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Mining magnate Clive Palmer seems to be taking a page out of Jurassic Park. Palmer wants to fill two parks with hundreds of life-size robotic dinosaurs.

He was not alone in blasting money pursuing larger-thanlife dreams.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

With eight out of 10 couples failing to register their marriage and give it a legal status, women fall prey to men who cheat them in the name of marriage, say lawyers.

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WHERE IS THE PROOF? Ill inmate sparks off ‘riot’ in jail Mangali Krishna, an inmate of Parigi sub-jail, was brought to Cherlapally Central Prison last night on the orders of the local magistrate. The man was reportedly suffering from contagious diseases. According to reports, he was put in a cell and was to be taken to Gandhi Hospital the next morning. The other inmates, who feared getting infected, objected to his stay.

Unconfirmed reports say he was attacked and suffered injuries.

However, jail officials denied that a riot took place.

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Videos, pics of Boston blasts suspects out The FBI on Thursday released photos and videos of two suspects of the Boston bombings, urging the public to help identify them. The clamour to see the pictures was so great that the FBI's website crashed minutes later.

Meanwhile, gunfire and explosions erupted in streets close to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday after a police officer was shot dead there.

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Mush held, remanded in custody Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was on Friday arrested and sent on two days’ transit remand.

He was arrested from his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad and produced before Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah’s court. Musharraf was arrested by the authorities a day after his bail extension plea was cancelled by the Islamabad High Court after which he fled from the court complex.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013

city events

CORPORATE EXPRESSES LUNCH

Testa Rossa is introducing a corporate express lunch, which is specially designed for people on the move. The lunchtime platter consists of a pre-decided menu and changes every day. The lunch is economically prices at `199 for veg and `249 for non-veg option.

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES ArtInspire This is a workshop for children between the age groups of two and 10.

Where: Treasure House, Plot# 21, Road 8, Saptaparni, Banjara Hills When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4pm to 5pm Contact: (040) 2355 0118 All about cycling A half day interactive workshop on cycling, the technical considerations, fitness, nutrition, common problems, how to plan a training programme, planning for competition and prevention of injuries.

Where: Alliance Franchise, Road no 3, Banjara Hills When: : Registration: Ongoing Event: May 4 Contact: (040) 2335 0008 Filmmaking workshops for children Yavanika Films is conducting a unique filmmaking workshops this summer vacation for children. Even a parent and child can register as one student pair to make a short film together.

Where: Begumpet When: From April 24, 2pm to 7pm,

Cup cake morning All the materials to make a cup cake will be provided to you and you can take what you make.

Where: Panache – The Finishing School, Road no 7, Banjara Hills When: : April 20, 11.30am onwards Contact: (040) 66733451

Dam’n’ed: Point of view This is a Telugu film with English subtitles on the life of adivasi communities affected by the government’s decision to construct the Polavaram dam.

Where: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, 20 Journalist Colony, Road no 3, Banjara Hills When: April 20, 5.30pm onwards Contact: (040) 2335 0443

BSNL Complaints HMWS & SB Complaints

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POLICE CONTROL ROOM Hyderabad 27852435 Traffic Control Room 27852482 DCP Traffic 23234065, 23243499F Pollution Control Board 23887500 ELECTRICITY General Complaints Breakdown Section

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

Terracotta jewelery exhibition Harini Rao presents H'earth — Treasures of the Soil, an exhibition cum sale of exquisite hand crafted and hand painted terracotta jewelery.

Where: Trendz, Satyasai Nigamagamam, Srinagar Colony When: From April 18-20, noon to 8pm Story-telling session Deepa Kiran is an education consultant and professional story-teller.

She combines music and dance with story telling.

Where: Just Books, Jubilee Hills When: April 20, Contact: 98497 48117

DINING Malvani cuisine Taj Deccan is hosting Malvani Food Festival at Spice Junxion. Enjoy a scrumptious spread of classic dishes like pandhara kombdiche saar, kale vatana ni gawarchi bhajji and puran poli.

Where: Spice Junxion, Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills When: Till April 25 Contact: (040) 6652 3939

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MISCELLANEOUS Three for two Taj Safaris offers guests the option of extending their two-day trip. It gives you a third day complementary stay.

There are four exquisite lodges in the national parks of MP. Where: Taj Safaris When: Offer is valid from April 15 to June 30 Contact: (022) 6601 1825

SHOWS

Green Brunch There is a special environmentfriendly brunch to celebrate Planet 21 anniversary. Planet 21 is a sustainable development programme initiated by Accor Group.

Where: The Square, Madhapur,

Helpline

2nd floor, Road No 36, Jubilee Hills When: Ongoing Contact: (040) 2355 8856

Daily classes except on weekends Contact: 94901 00404

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RAMA NAVAMI: There will be a huge procession in Old City today on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami.

M ANIL KUMAR Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre When: April 21, noon to 3pm Contact: (040) 6682 4422

WATER SUPPLY Complaint Cell Sewerage Complaint Hyd. Water Supply HOSPITAL General Hospital, Sec-bad Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills NIMS, Director, Punjagutta Osmania General Hospital Railway Hospital, Lalaguda Apollo, Jubilee Hills Care Hospital, Banjara Hills Care Hospital, Nampally Care Hospital, Musheerabad Care Hospital, Sec-bad Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar

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BLOOD BANKS Blood Bank,Narayanguda Chiranjeevi Blood Bank Blood Bank Mediton Goal Red Cross, Vidyanagar ADRM Blood Bank Mythri Charitable Trust NTR Memorial Trust Care Banjara Hills

IPL Fervor You can order any four or six items from the menu and get the chaat of the day for free.

Where: Kailash Parbat, Above Ebony Gautier,

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AMBULANCES Apollo 23548888, 23607777 Kamineni 24022222 Medwin 23202902, 23204616 Smile Line Dental Hospital 23747979 Red Cross 27627973 Niloufer Hospital 23314095 Gandhi 23320332 AIRLINES

Airport Director 27903785, 27906001 For Air India Flight Information Toll free (from any network) for IC Flights 18001801407 And for All Flights: 1800227722 Air India has revised its flight timings.

For more information call (Toll free) 18001801407, 1800227722 from BSNL/MTNL 04023430334 from other lines and mobile Website; www.airindia.in TOURISM OFFICES AP Tourism, Hyd 23262152/53/54 Sec-bad 27893100 Dept of Tourism 23453110 India Tourism 23261360 AP Tourism information Centre (24x7) 23450444, 23455999 UK VISA OFFICE VFS India Pvt Ltd Building, 8-2-542/A, Sunil Chamber, Road No. 7

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City

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

SHOULD CUTTING OF TREES BE TREATED AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE? 85% 15%

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Minor assaulted Police siding with men and ignoring women’s pleas are increasingly being reported in the City. The latest involves a youth and a minor girl.

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n a curious case that smacks of a mess up in jail rules, Mangali Krishna, 60,who had been an inmate in Parigi sub-jail, was brought to Cherlapally central prison last night following the orders of the local magistrate, it was reported.

The man was said to have been suffering from contagious diseases and he was to be taken to Gandhi Hospital. According to reports, he was put in a cell to be taken to the hospital in the morning.

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efore leaving on the ‘study tour’, Congress corporators are conducting the ward meetings which are mandatory.

As they are in a hurry, most end up as mere motions. A corporator said, “Most of us have completed the formality without the mandatory assistance of the higher officials.” A young corporator smiled and said, “What is there to tell you about the meeting? Everything is rounded up with the photo-op.”

However, other inmates, mortally afraid of getting infected objected to his stay.

Unconfirmed reports said he was attacked by others and he suffered injuries. This led to a riotous situation in the jail for some time.

However, deputy superintendent of Cherlapally Central Prison, Nageswara Reddy, denied allegations of violence.

He said Krishna was to be taken to hospital as per magisterial orders. He was to stay overnight in the jail. Today morning, he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital where he died.

espite a minor girl complaining of a determined man persecuting her, the Karkhana police took no action. As a result, the man, identified as R Raju, 25, an auto driver, got bolder and attempted to molest the girl right in front of her mother on the roadside. Their screams brought passersby to the scene and the man took off in his vehicle.

Only after the people accompanied them to the station did the Karkhana police file a formal complaint.

According to details, the teenage girl, who lives in Karkhana basti, Secunderabad, was being stalked

by Raju for some time. He had reportedly proposed to her but she turned him down as she did not approve of his manners. Enraged, Raju started following her and taunting her with a threat that if

she did not agree to marry him, he would kidnap and rape her.

A few days ago, he stealthily entered her home when she was alone and tried to molest her but she managed to escape.

The girl and her mother told the police that though they sought the Karkhana police’s help to stop him, the police did nothing. Her parents are poor labourers.

A few days back, when she and her mother were returning home from the

market, Raju blocked their way with his vehicle and asked the girl to get in. In movie style, he threw up his collar and said in a deep voice that nobody can prevent him from getting at her.

As she did not get into the vehicle, he caught her, pushed her to the ground and tried to molest her in front of her mother. It was then that the two screamed, drawing people to the scene. People in Karkhana basti have protested against the police indifference and alleged that the cops always played chummy with men and hapless women have no protection.

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Auto driver’s bid to kill self creates traffic jam Was miffed after cops fined him `1,000 for an offence.

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anded a challan for `1,000, an auto driver attempted to commit suicide yesterday, creating a traffic jam on the Moosapet Chaurah main road.

Autorickshaw driver Kanhaiya Lal was stopped by traffic police to check his documents. Lal reportedly did not

have his records in order. The sub-inspector on duty wrote a penalty challan for `1,000 which shocked the auto driver.

He pleaded with the SI to at least reduce it to `100 or `200 as he couldn’t pay `1,000, but the SI, busy with others, did not pay heed.

Upset and angry, Lal went back to his vehicle, took out a bottle of petrol he had kept in stock for emergency, sprinkled

it over his clothes and declared that he was going to commit suicide.

This attracted a large crowd and traffic came to standstill. People gathered there urged the policeman to go easy on him. After a while, Lal was taken away in a police vehicle.

Last heard, the auto driver was booked for attempt to suicide.

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espite police claims of high alert, incidents of burning bikes continued in the City. A bike belonging to one Abdul Khader was torched at night in Khilwat, Old City.

Another bike belonging to Rajan Singh in Marredpally was also burnt by criminals. Singh is a businessman and had parked his bike in front of his home on West Marredpally Road No 2. As the conflagration spread, a car parked nearby also caught fire.

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CIVIC

LAST YEAR... HERE

Mayor rebukes officials on expenses

Shylocks claim another life

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ast year we had reported how a young lorry driver who bought a lorry with private finance was driven to suicide, and despite the death-note found, the police was not acting against the moneylenders. SI Hanumaiah was irritated when asked what action was being taken. That the suicide note is a legally valid document did not impress the SI.

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The standing committee meeting on Thursday saw the mayor in a combative mood as he was unhappy with the official stance on many issues.

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Approved projects n Preparation of plan for fire hazard response and mitigation for Million Plus City i.e. Hyderabad for 2013-14 to be submitted to the government as gazette notification for 2012-13. n Submission of estimates for laying CC road with RMC from 8-15-29/10, Diamond hills, to 8-1531/19/13, BK Puram, Shasthripuram, in 57Shivarampally division, Rajendranagar Circle, GHMC to accord sanction of the standing committee.

was the amount an auto driver was fined for not carrying required documents, following which the driver attempted suicide.

When a customary marriage takes place in the right manner, many people are under the impression that there would be no need for the marriage to get registered.

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THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the City functions.

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Are you married? Where’s the proof?

Lawyers say eight out of 10 couples don’t register their marriage. They feel a traditional wedding alone is enough to prove legal status, which lands them in trouble later.

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Kiran and Botsa pass the quiz.

After preparing on how to answer Rahul Gandhi’s questions, Kiran and Botsa can heave a sigh of relief, as the latter praised AP for its welfare measures.

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Ministers get dramatic in their ways.

Minister DK Aruna said MLA Jupalli has no courage to stand before her and that he should wear bangles.

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Is this a cruel City for stray animals?

Adding to the pile of complaints on animal abuse, a three-monthold puppy was tortured and killed on Wednesday.

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Police indifferent to crimes against women.

The Karkhana police took no action when a mother and her went to lodge a harassment complaint.

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testy mayor on Thursday took officials to task for the variance noted in the budget and the revised budget estimates.

Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain noted that this has been the trend since 2009. When he demanded an explanation, he did not get a satisfactory reply, sources said. He said the standing committee had not approved the variance in budget and asked for a detailed report on the expenses. The

The de-silting that should have started at the beginning of summer is yet to begin. A further delay would result in floods should it rain. mayor later said that he will hold a special meeting over the issue after GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu returns from China. “I will make it clear to him that the commissioner is being misled by his officials,” he

was quoted as saying.

What drew the mayor’s ire next was the delayed process of de-silting. According to a member of the committee, the de-silting that should have started at the beginning of summer is yet to begin. “If the de-silting is delayed, there will be floods everywhere in the City when it rains heavily,” he pointed out.

But when the mayor vetoed the proposal for the construction of council hall at Lower Tankbund, it was the turn of the officials to raise eyebrows. The proposal, which was already sanctioned during the reign of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who

had laid the foundation stone, has since been on the backburner. Now, with the mayor’s rebuff, the plan is likely to lie for several years in dust.

“Earlier, the municipal office was at Sardar Mahal and the council hall was the Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority building. It would be better if at least the council hall is constructed in some part of the Old City,” was the explanation given by the mayor.

The committee discussed 47 preambles. A total of 36 items were approved, six were adjourned and five were recorded.

Standing committee members will inspect all the lakes for which chain-link fencing hsa been sanctioned till now. The mayor directed the chief engineer to bring the maps of the lakes along with the proposals of chain-link fencing in the next committee meeting.

NEWS BRIEFS Child kidnapped for ransom, murdered

Anti-Naxal force jawan killed in encounter

Use Dial 100 effectively, says DGP

CM participates in Rama Navami celebrations

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six-year-old girl who was kidnapped for ransom was found murdered on Thursday night on the outskirts of Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The girl was abducted in an autorickshaw by three miscreants from near her house in Mahbubnagar on Wednesday, after which a ransom call was made demanding `10 lakh.

jawan of AP's anti-Naxal force 'Greyhounds' was killed in an encounter with Maoists in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bjiapur district today, a senior police official said.

The jawan, whose identity was not disclosed, was part of the commando squad which on Tuesday conducted an anti-Maoist operation in Sukma district, where 10 Naxals were killed.

GP V Dinesh Reddy held a highlevel review meeting with his department officials and asked them to take all steps to effectively utilise the recently launched Dial 100 comprehensive service. He asked the officials to react on each and every complaint. The DGP wanted officials to hold special programmes in police stations.

hief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will participate in the annual fete of Sri Rama Navami at Bhadrachalam today. He will stand witness to the celestial marriage of Rama and Sita amidst chantings of priests. The chief minister will also present silk clothes and pearls to the temple on behalf of the State government.

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POLITICS

Grand reception for Naidu

TDP women wing to laud the party chief for his efforts in empowering women in the State.

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s a grand finale to his marathon padayatra, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu will be accorded a huge reception by the women wing of the party after he brings to a close his walkathon on April 27.

The objective of the programme, it is said, is to laud his efforts in empowering women in the State. During his long mass contact programme, Naidu promised several measures to empower women if his party is brought back to power.

The whole idea behind this is to recapture his nine year rule that resulted in great advancement of women in Andhra Pradesh.

“Women in the State

enjoyed a golden period during his (Naidu’s) rule. He is a visionary when it comes to

empowering women. He introduced and implemented several welfare programmes for the

POLITICS

Rahul praises AP welfare measures Sources tell Postnoon that Kiran and Botsa were happy after the quizzing by the Congress vice-president.

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ICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi's quizzing of AP party satraps, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana in the presence of party’s AP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad yesterday, is said to have ended with a ‘just pass‘ mark for the party leaders.

According to highly-placed sources, the Gandhi-Nehru scion expressed his concern over the declining image of the Congress in AP. He asked Kiran and Botsa to ensure that the government retains power for the third consecutive term.

According to party leaders, Rahul was more concerned about retaining all the Congress Lok Sabha seats after the next General Elections. Andhra Pradesh has given the party much-needed oxygen by securing over 30 Lok Sabha seats in 2004 and 2009 General Elections, ensuring that the Congress ruled the country for two consecutive terms.

"Rahul gave specific instructions about retaining these seats, if

not improving the tally. He asked the PCC president and the CM to take steps to ensure that the party wins over 30 Lok Sabha seats during the next polls,” a senior Congress leader and close aide of Kiran said.

Rahul also wanted to know how well the main Opposition Telugu Desam Party was faring in wake of the grand padayatra by its president N Chandrababu Naidu.

The CM, PCC president and AICC AP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad reportedly told Rahul that TDP will not gain from the padayatra.

upliftment of women. His revolutionary programme like women self-help groups was path-breaking. He was also instrumental in providing thousands of job opportunities to educated women of the State in the field of information technology by encouraging these newage revolutions,” TDP Mahila Morcha president Shoba Hymavathi told Postnoon on Thursday.

The novel self-help groups, which led to the creation of 4.52 lakh self-help groups that put Andhra Pradesh ahead in the country, is an exemplary measure of women empowerment.

Naidu had also launched many women welfare programmes like the Deepam scheme — which was aimed at providing domestic gas cylin-

der connections to women — and the model villages scheme which provides medication to girls between the ages of 11-17 years. He also set up anganwadi centres that give nutritious food and conduct health camps for women. The women wing will project Naidu as the only hope for the four crore women of the State.

HUGE FELICITATION

Apart from arranging a grand reception, the TDP Mahila Morcha workers will organise a huge felicitation programme for Naidu as part of the all-women conference. The felicitation will have citation regarding the marathon padayatra undertaken by Naidu and the need for his return to power for the welfare of the State.

BATTLE ON

Aruna asks Jupally to wear bangles Minister says the TRS MLA has no guts to face her himself.

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utual attacks continue between minister DK Aruna and her adversary and TRS MLA Jupalli Krishna Rao in Mahbubnagar.

On Thursday, she asked Jupally to wear saree and bangles and come out to fight with her.

Aruna, in a combative mood, said yesterday that

Jupalli incited students and women to hurl eggs and tomatoes at her as he had no guts to come out and face her himself.

She said she is not concerned about her safety, even if bombs

were hurled at her.

The State information and public relations minister described Jupalli as “zoolo pilli” (a cat in a zoo) and said that the timid TRS leader has no courage to stand before her and argue. She said the people of Telangana will never forgive him for attacking an unarmed woman and warned Jupally that they would teach him a fitting lesson soon.

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WELFARE PROGRAMMES PRAISED The Congress vice-president did, however, praise the Kiran government on the welfare initiatives taken up by it. Rahul was happy when the chief minister told him about schemes like the Amma Hastham programme that provides nine essential food items at subsidised prices; the historic subplan for SC and ST communities development and interest free loans for women and farmers of the State.

BJP activists protest against the Bangalore bomb blast at Narayanaguda on Thursday.

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MARITAL MATTERS

Where is the proof?

With eight out of 10 couples failing to register their marriage and give it a legal status, women fall prey to men who cheat them in the name of marriage, say lawyers.

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‘Marriage certificate equal to Aadhaar card’

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ecently, the City police arrested a 28-year-old man for marrying a 22-year-old girl from Adilabad in 2012, without disclosing the fact that he was already married.

The incident only came to light after his first wife got to know about the second marriage and approached the police, who then took action. We often hear incidents like this taking place around us. While some cases come to light, most go unnoticed.

Advocates say that the rise in the number of such cases is due to a lack of awareness among people about the need to register their weddings, so that there is legitimacy in the marriage.

In spite of Supreme Court passing an order that within three months of marriage there should be compulsory registration, irrespective of the religion of the couple, so far the order has not been implemented.

According to senior lawyers, eight out of 10 people who get married in a customary manner fail to get their marriage registered.

Even the few who get their marriage registered are the ones who want to go abroad and require a marriage certificate to complete the formalities, say advocates.

“When a customary marriage takes place in the right manner, many people are under the impression that there is no

In spite of Supreme Court passing an order that within three months of marriage there should be compulsory registration, irrespective of the religion of the couple, the order has not been implemented so far. need for the marriage to get registered.

Many people do not foresee the problems that could arise because of a marriage that is not registered and realise the importance of registration only when they land in problems. Most of the time we come across cases where a woman finds it difficult to get justice because of the lack of evidence to prove the marriage,” says senior advocate P Vishwa Janani.

Not only women from rural areas, but even those from cities suffer due to this.

“There have been cases where educated women have become victims of marriages where men, who in the name of love, cheat them and marry them.

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here is a proposal by various women’s rights organisations that marriage certificate should be made compulsory like the Aadhaar card. “The moment Aadhaar card was linked to LPG, people realised the importance of it. Similarly, marriage certificate should also be a basic requirement for any authentication. This way, people will ensure that they register their marriage,” says Mahalakshmi Murthy, co-ordinator of an NGO working for the upliftment of women.

marriage. Though such cases are more in rural areas, many such cases have been reported in urban areas too,” says senior advocate M Rajender Reddy.

Advocates say that marriage registration will help tackle various women’s rights infringements like child marriage, marriage without the consent of both parties, ensuring a minimum age in accordance with the law, bigamous unions, and a woman’s right to live in her marital home and receive maintenance.

“There was once this lady who approached me, as her in-laws were not giving her the required share of property after her husband’s death.

Her in-laws destroyed all the evidence like photographs and video tapes. In such cases, a marriage certificate would prove as evidence and will easily help give justice to women.

Only when a women faces such a situation does she look into such acts. A strict measure should be taken to safeguard marriages,” says advocate Vishwa Janani.

Many advocates and women’s rights activists say that unless and until the government brings about strict implementation of the Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, this situation will prevail.

“The rules for registration of marriage should be more flexible. The authorities should otherwise consider giving the powers to the priests who perform the marriage to also register the wedding, so that couples who get married will not have to be bothered about going to the registration office and waiting there for hours and days together to get their registration done,” says Sunitha Lakshmi, a women and child rights activist.

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REPORTERS’ DIARY

Who’s a true Hyderabadi?

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yderabad is a cosmopolitan City and the natives of this beautiful City do not leave any occasion to claim their association with it. But this led to an amusing situation when the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was born in Hyderabad and Union minister of state for tourism K Chiranjeevi, who is from Hyderabad, recently shared the dais during the inauguration of UNWTO Conference in the City.

While praising the efforts of Chiranjeevi in holding the mega tourism event in the City, the UNWTO secretary general Taleb D Rifai referred to Chiranjeevi as true Hyderabadi. This did not go down well with the chief minister’s close aides.

They immediately sprang into action and added a few lines to the citation of the chief minister and asked the lady host, who was introducing the dignitaries on to the dais, to talk about the CM's link with the City.

Accordingly, the host, without losing any time, described the CM as a true Hyderabadi and read out a long list of his association with it after the address of the secretary general. The public relation work done by the CM's aides within no time had left many local delegates and officials in surprise. One of them heard saying whose Hyderabad is it anyway?

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A STERLING SERVICE

Emergency brings out the mettle in man. This proved when APSRTC bus conductor C Srinivasa Rao assisted a woman who gave birth to a baby in a running bus. Rao, along with passengers was going to Raichur from Hyderabad on April 15. A woman developed labour pains but women passengers sat unmoved. Rao’s medical experience before joining the Corporation enabled him to assist the woman. He halted the bus for a while, cordoned off the seat with sheets and facilitated the normal delivery by pressing his hands around her abdomen.

The moment the baby was born, he arranged for an ambulance to take the woman and baby to a hospital.

Considering his humanitarian act, APSRTC managing director AK Khan felicitated Rao along with his family and gave him a cash reward of `1,116.

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EVERYONE SHOULD HELP AP

No State suffers as many problems as Andhra Pradesh does.

This big State that has a large

stake in any government that comes in Delhi faces numerous problems — from acute power paucity to political turmoil and cessation demands. But that the State has not done harm or created a large-scale problem for the country is forgotten by the successive dispensation in the Delhi Durbar. This was the basis of a massive political shift under the charismatic leadership of the late NTR in the 1980’s.

Many in the State and in the City believe that the government of Andhra Pradesh ought to get its due in the form of Central aid, gas allocation for power generation and a studied decision on Telangana so that the State that once fed the country can get back on its journey to prosperity. This is no maudlin sentiments; it is a need of the times without a political label.

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PUBLICITY STUNT

Government publicity personnel are often accused of not coming up with innovative ideas. But at the recent launch of Amma Hastam, where nine essential commodities were packed at an affordable price, the publicity men came out with a massive balloon for a change. It gave enough space for messages and also had the advantage of mobility. (See pic above) (SK)

AP, that has a large stake in any forming any government at the Centre, faces numerous problems — from acute power paucity to political turmoil.

