMENT OF
nine months is a testimony to Earlier this month, the bank hiked its retail term WEST BENGAL
the trust and confidence our deposit interest rates across various maturities Labour Department
customers have bestowed on us between 75 and 100 basis points.
The benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) was TENDER NOTICE
and our offerings,” RMIL director
Mr Vikrant Gugnani said. pti also hiked by 50 basis points to 13.25 per cent, lead- The West Bengal Unorganised
ing to increase in EMIs for the existing customers. Sector Workers’ Welfare Board
Ravi Kumar Distilleries During the month, many banks, including Punjab
(hereinafter referred to as the
Board) invites tender for Supply,
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Shares of National Bank, Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Indian Installation and Maintenance of
liquor manufacturer Ravi Kumar Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Allahabad Bank and Computer Hardwares (for three
Distilleries today surged 25 per Dena Bank, raised their base rate. years). The tender includes
cent to close at Rs 80.05 on the supply of Hardware and allied
peripherals at the Head Office
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) of the Board as well as at vari-
against its issue price of Rs 64.
After opening the session on a
modest note, the scrip later
Sugar futures ous offices of the Labour
Department, Government of
West Bengal. Tender is invited
from reputed System
gained momentum backed by
heavy buying and advanced by
25 per cent to close at Rs 80.05.
trading restarts Integrators / OEMs. The
‘Request For Proposal’ docu-
ment i.e. Tender Documents
The stock had zoomed by 41 per
cent to touch an intra-day high
of Rs 90.30. On the National
after 18-mth ban can be collected from the office
of the Board at 6th Floor, B,
Block, N,S. Buildings, 1, K. S.
Roy Road, Kolkata-1 on pay-
Stock Exchange, Ravi Kumar NEW DELHI, 27 DEC: Sugar prices shot up by 5.44 ment of non-refundable tender
settled the day at Rs 79.30, per cent on the Multi- commodity Exchange (MCX) fee amounting to Rs. 10,000
(Rupees ten thousand only) by
translating into a 23.91 per cent counter, as futures trading began after the market reg- A/c Payee Demand Draft in
jump against the issue price. pti ulator lifted the ban after a gap of one and half years. favour West Bengal
KEC International After opening sharply higher, sugar futures contin- Unorganised Sector Workers’

MUMBAI, 27 DEC: KEC ued its upward journey as traders indulged in build- Welfare Board, payable at
Kolkata on any working day till
International today said the ing up huge positions in anticipation of A further rise 17th, January, 2011 between
company had won Rs 1,018- in the prices at the MCX. 11-00 hours and 15-00 hours.
crore transmission lines Sugar for delivery in January contract shot up by Rs The completed technical and

construction and various supply 166, or 5.44 per cent, to close the session at Rs 3,216 financial proposals as per the
Request for Proposal (RFP)
and civil orders. “We are happy per quintal, with a business turnover of 452 lots. document must be delivered at
to see continuous order flow Likewise, sugar for delivery in February also gath- the office of the Board before
from our most of the business ered Rs 159 or 5.11 per cent, to Rs 3,269 per quintal, 15-00 hours on 17th, January,

segments. This quarter has been with an open interest of 307 lots. 2011. Details of the above ten-
der are available at the official
very good for our order book. While delivery for March closed with a rise of Rs website of the Labour
With these orders, our total 142 or 4.48 per cent, to Rs 3,312 per quintal, having D e p a r t m e n t :
order intake for the quarter a business turnover of 165 lots. http://labour.wbgov.com from
reaches to approximately Rs Although the market regulator Forward Markets 29th December, 2010.

2,400 crore,” KEC International Commission had lifted the ban on sugar futures from Aziz Rasul
Chief Executive Officer
managing director and CEO Mr 1 October, but it had not allowed exchanges to West Bengal Unorganised
Ramesh Chandak said in a resume trading. “Brisk activity in today's session sug- Sector Workers’ Welfare
statement here. pti gests that traders have cheered the relaunching of Board
sugar futures trading”, said an analyst. pti ICA-5515(2)/2010

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Index Sensex Nifty
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Aban Offshore 742.90 ABB 803.10 ACC
1081.40 Adani Enter 618.10 Adani Power
127.20 Aditya Birla Nuvo 823.60 Allahabad
Bank 215.70 Alstom Power 685.00 Ambuja
Cement 143.95 Andhra Bank 149.05 Apollo
Tyres 64.65 Areva 317.80 Ashok Leyland
62.15 Asian Paints 2832.40 Aurobindo
Pharma 1292.40 Axis Bank 1315.90 Bajaj
Holding Inv 856.25 Bajaj Auto 1454.80 BGR
Energy 720.20 Bharat Electric 1731.60
Bharat Forge 371.25 Bharat Petroleum
667.35 Bharti Airtel 341.60 BHEL 2296.90
Bhushan Steel 456.35 Biocon 411.60 Bank
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Bosch 6205.65 Cadila Healthcare 764.45
Cairn India 331.30 Canara Bank 650.85
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What’s on Sibal’s
must-do list?
A handful of IITs and IIMs won’t do. Evaluation procedures in keeping with through
those adopted by the world’s best universities, uniform norms for student often complained that the college authorities become very active
body elections based on the recommendations of the Lyngdoh committee
and liberal government funding to facilitate world class research in the
state universities are some of the essential measures the Centre should be accreditation
looking to implement urgently, writes ardhendu chatterjee
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the
water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes. ~
Rabindranath Tagore
‘IMPART quality education” is now a commonly heard refrain
in the highest academic circles in India. Expectedly, it was the main
thrust of the speeches delivered recently by the Vice President of
India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Professor VN Rajasekharan Pillai,
Vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University,
Professor VG Talwar, vice-chancellor of Mysore University and Sam
Pitroda, advisor to the Prime Minister on public information
infrastructure and innovations, on four separate forums.
Although access to higher education in our country (20 to 30
per cent) is still much lower than in the USA, the UK and Japan (70
per cent), excellence has become as crucial as expansion in the
changed scenario.
Professor Talwar hit the nail on the head when he observed in
his address in the conference on “Higher Education and Global
Vision” hosted by the Federation of Degree College Principals’
Associations, Karnataka, that “a revolution is needed to counter
global competition”.
India’s education planners seem to inhabit an ivory tower:
seldom do they keep their feet on the ground. Even the Right to
Education Act does not address the issue of quality. So, primary
education is left to the care of those who do not deserve to be
called teachers: their only qualification is loyalty to the ruling party
and only duty to act as its “political
messengers”.
The whole primary education system
plagued by rampant absenteeism is in a
shambles with none to monitor, guide and
control. It is now almost on the brink of
destruction with the village panchayats
trying to use the schools for the furtherance
of their own political interests. The motto is
“We care for our party and not for quality”.
Let it be the sacrificial lamb!
Equally pathetic is the condition of
government-aided secondary schools. The
vicious cycle of politics casts its shadow on
the election of governing bodies, supposed
to look after school administration and
finances. Ideally, these bodies should be
apolitical, their only role being to help the
school administration function smoothly.
But those who jump the fray look upon it
as a mini election to be fought on party
lines. So firearms are freely used, bombs Both APJ Abdul Kalam and Amartya Sen have emphasised the importance of primary education standard at the successive levels.
hurled and all terror tactics employed to
scare the guardian-voters — perceived to be
“enemies” — away. How can children grow up to be responsible
citizens in this backdrop? There is also no quality monitoring body.
School inspectors are there but school inspection has become a
thing of the past.
Of course, government schools, Kendriya Vidyalayas and
Navodaya Vidyalays are to a great extent free from these vices.
Teachers in these schools are appointed through a rigorous
selection process and there are fewer or no complaints against
their ability to deliver.
Private English medium schools, too, appear to be managed
well, or else they couldn’t have touched the imagination of Indian
parents even in the rural hinterland, even though they charge hefty
fees from pupils? Guardians look upon these institutions as the
best bet in the given circumstances, at least up to the higher
Kapil Sibal had extensive discussions with the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Prohibition of groups erupted on this issue but our leaders cared a fig for that.
Unfair Practises in Technical, Medical Educational
Institutions and Universities Bill .
to socio-economic development and equitable growth.
VG Talwar VN Rajasekharan Pillai Management, Rajbandh
secondary level.
Undergraduate and postgraduate education are administered by
state and central universities set up under the rules and regulations
framed from time to time by such regulatory bodies as the
University Grants Commission and the All India Council for
Technical Education.
To monitor quality at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels
the National Assessment and Accreditation Council was set up in
1994 on the lines of the International Network for Quality
Assurance Agencies in Higher Education. Naac critically examines
how students, teachers and office staff harmoniously coexist with
other stakeholders like employers, governing bodies, parents,
trusts and societies that fund the colleges. Infrastructural facilities
like academics, hostels, laboratories and libraries are also assessed.
Naac officials get to know everything about a particular college
their interaction with students, teachers, parents and non-
teaching staff and make their own assessments to award grade. It is
on the eve of a Naac visit, spruce up the campus, make some
cosmetic changes and extend a warm hospitality to the visiting
team to receive a higher grade. Naturally, seldom does Naac
bring about a change in the internal administration of
a college or university torn by student unrest or campus violence
that raises its ugly head at the instigation of political leaders at the
drop of a hat making a hell of campus life for students interested in
studying peacefully.
The National Board of Accreditation undertakes similar exercises
for accreditation of engineering colleges on several parameters but
those who are associated with them know that they do not help
much in the qualitative improvement in teaching-learning.
To ensure quality in private professional institutes the Centre has
decided to place an Education Tribunal Bill “that proposes to set
up a two-tier tribunal to hear the cases of education institutions”.
But private players who were earlier given carte blanche to manage
these institutions in their own way are afraid that the government
is eager to enhance their control over them.
“The purpose of the new legislation (Education Tribunal Bill)”
according to Higher Education Secretary, Vibha Puri, “is not for the
government to be a regulator, but to have a transparent and
accountable education system.” She, however, asserted that “Profit
should not be the sole aim of educational institutions in a
developing country like ours. It is fine if they make profit and put it
back into the system. But profit should not be the only aim.”
The politics of reservation has similarly affected and continues to
affect higher education rather seriously. Social justice, a hollow
slogan orchestrated to divide society on the basis of caste and
creed, has a detrimental effect on campus life. We have seen how
students were sharply polarised on the issue of 27 per cent
reservation for other backward castes and a hate campaign was
triggered against each other. Violent clashes among various student
A few days back a desperate Left Front Government announced
its decision “to reserve 17 per cent seats in all government and
government-aided colleges for students
belonging to the other backward classes, with
effect from the coming academic session”.
In Rajasthan, Gujjars have intensified their
agitation following a Rajasthan High Court
order that the community could not be given
special reservation in government jobs. The
movement has disrupted campus life in the
state.
A sapling cannot develop and grow into a
big and healthy tree unless it is properly
watered and nurtured in its early stages.
Similarly, a sound primary and secondary
education is a sine qua non for building the
edifice of a learner’s academic attainments.
Two of India’s most brilliant minds, former
President APJ Abdul Kalam and Nobel laureate
Amartya Sen, have been relentlessly trying to
convince the state and central governments
of the necessity to give top priority to primary
education so that we can raise the academic
A few central universities and a few IITs and
IIMs can hardly land us in a position to be a
global competitor in education. Introduction of syllabi and
evaluation procedures in keeping with those adopted by the
world’s best universities in all colleges and universities across the
country, uniform norms for student body elections based on the
recommendations of the Lyngdoh committee, confluence of the
best brains including research scientists to teaching, sufficient
government funds for world class research in state universities are
some of the measures that can be undertaken to improve the
quality of higher education in the country to an appreciable
degree.
The writer is assistant professor of English at the
Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and
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following in Australia, the USA and Europe, it is further education has come a long way since The IfL has more than 205,000 This sector-led approach is likely to continue launched the Maastricht Education and Research
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professional development. On top of his they spend up to 30 hours a year — on a release colleges and workplace learning university signed MoUs with the National Law School
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a seedless grape”. More recent students might carried out by lecturers and trainers undertake the Principals Qualifying destination for R&D due to a variety of well-known
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spare time to keep up to date with his subject. e-learning. development is right for individual Learning’ (PBL). The university’s 200 PhDs, about
3000 publications in journals and contribution to
“When I was studying molecular genetics at “These are people with expertise and circumstances. With this government, FE is numerous books in 2009, testify research. Such
university, we were told that there were 100,000 enthusiasm for teaching and learning,” says no longer the poor relation. Cinderella is achievements in 35 years, is an evidence of its drive
genes in the human body. Advances in genetics Markos Tiris, its head of teaching and going to the ball.” for excellence.
have put the number at fewer than 30,000,” he learning. “We have trained up to 660 Richard Spencer has become a leading light in the
says. advanced guides and they have already world of continuing professional development. The Independent, London