COP’S GENEROUS GESTURE

Rarely do we see benevolent police officers. And rarely do we follow their advice. This is a human tragedy and a reason for increasing malefic elements in the society. People in the Old City fondly remember the humanitarian gesture of the then DCP south zone Kantha Rao. In

his days, he made it a rule that all police stations in his jurisdiction should keep a water pot with drinking water for the people who approach the station. This includes criminals, who by legal definition are to be considered innocent till they are convicted.

The police were also asked to behave with dignity and reverence to the people as they are the servants of the government elected by people.

Old school policemen inwardly resented this, but later realised such an attitude infused confidence among the public and they came forward to help the police when in need. The water pot was a symbol of the human face of the police. However, this practice was discontinued fol-

lowing Kantha Rao’s transfer.

But many policemen and public remember the officer’s gesture.

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SCRIBES TAKEN FOR A RIDE

Recently a seminar was organised by an NGO on protection of women and rights of children.

The organisers of the event wanted to make sure that media persons were present in large number. To ensure that reporters don’t miss out on the event, the organisers spelt big names and said that ministers and other leaders would be present to talk about the issue.

The organisers kept sending reminders in the form of mails and text messages and asked the journalists to RSVP even a couple of hours before the event.

Since it is a burning topic and wanting to see what the concerned minister of the state had to say, journalist turned up in large numbers. However, the media realised they were taken for a ride. None of the bigwigs named turned up for the seminar. It was learnt later that the organisers were informed of this a day earlier but kept to themselves to ensure that the media turned up.

(AA) Contributed by Aleena Alice, Inkeshaf Ahmed, Mohd Subhan, Md Nizamuddin, PK Surendran.

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ANIMAL RIGHTS

A cry from the streets

With as many as 30 complaints each month, cases of animal abuse are on the rise. This is because many are still unaware of animal rights, which is mentioned in the Constitution.

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adhulika Jajodia woke up on Wednesday to traumatic news. One of the street pups she fed everyday was tortured and killed. She heard about the incident from her neighbour's son who found the puppy's body lying outside the gate of the apartment complex where they live. The puppy was beaten, tortured and left to die. After hearing the tale, Madhulika rushed down, only to find the body was missing.

"The least I could have done was to give her a decent burial. I could only see a trail of blood on the road and I just cannot get that image out of my mind. I would have never imagined anyone to be this cruel. This was a threemonth-old pup. What harm can it do? We have lodged an FIR but since we could not retrieve the body and no one witnessed the murder, no action can be taken," she says.

This is not a stray incident.

There are many street animals that face the wrath of humans and are tortured and killed.

According to Vasanthi Vadi, secretary of People for Animals, they get as many as 30 complaints each month.

“We get many cases of street animals being abused everyday.

There are times when people remain mute spectators. This is because many are unaware that animals also have rights. We have enquired about Madhulika's case. However, the problem here is that the body was not recovered and the person who inflicted the crime was not seen by anybody,” Vasanthi says. She has, however, sent an inspector and constable and has asked them to enquire about the case. She aims at spreading the word about animals' rights and

It is our duty to safeguard animals as those who hurt them tend to torture children and women in the future.

Vasanthi Vadi People for Animals hopes that the tormenter will think twice before repeating such a heinous act.

According to Vasanthi, there are still many who are unaware of animals’ rights.

“All animals have rights and if found guilty of hurting an animal, a person can be taken to court and can be jailed. It is also one's social responsibility to take care of animals. The Constitution of India clearly states that it is our duty to safeguard and take care of animals. It is also our moral responsibility as those who hurt animals are the ones who later end up torturing children and women in the future.

So, it is one’s responsibility to stand up when you see an animal tortured and not remain as mute spectators,” she says.

There is a night rescue service being set up by People For Animals and one can avail the service if you find any animal that has been run over by cars.

"There are many organisations that work for street animals but at the end of the day we all need to help each other. The driver of the ambulance has been trained by me. He administers first-aid and brings the animal to our clinic which is open 24/7," Dr Lakshmi Ramana says.

In case of emergency, call: 9849993374/9290195361/984902 7601/9849128720.

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BRICS BANK PLAN WELCOMED

The G-24 countries has welcomed the decision of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to establish a new developmental bank. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting of the ministers of Intergovernmental group of 24 on International Monetary Fund yesterday.

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BJP pins hopes on Uma

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BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh feel Uma Bharti’s re-entry in the party fold will help it in the state Assembly elections slated for the year end.

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harti’s re-entry to strengthen BJP’s vote in polls: leaders Bhopal, Apr 19 (PTI) BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh feel Uma Bharti’s reentry in the party fold will help it in the state assembly elections slated around the year end.

However, Congress is of the view that ten years of BJP rule has set-in a strong anti-incumbency wave in the state which

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n 2008, the BJP minus Uma Bharti had won 143 seats and later it wrested five more seats from the Congress in the by-polls, taking its tally to a total of 148. even the re-entry of Bharti would not be able to contain.

“The BJP is certainly going to benefit in the coming Assembly polls with the re-entry of Bharti in the party fold as she has her own dedicated vote in the state that resulted in the victory of her candidates in five seats in the

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2008 Assembly polls,” BJP MLA and spokesman Vishwas Sarang said.

In 2008, the BJP minus Uma Bharti had won 143 seats and later it wrested five more seats from the Congress in the bypolls, taking its tally to a total of 148. Though Uma Bharti had

herself lost the polls from her home turf Tikamgarh, her party won five seats in 2008 and managed to corner over 12 lakh votes totalling nearly 5.5 per cent of the total votes polled in the 215 seats that her party candidates contested, senior BJP leader Shiv Shankar Pateria said.

he BJP is set to launch its campaign for the May 5 Karnataka Assembly elections on April 21 in a grand way. Party’s senior leaders like L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj, along with the state leaders will launch the campaign simultaneously from six places in the state on the same day. While Advani will launch the campaign from Ranebennur and Davangere, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Swaraj will address a rally in Bangalore. Party president Rajnath Singh will address a rally in Chikkodi while his deputy Naidu will seek votes in the Teluguspeaking belt.

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pset over his beloved being married to someone else, a Chandigarh police constable Thursday killed her husband and her mother-inlaw and critically injured another woman in Haryana’s Sonipat district, police said.

Constable Basant Kumar used his service rifle to kill Sandeep, 23, and his mother Roshini, 55, from point-blank range in Gaurad village of Sonipat district, 200 km from Chandigarh. He also left Parkashi, Sandeep’s aunt, critically injured in the firing in their house. Basant had Thursday afternoon forcibly entered the house of Sandeep who had been recently married to Sarita. Basant was having an affair with Sarita and they had eloped once earlier.

After committing the crime, Basant fled from the spot in a car along with Sarita.

Praising Narendra Modi led Gujarat for attracting numerous investments, Ambassador of Georgia Kachkachishvili Zurab today said the state has developed “dynamically” in the last decade. “This is my third visit to this wonderful state. It has attracted numerous investments and developed dynamically in the last decade,” Zurab said while addressing a seminar on developing Eurasia as a market to do business with. “Quarter of the exports of India are from Gujarat,” he said adding that he hoped the state will invest in Georgia. A senior central government official said that strict regulatory mechanism had hindered exports of bovine-related products to countries like Russia, Belarus and other Eurasian countries, which India is hoping to revive. “A group of more than 15 officials from these countries will visit India and inspect the laboratories.”

A sikh devotee holds an oil lamp as he pays his respects at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on April 18, 2013 on the occasion of the 392nd birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh Guru, Teg Bahadur. Guru Tegh Bahadur, the youngest of the five sons of Guru Hargobind, was born in Amritsar in 1621 and was executed on the orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi in 1675.

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The ULFA’s anti-talk faction led by Paresh Baruah Thursday threatened popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg with dire consequences for defying its diktat that asked all the singers and artistes not to sing or perform Hindi songs on stage during the Bihu festival. “He is a very talented singer and we want that he takes Assam’s art and culture to the world stage. But if he chooses to act as an agent of Hindi aggression in Assam, the conflict that we have with him now will take the shape of a clash. “The ULFA shouldn’t be held responsible for any eventuality as a result of the clash,” the outfit said in an email statement sent to media today.

Garg, who had shot to fame with his rendition of “Ya Ali” in film “Gangster”, performed the same song on stage here during a Bihu cultural function recently.

The song had topped charts across India, and South Asia.

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Living spaces SRINIVAS SETTY

FACTS ABOUT KPHB COLONY

SCHOOLS Sri Swami Chinna Jeeyar International School Samatha Nagar Sanghamitra School Nizampet Road

COLLEGES JNTU College Of Engineering, Kukatpally BVRIT, Nizampet, Bachupally VNRVJIET, Nizampet Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute Of Engineering and Technology, Nizampet road

Infrastructure

EMERGING HUB OF THE

With its proximity to Hitec City and travelling time of around 15 min, KPHB has become a choice for upper middle-class buyers of the City.

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ROAD Connected to Patancheru (26 min) Connected to Miyapur (15 min) Connected to Hitec City (15-30 min)

RAIL Hafeezpet (MMTS) Lingampally Railway station

AIR Shamshabad Airport (40 km)

ENTERTAINMENT AND SHOPPING Mallikarjuna and Bramaramba Cinema halls, Cinepolis, (under construction) Shopper’s Stop (under construction) Rythu Bazar KPHB Colony

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ant to celebrate life by living in a place which is full of shopping malls, hospitals, educational institutions and a Metro line, as well as being well connected to the City? If you belong to upper middle-class with a decent income and do not want to waste valuable time in City traffic and congestion while commuting to office in Hitec City, Kukatpally Housing Board (KPHB) can be your favourite place to live in. KPHB has not only evolved as a residential hub

over the years but also is soon to be one of the major retail hubs of the City. Numerous other colonies in the peripheral areas like Nizampet, Vivekananda Nagar, Hyder Nagar have pushed the growth of retail in KPHB colony.

“The growth of IT sector in Hitec City has spurred the growth of real estate in KPHB colony in 2003-2004. Proximity to Hitec City with a distance of six km and travel time of 15 minutes had made KPHB as an obvious choice for house buying in those days. The growth story continued till the end of 2008 but came to an end with the global recession. After four

years of downfall, KPHB bounced back with greater benefits for buyers,” says Ajay K Singh, AGM (marketing and communication), Vertex Homes.

KPHB is no more an abode for middle- or lower-income groups. But, it will emerge as a better choice in terms of price when compared to localities in Hitec City. “One has to spend almost `60-70 lakh for a 1,500 sft flat in and around Hitec City.

However, a customer can get flats with similar features at a price of `40-50 lakh in KPHB colony. Infrastructure development has become the key driver for the growth of these areas recently. Malls from Madhucon,

VERTEX PRIME n 5 towers with 6 level living in Nizampet Road n 284 apartments of 2 and 3 BHK n Sizes varies from 1,140 to 1,470 sft n Gated community n Centralised gas pipeline n Remarkable landscaping n Adequate water supply n Power backup n Clubhouse n Children’s play area n Swimming pool n A/C gymnasium n Meditation and yoga hall n Multi-purpose hall n Indoor games and guest rooms n Basic price: `3,600 per sft

Prestige and Manjeera along with progress of Metro work have pushed many residents to buy a flat here,” he says.

These high-end developers are coming with retail space of global standards, which will bring access to premier branded shops like Shopper’s Stop, and Hyper City. Residents need not to go to Inorbit mall for spending their evenings or weekends.

Upcoming multiplex, Cinepolis, will be a definite attraction to cine-goers in these areas.

KPHB already has NSL Central mall and other major branded outlets. A resident can fulfil his daily needs within walking distance. For instance,

MODI BUILDERS SPLENDOUR n 480 apartments over an area of about 4.5 acres n About 12km From Hitec City/Cyber towers and about 5km from Kukatpally n Venture has two variants: 3BHK 1,748 and 1,933 sft n Landscaped gardens/ playgrounds n Clubhouse 38,000 sft n Swimming pool with jacuzzi n Completely residential and approved by HUDA n Vaastu compliant n Project approved by leading banks and institutions n Basic price: `2,200-2,300 per sft

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CITY: KPHB COLONY he has access to all the banks, branded outlets and cinemas. It is a major hub for shopping and also for supermarkets like DMart and More. Residents can also get to any corner of the City within minutes with the help of upcoming Metro.

Like any other location, there is still scope for government infrastructure development in and around this area.

Traffic in Nizampet road and after Malaysian township reaches peak during office hours.