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Dempo say no
Dempo Sports Club have refused
to release Joaquim Abranches
for the national camp being held
in Dubai ahead of the Asian Cup.
With Anthony Pereira and Arvind-
am Bhatttacharya ruled out of
the tournament, coach Bob Hou-
ghton requested replacements.
However, Dempo manager Cu-
stodio Almedia said: “Abranches
has not yet played for Dempo SC
in I-League matches. It would
have been foolish on our part to
release the striker for the camp,
given that he has not yet rega-
ined his fitness.” In another dev-
elopment, Mohammed Rafi was
axed as India announced a 23-
member squad, to be captained
by Bhaichung Bhutia, for the Asi-
an Cup starting on 7 January in
Doha. Rafi, best player of the
2009-10 I-League, suffered an
injury in October, before the Indi-
an players left for Dubai, but pla-
yed in last month's international
friendlies. Of the eight players
left out of the squad from the 31
in the camp, Dempo left back
Sameer Naik, Churchill Brothers
goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacha-
rya and Dempo winger Anthony
Pereira are injured. The other ex-
cluded players were Churchill Br-
others striker Rafi, midfielder Ja-
Ponting penalised after clashing with umpire over referral
agence france-presse
MELBOURNE, 27 DEC: Australian skipper
Ricky Ponting was fined 40 per cent of his
match fee by the International Cricket
Council today after clashing heatedly with
the match umpires over an unsuccessful
video review at the fourth Ashes Test. Such
was the argument that former captain Ian
Chappel called for Ponting’s suspension. “If I
was adjudicating I'd think it was a suspend-
able offence,” Chappell said. He added that
the ICC is to blame for such incidents. “I
think the ICC are in part to blame, not for
him arguing today, but if you want to stop
those sort of things you've got to stop them
straight away, the first time it happens,”
Chappell was quoted as saying by
The Australian.
With his team struggling on the field
against England, Ponting argued with Aleem
Dar for some time and then spoke to the
other umpire, Tony Hill, after Kevin Pietersen
had been adjudged not to have edged the
ball for a caught behind. The ICC said
Ponting had pleaded guilty to a charge of
“arguing or entering into a prolonged dis-
cussion with the umpire about his decision.”
Ponting's fine equates to around US$ 5,400.
The ICC said the matter had been deter-
mined by match referee Ranjan Madugalle
without the need for a full hearing. “Ricky's
actions as captain of his country were unac-
ceptable,” Madugalle said in a statement.
“A captain is expected to set the example
and not get involved in a prolonged discus-
sion with the on-field umpires and question
their decision. While pleading guilty to the
charge, Ricky understood that the discussion
went far too long. He apologised for his
action and stated that he has nothing but
respect for the umpires and his on-field
actions were not intended to show disrespect
to Aleem Dar or Tony Hill.” Cricket Australia
chief James Sutherland was reluctant to pass
judgment on Ponting's on-field behaviour,
which drew a disapproving slow-handclap
from sections of the crowd.
“At this stage, I wouldn't be saying whether
it's good for the game, let's see what the actu-
al substance was,” he said, speaking before
the ICC announced its decision. “The match
referee is effectively the tribunal, if you like. If
there is a report, he's the one who hears the
report and makes a judgement on it.”
Pietersen was on 49 when wicketkeeper
Brad Haddin persuaded Ponting to go for a
review. But “hot spot” replays showed no
edge and Pietersen stayed, much to the
annoyance of Ponting, who argued with both
umpires and had sharp words with Pietersen
about the decision, believing he had made
contact with the ball. Australian fast bowler
Peter Siddle weighed in as Ponting clashed
with Dar, wagging a finger at the Pakistani
match official. It was the first of two reviews
to go against Australia before tea on the sec-
ond day of the fourth Test at the MCG, with
Dar calling on the third umpire to rule that
Matt Prior was not out.
Pietersen had played and missed at a Ryan
Harris delivery, with the ball going between
bat and pad. Wicketkeeper Haddin appeared
to be the only Australian player who
appealed for the “catch” and persuaded
Ponting to call for the review. Replays of the
“hot spot” technology showed a bright mark
at the bottom of Pietersen's bat, but not near
where the ball had passed his bat. Pietersen
only made two more runs before Siddle
trapped him lbw.
In another technology intervention in the
last over before Monday's tea break, Prior had
made five and was starting to walk from the
crease after he nicked Mitchell Johnson to
the slips. But Dar called Prior back and the
uncertain umpire called for a video review,
which showed Johnson had over-stepped for
a no-ball.
Steve’s choice
Steve Waugh today tipped Brad Haddin or
Tim Paine as future national captains as pres-
sure intensified on Ponting.
The heat is on him as he faces losing a
third Ashes series. Waugh overlooked vice-
captain Michael Clarke as Ponting's heir-
apparent. Ponting, 36, has toiled with the bat
in this series, notching up just 93 runs in the
series at 15.50, while Clarke, 29, is averaging
only 22.50 from his six innings against
England.
“That's the burning question right now:
who potentially is the next captain?” Waugh
said on Nine Network television today,
adding: “Obviously, Ricky is still there right
now. If he wasn't to be there tomorrow, you
would assume Michael Clarke would get the
role. He's been groomed for it, he's done it in
the shorter form of the game and done pret-
ty well. But for some reason there're ques-
tion marks over Michael Clarke.”
Haddin, 33, has captained New South
Wales and also led Australia in two Twenty20
matches, while Tasmanian Paine, 26, will lead
the Prime Minister's XI against England at in
Canberra on 10 January. Waugh said he saw
both as potential Australian Test captains. “I
always believe there're three or four players
in the side who can captain the team, but
probably haven't revealed those skills
because they haven't had the chance.
Haddin's had a bit of experience, but the one
who I think is interesting ... is probably
Tim Paine." Ricky Ponting in Melbourne on Monday. afp

Jonathan trots out another century

mes Lukram and defender N Mo-
hanraj -- both from Mohun Bagan
- East Bengal striker Baljit Sahni
and JCT midfielder Jagpreet Sin-
gh. The Indians reach Doha on 6
January and play Australia on 10
January. Raul Carmo Fernandez,
managing director of Gulf Intern-
ational Promotions, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Indian
team in place of Pradip Chowdh-
ury, who returned home after a
tiff with coach Bob Houghton.
The squad: goalkeepers: Subrata
Pal, Subhasish Roy Choudhury,
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu;
defenders: Surkumar Singh,
Gouramangi Singh, Anwar,
Mahesh Gawli, Syed Rahim Nabi,
Deepak Mondal, N S Manju,
Rakesh Masih and Govin Singh;
midfielders: Steven Dias, N P
Pradeep, Climax Lawrence,
Clifford Miranda, Renedy Singh,
Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Baldeep
Singh; strikers: Bhaichung Bhutia
(captain), Sunil Chhetri, Abhishek
Yadav and Sushil Kumar Singh.
Foreign league
Sardara Singh, the only Indian
included in the international
hockey federation's All-Star
men's team, will make his debut
in the Belgiun hockey league
next year. Sardara has signed a
contract with Brussels-based
Lauven Club, who have also
invited Sandeep Singh. Sardara
said the contract was for three
months and he would leave for
Brussels in February's first week.
Brazil win title
The Brazilian national beach so-
ccer team defeated the All-World
team 6-2 to win the International
Challenge of Beach Soccer. In
the match held in Sao Paulo,
Brazil's Bruno Malias and Benja-
min scored twice on Sunday whi-
le Anderson and Betinho added
a goal each. For the All-World te-
am, Madjer and Bukhlitskiy scor-
ed the two goals. The win marks
Brazil's sixth straight against the
agence france-presse way and needed a referral to avoid a tight run-out decision on 46,
MELBOURNE, 27 DEC: Jonathan Trott posted his third century in just beating home Ricky Ponting's throw from the deep.
five Ashes Tests to propel England closer to a series victory in the The quirky number three recharged the England innings after fast
fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today. bowler Peter Siddle had revived Australian hopes alive with three
The South African-born right-hander helped swell the lead to 346 wickets and two catches.
runs after the tourists had batted out the entire second day to take The big-hearted paceman single-handedly kept the Australians in
full advantage of Australia's record lowest the contest with the wickets of Alastair Cook,
total of 98 in 133 years of Ashes Tests at the Strauss and Kevin Pietersen, before taking two
famous ground. SCOREBOARD great catches at fine leg off Mitchell Johnson's
Trott, who hit 119 on his debut in last England (O’night score 157/0) 1st innings bowling.
year's fifth Ashes Test at the Oval, has proved A Strauss c Hussey b Siddle 69 Siddle had Cook caught at first slip by Shane
to be a thorn for Australia in this series with A Cook c Watson b Siddle 82 Watson for 82 to end an English opening stand
an unbeaten 135 in the first Brisbane Test J Trott not out 141 of 159 and then had Strauss brilliantly caught
and today's hundred despite taking a painful K Pietersen lbw b Siddle 51 one-handed by a leaping Michael Hussey in the
blow to the knee. P Collingwood c Siddle b Johnson 8 gully for 69.
At the close, England were 444 for five I Bell c Siddle b Johnson 1 Danger batsman Pietersen was trapped lbw
with Trott defiant on 141 and Matt Prior on M Prior not out 75 to Siddle for 51 after raising his 21st Test half-
75 in a ground-record unbroken sixth-wick- Extras (b 10, lb 1, w 3, nb 3) 17 century. Pietersen was given out and conferred
et stand of 158 to kill off the Australians' Total (5 wickets; 136 overs) 444 with batting partner Trott about whether to
hopes of salvaging the Test. Fall of wickets: 1-159 (Cook, 51.1 ov), seek an umpire's review, but walked from the
The pair eclipsed the previous English 2-170 (Strauss, 55.3 ov), 3-262 wicket after a few words.
record wicket partnership at the MCG of 140 (Pietersen, 86.3 ov), 4-281 Paul Collingwood's series woes continued
between Patsy Hendren and Maurice (Collingwood, 91.3 ov), 5-286 (Bell, when he fell for eight off a poor hook shot
Leyland in 1928-9. 95.3 ov) straight to Siddle in Johnson's first over of a
Andrew Strauss's team need to win only Bowling: B Hilfenhaus 29-9-072-0 (1w), new spell. Collingwood has scored just 70 in
one of the remaining two Tests to retain the R Harris 25-7-83-0, M Johnson 25-2- five innings in the series, putting pressure on
Ashes and capture their first series Down 103-2 (2nb, 2w), P Siddle 26-8-58-3 his place for next week's final Sydney Test.
Under in 23 years. (1nb), S Watson 10-1-34-0, S Smith Siddle was on the spot again to snap up a low
Trott, who has now amassed 418 runs for 18-3-71-0, M Clarke 3-0-12-0 diving catch at fine leg to dismiss Ian Bell for
the series at 104.5, had some luck along the one off Johnson.
‘Inter won’t spend £42m on Kaka’ Arsenal must stop
agencies
MADRID/MILAN, 27 DEC: Drogba: Wenger
Ernesto
Bronzetti, the super agent who has a host
of associations with Real Madrid, claims agencies
Inter don't have the resources necessary to LONDON, 27 DEC: Arsenal manager Arsene
fund a £42.6 million move for Kaka (iin Wenger believes his team must shackle
photo). Chelsea's Didier Drogba if they are to beat
Reports continue to link the 28-year-old their title rivals at the Emirates on Monday.
Brazilian with Inter following Leonardo's Ivorian striker Drogba, 32, has never been
arrival as coach. However, Bronzetti knows on the losing side against the Gunners, scor-
the Madrid environment well, and he main- ing 13 goals in 13 games. "He is the guy you
Jonathan Trott in action in Melbourne on Monday. afp tains there will be no chance for business. need to keep quiet," said Wenger, whose team
"Kaka will not join Inter... I am sure of this. sit third, one point ahead of the reigning
Inter will not make these types of invest- champions.