Commuters have to spend extra time in reaching their offices in Hitec City. “Unfortunately, the government did not grow the infrastructure in proportion to the growth of population in these areas. At last, they recently started laying Nizampet road, which will reduce traffic

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Well-connected to the City Retail hub Banks Hospitals Educational institutes Rythu Bazar Railway reservation centre Hub for private buses to other major cities n Upcoming Metro and bus station at Miyapur

or any water logging in this area. The soon-to-be-completed flyover will reduce the traffic and travelling time to Hitec City from existing 30 minutes (by car) to 15 minutes during peak hour,” he explains.

“There is a restricted water supply during the peak summer months in these areas. However,

most of the gated communities have a manjeera water connection, which solves the problem of drinking water. Each of the major developers also has borewells with maximum depth to avoid normal water problems.The residents have to opt for tankers if groundwater levels reach rock bottom during peak summer,” he says.

On growth in values, he says, “Connectivity with Metro and infrastructure development have pushed the market value of properties in last 18 months.

There has been a growth of 3035 per cent in prime locations.

There is still a room for growth in this area, and there can be an addition of another `1,000 per sft in next two years with availability of Metro and other infrastructure to the residents.”

MANJEERA MAJESTIC HOMES n 2 and 3 BHK apartments in JNTU area n 4 passenger lifts and 2 service lifts(16 passenger capacity) n Helipad on the terrace n Primary treatment of domestic water n Sewage treatment plant n Irrigation system for landscaping at ground level n DG backup round the clock n Reticulated piped gas system n Visitors’ parking n 50-ft setback all-round clubhouse n Gym, health club, indoor games, clinic, snack bar, AV room n Banquet, library, crèche n Shopping mall and multiplex next door n Basic Price: `3,600 per sft

he inception of CREDAI, the apex body of real estate developers in the country, in 1999 is not just to form an organisation for developers but also to create healthy real estate and infrastructure environment in the country, wherein every stakeholder gets value out of the organisation and can be in a winwin situation. We want the buyer to get a right product with proper quality, title and value for money.

In this regard, we initiated code of conduct among the CREDAI members. It is a selfinducted programme by CREDAI to do justice to the buyers.

According to the code, the member (developer) has to stick to a code of conduct in any case.

Failing to do so will make the organisation interfere and do justice to the buyer based on the agreement. For instance, the buyer has to mention the committed details on agreement such as information on title, completion date, payment schedule and other amenities and specifications. Buyer and seller have to specify clauses that give further details for any failure of the commitment. For instance, if a seller delays the project for some reason, the buyer can ask for compensation based on the clause mentioned in the agreement.

CREDAI will be able to help both parties to sort out their issue. We don’t try to give our own judgments but instruct the builder based on the agreement unless in certain exceptional cases like

one-sided agreements.

There are very few grievances against our members. Most of these are due to service tax, VAT and on delay issues. Earlier, there was no clarity on service tax collection like when authorities have to collect this tax. The government addressed these issues by giving clarity on taxation, which we show to the customer while solving such issues.

It is the duty of the buyer to do research and do proper agree-

What is CREDAI? n 130 chapters in the country n 18 chapters from Andhra Pradesh n 10,000 members in 20 states n CREDAI members do 80 per cent of the real estate development activities n 140 CREDAI members in Hyderabad n More than 1,000 real estate developers in the City

ment with seller. Earlier, we used to visit 10 shops and used to ask all to just buy a TV in our home.

If somebody is investing his lifetime savings and taking huge credit burden from the bank, there should be through research in choosing and buying the property. For example, I have seen many intellectuals going with price for choosing a property.

Price can be a factor but should not be the only factor in choosing property. Any builder does not sell a property without having his margins. If somebody could offer you a property at a cheap price in the same locality, there are high chances that he has compromised on plan or in quality construction.

The writer is the national president of CREDAI.

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COURT REJECTS WIKILEAK CABLE Classified American embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks cannot be used as evidence in English and Welsh courts because they breach diplomatic privilege, judges have ruled, a severe setback for the use of material obtained from leaks or whistleblowers.

BOSTON BLASTS

LOYALTY ISSUES

Videos, pictures of suspects out The FBI released pictures and video of two men suspected of planting the Boston marathon bombs.

Musharraf arrested, in custody

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ormer Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was today arrested from his farmhouse in a case relating to sacking of judges, a day after he dramatically fled the court to avoid detention, and remanded to two days in custody, becoming the first exarmy chief to face such action.

Police officials arrested the 69-year-old former military strongman this morning and took him to the court of judicial magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah.

After hearing arguments

by Musharraf's lawyer and the counsel of several persons who have filed petitions against him, the magistrate sent the former army chief on "transit remand" for two days.

The magistrate also directed police to produce Musharraf in an anti-terrorism court in two days as the Islamabad High Court had yesterday directed authorities to charge him under the AntiTerrorism Act for his actions during the 2007 emergency.

Musharraf can appeal in the Supreme Court against the magistrate's order.

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BOSTON: The dramatic twist in the hunt came just after President Barack Obama vowed to the people of Boston that the "evil" bombers behind the three dead and about 180 wounded, would be brought to justice.

Investigators consider the suspects to be "armed and extremely dangerous," said Rick DesLauriers, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief in Boston, warning that no-one should approach them.

Authorities stepped up checks on the Canadian border as they released the images. And the clamour to see the pictures was so great that the FBI's website, www.fbi.gov, crashed minutes later. Both appeared to be young men, one dressed in a white baseball cap and the other in a black cap. But the FBI gave no details of their identities or origin, naming them only as Suspect One and Suspect Two. Two bombs were placed around the marathon finish line on Monday, spraying nails, ball bearings and other metal fragments into the crowds.

"Identifying and locating those responsible is now our highest priority," DesLauriers said.

"The images from Monday are indelible and the horror of that day will remain with us forever."

The men are seen in the video walking calmly, one a few paces behind the other, weaving between crowds on Boston's Boylston Street where the race finished. DesLauriers said other

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Venezuelan troops will parade past Nicolas Maduro after he is sworn into office Friday, but keeping their loyalty will be tricky for a leader lacking the charisma and savvy of his predecessor.

Since Hugo Chavez's March 5 death, Maduro has staged frequent public events with top military leaders, showing off "civicmilitary unity" of the leftist regime he inherited from "el comandante."

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images indicated the man in the white cap placed a bomb outside a restaurant in the street in the minutes before the blasts tore through the crowds.

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gunman shot dead a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in an eruption of gunfire at the prestigious US university late Thursday, authorities said. The university in Boston said the situation was "extremely dangerous" and warned students in an emergency alert on its website to stay indoors.

The Massachusetts district attorney's office confirmed the killing and said it was investigating.

Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama vowed: "Yes, we will find you, and yes, you will face justice."

"We will find you, we will hold you accountable," he told a congregation of 2,000, including relatives of the dead, survivors of the blasts, rescuers and city leaders. "If they sought to intimidate us, to terrorize us," Obama said, then "it should be pretty clear by now that they picked the wrong city to do it."

Obama met the family of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old who was killed, at the cathedral before the service, and later went to Massachusetts General Hospital to talk to some of the wounded. Americans had seen "the face of evil" in the attacks, the president told the service where Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian and Greek Orthodox religious leaders spoke.

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NEWS BRIEFS 7.2 earthquake shakes northern Japan: USGS

France's Hollande blasts Venezuela to audit ‘homophobic’ violence presidential vote

HK looks for 6 missing men after boat crash

TOKYO: A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Friday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at 0305 GMT near the Russian-administered Kuril island chain, 1,490 kilometres (926 miles) north of Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said. It was located 122 km deep.

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Thursday hit out at "homophobic" acts by opponents of a same-sex marriage bill following violent protests that included an attack on a gay bar. Interior Minister Manuel Valls asked protest organisers to throw out members of farright organisations who have been involved in the violence.

TOKYO: Rescue teams in Hong Kong Friday stepped up the search for six crew members missing at sea after two boats collided in fog, as officials investigated the cause of the latest incident to hit the city's busy waterways. The incident comes after a ferry collision claimed 39 lives in October in the city's worst sea disaster in decades.

CARACAS: Venezuela's National Electoral Council said Thursday it would audit votes cast in weekend presidential elections after an opposition challenge to the victory accorded President-elect Nicolas Maduro. Council president Tibisay Lucena said the expanded audit would encompass all the ballot boxes not reviewed on election day.

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The world's oldest person turned 116 on Friday as local health chiefs in Japan launch a study to find out why he and many of those around him have lived so long. Jiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897.

UN RAPS DAMSCUS Nearly seven million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, a senior United Nations official said Thursday, criticizing Damascus for hampering aid distribution. "The needs are growing rapidly and are most severe in the conflict and opposition-controlled areas" of the civil-war ravaged country, the global body's humanitarian chief Valerie Amos told the UNSC. She cited data showing there are 6.8 million people in need out of a total population of 20.8 million along with 4.25 million internally displaced and an additional 1.3 million who have sought refuge in neighboring countries.

The sun will still rise tomorrow... you will not have skin diseases or rashes or toads in your bed.

Maurice Williamson The Kiwi politician’s speech to Parliament backing gay marriage has been viewed almost 4,00,000 times on YouTube.

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Technology E-COMMERCE A snapshot at how people world over are spending their money online.

Percentage of people who have shopped online by area

#MUSIC NOW Twitter launched a stand-alone music-streaming app on Wednesday, opening another front in the micromessaging service's ambitious expansion into multimedia content. The iPhone app, called #music, will recommend and stream songs based on who users follow on Twitter and artistes' recommendations. The songs will be streamed via Rdio and Spotify, the subscription-based music services, and iTunes, Apple’s music store. Twitter said in its blog-post announcement that #music will be available in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand beginning Thursday. A release date for the Android app has not yet been announced.

FACT: More than 50% of the online population have shopped online more than once.

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Time BernersLee created the first World Wide Web server and browser.

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Amazon starts selling books online. eBay is founded.

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Google appears to be preparing the launch of a game centre for Android with an unknown name. It looks like the new hub will sport a slew of features, including multiplayer support, in-game chat, lobbies, leaderboards, and achievements. The leaked information come to us courtesy of Android Police, which amusingly stumbled on the details by tearing apart the apk file for MyGlass, the Google Glass companion app that launched earlier this week.

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Blackstone Group has ended its pursuit of Dell less than a month after the private-equity firm said it would try to top a leveraged buyout by the computer maker's founder and a rival investment firm. Blackstone had been putting together a bid for Dell to trump the $24.4 billion offer from founder and chief executive Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners.

Blackstone's offer would have kept part of the company in the hands of public shareholders.

Blackstone, in a letter to the special board committee handling the deal negotiations for Dell, cited declining personal-computer sales industrywide as a factor in its decision.

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Comment Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

Mark Twain Author

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group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims have been holed up in an Indonesian mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the religious intolerance sweeping the country.

The men were praying at the mosque in Bekasi, west of Jakarta, when scores of police burst in and surrounded it with corrugated iron fencing, brandishing a decree that bans the minority from spreading its religious beliefs.

Now around 20 of them are refusing to leave until officials guarantee they will be allowed to continue worshipping in the mosque — and fear that if they do leave then the building will be taken over.

They believe it was closed under pressure from hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), in what would be the latest case of radicals targeting the sect. In a notorious 2011 incident, a lynch mob clubbed, hacked and stoned three Ahmadis to death in western Java. The attackers received only light prison sentences, provoking international outrage.

The targeting of Ahmadis fits with a wider pattern of rising attacks in recent years against religious minorities in the world’s most populous Muslimmajority nation, where most are Sunnis. Muslim Shiites and Christians have complained of being targeted more frequently, and Human Rights Watch in a recent report accused the government of emboldening Islamic radicals by failing to act to curb the persecution.

HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS Zubeen Garg has been threatened by the Ulfa with dire consequences for singing Hindi songs in violation of their diktat. Zubeen had asked the audience whether he should sing Hindi songs and the people said ‘yes’.

So there’s nothing much Ulfa can do, but give into the people’s will.

BIG BANG

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Gun defeat casts doubt on Obama agenda LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Stephen Collinson

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y killing gun reform, the US Senate did more than deal a painfully personal defeat to Barack Obama -- it raised questions about the still ambitious president’s entire second term agenda.

So far, Obama’s thumping November election win has produced little of legislative substance, other than an expiry of tax cuts for the rich.

The guns reverse left the president, once the embodiment of change, puzzling over how to get a legacy-boosting program through an obstructive political system already casting an eye to the post-Obama era.

Defeated yet defiant, Obama was incredulous that the Senate Wednesday balked at expanding background checks for firearms buyers -- the final, modest but popular element of a wider gun reform drive that had already been thwarted.