Big freeze traps

best players in the world. ments and I don't think Real Madrid will let "If you look at the statistics, defending
New manager him leave for less than £42.6m," Bronzetti against Drogba is one of the keys - if not the
Australia's cricket team will soon told Sky Sport Italia. biggest key." Wenger added that the way to
have a new team manager - an "Florentino Perez is a hard head and he stop Drogba could be to try to stifle his sup-

expatriate Australian whose curr-
ent position is operations mana-
ger for England's rugby team. Cri-
cket Australia said on Monday G-
avin Dovey would take over as
team manager after the World C-
up in April. Dovey will replace St-
eve Bernard, who is retiring from
the role he has held since 1998.
Basketball
Twenty-seven men's and 23
women's teams will be in action
in the National Basketball
Championships starting in New
Delhi on Tuesday. The matches
are to be held at Talkatora
Stadium and Modern School.
Felicitation
Sachin
Tendulkar, who
recently hit his
historic 50th Test
hundred, will be
felicitated by the
civic body in Mumbai once he
returns from South Africa.
Since 2001, several
proposals for felicitating the
cricketer have been pending
with the Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation. In
February, the BMC passed a
proposal to felicitate the little
master after he had become
the first player in the world to
score a double century in a
One-Day International. pti
tennis icons
indo-asian news service
MELBOURNE, 27 DEC: Bad winter weather
is hampering the plans of some top players
to travel from North America to the south-
ern hemisphere as the 2011 tennis season
revs up this weekend. One player who
escaped the wintry blast which enveloped
Europe in recent days was Ana Ivanovic,
who has arrived in Australia where she will
team with fellow-Serb Novak Djokovic at
the Hopman Cup mixed team event start-
ing in Perth on Saturday.
The former number one has his family in
Australia. "It is a big change from Europe,"
the Basel-based player told the local media.
"The past two days at home were a bit cold,
but I'm so happy to be back."
Three-time Grand Slam-winner Maria
Sharapova is set for her first appearance in
New Zealand as the USA-based Russian
heads for next week's Women's Tennis
Association event in Auckland.
Sharapova posted on her Facebook page:
"I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I
had such a great day of great food and
amazing presents and two really hard prac-
tices. We are leaving tonight for Auckland
so I am really excited to start the season."
Sharapova also posted links of her new
clothing and shoes but said nothing about
her racquets after ending a "lifetime" con-
tract with Prince. In the USA, Andy Roddick
and swimsuit model wife Brooklyn Decker
looked to be snowed in at her family's
home in North Carolina, with Roddick mes-
saging that his flight to Australia was look-
ing to be delayed owing to a massive snow-
storm sweeping the eastern USA. Roddick
called his chances of getting out on his
scheduled flight "pretty dicey." The
American is to be next week in Brisbane to
start his season. Russian Dinara Safina was
living the life of a "homeless" after her
flight from Santiago, Chile, had been can-
celled after she arrived fresh from training
in Argentina. The former world number
one Russian was hoping to cross the Pacific
but had to stay overnight in the airport
"like a homeless" as she Tweeted that she
did not have a visa for Chile.
Devvarman’s dream
In Agartala today, Somdev Devvarman
today said his dream was to lead India to a
Davis Cup title win. "India have entered in
the World Group. My dream is to bring the
Davis Cup to my country," Devvarman said
during a felicitation organised by the
Tripura government, where he was given a
standing ovation.
"The future of Tripura's sport is bright as
hundreds of talented players are coming
up. My parents' all-out support helped me
become a tennis player," said DEvvarman,
who won two gold medals at the
Guangzhou Asian Games last month and a
record-breaking gold medal in the
Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
would not accept losing a bet, it's the same
for Maicon and Diego Milito, who will not
go to Madrid."
Barca won’t buy in January
Barcelona sporting director Andoni
Zubizarreta says they won’t buy again in
January after Ibrahim Afellay's arrival.
The precocious PSV playmaker signed
for the Nou Camp outfit for a reported
three million Euros but according to for-
mer Spain goalkeeper Zubizarreta, Barca
won't be making any more winter signings
in the upcoming January market. "We have
absolutely no plans to sign anybody else
during this transfer window", he was quot-
ed in an article from the club's official web-
site during the presentation of Afellay.
"He was a player who was about to finish
his contract and with the squad we have he
looks like somebody who can add some-
thing".
Zubizarreta elaborated that the ability of
the Dutch midfielder to play in a wide num-
ber of positions made him a valuable com-
modity to the club.
He explained: "He was PSV captain
despite his age and he showed great foot-
balling maturity. He'll have to adapt to a
new situation, but he's used to meeting
challenges".
While admitting last season that Barca
could make a move for a centre-back,
Zubizarreta now feels that the promising
displays of academy products Fontàs, Batra
and Muniesa have shown that the club have
adequate defensive options. He said, "we
don't need to look there right now. Those
three will continue to play for the B team
with options of moving up to play with the
first team. We are changing the concept of
first team and reserve players for a squad
where every player can play with different
systems and ways of playing". Zubizarreta
also gave his take on the ongoing transfer
wrangle between full-back Daniel Alves and
Barcelona and the contract situation of mid-
fielder Thiago.
He added "we are working every day with
the negotiations, trying to find a point
where we feel comfortable.
"Thiagos' contract states that we have to
tell him at the end of January exactly what
role he'll have in the squad next year, but
right now it's not a direct incorporation into
the first team squad."
Barcelona have ended 2010 at the top of
the La Liga table with 43 points two ahead
of arch rivals Real Madrid.
ply from Frank Lampard, who is set to return
to the starting line-up for the first time since
undergoing surgery on a groin problem.
"The way he works with Frank Lampard is
also important," he said. "He always finds
Drogba when he plays so we have to stop
that. "Drogba was always been very efficient
against us. He is a big game player. "Recently,
when Chelsea were in trouble against
Tottenham, who turned up? It was Drogba
again."
Drogba scored the breakthrough goal
when the Blues fought hard to beat Arsenal 2-
0 in March at Stamford Bridge as they tight-
ened their grip on a title race they eventually
won. Chelsea, though, have suffered a run of
consistently poor form recently and are six
points behind leaders Manchester United hav-
ing played the same number of games.
"I am surprised that they lost five games
[already this season], especially three at home
against teams not challenging for the champi-
onship," Wenger told BBC Sport.
"We are in a good position this season. But
our home form in the second half of the sea-
son will be the decider."
Of his own strikers, Wenger admits that
Marouane Chamakh's form has suffered amid
his heavy workload this season - and, with
Robin van Persie ready to start and Nicklas
Bendtner also available, he may choose to rest
the Moroccan.
"Marouane has given a lot," said Wenger.
"He has played a lot on his own up front.
"He is a bit tired at the moment. He's used
to having a winter break in France at this stage
of the season. "He has played nearly every
game since the start of the season. He feels
that he had a little dip physically, but he's
working very hard in training to come back."

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KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010 12