“How can something have 90 percent support and yet not happen?” Obama asked rhetorically though he already knew where -in Washington.

Obama’s gun drive was based on the perception that

public revulsion after the massacre in December of 20 kids in their classrooms in Newtown, Connecticut, would shift the political calculations in Washington.

Instead, it produced a lesson in the fungible nature of presidential authority, and the might of wealthy lobby groups like the National Rifle Association.

It revealed the political complexity of a town split between Democrats and Republicans, and the constraints of a political system designed as a bulwark against sudden change where piecemeal progress is the rule.

The facts of the gun defeat appear to bode ill for Obama — after he wagered a chunk of his political capital to no avail.

“The president has definitely led many to question his ability to create a legislative majority,” said Kareem Crayton, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina.

“It is not clear in a president’s second term whether his turning to public pressure will be enough to convince members of Congress who are on the fence.”

Despite his win in November, Obama could not get a tame gun reform measure through a Senate controlled by Democrats.

Four Democrats deserted their own president, and moderate Republicans also balked despite Obama’s entreaties —

their reticence perhaps hinting at the president’s limited powers of political persuasion.

The plight of Newtown appeared to touch Obama deeply and the gun debate revealed a rare glimpse of the normally buttoned up president’s humanity.

But it was a fight that politically, he might have been wiser to avoid. Initially, it seemed an instinctively cautious president would.

Heading to a memorial service for Newtown victims in December, aides told reporters Obama would not make a political stir.

Yet after consoling griefstricken families, he went all in.

“These tragedies must end, and to end them we must

change,” Obama said, launching the biggest debate on gun control in 20 years.

Though his response was driven by emotion, his failure was rooted in hard politics.

First, he lost four Democratic senators needed to trump Republican filibuster tactics which mean 60 Senate votes are needed to pass a bill.

Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota represent conservative states where gun rights are rooted in culture and self identity.

Obama complained senators ran scared of the gun lobby — but while he is done with voters, three of those senators face tough re-election fights in 2014.

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here is something nauseatingly crude about the political game these days. The Centre’s announcement of `12,000 crore special aid to Bihar comes as a naked bribery even if one would try to justify in any way. This is especially because of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s recent sparring with its partner the BJP over Narendra Modi. While nobody quarrels on extending support to a state, it is unethical to do so that looks like baiting an adversary for the selfish reasons. If one argues Bihar’s backwardness, one could very well argue of any state. Andhra Pradesh is no exception. The AP that keeps the UPA on oxygen and had fed the country all these years

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with its rice and lentil must get its share too. The state is currently undergoing unprecedented power crunch and the centre has done pretty little to assuage its hurt feelings on this count. It is not the state’s welfare but prime ministerial ambitions that fuel dissidence these days is as clear as broad day. What promted Nitish to question Modi and the Shiv Sena’s latest bid to name Sushma Swaraj for prime ministerial post are all indications. It could also be considered a Congress ploy to sow dissidence in the rival camp with PM-ambition as it is slipping on all fronts. All these remind us of the prophetic words of the Great War time PM of UK, Winston Churchill.

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Music IN THE NEWS

MADONNA GOES THE PUSSY RIOT WAY Madonna might find herself barred from returning to Russia after voicing her support for the Pussy Riot singers jailed for protesting President Putin while in Moscow and St Petersburg last August as part of her Mdna world tour.

MUSIC AT THE LOUVRE Of all the places, US musician Will.I.Am has found the Louvre museum, Paris the most enticing as he has been able to shoot for his upcoming song in the museum.

Gomez announces world tour A

merican singer Selena Gomez has announced her world tour plans that will take her to 56 cities. The 20-year-old pop singer bounced back onto the music scene at the MTV Movie Awards with her new single Come & Get It. Shortly after the Bollywood-themed performancea at the event, Selena announced she will be touring 56 cities later this year. “It’s going to be a bigger show. I’m excited.

I’ve been dancing a lot and I just want to entertain people and I’m super stoked,” she was quoted as saying by contactmusic.com.

“My favourites were Britney and Janet Jackson. So I kind of want to do a little bit more dancing, and just make it about the entertainment and about the show and the songs, as opposed to how big the stage or how many effects we can have,” she added.

The tour will kick start in Vancouver in Canada and would end in St Louis, US, with brief stops in Europe and North America.

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rammy award winning US musician Will.I.Am was allowed into Paris’s Louvre museum at two in the morning to record part of a song entitled Smile Mona Lisa in front of the famed painting

by Leonardo da Vinci.

“That song touches me because I recorded a large portion of that song inside the Louvre, next to Mona Lisa’s picture,” the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas said, adding that the song would appear on his next solo album.

“They let me go to the Louvre at 2 am to record the guitars for that song, I wanted to capture the ambiance of the Louvre, that Mona Lisa lives in. That was exciting, to walk through the Louvre at 2 am with the manager,” he said.

The singer added that if he had not entered the world of music he would have wanted to have been a scientist.

“I’m fascinated with quantum physics. That’s the reason why I’m going back to school this September to learn computer science,” he said.

And he urged young people to look to new technology for opportunities.

“If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family’s life but change your ghetto’s life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science,

iTUNES Top 10 songs 1 JUST GIVE ME A 6 FALL DOWN REASON Will. I. Am P!nk 7 RADIOACTIVE 2 CAN’T HOLD US Imagine Dragons Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis 8 HEART ATTACK 3.MIRRORS Demi Lovato Justin Timberlake 9 GENTLEMAN 4 WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN Psy Bruno Mars 10 MY SONGS KNOW 5 I LOVE IT WHAT YOU DID IN THE Icona Pop DARK Fall Out Boy

Justin Timberlake

2 PIONEER The Band Perry

3 WOLF

A legend dies Zanzibari singer Bi Kidude, a legend in east Africa for her haunting voice and energetic performances despite her age, which was thought to be around 100, died Wednesday at her home, her nephew said.Bi Kidude, whose real name was Fatuma binti Baraka, and who performed and toured up until very recently, was best known for Taarab music, which combines Arab and African influences.A diminutive and wrinkled figure with a haunting voice, she displayed immense energy on stage, beating a large drum clamped between her legs and occasionally drawing on a cigarette or taking a swig of liquor from the bottle.

DID YOU KNOW...

Psy’s

new music video crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube shattering another record on the video-sharing site since its muchanticipated weekend debut. The video for Gentleman, the longawaited follow-up to the South Korean singer's global hit, has received 105.4 million hits, topping 100 million in record time since it was posted Saturday.

TRENDING... try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs,” he said.

“You’ll change not just your family and your neighbourhood, you’ll change your

Top 10 albums 1 THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE

OBITUARY

Lil Wayne

6 10 New Kids on the Block

7 DISARM THE DESCENT Killswitch Engage

Tyler the Creator 8 NIGHT VISIONS 4 BASED ON A TRUE Imagine Dragons STORY 9. THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE Blake Shelton P!nk

5 I AM NOT A HUMAN 10. UNORTHODOX BEING II JUKEBOX Bruno Mars

whole city. Music is great, athletics is great, but the guys in Silicon valley and the dudes that make Twitter and Facebook, they’re changing the world,” he added.

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Bollywood Top 10 1. TUM HI HO NAA Aashiqui 2 Aashiqui 2

2. SUNN RAHA HAI 7. JUDAAI UNPLUGGED Aashiqui 2 I love New Year

3. YAARAM 8. BABLI BADMAASH HAI Ek Thi Daayan Shootout at Wadala

4. AAJA MERI JAAN 9. MERE MANN KEHNE LAGA I love New Year 5 KAALI KAALI Ek Thi Daayan

6. CHAHUN MAIN YA

Nautanki Saala

10. YEH JUNOON Shootout at Wadala

After Shankar Mahadevan, composer Aadesh Shrivastava will launch an online singing classes for his fans.

“Good news for music lovers! Very soon I will start teaching classical and Bollywood singing classes online. Stay tuned,” tweeted Shrivastava, who hascomposed for films like Baghban, Baabul and Raajneeti.

Singer-songwriter Adele has reportedly turned down an offer by a publishing house to write her autobiography, for a seven figure sum.

The offer came to her from Harper Collins. The 24year-old feels she is too young to write an autobiography and that needs more life experience in order to write a book.

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spotlight BIRTHDAY GLEE

PARTY PEOPLE

Gang up with your girl pals and head to Tease, Begumpet. The pub is hosting ladies night tonight.

A FUN BASH

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Sonia's friends and family turned up in their glamorous best at Bottles & Chimney to celebrate her birthday.

Spotted were Bina Mehta,Sushmita and others.

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3 Rajeev, Sonal

Pradeep 2 Ricky, Ruchi

4 Sonia 5 Pooja, Ritu,

Ishwita 6 Isha 7 Alka

8 Divya 9 Sushmitha 10 Bina Mehta

CHEERY TIMES Members of Rifle Association of Andhra Pradesh (RAAP) made a beeline to Secunderabad Club for a cocktail and dinner party. Spotted were Suresh Reddy, Amit Sangvi, Vinod and others.

UP FOR GRABS

Uninor, India launched 'Sabse Sasta — Sabse Zyaada' product STV5 offer for its customers in the state on Thursday.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013

health

KIDNEY DONOR DIES DURING TRANSPLANT, FIRST IN JAPAN A kidney donor has died due to massive bleeding during a transplant operation, for the first time in Japan. The 65-year-old female donor died during endoscopic surgery to remove a kidney for transplant to her son at the Doujin Hospital in Urasoe.

PTI

WATCH OUT!

MYTH: DARK SKIN PREVENTS MELANOMA Fact: Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can lead to death if left undetected or untreated. Melanoma can occur in any part of the body, and it is said that intense sun exposure causes severe damage to the skin due to UV rays. But anyone can contract melanoma, irrespective of their ethnicity, skin type or skin colour, reports Oncosec Medical (oncosec.com).

MYTH: SPICY FOOD CAUSES ULCERS Fact: Researchers have found that the most common cause of ulcer is a bacterium. While improper diet or stress can certainly aggravate the condition, they are not the cause.

The bacterium H. pylori is present in the stomach of many people. Health.howstuffworks.com reports that while in many, it does not cause any symptoms, in others it can cause cancer or even peptic ulcer.

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Diseases can be prevented and treated properly if some of our misconceptions surrounding them are cleared.

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MYTH: IBS IS CAUSED BY IMPROPER DIET

MYTH:TANNING BOOTHS ARE SAFE

Fact: The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse defines irritable bowel syndrome as a group of symptoms, like abdominal pain and discomfort, and not a disease in itself. While the causes remain largely varied and unknown, it is not the result of food habits alone. Diet, stress and depression may trigger some of these symptoms.

Fact: FDA announced that there is a 75 per cent risk of contracting skin cancer if you visit a tanning booth before the age of 30, reports skincare.about.com.

A study mentioned in WebMd suggests that UVA, UVB and UVC, all the three were found to cause cancer in animal models.

Tanning beds have also been linked with an increased risk of cancer.

MYTH: CLEAR WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK

ANEWS PP-LYBRIEFS YOURSELF

There are thousands of microorganisms invisible to the naked eye. Water should be boiled and purified before consump-

HOUSECALL

Natural Look

Pancreatitis

The app contains minimal relaxing natural drone sounds for your everyday life. The loop lets you meditate, relax and while away the hours of your day and helps stabilise your mood. Stream, ocean waves, wind chimes, storm, forest, rain in the city, and whales in the ocean are some of the available sounds. itunes.apple.com

Pancreatitis occurs when the pancreas (a gland in the abdomen) becomes inflamed. It's extremely painful and is usually accompanied by vomiting. Apart from powerful painkillers, the only other thing that sometimes brings relief is sitting forward. There are many causes of acute pancreatitis, but gallstones and excess alcohol are the most common.

Other causes include injury to pancreas and viral infections. bbc.co.uk

tion. Some of bacteria cause severe illnesses like diarrhoea and gastroenteritis.

The presence of E. coli is an indicator of the presence of other microorganisms as well.

DID YOU KNOW? Chocolate buzz is higher than a kiss’s The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that chocolate caused a buzz that lasted four times as long as a passionate kiss in a 2007 study. Eating chocolate caused the resting heart rate to the subjects to rise from 60 beats per minute to 140 bpm. life.dailyburn.com

PIONEERS René Favaloro Dr René Gerónimo Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery. At the beginning of 1967, Favaloro began to consider the possibility of using the saphenous vein in coronary surgery. The standardisation of this technique was the fundamental work of his career. He published a book called Surgical Treatment on Coronary Arteriosclerosis. en.wikipedia.org

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BREAKTHROUGH

STUDY

MEMORY LOSS in animal

brain cells reversed Using sea snail nerve cells, neuroscientists reversed memory loss by determining when the cells were primed for learning.

HOUSTON: Scientists have reversed memory loss in sea snail nerve cells — a breakthrough that may lead to treatments for nuero-degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's in humans.

Using sea snail nerve cells, neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) reversed memory loss by determining when the cells were primed for learning.

They were able to help the cells compensate for memory loss by retraining them through the use of optimised training schedules.

"Although much works remains to be done, we have demonstrated the feasibility of our new strategy to help overcome memory deficits," said

John "Jack" Byrne, the study's senior author, as well as director of the WM Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

Yili Zhang, the study's colead author, developed a sophisticated mathematical model that can predict when the biochemical processes in the snail's brain are primed for learning.

Her model is based on five training sessions scheduled at different time intervals ranging from five to 50 minutes. It can generate 10,000 different schedules and identify the schedule most attuned to optimum learning.

"The logical follow-up question was whether you could use the same strategy to overcome a deficit in memory,"

Byrne said in a statement.

"Memory is due to a change in the strength of the connections among neurons. In many diseases associated with memory deficits, the change is blocked," Byrne said.

To test whether their strategy would help with memory loss, Rong-Yu Liu, co-lead author, simulated a brain disorder in a cell culture by taking sensory cells from the sea snails and blocking the activity of a gene that produces a memory protein.

This resulted in a significant impairment in the strength of the neurons' connections, which is responsible for long-term memory.

To mimic training sessions, cells were administered a chemical at intervals

prescribed by the mathematical model.

After five training sessions, which like the earlier study were at irregular intervals, the strength of the connections returned to near normal in the impaired cells.

"This methodology may apply to humans if we can identify the same biochemical processes in humans. Our results suggest a new strategy for treatments of cognitive impairment,� Byrne said. “Mathematical models might help design therapies that optimise the combination of training protocols with traditional drug treatments," he said.

The study was published in The Journal of Neuroscience.

PTI

Hair test can predict heart disease risk

LONDON: A simple scalp hair analysis can determine the risk of cardiovascular disease in elderly, a new study has claimed.

Hair strands contain valuable information about stress levels that can be used to determine cardiovascular disease risk in elderly, found researchers from Erasmus MC (medical center) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Unlike a blood test that captures a snapshot of stress hormone levels at a single point in time, a scalp hair analysis can be used to view trends in levels of the stress hormone cortisol over the course of several months.

"Like high blood pressure or abdominal fat, the findings suggest elevated cortisol levels are an important signal that an individual is at risk of cardiovascular disease," said one of the study's lead authors, Laura Manenschijn.

"Because scalp hair can capture information about how cortisol levels have changed over time, hair analysis gives us a better tool for evaluating that risk," Manenschijn said.

The study measured cortisol levels in a group of 283 community-dwelling senior citizens between the ages of 65 and 85.

Participants were randomly selected from a large populationbased cohort study.

Using three-centimetre-long hair samples taken from close to the scalp, researchers were able to measure cortisol levels from a three-month period.

People with high cortisol levels were more likely to have a history of coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease or diabetes.

PTI

RESEARCH

New method devised to detect autism in children TORONTO: Scientists have come up with a new technique to detect autism in children based on their brain activity, says a study.

Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reli-

able method of analysing brain activity to detect autism in children. Their findings have appeared Thursday in the online journal PLOS ONE. The researchers recorded and analysed dynamic patterns of brain activity with magnetoencephalography (MEG) to determine the brain's functional con-

nectivity that is, its communication from one region to another.

The MEG measures magnetic fields generated by electrical currents in neurons of the brain, reports Science Daily.

Roberto Fernandez Galan, PhD, an assistant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve and an electrophysiolo-

gist seasoned in theoretical physics, led the research team that detected autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with 94 percent accuracy.

The new analytic method offers an efficient, quantitative way of confirming a clinical diagnosis of autism.

"We asked the question,

'Can you distinguish an autistic brain from a non-autistic brain simply by looking at the patterns of neural activity?' and indeed, you can," Galan said.

"This discovery opens the door to quantitative tools that complement the existing diagnostic tools for autism based on behavioural tests."

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Entertainment BOLLYWOOD TAKES ANOTHER ONE

KRISH set to direct AKSHAY KUMAR

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fter Prabhudeva, Murugadoss, K S Ravikumar and Gautham Menon, yet another South Indian director is going to test his luck in Bollywood. This time, the wheel of fortune has favoured Krish, who has directed critically acclaimed films like Gamyam, Vedam and Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.

Bollywood is abuzz with news that producers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shabina Khan have roped in Krish to direct their next production titled Gabbar. The film has Akshay Kumar in lead role and it’s said to be a remake of AR Murugadoss’ Ramana, which was also remade in Telugu as Tagore with Chiranjeevi in lead role.

Akshay Kumar has previously worked with Priyadarshan and Prabhu Deva, but this is going to be the first time that he’s going to collaborate with a Telugu film director for a remake.

Previously, there were rumours that AR Murugadoss, who had directed Ramana, will helm Gabbar, but the makers have instead gone ahead with Krish. The film deals with corruption in the society and how one man inspires everyone to fight against corruption from the grassroots level all the way to the highest corridors of power. Initially, there were rumours that Aamir Khan might star in the remake since the anti-corruption movement started by Anna Hazare had been making waves across the country, but the project didn’t materialise until Akshay Kumar entered the picture.

On the other hand, Krish had been working on his next film titled Shivam which was supposed to have Mahesh Babu and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles.

Although there has been no formal announcement about when exactly the film will go on floors, it’s likely to be postponed since both Krish and Mahesh Babu are busy with their current projects. More details about the cast and crew of Gabbar will be revealed soon. This is a big move for Krish who has grown from strength to strength in such a short span of time.

CINE BYTES

Shadow is ready for release

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enkatesh, Taapsee stareer Shadow has completed its censor formalities and it has been given an U/A certificate. Director Meher Ramesh was thrilled to see the reaction of the censor board officials who praised him for showcasing Venkatesh in a completely different angle. Thaman has scored the music and the film will release on April 26.

Rana slogs it out for Baahubali

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ana Daggubati is undergoing intensive training to prepare for his role in S S Rajamouli’s upcoming magnum opus Baahubali.

Currently, he’s being trained by a Vietnamese fighter in Hyderabad and he’s going to sport an extremely muscular look in the film. The film also stars Prabhas and Anushka.

Gouravam to be released in different versions

R

adha Mohan’s latest bilingual film Gouravam released today in Telugu and Tamil. Interestingly, the director and producer Prakash Raj have decided to release two different versions of the film to suit the tastes of the audience in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Sirish, Yami Gautam and Prakash Raj have played the lead roles.

Thaman has scored the music.

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013

fashion

THE BLING RING JOINS CANNES FILM FESTIVAL LINE-UP

SOFIA COPPOLA's The Bling Ring will show during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The film - starring Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard and Leslie Mann - will open the Un Certain Regard schedule on May 16.

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floral feast

razilian designers put up a brilliant show at Rio Fashion Week Summer Collections for 2014. Big names who took part in the show include Lenny Niemeyer, OH Boy, Sacada, Andrea Marques, Maria Filo and others.

One of the highlights was Maria Filo's show which is the first she is taking part this year. Inspired by the flowers and patterns of Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Isabelli Fontana was the showstopper for the designer.

SANDRO AND MAJE TO SEE INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION

GLOBAL conglomerate Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), has acquired a 65 per cent stake in Sandro, Maje and Claudie Perlot. The deal will propel the fashion company's international expansion.

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New town in

Her lace gowns in those flattering silhouettes can take the city by storm.

From Italian linen to Korean silk to Indian handloom, there is no limit to her choice of fabric. With a good hand at western evening wear, she designs for anyone who wants to look and feel good. Shefali Vohra, from Dubai, is here to offer a sought-after-line of western clothing. Postnoon finds out more about her.

KANCHAN AGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com

What have you planned for Hyderabad?

I will be doing long dresses in cotton nets and cotton crochet, summer dresses, skirts, jackets, etc.

I think Hyderabad would take better to my western wear. It is sort of a modern market.

What is your design mantra?

I believe in everyday practical wear. I believe clothes should be durable, versatile and affordable. I don’t believe in a commodity that costs you a bomb that you will wear only once or twice. How often can you wear heavy outfits? My price range is within `20,000 for everything.

A fabric you love working with..

Lace What is your personal style?

I concentrate on silhouette. I don’t believe in hiding your flaws. I believe in accentuating your plus points.

You are a designer because..

I always wanted to. My mom saw it in me. I don’t know if I should say this but designing comes from my soul. I do what I feel.

You get inspired by..

Colours of nature How do you define fashion forward?

Being fashion forward is what you feel. It is a projection of your personality. To be forward within yourself is being forward above everybody else. What matters is confidence.

Who are your clothes for?

Anyone who wants to feel good about themselves. It is for every size and ethnicity. I have been thin, not been thin, I have lived here, lived abroad. I have been there, done that.

Check out her clothes at Kimaaya and Libaas.

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Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.

Hannibal Buress

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

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SUDOKU How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 Musical finishes 6 Traveled by tandem 11 Downcast 14 Grown up 15 Spot for sporting matches 16 Attempt 17 Plead for compassionate treatent 19 Lord of the ring, once 20 Big brute 21 Zero 22 Longing 23 Close-fitting robe 27 Delivering a white Christmas 29 Surrealist Jean 30 Fit ___ king 32 Bartlett’s byline, briefly 33 Fish eggs 34 Wiener 36 Artist’s plaster 39 Middle Eastern gulf 41 Went to Spago 43 Baddie’s blade 44 Erie and Huron 46 A profane state 48 Saloon selection 49 Fly like an eagle 51 School visitor of rhyme 52 Golfer’s goal, at the least 53 Supplied money, as for an event 56 With the least hair 58 Gridiron official, for short 59 Famed TV judge 60 3, to Cato 61 Unusually intelligent 62 Easy target 68 Pomade relative 69 Shackled no more 70 Occur as a consequence 71 Foxy 72 Some survey responses

73 Back in the navy

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1 Engineer’s compartment 2 ‘___ to a Nightingale’ 3 Thought it was groovy 4 They might precede bravos 5 Rest, as at an inn 6 Mah-jongg suit 7 Resentment 8 Typeface extensions 9 California oak 10 Lasting 24 hours 11 Work out regularly 12 ‘Wizard of Oz’ composer 13 Flopping on stage 18 Capture on film 23 Year-end tune 24 Evidence of cooking 25 Lower one’s voice 26 Venomous snake 28 Trials and tribulations 31 Historical record 35 Skewered meal 37 George Eliot character 38 There for all to see 40 Sign of nightlife?

42 Sphere of influence 45 Meet, as expectations 47 Accommodates 50 Quit for good, jobwise 53 Shattering grenades, for short 54 Drive back 55 Is foolishly fond of (with ‘on’) 57 ‘Why ___ I think of that?’

63 Peg stuck in the ground 64 Proof-of-age cards 65 Employ 66 Mangy mutt 67 Doll created for Barbie

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STAR POWER for 20-4-2013

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As per Hindu panchang thiruvaikumar@yahoo. co. in, 040-27177230 / 9177596118

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TAURUS

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CANCER

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LIBRA

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Expenses likely to go up beyond expectations; keep them under control. Those awaiting marriage get good news soon.

Some govt officials likely to face favourable transfer and promotion. Turning points are likely, which will cheer you up.

STRIP TEASE AGNES

You take bold decisions, implement them successfully and earn appreciation. Businessmen advised to sign new contracts only after thorough study of the pros and cons. Self-confidence and boldness levels will be at their high.

Children will make you proud and happy. Financial position will be strong and comfortable so that you complete financial commitments easily. Even enemies are likely to turn friends with your attractive approach.

Some are likely to go abroad.

Be careful while driving as there are chances of getting hurt.

Some might be forced to resign their job and search for a new one. They will be successful and the new job will be a promising one. You need to act wisely in resolving important issues.

Employees feel happy as their superiors will support them and colleagues too will co-operate.

Entrepreneurs will be successful in purchasing the new machinery and equipments planned for modernisation of their factory to improve business.

You silently achieve huge success in executing challenging tasks with your rich experience.

Financial help will come without fail from all the expected sources. You march ahead smashing hurdles in your path.

Normalcy in fiances likely.

You need to face the tough time and march ahead by taking calculated bold decisions.

Those who have written certifying exams will get favourable reply. Search for a new job will materialise. Tensions, travel and expenses will upset you.