Indians fight fire with fire

SCORECARD SCOREBOARD
India 1st innings (O’night 183/6) R B 4 6
MS Dhoni c Petersen b Steyn 35 57 3 1
Harbhajan c de Villiers b Steyn 21 39 2 0
Z Khan c Boucher b Morkel 0 7 5 0
BASKETBALL I Sharma not out 1 9 0 0
National Basketball S Sreesanth c Boucher b Morkel 0 1 0 0
sive 32 at the start of an Indian collapse in
Association: Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 2) 9
which the top four batsmen fell for the addi-
Total (all out; 65.1 overs) 205
Cleveland Cavaliers 97 tion of 14 runs. VVS Laxman and Cheteshwar
Fall of wickets: 7-190, 8-193, 9-205
Minnesota Timberwolves 98 Pujara restored a semblance of sanity by bat-
Bowling: D Steyn 19-6-50-6, M Morkel 19.1-3-68-2
Denver Nuggets 89 ting together for 76 minutes until bad light
(2nb), L Tsotsobe 11-3-40-2 (1w), J Kallis 8-2-18-0
Philadelphia 76ers 95 ended play.
(1w), P Harris 8-1-26-0
Detroit Pistons 92 Chicago After Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel
South Africa 1st innings R B 4 6
Bulls 95 (OT) wrapped up the Indian first innings, Khan
A Petersen b Khan 24 39 3 0
Indiana Pacers 90 Memphis started the comeback by the number one
G Smith c Dhoni b Khan 9 11 2 0
Grizzlies 104 ranked Test nation when he claimed the wick-
H Amla lbw b Harbhajan Singh 33 46 5 0
LA Clippers 108 Phoenix Suns ets of opening batsmen Graeme Smith and
J Kallis run out (Sharma) 10 17 2 0
103 Alviro Petersen. South Africa then suffered a
AB de Villiers c Dhoni b Sreesanth 0 5 0 0
New Orleans Hornets 93 double blow when in-form Jacques Kallis and
A Prince b Khan 13 46 2 0
Atlanta Hawks 86 AB de Villiers were out in quick succession
M Boucher not out 16 24 2 0
San Antonio Spurs 94 shortly before lunch to leave the home side
D Steyn c Dravid b Harbhajan 1 11 0 0
Washington Wizards 80 reeling at 74 for four.
P Harris c Pujara b Harbhajan 0 5 0 0
Kallis, who made a maiden Test double
M Morkel c Harbhajan b Sharma 10 30 1 0
century at Centurion, was run out for 10. He
L Tsotsobe c Vijay b Harbhajan 0 2 0 0
was backing up when bowler Ishant Sharma
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 12) 15
deflected a drive by Hashim Amla into the
Total (all out; 37.2 overs) 131
stumps. Hashim Amla, playing in his 50th Test
GRIDIRON match on his home ground, and Ashwell Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-46, 3-67, 4-74, 5-96, 6-
National Football League: 100, 7-103, 8-103, 9-127
Prince looked to be repairing the damage
Bowling: Z Khan 13-2-36-3, S Sreesanth 8-0-41-1
Buffalo Bills 3 New England when they batted together for 40 minutes
(5nb, 1w), I Sharma 9-2-42 -1 (7nb), Harbhajan
Patriots 34 after the break, putting on 22 runs.
Singh 7.2-2-10-4
Chicago Bears 38 New York But Harbhajan regained control for India
India 2nd innings R B 4s 6s
Jets 34 with a superb spell of bowling, making his
V Sehwag c Boucher b Tsotsobe 32 31 6 0
Cincinnati Bengals 34 San first breakthrough when Amla missed a
M Vijay c Amla b Morkel 9 54 1 0
Diego Chargers 20 sweep and was leg before wicket for 33.
R Dravid c Boucher b Tsotsobe 2 7 0 0
Cleveland Browns 10 Prince chopped Khan into his stumps in the
S Tendulkar c de Villiers b Steyn 6 10 1 0
Baltimore Ravens 20 next over and Harbhajan snapped up the
VVS Laxman batting 23 59 4 0
Denver Broncos 24 Houston wickets of Dale Steyn and Paul Harris in quick
C Pujara batting 10 51 1 0
Texans 23 succession. Steyn fell to an excellent diving
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 4) 10
Green Bay Packers 45 New catch by Rahul Dravid at slip as Dravid
York Giants 17 Indians celebrate the dismissal of AB de Villiers in Durban on Monday. afp Total (4 wickets; 30.5 overs)
became the first fielder in Test history to take 92
Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-44, 3-48, 4-56
Jacksonville Jaguars 17 200 catches.
Bowling: D Steyn 7-1-27-1 (1w); M Morkel 7-1-17-1
Washington Redskins 20 DURBAN, 27 DEC: Bowlers took it in turns to When India were all out for 205, losing their last Harbhajan four for 10. Meanwhile AB de Villiers said that his
(1w); L Tsotsobe 6.5-2-16-2 (1w); J Kallis 6-1-18-0
(OT) cause carnage as 18 wickets fell for 245 runs on the four wickets for 22 runs at the start of the day, it India hurried to 42 without loss in their second side were caught off-guard by the Indian
(1w); P Harris 4-1-8-0
Kansas City Chiefs 34 second day of the second Test at Kingsmead on seemed that the hosts were set to dominate the innings and looked well on course to avenge their fightback. “We batted extremely poorly,
Tennessee Titans 14 Monday. At the end of an extraordinary day, India, match. But Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh sent innings defeat in the first Test at Centurion last quite a few soft wickets. They bowled very
Miami Dolphins 27 Detroit on 92 for four in their second innings, held an South Africa crashing to 131 all out, giving India a week. But left-arm pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe well. They got Zaheer Khan back into the go. They caught us off-guard and bounced
Lions 34 overall lead of 166 runs. first innings lead of 74. Khan took three for 36 and had Virender Sehwag caught behind for an aggres- attack, he put us under pressure from the word back,” de Villiers said. afp
Oakland Raiders 26
Indianapolis Colts 31
Kiwi win signals Dravid on top
St Louis Rams 25 San
Francisco 49ers 17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38
Seattle Seahawks 15
Wright stuff
agence france-presse
Another jolt for board
MUMBAI, 27 DEC: Bombay High
Rajasthan pull it off
agencies
DURBAN, 27
Court today refused to stay its single 61 Mumbai playing XI contained 10 Test DEC: Rahul Dra-
AUCKLAND, 27 DEC: New bench order which had stalled till 10 MUMBAI, 27 DEC: They had crossed swords players, led by the star trio of Polly Umrigar, vid (iin photo )
Zealand will try to cash in on January the proceedings of the disci- with each other a number of times in the Gulabrai Ramchand and Bapu Nadkarni. today took his
a new-found confidence after plinary committee of the Board of past, including seven summit showdowns in They were backed up by a bowling attack 200th catch in
winning the first Twenty20 Control for Cricket in India probing a 10-year span, but Rajasthan never got past spearheaded by Ramakant Desai. Test matches to
ICE HOCKEY match against Pakistan as they allegations of financial irregularities Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy before today The sides' latest encounter had been all stay on top of the
National Hockey League: look to wrap up the series in against former Indian Premier League when they entered the semi-finals. Mumbai but over by the end of the second day but list in the game's
Atlanta Thrashers 2 Tampa the second game in Hamilton commissioner Lalit Modi (iin photo). used to be Rajasthan's bogey team, especial- Rajasthan players had to wait till this evening five-day format.
Bay Lightning 3 (OT) tomorrow. It may only be After hearing both the parties, Justice ly in the 1960s when the two outfits clashed when they officially knocked out the defend- The accomplis-
Carolina Hurricanes 2 Twenty20, but the first-up win Abhay Oka and Justice U D Salvi seven times in the finals. ing champions. hed slip fielder
Washington Capitals 3 meant a lot to the morale of refused to stay the order passed on 25 Among the beaten Rajasthan stalwarts in They meet Tamil Nadu in a semi-final to achieved the feat when he brilliantly caught
Chicago Blackhawks 4 the New Zealanders who December by Justice S J Kathawala. those days were home-grown Test players be played at Sawai Man Singh Stadium from Dale Steyn off Harbhajan Singh, diving to
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 would still have to play The BCCI earlier sought a stay, wanti- Hanumant Singh and Salim Durrani and 3 January. Having batted Mumbai out of the his left, in South Africa's first innings. It
Dallas Stars 0 Phoenix Pakistan in the more estab- ng meetings of the panel comprising two others who went on to join the Board of game by the second day and taken a healthy came in his 149th Test match. Mark Waugh
Coyotes 1 lished Test and one-day forms Arun Jaitley, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Chirayu Amin to be allowed to Control for Cricket in India's administration, 232-run lead by the penultimate day, it was is second on the list with 181 catches from
Los Angeles Kings 4 Anaheim of cricket over the next seven be held on 27 and 28 December. Raj Singh Dungarpur and Kishan Rungta. just a case of going through the motions on 128 Tests, followed by Ricky Ponting (174),
Ducks 1 weeks. Beating Pakistan by Lawson's appointed On each of the seven occasions the two sides the final day. Stephen Fleming (171) and Brian Lara
Minnesota Wild 1 Detroit Red five wickets and with 17 balls met in the title clash -- between 1960-61 and Former India U-19 captain Ashok Menaria (164). Dravid, who has kept wicket in One-
Wings 4 to spare in Auckland yesterday Contrary to news reports, former Australian fast bowler and ex- 1969-70 - it was Mumbai who triumphed, six completed his maiden century. Menaria Day Internationals, is third highest scorer in
New Jersey Devils 1 Toronto brought an end to a woeful Pakistan tutor Geoff Lawson has already been named to coach the new of those victories having been outright. scored 121. He was the last man out, but Tests with 12,025 runs. pti
Maple Leafs 4 losing streak of 11 consecu- Kochi IPL franchise in the Twenty20 League's 2011 edition. “We have Mumbai won the battle four times in a row only after Rajasthan had batted for another
New York Islanders 4
Montreal Canadiens 1
tive One-Day Internationals
and three Tests. It also sig-
already informed the BCCI Lawson will be the coach. The details of
his contract are being worked out,” a source in the Kochi franchise said
between 1960-61 and 1963-64 even though
Rajasthan had Vinoo Mankad, Subhas
couple of hours and taken their total to 589.
Thus, Rajasthan ensured their passage into SAFE HANDS
Ottawa Senators 3 Pittsburgh nalled a winning direction for today. The source was not willing to discuss anything else related to Gupte, Vijay Manjrekar and Rusi Surti -- the final with a 337-run first-innings lead. Catch Victim Venue Year
Penguins 1 New Zealand under new the outfit or the players auction to be held in Bangalore on 8 and 9 apart from Hanumant and Durrani -- in the Mumbai scored 290 for one in their incon-
St Louis Blues 2 Nashville coach John Wright, who had January. The IPL's governing council has decided Kochi and the other inaugural clash. sequential second innings. 1st Nasser Hussain London 1996
Predators 0 been rushed into the side a new IPL franchise, the Sahara Pune Warriors, who did not take part in The depth of Mumbai's batting in those Brief scores: Mumbai 252 & 33/0 v 50th Ricky Ponting Chennai 2001
Vancouver Canucks 3 week ago and charged with the 2010 season, can take in up to four players from the list of players days, when they ruled the roost, was such Rajasthan 589; Railways 248 & 366/8d v 100th Shane Warne Bangalore 2004
Edmonton Oilers 2 turning fortunes around. “It's who were not in the squad of any of the teams in the past three edi- that they could afford to lose the services of Baroda 416 & 16/0; Haryana 379/6d v 150th Andrew Strauss London 2007
a winning dressing room,” tions of the IPL. The franchise and the players must agree on the fees a stalwart like Manjrekar and still beat Tamil Nadu 72/2; M. Pradesh 200 & 337 v
declared regular captain to be paid for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. pti Rajasthan to the title. For example, the 1960- Karnataka 361 & 47/3 200th Dale Steyn Durban 2010
Daniel Vettori, who is sitting
out the Twenty20 matches to
rest a sore back. “In the short
CRICKET time Wrighty has been here,
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy he's a positive character and
Division One you really know he loves the
Habib Bank Limited v game and is passionate about
National Bank of Pakistan at New Zealand. That is the great
Lahore thing that will rub off.” Tim
Habib Bank Limited 116 and Southee paved the way for the
226; National Bank of victory with a lethal nine-ball
Pakistan 190 and 153/3 spell in which he took five
National Bnk won by 7 wick- wickets, including a hat-trick,
ets without conceding a run as
Islamabad v Sialkot at Pakistan were restricted to
Islamabad 143 for nine.
Islamabad 319; Sialkot 131 Opening batsman Martin
and 138 (f/o) Guptill then took the sting
Islamabad won by an innings out of the Pakistani attack
and 50 runs when he smashed 54 off 29
Karachi Blues v Multan at balls and New Zealand com-
Karachi pleted the victory formalities
Multan 65 and 249; Karachi on the first ball of the 18th
Blues 265 and 51/2 over. Stand-in skipper Ross
Karachi B won by 8 wickets Taylor said it was now vital for
Rawalpindi v Faisalabad at the team to keep the winning
Rawalpindi momentum going. “It has
Faisalabad 153 and 132; been well documented over
Rawalpindi 160 and 126/3 the last couple of months that
Rawalpindi won by 7 wickets we haven't played as well as
we would have liked. I'm sure
Premier Limited Over the win will get a bit of confi-
Tournament Tier A dence in the team. Hopefully
Colts Cricket Club v Sinhalese we can continue that,” Taylor
Sports Club at Colombo said.
(Colts) Pakistan captain Shahid
Sinhalese Sports Club 210 Afridi said batting partner-
(48.2 ov); Colts Cricket Club ships and bowling in the right
212/8 (42 ov) areas were the things his side
Colts won by 2 wickets (with needed to improve on if they
48 balls remaining) were to turn their fortunes
around in Hamilton.
Lankan Cricket Club v “There were a few areas we
Badureliya Sports Club at should bowl more consistent-
Moratuwa ly to and we didn't bowl
Badureliya Sports Club 272/9 there.” The third and final
(50 ov); Lankan Cricket Club Twenty20 match is in
140 (38.1 ov) Christchurch on Thursday
Badureliya won by 132 runs before the first of two Tests
begins in Hamilton on 7
January.

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Mainly clear sky

W Rainfall Nil
Yesterday’s readings
E Max temp up to 5.30 p.m. was 24.7 (-2)
A Min temp up to 8.30 a.m. was 12.5 (-1)
Relative humidity Max 94%; Min 41%
T Relative humidity at 8.30 a.m.: 67 % (-9) and at 5.30 p.m.: 39 % (-1)
KO L K ATA Vaccines H Hooghly river tides at Garden Reach
Dec 28: High water 8.22 a.m. 4.61 mt l Dec 28: Low water 2.29 p.m. 1.43 mt
E
for country’s Dec 28: High water 7.01 p.m. 4.36 mt l Dec 29: Low water 3.21 am 1.90 mt
R Moon rises today at 12.00 am; sets tomorrow at 11.14 am
chicken15 Last quarter today
Sun sets today at 5.01 pm; rises tomorrow at 6.16 am
THE STATESMAN KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010

CHOCK-A-BLOCK CITY... TRAFFIC

Guess who suffered again? The citizens of course. While political parties had a field day hosting rallies around Kolkata, traffic came to a standstill and citizens were inconvenienced greatly. On Monday. sns

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KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Traffic in central Kolkata came to a
standstill this afternoon following rallies organised by
various political parties. However, there will be no
respite tomorrow as the Matua Mahasangha will
organise a rally at Metro Channel. Thousands of peo-
ple will march towards the heart of the city since
morning to attend the meeting.
In all, there were three rallies which paralysed city
traffic. Traffic was badly hit following rallies by the
Jharkhand Disam Party from Howrah and Sealdah sta-
tions. Both the rallies ended at Rani Rashmoni Avenue
around 1.30 p.m. where more than 10,000 party sup-
porters had gathered. The rallies were organised to
uphold the culture and heritage of tribals, including
the Santhals, Majhis and Murmus and to demand con-
stitutional recognition of Sama as their religion.
The situation turned worse when hundreds of party
supporters crossed Howrah Bridge and started
marching towards Rani Rashmoni Avenue through
Brabourne Road, Tea Board, Ezra Street, Rabindra
Sarani, Bentinck Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Road.
The party supporters marched along playing tradi-
tional musical instruments and brandished traditional
weapons. Cars and other vehicles stood bumper to
bumper as the procession wended its way to the heart
of the city.
Another rally organised by the Trinamul Congress
from Manicktala Market to Koley Market in protest
against the abnormal hike in the prices of essential
commodities this afternoon paralysed traffic move-
ment. Commuters remained seated for hours in their
vehicles as the entire stretch of APC Road was chock-
a-block with marchers.
Mr Somnath Ghosh, an official of a telecommunica-
tion company, said he had an appointment with one
of his clients around 2.30 p.m. but he could not reach
his destination even at 3 p.m. He had boarded a pri-
vate bus from Burrabazar but he had to walk it to the
nearest Metro station as the bus remained stuck in the
rally. As if the twin rallies were not enough on a single
day, another rally organised by the supporters of the
All India Revolutionary Womens' Organisation from
College Street wended its way to Metro Channel
throwing traffic totally out of gear.

Three arrested Corridors of power to Ramaprasad Banik dead

KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Noted theatre
personality Ramaprasad Banik

finally get a spruce up

passed away tonight at private
for obscenity
statesman news service
nursing home in the city after
prolonged illness. He was 56. He
was admitted to the nursing home
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The state to the heritage building. on 24 December after he developed
public works department has Although the broken furniture difficulty in breathing. He is survived
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Three youths were arrested last night for alleged- finally taken up the Herculean are auctioned from time to by his wife, two daughters and his
ly making obscene gestures at a woman at the Baisakhi crossing in task of cleaning up Writers’ time yet, the state secretariat mother. Banik started his career in theatre in 1962
Salt Lake yesterday evening. Buildings. Literally of course. remains quite filthy because and went on to act in many Bangla movies and
Police said the accused, Bijoy Sarkar (24), Subhojit Mukherjee and The task involves cleaning up the blocks are not cleaned serials.
Asif Hasnad (24), son of the Trinamul Congress councillor, were the Augean stables since regularly by PWD staff.
booked under Sections 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint) and stacks of broken furniture and Rodents and cats also overrun Tension at SSKM
294 (Obscene acts and songs) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The trio was decrepit almirahs filled with old the area including the rooms in KOLKATA, 27 DEC: There was tension at SSKM
granted bail after being produced before a city court this morning. files occupy almost every nook the VIP blocks. hospital today after members of the Trinamul
A senior police officer said the accused are residents of Salt Lake and corner and the corridors of “We have told all the Congress protested against the alleged molestation of
and they were arrested from their respective residences last night on the state secretariat. departments to remove their a woman on Saturday. They demanded immediate
the basis of the complaint lodged by Mr Subho Basu with the The PWD secretary, Mr AR belongings lying in the corridors arrest of the doctor who was held responsible of
Bidhannagar (North) police station. Bardhan, has given an otherwise we will not be molesting the woman. Meanwhile, a four-member
Mr Basu had alleged that the youths had attempted to abduct his ultimatum to the various responsible once the cleaning inquiry committee has informed by the hospital
wife near Baisakhi crossing while they were returning from Salt Lake departments to remove their operations begin. We will also authorities to probe into the matter. The woman had
City Centre. The youths came in a white car. They had attacked his belongings from the corridors replace the old cupboards with lodged an FIR with the local police station alleging
wife when she was standing aside while Mr Basu was busy giving the by 15 January after which the new ones,” said Mr Bardhan. that she had been molested by a house staff of the
fare to the driver of the auto-rickshaw in which they reached Baisakhi cleaning up operation is likely An outside agency will be orthopaedic department. The doctor is at large.
from City Centre around 9:30 p.m. yesterday. to begin. Apart from the VIP appointed through tender
The attempt of the youth was foiled as Mr Basu and the driver of corridor in front of the chief process for the cleaning up
the auto-rickshaw dragged the victim away from the youths. The minister's office the rest of the process.
youths, however, managed to flee and started making obscene ges- blocks are all in a filthy state The PWD has also decided to
tures at the woman from the other side of the road. with broken and abandoned The corridor next to the chief appoint a professional agency
Later, the couple, accompanied by local people, went to furniture, defunct AC machines secretary’s office. sns to clean up the toilets in the
Bidhannagar (North) police station and lodged a complaint. and other equipment lined up VIP block since the present
Mrs Sabitri Ganguly, a local resident, said such incidents are ram- corridors in all blocks. The
along the corridors. initiative came after the fire ones were found to be filthy
pant in Salt Lake in recent times. Police and the local administration Mr Bardhan has written to all and unfit for use during an
should take necessary steps to make the area safe for women as hun- and emergency services had
departmental secretaries complained that old files and inspection by the chief
dreds of women work in the offices located in the area, especially in saying the chief secretary has secretary two weeks ago.
the IT and ITeS firms. broken furniture stacked up
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Teleproducts 7:30AM Teleshopping 8:00AM Apna Jahan 4:00AMVipassana Discourse Gaan 3:00PMDisha 3:30PM Aguner Parashmoni
Maa 11:45AM Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet 3:45PM 5:30AM Ticket To Bollywood 6:00AM 4:00PM Megh Mallar 5:05PM Poush Mela 6:00PM
Taqdeerwala (Starring Tisca Chopra, Venkatesh, Teleshopping 8:00AM Aur Pyar Ho Gaya 12:00PM Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke Koto Din Pore Ele 6:30PM Premer Phande
Raveena Tandon) 8:00PM Tango Charlie (Starring Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, 4:00PM Aandhi Toofan 8:00PM Raaz (starring Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea.) 7:30PM Sadhak Ramprasad 8:30PM Aain Adalat
Nandana Sen) 11:45PM Zinda 11:45PM Maidaan-E-Jung 10:10PM Camera Cholchhey 10:35PM Sangeet Tirtha Bishnupur

12:00AM The Weather Man 1:40 AM The Weather
Man 3:20AM Modigliani 5:20AM Intermission
7:00AM Get Shorty 7:30AM Progressive Vision
8:00AM Life Is Beautiful 10:35AM Toy Story 2
12:30PM Guthy Renker 1:00PM Reindeer Games
3:40PM Cast Away 6:40PM A Bug's Life 9:00PM Arachnophobia
12:00AM Sanam 2:50AM Paayal 5:30AM 12:00AM The Quest 12:45AM The Last Samurai 10:30AM Kajori 11-00 Parichaya 12:00PM Yes No
Parineeta 8:30AM Kanoon (starring Rajendra 2:45AM Kiss Of The Dragon 5:45AM Rapid Fire Very Good 13:00PM Harano Sur 13:30pm
Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Nanda) 12:30PM Tezaab - 6:00AM Teleshopping 8:00AM Black Swarm Sadanander Korcha 14:00PM Duper Bela Chobir
The Terror (starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit 10:45AM The Quest 12:45PM The Last Mela 17:30PM Tomay Natun Kore Pabo Bole
)4:00PM Khoon Bhari Maang (starring Kabir Samurai 4:45PM Black Swarm 6:45PM I Spy 18:00PM Kajori 19:00PM Parichaya 19:30PM
Bedi, Rekha, Sonu Walia.) 8:00PM Great Dharmatama 11:05PM Ekka Raja Rani 8:45PM Firewall 10:45PM Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid Bagh Bondi Khela 20:00PM Alpana 20:30PM Kajori 21:00PM Harano Sur
(starring Ashwini Bhave, Ishrat Ali, Tinnu Anand.) (Starring Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden) 21:30PM Sur Sangram 22:30PM Parichaya 23:00PM Kajori

12:00AM Lost Highway 1:50AM The Name Of
The Rose 2:00AM The Name Of The Rose
3:45AM Vipassana Discourse 5:15 AM One Last
Dance 7:00AM Teleshopping 9:00AM Bread &
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Lost Highway 3:45PM Bread & Tulips 5:30PM Guns Of Dragon 7:00PM
Money 9:00PM Baran 11:00PM Chinatown
12:00AM Meri Izzat 2:30AM Immaan Dharam 12:00AM Aasmaan Se Ooncha 3:00AM 7:00AM Aj Sakaler Amontrone LIVE 9:00am
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Jayant Paranji, Chiranjeevi, Rambha, Paresh Laughter Station 12:00PM Billa No. 786 Chhandadike Bolo LIVE 17:30pm Chirantani
Rawal.) 8:00AM Movie 12:00PM Run (starring 3:00PM Laughter Station 4:00PM Anubhav 19:30PM Dolbaji Live 9:00PMGaan Aajkal;
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Shammi Kapoor, Nanda, Tanuja.) 8:00PM Vaishanavi Laughter Station

12:00AM Crocodile 12:45AM Same Old Song 12:00AM Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge 2:30AM 12:00AM Ittefaq 1:00AM Teleshopping 2:00AM 9:00AM Dance Bangla Dance Junior 2010
3:00AM The Girl From Paris 5:00AM Jackpot 2 Anokha Andaz 4:55AM Movie Fare 5:00AM Ram Aur Shyam 5:00AM Teleshopping 7:30AM 12:00PM Agni Pariksha 1:30PM Subarnolata
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5:45AM Rice People 8:15AM The Bear 10:00AM
Solino 12:15PM Tigrero 1:45PM Guilty 3:45PM
Antonia 5:30PM Rosso 7:00PM Ulzhan 9:00PM
I Hired A Contract Killer 10:30PM Back Soon
Baba Ramdev Ka Yoga 6:00AM Talaashi
9:30AM Mehbooba 12:25PM Movie Fare 1:00PM
Diler - The Daring 4:30PM Jhalak 5:00PM Mere
Sajna Saath Nibhana 7:55PM Movie Fare 8:00PM Prem Granth 10:55PM
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Filmy Band Baaja! 8:30AM Jai Ganesh Deva
11:30AM Veergati 3:00PM One Man Army
7:00PM Main Hoon Rakhwala (starring
Chiranjeevi, Meena, Prakash Raj, Brahmanandam )10:30PM Kala Sona
(starring Feroz Khan, Parveen Babi, Prem Chopra.)
2:00PM BFF ~ Chheleta 5:00PM Rannaghar
5:30PM Didi No 1 6:00PM Kon Kanoner Phool
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Erao Shatru 8:00PM Ke Tumi Nandini 8:30PM Subarnolata 9:00PM Saat Pake
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2:00PM Masterchef Australia 5:00PM Burn
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Show; 08:05PM Spooks; 09:00PM Hotel Babylon 09:55PM Kiss of Death
2:00PM So You Think You Can Dance 4:00PM
Wipeout Australia 5:00PM Criss Angel: Mindfreak
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Festive 10:00PM The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 11:00PM Bikini Destinations Badal Mein 8:30PM Behenein 9:00PM Gulaal 9:30PM Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Barnyard; 06:30PM Oggy And The Cockroaches; 07:00PM
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3:30PM Daddys Day In 6:30PM The Single
Female Traveler 7:00PM Gourmet Central
7:30PM No Big Deal 8:00PM Cool Quotient
8:30PM 10 Things To Do Before You Say Bye 9:00PM Royal Reservation
7:00AM Ultimate Cake Off 8:00AM Glutton For
Punishment 8:30AM World Cafe: Asia 9:00AM
Culinary Asia 10:00AM World Cafe: Middle East
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BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker SUDOKU

SOLUTIONS TO
YESTERDAY’S
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Rick, 4 Loose
(Recluse), 9 Organza,
10 Topic, 11 Sit-up,
12 Hectare, 13 Inland
Revenue, 17 Algebra,
19 Raise, 21 Spell, 22
Kneecap, 23 Scent,
24 Yard. RED EYE Bill Yates & Mel Casson
10 MINUTE CROSSWORD

DOWN
2 Ingot, 3 Kingpin,
4 Leatherjacket, 5
Optic, 6 Explain, 7
Bonsai, 8 Acne,
ACROSS DOWN 14 Legless, 15 Variety,
1 Animal hair (3) 1 Falsify (5) 16 Exempt, 17 Also,
2 Traditionally-made beer (4,3) 18 Belie, 20 Incur.
3 Sedate and steady (5)
3 Charitable religious
8 Eccentric (7)
organisation (9,4)
9 Liver, kidneys, etc. (5) 4 Distinctive smell (5) Dick Hodgins
By arrangement HENRY
10 Diocese (3) 5 Shortfall (7) with The
11 Fall of rocks or snow (9) 6 Tittle-tattle (6) Independent
12 Head of government (5,8) 7 Adhesive (4)
NOTE: Figures in
16 Mishaps (9) 13 Slope (7) parentheses
14 Administrative centre of denote the
18 Inferior, evil (3)
Suffolk (7) number of letters
19 Edible bulb (5) 15 Blush (6) in the words
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a
9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is
20 Rootstock (7) 16 Soon (4) required. to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares
21 Adversary (5) 17 Thick (5) so that no row, no column and no 3x3 box
22 Amateur radio operator (3) 18 Long-handled brush (5) contains the same number. The difficulty level
increases through the week.