Newlyweds get news about an offspring, which makes them happy. Employees likely to be entrusted with new opportunities and responsibilities. They will be enormously benefitted by completing them in time and to everyone’s satisfaction.

Held-up work resumes now and gets completed faster than expected. Professionals and businessmen feel cheerful as they face a good time and whatever they touch will turn successful. Politicians will be in limelight and gain importance.

TAROT READ

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

Eight of Cups – You are in a position to make life more convenient with money power and the belief that you need more to be happy. Maintain relationships.

LEO:

Six of Wands – Trust your instincts and make decisions based on how you feel and not what people think it ought to be. It may feel awkward at first but go with it.

LIBRA:

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

Five of Wands – Creativity is a gift, but it can also be learned. There are ways to make yourself more productive and win the confidence of others with unique ideas.

SAGITTARIUS:

The Fool – Hobbies keep you company when you feel let down by other areas of your life. Make sure to devote some time to a hobby that will sustain your mood.

TAURUS:

Seven of Cups – You take comfort in the belief that you have most needs covered and are in a position to take some risks when it comes to relationships and finances.

CANCER:

Queen of Cups – You get better access to what you need at this point – you can create a useful network of people, which will help you in career progress.

VIRGO:

Ace of Pentacles – Happiness is within kissing distance only if you let go of expectations and open yourself to living life one day at a time. Think out of the box.

SCORPIO:

The Star – You feel the need to belong to a community and to contribute to something that is huge. Charity and philanthropy may interest you. Go down that road.

CAPRICORN:

The Wheel of Fortune – There is no point repenting actions, especially when what’s done is done and you have no way of turning back and changing it.

PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Two of Swords – Hope floats. It’s the string that keeps you going and you must never let it go. No matter what kind of criticisms you receive from others.

NUMBER GAME

Man – You may be feeling claustrophobic with all the expectations that people have. Just think of ways to interact with different kinds of people.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: The Hanged

POOCH CAFE

Employees need to work with focus and avoid negligence at workplace so that they will earn a name from the management. However, be careful with colleagues as some of them will blame you unnecessarily.

All your difficulties will vanish.

for 20-4-2013

Queen of Pentacles – You take pride in little things you do for loved ones. It could be spending a few hours a week doing something together or being there when needed.

NON SEQUITUR

Held-up construction resumes and progresses well without any more hurdles. Tension at workplace will come to an end and you will be comfortable with support of colleagues and superiors. Troubles by indirect enemies will come to an end.

SUDUKO

Patience is need of the hour for you to achieve all your goals.

Avoid luxurious expenses. Govt officials likely to gain importance and vital posts. Politicians too will be in the limelight as their schemes will be implemented successfully.

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CLEARING THE AIR

CINE BYTES

Hrithik's Bang Bang shoot to start May 1

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he shooting of Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif starrer Bang Bang will commence May 1 this year. The movie will hit screens on the same date in 2014. A Fox Star Studios production, Bang Bang will be directed by Siddharth Anand of Bachna Ae Haseeno, Salaam Namaste and Anjaana Anjaani fame. The film will be shot across Europe, Far East and India. IANS

'Arundhati' Sonu’s most difficult film

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emembering his 2009 Telugu blockbuster Arundhati, actor Sonu Sood said he had a tough time shooting for the film.

He posted a still from Arundhati on his Twitter page and wrote: "Must admit the most difficult shoot of my career till date. Shot for 70 hours once.” IANS

If I take rumour seriously, I'd be in mental asylum:

Anupam Kher wins top Asian Award

B

ollywood actor Anupam Kher was honoured with the Asian Award here for his performances in movies like Silver Linings Playbook, Bride & Prejudice, and Bend it Like Beckham. The award ceremony took place Tuesday and the actor, who was not present, thanked the organisers through a video message. IANS

KALKI R

umours can't be taken seriously or they would drive a person crazy, feels Kalki Koechlin.

She rubbished reports that she stayed out of Ek Thi Daayan promotional activity because of her co-star Huma Qureshi, who was allegedly having an affair with her filmmaker husband Anurag

Kashyap.

"I don't understand these rumours. I have been shooting for my film. I had an intense schedule, so I couldn't join them (Ek Thi Daayan team) for the promotions. For the last 12 days, I have been promoting non-stop for the film with Huma and Emraan Hashmi," Kalki said.

"As a person, if I take

every rumour seriously, I would be in a mental asylum.

I just have to ignore it and move on," she added.

Kashyap introduced Kalki to Bollywood with his successful film Dev D and later the two dated each other and their love story culminated into marriage in 2011.

Kalki says they are very

happy together.

"It's great. We both are getting very, very busy. We have to find time to spend with each other. We are very happy with each other and both of us love our jobs," she said. Directed by Kannan Iyer, Ek Thi Daayan, which also features Konkona Sen Sharma, is slated for a April 18 release.

IANS

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ADIEU CHAMP

Hoy announces retirement The 37-year-old Hoy, one of the most recognisable figures in British sport, bowed out as the most decorated cyclist in Games history with six Olympic gold medals.

EDINBURGH: Olympic great Chris Hoy announced his retirement from cycling with immediate effect on Thursday.

The six-time Olympic champion, Britain’s most successful Olympic competitor, bows out at the age of 37 after a career in which he became the most decorated cyclist in the history of the Games.

“I’m officially announcing my retirement from international cycling,” he told a press conference at Murrayfield Stadium in his native Edinburgh.

“It’s a decision which I didn’t take lightly. It’s something I thought about hard with the help of my family and my coaches.”

Hoy overtook rower Steve Redgrave as Britain’s most successful Olympian at last year’s Games in London, when he claimed gold medals in the team sprint and the keirin.

He had hoped to continue competing until next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the cycling event will be held at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, but said he was no longer capable of competing at the highest level.

“I’ve got every last inch of energy and effort out of me,” he said.

“I went to London and was successful but I didn’t realise quite how much London took out of me. To go on for another year would be one year too far. I don’t want to turn up just to wave to fans and get a tracksuit.

“I wanted to compete and get a medal for Scotland, and because I didn’t think I could do

Factfile of Christopher Andrew Hoy Age: 37 Date of birth: March 23, 1976 Place of birth: Edinburgh,Scotland Discipline: track cycling Major honours: Olympics: six gold medals, one silver medal World Championships: 11 gold medals, eight silver medals, six bronze medals European Championships: one bronze medal Commonwealth Games: two gold medals, two bronze medals Individual honours: BBC Sports Personality of the Year: ‘08 Other: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE, for services to cycling): 2008 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (for services to sport): 2009

that, I wanted someone else to take my place.”

Asked to select his career highlight, Hoy singled out his first Olympic gold medal, in the 1km track time-trial in Athens in 2004, and his last, in the keirin at last year’s London Games.

TRIBUTES FLOOD IN FOR ‘INSPIRATIONAL’ HOY British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday led tributes to the country’s most successful Olympian Chris Hoy, after the cycling great announced his retirement from the sport.

Cameron wrote on Twitter that the Scot’s retirement was “the end of a remarkable career”.

“His contribution to British sport and six Olympic golds will

continue to inspire,” he added.

Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond said: “Sir Chris Hoy is Scotland’s greatest Olympian and one of the best sportsmen these islands have ever seen.”

British Olympic Association Sebastian Coe, who chaired the London Games’ organising committee, said Hoy “has exemplified the values that define an Olympic champion”.

“His respect for opponents, and commitment to clean competition, has been unwavering.

And his dignity in victory has set an example that generations of Team GB athletes will strive to emulate,” Coe added.

AUSTIN MOTOGP PREVIEW

New circuit to test riders AUSTIN, TEXAS: Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, who got off to impressive starts at the season-opening Qatar race, will be aiming for another one-two finish at Sunday’s maiden MotoGP race in Austin.

Spain’s Lorenzo won the season-opener at the Losail track this month. Pole-sitter Lorenzo was followed across the line by Rossi in his first race for Yamaha since returning to his old team from Ducati.

“Qatar was stunning for us.

A great start of a really compet-

Fire hits build-up World champion Jorge Lorenzo and seven-time champion Valentino Rossi endured a dramatic start to the Grand Prix of the Americas weekend when a fire broke out in their Yamaha garage. The fire took place in the early hours of Thursday and resulted in the MotoGP machinesbeing doused in water and fire retardant.

itive season,” said reigning world champion Lorenzo. “Just the first race of a long season.”

Sunday’s Grand Prix of the Americas marks the debut of the newly-constructed, 5.51 kilometre (3.4 mile) Circuit of Americas track which will host the second event of the 2013 MotoGP season.

“Now we have to change our mindset,” said Lorenzo.

“We visit a completely different track -- not just the layout but also for the asphalt, the climate and some different circumstances.”

SPORT SNIPPETS Feuding Force India men bury hatchet MANAMA: Feuding Force India team-mates Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil said on Thursday that they have buried the hatchet after their clash at last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.

German Sutil collided with Briton Di Resta and ran him off the circuit as they fought in a pack of cars on the opening lap of the race in Shanghai. Sutil was taken out of the race soon after another incident involving Sauber’s Mexican driver Butierrez.

Trout seeks another upset against Alvarez LOS ANGELES: Austin Trout, who surprised Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Association light middleweight world title, will look for another upset Saturday in San Antonio when he takes on World Boxing Council champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

Trout’s punishing unanimous decision over Puerto Rico’s Cotto at New York’s Madison Square Garden saw the 27-year-old US southpaw improve to 26-0 with 14 knockouts and cemented his status as a rising ring star.

Opposition to rally as F1 practices kick-off DUBAI: Bahrain’s Shiite opposition plans huge protests on Friday to coincide with practice sessions in the run-up to Sunday’s Grand Prix in the Gulf kingdom in a bid to seize world attention for pro-reform demands.

On Thursday night, thousands demonstrated in several areas across Bahrain in yet another day of protests, witnesses said.

“No Formula on Bahrain’s occupied land,” chanted the protesters. “No, no blood Formula.”

Heat aim another title to crown stellar season LOS ANGELES: The Miami Heat, with superstar LeBron James at the peak of his game, head into the NBA playoffs seeking to cap a stellar regular season with a second straight championship.

The Heat’s follow-up to last season’s title has so far been a campaign that included 66 wins and a 27-game winning streak.

“It’s great. It’s a testament to the team being committed and being very consistent all year,” said Dwyane Wade.

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PGA TOUR HERITAGE

FED CUP

Davis takes slim lead

Brian Davis had eight birdies in a six-under par 65, grabbing a one-stroke lead after the first round of the US PGA Tour Heritage tournament.

HILTON HEAD: England’s Brian Davis had eight birdies in a six-under par 65, grabbing a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $5.8 million US PGA Tour Heritage tournament on Thursday.

Davis, who lost a playoff to Jim Furyk on the same Harbour Town Golf Links course in 2010 -- after he called a penalty on himself -- appeared pleased to have the chance to put it behind him, though the incident lingers.

“It’s good in this game to have a short memory -- good or bad,” he said.

Davis penalized himself when he knocked a loose stalk during his backswing when playing out of the rough three years ago -- violating the rule against moving a loose impediment during a takeaway.

“I still have people stop me in the street or at the golf club or at airports,” he said. “People do remember, but for me I’m just trying to move on from that, and trying to win a golf tournament.”

His efforts included a run of six birdies in seven holes, starting at the par-five fifth.

The burst was sandwiched between bogeys at the fourth and 12th, but Davis picked up two more birdies at the 13th and the par-three 17th to give himself the lead over Americans Kevin Streelman and Charley Hoffman.

Davis landed his approach at the fifth hole six feet from the pin, but missed the eagle attempt. That birdie, however, marked a turnaround in his day.

AFP

DOPING Shawn banned for violation

COLORADO: Shawn Crawford, the 2004 Olympic 200m gold medallist, has been banned for two years for failing to give antidoping officials his whereabouts for testing, the US Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday. He was part of the USADA National Testing Pool from 2001 through the beginning of 2013, and was required to provide his whereabouts for out-of-competition testing, but failed to do so three times in an 18-month span, USADA said.

“Crawford failed to comply with the whereabouts requirements and, as a result, accrued three Whereabouts Failures within an 18-month period,” USADA said in a statement, adding that three failures in an 18-month period constitutes a doping rule violation. Crawford’s two-year ban began on Wednesday, USADA said.

AFP

Weekend semis a battle of power PARIS: Russia, Italy and defending champions Czech Republic, with 14 Fed Cup titles between them, take their powerful legacies into the semifinals this weekend.