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THE STATESMAN KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010

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Process on to
TENDER

check Bird Flu

snehamoy chakraborty After training the members of various SHGs
have started vaccinating birds in various blocks of
SURI, 27 DEC: The district animal resource devel- the districts. This year the ARD department is
opment (ARD) department has begun vaccinating keeping a vigil over Margram as outbreak of
country chickens as part of its anti-bird flu mea- H5N1virus was first noticed here in 2008. The
sure. The department has engaged self-help block administration has also planned to restrict
g r o u p s outside
(SHG) from country
various chickens in
blocks to do the entire
the job. area.
The ARD “In the
department beginning of
started the December,
vaccination we already
programme completed
after temper- the training
ature started programme
dipping for SHGs.
from the Now the
middle of vaccination
December as programme
H5N1 virus is going on
usually in the entire
spreads at block which
low temper- will be com- MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES
ature. After p l e t e d Commander Works Engineers (Air Force), Kalaikunda, Kalaikunda Air Field, P.O., Midnapore
convening a soon,” said (West) District on behalf of President of India, invites applications from eligible, enlisted con-
meeting Mr Suresh tractors of MES and enlisted / unenlisted contractors working with other Govt. Departments
with the dis- Rano, BDO, meeting eligibility criteria for selection of contractors for issue of tender of undermentioned
trict admin- Rampurhat work:
istration, the II block. Name of work Special repair to officer Married Qtrs. at AF Station,
ARD officials According Barrackpore under GE (AF), Barrackpore.
engaged to ARD Estimated Cost of work Rs. 47.84 lakh.
local SHGs department, Completion period 06 (six) months.
for vaccina- there are Amount of Earnest Money Rs. 96,000 in the shape of Call Deposit Receipt from
tion of the nearly 10-12 for contractors not enlisted any Scheduled Bank. BGB not acceptable.
birds in the entire district. Apart from ARD per- lakh household birds in the districts where all will with MES
sonnel, workers from 10 SHGs from each block be vaccinated by the second week of January this Cost of tender Rs. 500 in the shape of DD / Bankers Cheque from any
were given training in vaccination. year. Nationalised Bank / Scheduled in favour of GE (AF),
“We have chosen the SHGs in all 19 blocks of “We have already started vaccination in all the Barrackpore.
the district as it will be difficult for ARD personnel 19 blocks with nearly 700,000 household birds, Last date of receipt of On or before 08 Jan., 2011.
alone to implement the programme. As local including country chickens and ducks. The rest of applications
SHGs know the area well it will be easier to imple- the birds will be vaccinated soon,” said Dr Eligibility Criteria:
ment the programme in a much better manner," Narayan Das Bhowmik, deputy director, ARD (a) For MES enlisted Class: ‘D’, Category: ‘a (i)’.
said a senior ARD official. department. contractors
(b) For other contractors (i) Meeting enlistment criteria of MES with regard to
having satisfactorily completed requisite Value of

Desilting of sewers in UAA report to be works, Annual Turnover, Working Capital, Fixed
Assets etc.

submitted to (ii) No Recovery outstanding in Govt. Deptt.

city a distant dream mayor next month

Date of issue of tender
Date of receipt of tender
On or after 08 Jan., 2011.
29 Jan., 2011.
statesman news service Notes:
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The anomaly 1. Application not accompanied by requisite value DD / Bankers Cheque towards Cost of ten-
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: The desilting and strengthening of underground review committee (ARC) set up by der shall not be considered for issue of tender.
sewers with glass-reinforced polymer pipes (GRP) in south and the Kolkata Municipal 2. Contractors not enlisted with MES will be required to enclose necessary documents to
north Kolkata is a distant dream and is not possible before Corporation to study the sugges- prove their eligibility as given above including affidavit for no recovery outstanding.
September next year, senior civic officials feel. tions and objections given by 3. In case of rejection of application for issue of tender, the applicant shall be refunded the
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has floated a global property owners about the new Cost of tender. However, contractor may appeal to next higher Engineer Authority i.e. CE
tender to find out a firm after it cancelled the contract of APS method of assessment ~ unit (AF), Shillong Zone for rejection of his application for issue of tender whose decision shall
Michigan as it failed to do the job. The tender process is on and the area assessment (UAA) ~ will be final and binding and contractor shall not be entitled to any compensation whatsoever
last date of submitting tender is 10 January. submit its report to the Mayor in for non-issue of tender.
Though the civic authorities have fixed the target of scrutinising January, 2011. 4. The above details are also available on MES website: www.mes.gov.in and Indian Trade
the tender documents and select the lowest tenderer by 15 ARC members today held their BORDER ROADS ORGANIZATION Journal. Full Notice of Tender IAFW-2162 & Enlistment Criteria is available in all offices of
MES and also on MES website.
February, 2011 senior civic officials said past experiences have first meeting to scrutinise the CHIEF ENGINEER, PROJECT UDAYAK, C/O 99 APO davp10102/11/2793/1011
taught them that time frames are never maintained in KMC. observations given by property NOTICE INVITING TENDER
They maintained that the civic authorities take more than a owners in six public hearings. The NIT NO.: 80729/02/E8
month to scrutinise tender documents and select the firm. Once the six committee members, Mr 1. Chief Engineer, Project Udayak, Pin-931715, C/O 99 APO on
firm is selected it will be given time to deposit security deposit after Debabrata Majumdar, member,
which work order is issued. The firm takes over a month to mobilise mayor-in-council (conservancy),
behalf of President of India, invites tender for the undermen-
tioned work from the applicants meeting the criteria specified
TENDER NOTICE
men and machinery and then start work. By the time the firm is Mr Manicklal Chatterjee, Mr hereunder. ANC/52802/Fruit/ARC Dated 13 Dec., 10
ready, monsoon will set in and work in full swing can start only after Debabrata Bandopadhyay, retired A) Name of work SUPPLY AND STACKING OF GSB MATERIALS
HEADQUARTERS ANDAMAN & NICOBAR COMMAND PORT BLAIR
August-September. “One has to understand the practical situation bureaucrat and revenue expert, AS PER MoRT&H SPECIFICATION (GRADING-1
OF TABLE-400-1) AT KM. 478.340, KM. 476.405, CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF FRUIT (FRESH) AT BVY (PB)
before fixing a deadline,” said senior civic officials. The work will be Mr Abhirup Sarkar, economist KM. 479.679, KM. 469.560, KM. 472.765, KM.
carried out on Ashutosh Mukherjee Road in south Kolkata and associated with Indian Statistical 474.585 AND KM. 490.150 (NH-520 FOR SUR- 1. The Headquarters, Andaman & Nicobar Command invites sealed tenders from reg-
Beadon Street in the north. Institute (ISI), Mr Bhaskar Ghosh, FACING WORK (GSBC) ON ROAD AKAJAN-
JONAI (NH-52) OF 1443 BCC SECTOR UNDER
istered / approved contractors holding CST number towards supply of following items
Meanwhile, keeping unused liners have posed a serious threat to chief manager revenue and Mr S 752 BRTF IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH STATE
at BVY (PB). The contract shall be effective from 01 Apr., 11 or the date of signing
KMC. The liners were dumped opposite Science City in front of Biswas were present at today's UNDER PROJECT UDAYAK.
of AOT till 30 Sept., 2011.
Milan Mela ground but they have to be removed following pressure meeting. The committee will sub- B) Estimated Cost of work Rs. 16.90 lakh approximately. Sl. Articles to be Per Approx Sl. Articles to be Per Approx
from the city police. They are now kept at various KMC parks. KMC mit its report to the Mayor Mr C) Completion period 120 days. No. Supplied Requirement No. Supplied Requirement
officials said it would be difficult for them to find out areas to keep Sovan Chatterjee who in turn will D) Cost of tender Rs. 500 in the form of DD/Banker's Cheque from (a) Anar Kgs. 4100 (r) Mango Romani Kgs. 4200
the fresh liners which will be used to strengthen the underground send it to the Municipal Valuation any Nationalized / Scheduled Bank in favour of CE (b) Apple Delicious Kgs. 7200 (s) Mango Totapuri Kgs. 2700
sewer lines. Committee (MVC). sns (P) Udayak, PIN-931715, C/O 99 APO payable at
(c) Apple Royal Kgs. 5500 (t) Mausambies Kgs. 4300
State Bank of India, Tinsukia, Code No. 0196
(Assam State). (d) Banana Green Kgs. 500 (u) Orange Kinu Kgs. 1200
E) Amount of Earnest Money Rs. 33,800.00 (Rupees thirty-three (e) Banana China Kgs. 2500 (v) Orange Nagpuri Kgs. 2000
Two killed in national highway accident (EMD) for contractor not
enlisted with BRO
thousand eight hundred) only. (f) Grapes Deccan Kgs. 2000 (w) Pears Kgs. 7700
BEHRAMPORE, 27 DEC: Two persons ~ Giasuddin Sheikh (40) and Hayat Sheikh F) Preferable date of receipt of 12 Jan., 2011, however, document may also be
(g) Grapes Seedless Kgs. 3800 (x) Water Melon Kgs. 3000
(38) ~ were killed and two injured when a speeding lorry knocked them down application for issue of tender downloaded directly from website as brought out (h) Mango BP Kgs. 10400 (y) Pineapple Kgs. 1900
on NH-34 at Barua crossing of Beldanga police station area in Murshidabad hereunder. (j) Mango Neelam Kgs. 9000
this afternoon, police said. Giasuddin, a small trader from the Mirjapur area of G) Date of issue of tender 14 Jan., 2011 onwards. The tender could also be
Date of issue of MRO : Up to 25 Jan., 2011
Beldanga, was on his motorcycle and Hayat from Dayanagar village was downloaded directly by the tenderer from website-
returning home from a rally organised by the Congress on the occasion of a www.bro.nic.in (link Udayak / Tender) or Date of issue of tender form : Up to 28 Jan., 2011
www.bro.gov.in (link Udayak/Tender) w.e.f. 14
programme of Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Union finance minister, who opened a Jan., 2011. Intimation to this effect may however be
Last date for receipt of sealed tenders : 10-00 hrs. on 31 Jan., 2011
branch of a nationalised bank at Beldanga. The injured were admitted to given to this office so that, subsequent changes if Opening of sealed tenders : 10-30 hrs. on 31 Jan., 2011
Behrampore New General Hospital. Locals put up a road-block in protest any, could be intimated. In case tenders are down-
2. The quantity shown above is tentative and subject to alterations. However, firm quan-
against the accident. Police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse the protestors. loaded from the website, cost thereof shall be paid
in the form of Bank Draft while submitting the tender. tities and Earnest Money Deposit will be indicated in the tender form.
Walking track inaugurated in city H) Date of receipt and opening of 12-00 hrs. on 05 Feb., 2011. The Stage-I of the 3. Tender forms can be obtained from the office of the Command Logistics Officer,
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Mayor Mr Sovan Chatterjee inaugurated a walking track at tender either downloaded from
BRO website or issued by the
bid will be opened immediately thereafter, Stage-II
of the bid containing price bid will, however, be
Headquarters, Andaman & Nicobar Command, Port Blair on production of Military
Safari park near Rabindra Sarobar yesterday. The walking track has been BRO opened separately on 11 Feb., 2011 at 12-00 hrs.
Receivable Order / Postal Order for Rs. 250 in favour of CDA IDS, New Delhi. The
thoroughly renovated and named as Peerless Path. Mr SK Roy, managing after evaluation of Stage-I that too for those who
tender form can also be downloaded from website: www.irfs.nausena.nic.in and
director of The Peerless General Finance and Investment Company, along with qualify State-I, Stage-II (Price Bid) of non-qualified www.tender.gov.in No tender will be issued after the stipulated date and time. In
a large number of morning walkers, were present at the function. Mr Chatterjee tenderer will be return back unopened. case of a holiday, the tenders will automatically be opened on the next working day.
lauded Peerless’ effort and urged private firms to come forward and take part I) Bid validity 90 days from the last date of receipt of tender. In the case of collection of tender form, if a day prior to opening happens to be a hol-
in infrastructure building. J) Qualification Criteria a) Enlisted / Registered firms / contractors with iday, the tender will be collected on the last working day. L-1 will be determined on
BRO: Enlisted / Registered in category ‘D’ (i.e. hav- composite basis.
Bank dacoity attempt fails ing upper tender limit Rs. 30.00 lakh or higher) or
4. Payment of Earnest Money: Earnest Money for an amount of Rs. 1,20,000 (Rupees
BARASAT, 27 DEC: A gang of dacoits broke into a private bank in Baguiati last
above.
one lakh twenty thousand only) should be deposited along with the quotes in the form
night, but failed to break into the strong room. According to locals, the dacoits b) Other contractor: (The contractor Registered with
BRO but under category lower than specified above of FDR in favour of Commander-in-Chief, HQ ANC, Port Blair. The EMD of the unsuc-
entered the bank by breaking a rear window. Employees of the bank entered or Registered with other Govt. Department) twice cessful tenderers will be returned after award of contract. Tenders received without
the bank premises this morning and saw that the goons had attempted to the maximum value of similar work executed / com-
or with less EMD will be rejected without intimation to the tenderers.
break into the strong room, but had failed. Customers were not allowed to pleted in a year, over last three years less the value
of balance work in hand shall exceed the value of 5. Security Deposit: A security deposit @ 10% of total contract value is to be deposit-
enter the bank today. Police rushed to the spot and started an investigation. No this work. Appropriate details as per the specified ed in the form of bank FDR in favour of JCDA (ANC), Port Blair on award of contract
one has been arrested yet. format be submitted for the purpose with the tender which will be returned on successful completion of the contract.
Two arrested for murder
document.
K) Contact details Tenderer may visit the site by making prior appoint-
6. Option Clause: The buyer has an option to procure ± 25% of the original contract-
KOLKATA, 27 DEC: Two persons were arrested this afternoon from Lake ment with Commander 752 BRTF (Phone No. ed quantity in accordance with same terms and conditions.
Gardens in connection with the murder of one Sushil Ghosh in the Lake area. 03786-223431) C/O 99 APO/Officer Commanding 7. The proposal may be cancelled by the HQ ANC at any stage due to Administrative
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested one Ashish Debnath and one Sanath Mondal 1443 BCC, (Phone No. 0368-2222102) C/O 99
reasons.
from gate number three in Lake Gardens. After interrogating Mrs Protibha
APO. For further details tenderer may be contact
SSW/Dir. Contract of Project Udayak at 03759- 8. Detailed instructions will be issued to the contractors or firms at the time of issue of
Ghosh, wife of Sushil Ghosh, who was arrested on 25 December in connection 240607 during office hours or visit website: tenders. Further details can be obtained from Senior Staff Officer (Contract) HQANC
with the murder of her husband, police arrested the duo. Protibha had www.bro.nic.in
between 10-30 and 11-30 hrs. on any working day Telephone No. 03192/232012.
confessed to police that she had hired the duo to murder her husband. The duo EE (Civil) NFSG Extn. 2474.
will be produced before a city court tomorrow. SSW
Command Logistics Officer
For Accepting Officer
davp 37102/11/0672/1011 for Commander-in-Chief

C M Y K
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THE STATESMAN KOLKATA TUESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2010 $

KO L K ATA

NOTIFICATION
Purulia No.: 2048 Dated: 20-12-2010

around town
Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be
taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose, viz., for
Excavation of Reservoir near boundary wall of Raghunathpur Thermal
parties food drink health music parties food drink health music
Power Station in the Mouza: Naragarya, JL No. 14, P.S.: Neturia, District:
Purulia; it is hereby notified that for the above purpose a piece of land com-
prising Revisional Settlement plots as detailed below and measuring, more ENGLISH MOVIE HINDI MOVIE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR
or less, 0.332 hectare (0.8200 acres), bounded as specified below is likely to
be needed within the aforesaid Mouza. and liquor. Entertainment by
This notification is made, under the provisions of Section-4 of Act I of 1894, Megamind Big Cinemas,10 am, 1:45 pm, renowned band Wajud and dance
to all whom it may concern. Fame South City Mall ENGLISH MOVIE HINDI MOVIE 6:45 pm, 9pm
A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector, Purulia. troupe Agni, flare bartenders. Menu
In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Governor is 9:00am,1:00pm,2:55pm, Inox-Forum 9am, 7.15pm includes Lung Fung soup,
pleased to authorise the officers for the time being engaged in the undertak- 6:50pm New Empire, (all shows) 8:10pm, 9:25pm, Inox-City Centre, 11.10am, Mediterranean seafood with tomato
ing, with their servants and workmen, to enter upon and survey the land and
do all acts required or permitted by that section. Inox-Forum 910am, 4.05pm Harry Potter And The Deathly 10:00pm(G), 10:45pm, 3.30pm and saffron, international salad bar
Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the acqui- Narnia -3 Hallows - I 11:55pm Inox-Swabhumi, 9.45am, with sushi platter, veg and non-veg ter-
sition thereof, may, within thirty days after the date on which public notice of
the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an objection in
Fame South City Mall, Inox Forum 11.15am Fame Highland Park 2.30pm, 7.20pm rines, seafood salad, etc.
writing before the Collector, Purulia. 11.20am,6.20pm HINDI MOVIE 9:50am, 11:05pm, 12:25pm, Inox-Rajarhat, 9.35am, Big Ben: 31 December, 9 pm to 1.30
LAND SCHEDULE The Tourist 1:40pm, 3:00pm, 4:15pm, 1.30pm, 6.35pm am Price: Rs. 2500 plus taxes for stags
Mouza: Naragarya, JL No.: 14, P.S.: Neturia, District: Purulia.
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in full: 281, 287.
Fame South City Mall Tees Maar Khan 5:35pm, 6:50pm, 8:10pm, Isi Life Mein and Rs 3500 plus taxes for couples.
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in part: 11:00am, 4:50pm, 10:55pm Fame South City Mall 9:25pm, 10:45pm, 11:55pm Fame South City Mall paranthas, fried eggs and doodh jalebi Entertanment by DJ Shelly. For reser-
Plot Specific portion Area in Inox-Forum, 2pm, 10.55pm 9:00am(G), 9:50am,11:05pm, Bioscope, Rajarhat 3:00pm, 9:45pm a la carte. vations call Kenilworth, 2282 3939.
Nos. of the plot Acres Hectare Inox-0City Centre, 9.05am, 11:35pm(G),12:25pm, 11:45am,12:30pm,2:00pm, Fame Highland Park The Bridge: 31 December. Fine cold
279 Northern 0.240 0.0972 7.50pm 1:40pm, 3:00pm, 4:15pm, 4:20pm,6:00pm,7:30pm, 12:15pm, 9:30pm cuts and exotic creative desserts. THE FFORT RAICHAK
280 Northern 0.090 0.0364 Inox-Swabhumi, 12.30pm 4:50pm(G), 5:35pm, 6:50pm, 8:20pm Inox-Forum,11.10am, 8.10pm International grill at the terrace. 1 New Year Carnival at Raichak on
282 Northern 0.030 0.0121
Big Cinemas,10:45 am, Inox-City Centre, 4.30pm, January, breakfast and lunch buffet Ganges. Theme of the Event: Carnival
285 Northern 0.300 0.1215
290 Northern 0.020 0.0081
12:15 pm,1:30 pm,3pm 9.50pm with strawberry champagne, Rs 1,500 programme for nine days till 1
NOTIFICATION 4:15 pm 5:45 pm, 7pm, Inox-Swabhumi, 2.10pm plus taxes. January. 8.00 pm onwards. 24 and 25
By Order of the Governor, AVANINDRA SINGH, Dist. Magistrate &
Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (Ex-Officio), Govt. of West Purulia No.: 2059/L.A./39(IV) 10-11 Dated: 20-12-2010 8:30 pm, 9:45pm Inox-Rajarhat, 10.30am, 7pm Aqua: Party at Aqua and dine at December: Julie Zalanata from the
Bengal, Land & Land Reforms Department. Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be Inox-Forum, 9am, 9.45am, Roxy, 2.15pm Bridge. 31 December. Seafood barbe- USA, DJ Vishal, etc. 25 December:
taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose viz. for con-
struction of BATHANBARI WATER SUPPLY SCHEME by Public Health
11.45am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, NEW YEAR ques and grills. Latin dance troupe. 27 December:
Engineering Department in the Mouza: BHURKUNRABARI, JL No. 42, P.S.: 3.15pm, 4.35pm, 5.15pm, Zen: Till 2 January. Sushi bazaar and a Julie Zalanata from the USA. Latin
NOTIFICATION NETURIA, District: PURULIA; it is hereby notified that for the above purpose 6pm, 8pm, 8.45pm, 9.30pm, la carte lunch and dinner. dance troupe: Peddro & Troupe. DJ
Purulia No.: 2060/LA/36(IV)10-11 Dated: 20-12-2010 a piece of land comprising Revisional Settlement plots as detailed below and
10.40pm, 11.30pm THE STADEL
measuring, more or less, 0.142 hectares (0.35 acres), bounded as specified Lords, Oval & Eden: New Year pro- Vishal. 31 December. Belly dancer
Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be below is likely to be needed within the aforesaid Mouza. Inox-City Centre, 9am, 10am, CHROME from the USA. DJ Vishal. Bollywood
taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose viz for
11.40am, 12.40pm, 2.25pm, gramme on 31 December. 8 pm
construction of DUBRA WATER SUPPLY SCHEME by Public Health
This notification is made, under the provisions of Section-4 of Act I of 1894,
to all whom it may concern. onwards. Dance, food and games. Nosh: Till 31 December. Wraps and singer MS Sonu Kakkar. Club Activities:
3.25pm, 5.10pm, 6.10pm, Rolls specials all day. 31 December ~ Bowling, archery, boating, croquet,
Engineering Department in the Mouza MAHUDA, J.L. No.-84, P.S.: A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Special Land
7.55pm, 8.55pm, 9.55pm, Heka, the Egyptian theme lounge bar:
PARA, District: PURULIA, it is hereby notified that for the above purpose Acquisition Officer, Purulia.
Till 30 December, noon to midnight. A Midnight buffet. Price: Rs 699. cycling, etc. Residential package : Rs
a piece of land comprising revisional settlement plots as detailed below In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Governor is
10.40pm Khanasutra: Confluence of pan- 12,999 onwards. Event pass: Rs 2,999
and measuring, more or less, 0.065 hectare (0.16 acres), bounded as pleased to authorise the officers for the time being engaged in the undertak-
Inox-Swabhumi, 9.30am, la carte menu, DJ and lucky draw.
specified below is likely to be needed within the aforesaid Mouza. ing, with their servants and workmen, to enter upon and survey the land and
First Innings: Till 30 December, noon Indian culture and traditional dishes per person (including dinner, event
do all acts required or permitted by that section. 10.20am, 12.05pm, 1pm, with a twist of contemporary taste. and unlimited liquor). For reserva-
This notification is made, under the provision of Section-4 of Act I of 1894,
Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the acqui-
2.40pm, 3.35pm, 5.15pm, to 4 pm & 7 pm to 11 pm. Special
to all whom it may concern. sition thereof, may, within thirty days after the date on which public notice of Indian and Chinese menu. On 31 Executive chef Subasis Bandopadhyay tions: 97487 454245, 4040 4040.
A plan of the land may be inspected in the Office of the Special Land the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an objection in 6.10pm, 7.05pm, 7.50pm, has created a dynamic Indian panora-
8.45pm, 9.40pm, 10.30pm December, noon to 4 pm and 7 to 1
Acquisition Officer, Purulia. writing before the Collector, Purulia.
LAND SCHEDULE am. ma to suit every palate. Rs 1,500 to Rs THE TAJ
In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the
Inox-Rajarhat, 9.30am, 2,000. For reservations call 3096 3096. The Hub: 31 December. Price: Rs
Governor is pleased to authorise the officers for the time being Mouza: BHURKUNRABARI, JL No.: 42, P.S.: NETURIA, District: PURULIA.
10.20am, 12.05pm, 1pm, Rasam: Till 30 December, noon to 10
engaged in the undertaking, with their servants and workmen, to enter Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Full: 2201.
pm, South Indian menu, desserts and 2,750 plus taxes. A special free pour-
upon and survey the land and do all acts required or permitted by that Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Part: Nil. 2.40pm, 3.35pm, 5.15pm, INDISMART ing of Moet et Chandon brunch at Rs
6.10pm, 7.50pm, 8.50pm, beverage. On 31 December, noon to
section. By Order of the Governor, AVANINDRA SINGH, Dist. Magistrate &
midnight. 31 December, 9pm onwards, All over 3000 plus taxes on 1 January.
Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (ex-Officio), Govt. of West
9.50pm, 10.30pm the hotel. Price: Rs 1,199 (all inclusive, Grill By the Pool: Eight-course finely-
acquisition thereof, may, within 30 days after the date on which pub- Bengal, Land & Land Reforms Department.
Ashoka, 11.30am, 1.45pm, Baker Boy: Till 31 December. Special
lic notice of the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file
cakes, cookies and chocolates. 6 am per couple) and Rs 799 (all inclusive, prepared dinner on 31 December.
an objection in writing before the Collector, Purulia. 6pm, 8pm singles). DJ, flare bartender, raffle Live music. Rs7, 500 per couple.
Basusree, (Mat./Night), onwards.
LAND SCHEDULE
NOTIFICATION prizes, gift hamper… Enjoy Hariyali Souk: Rs 1,750 plus taxes per person
Mouza: MAHUDA, J.L. 84. Jaya, 11am, 1.20pm, 3.40pm, chicken tikka with Asian pesto, masala on New Year’s Eve. Moroccan cuisine,
Purulia No.: 2076 LA/36(IV)/09-10 Dated: 21-12-2010
8pm ITC SONAR
P.S.: PARA, District: PURULIA.
Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to Winter Barbecue: Walk in every fish nuggets with tarter sauce, chicken Lebanese food and Turkish delights.
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in full: Nil.
Moonlight (all shows) satay with sweet chilli sauce, etc.
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Part:
be taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose viz
Malancha, 11.45am, 2pm, evening to savour culinary master-
for construction of RAGHUNATHPUR INDUSTRIAL PARK-I BY
pieces from the grill including shawar- Special New Year’s room package for ECOHUB, ECOSPACE
Plot Nos. Specific portion of the plot Area in W.B.I.D.C. Ltd., in the Mouza BOLDI, J.L. No. 56, P.S.: RAGHUNATH- 6pm, 8.15pm Rs 3,999 (all inclusive, couple).At X-1, Ecohub, Ecospace, New Town:
Paradise (all shows) ma, kebabs, grilled seafood and veg-
Acres Hectare
PUR, District: PURULIA; it is hereby notified that for the above purpose
etables, paired with a selection of 8/3. Block EP, Sector V, Salt Lake Live DJ, unlimited food,