But many eyes will be turned away from the all-European last-four ties to focus on the play-off between the United States and Sweden in Florida where Serena and Venus Williams will be playing together for only the second time in six years.

The semi-finals see the Czech Republic, the two-time defending champions, travel to Palermo to face Italy, the winners in 2006, 2009 and 2010.

Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta return to the Italian squad after missing the 3-2 first round win over USA. But world number seven Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, the 12thranked player, are expected to shoulder the burden on Saturday and Sunday.

Vinci also holds the record (18-0) for the most Fed Cup doubles rubbers without defeat.

The defending champions, on a three-year undefeated streak in Fed Cup, are without doubles world number four Andrea Hlavackova, who has been replaced by singles number 20 Klara Zakopalova.

That leaves Lucie Hradecka as their lone doubles specialist.

Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has won 13 of her last 14 Fed Cup singles rubbers.

Twelve months ago, the Czechs trounced Italy 4-1 in the semi-finals.

“Against the Czech Republic, it will be tough for sure,” said Vinci.

AFP

Fixtures:

Brian Davis of England lines up a putt on the 15th hole during the first round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on Thursday in Hilton Head Island. AFP/STREETER LECKA

Semifinals Italy v Czech Republic Russia v Slovakia World Group One play-offs Germany v Serbia Switzerland v Australia

Spain v Japan USA v Sweden World Group Two play-offs Belgium v Poland France v Kazakhstan Argentina v Great Britain Ukraine v Canada

SWIMMING

Fines, suspensions for Oz team SYDNEY: Six Australian swimmers who admitted taking banned sleeping pills and playing pranks at a pre-Olympics training camp last year were Friday fined and slapped with deferred suspensions.

The sport’s governing body Swimming Australia said the six-man 4x100m freestyle relay squad, who confessed to the medication and misbehaviour in February, had been formally investigated by an integrity panel.

“The panel found that the six members of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team in London failed to demonstrate the level of conduct required of members of the (Olympic) team,” Swimming Australia said in a statement.

“As a result... six athletes will be required to make pay-

ments to Swimming Australia and will receive deferred suspensions for breaches of their behavioural obligations.”

The body did not specify how much the fines were or the

length of the deferred suspensions for the six — James Magnussen (in pic), Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, Matt Targett, Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D’Orsogna.

The much-hyped relay team failed to win a medal in London, finishing fourth behind France, the United States and Russia in an event that Australia had hoped would kick off a string of medal-winning performances in the pool.

It was part of a lacklustre London showing by the oncedominant Australian swimming team, which delivered its lowest tally in the pool since Barcelona 1992 -- one gold, six silver and three bronze.

It was also Australian swimming’s first Games without an individual gold medal since the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Two inquiries commissioned after the disappointing performance found the squad lacked leadership and that “toxic” incidents such as drunkenness and bullying had gone unchecked.

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BATTLE OF THE TITANS

METRE

6 S 168

16 4S 628

Chris Gayle (RCB)

Virat Kohli (RCB)

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HIGHEST SCORE

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93*

Virat Kohli (RCB)

BEST BOWLER

4-13

Sunil Narine (KKR)

Will Kings shine or SRH rise?

Sehwag is a phenomena. He is a miracle.

Nothing is over. Sehwag is an institution.

Which opener used to bat at no.7 and became an opener?

Navjot Singh Sidhu Former Indian player

Virat Kohli (RCB) 321 runs

Sunil Narine (KKR) 10 wickets

‘Our batsmen should score more runs’

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ings XI Punjab coach Darren Lehmann wants his batsmen to score more runs in the remaining matches of the ongoing Pepsi IPL. Punjab, who have so far won two games in four outings, play Sunrisers Hyderabad here today.

“We played well in the last game obviously, first game we batted really well... the two middle games, we did not make enough runs last game, Gony made a powerful 40... the batsmen are batting well at the nets.

We are going to ask them to make more runs,” Lehmann said.

Observing that Hyderabad is a competitive side, Lehmann said his team needs to come up with a good performance against the hosts.

PTI P

W

L

T PT

RR

5

4

1

0

8 +1.063

RCB

6

4

2

0

8 +0.362

SRH

6

4

2

0

8 -0.220

CSK

5

3

2

0

6 +0.768

MI

5

3

2

0

6 +0.050

KXIP

4

2

2

0

4 +0.432

KKR

5

2

3

0

4 +0.136

PWI

6

2

4

0

4 -0.788

DD

6

0

6

0

0 -1.274

P-played; W-win; L-lost; T-tie; NR-net run rate; PT-points

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aparna.s@postnoon.com

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wo teams led by wicketkeeper batsmen, are set to clash today in their IPL match at Hyderabad.

The first, Sunrisers Hyderabad is led by Kumar Sangakkara while the other, the Kings XI Punjab is captained by Adam Gilchrist.

Although both the captains are renowned players and known for their hard-hitting skills, yet the two have failed to create an impact with the bat this season.

The similarities does not end here. Both these teams have managed to register shocking victories in their previous matches.

The Kings played against the Kolkata Knight Riders when the two sides clashed on Tuesday. While KKR were in a position to win the match easily, then fumbled at the final

SRH VS KXIP AT 8PM ON SET MAX hurdle, falling short by four runs and gifting away the match to the Kings.

In the Sunrisers’ encounter against the Pune Warriors India, SRH, taking first strike, putt up a shoddy display with the bat.

SCORECARD

Pune on the other hand, chasing 120 for victory, were comfortably placed at 101 for four.

But none have any idea as to what had happened to the Warriors as they suddenly collapsed to end their innings at 108 with an over to spare.

Both the sides will be on a high coming into this match with victories behind their

back.

But the odds seem to be in favour of the home side as Sunrisers Hyderabad are yet to lose a match on their home ground.

Not only did they defeat PWI in their first match, they went on to win the encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where the winner was decided in the super over.

THAT’S A BALL DANCE

DELHI DAREDEVILS VS CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) M Hussey not out

65

M Vijay lbw b Morkel

18

SK Raina c Jadhav b Pathan

30

MS Dhoni c Mendis b Yadav

44

Bravo run out (Mendis/Jadhav) Extras

(lb 4, w 5)

3 9

Total (4 wickets; 20 overs)

169

Bowling

O

M R

W Econ

S Nadeem

3

0 22

0

7.33

I Pathan

4

0 30

1

7.50

M Morkel

4

0 42

1 10.50

U Yadav

4

0 33

1

8.25

V Sehwag

1

0

9

0

9.00

AB Agarkar

4

0 29

0

7.25

Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs

Delhi Daredevils innings (target: 170 runs from 20 overs) D Warner b Sharma 1 V Sehwag c Hussey b Sharma 17 M Juneja lbw b Sharma 2 M Jayawardene lbw b Morris 6 J Mendis run out (Raina/Jadeja) 12 K Jadhav† c Bravo b Morkel 31 I Pathan c Bravo b Jadeja 2 A Agarkar c Bravo b Ashwin 3 M Morkel b Ashwin 2 S Nadeem not out 2 U Yadav c Raina b Bravo 1 Extras (w 4) 4 Total (all out; 17.3 overs) 83 Bowling O M R W Econ A Morkel 3 0 13 1 4.33 M Sharma 3 0 10 3 3.33 C Morris 2 0 13 1 6.50 D Bravo 1.3 0 8 1 5.33 R Jadeja 4 0 21 1 5.25 R Ashwin 4 0 18 2 4.50

Chennai Super Kings’ Dwayne Bravo dances after taking the catch of Delhi Daredevils’ Irfan Pathan during their IPL-6 match in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Milan set sights on fort Juve JUSTIN DAVIS Agence France-Presse MILAN: Juventus may be cruising to a 29th Serie A title but AC Milan are still aiming to come away from Turin with a victory this weekend, insists striker Stephan El Shaarawy (below).

With Juventus now 11 points ahead of Napoli after the Partenopei’s 1-1 draw away to Milan last week, a second straight Scudetto already seems a formality for the Turin giants.

However the fight for runners-up spot, which gives direct access to the Champions League, is far from over.

Napoli, who host Cagliari on Sunday, currently occupy second place on 53 points but Milan are just four points behind and unbeaten in 14 league matches since the turn of the year.

“Sunday will be a big test of concentration. Whichever team makes the least mistakes will win,” El Shaarawy told the Milan Channel.

“We’ll give it everything to bring back the three points. It will be crucial to make a strong start and maintain a fast tempo throughout.”

CELTIC MANAGER LENNON GETS THREE-GAME BAN Celtic manager Neil Lennon will serve a three-match touchline ban after a suspended suspension was triggered when he was found guilty of misconduct during a game against St Mirren, the Scottish Football Association announced on Thursday.

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LA LIGA PREVIEW

Jones backs United Phil Jones believes United haven't taken their foot off the gas and is certain they will seal their 20th title in the next two fixtures.

Bartra out to seize chance with Barcelona KIERAN CANNING Agence France-Presse

Manchester United’s English defender Phil Jones (L) vies with Stoke City’s US defender Geoff Cameron during their English Premier League match at The Britannia stadium, England earlier this week.

AFP/ ANDREW YATES

STEVEN GRIFFITHS Agence France-Presse LONDON: Manchester United defender Phil Jones insists the Premier League leaders are determined to finish off the title race as soon as possible.

Top10 Man Utd Man City Chelsea Arsenal Tottenham Everton Liverpool West Brom Swansea Fulham

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Alex Ferguson's team have been below their best in recent weeks and Wednesday's 2-2 draw at West Ham featured another disjointed display from the champions-elect.

United would be crowned champions if second placed Manchester City, who sit 13 points behind their local rivals, lose at Tottenham on Sunday and Ferguson's men defeat struggling Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Monday.

Failing that, a win over Villa and another victory the following weekend at Arsenal would clinch the crown.

"We've been confident throughout the season and nothing is going to change now," Jones said.

Di Canio unfazed JOHN WARDLE Agence France-Presse SUNDERLAND, UK: Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio knows history is not on his side as he attempts to build on his team’s derby triumph at Newcastle United by beating Everton on Saturday.

Sunderland have not won against Everton since 2001, but Di Canio dismisses any talk of a hoodoo.

“The players don’t know the stats,” he said. “Our problem is only the fact Everton are a strong side.”

FOOTBALL BRIEFS Angry Bizertin face African champions Ahly

Ono’s Wanderers one win from fairytale finish

Brazil beefs up airports for Confed Cup

Juve announce June charity date with Real

JOHANNESBURG: CA Bizertin of Tunisia are set to host CAF Champions League title-holders AlAhly of Egypt in a last-16 qualifier this weekend after threatening to withdraw from the competition. The Tunisians were furious at being denied a place in the final phase of the national championship because of alleged match-fixing.

SYDNEY: Just 10 months after they were formed, Western Sydney Wanderers and their star signing Shinji Ono can cap a fairytale debut season Sunday when they play Central Coast Mariners in Australia's A-League final. The Wanderers lifted the Premier's Plate as the top team after 27 regular rounds last month.

BRASILIA: Brazil is beefing up the number of staff and plane slots at its airports to ensure smooth travel for fans and teams headed to the Confederations Cup, a dry run for the 2014 World Cup, officials said Thursday. Air traffic will be a major challenge during the June 1530 event with an estimated 335,000 passengers expected.

MILAN: Juventus are set to play Real Madrid in a charity match featuring a host of former stars from the European giants, according to the Italian champions on Thursday.

Juventus said the match, to be played at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on June 9, will feature Pavel Nedved and Edgar Davids among other former stars of the Turin club.

MADRID: Amid a defensive crisis at the club, Barcelona defender Marc Bartra has vowed to hold down a place at centre-back in the final weeks of the season.

Injuries to Carles Puyol and Javier Mascherano have meant the 22-year-old has started each of Barca’s last three league games. And with Adriano suspended for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first-leg against Bayern Munich, he could well partner Gerard Pique in Germany.

“When there are difficult games you try to give your best. I have spent the whole season preparing for when my moment came,” he told a press conference on Thursday.

“I will try to do my best.

Physically I am good and every time I play I feel better.”

Barca need just three more wins to seal a fourth title in five seasons - even assuming no Real Madrid slip-ups in the coming weeks.

Bartra is delighted with how the Catalan club have managed to stay focused in La Liga, having led from the front for most of the season.

“It is not easy, even when you are so many points in front,” he said.

Barca boost as Messi returns to training MADRID: Barca were given a huge boost on Thursday as Argentine superstar Lionel Messi (above) returned to training ahead of next week’s Champions League semi-final.

The four-time world player of the year has struggled with a right thigh injury that limited his appearance in the quarter-final to an inspirational second-half cameo during the second leg elimination of PSG.