a piece of land comprising revisional settlement plots as detailed below
Roxy, 11.45am, 4.45pm, 7pm, Electronic Complex, Kolkata 700091. snacks. Drinks chargeable. On
773 EASTERN 0.160 0.0648 and measuring, more or less, 16.874 hectare (41.68 acres), bounded
9.15pm wines, whiskies and cocktails. Till 2
as specified below is likely to be needed within the aforesaid Mouza. January. Price: Rs. 2000 (plus taxes). At Ph. 2357 7550-59. 31 December
By Order of the Governor, Avanindra Singh, Dist. Magistrate & Toonpur Ka Superhero
Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (Ex-Officio), Government of This notification is made, under the provisions of Section-4 of Act I of
Fame South City Mall the Eden Pavilion Lawns. 7.30 pm to THE KENILWORTH
West Bengal Land & Land Reforms Department. 1894, to all whom it may concern. A plan of the land may be inspected
11.45pm. AFRAA LOUNGE
in the Office of the COLLECTOR, PURULIA. 9am, 2:45pm(G), 10:30pm Lawns: New Year’s Eve, 31 December, Afraa Lounge: Party with DJ
In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Fame Highland Park 9 pm to 1.30 am. Price Rs 2000 plus Sumedh, dancers from the
NOTIFICATION 10:15am, 6pm, 10:30pm THE PARK
Governor is pleased to authorise the officers for the time being
The Street: 1 January, Hangover break- taxes for stags and Rs 3500 plus taxes UK, snacks, food and drinks.
Purulia No.: 2077/LA/31(IV)/10-11 Dated: 21-12-2010 engaged in the undertaking, with their servants and workmen, to enter
Bioscope, Rajarhat, 4pm for couples. Inclusive of buffet dinner On 31 December.
Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be
upon and survey the land and do all acts required or permitted by that fast ~ waffles, pancakes , sandwiches,
taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose, viz., for section.
Excavation of Distributory Canal of L.B.M.C. under Tatko Irrigation Scheme Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the
in the Mouza: Jaragora, JL No. 215, P.S.: Boro, District: Purulia; it is hereby acquisition thereof, may, within 30 days after the date on which public
notified that for the above purpose a piece of land comprising Revisional notice of the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an
Settlement plots as detailed below and measuring, more or less, 2.526
hectare (6.24 acres), bounded as specified below is likely to be needed with- objection in writing before the Collector, Purulia.
in the aforesaid Mouza. LAND SCHEDULE
This notification is made, under the provisions of Section-4 of Act I of 1894, Mouza: BOLDI, J.L. No. 56.
to all whom it may concern.
P.S.: RAGHUNATHPUR, District: PURULIA.
A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the Collector, Purulia.
In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Governor is Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in full:
pleased to authorise the officers for the time being engaged in the undertak- 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466,
ing, with their servants and workmen, to enter upon and survey the land and 467, 468, 469, 470, 470/829, 470/830, 471, 472, 472/831, 473,
do all other acts required or permitted by that section. 473/832, 473/833, 473/834, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481,
Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the acqui- 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495,
sition thereof, may, within thirty days after the date on which public notice of
496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509,
the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an objection in
writing before the Collector, Purulia. 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523,
LAND SCHEDULE 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538,
Mouza: Jaragora, JL No.: 215, P.S.: Boro, District: Purulia. 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552,
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in full: 1267, 1285, 1288, 463, 486, 487.
553, 554, 555.
Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in part: Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Part:
Plot Specific portion Area in Plot Specific portion Area in Plot Nos. Specific portion of the plot Area in
Nos. of the plot Acres Hectare Nos. of the plot Acres Hectares
Acres Hectare
1000 Southern 0.160 0.0648 485 North-Eastern 0.030 0.0121
1001 Southern 0.030 0.0121 488 Eastern 0.030 0.0121 1 SOUTHERN 0.450 0.1822
1008 Middle 0.130 0.0526 520 Northern 0.020 0.0081
1009 Southern 0.020 0.0081 521 Northern 0.020 0.0081 By Order of the Governor, AVANINDRA SINGH, Dist. Magistrate &
1010 Southern 0.030 0.0121 522 Northern 0.010 0.0040 Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (Ex-Officio), Government of
1011 Northern 0.100 0.0405 526 Southern 0.030 0.0121
1012 Northern 0.060 0.0243 West Bengal Land & Land Reforms Department.
529 Middle 0.100 0.0405
1013 Northern 0.025 0.0101 531 Southern 0.030 0.0121
1050 Northern 0.050 0.0202 532 Southern 0.020 0.0081
1051
1052
Northern
Southern
0.030
0.050
0.0121
0.0202
533 Southern 0.015 0.0061 NOTIFICATION
534 Southern 0.010 0.0040
1054 North West 0.010 0.0040 544 Southern 0.130 0.0526
Purulia No.: 2046/11(IV) of 10-11 Dated: 20-12-2010
Corner 548 Small Portion 0.005 0.0020 Whereas it appears to the Governor that land is likely to be needed to be
1058 Middle 0.060 0.0243 South West Corner taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose, viz., for
1059 Middle 0.200 0.0810 549 Small Portion 0.005 0.0020 Construction of Rail Corridor for Raghunathpur Thermal Power Station, in
1060 Southern 0.060 0.0243 South West Corner the Mouza: KASITORA, JL No. 183, P.S.: RAGHUNATHPUR, District:
1061 Northern 0.020 0.0081 550 Southern 0.010 0.0040 PURULIA; it is hereby notified that for the above purpose a piece of land
1069 North Eastern 0.050 0.0202 551 Northern 0.030 0.0121 comprising revisional settlement plots as detailed below and measuring,
1070 Middle 0.120 0.0486 552 Northern 0.020 0.0081 more or less, 2.583 hectares (6.38 acres), bounded as specified below is
1071 Middle 0.060 0.0243 553 Northern 0.040 0.0162 likely to be needed within the aforesaid Mouza.
1072 Middle 0.080 0.0324 554 Northern 0.030 0.0121
1073 Middle 0.040 0.0162 This notification is made, under the provisions of Section 4 of Act I of 1894,
555 Northern 0.050 0.0202
1088 Eastern 0.020 0.0081 to all whom it may concern.
556 Leaving Northern 0.030 0.0121
1215 Leaving Portion of 0.015 0.0061 Side A plan of the land may be inspected in the office of the COLLECTOR,
Western Side 564 Northern 0.060 0.0243 PURULIA.
1216 Leaving Western Side 0.030 0.0121 763 Middle 0.080 0.0324 In exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section, the Governor is
1217 Western 0.015 0.0061 764 Small Portion 0.005 0.0020 pleased to authorise the officers for the time being engaged in the undertak-
1218 Eastern 0.035 0.0142 Northern Side ing, with their servants and workmen, to enter upon and survey the land and
1219 Middle 0.070 0.0283 765 Small Portion 0.005 0.0020 do all acts required or permitted by that section.
1264 Portion of South 0.005 0.0020 Northern Side Any person interested in the above land, who has any objection to the acqui-
East Corner 766 Small Portion 0.005 0.0020 sition thereof, may, within thirty days after the date on which public notice of
1265 Eastern 0.010 0.0040 Northern Side the substance of this notification is given in the locality, file an objection in
1266 Eastern 0.020 0.0081 768 Leaving Some 0.030 0.0121 writing before the Collector, PURULIA.
1268 Western 0.030 0.0121 Portion of
1269 Middle 0.060 0.0243 Northern Side LAND SCHEDULE
1270 Eastern 0.020 0.0081 769 Leaving Some 0.030 0.0121 Mouza: KASITORA, J.L. No.: 183, P.S.: RAGHUNATHPUR, District:
1275 Middle 0.030 0.0121 Portion of PURULIA.
1277 Eastern 0.030 0.0121 Northern Side Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Full:
1278 Western 0.040 0.0162 770 Southern 0.025 0.0101 105, 106, 109, 109/384, 109/391, 110, 111, 172, 173, 174, 175, 178/392,
1280 Western 0.060 0.0243 780 Southern 0.090 0.0364 178/388, 187, 187/357, 189, 189/324, 189/402, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194,
1284 Western 0.030 0.0121 790 Middle 0.040 0.0162 266/404, 267/362, 267/383, 268, 284, 286.
1286 Eastern 0.050 0.0202 791 Middle 0.040 0.0162
1287 South Eastern 0.150 0.0607 Revisional Settlement Plot Nos. in Part:
794 Middle 0.050 0.0202
1289 North West Corner 0.030 0.0121 795 Middle 0.040 0.0162 Plot Nos. Specific portion of the plot Area in
1307 North West Corner 0.030 0.0121 796 Middle 0.020 0.0081
1308 Middle 0.160 0.0648 Acres Hectares
797 Middle 0.040 0.0162
1308/ Western 0.080 0.0324 798 Middle 0.030 0.0121 104 WESTERN 0.600 0.2429
2051 799 Middle 0.080 0.0324 107 EASTERN 0.360 0.1457
1309 Eastern 0.075 0.0304 802 Middle 0.040 0.0162 108 SOUTH EAST CORNER 0.010 0.0040
1310 Eastern 0.035 0.0142 803 Middle 0.010 0.0040 109/393 EASTERN 0.030 0.0121
1312 Middle 0.040 0.0162 806 Middle 0.070 0.0283 112 WESTERN 0.090 0.0364
1317 Middle 0.090 0.0364 807 Middle 0.030 0.0121 159 WESTERN 0.090 0.0364
1318 Middle 0.060 0.0243 808 Middle 0.030 0.0121 170 WESTERN 0.120 0.0486
1319 Middle 0.050 0.0202 809 Middle 0.030 0.0121 171 WESTERN 0.070 0.0283
1337 Eastern & Southern 0.070 0.0283 810 Middle 0.030 0.0121 176 EASTERN 0.070 0.0283
1485 Western 0.070 0.0283 814 Middle 0.070 0.0283 178/339 EASTERN 0.040 0.0162
464 Middle 0.080 0.0324 819 Middle 0.050 0.0202 179/342 EASTERN 0.020 0.0081
467 North East Corner 0.010 0.0040 820 Middle 0.030 0.0121 179/343 EASTERN 0.040 0.0162
468 Southern 0.090 0.0364 821 Middle 0.040 0.0162 179/344 SOUTH EASTERN CORNER 0.010 0.0040
469 Southern 0.050 0.0202 836 Middle 0.070 0.0283 179/348 SOUTH EASTERN CORNER 0.010 0.0040
470 Northern 0.040 0.0162 838 Middle 0.100 0.0405 179/350 SOUTH EASTERN CORNER 0.020 0.0081
472 Northern 0.060 0.0243 839 Middle 0.040 0.0162 185 SOUTH EASTERN CORNER 0.040 0.0162
473 Southern 0.020 0.0081 840 Middle 0.040 0.0162 188 EASTERN 0.120 0.0486
475 Small Portion of 0.005 0.0020 843 Middle 0.040 0.0162 195 NORTH-WESTERN 0.070 0.0283
South West Corner 844 Northern 0.020 0.0081
481 Middle 0.060 0.0243 258 NORTHERN 0.170 0.0688
845 Middle 0.120 0.0486 266 NORTHERN 0.040 0.0162
481/ Middle 0.050 0.0202 980 Northern 0.060 0.0243
2043 267/362 NORTHERN 0.450 0.1822
981 Northern 0.050 0.0202 269 EASTERN 0.330 0.1336
482 Small Portion of 0.005 0.0020 982 Northern 0.050 0.0202
South West Corner 283 EASTERN 0.120 0.0486
983 Northern 0.060 0.0243
483 Southern 0.030 0.0121 285 WESTERN 0.300 0.1215
986 Middle 0.020 0.0081
484 Leaving Small Por. 0.050 0.0202 287 NORTHERN 0.100 0.0405
989 Southern 0.060 0.0243
of North East Corner 990 Southern 0.020 0.0081 288 WESTERN 0.030 0.0121
By the Order of the Governor, AVANINDRA SINGH, Dist. Magistrate &
By Order of the Governor, AVANINDRA SINGH, Dist. Magistrate &
Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (Ex-Officio) Govt. of West Collector, Purulia and Joint Secretary (ex-Officio), Government of West
Bengal, Land & Land Reforms Department. Bengal, Land & Land Reforms Department.

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